Sicilian Defen ce
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A Ven o m ous S i ci l i a n Acco rd i n g To
Sa i d a l i Yu l d as h ev
by Rustam Khusnutd i n ov
1. e4 c5
2. tlJc3 tlJc 6
3. b5 g6
4. c6
i .t 'if * .t .i
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i Fi rst - The Strategic Poi nt
In our era of far-developed com
puter technology, many opening
variations and whole systems
have been re-evaluated. With the
help of powerful computers
many lines have been analysed
deeply, resulting in the discovery
of not only new horizons but also
new problems. For example, one
of the main problems for the
I .e4-player always used to be the
Sicilian Defence, which became
too dangerous in the main lines.
The winner would be the player
whose computer's calculations
were deeper and more accurate .
As a result, the game became of
secondary importance. That is
why many strong players be
came unhappy and started to
search for new ways. I was no ex
ception .
During the search for new ideas
for White, I stumbled upon the
repertoire of Uzbek Grandmas-
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ter S aidali Yuldashev and was
amazed at his score against the
Sicilian. The most interesting for
me was the line that begins with
I .e4 c5 2.tlJc3 tlJc6 3 .b5 g6
4.c6. Therefore, I started to
analyse it carefully, and I was
impressed by the results !
The idea of the move 3 .b5 is
very simple: White prepares to
exchange on c6 and spoil his op
ponent's pawn structure similar
to the Rossolimo Variation ( l .e4
c5 2 . tlJ f3 tlJc6 3 .b5 ) , but with
one important difference : the
king's knight doesn ' t block the
f-pawn , which can easily be
pushed to f4. Aside from the ob
vious space grabbing, this pawn
takes control of the important
central square e5 and it can also
signal the attack - f4-f5 !
The great Jose Raul Capablanca
taught us to put our own pawns
on the exchanged bishop 's
squares, thus hinderi ng the activ
ity of the opponent's bishop.
Thus, after l .e4 c5 2.tlJc3 tlJc6
3 . b5 g6 4.c6 bc6 White can
immediately follow Capa
blanca's rule by j ust moving his
d-pawn to d3. One of White ' s
possible plans w i l l now b e to
play on the l ight squares: b2-b3 ,
tlJa4, c2-c4. Usually this is possi
ble after the central pawns have
been fixed with . . . d6-d5 and
e4-e5 . This change in the pawn
structure favours White because
Closed Variation SI 44.
Saidall Yuldashev
the c5-pawn becomes a conve
nient target to fix and attack.
Thus , White ' s pawn structure in
the centre is very solid and it is
not easy to find an active plan
for B lack. Thi s is one of the
main advantages of the system,
as well as B lack ' s light-squared
bi shop, which is not only boxed
in by its own pawns, but also se
verely l imited by the enemy
pawns located on the light
squares. I n that case, it i s normal
that B lack should forget about
attacking and just tries to defend
h i s weak and doubled pawns c5
and c6.
Do You Want to Atta ck?
Initially, the idea behind the ex
change on c6 was to play against
the doubled pawns and Black's
bad l ight-squared bishop. How
ever, what should a white player
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do if he gets bored of attacking
his opponent's weaknesses and
wants to get at his king?
The 3 .Ab5 system allows you to
vary your plans ! One of the ma
jor plans is to move your queen
to h4 as soon as possible, with
the idea of f4-f5 and then Ah6
and tl:lg5 . This was perfectly
demonstrated in the game
Yuldashev-An Nguyen Dung .
This plan was so unpleasant for
Black that strong players de
cided to develop the king's
knight to h6 with the idea to de
lay the attack with . . . t7-f5 . How
ever, then White should put the
pawn on e5 and the bi shop
begins to suffer on g7 ! (see the
games Yuldashev-Fier and Tivi
akov-Maze)
The Various Squares for the
King's Knight
In my opinion, the worst square
for the g8-knight is e7. This is the
least popular move because one
more pawn has to be put on a
light square ( . . . e7-e6), which
makes the light-squared bishop
on c8 more passive, as in the
game Neumann-Angelov, Inter
net blitz 2004, which went l . e4
c5 2 .tl:lc3 tl:lc6 3 . f4 d6 4.b5 e6
5 .i.c6 bc6 6.d3 tl:le7 7.tl:lf3 g6
8 .0-0 i.g7 9.tl:la4 0-0 1 0. l:tb l
a6 l l .b3 i.b5 1 2 .tl:lb2 d5
l 3 .c4 ! .ia6 l 4.tl:la4 d4 l 5 .@h l
f5 l 6 .e5
with a strategically winning
position for White.
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See also the game Sulskis The game Hebden-Umesh, Glas
Vedrickas, Warsaw rapid 2006 : gow Open 1 995, went 7 . . . tl:lf6
l .e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3 .tl:lf3 tl:lc6 (instead of 7 . . . l:tb8) 8 .0-0 0-0
4.Ab5 g6 5 .0-0 Ag7 6.c6 bc6 9 .'ii' e 1 ! l:.b8 I O.b3 ! ? 'it'd?
7.d3 e6 8 .tl:lc3 tl:le7 9 .e5 d5 l l .Ad2 tl:le8 1 2 .'ii' h 4 ! tl:lc7
I O.tl:la4 'ii' a5 l l .c4 ! tl:lf5 1 2.Ad2 1 3 . l:tae l i.a6 1 4. f5 !
'ii' c 7 1 3.l:k l .f8 1 4.'ii' e l Aa6
1 5 .b3
.'.i .I *
.l if .l .l .t .l
K * .t K .t .l .l .l
.l if .l .l .l 8
.t .l .l .l 8 Wf
.l .l 8 8 t2J 8 t2J
t2J 8 8 8 8 88
8 8 t2J l:i :g
8 88
a Wf a And White ' s attack is running
smoothly.
White has a large advantage and The most popular square for the
the bishop on a6 is out of play. knight is h6. It may create some
The development to f6 looks trouble for White ' s kingside for
more thematic . After the moves mation and does not require the
l .e4 c5 2.tl:lc3 tl:lc6 3 .Ab5 g6 move . . . e7-e6. But the knight is
4 . .tc6 bc6 5 .d3 i.g7 6 . f4 d6 too far from the centre. The basic
7 . tl:lf3 l:tb8 8 .0-0 plan for White is typical: he puts
his pawns on light squares and
prepares to attack the doubled
pawns. The standard answer
. . . t7-f5 should be met by e4-e5,
boxing in Black's dark-squared
bishop and then weakening
B lack's pawn structure in the
centre, as in the game Tiviakov
Maze, Montreal 2009, which
continued (after 7 .tLlf3 ) 7 . . . tl:lh6
8 .0-0 0-0 9.h l f5 I O. es tl:lf7
l l .'ft'e2 'flic7 1 2 . l:.e l tl:ld8
the question i s : where to develop 1 3 .i.d2 ! tl:le6 1 4 .'ii' f2 (taking
the knight? f6 looks quite logi aim at the pawn on c 5 ) 1 4 . . . l:td8
cal. But this has one notable 1 5 .tl:la4 ! tl:lf8 1 6.b3 !
drawback: it will be difficult for
Black to prevent White ' s initia
tive on the kingside associ ated
.I .t .I
*
with f4-f5 :
.l if .l
.t .l
8 . . . tl:lf6 9 .'ii' e l ! Ag4 I O.tl:ld2 ! ? .l .l .l
(White doesn ' t want to exchange .l 8 .l
B lack's bad bishop) 10 . . . 0-0 t2J 8
l l ..,h4 d7 1 2. tl:lf3 tl:le8 1 3 . f5 ,
and White had a serious initiative
8 8 t2J
in Z.Jovanovic-Bosnj ak, Bosn 8 8 !il Wf 8 8
j aci 20 1 2 . a :a. w

The key move . 1 6 . . . e6 1 7 .c4 !
:es 1 8 .c3 n 1 9. l:te2 tl:le6
20.ti:Jg5 d7 2 1 .l:tae l h6
22.ti:Je6 e6 23 .'ti'h4 @h7
24.J:te3 l:tad8 2 5 . l:t l e2 g8
26.ed6 g5 27.fg5 ed6 28 .g7
1 -0.
The Other Recaptu re
4 dc6 leads to another type of
...
positions where the point for
White is to move e3 , 'ti'd2 and
f2-f4 in answer to . . . e7-e5 . Then
White should try to make use of
his better pawn structure (see
Squares fo r t h e K i n g 's K n i g h t
4 bc6 ...
Gubaydulin,Talgat
Golubev,Roman
Uzbekistan ch 2008
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jc3 d6 3.f4 tL:ic6 4.tLlf3
g6 5.bS g7 6.c& be& 7.d3 e&
[7.tl:f6 8.0-0 0-0 9.'it'e1 l:b8 1 0.b3 tL:ie8
1 1 .l:lbl ; 1 1 .d2] S.O-O tL:ie7
I
.t 'iv. K 1 1 .eS !
i .. i .t i
iii i
i N guyen Anh Dung
9. 'i'e1 ! [9.e5!? tLld5 1 0.tL:ie4 des 1 1 .leS
OO 12.gS 'iWb6 1 3.c4 Heberla-Kryakvin,
Internet blitz 2006] 9 0-0 1 O.'iWh4 fS
..
1 1 .d2 l:bS 1 2.b3! 'it'd7 1 3.l:8e1
a6 1 4.h1 l:beS 1 S.eS! tLldS
1 6.'i'f2 .Q.bs 1 7.tL:ib1 tL:ib4 1 S.e3
dS 19 .Q.c1 86 20.ed& 'tfd6
21 .tLleS+- l:dS 22.tLld2 i:tfeS
23.b2 .Q.h6 24.'iWg3 .Q.g7 2S.tLldf3
'f/c7 26 . .'bgS
[27. 'i!fe3 +
tl:if6 27.tL:ief7??
'tfb6 28.a3J 27 ... tL:ihS
-
28.tff3 b2 29.tlJdS 'it'd8 30.'it'c&
Kasimdzhanov-Afek). It is im
portant to know that it is good for
White to exchange the dark
squared bishops.
'iWc8 31 .l:e& 'iWc6 32.l:tc6 b7
33.l:c7 ds 34.c4 as 3S.l:87?
tL:if4 36.l:t88 l:t8S 37.l:f4 c1 0- 1
Tiviakov,Serg ey
Arlandi,Ennio
Mondariz zt 2000 ( 1 0)
1 .e4 cs 2.tL:ic3 d& 3.f4 tL:ic6 4.tL:if3
g6 s . .Q.bs .Q.g7 6 . .Q.c6 be& 7.d3 tL:if6
8.0-0 0-0 (8 . . . l:b8 9.'it'e1 0-0 1 0.b3! .Q.g4
1 1 .i:tba] 9.it'e1 ! tL:ieS 1 0.@h1 fS
1 1 ...tl:ic7 1 2.tLl84! tL:ie6 1 3.e3 .Q.d7
1 4.'iWf2 [14.b3!?] 14 ... h& 1 S. l:8e1
-.Wes 1 6.d2 1Wf7 1 7.b3 :aea
1 S.l:te2 l:td8 1 9.l:tfe1 i:tfeS
20.tl:ib2! ? [20.c4t?J 20 ... fS 21 .ti:Jc4
'iWg7 22.'ifg3 'iff7 23.c3 g7
[23 ... dS 24.tl:ib2 ca 25.tll a4 .Q.a6
26.as l:tc8 27.c4!] 24.8S dS
2S..d8+- l:tdS 26.teb2 l:tb8 27.c3
Survey S/ 44. 6
In the game Tiviakov-Di Paolo,
Solsona 2003, Black tried to es
cape with 6 . . . c4, which led to a
pawn-down endgame. The game
Jones-Abhi shek is a great dem
onstration of White's attacking
opportunities in the 4 . . . dc6 vari
ation.
Concl usion
The system with 3 . b5 is a very
venomous weapon for White.
Black must play very accurately
to avoid finding himself in a
hopeless position.
cs 2S.l:td2 ..Q.a& 29.'iff2 tiJf4
30.'iWcs e& 31 .1Wc6 .b7 32.'iWcs d4
33.1!t'd4 gs 34.l:tf1 'iWc7 35.tl:ic4
l:tdS 36.'ilt'e3 tLldS 37.'i!fe1 .'.Llc3
3S.tL:id6 l:td6 39.ed& 'iWd6 40.'iWe3
g4 41 .tL:ie1 tLlbS 42.tL:ic2 'it>h7 43.d4
.Q.e4 44.84 tL:ic7 4S.'tff4 W'b6
46.tL:ie3 'it'b3 47.tL:ifS efs 48.'it'c7
hS 49. 'ilt'g3 1Wc4 so.'ilt'f2 .Q.h&
S1 .l:e2 .Q.d3 S2.l:e7 @g& S3.l:fe1
gs S4.l:t 1 e6 .Q.f6 ss.'it't4 h4
s&.l:tf6 @f6 s7.'ilt'es 1 -0
Yuldashev,Saidali
D haka 1 997 (8)
1 .e4 CS 2-tl:iC3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.ti:Jf3
g7 s . .Q.bs tl:ic6 6 . .Q.c6 be& 7.d3
ti:if6 S.0-0 0-0 9.1!Ve1 ! l:bS 1 0.b3!
:Lies 1 1 . .Q.d2 tL:ic7 1 2.'it'h4 (12.l:bU :J
12 ... ti:JbS (12 ... e6 1 3.'it'dB l:td8 1 4.eS! d5
1 5.0a4]
K .t 'if
K
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88
8 CD 8 CD
8 8 Ji, 88
g a:
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1 3.eS tt:ld4 1 4.tt:Jd4 cd4 1 S.tt:le4
l.IbS 1 6.tt:lgS hS 1 7.l:lae1 !? des
1 a.fS! 'ifea ( 1 8 . . . 15 1 9.l:llS gf5
20.WhS l:tes 21 .'ifl? @ha 22.'ilt'g6 @gs
23.tt:le6 'ilt'd6 24.'it'g7X] 1 9.fg6 fg6
20.l:lfa 'ilt'fa 21 .c4!? l:lba 22.tt:lf3
1i'f6 23.Wg3 fS 24.lLleS h4
2S.Wf3 l:tca 26.b4 "it'd& 27.cS 'it'e6
2a.tt:Jc4 "ilt'f6 29.a4 a6 30.g4 hg3
31 .'ilt'g3 l:lea? (31 ... 'it'l7:t]
32.ti::; d 6+- 1i'fa 33.tt:Jea 'it'ea
34.gs es 3S.f4 1 -0
Yuldashev,Saidali
Fier,Alexandr Hilario
Turin ol 2006 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.:t::! c3 tt:lc6 3.bS! g6
4.c6 bc6 S.d3 g7 6.f4 d6 7.tt:lf3
:t::! h6 (7 . . . tl:J16 8.0-0 0-0 9.'ilt'e1 ! l:tb8 1 0.b3!
fi..g4 1 1 .l:tbl ! (1 1 . it'h4? :t:Je4 1 2.de4
c3+) 1 1 ...ll:id? 1 2.d2! (c. 1 3.'ilt'h4)
12 ... e6 1 3.tt:ldl;!; L:. 1 4.c3] a.<H> (H)
9.'it'e1 ! fS (9 ... 16 1 0.'if.ohl tt:ll7 1 1 .d2
l:tb8 12.b3 e6 1 3.11t'g3 15 1 4.l:lael 'it'c7
1 5.l:le2 l:lbe8 1 6.l:lfel Bognerlotov, Ham
burg 2008] 1 O.eSI [Blocking the bishop on
g7] 10 'ilt'b6 1 1 .b3 tt:lf7 1 2.tt:la4 (An
important move with the idea to put a pawn
on c4 and to take the cS-pawn on target]
1 2 'it'c7 1 3.b2 tt:Jda 1 4.'ifh4 e6
l.Ibe8 1 8.c3 'ilt'd8 1 9.l:le2 c8 20.tt:lgS
1S.l:lae1
(A typical position; Black has no
counterplay] 1 S 'ii d7 1 6.l:le2 tt:lf7
1 7.l:lfe1 l:laea 1 a.c4 ! tt:Jda
1 9.<;i;>h1 'ilt'ca 20.h3 Wd7 21 .V//i g 3
fi..f7 22.h4 tt:le6 23.lLlgS lLlgS
24.1i'gS+- e6 2S.hS @f7 26.l:le3
l:lga 27.l:lg3 @fa 2a.hg6 h6
29. Wh4 l:lba 30.l:lge3 l.Iea
31 .lI1e2 ha?! 32.ed6 b2
33.lLlcS f6 34.'ilt'h6 g7 3S.tt:ld7
d7 36.de7 l:le7 37Jle7! 1 -0
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Tiviakov,Sergey .11.8 6 1 S.f4!? [1 5.b3!?:t] 1S ef4
Maze,Sebastien 1 6.t2lf4 tt:Jes 1 7.b31 J:lada 1 a.'ilt'f2
Montreal 2009 (3) ca 1 9.'ilt'g3 wha 20.t2lb1 Wea
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lc3 t2ic6 3.fi..b S! g6 21 .lll d 2 as 22.tll c 4 tll c 4 23.bc4 bS
4.fi..c6 be& S.d3 fi..g7 6.f4 d6 7.tllf3
tt:lh6 a.<H> <H> 9.@h1 !? [The whe king
leaves the a7-g1 diagonal in advance] 9 fS
(9 ... l:lb8 1 0.'ilt'el 15 1 1 .eS '*'c7 12 ....h4
Ci:.f7 1 3.l:te1 a6 1 4.Wl2 tll d8 1 5.b3 tt:le6
1 6.fi..d2 l:tbd8 1 7.ed6 'ilt'd6 1 8.tt:leS
Paragua-Ghaem Maghami, Beijing blitz 2008;
9 .. .16 1 0.'ilt'el tllfl 1 1 .fi..d2 es 1 2.feS tes
13 ....g3 fi..e6 1 4.b3 V//id7 1 5.l:tf2:t
AntoniewskiMaze, Marrakesh 201 0] 1 0.eS!
Ci:.f7 1 1 .'ilt'e2 'ilt'c7 1 2.l:le1
24.eS!+- feS 2S.l:teS 'ilt'd7 [25 . . ....es
26.Ci:.g6 hg6 27.'ilt'eS; 25 . . . W17 26.l:tcS]
26.cbS cbS 27.l:tcS l:tfS 2a."it'e3
l:tcS 29.'it'cS b7 30 .t>g1 l:te8
31 .'ilt'c3 .t>ga 32.'ilt'b3 .t>g7 33.'*'c3
.t>ga 34.Wf& '*'c6 3S.'ifgS l:tfa
36.l:lf2 'ilt'c3? [36 . . . b4] 37.'it'e7! 'ilt'd4
1 -0
Movsesian,Sergey
12 tt:Jda ( 1 2 . . . l:lbS 1 3.li::; a4 tll d8 1 4.fi.. d2
Babula,Vlastim i l
t2le6 1 5.V/!112 d7 1 6.b3 @h8 1 7.'it'h4 Czech I t 2 000/01 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.tll c 3 tll c6 3.bS g6
tt:lg5 21 .WgS Tiviakov-Sharbal, Mashhad 4.c6 dc6 S.d3 g7 6.e3 b6
201 0] 1 3.d2 tt:le6 1 4.'iff2 l:lda 7.'ilt'd2 tt:Jf6?! [7 . . . e5 8.:t::! ge2 h6 9.h3]
1 S.tt:la4 tt:Jfa 1 6.b3 e6 1 7.c4! l:lea a.h6! h6 9.'it'h6 es 1 0.h3 'ilt'e7
1 a.c3 f7 1 9.l:le2 tt:Je6 20.tt:lgS! 1 1 .f4;!; ef4 1 2."it'f4 ti::i d S 1 3.'ilt'd2
'*'d7 21 .l:tae1 h6 22.tll e6 e6 'ilt'h4 1 4.<;t>f1 '*'f6 1 S.tll f3 tll c3
23.Wh4 @h7 24.l:te3 l:lada 1 6.bc3 l:tga 1 7 .t>g1 gS 1 a.l:lf1
2s.J.I1 e2 ga 26.ed&+- gs 27.fgS V//ie7 1 9.V//if2 e6 20.h4 g4 21 .tll gS
ed6 2a.g7 1 -0 g3 22.'iff4 0-0-0 23.tt:Jh7 c4 24.d4
l:lg4 2S.'*'f6+- V//ia 3 26.11t'f3 "it'a2
27.t2lf6 l:tg7 2a.hS 11t'c2
T h e O t h e r R e c a pt u re
4 dc6
. . . .l
.l .l
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Afek,Yochanan
Vlissingen 2003 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lc3 tll c6 3.bS g6
4.c6 dc6 S.d3 g7 6.e3 b6
7.'ifd2 es a.tt:Jge2! tt:lf6 9.h3 [9.14?!
ttJg4] 9 "ilt'e7 (9 ... 0-0 1 0.h6 '*'e7
1 1 .g7 wg7 1 2.0-0 J:le8 1 3.b3! tt:ld7
1 4.14;!;] 1 0.h6 (H) 1 1 .g7 @g7 29.dS 'ilt'd2 30.de6 fe6 31 .l:th4 l:td3
1 2.<H> tll d 7 1 3.l:tae1 f6 1 4.<;t>h1 32.V//if4 V//ic 3 1 -0
 Survey SI 44. 6

Petrosian,Tigran L 2S ... 'i+'d4 26.'i+'h3 ii.es 27.l:tae1 il..17 Bartel,Mateusz

Ferrufino, Boris
Istanbul ol 201 2 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c S 2.lll c 3 lll c 6 3.il.. b S g6
4.c6 dc6 S.d3 il..g 7 6.il..e3 b6
7.'i'd2 es S.f4!? ef4 9.il..f4 lll f6
1 0 .tl:if3 [1 0.il.. h 6!? il.. h 6 ( 1 0 ... lll e 4?!
1 1 .'1'14!! il..h6 1 2.'i+'eS! '.t>d70 1 3.de4
e3 14.lllge2 :es 1 5.l:d1 il..d4
16.'l!fl4-+) 1 1 .'i+'h6 il..e6 1 2.lll 1 3;t)
10 ... 0-0 1 1 .0-0 il..g 4 1 2.lll eS 'i+'eS
13.l:lae1 il..e6
2S.l:e4 'i+'c3 29.l:g4 @hS 30.'i!t'e3 il.. h S Koch,Thomas
31 .l:g3 'i+'d4?? (31 ... l:d4=) 32.'i+'h6+ Eilat ti 201 2 ( 1 )
il..g4 33.lll e3 1 -0 Wojtaszek-Kukla, 1 .e4 c s 2.lll c 3 lll c6 3.il.. bS g6
Lubniewice 2002) 9.'it'h6 lll g 4 1 0.'Wd2 4.il..c 6 dc6 S.d3 es
es 1 1 .h3 lll f6 1 2.f4 ef4 1 3.'i!t'f4;t
il..e6 1 4.lll f3 lll d 7 1 S.O-O-O 0-0
1 6.d4 cd4 1 7.lll d 4 :cs 1 S.eS 'i+'e7
1 9.lll e 4 fS? ! 20.ef6 lllf6

6.il..e3 lllf6 7.h3 'it'd6 8.'Wd2 il.. g 7

1 U.h6! 'i+'b8?! [14 ... il.. h6 1 5.'i!t'h6
tll h5 16.g4 16 ( 1 6 ... lll g7? 1 7.lll 13! +- 160
1 8.e5) 17.ghS leS 1 S.'i+'gS) 1 S.il..g 7
'ltig7 1 6.lllc6 'i+'c7 1 7.'i!Vf4!+- 'i!t'f4
1 8.l:lf4 l:fe8 1 9.l:ef1 lll h 5 20.l:4f2
15 21 .efS il..fS 22.lll d S l:f8 23.lll e3
e6 24.l:fS l:fS 2S.l:fS '.t>fS
26.-Lla7 il..d 7 27.lll d S bS 2S.lll c 7 b4
29 lba6 . 1 -0
21 .lll d 6!+- lll g 4 22.lll cS ii.cs
23.lll c6 'i+'c5 24.l:dS l:dS 2S.lll d S
il..fS 26.'i!t'd2 lll eS 27.l:e1 il..c2
2S.lll e6 'i!t'c4 29.'i+'dS '.t>f7 30.'i+'fS
1 -0
Tiviakov,Sergey
Van der Wiel,John
Leeuwarden ch-NED 2004 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.lll c 3 lll c6 3.il.. bS g6
4.il..c6 dc6 S.d3 il..g 7 6.il..e3 'i+'aS
7.'i+'d2 il..e6 [7 . . . lll l6 s.il.. h6) 8.lll ge2
[.c:. 12-14-IS) 8 l:dS 9.0-0 il..c 8 [9 . . . c4
.
9.lll ge2 [9.il.. h 6!?) 9 ... il..e6 1 0.f4
[1 0.b3!?) 1 0 ... lll d 7 1 1 .0-0-0 f6 1 2.g4
ef4 1 3.il..f4 Ill es 1 4.J:thfH 0-0-0
1 S.il.. h 6! 'i+'e7 1 6.il..g 7 'it'g7 1 7.lllf4
il..f7 1 S.'i+'f2 b6 1 9.@b1 J:td6
20.'it'g3 l:hd8 21 .g5 fg5 22.'ilt'g5
h6 23.'i+'g3 ii.es 24.lll g 2 'i!t'e7
2S.lll e3 il..d 7 26.l:f2 l:f6? 27.lll ed5
1 -0
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Haznedaroglu,Kivanc
Antalya Ech 2004 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.lll c3 lll c6 3.il..bS g6
4.il..c6 dc6 S.d3 es 6.f4!? ef4 7.il..f4

Hou,Yifa n 1 0.d4) 1 0.b3 [1 0.14 c4] 1 0 hS [ 1 0 ... il..g4

..

Wan,Yunguo 1 1 .13) 1 1 .h3 [1 1 .14 il..g4) 1 1 b6 1 2.f4

..

China ti 201 2 (7) [.c:. 1 3.IS) 1 2 ...fS [ 1 2 ... lll l6 1 3.l:ae1 (.c:.
1 .e4 cs 2.lll c 3 lll c 6 3.il.. bS g6 14.IS) 1 3 ...'i!t'a3 1 4.IS glS 1 S.elS l:gS
4.c6 dc6 S.d3 il..g7 6.il..e3 b6 1 6.il.. g S 'i+'b2 1 7.lll g3] 1 3.efS! gf5
[6 ... 'i'aS - Tiviakov-Van der Wiel) 7. 'it' d2 1 4.'i+'e1 lld6 1 S.il..d 2 'i+'a6 1 6.'.t>h1
.!Lf6 [7 ... es S.h3 il..e6 9.lll ge2 'it'e7 1 0.0-0 l:e6 1 7.'i+'f2 lllf6 1 S.l:ae1 l:h6
il'.16 1 1 .il..h6 0-0 12.il..g7 @g7 1 3.'i!t'gS 1 9.lll c 1 [1 9.lll g 1 lll dS) 19 @f7
..

"itc7 14.14 h6 1 S.'i+'h4 el4 1 6.lll l4 'i+'es
1 7.l:tf2 J:taeS 1 S.'i+'g3 il..c8 1 9.l:tal1
Tseshkovsky-Kuzubov, Tashkent 2009;
7 a6!? S.lll ge2 (S.b3!) S ... c4 9.d4 lll 16
...
1 0.h6 il..h 6 1 1 .'i+'h6 'i+'d7 1 2.13 0-0-0
1 3.0-0-0 lbragimov-Z.Polgar, New York
2006) 8.il.. h 6!? il.. h 6 [S ... 0-0 9.il..g7 g7
1 0.14 'i!t'c7 1 1 .lll 13 il..g4 1 2 .lll eS l:adS
1 3.'l!ff2 il..c8 1 4.0-0 'i+'d6 1 S.h1 bS
16.'l!fl3 il..e6 1 7.b3 lll d7 1 S.lll d7 il..d7
19.15 il..cs 20.lll d l ;!;; 16 21 .lll e3 es 22.h4
gf5 23.elS il..d7 24.a4 b4 2S.lll c4 (2S.gU)
[1 9 ... lll dS 20.ti:l3e2] 20.lle6 il..e6
21 .lll 3e2! ? [.c:. lll g 1 -13-gS/eS; 21 .l:e1 !?)
21 ... 'i!t'cS 22.c4!+- 'i!t'hS [.c:. 23 ... lll g4]
23.'i!t'e1 Ill es [23 ... h4 24.lll g 1 lll h S
25.lll ce2 .c:. 26. lll 13) 24.ti:lg1 ii.cs
2S.lllf3 lll c7 26.lll e2 [.c:. 27.lll g S;
26.lll gS 'it>eS 27.J:tf2) 26 ... lll e6
27.lll e 5 'it>eS [27 . . . il.. eS 2S.leS+-]
2S.il.. c3 il.. b7 29.'i+'f2 'i+'h7 30.l:e1
lll d 4 31 .il..d 4! cd4 32.lll d 4 cs
33.lll df3 l:d6 34.lll g S 'i!t'gS 3S.'i+'e2
1 -0
7 ... il..g 7 [7 . . . ifh4 S.il..g3 'it'e7 9.lll13
il..e6 1 0.0-0 h6 1 1 .eS! il..dS (1 1 . . . 0-0-0
1 2.tiJe4) 1 2.'it'e2 (1 2.ILidS! cdS 1 3.e6! !
15 ( 1 3 .. .fe6 1 4.tiJeS) 1 4.c4 0-0-0 (14 ... d4
1 5.ifa4 'it>dS 1 6.il.. h4 gS 1 7.lll gS hgS
1 S.il..g 5) 1 5.lll d4!! cd4 1 6.l:tc1 +-)
12 ... 000 1 3.l:ae1 Guidarelli-Brunelliere,
Val d'lsere ch-FRA B 2002) S.t2:f3 CiJe7

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9.1Wd2 0-0 1 0.h6!;!; g4 1 1 .0-0-0
bS 1 2.h3 e6 1 3.h4 g4 1 4.g7
@g7 1 S.1Wf4 f3 1 6.gf3 1Wb8
1 7.'it'e3 'ifeS 1 8.f4 'it'd4 1 9.'iVg3
l:lg8 20.fS @h8 21 .fg6 l:lg6
22.1Wc7 1Wd6 23.1Wd6 [ 23.1Wb7]
23 ... l:ld6 24.l:ldf1 l:lf8 2S.l:lf4 fS
26.l:lhf1 l:ldf6 27.tl:le2 tl:lg6 28.l:lfS
l:lfS 29.efS tl:lh4 30.tl:lg3 l:lg8
31 .tl:le4 l:lg4 32.f6 tl:lg6 33.l:lfS c4!
34.l:lcS cd3 3S.cd3 'it<g8 36.l:lc6
tl:leS? [36 ... h5] 37.l:lc8+- 'it<f7
38.@d2 l:lg2 39.@c3 l:lg1 40.l:lc7
@e6 4U1h7 as 42.@d4 tl:lc6
43.'it<cs 1 -0
Cornette.Matthieu
Cochet,Caroline
France tt 2009 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.tll c3 tt:lc6 3.bS g6
4.c6 dc6 S.d3 eSI ? 6.tt:lge2 g7
7.0-0 0,e7 (7 ... 0,16 8.h3 li:Jd7 9.e3 0-0
1 0.'Wd2 'iVe7 1 1 .h6 16 1 2.g7 @g7
1 3.14 el4 1 4.tt:ll4 li:Je5 1 5.l:lf2 e6
1 6.l:lal1 ( 1 -0,61 ) Yu ShaotengZhang
Ziyang, China II 2005] 8.e3 b6 [8 ... 1Wd6
9.1Wd2 0-0 1 0.li:Jg3!? (1 0.h6!) 10 . . . b6
1 1 .h6 b6 1 2.b3 J:lae8 1 3.l:lae1
Exercise 1
position after 1 7 . . . J:ta8-e8
How to increase White 's advan
tage?
(solution on page 247)
68
( 1 3.g7 @g7 1 4.14;!;) 13 ... 16 1 4.g7 @g7
1 5.14 el4 16.l:ll4 li:Jg8 1 7.l:le11
M.PoulsenAnd. Horvath, Budapest 2003]
9.'it'd2 0-0 1 0.h61 e6 1 1 .g7
@g7 1 2.f4 ef4 1 3.li:Jf4 11i'd6
1 4.@h1 f6
1 S.l:lf3 [1 5.e5] 1S ... l:lad8?
1 6.l:laf1 ? [1 6.e5!+-] 16 ... c8
1 7.'iff2 l:tf7 18 ....g3 @h8 1 9.h4
'ifeS 20.li:Jd1 l:lg8 21 .b3 gS 22.li:JhS
'it'g3 23.l:lg3 gh4 24.l:lg8 li:Jg8
2S.li:Je3 h6 26.l:lf4 h7 27.li:Jc4
e6 28.tll d 6 l:lf8 [ 28 ... l:ld7] 29.l:lh4
li:Je7 30.li:Je8 fS 31 .eS li:JdS?!
32.c4+- li:Jb4 33.li:Jef6 @g6 34.li:Jf4
'iW7 3S.l:lh6
Exercise 2
position after 9 . . . f7-f5
What is White 's best move in this
position?
(solution on page 247)
Jones.Gawain
Abhishek,Das
Erevan Wch-jr 2007 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c s 2.tl:lc3 li:Jc6 3.bS g6
4.c6 dc6 S.f4 g7 6.d3 li:Jf6
7.li:Jf3 0-0 8.0-0 b6 9.'iVe1 I g4
1 0.li:JeS 'i!t'c7 [1 0 . . . d7 1 1 .'it'h4 tt:ies
1 2.li:Jd7 11i'd7 1 3.15! c4 1 4.l:ll3 ... Toledano
Llinares-Martin Gonzalez, Lanzarote tt
2003] 1 1 .'it'h4 e6 1 2.li:Jf3 h6
1 3.fS gS 1 4.tl:lgS hgS 1 S.gS c8
1 6.l:lf3+- l:ld8 1 7.h6 tlle8 1 8.g7
li:Jg7 1 9.l:lh3 f6 20.'it'h7 Wf7 21 .'ifg6
@g8 22.l:lf1 e6 23.1Wh7 'iW7 24.fe6
e6 2S.l:lh6 1We5 26.1Wg6 @g8
1 -0 27.l:lf6 'Wd4 28.l:lf2 1 -0
Exercise 3
position after 1 4 . . . l:tf8-d8
Find the best plan for White !
(solution on page 247)
Sicilian Defen ce
Jobava 's Rosso l i mo Reci pe
b y Max I l l i n gworth
1. e4 cs
2. tl.lf3 tl.lc6
3. b5 e5
4. 0-0 d6
One of the main reasons for the
popularity for the Rossol imo i s
that it forces B l ack o u t o f his fa
vourite pos itions ( i . e . his Open
Sici lian of choice) and, due to
the openi ng's flexibil ity, gives
White a degree of control over
the nature of the ensuing
middlegame . Of course , one
can go down the paths of the
theoretically trendy 3 . . . e6, but
it's nice to throw your opponent
out of their comfort zone by
forc ing them away from typical
Rossolimo positions. I ndeed,
you probably haven ' t seen the
position after 4 . . . d6 before
today ! While Georgia's top
pl ayer Baadur Jobava wasn ' t
the first person t o employ this
system, he i s the fi rst strong
grandmaster to play it more
than once and a few other
grandmasters have followed
his lead since.
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B30 Rossolimo Variation
Of course, in the main lines of
the Rossolimo White often ex
changes on c6, but here that
plays into Black's hands due to
his strong-point on e5 (as my
notes to Novikov-Konovalov
illustrate) . In this game I also
demonstrate why White's alter
natives to 5 .c3 are not dangerous
for Black.
Jobava's Praxis
White's only serious try for an
advantage is to break open the
centre with 5 .c 3 tl.lge7 6.d4, and
after 6 . . . cd4 7 .cd4 ed4 8 .tl.ld4 a6
we reach the first key position :
where does White ' s light
squared bishop belong?
In Jobava's first game, Matinian
opted for 9 .e2 0-0 1 O.tl.lc3, after
which Jobava revealed his idea:
1 0 . . . e5 1 l .e3 d5 ! , blowing
open the centre and directly vying
for equality. In the game White's
1 2.tl.lc6 didn ' t give him anything,
although Jobava's eventual vic
tory was not without errors from
both sides.
SI 3 1 .1 (830)
Baadur Jobava
Jobava's second opponent,
B artel, tried l 2 .ed5 instead, but
this resulted i n an equal and
fairly dour endgame. Only i n the
Main Game of the Survey
(Solak-Jobava) did White
achieve an advantage, placing
the bishop on the a2-g8 diagonal
with 9.c4 ! (where it puts paid
to any . . . d5 ideas). Jobava held a
draw only by the skin of his
teeth .
Fellow Australian, grandmaster
David Smerdon, has already
done a solid analysis of Jobava's
games in this line on
ChessPublishing but I ' ve ana
lysed these games in more detail
for this Survey. I share his con
clusion that Black can ' t prove
equality after 9.c4 - though
Black is fairly solid i n these
slightly worse positions. The
main practical disadvantage of

this line for B lack is that even
when he equalizes, the resulting
positions don ' t offer many
chances to win.
Is Correspondence Play
Ahead of the Times?
Black has tried a few moves
other than 5 . . . tLlge7, but the main
move in correspondence chess
has been 5 . . . a6, trying to provoke
6.c6 (which is a fairly comfort
able version of the Exchange
Ruy Lopez for B lack, as
Sirotkin-Kireev, corr. 20 1 2,
shows). After the more natural
6.a4 b5 7 . b3 b7 oping move then the whole line .
The S t ro n g - Po i n t on e 5
4. d6 . .
Novikov,Stanislav
Konovalov,Nikolay
Moscow ch-city 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.fi.b5 e5 4.0-0
d6
5.1Lia3 [5.tt:lc3?! tll16 6.d3; 5.d3?! tt:l16
(5 ... a6 6.fi.e4 h6 (6 ... tll l6 7.tt:lh4! fi.18
the structure is much more like a
Ruy Lopez than a Sicilian, and
8 .d4 ed4 ! 9 . cd4 c4 l 0.c2 tLlb4
gave B lack the bi shop pair and
counterplay against White ' s im
posing centre i n Hansen-Rogos,
email 20 I O, but 8 .d3 ! is much
more problematic, as B l ack ' s
bi shops both look o u t of place i n
t h i s pawn structure. Then
8 . . . tLlf6 9 . tLl h4 led to a resound
ing win for White i n the high
level correspondence game
Pri makov-Timko. Maybe B l ack
has to play 9 . . . f8 , but if B lack
has to make this counter-devel
feels a bit untrustworthy. I t ' s
worth noti ng though that the
computers slightly overestimate
White ' s chances in the typical
middlegames - if B lack i s able
to exchange White ' s l ight
squared bi shop and queen ' s
knight he almost always equal
izes, as then White won ' t be
able to make use of the hole on
d5 .
(7 . . . fi.e7 8.tt:ll5 0-0 9.fi.g5 h6 1 0.fi.16 'it'l6
1 1 .tt:lc3;!;) 8.tt:lc3 d6 9.fi.g5 fi.e7 1 0.tt:ll5
fi.15 1 1 .el5;!; Anikeev-Kireev, er 201 2)
7.tt:lc3 fi.e7 8.tt:ld5 tt:l16 9.fi.e3 (9.tt:le7
'it'e7 1 0.fi.e3 d6=) 9 . . . d6 1 0.e3 0-0 1 1 .a3
( 1 1 .tt:ld2 tt:ld5 12 . ..id5 tt:le7 13 . ..ib3)
1 1 ... tt:ldS 1 2.fi.d5 tt:le7 1 3.fi.a2 b6=
Sehneider-Sueess, er 201 0) 6.tt:le3 (6.tt:lh4
tt:ld4!=) 6 . . . 0-0 (6 . . . h6 7.tt:lh4! (7.a3
(Kauleld-E.Rotstein, Paderborn 201 1 ) 7 . . . 0-0
8 . ..ic4 ..ie7 9.fi.e3 d6= 1 0.b4 tt:ld4!)
7 ... 0-0 8.tt:ll5 fi.e7 9.f4f) 7.fi.g5 (7.a4?! a6
8 ..Q.c4 ..ie7 9 ...ig5 (9.tt:ld2 d6 1 0.J:te1
..ig4 1 1 .13 ..ie6 1 2.tt:ll1 tt:ld7 1 3.tt:le3
fi.g5=; 9.tt:lg5 h6) 9 ... d6 1 0.fi.16 fi.16
1 1 .tiJdS fi.e6= (Sirotkin-Moskviehev, er
201 1 ) 1 2.c3 g6! 1 3.l:!e1 fi.g7 1 Hi'd2 tt:le7
1 5.tll e7 'it'e7 1 6 . ..ie6 'iVe6=) 7 ... a6 8 . ..ic4
b5 9.fi.b3 fi.e7 1 0.fi.16 fi.16 1 1 .a4 b4
1 2.tll d5 d6=] 5 ... tll ge7 [5 . . . fi.e7!? !!.
6.tt:le4 tll d4 7.fi.a4 a6 8.tt:ld4 ed4=;
5 ... tll 16 6.tt:le4 ..ie7 7 . ..ic6 dc6 (7 . . . bc6!?
Survey SI 3 1 . 1
Conclusion
In modem opening theory there
are several forgotten or little
known systems that are fully
playable; one only needs to flick
through a Yearbook to find evi
dence of thi s . However I think
this 4 . . . d6 system will soon
fade into obscurity again - not
because White has a slight ad
vantage based on the Solak
Jobava and Primakov-Timko
games, but because of the
following practical dilemma:
against a weaker player it will be
hard to win the very dry posi
tions which often occur in the
main line, but a higher-rated
player will try to grind down
your robust position all day !
Therefore I recommend using
this system only as a surprise
weapon for trying to make a
draw.
Of course, you can always wait
until 4 . . . d6 becomes 'old his
tory ' and only then spring it on
an unsuspecting opponent !
8.tt:lee5 0-0 (5; 8 . . . 'it'e7 9.tll c4) 9.l:!e1
'it'e7 1 0.tll e4 tll e4 1 1 .d3 d5 1 2.tt:la3 15
1 3.de4 le4f) 8.tt:lee5?! (8.d3 'it'e7 9.b3 0-0
1 0.fi.b2 tll g4 1 1 .h3 b5 1 2.hg4 ( 1 2.tll ed2
tll 16=) 1 2 . . . bc4 1 3.dc4 ..ig4 1 4.'it'e2 l:!ad8
1 5.J:tad1 lld4!?) 8 . . . 'it'e7 9.d4 (9.tllc4 b5
1 0.e5 bc4 1 1 .el6 'it'16oo) 9 ... 0-0 (Subasie
Baez, er 201 1 ) 1 0.fi.14 cd4 ( 1 0 ... tll e4
1 1 .i:te1 ) 1 1 .'it'd4 tll h5 1 2 . ..ie3 :ea
1 3.llad1 15=] 6.tll c4 [6 . ..ic4 0-0 7.tll b5
fi.b8 8.tt:le3 a6 (8 ... d6 9.d3 h6=; 8 ... ti:Ja5!?
9.fi.d5 tt:ld5 1 0.tll d 5 lll c6=) 9.d3 b5
1 O.fi.b3 d6 1 1 .a4 b4 12. tt:ld5 (Raidna
Veiper, er 2002) 12 . . . fi.e6=] 6 fi.c7 7.c3
..
[7.tt:le3 d5 8.ed5 tt:ld5 9.d3 0-0= 1 0.fi.c6
bc6] 7 0-0 [7 ... d5!? 8.ed5 (8.tllee5?
.
de4) 8 . . . 'it'd5 9.tt:le3 'it'd7=; 7 ... a6 8.fi.c6
tt:lc6 9.tt:le3 (AlavkinKolodov, Bor 2000)
9 . . . 00 1 0.d4 ed4 1 1 .ed4 d6 1 2.tll dS
fi.g4] 8.fi.c6 [8.d3 a6 9.fi.c6 tllc6
1 0.tt:le3 d6=] 8 tll c6 (8 ... bc6 9.tllce5
..
d6!? (9 . . . 16 1 0.tt:ld3 e4 1 1 .tt:lde1 d5 (
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Smerdon) 1 2.ed5 ti:Jd5 1 3.d3 cd3) 1 0.ti:Jd3
a6 1 1 .'it'c2 d5 1 2.e5 'it'c8 1 3.ti:JcS 11
1 4.@11 b6 1 5.ti:Ja4 c5=; 15 ... 'ii'a6 1 6.d3
ti:Jg6oo] 9.ti:Je3 b6 [ 9 ... d6 1 0.d4?
ed4 1 1 .cd4 cd4 1 2.ti:Jd4 l:l.e8=F] 1 0.d3 d6
1 1 .ti:Jd2 e6 1 2.ti:Jdc4 ti:Je7 1 3.ti:Jb6
'ii' b6 1 4.ti:lc4 [14.c4 15=F Smerdon]
14 'ilt'a6 1 S.f4 ef4 [ 15 ... 16 1 6.b3 el4
..
1 7.14 d5 1 8.ed5 ti:Jd5=F] 1 6.it.f4 dS?!
[16 ... J:l.adB 17.'ii'e2 J:l.leB=FJ 1 7.ti:Jd6
ti:Jg6 1 S.g3 de4?! [18 ... l:l.adB 1 9.e5 16
20.el6 l:l.d6 2 1 . d6 'ii'd6 22.fg7 l:l.11
23.'ii'l l <;t;>g7 (oo Smerdon) 24.d4 cd4
25.cd4 it.d7 26.'it'l2 it.b5=] 1 9.ti:Je4
'it'c6 20.'it'hS it.dS 21 .c4 ..Q.e4
22.de4 'it'e4 23.'it'cS l:l.fcS [23 ... l:l.acB
24.'it'a7 J:l.c4 25.l:l.adl J:l.c2=] 24.'it'dS
'ii'dS 2S.cdS f6 2U!ac1 Wf7
[26 ... l:l.cl 27.l:l.cl l:l.dB 28.l::lc7 l:td5
29.l:l.b7 a5] 27.l:l.fe1 0.e7 2S.l:cd1
tt:lfS 29.d6 :es 30.r:tc1 l:l.e1 31 . ..Q.e1
tt:ld6 32.l:tc7 '\tt g6 33.r:td7 J:!eS
34.f2 0.e4 3S.a7 l:lcS 36.h3
' '
'*
36 fS?
[36 ... bS 37.r:lb7 ti:Jd6=] 24.dS l:l.abB 2S.it.e4!; 1 1 ... it.cS!?
37.l:l.b7 l:l.c1 3S.>t>h2 f4 39.d4?
[39.bB] 39 l:l.d1 40.l:l.g7 'it;>h6
13 1 5.'ii'13 ti:ld4 1 6.'ii'g3 ti:Jg6 1 7.e3
41 .es 0.f2? [41 ...ti:ld2! 42.h4 ti:Jl1
43.@h3 tt:le3 44.'it;>h2 tt:ll1 =] 42.g4+
tt:ld3 43.c3 f3 44.'it;>g3 f2 4S.@h4
l:l.g1 46.gS J:lgS 47.l:gS 1 -0
J o bava s P ra x i s
5 . c 3 CU e7
Solak.Dragan
Jobava,Baadur
Legnica Ech 201 3 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.0.f3 tt:lc6 3.bs es 4.0-0
d6 S.c3 tt:lge7 6.d4 [6.d3 0-0 7.CUbd2
(7.e3 a6 8.a4 b6 9.a3 c7 1 0.b4 cb4
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1 1 .ab4 d5=) 7 ... a6 8.a4 c7 9.a3 bS
1 0.b3 (1 0.c2 dS) 10 . . . dS (Grund-Leroy,
Cappelle la Grande 1 99S; 1 0 ... d6=) 1 1 .ed5
ti:JdS 1 2.0.e4 ti:JaS! 1 3.ti:lcS tt:lb3 1 4.'ii' b3
g4] 6 cd4 7.cd4 ed4 S.CUd4 a6
9.c4!? [9.a4 0-0 1 0.ti:Jc3 'it'c7
1 1 .CUl3 bS 1 2.it.b3] 9 0-0 [9 ......c7
1 0.ti:Jl3 ti:JeS 1 1 .b3 tt:l13 1 2.'it'l3 0-0
1 3.'ii' h 5! 'it'c5 1 4.'ii' e2 ( 1 4.'ii'cS it.c5
1 S.ti:Jc3 d6 1 6.ti:Ja4 it.e6 1 7.ti:JcS des
1 8.it.e3 b6 1 9.l:l.ldl l:l.adB=) 14 ... 'it'c7
1 S.h3 c5 1 6.e3 d6 1 7.ti:ld2!] 1 0.ti:Jf3
[1 0.ti:Jc3 bS ( 1 0 ... 'ii'c7 1 1 .h3 es 1 2.ti:Jf3
c3 1 3.bc3 d6 1 4.it.b3!) 1 1 .b3 ti:Jd4
1 2.'it'd4 'ii'c7 1 3.h3 es 1 4.'ii' d3 b7
1 5.d2!] 1 0 ... 1!fc7 1 1 .b3 [1 1 .ti:Jc3
ti:Jes 1 2.ti:Jes es 1 3.ti:JdS 'ii'c4 1 4.ti:Je7
'it;>hBoo] 1 1 bS [1 1 ...ti:Je5 1 2.ti:Je5 es
1 3.14 'irb6 1 4.'it.>h1 d4 1 5.ti:Jc3 dS
(Smerdon) 1 6.IS! (1 6.ti:JdS ti:Jd5 1 7.dS
it.e6 1 8.it.e6 le6gg) 16 . . . de4 1 7.g5 ti:JIS
1 8.ti:Jd5 1!fa7 1 9.l:l.15 IS 20.ti:Je7 @hB
21 .ti:JIS b2 22.e3 b6 23.l:l.bl es
1 2.ti:Jc3 d6 1 3.14 it.e6 ( 1 3 . . . g4 1 4.h3
S1 .l:l.ddS [ S1 .@13 l:l.a6 S2.J:l.dd8 16
ti:Jb3 1 8.ab3!) 1 4.ti:Ja4! ( 1 4.ti:JdS dS
1 S.edS ti:les 1 6.es deS=) 14 ... ti:lg6
1 S.0.cS ti:ll4 1 6.ti:le6 ti:le6 1 7.J:lcl !]
1 2.ti:lc3 b7 1 3.ti:JdS [1 3.e3!? ti:JaS
( 1 3 ... l:l.acB 1 4.l:l.c1 'irbB 1 S.ti:JdS!) 1 4.l:l.c1
ti:Jb3 1 5.'ii' b3 it.c6 1 6.J:lld1 (! Smerdon)
16 ... l:l.aeB 1 7.l:l.d2 h6 1 8.l:l.cdl 14
1 9.J:!d3 e3 20.l:l.e3!] 1 3 ti:JdS
1 4.it.dS J:l.aeS (14 ... cS!? 1 S.it.gS! ti:Je7
1 6.it.e7 e7 1 7.l:l.c1 'it'b6 1 8.'ii' b 3 d5
1 9.1!fd5!] 1 S.e3 f4 1 6.f4 1!ff4
1 7.a41 [1 7.l:l.el !] 1 7 l:l.bS [.!> 1 7 ... ba4
1 8.l:l.a4 'it'c7 1 9.'it'b3] 1 S.abS abS
1 9.1!fb3 [1 9.'it'c1 'it'c1 20.l:l.fca
Smerdon; 1 9.ti:Jd4 ti:Jd4 20.'ii'd4 dS
21 .'ird5 d6!] 19 ti:leS 20.ti:JeS
[20.J:l.ld1 ! tt:l13 21 .'it'f3 'it'l3 22.gf3 c6
23.l:l.ac1 l:l.fc8 24.'it;>g2! Smerdon]
20 'it'eS 21 .b7 l:l.b7 22.l:l.fe1 'it'e6
[22 ... l:l.cB (= Smerdon) 23.l:l.ec1 l:l.c1
24.l:cl l:l.c7 25.l:l.c7 'ii'c7 26.'it'bS 'ii'c 1
27.'it'll 'it'b2; 22 ... l:l.c7=] 23.1!fd3 h6
(23 ... 'it'eS!] 24.l:l.ac1 b4 2S.b3
[2S.l:l.c5!? l:l.aB 26.h3 d6 27.l:l.d5!]
2S l:l.aS 26.g3 l:l.bbS 27.l:l.c4! l:l.a2
2S.'it;>g2 hS?! [ 28 ... l:l.b6] 29.h4 g6
30.l:l.d1 l:l.a3 31 .1!fc2 d6 32.l:l.dd4
[32.l:l.d5 l:l.b6 33.'ii' d3 l:l.aB 34.'ii' d4
l:l.abB! Smerdon] 32 @g7 33.l:l.d3!
[33.l:l.b4 l:l.b3 34.l:l.d6 'it'd6 3S.l:l.b3 l:l.b3
36.1Wb3] 33 @gS 34.J:%dd4 @g7
.
3S.J:ld3 @gs 36.'ii' d 1 l:l.b6 37.'ii' c 1
<;t;>h7 3S.'ird1 <;t;>gS 39.'irc1 wh7
40.'it'c2 l:l.bS 41 .'it'd1 l:l.b6 42.J:l.f3
J:lb7 43.'ii'd 3 l:l.a6 44.'it'd4 l:l.ab6
4S.l:l.f6
i: ' *
i: i 'if .l:I i
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cJ;;
4S 'ire7? [4S ... 'it'd7 46.eS dS 47.l:l.b6
l:l.b6 48.'ii' b6 dc4 49.bc4 (Smerdon)
49 ... 1!fd2 50.'it'b7 @gs s1 .c5 'ifd4 52.c6
'ire4 S3.'it;>h2 b3 54.'it'b3 'it'c6=]
46.l:l.cS! +- W'eS 47.J:ld6 'it'd4
4S.l:l.d4 J:la6 49.eS l:l.e6 SO.f4 @g7
S3.J:l.d6 l:l.ba7 54.l:l.a6 l:l.a6 55.l:l.c4+-]
S1 f6 S2 .l:tgS @h7 [S2. . . 'it.>h6D
(Smerdon) 53.l:l.hB l:l.h7 54.l:l.h7 'it>h7
SS.l:l.c5 leS S6.feS gs S7.'it;>l3 <;t;>g6 S8.'it>e4
gh4 S9.gh4+-] S3.ef6 [S3.l:l.h8 @g7
54.l:l.cgB 'it;>f7 55.l:l.18 @e7 S6.l:l.c8!+
Smerdon] S3 llf6 S4.l:thS @g7
SS.l:tcgS <;i<f7 S6.l:l.h7 <;i<gS S7.llb7
l:l.c6 SS.l:l.b4 l:l.c2 S9.wf3 l:l.c3
60.@f2 @f7 61 .l:l.b7 [61 .l:tbB :c2
62.'it;>e3 l:l.c3 63.@e4! l:l.g3 64.b4
(Smerdon) 64 . . . @e6 6S.bS 'it.>d6!? 66.J:l.c8
<;i<d7 67.l:l.c6 l:l.b3 68. l:l.96 l:l.b5 69.l:l.gS
l:tbB 70.l:l.h5 @e6=] 61 @f6 62.l:l.b6
<;t;>fS 63.l:l.bS <;i<f6 64.b4 l:l.b3
[64 ... l:l.c2!? 6S.<;i<e3! l:l.c3 66.<;i<e4 l:l.g3
67.J:!c5 l:b3 68.b5 l:l.b4 69.@d5]

65.l:tb6 'ot;>f5 66.l:tb5? [66.bS l:tb2
67.@e3 l:tb3 68.'ot;>d4 l:tg3 69.l:tc6 l:tb3
70.b6 @14 71 .l:tg6 @15 72.l:tgS @16
73.@cS+- Smerdon] 66 @16 67.l:tb8.
5 68.:b6 l:tb2= 69.'it>f3 l:tb3
70.>tf2 :b2 71 .@fa l:tb3 72.@g2
l:tb2 73.@h3 l:tb1 74.l:tbS @e4
75.@g2 :b2 76.@h3 @f3 77.l:ta5
:tb1 78.:aa @f2 79.l:ta2 @f3
eo.:aa cJ;>f2 81 .@h2 l:tb4 82.fS gts
8Ua5 f4 84.gf4 @fa 85.l:th5 l:tb2
86.@g1 l:tb1 87.'it>h2 l:tb2 Y2Y2
Matinian,Nikita
Jobava,Baadur
Legnica Ech 201 3 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 lll c6 3.b5 e 5 4.0-0
.id& 5.c3 lll ge7 6.d4 cd4 [6 ... ed4
7.cd4 cd4] 7.cd4 ed4 8.lll d 4 a6 [8 ... 0-0
9.lilc3 'ii'c7 (9 ... a6 1 0.i.e2; 9...es
10.lilde2! a6 1 1 .d3;!; dS?! 1 2.edS lll b4
13.1e4) 1 0.lll l3 (1 0.@h1 a6 1 1 .i.e2
ill d4 12.'ii'd4 i.es 1 3.1i'd3 :ea 1 4.i.e3
d5! 15.li:ldS lll d5 1 6.edS 1i'd6;!;) 1 0 ... a6
1 1 .1a4 (1 1 .e2) 1 1 ... lll eS 1 2.h3
(12.'1th1 ! b5 1 3.i.b3 i.b7 1 4.i.14;!;)
1 2 ...b5 1 3.i.b3 i.b7 (Kretchetov
Vl.Georgiev, Los Angeles 201 3) 1 4.lll e S
1e5 1 5.gS d6 1 6.l:tc1 W'd7 1 7.W'd2;!;]
9.1e2 [9.i.c4!] 9 ... 0-0
I .i. 'if :i .
i .t. .. .t. .t. .t.
i .. .a
1 0.li:lc3 [1 0.i.e3 i.es 1 1 .lll c3;
1 0.li:ll3!?N c5 ( 1 0 . . . W'c7 1 1 .li:lc3)
1 1 .li:lc3 d6 1 2.i.14 ( 1 2.a3 e6 1 3.b4 a7
14.1b2 d5!=) 12 . . . lll g 6 1 3.1g3 i.e6
(13 ... li:lgeS 1 4.l:tc1 lll 13 1 5.i.13 lll d4
16.e5 de5 1 7.1e5 lll l3 1 8.W'l3;!;) 1 4.:c1
(;!; Smerdon) 14 ... lll geS 1 5.lll dS 1a7P-
16.li:le5 deS 1 7.a6 1i'd7 1 8.i.c4 i.d4g[!)
1 0 ... i.e5! [1 0 . . . 'it'c7?! 1 1 .lll l3! lll eS
(1 1 .. .b5 1 2.i.b5!?;!;) 1 2.g3 b5 ( 1 2 . . . lll f3
13.i.13 i.eS 1 4.i.e3) 1 3.gS
(Aveskulov-Kupreichik, Lvov 2004) 13 . . . h6
1 4.i.e7 i.e7 1 5.lll d 5 lll 13 1 6.13 'it'eS
1 7.lll e7 'it'e7 1 8.eS;!;; 10 ... lll d4 1 1 .W'd4
W'c7 1 2.g3 i.c5 1 3.W'd3 d6 1 4.e3;!;]
1 1 .i.e3 [1 1 .lll l3 i.c3 1 2.bc3 d5 1 3.edS
lll d 5! ( 1 3 .. .'it'd5;!;) 1 4.c4 (1 4.c4?! lll c3;
14 ...c2 ..16 1 5.d3 g6 1 6.i.b2 li:ll4
1 7.i.e4 15! 1 8.15 1i'15 1 9.1i'15 gf5=)
14 ... i.e6 1 5.lLlgS h6 1 6.lll e6 fe6oo]
1 1 d5 1 2.lll c 6 [1 2.edS] 1 2 bc6
.. . Gallagher.Joseph
1 3.i.d4 [1 3.14!? c3 1 4.bc3 de4 1 5.i.cS
i.d7 1 6.1i'd4f] 1 3 d6 1 4.i.f3 [1 4.14
. 1 .e4 c5 2.lLlf3 lLlc6 3.b5 e5 4.0-0
c5 1 5.i.12 i.14 ( 1 5 ... d4 1 6.e5 (;!; Smerdon)
1 6.ed5 ( 1 6.i.cS? i.h2 1 7.@h2 1i'c7
1 8.@h1 ..cS 1 9.lll d S lll d S 20.1i'd5
1fa7!'l') 1 6 . . . llJISoo Smerdon] 1 4 l:tb8
..
[14 ... cS?! 1 5.i.e3 d4 1 6.es es 1 7.a8
de3 1 8.'it'd8 el2 1 9. l:tl2 l:td8 20 . .l:te1 ;!;]
1 5.l:te1 (1 5.ed5 cdS (= Smerdon) 1 6.g3
i.e6 1 7.l:te1 l:tb2 1 8.lll d5 l:tb5] 1 5 c5! . 1 6.'ifd1 lLle1 1 7.d6 16 1 8.de7 'it'd1
1 6.e5 lLlc6 [1 6 ... cd4 1 7.ed6 'it'd6
1 8.W'd4;!;] 1 7.ed6 lLld4 1 8.i.d5 1i'd6
1 9.b3 a5 ( 19 ... i.15 20.11Vh5 g6
21 .'it'h4 l:tle8=; 21 ... lLlc2? 22.l:lad1
lLle1 ?? 23.17] 20.l:tc1 ? 1 [20.W'hS!]
20 ... h6 (20 ... a4! 21 .ba4 l:tb2 (= Smerdon)
22.i.c4 'it'l4 23.lLle2 W'h4] 21 .'it'h5
.b6? [ 21 ... 15 22.c4 l:tbd8 23.h3;!;]
22.l:te3 (22.lLle4! W'e7 23.lLlg3! (
Smerdon) 23 ... 'it'd6 24.l:tcS!] 22 'it>h8?
.
[22 ... l:tbdSD 23.h4 'it>h8 24.'ife5 W'e5
25.l:te5;!;] 23.lLle4 'ti'd8 24.c4 c4
25.l:tc4 f5 [25 ... l:tb4 26.l:tcS] 26.lLlc5
f4
27 ..l:te4? (27.l:td3 11Ve7 28.'it'd1 !
(28.h3?? 'it'e1 29.'it>h2 lLle2) 28 . . . l:tbe8
29.h3 ( Smerdon) 29 . . . lLle2 30.'itt h 2 13!
31 .lLle4! (31 .l:tl3 W'e5 32.@h1 l:t13
33.l:te4 W'hS 34.l:te8 1i'e8 35.gf3 lLll4=)
31 ... a4 32.g3 ab3 33.ab3] 27 l:tf51
28. 1i'g4 l:tg5 29 ... d1 ?! [29.W'd7 llJl3
(29 . . . lLlb3 30.ab3 l:tc5 (= Smerdon)
30.@h1 l:tcS 31 .11t'd8 l:td8 32.gf3 l:tg5=]
29 lLlb3 30. 'it'd8?? (30.lLld7 lLlcS!
. 23.l:tcSJ 21 1!t'b3 22.i.a5 h6 (
Survey SI 3 1 . 1
31 .l:tc5 W'd7 32.l:tc1 = Smerdon]
30 l:td8 31 .h4 l:td1 32.@h2 l:th5
.
33.l:tf4 lLlc5 34.g4 l:th4 35.@g3 g5
[35 ... l:td3-+ 36.'itt h4 gS 37.@hS @g7
38.13 l:td1 39.l:tf7 <;1;>17 40.@h6 lLle6] 0-1
M ichalik,Peter
Meissen ti 201 3 (2)
d6 5.c3 llJge7 6.d4 cd4 7.cd4
ed4 8.lLld4 a6 9.i.e2 0-0 1 0.lLlc3
e5 1 1 .i.e3 d5 1 2.ed5 lLld5
[ 1 2 ... lLlb4?! (Krejci-Kislinsky, Ledec nad
Sazavou ch-CZE 201 3) 1 3.i.gS! :ea
( 1 3 ... 16 1 4.llJl3 i.c3 1 5.bc3 lLlbd5
1 6.i.d2;!;) 1 4.l:te1 ! d4 1 5.W'd4 lLlc2
( 1 8 ... 1i'e7 1 9.i.e3 lLlg2 20.1!t'd5 'itt h8
21 .1i'g2) 1 9.l:td1 llJg2 20.i.c1 ! h3
21 .i.c4 @h8 22.i.11 l:te7 23.g2 g2
24.@g2;!;] 1 3.lLld5 lLld4
1 4.c4! (1 4.i.d4 'it'd5 1 5.i.c3 'it'd1
1 6.l:tld1 i.c3 1 7.bc3 e6= 1 8.i.13 l:tab8
1 9.l:tab1 ( 1 9.a4?! :tea 20.a5 g6 21 .l:tdb1
l:tc3) 19 ... bS 20.l:td6 i.a2 21 .:a1 i.c4
22.l:tda6 g5 23.h4! gh4 24.l:th6= Bartel
Jobava, Legnica Ech 201 3 (5)] 1 4 ttJf5 ..
( 1 4 ... b5!? 1 5.i.d4 d4 1 6.1i'd4 bc4
1 7.W'c4 i.e6 1 8.l:tad1 'it'aS] 1 5.i.b6
[1 5.cS i.e6!? ( 1 5 ... 'it'h4 1 6.14 i.d6
1 7.i.d6 lLld6=) 1 6.i.18 1!t'h4 1 7.h3 W'c4
1 8.g7! d6! 1 9.i.eS!! i.dS 20.i.d6
lLld6=] 1 5 i.h2? [ 1 5 ... 1Wh4 1 6.14 i.d6=
..
1 7.i.12 ( 1 7.1!t'l3 i.e6 1 8.g3 1!t'h3=)
1 7 ... 1i'h6 1 8.g4!? llJe7 1 9.gS 1!t'h3 20.lLle7
i.e7oo] 1 6.'it>h2 1Wh4 1 7.@g1 1i'c4
1 8.l:tc1 ! (1 8.lLlc7 i.e6 1 9.lLla8 l:ta8]
1 8 'it'a2 1 9.lLlc7 i.e6 20.lLlaS :as
..
21 .1!t'd2? [21 .'il'f3! W'dS (21 ... 'ii'b2
22.1!t'b7 l:tl8 23.W'a6) 22.1i'd5 i.d5
.
55
22 ... b6 23.c3 h6] 23.l:lfe1 b6 24.c3
J:tc8 2S.l:leS;t 'it'c4 26.l:lce1 'ijfh4?!
[26 . . . aS] 27.'it'e2 [27.l:!e6!? le6 28.'ii d7
l:lcS 29.ife6 @h7 30.'ifb6] 27 'ifc4
28 ....f3 ti:Jd6 29 .... g3 g4! 30 .... g4
g4= 31 .l:la1 [31 .l:le7 e6 32.J:ta7
ti:JbS 33.lla6 ti:Jc3 34.bc3 l::tc3 3S. l:lb6
'it>h7=] 31 as 32.J:ldS J:lc6 33.es
ti:Jc4 34.l:ld8 <;i;>h7 3S.d4 bS
36.J:tb8 J:ld6 37.cs l:ldS 38.J:tbS
d7 39.J:lbaS ti:JaS 40.J:laS Y2Y2
A h ead of t h e T i mes
5.c3 a6
Sirotkin ,Vladimir
Kireev,Vladimir
cr lCCF 201 2
1 .e4 cs 2.f3 c6 3.bs es 4.0-0
d6 S.c3 a6 [S ... 'it'l6?! 6.d3!;t Pavlovic
Rausis, Gausdal 1 989; S . . . ti:Jl6? 6.d4 cd4
7.cd4 (E.GarciaN.Khan, Istanbul ol 2000 )
7 ... ed4?! 8.eS+- ; S . . ....c7?! (Fierro
BaqueroSevillano, New York 1 997) 6.d4!
cd4 (6 . . .ed4 7.lle1 !?;t) 7.cd4 ti:Jd4 8.ti:Jc3!
ti:Je7 9.e3t]
6.c6 [6.e2 lt:ll6! 7.d4 cd4 8.cd4 ed4
9.ti:Jd4 ti:Jd4 (9 . . . lt:le4? 1 0.13 lt:lc5
1 1 .l:le1 lt:le6 1 2.ti:JIS; 9 ... 00!? 1 0.ti:JIS!?
(1 0.lt:lc3 lt:ld4 1 1 .ifd4 'ifc7 1 2.g3 es
13 ....d3 bS=) 10 . . . es 1 1 .14 c7 1 2.eS d6
1 3.el6 IS 1 4.lg7 l:le8oo) 1 0.'it'd4 ...c7
1 1 .g3 (1 1 .@h1 0-0 1 2.ti:Jc3 bS 1 3.14 c5
14.'ilt'd3 d6 1 S.13 b7=) 1 1 . . . bS 1 2.lt:lc3
o-o 1 3.e3 (1 3.gS?! es 14.ifd3 b7
1 S.J:tac1 'ii' b6 1 6.16 16=) 13 . . . es
14.'ii'd3 (14.'ii' b4 c3! 1 S.bc3 b7=)
14 ...b7 1 5.J:lac1 'ii' a5= Weilguni-Kireev,
er 201 2; 6.a4; 6.c4 ti:Jf6 (6 ... bS
7.d5 tll ge7 8.d4;t Tologontegin-
56
Takyrbashev, Bishkek ch-KGZ 2013) 7.d4
(7.d3 b5 8.b3 00=) 7 . . . cd4 8.cd4 ed4!
9.e5 tll e5 1 0.lt:leS es 1 U!e1 0-0!
1 2.J:le5 ...c7 1 3.ifd4 d5 1 4.ti:Jc3 ...c4
1 5.J:ld5 'ijfd4 1 6.l:ld4 ..Q.e6=] 6 dc6
7.d4 ed4 8.cd4 ..Q.g4 9.dcS [9.eS c7
1 0.dc5 'ii' d 1 1 1 .J:ld1 ..Q.13 1 2.gl3 eS!=
1 3.l:te1 0-0-0 1 4.l:le5 l:ld1 1 S.@g2 l:lc1 ]
9 ..Q.cS 1 0 .... c2! [10 .... b3 ...b6
1 1 .... b6 b6 1 2.lt:le5 e6 1 3.l:ld1 16 (
13 . . . l:td8 1 4.l:td8 Wd8) 1 4.tlll3 l:td8
1 5.J:ld8 Wd8 1 6.ti:Jc3 lt:le7 17 . ..Q.14 lt:lg6
1 8.d6 g4 Kresz-Kuckel, er 2000;
1 0.tll c3 ti:Jl6 1 1 .h3 d1 1 2.l:!d1 13
1 3.gl3 tll d7=] 1 0 'ire7 [1 0 . . . a7
. Mertens-Timko, er 201 1 ; 20.dS c3 21 .bc3
1 1 .g5 (1 1 .lt:lbd2 ti:Jl6 1 2.e5 ti:Jd5 1 3.ti:Jc4
0-0 1 4.tll g5 g6oo) 1 1 . . . tll e7 1 2.ti:Jbd2 0-0
1 3.h3 ke6=] 1 1 .0,bd2 tll f6 1 2.eS
tll d7 [12 ... tll d5 1 3.tll e4 13 1 4.gf3t]
1 3.l:le1 [1 3.ti:Je4 h6 1 4.l:ld1 IS 1 S.14
l:ld8 1 6.tll d6 'ii' d6 1 7."it'l5 'ii' e6 1 8."it'c2
0-0=] 1 3 o-o [ 1 3 ... 0-0-0!? 1 4.a3 @b8
1 5.b4 a7 1 6.b2 0,18!.,.] 1 4.h3 hS
1 S.tll e4 h6 1 6.ti:JcS cs 1 7.'ii'fS
f3 1 8.ifd7 'ifdS 1 9.'ilt'dS dS=
Y2-Y2
Hansen.Morten Moller
Rogos Sr,Jan
cr lCCF Email 201 0
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 tll c6 3.bS es 4.0-0
d6 S.c3 a6 6.a4 bS [6 . . . ti:Jge7!?
7.d4 cd4 8.cd4 ed4 9.tll d4 c7 1 0.ti:Jl3 bS
1 1 .b3 (1 1 .c2?! b7=) 1 1 .. .0-0 1 2.tll c3]
7.b3 [7.c2 (ColovicDinev, Struga
1 993) 7 . . . tll ge7 8.d3 (8.a4 b4 9.d4?! cd4
1 0.cd4 tll d4 1 1 .tll d4 ed4 1 2 .... d4 'ijfc?
1 3.g3 o-o 1 4.'ii' d 1 bn) 8 ... c7 9.e3
d6 1 0.a4 b4=] 7 b7 [7 . . . tll l6 8.d4 c4
9.c2;t] 8.d4
8 ed4! 9.cd4 c4 [9 ... cd4 1 0.tll d4 'ifc7
1 1 .tlllS!;t] 1 0.c2 tll b 4D 1 1 .tll c 3
[1 1 .eS?! 13 1 2.gf3 c7 1 3.d2 lLc2
14."it'c2 dS 1 S.a4 tll e 7; 1 1 .tll bd2!? tL.c2
1 2.Wc2 0,e7 1 3.b3 cb3 1 4.ifb3 0-0 1 S.a4
b4 1 6.ti:Jc4 b8 1 7.d5t] 1 1 0,c2 .
1 2."it'c2 Ci:Je7 1 3.a4 (1 3.eS b4
1 4.Ci:Je4 dS 1 5.Ci:Jg3 "it'b6!=] 1 3 b4
[1 3 ... o-o 1 4.ab5 ab5 1 5.e3 b4
( 1 5 . . . J:laS!?) 1 6.Ci:Jb5 ... b6 1 7.tbd6
...d6"'] 1 4.eS [ 1 4.0,e2 l:lc8t]
1 4 c7 1 S.Ci:Je4 e4 1 6.'ii' e4 dS
.
1 7.ed6 d6= 1 8.gS [1 8.d5!? J:lc8
1 9.14 0-0 20.d6 ...d6=] 1 8 0-0
1 9.l:lac1 l:lc8 20.J:lfe1 [20.tll d2 c3
21 .bc3 bc3 22.Ci:Jb1 16 23.e3 b4!=
bc3=] 20 l:le8 21 .dS [21 .'ii' b7 16
22 . ..Q.d2 ... a5=] 21 c3 22.bc3 bc3
..
23.'ifg4 hS! 24.'ii h S ifdH 25.e7
l:le7 26.l:le3 [26.ti:Jg5 l:le1 27.J:le1
'ii'l5!-+] 26 l:le3 27.fe3 a3
28.l:lc2 l:lc4 29.Ci:Je1 'ifa4 30.'ii'fS
d6+ 31 .J:lf2 J:lc7 32.tll c 2 "ilfc4
33.tll d 4 as 34.g3 a4 3S.'it'gS e7
36.'ifeS l:lb7-+ 37.d6 f8 38.W'e8
ifdS 39.Wa4 'it'e4 40.d7 l:lb1
41 .l:lf1 'ijfe3 42 .tg2 l:lb2 43.@h3
... h6 44.<;i;>g4 'ijfg6 4S.<;i;>f3 d6
46.tll c2 "it'dS 47.@e2 e7 48.l:ld1
"it'g2 49.@d3 "it'f3 SO.@c4 'ii'd 1
S1 .... a8 <;i;>h7 S2 ....e4 fS 0-1
Primakov,Vasily
Timko,Viktor
cr lCCF 201 0
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 ti:Jc6 3.bS es 4.0-0
d6 S.c3 a6 6.a4 bS 7.b3 b7
8.d3!t tllf6 [8 . . . h6?! 9.e3 tll 16
1 0.tll h 4!] 9.tll h 4
'ii K
.t. i iii
i .t.
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i., 8 8
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9 g6 [9 ... Ci:Je7 1 0.g5 Ci:Jg6 1 1 .Ci:Jl5
.
18;t; 9 ... 18!? 1 0.tll l5 d5 ( 1 0 . . . g6?
1 1 .tll h 6; 10 ... Ci:Ja5 1 1 .14 d6 1 2.le5 de5
 Survey SI 3 1 . 1

13.c2;!;) 1 1 .ed5 tt:ld5 1 2.l:lea 1Wd7 1 6.tt:lbd2 tt:lc5 1 7.'ii' c2 :Lie& [ 'it>hS 32. 1We3 1Wcs 33.l:tg1 :l.g7
13.a4 b4 1 4.'it'g4 g6 1 5.tt:lh6 :I.dB 1 6.g5 1 Le4 1 8. l:tlel 15 1 9.g3! 18 20.18 WIS 34.bS [34.h4!] 34 abS 35.tt:lbS 1!t'd7

.ih6 17 ....d? :l.d7 1 8.h6) 1 0.tt:lf3! 21 .b4 tt:ld3 22.:l.e3;!;] 1 S.tt:lg5 li:lg5 36.l:tgb1 d4 [36 ... l:taB 37.l:taB aB
[10.h6 18 1 1 .18 @18 1 2.tt:ld2 @g7=) 1 9.gS 0-0 20.b4 e4! [20 ... l:tcB 38.tt:ld6+-] 37.tt:ld4 [37.cd4? g5!<=!]
10 tLaS 1 1 .a4! ? [1 1 .c2 0-0 1 2.a4
21 .:1.ldl 18 22.tt:le4! .Q.e4 23.'ii' e4J 37 J:tcs 3S.l:tb6 W'd5 39.c6 as

=e8=) 1 1 tt:lb3 1 2.'ifb3 'ifbS [ 1 2 . . . c4

. 21 .g3 es 22.tt:lb31 'ii' c7 23.tt::i as [39 ... c6 40.c4 'it'd? 41 .tt:lc6 l:tc6 42.l:taB
13.dc4 e4 1 4.ab5 ab5 1 5.:1.aB 1Wa8 :acs [23 ... d5 24.tt:lb? 'it'b7 25.J:la5! 1:11ca J:lcB 43.l:tcB W'cB 44. 'ifd4+-] 40.'it>g2
16.1Llbd2 d3 1 7.l:tel e4 1 8.1!t'd1 ! ;!;) 26.c5J 24.'ifd2 as 25.f4 f5 Wc4 41 .l:taS 1WgS 42.h4 h6
1 3 h6! c4 [1 3 ... tt:lg4 1 4.g5 h6
. [25 ... .Q.14 26.'ii' l4 W-14 27.gl4] 26.:l.fd1 43.l:tba6 'iti>h7 44.c4 1WeS 45.l:ta7
15.h4] 1 4.dc4 ba4 [14...tll e4 1 5.ab5 d5 27.cS .Q.f4 2S.gf4 :l.ceS c6 46.:l.g7 wg7 47.l:ta7 d7
ab5 1 6..ll aB aB 1 7.cb5] 1 5.'ii' a4 tt:le4 29.tt:lb3 .Q.b7 30.tt:ld4 l:te7 31 .'iti>h1 4S.tt:le6 wf6 49.tt:lfS 1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

E 'ii' i:
.a
.l .l .l .l
.l .a
.l .l .l

tLJ
ti
:g: tLJ VIV I;I
position after 1 5 . . . d7-d5 position after 8 . . . a7-a6 position after 8 . . . tt:lg8-f6

How will you counter B lack's What is the best retreat for White's How should White improve his
pawn sacrifice? bishop, and why? position?
(solution on page 246) (solution on page 246) (solution on page 247)

57
S i cilian Defen ce B32
De La Bourdonnais Variation SI 32.2 (832)

Li Ch ao's Preference
by Alexey Kuzm i n

1. e4 cs 8.'ifd1
2. lLlf3 tLlc6 The other queen retreats 8 .'ii' d 3
3. d4 cd4 or 8 .'ii' d 2 do not cause Black any
4. lLl d4 es serious problems.
s. lLlbS a6 8 ...tLlf6 9.tt:lc3 d6
6. lLld6 d6
7. 'ifd6 'fk e7
K j_ :i
.t. 'if .t. .t. .t.
.t. .t.
.t.

This variation occurred twice
last year in games of the Chinese
grandmaster Li Chao . Compared
with the better known main line
of the De La Bourdonnais Varia
tion (7 . . . 'iff6), in the endgame
after the exchange of queens the
knight will probably be better
placed at e7 than at f6. In addi
tion, 8.'ifc7, which is dangerous
in the main line, is not so here on
account of 8 . . . d5 ! . And after the
most logical move 8 .'ii' d l the
black knight comes out to f6,
which probably should also be
regarded as a virtue .
Two Options
In the starting position White has
two options. He can retreat his
queen or fight for an advantage
in the endgame.
1 0. e2
Another logical looking plan for
White is to force .. .e6 and then,
after invading with lLlc3-d5 , ob
tain a position with two bishops
against two knights : I O.g5
e6 l I .lLld5 d5 l 2 .ed5 . But in
Nasanjargal-Kriebel, Maribor
20 1 2, B lack demonstrated an in
teresting plan of counterplay on
the queenside: l 2 ... lLlb8 1 3 .e2
0-0 1 4.0-0 lLlbd7 1 5 .c4 l:Z.fb8 ! ?.
1 0 ... 0-0 1 1 . e3
LI Chao
1 1 ... bS
The idea of developing the
bishop on b7 is a new plan. The
older plan 1 1 . . . e6 occurred in
Bej tovic-Zwardon , M arianske
Lazne 20 1 3 , but it allows White
to gain a slight advantage with
out particular problems.
1 2.0-0 b7 1 3.a4
It would be interesting to test
1 3 .lLld5 ! , which has not yet oc
curred.
1 3 ... tt:ld4!
After simplification White re
tained some initiative in Berg-Li,
Malmo 20 1 2, but the limited ma
terial allowed Black to solve his
problems without much diffi
culty.
Adva ntage in the Endgame
White ' s second option is to try
and exploit the advantage of the

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two bishops after the exchange
of queens.
8.'i'e7 lLl ge7 9. lLl c3
The position ansmg after
. . . d7-d5 and the associated ex
changes is not easy to assess.
9 .. d5 1 o. d2 es 1 1 .0-0-0
. Instead of the immediate break
0-0-0 1 2.f3 <Jii c7 1 3.b3 f6
1 4.edS lLl d5 1 5. lLl dS .1:1d5
1 6.d3
Li C h a o ' s P refe r e n c e
7 . . . V!!/ e ?
Hamdani,Rudin
Li Chao
Zaozhuang 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2lf3 t2lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
es S.tZ:lbS a6 6.t2ld6 d6 7."t!t'd6
'i!fe7 8."t!t'd2 [8."t!t'c7?! d5 9."t!t'e7
:Z,ge7t] 8 ... t2lf6 9.t2lc3 [9.13 0-0 1 0.c4?!
(1 0.li:lc3=) 10 ... t2ld4 1 1 .d3 b5! 1 2 .t2lc3
bc4 1 3.c4 b7f
Schwabisch Gmund 1 990] 9 d6
Ermenkov-Klundt,
.
1 0.i.c4 [1 0.b3 e6 1 1 .a3 l:ldB=;
1 O. li:ld5!? t2ld5 1 1 .ed5 tZ:lbB 1 2.a4 OO
1 3.i.e2 15 1 4.14 el4 1 5.0-0 t2ld7-=t
.i
ii
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.i .t
As was shown by the further
development of events in
Carlsen-Radj abov, Astana 20 1 2,
White has some initiative, of
course, but to transform it into
real winning chances is ex- .
tremely difficult.
in the centre, 9 . . . tl:ib4 ! ?, which
occurred in Kozirev-Perezolov,
Cheliabinsk 2008, is of interest.
Belaska-Hlavacek, Czechia tt-2 2006/07)
1 0 ... e6 1 1 .b3 0-0 1 2.0-0 bS
1 3."t!t'd3 h6= 1 4.f4?! (1 4.e3=)
1 4 ... l:lacS 1 S.'ith1 t2lb4f 1 6."t!t'e2
b3 1 7.ab3 l:lfe8 1 8.feS Wes
1 9.f4 "t!t'e6 20.l:lfe1 ? [20.l:lad 1 f]
.i
.1.
.I.
8
8 CiJ
88 'iY 88
:s
20 ... dS! -+ 21 .edS 'i!t'e2 22.l:le2
.!:te2 23.t2le2 tZ:lfdS 24.c3 l:le8!
2S.t2ld4 t2lf4 26.cb4 t2ld3-+ 27.h3
t2lb4 28.l:lc1 g6 29.'ith2 @g7
30.l:lc7 l:le3 31 .l:lc3 lld3 32.t2lf3
.!:td1 33 .!:tc7 .W6 34.l:lb7 l:ld3
3S .!:tb6 '1tg7 36.llb7 l:le3 37.l:lc7
'ii;>f6 38.l:lc3 l::te2 39.t2ld4 l:lb2
40.t2lc6 tZ:ldS 41 .llf3 l.t>g7 42.h4 gS
43.hgS hgS 44.t2ld4 t2lf4 4S.l:lg3
Swvey SI 32. 2
Conclusion
Of course, it would be wrong to
assert that after 7 . . . fl/e7 Black
has equalizing counterplay in
all variations. After 8.fl/d l
White can count on a minimal
advantage, and after the ex
change of queens he retains
some initiative. But i n the first
case B l ack has a fairly clear plan
of counterplay, and i n the end
game the drawi n g tendencies
are really too strong. But the
main thing is that this line with
7 . . . f!/e7 has two serious v i rtues .
Firstly, it can b e quickly pre
pared, si nce the opponent's op
tions are very limited . And
secondly, it is very probable that
the variation with 7 . . . fl/e7 will
come as a total surprise to your
opponent. So good luck !
'itg6 46.'ith1 f6 47.lt>h2 fS 48.wh1
g4 49.l:lc3 t2lg2 SO.l:lc6 <;t;>gS
S1 .l:la6 t2le3 S2.l:le6 f4 0-1
Van Leeuwen,Etienne
Klundt,Klaus
Gent 2000
1 .e4 cs 2.t2lf3 t2lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
es s.tZ:lbS a6 6.t2ld6 d6 7."t!t'd6
fie7 8.'it'd3 t2lf6 9.t2lc3 [9.c4 b5!t]
9... dS! oo [9 ... t2lb4 1 0.'i!t'e2!]
1 0.gS [1 0.t2ld5 tt:id5 1 1 .'i!t'd5 ( 1 1 .ed5
tt:id4 1 2.'it'd1 'it'h4 1 3.e3 "t!t'e4 14.l:lc1
15) 1 1 . . . e6 1 2."t!t'd2 ( 1 2."t!t'd1 ? 'i!t'b4)
12 . . . l:ld8 1 3.d3 c4 1 4.b3 d3 15.cd3
59
ti:lb4=] 1 0 de4 1 1 .ti:le4? [1 Ult'g3!?
..
e6 1 2.0-0-0 :ca 1 3.16 'it'l6 14.ti:le4
'it'h6 1 5.'it>b1 0-0 1 6.c3oo] 1 1 'it'b4
. 20.e3 ti:lb6 21 .b6 J:tb6 22.b5 ti:le4f]
1 2.ti:lc3 f5!+ [12 ... e6 13 . .Q.16 gf6
14.0-0-0 l:ld8'l' Oter-Klundt, Germany
Bundesliga 1 987/88] 1 3.'it'c4 [1 3.'it'l5
'it'b2 14.l:lb1 'it'c3 1 5.d2+] 1 3 ... tll e4 !
1 4.'it'b4 tll b4 1 5.ti:le4 e4 [
1 5 ... ttcc2 1 6.'it>d2 .Q.e4] 1 6.0-0-0 tll a2
[16 ... 16 17 . .Q.d2 ti:lc2+] 1 7.wb1 lll b4
1 S.l:ld2? [1 8.l:le1 !] 1 S ... f6 1 9.e3
ti:lc2 20.d3 d3 21 .l:ld3 lll e3
22.fe3 'it>e7-+ 23.l:lb3 l:labS 24.l:lc1
i:thdS 25.l:lbc3 i:td7 2s.wa2 i:tbds
27.i:tb3 b5 2S.i:ta3 l:ld6 29.l:lc7
i:t8d7 30.i:tcS e4 31 .i:tas ts 32.g3
i:tc6 33.i:t8a6 i:ta6 34.i:ta6 i:td3
35.i:tb6 i:te3 3Ulb5 37.l:lc5
i:td3 3S.b4 e3 39.i:tc1 g5 0- 1
Q u e e n Retreat
8.d1
Nasanjargal,Urtnasan
Kriebel,Tadeas
Maribor jr 201 2 (6)
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
e5 5.ti:lb5 a6 6.lll d 6 .Q.d6 7.'it'd6
e1 S.1Wd1 ti:lf6 9.tll c3 d6 1 0.g5
e6 1 1 .lll d 5 [1 1 .16 'it'l6 1 2.'it'd6 lll d4
13 . .Q.d3 l:ld8 1 4.W'b4 1Wl4! ( 1 4 . . . 'it'g5
1 5.@11 'it'e7 1 6.'it'e7 we7 17.lll e 2;!;
Sluka-Vesselovsky, Czech Republic 201 2)
1 5.@11 (1 5.0-0?! ti:lf3 1 6.gf3 h3-+)
15 ... hS 1 6.llld 5 .Q.d5 1 7.ed5 l:th6g?]
1 1 ...d5 1 2.ed5 tll bS 1 3.e2 o-o
1 4.0-0 ti:lbd7 1 5.c4 [ 1 5.a4!?]
.! .!
.I. .. 'if .I. I. I.
.I. I. ..
8 .1.
8 e5 5.lll b5 a6 6.tll d 6 .Q.d6 7.'it'd6
88 8 8 8
:g 'iV @ 1 U.e2] 1 o ... o-o 1 1 ..b3 b5 1 2.0-0
15 ... l:lfbS!? [15 ... a5 1 6.b3 b6 1 7.W'c2
i:ta7 1 8.l:lae1 ;t P.PopovicZ.Nikolic, Belgrade
1 992] 1 6.b3 b5 1 7.cb5?! [1 7.i:tc1 !? h6
60
1 8.e3 bc4 1 9.i:tc4 tll b6+='] 1 7 ab5
..
1 S.a4 ba4 1 9.ba4 i:tb4?! [19 ... h6
60. 'iti>b6 f2 61 .c5 f1 'if 62.c6 'it'f3
20.b5 [20.a5! lll c5 21 .a6;t] 20 ... lll c5
21 .c6 l:lab8 22.a5 W'a7oo 23.f6
gf6 24.'it'h5 'it>fS?I [24 ... lll4! 25.g3
J:ld4+='] 25.'it'h7 @e7 26.i:ta3?!
[26.l:ta2!] 26 ti:le4 27.i:ta2 'it'd4!oo
..
2S.i:te2?! tlld 2 29.i:td2 'it'd2'l'
30.'it'f5? [30.a6!] 30 ... W'a2 31 .h3?!
[31 .'it'd7] 31 ... i:tb1 -+ 32.'it'd7 <MS
33.'it'd6 @g7 0-1
Svoboda ,Vaclav
Rausis,lgor
Czech It 201 2/ 1 3 (3)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 tll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
e5 5.li:Jb5 a6 6.tll d6 .Q.d6 7.W'd6
'it'e7 S.'it'd1 ti:Jf6 9.tll c3 d6 1 0.c4
e6 1 1 . .Q.b3 [1 1 .ti:Jd5 d5 1 2.ed5 b5!?
(12 ... tll b8 1 3.0-0 ti:Jbd7 1 4.e3 00+='
Barbero Senidic-Mellado Trivino, Balaguer
201 2) 1 3.d3 lll b4=] 1 1 ... h6 1 2.0-0
0-0 1 3.e3 i:tacSoo 1 4.f4 [1 4.'it'd2oo]
14 ef4 1 5.f4 lll e5 1 6.'it'd4 i:tfeS
..
1 7.e5 de5 1 S.W'e5 b3 1 9.'it'e7
i:te7 20.ab3 ti:Je4 21 .:ae1 :tees
22.lll e4 i:te4 23.i:te4 i:te4= 24.i:td1
g5 25.@f2 @g7 26.i:td7 i:tb4
21.we3 wg6 2s.i:tds h5 29.'iti>f3 h4
30.i:tgS @f5 31 .i:tfS f6 32.i:tdS i:tf4
33.@e2 i:te4 34.@12 i:tb4 35.i:td5
@e4 36.l:ld7?! [ 36.J:tcs 15 37.@e2]
36 @f4 37.l:ld3 f5 3S.i:td7 @g4
..
39.i:td3 @14 40.lld7 a5 41 .i:tc7 b6
42.i:tc6 g4 43.i:tcS g3 44.hg3 hg3
45.'iti>e2 l:te4 46.'iti>d2 lle6 47.i:tc4
@g5
4S.b4?? [48.i:tca'l'] 4S ... ab4 49.i:tb4
f4-+ 50.i:td4 'iti>f5 51 .l:td3 i:tc6
[51 ... @g4 52.i:tdS 13 53.i:tg8 @h4-+]
52.b3 'iti>e4 53.c4 i:th6 54.@c3 i:th2
55.i:td2 @f5 56.@b4 i:tg2 57.i:tg2
'iti>g4 ss.wbs f3 s9.llg3 'iti>g3
63.b4 @f4 0-1
Bejtovic,Jasmin
Zwardon,Vojtech
Marianske Lazne 201 3 (8)
1 .e4 c5 2.li:lf3 li:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
e5 5.li:lb5 a6 6.lll d 6 d6 7.'it'd6
'it'e7 S. 'ifd1 li:lf6 9.lll c 3 d6 1 O .Q.e2
.! j_ .!
I. 'if I. I. I.
I. .. .a. ..
I.
8
1 0 ... e6 [ 1 0 . . . lll d4 1 1 .e3 tll e2
1 2.'it'e2 .Q.e6 1 3.g5 :ca 1 4.lld1 OO
1 5.li:Jd5 .Q.d5 1 6.i:td5 i:tcS 1 7. i:td2 h6
1 8.16 'ifl6 1 9.0-0;!;] 1 1 .0-0 0-0
1 2.e3;t i:tfdS [ 1 2 . . . J:tac8 1 3.W'd2 tt:Ja5
1 4.l:lld1 ! ( 1 4 . .Q.g5 tll c4 { 1 4 . . . h6!? 1 5.16
'it'f6 1 6.'it'd6 tll c6 1 7.'it'd2 tll d 4g'1)
1 5 ..Q.c4 .Q.c4 1 6.b3 .Q.e6+:! Howell-F.Roder,
Augsburg 1 994) 1 4 . . . ti:Jc4 1 5 . .Q.c4 l:lc4
1 6.'it'd6 it'd& 1 7.lld6 lll e4 1 8.ti:Je4 i:te4
1 9.b3;!;] 1 3.tll d 5 [1 3.b6!;!; i:tdca
1 4.'it'd2;t] 1 3 .Q.d5 1 4.ed5 lll d4!
..
1 5.d4 ed4 1 6.l:le1 'ilt'c7 1 7.'ilt'd4
1Wc2= 1 S.i:tac1 'iff5 1 9.'ilt'b6 i:tabS
20 . .Q.f3 li:ld5 21 .'it'a5 b5 22.e4
W'g5 23.h4 'it'h5 Y2-Y2
Berg .Emanuel
Li Chao
Malmo 201 2 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c 5 2.tllf3 ttJc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
'it'e7 S.'it'd1 lll f6 9.li:lc3 d6 1 0.e2
[ 1 0.lll d 5!? li:ld5 1 1 .ed5 tlJb8 1 2 . .Q.d3 OO
1 3.00 15 1 4.14 lbd7+:!; 1 0.e3 OO
.Q.b7 1 3.a4 [1 3.li:Jd5! /2;d5 1 4.ed5 tl:ld4
1 5.d3! ( 1 5.d4 ed4 1 6.13 'it'l6 1 7.a4
g6 1 8.h3 i:tlcai:t) 1 5 ... e4 ( 1 5 ... d5 1 6.c3
lll e6 1 7.h7 'iti>h7 1 8.W'd5;t) 1 6.d4 ed3

1 7.'i'd3 d5 1 8.'it'g3 16 1 9. l:lad1 l:lae8;!;J
1 3 . . .tl:id4! [13 ... b4 1 4.lLldS lLld5 1 5.edS
.:Z:d4 16.d4 ed4 17 . .Q.c4 ts 1 a.'it'd3;!;J
1 U.d4 [1 4.ab5 abs 1 5.l:laa tt:le2
16.'i'e2 a8 1 7.lLlbS e4+:>] 14 ed4
1 5.'i'd4 tt:le4 1 6.tt:le4 e4 1 7.l:lfe1
[17 .Q.d3 .Q.d3 1 8 ....d3 b4 1 9.l:lad1 l:lfc8
. Aires 201 2] 1 S .Q.f7 1 6.l:ld8 J:ld8
20.l:tfel '*'16 21 .b3 g6= Pogonina-Ding
Yixin, St Petersburg 201 2] 17 tfb7
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ie4 22.l:lc1 [22.h3 l:lc8 23.b4 .Q.c6
24.l:te7 W 25.'it'b8 l:lb8 26.l:lc7 .Q.e8=]
22 . .. h& 23.h4 [23.b4!? l:la6 24.'it'd4 .Q.c6]
23 ... b4 [23... l:tcS 24.l:td1 .Q.c6=] 24.l:lc7
[24.l:tc4!?] 24 tfdS 2S ....dS .Q.dS=
26 .Q.c4 l:laS 27.b3 g6 28.9.dS l:ld5
. 36.l:lf2 tt:le7 37 .Q.gs lLlfS 38 . .Q.f1
29.l:tc4 l:lb5 30.W.1 @g7 31 .@82
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::lb7 35.'it>d3 f6 36.3 gS 37.l:lc4
:bs as.l:le4 w.s 39.l:ld4 we&
40.l:tc4 l:teS 41 .@13 l:lfS 42.@g2 l:lbS
43.l:!e4 s 44.f3 @g6 45Jlc4 l:lb6
46.>t>h3 l:lb5 47.@g2 l:lb6 48.@12
::tbs 49.@e3 l:leS 50.@12 l:lb5
51 .l:!d4 l:lc5 S2.l:lb4 l:lc2 53.@83
::lc3 54.c;t.oe2 l:lc2 SS.1 l:lc1
56.Wg2 l:lc2 57.@h3 l:lf2 58.hgS fgS
59J1b6 @g7 60.l:tb5 Y2-Y2
Adva n t a g e i n t h e E n d g a m e
8.e7
Lintchevski,Daniil
Mochalov,Evgeny
Minsk 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2kf3 tt:lc& 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
es 5. .!i:lbS a& 6.tt:ld& .Q.d& 7.,.. d &
'i!i'e7 8.'tt'e7 tt:lge7 9.lLlc3 dS
10 . .Q.d2 [1 0.ed5 tt:lb4 1 1 .d3 .Q.15f]
1 0 .Q.e& 1 1 .edS lLldS 1 2.lLldS dS
1 3.0-0-0 0-0-0 14 .Q.c3 f6 1 S.f3
[1 5.h4 .Q.e6 ( 1 5 ... .Q.e4!?) 1 6.l:ldB l:ldB
1 7 . .Q.d3 h6 1 8.l:te1 .Q.d5 1 9.13 @c7 20.b3
a5 21 .@b2 b6= Felgaer-S.Alonso, Buenos
17 ..b2 lLld4= 1 8 .Q.d1 wc7 1 9.l:le1
lLlc& 20 .Q.d2 gs 21 .b3 l:lg8 22 . .Q.e3
hS 23.g3 tt:le7?! [23 . . . 15+:>] 24 . .Q.cs
[24.14!] 24 lLlfS 2S.c4 b6 26 .Q.f2
.Q.g6
27.f4 ! ;!; J:le8 [2 27 . . . ef4 2B.gf4 l:leB;!;J
28.fgS fgS 29 .Q.c2 l:le& 30.@d2 g4
31 .wc3 tt:len 32 .Q.d1 ?1 [32 . .Q.g6
tt:lg6 33.l:le2;!;] 32 tt:lc&= 33 .Q.e2 l:lf6
[33 ... lLld4!] 34.l:tf1 @b7 3S .Q.e3;!; l:le6
lLld6 39 . .Q.g2 (39.@b2;!;] 39 .Q.e4=
40 . .Q.h4 we& 41 .wb2?! g2
42.J:lg2 lLlfS 43.l:lf2 lLld4 44 .Q.gS
lLlf3f 4S.h4 l:ld6 46.l:te2 l:ld1
47 .Q.f&?
(47 . .Q.e3] 47 wd&+
48 .Q.d8?! l:lg1 49 .Q.b& l:lg3-+
SO.b4 we& S1 .Q.cs l:lh3 S2.l:le3
lLld2 S3.@c3 .!i:le4 S4.'1t>c2 lLlcS
SS.l:teS lLld3 S&.bS abs S7.cbS 'it>b6
S8.l:thS tt:lf4 S9.l:lfS l:tf3 60.l:lgS g3
61 .@d2 g2 62.a4 was 63.l:lg4 l:.h3
64.hS l:lhS 6S.@e3 l:lh1 0- 1
Carlsen.Magnus
Radjabov,Teimour
Astana Wch rapid 201 2 ( 1 4)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 .!Uc& 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
es s.tt:lbS a& 6.ttJd& .Q.d& 7. '*'d&
f!/e7 8.'it'e7 ge7 9.tll c 3 dS
1 0.d2 [1 0.ed5 ttJb4 1 1 . .Q.d3 .Q.15f]
1 0 .Q.e& [1 0 . . . d4?! 1 1 .tll a4 l:lb8 1 2 . .Q.d3
b6 1 3.14f] 1 1 .0-0-0 0-0-0 [1 1 . . . d4?!
1 2 .ttJa4 l:lc8 1 3.lLlcSf] 1 2.f3 @c7
[ 1 2 . . . d4!? 1 3.tll a4 16 1 4.b3 wc7 1 5.tll cS
Survey SI 32. 2
.Q.17 1 6.Wb2 tll c8 1 7 . .Q.e2 tiJd6+:>] 1 3.b3
f6 1 4.edS lLldS 1 S .!i:ldS l:ldS
16 .Q.d3f h6 [ 1 6 . . . .Q.17 1 7.h4 l:ldd8
1 8.hS;!;J 1 7 . .Q.e4 l:ld7 18 .Q.c3 l:lhd8
1 9.l:ld7 l:ld7 20.l:le1 .Q.dS 21 .Q.fS
l:ld8 22.@b2 .Q.f7 [22 . . . lLle 7!? 23 . .Q.d3
.Q.c6 24.a4 tt:ld5 25 . .Q.d2 g5] 23 .Q.d3
.Q.dS 24.a4 as 2S.l:le3 tll b4 [25 . . . b6=
26.g3 lLlb4 27 . .Q.15 .Q.c6=] 26 .Q.ts lLlc6
27.g3 b6 28.f4 l:le8 29.feS lLleS
30 .Q.d4 .Q.c& 31 .h4 tt:lf3 32.l:leS
.Q.e8 33 .Q.f2 gS 34.@c3 .Q.c&=
3S.@b2 .Q.e8 36.c3 c6 37.a3
.Q.dS 38 .Q.c2 c6 39.c4 gd7
40 . .Q.e4 .Q.c& 41 .Q.fS .Q.e8 42.b2
.Q.c& 43.@c3 .Q.e8 44 ..Q.e4 .Q.c&
4S . .Q.fS .Q.e8 46 .Q.e& .Q.c& 47 .Q.g4
.Q.e4 48.hgS hgS 49.cS bcS SO .Q.cS
ts S1 .Q.hS .Q.dS S2 .Q.e3 we&
S3 .Q.g6 .Q.e6 54 . .Q.e8 @b7 SS .Q.bS
.Q.dS S6 .Q.d3 .Q.e6 S7 .Q.c2 'itc6
S8 . .Q.d1 .Q.dS S9 .Q.e2 @b7 60 .Q.d1
.Q.e4 61 .Q.cS .Q.dS 62 .Q.d& @c&
63 .Q.e7 >t.od7 64 .Q.f8 @c6 6S .Q.g7
@c7 66 .Q.e2 f4 67.gf4 gf4 68 . .Q.h&
.Q.b3 69 .Q.f4 @d8 70 ..Q.f3 .Q.a4
71 .@d4 .Q.b3 72 .Q.d& wd7 73.wes
a4
Kozirev,Alexander
Perezolov,Gerald
Cheliabinsk 2008 (1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.lLlf3 lLlc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lLld4
es S.tll bS a& 6.tlJd6 .Q.d& 7.tfd6
'ii' e7 Uli'e7 tt:lge7 9.lLlc3 ttJb4!?
1 0.@d1 ! [10 ..Q.d3 d5 1 1 .0-0 (1 1 .ed5
.Q.f5!f) 1 1 . . .de4 12 . .Q.e4 ..15=] 10 ... d&!
[1 0 ... 00 1 1 . .Q.e3!? d6 1 2.wc1 .Q.e6 1 3.a3
tt:lbc6 1 4.b3;!;] 1 1 .a3 [1 1 . .Q.e3 .Q.e6 1 2.a3
tll bc6] 1 1 ... tl:lbc& 1 2 . .Q.e3 .Q.e&
[1 2 . . . 15!?] 1 3.@d2 (1 3.@c1 !?] 1 3 dS
1 4.edS
61
 1 4 ... tt:ldS ( 1 4 . . . 000!? 1 5.b6 :d7 'it>h6 29.fe4 :e6 30.:t1 :e4 31 . g3
E * E 1 6.:e1 tt:ld5 1 7.tt:ld5 :ds 1 8.'.i;>c1 :d6 tt:ld4 32.:a7 :cs 33.d4?!
i .. i .t. .t. 1 9.d3 tt:ld4+t] 1 5.tt:ldS dS 1 6.:d1 (33.:14+-] 33 ... :d4 34.:t4 :d1 ?!
i .. .t [1 6.c4!? e6 1 7.'itc3f] 16 ... o-o [ 34 ... :d2] 35.@b2 :d2 36.:c4

8 .t. ( 1 6 . . . 000 1 7.'itc1 'it>c7=] 1 7.'itc1 .b6

1 8.d3;!; :ac8 1 9.:he1 ts 20.f3
:tea 21 .'itb1 g6 22.c1 'itf7
8 ttJ 23.b3 f4 24.b2 fS? (24 . . . :cdS;!;]
8 8 8 8 8 25.fS gfS 26.:d7 @g6 [26 . . . :e7
:c4 37 .bc4 :h2 38.cS+- :e2
39.:as ..tgs 40.:a4 'itf6 41 .c6
:es 42.'itc3 :e3 43.q,od4 :g3
44.c7 :gs 45 . ..tcs hS 46.'itd6 'itg5
47.:b4 :cs 48.:bs :c1 49.'itc7

a: 27.:e7 'ite7 28.e5 tt:le5 29.:es @16

30.:e2] 27.:b7+- e4 28.:g7
f4 50.a4 h4 51 .aS h3 52.a6 f3
53.a7 f2 54.:b1 1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

E .t * i: E * E E*
i .t. .t. .t. ., 'if .t .t. .t. .t. i
i i i .. .. ... . .t. .t. ..
.t. .t. .. .t.
'if .. ttJ .. 8
ttJ 88 8 8
88 888 8 ttJ 88 8 88
l:i'. @ l:i'. l:i'. w .&t w .t:r
position after 1 2 .tt:le4-c3 position after 24.c2-c3 position after 1 7.c1 -a3

Find the most energetic way to How can B lack get a decisive How can B lack develop an initia
develop an initiative for Black. advantage? tive?
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62
Sicilian Defence B33 Sves h n i kov Variation SI 35.5 (833)

A S u rprisi n g Pawn M ove

by Alejo de Dovitiis

1. e4 cs kingside. Anyway, the move

2. tl:if3 tl:i c6 'i!i'a4 is still available - it can be
3. d4 cd4 combined with h2-h4 and h4-h5 .
4. tl:id4 tl:if6 Let's take a look at Black's pos
5. tl:ic3 e5 sible replies.
6. tl:idb5 d6
7. tll d 5 tl:id5 A) The h-Pawn Push
8. ed5 tl:ie7 In my opinion, 1 0 . . . h5 does not
9. c3 tl:ig6 help Black to equalize. It just
1 0. h4 stops h4-h5, but Black's h-pawn
will not be easy to protect (see
game Mousa-Tork).

Some months ago I did some
research on a positional line
against the Sveshnikov Varia
tion. I remembered that 7.tl:id5 ,
followed by 9.c3, was a reliable
recipe: 6.tll db5 d6 7.tl:id5 tl:id5
8.ed5 tl:ie7 (8 . . . tl:ib8 is viewed as
the main line nowadays) 9.c3
and now I examined 9 ... tl:ig6 -
the alternatives are 9 . . .f5
( 1 0.'it'a4 @f7) and 9 . . . tl:if5 .
I was sure that 1 0.'it'a4 was the
best move, but my personal
chess database showed an old
game of mine with a remarkable
move : 10 h4 ! ?.
What is the main idea here? First,
to disturb the knight on g6, sec
ond, to squeeze Black on the
B ) The Counterattack
1 0 . . . a6 is a playable l ine in which
White can take the initiative with
l l .h5 ! (see Borm-Kuijf). In this
line Black may easily find him
self in a slightly worse endgame
(De Dovitiis-Gonzalez) .
C) The Knight Journey
I O . . . e7 is the most common
move by B lack. In most cases
White replies with I l .h5 , and
now we reach a key moment for
Black:
C l ) l 1 . . .tll f8 : The black
knight retreats in order to return
Ir
111 I ii
Frans Borm
via d7 and c5. Now White has
several options : 1 2.c4 (see
Pletanek-Kubikova) ; 1 2.a4 (see
Meister-Korpics) or 1 2.e3 (see
Kl undt-Sandner).
C2) l l . . . . tl:ih4.
The knight can escape to f5 , but I
prefer to have a pawn on that
square later on (see games
Rudolf-Dobrogost and Roa
Alonso-Caruana).

56

Conclusion
There is little material about this
line (only 1 1 games), but it is
clear that the move 9 ... tbg6 is not
enough to equalize, so it must be
worse than the alternatives.
According to the statistics,
1 0.h4 ! ? is j ust as strong as
T h e h - Pa w n P u s h
1 0... h5
Mousa.Ahmed
Tork.Mohamed
Cairo 1 998 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
lllf6 5.tt:lc3 e5 6.tt:ldb5 d6 7.tt:ld5
lll d5 8.ed5 tt:le7 9.c3 tt:lg6 1 0.h41?
[Black's knight does not get lime to breathe.
A) 10. 'ii a4 is regarded as the main line:
10 ... .id7 (not 10 ... @e7? 1 1 .h4! (again!)
1 1 ...h5 (1 1 .. .a6 1 2.h5 <'i:lf4 (12 ... .id7
13.hg6 ab5 1 4.W'h4 16 1 5.'it'h7!!) 1 3.f4
ef4 14.0-0-0+- 16 1 5.tt:ld4 .id7 1 6.<'i:lc6!
bc6 1 7.dc6 .ie6 18 . .ic4! .ic4 1 9.l2he1 !
fie6 ( 1 9 ... @17 20.'it'c4) 20.'it'b3 @ea
(20 .. 'ifcB 2 1 . l2e6 'it'e6 22.'it'b7) 2 1 . 'it'e6
. 'it'l3 (27... 'it'c2 28.@b4+-) 28.@b4 tt:lc2
fie7 22.l2d6 1 0 VeingoldLevchenkov,
Haapsalu 1 978) 1 2 . .ig5 ( 1 2 . .id3! )
12 .. .16 1 3.e3 a 6 14.d3 d7 (
14 .. lt.>17!) 1 5 . .ig6 ab5 1 6. 'it'e4?! l2a4??
. 30.@e1 'it'h1 [30 ... 'it'e4 31 .@d2 'it'd4
1 7Ji'e5! 1 -0 Terzic-Nurkic, Bosnia II 1 994)
and now White has two promising paths:
A1) 1 1 .'Wc4 :ca ( 1 1 ....ib5 1 2.Wfb5
Burdman-Kralin, Jurmala 1 9n - YB/3255)
12.'ii' b4 l2c5 ( 1 2 . . . 'it'h4!? 1 3.'it'h4
(1 3.t2Jd6 .id6 1 4.'iid 6 1lt'e4 15 ..ie3
Ill e?;!;) 13 ... t2Jh4 1 4.<'i:la7 l2a8 ( 1 4 ... l2c5
l 0.'t!fa4 (both moves score about
77% ). The best option for Black
is l 0 . . . e7, unless he wants to
play the slightly inferior end
game after I O . . a6..
In my opinion l O . . . e7 l l .h5
llJf8 is the best way to rearrange
the pieces (especially transfer-
1 5.c4) 1 5.tt:lb5 ( 15 . .ie3) 15 ... tt:lg2
1 6.'1t>d 1 ! Arias-Munoz Pantoja, Bratislava jr
1 993 - YB/32-56) 13 . .ie3 l2d5 (
13 ... a5!? 1 4.'it'a4 l2c8 1 5.1lt'a3 .ie7
1 6.<'i:ld6 @18 1 7.c4;!;) 1 4.tt:la7! ( 1 4 . .ic4
J:[b5 1 5 . .ib5 d5 1 6.'it'b3 i.b5 1 7.'Wb5
'it'd? 1 8.'it'd7 @d7 1 9 . .ia7 Apicella
Neiman, France ti 1 992) 14 . . . .ic6 ( 1 4 ... e4
1 5.'it'b7 1 0 WedbergLyrberg, Stockholm
1 995; 14 . . . 'it'bB!?) 1 5.c4 l2c5
1 6 . .ic5 dc5 1 7.tt:lc6 cb4 1 8.tt:ldB @dB
1 9.0-0-0 1-0 Finkel-Primak. Soviet Union
1 979;
A2) 1 1 .Wfb4 W'bB ( 1 1 . ..b5 12 . .ib5
@e7 1 3.0-0; 1 1 ...f5 1 2.'it'c4! (1 2.h4 h5;
1 2.g4 a5! 1 3.1lt'a4 .id7 1 4.h4!?) 12 . . . l2c8
( 1 2 . . . @e7!?, first played in Oolmatov-Che
khov, Moscow 1 9n, may be a better fight
ing chance: 1 3.g4; 1 3.a4) 1 3.W'a4 .id7
( 1 3 ... 'it'd7? 1 4.tt:ld6 .id6 1 5 . .ib5+
Vink-Tempelaar, Hengelo jr 1 995)
1 4.'it'a7) 1 2.'it'c4 ( 1 2.h4 h5 1 3.'it'c4
@dB E.Broza-J.Brustman, Warsaw 1 978)
12 ... @dB 1 3.e3 Korzubov-Art. Minasian,
Kapsukas 1 978 - YB/3255;
B) 1 0.a4?! .ie7 G.Kuzmin-Sveshnikov,
Minsk 1 976 - YB/32-55] 1 0 hS 1 1 .'it'a4
[ 1 1 .e2!? a6 1 2.tt:la3 f5 1 3.g3 .ie7
14 . .ih5!; 1 1 .g3 a6 1 2.tt:la3 .ig4 1 3.13
.id7= Taylor-Hasan, Paignton 2007]
1 1 d7 1 2.'it'b4
. 25 ... .ibS 26.c4 Wff3 [26 ... <'i:le1 27.@c3
'ii13 30.@a2 and so on] 29.@d1 ! 'it'f3
Survey SI 35. 5
ring the knight via f8 and d7 to
c5), although it will not be easy
to equalize. The line l l . . . llJh4
looks more active, but in this
case Black's knight does not
have a safe place anywhere, and
it also obstructs the f-pawn after
a future retreat to f5 .
1 2 ... .ig4 [ 1 2 . . . .if5!? 1 3.'it'c4; 1 2 ... 'ifbB
1 3.e3] 1 3.'it'c4 l2c8 1 4.'ifa4 .id7
1 5.Wfa7 tt:lh4 [ 1 6 . . . tt:lg2 and
17 ... .ib5] 1 6.a4 f5 1 7.'it'b7 f4 1 8.aS
[ 1 8 . .id2] 1 8 ... l2b8 [ 1 8 . . . 13!?] 1 9.a6?!
[1 9.tt:lc7 @17 20.<'i:le6 was better]
1 9 ... tt:lg2 20.@d2? [20.g2 .ib5
21 .'it'a7 l2a8 22.Wfb7 l2b8=; 20.@d1 !
.ig4 21 . .ie2 l2b7 22.ab7 .ie2 23.@e2
.ie7 24.l2a8 @d7 25.l2d8 l2d8 26.tt:la7
l2b8 27.tt:lc6J 20 ... l2b7 21 .ab7 Wfb6
22.l2a8 @f7 23.bS'it' Wff2 24.@d3
[24 . .ie2 13-+]
24 ....ie7? [Taking too much risk! Better
was: 24 . . . 'it'l3 25.@c4 tt:le3 26 . .ie3 'iih 1 ,
which looks fine fo r Black] 25. 'Wh8
[Mousa must be a brave chess player]
29.@a5+-] 27.@d2 'it'e3 [27. . . 'it'f2
28.@c3] 28.@c2 tt:le1 [28 ... 'it'e4 29.@b3
32 . .id3+-] 31 .cbS .ih4 32.@d2
'it'd5 33 .id3 [It's over. White is waiting
for his turn] 33 ... 'it'g2 34.@c3 .ie1
35.@b3 'it'f3 36.'it'f8 @e6 37.l2e8 [
(37 . . . @d7 38.l2e7X; 37 ... @d5 38.'it'l7 @c5
(38 ... @d4 39.'it'c4X) 39.l2c8 @b6
40.11t'c7X] 1 -0
57
 T h e C o u nte ratt a c k
1 0 a6. . .
Borm,Frans
Kuijf,Hans
Velp 1 978 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.tiJf3 lll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.tLld4
tt:lf6 S.12lc3 eS 6.12\dbS d6 7.tLldS
CfJdS 8.edS 0.e7 9.c3 tl:: g 6 1 0.h4 a6
[A logical move. The white knight is causing
trouble] 1 1 .hS! [Consistent! White is grab
bing the initiative] 1 1 abS [1 1 ... ti:le?
..
12.'Wa4! ab5 13 . ..Q.b5 ..Q.d7 14 . ..Q.d? 'li'd7
1 5.'WaS ti:lc8 1 6.l:th4 ..Q.e7 1 7.l:! b4 b6
1 8.'li'a4+- Wiezer-Tischer, er 1 979;
1 1 .. .tl:: f4 1 2.fi.14 ef4 1 3.'it'a4 fi.d7
( 1 3 ... 'li'e? 1 4.Wd2 @d8 1 5J:te1 'li'd7
1 6.'li'a5+-) 1 4.'li'e4 fi.e7 ( 1 4 . . . 'li'e?
1 5.lL!c?) 1 5.ti:Jd6 @18 1 6.'li'f4+-]
1 2.hg6 fg6 13 ..Q.bS fi.d7 1 4.'it'd3!
[LI. 1 5.l:lh? and 1 6.'li'g6] 14 ...fi.bS
1 S.'li'b5 'li'd7 1 6.'li'd7 @d7 1 7.c4;!;
[The pawn majority on the queenside gives
White some adVdntage] 1 7 fi.e7 1 8.@e2 .
h5 1 9.fi.e3 g5 20.f3 fi.f6 21 .a4 g6
22.b3 [22.J:1a3] 22 ... l:thfS [22... e4]
23.l:tac1 l:tae8 24.wd3 l:tf7 2S.We4
[The benefit of a better pawn structure]
2S ..Q.e7 26.l:ta1 l:tb8 27.aS l:tff8
28.l:ta4 fi..d8 29.l::tha1 fi.c7 30.l:tb4!
l:tf7 31 .fi.gS J:lh7 [31 ...Wcs 32.J:lb5 J:la8
33.b4] 32.J:lbS b6? 33.ab6 J:lb6 34.l:ta7
[34 ... J:1b5 35.cb5 Wes 36.b6+-] 1 0
De Dovitiis,Alejo
Gonzalez.Enrique
Mar del Plata 1 996 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c s 2kf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
CiJf6 S.tLlc3 es 6.tLldbS d6 7.tLidS
tlJdS 8.edS C/Je7 9.c3 tt:lg6 1 0.h4 a6
[10 ... -Lh4? 1 1 .'li'a4! fi..e7 1 2.t2Jc7 @f8
1 3.<'LaS+-] 1 1 .hS! abS [A forced move
58
as we can see in the notes to the previous
game] 1 2.hg6 fg6 1 3.fi.. bS fi.d7
1 4.'li'd3! fi.e7!? [A dynamic alternative
to 1 4 . . . fi.b5]
1 s.fi..d7 'ifd7 [ 1 5 . . . wd? 1 6.'li'b5 wee
1 7.fi..e 3] 1 6.J:1h7! '1ttf7! [The key: look
ing for quick development. 1 6 . . . J:!h?
1 7.'li'g6 d8 1 8.'li'h? fi.f8 1 9.fi.g5+-]
1 7.'li'h3! [Returning profits to get a good
endgame. 1 7.J:lhS J:lh8 1 8.'li'f3 fi..f6 1 9.g3
e4! 20.'li'g2 'li'b5-+] 17 'ifh3 1 8.l:lh3
1 6.fi..g5 'ii' g5 1 7.1t'd2) 16 . . . fi.f6 1 7.'li'f3
l:!h3 1 9.gh3 l:th8 20 .Q.e3 J:lh3
21 .we2;!; @f6?! [A natural but at this
moment unnecessary move. 21 . . . J:lh4!?]
22.a4 J:lh8 23.aS J:la8 24.b4 fi..d 8
2S.Wd3 @fSI [To avoid 26.We4]
26.J:la3!? gS 27.c4 g6 [27 . . . ..Q.c7]
28.J:la1 g4 29.J:lh1 ! e4 30. wc2 ii.gs
31 . .Q.b6 [Rook endings are almost always
difficult to win, viz. 31 .fi.g5 wg5 32. '1tt d2
l:tf8+='] 31 ... J:le8 32.'1tt d 1 ! e3?!
[32 . . J:te? 33.We2 fi.f4] 33.fe3 @e4
[33 ... fi.e3 34.l::t e 1 @14 (34 . . . .Q.b6 35. i:tes
fi.12 36.l:tfS+-) 35.fi.e3 J:!e3 36.J:!e3
we3 37.We1 wd4 (37 . . . g3 38.'1ttf 1 ) 38.b5
wc5 39.wl2+-] 34.we2 g3 3S.l:th3
[35.l:tg1 l:th8 36.l:tg2?? l:th2 37.'1tt f 1 @f3
38.J:1g1 J:ll2 39.we1 g2-+J 3S fi..f4?
[35 . . . g2 36.J:1g3 '1ttf5
37.J:lg2+-]
36.ef4+- wf4 37.wf1 wg4 [37 ... @f3
38 . ..Q.12!] 38.l:th7 l:te4 39.J:lb7 J:lc4
40.a6+- J:lc1 41 .we2 g2 42.a7
J:lcS?T 43 . .Q.cs des 44.@f2 1 -0
The K n i g ht J o u rney
1 0 .Q. e 7
. . .
Pletanek,Jan
Kubikova,Hana
Pardubice 1 992 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 li:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:Jf6 S.tLJc3 eS 6.li:JdbS d6 7.tLJdS
CfJdS 8.edS tLie7 9.c3 li:Jg6 1 0.h4
fi..e7 [The most popular move] 1 1 .hS
[Consistent with the plan. Another move is
1 1 .g3 (tLJg6 is under control but I think that
1 1 .h5 directly is better) 1 1 . . . 00 1 2.h5 '8h8
1 3.a4 f5 1 4.b4?! ( 1 4.fi..g2) 14 . . .tl:: f? 1 5.a5
( 1 5 .fi..g2) 15 . . . fi..g5 1 6 .f4? (too much space
and too little development for White.
a6 1 8.tLJa3 ef4 1 9.gf4 fi..d 7 20 . .Q.d2 J:!e8
21 .Wl2 li:Jh6+ Micheli-Peterwagner, Austria
tt-2 1 997/98] 1 1 ... ti:lf8 [1 1 ...tll h4 is the
choice that I will show you below] 1 2.c4!?
(To place the knight on the c3-square]
1 2 a6 1 3.li:lc3 fS 1 4.g3 ti:ld7
1 S.'ifc2 o-o 1 6.fi..d 2 fi..g S [ 1 6 . . . tl:ic5!?
1 7.b4 tt:Je4 ( 1 7 . . . tll d? LI. 18 ... a5) 1 8.t2Je4
fe4 1 9.fi.. g2 e3 20.fi.e3 -".15 21 . 'We2 'it'd?
with some counterplay] 1 7.0-0-0 fi.d2
1 8. 'Wd2 tl:icS 1 9.f4 'li'f6 20.fi.e2
..Q.d7 21 .@b1 J:!ae8 [I think this rook is
better placed on c8. 21 . . . l:tfeS] 22.l:tde1
bS 23.cbS abs 24.h6 g6 2S.fi.bS
fi.bS 26.tL:lbS li:le4 27.'We3 l:tb8
28.a4 'iff7 29.feS? [29.J:!c1 ! 'ii' d5
30.J:1hd 1 ] 29 'ifdS 30.l:td1 [30.ed6
..
li:Jd2 3 1 . @c2 J:!b5 32.ab5 J:!c8] 30 'li'eS
31 .l:the1 'li'g3 32.'li'g3 tll g 3 33.tbd6
f4 34.J:le7 tiJhS 3S.l:th1 f3 36.l:!hS
.i .i
a: .t.
ttJ l
a:

36 ... f2? [36 . . . gh5 37.l:tg7 <;i;>h8 38.tll l?
l:tf7 39.l:tl? 'it>g8 40.l:tf3 l:ta8 41 .b3
l:ta6!] 37.l:tg7 'it>h8 38.li:.lf7 l:tf7
39J:tf7 ghS 40.l:tf2 @g8 41 .'it>a2!
[An extra tempo for White] 41 ... l:tb6
42.ltt a3 h4 43.aS l:th& 44.@b4
[44.b4] 44 h3 4S.l:th2 'it>f7 46.@bS
l:thS 47.@b& l:th6 48.@b7 l:th4
49.a& l:tb4 SO.@c& we& S1 .a7 l:la4
52.ltt b& 'it>d& S3.l:th3 l:tb4 S4.@as
l:tb2 SS.l:ta3! 1 0
Meister,Yakov
Korpics,Zsolt
Budapest 1 994 (B)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2lf3 li:.lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
.t:;f6 S.t2lc3 es 6.li:.ldbS d& 7.li:.ldS
ii:;dS 8.edS li:.le7 9.c3 li:.lg& 1 0.h4
fi..e7 1 1 .hS 4:if8 1 2.a4 [Now the knight
is going to return to a3] 1 2 4Jd7
1 3.e3 a& 1 4.4Ja3 0-0 1 S.li:.lc4 fS
16.aS bS [ 1 6 . . .14] 1 7.ab& f4 1 8.c1
e4?! [1 8 ... 4Jb6 1 9.tll a 5!? g5 20.li:.lc6
'ill'16 Black is OK] 1 9.'ii' c 2 b7?
[19 ...ti:ib6] 20 . ..-e4 lLlcS 21 . ..-c2 .Q.dS
22.b4 t2le4 23.ilb2 f3 24.0-0-0 gs
2S.ltt b 1 fg2 26.g2 4Jd2 27.l:td2
fi..g 2 28.l:tg1 .Q.d2 29.l:tg2 .Q.h6
30.'i!fd3g? dS 31 .b7 l:tb8 32.tLlaS
'ill' d7 33.c4 l:tb7 34.t2lb7 it'b7
35.'i!fdS 'ifdS 36.cdS l:td8 [This is the
same as the following variation: 36 ... l:tl5
37 g7 g7 38.h6; 36 . . . 'it>I?!?]
. active move than 1 1 . . . t2lf8, but I prefer the
:i
... ...
... . ..t
I:[
w 26.l:tc2?! [The last opportunity for 26.c5
37.fi.. g7! g7 38.h& l:tdS 39.l:tg7
1'h8? [39 ... @f8 40.l:th7 l:td6 41 .l:th8;!;]
40.l:ta7 'it>g8 [40. . . l:td6?? 4 1 . l:ta8]
41 .lla& l:tbS 42.l:ta4 l:tb6 43.@c2
:th& 44.bS l:tf6 4S.f4 l:tb6 46.l:tb4
>tf7 47.@d3 @f& [47 . . . @e6] 48.@e4
hS 49.@f3 @fS SO.l:tb1 @e& [50 . . . h4
51 .l:tg1 ] S1 .l:te1 ! @fS [51 . . .'itt d 6 52.l:te5]
S2.l:teS @g& S3.tlgS @h& 54.l:tcS
l:tb7 SS.tlc6 @g7 S6.b6 l:lb8
S7.@g3 1 -0
Klundt,Klaus
Sandner,Gunter
Germany Bundesliga 1 999/00 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.4Jf3 t2lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4
li:.lf6 S.t2lc3 es 6.tt:JdbS d& 7.ti:: d S
llJdS 8.edS CiJe7 9.c3 t2lg6 1 0.h4
fi..e7 1 1 .hS llJf8 1 2.e3 [Instead of
1 2.a4 or 1 2.c4] 1 2 a& 1 3.li:.la3 t2ld7
14 . .Q.e2 0-0 [14 ... f5!?] 1 S.g4 [An attempt
to prevent . . . 17-f5. 1 5.it'd2] 1 S bS
[1 5 . . . g5; 1 5 . . . e4!?, followed by . . . t2le5)
1 6.t2lc2 li:.lcS 1 7.li:.lb4 fi.. g S 1 8.li:.lc&
'it'f6 1 9.'it'd2 li:.le4 [ 1 9 . . . h6!?J 20.1t'd3
li:.lcS 21 . 'it'd2 [21 .c5 dc5 is problematic
for Whe because Black's dark-squared li:.ldS 8.edS li:.le7 9.c3 li:.lg& 1 0.h4
bishop would become dangerous)
21 li:.le4 22.'it'd3 tLlcS
Y2-Y2
Rudolf.M ichal
Dobrogost,Wojciech
M ilanowek 1 998
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 li:.lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
t2lf6 S.tt:Jc3 eS 6.tll d bS d6 7.ttJdS
li:.ldS 8.edS t2le7 9.c3 li:.lg& 1 0.h4
fi..e7 1 1 .hS tLlh4 [In appearance a more
latter because the knight can reintegrate
better into the game via d7 and c5J
1 2.g3!? tLlfS 1 3.d3 a& 1 4.4Ja3
gs [14 ... b5 is the alternative as we will
see in Caruana's game) 1 S.gS 'it'gS
1 6.li:.lc4! 0-0 17 f3 tll h 6 [1 7 ... l:td8?
1 8.tll b6 l:tb8 1 9.li:.lc8 l:lbc8 20.1t'l5+-]
1 8.tt:ld& fS 19 .Q.c2 bS 20 . ..,e3
Survey SI 35. 5
20 ......e3 [20 . . . 'ii'e? 21 .1t'b6 .Q.d7 To me
this looks better than the game) 21 .fe3
tld8 22.lLlc8 l:tac8 23 .Q.b3 lLlg4
24.@e2 tt:lf6 2S.l:tad1 l:ld& 26.l:th4
e4 [26 ... l:tc5J 27.l:td4 l:tcS 28.1lh1
@f8 [28 ... tLld5 29.l:thd1 +-l 29.h& g6
30.l:thd1 @e7 31 .a4 tLg4?! [31 ... ba4J
32.l:t4d2 tLlh& 33.abS abs 34.l:ta1
l:tc7 3S.l:th1 gS 36.l:thS g4 37.l:td1
@f7 [37 . . . l:ta7 38.l:tdhl J 38.l:th&
[38 . . . l:th6 39.d6 l:tc4 (maybe in time trouble
Black didn't see this move) 40.fi..c4 bc4
41 .l:td5 <;f;>e8 and it will take White a lot of
effort to win; 38.l:tal !?J 1 -0
Roa Alonso.Santiago
Caruana.Fabiano
Madrid 2005 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.4Jf3 tLlc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
tt:lf6 S.tlic3 es 6.tll dbS d& 7.li:.ldS
ile7 1 1 .hS tt:lh4 1 2.g3 tLlfS 1 3.d3
a& 1 4.tll a3 bS! ? [Playing against li:.la3J
1 S.li:.lc2 tLih&?! [1 5 . . . 0-0 1 6.tLlb4 ilg5
1 7.tll c6 'ifl6 18 . .Q.g5 'ifg5 1 9.'i!Vd2;!;;
15 ... g5 1 6.tll b4 cl 1 7.'i!Vc1 0-0
1 8. tLlc6;!;] 1 6.h& gh6 1 7.'i!Vf3! ts
1 8.ts l:tf8 1 9.tLie3 gs 20.g4 W'f6
21 .l:tf1 b4? ! [21 . . . l:tl?] 22.l:tc1 ?!
[22.cb4 l:tb8 23.a3 a5 24.'i!Ve2! with a large
advantage] 22 l:tb8 23.c4 'ifd8 24.b3
.
[24.c5!] 24 ts 2S.gfS as
dc5 27.d6 l:tf7 28.W'd5] 26 W'cS!
27.'ife4 1t'd4 28.1t'f3 [28.1t'd4 ed4
29.tll g2 l:tf5=] 28 'it>d7 29.'i!Vh3
[29.c5!? to sum up: White is playing for a
draw] 29 l:tf& 30.@e2 1:tc8 31 .l:td1
1!t'f4 32.l:tg1 1!t'd4 [32 ... 'i!Vd4 33.l:tg4
11t'c5 34.tll f 1 ! (6 li:.lg3 and tll e4) would be
line for White] Y2-Y2
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Sicilian Defen ce B33 Sves h n i kov Variation SI 38. 1 6 (833)

Go Leko, Go! - The Ki n g of D raws

Plays the Sves h n i kov
by Andras Adorjan

1. e4 cs Kasparov - that he had the earliest

2. tll f3 tt:lc6 game in this variation he knows
3. d4 cd4 about. But IM Tamas Horvath,
4. tll d 4 tllf6 with whom I wrote two books
s. tt:lc3 es about the subject in 1 986 and
6. tll d bS d6 1 992, went further: he showed me
7. gs a6 the original score sheet of a game
8. tt:la3 bS played and won before Gennady
9. f6 gf6 ever played it. Later on, even the
1 0. tt:ldS fS good Arthur Jussupow played this
11. efS fS hair-raising variation !
1 2. c3 g 7 However, it seems that Leonid
1 3. tt:lc2 0-0 Shamkovich takes the cake. He
1 4. tt:lce3 g6 already played the real
Cheliabinsk/Sveshnikov (i.e. the
a 'iV n position after l O . . . f5 . I never Peter Leko
believed in the so-called Novo
8 3:, 8 88 sibirsk Variation l O . . . g7) in At that time we had a break that
ttJ 8 Riga in 1 95 5 . And lost against none of us wanted. But in 1 996
Mikhail Tai . So it goes, as Kurt we made a restart. Since becom
i ttJ i Vonnegut wrote. ing a grandmaster he had played
many draws, and I told him: 'Lis
.t i .,. i A Brilliant Talent ten, Peti ! Now you are holding a
i .t i But the truth is that Peter used to record. You are the youngest
* i: i: play the Benko (beating Van active grandmaster. Charming.
Wely in Groningen 1 996), the Sweet. Playing good chess, too.
The younger members of my Benoni and of course the And they invite you. But don' t
readership won ' t believe that a Griinfeld. That was quite some you g o and rest o n your laurels.
man who draws 70 per cent of his time ago, however. When we had for all records will be broken and
games - often pretty boringly - our first session in 1 993, I saw a then all that matters will be your
ever played anything as sharp as brilliant talent comparable only strength and - of course - your
the Sveshnikov, which inciden with Kasparov. The boy loved E lo rating. Why do you make so
tally should perhaps be called the chess, he was diligent and - un many grey draws?' ' You know,
Cheliabinsk, for as with so many like me - had excellent fighting Uncle Bandi,' said the lad, ' Ever
discoveries there are quite a few ability. Lovable too. Like a son , since I play the real strong tourna
forefathers. of an age similar to my own ments, all the sharks want my
daughters . blood. I had to save my skin.'
Roots 'OK ! But now you have 2600 and
Gennady limoschenko, for one, Resta rt you play like that too. In order to
told me in Moscow 1 984 - where No wonder he became the youn climb Mount Olympus you must
we were both seconds to gest ever grandmaster soon after. take chances.' And so we - he -

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did. As the only serious player to
accept that BLACK IS O K ! he
beat Topalov, Kramnik, Van Wely
(twice) and others. And, at 2700,
he got an invitation to Linares.
That was the time when I left him.
Without harvesting . Silly, isn't it?
But the trouble was : although I
respected him more, I found him
far l e ss lovable.
People ask me about his timidity.
What's the reason for it? And I
don't know. Somebody with his
powerful knowledge, with quite
A d o rj a n s M o v e
1 5 . h 4 e4 1 6 . h 5
Timman,Jan
Leko, Peter
Sarajevo 1 999 (3)
1 .e4 c5 2.tiJf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
-i.f6 5.l2Jc3 t2Jc6 6.tiJdb5 d6 7.f4
es 8 . g5 a6 9.li:la3 b5 1 0. f6 gf6
1 1 .lll d 5 f5 1 2.c3 g7 1 3.ef5 f5
1 4.lll c2 0-0 1 5.t2Jce3 g6 1 ?
16.h4!?
16 e4!N [Adorjan] 1 7.h5!? [1 7.d3
..
idS 18.lL:idS !So:t] 1 7 ... "i!t'gS [ 1 7 ... h6??
18.'l!t'g4+-] 1 8.!Z.h3 [1 8.h6? h6
19.l:thS (1 9.d3 g6) 19 .. ."it'g6 20.tiJl6
(20.lll g4 g7 21 .<t:Jdl6 ( 21 .tiJge3)
21..16 22 . .C.h6 "it"g5 23.l:l.16 h5-+)
20 .. ."i!ff6 21 .li:lg4 (21 ...g4 g6
(21 ...i!t'g6!?) 22.J:lh6 'ife6+) 2 1 . . ."ii'e7
22.li:Jh6 (22.d3 g6 23.tiJh6 .t>h8
24.l:th3 i!t'e6=i=) 22 . . . .tih8 23.d3 g6=i=]
18 .. 'it>hS 19 . .C.g3 [1 9.h6?! h6 20.J:lg3
. [27.'irl4 16! 28.'ii' eS le5 29.J:lgS J:lac8;
i'd8 (20 ... i!t'h4?! 21 .J:lg4 ifh1 22.J:le4 15
a lot of experience, and a wealthy
man, has no real ambition at the
age of 34. B ut I remember the
times we had together.
And yes, Peter played the
S veshnikov 35 times (true, for
the last time in 2005) . And he
won 8 vs 6 with 2 1 draws. Plus 2
(two) for Black. Is that not OK?
The Line
Our subject of today is another
finesse of sacrificing a tempo for
gaining something else. The
23 . .C.b4 <t:Jb4 24.cb4 14 25.<t:lg4 g7)
21 .d3 (21 ."ifhS?! e3 22.<t:le3 g6=i=)
21 ...d3 (21 ... g6!? seems to be more
consequent and better) 22 ....d3 15!?
23.<t:JIS e4 24.i!t'e4 J:le8 25.l2Jle7 J:le7
26.lL:ie7 'ife7 27.ife7 lbe7 28.a4=; 1 9.g4
15?! ( 1 9 ... h6!? is right: 20.a4 b4) 20.g!S
15 21 .J:lg3 'ii' h6 22.tiJIS J:l15 23.<t:le3
.ll h 5 24.'ii'd S l:tc8 25.0-0-0 (but Y2-Y2,56)
Sadykov-Ni Hua, Goa Wch-jr 2002]
1 9 'ii' h 6 20.d3 d5 [20 . . . d3
21 ."it"d3 ifhS 22.'ii'!St] 21 .tiJfS [21 .<t:ldS
15 t with a dangerous attack. See the game
Wegener-Richter, Germany Bundesliga
2008/09] 21 iff6 [21 ... ..14!? 22.J:lg4
..
ifh2 23.l:tg7 e4 24.ii'd2 'ii' es 25 . .l:th7
Wh7 26.'li'h6 Wg8 27.'li'gS Wh7
28.'li'h6=] 22.c2 [22.J:lg7? e4-+;
22.h6? h6 23.ifhS (23. l:t.h3 e4-+)
23 ... e4-+; 22.lLg7 e4 (22 ... <t:le7!?)
23.bS e3 (23 . . . tiJe7oo) 24.l:te3 g2o:t]
22 e6 [22 ... ti:le7? 23.lL:ie7 ife7
(23 . . . e6 24.'ii' d3 'li'h6 25.lt:JIS 15
26.ii'IS d5 27.l:tdl ) 24.'li'dS D. 24 . . . 15?
25.15!; 22 ... li:ld4!? 23.cd4 l:tg8=i=]
23.tiJg7 d5 24.'li'd2! [24.'li'13 'li'h6!?
(24. . .i!t'f3 25.gl3 b4 26.h6t, h7<) 25.'li'e3
'ii' e3 26.fe3 b4o:t] 24 ... b4! 25.h6 e4
26.tiJhS [26.0-0-0? bc3 27.bc3 (27.ii'c3?
d4! 28.'ifc6 'ifh6 29.J:ld2 (29 . .t>b1 a2)
29 ... e3-+) 27 . . . J:lab8 28.tiJhS "ii'e7
29.'ii'g S J:lg8 30 ....16 'it'l6 31 .<t:lf6 !Z.g3
32.fg3=; 26.'it;>f1 J:lac8oo; 26 ... bc3;
26.'ifgS!? ..-gs 27.l:t.gS;!;] 26 'ifeS
[26 ... 'ii' h4 27 ....14 'ii'14 28.tt:lf4;t] 27.l:t.gS
27.'it'gS .llg8 28.'it'eS ti:le5 29.J:lg8 J:lg8
Survey SI 38. 1 6
move 1 4 . . . g6 (first employed
in 1 976 by Ljubomir Ljubojevic)
provokes 1 5 .h4 (other variations
promise less, as you will see in
the Game Section), after which
there won ' t be any castling king
side. And the canny 1 5 . . . e4 is
now strong, unlike one move
earlier. There are two main devi
ations: in the first one White tries
to take advantage of the move
h2-h4. The whole thing is messy,
of course, and that's what a real
chess game should be . . .
30.<t:lf4 ti:lg6 31 .tll e6 fe6 32.cb4 ti:Jh4g?]
27 .. .fS [27 . . . 'iif h 2?! 28.'it'l4 'ifl4
29.tllf4;t] 28.f4?! [Gambling. 28.a4
bc3 29.bc3 ti:ld8! (29 . . . tll b4 30.14! ef3
31 .Wl2+-) 30.l:l.b1 (30.14 el3 31 .'.t>l2
.l:[cBoo) 30 ... :ca 31 .'i!t'd4 'li'd4 32.cd4
J:lc4 33.d1 c8oo] 28 ... ef3 29.Wf2
bc3 30.bc3
.:
8
8
i 8
ttJ .: i i
8 .t i
i
x x
30 ... 'li'e2 [30 .. .lg2!? 31 .l:te1 ! (31 .l:tg2? 14
(31 . . .d4) 32.l:tg7 15 33.l:l.e1 e4+;
31 .<t:lf4 l:!.g8 32.llg7! 'it'l6! (32 ... d4!?
33 . .l:te1 g1 "ii' ! (33 ... dc3? 34.J:leS cd2
35.J:le6 ti:ld4 36.J:lee7 g1 'ii' 37.'1tig1 ti:lc2
38.tt:lg6! (38.@h2 l:t.g7 39.hg7 .t>g8
40. li:lhS r:u8 41 .gl8'ii' <;t;>f8 42.J:ld7 li:le3
43.tiJl6 d 1 "if 44.tiJh7=) 38 . . . hg6 39.J:lh7X)
34 . .C.gg1 (34.l:!.eg1 dc3+/-+) 34 . . . dc3
35.lleS cd2 36.l:te6 l:t.g1 37 . .t>g1 ti:ld4=)
33.tiJe6 'ire6 34.'ii'g S (34 . .C.g1 .C.g7
35.hg7 @g7 36.J:lg2 >ith8 37.'ii'gS
i!t'e7!=i=) 34 . . . "it"eS (34 . . . J:lae8? 35.15+-)
35.15 .C.g7 36.'ii' g7 'ii'g7 37.hg7 wg7
38 . .t>g2=i=) 31 . . . "ifh2 32 . .C.g2 i!t'h4!
(32 . . . 'it'hS 33.l:te6 J:lg8 (33 ......h4 34.'it>g1
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J:!g8 35.JS J:tae8!; 35 ... J:tg2? 36.'Wg2
J:tg8 37.J:te8!+-) 34.J:tg7! ifh2=; : it.g7!? 27.ti:ll5 (27.'Wb4 ..G..c3) 27 . kd3
34... J:tae8? 35.'ife3! 'ifh2 36.>t>e1 +-) 88 8 28.ti:ld6 'ii'cS 29.ti:lc8 J:tcBt with good
33. .t>g1 ..G..17 34.tll g7 14 35.J:tl1 (35.tlllS 1:1 Ji, 8
'ifl6'i') 35... 'Wh6 36.J:tl4 ..G..ga 37.tll15
'Wf6oo; 30... d4! (decisive) 31 .J:te1 'Wc5 ., 'ii'
32.lle6 d3-+] 31 .'We2 fe2 32.J:te1 ?T 8 i
[32.tlll4 ..G..ga (32 ... lll6!) 33.tlle2 tlle5 i .,
34.J:th1 tll g4 (34 ... J:tf6 35.J:!IS J:th6 36.J:th6
tllg4 37.lt>g3 tll h6 38.J:tl6 lt>g7 39.l:tb6!;
i j_ ltJ
34... J:taea 35.J:tlS!) 35.<M.3 J:tae8 36.lll5 K K
fi.17 (36 ... tlle5!?) 37 . .t>g4 ( 37.tlld4 tlle3
38.J:tl4 tllc2 39.tllc2 J:tcB 40.tt:ld4 J:tc3 2S.tll g 6 [25.fi.c4 J:ta7] 2S ... hg6
41 .lt>f2 >t>g8=) 37 ... l:!e2 38. .>lli3 llg2 26.hg6 'it'h3 27.gh3 it.c3 2a . .tt1
39.<;i;>l3 llgg8 40.J:th4ti] 32 ... d4 fi.a1 29. 'ifd7 fi.g7 30.fi.c4 l:.t6
33.J:te2 [33.4 d3 34.tll14 ..G..c4 35.t2Jd3 31 . 'ii'ea Si.ta 32.h4 >t>g7 33.hS @h6
..G..d3 36. ..G..c6 J:!acB 37. ..G..d5 J:tc3 38.J:tg3=] 34 ...Q.f7? [34.it.d5 J:tb8 35.14 el3 36.Wl2
33 ... ..G..c4 34.lle1 dc3 [34 ... d3 35. 14'i'] 34 ... tllf7? [34... fi.g7-+] 3S.'ifaa?
J:tacB=; 34 ... J:tabB 35.fi.a4 J:tb2 36 . .t>g3 [35.gf7 J:te8 36.le8'if d5 with a rather
J:tb6 37 . ..G..c6 J:tc6 38.cd4 J:th6 39.J:te5 J:td6 drawish position] 3S ... ti:'gS-+ 36.'Wda
40.J:tgf5 J:tg8 41 .<M.3 l:.d4 42.t2Jf6 ll18=] it.g7 37.i!'aa dS 3a.'ii'dS @hS
35.J:tg3 tlld4 36.J:tc3 37. ..G..d3 as 39.'Wga @g6 40.'Wea @h6 41 .a4
38.J:te7 ..G..gaT (38 ... J:t17 39.J:tcc7 J:te7 t2Jt3 42.aS llg6 43.lt>e2 l:!g1
40.J:te7=] 39.llcc7 t2Je6 [39... a4?! 40 . ..G..c4! 44.We3 lt>gS 0- 1
J:tacB 41 .J:tcB l:.cB 42 . ..Q.g8 @g8 43.tlll6
44.l:!h7/+-] 40.J:ta7 t2Jc5 [40 ... a4
41 ...Q.c4 lla7 (41 ...a3 42 . ..Q.e6) 42.l:!an] Sondermann,Johannes
41 ...G..bS llfb8 [41 ....lla7 42.lla7 llb8 Hausrath,Daniel
43 . ..G..e2 a4 44.tlll6] 42.llaa [42. ..G..c6? Gach 2004 (2)
J:ta7 43.J:!a7 J:tb6 44.J:tc7 t2Jd3 45.We3 1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 t2Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2Jd4
tt::i e5+J 42 ... i:taa 43.tt::if6 tt::ie4 44.tZle4 t2if6 s.ti:lc3 es 6.ti:ldbS d6 7.it.gS a6
te4 45.J:te4 Y2-Y2 a.t2Ja3 bS 9.fi.f6 gf6 1 O.t2JdS f5
1 1 .ets Si.ts 1 2.c3 SLg7 1 3.ti:lc2 o--0
1 4.ti:lce3 ..G..g 6 1 S.h4 ..G..e4 1 6.hS
Wegener,Dirk 'ifgS 1 7.J:th3 @ha 1 a.g4 ilh6
Richter,Michael ( 1 8 .. .15?! 1 9.gl5 fi.15 20.J:tg3 'it'h6 21 .ti:ll5
Germany Bundesliga 2008/09 (7) J:tl5 22.tll e3 J:th5 23.'Wd5 J:tcB 24.000
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 tll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.tlld4 ('hY2,56) SadykovNi Hua, Goa Wchjr
tllf6 s.tZlc3 es 6.tZldbS d6 7. ..G..g s a6 2002] 1 9.l:.g3
a.tt::i a3 bS 9. ..G..f6 gf6 1 0.tlldS ..Q.g7
1 1 .c3 ts 1 2.etS Si.ts 1 3.tllc2 o--0
1 4.tllce3 fi.g6 1 S.h4 ..G..e4 1 6.hS Ji, 'ii'
'WgS [16 ... h6?! 1 7.J:th3 (1 7.fi.d3!? ..G..d5 8
1 8.tlld5 15 19 . ..G..c2ti) 17 ... >t>hB 1 8.g4 l:I ltJ
(1 8.it.d3) 18 ... 15?! (18 ... t2Je7) 1 9.gf5 tlle7
20.tlle7 it'e7 21 .it.g2 (21 .'Wg4) 21 ... fi.g2
8 j_
22.ttJg2 it'g5 ( 22 ... ..G..16) 23.tll e3 J:tad8 8 i ltJ i
24.J:tg3 'it'h4 25.'iff3 (1 0,36) Bokros j_ '
Kapnisis, Litohoro jr 1 999] 1 7.J:th3 >t>ha
1 a.J:tg3 ifh6 1 9 . ..Q.d3 ..Q.dS 20.tlldS
i i
ts 21 .J:th3 [21 .'Wd2!? 'ifd2 ( 2 1 . ..'it'h5 K 20 ... fi.h6 21 . .ll h S 'ii'g 6 22 . .lltS J:taf7
22.J:th3 'ifl7 23.0-0{)) 22. Wd2 e4 23.it.11
fi.h6 24 . .t>e1 J:tabB 25.lld1 t2Je5'i'] 1 9 ... J:taca [19 ... J:tad8!?; 1 9 ... b4! +:t Typ
21 ... b4 [21 ... e4!? 22.fi.11 14t] 22.'ifa4 ical and line] 20 . ..G.. g 2?! [20.a4!?;!; was
[22.cb4 e4t] 22 ... bc3 23.bc3 tt:ida more natural] 20 ... ..Q.g2 21 .J:tg2 e4
24.tlle7 e4 22.'Wc2 l:!tea 23.0-0-0 b4 24.>t>b1
74
bc3 2S.bc3 [ 25.ti:lc3 tll b4 26.'i!l'a4
.
compensation] 2S ... SLg7 26.ti:: tS l:lbB
[26 ... ti:ld4! 27.'i!fd2 (27.tll d4 ii' d5+/-+)
27 . . . 'ii'd2 28.J:td2 t2Jl5 29.gf5 fi.c3-+]
27 . .t>a1 SLes 2a.a3 J:t bS'i' [
28 ... 'ii'd 8!?+] 29.'ii'd 2? 'it'd2 (29 ... 'i!l'd8
was deadly] 30.lld2 J:teb8?T
[30 . . . tl:la5!-+] 31 .@a2 tLlaS 32.illfe3
t2Jb3 33.J:tc2 tt:lcS 34 . .ll g 1 1La4
3S . .ll g c1 tl:lcS 36.t2Jb4'i' [White proba
bly overstepped the time limit] 0-1
Polgar,Judit
Leko, Peter
Wijk aan Zee 2000 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2Jt3 li:Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lLd4
li:Jf6 s.ti:lc3 es 6.tLldbS d6 7.it.gS a6
a.t2Ja3 bS 9 . ..Q.f6 gf6 1 O.tLldS fS
1 1 .c3 it.g7 1 2.etS ..Q.fS 1 3.t2Jc2 0-0
1 4.t2Jce3 it.g6! ? 1 S.h4 ..G..e4 1 6.hS
'WgS 17 . ..G..e2 J:ta7 [17 ... h6! is the main
move here: 1 8.it.13 ilh7oo] 1 a ...Q.f3 ..G..f3
1 9.'ift3 [Unusual, interesting and promis
ing is 1 9.gl3!? t2Je7 ( 1 9 ... J:td7 20.'Wd3 15
(20 . . . fi.h6 21 .t2Jg4+-) 21 .t2Jb6 J:tdf7
22.'it'd6/+- ; 1 9 ... 15 20.t2Jb6 WhB
(20 . . . t2Jd8 21 .'ii' d6 t2J17 22.'ii'c6+-)
21 .'ii'd 6 J:tl6 22.'ii'd 3!; 19 ... Wh8 20.'Wd3
ti:le7 21 .ti:le7 J:te7 22.0-0-0; 22.'ifd6 l:te6
23.*'b4 '*'14 24.'We4!) 20.tll e7 lle7
21 .'ii'd 6 J:te6 22.'ii'b4 ] 1 9 ...tS+:t
20.h6! [Strangely even this thematical
move does not lead to an advantage]
23 . .llf7 .llf7 24.'it'g4 it.e3 2S.li:Je3
'Wg4 26.t2Jg4 >t>ta 27.'it>e2 b4!=
2a.J:th1 bc3 29.bc3 J:tt4 30.t2Je3
J:!a4 31 .J:th7 J:!a2 32.>t>f3 t2Je7 33.c4
as 34.i:tha Y2-Y2

Azarov,Sergey
Ni Hua
Goa Wch-jr 2002 (6)
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
:L.f6 5.ti:lc3 es 6.ti:ldbS d6 7 ..Q.gs a6
8.:L.a3 b5 9 ..Q.f6 gf6 1 0.ti:ldS f5
1 1 .c3 ..Q.g7 1 2.efS ..Q.f5 1 3.ti:lc2 0-0
14.lbce3 ..Q.g6 1 S.h4 ..Q.e4 1 6.hS
lg5 17 ..Q.e2 [1 7Jlh3 <it;>h8 18 ...Q.e2 b4
19.l:!.g3 'i'h4 20.J:Z.h3 'it'gS 21 .J:Z.g3 ...h4
1iiY2 Groszpeter-Gy.Feher, Zalakaros 1 999]
1 7 . .. h6! [17 ... '.t>h8?! 1 8 . ..Q.13 ..Q.13
19.'i'f3 15? ( 1 9 ... e4 20.'it'e4 J:Z.ae8 21 ....13
:L.e5 22.'ife2) 20.h6!+- ..Q.h6 21 .'if'h3
tlg7 22.ti:lc7 'it'g6 23.ti:la8 ..Q.e3 24.'it'e3
14 25.'*13 e4 26.'tWh3 e3 27.ti:lc7 'tWc2
2B.1Le6 17 29.fe3 1 -0 Prasad-Saravanan,
Mumbai ch-IND 2000]
a: w :s
8 .fk.
ttJ
.t
'ill i tt:J i
I. i .. i
.t i
x varthy, Nakhchivan Wch-jr 2003] 27 'it'e7
1 8.l:!.h3! [1 8.0-0 J:Z.a7 1 9.J:Z.e1 (19 . ..Q.d3
id3 20.'i'd3 15f) 19 ... .t>hB 20.a4 b4!?
21 .1Lb4 (21 .cb4 ti:ld4f) 21 ... ti:lb4 22.cb4 d5
23.d3 ..Q.d3 24.'iWd3 J:[dBfg; 18 . ..Q.13 ..Q.h7
(:$; 18 .....Q.13 1 9.gf3 (1 9.'it'l3!? IS?! 20.ti:lc7
e4 21 .'l!i'h3) 19 ... Wh8 20.'it'c2 IS 21.We2?
(21 .IL.c7!+-) 21 ...J:[acB 22.'iWb3;t (1 -0,40)
Pilgaarullaksen, Torshavn 2003) 1 9.ti:lf6
(19.0-0 e4 20...Q.e2 b4!? 21 .ti:lb4 ti:lb4 22.cb4
ib2 23.J:[b1 ..Q.eSf; 19.J:[h3 e4 20.r.l.g3
'i'd8? (20 ... 'iWh4 2U1h3 ...gs 22.llg3
'iifh4=) 21 ...Q.e4 IS 22 ...Q.c2 14 23...Q.h7 'it;>h7
24.'ilt'd3 .t>h8 2S.ti:ll4 (2S.llg7 .t>g7
26.'i'g6+-) 2S ... ti:leS 26.ti:lg6 ti:lg6
27.'i'g6+- (1 -0,32) Haznedaroglu-Schebler,
Pardubice 2007) 1 9 ...1i'16 (19 ... ..Q.16!? 20 . ..Q.c6
l:!.abB 21 .'it'd6 l:tld8fg) 20. ..Q.c6 J:[acB
21 ...Q.b7 J:[b8 22. ..Q.dS 'ifgS 23.a4 (23.a3
a5=.r+) 23 ... b4 24 . ..Q.c4 bc3 2S.bc3 >t>hB
26.0-0 15f 27.14 (27.'iWd6 llldB 28.1fc6 14
29.tiJdS e4+) 27 ... el4 28.ti:ldS ..Q.es+
(Y2V.. ,S7) Kosteniuk-Ni Hua, Shanghai
CHN-RUS jr 2001 ] 1 8.--.t>h8 1 9Jlg3
[19.Wf1 !? llabB 20.J:[g3 'i!i'h4 (20 ... 'ifdB
21 .d3 ..Q.d5 22.'ifg4) 21 .J:[h3 'it'gS
22.J:[g3 'ifh4=; 19 ...Q.13 ..Q.h7 20.ti:lc7 e4
21 ...Q.e2 J:!acB.,t] 1 9 .-'i!t'd8 [19 ... 'ifh4 was
handy with the well-known intentions. True,
Whtte could have his draw by 20.J:!h3 'iigS
21.llg3) 20 . ..Q.13 ..Q.h7 (20 ... ..Q.13? 21 .'i!i'l3 15
(21 ... e4 22.'iffS) 22.J:!g7!+-) 21 .ti:lc7 e4!+"]
20 ..Q.d3 ..Q.dS 21 .ti:ldS f5 22.c2 llcS
23.Wf1 ti:le7 24.wg1 l:!c5 2S ..Q.b3
ti:ldS 26 ..Q.dS e4
27.a4 [In a later game White tried to im
prove his own play: 27.llg6!? lll6 28.a4
ba4 (28 . . . aS!? seems to be better) 29.lla4
as 30.'it'b3 'it'e8 31 .c4 e3 32.le3 14 33.e4
llg6 34.hg6 ..Q.d4 3S.\t>f1 'ifg6?
(35 . . . '.t>g?;t/) 36.'it'b8 Wh7 37.b4 13
38.'it'g8! (1 -0,S2) Azarov-Deepan Chakkra
28.abS abS 29.lla6 f4 30.J:!g6 e3
31 ..Q.f3? [31 .llad6 lldS 32.lldS e2
33.'ife1 J:Z.a8 34.'ito>h2 'ii h4 (34 ... lla1 ?
3S.'iia 1 e1 'i!t' 36 .... e1 'i!t'e1 37.J:!.d8 wh7
38.lld7+-) 35.\t>g1 'ife7 36.\t>h2 ifh4=]
31 l:teS
. [31 ...ef2 32.wf2 lleS+
33.J:tad6? 'it'h4 34. w11 J:tle8-+] 32. 'iff1
e2 [32 . . . ef2 33.'iff2 l:te1 34.Wh2 'it'e3=]
33.'ife1 l:td8 34.l:tg4 [34.l:ta2!?]
34 'iYf7 3S.l:tg6 ..Q.f8 36 ..Q.e2??T
[36.lla1 J:!.de8'F] 36 J:!.de8-+ 37.'it'd2
..
lle2 38.'iYd4 l::t 8eS 39.lla8
40.'it>h2 wh7 41 .g4 fg3 42.fg3 llhS
' 1 4.ti:lc2 0-0 1 S.t/Jce3 ..Q.g6 1 6.h4
1 6 .e2
Palac,Mladen
Vaisser,Anatoli
Cannes 2000 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 s.t;:;c3 es 6.tiJdbS d6 7 ..Q.gs a6
Survey SI 38. 1 6
8.ti:la3 b S 9 ..Q.f6 gf6 1 O.ti:ldS ..Q.g7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.efS ..Q.fS 1 3.t;':;c2 0-0
1 4.lt:lce3 ..Q.g6 1 S.h4 ..Q.e4 1 6 ..Q.e2
1 6 . ..Q.dS [16 ... h6!?; 1 6 ... ti:le7 1 7 . ..Q.13
dS 1 8 . ..Q.dS llc8oo] 1 7.ti:ldS [1 7.'it'dS
t2Je7 1 8.'iWd3 dS 1 9.lld1 e4 20.'ifd2 d4
21 .cd4 IS 22.g3 (22.0-0 f4 23.ti:lc2 13 24.gf3
ef3 25 . ..Q.d3 IL.g6 26.'iYg5 ti:lf4 27.'it'd8
llad8f) 22 . . . 14 23.gf4 1:114 24.dS 'iYd6
2S.a4 (2S.IL.g2 llff8 26 . ..Q.g4 ti:lg6f)
25 ... l:taf8 26.l:!.h2 IL.g6 27.h5 t2Jh4
(27 . . . tlJeS!?) 28.llc1 IL.13 29 . ..Q.13 ef3
30.llc6 ..Wes 31 .d6?? (31 .r.l.h3 r.l.g4
32.Wf1 lla4'F) 31 . . . J:td4 0-1 Aplin-Firat,
Singapore jr 2007] 1 7 .fS [17 ... e4!? 1 8.a4
.
llb8] 1 8.a4 b4 1 9.aS?! [ 1 9.cb4 t2Jd4
20.llc1 wh8 21 .llc7 J:tc8fg] 1 9 bc3 .
20.bc3 \t>h8 21 .g4? fg4 22.'ifa4 [
22 . ..Q.g4 llb8+] 22 t2Je7 23.t2Jb6 J:!a7
24.'it'g4 e4 2S.llc1 dS 26.hS ti:lfS
27.c4 ..Q.d4 0-1
I
1 6.a4
lle1 Ponomariov,Ruslan
Rogozenco,Dorian
0-1 Istanbul ol 2000 (3)
1 .e4 cS 2.t;':;f3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2Jd4
t2Jf6 S.t2Jc3 e6 6.lll d bS d6 7 . ..Q.f4 es
8 ..Q.gS a6 9.t2Ja3 bS 10 ...Q.f6 gf6
1 1 .tLldS fS 1 2.c3 ..Q.g7 1 3.efS ..Q.fs
..Q.e4 1 7.a4 ..Q.dS ! ? [17 ... b4 18 . ..Q.c4;t;
17 ... t2Je7!? 1 8.t2Je7 'it'e7 19 . ..Q.d3 c6 is
playable for Black too - see the game
Piscopo-Ronchetti, Cremona ch-ITA 200S]
1 8.t;':;dS [1 8.'it'dS t2Je7 1 9.'it'b3 ( 1 9.'it'f3
dS! 20.tlJIS e4 21 .t2Je7 (21 .'ifg4 tlJIS
22.'it'IS b4 23.J:!c1 'iWc8+) 21 ...'it'e7
75
 22.'ii'e3 b4+) 1 9 . . . dS 20.abS d4t] 1 8 b4 .
1 9.cb4 [1 9.ti:lb4?! ti:lb4 20.cb4 dS
21 .l::ta3 'ii' d6gg] 19 ... '.th8 20.l::t c 1 !
[20 . .id3 e4' (20 .. .ts 21 .l::t c 1 ti:ld4
22.l::tc7) 21 . .ic2 !St] 20 ... ti:le7
21 . .ic4 [21 .ti:lc7 l::t cB 22.ti:la6 l::tc 1 !?
(22 . . . e4 23. .l::tcB 'i!t'cB 24. 'i!t'd2 dS
2S.ti:lc5) 23. 'ii'c 1 'ifaB 24.l:th3 tiJfSgg]
21 ... fS 22.l::t h 3 [22.'ilt'd2 l::tcB!? 23.tiJe7
'ilt'e7 24 ..ia6 l::tc 1 2S.'ilt'c1 e4!?g"?]
22...e4 23.'ifd2 [23.ti:lf4 'ilt'b6
(23 . . . 'ii'b B!?) 24.@11 !] 23 ... .iesgg
24.'ii'g S!? ti:ldS? [24 . . . .ib2!? was obvi
ously better but still 2S.l::t c2 tt:ldS 26.'ilt'dB
l::tadB (26 . . . .l::tldB? 27.kdS+-) 27.kdS
.ieS 28.l::t b3t is advantageous] 2S.'ilt'd8
l::tad8 [2S . . . l::tfd8!? 26 . .idS l::t acB 27 . .l::tcB
l::tcB 28. '.td1 ..Q.b2 29.l:tb3 kd4=/t]
26 . .idS .ib2 27.J:l.c&! l::t c8 28.l::t b3
[?. 28.bS abs 29.abS .id4 30.l::t b 3! .t.g7
(30 . . . .l::taB 31 .l::t a6!) 31 .b6] 28 ... .l::t c &
29.kc& ..Q.d4 30 . .ib7 (30.bS abS
31 .abS .ib6 32.l::t a3 .t>g7=] 30 ... .l::t b&
31 . ..Q.a& l::t b4 32.l::t b4 ..Q.c3 33.>t>e2
..Q.b4 34.kca t4 3S.kb7 t3 36.gf3
ef3 37.@f3 @g7 38.@g4 .t>f6 39.f4
.id2 40.hS h6 41 .'it.>f3 [?. 41 . ..Q.dSt]
41 ....t>JS 42 . ..Q.ca .t;>t& 43.we4 dS!=
44.@f3 [44.\t>dS ..Q.14=] 44... kaS
4S.@g4 ..Q.d2 46 . .ia& .iaS 47.kd3
.ic7 48.kc2 .iaS 49.@f3 kb&
so.kh7 ..t>g7 s1 ...Q.ts wt& s2.kca
..Q.aS S3 . .t.e3 ..Q.b6 S4 . .t.d3 kc7
ss.ts wes s&.ke& %-%
Piscopo,Pierluigi
Ronchetti,Niccolo
Cremona chITA 2005 (1 1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lf6 S.tt:lc3 eS 6.tt:ldbS d6 7 . ..Q.gs a6
8.tt:la3 bS 9 ..if6 gf6 1 0.tt:ldS fS
1 1 .c3 .ig7 1 2.efS ..Q.ts 1 3.tt:lc2 0-0
1 4.liJce3 -'lg& 1 S.h4 ile4 1 6.a4
tt:le7 1 7.tiJe7 'ii'e7 18 ..Q.d3 kc&
1 9.-'lc2 [19.'ii' g4 e4 20 . .ic2 \t>hB
21 .tiJIS 'ii' eS 22.'ilt'g7 (22.000!? l::t adB
23.l::t d4) 22 ... 'ilt'g7 23.ti:lg7 '>tt g7 24.0-0-0
dS 2S.l::td4 l:tfeB 26 . .ib3 l:teS 27.l::t h d1
J:l.dB 28.abS abS 29.Wd2= (0-1 ,69)
Palekha-Ni Hua, Oropesa del Mar jr 2001]
1 9 ...e 4 20.abS [20.tt:lfS 'ii'es 21 .'ii'g4
dS=] 20 ... abS 21 .J:l.a8 l:ta8 22.0-0
ii.es 23.'ii' h S [23.g3 WhB 24 . .ib3 l::t gB=]
23 ... 'ife& 24.tt:lfS Wh8 2S.f3 'ii' g6
26.'ii'g& hg6 27.ti:le7
76
27 ... e3! 28.tt:lc&?? [Too sweet for the
stomach. ?. 28.14 e2 29.J::t e 1 ..lii.14 30.'.tl2
(30.l::t e2? ..lii.g 3+) 30 ... ..lii.b7 31 .l::t e2 .ies
32.e4 ..lii.e4 33.l::t e4 l::t a2 34.J:l.e2=]
28 ... e2 29.J::t b 1 [29.l::t e 1 ..Q.g3-+]
29 ...-'lg3-+ 30.-'ld3 e1 'ii' 31 .J:l.e1
..Q.e1 32 . ..lii. bS J:l.a2 33.b4 ..Q.c3
34 ..lii.c4 l::t b2 3S. bS '>tt g7 36.'>ttf1
..Q.f6 37.g3 -'lc3 38.g4 .if& 39.gS
..Q.c3 40.1Lie7 ii.es 41 . .id3 ..Q.d4
42.hS l::tf2 43.@e1 l:tf3 44.h6 @h7
4S.ile2 l::t g 3 46.tt:lc8 dS 47.b& l::t b3
48.tt:le7 -'lb& 49.tt:ldS ii.dB 0-1
1 6 . l:t h 3
Srienz,Christian
Markos.Jan
Austria tt-2 2003/04 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c s 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lf6 S.tt:lc3 es 6.tt:ldbS d6 7.-'lgS a6
8.tt:la3 bS 9 . ..Q.f6 gf6 1 0.ti:JdS ..Q.g7
1 1 .c3 ts 1 2.efS .its 1 3.ti:lc2 0-0
1 4.ti:Jce3 g6 1 S.h4 ..lii.e4 1 6.l::t h 3
'.th8 [16 ...d5!? 17.ti:Jd5 ( 1 7.W'd5 tt:le7)
17 .. .IS 1 8.h5 h6 1 9.a4 b4!? 20.kc4
(20.cb4 ti:Jd4 21 .kc4 'it;>h8g[!) 20 . . . 'ii< hB
21 .tt:lb4 ti:lb4 22.cb4 'ifb6gg (0-1 ,32) Firt
Klima, Ostrava 2002] 1 7.g4 [1 7.h5 .ih6]
17 ... ti:le7 [A standard way of handling this
type of position] 1 8.lbe7 'ii'e7 1 9 . ..Q.d3
.id3 [19 ... ..Q.b7!?] 20.'ifd3 e4
[20 ... 'li'e6!?] 21 .liJfS ed3 [Almost forced]
22.ti:le7 l:tae8 23.lle3 ..Q.f6 24.ti:JfS
lle3 2S.fe3 l:tg8 26.gS kgS!
27.0-0-0 [27.hg5 l::t g5 28.l::t d 1 ll15 29.J:l.d3
d5'i'] 27 ... ..Q.f& 28.l:td3 l::t d8 29.J:l.d6
l::t d 6 30.l/Jd6 ..Q.h4 31 .tt:lf7 @g7gf!
32.tLd6 @f6 33.c4 we& 34.cbS \t>d6
3S.ba6 we& 36.b4 ii.gs 37.wd2 hS
38.bS @b6 39.@e2 h4 %-Y2
1 6 . ..1L d 3
Adla,Diego Gustavo
Lautier,Joel
France tt 2005 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 liJc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
tt:lf6 s.tt:ic3 es 6.ti:JdbS d6 7 ..Q.gs a6
8.tt:la3 bS 9 ...Q.f6 gf6 1 0.tt:ldS f5
1 1 .c3 ..Q.g7 1 2.efS ..Q.f5 1 3.lt:ic2 0-0
1 4.ti:lce3 ..Q.g6 1 S.h4 e4 1 6.d3
..Q.dS 1 7.ti:JdS fS ( 1 7 ... ti:'le7 is clearly
worse: 1 8.tt:le7 'ife7 1 9 . ..Q.e4 l:tacB 20.'ii' h 5
h6 21 .'li'l5 J:l.ldB 22.l::t d 1 l::tc5 23.l::t h3 @18
(23 . . . dS 24.l::t h d3) 24.'ilt'h7 d5 25.l::t g3 16
(25 . . . 'li'16 26.h5) 26.b4+- (1 -0,35)
Atakisi-Andres Gonzalez, Aviles Ech-jr 2000]
1 8.a4 b4! ? 1 9.cb4 e4 20.6
[20...Q.c4 @ha 21 .'ifd2 tt:ld4 22.l::tc1
..Q.e5g[!] 20 ... l::t a & 21 .bS 'iWaS 22.'.l<f1
[22.'ifd2 ti:Je5+; 22.ti:'lc3 ..Q.c3 23.bc3 'ii'c3
24.@11 l:tb6 25.bc6 J:l.c6 26.l::t h 3 'ilt'e5 is
about even] 22 ... l::t a7 23.bc6 'ifa6
24.l.t>g1 'ifc6 2S.l::t c 1 ? [25.l:th3 .ieS
(25 ... 2?? 26.ifb3+-; 25 ... @hB 26.b4t)
26.h5 1400] 2S ... 'ifa4 26.tt:le7 >t>hB
27.W'd6 (27.W'a4 l::t a4 28.b3 J:l.d4+]
27 ... e3!-+ 28.fe3 'li'e4 29.ti:'ldS l::t gB
30.lt:if6 ..Q.f6 31 . 'iff6 J:l.ag7 0-1
Ng uyen Van H uy
Almeida Saenz.Alfonso
Calvia ol 2004 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:'lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
ti:Jf6 s.ti:Jc3 es 6.tt:ldbS d6 7 ..Q.gs as
8.lt:ia3 bS 9 ..Q.f6 gf6 1 0.tt:ldS ..Q.g7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.efS ..Q.fS 1 3.ti:Jc2 0-0
1 4.ti:lce3 ..Q.g6 1 S.h4 ..Q.e4 1 6 . ..Q.d3
..Q.dS 1 7. lt:idS fS 1 8 . ..Q.c2 .t>hB
[18 ... .l::t bB 1 9.tt:lf4?! (1 9.ifh5 e4 20.0-0t)
19 ... liJd4?! ( 1 9 . . .el4 20.'ii'd5 \t>hB 21 .'ii'c6
b4'i') 20 . ..Q.b3 tt:lb3? (20 ... @hB) 21 . ifb3
l::t17 22.tt:Je6 'ilt'd7 23.li:Jg5+- (1 -0,33)
Czebe-Kainz, Savaria 2002] 1 9 .C.h3
[1 9.'ilt'h5 e4 20.g4 (20.0-0t) 20 . . . 'iWeB (?.
20 ... b4!) 21 .'ilfeB l::t aeB 22.g5 ..Q.es
23.0-0-0t (Y2Y2,S 1 ) Se.lvanov-Franssila,
Jyvaskyla 20021 1 9 ...e4 20.wt1 l::t b8
21 .tt:lf4 'li'f6 22 . .ib3 l::t be8 [22 ... tt:la5!?]
23.'ilt'hS (23.ti:'lhS 'ii' h6 24.ti:'lg7 'ilt'g7
(24 ... @g7 2S.a4t) 25.'ilt'd6 ti:'leS]
23 ... ti:'leS 24.J::td 1 ti:lg4 2S.l:tg3?? [?.
25.'ilt'g5] 2S ...e3 [25 ... ..llh 6-+] 26.fe3
tt:le3? [26 ... ..Q.h6!+] 27.l::t e3 J:l.e3
28.tt:ldS 'ifes 29.tt:le3 'iife3 30.'iWf3=

lf3 31 .gf3 ..ie5 32.@f2 a5 33.a3
lltg7 34. >t>g2 'itf6 Y2-Y,
Rojas Barrero.Andres
Gallego Alcaraz.Andres
Medellin 201 0 (4)
1 .e4 c5 2.lll f3 lll c 6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
.f6 S.lllc3 e5 6.lll d b5 d6 7 . ..ig 5 a6
8.lll a3 b5 9.f6 gf6 1 0.lll d 5 ..ig7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.ef5 ..if5 1 3.lll c 2 0-0
1 4.lll ce3 ..ig6 1 5.h4 ..ie4 1 6 ..id3
idS 1 7.lll d 5 f5 1 a.'ifb3 @ha
1 9.0-0-0 [1 9.a3!? e4 20.e2 llc8 21 .lll 14
i'eB =F } 19 ... b4! ? [ 1 9 ... e4!? 20.e2 lll e7
21 .a3 (21 .llll4 ..ih6!) 21 ...lll dS 22.'ifdS
ieS=} 20.lll b4 [20.cb4!? a5 (20 . . . lll d4!?)
21 .bS li:ld4 22.'ifa4 llc8 23.b1 ll c5f]
20... li:lb4 2U i'b4 llba 22.'ifa3
i'b6 23 ...ic2 'iff2 24.'ifd6 [24.lt>b1
lg2=F} 24...'ife3 25.@b1 [25.'ifd2?
lb6 26.il.b3 il.h6-+} 25 ... 'if c3
26.b3 'ifb4 27.'ifa6 e4 2a.'ife2 f4
29.l:lhf1 'ife7 30.llfe1 llfeS 31 .lld5
lf6 32.lld7 e3 33.llc1 'iff5 34.lld3
:lbd8 3S.lld1 ? ? [35 ... lld3 36.lld3
ld3 37.'ii'd3 e2-+; 35.c4'i"} 0-1
Velimirovic,Drag oljub
Kapnisis,Spyridon
Athens tt 2000 (7)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 lll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
l/Jf6 S.li:lc3 e5 6.lll d b5 d6 7.g5 a6
8.f6 gf6 9.lll a3 b5 1 0.lll d 5 il.g7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.ef5 f5 1 3.lll c 2 0-0
1 4.li:lce3 g6 1 5.h4 il.e4 1 6 . ..id3
ids 1 7.lll d 5 f5 1 a.'ifh5 e4 1 9.il.c2
Wh8 [19 ... b4!? - see the games below;
1 9 ... li:leS 20.tl::: f4 (20.0-0-0!?) 20 . . . 'ifcS
21.b3 lllc4;!; 'h-'h Lakos-Molnar, Hungary
2000} 20.0-0-0 [20.0-0!?; 20.a3!? lll e5
21 .0-0-0 lll c4} 20 ... b4 21 .g4 'ii'e a?
[Difficult to understand. 21 . . .bc3 was handy
and good: 22.gl5 (22.bc3? 'ifa5-+;
22.li:lc3? il.c3 23.bc3 'ifa5-+)
22 ... llbS!+; 22 ... cb2 23.>t>b1 lll d4 24.16
16 25.e4 lla7 26.llh3 lll b 5oo]
22.'ii'ea llaea 23.il.a4 l:tca 24.il.c6
l:lc6 25.lll b4 llb6 26.lll d 5 llbba
27.gS .11..e5 2a.>t>c2 i:m 29.l:thf1
l:lfb7 30.b3 a5 31 .f4+- ef3 32.llf3
a4 33.b4 llf7 34.l:l.df1 l:l.bfa 35. '.t>b2
\t>g7 36.'it>a3 lt>g6 37.lll f4 .11..f4
38.llf4 d5 39.lld1 llca 40.lld5 llc3
41 .lt>a4 1 -0
Van der Poel,Henk
Bosch,Jeroen
Dieren 2002 (5)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 lll c 6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
lllf6 5.lll c3 e5 6.lll d b5 d6 7 .11..g 5 a6
a.tt:la3 b5 9 ..if6 gf6 1 0.tll d 5 f5
1 1 .ef5 .11.f. 5 1 2.c3 ..ig7 1 3.tll c 2 0-0
1 4.tll ce3 .11..g 6 1 5.h4 .11..e4 1 6.il.d3
il.d5 1 7.lll d 5 f5 1a . ..,h5 [Not the best.
1 8.g4! is obviously stronger - See the
game: Yu Yiangy-Wang Yue, Xinghua
Jiangsu ch-CHN 201 1 ] 1 a ... e4 1 9 . .11..c 2
b4! ? [A typical way to create counterplay
in this variation} 20.l::t d 1 [20.0-0 bc3
21 .bc3 tll e7! 22.tlll4 (22.llab1 tll d5
23.b3 llb8 24.d5 @ha 25.c4 is ap
proximately equal) 22 . . . 'ifeS 23.'iifd 1 Wh8
24.tll e6 l::t g8 25.'ifd6 (25.tll g7 'ifg6!) . bc1 'it' 27.llc1 .lld7! (27 ... rlbS 28.lll e7 @f7
25 . . . .11..c3 26.J:tab1 'ii'g6 27.g3 e3 28.llb7
..i16oo] 20 ... bc3 21 .bc3 @ha
[21 ... lll e 7!?] 22.0-0 l:tca 23.l:l.fe1 ?!
[23.tll l4!? ll16 24.llb 1 J 23 ... .11..es 27.lll c6 .:tea 28.lll a5 [2: 28.lll b4 .11.c. 3
24.lle3 llle7 25.'ii' g 5? [Not a very
lucky idea] 25 ... tll d 5 26.'ii' d a
26 ... lll e 3! 27.'iffa [27.le3 llld8-+}
27 ... llfa 2a.fe3 llca+/-+ 29 . .11.. b3
l::t c3 30.@f2 @g7 31 .l::t dS f4 32.ef4
f4 33.lla5 wf6 34.g4 il.e3 35.we2
.11..c5 36.lla6 llh3 37.l:taa @es
3a.l:l.fa J:ih2 39.@e1 '.t>d4 40 . .:tf2
.:1h4 41 .lld2 we3 42 . .:1e2 @f3 0- 1
Pijpers,Arthur
Dek,Lennart
Maastricht 2007 (6)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 0c6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
lll f6 5.lll c3 e5 6.lll db5 d6 7.g5 a6
8.tll a3 b5 9.f6 gf6 1 0.lll d 5 f5
1 1 .c3 g7 1 2.ef5 f5 1 3.lll c 2 0-0
1 4.lll ce3 il.g6 1 5.h4 .11..e4 1 6.d3
d5 1 7.tll d 5 f5 1 a.'i!fhS e4 1 9.c2
b4 20.il.a4
Survey SI 38. 1 6
2 0... bc3! 2 1 . ..ic6 [21 .bc3 lll b4 22.0-0
tll d5 23 ...ib3 'it>h8 24.d5 llbS'i"}
21 ... cb2 22 . .ll b 1 .Ilea 23.'ii'g S 'ii'aS
[23 ... .llc6! 24.'iifdS (24.tll e7 'it>h8 25.lllc6
'ifb6-+) 24 ... .llc 1 25.@e2 .lld8 26 . .ll h c1
29.ttJIS llb2 30.'.t>e3 es 31.g4=) 28 . .ll c6
.11..d4 29.i:tc4!=F; 23 ... >!i>hS!+] 24.'ifd2
'it'd2 25.lt.>d2 J:tc6 26.llle7 >!;>17
29.lt.>d1 b4 30.l::t b2 aS] 2a ... c3?
[28 ... h6! 29."'1e2 .:1c2 30.@11 .:1c1
31 .lt.>e2 llh1 32.l:lb2 (32.llh1 ? c1 -+)
32... 'it>e6+/-+} 29.lt>e3 a5 30.llb2
'it>e6 31 .lld1 dS 32.f3 l:lc6 33.fe4
fe4 34.g4 @e5 35.g5? [35.\t>e2 d4
36 . .lll 1 gave more chances] 3S ... d4-+
36.\t>e2 d3 37.\t>e3 ..ib6 aa.lt>d2
a5 39.@e3 il.c3 40. .:1b7 d4
41 .lt>d2 l:tc2 42.\t>e1 lt>f4 43.llh7
lle2 44.>t>f1 llf2 45.lt>e1 We3 0-1
Yu Vangyi
Wang Yue
Xinghua J iangsu ch-CHN 201 1 (9)
1 .e4 c5 2.t2Jf3 tll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
lll f6 S.tll c 3 es 6.lll d b5 d6 7 . ..ig5 a6
8.lll a 3 b5 9.f6 gf6 1 0.lll d 5 f5
1 1 .c3 g7 1 2.ef5 f5 1 3.lll c2 0-0
1 4.t2Jce3 g6 1 5.h4 ..ie4 1 6.il.d3
dS 1 7.lll d 5 f5 1 8.g4! [This strong
move causes Black the most headaches!]
1 a ... e4 [1 8 .. .fg4 1 9.'ifg4+-] 1 9.c2
b4 [ 1 9 ... t2Je7 20.gl5!? (this seems to be
stronger than 20.lll l4 'ifb6 (20 ... d5 21 .gl5
(21 .lll e6 'it'b6 22.tiJIS llfSgg) 2 1 . . .'ifd6
22.'i!fg4 @h8 (2: 22 ... lllS) 23.lll e6 h6
24.ttJIS .1:!18 25.lld1 'it'e5 26 . ..ib3 ll15
(26 . . . b4!?) 27.llg1 lll8 28 . .ll g2 a5 29.'ifg3
il.14 30.'it'g4 il.h6 31 .'ifg3?! 'h-Y2
Nikolaidis-Kapnisis, Aghia Pelagia It 2004.
White should have tried 31 .'iifd7 e3 32.13!?
a4 33.il.dS a3 34.e4 ab2 35. 'ifd4+-)
77
21 .tt:le6 lg4 22.tt:lfB JlfBg;; ; 20.h5 tt:ldS
21 .'ili'd5 wh8 22.0-0-0 b4) 20 ... r.u5
21 .tt:le3 (5 2U.e4 l:te5 22.'ilff3 (22.tt:le7
'ili'e7 23.w11 t!f8+) 22 ... tt:idS 23.0-0-0 tt:ic3
24.bc3 l:!.cB 25.l.t<b1 'it;>h8'l') 21...l:!.eS
22.'ifg4 d5 (22 ... h5 23.'ifg3 @h8 24.0-0-0
d5 25. 'ifd7 (25 ... a5 26.l:!.hg1 +-)
26.llhg1 .llgB (26 ... 16 27.'ifl4+-) 27.'ifh2
'ili'e6 28.llgS) 23 . .llg 1 'iffB 24.0-0-0;!;;
19 ... tt:leS 20.gfSJ 20.gfS! bc3 21 .bc3
:a: <;t> :a:
::, ::,
::,
::, i Savereide,Diane
Cjj
.l .l
i .i.
K 'if K 1 1 .c3 ..Q.g7 1 2.efS fS 1 3.tll c2 0-0
21 l:!.fS? [21 . ..'ifa5!? gives Black better
..
chances than the game continuation, viz.
22.00 (22. 'ifd2?! .l:!.15 23 . .ll d 1 lle8'!';
22.e4 l:tae8 23.13 c3; 22.l:tg1
'it;>h8) 22 .. Ji.ae8 23 ..Q.a4 'ifc5 24.tt:lc7
.llc8 25.tt:le6 'ifl5 26.tLJl8 il.18 27.13
tll e5oo] 22.e4 'ifea 23.'ifd3 l:!.eS
[23 ... e5 24.e2 tt:il3 25.13 im
26.tt:le7 l.t<h8 27.'ifl3 'llt' e7 28.l.t<l1 l:!.18
29.'ifd3+-] 24.f3 'ifhS [24 ... Wh8
25 . .ll b 1 /+-] 2S.O-O-O @ha 26.llhg1
'ilff7 27.f4 .ll hS [27 ... h6 28.ltib1 +-]
2a.l:!.gS [28.l:!.d2+-] 2a l:!.h4 [28 ... l:!.e8
29.'ifl3 l:!.h4 30.'ifg3 l:!.h6 31 .llg1 l:!.g8
32.15+-] 29.'ifg3+- l:!.h6 30 . .ll g 1
l:!.ga 31 .tlle3 [31 .15!+-l 31 tll e7 ..
32.tt:lg4 .Ilea [32 ... l:!.g6 33.llh1 +-J
33.tt:lh6 h6 34.l:!.h1 'iff6 [
34 ... g5 35.llh7 'ifh7 36.h7 16
37.c2 llc3 38.'ifg4 but White should still
win] 3S.l.t<b2 dS 36.l:!.ghS 'ifb6
37.ltia1 llga 3a.'ifh2 1 -0
Less Prom i s i n g R e p l i e s
1 4 .2. 6 ...
Moberg.Karl Johan
Svensson,Bengt
Gothenburg 1 993 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
li:lf6 S.tt:lc3 es 6.tt:ldbS d6 7.gS a6
78
a.tt:ia3 bS 9.f6 gf6 1 0.tll d S fS
1 1 .efS fS 1 2.c3 g7 1 3.1Uc2 0-0
1 4.tt:lce3 g6 1 S.g3 fS 1 6.g2 l::t ca
1 7.0-0 [1 7.14!? came into consideration,
but Black has sufficient counterplay after
1 7 . . . b4 1 8.cb4 (5 1 8.00 bc3 1 9.bc3
tt:le7!?) 18 ... el4 1 9.tt:ll4 'ifb6 20.1Uld5
'it'a7] 1 7 ...f4 1 a.tt:ic2 @ha 1 9.l:!.e1 ? !
[ 1 9 .a4!? ba4 20.l::t a4 a5] 1 9 ... 1Ue7
20.li:le7 'ife7 21 .e4? fg3-+
22.fg3 [22.hg3 'ifa7-+] 22 .. 1t'a7
23.l.t<h1 l::tf 1 24.ltig2 e4 2S ..t>f1
l::tfa 26.'it;>e2 'iff2X 0- 1
Birnboim,Nathan
Saint John 1 988
1 .e4 cs 2.1Uf3 li:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Cd4
tt:lf6 s.1Uc3 es 6.tLldbS d6 7.gs a6
a.f6 gf6 9.tt:la3 bS 1 0.tll d S fS
1 4kce3 g6 1 S.g4 e4 [ 1 5 . . . b4!? is
also an interesting try] 1 6 . ..Q.g2 [ 1 6 . .ll g 1
b4!?] 16 ...g2 1 7.tll g 2 e4 1 a.'ifc2
[1 8.'ife2 lle8 1 9.0-0 b4 20.l::t ad1 bc3
21 .bc3 l::t cB 22.l:!le1 (22.'ifa6?! tt:le5t)
22 ... 'ilfa5 with about equal chances]
1 a .. .J.:tca 1 9.0-0-0?! [1 9.tt:lge3 l::t e8
20.IU15 1Ud4 21 .tt:ld4 d4 22.'ifd2 g7=]
1 9 ... .ll ea 20.@b1 b4 21 .l:!he1 bc3
22.l::t e4 l::t e4 23.'it'e4 l::t ba 24.b3 as
2S.tll c 3? [ 25.tt:lge3]
2S ... li:lb4!-+26.IUdS [26.l::t c 1 d5
27.'ifl5 d4-+] 26 ... IUdS 27.'ifdS 1!t'f6
2a . .1:td2 .Ilea 0- 1
Kovacevic,Aleksandar
Zakic,Srdjan
Kragujevac ch-SRB 2000 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tll f3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
tt:lf6 s.tt:ic3 es 6.tt:ldbS d6 7.gs a6
a.1Ua3 bS 9.f6 gf6 1 O.IUdS g7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.efS fS 1 3.1Uc2 0-0
1 4.t2Jce3 ..Q.g6 1 S.a4 b4 1 6.cb4 f5
1 7.c4 @ha 1 a.h4 h6 1 9.f4 .Iles
20. 'it;>f1 ?! [20.0-0!? 'ifh4 (20 ... el4!?
21 .tt:ll4 h7oo) 21 .b5oo] 20 ... ef4
21 .1Uc2? [21 .tll l4 h7 22.tt:led5 ..G..b2
23.l::t b 1 e5'l'] 21 ... l::t e4 [21 ... 17!+/-+]
22.d3 'iff8 23.e4 fe4 24.tiJc7
[24.h5 h7 25.l::t h4 e5+] 24 ... l:tcB
2S.tll e6 'iff6 26.1Ug7 g7 27.l::ta3?
[27.b5 tt:le5+] 27 ... e3 [27 ... 'it'b2-+]
2a.r.tc3 l::t e8 29.'ife2 dS 30.bS abs
31 .abS IUeS-+ 32.tt:ld4 l:ta8
33.'ifd1 1Uc4 34.tt:lf3 tt::: b2 3S.'ifd4
lla1 36.'11te2 'ifd4 37.tt::: d4 hS 0-1
Aagaard.Jacob
Carlsen.Magnus
Malmo/Copenhagen 2004 (5)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:Jf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Ud4
ti:lf6 s.tt::: c 3 es 6.tt::: d bS d6 7.gS a6
8.1Ua3 bS 9.f6 gf6 1 0.tll d S g7
1 1 .c3 fS 1 2.efS ..G..fS 1 3.tt::: c2 0-0
1 4.tt:lce3 g6 1 S.a4 b4 1 6.ti:lb4
ti:lb4 1 7.cb4 e4 [ 1 7 . . . 15 1 8.c4 '11t h8
1 9.h4 ( 1 9.d5 14 20.tll c4 l::t b8 21 .'ili'd2 e4
22.00 'ifh4 (1 0.4 1 ) Lie-Moiseenko,
Troms0 2007) 1 9 . . . h6?! ( 1 9 .. .14!?t)
20.'it'd2;!;/ (0-1 ,38) ReeveShabalov, Ed
monton 2005; 1 7 ... l::t b8!? 1 8.c4 J:ib4
1 9.b3 e4 20.l::t c 1 Wh8 21 .0-0 as
22.'ifd2=/;!;] 1 a.c4 [1 8.'ifd2 dS!
1 9.tll d5 e3! 20.tt:Je3 (20.fe3 l::tc8+)
20 ... 'ife7! 21 .il.c4 J:iad8g?J 1 a ... b2
1 9.h4 h6 20 . .ll b 1 c3 21 . <j;>f1 <j;>hB
22.g3 fS 23.IUdS ..Q.es 24.'ifd2 <j;>h7
2S. wg2 lla7 26.1Uf4 ..G..f4 [26 ... il.17!?]
27.'ii'f4 il.hS 2a.1:the1 l::t g7 29.llbd1
d1 30.l:td1 llf6 [30 ... ifc8!?] 31 .e6
@ha 32 .l:td6 'ife7 33.'ifes f4
34.J:la6 e3 3S.llaa l:tf8 36.llfa 'iff8
37.fe3 fg3 3a.'ili'f4 'iff4 39.ef4 lla7
Y2-Y2
Fogarasi,Tibor
M rva,Martin
Budapest 1 993 (1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:::f3 tll c6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 S.ti:lc3 es 6.tt::: d bS d6 7.gS a6
a.tll a 3 bS 9.f6 gf6 1 0.tt::: d S f5
1 1 .c3 g7 1 2.efS ii.ts 1 3.tll c2 0-0
1 4.tt:Jce3 g6 1 S.e2 fS 1 6.f4
[1 6.00 14 1 7.tll c2 @h8t] 1 6 ... b4
 Survey SI 38. 1 6

[16 ... l:l'.eB!?} 1 7.0-0 bc3 1 8.bc3 'iYaS Two P re m i e r e s 41 .cS llc7 42.c6 '.tie6 43."1<d3 "1<d6
1 9.ltt h 1 .!:!ae8 [ 1 9 . . . l:tabB!?] 20.l:!.b1 1 9 5 5 and 1 976 44.'.tie3 i::tf7 4S.'.tie2 llf8 46.'.tie3
ef4 21 .tt:Jc4 'iYcS 22.ti:Jc7 l:te7 llf4 [47.@d3 llh4} 0-1
23.a6 'iYa7 24.llb6 ti:J eS [24 . . . fi.eB!? Quinteros.Miguel Angel
25.l:l'.14 c3 =F} 2S.l:td6?! [ 25.ti:Jb4} Ljubojevic,Ljubomir
25 ... ttJg4 26.fi.g4 fg4 27.'iit'g 4? [ Manila izt 1 976 (13)
27.b4+} 1 .e4 cs 2.ti:: f3 ti:Jf6 3.ti:Jc3 ti:Jc6 4.d4 Tai.Mikhail
cd4 s.1Ld4 es 6.ti:JdbS d6 7.fi.gs a6 Shamkovich,Leonid
8.fi.f6 gf6 9.ti:: a3 bS 1 0.ti:JdS fS Riga ch-URS sf 1 955 (3)
1 1 .efS .fS 1 2.c3 g7 1 3.ti:Jc2 0-0 1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 tl'c6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:Jd4
1 4.ti:Jce3 .Q.g6 [Premiere!] 1 S.h4 h6 ti:Jf6 s.ti:lc3 es 6.tl:ldbS d6 7.gS a6
[ 1 5 . . . fi.e4!} 1 6.g4 e4 [ 1 6 . . . b4} 1 7 .lit.e2
8.tl:la3 bS 9.fi.f6 gf6 1 O.ti:JdS fS [Pre
llc8 [ 1 7 . . . b4} 1 8.ILfS fi.fS 1 9.gfS ti:JeS miere!] 1 1 .efS .fS 1 2.c3 .lit.g7
20.'iYd2 llcS 21 .f6? [21 .llg1 ! Wh7 1 3.'iff3 [1 3.li:Jc2!} 1 3 ... fi.g6?!
(21 ... .!:!d5 22.'iYd5 'ii' h 4 ( oo Minic) 23.0-0-0 [13 ... fi.e6!) 1 4.h4 [1 4.ti:Jb5!? 0-0
'i14 24.Wb1 'i15 25.llg2; 21 . . . 'iYh4 ( 1 4 . . . ab5? 1 5.fi.b5 l:!.c8 1 6.tl:lb4 e4
22.16 lll d3 23.'ii' d3 ed3 24./:Le? Wh7 1 7.'iYd1 'ii' b6 1 8.'ii' d5 0-0 1 9.fi.c6 e3
25.fi.d3) 22.0-0-0!+- Vegh-Perenyi, Hun 20.0-0 ef2 21 .h1 +-) 1 5.tl:la3) 1 4 ... e4
gary 1 977 - YB/52-44} 21 ... f6 1 S.'ii' h 3 hS 1 6.tl:lc2 0-0 1 7.fi.e2
22.0-0-0 .lit.h4 23 . .U.dg1 gs ti:JeS?! 1 8.tt:Jce3 ti:Jd3 1 9.d3 ed3
27 . . .f3! +/-+ 28.gf3 [28.ti:Jd2 1g2 24.l:th6?! [ 24.'.tib1 } 24 .. kf3 ! 20.0-0 .!:!e8 21 .l:tad1 l:tc8 22.ti:Jf4
29. 'i'g2 (29.'.tig2 'iit'e3 -+ ) 29 . . . l:t11 2S.fi.f3 i:tdS 26.IlhS? [26.'ii' e 3! e13 lle4 23.ti.:.g6 fg6 24.lld3 l:tc6
30.'1'11 lle8 and it's very difficult to defend 27.@c2 lle8 28.'ii'13 llde5 29.'ii' h5 W18 [24 . . . J:l.h4 25.'ii' e6 wh7 26.J:l.d6+-]
against Black's attack} 28 l:te4 29.'iYd7
.. 30.14 fi.14 3 1 . l:tgB We? 32. 'iYh4 Wd7 2S.g3 as 26.'iYg2 'ii' e8 27.J:l.fd1 b4
1!+'d7 30 . .!:!d7 l:!.c4-+ 31 .ti:Jb4 l:tc3 33 . .1:.eB 'ii' h4 34.l:th4 i:teB 35.l:tf4 .!:!e2 28.cb4 ab4 29.lld6 lld6 30.lld6
32.ltt g2 l:ta3 33.l:tf2 fi.fS 34.l:tb7 36.Wc1 e6 37.a4 15 38.ab5 ab5+] b2 [ 30 . . . @h?) 31 .lld8! 'ii' d 8
ie6 3S.l:te7 fi.f7 36.l:td7 fi.hS 26 .. f6 27 . .!:l.hgS l:tgS 28.l::l. g S fgS 32.'ilt'e4 'ilt'd6 33.'iYdS 'ilt'dS
37. .!:!d3 lld3 38.ti:Jd3 .lit.d4 39.l:tf1 29.fi.e4 'ii'f6-+ 30.'iYdS @g7 31 .f3 34.ti:JdS+- fi.a3 3S.'.tig2 Wf7
las 40.'8b4 ii.cs 41 .l:tb1 l:ta3 42.f4 'ii'e s 32.'iYc6 i::tf7? ! [32 . . . l:tf4!] 36.f3 gS 37.hgS '.tig6 38.f4 fi.c1
ig6 43.llb2 l:ta4 44./l:,c2 llf4 33.Wc2 aS 34.a3 'ifcS 3S.'iit'e8 b4 39.we4 wgs 40.tl:lb4 .lit.a3 41 .tl:lc2
45.ttJe1 e4 46.'.tig3 l:tf6 47.lle2 36.ab4 ab4 37.'iit'e6 bc3 38.bc3 ii.cs 42.'.tif3 fS 43.ti:Je3 es
id6 48."1<g4 llg6 49.@hS fi.fS 'ii'eS 39.'iYeS [ 39.'ii' g6 '>t>IB 40.'ii' h6 44.tl:lg2 '>t>fS 4S.lllf4 h4 46.gh4 .lit.a3
50 . .!:!f2 fi.g4 S1 . @h4 .lit.e6 0-1 we7 41 .c4+] 39 deS 40.c4 f6
.. 47.ti:Jg2 1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

i: .i

position alter 26.fi.f1 -e2 position alter 34 . . . l:td4-d6 position alter 32.0-0

White's position looks safe. Is this The position is razor-sharp. Which Black has a strong move at his dis
really so? move is better: 3 5 . J:!.g6 or 3 5 . J:!.c l ? posal in this unusual position.
(solution on page 24 7) (solution on page 247) (solution on page 247)

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Sicilian Defence B48
Tai m anov Variation SI 40.2 (848)

An I m proved Vers i o n of 7.f4

by Istvan Almasi

1. e4 c5
2. tl:lf3 e6
.i .t .t E
3. d4 cd4 .l .l 'if .t. .l .l .t.
4. tl:ld4 tl:lc6 .t. ..
5. tl:lc3 'i!i'c7
6. e3 tl:lf6

i j_ .t .i
.t. .t. 'if .t. .t. .l .t.
.. .t. ..
In the previous Survey in Year
book 1 05 we dealt with the 7.f4
b4 system (considered to be
the main line), and now I would
like to present some interesting
options for both sides to deviate
from it.
Gaining Ground
As I mentioned in the previous
Survey, Black has three ways to
meet 7.f4: 7 . . . d6, 7 . . . tl:ld4 and
7 . . . b4.
In this series I will ' ignore'
7 ... d6, because it does not fit into
the spirit of the Taimanov, but in
the latter part of the present
Survey I will examine similar
Scheveningen-type positions
after 8 . . . d6.
However, 7 . . . tl:ld4 is gaining
ground in today 's tournament
practice.
This typically Sicilian central
exchange comes into consider
ation in almost all Taimanov po
sitions in which . . . a7-a6 has not
been played yet. Boris Grachev
There are two reasons for this :
firstly, it is useful t o eliminate the After the 'normal ' 8.'ii' d4 Black
d4-knight, preventing later has two choices: the original
jumps to b5 (true, there is still the 8 . . . tl:lg4, a motif well-known
c3-knight which is able to do the from the position after 6.e3
same jump, but it can be pinned tl:lf6 7.-.d2 ? ! (this seems a
or exchanged, too) gaining a move-order inaccuracy; it's
sound tempo (by omitting better to start with 7.f3) 7 ... tl:ld4
. . . a7-a6) to finish one's develop 8 .'ii'd4 tl:lg4, and the more fash
ment. ionable and natural 8 . . . b6.
Secondly, the dark squares have 8 . . . tl:lg4.
not been weakened yet (as the
a7-pawn is still on its starting
square), so Black can play
. . .b7-b6, with the idea of
. . . f8-c5 (forcing the swap of
dark-squared bishops if e3 has
already been played).
8 .d4 ! ? looks like a blunder in
view of 8 ... 'ii' f4, but in fact
White has some compensation
for the pawn. Yet I don' t think
this move can give White an
edge (see Khairullin-Bryzgalin, Now White cannot save his
20 1 1 ). bishop (9.d2 is met by 9 ... 'fi'c5 ,

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and after the queen swap Black
has nothing to fear), and after
9.0-0-0 lll e 3 l 0."ti'e3 a critical
position arises: Black has the
bishop pair and has traded off
two light pieces (decreasing
White's attacking potential, of
course), but his forces are a bit
underdeveloped, and ifhe tries to
play the natural I O . . . c5
1 I .'i'g3 0-0, White still has
some pressure after l l .e5 .
8 . b6 is less explored territory.
. .
I .i. .i. E
i i .t. .t. .t.
i .t.
After 9.lll b 5 "ti'c6 I O."ti'c4 the
key move is l 0 . . . l:!.b8 ! , and the
game will soon head into an
equal endgame. 9.e5 lll g4
I O.g l c5 looks like the criti
cal continuation here.
If Black is not happy with the
outcome of the main line
(7 .ib4), I suggest for him to
...
test both 8 . . . b6 and 8 . . . lll g 4, as
there is still room for new dis
coveries.
An Attempt to Improve
7.tll db5 serves the dual purpose
of preventing 7 .f4 lll d4 and forc
ing the queen on c7 to a less ac
tive place. This move has been
recommended by quite a few
ChessBase Magazine commen
tators, but sadly without any
follow-up. . . The natural move
7 ... 'i'a5 (which works well after
7.f4 b4 8 .lll db5 ) looks suspect
here in view of 8.d2 (I think
8.f4 gives an edge too).
After 7 ... "ti'b8 8.f4 Black faces
the same dilemma as after 7.f4:
.I .i. .i. E
.t. .t. i i i .t.
.t.
ttJ
whether to play the passive
looking 8 . . . d6 or to complicate
matters with the unusual 8 . . . a6.
Black cannot play in the same
way as after 7.f4 b4 8.lll b 5
'if a5 , as 8 . . . b4 is wrong here
because of the simple 9.a3.
Scheveningen
As I pointed out earlier, there is
nothing wrong with the Scheve
ningen-type set-up 8 . . . d6 either,
but it is not to the liking of every
Taimanov fan.
E .i. .i. .I
.t. .t. i .t. i
.t. .t.
ttJ
White plays by the same scheme
here as after 7.f4 d6: 9."ti'f3 and
1 0.0-0-0 or d3, followed by
kingside castling.
A) Queenside castling: 9."ti'f3
e7 (9 . . a6 l 0.lll d4 e7
1 1 .0-0-0 is the same) I 0.0-0-0 a6
l l .lll d4 0-0 l 2.g4 leads to a
well-known theoretical position
(the first sample game was
played back in 1 965 by Mikhail
Tai ! ) .
It is interesting t o note that i f
Black withdraws the queen t o c7
instead of playing 1 1 . . . 0-0, he
transposes to a popular Scheve-
Survey SI 40. 2
ningen, but such a decision
would be quite irrational at this
point. The statistics don 't look
promising for Black at all . The
typical reaction is I 2 . . . lll d4
I 3.d4 e5 (as usual), but it
seems to be insufficient.
Strangely enough, the extra
tempo gained by Black, which
was used to make the king safe,
helps White in a forced line !
Therefore, the difference that
clearly favours Black (he has
saved out on the move . . . "ti'c7,
and White has made two moves
with his knight: lll b 5 , and then
.b ack to d4) must be exploited in
some other way, perhaps by
1 l . . .lll d4 1 2.J:id4 b5 (Naer
S .Novikov, Sochi 2008).
B ) Kingside castling: another
well-known position arises after
9."ti'f3 e7 l 0.d3 a6 l l .lll d4
0-0 1 2.0-0.
.I .i. .. .
.t. .i. .t. .t. .t.
.t. ... '
If Black plays l 2 . . . "ti'c7 the posi
tion looks like an improved ver
sion of the 6.e2 Scheveningen
set-ups, where in the original
version the white queen finds her
way via e l to g3, and the bishop
often goes from e2 to d3 (okay,
there are plenty of games with
e2-f3 too, which is no longer
possible here). But here White
managed to put his bishop on d3
at once, gaining an extra tempo.
White plays in a very similar way
here: 'ii' g3, l:!.ae I (perhaps he in
serts 'it>h l too), however, Black
is not obliged to choose the
lll d 4-b5 plan either. The position
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remains balanced, but again
there is no need to return to c7.
Black can profit from the extra
tempo by going 1 2 . . . tll d4
I 3.d4 e5 (Lutz-Nisipeanu,
Germany Bundesliga 2005/06)
or one move earlier I 1 . . . d7
(J .Polgar-Pelletier, Biel 2007),
although they seem insufficient
for full equality.
The Critical Line
If the reader studies the games
with 8 . . . d6, perhaps he/she will
ask the question: is this what I
wanted? Is it worth playing
6 ... tll f6 (remember: you wanted
to avoid the lines with
f3-'G'd2-0-0-0, which are ex
tremely popular nowadays ! ) just
to end up in another position
with opposite-side castling and
pawn storms? And for those who
are not happy with the Scheve
ningen-type position, here is the
solution: play 8 . . . a6 instead !
G a i n i n g G ro u n d
7 . f 4 tt:l d 4
Khairullin,lldar
Bryzgalin,Kirill
Taganrog 201 1 (5)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
e6 5.tll c3 'it'c7 6 . .Q.e3 tllf6 7.f4 tll d4
8 . .Q.d4!? 'Wf4 9.g3 'fic7 1 0.e5 tll d5
1 1 .tll d5 ed5 1 2 . .Q.g2 ii.e7? [12 . . . ii.c5
13 . .Q.dS 0-0 1 4.0-0 d6 1 S.ed6 'fid6 1 6.ii.cS
'Wes 1 7.@h1 .Q.e6 18 . .Q.e6 fe6 \12-\12
Melia-Vasilevich, Mardin Wch-tt 201 1 ]
1 3.ii.d5 o-o 1 4.0-0 ii.cs 1 5.b4
.Q.b6 1 6.'fid3 d6 1 7.ttf7! ttf7 1 8.ttf1
.Q.e6 19 ..Q.e6 l:1f8 20 .Q.b6 'ifb6
21 .@g2 de5 22.'it'd7 'ilt'c6 23.'ifc6
bc6 24.ttf7 ttf7 25 ..Q.f7 'it>f7 26.'1i>f3
>i<e6 27.@e4 h5 28.h4 @d6 29.c4
@e6 30.a4 @d6 [30 . . . a6 31 .bS!+-]
31 .'it>f5 [31 .cS 'it>e6 32.bS cbS 33.abS g6
34.b6 ab6 3S.cb6+-] 31 ...g6 [31 . . .a6
32.@e4+-] 32.>i<e4 @e6 33.b5 @d6
34.a5 wc5 35.b6 1 -0
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i: 'if .a .a i:
... ... ... ... i
... ...
t2J
Now 9.e5 (9.tll d4 b4 leads no
where) 9 . . . ab5 I O.ef6 b4 l l .tll b5
b6 (but not l l . . .gf6? l 2.b6 ! ,
Morozevich-Andreikin, 2007)
leads to a complicated, unusual
position, which has not really
been tested in practice yet. It is
very hard to say whether White
has anything here, since we only
have a few recent grandmaster
games (2007-2009). The engines
are quite optimistic for Black, but
I advise the reader not to accept
all their suggestions indiscrimi
nately. The position is quite origi-
Kryvoruchko,Yury
Arsovic,Zoran
Plovdiv Ech 201 2 (1 )
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
tt:lc6 5.tll c3 'Wc7 6 . .Q.e3 ti:lf6 7 .f4
tZld4 8. 'it'd4 ti:lg4
.I .a .a i:
... ... 'if ... ... i ...
-.-- ,
... .
9.d2?! [9.lll b5!? (I.Almasi) 9 ... '*'c6!?
(9 ... 'ilt'c2? 1 0.kd2! (6 1 U1c1 ; 1 0.kd3 tlle3
1 1 .*'e3 'it'b2 (1 1 ...'it'g2 1 2.0-0-0+- 6
1 3.tt:lc7; 6 1 3.t!dg1 ; 1 1 ...kb4 1 2.@11 tt'b2
1 3.llb1 +-) 1 2.0-0 .... (1 2.llb1 'it'g2 1 3.llg1
'it'h2 1 4.ti:lc7 'it>d8 1 S.tlla8 b6 1 6.tll b6 ab6
nal, so it requires thorough study
and understanding. At first sight,
White has more possibilities and
Black has less clear plans, yet I
have been unable to find any
promising way for White. Black
has a lot of resources in this posi
tion, which remained hidden dur
ing the recently played games
(e.g the manoeuvre . . . tll e 7-f5 or
. . . J:ta8-a5 as well).
All in all, I would say it is more
comfortable to play with white,
but Black will be able to keep the
balance with correct play.
Conclusion
Everything has a price: if you
want to avoid a dangerous
set-up, you can ' t do this without
facing other (less usual) prob
lems. In other words, j ust like
there is no such thing as a free
lunch, there is no such thing as a
problem-free opening variation,
either.
1 7.'Wb6 @e8 1 8.llb2 6 1 9.llc2; 1 8.llc1
ii.b4D) 1 2 ... b6 1 3.t!ab 1 ) 1 0 ... eSD (10 ....Q.cS
1 1 .'it'g7+-) 1 1 .'ilt'd3 (1 1 .feS .Q.c5 1 2.lbd6)
1 1 ...*'d3 1 2.ii.d3 (6 1 3.ti:Jc7; 6 1 3.h3,
1 4.feS); 9 ... 'it'b8 1 0.kd2 a6 1 1 .ti:Jc3 'it'a7?!
1 2.'ifa7 lla7 1 3 . .Q.e2;!;) 1 0.ii.g1 (10.tlla7?!
'i!Vc2! 1 1 .ii.d3 (1 1 .ii.d2 es-+) 1 1 ...ti:Je3
1 2.'it'e3 'Wb2 1 3.0-0 (1 3.llb1 'it'c3-+ 6
1 4 ... kcS) 1 3 ... b6; 1 0.0-0-0 a6; 1 0 ... lbe3
1 1 .'i!Ve3 a6 1 2.ti:ld4tt) 1 0 ... a6 1 1 .tllc3 b5
1 2.0-0-0] 9 ... 'i!Vc5 1 0.'*'c5 [Y2-\/2 Ibarra
Jerez-Khamrakulov, Malaga 2009]
1 o ... kc5= 1 1 .kd3 tt:lf2 1 2.:11 ti:id3
1 3.cd3 b6 1 4.>i<e2 ii.b7 1 5 ..Q.e3 ke7
1 6.a4 f5 1 7.ef5 ef5 1 8.a5 0-0 1 9.g3
kc6 20.l:l.fb1 b5 21 .a6 llfe8 [21 ... b4!?]
22.Wd2 kb4 23.kd4 d6 24.tte1 tte1
25.tte1 <;t;f7 26.wc2 g6?! 27.'it>b3!
Ji.as 28.lla1 ii.dB 29.<t>b4 'it>e6 30.h3
h5 31 .lle1 >i<d7 32.ttg1 we& 33.g4
fg4 34.hg4 hg4 [34 ... h4!?] 35.ttg4 Wf5
36.ttg1 ii.e7 37.ttc1 .Q.f3?
38.ti:ib5+- d5 39.wa4 >itf4 40.tZla7
g5 41 .ttcS 1 -0

Huschenbeth,N iclas
Panarin,M ikhail
Sarajevo 2010 ( 1 0)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
f!/c7 S.ti:lc3 e6 6.ke3 ti:lf6 7.f4 ti:ld4
a.'i'd4 ti:lg4 9.es (9.0-0-0 ti:le3 (9 ... a6?!
10.e5 ti:le3 1 U lfe3 d5 1 2.ed6 d6
1 3.kb5 .t>IB 1 4.ti:ld5 1Wc5 1 s.-.c5 cs
16.ILJc7 @e7 1 7.ti:laB ab5 1 BJ:the1 kd7
19.1Lic7 c6 20.15 J:l.dB 21 .le6 J:l.d1
22.J:l.d1 d6 23.J:l.d6 '1i.od6 24.ef7 .t>e7
25.IZJe6 1 -0 ThesingD.Gross, Germany
Bundesliga 2008109) 1 0.1We3 kcS ( 1 0 ... a6)
1 1 .'i'g3 0-0 1 2.e5 d5 1 3.kd3 (1 3.15 el5 (;<:
13 ... >t>hB t:. 14 ... el5) 1 4.ti:ld5 6'c6 1 5.b4!?
(1 5.kc4 e6) 15 ... e6 1 6.ti:ll6 .t>hB
17.ti:;h5 (1 7.bc5 gf6 1 B.-.h4 J:l.gB=) 17 ... 96
18.bc5 gh5) 13 ... 16 1 4.el6 Y:!Y2 Amonatov
Bryzgalin, Belorechensk 201 0) 9 ti:le3
1 0.'llt'e 3 kb4 1 1 .0-0-0 c3 1 2."6'c3
f!/c3 1 3.bc3 b6 1 4.kbS a6 1 S.ke2
b7 1 6.J:l.d6 bS 1 7.J:l.hd1 c6
18.f3 f3 1 9.gf3 nan
20.l:tb6 '1i.oe7 21 .'1i.ob2 J:l.c8 22.'1i.ob3
f6 23.J:l.dd6 J:l.ac7 24.J:l.d3 l:la7 2S.fS
feS 26.fe6 de6 27.l:te3 J:l.cS 28.c4
l:lc4 29.l:teS '1i.of7 30.l:tee6 l:tac7
31 .l:[a6 J:l.c3 32 .t>b4 J:l.c2 33.J:l.e3
l:tb7 34.J:l.eS g6 3S.a3 J:l.h2 36.@cs
l:tc2 37.'1i.od4 l:tc4 38.'.t>e3 l:ta4
39.J:l.a4 ba4 40.J:l.aS J:l.b3 41 .@e4
J:l.a3 42.J:l.a7 @f6 43.J:l.h7 J:l.a1
44.'1<f4 a3 45.l:1 h 2 l:tb1 0-1
Saric,lvan
Jovanic,Ognjen
Marija Bistrica ch-CRO 20 1 1 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
.tc6 S.ti:lc3 "6'c7 6.e3 ti:lf6 7.f4
.td4 8.-.d4 b6 9.ke2 b7 [9 ... c5
1 0.'i'd2 b4 1 1 .13 b7 1 2.-.d3 J:l.cB
1 3.kd2 c3 1 4.kc3 1Wl4 1 5.0-0 i.e4!
1 6.e4 1We4+ Kerigan-Ad.Horvath, Leros
201 1 ) 1 0.kf3 kcS 1 1 .11t'd3 0-0
1 2.cs bes 1 3.eS tll e 8 1 4.kb7
.. b7 1 S.O-O-O J:l.b8 1 6.b3 92
1 7.ti:le4 1Wg4?! 1 8.-.e3 c4 1 9.ti:lcS
cb3 20.ab3 ti:lc7 [:::: 20 ... d5] 21 .ti:ld7
ti:ldS 22.J:l.dS! edS 23.ti:lf6 gf6
24 .l:[g1 +- fS 25.l:tg4 fg4 26.6'a7
J:l.be8 27.-.d7 J:l.e6 28.-.dS J:l.fe8
29."6'e4 J:!g6 30.fS .l:[g7 31 .11t'c6 l:tf8
32.b4 hS 33. "6'h6 l:lb8 34.e6 fe6
3S.f6 .:.11 36. gs ..t>f8 37. -.hs '1i.>e8
38."6'h8 J:l.f8 39."6'g7 J:l.f7 40."6'g8
J:l.f8 41 .6'e6 1 -0
Zhigalko,Andrey
Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar
Plovdiv ti 201 0 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lc6 S.ti:lc3 c1 6.ke3 ti:lf6 7.f4
ti:ld4 8.11t'd4 b6 9.0-0-0 kb7 1 0.ke2
J:l.c8 1 1 .f3 kcs 1 2.6'd3 ke3
1 3.-.e3 0-0 1 4.J:l.d2 dS 1 S.eS
ti:ld7;::t 1 6.J:l.e1 (;<: 1 6.'1i.ob1 ] 1 6 bS! ?
1 7.ti:lbS "6'as 1 8.ti:ld6 "6'a2 1 9."6'a3
"6'a3 20.ba3 .l:[c7 21 .l:[e3 ka6
22.J:l.d4 ti:lb6!? [22 ... g6 23.g4 ti:lb6
24.g5=] 23.fS ti:lc4 24.ti:lc4 J:l.c4
2SJ1c4 ..Q.c4 26.kg4 h5 27.hS ef5
28.e6 g6 29.ef7 '1i.>f7 30.f3 '1i.of6
31 .t>d2 d4 32.l:te1 l:tb8 33.e2
kdS 34.g3 ke4 3S.kd3 @es 36.h4
@d5 37.g4? .l:[hS=F 38.gfS gfS
39.e4 fe4 40.J:l.h1 e3 41 .'it>e2 J:l.c8
42.@d1 J:l.b8 43.@e2 <;i;>c4 44.hS
@c3 4S.l:td1 l:tb2 46.J:l.d3 @c4
47.'1i.od1 l:tb1 48.'1i.oe2 l:tc1
Predke,Alexander
Kokarev,Dmitry
Toliatti 201 1 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
ti:lc6 S.ti:lc3 c7 6.e3 ti:lf6 7.f4
ti:ld4 8."6'd4 b6 9.tll bS "6'c6 1 0.6'c4
l:tb8 ( 1 0 ... kc5?! 1 1 .kc5 bc5 1 2.e5 tll d 5?!
(;<: 12 ... tll e4!? 1 3.kd3 d5D 1 4.ke4 0-0;!;)
1 3.tll d 6 we7 1 4.15+- 16 1 5.-.g4 le5
1 6.kb5! 11t'd6 1 7.11t'g7 @dB 1 B.1WhB @c7
1 9.0-0-0 J:l.bB 20.c4 ka6 21 .-.h7 b5
22.cb5 e4 23.fe6 e6 24.-.h5 1 -0
Sutovsky-Mamedov, Baku 201 0) 1 1 .ti:la7
(1 1 .0-0-0 6'c4 1 2.kc4 tll e4 1 3.tll a7 kc5
1 4.cs bc5 1 5.tll cB .:.ca 1 6.J:l.hel 15
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d4 22.'ifd4 es 23.'ifb4 c5 24.'ifb2 lla4
2S.l:tl1 lld4 26.leS 14 27.l:tgl3 1'2Y2 Motytev-
Grachev, Moscow 2008 (6); 1 3... llaS!?
(I.Almasi) 1 4.o-o 6 1 s.'ife2 o-o (1S ... m
1 6.S t2Jd4 1 7.d4 (1 7.'itg4?! tlJ15)
1 7 ... d4 1 8.@hl 0-0 1 9.lladl (1 9.15 'ite5!
20.'itg4 'it'g7=) 19 ... 2 20.15 'it'e5
21 .'itg4 1Wg7 22.'itb4) 1 6.lladl (1 6.lll3
(16 ... tt:ie7!?<=' ti. 11 ... tt:il5) 1 1.m
ttJd4 1 8.d4 d4=; 1 6.15 'ife5 (16 ... i..bS
1 7.bS ttJd4 1 8.d4 d4 1 9.@hl 'ife5=)
1 7.16 16 1 8.lll6 'ifl6 1 9.1WhS ..Wg7
20.h6 'ifeS) 1 6 ... tt:ie7 ( 1 6... lla2?! 1 7.15
(1 7.'it'hS IS 1 8.c4 (ti. 1 9.l:td7) 1 8... m
1 9.) 1 7 ... 1We5 1 8.16 16 1 9.lll6 b5
(19 ... 'it'l6 20.'ithS 'ith8 21 .h6 ttJeS
22.1Wg5 tLlg6 23.18 24.g6 hg6
(24 ... bS 2S.17 26.'ifbS) 2S.l:td7 16
26.'ifg4 (26.'irg3 lla1 27. ll11 !! 28.<;f;>il
m 29. ..tig1 d7 30.'it'd6=) 26 ... 1Wh5
27.'itb4 'itc5 28...cS bc5) 20.h7 @h7
21 .'fil3 lla4 (21 ... l:ta7 22.'ifh3 @g7
23.1Wh6 @g8 24.lll3+- e2 2S.llg3 "irg3
26.hg3 d1 27.'itl6! @h7 28.gS!) 22.l:tf7
(22.'ifh3 wg7 23.'ifh6 @g8 24.llf3 e2
2S.l:tg3 'irg3 26.hg3 d1 27.'itl6 (27.g5
16=) 27... b30= .6 28... llg4) 22 ... llf7 23.'itf7
'ifg7 24.'ithS Wg8 2S.'ifb5;t; 2S.:ii'e8 Wh7
26.lld7? na1 ; 2s.m!? '*'16 26.'it'ea ..tih7
27.gS 'irg7 28.lld7 lla1 29.'1<12 ll11
30.@e3 t2Je7!! 31 .'ifhS @g8 32.lld8 ll18
33.en; 1 6 ...15 1 7.ll13 llf7oo) 1 7.a4!? ba3
(17 ... l:ta4 1 8.15) 1 8.ba3 ttJd5 ( 1 8 ... ttJIS
1 9.12) 1 9.d2 m 20.m lla3oo]
1 4.'it'g4 [1 4.tLla7 lla7 1 S.O-Ot ti. 1 6.15]
1 4...b2 1 S.l:tb1 f6 1 6.l:tb4
1 7.0-0 hS [17... tLlbS 1 8.bS b5
1 9.llbSi] 1 8.'ite2 tt:ib5 1 9.b5 'ifd6
20.llfb1 b5 [ 20 ... 7] 21 .llbS;l;;
d4 22.'itd3 e3 23.'it'e3 llg8
24.llb6 'ifdS 2S.'iff2 fS 26.h3 <;1;>17
27.c4 'itc4 28.lld6 lla2 29.lld7 '1<e8
30.lld2 lld2 31 .'ifd2 <;1;>17 32.llb7
@g6 33.'ife3 '1<h6 34.llb6 llg6
35.'iteS 'itc1 36.'1<h2
36 ... llg2 37.@g2 'it'd2 38.'1<f1 'ird3
39.@12 'ifd2 40.'ite2 'iff4 41 .'1<g2
@gs 42.l:te6 h4 43. 'ite3 '1<hS
44.1i'f3 1 -0
S i cilian Defen ce
Latest Deve l o p m e nts after 3
by Sergey Tiviakov
1. e4 cs
2. lZJf3 d6
3. b5 lLid7
Recently we studied the latest
trends in the variation with
3 .b5 d7 (see Yearbook 1 07 ) .
Going through the Survey care
fully, one could see that winning
with black would be extremely
difficult or practically impossi
ble in certain positions if White
does not want to risk and play for
a win himself. However, in life
choices are necessary, so after
3 .b5 Black players must have
an opportunity to play for a win.
The best option for this is
3 ... lLid7 , although objectively
speaking this move is not the
strongest and sometimes leads
Black into inferior positions. In
order to win sometimes you have
to take a risk ! Please note that the
other option, 3 . . . lZJc6, is play
able as well , but recently White
found possibilities to put B lack
under pressure there . Also, there
are several forced lines where
White can force Black to make a
36
B51 Moscow Variation SI 1 .3-4 (85 1 )
. . . t2J d 7
draw (otherwise he would find
himself in a bad position). The
author of this Survey has been
encountering 3 . b5 in numer
ous games duri ng his long ca
reer, and recently he has started
giving check hi mself, so the
ideas and plans of all lines are
well-known to me. So let's look
at the main ideas and latest
developments.
After developing the knight to d7
B lack often loses the fight for the
centre, since the knight cannot
attack it from c6. Usually, White
manages to seize control of the Veselln Topalov
centre and get a small develop
ment advantage. Black i n turn Black is unable to prevent White
gets the bishop pair (in most from playing d2-d4. So what can
cases the bishop on b5 is ex Black do?
changed for the knight on d7),
gets a solid position and has
good long-term chances to neu
tralize White's initiative. Mostly
very complex positions arise . . .
giving the best player chances to
win. bam
In the diagrammed position
White has a choice from three
main moves: A) 4.c3, B) 4.d4, C )
4.0-0. Please note that moves B
and C very often lead to the same
positions . After 4.c3 lLif6 5 . 'i!fe2 he has two
good plans at his di sposal, de
Variation A pending on where he decides to
The variation 4.c3 is relatively put his f8-bi shop (e7 or g7). If he
rare compared to the other two develops it to e7, after . . . e7-e5 ,
moves. However, it is not with then a position with a Ruy Lopez
out venom, since White keeps structure arises. Compared to the
his light-squared bishop alive by real Ruy Lopez B lack is several
moving it to c2. In addition, moves ahead in development.

Also, his knight is on d7 i nstea<t
of c6, which is a better place,
since White cannot win time
closing the centre by playing
d4-d5 . So, considering these
facts we can conclude that Black
should not stand worse if he
plays like Topalov i n his games
against Carlsen (Wij k aan Zee
20 1 2) and Kamsky (Zug 20 1 3 ) .
Developing h i s pieces, Black can
choose from several different
move orders : 5 . . . a6 6.a4 b5
7 .ilc2 kb7 8 .0-0 e5 9 . d4 (or
9.a4 e7) 9 . . . e7 , 7 . . . e5 8 .0-0
e7 9.d4 cd4 I O.cd4 0-0, and
6 . . . 'i'c7 7 .0-0 e5 8 . d4 b5 9 . c2
cd4 J O.cd4 e7 . It's i mportant to
remember that the ideas and
plans in the ensuing positions are
the same as in the Ruy Lopez, so
if you don ' t feel familiar enough
with them, then you can opt for
another plan, developing the
bishop to g7, as i n the game
Hillarp Persson-Tiviakov, Hels
ingor 2009, by 5 . . . a6 6.a4 g6
7 .0-0 b5 8 .c2 g7 9.d4 cd4
(9 . . . b7 deserves attention here)
I O.cd4 lLib6. In that game White
failed to demonstrate good play
and lost without a fight. Clearly,
play on both sides can be im
proved upon.
Variation B
After 4.d4 B lack must attack the
centre with 4 . . . lLif6 or exchange
the central pawn. The approach
chosen by Carlsen in his game
against Ni Hua in London 2009
is very risky.
After 4 . . . a6 5 . d7 d7 6.dc5
dc5 7 .lLic3 e6 8 .f4 White has a
strong i nitiative and better
chances, Black's kingside re
mains undeveloped.
After 4 . . . cd4 5 .'if d4 a6 (if 5 . . . e5 ,
then 6.'ifd3 , followed by c2-c4)
6.d7 (6.e2, as played i n the
game Svidler-Grischuk, Khanty
Mansiysk 20 1 1 , deserves serious
attention - the game transposes
to a position with a ' hedgehog '
structure with chances for both
sides) 6 . . . d7
.i .t. K
.l .i. .l .l .l i
.l . .l
'iV 8
t2J
8 8 8 888
a: t2J a:
7 .c4 (it is important to establish
control over the centre with thi s
move, although 7 .lLic3, a s in
Andreikin-Inarkiev, Havana
20 1 3 , can be played as well. In
that game Black failed to equal
ize, but with correct play, finish
ing the development of his
pieces, Black should not be
worse) 7 ... b5 ( Black has to at
tack the white pawn on c4, trying
to create counterplay on move 7
or 8, after 7 . . . e5 8 .'ifd3 . If B lack
plays passively, as in the game
Tiviakov-Anand, Germany
Bundesliga 20 1 1 / 1 2, he runs the
risk of getting a difficult position
after 8 . . . h6 (preventing c l -g5)
9 . lLic3 llJf6 I 0.0-0 e7 l l .a4,
followed by a4-a5 . So 8 . . . b5 is
better. Afterwards White has a
choice between 9 . lLi a3 , which
will be studied later after 7 . . . b5 ,
and the new move 9.lLic3 which
occurred i n the game Carlsen
Anand, Stavanger 20 1 3 , where
White got better chances al
though Black was able to hold
the game and make a draw)
8 .lLia3 (here 8 . lLic3 is interesting,
planning to transpose to the
game Carlsen-Anand. B ut B lack
is not forced to play the weaken
ing . . . e7-e5 , he can take on c4
and follow the rapid game
A . Muzychuk-Gashimov, War
saw 20 1 2, where B lack solved
all his opening problems after
Survey SI 1 . 3-4
8 . . . bc4 9 .'ifc4 e6 I 0.0-0 lLie7
l l .e3 tl:lg6. But White could
clearly have played more
strongly and put pressure on
B lack with 1 2 .l:ffd l or 1 2 .'ifd4)
8 . . . e5 9.'ifd3 'ifb6 I 0.0-0. This
position occurred in two games
by the author of thi s Survey -
against B abula, Dresden 2007 ,
and Zhigalko, Nakhchivan 20 1 2,
from which he scored 1 .5 points,
missing a win i n the latter game.
It is very difficult to evaluate thi s
complex dynamic position cor
rectly ; computer engines also
fail to do so. Each side has its
strengths and weaknesses . Try
ing to be as objective as possible,
I could say that the position is
dynamically balanced, favour
ing the stronger player, who usu
ally wins.
4 ... lLif6 is a worthy alternative
for Black.
Then White can choose between
5 .lLic3 and 5 .0-0. It has long been
known that 5 .e5 would be a mis
take for White here, since Black
gets very good play after 5 . . . 'if a5
6.lLic3 lLie4 7 . d2 lLic3 8 . d7
d7 9 . c3 'ifa6. The recent
high-level game Anand
Gelfand, World Championship
match 20 1 2, only confirms this.
After 5 .lLic3 Black has a good
choice from three plans: 5 . . . a6
6 . d7 lLid7 7 .0-0 e6 (see the
game Topalov-Karjakin, Dubai
2002) ; 5 . . . cd4 6.'ifd4 g6 and
6 . . . e5 7 . 'ifd3 h6, followed by
. . . e7, . . . 0-0. Black should al-
37
ways be able to equalize, which
is why 5 .0-0 i s more popular
these days than other lines.
Please note that the current posi
tion can also arise after another
move order: 4.0-0 lll gf6 5 .d4.
After 5 .0-0 it is risky to take the
pawn with 5 . . . lll e 4; although it
won ' t lose by force, White has a
very strong initiative after 6 . e2
lll f6 7 .dc5 e6 8 . l:td 1 . The ensu
ing positions have not been
deeply analysed yet, but this
might change in the future if
B lack stops being afraid to take
on e4. Therefore 5 . . . cd4 6 . d4
a6 7 .$.. d 7 d7 .
K 'it' .t K
.l .t .l .l .l .l
.t .l
7 . . . e5 8 . d3 h6 9.c4 b5 White
t2J
!'!:, !'!:, !'!:, !'!:, !'!:,
a: t2J a: \t>
White can play 8.c4 g6 9.lll c 3, as
in Tiviakov-Ivanchuk, Montreal
2007, where White managed to
create serious problems for Black.
The pawn structure is like in the
Maroczy system, but White does
not have a bad light-squared
bishop. Ivanchuk himself played
differently and won a nice game
against Garry Kasparov in Linares
1 99 1 with 8.g5 h6 (better is
8 . . .e6, as in the encounter
Rublevsky-Bologan, Poikovsky
2003 . Eventually Black should
equalize, but his task is far from
easy ! ) 9.f6 gf6 I O.c4 e6 1 1 .lllc 3.
Variation C
Playing 4.0-0 White can opt for
different positions than those
arising after the moves 4.c3 and
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4.d4. In addition, White i s able to
keep his l ight-squared bishop by
moving it to fl or c2. Now B lack
has two main answers : 4 . . . a6 and
4 . . . lll f6.
After 4 . . . a6 it's White's turn to
choose. After the normal 5 .d7
d7 6.d4 cd4 7 .ifd4, followed
by c2-c4, the game takes on a
character very similar to the one
studied in Variation B). After
can play I O.lll a 3 , I O.lll c 3 (as
seen before) or even I O. lll fd2, as
in the game B ologan-Topalov,
Eilat 20 1 2 .
A completely different approach
is the move 5 .d3, which is now
the most promising for White . If
B lack develops normally with
6 . . . g6, White gets better chances
to take over the centre with
7 . c2 g7 8 .d4 c7 9 . a4, as i n
Caruana-Topalov, Bucharest
20 1 2 . The latest plan by Svidler,
5 . . . lll e 5 , looks dubious, since af
ter 6.lll e 5 de5 7 . a4 lll f6 B l ack
has a damaged pawn structure.
From my own experience I know
that this can be very dangerous
for B lack. In the game Carlsen
Svidler, S tavanger 20 1 3 , White
failed to pose B lack serious
problems. But White can clearly
i mprove on his play, e.g. with
8 .lll c 3 or 8 . a5 . I believe B lack ' s
best reply is 5 . . . lll gf6 6 . c 3 b5
7 .c2 b7 8 . e2 e5 , similar to
the lines studied in Variation A),
with excellent chances for
equality or even more.
After 4 . . . lll f6 5 .d4 (note that
White cannot play for a draw
with 5 .e5 , as in Rozentalis
Tiv iakov, Vrachati 20 1 1 , since
after 5 . . . de5 6.lll e 5 a6 Black is
slightly better i n all lines) we
transpose to Variation B ) . So the
only independent move is 5 . l:te 1 ,
vacating square f l fo r the retreat
ing bishop.
I n the game S hirov-Kasparov,
Linares 1 994, a complex posi
tion with chances for both sides
arose after 5 . . . a6 6.fl b6 7 . d4
cd4 8 .lll d4 b7 9.f3 e6 I O.a4.
Shirov recommends 7 .c4, with
slightly better chances for
White.
Conclusion
As we have seen, the variation
with 3 .b5 lll d 7 is very popular
nowadays, with lots of games
played in tournaments at all lev
els ! More importantly, most of
the players ( Anand, Carlsen,
Topalov, Bologan, as well as the
present author) encounter it with
both colours . Good knowledge
of this variation is essential for
any S icilian player. 3 . . . lll d 7 is an
excellent weapon for Black to
play for a win after 3 . b5 . With
out any doubt, we will continue
to see it everywhere in the future.
 Survey SI 1 . 3-4

Va r i a t i o n A 29.193 'ifc1 30.@e2 h5=F] 24 ... \t>h7
4.c3 2S.fi..f7 'it'f7? [25 . . . fi..d3!-+] 26.{jjf7
gf6 27.f4= fi..g 6 2S.'i!ih4 @g7 29.feS
Carlsen.Magnus lll e4 30.l:!f6 fi..cs 31 .'ith2 tllf6
Topalov,Veselin 32.'i!if6 Wh7 33.lll g S @h6 34.llle6
Wijk aan Zee 201 2 (1 1 ) lle6 3S.'it'e6 l:!eS 36.'iff6 fi..e 7?!
1 .e4 c5 2.t2if3 d6 3.fi..b5 {jjdJ 4.c3 [36 ... a5=] 37.'i!t'a& b4 3S.'ii'c4 fi..f8
f6 5.'i!fe2 a6 6. 'i!ic7 7.0-0 e5 39.g4 wh7 40.e6 fi..d6 41 .@g2 fi..e7
[7 ... c4!? 8.fi..c2 e6 (8...e5 9.a4 'ifc6 1 0.llla3 42.'it'c7 \t>gS 43.wg3 <MS 44.'it'f4?!
b5 1 1 .ab5 ab5 1 2. d3;!; ; 8... b5 9.a4 7 [44.'i!t'e5 @98 45.h4] 44 wg7
'ii'c7 39.l2if1 fies 40.'it'd3 'ifc3
41 .'ff c 3 fi..c 3 42.lll g 3 wfS 43.gS
hgS 44.hgS ll:ieS 4S.t2le2 fi.. b4
46.tbf4 t2ld6 47.@h1 li:)c4 4S.fi..c6
-'1.d2 49.-'1.dS -'1.f4 SO.fie& fe6
S1 .lld4 -'1.gS S2.l:!c4 'ite7 S3.f4 -'1.f6
S4.llcS a4 SS.llaS a3 S6.l:!a3 gS
S7.fgS fLgS Y2-Y2
..

10.abS ab5 1 1 .l:a8 8 1 2.tl:la3 'ifb7 4S.'ifd4 @gs 46.h4 l:!dS 47.'ifc4
13.tt:Jd4 lll e4 1 4.lllc1:>5 d5 1 5.fi..e4 de4 fi..d 3? [47 ... l:!d3! 48.Wg2 l:td2 (48 . . . fi..h4? Va r i a t i o n B
16.'i'c4; 8...g5!?; 8 ... lll e5) 9.b3 (9.d4 cd3 49.e7+-) 49. fi..h4=] 48.'it'c6!+ 4.d4
10.d3 fi..e7 1 1 .fi..gS 0-0 1 2.lll bd2 b6 fi.. b 1 49.hS fi..a2 50.'ife4 'ithS S1 .h6
13.liJd4 .Q.b7 1 4.l:tael r:tfe8 15.14 h6 1 6. fi..f6 S2.e7 :ea S3.'it'f4 -'1.g7 S4.hg7 Ni Hua
b5 17.e5 llld5 1 8.fi..gJ fi..18 1 9.1 =) 9 ... b5 \t>g7 SS.gs wgS S6.'it'f6 1 -0 Carlsen.Magnus
10.bc4 bc4 1 1 .llla3 lll b6 1 2.l:!b1 fi..e7=] London 2009 (5)
8.d4 b5 9.fi..c2 cd4 [9... fi..e7 1 0.a4 b4 1 .e4 c5 2kf3 d6 3.bS tLJd7 4.d4
1 1 .dc:S dc5 12.lllbd2] 1 0.ccl4 fi..e7 Kamsky,Gata a6 S.d7 d7 6.dcS dcS 7.c3 e6
1 1 .c3 [1 1 .a4 b4; 1 1 .fi..e3] 1 1 0-0 .. Topalov,Veselin [7 ... .g4 8.fi..d2 e6 9.h3 13 1 0.'ffl3 tl:,e7
1 H.g5 h6 1 3.fi..h4 [1 3.fi..16 !? lll16 Zug 201 3 (3) tt:lc6 1 2.'if93] S . .li!:.f4 t/Je7
1 1 .0-0-0
14 . .Q.bJ ed4 1 5.llld4 fi..g4 ( 1 5 ... 7 1 .e4 cS 2.lllf3 d6 3.11.bS .t:ld7 4.c3 9.tLieS!? [9.'ifd2 g6 1 0.0-0-0;!;; 9.1We2
16.fS;!;) 1 6.'i!/e3 l:!ae8 1 7.l:!aca] tll f6 S.'ife2 a6 6 ..b4 bS [6 . . . 96 7.0-0 t2lg6 1 0.il93 b5 ( 1 0 ... c6 1 1 .h4) 1 1 .'ii'e3
13 . . . 7 14.llad1 l:!ac8 1 S.-'1.b3 l:!fe8 b5 8.c2 -'1.97 9.d4 cd4 1 0.cd4 ti:Jb6 1 1 .h3 b4 1 2.tt:le2 5 1 3.0-0 'i'16 1 4.a4 .e2
1 6.deS de5 1 7.fi..g3 fi..f8 1 S.h3 (1 1 .-'1.d2;!;) 1 1 ...0-0 1 2.lll bd2 fi..b7 1 3.tll b3 1 5.e5! 'ffl5 1 6.'ffe2 fi..e7 1 7.l:Ud1 ]
[18.0d5] 1S ... tt:lb6 1 9.tt:lh4 tllc4 20.tZlfS l:tcB 1 4.fi..d3 ttla4 1 5.fi..14 lll h5 1 6 .fi..h 2?! 9 ... tt:lg6 [9 ... fLbs?!N 1 0.'i!ih5 96 1 1 .'li'13
e5 1 7.l:!ac1 'ife7 1 8.l:tcB l:tc8 1 9.'ifd2?! tt:lc6 1 2.tt:lc6 fi..c6 1 3.fi..eS l:!g8 1 4.lldl
ed4 20.lllld4 tll c5 21 .l:!e1 tll d3 22.'i!t'd3 (Adams-Bu Xiangzi, Erevan rapid 2008)
15!+ 23.lll a5 fi..e4 24.'ii'b3 'ii'f7 25.lll e6 ? 1 4 ... 'ffa5;!;; 1 4 ... 'ff b6;!;] 1 0.'ff hS fi..c6N
fi.. h 6-+ 26.13 27.l:!d1 fi..c2 28.'it'd5 [1 0... tiJeS 1 1 .fi..e5 fi..c6 1 2.0-0 'i'a5
fi..d 1 29.ttlb7 fi..e3 0-1 Hillarp Persson 1 3.lladl c4 1 4.'*'gS (Brkic-Feletar, Croatia
Tiviakov, Helsin9or 2009] 7.fi..c2 eS S.0-0 2009) 14 ... h6 1 5.*g3 l:!g8 ;!;) 1 1 .fi..g3?
fLe7 9.d4 cd4 1 0.cd4 0-0 1 1 .lll c3 [1 1 .tLlg6 lg6 12.'ffg4 '11;>f7 1 3.l:!dl 1Wa5
fi.. b7 1 2.a3 l:!cS 1 3.l:!d1 ed4 1 4.l:!d4 1 4.0-0 fi..e7 1 5.fi..d6 J 1 1 ... tt:ies 1 2.fi..e5
l:te8 1 S.fi..g S [ 1 5.fi..14 d5] 1 S ... 'it'c7 c4 1 3.0-0 '*'as 1 4.*gS!;!; h6 1 S.'i!t'g3
1 6.l:!e1 t!JfS 1 7.'i!t'd1 llle6 1 S.l:!d2 f6 1 6.'i!ig6 @e7 1 7.fi..f4 fi..e8 1 S.'*'g3
ttlgS 1 9.lll g S 'ifcS 20.tllf3 fi..f8 Wf7 1 9.l:!ad1 fi..c6 20.l:!d2?! [20.h4 e5
21 .h4 h6 22.l:tcl4 '*ia7 23.-'1.b3 llcS 21 .fi..d2 fLb4 22.a3 -'1.c3 23.fi..c3 1Wb6
24.'ii' d 2 'ifaS 2S.'ii'f4 'ifcS 26.l:!ed1 24.h5 l:!hd8 25.1Wg6 @g8=; 20.fi..d6!?]
20 ... -t:ib2! 21 .fi.. h 4 [21 .l:!cl lll c4 22.fi..h4 as 27.ttlh2 l:!c3! 2S.bc3 l:!e4 29.l:!e4 20 ... e5 21 .fi..e3 fi..b4 22.f4 l:!he8
g5 23 . .Q.93 l:!ed8 24.l:!ldl 1Wc6 25.13 fLe4 30 ...d2 dS 31 .a4 cs 32.@11 23.fS fi..cS!+ [23 ... fi..c3 24.bc3 1Wc3
.'2h5=F; 21 .l2ih6 9h6 22.fi..h4 fi..97 23.fi..16 ba4 [32 .....c7-+] 33.fi..a4 'ffc7 34.g3 25.l:td6!] 24.l:tfd1 lladS 2S.l:!dS
il6 24.'ii'94 \t>h8 25.l:!d7 'i!/c3 26 . .Q.17 [25.Wf1 !?] 2S fi..e3 26.'*'e3 l:!d8
..

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lnarkiev,Ernesto
Havana 201 3 (6)
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Anand,Viswanathan
Germany Bundesliga 201 1 / 1 2 (5)
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Anand,Viswanathan
Stavanger 201 3 (2)
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Jue, Xinghua 2013) 1 1 ... h6 1 2.0-0 tLl16
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tlc1 26.l:td1 'ifd4 0-1 Ng-Zhou Jianchao,
Shenzhen 201 1 ; 10 ... h6 1 1 .tLldS llc8
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M uzychu k,Anna
Gashimov,Vugar
Warszawa rapid 2009 (7)
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Zhigalko,Sergei
Nakhchivan 201 2 (9)
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Rublevsky,Sergey
Bologan,Victor
Poikovsky 2003 (4)
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1 2.llld2 ..ie7 1 3.lll c2 0-0 1 4.lll e3 1!fb6
15 . ..ib2 :ace 1 6.h1 ..ie6 1 1. :ab1 :tea
1 a.l3 1Wb7 1 9.:td1 :eds 20.:dc1 tlid7
21 .:c2 lllcS 22.1!fe2 ..igS 23.:d1 hS
24.llldf1 h4 25 . ..ia3 h3 26.cbS abS'l'
Deepan Chakkravarthy-Woaszek, Kolkata
201 2] 1 0 lllf6 1 1 .lll c 3 [1 1 .:d1 ..ie7
. Ruy Lopez position] 9 0-0 1 0.dS!..
1 2.lll c3 1it'b6?! ( 1 2 ... 'it'bS!) 1 3.a4 b4
14.llldS lll dS 1 S.cdS 0-0 1 6.lll c4 1!fd8
17 . ..ie3 ts 1 8.13 :ba 1 9.b3 14 20 . ..ia?
:b7 21 .i.12 :16 22.:ac1 :gs 23.h1
..ih4 24...ih4 1Wh4 2S.lll aS
Pourkashiyan-Ju Wenjun, Khanty-Mansiysk
201 2] 1 1 1Wb8!? [This seems to be the
..
best. 1 1 ... 'it'b6?! 1 2.a4 b4 1 3. lll dS lll dS
1 4.cdS as 1 S.llic4 1!t'a6 1 6.14 :ca 1 7.b3
i.e7 1 8.feS des 1 9.:17! .Q.c5 ( 1 9 ... :c4
20.:e?) 20.wh1 i.d4 21 .:d1 :c4
22.:g?! lordachescu-Marin, Bucharest
1 996; 1 1 . . b4 12.lll dS lll dS 1 3.'ifdS
. deS 8.a4 g6 9.'ire2 i.h6 1 O.lll a3 b6
(1 3.cdS .Q.b5 14.lllc4 :ca=) 13 ... ..ie7
14.:e1 0-0 1 S.lll f 1 i.e6 1 6.1!fd3
(Olsarova-Womacka, Teplice 201 2)
16 ... IS!+=<J 1 2.a4 ba4 [12 ... b4 1 3.lll d S!J
1 3.llla4 ..ie7oo 1 4.lll c 3N 0-0 1 S.b3
.Q.c6 16 ..ia3 as 1 1.:td1 :dB 1 8.f3
:a7 1 9.h1 :b7 20.:db1 [
20.:abl =J 20 :cs
.. 120 ... lll d?!?J
21 .:d1 :dB 22.:a2 llid7!? 23.1!fc2
[23.llldS ..igS 24.:b1 lllf8 2S.1!fc3 lll e 6!?
26.1WaS llld4] 23 ..igS 24.lllf 1 lllf8
. 13 ...cd3 1 4.1!fd3 0-0 1S ...igS lll bd7
2S.llle2 [2S.lll g 3!?] 2S lll e6 26.:d3
..
'it'a7 (26 ... lll c S!? 27 . ..icS dcS::/'l']
27.1!fd1 [ 27.:dS!? 'iWl2 28.'irb1
(28.:da ..id8 29.1Wb1 ..ib6g?) 20 ... :ds
29 . ..id6 'irb6 30.:b2 lll c S; 30 ... lll d 4!?]
27 ... 'it'b6 2s.:a1 'it'f2 29.llic3
lllc S!? 30 . ..icS 1!t'cS 31 .lll d S :db8
32.lllfe3 g6:n 33.h3 hS 34.1Wc2 h4
3S.'it'a2 ltg7 [35 ... a4!? 36.b4 :b4
37.lll b4 :b4] 36.lll g 4?! [36.'ird2!?]
36 ... a4! 37.14? (37.b4D :b4 38.lll b4
:b4 39.:c3 IS 40.lll 12 1Wd4'l']
37 :b3-+ 38.:b3 ab3 39.1!fb2
. 27."i}'c1 :ca= D.Mastrovasilis-Dragun,
.ids 40.llies des 0-1
Stohl
Caruana,Fabiano
Topalov,Veselin
Bucharest 201 2 (4)
1 .e4 cS 2.lllf3 d6 3 . ..ibS lll d7 4.0-0
a6 S . ..id3! ?
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S ... lll gf6 [5 . . . g6 6.c3 i.g7 7.i.c2 can
have an independent character after
7 . . . lll e S!? (7 . . . lll gf6 transposes back into
the game) 8.lll eS deS 9.a4 lll f6 1 0.d3 0-0
1 1 .aS 1!t'c7 1 2 .lll d2 l:tdB 1 3.h3 i.e6
14.1!t'e2 lll h S 1 S .lll c4 ti:;f4 1 6.1!t'f3 .Q.c4
1 7.dc4 lld7 1 8.l:td1 :ad8 1 9.l:td7 l:td7
20.g3 llie6 21 . ..ie3 .its 22 . .Q.a4 :d6= v.
Nguyen-Nguyen Huynh Minh, Can Tho
ch-VIE 201 2] 6.c3 [6.:e1 ! ? lll eS 7.lll e S
1 1 .b3 0-0 1 2 . ..ib2 'it'c7 1 3.l:tad1 ..ib7
1 4.13 lll d 7 1 S . ..ic4 lll b8 16 . ..idS lll c6
1 7 . ..ic6 ..ic6 1 8.1!fc4 :tda Flores
Rios-lturrizaga Bonelli, Sao Paulo 2009]
6 g6 [6 . . . es 7 . ..ic2 ..ie7 8.d4 0-0 is too
. 31 ... ..id4!?] 32.:td2 bS?! 33.abS 11t'as
passive. 6 . . . bS! ? 7 . ..ic2 ..ib7; 6 . . . 1!fc7!?
7.1!fe2!? (7 ...ic2 c4 8.b3 bS 9.bc4 bc4
1 0.lll a3 e6 ( 1 0 . . . eS!?oo) 1 1 .1!fe2 lll b6
1 2.:b1 i.e7 1 3.d3?! (1 3.:b6!? 'tr'b6
1 4.lll c4 11t'c7 1 S . ..ia3g?; 1 3.eS lll fdSoo)
1 6.lll c4 ..ib7 17 . ..its lli16 1 a. :1e1 :ad8t
Kalegin-P.Smirnov, Moscow 201 3) 7 . . . bS?!
(safer is 7 ... e6) 8 . ..ic2 c4 9.a4 is risky for
Black - this is mentioned already in the
notes to Carlsen-Topalov; 6 ... lll e S 7 . ..ie2!?
(7 . .Q.c2 i.g4) 7 ... llig6 a.:e1 ..id7 9 . ..if1
e6 1 0.d4 cd4 1 1 .cd4 dS 1 2.eS lll e4
1 3.lll bd2 ..ic6 14 . ..id3 .Q.b4 1 S.a3 lll d 2
16 . ..id2 ..id2 1 7."i}'d2 lll h4 1 8.lll h 4
( 1 8.lll gS!?!) 1 8. . ."i}'M 1 9.14 g6 20.:acl
OO 21 .:cs J:ttca 22.l:tec1 ..id7 23.g3
1!t'd8 24.12 :cs 2s.:cs b6 2s.:c2 as
Krakow 201 3] 7 ..ic2 ..ig7 8.d4 "i}'c7
[8 ... cd4 9.cd4 OO 1 0.lll c3 es 1 1 .deS
(1 1 .dS!?!) 1 1 ... deS 1 2.a4 1!fc7 1 3.i.gS h6
14 . ..ih4 b6 1 S.lll d 2 ..ib7 16 . ..ib3 gS
17 . ..ig3 lll cS 1 8."i}'e2 l:tfd8 19 . ..ic4
:aca= Okhotnik-Kavcic, Feffernitz 2012]
9.a4!?N (9.h3 0-0 1 0.a4 b6 1 1 ...ie3 ..ib7
12.lll bd2 es 1 3.deS ( 1 3.dS is more ambi
lious) 13 ... deS 1 4.11t'e2 ..ic6 1 5.b4 cb4
1 6.cb4 bS 1 7.:td1 ba4 18 . ..ia4 ..ia4
1 9.:a4 1!fc2 20.:Cda1 llie4 21 .lll e 1 "i}'b2
22.lll d3 'it'c2 23.lll e 1 1!fb2 24.lll d 3 'it'c2
2S.lll e 1 1!fb2 Y.zY.z Bartel-Cheparinov, Porto
Carras Ech-tt 201 1 ; 9.:e1 0-0 1 0.h3 es
1 1 .lll bd2 bS 1 2.lll f 1 ed4 1 3.cd4 cd4
1 4.lll d4 ..ib7 1 S . ..if4 lll h S 1 6 . ..ie3
(Chudinovskih-Lajthajm, Budva Ech 2009)
1 6 ... :aca 1 1.:c1 :tfe8= is again a typical
[1 0.:te1 es 1 1 .lll a3 cd4 1 2.cd4 ed4
1 3.lll d4 llies 1 4.h3 ..id7 1 s . ..it4 :ace
1 6 . ..ib3 as 1 7.lliac2 :tea 18.i.d2 1!fd8
(Wang 'rue-Li Shilong, Xinghua 201 3)
1 9 . ..ic3=J 1 0 b6 1 1 .c4 e6 [1 1 ... es
.
1 2.lll c 3!] 1 2.lll c 3 [1 2.de6 fe6 1 3.lll c3
lll b 8!?oo] 1 2 ... edS 1 3.cdS :es 1 4.h3
l:tb8 1 S.'it'e2! lll eS (1S ... 'it'b7
1 6 . ..id3!;!;] 1 6.lll eS (16.lll d 2 gSoo]
1 6 ... lleS (16 ... deS 1 7 . ..id3!/] 1 7.i.e3
l:te8 1 8 . ..id3 i.b7 1 9.l:tacu :e1
20.1!t'd2 1!t'd7?! [ 20 ... lll d 7; 20 . . . c4!?]
21 .b3 i.cB 22 . ..ih6 ..ihB 23."i}'e2!
:ea 24.l:tfe1 i:taB 2S."i}'f3 'flc7
26."i}'g3 lll d 7 27.f4 ..ib7 28.lth1 t
lllf6 29.i.c4 lll h S 30. "i}'f3 :ab8
31 .:cd1 I [No hurry] 31 ... :as [
34.eSI deS 3S.:de2?T [35.ba6 ..ia6
36.:de2!?] 3S e4?!T [ 3S ... ab5!
..
36.lll bS e4oo A 37.l:te4? 11t'e1 38.:e1
:tel 39.lth2 :aa1 -+] 36.lll e4 ab5
37.g4! :e4? (37 ... IS 38.gfS bc4
39.bc4-+; 37 ... bc4 38.ghS IS 39.hg6 :e4
40.:e4 fe4 41 .gh7 lth7 42.1We4 lth6
43."i}'e6 lth7 44.:tg1 .Q.dS 4S.1!t'dS ..ig7
46.1Wf7 1!t'a1 ! 47.:a1 :a1 ;1; gives Black
chances to create a fortress] 38.l:te4 lllf6
39.:e7 bc4 40.bc4 ..ig7 41 . ..ig7
ltg7 42.fS! +- gS 43.1!t'e3 h6
44.1!fe6! ? :ts 4S.:b7 1!fc3 46.ltg2
c4 47.d6 'fld3 48.:e3 'fld1
49.l:te1 "tfd2 so.:e2 "i}'d3 s1 .:e1
c4 S2.d7 c3 S3. "tfc6 1i'd4 54."tfc7!
'*'d3 SS.d81!t' :dB S6.:f7 ltg8
S7.l:tg7 lth8 SU1ge7 hS!? S9.ghS
g4 60.hg4 'ifdS [60 ... :ge 6 1 . :h?! lll h7
62."i}'eS :g7 63.h6+-J 61 .g3 'ifd4
(61 ... :ga 62.:h1! tlih7 63.1!t'c3+-J
62.1!ff4 1!ff4 63.@14 lll d S 64. lt;>ta?
[The first serious error. 64.ltg3!+-]
64 ... c2! 6S.:te8?! [6S.:c2 lll e7 66.16
lll dS 67.:cSt+- still gives White excel
lent winning chances] 6S ltg7! 66.h6
..
<j;f7 67.:dB? ! [ 67.:c2! :ea 68.gs
:e3/;!; and although White's king must
 Survey SI 1. 3-4

now retreat to the 2nd rank, he still has
winning chances) 67 c1 '*'= 68.J:ld7
1 8.J:llc1 J:ld6) 1 6.li:lc4?! [1 6.aSt]
\W6 69.J:ld6 cj;f7 70.J:ld7 71 .gS
il<gS 72.J:ldS '*'f4 73.<ot>g2 g4
74.<M2 t4 7S.'.t>g1 [75.'.t>e1 ? 1i'h4
76.@d2 '*'b4 n.@d3 '*'b3-+)
75 'i!fc1 76.'.t>g2 c& 77.J:ld2 '.t>h6
..
[ 1 5 ... 'it'c2?! 1 6.11t'b7! 1Wc6 1 7.1Wc6 J:lc6 14 . . . d5! 1 5.11 ! 0-0 1 6.tlic3oo Shirov)
1 5.dS (1 5.J:le6? 0-0! 1 6.lll c6 c5
1 6 b6! 1 7.'it.>h1 J:lb8t 1 8.'it'c3 f6
1 7.wh1 c6 1 8.J:lc6 li:le7) 1 5 ... d5
1 9.g3 bS 20.abS abs 21 .li:le3 W'c3 1 6.tbl5 c5 1 7.e3 0-0 1 8.tlic3 e3
22.c3 b4 23.d2 b3!= 24.cb3 1 9.tlie3 b7 20 . d6! t]
J:lb3 2S.J:la8 J:lb8 26.J:lbS lll b8
27.J:lc1 '.t>d7 28.J:lb1 li:lc6 29.tbc4
.i .i

1s.'1tg3 '.t>gs 79.f6 '.t>g& so.i:t2d3
'i'c7 81 J:ld6 11VcS
. Y2-Y2
Stohl
Carlsen.Magnus
Svidler,Peter
Stavanger 201 3 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.tbf3 d6 3.bS tbd7 4.0-0
a6 5.d3 tbeS 6.tbeS deS 7.a4 tbf6
[7.. .b6 8.b3 (8.c4 tbl6 9.d3t) 8 ... e6
U.b2 'it'g5 1 0.tba3 d6 1 1 .tbc4 c7
1 2.g3 (12.W'e l t ; 1 2 .13!) 1 2 ... 16!
Mudrak-Rychlik, Nachod 201 2; RR 7 ... e6
8.tll a 3 Ci:Je7 9.tbc4 tbc6 1 0.aS d6 t::.
1 1 ...c? Agdestein] 8.b3 [8.J:le1 ?! b6
(8 . . .'i'd4= t::. 9 ... c4) 9.tba3 (9.c4t)
e7 30.f4 ef4 31 .gf4 J:lb8 32.J:lbS
tbb8 33.<ot>g2 tbc6 34.c3 cs .t .t I. I. i
3S.'.t>f3 tbd4 36.d4 d4 37.fS g6
38.fe6 'it.>e6 39.h3 hS 40.lll a S b6
I. I. I.
41 .li:lc4 d4 42.lll a S b6 43.lll c4
d4 Y2-Y2
Shirov,Alexey
Kasparov.Garry
Linares 1 994 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.tbf3 d6 3.bS t:Ld7 4.0-0 1 4.li:lc3? ! (1 4.e6! le6 1 5.tlie6 'it'b8
li:lf6 S.l:te1 [RR 5.d3; 5.d4; 5.e5?! de5 1 6.li:ll8 18 1 7.li:lc3 d5!? 1 8.ed5 d6
6.tbe5 a6 7.d7 (7.CDd7 tlid7 8 .c4 1 9.14!] 1 4 li:leS
1 S.f1 'i'c7
(8.e2 e5=i=) 8 . . . lll e 5=i=) 7 . . . tlid7 8.'it'e2 1 6.e3 dS! 1 7.edS tbdS 1 8.lll d S
(8.d4 li:le5 9.de5 1Wd1 1 0.J:ld1 IS=i=; dS 1 9.li:lfSI [RR 1 9.14 d6!=i=
8.J:let lll e 5 9.J:le5 e6=i=; 8.li:ld7 d7 Kasparov] 19 b4 20.b6 'it'b8

9 . . .b7 1 0.tbc4 tbd7 1 1 .b3t e6 9.d4=i=) 8 . . . tbe5 9.'it'e5 W'd4 21 .'it'd4 [RR 21 .J:le3 tbc6 22.J:la4 W'l4
(1 1 . . . g6!?t) 1 2.b2 1Wg5 1 3.J:le3 g6 Rozentalis-Tiviakov, Vrachati 201 1 ] S a6 . 23.lll g3 W'l6=i= Shirov] 21 e1 22.J:le1
.

14.l:tg3 'it'l6 1 5.'it'e2 g5?! 1 6.'it'hS e7? 6.f1 b6! 7.d4 [ 7.c4t Shirov] efS 23.'it'dS J:le8 24.J:lc1 J:le6=i=
(TrentSutovsky, Gibraltar 201 3) 1 7.J:lgS!+ 7 cd4 8.tbd4 b7 9.f3 e6 1 0.a4!?
2S.b4?! (25.14) 2S hS [25 . . . J:ld6!=i=]

'i'gS 18.tbd6; 8.tbc3t; 8.a5t) 8 e61?

(1 0.c4 e7 1 1 .tbc3 0-0 1 2.e3t 26.c7 1fa7 27.b6 11t'b8 28.c7
9.b2 [9.J:la3!?] 9 b3 1 0.W'e2 c4
S.Kasparov-Ashwin, Figueres 2007) 1Wa7 29.b6 'ifb8 Y2-Y2
1 1 .c4 c4 1 2.c4 J:lc8 1 3.'it'b3 1 0 e7 1 1 .aS bS 1 2.c4 bc4
Bologan
'i'c7 1 4.d3 e6 1 S.li:ld2 tbd7 1 3.c4 0-0 ( 1 3 ... d5 1 4.ed5 li:ld5 (RR M/94-3-29

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

E .i i. .t :i i. .t i.
i .t .t I. I. I. I. I. I. .t I. I. i
i I. I. I. .t I. I. I. I.
I. I. il, I. I.
tl:i
tl:i ttJ ttJ ttJ

il, 1:1 w l::r .i:l @ ti ttJ il, l:I @
position after 1 2 . a2-a4 position afte r 1 0 . . . b7-b5 position after 8 . . . 0-0

White has just played I 2.a4. How Black has just played I O . . . b5. How Black has just carelessly castled
can Black equalize immediately? can White seize the initiative? kingside. How can White profit?
(solution on page 246) (solution on page 246) (solution on page 246)

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S i c ilian Defence B51
Moscow Variation SI 1 .6 (85 1 )

O l d a n d N ew Reci pes
i n th e Rosso l i m o
by Stelios Hal kias

1. e4 cs Especially memorable was win A fe w months later I had another

2. tt:lf3 d6 ning the Kavala Open, the stron game with 8 . . . tt:lg4 against Cana
3. b5 tt:l c6 gest open in Greece, and also the dian grandmaster Kevin
4. 0-0 d 7 Bora Kostic Memorial, a strong Spraggett. This one actually
5. J:te1 tt:l f6 closed tournament in Vrsac, Ser- . went even better. The idea be
6. c3 a6 bia. In both of these tournaments hind 8 . . . tt:lg4 is to get in . . . tt:lce5
7. a4 c4 it was highly important to and control the weak d3-square.
8. c2 tt:l g4 achieve wins in the last or penul After b3/b5 , bc4/bc4 we usually
timate rounds - with black. In get a position with a weak pawn
li both I had the chance to use one on c4, but if Black manages to
.*- li
of my new ideas at the time in the hold on to this pawn he creates a
.t. .*- .t. .t. .t. .t. Rossolimo: I .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 lot of pressure, as the pawns on
.t. .t. 3 .b5 d6 4.0-0 d7 5 .l:l e l tt:lf6 c3/d2 and the bishop on c I are a
6.c3 a6 7.a4 c4 8 .c2 tt:lg4 ! ?, sorry sight in the white camp .
.t. 8 which in the New In Chess Key So White goes b2-b3 , bc4 and
System is classified under the then tt:la3 , e2, l:tb I , and Black
8 t2J Moscow Variation (2 . . . d6 3 .b5 holds on to the pawn with
8 jL 8 8 8 8 tt:lc6). l l . . . tt:lce5 and I 2 . . . l:tc8 .
.a: t2J jj_ 'iV a: After all this White has a choice:
A Good Choice
Chess-wise, 2008 was a great Right now I have a database with
year for me. There was some tur computer games and I see that the
bulence, as I won three tourna move was played back in 2005 by
ments and then played the worst the computers Pharaon 3.2 and
tournament of my life (the Glaurung 0.2.3. Believe me, I
Olympiad), but still it was a year didn't have a clue and I really
to remember ! don't think people base much of
their preparation on what com
Old Recipes puters play between themselves.
It was also a year of creativity in During the game against
which I used some well-prepared Svetushkin the move 8 . . . tt:lg4
lines and novelties, like l l . . . b6 looked like a good choice if you A) Spraggett, and in his foot
in the Ragozin (Akopian wanted to try and complicate the steps Macieja, chose I 3.tt:ld4,
Halkias, Plovdiv 2008) and also game. The idea worked out well. which should be answered by
bringing back to life the Arbakov In the complicated position that 1 3 . . . g5 ! . In the former game I
Gambit in the Vienna ( l .d4 tt:lf6 ensued after 9.'it'e2 tt:lce5 ! managed to show that the dy
2.c4 e6 3 .tt:lf3 d5 4.tt:lc3 dc4 5 .e4 1 0.tt:le5 tt:le5 I l .f4 tt:lg4 my op namics on the kingside lead to a
b4 6.c4 ! ) against Perunovic. I ponent came under constant good game for Black.
don't claim to be the only guy that pressure. In time-trouble he B) But 1 3 .tt:le5 tt:le5 1 4.f4 ! ac
has played this, but I had some blundered and I got a really tually relieves the pressure on
nice games there. valuable point. White's position because the

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c4-pawn is about to fall ! As an
answer Black has multiple tacti
cal operations, but as we will see
in this article, if White makes all
the proper moves, nothing works
for Black. The best he can do is go
... tt:Jd3 and get the white bishop,
when he will have some compen
sation for the pawn with the
bishop pair. That is a position that
can be played, but you don't pre
pare to get something like this !
New Recipes 201 2
All in all, I had in my mind that
8 . . tt:Jg4 was an interesting line.
. some compensation ( 1 6 . . . g6),
But whenever I tried to make my
move l 1 ... tt:Jce5 work in analysis
I banged my head against a wall
( I 3.tt:Je5 and 1 4.f4 ! ).
lvanchuk tried my idea later that
year, which made me very
proud. But after 1 1 .tt:Ja3 he went
l l . . . tt:Jge5 , which was actually
not good enough. The last time I
tried 8 . . . tt:Jg4 was against Pikula
in 2009. This time I got some
problems in the opening. Now
that I knew more or less that
there were specific problems in
the line I decided to let it go for a
while.
I was happily surprised to see my
friend Giannis Papadopoulos
9 . e2
Svetushkin,Dmitry
Halkias,Stelios
Kavala 2008 (8)
1 .e4 c5 2.tLif3 tLic6 3.b5 d6 4.0-0
d7 5.l:le1 tbf6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 c4
8.c2 tLig4! [This was my first game
with the line. I really enjoy playing positions
without much theory and full of life. 8 ... g5;
8... tbe5] 9.'it'e2 [9.b3 b5; 9.d4; 9.tba3]
9 tLice5! 1 0.tLie5 [10.tLia3 l:lc8
. 1 7."it'c4 tbl2 1 8.Wg1 (1 8.'itt h2 tbg4)
( 1 0 . . . b5 1 1 .li:Je5 li:le5 1 2.b3) 1 1 .tbe5 tbe5
12.b3 b5 1 3.bc4 bc4 1 4.f4; 1 0.b3]
1 o . tLie5 1 1 .f4 [1 1 .h3 g5!J 1 1 tLig4
.. ..
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trying the line once more last
year in the Greek League against
Macieja - and with a successful
outcome ! Still the problem of the
line remains, as Macieja played
1 3 .tt:Jd4 as well and not the criti
cal 1 3 .tt:Je5 ! tt:Je5 1 4.f4 .
Another friend, Antonis
Pavlidis, the reigning Greek
Champion, helped me with this
article and he tried to save the
line. As you will see in the notes
to Macieja-Papadopoulos, the
move 1 2 . . . 'ii'c 7 leads to a posi
tion with the bishop pair and
and we believe that B lack can Stellos Halkias
survive in this line. But let's face
it: we are a pawn down. that year in Subotica. Although
Svetushkin usually started with
Conclusion l .d4, before the game I prepared
8 . . tt:Jg4 isn ' t an easy line to use.
. thoroughly for I .e4 and for the
There aren't enough games yet Rossolimo with 8 . . . tt:Jg4, with
(only eight so far), so I cannot the really valuable help of my
provide you with any definite colleague and friend Dimitrios
theory and definite conclusions. Mastrovasilis, who found some
What I can tell you for sure is that excellent ideas in the line. You
there are plenty of ideas, plenty can find them in the Analysis
of beautiful diagram positions under the header 9.'ii'e 2.
and lots of space for innovation. Don ' t play the line 8 ... tt:Jg4 un
After my Kavala game against less you first do your own per
Svetushkin there was another sonal analysis and make your
black game with the same oppo assessments. If you are going to
nent, in the Serbian League later play it, make it worth it!
1 2.llf1 [ 1 2.'it'c4 e5 1 3.h3 'it'h4 1 4.'it'e2 1 9.15) 1 4 . . . hg4 1 5."it'l2 "it'f6) 1 4.'it'c4
(1 4."it'f1 h5!) 14 ... h5 1 5.d3 d5! 1 6.ed5 c5 (1 4.b3 cb3 1 5.ab3 e7 1 6.d4) 14 . . . W'b6
1 7.d4 b5 1 8.'it'd2. Here we tried many 1 5.d4 l:lc8 1 6.'*b3 '*b3 1 7.b3 ed4
different options, but none of them worked. 1 8.l:lel e6! 1 9.cd4 b3 20.ab3 d5]
Later Dima found 18 . . . "it'g3! - for a detailed
analysis of this line check the Analysis
given below] 1 2 ... e5 ( 1 2 ... b5 1 3.h3 tLif6
( 1 3 ... 'it'b6 1 4.'it.;>h1 h5) 1 4.d3 cd3 1 5.d3
e5; 15 . . . c6; 12 . . . llcS 1 3.h3 tLif6 1 4.tba3
b5 1 5.d3 cd3 1 6.d3 g6; 12 ... c6]
1 3.f5?! [1 3.h3!? tbf6 ( 1 3 ... 'it'b6 1 4.@h1
h5 1 5.tba3 l:lc8 1 6.lll c4 (1 6.b3) 16 ... l:lc4
18 . . . tbh3 1 9.'itt h 2 tbf4 20.d4; 20.a4;
1 3 ... h5 1 4.hg4 (1 4.b3 d5 1 5.ed5 c5
1 6.@h1 "it'h4 1 7.l:lf3 tlJl2 1 8.l:ll2 f2

13 ... hS [13 ... W'h4) 14.d4 [1 4.b3 W'h4
(14 ... d5) 1 5.h3 (1 5.g3 'ifh3) 1 5 ... 'ifg3!
1 6.hg4 hg4; 1 4.W'c4 'ifh4 1 5.h3 'ifg3;
14.lll a3 b5; 14 ... d5 1 5.ed5 cS 1 6.'iti>h1
'i'h4) 1 4 cd3 1S.d3 dS [Here I
could have wrested the inttiative with
15 ...... h4! 1 6.g3 (1 6.h3 'ifg3 1 7.hg4 hg4
1 8.e3 d5 1 9.t!Jd2 W'h4 20.t!Jf3 gf3
21.'1'13 de4 22.e4 e7) 1 6 ... W'h3
17.'i'g2 Q2 1 8.'iti>g2 h4J 16.edS cs
1 7.'it;>h1 'iti>f8? ! [1 7 ... 00 1 8.16!) 18.f6
[1 8.g3!) 18 gf6?1 [ 1 8 ... W'c7!! (we came
up wtth this move simultaneously!) 1 9.e4
(1 9.lg7 '1tg7 20.f5 (20.t!Jd2 e4) 20 ...f5
21.1:u5 i:tae8 (21 ... e4 22.f4 'it'd? 23.J:tg5
'it>f8 24.e5 tlJl2 25.'iti>g1 tl:lh3 26.'iti>h1
liJf2) 22.h3 (22.tl:ld2 isn't such an
important move but I give it here just to
show you the machine's answer: 22 ... 'iti>g6!!
23.'i'e4 W'd7!!'i' - unbelievable!) 22 ... W'd7
23.J:tf1 'it'd5t; 1 9.b4 e4 ( 1 9 ... a7) 20.fg7
'it>g7 21 .f4 ed3 22.W'g4 g4 23.c7
e3 24.e5 'iti>g6 25.h8 J:th8 26.tl:la3
:ca. The knight can't move and the
bishops dominate) 19 ... tl:ll6] 19.tl:ld2
a7
20.tll c 4? [20.tl:le4! was his last chance:
20 .. .15 21 .g5 W'c7 (21 ...W'b6 22.tl:l16!! (I
remember that we said after the game that
we had both missed this) 22 ... tl:ll6 23.W'e5)
22.d6 'it'c6 23.e7 'iti>g7 24.tl:lg3 f4
25.f5! t!Je3 26.J:tf3 J:tag8 27.J:te3 e3
28.e4 'tt'c8 (28 ... g4 29.c6 e2
30.tllf5 'iti>g6 31 .e4) 29.tl:lh5] 20 bS . 26.tl:ll7 17 (26 ... J:tl7 27.J:tl7 @17
[20 ... 'it'c7] 21 .tl:le3 W'b6 22.tl:ld 1 ?
[22.'it'f3!!) 2 2 fSI 23.gS J:te8
24.c2 f4 2S.h4 W'd6 26.W'd2 fS
27.g3 J:tg8 28.gf4 e4 [28 ... ef4!) 29.c4
bc4 30.t!Jc3 W'cs 31 .gs e3
32.'it'e2 W'd6 [32 ... tl:lf2] 33.'iti>g2?
[33.J:tf3 d4-+) 33 J:tgS [Too many
mistakes, I know.. . but it was highly
complicated all the time] 0-1
Kovacevic,Aleksandar
Sedlak,Nikola
Cetinje tt 201 0 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.bS tl:lc6 4.0-0
d7 S.c3 tl:lf6 6.J:te1 a6 7.84 c4
8.c2 tl:lg4 9.W'e2 tl:lgeS ! ? [Wtth this
move order (White hasn't created any
pressure on c4 wtth b3, bc4, tl:la3)
9 ... tl:lge5 looks possible] 1 0.tl:leS [1 0.b3!)
1 0 tl:leS 1 1 .f4 [1 1 .b3!? b5 1 2.bc4 bc4
1 3.tl:la3!) 11 'tt' b6 12.'iti>h1 tl:lg4
[1 2 ... g4 1 3.W'f1 tl:ld3 1 4.d3 cd3
1 5.W'd3 'it'f2 1 6.W'e3 'ife3 1 7.J:te3)
1Ulf1 W'cS 14.d4 [1 4.h3! tl:l16 ( 1 4 ... h5
1 5.b3 b5 1 6.bc4 bc4 1 7.tl:la3 :ca
1 8.l:lb1 ; 14 ... W'h5!? is actually interesting:
1 5.d1 'it'h4 1 6.'iti>g1 tl:l16 ( 1 6 ... h5
1 7.'it'e1 ) 1 7.tl:la3 c6 1 8.tl:lc4 tll e4 . d7 S.J:te1 tl:lf6 6.c3 86 7.84 c4
1 9.tl:la5! tl:lg3 20.W'f2) 1 5.e5 tl:ld5 1 6.b3
b5 1 7.e4f; 1 4.b3) 14 cd3 1S.d3
g6= [Now Black has a normal position]
16.tl:ld2 g7 1 7.tl:lf3 0-0 18.h3 tl:lf6
19.e3 'fic7 20.W'f2 bS 21 .J:tae1
e6 [21 ...c6 22.d4 J:tae8) 22.eS
des 23.feS tl:ld7 24.'it'h4
;I E*
'iV j. j. .t j.
.t j.
'ij'
tb
:a: :a:
24 dS [This is the correct move.
24 ... a2 only initiates attacking possibiltties
for White: 25.e6 fe6 26.tl:lg5 J:tf1 27.l:lf1
tLJl6 (27 ... tl:l!S 28.J:tf8!) 28.J:tl6 el6 29.'ifh7
@18 30.tl:le4 f5 31 .cS (31 .h6) 31 ... @17
32.tl:lg5 'iti>l6 33.tl:le6 'iti>e6 34.'it'g6 'iti>d5
35.b4 W'e5 36.W'l7 @c6 37.'ifa2 W'e1
38.g1 c3oo] 2S.e61? [25.tl:lg5!? h6
(27 ... 17 28.e6! e6 29.1!t'e4) 28.e6 e6
29.W'e4 tl:le5 30.d4 f5 (30 ... W'c6
31 .'it'c6 tl:lc6 32.g6!) 31 .'it'f4! 'it'd?
32.e4! 16 (32 ... tl:lc6 33.g7 'iti>g7
34.c6 W'c6 35.J:te7) 33.e5 e4
34.'tt' e4 J:td8) 27.h6 es (27 ... tl:leS
28.g7 'iti>g7 29.'ifg3! J:tad8 30.c2 J:tdS
3 1 . J:tf5! J:tfd8 32.b3! (32.l:lfe5 l:le5
33.W'es W'es 34.J:te5 l:ld2) 32 ... e6
Survey SI 1 . 6
33.J:tfe5 J:te5 34.'it'e5 'tt'e5 35.J:te5 J:td2
36.c4) 28.f8 tl:lf8 29.W'e4 l:ld8 30.'it'e5
W'e5 31 .J:te5 J:td3 32.J:te7 a2=)
2S f3 [25 ... fe6!J 26.ed7 [26.l:lf3 fe6
(26 ... tl:leS 27.el7 'iti>h8 28.e4 tl:lf3 29.gf3!
J:tad8 30.g6) 27.J:tf8 tll f8 28.c2!!)
26 'it'd7 [ 26 ... d5] 27.J:tf3 W'd3
28.h6 W'dS 29.g7 'iti>g7 30.J:te7
'it'a2 [30 ... J:tae8] 31.'it'f6 'iti>g8 32.h4
W'ds 33.i:tes 'it'd1 34.lm 'it'd&
3S.l:le7 1WdS 36.l:leS W'd8 Y2-Y2
Analysis
Halkias/Mastrovasilis
2008
1 .e4 cs 2.tl:lf3 tl:lc6 3.bS d6 4.0-0
8.c2 tl:lg4 [Here is a piece of Old
Analysis. It may not be that great but it
certainly contains various beautiful,
spectacular lines. I analysed this position a
lot with my friend GM Dimitris Mastrovasilis]
9.'it'e2 (I suggest that you have a close
look here! 9.'tt' e2 was our initial problem
but together with Dima we managed to
work some wonders. There are several
other options for White:
A) 9.tl:ld4? 'it'b6 1 0.h3 tl:lf2 1 1 .@12 eS;
B) 9.h3 tl:lge5 1 0.tl:le5 tl:le5 1 1 .14 tl:ld3
1 2.d3 cd3 1 3.'it'f3 g5 ( 1 3 ... e5) 14.15
W'b6 1 5.'iti>h1 g4;
C) For 9.d4 cd3 1 0.d3 g6 see the game
Dagkakis-Vragoteris below;
D) 9.b3 b5 and now:
'iV * .t E
.t .l .l i .l
j.
i
j.
ll ttJ s: w
0 1 ) 1 0.a4 tl:lge5 ( 1 0 ... 'ifb6 1 1 .W'e2 b4;
10 ... tl:lce5 1 1 .tl:ld4 tl:ld3 (1 1 ...gS 12.ab5
ab5 1 3.J:ta8 'it'a8 1 4.tl:la3) 1 2.d3 cd3
1 3.ab5 ab5 1 4.J:ta8 1!t'a8 1 5.tl:lb5
( 1 S.tl:la3) 1 S ... W'b8 1 6.tl:ld4 g6 1 7.W'f3
(1 7.tl:la3 es 1 8.tl:lf3 'ifa7 1 9.l:lf1 ) 1 7 ... es
( 1 7 ... tl:le5 1 8.W'e3 h5 19.f4 h6 20.J:tf1
tl:lc6 21 .c4 W'b6 22.b2 OO 23.tl:lc6 W'e3
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24.de3 i.c6 2S.li:ld2) 1 a.h3 li:lh6 1 9.W'd3
ed4 20.W'd4 ttga (20 ... 16 21 .W'l6 li:ll7)
21 .eS @da) 1 1 .abS abs 1 2.:aa W'aa
1 3.li:la3 lllf3 1 4.W'l3 lll eS 1 S.W'e3 g6
(1S ... gS 1 6.bc4 (1 6.W'gS cb3 1 7.i.b3 lll d 3
1 a.li:lb5 'W'b7 1 9.li:ld6 ed6 20.i.d5 i.c6)
16 ... bc4 1 7.W'gS hS) 1 6.14 i.h6 1 7.W'g3
li:ld3 ( 1 7 ... 'ifa7) 1 a.i.d3 cd3;
02) 1 0.bc4 bc4 1 1 .lll a3 lll ceS 1 2.'ii' e2
when both 12 ... 'ifc7 1 3.lll eS lll eS 1 4.f4
li:ld3 1 S.i.d3 cd3 1 6.'ifd3 g6 (that's the
Main Line here! Have a look at the
analyses in Macieja-Papadopoulos. 16 ... e5
1 7.li:lc2) 1 7.11i'd4 es 1 a.'ii'12 ef4 1 9.ll:\c2;!;
and 12 ... ll:\13 1 3.gl3 li:le5 1 4.lllc4 lll c4
(14 ... W'c7 1 S.lll e3 e6 1 6.14 i.bS 1 7.'ifhS)
1 S.11i'c4 es 1 6.ttba lead to a small
advantage for White.
The critical line is 12 ... :ca and now:
021 ) 1 3.li:ld4?! g5! 1 4.tlb1 'ii'c7
(14 ... i.g7) 1 5.h3 ll:\16 1 6.ll:\13?! ll:\13
1 7.'ii'13 g4 1 a.hg4 lll g4 1 9.tlb4 lll eS
20.'ife3 ttga (20 ... hS 21 .14 i.h6) 21 .i.d1
(21 .14 i.h6) 21 ... ttg6 (21 ... as 22.ttb1 lll d3
23.tlf1 tlg6 24.li:lc4 lll c 1 25.lll b6)
22.i.e2 i.h6 23.W'b6 (23.f4 11i'c5 24.tlc4
i.f4; 24 ... li:lc4) 23 ... 11i'b6 24.tlb6 i.g4
2S.wf1 i.e2 26.'iife2 (26.tle2) 26 ... tlg4
(26 ... ttg2 27J:th1 i.f4 2a.tth7 (2a.:a6)
2a ... llld3) 21.i:m (27.li:lc2) 21 ... tte4
(27 ... a5) 2a.@d1 lll d3 (2a . . . tlh4) 29.tla6
ttcS (29 ... tth4!) 30.ttaa 'iifd 7 31 .tla7 @da
32.ttaa 'iifc7 33.g3 ttces (33 ... ttdS 34.14
tthS) 34.'it<c2 dS 35.lll bS 'it<b7 36.tta7
'iifb6 37.a4 d4 38.ttaa lll c 1 39.tlc1
(39.cd4 tle1 ) 39 ... d3 40.'iif b2 i.d2 41 .tld1
tte2 (41 ... tle1 ) 42.'iifa3 %112;
022) 1 3.llleS! li:leS 1 4.14 li:ld3 (14 ... 11i'b6
1 5.@h1 lll g4 1 6.tlf1 ) 1S.d3 cd3 1 6.'ifd3
eS!? 17.lllc2 (1 7.'ifa6 i.e7 1 a.1s 0-0
19.lllc4; 19.'ifd3! dS 20.W'dS W'c7)
17 ... ef4 1 a.a3 i.e7 1 9.e5 0-0 20.ed6
i.h4 21 .tlf1 i.bS 22.'it'd4 tlc4 23.11i'd5
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tla4 24.d7 'it'aa 2S.W'hS tta3 26.lll a3
i.f1 27.ttf1 i.e7 2a.li:lc2 'ifa7 29.lll d4
'ii' d7; 29 ... i.d6] 9 lll ceS [9 ... lll geS
..
1 0.lll eS (1 0.b3) 10 ... lll eS 1 1 .14 transposes
to the main line; 9 ... bS 1 0.d4 (1 0.b3)
10 ... cd3 1 1 .i.d3] 1 0.lll eS [1 0.li:la3]
10 li:leS 1 1 .f4 lll g 4 (1 1 ... 'ii' b6 1 2.'it<h1
..
(1 2.11i'e3) 1 2 ... i.g4 ( 1 2 ... lll g4 1 3.tlf1 'ifc5
( 1 3 ... :ca 1 4.h3) 1 4.h3! (1 4.d4 cd3 1 s.i.d3
g6 - A.Kovacevic-Sedlak, Cetinje tt 201 0)
14 ... hS 1 S.b4 'ifa7 1 6.a4! :ca 1 7.lll a3 b5
1 a.abS ab5 1 9.d3; 1 9.d4) 1 3.'iff1 (1 3.'ife3
W'e3 1 4.l:le3 lll d 3 1 S.i.d3 cd3 1 6.l:ld3)
13 ... lll d 3 1 4.i.d3 cd3 1 S.'ifd3 W'l2
1 6.'ii'f 1 'W'f1 1 7.ttf1 g6; 1 1 ... li:ld3 1 2.d3
cd3 1 3.W'd3 es 1 4.lll a3 (1 4.'ifg3) 14 ... ef4
1 S.W'd4] 12.'ifc4 [This is an important
line. For a long time n seemed to refute my
entire concept qune easily. But Black hasn't
said his last word yet. Facing Svetushkin
once more with black one month after the
previous game in the Serbian League I
asked my friend Oimitris Mastrovasilis to
have a closer look at this posnion. At first
we both thought that it is just lost and after
a couple of hours analysing I had to quit
and get some sleep as I was playing the
next day. Oimnris had a free day and in an
overnight analysis session .I believe he
came up wnh some magic!] 12 .. es . (1 7.gh3 tlh6!) 1 7 ... g4 1 a.'ife3 lll d 7
13.h3 'it'h4 [13 ... i.bS 1 4.i.a4!; 1 3 ... :ca
1 4.'ife2 (1 4.'ifb3) 14 ... 'ifb6 1 S.'iif h 1 hS
1 6.tlf1 ll:\16 1 7.feS de5 1 a.d3)
.i. :i
.i. i .l i
j.
j.
[!:, [!:, .. 't!V
[!:,
[!:,
14.1We2! [The posnion is razor-sharp.
A) 1 4.tlf1 ! is really important as well. I
recently updated my analysis and found that
this move, when followed by 1 S.feS, causes
trouble: 14 ... hS ( 1 4 ... ttca 1 S.W'e2 lll f6
1 6.d3 lll h S 1 7."tlt'f3 lll f4 1 a.i.f4 ef4
1 9.W'f4 W'f4 20.tlf4 e7 2 1 . %113;!; ;
1 4 ... ll:\16!? 1 S.feS (1 S.i.b3 'it'g3! 1 6.%113
(16.'ifl7 @da: 1 6.'ife2 i.h3 1 7.%113 g4
1 a.17 @e7! 1 9.tlg3 i.e2 20.leS deS
21 .i.b3 'iifd 7 22.d4 :ea 23.tte3 i.h5
24.lll d2 i.d6 25.li:lc4 ed4 26.cd4 tle4
27.lll e S;!;) 16 ... 'ife1 1 7.'iff1 '*'f1 1 a.@f1
lll e4 1 9.fe5 0-0-0 20.d3 lll c5 21 .i.gS)
1S ... de5 1 6.'W'c7 h3 1 7.i.a4 i.d7
1 a.ttf6 a4 1 9.-.17 @da 20.%112 i.e7
21 .d4 %118 22."tWds @ea; 14 ... i.bS 1 S.i.a4
i.a4 1 6.-.a4 bS 1 7.'it'b3 hS 1 a.1es tta7
( 1 a ... 'it'g3 1 9.'ifl7 @da 20.hg4 hg4 21 .d4)
1 9.e6 11i'g3 20.hg4 hg4 21 .el7 @d7
22.'it'dS 'iifc7 23.d3 tlh2 24.'ifcS!! (I have
to apologize to our readers as I'm sure
there are many inaccuracies in my analysis.
But it's surely colourful) 24 ... dcS (24 ... @b8
2S ...12) 2S.i.f4) 1 S.feS! (1 S.i.b3 'ifg3
1 6.11i'17 'it<da 1 7.hg4 hg4 1 a.leS (1 a.c4
1!i'h4) 1a ... de5 1 9.'ifdS @c7 20.d4 d6
(20 ... i.e7) 21 .de5 W'h2 22.@12 . ttafa
23.@e3 rm 24.ed6 'it<b8; 1 S.i.a4 i.a4
1 6.'ifa4 b5 1 7.'ifb3 '*'g3 1 a.hg4 hg4
1 9.feS ( 1 9.'ii' d5) 1 9 ... tla7 20.'it'dS tlh2
21 .%112 ttg2 22.ttg2 'ife1 23.'it>h2 'ifh4;
1 S.d4 ttca! ( 1 S ... 'ifg3 1 6.hg4 hg4 1 7.leS
'ii' h2 1 a.'iti>12 :ca ( 1 a ... bs 1 9.i.a4)
1 9.-.e2 '*'h4 20.g3 '*'h2 21 .@e1 '*'g3
22.-.12 12 23.%112 de5) 1 6.'ife2
(1 6.'W'b3 'ifg3 1 7.hg4 hg4; 1 6.'ii' dS 'ii'g 3
1 7.hg4 hg4) 16 ... 1Wg3 1 7.hg4 hg4)
1S ... lll e S ( 1 5 . . . de5) 1 6.-.e2 i.h3 1 7.d4
1 9.lll d 2;!;;
B) 1 4. tle2 h5 1 5.i.b3 (1 5.d3 '*'g3
1 6.hg4 hg4) 15 ... dS! (15 ... 'ifg3? 1 6.'ifl7
@da 1 7.hg4 hg4 1 a.d3 11i'h4 1 9.e3)
1 6.ed5 (1 6.'ifds 0-0-0) 1 6 ... :ca 1 7.'ife4 fS
1 a.g3 i.cS 1 9.'iif g2 W'h3 20.'iif h 3 le4;
C) 1 4.11i'f1 ? hS 1 S.d3 (1 S.fS 11i'g3 1 6.hg4
hg4; 1 S.tld1 'ifg3 1 6.hg4 hg4 1 7.'it'e1
(1 7.feS tlh3!) 17 ... 'ifh2 1 a.@f1 g3)
1S ... 'ifg3 1 6.hg4 hg4 1 7.b3 0-0-0;
17 ... 'ifh4 1 a.fe5 0-0-0) 14 ... hS 15.d3
[1 S.15? d5 1 6.d4 (1 6.b4 i.b5 1 7.d3 de4
1 a.hg4 hg4) 1 6 . . . i.bS 1 7 ...d2 '*'g3 1 a.hg4
hg4; 1 S.d4? i.bS 1 6.'ifd2 11i'g3]

15 dS (!! Halkias; 1 S . . . e7 16.tll d2 el4
...
17.ti:lf3 'it'g3 1 S.d4; 1 S ... 'it'g3 1 6. hg4 hg4
17.'We3 (1 7.e3? el4) 1 7 . . . 'it'h4 1 S.@f1
g3; 1 S ... e7 1 9.g3; 1S ... ef4 1 6.14
(16.tll d2) 1 6 ... gs 1 7.d2 tt:les 1 S.'it'l2;
15 ... 000 1 6.tll d2 (1 6.feS des 1 7.b4 'it'g3
18.hg4 hg4 1 9.e3 (1 9.gS l:rh2) 1 9 .. .fS
(19 ... 'it'h4 20.'itf1 'it'h1 21 .g1 l:rh6
22 ...-e3 a4 23.a4 l:r16 24.we2 'it'g2
25.>t.>d1 'it'b2 26.'it'd2 'it'a1 27.'ite2)
20.efS (20.ti:ld2 f4) 20 ... l:rhS; 1 6.l:rf1 'it'g3
17.hg4 hg4; 1 6.ti:la3 dS ( 1 6 ... 'it'g3 1 7.hg4
hg4 18.1!t'e3 'it'h4 1 9.@11 ef4 20.'it'f4 l:rh6
21 .ltt e2 ll16 22.'it'gS 1!t'l2 23.wd1 'it'g2)
17.feS c5 ( 1 7 ... de4 1 S.d4 IS 1 9.tll c4
'i'g3) 18.d4 a3 1 9.edS (1 9.ba3 bS)
19 ...bS 20.c4 c5 21 .dcS c4 22.gS
'i'g5 23.'it'c4 ti:le3 24.'it'e4 ti:lc2 2S.1!t'c2
J:[dS) 16 ... ef4 1 7.d4 ( 1 7.tll f3 'tt'g 3 1 8.l:rf1
ti:les 19. #12 ti:lf3 20.1!t'l3 'ifl3 21 .:13 gs
22.h4 16) 1 7 ... .l:les ( 1 7 ... gs 1 s.tt:lf3 'tt'g 3
19 . .1:111 ) 18.tllf3 'it'g3 19 . .1:111 ! ( 1 9.d2 dS
20.eS? l:leS) 19 .. .IS 20.d2 (20.'tt'e 1 )
20. . .le4 21 .e1 (21 .hg4 bS 22.c4 ef3
23.'1'13) 2 1 . . .bS 22.'i+'d2 e3 23.IS @bS
24.'it'c2 e2 2S.g3 el1 'it' 26.l:rfl ti:le3
27.'it'b1J 1 6.edS [ 1 6.tll d 2? cs 1 7.d4
ed4 1 8.edS @dB; 1 6.feS? c5! ( 1 6 . . . bS
17.e3) 1 7.d4 bS 1 8.'i+'d2 ( 1 S. a4
a4 1 9.f4 gs ( 1 9 . . . bS 20.1Wd2 e7
21 .hg4) 20.gS 'ifg5 21 .dcS 0-0-0)
18 ... 'it'g3 1 9.hg4 hg4 20.dcS 'i+'h2 21 .@12
'i'h4 22.'ite3 d4!-+; 1 6.b4 d4!]
E 24.cd4 'it'h4 2S.we3 (25.Wg1 ?? g3)
' 2S ... 'it'g3 26.'ite4 11 ; 22.dcS! 'it'h2
,.
!'3:i !'3:i
f}:, !
t2J !
16 . cS! [Maestro - no time to lose!
..
Black must strike immediately with 16 ... cS
and 17 ... bS, as the following line shows:
16 ... 0-00 1 7.feS bS ( 1 7 ... l:reS) 1 8.e3
(1 8.d6? d6 1 9.ed6 l:lde8) 1S ... l:rdS
1 9.d4 (1 9.ti:ld2 tll e3 20.'tt'e3 (20.tll f3
'i'd8 21 .W'e3 d3 22.d3 c5 23.fS
ltt b8 24.ti:ld4 l:rd4) 20 ... d3 21 .'it'l3)
19 ... cS 20.cs l:lcS (20 ... l:reS 21 .12)
21 .ti:la3 l:le5 22.'it'd2] 1 7.d4 b5
(1 7 ... 0-00 1 S.feS (1 S.dc5 bS 1 9.'it'e4
'it'l2 20.@h1 l:rd5) 1S ... bS 1 9.IS
(1 9.gS 'it'g5 ( 1 9 ... 'it'g3 20.'i+'g4 hg4
21 .l:re3) 20.'it'e4 'it'h4 21 .hg4 hg4 22.tll d2
l:rd5) 19 ... @bS 20.'it'd2 g6 (20 . . . .l:ldS
2 1 . l:re4) 21 .g4 (21 .a4 c4 22.g4 hg4
23.dcS gh3 24.e6 @as 2S.e7 hg2) 2 1 . . .hg4
22.l:re4; 22.'ifl2] 1 8.'ifd2 'it'g31
1 9.hg4 ( 1 9 . .l:leS @fS!] 1 9 hg4
..
.I
,.
1 7.d7 d7 1 S.l:rc4 l:lb8! 1 9.d3 tll c4
20.a4 (20.dcSD '*h2 2 1 . @12 l:th3
22.e4 W'g3 23.@g1 'it'h2 24.@12=;
20 . .l:leS @fS D. 21 .a4? d4! 22.cd4 'ifh2
23.@12 'it'h4 24.we3 'tt' g 3 2S.we4 11 !
26.tll c3 g2 27 ....g2 'it'g2 2S.wd3 'it'f1 ]
20 c4! [20 ... 'it'h2 21 .wf2 'it'h4
..
22.@e3 ed4 23.cd4 00-0 24.abS J:ldS
2S.l:ra4 l:leS 26.e4 (26.wd3 l:re1
27.b3) 26 ... 'it'g3 27.@e2 l:re4 2S.@11
l:rdd4 29.l:rd4 l:rd4 30.'it'c2J 21 .:es
(21 .b3? 'ifh2 22.@12 'it'h4 23.@e3 'ifg3
24.@e4 OOO 2S.bc4 ed4-+] 21 @f8 . ti:ld3 1 S.'tt'd 3 g4 transposes. ( 1 S ... 'it'c3
22.ti:la3? [22.b3 'ifh2 23.@12 d4!
23.@12 l:lh3 24.e4 'it'g3; 22.e4 l:lh3!)
22 i.d4! 23.cd4 [23.'it'd4?? 'ifh2
..
24.@12 'it'h4 25.g3 (2S.'itg1 g3) 25 ... 'it'h2
26.@e1 'it'g3] 23 'it'h2 24.@f2 'it'h4
..
25.'it>e3 'i+'g3 26.@e4 i.f1 !-+
1 7 . . . tll d 3 1 S.d3 cd3 1 9.'ifd3 tll g4
1 8.hg4 ti:lg4 [Black takes over] 1 9.l:lb4
his way, then there is FULL INITIATIVE!)
(23.whl ti:ll3!!) 23 ... 'it'a3) 22.1i'd3 l:lgS)
(A wonderful picture!]
Survey S/ 1 . 6
9 . b3 b5 1 O . bc4 bc4
Spraggett,Kevin
Halkias,Stelios
Vrsac 2008 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 ti:lc6 3.bS d6 4.0-0
d7 5.c3 tllf6 6.l:le1 a6 7.a4 c4
8.c2 ti:lg4 9.b3 bS 1 0.'it'e2 ti:lces
1 1 .bc4 bc4 1 2.ti:la3 l:lc8 (The most
critical position of the entire line] 1 3.ti:ld4
(13.tll e 5! ti:leS 1 4.14] 1 3 gS! 1 4.l:rb1
..
'it'c7 1 5.h3?! (I consider this to be an
inaccuracy, creating a target on h3. But it's
really the next move that gives me concrete
play. 1 S.l:rb4 h5 1 6.a4 ti:ll6; 1 6 ... as
. 20.ti:lc4 ti:leS 21 .g5oo; 21 .tlla5]
1 5 . . tllf6
.
1 6.ti:lf3 (1 6.d3D g4 ( 1 6 ... cd3 1 7.d3
1 9.'ifc3 l:lc3 20.gs g7 21 . .l:lbS :ca
22.l:rcS cs 23.ti:lc4 with slight pressure
for White) 1 9.i.gS g7) 1 7.hg4 (1 7.g5
cd3 1 S.d3 ti:ld3 1 9.'it'd3 g7 20.tllf5
fS 21 .efS gh3 22. 'it'h3 'it'c3 23. '*'h4;
23. 'it'c3 .l::tc3 24 . .l:lbS wd7 2S.l:rb7 @c6
26.l:lee7 l:ra3 27 . .1:117 tlle8 2S.16 16
29.i.16 ti:ll6 30.l:lbc7 @b6 3 1 . l:lb7=)
20.'it'a6 'it'c3!? (20 ... .l:lgS 21 .13 ti:leS
22.e3 'it'd8 23.tll abS l:lg6oo) 21 .b2
'it'd2 22.l:re2 'it'h6 23.tll f3 g7 24.g7
'tt' g 7 2S.'tt' b7 (25.tllc4) 2S ... 'it'g6
(2S ... l:lg8 26.l:rc2 l:ldSoo) 26.l:lc2 l:ldS
27.ti:lc4 0-0=] 1 6 ... ti:lf3 1 7.'it'f3 g4!
(1 9.d4 cd3 20.d3 ti:le5 (20 ... 'it'c3)
21 .'tt' e3 (21 .'it'e2 (as you see: if Black gets
21 ... ti:ld3 (21 ... g4 22.13 'it'c5 23.e3
21 ... h6] 1 9 ... ti:leS 20.'i+'e3 l:lg8
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[20 ... h5 21 .14 .ih6] 21 .id1 [21 .14 .ih6
22.1:m l:lb8!=F) 21 l:lg& 22 .ie2 .ih&
lll d3 16 . .id3 cd3 1 7.1!fd3 g6 1 8.lll c4 .ih6
23.1!fb6 1!fb6 24.J:lb& .ig4! [The
triumph of Black's strategy. Exchanging the
light-squared bishops will leave d3 utterly
weak. And watch the white bishop on cl !)
25.1 .ie2 26.2 J:lg4! [26... J:lg2
is actually better but I like the text move a
lot because I play for the initiative even in
the endgame. 27.J:lhl .ig5 28.J:lh7 lUd3
(28 ... 'it;>d7) 29.J:lb7 J:[f2 30,q;,dl J:lfl
31.'it;>e2 J:lel 32.'it;>l3 i.16!] 27.J:lf1
[27.tt:lc2] 27 J:le4 28.'it;>d1 tt:ld3
..
29.J:la& J:lc5 [29 ... J:ll4 30.13 J:lh4]
30.J:la8 'it;>d7 31 .J:la7 @dB 32.J:la8
'it;>c7 33.g3 J:lce5 34.'it;>c2 d5
[34 ... J:lel ) 35.tt:lbS [35.14 J:lel ! 36.J:lel
l:lel 37. .ib2 J:lgl 38.tt:lb5 'it;>b7 39.J:leB
J:lg3 I'm still better, but I think I've already
spoiled it a bit] 35 'it;>b7 36.J:la7 'it;>b6
..
37.a4 d41 38.J:la8 tt:lc1 39.J:lb8 o;t;>a&
40.J:lc1 ? [The decisive mistake] 40 d3
41 .'it;>b2 .id2 42.J:ld1
1 3.tt:le5 tt:le5 1 4.14 tt:ld3 (14 ... .ig4 1 5.'tt'l l 22 . . . J:lbS 23.'6'd1 J:la8 24.lUbl h4
(24 ... cS) 25.g3 .ie7 26.d4 (26.'ife2
1 9.lll e 3; 14 . . . 1!fc5 1 5.@h1 tt:lg4 1 6.J:lll ) 1!fb7!) 26 . . . ed4 27.cd4 .ic6 28.11t'd3
1 5 . .id3 cd3 1 6.1!fd3 g6 ( 1 6 ... e5) 1 7.lll c4
(1 7.'ifd4 e5 1 8.1Wf2 el4 1 9.lUc2 g5
20.tt:lb4 g7 21 .lUd5 11t'd8 22.a3 b5
(22 ... .ie6 23.J:lab 1 ) 23.e5!) 1 7 ... .ig7
( 1 7 . . . .ib5 1 8.1!fd4 e5 1 9.'tt'd 5 J:lc8
20.lll e3) 1 8.tt:le3 'ffa7 1 9.@h1 ( 1 9 . .ib2
OO 20.J:lab1 J:lab8 (here we have some
compensation but. .. how much?) 21 . .ia1
J:lb1 (21 ... .ic6 22.c4) 22.J:lb1 J:lb8
(22 ... c6 23.c4 .ia1 24.J:la1 J:lb8) 23.c4
J:lb1 24.11t'b1 .id4) 19 . . . 0-0 ( 1 9 ... J:lbS)
20.J:lb1 l:lab8 21 . .ia3 .ic6 22.lll d 5!
J:lle8 23.J:lbS J:lb8 24.h3 a5 I believe Black
can hold on; 12 ... 1Wc8 1 3.tt:le5 tt:le5 1 4.14; 28 ... 'ife5!! - really interesting lines)
12 ... tt:ll3] 1 3.tt:ld4 [Not the best move. As 1 9 ... J:lc5! ( 1 9 ... d5 20.lll e S; 1 9 ... J:lc6
in my game with Spraggett it's easy to miss 20.'it'b5; 20.1!fa4 1!fc7 21 .d3 d5) 20.J:lbl
13 ... g5!; 1 3.lUe5! tt:le5 14.14 lUd3 (20.lll e3 .ib5 21 .1Wa7 .ic6 22.tt:lc2
(14 ... 1!fb6 1 5.'it;>hl lUg4 ( 1 5 ... lUd3 1 6 . .id3 .ia8oo) 20 ... J:lc6! (a very instructive
cd3 1 7.'tt'd3) 1 6.J:ll1 (1 6.h3 lll f2 1 7.'it;>h2 manoeuvre: ... J:lc5-J:lc6) 2U i'b5 J:lc5
g5 1 8.lll c4) 16 ... 1!fc5 1 7.h3 tt:l16 (17 ... h5 22.'ii' b3 b5 23.lll e3 .id3 24.lUd5 J:lb5
1 8.J:lb1 g5 1 9.J:lb4!) 1 8.e5 LUd5 19 ..ie4 25.1Wb5 .ib5 26.J:lbS 'tt'd7] 1 3 gS!

de5 20.fe5 e6 21 .lll c 2; 21 .11fl3 15;
14 ... tt:lg4 doesn't work well, but it gives me
the opportunity to show you a picturesque
posttion: 1 5.lUc4 e5 1 6.h3 ( 1 6 . .ib3)
16 ... 1!fh4 ( 1 6 ... J:lc4 1 7.1!fc4 1!fh4 1 8.J:ll1
h5 19 ..ia4) 1 7.tt:lb6 .ib5 1 8.c4 d5!
1 9.d4!+-
.i -*- li
1 4.h3?! tt:lf6 1 5.d3 cd3 [ 1 5 ... g4!?
1 6.hg4 cd3 ( 1 6 ... g4 1 7.13; 16 . . . tt:llg4
1 7.lUc4 lll c4 1 8.dc4 J:lg8 1 9.J:lb1 ) 17 . .id3
lll d 3 1 8.'ffd 3 tt:lg4 1 9.1Wa6 J:lg8 20.lUabS
tt:le5 21 .J:lbl ; 1 5 . . . 1Wa5!? 1 6.tt:lc4 (1 6.J:lb1
cd3 (16 ... 1!fc3 17 ..ib2 cd3 1 8.'6'e3! with
chaos, as happens many times in this
article) 17 . .id3) 1 6 ... tt:lc4 1 7.dc4 1!fc3
1 8 . .ie3] 1 6 .id3 lll d 3 1 7.1!fd3 1!fa5

[ 1 7 ... g4!? 1 8.hg4 tt:lg4 with classical plans,

Ir
.l .l .l such as . . . tt:le5 and ... J:lg8, targeting g2]

42 J:le1 ?? [The horror! 42 ... .ig5 43.14

.l ttJ 1 8.tt:lb3 (1 8.J:lb1 ! ; 1 8.lll c4 'it'c5 1 9.lll e 3!
1!fc3 20.1!fc3 J:lc3 21 . .ib2!) 1 8 'it'c3

J:lel !; 42 ... .ie1 ] 43.J:le1 ?? [Returning the

-*- .l .l 1 9.1Wc3 J:lc3 20 .igS [20.b2 J:lc8

favour. 43.J:ld2 J:l5e2 44.J:le2 de2 45.J:laB 8 8 8 8 'if 21 .i.16 el6 22.J:ladl looks like insufficient
'it;>b6 46.J:lbS 'it;>c6 (46 ... 'it;>c5 47.J:lcS 'it;>d5 8 compensation)
48.J:ldS 'it;>e5 49.llld4 J:lbl 50.'it;>a3!! - also
missed!) 47.llld4 'it;>c7 48.tt:lc2!! (I think we
8 'it' 8
both missed this strong move) 48 ... J:ldl l:. l:.
49.J:lb4] 43 .ie1 44.f4 J:le2 45.'it;>a3

.ig3 46.o;t;>b4 .if4 47.l:lae o;i;>b7
48.J:ldB d2 49.aS J:le1
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Papadopoulos,loannis
Greece ti 201 2 (4)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 tt:lc6 3 .ib5 d6 4.0-0
.id7 5.c3 tt:lf6 6.J:le1 a& 7. .ia4 c4
8 .ic2 tt:lg4 9.b3 b5 1 0.bc4 bc4
wonderful!; 14 ... tt:lg6 1 5.lUc4 (1 5.g3)
0- 1 15 ... tt:ll4 1 6.'ifl2 J:lc4 ( 1 6 ... e5 1 7.tt:lb6)
1 7.1!f14!) 15 . .id3 cd3 1 6.1!fd3 e5 1 7.1!fa6
(1 7.lUc2 e14 ( 1 7 ... .ie7!) 1 8.lUb4 .ie7
1 9.lll d 5 0-0 ( 1 9 ... .ih4 20.1!fd4! .ie1
21 .'ifg7 i.12!! 22.'it;>l2 1Wh4 23.'it;>l3 1!fh5
24.'it;>l4 11fh2 25.'it;>e3 'it'e5 26.'6'e5 de5
27 . .ia3!) 20.lllf4) 17 ... .ie7 1 8.15 0-0
1 9.tt:lc4 (1 9.11t'd3 d5!! 20.'it'd5 1Wc7 (we
spent qutte some time on this. It looked OK, 20 .ig7 [Maybe Papadopoulos missed a

1 1 .llla3 tt:lce5 [1 1 ... tt:lge5] 1 2.1!fe2 although it's not easy to believe this at first small chance here: 20 ... J:lgB! 21 .i.16 el6
(1 2.h3; 1 2.J:lbl ) 1 2 J:lcB (12 ... 1!fc7!?N
sight) 21 .@h1 J:lld8 22.1!fb3 (22.lUb5) 22. @h2 (22.h4; 22. 'it;>l1 d5!! 23.edS

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(23.12lb1 bS) 23 ... 'it>d8 24.12lb1 bS
25.>i<g1 l:th3 26.tll 1 d2 l:td3; 26 ... l:thS)
22 ... h3!! 23.gh3 h6 - pretty nice!)
21 .eS des 22.l:teS e6 23.l:tae1 0-0
[23 ... ILldS 24.l:tdS dS 25.l:te? @18
26.l:td? 16 27.d2 l:td3 28.b4 @ga
29.ILlcS l:td1 30.'it>h2 18 (30 . . . h6
31 ..t:le4) 3 1 . 12la6 h6) 24.l:taS b3
[24 ... h6) 2S.ab3 e6 26.l:ta6 l:tb3
27.12lc4 ttJdS 28.tll e3 tll e3 29.e3
l%fb8 30.@f1 l:tb1 31 .l:tb1 l:tb1
32."1i>e2 h6 Y2-Y2
Svidler,Peter
lvanchuk,Vasily
Nanjing 2008 (6)
1 .e4 cS 2.tllf3 tll c 6 3.bS d6 4.0-0
d7 S.c3 tllf6 6 .i:te1 a6 7.a4 c4
8.c2 tll g4 9.b3 bS 1 O.bc4 bc4
11 .12la3 ti:;geS?! (1 1 . . .tll ceS 12.'tt'e2
'f!lc7 13.tt:ies tll eS 1 4.14 tll d3) 1 2.'tt'e 21;!;
illf3 1 3.gf3 tt:ies 1 4.tll c4 [1 4.14 tll d 3
15.d3 cd3 1 6.'it'd3 g6;!;) 14 ... tll c4 [For
14 ... bS!? check the game Jones-Williams
below] 1 S.'it'c4 e6 [ 1 S ... eS 1 6.d4; 1S ... g6]
16.d4 [16 . .i:tb1 ] 16 ... e7 1 7.'ttd 3 o-o
18.f4 l:tc8
.I 'if .1
.t .t .t. .t. .t.
.t. .t.
fj, fj,
fj, 'ii' fj,
ti:, fj, fj,
.a: .a:
1 9.c4 (1 9.eS! g6 20.ed6 gs 21 .es
(2U i'd2 14 22.'it'l4 .i:tc3 23 . .i:taca)
21...bS 22.'it'd1 .i:tc3 23.dS 16 24.de6
es 25.l:teS fe6 26.e4) 19 ... eSI
20.g3 [So far Svidler has played really
well but here he starts to lose the thread.
20.deS des 21 .es e6 22 . .l:ted1 c4
23.'i'dB .l:tfd8 24 . .l:td8 d8 2S.b3;
25.>i<g2] 20 ... ed4 [20 ... 'it'c7!) 2 1 .eS g6
22.ed6 f6 23 .i:tad1 .:res 24. 'tta 3?
l%c4 2S.d3 .i:tc3? [After 2S ... .i:ta4 the
tables have turned] 26. 'it'a6 'ii'a8
[26 ... hSJ 21. 'it'a8 .i:ta8 28.es wg7
29.f1 l:ta2 30.f6 [30.d4)
30... Wf& 31 .i:td4 l:ta8 32.h4 [32 . .l:tf4
lt>g7 33.l:te? IS 34.lt>g2 .l:tc6 35.c4
(3S.l:td4) 35 ... .l:td6 36 . .l:tf? 'it>h8=)
32 ... l:ta4 33.l:ta4 .b4 34.'it>g2 c6
3S .i:te3 l:te3 36.fe3 @es 37.'it>g3
lt>d6 38.lt>f4 Y2-Y2
Jones.Gawai n
Williams.Simon
Torquay chGBR 2009 (9)
1 .e4 cS 2.tll f3 d6 3.bS tll c6 4.0-0
d7 s .i:te1 tll f6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 c4
8.c2 tll g 4 9.b3 bS 1 0.bc4 bc4
1 1 .'tte 2 tll g eS 1 2.tll a 3 tll f3 1 3.gf3
tt:ies 1 4.tll c4 bS ! ?
'if .t .I
.t. .t. .t. .t.
.t.
...
fj,
::, fj,
fj, 'ii' fj, fj,
.a:
[As expected; Simon always produces
something interesting and dangerous]
1 S.tll e S? (That's just too much creativity;
1 S.d3 tt:ic4 1 6.dc4 d7 1 7.eS!; 1 S.d4!
(not stronger than 1 S.d3 but it has aesthetic
value) 1 S . . . tll c4 ( 1 S . . . c4 1 6.a4!) 1 6.a4
e6 1 7.d3 .:tea 1 8.abS abs 1 9.'it'c2 e7
20.it'b3 'ttd 7 21 ..l:tb1 0-0 22.'i*'bS;
1 S.b3 'ire? 1 6.d3] 1 S ... e2 1 6 .i:te2
'tta S 1 7.tll c4 'tt g S 1 8.lt>f1 'tt bS
( 1 8 ... .l:tb8; 18 . . . W'hS) 1 9.d3 .l:tb8 20.eS
dS 21 .tll b 2 'tta S-+
(White is simply lost] 22.a4 lt>d8
23.e6 fe6 24.f4 es! 2S.es .l:tb2
26.l:tb2 'i*'a4 27.l:tb8 'it>d7 28 .l:te1
Survey S/ 1. 6
'it'a2 29.'it>g2 'ttd 2 3o.l:le3 lt>e6
(30 ... hS) 31 .d4 [31 .g7 'it'e3 32.fe3
g7] 31 ... Wf7 32.l:td8 hS 33.f4 l:th6
34.fS h4 3S.h3 .l:td6 36.l:tb8 'it'd1
37.l:tb7 'it'hS 38.l:teS 'ttgS 39.lt>f1
'it'f4 40.'it>e2 g6 41 .l:te3 gfS 42.es
'ilt'h6 43.d6 'it'd6 44.d4 'it'c6 0- 1
9 . b3 b 5
Pikula,Dejan
Halkias,Stelios
Novi Sad Echtt 2009 ( 1 )
. 1 .e4 c s 2.tllf3 tll c 6 3.bS d 6 4.0-0
d7 S.c3 tllf6 6 .i:te1 a6 7.a4 c4
8.c2 tll g 4 9.b3 bS 1 0.a41? [A
logical move, opening up more lines. Black
needs to defend carefully and accurately]
1 0 ... tll ceS
[The most logical reply) 1 1 .h3 [1 1 .abS may
be OK, but the engine prefers 1 1 .h3:
1 1 . ..abS 12 . .i:taa 'i!t'aa 1 3.tll d4 ( 1 3.tll eS
tll eS 1 4.tll a3 (1 4.14 g4) 14 . . . 'ttc6
1 S.'tte2 gS! ( 1 S ... 'it'cS; 1 S ... g6) 1 6.d4 cd3
1 7.d3 tll d 3 ( 1 7 . . 'it'c3 1 8.bS 'ttb3
.
1 9.d? lti>d7 20.gS 16 (20 ... 'it'a3?
21 .'tt bS 'it>e6 22.'it'dS lti>d7 23.'ttb?)
21 .cl g7 (21 ...l:tg8 22 . .l:td1 ) 22 . .l:tdl
(22.14 tll d3 23 . .l:td1 .i:tc8!; 23 ... ttJc1 24.l:tc1
'ifa3 2S.'it'bS) 22 ... l:tc8=) 1 8.'ifd3 g7=)
13 . . . tll d 3!? ( 1 3 . . . gS 1 4.tll a3 'ifa7 1 5.h3
tll f2 1 6.@12 cb3 1 7.b1 (1 7.b3 b4
1 8.tll c2 tll d 3 1 9.'it>g1 tll e 1 20.'it'el bc3
(20 ... es 2 1 . 'ttf2) 2 1 . dc3 h6 22. 'tt'12 e6t)
17 . . . b4! ; 13 . . . g6 14.h3 tll 16 1 5.tll a3 cb3
1 6.tll b3 g7 1 7.'tt'e2) 1 4.d3 cd3
1 5.tll bS 'i*'b8 1 6.tll d4 g6 1 7.h3 tZleS
1 8.tll a3 h6gg) 1 1 ... tll f3 1 2.'tt'f3 tZleS
1 3.'tte 2 gS! 1 4.abS abs 1 S .i:ta8
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W'a8 1 6.d4 cd3 1 7.iLd3 c&?! [
17 ... lt:ld3 1 8.W'd3 h6 1 9.lt:la3 'ilt'c6
20.lt:lc2 (20.'it'd4 l:[g8 21 .iLd2 g4)
20 ... iLg7 21 .lt:ld4 W'b7=; 17 . . . g4 1 8.hg4
'it'b7 1 9.lt:la3;t] 1 8.iLgS l:[gS 1 9.iLf4
iLg7 [I have some compensation but I
believe with precise play White can
neutralize it and get the upper hand]
20.iLg3 (20.iLc2! (the correct way)
20 ... lt:lg6 (20 . . . il.16 21 .'if;>h1 ) 21 .iLg3 iLc3
(21 ... iLeS 22.'it'e3!) and I get the pawn
back but White is still better: 22.lt:lc3 1Wc3
23.i:tc1 <;f;>fB; 20.'if;>h1 lt:ld3 21 .'ilt'd3
iLe6] 20 iLf& (20 ... lt:ld3 (once more I
. ( 1 8 . . . lt:ld3 1 9.'it'd3) 1 9.lt:lb6 lt:ld3 20.*'d3
should just grab the bishop and I'm OK)
21 .W'd3 iLe6] 21 .'1i>h1
E weak pawn on a6. I guess computers back
.t i i i
'i i .t
i
!::,
!::, Yi Yi !::,
'fit !::, !::,
lZJ w
21 hSI? [Sacrificing another pawn!
21 . . . lt:ld3 22.W'd3 iLe6] 22.iLeS iLeS
23.c4 (23 ... 1Wc8 24.'it'f1 bc4 25.iLc4;
23.'iWhS! (White should have taken this
pawn. We both thought that 23 . . . i:th8 would
give a lot of compensation but although at
the board you can still scare people. here at
the office you can neutralize almost any
attack with the help of your silicon friend)
23 ... i:th8 24.'it'f3 f8] Y2-Y2
AnMon 5.50
Pharaon 3.2
CEGT_Div./P42Ghz_n 2005
I made some small notes on all of the
computer games I found with the line
8 ... lt:lg4. Unfortunately I can't analyse such
games in detail because I can't guess or
even understand many of the moves.
especially when we speak about the
computers of 2005-2006. I will try to cover
our bases in the opening phase so we all
know what is going on theoretically but
when it comes to the middlegame I'm
simply lost in chaos! 1 .e4 cs 2.lt:\13
lt:lc& 3.iLbS d6 4.0-0 iLd7 S.i:te1
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lt:lf6 6.c3 a& 7.iLa4 c4 8.iLc2 lt:lg4
[To all appearances the first game ever
played with this move] 9.b3 bS 1 0.a4!?
1Wb6 ( 1 0 . . . lt:lces 1 1 .abS abs 1 2.i:ta8 'iWa8
1 3.lt:ld4 (1 3.lt:la3 cb3!,
1 3 . . . lt:ld3oo; 1 3 ... gS; 1 O . . . lt:lge5 1 1 .abS ab5
12.i:ta8 'it'a8 1 3.lt:la3 lt:lf3 ( 1 3 . . . cb3
1 4.iLb3 lt:ld3 1 s.:f1 ;t) 1 4.'it'f3 lt:les
1 5.1We2;!;] 1 1 .i:tf1 (1 1 .*'e2 b4! (a really
nice motif. Still it doesn't take all the
problems away) 1 2.d4 cd3 1 3.iLd3 g6!;
13 ... bc3 1 4.lt:lc3 e6 1 5.aS 'ilt'b7 1 6.h3
lt:lge5 1 7. lt:le5 lt:le5 1 8. lt:la4 iLe7
i:td8 21 .iLb2 0-0 22.:ac1 iLb5 23.'it'g3;t]
1 1 lt:lgeS [This whole operation makes
no sense to me because in the end Black
will get a position with a piece on b5 and a
in 2005 were not good at making logical
positional plans] 1 2.lt:leS lt:leS 1 3.abS
cb3 1 4.iLb3 iLbS
1 S.iLa4 [1 5.c4! is missed by AnMon:
15 ... iLd7 1 6.d4 l:tbB 1 7.iLa4! (1 7.lt:lc3)
17 . . . lt:lc4 1 8.iLd7 d7 1 9.'.,d3]
1 S lt:ld7 1 6.d3 e6 1 7.lt:la3 [Until now
in all lines I'm analysing White is on top. I'm
amazed at the way Black managed to win
this game. 1 7.iLe3] 17 iLa4 1 8.'*'a4
Si..e7 1 9.Si..e 3 'it'd& 20 .l:!fb1 o-o
21 .i:tb7 lt:leS 22.d4 lt:lg& 23.lt:lc4
'iWcS 24.i:td7 l:tb8 2S.dS?! [25.g3]
2S i:tbS 26.i:ta7 edS 27.lt:lb& '*'c3
28.lt:ldS 'ii' d 3 29.W'd1 W'e4 30.lt:lc3
We& 31 .lt:lbS abs 32.:c1 'ilt'e4
33.'*'d4 'ilffS 34.'it'b4 i:tbS 3S.:cc7
'it'dS 36.'ifb1 lt:lh4 37.13 iLgS?
[37 ... iLf6 38.i:tcb7!!] 38.iLf2 (38.iLgS
'*g5 39 . ... a2+-] 38 lt:lg& 39.l:[f7
f6 40.i:tfc7? b4 [Suddenly the tables
have turned!] 41 .'iti>h1 b3 42.iLe3 b2
43.iLg1 lt:lf4 44.l:tc2 'it'fS 4S.i:tac7
lt:ldS 46.iLa7 i:tb4 47.i:tcs @f7
48.iLg1 lt:lc3 49. '*b2 l:[b2 SO.i:tc7
@g& S1 .i:tb2 lt:lbS S2.i:tcc2 iLb2
S3.i:tb2 'it'eS 54.i:tb4 lt:lc3 0- 1
lt:ld3xf2)
Fruit 2.1
Glaurung 0.2.3
CEGT_Div./P4-2Ghz_n 2005
1 .e4 cs 2.lt:\13 d& 3.iLbS lt:lc& 4.0-0
iLd7 s.c3 lt:lf6 6.i:te1 a& 7.iLa4 c4
8.iLc2 lt:lg4 9.b3 bS 1 0.lt:la3 lt:lceS
1 1 .11t'e2 '*'c7 (1 1 . . . i:tc8 1 2.bc4 bc4
1 3.lt:leS lt:le5 1 4.14; 1 1 ... lt:lf3 1 2.'it'f3
(1 2.gf3 cb3 1 3.ab3 lt:\16 1 4.d4 e5 1 5.f4
iLe7!oo) 12 . . . l:tc8] 1 2.lt:ld4 (1 2.lt:le5 lt:le5
1 3.14 lt:ld3 1 4.Si..d 3 cd3 1 5.'it'd3 g6
1 6.W'd4 es 1 7.'ilff2;t] 1 2 gS! 1 3.bc4
bc4 1 4.h3 lt:lf6 1 S.lt:ll3 lt:lf3 1 6.'iWl3
:cs
1 7.'it'g3 (1 7.e5!? (an interesting option)
17 ... deS 1 8.'ilt'g3 h5! 1 9.W'eS 'ilt'e5 20.:es
g4 21 .h4 g3! (21 . . . iLh6) 22.f3 e6. Here
Houdini likes White but somehow in all
these positions Black has dynamic play and
there is still the c4 vs d2-c3 bind. I believe
in Black's chances] 1 7 i:tgS 1 8.i:tb1
g41 1 9.hg4 (1 9.h4 lt:lh5 20.1We3 g3-J
1 9 i:tg4 20.'ife3 'ifaS (20 . . . dS!J 21 .13
l:[gS [21 ... i:th4 with ... iLh6 and ... 'it'h5
coming] 22.i:tb4 'it'hS 23. '*'12? [23.d4
cd3 24.Si..d3 i:tg6 25.Si..a6 Si.. h 6 26.'*'12
iLh3; 26 . . . Si..c 1 27.i:tc1 i:th6 (27 . . . iLh3
28.iLf1 lt:ld7) 28.'ilt'e3 'iWh2 29.'ito>f1 i:td8
30.Si..b S Si.. b5 31 .lt:lbS lll g4 32.1Wg1 W'g3
33.fg4 '*d3 34.we1 i:th1 35.'it'h1 'it'e3 is
a nice draw] 23 Si.. h &!-+ 24.eS des
2S.lt:lc4 e4 [White is lost. 23. 'it'l2 was a
really bad move] 26.lt:ld& ed6 27.Si..e4
lt:le4 28.i:tbe4 wf8 29.i:th4 W'g&
30.iLa3 iLgS 31 .l:!he4 l:[dS 32 .l:!d4
iLc& [The rest needs no comment]
33 .l:!c4 iLdS 34 .l:!d4 iLa2 3S.c4 as
36.d3 Si.. b3 37 .l:!e2 Si..d 1 38 .l:!e1

b4 39.cS fi..c6 40.cd6 fi.. d7
4Uide4 fi..f6 42.fi..cS J:tc8 43.fi..d 4
l:k6 44.l:tb1 d4 4S.l:td4 l:td6
46.l:tb8 @g7 47.J:ib7 fi..c 8 48.J:ibS
l:!gd8 49.l:td6 J:id6 SO.'it'b2 f6
51 .'ilfe2 l:te6 S2.'ilt'f2 ifd3 S3.llaS
'i'b1 S4.<;1;;> h 2 i:te1 SS.i:ta7 @h8
56.'i'cS J:ih1 S7.'ili>g3 'i'e1 S8.'ili>f4
'ilfh4 S9.'ili>e3 l::te 1 60.'ili>d2 .Iles
61 .l:te7 l::td 8 62.'ili>c3 fi..a6 0-1
Rybka 2.2n2
LoopM P 1 2.32
Hase_Div.Hardware_n 2006 ( 1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.1Llf3 d 6 3.fi.. bS 1Llc6 4.00
d7 S.J:ie1 1Llf6 6.c3 a6 7.fi..a4 c4
8.c2 1Llg4 9.a3 ILlceS [9 . . . b5]
10.h3 [1 0.es 1Lle5 1 1 . ..We2 b5 1 2.b3;!;
transposes to lines that we have seen again
and again in this Survey] 10 1Llf3
1 1 .'i'f3 lt:JeS 1 2.'i'e2 bS 1 3.b3 [This
is the same position as in the previous
comment, only with the inclusion of h3. I
really believe this doesn't help White. It
actually gives Black the extra option of
... t:Lg6 and the h3 weakness is telling
because there is no move such as g2g3]
13 i:tcS 1 4.f4 1Llg6 [Elsewhere .in this
.
Survey we never had the chance to move
the knight to this square, because it would
be stuck there after g2g3]
,.
i little bit more] 39.'i'b3 [39.h3 l:tf5]
0, 8 8
!'!:,
s s
1 5.g3! [Still he goes for ] 1 S 'ilt'c7.
[15 ... fi..h3 1 6.bc4 h5 1 7.cbS h4 1 8.ba6 hg3
1 9.15! 'i'b6 20.d4 12lh4 21 .dl !! (this strong
defensive move puts an end to all Black's
hopes) 21 . . .1Llg2 22.J:ifl 1Llh4 23.J:ibl +-;
1 5 ... cb3 1 6.ab3 fi.. h3 1 7.tLlb1 !;!; 'i'b6
( 1 7 ... es 18.15; 17 ... 'ilt'd7 1 8.l::ta6 fi..g4
1 9.'i'e3; 1 7 ... hS 1 8.J:ia6 J:ibB 1 9.d4)
1 8.'i'f2 'i'b7 1 9.d4; 15 ... 'i'b6] 1 6.bc4
bc4 1 7.J:ib1 hS! 1 8.h4 e6 1 9.fi..d 1
fi..e7 20.1Llc2 [White is better] 20 fi..a4
21 .llb4 fi.. bS 22.a4 fi..d7 23.tLle3 dS
24.edS fi.. b4 2S.cb4 12le7 26.b2!
'ili>f8 27.de6 fi..e6 28.'iWf2 J:ih6
29.fi..d4 lDfS 30.tt:lfS fi..fS 31 .bS abs
32.abS 'i'd7 33.b6 l:td8 34.fi..cS
'ili>g8 3S.fi..f3 J:ie6 36.J:ie3 [36.hS J:iel
37.'it'el 'it'c6 38.fi..f7 <;i;>f7 39.'iWe7 'ili>g6
40.1t'g5 'ili>f7 41 .'ilt'fS 'ili>gB 42.fi..e3 'ilt'l3!
43.'ili>h2 c3] 36 fi.. g4 37.fi..g 2
.. Y2-Y2
9.d4
Dagkakis,Panagiotis
Vragoteris,Antonios
Greece ti 2009 (2)
The player behind the black pieces was one
of my first coaches. 1 .e4 cs 2.tbf3 t2Jc6
3.fi.. bS d6 4.0-0 fi..d7 S.c3 1Llf6 6.J:ie1
a6 7.fi..a4 c4 8.fi..c 2 1Llg4 9.d4 [Of
course this is a very normal move but Black
likes to play ... cd3. A subsequent ... g7-g6,
. . . fi..g7 and . . . 1Llge5 creates excellent control
over the es-square] 9 cd3 1 0.fi..d3 g6
..
1 1 .1Llbd2 fi..g7 1 2.1Llc4 bS 1 3.lDe3
0-0 [Black is just fine] 1 4.lt:: d S e6
1 S.lDe3 geS 1 6.tlleS tll eS 1 7.fi..e2
'it'c7 [1 7. . . 'iWb6] 1 8.f4
1 8 tll c 6 [ 1 8 . . . lDc4!? would have been
more to the point! White doesn't have any
Survey SI 1 . 6
good options. Leaving the knight there isn't
a choice and swapping it gives Black an
open b-file and strong command on the
central squares plus the dream of pushing
. . . d6d5, e.g. 1 9.fi.. f3 ( 1 9.tll c4 bc4 20.fi..e3
c6) 1 9 . . . J:iabBJ 1 9.'ili>h1 J:ifb8
20.fi.. d 3 b4 [A typical and correct plan.
Unfortunately Antonis underestimated that
White can recapture the c3-pawn with the
bishop, leaving the black camp near the
king full of weak squares] 21 .fi.. d 2 bc3
22.fi.. c3 fi.. c 3 23.bc3 t:Le7 24.1t'd2
dS 2S.fS [25.:Lig4! when the weakness
on the dark squares starts to tell]
2S 'ilt'f4 [Bringing the queen over in aid
of the defence is always a good idea.
25 . . . de4 26 . .Q.e4 .Q.c6 27.fi..c6 'ilt'c6 28.fe6
'it'e6=] 26.llf1 'iWgS
E K
.t .I. .I.
.I. .I.
8 'iV
8
8 0,
8 !'!:,
:s :s @
27.f6?! [27.l:tadl ; 27.llf2] 27 de4
28.fi..e4 fi..c6 29.fi..c6 ti:: c6 30.J:iad1
J:id8 31 .'i'f2 tll eS [31 . . .hS] 32 . .l:td4
lld4 33.cd4 tll c6 34.'ilt'f3 lld8
3S.'ti'c6 'ilt'e3 36.'i'a6 'i'd4 37.'i'e2
hS 38.'i'f3 J:idS [38 . . . 'it'c4! presses a
39 es [39 . . . l:tfS!J 40.a4 e4 41 .h3
J:id6 [ 41 . . . J:idB] 42.1t'b8 l::td8
43.'ilt'f4 J:id6 44.@h2 e3 4S.'i'd4
.l:td4 46.J:ie1 i:ta4 47.J:ie3 i:tf4
48.'ili>g3 i:tf6 49.i:tea <;t;>g7 SO.h4
J:ia6 S1 .<;i;>f3 J:ia3 S2.<;i;>f2 'ili>f6
S3.lle4 @fS S4.l:ib4 i:ta2 SS.'ili>f3
.l:ta3 S6.'ili>f2 :as S7.g3 f6 S8.<;i;>f3
gS S9.hgS fgS 60.J:ib8 [60.g4] 60 g4
61 .'ili>g2 J:ia2 62.@g1 .l:td2 63.l::t bS
@e4 64.i:ths 'it<f3 6S.i:tas wg3
66.J:ia3 @h4 67.J:ib3 g3 68.J:ib8
Y2-Y2
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S i c ilian Defe n ce B52 Moscow Variation SI 1 .9 (852)

Latest Trends i n the Moscow Sici l i a n

by Sergey Tiviakov (special contribution by Viswanathan Anand)

1. e4 c5 We used to see this approach

2. tll f3 d6 only in sub-top and lower-level
3. b5 d7 tournaments, and in certain
4. d7 'i!Y d 7 openings, now it i s common in
5. c4 tll f6 all tournaments and in all open- .
6. tll c 3 g6 in gs.
7. d4 cd4
8. tll d 4 g7 The Latest Trends
One of the variations that require
a lot of theoretical work is the
i K
Najdorf Sicilian. In the Year
' ' books we have been studying
different ways of avoiding it
(look at earlier Surveys written
by yours truly, for example ! ) .
3 .b5 remains a popular move Vlswanathan Anand
to avoid the Najdorf or other ex
tensively analysed variations of Tiviakov-Gerzhoy, Ottawa
the Sicilian Defence. At the 2007) 6.tll c3 g6 7 .d4 cd4 8.tll d4
moment we see this move being g7 (see the diagram above).
Chess in the modem information played by C arlsen, Anand (who
age develops with leaps and himself became a victim of it Key Differences
bounds. The amount of theory to several times), Caruana and What we now see on the board is
be studied grows each day, and other strong players. And we feel the pawn structure that is typical
this is not to everyone ' s taste. In that a Survey has become neces for the Maroczy System against
1 994, for example, the Huge Da sary to i nform the Yearbook the Accelerated Dragon. The key
tabase consi sted of only 300,000 reader about the latest trends and difference compared with the
games, whereas now an average developments in the variation Maroczy is the fact that the
database has 6,000,000 games. beginning with 1 .e4 c5 2.tll f3 d6 light-squared bi shops have been
Nowadays we see more and 3.b5 d7 4 ..Q.d7 'i!Yd7 5.c4
exchanged. Although i n the
more players (including the (another plan, with castling, Maroczy, White ' s light-squared
world top) selecting an approach c2-c3 and d2-d4, will not be bi shop is always bad, its ex
that moves away from the main studied in this Survey) 5 tll f6 .. change still favours Black, who
theoretical lines. The players are (the pawn grab 5 . . . 'i!Yg4 6.0-0 gets more space to manoeuvre
not trying to compete in the 'i!Ye4 7 .d4 is extremely danger his pieces . But the most impor
depth of their home preparation, ous for B lack; another move tant thing is that after the bishop
but choose less deeply analysed order, 5 . . . tll c 6 6 .tll c 3 tll f6 7 .d4 swap it is much easier for Black
lines that do not promise a large cd4 8 . tll d4 and then 8 . . . 'i!Yg4, to organize the freeing move
advantage. Instead, they try to leads to a sl ightly better end . . . d6-d5 . In most cases, if Black
outplay their opponent in the game for White after 9 . 'if g4 tll g4 fails to free himself by playing
later stages of the game . I O.tll c 6 bc6 1 l .f4 as in . . . b7-b5 or . . . d6-d5 at some

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point, he will end up worse.
White can easily stop the possi
ble advance . . . a7-a6 and
. . . b7-b5 by playing a2-a4, but it
is not so easy to stop the plan
with . . . e7-e6 and . . . d6-d5 . So
most of the play we will see in
this line will be about this
break-through advance !
The following games clearly
demonstrate the dangers in
Black's position and what can
happen to him if he fails (or does
not want) to play . . . d6-d5 :
Tiviakov-Idani, Tiviakov-Ivan
chuk, Tiviakov-Collas, Bruzon
Jones. And of course, this selec
tion can go on, on and on . . .
In the diagrammed position,
White has a choice of four main
plans: A) 9.0-0, B ) 9.h3, C) 9.f3
and D) 9.tt:lde2.
Variation A
9.0-0 is a natural enough move.
However, here it seems less dan
gerous for Black because after
9 . . . 0-0 White has no time to play
1 0.f3 or 1 0.h3, since after both
moves Black equalizes easily
with 10 . . Jk8 l l .b3 d5 ! !. In or
der to keep fighting for an advan
tage, White probably has to play
I O.b3 tt:lc6 l l .b2, although it
seems that B lack is OK then after
l l . . .e6, preparing . . . d6-d5 (see
Krayz-Roiz, Israel tt 2004).
Another possibility for Black i s
9 . . . tt:lc6, forcing White t o move
his knight away from the central
square d4. Now 1 0.tt:lde2? ! can
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lead to complications after
1 0 . . . 'if e6 I I . tt:ld5 'if e4 1 2. tt:lc 7
Wd7 1 3 .tt:la8 "i!t'c4. Two pawns
for the exchange turned out to be
more than enough for B lack in
Naiditsch-Anand, B aden-Baden
20 1 3 . Although I believe that
White can i mprove on his play,
it's difficult to believe that he can
get an advantage here .
If Black i s afraid t o g o into com
plications, he can also opt for
1 0 . . . 0-0, transposing to a line
which we will study later -
9.tt:lde2 (Variation D).
After 9 ... tt:lc6 the best move for
White i s 1 0.tt:lc2. The ensuing
position was quite popular a long
time ago, but now it i s rarely
seen. But it i s worth returning to
it, trying to discover new
resources for White !
Variation B
The idea behind 9 .h3 is to try and
finish the development with
c l -e3 and 0-0. If White suc
ceeds, he will stand slightly
better compared to the set-up
with f2-f3, e3 , 0-0. Unfortu
nately for White, after 9.h3 the
pawn on e4 remains insuffi
ciently protected, allowing
Black to use a tactic to solve his
problems. After the correct
9 . . . f/Jc7 White has a choice be
tween 1 0.b3 and 1 0.flte2.
I O.b3 forces the game into an
equal ending: 1 0 . . . i!f a5 l l .d2
t2Je4 ( 1 1 . . . tt:lc6 deserves atten
tion as well) l 2.tt:le4 i!fe5
1 3 .i!t'b l f5 1 4.c3 e4 1 5 .'\We4
fe4 1 6.tt:lb5 c3 1 7 .tt:lc3 . This
variation i s presented in the
game Bologan-Naiditsch, Spain
tt 20 1 1 .
The only way for White to avoid
an equal ending i s to play
1 0.iVe2, as yours truly did i n his
game against Hou Yifan in
Hoogeveen 20 1 2 . Although the
position remains equal , thanks to
the fact that all pieces are present
on the board, White has more
chances to outplay a weaker op
ponent (or lose to a stronger
one). In the above-mentioned
game I managed to exploit the
then Women ' s World Cham
pion ' s mistake in the complica
tions and win the game .
Va riation C
The move 9.f3 and the following
set-up have always been White ' s
m a i n weapon. After 9.f3 0-0
(please note that 9 . . . "i!f c7, played
in analogy with Variation B, is a
mistake. Anand played it once
against C arlsen and lost badly. I
think that Anand had simply
confused two lines: 9.f3 with
9.h3) IO . .te3 tt:lc6 (other moves
are worse, for example 1 0 .. Jk8
turns out to be a loss of time,
since Black i s unable to carry
through the . . . d6-d5 break at an
opportune moment, see Tivia
kov-Usmanov, St Petersburg
2004) 1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2 .a4 e6, one of
the main positions for the evalua
tion of the system with 3 .b5 as
a whole arises.

White has several different ways
to try to stop the break . . . d6-d5 .
1 3 .tt:Jde2 occurred in the game
Tiviakov-Nakamura, Hooge
veen 20 1 2 . Thi s game has been
analyzed deeply by the present
author, and includes i n the notes
all the games played after it. Al
though White manages to stop
. . . d6-d5 , Black gets very good
and active play for his pieces,
which secures equality.
1 3 .nc l is an old move, played
for the first time by Sadvakasov
against Kasparov in Astana I 2
years ago.
It doesn ' t prevent . . . d6-d5 .
Adams repeated this move i n
December 2 0 I 2 against Domin
guez Perez in London, but also
failed to get an advantage.
Va riation D
In my opinion, 9. tt:Jde2 is the
most promising move for White
at the moment.
A n o t h e r M ov e O r d e r
5 . ti:J c 6
. .
Tiviakov,Sergey
Gerzhoy,Leonid
Ottawa 2007 (2)
1 .e4 c5 2.tiJf3 d6 3.b5 d7
4.d7 'iWd7 5.c4 tiJc6 6.tiJc3 tiJf6
7.d4 cd4 8.ti'ld4 'ii' g 4 9.ii' g 4 ti'lg4
10.ti:Jc6 bc6 1 1 .f4 g6 1 2.h3!? tiJf6
:i * E
l l 'i i l A l
' l
9 . . . tt:Jc6 I O.f3 ( 1 0.0-0 is worse
and leads us to the vari ation
9 .0-0 tt:Jc6 I O.tt:Jde2, studied ear
l ier) 1 0 . . . 0-0 I 1 .0-0 a6 I 2.a4 e6
1 3 .g5 .
We can see that in comparison to
all the variations studied previ
ously, White has developed his
bishop to a much more active
place, once and for all preventing
Black's main strategic idea of
. . . d6-d5 .
B lack has lots of different ways
to regroup his pieces and create
activity. In the Main Game of
[ 1 2 ... h6!?] 1 3.e5;t; [1 3.000] 1 3 ... de5
[ 1 3 . . . tiJh5 1 4.h2 de5 1 5.e5 g7
1 6.g? ti'lg7 1 7.000J 1 4.es o-o-o
1 5.@e2 g7 1 6 . .ll h d1 ti'lh5 1 7.g7
tiJg7 1 8.ti'le4 tiJe6 1 9.We3 f5
20.tiJc3 g5 21 .ti'le2 h5?! 22.b4! h4
23.a4 g4 24.tiJf4 J:!.d1 25.J:td1 J:th6
26.f3 tiJf4 27.Wf4 gh3 28.gh3 J:!.g6
29 . .lle 1 @d7 30.J:te5 llg3 31 .lla5
J:th3 32.J:ta7 '.t>e6 33.b5 cb5 34.cb5
J:th1 35.b6 llb1 36.a5 .ll b4
Survey SI 1 . 9
the present Survey, Caruana
Anand, Sao Paulo/ B i lbao 20 1 2,
presented at the end of this Sur
vey, B l ack failed to put h i s
pieces on the optimal places,
mi ssed an obvious tactic and
l ater found himself on the verge
of losing. Clearly, Black must
have enough resources to equal
ize, but the complexity of the
position prevents us from com
ing to a definite conclusion on
how to do so.
The Final Conclusion
The bishop check 3 . b5 is be
coming more and more popular.
Although it doesn ' t promise
much of an advantage if Black
plays correctly, it remains a good
idea to avoid lots of theory i n the
main lines of the Sicilian De
fence. Another plus for White i s
that in the ensuing positions he
does not run so much risk to lose
(as in the N ajdorf), since after the
central exchanges (when Black
has played . . . d6-d5 ) White can
not lose i f he doesn ' t want to play
for a win. At the moment, the
most promising variation for
White remains the one with
tt:Jde2 and g5 . My prediction is
that we will see many more
games with this line in the near
future . And who knows, maybe
another Survey will be required
soon !
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37.@e3 [37 . .t>gS h3 38.l:taB (c,.
39.llhB+-) 38 ... l:th4 39.b?] 37 ... h3
[37... llb2 38.lla8+-] 38.Wf2 .!:!.b2
39.Wg1 +- wes 40 . .!:!.e7 wf4
4 Ulg7 wf3 42.b7 f4 43.a6 llb1
44.Wh2 l:tb2 4S.Wh3 llb1 46.Wh4
1 -0
Da n g e rs for B l a c k
Tiviakov,Sergey
ldani,Pouya
Mashhad 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tLf3 d6 3 ..lii . bS ..lii. d7
4 . .Q.d7 Wid7 S.c4 1Lf6 6.tLc3 g6
7.d4 cd4 a.cLd4 xg7 9.f3 o-o
1 O.e3 1Lc6 1 1 .0-0 llac8 1 2.b3
l:tfd8 1 3.Wid2 e6 1 4.llad1 a6
1 S.tLde2 W/e7 16 ..b6 lld7 1 7.l:tfe1
Wif8 1 8ka4 .!:!.ea 1 9.tLec3 llee7
20..e3 l:td8 21 . Wif2 h6 22 . ..ll b6
lldd7 23.lld2 tLhS 24.l:ted1 ..Iles
2S.g3 l:te8 [;;:: 25 ... 'it'g7] 26.tLe2
1Lb8? [26 ... 15D] 27.f4! .0..g 7 28.eS 1 -0
Tiviakov,Sergey
lvanchuk,Vasily
Benidorm 2008 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2kf3 d6 3 . ..0.. bS .0.. d7
4 . ..lld7 Wid7 S.c4 1Lf6 6.tLc3 g6
7.d4 cd4 8.!2Jd4 .0..g7 9.f3 ..c6
10 . .0..e3 0-0 1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2.a4 Wid8
1 3.b3 'li'aS 1 4.'l:!Yd2 l:tfc8 1S . .!:!.fd1
llab8 16 . .!:!.ab1 !2Jd7 1 7.1Lde2 Wida
1 8.wh1 !Les 1 9.ILdS e6 20kdc3
.0..f8 21 .J4 tLeS 22.Wie3 Wic7
23 . .0.. g 3 Ji.e7 24.f4 1Lc6 2S.fS tt:: es
26.ILd4 .\li.f6 27.fe6 fe6
40
28.b4 li:Jc4 29.Wie2 ..a3 30.lla1
d4 31 . .!:!.a3 1La4 32.t2la4 es
33.ti::: b2 Wic2 34.Wlc2 l::!: c2 3S.tt'ld3
llbc8 36.h3 .!:!.e2 37.li:Je1 .!:!.c4
38kf3 .!:!.b4 39.1Ld4 lld4 40.lld4
ed4 41 ..0..d6 lle4 42.llf3 bS 43 . ..li.b4
d3 44 ..0..d2 .!:!.d4 4S.llf6 as 46.l:ta6
a4 47.wh2 llc4 48.lld6 b4 49.lld3
b3 SO.lld8 wf7 S1 Jlb8 llc2
S2.ii,b4 we6 S3 . .Q..f8 .!:!.a2 S4 . .0.. g7
WdS SS . .!:!.b4 @cs S6 . .0..f8 WdS
S7 . ..lii. g7 wcs
Tiviakov,Sergey
Collas,Didier
France I t 2007 ( 1 0)
1 .e4 cs 2kf3 d6 3.iii. bS .d7
4.d7 Wid7 S.c4 1Lc6 6.tl:: c 3 g6
7.d4 cd4 8.t2Jd4 ..Q.g7 9 ...Q.e3 ti:'f6
1 O.f3 0-0 1 1 .0-0 ILd4 1 2.d4 J:lfc8
1 3.b3t 'i!fd8 1 4.llc1 a6 1 S.'llfe2
t2Jd7 1 6 . .0.. g 7 \t>g7 1 7.J:lfd1 J:lc6
1 8.\t>h1 e6 1 9.f4 llac8 20.a4
20 ... es 21 .fS 'i!fgs 22.tLldS .!lea
23.l:tf1 gfS 24.efS t2lf6 2S.l::!: c 3 Wh8
26.llg3 '1Wh4 27.Wif2 'ilfh6 28.l::!: h 3
'ii' g S 29.'i!fa7?! ILdS 30.'li'b7?
[30.llg3=] 30 ... llecS!-+ 31 .J:lh7
[31 .'ifl7 ti:ll6] 31 ... wh7 32.'i!ff7 Wh8
33.'i!fdS l::!: b6 34.f6 l::!:f8 3S.h3 .!:!.b3
36.'li'd6 llg8 37.'i!fdS Wih4??
[37... 'ife3-+] 38.'i!feS Jlh3 39.gh3
Wih3 40.'i!fh2 'li'h2 41 .Wh2 l::!: c8
42.f7 @g7 43.cS Wf8 44.llfS lld8
4S.c6 lld6 46.c7 l:tc6 47.llhS 1 -0
Bruzon Batista.Lazaro
Jones, Gawain
Istanbul al 201 2 (3)
1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3 . ..0.. b S .0.. d 7
4 . .0..d 7 'i!fd7 S.c4 tt'lf6 6.t2lc3 g6
7.d4 cd4 8 . ..d4 .O.. g 7 9.f3 0-0
1 0 . ..lle 3 1Lc6 1 1 .0-0 .!lacs 1 2.b3
'li'd8 1 3.@h1 'ii' a S 1 4.t2Jde2 a6
1 S.a3 ti::c d 7 1 6 . .0.. d 2 'li'd8 1 7.lla2
..d4 1 8.tLd4 .ild4 1 9.ILdS Ji.g7
20 . .f<.gS lle8 21 .lle2 t2Jb6 22.1Le3
1Ld7 23.f4 'li'aS 24.ILdS 1Lf6 2S . ..li.f6
..Q,f6 26.b4 Wida 27.eS des 28.lld2
e6 29ke3 Wie7 30.lld7 J:led8
31 .tLdS lld7 32.tLe7 .!:!.e7 33.feS
..Q.es 34.cS g7 3S.'ii' d 6 .0..f8 36.g3
es 37.'i!fdS e4 38.lle1 e3 39.'1Wd3
llce8 40.J:le2 lle6 41 .Wg2 hS
42.'ii' d S b6 43.c6 llc8 44.'t!fd3
.!:!.cc6
Va r i a t i o n A
9 . 0-0
K rayz,Alexander
Roiz,Michael
Israel 2004
1 .e4 cs 2.1Lf3 d6 3 . .il.. bS ..lld 7
4 . .0.. d 7 'l:!Yd7 S.c4 g6 6.0-0 .0.. g 7 7.d4
cd4 8.1Ld4 1Lf6 9.liJc3 0-0 1 O.b3
1Lc6 1 1 . .0.. b2 e6N [1 1 .. .a6 1 2.ti:JdS ti:le4
1 3.ti:Jb6; 1 1 ...ti:Jg4; 1 1 ... l:tlcB; 1 1 ...llacB]
1 2.Wid2 llfd8 1 3.llad1 [;;:: 1 3. l:tfd1 M.
Roiz] 1 3 ... a6 [13 . . . ti:Jd4 1 4.W/d4 ti:Jd5
1 5.'ifd3 ti:Jc3 16 . .0..c3 .0..c3 1 7.'ii' c3 b5=;
13 ... llac8!? M. Roiz] 1 4.l:tfe1
.i. i:
.t. .t. .t. .t.
.t. .t. .t. .t.
1 4 ... bS! [1 4 . . . ti:ld4?! 1 5.'i!fd4 b5 1 6.eS
ti:Je8 1 7.cS ! M. Roiz] 1 S.cbS [1 5.ti:Jc6
'i!fc6 1 6.eS ti:Je8 1 7.ti:Je4 d5! M. Roiz]
1 S ... tt'ld4 1 6.'i!fd4 abs 1 7.'i!fb4 tLie8
1 8. l:te2 'i!fc6 1 9.a3 l:tdb8 20.J:lc1
Wia6 21 .ti:Jb1 ..ll h 6 22.llcc2 lld8
23.ti:Jc3 l:tab8 24.g3 l:tdc8= [ . . .
moves]

Naiditsch,Arkadij
Anand,Viswanathan
Baden-Baden 201 3 (1 0)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:if3 d6 3.bS d7
4. .Q.d7 'i!fd7 S.c4 ti:if& 6.ti:ic3 g&
7.d4 cd4 8.ti:id4 g7 9.0-0 ti:ic&
10.12lde2?! [1 0.!3? ti:le4!+; RR 1 0.ti:ic2
0-0 1 1 .'ilfe2 (1 1 .b3 a6 1 2.a4 b5 1 3.ab5 ab5
14.l:l.aB l:!a8 1 5.cb5 Ci:ia7 1 6.Ci:ia3 Ci:ie8
17.12la4 l:!b8 1 8.b6 Ci:icB 1 9.ke3 Ci:if6
20.'i!fd3 Ci:ig4 Y,-Y, Gipslis-Geller, Havana
1971 ; 1 1 .g5 J:!ac8 1 2.'i!fd2 Y,-Y2
G.Kuzmin-Karjakin, Sudak 2002) 1 1 ... J:!acB
(1 1 ... b6 1 2.kd2 1i'b7 1 3.l:l.ad1 a6 1 4.Ci:id5
12ld7 1 5.c3 c3 1 6.Ci:ic3 b5 1 7.cb5 ab5
18.a3 l:!.fc8 1 9.Ci:id4 Ci:id4 20.l:td4 J:!c3
21 .bc3 l:!a3 Y,-Y, A.Sokolov-Kir.Georgiev,
Budva It 1 996; 1 1 ... a6 1 2.d2 J:!ab8
13.J::. ac1 b5 1 4.cb5 ab5 1 5.Ci:id5 e6
16.12lcb4 ed5 1 7.Ci:ic6 llb6 1 8.ed5 Ci:id5
19.'i!fl3 Y,-Y, Tkachiev-Gelfand, Groningen
1997) 1 2.d2 'fie? 1 3.J:!ad1 a6 1 4.b3
12ld7 1 5.Ci:id5 'fibB 1 6.e1 l:lfe8 1 7.!4 b5
18.cb5 ab5 1 9.'ot>h1 'fib? 20.l:!l3 l:ta8
21 .12ldb4 ti:ic5 22.J:!e3 Ci:ie6 23.15 Ci:ied4:f
Gavrikov-Miroshnichenko, Tallinn rapid 2003]
10 ... 'fie& [RR 1 0 ... 0-0 1 1 .f3 J:!ac8 1 2.b3
e6 13.g5 h6 1 4.kh4 J:l.ld8 1 5.J:!c1 g5
16.12 d5= Vachier-Lagrave-lstratescu,
Nancy 201 3] 1 1 .Ci:idS 'it'e4 1 2.Ci:ic7
wd7 1 3.tt:iaa 'ifc4 1 4.Ci:ic3 [1 4.Ci:ib6
ab6 Kasparov-The World, er 1 999]
14 ... naagg 1 s.gs e& 1 6.l:le1
tLdS!? [16 ... h6] 1 7.tt:ldS 'it'dS 1 8.'it'dS
edS 1 9.J::. a d1 h& 20.c1 d4 21 .J:!d3
i:tca 22.J:l.b3 b& 23.>i<f1 tt:ies 24.l:la3
aS?! [24 ... l:l.c7 25.h3 g5 (25 ... 15 26.14
12lc6) 26.14 gl4 27.f4 '1tte6 /;. 28 ... wd5]
2S.b4! l:!c2 [25 . .. ab4 26.l:la7 @c6 27.14
ill d3 28.J:!d1 Ci:ic5 29.J:!f7 h8 30.d2 b3
31 .ab3 1Lib3 32.J:!h7 h5 33.J:!h6 J:!g8oo]
26.baS bas [t;. 27 ... 1Lic4] 27.l:l.aS!
tiJd3 2Uta7 We & [28 ... @d8 29.l:!a8!]
29.J:!f7 1Lie1 [29 ... ke5 30.h6! Ci:ie1
31 .@e1 d3 32.l:!f3] 30.@e1 l:tc1
31 .'>td2 J:!g1 32.l:tg7 llg2
33.@e1 ?? [33.'it>e2 llh2 34.l:!.g6 h5
35.J:l.h6 h4 36.@d3 h3 (36 . . . @c5 37.a4 .
l:th1 38.a5 h3 39.a6 l:la1 40.@d2 J:!a2
41 .@d 1 =) 37.@d4 l:!.h1 38.@e3=]
33 l:!.h2 34.l:!.g& Il.h1 [A vital tempo]
.
3S.@d2 [35.@e2 h5] 3S hS 36.l::t h & ..
[36.>i<d3 h4 37.@d4 h3-+] 36 h4 ..
37.a4 h3 38.aS h2 39.a& '>tc7
40.J:!h7 >i<b8 41 .@e2 d3 [Immobilizing
the king] 42.@d2 w as [Zugzwang]
43.llhS '>ta7 44.llh& dS [ 44 ... <;f;>a6
45.l:!.d6] 4S.l:th8 @a& 46.llh& .tbs
47.l:l.h8 '>tc4 [t;. 48 ... J:!a1 49.J:!h2 J:!a2
50.@d1 @c3-+] 48.l:!c8 '1tt d 4 49.l:!h8
'>te4 [50.J:!h3 4 51 .J:!h8 3 52.J:!l8
"1;>g2 53.J:!g8 2 54.J:!hB lt>13 55.J:!IB
<;f;>e4 56.l:!h8 J:!a1 57.J:!h2 l:!a2] 0-1
Anand
M/ 13-2-85
Va r i a t i o n B
9.h3
Bologan,Viktor
Naiditsch,Arkadij
Spain ti 201 1 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.lLif3 d& 3.bs Rd7
4.d7 'it'd7 S.c4 /Lit& 6.ti:ic3 g&
7.d4 cd4 8.ti:id4 .Q.g7 9.h3 'it'c7!
1 0.b3 'it'aS 1 1 .Rd2 ti:ie4 [1 1 . ..Ci:ic6
1 2.Ci:id5 (1 2.ti:ide2 0-0 1 3.0-0 l:l.ac8
1 4.'it>h1 l:!le8 1 5.ti:id5 'ifc5 16.Ci:iec3 a6
1 7.llc1 Ci:id5 1 8.ed5 1Lie5 1 9.e3 'ifb4
20.d4 b5:f Dempster-Marez, er ICCF
2009; 1 2.Ci:il3 0-0 1 3.0-0 a6 ( 1 3 ... l:!.fcB
1 4.l:l.e1 a6 1 5.ti:id5 Wd8 1 6.c3 ti:id5
1 7.g7 Ci:ie3 1 8.l:!e3 @g7 1 9.a4 'ifa5<=>
Survey SI 1. 9
Bologan-Le Quang Liem, Astana Wch blitz
201 2) 1 Hte1 l:!.ac8 1 5.1Lid5 'it'd8 1 6.c3
ti:id5 1 7.kg7 ti:ie3 1 8.l:te3 lt>g7 1 9.1i'd2
'ifa5 20.'fib2 @g8 21 .l:.d1 b5t Bologan
Gelland, Astana Wch rapid 201 2) 1 2 ... 'ifd8
1 3.ti:ic6 bc6 1 4.ti:if6 16 1 5.J:!c1 0-0
1 6.0-0 1i'b6t G.Evans-Ljubicic, er Email
2009] 1 2.lLie4 'ilt'eS 1 3.'it'b1 fS
1 4.c3 'fie4 1 S.'i!fe4 fe4 1 6.ti:ibS
c3 1 7.ti:ic3
17 ... llfS (17 ... e3 1 8.13 ti:ic6 1 9.0-0-0 a6
20.@b2 0-0 21 .l:l.he1 l:!l5 22.lle3 g5
23.Ci:id5 @17 24.a4 l:te5= Hracek
Agdestein, Dresden ol 2008; 17 . .. Ci:ic6
1 8.ti:le4 0-0 1 9.!3 (1 9.0-0 J:!f5 20.14 l:l.a18
21 .g3 h5 22.h4 d5 23.cd5 l:td5 24.J:!ld1
J:!ld8 25.J:!d5 J:!d5 26. 'it>l2 Ci:ib4 27.a3 J:!a5
28. Ci:id2 Y2-Y2 Kasyan-Khvorostyanov, er
Email 201 1 ) 19 ... J:!l5 20.Wd2 l:l.d8
21 .l::t h e1 d5 22.cd5 J:!ld5 23.'it>e3 Ci:ib4
24.J:!ec1 J:!5d7 25. lt>e2 ti:id5= Spasov
A.Kovacevic, Vrsac 201 0; 1 7 ... 0-0 1 8.ti:Je4
J:!l5 Y,-Y, Movsesian-Dreev, Sibenik tt 201 0;
1 7 ... ti:Jd7 1 8.ti:Je4 :ca 1 9.lt>d2 ti:Jc5
20.J:!he1 ti:ie4 21 .l:l.e4 l:tf8 22.!3 >i'd7
23.a4 a5 24.J:!ae1 J:!f7 25.We3 y,.y,
Spasov-N.Mamedov, Konya tt 201 1 ] 1 8.0-0
[1 8.tlJe4 ti:Jc6 ( 1 8 . .. l:l.15 1 9.0-0 (1 9.0-0-0
ti:Jc6 ( 1 9 ... ti:Ja6 20.l:!d2 Wd7 21 .ti:Jc3 l:l.al8
22.13 tLic7 23.l:te1 b5= Hendriks-l'Ami,
Hoogeveen 201 2) 20.l:l.he1 0-0-0 21 .13 b5
Y2-Y2 Khairullin-Nepomniachtchi, Sochi It
201 0 (5)) 1 9 . . . lt>d7 ( 1 9 ... 1Lia6 20.l:l.le1
lt>d7 21 .ti:Jc3 J:!al8 22.l:l.e2 ti:Jc5 23.J:!d1
a5 24.13 g5 25.ti:Jd5 l:!517 26.l:!e3 h5 27.a3
ti:Ja6 28.ti:Jc3 J:!l5 29.1Lie2 l:tc5 30.tZ:ic3
ti:Jc7 31 .ti:Je4 J:!e5? 32.Ci:id6! Hendriks
Lindgren, Hoogeveen 201 2 (2)) 20.J:!ad1
Ci:ia6 21 .l:l.le1 l:!al8 22.l:!e2 l:!e5 23.g3
tZlc5 Y,-Y2 Movsesian-Svidler, Ohrid It 2009;
18 ... ti:JaG 1 9.l:td1 l:!f5 20.0-0 Y,-Y,
Movsesian-Caruana, Sochi tt 201 0 (8))
1 9.lld1 ll15 20.0-0 0-0-0 21 .14 l:l.df8 22.g3
41
@d7 23.li:le3 a6 24.li:ld5 b5 25.l:tlel bc4
26.bc4 e6= Movsesian-Dominguez Perez,
Wijk aan Zee 2009] 18 ... li:la6 [18 ... .1:1.15
1 9.J:l.lel li:lc6 20.li:le4 0-0-0 21 .g4 J:l.a5
22.li:le3 l:te5 23.Wg2 .1:1.18 24.l.t>g3 l:te1
25.l:tel >io>d7= Svetushkin-Cvitan, Vrsae
201 2] 1 9.llfe1 li:lcS 20J:tad1 l.t>d7
21 .lle3 llac8 22.J:i.d4 l:tf4 23.tt:JdS
l:tf7 24Jld2 lk6 2S.b4 li:la4 26.l:!.e4
e6 27.lll e3 lll c3 28.lled4 es
29.l:!.4d3 li:le4 30.lle2 l.t>e6 31 .cS
des 32.tt:Jc4 l:tf4 33.bS lld6 34.tt:Jd6
lll d 6 3S.llde3 li:Jc4 36.lle4 lle4
37.J:i.e4 @dS 38.lle1 li:Jb2 39.l:tb1
li:Jd3 40.@f1 c4 41 .@e2 @d4
42.lld1 @c3 43.l:td2 b6 44.l.t>e3 hS
4S.g3 gS 46.f3 h4 47.l:!.g2 llib4
48.gh4 gh4 49.we4 li:Jd3 SO.we3
tl:: f4 S1 .llgS li:Jd3 S2 . .ll h S? [52.J:l.g4
li:le1 53 . .ll g l =] S2 ... Wb2-+ S3.l:th4
t2Jf4 S4.l:tg4 c3 SS.h4 c2 S6.J;[g1
c1 'ii' S7.l:!.c1 wc1 S8.l.t>e4 @b2
S9.wes li:Jg6 60.@d6 !Lih4 61 .wc6
ti:cf3 62.@b7 !l:: eS 63.l.t>a7 !L:c4
64.a4 '.t>b3 0-1
Tiviakov,Sergey
Hou Yifan
Hoogeveen 201 2 (4)
1 .e4 cS 2.tl::f3 d6 3.kbS d7
4.d7 'ii'd7 S.c4 ti:Jf6 6.tiJc3 g6
7.d4 cd4 8.lll d4 kg7 9.h3 'ii' c 7!
1 0.'ii'e2
:I - * K
i i i i ii
i -i
1 0 ... tll c6 1 1 .!Lic2 [1 1 .lll db5 'ii'd8
1 2.0-0 a6 1 3.lll a3 lll d7 1 4.lll d5 (1 4.kd2;
1 4.li:Je2) 14 . . . e6'l' Rozentalis-Gordon, Oslo
201 2] 1 1 ... o-o 1 2.0-0 a6 [ 1 2 ... l:tlcB
1 3.b3 a6 1 4.b2 'ii'a5 1 5.lll e3 lll d4
1 6.'ifel li:Je6 1 7.J:i.bl li:Jl4 1 8.al b5
(18 ... 'iig 5!?) 1 9.li:Jed5= Alavkin-Kokarev,
Kazan 2009] 1 3.kd2 e6 1 4.l:tac1
[1 4.llld1 llld8 1 5.14 lll e5 1 6.tll e3 'iie6
42
1 7.13 Y,-Y, Ni Hua-So, Wijk aan Zee B
201 0] 1 4 ... llfe& 1 S.ke3 [1 5.lll e 3 lll d4
1 6.*'d3 lll d7 1 7.Whl tlle5 1 8.*'bl J:i.acB
1 9.b4 lll d7'l' Malakhov-Hraeek, Ohrid tt
2009] 1 S ... IL!eS
:I :I
i 'ifr' i .l. i
i i-i
[!:,
[!:,
'VJil !'::, [!:,
: Va r i a t i o n
1 6.!l:: a3 [1 6.b3 b5!] 1 6 ... l:!.ac8 1 7 .b3
'Was 1 8.ti:: a b1 dS [18 ... b5?! 1 9.eb5 ab5
20.'ii' b5 *'b5 21 .li:Jb5 li:le4 22.13! li:lg3
23.li:ld6 li:le2 24.@hl l:te1 25.llel li:le1
26.li:Je8 li:Ja2 27.li:lg7 <>t>g7 28.ii.d4 16
29.ke5 le5 30.l.t>g1 ] 1 9.f4 [19.ed5 ed5
20.ed5 li:ld5 21 .li:ld5 'ii d5 22.J;[cB .i:[cB
23.J:i.d1 'iie 6 24.li:Ja3=] 1 9 ... ti.Jc6 20.eS
tiJhS 21 .'iff2 ! ? [21 .g4 li:Jg3 (21 ...d4
22.gh5 de3 23.li:le4oo) 22.'ifl2 li:Jl1
23.ii.b6 'iib4 24.e5 'iia5 25.ii.b6=]
21 ... d4 22.kd4 li:Jd4 23.'ii d 4 gS
[23 ... li:Jg3!? 24 . .1:1.13 k18 25.l.t>h2 tiJl5gg]
24.tgs es 2S.'iff2 f4 [25 ... li:lg3!
26.J:i.ldl (26.'iff7 @h8 27.J:i.12 'iie5 28.96
hg6 29.*'g6 '*'e3! 30.'ife2 J:i.ed8)
26 ... J:i.ed8'l'] 26.tl:: e4 c1 27 . .i:[c1
[27.*'17 @h8 28 . .ll e 1 Cjj g7 29.Cjj b d2]
27 ... 'ifeS 28 . .i:[e1 '.t>h8 29.li:Jbd2
l:ted8 30.li:Jf3 'iff4 31 .g3 [31 .e5]
31 ... 'ifc7 32.'ii b2 li:lg7 33.li:JeS
'ifb6 34.l.t>g2 [34.c5+- J:i.e5 (34 ... 'ife7
35.b4 J:i.d5 36. li:Jl6+-) 35. {fjf7 l.t>g8
36.'ii12 J:l.dc8 37.li:ll6 @17 38.Cjj d 7+-]
34 ... l:tc7 3S.cS 'ifb4 36.'iff2 .ll d S
37.t2Jd6 [37.a3 '*'el (37 . . . it'b3 38.tiJl7
J:i.17 39.'ii17 J:i.15 40.it'e7 *'13
41 .l.t>g1 +-) 38.it'e1 l:te5 39.'ii b 4+-]
37 ... tlJfS 38.li:Jef7 J;[f7 [38. . . l.t>g8
39.li:Jh6 li:Jh6 40.gh6=; 38 . . . @g?? 39.li:Je8
@17 40.t2Je7 J:i.d2 41 .l:te2+-J 39.lll f7
<>t>g7 40.t2Jd6 ti:Jd6 [40 . .. lld2 4 1 . tiJl5
el5 42.J:i.e2 .ll e2 43.'ife2 *'c5] 41 .'ii'f6
l.t>g8 42.'ife6 @g7 [42 . .. tiJl7 43.J:i.11 !
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44.'ii' d 6 lld6 4SJle7 l.t>g8 46.l:!.b7
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48 ... l:td2 49.h4 as so.wh5 [50.h5+-J
SO ... lld6 S1 . .ll a 7 J;[b6 S2.l.t>g4 llb4
S3."11 h 3 l:tbS S4.l.t>h2 l.t>h8 SS.l.t>g2
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S8.l.t>fS J:i.b3 S9.hS J:i.f3 [59 ... h6! 60.g6
J:i.g3 61 .J:l.h7 .t>g8 62.l:th6+-] 60."11 g4
J:i.f8 61 .l:!.aS l:tb8 62.h6 wg8
63.1.t>hS l.t>f7 64.llfS @e6 6S.l:!.f4
l:tb3 66.l:tf6 >te7 67.J:i.a6 "11f7
68.l:l.a7 '.i>g8 69.lla8 @f7 70.J:i.h8
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Anand,Viswanathan
Sao Pau lo/Bilbao 201 2 (9)
1 .e4 cS 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.bS d7
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7.d4 cd4 8.t/Jd4 jLg7 9.f3 'ii' c 7? !
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J:i.d8 1 6.J:tld1 li:lb4 1 7.li:ld5 li:lbd5 1 8.ed5
l:td7 1 9.J:i.el a6 20.li:Ja3 b5 21 .li:Je2 'it'b7
22.li:Jb4gg Gredeseul-Oliynyk, er Email
201 1 ] 1 0 ... 'ifaS [10 . . . li:lc6 1 1 .ii.e3 0-0
(1 1 ...'ii a5 1 2.J:i.el li:Jh5 1 3.li:Je2 0-0 1 4.0-0
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15?! 1 8.el5 gl5 1 9.li:ld5 'ii d 8 20.l:tldl t s.
Kasparov-C. Varga, Pardubice 2007)
1 2.'ifd2 'iia5 1 3.J:l.e1 li:Jb4 1 4.0-0 t2Je6
1 5.llldl 'ii h 5 1 6.li:Jde2 li:Jd7 1 7.tiJl4 'ii a5
1 8.li:Jfd5 ifd8 Y,-Y, Loaiza-Ramirez, Puerto
Boyaea 201 2; 10 ... a6 1 1 .ii.e3 0-0 1 2.0-0
li:Jbd7 1 3.'iid 2 e6 1 4.li:Jde2 J:i.ad8 1 5.l:tfdl
li:Je5 16 . .1:1.ael J:tle8 1 7.li:Ja4t Soszynski
Bernal Varela, er FIGGS 2009] 1 1 .kb2
[1 1 .kd2 0-0 1 2.li:Jee2 'ii c5 1 3.ii.e3 "ifb4

14.'ifd2 'ifd2 1 5.lt>d2 tllc6 1 6.l:tad1 tlld7
17.tllc6 bc6 1 8.'ot>c2 J:tfb8:!o Silva Filho
Svidersky, Lechenicher SchachServer 201 1 ]
1 1 ... tll c6 1 2.0-0 [12.tlle2 0-0 1 3.0-0
l:tfd8 14.'tfd2 e6 1 5.l:tld1 a6 1 6.tll a4 'tt'd2
17.l:td2 b5= Dubkov-Gus1alsson, Germany
Bundesliga 201 2/1 3] 1 2 ... 0-0 1 3.ti:lce2:!o
[1 3.'it>h1 ti:ld7 14.tlld5 l:tle8 1 5.c3 "it'd8
16.li:lb5 c3 1 7.tlldc3 a6 1 8.ti:ld4 'ifb6
19.li:lc2 l:tac8= Bolshagin-Kokarev, Moscow
201 1] 13 l:tfd8 1 4.c3 'ifb6 1 S . ..t>h1
. Tiviakov,Sergey
dS! 1 6.tllc6 [1 6.cd5 tll d5 1 7.ed5 l:td5
18.li:lc6 l:td1 1 9.tlle7 'it.>h8 20.J:tad1 'ife6]
16 ... bc& 1 7.'iVe1 l:tdc8? [17 ... l:te8
18.e5 li:ld7 1 9.e6 le6 20.g7 'it.>g7 21 .tll14
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23.l:tae1 tll g7 24.g4 l:tc6
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8 24.ti:ld5 l:te1 25.'ii'el ti:le1 26.ti:ll6 ..t>h8
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25.li:lh3! ti:le8 26.'iVh6 tllf6 27.tll g S
d3 28.l:teS [6 29.tll h 7+-] 28 Wh8 l:tac8 ( 1 4. . .ti:ld7 1 5.b3 'it'a5 1 6.'ifd2 ti:lcS
29.I:1d1 'ifa6 30.a4 1 -0
M/ 12-8- 1 6
Tiviakov,Sergey
Usmanov,Vasily
St Petersburg 201 2 (5)
1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d 6 3.bS ..Q.d7 4.d7
'i'd7 s.c4 tllf6 6.tll c3 g6 7.d4 cd4
8.li:ld4 g7 9.f3 0-0 1 0.e3 l:tc8
1 1 .b3 a6 1 2.a4 e6 1 3.tll de2
1 3 ... dS 1 4.cdS tll d S 1 S.edS l:tc3
[1 5 ... c3 1 6.tllc3 l:te3 1 7.'iVd4 l:tcB:!o]
1 6.tll c 3 c3 1 7 ..t>f2 a1 [17 ... ed5
1 8.J:te1 d4gg] 1 8.'ifaU edS? ?
[ 1 8 ... 'iVd6 1 9.de6 it'e6:!o] 1 9.'iVf6+
'iffS 20.'it'd8 ri;g7 21 .d4 f6 22.g4
11Vf4 23.'it'e7 <;f;>g8 24.f6 'iVh6
2S.'iVb7 1 -0
Nakamura,Hikaru
Hoogeveen 201 2 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d6 3.kbS ..Q.d7
4.i<.d7 'ifd7 S.c4 tll f6 6.tll c3 g6
7.d4 cd4 8.ti:ld4 ..Q.g7 9.f3 0-0
1 O.ke3 tll c 6 1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2.a4 e6
1 3.ti:lde2
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1 7.l:tab1 l:tad8 1 8.l:tld1 es 1 9.14 g7
20.15 ke5 21 .14 'iVb6 22 . ..Q.es ti:le5=
Sinka-Almeida, Lechenieher SehaehServer
2009) 1 5.b3 I:11d8 ( 1 5 . . . ti:ld7!? Zakhartsov)
1 6 . ..Q.gs (1 6.l:te1 'i!Va5=; 1 6 ... .ll d7 1 7.ti:ll4
l:l.ed8 1 8.ti:led5 it'b8 1 9.ti:ll6 16
20.b6= g5 (20 . . . l:te8; 20 . . . d5!?)
21 ...Q.d8 'ifd8 22.g3 e5 23.ti:ld5 e1
24.'i!Ve1 :!o Khetsuriani-Karaoulanis, Paleo
ehora 201 1 ) 16 . . . 11Va5 ( 1 6 ... h6?! 1 7.h4
(Fomiehenko-Zakhartsov, Maikop 2004)
1 7 ... g5 1 8.g3 'i!Va5 19 . ..Q.e1 "it'e7=)
1 7.'i!Vd2 d5! 1 8.ed5 ed5 1 9.'ifl4! ti:lh5
20.kd8 ti:ld8! 21 .'ifg4 l:l.e3 22.ti:le3 e3
23.l:tae1 de4 (23 ... d4!?) 24."ii'e 4oo; 1 4.l:te1
ti:ld7 1 5.b3 ( 1 5.14 l:tac8 1 6.b3 l:tle8
1 7.'it'd2 ti:le5 1 8.l:tb1 tll a5'i' Alho
lmmonen, Jyvaskyla 2009) 15 ... tlle5
1 6.l:tb1 (1 6.12 l:tld8 1 7.'ot>h1 l:tac8
1 8.h4 l:td7 1 9.'it'e2 "it'b6'i' Olsarova
Dann, Pardubice 201 2) 1 6 ... l:tacB 1 7.@h1
l:tld8 1 8.g5 l:te8 1 9.14 e5'i'
Zubarev-S.Savehenko, Donetsk zt 1 998;
Survey S/ 1. 9
1 4.b3 l:tld8 ( 1 4 ... ti:ld7 1 5.l:tb1 l:tle8
1 6.@h1 (1 6.1!t'd2 l:tad8 1 7.l:Z.ld1 "it'a5
1 8.12 ti:lcS 1 9.e1 'ifb6= Schakel
Fiehaud, er ICCF 2008) 16 ... ti:le5 ( 1 6 ... 18
1 7.it'd2 'i!Va5 1 8.l:tld1 l:tac8 19.h6 e7
20.tll g 3 tll de5 21 .h3 l:tcd8 22.14 tlld7
23.b4 tll b4 24. 'i!Vb2 ti:lc6 25. ti:ld5 kf8
26.18 l:t18 27."ii' b7 ed5 28.'ifc6 'ife3
29.'it>h2 'ii'c4 30.1i'd5 'iVa4= 31 .'ifd6
ti:lcS 32.'ilfd8 l:td8 33.l:td8 'it>g7'l' Bojkov
Matikozian, Los Angeles 201 1 ) 1 7.12
l:tab8 1 8.h3 ke5 1 9.14 g7 20.'i!Vc2 'We7
2 1 . J:tld1 tll b4 22.'i!Vd2 l:Z.ed8 V.. - V.. Xu
Yuhua-Pogonina, Ningbo II 2008; 14 ... d5
1 5.ed5 ed5 1 6.ed5 l:tad8 1 7.'Wd2 ti:le7
1 8.l:l.ae1 'ifa5 1 9.l:tld1 ti:led5= Legemaat
Cimicki, er ICCF 2006) 1 5.'ifd2 'ifa5
( 1 5 . . . ti:la5 1 6.l:tab1 l:tac8 1 7.l:tlc1 ti:lc6
1 8.tll b5 'ife7 1 9.ti:lbd4 ti:le5 20 . .ll d 1 d5+:t
Soboleva-Kapuslin, Voronezh 201 1 )
ti:le7 20.l:tbc1 'ifd7 21 .b6:!o Buljoveie
D.Popovie, Subotica 2003) 14 ... ti:ld7
1 5.'ifd2 (1 5.b3 ti:le5 1 6.c;t>h1 l:tac8 1 7.14
es 1 8.h6 l:tle8 1 9.14 16 20.:13 ti:lb4
21 .ti:lg3 'ifa5 22.15 el5 23.el5 ti:lbd3
15 ... ti:lcS ( 1 5 ... ti:lce5 1 6.b3 l:tad8 1 7.l:tld1
ti:lcS 1 8.h3 15 19.14 ti:lc6 20.el5 gf5 21 .b4
ti:le4 22.tll e4 fe4 23.'We2 Ben Younes
Sherwood, Lechenieher SchaehServer 2009;
1 5 ... l:tacB 1 6.l:tle1 ti:la5 1 7.b3 ti:le5
1 8.'ifd1 l:tld8 1 9.12 ti:ld7 20.e3 ti:le5
21 .12 ti:ld7 22.14 ti:lc6 23.b4 ti:le7 24.a5
l:te8 25.e3 ti:ll6 26.b5 "it'a5 27.1t'd6
'fie7= Silva Filho-Endean, Leehenieher
SchaehServer 201 1 ; 15 ... J:!lcB 1 6.b3 ti:lcS
1 7.l:tle1 ti:lb4 1 8.ti:la2 ti:la2 1 9.'ifa2 b6
20.ti:ld4 g5 21 .'ifd2 h6 22.h4 'it'e7 23.hg5
hg5 24.'it<l2 'ifl6 25.'ife2 ti:ld7 26.l:th1
rlab8 27.'ifd2 ti:le5 28.'it<g1 g4 29.l:lh5
gf3 30.gf3 'it.>18 3H i'h2 'ifg6 32. c;t>h1
ti:le4 33.l:tg1 ti:lf2 34.12 'ifl6 35.'ifd6
'ife7 36.ti:le6 le6 37.lie7 'it<e7 38.l:tg7
1 -0 Silva Filho-Markoja, Leehenieher
SehaehServer 201 1 ) 1 6.b3 l:lac8 1 7.l:tld1
ti:la5 1 8.it'a2 ti:leb3 1 9.l:tb3 ti:lb3 20.'ifb3
'ife4 21 .'ifc4 l:tc4 22.l:td3!N (22.d4
d4 23.l:td4 l:td4 24.tll d4 .l:!.e8 25.ti:lde2
l:tc4 26.'it>l2 d5+ Jonkman-S.Savchenko,
Cairo 2003) 22 ... l:tlcB 23 . ..Q.d2 J:[8c6
24.@12 15 25.a5gg (25.g4 lg4 26.lg4 g5
27.h3 h6 28.ri;l3 e5+ S.Kasparov-
Gelashvili, 2007) 25 ... b6 Zagrebelny-Shipov,
Sochi II 2004; 1 3 ... 'ife7 1 4.b3 (1 4.12
43
C/Jrfl 1 5.l:.b1 C/Jde5 1 6.b3 15 1 7.el5 gl5
18.'tfd2 >t>hB 1 9.e3 i:r.ga 20.g5 'tfe8
21 .C/Jl4 h6 22. C/Jg6t Xu 'll.Jhua
Dzagnidze, caMa ol 2004) 14 ... C/Jb4 1 5.g5
h6 1 6. g5 17.g3 d5'f P.Stelanek-
Fedorchuk, Duisburg jr 1992; 13 ...l:.le8
1U.b6 (1 4.g5 h6 1 5. g5 (15 ... 'tfc7
16.>t>h1 C/Jrfl 1 7.l:.b1 C/Jc5 1 8.14 i:r.aca 1 9.b3
15 20.el5 gl5 21 .l:.13 'it>h7 22.b4 (/jrfl
23.l:.d3t N.Guliyev-Van Kampen, Hilversum
201 2) 16.12 d5 17.cd5 ed5 1 8.C/Jg3 de4
1 9.'ifrfl C/Jrfl 20.C/Jce4t lvanchuk
Dominguez Perez, Havana 201 2) 14 ... C/Je5
1 5.b3 'tfc6 1 6.d4 'ii'c7 Y2-\12 Nezar
Relange, France II 2009] 1 4.l:.c1 [1 4.@h1
l:.le8 1 5.12 'ii'c7 1 6.l:.c1 C/Jrfl 1 7.b3 CiJc5
1 8.l:.b1 @h8 1 9.g3 'ii'a5 20.'ii'd2 'ifb6
21 .12 'ii'c7 22.'ii'c2 C/Jb4 23.'ifd1 C/Jcd3
24.g1 l:.cd8 25.C/Jc1 d5 26.C/Jd3 dc4
27. C/Jb4 .!ld1 28. C/Jd1 cb3'f Zhang Zhong
Sadvakasov, Hyderabad Ach 2005]
14 ... .!lfe8 15 ..Q.f2 'it'e7 1 6.b3 C/Jd7
1 7.C/Jd4 C/Jb4 1 8.'it>h1 [1 8.4:lce2 d5'f]
1 8 ... 4:lc5 1 9 . ..Q.g1 h5 [19 ... .l:tedB!? t:.
20...d5] 20. .!lb1 'it'dB [20 ... h4!?] 21 .<de2
'it'c7 22.'ifd2 [22 ...Q.d4!?] 22 ... l:tedB
23.<d1 [23.e3t] 23 tt:ic& 24.4:le3
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26.<c2 [26.a5t] 26... 'Wf7 27.C/Jf4
1 7 ... l:.c3!? [17 ... 4:leg4!? 1 8.e5 tt:ie4
1 9.4:le4 de4] 1 8.J:tc3 tt:le4 1 9.l:tc2 tt:lg4
20.l:tfc1 h5! 21 .l:.c7 [21 .h3 4:le3
22.'tt'e3 l:teB 23.'i!fd3 'i!i'd6 24.4:le2
16!?] 21 ...'ii'd6 22.1Lif3 [22.h3?
4:lg3-+] 22 ... ..Q.f6! 23.g3 [23.h3!? 4:le3
24.'tfe3 i:r.ea 25.l:.cB J:lcB 26.l:.cB <;i;>g7]
23 ... 'li'e6! 24. ..Q.d4! [24.l:.b7 tt:lc3!]
24 ... d4 25.tt:ld4 'li'b6 26.'li'd3
[26. 'i!i'b2 h4gg; 26... a5] 26 ... tt:lgf2
27.'i!fe3 tt:ig4 28.'li'd3 h4! 29.a5!?
[29.gh4 'it'f6g!?j
29 ... 'li'f6? [29 ... 'ifa5t 30.4:l13 hg3 31 .hg3
4:lg3 32.Wg2 4:le4 (32 ... 4:lh5!? 33.'ifd4
i:r.ea 34.i:tca 'it'b5t) 33.'i!fd4 i:r.ea 34.i:tca
'ii'b5 35.l:.e8 'ii'e8 + 36.4:le5!? 4:le5
1 O . ..Q.e3 1Lic6 1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2.a4 e6
1 3.J:tc1 4:le5 1 4.b3 d5 1 5.cd5 ed5
1 6.tt:ld5 4:ld5 1 7.ed5 l:.feB=
1 812 [18.tt'ic2 l:.oc8 19 l:.c3 20.4:le3
l:.c1 21 .'tt'c1 tt:ld3 22.'i!i'd2 tt:ll2 23.J:tl2 Wd6
24.l:te2 h5 25.g3 'iWb6 26.b4 ..Q.d4 Bologan
Wtjta5zek, Pak.5 201 1] 1 8 ... 'it'd5 1 9.'it'c2
'li'd7 20.J:tcd1 .!lac8 21 .'it'b1 'it'c7
22.i:r.te1 ti:jd7 23.J:leB i:r.ea 24.'it'c2
l:tc8 25.'li'c7 .!:!.c7 26.Wtt ILic5 27. .!lc1
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37.g5 b5 38.ab5 .r:tb5 39.f4 J:l.b4
40.@f2 a4 41 .ba4 lla4 42.<Ma .!la7
43.l:.e3 l:.b7 44 .lld3 l:.a7 45.l:.e3 J:l.b7

[27.a5t] 27 ... C/Je7 28.4:le3?! [28.l:.le1 e5
(28 ... 6 29 ...Q.e3t) 29.c5t] 28... h6
29.<d3 C/Jd3 30.'Wd3 d5= 31 .cd5
4:ld5 32.tLld5 .l:td5 33.'ife2 .!ld2
34.'ife5 l:.cc2 35.l:.f2 l:.f2 36.f2
<;i;>h7 37.@g1 g7 38.'ifd6 e5
39.'ifd3 l:ta2 40.h3 e4 41 .'li'e3 h6
42.'ifc3 ..Q.d2 43.'ife5 ef3 44.gf3
h6 45.l:td1 J:l.c2 46.'li'd5 'li'g6
47.<;i;i1 l::tc7
Sadvakasov,Darmen
Kasparov,Garry
Astana 2001 (9)
1 .e4 c5 2.4:lf3 d6 3.b5 ..Q.d7 4 ...Q.d7
'Wd7 5.c4 c6 6.d4 cd4 7.ti:ld4 <f6
B.tbc3 g6 9.f3 ..Q.g7 1 0.e3 0-0
1 1 .0-0 a6!? [1 1 ...l:.lcB 1 2.b3 'tfdB
1 3.'i!fd2 'li'a5 Sadvakasov-Gelland, Astana
2001 (8)] 1 2.a4 e6 1 3.l:tc1 li:je5
14.'li'e2 .llfcB [14 ... l:tacB!?] 1 5.b3 .d5
1 6.cd5 [1 6.14 4:leg4 1 7.e5?! 4:le3 1 8.'li'e3
4:lg4 1 9.'li'l3 dc4 20.llfd1 cb3 (2Q ... li:jh6
21 .ttJl5 'li'c7 22.4:ld6 cb3) 21 .ttJde2 li:je5
22.le5 'li'e7] 16 ... ed5 1 7.f4 [1 7.tLld5
ttJd5 1 8.ed5 'Wd5 19 . .l:tcd1 =/oo]
37.'ife5 'ifrfl 38.'it'bB @g7 39.'i!i'e5 4:l16 46.l:.d3
40.l:tc7] 30.4:lf3? [30.tt:le2! hg3 31 .hg3
'ii'e6!?] 30 ... hg3 31 .hg3 4:lg3 32.l:.cB
i:r.ca 33.l:tcB 'it>g7 34.@g2 1Lif5!
[34 ... 4:lh5 35.'ii'd4 4:ll4 36. .t.i1 4:lh2 Va r i a t i o n D
37.@12] 35.'ifc3 4:lge3? [6 36. @12 9 . ti:J d e 2
4:ld1 !; 35... d4 36.'it'c5 tt:ld6 37.l:.c7 d3
38.'Wc3+ 4:le3 (38 ... 4:le4 39.'it'l6 <;1;>16 Caruana,Fabiano
(39... 4:lg16 40.J:tc4) 40.1Lig5! 1Lig5 41 .lg5 Anand,Viswanathan
@g5 42 . .t.i1 ! 6 43.l:.b7) 39.@g1 4:ld5 Sao Paulo/Bilbao 201 2 (3)
(39... 4:le4 40.'it'l6 <;1;>16 41.4:lg5! 4:lg5 42.lg5 1 .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 d6 3 . ..Q.b5 ..Q.d7
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tt:ic6 44. .l:tc7; 37 ... tt:ld6! 38.l:tc7=] Y2-Y2
S advakasov
M/ 0 1 -5-35 YB/ 75-33
Adams,Michael
Dominguez Perez,Leinier
London 201 2 (1 1 )
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 d 6 3.b5 ..Q.d7
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l:tac8 (16 ... l:l.le8 1 7.h4!?N ( 1 7.'ifd2 tt:lb4
18.J:[ld1 (d6<; 1 8.e3!? l:l.ad8oo;
18.h6!?) 1 8 ... tt:lcd3 1 9.h4 'ifb6
20.ti:Ja2 (20.14 l:l.acS 21 .tt:la2 d5 22.tt:lb4
li:Jb4 23.cd5 ed5 24.e5 l:l.c2 25.'ife1 18=)
20 ... d5!= 0-1 , 82 Rublevsky-Kir.Georgiev,
Niksic It 1 997) 1 7 ... tt:lb4 1 8.'ifd2 tt:lcd3
19.ti:Ja2!? tt:la2 20.'ifd3 tt:lb4 21 .'ifd2
li:Jc6 22 . .l:tld1 18 23.16;1; 1 -0, 60
Rublevsky-Leitao, Istanbul ol 2000)
17.'ifd2?!N (1 7.b4 tt:ld7 1 8.b5 tt:lce5
19.e7 l:tle8 20.d6 1!fc4; 1 7.'ifc2
lll b4 +:t, d3<) 17 ... tt:la5! 1 8.tt:lc1 o tt:lcb3
19.ti:Jb3 ti:Jb3 20.l:l.b3 'ifc4 21 .l:l.lb1 c3
22.'ifd6 g7! (22 ... 'ifa4!?) 23.l:l.b7 'ifa4
24.h3 a5+ Ponomariov-Shipov, Poland
1998) 14 ... 'ifa5 ( 1 4 ... tt:ld7) 1 5.h4 l:l.ld8
16.llb1 !N ( 1 -0, 61 Vescovi-Dominguez
Perez, Buenos Aires 2003) 16 ... 'ifh5
17.'ife1 'ifc5 ( 1 7 ... tt:le5 1 8.g4+-) 1 8.b3
Exercise 1
position after 1 1 .b2-b3
How should B lack play in order to
equalize the game completely?
(solution on page 244)
tt:la5) 14 ... h6 1 5.e3 (1 5.h4!?) 15 ... q;,h7
1 6.'it'd2 'ifc7 1 7.l:l.ld1 l:l.ld8 1 8.b3 'ifa5
1 9.<;i;>h1 l:l.d7 20.12 d5! (Y2Y2, 45 Peng
Xiaomin-Zagrebelny, Kolkata Ach 200 1 )
21 .ed5 ed5 22.tt:ld5 a ) (22.cd5 tt:lb4
23.tt:la2 (23.d6 18) 23 ... l:l.c2 24.'ifb4
tfb4 25.tt:lb4 l:l.e2 26 . ..lit.b6 it.IS=)
22 ... tt:ld5 23.cd5 (23.'ifa5 tt:la5 24.l:l.d5
l:l.d5 25.cd5 l:l.c2 26 ...lit.b6 tt:lb3=) 23 ... 'ifd2
24.l:l.d2 tt:le7 25.l:l.bd1 (25.d6 tt:l15
26.llbd1 l:l.c6 27.g4 l:l.cd6=) 25 . . . .l:td5!
26.l:l.d5 tt:ld5 27.lld5 llc2=] 1 4.h4
llfd8 [14 ... 1!fc7N (Atalik,S) 1 5.Wh1 tt:ld7
1 6.l:l.b1 l:l.fe8 (1 6 ... l:l.aeB!? Atalik,S;
16 ... l:l.acS!? Atalik,S) 1 7.14! (Y2Y2,47
Ehlvest-Atalik, Ohrid Ech 2001 ) 17 ...15 1 8.el5
gf5 1 9.J:l.13 (1 9.tt:lg3 tt:la5 20.tt:lh5 tt:lc4 .
21 .tt:lg7 q;ig7 22.'ifd3 l:l.acS 23.b3 tt:le3!oo)
19 ... tt:ld8 20.l:l.g3 q;,h7 21 .'ifd3 l:l.cS
22.l:l.d1 tt:l17 23.'ifl3 tt:l18 24.'ifh5 tt:lh8
25.l:l.gd3 'it'f7 26.'ifl3 tt:lhg6 27.12 e5
28.l:l.d6 e4 29.'ifh3 l:l.c4 30.d4oo;
14 ... l:l.ad8; 14 ... g5 Atalik,S] 1 5.l:l.b1 [1 5.14N
'ifc7 1 6.b3 'ifa5 1 7.l:l.13 g5 1 8.e1 d5
1 9.ed5 ed5 20.tt:ld5 'ifc5 21 .12 1i'd6
22.lg5 tt:ld5 23.cd5 'ifd5 24.'ifd5 l:l.d5=
y,.y, Marcelin-Naiditsch, Istanbul Ech 2003);
1 5.'ifc2] 15 'ifc7 1 6.@h1
lld7
1 7.l:l.c1 l:l.e8?! 1 8.tt:ldS! ed5 [18 ... "it'dB
1 9.16 16 20.tt:l16 'ifl6 21 .'ifd2;1;)
1 9.cdS;t; 'ifb6 20.f2 'ifb2 21 .dc6
Exercise 2
:I
.l .i. .l
4'\ .l .l
.l 8 4'\
8 8
8 CU 8
8 'iV 8
cu w
position after 2 1 . 'ife2-f2
Now B lack gets an excellent
chance to seize the initiative.
How should he proceed?
(solution on page 244)
Survey SI 1 . 9
bc6 22.l:l.c6 l:tdd8 23.lla6 'i!i'b4
24.l:l.b6 'ifc4 25.tt:ld4 l:ta8 26.tt:lbS
l:l.ed8 27.l:l.d6 l:l.d6 28.tt:ld6 'i!i'a4
29.'ifa4 l:l.a4 30.J:l.d1 tt:lh7 31 .tt:leS
es 32.g 3 g3 33.h g3 tt:igs
34.l:l.dS h5 35.tt:lf6 g7 36.e5 l:ta1
37.wh2 l:l.a2 38.g 1 l:l.a1 39.
l:l.a2 40.1 l:l.a1 41 .e2 l:l.a2
42.:Z.d2 lla5 43.tt:ldS tt:le6 44.
l:l.b5 45.f4 l:l.b3 46.l:l.d1 l:l.b2 47. g 1
lla2 48.<Ji>h2 l:l.a4 49.tt:lf6 h4 50.l:tf1
g5 51 .f5 tt:lc5 52.l:te1 tt:ld3 53J1e2
l:l.a5 54. g h4 g h4 55.tt:ld7 tt:lc5
56.tt:lcS l:l.c5 57.lle4 llc3 58.e6 fe6
59.fe6 @fS 60.l:l.h4
[>,
60 lle3!=
.. 6U1h8 wg7! 62.lleS
f6 63. g3 l:l.e4 64. g2 l:l.e3 65.wh3
lle4 66. g4 J:[e1 67.l:l.fS wg7 68.l:teS
wf6 69.e7 wg7 70.wh4 112-112
Exercise 3
:I
.l 'if x .l .i.
.l 4'\ .l .l 4'\ .l .l
position after 1 7 . . . l:l.a8-e8
Black has just made a mistake.
How can White exploit it and get a
better position?
(solution on page 244)
45
Sicilian Defence B53 H u n garian Variation SI 2.2 (853)

A N ew Idea i n the Hu n g a ri a n
Va ri ati on
by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik

1. e4 cs has become, it can be said, a vari

2. tll f3 d6 ation of the 2 1 st century. It i s
3. d4 cd4 worth mentioning that, accord
4. d4 a6 ing to the database, more than
5. c4 tll c 6 half of the games have been
6. 'fVe3 ! ? played by titled players .

4 . . . a6, preventing b5 , is con
sidered to be a sound scheme
against the Hungarian Variation.
In reply White prefers the
Maroczy set-up 5 .c4, and after
5 . . . tll c6 he traditionally retreats
his queen to d2. However, in
1 973 the Yugoslav grandmaster
Lj ubomir Lj ubojevic surprised
Walter Browne by retreating to
e3 . After 6 . . . g6 7 . tll c 3 ill. h 6
8 .'fVd3 ill.c 1 9Jk 1 ill. g4 1 0. tll d4
tll f6 l l .tll c 2 0-0 approximate
equality resulted.
China
By the efforts of the ex-Euro
pean champion Bartlomiej
Macieja and strong Chinese
players (Zhang Zhong, Ni Hua,
Hou Yifan) since 2006, the varia
tion with 6.e3 has occurred in
serious tournament practice and
Virtues
The virtues of the queen ' s posi
tion on e3 are considerable. The
queen defends the e4-pawn and
supports the e4-e5 advance . The
development of the rook on d 1
will signify opposition on the
central file with the enemy
queen. Finally, if necessary the Ljubomir Ljubojevic
dark-squared bishop obtains the
d2-square . The drawback to the evaluation for the Hedgehog :
queen ' s position on e3 is that it is Black is slightly cramped, but he
subject to attack by ... tll f6-g4, is ready to free himself at the
against which (and also against appropriate moment.
. . . c8-g4) the prophylactic
h2-h3 is effective. Controling the Centre
In the initial position of the varia 6 . . . g4 involves the idea of ex
tion B lack has three main op changing bishop for knight, to
tions: 6 . . . e6, 6 . . . g4 and 6 . . . g6. strengthen B lack' s control of the
centre.
Hedgehog
6 . . . e6 leads to a typical ' hedge
.I. 'if .i. :i
hog ' with the rather unusual po
sition of the queen on e3. It is .l .l .l .l .l
amusing that the game Karpov .l .l
Gheorghiu (Leningrad 1 977),
and also a number of others, via
the move order 1 .c4 c5 2 . tll f3
tll f6 3 . tll c 3 e6 4.g3 b6 5 . ill. g 2
b7 6.0-0 e7 7 .d4 cd4 8 . 'fVd4
d6 9.l:rd 1 a6 1 0.e4 tll bd7 , gradu
ally arrived at a line analysed in
the Maciej a-Becerra game . Prac After 6 . . . g4 7 . e2 he compar
tice has confirmed the standard atively rarely plays 7 . . . e6, al-

46

though the Chinese player Yu
Wenjun successfully upholds
Black 's interests here. For exam
ple, 8.0-0 tll f6 9.b3 Jd.. e 7 1 O.Ji.. b 2
0-0 l 1 .tll c 3 a5 1 2 J:!.fd l .l:tac8
1 3 .a3 fd8 1 4.b4 'flic7 15 . .l:tac l
f3 1 6.f3 tll e 5 1 7 .e3 tll c4
I 8.c4 c4 1 9 . tll d5 tll d 5
20.'i!Yg3 tll c 3 2 1 . .l:tc3 e2
22.'i!Vg7 Wg7 23 . .l:tc2 fif6
24.e2 b2 25 . .l:tb2 d5 and the
complications gave B lack the
more pleasant endgame (Gu
Xiaobing-Yu Wenj un, China
20 1 2).
Black much more often com
bines 6 . . . g4 with the fianchetto
of the dark-squared bishop. The
development of the bishop on the
long diagonal allows B l ack to
fight successfully for the key
d4-point. For example, Alexeev
Idani; Bitoon-Wen Yang.
A Modern Ta biya
The most usual continuation
here is 6 . . . g6. After the most
accurate move order 7 . h3 -1Lg7
8.tll c3 tll f6 9.Jd..e 2 0-0 1 0.0-0
ti:ld7 a modem tabiya of the vari
ation in question i s reached.
Hedgehog
6 . . . e6
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Becerra,Juan David
Bogota 201 1 (4)
1 .e4 c5 2.ttcf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'li'd4
a6 5.c4 tiJc6 6.'li'e3 1Llf6 7.h3 e6
8 .i.e2 'li'c7 [8 . . . fi.e7 9.0-0 0-0 1 0.l:td1
.
ti.Cd? 1 1 . tt:lc3 '*'a5 1 2.b3 llb8 1 3.fi.d2
i!t'c5 14.i!t'f4 tt:lce5 1 5.l::t ac1 tllf3 1 6.'ifl3
..16?! (16 ... b6 1 7.b4 'li'c7 1 8.fi.14 tt:le5
1 9.'li'g3 16;!;) 1 7.b4! 'li'c7 1 8.fi.14 ti:le5
1 9.'it'g3 b6 20.c5! dc5? (Areschenko
Thejkumar, Chennai 201 1 ) 21 .bc5 bc5
22.l:td5!! ed5 23.ti:ld5 'i!t'd8 24.ti:ll6 'i!t'l6
25.fi.e5 'it'h6 26.fi.14+-] 9.0-0 fi.e7
1 0.tll c3 0-0
Survey SI 2. 2
. . . c8-b7 and . . . a8-c8 followed
by the restriction of White's ac
tions (Motylev-Wei Yi ; Macieja
Guliev). The dynamic plan in
volving . . .f7-f5 is more attractive.
Black slightly weakens his posi
tion, but he activates his pieces
(Borulya-Chlost; Zhang Zhong
Li Shilong; Ni Hua-Xia Deshun;
Boros-Oleksienko ). In this tense
battle Black's chances are proba
In thi s complicated position bly not worse.
White most often deploys his B lack's plan involving . . . e7-e5 ,
rooks on d 1 and b I . Occasionally with the idea of establishing h i s
the queen's rook also comes to c 1 knight o n d4, i s rather dubious .
(Zviagintsev-Komev) . But since In t h i s case t h e d5-point i s irrepa
in the tabiya White is aiming for . rably weakened and Black has to
action on the queenside with reckon with the highly promis
b2-b4, 1 1 .l::I b I seems more logi ing exchange sacrifice .l:td4.
cal . The sacrifice of the central Hamdouchi-Sreeves is a good
pawn in the variation 1 1 . . .tll c S example.
1 2.b4 c3 1 3 .c3 tll e4 is topical
(R.Fridman-Jens; Macieja-Perez Concl usion
Olarte). White undoubtedly gains The queen retreat 6.e3, which
compensation, thanks to the has become popular with strong
weakened position of the black players, enables White to fight
king and his active pieces. for a small advantage . B lack's
In practice Black chooses one of best reply is probably the plan
two plans. The quiet one consists with the immediate 6 . . . Jd..g4
in completing his queenside followed by the fianchetto
development with . . . b7-b6, (Carlsen-Gelfand).
1 3.tlld4 fi.b7 1 4.a3 ti:lc6 15.l:tld1;!;]
1 2.fi.b2 l:tac8 1 3.l::ta c1 'li'b8 1 4.ti:la4
K _t K .Q.d8 [14 .. .lkdS 1 5.ti:lb6 ti:le5 16.tlle5 de5
.I. 'iV _t .I. .I. .I. 1 7.ti:ld7 tt:ld7 1 8.c5;!;] 1 5.c5 [15.l::tfd1 !? h6
.I. .I. .I. 1 6.e5 de5 1 7.tt:les Si.ea 1 B.fi.13t] 1 5 ... ds
1 6.eS liJe4 1 7.fi.d3 1Lle7!?
1 1 .b3 [1 1 .l:td1 b6 1 2.b3 fi.b7 1 3.fi.b2
tt:le5 1 4.ti:ld4 ti:led7 1 5.fi.13 l:tle8 1 6.l:tac1
l::tac8 1 7.l::t e 1 'li'b8 1 8.g3 Si.IS 1 9.fi.g2oo
Karpov-Gheorghiu, Leningrad 1 977 - intro
duction] 1 1 ...fi.d7 [1 1 ...tt:lb4 1 2.l::t b 1 b6
47
1 8 . ..Q.e4 de4 1 9.'We4 c6 20.'ifg4
tllg6 2 U 1 fe1 [21 .tll b6 ..Q.b6 22.cb6
..Q.d5;!;] 21 h5!? 22 .... b4 ..Q.f3 23.gf3
. 20.f3 .l:!.fd8 21 .e1 li:le5 22.b3 wf8
..Q.g5 24.l:tcd1 l:!.cd8 25.c6 lld1
26.l:!.d1 l:td8?? [26 ... bc6 27.'it'ba J:tba
2a.J:td6 ..Q.14=] 27.l:td8 'ifd8 28.cb7
'ifd1 29.@g2 ..Q.f4 30.b8'W h7
31 ..-e4
1 -0
C o n t ro l i n g t h e C e n t re
6 ..Q. 4
. . .
Carlsen.Magnus
Gelfand, Boris
1 8.'ifc5 t2ic5 1 9.d2 [1 9.l:td6?! ..Q.c3 1 7.'ifd3 l:tlda 1a . ..Q.e3 '*'c7 1 9.'it'b3 b6
20.bc3 li:le4 21 .l:td3 l:tlda'l=] 1 9 li:lc6 20.ti:le1 l:ta7 21 .ti:lc2 l:tda8= S.Zhigalko
Tihonov, Minsk 201 0] 1 O . ..Q.f3
23.l:!.bc1 we7 24 . ..Q.h4 ..Q.f6 25 . ..Q.f2
[25 . ..Q.16 Wf6 26.14 tll c6 27.Wf2=] 25 ... g5
26.l:!.c2 t2ig6 27.li:le2 h5 28 . .fle3 h4
[2a . . . g4 29.b4 gf3 30.gf3 (30.bc5 le2 31 .cd6
l:!.d6 32 . ..Q.e2 l:td1 33 . ..Q.d1 h4 34.c5 ..Q.e5
35.11 14=) 30 ... li:la4 3 1 . li:ll4 li:ll4
32.14 b5=] 29.llcd2 t2ie5 30.li:ld4
ti:lg6 31 .ti:lc2 [31 .b4 ti:la4 32.c5!? dc5
33.bc5 li:lc5 34.ti:lc6 bc6 35 . ..Q.c5 @ea
36.J:tda dB 37.a6 l:tb8=] 31 ... li:lf4
32.l:!.b1 c3 33.l:tdd1 ..Q.e5 34 . ..Q.f2
ti:lg6 35.e3 ..Q.f4 36.f2 ..Q.g3
37_ge3 ..Q.f4 38.gf2 ..Q.g3 39.gea
gf4 1h-1h 1 0 'if a5 [10 . . . e5?! 1 1 .'it'd3 ti:Jge7

Astana Wch blitz 201 2 (1 5) 1 2.ti:Jc3 (1 2.'it'd6 'it'd6 1 3.l:td6 ti:Jd4

1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'ilt'd4
a6 5.c4 tll c6 6 . ..-e3 ..Q.g4 Alexeev,Evgeny
ldani,Pouya
Baku 201 2 (9)
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'it'd4
a6 5.c4 li:lc6 6.'ife3 g6 7 ..fle2
[7.ti:Jc3 l:tba (7 ... ..Q.h6 a.'ilt'd3 .flg7 9 . ..Q.e2
g4 1 0.0-0 ti:Jl6 1 1 .h3 ..Q.13 1 2 ....13 l:tc8
(1 2 . . . ti:Jd4 1 3.'it'd3 ti:ld7 14 . ..Q.e3 ti:Je2
1 5.li:le2 l:tc8=) 1 3.l:td1 ti:Je5 1 4.'ilt'e3
li:lc4?! 15 ...Q.c4 l:tc4 1 6.e5 ti:Jd7 1 7.ed6 e6
1 4.ti:Jc3 ti:Jc8 1 5. l:td5 ti:Jb6 1 6.l:tc5 ti:Je6
1 7.l:ta5 ti:Jc4 1 a.l:td5!) 1 2 . . . ti:ld4 1 3 . ..Q.g5
h6 14 . ..Q.e7 'ife7 1 5.ti:le2?! (1 5.ti:ld5 'ilt'da
16 . ..Q.g4;J;) 15 ... 0-0 1 6.ti:ld4 ed4 1 7.a4 a5
1 a.g3 llac8 1 9.g2 'ifc7 20.l:tdc1 'ifc5
21 . .ll c2 .ll c6 22.h4 h5= Zelcic-Broek
meulen, Kerner ti 2007] 1 1 . ..Q.d2 'it'c5
1 2.'i!Yb3 l:tb8 [1 2 .. . ..Q.d4!? 1 3.'it'b7 l:tb8
1 4.ti'a6 ti:Je5 1 5.kc3 ..Q.c3 1 6.ti:Jc3 ti:Jl3
1 7.gf3 l:tb2] 1 3.ti:Jc3 ti:Jd4 1 4.'ifa4
'it'c6 1 5.l:tac1 li:lf6 1 6 ..Q.e3 ti:Jf3

7 ...Q.e2 [7 . ..Q.d2 g6 a.c3 h6 9.'ifd3
tlll6 1 0.tll bd2 ( 1 0 ...Q.16?! el6 1 1 .tll c3 0-0
12 . ..Q.e2 15 1 3.0-0 l:tea 1 4.el5 ..Q.15) 1 0 ... 0-0
1 a.'ife2 (1 a.ti:Jd5!? o-o 1 9.ti:Je7 @ha
20.'ilt'b3 b5 21 . ..Q.g5;!;) 1a ... J:tc6 1 9.ti:Je4
0-0 20 . ..Q.e3 'ilt'a5 21 . ..Q.d4 l:tlc8 22.b4
*'b5 23. '*'e3oo Naiditsch-Motylev,
Poikovsky 2009 - M/09-5-56) a . ..Q.e2 ..Q.g4
9.0-0 ..Q.13 1 0.'ifl3 ..Q.g7 1 1 .'ifd3 ti:Jl6
12 . ..Q.e3 0-0 1 3.13 ti:ld7 1 4.l:tac1 'it'a5
1 7.gf3 ti:Jd7 1 8.'tl!fc6 bc6 1 9.b3 c5
[19 . . . c3!? 20.l:tc3 c5 21 .14 16=] 20.f4 f5
21 .f3 l:!.f8 22 . .t.92 r:tc8 23.ti:ld5 e6
24.ti:lc3 l:tc6 25.l:tc2 e7 26.ti:Je2
[26.e5!? de5 27.l:tcd2 r:tc7 2a.l:td7 l:td7
29.c5 @ea 30.l:td7 'it>d7 31 .la la
32.le5 g5;!;] 26 fe4 27.fe4 ti:Jf6
.

1 1 .e2 tll h5 1 2.g3 tll g7 1 3.h3 13
14.li:ll3 tll e6 1 5.0-0 ..Q.g7 1 6.g7 Wg7
1 7.'ilt'c3 16= Emiroglu-Ashwin, Albena 201 2]
7 g6 8.0-0 ..Q.g7 9.1Lic3 li:lf6 1 0.h3
. 8.0-0 g7 9.lld1 [9.ti:Jc3 l:tc8 10 . ..Q.d2
[1 0.l:tb1 0-0 1 1 .l:td1 li:ld7 1 2.b3 J:tba
13 . ..Q.b2 ..Q.13 14 . ..Q.13 b5 15.cb5 ab5
1 6.li:ld5 b4 17 . ..Q.g7 wg7 1 a.llbc1 li:lce5
19 . ..-d4;!; Houhou-N.Guliyev, Paris 201 2;
1 0.l:td1 li:ld7 1 1 . ..Q.d2 0-0 1 2.l:tac1 ..Q.13
1 3.13 li:lde5 14 . ..Q.e2 li:ld4!? 1 5.li:ld5
(15 . ..Q.11 li:lec6 1 6.li:ld5 e6 17 . ..Q.c3 J:tca
1 a.g3;J;) 15 ... e6 16.li:lc3 li:lec6 17 . ..Q.11 l:tba
1 a.b3 'ife7 1 9.'ifg3 l:tlc8 20.g5 'ifla
21 .li:le2 tlle2 22 . ..Q.e2 ..Q.d4 23.*'h4 16
24 . ..Q.h6 'ilt'e7= Bitoon-Wen Vang, Ho Chi
Minh City 201 1 ] 1 O ..Q.f3 1 1 ...Q.f3 li:ld7
1 a.J::t d4 'ilt'd7 1 9.l:tc4 J::r. ac8= Bissieres-N.
1 2.l:!.d1 0-0 13 . ..Q.e2 'Wa5 1 4.li:ld5
'ifc5 1 5J:tb1 e6 1 6.li:lc3 [16.*'c5
li:lc5 1 7.li:lb6 l:tada 1a ...Q.13 li:le5 19 . ..Q.g5
16 20 ...Q.e3 15=] 1 6 l:tac8 1 7 ..Q.f1 li:la5
..
1 5.a3 l:tlc8 1 6.*'d2 *'da 1 7.b4 ti:Jce5 28.ti:lg3 ti:lg4 29.c1 d4 30.l:te2
1 a.'ifa2 'ifla 1 9.'it'b3 e6 20.l:tlda a5 [30 ... e5 31 .15 l:tcc8 32 . ..Q.g5 @d7
Naiditsch-Kozul, Turin ol 2006] 7 g4 . 33.l:tl1 !] 31 .h3 ti:Jf6 32.e5 de5
33.fe5 ti:ld7 34.l:td4 cd4 35.a3
..Q.13 1 1 ...Q.13 ti:Je5 1 2.b3 h6 1 3.'ilt'd4 e8 36 ...Q.f8 f8 37.l:td2 li:le5
d2 1 4.it'd2 ti:ll3 1 5.gf3 'ifa5 ( 1 5 ... ti:Jl6 38.lld4 a4 39.l:!.d8 e7 40.l:!.b8
1 6.*'h6 l:tc5 1 7.ti:Jd5 ti:lh5 1 a.ti:le3 e6=) wf6 41 .llb7 ti:ld3 42.f3 ti:Jc1 ?
1 6.l:tld1 it'h5 1 7.'iWl4 (1 7.e5!? 'ife5 [42 ... g5 43.ti:Je4 @g6;!;] 43.li:le4 f5
1 a.J:te1 'it'l5 1 9.it'd6 'it>la 20.it'd4 li:ll6
2 1 . ti:Jd5f) 17 . . . ti:Jl6 1 a.ti:Jd5 ti:ld5 1 9.l:td5
'Wh3 20.l:tad1 0-0= Macieja-A.Zhigalko,
Warsaw rapid 2006] 9 ... ..Q.f3 [9 . . . 'it'a5
1 0.ti:Jbd2 (1 0.ti:Jc3 ti:Jl6 1 1 .d2 ..Q.13
1 2. ti:ld5 ti:Jd5 1 3.cd5 ..-a4 1 4 . ..Q.13 ti:ld4
1 5.gc3 ti:Jl3 1 6.'it'l3 ..Q.c3 1 7.'it'c3 0-0
Guliyev, Paris 201 2) 10 ... ti:Jl6 1 1 .h3 ..Q.13
1 2.ti:ll3 tll d7 1 3.a3 'ilt'b6 1 4.l:tb1 a5
(1 4 . . . 'it'e3 1 5 . ..Q.e3 ti:Jc5 1 6 . ..Q.c5 dc5 1 7.b4
ti:Jd4 1 a.ti:Jd4 ..Q.d4=) 1 5.b4 ab4 1 6.ab4 0-0

48

44.l:tbS? [44.b4! tlla2 45.b5+-l 44 ... es
45.cs @e6?! [45 ... a3 46.l:ta5t] 46.ba4
\t>dS 47.@e3 tlla 2? 48.l:tb2 tllc 1
49.aS l:ta6 SO.l:td2 @c6 S1 .l:td6 WbS
52.l:ta6 @a6 53.c& tll b3 54.tll d6 lt:laS
55.c7 0c4 S6.tbc4 @b7 S7.@e4
c7 58.wes we& S9.tlle3 'h-'h
A M o d e r n Ta b i ya
6... 6
Raetsky,Alexander
Buyukasik,Diyap
Istanbul 201 2 (4)
1 .e4 c5 2.1Lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'i!fd4
a6 S.c4 tLlc6 6.'i!fe3 g6 7.h3 j}__ h 6
8.'ilt'c3 'i!faS 9.'i!faS lt:laS 1 0.j}__ h 6
ii:.>h6 1 1 .12lc3 j}__e6 1 2.b3 [12.tll d5 i:r.ca
1 3.b3 f6 1 4.j}__e2 tll c6 1 5.tll b6 (1 5.0-0-0 0-0
16.b2 @g7 1 7.g4 tllf7 1 8.tll d4 tll d4
1 9.J:!d4 d5 20.ed5 g5=) 15 ... J:tc7 1 6.0-0
Ci'J17 17.J:!ac1 tllfe5 1 8.c5 dc5 1 9.l:tc5 tll d7
20.ti:Jd7 @d7 21 .l:td1 Wc8 22.l:tdc1 d7
23.ti:Jd4 Wb8 24.tllc6 l:tc6 25.l:tc6 c6
26.a6 e4= Dvirnyy-Burnoiu, Baia Sprie
201 0] 1 2 ... J:tca [12 ... tll c6 1 3.j)__e2 0-0
14.0-0 Wg7 1 5.l:tle1 tll g8 1 6.l:tad1 h6
17.11 l:tac8 1 8.tll d5 d5?! (1 8 ... tll16
19.g3 ti:Jd7 20.tll d4 tll d4 21 .l:td4 l:tle8=)
1 9.ed5 tllb8 20.tlld4 l:tle8 21 .l:te3 tllf6
22.g4 tll bd7 23.f4t J.Sanchez-Gachet,
Cannes 2008] 1 3Jk1 tll c6 1 4.j}__e2 f6
[14 . ..f5 1 5.0-0 fe4 1 6.tll e4 ft.15 1 7.tll c3 0-0
18.l:tle1 t] 1 S.O-O [1 5.Wd2 0-0 1 6.@e3 15]
1S ... 1Lf7 1 6.J:tfd1 0-0 1 7.tll d S J:tfe8
1 8.li:Je1 lbfeS 1 9.tll c2 [1 9.14 tll d7 20.b4
a5 21 .a3 ab4 22.ab4 ft.d5 23.cd5 12lb4
24.5 l:tc1 25.l:tc1 lld8 26.l:tc7 tll c5
27.l:te7 b6=] 1 9 ... tll d7 20.12lce3 [20.b4!?
17 21 .a3t] 20 ... tll c S 21 .f3 as
22.ti:Jb6 l:tcda 23.ti:JedSt f7
24.l:tb1 [24.l:tc3!?] 24 ... wg7 2S.a3 e6
26.tll c 3 [26.ti:Jc7 J:te7 27.ti:Jb5 d5 28.b4
ab4 29.cd5 ed5 30.ab4 tll a6t] 26 0a6 . 14 li.ld7 1 S.l:ta2 b3! 1 6.l:ta3 [16.'i!i'b3?
[26 . ..15!? 27.b4 ab4 28.ab4 tll d7 29.b5 tll d4
30.tll d7 tll e2 31 .ti:Je2 lld7 32.c5t]
27.@12 ti:Jc7?! 2a.ti:lbS! tl:cbS
29.cbS ti:Ja7 30.l:tbc1 l:!e7 31 .a4
dS 32.tll c4 [32.ed5 ed5 33.l:tc5]
32 ... tll ca 33.tt:laS ti:Jb6? 34.l:ta1 !
[34.tll c4+-l 34 :aa 3S.b4 es
36.edS?! [36.tll b7!? l:tb7 37.a5 d4 38.ab6
l:tab8 39.lldc1 t] 36 ... tll d S 37.ft.c4
ti:Jb4 3a.ft.f7 Wf7 39.tllc4 ti:lc2
40.ti:Jb6 tll a 1 41 .ti:laa ti:Jb3 42.J:tda
e4 43.fe4 l:te4= 44.tll b6 tll cS
45.J:tca ti:Ja4 46.l:tc7 wga! [46 ... @e6=]
47.ti:ldS @ta 48.llb7 i:r.es 49.l:td7
l:!fS? so.@e3 @ea S1 .l:td6 0cS
S2.b6?! [52.Wd4] S2 ... ti:Jb7 S3.0f6
@e7 S4.l:tc6 l:tf6? [54 ... tt:la5 55.tll g8
@18 56.l:tc8 @g7 57.@d4 l:!b5=] SSJ:!.c7
lt>d6 S6.i:tb7 hS S7.J:tg7 wes sa.b7
J:tb6 S9.llg6+- l:tb3 60.Wf2 wts
61 .l:!g7 h4 62.@e2 @f6 63.l:th7 .tig6
64.l:!c7 @gs 6S.@d2 4 66.'11i>c2
l:tb6 67.l:tg7 we3 sa.@c3 @f2
69.wc4 l:!b1 70.@cs l:!c1 71 .'11i>d6
l:!d1 72.@c7 l:k1 73.@da 1 -0
Grigoryan,Avetik
Gopal,Geetha Narayanan
Martun i 201 0 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'ili'd4
a6 S.c4 tll c6 6. 'iii'e3 g6
7.h3 j;__g7 a..lle2 bS!? [8...15 9.el5 )__15
1 0.0-0 tllf6 1 1 .tllc3 0-0 12.l:!d1 ft.c2 1 3.l:!e1
'iii'a5 14.ft.d2 'ili'c5 1 5.llac1 ..Q.15 16.b3t
Haznedaroglu-Ari, Konya ti 201 O] 9.cbS?!
[9.0-0 bc4 10.ft.c4 ti:Jf6 1 1 .l:td1 'iii'c7 12.ti:Jc3
0-0 13.'i!fe2t] 9 abS 1 0.0-0 b4 1 1 .l:td1
. 1 9.ft.b5 tll a7 20.tll d4 e5 21 .tll h 5! 1 -0
'iii'c7 1 2.a4 li:Jf6 [12 ...ba3?! 1 3.tlla3 "it'b8
Survey SI 2. 2
14.ft.d2 ti:lf6 15.l:tac1 ft.d7 16.<8c4 'ilfb7
17.j}__c3t] 1 3.ti:Jbd2 0-0 1 4.tt:lc4 [14.tllb3
6 15.6 l:ta6 16.'ili'e2 l:tfa8'f]
.
l:tb8! 1 7.'iWa3 tll b4+] 16 li.lcS 1 7.eS
..
li.leS 1 a.ti.lfe5 de5 1 9.aS ft.b7 20.ft.d2
l:tada 21 .l:!c1 e4 22.tiJeS? [22.j}__c3
ti:Jd3 23.ft.g7 ti:Jc1 24.18 tlle2 25.'ife2
6 26.e7 'iWe7 27.l:tb3 Wc5 28.l:tc3
l:td4=] 22 ... J:tdS?! [22... lld2! 23.l:tc5 'iYd6
24.'8c4 l:td1 25.ft.11 (25.ft.d1 Wd1 26.'11i>h2
d4-+) 25 ... 'iYd? 26.'iVbS ft.d4!-+]
23...Q.b4 ft.eS 24.llcS l:!cS 2S.'ifc5
'iYcS 26.ft.cS ft.dS 27.a6 ..Q.b2 2a.llaS
ft.f6 29.llbS b2? [29 ... J:ta8 30.a7 b2
31 .3 b1'i!t' 32.l:tb1 J:ta7-+] 30.ft.a3
ft.c6 31 .llb3 .Q.dS 32.l:!bS j)__c&
33.l:!b3 .Q.a4 34.llb7 ft.c6 'h-'h
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Corrales Jimenez,Fidel
Merida 201 1 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.l1Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Wd4
a6 S.c4 tt:Jc6 6.'iYe3 g6 7.h3 g7
a.ft.e2 ti:Jf6 9.0-0 0-0 1 0.ti:Jc3 .Q.e6
1 1 .l:td1 [1 1 .tll d5 b5 1 2.d2 bc4 1 3.c4
tll d7 ( 1 3 ... d5 1 4.ed5 tll e5 1 5.tll e5 de5
1 6.l:tad1 tll d5 1 7.'iYe4 e6 1 8.b4t)
1 4.llab1 a5 1 5.ft.b5 ti:Jde5 ( 1 5 ... tll b 4!?
1 6.j)__b4 d5 1 7.d6 a2 1 8.l:ta1 ed6
1 9.l:ta2=) 1 6.tll e5 tll e5 1 7.'iYg5 d5
1 8.ed5 'it'b6 1 9.a4 'iYb7 20.llld1 l:tlc8
21 .'iYg3 tll c4 22.ft.c6 l:tc6 23.dc6 'iYc6
24.ft.c3t G.Antal-l .Porat, Budapest 2008;
1 1 .l:tb1 l:tb8 1 2.b4 tll d7 1 3.tll d5 b5 1 4.cb5
ab5 1 5.ft.b2 ft.b2 16.l:!b2 tll b6?!
( 1 6 . . . ft.d5 1 7.ed5 tll ce5 1 8.tll d4 'ifb6
1 9.j)__b5 tll f6 20.a4 tll d5 21 .it'd2t)
1 1.'it'h6 16 1 0.tL:i14 ft.fl? ( 1 8 . . . 'ifca
1 9.b5 c4 20.ft.c4 tll c4 21 .l:tb3)
Szwed-Baryshpolets, Sibenik jr 2007;
49
1 1 .d2 l:tc8 1 2.l:tab1 t:l:Jd7 1 3.t:l:Jg5?!
(1 3.t:l:Jd5 t:l:Jce5 1 4.b3 t:l:J13 1 5.13 d5
1 6.ed5;!;) 1 3 ... t:l:Jd4 1 4.t:l:Je6 le6 1 5.l:tlc1
l:tf7 1 6.b4 'ifc7 1 7.t:l:Jd1 t:l:Je5 1 8.c5 d5
1 9.@h1 t:l:Jec6'i' Macieja-Shanava,
Kusadasi Ech 2006] 1 L.t:l:Jd7 1 2.l:tb1
l:tc8 1 3.d2 [1 3.b3 '*'b6 14.'it'b6 t:l:Jb6
1 5.t:l:Jd5 t:l:Jd7 ( 1 5 ... d5 1 6.ed5 t:l:Jb4
1 7.e3 t:l:Jd7 1 8.l:l.d2 c3 1 9.a3 d2
20.d2 t:l:Jc2 21 .c1 t:l:Je5 22.b2 b5
23.l:l.c1 bc4 24.bc4 t:l:Jc4 25.llc2 t:l:Jb2
26.l:l.b2 llb8=) 1 6.g5 l:l.le8 1 7.b4 h6
1 8.e3 g5 1 9.g4 a5 20.a3 ab4 21 .ab4
t:l:Jce5 22.t:l:Je5 e5 23.l:l.dc1 d5 24.cd5
t:l:J16 25.b5 l:l.18 26.13= Faisal-So, Jakarta
201 1 ] 1 3 ... l:l.eS 1 4.ti:ldS f6 1 S.b4
[1 5.'it'l4 17 1 6.e3 e6 1 7.ti:lc3 ti:lde5
1 8.c5 d5 1 9.ed5 ed5 20.l:l.d2;!;] 1 S ... .Q.f7
1 6.l:l.bc1 [1 6.b5 ab5 1 7.cb5 ti:lce5
1 8.ti:le5 le5 1 9.b4;!;] 16 ... e6 1 7.ti:lf4
'it'e7 1 8.'it'b3 gs 1 9.ti:ld3 dS!?
20.bS?! [20.ed5 ed5 21 .cd5 ti:lb6
(21 ...'ife2? 22.l:l.e1 ) 22.l:l.e1 d5
23.'it'b1 'it'l7=] 20 ... de4 21 .bc6 bc6
22.ti:lb4 ef3 23.f3?! (23.'it'l3 t:l:Je5
24.'ife3 c5 25.t:l:Jd3 ti:ld3 26.d3=F]
23 ... t:l:JeS 24. .2.e2 cs 2S.ti:ld3 ti:lc6
26.'ifa3 ti:ld4 27.f1 es+ 28 .2.e3 fS
29.f3 'it'd& [29 ... e4 30.le4 le4 31 .t:l:Jl2
'ifc7+] 30.ti:lf2 [30.g5 'ifg6 31 .e3
ti:ll3 32.@12 ti:ld4-+] 30 h6 31 .d3
e4 32.fe4 'it'g3 33.b1 f4 0-1
Raetsky,Alexander
Grunenwald,Jorg
Flims 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'it'd4
a6 S.c4 ti:lc6 6.'it'e3 g6 7.h3 .Q.d7
8.e2 g7 9.0-0 ti:lf6 1 0.ti:lc3 0-0
1 5.l:l.ld1 'it'e7?! 1 6.ti:la4 l:l.c7 1 7.ti:lb6 l:l.d8
1 8.b5 ab5 1 9.cb5 t:l:Jb8 20.e5+- I.
Vasilevich-Peptan, Dresden Ech-W 2007]
1 Ll:tc8 (1 1 ... l:tbS 1 2.c5!? l:l.e8! ( 1 2 ... dc5
1 3.'it'c5 b6 1 4.'it'g5) 1 3.cd6 ed6 1 4.l:l.d6
'it'e7 1 5.l:l.d1 (1 5.e5 ti:le5 1 6.'ife5 'ife5
1 7.ti:leS .!le5 1 8.14 l:l.ee8 1 9.l:l.ad1 ;!;)
15 ... ti:le4 1 6.ti:le4 (1 6.l:l.d7 'ifd7 17.ti:le4
'it'd5 1 8.t:l:Jld2 ti:ld4) 16 ... 'it'e4 1 7.'it'e4
l:l.e4 1 8.d3 l:l.ee8 1 9.g6 hg6 20 . .!ld7
l:l.ed8 21 .lldS lld8 22.g5 l:l.e8 23.l:tb1
l:l.e2 Sandipan-'t'ang Kaiqi, Subic Bay 2009]
1 2.llb1 'it'aS [12 ... Wc7 1 3.b4 .2.e6
1 4.ti:ld5 'it'b8 (14 ... dS 1 5.cd5 t:l:Jb8
1 6.d2 t:l:Jbd7 1 7.l:l.bc1 'it'b8;!;) 15 . .2.b2 b5
1 6.a3 ti:ld7 1 7.g? wg7 1 8.cb5 (1 8.c5 dc5
1 9.bc5 'ifa7 20.ti:lb6;!;) 1 8 ... ab5 1 9.t:l:Jl4
ti:lde5 20.ti:le6 le6 21 .ti:lg5 t:l:Jd8 22.l:l.bc1
(22.14 ti:lc4 23.c4 l:l.c4 24.l:tbc1 ;!;) 22 ... h6
23.ti:ll3 ti:ldc6 24.ti:les des 25.'*'g3;t
Zviagintsev-Akopian, Rijeka 201 0 rapid]
1 3.d2 (1 3.c5!? l:l.le8 1 4.cd6 ed6 1 5.l:td6
15 1 6.d3 'it'c7 1 7.l:l.16 16 1 8.ti:ld5
*'dB 1 9.t:l:JIB "ii'16 20.d2oo] 1 3 ... ti:leS
1 4.ti:leS 'it'eS?! [14 ... de5 1 5.l:l.bc1 'it'c7
1 6.ti:ld5 t:l:Jd5 1 7.cdS 'it'b8 1 8.Wa3;!;]
1 S.f4 'it'e6 1 6.eS deS? [16 ... ti:leS
1 7.ti:ld5 de5 1 8.b4 t:l:Jd6 1 9.ti:le7 'ife7
20.d6 We6 21 .18 l:l.18 22.le5 c6 23.b3
e5 24.Wh1 ] 1 7.feS ti:le8 1 8.g4
'fies [18 ... 15 1 9.ef6 'it'e3 20.e3 .2.g4
21 .lg7 d1 22.gfS'it' @18 23.l:l.d1 +-]
1 9.'ifes .2.es 20.d7 l:l.c4 21 .ti:ldS
e6 22.c3 c3 23.ti:lc3+- ti:lf6
24.a4 bS 2S.b3 .Iles 26.l:td4
l:tfc8 27.llf1 g7 28.l:l.df4 l:tfS
29.llfS gfS 30.lld1 b4 31 .ti:le2 ti:le4
32.g4 fg4 33.hg4 ti:lcS 34.llc1 @16
3S.ti:lf4 weS 36.l:l.cS l:l.cS 37.t:l:Jd3
@d4 38.ti:lcS wcS 39.gS 1 0
22.l:l.hS! ghS 23.WgS W.8 24.WhS
f6 2S.Wh8 '>i<f7 26.'it'h7 @fa
27.ti:lh4 'it'd& 28.ti:lg& es 29.'it'g&
@d7 30.'it'e6 @es 31 . .l:te4! 1 -0
Macieja,Bartlomiej
Kozul,Zdenko
Istanbul ol 201 2 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'it'd4
a6 S.c4 ti:lc6 6.'it'e3 g6 7.h3 g7
8.e2 ti:lf6 9.0-0 0-0 1 O.ti:lc3 lt:ld7
[10 ... l:l.bS 1 1 .l:l.d1 ti:ld7 1 2.l:l.b1 b6 1 3.b3
b7 1 4.b2 as 1 5.lld2 .Iles 1 6.llbd1
'it'c8 1 7.t:l:Jh4 (1 7.t:l:Jd5!? b2 1 8.l:l.b2;!;)
17 ... ti:ldS 1 8.g4 h5 1 9.d7 'it'd7
20.ti:ld5 b2 21 .l:l.b2 b5 22.c5;!; Ni
Hua-Zhao Jun, Singapore 2006] 1 1 .llb1
b6 1 2.l:l.d1 b7 1 3.b3 as [13 ... b5?!
1 4.cb5 ab5 1 5.b5 ti:lb4 1 6.a4 ti:lc5
1 7.ti:ld4 (1 7.ti:ld5!? ti:ld5 1 8.ed5)
17 ... l:l.ca 1 8.b2 e5 1 9.t:l:Jde2 12lc2
20.'it'd2 t:l:Jd4 21 .b4 ttle4 22.ti:le4 e4?!
(22 ... ti:lb5 23.ti:l4g3 ti:lc7 24.Wd6 "it'g5
25.l:l.bca) 23.ttld4 ed4 24.l:l.bc1
Macieja-Zherebukh, Lublin rapid 201 2]
1 4.b2 ttics

1 1 .l:td1 [1 1 . .!lb1 'it'a5 1 2.a3 l:tlc8
(12 ... 'ifc5 1 3.'ifc5 dc5 1 4.e3 b6 1 5.e5
t:l:Je8 1 6.b4!?;!;) 1 3.b4 'ifd8?! 1 4.b2 e6?!
Zhang Zhong
Sandipan Chanda
Beijing rapid 2008 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.12lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'it'd4
a6 S.c4 ti:lc6 6.'*'e3 g6 7.h3 g7
8.e2 ti:lf6 9.00 OO 1 O.lld1 d7
1 1 .ti:lc3 'ifc7 1 2.l:tb1 l:l.fc8?! 1 3.b3
ti:la7?! [13 ... ti:le5 1 4.ti:le5 de5 15 . .2.a3
18 1 6.ti:ld5 ti:ld5 1 7.ed5;!;] 1 4.b2 bS
1 S.ti:ldS [1 5.e5!? de5 1 6.ti:le5 es
1 7.cb5 ab5 1 8.13 l:l.ab8 1 9.l:l.bc1 ] 1 S.ti:lbS [1 5.a3!? ti:le5 ( 1 5 ... ti:lb3??
1 S ... 12ldS 1 6.edS bc4 1 7.g7 @g7 1 6.ttla4! ti:lc5 1 7.ti:lc5 bc5 1 8.g7 @g7
1 8.c4 bS 1 9.l:l.d4! 'ifd7 20.l:l.e1 1 9.l:l.b7+-) 1 6.ti:le5 e5 1 7.b4 ttld7 1 8.14
l:l.c7 21 .llh4 hS g7 1 9.e5t] 1 S ... .Q.b2 1 6.llb2 f6

50

17.a3 wh8 1 8.tll h 2 g5 1 9.tllf 1 tll e5
20.tll g3 'it'd7 21 .b4 ab4 22.ab4
llie6 23. 'it'bS tllf4 24. "it'e3 tll e2
25.'ife2 J:tfc8 2S.llc1 fi..a S [26 ... d5!?
27.edS fi..dS 2a.c5 fi..g 2! 29.'iti>g2 tll d3
30.J:td2 tll14 31 .@13 "it'c6 32."it'e4
'i'bSoo] 27.lla2 'it'b7 28.llcc2
llab8? [2a ... tll c6!?] 29.J:ta5? [29.tll d6!
ed6 30.bS iLbS 31 .cbS] 29 ... tll cS
30.lla4 'it'bS?! [30... fi.. bS 31 .cbS tll d4!
32.i::t ca "it'ca 33.'it'd2 tll b S;t] 31 .tllf5
b5 32.cb5 tLld4
33.llid4 [33.l:tcB! .l:!.c8 34."it'c4!!+-]
33 ...'it'd4 34.i::t cs i::tea 35.J:tc7 'it'e5
3S.'li'c2 l:tb5 37.llcS l:tc8 38.'i!fcS
>t.>g7 39.'it'cS f5 40.f3 'it'd4 41.'it>h2
Iles 42.:aa fe4 43.'it'ca 'it'd5
44.'li'hS 'it>hS 45.lla5 'i!ff7 4S . .l:te5
'i'f4 47.'it>h1 = de5 48.fe4 'it'f1 1h-Y2
Brkic,Ante
Klein,David
Plovdiv Ech 201 2 (6)
1 .e4 c5 2.li:: f3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.'iVd4
a6 5.c4 ttJcS S.'ife3 gs 7.h3 gg7
8.e2 ti:JtS 9.0-0 0-0 1 0.ti:Jc3 ttJd7
1 1 .J:tb1 [1 1 .b3 ttJdeS 1 2.tll eS deS
13 . ..Q.b2 tll d4 1 4.fi..d3 IS 1 S.13?! (1 S.efS glS
16.J:tad1 14 1 7.'ife4 fi..IS 1 a.'it'dS 'it'dS
19.llidS ..Q.d3 20 . .ll d3 tll c6 21 .l:tfd1 !)
1S ...f4 1 6.'iff2 gs 1 7.l:tfd1 hS 1 a.tll dS e6
19.llib4 g4 20.tll c2 'ifgS+=" Sjugirov
Shinkevich, Belgorod 201 OJ 1 1 tll de5
.
1 2.l:td1 ti:Jf3 1 3 . ..Q.f3 'it'a5 1 4.fi.. d 2
'i!kc5 [14 ... ..Q.e6 1 S.b4 'ifeS 1 6.tll dS iLdS
17.edS (1 7.cdS ttJd4 1 a.I.1.bc1 tllf3 1 9.'it'f3
llac8=) 17 ... ti:ld4 1 a.it.e4 l:taca 1 9.it.d3
bS 20.l:tbc1 "it'hS 21 .g4 "it'h4 22.@g2 IS
23.'ifg3 'it'g3 24.fg3 fg4 2S.hg4 .1;[13
26 . ..Q.ea Macieja-Czakon, Poland It 201 1 ]
15.llid5 [1 S.'ifcs dc5 1 6.it.e3 fi..d4
17.llia4 tlleS 1 a.i!.d4 cd4 1 9.tll b6 .t:iba
20.l:td4 it.h3 21 .fi..e2 fi..e6 22.:bda]
15 llbS (1S ... it.d4 1 6."it'e2 IS?! 1 7.b4
. es 31 .fi..f3 dS 32.cdS
"it'a7 1 a.bS] 1 S.b4! 'it'c4 1 7 . .t:ibc1
[1 7.it.e2 'it'd4 1 a.bs 'ife3 1 9.iLe3 abs
20.fi..b S fi..e6 21 .fi..c6 bc6 22.tll e7 'it>ha
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Ch lost, Marlena
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Li Shilong
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Budapest 2009 (2)
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20.il..a7 il..15 21 .il.. b8 l::!. b8 Melia-Videnova,
Gaziantep Ech-W 201 2] 1 3.efS il..fS
1 4.il..e 1 [1 4.J:[ac1 a5 1 5.il..e 1 a4
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1 6.J:ld2?! (1 6.g4 e6 17.tll e4 tt:le4
1 8.'ife4 17 1 9.tt:lgS b2 20.llc2 a3
21 .tlll7 J:ll7 22.cS) 1 6 ... 'ifd7 1 7.tll dS
'ife6 1 8.'it'e6 tt:le6 1 9.tll h4 h6
20.tlle 3?! (20.tlll5 J:ll5 21 .tlle3 J:e5
22.J:lc3 a3 23.b3 ttJc5'F) 20 ... ..Q.e4 21 .J:lc3
tt:lcd4+ B.Smith-Narayanan, Bratto 201 1 ]
1 4 ... ttJb4 1 S . .l:tac1 tll c2 1 6.'it'd2
ttJe1 [ 1 6 ... tt:lb4 1 7.tlld4 ..Q.d7 1 8.13 'ife8
1 9.12 J:ld8oo] 17 . .l:te1 Ad7 [ 1 7 ... "it'a5
1 8.tlld4 J:ae8 1 9.ttJIS J:l15 20.13=]
1 8.tlld4 lio>h8 1 9.b4 ttJe6 20.tll e6
Ae6 21 .Af3 [21 .tlld5 Ad5 22.'it'dS .l:U5
23.'ifb7 J:lb8 24."it'a6 J:lb4=] 21 ... Ah3
22.Ab7 J:.a7 23.Ac6 'it'b6 24.ttJdS
'it'c6 2S.'ife3?! [25.gh3 es 26.J:le2
J:af7] 2S ... Ag2! 26.'ifa7 ..Q.dS?!
[26 ... 'it'cB! 27.'it'e3 (27.@g2? 'it'g4 28.@11
d4!-+) 27 ... ..Q.es 28.'ifh6 ..Q.d5 29.cdS
'iflS+] 27.cdS 'ifdS 28.'it'e7 'h-'h
Hamdouchi,H ichem
Sreeves,Clement
Rogaska Slatina tt 201 1 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.li::if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'it'd4
a6 S.c4 tt:lc6 6.'ife3 g6 7.h3 ..Q.g7
8.e2 ttJf6 9.0-0 0-0 1 O.lld1 ttJd7
1 1 .tt:lc3 tt:lcS 1 2.J:lb1 [1 2.'ifg5?! ..Q.c3
1 3.bc3 tt:le4 1 4.'i!i'h6 'i!i'a5 1 5.J:lb1
(15 ...Q.d3 tll16 1 6.gs tt:le5 1 7.tt:leS de5
Exercise 1
position after 32 . ti:Jc6-d4
..
A big fork on d4 - how do you deal
with it?
(solution on page 244)
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1 8.'it'h4 e6!'F) 15 . . . e6 1 6.J:le1 tll16
1 7.tt:lg5?! ..Q.15 1 8.llb7 J:.ab8 1 9 . .l:tb8
J:lb8+ Macieja-Olszewski, Warsaw ch-POL
201 1 1 12 ... es 1 3.Af1 [1 3.b4 tlle6
1 4.tlldS 15 ( 1 4 ... tll ed4 1 5.ttJd4 tll d4 1 6.cS
..Q.e6 17 . ..Q.c4;t) 15 . ..Q.d3 (1 5.el5!? gf5
1 6.Ab2;t) 15 ... as 1 6.bS tt:lcd4 1 7.tt:ld4 ed4
1 8."it'g3 le4 ( 1 8 .. .14 1 9.tlll4 es 20.tt:leS
..Q.g3 21 .tlld8 ..Q.12 22.@h2 J:ld8;t) 19 . ..Q.e4
Ae5 20.14 g7 (Ganichev-Bernadsky,
Kirishi 2010) 21 .b2] 1 3 ... tll d 4?!
[13 ... tll e6 1 4.tll dS tll ed4 15 ...Q.d2 15]
1 4.ttJd4 ed4
1 S.J:d4! ..Q.d4 1 6.'it'd4 ttJ e6 [16 ... 15
1 7.Ah6 'it'l6 1 8."it'd2 .l:t17 1 9.el5 ..Q.15
20.J:le1 ] 1 7.'it'e3 ts 1 8.b3 "it'aS
1 9.tiJdS 'ifa2 20 . ..Q.d3 ttJcS? [20 ... 'it'aS
21 .2 'it'd8 22.c2t] 21 .tll c 3! 1 -0
Exercise 2
position after 1 2.b2-b3
Can Black exploit the weakening
of the long diagonal ?
(solution on page 244)
Kochetkova,Yulia
Hairapetian,Anna
St Petersburg Ech-W 2009 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2.ttJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.'ifd4
a6 S.c4 tll c6 6.'ife3 tt:lf6 7.h3 g6
a.e2 g7 9.0-0 o-o 1 o.tt:lc3 es
1 1 .J:ld1 tll e8 1 2.b3 tll d 4
1 3.'ifd3?! [1 3.tlld4! ed4 14. .l:td4 ..Q.d4
1 5.'it'd4] 13 ...ttJc7 1 4.ttJd4 ed4
1 S.tiJdS tiJe6 1 6.Ab2 rIT 1 7.J:lab1
J:.e8 1 8.'ifg3 ..Q.c6 1 9.Ad3 J:b8
20.c2 b5 21 .cbS ..Q.b5 22.a4 ..Q.c6
23.tllf4 ttJc5 24. ..Q.d4 ..Q.d4 2S.lld4
e4 26.e4 J:e4 27.J:e4 tt:le4
28."it'e3 ttJf6 29.'ifd4 as 30.b4 'ife7
31 .bS 'it'e5 32.J:ld1 tt:le4 33.tlldS tllc5
34.'ifd2 ttJa4 35.J:.e1 'ifb2 36.it'f4
'ifb5 37.'ifd4 'ifc5 38.tt:le7 1 -0
Exercise 3
position after 1 2 . t2ic6-d4
..
How can White combat against the
strong black knight?
(solution on page 244)
S icilian Defence B57 Sozin Variation SI 25.6 (857)

A Ch a l l e n g i n g Pawn Sacrifi ce
by Frank Zeller

1. e4 c5 tion, I was unable to reach a posi up some ideas, but my opponent,

2. tt:lf3 tt:Jc6 tion to my liking. I never got the strong GM Alexander
3. d4 cd 4 anything out of the opening ex Zubarev, had to improvise as
4. tt:l d 4 tt:l f6 cept a normal-type Scheve well ! I managed to score an im-
5. tt:Jc3 d6 ningen with mutual chances . . pressive victory and led the tour
6. c 4 b6 Finally, in a desperate attempt I nament with two rounds to go.
7. e 3 b2 forced myself to analyse the con Then I lost with black, but in the
8. tt:l d bS ifb4 sequences of the gambit 7 .e3 ! ? last round I faced the young
9. e2 b2 8 . tt:ldb5 , and after 8 . . . b4 Russian grandmaster Egor
9.-.We2 ! ?. Krivoborodov with the white
This appears unsound at fi rst pieces and . . . again the gambit
sight, but the line surprised me line came on the board !
by its richness of ideas, which I It was obvious that my opponent
realized after I had done some had prepared the variation dur
work on it. i ng the night. Okay, I ' d been on
This continuation, speeding up the night shift too: repeated my
development without wasting old analyses, committed the pat
any thought on pawns, was in terns and motifs to my memory,
vented by Vladimir Lepeshkin and screened the critical l ines.
and was first played by Igor After 9 . . . tt:le4 1 0. f7 he shook
Zaitsev i n 1 996. It is by far more me by l 0 . . . @d8 ! ? without hesi
Since the early eighties, when I aggressive than the previously tation, and he kept moving very
studied Fischer's My 60 Memo played 9.d3/d5 , slow moves fast. How could I be so silly to re
rable Games, I h ave been at that score very poorly in the peat this risky variation? I started
tracted by the move 6.c4 databases. cursing myself. . .
against the most popular lines i n
the open Sicilian. Thirty years Convi nci ng Practica l Resu lts
later I still rely on thi s recipe to With fresh impressions I went on
smash Naj dorf- and Schevenin to play the gambit and won
gen-type set-ups. Usually a against German WGM Melanie
messy position ari ses. White Ohme in good style. Nearly two
castles either kingside or queen years passed until I got the
side, sacrifices a piece on e6, d5 chance to play it again at the
or f5 , or starts a pawn-roller on Staufer Open in January this
the kingside . There ' s always year. I was amused when I dis
room for inventiveness ! covered in the database that no
I had a lot of fun and made a high one had played the variation dur
score w ith my beloved 6.c4. ing 20 1 2-20 1 3 , except me ! Is it I t took m e some time t o pull my
But there was a slight annoy really this bad? No, it i sn ' t ! I self together and to avoid the
ance : when Black played only vaguely remembered the traps he h ad laid. After a very
6 . b6( ! ) in the classical varia-
.. lines I had analysed and mi xed tense struggle I won the game

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and earned some prize money.
His novelty (later I found a game
with I O . . . 'lt>d8, which was not in
cluded in the databases I use ! )
forced m e to find some only
moves, but theoretically Black
can only hope for equality.
The Critical Test of the Line
More critical in any case is
IO . . @f7 I l . .l:i.b l a5 1 2 .c4
. penetrator that Black cannot al
e6 1 3 .e4.
In my opinion this i s the only real
test for the viability of the whole
variation. In all the other l ines
White has good chances to
achieve not necessarily an ad
vantage, but an enduring initia
tive and easier play. Only a
handful of games were played
with this critical continuation;
not enough to assess the ensuing
position. Computers like Black
here . White i s forced to give a
piece, or two pieces for a rook,
but to play over-the-board with
uncoordinated pieces and a wan
dering king is not everybody 's
cup of tea.
Instead of the main move I 3 . . . d5
I would like to draw attention to
the restrained 1 3 . . . 'it>g8 ! , a pro
phylactic move that hasn ' t been
played so far.
No Comfortable Line for Black
Most players don ' t like this kind
of hullabaloo, and will look for
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an easier way to handle the prob
lem: 9 . . . 'ifa5 is the move that is
most often played. Understand
ably, B lack wishes to reach the
home port for his buccaneer
queen, but thi s allows White to
complete his development and
establish an attacking position.
As a rule, White rushes the
knight to d5 , a menacing
low there, and after the swap on
d5 White takes with the pawn,
e4xd5 , and gets pressure down
the e-file. In chess moves :
I O.d2 d8 I i .ttJd5 ttJd5 Vladlmlr Lepeshkin
1 2 .ed5 ttJe5 .
the computers have changed a lot
in the chess world, especially in
highly tactical opening varia
tions. In my op1mon, the
' Lepeshkin Gambit' has proved
its strength and withstood all
attempts at refutation. One such
try was Zarnicki ' s 9 . . . g4 ! ?
I O.f3 ttJe4 ! ?, but Olthof' s rec
ommendation in Yearbook 5 1 ,
I I .d4 ! , proved very successful
in the game Polzin-Popovic in
Here White can force the play 200 I . This line i s not recom
with 1 3 .f4 g4 ! l 4.ttJd6 ! , but mended for Black.
with a series of accurate moves
Black should hold the balance.
l 3 .b3 leaves more potential on
the board at the cost of a tempo.
Instead of the usual l 3 . . . a6 with
. . . b7-b5 to follow (Kotronias),
Black has the interesting
1 3 . . . g5 ! ?, which was introduced
by Milos Pavlovic.
Conclusion
At the end of the nineties, Year
book Supervisor Rene Olthof If you want comfort you ' ll get
wrote a Survey about this gambit inconvenience ! The strength of
line, partly based on a theoretical the gambit l ine lies in the fact
publication by Vladimir that B lack is obliged to take risks
Lepeshkin in the Russian and should be well prepared;
monthly 64 98/5 . Almost 1 4 otherwise he ' l l have a very hard
years have passed, and since then time.

M y Own G a mes
9 . e 2
Zeller, Frank
Zubarev,Alexander
Schwabisch Gmund 201 3 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.1Llf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Lld4
.tf6 S.!Lic3 !Lic6 6.c4 'ifb6
7..e3!? 'ifb2 [7 ... g4 8.'ifd2 'ifb2?
(8 ... 'i!faS 9.13 d7 1 0.0-0-0 l:k8 1 1 .b3
/bes 12.g4 h6 1 3.h4 g6 1 4.Wb1
Shamugia-Dragomaretsky, Moscow ch-city
2001 ) 9.l:tb1 'it'a3 1 0.ILicbS+-; 7 ... 'it'b4
8.b3 1Lle4 9.a3 1Llc3 (9 ... 'it'aS 1 0.'it'l3-.)
10.17! Wd8 1 1 .ab4 1Lld1 1 2.Wd1 1Llb4
1 3.liJe6! e6 1 4.e6 1Lic6 1 S.b4! 1Lib4
1 6.a?] 8.ILidbS 'ifb4 9.'ife2 'ifaS
[9 . .. a6? 1 OJ1b1 'it'aS 1 1 .b6! 'it'b6
12.liJd6; 9... 1Lie4!] 1 0.l:tb1 !? [1 0.d2;
10.00?! a6 1 1 .ILidS abS (1 1 . . .ILidS 1 2.edS
abS 13.bS d7 1 4.dc6 bc6 1 S.d3
g6+) 12.b6 !Lids 1 3.as bc4 1 4.eds
liJaSoo Sulskis-Gallagher, Rijeka Ech 201 O]
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'i' ltJ
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ttJ
3:.
f1
1 0...g4N [10... 1Lie4 1 U.b6!?N (1 1 .17)
1 L'i!t'b6!? (1 1 ...tllc3 1 2.f? WI? (12... Wd7
13.'i!fe6X) 13.'iff3 Wg60 (13... Wga 1 4.S
lilb1 1s.1Lic1 l:tb8 1 6."it'd5+-; 13 ... wea
14.S 1Llb1 1 5.1Llc7+-) 1 4.5 1Lib1
1s.'i!t'Q3 (1 5.h4 h5!+) 15 ... w 1 6.'it'f3
\t>gG!=; 1 1 ...ab6 1 2.'it'e4 e6 1 3.0-0 l:tb8
(13 ...e7!? 1 4.1Llc7) 1 4.ILidS-+) 1 2.1Lle4
(12.liJd6 1Lid6 1 3.l:tb6 ab6 1 4.ILidS l:ta4!?
(14.J:ta5-+) 1 5.1Llb6 l:tb4 1 6.ILicB l:tb1
17.>ttd2 ILic4 1 8.'it'c4 l:th1 1 9."it'b3 l:th2!
(19 ... h5 20."it'b7 l:th6 21 ."it'aB l:tb1 ! 22.tllb6
lild8 23.'it'a4 l:tc6+) 20."it'b7 l:th6 21 .'it'aB
e5 22.1Llb6 (22.1Lid6 @d7-+) 22 ... ILidB
23.Wa4 l:tc6 24.1Llc4 W07 25.tlle5 l:td6-+;
12.We4 tlle5! 1 3.tlld5 (1 3.e2 e6 14.14
lil01 15.tlldS "ifa5 1 6.Wf2 -+; 1 3.14
lilc4 14.*'c4 Wda-+) 13 ... 'it'a5 1 4.c3
(14.we2!? g4 1 5.f3 l:tc8+) 14 ... @dB 1 5.0-0
e6+) 12 ... 'it'a5 1 3.c3 tlle5 1 4.14!
1 5.tlled6 ed6 1 6."ife4 a6! 1 7.fe5 ab5 1 8.
(18.ed6 Wd8 19.0-0 15 20."it'b7 bc4-+)
18 ... d7 19.d7 (1 9.ed6 Wd8 20.d7 'it'c3
21 .Wf1 d6! 22.g4 l:ta2 23.l:td1 'iff6
24.13 l:te8-+) 19 ... Wd? 20.0-0 'it'c5
21 .@111 d5 22.l:tf? 70 23.l:tb7 'if<c6
24."ifb1 (24.l:tfe7 de4) 24... l:the8oo; 10 ...e6!
1 1 .0-0 (1 1 .d2 'ifd8 1 2.tlldS ed5 1 3.edS
e7! 1 4.dc6 bc6:f) 1 1 ...7 1 2.l:tb3 a6
1 3. ab5 1 4.tllb5 (1 4. bc4) 14 ... h
1 5.tlldEi d6 1 6.l:tb6 c5gg; 10 ...e6
1 1 .e6 (1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2.? (12.tlld5!)
12 ...ab5 1 3. ) 1 1 ...fe6 1 2.0-0 a6?
1 3.m] 1 1 .f3 e6 1 2.d2 [12.0-0 a6
1 3.ttid5 (1 3.m "it'b6) 1 3... dS 14.ttid6 ed6
1 5.edS tlle5 16.14 "it'c?gg; 1 2.e6 fe6
1 3.'ifc4; 1 3.l:tb3J 1 2 ... 'ifd8 1 3.ttids nca
1 4.e3 dS [14 ... tlld7 1 5.0-0 a6 16.tlld4
tlld4 17.d4 b5 18.d3 tllc5 1 9.a4! tlla4
20.c4t] 1 S.edS tllaS 1 6.d3 liJdS
[16...a6!? 17.tlla7 tlld5 18.ILicB 'ifc8
(18... liJc3 19.tlld6 'ifd6 20.'iVd2 tllb 1
21 .'iVa5 e6 22.0-0 tlla3 23.l:td1 t) 1 9.'iVd2
'iVe6 20.'ifa5 'iVe3 21 .@11 'it'd4 (21 ...'iVe5
22."ifa4) 22.1i'd2;!;] 1 7.tll a7! tllc3
1 8.bS [18. tlle2 1 9.dB Wda!
20. tllc8 1Llc3+] 1 8... tllc6
1 9.c6! [1 9."ifc4 tll b 1 20.tll c6 bc6
(20 . . . "it'd7 21 .tll e5 l:tc4 22.d7 @dB
23.b6) 21 .c6 l:tc6 22 ....c6 'it'd?
23.'it'aB "ifdB 24.'it'a4=] 1 9 ... bc6?
[ 1 9 ... l:tc6 20.tllc6 'ifc7! 21 .l:tb7!? (21 .'ifd3
tll b 1 22.0-0 tllc3 23."it'c3 "it'c6 24."it'd3t)
21 ...1i'b7 22.'it'c4 'iVb1 23.@d2 'it'h1
24.tll e5 (24.wc3 'ife1 25.d2 'iVa1
26.@b3 'it'b1 27.@a3 e6 28.tll b4 d5
29.1i'c8 "1;>e7) 24 ... tll b l 25.We2 'ifg2
26.We1 (26.12 'iY11 !! 27.'it>l1 tll d 2)
26 ... 'it'h1 27.'it>e2 "it'g2=] 20.'ifa6! tll b 1
21 .tll c 8 'iVc7 22.'it'a8 [22.'it>f2 tll c3
23.b6 11Vb8 24.d4] 22 ... @d7
23.tll b 6 ..ties 24.0-0 tll c3 [24 ... tll d 2
25.l:te 1 ] 2S.l:te1 @f6 26.1i'e8! [26.'ifa5
Survey S/ 25. 6
tll b5 27.'ifb5; 27.c4] 26 ... !LidS [26 ... e5
27.tll d7] 27.tll d7 @g6 28.tllf8 l:i.f8
29.'iff8 'ifaS 30.f2 'ifa2 31 .d4
f6 32."ife8 whs 33.g4 g6 34.h4 1 -0
Zeller.Frank
Krivoborodov,Egor
Schwabisch Gmund 2013 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2.1Lif3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.1Lld4
tllf6 S.tll c3 tll c6 6.kc4 'it'b6 7.e3
'ifb2 8.tll d bS "it'b4 9. 'ife2 tlle4
1 0.kf7 @d8!?
1 1 .a3! [1 1 .kd4? tllg 5!-+; 1 1 .l:tb1 tllc3
1 2.l:tb4 tll e2 1 3.l:ta4 tlle 5+; 1 1 .0-0-0?
tllc3 1 2.l:td6 1i'd6; 1 2 . .. ed6 1 3.b6 ab6
1 4.'it'eBX] 1 1 ... 1i'aS [1 1 ... 'it'b2 1 2.l:td1 !
(1 2.l:tb1 tllc3 1 3.l:tb2 tlle2 1 4.We2 g6:f)
12 ... g4! ( 1 2 ... tllc3? 1 3.l:td6 ed6 1 4.b6
ab6 1 5.'it'eBX) 1 3."ifg4 (1 3.13 1Llc3 1 4.l:td6
ed6 1 5.b6 @d7) 13 ... tllc3 1 4.d4
( 1 4.tll d4 tll e5 1 5.tlle6 'it;>cB-+) 14 ... tlld4
( 1 4 ... 'iVb5 1 5.c3gg; 1 4... h5 1 5.'it'l3;
1 4 ... h5!?) 1 5.tlld4 'it;>c7 ( 1 5 ... tll d 1 1 6.tlle6
'it;>d7 1 7.tllc S! @c6 1 8.1i'd7 Wc5 1 9.'iVc7
'it;>b5 20.c4! @a4 21 .b3 @a3
22.'it'a5X) 1 6.tll e6 Wb6 1 7.'it'd4 wa5
1 8.it'd2! l:tc8 1 9.0-0-.. ; 1 1 ... tllc3 1 2.ab4
tll e2 1 3.We2 e6 ( 1 3 ... g6 1 4.tll a7 l:ta7!
1 5.l:ta7!? (1 5.a7 e6oo 1 6.b6 We7
1 7.b5 tlle5 1 8.kd4 kh6! 1 9.14!?;!;)
15 ... tll a7 16.b6 @d7 1 7.d4 e5
1 8.a7;!;; 1 3 ... tll b4 1 4.tll a 7+-) 1 4.l:thd1
a6 1 5.h5 d5 1 6.b6 Wd7 1 7.!Lic? l:tb8
1 8.c4 tll b4 1 9.cd5 ed5 20.l:tac1
G.Szabo-Miroshnichenko, Istanbul 2005]
1 2.0-0-0! [1 2.l:td1 d7!-+] 1 2 ... tllf6
[ 1 2 ... tllc3? 1 3.l:td6 kd7 ( 1 3 ... ed6 1 4.b6
ab6 1 5.'ifeBX) 1 4.l:td7 'it>d7 1 5.l:td 1 ;
1 2 ... g4 1 3.l:td6 (1 3.13 tllc3; 1 3."it'g4
tllc 3oo) 13 ... ed6 1 4.g5! e7 1 5.ke7
'it>e7 1 6.'iVe4 @f7 1 7.tll d6 (1 7.'iVf4 'it>g8
1 8.'ifg4=) 1 7 ... '0t>fBD 1 8.'it'f4 !50
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1 9.li:lcb5 g6 20.lll15 gf5 21 .'ifl5 'it>g7
22.'ifg5=] 1 3.li:ldS! il.d7 [13... li:le5
1 4.li:ldc7 li:ll7 1 5.li:laaoo; 13 ... li:ld5 1 4.l:l.d5
il.d7 1 5.il.g5!-+] 1 4.ti:Jdc7 [1 4.il.d2 'ifa4;
14 . .tib2! c,, l:l.ea? 1 5.li:la7! ti:Jd5 1 6.l:l.d5]
1 4 ... ti:JeS?! [14 ... l:l.ea 1 5.ti:Je6 (1 5.d2
'it'a4 1 6.il.b3 li:ld4!) 15 ... e6 1 6.il.e6 aS!
1 7.il.ea .tea 1 a.li:Jd4 'it'a3 1 9.<b1 'ifb4
20.li:Jb3 gS+"] 1 S.d2! 'ifb6 [15 ... 'ifa4
1 6.b3; 15 ... 5 1 6.li:Jb5 Wa4 1 7.'ife5!
de5 1 a.5 >tea 1 9.l:l.daX] 1 6.e3 'ifas
1 7.d2 'tifb6 1 8.e6! bS [1a... l:l.ea
1 9.d7 wd7 (19 ... li:Jed7 20.li:Je6 @ea
21 .l:l.he1 , e7 <) 20.14 li:Jeg4 (20 ... li:Jc6
21 .e3 (21 .'WeS '.tda 22.c3 l:l.c7
23.li:lds eds 24.16 g1s 25.'ifl6 .tea
2S.'ifha 'ife3 27.Wb1 l:l.17-+) 21 ...'ifa5
22.li:Je6 aS? 23.li:Jc5 wee 24.li:Jd6 edS
25.il.d2) 21 .h3 as 22.hg4 ab5 23.li:Je6 'it'c6
24.t] 1 9.li:JbS a6 20.'ifesgg
[20.li:Jd4 gs (20 ... 'ii'd4 21 .5) 21 .b3
l:l.ea 22.il.14t] 20 ... abS [20 ... 'ifb5 21 .'ifd4
gS?! 22.14 c,, g7?? 23.dS; 20 ... de5
21 .5 @ea 22.b6 ab5 23.14 (23.l:l.d3)
23 ... el4 24.lld4+-] 21 .b4 >t>c7
[21 ...'ii'f2 22.c5!? (22.l:l.he1 'ifb6
23.'ifc3!t; 23.g4 >t>c7) 22 ... 'ifg2
(22 ... li:ld7!=) 23.d6 (23. .tea)
23 ... ed6 24.l:l.d6 d6 25.'it'd6 @eB
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Ohme,Melanie
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Stefansson,Hannes
Aarhus 2003 (5)
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Sharapov,Evgeny
Yuzhny 201 0 (6)
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Palchun,Grigory Solomunovic, lgor
St Petersburg 201 1 (3) Zupanja 2009 (5)
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Stratulat,Sergey
Alushta chUKR 201 0 (B)
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27.llf3 ..Q.d6 28.l:tbf1 f4 29 . ..Q.f4 J:tfS
30.c4 l::t. h S [30 . . . J:tclB 31 .'it>e4] 31 . ..Q.g3
..Q.g3 32.hg3 i:tga 33.J:tf7 \tea
34.ll1 f3 .l:th3 35.lta7 llgg3 36.J:tg3
tlg3 37.'>t>d4 llg4 38.'>t>c3 1 -0
Morales Romero,Pedro
Borges Mateos.Juan
Santa Clara 2007 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c s 2.tlif3 d 6 3.d4 cd4 4.tlid4
tlif6 S.tlic3 tlic6 6 . ..Q.c4 'ifb6 7 . ..Q.e3
'ifb2 8.tlidbS 'ifb4 9.'ife2 'ifas
1 0 . ..Q.d2 'ifd8 1 1 .tlidS tlidS 1 2.edS
tlieS 1 3 . ..Q.b3 a6 1 4.f4 tlig4 [14 . . ...Q.g4
1S . ..Q.a4!] 1 S.tlia3 [1 S.t?ld4 tli16 ( 1 S ... g6!
16 . ..Q.a4 ( 1 6 . ..Q.c3 ..Q.g7 1 7.0-0 0-0 1 8.J:tae1
i:tea 1 9.h3 tlif6 20.fS!!!!1 ) 16 ... ..Q.d7 (16 ... bs
1 7.tlic6) 17 . ..Q.d7 'it'd? 1 8.tlie6 tli16+)
1 6.0-0 g6 1 7.J:tae1 'it'b6 1 8.c3 'it'c5
1 9.'it>h1 ..Q.g4!? 20.'it'd3 ..Q.d7 21 .IS ..Q.g7
(21 . . . 0-0-0!oo) 22 . ..Q.gs .t>fa 23.'ife3 :ea
24 . ..Q.h6 tlig4? 2S . ..Q.g7 @g7 26.'it'gS tllf6
27.fg6 h6 28.'it'h4 1 -0 Pourkashiyan-Krush,
Beijing rapid 2008] 1 S ... tlif6 [1 S ... g6
1 6 . ..Q.c3; 1 S ... bS 1 6.c4] 1 6.tlic4 ..Q.g4
[ 1 6 ... tlidS 1 7 . ..Q.aS! t::. b6 1 8 ...Q.a4 ..Q.d7
1 9.tlid6X] 1 7.'i!t'd3 aS?! 1 8 . ..Q.a4 ..Q.d7
1 9. ..Q.d7 tlid7 20.J:tb1 'i!t'c7 21 .0-0
tlicS 22.'ife2 lla6 23.fS [23.J:tbS g6
(23 ... b6 24.J:tlb 1 ) 24 . ..Q.aS+-] 23 ... tlid7
24.llbS g6 2S.it.c3 f6 26.it.aS b6
27 . ..Q.b4 @f7 28.a3 J:ta8 29.llf3 .t>g7
30.it.d2 tlies 31 .tlies des 32.tlg3
'iii' ?? 1 -0
Hector,Jonny
Kotronias,Vasilios
Malmo 2007 (B)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 tlic6 3.d4 cd4 4.tlid4
tlif6 S.tlic3 d6 6.it.c4 'ifb6 7 . ..Q.e3
'it'b2 8.tlidb5 'ifb4 9.We2 'it'a5
1 O . ..Q.d2 'ifd8 1 1 .tlidS tlidS 1 2.edS
tlieS 1 3 . ..Q.b3 a6 1 4.f4 tlig4 1 S.tlia3
tlif6 1 6.tlic4 ..Q.g4 1 7.'ifd3 bS!N
1 8.tliaS [1 8.tlie3 it.d7 1 9.0-0 g6 20.fS
..Q.g7 21 . ..Q.c3 0-0 22.g4!?; 22 . ..Q.d4]
1 8 ... ..Q.d7 1 9.a4 g6 20.tlic6 ..Q.c6
21 .dc6 ..Q.g7 22.abS 0-0! ? [22 ... abS
23.llaa Was 24.'ifbs 0-0=] 23.c4
[23.J:ta6 J:ta6 24.ba6 Wb6 2S.it.e3 'it'c6
26.0-0 i:taa 27.a7 e6 (27 . . . tlig4 28 . ..Q.dS)
28 . .l:!.a1 (28.J:l.b1 'it'c7!; 28 ... tlig4 29.it.a4!)
28 ... tlig4 29.it.d4 ..Q.d4 30.'it'd4 tlih6!
31 .'ifb4 tlifS= 32.'ifbB 'it>g7 33 ...Q.c4 'it'c4
34.'ifaa 'it'd4] 23 ... tlid7!? [23 ... tlie4]
24 . ..Q.as? [24.J:l.b1 ] 24 ... tt::i c s 2s.'ifc2
'it'b8!-+ 26 . ..Q.c3 [26.c7 'it'b7]
26... ..Q.c3 27.'it'c3 'ifb6! 28.llb1 abs
29.cbS tlie4 30.'ifb4 'ife3 31 .@d1
'ifd3 32. @c1 tlic3 33 . ..Q.c4 tlia2
34.it.a2 tla2 35.J:l.b2 .l:!.a3 36.tld2
'i!fe3 37.'i!t'd4 'ife& 38.tlc2 tlfa8
39.lld1 ll8a4 40.c7 J:la1 41 .'ifa1
tla1 0-1
M isiano,Franco
Pavlovic, M i los
Biel 2005 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.tlif3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tlid4
tlif6 S.tlic3 tlic6 6.it.c4 'ifb6 7 . ..Q.e3
'ifb2 8.tlidbS 'ifb4 9.'ife2 'ifas
1 O.it.d2 'ifd8 1 1 .tlidS tlidS 1 2.edS
tlieS 1 3 . ..Q.b3 gS!?N [ 1 3 ... a6 1 4.14]
1 4 . ..Q.gS! ? [1 4.tlid4 J:tg8!? 1 S.'ifhS 'ifb6
1 6.tlie6 J:tg6 1 7.J:tb1 ..Q.d7oo; 1 4.J:tb1 g4
1 s.0-0 ..Q.g7 1 s. tlid4 0-01 1 4 ... :9a
1 S . ..Q.f4 [1 S.h4] 1 S ... ..Q.g41? [ 1 S ... J:tg2
16 . ..Q.es des 17.0-0-0 (1 7.'ifes? ..Q.g7)
1 7 ... a6 1 8.tlic3 'it'd6 1 9.Wb2 ..Q.d7
20.tlie4 'ifg6+] 1 6.f3 ..Q.d7 1 7.tlid4
Was 1 8.it.d2 'ifcs 1 9.c3 ..Q.h6!=F
20.llc1 ..Q.d2 21 .'ifd2 ..Q.bS 22.tlibS
'ifbS 23.c4 'ifcs 24.J:tc3 o-0-0

[24 ... b5! !::. 25.cb5 l:tg2] 25.g3 >t>b8
26.'i'e3 'i'as 27.0-0 0id7 28.llfc1
l:!deB 29.'i'f4 'i'cs 30.@g2 0ie5
31 .'ft'e3 llc8 32.f4 0id7 33.'i'cS
!i:Jc5 34.l:te3 ttc7 35.l:tce1 l:te8
36.f5 1h-1h
Other Moves
9 . e2
Hector.Jonny
Von Bahr,Oskar
Umea chSWE 2003 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c 5 2.0if3 d 6 3.d4 cd4 4.0id4
f6 5 . lt:c c 3 0ic6 6.ilc4 "ifb6 7.ii.e3
'l!fb2 [7 ... a6 B.b3] 8.0idb5 "ifb4
9. 'i'e2 ti:JeS
1 0.b3 [1 0.llb1 "ifc4 1 1 .'it'c4 0ic4
12.1Zlc7 >ttdB 1 3.0iaB 0ie3 1 4.le3 b6=F
15.00 ilb7 1 6.0ib6 ab6 1 7.l:tb6 ilea
18.a4 g6! ( 1 B ... 0id7) 1 9.l:tl6! (1 9.aS 0id7
20 . .l:tb3 .Q.h6) 1 9 ... g7! ( 1 9 ...el6 20.a5 d5
21 .a6 a6 22.l:ta6) 20.aS!? 16 21 .0idS
Wd7D 22.a6 a6 23.l:ta6 @e6=F
l.Zaitsev-Makarov, St Petersburg 1 997 -
YB/51-47; 1 0.ii.d3 "ifas ( 1 0 ... d7 1 1 .0ic7
(11 .d2 "ifc5; 1 1 .l:tb1 "ifaS 1 2.ii.d2 'iVdB
13.1Zld5 0idS 1 4.edS a6 1 S.0id6 ed6
16.f4gg) 1 1 ...'it;>dB 1 2.d2 l:tc8 1 3.0i7dS
(1 3.I03dS "ifb2 1 4.ii.c3 'it'a3-+ ; 1 3.l:tb1
'i'c5 1 4.0i7dSgg) 13 ... 0idS 1 4.0idS 'ifa4
15.0-0 e6 16.ilgS >t>eB 1 7.14 0ic6 1 B.0ie3
h6 19.ilh4 e7 20.e7 we7=F Chojnacki
Shishkin, Poznan 2004) 1 1 .d2 'ifdB
12.IOdS IOdS 1 3.edS g6=F] 1 0 0ie4? . 20.'it'e3 l:tc8 21 .c3 l:tg8 22.IS! (22.'ifh3)
[10 ... a6!? 1 1 .0ic7 (1 1 .ild2 abS 1 2.0ibS
'i'c5 13.e3 'it'c6 1 4.dS 'ifd7 1 S.b6
e6 16./0c7 we7+ 1 7.0ia8 'ifa4 1 8.b3
'i'aB 19.14 0ied7 20.d4 'it'a6 21 .'ife3
'i'aS 22 ..Q.c3 'it'c5 23.d4 'iVaS 24.c3
'it'c5 2S.d4 ..c6 26.eS 0idS 27.'ifg3
0ic5 2B.O-O 0ib3 29.ab3 <;t;>eB 30.ed6 'ifd6
31 .l:taB 0ib6 32.b6 'it'b6 33.@h1 'ifc6
34.IS .Q.b4 35.'ifg7 l:!IB 36.le6 le6 37.l:!IB
IB 38.'ifh7 @dB 39.l:ta1 .Q.d6 40.'ifd3
d7= 41 .l:ta4 bS 42.l:td4 wc7 43.c4 'ifc5
44.cbS 'ilfes 4S.b6 Wb8 46.<;t>g1 .Q.c5 Cl-1
KravtsivKononenko, Ordzhonikidze jr 2004)
1 1 ... wdB 1 2.ild2 wc7 1 3.CLJds 0ids
14 . .Q.M 0ib4 1 S.14 0id7 1 6.17 0ic5<=t;
10 ... d7 1 1 .l:tb1 (1 1 .d2 "it'c5; 1 1 .0ic7
@dB 1 2.d2 l:tc8 1 3.0i7dS 0idS 1 4.0idS
WbS +) 1 1 ... 'ifaS (1 1 ... ilbS! 1 2.'ifbS 'ifbS
1 3.0ibS 'it;>d7 1 4.0ia7 e6 1 S.13 @c7=)
1 2.d2 l:tc8 1 3.14t; 1 0 ... 'it'as 1 1 .d2 'ifdB
1 2.14t] 1 1 .d4! fS [1 1 ... 0ic3 1 2.c3
'ifc5 1 3.d4 'ifc6 1 4.dS (1 4.ila4 0icf7)
14 ... "ifd7 1s . .Q.es deS 1 6.'ifc4 e6 1 7.l:td1 ! .
(1 7 . .Q.13) 1 7 ... edS 1 B.0ic7+-] 1 2.0-0?!
[1 2.00-0! 0ic3 1 3.ii.c3 Wc5 (13 ... 'it'14
1 4.>t>b2) 1 4.ileS des 1 S.0ic7 (1 S.l:tdS!)
1S ... "ifc7 1 6.ila4+-; 1 2.ii.eS! des 1 3.0-0-0
l:tc8 1 4.0idS 'ifc5 1 S.0idc7 l:tc7 1 6.0ic7
'ifc7 1 7.ila4] 1 2 ... 0ic3 1 3.ilc3 'ife4?
[13 ... 'ifcS 1 4.d4 d3! 1 S.cd3 'it'bS
1 6.ileS Wes 1 7.'ifl3] 1 4.'ife4 e4
1 5.0ic7 wd8 1 6.0ia8 e6 1 7.l:tfe1
c6 1 8.d4 bS 1 9.f4 0ig6 20.fS efS
21 .f7 0if4 22.c4 0ig2 23.cbS 0ie1
24.bc6 0if3 25.'it;>g2 0id4 26.c7 'it;>d7
27.es wcs 28.l:tb1 e7 29.l:tbSX
1 -0
Polzin, Rainer
Popovic,Petar
Austria tt 2001 /02 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.0ic3 0ic6 3.0ige2 d6 4.d4
cd4 5.0id4 0if6 6.c4 "ifb6 7.ii.e3
'ifb2 8.0idb5 'ifb4 Ulfe2 g4!?
1 0.f3 0ie4!? [1 0 ... 0ieS 1 1 . .Q.d7
1 2.l:tb1 (1 2.0ic7 >t>dB 1 3.d2 >t>c7
1 4.0idS 0id5 1 S. 0ib4<=t) 1 2 ... 'ifaS
(1 2 ... bS 1 3.'ifbS 'ifbS 1 4.0ibSt) 1 3.ii.d2
l:tc8 1 4.14!t; 10 ... ii.e6 1 1 .ile6 le6 1 2.0-0
(1 2.l:tb1 'ifas 1 3.l:tb3; 1 2.0ic7 'it;>f7
1 3.d2 l:tb8 1 4.0i3dS? 'ifb2! 1 S.c3
'ifa3-+) 12 ... "ifaS 1 3.'ifc4 a6 1 4.0id4
0id4 1 S.ii.d4 'it;>f7 1 6.14 (1 6.a4) 16 ... dS
1 7.'ifd3 de4 1 B.0ie4 0ie4 1 9.'ife4 'it'dS
22 ... elS 23.l:!IS 'ilflS 24.l:t11 'ifl1 2S. <;i;>f1 e6
26.'ifl3+-] 1 1 .d4!N [Olthol 1 999 ;
1 1 .d2?! 0id2 1 2.0ic7 >t>dB 1 3.Wd2 0ieS
1 4.d3 >t>c7-+ Miserendino-Zarnicki, Villa
Martelli 1 998 - YBIS1-48; 1 1 .a3?! 'iVaS
Survey SI 25. 6
1 2.b6! (12.ild4? 0id4 (12 ... dS!!-+)
1 3.'ife4 0ibS! 1 4.bS >t>dB 1 S.O-O 'ifc3
1 6."ifb7 (1 6.lg4 'ifc5-+) 16 ... 'ifcS-+;
1 2.ild2 0id2 1 3.0id6 >t>d7 1 4.'ifd2 ed6
1 S.fg4 l:teB 1 6.@d1 l:teS!-+) 12 ... 'ifb6
1 3.'ife4 e6! 1 4.l:tb1 'ifd8 1 S.e6 le6
16.0-0 (1 6.'ife6? a6) 1 6 ... 'ifd7+; 1 1 .l:tb1
0ic3 1 2.l:tb4 0ie2 1 3.l:tb2 0ied4! 1 4.0id4
c8+] 1 1 ... 0id4 [1 1 ... IS! 1 2.a3! (12.le4
0id4) 1 2 ... 0ic3 ( 1 2 ... 0id4 1 3.ab4 0ie2
1 4.0ie2 :ca 1 S.d3+-; 1 2 ... 'ifas
1 3.0-0-0! 0id4 1 4.l:td4 a6 (14... 0ic3
1 S.0id6) 1 S.le4 (1 S.0ie4 0-0-0! 16.0ibc3
e4 1 7.0ie4 'ifa3 1 8.>t>d2 e6<=t) 1S ... d7
1 6.17! <;i;>f7 1 7.l:ta4 'ifb6 1 0.:11 @ea
1 9.eS-+) 1 3.c3 'ifc5 1 4.0-0-0! (1 4.0ic7
@dB 1 S.0iaB bS!+; 1 4.l:td1 !?) 14 ... e6!
(14 ... 0-0-0 1 S.l:tdS+-) 1 S.0ic7 @dB
1 6.0ie6 (1 6.ile6 >ttc7) 16 ... le6 1 7.lt'b2!?gg]
1 2.'ife4 [co Olthofj
1 2 ... 0ic2 [ 1 2 ... 'ifc4 1 3.0id6; 1 2 ... 0ic6
1 3.lg4 e6 1 4.a3+-; 12 ... 0ibS?? 1 3.bS
<;t;>dB 1 4.'ifb4] 1 3.>t>d2 ! t [1 3.'ifc2 'ifc4
1 4.lg4 llc8=] 1 3 ... l:tc8 [ 1 3 ... IS 1 4.17!
(1 4.'ifb7? l:tc8-+; 1 4.'iVIS 'ifc4 1 S.@c2
l:tc8 ( 1 S ... a6? 1 6.0id6 ed6 1 7.l:tae1 ii.el
1 8.l:te4+-) 1 6.'ifd3t a6 1 7.'ifc4 l:tc4
1 8.0ia3 l:tc7<=t) 1 4 . . . >t>dB ( 1 4 ... <;t;>ll
1 S.'it'IS >tt eB ( 1 S . . . <;t>gB 1 6."ife6X) 1 6.<;t;>c2
It-dB 1 7.l:tab1 +-) 1 S.'iflS 0ia1 1 6.l:tb1 !
(1 6.l:ta1 'ifb2) 1 6 ... 'ifcs 1 7.*'c5 des
1 B.0idS! <;t>d7 1 9.0idc7 l:tb8 20.e6 @c6
21 .ii.dS <;t>d7 22.0ie6+-; 1 3 ... 0ia1
1 4 . .Q.17] 1 4.l:tab1 !+- "ifcS [14 ... dS
1 5.ildS 'ifc5 1 6.lg4 0ia3 1 7.l:tb3 0ib5
1 B.0ibS e6 1 9.b7 e7 (19 ..."ifl2
20.@d1 l:tdB 21 .@c1 "ifd2 22.@b 1 )
20.ilca o-o 21 .d? l:tdB 22.l:td3 gs
23.>t>e2 'ifc2 24.@13 hS 2S.ghS 'ifoo h B
26.l:thd1 l:tb8 27.e6 "ifb2 2B.0id6 le6
29.0il7 wgB 30.0igS l:!IB 31 . wg4 1 -0
Wong Zi Jing-Ramesh, Kolkata 2002;
14 ... 'ifc4 1 S.0id6] 1 5.fg4 g6 [1S ... a6
61
16.'1t>c2 ab5 1 7.fib5 <;i;>dB 1 8.l:tb3+-]
1 6.l:thft fih6 1 7.<;i;>c2 o-o
1 8f7! l:tf7 1 9.'ife& 'i!t'c4 20.'iVf7 'it'f7
21 .l:tf7 'it;>f7 22.Ci::a7 l:tc7 23.'.t<da fig7
24.ta:Jb5 l:tc5 25.t2Jd4 l:tc7 26.tt:Jcb5
l:tc5 27.tlJd&! ed6 28.l:tb7 1 -0
Polivanov,Anatoly
Korobov,Anton
Alushta tt 201 0 (8)
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:Jc3 tt:Jc& 3.lt:ige2 tt:Jf6
4.d4 cd4 5.tt:Jd4 d& 6.fic4 'ii' b&
7.fie3 'it'b2 8.tt:Jdb5 1i'b4 9.'ife2
fie& 1 0.fie& fe6 1 1 .0-0 [1 1 . . .
1 2.l:tab1 'it'a5 1 3.l:tb3! (1 3.14? a6
1 4.fib6?? 'it'b6) 1 3 ... g6 ( 1 3 ... a6 1 4.fib6)
Exercise 1
position after 1 1 . . . 'ifb4-a5
How can White to move avoid los
ing a piece?
(solution on page 245)
62
1 4.14 fig7 ( 1 4 ... a6 1 5.tt:Jd4 fih6 1 6.tt:Je6
'it>e6 1 7.'ii'c4 'it>d7 1 8.l:tb7+-; 1 4 ... a6
1 5.tt:Jd4 fig7 1 6.15-+) 1 5.e5! de5 1 6.le5
tt:Je5 1 7.fid4 tt:Jc6 1 8.tt:Jd6! ed6 1 9.l:tb7
tt:Je7 20.fi.16 (20.tt:Jb5!) 20 ... fi.16 21 .tt:Je4
'ife5 22.l:tl6 'it>eB 23.'ii'c4 :ca 24.'ii' e6
'ifd4 25.l:tl2 1 -0 Polzin-S.Martinovic, Aus
tria ti 2000/01 ; 1 1 ... 'i!fa5 1 2.l:tab1 (1 2.'ifc4
a6 1 3.lt:id4 'it'b4) 12 . . . 96 1 3.1i'c4 @17
1 4.14-+] 1 2.l:tab1 'ifa5 1 3.l:tb3! g&
[1 3 ... a6 1 4.fib6; 13 ... 'ii'dB 1 4.e5 (1 4.fia7!)
14 ... de5 1 5.l:td1 lt:id5 1 6.lt:ia7 tt:Ja7
1 7.'i!fh5! g6 1 8.ti'e5+-l
1 4.l:ta3 [1 4.e5! de5 ( 1 4 ... tt:Je5 1 5.fid4
fig7 1 6.14 tlJ17 1 7.'it'e6 0-0 1 8.'ife7 a6
( 1 8 ... l:tfeB 1 9.1i'b7) _1 9.fi.16 ab5
20.tlJd5+-) 1 5.l:ta3 'it'dB 1 6.l:td1 tlJd5
Exercise 2
position after 1 3 . . .l:!.a8-c8
Many pieces hanging, the white
king exposed: only one move se
cures an advantage !
(solution on page 245 )
1 7.tt:Ja4!! fig7 ( 1 7 . . . a6 1 8.fib6! tt:Jb6
( 1 8 ... 'ii' d 7 1 9.tlJc5) 1 9.l:tdB l:tdB 20.tt:Jb6
ab5 21 . .ll aB!+-) 1 8.lt:ic5! (1 8.c4 lt:id4
1 9.fid4 tlJl4 20.'ifg4) 1 8 ... 1t'b6 1 9.lLle6
lLle3 20.l:te3! fi.16 21 .l:tb3 1i'a5 22.'it'l3!
lt:id4 23.lt:id6!+-] 1 4 ... 'iVdS 15.lLla7
lt:ia7 1 6.fia7 fig7 1 7.e5 (1 7.fid4=]
1 7 ... de5 1 8.'it'e5 'it>f7 1 9.lLle4 lLle4
20.'it'e4 'i!t'd5=F 21 .'it'd5? (21 .1i'e2
fi.16 22.J:lb3] 21 ed5 22.l:tb3 l:tc2
23.l:tb7 l:ta2-+ 24.l:te1 l:leS 25.fics
l:ta1 26.l:taH fia1 27.g4 fif6
28.l:lc7 l:ta8 29.f4 l:ta4 30.g5 fid4
31 .Wg2 fic5 32.l::t c 5 l::tf4 33.l::tdS
l:tf5 34.l:td7 l:tg5 35.'it>f3 l:tf5
36.'1t>g3 <;f;>f& 37.l::t a 7 l:tb5 38.l.t>f3
l::t b3 39.'it;>g2 g5 40.l::t a & e& 41 .l::t a7
h5 42.l:ta5 h4 43.J:la4 <;f;>f5 0-1
Exercise 3
position after 1 2 . . . 'i!fb4-a5
How can White to move increase
the cooperation of his pieces?
(solution on page 245)
Sicilian Defe n ce B60 Rauzer Variation SI 27. 1 (860)

An Affro nt to t h e Ra u zer
by Jeroen Bosch (special contribution by Sergey Shipov)

1. e4 cs ef6 8 .e2 9.. g 7 9 .tt.:ldb5 0-0 lead to a quiet line once favoured
2. tt.:lf3 tt.:lc6 1 0.d6 f5 1 1 .0-0 fe4 1 2 .d8 by Karpov versus the Dragon .
3. d4 cd4 .!:!.d8 l 3 . tt.:le4 Jli.b2, and Black was This last line is playable of
4. tt.:ld4 tt.:lf6 already slightly better and went course, but not critical.
S. tt.Jc3 d6 on to win. His Polish opponent After 7 . Jli.f6 ef6 White has done
s. g s gs Jozef Gromek was so impressed some serious damage to his op
that he took up B lack' s cause in ponent's structure and more of
subsequent years . ten than not Black will lose the
In the 1 960s, Oleg Chemikov backward pawn on d6. In return
started playing the Dragon ver B lack has secured the bishop
sus the Rauzer, making the big pair, and in particular the
gest contribution to the theory of dark-squared bi shop can develop
this line. It would be most fitti ng into a monster after a subsequent
to call this the line the Chemikov . . . f6-f5 . The main move now is
Variation, especially after the 8.Jli.c4, and for the alternatives
Russian grandmaster published the interested reader is still best
his findings in SOS-3 (New In referred to Chemikov 's article in
Chess, 2005 ) . In more recent SOS-3.
Commenting upon a Classical times the line has occasionally Black, of course, continues with
Sicilian game against Rauzer been played on the highest level. 8 . . . g7 .
(Leningrad 1 933) in his Half A Carlsen, Nisipeanu, Naer and
Century of Chess, Mikhail Vitiugov are among the inciden
Botvinnik writes that instead of tal practitioners.
6.e2 - when the patriarch re The 20 1 3 Tata Steel Chess Tour
plied 6 . . . g6 - Rauzer later ' intro nament saw a spectacular game
duced the move 6. ilg5 between Nils Grandelius and
preventing the Dragon Varia 20 1 2 j unior World Champion
tion ' [my italics ] . Indeed, Alexander Ipatov. This is a good
Rauzer's 6.g5 was certainly in starting point for a Survey on the
tended to prevent the Dragon, main line starting with 8 . Jli.c4.
and the move 6 . . . g6 may be con
sidered the biggest personal af A Road map
front to his memory. Following 6 ... g6, White has but Now, again White must follow
l ittle choice and should take up the sharp and precipitous road
Genesis the gauntlet if he wants to with 9 .tt.:ldb5 , immediately tar
But it was yet another Soviet achieve an opening edge. In geting the weak d6-pawn. For
powerhouse, Igor Bondarevsky, deed, the sharp 7 .tt.:lc6 bc6 8 .e5 the only sensible alternative
who introduced precisely this de5 falls short by a wide margin 9.0-0, see the great game
move into modem practice. In (both 9 .f3 and 9 . d8 promise Berg-Naer, German Bundesliga
the game Gromek-Bondarevsky, nothing), while the tame 7 . e2 20 1 1 / 1 2, which demonstrates
Lodz 1 955, there followed 7 .f6 g7 (or 7 . tt.:lb3 g7 8.e2) will the potential of B lack's bishop

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Nils Grandelius
pair in this line. After 9. tt:ldb5
Black is forced to sacrifice his
d-pawn with 9 . . .0-0 and White
usually grabs it with 1 0.'ti!Vd6
( 1 0.0-0 would transpose to
9.0-0; see the notes to Berg
Naer) .
Now there is no need to consider
any other move than 1 0 . . . f5 ,
opening up the position for
Black's ' Dragon ' bishop, and
starting counterplay in the cen
tre. White's uncastled king now
hurries to the queenside with
Main Game
8.c4
Grandelius,Nils
l patov,Alexander
Wijk aan Zee B 201 3 (5)
1 .e4 cs 2.1Llf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 5.ti:Jc3 d6 6.g5 g6 7.f6 ef6
8.c4 [8.b5 d7 9."ifd2 b. 1 0.0-0-0;
8."ifd2!?] 8 ... g7 9.ti:ldb5 0-0
1 0."ifd6 [1 0.0-0 f5+% 1 1 .ef5 f5 1 2.ti:ld6
c3 1 3.bc3 (1 3.ti:lf5 b2 1 4.l:r.b1 f6
1 5.1Lld6 (Tukmakov-Gurgenidze, Kiev 1 969)
15 ... b6!) 13 ... c2! 1 4."it'd5 ifd7 1 5.l:r.ac1
l:ad8!= Nedev-Nabaty, Kallithea II 2008]
1 O.. .fS 1 1 .0-0-0 "ifb6 [An important key
position of the variation. White is a pawn
up, but it is not so easy to cope with the
bishop on g7]
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1 1 .0-0-0 (for 1 1 .0-0, see an important i mprovement for
Robson-Perelshteyn, St Loui s Black, i nstead of Ipatov 's recap
20 1 1 ), and it i s only here that our ture 1 6 . . . fe6). Both 1 2 .tt:ld5 and
roads diverge. 1 2 .f3 have been tried in practice,
but neither move is convincing.
Shipov himself notes the odd sil
!. .i. 'if 1.
icon move 1 2 .l:thf l , but has diffi
.t. .t. .t. .i. .t. culties believing i n the idea - is
.t. this really the way forward for
ttJ ... . White?
8 Conclusion
ttJ In conclusion, Black's offensive
888 888 6 . . . g6 seems fully playable at
J:: l;l present, which is mainly due to
the fairly new move I I . . . b6 in
Taking on d6 is now obviously the main line.
bad for Black, but the alterna Unless White really wants to go
tives l l . . . fia5 and I I . . . g5 for 1 2 .l:thf l , he should perhaps
have traditionally been men seek other ways to combat the
tioned i n the theoretical works. Chemikov Variation.
However, as the Game Section As an appetizer, please note that
will show you, both moves en I have added the game
able White to fight for an advan Svidler-Vitiugov, Russian
tage. Superfinal 2007, to the Game
As Sergey Shipov explains in his Section, even though it started
excellent notes, though, Alexan with 8 . b5 . For after 8 . . . d7
der Ipatov obtained a wonderful the cunning Svidler played
position in our Main Game after 9.c4, arguing that the bishop is
I I . . .'ti!Vb6 ! ? 1 2 .f4 (Shipov gives in Black's way on d7, leaving
the Zwischenzug 1 6 . . . l:tad8 ! as pawn d6 unprotected.
Herceg Novi 2008, and Aroshidze-Vishnu,
Figueras 201 2; 1 2.l:r.hf1 !? fe4 1 3.ti:lc7! l:r.bB
!. .i. 1. ( 1 3 ... c3 1 4.bc3 l:r.d8 1 5.ti:la8!+-)
.t. .t. .t. .i. .t. 1 4.ti:l7d5 "it'a5 1 5.ti:le4 f5 ( 1 5 . . . .t>h8
'if .t. 1 6."it'c7!?) 1 6.J:.fe1 l:r.bcB 1 7.b3 @h8 -
does Black have compensation for the pawn
... .
ttJ here? It is difficult to say] 1 2 ...fe4
8 1 3.ti:ldS (1 3.ti:lc7? c3 1 4.bc3 l:r.d8
ttJ 1 5.ti:la8 'ife3! 1 6.Wb2 J:.d6 1 7.J:.d6
888 888 'it'c5-+] 1 3 ... 'ifas 1 4.ti:ltso [1 4.'ifc7?
g4 1 5.l:r.de1 l:r.ad8] 1 4 ... 'it>h8 1 5.ti:lc7
II :s [ 1 5.ti:le4? g4 ( 1 5 . .. f5) 1 6.l:r.d3 'ifa4
1 7.ti:ld2 ti:lb4 1 8.l:r.b3 ti:la2 1 9.Wb1 J:.ad8
1 2.f4 [1 2.ti:ld5 iff2 1 3.ti:lf6 'it>h8 1 4.ti:lc7 20.ifa3 "ifa3 21 .ti:la3 .l:.d2 22 . .l::t b7 ti:lc3
l:r.b8 ( 1 4 . . . fe4!N) 1 5.ti:lfe8 "ife3 1 6.'it>b1 23.bc3 l:r.g2+ Suess-Kestler, Dortmund
"it'e4 1 7.ti:lg7 @g7 1 8.l:r.he1 "it'c4 1 9.ti:le8 1 973] 1 5 e6!
1 6.e6 fe6?
l:r.e8 20.l:r.e8 e6 21 ."it'f8 @f6 22.l:r.b8 [16 . .. l:r.ad8! 1 7.d7 "it'a2 1 8.ti:lcd5 (1 8.c3
ifa2 23.Wc1 ti:lb8 24.it'bB "ifa1 25.Wd2 ti:la5! !:!. 1 9 ... ti:lc4) 1 8 ... ifa1 ! ( 1 8 . . . l:r.d7
"it'a5 26.@c1 Y2Y2 Narmontas-Nabaty, 1 9.it'd7 f6 20."it'b7 1fa1 21 .@d2 'ifa5

22.ltte2 'i'c5 23.c3 l:.bB 24.'i'l7 l:.b2
25.t!d2 li:ld4 26.cd4 l:.d2 27.@d2 'it'd4=)
19.@d2 'i'b2 20.l:.he1 (20.l:.b1 e3! is also
dangerous for White) 20 ... 16 21 .ti:Jl6 @g7
22.t!e4 'WIS 23.'it'fS WIS 24.@c1 ti:Jb8 -
in the endgame a pawn down White has
saving chances] 1 7.ti:Jaa 'it'a2 [1 7 ... l:.fS
18.lttb 1] 1 8.li:lc7! [1 8.'it'a3 'it'a3 1 9.ba3
.fS 20.li:lc7 ti:Jd4 21 .c3 li:lb3 22.Wc2
<icc5] 18 ... 'ii'a 1 1 9.d2 'it'b2
20.!iJceB [ 20.ti:Je6 J:[f6 21 .'ifd5 e3
22. ltte3 'ifb6 23. We4! with good winning
chances] 20...ti:Jd4?! [20... l:.eB! 21 .ti:JeB
Ul 22. (22.'Wte2 23.'it'd7 'it'c2
24.t!d2 'l!fc4!) 22 ... ! 23.'ifd7 c5
24.ltte4 (24.>ite2 'it'c2 25.l:.d2 'it'c4 26.Wd1
'i'b:J) 24 ... 'ifc2 25.'ifd3 tfg2 26.'it'f3 'ii'c2=]
21 .ii.Jg7 lk8 [21 ... l:.16 22.l:.he1 Wg7
23.'i'c7 l:.f7 24.'it'c3!] 22.Weao 'it'c3
23.t!d3! [Playing to the gallery. 23. ..W! 'it'c2
(23. . .e3 24.@QJ e2 25.l:.d3) 24.WgJ 'it'c3
25.\ttg4] 23 ed3 [23... ti:Jc2 24.'1;le4 'it'f6
after 1 2.ti:Jca :ca 1 3.d3 (1 3.ef5? 1i'h4!)
25.'i'e6+-] 24.'ifd4 'ifc2 25.Ue1 d2
26.'i'd2 'ilfb3 27.'.t>e40 .llc4 28.'.t>eS
llc5 29. .td6! 'ifb6 30.We7 l:.c7
31./i:;d7 '1;lg7 32.l:.e6 'it'cS 33.'ifd6
l'c4 34.'it'eS .tg8 35.<MS! llc6
36.'i'b8 llc8 37.lle8 1 -0
Shipov
M/ 13-2-44
Castl i n g Kingside
8 . -". c 4 -". 7
Berg,Emanuel
Naer,Evgeny
Germany Bundesliga 201 1 / 1 2 ( 1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 d 6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:Jd4
f6 5.ti:lc3 ti:Jc6 6.g5 g6!? [This
move was first played by Bondarevsky in
1 955, but the line was mainly developed by
Oleg Chernikov. Black wants to transpose
into a favourable Dragon, so White should
grab the bait and destroy Black's pawn
structure] 7.f6 ef6 8.c4 g7 9.0-0
[9.ti:Jdb5 0-0 1 O.ti:Jd6 (B.Savchenko
Makarov, Serpukhov 2007), is best met by
1 0 ... 15 (1 0.'it'd6 15 1 1 .0-0-0 is the main
line) when 1 1 .0-0 transposes to the next
note: 1 1 ...fe4?! (1 1 .. .ti:Jd4; 1 1 . ..e5)
1 2.ti:Jce4 b2 1 3.l:.b1 e5 1 4.14 d4
1 5.>ith1 'it'e7 1 6.ti:Jfl!+- was Khacha
turov-Kan, Moscow 1 955. Indeed, the same
year that Bondarevsky played 6 ... g6]
9 ... 0-0
.I .i. 'if .1
.l .l .t. .t .l
.l .l .l
!Jl. Cfj 8
Cfj
888 888
: :
1 O.ti:Jde2 [Berg had earlier encountered
the whole line (in an internet game) and de
viates here from the more active 1 0.ti:Jdb5
which he had previously tried. Black was
fine after 10 ... 15 1 1 .ef5 (1 1 .ti:JdS is nothing
for White: 1 1 ...ti:ld4 (1 1 . . .e5 is also fine,
1 7.1Llbc3 ti:Jb3 1 8.ab3 l:.e8 [White is a
13 ...fe4 1 4.e4 c3 1 5.bc3 'it'a5 Black
has full compensation) 1 2.ti:Jca i:r.ca
1 3.d5 (1 3.b3 ti:Jb3 1 4.ab3 c3 1 5.bc3
fe4= Vitolins-Chernikov, Soviet Union 1 975)
13 . . . b5 1 4.ti:Je2 ti:Jc2 1 5.l:.c1 fe4 1 6.l:.c2
l:.c2 1 7.17 @f7 1 8.'ifc2 'ifd3 favoured
Black (slightly) in Apel-Chernikov, Chrudim
1 993) 1 1 ...f5 1 2.ti:Jd6 c2! (an important
trick - indicated by Chernikov in SOS-3)
1 3.ti:Jfl (1 3.ti:Jb7 'ifd1 1 4.ti:Jd1 .ll ab8
1 5. ti:Jd6 was Volkovich-Chernikov, Soviet
Union 1 961 , and now 1 5 ... ti:Je5 is best
when Black is at least equal) 1 3 ... 1i'd1
1 4.ti:ld6 >i<hB 1 5.ti:Jd1 ti:le5 1 6.b3 b3
1 7.ab3 b6 1 8.ti:Jb5 a5 and Black had suffi
cient compensation for the pawn in Berg
D. Gurevich, ICC blitz 2006; 1 0.d5 'it'b6
1 1 .ti:Jdb5 15 1 2.l:.b1 e5 1 3.ti:Ja3 was line
for Black in Mudrak-Chernikov, Soviet Union
1 965; 1 0.ti:Jc6?! bc6 1 1 .'ifl3 'it'b6 1 2.b3
15 1 3.l:.ad1 e5=i= Gedevanishvili-
Survey SI 2 7. 1
Chernikov, Soviet Union 1 973] 1 0 ...fS
1 1 .efS f5 1 2. 'Ii' d2 [This move is con
demned as 'passive' by Chernikov in
SOS-3, but White already has difficulties
holding the balance. 1 2.ti:lg3 ca 1 3.b3
l:.b8 1 4.14 ti:Jd4 1 5.ti:Jd5 b5 1 S.c3 ti:lb3
1 7.ab3 a5 1 8.15 l:.eB 1 9.'it'd3 l:.e5 20 . .th1
b7 21 .ti:le3 'ifg5 22.ti:Jc2 l:.beB 23.fg6
hgS=i= Sleich-Chernikov, Decin 1 997]
1 2 :ca 1 3.b3 [Or 1 3.l:.ad1 ti:le5
..
1 4.d5 ti:Jc4 1 5.c4 l:.c4 1 6.'it'dS 'it'd6
1 7.l:.dS c2 1 8.l:.d7 l:.b4 1 9.b3 15=i=
Cesnauskas-Chernikov, Soviet Union 1 973]
1 3 dS [Very energetic play by Black!]
..
1 4.l:tad1 [1 4.ti:Jd5 b2 1 5.l:.ad1 g7=i=;
1 4.d5 ti:Jb4=i=; 1 4.'it'd5 1i'd5 1 5.d5
c2=i=] 1 4 ... d4 1 5.ti:Jb5
1 5 d3! [A brilliant concept by Naer. He
.
prefers to have no pawn to having a weak
pawn on d6. The pair of bishops give Black
ample compensation] 1 6.cd3 lL:aS
pawn up, but both d3 and (especially) b3
are weak. Black is very active along the di
agonals and the open c- and e-files] 1 9.d4
[Black also retrieves the pawn after 1 9.b4
'it'b6 20.b5 (20.ti:Jd5 'ifd6 21 .ti:Je3 e6=i')
20 ... l:.cdB 21 .d4 g4] 19 'ii' b6 20.dS
.
'ii' b3 21 .d6 [The passed pawn looks dan
gerous, but Black is in fact much better]
21 lledB [Blocking the pawn with
.
2 1 . . .d7 was also strong] 22.li:ldS Wh8!
23.li:le7 [Or 23.ti:Je3 d7 (23 ... eS?!
24.ti:Jd4) 24.1Llc3 e6! with an edge]
23 l:l.c2 24.'ii' aS [White can just about
..
prevent losing a piece owing to his strong
d-pawn. 24.'ii' e 1 'ii' b2] 24 b6 25.'ii'a7
..
.lle2 26.'i!t'c7 l:te8 27.'*c6 .1If8!
[27 . . . l:.dB 28.'it'c7] 28.d7 d7 [Returning
the piece, but Black ends up with an extra
pawn. This was a forced line after 23 ... l:.c2.
Not 28 ... l:.dB?? 29.'it'c7 and White wins]
29.'ifd7 J:lb2 [Black has excellent win-
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ning chances of course, the passed pawn
can be supported by the bishop on the long
diagonal] 30.t/JdS 'ifbS [30 ...b5]
31 .'ife7 'ifcS 32.'ifh4 [Black is also
more or less winning after 32.'ifc5 bc5
33.J:l.c1 ..Q.d4] 32 h6 33.h3 bS
. 27.l:!h7 'it>g8 28 . .!lg7 'it>f8 29.h4 t/Jc3
34.'ife4 'ifc4 3S.'ife7? [The win is
more difficult after 35.'iff3 b4 36.J:l.fe1 b3
37.J:l.e7, seeking counterchances. However,
White is still lost following 37 . . . l:la2!
(37 ... @g8 38.t/Jf6 ..Q.f6 39.'iff6 and White
has enough counterplay) 38.:C.17 llaa8!
when material is equal, but Black's passed
pawn is too far advanced] 3S ... b4
36.l:lfe1 b3 37.t/Jf6? 'ii'f4 [37 ... 'ifh4!
was even more technical. White has to ex
change queens with 38.t/Jg4 'ii'e7 39.J:le7
and then loses after 39 .. . l:la2 followed by
40 ... b2 and 41 ...J:ta1 ] 38.tlle4 .l:tc2
39.l:ld8 lld8 40.'llfd8 >ith7 41 .g3
'llff3 42. 'ii' h4 f6! [Shutting in White's
queen. White's last trick was 42 ... b2??
43.li:lg5] 43.g4 b2 44.gS llc1 4S.li:lf6
'iff6 0-1
Robson, Ray
Perelshteyn,Eugene
St Louis 201 1 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:lf6 S.li:lc3 li:lc6 6 ...Q.gS g6 7 ..Q.f6
ef6 8 ..Q.c4 ..Q.g7 9.t/JdbS 0-0 1 0.'ifd6
[1 0.li:ld6 f5; 1 0.0-0 f5] 10 ... fS 1 1 .0-0 a6
1 2.'ifd8 lld8 1 3.li:lc7 (1 3.t/Ja3 fe4+]
13 ... lla7 1 4 . ..Q.d3 (1 4.a4 fe4 1 5.J:l.ad1
..Q.c3 1 6.bc3 l:!d1 1 7.lld1 b5 1 8.ab5 l:!c7
1 9.bc6 l:!c6 20 . ..Q.d5 J::l. c3 21 . ..Q.e4 a5=]
1 4 ... bS 1 S.liJ7dS
1 S li:ld4 (15 ...fe4! 1 6 . ..Q.e4 15 1 7 . ..Q.f3
..
li:ld4"i'] 1 6.efS ..Q.f5 1 7 . ..Q.fS gfS
(17 ... lllf5 1 8.a4 J:l.ad7 1 9.ab5 ab5 20.li:lb4=]
1 8.llad1 llad7 1 9.g3 lllc2 [19 ... t/Je2
20.Wg2 (20.t/Je2 J:l.d5 21 .J:l.d5 J:l.d5 22.t/Jf4
66
J:l.d2) 20 ... t/Jc3 21 .li:lc3 c3 22.J:l.d7 J:l.d7
23.bc3 J:lc7 24.a4=] 20.t/Je7 @f8 21 .t/JfS
..Q.c3! 22.J::l.d7 l:ld7 23.bc3 J::l.d 2
24.llb1 ti:Ja3 2S .i::t b4 [25.J:!a1 t/Jc2
26.J:l.b1 li:la3] 25 J:l.a2 26.J:!h4 lll b 1 !
..
30.l:!h7 >itg8 31 .llg7 wf8 32.J:lh7
@g8 33.l:lg7 Y,-Y,
The C r i t i c a l Po s i t i o n
8.c4 7 9 . ti:J d b 5 0-0 1 0 .d6
Kosintseva,Nadezhda
Romanko,Marina
Rijeka Ech-W 201 0 (5)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 lll c6 3.lll c3 d6 4.d4
cd4 5.t/Jd4 li:lf6 6 . ..Q.g5 g6 7 ..Q.f6 ef6
8 . ..Q.c4 ..Q.g7 9.t/JdbS 0-0 1 0.'ifd6 fS
[ 1 0 . . . 'ifa5 1 1 .'iYc7 15 transposes;
1 1 ... 'ifb4?! 1 2.b3 f5 1 3.0-0-0 fe4
1 4.t/Jd6! ..Q.c3 1 5.bc3 'ifc3 1 6.ti:Jf7! 'ifa1
1 7.'it>d2 W'd4 1 8. e1 'ifg7 1 9.tll d6
( 1 9.lllg 5 @h8 20.'iYg7 'it>g7 21 .tll e4 J:l.e8
22.13 f5 23.@f2;!;) 19 ... 'it>h8 20.'ifg7
@g7 21 .tll b 7!] 1 1 .0-0-0
1 1 ... 'ifaS (1 1 . . . 'ifd6? 1 2.t/Jd6 c3
1 3.bc3 fe4 1 4.t/Je4 Polugaevsky 1 983]
1 2.'ifc7! (1 2.'ifd2 tll e5 1 3 . ..Q.d5 fe4
1 4.h3 l:ld8 1 5.'ife2 J:l.d5 ( 1 5 . . . a6! 16.tll a3
..Q.f5 1 7 . ..Q.e4 ..Q.e6gg) 1 6.J:ld5 ..Q.e6
1 7.'ife4! ..Q.d5 1 8.'ifd5 Vehi Bach-Mascaro
March, Arinsal 201 1 , and now 1 8 ... lllc6gg]
1 2 fe4 ! ? ( 1 2 ... ..Q.c3 1 3.bc3 'ii' a4?
( 1 3 ... a6! 1 Hld8! 'ii'c7 1 5.J:l.f8 @18
1 6.tll c7 J:l.a7 1 7 . ..Q.d3;!; b5 1 8.tll d 5 e6
1 9.'it>b2 ( 1 9.tll f4!;!;) 1 9 ... tll e5! 20.t/Jf4 c4
(20 . . .le4! 21 .t/Je6 le6 22.e4 tll c4
23.'it>c1=) 21 .ef5 g5 22.J:l.e1 ! J:l.e7
23.tll e6! +- Carlsen-D.Gurevich, Rishon Le
Ziyyon Wch blitz 2006) 1 4.t/Jd6
Polugaevsky 1 983; 12 . . . W'b4 1 3.tll d6! ..Q.c3
1 4.bc3 'ifc3 15 ...Q.17 'it>h8 16 ...Q.b31
(1 6.@b1 Polugaevsky 1 983. However,
Black has 1 6 . . . 'ifg7!+ threatening
1 7 ... e6) 1 6 ... 'ifa1 1 7.'it>d2 'ifd4
1 8.'it>e2!] 1 3.'ii'a 5 tll a 5 1 4 . ..Q.ds ..Q.g4
1 5.llde1 a6! [ 1 5 ... llad8?! 1 6.J:l.e4 ..Q.f5
1 7.J:l.a4 b6 1 8.J:l.d1 a6 1 9.li:ld4 ..Q.d7
20.J:l.b4 b5 21 .tll f3 tll c6 22.J:l.e4 and al
though Black has certain compensation, he
was suffering and eventually lost in
Volokitin-Carlsen, Biel 2006] 1 6.ti:Jd6
e3! ? [16 ... ..Q.c3 1 7.bc3 .!lad8 1 8.tlle4!t]
1 7.f3 ..Q.e6 [ 1 7 . . . ..Q.f5!oo] 1 8 ..Q.e6 fe6
1 9.tll d e4;!; llad8 20.h4 .!lf5 21 .lld1
[21 .tll d 1 ..Q.h6 22.J:l.e2 tll c4 23.b3t]
21 J:ldfS 22.l:!d7 bS 23.tlle2 l:le5?!
.
(23 . . . lld5] 24.c3 ..Q.h6 25.1)3 t/Jc6
26.J:lc7 tll b8 27.@c2 lldS 28.J:!d1
J:tf7? 29.J:l.cS 1 -0
Korneev,Oleg
Mascaro March.Pedro
Benasque 2007 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.tll f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.t/Jd4
t/Jf6 5.tll c 3 tll c6 6.g5 g6 7 ..Q.f6
ef6 8 ..Q.c4 ..Q.g7 9.tll d b5 0-0 1 0.'ifd6
'ifa5 1 1 .0-0-0 f5
1 2.'ifc7 a6 1 3.'ifas li:iaS 1 4.tll c7
[This brings White nothing after the correct
response] 1 4 ... tll c 4? [ 1 4 ... J:l.a7! 1 5.b3
( 1 5 . ..Q.d3 ..Q.c3 1 6.bc3 b5 ( 1 6 ... fe4 1 7 . ..Q.e4
b5 1 8.tll d5 ..Q.e6=) 1 7.tll d5 ..Q.e6 1 8.tll b4
14?! ( 1 8 .. .fe4) 1 9.e2 J:l.c8 20.J:l.d6 J:l.c3
21 .J:l.a6 J:l.a6 22.tll a6 Rizouk-Mascaro
March, Ibiza 2006) 1 5 . . . ..Q.c3! 1 6.bc3 le4
1 7.J:l.he1 ( 1 7.tll d 5 b5 ( 1 7 ... 'it;>g7 1 8.tll b6)
1 8.tl\16 @g7 19.t/Je4 llc7) 1 7 ... b5 1 8.tll dS
15 1 9.tll b6 @g7 20.J:l.d6 J:l.c7 21 .@b2 ..Q.b7
22.g3 J:l.16 23.J:l.ed 1 J:l.d6 24.J:l.d6 ..Q.c6
25.c4 bc4 26.t/Jc4 tll b7 'h-'h Kholmov
Chernikov, Soviet Union 1 982] 1 5.tll aS

fe4 16.tt:ic7 it..g 4 [ 1 6 . . . b5 1 7.lll 7d5
l:!eB 18.b3 b4 1 9. llle4 l:e4 20.bc4 it..e6
21.ltlc? it..f5 (21 ... it..c4 22.l:he1 +-)
22.nda ..ta 23.llid5 'it>g7 24.llie3+
KindinovaTarleva, Kostroma 201 OJ
17.l:!de1 ..G..ts 1 8.lli7dS :es 1 9.h3
Itta 20Jle2 :ca 21 .t2:ld1 (21 .lld1]
21 ...ie6 22.t2:lf4 it.. h 6 23.g3 fS
24.li:!e3 it..f7 2S.t2Jc4 ..Q.c4 26.l:d2
gS? 27.tiJdS l:cS [27 ... it..a2 28.g4! f4
29.ne1 +-l 28.l:thd1 [28.t2:lb6! it..bs
29.li:ld7+-] 28 f4? 29.t2:lf6
. 1 -0
Horvath,Zoltan
Chernikov,Oleg
Balatonbereny 1 986 (8)
1 .e4 cS 2.t2:lf3 t2Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2Jd4
IL.ts S.tt:ic3 d6 6.it.. g S g6 7.it..f6 ef6
8 ..li.c4 it..g 7 9.tiJdbS 0-0 1 0 . ..-d6 fS
1 1 .0-0-0 'iWaS 1 2 . ..-a3?! (1 2 . ..-c7 a6
13. 'i' a5 t2Ja5 transposes to the game]
12 ... a6 [12 ... 'ifa3 1 3.ti:Ja3 it..c3 1 4.bc3
fe4=] 1 3.'iWaS ti:JaS 1 4.lll d 6 ti:Jc4
1 5.8c4 it..e6 (This is stronger than
15. .c3?! 1 6.bc3 fe4 1 7.ti:Jb6 llbB
. chBUL 1 958] 1 2 fe4 [12 ... 'ifl2!?]
1a.nd6 I.tea 1 9.c4!;J; Petrushin-Chernikov,
Soviet Union 1 973] 1 6.ti:Jb6 (1 6.ti:Jd6 fe4
17.li:lde4 I.tac8 1 8.a3 h6 1 9.ti:Jd5 l:c4
20.13 f5 21 .tt:ld6 l:tc5 22.tt:lf4 it..b3 23.lld2
l:!dB 24.tt:ld3 l:tc2 (24 ... l:c7 25.ti:Jb4
ie5'i') 25.l:c2 it..c2 26. 'it>c2 l:d6=
Tantsiura-Tarleva, Kostroma 201 0]
16 ... l:adS 1 7.efS it..fS 1 8.tt:lcdS ..G.. h 6
19.Wb1 .t>g7
:i
1 22.'it>b1 +-] 13 ...fe4 1 4.ti:Je4 ..Q..g4
l tLi
[Black has very decent compensation for
the pawn due to his pair of bishops]
20.IL:e7?! (20.l:the1 llfe8 21 .13 it..e6!?1]
20 ... ..G..e6 21 .tt:ledS J:!.d6 22.a4 aS
23.l:!he1 ..G..g S 24.c4 llc6!'i' [Planning
25 ... ..G..dB] 2S.b4 ab4 26.aS r:tcs
27.Wb2? [27.f4 ii.dB 28.lle6! fe6
29. li:ld? llc4 30. tt:lf8 \t>f8 31 . tt:le3 llc8
32.l:d7 it..a5 33.l:b?'i'] 27 l:!.aS .
28.l:!.a1 llcS!+ 29.'it>b3 J:!c6 30.r:ta7
I:r.b8 3U!e2? [31 .l:!.a5D 6 31 ...it..d B
32.l:b5] 31 ... it.. d S [32.lll a4 b5-+;
32.:aa .:aa 33. tt:iaa b5-+ J 0-1
Klovans,Janis
Chernikov,Oleg
Grieskirchen Wch-sen 1 998 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 tt:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
tt:Jf6 S.tt:lc3 d6 6.gs g6 7.it..f6 ef6
8.it..c4 it.. g 7 9.lll d bS 0-0 1 0.'tifd6 fS
1 1 .0-0-0 'ifgS
1 2.f4 'ifh6!? [Chernikcv; 12 ... 'ifg2?
1 3.e5 'ifg4 (13... lldB? 1 4.it..f? 'if.?17
1 5.1t'c7+- Kartsev-A.Smirnov, Dagomys jr
2004) 1 4.l:!.hf1 ti:Je5 1 5.it..e2! 'iVh3 16.le5
'ife3 1 7.lt>b1 it..e5 1 8.'ife7 (1 8.'ifb4!)
18 ... it..e6 1 9.1:13 11Vb6 20.11Vh4 (Garcia Gon
zales-Estevez Morales, Camaguey 1 987)
20... l:fdB!!?!] 1 3.>t>b1 [13. ..-d2!?N (Bosch)
6 13 . ..le4 1 4.llie4 it..g4 1 5.tt:lbd6! it..d 1
1 6.tt:lf?! l:!.f7 1 7.it..f? 'if.?17 1 8.tt:lg5 WIS
1 9.'ifd6 tt:le7 20.lld1 lle8 21 .l:e1 'ifh2
1 S.llde1 a6! [15 ... r:tadB? 1 6.ti:Jf6! Wh8
1 7.tt:lg4 'iVh4 1 8.'ifc7! 'ifg4 1 9.ti:Jd6 ifd7
20.'ifd7 l:td7 21 .tt:le4 tt:ld4 22.c3 l:tcB?
(22 ... l:!.c7) 23.it..f? l:tf8 24.it..c4 b5 25.it..d3
ti:Jf3 26.l:d1 +- Goloschapov-Chernikov,
Moscow 2002] 1 6.ti:Jbc3 J:!ad8 1 7.ti:Jf6
Wh8 1 8.ti:Jg4 'ifh4 1 9.'iWcS 'ifg4
20.'tifgS [20.g3 ft..d4>g] 20 ... 'ifgS 21 .fgS
bS [21 ... it..c3 22.bc3 b5 23.it..d3 l:td5
24.it..e4 r:tc5 25.it..c6 l:c6 26.l:e3 llc4
27.g3 h6!= 28.gh6 'it>h7 29.llf1 f5 Mokry
Chernikcv, Rimavska Sobota 1 990] 22 ..G..b3
it..c3 23.bc3 l:!.d2 24.g3 'it>g7 2S.h4
ti:JaS 26.l:thf1 ti:lc4 27 . ..G..c4 bc4=
[Chernikcv] 28.l:te4 llg2 29.l:c4 llg3
30.l:ta4 l:tc3 31 .l:ta6 llc4 32.l:th1
l:te8 33.l:ta3 l:te2 34.l:tf1 J:lcc2 'h-'h
Survey SI 2 7. 1
Lazarevic,Zoran
Radovanovic,Dusan
Belgrade ch-city 201 2 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 t2Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
ti:Jf6 S.ti:Jc3 d6 6.it..gS g6 7.f6 ef6
8.it..c4 it..g7 9.tiJdbS 0-0 1 0.'iWd6 fS
1 1 .0-0-0 'ifb6!? 1 2.f3 (12.f4 J:ld8?
( 1 2 ... fe4 - Grandelius-lpatov, Wijk aan Zee
B 201 3) 1 3."tfc7! 'ife3 ( 1 3 ... 'iic7 1 4.ti:lc7
l:b8 1 5.l:dB ti:Jd8 1 6.l:d1 ti:Jc6 1 7.e5+-)
1 4.@b1 it..e6 1 5.it..e6 fe6 1 6.ef5
(1 6.1t'b7+-) 16 ... r:tdcB 1 7.l:he1 "ii'c5
1 8.'ifd6 '*f5 1 9."tfe6 'ife6 20.J:le6+
Juarez-Yabra, Havana 1 970; 1 2.ti:Jd5 '*"f2
1 3.t2Jf6 >t>hB 1 4.ti:lc7 fe4!? Shipov;
1 4 . . . l:bB; 14 . . . it..e6? 1 5.it..e6 J:tad8?
( 1 5 ... fe6 1 6.ti:JaB J:lf6 1 7.ti:Jc7)
1 6.it..d 7+- 'ifh4 1 7.ti:JceB J:lfeB 1 8.tt:Jea
it..e5 1 9.'iffBX 1 -0 Luther-J.Littlewood, Liv
erpool 2006; 1 2.l:thf1 !? Shipov; 1 2.'ifg3
tt:le5?! ( 1 2 ... 'ifc5 1 3.it..b3 a6; 12 . . . fe4)
1 3.it..b3 f4 1 4.'it'f4 ti:Jg4 1 5.Wb1 it..e5
( 1 5 . . . 'iff2 t6.'it'd2;J;) 1 6.'i!fd2 a6?
( 1 6 . . . t2:lf2! 1 7.ti:Ja4 'ifb5 1 8.'it'f2;J;) 1 7.ti:ld4
'ifa7? 1 8.f3+- KadrevPopov, Sofia
.
1 3.ti:le4 it..fS [13 ... it..e6 1 4.it..e6 'ifb5
1 5.it.. b3 J:lad8 1 6.'tifg3 tt:ld4t] 1 4."ifcS
'it'aS [14 ... e4!? 1 5.'ifb6 h6! 1 6.lt>b1
c2 1 7.lt>c2 ab6] 1 S.tt:lbd6 it..e4
1 6.'it'aS (1 6.tt:le4!] 1 6 ... ti:laS 1 7.fe4
it..eS! ? 1 8 . ..Q.e2 [18.it..f? !? J:lf7 1 9.ti:Jf?
'it>f7 20.l:d7] 1 8 lladS 1 9.ti:Jc4 t2Jc4
.
20 ..Q.c4 it..f4 21 .lt>b1 it..h 2! 22 . ..G..dS
ii.es [23.it..bn] v.-v.
A c u n n i n g move o r d e r
8.bS d7 9.c4
Svidler,Peter
Vitiugov,Nikita
Moscow ch-RUS 2007 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:Jd4
ti:: f6 S.t2Jc3 tt:':c6 6 . ..G.. g s g6!? 7.it..f6
ef6 8.it..bS [This is one of the main
moves. Also natural are 8.it..c4 and 8.it..e2]
8 ... d7 9 . ..G..c 4!? [Very subtle. So White
has provoked the bishop to d7 - perhaps
hoping that d6 will be hanging in the future.
A normal continuation was 9.ti:Jb3 it..e6
1 0.0-0 it..g 7. An old game Novopashin
Chernikov, Dnipropetrovsk 1 964, saw
9 .... d2 it..g7 1 0.0-0 0-0 1 1 .ti:Jb3 it..e6
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1 2.l:tad1 IS 13 . .ic6 bc6 1 4.li:ld4 1!i'b6
1 S.efS .ic4 1 6.l:tfe1 1!i'b2 1 7.l:tb1 'it'a3
1 8.li:le4 :tea 1 9.16 dS 20.li:lts (20.tg7)
20 ....ita 21 .l:te3 'it'a2 22.li:lc3 'it'a3
23.l:th3 d4! 24.li:le7 .ie7 2S.fe7 'it'e7 and
Black won] 9 ... g7 1 0.t2lc6 [With the
bishop on ca this exchange would be point
less as Black would then take back with the
b-pawn. Now, however, he has to take with
the bishop when dS remains a weak square.
Still, the lime factor counts for something
too. 1 0.li:ldbS 0-0 1 1 .li:ld6 'it'c7 1 2.li:ldbS
'ifca 1 3.li:ldS IS 1 4.0-0 fe4 1 S.li:ld6 'it'd8
1 6.li:lb7 'ifgS gave Black excellent
counterplay in Gromovs-Scuderi, Genova
2004: 1 7.li:le3 Illes 18 . .idS li:lt3 1 9.@h1
'it't4? (winning was 19 .. .'it'h4! 20.h3 (20.gf3
.ieS) 20 ... .ih3 21 .gt3 .bs mates) 20.g3
'tt' h6 21 .h4 li:lh4 22.gh4 ti'h4 23.@g1
.ieS 24.14 et3 2S.l:tt3 'it'h2 26.@11 .ih3
27.@e1 .ib2 28.'it'd2 Wes 29.l:th3 .ic3
30.l:td1 .id2 31 .l:td2 l:tab8 and surpris
ingly White managed to draw his lost posi
tion somehow] 10 ..Q.c& 1 1 .'Wd3 f5
. 1 3 b2!? ( 1 3 ... 0-0
(Black plays the standard move to release
the Dragon bishop out o: its cage, but
1 1 ...0-0 1 2.0-0 (12.0-0-0 'Wb6 looks fairly
decent too) 12 ... 'Wb6 ( 1 2 .. .tS 1 3.etS
'tt'gS!?i!) 1 3.it.b3 'it'c5 1 4.J:.ad1 l:tad8
1 s.i:tte1 :tea 1 6.li:ldS :es 1 7.J:.e3 J:.dea
1 8.c3 bS 1 9.a3 as 20 . .ia2 2-2
Mekhitarian-Santos, Sao Paulo 2009]
1 2.ef5 'Wg5! ? (12 ... 0-0 1 3.0-0 1WgS
1 4.li:ldS is slightly better for White but per
haps the safest choice; 12 ... it.g2 1 3.J:.g1
it.c6 1 4.0-0-0 is dangerous for Black;
12 ... 'it'e7 1 3.<;i.ot1 0-0-0 1 4.it.dS also prom
ises White something]
:I .i
.l .l .l .t. .l
.t. i ' 1 7.t2lc7 ..td7 1 8.d5? (1 8.li:la8! .ih6
ts 'ii'
ttJ
ts ts ts
n <;it l::r
1 3.li:ld5 [The ambitious move. 1 3.fg6 hg6
merely helps Black; 1 3.dS now promises
nothing after 13 . . . c3!? 1 4.1!fc3 0-0
1 S.c6 bc6 1 6.0-0 'iffS with equality]
1 4.0-0 b2
1 S.l:tab1 it.dS 1 6.'it'dS and despite the op
posite-coloured bishops Black's position is
unattractive] 1 4.l:l.b1 'Wg2? [Black
crosses the boundary between risk and
mortal danger. 14 ... it.e!? 1 S.O-O (1 S.li:lc7
@e7 1 6.li:laa 'Wg2 1 1..i:rn :aa with ample
compensation tor the exchange; 1 S.f4 it.14
1 6.0-0 it.es is safe and therefore better for
Black) 1 S .. .'it'ts 1 6.'it'tS gtS 1 7.li:lc7 'l;e7
1 8.li:laa J:.aa and computer engines credit
Black with a fair amount of compensation.
Although it is true that he is playing only tor
a draw] 1 5.l:tf1 g7 (1 S ... it.eS is now
met by 1 6.14; 1 S ... 'it'gS 1 6.h4! (1 6.l:tb2
1!fc1 ) 16 ... 1!i'h6 1 7.'iftd1 ] 1 6.f6! .ifs
[Now Black's proud bishop (his main reason
tor provoking .bf6) is back on its original
square. Black is in serious trouble]
( 1 8 ... dS 1 9.l:tbS) 1 9.bS! l:!.a8 20.it.c6
'it'c6 21 .@d1 when Black does not have
enough tor the exchange] 1 8 ... it.d5? [Re
turning the favour. Now Viliugov will not get
another chance. 1 8 ... l:teB! is the kind of
move that computer engines spot so easily.
After 1 9.li:lea (1 9.@d2 it.h6 20.'iftc3 .id5
21 . li:ldS :ca is also tine tor Black)
1 9 .. . it.dS 20.li:lg7 @ca Black is apparenHy
OK!] 1 9.t2ld5 :es 20.'it>d1 b6? (Now
Svidler proves that he can be a hard-hitting
batsman] 21 .J:l.b6! l:te4 (21 ...ab6 22.'ii'b5
>t>d8 23.'it'b6 >t>d7 24.'it'c7 'ifi>e6 2S.tllf4
wins the queen] 22.l:tb7 'it<>e6 23.f3
l:ld4 24.'it'd4 (24.ti:Jt4 mates in the end.
but the text is more normal for a human
without a silicon mate] 24 ... 'it'f1 25.<;i;>d2
'ifg2 26.'it>c1 .ih6 27.ti:Jf4 .if4
28.'it'f4 'ifg1 29.'11t b2 [Black's king can
not hope to survive. His next allows mate in
S] 29 'it>d5 30.c4
1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

:I .t. :I :I .t. :I
.l .l ' .l ' i .t. i
tzJ .l Vi' '
' ttJ
ts
'ii' ttJ
ts ts 'ii'
c;t> a. <;it a. ti:
position after 1 3.c4-b3 position after 1 6.@c1 -b1 position after 1 3 . . . J:!.f8-d8

The best move for Black? According to an analysis by Lev White to play.
(solution on page 245) Polugaevsky in 1 983 White is (solution on page 245)
better. Is that true?
(solution on page 245)

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Sicilian Defence B61 Richter/Rauzer Variation SI 27.5 (86 1 )

Do u bts a bout Du b i o us n ess

by Leopold Le Ruyet, Wojtek Sochacki, Christophe Sochacki

1. e4 cs was not the researcher. Two

2. tt::l f3 d6 grandmasters have kept playing
3. d4 cd4 it as Black: Konstantin Shanava
4. tt::l d 4 tt::l f6 and Daniil Dubov. One might
s. tt::l c 3 tt::l c6 make an obj ection about the
6. g s d7 youth of the latter, but Dubov re
7. d2 ca cently drew against some of Rus
8. f4 tt::l d 4 sia's best players, although he
9. 'tWd4 'tWaS did not play this exact line.
1 0. es We decided to scrutinize his
games in order to understand
where the old anal ysis went
K .a. .I
wrong, or where Dubov did. And
.a. .l .l .l .l to our satisfaction we discovered
.l 6 that Black was not losing at all
t and that White, in fact, had to Danlil Dubov

work hard to get an advantage !

There are many Sicilian varia
tions that are considered ' smelly'
to say the least, and they tend,
slowly but inevitably, to remain
only as dust on an old book left
unopened for many years . This
might have been the fate of the
6 .2.d7 Rauzer Variation, partly
...
because of 1 O.e5 , followed by
Kupreichik ' s 1 3 .tt::l b 5, which
was thought to be crushing.
New Life
But sometimes there is a pioneer
whose sigh breathes new life i nto
an almost-forgotten line. Vladi
mir Kramnik is one of them, and
he is getting more and more fol
lowers. But in the present case he
Two Known Paths
Still, the results are really poor
for Black, since the position after
l 3 .tt::l b 5 is known to be rather
tough to play without a computer
as the defender. But does tough
mean unsafe? We shall see.
1 O ... deS 1 1 .feS e6 1 2.0-0-0
..Q.c6
There are two known paths to be
analysed here : l 3 .tt::l b 5 and
l 3 .b5, although a 1 99 1 recipe
from Polgar with I 3.c4 might
also be a contender.
After 13.tt::l bS Dubov got per
fectly reasonable positions until
move 25, but he lost the two
games which we have chosen as
the main ones for this Survey due
to the i nherent difficulty of the
task he had set himself.
13.bS leads to a difficult
choice for B lack: I 3 . . . tt::l d 5
seems to us the most sensible op
tion here, leading to endgames
that are not easy to assess (see
Vallejo Pons-Shanava) .
13.c4 is an almost unexplored
track. We did manage to hold the
position to a draw as Black, al
though some crushing lines can
be found here. Currently there i s
not enough material available on
this line to draw any definite
conclusions.

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Conclusion
So far, no refutation of this line
has been found, but if White
An U nopened Old Book
1 0.e5
Safarli,Eltaj
Shanava,Konstantin
Dubai 201 0 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2:f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
tllt6 s.tt:: c3 tll c6 6 . ..Q..gs ..Q.. d7 7.'il!fd2
.!lc8 8.f4 /Ld4 9.'i!Yd4 'i!YaS 1 0.eS
1 0 .. .l::tc 3 ?! [ 1 0 ... tll g4? 1 1 .ed6 'i!Yc5
(1 1 ... e6?! 1 2.h3 e5 1 3.'it'd5 'it'd5 ( 1 3 ... l:tc5
1 4.'iVb7 l:tc3 1 5.000+-) 1 4.tll d5 ..Q..d6
1 5.hg4 l:tc2 1 6.kd3 l:tg2 1 7.000 kg4
1 8.tll e3+-; 1 1 . ..f6? 1 2.0-0-0! fg5 ( 1 2 . . . e5
1 3.fe5 l:tc3 1 4.kd2 'ifa2 1 5.kc3 fe5
1 6.1!fc5 b6 1 7.'i!fb4 tll e3 1 8.kb5 tll d 1
1 9.kd7 <;i;>d7 20.'i!fb5 '.t>d8 21 .1!fc6 'ilfe6
22.l:td1 'ii'c8 23.'ie4 1 -0 Kabanov
Chernyshov, Belgorod 2008) 1 3.de7 tllf6
1 4.ef81!t' <;i;>f8 1 5 . ..Q..c4+-) 1 2.'ii'c5 l:tc5
1 3.de7 ke7 1 4.e7 @e7 1 5.kd3;
10 ... h6? 1 1 .el6 e5 (1 1 ...l:tc3!? 1 2.bc3 e5
1 3.'it'b4 'ilfb4 1 4.cb4 hg5 1 5.fg7 kg7
1 6.lg5) 1 2.fg7 kg7 1 3.'i!fd6 hg5 1 4.0-0-0
kc6 1 5.fg5+-; 10 ... de5 is the main line
which will be examined in the next games]
1 1 .'il!fc3 [1 1 .bc3! tll d 5 (1 1 . . .tll e4 1 2.'ife4
(1 2.ed6 tll d6 1 3.kd3 f6 1 4.kh4 kc6
1 5.0-0 tllf5 16 . ..Q..f5 'iWf5 1 7.'i!fd3 and the
sacrificed exchange isn't properly compen
sated for) 12 ... 'ilfc3 1 3.<;i;>f2 'ilfa1 1 4.kb5
'ilfc3 (14 . . . 'i!fb2 1 5.'iWb7 'ilfc2 1 6.@g3
..Q..b5 1 7.'ii' b5 '.t>d8 1 8.l:tb1 'it'c3 19 . .t>f2
f6 20.kh4 with more than enough for the
pawn) 1 5.kd7 @d7 1 6.'*'b7 'it'c7 1 7.l:tb1
70
wants to have an easy, risk-free
way to continue, he should go for
the Vallejo ending, in which, in
'iWb7 ( 1 7 . . . h6 1 8.'i!fb5 'it'c6 1 9.e6 fe6
20.'Wba 'Wc2 21 .wg1 'Wc5 22 . .t>h1 e5
23.f5 hg5 24.l:tb7 @c6 25.l:tc7 @d5
26.l:tc5 dc5 27.'ifa7+-) 1 8.rlb7 '.t>e6
1 9.l:ta7 de5 20.fe5 g6 21 .c4; 1 1 .. .de5?!
1 2.le5 tll d 5 ( 1 2 ... tll e 4?? 1 3.'it'e4 'it'c3
1 4. <;i;>f2 'ilfa1 1 5.'it'b7 'i!fd4 1 6.ke3 'it'c3
1 7.kb5 'iWc2 1 8.@f3 'iWf5 1 9.kf4 f6
20.'iWca @f7 21 .'iWd7+-) 1 3.e6! fe6
( 1 3 . . . ke6 1 4.l:tb1 !) 1 4.kd2 kc6 1 5.kc4
'iWb6 1 6.0-0 'it'd4 1 7.cd4) 1 2.ed6
(1 2.kc4 'iWc3 1 3.'il!fc3 tll c3 1 4.kd3 e6
1 5.0-0 d5 1 6.kh4 kc5 1 7.@h1 b5
1 8.e1 d4 1 9.c3 dc3 20.l:tfb1 ..Q..a3
21 .kb5 kb2 22.kd7 @d7 23.J:td1 .t>c7
24.l:tab1 a5 25.J:td4 J:td8 26.J:tc4 @d7
27.i::t d 1 .t>ea 28.l:tda .t>da 29.g3 f5
30.l:tc6 @d7 31 .l:td6 <;i;>e7 32.l:ta6 h6
33.l:ta7 @fa 34.J:ta5 g5 35.@g2 c1
36.@f3 g4 37.@e2 h5 38.l:ta6 @e7
39.rla7 @d8 40.J:th7 a3 41 .@d3 c5
42.J:th5 <;i;>d7 43.@c3 kg1 44.wc4 wc7
45. Wb5 1 -0 Wallis-Solomon, Sydney 201 1 )
1 2 .. .16 1 3.c4 e6 ( 1 3. . . tll b6 1 4.kh4 e5
1 5.fe5 tll c4 1 6.ef6 'iWe5 1 7.'iWe5 tll e5
1 8.0-0 g5 1 9.kg5 @f7 20.f4 tll c4
2Utad1 and Black cannot move anything;
13 ... tll c3 1 4.0-0 b5 (14 ... fg5 1 5.J:tae1
'iWb6 1 6.'iWb6 ab6 1 7.l:tf3 tll e4 1 8.J:te4
c6 1 9.b5 b5 20.de7 1 -0 Shabalov
Van der Weide, Willemstad 2003)
1 5.l:tf3!+-) 1 4.d5 'it'd5 ( 1 4 . . . ed5
1 5.f6!) 1 5.'it'd5 ed5 1 6.kh4 kd6
1 7.0-0) 1 1 ...'i!fc3 1 2.bc3 tll e4
1 3.ed6 [1 3.l:tb1 b6 ( 1 3 ... c6 1 4.b5!)
1 4.d3 tll c3 1 5.J:tb3 tll a4 1 6.ed6 f6
1 7.kh4 e6 1 8.f5 e5 1 9.0-0 kd6
20.c4;t. Still, taking with the pawn on c3
on move 1 1 seems to yield a greater edge,
since here the best defence would proba
bly grant Black half a point] 1 3 ... e6
1 4 . ..Q..e7 fie7 1 S.de7 tll c 3 1 6.fid3
we7 1 7.@d2 tt:: a4 1 8.l:thb1 .2.c6=
1 9.J:tb4 J:td8 20.g4 tll c S 21 .rle1 bS
22.J:teS tll d 7 23.J:f.gS g6 24.l:tgbS
..Q.bS 2S.l:tbS ti:lb6 26 . .t>e3 J:tdS
27 .a4 @d6 28.gS J:tbS 29 . .2.bS tll d S
30.we4 ts 31 .gf6 tll f6 32.<;i;>d4 'h-'h
most cases, the stronger player
may be able to demonstrate his
better technique.
K u p re i c h i k ' s M o v e
1 3 . ti:l bS
Smirnov,Pavel
Dubov,Daniil
Sochi t t 201 2 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2:d4
ti:lf6 S.tll c3 tll c6 6 . .2.gS .2.d7 7.'iWd2
llc8 8.f4 tll d 4 9.'ilfd4 'iWaS 1 0.e5
deS 1 1 .feS e6 [1 1 ...tll g4? 1 2.0-0-0! ti:le5
1 3.f4+- ; 1 1 ...c6? 1 2.b4!+-; 1 1 .. .l:tc3
1 2.bc3 ti:ld5 ( 1 2 .. . tll e4? 1 3.'ife4 'Wc3
14 . .t>f2 'ilfa1 1 5.kb5! 'Wc3 1 6.ifb7 'it'c2
1 7.@f3 'ii'f5 1 8.f4+-) 1 3.e6!?]
1 2.0-0-0 .2.c6 [ 1 2 . . . l:tc3? 1 3.d2 'iWa2
14 . .2.c3 g6 1 5.b4!! Beliavsky-Ubilava,
Orzhonikidze ti 1 978 - YB/85-52] 1 3.tll b5
1 3 ... bS [1 3 . . . tll d5? 1 4.'it'a7! 'Wb4
1 5.d2 'ifc5 1 6.'ifcS .2.c5 1 7.tt:ld6 .2.d6
1 8.ed6) 1 4.ef6 fic6 [ 1 4 . . . g6? 1 5.'iVeS
a6 1 6.kb5 ab5 1 7.ke3!N in order to pre
vent Black from playing . . . c5 and . . . l:td8;
:S 1 7.J:td3?! .2.c5 1 8.@b1 Caruana-Bui
Vinh, Budapest 2007 - YB/85-54;
14 . . . .2.a4? 1 5.kd2 (1 5.h4 - YB/85-54)
15 .. . l:tc2 1 6.@b1 lld2 1 7.l:td2 gf6
1 8 . .2.e2; 1 8.b5?=) 1 S.h4 g6 [:S
1 5 . . . l:tga 1 6.kc4 gf6 ( 1 6 . . . 'i!fb6 1 1.e6!
'it'd4 1 8.kc8!! 'ii' d 1 1 9.l:td1 h6 20.e3
gl6 21 .a7). This move, which is the logi
cal continuation to Black's 1 5th, loses on
the spot: 1 7.'iWf6! (1 7.l:the1 ? is played in
most games (see Yearbook 85) but that
shouldn't scare Black: 1 7 ... em 1 8.e6
fe6 1 9.l:te6 fg5 20.l:te7 @e7 21 .'it'd6 li<f7
 Survey SI 2 7. 5

22.l:f1 wee 23.b4 'iVa3 24.'it>d2 e4
25.'it'e6 with a draw) 1 7 ... l:tg60 1 8.'iVf4!
h6 (18 ... g2 1 9.l:thg1 ! c6 20.l:tgf1 !+-)
1 9.16 b5 (19 ... l:tg2 20.l:th11 ! ! (- Rodri
guez Cespedes-Gamboa, Bogota 1 991 -
YB/85-55. The 17-pawn becomes a real tar
get and e5 has become a dangerous
threat) 20 ... 'iVc5 21 .c3!+- just preventing
the mate on c2; 21 .e5? 15=F) 20.b3+
in order to follow up with 21 .l:thf1 . This is a
sample line: 20 ... h5 21 .'iVe5 e7 22.e7
'lte7 23.l:thf1 'ii'c7 24.'iVc5 @ea
25.'it'h5+-; s 15 ... c5?N 1 6.'ii'e 5!
(1 6.fg7?? d4-+) 16 ... g6 1 7.h5 gh5
18.l:h5 b6 1 9.'iVa5 a5 20.h6 c7
21 .g7 l:tgB 22.l:td4] 1 6.c4 [1 6.'ito>b1
l:tdB 1 7.'ii'g4 (1 7.1i'd8 'ii'd8 1 8.l:tdB
@dB=) 1 7 ... h5 1 8.l:tdB 'iVd8 1 9.'iVe2 c5
20.l:h3 'ifd5 21 .l:td3 1i'f5 22.'iVd1 b6=F]
1 6 cs [16 ... 'iVc5? 1 7.'iVd3!+- 'iVf5
...
18.'i'b3 Svidler-Scherbakov, Krasnoyarsk
ch-RUS 2003 - YB/85-55] 1 7. 'ii'e5
17 ... b4?! [We believe that this move is
extremely dubious since from now on the first
player only goes for logical and forced varia
tions, which will lead to a clearly favourable
endgame for him. 17 ...! has to be played:
18.'i'e2 (1 8.'iVa5?! 5 1 9.h5 gh5 20.l:th5
.ig2 21 .5 M 22.c6 (22.e2?!
.id8=F) 22...i:tc6 23.m 1 24.c3 :ga
25.g7 l:td6 26.l:tdh1 'it>d7 27.l:th7 e5!
28.ll7h5 'it>e6=F Sutovsky-Thorhallsson,
Gausdal 1995 - YB/85-56) 10 ... 0-0 1 9.m
(19.Wb1 l:tfd8oo Black is OK) leads to a
forced draw after 19 ... g2!!= (not 19 ... l:tfdB??
20.'i'e6+- Parmentier-Strugnell, Paris 2006) .
25.'iVf3 'iVf3 26.l:tg5 'it;>h8 27.g7 @g8
20.m 'ito>hB) 20 ... 1 21 .eS :1a 22.17
l:t17 23.'ii'ea l:tfa 24.'ii'e6 '1th8 25.'ife7
e3!! 26.'it>b1 (26.'iVe3 'iVf5=) 26 ... m
27.l:td7 l:tf7!!=] 1 S.'ife2! [1 8.'ii'e3?! 4?!
Nevostruev-Evdokimov, Sochi II 2006;
1 8 ... 0-0=; 1 8.'ifa5 transposes] 1 S ...O-O
1 9.h6 l:tfdSO [19... l:tleB? 20.h5 g50
(20 ... l:tcdB?? 21 .hg6+- l:td1 22.@d1
(22.'iVd1 !) 22 ... 'it'dB 23.d3 Solovjov
Usmanov, St Petersburg 201 1 ; 20 ... d5??
21 .hg6 lg6 22.l:td5 ed5 23.'iVf3 l:tc7 24.d5
l:t17 25.17 @17 26.'ii'b7 @16 27.l:tf1 @eS 1 7 ... hSO [1 8.h5 is too strong a threat.
28.f4 'it>e6 29.'iVc6 1 -0 Bergsson 1 7 ... 0-0?? 1 8.h5!+-] 1 S.'it'g3 [ 1 8.'ii'e2
Kjartansson, Reykjavik ch-ISL 2007) 21 .'ifg4 (here the position has changed a bit, since
@ha 22.; 19 ... Q2?? 20.h5!!+- 1 ... h5 has been forced) 18 ... 0-0 1 9.l:the1 ;
21 .hg6 hg6 22.l:th1 e1 23.@1>1 l:tc4 1 9.l:th3 b5 20.b3 'ifc7 21 .g4 hg4
24.'iVc4 l:td8 25.'it'e2+-] 20.'ii'e6 ! 'ii'c7 . 22.'ii'g4 'it'e5 23.h5 'iVf5] 1 S ... e4! [This
21.l:l.dS l:tdS 22.'ii'g4 'ifd7 23.'it'd7 move is as necessary as it is logical. s
l:td7 24.c3 f8 25.fS Wf8 26.l:td1 1 8 ... o-o 1 9.d2! (s 1 9.e6? e4!=
l:td1 27.'ito>d1 g2 2S.'it>d2;!; 20.b3 c2! 21 .c2 'iVa2 22.'it'b3 e3
23.'ife3 'ifa1 24.'it>d2 'ii' b2 25.@e1
Jlc2gg (25 . . .'ifc2? 26.'ii' d 2;!; Guseinov
Narayanan, Abu Dhabi 201 0) with tremen
dous compensation for the sacrificed mate
rial, for instance: 26. 'ito>f1 l:tg2 27.l:l.d2 l:td2
28.'ifd2 'ii' b 1 29.>t>g2 'ii' e4 30.>t>h2 'ife5
31 .>t>g2 'iVe4=) 1 9 ... 'iVb6 20.e6! e4
21 .cB l:tc8 22.'ii' b3 'ii'c6 23.g5!;
23.@b1 ? Alsina Leal-Dreev, Barcelona
2009] 1 9.l:the1 f5o 20.l:td5 [This is
the crucial position according to the most
recent games. 20.l:te5?! g4!?N 2 1 . l:td2
0-0 22. 'it>b 1 'if c7=F with a small edge for
2S h3 29.d5 b6 30.c6 e6
. Black, 23 ... l:tfdB is coming]
[30 ... h6 31 .'ito>e3 g5 32.h5 g4 33.b4 h5
34.d7 d1 35.c4 h5 36.c5 bc5 37.bc5 g4
38.4 e2 39.a4 d1 40.b5 a6 41 .c6
g3 42.'it>g3 ab5 43.a5 h4 44.4 1 -0
Bodnaruk-Kovalevskaya, Tiumen 201 2]
31 .a4 h6 32.b4 g5 33.h5 c4
34.'it>e3 f1 35.d7 c4 36.'it>d4
e6 37.c6 g4 3S.@e3 as 39.ba5
ba5 40.'it>f4 @gs 41 .b5 @fS 42.c4
cs 43.c5 e6 44.c6 1 -0
Solak,Dragan
Dubov,Daniil 20 g4 [20 .. . c2!? (this very interesting
..

This very nice move is the only one, but It
allows Black to survive in all variations. The
reader may convince himself with a computer
check that few variations are available and all
forced. For instance: 20.18 (20.e6 1
21 .18 transposes; 20.l:th2 c6 21 .h5 g5
22.J:h4 'ifc5 23.l:tg4 'ife3 24.l:td2 13
Moscow 201 2 (2)
1 .e4 c5 2.lllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:ld4
lllf6 5.ll:lc3 ll:lc6 6.g5 d7 7.'ifd2
l:tcS S.f4 lll d 4 9.'ii' d 4 'it'a5 1 0.e5
de5 1 1 .fe5 e6 1 2.0-0-0 c6
1 3.lll b 5 b5 1 4.ef6 c6 1 5.h4 g6
1 6.c4 c5 1 7.'ii' g 4
move has not been seen too often, but it
can be tried in order to surprise an unsus
pecting opponent) 2 1 . @c2 (21 .d2!
'i!fb60 22.'it>c20 f20 23.'ii'c30 0-00
24.l:tg5 e1 (s 24 ... d4 25.'iVd3 f6
26.c3 g5 27.l:te6 l:tc6 28.l:tc6 'ii'c6
29.'it'd4 16 30.'it'f6 'it'f6 31 .16 l:tc8

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32.Wd3 WIS) 2S . ..ie1 J:tfd8 26.b3 J:tdS
27.<;i;>b2 (27.'irg3 'it>h7 28 . ..id2 'ird4
29 . ..ic3 J:[gS 30.hgS "ti'c5 31 .a4 a6 32.aS
'ifa3 33.'ifeS;!;) 27 ... 'it'g1 =) 21 . . . 0-00
22.l:te6D 11fa4D 23.'ifb3D (23.b3 12
24.'it>d3 g3 2S.a4 fe6 26.l:!d7 J:tf7
27.J:te7 J:[e7 28.fe7 'it>f7 29.d7 J:ta8
30.'it>e4 d6 31 .eB'if J:[eB 32.eB @es;
23.b3 'ifa2 24.'it>d1 'ifb1 2S.'it>e2 fe6
26.J:td7) 23 ... 'ifb3D 24.<;i;>b3 (24.ab3 fe6
2S.l:td7 d4 26.J:tg7 @h8 27.J:tg6 bS
28.l:th6 @gs 29.J:tg6 whB 30.J:th6=)
24 ...fe6 2S.J:[d7 .lk6 26.J:tg7 @h8 27.J:tg6
..id4 28.h6 l:tb6 29.@a4D J:[c8 30.d3
es 31 .17 J:tg6 32 ...ig6 ..ics 33 ...id2 wg7=
34. ..ihS J:[h8 3S.g4 a6 36.c3 d6
37.@as i:th6; 20 ... 'it'b6?! 21 .i:t1s1
(21 .14 ?! ..ig4 Kravtsiv-Usmanov,
Pardubice 201 2) 21 ... gfS 22.b3!;!;
(22 . ..if4? d4! Shabalov-Mikhailuk, USA ti
2009) 22 ... 'it'c6 23 . ..if4 J:tf8 24.Wb1 J:td8
2S.h6 Wd7 26.18 J:tf8 27.c3;t;
20 ... 0-0?? 21.J:tfS 'it'b4 22.l:tcS+
Fercec-Berke, Pula 201 2; 20 ... @IB!?N
(Houdini's suggestion) 21 .J:tfS (anyway! Now
Black should hold but the position becomes
irrational) 21 ... efS 22.J:td1 (22.Wb1 !?)
22 ... bs 23 . ..ib3 J:td8 24.J:te1 ..id6 2S.J:te7
g3 26.t!f7 lti>e8 27.J:te7=] 21 ..id2
(21 .J:teeS? 0-0-+ l .Popov-Dubov, Moscow
201 2; 21 .e3?! 0-0 22.J:tcS J:tc5 23 . ..icS
'it'c5 24."We3 J:tc8 2S.'it'h6 'it'IB 26.'iVIB
'it.>18 27. ..id3 J:tc5; 27 ... aS; 27 ... ..ifS 28 . ..ifS
g1s 29.i:td1 >t>ea 30.i:td3 i:tc4 31 .i:tb3 b6
32.J:ta3 as 33.J:tb3 J:th4 34.J:tb6 J:th1
35.<;i;>d2 J:th2 36.J:tbB '.td7 37.l:tb7 Wd6
38.J:tf7 J:tg2 39.@d3 J:tg6 40.J:th7 J:tf6
41 .J:thS J:tg6"i'; 21 . ..if4!? 0-0 22.J:tgS @h8
(22 ... 'it'a4 23 ...ib3 'ifd4) 23.J:teeS J:tfd8
24.c3 'ifa4 2S.J:thS wg8 26.'ifg4 'it'c4
27.J:tegS 'ii'1 1 28.@c2 'it'd3 29.Wb3
'ifbS=] 21 ... 'it'b6 22.'it'f4 wfB 23.J:td3
[23.i:td7!? 'ifc6 24.i:td3 wgs 2s.i:tc3 i:tds
26 . ..id3 'it'd6 27.'it'gS d4 28.14 "ii'dS
29."ii'dS edS 30.J:tc7 ..if6 31 .tlb7 @g7=]
23 ... @gB 24.J:tb3 (24 . ..ib3 IS!"i';
24 ... 18?! N.Kosintseva-Kovalevskaya,
Nalchik 201 1 ; 24.Wb1 !?; 24.a3!? IS
2S.J:tb3 'it'd8 26.'it>b1 (26.d3 ..id3
27.J:td3 'iVd3 28.cd3 e3 29."ii'c4 J:tc4
30.dc4 d4 31 .gS 'it>h7 32.l:td1 J:td8=
Black looks fine to us) 26 ... ..id4 27.J:tb7
..if6 28.b3 ..ih4 29.J:teS J:th7 30.J:taS
..if6 31.J:taa7 h4"i'] 24 Wc6?!
..
(24... 'it'c7!N 2S."ii'c7 J:tc7 26. ..if4 J:td7=]
2S.d3 f8 26.'it'e4 'it'e4 27.J:te4
72
J:tc7 28Jk4 l:td7 29.e4 bS
30.J:tcB es 31 .J:tbS '.th7 32.J:taB
J:td6 33.J:tes J:tf6 34.c3 d6 3S.J:th8
'it>h8 36.llaS g3 37.J:ta7 h4
38.c4 J:tf2 39.b4 f6 40.bS '.tg7
41 .b6 d4 42.J:ta6 J:te2 43.b7 es
44.d3 l:tg2 4S.c3 1 -0
A D i ff i c u l t C h o i c e
1 3.bS
KUlaots,Kaido
Guilleux,Fabien
Dieppe 201 2 (9)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
tllf6 S.li:lc3 li:lc6 6 . ..G.gs d7 7.'it'd2
J:i.cB 8.f4 tll d4 9.'i!Yd4 'i!Yas 1 0.eS
des 1 1 .feS e6 1 2.0-0-0 ..G.c6
1 3.bS!? [As written in the introduction,
we think that Black won't be in trouble here]
1 3 ... bS?! ( 1 3 ... li:ldS! is the best reac
tion and will be analysed in the next two
games] 1 4.ef6 c6 ( 1 4 ... ..icS 1 S.'it'h4
(1 S.li:lbS?? "ti'bS?? 1 6.'it'dB J:td8 1 7.l:tdB
@dB 1 8.fg7 1 -0 P.Papp-Lomineishvili, Rijeka
Ech-W 201 0) 1S ... g6 ( 1 S ... ..G.a3 1 6.li:lbS
..ib2 1 7.Wb2 'it'bS 1 8.@a1 0-0 1 9.fg7
J:tfe8 20.J:[b1 'it'es 21 .J:tb2 J:tc2 22.16
"ii'IS 23.g4 "ti'dS 24.J:tc2 'it'h1 2S.Wb2+-;
1S ... ..if8 1 6.fg7 g7 1 7.16 16 1 8.'it'f6
J:tg8 1 9.li:le4 l:td8 20.W'eS J:tg2 21 .J:tdB
@dB 22.'iVbB .tfd7 23.J:td1 +-) 1 6.h6
J:tg8 1 7.g7 hS 1 8.J:the1 ..ic4 1 9.@b1
..ib4 20.'it'd4 "ifc7 21 .b3 J:td8 (21 ... ..ic3
22.'it'c3 ..ids 23.'it'c7 J:tc7 24.J:tdS)
22.li:lbS ..ibS 23.J:te6 ..ie7 (23 .. .fe6 24.17
@17 2s.W16 'iti>eB 26.'it'e6) 24."ii'dB 'it'dB
2S.J:td8 @dB 26.J:te7+-; 14 ... g6?
1 S.J:the1 ! (threatening 1 6.J:te6) 1S ... 'it'c7
1 6.'it>b1 ..ic6 1 7.J:te6 fe6 1 8.17 'it>f7
1 9."ifhB @es 20 . ..ih6 'ifl7 21 .18 'iVIB
22.'ii' h 7+-] 1 5.h4 ..ic5 (1 S ... g6 1 6.J:the1
h6D ( 1 6 ... 'it'IS? 1 7.g4 'it'f3 1 8.J:td3 'ifg2
1 9.J:te6 fe6 20.17 @17 21 .'iff6 @gB
22."ti'e6 i;f;>g7 23 . ..if6 'it>h6 24.'it'e3 1-0
Roser-Daurelle, Issy les Moulineaux 201 0;
16 ... ..icS? 1 7.J:te6 @18 18 . ..ih6 @gB
1 9.'it'eS b4 20.tll d S d7 21 .tll b4 e6
22.'ifaS 1 -0 Vasquez Schroder-Czarnota,
Internet \Jlilz 2004) 1 7.'ii'c4 (1 7.J:teS 'ifc7
1 8 . ..if4 'ifd8 1 9.J:te6 fe6 20.'ifes @17
21 .J:tdB J:td8 is less clear, still White should
have the upper hand) 17 ... d7 ( 1 7 ... cs
1 8.J:te6! @18 1 9.J:te7 ..ie7 20.fe7 'it>g7
21 .J:tl1 +-) 1 8.'ifd3 (this time g6 is under
attack, which makes all the difference!)
1 8 ... 'ifc7; 1 8 ... J:tdB 1 9.tll d S ..id6 ( 1 9 ... hgS
20.J:te6 e6 21 .'ifbS!!+-) 20 . ..ltf4 14
(20 ... 'ifc5 21 .hS gS (21 ... 14 22.tllf4 0-0
23.hg6 'ifg5 24.gf7 J:t17 2S.'ifg6 'it'g6
26.tll g6 +-) 22 . ..id6 'it'd6 23.'it'c3 J:tcB
(23 .. . c6 24.t!e6 fe6 2S.17 'iti>d7
26.tlll 6+-) 24.'it'b3 (Black just can't
move) 24 .. . WdB 2S.tllc3 'it'b6 26.tllbS
J:tc5 27.a4 a6 28.'it'g3+-; 20 ... bS
21 .J:te6 @18 (21 ...fe6 22.'ifg6 'if;>d7
23. 'it'l7 'it>c6 (23 ... wc8 24. 'it' e6 l:td7
2S . ..id6+-) 24.tll e 7+-) 22.'ife3 fe6
23 . ..id6 "1;>17 (23 . . . J:td6 24."ti'cS) 24.tllf4
'ifa2 2S.'it'e4 J:thg8 26.tll d 3+-) 21 .tll14
..ic8 (21 ...0-0 22.tll g6 'ifa2 23.'ifg3 'it'a1
24. 'it>d2 'ifas 2S . .tfe3 'it'cS 26.J:td4+-)
22."ti'e4 J:[g8 23.J:tdB @dB 24.l:td1 @c7
2S.tll d S edS 26.J:tdS 'ifdS 27.'ifdS+-;
18 ... 'iVdB 1 9.tll bS hgS ( 1 9 ... J:tc6 20.J:te6
J:te6 21 .14 J:tc6 22.'it'e3 J:te6 23.'ifd4
J:tc6 24.'it'es J:te6 2S.tllc7+-) 20.l:te6
e6 21 .'ifdB J:td8 22.tllc7X] 1 6.'ifd3
(1 6.'ifg4 g6 ( 1 6 ... gf6 17 ...il6 J:tf8 1 8.J:the1
..ie7 1 9.l:td6! (a showdown!) 19 ......c7
( 1 9 ... ..id6 20.J:te6) 20.e7 'ife7 21 .J:tde6
le6 22.J:te6 J:tf1 23.tll d 1 J:tc7 (23 . . . J:tdB
24.J:[e7 'iti>e7 2S.'ife2) 24.b3 'ife6 2S."ti'e6
@dB 26.'ife2 J:tg1 27.Wb2 and White has
excellent winning chances) 1 7.hS! (1 7.J:the1
0-0 1 8.hS J:[ld8 1 9.hg6 hg6 20.J:[dB J:td8
21 .J:th1 ..il2 22.J:td1 J:td1 23.tll d 1 ..ic5
24."ti'g3 d6 2s.14 es 26 . ..ih6 'ifa2
27 . ..ig7 'it'a1 28.@d2 '*'as 29 . .tfc1 'ifa1
30.'it>d2 b4 31 .c3 a4 32.'ifg4 1i'd1
33.'it'd1 ..id1 34.cb4 ..ia4 3S . ..ih6 ..ic6
36.g4 ..id7 37.'it>e3 @h7 38.gS 'iti>g8 V.-V.
De La Riva Aguado-Ermenkov, Dresden ol
2008) 1 7 ... ghS ( 1 7 ... 'ifb4 1 8.'ifg3 J:tgB
( 1 8 ... ghS 1 9.J:th4 'it'b6 20 . ..ih6 J:tdB
21 .J:tdB 'it'd8 22.'ifg7 J:tf8 23.J:tc4 'ifb6

24.'it'g3+-) 1 9.hg6 hg6 20.llh7+- 'ii' b6
21.'it'h3 'ii'c7 22.lle1 'ifd7 23.11..f4 .!:I.dB game] 1 4 ..Q.bS [14 ... ed5?? 1 5.'ii'd 5 xb5
24.i:tha llfB 25 . .::t d 1 +- 'ifca 26.xd6;
17 ... .llgB 1 8.llhe1 xd7 1 9.'it>b1 ! 'ifb6
20.xc1 . Now that everything is guarded on
the queenside, the attack can proceed)
18.J:lh5 11..a3 1 9.'ifh3 xb2 ( 1 9 . . . 'ii' b4 1 6.'ii' a5 ( 1 6.'ii' b7 Piesina-Azmaiparashvili,
20.ba3 'ii'a3 21 .lt>d2 xg2 22.'ifg3 trans
poses) 20.'it>b2 'ii' b4 21 .lt>c1 'ifa3
22.ltt d2 xg2 23.'ifg3 'ifc5 24.'it>e2 and a
piece is missing: 24 ... 'ii'c3? 25.lldB+-]
16 ... g6 1 7.12le4 0-0 1 8.lt.JcS 'ires
1 9.xh6 llfe8 20.hs 'i!ffs 21 .hg6
'fd3 22.J:ld3 fg6 23.J:lhd1 rf.;f7
24.g4 xdS 2S.gS l:tc7 26.ll1 d2
l:!.d8 27.b3 J:lcd7 28.rt.tb2 xc6
29 . .lld7 lld7 30.l::te2 bS 31 .lle3 b4
32.a3 as 33.ab4 ab4 34.l:te1 llc7
35.J:l.e3 xdS 36.J:l.e2 xf3 37 .J:l.d2
ie4 38.rt.tc1 xfS 39.J:!d8 es 40.l:tf8
@e6 41 .lle8 'it>f7 42.llb8 xc2
43.ltt b2 xe4 44.llb4 xb7 4S.l:tbS
e4 46.lleS lld7 47.'it>c3 l::t d 3
48.ltt c4 lld7 49.b4 ..Q.a8 so.xg7
ib7 S1 .bS xa8 S2.rt.tb4 ..Q.b7
53.was xa8 S4.wb6 l:tb7 SS.wa6
lld7 S6.b6 xdS S7.'it>bS xb7
58.wc4 ..Q.a6 S9.rt.tc3 xb7 60.llcS
l:!.d3 61 .Wc2 J:l.d7 62.lleS ..Q.c6 - the initiative and enough counterplay for the
63.Wc1 xb7 64.J:l.cS 11..a 6 6S.lleS
ib7 66.rt.tc2 11..c6 67.rt.tc3 ..Q.b7
68.lttc4 xa6 69.Wb4 xb7 70.'it>cS
iaa 71 .wc4 ..Q.b7 72.'it>cs ..Q.a8 xf1 26.12lc8 rt.tg8 [Missing 26 ... f5! which
73.wc4 ..Q.b7
Sutovsky,Emil
Dreev,Alexey
Poikovsky 2007 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.12lf3 lt.Jc6 3.d4 cd4 4.lt.Jd4
.'.2.f6 s.liJc3 d6 6.xgs ..Q.d7 1.'i!fd2
l:!.c8 8.14 12ld4 9.'it"d4 'ifaS 1 0.eS
de5 1 1 .feS e6 1 2.0-0-0 ..Q.c6
13.xbS ti:idS
1 4.0dS [1 4.xc6 is examined in the next
..
1 6.e6 f6 1 7.xf6!+- Total destruction of
Black's barriers] 1 S.tll c 3 [1 5.'ii' a7 xb4D
( 1 5 . . . xa6? 1 6.'ii' b6 'ii' b6 1 7.li:Jb6 llbB
1 8.lld2 is just a pawn up for White)
Beltsi 1 981 - YB/85-53) 1 6 ... 11..a5 1 7.b4
(1 7.li:Je3 h6 1 8.xh4 xe2 ( 1 8 . . . xc7!?)
1 9.lld6 xb4 Cabrera Pino-Lorenzo de la
Riva, Barbera del Valles 201 0; 1 7.li:Jc3 11..c6
1 8.lld2 l:taB!N ( 1 8 . . . xc3!? was played in
Karjakin-Dreev, Internet blitz 2004, which
ended in a draw - YB/ 85-53) 1 9.'iPb1 xc3
20.bc3 xd5f) 17 . . . ed5 1 8.ba5 xc4
1 9.'iPb2;t <it;>d7 20.xd2 rt.te6 21 .tthe1
xb5 22.lle3 Hamdouchi-Daskevics, Con
dom 201 0; 15 . .ll h e1 !? ed5 ( 1 5 ... ..Q.c5
1 6.'ifc3 'ifc3 1 7.li:Jc3 xc6=) 1 6.e6 'it'a2
1 7.ef7 wf7 1 8.'it'g4 llc2 1 9.'it>c2 xa4
20.'it>d3 'ii'c4 21 .'it'c4 dc4 22.lt>c4 b5
23.'it>d5 xd1 24.J:l.d1 'it>g6f] 1 S ..Q.c6 . (21 ...h6 22.11..d2 15 23.J:l.e1 li:ll6 24.Xa5
[ 1 5 . . . ..Q.c5 1 6.'ifg4 h5 ( 1 6 . . . ..Q.b4 Dolmatov
Yudasin, Frunze ch-URS 1 981 - YB/85-53)
1 7.'ii g3 i<.c4] 1 6.l::t h f1 'ii c7 1 7.lld2
h6 18 . .ll h 4 gS 19 ...Q.g3 Ji.g7
[19 ... lldB! 20.'i!fdB '*'dB 21 .J:l.dB Wd8
22.J:l.f7 11..e7= Black will soon be back with
pawn thanks to his bishop pair] 20.h4
'*'b6 21 . ..-c4 'i!t'a6 22.li:Je4 '*'c4
23.t2Jd6 'it>f8 24.li:Jc4 ..Q.g2 2S.t/:;d6
would free Black: 27.ef6 xf6 28.h5 ..Q.b5
29.12la7 ..Q.e8. Black is now regrouping and
will make progress with his bishop pair and
passed pawns] 27.l::tf2 xh3 28.t2Jd6
l:th7 29.hgS hgS 30 . .::t f7 g2
31 .J:l.e7 llh3 32.lle8 'it>h7 33.J:l.e7
'it>g8 34.lle8 rt.th7 3SJ:le7 xc6
36 ..Q.f2 g4 37.xd4 J:l.hS 38.b4 a6
39.12lb7 ..Q.b7 40.J:l.b7 g3 41 .'it>d2
wgs 42.we2 ..Q.es v.-v.
[YB/85-54 Galkin]
Karpov,Anatoly
Balashov,Yury
Leningrad ch-URS 1 97 1 (20)
1 .e4 cs 2.tl:f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4kd4
12lf6 S.lt.Jc3 t2Jc6 6 ..Q.gs ..Q.d7 7 . ..-d2
l::t c8 8.0-0-0 li:Jd4 9.'tWd4 'i!faS 1 0.f4
e6 1 1 .eS des 1 2.feS ..Q.c6 1 3 . ..Q.bS
lt.JdS 1 4.-'i.c6 bc6 1 S.a3!? [In order to
prevent ... xb4, which could be unpleasant]
Survey SI 2 7. 5
1 S h6! [We think that this move is an equal
.
izer, the bishop can't retreat to a good square,
after 11..d2 the queen won't be protected. Other
moves are 1 5...xc5!? 16.'ifa4 'ifa4
(16... Xb6!? (in order to reproduce one of the
ideas behind ...Xb4) 17.ifa5 ..Q.a5 18.12le4
..Q.c7 1 9.li:Jd6 ..Q.d6 20.ed6 rt.td7 21 .J:l.d3
(21 .c4 16 22.11..d2 12lb6 23.c5 li:ld5 24...Q.a5 e5
25.llhe1 h5= and Black will hold this) 21 . ..15
li:Je4=) 22.c4 li:Jf6 23...Q.16 gf6 24.c5) 17.li:la4
11..18 1 a.nd3 h6 19.xd2 Q5 20.nb3 g1
(Here we think that Black is objectively OK but
WMe has his chances, playing for only two re
sults) 21 .lle1 Vallejo Pons-Shanava,
Nakhchivan 201 1 ; Or 15 ... 'it'b6?! 16.li:le4
Wd4 17.J:td4 xe7 18.xe7 (1 8.c4 c5 19.J:l.d3
xg5 20.lZJg5 lllf4 21 .J:l.d2 li:lg6 22.J:l.e1 h6
23.tl.lf3 we7 24.c;!.oc2 J:l.hd8 25.J:l.dB J:l.d8
(25... wdB!? preventing 26.b4) 26.b4 16 27.el6
gf6 28.g3 Y:i-112 A. Muzychuk-Kovalevskaya,
Rostov on Don 201 1 ) 18 ... 'it>e7 19.J:l.f1 !]
1 s...Q.d2 [1 6.xe3 ..Q.e7 17.llld5 cd5 18.'ifa7
'ii'bs and WMe will have trouble with so
many open lines near his king] 1 6 ... 'it"b6!
1 7.'iVb6 ab6 1 8.tl.le4 b5! [A nice move ,
preventing c2-c4] 1 9. wb1 f5 [Black is playing
on the light squares and forces ef6 in order to
eliminate the Trojan horse] 20.ef6 gf6
21 .g4 hS! [Pursuing his strategy] 22.h3
.e7 23.J:l.hg1 hg4 24.hg4 l::tg8 [The
position is equal, draw agreed] V.-V.
A l m o s t U n e x p l o re d
1 3.c4
Polgar,J udit
Groszpeter,Attila
Budapest ch-HUN 1 991 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:cf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.!2d4
tl:f6 S.tl:c3 0c6 6 ..Q.gS ..Q.d7 7.'ifd2
73
.lk8 8.14 tll d4 9.'i!i'd4 'it'a5 1 0.e5 1 3 ... tlld 7! 1 4 . .l:[he1 (1 4.l:lhf1 'it'e5 22.'iff2 'it'e5 23 .... e3 1!fe3 24 . ..Q.e3 ..Q.g2
de5 1 1 .le5 es 1 2.0-0-0 ..Q.c6 1 5.1!fg4 h5 1 6.1!fh4 g2 17 . .l:[fe1 J:lc4! 25.a7=] 1 5 'it'c5 1 6.'it'l4 gs

1 3 ..Q.c4!? [This variation has to be ex

1a . .:e5 .l:[h4 19 . ..Q.h4 ..Q.e7'f 20.e7 tll e5 [16 ... ..Q.e7!?) 1 7.'it'l1 ..Q.g7 1 8.h4
plored. Though we didn't find any promising 21 ..l:[dB We7 22 . .l:[hB g6 won't favour the [1 8.ii.e3!? 'it'a5 19 . ..Q.d4 0-0 20.'li'e2
variation here, Black's defense is rather sim first player; RR 14 . ..Q.e6 (highly adventur .l:[fd8<=') 1 8 tll e 5 1 9 ..Q.b3 0-0 20.hgS

pie. The ancient 13 ...Q.16 gl6 1 4.tlle4 is only
dangerous ii Black doesn't play 14 ... .l:[dB!
(not 14 ...le5? 1 5.tll16 We7 1 6.'it'h4! ..Q.g7
1 7.tllh 5! (1 7.tlld5 WIS 1 8.1!fe7 .t>gB
1 9.tll16 ...16 20.'iff6 'it'a2=) 17 ... WfB
18 . ..Q.c4! 'ii'a4? ( 1 8 ... ii.d5 1 9.ii.d5 ed5
20.tllg7 'it'c7 21 .tlle6 le6 22.'ifl6 .t>gB
23.'ife6 <itg7 24.1!fg4 Wh6 25.c3+-)
1 9.1!fg5 .:ga 20 . .:da 1 0 Y.Sakharov
Kudriashov, Soviet Union 1 966; 1 4 ... ..Q.e7
1 5.tlld6 ..Q.d6 1 6.ed6 1Wg5 1 7.<i;>b1 0-0
Bonchev-Tomov, Bulgaria 1 972) 1 5.tllf6
<i;>e7 1 6.'ifdB ( 1 6.'ii' h4 .l:[d1 1 7.Wd1
ous) 14 ... fe6 1 5.'it'g4 1We5 ( 1 5 ... tllc 5!? hg5 21 .'it'e2 tll g6 [21 ....l:[fdB! 22.@b1
1 s . .:ht1 ! 1!fc7 1 7 . ..Q.e3 .:de 1 a . .:1a .:ta g4 should hold for Black] 22.1Wh5 'li'IS
1 9 . ..Q.c5 .l:[f5 20 . ..id6 1Wf7'f) 1 6 . .:he1 h5D 122 ... .:tea 23.e6 .:es 24 . .:es fe6
(echoes of the Polugaevsky Variation!) 25 .... g6 '*''5 26.1!fg5 'it'g5 27 . ..Q.g5 ii.c3
1 7.'it'e6 1!fe6 1 8 ..l:[e6 @17 1 9 . .l:[c6 .l:[c6 28.bc3 ..Q.g2=) 23.g4
( 1 9 ... bc6!?) 20..l:[d7 'it;>g6 21 .h4 ..Q.d6
22 . .:b7 .:1a 23 . .:a7 (23 . ..ie3) 23 ... .:12
24 . ..Q.e3 J:lg2 25.d4? (25.a4) 25 ... ..Q.14!
26.Wb1 ..Q.e5! 27 . .l:[d7 J:ld2! 0-1
HoeksemaPiket, Netherlands 1 987]
1 4... h& ( 1 4 ... b5 (+ Galkin - YB/85-53)
was played in two games by Sandor Videki
in the mid-1 990's] 15 ..Q.d2 [1 5.ii.h4 g5

<i;>d8) 16 ... 'it'dB 1 7.l:ldB Wd8gg 16 . ..ig3 ..Q.b4 1 7.tlle4 (1 7.'it'g4 ..Q.c3
Dolmatov-Ruderfer, Soviet Union 1 981] 1 8.ii.e6 OO ( 1 8 ...fe6 1 9.'it'e6 'it>dB 20.bc3
'ifa3 21 .Wb1 'it>c7 22.'it'c4+-) 1 9.'it'l5
te6 20.'ifgs wha 21 .Whs wga 22.'ifgB=)
17 ... 0-0 1 8.c3 ..Q.a3 1 9.ba3 ..Q.e4 20 . .l:[e4
tllc5 21 . ..ib3 (21 . .:ee1 ? .l:[fd8 22.1We3 23 'it'IS? [23 ... 1!ff2 24 . .1:[11 'it'h4
..

'ifa3 23.Wb1 .l:[d1 24.J:ld1 t2la4-+)
21 ...tll b3 22.ab3 1!fa3 23.'.t>c2 1!fa2
24.'it>c1 1!fa3=; 1 5.1!fh4 ii.b4 1 6.ii.d2
( 1 6 . ..ie6 fe6 1 7.'ifh5 @18 18 . .:d7 ..Q.d7
1 9 . .1:[11 'it;>g8 20.'iff7 'it;>h-7 21 . .:16 hg5
22.1Wh5=) 16 ... tll e5 17 . ..Q.e6 fe6 1 8.1Wg3
0-0 19 . .l:[e5 1!fc7 20.ii.h6 ii.c3 21 .bc3 .:12
25 . ..Q.g5 'it'h5 26.gh5 ttJe5 27.h6 ..Q.h8 still
isn't lost for Black. The finish is a clear-cut
execution by one of the big specialists]
24 . ..Q.g5 t2l14 25.'it'h4 'it'g6 26 . ..Q.14
b5 27.ii'h5 'ii' h 5 28.gh5 a5 29.a3
..Q.13 30.J:l.d3 ..Q.h5 31 .J:l.g3 b4 32.ab4
ab4 33.tlle 4 ..Q.g6 34 . .!lg& 1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

:i K K .i. :i
i .l .l .l i .l
j_ j_ .l 8 .l .l 8 .l
"if
t!i "if 8

/'!; 8 8 8 888 8
ll .a: a: a:
position after 21 J :U8-d8
. . position after 1 9 . . ti'f5-g4
. position after 22.a2-a3

White to play and win. White to play and win. Calculate all the consequences of
(solution on page 245 ) (solution on page 245 ) 22 . a3 .
..

(solution on page 246)

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Sicilian Defen ce B66 Rauzer Variation SI 29.2 (866)

Not for the Faint of Heart

by Andrey Obodchuk

1. e4 c5 All the more reason to admire the

2. tllf3 d6 dedication to thi s system of the
3. d4 cd4 few true fans that are left. One is
4. tll d 4 tllf6 reminded of Croatian GM
5. tll c 3 tll c6 Zdenko Kozul, who doesn ' t play
6. g5 e6 anything else in reply to l .e4.
7. 'ti'd2 a6 But this time I was inspired to
8. 0-0-0 h6 write a Survey on the games and
9. tll c 6 bc6 ideas of another Croatian grand
1 0. f4 d5 master: Alojzije Jankovic. He
11. e3 b4 treats the diagram position rather
unconventionally. After 1 2. e2
he immediately castles 1 2 . . . 0-0
and meets 1 3 .e5 with
1 3 . . . tll h 7 ! ?.
Alojzije Jankovic

bishop. An important defensive

The Rauzer Variation in general ,
and this position in particular,
have been the cause of serious
headaches for Black in recent
times. His play in the opening
looks natural, but the results are
often unsatisfactory. I ' ve lost so
many games in the Rauzer that
maybe it would be more sensible
to quit this dangerous system al
together and find something
more reliable. What stops me
from taking this cowardly deci
sion is a clear understanding that
whatever opening line I chose,
the final result would be deter
mined by the rest of my play
anyway.
The knight' s position looks awk
ward, but it definitely makes
sense. An additional piece near
his king allows B lack to meet
White's offensive with more op
timism. Jankovic's further plan
involves . . . a6-a5 , usually with
the eventual . . . c8-a6 . If he
doesn ' t get mated, his powerful
pawn centre and counterplay
along the half-open b-file give
him real chances to seize the ini
tiative . White's offensive loses
power without the light-squared
resource is the push . . . f7-f6 (f5 )
at the right time.
This simple strategic concept is
universal for such positions, so I
have tried to explore it in differ
ent variations.
White has tried 1 4. tll e 4, 1 4.a3,
1 4.h4 and 1 4 . g3, but could not
get a real edge.
An I m portant N u a nce
White can insert 1 2 .a3 ! a5 !
1 3 . e2 0-0 1 4 .e5 tll d 7 !
(Durarbeyli-Jankovic, Rome
20 1 1 ), which brings into play
some additional i mportant nu
ances and also requires careful
study. B lack cannot play
14 . . . tll h 7? now, as after 1 5 . tll a4
or 1 5 . li' g3 'it> h8 1 6 . tll a4, with
e3 next, he is in trouble. The
white knight on c5 kills the main
idea of the system.

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A less principled way for White
is the exchange of pawns on d5
on move 1 3 : 1 2 .a3 a5 1 3 .ed5
cd5 (Hovhannisyan-Robson,
Chennai 20 1 1 ) or move 1 4 :
1 2.a3 a5 1 3 . e2 0-0 1 4.ed5
cd5 ( 1 4 . . . ed5 ! ?) (Negi-Krush,
Wijk aan Zee 2008 ; Zhao-Kritz,
Pawtucket 2008).
Part I - The Di rect Attack
White has tried different contin"
uations, but all his plans are con
nected with a direct attack on the
king.
1 2.e2 0-0 1 3.e5 tl:lh7
and now the lines fork:
A) 1 4.tl:le4 a5!
A standard idea of Jankovic's
system. He wants to exchange
his bad bishop.
1 5.c3
1 5 . g3 ! ? @ h8 1 6.h4 looks
more dangerous for B lack and
needs further investigation - see
the comments to the stem game.
1 5 .. 9.e7 1 6.h4 ii..a 6 ! ?
. 1 7 . .!:!. d3 ! t2J d3 l 8 . d3 f5 ! . Fortu
l 6 . . . 9. h4? ! looks very dangerous
and anti-conceptual, but I have
not found an analytical refuta
tion : l 7 .g3 ( l 7 . d3) l 7 . . . f5
1 8 .gh4 fe4 1 9 . I:t hg l @ h 8 t .
1 7.9.a6 .ll a 6
Grandelius-Jankovic (Game 1 )
and now 1 8 . h6 ! gh6 1 9 . h6 f6
20.ef6 f6 2 1 . t2J c5 would have
led to wild play.
B) 1 4.a3 ii..e7 1 5.h4 a5
1 6.tl:le4 9.a6 1 7.9.a6 .ll a 6
1 8.tll c5 .ll a 8 1 9.'iYc3 a4 20.9.e3
as 21 .'iYa5 .ll a 5 22.tl:ld3 c5+
Kravtsiv-Jankovic (Game 2 ) .
More promising for White looks
1 6.g4 ! ?, but as shown in the
comments to the game, Black
can hold.
C) 1 4.h4 a5!
I found three games with this
position - too l ittle practical
material for a final conclusion.
14 . . . a5 is the safest move, of
course. I analysed the original
Jankovic-like concept 1 4 . . . a5 in
its pure form, but it turned out to
be too dangerous.
15 . .ll h 3 ii.. c 5! 1 6.g3
The white queen blocks the
g-pawn from here; this means
that White ' s attack will develop a
bit more slowly, Bellia-Doric
(Game 3 ) .
In two games Black preferred
1 5 ... 'it>hS
C l ) Now the logical 1 6 .g4 ! ?
deserves further study : l 6 . . . c5
1 7 . f3 d7 1 8 .a3 c3 1 9 . c3
c3 20 . .llc 3 .ll fc 8t, and Black
should hold, but it is not the
opening position which I would
like to play in the Rauzer.
C2) After l 6 . .!:!. g3 Zinchenko
played 1 6 . . . .ll g 8 l 7 . d3 c5
1 8 . f3 J:!. a7 1 9 . g4 f2 20. J:!. f3
c5 (Game 4). Jankovic chose
the more accurate 1 6 . . . c5 !
1 7 . f3 .!:!. a7 = 1 8 . h5 f5 (an
other typical idea) l 9 .ef6 t2J f6
20. e5 (Game 5 )
and here Black could have seized
the m1t1at1ve by playing
20 . . . l:r b7 ! ?.
Survey SI 29. 2
D) 1 4.'iYg3
This looks quite logical, but so
far it has only been seen in the
blitz game Popov-Salem,
Khanty-Mansiysk 20 1 3 . There
fore, I have tried to compensate
for the lack of games by provid
ing my own analysis (Game 6).
Pa rt II - An I nsidious Insertion
The insidious insertion of 12.a3
a5 ( 1 2 . . . ii.e7 ? ! 1 3 . e2 0-0
1 4. h4!) 13.e2 0-0 14.eS re
quires an exact response:
E ;!
.i. 'if
ii
i i i
., 8
8 ttJ 'ii'
88 888
: :
1 4 . . . tl:ld7!
Change your mind ! Bad is
14 . . . t2J h7 ? ! 1 5 . g3 @ h8 1 6 . t2J a4
J:!. e8 l 7 . ii.e 3 . White has achieved
an i deal blockade construction.
You can set a trap with 14 . . . c3
1 5 . c 3 t2J e4 1 6. c6? d7,
winning, but 1 6. 'ik e3t destroys
all illusions.
1 5.'iYg3
White can force a draw here :
1 5 . ii.h6 gh6 1 6. 'ik h6 tl:l e5
nately, it's hard to find a player
who can calculate such a varia
tion and is ready to force a draw
in such a cynical way at the same
time.
1 5 ... c7 1 6.'it>b1
D urarbeyli-Jankovic (Game 7).
Pa rt I l l - The Pawn Exchange
1 2.a3 ii..a 5! 1 3.ed5! ?
It seems logical to exchange
pawns right now, when Black
does not have a choice.
1 3 ... cd5 1 4.ii..e2 0-0 1 5.g4
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 I .i. 13 tl:i d7 and the seemingly
.

strange 1 3 . . . tl:i h7? Modem prac

White's bishops don't promise
him an edge after 1 6. 'i!Yc3 'ifb6
i j. tice doesn ' t give a clear and 1 7 . 'ti'e3 e3 1 8 .fe3 a5 1 9 . .ifJ
i ., i definite answer. a6, with equality, as in Pavlov
.i. ., 1 4.g3 Gasanov (Game 1 5 ). But nobody
.i 8 White can force a draw at once has tried 1 6.bc3 ! ?N yet: 1 6 . . . 'iVe7
1 4. h6 c3 1 5 . g7 ( 1 6 . . .f6 1 7 . h6 tl:i e5 1 8 . l::td3 ! l:(D
8 ttJ with
( 1 5 .bc3 gh6 1 6. -.. h6 tl:i e5 l 9 . .tf4 W g8 20. l::t g 3, and the posi
8 8 8 !'::, 1 7 . l::t d 3=) 1 5 . . . 'lt> g7 1 6. 'iV g3 tion is very sharp and unbalanced.
n n 'lt> h6 1 7 . 'f!V h3 'lt> g6 1 8 . ... h5 . White must be better, e.g.
1 4.g4 was a remarkable attempt 20 . . . f8 2 1 . .th5 .l:!.b7 22. 'iVh4
In the subsequent struggle Black in the World Championship blitz a3 23. 'lt>d l ) 1 7 . h6 f6
obtained a winning endgame, but final T. Kosintseva-Kosteniuk 1 8. e3 'lt> g8 1 9. d3 'f!Va3
surprisingly lost it - see Hov (Game 1 1 ). 20. W d2 tl:i e5 2 l . 'ti'h7 W f7 22 . .ie2
hannisyan-Robson (Game 8). 1 4 ... 'it> h B .l:!. g8 23.h4 a5 24.f4 tl:i d7 25. h5
1 2.a3 .bs 13 ..te2 o-o 1 4.edS Not much better is 1 4 . . . ...c7 W f8 26 . .l:!.de l ;l; . Of course, this
eds 1 5 . J::t d4 e7 1 6. d3 .l:!. e8 needs further practical testing.
14 . . . ed5 ! ? solves the problem of 1 7 . J::t e 1 f8 ? (more stubborn is You can find more detailed analy
the c8 immediately. 17 ... 'lt> h8 1 8 . .l:!. e3) 1 8 . h6 f5 ses in the comments below.
1 5.'fVg3 'it>h8 l 9. l:!. h4 tl:i c5 20. d2, winning,
15 . . . c3 gives equality, but is as in Delchev-Abergel (Game Conclusion
too simple for Rauzer adherents . 1 2) . Jankovic 's opening concept is
1 6 . .tes t2Je8 1 7 . .td3 .tc7 1 8.f4 For the immediate 1 4 . . . c3 see original and principled. B lack
Negi-Krush (Game 9) and Alb.David-Lanka (Game 1 3 ) . concentrates his forces around
Zhao-Kritz (Game 1 0) 1 5.h3 c3! his king to beat off the direct en
1 5 . . . e7 ? ! is a rather impractical emy attack. The knight on h7
choice in view of the sacrifice symbolizes the ideal of genuine
1 6 . h6 ! gh6 l 7 . h6, as seen in loyalty to the overlord. If B lack
Holzke-Sher (Game 1 4) . manages to exchange his light
squared bishop via a6, his diffi
culties are usually over. Frankly
speaking, thi s way to fight for the
win is not suitable for everyone.
However, the analyses show that
B lack 's position has significant
defensive potential and serious
counterattacking resources.
Pa rt IV - Why Not 1 3 ... t2Jd7? The lines with the knight on d7
The last question remains: after are less safe for Black - insofar
12 .te2 0-0 13.eS, what is the

as one can talk about safety in
difference between the natural relation to this system.

I - T h e D i rect A t t a c k
1 2 . .lt e 2 0-0 1 3 . e S t2J h 7
Grandel ius,Nils
Jankovic,Alojzije
Rogaska Slatina tt 201 1 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
tllf6 5.tll c3 tll c6 6.g5 e6 7.'iVd2
a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.tll c6 bc6 1 0.f4 d5
1 1 . 'iVe3 [Some ideas from m y blitz games
here: 1 1 .13 b4 1 2.a3 (1 2.c4?! 0-0 1 3.a3
Si..e7 1 4.b3 tll d7 1 5.'iVf2 tll c5 1 6.a2
1 d6 1 7.d6 'iVd6 1 8.14 l:tbB 1 9.l:l.he1
ti:Jd7=) 12 ... a5 1 3.h4 ( 1 3.e5 tll d ?'f)
13 ... tll h 5 (13 . . . b7 1 4.il.e5 c7 1 5.'iVf4
e5 1 6.'iVe5 0-0 1 7.g4 ti:Jd7) 1 4.e5
c7=; 1 1 .c4 b4 1 2.a3 ti:le4 1 3.'i!Vd3
tllf2 1 4.'iVg3 tll h 1 1 5.'iVg7 i.c3 (I played
1 5 ... l:tfB? 1 6.ab4 tll f2 1 7. l:td2+- of
course) 1 6.bc3 l::t!B 1 7.h6 'iVe7-+]
1 1 . b4 1 2.e2 0-0 1 3.eS tll h 7
1 4.tll e4 a5! [A standard idea in the
Jankovic system. After an eventual . . . a6
White's attack loses substantially in poten
tial.
A) 1 4 ... 15 1 5.ef6 ( 1 5 .tll d 6 tll g5 1 6.'it>b1
a5 1 7.h4 tll e4 1 B.ti:le4 fe4 1 9.13 ef3

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20.'i!l't3t) 1 s . . . li:lf6 1 6.li:lf6 'fllt6 1 7.kes
i'e7 (17 . . . 'flll2 1 8.'flll2 l:r.12 1 9.kl3 kd7
(19 ... as 20.kd4 J:tf3 21 .gf3 kd6t)
20.ig3 .1:!!3 21 .gf3i) 1 8.'i!fg3 kcs
1 9.llhta as 20.'<t>b1 ka6 21 .ka6 lla6
Black has no serious problems and should
be able to hold on;
B) 14 ... ke?!? 1 S.li:ld6 ( 1 S.@b1 !? fS
(15 ... a5 1 6.h4 ka6? 1 7.ka6 J:la6 1 8.kh6
gh6 1 9.'fll h6 de4D 20.J:tdB J:ld8) 1 6.li:ld6
li:lg5 17.h4 li:le4 1 8.li:le4 fe4 1 9 .'fll g 3
\t>hBi; 1 S.li:lcS?! 'fll a S'i"; 1S ... d4'i")
15 ... id6 1 6.ed6 16 1 7.'i!fcs 'it'd? 1 8.lld3
e5 1 9.kd2 l:l.dB 20.J:tc3 'i!fd6 21 .'i!fc6
115 22.14 li:lf8oo;
C) 14 ... 'flla S?! 1 S.a3 (1 S.li:lf6 gf6 1 6.ef6
11/hB 1 7.kd3 'i!fa2 1 8.c3 'i!fa1 1 9.'<t>c2
i'a4=) 1S ... ka3 1 6.'i!fa3 'i!fa3 1 7.ba3 de4
1B.ie3 as 1 9.kcSi]
1 5.c3 [1S.'fllg 3!? @hB 1 6. h4 looks more
dangerous for Black: 16 . . . 'i!fb6
(16 ... 'ilfe??! 1 7.li:lf6 ( 1 7.li:ld6 ka6=)
17 ... lll f6 1 8.ef6 'i!ff6 1 9.a3 kc5 20.ke5
if2 21 .'fllc 3; 16 ... a4!? is very interest
ing: 17.c3 (1 7.'i!fe3 a3 1 8.b3 'i!fa5 1 9.c3
ie7 20.li:ld6 ka6=; 1 7.a3 ke7 (this is
simpler than 17 ... ka5!? 1 8.li:ld6 ( 1 8.li:lg5
i'b6'i"; 1 8.'<t>b1 !?) 1 8 . . . ka6 ( 1 8 . . . c5!?)
19.ia6 lla6 20.'i!fd3 l:l.aB 21 .g4 c5 22.g5
h5 23.J:thg1 g6 24.kd2 'it>gB 25.ka5
i'a5 26.J:!d2 J:ttbB 27.c3 li:lf8<=') 1 8.'fll c3
(18.lll g5 kc5 1 9.li:le4 ke7 - repetition of
moves; 1 8.ke3 'i!fa5= 1 9.li:lg5 ka6
20.ih5 llab8!? 21 .li:lf? l:r.17 22.kf? 'i!fb5
23.id4 c5gg) 1 8 . . . ka6 (this standard idea
is sufficient for equality here too:
18 ... 'ilfc?!? 1 9.li:ld6 (1 9.li:lc5 kc5
20.'ilfc5 ka6'i") 1 9 . . . 16 20.kh5!? (20.li:lcB
l:tfcB=; 20.kg3 a6=) 20 . . .fe5 21 .li:leB
'ia5 22.'i!fa5 J:ta5 23.ke5 li:lf6 24.li:ll6
gf6 25.kc3 J:!a7= If anybody can win in
this position it is Black; his centre looks
impressive) 1 9.a6 J:ta6 20.e3 (20.g4
c5 21 .g5 h5 22.li:ld6 'i!fb6<=') 20 . . . 'i!fa5=)
1 7 . . . e? ( 1 7 . . . aS!? 1 8.li:lg5 { 1 8.li:ld6
a6 1 9.a6 J:la6 20.'i!fd3 J:laB 21 .g4 c5
22.g5 h5 23.'i!ff3 J:!bB!? (23 ... g6 24.c4
d4oo) 24.'i!fh5 'fll b 6 2S.J:td2 c3 26.li:lf?
l:r.17 27.g6 d2 28.@d1 @gB 29.'i!fh?
@ta 30.gf? 14 31 .'i!fgB we? 32.'i!fg?
l:l.18 33.'i!ff6 @d7 34.'i!ff4 c4= You may
not believe it, but it's a draw now!)
18 ... c? 1 9.lt>b1 (1 9.llh3 16 20.li:lh?
(20.li:lf3 a6=) 20 ... l.t>h? 21 .h5 'i!feB=)
19 ... 'i!fd? 20.ke3 f6 21 .d3 15 22.li:lh3
ka6 23.li:lf4 kd3 24.li:ld3 a3 25.b3
li:lf6.,t) 1 8.li:lg5 ( 1 8.li:ld6 a6=; 1 8.lld2!?
a6 1 9.d1 'i!fb6 20.li:ld6 c5.,t)
18 ... kc5! (a strange move but possibly
best. 1 8 . . . a3 1 9. b4 ( 1 9.b3!?) 19 . . . 'ilfb6
( 1 9 ... c5 20.li:lh? l.t>h7 21 .d3 '<t>h6
22.kh6 gh6 23.'i!fl4 @g7 24.'i!fg4 @hB
25.'i!fh5 @g7 26.llh3) 20.'i!fd3;
20.li:lh? lt>h7 21 .kd3 @hB 22.kc2;
18 . . .'i!fb6 1 9.d3 15 20.ef6 li:lf6
21 .eS; 18 .. .IS 1 9.khS) 1 9.llh3
( 1 9.li:le4 'fll b 6=; 1 9.'it>b1 !? f6 20.li:le4
b6 21 .13 a6oo) 19 . . . f5 20.kh5 (20.ef6
li:lf6<=t; 20.li:lh? @h7 21 .h5 @hB'i")
20 ... 'i!fb6 2 1 . lld2 llb8 22.kg6 ka3
23.li:lh? kb2 24.lt>d1 ka3 25. llc2 i!fb1
26.c1 J:l.dBgg 27.li:lg5 llfB 28.'i!fe3 c1
29.J:lc1 'fll a2oo ; 16 ... a6? (but not here!)
1 7.ka6 lla6 1 8.'i!fd3 llaB 1 9.li:lg5)
1 7.e3 (1 7.li:lgS looks dangerous for
Black but yields nothing: 17 . . . cS 1 8. 'i!fd3
li:lg5 1 9.hg5 a6 20. 'iff3 llfb8 21 .b3
ke2 22.'i!fe2 a4 23.gh6 g6<='; 1 7.li:ld6
ka6 1 8.a6 'iYa6 1 9.l:th3 a4<='; 1 7.li:lf6?
doesn't work: 17 . . . gf6 1 8.ef6 llgB-+ )
1 7 . . . c5 1 8.li:lg5 (1 8.li:ld6 a4 1 9.kd3
(1 9.llh3 a3 20.b3 a6 2 1 .c4 (White has
shut out ka6 but in doing so weakened
his king) 2 1 . . .lladB 22.@c2 lld7 23.'i!fg4
'i!fdB! (23 . . . J:ld6?? 24.kh6!+-) 24.kc1
l:td6 25.ed6 'ilfd6gg) 19 ... ka6 20.a6
lla6 21 .14 a3 (21 . . .16 22.'ifh3 d4 23.kg 1
a3 24.b3 'i!fc6i) 22.b3 'i!fc7 23.lt>b1
c4'i") 18 . . .ka6 (18 ... 15?! 1 9.a3 J:lbB
20.li:lh? @h7 21 .h5 @hB 22.llh4 ka3
23.ba3 'i!fb2 24.'it>d2 llb3gg) 1 9.ka6
l:ta6 20.a3!? (20.'iYf3 l:ta7 (20 ... a4
21 .li:lf? 'it>gB 22.li:lh6 gh6 23.'i!fh5 a3
24.b3 @h8 25.kh6 c4=) 21 .a3 (21 .li:lh?
'it>h7 22.a3 (22.c3 d4 23.cd4 llb7oo)
22 ... d4 23.kg5 c4 24.'i!fe4 '<t>g8 25.lld4
c3 26.e3 'i!fbB 27.J:tc4 ka3 28.ba3
J:tdB 29.J:td4 (29.J:tc3 J:tb7 30.J:l.b3 llb3
31 .cb3 'it'b3+) 29 . . . llad? 30.llh3 'it'b5
Survey S/ 29. 2
31 .'ilfd3 J:td4 32.kd4 'ilfa4'i") 21 . . .d4D
22.kf4 c4 23.ab4 ab4 24.@d2 l:ta2oo but
I prefer Black) 20 . . . d4 21 .li:le4 'ilfc6
22.kh6 gh6 23.'i!ff4 'i!fc7 24.l:th3 16= (it
looks crazy enough, but the game may be
balanced) 25.ab4 ab4 26.l:tf3 c4=; 1 5.a3
ke7 1 6.h4 ka6<='] 1 5 ... ke7 1 6.h4
ka6 ! ? [Simple and consistent. Worse is
16 . . .15 1 7.li:ld6 ( 1 7.ef6 li:lf6 1 8.li:lf6 kt6
1 9.'ilfg3 es! 20.kh6 (20.ke5 ke5
2 1 .'ilfe5 J:lf2=) 20 . . . a4 2 1 .h5 'ilfe7 22.ke3
a3 23.b3 e4i) 1 7 . . . ka6 1 8.g4 ke2
1 9.'i!fe2 fg4 20.'ilfg4 kd6 21 .ed6 'i!ff6
22.kg3i] 1 7.ka6 lla6
1 8.'ilfg3 [1 8.h6! gh6 1 9.'iYh6 f6 20.ef6
kf6 21 .li:lc5gg 'i!fcB 22.li:la6 'ilfa6 23.'ilfe3
e5 24.'<t>b1 !? (with a very complicated posi
tion. Engines give a small edge for White
but further study reveals that it's equal)
24 . . . a4 (24 ... 'it'b? 25.13 a4 26.l:td2 a3
27.b3 'ilfe7=; 24 . . . 'ifc4 25.g4 kg? 26.h5
kf6=) 25.13 a3 26.b3 'ilfcB= All three re
sults are possible in this position]
1 8 'it>h& 1 9.kg5 J:ta8 [1 9 . . . a4 20.f4
.
J:taB 21 .f5 (21 .ke? 'ilfe7 22.li:ld6 a3 23.b3
llad8<=' 24.1!i'e3 (24.llhe1 lld6!?gg)
24 ... li:lf6 25.ef6 'i!fd6 26.fg? @g7=) 2 1 . . .ef5
22.ke? 'fll e7 23.li:ld6 g6=] 20.'flle3
[20.e7 'ife7 21 .li:ld6 llfd8 22.14 li:lfB
(22 . . . l::l. d6 23.ed6 'flld 6gg) 23.J:lhf1 16=]
20 . f6 2 1 .ef6 li:lf6 22.li:lf6 kf6=
23.f4 J:i.b8 24.J:lhe1 'ii'd 6 25.kf6
J:i.f6 26.g3 c5 27.J:ld2 a4 28.a3 J:i.b3
29.h5 'it'b6 [29 ... d4!? 30.'flll2 J:i.18 31 .cd4
c4f;!gj 30.g4 d4 31 . 'it'e4 l:tf8 32.cd4
cd4 [32 ... c4!? 33.llc2 c3 34.bc3 llb1
35.@d2 J:i.e1 36.'.t>e1 'ilfb1 37.li<d2 'ilff1 =]
33.'iVd4 'fllc 7 34.J:lc2 [34.'<t>b1 l:tt4
35.'fll d B 1!i'd8 36.J:i.dB @h7 37.J:lc1 i]
34 . 'fllf4 35.'fllf4 J:tf4 36.lle6 J:lg4
37.llc8 '.t>h7 38.J:i.ee8 J:i.g1 39.@c2
i::r. 9 2 40.l.t>d1 i:tg1 41 .wc2 i:tg2
42.'it>c1 Y2-V2
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 Kravtsiv,Martyn
Jankovic,Alojzije
Rome 201 1 (9)
1 .e4 c5 2.li:if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:id4
li:if6 5.li:ic3 li:ic6 6 ..Q.g5 e6 7.11t'd2 a6
8.0-0-0 h& 9.li:ic& bc6 1 o ...Q.f4 d5
1 U i'e3 [1 1 ."ife1 ..Q.b4 1 2.a3 ..Q.a5 1 3.13
..Q.b7 (13 ... 0-0=F 1 4.g4 li:id7) 1 4.h4 ..Q.c7
15 . ..Q.c7 "ifc7 1 6.g4 l:!.d8 17 . ..Q.e2 d4
1 8.li:ib1 c5 1 9.li:id2 l:!.bB 20.li:ic4=]
1 1 ..Q.b4 1 2 ..Q.e2 0-0 1 3.e5 [1 3.ed5
ed5 1 4.'ifg3 ..Q.f5! ( 1 4 ... .t>hB 15 ...Q.e5 l:!.eB
1 6.li:ie4 l:!.e5 1 7.11t'e5 li:id7 1 8."it'd4 l:!.bB
1 9.li:ig3 ..Q.c5) 1 5 ...Q.h6 ..Q.g6 16 ...Q.g5 l:!.bB
17 ...Q.d3 ..Q.c3 1 8.bc3 'ife7 19 . ..Q.g6 fg6
20 ...Q.16 11t'l6 21 .l:!.hf1 'ife7 22.'ifg6 'ifa3
23. d4 24.cd4 "ifb4 25.@d3 11t'b5=]
13 li:ih7 1 4.a3 [Immediately questioning
Black's bishop] 1 4 ..Q.e7 (1 4 ... ?
1 5.'ifg3 @hB 1 6.li:ie4; 14 ... ..Q.c3 1 5.'ifc3
a5 1 6."ifc6 ..Q.d7 17."ifc3 'ife7 1 8."ifg3
li>hB 1 9.l:!.d4;!;] 1 5.h4 [1 5.li:ie4 a5!?
(15 .. .15 is playable too: 1 6.li:id6 (1 6.el6 li:if6
1 7.li:il6 ..Q.f6=) 16 ... li:ig5= 1 7.h4 ti:le4
1 8.t2Je4 le4 1 9."fig3 '.t>hB (19 ... l::l.f4!?
20."fif4 "fic7 21 .13 ..Q.16 22.le4 ..Q.e5 23."fif3
l::l. bB 24.c3 "fib6 25.b4 a5t I feel Black's
compensation should be sufficient for a
draw) 20.13 ef3 21 . ..Q.d3 "fies 22 . ..Q.g6
'ifd7=) 1 6.h4 - see game] 15 a5! [15 ... c5
16 . ..Q.h6 gh6 1 7."fih6 l:ta7 ( 1 7 ...16
1 8 . ..Q.h5g?) 1 U.d3 f5 1 9.g4 c4 20.gf5 >t>hB
21 .l::l. hg1 ..Q.h4 22.16 ..Q.16 23.el6 11t'l6
24 . ..Q.g6 "fif4t; 15 ... 'it'a5 1 6.l:!.h3 (1 6."ifg3
r.t>hB 17 ...Q.g5 l:!.a7+") 16 ... '>t>hB 1 7.llg3
(17 ...Q.h6 gh6 1 8.'ii'h6 'it'c7! (18 ... l:!.g8?
19 ...Q.d3 llg7 20.l:!.g3+-) 19 ...Q.d3 (1 9.f4?
l:!.gS 20.l:!.dd3 ..Q.fB+) 19 .. .15 20.el6 ..Q.16
21 . ..Q.h7 "fig7 22.'ii'g7 ..Q.g7 23 . ..Q.d3 J:l.f2g?;
1 7.g4 l:!.bB 1 8.'ii'g3 (1 8.li:ib1 !? c5 1 9.g5
"fib6 (19 ... h5 20 . ..Q.h5 ..Q.d7 21 .b3 ..Q.c6)
20.b3 ..Q.d7 21 .gh6 g6 22.l:!.g1 ..Q.b5+")
1 8 ... ..Q.d7 1 9.g5 h5+") 1 7 ... ..Q.c5 (17 ... llg8
1 8 . ..Q.h5 ..Q.c5 ( 1 8 ... l::l. bBoo 1 9 . ..Q.h6!?
(19 . ..Q.17?! l:!.18 20 . ..Q.g6 ..Q.c5 21 .l:!.d4 ..Q.d4
22.11t'd4 c5 23."fid2 11t'd8!?=F; 1 9.11t'f3 l:!.b7
(19 ... ..Q.h4 20.l:tg4 'ifdB 21 .g3 ..Q.e7 22 ...Q.fl
t2Jg5 23.l:!.g5 ..Q.g5 24 . ..Q.g8 .t>g8 25.tt:Ja4t)
20 . ..Q.h6 gh6 21 .l:tg8 <;i;>gB 22.'iff7 >t>hB
23."fieB li:il8 24.'ii'cS l:!.b2 25.o;i;>b2 ..Q.a3
26.'it;>a2 ..Q.c5=) 19 ... gh6 20.l:tgS >t>gS
21.l:!.d4 o;i;>hB 22 . ..Q.fl "fib6 23."fig3
(23.ti:la4 'ii'a7 24.'ii'g3 ..Q.g5 25.hg5 hg5
26.l:!.h4 'ilkf7 27.'ilkg5 ..Q.d7=) 23 ... tl:Jg5
24.hg5 ..Q.g5 25.14 11t'd4 26.fg5 l:!.b7=; 18 .. .15
1 9.t2Je2 (1 9.el6 ..Q.16+") 19 ... ..Q.c5 20.li:id4)
66
2 1 9.'ife2 g6 20 ...Q.h6; 20 ...Q.g4 h5 21 . ..Q.h3
l:!.bB+") 1 8.'iff3 l:ta7 ( 1 8 ... f5 1 9.el6 l:!.f6
20.'ifg4 l:!.a7 21 .l:!.13 li:il8;!;) 19 . ..Q.d2
(1 9.'it'g4 f5+") 19 ... 'ifc7 20.li:ia4 ..Q.d4
21 .l:!.g7 ..Q.e5 22.l:!.g4 h5oo; 15 ... 'ifc7?! is a
btt slow: 1 6 . ..Q.d3 (1 6.g4 l:!.bB ( 1 6 ... c5
1 7.W'g3 ..Q.b7 1 8.g5 d4 1 9.l:!.hg1 dc3 20.g6
fg6 21 .'ifg6 l:!.f7 22.e6 'ifc6=F) 1 7.g5 h5
1 8.g6 fg6 1 9.l:!.hg1 l:!.f4 20 ...f4 ..Q.16
21 .'ifg3 ..Q.e5 22.'ifg6 ..Q.d7) 16 ... a5
( 1 6... l:!.bB 1 7.l:!.h3 ( 1 7 . ..Q.h6 gh6 1 8 . ..Q.h7
'>t>h7 1 9.'ifd3 <;f;>h8 20.'ife3=; 17 . ..Q.g5 16=F)
17 ... @h8 1 8.l:!.g3 (1 8.li:ie4 de4 ( 1 8 ... c5
1 9.li:ig5 c4 20. ..Q.h7 ..Q.d7) 1 9.'ife4 g6
20 . ..Q.hs 15 21 .ef6 ..Q.1600) 1 8 ... h5!? 1 9 . ..Q.h7
@h7 20 . ..Q.g5 (20.l:!.g7 .t>g7 21 .'ifg3 '.t>h8
22.'iff3=) 20...g6 (20 ...16=; 20 ... c5 21 .J..e7
'ife7 22.l:!.g5 g6 23.l:td5 'ifb7 24.l:!.d6
11t'b2 25.li>d2) 21 . ..Q.e7 'ife7 22.li:ie2;!;)
1 7.tl:Je4! (17.'iff3 ..Q.a6 18 ...Q.a6 l:ta6
1 9."fig4 '>tihB 20.l:th3 i::t aa8 21 .J:tg3 l:!.g8
and WMe has achieved nothing) 17 ... de4
1 8.'ife4 g6 1 9.h5 ( 1 9 . ..Q.h6 ..Q.b7 20.h5
(20.il!B oi:lf8oo) 20 ... c5 21 .11t'e3 (21 .'ii'g4
g5oo; 21 .'ilfc4 g5 22 . ..Q.18 t2Jl8+") 2 1 . . .g5
22.14 (22 . ..Q.fB oi:lf8+" 23.c4 l:!.bB) 22 ...gf4
23.'ii'l4 '>tih8 24 . ..Q.h7 (24 . .t>b1 15=)
24 ... '>tih7 25 . ..Q.18 i::tl8+") 1 9 ... ..Q.g5 20 . ..Q.g5
(20.hg6 li:il6!? 21 .'ifd4 'it'd8 22.gfl lt>f7
23.'it'e3 li:id5 24 . ..Q.g5 ti:Je3 25 . ..Q.d8 li:id1
26 ...Q.h4 li:ib2 27.@b2 ..Q.a6 28.c4;!;)
20 ... li:ig5 21 .'ii'e2] 1 6.li:ie4 [At first sight,
1 6.g4 wins simply
K K.t 'if
.t .t. .t. ..
. , .t. i
i i
tlJ Vi'
li l::r
but after the ha-forced 16 . . . ..Q.a6 (16 . . . c5
1 7.g5 d4 1 8.'ii'f3 l:!.bB 1 9.gh6 g6 20.'it'g3)
1 7.g5 ..Q.e2 18.'ii'e2 'ii'b6 (18 ... h5 1 9.'ifh5
'ii'b6 20 ...Q.e3) 1 9.gh6 l:!.fbB things are not
so simple: 20.li:Ja4 (20.l:!.dg1 'ii'b2 21 .>t>d2
g6 22.'it'd3 >t>h8 - WMe's king is already
less safe than its black counterpart; 20.b3
..Q.a3 21 .@b1 a4-+) 20 ... "i!Vb5 21 .11t'b5
(21 .'it'g4 g6 22.h5 g5 23 . ..Q.e3 c5=) 21 ... cb5
22.li:ic3 b4 23.ab4 ab4 24.li:ie2 li:if8!?
(24 ... g6 25.h5 li:il8 (25 ... g5 26.l:!.hg1 c5
27.@d2 ..Q.12 28.l:!.g2 ..Q.h4 29.t2Jd4t)
26.li:id4 l:!.cS 27 . ..Q.e3 'it>h7 28.@b1 ..Q.c5
29.li:if3 ..Q.e3 30.fe3 .llc7 31 .hg6 ILrjJ
32.l:!.h3 @h8) 25.hg7 (25 . .lld g1 g6 26.hS
'>t>h7=) 25 ... <;f;>g7 Whtte is a pawn up but R
is worth little. With the text move he tries to
get more] 1 6 ... ..Q.&6 1 7 ..Q.a6 l:!.a6
1 8.tt::l c5 [1 8.l:!.h3 'it'b6 ( 1 8 ... l:taB
1 9 . ..Q.h6) 1 9.'it'b6 l:!.b6 20 . ..Q.e3 l:tb5
21 .li:ic3 l:!.b7=; tt is impossible to create a
real blockade: 1 8."i!Vg3 >t>hB 1 9 . ..Q.e3 'ifc7
20.li:ic5 l:!.aaB 21 .l:!.h3 a4 22.'it'l4 l:ta5
23.tt::ld3 c5=; 1 8.li:id6 ..Q.d6 1 9.ed6 IL:f6
20.g4 ti:Je4oo; 1 8.l:!.d3 'ifb6=; 18 ... l!fcS
1 9.li:id6 ..Q.d6 20.ed6 16+"] 1 8 l:taS
1 9.'i!fc3 a4 [Or 19 ... 'it'c7!? wtth comi
cated play: 20 . ..Q.e3 l:!.fbB 21 .g4 li:JIS 22.hS
a4 23.tt:Jd3 (23.l:!.dg1 'it'a5 24."it'a5 l:a5
25.ti:Jd3 li:ih7 26.14 c5+") 23 . . . l!t'aS=;
23 ... J:tb7 24.l:!.dg1 (24.g5 hg5 25.h6 g6=)
24 ... c5!? 25 . ..Q.c5 (25.g5 d4+") 25 ... llcS
26 . ..Q.b4 'ii'd7] 20 ..Q.e3 'ifa5 21 .'llfas
l:!.a5 22.li:id3 c5=F 23.c3 l:!.b8 24.f4
li:if8 25.g3 ti:Jd7 26.lt>b1 li:: b6
27.'>t>a2 l:tb5 28 ..Q.d2 ti:Jc4 29 ..Q.c1
K
.t i i
i i
:i i i
i ..
tl)
l;l
29 d4 [29 . . . h5+] 30.cd4 cd4 31 .l:th2
l:tb3 [31 ... lld5 32.ttJe1 ttJe3=F] 32.l:tc2
ti:Jb6 33.li:if2 [33.h5=] 33 .. J!.g3
34.ti:Je4 d3 [34 ... llf3 35.l:td4 ..Q.h4'i'j
35.l:tc7 ..Q.d8 36.tt::l g 3 ..Q.c7 37.l:td3
f6 38.ef6 gf6 39.f5 lt>f7 40 ..Q. h 6
l:!.h8 41 ..Q.d2 ..Q.g3 42.fe6 '.t>e6
43.l:!.g3 l:!.h4 44.l:!.e3 li>f5 45.l:!.13
@e6 46.l:!.e3 @f5 47.l:!.f3 ..tie& v,.y,
Bellia,Fabrizio 3
Doric,Darko
Milan 201 1 (8)
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Cii d 4
tt:Jf6 5.ti:Jc3 tt:Jc6 6 ..Q.g5 e6 7.'ii'd2
a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.tiJc6 bc6 1 0 ..Q.f4 d5

1 1 .'i'e3 fi.. b4 1 2.fi..e2 0-0 1 3.e5
.th7 1 4.h4 "i!faS [14 . . . aS!? 1 5.l:th3
(15.g4 fi..a6 1 6.gS fi..e2 1 7.ti:Je2 h5
18.tll g3 g6 1 9.ti:Je4 'ii' b 8!? 20.ti:Jd6
(20.ti:lf6 ti:Jl6 21 .gf6 'it'b5'i') 20 ... l:td8
21.l!.h3 a4 22 ..1:113 fi..d6 23.ed6 ti:Jf8=;
15.'i'g3 'if.;h8 1 6.ti:Je4 'ii' e7 1 7.ti:JgS
(17.ti:Jd6 6 1 8.fi..a6 :ta6= 1 9.a3 fi..d6
20.ed6 'ii'd7) 17 . . . fi..cS 1 8.fi..d3 (1 8.'it'd3 f5
1 9.1h5 a4 20.fi..g6 a3 21 .b4! (21 .b3
t!:.16!!'!') 21 ... fi..b4 22.ti:Jh7 fi..a6 23."i!fg3
l!.fbB 24.ti:JgS 'i'b7 looks artificial)
18 ... 150 1 9.el6 ti:Jf6 20. ti:Jf3 fi..d 7
(20...'i'a7 21 .l:td2 fi..a6 22.'it'g6 fi..d 3
23.cd3! fi..12 (23 ... ti:Je4 24.de4 (24.ti:lgS
t!:.gS 25.hg5 l:tf4 26.gh6 'if.og8 27.'i'e6
117 28.'i'c6 :ta7 29.hg7 'it'g7=) 24 ... l:tf4
25.ill gS hgS 26.hgS '.t>g8 27.'it'e6 'iff7
2B.i'h3 wta 29.g6) 24.:te2 fi..d4
25.\t>b1 ;!;) 21 .ti:JeS fi..e8 22.:the1 ( 22.hS
a4 23 . g6 (23.ti:Jg6 fi..g 6 24.hg6 g8
25.1h6 /i:;e4 26.fi..e4 gh6 27.l:th6 fi..d6
28.l!.hS Wh8 29.g7 "i!fg7 30.l:th1 '.t>g8
31.1h7 >ttf7 32.'it'd6 l:th8 33.'ifc7=)
23 ... ti:ld7=) 22 ... a4 23.c3 l:ld8;!; In the en
gine's view this position is equal but I can
not believe it) 1S ... 'ifc7 (Black must be
careful: 15 ... fi..a6? 1 6.fi..a6 :ta6 1 7.fi..h6
gh6 1 8.'i'h6 '.t>h8 1 9.ti:Je4) 1 6.ti:la4
(16.1h6? gh6 1 7.'ifh6 'it'eS-+; 1 6.l:tg3
*hS 17.ti:la4 fi..a6 18.fi..a6 :ta6+=')
t6 . . .1a6 17.fi..a6 :ta6 1 8.'.t>b1 fi..e n]
1 5.l!.h3 [1S.a3 fi..cs 16.1i'g3 '.t>hB+"]
15 ... cS!? 1 6.'i'g3 [White's queen
ocks the g-pawn from here, so his offen
srve will develop a bit slower. 1 6.'ifd2
l!.a?I?=; 1 6.'i'f3 16+='] 1 6 @hS 1 7.'itb1
. ;I
1 7 . ..l:ta7 [Not the best. 1 7 ... l:tbB!? 1 8.b3
(18.d2 'f/c7 1 9.14 fi..a 7+=') 18 ... fi..b4
19.'lWd3 c5 20.g4 c4 21 .1i'd4 fi..cS 22.'i'd2
:!b4 23.gS fi.. b7 24.gh6 g6+"] 1 S.fi..e3
[1 8.1d2!? 'i'c7 1 9.IU as 20.fi..e3 fi..e3
2 1 .'llfe3 fi..a6 22.fi..a6 l:la6 23.tll a4 l:tbB
24.g4 l:taa8 25.h5 J:tb4 26.b3;!;] 1 S fi..e3..
1 9.'i'e3 c5= 20.'it'd2 f5 [20 ... 16 21 .ef6
ti:Jl6 22.ti:Je4 'it'd2 23.ti:Jd2 c4=; 20 ... fi..d7
21 .g4 'ifc7 22.f4 l:tbB+=') 21 .ti:Je4 _.d2
22.ti:Jd2;t fi..d 7 23.J:ta3 c4 24.:tas
gs 2s.tllf3 :tbs 26.i:th1 c.t>g7
27.ti:Jd4 gh4 2S.f4 ti:JfS 29.fi.. h S
J:tab7 30.b3 cb3 31 .ab3 l:tb4 32.c3
:au
Smirnov,Pavel 4
Zinchenko,Yaroslav
Voronezh 2008 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:Jf6 5.ti:Jc3 ti:lc6 6.fi.. gS e6 7.'ifd2
a6 S.0-0-0 h6 9.ti:Jc6 bc6 1 0.fi..f4 d5
1 1 .'i'e3 fi..b4 1 2.fi..e2 o-o 1 3.e5
ti:Jh7 1 4.h4 "i!faS 1 5.J:th3 hS
1 6.:tg3 [The most logical. 1 6.g4!? de
serves further study: 1 6 ... cS ( 1 6 ... l:tbB
1 7.'it'g3 fi..c3 1 B.'it'c3 'i'a2 1 9.b3 cs
20.gS;t) 1 7."i!ff3 fi..d7 ( 1 7 ... d4? 1 8.'ifaB
dc3 1 9.'if.ob1 +-) 1 8.a3 (1 8.gS hS 1 9.a3
fi..c3 20.-.c3 'it'a4 21 .fi..d 2 g6 22.'ii'aS
:tfcB=) 1 8 ... fi..c3 1 9.'ii'c3 'it'c3 ( 1 9 ... -.a4
20.fi..d 2 d4 21 .1i'b3) 20.J:tc3 J:tfc8;!;]
1 6 :tgS 1 7.fi..d 3 fi..c S [ 1 7 ... fi..fB!?)
1 s.-.f3 J:ta7 1 9.'it'g4 [1 9.'.t>b1 !? l:tb7
20.ti:Je2 'i'b6 21 .b3 as (21 ...fi..f2? 22.l:tg7
'.t>g7 23.'ifhS+-) 22. l:th3!? a4 23.g4t]
1 9 fi..f2
. 20 . .l:tf3 fi..cS 21 .fi..d2
[21 .l:tg3!!!!! fi..12 22.l:tf3 fi..cS=)
_t ;I
. , I. ..
i I. I. I.
'iW _t I.
21 ... d4? [21 ... 'ifc7+" 22.J:tdf1 IS 23.ef6
gl6 24. 'i'hS IS 2S. 'ifh6 fi..f B+=')
22.'ife4?! [22.fi.. h7 'ith7 23.t/:Je4 'ifa2
24.fi..h 6! fi..b4?! 2S.c3+-] 22 ti:lfS ..
23.:tdf1 dc3 24.fi..c 3 1i'c7 2S.fi..d 2
[2S.'.t>b1 !! l:tb7 26.J:tf7 'i'17 27.J:t17 J:tf7
2B.'ii c6 ti:Jd7 29.'i'e6] 2S ... 'ifd7
26.b4? [26.l:lf7 'it't7 27.J:tf7 J:tf7
2B.'iVc6=] 26 'i'd4-+ 27.c3 'ife4
..
2S.fi..e4 0- 1
Survey SI 29. 2
Brkic,Ante 5
Jankovic,Alojzije
Marija Bistrica chSLO 201 1 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:Jf6 5.tll c 3 d6 6.fi..g S e6 7.'it'd2 a6
S.0-0-0 h6 9.ti:Jc6 bc6 1 O.fi..f4 d5
1 1 .'ife3 fi..b4 1 2.fi..e2 0-0 1 3.eS
ti:Jh7 1 4.h4 'ifaS 1 S.l:th3 '.t>hS
16 .l:tg3 fi..c 5 1 7.'it'f3 J:ta7= 1 S.'ifhS
fS [Another typical idea] 1 9.ef6 ti:lf6
20.'We5
20 fi.. b6 [Black misses an excellent pos
.
sibility to seize the initiative: 20 ... J:.b7!?
21 .fi..e3 (21 .l:tg6 'ifb4 22.b3 l:te7 23.fi.. h2
ti:ld7+; 21 .a3 l:lb2!+) 21 ... fi..e7 22.l:tg6
'it'b4 23.ti:Jb1 fi..d6 24.'iic3 fi..d7+
2S.fi..a6 'it'c3 26.ti:Jc3 l:tb4 27.13 nae
28.fi..e 2 .l:t h4+ ) 21 .l:tg6 .i:taf7 22.fi..d3
fi..c7 23.'it'e3 ti:JgS [23. . . fi..f4 24.'i'f4
cS'i') 24.fi..eS fi..eS 2S.'it'eS 'it'c7=
26.'it'c7 .l:tc7 27.f3 .l:tf4 2S.l:lh 1 c5
29.b3 ti:Je7 30.l:lg3 '.t>gS 31 .l:!.gh3
'.t>f7 [31 ...tll c6=] 32.l:te1 ti:lc6 33.h5
ti:le7 [33 ... c4 34.bc4 ti:J b4 3S.d2 ti:Jd3
36.cd3 dc4 37.l:te4 l:te4 38.de4 l:tb7
39.'if.oc2
35.ti:Je2
wf6=]
.!US
34.l:!.hh1 ;!;
36.c4
wes
[36.ll!.h4;!;]
36 ... wd7 37.l:th4 11.JfS [37 ... <;f.;d6
38.l:tg4 tl:Jc6=) 3S.l:tg4 Wd6 39.ti:lc3
[39.cdS eds 40.ti:lc3 l:tt6 4UleB;t]
39 d4 40.fi..fS efS?! [40 ... ll!.fS 41 .ti:Je4
.
Wc6=) 41 .l:tg6 l:lf6 42.tll d 5 l:lg6
43.hg6 l:ld7 [43 ... .l:tc6 44..l::t eB;!;]
44.l:teS+- fi.. b7 4S.ti:lf4 ll!.e7 46.l:tdS
@c7 47.l:tgS fi..c6 4S.l:lg7 ll!.g7
49.tll e6 <;f.;d6 50.ti:lg7 fi..d7 51 .ti:lh5
'.t>eS S2.f4 '.t>d6 53.g7 fi..e6 S4.ti:Jg3
'ite7 55.ti:lf5 wf7 S6.ti:ld6 g7
S7.ti:Je4 <;f.;g6 5S.<;t>d2 'it>f5 59.ttJcS
fi..cS 60.g3 '.t>g4 61 .tlle4 fi..e6
62.'.t>d3 fi..f5 63.@d4 @f3 64.ti:Jd6
fi..d7 65.f5 <;f.;g3 66.f6 fi..e6 67.'.t>e4
1 -0
67
 Popov,lvan 6 29.g3 ..lit.d7 30.J:l.a1 J:l.g8 31 .J:l.a7
Salem,A.R.Saleh
Khanty-Mansiysk Wch blitz 2013 (21)
1 .e4 cs 2.lllf3 d& 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
lllf6 S.lll c3 lll c& & . ..lit.gs e6 7.'i!fd2
a& 8.0-0-0 h6 9.lll c& be& 1 o.f4 dS
1 U i'e3 ..lit.b4 1 2.e2 0-0 1 3.eS
lll h7 1 4.'i!fg3 c;t;>h8 1 S.a3 ..lit.e7
1 6.llle4
1 6 ... J:l.b8 [1 6 ... aS!? 1 7 . ..lit.e3
(17 . . . 'it'c7 1 8.tll cS J:l.b8 1 9.h4 'i!fb6 is good
enough too, but doesn't seem to be in the
spirtt of the Jankovic system) 1 8.a6 J:ta6
1 9.h4 'i!fc7 ( 1 9 . . . cS!? 20.Ac5 Ac5 21 .tll cS
J:l.c6 22.lll b3 a4 23.tiJd4 J:tb6 24.b4 ab3
2S.cb3 'i!fc7 26.'.!<b2 l:ta8t) 20.lll d6
(20.tiJcS l:taa8 21 .l:th3 l:tlb8 22.'it'f4
J:l.bS"") 20 ... cs 2 1 .lll bS 'i!fc6 22.a4 J:l.b6
23 . ..lit.g5 (23 . ..lit.d2 l:tlbB 24.J:l.h3 c4 2S.'iff4
J:l.bS 26.abS 'i!fbS 27.c3 .l:l.b7 28.J:l.g3 a4
29.'i!fg4 g6 30.'it'f4 hS) 23 ... f6 24.f4
J:l.b7 25.'i!fg6 c4"" 26.J:l.h3 (26.ef6 J:l.16
27.'it'g3 tiJIB 28.es J:l.g6"" 29.'i!fh3 lll d7
30.hS J:l.gS 31 .c3 f6 32.14 J:l.fS 33.J:l.hf1
tiJc5 34.g4 c3 35.gfS ..lit.b2 36. 'iit b2 tiJa4
37.c;t;>a1 'i!fb5 38.J:l.b1 lll b2 39.'i!fa3 c3
40.J:l.fe1 'irb4 41 .'ii'a2=) 26 ... cS 27.J:l.f3
fS 28 . ..lit.e3 ..lit.e3 29.J:l.e3 J:l.lbB 30.lll d6
(30.g4 tiJIB 31 . 'ifhS J:l.bS-+ 32.abS 'i!fb5
33.gfS 'it'b2 34.c;t;>d2 efS 35.'iff7 f4 36.J:l.c3
'it'b6 37.'it>e2 'i!fb4 38.J:l.f3 'i!fb2 39.c;t;>f1
'i!fc2 40.J:l.e1 tiJg6 41 .e6 lll h4 42.J:l.h3
J:l.b1 43.J:l.h4 'ifd3 44. 'iit g2 J:l.e1 4S.J:l.h6=)
30 ... tiJIB 31 .tiJ17 >f<g8 32.tiJh6 c;t;>h8
33.tiJl7 ..t>g8 34.tiJh6 'it>h8=; 16 ... cS
1 7.llld6 J:l.b8""] 1 7.lll d&
1 7 ... 'ifb&?! [17 ...c5=] 1 8.b3 'ircS?!
[18 . . . cS=] 1 9.b4 'it'b& 20. ..lit.e3 'i!fc7
21 .cst f& 22.f4 as 23.d3
[23.'i!fg6+-] 23 .. .fS 24.'ire3
[24.'i!fg6+-] 24 ... ab4 2S.ab4 lll g S
26.c3 [26.g4] 26 ... tiJf7 27.lllf7 J:l.f7=
28.@b2 gS [28 . . . c5 29.'i!fcS 'i!fb6=]
68
[31 .e7 J:l.e7 32.fgS J:l.gS 33.J:l.a8 J:l.e8
34.J:l.a7] 31 ... 'ifd8 32.J:l.ha1 gf4
33.gf4 J:l.g2 [33 ... c5 34.'ifcS 'ii' h4=]
34.c;t;>b3 >f<h7 3S.J:l.a8 cs 36.'i!fcs
[36.'iff3 J:l.12 37.'ii' g 3 cB 38.J:l.g1 ]
36 ... 'i!fh4 37.J:l.f8 [37.'ifd6t]
37 ... J:l.fg7 [37 ... J:l.f8 38.'i!ff8 'i!fl2 39.'it'e7
c;t;>g6 40.'ifl6 'it>h5 41 .'iff7 c;t;>h4 42.'ifl6
..t>g4 43.'i!fg6 c;t;>f4 44.'ifh6 ..t>eS 4S.'i!fh8
@d6 46.'i!ff8 <J;c7 47 . ..lit.e2 J:l.g1 48.J:l.a8
J:l.b1 49.<J;c2 'i!fe2 SO.c;t;>b1 =] 38.'ife3??
[38.J:l.aa8 'ii'14 39.'ifd6 c;t;>g6 40.J:l.15 'ifd2
41 .J:l.12 'ifd3 42.J:l.g2 @hS]
38 ... 'ifh2-+ 39.J:l.b1 cs 40.,..cs
J:l.a2 ? [40 ... J:l.d2-+] 41 .'ifb&?? [41 .bS
'ifd2 42.J:l.bB rlaS 43.c2 'iff4 (43 . . . 'i!fe2
44.J:l.b2! J:l.bS 4S.J:l.bS '*'bS 46 .... bS bS
47.d l 'i') 44.,..b4 '*'es 4S.'i!fas 'i!fb8
46.b6+] 41 ... a4X 0- 1
..lit.as
I I - An I n s i d i o u s I n serti on
1 2.a3
Durarbeyli,Vasif 7 16 . . . tll e SD 1 7. J:l.d3D tiJd3 1 8.d3 f5D
Jankovic,Alojzije
Rome 201 1 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d& 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
lllf6 S.lll c 3 lll c& 6.gS e& 7.'ifd2
a& 8.o-0-0 h& 9.tiJc& be& 1 o.f4 dS
1 1 .,..e3 b4 1 2.a3!?
12 ... ..lit.aS! [ 1 2 ... e7 is worse here, bu1
[1 7.h4] may be playable: 1 3.h4 aS!? ( 13 . . . 0-0
1 4.e2 lll d7 1 S.edS ( 1 S.,..g3 'ii;> h 8
1 6.c7 '*'e8 1 7.lt>b1 .l:l.a7 1 8.d6 lll c 5""
1 9.b4 lll e4 20.lll e4 de4 21 .'ife3 J:l.d7
22.e7 J:l.d1 23.rld1 'i!fe7 24.'*'e4 aSoo;
1 s.es cs ( 1 S . . . aS!?; 1 s ... c5 1 6.h6)
1 6.'ifg3 ..t.oh8 17.lll a4 (1 7.h6 gh6
18 ....14 <J;g7 1 9.'i!fg3=) 17 ... a7 1 8.it.h6
gh6 1 9.'it'f4 c;t;>g7 20.'ifg3 c;t;>h7 2 1 . d3
c;t;>h8 22.'iff4 ..t.og7=) 1 S . . . edS 1 6.'it'g3
lll c S!? 1 7.it.h6 lll e6 1 8.lll e4 ( 1 8.gs 16
1 9.it.d2 d6 20.'ifg6 1sgg) 1 8 ... J:l.a7!?
1 9.gS ( 1 9.e3 J:l.b7 20.lll gS ..lit.d6
21 .'iff3 16 22.lll e6 e6 23.hS (23.a6
J:l.b2fg) 23 ... 'ifb8 24.h6 g6 25.d3 J:l.b2
26.lt>d2 lt>h7oo Both kings are unsafe)
1 9 ... fS 20.e7 J:l.e7 21 .lll c3 f4 22.'iff3
lll c5 23.hS J:l.f6t) 1 4.e2 6 1 S.a6
J:l.a6 1 6.g4 'ifb6 1 7.'it'e2 ( 1 7.'ifb6 J:l.b6=)
17 ... d4 1 8. J:l.d4 a3 1 9.ba3 'ifd4 20.'i!fa6
'ifc3 21 .'ircB c;t;>e7 22.'irc7 c;t;>fB 23.e5
'i!fa3 24.b2! 'ife7 2S.'iras @g8;t]
1 3.e2 0-0 [ 1 3 ... b7 1 4.'ifg3 c3
1 S.'irc3 0-0 1 6.f3t] 1 4.eS lll d 7! [Bad is
1 4 ... lll h 7?! 1 5.fi'g3 ( 1 5.lll a 4) 1 S ... '.th8
1 6.lll a4 J:[e8 1 7.e3; 1 4 ... c3 1 S.'i!fc3
lll e4 1 6.'i!fe3t; 1 6.'i!fc6? d7-+;
1 6."fi'e1 lll c5 ( 1 6 . . . as 1 7.e3) 1 7.f3 a5
18 .... g3 ..t>h7""; 14 ... lll e 8 1 S.lll a4 c7
1 6.>f<b1 as 1 7.J:the1 a6 ( 1 7 .. .16!?;t)
1 8.a6 J:l.a6 1 9.'ifg3 c;t;>h8 20.'ifh3]
1 S.'ifg3 [White can force a draw here:
1 S.it.h6 gh6 1 6.'i!fh6 ( 1 6. J:l.d4?! fS (or
1 6 . . . lll e S!? 1 7.'ifes 'i!fgS'i') 1 7.'i!fh6
tll e S 1 8.l:th4 <J;f7 1 9.f4 lll g 6+)
1 9.'i!fg6=] 1 S ... c7 1 6. >f< b 1
[1 6.it.h6!? es 1 7.14 f6 1 8.h4 a5
( 1 8 . . . 'ifaS!? 1 9.hS c;t;>h7 20.it.gS c3
2 1 .'ifc3 (21 .'ifd3 IS 22.h6 b2 23.'it>b2
g6oo) 21 . . . 'ifc3 22.bc3 16 23.h4 ti:Jc5
24.c4 tiJe4=) 1 9.hS!? ..t>h8 20.g5
a6!? 21 .a6 J:l.a6 22.h6 g6 (White is
more active, but Black's position has
some potential) 23.lll a4 J:l.a8 24 . .l:l.he1
..t>h7 2S . ..t>b1 (2S.rle2 l:tb8 26 .... e3 g5
27.lgS eS=) 2S . . . J:l.b8 26. J:l.e3 cS+']
16 ... lt>h8 1 7.h4 as 1 8.'ife3 f6!
[ 1 8 . . . a6!? 1 9.a6 J:l.a6 20. h6 e5
21 .14 '*'b8 22.es tll e S 23.lll a4 ti:'c4
24."ii' c3 'i!fbS 2S.'it'b3 J:l.b8 26.lt>a2
llaa8 27.l:th3 '*'a6 28.'i!fc3 lll d 6""]

1 U.h6!? [1 9.el6 14 20.'it'f4 .1:116
21.'ii'c1 e5!? 22 . .ll h11 .ll ba 23.14 e4 24.g4
l:tf7+=' I would prefer Black anyway]
19 ... li:leS?! [Better is 1 9 ... e5 20.li::i a4
f'c7=F] 20.f4 a& [20 ... ti::if7 21 .c7
f'c7 22.'ffc5 'it>ga 23.h5 'ffd 6+:t]
2U.es es 22.it..a& .Ila& 23.f4
[23. li:l a4 'ifd6 24.g3 .ll ba 25.14 it..b2
26.<t>a2! d4 27.'ffl3 it..c3 2a.ti:Jc3 'ifc5
29.l::r b1 .llab6 30 . .ll b6 .ll b6 31 . .ll b 1 dc3
32.l:l b6 'it'b6 33 . 'it'c3=] 23 d&
[23...c3 24.'ffc3 'ffe7=] 24.'ife&
[24.hS;!;J 24 'ff ba 2s.'it>a1
:ea
26."l!ff7 .lli.f4= 27 .ll hf1 .llf8 [27 ... .ll a7
28."l!fhS h6 29 . .llf6 (29. ti::i e 2 'ife5=)
29 ... gf6 30.'ffh6 >t>ga 31 .'it'l6 'ifca=]
28."i!fhS .t>ga 29.'ffe2 .!lb& 30.'ife&
ha 31 .li::i a4 .ll b S 32.J:l.de1 'it'd&?!
[32... e5 33.'it'c6 .llcS 34.'ifd7 J:t b7
35.'i'd5 .llc2] 33.'iffS it.. h 6 34.g4
[34.l:le6] 34 ... d4 3S.'ifd3 .Ilda
36.li:lc3 dc3? [36 ... .ll e5 37 . .ll e5 'ife5
38.li:le4 .Il ea 39.ti::i g 3 c5 40.ti::i f5 it..14
41 .'i'13 h2;!;] 37 . .lle a+- .Ilea
38.'li'd& cb2 39 . .t>b1 c1 40.gS fgS
41 ."l!fg& 1 -0
Ill - The Pawn E x c h a n g e
1 2.a3
Hovhannisyan,Robert 8 Wijk aan Zee C 2008 (7)
Robson.Ray
Chennai Wchjr 201 1 (1 2)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti::if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li::i d4
f6 S.ti::i c3 ti::i c6 6 ..tgs e6 7.'ifd2
a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.ti::i c 6 be& 10 ..tf4 dS
1 1 ."ilfe3 kb4 1 2.a3 [1 2.ed5] 1 2 ... ..Q.as
1 3.edS!? cdS 14 . ..te2 0-0 1 S.g4
.I .i. 'ifi:C
.t. l.
i . ... .. .t.
.9.. . ...
ttJ
@ :S l:t
1 5 ... ..tb7 [1 5 ... J:l.ea!? 1 6.g5 ( 1 6.h4 ..tb7
17.gS e5!+) 1 6 . . . ..Q.c3 1 7.'ifc3 hg5 1 a . ..tg5
li::i e4 1 9.da ti::i c3 20.bc3 .lld a:f]
16 . .ll h g1 .Ilea [ 1 6 ... ..tc3 1 7.'ifc3 li::i e4
1 a.'it'e3 .Ilea 1 9.13 (1 9.g5 e5 20.gh6 ef4
21 . .ll g 7 .t>ha 22.'ifl4 'ifl6=l') 1 9 . . . e5 20.fe4
ef4 21 .'fff4 .ll e4=] 1 7.gS .ll c 3 1 a.bc3
li::ie4 1 9.'ife4 ( 1 9.gh6!? 'ife7 20.J:l.g7
.t>ha 21 . .t>b2! e5 (21 ... ..tc3 22.'ifc3 ti::i c3
23.e5+-) 22 . ..tg5 'ifd6 23.'ife4
(23 . ..tc4 d4 24.cd4 ..tc3 25.>t>a2 ..lld5=)
.
23 . . 'ff b6 24.'ff b4 ..Q.b4 25.ab4 16=]
1 9 ... de4 20.l:l.da .Ilda 21 .gh& g&
[21 ... ..Q.c3 22.hg7 .t>h7=] 22.c4 .>lb&
23 . ..te3 ..Q.e3 24.fe3 'it>h7 2S.l:td1
.ll d 1 26.@d1 .t>h6= 27.h4 fS 2a.cs
es [2a . . . g5=F] 29 . ..llc4 lt>hS 30 . ..Q.e&
..Q.c6 [30 . . . .t>h4 31 . ..Q.d7 Wg3 32.lt>e2
a5!+] 31 .c4 .t>h4 32.it..dS ..ta4
[32 . . . .li.d7 33 . ..Q.b7 14 34.ef4 (34 . ..Q.e4
g5-+) 34 . . . ef4 35 . ..Q.e4 g5-+] 33 . .t>e2
Wg3 [33 . . . it..d7 34 . ..Q.b7 ..Q.e6 35.it..a6
.t>g3 36.c6 14 37.ef4 ef4 3a.c7 ..Q.g4
39.'it>f1 kh3=] 34.c& gS? [34 . . . 14!
35 . ..lle4 g5 36.c7 ..Q.d7 37.it..b7 13 3a . ..llt3
it..cS ] 3S.c7+- it.. d7 36 . ..ll b7 f4
37.ca'if .tea 3a . ..tca .t>g2 39.cS f3
40.'it>d2 f2 41 .ka& g4 42.c& g3
43.c7 'it>h2 44.ca'if g2 4S.'it'ha
'it>g1 46.'it'h3
Negi,Parimarjan 9 Zhao.Parker Bi G u a ng
Krush, I rina
1 .e4 cs 2.ti::if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li::i d4
ti::i f6 S.ti::i c3 ti::i c6 6.it.. gS e6 7.'ifd2
a& a.o-o-o h6 9.ti::i c6 be& 1 0.it..f4 dS
1 1 .'ife3 ..ll b4 1 2.a3 ..\las 13 . ..lle2
0-0 1 4.edS
i. .i. 'if K 20.h4 [20.J:thl1 ;!; g5?! (20 . . . il.a6!?;!;
.t. .t.
.t. .t. , ,. .t.
.i.
ttJ
@ a: I:I
1 4 cdS [14 ... ed5!? is at least not worse
.
and solves the problem of the ..Ilea immedi
ately: 1 5.'it'g3 .tiha 16 . ..lle5 l:tea 1 7.l:the1
..Q.b6 1 a.14 ( 1 a.kd3 li::i g4:f 19 . ..llc7 it..c7
Survey SI 29. 2
20.'ifc7 ti::if2 2 1 . 'iff7 l:!.18 22.'ifg6 ti::i d3
23.'it'd3 'ifd6) 1 a . . . it..15 1 9.it..d3 kd3
20.cd3 (20 . .ll d3 kc7=) 20 . . . ti::i h5
(20 . . . kc7=; 20 ... it..a5 21 .Wb1 kc3 22 . ..Q.c3
l:te1 23 . .ll e 1 d4 24.kb4 .ll bB 25 . .llc 1 ti::i d5
26 . .l:tc6 W'ea=) 21 .W'h3 16 22.W'h5 le5
23 . .ll e5 it..e3 24.'it>c2 ..Q.14=] 1 S.'ifg3
.t> ha [ 1 5 ... kc3 gives equality but is too
simple for Rauzer admirers: 1 6.'ifc3 kd7
1 7.'it>b1 (1 7.ke5 li::i e4 1 a.'tte3 it..b5
1 9 . ..Q.13 ti::if2 20.kg7 'ft'g5 21 .'ifg5 hg5
22.klB 'it>IB 23.l:the1 ti::i d 1 24.'it>d1 lt>en;
1 7.'it'e3 it..b S 1 a.it..13 ti::i d7=) 17 . . . .llcS
1 a. 'ifd4 kb5=] 1 6 ..tes ti::i ea 1 7.kd3
..Q.c7 1 a.f4 .ll b a 1 9.ti::i e2 Jt..es
[ 1 9 . . . it..d7= 20 . ..lld4 a5] 20.feS 'it'b6
21 .b3;!; as 22.l:thf1 .ta& [The same
'French' idea] 23 . ..ta& [23 . .ll f4 ..Q.d3
24.l:!.d3;!;] 23 ... 'ifa& 24.li::i f4 l:!.ga
[24 . . . ..tiga 25.l:tl3 (25.ti::i h5 a4 26.b4
l:!.ca+") 25 ... J:tc8 26.J:tdf1 a4+"] 2S.a4
l:!.b7 [25 ... l:!.c8 26.\t>ba] 26.'ife3 'i!Vb6
27.J:td4 [27.'ifb6 l:!.b6 28.l:!.13;!;]
27 ... 'ifcs 2a.1Lce2 JdfS 29.lt>b2
ti::i c 7? [29 . . . J:tcn] 30.l:!.f& ! +- tDa6
31 .ll h & lt>ga 32.l:!.dh4 f6 33.J:tha
'it>f7 34 .C.fa \t>fa 3S.J:th8 \t>f7
1 -0 36.'iff3 .ll ba 37.'it'hS \t>e7 38.l:!.bS
ti::i ba 39.'it'ha 1 -0
10
Kritz.Leonid
Pawtucket 2008 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2Jf3 ti::i c6 3.d4 cd4 4.li::i d4
ti::i f6 S.ti::i c 3 d6 6 . ..Q.gS e6 7.'ifd2 a6
a.0-0-0 h6 9.ti::i c6 be& 1 0 ...Q.f4 dS
1 1 .'i!fe3 ..Q.b4 1 2.a3 Ji.as 1 3.e2
0-0 1 4.edS eds 1 S.'i!fg3 wha
1 6.it..eS ttJea 1 7.f4 J,,, c7= 1 8..d3
ii.es [ 1 8 . . . 15!? 1 9..d4 CLf6=] 1 9.feS as
21 .\t>b1 ti:: c7) 21 .'i!Vg5 hg5 22.l:!.13;!;]
.
20 ... 'ifb& [20 . . il.a6=] 21 .l:!.df1
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21 :tb8?? [21 ... ..Q.a6 22 . ..Q.a6 l:ta6
. 1 9.ef6 l:tf6 20.l:tgS 'ifb4) 1 6 ... hgS 1 7.il..gS 27.'ilt'gS "ifg6 28."iYeS .t>f7 29."ii'c7 lle7
23.l:tf4 f6 24.ti:le2 l:tf7 2S.l:te1 llb7=] ( 1 7.l:tdg1 ..Q.d4 1 8.h4) 17 ... ..Q.12; 30.l:tf3 <;i;>e8 31 . 'ilfc6 J:l.d7 32."ii' a8 J:[c7)
22.'it'g6!+- 'it'e3 23.<;i;>d1 fg6 14 ... 'ifaS!?] 1 S.'ii' g 3 J:!b8 1 6.gS ..Q.c3 24 ... "iYd8 (24 ... l:th8 2S.'ifgS '.t>ta
24.l:tf8 .t.>h7 2S.hS 'it'd3 26.cd3 [ 1 6 ... hS 1 7 . ..Q.hS il..c5 ( 1 7 . . . g6 1 8.il..e2 cS 26.ti:le4!) 2S.l:tg4 16 26.l:tf3 l:ta7 27.J:l.16
..Q.d7 27.hg6 .t>g6 28.<;i;>c2 l:tc8 1 9.h4 il..b7 20.ti:lb1 d4 21 .hS ..Q.h1 22.J:!h1 "ifl6 28.'i!fe8 -.WIS 29.'ifhS 'iti>f8 30.'it'gS
29.d4 <;t;>gS 30.l:thf1 g6 31 .l:!.1 f7 c4 23.il..c4 il..d2 24.@d2 'ifb4 2S.<;i;>d1 "iWgS 31 .llgS) 1 9.'i!fh3 ti:ld3 20.J:l.dd3
..Q.c6 32.l:!.e7 1 -0 'ifc4 26.hg6 fg6 27.'ifh4 .t>f7 28."ii' h 7 ..Q.18 21 .iWg4 g6 22.l:th3 @g8 23 . ..Q.h6
.t>e8 29.'ii' g6 .t>d8 30.ti:ld2 "ii'd S 31 . l:th4 (23.-.Wg3 il..g7 24 . ..Q.h6 'ifeS 2S . ..Q.f4 'it'f5
J:l.b2 32.'ii'e4 l:tb1 33.@e2 "ifbS 26.'ilfh4) 23 . . . -.Wes 24 . ..Q.18 l:tf8 2S.l:th6
34."ifd3=) 1 8.b3 ..Q.12 1 9.'ifl3 g6 20.ti:la4 -.W16 26.l:tdh3 es 27.l:th8 'ifh8 28.llhS
'ilfa7 21 .l:thf1 ..Q.cs 22."iYh3;!;] 1 7."ii' c 3 .tt h 8 29.iWa4] 1 8.il.. h 6 fS 1 9.J:l.h4
IV -Why Not? hgS [ 1 7 ... 'ifl2 1 8 . "ifd2oo ] 1 8 ..Q.gS ti:lcS
ti:lcS 20 . ..Q.d2+- ti:ld3 21 .cd3 'ii'f7
1 2 . e2 0 - 0 1 3 . e 5 tt:J d 7 19 . ..Q.e3 ti:le4 20.'ifa3 cs 21 .f3 d4 22.'ifh3 'ifg6 23.ti:le2 1 -0
22.fe4 de3 23.l:thg1 "ii' b4 24.l:l.g3
Kosintseva,Tatiana 11 ..Q.b7 2S.'ifb4 cb4 26.l:te3 J:!fd8
Kosteniuk,Alexandra 27 ..Q.d3 [ 27.J:l.d8 l:td8 28.a3] David .Alberto 13
Moscow Wch-blitz W 201 0 (26) 27 ... l:tbc8 28.l:tg1 l:!.cS 29.llgS @f8 Lanka,Zig u rds
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4 30.l:th3 g6 31 .llh8 @e7 32.i:td8 Paris 2000 (6)
ti:lf6 S.ti:lc3 ti:lc6 6 ..Q.gs e6 7."ii' d 2 @d8 33.h4 @e7 34.'it>d2 aS?! 1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 ti:lc6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d4
a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.ti:lc6 bc6 10 . ..Q.f4 dS [34 ... l:taS=] 3S.@e3 a4 36.@d4 l:!.c8 12Jf6 S.ti:lc3 d6 6 ..Q. gs e6 7.'ilfd2 a6
1 1 ."ii'e3 ..Q.b4 1 2 ..Q.e2 0-0 1 3.eS 37.hS ghS 38 . .!lhS :::t d 8?! 39.'it>c4 8.0-0-0 h6 9.ti:.'c6 bc6 1 O.il..f4 d5
ti:ld7 [Possibly Jankovic plays 13 ... ti:lh7 to a6 [39 ... a3 40.b3 a6 41 .@b4 ..Q.d3 1 1 ."ii'e3 il.. b4 1 2.il..e2 0-0 1 3.e5
prevent an immediate draw after 13 ... ti:l d7 42.cd3 l:td3 43.@a3 .!ld4] 40.@b4 ti:ld7 1 4.'ilfg3 il..c 3 1 S.'ilfc3 [1 S.bc3!?]
1 4 . ..Q.h6 ..Q.c3 1 S.il..g7. 1 3 ... ti:le8!?N d3 41 .cd3 lld3 42.@a4 lld4?! 1 S 'ilfh4?! [1S ... -.Wb6 1 6.'ifg3 @h8
1 4.'it'g3 ( 1 4.ti:le4 il..e 7+") 1 4 ... Wh8 [42 . . . .!ld2] 43. b4!+- l:te4 44.'it>bS fS 1 7.'i!fh4 l:tb8 1 8.b3 'ifb4=] 1 6.g3 'f/e7
1 S."ii'h 3 'it>g8oo] 4S.ef6 @f6 46.a4 eS 47.aS l:td4 1 7."ifc6 l:tb8 1 8.'ifd6 'ii'd 8 1 9.il..e3
48.a6 e4 49.a7 l:td8 SO .t>c6 e3 ..Q.b7 20.il..d 4 l:tc8
SU l.h3 1 -0

Delchev,Aleksander 12
Abergel,Thal i
Tarragona 2005 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
cd4 S.ti:ld4 ti:lc6 6 ..Q.gS e6 7.'ii' d 2
a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.ti:lc6 bc6 10 . ..Q.f4 dS
1 1 ."ife3 ..Q.b4 1 2 . ..Q.e2 0-0 1 3.eS
ti:ld7 1 4."ii' g 3 'ii' c7 1 S.lld4 il..e7
1 6 ..Q.d3 lle8 1 7.J:!.e1
1 4.g4!? [White can force a draw at once
with 14 . ..Q.h6 il..c3 (14 . . . gh6?! does not 21 .d3 [21 .c3] 21 . l:tc6 22.'ii'a3
make much sense. After the forced 1 S.l:td4 K .t. K -.Wc7 23.f4 [23.J:[he1 ti:lcS 24.il..1 1 ]
ile7 1 6.llg4 ..Q.gs 1 7.f4 ti:leS 1 8."ii'es f6 'if .i. i i 23 ... l:tc8 24.@b1 ti:lcS 2S . ..Q.c5
19.'it'e3 eS 20.fgS il..g4 21 .il..g4 fS 22.il..e2 i i i [2S . ..Q.fa] 2S . l:tcS= 26.iWa4 d4
'ii'gS 23.'ii'gS hgS 24.l:tf1 WMe has a 27.J:%.he1 ..Q.f3 28.l:td2 J:l.d8 29.'it'a3
small edge) 1S . ..Q.g7 (1S.bc3 gh6 1 6.'ilt'h6
i 8 ..Q.ds 30.b3 as 31 ..Q.e4 ..Q.e4 32.J:!.e4
ti:leS 1 7.i:td3 ti:ld3 1 8.d3 fS=) 1S ... wg7 n ncdS 33."ifa4 'it'c3 34.::!d3 "ifc5
1 6.'it'g3 <;i;>h6 1 7.'ii' h3 @g6 1 8.'ilt'hS 'it;>g7 tt:J 3S.'ifc4 'it'b6 36.iWa4 -.Wes 37.-.Wc4
1 9.'ii'g4 @h6 20.'ii' h3 @g6=] 14 ... "ii' b6 -.Wb6 38.'it'a4 Y2-Y2
[14 ... J:l.b8!? 1 S.gS il..cS ( 1 S ... hS 1 6 . ..Q.hS
888 888
il..cS 17.'ii'13 g6 1 8.h4!? 'ii' b6 1 9.b3 ghS n
20.J:!.hg1 il..12 21 .l:tgf1 il..d4 22.'ii' hS tl:ceS Holzke,Frank 14
23.IL:e4 ti:ld3 24.l:td3 de4 2S.J:!d4 "iYd4 1 7 . . il..f8? [17 ... @h8 1 8.J:!e3! ti:lcS Sher.Miron
26.g6 'ii'a 1 27.Wd2 'ii' g7 28.il..b 8;!;) ( 1 8 . . . gS 1 9.'ii' h 3 'it>g7 20 . ..Q.gS ..Q.gS 21 .14 Samnaun 2008 (6)
1 6."iYg3 ( 1 6.'ii'f3 'ifb6 (16 ... hgS 1 7.l:tdg1 ti:leS 22.fgS ti:ld3 23.J:!.ed3 hgS 24. 'ifhS 1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 12Jf6 4.ti:.'c3
e7 1 8.'it'hS) 1 7.b3 hgS 1 8. J:!hg1 16 (24.llg4 16 2S.'ilt'hS "iWl7 26. l::l. gS fgS cd4 S.ti:ld4 tll c6 6 ..Q.gs e6 7.'it'd2 a6

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 Survey SI 29. 2

8.0-0-0 h6 9.tll c 6 bc6 1 0.f4 d5
1 1 .'ilfe3 it.b4 1 2.it.e2 0-0 1 3.e5
d7 1 4.'ifg3 'it;>h8 1 5.'iVh3 e7?![A
rather impractical choice] 1 6.h6! gh6
17.'ilfh6 [A knight on h7 would come in
very handy now] 17 'it;> g S 1 8.h41 tll e5
..
1 9.ii:le4 f5 20.l:lh3
20... f6? [20 .. .14!0 21 .tll g 5 l:lf7 22.tll f7
fi.cf7 23.'ii'g S! <;f;>f8 24.hs 'ife8 25.l:lc3]
21 .l:tg3 f7 22.h5! [A killer move!
22.'ilfh7?! 'it;>e8 23.h5 tll f7 24.l:lg8 l:la7
Pavlov,Sergey1 15 26.'ife3;t) 1 9.14 '1i>g8 20.l:lg3 'iVl8
Gasanov,Eldar (20 ... 'iVc7 2H lfh4 g5 22.l:lgS lg5 23.'iVgS
Poltava 2009 (8) l:lg7 24.'iVl6 J:tf7 25.'ifeS 'ifeS 26 . ..lfi.eS l:ll2
1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 tllc6 3.tllc3 d6 4.d4 27.it.13;t) 21 .it.hS l:lb7 22.'ifh4 'ifa3
cd4 5.tll d4 tllf6 6.it.g5 e6 7.'ifd2 a6 23.@d1 ) 1 7 . ..lfi.h6 16 (17 ... gh6 1 8.'ifh6 @g8
8.0-0-0 h6 9.tllc6 bc6 1 0.it.f4 cl5 1 9.l:ld3+-; 1 7 ... @gS 1 8.it.g7 'ifg5 1 9.14
1 1 .'ife3 b4 [1 1 ...'ifaS 1 2.e2 ..tb4 'ifl4 (19 ...'ifg7 20.l:ld3+-) 20.'it;>b2 'it;>g7
1 3.it.eS (1 3.edS c3 14.de6 tll d5 ( 1 4 ... 2 21 .l:ld4) 1 8.e3 g8 1 9.d3 'ifa3
1 5.'it;>b2 it.e6 1 6.'iVa3 'ifa3 1 7.@a3 tll d5 ( 1 9 ...15 20.14 tllc5 21 .g4;t) 20.'it>d2 tlle5
1 8.eS 0-0 19.c4;!;) 1 5.ef7 1 6.lld5 cd5 (20.. .15 21 .14 tllc5 22.it.cS 'iVcS 23.l:lhl1 )
1 7.'ifc3 'ifc3 1 8.bc3 15 1 9.eS l::lhe8 21 .'iVh7 'it;>f7 22...lfi.e2 l:lg8 (22 ... tllc4
20.14 ..lii.e4 21 .l:lda) 13 ... ..lfi.e7 ( 1 3... ..lfi.c323. ..lii.c4 dc4 24.h4;t) 23.h4 as 24.14 tlld7
25.ii.hS 'it;>l8 26.l:lde1 ] 1 6 ... 'ifb6!?
14 . ..lii.c3 'ifa2 1 5 . ..G..d3 (15 . .1116 gf6 1 6.'ifc3
l:lb8 1 7.'ifc6 ..lfi.d7 1 8.'ifc3 de4 1 9.it.c4 1 7.'ife3 'ife3 1 8.fe3 a5 1 9.it.f3 6
'ifa1 20.'it>d2 'ifb2=) 15 ...de4 1 6. ..G..e4 ) 20.h4= a4 21 .g4 f6 22.ef6 e5
1 4.ed5 (1 4.'ifg3 0-0 1 S.'it>b1 lla7 1 6.lld4 23 . ..lfi.g3 l:lf6 24. ..lfi.g2 2 25.g5 l:lff8
l:lb7 1 7.lla4 'ifb6 1 8.b3) 14 ... cdS 1 S.g4 26.J:tdg1 it.g4 27.gh6 gh6 28. ..lfi.e1
7 1 6.i:thg1 ..G..c5 17.'ifg3 .llc6 1 8.g5 hg5 . h5 29.J:tf1 ..11i.e2 30.l:lfS l:lf8 31 .'it;>d2
1 9.'ifgS ii.IS 20.h4 tll d7 21 . ..G..g7 ..G..g7 .llc4 32.b3 ab3 33.ab3 [33.cb3 it.as
22.'ifg7 l::lh4 23.13 'ifb4 24.llde1 'ifl4 34.'it>c3;t] 33 ... ..G..b5 34.'it>c1 tllf6
25.J:te3 l:lh2 26.tlle2 'ifd6 27.'ifgS ll:218 35 ...Q.c3 g4 36 ...G..h 3 J:[f5 [36... l:lf3=]
28.l:lg7 l:lan Houdini 3a Pro x64] 1 2 ...lfi.e2 37.i:te1 [37.l::tg 1 ..Q.e2 38.'it>d2 .ll13 39.l::tl 1
0-0 1 3.e5 tlld 7 1 4.'iVg3 h8 1 5.'ifh3 ii.e4 40.rl.15 ..Q.IS 41 . .lleS;t] 37... Wh7
..11i.c3 1 6.'ifc3 [So far nolxxly has tried 38.e4 l::tf3 39 ...Q.g4 hg4 40 ..Q.e5 >t>g6

25.lll g5] 22 ... 'if;>e7 23.tllf6+- l:lf6 1 6.bc3!?N 'ife7 (16 ... 16 17 . ..lfi.h6 tlleS 41 .l:tg1 'it>h5 42.ed5 cd5 43 . ..G..g3 d4
24.l:tg7 'if;>d6 25.'iVf4 'iVa5 26.l:lg3 1 8.l:ld3! l:lf7 (18 ... tllf7 19 . ..lfi.g7 'it;>g7 44.it.e1 it.c6 45.l:tg3 llf1 46.'it>d2
'fa2 27.l:le1 'ifa1 28.'it;>d2 'ifa5 20.'iVg4 tll g5 21 .h4 es 22.'ifg3 l:lh8 f3 47.b4 l::t h 1 48.b5 ..Q.e4 49 ...Q.f2
29.b4 1 -0 23.l::ldd 1 15 24.hg5 'ife7 2S.gf6 'if;>f6 l:lh2 50.e1 ..11i.c2 51 .it.d4 Y2-Y2

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

i _i. .1 .! :i _i. :i
.l ... .. _i. .l .l _i. .. l
, . ... .l .l .l .l .l l .l
.l 8 :i .1. 1 8 .l 8
_i. ttJ .l .. 8 8 8
8 8 ttJ 8 8 ttJ 'if
3:, 8 8 88 8 rJ:i? 8 8 8 88
rJ:i? l:l l::r :a: rJ:i? l:l
position after 1 4.tl:ic3-e4 position after 29 . ..11i.d 2-c1 position after 1 9.f4xh6

What is more important for Black?
Simplifying the position ( 1 4 . . . f5
1 5 .ef6 tl:if6), bringing an
additional piece to the kingside
( 1 4 . . . e7) or ignoring White's ac
tivity with 1 4 . . . a5 and 1 5 . . . Aa6?
(solution on page 246)
How would you evaluate this end What would you play as Black:
game? Should Black immediately I 9 . . . gh6, I 9 . . . .Q.e5 or 1 9 . . . tl:ieS ?
break through in the centre or fix (solution on page 24 7)
White's pawns on the dark squares
first with . . . h5 and .. .f5 or . . . g6?
(solution on page 247)

71
S i cilian Defen ce B81
N ajdorf Variation SI 1 9. 1 4 (88 1 )

A Good Ba i l - O ut?
by A.C. van der Tak

1. e4 cs other possibility is 8 . . . tll c 6 - see

2. tll f3 d6 Yearbooks 93 and 94.
3. d4 cd4 A third possibility is 8 . . . h5,
4. tll d 4 tll f6 which has been played quite
S. tll c3 a6 often lately. The database gives
6. e3 e6 Koch-Andruet, Marseille 1 989,
7. g4 es as the oldest game, but almost all
8. tllfS hS other examples are from the new
century, which is still quite

.t .t .i young . It's interesting to find

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Da
.l j. .l vid Navara and Hou Yifan
.l .l among the black players . We get
.l lb .l quiet positions in which White is
8 8 at best slightly better.
Gilles Andruet -
lb Main Line
the originator of 8 hS

8 8 ::, 8 8 The main line is 9 .g5 tll e4

l:l Yi' :s:
After 8 .tll f5, 8 . . . g6 has always
been the most popular move,
with hair-raising tactical compli
cations after 9.g5 . Various Year
book Surveys can be found on
this line; the last time I wrote
about it was in Yearbook 99. An-
1 0.tll g 7 g7 1 1 .tll e4 d5 I 2 .tll g 3
d4 I 3 . d2, and now either
1 3 . . . dS or I 3 . . . tll c 6. In both
cases White remains a fraction
better thanks to his influence on
squares e4 and f5 , but as the
examples in the Game Section
show, Black is not without coun
terplay, thanks to his pawn on d4.
Conclusion
With 8 . . . h5 (and, incidentally,
also with 8 . . . tll c 6) B lack in any
case avoids the enormous tacti
cal complications following the
main line of the Perenyi Attack
(8 . . . g6), but the positions that
arise on the board are easier to
play for White.

Main Line ( 1 5 . . . ii' d 1 ? ! 1 6.l:td1 h4 1 7.lll e4 lll c6 Kampen-Ch.van Oosterom, Haarlem 201 2]
1 3 . d S
. . 1 8.g2 Cs.Balogh-Doric, Vogosca tt 1 6.'ii' c2 f3 [ 1 6 . . . d7 17 . .Q.e4 'ilc7
2007) 1 6.e2 lll c6 1 7.'ii' dS .Q.d5 1 8.0-0 1 8.0-0 ( 1 8.lll l5;!; Perunovic) 1 8 . . . 000
Ehlvest,Jaan h4 1 9.lll hS l:tg8 20.lll g7 J:tg7 21 .14 0-0-0 1 9.b4 'it>b8 20.cS d3!?+:! Sivokho
Ludwig.Daniel 22.'it>f2 i::t gg8 23.l:tld1 .Q.e6 24.lld8 lld8 V.Fedoseev, St Petersburg 2008] 1 7.e4
Internet ti 2009 25.We3;!; Amonatov-Grachev, Moscow ch e4 1 8.lll e4 [1 8.'i/e4 h4 1 9.'ii'c6 c6
1 .e4 cs 2.lll f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4 city 2007] 1 S . .Q.d3 .Q.g4 [15 . . . h4 1 6 . .Q.e4 20.lll e4 0-0-0 21 .000 h3 (21 . . . 18
lllf6 S.lll c3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es hg3 17 . .Q.c6 lll c6 1 8.lg3 e4 1 9.'ii' e2 22.l:th11 h3 23.14 J:th4 24.lll f6 d6
8.lllfS hS 9.gS lll e4 1 0.lll g 7 g7 (1 9.14 d3 20.ii'd2 lll d4 2 1 . 0-01 <; 25.llde1 (25.leS es 26.l:tl2;!;) 25 . . . el4
1 1 .llle4 dS 1 2.lll g 3 d4 1 3.d2 W'dS 1 9.0-0 e3 20.e1 / <) 1 9 ... e3 20.e3 26.l:te4 lll e5 (26 . . . e5=) 27.as J:tdh8
1 4.c4 'ii'c6 [14 . . . dc3 1 5.c3 e6 de3 21 .W'e3 e6 22.0-0-0 0-0 23.b3 Van 28.l:td4 (28.cS b8 29.e1 ;!;) 28 . . . cs

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29.l:te4 ti:lg4= T.Kosintseva-Korbut, Dresden
Ech W 2007) 22.13 @c7 23.ti:lcS (23.14
d3"') 23 ... @b6 24.ti:ld3 15 25.gf6
(25.l:lde1 !?) 25 . . . .Q.16= Pruijssers-Moranda,
Enschede 2009) 1 8 ti:ld7 1 9.0-0-0
0-0-0
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j. 8 j.
8 j. ttJ
ti:, 8 'V/ii il, 8 8
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20.ltb1 [20.J:lhe1 @b8 21 .@b1 J:lcS
22.14 J:lheS 23.15 (23 . .Q.b4!;!;) 23 . . . .Q.18
24.l:le1 was 25.'ifd3 (25.'it'd1 !?; 25.b4!?)
25 . ..ILcS 26.tt:lcS .Q.c5= Cs.Balogh
Sasikiran, Peking blitz ti 200S) 20 @b8
2U.b4 .Q.f8 22 .Q.f8 l:lhf8 23.J:lhe1
f5 24.gf6 (24.ti:lg3 'it'l3=) 24 tt:lf6
25.lllf6 'it'f6'i' 26.J:ld2 'i!t'f4 27.h3?!
(27.13) 27 'ilt'h2 (27 . . . J:lgS!?+] 28.'i!t'e4
l:lde8 29.'it'h4 'iff4 30.'iff4 J:lf4
3 1 . @c2 l:ih4 32.J:ld3 @c7 33.@d2
ltd6 34.J:lg1 l:le7 3S.b4 J:lf7 36.l:lg6
<t<c7 37.J:lg2 J:ld7 (37 ... b5!+] 38.J:lgS
e4 39.l:tdg3 J:lf4 40.@e1 d3 41 .J:lg7
d2 42.<;i;>d1 J:lf2 43.J:ld7 @d7
44.J:le3= J:lh2 4S.J:le4 J:lh3 46.@d2
l:th2 47.@c3 J:la2 48.J:lh4 J:la3
49.@b2 %-Y2
Smikovsky,lvan
Artemiev,Vladislav
St Petersburg 201 1 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.lLlf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:ld4
li:lf6 5.t2Jc3 a6 6 .Q.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.li:ifS hS 9.gs t2Je4 1 0.t2Jg7 .Q.g7
1 1 .tll e4 ds 1 2.tt:ig3 d4 13 .Q.d2 ds
1 4.c4 'it'c6 1 S .Q.d3 .Q.g4 1 6.'ifc2
f3 1 7.J:lg1 h4 (17 ... tt:ld? 1 S.tt:lf5 .Q.IS
(1S ... llgS!? 1 9.@11 (1 9.t2Jh4 tt:lc5=)
19 ... .Q.IS 20.li:lh4 0-0-0 (20 ... .Q.g4!'i')
21 .tll 13 'it'l3 22 . .Q.e4 'ifh3 23 . .Q.g2 'i!t'e6=
Sreeves-Holzke, Hastings 201 1/12) 1 9.g6!
lg6 20.tt:lh4;!; e4 21 .tt:lf3 ed3 22 ...d3 '*'e6
23.<;i;>d1 0-0-0 24.'i!t'g6;!; Sutovsky-Cvitan,
Rijeka Eeh 201 0) 1 8.tt:lfS [1S . .Q.e4 .Q.e4
19.ti:le4 tt:ld7 20.00-0 0-0-0=) 1 8 .Q.fS
1 9.cS [19.b4 b6 20.b5 ab5 21 .cb5 'it'c2
22 . .Q.c2 tt:ld7=J 1 9 t2Jd7 [19 . . . .Q.c5?
20.g6 fg6 (20 ... tt:ld? 21 .b4+-) 21 .ti:lg?+-;
19 ... 'it'cS 20.'ilt'cS (20.li:lg? <;f;>d?f)
20 ... .Q.c5 21 .l:te1 ttld7 22.g6 fg6
23.J:lg6oo/:; 1 9 ... e4 20 . .Q.e4 'it'd?
(20 ... .Q.cS 21 .b4) 21 .g6 fg6 (21 ...it'l5
22.gf? <;f;>e? 23.'i!t'b3) 22.li:ld6 .Q.d6
23.cd6 'it'd6 24.'ifb3g?-+) 20.g6! fg6
21 .l:ig6 [21 .tt:ld6!? .Q.d6 22 . .Q.g6 WdS
23.cd6] 21 'i!t'cS 22.'i!t'b3 .Q.dS
(22 ... 'ifd5!?oo] 23.'i!t'd1 .Q.f7 (23 . . . J:lgS
24.b4 'it'c7 25.J:lc1 'ife1 26.ttld6 .Q.d6
27.'i!t'ca) 24-'*'g4
.! .t
.t
j.
- 'e' j. ttJ
j. 'V/ii j.
il,
88 il, 8 8
.tI
24 'i!t'dS? (24 ... 'irc? 25.lle1 ti:lc5oo]
2S .Q.e4 'it'bS 26.tt:lg7 .Q.g7 (26... <;i;>dS
27.ttle6+-] 27.J:lg7 J:lf8 28 .Q.g6
(2S.J:ll7 .Ill? 29.'i!t'e6+-] 28 'ifdS
29.J:lc1 +- .Q.g6 30.'it'g6 J:lf7
31 .Q.b4 tt:lf8 32 .Q.f8 'ilt'h1 33.@d2
'i!t't3 34.1ff7 n 3S.l:lf7 @f7
36 .Q.b4
1 -0
Brunsek,lztok
Avotins,Maigonis
er Wch-25 ct 2006
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
tt:lf6 S.li:lc3 a6 6 .Q.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.tt:lfS hS 9.gS li:le4 1 0.tLig7 .Q.g7
1 1 .ttle4 dS 1 2.tt:lg3 d4 1 3 .Q.d2 'it'dS
1 4.c4 'i!t'c6 1 S .Q.d3 .Q.g4 1 6.'it'c2
.Q.f3 1 7.0-0 li:ld7 1 8.li:lfS .Q.f8
(1S ... tt:lc5? 1 9.tiJh4?! (1 9.li:lg? WIS 20.tt:ll5
e4 21 . .Q.b4! ed3 22 ... d3+-) 1 9 ... .Q.IS
20.J:lae1 0-0-0 21 .J:leS 16 22.J:lfS
Sutovsky-M.Hoffmann, Plovdiv ti 201 0;
1 S ... J:lgS 1 9.J:lae1 (1 9.J:lfe 1 ! ;!;) 1 9 ... "it'e6?!
( 1 9 . . . 16 20.h4 0-0-0oo) 20.cS?! (20.ttlg?
J:lg7 21 . .Q.15) 20 ... .Q.IS 21 .b4 .Q.e7 22.h4
16 23.<;i;>h2;!; Borisek-Barnett, Rogaska
Slatina Eeh-11 201 1 )
S'!rvey SI 1 9. 14
1 9.tiJh4 (1 9.J:lae1 0-0-0 20.ttlh4 .Q.g4
21 .14 .Q.d6 22.b4 el4 23.e5 .Q.e5 24.14;!;
Kovae-Gerhards, er 201 0) 19 .Q.g4
.!
20.b4 0-0-0 21 .Q.e4 'it'c7 22.cS J:lg8
23.@h1 '1t;>b8 24.'it'd3 e7 2S.f4 ef4
26 .Q.f4
tt:leS 27.'it'g3 llgS
a: l 28.J:lae1 ! [2S . .Q.g5?! .Q.gs 29.h3 .Q.h4
30.'it'h4 .Q.e6oo) 28 ... d3 [2S . . . .Q.16
29 . .Q.g2 d3 30.h3] 29.d3 .Q.e6 [29 . . . 16
30 . .Q.e4J 30 .Q.gs .Q.gs 31 .lles .Q.h4
32.'it'h4 l:ld3 33.J:lgs wa7 34.wg1
J:ld2 3S.'iff4 [35.J:lh5!?) 3S 'it'd8
36 ...f6 'i!t'd3 37.J:lg3 'ifdS 38.l:ig8
J:ld1 + 39.c6 J:lf1 40.'it'f1 'it'c6
41 .'*'f2 b6 42.'it'f4 as 43.a3 ab4
44.ab4 'it'c3 4S.h3 'it'e1 46.@h2
.Q.ds 47.J:lg1 'i!t'e2 48.<;i;>g3 'i!t'd3
49.@h4 .Q.e6 SO.bS 'it'h3 S1 .<;l;>gS
'if c3 S2.J:lc1 Y2 V2
Aitbaev,Aslan
Akhmetov,Artiom
Astana ch-KAZ 201 2 (7)
1 .e4 cs 2.tt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
tt:lf6 S.tt:lc3 a6 6 .Q.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ttlfS hS 9.gS tt:le4 1 O.tt:lg7 .Q.g7
1 1 .tt:le4 dS 1 2.tl:og3 d4 1 3 .Q.d2 'it'dS
1 4.c4 11t'c6 1 S . .Q.d3 .Q.g4 1 6."it'c2
.Q.f3 1 7.0-0 tt:ld7 1 8.tt:lfS .Q.f6
1 9.J:lae1 (1 9.h4 0-00 20.J:lae1 J:lhgS
21 .b4 @bS 22.cS .Q.hS 23 . .Q.e4 .Q.e4
24.'it'e4 'ife4 25.J:le4 16 26.14;!; A.Bell
Cvak, er 201 2; 1 9.gl6 J:lgS 20.ti:lg3 e4
2 1 . J:lle1 li:ll6 22.h4 0-0-0 23 . .Q.11 tt:ld7;
19 . .Q.e4 .Q.e4 20.'i!t'e4 J:lgS 21 .14;!;)
1 9 0-0-0 20 .Q.e4 .Q.e4 21 .'it'e4
'ife4 22.J:le4 (22.ti:ld6 we? 23.ttle4;!;)
22 J:ldgS? (22 ... J:lhgS 23.h4 tt:lc5
24.J:lee1 (24.J:le2 d3 25.J:lee l ;!; ) 24 . . . ttld3
25.J:le2 tt:lb2 26 . .Q.a5 tt:le4 27 . .Q.dS <;i;>dS
2S.f4;!;) 23.h4?! (23.@h1 ! .Q.g5 (23 ... tt:lcS
24.l:lee1 +-) 24 . .Q.g5 l:lg5 25.tt:ld6+-J
23 J:lg6?! (23 . . . @e?) 24.f4/+-
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24 dS 2S.feS l:te8 26.l:tfe1 c7
27.l2;d6 d6 28.ed6 l:tge6 29.J:le6
fe6 30.l:lf1 es 31 .l:tf7 l:te6 32.b4
as 33.l:le7 ti:lf8 34.as b6 3S.b6
J:ld6 36.l:leS J:lb6 37.J:leS lt>d7
38.J:lfS l:tb2 39.l:lf2 l:tb1 40.'it>g2
rJ;e7 41 .J:ld2 J:la1 42.rJ;f3 lt>e6
43.g6 rJ;f6 44.J:lg2 <;i;>g7 4S.<;i;>e4
J:ld1 46.cS d3 47.<;i;>dS l:tc1 48.l:td2
1 -0
Kosintseva,Tatiana
Wojtaszek,Radoslaw
Lausanne 2006 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:id4
li:if6 S.ti:lc3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .li:ie4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 d4 1 3.d2 tidS
1 4.l:tg1
14 g4 [14 ... h4? 1 5.g2 tics 1 6.li:ihS
'J;l8 1 7.e4 ti:lc6 1 8.'it'l3+- O.Varga
Cabrera Trujillo, Fermo Echjr 2009]
1 S.e2 li:id7 [15 ... e2 1 6.tie2 h4
1 7.li:ihS J:lh7?! ( 1 7 . . . l:tg8 1 8.tig4 li:id7
1 9.g6 16 20.tilS 0-00 21 .b3;!; Medved
chukPadilla, er 2009) 1 8.'it'g4 W'c6
1 9.ti:lg7 J:lg7 20.tih4 PikulaGrujic,
Zlatibor It 2007; 15 ... li:ic6 1 6.h4 (1 6.ti:lhS
h5 17.hS 'it'e4 1 8.W'e2 'it'e2 1 9.e2
J:lh2= Coenen-Siewert, Internet blitz 2009;
48
1 6.g4!? hg4 1 7.W'g4 J:lh2 1 8.96;!;)
16 ... e4 1 7.g4 hg4 1 8.'it'g4 e3 1 9.fe3 de3
20.e3 li:ie5 21 .W'e4 W'e4 22.li:ie4 ti:ll3
23.'J;e2 ti:lg1 24.l:lg1 oo Ponomariov
Gelland, Moscow blitz 2008] 1 6.f3 [1 6.h3
e2 (16 ... h3! 1 7.13 e4! 1 8.e4 'it'e6
1 9.'it'e2 00-0+) 1 7.W'e2 J:lc8 1 8.ti:lhS
tlh5 1 9.'it'hS e4 20.'it'h7 (20.@d1 !)
20...li:ieS 21 .'it'g7 li:if3 22.'J;d1 ti:lg1
23.b4 e3 24.'it'l8 \t>d7 25.'it'e7 'J;c6
26.W'l6? (26.c4oo) 26 ... WbS-+ Fernandez
Siles-Berbatov, Navalmoral 2009]
1 6 e6 1 7.li:ie4 tbcS 1 8.ti:lcS
[1 8.c4 'it'c6 1 9.e6 ti:le4 20.15
(20.17 @17 21 .g6 @e6 22.fe4 'it'e4
23.'it'e2 'i!*'e2 24.'lt.>e2 e4=F) 20 . . . ti:ld6
21 .d3 ti:lc4 22.c1= Ftacnik] 1 8 'it'cS
1 9.d3 fS ( 1 9 . . . 0-0-0 20.'it'e2 @b8
21 .a3= Ftacnik] 20.gf6?! [20.'it'e2 0-0-0
21 .000 J:ld6 22.a3= Ftacnik] 20 f6 h6
21 .'ii e2 [21 .l:tg6 h4 22.@11 h3
23.'J;g1 0-0-0=F] 21 h4 22.'it>d1
0-0-0 23.tt'e4 e7 24.l:tg& dS
2S.tt'fS l:td7 [25 ... lt>b8!? 26.tieS d6
27.W'e2 l:thg8+] 26.'it'h3 l:tf8 27.fS
'J;b8 28.d7? [28.h6 l:tl5! 29. W'IS
l:tc7+] 28 f3
0-1
Zherebukh ,Yaroslav
Brodsky,Mikhail
Cappelle la Grande 2008 ( 1 )
1 .e4 c s 2.ti:lf3 d 6 3.d4 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
cd4 s.ti:ld4 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .ti:le4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 d4 1 3.d2 W'dS
1 4Jlg1 g4 1 S.e2 ti:ld7 1 6.g4
hg4 1 7.'it'g4 J:lh2
1 8.ti:lfS [1 8.b4 l:tc8 1 9.tiJIS? ( 1 9.c3)
1 9 ... l:tc2?! ( 1 9 . . . 18!-+) 20.ti:lg7 @d8
21 .g6 l:thf2 22.gf7 lt>c7 23.li:ie6?!
(23.li:ie8oo) 23 ... @b6+ J.R. Koch-Andruet,
Marseille 1 989; 1 8.W'e4 'ife4 1 9.ti:le4
<J;e7 20.0-0-0 l:tc8=F (20 ... l:tah8 21 .c3 lt>e6
22.cd4 ed4 23.J:lge1 <;i;>dS=F Ftacnik)
21 .l:tge1 @e6 22.b4 18 (22 . . . J:lc6!?=F
Ftacnik) 23.18 ti:ll8 24.c3 dc3 25.bc3 l:tc6
26.l:td8= HracekSolak, Calvia ol 2004;
1 8.g6 ti:ll6 1 9.gf7 @17 ( 1 9 . . . 'iif7 20.W'IS
ti:ld5= Andruet) 20.W'IS l:td8 21 .ti:ll1 J:lg2
22.l:tg2 W'g2=F] 1 8 fS 1 9.g6 fg6
[ 1 9 . . . ti:lf6 20.gf7 lt>f7 21 .'it'g3 1t'e4 22.<;i;>l1
l:th5 23.W'b3 'iid S=F] 20.'it'g6 'it>d8!
[20 ... 11ff7 21 .@e2 W'g6 22.l:tg6 rJ;f7
23.l:tag 1 =] 21 .ti:lg3 [21 .0-0-0 tia2
22.gS 'J;c7 23.ti:ld4 l:tf2+; 21 .ti:ld4 ed4
22.0-0-0 l:tl2 23.e3 l:t13 24.l:td4 'it'c6
25.'it'gS <J;c7 26.l:tgd1 l:td8+] 21 l:tcS
22.'it'd3 [22.ti:le4 l:tc2!? (22 . . . l:tc6+)
23.ti:lc3 dc3 24.gS rJ;c7 25.W'c2
c5+-+] 22 J:lc6+ 23.ti:lf1 l:th8
.
24.ti:le3 'it'bS 2S.ti:ld1 tics 26.c3
27.t:tc1 ? [27.h6 l:thh6+]
27 e4-+ 28.'it'g3 e3 29.fe3 de3
30.e3 e3 31 .li:ie3 l:te8 32.'it>d2
l:td6 0-1
Kui pers.Stefan
Henrichs,Thomas
Vlissingen 201 0 (4)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 S.ti:lc3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .ti:le4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 d4 1 3.d2 W'dS
1 4.d3 g4 1 S.e4 W'd7 ( 1 5 ... W'bS
1 6.13 e6 1 7.tiJIS 18 1 8.'it'e2 W'e2
1 9.'it>e2 ti:lc6 20.J:lhe1 0-0-0 21 .w12 c5
22.@g2 ti:le7= Tazelaar-Enescu, er 2009)
1 6.f3 [1 6.13 ti:lc6 1 7.tt'e2 (1 7.h3!? 13
1 8.W'l3 o-o-o 1 9.0-0-0 tie6 20.@b1 'il*'g6
2U i'd3 (21 .tiJIS;t) 21 . ..l:the8 22. l:tde1 h4
23.ti:le4;!; Fenwick-Perez Fernandez, er
201 0) 17 . . . 0-0-0 1 8.g4 hg4 1 9.0-0-0 W'e6
20.@b1 18 (20 .. .15!?) 21 .14 e14 22.14
'ife2 23.ti:le2 d6= Korneev-Wojtaszek,

Evora ti 2007) 1 6 e6 (16 ... h3 1 7.l::lg l
h4 18.t2,h1 tLlc6 (18 ... e6 1 9.tll l2 1t'b5
20.14!?;!;) 1 9.tllf2 ile6 20.tll d3 h3 21 .14
el4 22.'ill'f3 15 23.0-0-0 0-0-0 24.l::lde1 ;!;
KorneevMogranzini, Porto Mannu 2008]
1 7.h4 ti:lc6 1 8.1t'e2 0-0-0 1 9.1t'd3
'Le7 20.c3 (20.c4?! 15 21 .gl6 16 22.b3
l:tdg8 23.ti:le2 tll l5 24.cS i<.h4 25. @d1
ie7?! (25 ... i<.12!?; 25 ... 'it;>bS!?) 26.c6 bc6
27.ik1 c5? (27 ... tll e3 28.'it;>e1 d5
29.e3 i<.e4 30.W'e4 de3 31 .l::l c6=)
28.'ill' a6+- Korneev-Meneses, San
Sebastian 201 0] 20 'it;>bS [20 ... dc3
21 .ti:le4 'it'l4 22.ilg2 ti:le5=] 1 7 ... l::l h S
21.'i'd7 l::ld7 22.i<.c3 ti:ld5 23.i<.dS l::ld5
24.ltm] 21 .cd4 ed4"i' [21 ...'itd4=J
22.14 g4 122 ... l::lca 23.1s c4 24.1t'l3
ie5"i'J 23.fS es 24.0-0 tll d S
(24 ... l:theS!?; 24... 'it'd6!?] 2S.i<.dS 'ifdS
26.l:ae1 l::l he8 27.f6 c7 [27 ... i<.d6!?]
28.l:e7 l::le7 29.fe7 l::le8 30.g& l::le7
31 .b4 l::le3 (31 ...l::l d7 32.g7 16 33.18
ie6 34.1:%1200/=] 32.'ife3 de3 33.gf7
'ill'f7 34.l::lf7 g3 3S.@g2 ilh4
36.e7 ile7 37.l::le7 e2= 38.'it;>f2
'3;a7 39.l::lc7 @b6 40.l::l c 1 as 41 .l::l c3
ct;bS 42.l::lc7 b6 43.l::lc 3 lt>b4
44.l:tc6 @bS Y2-Y2
Main Line
1 3 ti:l c 6
. . .
Halvax,Georg
Stanojevic,Stanimir
er chAUTtt-1 1 2009
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
::t... f6 5.ti:lc3 a& 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .ti:le4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 d4 1 3.d2 ti:lc6
1 4.ti:lhS (1 4.ti:le4 g4 1 5.e2 e2 ild5 25.ildS 'ifd5 26.gl6 'it'd6"i'
(15 . . . 'it'd7!?) 1 6.'ife2 'it'd5 1 7.14 0-0-0
1 a.1s ills 1 9.a3 d3?! ( 1 9 . . . l::l gS=) 20.W'd3
ti:ld4?! (20 . . . 'it'd3 21 .cd3 lld3 22.0-0-0;!;)
21 .000 'ifa2 22.ti:lc3 'ifa1 23.ti:lb1
Volokitin-Yu Vangyi, Moscow 201 1 ;
1 4.g2!? i<.g4 1 5.ilf3;!; Perunovic]
1 4 W'dS 1 S.tll g 7 <;f;>f8 1 6.f3 e4!
1 7.ti:lhS (1 7.14?! 'it;>g7 1 8.g2 e3
1 9.0-0 ills+ Dubuc-Ljubicic, er 2009;
1 7.tll eS e3 1 8.e3 (1 8.ti:ll6 'Wg5 1 9.tll e4
'ill' h4 20.ti:lg3 d7g?) 1 8 ... W'es 1 9.tt:: l6
(1 9.ti:ld6 de3 20.ti:le4 g4 21 .c3 'ill'14
22.g2 l::l d 8+) 1 9 . . . 'ife3 20.'it'e2 'ifg5
[ 1 7 ... e3 18.tll g3 (1 8.e3 'it'e5 1 9.tll l6
'iVe3=) 1 8 ... 'it'eS 1 9.'it'e2 (1 9.t2le2 W'g5=)
19 ... ed2 20.@d1 'ifg5 21 .'it'd2 'ifl6 (g?
Perunovic) 22.ilg2 h3 23.tt:Je4 'ill' g6
24.h3 l::l h 3 25.'it'gS l::l 13 26.'it'g6 lg6=].
1 8.fe4 'it'e4 1 9.'ife2 'ifh4 20.'iff2
'ife4 21 .'ife2 ii' h4 Y2-V2
Khairullin,lldar
Vachier- Lagrave,Maxime
Moscow 2008 (5)
1 .e4 cs 2.lll f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.t2ld4
tll f6 S.lll c 3 a6 6.i<.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.tll g 7 g7
1 1 .ti:le4 dS 1 2.tt:Jg3 d4 1 3.d2 lll c6
1 4.h4 'ifdS
1 S.f3 [1 5.e2 e4 1 6.14 it.e6 1 7.lll hS
l::l g8 1 8.tl:lg7 llg7 1 9.l::l g 1 OOOoo/=]
1 S e6 1 6.d3 0-0-0 1 7.'ife2
@b8 1 8.a3 [18.lll e4 l::l d18?! ( 1 8 ... l::l cS;
1 8 . . . lLle7) 1 9.b3 lLle7 20.b4 ti:ll5 21 .it.c4
'iVdB 22.ile6 le6 23.18 l::ll8 24.0-0-0
'ifas 25.@b1 ti:le3 26.l::l d 3 Bacrot
Cheparinov, Wijk aan Zee B 2008; 1 8.b3
lll e7 1 9.000 l::l c8 20.'it;>b1 'ifc6 21 .lLle4
@as 22.ti:ll6 tl:lg6 23.l::lc 1 ill6 24.e4?!
Mekhitarian-P.Smirnov, Novokuznetsk ti
Survey SI 1 9. 14
2008] 18 tl:le7 1 9.'ife4 'ii'd7
20.0-0-0 t2lg6 [20 . . . l::l c 8!?] 21 .ti:lfS f8
22.e1 it.dS 23. 'ife2 'Wa4 24.g3
it.a3 2S.ba3 'it'a3= 26.@d2 'it'aS
27.@c1 l::l h e8 28.lll g 7 l::l e7 29.lll hS
lle6 30.ti:lf6 'ifa1 31 .@d2 'ifc3
32.@c1 l::l b 6 33.ile1 'ifa3 34.@d2
@a7 3S.lll d S 'ifaS 36.@c1 'it'a1
37.@d2 'ifaS 38.@c1 'it'a3 39.@d2
V2-Y2
M uzychu k,Anna
Hou Yifan
Kazan 201 2 ( 1 0)
1 .e4 cs 2.t2lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
tll f6 S.lll c3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.lllfS hS 9.gS tll e4 1 0.lll g 7 g7
1 1 .tbe4 d5 1 2.tbg3 d4 1 3.d2 tiJc6
1 4.d3 g4 1 S.f3 e6 (15 ... h4 1 6.fg4
hg3 1 7.'it'l3 gh2 1 8.000 'ife7 1 9.lldl1
OOO 20. 1:112;!; Gharamian-G.Grigorov, Metz
2009] 1 6. 'ife2
16 h4 (1 6 ... 'it'dS 1 7.0-0 0-0-0 1 8.b4 h4
1 9.ti:le4 l::l h g8 20.lllb1 Cic,a7 21 .a4 15
22.gl6 ill6 23.'it;>h1 Nekhaev
Jedrzejowski, er 2008; 16 . . . 'ifc7 1 7.ti:le4
OOO 1 8.b4 'it'e7 ( 1 8 . . . 18!?) 1 9.l::l b 1 @b8
20.a4 15 21 .gl6 il16 22.bS ab5 23.abS ti:la7
24.ilaS (24.ilb4!?) 24 . . . h4 25.@d1 ti:lc8
26.ildB l:td8oo Craciuneanu-Ljubicic, er
201 0; 16 ... 'ifb6 1 7.0-0 h4 ( 1 7 . . .0-0-0 1 8.b4
16 1 9.a4 h4 20.ti:le4 15 21 .aS 'ifc7
22.ti:lcS Kononenko-Stella, Pardubice
201 0) 1 8.ti:le4 'ifc7 ( 1 8 ... 000 1 9.b4 15
Y2Y2 Bodnaruk-Shomoev, St Petersburg
2009) 1 9.b4 h3 20.a4 lll e7 21 .bS ab5
22.abS l::la 1 23.l::l a 1 b6 24.14 (24.b4!?)
24 ... el4 25.g6!? 15 (25 ... ti:lg6 26.ti:lgS ti:le5
27.'ife4 ca 2a.i::ta 8) 26.ti:lgs ild7
27.l::l e 1 A.Eger-P.Bastos, er 201 0]
1 7.t2le4 'ife7 ( 1 7 ... 'ifdS?! 1 8.it.c4 'it'd?
1 9.ti:lcS c4 20.'ifc4 b5 21 .llld7 bc4
49
22.lll b6 Kryvoruchko-Ziska, Reykjavik
201 2) 1 8.a3 l:lg8 [18 . . . 0-0-0 1 9.0-0-0
<JtbB 20.'iil b 1 l:tc8 21 .14;!;) 1 9.0-0-0
0-0-0 20.f4 [20.l:!.hl1 !?!J 20 ef4
21 .f4 es [21 . . . lll e5 22.'it'l2!J
22.'i!t'f2 'ii'c7 23.es lll eS 24.'it'h4
[24.h3 @b8 25.@b1 lll d3 26.l:ld3 'ii' e5=]
24 g4 2S.l:td2 l:lh8 26.1t'f2 f3=
. 1 4.ti:lhS (14.e2 e5 ( 1 4 . . . h4 1 5.ti:lh5;!;;
27.l:te1 lll d 3 28.l:td3 l:th2?! [28 ... e4
29.lle4 l:th2=) 29.lll d 6 'ii' d 6 30.'ii'f3
'it;>b8 31 .l:ted1 ?! [31 .1t'l7 l:tcB 32.c4
l:tg2 33.Wb1 l:tg5 34. l:te6;!;) 31 1t'eS
32.'ii'f& 'ii'f6 33.gf& l:tf2 34.l:td4
lld4 3S.l:!.d4 llf6 36.l:td7 'it>a7
37.@d2 Y2-Y2
S o m e P ro b l e m s for B l a c k
1 2 e4 ...
Bobras,Piotr
Gumula,Daniel
Warsaw ch-POL 201 0 (1 )
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
cd4 S.ti:ld4 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.llJfS hS 9.gS tt:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .tt:le4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 e4? !
1 3.c3 [1 3.d4?! 'ii' g5 1 4.M 1t'h6
15.g7 'ii'g7 1 6.'ii'd5 'ii' b2 1 7.l:td1 'ii'c3
1 8.lld2 't!fa1 1 9.lld1 't!fc3 20.l:!.d2 'ii' a 1
21 .l:td1 Y2Y2 Cs.Balogh-Negi, Peristeri It
201 0) 1 3 g4?! 1 4.e2 ti:lc6
[14 ... e2 1 5.'it'e2) 1 S.g4 hg4
16.ti:lfS [1 6.'it'g4?! ti:le5oo; 16 ... 'ii' a 5!?)
1 6 l:th7 [1 6 . . . e5 1 7 . ..,g4 't!fd7 1 8.M
ti:le7 1 9.ti:lh6 Noble-Benovic, er 2006)
1 7.f4 es 1 8.W'g4 W'c7 1 9.e3! ?
l:th2? [19 ... 0-0-0 20.14 el3 21 .0-0-0;
1 9 ... h8 20.000) 20.l:th2 h2 l:tac8 24.ti:le4 l:th3+ Navara) 21 ... 'it'a5
21 .0-0-0+- ti:lb4 22.g6 0-0-0
23.ti:lg3 fS 24. W'fS 1 -0
50
Boruchovsky,Avital
Nava ra,David
Eilat tt 201 2 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 ti:lf6 4.ti:lc3
cd4 S.ti:ld4 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS ti:le4 1 0.ti:lg7 g7
1 1 .ti:le4 dS 1 2.ti:lg3 e4?! 1 3.c3 ti:lc6
1 4 ... d4 1 5.cd4 ti:ld4 1 6.ti:lh5!; 1 4 ... g4 -
Bobras-Gumula, Warsaw ch-POL 201 0,
above) 1 5.h5 d4 ( 1 5 . . . e6 1 6.g6;!;)
1 6.cd4 ti:ld4 1 7.0-0 e6 1 8.l:te1 Haast
Goudriaan, Wijk aan Zee C 201 2]
1 4 es 1 S.f4 [1 5.h4 d4 1 6.cd4 ti:ld4
1 7.g2 'it'a5 1 8.d2 'it'b5 1 9.e4 15
20.15 ti:ll5 21 .llc1 l:td8\!1; 1 5.g2 e6
1 6.14 el3 1 7.'it'l3 d4 1 8.lld1 '*'a5 1 9.tll l6
@ta 20.b4 'iVa3 21 .cd4 ti:ld4 22.'it'e4 ti:lc2
23.@12 ll:Je3 24.1t'e5 tl:ig2 25.@g2 '*'a2
26.@91 .h3 27.ti:ld7 @90 20.ti:l16 wl8=
Perunovic] 1 S ef3 1 6. 'it'f3 d4
.i .t 'ifr' * .i
.I. .l
.l
.t {jJ
.l
l:1 :s
1 7.0-0-0 (1 7.c4?! 'ii' e7 1 8.0-0-0 de3
1 9.l:thl1 ? ( 1 9.l:the1 e6 20.ti:ll6 @18
21 .e6 'ii' e6 22.l:te3 't!fa2 23.ti:ld7 @98
24.g6 lg6 25.ti:le5 l:lh2 26.'iVd5 'it'd5
27.l:td5 l:!.e8'1' Bacrot) 19 . . . e6 20.ti:ll6
@18 21 .e6 'ife6 22.'it'e3 16 23 .... e6
le6 24.l:t16 we7 0-1 Cheparinov-Parligras,
Aix-les-Bains Ech 201 1 ] 1 7 e6
1 8.ti:lf& (1 8.g6!? 'i!i'h4 ( 1 8 . . . d5 1 9.'iWl5
e6 20.gl7 we7 21 .g5 @18 22.W'e5
ti:le5 23.d8 l:td8 24.ti:ll4 a2 25. l:td4;!;;
18 . . .196 1 9.d3 17 20.cd4 l:th5 21 .de5
'ii' e7 22.c2;!;) 1 9.ti:ll4 '*'16 ( 1 9 ... a2
20.gl7 17 21 .cd4 14 22.14 OOO
23.l:tg1 l:td7;!; Perunovic) 20.cd4 llcB
21 .'it>b1 14 22.g7 'ii' g7 23.14 ti:lb4
24.d3;!; Bacrot] 1 8 f& (1 8 ... @18!?
1 9.14 (1 9.d4 ti:ld4 20.cd4 d4 21 . @b1
(21 .'ii' a3 'it>g7 22.'iil b 1 'it'b6 23.d3
22.l:td4 'it'a2 23.@c2 llc8=) 19 . . . 'ii' c7
( 1 9 ... 'it'a5?! 20.e5 'ii' e5 21 .h4) 20.e5
ti:le5 21 .W'g3 dc3 22.W'c3 'ii' c3 23.bc3
l:lc8 24.Wb2 h3=] 1 9.gf& 'it'aS?!
[ 1 9 ... 'ii' d5 20.'it'd5 d5 21 .llg1 ;!;]
20.d4?! [20.l:td4! 'ii' a2 21 .d3 ti:la5
22.l:!.b4;!;] 20 0-0-0 21 .d3 (21 .h4
ti:ld4 (21 . . . 'it'a2 22.h3) 22.cd4 @bB!
23.'it'a3 'it'l5 24.d3 'it'l6'1' Navara]
21 ti:ld4 22.cd4
l:ld4 23.'ii'f2
l:td7?! (23 ... g5 24.'i!i'd2 *'d5 25.'t!fc3
@b8 26.c2 l:td1 27.l:!.d1 1t'a2+ Navara]
24.c2 (24.a3) 24 llc7 2S.1t'a7?
(25.a3) 2S l:tc21 -+ 26.'it>c2 f5
27.l:!.d3 d3 28.'it>d3 ds 29.'it>c2
'ii'c6 01
Black Looks O K
9. 5
Cetkovic,M iodrag
Jakovljevic,Vlado
Cetinje ti 201 2 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 S.ti:lc3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.g4 es
8.ti:lfS hS 9.gS hg4 1 0.ti:ldS (1 0.16
1t'l6 1 1 .ti:ld5 'it'd8 1 2.llJle3 e6= Alcazar
Jimenez-Martin Rueda, Mondariz jr 2003]
1 o ... ts 1 1 .t& gf6 1 2.ets t2Jd7
1 3.g2 [1 3.l:tg1 l:th4 1 4.c3 tll b6 1 5.tlJe3
llh2 1 6.tll g4 llh8= Lehtosaari-Kame
neckas, er 2008] 1 3 tll b 6 (1 3 . . . l:th4
1 4.'it'd3 tll b6 1 5.tll c 3?! 'ii' c7 1 6.0-0-0
0-0-0 1 7.d5 h6 1 8.@b1 g5'1'
Swinkels-Palac, Dresden Ech 2007)
----
1 4.tll e3 (1 4.c3 tl:id5 1 5.d5 'it'b6
1 6.'ii' a4 'it'b5 ( 1 6 . . . 'it>e7 1 7.'it'b3=)
1 7.'it'b5 ab5 1 8.b7= Pruijssers-Otte,
Venlo ch-NED-jr 2008] 1 4 l:tb8
(14 ... 'ii' c 7!? 1 5.tll g4 0-0-0'1') 1 S.tll g4
(1 5.W'g4!? h6 1 6.0-0-0;!;) 1 S h6? !
..
[ 1 5 . . . ll:Ja4!?] 1 6.ti:lh6 l:th6 1 7.'t!fg4!
 Survey SI 1 9. 14

'l;e7 1 8.0-0-0 'ii'c 7 1 9.b3 (1 9.@b1 !?]
1 9 ... 'i'cS 20.W'g3 l:thh8 (20 . . . d5=;
20 . . . l:!cS=] 21 .W'e3 l:thc8 [21 ...'it'e3
22.fe3 l:!h5=J 22.W'cs :cs 23.h4;!;
l:tc7 24.hS l:th8 2S.h6 0,d7
8.0,fS hS 9.gS hg4 1 0.0,dS 0,bd7
1 1 .1t'e2 [1 1 .h4 g6 1 2.0,le3 h6 1 3.h6
llh6 1 4.0,c4 0,e4 1 5.g2 0,df6 1 6.0,16
0,16 1 7.W'd2 llh5 1 8.0,d6 '1tf8=
Naiditsch-Cvitan, Kusadasi Ech 2006]
Barrientos Chavarriaga-Brkic, Turin ol 2006]
1 2 ... fS ( 1 2 . . . 96 1 3.0,g4 tLlbd7 1 4.tllfh6
h6 1 5.tt:ih6 0,c5"F A.Heinz-Chr.Tiemann,
B6blingen 2009] 1 3.efS (1 3.ttJl5 tt:ia4"F]
1 3 e7 1 4.0-0-0 1!t'd7 1 S . ..Q.f6
..

26.l:!d3 0,fS 27.a4 0,h7 28.l:thd1 1 1 ... 0,b& [1 5.g2 0-0-0"F; 1 5.'1tb1 0-0-0 1 6.0,g4
.'.legs 29J:Cd& l:th& 30.l:tb& e4 0,ld5"F] 1 S f6 1 6.0,g4 [1 6.'it'g4
..

3U.e4! 0,e4 32 . .l:te1 l:th4 33.l:tb4 0-0-0"F] 1 6 gS ( 1 6 ... 00-0!?] 1 7.@b1

.i .i. 'if .i. .i
..

lltd6 34.l:tee4 l:te4 3S.l:te4 :cs f6 1 8.tt:ie3= ..Q.e3 1 9.fe3 (1 9.1!t'e3

36.lld4 .t>c6 37.l:tf4 wds 38.l:tb4 .t. .t. .t. W'c7=] 1 9 ... dS 20.l:tg1 0-0-0 21 .1!t'f2
l:tc7 39.f4 l:te7 40.'1td2 wcs 41 .l:tc4 .t. .t. 'it>b8 22.h4 W'c7 23.l:tg4 l:td7 24.c3
lltd6 42.aS l:te8 43.l:tb4 @c7
44.J:!b6 l:te4 4S.llf6 l:tf4 46.l:tf7
l2J .t. lLJ tt:ic4 2S.d3 l::t h d8 26. W'e2 @a7
27.hS tt:id& 28.W'f2 'it'cs 29 .t>a1 e4
.t.

we& 47.'1te3 l:tf1 48 . .t>d4 l:tf4
49.es l:lf2 SO.l:tf6 @c7 S1 .c4 l:te2
52 . .t>dS l:td2 S3.@cs
Belletti,Luca
Cirrincione,Giansalvo
er ch-ITA-64 sf 201 1
1 .e4 cs 2.0,f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.0,d4
f6 S.tll c3 a6 6 ..b3 e6 7.g4 es
1 -0
1 2.0,de3 (12.16 gl6 1 3.tll de3 d5
( 1 3 . . . ..Q.15 1 4.0,15 ti:Ja4 1 5.0-0-0 l:tcS"F)
1 4.0-0-0 d4 1 5.'1tb1 ?! 'it'c7?! ( 1 5 ... ..Q.15
1 6.ti:Jl5 0,a4"F) 1 6.ti:Jg4 W'c6 1 7.14
30.e2 l:tc8 31 .l:td4 l:te7 32.@b1
l:!.c6 33.l:!.f4 l:!.eS 34.'it>a1 'it'aS
3S.'iff1 'it'd& 36.'ifh3 'ifc8 37.@b1
l:!.b6 38.@a1 l:te7 39.'iff1 1!t'cS
40.'ifg1 l:teS 41 .1t'g4 'it'c8 42.'it'h3
'it'h8 43.l:tf2 'it'h7 44.g4 tt:ic4
4S.l:!.e2 as 46.1!t'f1 'it'h6 47.1!t'f2
W'h8 48.l:tc2 l:tc6 49.l:te2 'iff8
SO.l:tc2 W'd6 S1 .W'g1 a4 S2.'it>b1
'1tb8 S3.e2 l:tfS Y2-Y2

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

I .i. :i .i
' .t. .t. 'if .i. ... .
i .t.
LJ .t. l2J .t. .i .t.
.t. .t. .i. lLJ
.i.
[!,
:a: w M M w
position after 1 8 . . . g7-f8 position after 27 . . . l:lg8xg5 position after 1 9 . . . e5-e4

White to move . What would you What do you think of 28.gS? Is Why is 20.'ii' h 7 not convincing?
play? there a stronger move? What's a better move?
(solution on page 246) (solution on page 246) (solution on page 246)

51
Sicilian Defen ce B90 Najdorf Variation SI 1 9. 1 6 (890)

An U pdate on the Engl is h Attack

by Alexis Cabrera Pino

1. e4 c5 ently. White's objective is to

2. tllf3 d6 destabilize B lack's queen side
3. d4 cd4 after setting up his pieces with
4. lll d 4 lllf6 . . . tll b 6- tll fd7- b7- c8.
5. tll c 3 a6 1 0 . tll c 4
..

6. e3 e6 From a strategic point of view

7. f3 b5 this should be the main option,
8. d2 tll b d7 since Black aims to open files on
9. g4 tll b6 the queenside and the white king
1 0. a4 doesn't seem to have a safe place
to go. However, with precise
play White can thwart B lack ' s
i: j_ 'if 1. i: intentions and aspire t o a supe-
iii rior endgame.
i i i A) After 1 0 . . . b4 l 1 . tll a2 B lack
i is at a crossroads: Alon Greenfeld

b
M i
This Survey presents a particular
path against Black's counterplan
in the English Attack. In Year
book 76, Alon Greenfeld made
the first steps towards analysing
the system' s basis, which is why
I recommend the reader to study
this earlier Survey. Eight years of
debate have passed and we will
try to look at all the changes and
at the current state of the varia
tion. As I have been on the white
side in two recent games, I will
show the reader my conclusions.
Desta bilazation
To experts of the system, the
move I O.a4 is familiar, although
a beginner might play differ-
A2) l 1 . . . tll a4 1 2 . tll b4 tll c 5
i: 1. 'if 1. :I 1 3 . tll b c6 ! . I recently had the
iii privilege of playing a game with
i i this position against one of the
greatest defenders of the S icilian
labyrinth, grandmaster Mihai
Suba. See the Game Section.
B ) White is better after
1 0 . . . ba4 1 1 . tll a4 tll a4 1 2 . .!:!. a4
b7 1 3 . tll b 3 ! .
A I ) 1 1 . . . a5 . At this point of the
variation the debate has centred
on the two alternatives 1 2 . f2
(Greenfeld) and l 2.c3 (Khalif
man). Nevertheless, White can
choose a third path, attacking
B lack 's advanced pawn front:
1 2 . b5 ! ? d7 1 3 .b3 h6
( 1 3 . . . c8 1 4. f2 ! ) 1 4 .0-0 .l:!. c8
( 1 4 . . . e7 1 5 . tll c 6) 1 5 .l::tac l
( 1 5 . f2 ! ?) 1 5 . . . e7 1 6.c3 bc3
1 7 . .!:!. c3 l:r c3 1 8 . c3 b5 1 9 . ab5 The key ! The transfer of the
tll bd7 20. tll c 6 ; knight to the queenside di sturbs

56

Black's coordination there :
1 3 . . . dS ( 1 3 . . . e7 1 4. t2J a5 'i!V d7
1 5 . b4 c8 1 6.gS t2J h5 1 7 . e2
0-0 1 8 .f4 g6 1 9 .0-0=) 1 4 . t2J a5
c8 I 5 .g5 t2J d7 I 6.ed5 t2J b6
1 7 . t2J c6 'i!Vc7 I 8 . n e4 d6
1 9 .de6 c6 20.et7 cJ;; f7
2 1 . .ib6 .
1 1 .gc4 bc4 1 2.g5 t2J d 7 1 3.f4
.ib7
White's idea is to carry out a
direct attack in the centre, but he
should keep in mind that the
black position is more vulnera
ble once the bishop is positioned
on b7 , so if B lack delays this
natural developing move, White
should play some useful waiting
moves, waiting for the best mo
ment to carry out the f4-f5 break :
1 3 . . . c7 1 4.0-0 ( 1 4.f5 t2J e5
1 5 .0-0 is unclear) 14 . . . b7
( 1 4 . . . e7 1 5 .b4 cb3 1 6.cb3 = )
1 5 .fS e 5 1 6. t2J de2 t2J c5 1 7 . t2J g 3 ,
and White ' s initiative is
crushing.
1 4.fS tll c5 1 5.fe6 fe6 1 6.ifg2 g6
S e c o n d a ry L i n e s
1 0 . b4
. .
Ca brera Pino.Alexis
Suba , M i ha i
Spain t t 201 3 (B)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 tll f6 4.tll c 3
cd4 5.tlld 4 e6 6.e3 a6 7.f3 b5
8.'llfd2 tll b d7 9.g4 tll b6 1 0.a4 b4
1 1 .ti:ia2 tll a 4 1 2.tll b 4 tll c 5
few moves White 's game would
1 7.llf1 !
This new approach radically
changes the perception of the po
sition . White doesn ' t yet decide
where he will put his king, and
the text move hinders Black's
game . The pressure along the
open file forces Black to take
preventive measures and after
that, with a strong manoeuvre,
White forces the exchange of the
dark-squared bi shops, generat
ing new weaknesses and keeping
the centre unstable.
In his Survey in Yearbook 76
(2005 ), Alon Greenfeld com-
1 3.tll b c6! [The structure has changed
and with it the whole strategic idea of the
position. At this point in the game there are
two important elements which need to be
combined: the instability of White's king and
the weakness on a6. This is the reason be
hind the exclamation mark. Trading queens
offers a safe road toward an advantageous
end, solving the problems of the white king
and highlighting the black weakness.
1 3.g5?! tll fd7 1 4.tll bc6 'fie? 1 5.b4 e5
1 6.bc5 dc5 1 7.tll b 3 'fic6= Deepan
Chakkravarthy-Himanshu, Visakhapatnam
ch-IND 2006] 1 3 . . . 'fic7 1 4.'fiaS 'fia5
1 5.tll a S! [An improvement on the refer
ence game. In this way it is more difficult for
Black to improve his coordination; 1 5.J:!a5!?
kb? 1 6.b4? (1 6.g5 tt:ifd7 1 7.b4 e5 1 8.bc5
ed4 1 9.tll d4 tll c5 20.kc4;!;) 16 . . . tll cd??
( 1 6 . . . tll ce4! 1 7.fe4 tll g4 1 8.d2 e5=)
1 7.g5 tll g B 1 8.b5 ab5 1 9. J:!aB kaB
20.kb5 e5 21 .tll bB ed4 22.kd4 Erenburg
Nedobora, Tel Aviv 2009] 1 5 dS 1 6.gS
..
Survey SI 1 9. 1 6
mented o n this variation and
stated clearly that in a matter of a
be sterile, guaranteeing a good
game for Black, referring to
1 7 .0-0 g7 1 8 . n ad l e7
1 9 . 'i!V g4 .!:!. f8 , Edelman-Woj tkie
wicz, Pleasantville I 993 .
1 7 . . . 'i!Vd7 1 8.t2Jde2 ! ?
White follows the indicated stra
tegic route, but in my opinion the
drawback of this move is that
after t2J e2 and d4 it could take
long to secure the white king.
1 8 .0-0-0 ! t2J a4 ( 1 8 . . . g7
1 9 . 'i!Vg4 0-0-0 20. t2J db5 ! ab5
2 1 . c S ) 1 9. t2J a4 a4
t2J
20. e6 .
1 8 . . g7 1 9.it.d4
.
White has achieved his aim and
obtains a favourable position.
Concl usion
I consider White ' s idea 1 7 JH 1 !
to be a step forward in this varia
tion . Now it is B lack's turn to im
prove on his game .
[1 6.e5 tllfd7 1 7.b4 tll b7 1 8.ti:Jac6 tll d B
1 9.tll b5 tllc6 20.tllc? \t>d8 21 .tll aB b4
22.\t>f2 a5 23.J:i.b1 d4 24.f4 \t>e7oo]
1 6 ... ti:ifd7
1 7.b4! [1 7.ed5 ed5 1 8.0-0-0 tt:ib6 1 9.J:l:.e1
(1 9.g2 kd6 20.l:l:.he1 t) 19 ... lt>d?
20.kf2t] 1 7 . . . es [ 1 7 . . . tll b? 1 8.tll ac6
tll b8 (1 8 . . . e5 1 9.tll b 5+-) 1 9 .tll bB l:tb8
20.tllc6 i::t aB 21 . l:ta6] 1 8.bcS ed4
1 9.d4 tll c 5 [ 1 9 . . . de4 20.c6 tllc5
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21 .fe4;!;; 1 9 ... c5 20.c5 tllc5 21 .ed5] variation White's intention behind 1 4.J:[b1 [What attracted my attention is that the anal
20.ed5 h6 21 .'.t>f2?! [21 .gh6 llh6 becomes particularly clear) 1 6.b4! cb3 ysis module barely gives a slight advantage
22.c4; 21 .g6!? fg6 22.c4] 21 ... hg5 1 7 .tll b3 tll b3 1 8.l::t b3 ifc7 1 9.'iVd4 e5 when already at first glance we can notice
22.:cte1 @dB 23.tll c6 @c7 24.tll e5 20.'iVb6 'iVb6 2U i.b6;!;] 1 6.b4 'iVd8 how desperate Black's position is] 1 8 ... h5
J:[h4 25.ge3 gb7 26.lld1 ?! [26.c4! [1 6 ... cb3 1 7.tll b3 'iVc7 1 8.tll a5! 'iVa5 1 9.f6 g6 20.llfd1 'iVb4 21 . .c5
ge7 27.tllf? llf8 28.f4+-] 26 ... ge7 1 9 .llb? l::t c8 20.tll d5 'iVa4 21 .'iVd3 'iVc2 'iVc5 22.@f1 c6 23.tll d 5 @de
27.tllf7 llf8 28.tll g s llf5 29.gcs 22.'iVc2 l::tc2 23.0-0] 24.tll ec3 h4 25.b4 cb3 26.llb3 gd7
[29.c4! llg5 30.d6] 29 ... gcs 30.lt.og3 27.h3 e6 28.lldb1 l::t h7 29.@e1
llh6 31 .tlle6 @d6? [31 ... l::te6 32.de6 'iVd4 30.l::t b4 'iVa7 31 .l:11 b3 .l:!.h5
l::tf3 (32 ... d6 33. l::td6 @d6 34.g2;!;) 32.@d1 'iVc5 33.J:ib8 'iVc4 34.@c1
33.'>t>g4 J:[e3 34.J:[d? @b6 35.J:[b? It.ob? 'iVd4 35.l::t3 b7 'iVc5 36.l::t c8 'iVc8
36.lt.of5;!;] 32.tll c5 @cs 33.c4 llg5 37.l::t c7 'iVb8 38.'iVg1 '.t>e8 39.a5 1 -0
34.'>t>f4 l::tg h5 35.l::t g 1 l::tf6 36.'>t>e3
l::te5 37.@f2 J:r.e7 38.Il.g5 lld6
39.ge2 c8 40.l::t a 1 lla7 41 .@e3 Serafi m ,Jannis
l::l h 6 42.gd3 l::t h 2 43.l::t g 6 l::te7 Maliangkay,Rudolf
44.e4 b7 45.Il.ag1 J:[h7 46.d6 er Email Weh-23 2007
e4 47.de7 ggs 48.l::t g 6 l::t h 8 1 .e4 c5 2.tll f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4 .tll d4
49.@e4 @c4 [49 . . . l::t e8 50.l::tg? @d6 tll f6 5.tll c 3 a6 6 . .Q.e3 e6 7.f3 b5
51 .14 J:[e7 52.J:[e? @e7 53.c5 a5 54.15+-] 8.ifd2 tll bd7 9.g4 tll b6 1 0.a4 tll c4
50.@e5 a5 51 .@e6 a4 52.@f7 l::ta8 1 7.tll e 6! fe6 1 8.fe6 2le7 [Black should 1 1 .9.. c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tll d 7 1 3.f4 tll c5
53.eB'iV 1 -0 not try to keep the piece or cover the weak 1 4.f5 'iVd7 1 5.0-0 b7 [1 5 . . . J:[bB
ness on f7. Otherwise the attack by means 1 6.l::t a b1 (we can see as a common de
of tll d5 and gb6 becomes irresistible. nominator that Black cannot take wing
18 ... tll b8 1 9.tll d 5 tll c6 20.'iVf2+- ; pawns at the expense of delaying his devel
1 8 ... tll b6 1 9.a5 tll c 8 20.0-0+-] opment without being harshly punished.
B lack Delays 1 3 . . . -'1. b 7 1 9.ed7?! [1 9.'i!Vf2! l::tf8 20.'iVh4 tll b8 1 6.'iVg2!? llb2 1 7.fe6 fe6 1 8.g6t) 16 . . . b?
1 o lli c 4
. . . 21 .'iVh?+-] 1 9 'iVd7 20.0-0 'iVh3
. ( 1 6 . . . tll a4 1 7.tll a4 'iVa4 1 8.g6 hg6 1 9.fe6
21 .tll d 5 gds 22.eds lt.od7 23.'iVf2 fe6 20.'iVg2) 1 7.'iVg2 e5 1 8.tll de2 'iVc6
Robson.N igel l::taf8 24.'iVg3 l::tf 1 25.l::tf 1 'iVg3 1 9.tll g 3 tll a4 20.tll a4 'iVa4 21 .b3 'iVd7
Perez,Brigiliano 26.hg3 l:l.b8 27.J:r.bH h6 28.g6! 22.bc4 'iVc7 23.16 g6 24.'iVd2 gc8 25.l::l bB
er Email WC 2006 [28.gh6 gh6 29.h6 llg8 30.@f2 l::t h 8<2] 'iVb8 26.'iVa5 h6 27.c5 dc5 28.l::t d 1 ..Q.d7
1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4 28 ... gS 29.g5 hg5 30.'.t>f2 @e7 29.'iVa6 hg5 30.'iVa5 'iVc8 31 ...Q.g5 'iVc6
tllf6 5.tll c3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.f3 b5 31 . @e3 @f6 32.g4 @g6 33.<;f;>d2 32.h4 'iVc8 33.tll f 1 1 -0 Zidu-Bielik, ICCF
8.'iVd2 tll bd7 9.g4 tll b6 1 0.a4 tll c 4 @f6 34.@c3 @e7 35.J:[f1 l::t c 8 Email 2007] 1 6.'iVg2 9..e 7 1 7.fe6
1 1 .c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tll d 7 1 3.f4 36.a5 l::t b 8 37.<;f;>c4 l::t b 5 38.c3 l::t b 8 [1 7.J:!ad1 e5 1 8.tll de2 tll a4 1 9 .tll a4 'iVa4
39.@b3 J:l:h8 40.b5 ! +- ab5 41 .@b4 20.tll c3 'iVd7 21 .J:[d2;!;] 1 7 ... fe6
J:[a8 42.Wb5 J:[b8 43.<;f;>c6 J:[c8 1 8.tll d e2 o-o-o 1 9 . ..Q.cs des 20.J:[f7
44.Wb7 J:[c3 45. l::t b 1 l::tc 5 46.a6 'i!Ve8 21 .l::t af1 l::t g 8 22.a5;!; @b8
J:[d5 47.a7 J:[a5 48.@b6 J:[a7 23.h4 as 24.'iVg4 d6 25.tll d 1
49.@a7 e4 50.@b6 @e6 51 .l::t b 5 e3 'Wc6 26.tll e3 'We4oo [27.'iVe4 .Q.e4
52.llb3 lt>e5 53.J:[e3 lt>f4 54. l::te7 28.tllf4] 0-1
@g4 55.l::t g 7 @f4 56.lt>b5 g4
57. @c4 @f3 58.Wd3 lt>f4 59. @e2
g3 60.l::t d 7 g2 61 .lt>f2 1 -0 Matei,Cornel
Behling,Helmut
er Email Weh-32 sf1 0 2008
Kuosa , N u utti 1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
Ka rg ,Hermann tllf6 5.tll c 3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.f3 b5
13 ... 'iVaS !? [White should make some er Email AJEC 70 jub 2009 8.'Wd2 tll b d7 9.g4 tll b 6 1 0.a4 llic4
useful moves, awaiting ... gb7, to advance 1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4 1 1 .c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tll d 7 1 3.f4 'iVc7
with greater strength. Here either the text or tll f6 5.tll c3 a6 s.ge3 e6 7.f3 b5 1 4.0-0 j(b? 1 5.f5 ! tll c5 1 6.fe6 fe6
1 4.0-0 are to the point] 1 4.l::t b 1 ! ? [Main 8.'iVd2 tll b d7 9.g4 tll b6 1 0.a4 tll c4 1 7.'iVg2 [1 7.'i!Ye2!? (I refer the reader to
taining the dynamics of the position and 1 1 . .c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tll d 7 1 3.f4 'iVa5 Greenfeld's analysis of this position in
creating a new attacking motif with b2-b4] 1 4. l::t b 1 b7 1 5.0-0 [1 5.15!] 1 5 .. J:!c8 YB/76) 17 . . . 'i!Yd? 1 8.'i!Yc4 Y2-Y2 Van der
14 ... b7 1 5.f5! e5 [1 5 . . . tll c5 (in this 1 6.'iVg2 tll c 5 1 7.f5 e5 1 8.tll d e2 Wiel-Ribli, Reggio Emilia 1 986/87 -

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YB/76-47] 1 7 0-0-0 1 8.l:tab1 [As dem-
___
onstrated below there is no safe place for
the black king, which is why we assign a
bigger weight to the black idea of resolving
his coordination problems on the kingside
before castling] 1 8 e5 1 9.ti:lf3
..
[19.t/Jde2!?] 1 9 lt>bS 20.b3! cb3
21 .tlid5 ifc6 [21 ...d5 22.ed5 lt>aB
23.cb3] 22.c4 ti:le4 23.l:tb3 ti:lc5
24.c5 'i!Vc5 25.lt>h1 +- l:td7
26.i:tfb1 ifc6 27.J:!b6 ifc8 28.J:[a6
fl..e7 29.l:tb5 ifc4 30.J:taa
31 .tll b 6 lt>a7 32.ti:lc4 l:tc8 33.'it'f2
i:tcs 34.ti:la5 d5 35.ti:lb3
3Ub3 l:tb7 37.ti:ld2 g6 38.IZ.h3
wa6 39.'i!Ve2 lt>a7 40.l:th7
41 .lt>g2 g5 42.l:tb7 @b7 43.ti:le4
fl..f4 44.a5 wc7 45.a6 l:ta1 46.'i!Vb5
Flying Sa ucers
Nebula,Rybka 2.1 o m p
playchess.com 2006
1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
li:lf6 5.tllc3 a6 6 ..b3 e6 7.f3 b5
8.'i'd2 tll bd7 9.g4 ti:lb6 1 O.a4 ti:lc4
1 1 .c4 bc4 1 2.g5 ti:ld7 1 3.f4 'i!Vc7
1 4.0-0 l:rb8 1 5.l:tab1 b7 1 6.f5
16 ... e5 [In relation to the analysis of the
previous game we can add that castling
quickly or the idea of closing the centre is
not a great improvement of Black's position]
1 7.tlide2 [Over and over again I face the
incredulity of the analysis module regarding
White's concept] 17 . . . h6 1 8.16! hg5
1 9.fg7 g7 20.tll g 3 ti:lc5 21 .g5
f;_f8 22.IZ.f2 [Black's position collapses
under White's pressure]
23.i:tbf1 llle6 24.e3 c6 25.ti:ld5
fl.. d S 26.'i!Vd5 e7 27.ti:lf5
28.'i'aB tlld B 29.'i!Va6 'i!Vb7 30.'i!Vd6
[30.'i'c4 l:tb4 31 .'i!Ve2 'i!Ve4 32.a5]
Survey SI 1 9. 1 6
30 . d6 31 .ti:ld6 >t>d7 32.tll b7 l:tg7 T h e C ri t i c a l L i n e
33.lt>h1 ti:lb7 34.l:tf7 l:tf7 35.l:tf7 1 3 . . . .a b ?
we6 36.l:tg7+- tll d6 37.a5 l:ta2
38.J:[g6 lt>d7 39.h4 l:ta5 40.h5 tllf7 Cabrera Pino.Alexis
41 .lt>g2 l:ta2 42.h6 l:tc2 43.f2 Ortiz Suarez.Isam
ti:lh6 44.l:th6 c3 45.l:!h1 J:!a2 Montcada 201 3 (9)
46.l:tc1 c2 47.@f3 wc6 48.g3 1 .e4 c5 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tlld4 lllf6
>t>d6 49.Wg4 >t>e6 50.f2 wd7 5.ti:lc3 a6 6.e3 e6 7.13 b5 8.'i!Vd2
51 .lt>f5 @d6 52.g3 \t>c5 53.e5 tll bd7 9.g4 ti:lb6 1 O.a4 ti:lc4 1 1 .c4
l:ta5 54.f4 <;f;>d4 55.e5 l:ta8 56.e6 bc4 1 2.g5 ti:ld7 1 3.f4 il.b7 1 4.15 tllc5
l:tf8 57.lt>g4 l:tg8 58.g5 1 -0 1 5.'i!Vg2 g6 1 6.fe6 fe6 1 7.l:ttt !
lt>a8
b3 Oikamo,Teijo
Gysi,Adolf
l:k1 er Email W-ch30 sf04 2006
1 .e4 c5 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
tllf6 5.tll c3 a6 6.il.e3 e6 7.f3 b5
1 -0 8.'i!Vd2 ti:lbd7 9.g4 tll b6 1 0.g5 tllfd7
1 1 .a4 lll c 4 1 2.c4 bc4 1 3.f4 'it'c7
1 4.0-0 .e7 1 5.15 [1 5.b4!? cb3 1 6.cb3
0-0 1 7.l:tac1 b7 1 8.15 ti:le5 1 9.16 dB
20.fg7 l:teB 21 .ti:ld5 'i!VbB
1 7 ... 'i!Vd7 1 8.tll de2 ! ? [1 B.O-O-O! g7
(1 B ... tlla4 1 9.tll a4 'i!Va4 20.ti:le6+-)
1 9.'i!Vg4 0-0-0 20.tlldb5 'ii' e7 21 .ti:ld5]
18 ... ..Q..g7 19 . ..Q..d4 [An exchange of
pieces weakens the base d6-f6 and reduces
the indirect attack on the b2-square]
19 ... d4 20.ti:ld4 0-0-0 21 .ife2
[21 .0-0-0?! tlla4 22.tll a4 'i!Va4 23.ti:le6
'ifa1 24.lt>d2 'i!Va5 25.We2 l:theBt]
21 ... e5 22.tllf3 'i!Vg4 23.ti:ld2! [The
pawn sacrifice is temporary. White's idea is
to solve the problems with his king position
22.g6!! ti:lg6 (22 .. .fg6 23.ti:leB+- ; 22 . . . hgB and his coordination in order to take advan
23.g5 ed5 24.dB+-) 23.iff2 ti:le5 tage of the black weaknesses later on]
24.l::t c 7! 'it'c7 (24 . . . c7 25.ti:lf6 @g7 23 ifg5 [23 . . . 'i!Vh4
.. 24.'i!Vf2 'i!Vg5
26.tll h 5 @fB 27.'i!Vf6 l:tcB 2B . ..ltg5+-) 25.0-0-0t l:thfB 26.ife2 WbB 27.lt>b1 ]
25.tll c7 il.c7 26.'i!Vf4 l:te7 27.ti:le2 tll g6 24.0-0-0 wbB 25.@b1 ifh4 26.'it'c4
2B.'i!Vf6 l:td7 29.tll g 3 d5 30.tll h 5 de4 l:tc8 27.l::tf7 [Black's position collapses
31 .h4 dB 32.il.h6 b6 33.@h2 l:tcB under the added pressure] 27 ... l:thdB
34.'ifb2 dB 35Jlc1 l:tc1 36.'i!Vc1 e3 28.tll b 3! [Eliminating the best defender]
37.'i!Ve3 l:td5 3B.tll g 3 1 -0 Yurov 28 ... tll b3 29.'i!Vb3 l::tc7 30.l::t c7
A.Martynov, ICCF Email 201 0] 1 5 tll e5 .. [30.l:tdf1 I J::!.dd7 31 .J::!. d7 J::!.d7 32.J::!.fB @a7
1 6.ifg2 l:tb8 1 7.l:tab1 d8 1 8.'i!Vg3 33.a5 't!Ye1 34.@a2 'it'g1 35.tll a4+-]
l::t b7 [1B ... o-o 1 9 .f6 whB 20.tgn @g7 30 ... @c7 31 .l:tf1 'it'g4 32. l:tf7 [32.a5
21 .ti:lf3 ti:lc6 22.lt>h1 e7 23.ti:ld2 'i!Va5 'ifcB 33.l::!.17 l::t d7 34.ti:ld5 lt>bB
24J:tf3 if e5 25. 'i!Vf2 lt>gB 26. ti:lc4 'iW g7 35.tll b 6+-] 32 l::t d7 33.h3!? [33.'ii' c4
..
27.l::t d 1 l::t b 4 2B.ti:ld6 l::t b2 29.c5 ti:le5 WbB 34.l:tfB @a7 35. 'iff1 d5 36.h3 'ifh4
22 . . . l:th7 30.l::t g 3 tll c6 31 .e5 'it'g6 32.ti:lce4 l::t d B 37.ed5 ifd4 3B.l::tf 7+-] 33 g 1 ..
33.l::t c 1 d6 34.ti:lf6 lt>g7 35.ed6 e5 [33 ... 'i!Vh3 34.l::tfB (34.ti:lb5 ab5 35.'t!Yh3
l:tb2 36.h4 'i!Vf5 37.l:tf3 1 -0 Zundel-V.Shapiro, IZ.17 36.'it'e6 l:i.d7 37.ab5+-) 34 . . . 'it'h1
tCCF Email 2007] 1 9.fe6 fe6 20.ti:lce2 35.wa2 'i!Vg1 36.ti:ld5 d5 37.d5 'i!Va7
%-% 3B.c4 Wb7 39.b4 l:tc7 40.ifd5+-]
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34.lt>a2 l::tf7 35."iff7 lt>b6 36."ifh7
Vi'd4 37.Vi'g6 "ifc4 38.lt>a3 Vi'c5
39.lt>b3 .t>a5 40."ifgS 'ii'b4 41 .@a2
Vi'c5 42.h4 d5 43.Vi'dS \t>b4 44.tt:Jd5
il.d5 45.Vi'd5 Vi'c2 46.Vi'd6 \t>a5
47.Vi'e5 c;;>a4 48.Vi'c3 Vi'f2 49.ifc4
was 50.Vi'd5 'it>b6 51 .h5 Vi'h2
52.'ii'e6 'it>b5 53.h6 Vi'c7 54.ifb3 1 -0
Areschenko,Alexander
Shirov,Alexey
Eilat tt 201 2 (6)
1 .e4 c5 2.t2if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4
tt:Jf6 5.tt:Jc3 a6 6.il.e3 e6 7.f3 b5
8.Vi'd2 t2ibd7 9.g4 t2ib6 1 0.a4 tt:Jc4
1 1 .il.c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tt:Jd7 1 3.f4 il.b7
1 4.f5 tt:Jc5 1 5."ifg2 g6 [1 S ... eS?
1 6.tt:Jde2 'ii'c7 1 7.tt:Jg3 t2ie4 1 8.tt:Jge4 dS
1 9.0-0-0 ( 1 9.16 de4 20.0-0-0 gf6 21 .tt:Je4
il.e7 22.gl6 il.18 23.c;t;>bH) 19 . . . de4
20.lLldS 'f!fc6 21 .16 g6 22.t2ib6 l::t b8
23.c3 ii.cs 24."ifg3 il.e3 2S.Vi'e3 il.c8
26.tt:JdS l::t b7 27.Vi'e4 We6 28.t2ie7 .!:l:e7
29.fe7 <Jite7 30.l::th e1 l::te8 31 . l::tdS WIS
32.l::teS Vi'es 33.'li'es l::teS 34.l::teS 16
3S.l::tcS il.d7 36.gf6 a4 37.l::tc4 1 -0
Glazman-Trani, ICCF Email 2007] 1 6.fe6
fe6 1 7.l::tf 1 ! Vi'd7 1 8.tt:Jde2 il.g7
[18 . . . 0-0-0 1 9.il.d4 l::tg8 20.0-0-0 tt:Ja4
21 .Wb1 c;t;>b8 22.tt:Ja4 Vi'a4 23.l::r.17 l::td 7
24.tt:Jc3 Vi'c6 2S.'li'f1 ;t] 1 9.0-0-0 tt:Ja4
20.il.d4 il.d4 21 .l::t d 4 tt:Jb6 22 ..!:Ud1
d5 23.ed5
23 ...0-0-0 [23. . . edS 24.l::te4! de4 2S.l::t d 7
t2id7 26.tt:Je4 0-0 27.t2il6 tt:Jf6 28. Vi'b7
t2ih5 29.'li'dS; 23 . . . 0-0!?] 24.'ii'f2 il.d5
25.t2if4 l::t hf8 26.'f!fe3 l::tfe8 27.Wb1
[27.tt:Je4] 27 ... Vi'c7 28.Vi'h3 c;t;>b7
29.tt:Jcd5 ed5 30.tt:Je6 l::te6 31 .'ife6
'i!Wh2 32.l::tf 1 Vi'd6 33.l::tf7 c;t;>c6
34.Vi'e1 'i!fc5 35.l::tdf4 'il;>b5 36.l::t4f6
l::t bS 37.Vi'e5 Vi'cs 38.i::t h 7 1 -0
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Stu kopin,Andrey 24.tt:Jc4;t l::tf8 25.lld6 il.c3 26.bc3
Artemiev,Vladislav il.84 27.ife6 Vi'e6 28.l::te6 l::tf1
Loo ch-RUS U20 201 3 (4) 29.@b2 l::tf2 30.tt:Ja3 il.d7 31 .l:i.a6
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4 tt:Jf6 J:[h2 32.J::td6 il.h3 33.lld5 lle2
5.tt:Jc3 a6 6.il.e3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.'i!fd2 34.l::tc5 l::te4 35.tt:Jb5 il.f5 36.t2id6
tt:Jbd7 9.g4 t2ib6 1 O.a4 tt:Jc4 1 1 .il.c4 l::tg4 37.tt:Jf5 gf5 38.l::tf5 @g7 39.@b3
bc4 1 2.g5 tt:Jd7 1 3.f4 il.b7 1 4.f5 tt:Jc5 @g6 40.J:[f2 @g5 41 .c4 1 -0
1 5.fe6 fe6 1 6.Vi'g2 g6 1 7.l:!f1 ! il.g7
1 8.0-0-0 'i!fd7 1 9.Vi'g4 0-0-0
B l a c k C l o s e s t h e C e n t re
1 4 . . .es
Popovic,Dusan
Damljanovic,Bra n ko
Vrnjacka Banja chSRB 201 3 (4)
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:Jf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4
a6 5.t2ic3 d6 6.il.e3 tt:Jd7 7.'ii'd2
tt:Jgf6 8.f3 b5 9.g4 tt:Jb6 1 O.a4 tt:Jc4
1 1 .il.c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tt:Jd7 1 3.f4 il.b7
1 4.f5 e5? ! [As I mentioned previously I
have great doubts about this immediate cen
20.tt:Jdb5! 'i!fe7 [20 . . . abS 21 .il.cs il.c3 tral action. The position favours knight ma
22.bc3 d5 23.abS es 24.'i!fd7 l::t d 7 noeuvres and White's space advantage is
25.l::r. !6] 21 .l::t d 6 [21 .tLldS!? il.dS stabilized] 1 5.tt:Jde2 [1S.tt:Jf3!? h6 1 6.gh6
22.t2id6! l::t d6 (22 ... 'it'd6 23.l::td S+- ) gh6 1 7.ife2 Vi'c7 1 8.llg1 ;t] 1 5 ... h6
23.il.cS Vi'b7 24.il.a3 l::t e8 2S.edS l::t d S 1 6.g6 [16.gh6!? gh6 1 7.0-0-0 "ifas 1 8.t2ig3
26.ifc4] 21 ... ab5 22.il.c5 l::t d 6 Vi'b4 1 9.16 J:[b8 20.il.a7 l::ta8 21 .Vi'f2 il.c6
23.tt:Jb5 lld1 24."ifd1 "ifc5 25.Vi'd6 22.t2ifS] 1 6 tt:Jf6 1 7.gf7 @f7
.
'i!fd6 26.tt:Jd6 'il;>c7 27.tt:Jb7+- .l::tf8
28.llfS il.fS 29.t2ia5 il.d6 30.h3 c3
31 .b3 il.f4 32.'il;>d1 il.g5 33.'il;>e2
il.e7 34.tt:Jc4 g5 35.wd3 h5 36.@c3
g4 37.hg4 h4 38.tt:Je3 il.c5 39.t2if1
\t>d6 40.b4 il.f2 41 .a5 'il;>e5 42.g5
\t>e4 43.g6 h3 44.a6 1 -0
Kristja nsson,Snorri Hergill
Schaefer,Uwe
er Email W-ch WS/M/342 201 1
1 .e4 c5 2.tt:Jf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tt:Jd4
tt:Jf6 5.tt:Jc3 a6 6.il.e3 e6 7.f3 b5 1 8.tt:Jg3?! [Sacrificing the central pawn is
8.'i!fd2 tt:Jbd7 9.g4 tt:Jb6 1 0.a4 tt:Jc4 a serious alternative that offers White the
1 1 .il.c4 bc4 1 2.g5 tt:Jd7 1 3.f4 ..Q.b7 option to take the initiative: 1 8.0-0-0!? tt:Je4
1 4.f5 tt:Jc5 1 5.fe6 fe6 1 6.'ifg2 g6 1 9.tt:Je4 il.e4 20.l::t h t1 il.c6 21 .tt:Jc3;t]
1 7.J::tf1 ! il.g7 1 8.it'g4 'f!fe7 1 9.0-0-0 1 8 ... d5! 1 9.ed5 il.b4 20.0-0-0 'i!fa5=
llf8!? [In this wey Black solves his problems 21 .l::t h g1 il.c3 22.Vi'c3 Vi'c3 23.bc3
on the kingside, but the central weaknesses il.d5 24.tt:Jh5 tt:Jh5 25.l::t d 5 @f6
ensure WMe a superior game] 20.l::tfS \t>f8 26.llc5 l::t h e8 27.J::t c 4 c;t;>f5 28.llh4
21 .tt:Jf3! wgs 22.il.c5 [22.il.d4!? J::tta g6 29.il.h6 l::t h 8 30.llf1 tt:Jf4
23.il.g7 @g7 24.tt:Jd2 es 2S.tt:Jc4 J::tt4 31 .l:!.hf4 ef4 32.il.f4 l::t h c8 33.@b2
26.'i!fg1 tt:Je4 27.tt:Je4 il.e4 28.tt:Jd6 il.13 we4 34.il.g3 l::t c 6 35.l::tf4 we3
29.lld2 lla4 30.@b1 l::tt4 31 .b3 The weak 36.c4 l:tb8 37.@c3 l::t b 1 38.l::tf7 lla1
ness of Black's king guarantees Whe an 39 .l::te7 @f3 40.wb4 l::t b 1 41 .'it>c3
advantage] 22 ... dc5 23.t2id2 il.c6 i:ta1 42.@b4 llb1 43.wc3 Y2-Y2
 Survey SI 1 9. 1 6

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

I
.t
i

position after 1 6 . . . e6-e5 position after 1 8 . . . i.b7-c6 position after 2 1 . . . b7-c8

White's advantage is obvious -
better king and piece coordination.
However, quick action is war
ranted: what would you play?
(solution on page 246)
The same pawn structure as in the
previous quiz. This time other
measures are necessary. How
would you open up the position?
(solution on page 246)
The black king in the centre is
White's main target. The big ques
tion is: how to get to him. What
would be your choice?
(solution on page 246)

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61
Sicilian Defen ce B90 N ajdorf Variation SI 1 4.8 (890)

A New Plan in the Naj dorf - Part I

by Luis Rodi

1. e4 c5 Recent Trends
2. lllf3 dS Meanwhile, in recent years we
3. d4 cd4 have been looking at a double
4. lll d 4 lll fS phenomenon with the renais
5. lll c 3 as sance of the line 6. g5 (with
s. e3 e5 interesting new ideas for both
7. lll b3 e s sides, like 6 . . . lll b d7) and some
8. h3 e7 decline in the popularity of the
9. f3 English Attack, partly because
of fashion and theoretical satura
tion , but also because B lack has
improved his defence and deeper
concrete lines have appeared, for
example (I ' m j ust going to list
two of them in the . . . e5 scenar
ios) 8.f3 h5 and 8 . f3 e7 9 . d2 Alexey Shirov
0-0 1 0. 0-0-0 a5 .
* From f3 the queen can protect

Different Piece Placement h I , which enables White to

As opposed to the Scheveningen
system, where pushing the flank
pawns with aggressive inten
In that context, players on the
white side in the line 6 . e3 e5
7 . lll b 3 have devoted their atten
tion to a different piece place
ment in recent months, with the
quickly play the g4-g5 break in
the positions in which Black
plays . . . h7-h6 in reply to the
advance g2-g4.
* Queenside castling immedi

tions was played a long time ago
(Paul Keres introduced his fa
mous attack in the 1 940s ), the
development of such schemes in
the Najdorf Variation and their
growing reputation are more
recent.
The idea 6.h3 was used by
Bobby Fischer in the 1 960s . The
inclusion of the moves h2-h3
(which looks like a preventive
move but it also prepares g2-g4)
and f3 , with a later 0-0-0 and
g2-g4 . The position of the white
queen is a main theme in White's
plan.
There are some differences com
pared with the placement on d2
ately makes the J:r a l operative on
the d-file. In some cases an X-ray
on B lack 's queen allows a good
repositioning of the lll b 3 - tradi
tionally a problematic piece in
this scheme - with lll c 5 ! , a well
known resource in the English
Attack.
* The queen can more quickly

piece placement involving e3, in the English Attack; some of be involved in offensive actions
f3 , g4, d2 and 0-0-0 was intro these seem to be of interest, and on the kingside, usually going to
duced in the late 1 970s by Eng they form the subject of the the g-file.
lish, Hungarian and Spanish present Survey. * The main negative feature of

chess players . Over the years it * White has better control of the the queen's manoeuvre is the
has become the most popular d5 -point, one of the most i mpor loss of its defensive functions.
way to meet the Najdorf Varia tant operational bases in this For example, White should be
tion. Boleslavsky/Najdorf centre. wary of tactical motifs on c 3 , e.g.

46

the Sicilian standard sacrifice
.. Jk 3 as well as the sequence
... tll b 6-c4-a3 .
* In this scheme, White 's f-pawn
is temporarily blocked; for its
participation in the fight White
needs to move the queen again.
This idea has already been
employed by great masters like
World Champion Vis wanathan
Anand, A lexey Shirov, Gata
Kamsky, Ivan Cheparinov,
Pentala Harikrishna and many
other top players .
In the study of the concrete theory
of this line I have concentrated on
today's most popular line,
7 .. e6 8.h3 e7 9 . 'it'f3 , but
. pawn on this square .
there is an important alternative
worth mentioning: the 8 . . . t2l bd7
idea, intending to first develop the
queenside by delaying the move
. . . e7; but that could be material
for a future Survey !
Move Orders and Main Ideas
Starting from our basic position,
Black has several different
moves. The most i mportant ones
are 9 ... 0-0 (the subject of thi s
Survey) a n d 9 . . . t2l bd7, along
with the less popular lines,
which will be dealt with in the
second part of this Survey. The
former idea prevails in today 's
practice, albeit by j ust a slight
statistical margin.
After 9 ... 0-0 White has various
ways to set up his pieces, starting
with the moves (sometimes by
transposition) I 0. 0-0-0 and
1 0.g4. B lack, too, used to play
numerous alternatives at thi s
point, including independent
plans in repl y to both White 's
critical set-ups. But before
showing some standard ideas
from this concrete line, let me
point out the following:
* Differently from the 9 ... t2l bd7
line - where the priority i s piece
play; in these lines with quick
castling Black intends to
advance his queenside pawns
aggressively, e.g. . . . a6-a5 or
. . . b7-b5 , depending on White 's
1 0th move.
* Lines with . . . a6-a5 are related
to the . . . a6-a5 line against the
English Attack. White could
play the same ideas here : preven
tive moves like a2-a4 or b5,
combined with an initiative on
the kingside.
* Lines with . . . b7-b5 are played
after White's occupation of the
d5-point, generally comple
mented with play on the light
squares with ..Q. d3 after the ex
change on d5 , which leaves a
The Line 1 0.000
Black has multiple options at this
point, but two of them have
emerged as the main lines . For
the other options , the reader may
take a look at the notes to the
model games.
The first option, IO ... 'ifc7, may
appear in the I O.g4 line, because
White exclusively plays I 1 .g4 in
this order. Now the immediate
I I . . . a5 is very interesting, lead
ing to complex play with
chances for both sides, as in the
game Hedlund-Lafarga Santor
roman, er 2007. However, in
practice, the more common
move is I I .. Jk 8 , when after
1 2 . @ b I a5 ! Black used thi s flank
advance to create counterplay
and fight for the initiative (see
the recent game Anand- I ' Ami,
Survey SI 1 4. 8
Wijk aan Zee 20 1 3). Mean while,
White c an improve with 1 2 .g5,
and now the knight retreat leads
to a slightly better position for
White (see the games Fedor
chuk-Baj arani, Nakchivan 20 1 1
and Nepustil-lbragimov, er
2008) , and thi s might be a strong
argument for a faster . . . a6-a5
advance.
The second idea i s standard in
this line and, again, i n good Si
cilian tradition : IO ... b5, with the
continuation I l .g4 b4 1 2 . t2l d5.
Now I 2 ... d5 is the weaker
capture (see the game Hnydiuk
Figura Gajo, Police 20 1 1 ) ;
1 2 . . . tl:l d5 i s correct. After 1 3 .ed5
the option of I 3 . . . ii.. d7 is inter
esting, with the idea of . . . f7-f5 ,
a s i n Tu Ifer-Ottesen, e r 20 1 1 , but
the main line is 1 3 . . . i. c8 14 . ..Q. d3
a5 (other option is 1 4 . . . tll d 7 ,
a s in Drozdowski-Gajewski ,
Chorzow 20 1 3), when White
chose the quiet but interesting
1 5 . t2l d2 in Harikrishna-Leko,
Wijk aan Zee 20 1 3 , but there is
also the more adventurous
1 5 . t2l c5, with complex play, as
you can see in the games
lbragimov-Morozov, er 2009
and Shirov- Volokitin, Eilat
20 1 2 .
The Line 1 0.g4
If Black wants to play a plan with
. . . b7-b5, he will be a tempo behind
compared with the schemes in the
preceding games. The game
Palac-Burg, Eilat 20 1 2, is good
proof of this, as well as other
games mentioned in the notes.
The I O . . . g6 idea, relatively unex
plored, is interesting and is based
on conceding h5 to the king 's
knight. In Maze-Alina I ' Ami,
Reykj avik 20 1 2, very complex
play ensued after 1 1 .0-0-0 t2l bd7
1 2 . @b l c8 1 3 . t2l d5 d5
1 4.ed5 e4. Other less explored
ideas for B lack are given in the
notes to that game.
47
The main line and the most stan
dard try is 1 0 . . . a5 .
'ij' I land-Di Berardino, Campinas
i. i i i
j. i.
j.
8 8
8 j. i.
8 j.
1l
Now the position is related to a
line of the English Attack men
tioned before (6 . . . e5 7 . lll b 3 e6
8.f3 Jl.e7 9 . d2 0-0 1 0.0-0-0
a5 ) , with the particular detail that
White has not castled here !
OK, there is no problem with the
continuation 1 1 .0-0-0, played in
some correspondence games
that saw the sequence 1 1 . . .a4
1 2 . lll c 5 a3 1 3 .g5 ab2 1 4 . '>ti b2
(see the game Shpakovsky
Saenko, er 20 I 0, and others in
cluded in the game 's comments) .
However, White usually prefers
to take preventive action before
T h e F i rst O p t i o n
9. . .0 - 0 1 0 .0-0-0 c7
Hedlund,Tony
Lafarga Santorroman,David
cr 2007
1 .e4 cs 2.tl:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tl:ld4
tl:lf6 s.tt.Jc3 a6 6.ke3 es 7.tl:lb3 ke6
8.h3 Ji.e7 9.f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 c7
[Interesting but not so common are the alter
natives: a) 10 ... tl:lbd7 1 1 .g4 h6 12.tl:ldS
(1 2.gS and 1 2.Wb1 are some options)
12 ... kdS 1 3.edS tl:lh7 14.Wb1 kh4 1 5.kd3
l::.e8 1 6.g2 tl:lg5 1 7.l::. hf1 nca wrth
chances for both sides, lbragimov-Kruse, er
201 1 ; b) 10 ... tt:icS 1 1 .g4 nca 1 2.gs (1 2.wb1
tl:la5 1 3.gS tl:ld7 14.tl:ldS tl:lc4 1 5.h4 tl:ldb6
1 6.tl:lb6 tl:lb6 1 7.h3 h3 1 8.h3 tl:lc4
1 9.l::.hg1 c7 20.c1 a5oo Kryvoruchko
Korobov, Kiev ch-UKR 201 1 ) 12 ... tl:ld7 1 3.h4
48
castling, e.g. the radical l l .a4 Concl usion and Addendum
(see the games B alabanov The line 9 ... 0-0 leads to a lively
Ivanov, er 20 1 2, and S hank game with chances for both
20 1 3 ) or the currently most pop
sides, both after the reply
1 1 .0-0-0 and after l l . g4. A good
ular l l . b5 , knowledge of the main strategic
and tactical themes in these lines
I 'ij' I can make a big difference in
j. i. i i i
practice .
Meanwhile, as the model games
in this S urvey show, statistics e
j. strongly in White's favour (in
8 8 my base the score is 66.4% -
3 3 .6%). This may show that this
tt:J tt:J 8 line is easier for White or that,
8 8 8 8 because it is brand new, Black
1l - 1l stil l has to build up a better de
fence.
which after l 1 . . . lll a6 1 2 .0-0-0 I would like to end this Survey by
lll c 7 is followed by l 3 . Jl. e2 acknowledging the collabora
(tried in some correspondence tion of my friend David
games, see Siigur-Bock, er Borensztajn, who has revised
20 1 2) or the most critical and corrected my English text.
l 3 . b6 'l1Vc8 ( l 3 . . . lll d 7 is a pos
sible alternative) 1 4 . c7 'f!ic7 In Part II of this S urvey we
1 5 .a4 .!::!. fc 8, leading to complex wil l look at 9 . . . lllb d7 - the
play with chances for both sides, second-most popular line - as
as in the game Shirov well as other less common
Areschenko, Germany Bundes lines for Black, like 9 . . . lllc6
liga 20 1 2/ 1 3 . and 9 . . . h5 .
tl:la5!? 1 4.kh3 (the exchange of the [12 ... h6 1 3.gS (1 3.Wb1 !?) 13 ... hgS 1 4.gS
light-squared bishops could help the defence l::.c8 1 5.l::. g 1 Wf8 1 6.Wb1 ;t Ottesen
in case of a sacrifice on c3: 14 ... h3 Bennborn, er 201 OJ 1 3.tl:ld2 i::tca 1 4.gS
(14 ... l::.c3 1 5.bc3 h3 1 6.'ih3 transposes) tl:lfd7 1 S.h4 tl:la6
1 5.h3 J:tc3 ( 1 5 ... tl:lc4 1 6.14;!; Mantovanelli
Houwen, er 2007) 1 6.bc3 tl:lc4 1 7.l::. d3 (1 7.14
ef4 1 8.kf4 tl:ldb6!?ii ) 17 . . . tl:le3 (17 ... bS
1 8.g4;t) 1 8.e3 tl:lb6 1 9.J::. g a Black has
some compensation, but it cannot be enough;
c) 1 O ... a5 (Vehi Bach-Narayanan, Barbera del
Valles 201 3) 1 1 .tl:lcS!;t; d) 10 ... cB 1 1 .g4 a5
1 2.gs tl:lfd7 1 3.a3 tl:la6 1 4.wba Givon
Shvayger, Acre chISR 201 3] 1 1 .g4 aS!?
[Maybe the best order. For the most popular
move in practice, 1 1 ... l::.cB, see the next three
games] 1 2.a3 (1 2.gS tl:lfd7 1 3.tl:ld2
(1 3.tl:lbS (not crrtical) 13 ... c6 1 4.tl:lc3 a4
1 5 . ..Q.bs c7 1 6 . ..Q.a4 l::. cB!?ii Chomicki 1 6.96!? fg6 1 7.hS ghS 1 8.kh3
Chouari, er 201 2) 13 ... a4 14.a3 l::.c8 trans ..Q.h3 1 9. h3 tl:lf6 [This leads to highly
poses to the text; 1 2.a4 tl:la6oo] 1 2 a4 . complex play. The alternative is 19 ... tl:lfB!?

with chances for both sides] 20.figS Ill e s
21 .l:Idg1 g6 22.kf6 ! Si..f6 23.li:lc4
Wh8 24.li:ldS 'it'd8 2S.li:lcb6 kgS
26.Wb1 li:le4 27.'it'g2 li:ld2 28.@a2
l:Ic2 29.li:laS 'it'gS! g;/ [An original posi
lion. Black has four pawns for a rook]
30.l:[d1 kd8 31 .f4 kas 32.l:tc1 J:!.c6
33.li:lc7 e4 34.'iYgS fic7 3S.'it'f6
'i'g7 36.'it'g7 @g7 37.li:lc7 J:lc1
38.l:Ic1 @f6 39.l:td1 tllf3 40.J:ld6
Wf5 41 .tll d S h4 42.J:lf6 @g4
43.li:le3 wg3 44.fS h3 4S.fg6 hg6
46.l:Ig6 wf4 47.li:lf1 h2 48.tll h2
[48.l:Ih6 e3 49.li:lh2 li:lh2 50 . .l:th2 Wf3=]
48 ... li:lh2 49.\t>b1 e3 SO.Wc2 Y2-Y,
Anand,Viswanathan
l'Am i, Erwin
Wijk aan Zee 201 3 (1 2)
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:Jf6 S.li:lc3 a6 6.ke3 es 7.li:lb3 e6
8.h3 Si..e7 9.'it'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 'it'c7
1 1 .g4 l:[c8 1 2.Wb1 [Moving the king is
standard in cases where c2 is not suffi
ciently defended, but in this concrete posi
lion it may not be best. For 1 2.g5 see the
next two games] 1 2 ... aS! [I think this move
is better than 1 2 . . . h6 which is the engine's
first recommendation; a way to explore the
value of Nimzowitsch's theory of
'Angriffsmarke' on g5 seems to be
1 3.l:Ig1 !?] 1 3.a3 [White should stop
... a4-a3; 1 3.g5 tll fd7 1 4.a3 is another
set-up with the idea 14 . . . li:la6 1 5.J:ld2 or
1 5..b5] 13 a4 1 4.li:lc1 bS 1 S.tll 1 a2
. li:lf6 S.li:lc3 a6 6.ke3 es 7.tll b 3 ke6
[The World Champion has to take urgent
defensive precautions] 1 S ka2 1 6.li:la2
..
'i'c2 1 7.wa1 [Does White have sufficient
compensation here? Anand thought he had
after the game, but maybe he was wrong]
1 7 ... tllc6 ! [ 1 7 . . . 'it'e4?! 1 8.'it'e4 li:le4
19.kg2 J:l:c4 20.J:lc1 d5 21 .l:thd 1 i ;
1 7 . . . tll a 6!? 1 8.kb5 tll c5 1 9.li:lb4 'it'e4
20.'it'e4 tll fe4 21 .f3 li:lb3 22.Wa2 li:lec5
23.li:ld5g;/] 1 8.:ctc1 'it'e4 1 9.'it'e4 tll e4
20.kbS Ill e s 21 .kcs des 22. i:tc4
tll a S [22 . . . li:ld4!? 23.fia4 kh4 and
Anand's idea here was 24.li:lc3 Si..f2
25.li:le4. The World Champion believes that
White has reasonable compensation, but to
me Black's position looks better after
25 . . . kh4] 23 .l:ta4 J:l.cbB [23 . . . ..Q.h4!?
seems a better try: 24.li:lc3 kf2'i' with the
idea of . . . kd4] 24.Si..c4 [24.tll c 3!? l::tb5
25.tll b5 tll b3 26.Wa2 l::ta4 27.Wb3 l::tf4
28.a4 @f8oo] 24 e4? ! ['Then he slowly
.
lost the thread. He started putting all his
pawns on light squares, it was very difficult
to hold them, my bishop on d5 is dominat
ing his knight, and the tactics he was trying
didn't work' - Anand; 24 . . . l:tdB!?; 24 . . . tll c4
25.J:l.c4 .l:td8] 2S.Si..d Si fif6 26.li:lc3
J:la6 27.l::t c 1 c4 28.Wa2 [A safe choice]
28 ... li:l b3 29.l::t c2 li:lc1 30.Wb1
[30.l:tc1 ? Si..c3 3 1 . l:[a6 l::t b2= was Black's
idea] 30 . . . i:ta4 31 .tll a4 tll d 3 32.ii.c4
hS 33.Si.. d 3 ed3 34.l:td2 hg4
3S.hg4 J:!.eB [35 . . . kd4 36.l::t d3 Si..f2
37.li:lc3] 36.J:ld3 l::te4 37.li:lc3 l:tg4
38.b4+- [White's paws are now unstop
pable] 38 ... gS 39.tll d S ..Q.es 40.wc2
wfB 41 .a4 l:tc4 42.@b3 l:td4
43.l:td4 Si..d 4 44.f3 ts 4S.wc4 kt2
46.Wd3 g4 47.We2 Si..d 4 48.tlle 3!
g3 [48 ... gf3 49.Wf3+-] 49.f4 wf7
SO.@f3 <;f;>e6 S1 . bS kb6 S2.li:lc4
kcS S3.aS Si..d 4 S4.a6 1 -0
Fedorch uk,Sergey
Bajarani,U lvi
Nakhchivan 201 1 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tll d 4
li:lf6 S.tll c 3 a6 6.Si..e3 es 7.li:lb3 ke6
8.h3 fLe7 9.'it'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 'it'c7
1 1 .g4 i:tcB 1 2.gS! tll eB [ 1 2 . . . li:lfd7 see
the next game] 1 3.<;1;/b1 as [1 3 . . . tll d7
1 4.h4 b5 1 5.Si..d3 a5!? 1 6.li:lb5 'it'b7
1 7 .a4i Black's compensation is insufficient;
13 . . . b5 1 4.h4 b4?! 1 5.li:ld5 'it'c2 1 6. <;f;>a1
kd5 1 7.ed5] 1 4.a4 tll a 6 [Better is
14 . . . li:ld? 1 5.h4i] 1 S.h4 li:l b4 1 6.hS
l:tabB 1 7.l:td2 [1 7.kh3!?] 17 . . . 'it'dB
1 8.g6 li:lf6 1 9.li:lcS ! ? [Our standard
path for repositioning the li:lb3 but 1 9.Si.. h 3!
seems best: 19 ... Si.. h 3 20.gh? Wh8
21 .l::t h 3] 1 9 kg4 20.gf7 whB!
. 21
Survey S/ 14. 8
[20 . . . @17 21 .'it'g3 d5 22.tll b 3+-]
2 1 .ii'g3 'it'f8 [Here a real tragicomedy
starts, possibly due to zeitnot]
22 . ..Q.c4 ?! [22.h6 'it'f7 23.hg7 <;t>ga
24.li:lb3i] 22 ... dS? [22 . . . J:lc5! 23.kc5
l::tc8 with mutual chances] 23.edS?
[23.tll d5 li:lbd5 24 ...Q.d5 .c5 25 . ..Q.c5 l:tc5
26.h6+-] 23 ... Si.. cS 24.-'i.gS S'Ld6?
[24 ... kd4 25.Si..f6 gf6 26.'it'g4 l::t c4
27.'it'e6i] 2S.fib3+- e4 26.'it'h4 fif3
27.fif6 gf6 28.'it'f6 'it'g7 29.'it'd6
Si.. h 1 30.h6 'it'gS 31 .'iVe6?
[31 .l::td 1 +-] 31 . fif3 [31 . . . l::tf B!?oo]
32.d6 fig4? [32 ... J:lfB 33.d7 tll c6
34.l::td6g;/) 33.'i!i'e4+- 'it'h6 34.d7
l::td 8 3S.'ilt'eS [35 ... 'ilt'g7 36.'it'bB] 1 -0
Nepustil ,Fra ntisek
l bragi mov,Vi ktor
cr 2008
1 .e4 cs 2.tllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
8.h3 Si..e7 9.'iit'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 'it'c7
1 1 .g4 l::tc8 1 2.gS tllfd7 1 3.h4 bS
[13 ... a5 1 4.a4 li:la6 ( 1 4 . . . tll b6 1 5.kb6
i!fb6 1 6.fih3i) 15 Wb1 li:lb6 1 6.fib6
'ilt'b6 1 7.fih3i] 1 4.Wb1 b4 [14 . . . tll c 6
1 5.h3; 14 ... tll b 6!? 1 5.Si..b6 'i!fb6
1 6.kh3i] 1 S.12ldS ! i [An example of the
virtues of having a king on b1 : checks on
c2 are not mate and later l::tc 1 will be com
ing] 1S ... Si.. dS [15 . . . 'ilt'c2 1 6.@a1 Si..d 5
(16 . . . kdB 1 7.l::tc 1 +-) 1 7.ed5 e4 ( 1 7 . . . 'i!fc?
1 8.h5) 1 8.'ilt'e2 'i!fe2 1 9 .fie2i White has
very good compensation for the pawn:
bishop pair, strong points on d4 and c6 and
a better structure] 1 6.edS as 1 7.kd3
a4 1 8.li:ld2 a3 1 9.hS [White's attack co
mes with more force than Black's queenside
actions] 19 ab2
.. 20.12lc4 12lf8
21 .g6+- [This standard thrust is decisive]
.. fg6 22.hg6 hg6
49
 Black's scheme. The other move, 12 ... tiJd5, is
correct, as you can see in the next five
games] 1 3.edS as 1 4.@b1 a4 1 S.tiJd2
b3 1 6.cb3 ab3 1 7.a3;t 'ilt'c8 1 8.J:tc1
'ii' b7 1 9.gS tiJfd7 20.tiJe4 [20.J:tc3]
20 .. @hS 21 .d3 'ii'dS 22.J:l:hd1
'ii' b7 23 ..Q,c4 i:tas 24.i..d2 J:ta4
2S.b4 fS 26.gf6 tiJf6 27.tiJgS 'i!Yf3
28.tiJf3 J:l:a7 29.kd6 kd6 30.l:td6
tiJe4 31 .J:tdS tiJd7 32.i..b3 tiJf2
33.tiJeS tiJeS 34.J:teS tiJh3 3S.J:l:c3
[35.l:tf5;t] 3S ... tiJf4 36.kc2 g6 37.b4
23.kb6 ! [Very nice! 23.J:l:hB? WhB hS 38.bS h4 39.b6 J:tb7 40.J:l:b3 J:l:f6
24.'ilt'I? g5 and Black holds; 23.'ilt'h3 [40 ... J:tfbB 41 .J:teb5 @g7=] 41 .J:tebS J:te6
ll:ibd7 24 . ..Q,g6 kh4 25.kd3 kf6 [41 ...tiJe6!? 42.l:t3b4;t] 42.l:t3b4 tiJe2
26.l:!.dg1 +- is more prosaic] 23 e4 . 43.@b2 h3 44.ke4 J:l:b8 4S.b7 h2
[23 ... 'ilt'd7 24.12ie5 de5 25.d6+- ; 23 ... 'ilt'b? 46.kdS i:tes [46 ... @g7 47.i:ic5! i:ie5
24.J:l:hB @hB 25.it'f?+-] 24."ike4 'ilt'd7 (47 ... l:td6 48 . ..Q,h1 +-) 48.J:tc? @16 49.J:l:I?
2S.kd4 'ilt'a4 26.kb2 (26 . . . i..g 5 27.14 @g5 50._Q,f3] 47 . .li,h1 +- llbS 48.llbS
J:l:eB (27 . . . kf6 2B.kf6 J:l:eB 29.'ilig2 'i/Va2 tiJg3 49.i:icS @g7 SO.i:ic8 tiJh1
30.@c1 gf6 31 .Wd2+-) 28.it'eB 'ilt'eB S1 .l:tb8 tiJg3 S2.llc8 h1 'ii' S3.b8'ii'
29.fg5+-] 1 -0 'ii'g 2 S4.llc2 'ii'g 1 SS.'iVeS @h6
S6.'li'f4 @hS S7.'!Wf2 'i/Vf2 S8.J:tf2 gs
S9.a4 tiJe4 60.llh2 1 -0
T h e Sec o n d O p t i o n Tulfer, Pau l
9 . . . 0 - 0 1 0 . 0-0-0 b 5 Ottesen ,S0ren Rud
cr WC35/sf07 201 1
H nyd i u k,Aleksander 1 .e4 cs 2.tiJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tiJd4
Fig ura Gajo,Atila tiJf6 s.tiJc3 a6 6.e3 es 7.tiJb3 ke6
Police 201 1 (5) 8.h3 ke7 9.'ii'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 bS
1 .e4 c5 2.12if3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ll:id4 1 1 .g4 b4 1 2.tiJdS tiJdS 1 3.edS d7
ll:if6 s.tiJc3 a6 6.ke3 es 7.tiJb3 ke7 [An approach exclusively tested in corre
8.h3 ke6 9. 'ilt'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 b5 [This spondence games. You can see the main
standard Sicilian resource is Black's safest line 1 3 . . . cB in the next four games]
choice] 1 1 .g4 [1 1 .@b1 was played in some
games, but Black has an easy game: 1 1 ... b4
1 2.tiJd5 tiJd5 1 3.ed5 c8! (13 ... d? t * tried 1 4.tiJd2 when after 14 . . . a5 ( 1 4 . . . tiJd7
14.'ilt'e4! a5 1 5.14;!; l.Saric-Ftacnik, Germany .t j_ j. j. j.
Bundesliga 201 211 3) 14.g4 tiJd7 (a possible
,. j.
alternative is 14 ... a5 1 5.tiJd2 'ilt'c7 1 6.l:l:g1
a4oo Simakhin-Polak, er 201 0) 1 5.tiJd2 'ilt'c7 8 i
16.'ilt'e4 (1 6.g5 a5 1 7.J:l:g1 a4oo Bucsa .t 8 tested in a recent high-level game: 14 . . . a5
Lukesova, er 2009) 16 ... kb? 1 7.'ilt'c4 J:l:fcB ttJ 'iV 8 1 5 . .d3 f5 1 6.gf5 f5 1 7.'llig 2 kd3
1 8.'ilt'c? J:l:c7 1 9.tiJc4 a5= Ottesen
8 8 8 8
Norrelykke, er 201 2. Meanwhile, a recent try
is 1 1 .d31? when 1 1 ...tiJbd? 1 2.g4 tiJb6 \t> a: a:
1 3.g5 tiJfd7 14.h4 is interesting. Now
14 ... tiJc4 must be preferred to 14 ... kc4?! 1 4.tiJd2 [1 4.@b1 f5oo Marti Pericot
15. tiJa5;t Arvola-Buyukasik, Kocaeli Wch-jr Roubad, er 201 1 ] 1 4 . . . fS ! ? [ 1 4 . . . kb5
2013] 1 1 ...b4 1 2.tiJdS [12.tiJe2 a5'i'. The seems a good try: 1 5.'ii' e4 'ii' a5 1 6.@b1
speedy advance of the b-pawn stops tiJc5 tiJd7oo] 1 S.tiJc4 as 1 6.'i!Yg2 [An inter
because the a2-pawn is hanging] esting option is 1 6. tiJe5 de5 ( 1 6 .. .fg4
12 ... kdS?! [The wrong capture as the 1 7.'ii'e4 ; 16 . . . b3 1 7.ab3 a4 1 8.tiJc6)
light-squared bishop is an important piece in 1 7.d6 kc6 1 8.de7 'ii'e7 1 9.kc4 @hB
50
20.d5 f4, when the position is very com
plex] 1 6 . . .f4 1 7.kb6 'ii' c 8 1 8.'ii'e4
tiJa6 1 9.f3 tiJcs 20.cs '/Wes 21 .h4
bS 22.kd3 g6 23.tiJd2 [23.h5 kc4
24.c4 'li'e3 (24 . . . g5!?) 25.'ii' e3 fe3
26.hg6 hg6 27.llh3 @g7 28.J:tdh1 g5=]
23 ... a4 [23 . . . d3 24.'t!Vd3 it'e3=] 24.hS
d3 2S.'ifd3 'ilie3 26.'ife4 gS
[26 ... @g? 27.'li'b4 llfbB] 27.'ii' b4
J:tfc8 28.'t!Ve4 'lli b 6 29.'lli d 3 i:tcs
30.llhe1 J:tac8 31 .c4;t l:tb8 32.'!Wc3
J:tc7 33.@c2 'li'f2 34.l:tb1 d8
3S.@d1 'l!Ycs 36.'lli d 3 'i!Va7 37.tiJe4
'il'a6 [37 . . . l:tb4 38.b3 (38.tiJd61? 'ilib6
39.J:te5 'ilid6 40.J:teB @g7 41 .l:te6
'l!Yc5oo) 38 . . . 'i:!Yb6 39.We2] 38.b3 ab3
39.ab3 l:ta7 40.@c2 'tl!Yb6 41 .l:ta1
llba8 42.J:ta7 lla7 43.l:tb1 .J:ta2
44.i:ib2 lla1 4S.cS ! +- des 46.d6
Wf8 47.tiJd2 'lli b7 48.it'fS 'llif7
49.'tl!Yca '\lies so.tiJe4 @g7 S1 .'llifS
lla7 S2.wc1 lla1 S3.Wd2 'i!Vf7
S4.'llieS Wh6 SS.@e2 1 -0
Drozdowski,Kacper
Gajewski,G regorz
Chorzow ch-POL 201 3 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.tiJf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.tiJd4
tiJf6 S.tiJc3 a6 6.e3 es 7.tiJb3 e6
8.h3 Ji..e7 9.'llif3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 bS
1 1 .g4 b4 1 2.tiJdS tiJdS 1 3.edS c8
[The main line. The light-squared bishop
can go to the diagonal f1 -a6 and the knight
can use d7] 1 4.kd3 [Other options are: a)
1 4.J:tg1 'Ilic? 1 5.'lli e4 a5 1 6.'llic4 'llic4
1 7.c4 f5= Cros Gema-Karasek, er 2009;
b) In recent correspondence games White
is a good alternative, Tiemann-Felkel, er
201 2) 1 5.Wb1 'ifc7 1 6.g5 tiJd7 1 7.kb5 f5
( 1 7 . . . a4!?) 1 8.gf6 tiJf6 the position is level,
Blecha-De Groot, er 201 1 ; c) 1 4.'tl!Ye4!? was
1 8.J:td3 tiJd7 1 9.tiJd2 tiJf6 20.@b1 J:tcB
21 .h4 it'd?= Volokitin-Wojtaszek, Loo ti
201 3] 1 4 ... tiJd7 ! ? [A good alternative to
the most popular 1 4 . . . a5, analysed in the
next three games] 1 S.tiJd2 as 1 6.gS
gas 1 7.kfS ? ! [Better is 1 7.ka6 J:l:a6
1 8.h4 'i:!Yc7oo] 17 ... g6+ 1 8.kd7 'i!Vd7
1 9.tiJe4 l:l:fc8 20.@b1 a4 [Black's
queenside initiative is very dangerous]
21 .h4 b3 22.cb3 ab3 23.ab3? [23.a3
llc2 24.J:l:he1 'i!Vc?+] 23 ... 'lli b S-+

24.c1 'iYaS 2S.ti:lc3 i::r. c 3! 26.'it'c3
[No better is 26.bc3 d3 with mate com
ing]
26 ... '11Va2 ! [An impressive and spectacular
move] 27.@c2 J:!c8 28 ..Q.. d 2 l::t c 3
29.fi..c3 ..Q..c 8 [It's over. White has no
counterplay] 30.i::r. a 1 fi..fS 31 ."1o>d2 'it'b3
32.l:!.aS @g7 33.l::t h a1 'it'dS 34.@e1
'l!fe4 3S.@d2 'it'd3 0-1
Harikrishna,Penta la
Leko, Peter
Wijk aan Zee 201 3 (8)
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.ti:ld4
ti:lf6 s.ti:lc3 a6 6 . ..Q..e3 es 7.ti:lb3 fi..e6
8.h3 fi..e7 9.'iYf3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 bS
1 1 .g4 b4 1 2.ti:ldS ti:ldS 1 3.edS .2.ca
1 4 . .2.d3 as
1 5.1Zld2 [The quiet treatment. For the more
complex 1 5. IZlcS see the next two games. A
third alternative is 1 5. @b 1 but Black seems
fine: 15 ... .2.a6 ( 1 5 ... a4!?) 1 6.h4 "il'c7 1 7.'it'e4
.Q.d3 1 8.cd3 (1 8."il'd3 ti:la6 wtth initiative)
18 ... li::J d? 19.i::r.c 1 'it'b?+ Alonso-Mareco,
Montevideo 201 3] 1 S ..Q..g S!? [15 ... .2.a6
. S4.h6 g3 SS.h7 J;[.h8 S6.tt:le4 @e6
1 6.Wb1 a4 seems critical here. I like Black's
posttion in that case] 1 6.fi..g S [The most in
teresting try could be 1 6.h4!? e3 1 7.fe3
tlld7! (17 ... ti:la6!? 1 8.g5!? (1 8.ti:le4 f5 1 9.gf5
.2.f5 and Black is fine, Djukic-Sjugirov,
Cappelle la Grande 201 3) 1 8 ... ti:lcS 1 9.ti:le4
ti:le4 20.'it'e4 g6 21 .l::tdl1 i::r.a7 22.'ifg2f)
1 8.ti:le4 (1 8.g5 .2.a6oo) 18 ... a4! wtth chances
for both sides. Please note the line 1 9.ti:ld6
b3 20.a3 bc2 21 ..2.c2 "il'b6 22.'it'e4 g6
23.ti:lc4 'it'a6] 1 6 ... 'ifgS 1 7.'it'e4 fS
1 8."il'e3 "il'f6 1 9.gfS [Pemaps 1 9.@b1 !?]
1 9 ....2.fS 20 ..2.fS 'it'fS= [Black has no
problems here] 21 .ti:le4 l::ta 6! 22.l::t h g1
ti:ld7 23.'it'e2 J;[.b6 24.l::tg 3 g6
2S.'it'e3 "il'f4 26.'it'f4 J::tf4 27.l::tg4 l::tfS
28.@d2 ti:lf6 29.ti:lf6 J::tf6 30.@e2
J::t b7 %-%
l bragimov,Viktor
Morozov,Dmitry
cr WC1 7/WS67 2009
1 .e4 cs 2.ti:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
tt:lf6 S.lll c 3 a6 6 ..2.e3 es 7.lll b3 .2.e6
8.h3 .2.e7 9.'ii'f3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 bS
1 1 .g4 b4 1 2.lll dS lll dS 1 3.edS fi..c 8
1 4. d3 aS 1 S.tt:lcS!? [Our favourite
leap, exploiting some tactical details: e7,
diagonal h1 -a8] 1S ... tt:ld7!? [15 ... a4 is an
important alternative - you can see it in the
next game; 15 ... dcS 1 6.d6 l::ta7 1 7.de? 'fie?
1 8.J::t h e1 when White's compensation is ade
quate: bishop pair and better piece coordina
tion] 1 6.tt:la4!? [16.lll d7 il'd7 1 7.'it'e2 is
another possibility] 1 6 ... J::t b S [ 1 6 ... .2.a6!?]
1 7.@b1 i::r.ea 1 8.l::t h g1 h6 1 9.c4 bc3
[19 ... fi..g 5!?] 20.lll c3 lllf8 [20 ... h4
21 .lll e4 tllf6oo] 21 .bS d7 22 . .2.c6
a4 23.l::tc 1 'ifas [With chances for both
sides] 24.a3 l::t b3 2S.J::tc2 fi..g S!?
[25 ... l::tebS 26.@a2 fi..g5=] 26.tt:le4
ile3?! [26 ... .2.e?!? 27.lll d2 with some ini
tiative] 27.fe3 l::teb8 28.'iYf2t 'it'b6
29.lll d 6 'ii'e3 30. 'ife3 J::te3 31 .tt:lc4
J::te4 32.@a2 g6 33.J::tf 1 l::tf4 34.J::tf4
ef4 3S.llleS iLeS 36.J::t c4 gS 37.l::t a 4
f6 38.lll d 3 hS 39 .2.ea l::te8 40.ghS
J::t d 8 41 . @b3 l::tdS 42.@c3 [White's
queenside pawns are more dangerous]
42 ... l::td S [42 ... ti:le6 43.l::t e4J 43.l::t d 4
l::ta 8 44.a4 @g7 4S.tt:lcS fS 46.b4 f3
47.aS J::tc8 48.J::t d S [48.Wb3!?]
48 ... wf6 49.wb3 tt:le6 SO.ti:ld3 i::r. g a
S1 .tt:lf2 tt:lf4 s2.i::r. cs g4 S3.hg4 fg4
S7.lll g 3 J::t h 7 S8.tt:le4 J::t h 1 ! S9.a6! ?
lll d S! 60.a7 l::t a 1 61 .lll g S @d6
62.lllf7 @e6 [62... @e7 63.l:td5 @17
64.l::tf5 @e7 65. l::tf3 +- ] 63.lll d S! @ts
Survey SI 1 4. 8
64.J::r. d S f2 6S.J::td 7 J::t b 1 66.@c2 i::r.c 1 !
67.@c1 ! f1 'iY 68.Wb2 VJi/g2 [68 ... 'it'e2
69.@a3 VJi/a6 70.@b3] 69.@b3 'it'h3
70.Wc4 'it'g4 71 .J::t d 4! 'ilfe2 72.@cs
'iYeS 73.J;[.dS! 'it'e3 74.\t>bS VJ!ia7
7S.J::t d 6 @fS 76.ti:lc6+- 'it'g7
n.wb6 'it'g1 78.J::td 4 1 -0
[Was Black's resignation premature? No!
The tablebases show that White wins in 52
moves - his pieces are well coordinated,
cutting off Black's king, and the b-pawn
marches on]
Shirov,Alexey
Volokitin ,And rey
Eilat II 201 2 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.lll f3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
tt:lf6 S.lll c 3 a6 6.h3 es 7.tt:lb3 .2.e6
8.e3 l.e7 9.'iYf3 0-0 1 0.0-0-0 bS
1 1 .g4 b4 1 2.lll d S tt:ldS 1 3.edS ..Q..ca
1 4 . .2.d3 as 1 S.tt:lcS a4 [After this criti
cal move, a very complex fight lies ahead,
with rich tactical possibilities] 1 6.tt:le4
[1 6.VJ!ie4 g6 1 7.h4 is another idea; after
1 7 . . . ti:ld?!? 1 8.lll e6 fe6 1 9.de6 lll b6
20.b6 (if 20.h5!? l:ta7 21 .hg6 ..Q.. b7
22.gh7 @ha 23.'ftg6 .2.h1 - a chaotic
scheme, but White's compensation doesn't
seem to be enough: 24.fi..h6 ..Q..f6 25.J;[.h1
g7+) 20 ... 'it'b6 21 .'ilfaa a3 22. .2.e4 e6
23.'ilfa4 ab2 24.Wb1 'it'c5 and Black has
good compensation; 1 6.Wb1 !? 'it'a5
1 7.ti:le4 lll d 7 1 8.h4!? (1 8.ti:lg3 tt:lc5
1 9.fi..c5 'tlfc5 20.lll e4 'ilfb6 21 .g5 and now
21 . . . a3 was clearly premature in
N.Steinberg-Raznikov, Jerusalem 2013, be
cause of 22. lllf6!. Maybe Black has to re
sort to 2 1 . . .g61? 22.h4 a3'i') 1 8 ... ila6oo]
1 6 . . . fi..a 6 [Some alternatives are: a)
1 6 . . . lll d ? 1 7.@b1 b7 1 8 .fi..b 5!? "il'c7
1 9.J::td 3 .2.a6 20.fi..a6 l::t a6 21 .g5 with a
complex struggle; b) 1 6 ... 'it'c? 1 7.@b1
51
llld7 1 8.l:tc1 (1 8.h4 fi..b7 is OK for Black)
18 ... i.b7 1 9.c4 bc3 20.lllc3 J::.fb8 21 .l::. h d1
i.a6 with roughly equal chances] 1 7.gS b3
1 8.a3 'li'c8 1 9.c3 i.d3 20.l:td3 lll d7
[With chances for both sides. White has the
best bishop, possibilities of an initiative on
the kingside, and a safe king because of
the blockade. Meanwhile, Black's space ad
vantage in that area is important, enabling
the use of the c4-square. Also, the opening
of the I-file offers counterplay on the
kingside - Volokitin's plan in the game]
21 .l:tg1 fS 22.gf6 lllf6 23.lllf6
[23.i.h6 llf7oo] 23 ... l:tf6 24.'li'g4 'li'f8
2S.l:tdd1 'li'f7 26.h4!? [26.'li'c4 'li'h5=]
26 ... l:tg6 27.'li'e4 l:tg1 28.l:tg1 i.h4
29.l:th1 gS 30.@d2 i.f2 [30 . . . ll18!?
seems more critical, but after 31 .@d3!? (in
direct defence of 12) 31 ... it'd7 32.13 :ctl6
33.c4 White has compensation] 31 .i.gS
'li'g6 32.'li'g6 hg6 33.c.t>e2 fi..c S
34.l:th6 @g7 3S.l:th4 [White keeps his
pieces in active positions but Black's re
sources are not yet finished] 3S ... l:taS
36.l:tc4 l:ta7 37.@d3 @f7 [The game
drifts towards a repetition of moves, but
here 37 . . . l:t17 38. l:r.a4 J:t.12 is an interesting
try: 39.d2 l:tg2'F] 38.l:th4 '<t.>g7
39.l:tc4 [Deviating is very risky for White:
39.wc4? i:m 40.wb5 i:t12+1 39 ... wt7
40.l:th4 wg7 41 .l:tc4 v.-v.
A Te m p o B e h i n d
9 0-0 1 0 . 4
. . .
Palac,Mladen
Burg,Twan
Eilat II 201 2 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.lllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4
lllf6 S.lll c3 a6 6 ..Q.e3 es 7.lll b3 fi..e7
52
8.h3 fi..e6 9.'li'f3 0-0 1 0.g4 bS
[ 1 0 . . . b5 will lose time compared to the
schemes from the preceding games. There
fore it may not be the correct reaction in the
actual order. Others options in reply to the
main line 1 O ... a5 are analysed in the next
games] 1 1 .gS lll e8 [A practical decision,
heading for the c7-square or maybe to re
turn to 16 after . . .17-15 and an exchange on
16. In correspondence play Black has pre
ferred the move 1 1 .. .lll ld7 but the stats are
in White's favour: 1 2.h4 (1 2.l:tg1 'li'c7
1 3.0-0-0 is also possible, Sikorsky-Siigur, er
201 1 , but here Black has to play
1 3 . . . l:tc8oo) 1 2 . . . b4 (better is 1 2 ... lll b 6!?
1 3.0-0-0 lll 8d7 1 4. lll d5 when White has
only an initiative) 1 3.lll d5 a5 1 4.0-0-0!?
(14.lll d 2!?) 1 4 ... a4 1 5.lll d 2;1; Mantovanelli
Kasas, er 2008] 1 2.h4 lll d 7 [White has
the initiative after 12 . . . 'li'c8!? 1 3.'li'g2 or
12 . . . lll c 7!? 1 3.lll d5 but they seem better
than the text move] 1 3.tZldS ! ? [Perhaps
not best. 1 3.0-0-0 is another possibility, if
now 13 . . . l:tc8 White chooses between
1 4. lll d5 with transposition to the game and
14.fi..h 3, not fearing the sacrifice on c3. And
in case of 13 . . . lll b 6, then 1 4.Wb1 l:tc8
1 5.lll d5 is slightly better for White]
1 3 . . JkS [1 3 . . . lll c 7!? seems necessary
here, with chances for both sides]
1 4.0-0-0 [In my view, much more natural
than 1 4.c3!? when 1 4 . . . .Q.d5 ( 1 4 .. .15!?
1 5.ef5 J::.15 1 6.'it'e4;1;) 1 5.ed5 15 shows the
second plan associated with ... lll e 8; White
has some initiative after 1 6.gf6 (1 6.'li'h3!?)
16 ... lll e16 1 7.fi.. h 3 (S. Zhigalko-Bajarani,
Baku 2008) but it is less clear] 1 4 . . . g6
.i .i *
.*. .t. .t.
.t. .t. .t .t.
.t. 4J .t. /j
8 8
4Ji1L 'iii
8 8 8 8 4J
: i1L : 8 8 8
1 S. 'Ii' g2;1; [In this opposite-castling posi
tion, White's attack come first] 1 S i.dS ..
1 6.edS 'li'c7 [16 . . . lll g 7!? 1 7.h5 lll h 5
1 8 .i.d3;1;] 17 . ..Q.d3 tZlcS [17 ... lll g7 1 8.h5
lll h5 1 9.l:th5 gh5 20.'li'h3+-] 1 8.tZlcS
des 1 9.hS+- c4 20 ..Q.e4 lll d 6
21 .hg6 fg6 22.'li'h3 fi..d 8 23.'li'e6
l:tf7 24.l:th7! lll e4 2S.'li'g6 J:!g7
26.'it'eS Wh7 27.l:th 1 X 1 -0
Maze,Sebastien
l'Ami,Alina
Reykjavik 201 2 (6)
1 .e4 cs 2.lllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d4
tZlf6 s.tZ:ic3 a6 6 . .Q.e3 es 7.lll b3 i.e6
8.h3 fi..e7 9.'li'f3 0-0 1 0.g4 g6!?
[Black wants to make sure h5 is the best
square for the knight in reply to g4-g5, but
this move is also weakening the king's shel
ter; in the long term this may become a
problem. Some rarely played alternatives are:
a) 1 O . . . d5, trying to exploit the concrete order
1 0.g4 by breaking up the centre: After
1 1 .ed5 lll d5 1 2.0-0-0 lll c3 1 3.l:td8 l:td8
1 4.bc3 fi..d5 1 5.'it'l5 fi..h 1 (E.Hansen-Kvetny,
Basel 201 3) my computer claims equality, but
I think White's chances are slightly better in
practice, because of the coordination virtues
of the queen. An illustrative line is 1 6.fi..d3
g6 1 7.'li'e5 fi..d6 1 8.'li'16 lll c6 1 9.Wb2
i.e5 20.'li'h4 i.g7 21 .14 l:tac8 22.15 with
some initiative; b) 1 0 ... h6 1 1 .g5 (1 1 .0-0-0
lll bd7 transposes to the line 1 0.0-0-0)
1 1 ...hg5 1 2.i.g5 a5 ( 1 2 . . . b5 and 12 ... lll bd7
are possible options) 1 3.0-0-0 a4 1 4.lll c5 a3
1 5.b3 lll e8 1 6.i.e3 'li'c8 1 7.lll 5a4 is
slightly better for White, Sikorsky-Bennborn,
er 201 1 ] 1 1 .0-0-0 lll b d7 1 2.wb1 [1 2.g5
lll h 5 1 3.h4 is an alternative, but White has
to watch out for sacrificial ideas on c3]
1 2 ... l:tcS 1 3.tZldS fi..d S 1 4.edS e4 [Or
14 ... lll b6 1 5.h4 e4 1 6.'li'g2 lll ld5 with trans-
position] 1 S.'ifg2 lll b6 1 6.h4 tZlfdS
.i 'if *
.t. .t .t. i
.t. .t.
.t. 8 8
8 'iY
: i1L :
1 7 .fi..d 4 [White has good compensation
here. The alternative 1 7.'li'e4 lll e3 1 8.'li'e3
i.16 is complex and probably level. White's
structure is better, but the active black
pieces (specially the dark-squared bishop)
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compensate] 1 7 l::te8
. [The immediate 1 1 .o-<Hl a4 [Arguably, the most challenging 8.h3 e7 9. 'iff3 o-o 1 0.g4 as 1 1 .a4
17 ... f6 looks better] 1 8.hS [Maybe move. Alternatives are: a) 1 1 ...'ifc7 trans [One of the moves which lead to White's
18.gS!?:t] 1 8 f6!
.. 1 9.hg6 fg6 poses to 1 0.0-0-0 'ifc7 1 1 .g4 as as you can light-square control on the queenside - the
20.'ii'h2 'ii'c7oo 21 .c4 lle7 22.gS see in the first game; b) 1 1 ...lllld7 1 2.a3 a4 other is bS. The a-pawn advance is slightly
g5?! [22... d4 23.J:ld4 e3 with chances 1 3.lll d2 lll tJ6 1 4.h4 lll8d7 1 S.gS 'ifc7 weakening the b4 square, tJut also radically
for both sides] 23.h3?! [23.'ifg3 16 1 6.h3;t Shpakovsky-Ottesen, er 201 0] prevents the idea ... a5-a4] 1 1 ... llla6 [I
24.l:l:c1 :t] 23 ... lllc4 24.l::td g1 lll a 3? [A 1 2.lll cS a3 1 3.gS [1 3.b3?! 'ifc8 1 4.ltJSa4 think this is the best way for Black, and the
mistake in a very complex position. Alter (14.lll e6 'ifc3 1 S.lll18 lllc6 -+ Pichot main problem of the order with 1 1 .a4. The
24 ... tiJb4! Black's initiative is strong: 2S.14! Mareco, Villa Martelli ch-ARG 201 3) second player keeps the c-file open for his
(2S.13 e3 26.cB 'ifc8 27.l::tgS ti:ld2 28.tiJd2 14 ... lll a6'i'] 13 ... ab2 1 4.Wb2 [White's resi heavy artillery] 1 2.0-0-0 l:tc8!
'ii'c2 29 . .t>a1 ed2-+) 2S ... e3'i'] 2S.ba3 dence has been damaged, but his more ac
tiJc3 26.'it>a1 llle2 27.b2 tiJg1 tive pieces offer some balance] 14 ... lllfd7
28.l:l:g1 [28.c8 lt:lf3 29.'ifh3] 28 . e3 [Like in other schemes in this variation, the
29.fe3 [This part of the game was presum knight can also go to eS: 14 ... lll eS 1 S.llle6
ably played in great zeltnot. 29.cB e2 fe6 1 6.'ifg4 'i!Yc8 (lordanyan-Mantu, er 201 1 )
30.l:l:e1 'ifc8 31 .lll d4i] 29 e3
. 1 7.a4 lll a6 1 8.h4 Wh8oo] 1 S.llle6 fe6
30.l:l:h1 ? [30.l::tg6 hg6 31 .cB l::t h7 1 6.'ifg4 Wh8 [16 ... lllc6 1 7.c4 wh8
32 ..ae6 WIS 33.'ifg2t] 30 ... l::tce8!? 1 8.'it'e6 llld4 Siigur-Sirotkin, er 201 1 ;
31 .g2 'i#'c4? [31 ... h6 32.dS Wh?'i'] 1 6 ... 'ifaS was Black's choice i n the only OTB
32.'ii'd6+- 'i#'f4 33.dS <MS 34. 'ifg6 game; alter 1 7.'ife6 Wh8 1 8.a4 (18.c4
d4 [3S.'ifg8X; 34 ... l::tc7 35.'ifg2+-] 1 -0 ft'a3 1 9.Wb1 'ifc3 20.l::td3 'ifb4 21 .l::tb3
'ifas 22.l::t b7) 1 8 ... lll cS 1 9.'ifc4 tiJc6
(better is 1 9 ... lllbd7!? 20.'ifbS 'ifd8'i')
20.'ifbS 'ifa7!? 21 .h4 (A. Zhigalko-Raznikov, 1 3.bS [1 3.'it>b1 l::tc3 1 4.bc3 dS
Cappelle la Grande 201 3) the posttion is ( 1 4 . . . 'ifc7!?) 1 S.g2 't\Vc7 ( 1 S . . . lll e 4!?
The Main Line roughly level if Black plays 21 ... llla4 22. llla4 1 6.'ife4 de4 1 7.l::t d8 d8 1 8.e4 b6=)
9 . . . 0-0 1 0 . 4 a 5 'ifa4 23.'ifa4 J:la4] 1 7.'ife6 lllc6 1 6.edS e4 1 7.e2 lll dS 1 8.l::t d S dS
1 8.bS 'ifaS 1 9.'iYbS (Shabalov-Shen, Philadelphia
Shpakovsky,Alexander 201 3) 19 ... 'ifd6!?oo] 1 3 ... ti:lb4 [The stan
Saenko,Oleg dard move in this scheme. An interesting
er RCCA-Gold 201 0 alternative is 1 3 ... l::t c3 1 4.bc3 dS when
1 .e4 cs 2.lt:lf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.liJd4 Black's compensation is enough to keep the
liJf6 5.tiJc3 a6 6.e3 es 7.lll b 3 e6 balance: 1 S.Wb2 lll e4 1 6.'ie4 de4
8.h3 e7 9.'iff3 0-0 1 0.g4 as [The 1 7.J:!d8 d8 ( 1 7 . . . l:td8 1 8.ti:laS l::t b8=)
main line. Play follows the same pattern as 1 8.ti:ld2 (1 8.ti:lcS Ill e? 1 9.lll b7 lll bS
in the English Attack: 8.13 e7 9.'ifd2 0-0 20.abS c7=) 1 8 . . . e7 1 9 .lll e4 lllc7
1 0.0-0-0 as. It is essential to take control 20.cs cs 21 .lll cs b6 22.ti:le6 llle6
over the light-square complex a4-bS, with 23.l::t d 1 l::t d 8 24Jle1 lll f4= Zuev
1 1 .a4 or 1 1 .bS. For this, we refer to the Baranowski, er 201 2] 1 4.gS [Black has
next games. An independent plan, allowing good play in case of 1 4.Wb1 dS! 1 S.lt:ldS
Black to expand and to castle immediately, ti:lbdS 1 6.edS dS 1 7.'ife2 'ifc7 1 8.l::t h e1
can be seen in this game. Until now, it has [Black's compensation - weaknesses on the ( 1 8.gS h1 1 9.gf6 e4 20.fe7 c2
been tested almost solely in correspon queenside - suffices] 1 9.a4 [19.'ifd7? 21 .'>t<a2 'ife7 22.l::td 2 fS is roughly level)
dence games] 'ifb4 20.Wc1 't\Vc3-+] 1 9 ... ti:lcS 1 8 . . . f3 1 9.'iff3 'ifc2 20.@a1 ! (20.Wa2
20.'ifc4 lll d 4 21 .d4 ed4 22. l::t d 4 l:tc3 21 .l::t c 1 'ifb3 22.lt>a1 b4'i')
gs [22 ... l::t ac8 23.'ifdS Il.f2] 23.l::t d 6 20 . . . 'ifb3 2 1 . lld3 'ie6. Declared draw in
i 1 e7 24.eS J:!fc8 2S.lll d S d6 Bubir-Gooshchin, er 2009] 14 ... llld7
i i. i i i 26.ed6 'ifd2 27.l::t a 1 'if2 28.'iff4 1 S.h4 [This move seems necessary, as

i i. 'iff4 29.lllf4 l::td 8 30.d7 Y2-Y2 1 S.Wb1 IS! 1 6.gf6 lll f6 is good for Black]

i i 1 S . . . l::t c7 [ 1 S . . . lll b6 (the standard try)

1 6.lt>b1 lll c4 1 7.c1 ts 1 8.gf6 'i!Yc7!?
8 8 Balabanov,Viktor 1 9.'ifg3 16 20.gS l::t f7 with chances for
tLJ t2J 8 lvanov,Viktor N i kolaevich both sides in a very tricky position]
1 6.Wb1 f5 1 7.'ii' h 3 'ifc8 1 8.lll d S!
8 8 8 8 cr WS/MN/082 201 2
1 .e4 cS 2.lllf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.lll d 4 [1 8.J:!c1 ti:lb8!? ( 1 8 ... J:!c3 1 9.bc3 'ii'c3
1:: @ 1:: lt:lf6 S.lll c3 a6 6.e3 es 7.lll b3 es 20.d2 'ifh3 21 .l::t h3 fe4oo) 1 9.b6 fe4

53
20.'i!fe3 d5 21 .c7 'i!fc7 and Black has
good compensation] 1 8 dS 1 9.edS
. li:la6 29.li:ld6+-l 28 ... l:!.cdB 29.c3 [Too
l:!.c2 20.li:laS [Leading to a draw. After
20.l:tc1 l:tc1 21 .l:tc1 'i!fd8 Black has the
better part of equality] 20 J:!.b2 [It's per
..
petual check after 21 . 'it>b2 (but not
21 .Wa1 ?? l:ta2 22.'it>b1 'i!fc2X) 2 1 . . .'i!fc2
22.'it>a3 'i!fc3 23.li:lb3 li:lc2 24.'it>a2
li:lb4=] 'h-'h
Shankland.Samuel
Di Berardi no.Diego
Campinas tt 201 3 (2)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:lfS S.li:lc3 as S.e3 es 7.li:lb3 es
8.h3 e7 9.tt'f3 o-o 1 0.g4 as 1 1 .a4
li:lcS [In my view this move is not as cor
reel as 1 1 .. .li:la6, but it is still a challenging
option] 1 2.0-0-0 li:lb4
K '+JV. K 1 O.g4 a5. White has a2-a4 in mind, but that
.l .t. .l .l .l
.l .i.
.t .l
8 ti 8 8
t2J t2J jl 8
8 1'!:, 8
J:r jl J:r
1 3.li:lcS! [One more time this move, lead
ing the li:lb3 to greener pastures; 1 3.g5
li:ld7 and now 1 4.l:!.g1 or 1 4.h4 is an alter
native] 13 ... li:ld7 [1 3 ... 'it'c7!? 1 4.g5 dc5
1 5.gf6 f6 1 6.J:!g1 lt>h8 1 7.li:ld5]
1 4.li:ld7 [1 4.li:le6 fe6 1 5.'i!fe2 deserves
consideration] 14 'ifd7 1 S.bS 'i!fc7
. better) 25.J:!d2 (25.cb4 J:!b4 26.J:!g4 l:tb2
1 S.l:!.d2;!; [White has the initiative, good
control of the light squares and chances of a
kingside attack] 1 S ... J:j,ac8 1 7.'it>b1 d7
1 8.'i!fe2 -'I.cs 1 9.l:thd1 l:tfeB 20.f3 hS
21 .'i!ff2 [The alternative seems best:
21 .h4!?, e.g. 21 ...h4 22.'i!fh2 'i!fe7
(22 ... e7 23.g5+-) 23.l:!.d6 g5
24.-'l.c5] 21 ... 'i!Yd7 22.'iYe2 'i!fc7
23.'i!fc4 [An interesting plan with play on
the light squares] 23 ... l:!.edB 24.tt'b3
gs 2S.-'l.gS hgS 2S.f1 [Bishop and
knight have switched positions] 2S 'i!fe7?!
. 1 3.e2 ! ? [1 3.li:lc5 is not good enough
[Tricky is 26... 'i!fb6 27.c4 (27.li:lb5?! d5!
(this is Black's idea) 28.ed5 d5 29.J:!d5
li:ld5 30.l:td5 'i!Yg1 oo) 27 ... 'i!fc7 when White
could play 28.li:lb5 b5 29.b5 and a later
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c2-c3] 27.li:lbS J:!.d7 28.li:ldS?! [28.c3!
late. 29.li:lc4 l:td2 30.l:!.d2 J:!d2 31 .li:ld2
'i!fd7 32.'iYe3 -'l.a4 33.c3;!;; 29.li:lf5!?;!;]
29 . . l:tdS 30.J:!.dS l:!.dS 31 .l:!.dS 'ifdS
32.cb4 ab4 [Now the game is roughly
level] 33.c4 'i!Ye7 [33 ... 'i!Yd7=] 34.dS
dS 3S.'i!YdS 'i!fc7 [Perhaps 35 ... 'it>h7!?
with the idea of ... f7-16] 3S.Wa2 'i!Yc2
37.'i!fbS;t 'ifd1 38.'i!Yb4 'i!Yf3? [38 ... b6
39.'i!fb3 'ti'd6;!; and Black's defence is work
ing] 39.'i!Yb7+- [The a-pawn is unstoppa
ble] 1 -0
Siigur,Juri
Bock,Dr. Steffen
er Email WC36/sf1 0 201 2
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:lfS S.li:lc3 as s.e3 es 7.li:lb3 -'I.es
8.'i!ff3 fl..e7 9.h3 0-0 1 0.g4 as
1 1 .bS [The main line in this system with
move will come later; the bishop move has
the objective of controlling the light squares
on the queenside without compromising the
structure now] 1 1 li:laS [Also here, this is
the best square for Black's queen's knight,
but possible is the option 1 1 .. .li:lc6 1 2.0-0-0
a4!? (a standard resource when White does
n't play an early a2-a4) 1 3.a4 (1 3.li:la4
li:lb4) 1 3 ... 'i!Yc8!?] 1 2.0-0-0 li:lc7
[A crossroads. White has two alternatives,
which illustrate two different worlds in chess
practice. In this game we can see a move
adopted only in correspondence games,
and in the next game, the option 1 3.b6,
preferred in over-the-board duels]
here: 13 ... li:lb5 1 4.li:le6 fe6 1 5.li:lb5 '!Wea
1 6.g5 'i!fc4'l'] 13 'ifcB [Aimed against
..
the li:lc5 idea; 13 ... li:ld7 with the idea
... a5-a4 is possible: 14.a4 li:la6oo ; 13 ... a4 is
another possibility: 1 4.li:lc5 a3 1 5.b3 'i!Ye8
1 6.g5 dc5 1 7.gf6 f6 1 8.c5 -'l.e7
1 9.l:!.hg1 ( 1 9.e7 'ife7=) 19 . . . g6 with a
roughly even position, Dikmen-Broniek, er
2008] 1 4.gS [14.a4 b5! t, b3<] 1 4 li:ld7 ..
1 S.li:ld2 bS! [Practice shows that Black's
chances are better in this position, because
of his dangerous queenside initiative]
1 S.li:ldS dB [The most ambitious move.
16 ... d5 1 7.ed5 f5 is the option. After
1 8.gl6 li:ll6 1 9.l:!.hg1 ( 1 9.'i!Yg2!?) 1 9 ... li:lfd5
20. 'iYg2 g6 White has adequate compensa
tion - but not more: 2 1 . f3 (21 .h4!? li:ll4
(capturing on h4 looks risky) 22.14 J:!f4
23.h5 g5 24.li:le4 'it>h8 25.li:ld6 'i!Ye6oo
Zolochevsky-Gorokhov er 201 2) 21 . . . li:le3
22.le3 l:!.b8 with roughly level chances,
W6jcik-Lovakovic er 201 1 ] 1 7. J:! h g 1 gS
1 8.'it>b1 a4 1 9.a3 li:ldS 20.edS fS
21 .lt>a2 [As usual, White does not care
about the c2-pawn in this variation; the c-file
will be good compensation if Black decides
to take it. 21 .lt>a1 !? could be comparatively
better than the text move, but Black still has
the initiative after 21 . ..b4 22.ab4 a3 23.c3
li:lc5!'l'] 2 1 J:!bB! [An alternative is
.
2 1 . ..b4!? with an all-or-nothing policy; after
22.ab4 a3 23.c3 ab2 (23 . . . li:lc5! is also
strong here) 24.Wb2 li:lc5 25.b5 l:tb8
26.c4 li:la4 27.@b3 li:lc3 (27 . . . d7
28.J:!a1 li:lc5=) 28.@c3 l:tb4 29.lt>b4 '1Wb7
30.Wa3 16! 31 .-'l.b3 e4 32.gl6 ef3 the po
sition offers chances for both sides. The
material situation is in White's favour, but
his king is exposed. In Siigur-Pirhala, er
201 2, White won after an interesting strate
gic battle] 22.c3 aS ! ! [The start of a
well-calculated sequence] 23.li:le4 b4!
24.li:ldS [24.ab4 b4 (Black is much
27.'it>b2 a3 28.Wa3 e4 29.'i!fe4 '1Wc3
30.lt>a2 J:!b8-+) 25 . . . a3-+]
24 ... bc3 ! -+ 2S.li:lc8 l:!b2 2S.lt>a1
J:!cB 27.J:!b1 [27.kd3 J:!cb8 28.c1
li:lc5 29.b2 J:!b2 30.kc4 li:lb3 31 .b3
ab3-+] 27 ... l:!.cbB 28.'i!Yh1 l:!.2b3!
[There's no defence: 29.J:!b3 ab3 30.l:!b1
c2; 29.'it>a2 c2 30.J:!b3 ab3 31 .'it>b2 c3
32. wc3 b2] 0-1
Shi rov,Alexey
Areschenko,Alexander
Germany Bundesliga 201 2/ 1 3 (3)
1 .e4 cs 2.li:lf3 dS 3.d4 cd4 4.li:ld4
li:lfS S.li:lc3 as S.h3 es 7.li:lb3 es
 Survey SI 14. 8

8.fi.e3 fi.e7 9.'1!1Yf3 0-0 1 0.g4 as
1 1 .fi.bS lll a6 1 2.0-0-0 lll c7 1 3.fi.b6
player) 16 . . . lll b6 ( 1 6 . . . fi.c4!? 1 7.c4 'i!Vc4
1 8.'1!1Ye2 lll b6 19.'1!1Yc4 llc4 20.13 lll a4
21 .lll a4 J:ia4 22.l::tdS) 1 7.tlld2 ii.gs 1 8.h4
fi.f4 with mutual chances] 1 4.fi.c7 Wc7
[Here the knight adds control to the
d5-square. White can always chase that
piece to d7 with g4-g5, but then Black can
open the t-file with counterplay] 1 S.a4
[Light-square control. The alternative 1 5.gS
can be met with 15 ... lll d? 1 6.J:!hg1 lll b6
( 1 6 .. .15 immediately is possible) 1 7.a4 f5
when Black is fine; 1 5.'.t>b1 should trans
pose, but Black has independent ways like
15 ... a4!? 1 6.fi.a4 l::tfc8 when the question is
mutual chances] 20.'1!1Ye4! [A multi-func
tional move. With the queenside stable,
White can reorganize his forces with fi.d3;
on e4 the queen supports the 12-f4 break,
which is the starting point for White's
kingside initiative] 20 ... g6 [20 ... fi.gS 21 .h4
fi.f4 is tempting but then 22.lll d4!;!;, another
good leap for the lll b3; 20 ... il.h4!? with the
idea of 21 .14 ef4 22.'1!1Yf4 'i1Vf6 is a reason
able option. White has the initiative after
23.llhf1 J 2 1 . f4 ef4 22. 'it'f4 ii.gs
23.We4;t [White's kingside actions are
more dangerous than Black's on the opposite
wing] 23 J:ic7 24.h4 fi.f6 2S.hS llac8
..

[I think this is the best move. White is ready
to give up the bishop pair in order to mini
mize Black's queenside initiative] 13 'it' c8
[13 ... tll d? is an option. After 1 4.fi.c? We?
(in comparison with the Main Game Black
whether Black's compensation is enough.
Perhaps the answer is yes] 1 S . . Ji.fc8 [Nat
ural. Black plays with two rooks on the
queenside. Another reasonable option is
15 ... J:i.ac8 1 6.l:i.hg1 (1 6.gS lll d7 1 7.h4 f5 is
good for Black) 16 . . . lll d? 1 7.'.t>b1 lll b6
26.hg6 hg6 [26 .. .fg6 27.'it'e6 '.t>h8
28.lldf1 ] 27.c3! [Time for prophylactic
measures] 27... lll c 4 28.lldf1 !? [Probably
played in zeitnot. 28.lll d 4!? lll b2 (28 ... We?
29.'1!1Yf3;t) 29.'.t>b2 llc3 30.J:thf1 (30.l::t df1
J:!3c4-+) 30 ... l::t h3 31 . @b!;!;J 28 lll b 2?
..

has the knight on d7) 1 5.a4 (1 5.h4 l::tfc8
16.a4 lllb6 transposes to 1 5.a4, but Black
can also try 15 ... lll b 8!?; 1 5.'.t>b1 lll b6 1 6.a3
fi.h4oo) 15 ... J:!fcB ( 1 5 ... lll b6 1 6.h4 l::tfc8
transposes; White has an independent line in
16.Wb1 l:.fcB 1 7.'1!1Yd3 fi.c4 1 B.fi.c4 '1!1Yc4
1 9.c4 llc4= but Black is fine here,
Molina-Mareco, Albena 201 3) 1 6.'.t>b1 (1 6.h4
li:Jb6 and now both 1 7.'.t>b1 c4 1 8.lll a 1
dB and 1 7.'1!1Ye2 J:id8 1 8.lll d5 lll d5
19.ed5 fi.d? are satisfactory for the second
( 1 7 . . . h4!?) 1 8.gS f5 1 9.gf6 J:!f6 20.'1!1Yg3
f8 with chances for both sides]
1 6.'1!1Ye2 ! ? [More light-square control. 1 6.gS
lll d 7 1 7.h4 lll b6oo] 16 '1!1Yd8 [1 6 ... lll d ?!?
clear) 29 . . . 'l!IYgS with counterplay] 29.gS
1 7.'.t>b1 lllf8 is an interesting option, going
for the dark squares. Also possible is
17 ... lll b 6!? as in Tari-Schandorff, Heisinger
201 3] 1 7.'.t>b1 lll d7co [17 ... J:!c3 1 8.bc3
'it'c7] 1 8.lll d S fi.dS 1 9.edS lll b6
[Better seems 1 9 ... lllf8, trying to get
. . . lll g6-f4 in, with a complex position and
[The start of a tempting sequence, but it
proves to be a mistake. 28 ... fi.g? was neces
sary: 29.l::tf2 (29.kc4 l:Ic4 30.Wf3 is less
fi.c3 [29 ...kgS 30.'1!1Yd4+- ; 29 . . . lll d 1 !?
30.lld1 llc3 (30 ... fi.gS 31 .c4+-) 31 .gf6
llb3 32.Wa2 l:tcc3 (32 . . . l:tb4 33.'1!1Ye2 'i1Vf6
34.J:tc1 +-) 33.l:td2 l::t a3 34.'.t>b1 Wc8
35.:cib2 lle3 36.llc2] 30. tfh4+- fi.g7
[30 ... lllc4 31 . .l:l.f6+- ; 30 ... '.t>g? 31 .lll d 4+-]
3 1 . llld 4! 1 -0

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3

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8 8 ttJ 8 8
ttJ ttJ 8 8 ttJ 8
88 8 8 8 88 8
<it> : : : : <it> : :
position after 1 2.'it>c1 -b1 position after 23.tll d 2-e4 position after 1 9 . . . tll d 7-b6

What's the standard way to con What's the best move here for How can White improve his posi
tinue Black's queenside actions? Black to continue his attack? tion?
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