Contents

1 Idem in the Advance Va t i o n

d The Cenm
b) Hank Activity
c) Strongpoints and R e Exc~ges
d) Manmuwes
2 The 4 ... e6 5 g4 Qg6 6 Qge2 Variation
Eame 1 Vasiukov-kuvwv, USSR 1981
Eame 2 Mimian-Miles, M m w GMA 1989
Game 3 Kotrodas-Sax, Burgas-Elenite 1942
Game 4 MaLt.januvic-Campm, Wis 1985
Game S Nilgel-Wouters, con-, 1988
h e h van der Wid-I&&&, Bmssels 1985
Game 7 nrnm-!%m~an, EIilvmum (4) 1990
Game 8 Kotronias~pora, Mosoow 1989
Garne 9 Ti mmm- mv, 3eI.fm-t 1988
Game 10'firn~-Seimwm, HFilvmtun f B 1990
Eame If Kotronias-Sp1ma1, New Ywk 1390
3 The 4 ... w6 Vd&ion
Eame Xi! Nimzowitsch-C;fpa'o1~ New Yo& 1%7
Game ZJ Kotsonias-King, New Yo& 19CdQ
Game 14Ko t r o n i e Wf ma n , Mascow It987
Game 15 Kotronias-Tukmakov, Kavala 1'9%
4 The 4 ... hS Variation
Game 16 Nunn-Dlugy, Landon 1%
Eame I7 Short-Siiwan. ICattmdan 1'189
3 The 4 .,. @d7/c8 Variation
Game 18van dm Wiel-Hart, Wijk a m Zee 1986
Gatne 19 Kotronias-Skmtsris, Athens (41 1937
6 The 3 ... cS Variation
Eame 20 Td-Botvinnilr, M m w Wch (8) i%X
Game ?!I S ~ o v - K . &ell, Znndan Llayds Bank
'IrmrXex of Compl a Games
Index of Partial Games
'Index of Variations
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~nowl e dge me nt s
The author wishes ta ttBiuxtc Uias ~ ~ ~ u n & s for extensive
&king of the k x t and help with the diagrams.
Symbols Int d u c t ion
white is iswinning
Wt ri t ~ is clearly ktter
White is slightly better
The position is equal
Black is slightly better
Bl ck is clearly htter
3k.k is winning
Check
Mate
Good move
Brad move
Excellent move
B l w h
Interesting move
Dubious move
Olympiad
Championship
Interzonal
Zonal
Correspondence
b k s on openings usually end
up in a dusty cmw in one's
lahmy, es@dy nodays ,
The reason is that &ss thewy
dwe1ups like a monstrous
cmahm, b m h d d by mm-
puW information containing
tens of t homads of games.
Unlike g o d old times, main
lines change with lightning
s p d anrf paths thought to be
forgotten provide raw ma*
for the ex-. In fact tkere is
mthmg wrong with md e m
irrfmmkics, chess is a
scientjfic game and has ta go
on Eke that; the negative as-
p&,~ of it are r wd d when
one spurns what is essential
for the sake of 'ephemeral
wisdom', and that chamctwkes
many players of the new gene-
mtion.
When 'f s t &d writing this
h k , I understood the ned to
emphasiize the ideas governing
an op?ning vaI4ation. T h e
faw them ideas are pmxnt d
sepm. ely ~ChapW I), since
I think they fom the most
valuable p - t of th whole
mW; but the miin reason is
that fie d e n should IE able
to get a gmed picture of the
various mtifs &at wodd help
them evaluate a m-tain p i -
tian, If they manage to do so,
the purpose of this boolc will
ke fulfilled.
Chapters 2 to 5 feature the
ammt status of t b r y in the
variation suggested. An effort
kas k n made to cover dl
gaps and present a complete
m i r e for White. This
doesn't mean f last my abjtxt-
ivity; on the contmry, a v-
pr ai d was made in pasitions
p&o~tsly &misd as clearly
bed fur Black. From this point
of view, this book mn seme as
a useful guide for those who
wish to update their archives
and spot the &ti& pasitions.
EmpMis has h given in
supportive analysis, a necessary
tool Far am*s humeworlc, and
I hopefuliy expect it will prove
so, c u mb i d with the intro-
ductory ideas.
As usual in the Wf wd
wries OF "&eting the ... "
b k s , the material is ps e nt -
d in the farm of complete
games with all. theoretid
analysis i n~r pxM in the
notes. h t i i s way the reader is
premw with the most im-
prtmt lirrks mnnwthg the
opening with trpld middle-
game positions and even the
endgame. My s e l d a n was
b a d mainly on the criterion
that these games should exem-
plify White's stratea in the
Cam Advance as well as pass-
ibk, The b w k also mntains
some of White's rerne1.e
failures, but I could mt help
including them as thy are
interesting Emm b t h a com-
petitive and creative pi nt of
vim. My main s e l don crib?+
rion for the games included in
this b k was t;he strength of
the players, but care was taken
not to leave out of this survey
any games that might be in*
esting or t hearet i dy impart-
ant,
I hope that the material will
prove to be stimulating and
provide food for thwght For
those who wish ta discover
new ways of playing the v&a-
tion with either mlur. For
those who wish to k creative
nut only at the c he s s W but
idso at home, I think the lines
suggest& are most suit&Ie.
After dl, confide- in one's
repmaire depends t.o a certain
extent upon one's own personal
analysis.
A Brief History
About the Cwo-Kam
In General
The ~~ &fen= was
i nt r pdud into seri ~us cam-
@tion by &e German players
H, C m and M. ? b n in the last
* of tkte ninetenth
century, As Om Might expect
far an opening whose fmt
~ ~ p l e was solidity, initially it
was not gn&d with great
enthusiasm from the majority
of chess fans, Nw&dess, its
intrinsic merits stwn cattght the
at&ti.~n of some of tkle
worid's leading masters and
it has k n championed by
many tap players throughout
the last huxmdred yews. No less
a player than ~ l ; u z r r a . USHI
it ta g d e f f e on several
-ions, biting some aF ESle
mast eminent grandnaasters of
his m with his c u s t a w
virkuosity. A classic example,
featurr?d in WE h k , is his
game against Nmowhch
phyd in the New Yak s u p e
t a u m e n t of 1927. A few
years lam Soviet GMs btvin-
nik and FIohr tnak over; their
scientific treatment of the
game doing much to enhance
the opening's popularity.
Since then, the Cam-Kann
has ten ow of the main weap-
o m in most World Champions'
opi ng mw, BOtYhik,
smysrov, Petroslan, Karpov 4,
ocrrixsionalb, Kasparov have
sucmssfully d e f d the Bf&
side, especially in matches at
the highest level. 1 suspect this
choice was not at d by chance,
as the "Caro" is easier ta play
than the SiCiEm, the SpantSh or
even the French, espddly if
Bid is sttisfid with a dmw.
HowwwI the asynm&mX
pawn s t r u a which arises
&e r t e 4 c f t 2 d 4 d 5 3 &3
dxe4 means that B k k mn dm
play for a win, on the andition
that he will w q t a slightly
worse position by avoiding
Uquidatium during the early
phases of the gme.
Advance Variation
The Advance Variation I3 e 3 is
the most mhml way ta side
step Black's bm tende*s
and was seriously test& for
the Frst time in ttre World
CXmampianship match bet wen
Tal and Botvinnik in 1961. Tds
resuit with it was mther dis-
appointing (as was his wb1e
pfomxance~ and this was
p b b i y responsible for the
line's abndonment in the next
twenty years. TRe line was
revivect in the g m Hart-
Sehwan, Bad Kissingctn 1981,
which, however, resulted in a
Ml h t win for Black. Whilst
a m might have expected this
t a b v e d t h e r w i v d to b
stillborn, in f& the opposite
was the case a d it soon be
came apparent that Black muld
not hold his awn in the h a k
raisirtg mrnpli~tsons after 3 ...
QfS 4 e6 ?6 g4!? Q& 6
Qge2 cS 7 h4 cxd4?! 8 Qxd4 hS
9 f4!. Later an, B1adr & v i d
ways of improving his play by
M a t @ on the 7th move and
by now the attention of White
p1ayers has switched to more
positional (and safer) ptths.
Over the past M e , the
abve mentioned system (start-
ing with 4 Q.3 & S g4!?) wns
mainly championed by the
Dutch GM and twice Ciurdi-
dates' finalist Jan Xmman. He
contributed a tat ta i t s dwe
lapmmt with. many interesting
novelties, but in mast of the
games he failed to reap the
fruits of his I h w sin= same
positions are easier to play with
Black, even if he stands abjwt-
ive1y worse! This might swm a
bit discouraging ta the average
player, but one should not
forget that the primay purpose
of chess analysis should be ta
h d our wedmesses rather
than impmve our s ~ ~ .
My pemd e xp&~ne with
the variation, espeddly the
alternative 4 ... w, taught me
that one should not trust
msults but ody objective
d y s i s . I started playing the
Advaxlm in 1%; at the time
n d d y w d d m p t that 5
NJ!? mutd I d to some sort
of game for: White. T d y , 1
think that the move is worthy
of an !? and tamarrow - who
h w s ? - the evaluation might
change again. On the strength
of the analysis presented in &s
book, it is my F m &lief that 4
&3 is at lleas q u d ta the
alternatives and I hope that
readers will add their awn
contribution to the history of
this topid wi n g .
I Ideas in the Advance Variation
The Caw, has long been con-
sided one of Bids main
defences against l &. World
Champins -lam, Botvin-
I& anc3 Karpov have been i ts
reguxar p ~ t i o w s , which
s p k s itself far the soundness
of the system and its partimlar
merits: solidity, clarity a d
mntroued aggmsion. Contrsuy
ta the typicrnl Frrnch Defence
scc?nario, the l i ght - squd
bishop ~I I develop f ~ l y dong
the c&hJ dagod arzd the
stniggle is of an open nature
with dear-at aims.
The Advance Variation is
c k mc k k d by the move 3 e&
partly closing the centre. In
h t sense it is not a typical
Caro-Kann and might ~ s e
discomfort to players whose
main athadion to the opening
was i ts simplicity, Also, Black
is denid the Mt i onal count-
mphy along tfre d- and Ips-
sibIy1 g-files as well as tke
quam f6 for his knight's de-
vel apmt .
In c o ~ s o n with the
French Advance, Black has
~~ the pciYi1ege of d e
veloplng his bishop on fS. How-
ww, this dws not automatie
ally rn that he has also
managed ta solve alf fris o p -
ing problem: he is a tempo
duwn in tke fight for the center
with the break ... S and the
bishop's pasition might tun
out ta Ix vulnerable. Ttte pur-
pose of this d o n is not tr>
give con^ evaluatkons re-
gadhg these questions, but to
examine typical situations with
a view to helping readers in
th& aswsmenrs.
3lm; Centre
Tke situation in the centre is
dways a major factor, defining
the c kw&r of the chess
struggle. In our case, the Nm-
zowitsch' pawn structure Id4,
e?s for White, &, d5 far Bl&
m s that White will have to
meet the tt-msts ,,, or ...
f7-f6 ta his center and shape
xwrdingly his own p h .
These Invdve f2-FbfS, hitting
the lxw of B i d s pawn chain,
as well as expinsion on the
kingside with gains of time an
the emmy bishap,
Sometimes White exchanges
the light-squad bishops in
return far a s p e and time
advantage. Illen his pmpelr
readion ta 3 l d s e n d
thwh differs; it has ta do
mom with piwe ~cx?uMi ng
rather than pawn stmms.
&EDIF going on, it should be
nut d that the main object of
this hmk is tn d y s e posi-
tions where White develops his
queen's knight on c3. Although
Wte is deprived of the pos-
sibifjty c Z 4 , fortifyjng hjs
rxntre, he d v e s a lot of
compensation in the form of
quick development and eml -
lent attazhg chces.
Sho~'~ way of treating the
psition @3 and Qe2, al-
though by far the most solid
orre, does not put Black under
pn3sm right from the start,
Therefore, kt itis a useful wqmn
only for those who wish to
avoid complications at an early
stage. Zt is outside the spirit of
this bwk ta suggest such a
he, s k it does nut comp1y
with the g e n d dbxtiuns of
ht t i ng the C a m- Km as they
have a t d y been d e d M
abve.
In this part of the h k , I
wish to take a clase look at
various general situations
White may encounter in p c
ti-. Here I have taken some
h i e s with the diagram irl
order to add more emphi s to
pawn structures and their
~ f a r ma t i o ~ s .
In our fa diagram, Black
has chosen to attack the base
of White's chain by ... o&-cS. It
seem that tMs thrust is more
effdve here than In the
k n c h , as the bishop stands
&ively an g6 while r n t e ' s
mntm U s the pruktive
c 2 d . However, qwaml ces
can Ix deptive. White does
not n e s d y have ta I-&-
force $4 with a pwn; a knight
would .$ very strong t k . Ln
addition, Black has spent two
h p i to get his pawn ta 5
andits -one6 jacks the
valuable protection a Id'
bishop muid provide. Not
surprisingly, this invites Wfiib
to attack with D-f4-fS.
kgmn 2 shows the results
of a correct White strategy: the
E~pawn has ackevd the shut-
ting in (wen krn@yI OF the
b k k Mshop, while putting 6
urt$er do us pressure. TIre
pressure can b in& by
moves Eke @-f4 or QFt-h3,
as captures on f5 weaken deci-
sively the dS pawn, B l d s only
c k n m is to strive for oountef
play on the queenside by means
of ... &c4, ... b7-tx5 etc. (see
atso the d o n 'Flank Activity').
It. goes without saying that
an mriy ... cSxa4 favours Whib
since his pi es b r n e active
and the thematic pi wn a d me
R-f&-fS gains in staength.
Now we shall pmmd to
examine pasitions where Black
challenges White's central
supaiority with .., fl-f6. Such a
pasition cafl lx seen in &stgram
3.
3 l d s choice has a two-fold
purpose: to create a moMe
pawn-mass in the ten* and
simultaneously provide a safe
spot for his bishop an 0. Wrn
that square the bishop also
e the newly-cmwl
weakness an e6, albeit at some
cast in mobility.
A typimf stauckm often
arising in practice is the one
pmsent*?d in diagrsun 4,
Black has achievd his aim of
obtaining a pawn m n d e r -
mce in the centre as White
touk back on eS with the d-
pwn. This is, however, kt*
than f4xe5 which deprives
W h ' s pition of its dyna-
rnism and leaves thf? epm
p d d l y isolatd, .,, &c5 not
far away. White should
now huwy ta depl oy his
h g h t ta fJ via d4, preventing
the psitiod threat ... g7-g5.
If he faib to stap it, 3 1 d s
bishop will h out for g d
after tfre f o d V t U T e
&kg6 e.p
Sametimes Black delays
taking on eS, thinkmg that he
has all t k h e in the wurld at
his disposal. This is a risky
strategy and White can take
advantage of it by a timely
capture an f6.
In khe ~ s d t i n g pasitions
Isimilar ta dtagram Sl wte
16 I k in the Advmm Vm'ation
has the btkr pawn famtion
and a potential passed pawn on
the kmgside. Black's epawn is
khvar d, but advancing it
m t e s a hole on f5 for White's
knighk These fwturs in con-
junction with a slight space
advantage g u m& White the
better game.
A doubtful. e mme n t is
when Black combines b t h
pawn breaks, froping to Equid-
ate m t e 0 s mntre a d fmally
ocxupy it, In that rmse, White
sbuJd opt for a g a d liquid-
ation that would make his
cbeIapment Wll. A pasition
like d@mn 6 m m to mind.
played an important r6Ie in tkte
di z a t i on of White's plans.
The mntd wall is falling
a.pr& it only remains to 'be
seen whether Black's exposum
is of f a d dimnsions,
So far we have only lmkd
at positions with Ught-squad
Ws h p s on the Ex*-
ing these bishops seems anti-
positiond far Whh, but it can
't>e justified if Black weakens
his kingside or neg1wt.s Iris
development. After all, Whikts
remaining b i s k is not that
bad' if one mmpres its pres-
ent mobility to its b M m n -
terpart. What white players
should 'be aware OF, is the p-
tentid danger of drifting into
a passive ending, especially if
the position in the wntre s t a b
ilks.
6
Diagraan 7 features such an
ending, with Wf i t ~ having the
inferior bishop and a pc?rmanent
wedmess on d4. W s kind of
endgame might I32 b d f e , but
it is &vious1y not in am's
The new situation without
light-sq- bishops de-
mds a slightly different
approach but basi dl y the
principle is tire same: open up
the pasition when you have the
chance! This m s that White
should avoid amwering ...
with c2-r.3, as that wwId lead
ta a fixed e n t d structure,
identical to the one in the
previraus diagmn. The pawn on
d4 wauld 'tre a constant worry,
while the attack usually Fails
without the king's 'trishop,
Counterattacking by fZ-fbf5
is difficult to achieve sin=
Black can inknsify his cantrol
on R by ... g7-g6 and .., h7-h5
in combination with ... &8-e7.
Tfris is the main differen*
from previous examples, when
Black d d not organize a
s i dw &fence, as the bishop
on g6 was standing in the way.
A typical reaction to ... c6-d
after the exchange of the
light-squad bishops mn be
swn in the following diagram:
the c-pawn. White's queen
stands excellently, pressing
towards the kmgside and at the
same time Mhct I y helping
mntd operations, sirm ...
d5xc4 could be met with dMS.
Also impartant is the pmen-
tive r6Ie of tke pawn on 6,
which s t u p the comlidaing
... m7-bh, In g e n d , White's
position holds good pmspects
for the coming complimtions.
If White i s not p& to
answer ... c6-cS with c2-4 he
should opt for the modest
~~ of aptwing on cS
and playing with his p i e an
the kingside t&gmm 9).
After d4xcS, @4&3 strew-
them both es anant3 f2. The
krught from c3 can be de-
ployed via e2 32 tothe kingside,
with good at t achg chances. A
fmd remark is that the .,. f7-ffh
break hizs h n m d d more
weakening than u s d dm the
exchange of bishops. !h B k k
avoids it unless Wte gets
mmp1ete.y &less.
As wud, e me t i c interests to suffer far a chaw The knight has &mat& ta Here, wr emination of
adwrie of tfre f-pawn has as White. dl in order ta fm the way for various centt-al, motifs comes ta
18 Ideas in the A h a m Vmistion
an end. Evidently, it is difficult
ta cover ail a s , but X think
that the exaxnpIes given are
quih rep~sentative of what
Whik should aim for, and what
he should try to avoid.
Flanfr Activity
S m is, undoubtdy, the most
daubl-edged element in the
game of chess. Mi ke tempi or
materid, rules cannot be made
about its fpiative value and
waythng depends upon the
pMng of the pieces. Thew
f o ~ , the players' AiIity to
evaluate each specific situation
is of p mn wn t importarm.
Regarding the Advance Caro,
them is an i mpor kt axiom
mlat.d to the value of space:
the side with more? s w in the
wnW ean o mt e an either
flank with g r e a ~ ease. This
axiom is mnfmed r e m y
in this variatjon, as most flank
attacks are Xatinched by White
White's kingside expansion is
a standard method of flank
activity md chamckrkes m y
lines af the variation as a
whole. It is ground& on the
f& that B I d s Wshap on fS
provides wte with enough
tempi far i t s ndz.atian, aam$
has the two-fold purpose of
restricting the bishop's mobility
as well as inducing weaknesses
in the opponent's pawn fma-
tian.
Diagram 10 fatms the
starting position of wtEo's
attack. AfW the bold g2-g4,
forcing the re-t ,,, QfSgb,
comes the aggressive folIaw-up
with &l-e2 and M-h4 (18.
In this position, which we!
may consider as a &tap far
this opening, White is poised ta
answer tfre positional shot ...
h7-hS, wich &2-f4, either
winfiing a pawn or ruining the
enemy pwn formation, Besides
this risky attempt, 3I.iidr can
Ch m kwwn:
d ... Wf6, hitting the centre
at the cost of weakening 4;
bj ... cSxd4, enforcing ...
h7-M by diverting the knight's
attention from $4; and
d ... h7-h6, giving up some
space, but avoidmg pitianal
concessions.
We have dr&y w i t r i d
during aur discussion of tend
motifs, that as a rule White
reacts p w y his opp-
nent's plans by advancing tris
f-pwn. Cases td and (c) w e
&y cover& there, while a
brief mnvnent was made on
the negative aswof pssibi-
lity bl.
Evidently, it is impossible to
e w wing 0p"rationS sc3pa-
mkly fmm central affdrs,
es@y when t h q have a
M v e impact on e x h other.
Thus, in the following we skid
concc?nWte an positions with
aystallhd ent r al structures,
such as mn k derivd from
options and (4.
Diagram fa, features the
starting position of a f o r d
5equenaf with White resorting
to tadid measures in order to
prove the W i t y of his sys-
tem.
Hack has just playd -..
h7-h5, hoping to Wfrik''~
wide demonstration into a
d less om. were white
I& jn the Ad- V mi t i ~ n 19
now ta play g4-g5, his atta-k
would be stop* dead in its
h c k s leaving a p e s o me
weakness on fS as its anly
x e c o l l ~o n . However, tke
newly establishc?d Iutight on d4
allows Whkk a strong, dbeit
familiar, advance.
1 f4! hxg4 2 &M* @7 3
fS! Rxh4 4 xfl! exfS S eb
The cornplimtions are &fi-
nitely in White's favour, as is
demanstra& in Game 5, Nagek
Woutms and the extensive
d y d s indud& therein,
Zn the above example, White
had to mly solely on tactics to
avoid falling into aat inferior
position. The disadvantage of
Bl&s idea was that he wn-
the square d4 ta the
white knight with loss of
tc?mpo, thus relaxing the en-
trai pressure and creating a
strong bs e fur White's opera-
tiom. Black may deny White
using this square by a timely ...
c!c4, espsdl y when b t h
sides cipst1.e lox. Then, relax-
ing the mntd ~IVSSW is
more justifid as the resuJ.thg
pawn ph&m points mertacing-
Iy at the white M.
h diagmn 13 Black is r d y
for n massive d t an the
queenside by ... Waf, a d ...
b7-Sb4. White's pawn M y
stands on fs, so &2-f4, inten-
sif4rlng the pressm on &,
e m s appropriate: i t wmdy
results in the pawn redling
fl after Black dfi ces (mr
&1yI bath e- and f-pawns.
Since releasing the h7 bishop
adds yet another weapon to
Black's m ~ u r y , White must
't>e a w e that investing a piece
would r ' a k be necessary if he
wants to stave off the mating
thats, As is custornaty fur
such m s , play b m e s highly
u n b d d ; nwtrtheless the
pawn on fi' might pmve an
i m m t long-term asset Ifw
a &aiId analysis see the
m n r l match g me X m m -
%wan, EEime 10).
If the light-squad bkhops
have k n exchanw, White
obviously lacks a target for an
analogous expansion on the
Icingside. Hawww, the bishops'
absence allows White to
out a di f f e~nt plan with a view
ta gaining SF on the other
wing. Take for instarm the
-of dmgmm 14:
Here the conditions m i del
for Wte ta achieve his aims.
Black has spent too much time
aeathg a stsongpaint on f5,
thus m g l d n g the m & i -
tion of his qumside. Wh h
mn take advantage of this by
playing ,..
l b3!Qd7Zc4&83&d2
Qg6 4cs-i.
as Black is unable during
this s que m to react suwss-
fully by ... M.
finally, an e x q t i a d case,
with White attacking an the
queenside and at1 pieces still on
b a d can IE f md in the
following example:
Black n d s just one t e mp
ta c o ~ l ~ ~ E d a t e his centmi psi-
tion by playing ... &7 d .
White must prevent this, so tfre
energetic i b4! is d i d for,
~ ~ 8 c i n g a pawn ta open lines
against the emmy king. f i s
move has also the additional
&antage of b d n g up
Back's centra3 pawn fmnt,
consquently !k&ng d4 for use
by WhWfxi pi es. All in dl, a
promising attack is in sight,
requiring only a tiny matwid
investment on Whi ~"9 ptpart,
So far, so good: attacking
ideas have formulated the main
part of our discussion. ht as
E$unzo~tsctz pointed out many
years ago, chess is not only
atta$r and defence; it is pre-
vention d prophylaxis as
well, Sometimes, Wte has to
b~ d e s t and think atrout
stopping Black's counterplay
More going an with his own
~b.
A mse where flank activity
has strictly a preventive riile
can k s wn in the following
de-".
While it is clear tigat White's
f u m Ue s on the lungside, he
gaes in far the pmduxicalf a4.
In fact this is not an attadwag
gesture, but a solid way ta take
tfre sting out af ... &-c5 which
w d d now h met strongly by
&+bS. Also, White p-epwes
to exchange, if necessary, his
inferior bishop by b2-b3, $4-
a.
Certainly, Black can dm try
to be active on the quwmide.
We have d& witness& the
case of diagram 13, with Black
launching a dangemus attack
on the white king; however, in
principle queensidle activity
bxkFres if there are no con-
crete targets and freedom of
movement in his interior lines:
I)iagmm 17 features a spa?-
gaining effort on the quwnside.
Black has just played ... b7-%,
W n g he will get away with
it, in view of tke closed nature
of the parition. But in fact,
such reasoning is inmrmX
sirtc~? soom or later .+. c6-cs
has to mu r axBd B l d s dem-
onstration will pmve weaken-
ing and timemnsuming.
The reader might have
n o t i d that there was MY
any mention of White attacks
on the kingside without pawns.
As a matter of fact, this is a
ram bid in tke Advance Varia-
tion aamd b going to k e mx a m
22 :!Idaas in the A d m V&i2un
ld~yrs in the Advanm Variation 23
in& in the " Mmums " sec-
tion.
Strongpolnu -
Rece Exchanges
k w h g stsongpints for one's
minor pieces 1s a common
theme in most semi-pen Take
For example & Schweningen
Variation of the SidQm, where
it is a wtaxnaw idea for Black
to mate an Outpost for his
knight an &, in front of an
isolakd white e p w n Coy ...
&-&3>64.); ta &we this, he
usually con& a correspond-
ingly stmng quare Far Whi t
on dS, In ow case, t ypi d
squares for outposts derive
From the nature of the central
pn formation, and we d4 for
Wte md R for B M .
I t is well knawn that in
French-Eke pawn stnlctures
the square d4 a n b m e a
useful base af upratium for
White's p i e s . According to
Nimwitsch, White should
always k q a firm conk01 on
d4 and e5 so that when Black:
tries ta liquidate his cent&
pawns these squares can be
taken up by pi es, In the
French hybrid of the cam
Ad-, after 3 ...
d?! 4 dxS!, White has emugh
time to cmy out these ideas,
as ts Black: lost a ternpa
without causing any disruption
in his opponent's development.
I)iagmm 18 features the find
pasiti~n of a piwe of arrdysis
by P a c b White h a corn-
plek domination of d4 since
B i d has had to exchange the
dark-squad bishops in order
to recover his gawn. Pachman's
last move t&dI-d41 in&=&
his pf e mnc e far a better
endgame, but also axxptab1e is
tfie Nimzowitsr:&an approach,
with U-U, nl-e!, to be fullawed
by &3-e2-d4. In bath cases,
the superiority of knight vs
bishop is quite evident.
The knight on d4, apart from
i t s bl-ng duties, m sewe
attacking purposes as well. we
have a h d y witnessd tihe case
of diagram 12, where its func-
tion was b suppart the ad-
vrnrtce of White's f-pawn and
simul-sly attack eS, f d -
ly resulting In a d c i a t
breaktfuu,ugh. Dimlac d e
veloprnents are not ta k ex-
pxkd in the next example, but
the knight's Ale is very shUar.
The main chamctmktic of
this pasition is the inclusion of
the move ... h7-hb in Mack's
defensive set-up. Ttris k s p k s
white to attack 4th~ by push-
ing his pawn to fS, or by g P
g5-gfj5 exploiting the weakend
light-sqm complex on
H d s hgsick. Rs knight is
supaemely p h d For b t h
plans, exerting pressure against
*e ptetltid w&eSs on A. It
should be noted here that,
despib the absence of the
light-sq- bishops, Whib0s
pawn advanes are justifiable as
Black m t build the well-
known defensive formation
with pawns an g6 and hS.
As has b d y k n men-
tioned, Black's &tiand out-
post, in the enter is the quare
6. Ocnlption of this square
by a Mght presupposes an
s l y exchange of the light-
q u a d bishops. Black usually
strengthens the knight's posi-
tion by ... h7-M, a trpical mse
shown in dagmn 20:
Hack has aamrnpiishecf his
plan, albeit at the cost of a
mnsi ddl e amount of time,
The knight stands hut i f ul l y
on fS, but if White manages ta
exchange it, the didvantages
hvotved in ... h7-hS will became
apparent, A thematic continua-
tion would 'ix 1 Qe2 @? 2
a93 g6 3 &fS gxfs 4 &S
Qe7 S h4! inflicting some
pmanent changes an the
ckactm of the game:
Black's outpost on fS has
d i s q ~ d , in return fur tfne
opening of the g-file. However,
White's contxal of gS nultifies
B l d s attacking chances, so
what counts in the long run is
the weakness an h5 as well as
the irmxurity OF the black king.
To take advantage? af these
fxmrs, Whitr! s h d d try ta
own up the game on the
queenside as quickly as poss-
ible,
The Caro Admm is a dy-
24 Ideas in cfre Advanm Variation
mi c owning, but M y an
antipsitiond one. Nat m l y ,
Wlrite &as a pawn at, m
early stage far concrete posi-
tional gains.
The failawing example is
quite ckackmktic: after the
moves 1 e4 c6 2 d4 dS 3 eS
lSlf5 4 Qc3 S ad3 Qxd3
6 &xd3 e6 7 Qge2 &7 3
O-O&d79ptrEaQXO$&h3&5
11 aS &d8 12 Qdt c5 13 c4
dxc4 I 4 dS @h4 15 dxe6
fmb 16 g$c3 Qd4 17 Qxd4
@xd4 18 @h3 @xeS 19 &3
fie7 20 &c4 @d5 21 b3 we
have reachd the pasition in
d i a p m 22 texkmive analysis
of this sp3cifrc s que na is
p ~ d d in Garne 15, Kotronias-
Tukmakov.
White is a pawn down, but
his knight is ideally piaced on
c4, eyeing the weak dark
squares an Black's queenside.
Black's b- and c-pawns are
p d d I y isolated and his
epawn herndkbl y weak,
Although it cannot IE claimed
with any cwhinty that White
enjoys an advantage here, it is
obvious that the burden of
proof lies an B i d s side.
A difficult problem one hits
to soiw &ling ova the kxwd
play is the question of ex-
changes. The main reasan for
this is that tfxe relative value aF
each minor piwe is sensitive, in
view of the rnrnp1iated and
mnstantly transfarming pawn
structures. Mastering this
subject requires the ddwelap-
mmt of one's intuition, togeth-
er with knowidge of same
typical w s .
Al Ex&- of
&ht-Squad Hs h w
&fming to this exchange has
s d y b m e a mutine, but
the w f u l reader must have
not i d the -on Far such an
attitude: exchanging one's awn
good isiskop is "gainst tfie
principles af dassical theory,
so i t is of major importance to
explain haw this is is& by
otha factors. A most +ht-
ening caw DCCRU'S as early as
the fourth move {see d i m
23).
%e n o d continuation fur
a& would k 4 ... 6, de-
24
d n g a deep knowledge of
w
h e cornpliatians arising after
5 g 4 M b &&d 7 h4. How-
WET, if the second player is
r e t . Wt tu en& this lim he
m y hy a semi-waiting move
such as 4 ... $#M or 4 ... Ils.
Then 5 ad3 h m e s feasible,
but only Black was
first *fate a so-dl&
classid rule: 4 ... @A cammits
the q w n toa early, while 4 +..
h5 weakens Black's kingside
without furthering his dewlap-
mmL Under & circumstances
it is not surprising that the
'anti-pasitional' S &I3 shauId
w& as after5 ... Qxd3b@xd3
B i d s only dwetoperl piece is
removed and White's qum is
given m s s to the weakened
s&or. in fact, 4 ... @I% creaks
no weaknesses in the st nt ckmd
sense, but the queen's &sene
from the kingside will pmbbly
make itself f& later on.
Exchqmg the l i g h t s q d
bi~shps is dm justiFtd if
Wte has i n d u d a favour-
abre fAng of Bids kingside
pawns. A relevant mse ap-
pears in the foUowing situation
Idmgmm 241.
White plays 1 ad3 in orda
ta g& rid OF the annoying
bishop on h7. After 1 ,., Zftxd3
2 @xd3 tb position is similar
to cSiagram 19, Black's we&-
xaesses Wing dn&Ie not
u d y in the resulting middle
game, hit in ;m ending as well.
B E h g e of a Strongly
R d Knight
%Is is another mrri ng theme,
as Black quite often esdlisfres
tris knight on fS in arder to halt
Whitds kingside aggression.
White n d 1 y tries to ex-
change it, d i ms 20 and 2f
featuring the starting position
as wdi, as results of such an
e f f d Far man? &tails e the
mxt section.
CI Other E x ~ g e s
Sametimes, Black gives up his
da r k- s gd bishop for a
white taught on 13. Like ib
distant relative from the Wm-
awer, this exchange aims at a
weakening of White's pawn
st nl ct w, hoping to exploit it
at a later stage. Under smc
dmmswms BIaick may sue
d, trut in gemi d the fo&-
d o n of White's centret in
conjuctian with the usual time
advantage he enjoys in the
Ach- Caro, *ws him to
expIait the bishop vs knight
dmt age.
Flnatly, ideas for White to
t d e his Wa x " bishop are not
always out of the question,
dqmm 25 offering a typical
emnple.
White mn play t &a3 (1 QgS
is better, but only Far tactid
masuns - see the analysis of
Kohnias-Qrr, induded in
h e 15) crnrrying out the
strategic pian a l d y out-
h d rfuring the discussbn of
diagmm 16. Exchanging this
'bishop means that he will not
have to worry any m w h u t
drifting in a worse ending,
idhit at fie disadvantage of
wingBlack's ra~unp a littie.
Manoeuvres
The Caro Advance is an opening
variation x w t d for i t s d m-
mism and versatility. There is
no manoeuvring in the W-
tiod sense, as the whole
bd is in m almost pma-
mt state of flw and in al-
most every game we witness a
My- *My fight &wen
the two armies. mus, tg,we are
m concrete pasitjond w e t s
in most of tfie sharp Unes
arising in the Advance Variation
and this exp1ah-i~ the lack of
standard m-ms, cantmy
ta openings such as the Tarr-
asch Defem in the Queen's
Gambit, the Sirrisch Variation
of the Ni e h d m, etc.
TIre only lines where play
takes a mare or less positional
dwactm are those arising after
an d y exchange of the fight-
q u a d bishps. Tkse psi-
tions require a different kind of
approach, since the customary
pawn at wms would now fail ta
impress Black his pasition is
sdficientiy solid ta mwt this
kind of activity by setting up a
sumssfuI blockade an the
light squares, If White under-
estimates this fact he will soon
rmn out of play on the kmgside,
as in the classic game Nimzo-
wia-ianm, New Yo*
1927:
White's m 1 e s dmonstm-
tion has ended up in a complete
stratqic disaster, Black has
not only o o n q ~ the s q m
fi for his Mght but, mure
jmpa-tmtty, Plas tul-nd the
tables as far as king safety is
c o ~ d . After 1 ..* 0-0 2
Qd4 W6 3 EIf2 gfc8, Caps-
bhrm went on to win by pen-
tr*athg though the r f d e (the
w~le game is extensively
d y d later on as Game
with some signf~mnt suggest-
ions abut mhmnceptio~t~ that
have end& for -es re- -
garding i t s opening stages),
Similar &dents are to be
avoided if White understands
the n& of the position for
p i e manoeuwing. Most of
these manOeuVTeS at c M-
lenglng 3 1 d s control of the
f5 sqm, while others are
associated with the idea of
exerting pressure on Black's
b s i d e .
G - ~ w e d e o u r
fmt aequahtance with the
hve-mention& type of
fnan0euw-e. White! re50I-M to
-2-gJ which, as it twns
out, fras a two-fold purpose: to
&la& the r p w n for central
mion and ta undwline the
weaknesses by the
move ,,, h7-kS. This mmoeum
s g d s the start of Black's
diffrcut~m, as dm the n o d
continuation 1 &2 @? 2
Qg3 he has to make a posi-
tional mncession:
In the diagrammed pition,
Black is f a d with the un-
aleasant &emma of either
the wdeni ng of his paw
s t a z t e after 1 ... g6 2 QxfS
gxFS. The fist &ice is clearly
inferior as 1 ... -3 2 fxg3 &7
xuw into 3 h4! w!th a danger-
ous attacking pi t i on far
White. In &at mw the shwt-
comings OF ... h7-M b m e
p r t i d wl y felt, since the g5
point turns into a fearsome
of uprations h White's
hands.
7he lesser evil is 1 .., &.
Afm2QxfSgxfS3&S&e7
4 h4 we reach a pasition that
has b n briefly d i s c u d
d e r diagml n.
White's manoeuwe has paid
off well, as he tias otrtainecl, a
fm grip on the kingside.
Black's only counterplay is
b a d on the fact that the
g d of the g-file has k n
removed and an avenue towards
the white Mrtg l-m h n up&,
but the plan .++ @7-f8-h7
would be too slow to enjuy
realistic chances of s m . In
the meantime White may gene-
. .
opening up the f-fde for wkik
rate play on the queemide, a
Idem in the Ad wm Vmbtion 29
sample line Wng 4 .,. Qf8 S
b4 0 7 IS .., &6 6 g3 f4 7
hS2; 5 ... bs? 6 a4*) 6 axe7
@xe7 7 bS cxb5 (7 ... cS 8
c4*; 7 ... Ed3 8 c4.E) 8 @XIS+
&I7 9 8:fbI with an endgame
advantage due to the w ~ s s
on his.
In same lines we have a
slightly different codgumtion
of White's pi-, the king's
knight standing on e2 inst&
of fJ. Although &I-e2 smns
d ~ d a l , it has the admta-
gwus paint of allowing a
queen transfer ta the kmgside,
plresuably on h3. Fmm that
squaw the queen may help in
evicting the b l d knight from
fS:
With 1 g4 White exploits
the pin an the h-Me, fuming
Mack to admit that mpyi ng
fs was prematurr?. After l ...
&7 2 Qg3 g6 3 Qgs the
position is clearly in White's
favour.
A &sadvan-e entail4 in
&I-& is that it )rind- the
mmmon manoeuvre &+-e2-g3
aiming ta exchange the knight
on fS under favourable c od-
tions, Although them is an-
o t k mute ta do this by &+
dl-e3, it is not always as effi-
cient, the following example
t.rerng the proof:
On 1 &I1 Bl& responds
with f ... cS, nipping in the bud
the desired manoeuvre. White is
fad to go in far wild am-
plimtions with 2 c4 cxd4 3
a d 5 QxeS 4 dx& fxe6 5
Qf4 @f6 6 gel, although his
knight an dl is a passive sper
tator far the time king, How-
WET, note that if White's b-
pawn were still on i t s ori*
square {as in diagmm 8) he
would enjoy a winning advan-
tage in view of the extra pad-
bility @Wb3.
The type of game featured in
the last few dagmns bears a
close3 resemblanm to pasitions
from the French. b this m-
pet, a knight an e2 might
prove wnvenientiy p l d , as it
suits white's plan to apply
kingsicle pr essw with the aid
of his mv*. %e queen an h3
proves a usefd &ator OF
the play, supporting the
mht s ' manoems in Wml
fashion:
White starts with 1 $f4,
hying with the idflas &&hS
and &4x&. B i d would Eke
to neutralize White's idtiative
by phying t ... Qg6, but this is
at of the question in view of
the simple 2 m, winning
material, Also bad is 1 .,. cS 2
&S ad, 3 &A which medy
helps ta underline! the powerful
file ooF the wen on h3. There-
faxr?, 1 ... af5 is d l 4 for,
although it dws not d y
s k off Wtrik0's grip on the
pi ti on; aftm 2 &e2 White
oomp1etes his mwuvr c ? in w
effrdent way, prepay.ing to
m t 2 ,.. cS with 3 c4, opening
up the game for his own kne-
fit.
The lack of typiml manu-
wms in the m-
plic;dtlwns resdting after 3 ...
Q f S 4 & 3 e 6 S g 4 h a l d y
heen rnenti~nd. An instructive
@ex of naanwuvring is the
~~nsolidating knight tour from
d@mm 4, but this is an iso-
XaM mse depadmg upan the
pxuharities of a s w c situa-
tion. A mre instance of a motif
applying in different fines
involves marlwuing with t)re
king's rook dong the thirtf
calk.
Consider the following ase:
Ttris position has b n d-
edafterl e4cbZd4d5 3eS
&f5 4 & 3 e6 S g4&6 6
&e2 c5 7 h4 fiS 8 a 4 Qh7
9 QxhS cxd4 10 @xd4 &6
11 &bS Qge7 I2 Qh6 a6 $3
Qxd* Qxcb 14 @f4 &8 IS
0-0-0 @a5 (far a romprehen-
sive roverage of the i n d u e
tory moves consult Game 6,
van dm- Wiel-I&&), BI&
a strang attazk in view of
the open c-file and the activity
OF his pieces, but Wk is not
withaut msuwms: with 16
g3! the king's rook is b mg h t
efficiently into the p e t not
only supporting fris v u M1 e
queenside but also p e g to
add pressw an f7 by m3-FJ.
Similar rwk manoeuvres aan
IE encounted in ... f7-f6 hes,
as well as in the rxlirin 6 ,.. S
line, resulting after ti ... c5 7 h4
ah7 If @d2 -0 f2 0-Q-O
hb 8 Q&3 &$I%ek, The main c4 $3 &4 @a6 14 fxeb Qb4
p q m e of such a m i x ? u w in I S exf7, and now 15 ...
thew ases is defensive, a -+? 16 &a2 &xa2 17 2
The 4 ... e6 5 g4 gg6 6 QgeZ Variation
chmctwistic exampXe h g @c3 fie4 18 fxg8& Bxg8 19
the foUowing ow* 0.3: Eh3 aS would have reach&
the diagram.
Black has sacrificed a piece
for what seems ta Ix a virulent
attack, but the m k on frJ
proves its defexpsive value.
A ~ W ban
22 Exa3 White repulses dtll
h t s , entering an easily won
ending.
At this point Chapter i of
this b o k mines to an end. but
fn the past few years the Ad-
vance Variation against tRe
car0 has ben =n mom and
mom often at tap level chess.
EMS X m Short, Anand
and Nunn have treen its main
adherents. Their results have?
k n mix&, but on the whale, 'f
%s position mdd have it should be wdI dg& think, white has satisfactory
arisen in the game lhx&Flavi, Mare proceedirtg further: the play.
India 15%. Platy had kgun 1 e4 ideas presented fiere are -- The system c-d by
&Zd4dS3eSQf 54&3~5 t i d f ~ a p r o p e r u n d ~ d i ~ the move 4 &3 has m n d y
5 g4 &b 6 Qge2 c5 7 h4 116
of tfae opening lines suggestd
f den out of favour. HOWWET,
8 &e3 @I% 9 f4 && 10 f5 in the rest of the b k . a d&e in poputilitty is not
dmys the mdt of any f d t
of the opening: in this jmticu-
lar case the new plan with
am, pf1d has scared well
in m e , and c o ~ u e n ~ y
the attention of most A h c e
devotees hins k n drawn away
from the 'old' h e , 'l blieve that
such a tendency is XBot justifid
in temns af obj dve thinking,
Ihe variations starting with 4
Q3 are extremely rich in pos-
&hties and definitely comtt-
tute the s-st m e w
avaW1e in White's mwd.
Bl& has ta be su@b p r e
pwdi nordf ?rt oweat hmt he
starm at the early stags, but
wen that aul d prove insuff-
cient against someone who has
delved deqm into the intsica-
ties of the pitian.
Game 1
V ~ & u v - muvaev
LEsR1981
i e4 cb
2 d4 d5
3 es &fS
4 4 3 3 e6
g4
With 5 g4 White declares his
intentiam for a cornpUc~t&d
fighk he plans a development
of his knight to dl., followed by
a massive a c h m of his king-
side pawns, Ttre pint of such a
strategy lies in the insfxwe
p i t h of Bi&s bishop
which White s h d d exploit by
either fuming Blade to acrtept a
w&ws in hls pwn s t r u a
or by gairting enough time to
build a sp~tce advantage.
5 *- &!b
6 &eZ (33)
6 ... @47!
Ttre mast usual mntinua-
tions 6 ... fh and 6 ... cS are
iuustrabd extensively in sub-
sequent games, Other moves
have fdd to b h g Black joy:
a) 6 .*. @k4?! 7 QeJ! (sac-
rificing the pawn as on 7 ...
&g4?!, 8 g d2 to 'be foIlowecl.
by 9 0-0-0 gives excellent
compensation; worse is 7 Qf4
&6 8 h3 Qb4 9 &I2 &I7 10
&z ax&+ 11 *d2 * 7 sts
played in van dw W i d - T I ,
Ehmels SWIFT blitz 1887) 7 ...
Qhb 8 Qxhb! gxh6 9 &3
fie7 10 f4 f6 11 Qg2 and
Black's position is riddied with
wdmesses, Blumenfeid-Kas-
parim, USSR 1931.
b) 6 .,, &e7!? is analysed
extensively in Game 2, Mna-
sian-ma.
cl Finally, 6 ... h6 7 h4 cS
poses to6 ... &.
7 b4
Interesting, but pmbbly
inferior to the text is 7 a3!?,
despite White's sumss in the
game dos SantosWdlam,
Chmpuava IW, which contin-
ued 7 ,,, ax& 8 axcJ hS 9 h4
hxg4 10e g 4 &7 11 h5 m7 12
17&d5 QxeS 18 @xfS exf'S 19
b ~ 7 &a zommwi n ~ C I +
@l722E&@e623Qg5 f6 24
Eel+ $&7 2' &7+ $&8 26 &f4
&f2 27 Ew7 &d 3 28 Q$2
&hS 29 Exg7+ @18 30 &3
af 4 3i Bxb7 aB 32 @fl @dS33
&a5 Ed3 34 m7f4 35 Qd8 F3
36 W6.t Qxf6 37 &f6 Dl+ 38
@a2 m3 39 dS @g8 4 0 @6+
f$hs 41 3 6 CS$gB 42 Ed8
43j?&f3&fJ44&f3&dS45
Ef6 a.5 a gb3 47 @5!
4. 8 &6 W?? 03kick could
have dram with 48 ... a41 and
White won on move 63. Despite
the find ~ s u l t , it is clew that 7
h4 is a much safer maw than 7
d. With the latter, White
adopt& a risky s t r a w invol-
ving m y pawn weaknesses
and Black's play d d d y
te impmvd upan.
Another move that has k n
essayed by White in this psi-
tjon is 7 Qf4, but it dms not
seem to b? prtiularly danger-
ous. llhe game Djurhuus-
m, Stavmger 1989, conti-
n&7...&78h4h69h5Qe4
f3 Qh7 11 Qd3 &7 12 Qd2
t&7 13 Qxh7 D h 7 14 &e
2p&+ lS$&xcE d 16 c3 -0
$7 @3 with an qml
w e .
7 ... fie4
8 gfx3 hS?!
A dubious expsimerit. Ac-
cording to Vasiukov, Black
sfioukd Have been content with
the modest 8 ... hlr. 'tn the next
few moves Wte takes dvm-
tage of Back's adventurous
play in simple and powerful
fashion.
9 &3! (3)
9 ... cs
In the game JXePE-=,
Di m1989, Black v &d with
9 ... hxg4 lo @xg4 437, get-
ting a good position after H
Qhs? @d7! and the game
ending as a draw after 12 Qd3
Qxd3 13 m3QfS 14 f%gS &7
Ism g6 16@6+&7 ti' 0-0-0
&I7 18@f4 Qxf b I9 exfb ad6
m@g4~& n ~3 rn 22 W.
Yet 'l find it hard to &Ewe 9 ...
k g 4 is g d , as Wttik m y
e6 S g4&5 S&& Variation 33
continue t md of 11&S?) 11
&e4 dxe4 12 w e 4 U S (what
else?) 13 &S! and Black is in
dire st dt s. For example, after
13 ... wd42 thrt?re fallows I4
e d 4 &d4 13 O4- 0, while I3
... ae7 also fds after I4 Ef0-0
QxgS IS kg 5 m3 16 Qh3
@xgS+ 17 f4.
10 QgS f6
&actidly fd; if 10 ...
$$M 11a3! and now:
d 11 ... Qxc3+ 12 bxc3 hxg4 13
&e4! gxh3 14 @6+ @8 IS
mt*; ar
bl it ... k g 4 I2 ab4! gxh3 13
dx&*, aomrding to Day.
11 Ifld2 Qxc3
22 bxc3 Qc6
13 exf6 gxfb
14 Qxe4 h e 4
rs *z rw
White's supdority is evid-
ent. He has two f ~ m g h g
bishops and B I d s mntd
pawn famation is loose. E +..
fS 15 g>6S exfS 16 %4! is very
unpleasant for Black, so he has
no choice but to d i m his
front epawn.
1s ... w7
Variation
16 we 4 0-a-o
Vasiukov adds a question
h to this move and prop-
oses instead 16 ,.. hxg4 17
@g 6 + @f 7 1 8 @x g 4 MW~ a
Wtm try. Haw- I m o t
see how Black defends after 19
&P f~ 20 *2 gd m Ee3 ~4
22 WH. Xn fact, the ugly 18 ...
fS might be the sale &an= of
hof* on
17 gS!
From mw an whit& game
plays itsoIf, as B l d has no
real c o u n ~ l a y on either
fa&,
17 ... -7
In a bad pasition every move
is 'bad and th same applies
k, as an 17 ,., R WhitPs
q l y 18 @d3! (preparing to
meet 18 ,,, b e 7 with $9 @c4)
Xwves no doubts b u t the
fmd outcome. Black mn M y
apen up the position with 18 ...
a d 4 or 18 ... eS, since in both
cases his knights would be no
match for the powerful white
bishops.
18 gxf6 @f S
19 Ed3 cxd4
20 a d4 xhg8
21 &S
0 4
22 Ed2 @I38
23 rnf w
24 c4
Repdig ta dallblc d s on
the bEne . N d l y one would
sarsifiice material to &we
such a position, but here White
is two pawns up!
24 .,. w
2s cs
26 Edb2 @a8
27 f7 t h f 7
28 Qxd8 ExdB
29 Exb7 @fb
On 29 ... &xb7 there fal1ows
30 Bb 7 &b7 31 @x& &d4 32
Qa6+W 33k37, mating quick-
b.
3a ~3 1-0
Black d g n d as he mntlot
meet the threat of mate start-
ing with 31 &7+.
Game2
Mh&ern - Mtles
Mascow GMA 1989
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 eS &fS 4
Qc3 e6Sg4Qg6bQgeZ
6 ... fifl
This is Miles' pet line, with
which he Iaas suffered a num-
b of Iwerms. Black wmts to
prevent M-h4 even at the cast
of imped!ng the development
of his kq's knight; in fact,
Black h o p that he wiIX be
able to exploit the weak side of
G g4 by ... h7-hS, after which
hisknightmnlxdeployc?dt~
f5 via M*
7 &e3
Besides the game continua-
tion, the foIlowing aptlons we
possible fax* White
d 7 Qf 4 c S8 d x c Sd 4 9
ax& h e 40 &4 P.xc5 11
&cS @d5 12 Qxb7 13
(338 with an Undear
position in Nu n n - CUw,
W~eskden f WL
b ) 7 &2 @7 8 O- Qh S 9
4Y4
4 to QXg6 fxg6 ll
#&g4Qf812GpZah60P~
~ j 4 l 3 & 3 f S & b l d 16 c4
@4 47 h3 @xg4 18hxg4 gSV 14
f4 gxf4 m&f4&7 2 4 9 5
@22U4&5 2 3 Ef 3 W 24
@3#1725cxd5cxdS 26&4
~4 n ~4 gd 28 ~ f i ECI+
29@1&53Q&g2B7 3 I$bS
*7 32 ad3m 33 Ed++ Bc2+
3 4 p x d t w SWW7 36 IW
37 Qbi B 4 38 @3 m3+
3 9 ~ 4 a 7 4 0 ~ a d 8 41%~
@18 42 Qh5 &7 43
B8 44
g4 w 4.5 *g7 m4 4.6 gs
m4 47 g6 QxeS 4B Ec7+
49 mb7 Ed2 SO @A+ &7' Sf
s"74@l6 52 ah6 Qxg6 9
-&a2 54Q& e5 55eS
&2+56@FSm+S7@g4 e4 58
gd7+ &6 S9 m8 @zS 60 Qc4
&Z+ and $4 in van der W~el-
Miles, Ter Ape1 1'687.
Mufin's 7 af 4 is l ogi d and
dew1.y more testing than 7
QgZ but an's move looks
nwre f'db1e than b t h these
dtematives,
C) 7 &h3!? (a suggestion
from &author; the i deabe
h i d this weird-1ookhg move
being to support the advance
f2-fPf3 7 ,,. h5 (critical but
&ky; however after 7 ... $S!b4 8
&3 planning &?-a3 and 0-0
T4kit.e kwps a slight dvantage,
while 7 ... &I7 8 f4 Qb4 (or 8 ...
&4 9 &3 h &n i n g f4-45) 9
0-0 @h4 10@g2 h5?! I1 g5! &7
12 &3 leaves the bMz q u m
hphnecf in enmy territolyl
8 Qf4 -4 9 Q,xg4! ah7 to
... Qf ? 10Qxf5 ed5 fl A*) 10
&A!? (10 &I!? is also inter-
esting) 10 .,. fxeb if axe6
Iglb4 I2 BhS*! g6 13 &h3 (371
White's a t k k Is mwe than
enough campsation for the
missing pi=. %do=, re-
searchers should turn their
attention ta the continuation If
... &h4!? 12 &I!, the mnsequen-
e s of which are unclear.
7 ... @7
8 $%I2 IS
9 Qf4 hxg4
I0 -6 fxg6
11 ad3
Anather option h a is 11h3
Qf 8 l a a - o - Ow1 3 db5 1 4
&2@xd2+ 15- a5 16 &I
@f7 17433m4 18Qg206' 19
W4Bg420Qfim4 3M4
Qxh4 22 Bf Qe7 23 @2 tafS 24
Qg4 b4 25 a4 &i7 a6 Ecf from
KEimsky-mes, New Ymk 1989,
where White had g o d corn-
pm~t i on for the pawn but
probably not more than that,
despite the f d aut oom % ...
~827&7b328~4&MBc xdS
cxds 30 gc7
31 gjb7 &a4
32 &xFS gxfS 33 QgS Ee8 34
Qd.2 Ed 35 QxaS gS XI Qb4
get337 &d6 @f8 38 &Id Qxd6
39 ex& Ed8 4.0 m4 &d32 41
&b2 && 42 m8+ @e7 43
&S g4 44 &7* @f6 45 &8
Ea5 46 &5 &4 47 &6+ @?e7
48 &3 f4+ 49 @I3 Ed+ 5Q
Ea4 51 g3 52 fxg3
fxg3 53 @3 Ea3+ , %@z2 &3
5S@fIW8 56@2m4 57&4
and 2- 0.
il ...
488
Black's idea bxumes "ppa-
rent: this knight will defend
the weak pawns, enabling the
mt of his pieces ta take! up
imparkant posts on the king-
side fptincipily the other
Mght 0. fS). Since the fight
usually rev01ves wourmd the
mutual wdnesses existing
there, a s u ~ s f d bf-e by
Black wodd autarnatically
grant him siwmnt winning
chances. HOWWW, it is impas-
sible to achieve the aims if
Wte plays energetidly.
12 0-0-0
Interesting is 12 @2!?
which deprives Black of the
option given in the next nuk.
Although this I& Black d e
vehp his knight ta h6 without
the pm1iminay ... m8-h4, this
might not lw significant after
12 ... Qh6 I3 &UO &fS 14 c4!?
when it's nut clear how Black
mn profit from the omission of
the rmk move.
I2 .*.
Eh4
12 .., 0 6 1 would h met by
13 ndg1 or 13 h3, with a dm H tw o6
advantage for White in both
20 w
gxh3 139)
cases, far example, after 13 h3,
ZapoIskis - Fd z i k , C h h
1 9 2 cantjnued 13 ... gxh3 14
Bxh3 &8 15 Qxh6 gxhS fb &1
&f717&h6&&f8@F4@7 19
tf Zqmlskis).
Hawe?vw, in preparing +,.
&&h6, Miles misses a c h w
ta prT!vent the knight mafia-
cum that follows. Acmrdiry!
to Ddchaian, i t was poxsible to
pIay 12 ... @as!? 13 &dgl &4!
with an unclear position, ai-
though even here Zapalskis' 13
@e2 casts doubt on this ass
essmnt, e.g. 13 ... m4 14 f3!
gxF3 15 w m 16 QP&S+
17 a1B 4 18@g2 @d8 19 Qd?
&4 20 $%3 Qe7 2 h3 &S 22
23&f5*, Ur 13 ... Qb4
14 Qd2 intending i?&,
13 &2!f a 6
14 c4 cafsz
Another DoIrhaian sugges-
tion here is 14 .., @d7 15 cxdS
cxd5 fh QgS I16 m!?) 16 ...
QxgS 17 @xgS &37 18 Qx@+
@7. After Miles' emor, Wte
is winning.
I S 4y4 @f7
16 @bl Qd7
17 a d 5 cxdS
rs &Z EhS
It is evident that Black's
mps have b m disorgan-
i z d in the last few moves. The
fact that he has to play such
moves as 16 ... &7 and 18 ,..
m8 speaks fluently h u t the
failure of his strategy.
ai Q,xgtr*f?~g6
22 @4+
23 @hS* -8
24 &eb @e8?
A better defensive try was
24 *.. Bb6. B W s congested
p b x m t provide their king
with real pmb3Aion
25 gc3gtr +- &fa
25 mh3 Qf7
27 $$fS Ec8
28 gxh8* Qxh8
29 &g7 Q x 7
30 Qhb ad*
31 e c f . 1-0
Eaane 3
Kotranlas - Sax
B q p s - Elenite 1992
This is the main alternative
to the most usual continuation
6 ... d. 3lack pvi des his
bishop with a retreat square on
fl while hitting White's tend
Pawn w e e .
7 h4
7Qf 4ws uppas e d t abe
the main line but my r e s m ~ h
indicates that it's probably
worse than 7 h4. Known to
thmy is 7 ... Qf7 8 @e2!?,
f m Xmm-Anand, Amster-
$sun 1932, which gave White an
d g e afkr 8 ... fxeS 9 &xe5 &7
10 &z2 &e? il &I3 Qg6 12 h4!
Ithe positbn is much better for
Mi t e, m d n g to Ttmd t2
... Qxd3 I3 &d3 eS 14 Qg5 &U
fi 0-0-0 Qd6 16 dxe5 TI
considmx this secortd-ratpI
suggesting tE, @g3!) 16 ... b e 5
l7 Be2 @f3! 18&xf3 t?! by Xm-
man, who offers instead 18
*I!? &xi11 19 BdS! &?!-.I 18
,+. QxB I9 fie3 @6 20 &4 I?!
again by Xmman) 20 .., PeS 23
&5 axgs 22 kxgs Qxg4 23
Q$3 gb (now Black ought ta
wid 24 gdel CW 25 &5 Be8
%&4l %27&g4bxd28d
EM? (the immediate 28 ...
S-c4 would have given Black a
dear advantage) 29 @2 c4 30
Qxc4 dxc4 31 @e4 32 Exes
m+ 33 me2 Be2+ 34 @.e2
~ 3 5 &2 @7 3 6 &4 Xc S3 7
33 37re 4 ,., e6 5g4& 6&+2 Variation
@E @M 38 Ee5* 39 m4 f-ry play, e. g. 12 g5 &7 13
Re2 40 &xc4 Bb 2 41 a4 @f5 42 Ah3 d 14 ad2a6 and Wte is
&I ar#t 52-42. &ng out of steam*
The mason I did nut h s e 7 *.. fxeSH
this line against Sax is that This is kh- than the im-
Black m respond with 7 ,., mediate 7 .., a?, The garne
fxeSt and now: Stam-Slavav, M@an Ch
d 8 b e 6 @e7 9 axf8 ~ ~ M k ) 1m,saw an inter-
exd+ D Q22 dxc3 11 Qxg6 esting tactid struggle after 8
hxg6(11 ... nR721!12&*2 hxg6 f4 h.5 9 f5Qfl t o e 4 ExeS 11
13 @ti4 Id ta an initiative for dx& b e 5 I2 fxeb Qg6 13&g6
Wte in Efmov-Vdovin, USSR
M I 4 gxhS &S l.5 @e2 @f6
1980) 22 W3 43%I3 %d Qkd7 16Qg2 Q.4 (M?
14 &3 &4 was under in
NuR~-Ademson, Inndon 198Z 40
b18&gbhxgS9dxeS&i7 W
10Qf4 QcS 11 Qd3 &7 E &3
*7 13 &i4 as 14 &d2 bS?! (14
.. . Qb4! IS c3 x3 16 ~ b 4 axM! 17
c&3 bxc3 18 @xd &4T van
dm W1eU I S '&c5 &cT; 16 %S
mb17 &3 &&+ 18a d 3 S 19
&I Ed 20 0-0 and 42+ in
Sax-K-, Tdburg 1489;
c18 dx& Qf l 9 @2 (9 h4 17&& ad5 18 Qxd5 &4+
&3 7 1 U&i 3 h S t l Qg S ~ 1 2 1 9 d ~ c J + 2 0 b x c 3 @~ &2 I
Qd2 @c7 is also uncleary Knley- @XI &7 22 Qxc4 0-0j. ia rare
W&m, England $9801 9 ,., instance of castling short with
&47! kbky is 9 ,.. cS 10@AS! chek!) 2J &2 24 Qg5
ex& fl e6 Qg6 22 &g6 hxg6 13 &c4 25 &I &4+ 26 @xg4
m, Fdxl-Carpati, corn, 1983, @b2+ 27 @h3 $$d+ 28 @g2
with White obtaining a strong @x&+ 29 $313 @W+ 3Q @g2
initiative for the & f i d @W+ 31 @h3 @&+ and %+.
material) 10 h4 @c7 11 &i3 h5! White was probably ktts in
(the &st, s i ne after fi ... cS f2 the complidions, but m
&a!? @d 13 @f4 0-0-0 I13 theless the move 8 hS ought b
... &7 14&2 Qxd5 I5 &xdS be p r e f d as it seams an
% 1.4: m3! is 6 advantage ~ i ~ ~ f t any w-
axe6Cl5 ... Be8 15 Be31 16&eS cular risks. The game Marjan--
17 &eb Ed3 18 d4 avt&SIremErris, Rtmrwo Z 1987
19 .9& White kwps a slight continu& 8 ... Pf7 9 e f i ! (less
edge1 gaining per Fdy satis convincing is 9 f4 &I% 10 m3
~ i l a J c S l Z & 3 4 @5 + 1 3
*7 14 &cS pxC5 15 dxS
@ 16 Qd4 @A3 17 lZeJ a6 18
Qd7 19 @d4 &7 20 exf6
g s 6 21 @a74 Gw Z f W
g@ with an unclear pasition
~~ubusis-Ntkufaidk, Goxk
a (Athem) 11988, d h u g h
w ' s play d d be i mp md ,
, g. uQbs) 9 ..+ gxf6 10f4 *7
a&3&fZQMexf4 13&2
-14@d3&7 f S md
white's pros- are dearly
Mm; Mar j wvi 6 went on to
win after I 5 ... fS 16 gxFS &f6 17
w4 QxhS 18 @g3! &O-O 19
a 4 m8 20 &db e d b 2t
Qf4 me8 Em!.
Td&g waything illto ac-
mt, transping ta the next
dkapta with 7 ,,, CS may he
k t for Black.
8 hS afl
9 dxe5 fie71
This move is out of p l e
h, N d b e7 should be
m e d for the development
of the king's knight, therefore
9 ... &b4f?, played in Wesw
h- Gmszpeter, Capenhagen
m, wms more logid, That
game conthud i0 I$g2 437 I1
f 4 ~ 7 f z Q3 2 * 7 13&f4@b6
14 a3 &a5 IS &A axe6 16 b4
w4 17bxa5 0-0 18 &I me,
kt it is obvious that White's
could Ix improved at
points. The main strat-
WC problem is that White's
%P bites on granite when
h i @ an g2, therefom I
Wm t the dtsnative plan 10
f a437 11a3QaS 12b4!?I$.b6 13
a 4 497 tf3 ... a5 14 &I; 13 - 7 7
Qd4!? is critid but v a y
mmmittal as Black b left with
an a ~ o u s Erishop on f3 14
QD! hh IS &d3 when the brshup
eyes b t h flanks and is d y
to assist various attacking
schemes.
Far 9 ... Qd?, see Eame 4,
Marjmod-pora.
lo Qg2
10 f4 is impossl%le on ae-
ouit of 10 ... Qh4+, but Wkik
&S not mind &doping his
loifiop on g2 now simx 9 ...
Qe?? !ms mtd a lot of traffic
pmblems in Black's amp.
10 ... Q..4?1
Sax's idea Is to continue wikh
... &&M, ... 43b8d7, putting
pressure on both eS and f2.
However, this plan is too ati-
ficid to enjoy any ctaanw of
success.
11 W2!
A sirnpie refutation, The
threEtt of g-S prevents ...
ag8-h6 and forces either II ...
h6 or the bishop's =&eat to e7.
In h t h wses Wfiite has s u r
in rendering B W s plan
impossible.
11 .*.
The bishop rewts empty-
hand&, B l d s Sule gain h g
tkte smgelooking psitian of
White's queen. Afm 11 ..+ hh
White could continue in a way
similar ta the game.
12 W3j.i-
Impving the position of
Y h 4 ... &Sg4&$6QgeZ Variation 41
tfte queen and at the same time
stappixlg . , + 6-5 02 ... d? 13
&&! exd5 14 &I, Wfitte A-
&y enjoys an undisput&
dvanhg~ in view of his 1 4 in
dwe10pment and the Id of
h n y in inladis position.
12 ... 437
13 f3! w
White's last move mded
his intention of following up
with &!-I32 4 0-0-0, thus
ckoumghg B l d from 13 ,..
a% 14 fib2 CS?! which would
m I y w&n dS. &t*,
howeyer, was 13 ... @b6 14
$&g3 0-0-0 (14 .,, d4?? I5 &4
&aS lS?C$.d2*& !6f4'&7 17
Qxd4 only makes things
W Q ~ , as Black would then
have more fighting chances
than in the actual game,
14 Qd2 @c5
rs @4 'tsS (48
16 f4
&t&g in mation the pawn
mass an the kingside. W1 e
to prevent the mphsant
t hat OF f4-fS, 3I& hurries to
pin the knight an d4 in an
effort to minimize i t s mnse
quences.
fb *.a
f7 fS
W6
1s 43x2 0-O-Q
19 b4 &xd4
20 &d4 Re8
2l 0-a-0 &6
22 W!
Nut s ~ s i n g l y , White's
pressure has i r r d at a very
fast pace. 22 @d! creates num-
erous t h t s which mn only Ew?
met by mother fomd move on
BI&s m.
22 ... axes
23 fxe6 Qxe6
24 Qxeb Ex&
25 Pxd5 Ew8?!
SIightry better was 25 .,. Ee7,
although White would still be
winning,
26 gs Qfs
After 26 ... &g4 27 ml!
the bl dc knights would k tied
up defending each other. In
great t i me- hbl e* the Hun-
garian Grandrmsm and twice
Candidate c a d y tries ta
cx?nWize as much as possible;
however, his effwts da not
have tbe desired e f f e in view
of White's darninmt Mshops.
27 af4 @c7
28 &41
Not f-g 28 ... @3* 29
d! with a winning position
for White.
28 .,. m 8
29 Ehfl+- (0
Whik has a dmm position:
bath bishops point menacing1y
at B i d s weakened queenside
3ut tfris is not the way to do
it: thinking that 'evaythmg
wins', White fdtrrrs in his
opponent's time trouble. The
prophyiactic @&I! was
&led fur, with an easily wan
game.
35 ... Re77
Sax is an exmllent time
trouble player, but h m he
fail& to notice my mistake as
augtl his heavy pieces ilrr; also
d e n d y p l d f ~ I y l n g
mn g pressure on the open
ma; in conk&, 3 1 d s qu-
d I-Goks are tied to the de-
Fen= of their avdr y , passively
awaiting an inwitable lass of
mamid.
29 ... m61?
TrVing to complicate tkte
hueUe 29 ... g6 is not Wter in
view of 30 QhZ! IDorFrnd, anrf
white has c p c q ~ e m
possibaty of mt i ng a dm-
gerous passed pawn on the
kingside after Qe4xfS.
30 ad31 &c4
Despair, but Black had to
lose something anyway.
31 Qxc4 Exf4
32 Rxf4 &c4
33 nxc4
c a mg rid of the annoying
knight is the safest way to
victory. Bids kmg is suFfi-
dentIy e x p o d ta sum& to
the cornbind attack of Whibe's
forces.
33 ... bxc4
34 *c4 a37
35 Efl?
he had no more tiIan ten seer-
onds left. After 35 .. . @&! 36
ma ge? (the move I com-
pletely ovslooked; I thought
% .+. @B was fad when 37
+&f4 is an easy win for White)
37 be?+ @xe? 38 $@4 White is
better but nut cl.ear1.y winning
in the ensuing queen ending.
36 BfS!
White dmsn't have ta be
asked twice, SwitcIxing the rook
onto the fifth mk was rather
imperative on m u n t of the
irfeas mentioned in the p & w
note.
36 ... t!W
37 @b2 as?
38 Ed
And 3Ids flag fell in this
position, 37 ... a6? was a dread-
ful timcsp~ssure exror but
Bladis game was M y b e
yond repair at that point.
1-0
An important position for
taxe whofe variation. Black has a
pawn pqmndemne In khe
an-, White on the kingside.
This normally mdts in a lively
struggle with c h ms for b k h
sides.
10 *-. 185w
Tunman gives the move 10 ...
@l%m!!llhismtesinIdw
mtw 43 iind *wan agRs
with him in fris m t survey
b k on the Caro Advance. The
alternatives arr! inkresting, but
pmwi y infwiur
a) The extravagant 10 -.. g5,
weakening the klngside and
dso lodng time, k thematic in
terms of destroying white's
centsal pawn &in (see van der
W1 e 1 - T . after White's 1it.h
move in the Main Game), but
m o ~ than Black's pasition mn
W e at this moment when
dweloprnent is far from corn-
pleb. It is mentioned here only
W it id ta a kut l f ul
variation m 4 ...
game in GaEi s-Mahpul as,
Gmek Ch (XildciastrQl 1%S,
where some typid dangers for
Black l xame blatantly &viow,
and a h it shows how
d&Whiternust&ina*to
take advantage of such mi*
takes in a t y p i d sfrrup position
arising from the mdrn b e af
the Admrm Variation: 11 lucg6
Q*Q&34&f713W(pre-
pi ng 0-0-Q and eyeing Il?;
even stronger was 13 &3
threatening &5, but then the
following bd&mcy would have
never seen the light of day) 13
... cS 14 @3 c4 1s @e2 @I% 16
Qd2 @xb2 Ipctically fo&
bemuse of white's plan W O
folIuwed by fGfS, while $6 ...
d4 17Qxd4 @xd4 18 Qe3 lases
right away) 17 ml @x& 18&d4
&6 19 &b7! 20 f5 exfS
C&l
&& a pow&& attack, e.g. 22
I*. o-0-0 ZJ *c4+ Qcs lamus-
mnpL.23...W24WW25
&Tit) 24 o61 -4 25 ef4!
e r d n g both ah3 artd m3 -
d y s i s by W s ) 22 @d5!
#- the r*ylW of the
&, since 22 ... 04-0 is fax-
I.& by 23 Rc7+ and mate in
wo more moves) 22 ... &b7 23
@a&! (as usual, it would be
wrong to r&COYeT materid in
h e midst of the at- d k r
P &7+ @f7 24 &d the
imhce d l eventually tip an
the wrung side) 27 ... m7(23 ...
$&7 24 &S+ $&7 2S Qd* is
Mhg ) 24 gxf S @g3+ tmt 24 ...
#~f5ZS&J@b1+ %i@2@%hl
n m++ and mat*? SWI
foHows~ 25 @if Qd6 26 B 3
wd h g mom fuel ta the fmj
aS ... @e5 27 @xc4
28 Ee3
Wtina the black &rig to the
&Me) "$$%I+ B @2 -&8 30
&&? Qxf8 (Black has an un-
pisasant choice in severe time
trouble: 30 ... m331@h e &7
32 &e7 or 30 ... &f8 31 Q h 3
32 ~Q.53 are not much
btter) 31 Qh3+ W6 32 W+
gH7 33@c8+!@x& 34 Be%.
b) 10 ,.. QcS ll Qd4 @M
B k k &d with ll ... 0 6 in
the game kuw-GroszpeW,
Zl e6! Iopning more h w and
Ka& 1992. MW 12 ad w
b t e n i n g b t h 22 Qxd5 and
f;3Qa4&&+ 14 c3&7
3 %c4) n ... && (the m--t
ilk? 16 ~j d? gs! ~ro~zpem gat
@Y ta 2l ... Qxb7 is nat 22
a g a d psitian; Instead of 16
ex!?+ Efgxf7 when Black: bgms a Q,@?, 16 Qd3! wzts M~W,
C Q U ~ ~ Z P ~ ~ & ~ C with the threat w h it is far fmm
.++ ge8, but instead 22 &dS! whether Black has dd
&,5g4&56&2 Variation 43
mythg pi ti w with tile
&xi d development of Ris
knight OII h ~ . n e p e en^
17 0-0 &8 18 fS exf5 19 &fS
B W S Q ~ n ~ 4 p ~ ~
22 gxfS g4 23 Qg2
24
QxeS &eS 25 #fl W+ 26 $%!
@xD+ 27@xfZ&5mdCtf) I2
&4 @aS 13 c3 &~ d 4 14
@xd4 c5 15 @dl& Van der
W~el-Messa, Eraz I-. Wtrite is
d y to answer 1s .+. b5? with
16 Qxc~! &cS 17 b4; if B k k
avoids this, he simply prepares
b2-M, f e i ng the 0 4 F m its
entangiexnent,
C) 10... cS!? 11fS! &eS I2
43f4 (12 fxd!?) 12 ... exfS 13
@eZ ad6 14 Qfxd5; @aS! (The
best move. After 14 ... @6 1s
Qgs white p p s ms*
tang with a pleaant attacking
@tian. But now B W s Wng
will dso fmd shelter on the
queenside) 1s Bf4 04-0
16 0-0-0 ax& 17 (51
(If 17 w? there follows 17 .,,
&EN! 18 4 3 Qxf4+ 19 &2
Qf6R
44 &4 ... e65g4degS 6- VmatTWon
&6 there follows 19 gS! with I6 ... gS! haw this thrust is well
more tlm emugh cornpxlsa- timed, cor npad with the game
tion for the exchange, e. g, 19 .., C;azisMakropoulos mi0114
h6 XI @e5+ &!7 2t @eS hxgtj 22 in the m t ~ after Black's tenth
Ed%-; better is 19 ... 20 move) 17 hxgS &xgh 18 &3
@f 2 &7 ~px Cs ~i t ha s m1 g &619O-Q&720a3jg1mn
initiative for Wtrt) 18 QxdS fief d3?! (21 ... 22 fxeS
ne8 19 @c4$ Kotronias- @eST) 22 &3 a4 27 &e4?
Skembrh, Athens t2nd mt c h E3 &Z! is undd 23 ... axe4
game1 1987. Afm19 ... fxg4 (19 24 axe4&eS 25 fxe5 &dl+ 2%
. . . a 6 20m3!?; 20&$2&) X) @ d l ~ Z I ~ l & d 2 8 & 5
Qg2 &7 White should have @x& 29 &&7+ e b 7 30 &f3+
. ant hud with 3 c3 I 2l h6!? is W 31 Qa,% @ha5 32 %7 &g3+
aXsa interesting) 3 ... @38 22
and 0-t
obtaining a strong attack 11 *.a 0-0-0
for the d i c e d materid. It is Instead 11.., QcS ~ p s e s
well known that in such mses to line 'W in the note to 3hck's
the presence of opposite tenthmove.
mloured bishaps tends to 12 a3 cs
favour the attackrng side.
13 &3 &7
la Qd4!? 14 M! cxb4
White's treatment of the I S
axb4 &6
opening Is more in accordance 15 ,.. @xb4 16 ad2 & (16 ...
with the s t r a w of the psi- &I% 17m3 & 18 mi &b4 (18
tian than 11. &2, played two , , + $3~7 19QEI 20 @A4 or
yeam later in the game van dm 18 ... 4 3 4 19 QaZI 19 @Sf 1 17
Wid-%nunan, Amsterdam 1987. &5 $9127 (17 ... &% 18QM @cS
That game ended 11 ... L r t r O 12
19m31 18&b$ @&I3 19a 6 QgB
b3 &7 13 Q 4 $ 9 ~ 7 14 fie3 d ts
20 &&I QM 2t Qh5 is a night-
c4 d4 (&& a h d y has a m for Black.
sIight advantage1 16QQ (461 16 &4!
16 b5 is pmW1y not as
goo& After $6 ... QM! I 7 Qd2
Qxd 18 bx& bxd tMarjanovid
there is no clearcut way for
wylite to get an advantage. THe
text farces Black tO capture
the b p w n with fris queen,
dying Whi& the rice-
tempi to build up a dangerous
attack.
I 6 ... $M4*
17 pdz Be4+7t
Mope p mb t was the pass
17 .*. Be7, but camporn
+&ly disliked the position
&!r $43 Qb5 &%s 19 *f &c7
@ w? when Black is kept
& prwsurt? a d
M W v e fu'ully . y w m t e s far
* p WX I minus.
I& @f2 (41.7)
With the sacrifice of a pawn
White has managed to open
gXnes against the emmy king,
&us q - g a strong initia-
the. To add ta Black's troubles,
his queen is t k a k n d with
Paptslre in the middle of the
M and his bishop on f7 is
mmp1etely out of play. Cam-
p r a 9 ' s next move averts imme-
diate &as&, but at the heavy
of a p i e .
1% .*. w e 3
No relief was o f f 4 by the
erXWmtive 18 ... Qcj4 19 DJ
QxE3 20 t f MWjamviR.
&en m s e Is 18 **. M?,
whc;n 19 QW! tthwtening
%D 4 3 4 20 &5 f-s
h d i a t t ? capittrlation.
19 fx& QxeS
20 Qd3!
A strong move, designed to
do away with the ody piece
that could become a nuisance
for White, me 1 y Bids
ms is qul vdml t to resign-
ation. Relatively k t was 20 .*.
@xg4 21 QxeS @d4+ 22 Qe3
@xeS, afthmgh Black annot
d l y hop to survive in view of
his exposed king.
a cxd3
Now 'White is completely
winning since 41 the trumps
are on his side: h addition to
three! apen files on the quen-
side* he alSQ controls the im-
pt mt h2-Is3 *od t d m
di rel y to tk Ma& mo mh .
21 ... -4
22 &2* a 8
23 Eh4 WS
24 Qc5 PxhS
25 nxh5
A pmb1em-like mate a d d
after 25 Ef4 @h3 26
&6+ @a8 27 &7+ @38 28
*7! -7 24 &4+ gl% 30
&3+ d4 31 Pxd4+ Bd 4 32
&I&+ @x5 33 &I&! IMaj m-
OM. However, the Yugoslav
GM missed this elegant win in
time trauble.
25 ... %hS
26 &b7! &7
n ws?
x m ~ p r e ~ m is responsible
for the Wggest biders in
tournament chess. %is time
white llisses an easy mate
me 4 ...
29 &e3 d4
The mast thematic cantinu-
ation, i nmi ng 31ack's central
inflwnm while at the m e
time prqming to dwelcrp. %e
I P S U I ~ ~ ~ pasitions are of a
tactid nature and so a p t solve this dilwnma but
deal of homework is requi d one paint is clear: White's
for these wishing to take up b t of h4-hS amat be
the 3 eS variation. I hope that wi&txt serious an-
my coveage of this line will ~uencx?s. After 7 -.. w?!
provide answers to all, the 8 M ae4 Wtirte has two ways
to p~ave the superiority of his
looks like a very playable devia-
tion Although S W o v lost
the game aftm wad blun&s
Games 3 and 4 show that the
I think that the apning was a
variation with 6 ... fb offers success for him: 7 ... 8 move looks fjke a shot in ~ M P ~ Y
'both phyers a lot of interesting
dx& b e 5 9 4$4 ab 10@&
--
idem. At present White's chan- l l O - 0 4 fie7 f2 Q& -4 $3 & ~ w e ~ , completing
=m t . ~ be slightly better, @xdS! a& 14 Qx& && 15
this b k , i had to defend my
but there is still room for
&g4 0-0 16 Qxd5-t. This k -tion in &e Care Advane
investigation especidly in the
a dose remblanctl ta Game 9, against a surprising novdty.
lines 'a' d 'c' after 'White's with which it should be mm- & gme Kotronias-Djdc,
W u 1993, after 7 .+. &6 8 hS,
the Yugoslav GM, nabd for his
m~~mpmmistng play inm-
W the move 8 ... w!?.
an gfi puts m h p t end to At t hi gh it's hard to hlieve
that such a move is objectively
rorrect, X couldn't prove a clear
advantage in the pt-markem.
The game went 9 Wtc2cxd4 $0
0 1 ton 10
white has tn
reckon wit41 10 .+. Ec8 II Qg2
&in 10... 11Ba4 $$I% (11 .,.
@d7 is interesting, but proWIy
infdor) f2 a4 artd now D1uri.c
mk x d the best continuation 12
.., @dB!. This move the
dud threats of ... &eS and ...
434 and after the logid 13
&3 Black may (only now!)
trade queens with I3 ,.. *4+! 14
@xb4 Qxb4+ when in c 0 r n ~ -
son to the game he gets c4 fur
his knights by capturing on d.
Tfie resulting endgame m s
ullcJc3ar to me, so this line
holds good prospects for in-
vestigation by both sides in the
new future.
Djuric's actual choice, 12 .. .
@b4*?! immdately restores
material equality by gaining a
third pawn for his piece, but
this proves inadequate as Whik
is not d d with any weak-
nesses and he m y put to g d
we hh Mshop pair. The canth-
uation was 13 @xb4 axt,4+ 14
Wt &S I S @3! Qxd3 16
Qxd3 &I 17 f3 h6?! k t @ 17 ...
04) 18Qf4 ttIxmkning QeS) 18
..* a 7 19 &I2 *7 20 4 3 3 es
3 a3! Qd6 22 Eel (intaxsting is
22 intending ax$4) 22 ...
@I823&3~cft 2 4 wg c 7 25
&E Re8 2b &6 &6? (26 ...
m? n B C ~ e c 7 zs m+-;
26 ... es?! n am-; 26 ...
27 QfS Ed?? ta terrible blun-
der, but his pasition was d-
ready lost) 28 &b7! 1-0.
The dmt i vw that will be
examhecf in the mai ni ng
games are 7 ... f6, 7 ... ad4, 7 ..,
h5 and 7 ... h6.
7 ... a d 4
The old main fine, which
h e the s u b p OF a lung
theoretical d e b in the '80s
after Sehwan won W&antIy
with it sPgriirrst Hart at EM
Kissken 19%. lk main advan-
kge is that it weakells for ever
tHe support of white's stsang
&pawn and thus discururages
f4-FS, but on the other hand it
helps the white knight approach
the centre with gain of h e
and thmfre considembly
improves White's chances in
the mmplimtians which follow.
Anotfrer option trying to
impmve an tfie 6 ... f6 variation
is 7 .,. f6, phmhg to d 4 a p
the queen's knight fiton c6 in
adw tO ex& mare e f f dve
pressure on the entre. How-
ww, it has the camsponding
didvankge of loosening his
own central stsuctim and a
likely cotlthuati~n is 8 &2!?
Imw fie bishop's development
QII g2 is more to the point -
corn- with West&nen-
C;mszpter in the notes to
Game 3; Sefrawan mentions
only 8 @4 and Nunn's 8 frS)
8 ...w 9 f4 ( prepkg fPfS;
White's nixnor pieces are ideally
p l d to exercise pressure on
dS in cslse he successfully
&es out the bve-mention-
ed lxE&thraugH 9 9.. b e ?
tpssibk is 9 ... fxe5, txying to
stabilize the psitian in the
centxr?, but after 10 dxeS b e ?
11&!? Whjk kwps the initia-
tive; the text, on the o t k
ha d, dlows an inkresting
pawn d f l o e resulting in a
lively game1 110 f5!1 exfS 11exfb
gxf'6 f2 gS! trn!.
White has exceIlent dark-
quart? m m p e ~ t i ~ n for &e
pawn, having yacatc3d f4 for his
knight and also preparing to
b h g his queen's bishop effi-
ciently into the game. Nt t ug h
this is hardly the final word on
7 .., f6, X tM& that It is quite
charsPctr?ristic of what White
should .d b e a g for in such
positions.
8 &d4 hS
9 f4!
This is a big improvement
aver Hart's 9 PIS+?! in the
afomrnentiod gme. T)re
continuation was 9 .., &G' I0
QgS &7 11 f4 hxg4 ta &xg4
PxgS! 13 fxgS QhS 14 &h3 &7
T k 4 ... m5 S g4& 6 &JQ~? Variation 49
~ ~ ~ & 1 6 ~ a e a e l @b 6 1 7 @3 @xg4@612&2W!?13&3
18 &d7+ -7 19 @ti Ec4
CW-0 I4 h5 Qh7 IS EM! &5 16
&?! @b2!! 22 04-0 with a slight advantage
pQla T,"@&$xc2 &8+ 24 for White in Nage?I-G6bhsrdt,
&34 Bd
Q C 3 d 4 2 5 ~ ~ % ! @ 3 ~ 5 mr.1989.
g&I Qg4 28 @h2 dxd 29 @I tl ... gxh4 W
& 30 PF5 31 a4 c2 32 &t3 Also unsuccessful was
m433 m7+ @A 34 &f S Bids choice in h - Vd a s z ,
d White at the sarne timr Hungary 1984 which continued
11 .,, QxfS 12 Qxfs exfs 13
9 ..* k g 4 @%ds Bc7 ttJ ,.. a6 14 &5 &7
Wrong is 9 ... &7? 10 15@xb7axb5 16&b5f; 14 ...
m!*. 9 ... @d7!? was tried
&7? 15 &4f 14 iEf4 &7 (14
in the 1% correspondence ... 0-0-0 15 &Fn and now I S
e K O - $M2 0-0-0 16 e6 &f5 17 Qd74
fO fS exfS the continuation @8 180 5 @3+ I9 @il (Sax)
vwrs 11gxf S QxfS I2 QxfS @xfS wouM have won easily.
$3 *d5 &5 14 Qh3 gxe5.i. 15
@x& && 16 &f4 &% 17 Edi 31
la I BOU- S ~ ~ ~ w
suggests 18 Qc&!f, but this is
not entirely clew in my opinion)
18 ... &7 19 f30 Q7g6 20 Q&
aS 2l Qe3 M 22 Qxb7 ga7 23
&a? Qxa7+ 24 &hi 25 Qa6
2h @4 4 ~ f 4 27 &f4
&cQ 28 j 35 fb 29 Be5 and the
game was agmd dmwi. In-
stead, I kxiwe, mu& stranger n nfr!
was H @e2! , &r which
M~ 1 2 0 - 0 ! ? , G. . . m*!
White enjoys a powerful initia-
Folbws, with wild mrnplim-
the,
tiam. The text is a big tm-.
10 &M*
provement over 12 &I, whi&
In many positions arising
was shown to be d&~nit.eIy
after 6 ... c5, it is important to
inferior in the enmunter van
give this check when Black is
der WieI-SpIman, W~jk aan
b 1 e to interpse with ...
Zee1983:12...QS13fxc6f~eb
M.
14 && &I% 15 QxL7.t @xd7 16
10 ... m7 *dS+ M6 I7 4934 18 6
1 R
&% 19&5Qf bZU@c 4+~ 21
l l ~e most energetic continu-
@x& &x& 22 Q&4 &d4 23
etioa hoheF possibility is If &3 24 25 &e4
and %*.
Another option is 12 Qxd7+!?,
attempting to farce bnspsi-
tion to the game M~areMiLIs
ana3ysed in the next nub. lhis
was White's choice in the game
KpeIznn-Durnik, M r m 1991,
which ended f2 ... @xd7 13 j?jfl
&ir2 (B ... ,f315!?) 14 #xg4 exfS?
{much k t e r is 14 ... Qh5! iS
fx& Ex& and now lb &&
%e6 17 M {hoping For77 ...
18*dS+ a 7 19&S+j 17
... ml+ dws not work fur
White, but 16 &d3 offers an
initiative for the sacrifrd
pawn; thweFom this intaesting
continuation r equi ~s more
pmdiml tests) 15&fS &xfS 16
WS+ @M 17QgS &e7 18 b e 7
@xe7 (far 18 ... 4'327, see
Maore-MilXs irnmdately be-
IOW) 19 MM
m ~3 g&
2I@d5aS22@eP@M
w and 1-0"
12 .*. exfS?!
This is a critical m m n t for
the whale variation, The dtIter
native 12 ... El122 I d ta a
f a d loss in the game Moore-
Mills, USA 1984, mfw13 Qxd7+!
tinferiar is 13 @xg4!?, although
after $3 ... QxfS? 14 W S exfS
ca
the typid breakthrough 15 &!
1ec.I to a win for White in N m -
Wells, C&ches&r 1984; inskad,
33 ... exf5 14 QxfS QxfS iS m5
%4+ is only k, -ding to
Nunn) 13 ,., @xd7 14 &xg4 exfS
15 QxfS QxfS tdso losing is 15
... QhS 16 @g3 &c2 17 @h3
- analysis by M-1 16 WS+
@b5 17 Qg5 &7 18 Qxe7 &e7
19 @f4 (another winning line
provided by MOOR is 19 @wf7
&c2 m w + @5 2f Edll19 ...
@h8 I19 ... &c27? 20 @a44 20
*4+@7no-o-agw22%1
@c6(22...$%623&S+@324
@4+- Mo o d 2.3 @f4 &6 24
&+ @M 25 exFl& ZG @4+
w n g~ 28 b d s .
~ ~ WJ + E f g c S ~ W. P . t ~
31 EB m4 3 m w 33
W?+ $934 34 Ed+ W 3 EaS.
and 1-0.
Also bad is 12 ,.. QxFS 13
&FS DS 14 &7+ Qxg7 15
@xg4 &&+ 16 @f8 17
&I* ((Nu&.
A dynamic way to continue
fighting is &irnwanos sugges-
tion of 12 ... RhS!? which in-
volves the siacriFrce OF a whale
p i e in order to wrest the
initiative. The resuiting psi-
tiuns are rich in M c m l passib-
ilities but far the time
there are m px;.sctd examples
with this move After 13 fxg6
Bhdr has twa options:
d 13 ... Exes+ 14 &2 @h4+
$5
@gS+ 16 w4; this looks
Wter far wte, as the white
Xring will fmd sk1t.m on tke
q u d d e af* CZ-83, @Ed.
b) 13 ... @h4+ t5khwan's
tnmtian) 14 @2 &5+ (14 -..
@h2+ 15 W!? @I* Ih *3
@xe5 I 7 &xd7+ e d 7 18 m+
is better far White) fi &3 is
d e a r . Bladr should avoid the
temotim IS ... fS? which is met
&82Y@BNJO&SPM31
@e4 Qxd132 Bg S Be8 33 w4
#h6 34 @& @h8 35 &&
@xgS 3h@xdi g2 37&2m 38
&i $$S a d 0-1. Stronger
swms Kamsky's 16 &dS &5
17 &7+ @f3 18 0-0-0 @c8 19
d Q f l m 4 w 3 w n
@f5&522&3! D23Qxe7
@xe7 24 Qdh4 &8 25 &&5+-,
but this has not yet been ad-
. . +.
, strongly by 16 m!; IS ... opted in p d c e .
Dd)-Q seems reasonable, but 13 ..- f x&
after 16 &xd7+ Bd 7 17 14 && @e?
1 B l d has yet to pmve that he I S @e2 EM!
has sufficient cornpensation. 16 a?+ c7*M
13 A! Inferior is i6 &5, play& in
An older suggestion was 13
the earlier game KutIiarRettrrr,
af4, test.& in Westsinen-
IsmI 1186, which mncludd 16
Manto, Thedoniki OL 1983.
... Qgf b il Qf4 mc2 18 &7+
laat game continued 13 ... a6 14
19 @xd+ Be 7 20 @a8
e6 (14 Qa4 a45 W fib3 m3 I6
gxb2 21 Qxd7 Qb4 22 pclZ &d7
@h4+ 17 $&I2 0-04 is
23 001) &a3 24 Qbl.
25
I
d e a r =ding to ~dbmto)
QB Be'&+ 2h Qxa3 pxe3 27
14... subs 15@e2 &7 16exd7+? Bd
28 m& ma2 29
#&d717&xb5@818OQO Xci ?ra) f b30&b7~+31&1
a 6 194 3 7 L53I Bb1+ 32-1 fPk 33 f3 34
WQe435&7 g3 ~ W * S
37&f 3Q$3J8@M3aS39
~ m d % * .
54
L
B
24 #fa4 &S+ 25 @I Ec8 26
1,2 2 I me1 g3 27 r$bS 28 &2
16 ...
A bet& defensive try is 16
... @f7!, as B~itck's king is a lot
safer and may assist his m y
of pawns. I suspect this is dsa
rtot enmg h in the long run, but
it obviously demands a lot
more precision on White's part
to prove it
17 we74 axe7
18 Qf4 gxc2
19 -8 Qh4+
The cantinuation 19 ..,, QcS
ZOQxdS ah? 21. Q'+ @c8 22
a h y ) b & d e m ~ ~ m k ~ the
dangers f a d by BX&s king
even after the exchange of
queens. AIsa useless is 19 ..,
&f6 20 fJc2 etc,
20 @dl Bxb2
21 4c7 Qf7
22 $&I Ef2
Hack is f o r d to exchange
his only m k , since 22 ...
23 Q& lases immdately,
23 axf2 Bxf2
24 Q7x& g3
2s * 2
Black has kept four p wn s
far the rcpak, but his pi es are
~ncoudnat d and the end is
rmear. Still, White must not
ejax as the pd pawns may
became dangerous at a mo-
ment's natice,
25 .,. acs
25 ... g2 is premature: 26 Qh2
g5 27 Qgl and White is winning
d y h t h 27 ... Qh4 28
&3 and 27 ... &J 28 g&!.
26 Bd1
27 &2 &hS
~f i em; ~t i ~ i~ n ... e 4
m+! $XI% B Qd7+ 30
QdS+ etc.
28 &3 Qf3
Also losing are 28 ... a6 B
gd.5QxeJ 30 pxe3 4 3 4 31 &M,
28 ... Qf6 24 QxfS and 28 ,.,
&7 29 mi.
29 Bf1 axe2
30 axe2 Qe6 fi g
31 mg31 1-0
The Y d strok. Bl c k re
signed, s k h t h 31. ..* Qxg3
32axf 5 Qe5 33 &4 and 31 ...
axe3 32 Qc4 @7 33 &x&+
@x& 34 Eel are quite hpeless,
ConcIus~on
The variation with 7 ,.. a d 4 is
phaps tfie mast complex
sub-variation of the Cam Ad-
vance. At present White's
charms seem better, but Seira-
wants suggr?stion of t2 ... DS!?
might cause a renewal of in-
best in tkis disaded fine,
This id= has k n mnsidm-
ed mqate because of the
game d e r examination, but
my analysis indiates that if
White relies on the grune result
without further analysis he may
lx confrontd with a nasty
experiem. For example, in his
mmt b k on the Caro Ad-
vance m w a n adopts esta&
hhed theory, reaching rather
different conclusions fmm
those which I suggest in the
following analysis.
a QF4 Qh7!
S h k g i d l y d e r than
%wants 8 ... &6!? which
results in a deterioration of
Black's paw s t n l a an the
kingside and is exami d ex-
tensively in Game 7.
9
Tke Danish IM Klaus Berg
tgas suggestd txere 9 gS!?;
hawevm this has never h e n
tried in taumament practice.
9 .." cxd4
ro @xd4 Qc6
e6Sg4@B&& Variation 53
n Qbs &7! (571
An improvement an Bal e
slavsky's 1.f3commenWn of ti
... Qxc2?!, w h 12 QgS &d? 13
@d2 Qh7 14 Eclf would follow.
Black is in no hurry to restore
matdad wuality but opts
Ins& far a flexible develop-
ment of his pi as.
E! Qh6!
The only way to maintain the
initiative. White develops with a
gain of tempo, mv i n g that
the bishop on M will be im-
mune fmm capture fur w d
moves. Wte w d d have had
bkk fmdacks after 12QgS?! a6
13 && in view of Bids
maplike bishops.
12 ... @d7
Accwding ta my research,
Black has a stmnger move at
this juncture:
12 ... ab!
This is a big improvement,
sim Q ax& &cft 14 @f4
&8! is onIy a slightly worse
version of Bl&s pasition in
the previous no*. White has ta
be accume now, therefore 1
present my analysis in some
54 4 .,, dSg4,6egS 6&?2Vwiitiun
I
&MI: -7 22 In5 ah7 23 h61 19&g7!
13&xc6+ &d 14 &f4 &8! Qxg7 20 @S with a strong
A novelty by the author. Xn- initiative; 17 ... &b 18 E&!?) 18
dquat e is 14 ... @?! (van &#! &b4 (18 .... &b4 19
der Wid disposes of the dtm-
Qxg3 I0 @xb4 &I34 20 Qxg7
native 14 ... #M by I5 &xg7 and the white h-pawn will be
&b2 16 O-Ort) IS @6+ @7 I6 valuabIe in the endug mnsid-
@xds.F! ex& 17 O-O-O! (worse wing that Black m o t effect-
is van dw Wiel's 17 W6+ as ively use his wssure an the
after 17 ... @d318W 8 (+- van +file+ e.g. 20 .,, d4 (20 ... f5!?
~=ET We11 ...ax c2 the psi- might be the only h c e to
tion is mtfrer unclead wid mmpht e the issue) 2 &6+
Hack has an unpleasant choice 5&8 22 &g8 dxd 23 Qftj
betwwm
mb2+ 24 e b 2 ; or 20 ... @7 2f
0 17 ...&718&dS@f8t9 Qf6+@f822&Smdif2...d4
&*; 23 afb, Hawever:
a 17 ... @& 18DdS*; M ... Xc8.I I?JjE3&6
31 17 ... d4 18 @f + ei 319 leaves the position unclear
W8 &6 (19 ... fix& 20 @x& and furttrer tests are n-
@a5 Sas m ... %? 21 e6!) 2l &4 bef w a mmprehemive wdu-
&4* 22@cB-l- or 19 ...&a520 tionis-
@xh7 dxc3 3 &!+-I 20 e6! fxeG Nwathdess, IckIi&s mave
t20 ... W Zf e7!) 2i &f Qf7 (2 QF follow4 up ~ a d y ) &SO
... @%h4 22 &e6+ @f7 23 &g6! contains same drops of paison.
or n ... ZI h~ ~ g 5 + B f4! t3 w4 68)
a R both dep~ssing for Bid
22 &4 &a5 23 &i6+ @7 24 ss
QfS*t&825dwithastmw B
initiative far White.
is fM-0 $$5! 16 m3f
As In many h s so far, the
~ ~ s f e r ta the third rank
mm&nes defensive and attack-
ing purposes. Here it is the
only move, resulting in a highly
mmp k pasition awaiting its
first practical test. If 16 .... d4 t7 D -.. 0-O-M
W4 ! &d4 18e d 4 f ; or 16 .., A ddsi ve mistake. Them
0 4 17 Ed4! &8 ((17 ... m? wasatill b e t o mix things up
48&aZ@x&! 19 &4+-; 17 ... 4 W ..,Qg6! 14@&4! 0-0-0
&d2 18Ea4 @c7 (18 ... @cS 19 wiLh a difficult game for both
&$20&xg7&xg7 2l &g7* sides, Inferior in this h e would
b 14 @g3?!, as after I4 ... 0-0-0
W &g7 (15 &5?! a x & ! 16
@xd8 is t3ett.m- far Elladd
Is ... -7 W &7 b e 5
BIwk gets excellent counter-
play in the centre in return far
the pawn,
14 mg7 axg7
I S -7 &g6
16 Qxdf
Now it is d m why B e
shauld have played ... &7-gb
4 e r . Sirtce there is nu p i e
hanging on ln6, Wkite hastens
to exchange one of the dan-
p u s knights and m p y d4
with his queen.
16 ... @xc6?l
More p m d d chances were
a f f d by 16 ,.. Q ~ f 4 17
Qxd7* Exd7! Ion 17 ... a d 7
t he follows 18 &2! &4 19 B!
Qxf320J31!*) as Wfrite has to
play very acamteIy to qi t al -
ize on his advantage:
d 18 &22! Q&! 19 w4?!
Pxh120hS gc7! and Wtrite is in
difficultis;
b) 18 &5! @&.5 19 gxhS
&7!? (19 .., &4! is t ough,
when White still has some
tmhni.ml diffidties to over-
camel:
b9 20 O-U-U?! Ec4 with
strong counterplay for Black;
m rn ~cI !: m ... j3~4 n
&S! Be& 22 @2 &e5? 23
&I+ -7 24 en+-; 20 ... aS
n w b.1. 22 m rn
&3!f since 23 ... BeS? fails to
24 f4!, trapping the rook in
bmd daylight.
e6 S g 4 M 6&e2 V&ti~n SS
17 Hd4 b e 5
Black is two pm down
without my mmpensation.
W1th his last move he hopes
for a ta&d rnGl&, but White
finds a neat way to finish fiim
off.
it3 WeS d4 691
19 Eh3!
The game is over. In addition
ta his extra piece, White soon
gets a mating attack+
19 ... @#
20 0-0-0 @xf2
21 *s*
22 Qb5 EdS
23 @xa7* @A3
24 Baa* 1-0
Game 7
Tlrnman - Seirawan
MI-urn (4th Match
Gamd19%
1 e4 cb 2 d4 dS 3 eS QfS
4&3e6Sg4&6b&e2
cS 7 h4 hS!?
8 @4
8 ... Qd!? 6401
In matches of this d b r e
novelties like 8 ... &6 are a bit
unusual; Black not only s m n -
c h s a powerful mishap, but
also alIows the crippling of his
pawrrstmdimforthesakeaf
quick development and e n d
pressure. Yet, altfaough such
moves are M y aestkkidly
pleasing, thjs one is by no
means m y b rt?fuk.
9 -6
White must take his c h m
while it is them, destmying the
defensive pawn skeietm m d
3 l d s king, The game Tzoum-
bas-K(UUkmakis, Athens tW2,
Faw the routine devefopment
9 fibs w M wsuIted in a
catastrophe far Wtrite 9 ... &7
(a mv e that would normally
h m t b y ~ i t n a w s m m s
complete mt m1 of fS without
my st r uchl d mmsians
wKLe at the m e time the
dwtnxctiian of White's pawn
cenm is assurd 10Qe3 hxg4
11 dxcf; QS and Bid already
had a strategidy winning
position due to the pressure on
the weak white pawns and the
WAi d p&ib'&ty ... g7-gs.
9 .*, fxg6
10 #d3?
A grave m r w k h is 4-
ready an indication that White
has bmn taken by surprise. A
logical explanation could be
that Tlrnman wanM to punish
his opponent for the 'ugly' 8 ...
as quickiy as possible, but
now the position is a h d y
lost!
White's kst is Wawm*s
suggestion to depl oy the
tpmduling knight by 10 &2!
5 -- bath.to itmeas?
the prwsut*? on the w & d
back -side pawns axad to
s*ik WtPs centl-al pawn
chain with f r d . B e has
nothing 'better than 10 ,., cxd4
(10 ,.. hxg4?! If a 4 &d4 !2
&4 Bxl142 13&IS+!+ - or 12 ...
gs 13&6 ko* to mdysis
by GI-& mastem, 13&& fds
w of 13 ...- - but not
13 ... &d7 then fdiows
14 k&xd4 cd4 15QhS with much
tfie better ending for White) 13
...w i 4 ~ ~ e d 15 *4
154xh8+f) 11Qxd4 Qxd4 12
t hd4 Qe7, mc b g e pxjtion
w m the American w-
master m- satjsfwtoxy
far BI&. I d b g m with this
evaluation shm after 13 ad3
&ti 14 Baa! (worn would 'be
1.4 &6+3 @I7 15 &I4 hxg4!
which m 1 y drives the bIa&
king to a safer spot, while dsa
inte~sting in this fine is 15 ...
@%!?l6gxh5&5 17m EaB
as in Fosster-L*, Guam
p v a IM, which mnduded 18
f4&7 19@&2&7 20 cJ&eS
ztfxeSgxfI22@xX ma+ 23
W@i f 2 + 2 4 %@&2 %W
rZf"t+~wmnww
asW+kWB*~i%7JO
@f?+~J1@~6+i l nd162+) 14
... hxg4 15 Sgd21 tmtEmust
wuid the queen exchange at all
> a t s as after is &3? @as+!
Hack would have ev-ing
going tris way) IS ... Bh4 16
, U-U-0 &hi (16 ... @7!? -
~ o W S ~ 17 Bxhl @b6
18@xg4!. Black &re not play
18 ... &&? in view OF 19QW!.
"IP1erefm-e 18 *.+ @d7 is forced,
leaving White with much lkte
better game after 19 f4.
!A
,d Ed i b ' s lmk: the ~ & S C
; word on 10 &2 comes from
' the game T m a n - h p v ,
Dj h - t a Wcfr ($7) 1993. -Illwe
KarpDv r e p E d 10 ... Qge?!?
1 which led ta gmt complica-
tions: If 434 a d 4 X2 Qh3 (I2
&&@d7 13axfsm eases
i Hack's taskl12 ,.. QxeS 13 *2
(13- is met by 13 ,.. @a54 $4
Qd2 @b4, and 13 gxhS by 13 ...
@5) 13 ... Q7c6 (13 ... hxg4 14
w @3 is && w
16
&2!) 14 && @aS+ IS @ff hxg4
' I b&g 4 ~ f ? ~ Z@s l f i 1 8 Wi
<
&g4 19 &kg4 &5 20 *d4
~4 n%4 a ~ ~ 4 2 b 3 t ~ di -
mta pi nM out that 22 &F4!
w723 &S ki d mt 23 &g7
@7!) 23 ...Ed 24&d1$&6 25
mIm82h Ed&! follow4 by
Ed& is p h b l y winning For
WtEI 22 ... @i7 23 &S &27?
(23 ,,. ml 24 &dl+ aBcf,. Here
the commentators, including
%wan who was d n g as
T m ' s secand, felt that 25
Ed4 should give Wte g a d
c w , e.g. 25 ... 2326 m1
&d% 27 &4 or 25 ... Qf6 %
Eel!. Itlskad a draw was @
in the game following the
moves 2s Qe6 Qf6 26 @4+
w~ww=W.&kw
24rb1. Ew3304wE93c63t
@4+ 5w32 &S w 33 &3
@& %+*
10 .*. d 4 i
11 w
Bad is If. @x&? as the
quell gets tm& afm li ...
@I7 I2 QhS b e 5 . Note that
Black would react in a similar
way to 10&a.
11 .*. hxg4l
A typical &on, bath in
arder to open h e h-file and
challenge control of the im-
portant auqmst fS.
iz W b * -7
13 *I34 W!
White has re~s*kM
material. quality, but his psi-
tion looks cornp1etely disarg-
a&& due to fdof mtd
cantro1. With his next move
Tmman tries to restore the
d n a t i o n of his pieces by
bringing the knight back into
play, even at the cost oF a
pawn,
4 c3! dxcJ
t5 Qxc3 Qh6! 168
AIso g d is 1s ... @d4!
txmman). The text mv e ,
although objdvely corn,
allows Wte to stir up same
coI.&ul compUcati0~.
M t c i n g the exchange to
prevent Bid fram mnso&d-
athg his advantage. In tfris
way, WI i b keeps some swind-
lvlg ~ C C ? S dive.
17 .*. %&+
18 *2 *21
Not only missing a pictur-
esque win but dso letting
Wl4t.e k k into tSle game.
Wrawan frirniaelf points aut the
following winning lie in Inside
C1IPeSS: 18 ... d4! 19&2 d3+! 20
@33mn.*4w ~ ~ t &g 7 +
&7! 23 Dl (23 -3 &d8-+)
23 ... W 24 &b7+ &6 25
-7' ~ u n f o ~ I y for White
he mnotrliscover m attack on
the b1& h g since all king
moves - except 25 W - we
illegal) 25 ... W4.F 26 @3
19 ah3
m course, white mnnut
play 19axr f S @bS+.
19 *.* Iw
20 gbf @c2
Zi nxb7+ &8
22 Dl?
White returns the mrnpli-
merit. After 22 D S gS! 23 hS
&7 24 Bd.5Ec7 the position
is saI ~~, acco&ng to
Sehwm.
22 ... &3! - +
The game is decided. White
proldly overlo15M that on 23
-7 Black answers 23 ,,, m?!,
repulsing dl, b t s bfm
continuing with his awn attack
23 Rdi &b2
24 QM a 8
25 4 3 6 Qd4+
26 @&3
26 ... Exh4!
27 %h4 %dl
28 Qg4 QcZ*
29 @I3 e l *
&I
White loses his queen after
30 @3 &2+ 31W3 *I+.
%is game, in conjuction
with i t s prtner from the same
match tC;ame 101, demonstrates
haw mdt it is to handle an
innovation in this variation even
at the highest Iwel.
A &st choicet which has
bemme more and mare popular
wecently. We have a l d y
witnessed that the alternative
ctwict?s axe also intJ?mtlrg, yet
the general imprwsian r e d s
that it is to neukdze
White's initiative within the
hi t s of the existing t b &d
Xutowldge. Therefore, to give
preference ta 7 .,, M!? is not a
matter of taste, but rather a
w e l ~ - ~ d e d a s i o n to apt
far a sound middlegame.
8 h5?!
Wte should dr ai n f m
an early hkh5, as it deprives
him of a later tempgain an
Black's bjshop when the f-pawn
is d v d . The shortcomings
I
of 8 hS?! will, k m e apparent
in the fobwhg notes as weH
as h Nunn-*wan, hgano
1983, feat& in Game !Us
Tmm-*m,
Anather optian is 8 a 4
Qh7 9 &e3 &j (Black ubtaind
an equal game after 9 ,,, &7 10
dx&&61f.fU&!7 12w
&7 13.04 w e 5 14 gad1 I$xd
15 afxdS in Korchno'i-13yvsh~,
USSR 1.95910 m3 11 @4
&as+ with gmt c o ~ ~ i c a t i ~ n s ,
Rtpthmd~ou - Kourkads,
Athem 142, but bst is 8
&3!$ as will be s e n in the
t h e r e d - games OF this
ct.lpw.
8 ..*
9 ae3 @W
Alsa good is 9 ,,. &6,
which is likely ta transpose
after 10@& and retains i d*
+ent signifi- only after
the try 10 M, wk h p v d
mu~cessf ul in YWm-*-
wan, J*nville 19% 10 ...
&eS 11a 4 Qf 6 12 Qfd7
13 f4 ah! tBlack. has satisfwbv
Mopmerrt, t h mf o ~ any
tadid skirmishes taking p l m
on his side of the b a d are
likely to end in his favour) 14
fxe5 I14Qa4 &41 14 ,., mb.5I S
&kb.5 QxcS 16 @d4 &4 17
@b6@kM18&M~7 19 0-0
f6 2Q&d4&7 2l&e1 mf8 22
43434 Qxe4 2J a3 Qxc2 24 Ec1
-25 exf6 gxf6 26 Qd3
27 &3 Rc4 and O-t.
10 w2 c4
After to ... @XI32 11 xbl
*c2 12 %a pxc2 a ~ 1 r 7 c4
14&Sw iS&2 White has
ma= than enough c?ompensa-
tian fur the pawn, according to
d y s i s by Karpov and Zaiksev.
11 **o Qd
I2 f4 0-0-0
I2 ..* @as trans- ta
Nunn-*wan (see the nab? to
White's 9th move in Game 10).
13 $h3!?
Whik*s pian is to &stmy
Black's defensive formation by
the g-pawn dl the
WY UP to &*
13 -.* @8?
ms !ass of t e mp dIows
White's inam- on tfie 8th
mv e to go unpunishd. Cor-
n x t is either 13 .., @a6! or 13
... &e7! with a slight advan-
tage for 31ack.
14 f5 fib47
The derjsive mistake fmm a
strategic point of view. When I
saw this move on tk bmrd I
was v a y relieved, s i n it self-
blocks Black's attack (for the
c o w approach see Game 10,
Trmrnan - Wrawan). Much
btIw was 14 ... @&, still with
an unclear position.
15 E I ~ &&
16 4y4 Be8
17 nhf1
Now White's advantage is
evident: more space, better
development and the lack of an
active plan fur his opponent
gmrmtee a long-term s u p -
iority. The only p&Iern is how
to in- the pressum in the
most effective way, but since
white can afford ta take his
time he will first attempt ta
exchange the M a & - s q w
bishops and thus m t c ? more
weaknesses in the black cramp.
17 .*.
&8
Tfie fact that Black is fo-
to play such moves just to
campjete his ckeve1.opment
s@s volumes h t his
predi ~ame~t .
is e r r e 7
19 ad2 @c6
20 2 fflxrJZ*
ar *d2
The first exchange of w d
does nothing to relieve Black
from his congestion. Mean-
while, the whik pawn on fS
may never IE taken b s e af:
the wdne s s of i t s munterpart;
an d5.
21 ...
22 @b4!
White's intention is to ex-
change queens, a highly f avow
able event -use it will dlow
him ta open another f n t on
the queenside. Black's I& of
space will then make it difficult
for him to blwk all entrances
ta his side of the M.
22 ... I%
Now the idea is to bring
dditiod pressure m the
d-wn by &h3-g2,
23 ,., a61!
Better was 23 ... aS imme-
diateiy, but it could not have
mved Black's head in the long
' {
Now White may p d
I ; slavly with prepamtion of the
brddxmgh b3 and attempt
f to Wdtmte t b g h the c and
,
WIItjg, as well as the kntght
Jump to d6 via IS. However, the
&men in the game is far
more trpd of such positions,
cmp%Izlflg the long-term
M p e superiority pravided by
r t h e ~ M w h i t e pawns in the
C*wro Advance.
27 QfxdS! exd5
2% Qx& ghf8
29 axc4
Wte has not dd
W n g from the m M
point of view, while the h7-
;:;, &hop Is d e s W to remain a
$5 -tor (or worse) in the
coming stages of the bttle. In
addition, the bl& knights have
na s uppad strongpoints
h m which to exercise their
power while the black m k s
tack opzn files. Meanwhile,
Whiwts CentraX pawn roller will
&arm without facing serious
mistance.
29 ... 07
30 Bfel! mcb
3 QW!
Exchanges d l emphasize
White's advantage and free khe
way for the pawn%. Black is so
m p e d that he does mt have
my red ccIraie.
39 *.. w s
32 33 PxbS ne3! @7 Ed8
34 ds &7
35 &e2 Z9fe8
36 d6
37 b4!
Now fontsing an the weak
position of the b k k Mng,
White opens mare lines.
37 ... axb4
38 nurB4 bs
39 w2 w
40 Qf3 Ed?
41 gal
Setting a trap into which
Xljack d s unsusC"tingiy*
However, his position was
d d y hopeIe5s in view of the
h t 42 Ed.
41 ... &ii? &51
42 ga6*I @xa6
43 ax& Ed8
&so usefess was 43 +..
MQxe8- 4Sd7EdS 6 eE,
etc
44 Ed* 1-0
The move order is imprtmt,
since the black king may not go
to b7 and after 44 ... @% 4S
&d?&d7 46WQh7 47m8
the poor 'bishop is trapped
inside the age created by the
white pawns,
Them are two main dterna-
t i es far Black: 8 ... @%! tC;ame
10) and 8 ... a d 4 IGame II). As
we shall. sw, the most m t e
move is 8 ... m!, averpmtect-
kg B W s *pawn and prep-
ing queenside at&. KaqmvYs
choice 8 ... &h looks like a
solid developing move, but
TIrnrnm's k t me t l t of the
opening w e d s its dark side.
8 ... &&?!
9 dxcS!
This move was fmt intra-
d u d in this game, White gives
up the centre for tactical rea-
sons, estimamthat hls lead in
development will be OF mnsid-
&le help in thr? camplications
that will, follow. In the rapid
chess game Patamidas-Kow
k & , Athens 1991, White
cornmitt4 the t ypi d mistake
of advancing immdiately 9 Mi
d the lass of h e showed
dt . ~ 9 ,.,ah7 10f4.w Il@&
gC8 a f5 exfs 13 &is *a+
i4 @xd2 fxg4 is Qg2 b e 7 16
WI QfS 17 c3 Qh4 18 fehI
@3+ 19QxfJ gxf3 20 &3 a d 4
Z! Axd4 Ed8 22 &7+ @I7 23
&5 a6 24 @6 Qxd6 25 exdh
&d4 26 a d 4 Ed 27 Xxf3
Ed*. and Black won easily.
9 s . . e e s
10 Qf4I &?I
011 10 ... $fr7, 'best is 11
fibs+ X2 *2 wtth an
initiative due to the enMmwls
pEssUre wte acquhs on all
OW lines (ideas b a d an
&d5 espAal1y apgmhgl.
Howevery this lirme repmen&
the t m evil fw Black. The
ne 4 ...
or 18 ... Ed7 19 Edt W8
tc, Tfiis variation is not
prove illsufficient after 11
&7 12 &g&* (12 Qfd5+!?
13 &d4 is dso intwest-
.., fxg6 IJ Qf4 dxc3 14
. The fact that Karpov
ve Eke 10 ... a6 when b
of the Advance Variation
14 S g 4 M 6 &d Variation 53
even against the v a y kst
opposition.
Nub the similarity of this
position to Shtibafw - A d h b
in tfie note ta white's 7th move
in Eame 5, where White fore-
went the h-pawn advance.
I2 ... Wxcf4
l3 &d4& &e4 (63
Ha& is M y in a vety
unpleasant situation, After the
shpfe 14 we4 &4 1s
we4 the ex- Wd d Cfiampian
would have f w d it h a d to
put up a res+1e defenm.
Consider the faUowtng v a k -
tians ~ d y s i s by Trmml:
4 I S *.. fS %@xb7 @xd4 17
17 d @d. 18-7 gd8 19 @I !
@a4 BQxab+-.
The move Tmman choset on
the ather hand, allows Karpov
ta &splay the iron detmdna-
tion far which he is famous, by
PeTfamhg yet anather defen-
sive mhde.
14 b4?! dxe4
64 The 4 ... &Sg4_I;Pg66&d Vmation
The 4 ... 4 Sg4@ 6&& Vm'ation h5
Is 0-0-0 &7 plan, White should "squeich*'
16 QxeS b e 5 any counterplay Black. might
17 b e 4 (58) have and the most appropriate
way ta da so is by playing 19
on which fol1ows.
... f7-fS) 20 f4 @f5 Zf a&!
Xxd6 22 ad6 g6 23 Bd5!!+-;
tre3mendous pull mainly due ta tion. 42 @i3 Exb4
his beautifully lycenmAd majority on the kingside. 43 gxf3 gh4
knights. Black cannot @ a Karpov seizes the a p m - 44 Bft EXW
pawn by 17 ... Qx&? as he nity ta centrznlize his knight and 45 Dl EX&
would Ix swiftiy punished by evict the white queen from her 44 Exb7 @IS
j8 QXCS &hcS 19 &el Ec8 20 fine p t on & Most import-
c3 Q ~ Y ) 2t &&! ~ Ti mmd . mtlyt he has won the psych-
Xn this p&ow situation, the logid battie since Timman has
m-World Champion sticks to failed to make the mast out of
the only cwmt idea, hying ta
his highly dvantageous psi-
relieve fris position by ex- tion.
defence dong the fourth rank
he shouid do it imrndiatdy by
47 m6 48 B 4 when, in
c ompr hn with the game,
Tying the b i d bishop ta Black m t achieve the d e
the &fern of tire sensitbe 69
paint g7 while pr42phg f2- B
f4-fSa Wmng would have b n
side by the black rook. ?im-
18 &dW *dB! when the ' 37 &e7 me7 m l s suggestion OF 47 Bh7
black king esapes to the 38 Bxg4 Ef8 should dsa 't>e good enough
39 &1 flf4
A hasty ddsion which
throws away White's &ran-
&& Ct 4 ... e6 Sg4Qg6 6 &eZ Variation
&es the day flawlessly with
his inimitable technique.
48 ... WS
49 nf7+ -6
WEf - 4 -5
51 na4 aS
52 $&2 EF5
53 Ed @g4
S4 Ec3 )15
SS Bc8 h4
56 &8+ &S
Also good is 56 ... Bh3.
57 Be8 @g3
Wf w
59 gc8 &3
60 a4
61 gc5 (711
Egg4
61 ... h3!
A Wbl e mistake would
have been 61 ... Em&?? 62 &2!
and the position is a theoretical
draw, e.g. 02 +.. . a1 63 &S+
@I4 64 ZS! a4 C5 gfQ+ 5923 66
m+ &4 67 Ed! @4 68 m!
and Black mnot make any
pwgmss. The ody Wap could
h 58 ... a3 69 @4 70
h3+ 71 ma?? @4-+, but the
d m 71 ah?! produces a &awn
psition.
62 ne5+
Un 62 Krnman offers
the following win; 62 ... - li3
Ed (63 Ex213 Bxa4 64 J312+
ml! h5 B4+-+) 63 ...
&4!-t (but not 63 ... $&?? 64
Ed3 Em4 65 m5 Af4+ 66 e 2
a4 67 Rc;S+ drawing).
62 ... @f3
63 RhS @g3
6 4 @g l Xxa4-+
The game is &dd. White
muid have hen sparwl the rest
by resigning here, but was
probably kicking himself For
missing so many wins in Che
early phases of the struggle.
65 &5* @h4 66 Ec5 m4+
67 @h2 a4 68 Ec3 &2+ 69
@hl &4 70 @h2 &2* 71
@hi &3 72 &4* gg4 73
Ec3 j3b4 74 Ea3 &4 75 REJ
-5 76 @h2 ah4 0-1
An absorbing fight md a
tribute to the art of defence!
Cmme I0
Timrnan - Sehwan
E-IiIversm Match
Gamd 1990
f e4 c6 2 d4 dS 3 e5 QfS 4
Qc3 e6 5 g4 Qg6 6 Qge2 cS
7 h4 h6 8 Qe3
8 ... @M! I 7 2
X3l~k's most flexible and
aggressive continuation, t f i s
line is currently thought to give
Wte quitc? a few headaches.
Early quwn outings always
Imk SUS~~C~' OUS, but this is
h d l y the case h w : the queen
gives ample pmbxtion to the
The 4 ..
the same time
sine even tap
! (not 14 ... &a2
penstion for the piece, e.g.
.,. &d4 18 Qe3 ancl now
Whir is much better dt er
either 18 ... 19Qxd5 4'3425
20 Qb7+ or 18 ,.. b4 19 &dS
&S hot 19 ... &~-6 20 @6+
axW, 21 ax& and Black's psi-
tion is a mess) 20 @I! etc.) IS
&7*f @xc7 16 af 4 c3 17
BgZ b e 7 18 Qc4 twrang is
18 CIS? exd5 19 b d . 5 &d5 20
&d.5 Q77, wMe 18 fxe6 b3! 19
e f l + @d? 20 axW @a5 21 bxc3
@xc3 leads to al xnxlclear psi -
tion, according to Nun& 18 ...
0-0-0 19 fxe6 (Nunn offers 19
dS! with an unclear position;
bwever, my research shows
that after 19 ... exdS (not 19 ..,
@xeS 20 me1or 19 ... &eS 20
a& 23 && with compli-
cations favouring White since
the blwk m y is split in two
by the enemy pawn wedge and
t he are serious mate threatsl
20 QxiE &d5 21 Qxd5 Black
should avoid h t h 2 .+. @xeS 22
mi with gmt. prwsm, and
3 ... &eS 22 Qb7+ $&8 23
&dB* &xd8 24 Q& when
Black's faraway p i e s lack the
time to assist their king, e.g. 24
... $Jc7 25 Zdl Qe7 26 Ed5 or 24
68 7he 4 ... eS 5 g4 $@ 6 &e.2 Variation
... @d? 25 JJdl cxb2+ 31 &b2 line and the mast White can
&4+ {or 2b ... &I6 27 Bd 6 b w for is a b w ; t h mf u ~
&4+ 26 Qxc4 @xd6 B &24 the whole idea may be dismiss-
etc.) 27Qxc4 &dl 28 Qa6 with ed as theoretically uunswd.
a winning attack far White; Another option for White
instead, he shadd play fmt the that has &n tried at top level
timely 2 ... d 2 + , since it is is 9 @d2, mcountmd in A.
W for White to play either 22 Sokolav - W v , finares Ct
@l h u s e in the Iast long (91 1987, They continu& 9 ..,
variation the hl-rook m o t &6 I0 U-0-Q?! 1741
came to dl as it will be ap-
t u d with c w or 22 -2 74
$IxeS when the black queen B
gains time ta take the mde-
fen@ Qe3) 19 ,., @b8 20
exf7 cxM* 21 @bf W I T 22
Qd3 434 23 Qxc4 @xc4 24 j?JQ
&I5 25 QxdS BdS! (25 ... Id 2%
axW@a627@xb2$$d+ 28-
ExdS 29 @d2! is unclear accord-
ingtaNunn)26eb?!b327;txb3
@a6 28 af4+ @c8 23. @xb2 ID ... hS! If dxCS Qxc5 f2 gxc5
@a3+ 30 &3 31 @b2 @d+ && 13 &4 &7 I4 &6
32 @3 ah$+ 33 @4 &7 34 Qxg6 15 f4 hxg4 I6 h5 b e 7 17
&i3@a5+35%2Qa3+36%1 QeZ@a518a3g3141&4b520
&k3 37' Qci QxcI 38 @xc1@6ti+ mgl b4 21 0 1 bxa3 22 &a3
3 @X? %d4+ and 0-1, My &xd2 23 &d2 &8 24 Bg3 gb
analysis of Nunn's comments, 25 hxg6 Qxg6 26 fS 27 Ed4
dung with the game %*s &dl+ 23 %dl exfS 29 Qxf5
Wallrer, European WIT. Ch b e 7 30 Qh3 31 b3 7&4
1990, in whkh White attemptd 32 @I f5 33 Q.3 @f? 34 &2
to improve an@ move ~ E e r by &f6 35 m4 36 Qg2 3'7
playing 18 @bl &e7 I9 &4 a 4 d4 3 3 &3 39 &h3
0-M 20 dS exd5 3 &dS Q7g6 40 @i2 Qh4 41 Qb7
Qxd.5 22 Qx& b e 5 23 &b7+ &f3+ 42 @Q d 3 43 a d 3
@S 24 &dB+ @xd8 25 Q& &4+ 44 @3 43 d4 a 7
&I7 2& QF4 F6 27 Ee1 bJ 28 Qhf Qb6 47 $&33 &I+ 4 3
~ Q d B @2 M@+ 3 u @X b l @E&249Qf4&4SO*3
Ee8 31 Ee3 &8 32 Ed3 @c7 33 aS 51 &b3 $&7 52 &+ @& 53
@e4 &7 34 Zc-3@d7 35 Ed3 &S @dS S4 &ii a4+ SS @d
@c7 and %-%? suggest that &7Sft@h4$&657&S&d,F
Black is at l e s t equal in this 58 @a3 &J Sc) w4 &2+ 50
The 4 .,.
&3 61 $3334 @? 62 4 3 3
@463&2 a3 64@3&365
Qjd &4 66 gJ& @RJ 67
&c4+ &cB 6-8 &2 f4 09 Qhl
70 Qg2 @FS 71Qh15&4 72
@fS 73 & @& 74 d7 @xd7
It seems that SO~OY' s idea
Is dubious, which makes it hard
to understand the masan Kx-
p v deviatd From 8 ... in
ids &1Fort game against Xm-
man 19 f4! was not known at
Black may flat attempt to take
'advantage of the fact t ! i ~ k the
s q m f4 is now mapi ed in
clrder ta play 9 ... hS, for simi-
vaIttntaxiIy accepts that his
+bishop will tx3 shut in, hoping
::to extricate it Iater under better
~-ws.
ll gcl2 0-0-0
I2 a-rl-0 c4
is playing for h i g h stakes
since he is a f t m the white king.
A sharp game is the outcome,
where the slighkst mistake a n
lead to .acataskmphe, thefore
this specific line is &ti& for
the variatiun as a whole.
13 Qf4 gab!
Black is now poised for a
massive attack on the queen-
side involving the pawn advance
... by-bS-b4 as well as irritating
invasions on b4 with the minor
pieces. The best White can do
is start gmbbing pawns, b t h
players burning the bridges
&hind them.
14 fxe61 I35
Naturally, the debate causecj.
by this game continued in the
years that folbwd, R e en-
counter hasad-Ravi, In& IWf,
saw BIa& winning qui dy
after 14 ... 4 3 4 t! &i i wm) I S
exf7 &7 (not 15 ... -+? 16
&a2 @xa2 17 @c3 4237 18
@d&, wkde the variation 17 ,..
Qe4 18 fxg8@ Exg8 19 B3 ! a5
2Q Qgf! Qb4 3 @a3!+- has
already k e n mention& in
Chapter t under dmgmm 32) 16
a3 Qxc2 17 g5?? &l! and U-i.
But of cwme, thugs are not
that simpje. Instead of 17 gS??,
essential was 17 &f2 with an
utlc1c;ar pasicion. White caaz
&so deviate s l i e r with 16
gS!? when 'Ttxipsay offers the
continuation $6 ... Qx&* 17
Qxdl g x a 2 18 @c3 Qe4 as
unclx. I disagree with this
evaluation b of 19 @a3!
70 2'he.P ... 45g4&66&& Variation
&&3 2B &h3+ @8 21 bxa3
Qxhl 22 mhf and Wte's
par%& pwns a m more t h
enough r omps a t i on for the
exchange. A b t e r try for
Black is 18 .*. &6f?, as afer
19 QxdS! RxdS 20 Qxc4 @a4
(not 20 ... $&a5 3 *5! gxas 22
gxh6 gxhb 23 &If 1 an exotic
position arises (751:
The b t ... Qf8-b4 w r n s
devastating, but White mn (md
must) smif!ce his queen by 21
QxdS! Qb4 22 &b3! with
crazy compliwions:
1) 22 ... Bas 23 g*! @is
I23 ,.. axc3 24 bxc3 gxh6 25
@21 24 @xcb+! bxd ZE;
with tthe bet& chances far
m*,
2) 22 ... @al* 23 @E2 @a5
(23 ... $9xb2? 24 @xb4! &b4 25
Bl+-f 24 gxhb gxh6 25 Dfl
when the positbn is difficult to
assess. My f d n g is that the
pawn on f7 will gradually tie
all of Back's foms to its
b i d d e .
However, that is not the end
d the stary. Instead af the
n a t d 19 .,. BdS, Bl xk has
two inkresting alternatives at
his tjjsposai:
d 19 ... &4!? Imcrifidng a
third pawn, but it is evident
that tk move mates danger-
ous threats) 20 Qxc4 @a4 21 #!
I21QW? &a671 22 ... $$&I+ (21 ...
@a2 22 b4 @a4 23 k!&bJ!&xb3 24
Qxb3 QxdS 25 &xdS Bd S
seems betW for White in view
of his mobile pawns) 22 @bf
w!? (22 ,,. Qxd5 23 &I &$7
{23 .., $$I34 24 &xb4 is f 1 23
m1) with an unclear position.
b) 19 ... bS!? Ia cunning Idea
from the G r d master Ioaki-
midis, but mite is not without
m s o ~ s ~ 20 @d2! with a
wide choice for Black:
bU 20 ... b4? 24 &c4 &c4
22 Qxc4 &4 23 gxh6!zf: ;
b3 20 .., XxdS?! 2 Qh3+
I
@&8 22 .&l b4 122 ... @xal 23
gxd Qb4 24 &Za-1 23 Exa2
bx& 24 bx&2 ; I
b31 20 ... @4!? 21 Eal!
(this has to b played irnmedi-
ateiy, as 21 Qh3+? @7 2 gaf
I
QAl! 23 ,&i d2 Qxd5 is bad far
I
white in view of the imfortu-
mh pasition of h e rwk on a2
- compare with line IS3 beiow)
and now:
bJ1) 21 .*. Qxhl 22 gxd
Qxd5 tthreatening ... &b4 or
... Qf8-bP) 23 @&! b4 24 Bc6+
@b7 25 *c4+-;
b32l 21 ... b4 22 Qh34 @37
2.3 Exa2 bxd+ 24 bxd Qxd5 25
&I+* ; a f ~ r 24 ... Qxht? WhiWq
despite being down a rook for
t h w pawns, exploits the in-
n dS! Exd5+ (27 ... Pa3 28 Ea2
@a4 29 Qc5) 28 @22? &3 29 EQ
@a4 20 &d5 axdS 31 6 and
the t k a t 32 Qc-5 together with
the passed pawns g w e an
@7 23 &d QxdS 24 Qf2! Qb4
pfp. @b7 26 $3e3 c3+ 27 bxd
exd8& &d8 28 bxc3 hxgS+ 1
25 ... Qb4 2% &I34 43434 27 e7
&&'! 28 exd8e B d S and
White is in trouble as his paw
on d4 is hanging) 21 ... XxdS
22 gal. b4! 23 gxa;! bxc3+ 24
@xc3 reaching a complex
endgame (77.1:
White has t h e pawns for a
piece and, at first glance, his
king expod. However,
closer inspedion shows that it
is by no m s easy to take
advantage of this factor,
b41) 24 ... Qb4* 25 @xc4
&a s , , , , itself. If White
mechanidly rwcts by 25
gxhb? a horrible surprise is in
s t r , for him: 2G .,. &! (Threat-
ening 27 ... &axe% and 28 ...
ZcB!) 27 Qh3 Qxhl!! 28 hxg7
&eS! 29 dxe5 B k 4 + mating
myway *
However, there is a way out
in 26 Ratb!. Despite the huge
materid investments this move
entails it has the advantage of
breaking the mating nets and
sufficienkly disbbimg the
c d n a t i a n of the black pieces.
After 26 ... Qxhl 27 &cb
Wtc? gets four pawns and
tremendous activity for the
d f i d rook but the
point of 26 i s weald only
after 26 ... @b7 27 &&! @c6
2 8 @x b4 ~ 2 9 @3 Q* f 30
gxh6 gxh6 33 c4! when Wt e * s
four c o r n 6 pssed pawns
l wk iike a tidal wave apb1. e
of overcoming all h d s of
resistance, A truly remarkable
we! ;
I3421 24 ... cxb3 25 cxb3 fie4
is met by Z& &2 E Black plays
25 ... Qbb first, then after 2s
@&2 &4 I26 ... &d4 27 &4f)
White has the intermediate
move 27 gxh6 to be followed
by mi-gl, Also worth d y s -
ing after 25 ... Qbb is the
daring 26 @4!?;
b43) Fmally, tfie intriguing
24 ... &4!? might well be
Hack's best After 25 bxc4
&d4 (25 ... Qb4+ % @b3 is also
uncfexl% m2+ @c7 27 &I an
unclear psition is reachd with
many Md chances for bt h
sides.
LEk us Rt Ur n to the main
game, after Spmwan's bold 14
... b5:
15 exf7 h e 7
16 Qe6 b4 (781
Tfre fight has wamted up
unusually rapidly as a result of
Black's double pawn sacrifice
For the initiative. Black's forces
an the quwnside are extrem1y
menacing, sa it seems the
wrong moment for material-
isttc thoughts, White must give
me 4 ..,
The only move to avoid
fmmediak disaster.
pi nt s out in hsi& Chess, 18 ,..
b&! would have k n deadly.
I quote the AlmI-im Grand-
master's d y s i s :
a> 19&2 aba+ 20@xb2 cB
@I &8 with the idea ... &&
Mwi ns ) 2 0 . . . &8 3 dW+
An indication that Whi& has
22WWZj&~Wl*;
b) 19 a1a4 20 &I
not evduated the situation a I9 and now 21 ... &&-+ ar
properly, as now Black obtains
rut uvewvkIming attack. Ern-
man s h d d have p r e m d his @ @xc3 &S
20 as!
ing an unclear position: dtcr 17
.., bxc3 ( M w m paints out $7
+.. @ti5 184-94 @8 19@1&8
z o w ~ n ~ ~ x c s r ; ! ~
c3 23 @k2+!) 18@xc3 @xa2 (18
... W!?) 19 Qh3f tmdysis by
Tirnman) White Ras two pawns
plus pasitionrtl pressure far the
p i e , but Black's chances
should not be undmstimatd.
17 ... -d8!
I8 a3! 0'91
The wwG on FI d s sup-
' port f m an open g-file to
prove i t s strength* As i t s m n
b m e s evident, Black's mis-
' take on the 18th move has
grant& Wtzik excellent fight-
ing c w ,
20 -.* 0 6
21 gxhb gxb6
22 &a!
Qvwpmbxfing the critical
b4 s que and giving his queen
freedom of movement along
% thc;thirdrank,wteinmdsto
I
meet the apparently mhiq
22 ... &4? by 23 *b4! &b4
24 Qxb4 (Semwan), when
Hack is mmpletely iwt despite
;' his material advantage,
C 22 ... @a4f
> 23 *i as
I 24 &l fib4
25 &8*?
2
Tmmm's intention unduubt-
ediy was to divert the black
bishop From i t s deadly surveil-
ianm of &. However, an excel-
lent piece of illlaiysis by john
van der Wiel proves that Wte
missed a winning continuation
hem. I quote the Dutch EMS
analysis from the magazine
Inside Chess
'25 &8+ is in fact a mistake.
Ttrnman should have play4 25
&4!, when B k k has two
mXq3tures:
a> 25 ... Qxb4 26 &8+ &7
(26 ... m7 21 &+ is no im-
provement, while 2h ... Bg 8 27
fxg8W Qxg8 28 W @id!+ B
e l scb3 30 cxb3 Qh7 31 @2
wins for White) 2'7B!!:
all 27 .,. @xb3* 28
cxw; White now has his choice
of 29 f8@ or 29 QxM bxQ+ 30
@A cd@+ 31 *dl &g8 32
fxg8&+ Qxg8 33 &a5 winning;
a21 27 ... 28 Bc2
29 @I32 stops Black's attack;
bl 25 ... a b4 Ithe q t m
intend& by Wrawan) 26 &8*!
$&71 (26 ... &8 27 f&&+
Qxg8 28 @f3 muses an un-
pleasant intenuption d Hack's
attack, If 28 ... b3 (28 ... @xd?+
gives WhitE? the better ending)
29 w8+! @7 30 &7+ &I7 3
oK3 mb3 32 Qc3 is g a d for
White. n e series of queen
ch& is to dominate the black
bishop) 27 f8@ Ithis is best; if
27 j3xh8 then 27 ,.. IS!! is a rvde
awakening) 27 *.. bxd 28
&7* a 7 29 @db+ @bf, 30
74 The 4 ... n55 g 4 N 6&& Van'ation
Exh7 Exh7 31 &c3 and with 30 Qe3 Qxc2
his extm pawns White should 31 QxcS &a3+
win." 32
Qd?
25 ... 15"xgst 33 Qxa3 c3
On 25 ... h g 8 ? 3mrnan's 34 @d6+ -8
mmme a t i o n of 26 axb4 Hack's flag fell in this hqw-
Qxf7 27 bxa5 mrns htter for less pcxsition,
White+ tn mutual timetrouble, It is quik notable that 3m- However, the natural l2
Black rightly prefers to keep man, in his no&s to this game
@a! is stsanger, for example
his dangerous bishop, (pubbshd in Mixmator SO), 12 ... &I7 13 d! fix&?! (13 ,,.
26 fxg8 @+ Qxg8 gives 25 &8! as the only move &a5 is better, but 14 f4! &7 (...
atxi fails tn spot 29 ... Q&!, m7-cSis no longer passiblel
thinking that Whitr wins dm 15&& leaves White on tqd I4
29 @&. I rn explain this slip
$$kc3 &eS 1 S &is+ a? 16a s !
h u g h my pr wnd expi - exfS 17 CW-0 with a kernen-
ence, knowing that chess- dous attack on Hk k ' s exposed
players we asked to comment
on irnprtant games dwing tian. 10 ... Qe4 (given an ! by
t o u mmt s or immediately Mrawatll was played in Xm- 82
after, when the nervous tension man-%wan, 'Tilburg 1 , B
but it seems to me that insert-
'Xhis is pr hbl y the most
important game far the assess-
ment of the 4 433 e6 varia-
trouble and the sudden damin- New Yuxk l5W m? ISehwan suggests 25 pawn an f3 them is rta defentle
atian of the g&&shop - a
psychalogid bid, also work- 1 e4 c6 2 d4 dS 3 e5 QfS 4
ing during the post-martem"), &3 e6 S g4 &6 6 Qge2 c5
when Whik is defemiess. 7 h4 hb 8 Be3
'Even after the best line 30 QE4
(20 Qxb4 Qf5 31 Qd6+ @b7 32
@M ~ x c 2 + 33 @at &P) 30 ... In this continuatian Black
QfS 31 A+ %7! 32 &7+ &6! 33 plays simple chess, trying to
%d4 @x&+ 34 &l (very att- wmp1cte the development of
d v e is 34 @a2 c3 35 &I &&I+ his p i e s as quickly as possible
36 m3Qc.24 34 ,.. c3 White without w e n g b u t smdl w444 &6+ @gS 45 Ea4 Another impnrtant aption
has to give up." mncessians in the centre. This 45 gxb7 -+ 47' cS @xh5 48 bere is 11ad3 Qxd3 12 %d3
76 Y k 4 ... et5 Sg4&6 S&2 I
Qd7 13&dB? (831 I13 0-0-0 is
similar to T l m a r - m w n
mentioxled &YE, wKle 13 f4
Ed3 14 Qd2 Qxd!? is hc3&5
is difficult to evduatt? as Black
gets e4 for his bight)
%3 .,. gc8 I13 ... Qxd 14 4:d
Ec8 15 $&3114 &&a?, with a
c o mp l i d struggle ah&,
slightly favoumb1e to the frst
player.
11 ..- m7
12 d?! QS?!
Bl aA should have &bed
the e p w n by Xi! ... Qxc~! 13
WcJ &eS as there is no clear
dutatiofl at Mi*'s disposal.
13 b4?
White thoughtlessiy o v e ~
extends an the qumnside+
Corred. was 13 f4! keeping a
slight advantage, wMe now the
Eralance wings slightly b d
Black's s i d ~
13 -.- &Mi
14 f4
Sdmwan gives 14 f4k'. h
the pt - rn- S@man
and I agnd that the position is
unclear, but when I d y s d
alone I could not find a prop%
place far my k q and mduW
that the pi t i on is mcisfac-
tory for white.
14 ... &7
rs &bS?
Appropriate here is 15 ad3,
but White persists in an att-
acking appmt . 1 while his Icing
is still d e .
IS is.. 0-0
16 @6? &6!
Now Black is almost win-
ning, since While suffers from
much worse deve1apmnt. The
dfr-knight, W g isolatd from
fellow @ e s may prove ta be a
liability instad of fie hoped-
fur powerhouse.
17 m6 bxd
is ad3 C8PI
18 ... f b!
U n d m n g tfre foundation
of Whie's outpost.
$9 fixh7* @xb7
20 a x 6 ax!%
n w;r* ggs
22 0-0-0 CS?
Trying to be "fancy" whae
simple means are effdve.
Speelman saw during the game
the c o r n 22 -.. fxe5 23 g5
&4! 24 &6 (24 @I &? &fi) 24
'
, , & *7 25 gxtmh B6! Zh @g5
; -7, 'bit was &mid aF 27 &4
' wfii& achieves nothing after 27
, .,. dxe4 28 kg7 &g7 29 &d7
: ~30&f 7@d' ?andWhi t . ei i s
: clearly last.
23 egti! *7
24 gS
Due to 3 l ds ZLxld move
&take, Wte has taken over
the initiative. This opening is
&ficult ta handle inded!
24 ... f@
25 fS! -5
26 *A* me6
27 fxeb Bf6
28 &&! Ec8
29 e7f Be6 18.5.
30 e8@*!
A rstre but noteworthy motif,
No rrtatter haw Black v-
tuxes, he must s m n k the
exchge.
30 ... &xe8
31 4327
As a result of all the cum-
pUati~m, White even enjoys a
: slight advantage here, Never-
\' theless, Spl man manages ta
i, Rnd enough munterplay to
nufEfy my danger.
31 ... cxb4
32 axb4 Qf3!
33 we8 Bxe8
34 Exd5 g4
This StrlvanCE gua mbs
Black adequate countmhnces.
Having survivd a near disaster,
f decided to settIe for a dmw,
ignoring the fact I was an
exchange up.
35 Bfi Re2
36 ES?f g6!
37 hgb?! &7
38 RSxf3
The ending is drawn, as b t h
S~&S will sacsifice th& rook
fur the enemy pssd pawn,
tht?refore .,,
%*
This is the only time I have
ever been in danger while play-
ing the Caro Advance Vrtriation,
while it is obvious that im-
provements for White am
available. Since X have essayed 3
es against many strong gmd-
masters Ispi man was at his
p k w h this game was
played), I believe this fact is
enough in itself to demonstrate
tkte i h n t strength of the 4
QZ3 system.
Cancf udon
b ... c5 is had t~ crack, but it
I& to the sort of game that
3 eS players usually dm for:
sharp positions, full of t h t
and ~ u n ~ ~ t , demanding
excellent prqamtion and un-
derstanding of the dy&c
as- of the opening. Many
Summing up, i t e m s that
U r n are quite entertaining, but the future af the Cam Advance
when you are sitting at the Variation as a whole will bc
ba r d you do not always think mostly rictaminect by develop-
the same! rnents in this line.
3 The 4 ... wb6 Variation
Game f2
Nimzowitsch - Cap~btmca
New YO& 197
lEre game that foIIowa wias
awarded a spi d prize for the
k t pIayed game in the tow
nament. After a dubious open-
ing, Capblana manages to
k z e his opponent's demon-
a t i o n an the Iringside and
wins elegarlt1y by pemmting
the emmy position with his
heavy pieces. The id- behind
the opening of this ginme have
h n d y d in same detail in
chapter t, themore here the
analysis will concentrate more
on the middegame as-.
Ie4 c62 d4 dS 3 eSQf5
4 Od3?!
I quote lwing Chemev's
annotation fmm his book
*bIanak &st C b End-
s kgs fAtacins-Capablanm, 'tan-
don 1923: "White frmtens to
get rid of his g o d bishop, a
emr repeated by
&nz~witsch in his famolts 1927
@Xounter against ChpbXmca1*.
wisewords, but far the wrong
m n ! The truth is that Cher-
WS comment is absolutely
mmxt, since it aommpanies
White's 4th and nut his 5th
m v e (in the &vementiDnt.d
games White unwisely ex-
changed his g d bishop bfm
Black moved his q u m tO %I.
l-Iawever, this is merely a result
of hem-warship rather than
abjwtive thinking, as &pa-
bI5uzca continu& in b t h games
with a dhA transposition ta
our d y s i s , anrl was still
praised by Chemev.
4 ... &xd3
5 @xd3 etl
6 Qc3 gM?!
7 4ge2 d?!
A premature thrust. More to
the point is 7 ... &7, as we
shall see in the next three
games. h t k option is 7 ...
@a6, but it will k arl al yd in
Kotroniits-Wifman (Game 14)
since dter 7 .,. &7 8 0-0 @a6
it transposes.
8 dxcs pxcs
9 G O &7?!
9 ... Qd7 10 &4 *7 11
&T$.xd 12&3&7 13 &xg7
14 @dl7 b e 5 15 &3 @ 7
I6 &I4 aTg6D @hJ a6 18Be1
0-0-0 1(3 &Sf Kotronias-
Gawe1, Reykjavik 1988; White's
plan is ta fallow up with &h3-
g3, $12-h4.
10 0 4 2 1
?he opening play has ken
i m k , but in those days
people b n d d to form their
attentiion more an the midclle-
gme, To set the historical
mrdstraight, White misses a
g d chance to gain the advan-
tage by 10b4! (8hl
Tfriswas miss& not ody by
Nimzowitsch, but dso by v w
ious mmmmtators (including
I
Chernev). After 10 ... &xb4 (10
.., Qxb4 11 @a5 12@Sf 1 11
0 6 I2 Qa3 !&a5 13 QxcS
&& 14 @6+ m7 15 @g3
&g8 16 &pf 7 Whit, gets a
cIear advantage. The game
mntinuation is much less
enterprising, playing into Capa's
I hands.
10 ... Hcb
11 QxcS @xcs
I I2 Be3 @c7
I 13 f4
14 c3?!
as
I
hf&le was Alekhine's
rec~mmen(3ation of 14 Qf2 I t o
be followd by ~ 3 ~ 4 . 1 , when
White might still have counted
on an advantage. One geb the
impression that Nimzowitsch's
play is a little too passive for
the m i o n .
t4 ... act>
25 Eadf g6
16 g4??
And now he bursts ff~rth
with this inopportune gestm.
In fact this is a positional
blunder, dillowing Cap to
stabilize the pawn s t r u m
the kingside.
16 ... &f53
17 we 3 (871
17 ... hS!
Anaiysts have failed to
comment on this, cansickring
White's reply f d . E4owwer,
as the next note proves, the
mow demand& precise dcu-
latiom and dwp evaluation of a
d n psitiun.
I 8 gS?i
wng Wngside pawn mobil-
ity, but others were uninspiring:
d 18 h3? hxg4 l'f k g 4
0-0-0-+ as Black threatens
both ... Eh3-h4 and ... e g 5 ;
bl 18fS gxf5 (18 ... *e5? 14
&ieS &eS 20 fxe6 fxcG 21 &I4
equal) 19 gxfS O-O-Q! (15) ...
,@? 20 f x 4 f x d 21. &4
0-0-0 22&5rl:) and now:
bi) 20Qf-4 &e5! 21 fxe6
fxe6 22 gcfe!?? f22 b e 6 &4!
2 4 w w+ 25 '&gS!T; 22
w7mg8+ 23 &hf &t6&122 ...
&4? 23 237 (on 23 ... &xe6+
.@HI, h k n i n g ... mf8) 23 ...
&8 24 @hi Bdf8 X5 &a4
{after 25 W+ &I7 26 @a4+
'% $$tb 27 &xd+ bx& 28 h3 4316
29 &h5 &5 Black has mare
* than enough compensation fur
tXle pawn b u s e of his active
king and mntml pawn roller)
25 ... w6! (preparing ... k 5 ,
or ... &8-b8) with excellent
chances for Ql d; % &e6? is
a bad mistake k u s e of 2h ...
w4! 27 ES)c7 28 @aS+
29 Dcl6 N1.t 30 @g2
&3++ with mate soon to foll-
i -.
b3 20 &I4 trelatively best)
m ... w! n @H tn ~3 gw!
P@h!)hld423ad4&8+)21
... mg8 22 &h3 &d4 23 md4
W! and Hack is MtR ir
cause he has a safer king,
18 a-0
Nark has a s h k g i d l y won
game. Hs king is d e on the
&&side while an the other
wirrg he enjoys the pros@ of
a minurity attack. However, the
m y in which Cqxblanca makes
Use of his advantages is a
primless lwsorx far every
&saplayer,
19 Qd4 @bb
The 4 ... &M Vm'atrbn 81
20 gf2 gfc8
21 a3 &7
22 Rd3 w
23 Ee2 Re8
24 a 2 &6
25 Red2 Bec8
26 ge2 @7!
27 Bed2 Ec4
Caps's plans begin ta take
shap. EIis knight is ready tw
jump to fS in order to challenge
White's stsonghold on dP. That
would allow his rooks to pne-
trab into the heart of the
emmy podtian.
28 @h3?! @g7
29 Ef2 as
30 Re2 af5!
31 &fS+ gxf5
32 @f3
O n 32 @xh5? the reply 32 ...
Eh8 33 @f3 Bh4 wins easily.
32 ..* @g6 (881
Everything goes as p l d .
h the next few maves Black
improves the positions of his
pi es, by slowly ir&Itrating
h u g h the hdf-opm c-file.
33 Red2 Be4
3 4 B d 4 Ec4
3s @F2 @bS
36 -3 gcxd4!
Ahdaning the plan of a
minority attack by ... &kS-bJ,
,,, b7-Wb4, as he gets the
chance to create a new weak-
ness on d4. White cannot
recapture with the rook in view
of the reply 37 ,,. &2, winning
instantly.
37 cxd4 @c4
38 @gZ M!
39 @gt b4
40 axb4 axb4
41 &a wu
Capbianca is tightening the
noase move by move. No
doubt, Nimzowitsch must have
felt extremely mmmfartable
during the final phase of the
game.
42 @g3 @hi!
43 ad3
The only move. On 43 &2
(trying to prevent ... EebelI,
the simplest is 43 ,., me2 44
@e2 el+, winning the d-
Pawn.
43 *..
44 Bf3 Rdt
4S b3
Whi b )xas enter& a zug-
zwang situation, l'he proof:
a> 4s h3 &I+ 48 a4 &as!;
b) 45 @3 Bd2!-+;
c)4S 3 Ef1 4b @c2
@gl+-+;
dl 45 B 3 *4-+.
4s .*. Eci!
46 Ee3 Bfl 1891
0-1
A masterly canclusion by a
great champinn,
Ttzis is the main alternative
to 4 ... 6. Black wants ta avoid
the labyrinth of variations
M y examin& and stec;r the
game to positional chmeIs.
Fur quik same time 4 ,.. &lh
was sucmssful as most players
with White mncentmted th&
efforts on the risky mntinua-
tion 5 g411 Qd7, However, it
seems extmvagant to play S g4
when the black bishop still has
&e option to retreat to d7; the
; Mt i n g positions c l wl y
wrnb1e the Erench e x q t for
&e extra move g2-g4, which
. looks more like a weakness
f
th.n e tireatening gesture. ~ n .
8 example, White's ovmxt ensh
g gave fiim no advantage in the
Timan-Kmsky, TIlburg
6 434 *7 7 pe3
@ti417 ... &8 &2 &7 9 f 4
&&'I 10Qf3 hS 11 h3 &$ 12
&3 Qe7 13 &e2 0 4 I 4 Qxh4
' p 4 + 15 Qf2 Qxf2+ 16 @xf2
3rtrg4 17 kg4 M 18 0-0-0
CS!. Kamsky suggests 15
&716&SCfO-U17&f3asa
possible improvement fur
I White, but I do not know many
' plqyem who would t3e wi1Ung
to wnture this.
White exchanges his 'gmd'
for the sake of qui&
ent* Although this
m y not suit everyone's style,
has shown that it is
Remkably enough,
'*wan's m n t b k an t)re
Qm Advance daes not even
-tion this move at this
~ I C moment; our Main
,b and athers are mentioned
though the correct
move & is 4 &3 and only
* 4 ... @M, SQd3.
-
5 ... &xd3
h m d y risky is S ..-
%d4?!. After 6 @3!7 &34 7
h3:
d 7 ... e g 2 8 &l 9
Qf1 ax& (9 +.+ &&5 10&5 Q x d
11*c2 gXf 3 f2 &2+-1 10@&
I10 &c2!?), e.g. 10 ... @IS? I!
&S Bhi 12 &c2 &d3 13 Qg2;
therefore Black must retreat
with 10... @c8 and Face a
strong attack in exchange fur a
minimal material investment by
White. Editor's note: k n -
krgmatln, Danish League
I WX saw Black try 10 ...
W7 but then he Id problems
devdoping: 11 @xd e6 12 Qe3
@? 13 @4 QfS 14 a>sS exfs
tS 04-0 gb 16 &4 &7 (16 ...
Qg7 17QxdS cxdS 18&& W
19436. Qxfb 20 &id7 &d7 2
WSI 17 m5! &7 18 D d ?
&d7 49 Edl 20 %dl
Qg7 Zl pxf7+ 1-0.
b) 7 ... &%IS 8 0-0 Qxd3 9
~ & & i o @ b 3 b r ~ b h -
sen suggests 10 &2 - ed.)
Wk has a huge I d in dwe-
lopment anlf same ideas ta
e m h s the black qumn by
-2-f 4.
Editor's note: instead of 9 ...
6 in this Iine, 9 ... @f5 was
trjd in the gme brg-K
f3crg, Esp2rgade XW: 10 get
@ c 8 1 1 ~ F x e G E & l 4 ~ I3
@f3! I4 g4 h6 15 &f4 gS 16
&A6!@7 17&&&e6 (17 .., cS
falls to, e.g. I8 Eaef cxd4 19
kxe7 Qxe7 20 &e7+ &6 21
Qd.5 J38 22 Qxf6 mb 2J
&4+ (Borge) or 18 QxdS ad4
19 Ex%+! IL Efansenl $8 b e 6
exdb?! (18 ... @x& 19 Qh2 @'7
20 Eel Qg7 21 &e3 e5!? 22 Qxe5
me8 is a better try a md n g
ta L Msed 19 gel &s 20
&f5 Be8 n &gS+! hxg5 22
Be8 &e8 23 &d6 D h 3 24
&6+ @I7 25 WgS B d 3 26
@fS+ @27 27 @h7+ 28 '&7
(with i t s superiar bad-up, the
white g-pawn proves much
faster than i t s black counts-
part on the d-file1 28 . .. @? 3
gSEd430 f3m4 31. d4 32
434 gxf4 33 w 4 Qg7 34 w
Qh8 35 &8* 1-43,
Also interesting is &trick
WulfFs suggestian of 6 &e2!,
with the following possibilities:
al 6 .,. @xeS?! 7 Qf3 @f6 8
&5 @& 9 &d4 @g6 10 Qxf5
@xg5 I1 Qc~! with the better
pasition for Whi ke g fl ... afi 12
Qxb7 Ea7 13 Qx&+ && 14
&6, nc?' I S c4! and the black
king is exposed.
b) 6 .., &4!? 7 f3! &g2 8
QxfS WI when the black
quen seems rr> h in danger
but them is no char way to
capture it.
6 @xd3 eb
F d . On 6 ... w?, 7 &I!
@xd3 8 efl+ @xf7 9 cxd3 c3h 10
f 4 is f , mrntsev-Ravkin, USSR
1m.
7 age2
And there we have kt! After
no less than 63 years the open-
ing of Nimzowitch-CqabIipnca
is m p t d in the same dty.
Codd this be Christexled the?
'New Yo& Variation'?
7 .., a d 7
This time Black chmses a
solid continuation. Also p s s
i i e are 7 .,. &7 md 7 ... @A.
8 0-0 a7 r9ll
Transpasing again to 7 ...
&7 8 U-UO7.
9 a4 cS
'Re alternatives 9 ... a6 and 4
... a5 are examined in Game IS,
Katronias-Tukm&av.
10 & &6?!
Black's quwn is e x p s d an
this square. h F d k was 10
.,. @d8! I! &5!? with a com-
plex struggle ahead,
11 dxcS b e 5 1
After I 1 ... @cS! 12 -&3!
ISplman) Wte kas only a
slight edge. The text is wrong
an the basis that one should
not open up the centre when
lagging in development.
12 @g3 &g6 (927
Haying the other knight to
g6 would encowage an advance
of Wkitds f-pawn, but now the
f8-bishop will main b l d d
long enough for White to build
up a strong initiative.
13 @4! @XcS
14 Qe3 eS
Farced, since on my quwn
- mt, I S &I5 is crushing.
is Qab5 *6 (931
1
On 15 ... d4? I intended 14
QxdQ! a d 4 f7 @7+ 18
&dl dxd 19 ud1+ $&8 20
#%+! mating quickly.
7
6 a6!
#
he most dif~icuit move of
"' the game. white had to resist
the temptation of recovering
1, his pawn by 16 as that
;&. 'would quivalent to s m n -
ak derlng the initiative. Tfie text,
$ tfte other hand, has the dual
'7 dmntage of 'installing' a
. *' bi ght an b5 as well as mt i n g
-i
,:*! a useful asset in the shqw of
J 1 dangerous a-pawn.. h m a
);*
strategic paint of view, the
gme has already k n d d W.
16 ... M
16 ... b d ? I7 Ex&! is the
tactical justifiati~n of the
previous move.
17 &dl! d4
18 @h3!?
18Qe4l c&k5 I9 c4!& is mom
exact, but I was a h s & with
the idea of d f i d n g some
thing an d4 (18 &xd4? QfS 1.
18 ... &8 (941
Black can M 1 y capture
either piece as, in that case, the
chwk on d6 wodd be murder-
ous:
a> 18 ... dxe31 I9 @h+ @I3
20 &b5!!+ -;
b) 18 -.. dxc31 19 Qd6*
$&I8 20 &f7+ and now:
b8 20 ... -7 2t gd6 @xd5
(3 ... $$& 22 Efdf+-) 22 &d6
@xd6 23 Edl++ -;
b2I 20. . . $&82l &6+~8
22 b4! &IS (22 ... @7 23 bS &!7
24 &f3 m8 25 gd3!+-1 23 @f3!
Qxdh I23... &b4 24 w!! axd6
25 &S+ &8 .% &&?+-I 24
&dS @7 (24 ,,, @27 25 &S+
W? E5 ... gk8 % DdSf 1 26
$g4+! @xd5 27 8diN 25 hs *4
26 &5+!+-.
OF C O ~ , X did not have ta
&dat e all the above lim in
detail. The p wn on a6 is a
bone in BIacEr's h t , mating
dangerous mating threats.
19 $91xd4! @6
Trying to get rid of the
annoying knight. 19 ... exd4 is
simply out of the question,
while on f9 .*. Qd6 Wizitr?
responds with 20 &3 0-0 3
@El!, entering a winning d-
game.
20 Efeilf
A temporat*y sacrifice in
& ta maintain the initiaGve.
The move is bar&, as we shall
see, an a hidden tazticaX point+
20 ..* &bS
21 axe5 &7?!
With time-pressure app-
roaching, Black fails to put up
the best resistmm: 21 .,. &7?
is easily dismiss& in view of 22
QxbS@xbS23+&&3~& Z4W7
@c$ 25 I$db+-, however the
me point of 20 mel! would be
mea1.d ady a f k r a*.. Wf
22 @a*!! (22 &d+ &7 is
not SO clear) 22 ..* Qe7 23
gd6! d now:
d 23 ,,, &4 24 Be7+ @xe7
25 @h4+ fS 26 Qce2+ 27
@f$ W W 2B &'I.++-;
bl 23 *.. .d6! 24 Qxd6
4335 25 Qxe7! -7 26 F4!f.
22 &b5 0-0
On 22 ... WbS, 23 Qxg7
&8 24 %h7 sku14 win with-
out much trauble.
23 Qd4 e'cs
24 bi! Be4
Taking the pawn w d d lose
at least an exchange after 25
w. The game continuation
allows Wte a brilliant finish.
25 QfS Qxb4 (9SI
26 @h6! 1-0
It is mate next move.
f. e4 c6 2 d4 (1S 3 e5 &fS 4
(ac3 tsa(h6 S ad3 Pxd3 6
e d 3 e6 7 &e2
7 ... 4371
Black should opt for a flex-
ible dep1uyment of his p i e ,
before embarking an centml
o ~ t i u m. The dkrmtive 7 . ..
@a6?! is of independent signi-
8m02only after 8 $4h3 b5 (8
,,, &7 is a di m% transposition
ta the Main Gme1, but W s is
nat p &i d d y n3cmlmende?d.
After 9 H 4 , b t h 9 ... CS 10
dxs5p.~uwEadJpf8 13
&2 &6 14 &f4, Bastriakav-
Av&, USSR 1952, and 9 ...
?' b 4 1 0 ~ d H d x c 5 ~ x c 5 1 2
Qd3*4? 13 b3! @I5 14 +O
&7 IS a3, Kotronias-Skembris,
Jbvala Z I%, Imve Black
SmggIing for surrivd.
' On &e other h a d , a t ypi d
!
blunder af t a 8 @hJ would Ix
8 8 ... ES? 9 &&! @as* 10@d
.. & ~ 3 I f ~ c 3 ~ ! 2 Q e 3 c x d 4
1 13@d4 Qxdl 14 Qxi4 &7 IS
@S @E 16 ~ 4 + - Katronias-
- ~ ~ n , Reykjavik 1988; if
( - Black takes the o f Ed knight
& by 9 ... exdS t h e follows 10
f,. &$@+ $&7 Be71 t&x& i2
1
&B+ @e7 f3 b3! and White is
winning.
a i 8 *O $Bta6?i (95)
This idea is not g d , al-
though it stems h r n Ciipa-
b h C - is 8 ... 0 7 9
a4 a6 as in KotronicPs-Tuluna-
bv w 9 ,., aS 10 'b3 hS 11&S
#3 as in Katronias-Orr (see
&@ next Main Game). The
We n is d i s p h d an ab and
&a& will, soon have b &nit
ld9 mistake by moving her
w*
9 Bh3 &I7
10 .04!
This pasition and similar
ones have k n di scusd in
Chapter 1 Imdniy diagram 16).
White's 1st mave restricts the
mbility of the black queen and
m e s psi ti od purposes as
well.
10 .*. @M!7
A navelty at the time, this
mve is betw t b 10 ... Re8 11.
Qe3 cS?! 12 &!f M o b -
kkrsen, Emnhgen 1977/8,
Nevertheiess, the text is an
admission that the manmvre
... wattwas uns u~s s f ul *
H b3?!
Vacillating. Correct is Ii aS!
W8 I2 a 4 f . This position has
&n extensivdy analysd in
Chapter 1 Idiagt-am =I.
ff ...
12 a5 435
W8
13 &df
The h i c idea of this m m
euvtu? is 14 &3 and the central
break c2-c4, opexling up the
position.
13 ... CS
14 c4
Black is OK in the mrnpli-
ca~ons which faitow, However,
the game features the pmper
antido& to an early ..+ &-cs
and was a useful predecessor
to Kotronias-Tuhakov (Game
15). This break is a typical
&on by White in such
positions and is greatly akdd
by the pasition of the white
queen on h3.
$4 -*. cxd4
Mtm- 14 ... dxc4 t5 d5 White's
position is bttm than in the
game, since the dl-knight is
xlot obstru& by the enemy
a n d pawn.
15 cxdS Qxe5
16 dxe6 fxe6
17 Qf4 @f6
I8 gel g5
During the game 18 *-. &d6
looked kt& ta me, s i p aft^
19 &5?! @ha! 20 &g7+ m7
Black has a somewhat s~pdor
d n g . Howeverf there is the
ink~sting alternaive 19 &Zt'l
CkO X) &e2, sacrlfidng a pawn
for positional pressure.
19 Qd3
In this position the pawn
d i e 39 n&f? is also worth
trying.
19 ..* ad6
Za QxeS axe5 197)
21 f4
Freeing the dl-knight far
aggressive action, after which
White stands a little! kt&.
21 *.* 5jldb
2 2 Qf Z fib4
23 ne5 0-0
24 Qb2
It Itis impossible to play 24
&4? @h4 and now 25 &f5 is
unplayifble due to the back
rank rn;tte on el.
24 ... @f7
zs Qe4 *7
26 Be1 &dB
27 @d3 Ed5
31& chooses to ~ W Y I the
pawn in order to activate his
p i e s .
28 gxdS exdS
29 a 3 Qg?!
This is the only move, as 29
... &g3? 30 hxg3 af63 Qxd4
Qxd4+ 32 Wd4 a6 33 EeS Ed8
34 g4 mece&iy allows
White to launch rn attack.
30 @xd4 Pfb
31 6 Wf6
32 Qxfb gxf6
33 Qe2 Be6
34 @f2 ne4
= Ed aes
36 9
Natudl y not 36 &ds me2+
and B i d wins a p i e x
36 ... ;ab4
37 BxdS Bxb3
38 gd7 QcS
39 Ec? Ells
11.0 gc8+
The last trap, s i ne now 4 0
... &7 41 a 4
42 E x 6
wins a p j e far White.
PO .*. w
41 Ec7+ Wh
Game 15
Ratrodas - Tukmakov
Ka d a f99l
-&3,< ~
!',::' &3 @b6 S &d3 QxdS 6
: f , ghrd3sb?QgaZ@780-0
. \
'", 8 -..
9 a4
@7
a6
The game Kutronias - Orr,
$? . ' D u UL 1986, saw tfme daub1e-
$' edged 9 ... a!?, rendwing the
; + &me ... c6-d dubious Ow-
, 4,
! ; :
awse of the weakness af MI
1 , for the mke of maintaining the
9 pssure on d4. The game
s > , continued 10 b3 hS (preparing
! .,: ... Qe7-fS, as the immediate 10
+*. @fS is met by Lf g4 &? t2
&3 with the idea &I-Q) 11
' PgS1 (White m v e s that his
ordvmmy will have to spare a
,i. -pa to exchange this bishop
4 hhnse1.f by ... &F&e7, sa he
: doff, not fall for ll Qa3 Qf5
, with a f m game for Black) If
I ... Qfti 12 Eadi 1981
12 ... f61 {tension during an
%'rnpiad is far 'beyond the
-, esmdly in last
mund contests; hem it awed
w ta lose his sense of
b g e r and commit a serious
at the very beginning of
game, white after the cur-
ips f2 ... Qe7 13axe7 @e7! the
The 4 -.. gw vwatlbn 81
fight tvauld have just s W
13 exf6 gxf6 14 @4!! t-ng
the oprt mi t y to prevent
Ha& from msthg; the lrish
master prdxb1y wpdd I4
Qd Qd6 with an unc1ear psi-
tian, but now White is just
winning) 14 ... fxgS (14 ...
%cf4 IS @h3 loses as well> IS
b e 6 4e7 16 nfef (also pas-
ible is 16 @g3, but White pre-
fers to apply dirr?ct pressure on
the hapless black monarch) fb
.,. Eh6 17 @e2! Ia multj-
purpose move, which prevents
17 ... Be6W of the con-
tinuation 18@xhE @I8 19&&
a d a t *the same time ppres
to triple the majar pimes along
the open e-file; the game is
practidly over now1 17 ...
@I34 f8 Ed3 @d6 Idesperation,
but 18 ... b e 6 wdd have only
past pnd the d 19 Re3
4f6 20 Qdfl @xf8 Zl Exe7
Qe4 22 Ee5 436 23 ExgS
Be8 a4 E ~ S 1-0.
10 @h3 QfS
11 iz @1! as WB cs
Facing the pasitionrrl h t
which will form the
exchange of BImck's strong
kmght on fS, the llkmhian
Gmndmester hurries ta show
some activity in the centm.
Taking i n b account Black's
l& of development, this app-
roach is rather committal, but
not so much as 12 ... $914 13
&d3 cS tBjarke Msknsen
suggests 13 ... hS fallowd by ...
g6 - Ed1 I 4 c3 pkmning @4+,
Kutr~nias-K. Bwg, Gausdat
Troll Masters 1%.
13 c4!
White reacks in typiml a d
at the same time ef f dve
Fashion.
13 ... dm4
14 dS &h4
ttnfortunateLy for Bid, the
b t to exchange queens is
not enough to nullify White's
initiative. W~th a &es of
unexpt?cted quen manoeuvres,
White manages not only ta
pr eme, but actually to in-
on c4 is likely to dominate the
p r d n g s .
19 ..* I$e7
20 Qxc4 *4?!
The continuation 20 "..
gfs? .2l $&xfS exf5 22 gel+ @f7
23 @4 t h t e n i n g 24 &dl was
highly undesirable, but Black's
h~t wrts XI ... n w! u-u
(23 ... &f6?! 22 Qb2 Qxb2 23
Qxb25) 22 QbZ @f5 23 @g3
with an unclear position which,
however, 't consider mare
plesant fur White,
n ga4
22 ne1 (fOoi
k e , the pressure.
IS dm6 fxe6 IW
22 ... @xa4??
Black should seek saivatian
16 #c3f ad4
17 Qxd4 %d4
18 e h3 @xe5
19 Qe3
The exchanges that have
taken p b favour WMk, sin=
i t is much &er for him to
bring new foms into the
battie. Besides, it is quite clear
that Black will have problems
b t h during the middlegame
and 5n any ending with quai
materid, since the white knight
in an inferior endgame by 22 ...
0-0 23 @x&+ $&& 24 B&f,
but instead suffers an illusion
with disastrous cansequences.
We have &d y had the chance
to observe plenty of d o n s
where the defender tires of
warding off aEtEmting threats
in different parts of the &id.
23 ee6 -8
My opponent ha! aver].t]~ked
that 23 ... -0 is dealt a death.
blow by 24 &6+.
24 *e7* -8
z s Qf 4 1-0
25 +..@xc4 is met by 215 &8+
with mate next move,
Conclusion
5 m!? is an interesting way to
mt er 4 ... M w d
exp-ience indicates that B j d
will have problems developing
hb pieces and achieving the
librating t h s t ... M. AXSO,
the games btranias-King and
Ku~nl as - Th&ov demon-
strate that Black shatild avaid
an esuly fight for the mntm
when White's lead in develop-
mt aul d make itself felt.
However, White players sfrould
be alert, as a slight mishading
can change the pi c be surpris-
ingly qquickly.
Game 16
N u n - Dlugy
London 1%
After White scored some
hautiful wins employing the
Line 4&3 6 5 g4 Qgtt G &e2,
Black players started m h i n g
for something new and less
compiici4M. Given the knef i t
of kindsight, 4 ,*. hS?! is the
mst committal choke OF dl:
Whit.& kingside expansion is
preventd, but at the cost of
weakerirng the gS square; Black
also has to salve the problem
of bringing his king into safety.
5 &d3!
W~te takes a first sbep
tuwards shaking B l d s control
of FS, As a matter OF principle,
this is the only way to ec3xpl)se
the weak side of 4 .,, h5.
S .*. &xd3
b @xd3 e6
7 af 3 &6
Probably the k t . For 7 ...
&% see Game U, Shurt-Se'ia-
wan.
8 0-0 as?!
?his is a bit p~mature,
inviting White's next move.
C o d in my upinion is Nunn's
8 ... @7 with the fallowing
possible wntinuations:
d 9 Edl d (9 ... 8 5 10&2
6 H c4&1 10 &S c4 I10 ...
M!? 11 d x d *cs I i l ,,. QYC~
a @b51 22 &4 *7 13 @6+
Qxd6 14 ex& @ch requires
analysis) If Qxd8 cxd3 12 &S
dxc2 I3 Xdclf;
M 9 &2 S I0 c4 dxc4 $1
*c4 QM 9 @M+ @ti7 13
%d7+ &d7 (13 ... @xd7!?) 14
Qh6! 15&If.
In both these lines the
quwns come off the bard, but
White keeps a slight &vantage
due to his btter development.
9 &2!
Continuing in the spirit of
W fifth move, Wte is wady
@ swap every p i e that lands
fS, thus sIow1y denuE3ina
'3%. ads kingside of its defend-
' l a
9 ... w7
Xn the game GI&-Vnhman-
>
avh, Lvov 1985, Black played
9 .., Qe7 but after 10b3 a 7 If
'c4&812Qd24&$13d it
became clew that he was I d -
kg a constructive plan. This is
an important example, showing
I that White can generate play
onalIpartsofthebardifthe
second player resorts to p s -
he manaeum.
10 &3
Also interesting is 10 Bdi!?
with the id- b2-h3* c2-4 but
the text is mart? d M . Hi&
mw has to d e a difficult
dl&.
10 *.* @4?! ~ja.3
Opening up the f-file by fO
*. . &g3? I1 fxg3! would be
W&M. However, ktter is
,
&In's suggestion 10... g6!? 11
&f5 gxf5 12 &5 &7 13 h4
Nth a slight plus for White
dtue to the weakness of the
The 4 ... hS Variation 93
h-pawn. The text neg1m.s
B i d s development without
good reason.
H o h 4 wh4
I2 Qe3 @dl3
13 ZqfdX &8?
Better is 13 ... Qe7, but White
will continue similarly to Glek-
Vqzhrn-Gn, gaining a big
sparx3 dwt age.
14 Is cS?!
%s move is mnsistent but
wrong. Against a lesser a m -
nent Dlugy Mght have got
away with his plan, but objtxt-
ively he should have rvmndted
himself to passive defenm,
starting with 14 ,.. ae7. As it is,
Nunn is able to exploit Bids
i mr a c i e s in a simple and
powerful manner.
15 c4!& cxd4 (la)
Black is left with a chaicle aF
evils. Nunn analyses: 15 ... h4
(1s , . + fS dxc5 Qxd 17Pxc;.~
Bc-5 18 &4+) 16 (16
cxdS!? hxgJ 17 dx& axe5 18
dxe5 &id3 19 exf7 @d7 20
gd3-t 1 and now
a> 16 ... QM 17 gad dxc4 18
bxc4 a d 4 19&d4 QrzS 20 $&4
*7 2.i a@*;
b) 16 ... dxc4 I7 @xc4 a d 4
18 @xd4 kc.5 19 @e4 Qxe3 20
*e3*.
16 cxdS! QxeS
After 16 ... dxe3 17 dxd
Black b no defence to the
numerous threats. I t is in a s
variation that the weaknesses
created by ... h7-hS b m e
~ c u l a r l y glaring,
The 4 ... hS Vm'ation 9.5
17 *d4 e d S ?
Lasing at once, but 17 ...
-4 18 @xa7 could only pro-
long resistance.
18 @a$+ 1-0
Nadc resigned, since I8 ...
@& 19 EztcX! leaves White a
clear rook ahead.
Game 17
Short - Sdrawan
Rut &- dm 19%
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 PE5 4
&3 hS?! 5 &d3! Bxd3 6
@xd3 e6 7 &3
7 ... @M
Sehwan Wes a different
a p m h in cornpaisan to the
@MIS game; the king will
hick on the queenside, while in
the centre B l d prepares t-0
strike with ... f7-fS, However,
in my opinion, his plan I d s
c h ms of S U ~ S for two
reasons: ftrstly, the black king
ast l es opposite a mobile pawn
mass, ready to at tke
di e s t oppor*tunIty; secondly,
his munterplay in the centre
wllJ merely mt , e a backward
epwn which is very difficult
to advance without creating
further weaknesses.
8 0-0 @a6
Skirawan suggests 8 ..*
@7!? and 8 ... 49d7 which
b t h bear a close resemblance
ta lines in Chapm 3. The only
differerms are the phrnent
of Wt e ' s king's knight md
the advancement of B i d s
h-pwn, but I do not think
these facts mn - t i d y alter
the evaluation of the position.
9 @dl
W& ' s Xws of time is only
apparent, since the Mack queen
is far away from the en- and
will need to move again in
order to rejoin the d o n .
9 ... 4Y7
10 0 2
A typicaX motif that has k n
encauntmd in s e v d cases in
this book. White is ready to
swap knights with &2-g3,
afkr Black's krught d w s on
f S.
10 .*.
11 c3
-7
afs
12 QgS ae-7
13 &3! -3
On 13 ... g6 the aumm&c
r e d o n would k $4 &f5 gxfS
IS h4, permmently fixing the
weakness on M.
I 4 fxg3 f6
W&*S pESSW the
f-file foms this pwn &an
which, although undoubMy
planned tsefomhmd, cannot be
sufficiently supporbd by pieces
?iJ+ wses than munten*play.
$L a
15 exf6 gxffi
>?,
r +
: > .,.
I6 Qf4 WO-0
t.'
X i L 17 gel af s cIU4
TRe black knight occupies a
@ve position on the h k
rank, while the rest of his
;?
@ems are dso not conveniently
t:;. pI&. Black's inactive s h w
#:+," enmuages Wte to expand
a hnmdately an the queenside.
,i. -
7: 18 bb!
Ruling out ... &-cS, and
.r' prepring to o p n lines against
Ule black king. Sehwanr ~ d k -
- 1
$' iog how perilous the situation
$,, k bwmming, decides to bring
?i, his queen k k into play.
3;
18 ...
t i 8
@b6!
I 19 a4
I < 20 w2 *7
2f w ah?!
The only move. Not only
, doc;s it defend the sew& rank,
' It dsa prepares ... &7-7
gi*g Ms e p w n ample pm-
kt j on, Now Short bas ta work
bard to get m me thing tangible.
22 h d 6 ! wdli
On 22 ,,, Exdb 23 W4f
tWrilo). But now the black
queen is dm I d away from
controlling es.
23 bxcb @xc6
24 w4
White again caupies the
fatal d" gud, this time with
his queen and, ve?ry signifi-t-
ly, with tempo.
24 ... &I7 CfQ5I
25 @hfl
White would lilce to play 25
BacI ge7 26 c4 dxc4 27 d5 but
&is fails &muse of 27 ... @&+!,
E3aving realizd this, Short
his opponent a cunning trap ..,
25 ... Be?!
... which is spotted immediate-
ly. %a& prepares ta bl& tfrr?
dmgeraus h2-b8 diagonal if,
and when, appropriate,
26 as E?S
27 W5 @8
28 @xhS e c 3
29 @fS nde8
30 Be1
White holds a slight advan-
tage due to his safer king,
htter endgame prospts ancf
strongly-pW queen on R,
but LJXack is not totally devoid
96 The 4... h5 Variation
OF resources. However, his next
move tins& of the =lid 30
... @b4! to be followed by 31 ...
&I6 as rt3cammendd by Cab-
rild unwisely removes the
queen from the defence, allow-
ing Short to start a fierce
attack.
30 ... &3?
31 @c2f
Etlsuring the pnemtiion of
White's pices. Black resists
well, but Short leaves him na
thanes*
31 %.*
32 a6 4w
33 axb7* Exb7
34 h e 5 fxeS
35 gel @hd
36 QxeS m? (101,i
37 Ert'trl!
A Grek gi F~ Lf Black takes
the proffed knight by 37 ...
&5, then J8 @c7 decjdes the
outcome immdately.
37 *.. m7
38 Qcb %3
39 &a7!
The conciu&ng blow, after
which Black tgas no hope ieft
(39 ,.. ma740 Exa7* @a7 41
@c7+ @8 is followed not by 42
@xM @el+, but 42 &I+ with
immediate mate).
39 ... @8
4.0 w* *8
41 &7** m8
42 &d5! 1-0
Bl& decidd that the white
knight had h c d enough.
Conclu~~on
The lirae with 4 ... hS?! is ex-
tremely dangwuus fur Black
sim impatant positional
mna%sions are made wi t hut
my tangible gain. As far as
p d e has sham, White is
able to mpitalize on his deve
lopment md s p x advantage, a
we l l - bd c2-c4 usually W ~ n g
the main id= e n t l y , there
is no satisfactory path for
Bladc to qudize, but 7 ... &I6
8 0-0 &I7 should b~ tested in
&OW carnwtition bfm a
final verdict is reached,
The 4 ... wd7/c8 Variation
Game 18
V m der We1 - Hort
Wjk a m Z k 19%
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 eS QfS 4
Qc3
4 ..* @d7 007)
m move has t.reen dopM
on a ~ d a r basis by GM Was-
timil Hart Together with 4 ...
W, it m e s to prevent g2-g4
without weakening Black's
pawn skeleton. Ai&ugh this
+f
plan I d s ar*ifidal, White has
$ been unable so far to prove a
q
a aonsi ddl e advantage.
$.
S fie3
An alternative that has h e n
tried successfully here is S
m. The g m e Schmittdiel-
:
hw, German Ch 1W, conti-
n ~ d S .,, 6 6 4 3 4 &6 7 Qe3
9 fS! ads lo QxfS exfs It &d3
gb I2 g4f fxg4 13@xg4 @d7 14
@f3 Qh6 IS 0-0-0 fix& 16
&e3 @e7 17h4 &I7 18 RS gxhS
I ~ ~ X H O - O - Q ~ ~ E S M ~ ~ ~
fb 22 Ed 23 Qg4 fxeS 24
dxeS @e7 25 432 @7 26 &f4
Qf8 27 &I3 @6?? 28 m6
@gS+ 29 @f4 1-0. However,
Bif3lack should not have dl owd
9 fS (thus 8 .., Qe7).
S ... h6
Nunn-Hat, Lugano 1987,
continued 5 ,.. hS 6 Qf3 0 6 7
Me 6 8&2 Qe? 9@d2 IS 10
QgS a5 If Eel. @d8 12 a4 b4 13
&l1&b 14MQg6 1S&f4&5
IS Qxe7 b e 7 17 &3 &I% 18
ad1 04-0 19 Qh4 Ed7 20
Qxg6 axgb 2f &g5 with white
enjoying a slight advantage,
~~ ta ~ w a r x *
6 ha!?
6 Sfed3!? ad3 7 &d3 8
&a&? I8 ... cS 9 dxcS &6
10 H@4f ) 9 M @ S
10&3& is a quieter apprwch.
6 ... e6
7 g4
8 f 4
ah7
a-4
Black d h s his intentions:
he is plandng an harmonious
development of his knights to
e7 and d7, fallow^ by .., W3-U.
Tire only disadvantage of a s
scheme is that sooner or Iakr
Black has to part with hlfits
valuable dark-squared bishop,
9 Qe2 Qe7
The t h e a d duel between
Nunrt and Hort Id started
wl l w t Bmdesliga 1983/41,
with9 ,..@6 10&3&7 l i d
&7, also assess& as slightly
ktm for White by Simwm,
10 a3 Qx&*
11 QxK3 *7
I 2 ,&d3
While this smnder s the
ahanwe of the two bishops,
it is difficult to fmd an dterna-
tive plan for white. The type of
pawn stntctum suggests that
the only way to cause Black.
swious worries is by enF0~5ng
the dvanrjt? fQ-fS.
12 *.* 4Y7
t3 Pxh7 gxh7
14 &d3 g6
15 &f2 &7! ~10Sl
This clever move ~~
obstacies in path but I
think that with accurate play
some advantage can stilI be
bped for.
16 a-0-0
As this does not I d to
mything s@d, 1 prqpese hew
the wntinuation 16 &2!? Ithe
knight px"0teds g3 in p p r a -
tion for Qf2-h4) 16 ... U-04
(an 16 ... cS WhiW refdies 17
dxcS &S 18 @c3 axmd now
either 18 ... @6 19 @xc7 &c7
20 4334 @7 21a4! with a slight
advantage in the ending or 18 ..,
Ec.8 19 W3-0 I% 29 433 with
White enjoying some initiative1
t7 ah4 gs 18 fSi gxh4 (18 ...
exf5 14g.d5 gxh4 20 f6 is g d
far White, but now the pi nt af
16 &2?? is t wded sine the
move ..+ &7-g3 is no longer
psi bl d 19f6 &S (19 .., mg8
a0 fxe7 Ed& a*?!) 20 fxe7
Ee8 2l gfl! with a siigfit
advantage for White.
16 ... 0-0-0
The position is qd.
17 Edfi!?
Wrong is 17 Qh4 g5 18 fs?
gxh4 19 f6 4Jxf15 20 exfh @f4+,
according ta the Dutch IM
Fl e m.
: Bid has satisf&ctory play
'by simple means, themfore
@ tk refrains from ideas I i i 18
... gS!? 19 f5 &g8 I pl dng .,,
c&cSl with d m- play tW-
Game 19
Kotrontas - t&ernbrls
Athens (4th Mat& M e )
I987
1 e4 c6 2 d4 dS 3 e5 Qf3 4
w
4 *.* @c8
In Ernman-Speelrraan, Rqk-
favik 193, Black experkientd
wikh 4 ,.. d!?, achieving an
a d l e n t position after S Ae3
&7bQge2 e67&3&7 8
WS? axfs 9 &I3 &e3 10
fxe3 6; although this is given
as quai by %rawan, I Miwe
h t White has already ruined
his chances, a fact convincingly
m n f d by the game conti-
nuation: If @g4 I2 0-0-0
@f%O 43 Dfl h5 14 @h4?!
The 4 .,. #d7/cg Vmhtion 9q
Qe7T IS &f4? a d 4 15 exd4 f6
17Det @38 18 &fl fxeS 19 dxe5
Qf6-+ 20 g3 QxeS 2 &S h4 22
@g4 hxg3 23 hxg3 Qxd 24
bxd e5 25 &gS @a5 26 @32
Elh2 27 Exes &eS 28 *e5+
&7 29 @xc7+ mc730 3d4 gS
31 &4 &I3 32 Ed4 Ef2 33 Qh3
&6 and U-I. Nev&dess,
6 ad3 Qxd3 7 a&!? 6 8 gc1
b slightly better for White,
a d n p ta Sp1mm.
5 Qe3 g5
6 gd2 &I7
7 &e2 hS
8 Qg3 a&??
Am had is 8 ... 4b6?
9 QxFS
10b4 (wen better
than 10a4!? aS If Ea3 eS 12 m3
Qb4 13Qd3 &4 14 &1 @g4 15
0-0 axld the white m K s un-
u s d psitian on El is more of
a strength than a weakness, if:
ody h u m of the unsatisfar
tory coopemtion of Black's
hms) 10 ... @d7 11 a4 elt tar If
... a5 12bxaS - 5 13 eS f x d 14
Qd3 with a strong attack for
White1 12&&813&2 rand
the plan &2-f.l-d3-cs g u m-
t@s White an advantage. Corn-
pmtively best seems 8 ... e6
9 axf5 gxfS 10&2 d 11 c3 h4
12 a 4 with White enjoying
only a asmall superiority,
9 ad3 Qb6
10 a4 h4
11 age2 QfS?!
IktterisH ... aS t2 &3 &7
followed by ... *a&-3.
12 as 4&4
Not 12 ... Qxd3? 13a d 3 $97
14 e6 and White is M y
winning.
13 axe4 dxc4
14 0-0 ah6
I S ga4 fie6
16 Oxhfr?!
Superior is 16Ed!.
I6 ..- axfrb
17 434 afs
rs Zd1-i- r1ii31
18 a.w b5
This is the only move to
continue fighting, at last in a
practid sense; for example,
dter if3 ... 04' 19 b e 6 &xd
33 @2 the game is byand
salvation.
19 axb6 mb6
20 gxa8 *a0
21 Qxeb fxe6
22 wz
White has a big advantage,
but it is still not st, easy to
bring it home.
22 ... bs
23 4'94 0-0
24 t k 4 %7
QcS w7
26 @dB!
SBrembris manages to set a
few ttrtpa, e.g. here 27 @xct)?
@dS 28 @x& ex& 29 c3 gag
and BI& has achievecf same
counterplay.
27 c3 @dS ~fl8
28 @b3!
With the Idea 28 ... &8? 29
g4! hxg3 30 @h7+ Qg7 31
fxg3+-, Black does not have
adequate improvements in this
variation, far example 29 ...
a 6 30 @23 or 29 ... &7 30
godl4 planning xei and &4.
N o d l y the end should be
new now, as White mnquws
the a-file for his m k ,
28 a*. -7
29 Ed b4
38@g4 bxc3
31 bxc3
32 h3 m~
33 w4 m
34 Ea7 W8
35 Qe42
Jwprdmng the win in time
trouble. Immediately decisive
was 35 @gS Ithkning 34
WG+) 35 ... Bh8 3h b e 6 etc:.
35 ... mi+
36 @h2 @b8
37 QgS*??
Continuing in the same
M o n ; 37 mb+! was enough
to achieve the de s i d objective,
e.g. 37 ... &8 33 &e7! &e7 39
$#'?+ @h8 40 W6+ @g8 41
@x& @&8 42 *e7 or 37 ...
38 &ds &ha7 39 a&+
with an mi l y winning psi ti an.
37 .., *8
30 na6 @d7
39 43e4 fle1
40 ad2 w7
41 $ 3 ~7 1
White has still kept a con-
siderable advantage, but it was
possibie ta continue fighting
*ugh 41 .-. @e8 42 Qf3!
&I* Ithe only serious try) 43
@XI31 @bf+ 44 @x& 45
&S! @I7 46 @f3! @as Ithe
variations 4h .,. &z2 47 0 7 and
46 ... @a8 47 4324 @&8 48 &g4
@f? 49 &,S+ I ase simply) 47
&4 &IS 48 &4 and despite
White's obvious superiority the
game is not over yet.
42 eg4 g5
43 @xg5 Be2 1112,
44 @g8! Exf2
a *& W8
Or 45 ... c&3 46 &xe7+
47 @xb7+ &b7 48 m2+ @7 49
&c4 etc.
46 dS
T)le mst b pretty dear.
44 ... cxdS
47 @xdS @I36
48 &c4 1-0
Conclusion
Black's 4th move alternatives
are not to be taken lightly;
nothing has k n r e f u t d and
nothing has h n explod
well. However, S p l m' s 4 ...
ab!? Lmks more useful. than
4 ... @d7/c8, and only further
encounters a n show what is
the hst plan for White,
This move b m e fashion-
able in the early IWs when
btvinnik emplayed it in s e v d
World Champianship games
@nst Td, Nbwachys it is a
rare bird in t a m e n t pml Ab
since it has k e n long establish-
ed that White can get an ad-
vantage in a variety of ways.
4 dxcs eb
T;or 4 .,. &6 see C;ame 21,
5 $$g4!?
Some old analysis by Bole-
slaysky runs 5 Qe3! 0 7 6 c3
a f s 7 ~ 4 a n d n o w after either
7 ..* $ 3 ~ 7 8 Qd3 &Kc5 4 QxcS
Wc5 10QxfS exF.5 $1 Qf-3 QA
E I f O w 13 &dz or 7
..a
a d 4 8 a d 4 b-6 9 M a5 10
QM Qd7 fl&4 White's supmi-
arity is evident,
In the 4th game of the same
match Tai explored S &3, but
tke result was less sucessfd:
5 . . . &6 6 &f 4 &~ ? 7 7 ~ &6
8 &3 &xeS 9 b e 5 QXe5 10
@XmS&6 11O-DQQe7 I2 f 4 g6
13 &hb Qf8 14 @g5 @xgS 15
fxgS hi5 164'94 Qd7 17 Qf4 ab 18
@b Ed8 19 Qc7 hxg5 20 c4 d4
Zl b4 Qg7 22 Qxd8 $&dB 23 b5
24 &2 Ol41
, @i7 36 &% a 7 37 gel &3+
Q$L' 41 Ea7+ @8 and
, %+, Mv cunclusion is that S
worthless from the tIrwret.hl
pint of view.
S ... w
S . . . M!? is a likely improve
a n t h e , so blesltvsky's
d y s i s is mare to Ix tnrstd,
It is &so possible to regain the
pwn immediately with 5 ...
&I? h Qb5 &c7. The text is a
dubious i b whlch underesti-
mates Wtrite's tactical pssibi-
Xities.
6 Qf3 &7
7 I$b5 Qd7
8 Qxd!
White's psition contains
many strongpin- to compn-
ate f ar tSle bishop @r, BIack"s
temp lms in the opening
alIaws Tal ta csuy out t ypi r
ally Nhnmwitscfrian ideas in
exemplary fashion.
8 .*. thd
< I 9 Be3
White not onl y has an extra
pawn but is also ahead in de-
velopmmL Therefo~ Ek>tvhik
d&des ta regain the materid
at the cost of dekrimting his
i
pawn struCtm3.
9 .*.
10 mh6!
w
The second bishop goes, but
White has m d y judgd that
in the resulting position Black
cxuulat effedively use his
'bishops k w e of his M-
The 3 ... cS Variation 103
wa d development. On the
contrary, the white knights
have excellent squares ram
which to operate,
10 ... gxh6
lie xivantage of the open
g - f i is offset by the i d t y
of the black Wng and the weak-
ened wwn structure. Practic-
ally, BXack is facing insw
mountable problems in such
positions.
If Qbd2 *cS
12 c4!
md i n g ... Go-0, Td b
quick to open up the game,
m k ' s central contra1 gmmn-
b s that B W s Mshops will.
not be dangerous.
12 ... 0-0-0
13 0-0 @b%
14 gfd1 @b6
15 @ha!
Td is piling on the presswe
with quiet moves. The text
keeps an eye on d8 artri h6,
whie at tho same t h e protect-
ing his own potential weakness
on f2. It should bE? nobd that
the light-squad bishop's
future is also hampad since
the valu&Ie e'l square is dso
mntrolld.
1s ..* as
Trying ta bl& the
queenside, but the impression
is that this mthw invites White
ta attack, Referable is I S ...
ge8 ur 15 .,. &8 when Black
mn still fight
16 Em1 Eg8
n e game cantin~~ation
suggests that imm&tely 16
... a4 was better.
17 Qb3 a4
Black m o t play 17 .,,. h c 4
t8 Bc 4 when the pin on the
&fire will, win materid far
White. However, it was possible
to open up the game for the
bishops with 17 .*. &8 18 a d s
&ci 19Qxcl exdS 20 DdS Q&
and Black ke ps same p d d
hopes divee
18 cS
Tfiis move creates the kind
of semi-block& pasitlon which
meals the power of knights
ova 'trishops; t&hg advantage
of the strongpaint at d4, White
can expand on the queenside at
will.
1s .*. *7
19 Qbd4 XcB 0151
20 b4 exb3
n ww BCII~
Botvinnik tries to take the
sting out of W k ' s attack by
exctaanging queens, but hem
White is so superbly p t d
that he mn happily a g w ta
this, Anyway, Bid could
M y fuzt3 anything I3ett.m- in
view of his d d 1 e king
position and White's quwnside
pwn majority.
22 @xd8 md8 I
23 b4
24 I6
m4
EcS
25 eb
w t e m s fomful pwn ad- I
vane, ai d4 by his wbi e m y ,
cannot be stopped. by Black.
The most impmt &le is
phyd by the knight on d4, a
superb bl *.
26 Ed a7 I
The E~shp's entrance to the
game comes tea late to change
the outcorn, Wtrib's foms on
the queenside are a l d y I
poised to deliver the h d - o u t
blow and the im-file is abut to
have its say.
27 Earl axes?
t
27 ... Exd4 was the ady
way to prolong mistan=, but
3 .a. c5
At this point, Black's lesser
dtmmtives we, ta say the
least, dubious. For the sake of
170rnp1eteness we shall taire a
qui& look at o m of them:
a) 3 ... @6?! Iwhat is the?
idea?), af& which X m r n -
mend4@2@%(4 ...& 7 5
Qc23-E) S c3 (with the idea b2-
b4) 5 ... cS5dx&@S 7&3
8 axb3 and Mi t e is
dearly better,
against 3 ,.. && Nunn has
t wi e essayed the immediate
4 c3 with g d msults. The
game N u n n - N h k , Bundesk
1984, mnrinud 4 ... & 5 5 &2
4 6 4 3 4 &7 7 @2 &7 8 g4
Qg6 9 h4 f6 10 &g6 hxg6 It
Qf3@d?E&l Q-0-0 13@3
cfi14Qf4cxd4 1Scxd4m W
&g6 Qb4+ I7 @fl. Edf8 18 hS
Wkte skI1 wi& after 28 Qxd4
axes 29 Ed! Qd4 30 w+
@7 31 rnc8+ @kc8 32
@7 33 cxb7 etc.
28 -5 gxd4
29 @7*! 1-0
Not waiting for 29 ... Qxd7
(even worse is 29 ... e 7 3Q b6+
m831 cxb3 30 ad? gd8 31
&8+! Dc8 32 &&+! when
Wte sweeps m y the whole
bI& army at one stmke. ' fb
18 ... he5 !9 &XIS &eS 20
f &eS &I6 6n @e2 b e 5 22 w e 5
Geune 2f P W2 3 @g 2 ~ b 2 2 4 &f l @d
Shabdov - K. Arkell
25 f4 @e7 % Eac1 Ed8 27 ffs
Lundan 1 B I @d62828fxe(,@xe529dxeSe)b8
30 e7 gdg8 31Qf7 Ec8 32 gS d4
33 a d1 md 1-0, while Nunn-K.
Arkell, tondon 1990, saw 4 ...
@?S&2~SQdJgt , 6Q3216
&!?I 6 ,,, h5 7@1 I7adf3!?) 7
... Qh68&3&49@3&e3
10 fxe3 QfS= was van der
Wie1-&vd&, Wijk a m Zee
1982, but White could keep a
slight advantage with 10Qxe3,
amrding ta *wad S ... g6
6&3~67&d2Qg48f J@7
9 f4 &$ 10 Qf3 &7 11 h3
WQMaXfs 13 g 4 w
14&i fS 1S&5 e6 16
@d7
17 &3 &7 18 &4 fxe4 I9
0 - & 0 W2 0 c 4 @W2 d
with a clear a$vantage for
White, a d g to S ~ l ma n ,
although Black eventually IY-
agd to draw.
4 dxc5 &6
S fibs
This is Boleslavs~s sugg-
estion, while inferior seems
S H 3 , after which the game
mv - K Arkell, I mi npd 1989,
progressed as follows: S ... Qg4
6QbS@&7&3&8Qe3&9
Qx&* bxd 10 a3 Qxf3 Lt &kf 3
ax& I2 0-0 Be 3 I3 @xd 437
I 4 b4@7 fS&4 d 16 &S G O
17 &3 axb4 18 axb4 Q5 19
WW20lZ=8Bd2Z@
w. 22 @xal @xb4 23 w*
&3f8 24 &kc6 hS with a sfjght
advantage far Blwk twentually
m n v 4 to a win after an-
other 24 moves).
5 ... w+
6 W *
7 3 4937
The old analysis by Bole
slavsky m s 7 ... ad7 8 QK3
hlsa interesting is Pachants
8 &6 Qx c 6 9 @3 Qx d f O
~ @x uc Sl i @d4 & -=Chap-
m 1, c3lagram 18) 8 ,,, b e 5 18
... b e 7 9 a3 &gb 10 Qxc6
&& tt Qd4%) 9 @& &XIS 10
@h5 g6 II &q$ afb I2 @h4
&413&f8dWhitefBasa
clear plus.
8 Qf3 Qfs 11171
9 a3ff
As aften happens in the
car0 Admce, the S ~ ~ I C
c q h m n t s of the pi t i on
demand that White spoil his
pawn f ~ mt i o n ; in wmpesn-
satian, the dynamism of his
position increases rowi*ly,
And just have a look at the
c&biifrop, which B W s very
first move planned to fibate!
9 *. . &e3
20 fxe3 @c7
II e4
A most musd b& by
White in this variation, dl the
mow effective for this reason.
11 .*. dxe4
-4 QFfi
Black lm no option, but
forcing m c s from a position
with fewer &ve I qA pieces
can only lead ta a hopless
situation.
I3 QxcS @as+
14 b4
IS @d6 aS
Useless d o n , since opening
up the a-fde wodd only bnefit
mte. Although he could
hardly hope to save himself in
the long run, B W s best was
ta initiate the p h he chooses
next move by 1.5 ... &7, e.g. $6
ad! @b6 with just a few prar
tical chances.
16 @f2 &7
f7 Ehdi &dS (1181
Now 17 ... @I% is impossible,
but B l A has deludd himself
that he fias built a fortress.
18 c4!
Such blows &mast dways
exist in the Cam Adv- when
Wirite has a lead in dweIop-
mt.
18 ... %c4
19 &xl @a2+
2 9 %3
As if to demnstsate Black's
inability to undertake anythmg
even resembiing catlllbsplay.
' The f d conclusive blow,
22 flc7 f-0
Black is not given any h o p
with 22 @&+, while now thc
=new& threat 23 &dS splls
the 4.
Index af Partial
Index of Complete Games
brge-K, Berg, Es p r g d e 1942
hter-Lyrberg, Guarapuava XWI
Ws- Mahpdos, Greek Ch IXiIobtra)
Hendrh-Walker, Eurapwn m- Ch IgqO
Hart-%wan, 3ad Kissingen 1981
Kamsky-Miles, New Yark 1989
ICox1)Xev-~tarnov, com,f986
KotliapEk3ttm, Israel 1%
Kotranias+2wnm Mumw IW
Kotmni;ts-Hdfrnant M m w 1987
Kot roni as- mi New Yo& 15W
Kotronias-Om, Dubai DL 1985
Kotmnr'a-Sau, Benite 192
KotmniitslSJ;Eembris, Athem (md411987
K u t x r , ~ ~ i m a n i Mew York
Ko~nias-TUrUnakov, Kavala 1591
h s e n - b q p a m, Danish Imgue 1BX/2
&Reterse, Dimn 1989
L n ? u w~ z p e m, bt.&ni 1992
M ~ - ~ o M ' ~ ~ w , is i9m
hGms h- i i es , M m w 1989
M~E-Mills, USA 1984
h l Z ~ - Wo u ~ , m. 1988
M n a z o w i ~ b I a t m , New York 1527
Nm- DI q y t London 1%
Nm-IrStIrolw, Bundesliga 1984
Nunn-Sc?'mwsut, hgano 1983
l%-wd-kvi, India 19%
Sax-brchnoi, lilWrg 1939
Sclmittdie1-Swrer, German Ch IW
ShaIralov-K Arkell, London tioyds Bank 19
Sbif-l.'%hm, Rot hdam 1989
k Sokolov-Karpov, U r n s Ct I% 1937
i Stamv-Slavov, Mgman Ch I ka dz hi kl 1941
I
Td-btvinnik, Momw Wch (41 i%l
Tal-Botvinnik, M m w Wcrh{8) 1%1
I'imrnm-Anand, hst &am 19'32
' Zmman--v, &Jfurt 1988
'
Tmmm-v, Djakarh Wch (13 1993
Tl mman- mwm, xlburg 1990
j Rmman-*wan, Hi i mum ( . IYXr')
8 :'
Emman-=ram, Hilwmum (m/41 I%@
:. rimma-Splman, Reykjavik 19%
van der WeI-Hort, Wjk am Zw 1986
van der Wel-I&&, Bmssels 1W
van dw Wiel-Miles, Ter Apel1q87
,
van der Wiel-Speehan, Wijk a;pn Zee 1%
'i van der Wiel-Xmman, Amsterdam 1987
! Vm' ukov- kuwv, B S R f 981
, Westerhen-Adiantu, 3' l i edo& OL 1988
. ,I Yuhin-&hawan, Jacksonville 1990 1 I "
i
Index of Partial Eames
1 Bastrbkov-Avehkh, USSR 1952
.: EFrmov-Vdavin, USSR 1980
GI-Vyzfimanavh, Lvov 1985
Kersgis-Kivlan, USSR I979
! Kinlay-Fridman, England 1980
b~- RArkel l , kni npd 1489
4 Kl.ixlgwHcdgson, W a m 1984
I g :
~orchnai-Byvshw, tXSSR 1x1
$
b t m r i - K . Berg, Oeusdal Troll Masters 1993
k Kotronias-#usc!l, Fkykjavik I988
Katronim-mldorson, Reykjavik 1988
Mdxry-Memen, Groningen 1.977/78
Moutausis-K Nikolaidis, Gmk Ch (Athen3 1988
Nslgel-Gehhdt, mrr. 1989
Nunn-Andasson, Landon 1982
Nunn-K. Arkell, Lnndan 1990
Num-ChandIer, Wesbaden 1981
Nunn-Hurt, Lugma 1987
Nunn-Wells, Chicheskr 1984
Palmidas-Kowkaunakis, Athens 1%
Papatheodornu-Kaurkaumkis, Athens 19%
Sax-Vadw, Eiungary 1984
Shabalov-Adimta, New York Open 1%
Tunman-Kamsky, XIbwg 1932
van der Wiel-Messa, Gmz 1981
Ufimtsev-Ravh, USSR 1%1
Weskri l ren-G~~~~peter, Coprbgen 1988
Zqml s ki s - FW, Ch &m 1W
112 Index of Variations