Understanding the Gunfld Jonathan Rowson
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1 W te Grfeld? The uemed e s t rth vg Socres
Few chessyers srt o ly chess on move one mos e sleewers who wke n he ey mddegme We seem o ern oenng theoy s ye of chequered securty blne whch comfors us wth the thought tht f we now nothng ese bou chess we cn t lest be sure th these moves hve been yed before we forge hs bne o f t vnshes suddeny we re lef nked nd lone conond d embssed by whoe host of stegc nd tcc roblems whch sdly were fong before ou seed eyes s we slet mong them he uhors m s o s wy ths securty blnet om he vey begnnng Indeed hve sought to resent hs onng n such wy tht you wl understnd why you wnt to ly he Grnfeld why your uthor h rtcu fh n he recommended v tons resented nd I so hoe o hve wtten n such wy tht you w len nd deveo wth the oenng s f t were your vey own creton
h mpoanc of th cnt Mos strong lyers gree ht t les som control ove he cntre (n mos
cses they refer to the four sques n the mdde) s eequste for con rong he course of he gme o y nd ths s best undersood through he rezon h most ll he eces end to hve more scoe ner the cenre of he bod n generl we could sy ht the closer ece s to the cente, he more effectve s ley to be. ndeed f your wns cuy the centre rncl beneft of hs my be tht s dfcult for your oonen to deveo hs eces on cen tl squres for fer of hssmen by your foot solders. Fuhemore conong he cenre s ey to men h your eces e exbly ced for con on ether sde o the bord wheres domnnce on ony one sde my eve you wek ened elsewhere rtcul dvn ge of hvng stong wncene s h t cs s cen mount of cover to revent the onen qucly nlng your oson. Ths lows the sde wth the centr wn re domnnce to consder sttng n ttc gns he ng ny momen. Howeve cn ssure you ht such tcs ony tend o succeed the cenre s secure. n most Grnfeld oson Bc lys well he cenre w be n re of consderble tenson
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d uder such codtios Whtes forces re liely o be fully occued d w derve ohg but om excessive disrctio o the s It s mortt to recte he m ortce of the cetre here for hee wl be my moeuvres the foowig chters whch im umtely t othg else but the cool of the cel sques his eve les to 4 cxd5 xd5 5 4) ht sd t s cruc o dst us etee occupy he cetre d cotro t
ws cmberg over he cetrl squres Suerior cotrol teds to be folowed by occuto so the Grfed Blc uts u determied ght for he cee by ressurzig the cerl sques occuied by White. Successfu Grfelds orly hgh light tht White s cetr occuto is isuiciely suoted d these cses Blcs suerior ce coo will result i ce destructio ormly ledig to cetrl occuto whch, together with cotro wll l most certly grt the ttive d domtio of the whole gme. successu Gfeds w see Whte occuyg the cel squres d mg ce cool d hese cses Whte wll coro the gme
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his s vivid exme of the dif erece bewee occutio d co ro of the ights occuy ce squre but oe of hem cotrol oe However i mos cses he yer oc cuyg he ctre will lso cotrol i to some exet d my o is smy ht to succeed i your ght for the cee you dot eed to hve eces or
his hedg s the title of th breg boo by GM Mih Sub d much of the resog which follows is derived from hm ccordig to Sub the term defece would be mroerly ssocted wth oeg ie the Grfeld d is used just to me the lyers o he blc sde feel threteed Moreover Sub drws our tteto to the "chldsh joe "Sy umr 6 OK, I w He goes o to exlicte his view ht Chess s gme of comee fomo d Bcs formtio is wys greter by oe move It is sime eough to uderstd he joe d he seme but hi
UNDERSTANING THE VNFEL
as ey nsght was o onne ths he poin ha "hess is asicaly a me of paterns he signicance of this lies n the nerene that successf chess sra gy inoes sccessu pae recog non and respose. It olows that it is good o e as flexie possie Your auhor's toughs on the rs ove debae re s deveopng and y e the sbject for a futur oo ut do hin we soud all be ery onsios ha or ess hage as nsiled erain unhelpful presump ins which were pssed down fom lyers and thiners who d barely he sighest inling of dynamic chess srtegy yo pay ony te Qeens Gambit Decied and answe 1 e4 exusivey with e5 many leadng lyers seemed o at one ime e.g the pblancaehine mach in 197 en of cose you ae going o fee ht White has some opening adange beause i ost lnes yo wil e nding your pponen predictale erns! O course thee is mch to be sad r tying to neuralize Whies serve nd hen eentuay ying o otpay y opponen fom an equal posion n i case White's adaage s obvi (JliS d visibe, u in theory t houd y st nil the ary mddegme n Bac s fy moid and by ime he wll have hd to avoid y fas an wi oe b so ed to be of te hook h he wil iy agree a draw ha s ecomng caer to my is that wheres we now he
nre o Whte's adanage n sh ases we have not had ong enogh o e se of exactly how it s manifest f at al wihin dynamic hess stegy. ndeed, wha s happenig in openings ie the Gned and he enko Si ciian, etc) s not an atackdfend di aecc ending in a neur ynhess bu somehing dfferen entirely; an alie whose presence we hve no yet fuy acknowedged Whe my we hol some advantage in ny case bu i e does and hn t is n f t his sage hen he tur o ths dan ge s mh more d to explain concepualy. esoay hnk ha if pay were not condioned to beeve th Whie was bee he ba plys would grow n condenc nd ac rsts might improve consid eray hs is a up in the louds at the momnt. or the ime beng hin bc players woud e wedv oow Su's adce sty Undesanding and rst ng dynm stucures, her hiden dyni possibities offes the ey o succs wth a And scoy "Me sue hat al you moes ly irov your dynamic ponia nd tha you ot be oced ino grssive serie wihot ging stae mpension. I beleve e rn i an opnng whh aws yo y i he m ner olined above. By seeing eary asymmery and maintanng fexility the rneld can be profoundy unsettlng for Whte, as in most cases
WHY TH RONE?
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T ps d Whi mdae ake h cam n e cere opnn a pah or hi queen' hop and iv Hr Mae ome reathn pace n de om pement od no e hen Wte oud e a the cena tr an and thu ene h p o b deveopd mo acive han thi back counet nded uc a a in pace i e undeood n rm o an nrae n coe or e ce
Th p Wi pnipa th atacin he euare and u aneou bn Back coer o en ale to cae ma e mr in the evnt o an r onin o th cenre. Whte ma i e o conto th cenre ut m appecia hat not a imp ar 2 c3 d5 ave hs c-kni omt an n ope (no pre on d5; nohr o and the ece o n ovou panrak mean h he bte or the cene pbab umd on hen oh ide e deveop and Whe -move advantae i ook e revan n aternae a to ht o centa contro i the no nfamou 2 ?, ereupon White ue hi xtra moe to attack Back mmedate th h hope o ocn an ea onceon n pace (e. 2 . e6 e4) o tuctue e 2 ... d5 3
x6). The main raack o thi ap proach i hat Whte ma have o cede the hoppai and h no to ev erone te. 2 e ommta and oe Back o comm hime, t ea parta to a mode o deve opment hch ao Whie o re ac accodn. Whie doe no e reatn' e4 hoeve and o o coure Gned paer oud no pa .6
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Wha an e a o th move Frt t cono e d5suae an o ndirect chaene or e4 ate d5 cxd5 Bac oe the at or h cene aer oh . . xd5 4 c3 nd 3 .. xd5 4 e4 nce i Back dtermied to eep rp on he e4qe mn te e 2 c6 intend n d5 nd e nendn to mee 3 c b4 or d5 Back cod ao dec that Wte i aread on ver o conoin th ame and conront the to e pan 2 c5 or 2 e5 h he am o qck eirecn event hee i hoeve, an arntve approach hh a he v that a centra pa preomnance o be aed n en era h coo o oh in i
Bac epare o ancheto ad hen ca he ha no ite ha en at t ea tae t are ht he conro he cene om a ae diace ih hi knht coven e4 and d ad ihop e5 and d4. Moreover havin paed eer pan move he i n o an a ead n de veopmen.
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eeva o o subec i We pae beoe c3 I a case, Bac cold have paed .d. 6b M coes i the last chapte abo Whe' gsde deeopme are clel deostrate i this ge a hs ove aread loo suspect to e as White s uwisel ixig the 3 ad sstes Fscher coud ow have reated ore eergetical but t is istuctve hat he di ot ave misadled ma feds b watg to detoate te posito preaturel just because y oppoet did soethig slightl pecuia Blacs posi s cetail u o dmic eeg hs eeg teds to e ueashe ost eecvel whe Bac is u obiied Ths 6 dxc 7 xc e6 xc7 xc7 9 xc7 a6 ay get the adreaie ppig wih he eaizaio tha you e assivel ahead i deelopmet but it s also mportt o reaze that losg he cpaw has let ou without a pawbea ad s 0 g3 to potect 0 . b d iedg e3 ad 3 los lie it will soa p he presse ad ea e ma teria. Note that whe White has o coted hiself to e he is less pressure o he cere ad the bishop o g7 is large ieectve 6 c6 7 d A ecouragg sg ow Whi has ae wo rather extravaga oves whie the bshop o s sti asleep 7 dc! orcg Whie to space te que. xc D
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bd7! Athe isructve decisio White wll wat t ove his epaw t deveop hs g's bshop ad he Bac wi hae the optio of pig the kght wih g This is a exape o he logic behid he ax kghts befoe bishops' he ight o b s aos cetaly os cooable o b6 less Whi is celess there s oth ig fo i to do o a6 bu the bshop o c8 ould coceivab go o e6 or g Theeoe .e6 creates ewer probes for Whte aer 9 �d3!? a6 0 d Bac s ot worse bu I ubt if he is tter as Whites cete is st e sid eg 0 d g3 h6 wuld be illcocived he rest o Wites forces e ocused o the etre ad he queeside ad due to Wies cera corol te bishop o g3 s a uc ore eective piece tha the bshop o g7 a e3 x3 3 bx3 reembe hat the eld is a about ghtg or he cetre 3xa x xa a e6 6 xa6 bxa6 7 xa6 s cely beer or Whie whose coro
UNERTNING TE RNFE of b8 stops Bla ein acie note aai that the pawn on e3 consde ably eits the 7bihop) 4 e b5 5 00 b4 wth an uncea poition. ote that the srahtfowd 8 .b5 ao pobe ad ma anspose to lines discused in Chapter 1 e4 sspect th Whes thd lht iacracy 9 e3 was moe prude b6 0 g4! ow Bac competely mobzed ad eady o underte erios de ton on the cente Whe shoud now pt on h afety heme ad hpe o the bet ate e2. Then Fcher prbably inended omehn ie d 2 a3 3 3 x3 e 4 de5 h4!? 5 3 5 16 00 xe5 when Bla ery comotae g h seem to be a loin moe bt peaps ths no so rps con sder tha whle lac ha bee coplen deelopmen White h ued ou of h rt eeen moe o h majo peces D
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One of the ms powerful moes of a me Blac is compeed o d a way to attac the whie cenre and case Whtes lat moe wa deced aast .fd7 th the oly way to do so Whie w theatenin e2 and 00 wth complee contol of the me so althouh th moe is tacticaly dazli fom a postiona pont o ew t ualy forced! xa4 xe4 deatatn e 3 xe7 a5+ 4 c3 xc3 5 bxc3 fe8 b e4 Bennn he ombnaon a pawn up with tota mobily a ood sn b Bac eally had o pay the ext few moe ey well o nuff out al esistance 4 e7 b6! D o 4 . �e8 15 d3 and e3 when We i cn
5 4 Ace defene. 5 xf8 xf8 6 b3 xc3 7 �xb6 axb6 8 1 3 19 f3 a3 20 d b ed5
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gis Bac a assi dga ia i 1S ! Chopig h bas of h cal pawcha. \ S e8 17 �l e!!
Noc ha Blacs pcs a all procig ach ohr a sg of good ch 4eS �7 5 �g S � 7 �e b4 8 �d1 b �le2 40 �b1 4 �1 2# 0-1 Ga 2 Hbnr - asparov
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This is h o which rally gs h cowd jpig p ad dow. I is a ly bal a, gadlss of h fac ha s focd 18 b Th sps ad os sig poi is h Phildor sohd a 8 6 'b5+ 9 g2+ 20 f g++ 2 g ' + 22 2#. so sw s h ploaio o a wod pi: 18 'c 'c5 18 ...4 1 �1e2 20 � d4 21 e2 22 �l 2 �1 b b4 4 25 b d1 2 27 �2 Th has s cop o a bad day o o a hyold boy as isch was a h i. 28 e1 e1 2 d8 8 0 e1 dS 1 e4 2 b bS 4 S
1 d4 2 4 dS 4 7 S j4 No a o o b drsiad Bac s ac pcsly s d7! Mor coba ha 5 .c6 b d4! ga h os ghg approach hogh 6...c6 is a solid aai 7 j4 7 'b7 s foolhay cosidg Whs lack of dlop. 7 ...c6 8 f4 b8 9 'c7 'c7 0 c7 b2 gs Bac a srog iai 7 . 00 8 e4 Ecy w ow ha a ssa sys wh Bac hag payd . d7 alady. I gss Wh was o discoag h gaia sys wih . a6 .b5 ad ..b7. ay a Kaspaos soio oos o ha ada. 8bS! b Wh ca aso y 9b5 0 'c7 b af c6 d 2 4 b5 'd8 d8 4 d2 Blac shold play 1 4.d+ which ads o ay accodg o Gogad
NERTANING THE RNFEL
9
5! D)
2d!
gan we see he power of aack ng he cenre befoe Whe cn fly mobze 10 eS
0 dc a e g4 h e e e 4 e c8 s also good for Back.
0 4 ib5 d4 2 d4 b5 1 dbS !
Forcng Whe o ecenraze
14 d4! 15 2 1 e2 eS!
vey nscve choce of capre he qeen was Whes mos effecve defender so Back echanges and s maneosly nves hmself no he dsqae 17 eS eS 18 00 d 1 b1 b8 20 d1 d8 21 � 5! D)
dee move by Kspov anc pang ha Whe wl wan o pay e2 nd e. 22 e2e5 2 4
O 4 c 4 c :d wnnng.
mpse move w deas of doblng on he dle o playng ...e
e 4 25 S +!
he begnnng of he end fo Whe b noce how Kpaov had hs peces on opm sqaes befoe commec ng he onsagh
2 4 27 e e7 2+ 2 e2 0 id4 4 2 d2
b8 2 g g2 4 f h 5 e e# s mae
2e8 4 2+ 4 � 4
he back knghs ae ahe moe eecve han he conepas. 5 d4
f4 f4 7 b ef8 w wn he pawn
. 7 + 8 2 0-1
beaf nsh o awesome game hee s no easonable deence o he ea of . f#. hs was a goo eampe of Blacks cenal pres sre edng o cenal occpaon fol lowed by compee cono of he game
Delg t Del Wah u hugh; h bee wds. Wach u wd h bee acn Wah u ain; h bee b Wah u habi; th bece chace Wah u ace bece u dein
Fan Olaw Whle yo're a eep an eye on Whe dpawn In many lne o he rned h cenral pawn unoppoed and under andn how o deal wh o para moun mporance In ac han played he rneld or eeral year now I hae deeod omen h ennly cloe o a perona reaon hp wh h pawn and o eenaly ou o repec I decded o e a name amn che pece may no be o eeryone ae bu h pacu lar ooode o omnpreen n wha ollow ha hn he maera wll be more ealy deble we en len h ey eaure a lle b o le me nroduce Delroy o wll oon be wel acqaned u ae aad a paed d an u shuld n pla he Gn eld on elman
he rcre n he ollown daram mo lely o are ou o exchane araon where Blac ha payed . c5 and hen capred on d Whe wl hae recapured on d and wll be hreaenn o an pace wh
d5 o Blac wll hae choen o play . e6 o hold h ba or a ew moe and hen Whe wl hae adanced laer anyway lean a uce m o he daram oe ha n ome lne e he b Exchane Whe may een play h rucure who h apawn. n any ce h end o be Deoy a h mo danero he pawn no only a mere hee que rom qeenn bu ch an adanced cenal pawn e Whe a conde abe amoun o pace or h pece and here oen ampe cope or Whe o e h cenraled ore o aac Bac n Remember n
EAING W EO
mos cases Black wl have ecanged s kng s knght as eay as move fve and so may ony ave hs gbsop fo protecton f s pece s removed Backs kng can sar o ook very be ndeed a sad angeros e s also a b of a one ranger hes a long way om home nd n ealy be come very weak from hs ecrsons Ftheroe f Back can secrey blockde e pawn en e can make contepay wth hs qeensde mao ty. However smply bockadng the pawn s no always enog becase the danger ofen es no so mc n eloy hsef bt s oe as a decoy to povde opporntes for e oer gys spportng hm Fnaly cono of e open e and c-fles s an mpo tan pon of contentn. Black ms be acaef not to aow a maor pece to e sevenh ank for com bned wh eoy hs w amos cetany be decsve he ped p l huld be kept ude k d k
on mowsch
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ch a scte wod noray e s om an ecange vaon whee Back plays ..c5 and e5 o aack e whe cenre and Whe epes wt d5 o close e poson and sece a proeced passed pawn Oher ngs ng eqa hs pawn-sce favors Whe becase no ony s eoy once agan te most nenta pawn b tere s aso a ce pan of atackng Backs qeensde w aa5 Note ta n sc srcres te bak pawn s oen er ef on b f possbe to peven s plan and ta We s of ten ter o eave s cpawn on c so tha he d-sqae s not a weakness n te event of te poson openng some ow hs s mos kely to c ae f by We wen Back wod noray echange hs epwn fo Whes f pawn eter by capng on f4 or e caprng on e5 n hese cases Back has o be vey ale o ow sstanabe hs blockade f these sqares may be ase f e nave pses to Backs poson can qcy become holess a he s roled over n e cen e For s pat, Back wl be seekng to mplemen e breaks ..b5 and .f5 sece hs fa shae of acvy and n some cases may ry to attack n Kngs ndansye wh . .f5f4 .g5g4 ec n general Black does wel o cange darksqed bsops and blkade e d-pawn wh a kngh on d. s way s mnor peces w as nresrcted as possbe. he ped pw h ul de e dfe H onne
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t is rare for Delroy to be so eepy enence n Bacs poso bu hs congraon can somees be pro oed by Bac by allowng Wite to aance hs e an pawns wih he am of httng bac a e wt . f6 wch wo here case Whtes cente o cbe Noe a f e whe fpaw wee on f o sppot he pawncain hen Blac wol ae no way o nerne an wo be positionaly lost. s OK to alow White a central pawn preominance bt Bac mus be sre at he can e ter nene t or somehow aeqaey pay aron Delroy comes n many other shapes an forms but e followng games shou ge yo a goo ea of wha you are up against ame 3
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1 d4 f 2 4 d5 4 d5 dS 5 e4 b i7 7 ie id7? D)
This is a rather ebaassingly ba moe for someoe wo has been peacng e res of aacng te cente! hea later tat Be arsen was tang e crow hrough e ge n the commenay room a soppe at hs poin wh a fmmoxe loo an sa: Tere s be some ea ben hs sange moe, b I on see it. The great Dane sees most hngs oer the chess boar b m no suprise he n' see he ea here because there snt one Tere is a itte story howeer whch so sere as a wng agans bny foowng he games of op payers. The u s that hougt was folowing a piece of hot eory from a gae beween Salo an eo. Snce I a en oong for unconentonal way to play aganst 7 e3 fo a og me an I conser Leo o be a formabe exponet of he Grnfel it eighte me to see tha he seeme to equalie wt hs obscue oe ony saw he game from a brief loo at a fren's copy of chchwche a few ites befoe te game b I fgure wou
EALG WTH ELROY
wor ot the ie te bo t trns o th Leo nee py bt only fer b, when mes mch more sense (See SoLeo Begre 6, Chper 8 I hen since fon the mgine or rie o se he eitors, b I in I cn me sense of how his hp pene If Wte now pye 8 e2 he wol tempo e of the b nes (bshop on e3, b by pying g ter Whie (n the mginry' ge wse e empo wth he oer bishop (whch neer clly wen to e3 ll ws smooe o A ny rte I m gl I cn pt s exrence o some se becse not only o we see Delroy his most elsh bt we he clssic exmple of how thngs cn go wrong or Bc n the rn el when he oesn' he enogh cen cono. 8 00 d2 5 10 d5!
ere he comes 0 ws so goo moe The mn hing is o stop Bc preenng h is seenth moe me ny sense which might he hppene er 0 e2 cx cx c6 ! when 2 wo not be n o the roo on . 10 e! D)
e my est o g bc, bt the rnfel cn be my unfogiing here i wll not fogie Bc for bing oo le n hs ght fo he cen e 11 e2!
Sensibly oiing ny compcons ht might rse er xc when Bc hs es of ..ex n . � c 8 esson ree t who
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scen centr conerply Blc s oome to pssie sering ll ed5 12 ed5 S! 1 l !
gess ws sll trying to gre ot wh Leo h in mn B c hs ecene hs qeen n hs nigh n hs soity bishop to protect his ng I hin f I een shown hs po stion withot prior nowlege wo e en more moes ep my qeen on 8 n plye g n . wen I wol stil he h cnces o efen. ow 's probby lrey too e 1 00!
h ws possble b hee s no reson for White to te ny riss If I h bee wng ron the room s White ecie on hs th moe n someone h se me Wht re yo ong? I wol he en hrpresse o n goo swer so it's better not o force Bc o ect o somehing. repe ht n he Gnfe f Blc loses cono of te centre e ens o lose cono of he gme. Fthermore, Delroy s by fr the most mpresse
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an on he boar an is by no means ner oc an ey. 4..e8 5 el
Wes ay s mressey co tole ereas Bacs oston, a clary on the qeesie, s a cre of ishamony 58
oneing exactly ho Delroy himself ts nto te ctre ten s magne o mc of a reef o be to Blac f e ere bac on 2 nee, s case of his mgty an that Bacs orces hae effectiely bee ct in to 8.e5
OK so nally ae a osiioal ea of sors nmey . .c foloe by c an some acy, bt a og boh ses are fy mobze, Wte as resere s ery tia te a o cocts e orcesa:
Ths gae me ony a lte resie bt as con moe the bsho e to Delroy con recenaze e gt becase of xc, an . f6 o ae any sng ot of f3 hs seeme ie my bes cance 18 ... c aes to ose to xc 1 h! h8 only my ight ere on 6 or f6 I xc (1...xe1 2 xe1 xc 21 ol hae a ayble osion b, as e 7) 2 xe8 xe8 2 7 8 22 is ofen the case one ba ece meas e2. a ba game 1 i e1 20 e i D 17 5
Aacg Bacs eaest ont
7 ...4 I ae o ry o creae coneay 8 d! D)
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No I hogh mgh ot of e oos as 21 xb7 e8 22 2 c seeme amos attace for Blac. 21 d2!
Whte threatens a se ambsh t f3 an Blacs scaere forces are efeceess f yo ae
Bac again Ths moe really hr oee, t is ery nstrcte to see hat ho allog Bac coneray, We retas a ge aange
ALNG WTH LROY
becaue of he perient trengh of the paed dpawn 21 5
Wha ee
22 dS e8 2 d7 D)
5
probably tre. It doe allow Back o mobilize moothly but it i now more difficu o apply any eriou peue o he whte cee. Of coe e2 wod anpoe o hapter 8 9 d7 ..d will lead o poition where
Back ha ite peure agan the white centre b o the other hand he kgh wil be qute wel placed on c4. I'm no overy ee on ch a ap proach and i wor comparng th to Game 3 (KarKaparov) where he poition wil be miar
B
10 00 00 11 e d4
Delroy deiver in ye. Boh capre drop a monarch o regned. 10
Ge Aak ank
Biig 199 1 d4 2 4 dS 4 7 5 dS dS e4 7 b S 8 bS d7 8 . c ao payae ut after
cd4 1 cd4 1 e3 g4 2 c 12 d5) 2..c 13 c1 Back' poion has never appealed to me I prefer o keep more tenon n he poon, and f Im gong o have a weak cpawn le o hae omethng on he le o aack a compenaion. 9 d7?
Doreky ugge that thi i quie dangero for Black and thnk thi i
ondeing the idea hat folow e hold be codered. Bac woud have e han nohg o fear in the reuting ending aer 12 e5 e5 3 de5 d folowed by .c and .b becae he bhop ha much e cope Back can alo try to do wihout .e afer echagng on d) then Whe w have dea of d5 and d ad I thnk hi gie ome advantage 12 d4 1 eS?
hi i a very ceer move y GM Atalk who play he Grnfeld for boh de e ad proably prepared h idea wth a eye o e type of po iion we reach in the game. Hi am o echange kngh o that when he dpawn ge gong Black will e ef wthou a good lockader. The draw ack that Black could now have ayed 3 ..e5 4 de5 d Bac ca alo eoly conider ying o keep the qeen on or a lea force Whe o ake hem o, b then a cer an amoun of care i needed to avoid eing med on g) 5 fd1 c D)
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b) 5 b a6 .c6 6 x7) 6 6 7 xc6 (7 x7 xb7 8 xb7 xd4) 7 xc6 ad ac s equa hee as c6 s no eake an d c 5 xg6? xd4 6 x4 xd4 7 ad c6 s ne fo Bac
1 15 '!
hs s qute a comon type of ending and is no ithout danges fo ei her side Whie hopes that he has the supeor mo piece (paws o boh sdes) and hat hs space advange and acve oo oueg ogm asse o hang h bee pansce Indeed, White ay cose o ost i he ooks coe o cause ac can eady cae a passed pan and Whie canno Hoever if Whie eeps a leas one acve roo i wi be dicu o Bac o do aything ith his ng, hereas White's kng can quicly become qute acive I suspec he posion is about equa o possby even a ad bette for Whe but pesonally I oud prefer ack because hee is a very cea pan o exchanging rooks hereas Whies pan is ore generally o eep the pesre and hat eaes more oo fo eo 1 1 ' b
4 4 is dangeou, bu aer the coo 4 .. Je8 ack can hod hs own: a 5 a4 c6 h he dea o eeng 6 xc6 by 6...x4
Consideng the couse o the ge, ac shoud have played .bxc6 6 5 6 a e5 6 fd ! ) 6...d5, hen ae 7 ab White eeps an advantage due to the naciity of e gbishop Whites bad' bishop s ony iey to be an ssue n a pue bishop endng 1 d5 ed5 17 ed5 'd7 18 d1 D)
B
White ha a stinc advanage. t is true that Delroy s no causng any ptcuar disarray and aso true ha he is unikey o be rencnaed n he ne e Moeoe a o acs eces have a decen ount of scope, he queen s not eay ged om d and he queensde ajoty s nact and seemngy bming oen a Yet Whte s cey bete hy?
ELN WTH ELROY
Bese eoy s in hs eleent hs dpn s etemey ble nd gies Whte ge dtage n spe Fsty I shod sy tht t is no ea ese een B nged o t t it hee tes Whe old esiy deend it ith eq oe nd se ondy B does no he n pee hh n t s n e bode A qeen o oo l os ys be nderprormng i hs to stnd gd oer esy pn nd B nnot rser hs bshop to d6 miny de to the resng eaness o hs ngsde I s geney hogh h nights e he best bloders sine her shpe nene mens tht stnding n ont o n opposing pn does no resi he . ndeed e ere to p e ess ooh nd silenly dop hoses on d6 b nd hite then Bl's probes od be reded onsderby. hs s bese Bl od hen he n te pee hh od nnoy Whe nd her rest eroy. As t s, Bl rey n t do nyhng to itte hs opponent nd so Whte dttes eens. the b pns ee redy on a nd b nd it ee Bl's move then sspet the position od be bo eq s Bl od mste some eos onterpy O orse B hs o y ths pproh nyy bt s e see Whes hets are h he moe mede. 18 b5
. e 9 d6 s a ore onrete eson hy B no bode th he bshop 1 d
Clely Atl s spen Whte's spe dntge ges hs piees e sope No oo th derene in reedo teen he o eens bese o eoy 5 20 e e8 2 ! D)
Trget entry sqe on e7. As Ie sid pssed pn pls sevenh n say spes ory, so thng he edy beome i o B 28
Aer 2 6 22 g7 23 e3 e 2 h6 h6 2 e e 26 g 26 ..g7 27 e g 2 h4 ges Whe ler dnage he dpn es B don hie Whe negotes ssbe eny rotes 27 h4 6 2 d Wie s nng oding o Atal 22 d5 b4 23 3
An empe o he et o Bs seond ove nd tht White oten ees t s desbe o te te ot to d gns possbe b mts nd in ths se t oers he respie Bl needs to begn ognzg deene
UNRTANNG THE RN
23 .. l l + 24 l l d d 2 4 4
Whe arge he f7awn o ie lack down. he heee now oe dan dan ge ha lack wll fl ino zgzwang. zgzwang . 2. .b
o 25... 25...Jd Jd 2 d. d. 26 f4
Sch ack diay a h ap pe o be he only move a can be een om hee lne 2. 2 .d7 d7 27 e5 d d 27 27 . . h 28 e 2 f7 f7 f7 29 d5+ d5 + win fo Whie 2.. 2 ..d7 d7 27 Jb Jb e 2 2 Ja5 e + 29 2 9 g2 g2 27 4 4 b D
b 2 . Jg7 29 f d7 30 a8+ 3 1 e8 e8 win. c 2.. 2 ..d d 29 d d5 3 d5 a 3 1 d d win win vz vz 3 l .b3 . b3 32 ab3 ab3 33 e5 d 28 ...e ... e 29 g2 cel b lack can can do anyhng 2\ 2 ? 6
Relef feel like a big ehalaon af afe a olonged holding of beah beah
30 x6 x6 6 3 axb4 axb4 32 :b4 xd6 33 xd6 xd6 34 b+
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Whie loe he head j when he ime had coe fo he kocko He hold have ied 2 d a poned o by h oonen h ceainly no an eay move o nde and and o o don do n woy woy if conf confe e yo yo woh condeng hogh be cae he variaon deonae he aweoe aweoe powe powe of he whie dawn dawn a 28 . .c .c 29 d7 d8 30 Ja7 Ja7 winn winnin ingg Fa Fan nk k 3 ...a 31 e 32 e fe 33 d
I i i lagely a mae mae of o f ae whehe o efe efe h o . c5 and nce I have adved adved een eengg 7 Jb5 J b5+ + wh 7 . Jd7 ehe ehe cae i doen doe n ee ee o ae. ae. hnk he man oveode on no o cale cale befo befoee lay l aying ing .. . . c5 a h can ake ake he ng o of o f he he .a5 y e agan 7 e3 o e3. 7 3 'd2 Wa b D
Whe heaen b5. 9 b6
h oan ove wa dicov by Ada, coao of Wh he Gre and aho of Bck K In geneal i ccal fo he Gnfeld nfeld la l aye o ealze ha n ch c h oiion dc5 arely a hea be cae alhogh Whe ay win a awn, he loe conol of he cene and allow lack open line o aack he a a and and cawn cawn
EANG EANG WTH WTH EO EO
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t e cena squaes. nee Blac Bla c was cley te te ee ee in Dk anDiys Helski 12 acc ng t Dys. 0 0id7 id7 (D)
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a6 a6 s as payable but Whe wu nmaly en play c wen e .cx4 .cx4 i is nikey a ny the plan e.g. wh ..... . 7 an b b wil appy enugh pessue n the ene ene 1 cx x2 x2 2 x2 Whe an cm a Bac's exa emp as gnicanty weakene s queensie ug a yung Gata Kamsky fa usly at a t K fm fm s s pstn pst n ai aing ng playe ... . . ca7 at sme pn wic fun quanly nc Nte Nte at at cx4 cx4 x2 x2 x2 gies Whte a fauable esn f te engame we see i Chape 7. Bla B lack ck w pbaby ae ae t t weaken e queense w .. b6 n e t eelp te c8bshp 0 i5+ b s nt a sgnifcant theat e � a a 1 b2 a6! 2 xa6 xa6 3 e2? e2? ! 3 3 3 is sgty
me cmftabe f Back 13. 13.e e 8 8 c4 c4 my ance 16 2 f3 ex 18 cx cx x4 b4! As s en en appens when Wies cena u ae n lnge an tem Blac's peces stat
i! i!?? 3 a ma aenate wc
thn is neate. Whte intens e smple e2 pssiby flwe by h4 h4 epenng epenng n n e un un f caene n te b seam. Black sul then simpy cmpete his e elpmen by 1 2 e2 c6 Timma playe c6 st but sn sn seem seem t matte matte Whte Whte can ca n put s s kng's kng 's kght n f3 nst ns tea f e2 f he chses bt then ts me icult make a theat theat s Blac Bl ac can pbp bably just castle pssbly play play . .e6 an smetng useful wt e s an nw a 1 3 xc xc? ? ! s an an atte attemp mptt t t wn a pawn bu hs ly sees pen lines the blac peces ts wth lkng int ts a itle me because is antpstnal me was sug geste n Bgess an eesen's
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recet book Beating the ndian De ene.
a) 3. 3 .Qe5 Qe5 14 cb ab 5 a a 1 b a3 a3 1 7 b fd8 fd8 1 8 4 ac8 "with compeatio or or the materal i give by Yueev. Bur ge d thi thi aemet "hd to be lieve but dt really ee why I alway d that it i much aier o play the uderdog i uch poitio becaue pychologicaly White ee obliged to covert the material ad vatage ad thi uualy ivolve wiey wie y compomiig you coordi coordi atio ad ptig pt ig a lot l ot of preure preure o yourelf to diplay yor echique to the wod. Black piece are almo ideally paced paced her here. ot oly i i White White cpaw attacked but Black alo ha idea of takg takg o o d3 ad payig payig . e5 payig .Qg4 .Qg4 ad akig o e3 or waitig for he right momet o play Qc4 Qc4 hik hik Black poitio i ea ier o ay ad that Whie would do we to give he he paw back ad oak p the peue before Black iitiative aume ea proportio. uct tha bet play may ow be be a a8 e ac8 wih a repetiio My oy diatifacio with tha la lie i i hat hat Back Bac k i i t let let with with ay queeide paw ad o if White ea ize he i o beter he ca coceae o prevetig Black from wiig ad ha eaoable eao able chace of ucce o gve me for dwellig o thi ublie but I wat to make he poit that White pa of takg o c5 i very equetly equetly ilcoceived i the Geld. a) 3.. 3..bc bc i a attemp to hold o to a queeide queeide paw. 4 b5
a4 15 c5 Qe5 1 i uclear accordig o Yueev he automatic 1 ..fd8 ..fd8 give Back ome tactica roblem afte afte 17 d5 d5 but otherwie otherwie prefer Black hee White ook o c5 i very active o atemptig to re move it make ee after 1 1fc8 fc8 I would rath rather er be Bl B l ack caue White ha lot of weakee to defed ad hi piece have ome commuicatio diffcultie. b) Ad ow preet he game eoa Ma 97 which thik i a eempay performace fom Black: 3 h4 fd8 14 h5 cd4 15 cd cd44 ac8 (D)
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Tman) Tman) 1 7 ... f6 noaly noaly ths ths s no he best way to t o mee mee g as eaes some weaknesses and blocks the bshop on o n g7 but he heee Tmman' Tmman'ss nt te alows hm o justfy the conces son wh w h the acy acy whch whc h foows) foows) 18 d2 c4 19 b4 (gn (g ngg away away the the wo bshops such an open posto wth pawns on both sdes would mea ha Black wod aways be he ony sde sde wth wth wnnng chaes) 19 . e (notce how Tmman s eegy s d 1 • , ed owad owadss he cee) ce e) 20 hxg6 hxg6 2 dxe dxe (f2 1 d susc susc Tmm Tmman an n end ended ed 2.. 2 ...a .a 22 d2 b b when when Black s ly n the dng dng seat) 21 2 1 .. . xe he cene has dssoed ad Backs ooks e much bete han the coun ; he pow wth whch Tmmn plays he he whole game s an nspaon o a Gfed payes) 22 a6 c 2 23 f4 c6 24 c 3 g4 2 c4+ � 26 b2 xc3 27 xc3 f 28 e xe 29 fxe xe 30 2 xc3+ 3 ¢f2 d4 32 ¢ g3 e 33 f4 34 h7 d1 3 g3 g3 d4 01 Retung to the the poston afe afe 1 1 e2 D)
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Of cose hee s nothng wong 11 c6 s now wth ths moe but 11 pef pefe ee edd because bec ause t foces foces Whte Wh te to do do somethng awkwd to defed e4. On the ohe ohe hand hand c6 s taken taken away away om he bck knght. knght. Whte now tends to play 12 d3 ? whch s athe peu la la but consdeg kessonTan we can see tha may be n Whe's nteest o peet ...c6 The key game ths lne s ShedKaspo Tlbu lbugg 1 997 12 d7? 13 e2 d8 (ts was a noey at he me; he dea de a s o pe peen en Whe fom castl cas tlng ng fo fo he he ecod hn hnkk 13 1 3 .00 . 00 s aso fully adequate) 4 14 00 cxd4 cxd4 xd2 xd2 16 xd2 c s good fo fo Black; 14 00 e s sutaby unbalnce nced) d) 14. 00 1 h? h! 6 g ( 16 f2 f2 cxd4 17 cxd e 18 b xd2 19 xd2 xb 20 xb c4 { acho! acho! } s slghty slghty bette bette fo Back accodng o Kaspo howee 16 b2 ! ? ooks ooks payabe fo fo Whe, wheeupon Kaspro eomm e ommend endss he he splenddy ceae lne 16. 16. a4 17 e 8 dxe c4 19 d4 cxd3 20 e6 c2 2 exf7 x7 x7 22 c6 xc3 2 3 xd8+ xd8, when Black has the ntate) 16 16 fe8 7 b7 8 b 1? c4 2 f4? ? e d e 9 b1? 0 1 l ?
may be tht hs moe heped Kaspao o fd he aboe dea, bu the man easo easo o showng show ng ths game was to demosate how effecte Deloy can whe sucetly sup poed 1 5
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Blk rognz th impotn of omplng opmn 7 g5 ol b too kning ot tht ftr 8 2 5 Bk brptly pnih ith xh7 7 7 8 h or Bk to ompromi hi tr ih 5 x5 gx5 rmn yo tht plying th Grnfl llo o mny iv opportniti tht it i y to lo yor h h xitmnt t y nmi opning bt it i only b n o bfor omproming yo po ion lik h it portn o hth yor nfon ynmm rlly hlp yor potion mor hn hm it 8 00
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Wht i o not oorint prilly ll n Bk ly h of 5 No ht Droy i not th mn r of h potion Blk n mnovr ron him n rt th o hi on Whit ho probbly no ply omthng obr lik bt th normlly ol Epi hin go rh of boo to th h 9 c2? 2 20 h i 2 gxh5 2 xh7 Alo, Whit ol not prptlly ttk th n b of h kn of 206!?
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Tinn Ec 1 997 1 d4 f 4 g 3 3 d5 4 d5 d e4 3 b3 g7 7 e3 d 00?
Pleae noe ha my pncpa ecommendaon i 8 a here ee ape .
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a) 9 .d i a ay o repond ih quck deveopme uggeng ta movig o mao pece o ealy oo eaagan a) d e may already be bee o ac ( d loo moe han adequae bu i i necey o pay ome vigou; one dea 2 g?) .ed 2 cd4 cxd d e2 h a eer or ack n uupoTmman elgade 989 a2) f6 d g4 ( We oe dkqued op h cene ill alay e ey uae) 2 g und a d 6 f (o op .g ad deed e4 .e6 (e have aeady ee i dea in he game eonRoon; Whe i oo udedeveloped o ge aay h ang on c 2 c4 e8 (We aed o pay d and he 2 u h move mee up h pan due o he pin on te ee e2 b6 c a6 e2 d 6 e give lack good counelay ali. a4) c e dc and lack bee o vey mpoa heoeicaly, bu I an o da you aenio o peelmanZoler, Lodon Lloyd ank 99, hch eaued a good exple o a no o do a lack and hy Aer c ac payed .b8 b ! (h pan no a a ad iel bu lack houd have o lo ao queende peue or he momen aen io hould be deced ecluy oard he cere) 2 d c Ive ee qute a o o c paye make
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this ush hen laying the rnfed and t's motant fo e reader to no hat ths s amost aays a bad dea On the one and it oos atrac tie to gain sace ith temo but a much more morant consderaon s that it il no be exremely dffcult to ay any serious ressue aganst Whtes cenre. he rest of the game s a good demonsration of my comment i hate aout using e cere as a shed to alo you to attac elsehee tere s no ay White coud get aay ith such aggresson on the ngside if Blac had the oton of oening the cenre at any stge 3 b1 c7 4 6! ? eS 1 S h4 ? xh6 16 xh6 f6 17 e3 8 hS b 6 hx6 0 6 7 deS ? xeS xeS xeS 3 f4 e8 4 eS ! fxeS S 5 6 d 1 ! gxfS 7 d6! eS 8 h8+ � xb8 g3+ 30 �d1 g+ 31 �c1 gS 3 �b xg+ 33 c 1 34 xb7+ �g8 35 c8 0 b .. .a5 ! ? coud no be met by 0 bu Whte's ay loos ey tca to me someho and I susec 1 .. e6 eaes Bac h hs full she f he chances, eg. f3 1 1 xd+ 1 �xd leaes Whte someha oeextended Bac can set u t .d7 .b7 .ae8 and ..fS but note that f Bacs an ee on a6 ths endng oud robaly be better for Whte since he bac queen sde s much more fragle 1 1 ed5 1 exd5 e8 13 e fS 14 00 d7 1S h3 b6 16 g d7 and Bac s fuly equal, KaroKaso Ne Yoryons Wch 13 0
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0 b is ess accurae hen Bac has casted due o Adoans exceen idea 0 6 bS cxd4 dxe3 1 3 xe3 xa5 (D) hen Bac has u comensaton for hs sght mateial dect the form of iece ay haing no ea eanesses and the ce an of attacng c3
After 14 d4 d7 1S e fc8 6 00 c4 17 xc4 xc4 I hn Blac is slghty better
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I used to fee uncomfortabe wh the endings arsing om the exchange on 4 u now tink they ae uy OK fo Bak This inky ittle ight move desgned to keep the tensn
ll d T is not a stake but 197 Wold Junor Chpion T Shaked lae showd me hat Back's oening sat egy s not uy aeua ate 1 1 d 6 12 c4 xd2 13 xd2 when Whites cenl cono gives him he lightly bete endin is ws orgnaly Yermolnskys idea. red o mpve wth 1 1 6 but er 12 x2 3 �x2! covering c3 13 . 4 exf Black was rea ening f4 14 xf 15 d3 a4 6 xf5 xf5 17 g5 Whte had a bg ndgame avantage an went on to wn in hakeRowson Lonon 97 ...b 12 h? Ts makes goo sense consdering tha Blacks queen and kngh are a long way from th kingsde and t also prepes fo Blacks man dea o 12g4 whch woud now me by 3 xg7 �xg7 14 e. 2..d8 Pressung he cente and eec ive obligng Whe o take o 7 g7 �g7 14 d ? I guess Bnka waned o seve the nks etween h ueensde pees d e soity lack ng He may aso have thought hs tent atack on e ngsde wh h4h5 was su cienly dangeous that he now wanted to avod an exchange of ueens. 14f (D)
A cuc defensve move o ecapte some dk ues. The mn point howeve s ha 1 h4 can now b met ay secuely wi .g4!
5 4? Ths ma have been est now because I hink I was teatenng ..c4 and .e6 1..d2 1 d2 d7 Not 6 e edaey beause o 7 3 ! when I have to play 7 7 osing some coordinaton The bishop elongs on d7 an he knigh on d6. Ony by hese means wll Black e abe to conain eoy we remning active 7 f4 e Volunay gvng We a protected passed dpawn n he secue knowledge ha it wl saey lockaded 18 g Ths s y catous Whte mght have consideed 3 at some oint to foce me to ut a ook on c but I nk I wil always manage to play .c7 an 6 anyhow so ehaps Banas was coec to eep the pos ton moe sale
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hve mnged o tvte my oes wihout giving Whte ny e ounepy bu i is si di to me serious hedwy. 29 ca b2!
This uy d to be seen when pying 2 b beuse oherwise my pwns e ust dopping
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W ths move my opponen o eed drw Thee's no dou h hs sighy moe pesnt posion but hd he ompned hs o e with nothe move I woud hve been dpessed to nd ny onrete wy to inese the pessue 22..b5?
I suspeted he hd mssed this move though he te med to hve been povoing t t s sighty is sine now 5 beome we in some nes but it's denitey the best winning hne m gong to hve n suh po sition
I oud ivte my ng some how I mght rete seous winnng nes bu We ws sees to ve sen ountepy gnst o e wi pevents me om doing ying eoe. 33 id3 g5?
I wnted to ut o te impendng tre o �e oowed by e5 nd but s my opponen ighty pointed out hve no e hope o win the gme one the ingside s osed. 34 f5 f 35 e3 e7 36 ie2 d _
One White brings hs ing to hee is no entry or my ing nd so thee is nothing to be done. me
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No e sony desbe 2 ... eue e 2 5 2 I m begnning to hve seous poems deendng my queensde pwns.
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I ud to thnk hat th as t t way to play againt thi lin bt now my gnal fing that t cau Whit w pobm than my condaon gvn n Chapt . Ba iay I fl that t lo too much tm and cd too mch pac witout achving ucint counplay againt th cnt. Gnfd pt ch a Gandmat Ftank toh and ankow tll m to advat hi apoach fo Black but t m to m that th main lin of th ytm whth Back lat at hi bhop to g h8 o c7, hangng by a nif dg thotically and Back a to kow copou amon of hoy ju to uviv 10 5 e5
If Black coud y tak on c h woud b a dfnt toy owv aft 0 .c d2 d2 2 d2 a5 2..4 d4 cd4 4 d4 av Back whou ay coto of thcnt and a otonaly
2 c2 d6 pnt fw pobm. Wht tup wth 2 d2may look awkwad but n many ca h wl pay c4 ad b2 whn h w co odnat vy fctvy 12 Although I am gnaly diatd wt thi lin fo Bak wa attactd to th cv da oFank. To undtand it gnicanc fully on mut b coy acquantd with th vou movod in th man in but it pincpal da can b n n th gam. I hav alo td 2 ..6 f4 c ! wth th am of pvntng c4 and thfo ming up th wit tuc t. Th m to b many poming way that Wht can ty to tak advtag of th abnc of th bhop om h back kngd but th n that m ptcualy pobmatc to my mnd i 4 00 d5 5 d5 a5 6 a b6 b5 to followd by a5 and c4 wn Back i lky to b lft wth wak pawn and a wak king. Th m to povid clnt comnaton fo h chang. My thank to GM Bogdan ai who cnty tod m of ths da 1 f4 (D
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Tagtng a dffnt pat of th pawnchn aow Back mo bah ng pac than th nomal 6 ida
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bt I dnt see an obvous mprovmen on my ay om s game and so am not recomendng hs lne but rather showng e ge for it n structonal vaue 14 00 s good move cos my opponen dearly on he clock but he was rght to avod 14 dxe6 xe6 15 xb7 xd+ 16 xd 8 when Back has good chances n the endgame. 14 .e4 Otherwise Whte may we play f5 15 4 7 payed ts soid move vey qucky bu perhaps shoud have aken my chance to grab some maeia snce I soon run into serous ouble However, aer 5 .xc 6 b 16d4+ 17 xd4 cxd4 1 8 e seems to eave Black unable to gan ny ono of he cene, whe 6 xb 17 xb lso ooks very pomsing for Whte so may e whole tng s bad l 16 4 Tgetng Blacks rbem s wha o do w e bsop on c8 one of the reasons I dont ie e .6
ne generaly s hat t doesnt ques ton e placemen of he rook on b 1 and ofen forces Black to play ..b6 and hen develop he queen bshop aher passvey 16 have o y to blockade on e dk sques and hope ha an mobze before ng blown apa 17 g5 Tryng to remove Backs bes defnder and taking advantage of he ck set up by he las move 17.d6 17. f 6 1 8 d6+ 18 f4 f Bak were beter deveoed such an exchange would tend to be favour abe for m cause e cenl pawns are xed on ght squares, u here I have great dfcuty holdng o an mmedate cenal onslaugh 18...f6 Anythng ese would lead to he opening of he sluce gaes but t seems that my oston is os in any case 19 e5 fe5 0 h4 D)
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Compre ech piece i r d the y to d somethi posiie o y out he lck osition he best I cold do he tme ws cosider whther I hd y wi chces i sho endi, bt even tht did t seem ikely. Bc s os o be cse o he suctre i tsel b be se of he retive mobiiztion of the foces If I hd two moves b6 d .d I wod o be worse b Wh s plyi oo powerlly o low y sch respe 20h5 20 .b6 2 xf8+ f8 22 d 23 �g 24 h6 �h8 25 f6 e 26 d6 e8 2 f d8 28 e+ s emple of eroys le f ence 2 x+ x 22 'h6+ �g 23 g4 (D
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rpp his ow qee d le i the bishop en rie bt the hret of ff6 is mple jsticto h3 I mst be stopped, bu ow l tio imminet 25 :b5 d8 2 b id My opoe hs pyed peety p to ow but w desperey shot of me Moe cliic wold ow hve ee x which s betif zzw d6+ or xd d d6 o be verted d I wold hve hd o resi 2 bS 4 A immer of hope er Mjesy c brethe for he rst tme 28 :d?? Lck of time cses mjo l der er y ig mve he ws ey. 28.'+ 2 g2 d 30 id 'b2+ 31 '+ A perpet o of owhere otce how ineffeve the qee ws blockde d yet how competey ef fecive she ws whe she becme c tive Gme Shirov - Lko
Lndn Lyd Bnk 1991
A dedy move cvi p my kisid. 5 he ony ty bt my oppoet found he bes move 24 g5
d4 f 2 c4 g 3 d5 4 gS Idirey tcki d s ey forhrght wy to gh fo he cete see Chters 0 d 1) b the drw bck is ht Bck c mmediely h bck. 44! (D 5 4
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a 5 xe4 de4 eave Whe wih trobe deveopng and a nny ookng bihop c on g5 Colin Croch red 6 a4+ again e at the 997 Britih Chapionhp b ater 6.d7 7 xd7 xd7 8 00 �g7 9 f3 6 1 �e e5 1 1 dS f5 I had a go poon and wen on to wn b 5 xdS too lever or own good S xgS 6 h4 e4 7 xe xdS 8 c a5 a eas equal for Black who ha he two bihop and ite o fear ro White hpawn. c S �4 a eou atenaive, bu then S xc3 6 bxc3 dxc oe Black good proct as Whie cannt win he pawn bac convenienly and he bhop on h4 loo a bi vage 7 e (7 e4 cS 8 �xc4 �g7 i a bizare echange vaion whee the c 1bishop venured not only o g5, bt h4, o whee canno retrn o e o ppor he cntre; 7 a4+ d7 ! wi probably transpose o Lauiervanchu n Chaper 7 ..�e6 8 b 1 8 b 1 ! was tred by Topalov n 994 bu looks arly experental d e an played thi lne nce b6 9
�g7 geneally ead o a copex ddlegae wee Black wll lose c4 but oordnae n te to appy prere w cS One exaple: O d 0 1 3 �dS 1 e4 �b7 1 e cS wih appoxiae eqaity in a ypical rneld poion Zaarp ova Fydek Miek 1996
5 .3 b3 d4 hn Leo had j urned tweve when thi gae wa played o wel rgive hi thi ight inaccacy. thn i beer o play 6 .�g7 hee a epained in Chaper 10. 7 e4 sees a i ove aow Whe o reach a pion i o the ainne change Vaiaion b wh an exra ove 7. 5 4 � 9 2 10 d Norally n s poston e bhop wold ll be on c ad Black would pay ..eS b here h wold gve Whte total conol aer .eS 1 �xeS �xeS 1 4 g7 1 eS i ee nkey ha Back w nd ucien conterplay 10.. l d3 0-0 12 � g (D Qie an inructive ove, not uncoon n he Grneld. hirov ap precae tha Black wan o ove hi epawn and alo know hat he wod like s fpawn o be ee o ove to 4 i he poon eqed Mreover a we will ee, he bihop wa o go o d bu rs he akes t bac qeen go o c7 whch ay no look lke a ato que bt atuay sb opta or the sructure a soon re.
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2.c7 3 00 3.e6 4 b also ooks ter fo Whte ut hs wou poa e more unseting or hrov for as we wll see he ge coninuaion is much ese o Whte o pa 1 c 5 d 7 (D
Athough I was aso oung when I watched he posmorem of is game ememng surprse tha Leko n ust stop all Whites queensie pla wth 6 , whe t semed ce to me ha Whe cou nee seous ho to cause gef o he b6pawn an
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at Bac ma een cla to be er nc he ges hs pa gong wit . .5 4 ec aso remmbe Leko quizzica suesn that he h shou have sae on an houh I can remembe eact wh hiov no ook mpesse I uess he fet a his knih beongs on 6 an hat Whe can alwas arange to bng a ght to 3 to shif he knh om a5 f nee . aing on aS wth the bshop is also posbe but hen Whte has to sue hat Back won an a ook on . At any ate I wsh I ha mustee he couage o as em wha was o n on a he me because even now having seen the coure of the game I think 16 . shou ente have e coseed One hg ha s cle to me now howeve is at after 16 Whte shou not e Back pa ...5 f4 for then Whe wou be e wi out a cnvincing pan if Whe ies o pa b Back akes t wh s bshop from Insead White shoul prepae o meet ..f5 wih e5 an hen somehow pessurze Backs centre whie i Back sn pla .S Whte shou slow prepae to pla f4. I hnk share he uson that Leko ha a he time namely hat Black was onl a coupe of moves om havin a angeous kngse atack ti es consier 6 a more closely t wl hep us unersan hese sctures os of e me the pawnstuce shoul be thought o n tems of the scope t proies or he pieces but thee e aso moments when ou shoul ust agine how thgs wou
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look wthou the peces and n ths ase you woud have o ask Wha have I done to my pawns Wthout Deroy and he black bpawn, let s call him Bly for now, he sucure would be symmetrcal. And yet if we then ompare Deroy to Blly we can see hat one s a centra protected passed pawn and the other is a backwd b pawn If ths thought alone werent enough to dissuade you from the move 16 , consder that you have given away one of ony wo pawnbreaks. Moreover you should know that al though b6 is not immedately vunerable as ong as there ae major peces on the boad wil aways more than a mnor tget d7 7 S ld 8 lc3 f5 e A good solid move, overprotectng e4 and provding a defensive haven for he bishop on f f4 Note that in such positions Back would generaly prefer o have his queen activey paced on the kngsde. As it s, hee are no eal threats thee and nohng to stop Shirov breaking through on the queenside 20 b3 h5 2 Jeb Jb8 22 b b 23 D he logcal culmination of Whites pay Black was simply too sow on he kingside he tme spet on c b7d tuned out to be too costy on this casion 23b5 lb5 b5 25 cb5 c4 2 b4 lb5 27 c4 c4 28 c4 ld4 2 Jb8 b8 30 h4 �h7 3 S Jc8 32 d c4 33 d7 le2+
34 d4 35 d8 Jd8 3 d8 ld4 37 0 I think this game shows that Back should be very caeful about enteing no his fed sucure because un less seious counterpay is readily avaiable wth .f or b, he can eas ly be squashed
Game 9 Nnashv - Aapbrgnov
Bshkek Z 1993
d4 lf 2 c4 g 3 lc3 d5 4 cd5 dS 5 e4 lc3 bc3 g7 7 c4 0-0 8 le2 lc D hs is a very reasonable ateative to the main nes. I geneal Black wans to compete deveopment foe attacking the cene nomaly with b, .b7 d7, .. .e, .c in vaious diffeent sequences f my ecommendatons n Chapter 6 n into heoretical dcuties at some stage suggest taking another ook at this ap proach for which Whte tends to be ess prepaed ha said thee e many easons whch will become cea n
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he corse o s game why I do no hnk hese nes are whoy adequae as yor mansay defece o he c nes The fst oewothy reaso s at Whte can play 8 e3 nsead o 8 e2 whch Korchno and Shov have een known to use Ths alows Whte o meet an early b6 wth some shar deas ofen ncludng he move and afe 8 c6 9 3 makes e5 deas ess appeang fo Back, eg 8 e3 ? 6 9 f3 e5 d5 a5 e2 g 1 2 d2 0·0 S (D The eason s approach s pas be he c nes s hat Whe e ets tte contol over e5, and d5 s a move Whe dsnt eay wan o pay becase blocks he cbshop and Whte w ose a empo afe a5 9 b6? s aso eoecay re spectae 10 I hnk ths s one of many poms ng appoaches fo Whte snce Back can e oced to pay a cople of ony semusefl moves n orde o foce
he se Bac deses aer Whte pushes wth Bac wans s sc tre ecase alows hm o break he cenre wh c6 o 5 n eatve peace Othewse a) 1 d5 a5 s also possbe a) Aer d3 Back seems o have two easonable appoaches a ) b6 ? 2 c b7 1 3 c3 d7 1 c2 f5 5 a f7 6 a3 d6 17 d7 d7 18 c5 e 19 fe hh RvaevSohl Br gas 992 a12) c6 12 c b5 ? mmed ate deonaon Thee are many vara os on e foowg shp ne b I have reasonabe fah n Backs pros pecs hogh he ms mpove over 3 cb5 cd5 1 a3 e8 15 c3 b7 1 6 c 7 e2 b6 8 a f5 9 ad h 2 g 3 h3 2 1 d 22 ab6 dc3 2 c �h8 2 d7 w an advanage for Whte, Rashkovsy Ermonsy Akubnsk 985 a2) Howeve when I was pepar ng hs lne t seemed that 1 b !? was a sprsngy annoyng and aer cever move The bshop ooks passve
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hr but Wht wch on o th fc h Blck wll hv to pl ...b6 or .c6 o g nd thn th bhp wl b bought o lif. It lo ncoug Blck to gn th two bhop whch ar no uch u n uch cod poition h kngh rol bkdr or pont. 1 .b6 2 c4 " 3 3 b7 4 4 ! 5 5 c6 b8 6 c3 f5 17 fx4 8 x4 x4 fx4 xf 20 xf 6 21 b5 22 'd3 xb5 23 cxb5 24 4 w lght btr for Wh n rkhkopn Mo cow GM 18. b M n ron for wrnng ou off h t howr 10 3 ! , whch o p gr d nd on Bck f 0...8 1 1 xf7+ �xf7 1 2 'b3+ bl 2 ...�f6 ! ? urnd ou wll for Blck n on ga, bu I nvr fu bivd n Bck poon nd Wh h nurou pobl pron 3 f4 h6 14 fx5+ (14 d5 !? 14 �g7 5 f6 (1 5 h3 ! ; 15 6 ! 15 g4 6 f7+ �h8 17 'xb7 x5 18 x7 d7 1 d6 8 20 g3 xc7 2 1 xc7 "g5 22 h3 '3+ 23 �h2 "xc3 24 f nd Bck or h wor opovukkov l d Mlorc 12. b2 2 . 6 1 3 d5 14 dx6+ x6 15 "4 c6 16 d1 'c7 17 c4 wth th d of c 1, uggtd b ukkov Bck poion b no n fu of ong. W rurn to 10 3 D . 7 d5 1 1 f3 ! lighl or chllnging inc Blk probbl h o
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pl 1 d8 nd ftr 12 d5 5 13 d3 b6 4 c4 w n h h rook woud rthr b on upporng h .f5 puh. 2 d c5 So hr w r gn bu h i Dro w no b on th wnnng 2 .b6? o look plbl Indd w worh png co nton o nthing h Fnk nd Sohl do n th Grnfld nc boh GM hv bn lflong dvo 1 3 d2 d7 4 c b7 15 f4 6 6 c1 c5 17 fx5 x3+ 18 "x3 'x5 d4 8 20 d2 f6 2 c2 d6 22 f3 g4 23 d4 d7 24 f3 w qu n dSol, Gud r nold Cup 11 f4 13 c!? b6 (d2 w poonl hr h kngh nd n cp quar 14 d2 b7 15 d6 16 b5 !? 7 cxb5 c4 (not tht thi d would not pob f th qun wr on c du o c1 8 c2 xb5 gi Bck civ p .. ef4 4 f4 d7 5 d2
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Wht an try o prvn b5 but thn Back can hi back in h cn 15 b1 a (5f5? 16 d6 17 xf5 xf5 1 xf5 5 19 d7 2 wnning, shows Droy at hs bs d 2 5 15 .b5 5 5 wod aga a or snc Wh is fuly prpard 1 a1 x 17 g3 with a car advantag Notc that cangng in t cnt tnds to b a bad ida whn Blacks forcs ar so scattrd 6 ab 1 6 a oos mor aning bu tn Back wod s ry to od h cntr wh 16 f Snc Black has no intntion o paying 5 hr it s bttr to av t uns roo o suppot th unsid pawns 6.a6 17 e b7 mproving th worstplad pic 18 g 5 a 19 a x5 2 axb5 ab5 is a a c 9 c2 a s simla to h gam 18..e8 1 4 4 20 2 5 (D
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Not that Black ly mobizd his fors n th cntr bor this brak whch now has consdrab for 2 axb5 axb5 22 fe xe4 Wht h n otpayd and has ost th attl or h ctr Wr xacy dd go og Aftr f h ddnt hav a s pawnbrak and rfor ddnt hav a pan; alhough h prvnd 5 or a whil h soud hav prsistd I hink h may hav bn rlyng on h foowing ida bt such dcntraliza ton s aways suspicos and Whit is dly punishd 2 4 (D 23 d 23 . kps cotro
h oowing sacri is a vivid xampl of th imporac and pow of a lly coodinad my 2.4 23 c5 s mc lss sprid. Afr 2 3 xd5 25 d f5 26 c7 Whit is sil in th g 24 xf4 2 x dosnt chang mch 2 c5 25 �h1 d6 26 c2 f5
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gS h6 8 g 'f and agan Backs coordnaon s awesoe. 5 25 h1 5 'f e 6 'g d6 oes no respe 25 ... 6 2 (D
Personl I fnd he hony Backs oston absoutey delcou Eey back pece s oeang a os axum capacy and perfos an oran roe, whereas Whes peces reembe ndern couch o ta 2 h4 27 gS f6 keeps he oenu Bt notce tha Black has no nteres n akng the dawn whch woud eec el n the V o and encourage
he whe peces o do soehng Back s lookng for darksuare nfl aon and .f5e s a major dea 2 .f5 g4 f 2 xe4 9 'xe oses o 9 e 0 a fS a8+ . 2...6 A swank swchback whch eec ely ends he gae sppose we cod say hat Whes een was ot dong e shopng wen te es ere wachng TV and s moe cke he rbs as she coes n wh he shoppng bags 0 h4 f6 f4 x 2 h4 f6 f4 g5 4 f e5 5 xh+ Ackowledgng ha the een was oeroded bu s oo ae 5...%xh 6 g 5 01 Conson he whte dpan s an mortan raegc feaure of os nfed po stons Ths pawn can ped dan geros and crpng or weak solaed and unerabe n genera te kngh s he bet blockader of uch a pawn b Black s be ce no o be oo sasfed wh ch a bockad becase Deroy can offer sutr and spaa adanages as well.
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n the ollown mes we examine aton where Whte es to bd a awncene whle reentn (or ds corain the catre ..d5xc n ost o hese ces he nh eeas to b6 and t is dct or ack to la .c7c5 as White wod hen care wh a temo ned on he knht on b6 and in most cases he wil aso contro the c5sqe with hs bsho on e3 The drawback o hese lines or Whte is hat t rher deas his la n deveoment nd so ak ds bt to attack te cene a qck as ossbe wh .c6 or e5 alown Whe o n s mch cenl sce as he lkes e on roided o crse that ack can ht ack in de corse wh the necessar awnreas.
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This is an antiGrned ine wh whch Whe hoes to show that dsowin .xc wil eave ack wh too an ieces and too ittle space or oonent as e sc r ation aanst the ins ndian bt seems nse o what to la aanst the Grned then here s a ood chce hat he/she wil ths line a the heor s reave nestbshed and ac h to a ver accratel to achieve conea aanst he cen e
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3.d5! Dont be discouaged 4 cxd5 xd5 5 e4 b6 6 c3 7 J 00 r Uc1 c6 9 d5 e5 1 d c6 1 1 f g 12 x g �g 13 e2 e5 and f 1 xg hen 1 ..h b f is the next game .c6 (D ..e5 was Shiovs choice in his de cie matchge with amnik bt most comentators agree at Whies ostion from he oening was a east uite roising and some reent ges hae conrmed thi. fte 9 d5 c6 1 h h5 11 e2 cd5 12 exd5 d7 13 d6 f6 1 g Back should ay 1 .e6 bu fer 15 h3 Uc 1 6 f2 U e xe 1 9 xe f6 2 e3 b6 21 Wite was somewhat tter in WardKnott Brtish Ch Torua 199
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sod payers ookng or a slg edge due to the inactivity of e g7sho and e ossibilty of essure against c7. Then a1 Black coud ry e sod cn tinuaton 1 1 ..xb5 12 xb5 d 1 xd7 c when the osition after 1 e2 xe3 1 5 xe3 d7 16 e2 inendng U and ..fd6 s about eual a2 1 . .c5 s a much moe osite aroach and afte 12 dxc6 bxc6 12 .e as my inereaon o the ositon before I knew an of the theoy Giulanowon rvine 1995 ontinued 13 d3 bxc6 1 d xd 15 g5 f6 16 17 b3 e6 e2 g5 19 g3 f 20 0 f 2 f2 d7 and Black had comee conol 13 xd exd x xd 15 xd d 1 6 xd e6 Backs lead n develoment and ossibilities o attack on e queenside eae hm t least equal though he mus ay ener getcay and nt aw Whe o con sodate b 9 .. .f5 also ooks layae ndeed would een ecommend ths move ahead o e5 bcause Wtes setu onl seems to make sense as a rohylact measure against the .e5 and d lan an afte 9 . f5 White may even be suggng eqale. Note that once again Whtes king is a long way fom castling and i i icult for Whe to cmlete is devel omen eg 1 ge2 c 0 h3 fxe 1 1 fxe x3 12 gxh3 e5. h s ossble but hen Whie shoud have castled instead of aying Ud 1 . So his looks like a romng idea fo Blak
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t I rcmmnd ln at .. t fr it las t sm fairy tyic Grn fd stins 95! Grandmastr Liss was thrhly disasd with ths am and ar nty td Wad n th stmrtm that h ny ayd f cas h had td . aainst Byhvsy a fw mnths rvisy and had cn cldd that Whit was smy ttr and mr nraly that 3 f3 ws a s rius ain fr th Gnfld ayr. h t dmnsat hat Lisss ssi mism was ilcncivd t I d ar tha thins r nt s sim fr Blac ar th nrmal rcmmndatin f Thn aftr 1 d d4 Whit has a lasant chic a 1 1 h4 s ssl ut ratvly nxrd ) b is huht t harm ss ut Hunran GM Vara always sms an a last a n fr Whit and Bac has fw winnn chancs . .x ( .c 1 dx6 xc6 3 xd4 xd4 1 4 xd4 xd4 1 xd4 xd4 6 xd4 6 1 a3 ! s nad at fr Bac th n is wll lacd n c, rtctn h awn) 1 x d 13 6 14 dxc6 xc6 xd fx 16 h3 whn I sus h wuld caim ht his is incldin his n ar slihtly mr acivly lacd than Blacs. f4 ! c 2 fx 4 3 1 x 14 h3 d ( 4 . h4 ! is vry annyn fr Wht t vry risy fr Blac if h ln std r fl y this mv thn d say mr t th thr tw ins ar as rms s w
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w ECO jus vs 16 . with a sh advanta t Bac ut dnt thin hats t sciay if w rmmr r tst fr th ily succss th Grnfld dnds n cntral cnt and hr Whit has ratr cntrl and uatn. Furthrr aftr h lays h4 Blac rally has t ly wth .h t sw dwn th insd aac aftr whch th . f awnra ms t wann. Mr nraly it is difclt t ninr any srt f nsd atac t cntr Whts an f a slw cntl ild. Th nly nw da saw in hs s f stins was t lay a6 fllwd y .. at sm sta ut I f ths s tinn arund th s and wnt rvid sucnt cntr ay. 16 . X was lad y in ByhvsLiss Tlvv 16 and is sms t a ttr mv cas h n can as t f6 h ssntial natr f th stn dnt chan
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Blak stll less nl f the ene The ge ntnued 17 h 'f6 1 e2 5 1 9 g5 g 20 f d 21 �b1 :a 22 : 1 a6 23 e3 f6 and nw 2 :hg1 wth he dea f2 xh 25 f ks prmsng fr Whte etung t e stn after 9f5 D
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04 Ths seems t be he mst dangerus mve Others a) 1 0 b5 fxe 1 fxe g 1 2 ge2 e5 ks themat and srng f Bak 10 b5 s a neessari hestant me ause Whte generay desnt want tke n 6 due t the weakness f he squre b 10 e5 s a deeptvely dangerus me an may prve t the ra tes 9 f5 t s emptng t wite he me beause Whte nw xes the stutue ad gves Bak he grus d5 utpst but Whte an gue that he has shut ut bth blak bshps and has the lea pan f hh5 and a g suare f hs kngh n f s heeks may as turn sghy rs at the
hugh hat he has mre spae and that hs rks are lkely t me effete tan he unteps, w by he way s fen the man advan tage f havng mre spae b1) 10e6 lses t 1 1 d5 b2 10e6 ks muh t pase n ew f 1 1 h! 3 atually hnk Blak s mpeled t play 10 b but t ks me than adeuate b31) Frstly t seems that the dangeuslkng 1 1 d5 ? s OK f Bak after 1 1 xe5 1 2 a3 x3 1 3 bx3 xd5 xb6 (1 e3 15 xd :xd 16 :xd �f7 17 5 e6 axb6 15 xd5 'xd5 16 :xd5 e6 17 :e :xa3 ! s Whe s prbab adsed t pa a ma eeventh mve b32 1 1 h6 It may seem stange t exhange Baks passve bshp bu Whe ea as nd a pan and t sees the ny dea aaabe s t ty t atak the blak kng smehw weve, Bak seems t have t eed 1 . . xh6 deenang he whte queen) 12 xh6 e6 13 h 'e7 and Blak w flw up wh d7 6 and 'g7 f neess an Whte w he n rea att t shw fr hs srutural defes b33 1 1 h ? 5 12 h5 ! and nte that afte 13 Bak shuld pla 3 x3 bx3 e6 beause after any the hteenh mv Whte ma pay e makng the b6knght a supruus pee (e t als wnts e n d5 and s theefre underperrmng n b6 beause d5 s aread uped
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0..xe4 hS (D) Afe 1 1 fxe4 e 2 d5 d4 inending ..g Bl coeed his develomen honiousl
2 hxg6 hxg6 x 6 4 h6 5 xg �xg 6 S S h6 guess iss obbl thought ht Whie coud no do bee n o gve tul, but thee ws hole in s ss ...6 1 h4 �g 9 h7 �6 20 h4 �g 21 h6 6 22 gS �g7 2 xeS 'xe5 g4 Wnnng ee s w dcl one to see om f esume tht w onl due to eoble t t oo Whie oer twen moves to wn
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lle? hs ws not good d ou fo GM Lss, who nomll pls e Gnfed ve wl. I w dcul o see hes cee nsh b hd Bc emnded hmself th te feblood of the Gn feld is to develop quckl nd tck te cente e mgh hve efeed e5 whch hin is n iportnt imovement fo Bc No on does ths move conibute to the gh or e cente bu enbes Bck to come to the id o s ing is lso l n ccordnce wit he clsc chess ncil t n dnce on th wng s best me b counte n the ente ow t eems ht White sould 12 d5 d 3 hxg6 but e 13 hxg6 he is t n mont cosods Perhs he shoud 14 h6 bu e e7 o 4 e3 strong be eve ht Bc hs hs fu she of e chnces
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Smsov ws fond of hs osc sem so it should e eed wth e pe Whe ntends o eptue w the sho on c3 when his cene wl be secue nd he ..e5 d .c5 wn bes w be ess eecie. heefore
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ac sod eeay eea e o 5 g b6 tedi a late c is also possble but I prefe to cotiue deeopi ut forced to stop. 6 e4 b6! No 6 . xc3 xc3 00 8 d d7 9 f3 we cealy here is not eouh pressure o the cetre. e After f3 e dpaw is hot so advse e cool .. 00 with a likely raspositio which woud o doubt please GM Paul Motwai 00 s s oe of ay appoaches but s ae to ook soewa ubous a e Svders eerec appas o e back poto Oers a) 8 3 f 9 exf xf 0 3 c6 iedi ..e ooks fy ade uate b) 8 a a aa deas of c6 ad f ad te b otpost a bous c) 8 f3 9 e2 c6 s a aspositio d) 8 f is ore critical ad ow af te 8 c6 9 d recomed 98 (ts ives Wite fewe caces o seze e itative ta 9 a). 1 a s the a ove hee ad ts s di ected aais the eat of 0 c6 wc ak woud pay aat he aura 0 f3 but would ow leave ack ae passivey paced .c6 a 6d7 12 e ). herefore ack sould te cee w 0 e a e xe 2 f3 3 'd2 xf3 xf3 c 6 a c8 6
c d6 7 b3 d7 ave ac a vey acve poso Geou Fa, Paa de Maoca 989) .6d 2 f3 'e7 ( 2.e8 is aso possibe but pefer to eep oepoteced i te eet of te fe ope). lack ow iteds ..exf ad occupato of e e. 3 d3 ex 1 xf e e xe 16 xe xe 1 00 d7 8 c d 9 �1 e eaes lack cool ilickReshevsky New Yok 19 Cosider at Wite pays a to pevet c6 t akes ood sese to swtch to te e break because all hat Wes apaw ca e do is push the black kit owads e va d wc s exacy wee wats o o .. 6 D)
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9 d5 te 9 f3 0 d x3 1 xf3 (it is also woth ot that Wite ca pay xf3 o s s ot ey as probeac if ack s cae ful deed e 2 e2 ec aeay ook cooae o ac ou as a w soud eto
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h 1..6 1 xd5 d is eer fo Whie 11e5 dles me noes so here u is imon o now how hnde h osiions for lk sine Whe ll hs n mosin ene nd he siuon is no l le 12 d e6 13 f ed7 1 x7 �x7 5 d f6 ee redy eer euse fe 16 e5 h Whie's wns e xed nd wek, whe n exhne of qeens es k he eer endin e. 16 ed5 17 xd5 xd5 8 exd5 d8 f3 6 inendn .. d6 ..fd8 nd eenly xd Wih 12 3 Whe nend o sle queensde nd omine ressre on l of he ord 12 .6 no in ese meis enion lk ms h fo hs she of he cene nd now d5 1 xd5 1 x6 6 15 x6 6 16 xd5 e6 7 x6 x2 nd lk is les eql .. 8 15 � d5 16 xd5 e6 17 5 d7 18 d e 7 d 1 6 nd k s no ro ems. Whie h some ion wihin his lne s on lk hs some soe fo hs mnor ees e we kn s lile druhy nd he whie wnrre s hered, I he f fih in ks roses 2) 3 f ed7 1 dx6 x6 15 Thi osiion ses mos y fore fe 8 ..6 so is woh exnn in de in se ny rosee oo nen hes ono he f h s f fom ein nlyle for Whie
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21 The exoe M Anow now lye 15 .. 7? n e no ommen o his moe in hs de ed noons for New i e know if I were Whie he iee wol e e hy w wd e whih hs only wo wns o sield i ene, I wod e seekn o idy u wh 1 nd followed y n he ndererformin h1rook n d nd I my een w o ly e5 lok ou he 7sho er h n ind s ck in he rs e I don wn m ueen on 7 due o o enl hre of 5d nd in he seond I my well e oled o e6 o reen he desuive e5e nd o sor knh on d5 22 These hohs led e sue 5e6? n mroemen for k Afer 16 � e7 w ides of . 8 nd ushn he nd/or wns I red efe l Whe ould lso r 16 %d6? he k shod 16..7 esi my revios oens hins e di feren hs me k n m roes h wn nd h
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concete ide of .fb8 nd f8 gin ike Bck's positon so think White shold try 16 3! which hghlighs the newly creed wekness on d6 Bck mght then show the ohe beneft of hving the qeen on the kngsde by plying 6.h4 with he cude noton of h6 some stge but he moe gene im of coodntng hs ooks The poson is then thooghy unce bt sspec Blck hs hs fl she of the chnces 9 .. 5 0 d4 c5 (D
An nstrctve bu bsoutey necessy move White ws hreening f4 followed by the exchnge of Blcks wondeful bishop on g7 so n ypcl Gnfeld style Blck tcks the cene befoe Whte cn fuly mobze xc5 c4 Gien the choce ts most lwys bette o pce hs knght on c4 snce Whe does not lwys cptue on c4 nd he knight on b6 s much moe se cure thn s colegue on e5 Fo exmpe 1 ..bc4 2 b3 b6 3 d4 lees White n contro.
2 xc4 Whte cold so y 1 xb6 b t .x 13 xc4 xb Blcks posion is oewhelmng so Whites bes moe seems to 1 b3 when ..xb 3 c1 1 3 xb 4) 3 . xc3+ 14 xc3 4 eds o posiion whch is stil plybe fo Whie. 2..xc4 3 b3 xb2 4 xb2 c7 5 b4 5 3 b6 6 7 c x 8 x8 xc3+ gies Blck wn ning ttck 5...5 6 g2 xb4 xb4 g4 (D
Ths bishop soe is ecrng motf in the Gnfeld By povokng f2f3 Bck cn ulize certn tctcl esouces on the g dgonl nd te wekenng of Whes second nk, s we see hee cn be usefu te on. is genely good de to force ts wekenng, nd escilly so hee con sideng he sengt of Blcks dksqued bishop. 8 3 d7 9 00 b5
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he segh o wo shops d the gd o Wes ep mkes Blks poso mch he eser o ply 20 h1? A her ceess move, t gess Bcs repl is om obios siol tet 20 xe is so bd er 0 8 4 � 22 d 2 b3 3 1 3 24 �5 ws or Bck 2xd 3 3 xh h 5 t 20 oers some chces sice r 20c8 2 x5 �5 2 x5 x2 t s ot oos how Blck wil icrese he pessre decisiey . ! D
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A eti trsiio er which th dvge ssmes cocrete pro otos 2 2 w pro beter sce te 2x4 22 x4 3 x5 �x5 24 x5 x 25 g1 �h 2 4 cc2 Whe s sil rehg 2. e 22 f8 23 3 2 8 3
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a ts a knigh n the ; bh ae ime againt aia ening n ile Hweve I have ayed thi ve ye and think t deeve t be reated with the ame eine we atrbe t the the ne. T ay it e e a litle be nideing that Bak ha al ved h devel ed knight twie and tng a knigh n the r i generay thght t b gae i it eve an iant e thee (:h3 in he Leningd Dth . :a6 in the King' Indian e One gd way t lk at thi v i iy t ee it a ey hyai White reaize hat Bak ain awn beak i and deide t t a t t it. He a eaze hat h eta ente awn a ngtem aset and i way yng the enre iedi aty with 5 e4 ine ate ..:3 6 b i i Bak' ve and he ha he e an ..g7 and . Indeed t t ike White ant believe hi lk at having ade the e hange r dawn and need a ve tw t get ve the ie bee here are any rthe et I cnider thi ve iila t the he idee' ne here White' aim i ay e4 witht alwing 3 The ve i the brainhid he enan aye Nadnn wh hud be ngatated r eeing wha ev eyne ha een and thinking wha nbdy had thght Hi idea have eeny been ended by any gand ater inlding nne e than Vikt Khni and many Gned
eets have been nabe hw a ea ath Bak It ee t e that Nadnan ay be aed be ng a tad t nd hi baby thgh and I diagree wth any hi ae ent Tha ad h what lw i y wn analyi eae hek thee lne arely Bee reeding it wth nt ng hat White an ntine t ide te' by aying 5 3 g7 6 a4 and th avid e Bak hare e ne that I have ggeted bew n thi cae 6 5? (D lk t e ik the t gia ey many ae White n ge hs ida with 3 t t e4
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F eae 7 5 (nt 7 d7 8 e4 5 9 d5 ! e4? 10 a4+) 8 e4 bx 9 e gx lk vey abe Bak hanks hi ead in deveent and enral nr. The nly exra in aded t White i he abdly nent 7 h4 !? bt hen Whie i ikey have devel men ble and e Bak hld t ae and hen ive
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the .c bek which wod see to gve good chnces eg . 8 5 g e d d e6 0 . ..c? 1 e7 ec S..eS! Most soces give ths s dbs e wys et h dnty sde step is est met with pnch in the cente of the nose. O cose is so possibe to py 5 ..g with good ncs eqng, t it is this imedite etion which wod di coge me fom ee pying tis ne f White gn. t sd wheneve entioned to chesspye tht ws wig thi oo they wys seeed to wnt to o my thoghs on so I he cded to consde wo tenes s we, in ce y dont le y i sggeston 5 ? D)
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We now has o dea wh he annoy ing theat o b4 Afe 8 c3 d 9 g2 c3 10 bxc3 e4 Back s a least comoable b2) 6 3 is not mentioned but i looks ke the mos eible move e sumaby Back woud now ay 6 g7 6 c6 7 e3 intending b5 looks sighty moe comotabe o Whie n genea he kngh is no vey well aced on c6 uness Blak has essue on d o can somehow lay e5) 7 g3 no onge aows any iediae tckey 7 b6 now looks bes so as o suot c5 lae and neutale Whes anchettoed bsho Afte 8 g2 b7 9 00 00 the osition is obably a acion bette o Whte due o his sight adantage n sace and Backs otental weaknesses on he cle As a genea commen I hnk s motan not o undeesmae he dnges esent when White just hods he sctue with he awn on d4 and evens Backs cenal bes may seem that Black is in ite dange when White has no ayed e4 but i oen tuns out ha on comleing evelomen Black nds t hd o do anything signiican whie White cn use hs sighy geate cena cono o cee ound he edges Cealy hee e simlies wh he g3 lnes hee but ts imotant to aecate ha the kngh is not so bady lace on a4 and Blacks igt s genealy bee on b6 han 6 Ate al ha chat guess he mes sage is ha 5 f6 s layable and geat entetainment value but in my
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b) 2 x4 23 d 4 c7 25 :x6 x6 6 3 :c 7 : e7 8 b :c7 ow h Bk h idied up he mess Whies ki ooks o be i oe de d8+ Conson Whe White chooses oe these systems he is seei o miimize Bcs couerl st the cee d hoi o e dve i sce. I he s wo cses I ecomed e .�6 o ck d4 ol lowed by eS ey o .fS if Whes pw is o 3 becuse these cses i s dicu o Whie o comee deelome d hs seu mkes less sese i Blck doest chee i immeite wh he eS be I Whie hsses the kht o c6 wh dS Blc shold ee o to e5 bu reced eei o b8 if hie h ed ely 4 5 4 is si er much i is ifc bu you uhor feel is ehe e bd o ve ood d Blck shoud de iey coside S eS ! s esose.
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that Whte ha problems here eg. 14 g3 $5 5 g2 f5, when the initia tie persiss and m onl objection s tha the nigh on a8 appes o be snong. b 4 g4! ? is excessie 4 .dc4 s a sober response and after 5 h3 d5 6 6 b6 aps o be unred b also er stong, e.g 7 xc4? xc4 8 'a4 c 6 c) 4 h4? is sligh less compro mising but I still ke 4 ..c5 5 xd5 xd5 the same positon ca be eached via 4 cxd5 xd5 5 h4 c5 6 dxc5 xc3 7 'xd8 xd8 8 bxc3 g7 9 d2 f5 10 f3 d7 1 e4 e6 2 c6 bxc6 followng Atv-Sms ov, ochi 963 which Zaitsev wet on to win ad n doing so encouaged os o 4 h4 b obvos c was not worse out o the oning. d) 4 xd5 xd5 D and now d) 5 'b3 xc3 6 bxc3 5 7 3 g7 8 a3 d7 9 3 00 10 e 'a 00 b5 ges a go pa. d2) 5 'a4+ c6! 6 e3 b6 7 d 1 g7 8 f4 ? b4 9 a3 4d5 10 e4
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e sou f chess s to eved en n we can say a ac' so s moe gunded a We's hee tog prbaly t as lived a ttle more deberately Wtes ol s yng o to seen and ed singing and dancng n te cente of te daeloor; impessng some and usng ote a s also confdent, b qe and moe deepy selfassred, ntmdated by Whe's flmbynce and feeng a tle more of wat ion caed "peace a the cene o sos e enoyng the ty, bt Ba ongs fr Whtes sty nd hite for acs self possessin Noetheless they must suppes ther mtua admratio as
ey stggle emoselessly fo co o of e centre of the bod, onsd eed by many to be e tmate se of tings Te uman predcme mes t diffct to stee clea o such mystcsm but for nw m ging to ty by tlng about e csquae! First of a ets loo t the c sq Noce tat a n oger e conrolled y a white paw, nless tere is a evet o the 3suare and te soated aaw nds ef a wrme evironmet t ts is a re ocenc Anyway sqe etively an oost fo ac and n mny nes of te Excange Varation it alows te bac foces an anco o wch to gain a secre old o tes pos o alowng access for other aws ad pe deed cosdr t o o acs maor sategc trmps te Gnfed because n a snse Whtes postn is repaly damaged fro a s on of vew and t s oen dffct fo t to preven ac om ganig a secre hod o ths o post e w see ow reevant ts squ s n t discussio o t c xchage which follows ut rst would briely e to cosder e foowing importat game
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1 16 1 3 s gd f Wte 2 h3 d7 3 b 13 d1 !?. 3.c8! 4 tf3!? 14 xb7? xd4 15 xd4 xd4 16 xd4 c1! 17 �d d1 1 8 �xd1 a4 Karpv s a hrugy pessve varatn hch ghlghts Whtes ag n develpen. 4.5 ! 5 d3 15 e !?. 5.e6! The blac peces have securey ftened nt he c4 pnt. It s a rule n any Grnfeld vaatns hat the dnan f c4, n the absence f r ganc pan eanesses, guaantees lac cunterpay" Kpv 6 0-0 4 The pstn s n equal accrd ng t Karpv, bu recent gaes have suggested that lac des nt ave enugh play aganst the hte cenre. Ne tha the eptng 6 c4 s raher llcnceved because afer 17 xc4 xc4 18 fc 1 Whte l cn tnue by exchangng darsquared bhps hen the eanng blac bshp nt d very uch n c4. 7 fd 17 d5 !? Seraan 7.b5?! (D A very nstructve stae by the rld chapn Kapv n says: Ths gh see t be que n rder; ac strengthens hs hld n c4. ut n dng s, he cs a ajr ps tal err fr n n, the queen sde panchan beces vunerabe and causes h a grea deal f ry The dest 17..b6! ud have been
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Ae yeas o aoiding he ssue I ave o coe o acep ha hee s good eason for s eing he an ne. Fis of a t eveop Back's ony undeveoped no piece and kes wa o a ook to come to c. econdl ieiately applies pres sure to the white cene an in ong
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so pookes Ths wekens hes secon r (ofen cci etal if Baks counepay eies on a jor pece peneatng o this ank and povdes mpotant souces o cune ay on the a7g1 dagonal. Adojan and Dy ecommend the aenaive 10 .c7 I used o be im ressed by the dea o sneaky yng o wn the bshop on 4 wth the a queen by taking los o mes on and I aso lked the vatons tha they pesened in the oo so much ha I played this way o a whle However soon ealized that Blac ddnt rely diecy hreaen ayhig since Whte coud c in a f i Bck te ang wice on d4 As grew up also egn to feel les co orale with the other ain iea o .7 to pay . since m no happy about weening m f7 poin; i nothing else seems o vndcae he bishops decsion to oat on c More pcualy don thn Black's chances e uy adeuae in te ine begnnng wth 1 1 cd 1 d7 13 d5 the nght gs to a5 Whe seems o have a ay comoabe space advanage and afer .e5 14 Jxe5 e5 15 f4 Jg I generay disus o Blacs osion bu have a paiu dise o 16 d3!? a6 1 b3 b5 1 c, as n NenhevLss Gongen 1994, whch ooks a eas a tte uncoforabe for Blck I ha ope o avoid a dscussion o he evie Vaiaton a ollows y suggesing tha O . S J3 g woud tnspose to he an line, bu
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then as none of m sources epaned it for me I fnll had to admit tht 2 ! s much eter thn 2 and since Black cannot win the d4-pwn or mae use of he c4 point here s gd reason to that White is much eter escial considerng the forh coming f3 and d5 which wil seie considerale amount of space 3 a5 t would seem at t is more accu rate to dela the capture on d4 since his discourages he annoing dea tons with d5 or c 1 which re promsng if Black rs echanges on d4. 12 7 Snce the populait of this moe can e atted o Karpo t s p ticularl insuctive to hea what he ins of the following postions The pawnstuctre hat now arises gies Whte ee reason to count o he ini atie esdes which he has an etra pawn But then agan the postion is highl dnamic and ma er well sut the taste of the plaer of the lack pieces d5 d 3 l c 4 f4 c8 s thought to e comorle for Black 5 dc5 e6 6 3 5 gae Black good pa in Ramma-Sakae USSR 88. 27 3 g4 14 � D 4 f ? c4 5 f3 6 n tendng . s he important orc ing sequence which oliges White to misplace his king It takes o of practical epeence to appreciate he alue o a eta
pwn which has lttle chance of eing a passed pawn n ths case it is worh imgining the white positio without the g-pwn or the g4-pawn n the omer case Whites king is eposed d i the later Blac does no have to wor aout the kng eing cramped or he shop eng shu in on g White pushng a pawn to g5 Normal when one sde has an etra pawn the technique for eploiting the ead n material inoves echanging lots of pieces and winning a technical posi ion with an etra unit king and pawn endgames tend to e especill p pealng! Ironicall Black would re hae much to fe in a ng and pawn end game here s the etra gpwn has no cton in making a pssed pwn nor would ea g-pawns fo at mt ter Howeer in man endgames in cuding some king and pawn endings the eta pawn is useful in that it is one more pawn to e cptured in cases where Black seeks countela on the kings ide whch could e n impotant waste of Blacks ime. Moreoer, the
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exa -pawn make ve unlike that Whte wil be placed in zugwang at an age beaue wll e eae f Whte p wth a neual pan me Hene he ex pawn e mat ter ut nt n the ene hat an extra pwn nal mate Black huld therefre e cefu at ntn f eekng cmpena tn fr the pawn aue he de nt need anm hng draicall t hae ufcien pla. The awd plaemen he whte pece, he c que and the mewha ttle whte ente epea e i ucient in th ene What ha nteeed me in the evlutn f th lne he wa n whch Blac ha realed that t probbly not a d e k n tem f expltng Whte gh-ue weaknee frcng the pawn n dk que nce h make Bac hp mh m "b han White a we wll ee elw Kap cmmet re agan e reeang Let me emphaze that e main feaue he pi i nt he exta pawn; the eedm f Bak me mnae f h mr de Whte ai pan c up he enem hp n g7, mea f the pawn-chan c3d-e5-g5 Blac wil rel n acal evce t enale h h eca n the h6-c1 diag nal" 4d4 Fwng he 97 evle Wrd Champinhp Match afer whch the viatn i ned apv, accrd ng t p tated that he plan ch en e wh 2 x7+ wa
unprmng wa pral he Wld hpn nine reac n hch encurang f exp net f the lack de f th lne everhele n the pt-match duel which fllw ap wa h gh ued and e h game a a mdel exple hw ha n mater hw pmng Back lghue cunerpla ma lk t d nt e n anthng n pl and th game ugget tat Blac prpect e dm une he can mehw u h g7-hp: 1 d6 15 e5 d 6 d8 D
17 a? 6 18 c2 nw there e me lne n whch he ueen cme c4 and the night ge ack t 6 whee me uneale and hte can an a uefu temp wth e4 18 f8 19 �g1 c 2 2! Whte cnnue the pan f rec ing the hp m arp . e6 21 h3 c 22 g5 h6 23 c f7 24 g3 g5 2 c2 d5 2 j 5 27 g3 f7 28 e 4 2 g6 � 3 e4 31 x x3
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since the tension h cene and kngsde no onger predominates 1 d5 Back is n no way worse if White does not close the enre: 16 dxe5 xe5 17 xd8+ xd8 8 c c6 19 g3 d3 20 f4 d4! gave Back equa prosts in SeirawanOafsson, Reykjavk 9. 16 c1 d7 17 dxe5 xd+ 8 xd1 c4 9 f2 xe5 s so coortable fo Back. 4 17 d3 ? At the moment this appers to be Whites ony ty fo an advantage but we can learn something about i from considering the aternative 7 f2 'f6 1 8 g 1 f8 19 e1 h6 Black is aready ve active, and has dea of d2 and .e3 I guess white payers switched from his ine because tey didnt like being so passive so eary 20 g3 a6 and now a) 21 e2 loses to 21.xf2! 22 x e3+ b) 21 h3 xf2 22 xf2 ' b6+ 23 �f d2 24 e2 'e3 25 d1 'd3 26 'e2 'd4 s easiy winning for Black c) 21 f b2 22 h4 3 ! 23 'c3 f4 24 'e1 e2+ 25 h 1 c1 ! 26 g3 d3 27 'b1 e3 28 h3 d4 29 e7 c8 30 'b3 c3 3 1 'b c 3 'xc xc1 33 xc 1 'xa2 34 b5 35 f8 e3 36 d6 f4 3 e 'd2 38 f3 f7 01 MorotMarin, crr. 1990 I have included his game mainy becaue wanted you to she my admiration for e w dance by the back igh. d) 21 h1 'a4 2.'a3 ! ? also oos posng) and hen D
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Nenashes coent was Anoher aacng ove after which i wil dicut to nd a sensibe pan. ot without eason did Kapo so ie paying hs vaiaion it s had fo Blac to ind a aget o attac Ths last pont s parculary petinent when Bac echanges on e3 since it sees ha although the reaining pieces can be acvated Bac s le with itle dynais and Whte has no oganc weaesses. 9 h3 (White has soe poisng aeaes 9 g 3 and 9
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Ths s e mn oe t hee e wo snat aterates a 4 d5 This doeeded moe noles We saccn a exchae or cono o the dak squaes a insde atacn chances t s interestin o compe the vews of ronsten and Kapov on his move. he foer wod chaonshp cha ner i T c Appnic 95 hhlhs e distace of he aknh o he nside and sas "we wl play 14 d5 as ae 1 xa1 15 a Back w e tota passive and Whes ieces can use thei faasy and nowee to creae a son oensie arpov spy says (n Btin Gnd 99 The oce fashioae os k xa xa1 f has practcaly alen to dsuse. Bac s the exchae p ad can excae hsef wot too much dcu Your ahor fees at oh staement e fa In c I fee tha simpy depends on he abies of the payes ho ae conestn rom his posiion Mos andastes wold an themseve wth aov here, bt ronstes commes are moe penen u b ee where he nia ie ends o o more vae han ma era Wha foows s by no means a compehensive srvey o s poston, ut sne mos eaders w want o ow how pay as Black here hae ncuded seea eampes whch show how to h o the whe tate and eeal mph e extra maei omemes t s aso possbe to
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a121) 17 .d7 8 5 %c8 1 9 f4 c4 20 e6 (tis oos ie a msake as reieves he ressue on f6 and ives lack te d6sue; 20 %e e5 2 e5 e5 22 e5 c is aso ood fo lack, but keeing he en sion w 2 .xc4 c4 2 h eaves te position faiy u nce 20 .a4 21 g6 h6 22 .g6 e5 brng ng back te eseres ater 22d5 2 e e5 24 .f7+ �h7 25 h4 Whies mino ieces e someha ore effecive han Backs ) 23 e4 (2 .e8 ives Black less o wory aou) 2 a5 eventing e1) 24 d4 he ueen is seeng he roue
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Wi will ony al o cas o w on oo no wo v 2 ? c4 pin h oos o oos ch fo Bac By h way, in want to intrpt Salovs oqnc, t yo shol now that 87 9 5 2 aso oos paya or Bac Th gam contin 21 5 g5 5 ) 3 2 2 5 c4 Thr is no too mch to say aot hs ov an what olows rom i I songly avis yo to gt o rps with hs am fro anothr soc t I on wan to rivial Shirovs y antasc nsv pay wih spcia snpps Th gam was vntay rawn on mov 5 in wha was phps hs oh a of ach 18 3 wa oginaly vn s nc y Aan in his annoations o his gam agans Yspov aov an on hav nythn snican to ad to hat cpt ha 19 a los a iy cntinaton an li th ac that Bac has an ra pwn wh a hs no pics r sc 8e5! Of cos vn h chanc, Bac sol soy Whs cn 1 e3 ed4 20 d4 f7! Bacs play mas a cohrn pssion oaly Whi now hs sghty ss han l compnsaon o h pawn 2 a6 f 8 22 5 7 is an poan ail
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Th cson o ag a aw has or o o wih this ing h s ach g voiin losing is h poy) than poson on h oa, which os Blac so chancs o a s of th a pawn Sov gvs 25 5 2 5 5 2 c f4 28 7 5 29 7 4 3 � 3 c4 g 32 �2 "n Whit iraclosy hos on onson 1) Th c4sqr s a y sagc pn n Echang Vration o th rnl an Bac can s as an an cho to ho on to Whs poson 2) Th man ln wih g4 an s th mos rlal way o t h Echang Vaiaton with c4 Nh h Sv Vaton no th focing n wh Bac as maia an ns oo proac at psn
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song players are endgae payers an he as a proinent eponent of he Ged Indee f you ae aghast at e ve thought of echangng queens then I fe you are ssing ut or at e very least you ae probaby oog at the rong openng! o y nd e late egae and edgae stages e by no es orng ad clude soe of the ost pofoud an beaufu deas n chess In fac I nd these sages ae generaly ar oe engagng than the aest heoreca deveoent so perhaps coud be accused of tng the ong oo Of ourse I dont que see it ths ay In fct I feel ha trying to sever he ls beteen he differet stages of he gae is conried and sead g Mos people buying an openng boo ave copeive sucess a he ultiate otvaon so coser t he auhors duty to eane and e p typcal ddegae an egae posiions in as uch f not ore eta han he opening stage fo hey generay be a eas as ipotan to he oucoe of e gae f not ore. This s dult because t can invove teachng chess genealy ahe than a aricu onng i I
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suspect that most eades appecate te effot In any ce I nd hat we payed endgames ae evey b as much the sp o the nfed as e dng, ewoknducng poston ng exposons that ae commony thought to be the onngs essence Fnay ho hs dsnt dsco age yo hat as not my am I accept hat many eades have a deent ew of what s auabe n chess o necessay o a whoeheted appe caton o he game S hae sven to be honest esewhee n te book and my consdeed opnon s that f you ae no cuenty nteested n te ate stages of the game then you have a fantastc oppotunty to enhance you undestandng and oy of chess moe than yo an cny know Yo sm py hae to open yo mnd to hese postons t s a sma but magncent step Pease gve t a y ame 6 Graron Dvory
uwde 199 d4 f 2 4 g 3 3 d5 4 3 g7 5 d5 d5 e4 3 7 b3 5 8 b 00 9 e2 b!? D) sensbe move whch bunts the ook on b and pepaes to pessue the cene wth a doube anchetto ke ths moe and have payed t my sef sevea tmes f you have con dence n you abtes to outpay you opponents fom unbanced postons n whch you hae moe expeence e whoehetedy ecommed Howeve shou say tat I fee te
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has good chances of mantanng an edge hee and Backs pay s much ess combe than tha te ctca nes n Chapte 9 0 0-0 0 h!? g !? �f !? s Cebao dea whn x d 6 s o gve Back a g game 0 b7 d3 e5?! cxd 2 cxd d 3 a c6 e3 'd7 5 a3 and now a) sspect 5 e6?! wod be a fay typca mstake n ths sot of poston t s mpoant to secue m cono of d5 n suc postons bu e6 shoud ony be payed necessay snce othewse t jst weakens the f6 and d6sqes and te cca f6 beak becomes dobeedged oe ove f hte pays h n such pos tons t s vey temptng to cement he kngsde wth h5 but usuay ths s a mstake snce t gfts Whte the g5 squae and Backs kngsde pawns ose the exbty nomay t s best to et h wh h6 b) 5 6 6 exf6 exf6 ts ey dct fo hte to n a go pan)
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Id ad8 8 6! a4 h4 e7 hS S 22 hxg6 hxg6 23 3 8 24 c4 &e 25 c2 h7 26 e4 x4 27 xc4 dS 28 x5+ 5 gave Back a cear egame advaage Mchea ksowson Eeva OL 996 e6? (D Tee ae varos ways o playg s poso wh a6 ad 7 ad whe e may eaonabe m a eoretca pespecve I have l ways od he ahe c.
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whe queen cann ck e qe o cmoably on e3 snce hs wl now block e c bsop. Hence I ecom men 2...xd4 13 cx a6 4 e3 7. he qee h he sghs se o e ne asqare and a swe o he cal o he 8-rook, who s ow ess cocee about a3 Im o sue how oen ths exac poon ha cre but y gut eeg s a Back can hod hs own here eg. 5 dS ed5 6 exd5 e8! c) 2 g5 s he mos eqet payed moe nd emans conse ae acracy o Backs p 2 d6 oos ke te best move to e bt soe sog players have te o play w e een o 7 I on ke s ea so mch becase oenng he c le s an oran esource or Back and I don wa my een beng gven te eye by a we rook on c 3 e3 a ty move keepng the peces e be o w o Back to pay hs hnd) 3 c8 s ae pecar o pa h beoe evelopg he 8-ght o tang o 4 bu t s goo o re e the exchange o dsquare bshop a hep o cear the 8sae o he ba qee so tha she has a comortabe esg pace om a whe ook o d) 14 (D a he c1) Noly Back plays 4 cx4 c <7 5c6 6 h '8 t t seems to me tha 6 JS s ow seos aoyng, a mor so sce I tnk s the only srosly an oyng ove. Aer 6..c6 a6 e8 8 he cle s a major ea e o he posto a te shop o
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6 s vey se If k n ke n d4 nd py '8 s pstn tends t qute mrbe beuse es vey ebly ped mee Wes mn des nd s peny f prspes fr unterpy te t tu e bk nh s me y d n 6 t s s mu ess seure nd des nt mke prtury l pr w e ne e squred bsp Indeed ne f te mn benefts f putin te knt n d ere s e de f pyn f6 t ree n nnyne nst e4 It s s wr knwn tt ne f Wte s mn des ere s sen p e bk knsde by pusn e pwn nd t s n s nterest t be ey mee 5 wt 6 nd 5 w tends ve Wte fewer ttkn trets n ter des Hfuy t wn w nw sk tself: 2 4 ? (ts s my wn de) nd nw 2) 5 5 6 nd ten: 2 6 6 e8 ls plyble fr l
2 2) 6 d5 '5 lds teer ney fr lk 2) 6 6 6 d5 ed5 8 ed5 4 eves k vey we rdned 22 d5 sws typl eme In l su nes t s mprtnt ele t ter tns ben equ, Wte emern w etr queense pwn wl lms wys be unteblned by ks n nes fr l s pees nd te ese wt w Wtes nd pwns n be tked mped e surdness f te b6pwn 12cxd4 13 cxd4 c6! es, I knw I st sd s knt tends t be mre mfrtbe n d n tese lnes, bu lk s u d n d 14 lfd1 xd4 A sweet tt w leves lk wt mfrtbe de 15 xd4 e5 16 ie3 exd4 17 xd4 xd4 18 xd4 xd4 19 lxd4 D
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o me to say anyhn ha s not se evdet Howeve ou ae proay awe by now that I preer to rs sa n oo much than oo lte and I an not ephsze enouh how eneca t s or he Gned payer to have a ood een or such endames In deed t ntetoa ee I woud say moe that s mporant or la to enoy ayn such postons O couse he dvntae es n he poston o he ns The a2pawn s not a srous weaness n suh a pos ton and he ueensde maot s ony a reater asse an te nsde ma ory ecause boh ns e on he nde. Ideed Whe peromed some sor o eesa asn here an ended p wth he n on a then a ld hv tle o ecd aout. The est o the ame vvdy demonsaes tha Whtes probm s tha lacs poenta passed pawn s much moe daeous than Whtes
9 8 20 bd Axd4 2 lxd4 �8
Centrazn he n s useu peventn Whte's counerplay and suppotn he a pees 22 �e 2 c4 c6
mply ntend to advane the awns 24 � b 2 b a a! The seed o the rst anston l pepes to ehae shops and so remove the man blocade on he qeensde. 2 � d 28 d2 Whe s dhen and soon thows away hs emann draw hanes Cey lac hs some adanae
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and wl e a szeae one Whte canno n e n to the ueensde Thss y no means an esy ts snce s dcu to avod he exchane o roos n the process Whe has to be ready to meet e6 wh xe6 o owed y d8 so woud seem ha Whte coud r 28 h a usel move the ac oo taes on 2 h2 wont attac) 28.e6 s more pecse ut aer 29 te se deas appy athouh Whe should reran rom payn ) 29 xe6 xe6 (9 .xe6 0 d ntendn 4e5 oos OK or Whe) 0 d8 7 a8 b 2 ax axb4 �d2 c7 5 �2 2 6 �x x2. lac s stll beter bu I thn Whe has made a avourable nsoo 28e6 29 xe6 xe6 0 d?
Ths cveloon move may e the decsve mste 0 b2 7 �d s more on ssten ad stl oers some dawn chances The whte roo s passve however and a s has many ways to mpov hs poston e. d 2 c 6 d2 d7 0b f4 b4 2 axb4 ab4 Ud2
Whe mus have mscaulated at ast I presume he hadn ntended o ocade hs pawn wth hs roo 3 2 4 D
I suspt tha Whtes poston ow beyond repa. I seems there s no onsutve way o hae he pos on wtou droppin o muh mte ral whe ac has a vey clear pan to reate a weaness on he nsde
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: 1 ! ook much more esting o me 1 0d 1 1 d5 b4! (115+ 2 a5 x 1 3 b1 b5 4 b5 b6 ads to a edgae whee I eel wod raher be Bac nce i wi be eas to coordnae qy secey bkade te dpawn and loo od o usn the a ad pwn a ae age) 1 2 f3 6 3 b Whe hed a cle adanage and won conincingy n only 22 moes. I sspect ths game pu Back o plang hs lne b on seeng his ge f the rst e I e hee much stl e explord 2) 9.d7 is dsmied b F ik wth the line d7 d d5 wh a slgh adanage o Whie. One o m discoveies n ths lie w h thi w op ss s ow Back ca pla amos oci l 1 2 d2? �h4, which I ca assure ou is o o Whe's adatae To e hones hogh ss pect that 1 1 1 cause Bac some onn prems hee, ough te on sight bee so ay be woh akng h r o hn yo opponents wil me a eor ee c) :b1 ? ma also pu Bas ope dea n jeopdy I new o he poeia pbems whe ene 8 .e5 so hope thi me seve a e couageent o hose who oasnay ke t tke te s in e openin. 9 .b4+ 10 d2 d2 11 d2 d4 12 d4 00 c4 t is impont o B o eep o pang acive since insipid pa wl cean ve Whie he advanage
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13 . .d7 1 6 15 3 d 16 a. 14 4 0 e eaes hie ated he soid 3 s poba et me wi 14 6 15 00 6 16 d e6 which appers to equal ize 14 .. 15 d1 a5 16 s useu to dspace the whte king Bac as in deelpmet so mmedatey yng o eplot his i maken. 6c6 1 c6 bxc6 8 6 c7 f s a ase n pot. 1 xc c Now we hae endgame nt ds sim o Gae 16 f Black can fuly miize sely ten he will hae od oge prost, toh he poi ion is equal a h stae dS 19 2 a6 20 0 ntendin was wth cosdeng Howeer snce e shop wo ette when paws are on oth sdes of the oad ad White is nee ikel o do ette than qudae the queenide, he be Whe coud do hee would e to achiee +4 s +3 on the same side which tends o be dawn anywa So ot only does Bac hae ltle o fear ut ly pole to approach the to moe pote and pla or a wi by even ceain ad tui a passed paw on the qeenside. 20 .a8 2 c D 22 1? i pan he wan' om ted o nishn. Echain one pa f ooks makes good sese because
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23 bS xbS+ 2 xb5 c2+ 25 e3 c7 23 4!? 2 b5 xbS 2 5 xbS �e7 s vey comoabe or ac .•.5! f4?! Prevenng S and prepang o ex change peces 26 lc? A cea sgn hat hngs have gone
the centalzed ng becomes more o an asse han a lably. now Whe ms nd a plan and sc o t 22 h mmedaey was possble b aer 22 .h5 Whe shod be advsed o pay wh a grea deal o vgo case now s moe dc o ceae a pased pawn on he ngsde Ths especaly e Whe connes wh 23 whch absoley comms Whte o eepng he peces on e board n he ng and pawn endgame lac has one n holdng p wo .e hS vs h and g2 and wl hereore wn wth hs exa' qeensde pawn However Whe s no obged o exchnge peces and lac mst concentate on wad ng o Whes ntave Ths I n ended o do by 23 b 2 b3 cS and c6 These consderatons ed me to beeve tha Tger shod have payed somehng e 22 �d2 and oered a draw Howeve ere s no mmedae eason or lac o ac cep he oe becase Whte s he only sde ey o n any ongerm dange. 226 23 2
wrong bt also a bad mstae wh he ngsde sce comprosed Whe had o eep roos on 26 was beer when 26 .c7 27 b3 bS eans a sgh edge n sayng all hs was no oo ate or Whe o c hs osses wh 26 b3 c7 27 S etc lac can to play on or a wn here wh 26 c8 ntendng 27 b7 d8 28 xa6 bS+ 29 e3 d3+ b 2 �e3 here leaves lac n a bt o a mdde
26 lxc 27 xc �e7 28 �2 c7 29 3 e6
Ths s a cca momen where only an ace sense o danger wl eep Whe n he game 30 xe6?
The rst o wo mao errors by Whe he passve 0 e2 eeps acs advanage a a mnmm and 30 �e3 xd 31 xd e6 2 dS also maes a daw the most ley re slt. 30xe6 31 xe6??
3 1 �d6 32 �c �cS gves ac an acve ng and oos arly m or Whe b was orced noneheles 3�xe6 32 c3 �6 33 �c4 a6
The pacemen o he ngs means ha the exploaon o he osde
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paed pawn s not a t mater b e vaiaons deonate e sm pe pnpe n su ostons at he ode passed pawn at a a de coy to the we ng. T allows n pncipe Ba to ak e w ngsde pawns befoe e an de end em 3 W4 !? b5+ (3..6 35 d4 n dg e56 opae ates) 35 Wb Wc6 36 W Wb d ow f he cod pa 3 an 4 the a on would no be so ce; ndeed e paceen of e kns wod ause ious probes for a Howeer, being unable to reae a aed pa e oa manner ean at e uns ou of oe: 3 5 gf5 8 e5 6 Wa 0 g hg h5 3 ad er bo wns pomoe .# ceae 3 . b5 35 eS+ c6 36 e4 aS 37 S 38 4 A depeate bd to rete a pased pawn Te cae alenae re no bee a 38 e6 xf5+ t s oat h ges chec b 38 fx6 fxg6 39 e6 a4 th l eaive 39 d6 0 Wd �xe6 4 �c5 s fa oo thouoong) 0 e7 Wd7 1 d3 xe 42 c4 b3 3 xb xb 4 b3 We6 45 Wc3 Wf5 6 Wd3 e2 h4 W W4 s an uopcaed 38 .•. 4 39 x WS 6 s a ue at a an eena a+wl pic up e opf een n 8
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5 5 and now a) Fan suss ha Whs 15h mov s msan on accoun o 5 .5 6 x7 h6 whch h vs as wnnn or Bac Howvr loos to m l 7 x6 s acualy much r or Wh snc mos lns
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leave hm wth ee pwn n an ndeucbe cene n etun fo he ee b 5exd5! oo e a oe heh aproch; te 1 x7 d 17 d7 d7, 8 exd �x 9 c xc6 20 c4+ �e8 i ne fo Black o 8 d6 o i the o r hie o or an ege Hweve i er nce 8 b b8 2 d6 b2 look an tc o Back S ..f6 16 � fxgS i m ae en a oet me u a oong Fn an on h gae Ba agn Kor n Reno 91 hich went 6 exd 7 exdS 8 c b b3 xgS 20 d6+ �h8 2 g d3 22 �b e 23 c 2 + and Whe ha he eter o he compcton. dx6 g4 An mporan move hch m op e had mundertoo 7 c6 18 c g4 e 0 xc8 een maer enirel 8 4
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18 g5 e cb b 20 xb ac8+ 21 c4 c4 22 b beer t obvol Black h he er chance 8... 9 xb7 Rh6! 20 n e o 2 �b1 8 2 xc8 b 22 �a g 2 e xe# Whe mu ane wh h ng 20.xb 2 xe �h8 22 xb7 fxg2 23 g1 d2 24 b ink e deepe I hae ee gone w Grned prepato a ni ugge ha Bc h n edge here u oh pler fe ha Whe wa o o 25 5 d8 Ung e piece Th ge a goo eae o e ner peen o hes eze kig i hee late iddegame 26 d7 g7 27 R6 2 e6 b2 28 � b7 e7 bd wa n import equence o ee 27.. xe5 28 xg2 d Prhap I e mn equence oud here u a quie conen bo e wnin ee pwn 9 �4 + �bS 6+ 31 �as 32 �b4 d6+ �4 xg2 4 xg2 xa2 5 6 xh2 6 dS e2 37 a7 aS 38 Rd7 e5+ 9 d6 g 40 e6+ �h6 4 7 gS 42 �f7 �h4 43 la6 g5 0 e
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5 8 d2 xd 9 xd 6 0 d1 a5 xa5 xa5 2 id3 3 e2 id lb !
This onree move rres he n noyn thret of 2 n so fores st weness n s quee sie
... b6 5 d2!
Nurly the in shoul be ept in he ere White n use the e to exchne t est one ir of roos so the n is not in ny prticur n er .:f8 6 ia6!
A tnible rewr for Whites 14h move l wil now be seriously in onveniene s he ties to hllene for he le. 6...d8
6+ loses mteril fter 7 �3 : i8 8 id3!
White hs more spe so t mes sense to me wor hr to ex hne pees 8 . ib7 9 7 a8 20 b x 2 x l8!
l tes vnte of the ft tht White nnot pture on e7 with out own serious ouneply 22 lx8!
22 xe7 f 23 e5 is possble, but 23 ..b+ 2 6 25 b5 6 6 b3 is nt esy o see l hs oher wys of tyin to un settle White 22.x8 23 3 D
Yusupos moves ombne wih his notes in strony su est tht White hs er vnte here White's vnte in spe ows
hm o rete py on boh sies f he bor n his tve n revents ny ounterply inst the entre More over the 7pwn s rther we n ee muh wee thn he pwn on 2! o where i l go wron I thin he openin line is probbly not the best n is rely to bme bu seonly Khifmn seeme to be plyin without ny ptiur pu pose n probbly unerestimte he ners n postion he seeme to embre eely Note tht his position is very ifferent to the lst two en mes beuse then h some ounterply o ws ess pressurze beuse there h been n erly ex hne of entre pwns 23..6 2 b5 ia6 25 c3!
Ain Yusupov opts to eep on o 25 x7 x3 26 x6 xe4 27 xe7+ f8 28 8 x 29 xb6 is needessy unesthetic n oers lc o ounterhnes 25..f8 26 a! ?
Im sure Yusupov wnte to py 26 here but thouh he oesnt
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menton t I suspec he waned o vod 26 ..5? whch woud at et e nsettng fo Whe 7 6 h to pevent htes next, was a bete way to deed. ndeed adise a Gred players to atentve o he mportance o hs move n such endges. 2 4 (D
I'm not at a suprsed that Ysu pov gives an uneplained eclamaton mk hee Ths moe is a vey sinicant gain or Whte in sch endgaes u is aso e pe o oe which s obvios to some and unappeciated by oe upec he be wa o lok at t s to consde tha the wn ning saeg in suc posiions no a nolves usng the ea space to push Bacs pece ono sopia sqares and so he oe mposng hite's space adantage s, he moe dcu Bac wl nd i place his peces in sh a way s a o peven aon Moeer i i unliey ha Whe wil be ae o wn he gae by
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crdel winning a ueenside pan o queenng a passed dpawn Indeed Wie needs o nd wa to ove seth he blac defences and his wil prbay equre ha Whe ceaes a weess n he ack kngside Be lieve it o no, one o he ideas of 4 is o mae e bc h and pawns ongtem vneraiies as we see in the gae If Blc cold simp it the hpawns om the oard s defence ud be esed consderabl which is wh 6 5 wod hae hepd a lo 27 . 8 4 8 29 d3 Blak nnot aoid having some weaness on the qeenside and nw White swches tenon fom a7 to b6 0 8 d5 d7 2 ! A ewadng dance; now White acs and a so Bak has to mae a majo compie 2 ! Not only has spo acheved a one un holdng p wo suton on he queenside bu he has also created major ghtsqe enry poins hee whch ae de the moe ccess ble by the echange o ightsqared isps d5 4 d5 5 7 5 7 4 f8 8 4 4 9 f 8 5 Noce ho ooghy is oe was peped Black ws oeed no hances o couneay. gS ? and 4 d6!? also pos sbe bu hin he ansiion whc oows s he os convncing
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id6 3 id6 The bsho domaes e kh ad Whe h e lack wekesses o bo sdes of he bod. 35 The oly moe as Whe heaeed o u lak uwa by ay 5. 4
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Whe eds o u he k o b5 he aw o 6 ad he bsho o d4 whch f owed woul be eouh o force lack o zuzwa tf6 5 ie5 td7 6 d r7 7 b5 6 47 ..d6 4 xb6 xb6 49 xb6 xd5 50 xa5 c5 5 a6 �c6 52 f6 5 a7 c7 54 a6 h6 55 h ucvey sows he bee o so u aw moe ses for moa rasformaos such as hs. 8 i d6 9 ib6 te5 50 ia5 3 51 ic3 0 A beaufuJy oroled ame by Yusuo as a worldcass rad maser Ths shod sere a wa ha lack shoud o be comace Exchae Grfed edames ad s aso a demosao of how com leely useess he queesde maor y ca be show o be. Game 20
Hk Kaparov
uc 99 d 6 c 6 3 c3 d5 cd5 td5 5 e c3 6 bc3 i7 7 t3 c5 8 b 00 9 ie cd 0 cd a5 11 d d 1 id D
Ths le has bee o of fasho ee sce Whe dsoeed how d cul was for lak he she es wh d2 Noeheess am somewha sused ha s o ed moe ofe for lack has o be faly acuae o seue equay oove a club leel he uaed may well remember b b whe cofroed wh 0.. woud ehas be re uca o lose he a2-aw Oce aa he absece of quees does o mke he oso ay sese draw sh here s as muh scoe here o ouw your ooe as here s ay oher oso 1.b6! ay souces recommed 2 ..e6 b seems o me ha robaby a le oerambous o ay ..e6 ad ...b6 whe Whe has a sca lead deelome I ooks beer o co ec he rooks ad allow Whe o ad ae he cere wh he am of qucky uderm befoe a r s esabshed urhemore Kasov laye 2..e6 aas Kaov oe of he See wold chmosh
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atch ges (187) bu ow pees he imedate 12b6 I upect ts ay b n vew f the line . e6 1 b 6 14 bc ! b7 15 b4 d8 1 6 bS whch leaves hite wth a en dng ntae Then 16 a6 17 a b5 18 axb5 a6 s oten gen a eqa, but 1 xa6 xa c oo mewhat unpet for Bac mny n view his we b-pawn 13 dS?
nk th is e crtical tet. The olowng three lnes houd ge you oe ee fr thee poitins. Ba aly, t teds t be a god idea or Back to exhange some pieces en ze he kng and hit the cee with .e6 or fS wheneer posble a 13 00 b7 1 4 d5 c8 ? wa Jui ogar's nteetan aaist iet Madrd 1 7. The dea i to be be to protect the epawn wth the ac kng. hat game cntinued 5 16 d1 a6 17 xa6a6 1 8 e5 e2 Now Piet played he overhasty 1 d6 19 e approi ately eual and ater xd1 2 d7+ �e8 2 1 d1 he had probaby issed that Bac could exchange roks by 2 .h ater wc Bac on qicky. b 1 3 d3 d 14 e 6 1 5 d5 6 16 gS 6 gave Black a slght p oviLpta Kharov 1985 c 13 c b7 14 d 6 15 g5 c8! 16 �8 17 e5 h6 18 h4 g5 g xc 20:c c5 1 d d8 a equal n Pavlov-halchishn ava 188; Blac is wel coordi ated and Whtes cee s not teat ning
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One ofmy t eve Gneld went 1 3 .a?! 14 l e 1 5 � xe2 a6 6 c4 and I wa aedy n big ouble nce I had aled to clenge te c-le o ack e cer Ti was an ipotant leson to le, or, like any other paye, I was a ung up n te idea at a qeenside ajor ty was a winng aet n e end
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14 b5 !? .b7 15 00 5 16 fel c8! 1 7 ib4 c 8 a4 fS gave Blac good cunteay n Zme -Ndani Kowe 192 Blck wi have a ragged awn-trutre bt very acve peces and Wte i e left wihout a centre .
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Te Wo Chmpio us a ghy aggresive approach, which he h pesumably preped toroug. The ateative 4 ..c3+ !? aso ape promsng for Black: 1 5 d xd2 1 6 lxd tc5 1 7 f e. 15 eS
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ere no obvo mprovemet bt now Wite ea i evelopmet a ome a ag 15f4 D
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Kapov t before Wte get me to moblze ll 1 d4 f5 17 : 4 Evr move ie a ig treat 18 4 19 �d2 9 3 3 oo eul ope le for Wte ene w oape an Ba wl be eft wit an ea paw an te two biop 19 20 :1 rs 21 d �f8 22 5 d 2 h7 8
5 �d8 25 :d d5 :! Keepig tot ono 27 � 7 28 5 : 29 2 01 Kapov not pa t engame ie a man wo wa reigne o a aw a ma Te w e eg teo n te potion to reate po em for Granmter Hetne Cus ) Mot of te oalle rawi egame oer plet of ope to ot pla or oppoent wit eiter olor 2 Be war of te noton tat te qne majort i neeal a antage A wt mot potona ge eralzaton t e mpotant tan w e llg t g 3 t e to be eaie to mae e o te eee aort wen te bla epawn a been eange for te wite pawn T i probabl be ae Ba ng a tte ae to te qeenie b ao aue We era pae i le mpoig w mae it more ift for Wite to tate event.
8 11Check!" "Many people would ooner die than thnk. Inact th do. B usll
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Begrade 1996 1 4 f 4 g 5 4 5 5 5 e4 Jg7 D
7 5 7 ' ? s ss grous cck o Bck cus it s is vlopm Howvr Blck shou ply cruly gis such movs bcus is probby o y wos d so y rly oios of pus m wou probbly b msguid hs o o sy you d to b o tcly md o t th, ut just : t you hold py tio to dtls d o comlct H s o wy o ploi th osd tu o
u 7 .7 8 3 00 9 J g5 6 10 3 c5 1 c 1 5 gv Bck g p i DKou Pu 1989 7 3 is smpl mov irc gs ..c5 s is prfcl spcbl m goo rgumt for pg 6 . .c5 bfor ..Jg7. Howvr loug mov s ot l b i is o rious o Bck f s k sous 7 ..7 ( c cosookig mov but t is full ossibl o py wi y b6 st 8 f3 c5 (Blck rs ..cd4 d S so is wort og his for clig sc t hi woul v im for J2 d 0-0 9 b3 0-0 10 1 c4 1 c4 f6 2 J3 J g is powy mtc wy o coiu Now 13 'b7 J£3 gf3 'd 5 00 'S 6 J 7 fb8 givs Bck cl ccs gis t wit kig. 7 ..J7? 7 .c6 8 is muc mor fhio bl d probly mo criicl st of it opig i Howv, hik 7 ..Jd7 is uy pyb tchs us mor bou ypic Gd posiios so cots vry smr ids to Gm 16, so ths gms r worth studyg toghr Howvr, I would lik o drw you io o ricl y Tim
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n New n Cess magazn no 3 1998 n whch h dcu 8 0-0 9 2 c5 0 0-0 c6 1 1 3 aS Th wa h approach by tan by vdlr and Kaparov agan Topalov n nar 1 998 and now ar 1 2 b1 Tmman ay ha 12b6 Th norma mov vry xprncd Grnld playr would pay whou much hough. Tha Wh can wn a pawn wh 13 dxc5 hould no worry Blac I on o h ragc characrc o th Grnd ha Bac can alow captur on c5 and b6 a h gv Wh wa a and cpawn whch wl nd hmlv undr condrab pr r bcau Bac cono h wo hopn ln. My rt hought tha hr a can ogc o Blac's opnng play whch hghlgh tha Wht bhop on a4 do no contro c4 condly, you can vra xampl o Tm man nmn throgho h boo (g Gam 16) but you mght b mo wng o bv th hghr auhor y! An mportan varaon now 13 a6 14 b5 xb5 15 xb5 4 16 g5 c7! 17 a4 aS 1 8 a3 5! whch olv Bac potona problm accodng o Tmman I 12 dxc5 Bac can ualz wh 12c4 3 xd8 xd8 14 g5 d7 15 b3 a5! whn 16 x7 8 17 d6 x4 8 d4 xb3 19 axb3 xd4 wa agrd drawn n TopovKaparov nar 1998. 8 2 9 f x 10 x ' 00 2 00 e! D)
Th gnrc poon or h n Wh ha h ypcal cnal pac
advanag but Bac vry od and t xbly pacd whl xrng a raonab amoun o prur n th cn ig!?
Th h mo popuar mov bu Wh has mpon alatvs a) 13 4 m hat th bhop rary w pacd hr n h xchang ucr I nd no o do rrby much o dtrb Blac and vnrab o h .5 bra A r 13. .d7 14 ac1 (14 d6 8 15 5 b6 and 14 3 6 15 2 ar no problm or Blac) 14.6 15 d2 7 16 3 d8 Bac ha alzd bu wll worh playng hough h oowng rou o appca th ponal nrgy n h bac poon. 7 5 8 (I l h da a o Bac nnd o pay d7 whou xchangng bhop bu alo ha h da o conong h a38 dagonal and pobly xchangng n on a3 a a lar tag) 18 b3 7 19 4 a3 20 d1 8 2 c2 5! 22 dx5 x5 23 3 5 24 c3 g7 25 c 1 ! 7 26 4 x4
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27 fxe5 xc2 28 xc2 :ac8 29 c+ h8 30 :d h 31 d2 xe5 32 g3 e 01 BeiavskyIvanchk, or mund 995 Afer 33 e5 xeS We cannot avod he oss of a piece b) 1 3 b ? s an annoying move whch is designed, primriy, to pre vent d7 13.a6!? now seems st, s suggested by vanchuk. O the one hand it weakens he black queenside bt b5 and b5 can be sefl resources. The game is likely o continue 4 g5 d6 5 e3 with very smil themes o those n he game Noe ha 13d7? 14 a3 e8 5 d5 is a severe blow for Black bt 13 . Je8 ooks woh considerng. c 3 a3 e8 4 e5? was layed gains you athor by Baogh a he wold nio championship in 997 cosideed the ending after exchanging on e5 and d3 bt I didn t like te ook of t or Back due to Whtes msve space advanage and te sco of hs wo bishops However I shold have considered 1 xe5 5 dxe5 d7 since it woud seem hat he back queen s a ltte more sef than Whe's 16 d6 a5 17 d! (7 f4 c5) 17ec8 leaves he position faiy uncer b Black has to pay purposefy (for examp, exchange oos or lghtsquaed bishops) o else e w be slowly stranged on he dak sqares Of corse, if Black can exhange o Whies daksqed bishop he has obvous stuctura advange layed a5 which s ey ambiious becase Whie has dageos deas of cd6 he game cotined 15 c a (15.a 6?
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16 ab1 b5 (16.d8 may an imporan improvemen) 17 b a6 1 8 xc4 19 xc4 c6 20 cc1 xd3 2 xd3 xd 22 xb7 e5 23 e2 ab8 and I had a tte nta ive b Whie had good ongerm prospecs de o hs two bshops 1.'d?
Leko thinks hat 3 a5 may be a imrovement b I don hk Black has any serios problems in any case. 14
Accordng to eko, Whte now has a smal bu eduing advaage snce is difcl for Black o find counerplay sspect he may have ben ndy inuenced by he ocome of this game however and thnk hs pay ove he nex ew moves can be ighened up consderaly 14 .d7 4 .e8!? may b woth paying fs so as o answe h wh f8 he ain idea of his manoevre is o answer hh5 wih .h6! and .g5, closing he ingside Moreover he black pieces ae we enough placed (qeen on f8, rook on e8 and knight on d7) o consider he . .f5 reak ofen in conunction wih h6 and g5. Of corse, sch exposre shold not be undertaken lghtly. 15 1 f8 1 f1 (D) 1 ..8
None of the commenators sad anyhing of ths move, b I feel is oo atomac 6 .f8 looks more prposeful o me because now Black plans the annoyng .f6 and 7 f e5 is
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Bck h d of f5 Hov look k Wh dy h good cono o h g n ny c. 20
A ong mov hch ccy d nd h pn nd o i Blck down. 20 .8
po nc h no h6pn e re No how h 6 cn omm m y 5 ! hch my cicy dnd th pn Alo 6 f houd condd A I dont hn c oy t th tg 17 h
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7 ! la vnchuk my lo oh coniding g 1 18 i
h h vion m o in Blck vou 1 h5 h6 19 hxg6 hxg5 20 g5 g6 21 h ! 22 h 22 x6 h6 ) 22 . � 2 xg6 d4! 18 •6
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204! ook t ndom u Bck h om houghpovokng dgn on h c2u nd ook xi nough o d ih Wh min id.
21 f 4? 7 22 c h 2 f6 24 f4 h5 25 cl x
A v id o thi chng n ucu invily fvou h id ho h cono o h g hch n t cs c Wh o h g chc o gng Bck k o on h6 6 d6 d Hov 25 .6 26 5 gn nnt th dwck o png c
x �h7 27 ? A h gm, ko pointd ou ht Whi mid h ily dvttng d o 27 h2 nndng g4. Blck cnno k on h4 du to g4 nd h 27.?
h ctv oc Bck to x chng ook 2 6! whn i i no ovou ho Wh n h dvng 2 c d 29 d 29 2 g 0 d c 1 d4 x5 2 c6 xc6 :xd :xd 4 x6 m) 29 c d4 5 1 xc6 xc6 2 :xd xd x6 6 t ox uy Ano n o pyng h ns
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A poson we woh vodng. The qeen nd knght tend o coope te mch ete hn qeen n bshop becuse they cn combne ongnge nd shonge eecveness oe ove the wekened k sqes on d6 d f6 povde exceent coge o the kg whee the bsop hs te to do s especy mpotnt tht Whe hs n ex kgsde pw e cse ths povdes sey o s own kng whe effecvey stng
Bck's. ov s enowned o hs on technqe nd snce he poston s no onge hevy hemc om Bcks pon o vew wl gve he emnng moves wto commen
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9 e Ce te Cooie We fal far more oen oen b tmdt tmdt than b ove ov e rdarng rdarng avid Grayso
had grea dcy wrg is caper so pease do be discor aged if yo have some diffcy readg i is ceray qie dese aaycaly ad yo wl have o wade hrogh several variaios ad cross referece cosiderably f yo wa o make fll sese of wa follows ill rs ha if yo ake ake me o do so s o the the rewards will peif sice si ce for for several years ow he ie we are abot o cosider has bee hogh o be e mai lie ad criical es of he Grfeld fa, fa, Gradmaster Mikhachish Mikhachis h recely wrote hat 8% of games te Grfeld are ow played i he followig variao sspec this sa isic refers to a dored sample of games bewee admasers rece yes, b eve so i sggess tha his lie is osdered o be he mai es ig grod for he very cocepio of he opeig so i is wor kowig a least a litle of wha folows! Game 22
Kran Krank k Kap Kapar arov ov
Lnare 998 1 f 2 f d xd
xd5 5 d x x g 7 g7 8 D)
his s a remarkably eective move which was amos cosidered a refaio of te Grfeld i the 98s ad ely 99s does direcly aid Whies deveopme ad does o ook like a ighmareidcg scary moster by ay meas. Ye is poplariy persiss ad it is ow he mai bategrod bategrod bewee bewe e opclass grad gra d masers deed sice lack has be g o d ways o eraize hs approach approach hik i s o coicdece coi cdece tha tha Kaspov Kaspov has oce agai ag ai brogt he Grfeld back to he forefro of is reperoire ad may GMs like tovsky Polgar ad hirov seem o ave covered o the Greld rom he Kigs dia t whas al he ss ss abo; why is is hs little sideshe sideshe sch s ch a big deal
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And why dd ake Back so lon o nd effective antidoes By his sae in the ook you wil no dout aw awee ha Blacks Blac ks open in staey ends to e successful ony when White is no iven a fee hand o domnate domn ate the cene and swich pay o the wns at wil ndeed we have seen tha it is impeaive o keep on attackin attack in he cene almos as f one wee ssenty ssent y tyn o reak down a doo think of 8 as ein a prophy actic measure direced aains Blacks ohcomin onsauht ndeed aul the wannae chess player" whom menioned meni oned elier elier efe efee edd to to 8 as consolidaory To make sense of is t helps to consde con sde the foll followi owin n vations vations aft afte 8 e2 c6 (D
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a 9 d5 xc3 0 d2 d2 xa (int (int hin) hin ) xa xa d4 2 xd4 xd4 cxd4 3 xd4 xd4 00 4 00 ( 4 h6 h6 a5 a5 5 �f f6 4 f6 5 c4 (5 e 5 fxe5 6 xe5 d6 5 d7 d7 6 b b 5 5 7 b3 a5 a 5 ives ives Whi Whiee some some
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compensation o the exchane u clely is not moe than enouh 9 e3 4 4 (Hin hint hint 1 0 e5 d2 00 00 cxd4 2 cxd4 d7 3 d2 fd8 4 fd ac8 eaves Black wih the ee chanes since the cene is no one exie and Whie has no ovious pan. Whte s seekin to develop hs kniht on f3 whee i ostes the d4 pon and aso contros e5 The ishop is wel placed on e2 since t s not as vuneale o aack as i is on c4 and on d3 is somewhat clumsy and may k an impotant defender of d4 n life we lean ha we canno have a cake and ea it fo he simple eason ha once once we w e have eaten eaten it we no on on er have i except pehas in a e pcturesque form form inside of ouseves n chess, ches s, i seems to me ha he d cuy ies ie s in havin havi n a cake cake wihou le tn you opponen take away rom you for then would surely e eaen and you woudn have i in any shape or fom. he aove nes demonstate tha White canno can no have hs proveial proveial cake cake in he centre withou oern Blak a ea a ne lack obvosly wants hs fa shae and wil seek i ou wth ..c6 .. c6 and .4 .4 Athouh Black has other ways of developn ( . 6 and and . . 7 7 o o . .d7 and .e5 .e5)) there there s no ohe way to conont Whies ideal setup set up Hence knowin tha the the desrae seup canno e acheved mmediately Whte seeks a way to pe vent Blaks man souces of counte play. dscouaes .4 .4 due o the atck on 7 and discouraes
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c6 c6 since ae d5 hitting e nigh and ganng cenal space Black can ony ae a pawn on c while osng soe ie; he canno aso ake a ook on a a o a aee e e ong oey oey oe wohwhe So Whe s seekng he deal cen e wh pawns on e4 and d4 suppored by he nigh on f3 and dy bishop on e2 eecivey prevens Backs pay souces of counepay and so a susned assau agan he whie cene becoes vey difcu. W have seen ha counepay aganst he ene s essenta o sucess on th black sde s de of he Gnfed and now we see he pobe wth b. 8 0-0
Blac s wel advised adv ised o cale here here sie i nhig nhig ese es e in he he shp nes which olow 0-0 0-0 s ore usefu usefu l o Blac han �e2 is o Whe. 9 �e2 (D)
hee hee n Gae Gae 1 6 Howeve, Howeve, I am ao to recoend an appoach whch sees o gnoe he cake cake n he cene cene ha ie sough o have w 1 . I a wilng to accep tha i is now di fc o Bac o ea Whies cena cake wihou chokng and so his is a e occasion whee I feel ha ha Back B ack s bes be s advised a leas lea s o o a few few oves o decine o gh gh n the cente cente This s no a copee adisson o defea howeve, fo as Whe jealousy guards his cae Black can gra an ipot cooke. 9 ..cxd4 cxd4 10 cxd cxd4 4 '+ 11 �d2 For 1 1 d2 d2 see Gae 20 l l 'xa2!
Yu yu The black queen can ightly b poud poud o his hi s swee swe e lle h vest fo now ee ae two onnected passed pawns on he queenside aspi ing on day o go on silaly exava gan excusons. 12 0-0 D
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hs posiion s now a fary aor ssoad ssoad s We wee given a ase ase of c6 in Gae 7 and I suggesed 9 c6 hat 9 ..6 ..6 s a playale atenave
Many Gned playes have spen hous ying o aho he ysteies ths poson and no one ye sees
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to ow who i ette here. o the n nitated t eem omewhat atonihing that Back ha won th vtal pawn ha two goou pae and now ha the move to ot Indee, GM on peman once remaked that althogh he knew that thi wa a mao attleield among top M he wa rathe rpexed why Blak B lak wod eve e condee con deedd to e n danger. He had no partca theory in mind t t ound it aer ncrede that White coud muter enough conterpay to tiy oing ch a pawn neve mind pt Black in dang I thin th wod poaly e the eeng o many ong paye who ae niia with thi line o o let le t y y to e cle a poie a to what wod wo d attract attract white payer payer to th po p o tion 1) Whie Whi e ha a ae lea lea eel opme
Fomer Fomer world champion champion apaanca wrote that I a a rel rel o the capte capte [o mateal oeed i the opening] l development will e retarded moe than two move hen it i dotu whether the captue houd e made." gnicanty he then add t mght e rke with the white pece t never wth the lack pece except on very re occaion Finaly he ay ay No dente dente e c e gven on uch matte matte I wod ay that Black development etaded y aot 7 move or theeaot che i no an exact cience At any ate dont think it more than two move and m ue that Capalanca aw th poton o the t time he would
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have have condenc in in Black B lack chance chance t may ook ike ike White ha a hge lead n time t oth hop e te pave and to do ay damage they wi have to move aga Moreove t Back move and thi peet a chance to catch p n deveopment 2 Black ul ul ahig u evelopmet
he ghtuaed hop cnnot e moved withot eavng 7 e re and the kght cannot ret on c6 or White wl cetany pay d5 and penenty ak where it gong next
3 Blak Blak ao ao uh uh the a or b aw ve vea wih w ihout out eaig eaig ig i g a a weakee weakee o he queeie
It take a long tme or thee pawn to inence even and ince Whte ha good contro o the game there there a ignicant danger o Black creaing maor hoe in hi poition a the paw ty to advance adva nce For exampe aate aS aS 5 nd 6 can e mpoan opot o the white piece
Blak kge oorl e ee
nce exchanging the kng knght at move ve Back B ack ha had no tme to rng enorcement to the aid o kng A coe co eng ng checate checate on h unlkey ut 7 and e7 ae oth entive pot oeing a cloenge ho at the kng k ng and tee ae a e ae oen oen tgeted y the white ihop
Blak quee que e u ut oom the th e re o he he re. It now no w eem a ltte ltte onic tha reer to White ueen in Chapter 1 2 a
he Eage ady nce ceay thee ae ew etter example o eagerne
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an ack ueen on ! ak no vey cel e queen ca qkly e n ange o eng apped more commony e aence of p po om oe pece can gve We e ang opon o a perpeua a ck on e lak qeen 6 We poenia pae
pwn is close to e queenng sque tan ete o Blacks psse pwns
eoy once agan a key playe n We aegy and ne many v aon noe ak exangng e e7pawn fo e e4pawn e an qcy ecome of decve mpor ance werea e a and awn are more kely o e edally mporan n a e peene fe more n eney a ece e ecange hie cen cono oe
T ey e e way o ay ag e ne" acog o GM ee We, wo a a aac coe on e we de o ne and an nlkely cae o ave uleor mo ve n makg u a aemen lak a many alenave a pon and condering em may ep o ng mpoan move no pe peve a 2 6 D a very gounded approac
pspects o ply on all ecto o e boad weea Black will ve di cul ceating any substntl tea o a numbe o moves
Wte ead n ime gants n eay nave and ye ack a no way o knowng were We wl wan o ke ecaue lak' lack o mol zaon make m omewa vlnera e oe ound pey ad Well, f wre We move upe a wod e eemely ero for ack efore We ele down o an 'a la cate approac fom e even pon plan menione aove ak a cane o onodae e ate a gan o ee e comave p w og m o e po on we ae now coneng 12
lack wan o evelop e 8 op wo long one of ea rd pawn do However I an' elp ee ta akng e u of e lac poon and oo low o dve We om pung a ve no more conee orm Te mo reen level cla vancuk vder nae 1998 eemed o con c w vew c 7 4 c4 a4 5 5 a2 6 c4 a4 7 5 8 e e oe eaon I don ke 6 a aow a eefo eeon u vancuk ao ao o demonae a We
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has no need o ths) 8 .c8 9 d e6 20 h4 note hat Whte' s pessue s evealed vey adully he dane n some lnes wh xa2 s that Bac's ac o cental contol oen smpy means ha he doesn have an actve plan) 20 h5 lhouh t s not mmedatey obvous ths s a mao postonal concesson o now Bac cannot move any nsde pawns wh out ceatn mao weanesses 2 e2 c6 22 c4 a4 2 a c2 4 d hte has used the standed bac ueen to eoanze hs poson and now sets about ceatn concete theats) 24 b2 25 a4 heate n to tap the ueen wh b 1) 25 . .bS 26 bS d8 27 S xe2 28 e2 d7 29 b I vanchu has cevey manaed to manpuate he ttcs and wn hs mateal bac wthout losn contol Hs supeo pawnstuctue, exta space and atve peces ve hm a ea plus and vdle was oced to esn hty moves late b) 2e6 D loses even moe tme wth the ueen who may have sobeed up and eaed ha he eae ess ws out o pace As weve ust seen t s not enouh smply to moblze and deend aans the mmedate heats, o Whte has enouh tumps to mantan the nta tve ove a on peod 2 c6 d d6 S b4 d8 6 a6 7 a b6 1 8 e c5 1 9 d 4 20 eS c8 2 h x 22 x, as n GeandKamsy lb 990 s comoably bette o Whte and s anothe exampe shown ha dom naton n the cene tends o be moe
mpoant tha a exta eesde pawn ) 2. 7! loos ahe awwd that ls he c8bshop ad oes oh to undemne Whte's cente. Howeve t s headn o an ecelent sue on b6 whch wl pevent he annoyn ecuene o c4 htn the bac ueen an t wl alow Blac to deveop hs c8bshop wthou ced n a pawn o weaenn the ee sde At pesent ths move s oon athe espectabe heoetcay. l thoh I o eel comotabe wt t a do wh te man ecom mendaton I am awe that some o the nes w 24 ae enunely dawsh and so I wl now ve a syn opss o the mpotant nes allown you at eas some choe aanst wha s ate a consdeed the ctca test o te Gneld b4 s nvaably played so as to apply mmedate pes sue whle Blac s tan so much me to moblze ounaey o Bac 1 b6 D s st possble c 4 e6 5 b 5 c2) 5 d7 6 a5 loos athe le
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White is urig the scew but ahough i is had o dey tha Whe has some pressue i is a om cea if it is moe mpot ha Blacs e a paw whc sows ite sg of eavig te back posiio 6.c8 ow oos e e s move sce te ce s o te se to Bac at peset ad havg ed is oe i aowg Bac o compete deveopme withou doppig te qeeside i als back to give he black quee a escaesque o b6 coempaes comig o d6 ad frees he ack bpaw which may be eeded as a defsig decoy i higs ge a litle ho. Now 1 1) 17 e8! 8 a3 b5! 9 S eS 2 0 e8 d4 (aohe idea s 20.c7 ?) 2 b7 b6 22 bS is give a equa by GM Khalma c2 7 d5 b6 18 e5 (it oos like a geat day out fo te wite pieces bu Bac posito is vey esiet ad e si ha a ea aw 86 (a athe ceey way o get the ooda o gog ow a the qeeside is compeey secue ad Back is oe
move fom beig effectivey mobiied i s becomg cea ha whe the wte positio oos imposig, Back s positio is o easy o crack) 19 e4 ? a7 (oe ha e7 caot be tae due to the resricig rook o beig n pri) 0 a1 (20 aa 1 ? b5 2 h4 c8? ooks uce 20ac8! (hite was theateig xe7 ad cS b havig cefy defeded up o ow Bac coecty decides tha i is ime o seek some aciviy ad so seizes the cile ad alows Whie to ae he epaw so hat e oher rook may also be acive 20 J8 21 c5 "d8 22 "e b5 23 b6 b8 24 h4! with comete coo fo ie was e aeratve; you do choose to pay 2 d7 i is impoat o ave good sese of we deedig tops ad coter aackig begis) 2 e7 e8 22 gS fS 23 f4 ad ow i immermaBeh Bdapes 996 Black payed 2 c2 with a eqa u compe posiio accodig o Beh. c2 4 "d? e6? 5 a (5 d5? xd5 6 exdS fS is a ea ck which Whie shoud avoid 5 d2 8 16 dS xdS! 7 exdS xd5 eavig White with o defece o ..b4 o ..f4, is so oe to emembe) 5 .c4! ? 5 b is also pos sibe) 6 e7 d 7 d fe8 8 c5 c4 9 c4 c4 20 fc 1 b6 2 c4 c5 22 S e4 wih eqaity is a e gve by GM Gaviov ad oos easoabe o me c) eS D is og to be tcal Now Back has wo possibi ies
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3 ) t seems as thoh 4 6 my equae here bu tha also leads to drawish endmes 32) 1 d7? is a relaiey n eloed moe and a way o man tanin he enson The only ames I hae seen wth hs moe so hae onned 15 7 d7 16 b5 fd8 17 e7 e8 18 5 5 1 e e4 when B has won a seond awn o the ehane d has a oo ame Pease onsder ha hese ines ae by no means an eause teamen o 2 d7 I s oered as a ense a ernaie to 124, whi yo a or onsders o a moe reabe if no better moe yo ae a ad aryin awnrabbe who kes to n to maera then I reommend hee s no obios lne whih ies Whte te aantae r n whh a draw s medaely red b i yo e eased equalze wh Bak and ee osons whh are not a wh dane wle n he leny o hane to o won en stronly adse yo sk wh
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If you'e been eadn G im Paskes Pig t W eery day for e as deade ten 's woth in a oser look a b6 fo is an oatonal ha o ayin mea shaly as Blak ha he an some tmes seer he ame owads drawsh asres d) 1 d7 is anoher sus iosookn moe whih does e to aene he ene Te man idea s to hae a4 as a use esoe in some ines and 6 s ofen m oan aer b suse howeer ha 13 b7 8 1 f nendn e5 wil u ts idea ou o bsines e) 1 a6? I an see itte or no me in hs dea n a I db if tee is iea need hae reason to beee at e ayer esonsibe or bnn hs moe o ubi aten tion Trkey's G at Atalik ony yed e me as some so of re wd o a end who ae him a 85 disk as a f sne ths dsk showed th a6 was e ny nonosn moe whih had no layed n ths o son I admie Aaliks ouae and reaiy n layn s a sokn moe aanst wordass Grandma ter Lembt O eed 17) and in ase I sound nuy satn I sold bak u my words wh moes 3 e6 4 e1 d6 s en n aks noes n frmtor 71 but now 15 4 8 16 a6 ba6 17 d5 wh he dea of 6) s a airy foed seene wh ooks ery neaan or Bak A o the aboe aroahes hae aorde Whe ood hanes for an
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oeig advaage ad it too Bac a og time o eaize tat cigig o to te exa pa s ot te ey to suc cess 2 is a diere approac etirey ad mc more combaive i naure a ose e ave st cosid ered. Ts move seems to acno edge a it is dicu or Bac o deveop acivey ad aso a merey competig deeopmen does not a ays lly ose ies ceral con rol Te idea o te move seems o be tat Blacs bes plan is to ps he a pa as fa as i il go as qicy as possibe so as to divert ites ate io om e cenre. Te ey read o e varatos s see e ite tres o ap te black qee as i oer nes but e proxmy o he apa to e queeig sqae ote aos a een sacrce to ep orce e pa troug Ts approac as ye to be cocu sively reted espite apeig at e iges evel ave payed i myse t some sccess b am o igy spicious de to e nmber of ex ceedingly reateig lies and e viatio i pticl ic sspec i be limaey unaserabe or Blac Returig o e posiio aer 2g4 D o eraps o e can appreciae te aracion o 2 .g4 t is e oy reliabe move i te positon ic bo catces up i deveopmet and qucy appies pressure o e ie cenre is resec it is very muc n te couterattacing spiri o te openig Rae a aing
maeria and deedig Blac ies o rade of is gai in maerial for e oss o ime inced in gaiing it and opes tat te reslig posiios i stl be rc i compexiy ad s cieny ce so as to give e pety o caces to go og 1 Tis is one o e to main es o e ee te ote beng ! e ic e il examine te next game is a est a lite bizae tat is move doesn acaly immedi aely hreae xe due to .e8 ad ..xe4 and yet it is stil cosidered very dangerous or Back is even more bzare tat despe te bsop on g5 being a bit o a caan Bacs best reply appeas o be 3 en coragig i o go o a more oest sqe. Terefore it seems tat e bes ay o oercme is cusin is to vie 1 3 g5 as ites most acive ay o deedig d4 ad s a ay o ocing te bisop o a ess desir abe ue beoe smetig uy appes ad te capture on e does acay come a seious treat
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wo ee move a) 13 xb xf3 14 xf3 x4 15 e5 (15 b4 c6 an mpoan move ueted by a 6 e5 xb4 1 xb4 xe5 18 xa8 xa8 eave ack wh the on hae o he winnin chance) 15 a6 16 b5 a8 1 a e6 18 e2 c wa much bee fo ac in andmKhen kn ockhom 199. b) 3 5 d7 feel ood fo lac nce a h pece ae eectvey mobiized an he apawn an o o. 14 xb b8 15 b xb 16 fxb1 xb 1 xb c5 1 8 xe 8 wa at eat eqa o ac n .vanovukn t Peeb 992 Renn o he poin afe 3 5 D
13 h!? n e biop ha nence on the h4d8 and h6c diaonal and nce xe doe no appea to b a hea i a ood idea to foce the bhop o com ef o a qe whee wl have le cope. nce 14 f4 wod eave i vneable to a
ate .5 o .e5 an wl aow the back knht to moe comfoaby on e5 (no mmnen f4 i lkey hat the bhop w o to e3 a n h ame o h4 a n Game 24 In boh ae he bhop ha ince on ony one of he wo abovemenone a ona an o the ncon of .h6 can be coniee ueu fo ack hat a ee co fo atena ve hee and I wold lke o aw yo atenon o 3e6 in patcu (which am no eommendn hee b w ep o make ene of my ecomendaion aain 13 .h6 4 4) ow a) 14 vey much he cica et an although a has ome acca eoce o hod the poon oehe eay eem ha e i eeein on he bnk 4.xe4 15 xb (15 2 ao pobe and now GM akaev ive 5. 6 xb f6 1 e3 when Whie undoubey ha compenaon o he maea and ac potion by no mean h monou 5 .e6 6 b5 f5 1 d2 e5 18 4 c 19 d6 exd6 2 xd6 a ne ven by Azmapavil in hi noe to te e Gaca unainAzmapaahvi Ppona 19967 ac poon eembe a mnefe ee an t ook e t no fc fo Whe a ea o bai ou by wnnn he apawn at ome poin. b 4 h3 i hy moe moe but afe 14 .xf3 5 xf3 he poion no wot e fo ac ince w no b eay fo hm to compee h developmen and Whe
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t h two bho an an ong cene whch ct to aac ec Bac fy OK hee bt we w c th ort of oton n more deal n Game 4 14 e3 Whte hoe tha rovong .h6 wll be el for yng down the g bho to the efence of he h6awn Ao, t no o nal for Whte bho to nd elf on the ag8 dag ona n th ne (oen after 56 an o t can be annoyng for Blac that Whte can ometme attac the g6 awn whch wo then be en prie nce t no onger efene from h and he fawn nned to the ing The reaon that the nclon of hee move not o obvoy a goo ea ha here e acay ome ne whee Whte ae wan o t e bho bac on g5 wth a genne aac on e, and ometme after Whte lay g5 can a el way for Bac to attemt to control ome da qae honetly dont now f t beter fo Whe to rovoe . .h6 and I thn t wll be ome tme before t obvo to anyone e7 e8 5 xb7 an now 5 c6 a n KramnKaov, Novgood 996, fly adeqae, bt 5 7 my recommenaton I alway le to ee my ece rotect ng each other a f a obe ad dont ee any obvo mrovemen fo Whte on 6 b %e 7 e x3 8 d whch wa ter for ac n HlnEnt, Gada 99. 14•• D
Rahe an .b6 ! a wh 3 e3 t eem ha ncongn fo Bac to ay g wth the n tenton of gvng h ghtare ho and then weaen the qeende lgh ae n h manner alo rahe gredy nce Blac ll er oly aggng n deveomen
Now at Bac ha acvey deoye all h ece and ha h ng n afety t oble o ay that the oenng hae ha een cometed and Blac, havng ere on the centre and ll beng a awn ha condced the oenng cceflly need, f yo are a b of a theoryhobe th qte a reaonable a roach to tae, nd yo eel yo have nertood the mateal o f yo can be atfed that yove eed how to ay he oenng and coner the folowng lne a beng of nctve mdlegae heme whch w he yo ndeand how to ay th tye of oon For heoryhe' the aton te deent for n a ene he heoy
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o f ths patic patica a n is i s jst gnning gn ning h s so dffculy in graspng what folows bcas n alos al lns h wl b a sst vaaon (s nx ga wi th black hpawn on sqa back I I to kp you on h rght rack thortcay whi s n n o ak ak sns of wha wha folows n a concpal way 15 5 O a 5 h3 is fa too too a: 5 . xf 6 xf3 xd4 s s a w wr r rsns rsns snc 7 xd4 f a c a b4 ss to ho xa a t. b 5 b7 b7 ab (i s ss s bs bs o us a roo o chalng hb7roo and i dosn atr whch ack ps a ook on d insa hn boh sids w hav n acv rook h's on b7 an ack acks s on d bu by oc oc-n his xchang acks ranng ook w b uch o activ han h whi oo on ) 6 xb8 xb8 7 h3 D an now
b 7. 7.xf3 xf3 xf and hn
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b . .6 6 9 5 ! is givn as slghtly btt bttrr fo ht by akav aka v At s I ddn biv this sinc h ss o b vry ltl wong wih back postion and d4 ooks vry bt as wak as a7. it s wl woh akng h ffot o try o undst why hi is btr h; h folow ing connuat connuaton on ay ay hp: hp : 9 . .7 Blacks Black s biggs biggs probl probl s i ia that o i g whic d nly nds to nd nd a scur pos whr won' b asy hassd; d5 is h obvous spo bu ss ha lack ds not hav hav nogh no gh t o g g tr tr and kp h quns on th boa 2 a (xchaning (xchan ing quns q uns aks aks as to obz h whi rook and atack h a7pawn 2.. 2..b2 b2 2 xa2 xa2 22 g (p (pvvnng nng ... . .f f whch would ohrwis sabiz h posi on Now ht inns o bng b ng th ook ound bhnd th back poson and has an ndring ng advan ag pay du to h lac o an chorag fo h black kngh and Whs wo bshops s is oy a sapl n o cors bu I was in g by G akavs assssn sinc I alow sohng vy sila agans G P s as w s n h nxt a nd I d no sspc ha I wou ay b wos in sch positions b2 8 8 9 d5 5 2 2 (gaining a via tpo on h6 hs p vns ack fo xcisn .c .c whch wod b b nogh o o qaiz as w sh s in th oowng ga 0 . h h77 2 c7 c7 d7 2 c8 c 23 wa caly b o Wh n
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e eaKam eaKamsy sy Ds HerHer-
99 9 9 e ha Gean Geandd dd n e he hrea o x3 x3 since as engh s a eas empoiy more imptan to e pstion an the bishp ad Bac s ot e enough coordnated o geneae seus seus kingside theats. theats. b2 b2 17 ..d7!. .. d7!. Whe the pa s h6 h 6 Bac B ac des de s bes o etrea etreatt d7 but he the pan s on h7 t s bete t take 3 Ths s coected o Whe dea payg c hch hs the h6pan ad heatens t l ate n the cle ossby take an unpeced nght c6. eve ths expanan ony uly makes sese he you have seen the vans 18 ( 1 8 d3 d3 1 9 b b a as· uy equa n San SendAzmaipashvii maipashvii Madr Madrdd 1996 19 96 8 e 19 b2 20 c g shs ne pstive sde sde havng payed . . h6 ad as good eough t euaze copeey n elandPg Nv god 996 Nte that hu ths mve Black ould cely orse due py the eakness o the a7 and e7pan e7panss Retung to he ostn ater 5 d D
l .! !?? Ths s pbably the best move he given pos ad ts good to n hat apav apav seems thin thin s o. The vaatns sugges that ths s cneced to he pan en n h6 s ha ae a ate ..e6 ..e6 s me y d6 Whe Wh e n n have a deady u i i ge ge Me Me e e Ba Ba es t pu his ight i ght n he ng he heee s a
elativey rcg seuence hich leaves he h6pan en re at the end. Oe moves a 1 . a? s n csdeed iaccurate pmariy due t 6 6 (16. (16.x3 x3 1 8 as shon t e assve aer 8 e b6 9 e2 e2 c c 20 c2 c 2 a 2 xe7 xe 7 n SchebavVsv Kugan 99 17 e xe 18 x3 19 3 ae8 20 e3 c4 2 xh6 d6 x8 x8 x8 (22 x8 2 h hen Backs eakened kgsde meant that his mpesato o te exchange as n uly adeuate amkAand amkAand Dos Heanas Heanas 996 Noe hoeve that hs game as vey mptat theetcay because Blaks dea as hldg up n nume us games games po o ths one o ne It does doe s ot e a geus g eus reaze reaze that n hs case Black benets cnsderaly cnsderaly om havng nt played .h6 .h6 sce ithut the eened gsde Whe W he ud have have n gd pan b x3 x3 ? I don y unde undesad hy hs mve ha een payed mre mre o oe e snce s nce as e e see
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n he nex game, is hogh o be moe accae han .e e whe he pawn s on h7 and ye nk ha he easons o hs have bee somewha consed ove me b1) Presmaby 6 gx3 aS is npobemaic b2) b2) 1 6 x x33 e5 e5 and and hen hen b2) 17 c5 6 18 xb7 b8 xe b 20 x6 x6 e8 wod be anaogos o KasenkovAmaparashvi Eevan OL 6 Thee now seems o be no way o expo he pes pes ence o he pawn on h6 eg 21 c b2 b2 ! (o 2 1 �h7) �h7) 2 1 x xee5 xe5 xe5 22 22 c b hen 2. 2 .g7 g7 kees eveyhing coveed b22 1 7 e2 c4! c4 ! nd now Whe wod ke o be abe o pay 8 g5 b is weadvsed we advsed no o b23) e 7 xb7 7 . e6? wod be a msake becase o e powel 8 e2 b 7 7 aaogos o B acolescas co lescas ooks evey bi as convncing wih he pawn on h6. 1 x7
There appeas o be no good aenaive 16 e1 !? has no been ed b I sspec mkes ·ess sense se nse when Back B ack an an pay payed ed e6 e6 6 6x x 7 gx3 c4! c4 ! appes a reasonab reasonabee response. response. 1 .e! .e!
ven in sh shap ines he basi pncple o ndermning he whe ene sll appes. 17 e? e?
hogh hogh w e soon soon ans anspos pose e 7 d6 d8 8 e x x33 gx3 gx3 is a mo more re comon moveorder 17 • xf 18 xf 8
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This was e dexos move whch brogh he 12 12g4 g4 line back back o o e e I mmediaely led o a daw in Laerllesas, Wk aan Zee 7 ae 20 d a 21 e3 a5 2 d2 a2 23 e3 Obosly Obo sly Whe w m mpr pres esse se b Backs dea d ea and wsey decded decded no o engage n n bae who he heoe heoe al ammnon whc Black ob osy had on hs side The pon o h hss bang reea s smpy o highgh he c ha Whes qeen s somewha wha overloaded overloaded and so preven Whie Whie om paying he ove he obviosl wans o pla o 20 4 xd6 is o cose, he ca po. Those Thos e amla amla wh he ine may e wonde why Black doesn' pay
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1 ...a ... a h th sam da ad th aso as s i GfadKsy Dos Hmaas 6 20 f4 xd6 2 c ! ! xc 2 2 xc c6 2 2 d4 24 cc7 ! x2 x2 2 f f dd 26 26 xf7 h 27 x2 he Wht t o to i th dgam Note hat Gfad has moe perc i ths lie of th Gfld tha ayoe ad yet ectly pfered 14 h4!?, as el el se G 24 hs sggss to m tha he r sctd Ilescas ida ad this is good e fo Blac 20 This s Whies atest try fo a ad vaage b it seems that Blac is holdig fot. The folloig otes are ed arod Kaspaovs i Iorma r 20 (D)
a a autf dmosato of th rads of havg a acv q 21 ! No if Wht Wht pays f4 Bac sm py capte captess th the ght o d7 ad if Wh s isstet h ll hav to dop h ihop o e2 22 h dpa is o sqar fther o bt th sam prcipe applis 2 2 f x 24 xf a6 2 g x7 26 c7 27 xa xa is a log lie giv as clar y Kaspov. Deloy is by o mas a tmd chaact chaact t Bac Ba c is i s a pa pa p ad ha the saf ig 2 ! Im sure sure yo e e ired ired of the exclams exclams u I s h poit s o clar (D)
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It s absolutly absolut ly ccial that White is ot give g ive time to pay f4 f4 21 7 he lie 2 ? a2 22 xe xd6 2 xh2 24 xh2 xd 2 xd xd c4! c4 ! is vtage Kaspaov Kaspaov
25 4 O a) 2 f4 f4 axb ax b 26 fxe fxe a6 a6 27 c7 is aoth clear li. I suh po so Jo Spelmas qotatio om Chaper is pily periet I
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wold raher be Back here for I ee that as og as sfcient catio is execsed so as not to alow Delroy to toch down, Wtes poston pac y ecase o hs draughy kng s mch more dcut to pay b) 5 a4 xf3+ and now b) 26 g2 was recenty ied by wss theoretica Yannck eetier as Whte aganst Grnfed expert GM gor tohl, whch made me wonder f Kaspos analyss let somethng mpotant nsad b) Howeer een toh seemed to get ost i Kaspo geke hae of ariations and now payed what seems to be the nferio 26 .g5? and ae 27 c2 a 28 Zd Whte was n cotro of he gae. b) o we do' t kow wha Peletier ha i mid withi o ate anoher of Kpos uce line 26h4+ emoig the king ro the protec tion o the frook so at .c canot be met by c2) 7 �h c4 28 e7 29 b6 Zf8 guess it's air to say that the chances o he reader reachig such a positon ae fay sm, but or the sake of compeeness shold aso say tha dont see a probem wih Kaspaos analysis and again in the final position like he act that Back has an extra paw and hat hs king is saer 2) 26 x3 is also possile and appears rather drawsh 26 xa4 27 Zd 27 e ab8 28 Zxb8 xb8 29 d h4 30 a7 Zd8 3 b6 d7 with eqaity) 27 ..c6 8 b6 28 d4 g7) 28 . c7 29 e5 xd7 ag wh equaity
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boh ese es we see the sgnicace of Wie's ack of a ig shield and in boh cases ths s he crcia ac o whch allows ack o draw
2 Because Deroy wi seek coona tio on a dk sqe is etter to get rid o Whte's daksqared bshop 25..axb5 26 xe a7? 27 c7 b7 28 xd8 a7 29 6 s wnnng o White Kamk ow payed. 2 xeS 26 f4 axb5 27 fe5 a6 28 Zc7 oiosy dd ot appea Whte and ate e moe played Back cannot or gane himself suciently to get an attack gong on the whte kng e. 26 xe5 27 c6 28 b5 a6 29 xe5 (29 ? d4) 29 . xc6 30 a is eual
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1 5 b7 agan has soe stg b n h ae oen e uh f erene whee the hpawn sl hn t aes goo sense o swap o Whte Whte s a ave ve roo roo by 1 . ab8 5 b8 ( 5 7 f f88 6 8+ 8+ 8 8 s no ey o ae h erene sne the ba oo noally sles o 8 n any any ase) ase) 5 . . b8 b8 1 6 h3 3 3 (hs te he ape s wel avse sne sne afer 6 7 Ba oes no have he a a g5 esoe hat we saw n noe b o Whtes 5th ove n Game o Whtes ont o vew ang ths apre s ess peasant sne here s no h6pawn to help gan the tepo hat aowe nlra on n GeanKasy aso gven above) 17 3 an here a) I tre to eep eep y roo roo on he open open be be by 7 . e6 aganst GM Peer Wes Lonon 8 b hs s ba fo two reasons. Ae Aerr 18 (8
e5 a I Sakaev s a beter ry for Whe) 18 18e5 e5 a Pee now paye 1 g5 whh was pobably oo aggessve sne a ater .. h6 h6 0e7 0 e7 b b 6 'b 'b a 3 b8+ h7 ' ' I ha ealt wh eroy eroy n a eteely atve anne an only great ngenty now ep Whte n e ge a) Its well worh worh beng aware o e ollowng lne whh s an easy raw raw o o Bla Bla when e pawn s on h b probea when on h3 e6 'e6 0 a7 3+ 'f3 ' f3 e8 e 5. Whte an now ty 3 e3 e 3 whh a eas ases soe seng seng I yore yo re ng o ben he he les a lte an p he whte hpawn ba on h we an now folow hernnAapashv Pooro V e 6 . ' 5 e e7 6 h 7 7 h3( f+ 8 f + g '3 '3 30 e 3 3 'e3 'b+ b + 3 'g 'g hh Ths gae bega begann wt wthh 5 3 3 5 3 e5 e5 6 b7 e6 so ay not see vey eevan b sh a vaaton s ary hea an ay hep yo o ne san ohewse onsng oves an oments b 17 8 ! (ths loos loos hghy elabe or Ba) 18 5 he an nt o .8 . 8 s o ore ths ove 8 . .e5 e5 ' ? (so s has been he he ony ove bt leary s ess ovo vosy he oe ove who he pawn ng on h6 h6 1 e e ? s a papasbe provemen bt as ong a Ba oes no ae an nneess apr hee sho be no pobe
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9 ..a3 .. a3 oos est otectig a7 a te tegg to ig a oo oo to 2 I susect that Bac has othg to fe hee 9. 9.�c4 �c4 2 g 2 a7? a7 2 c4 4 22 e2 is if aythig ayt hig slighy slig hy te te fo B ac ho can atc hile We can ony efen; 20 f4 f4 ? s also also om omsig sig fo B B ac c 20 . e8 20 6? 6? oul oul e a hee e to 2 f6 ef6 22 c3 �e 23 a a c4 c4 24 c4 c4 �c4 �c4 2 a7 2 e 2 g4 a 22 h6 h6 23 h6 e e s comfo comfot t aly aly eual eual 2 2 . e6 e6 s a goo goo time time to hit the cete sice 2 22 e2 3 23 c2 alos White to esish cono 22 e2 3 23 e6 e6 as no eua i alifmanStoh Bunesiga 997. Retug t the osto afte 4 (D)
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Blacs last moe otects the 7 . Stll, Whie Whie has ha s ious ious age ous aoaches hee so Blac shou ea caef caeful ully ly Ohe ieas a 4 . .e? is no thought o e iaccuate e to 7 e6 6 f8 7 g hch hch agi agi shos shos hy hy it mattes so much hee the lac ha a esies. esies. 7 f3 8 gf3 f6 8. 8 . . 6? 9 6 6 e2 e2 2 8 2 8 f 22 e 9 e3 as cley ette fo White i Sa Segunoe a ila, Monai 997. 4.. 4 ..f f 8 ? is so ossie ossie ut ut ey sy 7 e6 6 c7 3 7 g g33 4 4 8 g e e 9 8 8 gae Bac ecellet comesato Saaeseshosy Yugosa ia 997 t I thin hee is ety o scoe to imoe Whtes ay c 4 .. . .f3? the ma aoach of to GMs ecenty ut to my mn seems ess comae than 4 .a .a 1 f3 e an the c 6 7 7 a a o o Note ote th that 6 . . e6 7 e2 is ey goo fo Whe sce Blac ethe the ats at s to ente the enge o to ge u his eceet nght o he mue sho o f3 hile f the quee leaes leaes he he a2g8 iagona White White il oay catue on e6 an hen ay g4 c 2 6 . . a D) is anothe of Iescass ccia oeties a it as enugh to euaie against Bacot n Pamona 997/ Ae 7 e7 a GM Ilescas uses the comensatio comensatio fo the matea matea
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by GM Khm s a ood xampl o what o avod s Bak o Wh has ompl oto o th am) 8 x7 x4 9 3 d 0 8 1 d6 x3 x3 8 3 xb7 x b7 was wa s sinty bt bt o o Wh in KnTopov Linas 998 Rnin to th poston a 1 4 .a5 . a5 D
sybol in his annoaons b I wold anly anly say ha Bl s positon is asi o play ollowin 8 d4 ( ( s poa poa to h h o o ths don sn ohws h pawn ad 7 7bsho bsho v n x x a a nshp o dlv dlv h pawn a h way o a) B now payd 8 8x x whh was psby p o hs ppaon s h a now sd o hd nxoaby owads a daw a x3 xd4 0 xd4 xd4 a3 1 b xb axb 3 b1 8 d6 8 a1 6 xb b 7 8 8 d d d8 xd8 30 xd8 wih a daw oo nda. Howv Howv 18 8 8 ? wold wold hav bn a ply sonabl way o play o a win sin Wht ss o b oblid o y 1 8 8 0 a (0 ? 8 1 ? 0. . 4 wih vy ns poson and hans o boh sds 16 ss o b a ood ov h bt bt only bas 16 4 aows 7 5 d6 ( 7 8 s too pass passv v 8 b7 b7 d6 1 9 b4 0 a4 b 1 1 as ommndd
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This ollows ollows th ip o h h anal oos poson with h pawn on h6 b Blas sos s lly ad qa a) b b ? as as to tak tak h h 4 4 sqa away awa y m m h bla bla knih and o ain a mpo on h 4bishop 4 bishop whn playi . . To y nowld his his has no bn tid a h hihs v sably Ba an tak advanta o h a ha th bshop on is not had o h h hpawn. 5 3 3 6 a4 a4 b lads o o a tns postio bt t ss k Bak has vyhin ovd b) 5 ? tks tks dv dvt t o h absn o th 6paw and was
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tly playd by k 15 15 a3 (h oblookg 15 8 mt by th th aoy aoyg g 6 b5 6 d2 3 1 c d6 (attackg h ook th 1 a2 may b a mpom; at ay at at Blak Blak mo do do o ook ook patculaly lodd aoud abot h 8 5 d (8 (8d8 d8 th coo of h ook but h qu l ulab to 56 k o d8 ad a d pot potct ct th kht o a oud pt Wht follo g quc c Back oud h b hatg to h 5pa 1 d2 xf3 2 xf3 xd2 21 xd2 4 22 22 2 2 b5 23 6 d6 d6 24 x g 25 xb5 5 26 4 x 2 a5 ga a lt omhg to Wh Kkahk Moaco Am e apd 18 Claly h tmlm ud ahuk play ad t m hat h codab cop fo mpomt Bak pay 56
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h oy dao mo 6 . e5 e5 7 b Oblg Bak to xhag o h ppg to hat a4 1 h3 obouly dagou ad altho althogh gh fd8 fd8 o po bl h othg o th xf3 xf3 1 8 x3 a a88 a a d6 xd6 2 d5 4 Wht old k o play 2 g4 ad ha a dob at o 4 ad g6 but ce th pa s o o h ad ot h6 Blak ould m ply a o c5 h a afe kg ad om xa pa
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20 d4 xd4 2 1 d4 b! 7 is cerny no worse for Bac, while e2 e2 2 e2 c4 shoud be a draw but o course Back ould claim ht d5 s a relevnt weakness. 20 c 21 e2?! Ts is sgt tecnca mste 2 1 c5 d2 woud hae made t eas ir or Whi o demontrate compee eqaty 21 xa7 22 xc (D
a the -suae ig a itte sensi tie Leo pobes we but Kasenow deends clmly 2 e2 i6 2 c 25 f8 26 2 27 2 f6 28 e 5 2 8c x 1 x c 2 2 e2 ic5 �g2 �7 5 1 e5 6 if xe2 7 ixe2 c2 8 f \f6 9 �e5 0 f f5 1 i5 i 2 ie8 �f6 7 Game 24 fd So Polnic Zroj Rubinstein mem /998
f6 2 f 6 c 7 c S 5 cx5 x5 6 e xc 7 xc c5 8 1 ie2 cx 1 x a5 1 i2 x2 12 00 g 1 iS 6 1 i!? (D
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of wng h mo appa o b th tn of Blak' opnng da W ha n n th oth tat oft Ba hi H and o t ma n o h bhop y o b and on h pot Indd if w am Ba wl ha o play g5 hn i fa o ay ha hi don hmo w wt th bhop ng n g n Ba wil no wan o wan th ingd igh n mo by xhangng h lig ad bip and w wil o ha h bihop on g4 alo a atia lbly. 145
hi ha bn h popod otion y o and oolo b i don fl igh o m a a and h ail ga w a abo o ay onm h ing on dng tha Ba w oon b od o pay ..g5 I am nomfoa wih Ba ingid bing o wa whn i li onpy agan wht n h ln wh 1aS nd o wo wll only wn Bla n omhow ppo apawn wih t ghop oo n th a aion bl ng i omply nd th bal li on h n nd on nd wh Bla no nmialy infio and wh h l qn an ma h pn flt i now m hat B ha lt han of undming Whi t i i nwi o ngag in a ngd nd bl b in h bl h id wh ga nal ono tnd to win Oth mo
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a 14 .d wa M la olton whn onond with 14 h4 by nand Madid 1 99 h o mak mo n to m han 1 a5 ba Blak ataing h n b it wold m hat h ollowing n amo fod 15 d5 gS 6 g3 b6 1 1 (haning 1 xgS ) .xf3 1 x3 d 19 5 and whi Blak ot dog a bady a om ommntato ha aimd had y o h opnng ba wa igd o nand ying 4 h4 ba whn didd o pay h a2 and g4 lin wa pd by th foowg da b 14 . g5 D ma om n in B an olow p by aang th n who woyng abot pawn
1 5 g3 6 (h ot mo 6 dS ad (aty mobing a t o and paing a ntal pawnba xb fS (hi wa al ggd in h no o h gam hninoah ngaian h 1992 wh Bak ud af 6
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8 c7 !. I s competely sisfed ith Blcs prospects fer 7 .f unti I s he nnd gme, hich suggested th he hd so seen hese notes o ChernnHorvh bu hd prepred some mprovement. suspect tht his de s 18 dxc6 xd xd hich seems to pu Bc n rther diffcut sution snce it is un ley tht Blc cn vod he exchnge of queensde pns nd hen e wi hve siuton ih pns on one side (probby n ex one or Whie here the number of pieces ends o be more mpornt thn he ype of pieces nd Bcs queen ll be reduced to purey defensive role. smple vton .6 20 exf xc6 2 x7 xf 22 e7 th sight but endurng dvnge o White. c ll thngs consdered I suggest ht e6 (D) my be the mos eecve nidoe o h
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of ...xf This the cue observon of GM on Selmn hen e ere dscussig yss o ndess in The Obeer. Ths nsgh s sed rther csuy, but seems to be profoundly mporn theorecy nd only mes good sense hen you hve cqunted yourself wh the reons for rejecting g e6 s consdered n Ge 22 c 1 d e is no onger probem since er 16 b7 or 16 d2 Bc cn sey e on nd h so hie hs to dieren pproch c2 xb7 the very lest os .xe 16 xe7 d with cer dvnge o c The bshop on h is no bdy misplced since t s needed to defend Whtes dpn c 1 h? is vey resonble for Whte. Ths s plyed n omenoviD.Snchez Sn Sebsn 1 gme cied b L ho bses upon t cm tht lc is e o remin "solid pn up Hoever, it feels to me tht the poson here li sops s by no mens sold for Bc. I m not sying ths to gripe, but just to suggest h hogh hs gme eventul clred n Bcs fvour it seemed to me h he position s someht pecious or numr of moves so s e orh consdering erlier mprovemens or Bc Ply contnued 1 f3 16 xf d 7 (ths one is OK eels good to eep he queenside pns ntct Blc ould gener e to meet d ih .d6 nd ..d7 n n eo to esblsh drsqure bocde bu dont see ny convncng y
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avd sng his ep wih he ueen) 7 d and lacks ne mve 17 a6, is deiniely n rial he charge n cnbuing he resant Wies cene desees a ar hearng hwever, because lak needs t cmpee his develpment bere Whie generaes serius hreats and he csuare s by n means a useless pst he kngh Hwever hnk lack may als nsder a seuene mves leadng he dmnan he cenra dk sues even at he epense he bpawn whh s a luury cmpared he necessiy cmbang he whie cenre e g, 'd6 ad .. d7 ca a cnbue he cause bu ne prblem s ha Whie can aack he kngh n d7 wih b7 ad g4 and s he bk ade culd lk raher brile ack is n careu wih he mverder. 7 e s ne way d it sne aer 8 g 'd6 19 b7 g 20 g3 g3 21 g3 a he psin s unclear bu t desn eel lke lack shuld be wrse e.g 22 f a6 23 h 24 e c 2 b d7 ! r 22 d4 c6 Fllwng 7a6 mjenv Sanche wen 8 e2 (awing he lwing pawn advane seems smewha crimn t my mnd s may have t senee his ne 8.e ks e a prmising aeaive 9 g4 'd6 20 b7 { 20 4 4 2 e7 h2+ 22 h1 'e7 23 2 'e+} 20 .g 21 g3 { 21 d7 '6 2.g3 22 g3 ks very gd r ack and dn see any bvius mprvemen r
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Whe here) 9 e e6 20 d (20 e3) 20.ed 2 d (2 d) 2' 22 e7 (22 b ) 22..c8 23 'e3 a4 24 e6c3 2 e+ h7 26 e6 d1 27 d1 'c2 28 c7 and lack was in cnr Reurnng he psin ate 14 .. (D)
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Ths my be Bcs big mse snce I ssec Sho hd msse Whes snnng d moe In sy ng h see no obvos move men since d7 ? 0 c b xg5 xe xe mly ns n. Whe kees conol n he endgme becse lcks lck o cenl resse mens h he canno oce he n hogh. ..b? mgh be lyble hogh 20 7 b2 I seems logc o c he cene hle ming y or he n b hs alos rilln seqence hch be emembee fo ong me o come 2l ! esmbly Shov hogh he h eene hs h hs ls move 21b The oo on e7 s d hle he qeen cks o ieces 22 f7 23 d7! ! D)
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23d7 Whe heens me n o. Ths seems o be he only move s 4 . .h6 5 e5 g7 6 h5# is checme. 25 ! ! D)
Anohe bey he bsho bls he sxh an n Whe gn e ens h5 25' Thee s nohng bee Alhogh Blc ll lmos hve merial eqay no hs c o oo soldes os hs ece no anchoge n he hie qeen is no vese o elevng hem o hei seing The ollong nayss e he mn lines aken om G Lc Wnns commny o his ge in Chess lne ) 5 x4 6 h5 g7 7 e5 closes he ne h ecse eec b e8 6 g4 nd no boh 66 7 e5 e6 8 7 nd 6 xd4 7 h g7 8 h7 6 e5 xe5 . xg 0 g7 g6 1 h4 4 xg6 xe5
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g3+ 4 34 4+ 4 35 5# 3 '5+
emovng the bac ngs an eene 2: 27 .e5 28 'h5+ h5+ g8 29 g6 d7 29 b3 30 g7 g7 31 b 32 b7 gaphica ilustate he powe o e whie un 30 xg Xg7 3 d6 Theaenng '5 an a3 3..h 3 3 am sue he oss o thi pawn no pease Shiov because Bac no longe ha counepa agan he gaua avance o he whie pawn 32 .. c7 33 e3 e6 g5 35 f h3+ 36 hl 2 37
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37 gh3? gives Bac goo awing chances, eg 3 ..:gg2 38 :b h2+ 39 g :ag2+ 40 1 5 b5 42 b5 :a+ 43 e 1+ 37.g5 f6 Jg6 39 1 Cus 1 8 :b1 is angeous cause s cu o Bac o peven hie achieving an iea cena setup with he ight on an bishop on e2 2 The ne wh 'a o owe b ng on a2 an paig 12 g4 is he most convncing answe o his ea. iect epoi he weaness o he a2pawn an mmeae appes pessue o he cne 3 gans 3 e3 Bac o s o pa 3 ..c6 4 5 a because hites mos heaening ieas ae les poblemac when hee is no pawn on h o een. 4 ganst 1 g5 Bac es to pla 13 h6 o limit he sco o he bhop e 4 e3 c6 15 5, 15 e5 s hought bes because no the h6pawn wo be a pobem i Bac pae 5 a5 bu i now use o peventing he ecuence o g5 15 3? ma aso be goo an h been ess hoough anased. 5 e 4 h4 ? 14 .'e ap pes o be aequae o Blac bu has no e been hoough ese
1 0 Delroy' Granite Statue "A genu! Fo thyeven ea ve paed fouteen hour a y and now th all me a genu! Pablo Sarast Spanish Volinist and Coposr ( 18441908) on big haid as a gnis by a ctc
In Chapt 3 w obsrvd ha Doy can b boh a farso bas and a frghnd bnny ndd, hav co to considr Dloys characr suciny rich and dvrs o buld a su in his hon our hs sau s on d4 and is y spportd by th scaffodng bi on h -3 pawnchain Howvr you hav concvd of Droy up o now fo this iag on gan bcaus n h xaps w ar about to considr h is ndd lk a rock, standing in th cn of h bod and givng Back no chanc o rn away wih h ndd f anyon is going to rn is Dlroy, who on ansfos fro
gran to sh in sconds and has bn known o rn a th way to d8 bfor th torists can fnish akng hi phoogaphs hs scturs can ars fo var ous ns whr hit capurs on d5 but dosnt pay 4 ) 4 cxd5 xd5 5 'b3 xc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 3 wih cxd4 cxd4 hap pnng a ar ag 2) 4 f3 g 5 3 00 6 cxd5 xd5 7 c4 xc3 8 bxc3 c5 tc ad also 3) so g3 ins Howvr ths srcur os ofn aris fro th g5 ins whr h ras h bishop o f4 a 4 Th vno in this approach has bn donsad by Grand astrs Yusupov Brv and Zvagn tsv o na bu a fw Th vno is by no ans th yp to kl you n svn sconds but can ki you nonhss and usualy is slow and painfu If you ar wondring how sothing ad o gan can pro dc vno s agin yor ost ard sn sliding aroud h saus nck vsb only o hos who bv h dah tol is sually vry hgh bcas black playrs do
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Kev 6 1 d 6 2 c g6 3 c3 d5 g5 e 5 c3 6 bxc3 ig7 7 e3 5 8 f3 6 9 cdS 9 b ? has aso bn tid by Barv (aso afer 8 . 0-0) b it sms tha Black has no horica prob ms if w olow Barv-Biavsky, Linars 1992 9 cd4 1 0 cxd4 00 1 1 a ? ( 2 dc4 1 2 c4 �a5 1 3 d3 6 givs Back a gd posi ion sinc h can s c4 as a bas for qnsid conrpay 4 2 a6) l l d 12 a3 (2 b 5 ) 12g4 whn Black is aggrssivy sing his dvlopmnt lad o attack hits cn d rady has an dg 9 'd5 1 e2 cxd 11 cxd 12 ?! rcommnd 2f5 in Ga 2 3 7 1 'd7 5 cl 5 16 x7 xb7 7 g3 s D) wod sm hat Back ha ll o complain abo hr For srs Doy s positivly tam and th cl is cofortaby consd Morovr, if hs not gong to hran Black in
h cnr i wold sm hat thr is no obvios antido o Blacks long pan o crating a pasd pawn on h qnsid, and sry w ar al owd to say ha hits a-pawn i a it bi wak I crainly gran hat, bt h ony pic vr ikly o hran h a-pawn is th black qn which will almost crtainy b ndd o hold Blacks cntal sqars ndd hings ar graly not so rosy for Black Firsty w ms acknowdg ha hi oc cpis and conrols h cntr to a gratr n han Black and sc ondy w mst compar th bishops, which is otn a good way to bgin o valat a posiion Clarly th bishop on g is fairy saisd wih his work on th h2-b8 diagonal, which hps r sain th 5 pawnbrak and targt c or tr nry by a maor pic t aso has som ida of attacking on th h-d8 diagonal or mayb chang ing o Backs o dfndr on th kingsid whn th tim is righ Th bishop on g, howvr h no obvios ro to play and fcvly bis h
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gani on d whih is no doub a highy unplasan xin In fa th ux of h at is tha Blak has o h bal fo th nt and is in dang of difing ino a posiion with ou a pan Th absn of na pssu a ows hi onsidabl sop fo anuv nd possibiitis to play on h wings piuly on h kingsid in his posiion baus Baks knigh dos no hav a good out ov h and if it w o t pasing hough d hit would aos tanly k i off aving aiv qun and knigh aganst qun and passiv bishop Of ous Bak is no losing h by any ans bu I susp any Gnfld plays woud f vy ondn h as Blak and this is dnity is guidd Blak has o ali tha so hing h gon ong wih h opning and pu h dfnsv ha on 18 D)
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23 xf gxf 4 c3 6. owee, pec ch a echage wod dy kd o Back ad o pefe 23 f4, whe Back i e wih hi od proem c ehap 22.h hod e co ideed whe . g ook ike a idea o hie wod proay ty 3 g which oige 23 .f6! hie mch eter at ea Back poito i o getig ay wore i hry, eg 24 e? xg 2 hg c 6 23 f A ery paet way o coie he aack; Bee wi ph the hpw oy whe he i uy ready 23.c+ h ook ike doe' hep the lc nded pet deciie miake Back mai po em a he momet hi ack of a choage the cee ad ce .e6 weake d6 ad f6 Back ha to hod for wh h ee ad kgh wode he f Back hodt do e e ad y ot to make ay coceio 23 . . ook ke a eaoae atempt i th repec. he i ikey to cae damage h eroy a og a he kight ema cotrog d6 ad i ot ce f he ha wha i ake o checkmae he ck kg Of coe thi gget hat Back eed o moe 2 h w poay a go momet o forge ad foget �2 c2 25 g3 c6 2 . c6 26 d oo fy ted for he who eady for er adace the cee
26 d5 te iaio i py ow Back i ha fod coe pay Noe hat hie hree piece e a coheie ceay fe op whie Back force e cattered ad ieecte. 26..f6 27 h5 g5 28 c7 A pec e it go eogh. 28.b 29 d7 x2 Back ay whip o he weake he decetraiaio of ee ad kigh i oo high a price 30 e D)
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o b nadqua onc agan bcaus of Whs foridabl cnl cool ad h nabiy of th g7 -bshop to conrbut o th sugg I wil jus gv th ovs with brf cots which fl a slar story o h prvious ga 1S. b 5 . 5 6 d5 5 x5 x5 8 fd 6 9 x5 'x5 0 ac s a sgnican us for Wht 16 S 17 bS 18 d1 6 19 d2 b 20 b xb Backs pay has ookd vry pur posl bu n raiy h has ust gvn hisf a wass Wha foows is a good lsson n showg ha howvr uch advaag yo hk yo hav on a wng, h sid who conos cn nvariably conros h g h n probl s tha Whs bshop can atack h a-awn whil Backs bshop can raly dfnd i for ar of th wakss of th kg sd. 21 7 c6 22 fcl 6 2 c2 :8 2 ' e6 h 'd7 26 g b6 27 c 'b7 28 c :6 29 d6 f8 0 xf8 �xf8 1 g b 2 'l h6 h7+ �g7 d+ �xh7 5 dxc6 c8 6 7 :xc 7 xc 7 8 'eS 9 cS 0 'e7 g7 1 f 10
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7c5 suggst that it is bst to attack h cntr idiaty and gnrally to t hits cxd5 wth th tior tat-k cxd only at hit has playd cxd4 should you rcaptur with th qun on d5 h pont i that whn hit plays b3 Back is nor aly obigd to captur on b3 and i Black hasnt yt tan on d4 hit can ac a aourabl ndga by taking back on d4 wth h pawn whch woud b gnraly undsrabl without h qun xchang 7 00 8 cxd5 xd5 9 b3 0 xb4 cxb4 c6s slighly btr or ht ccording to GM Ens but
ths n s by no ans h who tory bcaus i nohing ls Back can try 5 ? which is uch ss copant and o in th spit o h Grnd t ss to hat this o qualizs and ts wl worh un dstandng sohng about th suting positions x5 x5 3 dx5 c6 4 a3 x 15 2 looks lk a plausbl contnuaton ht obiousy wants to play and tak back on with th bishop unlss Black unwsy allows th knight to hop to h d4squ n uch positions th poston o th kings and hts pan o a inorty attack potntaly ak Blacks qunsid ry wak so Black is wl adisd not to pay pas sly as ht would thn ha go ans o atin a nsi wak nss wnnng t and thn prssng wth th xra kngsd pawn GM ith Arkl has pacticaly ad a liing out o such stratgs and I assur you that Black has to think clly hr En i you ar sowhat bord by such postions t is al too asy to os th by thnking hat thy ar asy to play 155 6 3 d3 7 xd3 xd3 s a cas n point his ay look lk a t to play or th adantag o bishop agnst knght in an opn poston but hits knight s unassailabl on d4 and Backs bishop ha nothng to at tack Moror hits prospcs or qunsd prssur ain and Back has no countrplay nstad o such a bind ansforaon w should ask what is posit about h black pos tion? qunsid aoty? No! As
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b) b3!? has no bn trd o y nowldg bu t woud s that hit has good chancs for an dg hr and ts s why Bac shold pr fr 8 cxd4 8o cxd :b s y o transpos o h not to ts th n G 25, bt 2!? s an poran arnaiv f Bac is not c h an fal ndr a sgh disavanag suggstd n g Portsch-ran bow h rason ha th Exchang Slav ln s unily o b a drc ansposton is tha h Gnfld play has h bn ft of th tnson bwn c5 and d Ths s n hs favour bcaus n os cass s ony n Blacs ntrs o r las i Morovr hi normaly cass bfor payng c4 in Exchang Slav n so Blac can considr ng advanag of hs cntral zd ing hav two sggstons hr ar dxc 0 xc a 0 a5 ? 00 d as in Gofshtnou grb 3 b Or my own da ·0 c 1 0-0 a5 2 2 b!? Not tha 3 dxc5? is no dangros on accon of 13d 9 xd 10 xd x d5 11 e2 c6 1 D prfr ts mov to b for wo an rasons ( t dsn wn th qnsid or th ght on c; 2) t controls b and so prns ht ptng a roo thr a Atrnatvly a 3 b3 has bn trid by Hun garan GM Vaga who sms to ov
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payg feld edgames for hte However ahough ued hus far 3..�e6! ooks ike a very effecve emedy becase 4 xb7 xd4 5 xd5 xe2 6 h xd5 is ot great fo hte but the either is aythig ese sce whe Back gets the bishop o d5 he w have a very ac ve posto the edgame as og as he edeavous o volve the g7bshop!. b) 3 c was payed by Aad hmself he a treet Bi oura me agast GM atrck off hat game cotued 3...xa2 4 d5 fd8 5 �c4 a5 6 b3 7 d6 ad Back was deep roube sce 7 ..e6 8 e4! is a probem However I sus pec Aad w ust beg pactical cause seems o me that 4 ...ad8! o weaeg f7 5 c4 a3! eavig a5 for the kght) suggests hat htes posto has ru out of seam c) 3 h4 ? was ed by a leadg expoet of ths system for hte ad so it desees to be take seiousy. ZvagtsevKosebay Irako ECC
996 ow coiued 3...ad8? ad afe 4 xf5 xf5 5 c7 ! hie was ceary beter. However I thik it s better to pay 3.e6 he 4 f3 !? ooks ke the most obvous fo ow up bu afe 4 .a5 5 d5 5 b!? c4!? 6 e a6 is obv ously ot cocusve b I fgure if Back ca hod higs togeher hite wl have seious coordaio prob ems o the kigsde) 5 .ad8 6 e4 f5 ! Backs forces are much the more cohere ad 7 �d2 a3 does chage aythig Note hat these wo moves ad8 combed wh ..f5 e a commo actcal heme he Grfed which shows aothe good reaso why Back s kg s ook s of e best et o ti I sspec Zvagtsev may have iteded 4 b ? whe Back cat pay 4...g5 view of 5 b5 However I ow ke the cam retrea 4 d7 !? whe a2 s en prie ..a5c4 s possibe htes h4kgh is por ad 5 a4? xd4 is simpy a sig of the times If that a seems too shap Zvagsev Leko burg 998 saw 3 .c8 !? 4 a4 4 f3 repeats 4xd4!? 5 exd4 e4 6 xg6 hxg6 7 e3 �g4! whe Back was defey ot worse. 13! D)
It may surprse you to see Aad movg hs ceraed quee o offe hersef i exchage for htes ess obvousy use ady. tl hs move ca be see as Aads acute ecogi to of he theat of ac-c5 whch woud be very disupve ad Back aso has some hopes of usg the c4sqare afer he quee exchage.
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{potectig b7 ad 2 ab1 22 b3 exd4 23 exd4 �xd4 24 x xg5 is a istrctive ie highigh ig Blacks seior coordiatio 8 .�e4 9 d2 e5 ths cea bl s eve more eective coside hite s gratutous weakeig o t kigside 20 xe4 ex4 2 ab e 22 �3 wod ow eave Black ide aly placed to attack hites tede cee 20 �g5 hie was pobab eyg o this but mos Gel< ayers have a sog sese o te poace o the cee ad here hav· ig wo te bate i e cee i is m surse hat Back ca aord to sac ce matea to help to wi e game 20exd4 2 c4 2 1 xe4 dxe3 2 �d3 �xa 23 xa e5 wis ad s does 21 �xd8 xd8 22 c4 b2 2 c1 dxe3 24 xb2 �xb2 25 d 4 2.b2 22 ac dxe3 23 �xe3 �d 24 4c2 e5 25 6 26 �c4 27 c3 xa2 he oce o Blacks ce osaught ow caused e so utch GM to esg 1xa5 D
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Consd? Yo shod Anand s song nogh to se yond posiiona gnalis d wl aady hav n hinkng n conc ms abou h nx fw movs. Gvn noug im Back wold i to pay soing lk fd8 Jf8 and 6 phaps foowd by Ja3 Sinc i canno aod o cd h c- and canno us b t sms ha h wil hav o do sothng crav wh his nor pics a migh his b? ts opnng satgy is bd ound h passvy of h g7-bshop and so h s nlikly to want to xcang it o with J5 Morovr i dosn hrt Black posonally o play .f6 h ndd i js hlps o conto cn sinc is bsop s doing lit on g7 ayway and will pobably want o out o th f8-a3 diagonal Hnc g5 is also no a pobm Th ight squd bshop has now o go and so ha lavs th kngh has no poscts on 5 b ay want to co o b3 o lv h tnson on th qnsid and by comng to d fs f3 fo th bishop hn i ss its ony wi wakn 5squa givg Black so chancs to play 5 wth th aid of c6, b f his bshop is on f3 th b7-pawn wi b en pie whn Black caps with th kigt on 5 n ths cs h wont wt a rook stck on 8, bt ah n a saf plac wih pospcs o com to d8 o c8 at a lat stag Hnc ac8 was pab o fc8 n his ca, bt oly bcas Back was thinng concrtey nd aing for 5
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Whte ms avod 9 a3? c4 20 a6 b7 On the other had 19 c8 c8 0 a3 d8 1 s robably Whte best contnaton a hs ont; t s gen wthot commen by Kamk ndoubedly oosens he cene and allow he bsho on g7 to tat h wa eercses afe a ong eod on he nch b a et Wht s do ng somehng o even Back fom cometey takng conol o the game Indeed d2 s suddeny an anoyng ea 2.c4 s now wohy o at tenton Its no easy o fnd anothe good move fo Back ee b I lke s one sce solves he obem of deendng a6 acvey whle alowg or c4 Its a somewha aado cal ove onsdeng s am b s e y of ng re o mann
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O 20 d2 e5 a mao beet of hvg a kght o 4 2 dxe5 xd 22 d xe5 2 8 x8 s ley bete fo Bak who a be pod of hs qeesde paw maoy o hs aso b 20 e4 f5 ! s aso a mporat oe to osde espeay with he ghsquaed bshops exhage hs is a grea way to gai ea sares
demse I ohe wods otsh dst kow what to do a stategi sense so he does somehg o pass he tme Istead a) 22 ? x7 2 x7 2 x7? 2 ..8 24 f4 x 25 x 25 .. .f5? 2 f4 e tedg .a5 ad s ve good o Blak. b) 22 g5 f5 23 g4 7 24 x7 b 25 g2 d5 s so sog fo Bak 22 e5 ? was st htes best hae 22 .. 2 23 x8 8 24 x8 x8 25 e4 s heavy-dty ao
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I ms be a piclaly e cush o o the kg to demd wo eca matio mks fo hs aiva o it o pehaps jus a v kg O couse he po s to play ..a hou o ig a check as te ook s lifed om c8 a gly aa which wod o doub be a dgy o Hs Maesty till t s beal hat such a disa ad quie move o he kgsde a have such a devaaig eect o the queesde I is also a wodely e plee sem-echo o htes la move 2 aS is also good if obvious b hie has some chaces ae 28 a ! a 29 c8+ c8 3 b3 + h2 a 32 dS! wth coute play 28 a
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3 dS 3 e5 e5 35 de5 d 36 c d+ 37 d d 3 a2 35 a e For e hs s e seees momen of a beaful ge ee s maeal eualy b al o Blacks eces ae asl speor o e coneps and led s sngng le e e ook ods s head n desar 36 d6 a8 37 37 7 d armony 37 38 eS d6 Wods ae measly ngs a omens ke s b n case yo adn aleady noced my admaon or
anks ay n hs gae s oa 39 a2 a2 0 d6 ib + 2 2 0 Conuon ) e grane sae srcres e ey decee an Black can easl fall no a planess oson o seemng o do mc rong e man cy s a e he cene escs e g7bsop and makes dffcul o Black o acee cenal coneplay 2) n mos cases B lack as o se fo e e5 beak o e caon of he cse
1 1 A Pit of lbe Wink at smallfaults for you have great ones yourse cotsh overb
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Ths paw cogatio has bee caed he Cbad sce ad oe arises om he g5 ad e3 es of the Gfed t is acuay f more como o d this ce he Echage Vaao of the Qees Gambi eced oweve so a oy asme ha he sces ame was deived om someoe spotg C payig a sy QG ad te e ig im o fo o ayig he Gr fed. A ay ae I thk we sod stop crczg ad sat ecoagg fac I decided o by Ca a i hece he e of this chapter A Gfed oe o sh o d h he ha a ea cee
paw bt the cosed atre of the o siio ca be etig sice mot of he ies yo w be sed o exami ig ted o be rather more id ad offer more pawbreaks deed sice he cee is aiy ocked pecepay wi be pedoia. is e tha Back has he .c5 break avaabe whch ca oe be sppoed wih .b6 ad ths s pica mpotat i some of e e3 ies ch cases Back may ed p wih hagg paws o c5 ad d5 which od be a weak ess or a stregh depedig o who has he iae I s aso e hat Bak ca cosder 5-f4 to der me hes cee Normay ths s dobe-edged sch srces be case he kig a fee a wog draugh descedg rom the a2-g8 ad a -h8 dagoas b ke mos ies of he QG Back has a Gfed bshop to gd the kg Moeover i he g5 ma e his bishop has o oppoe ad so a opeig of the posio teds o favo ack t is e oce agai tha he has the pos sbiy of ad e b cosdeg the pesse hat the g7-bshop wod e ee o d is is e Moe comoy ite w psh his a ad b-paw o sgae a o y aack o he back qeesde
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hoe ufamar wh uch a dea houd ju ty o fd a way whih Back ca et u he queede aw ucue wthou alow hte queesde aws o ceae a weakess eveually. Thee s a way. Ohe th i equal he wi advce he baw u hee is a weakes o the haf-oe c-ile ad f he b aw caued e hee wl be a weak aw o te b-e ad o d5 I ao worh o at hite k omoed by hav a ea a o defed it. Th may oud ome what abtat but i a vey ea coid eaio ce te oca oute to hie moty attack woud be a imia idea wth . f5-f4 bu the a um boh sde have cased ki de ths woud eave Back wt oy two aw to hied hs k om ed to ree for he These are al moa ths which wil be a le aly veed the ames o folow. ti I remembe hea the bad lo i e ion King ay hat Tuth s the eye of the beholder" ad behod that i uch tuctues the aemet of he iece of reate scace ha ay awbeaks.
Samp in and Idas fo Whit 1 d4 f6 2 4 g6 3 3 d5 4 3 g7 5 gS e4 6 dS gS 7 gS e6 8 f3 edS 9 e3 -0 1 e2 11 0 D
ome adad theoreical moves ead to the daram osito. ie
h eched hs dkued bho fo a back kht ad eek to how at e esut oso he oked aw-tucue make h e2biho ood ad wl si the kihs beter tha he bck biho. He ao hoe ha his eta ceal w may a otem saec asset ad w seek to ue hi queeside moity to ceae a weakes Backs queesde srucure while trivi o kee his k afe ad e cere closed. Thi ie ted to a to layes who d ke be cofroted wh acvty whe hey e hite ad seek to u tu ma advataes whe be a afe a osbe Howeve whle it s rue tha hite has a shty bette awtcture hik uc oto ae eraly favouabe to Back he Gfed The foow dram hel to late Backs osects
Idas fo Back I tk Black ve ece coa tio s more or le oma fo he ue varato of te 5 e ad I
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ng to demonsate the pncpal means of eening aganst Whte's mnoi atak on te queense whle prepang coneay on e ngse. Please noe ha Black sho be vey cae abot he tmng of .bS as a response to b4 Fom a pely sca pon o vew t s nacy o cose becase presents an opos o c a xes a bacwa pawn on an open le However, conserng ha Whtes qeene atc es to a pee to pece nltaon Bac s reay js acnowegng hat hs openng ne obges hm to acept a weak eense pawn n some shape o fom an oes so whle sma neosly resng o allow Whe he pece acivy a he sees on a se of he boar Pncpaly one shol only ee wh .b f thee s a concete olow-up planne e a7 an/o .b6-c4 n he s case te hner may come te hne as a3 (ften paye o sppo ) can be weker than c6 In te secon case e ngh on c s ealy vey annoyng fo We: y bease t b the
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cle an theefoe kes almos mpossbe o te to attac th c pawn an seconly becase the pece sacce ...x3 s oen a vey eal possby ch a combnaon often esls n Blac earng hree pawns e3 a ) for hs sacrce pece an a erssen natve whch s o ten nabe fo Whte who cno oer essce to s ds bshop Athogh he agam s a rae one-se show s worh nong that Whte can oen l o the a3- agona by placng a ght on e ot post on c Ths s anohe dawback of playng ...b b n general the knght on c oos a o bete than actaly case can ee meely o obsrc Whtes eors o aac te c6pawn t s aso woh beng alet t he se ence wheeby Whe plays Bac pays ..b an f Whe antcpaes . b6-c he may choose o pay a to mmeaey atac b Now captg o a wol ose contol so Blac has to pan b n sch a way that he can he mantan hs pawn on b wh ..a6 whch someimes allows aa) or ese play a! a hs mome wheepon te a an bpawns w be heatohea an conree acaon w neee to eene who gans conol o the eense Wt reg to he bshops noe a i s oen sef o Blac o p hs bshop on f5 o conto b whch where Whe wol ofe wsh to pace hs qees roo to sppot hs queene avance. In sayng tat
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crcumstances often do not ermt Blac to meet wth ..b an n these cases it is ossble to lay the nght to n any case, though this will usually requre the suort of a bsho on e6 The exclusie bsho oes not aways go to d6 but it often ns tsef restcted on g where it bites nto Whites soli centre so its woth knowng hat t has te opton of reroutng to d6 where it can inuence both ses of te bod As for the rooks it seems t is oen good to hae one for defense and counterattacking uroses on the queensie and another to suort acs ngsde ressure. The uen tends to be comfortable on the cena esque but somemes comes to d6 to defend c6 and attack or possby go to h to ghten the whte ing Consderng this hte wi soetmes see to defend hs kng with h3 or g3 and n tese cases t is often ossbe to chsel e awn on g3 or the dak sques on e ingsde (aftr h3 wth .h and h
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d f6 2 3 g6 3 g d g D) I hae aways seen his moe with or wiout f s n imediate threat
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to the dpawn and therefore an at temt by Whte to deelo wth gain of tie Not uncommonly for e Grnfeld t also featues Whte eelong his queende beore hs ingside. Back has tree man ways to defend aganst he reat to d wth out osing time with a passe moe ie c6 s I feel this s the most reiabe reac tion because it does not relese e tension too eay and does not oblge Back to sacrce materal fore cometing eelopment as the alter naties tend o. On a ore celestal ee we ight say hat ths knght s ing out ts destiny; dying young as t oes so often in the Grnfed so that his coades may le c s aso ossble an has been faored by none less than GM Peter idler e main justicaton of te moe lies in the lne 6 xf6 xf6 xd g 8 e3 c6 when Back threatens to pay . e6 and wn back the dawn while retanng ksquare conol. Howeer I suggest
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hat yo only play it i yo Black can nat nouh copsaton aft 6 dc5 _ 7 cd5 4 7 .. d5 8 d5 c3 9 d2 is ood fo ht s h not o Blacks 5th ov in Ga 3 8 d2 d2 9 d2 a6 10 3 c5 1 1 b5, which ar o su h can 5 dc4 can aso co v shap bt it ss to that h lins binnin with 6 4 c5 b5 8 d6 favorab o hi 6 5 6 4 is no paicly dstinciv with th kniht on s Chapt 0 6 h4 is no thouh o b dan ous o Back pily bcaus o 6.c3 7 bc3 dc D whn s woh knowin sohn o h o owin
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a) 8 a4 s an atp o win th pawn back, bu hs ns into 8 ..d7 9 c4 b6 whn th bishop can co o a6 and Back wil b ab o pay .c5. Not tha ths ida o 'd and .b7 o a6 is a rcn th i any ins of h Gnfd Th
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ida nds to b hat sinc .b6 w ns so qusid ht sqs d h a8 daona, h qun covs so tha nohin nasty happns as th bishop ts dssd auvanchuk, Trass 1991 s o intst 10 3 a6 1 'b3 2 00 3 2 hi wants o pay hd and o connc ooks and scu his kin) 3 ..c5 4 dc5 a6 D)
This is a paticlary ood ap o a th w hav alady consid d. hn Back suppos th ..c5 ba with b6 h sois cap rs on c5 with h ai o attackin Bacs c5pawn and sn h b and ds i Black captus. Howv, as w s in his a his atpd ansoraion can bond on h i Back uss to b matalisic. By aacn c5 . 'c7, ...d, .a6) Back thans o capu on c5 and so aa quaiy whl ainin a sucual advana Thror hit is obid to b con ssn and ak on b6 as wl No ony dos this vnur ld to h
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Bak shoul be vey efu ove he few moves Moeove playig .x a .b5 is fairy ptiul o ths viatio of g5 a shou ot be mixe up wih simil lies Firsy o o i if the kight is sti o g se f3 usuay afe exhagig o b5 a ause the rook o a8 o tremble a seoy o o i f he bishop goes bak o f sie if othig else Bak ofe ha o eso o pay ig .a7 to keep the quesie ita a if hie were the simply o a tue h kigh o b8 this woul ot be a goo ay ou. 0 e2 a6 1 2 0-0 12 f3 a7 13 0-0 f5 this was Kaspov s appoah h wats o po voke e to bok ou the bishop o f o ese pat his ow bishop o he -square e 1 8 5 e5 e6 ..3 15 b3 his is some wha aoyig sie hie a fore a raw if he wishes if you fi his u apable I reomm ookig at ways of playig wi b7 a .7 ealier whih migh also be playable for Blak howev th worl ham pios opeigs ae usualy very we osiere so o be as obeive as possibe whe lookg for altera tives i might be ha a raw is bes play for both sies moreovr hie may we o be sasfe wit a raw as was he ase here 15 ..f5 16 2 16 5 7 is simply bee for Bak 16...3 17 g? hite shoul have ake he aw 17 .7 8 b3 b3 19 3 5 20 g3 e5 2 1 axb5 was wiig for Blak i owever there is o eyig tha oriKaspov Bueos Aires smu hie a geerae some iiiative so 1997.
ompee olapse of hites etre a ose a lot of me but t also opes up he - a afes fo Blaks ooks gives Bak vaous pkg spaes o he queesie a aows the g7bishop to ake a eep beath o the a h8 i agoa uh a theme a also our if he paw is si o b7 a hie apures o 5. f i is iut to wi his paw ak i is ofe woh osieg ..b6 as a positoa paw sarie to free he bak piees The game oiue 15 h1 7 6 xb6 axb6 7 a 5 8 b 9 g3 e5 bkig i the bishop o g7 bu bokig ou boh of hies mio piees a eerig eve more otrol over he ete 20 2 8 2 xa 22 f f8 2 6 x3 2 a 5 25 3 a vahuks powerfu pay oblige autr o resig. b 8 e3 b5 9 a 6 D) is osiere a eavely safe pawgrab for Bak
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6 c1 always sck m as bing pofondy aica b mo th la han h fom Ar 6 h6 ht wi b ntring a nomal in f4 or h4 ln wth his qn on nsal sqar B n mnd thogh, that hit s probaby not yt) wors and so Back shod pay atntion to th nuans whch th wht pay wil pobaby mo awa of n pic it wl dcult to cat now m not going to g varatons bcas th in s vry ra and mor impo antly s go to g nto h habt o rusting yo opnings and not ax ing whn yo nd yorsf wth a po son wh an ahor has tod yo hat yo OK n othr words t go o yor chqerd scity bankt fo one hav no dea o h hoy n his poston bt m comfortab nogh wh th Grnd to know ha hoghtf pay wi nsr Back his sh of h chancs rning to th postion aft 6 xd5 D
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An impoant dob attack on d5 and g5 whch tnds to ns matia qaiy I hav aways bn ssp cos of th mor aggssiv ns lk 7 5 7 c6 and 7 00 thogh all hav bn vntd by song pays 8 f3 Ths s th las thratnng f hts ghth mo possbits a) 8 a4 s spcally chalng ng and Back ay has to b on hs tos c6! ( d7 9 b3 xg5 10 xb7 00 1 1 xa8 xd4 12 3 13 xd5 14 'b7 c6 5 2! and now Brgs indicats 15xb2 g 16 xc6 xc6 17 xc6 d4 as not at a c whl this s rtil gond for rsch, dont trst th in for Back) 9 dxc6 xc6 1 0 d7 (D d hn
a1) 11 00?! is probaby too bitio i Back s nrgtc nogh 1 b5 not 100 12 3 b5 13 xb5) 12 b5 ths sms ford fo xamp 12 'c2 c8 o 12 ' b3 13 'b4 f8 apping th n 2 00 3 'a3 b8 not 13b6
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becase the a ate c3-a4 wod gai mporat tme for hite) 4 e3 c8 5 c3 gave Back excelet cotepay Cebao-a Zageb 993 a2) d \b6 2 b3 xd4 3 b6 x+ is aso e fo Back. a3) d ! is a vey good test of Backs esorces. ..b6 2 \d2 D obges Black to cape the d paw
9 d8+ 20 d2 xa2 s a at tempt to go dow fightg which I was hopig wold be playable b cleay theres ot eogh compesa tio a33) 2 ...xd4 3 0-0-0 d8! 3.000 4 xd4 c6 5 e3 e5 6 xc6 xd2 7 e7+ d7 8 xd2+ xe7 9 d5+) 4 xd4 c6 5 e3 e5 6 e ! exd4 7 exd4+ f8 8 d5 xd5 if yo e despeae o play fo a w 8..d7 ives some dk-sqe compesato fo the paw) 9 xd5 xd5 20 e7+ 20 xd5 xb2+ 2 d b + 22 e2 \b5+ s for Back) 20 xe7 2 xd5+ d6 22 xb6 axb6 - hov-testad Gasda 99 Yo may wel d that la lie ex temely balg ad it is also disap poitig that sch a dazzig y zzes ot to a draw hogh aaysis ds sggest ha hs wa bes play te \d it is dissatisfyg to fee that a move ike 8 \a4+ ca ki the a3) Hatsto 970) sggests by game this way. have eve liked tsposo) ha 2 .0-0 leaes Bak havig dead daws aywhee i my with good pay fo the paw citig back retore maiy case I dot BlagdeGgeidze blisi 959 accept that Black shold ecessaly which coted 3 e3 e5 4 d5 d4! cote himsef with a daw I jst wih a e game fo Black". iially do hk e ko eoh abo I fod ths ery ecoagg becase chess to hae reached hat coclso Black cod do w some ew!) deas yet Of cose livig daws ae a agaist 8 a4+ I have t bee abe to othe mate ad f yo ca d a fid hs game i ay o my soces eqal osio wh a litle b of b I wold like o kow f Back has a teso there is stl a chace of ot covcig cotato after 5 e2 wttig yo oppoe f y e p becase yo athor hast fod oe agaist a weake opoet who bags a32) 2 xd4 3 00-0 xc3 4 o the heoy o each hs osio I xd7+ f8 5 \d6+ g7 6 bxc3 ca oy sggest a yo a o om hd8 7 xdl+ 8 xd \b + e al posito. Yo sl have abot
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hieen unis we yur acve kng and here are many pawns be wn b 8 d2 is as dangerus and he hery hs ine is cueny mvng uie apdy. dn ie he naeshec 8 ...h6 4 eiher sde and i seems ha 8 .h6 h exd5 10 e be wed by 4 i s prbably n an imprvemen n he man lines. Theee am recmedng 8 ex5, which nrmay eads a shap psiin aer e+ 8 0 '4 D) when he sakes ae aleady exremel hg
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be y adeuae n any case. Ae 1 h4 .h6 2 (in passing shud en ha 2 xd has been ed here, bu dn hink s snd 2.xg5 e5 h 4 hxg5 c6 5 e 5 6 xd4 1 'a g7 8 e hxg5 8..xg5 xh7+ xh7 20 000 '6 21 c c5 22 x5 x5 2 e c6 gave Back a clea advanage n kembrsme kal, hessan L 2. g D) ees me ke he bes way be gin devepmen because he kng de ey bengs n g7 he knigh s mc less reaening n ad a hs sage i is unce where he her bac peces shud g ndeed he main danger r Back is an eal s he shld be war sendng precs ime n uxures e c6 uness he an be nden ha he psin is suceny sabed
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b Fr a whie i was hgh ha 0 6 wa he aswer ies ear aggressin bu nw i seems ha 1 xc7 a6 12 g b4 1 l s prbably beer r Whie r eample 35 4 c2+? 15 xc2 xc2 6 xd5 c6 1 7 b4 'a 18 d6 g8 c wh a wnning ps r Whe, eng Zhain Arakhaia, rningen w b2 I recmmend ha Black res he de 1 . .6 wch seems
In he wing variais here ae a nmber ranspsiins b draw ur aen pacuary Whes pls e an g4 and Blacks pl ..c5 and he manve .d8b
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b21) 3 e3 e6 14 d3 seems untheatening bu Black should be atentive since 14 .c6?! 15 'g3 ? o be followed by e2f4 ooks annoyng I thnk Black should pay the exible 14 . d7 and now the imeconsuming 5 'g3 s met by 5 c5 since Whies queen no longe contols d4, whe 15 00 gves Black tme fo 15 ...c6 16 'g3 'b8! This idea of 'b8 s a cruca defensive idea in many lines Note ha Backs tumpcad is he two bshos which can only be used safely when he kng s secue Of couse he black king fees much more secue with he queens o b22) 3 000 e6! D) has been layed and suggested by the Russan grandmase Epshn
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b22) The main dea s tha ater 1 e4 dxe 5 xe Back can safey play 15 ..xa2! as ater the thematc 16 g d7 17 d3 thee is 7 c 5 ! ! Its very imortant that Back has is move since Whites foces wee be ginning o loom lrge on he kngside and hs is the ony move whch
hghlghts the fact hat Whies kng is also by no means fortified. The following ine is indicaive of Blacks iniaive 18 b5 d5 9 dxc5 xe 20 xd7 (20 'xe4 xc5) 20...' 2 xe (21 x?
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ood deeders o he kigside ad Whie ds i dicu o de B lacks so due o e absece o hs da squed bishop) 5e7 ad hee: b2222 ) 16 3 i this s eces say the we ae deiely o the ht ac) Ae 6..d6 7 2 c6 I slhly pee Blac A ood olow up woud ivolve yi to hhlht he absece o Whie dasquaed bshop w .e ad pushg the a paw owads a3. b22222) EO claims ha Chade suggess 6 e ? whch is cetaly moe heaeg bu I ca hep but eel tha Blac is very sod here whe Whie h a vey dauhy siio ad a sca bshop dei 16.6? oos ie oe o may good epes 223 g c5 Hee ts slihly dee because Ba s meeig a aac w a coer o he ce e. t s so possibe o pay moe sol idly bu h acive appoach seems to esue a good positio o Back ad Whie cao cop ou wth a orced daw A possble coiuaio is 15 e3 6 6 d3 cd 17 exd4 b8 . 8ex5 D 9 e3 The mmedae 9 us o the dsruptve 9 ..d6 o exampe 10 a3 1 0 b3 c6 10 b 5 1 0.00 0 ! e3 c6 2 e2 5 3 00 d7 a 5 b3 b5 6 c5 a4 7 c3 b6 Ths sucve seqece comes om the ae Sea waKapov Dba OL 986 whee Blac equalzed comortably bu laer ovepessed ad ost. 900
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I s lgey a mae o te whethe o o o pevet a eay wih . Sce opei he cetre would be payi io the hads o Bacs two bshops t seems a o say ha he queesde mioy atac is Whies oly logtem pa We have see tha payig b a move ealie sues om some tacca poblems so we could also say ha peveig i ow eeively pus straeic sajace o Whe who would wihou his m pa ad we woud eeoe have omeey deaged Whies sysem. O ourse s o ha easy because White ca usualy d a way o pay evealy usaly wh he ad o ed3. Fo his easo there is a lot o ad or lowi a ealy wih the am o qicky exploit the weess o c4 Peaps you choce should deped o the empee o you ad you oppoet; some players may oa at e mou ad ose he po i yo sve to preve ohers may et caied away o the queeside ad e maed i you simpy e him ge o wh I have cuded moe
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eamles tha mal t hel ge a feel f these siis ad mae y w md 9 . 10 e2 00 00 e8 2 a3 8 shws the ateatie a ad w a) 3 e c 4 d3 5 ce ag White weaes c4 ema t a itle me aiece wld kee the st aimatel eqa eg 5 a4 f5 g4 ? 5 ..e7 b3 b5? 7 fe this is a little aimless; t destad these sts t is imtat t be as bjectie as ssble s we shld k at sme atea ties 7 c5 dest chge mch cmed t the game bt sice White shud kw that ack was t t hs kight c4 he shld a wa digig hi e 7 7 .d7 8 d ? ad 7 . f5 8 ba5 9 b4 e lies shwg that White des t hae t lay s as always t alw thematc back cties this le) 7.5 8 c5 7 9 f b 20 b? c4 21 a4 b4 2 2 c4 bc3 23 f 23 d3 c5 24 f5 xd4) 23 .c5 24 dc c gae ack a wiig a aage i KakageievGueich, ie Z 993 b 3 e5 ? c 4 g4 (D GM Keith Akel ce tld me that the echge f lightsqaed bish i sch sitis teds t fav Whte thk the dea is hat if lack s left with js tw m ieces t atack the kgside the the theats ca be adeqatey deat wth wheeas it is it ack t eet wekess the qeesde i he g term
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hee is als ess dage t White if the siti es at y tage becase lack has y e bsh Ahgh this is sd easig it is als ue that echagg these bshs he weaes he c4qu ad erhp i depe wheher Bk ca safe cc this sqae befe White effectie mbiies the miit attac ths gie eame we see that Whtes qeeside ted t t be t wea bt etheless thik that Keiths bsevati is a g ue thumb which is at least atly sute by the eraagat egths that wdcass Vagaia we ehage hese bh i his ge. I this atica case I sse White simy lst t much time i the cess bt ehas this sggests why lack raey lays .g4 whe the kght is 3 t is clee ty t ke the weakeg h3 bee tig the bish , say f5 bt i Whte st as e at sme stage the lack is efectie biged t echage these bishs ad, it seems t me hi
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gnall avo Wh. 4 ..d6 5 xc8 xc8 6 d3 7 'd8 8 b4?! b6 9 c5 c7 20 h3 c gav Black h advag n VagananWol Nw Yok 990 Wh ot too mch m xchangg bho ad hn waknd c mat 0 b (D Th ma ook a t aomatc bt acta a a coct mov which am to hran b5 thout aowng .c5 a ro 2 6 2 00 d7 3 6 d3 7 wa th bginning o th ga WardShahikan, Bh Ch Toqa 998 m ha Back wa v a wh o m gam nc ad qc ad con dnt and andd a ma dcv c on 3. b3 nc 5 c5? b6 6 3a4 c4 7 xc4 dxc4 8 b6 ad 9 c m to wn h c4awn I m h da 5 xc5 6 bxc5 a8 to oowd b c8 nca althogh w hav a clac ca o on t holdng two on th qnd { c5 v 6 and b7 } t wl b almot mob o Wh to bak thogh th ad th mantm a o Bak c ar romng moant o ad h a car a novg .54 whch w gn to nd Wht awnchan and cra a o h kngd b6 6 a4 6 c5 ? 6 .c 7 a2 5 8 h 8 9 a no ha h wa o ng h qund onl a obm o Back Wht can cv h b6 and c5qua and t vnal on th cn a t , Blac ha a
og ntav n h c ad t kngd and o oud hav d th mov to bt c) 9 .g5 20 c? (mch too ambto 20 d nndng 3b2 wa av b abl) 20..x3 2 x3 x3 22 d2 23 d h6 24 4 25 g3 xg3 26 b2 g4 27 d3 3 28 g and th om Bh Chamon now had o gn
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a6 Th dadvatag o c ha no at a4 ad .b5 Black ca t wh th aawn and th on a l. 2 e2 e7 3 b3 ie6 00 d7 IS a fe8 6 e 6 a? ctng ot th knght ou to c4 i a onab da ad ma b a good a o gvng Back a g p o pting th wrong ook on 8 Pobab want h wog ook gna nc o a8 th oo dcoagd Wh man da o ang b5 bu ow Back b ov h obab 68 and h a8 and ...
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Begging fo t. 9 e3 20 3 g5 2 e3 e Only two pawns at he momen, but d4 is minly weak and Whes kng side is ackng deendes. 22 5 23 h ae8 2 24 xe3 xe3 2•5 D)
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6 2 g6 3 3 5 Whte can so ene he qe sys tem wih 4 e3 which alows fo the disinctive 4 ..g7 b3 e6 6 a3 !? tempng o p Bak csng In my opinion his appoach is underesimated and Back now has to play vey aefy gan hs ful shae o he chancs 6 6 (6 e7? woud give Whie a clear advange ae 7 xe7 xe7 8 cxd exd 9 b3! when no only does White have the cenal pe dominance of pawns but Back has oube coodnang) 7 f3 e7 ! appes to he best s sep. A logca continuation is then 8 e2 0-0 9 0-0 b6 0 d2 b7 e4, when Black can ene the middlegame wh condece Howeve I ecommen taking a thoough ook at hs lne gen ey becase athugh Whies se up s rathe tame is very dicut to acheve acive pay o Back and hee s a decate balance o be suck between manoeuvrng patently and sk ng at the cenre when expeden •g7 5 e3 00 D)
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Tis is e stating position fo e main line of te qie sysem Wie as many options a s stage and in eac case wil gie only a ase of ow Back sold eac snce good oning moves wl come nataly as yo geneal ndestding of te on ing nceases Tee aso seems o be te point n memoing a lot of moves in a elatvely nonteoetic siion. Remembe, yo mst calenge Wies cente: 6 'b3
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a 6 cxd5 �xd5 7 Jc4 �xc3 bxc3 c5 9 0 c7 ! 10 e2 b6 b 6 Je2 c5! 7 00 (afte 7 xc5 dxc4 xd d 9 Jxc4 �b7 10 c6 bxc6 despite te scte it s Black wo s bee ee since e can se e newfon open ines to attack te wte qeensie) 7 cx4 exd4 �c6 an now te most ctcal is 9 Jg5 ! dxc4 10 5 1 cxb3 12 axb3 Jd7 D) an impoant tacic to peseve te kng) 13 b4 c c 6 Jd2 c5 ! 7 xc5 �a6 cx5 �x 9 Jc4 a6 0 a4 its goo to
oce te weakenng on b3 since com bined wit e weakness on d3 te bsop is itally foce to stay on c4 wee it is tacicaly vlneable once Back pays .c 10 J5 1 0 c 2 e2 �fe4 wit moe tan enog play fo te pawn. d 6 b6 7 b3 c5 bxc5 bxc5 9 cxd5 �a6 10 Je2 b 1 1 a4 b4 2 00 xd5 and again Black as a good posion Notice ta te qe system is best me by extemey enegeic meases Black sold e willng o sacice a pawn o beak p te cene and en se te aciity gane o win te ma teial back wle maintaining te ini tiatve t is also possible to play moe complanty wi .c6 o .e6 bt ten yo ae accepting at Wite a spe io centa conol and tee is no need o i is mc moe annoyng fo Wite to it te cene immedately Remembe if yo opponent plays tese lnes e pobaby wants a qet fe so its bes o make mc noise possbe 6 e6
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OK s hy a ghetobaser of a move bu n hs pcuar ne s force. The g news for Bac s tha e ueen has ha o msplace sef o cause hs sober move an Black sl ha goo chances of htng e cene wth .b6 an c5 7 d2 b6 8 l b7 8 ..c5 !? Boeslavsy. 9 d5 ed 10 e2 6 A very sol move Botvnnk ha probaby se hese mgaes n etal an smpy wans o reach a poson he nersans Noe however a wh hs am n mn .�b7? s naccurae e o 1 �b5 !? c6 c5 ?) 2 �6 11 00 bd7 12 dl e8 D)
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So here we e, Bovnnk has been caugh rehane rnkng a pn of Csrg. Inee hre s no enyng a we have al he cassc sympoms; Back ha eas of c5 . an possby f8 whe We s soy pac an fuy prepare for any of Mkls nooros rnken baner. The poston
acuay abou equa bu aways prefer o pay Bac n such posons as Whe s peces re somewh cas rophobc Inee her ac of breah s causng hem o gasp an smbe on each ohers oes whe Backs bshops ook posvely erene an are ealy pose for e c6c5 brea afer whch hey wl bo be perfecty rece ows he cene I s neresng o see how he runken Bo v mvres snce cey wa mpon for hm o have a hs peces y reay for hs break; n pc he wane o remove hs een from e ne of he wh rook on . 3 e Whe s payng wh grea reen on b be n mn ha he s now lly reay for c2 an wh ueen se pay so Back shou e precau ons I s wel worh nong ha Bovnnk no hurry wh .�e4 snce Whe wol cerany have aen on e4 fore Back cou pay f5 to ae back wh he fpawn) an s wo cerany ease Whes po son much more han Blacks eg. 13 ?! 4 �x4 xe 15 2 �f 16 �c 5 7 �a5 13 ? I gess hs s rece agans he abovemenone pan If Whe now she h ng backwars an for ws Back wo probaby pay 6, e7 a8 an hen c5 so Whe skes on he ea of payng e4 wh �2 an f3 an Bovnnk pays o preven hs nsea d2 15 f3 e7 6 e2 h6 17 f d6 18 !
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way of pevetig 9 g3 5 D
go defesve move he faas
ic kigh o c5 has to be dsodged
ab 25 b :d 26 e2 d7 2 3 fS
ike a duke ma gabbg a ey Bovk gabs a paw 29 e 2h6
Isucve he wats to pu he kg o a lght sque whee is sae ha i would be o h8 30 f :deS 3 h3 ?
Good timg by Bovik who has see hough hs iebato o a co cee sigh advaage
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The passed dpaw s wel su poted by Blaks ealzed foces 23 b7 b7 2 b D
I guess he us had oe oo may is blude ompetey spoils hs pe vious effos Ee i he eveg Im sue he woud o have uo eced hs ook o e5 3...h7 looks ike a mpove me Now he baa cals fo la odes as he game is ushed owads a daw.
32 g3+ 7 33 h5 xh5 3 e5 d3 35 d3 :x + 36 �h2 : 37 d6 e6 38 d :xd 39 d xa2 0 b6 e6 d 6 Csn ) Ohe hgs beg equa the
Casbad suctue favous he so Black ha o pay vey puposefuly o aai his ll shae of e chaces 2 I the 3 g5 sysems Black shoud be vey aeive o he mg ad effectiveess of hes mioy aack. 3) I the Quie sysem Bak shoud geealy pay as acivey as ossible bu i he b3 lies Black ds well o combie paie maoeuvig ad a timey c5 be
2 e Ege Ldy Smewhere n hs e ee en secns here s a wman in rh a h She mus e fun a oppe am evenson
e will now un our atention o one hites mos dangerous approaches which is a ndamental tes o he Gn eld in the sense tha hte quickly gans seemingly indisutable centra conol t is no at all simle o lac to generate sfcient conteray be oe hite consoidaes the psiton wh a signican advanage n sae. fte an ealy b3 he whe queen on a a an een garan the cenal sques and also makes wa for a roo to come to d, further bol steing the cene. always lie to thnk of the follow ing lines in tems of the white queen being inomed of her armys predica ment in the cene of the bateeld and hen rushing to s servce wih geat hase and deemnaon ndeed, alhough his ne is genealy caled the Russian ysem due to is adopon b leadng Rssian plaers oe seera decades I prefer to call it he Eager ady ariaton fo mos aratons re ole aund the quesion of whether he queens early adentues cn be ustied by Blacks cenal counter lay eing sied or whether he ady was us a lle too eager and w be onced on by he enemes in the o osng side
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3 4 b3 ? It s que re fo he ady o display mamum eageess n ths manner and Black has no pcular poblems if he doesnt y oo had to push her dx 5 x g7 (some sources hae recomended 5 ..e6? bu I think hie i s a eas no worse afe ths and so it seems unnecessy o kck up a ss and ge confused oer a aey payed moveode and now a 6 4 c6 7 3 (7 d 8 d2 b6 9 f was slghtly
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Bacs main dea hee is to com ne the moes ..�e6 and ..5 so as to preven Whte fom salzing he cene t is mportant to ge he moveode rh n order to oce he qeen o c so a o have he thea o and -3 gvng check and atacng the whe qeen 9 a5 thereore seems inaccrate de to 10 �d3 �e6 11 d1, as n MiesKaspov Base 2) 1986. 6 e4 00 7 �4 c6 s an other o dlers e andotes to Grned svaiations Rssian GM ri akovich s cen the man eponen o h Ee Eager
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Lad Vaao a game om Peersbg 1993 he ws paced e ear pessue Gned epe e ter vde 8 d 1 7 9 3 6 10 c5 g4 1 1 d5 �f3 2 gx e5 3 �e2 d6 4 'e3 f5 ! . Yaoich now egan to pa ver wel and he gme was a drw b idlers open ng pa maes a powefl mpres son o e ar o he ad 8 3 wod now e he main ne which we wi shot conside. As far as am awe, de has neve plaed .c6 n the main ne and has awas prefeed he ngar an ne wth an ear .a6 hn s ver lel hat he had te theoeca knowedge of he ntcacies of what wod occur here Whe had ndeed ransposed a s po. oweer hs ndesandng o he nare of he Gned s so ace ha sspec ha ths wodn he woed him a a. e wold smp have eaed h he had to nd a wa to gh for he cen re, have nown the common hemes and proceeded o pa chess . A na pot 8 d5 e5 s an mpo tant mof o be aware of n the Grn ed and ae 9 �e3 d4 10 d4 ed4 1 1 d4 e 2 e e8 Whe is osn hese acca pons e also peven n he Kngs Indian and are a vtl soc of conerpa for Bac � 5 c! s ete o open p ines o atac the cee ad ther epose he qeen rather han holdng on o he d5 pon wh 5 . c6 whch does no haonie
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his is h stting point o what is oony known a th ssan va ation o 7 f c 8 s not a to hits h o abo) hit has spnt two tpi wh th n in or d to sc th cnt and hod o y c5 bak Back has no ways to ght fo h cnt a o which hav a ogic o thi own a) 7 a has bn puazd by sva Hngaian pays h ida is to hit th n wth ..b5 ths o ng i fo conto o c5 and ofn a owng Bak to xcis th bak c7-c5. Moov Back has th op tion of dopng th bishop at b7 to atack h sight dawback o o is that Back gains ti wth paws ath han pcs Hnc, thogh was inspid by th o whn it was condd in Wnnng Wth the Grunfeld sva yas ago to y nd now ss athr cont nti cty to tak two ovs
to o th wht n o a sowhat shaky pos. O cos it is annoying that t stcts th c5 bak on c bu it is aso vunabl o ..-d7-b c-a5 o sots ..c5 Indd bing in nd this ast ano appas that f Back is givn h choic o focing d-d5 o 5 it wod s hat it s gay bt to do h o hn Back has two sios pawnbaks with .c and whas a 5 th bshop on g7 is tictd and th ah awkwd . . bak ot w ns th back kng O cous th s t sal at of h d5-sqa at ht pays 5 but thoughout thi book w hav sn tha this is no a ways sch a bssng o Back and his is scialy so i Back ha wak nd hs qnsd wh b5 Considrig his i aks o sns to to attack d and pook d5 han atack and oc 5. Fu tho, th 5 bak is not ns sy th s way to attack th cn h bcas h ag ady has ad way fo a ook to go o d and in th nt o an y c5 h back n on d8 wil ofn gdgingly hav o o not sayng that th Hn gaian Sys is bad, b ust that i dont ak good sns to . b) 7 ..a D is vy spc ab thoicay and was oignay going o b y a conda ton Howv hav tl nw to add o h stabshd thoy and in h it took o aiz this so a zd that Back ay ha o b ad
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wth copos amots of theoretca owede becase he rest pos os ted to be ve sharp ad o at a eas to destad cocepta O corse the dea behd the move s to def htes state ad pa a .c5. mos cases hte w pa d4d5 ad ater e eo wl be med a daeros bt pote a te veabe he aht ca be a er ad pece bt a aso be a seu bocader t eer maaes to reach d va e8. hs ht ca aso spr to e va or c5 the whe ee s somehow ored to move hs move apas to o moe tha m ma reomedato he s est that as reet oveae
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ater 8 b3 have t ee a wa o Bac to eaze d 7 d7? seems a tte to spectve bt t does oeap wth m m reoedato ad the pro cess of scd t dscoveed oe mpotat dea coaed a e ve b et 8 e3 b 9 b3 c 1 0 e5 1 xe5 xe5 12 000 ? c!? wth the dea that 1 3 dx c7 14 cxb7 xb7 ves Bac exe t coterpa o the sarced paw hs s reevat to what oows ad hopefu aso a ood exampe o ot stc so ht to ou ma repertore tha o ss mpotat deas whch ae avaabe o expot . e 7 4 D s he casca ap proach edorsed b oe ess tha Fscher msov ad Kaspov
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s a eceet pace to stat 7 . ? s s to 7 a bt eds to sa hat .b5 w be sp poed wth .a5 ather tha .c5 s pehaps he mos pasve o Bacs seveth moves a uess the ee sde pa becomes eocos ve uc t seems that thee s su ce pessre o e cere Moeove
Ba smp deveops a pee ad dermes he ma deede o htes d4 pot. he pessre o ths sare s ote eaed b c or he mauvre .fd7b whch has he added bos o ud awa
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he whe queen Such he mpe logc and obvou harmony of th ap poach tha any autho would have to have a very good reaon for warnng againt t In th cae ugget hat 8 e3 fd7 9 000! beer for Whe The man reaon tha Whte' cene ecue and t eman dffct for Back to execte the break .c5 or ..e due to the reaton between the rook on d ad he quee o d8 Moeover the g4bhop raon d re o captre he pone o 3 b n he proce (after ..xf3 gxf3 Whte preented wth atackng chance on he kngde and f Black puhe he queende pawn to generae counte play he wll oten creae lghtqe weaknee whch can be npected by Wte unoppoed gtquared bhop. Mot of thee dea are lu traed n he dmented theory and the e ffcent fo me o teer ou n a dfeent dreton. 76? D
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be m n accordance wh he de mand of the pton A Ive ad t make ome ene for Black o be fo cung h effort on encoragng Whte o pay d4d rather than e4e nd a good way to do o to eet reue on d4 Alo we have een tha the eak .cc5 by no mean the mo ogcal approach to comba the eager ady and o temporry bock ng he cpawn n th manne doe lt tle ha. Moreover by keepng the bhop on c8 Black ha ep g4 avai able to the f6kngh and o eectvey prevent he dea of e3 and 00 whch can occr aer ..g4 P a wel a retnng he opton of ..g4 Blk ofen prefer .f6d7b6 o lowed by f or ometme e (wth the dea o meeng d wt . d4 f Whte doent have ufcent control of d4) So my feelng that nce Back ha to comm hmef on move even h the be way to comm ouref a exby ble na Back deveop a pece and mmed atey tage the cenre whout nker ng ound he edge. f my broadbuh reasonng doen connce ou hen hope tha he folowng varaon w 8 From a theoretcal andpon th defntel he crtca e but Whte ha everal ernave of wch Back ogh o be awre: a 8 d! the cude attempt to gan an advantage. The foowng game not onl how hat Back ful O bt alo a mode of wh Back often ha an edge n ymmecal Grnfed
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engames whe he shop o g is scopefl and Whies d3sqare is weak: 8 . 9 '3 c6 0 xc6 (0 e4 ) 0.c6 d8 8 2 e2 b6 3 00 b 4 f4 5 a3? 3 6 3 xd3 7 8 ac c5 19 e2 a8 20 e h6 2 1· xe4 22 e4 1 23 d1 xd1 24 e1 a6 25 c3 a and Whie resigned i HedJ.Hovah, Asan Cht 1996 since 26 f d2 is beay dec sie. O cose hes pay was om pant o say the eas bt hoefuy his is aoher example o my poit hat many Grne endgames ae ony speciay ea b 8 e5 D is a c e move since is more dct to break down e white cene
ill Bac has the c5 and 6 bres i he ong term an can mme datey set abot gaining cono of the cca 5 pont 8 .d 9 e3 b6 0 c5 0 b3 e6 c4 ? 10 .a5 (ganng sace a indretly seeing the d5sqare) 1 1
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e2 4 2 00 c6 3 e 4 f5 4 fd2 6d5 5 g3 e6 6 a4 (ths oos ie an nforce eor b B ac hreatene o tae on e3 an a2 an Whe nees he a3sae fo he ook 6e3 (Bac gves up ecelent nigh for a passive bishop aso frees 5 or his speros ngh an correctly assesses ha he coneay on e3 w be consi erabe; sch an echange s not aways a good iea or Blac bt here e iming is perfec e3 h6 (re member me) 18 a3 d 5 9 f3 g4 20 : e3 was ete or Bac n VMiovMasen Tel Avv 1994. Ahogh boh sides paye ay sensib t s mpoa o kow hat Whtes moves were by no means oce an so wo be wse o wrte o the eay e5 as a misae I does seem tha Blac s ner no m medate ressre and can cont on a pomsng miegame b blockng o he pessue on 4 when here s o mminen .5 brea makes goo sense or White an advse blac ayers to w of wtng of a ine js ecase t has ye o pose heore ca probems c) 8 f4 has been paye at east twce by renowne theorecian ran maser MGrevch Again I thin Blac s lly K b he posiion s not wtho anges or Bac b an means. 8 ..lh5! (attacking d4 with
gain o time, b now hie ca pae his bishop where he ognay wo have ie o) 9 e3 g4 conss tenty nng on d4s r) an now D
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c 10 d5 a5 (no 10.�3? 11 dc6 ollowed by .c6 is ne or Bac Note he enera re tha when Whe ha no ayed �e Bac is advised o t to ae on 3 o lowed by ..e5. 0 0-00? 3 (h mos he mac oe in ha Bac seizes ots o dar sares b i yo enoy coml caons yo mih consider 0 .e5 d5 4 d4 �d 1 3 db5 �4 4 h3 �d7 5 c7 8 6 d6 �c6 7 �c5 6, which was ncear n Noeiras-lasson, Wij aan Zee 1987 3 e5 d5 ( de5 h4 ! 3 e6 e5 4 e7+ 7 5 b3 c6 shod be irly ali o yo by now; Bac has ood chances de o hs r on e5 and 4 d4 3 4! (Whie mst ry o shae Bas 33 (3h4? 4 e5 4 5 c6} 43 aears osin o Bac 4 5 h4 (4d4!? 5 4 �h6 is eemey cheey b oos rather son 5 h6 6 6 c7 c8 7 b7 ab 8 a7 a8 9 b7 ed o ereal easin o he eaer ady in ebredo-Jansa Hradec
Kraoe 981. he had to stay by the side o the cornered roo so that . e4 cold be answered by a8 or b8 Howeer here is e o ortniy or Bac o ry d it is worh acantin yorse wh my sesed alenaives c3 10 d ? �3 1 3 e5 ec. c4 10 e5 ? was descrbed by Mreich an mbiios atem o e adane o he laceen o he iht on h5" 10 �3 3 e6 1 h4 D.
Noe tha i s ierave o so Blac ayin .h4 as hen Blacs ieces wod be oialy aced d he nih on h5 wold comor ably oerroected c4 .e7? was now layed in ech-Zaoi Bonn 996 Bacs idea is o ay b4 so as o echane eens and hence be soe wha reeed o he cramed nare o e osiion Blac eaied and drew b ony er n seeral di c decsons thereater wonder is no ossible o be more biios
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as Back ecause apart om he vu neale nate o the knigh on h5 there s not much wong with the lack position ndeed he knghs gener al have tte pospects han ish ops n such semocked posons and Whites sructue s vulneae n the long e c4) ..e7 ooks ike a ea sonae atemp o mpove snce, gven me to pa c6 and ...d5, Back wl have exceent posts wherea Whte doesn seem to have anthng mmedate. Note that plang .d5 eoe ..c6 s re a good dea n such srctues snce White should captue on d5 and the change n suc tue tends to avou White due to he prospects o openng the ack king sde wih the whte -pawns. 13 �e 5 4 4 hg3 s ete o Back, whie 3 �h3 5 14 �x5 gx5 doesn seem o oe an pcu knkout to compensate or Whtes ong-te posiiona poems the pawns on d4 and h4 ae oh weak and Blacks pawns are acual eter than Whtes in tha one o them con ros an mportant cenra squae whe the othe oers a useul pawn-eak d) 8 h3, peventng .�g4, s rather co and unthreatening ut agan Back has to pa enegetical and ht he centre eore White u molzes 8 ..d7 is a good epl ecause Black can now pa a pan nvolvng a ick ..5 whch endes h3 some what elevant 9 �e3 6 10 c 5 1 d3 5 is aread avorale to Back due to the annong dea o ..4) 10...5 D and then
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d) 1 1 e5 s me ..4 . Noe ha hs tends to e a good dea on when t neees wth Whtes nau a piece pacement ohewse t just gis Whte the e4-sque �d ganing space and ceatng he poss it o 4 3 �d3 d7 . his las move is a tactcal shot rather than a postona manuve and Wte now had ig polems due to hs oose shop on d3 n Zakhaov-Ghnda, Peik 198 d) l d1 xe4 4 1 �c woud now e no nconvenence o Whte and s smp antipostona ecause t eeves the pressure on Whies centre 1 e5 watch out or ths sort o thing t s a smptom o Whies ear queen sorte that the lack qeen is distan cononted a whte rook on d1 xe4 �e6 gves Back an idea poston or hs line a ead n deveopment actve pieces and pessue on the cenre 1 .d6 3 xc6 xc6 4 xe4 e6 moe amtous than 14 d5 ut thnk Back is soid enough to get awa wth he olowing pawn-ga
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5 d xa2 6 00 e6 1 c d7 18 c2 e8 19 c5 d6 20 e4 d5 was e cotuao of Suada Bucaes 98 . I t Blac s slgtly ette ow toug eae mpovemets fo Wte are ot cocevae. e) 8 e g4 s oe of te ma s of Blacs moveode u ag advse agast complacecy ee sce Blac as o foow up accu aey o g te advatage o wc s tougt e s ow eoetcaly eted 9 000 xe 0 fxe e5 s actually gve as uce ECO u s seems a lle ud to lac my opo sce Wtes cete s vey say ad tee s o desae way to eeve te eso Note tat stead 0 .. .6 1 e 1 gves Wte a dageous tatve ad s a exame of te dages eset tg at e posto wll play self) 8 g5 s amost uow ut aps to e a easoae y f Wte 8 .6! 8 . .g4 9 d5 a5 also loos easoale) suggess self so as o ecouage e sop to lose touc w e queesde. 9 4 9 xf6 ) 9 . g4 0 d5 a5 1 1 4 xf 2 gxf 6 2.c6 ?) 1 5 a6 4 a4 d6 gave ac good mddegame caces useovZagoss Pduce 95. We ave aeady see s quee cooao YaovcSvdle aove ad deed s ofe te most eecve way o deal wt te eage ady; Bac effecvely says Pc o someoe your ow se!" f We captues o d6
Blac ecapues wt te cpaw we Bacs peces are wel paced fo a aac o e wte queesde 8 At s pot I am ecommedg two cotuatos fo Blac Ts s ofte a sg tat e auto s someow ucomfoale wt a gve ec oedao ut ee geuey at o appoaces e accept ae. I ave dscoveed mpotat e souces fo Bac ot es ad yet I ow tat am ot omscet ad suspect tat e e wl ema a popuar coce fo We egardess of a good move ee o a ovely ee ece t t s mpoat to ave as deep a aweess of Blacs e souces as you possy ca. My ateave sugesto 8 .4 D wc f t came to te cuc I guess I would ecomed aead of 8 d at s po me
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e wc not only esicts Wtes unopposed lightsquaed bishop but aso gives Black pos or counterplay on the weakened squaes on the dfie b 1 00? s tougt to be tter o Whte but dont undesand why nobody has now folowed te suggetion of Botvnnk and played 1 b5 3 b ltle oom for qubbg tee 13 d1 1 a cxd5 15 exd c seems to be ully adequate fo Back 13a6 1 d1 1 a c5 5 xc5 b 3 s not idea fo White 1 e3 7 doesnt seem ds tnct 17 15 e3 c D
amony o te peces but tat may e pushing our luc b3 10 I tintat te above variation wit b s pobably why Russian GM Baee bough up in e Soviet schol of ces, pees to pay te queen to Indeed I suspect tat ths ariaton is the criica test o g 0x3 is again wo ay ing efore Wite catches you out wt e5 11 xf3 1 gf3 c6 oes less tha notng o ite c6 f te followng pay eems to proacted for you iing te the cy gambit 1 1 c5 x5 7 13 c offes Black excellent pacta po pec ad s coendd o cub ay ers ookng for some exctemet wit te eager lady; howeve, White h no eal easses o a and s ha the cene and he two bhops so I would be very uprised f this idea witstands te test of tie d ten b31 1 e3 cxd5 13 exd D and hee
Botvinnik stop ee and says ta he position is equa I y astonshed that tis idea has ot aught o sne both the source and ontent of the dea e bimmig wit quaity Now te teat of c5 obliges 16 dc6 xc6 17 _b3 when Lais suggeson o 1 e6 foowed by e ooks at leas qu or Black tualy, I thnk Black may already be bette here because of te geate scope and
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us a classic c o wha Black shoud b tying to avoid hit has mo spac wo bishops and im conol o h c- ndd, suspc tha Back is posiionaly los t is pa iv o Back o avoid such passiviy and quicky mak us o th c-l and c4-squ vn i i mans gbing h a7 pawn b232) 3..c8! Although h is no imdia pssu on th back posiion i is impoan o play acivly bcaus h is a vy al possibiiy o hi cuing out Backs coun pay and using his spac advanag and wo bishops o caus Back no nd o 4 xa7 c4 5 0-0 d2 16 d1 c4 7 b6 x3 8 gx3 c8 9 d4 h5 20 c4 c4 2 3 xc3 22 bxc3 was now agd dan in Fago-Hovah, Hung ian Ch 99 bu obviously his is a pma cssaio Fom a pacca poin viw woud dnitly pf Back du o h aiv say o h kings. b232 2 00 cxd5 2b6 a4 d7 4 3 'xb2 5 c xc3 6 ab 1 b5 7 xb2 bxa4 18 xc cxd5 19 xd5 ac8 20 bc2 b6 also und out OK fo Black in Babua Miumian Cch Ch 997 and know ing somhing of Mimians play suspc his ida was wll ppd) 3 xd5 (blockading Doy wh . 8d6 may ook ik a good plan o Black now but it is actualy oo d nsiv in nau Black shoud no b skng t cnsodat bcaus th saic as o h posion avou hi howv, Black has xclln
pospcs i h quckly is to xploit h mpoy disod in ts po sion 3 c8! 4 8 his is no xacly spiid but somims you jus hav o pay h bs mov a a picul momn vn i i is not in accodanc wih you gna inn ions) 5 3 c4! (5 ? innd ing .4 givs hi nough tim o g his ship in od 6 ad c4 7 in such a posiion hi would again hav som advanag sinc b ing compltly mobilid and having h undbly on b2 pocd ofs Black lil dynsm and hfo his statc advanags liky o b h mo signiica) 16 xa7 b6 6.d7 ? s mnod by Bav in oror 7 and s of llw ig is basd on his ns s no nd o an xtnsiv anayss such posi ions bu hav ookd a his gam qut cosy sc t sms o b a aiy ypica gam o his lin of cous you dont nd o woy abou laning viaios as long as you ai hat gnay spig in this lin, Back is sking o chang h posiion and hi is sking o p sv i, bu onc hi s h ba on a7 Black ds to t adang of h bishops absc m d2 o pay d2 and hn mss up his king sid with ..x3) and hn D b2321) 7 b3 2 18 xb6 x 9 gx3 'd7 givs Back xcln compnsaton o th wopawn d c om h on n Back would b w adsd to og ha th a- and b-ls xs and hi wll hn b ov-budnd bcaus whas Black
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Bareev-vnchuk Elisa 998 B vs oe sgge ha wha hened nex w rfecy aur bu person ly hink weve aleady oved be yond e wlgh one 2 �xf6+ 2 �xg5 xc2 24 d6 e5 2 xf6 24 :xc8 Jxh4 25 :xe8+ g 26 :e4 / 26 xb6 2 :xh4 xb2 28 g2 xa2 29 :xe xd5 s ea Now we re o he posion afer 8 can focus a hs eneges on 5% o he boad We as o spread hs a enion over all 64 uares I parly joking o course bu I would age ha s would be soeig lke e appoach aken by a racical payer le GM uan son who susec would uch raher have he back peces here b222) Je2 �xd5 18 �xd5 xd5 9 ad b is abou eu bu Black ay cla a iggle e esu ing oposiebsop posion due o he exra un for hs king's pawn shed b22) 1 ad1 �d us ooks good for Bac snce hee he bshop o a has le cance of parole b2324) 1 ac Jh6 (1�d 18 �a4 eads o an advanage fo Whe) 8 c2 1 8 cd l c 9 �b5 c5 neresingy highligh he ac ha Bac's h6bshop has his nger on he puse o he c-le while Whes absop ay no have a pulse o uch onger) 8�d2 19 Jxb6 �x+ 20 gx d 21 h4 5 22 �e4 g5 s he ruy bze seuence o
9 J hs a sgn ha Whe s wilng o eer he a Jg4 es by ans poson even hough he bshop is coed o e2 Fro a heoreical sandpon hs s eady a nor suc cess for Bac bu aso hink ha Blac now has prosng deas whch are unue o �c6 9 d5 s hough o be Whe's os heaenng ove a hs juncure bu s s eavely ucred eioy ad hn Blacs esources have been undeesaed Now 9 ce5 �xe5 �xe b3 e6 2 00 s an alos unuesoned seuece whch
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d to dvtg fo h Bck poto o o bd bt h kight o 5 cy i d ht it bock h g7-bhop d - d do og to dmi t ht c Idd, t do tk og o iz h Bck od mch t hv t kght o b6 h od ttck d5 ithot itfg h h of Bck oc h cot cogio o hi d tt I cod d cm fom EO, hch giv t ooig i bd o Fgo commt to th gm Fgo-oomchigh, B 86 ! 10 d d 1 h6 g7 1 g7 g7 1 0-0 6 15 d1 d5 16 d5 d7 7 , d o ht i id o b cy tt h mch to b id bot hi i Fo t Bcks sitth mov ook d co opv d o Bck didvg hod o o g. o impo tt 10 5 i ot v mod It ocd to m h it oy h po o h bihop o d tht obigd Bck to p 1 ..g7 h h 1.8 hich od h hv ito 1 0-00 1 5 h dk-qd bihop Bck b pc d chgig it o hi dit dib h .8 i ppio fo 6. c (omht c I t bot ig h poto d5 b6 10 b 5 1 5 5 D d I kd ht I c om h oog vito 1 00 6 ook to pob mtc
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A ths sage thogh hd de he poat discoey b s cecked o e egg ea ied ha he deece bewee .e5 d .d ws h e te foe White ws o copeed to echage kghs ad so was eteey disppotd to dscoe tht 10 ..e5 1 00 e6 12 f ! ws deely dtageos o Whte case the poso ae 2. exd5 exd5 s lly oced ad ow Whe s ly ad eectely obled wle eoy cao e eas ly esaed otey fo boh eade ad o the aboe idea e ot edeed seess or it sees to e th afe 9 d Bac c y 9 .ce 0 xe (blged ce 0 b c o lowed by f5 s eociosy ctie 0 xe5? D seekg o spose o he aoveeoed es
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Blck s .. f5 pwbek gs segh. a 00 b6 2 d (2 b e6 as oe d ow both 2 .f5 ad 2.e6!? ook deqe b 1 f g7 12 00 c6! ? 2..6 ad ...e6 s also rasoabe 1 dc6 b6!? (1.b6 1 h 1 bxc6 5 e5 ay ge White some dtage 1 cxb7 xb7 15 b d 6 h1 ac8 s s oe way o deoag Blacks pospecs Whe pshes oe pw oo ay e ge poso looks ahe aoabe fo Black fo eple e5 g 8 fg e wth dageos kigside hrets c 1 1 h6 b6 12 d ( 12 b e 8 s boe 12.. e 8 1 0-0-0 c6! ( .. d6 dc6 c s o qe s good s ws wh e qee o cse he epw s poected ad e6 is ess heeg b s sees o oe Back eogh pa o he paw. a se yo wll eae that these les ae by o es ex hstie bt i cetaiy sees o e ha Blc has easoabe prospecs fe 9 d5. 9 0 cS D 0 7? As a s kow s was s oely pyed o e s e hs gae sees that Whie ow has o cqiesce to a epetio o else alow he eeg ove .ee o a he oec perspece his copletely idictes Bcks opeg egy bt so plesed o sy tha Blc ca ply o oe th a dw ee withot beig scked o too ch o the theoy o the .g lie
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10.f d l GM ein has to say n The Complete Grunfeld atsford 1991 and Lal and EO impy hat ack s obged to ans pose o he myslov Vation wth 0.�g t it seems to me ha 1 0f s n fac a vey reasonable approach espeay if we consder hat it wrkd vey we when Whte had payed nstead of �e2 becase in that case the bshop wanted o go to d in any case and now after the most nar sequenc of moves it is ating for Whe ta g2 n en prise. et us contne e anaysis of uetins line' . .fxe 2 2 d exf dxc6 fxg2 g e 8; 12 xe �e6 s agan fly comfrte or lack becase t's the eager ady hat s sning pospects of he eager kngh on e 2.."d6 xc6 bxc6 4 xe4 d n the anogous posion wh he bshp on f and pawn on h Whte wod pay c now and foce a evels endg bt o cose
e cant ere ecase Rack wod capte on g2. Hence the most petinen qesion ee nqes as o e sengh of � However whether we fee scieny iggerappy o mge the woe posion wh ·an nce ex chnge sacrice on f3, or wld raher go fo he mchar and sippers ap proach by ting on c folowed by . d appy wi e bac po ion in eiher case. " " " 1 "a e so loos cmfotabe for ack. lack s happy to pay this move long as Whte cannot play d while cveng d 1 dl ed td d �d " � d " � Aer . . . foowed by ..ae8 and �c8 hnk wold ather e ack b consideing lack's ely pay suspect he was no averse o shing the pon on hs occasin.
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Cnsn 7 .c6 is a reativey unexplored ntidote o he b ine whch seems o have been undestmaed. The crtca ine s 8 �e2 afer wch 8 ..�g4? s sandd and reliable whie 8 .d7 appeas to be promising
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Accodg o Greek Myhology he Hyda a a mayheaded aere o e Leaea Mahe i Ago li wa vaoly reed o have oe hded head o y o e I wa oe he eve abou o Hercue o kl i ad a oo a he ck o oe o head wo ho i h ace he moe wa evealy deoyed by Herce wih he aiace o h chaioeer who alied big brad o i wod a oo a each head wa evered by i mae. or aho cold do wih he eg o Hecle ow o o al e le he Ged I coide he yem wih � o be by ar he mo Hydaheaded Im o re i he eeig hed by oher exoe o he oeg o my md ee eem o be a everedig eam o dea o Whie whch ca be ai idividaly wiho oo mch dicy b ogeher orm a ormidae moe whch eve eem o ee Ideed accodg o GM Pa va der ere a gro o ch coreodece aye om he ad 98 caed hemelve he AiGed lb" ad ye elied amo exclively o he yem wi � he robem o bak ayer o
ha ay ac e exremely go or Whe, b ha Whe ha a va aay o romiig aoache ad Black ay ha o reac dieey o al o hem I am o beed h he comay o a chioee b I have ed o lay h moe wiho aloig oo may head o hoo ad bewilde yo Moeove beore mig i o ay he Hydra I have iclded he olowig dagam o hel yo dead yo chalege a ie e
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layn c4 and 3 and thn aown th cntr to on. Black c on daly lacd o lot th wakn b Wht ha o badly aray to aow ary naton. t, hr no ma wakn n th back oon and o a th oton ml Black can omtm clam a lht advanta d to h roct or n h . A knht on d3 can tclaly dvaatn a w can obrv n th am at vanchk ncldd blow
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an annoyn dawn nc wth b5 or d5-c7 atackn th rook and t ha o mov o b8 thn h knht mov away attackn th rook wh th bho. Amn that Back can no ay 5 ay Wht can thn ctvly orc a draw by aly attackn h rook o watch ot or tha on too A o , Wht bho on b3 daly od to ca om dama on th on n conncton wth 35. ndd ht om m v th mnor c or rook and awn n h ho o nrat n a ck attack; an aml vn n not b2 to Wht 15th mov. A .6 ly ob aly on and 6 not a mov yo nay want to ay advabl to b vy cato abo ayn .8d8 Yo may thnk that yo ook o tma on d8 and c8 bt wh yo thnkn h Wh wl robably hav akn yo 7-awn and thnkn abo how to ma yo Not th actc n h on aan 12a6 n th man n bow a a wnn.
Th Sacfc on c6 h c7 and ont can b hoh o a ntv th n nd o n dyn toohat Black y on n obm ally aocatd wth th and o t mo ant o k t h at h back ay on to avod a naty b5-c7 htn th ook o 4-c7 mban h n. No that whn th black bho on c8 Wh omtm ha
Onc Back ha rnthnd h and c7 h tl ha to b atn v to way o ht to bak n o h oon whn h mh do om thn cl k hodn down c cam on Back on tth. On way h may y to do th by chon o Black ky knht on c6 (s dagam fllwg ag) h c a v al dnd o h 7- and 5
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aionship bwn hs bihops is vry mch i ha bwn ma and slav Wha mas moaiy is undamnaly a moaiy of l aaion on h p of h pow u, slav moaliy i a aciv mo aliy originaing in nmn of h powrfu on h p o h pows. O cos h blac bihop is ma and h whi bishop s h sav Alhough boh bihops sricd hi canno adily al h saus quo whas Back no only ha h opion of ong o oh diago nas b mor impoanly hod h powr o boh bihops wh 5-4 A his poin all shackls wil b brokn Sinc hi ly ha im o ou his own bisop o afly gh fo his dom wih o f4 h powr o r h bishops gnray niy n Bac domain G 32 Lukas - talnk Sa gora Z 99
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Shap and poished his snake has ee consider hese ee sceny heaening o cove he heo of hs ine wih close aenion o deai for his is he only way we can be se ha we wl no orn o sreds whie we ook fo hdden caviies ndeed undesanding oveordes and lo of he is sady unavoidable a his jun ure The ony recring ee is ha Whis bisop s on f in al of wa olows and Back has o be enive o he weaness of his c7 poin The annoyance ss wih he reazaon ha Whie can pay e f3 and c in various dieren ordes and Blac is iladvised o reac in he sae way o al of he To keep confso o a nu hae con cenaed anly on he lines ha consider o be s for Black explain ing in each case why fee he given oe is os in accodance wh he deands of he posiion wihou refer ring xensivey o disacng aleaives So we e t abou o look a a synopsis of he heory fo boh sdes bu rahe have a succinc accoun of why I consider he Hydras head o uiaey uniniidaing 7 OK ha was an easy one; you pay his afer f as we 5 e3 Ths is a eaey sober ove d he sng poin for he ain ines c is ou s aor oshoo So wha is Whie playing for? f Black cased Whe codn ye ake he c7pawn wihou losing he d pawn so why would he ove a ao
piece while his kngside s sill a hoe? Fisy shold say ha hese oveoders can ony be ull undesood as p of a whoe bu in a oe genera sense we could say ha Whies opening saegy is siply o copee deveopen wh his bishop acvey placed on f eyeing he pawn on c7 and hoping o have a quie life wih e3 f3 e and 00, when he woud have he advanage of a ile ore cenal space and cono and good chances fo pay on he queen side ndeed his is he resu of wha would happen if Back dd pay ue wih 0-0 and say c6 Bu why now c 1 and no ae Wel considerng wha Whie is seeking Back s unlkey o concu and as we wi soon see his acive plans include payng c or soe es aking on c ofen boh) Tha consdeed Whe w o dy up h queenside o discouage Black fro such aciviy in e hoe ha he wi copianly gan Whie his sigh ad anage We wl see he genea idea hind Blacks c in a oen bu for now i is wor knowing a genea rue ha I would ike o popose which says ha f Whie pays c, is gey direced agains an ey c and eefore Bac shoud be wy of paying his bfore being as ready s hs oppoen sey s I you ae si confused hen I' no surpsed bu hese oveorders wil ony copehensbe once we have soe undesndng of he variaions Black shod coninue wih h D
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Acaly not jon Th chky o not xacy a rcn thm o t worh convncn yorlf hat t mak ood n n h parclar poton W arady now what Wht kn and w know that h n to top ack ann actv pay 5 c wa ohn of a ly n h rct and h ov datly hhht why Wh fth o w a clr prophylactc ar t t dd l to cont drcly to th ht for h cnr and dd nothn to otr Wh hky da So n th ac o or Wht daty confrontd y th oon of h jaw parclay on d4 and 4 Wh knht wr on th n plaant 5 wold pol t ow Wht ha an ly on to an wr rly o n a ood for ack who can ak ood of th dark q: a) 6 3! xf4 7 xf4 dxc4 6 _2 x x4 dxc c) 6 3 x3 7 hx3 dxc4 8 3 00 9 c4 c5!
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We wi soon see hat it is good o Back to control gS so hat a bsho can ater es saely on e6 t s aso good to kee annoyng Whte and not let him sette down. ow 7 d is best et b 7 dc. Hang on why dd we a .cS when he bisho wen to d immediate b no when ..h6 was rovoked Wel 7 .cS is aso ossbe hee bt ater oenng the centre Blacks kng wi seek ege on he kngsde nd en hs srce ere ooks a itte dagty hs wod not seem at a abstact i Whte had a bsho on he a-g dag onal and then cod somehow cho o the g6-awn bt more concretey we cod say that the ines with cS ae genealy ncea whe ow in he knowedge hat or bsho wl be se cre on e6 we re smy tryng to wn a awn e3 e6 9 3 c6 now the awn were on h7 Whte wod ave he annoyng 0 gS 10 e dS 1 c2 bS 2 c 3 ( ways enoy mangng hese awns ow aer 3 g£3 d7 the oston s ncea bt wod reer to be Back snc here s a awn or colatera things go wong and am mch cose to beng ly mobiized. 7 h s more testng. Black once more has a choce between 7 ...cS and 7 dc4 and agan think hat te incson o .6 makes te atte the better o he two 7 ...dc4 e3 e6 9 e2 6 . reiterate my advce abot not beng too hot-heae when ayng the Grned o may want o e Whte take on h5 so hat can have two
bishos aging on the oen boad or something smiar bt n ths case can asse yo that the stca dam age wod be consderabe. heeore is bette st o bing e horse bak into he ay. o do no ave o woy abot re emberng a the ntrcaces o wha oows. Most o these moves w be nderstandabe when yo conside that both sides ae wrsting or con o o he cene hav incded hese lnes to he ecidate the ont that every move ends to mortant in the Grneld and to show why t s necessary to be attentve at the cross oe between oning and mdde game. ote tha Whte cannot wn he awn back wth 10 a de to 10 . .c6 when 1 c4 bS robaby wsnt on Whites men. However White can ty the decetively sme 0 6 oss by with ideas o 0 ..6 11 e g7 1 2 cS dS 3 e c6 14 dS bt Back can o al o his by means o 0 . .e6 when his new -awn
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ca hp to atac Whis cr wh fS 0 c6 to cl 5 a prpr .bS) 1 1 S (if 00 h l ..b7 prtg Whits si to pat his gh o 5 Bac w cast t mo a ha a goo game; noe hat he e5que s virtu-
l a opost ow o h fac a it s c for Bac to pa boh a ar ...h6 a a atr f6; 1 S �xeS 1 3 xe5 5! would now b fa-
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I sch posios Whits comp sao coss arg of pag b a som sag a rig o wi th bacwa paw 6 h foowig is ar icati of th yamc qiibim ) 1 '2 c (o ha Whit a thrag o p hs igh o c5 a h pla 4 bg g wi 4 4 so Bac sops his a o a momt too soo; sch s th prcaos balac o th posio tat 3..00 4 4 ara loos
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c bttr for Wh 4 bc (1 c 5 1S 00 7 16 b S 7 f5 cb3 ab3 0-0 3 g5 0 g c8 s a thmatc i gv b Lo Bac is st a paw bt Wh has a crtai o of coo 4 . .S 1S c ( amr h wa bot payrs pla his g bcas cla h had a sog s o how it s o m a smal msa c coo of th gam to opo ; S 00 d7 gis c ogh m to coo th via sqar) 1S .f6 16 g (a lwig wold a Bla wiht a goo pas bt .f6 ha to b pa frst to rvt a asts o g6s 17 g1 '5 1 8 g (hit ha o choc b to bai o . g f 'h3 0 g4 g f 'h g4 g ( or Bac sc .' 4 : f 5 'h4 6 f5 gS f6 is datg o sa th at) o afr 2 f h boh sids co b happ wh a w-fogh gam is was h cors of r-o, W aa 6 f bohs o a bst pa sms o a o a forc raw t f r o oo a r a rais Prsoall o hi ha ths ac posito m ftm 2 1 f s also sggst b Lo a f o cosr t pr os ce o wil s wh it s potial agros 4 W s ow a posioa trat a if Whi r pas c thr w b thrat of g6 whot alowg th fsi rort of f6 a w a st s
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I woud agne he ciica ne woud now soeng e 136 (t s poant to o cote fo con o of he c5sue) 1 e 6d7 5 3 xe5 6 fxe5 cx3 ax3 d5 A these nes see vey uncea u Bac s attentve he has good chances o ang hs exa pawn coun n he end D
avouae acvi e we saw n he noes to Gae 1 6 x8 x8 7 a d7 8 xa7 s consdeed pawnga whch s no ey to wo consdeng he tenson n the cene. 8 cxd 9 xd 0-0 1 0 cxd5 a5 1 d 5 1 d3 3 ce2 xd5 was ee o Bac n DonneGhe oghu Amseda 969 6 aS! D
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So no oe nghs on he fo the ie eing Bac can aso aste hee ut I thn ths unnecessy gves Whe sevea anaves In pacua Whe coud hen seiousy conside capung the c pawn afe exchangng on d5 o pay 6 1 when Bacs ..c5 ea ecoes a oe copcaed. Bascay snce .c5 s Bacs ost heatc way o ght fo the cene I thn you shoud pay t soon as you fee you can safey and foe s soehow pevened I can as sue you tha is sae hee 6 S hee s no goo atenative hee. If Bac captues on he w have
A hs pon I woud ie to expess y gatitude to a Scosh conepo Davd McLaughn who was n ay sponse fo y nees n the Gned and shoud heefoe e hed accounae fo a he ses in this oo I was payng n the Scosh Unde12 chaponshps at the te and I was o aou he openng us efoe I was ue o pay a west of Scoand juno caed Andew Daves n the nex ound afte unch. Davd suggesed ha I payed hs openng ad poceeded o deonsae the st ou oves wthou coen I potested tha Whte us have fou ove aeatves u was assued
that Andrew alway p hi bihop on f d told to pay aenton. Thee ol owed the eene leading o he dia gam a whh poin I kew I wa on o a good ng I leat ove to e on d5 at whh pont Davd peemped he ompetion o he apre by pttng the knght on e d aing oeing abo rahig in o whh fond rahe etng A ew p lae the lok had tred and e enogh the biop ame o f bt angely I eem to rmember that I neve plked p the orage o play 5 The gae wa a daw in he end b I had ond a end n the Grnfed and t ha been a oal one ever ne tel th o to hghligh hat ahng n on i ndeed a key aor n te poo and a eaon why hte oe like o have h rook on Althogh we oon eah he main lne of he f yem h a lghty pe moveode Bak old now rie to Wte bat w 7 e hogh after e5 9 d2 e5 10 e5 f d 1 2 Whte i erany no wore Noe that h d pinng operaion a enal pla n Whe ye and ho away boe n mind when yo hin yo e ahng thogh on There e a mbe o vey mpo ant aleaive o onider: a) pomied to ty to keep he moveode mple o Il mply ay hat Wh nomay pefe to play 7 , whe Blak hod epl 7 d
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and afe 8 , onine with 8 00 (hen f anpoe o he ma gae) I hod eplan tht noaly a oneale thea to wn material o if Blak had aled n ead o apng on he wold ake on and Ba only ha enogh ntiave to win bak oe paw bt ot wo hod ao draw yor atenton o the poenta dange (to Bak o White payig b5 at ome pont afe Blak eieve the een om pinnig the kngh Indeed, 8 5 9 b5 i already ve bad ew or Blak, who ha eo once on 7 and 9 . + 10 f doent hep mh a w hown by the one of e wod op grandmaer loing h een er 0 .0-0 1 1 b2 2 b We hen mopped p onvnngy in LeioVan Wely Anwe 1998 From thee obervaton we an n er the foowng 1 ed to be a igal for Bak to apte o 2 Bak hold ot take he pawn bak o 5 til after he h atled wold ao lke o add a hrd, whh tha tg and takig on 5 ae pioe and o he hold generaly payed befoe .6 ow I wod lke to have a ook at 9 e2 D afte 7 8 0-0 whh I thnk mot oe have maivey ndeeimaed By plang he knght on th ae the whole harae of he poiion dffeen om he man lne he ha dea o ge when he een on 5, he i bette pad to deal wth e5 and, perhap o mpoanty
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is very difct to nd a secre post or Backs lightsuared bishop which can ready hssled on f or g4 wth a xre of f and e4 or g On he oe han e knght exers ess n ence over he cee and Blacks quee c omeme ugge n the h4e esed by he whe kngh on g whch wll be close bu distant Indeed hs ght on e2 s not obviosy on a ptclarly go oe It s e that i s se or ecaptr ng on 4 Black pays h bt on it eatens o jp nto e5 o attack and soehow ess edgy abot t jping to g Sl hink his ay we e he shape o thngs to coe n ths line or I have ond ha here are probes wh al he conventona recoen datons or Black o a ge extent yo have o take y word o ha one bt it sholdnt realy be ha shockng Whtes lead in develop ent s no so rea bt Black oves e een we ery on and hen ucky has o ove agan to ge o o he ne o e o Wtes excellent
roo on c Ferore e ad c pons e stl very senstve youre hnng o pacng he whole hng n ight now hen hnk agan becase a hogh Whtes peces are wel paced to case a eary accdent hey dont reay tget yhng porant n e ong ter Blacks g7bshp is spe or n hs respec tageing Whies eensde and he w rely be n dereployed on hs dagonal Alo tes d-se a longe wek ness whch will obviosly be qte i portant f Back can soak p he early pressre and seze the nitiatve. White ay aso have to lose a lite te late on to gd aganst a backrker d naly it is not always a ad hng to lag a lle n developent case you rea po ey e abot to see Play contnue 9 c5 0 b this s aoher pont behind e2 ogh t s not iediatey obvios why Whe preers to rereat the bishop when the ght is on and wel consder this n a oent in stead 0 b5 + f a6 ooks ne or Back) ad now a EO now sggests 0a 5 0-0 d7 2 d c5 b5 x5 4 xb5 e6 when it ges a ew lines reaching eality bt o y nd Back is teeeng soewhere not f o he bink 5 e (5 xc4 6 xc4 d8 ) 5 xc4 6 xc4 e6 a6 8 7 (8 bd4 fd8 is gven as eual) s no a al pleasan for Black 8 ac8 1 9 dc xc7 20 xf6 x6 2 xc7 xc7 22 xc7 s y no eas oced
Whie has he ype of enuin avan te whch sems to quite a conss ent outcome of Backs passve ppoch a2 Aso th nes bennn wt Oc6 5 e vey aneous fo Bck ( Wh cse he I sus pect lack is fully OK afte . h5 so you coud conse eunn to 9 c6 wih he e of 0 00 c5 1 h5 touh I susect b5 hee s no oothess wone hence my sueste moeoe ..h5 s now uay foce At th point the scoey o Dane utu Gi of Austa s stunnny news fo Bck 2 h4 c7 5 3e5 lea to vey shp py but te ea del o anayss I o o be adqae) 4 5 D
n lnes ck s osin e fo insucient compensaton Ts is nee a uti scovey fo Whe so thnks fo tht Dnel u t is vey seiou om ou pont of iew ecuse dsn't ow Bck o play
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You my e eve tat ou queensde famy e in eir s we he qeen oes huntn by hese u ' ey no h spe To my n hey ae w poems hee The s s that Blck has to deveop an he secon s tha t's not esy to o so whe een anst Wtes pin cip teats 0-0 an 5 an so the oe scay eat o b5c7 ow a ) b5 s now comotably e by .6. 00 c6 looks qe coy fo lc snc 5 s poston het ht' no easy to eet e 5 a5 b4 c4 4 5 xc 5 hos t oee o I ope has sele o now altouh suspec t won e e en o e m e b) 7 a4+! i not a simpe i ethe bu wth ccuate ay tn
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Wit cnnot just tim ost qun xcn n s tt cnc of obtnin n nt 7 x4 x4 7 is cunt ouht to b th most ccurt n ftr 9 c3, 9 4 D is wonrf spv mo chmpion b Ptr vir
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Thn b) 10 2 is bst nswr b 0.xc5 whn 1 1 x5 3 1 2 �2 xf2 13 c7 � 14 x 5 15 5 f6 is in s unc b vr who hpfu points out tht th knht on s b no mns ni. I qubb wth th ssssmnt thouh n snc 1 h4 xh1 now vs Bck n mportnt 5 r souc to prvnt innt oss of th knht on h, I prsum Wt hs to r Now I i th of mtnin m pwns ntct wth 6..4 c2 x5 n is point uthr nss sms nncs s As on Bck is ot ipnt bout wnnin t ni on , r s no w or i o t out n so
Bcks rt cnta conto two bsops n bttr sct n t is ontr poscts st b prf. b2 x4 x4 11 000 a6 s Bck hu nt pri mr u to Whits pos kn Bcks spc n n t wak 3squ b3 1 x5 6 n tn b31) 11 b1 f5 noth of irs mstous unc ins b3 1 1) At st I ws woi b 12 4 but 2...x4 3 f3 5 os not sm wors for Bck b3 12 12 3 s rtr mor ous ttmpt Whit s two pwns up f tr so Bc has to p on kckn somhow. 12 .c5 3 xf5 f5 14 b4! 3 15 2 s not sm qt in s rsct so I wonr irs i is 12 .xc5 3 c7 �f, whch os n sm to put Whit in qun. As f as I cn t Bc s tr hr b32) 11 hs bn th choc of rnstrs pin h w si so f Aftr th obior 1 1.xc5, thr is: b32) 2 5 Jxb2 3 b1 f6 s bout qu bcus both sis wi h mss up tir stucturs. Pr son I sh prfr Bck ouh bcus th bshop is ss rsict an th knihts hv mo ncho. b322) 2 b1 ws aso mnton b i n hs cnt bn tst n wo s b oiko i v 12 6! 3 c xc 4 c7 4! s nc but now oviko hs t o prov somthn
o hie wi e sweet iea of 1 6 xb 16 a3. This is unoubey ceve bu Suovsy was up o he caene n a recent ae fom Koain 998 6 �a 1 xb 8 D
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A eep an eauifu move y e omer or Junio Chpon The biso was vraly et on the taona aona o excanes it sef for e best mnor piece and aows e blac n to stan proy on e7 Play connue 18 xf8 xf8 19 e e he coul ao have e 19 c wen 0 c �a6 at leat sows us hat we ae on he ht nes ou of couse Blac s t o play for a wn) 0 � c 1 b fb8 a3 oviov ha efene well bu exence Grnfeers wll ow ha only Blac can w from sc siions because hes pieces ae neecive a e queensie pawns ae wea) an now he hasy .. aowe e to ho on fo a raw by s he sqae w 3 x b8 b nsea a6 oos
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muc moe esin 3 xb8 xb8 b b sow but Bac niia ive s uniey o ne oe han wo pan o he ha to hol on o h apawn even if t alows ie to amost catc up n eveopment) �c 6 c a6 �c3 a! 8 a xa 9 c b 30 c a sows he exent o ites say b33) 000 was V eys coce bu obvously Bac now as o cances to atac the whte in. . .e6 13 �c7 3 �c3 xc3 n tenn .e an ..e6 is at eas equa for Bac; aer bc3 f6! Bac recam ome ar quares a wl coninue wh e an e6) 13 xc 1 c7 c8 1 6 b its mporan o se whe he ron is o inee a col on is no much use o anyone 6 b3 his seems o be hites ony move since Bac had vaious hreas nvolvn . �a 6 . bxc 1 c �a ! 18 aai is oo to see ite bein foce o pay an ony move 8.b was the pncipa eat 8.b 19 c xc 0 bxc naly he roo ae conected e only queston now as t oen is n he Gnfel s wete Blac can win e material bac wle eepin some native) c a safer way to neutalie the pessure wa a3 c6 �e hc8 3 wen afer 3 e8 hie sou be abe to ol as on as e avois 6 f8) 1..c6 e Svier was probaby quite happy with this eoreica vicoy an aree to a a ee bu he oul have e f a more abe vcory wi ...xc
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when ack has some winning pos pecs in e esng enge wi ook an ishop agans ook an gh c 7 _b? D has been laye a few mes an has ncease n popu y ae beng suggese n hee sheskys excellen book S Ce onr
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The main ea s o exchange queens wih _b5+ whe aoiing he me loss inole in a4+ hee ae many aeqae eples o oun in sana souces b I am paicuay impesse y e inge Gnel pefomance gien y Black n Lau eIanchuk Monaco Ambe ap 998 which began wi e comaie 7 .7!? sopng Whe's main ea f cose we shoun hink ha he payes necessaiy following ce uly pepae home anaysis m sue Whie's lay can be impoe on bu Black's geneal concepon looks e son inee 8 e5 ? (pesumay 8 xb 00 s he iea when 9 _xa8 c6 0 xb8 xb8 x8 e4
oos ey goo o ack espe e maeal ec; 8 00 inening 6 aso lks posig o Black's poson is busng wih ynamc en egy hee 8 ...xc4 9 xc4 00 0 f a6 00 xc5 2 _c2 b5 5 ac8 4 a f5 5 _2 6 xf6 x6 7 e4 x2 8 xf6+ exf6 9 x2 8 20 e4 e6 2 xe6 e6 22 e5 Ahough i ooks ike auie was enely caugh ofgu n e opening ame he enegy wh whch Ianchuk payed hs ge. He now has a cea engame aan age an wen on o win foy moes ae. Finally we hae Whe's ces appoach 7 cx5 x5 ( ? 8 c xc 9 2 8 x5 xc+ 9 xc xc+ 0 �e2 _xa e5 ! . hs is e pon o Wes pay u i s now hog o be asng a ie oo much a 2 xh8 e6 (sopping ..c4+ .xa2 4 �f 6 when Whes bshop is ei he ap o akes so long o ge ou a Black geneaes a huge iniaie. oe ha afe 5 g7 i is bes o pay 5 7 so as o ake on c5 wih empo This line may loo annoyingly complex bu s eay quie saigh fowa when you consie i a moe a a me. Reunng o he posion afe 7 f D 70-0! Noe ha Back olows he ge guieines c dc 8 e4 s a mao aenae hee u i s eniey moe isky o Black
and uc oe dcu to expan n concepta tems. 9 ' 10 b3 Few players fnch before payng ths move bt I wonde wat wod happen te b3 ? Ah a Ths qeson hghghs an ohe dstnct eate o pacng te ngh on e2; e oo on c s po eced s s actay vey eevant nce now wth the ght on Blac can pay .c6 b5 e6, en Wte s even n some dange de to e thea of a5 e2 g! s already como abe for Black as always tends to be wen Whte aows ts pn b5 e s qe compl ated bt seems o be bette or Ba. Don ry oo rd to remeber he foowng nes; st ry to ndesnd e and now ha yo hae good cances ae ..e6 n oer wos st yose to nd good moes at the boad 7 ( xe6 xb 2 b3 c6 s excelen for ack de to s lead n deeopment and scope o s peces) .xc4 and now
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a) 2 d2 b5 b3 d5 x xd 5 bxc xg w ea to Back beng rewaded for hs eots w an ea pawn. b) 2 b3 a5 d2 x2+ xd2 d3 5 xa8 5 6 7 c8 f 8 ef b2 9 d2 xc 20 xc e ges Back a hgy faouabe endge de to te fac tha Whte obged to pay 2 e to aod orc scra age and hen Black sl e slgly te sct and dge of bshop fo g n an open son. c 2 xa8 does not see to be docmene, bt 2 .5 ook good for Black eg. 3 b3 c3 0 D e qen can aso go to h5 b here s ess chane of eng ex changed on a5 and fo vos eaons . has a ee eoeca ep ton Howeer, ..c6 s aso fly payabe and may peeed by payes who ke o pastnate
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I oyed wh he idea o ggeing 1 1 ..a6 w he idea o .c5 b ahogh Whe ha no cea reaon I coldn ge rond the eelng ha beer o i nigh on a ecre o aer one move han a ooe o aer wo 2 h3 Thi no oced b hel o reven . g and gve Whie bho a rerea on h. he bene o Whie laying h move hown by 1 _e h5 3 g5 g 1 h b , which i an incve eence giving Bac l eaiy 1 g5 i a le cy b al we ae ...h6 1 3 ge h5 ! maovSein USSR h 190 2 gan I wa eekng an aeave o he ed and eed line and I wa icaly nereed by .a6 immediaey hghghng he weakne on d3 I mentoned eaier I em however ha GM onahan Levi dea o 3 e d8 c deney a le omehing o Whie and wod icy a lo moe i Blac venred 1. 15 x. 3 e2 3 d d 1 e xd 15 exd e6 e Whe gging o ea ize in he game PeronIvanch Reggio miia 1 989/90 3e D Blac wo move me a hay air and Im gad ha we ae beginning o ee ha Back ha a wecoordnaed oiion once he avoid he eay l I dicl o inoin exacy why b i eem o me
ha in ch oion Whie ha o lay wih conderabe energy o avod being wore I ge we can ay ha Back orce e omewha more hono and tha now he ee on c and ha been relieved Bac can h ogh rom rvva o rying o gan he e hand Indeed, hee wbng are al conmed by he ine 1 xe xe 15 d d5 which o core more ea han anyhing ele, b Id raher be Bac becae my ece are ighy more e and have a oenal enry oin on d3. I may ond e Im cchng a raw b rom erona exerence I can ae yo ha ong GM le on Seeman wold be in no hy o have o n ch oiion Laer on i may be oible o h e bho o o he game wih e acegainng ..e5 or exame or eha h he a and bawn he d o reze he we eenide Moreover he back een can i looing raher rey on e6 e an exchnge o bho wherea Whe een le ey o nd a roe.
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Bo dkud bihop pacd in aranin b Back i nor ly h on who did whn hy o 5 i i no a ib ciin ov bt i rn th an in inc Back to av la olvd hi prob i h n av a 1 c6 i owha ih nin o h niniiatd pcia in viw o h act ha i wa plad in KovKapaov, ondo/ninrad W (11 6 Howv Black ha had pln o i o co p wih ood dfnc and tha i i dni b ip ak hi rook bo i do n h d .bc6 7 7 c6 ( 7 1 c6 d2 19 6 win aria or Back 7 ..b6 6 (D) I wha Iv id o ak n hn h an o i poiion i fl critica or h appaa o d rd to 4 f4 Wht ha two pawn or th han ad o pic oirin with innt aond lack kn. GM Jonatan vi ha playd hi in aan h Grnd
or vra ar and whn I kd hm abo hi poiion id ha tho i wa ipl a attr of ta which id o prr hr bu h wa farl oforab pain Whi ca vn i tin o a bi wron yo awy v a w o nd h word particl r tinn a it d indd ta Whi i rahr dpndn on h ridua in iaiv a thi a nad Coct anali no ii nnt dmi or Bak and o pron a I incind o prfr Back propct r thouh if I wr anno in or /o I wod hoo o ap on nclar bo Th ain aon tink Back a an n c advana i ha thr pawn on oth id o h od. Thi i roo pia wl inc h can ik hi o on id o h board o th ohr. n h ivn poton a o Back pic hav conidrbl cop and raoab prop o a ack wi nd pawn. A it t thoht print ih t to th poin.
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w coul sak a black aw oto suar t woul o uso as to hs avaag a yt w o w to ha h osto s uncl On of th asons for ths s that Backs kng has slghtly ss to sh t ut or rtnnty ths awns asnc rucs Bacs wnnng chacs n an cangu nng vn all th un awns mnat Wht has far rawg chacs wth four awns aganst th on h kngs. St hs s what Back shou am for rook an thr aws aganst bsho an for aws os goo wg chacs for a Of cors Wht has movs too bu h s vry t o latch onto n h blac oson Trcks o th ngs a ty o Whts agna but ot s ay cohnt ogtrm aacng lan for Wh f Blac s cal whl th achvabi am o cangng cs an Hoovng th uns a much mor angb rosct a 19 c a now 9 ...c 2 c4 c5 as Iv sa Bac has to b cf ot to bt oo oon snc Wht os hav som natv n hs rsct Back shou nty avo 2.. b2 21 b2 b2 22 g 23 5 a8 2 b) gv by Kov wh th cam that h osto s ncar n eig he Gred 1992) but I ont unrstan what hs ayng at. If Black cat tak hs aw on b2 hn shoulnt a ush to chang hs stury o 6 fo h sowhat oatg kght o c. Futrmor th
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an danger and coverng ipornt dk qe hen b 7 �f3! (c oo copi ant 7 e4! ganing pace nd gvng b o a beatil baby on g7 8 �2 e! (ndernng White t pece and neutralng any potenia treat to 7 9 b a! reoving tat to te b7pawn Whie cano e ediate de o �a c �e cenaizng te knigt and heading or e d3qe gave Black a ce poion advatge in Lev Alern Irae 992 b2 e only way o et Black reoce i 7 �x7? x7 1 8 c3 d3 which vey arp bt i Back olow p crey e ha good chance o nrtring hi igh ae advanage ScS k i probaly be a h jncre nd been approved o by GM Fak wo a o dob na yed the poiio qie deeply 6 e? D) I hink White o ry hi f h want any advanage
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Ater c4 e4 aready preer Back need t ee a reaonabe generazaton o ay ha Black can aceve e5-e4 n h ne we keeping cono then he onng wi have been a cce. O core the dnge e n eeing e bop on 2 o Black to be e a We cant land any ht on d o c7 n the near re L now give 7 �4 e 8 d d d d3 x8 xd! 2 xg7 �xc 22 xc xg7 whc e aee approx atey eq ave no qibbe with the ne bt I wold ave hogt tat Black i baaly bete de o exa pace and e poor poon of e wie kg
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6 a8 An ipotan ove wic prevent Wie o gg o conol. he ollowng how e danger acing Back agan e cobaive pay a 1 .xe4 7 xc xf3 8 e3 ? 1 x winning b ..e 17 c ntending a3 eave Back wthot conerpay
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c) 1xb3 7 axb3 e 8 a c5 19 d 0 d b8 1 aso gves Whte a seabe tave d) .xe s slghy dere however ad may aso be playabe for Blac It depeds o how yo assess 17 g 5 18 xc5 xc5 19 gxf5 gx5, whe Blac has bg deas le e ad At st I oght that 0 e3 tedg 0xe3 1 fxe3 pped he bd bt I do' see a pc lary good folowp afer 0 d Sce Bac s comfortable he ma game ere s o good reaso to y to fahom hs, bt bea t md f yo th Whte mssed a good chace the game
oco ad so Bac w eve aly rod p the bad bpaws ad, de I say w he game) 9xb3 0 axb3 fe8 1 b x xe5 xe7 3 xg7 xg7 xe7 xe7 gves Blac a sma advatage the roo edg aer 5 fxg hxg D
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What folows s maly my sght o Fa's aayss gve a) 17 c smpy loses a paw af ter 17.xe 18 b xb 19 x xf3 0 xf3 xb b) 17 exf5 xb3 8 xc (18 axb3 xd5 s cleay better for Bac de to hs extra cetra cotrol ad beer pawstctre) 8.xd5 9 f d 0 xd exd fxg7 fe8 s a some what hay exrece bt Bac has t a covered ad wl emerge wh exta matera c) 17 xe5 xe5 18 e7 h8 9 exf5 (19 xe5 xe5 0 exf5 xb3 1 axb3 f fxg hxg 3 c d e d7 s a especay strctve seqece becase Whte re mas a paw p b Bac has complete cotro ad Whte wl ow have o gve p hs gh or two paws bt wl ot have a gsde
hs s a good example of why a qeesde maorty ca be a mea gf feare of a posto ad s a fay commo ype of Grfed ed game Boh sdes ca creae a passed paw, bt wherea Bac's g s per fectly paced evetaly to greet a psed whte hpaw, Bacs assed qsde paw w a log way om Whtes g. herefoe a whte roo wl have to deal wh he ocomg hrea, most cases from a sb optmal posto Moreover Whtes bpaw s a lte wea ad Blacs g s more actve d) 17 xc5 xc5 1 8 exf5 xd5 19 xd5 xd5 0 d d sghty better for Blac Irocay, Deroy has swtched sdes afer 1 xd exd whe Whte doest have a good way
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o blockde on d3 nd wll hve o weken he ueensde wh 3 o b3 gvng Bck mpotn eny pons. e 7 fd 1 ? ppes o be the ccl tes of Blcks opnng moves so I ncude he foowng fo nsucton nd heoetcl sgcce 7 ...e 7.e4 g4 cS 1 cS cS 20 gfS gfS 2 h4 d4 22 d eves Whe wh dsgcefu num be of mnor peces nd dngerous kngsd ck S 3 9 e3 d 20 5 nd now 20.b3 s he oc move bu 20. 5 s mjo nve nd seems to gve Blck moe wnnng pospecs 21 d Edor's no: 2 e7 �h 2 dS mgh be more genney nc 2..dS 22 f3 bS 23 b3 s gven s uncer by Ftnk but Im very confsed by hs becse Blck hs wo rooks nd pwn fo he ueen nd he bshop on h2 s st re scted mybe Fn s two bshops mnc o somehng Indeed f I know nyhng bou chess know h Bck s beer hee 23 c look lke the st wy o gn. In fct I'm so sure h Blck s n conol here ht I won' boher gvng Fnk's nyss of 20.b3 whch pprenly eds to n el poston fe noher seven compe moves 7.xb3 8 axb3 c dS! 1 edS bc 20 b3 e! ows he sleepng monster on g7 o wken wh consdble ef fec 8...xe e 1 c s woh men tonng ecuse ths cptue ends to
be Whtes mn source of ck n ths ne. If yo keep n eye o s hee e good chnces of beng br but f you foge bou hngs n qckly sor 19 c5 •xS xc5 xdS (
The poston hs stbzed nd e e we nd uly ou of heoec cnry n every espec so s bck nd ejoy he show Me s leve b Whe wl hve probems wh s bpwns nd he h2shop emns much ess hppy hn he bshop on g7 whch hods he key o he lock on eS . c?! 2 e3 w beter to vod he mnged pwns bu Blck s s clery beer te 2.f3 22 f3 fd ntendng .d3 1 xf3 gxf3 f8 3 g3 The res of he gme s proy tle med by meoube errs so Il ust gve the moves. I s obvous tht Bck s susnty beer d hs no weesses b he mde ms gded son d somehow Whtes sppery ueen owed hm o escpe:
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3 •••:d WbS d Wxb7 e 6 g xg3 7 xg3 6 8 Wxa7 :xb 9 Wb6 d3 3 a1 �g7! 31 :a6 g5 3 W7?! f 33 �g :dd 3 Wb6 ere uc to be played for ater but I gue bot player were o ort o ie ta furer pay ay ave eced te eag f te word rado ad o they agreed to plit e poi
pree o d ad ope e eue d a8 dagoa o We pee ee aeue e coget o Blac layg e6 ate ta e wc ay age tig oderably a a ey tage e pee pa e il owever ad Ba oud be piuy alert o te we gt pg ov o g o coo e ba ore o wic rely wa to ex chage o g becaue th would co iderably iprove Wie' ucture
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ee poto are igy uba aced wt Wte' ceal pae ad two bihop cotedig wt Blac bee rucure ad pobe o gde pay Give the cace ite oraly ee to play ff ad e pace hi quee o to upport e gde I te eate Bac ay play .e6 o old bac e cee ad place ow uee o o preur ze f We ay alo bl e ce e w ee wch wll relieve te
5 .! iy avig a g o f i stead of a paw o e ae a big d feece a o wa requred o Blac e eao I ugge a you uc you g away ere a gabbg e cpaw would ow voe ore o ie caue e d ave
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e2c3 and 3 resources and moe impoany the olowing line which shows a concree deence in having not layed e3 is a heoreticl sum bng bock a present 5 5 6 dxc5 a5 7 cd5 xd5 8 xd5 xc3 9 d2! noe tha ths ereat woud be hghy iega i Whites pawn wee on e3 9 e6 9 ..xd xd xc5 l 5 d4 d7 3 h6 s good or White sne Back has seri ous coordnaion probems and wea ened dark sques on he kngsde 0 xb d2 1 xd2 00 2 b! a 3 e3 worked wel in Van Wey ky Gronigen 995 nd chaged the assessmen o ths ne which had previousy been though o be ete or Back Whie has to deveop but peviousy aways pu he pawn on e4 whch cread unneesa weaneses and escted he queen s choice o e reat thus givng Bac enough iniia tive or his twopawn decit. This simple and compact pawn move how ever eaves Back sugging o gener ae enogh ativy and so nobody has ound an anwer or Bak have ried but ailed; beieve me when tel yo that I woud have iked o keep the theory simpe and hen say ha 4 coud e answered by g7 olowed by c5 regdle it ut aint e. Sadly, moveorders e o cucia impotance n ths shap ne and i deniely requies more concete he oetica owedge han mos.
6 cxd5 xd5 xd5 xd5 8 xc7 6 9 e3 5 gve Blac more tha enough compensaon or he
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pawn due o his massive lead in deve opmen 6 e3 c5 7 dxc5 a ds no dier om the peviou gme but 7 e4? is a major aeave or Gred o as o nvesgae. c! D) Once again it is best to view an ey c as a wnng not o pay .c5 Since 6 h5 e5 loo highy iritang ha eaves only he game continuaton a an acve means to comba the whie cene.
7 7 e3 is much ess eatening a Bac can secur a good game wth 7..e6. 8 g5 s now he ony anger move (8 d c5 9 dxc5 7 and 8 e5 c5 uly OK or Black) when aer 8 .d5 9 e h6 0 exd5 hxg5 1 xg5 xd5 1 xc4 b6 3 b c6 White i reying o he bihop-pai ad pospects or opening the bac ngsde with the hpawn bu he dpawn s very wek and Backs knght re well enog n choe o secue a god ga 4
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d4 5 00 d7 to be foowed by 8 ad .ad8 ooks comfortabe ad ote tha heres aways a bout optio of akg o b c3 ad the d5 4 e a5 5 a4 c8 ! 6 00 d4 s aso o probem for Back A gudee worth metog s that whe hte pays e3 .g4 s ot key to appy seros pressue o d4 ad so t s geeray better to pt the bshop o e6 to protect c4 If hte pays e4 however the bishop wll ot be secre o e6 ad so Back s better o freey doatg hs ea paw ad ocetrate o attackig the cee wth g4 7 ig4!
ave ever fuy sted 7 b5 ad athogh t s hot theory a the momet s detey less trstworthy ta the game cotiatio which attacks the cete a more cassca maer hats probaby he feeg of Leko too who was ater a the rst eo et of 7 b5 ad s ow payg 7 g4 8 ix4
8 e doest seem to be me toed aywhere bt ts ot totay obvios wha Back shod pay How ever 8 c5 d5 a5 ooks ke a good aswer 8 h5 o may have hoped wed see the ast o ths move bt here t is aga. Backs opeg srategy ivoves tak g the horse o f ad forcg hite to have dobled fpaws pacg oe kght secey o the kgsde where t caot be ready hassed keepig the bshop raied o the sestve d4
spot ad the rest of gag wil o depedg o crcumstces. thk Back ca aso take o f frst but the he ca try some pecar gambt les by takg wth the quee ts move-order heps to dscourage te ts aso possbe to pay wt the sys em of deveopmet devised by mys ov e ..fd7 ad .b6 bt f he s goig to have dobled f paws ths kigt ooks mch more sef o h5 ha b6 9 ie3 xf3 gxf3 0 f does ot covce me after 0d4 g4 g7 d c6 bt Im o sre why Leko ddt competely sdestep ths mess wt 8... f whe f c6 ! 0 d5 d4 d d7 00 c5 gves Back good pay ad was recom meded by hs forme traer Adras Adorja Wg Wh he Ge 87
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hggs e weess o befoe Wte can pevent hs b pang 4. aso hk the back poso s f paabe ae 0 . e6 whch also ooks sond and kees ots o enson he poston. w nce oth sstems snce the theo o h ne s ea ve deveope Now We ma cone a e2 6 2 g 4 2 g2 4 e e 5 fe c5 s a qant eevan seqence om he gme ogeasmman Mont pee 985 whc cote 6 S ex5 �xS when Back ha goo chances n a compex pos to b eS 2 e4 c5 c5 c5 cS �xeS 5 8 f8 6 4 4 eaves an sa enge whee hnk ahe be Bac becase o the pwnsce. ote ha Back no to ocae on S an ata o 4 b mme ate ssove he cene nc Back oes not have a ghsqae bshop a bocade on S s eve ke o be ptc sece an Bac pae co wh .c6 hen he has o conen wh e4g o e4 ad �g5 c f h4 he qeen s ea paced hee atakng f an eng 8 o a ook f c6 e2 a8 D a now c 4 eS was Wes choce agans tagov a e evan Om pa 996 ow Back has o n ve cef abot Whes nen tons he wants to sece a ood mdegame The pesseagans d4 pevents Whe om execsn he
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posonal hea o g Whe aso has eas o �5 o a foowe e4. fte 4 ..�h6 5 g g 6 �bS b4 7 Bac pae 7 .. .5 b ate 8 7 e 9 e 5 20 e4 thee was no enog contela o he mae a an Whe wen on to wn s thoght Backs 5th move was an eo bt then eaed that hee was no obvos aeave 5...e 6 ! h2 7 2 . hnk h the ea cp s Backs 7th move a ecommend 7 .a6 D mpovement.
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Whs opnng stragy has n rathr amitious th king on 1 s y no mans totaly comoral and h whi rks disconnctd h fo owing vaions look qui promis ng or Back 18 c4 5 19 3 3+ 0 x 1 'g3 5 c l 18 d7 '7 9 5 x5 0 xh xh 1 ' 'x x 5 . c1 3 8 :g4 'x 9 :g 'h5 0 'xh5 xh5 d7 5 and agan Back has a sight advang c 4 :d s mor common and now rcommn 4 .a Afr hs solid mov nnding to doul on h dl wh 15 :d7, nk Black has hs u shar o th chancs nstad GM Kasnkow opd or 14 .a5 5 d3 c5 in h gam Drv-Krasn kow, Kaan 997 u snc is d4 pon w ar tns and s mov opns h postion or h wo ishops sspc w won s a run o his parcuar way o playng dxc5 x 7 00 5 1 8 5 was hn vry go or Wht, ho wnt on o win a n g. hs s a hr xamp o wa sad arr aou conoing h cn. Bor and .c5 Back had xcn cna conol d I don think h ndd o chang h naur o h posion o hav a good gam. omims it is rus o av pr sur on h cntr and hnk o how to ncras i rahr than owng h cn r ap prmaury, which can ma your pics ss puosu and s o n a rf o Whit. dxe5 (D
1 d5 s vry anposona caus h cosd cn rsic Whts ishops and givs Back a scur ou pos on f4
x 'h4? s ll woth a y f you a ng old, spcay a clu vl Ar x 3 x h8 Back ny as som dks compnsaion ad Wh now as to vry cl Back has d o . 5 5 and ..4 and Whis kng ooks lk hs up a cran pac wih out h ncssy impmn Wih Blacks knight stil on 8 i lks a it hd to liv somow u now Whi ray has o pay a good mov or Blacks niav wi us grow and grow On o h rasons suspicious i tha srai GM .Mkhaki playd his against GM Kaidman in 1 997 and won convncngy, u hn prrrd ..x5 'xd8 :xd8 aganst GM Grnfd in 998 n t s his is o goo rason o dis couragd caus hr coud al
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sors of prsonal or political shnanigans going on but it dos suggst that this scrt circl nows sothing abou this lin and its sur to co out vntually Kvs Givatayi Dov Porath 997 now connud 14 d5 c6 15 Jg4 f6 16 xf6 xf6 17 c5 ad8 18 dS S 9 xd8 xd8 20 2 Jg7 21 00 f8 22 h3 h5 23 f4 hxg4 24 fx5 f3 and Whits rsignaton topd a vry go advrtint for this sst Altrnatvs includ 14 Jg4!? c6 5 xh5 xh5 16 f4 h3 whn Blac is bt (Wi ha oo an tactical probls) and 4 d5! (innding g5 traping th un) 14xf3 15 xb7 x3+ 16 2 x2+ 7 x2 f4+ 8 �fl 6 9 'xa8 'd8 whn dont think Black is wors Whit will always hav probls wit hs kg Your author is sowhat unsur of wha sa at this point I cant nd a concrt rtation of Blacks concptin and if this dos turn out to good thn th opning lin favo by GMs li Bliavsky Drv and Van Wly is calld into ustion bcaus th osi tion aftr 1 h4 is vitually ford afr 7 4 As th lin bginning wit 6 c is in such a stat of at th o nt thus hav to apologiz for r snting r dirnt altativ ways of playing th oning All h lins ar vry diffrnt and fascinating in thir own way and loong at th all will nrich our undrsanding of th Grnfld, but basically I suggst you pic whatvr tickls your fanc
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x8 2 b3? is a suggston of Gipslis in E but no analysis is givn I sus pct Black should connu th nr gtic play with 12 c6, whn 1 3 xb7 'f6 looks rathr good for Black and so dos 3 d1 f6 so until fur thr tsts I cnt sur that is wasn t a ca of a rando hand in a post ort nding its wa into E 8
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It would s at this ndga of frs Blac full ualit and bcaus it is also ac and full of possibil itis for cravit Blacs oning play can b considrd a sucss Whits two bishos ar sucint copnsation for his bad stctur but I lik fact that Bac ha no tangi bl waknsss to attack Wht dos hav various ways to t to inas th prssur but it is air for Whit to go wong bcaus without his two bishops thr is nthing ticully sitiv ut s position and so, w W has th obscur ai of applying prssur with th two bishops
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lac h a moe concete aim o ty ing to exchange one o Tey say tha he songe yo ecome, te moe yo appeciae isops oe ghs which thin is vey tue Hence wold-class GMs may n they hae a litte somethng o We hee t s ipeceie o most payes wo wod nd acs positon ease to ande 3 e Ae 3 00 3d7 intending c6 and 8e6 as een lacs genea appoac so don see anyhing wong wi e muc oe cuny 3c6 since 4 d5 d 4. 4 . 5 xd4 5 g c6 5 xd4 6 5 e5 6c6 7 xc7 ac8 18 5 8 6 xc 9 xd8 xh 8 xc 9 xc a6 0 c3 4 loos y playae o lac 3c6 0-0 (D 4 x 5 a3 16 x7 a8 7 x8 x8 loos good o lac since ..a5 is ey eecte White casles
d! eeng contol o te game i Whte cold lay 4 e5 and g3 lac wold seosy wose. 4 x loses cono o e game ae 5 6 x7 snce 6 .a5 7 xc7 d6 8 x7 seems to e aou ale o Whe 88 8 .. .g7 19 c 9 c 15 d d 6 dS e3 ot whot good eason is Pete Leo ncnamed The Euaize . Those wo ae less paial o awng mig conside 6 .e5 ee since 7 x7 a8 8 d5 x 9 xa7 4 seems to ge cances o oh sides 17 fe3 c6 8 b3 d! 9 ad8 0 c D
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Wiout oos lac migh een ae a sig advge e cold n saely cenalize s ing and ps e queensde pawns wthou ea o ing saey o pawn weanesses Hence We is wilng o excange one oo t not two ee is stil nohing wong with the lac posiion
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..c 1 :xc �f8 � �e7 3 �e g7 eS f f6! (D) Gvig the kg ome oom Leko know tht White ct puh h pe epwn withou creting ekee 6 exf6 xf6 7 h g7 8 e6 9 �e3 :d 3 x Whie top himel om ove preng ut n tme. The retg rook egme eq lthogh eihe ie cn try to wn, col ot be one ihout ero rik o loing. Cncusn The line with 4 e generly vey geo o Blck mnl bee ght moveorer nce oblige
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Mo Grned poion e rher uid wth ot o open e nd dig on Over ime I hve reied t picuy voure eture o uch open poition rom Bc pon o view i th he g7ihop i genery the et minor piece on the ord O coure thi i conoveri u i y ce m quite ure ht h i not true o he nchetto vron n deed n uch ne here tend to e pooy ic mor mge on he g e or ever move which ieny overoo vrou noy even n he centre To e honet thi pect h
wy rher cre me nd here i why woud eem h uctur ym mety i one o the mn cton o he Grned gue one reon or hi i tht the poiton ecome more unced he e hmove which hought o grn White ome inive n he opening phe come progreivey e ngie Th not to y h Whe doen hve n openng initve gin the Grned u ut t it much more chenging o ideniy i in concrete o hn i n y he Peo or he Advnce French. Now o my mind the ncheo ne o he Gned re eing or Bc preciey ecue White moe or e cope Bc whie reinng he iniiive whch mny hn ged o Whe y he rue o the gme. n he digrm we ee hi eng mneted White ppyng pre ure to he cene eore Bc The preence o other pece uuy oge Bc to deend the centr d5 pon wth .c or to gve wy o he dpwn y ing on c4 Thi i pr or he Grned ut he d erence here h Bc Ace on g7 i y mched y he ihop on g2
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Perhaps sch hghs ha hae led many srong players o bow o Whes exra me n he ancheo lnes and pay he sld aons whch blse d5 w c6 There no mly olows an exchange on d5 when e man queson agan reoles ound whehe Back ca ully neu ae he pessue ceaed by Whes exa hal-me Een hs s poss ble and om a eoec sandpon probay s hen Black can raely hope o achee more han an equal pson wh a locked cenr sruc re s raher easy and raher ob os o say a hese ys o psons e no auned o he spr o he Gned bu s much moe dcu o sgges conncng alenaes. am gong y snce nng else hae neer been uly connced ha s a dsadanage o Black n a chess ge and wold no asonsh me seera yeas m now a cmpue progr were dscoer ha Whe s n some so o ugwang on he ery s moe Ge 34 Rogozeno - a�n Hmbug Ch 998
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Ths s he ms anyng me ode o a Gneld paye o ace snce by no commng hs knghs Whe keeps mpran opons open. Howee may como you o kow ha s qe ely playe because 3 c5 woud nw ake he ge no a srange Benon Beno o Englsh
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whch many players woud no be pre ped o ener as Whe 3...g7 3 ..d5 s key o ranspose g d5!? Conenonal wsdom sggess ha hs moe ges Whe he adanage u Ie always hough s bes o seer ce o conenonal wsdom us ngs you down 4 c6 5 3 d5 s a mch more sd connuaon bu cnsdeably less ex cng o Black 5 cxd5 xd5 6 e Deney he mos esng moe oe ha s r Whe combne a kngsde ancheo wh a kgh on c3 cause when Back capues on c3 and pays .c5 Whe wll genealy hae a weakened gh-sue cmplex especally n he queensde where e lgh-squed bshp no onger ac as guadan o c4 Hence 6 c3 r 3 3 d5 4 cxd5 xd5 5 g3 Jg 6 Jg ec 6 xc3 xc3 c5 D) s proba bly comorale o Back bu lne a s no unpolemac and should be consdeed caeuy
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whee the pawn on w only be ds lodged by peentng Whte wh a song pased dpawn whole-hy sppoed by the bshop on g2 7e5! Athough wod eey abe exca o ths ove s wo know ng tha Anand has aso done so when annoang a cca vcoy agans Roanshn n 99. Sysov ad Bot vnnk have played ths way too s hve Mles and asenkow oe e ceny and now we ae aout o con sde a gae payed y Gneld gu Fank n 998 You ca poay tel ha yo au tho s a ttle nsecue abot wha ol ows whch a bu only a ltle Althogh ths whoe lne has a sghly os theoretca hetage or Black hee s no obvos way o Whte o ge an advantage agans caeul play and he endoseen by the aoeen toned playes ough o gve at eas a e encoageen. Moeove he an eason pee .e5 o ...c5 s tha wheea the queensde aoty Back acheves n the c5 nes does nothng o se he gshop Backs kng sde aoty n the postons we e ao to consde can oen c the gbshop o copeely whch can have epecssons o he poud ut one dpawn dS 9 (D) dont thnk t ates a geat dea whethe Black cates eoe playng .e5 ad ee e no ao dsac ons p to ths pon. Howeve ts woth knowng ta alogh tng on e5 s genealy a bad dea o Whte
and gves Back a vey ee gae wth a athe se queensde aoy s pacully bad t aows the whte kng to e dsplaced on d so pehaps that acconts o he chosen oveode Back shold aso be a enve to he dspve dea o a4 whch s saly st e cootaby wth bt soetes elevanly weens he bknght Thee was aso one ge wth and h4 when Black caed oe playng c none o hs shold ealy conce yo bu s sayng be ce b 0 c s an ecelen choce when Back ha payed c5 oowed by e ecause the dea o a4 and � s uch oe dangeos hee t doesn gve Black so ch case o conce a these vaatons sg gest 0..cd5 1 ed5 5 pacng the bshop here akes qte good sense n s case ase can soe es eove e bgh ad Wte s less kely to wan to contnue wt b and a whch can be annoyng as wel see beow 12 a d7?
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(holdg ack idea ofh3 ad g ote that tes kigsde is moe vulea e tha usua sce oth the kights ae yg to d wok o the othe fak .a 3 a3 c8 g? d7 5 a5 c h3 h5 7 g5 f5 8 8 d wa a ess cooed ut moe exctig appoach Dri Davd, Fakfut 8 3 e a c 5 e xe xe ac8 7 e c5 8 c3 5 f d 0 d e was Fedoowic Woff, ew Yok 0 I have aways ee mpessed y the way GM Pat ck Woff coodates hs pieces, ad this was o exceptio cxdS t may wel e a good iea to pay 0 ...a? i this positio. Expe eced playes wll the pay 3 ad you ca taspose to the game whie avodig the ucea cosequeces of d. Aso, White tag o d5 with the kght is ot a poem ack ca ethe take it ad have ess of a space sadvtage o eae t ad clam equality Less expeieced payes could coceiay msassess dxc xc, which may seem to give White a edge o accout of Backs oke sce, ut actualy gves Black some adatage due to hs pospects fo queesde pessue ad the supeo scope of the ack kghs 11 ex D xd5 s absoutey e fo Bac. 6 ! This ooks like the est move ut t has te a log time fo ths to e come clea Othes
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us o h kingsd ajor dal th d-pawn shoud ockadd a kngh on d so this captu on s good sns whn canno t rcaptr wth t otr kngt. Th ga connd 1 3 15 g2 7 whn Back had a sod and honios posion and wn on wn 2 How, 12 3 s uch o dicu o Black o honz his ocs and shop on 5 dosnt look qit igh wn ht dosnt idiat g t h chanc to ak itsl usu h an dpss ing xapls showing ha th ack posiion just dosn qut sns o ts and o wi nd ths i o pla ond with h postion o a whl, ing in ind his idas o a-a5 d5 5-c7 h3 and g c tc h an po in a o th gas with 1 1 .5 2 3 was that Back dspat ndd to cat contrpa wth 75 t ishop kpt gng in th wa Rning to th positon a 1 1 a
12 b3!? s likl that ths s hs st o As as can l th on sous alnai is 2 d!? which s ot thratning and pa. 1 2c5 3 3 1 3 5? 1 ...d is gin Soh h gs wth so adanag) 5 was agr dawn n Lpka-Banas Soakan h 1995. This is ns ing o wo asons. Fistl th slt was poal oia atch considatons sinc i ooks o k Back s l n conro n th na poson Scond Banas and Fank a oth song Soakan pas pang th s opning sspc ha don so wok n ths lin and sspc th think ha Back s 2f5 Blacks pla s ogical caus js hs ishop s o nonc its nnc on th kngsd Black stps p th prss tr an pas picu hoag to th -sq t s aso u that adanc o Blacks -pawn s patic ouing d to th placnt o th knght on 2 in d . -3 s now lng 13 a? A pincipld racton ht is just n to stop Black ganng cop contro 13 a3 7 ? to knowdg has no t n d ts also ssil to pu t ook on 8 t his looks awk wd and ht has os was to gn an adanag alwas lk sc ond-guss Dros intnons n athr dstant and don k t ida
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gd pspects Tee ae vaius ss nw bu ememing t keep Dely in ceck nd ceully cnsideing yu piece cdnatn suld keep yu n e gt ck 15 b3 d6 1 6 b d7 17 e3 5 18 e1 ? 19 4 ? is s que un usul is vaiin nd is nly d visble wen Blck s gd cnl b5 In ny cse I ike e bck ps in ee nd tee lwed dw n itnvLpuin Sepl 1988. b) 1 c? is n nccute mve-de in view .e4 wen ul gve ne me rce Blck in tis line ganst Mik cisn P 1996 13 e4 d5 14 d4 c4 (n n bvius mve bu it is impn bing e knig bck in e y) 15 b3? e5 16 b _e7 17 d d8 18 c b4 19 4 g4 0 3 6 1 3 d5 e1 3 nd Black wn welve mves e c) 10 d5 biges Blck py vey cctely bu g n cse y seius pbems 10 .5 1 1 d4 d7 D and nw
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h6! 0.a5 s moe ommon bu I hnk Koul ndersands hese pos ons very el so I sus e should espe hs hoe I s vey useul o gve he bak kng some exa eah ng spae nd a go dea o ove g5 sne Whe may an o use hs sqae afe .e5, d5 and e4 and moe geneally Blak mgh an o play n ey .e6, possby nendng 8 and ..h3 SmeHoell nd Bun deslga 1994 s a mode exple of ho o pay he bak poson hen Whe plays nspdly �a4 �xa4 xa4 e5 3 �xe5 �xe5 4 dxe5 xe5 5 d e7 6 d d 1 " f5 (povong e4 o blk o he gbshop and gve Bak some sef sqes on he qeensde 8 e4 g4 19 d ed8 0 3 6 h3 x3 x3 e6 3 a3 a4 (povd ng an anho o he bishop on b3 4 h4 b3 5 e 5! hs game s an ohe exampe of he benefs of he
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queesde marty whe White ger ha cetral dmati the mai eft f haig the ptetia passed paw the queeside s that wheres Back ca push r a psser at tte rsk Whte has t expse hs kg t d lkewise) 6 e5 d4 a t gle rewd fr Backs seeteeth me) ac 1 c8 8 h5 6 m pressiely slid Backs patece is s rewded y Whtes mpa iece) 9 hxg6 hxg6 30 e6 t s d cult t suggest a gd pa f Whte sce Back s i tta ctr ad was threateg t ifiate slwly the dfle; stll White culd hae tre t hld the pst tgether wth e3 ad may 3 ad g 30 xe6 3 1 h3 d6 3 xe6 xe6 33 xe6 xe6 34 e d6 35 e4 d8 36 h 5 3 h 6 38 e3 g5 39 e4 40 d ! Hwell dsplays excellet techque celly preet g cuteplay ut cfdety as rmg hi adatage 41 xd xd 4 e g4 gag space ad xg the white paws) 43 g d3 44 f d 1 45 g 3 46 f g6 4 e 5 8 e8 c4 9 e 3 50 e ! 5 1 ax4 c3 ! 0- A peasg ale f White takes Black ex chages rks ad quees the a-paw 11 h3!? guess Whte was ccered aut the idea f e6 c8 ad .h3 There e may ther mes ths psit ut e f them sigicy alter the character the pst. l a! Gaig space ad pg t pr the white queese at a later stage
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chn nce playe .a lwe y a75 whch was a g augh i nthing else - is nt un cn an ths nigh can als cme e t have a lile ase Whies ety. Meve h is usualy a useu mve paticuay in cnunc n wth pushing he gpawn t g gh ght suae payng 5 gan uhe cn he cene S hpeuly yu wnt n ut ieas ne the bggest pblems in such pstins paying wihut pu pse This s easy when yu n have he lating pawnbeas hat yu nmaly n the Gne u w have nce tha amst al he abvemenine manuves ae place withn Bacs ha the b an yu may we wne wha Whe wil e ing n he meantme Nmally Whe plys e3 lwe y 'e2 an puts the s n 1 an cl. Smemes Whie ecies t h Bacs ueense pay wth a2a a2a3 which iscuages a ue t the eply . Bac shul be ptcu aly ae Whe mvng a nght t e5 whch can be ue isupve Bac ges a lte ve-eus in hs manuving ieas Tha s it is m ptan t eaze tha i Bac es White te n c an ecapues wth he b-pawn the n lnes n the ueen se ten t cmpensate uly he suctua amage Bac shu als be aentve the ea ce3 which can ce he shp g t a smewha less stble sue n e Alhugh hs lne es eue athe a lt ptence thngs cme
t a ha eventually an then he se tha ha manuve me pupse uy wil ten t cme st I hpe yu wn eel mesmeize by the numbe games have ae s us that its he ype ine whee playng ve games s he best way t ge a eeing he psnal nu ances. ll cl! Ths is a peecy naual mve but a the tme wing t s me h nable White t h bac the blac apawn a) 1 1 a ? D) an nw
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Summary of ecommended epeoire e olowng s I ope a user endy suppemen o e index. Havng advsed te reader no o sc too gly o any parcular lnes tis sma secion soud e consd ered ony as a mnimals gude o pi gms Te oey s yours It s good o wonde and wander y roe s o emind you o e pa Exchag vaatos Aer 4 c5 5 5 e4 c3 6 xc3 6 .g7 is he ies moe order. Then hee are our main con nuaons 7 c4 (Clscal main line 7 ..c5 8 e c6 9 e3 0-0 0 0-0 g4! 1 1 a5 see Cape 6. 7 d7 ? see Capte 8 and Ge 4 7 3 c5 8 'd2 ! se Ges 5 and 18, u hec e inex o oe eaed eeences o e 7 f3 c5 I sugges oow ng e cica pa cueny ead y e words es 8 0-0 9 e2 cx4 0 cxd4 'a5 1 2 'a2 12 0-0 g4 see Chape 9
B) ytm th b3 4 3 g7 5 3 I argue a 5 dxc4 6 'xc4 00 7 e4 c6? is underraed. See Cape 2 C ytm th f4 4 4 g7 5 c1 5 5 e c5 and 5 3 00 are a dscussed in Cape 1
ytm th g5 an lines wh e4 ee Cap es 10 an 1 especy Games 27 an 29. E g3 Ln oull poaly e pleased to ea at Im no ecommendng e ugd vaatons wh c6 oowed y .d5. Al g3 lnes are discussed n Cape 4
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Grnd Quiz hn we al have a tendeny o ae he exen o ou nowledge and ai e Whethe you want to do he olowng te eore durng o ater readng he oo i entirely your own hoe ut n any cae t ee to e tha he ol owng en poton houd gve you a lea oe nght nto you undetand ng o he onng n he oluon on page 34) ee to eevant aup aterial ro he oo, whih ay help you to rdge any gap tha you have uddenly notced n you undertanding.
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19 ..g5! 20 g3 f6 21 d5 2 e5 d5 gve Bac otal conto o te gae Ti expan Wte de ciion to acrice material 21..exd5 22 e5 fe 23 h3 c3 d3 e4 25 �h2 xd3 xd3 c5 27 f5 Bac i now cey ter and went on to win a ne game See Capte 8 and Ge 6)
7) 25...xd4! 26 exd4 O 26 xc8 x 27 gx xc8 26...xc5 27 dxc5 xal 01 Many o you wil ave een ti ar ut te cominaion only competely convincing wen you ee 28 xa 4 winning a pece (ut a geneal Grneld tacic) 8) 16 b6! The pawn on and c4 ecaly) are Blac man aet and gve m good propec on e qeende However i duo could quicly come under eavy e ae d2 and e2 n noe o ti game, Nei em paie a all o Bac propec e conneced o mantinng te pawn on c4 Tu 6 x5 7 x5 6 8 d2 would e ete o We Te gae coninued 17 e2 a6! 18 d2 xb5 19 axb5 :c8! Bac i vey ien in im 20 xa5 xd5 21 a4 xe3 22 fxe3 b3 23 bl b6 a6 c5 d6 xd6 26 xc4 c5 Bac i cey ete and wen on o win See Cape geneay and piculy noe ' on pge 75)
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