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    Simple chess S 2 John Emms simple chess mastering the basic principles by John Emms. EVERYMAN CHESS First published in 2001 by Everyman Publishers plc, formerly Cadogan Books ple, Gloucester Mansions, 140 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8HD Copyright © 2001 John Emms ‘The right of John Emms to be identified asthe author ofthis work has been a sereed in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Allright reserved. No part this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, clecrostatic, magnetic ‘ape, photocopying, recordngor others, withou rir permission ofthe publisher British Library Cataloguing in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is availabe from the British Library ISBN 1 85744 2385 Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box 480, 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480. Allother sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, Gloucester Maa sions, HOA Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H HD tel: 020 7539 7600 fax: 020 7379 4060 email: dan@everyman.uk.com ‘website: wwrw.everymancuk.com EVERYMAN CHESS SERIES (formerly Cadogan Chess) Chief advisor: Garry Kasparov ‘Commissioning editor: Byron Jacobs ‘Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton, Production by Book Production Services. Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Bibliography Introduction Outposts Pieces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Bishop Pair Strong Pawns and Weak Pawns ‘The Isolated Queen’s Pawn (IQP) Mijorities and Minorities (Other Positional Features ” o 62 a 109 125 BIBLIOGRAPHY Books Bishop v Knight: the verdict, Steve Mayer (Batsford 1997) Dynamic Ches Strategy, Mihai Suba (Pergamon 1991) Easy Guide othe Nimzorndian, Joho Eras (Everyman 1998) Encyclopaciia of Chess Openings volumes A-E Sahovski Informator 2001) Endgame Secrets, Christopher Lutz (Batsford 1999) Judgement and Planning x Chess, Max Euwe (Batsford 1998) ‘Kramnik: My Lifeand Games, Viadimir Kramnik and lakov Damsky (Everyman 2000) ‘My System, 2st Century Edition, Aron Nimzowitsch (Hays 1991) Positional Play, Mark Dvoretsky and Artur Yusupoy (Batsford 1996) Positional Sacrfices, Neil McDonald (Cadogan 1994) Queen's Gambit Declined, Matthew Sadler (Everyman 2000) Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, John Watson (Gambit 1998) ‘Simple Chess, Michael Stean (Faber 8 Faber 1978) ‘The Development of Ches Sele, Max Euwe and John Nunn (Batsford 1997) ‘The Games of Robert Facher, Robert Wade, Kevin O'Connell el Batsford 1972) ‘The Mammoth Book ofthe World's Greatest Chess Games, Graham Burgess, John ‘Nunn and John Emms (Robinson 1998) ‘The Oxford Companion to Chess, David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld (Oxford 1996) Understanding Chess Move by Move, John Nunn (Gambit 2001) Understanding Pawn Play in Obes, Drazen Marovie (Gambit 2000) Winning Pavan Structures, Alexander Baburin (Basford 1998) Winning with the Philidor, Tony Kosten (Batsford 1992) Periodicals ChessBase Magazine (ChessPublishing com Informator ‘The Week in Chess INTRODUCTION In the beginning, I, like many others, found chess o be a simple game. Just rove your pawn to e4, bishop t0 cf, queen to hS, capture on {7 and hey presto, i's checkmate! lost count ofthe ‘number of games I won ia that manner at infart’s school ‘Okay, so this could only lasso long. Gradually my opponents wised upandT realised that a more refined approach was required for continued success. By thistime, however, [was already geared upwith a warehouse fll f tactical tricks to spring on my unsuspecting victims. Winning material was the aim of the game and mine were full of forks, pins and skewers. Once up on material, the rest ofthe game was an easy ‘hoovering ‘up promoting pawns and checkmating operation, ‘But even this couldn't last. Suddenly sy next plateau was reached ~ my more experienced opponents wouldn' fall for any of my tricks anymore. Worse than this they were slowly bu surely grinding sme down to defeat with something called ‘positional chess. Finally the eal work hhad to begin. ‘This book is aimed an introduction topositional chess what to do when you reach a level where the phrase ‘chess is 99% tactics no longer applicable; what tothink about when your opponentssee your traps even before you've set thems hhow to exploita minate advantage such asa better pawn structure of a8 oppo: nent’ badly placed piece. Part of the inspiration for this book. originally stemmed from when moved toKentand began getting involved more and more with chess coaching at junior levels. A few years ago I came across “Michael Stean’s original Srsple Chess and wasso impressed with the style and cla ity of his work that I began using many ‘of his examples when coaching. I dis covered that these examples successfully managed 10 get the important points acrossto the young players and this led toanimprovement oftheir understand- ing and practical play. Ido have confession to make, how- ever. It was only recently that [finally got round to reading Nimzowitsch’s My System. So I guess itis posible to be- ‘come grandmaster without reading the classics! However, perhaps my journey woulda't have taken so long if 1 had taken thetimeto read it fifteen yeasago. ‘At lease I now feelin more ofa posi tiontoadd some of my own thoughtson positional ches, trying reflect some of the slight changes in moder chessstrat- cgy,and studying more uptodate battles beeween the grandmasters of today. As Ive said before, thisbook isin the main an introduction to many of the impor tant positional aspects of the game, In some topics I delved farther than inoth- «ers, but [hope this is down to practical usefulness as well as my own interest in the subject. | decided to spit the book into three sections: pieces, pawns and other posi- tional ideas. The first thee chapcers deal ‘with how to and how nortorake care of your pieces. This includes aspects such, a how to use ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bishops, how to create, exploit and fight for out- posts, and how to use open files and diagonals. Chapters 46 deal with pawns and the different structures commonly found in practice. This includes doubled pawns, isolated pawns, backward pawns, hang” ing pawns, pawa majorities and pawn minorities. Also in this section I deal with the Isolated Queen's Pawn (QP), something which has always interested sme and occurs surprisingly often in prac- Finally wedleal with futher positional aspects such a space, colour complexes, prophylaxis, opposite coloured bishops and positional sacrifices. Naturally there willbe some overlap. Many of the examples studied contain ‘more than one positional characteristic. For example, where there’ abackward pawn, you're more than likely tofindan ‘outpost and, possibly a‘bad’ bishop. Irs very rare tofind a modern gameto have ‘only one positional feature, though rmanty have one dominant positional far make no apologies forthe fact that many samples of my own games have crept in. For one thing is easier for me to remember my thoughts during the game and much of this, as yet, unpub- lished. Also, from both my own exper: ‘ence of annotating other people's games and seeing the results of people annotat- ing my games, know how much more difficult i is to annotate when you are personally not involved. I’seasy to miss a critical moment and no amount of study can make up for not having the ‘experience of living through both the ‘game and the post-mortem, Finally I would like to thank Chris ‘Ward for some material and my editor Byron Jacobs for his patience and sup- por. John Emms, Kent, October 2001 CHAPTER ONE Outposts In this first section of the book we will 1) An outpost is normally protected bbe concentrating on pieces more than by one or more pawns. pawns, but as you willsee,i’svery diff 2) An outpost in the centre of the cul to study the two completely inde- boards generally more useful than one pendently con the side. ‘Assuming we havea material balance 3) An outpost in enemy territory is in position, then one of the most im- especially useful portant features isthe relative activity of the pieces. There can be an advantage for one side if he has one piece which is t nig eee cediancose UE BS £ cower: [amgal esl ety Shag ae ae t can be severely disadvantaged if one of ioe of outposts as this isa subject that tops ‘ae Sat, up throughout the entire book. ‘So what is an outpost? In fact, this isnt such an easy question because chest writers have come up with quite afew Let's try to clarify a few points by definitions over the years The one Lwill looking at an example, In this frst dia- wes arather wide interpretation: gram White's main outposts are at cS Anontposisasquarewheretisposibleto and e5. The cSsquare cannot easily be exablhapiccewhicheannotensdybeattacked attacked enemy pawns (Black would fist by oppasing pawns have to eliminate the aS-pawn before Tothis | will add the following provi- playing ..b7-b6) sos ‘The eS-square is the most central and Simple Chess thus probably the most beneficial out post for White, especially as there isa knight on £3 ready to hopin. This square can actually be attacked by an enemy pawn, but only after the knight on {6 moves and Black plays .{7. Black would often be reluctant to do this ast ‘would eave extra weakness in his posi- tion (on e6 and g6), so inthis respect the ‘S-square qualifies as an outpost. Les important outposts for White are the b6 and h5-squares (obviously the placing of the picees have some say in ‘the matter; put Black's king on a7 anda white rook on 8 - then b6 would be White's most useful ompost, whether for 4qucea, knight or bishop). Black's major outposts inthis position are d5, 4 and b. In fact, the knight on {6isready tohop into the dSsquare. On 5 the knight is immune from attack from enemy pawns and block's white’ isolated ¢-pawn (in our look at isolated queen’s pawn positions you wll se that this sa common theme).In this particu lar position the dSaquarc isan especially good outpost forthe black knight; from hhere it ean jump straight into another ‘outpost on 4. The f-ourpost could be ‘quite bad news for White, especially ihe has eastled on the kingside. Knights Love Outposts! Kings, queens, rooks andbishopsall ike ‘outposts, but in general the best piece foran outpos isa knight. This is due to the knight's unique jumping ability. Unlike the other pieces, a knight loses none ofits power when blocking an en. emy pawn, of when it's being protected by one oF two of its own pawns. A knight in a secure outpost in the centre ‘of the board and on the fifth or sixth rank can often be a decisive advantage. Here the white knights fantastically placed on e6 influencing events both in front and behind, Notice thar the knight isparticularly harmful for the black king, ‘who cannot castle either on the kingside ‘or queenside Exploiting Outposts ‘An outpost is only useful if ic can be occupied by apiece, otherwise its of no real significance. However, it may notbe necessary to occupy an outpos immed ately. The nature of outposts is such that they are usually quite permanent, s0 of tena playerean plan many moves inad- ‘vance how to exploit the square with a view toan eventually occupation I's not an exaggeration to say that many games at grandmaster level are won and lost ver one side's domination of a paricu- lar outpost. This is certainly true inthe following example. MeShane-Levitt Southend 2001 French Defence 1 ef 06 2 dd d5 3 Da2 5 4 Dgf3 exda 6 Dxdd De6 6 bs Ld7 7 x06 Lixc6 8 Lxc6+ bxc6 9 4 ‘Current theory prefers the less com> ital. 5, for example 10 Wat De? 11 exd5 exd5 12 0-0 0-0 13 b3 He8! 14 2b? Wh6 and Black has active play, Vy- deslaver-Komarov, Paris 1996 10 Wed Wa7 11 05! 98 11,.g4 12 23 leaves the knight on #4 misplaced, for example 12.052! (12.h5 13 00 BbS 14 a3 Se7 15 bé EU? 16 4 2h 17 daxho Bxh6 18 05 ‘was better for White in the game Ma.Tscitlin-Vaganian, USSR 1971—the knight has a useful outpost on dt) 13 00 0.0 143 x2 (14.26 15.8.xh6 exh isalso highly undesirable for Black) 15 Bal? f6 16 4 We7 17 Wer Whe 18 afl Bac8 19 h2 Rxf2 20 Hel? and predictably White's two minor piecesare ‘wor more than Black’s rook and pawn, Kengis-Votava, Prague 1993. 12.0.0 e521 This runsinto some trouble. 12..De7 13483 215 (or 13..2g6),and only then developing the bishop, is how Black should proceed. waza! ‘Threatening ed. Already White has febde sLanlant the dé outpost in hie sights. 13.45 13..8e? 14 Ded! is very unpleasant for Black. 14.03 b6 15 Le3! ‘A powerful idea, White is happy toae- cept doubled pawns if it means that Black's ‘good bishop’ is exchanged (see page 24). 15..2b8 15..xe3 16 fxe3 De7 17 De5 eaves White in control of the dark squares, while che night well posted on 5. After 17.8 McShane proposesthe interes- ing sacrifice 18 ef? fxe# (18..dxet 19 Hde)) 19 Eft, which prevents Black from casting. 16 05! Planning use the dé outpost forthe bishop, while the knight will be just as happy on dt 16...67 Hblbxe5 17 Bes We8 18 cxd5 exds 19 Hxd5 wins for White ~ McShane. 17 £d6 EB 18 05! 08 19 Was Preventing Black from playing .27-5. White's eventual plan will be 2d, fol lowed by b-b4, 2224 and b4-6, crear ing powerful passed pawn on the ‘queenside, I's true that Black's postion Simple Chess is quite solid but on the other hand he decisive. hhas no counterplay a allandsothere is Onefurther point isthat,rdiculousas no way to fight against White's plan on _ it sems, strictly speaking White hasthe the queenside. “bad bishop’ and Black possesses the “good bishop’ (See page'24). Such isthe problem of using certain terms in chess! 28 Zed g5 29 ha Lh6 30 E43 227 31 93 Ho8 92 gxt4 96 33 X93 18 34h5 Eg7 Of course capturing on dé doesn't tive Black any rele, but simply provides White with an extra protected passed pawn on the sixth rank 35 hxg6+ hxg6 36 g2 Zg8 37 Zot {297 38 13 Eh8 39 Zogt Zhe 19...0-0 20 2da 14 21 ba BIT 22 0 ts [A minor success for Black, who at Jeasexchanges White's powerful knight. The bishop on dé, however, emains a zeal thorn in the flesh 23 Dxf5 Ext5 24 BS E47 25 b6 Wo7 26 Wb? Exb7 27 05 06 Given the plight of Black’s rook on. b7, White is effectively playing with an extra piece on the kingside. I's no sur prise that there isan immediate break- through. 40 15! oxf5 41 06+! six06 42 214 95 43 Bxg5 £16 44 Hots 217 45 Exi5 396 46 Hxd5! 1-0 ‘An instructive finish. Following Black is being forced to use his rook — 46..cxd5 47 c6 He7 48 Hxe7+ Sixe? 49 fon b7 as a pawn blocker and, as b7 Hg8 50 €7, White promotes his MeShane notes, the rook now closely pawns. resemblesabig pawn! White now begins a second plan of opening the kingside, The Battle over an Outpost which inthe long term will prove tobe Given that domination and occupation 10 Outposts of an outpost in enemy territory can be things, White plansthe pawn lunge F415, decisve,thereare many games wherethe adding direct pressure to the e&pawn, ‘whole positional battle revolves around which is already attacked by both the ‘one specific square. In some lines ofthe _ knight on d and the bishop on b3. If Sicilian Defence (for example, the Na- Black is foreed to play either ..c6-<5 of jdor!), this particular battle often re- .c6xf5, then the dS-square falls into volves around the dSsquare. If White Whites posession. This square can bea can secure the dS-square as an outpost, particularly effective outpost for the then his chances of success usually in- knight on c3. crease Note that a useful by-product of Lets look at a few typical moves in a White’ planis the activation ofthe lght- Najdorf Sicilian. squared bishop, which current bites on the granite of the e6-pawn. If White is 1 ef 06 2 03 46 3 d4 oxd4 4 2xd4 successful in removing this pawn, the 6 5 2c 06 bishop comes to life and can be used as “The move which signifies the Najdorl, an attacking weapon against the black This isa very common choice at grand king master level, and is a favourite of both _Thistype of plan was popularised by Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Fischer and is now seen throughout 6 cd modern chess in many forms. ‘This introduces the Sozin Auack, 9...0.0 10 15 05 which is Fischer's own favourite weapon “There is no good way to defend the against his favourite defence! pawn 10..ex45? sin no way aleser evil 6...06 7 0-0 e7 8 b3 Wo7 because 11 GS leaves White with ans ‘More common is8..00 or 8..b5. other good outpost om 15, as well asthe fone on eb 11 B02 ota A defining moment. The advance of the fpawn signalsthe beginning ofakey This is the correct retreat for the plan for White, which is seen in many knight, the reasons for which will be: such Sicilian positions. Amongst other come apparent below. 17 Simple Chess From the diagram position the only thing that both White and Black are in- terested in isthe batle for control of the and esfiles) and Black has two also (he e-and dfiles). Notice that White’s rook. fon el and Black’s rook on d8 are well placed, adding pressure along the half- ‘pen fils. Here was reasonably happy with my position. Black’s pieces are reasonably placed and White's isolated pawn couple (sce page 73) is well restrained and may become weak later on. I thought that ‘White's only’ real plas point wasthe pair of bishops, bur Black's knight also has a reasonable outpost on d5. Sadler, how. ever, using ranks and files, now showed excellent understanding of White's chances in this position, 21 20s! Exploiting the ith rank. White may choose to double on the efile with Pieces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Beet, or to occupy the outpost on c5.1 decided that I should immediately ask the question of the rook. 21...047 22 Bhs! O46 23 Bhat In just three moves White has man- aged to manoeuvre his rook from el to band suddenly Black has big problems defending on the kingside. White's idea is to play Whé followed by crashing through with &xh6. Inow fe chat had to do something drastic to stay in the game. 23..08 ‘Trying to open up the centee for my rooks. If White's attack fails then the rook on h3 will ulkimately be wseless in a battle on the central files. Unfortunately, the flipside ofthis move is that White's bishop on b3 also comes o life, andthe axtack doesn't fill 24 SixN6! gxh6 25 Zxh6 g4? Black's only chance of survival lies with 25..cb48 26 Wh4 xd! 27 Wf ‘Wxf6 28 Exo Hd7, although White has 4 good extra pawn on h2. A ml as ys a) a ate fz < 26 2x6? 26 dtxl7 +1 would have been immedi ately decisive, for example 26.48 (26..dexf7 27 fxg wins) 27 Bros xt 28 dhxe8 Did3 29 Hdl Ach 30 xcs and White is three pawns to the good. After 26 Exc, Black can bate on. 26..c0x12 27 Eo7 @h3+! 28 gxha Sd5 29 Lxd8 Txd5 30 Zot eG 31 Exe5 Boxo8 32 dues Zxo6 33 12 Despite beingswo pawns othe good, ies sill quite dificult for White to win this postion due to the eripled pawns onthe kngside. Inthe event, both Sadler and I made mistakes, but I made final one and ended up losing Here is a further example of a rook like ‘Mortis-Emms London 1993 In this position my opponent made imaginative use of his rook on al 26 Hast ‘The rook controls the only ‘open’ rank on the board, But what is White planning to do? 26...207 27 E61 "Thisisthe answer! White finds avery effective and aesthetically pleasing way of transporting his rook to the kingside, where it can take part in an assault against the black king. 27. Lf8 28 Bh3 3 Now White has ideas of gi-g5, 0 1 though my only chance was to block things up on the kingside 28.05 29 f5! 16 30 Eg3! 07 31 ha and White is ready to crash through con the kingside with g4-5. White has a ‘winning advantage now, but my oppo- nent misplayed his postion later on and T manage 0 escape with a draw. Bishops and Diagonals We all know that bishops enjoy open spaces and long diagonals. They also ‘work very well in pairs~ one controlsall the light squares whiles its partner con- troll the dark squares. We shall study the power ofthe bishop pairalitle later fon, but for the moment Id like to con- centrate on the imponance of diagonals, Exploiting Opening Diagonals ‘The battle for an open diagonal can be just as important as a battle for an open file, especially inthe opening and maid dlegame, when bishops can be just as effective as rooks. Once a diagonal is controlled, it usually favoursthe poses: sorifhe can then ‘lengthen the diagonal” and thus increase the scope of the artack- ing bishop down that diagonal. I's in- ssructive to see how Judit Polgar and Alexander Onisehuk achieve this in the following examples Hracek-J.Polgar Istanbul Olympiad 2000 Sicilian Defence 1 of o6 2 23 06 3.d4 cxda 4 Dxad 206 5 2e3 We7 6 Led a6 7 43 b5 Judi Polgar enjoys playing this varia. tion ofthe Taimanov Sicilian, which in- volves an eaely development of the bishop along the long diagonal. 8 Dxo6 Wxo6 9 0-0 £67 10 a3 Preventing any ideas ofan early .b5- bb4. Another Polgar game continued 10 Het Qe7P 11 af bd 12 Da? Des 13 Bd2 Whe 14.25 Wra5 15 Deb Ws 16 a2 dade 17 Whs SteS and Black wast leas equal, Maciej} Polgar, European ‘Team Championship, Batura 1999. 10.016 11 Wea 1.hB2 This is a very ambitious move that sims to fight for control of the long gl a7 diagonal, which currently in White's possession, More restrained ideas for Black include 11..He8 and 11..e7. 40 124471 ‘This moveisnormally an integral part ‘of White’ expansion plans on the king- side, but here its jus litle too accom modting, White should have really taken the threat of ..2g4 more seriously with either 12 3 or 12 B. 12...2g4l Polgar needs no second invitation. 13 £d2 be5+ Black takes over an important diago- ral, with a empo gain to boot. 14&h1 Add 15 Za01 0-0-0! ‘Queenside castling involves a certain amount of risk here, not least because the black king has only a lice bic of ‘pawn cover, but Polgar correctly assesses that she will be ableto generate sufficient counterplay onthe kingsde. In any ease, castling kingside would have made Black's previously play look a bit silly, not ro mention that 15..002 16 h3 D6 17 65 2445 18 Wh is virally winning for White. 16 241 ‘After this pasive move, Polgar takes cover the operation. Ribli prefers the more aggressive 16 a4 bf 17 a2 16...161 ‘A crucial move, striving to increase es: The Good. the Bad and the Ugly the scope of the bishop and queen along, the a8h1 diagonal (Black wishes to lengthen the diagonal). On the other hand, 16.4521 17 e8! would leave the bishop on b7 out ofthe game. 17 a5 Ribli gives the line 17 ext exf5 (preparing ...Rhe8) 18 &xi5 Hhe8 19 WE Wst3 20 gxf3 xe! 21 Bxel 2S 22 Set Haxld 23 xb7+ Sexb7 24 soe? e525 3 BES with an edge to Black. 17..ot6 18 03 807 1965 ‘With this move White block thecen- ‘reand kill off any chanee of pay onthe eile. Now Polgar can vrwally doa she pleases on the kingside. Note how the black bishops and queen point menae Jngly along he long diagonals ike crise isles, towards the white king 19 exis! exlS 20 Sbé BiG 71 Wed wouldat least gives White some chances Co create some threats. 19.95! Polgar seizes her chance 20.08 White finally tries to open up the qucenside, but ivsacase of to0 lite, t00 Int’ 20 fg? Hixe5wasthe idea behind Polgar’ last move ~ the knight cannot a7 Simple Chess bbe captured dueto the mate threat on g2. as defending the knight on’3, the queen ‘After 21 Be? hd! 22 h3 Rfg8 White has points along the long bL-7 diagonal no good defence to Black simply captur- This ean useful for White asthe queen ing on g5 and pling up the pressure on can be utilised from long distance in an the g2-pawn, attack against Black's kingside, 20...bxc4 21 Stxod guia 22 213 3.016 4 O13 Deb 5 O45, (©r22 Exft 2fyS), and..Axe5 follows. A typical move inthisline ofthe Eng- 22...Ehg8 23 b4 lish, White grabs the d5 square and pre- 23 Shc} h4 24 h3 De3 25 xed fke3 vents Back from opening up with ..d7- keeps Black’sirondike griponthegame, 5. for example 26 bt Exg2! 27 Wag? 5...08 Waf3 28 Wef3 axf3+ 29 Gh? Z_8 30 Preparing to answer @xb4 with Bxab+ sbd8 31 BaS+ Ge8 32 Fl e2! vax, after which Black will have a and Black wins. hhalFopen afile at his disposal. xd5? 6 exd5 Dat 7 Balt excl simply loses a pawn after 8 Wet or 8 Wet. 693 Preparing to fiancherto the bishop. 6 «3 followed by S43, adding pressure to 117, isthe alternative way to develop the ingsde, 10 7 592 d6 8.0.0 eB ith the epawn protected by .d7-d6, .fixd5 is now possible, although ‘White keeps an edge ater 9cxd5 0e? 10 23...0xe5! cn With the capeure ofthis pawn, White's postion collapses 24 WreS thxca 25 Ob2 x13! ‘A simple tactic to win the game. 26 @xc4 allows xg? mate. 26 gxf3 We2 0-1 “There is no good defence to ..g? rate. An impressive game by Polgar. Onischuk-Adianto Beijing 2000 English Opening 9. 2g51 Ve 06 2 De3 aba 3 Wer By directly threatening h7, Onischuk Aratherearly queen move,butaswell force his opponent to make a slight ry Pieces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ‘weakness in hs kingside pawn structure. ‘Ac the moment this looks insignificant but White's darkesquared bishop has yet tocome life. 9...96 10 Dxt6+ WxI6 11 Ded We7 1243 Already Black is starting to feel the dark square problems on the kingside. White's inital threat is g5. 12.004 13 Wd S06 “This relocation ofthe knight protects the gS-square. 14.03 With this move White acquires the bishop pair as an advantage. If oaly Black could transplant this bishop back 0 7 ~allofhis worries would be over. 14.205 18 O08 dxe8?! T agree with Ribli that Black should have opted for the simpler 15..xe5, with the idea of camping down on the queenside with ..a5-a4, Then 16 b3 a4 (or Inet ~ Ribl) gives Black more chances of counterphay. 1663! t Ui, wart? ae 2 tea Simply preparing to fianchetto the darkesquared bishop onto a very good diagonal. With Black's dé-pawn gone, the eSpawn now lacks natural protec: tion, The advance 17-6 ill eventually bbe forced but this will weaken Black's kkingside even further. 16.. a6! Preparing to hit the b3-pawn with be. 17 b2 Wes 18 631? ‘Abrave decision, Onischuk wantsto keep the black knight out of the dé square forever, although after this move Black gets certain amount of counter: play against both b3 and d3. 18.048 19 Wot Eb6? ‘Adianto misses his chance to compli- cate. Ribli gives the line 19.31? 20 Sxe5 bo with counterplay for Black, despite the fact that Whit has total com trol over the long al-b8 diagonal. f White then continues with 21 &d52, Black can hit back with 21...Rxd! 22 exd5 Wxd5, and with threats of 2g issuddenly White who hasall the prob- Jems on the ligh squares! 20 Wes! 16 1f 20.,ixd3? 21 Wre5! and Black is Killed down the long diagonal. 21 Bad Now White has aclear advantage. All of Black's threats against b3 and d3 have been neutralised and White ean prepare tochip away atthe a-h8 diagonal with a timely 244 21.27 22 141 Why wait? 22.9821 This allows a winning combination, Black hasto goin for22.exft although after 23 Hilt QS 24 G5! dg? 25 ‘afl I don’t fancy his survival chances, such is White's pressure along the ago. nals and the halopea File. 23 Ad5+ Gh 26 fre5 fxe5 25 Wrest ve Simple Chess “The diagonal is cleared of wood and ‘White's threats ae immediately decisive. 25...Wxe5 26 sixeS dixd1 27 x07 Despite being temporarily arook up, Black has no way out. 27.802 27 -dIbd6 28 Sixdé Binds allows mate in one with 29 18, 28 Axd8 Lxt1 29 2xb6 dxa3 30 xe5 1-0 ‘White hastwo extra pawnsandis win- ning more. Relocating to Better Diagonals Sometimes great diagonal can suddenly become available, but the bishop re- quired to fill the diagonal is currently languishing somewhere else. On this ‘occasion it can be a very useful posi- tional manoeuvre to relocate the bishop to that desirable diagonal. In many cir- cumstances the dynamies ofthe position make this impossible, but in quiet, ma noeuvring postions lke the one below, this relocation can prove to be decisive. Emms-Belov German Bundesliga 1995 ‘White’ plus points in this position in clude the backward dé-pawn, outposts com b5 and d5, and good control of the light squares. Buthow can White's over- all advantage be increased? Wel, every piece is well positioned except for the bishop on 8, whose influence on the ‘game is minimal due to being blocked by the e4-pawn, In a quiet position ike this ‘White can simply take time out tim prove the position of his worst piece, relocating it toa much more favourable diagonal eat 21 ea! De5? Ie seems very natural to attack the ‘white queen, bu thisfallsin-with White's plans. 21..de7 is stronger, although ven aker this White ean eventually act- vate hisbishop on the f-a6 diagonal: 22 Wed bs 23 Hb3 eS 24 Bad Was 25, D5 Hec8 26 Baal and White will con- tinue by doubling on the dil 22 2 Zoe (Or 22,.e623 Xbds! and the bishop is coming to bs. 23 dca! Wo7 24.245 In just a few moves the bishop has been transformed from being a ‘big pawn’ on 8 into piece with great influ- ence on the game: White's advantage is now much more pronounced. Pieces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 25 bal axb4 26 oxba Des 27 Wd2 bc8 28 SixeG fKo6 29 xd andI went on to win relatively exily. Vacating Diagonals So what do you doi your opponent has control over a long and important di- agonal? One possibility is to fight for control by placing your bishop on the same diagonal. However, tis may ether be impossible or impractical. Another defensive procedure involves simply moving all your pices off the dliagonal, with the result thatthe oppos ing bshop looks impressive but actully just hits ‘thin ar. Spiridonov-Chuchelov French League 2000 English Opening 1 D3 D6 2 04 66 3 93 05 4 oxd5 Qxd5 5 De3 Deo 6 Dds Was 7 g2 05 8 d3 467 90-00.0 10.03 Black’s pawns on cS and eS (the so- called Maroczy Bind) give in a pleasant space advantage, but Whiteis well devel: ‘oped and is last move vbeatens to de seroy Black's queenside structure with ds, Watch how Black effectively clears the ht-28 diagonal. 10... es! Preventing White's threat. 11.242 (Or 11 3? and now: 2) 11..9xb3 12 axb3 gives White dou bed b-pawns, but the haltopen ail is useful for example 12..,8€7 13 Dfet bé 14 bal exb 15 dt with a small but useful initiative, 1) 11.2068! Black continues to va cate) 12 Bet bb 13 Web Seb 14 Des SixgS 15 fixes Dds 16 set fe 17 el aS! and Black is fine, Andersson- ‘Timman, Tilburg 1987 ~ the bishop on 2 simply stares into a vacuum. 11.8! ‘A second piece is removed from the diagonal. Black prepares to support his e-pawn with b7-6, 12.204 b6 13 #4 If White doesn't strike back, then Black will catch up in development and retain a space advantage. 13.45 14 2c3 &hel Vacating, another diagonal (2-8). Now Sed is no longer a worry. 15 Was a5 Simple Chess zx © ES 28 “tfaae 15...8471? In his notes in ChesBase Magazine CChuchelow givesthe worthwhile alterna. tive 15..8672 16 dS Wd6 17 &xeb Bxc6 18 fee5 (18 xa? loses alter 18..B1a8 19 Wixb6 Bib8 20 fxeS Weé 21 WoT Hb7 and the queen is trapped) 18..hxe5 19 F4 Web 20 Wa? Bb7 21 Wa6 $f6 22 Hoel g5 23 Rd? H4, ater which Black has excellent play for the pawn disadvantage. Note that in this variation the long h'-a8 diagonal is now firmly in Black’s possesion! 16 fxe5 Qxe5 17 £a5! 17 Wra7? loses 10 17..2e6 18 shxc6 Wred+ 19 BE Axes, 17.48! T7abat 18 Bxc6 Sd7 19 xa? {2x7 is equal, bu Black plays for more. 18 Barz! Blackis dictating events so White may 4s well be a pawn up for his troubles After 18 Wsa7 Chucheloy gives 18..b5 19 ag? (19 FF b4 20 LaxeS WS 21 Wad? bxc3 22 Wes Web 23 Bb exb2 24 Babi g6 is very good for Black) 19.nfteb! 20 Sxcb Des 21 Was WaT 22 QE b4 23 Gl Ha8 24 Wed Da 25 1BA2 fo! and Black is very active, burat least White tll has that extra pawn, Black has removed ll his pieces from the bl-a8 diagonal and the bishop on d5 is rather less effective. Black is clearly better now ~ his position is more com- pact and White may have problems de- fending down the central files. 19 Lf4 96! 20 dixeS sixe5 21 Ag? Sidd-+ 22

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