ICON

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon

IM John Donaldson

International Chess Enterprises

Seattle, WA
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Donaldson, John
ICON: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon

First printing: January 1 995

1 56 pages

ISBN 1 - 879479-24-9
 Introduction
The principal objective of the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicil
ian, which arises after l.e4 c5 2.lijf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4 g6, could
be described in two ways. Explanation one says that Black keeps his
pawn on d7 in the hope of going the Dragon variation one better and
playing ...d7-d5 in one jump, as opposed to its more popular cousin,
where ...d7-d6-d5 is the modus operandi. Another way to look at the
Accelerated is as an attempt to play something akin to the Dragon, but
where the chances of getting mated are much less.

The flip side of the move order is that White has the opportunity to play
5.c4, setting up the Maroczy Bind, something White can never do in the
Dragon. It's no accident that of the 212 games in this book, almost 75
percent feature the Maroczy. Not only is it an ironclad way of control
ling d5, but it also arises from different move orders. In fact, in Grand
master chess, the Bind is much more likely to arise from l.ctJ3 or l .c4
than l.e4.

However, the Marcoczy Bind is not the all-powerful line it was once
thought to be. In particular, the line 5...lijf6 6.liJc3 d6 followed by
...liJxd4, has an excellent theoretical reputation while interest in lines
like 5...iig7 6.iie3 liJf6 7.liJc3 liJg4 8.'i:Yxg4 liJxd4 9.'i:Yd l e5 sug
gest Black may .have more than one answer. Note however that Black
will have a hard time winning against a White player looking to draw.
The danger of getting a drawish position early on is not a worry for
Black against 5.liJc3 but 5.c4 is another matter.

Players looking to avoid drawish options for White have been experi
menting with slight deviations from the Accelerated Dragon move or
der. While the Semi-Accelerated (l .e4 c5 2.ctJf3 ctJc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ctJxd4
ctJf6 5.ctJc3 g6?!) is a poor proposition for Black the Hyper-Acceler
ated (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6) is worthy of consideration and can be recom
mended to those who like to experiment and are willing to allow the
Schmid Benoni (l.e4 c5 2.liJf3 g6 3.d4 il.g7 4.d5 liJf6 5.ltJc3).

This volume of the Icon series contains 212 games, with all but about a
dozen from the period January 1992 to October of 1994. The earlier
games, primarily in the 2. . .g6 section, have been provided to give study
material in lines where recent practical experience has been limited.

The chief source of information for this book has been the ICE Chess
Assistant Data Base with over 350,00 games. Accelerated Dragons
by IM Jeremy Silman and the present author was a useful reference.
Other sources consulted include Chess Informant, through issue 60,
and New in Chess Yearbook, through number 31, as well as the follow
ing periodicals:

British Chess Magazine

Chess
Chess Life
Inside Chess
Michigan Chess
New in Chess
Schach
Schachwoche
Schweizer Schach

Readers looking for more on this opening may wish to consult Acceler
ated Dragons. Published in 1993 by Cadogan, it runs 226 pages and
features detailed theoretical coverage as well as a lot of explanation of
the basic strategies of this opening.

This book is dedicated to the

memory of David Collyer, long
IM John Donaldson time NW tournament organizer
October 1994 and player.

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 Chapter 1 1

Early Divergencces

Chapter 2 10

7 'ia5
...

Chapter 3 16

7 0-0
.

Chapter 4 36

Li n es w h ere W h i t e
playes a n early llJxc6

Chapter 5 43

Maroczy with 7 llJg4

...

lll
 Chapter 6 56
Double Fianchetto
versus the Maroczy

Chapter 7 62
Play on the Dark Squares
versus the Maroczy

Chapter 8 78

lLlc2 in the Maroczy

Chapter 9 81

White answers lLlxd4

...

with 'iV d3 or 'iV e3

IV
 Chapter 10 87

l1.e3 and 'ild2

Chapter 11 99

White plays JL g5 with

'iV e3 plus lines with JJ.. g5
and 'iV d2 involving ... b5
as a gambit.

Chapter 12 108

Wh ite plays JJ.. g5 and

'ild2 (main lines)

Chapter 13 1 20

The Hyper-Accelerated
Dragon (2...g6)

v
 Chapter 1
Early Divergences Whether this is something to fear is
unclear.

On a final note White does have one

way to absolutely force a transposi
tion to the Dragon variation. By
adopting the move order 5.lll c3 i.g7
6.0de2, followed by a Kingside
fianchetto, the first player guarantees
a transposition to B70 as 6 ... lllf6 7 .g3
d5 is unsound.

This chapter is a little different from
the rest in the book. Here White tries
to steer the game into the Classical
Dragon (i.e2), instead of heading
into pure Accelerated territory with
5.c4 or 5 .lll c 3 i.. g 7 6.i.. e3 lll f6
7.ii.c4 (or 7.lll xc6). Black can go
along with this, knowing that lines
where White castles Kingside in the
Dragon are not very dangerous, or he
can play experimentally by holding
the d-pawn back.
1
Bruno Belotti
Pierluigi Passcrotti
Italy (ch) 1994
l . e4 cS 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
4. lll xd4 g6 s.lll cJ .i.. g7 6.lll b3
i.. xc3+ 7. bxc3 lll f6 8 . .i.. d 3 dS
9.exd5 xd5 10.0-0 0-0 1 1.e2
i.. f5 12.i.. a3 l::!:fe8 13.ld:fe1 .i.. xdJ
14.cxd3 lll h5 15.c4 gS 16.d4 aS

Experience with . . . a5, . . . lll b4 and

. . . d7-d5 is limited, but on balance
Black has been having positive ex
periences. Note that some White
players use the move order 5.i.. e2,
only bringing their Queen Knight out
when Black has committed to . . . lllf6.
The reason for this is they want to
avoid the possibili ty of . . . i.g7xc3.

1
17.Ac1 ,.f6 18.d5 a4 19.JLb2 f4
20.A xf6 xe2+ 2 t .l::t xe2 axbJ
22.dxc6 exf6 23.cxb7 1:0
2 3
John Van der Wiel
Karel Van der Weide
Leeuwarden 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J. d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 s.JLe2 JL g7 6.b3 a5
7.a4 d6 8.0-0 JL e6 9.c3 Ji xcJ
10.bxc3 f6
1 1 .A h6 d 7 1 2 . d4 c5
1 3. xe6 xe6 1 4.JL g4 c5
15... e2 e6 16.l::t fd1 ,.e7 17.Ag7
l::t g8 18.JLd4 0-0-0 19.,.b5 xe4
20.i.f3 f5 21.Ab6 l::t d7 22.JLxa5 d5
23.i.xe4 fxe4 24.i.b6 ,. d6 25.c4 d4
26.a5 e5 27.a6 bxa6 28.l::t xa6 l::t b7
29.A c5 l::t xb5 JO.JL xd6 l::t b 2
31.l::t xc6+ Wd7 32.l::t a6 l::te8 33.c3
dJ 34.i.a3 l::t e2 35.f3 Wc7 36.fxe4
l::t d8 37.Wfl l::t xe4 38.i.b4 W b 7
39.l::t e6 d 2 40.i.d6 l::t xc4 41.l::t xd2
l::t xcJ 4 2.i. xe5 l::t c t + 43. W e2
l::t xd2+ 44. W xd2 l::!: g1 45.l::!: e7+ Wc6
2
46J hb7 W d5 47. l::t e 7 l::t xg2+
48.We3 l::t g 1 49.Jig3 1 :0
Hakan Han
S pyridon S kembris
Varna 1994
l . e4 c5 2. f3 c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 s.cJ i.g7 6.Ae3 f6
7.i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5 b4
10.i.f3 fxd5 1 1 . xd5 xd5
12.i. g5 h6 13.i.h4
13 f4 14.i.g3 e5 15.i.xf4 exf4
..
16.c3 ,.b6 17. ,.b3 Axd4 18.cxd4
,.xd4 19.l::t act i.e6 20.l::t fd1 i. xbJ
2 t .l::i: xd4 i. xa2 22.A xb7 l::!: ab8
23.l::!: c7 l::i: fd8 24.l::!: xd8+ l::i: xd8
25.Af3 l::i: d2 26.l::t xa7 l::t xb2 27.g3
A e6 28.W g2 l::t b4 29.l::!: as W g7
JO.JLdS Wf6 31.Axe6 fxe6 32.gxf4
l::t xf4 33.h3 h5 34.l::!: a8 g5 35.l::i: h8
W g6 36.l::!: g8+ w rs 37.l::!: h8 h4
Js.l::!: rs+ We4 J9.l::i: g8 l::!: rs 40.l::i: g6
e5 41.l::t g8 Wd3 42.l:ta8 e4 43.l::i: a3+
W d4 44.l::!: a4+ W e5 45.l::t a8 W f4
 46.l::r g8 l::r f7 47.l::r g6 l::r a7 48.l::r g8 10 a3 11.b3 'iVa5 12.il)bS dS 13.b4
.

l:1 f7 49.l:1 g6 l:1 f8 so.n g7 w rs 'iV d8 14.l::!: b 1 Ae6 1S.Axf6 Axf6

Sl.l::r h 7 Wg6 S2.l::r e7 l::r f4 SJ.l::r e6+
W f7 S4.l::r a6 W g7 SS.l::r e6 W f7
S6.l::r a6 l::rf 6 S7.l::r aS W g6 S8.l::r eS
l:1f 4 S9.l::r e6+ w rs 60.l:1 h6 w es
61.l::t h8 l::r fS 62.l::r g8 W d4 63.l::r a8
l::r cS 64.l::r d8+ l::r dS 6S.l::r a8 W eS
66.l::r e8+ Wf 4 67.l::r f8+ l::rts 68.l::r g8
n n 69.l::r g6 l::r f8 7 0.l::r g7 w rs
71.l::r h 7 l::r e8 72.l::rt7 + Wg6 73.l::r a7
l::r d8 74.l::r e7 W fS 7S.l::r f7+ W e6
16.exdS AxdS 17.c4 Ae6 18.il)e4
Ab2 19.'iVb3 'iVb6 20.il)cs 'iVxbS
2 1 .il) xe6 'iV xb4 22.'iVxb4 il) xb4
2J.ll) xf8 W xf8 24.JLf3 il)xa2 2s.cs
l::!: a5 26.Axb7 l::!: xcS 27.l::!: b d1 il)c3
28.l::!: d8+ W g7 2 9.l::!: a8 il) e2 +
30.Wh1 il)cl 0:1
9 llJ b4
...

76."t1 a7 l::r d2 77.l::r a8 Wt7 78.Wg1

W f6 79.l::r as l::r dJ so.w g2 l::r f3
81.l::r bS l::r aJ 82.l::r cS l::r a2 83.Wg1
l:[ a6 84. 'tJ g2 l:[ e6 8S.l:t aS l:[ eS
86.lla8 l::r bS 87.lle8 WfS 88.l::r f8+
WeS 89.l::r e8+ W d4 90.l::r d8+ l::r d S
91.l::r e8 Wd3 92.l::r e7 l::r d8 Draw

4
Volker S chlick
Oliver Brendel
G ermany 1994

l.e4 cS 2.ll\ f3 ll\ c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.lll xd4 g6 s.Ae2il. g7 6.lll b3ll\ f6 s
7.ll\ c3 0 -0 8 .0-0 aS 9il.
. gS a4 Gregory Gurevich
10.ll\ d2 Boris Maryasin
Israel 1992

l.e4 cS 2.il)f3 il)c6 J.il)cJ g6 4.d4

cxd4 s.ll) xd4 A g7 6.il) bJ ll) f6
7.Ae2 0-0 8.0-0 aS 9 . a4 it) b4
10.il.f3 d6 ll.il)dS il)fxdS 12.exdS
A rs 1 3.c3 il) dJ 1 4. A e3 'iV c8
1S. 'iV d2 il)eS 16.Ae2 il)c4 1 7.Axc4
'iVxc4 18.l::!: a3 l::!: a6 19.l::!: d1 l::!: b8
20.il)c1 bS 21.axbS l::!:xbS 22.0 l::!: a8
23.A gS l::!: ab8 24.A xe7 l::!: x b 2

3
25.'iVeJ l::!: e8 26.g4 1 9. li:ld4 lll xg4 2 0 . 'iVxg4 W h8
2 1 .l::!: bd 1 ?! f5 ! Kotronias-Skembris,
Karditsa 1 994. 9.a4 lll b4 10.f4 ? !
'iV b6+! ll.W h 1 d 5 Here l l . . .d6,
transposing into a good version ofthe
Classical Dragon (White's Bishop on
c 1 lacks a square), was a viable alter
native. 1 2. e5 ll\ e4 1 3 . 0 d 4 f6
14.exf6 .i.xf6 15 .i.eJ lll xc3 16.bxc3

lll c6 1 7.l::!: b 1 'iVc5 18.l::!: b5 'iVd6

19. .i.f3 e6 20.g3 'iVaJ 21.l::!: b3 'iVxa4
22.lll b5 .i.d7 2J .i.c5 lll e7 24.lll d4

'iVc4 25. .i. a3 'iV c8 26.l::!: et l::!: e8

27.'iVdJ li:lf5 28.l::!: b6 li:lxd4 29.cxd4
26 Jhe7 27.'iVxe7 ecs+ 28.W h1
.
.i.d8 JO.l::!: b b1 b5 31.c3 'iVa6 32.e3
'iVf2 0:1 .i.e7 33 .i. xe7 l::!: xe7 34.'iV e2 a4

35.h4 aJ 36.a1 l::!: ee8 37.h5 l::!: f8

38. .i.g4 l::!: f6 39. .i.f3 'iVa4 40.'iVd2
6 l::!:ff8 4l.ee1 l::!: fc8 42.ec1
Bela Lengyel
Jeremy S ilman
Budapest 1994

l . e4 c5 2 . li:l f3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4

4.lll xd4 g6 5.Ji.e2 i.g7 6.lll b3 lll f6
7.lll c3 0-0 8.0-0 a5 Another indepen
dent path starts with 8 . . . b6 when
9.i. g5 i.b7 1 0.f4 ( 10 .d2 d6? !
[ 1 0 . . . :!:c8! intending . . . lll e5 when
l l .f4 b5 !? leads to lively play] l l .f4
lll d7 12 J:!:ael lll c5 13.Ac4! lll xb3
14.axb3?! a6!? 15.0d5 b5 16. i.d3
f6 17.i.h4 e6 18.llle3 g5 19.Ag3 42... b4! 43.f5 bxcJ 44Ji'e3 gxf5
gxf4 20.A xf4 e7 2 l . c3 :!::!: adS 45.Ae2 'iVb4 46.'iVg5+ Wf7 47.h6
22.lll c2 lll e5 with unclear play in 'iVxd4 48.i.h5+ W f8 49.l::!: d 1 'iVh8
T h . T h o r h a l l s s o n - S k e mb r i s , 50Ji' h4 l::!: c4 5l . g4 c2 52. : d c 1
Kopavogur 1 994) 1 0 . . . d6 1 1 . Ji.f3 'iVb2 5J.Wg2 'iVd4 54.'iVg5 .i.e8
lll d7 1 2 . i:b l lll c5 1 3 . lll d5 f6 55. gxf5 A xh5 56.'' xh5 'i* g4+
14.1Lh4 e6 1 5 .lll c3 g5 ! ? 16 . .i.g3 57. 'i h g4 l::!: xg4+ 58. W f3 l::!: c4
gxf4 17 . .i.xf4 lll e5 18 . .i.g4 e7 59.fxe6 We7 60.l:tg1 W xe6 0:1

4
 7 cxd4 5.it:)xd4 .i.g7 6.it:)b3 [6 . .i.e3
Alonso Zapata
Roger La Flair
New York 1993
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 it:) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.it:)xd4 g6 5.Ae2 A g7 6.it:)bJ it:)f6
7.it:) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 a5 9. a4 it:) b4
1 0. h 1 d5 l l.e5 it:) e4 1 2.f4 f6
13.cxf6 exf6 14.it:)b5 f5 15.cJ it:)c6
16.Ae3 iie6 17.l::t f3 Af7 18.'ifg1
g5 19.fxg5 A h5 20.l::t d 1 f4 21.. b6
'ifxg5 22.it:)c7 it:)gJ+ 23.l::t xg3 fxgJ
24.l::t xd5
24 'ifxd5 25.it:)xd5 Axel 26.it:)d2
.
l::t ae8 27.hxg3 l::t e5 28.'ifc5 l::t ff5
29.c4 l::t h5+ 30.g1 l::t xd5 31.cxd5
li. d4+ 32.'if xd4 it:) xd4 33. .i. xd4
l::t xd5 34..i.c3 f7 Draw
8 Black had good play after 16.Axf4
Yuri Balashov
H. Winants
EUJlen 1994
1.e4 c5 2.it:)cJ it:)c6 J.fl)fJ g6 4.d4
5
it:)f6 7 . .i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.ex d5
it:)xd5 10. x d5 xd4 l l . .i. xd4
'ifxd5 12 . .i.xg7 'if x d1 1 3 .l:t fx d1
xg7 1 4.l:t d2 ( 1 4. .i.f3 .i.f5 1 5.c4
l:t ac8 1 6 .b3 l:t c7 1 7 . l:t d5 .i. e6
18.l:t d4 l:tfc8 19.l:tad1 a6 20 . .i. d5
.i. x d5 2 1 .l:t x d5 e6 2 2 . l:t d6 b5=
Wedburg-Donal dson, Athens, 1980)
1 4. . . .i.e6 1 5. l:t a d1 l:tfc8 1 6 .i.f3
.
l:tab8 17.c3 b5 18.i.d5 iUS= Mills
l. lvanov, Chicago 1 985) 6 ... f6
7 .i. e2 0-0 8.0-0 aS 9.a4 it:) b4
10 ..i.g5 h6 ll ..i.h4 g5 12..i. g3 d5
13.exd5 fxd5 [ 1 3 . . . .i.f5 1 4. d4
.i.g6oo Silman] 1 4.it:) xd5 it:) xd5
15.c3
1 5 ... e5 Los Angeles IM Jeremy
Silman had two games in Pardubice
1994 where he tried out 1 5 . . . f4.
gxf4 17.'(hd8 l:txd8 18.l:tfd1 .i.e6
a n d 1 6 . .i. b5 (better) 1 6 . . . b6
17.i.xf4 gxf4 18.l:tfe1 e5. 16.Af3
it:) b6 1 7. 'if xd8 l::t xd8 1 8. l::t fd 1
l::t x dl+ 19.l::t xd 1 f5 20.l::t d8+ f7
2 1 ..i. h5+ e7 2 2. : e8+ d6
 23.ri H A e6 24. x g7 .i. xbJ
25 .Ilg 6+ .i.e6 26.xh6 f8 27.h4
f4 28. .i.h2 gxh4 29.b3 lt:\ dS JO.c4
lt:\ e7 Jl..i.g4 lt:\ rs 32.-i. xfS xfS
JJ.xh4 W cS 34.0 W b4 JS.h6
.i.c8 36. b6+ 'it>cJ J7J::!: bS Wc2
38.'it>f2 'it> dJ 39.xa5 e4 40.xfS
eJ+ 4 1 .'iii e1 .i. xfS 42 .i. xf4 'it> cJ

4J .i. xe3 W xbJ 44.cS W xa4 4S.g4

.i.h7 46.Wf 2 W bS 47.'it>gJ 'it> c6

48.Wf4 W dS 49.'it>g5 'it> e6 so.r4
wf7 su s 1 :0

22.h3 The first new move of thi

Classical Dragon game. Filipowicz-Hollis, Mariansk
Lazne 1 962, saw 2 2 . fxg6 hxg
23J:l:h3 a5! 24.fl c5 25.xc
9 xc5 26.d3 c4 leading to
Michael Brooks drawn Rook ending. The idea behin
John Donaldson Brooks' 22.h3 is to leave the paw
S tillwater 1992 on h7 as a target. 22 ... A g7 2J.g
cS+ 24.'it>g2 eS 2S.h4 hS 0
25 . . . h6 White has 26. fxg6 fxg
1 . e4 cS 2 . /l\ fJ lt:\ c6 J.d4 cxd4
27.g4 Wh7 28.g3 with the ac
4./l\xd4 g6 S.lt:\ cJ .i.g7 6./l\bJ'l\ f6
vantage. 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.g3
7..i.e2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Ae3 .i.e6 10.f4
lt:\ as 1 1.fS .i.c4 1 2./l\xaS 1 2 . .i.d3 is
more usual when 12 . . . i.xd3 1 3 .cxd3
d5 14./l\xa5 xa5 1 5.e5 d4 16 .i.xd4
lt:\d7 1 7 . f6 exf6 1 8. exf6 .i. xf6
19.xf6 /l\xf6 20.f3 /l\h5 2 1 . /l\dS
f5 ! is crucial for the assessment ofthe
10 . . . /l\a5 (Maroczy) variation. In
stead 2 1 . . . fd8? quickly led Black to
defeat in Rattman-Marchand, Corr.
1949; 22. /l\e7+ Wf8 23.fl! Wxe7
(23 . . . xa2 24 . .i.c5 W g7 25.g4 )
24. 'iV xb7+ ! W d6 2 5 . b4 ab8
26 . .i.c5+ 1 -0. 1 2....i. xe2 13. 'ihe2
xaS 1 4. g4 ac8 1 S. gS xcJ 27 ... Af6! On 27 . . . W h7 White ha
16.gxf6 xeJ 1 7.xe3 .i.xf6 18.c3 28.g5. Now the Queen either gel
c8 19.a3 l::!: c4 20.l::!: acl bS 21.0 buried on h3 or his next move i
c7 forced. 28. xg6+ W h7 29. g

6
29. :!:l:xf6 exf6 offers White no more
than the text which leads to a drawn
Rook ending. 29 xg3+ 30.:!:I:xg3
. 'ib6+ l 6.'if2 xf2+ l 7.Wxf2 a5
iL h4 31.Wf3 ii.. xg3 32.hxg3 W g6
33.We3 :!:res 34.:!:l:d1 <il?gs 3s.wo
as 36.:!:l:d4 a4 37J::t d 2 l:!es 38.l::t d 1
:!:!: cS 3 9.:!:1: d 4 :!:!: eS 4 0 . c 4 bxc4
41.:!:!:xc4 !:!:aS 42.:!:l:b4 :!:l:a6 43.:!:l:bS+
eS 44.:!:l:b7 :!:l:c6 4S.:!:I:b4 :!:l:c2 46.:!:l:b8
:!:l:d2 47.We3 :!:l:g2 48.Wf3 Draw
10
Sergey S alov
Tibor Tol n ai
S witzerland 1993
1.e4 cS 2.li)f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.li)xd4
li)f6 s.li)c3 g6 6.ii.. e2 g7 7.0-0
li)c6 s.li)b3 0-0 9.gs a6 10.f4 bS
ll.f3
ll ... b4! ? 12.Axf6?! White falters in
the critical position. Here 1 2.li)a4 is
met by l2 . . . e5 !? l3 fxe5 li)xe5 and
the Knight is offsides. Note that the
natural looking 12 . . . ii..b7 would be
strongly met by l 3 . e5 ! dxe5
l4.li)bc5. White's best try is 12 Nd5
7
when l 2 .. . li) xd5 l 3 . exd5 li) a5
l 4. li) xa5 ( l 4 . :!:l:e l li) c4 l 5.'le2
l 8 . .te2 ii..a 6 l 9 . .txc4 A xc4
20. ii..xe7 :!:!:fc8 2 l .Axd6 Axd5 22. .t
2 3 . :!:l:e2 :!:!:x e2+ 24.W xe2 :!:l:e8
2 5 . W e2 .txe5 2 6 . fxe5 :!:l:xe5
27.li)xa5 :!:l:f5+ led to a winning end
ing in Ciric-Petursson, Switzerland
199 1 ) l 4 ... 'iha5 1 5 'lYcl ( l 5 . ii..xe7
:!:l:e8 l 6.Ah4 Axb2 with unclear
play) l 5 . . . :!:!:a7 l 6 . :!:l:e l :!:l:e8 'lb5
l 8 . :!:l:e2 :!:l:c7 l 9 . :!:l:b l .tf5 20.'le l
:!:l:xc2 2 l . :!:l:xe7 :!:l:xe7 22.'lxe7 h6!
23 24 .'ixf6 'l c 5 2 5 . :!:l:e l :!:te l
26 . .tdl 'le3 ! 27.'ih4 g5! 28.fxg5
hxg5 29.'lxb4 h3 .tc2 3 l . :!:l:e 8+
W h7 32.:!:l:e l 'lVxe l + 0- l Donev
Novkovic, Austria 199 1 . 12 ...Axf6
13.eS bxc3 14.exf6 cxb2 15.fxe7
li)xe7! Preparing to bring the Knight
to the powerful f5 square. 16.:!:l:b1?
Necessary was l6 . .txa8 bxa l ('i )
l 7.'lxal ii..f5 ! l 8 . .tf3 Axc2 though
Black is a little better. 16 ... l::!: b8
1 7.l::!: xb2 lt) rs 18.e1 aS 19.a4
:!:l:b4! 20.l::!: a2 ii.. e6 2 t.l::t a3 ii.. c 4!
22.l::tf2 l::t e8 23.'ifd2 'ifb8 24.g3 hS
2S.l::t a 1 l::!: e3 26.W g2 Axb3 27.cxb3
:!:l:bxb3 28.l::!: d1?? :!:l:xf3! 29.l::!: xf3
l::C b 2 0:1
11
Thro stur Thorhallsson
Margeir Petursson
Reykjavik 1994
l.e4 cS 2.li) f3 li) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.li) xd4 g6 S. e2 .i. g7 6.li) b3
1/)f(, 7/t) cJ 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Ji.. g5 a6 12
IO.u4 Ac6 ll.Wh1 l:!c8 12.f4i?la5 Viswanathan Anand
I J.if) xa5 h a5 1 4 . Ji.. d3 A c4 Veselin Topalov
15 .' f3 [ 1 5 . f5 'ib4 1 6. l:t b 1 b5 Linares 1994
17.axb5 axb5 18.'i f3 'ic5 19. i?ld1
d5 20.e5 ltJe4 2 l. Ji.. e3 'VIic7 22.f6
exf6 23.exf6 ltJxf6 24.Ad4 l?le4 l .e4 c5 2.li:) f3 d6 J.d4 cxd4
2 5 . Ji.. xg7 'it> xg7+ Sorensen 4.li:)xd4 li:)f6 5.ltJc3 g6 6.Ji.. e2 Ji.. g7
Alterman, Santiago 1990.] 15 'ii' b4
. 7.0-0 0-0 8.i. g5 a6 9.a4 li:) c6
1 6 . l:! a b 1 b 5 1 7. axb5 axb5 10.ltJb3 i. e6 l l.W h1 On the im
18.Ji.. xc4 'i hc4 1 9 .Ji.. xf6 A xf6 mediate l l .f4 Black can play 1 l ...b5 !
20.ltJd5 'iVxc2 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 l l l:! c8 1 2.f4 li:) a5 1 3. ltJ xa5
.

Ji.. g5 23.'iVg3 l:!cd8 24.l:!bd1 'iVxa5 14.Ji.. d3 l:!fe8 Black's most

common choice here has been
14 . . . Ac4. The text bolsters the e
pawn and preserves Black's options
with his Queen Bishop. Now on
1 5.f5 he would play 1 5 ... Ji..d7 intend
ing 16 . . . gxf5 17.exf5 i. c6. After
14 ... l:tfe8 the move ... ltJd7 becomes
a distinct possibility. 15. 'iV e2 'iVb4
16.a5?! Topalov criticizes this move,
suggesting instead 1 6 . f5 A c4
1 7 . Ji.. d2. 16 Ji.. g4 1 7. 'iV d 2
.

[ 1 7 . 'i e 1 Ji.. d7 1 8 . i. xf6 A xf6

1 9. ltJ d 5 'i xe 1 20.ltJ xf6+ exf6
2 1 .l:tfxe1 l:te7] 17 i.d7 18.e2?
.

xb2 19.i. xf6 i. xf6 20.ltJd5

24 ... e6 25.'ihg5 l:! xd5 26. xd5

exd5 27 .e6 'iV e4 28.exn+ I! xf7
29.l:! d 1 'ii' f5 JO.'ii' c1 d4 J l .hJ
d5 3 2. W g1 dJ JJ.'iV eJ : d 7
34.:d2 W g7 35.'it>h1 h5 36.'it>h2
'iV d4 37.'iV e 1 h4 38. 'iV c 1 'iV e J
39.'iV c3+ W h 7 40.l:! d 1 'ii' f4+
41.Wh1 d2 42.'ii' c5 :c7 43.'ii' xb5
l:! c 1 44. 'iV d7+ W h6 45. 'ii' x d 2
xd2 0 : 1

8
20 b5 !
.. 2 1 . xb5 xb 5
2 2. x b5 a x b 5 23. l::t ab1 l::t c5
24. l::t fd 1 c;i;> g7 25./t:) b 6 l::t xc2
26. l::i: xb5 l::t e 2 2 7./t:) d5 l::t xe4
28.l::t xb7 l::t a8 29.g4 l::t xa5 30.g5
a1! 31./t:)xe7 l::t xf4 32./t:)c6 l::t a8!
33. l::t xd6 l::t a2 34. l::t d 1 l::t ff2
35,/t:)dS c;i;>gS 36.l::t b8 h5! 37.gxh6
e5 38. l::t b 7 l::t xh2+ 39. c;t> g1
l::t h g2+ 40.c;i;> h 1 l::t h2+ 4 1 .c;i;> g 1
l::t hg2+ 42.c;i;>h1 l::t g4 0:1
13
Sofia Polgar
Vladimir Georgiev
Matinhos 1994
l . e4 c5 2./t:)f3 /t:) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4./t:)xd4 g6 5./t:)c3 g7 6./t:)de2
/t:)f6 7.g3 b5 [7 . . . d6 8.iLg2 0-0
9.0-0 l::!: b8 10.a4 a6 1 1 . /t:)dS /t:)d7
1 2.c3 b5 1 3 . axb5 axb5 1 4 .lll d4
/t:)de5 1 5 . ii.. g5 h6 1 6 . iL e3 e6
17.lllb4 lll xb4 18.cxb4 iLd7 19.h3
/t:)c6 20.lll xc6 iLxc6= V.Georgiev-
Vescovi, Matinhos 1994] 8. g2
l::t b8 9.0-0 0-0 10./t:)d5 d6 11.h3
/t:)d7 The point ofBlack's play, con-
sciously omitting the natural iLd7, is
to be able to meet lll d5 with ... llld7.
The goal of the g3 variation is to plop
a Knight on d5, have Black capture
it, then apply pressure down the e-
line. By being able to play . . . /t:)d7
9
Black takes the sting out of this idea.
Moves like ... e6, ... b7 and ... lll f6-
d7-c5 are quite common in this Black
setup. 1 2.c3 e6 1 3 .lll b4 it:) xb4
14.cxb4 /t:)b6 15.l::t b 1 b7 16.e3
d7 17.d3 l::t bd8 18.l::t fd1 /t:)c4
19.d4 e5 20.e3 f5 21.g5 fxe4
22.xe4 xe4 23. xe4 l::t c8 24.b3
/t:)b6 25. e3 d5 26. xb6 dxe4
2 7. l::t xd7 axb6 28. l::t c 1 l::t x c l +
29./t:)xc1
29 ... e3! At first glance it looks like
Black's horrible pawns are the key
features in the position but as soon
becomes apparent it is actually the
activity of his pieces that is. 30.fxe3
h 6 3 1 . l::t d3 e4! 3 2. l::t c3 l::t f3
33,c;i;>g2 xe3 34.g4 l::t f2+ 35.c;i;>g3
d4 36. l::t c8+ c;i;> f7 3 7 . a4 e3
38.lll d3 l::t d2 39,/t:)e1 l::t d 1 40./t:)fJ
e2 4 1 .l::t c7+ c;i;>e8 42.l::t c8+ W e7
43.l::t c7+ c;i;>d6 44.l::t c8 e3 45.l::t e8
l::t g l+ 0:1
 Chapter 2
7 .. .''6 a5 14
Guy Hoffman
Roman Dzindzichashvili
Philadelphia 1993

t . e4 c5 2 . liJ fJ liJ c6 J.d4 cxd4

4.liJxd4 g6 5.c4 g7 6.e3 liJf6
7.liJcJ as 8.0-0 0-0 9.liJbJ c7
10.d2 More usual is l O.f4 when
Black can choose between systems
based on ...b6 and ...d6 with ... e5. One
amusing example of the latter is
Prandstetter-Znamenacek, Prague
1992: 10.f4 d6 l l .e2 lld8 1 2.il.f3
e5 1 3 . llf2 il. e6 1 4 . liJ d5 xd5
Black has two main ways to avoid the 15.exd5 exf4 16.xf4 liJe5 17.llc l
Dragon when White plays with liJc3 liJfd7 18.c4 liJc5 1 9.liJxc5 xc5
and c4. By playing 7 ... a5 Black 2 0 . b3 liJ xf3 + 2 1 . xf3 d4
forces the first player to castle due to 2 2 . e3 xe3 2 3 . xf7+ W h8
the attack on the e-pawn. By way of 24.f6+ Draw. 10 ... b6 Experimen
compensation White gains time at tal play by the ever creative
tacking Black's e":posed Queen which Dzindzhi. Here he wants to hold back
is usually, but not always, forced to the d-pawn until he can play . . . d7-d5
retreat to c7. in one go. n.ll ad 1 b7 12.e2
liJes 13.f3 :fd8 14.d4
Play is shaped by where White puts
his King Bishop. Today theory con
siders that Black has satisfactory
chances after 9.liJb3 c7 10.f4 d6
l l .e2 b6, so most recent games see
White trying the more dynamic
9.b3. Gata Kamsky, no doubt in
fluenced by his second-Accelerated
Dragon afficianado Roman
Dzindzichasvili-scored two impor
tant wins (one with each color) in his
Candidates Matches last summer.

1 0
14 dS 1S.il)bS ,..c8 16. ,..c3 il)c6
..
1 7.eS il)xd4 18 .... xd4 il)e8 19.f4
il)d6 20.,.. b4 il)fS 21.l:td3 e6 22.g4
Ji.f8 23 .... d2 il)e7 24.l:tc3 il)c6
2S.a3 d4 26.l:t h3 a6 27. il) Sxd4
il)xd4 28.il)xd4 l:txd4 29....c3 Ac5
0:1
1S
Walter Wittman
Darko Supancic
Austria 1994
l . e4 cS 2.il) f3 it) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.il)xd4 g6 s.lt)c3 Ag7 6.ii.c3it:)f6
7.Ac4 o-o s.A b3 d6 9.h3 A d 7
10.0-0 ,.. as ll.l:re1
[ l l .'iVd3 ! ? :!::l:ac8 1 2 .il) d5? ( 1 2.f4
il)b4 1 3 .'iYe2 li:l a6 1 4.'iYO il)c5
1 5 .l::!: ad1 li:l xb3 16.li:lxb3= ) 1 2 . . .
li:lxd5 13 .exd5 li:lxd4 1 4.Axd4 ii.f5
1 5 . 'iY e3 A xd4 1 6 . 'iY xd 4 A xc2
1 7 . l::!: fe 1 :!::!:fe8 1 8. l::!: ac1 A xb3
19 .axb3 a6+ Baczynski-Donaldson,
New York 1 982.] ll .. li:l xd4 This
. afficionado Andy Ansel is a student
1 1
leads to exactly the sort of position
White is aiming for. Much better are
I I ... :!::I:ac8 or l l... :!::l:fe8. Note that af
ter l l . . . :!::l:fe8 the natural 12.'iYd2? is
a no-no because of 12 . . . li:lxe4, an
swering 13.li:lxc6 with 13 . . . 'iYxc3.
1 2. A xd4 A c6 1 3 . il) d S A xd S
1 4. exdS :!::!: fe8 1 S.c3 ,.. c7 Here
1 5 . . .a6 16. d3li:ld7 17.Axg7 xg7
18.l::!:e3 gave White a clear advantage
in Lanka-Lehmann, Plovdiv 1 985.
The Knight hop to d5, and pressure
down the e-file after the inevitable
trade of the steed, are typical charac
teristics of this line. 16.l::!: e2 Ars
17.d2 bS 18J!ae1 :!::l: eb8 19....f4
,.. d8 20.g4 aS 21.a3 :!::l: b7 22.h4 Ag7
23.f3 f8 24.hl :!::l: c8 2S.hS a4
26. .ta2 :!::l: bc7 27.l::!: h2 l:!c4 28.il.. xc4
:!::l: xc4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.,.. gS :!::l: c 7
31.,.. h4 ,.. c8 32.g2 :!::l: c4 33.l::!: xe7
:!::l: x d4 34.cxd4 ,.. c 1 3S.:!::I: e2 ,.. d 1
36. ,..e l ,.. xd4 3 7....d 2 ,..cS 38.l::!: h 1
il)d7 39.l::!: e8+ lt) f8 40.l:tcl ,.. a7
1 :0
16
M. Reverby
Andy Ansell
New York 1993
l . e4 cS 2 . il) f3 il) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.il)xd4 g6 s.il)c3 Ag7 6.Ae3 il)f6
7.Ac4 ,.. as 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ab3 d6
10.h3 Ji.d7 11.f4 l:t ac8 12.... f3 ... hS
1J.il) xc6 A xc6 14 .t xa7 For the
superior 1 4.g4 see the next game. It
happens that chess data base
of GM Roman Dzinzichashvili who
signed on as Kamsky's second just
prior to the match in India. The
Dzin's influence is felt. 14 . 'ilhf3
. 15.l:rad1 b5 16.g5 lDd7 1 7.f5 A very
15.gxfl lDh5 16.Ae3 Axc3 17.bxc3
A b5 18.l:rfe1 l:rxcJ 19.Wf2 l:rcc8
20.l:recl e6 21.a4 Ac6 22.l:!:d1 l:!:fd8
2J.Ab6 l:rd7 24.WeJ lDf6 25.it..d4
lDe8 26.l:rg1 lDg7 27.l:rg5 d5 28.c3
h6 29.l:rg2 Wh7 JO.a5 dxe4 31.fxe4
3 1 ... lDf5+ 32.exf5 A xg2 JJ.fxe6
fxe6 34.h4 Ahl 35.We4 l:rf8 36.a6
bxa6 37.l:!:xa6 l:!:dd8 38.l:ra7+ W g8
39.l:r g7+ W h8 40.A e5 it. g2+
4 l .W e3 : rs 42.l:r xg6+ l:r xe5+
43.fxe5 it.d5 44.Axd5 1:0
17
Gata Kamsky
Viswanathan Anand
Sanghi Nagar 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . lD f3 lD c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.lDxd4 g6 s.lDcJ Ag7 6.it.eJ lDf6
7.it.. c4 'iW as 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.. bJ d6
1 2
10.h3 Ad7 ll.f4 l:rac8 12.'iWf3 'iWh5
lJ.lDxc6 Here 13.'f2 b5 is much
more common.ll...Axc6 14.g4 'iWaS
sharp continuation. Karnsky cedes the
e5 square for pressure against f7.
17 ... Axc3!? The passive 17 . ..Wh8 is
not Anand while 17 ... b4?! ( 1 7 ...lDe5
1 8 .' f4 ) 1 8.fxg6 bxc3 1 9.Axf7 +
ld:xf7 20.'"xf7+ Wh8 2 l .'iWxe7 is too
risky for Black. 18.bxc3 lDe5 19.'iWf4
lDc4 20.Ad4 Here 20 .f6 is tempting,
but after 20 . .. e5 2 l . h4 W h8
White's attack grind to a halt. 20 ... e5
21.fxe6 fxe6 22.it.f6 'iWc7 23.Axc4
Gata is unable to continue his attack;
so he opts for a small edge in the end
ing. 23 ... b xc4 24.l:r xd6 A xe4
25.ld: xe6 'iWxf4 26.l:rxf4 Ars 27.l:ra6
:n 28.h4 Axel 29.l:rd4 Ars JO.a4
l:rb7 J1.Wf2 l:res 32.Wf3
32... Wf7?! According to IM Jack
Peters this was probably the decisive
mistake. The text prepares 33 . ..ld:e6,
but the passive 32 .. J::i:c 7 was sturdier.
JJ.l:rc6! A dl 34.a5! Preparing to
chase Black's Rook off the seventh
rank. 34 ... ld:e6 After 34 ... Wg8 35.a6
f7 36.cd6, the pawn at a7 falls.
JS.a6 l::!: be7 36.l::!: xe6 l::!: xe6 37.l::!: d7+
W e8 38.l::!: d8+ Wf7 39.l::!: d7+ W e8
40.l::!: xa7 it.e4+ 41.We3! Accurate to
the end, Kamsky offers the a-pawn
for a pretty finishing bind. 41 it.b7+
4 2 . W d4 it. xa6 43.W d5 l::!: b6
44.WcS l::!: e6 4S.l::!: xh7 1:0
18
Radojica Dabctic
Zoran Novoselski
Yugoslavia
l.e4 cS 2.ltJf3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4
g7 S.ltJcJltJc6 6.i.eJ ltJf6 7.i.c4
,. aS 8.0-0 0-0 9.it.b3 d6 10.h3 Ad7
l l .f4 h5 1 2.ltJ fJ bS lJ.aJ aS
14.d3 a4 1S.A a2 Avoiding the
trap 1 5 . ltJ e2 ? ( idea 1 6 . ltJ g3 )
1 5 . . . i.xh3 ! . Besides the text 1 5 Bd5
also enjoys a good reputation. One
recent outing was G. Garcia-Zamora,
New York 1994, where White quickly
got the better of it after 15.it.d5 e6
16.i.xc6 i.xc6 17.lll d4 i.b7 1 8.f5
gxf5 1 9 . exf5 e5 2 0 . ltJ dxb5 d5
2Lc5. 1S...b4 16.ltJe2
16 a5 The manuever . . . a5-h5-
a5 is quite typical for this line!
17.l::!: ae1 l::!: ab8 18.ltJ ed4 ltJ xd4
19.i.xd4 bJ! 20.cxb3 i.bS 21.e3
axbJ 22.it.xb3 it.xfl 2J.l::!: xfl lDhS
24.it.xg7 W xg7 2S.ltJd4 b6 26.e5
ltJ gJ! 27.l::!: f2 dS 28. W h 2 ltJe4
29.l::!: e2 e6 JO.g4 W h8 31.it.c2 l::!: bc8
32.it.d3 l::!: a8 JJ.Wg2 l::!: a4 34.ltJf3
xeJ JS.l::!: xeJ ltJcS 36.it.c2 l::!: xf4
37.b4 l::!: c4 38.i.bJ ltJxb3 39.l::!: xb3
l::!: fc8 40.bS l::!: a8 41.b6 l::!: b8 0:1
1993
19
Vlastimil Piza
Ivan Janakicv
Mlada Bolcslav 1994
l . e4 cS 2 .ltJ fJ ltJ c6 J . d4 cxd4
4.ltJxd4 ltJf6 s.ltJcJ g6 6.Ae3 i.g7
7.A c4 as 8.0-0 0-0 9.A b3 d6
10.h3 i.d7 ll.f4 h5 12.d2 The
immediate 12.d3 is much more to
the point. 12 ... bS 13.d3 a5 14.a3
a4 1S.i. a2 ab8 16.ltJ dS ltJxdS
1 7.exdS ltJ xd4 18.A xd4 A xd4+
19.xd4 h4 20.ki: ae1
1 3
20 Axh3 Draw
.. 18 ... Ad7 A mystery. Theory gives
1 8 . . . A a4 ! 19.A xa4 II xa4 20.f5
'iVh4 2 l .Af2 'iVf6 22. fxg6 hxg6
20
Nigel Short 23.'iVb3 IIaa8 24.'iVxb4 from an old
Gata Kamsky game between Ceshkovsky and
Linares 1994 Kapengut. The position after
24 ... IIfb8 is supposed to be slightly
better for Black. So why did Short go
l.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4 into it and Kamsky play 1 8 . . . A d7?
lll c6 5.lll c3 iJ.. g7 6. .aeJ lll f6 7. .ac4 19.Af2? Misplacing the Bishop.
as 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ji.bJ d6 tO.hJ h5 Either 19 ii.c 1 or 19 li.d4 were much
Usually Black waits for IO . . . .ad7 better. 19 ... l::t fe8 20Jh t f5!
l l .f4 before playing the Queen sally. 2t.d2 Aa4!
Little is known about IO . . . '' h5,
Accelerated Dragons by Donaldson
and Silman gives only IO .. .'(ih5 ! ?
1 J.'(jxh5?! ( l l .'(jd2! Ad7 12.lll de2!
is much better for White according
to Gufeld) 1 1 ... lllxh5 12J:!:ad 1 lllxd4
1 3 .Axd4 lll f4 14.l::t fel ii.e6 15.llld5
ii. xd5 ii. f6 Draw, Jonasson-Frey,
Reykjavik 1982. One can be sure
that the team of Kamsky and his
seconds-GMs Fedorowicz and
D zi ndzichasvili-had 1 1 . 'li' d2
worked out. ll.f4 Ad7 12.d3 b5
tJ.l::t ael a5 14.a3 b4 15.lll xc6 Axc6
1 6. axb4 axb4 1 7. lll d5 lll xd5
18.exd5

Not missing a second chance to play

this strong move which aims to elimi
nate a vital defender of White's
Queenside. Gata plays the conclud
ing phase of the game with real art
istry. 22.g4 d7 2J.A c4 1::t cc8
24.d3 k:l:a5! 25.l::tfel Ab5 26.b3
A xc4 27. bxc4 l::t aJ 28.l::t b3 c7
29Jha3 bxaJ JO.fh aJ xc4
Jt.f3 l:tc7 32.c4 xc4 JJ.l::t xc4
f5 34. l::t c2 f7 35. g2 l:!: c4

I 4
36.li.e3? The final mistake! Instead 20.g5 c4 2 1 . g4! h6 22.li.c 1
35. Wf3 meeting 3 5 . . . l:t c3+ with Af6, Gerasimov-T.Georgadze, and
36. Wg2 had to be tried. 36 li.d4. now 23.e4! is strong. 16 a5 .

3 7. gxf5 gxf5 38. W f2 li. xeJ+ 1 7 .li. d4 b6 1 8 . l:t a e 1 l::t fe8

39.W xeJ l::tcJ+ 40.W d4 l::tf3 4 1.l::te3 1 9. xb5 l:t ac8 2 0 . b3 Now the
l::t xf4+ 42.Wd3 h5 43.c4 h4 44.Wc3 Knight on a5 is out of play and Gata
l::t n 45.W b4 l::t g1 46.W b5 l::t gJ d ecides to sacrifice a piece rather than
47.l:te2 l::t xh3 48.Wc6 l::t a3 49.Wd7 slowly get ground down. 20 li.f5

l:ta7+ 50.W d8 hJ 51.l::t h2 l:t a8+ 21.d2

52.Wd7 l::t h8 0:1

21
Judit Polgar
Gata Kamsky
Buenos Aires 1994

l . e4 c5 2 .llH J c6 J.d4 cxd4

4.xd4 g6 5.c3 li.g7 6.e3 f6
7.li. c4 as 8.0-0 0-0 9.li. b3 d6
10.h3 d7 ll.f4 h5 12.f3 De
viating from Short-Kamsky, Linares
1 994, where 12.d3 was played. 21 ...l:txc2 22. xa5 li.xhJ 23.l::t f2
12 b5 13.a3 a5 14.d3 a4 15.Ad5
..
axbJ 24.Axg7 W xg7 25.l:!:xc2 bxc2
xd5 16.exd5 Experience is limited 26. c3+ W g8 2 7. gxh3 xf4
here, but Black's results have been 2 8. W f2 a4 2 9 . b d4 l::t a8
uniformly bad enough to suggest that JO. l::t xe7 a5 3 1 . x a5 l::t x a5
this line is to be avoided. Here theory 32.xc2 l:txd5 33.a4 l:ta5 34.l::t e4
gives 16. xd5 l:tab8 17.c3 ! i.e6 rs 35.l:t b4 <it' g7 36. cd4 W f6
1 8 . l:t ae 1 i. xd5 1 9. exd5 a5 37.b3 l::t a7 38.a5 g5 1:0
 Chapter 3
7 0-0
... 22
Oleg Eismont
Andries Dekker
Balatonberony 1993

l.e4 c5 2.ilk3 il)c6 J.l't) fl g6 4.d4

cxd4 s.il) xd4 Jl g7 6.Jl e3 l't)f6
7.Jlc4 0-0 8.0-0 il)xe4

The Uogelc variation (7 . . 0-0,.

8 a5), named for the Lithuanian cor

...

respondence master Anicetas Uogele

who pioneered the line, has an excel
lent theoretical reputation.

Particularly critical for the variation

is the system where White plays
Here there is a lot to be said for trans
14.a3, as seen in games 46 and 47.
posing into the Dragon with 8 . . d6
White gets two minor pieces for Rook
.

9.h3 and then 9 . . . il)xe4. This i s

and pawn. Black has been doing fine
but one gets the impression that
White's play can be strengthened.
DeFirmian-Shabalov is an interest
ing attempt by Black to try to avoid
the heavily analysed main l ine
Uogele.
8.0-0
predicated o n the systems with
Ji.xf7+ being Black's primary danger.
By throwing in 8 . . . d6 9.h3 before cap
turing on e4 Black not only gains the
developing . . d6 for the somewhat
peripheral h3, but also picks up the
possibility of meeting il. x f7+ with
. . . Wxf7 (as in Adams-Shirov, Biel
1 99 1 ) . After 8 . . . d6 9 . h 3 il)xe4
10.il. x f7+ Wx f7 l l . il) xe4 Black
seems to equalize without trouble: (a)
12.c4 a5 ! (Dlugy); (b) 12. d2

1 6
h7 1 3 .l::t a d1 'iVa5 14.li)c3 d7
1 5.a3 l::t af8 16.e2 xd4 17.xd4
liJxd4 18.l::t xd4 c6 W. Watson
=,

Ward, Plymouth 1989; (c) 12.c3 d7

( 1 2 . . . h7 13.'iVb3 d5 l::t ad1 ?! liJa5 !
14.'iVb4 b6 1 5.liJb3 a6 16. l::tfe1
liJ c4 was better for Black i n
Kupreichik-Pigusov, Moscow 1 989)
1 3 . l::te 1 'iVa5 14.'iVb3 'iVa6 1 5.a4
liJ a5 16.'iVa2 liJc4 1 7.liJd2 l::tc 8
18.liJxc4 'iVxc4 1 9.'iVxc4 l::t xc4 =

Jansa-W.Watson, Oslo 199 1 . The fi

nal question is whether the insertion
ofh3 for free effects the line 8 . . . liJxe4
9.xe4 d5 I O.d3 dxe4 l l .xe4
a6 12.'iVxd8 l::t fxd8 l 3 . l::tfbl (in
tending c3 and Rdl trying to capital
ize on White's superior structure). It
doesn't appear so. 9. xf7+ l::t xf7
10.liJxe4 d6 11.c4 h6 12.1::t c 1 a5
1J.liJc3 d7 14.liJb3 f5 15.c5
liJ e5 16.liJ d4 d3 1 7.cxd6 g4
18.b3 exd6 19.h3 d7 20.xb7
c6 21.b3 Ab7 22.:fd1 c4
23.liJ cb5 xb3 24.liJ xb3 l::t d 7
25. l::Ix d6 l::t xd6 26.liJ xd6 d 5
27. l:lc7 liJc6 28.liJc8 l::t b8 29.l':txc6
1:0
8.f3?!
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Nicls-Pctcr Nielsen
Yuri Yakovich
Denm ark 1993
1.e4 c5 2.liJc3 liJc6 3.liJge2 g6 4.d4
cxd4 5.liJ xd4 g7 6 . A c3 liJ f6
7.c4 0-0 8.f3?!
It's hard to know what sort of sym
bol should be attached to this move.
While it forfeits White's attempt to
get an opening advantage it doesn't
necessarily give Black the better
game. 8 ..JWb6 Invariably played but
8 . . . e6 !? is also interesting. 9 . 0-0?
There is no doubt what to give this
lemon. Instead 9.b3 keeps the play
ing field level. 9 .. .'ihb2 1 0.liJcb5
'if b4 1 1 .'ife2 't!Va5 1 2JHd1 d 6
Black is a pawn up for nothing.
1 3. f2 d 7 1 4 . A fl liJ xd 4
1 5.liJxd4 l':tfc8 16.c4 'ifd8 1 7. a4 b6
1 8. l:ia2 c8 19.liJ b3 liJ d 7 20.a5
'if c 7 2 1 .g3 liJ c5 22. ax b6 axb6
2 3 . 11 x a8 n x a8 2 4 . liJ d 4 n a4
25. l:l b1 11 a7 26 .liJ b5 A x b5
27. l:lxb5 l:la2 28. 'ie1 liJ d 7 29.f4
a3 3 0.Il b1 h5 31 .Af2 !!c2 32. f5
liJe5 33.Wg2 'if fJ+ 34. 'it'gl liJ g4
35. ii. g2 'if xf2+ 36. xf2 liJ xf2
3 7.fxg6 fx g6 3 8 . 1:1 x b 6 A d 4
39.Ilb8+ g7 40.w flliJ g4 o:t
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R. Pulido
Hugo Spangenberg
Seville 1994
l . e4 cS 2.ltHJ ill c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 s.ii.eJ ill f6 6.f3 ii.g7
7.Ac4 0-0 8.ill c3 't!Vb6 9.ii.bJ ill xe4
10.ill d5 't!V aS+ l l .cJ A xd4! ? A
little-known alternative to the more
common l l . . .ill c 5 and l l . . .ill f6.
12. 1ixd4 ill c5 13.0-0 More challeng
ing is 1 3 .Ac4 when 13 . . .llle6 14.b4
'id8 15.ii.e3 d6 led to an unbalanced
position in Ozsvath-Honfi, Budapest
1 96 3 . 1 3 ... lll xb3 1 4 . 't!V xb3 d6
1S..tf2 .ie6 16.c4 l:!:ab8 17.l:!:fd1
l:i: fc8 18.e3 d8 19.l:!: acl b6
20.Ah4 l::t b7 21.f4 f8 22. a3llla5
23.b3 AxdS 24.l:!:xd5 l:!:bc7 25.k!:e1
f6 26.g4 f7 27.I:td3lllc6 28.e4
a6 29.1:!: dS ill aS 30. 'iV eJ I:t b 7
31.I:td4 b S 32.cxb5 axbS JJ.I:te4
ill c6 34.I:tc1 I:tbc7 JS.b4 eS 36.fxe5
fxeS 37.d3 ill xb4 0:1
8.Jib3 e6
1 8
25
Gildardo Garcia
Hugo Spangenberg
Buenos Aires 1994
l . e4 cS 2 .ill f3 ill c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 s.ill cJ ii.g7 6.ii.eJ ill f6
7.Ac4 0-0 s.ii.bJ e6! ? An interest
ing change of pace from 8 . . . d6
(Dragon) and 8 . . . a5 (Uogele). 9.0-0
Here 9.lll xc6 dxc6! IO.e5 lll d5 is fine
for Black, while 9.f4 should not be
answered by 9 . . . d5 when 10.e5 is
strong, but instead by 9 . . . e5 ! ?
l O.lll db5 d5!? with sharp play. 9 d5
.
lO.exdS exdS l l.hJ l:!:e8 White is
slightly better, though Blacks strong
g7 Bishop and easy development al
most make up for the isolated pawn.
12.d2 lll as 1J.I:tad1 a6 Taking
away b5 from White's Knights. Here
13 ... lllc4? would have been met by
14.Axc4 dxc4 15.lll d b5. 14.Ag5
Ae6 15.I:tfel ill xbJ Necessary as
White was threatening 16.Axd5
Axd5 17.l:!:xe8 'ixe8 1 8.ii.xf6 and
19.lll xd5. 16. axb3 I:tc8 1 7.I:te2 't!Vd7
18.l:!:del bS! 19.ii.h6 Ah8 20.d3
d6 21.I:t al ill d7 22.ill xe6 fxe6
23. lll e4 c6 24.lll g5 lll e5 As 12.cxb3 d6 13.Ad4 Axd4 14.'xd4
24 . . . A xb2 i s met by 2 5 .l:!ae l . A e6 15.b4 axb4 16. xb4 'itd7
25. e3 lll f7 26. lll xf7 xf7 1 7.0-0 !:!:fc8 18.f4 !:l: a6 19. d4 !:!:c5
27. a7+ The alternative was 27.c3 20.!:I:ae1 b5 21.!:1:0 !:l:c4 22. f2 b4
which would lead to an unclear posi 23. axb4 !:l:xb4 24.f5 Ac4 25.fxg6
tion where Black controls the center hxg6 26.lll d5 li.xd5 27.exd5
( ... e5 and ... d5), but has a somewhat
loose position (insecure King and
backward a-pawn). The text leads to
a drawn Rook and pawn ending.
27...!:!:e7 28.xa6 Axb2 29.'ihc6
l::t xc6 30.!:I:a8 White now threatens
c4 and !:i:f8 mate 30 ... Ag7 31.Axg7
xg7 32.!:i:b8 :ec7 33.!:i:e3 f7
34.l::t xb5 l:!xc2 Draw

8.i. b3 a5 9.a3

27... a7 28.!:i:xf7 !:l:xb2 29.'iha7

!:!: x a7 30. !:i:fxe7 !:l: aa2 3 1 .!:i:c 1
n xg2+ 32. fl !:!: af2+ 33.e1 !:l:c2
34.!:!:xc2 Itxc2 35. l::!:c6 f7 36.h3
Draw

8.i. b3 a5 9.a4 llJ g4

lO.'ixg4 llJ xd4 ll.Ji. xd4

26
Artur Kogan
Yaacov Zilberman
Israel 1992

l . e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.lll xd4 g6 5.lll c3 Ag7 6.Ae3 lll f6
7.Ac4 o-o s.A b3 as 9 . a3 lll g4
1 0. xg4 lll xd4 1 1 . d1 lll xb3

1 9
 27
Marc Jaulin
Ncbojsa Nikcevic
Paris 1993
1.e4 cS 2.lll c3 lll c6 3.lll ge2 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lll xd4 g7 6.ii. e3 lll f6
7.Ac4 0-0 8. b3 aS 9.a4 lll g4
10.'Ihg4 lll xd4 ll.A xd4 ii. xd4
12.0-0-0?! Allowing his queenside to
be shattered. The solider 12.'iVg3 is
seen in the next two games. Overall
Black doesn't seem to have much to
worry about from 1 1 . Ji.. xd4.
12 xc3 13.bxc3
13 bS! 14.axbS a4 1S.Ji.. a2 aS
.
16.g3 xbS 17.!!d4 d6 18.<;io>d2
Ae6 19.!!bt cs 20 .i.dS A xdS
21.UxdS ,.. c6 22.d3 a3 23.bS
c7 24.l!i:a1 !!fb8 2S.d3 b6
26.d4 b2 27.c4 !! a4 28.c3
l!i:bb4 29.!!bS !!xbS 30.cxbS l:i:d4+
0:1
20
28
Marat Muhutdinov
Yuri Yakovich
St. Petersberg 1993
1.e4 cS 2.lll f3 lll c6 3.lll c3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lll xd4 li. g7 6. e3 lll f6
7.Ac4 0 -0 8. b3 as 9.a4 lll g4
10 .... xg4 lll xd4 ll. xd4 xd4
12.g3 d6 12 ... e6 13. !!d 1 (13.0-0-
0?! f6 14.f4?! Axc3 1 5.bxc3 d5 !)
1 3 . . . f6 14. !!d3 b6 15.0-0 Ji.. a6
16. !!f3 e5 17.xe5 Ji.. xe5 18. !!d1
!!fd8 gave Black the better side ofthe
ending in Bokan-Kochiev, Tallinn
1989. 13.0-0-0 Ji.. g7 This may be too
slow. Ivanovic-Cebalo, Yugoslavia
(ch) 1 983 saw instead 1 3 . . . i.. xc3
14.xc3 Ji.. e6 with equal chances.
14.h4 .i.e6 1S.lll bS b6 16.f4 !!ac8
1 7. xe6 fxc6 1 8 . bJ cS
19.xc6+ Wh8 20.c3 c4 21.xc4
!! xc4 22.g3 !! xe4 23. Wd2 !! xa4
24.!!he1 eS 2S.'&ftc2 exf4 26.'&t b3
1:0
29
Robert Rowley
Dan Benjamin
Philadcl 1 )hia 1992
l . e4 cS 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 s.lll c3 li.g7 6.e3 lll f6
7 .i.c4 0-0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9.a4 lt::\g4
10. xg4 lll xd4 ll . .i. xd4 .i. xd4
12.g3 d6 13.0-0-0

13 ... AeS 14.f4 xc3 1S.'ihc3 'itb6
1 6 . 'it d4 'it xd4 1 7Ji xd4 A e6
18.AdS it.xdS 19JixdS !!fc8 20.b3
l:Ic6 21.l:Ihd1 Draw
7.c4 0 -0 8. b3 aS 9.a4 li:)g4
w.'it xg4 li:)xd4 l l .'it d 1 li:)xb3
1 2.cxb3 d6 13.0-0 e6 14.l:Ib1 l:I a6
Here 14 . . .' d7, intending to meet
1 5.li:)d5 with 1 5 ... xd5 16.exd5 b5
is an improvement. 1S. li:)dS fS 16.f3
l:If7 1 7.'itd3 d7 18.l:Ifc1 c6
19.b4 axb4 20.li:)xb4 l:Ixa4 21.li:)xc6
bxc6 22.l:Ixc6 l:I b4 23.'ita6 d7
24.l:Ic8+ l:IfS 2S. al+ e6 26.l:Ixf8+
W xfS 27.'ita8+ Wf7 28.l:Ia1 l:I b7
29. c 1 d4+ 30.'i;>h 1 'it bS
3 1 .'it a6 V xa6 32.l:I xa6 xb 2
33. xb2 l:I xb2 3 4 . 'it> g 1 fxe4
3S.l:txd6 exfl 36.gxf3 Wf6 37Jid8
Wg5 38.l:Ih8 h6 39.l:Ie8 l:Ie2 40.l:If8
eS 41.lif7 l:Ia2 42.l:If8 hS 43.!!e8
'it'f4 44.l:If8+ 'it>e3 4S.l:If6 h4 46.h3
l:I f2 4 7. l:I xg6 l:I xf3 48.l:I a6 e4
49.'it>g2 l:I g3+ so.'it>h2 'it>f4 s1.l:Ih6
wg5 s2.l:Ih8 e3 S3.l:If8 'it>g6 S4.l:If4
'it> hS ss.!!f8 W h6 S6.k!:f4 'it> g6
S7.!!f8 l:IgS S8.l:Ie8 liaS S9.l:Ixe3
l:t a2+ 60.Wg1 WfS 61.l:tf3+ Draw

31
S. Kislov
Oleg Kulikov
Podolsk 1993

l . e4 cS 2 . li:)f3 li:)c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.li:)xd4 g6 s. li:)c3 g7 6.eJ li:)f6
30 7.c4 0 -0 8. b3 aS 9.a4 li:)g4
M. Reverby 1 0.'it xg4 li:)xd4 l l .V d 1 li:)xb3
Nebojsa Vitaljic 12.cxb3 d6 13.0-0 it.e6 14.f4 fS This
New York 1993 might wait. One ofthe pioneer games
with 8 . . . a5, J. Szabo-Neamtu, Roma
nia 1969, saw Black play 14 .. . ''d7
l . e4 cS 2 .ltH3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4 here and obtain good counterplay af
4.li:)xd4 g6 s.li:)c3 Ag7 6.it.e3 li:)f6 ter 15.l:If2 l:Iac8 16.li:)b5 f5 (played

2 1
when White's Knight is away from 32
d5 ) 17 exf5 :!:! xf5 15.exf5 :!:! xf5
0 0
Manuel Apicella
16. tl: f2 l::!: c8 17.g4 l::!:f8 18.ill d5 l::!: c6 Francisco Llera Palacios
19.h3 Wh8 20.'iVd3 .i. xd5 21.'iVxd5 Parana 1993
_.c7 22.'iVe4 'iVd7 23.l::!: d l e6 24.b4
axb4 25 ... xb4 d5 26 . .i. d4 1::!: fc8
2 7. b3 .i. xd 4 28.'iV xd4+ 'it> g8 l . e4 c5 2. ill f3 ill c6 3. d4 cxd4
29.l::!: d3 l::!: c l+ 30. Wg2 'iVe7 4.ill xd4 g6 5.ill c3 .i.g7 6 .i.e3 ill f6

7 .i. c4 0-0 s . .i. b3 a5 9.a4 ill g4

lO.'iVxg4 ill xd4 11. 'iVh4 d6 12.ill d5

e6 13.'ifxd8 l::!: xd8 14.ill c7 l:! b8
15.0-0-0 ill xb3+ 1 6.cx b3 .i. d 7
17.Ji.. b6 Ji.. c6 18.0 l:!d7 19. Wbl
l:!c8 20.ill b5 .i.xb5 21.axb5

31.f5! gxf5 32.gxf5 'iVg5+ 33.'iVg4

'iVxg4+ 34.hxg4 wn 35.l:!e3 l:! tc3
36.fxe6+ 'it> g6 3 7. :1:! xc3 l::t xc3
38.l::!: e2 l:!c8 39.e7 l:!e8 40. Wf3 Wf7
41.Wf4 d4 42.l:!e5 1 :0

l l .'iVh4 2 1 . l::!: a8 2 2.l:! d3 a4 23. Wa2 f5

.

24.l:!cl Wf7 25.l:!c7 We7 26.l:!xd7+

'it> xd7 2 7 .i. c5 d5 28.exd5 e5

29. bxa4 1::!: xa4+ 30. 'it> b3 n a5

31. Wc4 l:!a4+ 32.b4 l::!: a2 33.d6 Af6
34.b6 h5 35.g3 l::!: c2+ 36. Wb5 l::!: a2
37.h3 g5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 f4
40.Wc4 :!:!at 4t.Wd5 l::!: e t 42.l::!: a3
l::!: d l+ 43.We4 We6 44.l::!: a7 l:!el+
45.Wd3 e4+ 46.fxe4 .i.e5 47.l::!: x b7
-'. xd 6 48 .i. xd6 l:! d t + 49. Wc4

l::!: xd6 50.l::!: g7 Wf6 5 1 . b7 l::!: d8

52.l::!: c 7 f3 53. Wb5 We5 54.l:!f7
Wxe4 55.Wc6 1:0

22
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lstran Borocz
Deak
Budapest 1992
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 ll:l c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.ll:lxd4 g6 5.ll:lc3 .i.g7 6..i.e3 ll:lf6
7. .i. c4 0 -0 8 . .i. b3 a5 9.a4 ll:l g4
1 0 . 'i h g4 ll:l xd4 l l .'it'h4 ll:l xb3
12.cxb3 .i.f6 Though nowhere near
as popular as 12 .. J:!a6, the text seems
much more reliable. 1 3 . .i. g5
13 .'ig3 !? 13 .i.xg5 14.'ihg5 d6
15.ll:ld5 If White wants to try for an
advantage it's probably necessary to
play this before Black has time for
1 5 . . . i. e6 and . . . i. xd5. However
since the following play doesn't lead
to anything for the first player, and
the Knight finds itself in a double
edged position on c7, 15.0-0 might
be more prudent. Still, after 1 5 ...i.e6
16.0d5 i.xd5 17.exd5 'id7 plan
ning ...b5, Black is doing fine. 15...e6
16.'iVxd8 [ 16.0f6+ Wg7 17.0h5+
Wh8] 16..J:!:xd8 17.0c7
2 3
1 7 1:! b8! Ignoring White's pressure
..
on d6. The alternative 1 7. . . l:!a7 led
to sharp complications which fizzled
out to a draw in Szalanczy-Kochiev,
Balatonbereny 1 988, after 18. e2
b5 !? 1 9.0xb5 .li.a6 20.e3 l:!b7
2 1 .b4 .li.xb5 22.axb5. 1 8.l:!d1 This
doesn't tu...-n out well but other moves
are also fine for Black, i.e. 1 8.0 b5
lit>ffi 1 9. l:!d l e7 followed by ... b6
and . . . .li.a6. 1 8 ... A d7 ! 1 9 . We 2
1 9. l:!xd6 would be met by 19... .1i.c6
with ideas like 20. l:!xd8l::!xd8 2 1 . f3
l:!d7 22.0b5 il.xb5 2 3.axb5 l:!d4
intending . . . l:!b4. 19 ... l:!bc8 20.l:!c1
.li.c6 21 .ll:lb5 i. xe4 2 2.l:!xc8 !!xeS
23.0 xd6 It c2+ 24. 'it'eJ ii. xg2
25.1:! d1 !!x b 2 26.ll:l e8 1:! xbJ+
2 7. Wf4 i. c6 2 8 . ll:l f6+ w g7
29.We5 i. xa4 JO.l::td8 0:1
ll.'t'h4 ltJ xb3
12.cxb3 a6
 34
Emil Szalanczy
Peter Leko
Budapest 1992
l . e4 cS VH3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 S.c3 Ji..g7 6. Ji..e3 f6
7.lLc4 0 -0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9.a4 g4
1 0. 'ihg4 xd4 1 1 . h4 il)xb3
12.cxb3 l::!: a6 13.0-0 l::!: e6 14.l':!:ad1
b6 1S.lLd4 Ji..b 7 16.lLxg7 Wxg7
17.l::i: d4 il.c6 18. l::!:fd1 fS 19.f3 e8
20.b4 fxe4 2I.il)xe4 lLxe4 22.l::!: xe4
l::!: xe4 23.xe4 d6
24.bS l::!: f6 2S. l::!:e1 Wf7 26.dS+
Wf8 27.b7 dS 28. xdS c8
29. eS d7 30.h3 Wf7 3 1 . b3
d6 32. Wf2 d2+ 33.l::!: e2 d7
34.e3 l::!: d6 3S.h6 Wg8 36.g5
Wf7 37.h4 l::!: d 1 38.f4+ Wg7
39.l::!: e4 d2+ 40. xd2 l::!: xd2+
41.l::!: e2 l::!: d 7 42.l::!: e6 l::!: b7 43. We3
Wf7 44. !:'l:c6 e6 45.We4 Wf6 46.g4
h6 47.f4 1:0
24
3S
Veselin TOJ)alov
Bent Larsen
Las Palmas 1992
l . e4 cS 2 . il)f3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 S.c3 lJ..g7 6.Ji..e3 f6
7.lLc4 0-0 8. Ji..b 3 aS 9 . a4 g4
10. xg4 il)xd4 1 1 . h4 il)xb3
12.cxb3 l::!: a6 13.0-0 l::!:e6 14.l::!: fe1
b6 1S.lL h6 Ji..b 7 16.lL xg7 Wxg7
17.l::i:e3 rs 18. !:'l:ae1 fxe4 19.xe4
h6 20.d2 l::!: xe3
21.d4+ eS 22.'ihe3 d6 23.c4
l::i: f4 24.l::i: d1 l::i: e4 2S. c3 gS
26.g3 l::!:d 4 2 7 . l::i: xd4 exd4
28.xd4+ Wh7 29.e3 e7 30.f4
hS 3 1 . Wf2 e6 3 2. c4 d 7
33.We1 JJ.. c6 34. Wd2 bS 3S.axb5
lLxbS 36.dS a4 37.bxa4 lLxa4
38. il)c4 h3 39. h 1 e6
40. b7+ Wg8 4 1 . b8+ W h 7
42.a7+ 1:0
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36 37
John Emms John Emms
Yuri Yakovich Tomas Butters
Copenh agen 1993 Copenh agen 1994

l.e4 cS 2.it)f3 it)c6 3.it)c3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6. A e3 lt)f6
7.Ac4 0 -0 8.A b3 aS 9.a4 it) g4
10."ihg4 it) xd4 1 1 . h4 it) x b3
12.cxb3 : a6 13.0-0 l::t e6 14.l::tfe1
b6 1S.A h6 A b7 16.l::t ad1 A xh6
1 7.xh6 c7 18.l::te3 f6 19.it)dS
AxdS 20.exdS l::t xe3 21.xe3 cS
22.ktc1
l.e4 cS 2.it)c3 it)c6 3.it)f3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 s.lt)xd4 A g7 6.A e3 it) f6
7.Ac4 0-0 s.A b3 aS 9 . a4 it) g4
10. xg4 it) xd4 1 1 . h4 it) x b3
12.cxb3 l::t a6 13.0-0 l::te6 14.l::tfe1 d6
1S.l::t ad1 Ad7 16.it)dS Ac6 1 7.Ah6
AxdS 18.exdS l::[x el+ 19.l::t x el

19...Axh6 20.xh6 b6 21.l::t xe7

xb3 22. d 2 x a4 23.g3 b6
2 2 . . . x dS 2 3 . xe7 x b3 24.h4 hS 2S.l:!:b7 bS Draw
24. x d 7 x b2 2S. l::t d 1 !'.l:f7
26.d8+ 'it> g7 27.g3 c2 28.l::t d4
c7 2 9.dS cs 30.h4 xdS Subscribe to
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 8 .. a5 9.f3 d5
.
3 7.'iU6+ W e8 3 8.'ilxc6+ W f7
3 9. 'it' d 7+ w rs 40.'it' g7+ w es
4 t . 'it' g8+ W d7 4 2 . 'it' d5+ w es
43.'it'g8+ W d7 Draw

10.exd5

38
Franklin Alvarez
Gary Shure
New York 1993

l . e4 c5 V!iH3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.il.. e3 /t)f6
7. il.. c4 0-0 s . il.. b 3 as 9.f3 d5
1 0 . /t) x d S ? ! /t) x d5 l l .exd5 As
1 I .il.. xd5 /t)xd4 12.il.. xd4 il.. xd 4
13.xd4 e6 wins a piece. 11 ... /t)b4
1 2.c4 a4 13.il.. c 2 e6 Here 12 . . . a3
1 3 .b3 e5 1 4. /t)b5 e4 is more ener
getic. 14.0-0 exd5 15.c5 :e8 16.il.. f2
a3 1 7.bxa3 /t) xc2 18.'ihc2 il.. d7
1 9. '' b 3 : a4 2 0. : a d 1 'it' a8
2 1 . 'it' xd5 il.. c6 2 2./t) xc6 bxc6
23.'it'd7 :a7 24.'it'd2 :xa3 25.:fe1
:xel+ 26.'ihe1 il.. f8 27.'it'e5 'it'a4
28.:ds 'it'c2 29.g4 :xa2 30.:xrs+
w xrs 31.b8+ W g7 32.il.. d4+ f6
3 3. 'it' c7+ w rs 34.'it' d8+ W f7
39
Artur Kogan
Yochanan Afek
Israel 1992
l.e4 c5 2./t) f3 /t) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)c3 il.. g7 6.i.. e3 /t)f6
7.il.. c4 0-0 8.i.. b3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.exd5
/t)b4 11./t)de2 a4 12.il.. xa4 The text
is quite rare. Almost i nvariably
1 2 . /t)xa4 is played. Note that 12 il.. c 4
is bad because of 12 . . . a3 1 3 .bxa3
lll fxd5 1 4.axb4 lll xe3 1 5 . 'ihd8
:xd8 16.il.. b3 il.. f5 1 1.:c1 : ac8
18.lll e 4 il.. h6 19.:b1 l'llxc2+ 1988,
J. West-Donaldson, New York
12 /t) fxdS 1 3.il.. d2 b6 14.a3
.

35. 'it' xf6+ W e8 36. 'it' e6+ W d 8 /t)xc3 15./t)xc3 /t)c6 16.il.. b3 /t)d4

26
17.'itcl :aS 18.lDe4 :e5 19.iLe3
iL rs 20.0-0 iL xe4 2 1.fxe4 : xe4
22.:et
22 :xe3 2J.'i!he3 lDe2+ 24.:xe2
Jl.d4 2S.:ae1 xe3+ 26.l:!:xe3 :ds
27.h3 l::!: d 1 28.:xd1 'itxc3+ 29.W h1
e6 JO.a4 hS Jl.iLc4 gS 32.b3 g4
33. d3 'it e l + 34.W h 2 'it eS+
JS.'iii> h 1 gJ J6.:o h4 37.:n 'iii> g7
JS.: d1 rs 39.aS 'iii>f6 40.a6 bxa6
41.1Lxa6 'itcS 42.iLd3 f4 4J.Jl.e4
'iteJ 44.Jl.c6 eS 4S.iLbS e4 46.:n
WeS 0:1
l O.i.. xd5 llJxd4
40
Nick DeFirmian
Alexander Shabalov
Chicago 1994
l.e4 cS 2.lDO lDc6 J.lDcJ g6 4.d4
cxd4 S.lD xd4 Jl. g7 6.Ji.. e3 lD f6
7.iL c4 0-0 s . JL b J as 9 . f3 d S
10.iL xdS lDxd4 Something new! ?
Shabalov has played this move before
in his native Latvia but to my knowl
edge this is the only game with
lO . ..lthd4 that has been published.
The idea is to get in . . . a4, . 'if aS and
. .
. . . d8 quickly. ll.iLxd4 a4 1 2.a3
'it as 13.'it d2 e6 14.iLa2 :ds 1S.e5
lDg4 16.0-0-0 A xeS 1 7.lDe2 iL xd4
18.lD xd4 'it xd2+ 19. xd2 lD eJ
20.g3 a6 21.:e1 lDdS 22.lDbS
W g7 23.lD c7 : as 2 4. : e d 1 hS
2S.lD xdS exdS 26.: xdS : axdS
27.iLxdS h4 28.Jl.e4 :hs 29.l:d4
hxgJ JO.hxgJ bS 31.g4 iLe6 32.Wd2
:hJ JJ.iLc6 iLc4
34.gS wrs JS.'it>cJ : gJ 36.: g4
hJ 37.Wb4 h2 JS.iLxbS iLe6
39.:e4 :xc2 40.:e2 :c1 41.W xa4
e7 42.lld2 At'S 43.b4 e6 44.f4
Ae4 45.A d7+ e7 46.ll d4 Ac2
47.Aa4 At'S 48.Ab5 Ac2 49.Ac4
1:0
1 0.xd5 llJ xd5 l l.llJ xd5
41
V. Tsaturian
Anicetas Uogele
Correspondence 1992
1.e4 c5 2.<jfJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ltJxd4
Ag7 5.ltJc3 ltJc6 6.Ae3 ltJf6 7.Ac4
0-0 s.Abl a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5 ltJxd5
ll.ltJ xd5 f5 12.c3 fxe4 13.fxe4
l3...A xd4 Also playable is 13 . . . e6
when 1 4.lllf4 (1 4.lllxc6?? h4+ and
Black won shortly in Fullbrook
Donaldson, Vancouver 1 989)
14... lll xd4 1 5.cxd4 i.xd4 16.xd4
xd4 1 7 . i. xd4 l::!:xf4 1 8.0-0-0
.td7! ( 1 8 . . . l::!:x e4? 1 9 . i. c3 ! and
Black is in t rouble) 19 . .t e3 (or
19.i.e5) leads to a drawn double
rook ending. 14.cxd4 e5 15 .i.f2 exd4
16.0-0 .i.e6 1 7.b3 itJb4 18 . .txd4
l::!: xfl + 19.l::!: xfl ltJ xd5 20.exd5
xd5 21.e3 l::!: f8 Draw
42
Yury Zeziulkin
Jacek Janicki
Polanica Zdroj 1993
l . e4 c5 2 . itJ fJ ltJ c6 J. d4 cxd4
4.ltJxd4 g6 5.ltJc3 .t g7 6 . .teJ itJf6
7 . .t c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5
1 0 . .i. x d5 ltJ x d5 1 l . itJ xd5 f5
1 2. 0 xc6 bxc6 1 J.ltJ b 6 1:! b8
14.xd8 l::!: xd8 15.lll xc8 A novelty.
Previously 1 5 . l::!:d 1 was played.
15 l::!: dxc8 16. l::!: b 1 l! xb 2 Here
16 ... fxe4, along the lines oflvanchuk
Zsu. Polgar, is worth considering.
1 7.l::!: xb2 Axb2 18.We2 Now 18.exf5
gxf5 19. <;!;> e2 looks more exact.
18 a4?! To get the pawn off a dark
..
square before White can play a2-a4.
Howeve r 1 8 . . . fxe4 1 9 . fxe4 i.e5,
preparing... l::!:b8 and ... .tc7, seems
fine for Black. 19.l::!: b 1 .t aJ 20.e5 c5
21.Wd3 wf7 22.Wc4 we6 2J.l!b6+
W xe5 24.f4+ 1:0
2 8
 43
Vassily Ivanchuk
Zsuzsa Polgar
Monaco (blindfold) 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . liJ fJ /l) c6 J.d4 cxd4
4./l)xd4 g6 5./l)cJ ii.g7 6.Ae3 /l)f6
7.A c4 0-0 s . A b J a5 9.f3 d5
1 0. A xd5 /l) xd5 1 1 ./l) xd5 f5
1 2. /l) xc6 bxc6 1 J./l) b 6 l:t b8
14.xd8 l:t xd8 15. l:tdl White's best
try for an advantage in this line.
Rather than try to hang onto mate
rial lvanchuk first tries to neutralize
Black's activity and only after this
utilize a second trump--superior
pawn structure. 15 1:!: xd 1 +
..
16. xd1
16 fxe4 So far, so theory. Now the
..
most recent book on the subject, Ac
celerated Dragons by IMs
Donaldson and Silman, gives only
16 ... Axb2. The initial game in this
line, Kir. Georgiev-Van der Wiel,
Wijk aan Zee 1989, continued 17.
Nxc8 l:!: xc8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.e2
Ae5 20.l:!:b1 The typical answer to
29
1 9 ... Be5. The b-file is more impor
tant than the h-pl),wn. (Black was
threatening . . . l:!: b . ) 2 0 . . . ii. xh2? !
2 l .g3 e5 22.ii. f2 f4 23 . g 4 bxg3
24.ii.c5 l:!:e8 25. l:::!:b6 l:!:e6 26. l:::!:a6
with a small, but nagging, advantage
for White who made Black suffer for
a long time before agreeing to a draw.
Cuban GM Roman Hernandez, a
great specialist in this line, improved
Black's play with 20 ... f7! and drew
comfortably after 2 1.l:!:b6 (21 .f4 .td6
22.a4 l:!:g8 23.g3 l:!:g6 24.ii.d2 l:!:h6
2 5 . ii. xa5 l:!: xh2+ 26. d 1 l:!: h 1 +
27.ii.e1 ii.c7 28.e2 Aa5 29.l:!:d1
l:!:h2+ 30.d3 l:!:h1 3 l .e2 l:!:h2+
draw Diaz-Hernandez, Cuba 1 990)
2 l .. .Axh2 ! 22.l:!:a6 Ad6 23.l:!:xa5
e6 2 4. a 4 l:!: g8 ! 2 5 . fl l:!: b8
26.l:!:a6 d5 27.Ab6 c5 28.a5 l:::!:g8
26.l:!:a7 c6 27.c6 30.l:!:a6 b7
3 1 .l:!:a7+ Estevez-Hernandez, Cuba
1 989. 1 7.fxe4 The alternative i s
17.liJxc8 l:!:xc8 18.b3, trying to give
White a big majority on the
queenside. Lanc-Michenka,
Bratislava 199 1 , continued 18 ... exf3
19.gxf3 a4 (getting the pawn off a
dark square before White has time to
nail it down as a target with a 4)
20. d2 fl 2 l . d3 l:!:a8 22.b4
l:!:d8+! 23 l:!:d5 24.l:!:fl l:!:h5 25.l:!:f2
Ae5 26.f4 Ad6 27.a3 e6 28.d3
d7 29.c4 l:!:h3 draw. In this line,
as well as those coming from
16 ... Axb2 there are certain similari
ties. Both lines require Black to play
actively with his Rook. Also common
to both is the manuever . . . Ag7-e5-
d6/c7. Black's Bishop does good
work provoking the weakening f4
while redeploying to the other wing
to cover his vulnerable queenside.
1 7 ... Axb2 lS.lthcS l:xcS 19.We2
19 ii. e5 This position should be
compared to that arising from
16 ... ii. xb2 1 7.lixc8 Rxc8 1 8.exf5
gxf5 19.We2 ii.e5 20.l::!:b l . At first
glance they look identical, but on
closer inspection important differ
ences are revealed. Black's pawn is
on g6 and not f5, while White's pawn
is on e4 and f3. The former is per
haps more significant as it means
... ii.xh2 can be played with impunity.
The pawn on g6 means that attempts
to trap the Bishop with g3 , which
were in the air with an open g-file,
no longer come into consideration.
Also, the pawn on e4 means that f3-
f4 isn't available to guard the h-pawn
with tempo. 20.1: b 1 Forced, as
Zsuzsa was threatening to take the b
file with 20 ... l::!:b8. 20 ii.xh2 21.a4
..
il.. c7 22.l::!: b 7 Wf7 While Vassily pre
pares to capture the a-pawn, Zsuzsa
brings her King into action. 2J.l:a7
We6 24.il.. d2 W e5 25.ii.xa5 Axa5
26Jha5+ W xe4 27.l:!:a7 e5 Staying
active. as 27 . . . l::!:e8 28J:l:c7 is fine for
White. 2S.l::!: xh7 l:as 29.l:h4+ w d5
3 0
JO.WdJ l:a7 J t.l:g4 l:as 32.l:!:h4
A well played effort that could easily
pass for a regular tournament game.
Instead it was played with both con
testants blindfold ! , as part of the
Melody Amber tournament. Draw
l l.exd5 ltJ b4 12.ltJ de2
e6
44
Zigurds Lanka
Zilberman
Yaacov Manila (ol) 1992
l . e4 c5 2 . /t) fJ /t) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4./t)xd4 g6 5./t)cJ il.. g7 6.Ji.eJ /t)f6
7. il.. c4 0-0 s.A b J aS 9 . f3 d5
1 0 . A xd5 it) xd5 1 1 . exd5 it) b 4
1 2./t) de2 e 6 A reasonable way to
sidestep the complications generated
by 1 2 . . . .tf5. lJ.aJ The positional
approach is the right way to go here.
13.dxe6 (see the next two games)
gives Black way too much play.
13 /t)xdS 14./t)xdS exd5 15.Ad4
Jt.xd4 Here 1 5 ... ii.h6!? is more popu-
lar. 16.'xd4 l:te8 17. Wf2 .itfS 7 .it c4 0-0 s . .it b l as 9 . f3 d S

1 0 .it xdS il) xdS l l . exdS il) b4

12.il)de2 e6 13.'ifd2 Here l 3.d6 is

strongly met by l 3 ... l::t a 6! Correct is
l 3 .a3 when l3 . . . il) xd5 1 4.il) xd5
exd5 1 5.Ad4 .i.h6 is maybe a little
better for White. 13 exdS 14.a3? d4!

1S.O-O-O il)xc2! With the point that

16.'ifxc2 is met by 16 . . . .i.f5 17.'ifb3
dxc3 ! 1 6. A f2 ? Necessary was
16. il) xd4 il) xe3 17. 'ihe3 , though
after 17 ... Ad7 Black is doing fine.

Another try here is IM Tim Taylor's

17 ... l::t a6, intending . . . l:tae6 or . .J::!: c6
depending on the circumstances.
18.c3 l:tc8 19.l:the1 bS 20.b4 l:tc4
2 1 . 'if d 2 'if b 6+ 22.il) d4 l:t ec8
23.l:te3 .itd7 24.l:tae1 axb4 2S.axb4
'ifc7 26.il)e2 'ifxh2 27.'ifxdS 'ifh4+
28.il)gJ .itc6 29.'ifd2 l:td8 JO.l:tdJ
l:t xdl J l.'ifxdl hS 32.l:th1 'ife7
3J.il)e2 'iff6 34.l:td1 W g7 3S.'"d6
'ifgS 36.l:td4 l:txd4 37.'ifxd4+ 'iff6 16 il)a1! Now Black wins with a
.

38.We3 h4 39.il)g1 gS 40.'ifxf6+ crushing attack. 1 7. W b 1 il) bJ

W xf6 41.il)e2 WeS 42.il)d4 .itd7 1 8 . c2 d xcl 1 9. l:t xd8 l:t xd 8
4J.fl)bJ fS 44.il)d2 .ite6 4S.il)fl 20.il) xc3 J us 2 1 .il) e4 il) d 2+
.itf7 46.il)d2 W dS 47.f4 g4 48.Wf2 22.W a1 l:t ac8 23.'if a4 bS 24. 'if xbS
gl+ 49.Wfl .ithS SO.Wel Draw l:tb8 2S .i.b6 A xe4 26.fxe4 Ad4

0:1

4S 46
Tapani Sammalvuo Nikolaj Borge
Tom Wedburg Carlomagno Oblitas
Sweden 1994 Manila (ol) 1992

l . e4 cS 2.il) fJ il) c6 J.d4 cxd4 1.e4 cS 2.il)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4

4.il)xd4 g6 s.fl)cJ Ji.g7 6.Ji.e3 il)f6 Ji. g7 s.Ji.eJ il)f6 6.il)cJ 0-0 7.Ji.c4

3 I
it:) c6 8.A b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10.Axd5
it:) xd5 ll.exd5 it:) b4 1 2.it:) de2 e6
13.dxe6 This gives Black's pieces too
much activity for the pawn. 1 3.a3 is
much better. 13 Axe6 14.a3 it:) d5
.
15 .i. d4 it:) xc3 16.bxc3 l:te8 17.Wfl
'ic7 18.l:tb1 Axd4+ 19.cxd4 l:tac8
20.c3 A c4 21.it:)gJ .i. d5 22.l:tcl
'ie7 23.'id2 'ixa3 24.h4 b5 25.h5
'ie7 26. it:) f1 l:t c6 2 7.it:)eJ l:t e6
28.l:tce1 'id8 29.hxg6 fxg6 JO.it:)g4
l:t xe1 Jt.l:txe1 l:txe1 32.'ixe1 h5
JJ.it:)eJ Af7 34.'ia1 b4 35.c4 bl
36.c5 'ib8 37.'ic3 b2 38.c6 b1='i
39.c7 'i1b2+ 40.\i'xb2 'iVxb2+ 0: 1
14.0-0
47
Vladimir Kontic
Zvonko Stanojoski
Kladovo 1990
1.e4 c5 2.lL\fJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lL'Ixd4
.i.g7 5.lL'Ic3 lL'I c6 6.Ae3 lL'I f6 7.Ac4
0-0 8.Ab3 a5 9.fJ d5 10..i.xd5 lL'I xd5
ll.exd5 lL'I b4 12.lL\ de2 .i.f5 lJ.l:Icl
3 2
b5 1 4.0-0 l::t c8 1 5.lL\ d4 .i. xd4
16.'ihd4 lL'I xc 2 1 7 .l::t xc2 .i. xc 2
18 .i.h6 e5 19.'ihe5 f6 20.'iV d4
One of three White tries here (20.''e2
and 20.''e6+ are the others.) An ex
ample of the latter is Kuindzhi-Klovan,
Minsk 1 980, which went 20. e6+
l::t t7 2 1 . tt:l e4 A xe4 2 2 . fxe4 d7
2 3 Jhf6 l::t e8 2 4 . l::t xg6+ hxg6
2 5 . xg6+ W h8 2 6 . i.. e3 l::t ef8
27.i.. d4+ l::t g7 28.h3 W g8 29.Axg7
xg7 30.e6+ f7 3 1 . g4+ Wh7
3 2 . h4 + w g7 3 3 .'iV g 3 + g6
34.c3+ f6 35 .e5 fl + 36.'itt h2
f4+ 3 7 . W h 1 b4 3 8 . c7 + l::t f7
3 9 . xa5 xeS 4 0 . xb4 g3
4 t . d2 l::t f4 o- 1 . 2o l::t n 2 t .d6
.
2 1 . lL'I xb5 l:t b7 2 2 . tt:l c 3 b6
(22 . . . l:t b4 2 3 . d2 l:t xb2 2 4 . tt:l e4
b6+ looks like a better try.) 23.xb6
l:txb6 24.l:tf2 AfS 25.Ae3 l:tb4 26.g4
i.. d7 2 7 . tt:l e4 Prandstetter-Dory,
Dortmund 1 98 7 . 2 1 . b4 22.lL'I e4
A xe4 23.fxe4 l::t c6 2 4.e5 fxe5
25.'0'd5 'iVb6+ 26.Wh1 'iVb7 27.l::t d 1
d7 28.'iVxa5 l::t c8 29.xe5 l::t e8
30.'iVd5 'iVfS Jl.hJ xd5 32.l::t xd5
l::t d7 3J . .i. d 2 l::t e4 34.l:t d3 w n
35.l::t bl l:t x d6 36.i.. xb4 l::t d 1 +
37.'it' h2 l::t e2 38.l::ttJ+ We6 39..i.cJ 20.l':I xaS 'if xeJ+ N. W h 1 'if b6
l:t d5 40.llf6+ W d7 4l.Wg3 llg5+ 22.l::t a2 Axel 2J.'ife2 e6 24.l::t d 1 b4
42.W f3 l::t exg2 4J.l::t f7+ W c6 25.:C:a6 'flc7 26.'ife4 'ifc5 27.h4 'ift2
44.l::t xh7 l::t 5g3+ 45.W e4 l::t h 2 28.h5 'ifc5 29.'ifh4 gxh5 JO.l':I d8
46.l::t a7 l::t hxhJ 47.l::t a6+ Wd7 48.a4 l'Ixd8 31.'ifxd8+ Wg7 32.l'Ia5 'ifeJ
llh4+ 49.We5 gS 50.a5 l::t a4 51.l::t g6 33. 'if g5+ 'if xg5 34.l':I xg5+ W h6
g4 52.l::t g7+ W c6 5J.l::t g6+ W c5 JS.l':I b5 <;it g6 36.W g1 f5 3 7.W f2
54.b3 l::t eJ+ ss.wf5 l::t fJ+ 56.wes <;it g5 38.l::t b8 <;it f4 39.g3+ w g5
l::t eJ+ 57.Wf5 l::t tJ+ 58.We5 l::t a2 40.l':I g8+ Wf6 4t.We3 e5 42.l::t f8+
59.A d4+ W b5 60. W d5 l::t xbJ Wg6 4J.Wd3 h4 44.gxh4 f4 45.We4
6 1.l::t xg4 l'lxa5 Draw WhS 46.l':If7 wxh4 47.l':Ixh7+ Wgl
48.l'Ih 1 Wg2 49.l'I d1 Wt2 SO.l::!: dJ
We2 Sl.WfS Ad2 52.W xe5 W d 1
48 SJ.lld4 Wxc2 54.llxb4 Draw
Viktor Kupreichik
Vidmantas Malishauskas
Miedzybrodzie Zyw. 199 1 12 ... i.. f5 13.I:I:cl b5
14.a3
l.e4 c5 2.lt:l fJ ltJ c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.lt:\xd4 g6 s.lt:lcJ Ji.. g7 6.Ji.. eJ lt:l f6
7 ..i.c4 0-0 8. .i.b3 a5 9.fJ d5 10..i.xd5
[ I O.exd5 lt:lb4 1 1 .lt:lde2 a4 1 2.lt:lxa4
tll fxd5 1 3 . A f2 A fs 1 4 . 0 -0 b 5
1 5 . tll ac3 tll xc3 1 6 . bxc3 'iV xd 1
1 7.l:Iaxd1 tll xa2 1 8.g4 il.. c8 1 9.l::!: a l
A e6 20.Axe6 fxe6 2 I .Ad4 l::!: fc8
2 2 . i. xg7 W xg7 2 3 . l:t fb 1 tll xc3
2 4 . ll xa8 tll xe2+ 2 5 . W f2 l:t xa 8
26.xe2 llc8 27.Wd3 l:t c 5 28.l:t a l
b4 2 9 . l:t a2 l:t c3 + 3 0 . W e4 W f6
3 1 .l:tb2 l:tc4+ 32.Wd3 l:tf4 33.We3
'iti e5 3 4 . ll a2 ll c4 3 5 . h3 l::!: c 3 +
36.'itie2 Wd4 37 .l:tb2 'itic4 38.h4 h5 49
39.gxh5 gxh5 40.l::!: a2 l::t a3 4 1 .l::!: b 2 Mladen Milenkovic
W c3 42. l::!: b l l::!: a2 4 3 . W d l l::!: xc2 Ivan Ujhazi
4 4 . l::!: xb4 'iti xb4 4 5 . W xc 2 W c4 Kladova 1992
46.Wd2 Wd4 47.We2 e5 0- 1 , Laird
Karlsson, Copenhagen I 98 1 . ]
10 lt:l xd5 ll.exdS ltJ b4 12.lt:l de2
.. l.e4 cS 2.lDe2 it:)c6 J.if:)bcJ g6 4.d4
.i.f5 lJ.llcl b5 14.0-0 l::tc8 15.lt:\d4 cxd4 s.lt:lxd4 Ag7 6.AeJ lt:lf6 7.Ac4
l::t xcJ 16.bxc3 lt:l xa2 17.l'Ia1 'ifxd5 0-0 8 . .i. bJ aS 9.f3 dS l O . .i. xdS
1 8 .lt:l xf5 'if xf5 19.l':I xa2 'if e6 it:)xdS ll.exdS it:)b4 12.it:)de2 .i.rs

3 3
I J . ll d h 5 1 4. a3 This move is 28.it) xf7+! l::!: xf7 29.1d: d8+ : rs
sharper than 14.0-0. With the text JO.l::!: xf8+ Axf8 3t.Ad4+ A g7
Wh ite wins two Knights for Rook and
pawn, usually a favorable
middlegame trade, but here things are
not so clear. 14 .. .llhc2+ 15Jhc2
Axel 16.xc2 b4 17.it)a4 xd5
18.it)b6 e6 19.Wf2 Here 19.it)xa8
leads to a draw according to Bagirov;
1 9 . . . xe3 20.llk7 :!:!cs 2 l .it)d5
:!:!xc2 22.it)xe3 :!:!xb2 23.axb4 :!:!bl +
24.it)dl a4 25.0-0 a3 26.it)dc3 :!:!
:!:!dl h5 28.:!:!d8+ Wh7 29.:!:!a8 :!:!b3
30.:!:!c8 :!:!b2 3 l .:!:!a8. 19... l:tab8 It's
necessary to attack b6. On 1 9 ... :!:!ad8
White is able to consolidate; 20.it)f4 32.e5! 1:0
(20.axb4 axb4 2 l .b3 :!:!d6 22.it)f4
e 5 2 3 . it) c4 Draw, E . Allen
T. Taylor, Philadelphia 1 992) 50
20.. .'a2 2 l.axb4 axb4 22.bl b3 Alonso ZaJlata
23.:!:!el ii..d4 24.kxd4 l:txd4 25.cl Jose Vilcla
:!:!d6 26.liJc8 :!:!d4 27.liJxe7+ h8 Havana 1993
2 8. liJ e6 :!:! d2+ 2 9. liJ e6 l'it d2+
3 0 . W g3 b2 3 1 . liJ g6+ 1 -0 ,
O.Popovych-D.Benjamin, Philadel l . e4 c5 2 . if) fJ liJ c6 3.d4 cxd4
phia 199 1 . 20.liJf4 a2 21 .axb4 4.it)xd4 g6 s.lf)cJ Ag7 6 .i.eJ if)f6

axb4 22.l'it d1 bJ 23.e2 l::!: fd8 7. A c4 o-o s.A bJ as 9.f3 d5

24.it)fd5 e6 25.it)e7+ W h8 26.it)d7
l::!: b 7 27.liJe5 1d:f8
1 0. A xd5 it) xd5 l l . exd5 it) b 4
12.it) de2 Westerinien-Hernandez,
Alicante 1989, saw 12.liJdb5 Ad7!
1 3 .a3 ( 1 3 . liJ a 3 e6 ! ) 1 3 . . . A xb5
14.axb4 Ac4 1 5.bxa5 (As 15.ii.. d4
axb4 16.:!:!xa8 xa8 17.Axg7 Wxg7
18.''d4+ g8 19.xc4 bxc3 and
1 5 . :!:! xa5 :!:! xa5 1 6.bxa5 xa 5
17 .Ad4 l'itd8 are both fine for Black.)
15 ... l:txa5 16.:!:!xa5 Axc3+ 17.bxc3
xa5 1 8 . d6 l:t d8 1 9 . W f2 l:t xd6
20.a l xa l 2 l .:!:!xa l l:td8 and
Black was doing well. 12 ... A f5
13.l:tc1 b5 Black has a little known
alternative here. 13 . . . l:ta6!? is an in-

3 4
genious move which doesn't seem to
quite work. One example is Kucera
Jezek, corr. 1984 , which continued
14.a3 d6 1 5 . .\tc5 ( 1 5.axb4 axb4
16.0-0 bxc3 1 7.ltJxc3 b5 18.'iYe1
e8 19 . .\tc5 Axc3 20.'iYxc3 xd5
2 l .fe1 Gallagher-Wolff, London
1 994) 1 5 . . . liJ xd5 1 6 . .\t xd6 ltJe3
1 7 .'iY d2 ltJ c4 1 8.'iY 1 9 . b3 .lt h6
(Maybe 1 9 . . . 'iYb6 ! ? 20.ltJa4 'iYe3
2 1.'iYc5 'iY xc5 22.ltJxc5 .ltb2 23.
24.liJd3 c8 is worth investigating)
20.f4 il.. g7 2 1 .0-0 'iVb6+ 22.<0iJh1
c8 2 and Black didn't quite have
enough for the sacrificed material.
Another 13th move try for the sec
ond player i s 1 3 . . J::l: c8. M .
Marinkovic-Rogers, Sokobanja 1989,
went 14.a3 ( 14.0-0 b5 transposes
into lines from 1 3 . . . b5) l 4 . . . ltJxc2+
1 5 . l:!: xc2 i. xc2 1 6 . 'iV xc2 '!W xd5
17.0-0 (17.a4!) 17 ... b5 18.d1 'iYe6
19.e4 'ixe4 20.fxe4 2 Lad4 b4
2 2 . liJ d 5 c2 2 3 . W fl i. xd4
2 4 . liJ xd4 !:l: xb2 2 5 . axb4 axb4
26.liJc6 b liJdxe7+ Wg7 28.d3 a8
0-1 . 14.a3 ltJxc2+ t5Jbc2 i.xc2
16.'ihc2 b4 17.liJa4 xd5 18.liJb6
'ife6 1 9.Wf2 ab8 20.liJf4 'iVa2
21.axb4 axb4 22.'ifbl
3 5
22... 'ifxbl Two other lines are (a)
22 . . . b3 23.liJd7 1L xb2 2 4 . ltJ xb8
xb8 25.Wg3 Jl.e5 26.W h3 a4
27.liJd3 1Lf6 29.ltJc5 b2 0-1, \an der
Tak-Widera, corr. 1986. (b) 22 ... 'iY a7
23.'iYa1 'iYb7 24.'iYa5 b3 25.'iYb4
1Lh6 26.d1 fc8 27.liJfd5 c2+
2 8 . d2 1L xe3+ 29 . W xe3 e6
3 0 . liJ f6+ w g7 3 1 . liJ fd7 l:t e8
32.xb3 c6 33.d3 e5 34.ltJc4
'ifa7+ 35.We2 'ifg1 36.liJe3 'ifxh2
37.d5 c1 38.liJf6 e6 39.liJfg4
g3 40.liJf2 h5 4 1 .b4 b1 42.c5
h4 43 .liJd5 g 1 44.ltJe3 l:t b 1
45.ltJc2 g5 46.liJe1 'iYh4 47.liJc2
g5 48.liJe3 a6 49.liJe4 'iY h4
50.xe5+ W h7 5 1 .ltJ g5+ W h6
5 2 . liJ xf7+ W h7 5 3 . 'iY h8#
Kristjansson-Brendel, Reykjavik
1 990] 23.l:txbt l:!:fd8 24.liJfd5 l:i:b7
25.b3 e6 26.liJf4 a7 27.ltJa4 c7
28.liJe2 c2 29.l:i:ct a2 JO.l::t c4
i. f8 J t .l::!: d4 l:t c8 32.l::t d2 kt cc2
33.l::t xc2 l:txc2 34.'Ji' et e5 35.W dl
l::t c6 36. liJ c l f6 37.ltJ dJ : c 7
38. JI. c5 1L xc5 39.ltJ a xc5 W f7
40.<.ti> d2 l:tc6 4t.ltJa4 l::t d6 42.We3
l:t d5 43.liJ b6 b5 44.ltJc4 W e6
45.Wd2 f5 46.liJe3 e4 47.fxe4 fxe4
48.tt::l f4+ We5 49.tt::l e2 l:Ib8 50.tt::l c4+
W d5 51.W e3 ll e8 52.tt::l f4+ W c5
53.tt::l d 2 It aS 54.tt::l xe4+ 'itt b5
55.tt::l e2 I:Ia1 56.tt::l d4+ W b6 57.tt::l t3
Wc6 58.'.t> d4 l:ta2 59.g3 l:Ic2 60.h4
W b6 6 1 .tt::l fg5 h5 62.tt::l f3 ll c l
63.tt::l e5 l:t d l+ 64.W c4 l:t e l
65.tt::l d7+ W a5 66. W d 5 l:t e J
67.tt::l dc5 l:tel 68.Wc6 l::!: n 69.tt::l d6
ll f6 70.W c7 l':!f3 7 1.W b7 l:t xgJ
7Vt/c6 l:::t xb3 73.tt::l db7# 1:0
 Chapter 4
5.llJ xc6 bxc6
Lines in the Sicilian where White
voluntarily captures on c6 are few and
far between. Normally the exchange
only strengthens Black's control of
the center, but here the fact that the
second player's Knight has to move
makes 7.li)xc6 a viable line. Still,
both 8 ... li)d5 and 8 ... li)g8 are hold
ing up fine.
51
Klaus Pohl
John Donaldson
Winston Salem 1993
l . e4 c5 2 . li) f3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li)xd4 g6 s.li) xc6 bxc6 6. d4
li)f6 7.e5 li) dS 8.c4 [8.i.c4 i.g7
9.0-0 b6 10.e4 0-0 l l .li)d2 d6
12.li)f3 i.f5 13.e2 i.g4 14.exd6
3 6
exd6 1 5 . h3 l::t fe8 1 6 . d l i. e6
1 7.i.b3 a5 1 8.c4 li)b4+ Sipaila
Silman, Reno 1993] 8 b6!
9.xb6 (9.e4 li)c7 I O.li)c3 i.g7
l l .f4 0-0 12.i.d2 d5 1 3 .f3 i.f5+
Chistyakov-Veresov, USSR 1 95 3 . ]
9 li) xb6 10.b3 i. g7 ll.i.b2 d 6
.
12.f4 dxe5 13.i.xe5 i.xe5 14.fxe5
i.rs t s.li)d2 li) d7 t 6.li)fJ i. g4
17.0-0-0 0-0-0 tsJ:ret i. xfJ 19.gxf3
li) cs 20. l::t e3 ld: d4 2 1 .b4 li) e6
2 2. l::t e4 l::t h d8 23. l::t xd4 l::t x d 4
24.gt l:il:f4 25.l::t g4 nrs 26.l::!: h4
l::t xe5 27. d2 h5 28. i. d3 l::t g5
29.e3 l::t g2 30.i.e4 c7 31.a4 f5
32.i.d3 l::t a2 33.c5 xa4 34.l::t c4 aS
35. bxa5 l::t xaS 36. l::t c2 li) xcS
37.i.c4 eS 38.i.f7 a3+ 39.We2
li)dJ 40.i.e8 li)f4+ 41.f2 l::t a6
42.l::t d 2 l::t a8 43.l::t d7+ b6 44.l::t e7
l::t a2+ 45.fl l::t a t+ 46.Wf2 l::t as
47.h4 l::t d5 48.i.f7 l::t d2+ 49.fl
l::t d t+ SO.f2 l::t d 6 Sl. fl l::t d t+
52.Wf2 l::!: h t 53.e3 l::!: e t+ 54.Wf2
it:) dJ+ 55.Wg3 f4+ 56.Wg2 l::!: e2+ Bishop on h6. 18 ... cxd5 19.\i'hJ
57.W g 1 it:) e1 58.A xg6 lt:) xfJ+ Axh6 20.'ifxh6 d4 21.it:)b5 'ifb6
59. W fl l::!: eJ 60. A xh5 it:) xh 4 2 2.a4 A g6! Now all of White's
61.Ae8 it:)f5 62.l::!: e6 it:)d4 63.l::!: f6 queenside is falling while his Queen
Wc5 0 : 1 is seriously misplaced. 23.h4 gxh4
2 4. it:) aJ 'if xb 2 25. l::!: d b 1 e cJ
26.exh4 l::!: b8 27.lll b5 'ifc5 28.l::!: c 1
a6 29.it:)aJ 'ifcJ 30.'ilg4 l::!: b 6 31.a5
52 l::!: c6 J2.'ifd7 l::!: n JJ.ees+ W g7
Rosendo Balinas 34.l::!: a2 l::!:fc7 35.'ilb8 dJ 36.it:)b1
John Donaldson c4 37.l::!: b2 dxc2 38.lll a3 edJ
Reno 1994 39.it:)xc2 'ifd2 40.1::!:0 Axel 41.l::!: b7
'iVd7 0:1

l .e4 c5 2.it:) fJ it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.it:) xd4 g6 5.it:)xc6 bxc6 6.ed4 8 llJ d5
.

it:) f6 7.e5 it:) d5 8.e6 f6 9.exd7+

A xd7 10.Ad3 [10.Ae2 e5 l l .dl
Ag7 1 2.c3 0-0 13.llla3 f5+ Vestol
Botvinnik, Moscow (ol) 1956) 10 ... e5
11.eh4 A g7 1 2.o-o o-o 1J.l::!: d1
e c7 With the text Black has ideas of
playing . . . lll f4 exploiting the poor
position of White's Queen. 14.c4
Ae6 15.it:)cJ l::!: ad8 16.Ah6??

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Arthur Frolov
Alexander Shabalov
USSR (ch) 1991

l . e4 c5 2.itH3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.it:)xd4 g6 5.it:)cJ A g7 6.Ae3 it:)f6
16 ... g5 ! 1 7. 'iV h5 A n 18.A xd5 7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 it:) d5 9.it:) xd5
Forced as 18.h3 lll f4 drops the cxd5 10.'ihd5 l::!: b8 l l . A c4 0-0

3 7
l l.U I l l 1'1 de. I L bl Ab7 (13 . . .
u u
0-0 .>!i.a(, l .llf2 dxc5 16.xd8
n 'l 1 1
Il hxdX 1 7 . fxc5 kxc5 1 8.c3 l:td7
I IJ.l.:.b6 l.:.c7 20.JLxc7 l:txc7 2 1 .l:tel
lla7 22.Ilc5 JLc8) 14.d2 dxe5
1 5 .0-0-0 exf4 16.i.xf4 e5 17.i.e3
xd2+ 18.l:txd2;!;] 12 d6 13.i.xa7
.
l:!:b4 14.i.b3 [14.i.c5 i.e6 (14 . . . e6
1 5. xd6 xd6 1 6 . i. xd6 l:t xc4
17.i.xf8 i.xf8 1 8.l:the l;!;) 15.xe6
fxe6 16.i.xe6+ h8 17.i.xb4 i.xe5
1 8.f3;!;] 14 .'itc7 15.exd6 'it xa 7
.
1 6 . d 7 l:!: xbJ 1 7.dxc8='it i. xb 2+
18. b 1 l:!:b8 19.'ith3
19 i. g7+ 20.1it'cl i.b2+ 21 . b1
..
i. g7+ Draw
54
Viktor Kupreichik
M argeir Petursson
Reykjavik 1 980
l .e4 c5 2 . lD fJ lD c6 J.d4 cxd4
3 8
4.lDxd4 g6 5.lDcJ i.g7 6.i.eJ lDf6
7.lD xc6 bxc6 8.e5 lD d5 9.lD xd5
cxd5 1 0.'ifxd5 Il b8 1 1 .Axa7 Ilxb2
1 2.A d4 Il xc2 [ 1 2 ... l:tb8 1 3. Ac4
0-0 1 4.0-0 Ab7 15.c5 d6 1 6.exd6
exd6 1 7.a7 Axg2 1 8. W xg2 l:ta8
1 9.b6 d7] 1 J.Adl e6 1 4.\\fas
Ilc6 1 5.0-0 ( 1 5 .a4 g5 1 6.0-0
Axe5 1 7.Ab5 l:d6 1 8.Axe5 xe5
1 9 . l: fe l d4 Mayr-Molzahn,
corr. l 989-9 1 .] 1 5 0-0 1 6. A b 5
..
A a6 1 7.\\f xdS l: xd 8 1 8.A xc6
A xf1 1 9.W xfl d xc6 20.Ac3
20 J!:dJ Watch how Black uses his
Rook to prevent White from utiliz
ing his passed a-pawn. 21.l:!:cl l:td5
22.I1 e 1 (22.f4 g5 ! =] 22 ... l::t c5
2J.l::t e3 l::t c4 24.i.b2 h5 25.W e1
'it>h7 26.Wd1 g5 27.f3 l:!:a4 28.a3
c5 29.Wc2 c4 JO.WcJ W g6 Jl.l::t e4
w rs J 2.W d4 g4 JJ.'it> eJ i. h6+
34.'itJf2 i.f4 35.g3 i. d 2 36.l::t d4
i.h6 37.fxg4+ hxg4 38.We2 i. gS
39.Wf2 i.h6 Draw
 8 lD g8
56
Jaroslav Stodola
Oleg Chernikov
Pardubice 1994

55
Viktor Varavin
1.e4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4
T. S. Myrvold
.t. g7 5.ill cJ ill c6 6. A e3 ill f6
Gausdal 1993
7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 [8 ... ill d 5
9.ill xd5 cxd5 10.'ifxd5 l::!:b8 l l .Ac4
e6 12.'ifc5 Ab7 13.0-0 l::!: c8 1 4.'i.Yb4
l . e4 c5 VHJ ill c6 J.d4 cxd4 'if c7 1 5 . f4 a5 1 6 . 'if b5 i. xg2
4.ill x d4 g6 S.ill cJ Ag7 6.Ae3 ill f6 1 7. W xg2 'if xc4 1 8 . 'if xc4 l::!: xc4
7.ill xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ill g8 9.A d4 1 9.l::!: f2 !? d6! 20.exd6 Wd7=] 9.f4 f6
ill h6 1 0. e6 f6? Much better is 10.iLd4
10 . . . 0-0 when 1 1 .A xg7 W xg7
1 2.'ifd4+ f6 13.exd7 Axd7 14.0-0-
0 Ag4 1 5.f3 'ifxd4 16.l::!: xd4 Ac8
17.Ad3 ill f5 gave Black a slightly
better endgame i n Troianescu
G hitescu, Romania (ch) 1 95 7 .
1 l . exd7+ xd 7 1 2. A c4 ill f5
u.A c 5 ill d 6 1 4 . A b J A a 6
1 5. 'il d4 l::!: ds 1 6. 0-0-0 w rs
1 7. a4 c8 1 8. ill e4 A h6+
19.W b1 .:Lb5

This is White's most common try but

the little known 10.Ac4 ! is very
strong. A invention of the American
master Danny Krystall it seeks to ex
ploit Black's loss of time in the open
ing ( ...ill g8-f6-g8) by sacrificing a
pawn. One of the lines, analysed by
Krystall, IMs Kim Commons and
Tony Saidy plus SM Allan Pollard
goes 10 ... fxe5 1 1 .0-0 exf4 12.Axf4
20.ill xd6 exd6 21Jhd6 1:0 ill f6 1 3 . A d6 ! b6+ ( 1 3 . . . A a6

3 9
 1 4 .1I e 1 ,.. b6+ 1 5 .'it' h 1 A xc4 57
16.l:Ixe7+ 'it'd8 1 7.l:Ixg7) 14.'it'h1 Viktor Varavin
'it'd8 (if 14 ... exd6? then 15 .... xd6 lvar Bern
,.. xb2 1 6 . l:I ae l + 'it' d8 1 7 .... e7+ Gausdal 1993
wins) 1 5 .Ji a3 ! (So far, Krystall
Batchelder, Newport Beach 1974 (by
transposition) when White played l.e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
15.Ae5? and eventually drew. After 4.ithd4 g6 5.c3 g7 6.e3 lll f6
15.Aa3 ! Black cannot play 1 5 ...d6 7.xc6 bxc6 8.e5 g8 9.d4 ,.. c7
because of 16.Axd6 or 1 5 ... Ab7 be 10.f4 f6 ll .... e2 l!b8 12.0-0-0 h6
cause of 16.lla4-c5. White has full 13.g3 0-0 14....c4+ f7 15.exf6 exf6
compensation for the pawn. 16.Ag2 ,.. b 7 17.b3 a5 18.l!he1 d5
10 ...... a5 ll .... e2 c5 More usual is
l l . . . fxe5 1 2.Axe5 lll f6! ? 13 .... c4 !
,.. b6 1 4 . 0-0-0 d5 1 5 .... a4 0-0
16.Ad4 ,.. c7 and both sides have
chances, Ulibin-Serper, Thilisi 1989.
12.exf6 lll xf6 13.Ae5 0-0

19.xd5 ! ? cxd5 20. xd5 ,.. b5

2 1 . c5 ,.. xc4 22. xc4 g4
23.Axf8 xf8 24.l!d5 b4 25.c3
xc3 26.l!e7 1::1: 1'8 2 7.l!c5 b4
28.1:!: xf7 a3+ 29. 'it' c 2 xeS
30.l:Ic7+ W h8 31.l:Ixc5 l!a8 32.l!c6
W g7 33.Wc3 l!d8 34.l!c7+ W h6
35.l!a7 l!d1 36.g8 1:0

1 4."if b5 ,.. xb5 1 5. lll xb5 A b 7

58
16.llk7 l!ac8 17.0-0-0 d6 18.Ac4+
Richard Kelson
W h8 1 9. xf6 l! xc7 20. xg7+
Jeremy Silman
W xg7 21.l!he1 Axg2 22.1Id2 l!xf4
Reno 1993
23.l!xg2 l! xc4 24.l:t ge2 e5 25.c3
W f6 26.l! d 2 W e6 27.l! e3 l! f4
28.l!ed3 l!d7 29.l!h3 d5 0:1 l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4

40
4.llhd4 g6 5.lt)c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 lll f6
7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 9.f4 ill h6
10.'iUJ 0-0 1 1.0-0-0 A new move,
destined to hold back ... d7-d5. How
ever, as is often the case in this line,
Black can play the break as a highly
effective pawn sac. 11 d6! 12.xc6
..
Consistent but risky. On 12.h3, in
tending 13.g4, Black has 12 ... c7,
forcing 1 3.exd6 which opens up the
diagonal for the Dragon Bishop.
12...1J.. d 7 13.d5 lll g4
14.f3 On 14.exd6 (14.i.. d4 dxe5
15.fxe5 i.. e6; 14.i.. g l i.. h6+) Black
has 1 4 . . . lll xe3 1 5 . dxe7 xe7
16.'ihd7 b4. 14 lll xe3 15.xe3
..
i.. e6 16.ll! d5 l::t c8 1 7.i.. a6 l::t c5
18.c4 As 18.lll xe7+ is answered by
1 8 . . . xe7 1 9. exd6 l::t xc2 + !
20.W xc2 i.. f5+ 2 l . W d2 'li'xd6+
2 2 . i.. d3 'li' b4+ 2 3 . W e2 i.. g4+.
18...JJ.. xd5 19.l::t xd5 l::t xd5 20.cxd5
'C!V a5 2 1 .1J.. c4 l::t c8 2 2.b3 'C!V xa2
2J. l::t e 1 dxe5 2 4.fxe5 iJ.. h6
25. xh6 xbJ 26.l::t e4 l::t xc4+
27.l::t xc4 xc4+ 28.W b 1 e4+
29.W c 1 xd5 JO.' eJ xg2
31.xa7 hl+ 0:1
4 1
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Fritz 2
Kasparov Garry
Germany 1994
l . e4 c5 2 .lll f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 5.lll c3 JJ.. g7 6.1J.. e3 ill f6
7.lll xc6 bxc6 8.e5 ll!g8 It's worth
noting that both Bobby and Garry like
the Accelerated Dragon - when
they're playing computers ! Perhaps
they have secret information that the
machine is partial to lll xc6? It's worth
noting that both giants played
8 ... lll g8 here. 9.f4 ill h6 Avoiding the
Krystall Gambit (9 . . . f6 lO.i.c4 ! ).
When Fischer played, it played the
weaker 10.exf6 and after 1 0 ... ll!xf6
l l .i.. c4? d5 12.i..e2 ld:b8 13.b3 lll g4
14.i.. d4 e5 ! 15.fxe5 0-0! Black was
already on his way to victory. 10. d2
0-0 11.0-0-0 d6 Here l l. ..'!i'as 12.h3
Illes 13.i.. f2 d6 14.g4 dxe5 15.gxf5
i.. xf5 is speculative. 12.exd6 exd6
13.xd6?! A typical greedy com
puter move. Much better is 13.i.. d4
i.. xd4 14.'!i'xd4 li)fS with unclear
play. 1 3 ... x d6 1 4. l::t xd6 ill f5
15.l::t d3 i.. a6
16.c5 Initiating a long forced se 60
quence which leads to a better Viktor Varavin
endgame for Black. 16 J. xd 3 .
Alexander Khasin
1 7. J. xf8 J. xfl 1 8 . J. xg7 J. xg2 Russia (ch) 1994
19.l:!:g1 W xg7 20.l:!:xg2 l:!:b8 21J:!:e2

l.e4 c5 2./l)fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4./l)xd4

J. g7 5. /l) cJ /l) c6 6. J. e3 /l) f6
7./l)xc6 bxc6 8.e5 /l)g8 9.d4 f6
10.f4 'if aS 1 1 . 'if d2 fxe5 1 2.fxe5
J.xe5 13.0-0-0 /l)f6 14.l:tel .i. xd4
1 5 . 'if xd4 0-0 1 6. l:!: xe7 g5+
17 ..tb1 d5 18.J.dJ J.rs 19.J.xf5

xf5 20.l:the1 l:tae8 21.b3 l:t xe7

22.1::!: xe7 fl+ 23. <.t> b2 xg2
24.l:tc7 g4 25.e5 I!:f7 26.l:txc6
f5 27.d4 g5 28.l:td6

21 l:!:h8! A deep move and one a

computer might never find. Kasparov

plans to play . . . h7-h5-h4-h3, fixing
the weakness on h2 and preparing
. . . l: h8-h4 attacking the pawn on f4.
22.b3 h5 2J.W b2 h4 24.h3 l:!: d8
25./l)e4 Having created a weak pawn
on h3 and an entry for his Knight on
g3 , Kasparov prepares to i nvade
down the d-line. 25 /l)gJ! Simpli
..

fying into a winning Rook and pawn

ending. The result of these type of
endings is usually not determined by
who has more pawns, but rather
whose are more likely candidates to
queen first. Here the Black pawns run
faster. 26./l)xgJ hxgJ 27.l:!:g2 l:!:d4
28.1:!: xgJ 1:!: xf4 29. 1::!: cl 1:!: h4
JO.l::!: xc6? l:txhJ Jl.a6 g5 32.:xa7
g4 JJ.l':ta5 l:!:h6 0:1
28... f4 29.xf4 gxf4 JO./l)xd5
!D g4 J l .hJ !D f2 3 2 . h4 !D g4
JJ./l) xf4 l:t xf4 34.l:ta6 l:!:f7 35.c4
..trs J6.b4 <.t>es J7.a4 W d8 38.a5
wcs 39.Wc3 l:tfJ+ 40.Wd4 l:tf4+
41.Wc5 !De3 42.l:tc6+ W b8 4J.l:!:e6
!:l:xc4+ 44.Wb5 a6+ 45.l:t xa6 l:t xh4
46.l:tb6+ Wc7 47.l:tc6+ W b8 Draw

42
 Chapter 5
Maroczy Bind with 1 2.b3, 12.'ifd5, 12 . ..te2 and 12 . ..td3.
9 . . . e5 enjoys a shaky reputation.
7 .llJ g4
.. 10.lllb5 was long considered to put
it out of business but now matters
aren't so clear as both 1 0 . . . 0-0
1 l .d2 e7 (Anka-Silman) and the
older 1 l . . .'ifh4 (Quist-Espig) appear
to be okay. White's best try for an
advantage may be Ivanchuk's little
known 1 1 ...te2

9 e5 10.Ad3
...

With 7 . ..ltJg4 Black follows the well

established rule that when you have
less space you should exchange
pieces. After 9. d 1 the second
player has to choose between the solid
9 ... ll\e6 and the double-edged 9 ... e5.
The theory ofthe first line has solidi
fied of late with White favoring
IO.c1 over 10.d2. The idea is
that l O.cl prepares b2-b4, taking
away c5 from Black's Knight. Also
after 10.c1 White can often save a
tempo by playing dl -d5 in one go, 61
instead of the stagger-step d 1-d2- Alexandre Lesiege
d5. Black's best answer to 10.c1 is Roman Dzindzichashvili
10 . . . a5, stopping b2-b4 and threat New York 1993
ening to capture on c3 . After the
followup 1 l .d2 b6 White has sev
eral moves to choose from including l.d4 g6 2.c4 Js.. g7 J.ll'l fJ c5 4.e4

43
cxd4 s.lthd4 ll:l c6 6.e3 ll:l f6
7.ll:lc3 ll:lg4 8.xg4 ll:lxd4 9.d1
eS 10.d2 0-0 l l.Ji.. d3 d6 12.0-0
c6 13.b3 a6 14J:!:ad1 White's plan
is crystal clear. After suitable prepa
ration like b3 and 1: ad 1 the first
player plans to either force the Knight
on d4 to retreat or to capture it and
then win the weak isolated pawn.
14 c7 1S. xd4 exd4 16.ll:le2
..
g4! The Bishop is needed on d7 to
enforce . . .b5 but first Black forces
White to make a weakening move
(17.f3). 17.f3 d7 18. b1 The fi
nal preparation before laying siege to
the d-pawn. 18 ... bS!
Just in time! 19.cxbS xbS 20.Ad3
b 6 2 1 . f2 fc8 2 2 . g3 a7
23.'iil g2 dS 24.exdS l:t d7 2SJ:!:c1
xc1 26.ll:l xcl kl: xdS 27.i.. xbS
axbS 28. ll:l d3 !:l: d8 29.l::t c2 l::t c8
30.e1 c6 31.ll:lb4 aS 32.c4
d3 33.c3 i.. f8 34.xd3 i.. xb4
3S. x b4 xa2+ 36. 'iil h3 hS
37. xbS c 2 38. <3J h4 b 2
39. dS 1::!: xh2+ 40. W gS W g7
41.Wf4 f6 42.c4 <3J h6 43.cS
gS+ 44.WfS bl+ 4S.W xf6 g6+
44
46. W eS e2+ 4 7. W d4 f6+
48.eS h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 SO.cl+
'it> g6 S t .f4 h3 s 2. g 1 + w n
S3. g4 d6+ S4.W c3 xeS
SS.fxeS xeS+ 56.W b 4 h2
S7. f3+ W e6 S8. g4+ W e7
S9. h4+ W e8 60.W c4 e2+
61.WdS dl+ 62.We6 d7+ 0:1
62
Lev Polugacvsky
Jcrocn Pil<ct
Aruba 1994
t . ll:l f3 cS 2.c4 ll:l c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.ll:lxd4 g6 S.e4 g7 6.Ji.. e3 ll:lf6
7.ll:lc3 ll:lg4 8.xg4 ll:lxd4 9.d1
cS 10.d3 White's main choices
here are 10.ll:lb5 and the text. GM
Gennadi Kuzmin gives the following
analysis of some of White's less com
mon choices: ( 1 ) 1 0. i.. xd4 exd4
1 I .ll:l d5 0-0 1 2 .i.. d3 a6 1 3 .0-0
i.. c6=; (2) IO.d2 0-0 1 1 .0-0-0
d6 12.'i'b1 a6=. 10... 0-0 11.0-0 d6
12. d2 c6 1 3.ad1 a6 14.b3
[14.ll:le2?! b5! 1 5.cxb5 axb5 1 6.a3
b8 1 7 . f4 lll b3 1 8 . e l lll c5
19.i.. b 1 i.. b3 20.d2 i.. c4 2 1 .f5 f6
2 2 . f2 lll b3 2 3 . dd 1 gxf5
2 4 . xf5 i.. xe2 2 5 . e6+ W h8
26. xb3 i.. c4 2 7 . b4 :ct a4
2 8 . xd6 i.. xfl 2 9 . xfl d4
3 0 . xb8 xd 1 + 3 l . e2 n xb8
3 2 . xd l i.. f8 3 3 . i.. c2 g7
3 4 . i.. b3 d8+ 3 5 . e2 g6
36.i.. e6 i.. h6-+ Abdullah-Skembris,
Novi Sad (ol) 1 9 90.] 1 4 . . . l::t c8
1S.ll:lc2 ll:lc6 16. b1 bS 1 7.cxbS
axb5 18.ill c3 'ir a5 1 9.ill d5 b4
20.Ag5 f6 21.iLeJ f5 22.exf5 gxf5
2J.ill e7+ ill xe7 24.'ir xd6 cj} f7
25.iig5 ill g6 26.g4 e4 27.h4 iie5
28. 'ir d2 h6 29. gxf5 iL xf5 JO.h5
hxg5 Jl.hxg6+ cj}xg6 32.'ire2 0:1
63
Boris Gulko
Yasscr Scirawan
Key West (US ch) 1994
l.c4 c5 2.ill f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.ill xd4
Ji.. g7 5.c4 ill c6 6..i.c3 ill f6 7.ill c3
ill g4 8. xg4 ill xd4 9. d 1 e5
10.Ad3 0-0 11.0-0 d6 12.c1 .i.c6
lJ.bJ a6 14.Ji.. b 1
14 ... b5 15.cxb5 ill xb5 16.ill xb5
axb5 17.!:tc6 d5 18.exd5 Draw
l O.llJ b5
4 5
64
Vassily Ivanchuk
Viktor Korchnoi
Monaco 1994
l . c4 c5 2.ill f3 ill c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 5.c4 .i. g7 6..i.e3 ill f6
7.ill c3 ill g4 8.xg4 ill xd4 9.''d 1
c5 10.ill b5 0-0 l l . .i.e2 This is a rare
and highly effective move. A search
of the ICE Chess Assistant data base,
totaling over 350,000 games, re
vealed but two other examples! Both
involved former World Champions
and took the same path: l l . . .h4?
(not so good here as i t is after
l l .'iYd2) l 2.ill xd4 exd4 l 3.Jixd4
xe4? 14.Ji.. xg7 xg2? 1 5.d4 !
'iYxhl+ 16.cj}d2 'iYxh2 (16 . . . xa l
1 7 . 'iY f6 ! ! 1 -0 , Gaprindashvili
Servaty, Dortmund 1974) 17.Jixf8
cj} xf8 1 8.Jif3 d5 1 9 . .1i xd5 ld:b8
20.ld:e1 i.e6 2 1 . l:!xe6 1 -0 Tal-Pahtz,
Halle 1974. ll ... ill xb5 12.cxb5 d6
13.0-0 Theory gives only 13 .JI.c4 Jl. g7 5.e4 fl) c6 6.1L e3 fl) f6
.te6 14. l::t c 1 as slightly better for 7.i'l)cJ i'l)g4 8.xg4 i'l)xd4 9.dl
White. As usual Vassily Ivanchuk has e5 1 0.i'l) b5 0-0 1 1 . d2 h4
caused everyone to take a fresh look 1 2. 1L d3
at things. It may be that 10. tD b5 and
1 1 . .t e2 is White's best chance for an
advantage against 9 . . . e5. 13 Ji.e6
..

14.'ti'a4 'ti'd7 15.!Udt !Uc8 16.];[d2

Ji.f8 1 7.'ifdl f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4
e4 20.a4 d5 21.1Ld4 Jl.c5 22.Wfl
'ti' d6 2 J. Ji. e5 d7 24. el h6
25.];[adl W h7 26.gJ ];[g8 27.h3
:ac8

12 ... d5 This move leads to sharp play

but doesn't have a good reputation in
the theory oflhe Accelerated Dragon.
Since this line is one of Black's best
attempts for active play against the
Maroczy Bind, Accelerated Dragon
28.];[ xd5! Jl. xd5 29.];[ xd5 e6 players have invested a lot of time in
JO .i. c4 Ji. b6 J l.bJ ];[ g6 32Jid8
trying to revive this line. One inter
1L xd8 3J.JI. xe6 : c t + 34. W e2 esting try, which unfortunatly just
: xg2+ 35.'ti' xg2 : c2+ 36. fl fails is 12 . . . i'l)xb5 13.cxb5 d5 14.exd5
:ct+ 37.Wf2 1 :0 f5. The ideas behind it are seen in
the line 1 5 . 0-0 f4 1 6 . Ji. c5 f3
17Jifel Ji.h6 followed by . . . fxg2.
65 However IM David Strauss' sugges
Johan Quist tion of 15.Ji.g5 ! 'lg4 ( 1 5 ... 'id4 15.
Lutz Espig Ji. e2) 1 6.0-0 (or 1 6 . f3 ) 16 . . . f4
Germany 1993 17.Ae7 f3 1 8.'ig5 fxg2 1 9 J:!:fc 1
currently seems to refute it. 13.cxd5
i'l)xb5 14.JI.xb5 xe4 15.0-0 ];[d8
t.i'l)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.i'l)xd4 16.l:[fd1

4 6

16 f5 Espig's attempt to revive the
..
line. The natural looking l 6... i. e6
is strongly met by 17.f3 ! lli' xd5 (for
1 7 . . . 11i' f5 1 8. i. d3 see game 66)
18. 11i' e2 ! trapping the Queen in the
middle of the board! 17.l::t acl d7
18.Ae2 Threatening 19.g4 trapping
the Queen. 1 8... e4 19.l::!: c7 A c6
20. dxc6 l::t x d 2 2 1 . 1::t xd2 b xc6
22.Ac4 e5
23.l::!: b 7 So far so theory! The books
give Gufeld-Espig, Sochi 1972, as the
refutation of 16... 11i'f5, stopping with
22.i.c4, claiming a clear advantage
47
for White. In fact if we look at the
actual continuation of the game it
becomes clear why Espig was will
ing to repeat the line (and why he has
been willing to play 9 ... e5 for over
twenty years!). Instead of the text
(23. b7), Gufeld went into a pawn
up ending. However after 23. xf7
lli' xf7 24.i. xf7+ xf7 25. d7+
e6 26. xh7 a5 it soon became
apparent that Black's active pieces
fully compensated for the material
deficit and a draw was soon agreed--
27.b3 a4 28.bxa4 xa4 29. a7 b4
30.fl bl+ 3 l . e2 i. c3 32.f3
b2+ 33.Wfl exf3 34.gxf3 xh2
35.a4 a2. Quist prefers to stay in
the middlegame but his decision is
debatable. Perhaps 16 ... 11i' f5 may re
vive interest in l l . . . lli' h4 and 1 2 . . . d5.
23...l::t f8 24.l::t xa7 -'. f4 25.l::!: a3
j,xe3 26.l::t xe3 W g7 27.l::t de2 l::t d8
28.-'. b3 l::t d4 29. c2 c5
30.-'. xe4?? l::t dl+ 31.l::t el xe3
32.fxe3 l::t xel+ 33. Wf2 :at 34.a3
c5 35.d5 l::!: d l 36.e4 ktd2+ 0:1
66
Arinbjorn Gunnarson
A. Mossin
Reykjavik 1994
l.e4 c5 2.c4 lll c6 3.lll e2 g6 4.d4
cxd4 5.lll xd4 A g7 6. e3 lll f6
7.lll c3 lll g4 8.xg4 lll xd4 9.dl
e5 10.lll b5 0-0 11. d2 l l .ctJ xd4
exd4 12.i. xd4 Iii' a5+ 13. \it' e2 e8
14.f3 d5 1 5 . .it xg7 ll xe4+ 16.f2
c5+ 17. g3 e3 = (analysis
Kuzmin). ll ..Jth4 GM G.Kuzmin,
in his book on the Novi Sad Olym
piad (which he co-authored with
Maya Chiburdanidze) had some in
teresting things to say about the Ac
celerated Dragon and the 9 ... e5 line
against the Maroczy. Here he men
tions the possiblity of l l ...d6 12 . .it d3
( 1 2. ' xd4 exd4 l 3 . .it xd4 h4
14. e3 .it h6 15.f3 ll es 16. .t d3
f5 winning) 1 2 . . . A e6 with equal
chances. 1 2.Ad3 d5 13.cxd5 it:)xb5
1 4 . A xb5 'ii' xe4 1 5. 0 -0
16.l:!fd1 Ae6
67
Emil Anka
Jeremy Silman
Budapest 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 it:)f6
7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.'it xg4 it:) xd4 9. 'it d1
e5 1 0.it:) b5 0-0 1 1 . 'ii' d 2 'ii' e 7
1 2. 0 -0-0 1 2 . f3 f5 13 . .it d3 d6?
1 4 . .it g5 ! .it f6 15 . .it xf6 xf6
16.'Jxd4 exd4 17.0-0 gave White
a clear advantage in Yemelin-Silman,
Budapest 1 994, but Black can im
l:! d 8
prove with 13 . . .'J xb5 14.cxb5 d6
15 . .it c4+ .it e6. 12 ... it:)xb5 13.cxb5
d5 14.exd5

1 7.f3 'ii' f5 Or 17 ... xd5 18.e2 and
the Queen is without a square. A trap
that many players have fallen into.
1 8 . A d 3 l:! xd5 1 9 . A xf5 l:! xd 2
20.l:!xd2 A xf5 21.l:!c1 e4 22.Ii:c7
exfJ 23. gxf3 A e6 24.l:! xb7 a5
25.l:!a7 l:!b8 26.Af4 l:!c8 27.:xa5
Ars 28.l:!e2 A hJ 29.Wf2 Acs+
JO.W gJ Ae6 Jl.l:!c2 1:0
14 .. J:td8! This position has long
been thought to be good for White
based on 1 4 . . . Af5 1 5 . Ad3, but
14 .. J:!:d8! -an idea of the English GM
Peter Wells-changes the situation
considerably. 15.d6 Alternatives are:
( 1 ) 15.Ac4 Af5 16.b3 a6! 1 7 .b6
( 1 7 .bxa6 b5 ! ) 1 7 . . J:t d7 1 8 . W b2
(18.d6 d8) 18 . . . l: ad8 19.f3 e4+

4 8
20.A d4 l::t xd5 2 1 . A xd5 l::t xd5
2 2 . 'iV c3 l::t xd4 2 3 . l::t xd4 exf3
24. gxf3 'iV e2+ 2 5 . a3 A xd4
26. 'iV xd4 'iV xf3 with more than
enough compensation for the sacri
ficed Exchange; (2) l S.<;t>bl Af5+
16.<;t>al l::t ac8 gives Black a power
ful initiative. 15 .'ire6! 1 5 ... 'iVe8!?
.
16.W bl Ji.f8 16...b6?! 17.'iVc2 fa
vors White. 1 7.Ac5 b6 18.Ji.b4 il b7
1 9.h4 On the more logical 1 9.f3,
Black can play the solid 19 ... l::t d7 fol
lowed by . . . l::t ad8, or he can try the
shocking 19 . . . A xd6 ! ! - an idea ofthe
Swiss IM Beat Zuger. There follows
20.A xd6 l::t d7 2 1 .'iVb4 and now
aside from 2 1...l::t ad8 22.Ac4 'iVf6
23.Jl.. e7 'iVf5+ (and not 23.J:dl+??
24.l::t xdl l::t xdl + 25. c2) 24. c l
'iV f4+ with a perpetual check, Black
can play 2 1 ...ild5!, which seems to
4 9
win. 19 J::t ac8 19 ... Axd6! still ap
pears playable. 20.h5? 20.f3 was
much better. 20 il xd6 2 1 . A c3
..
Forced. 2 1 ... Ji. e7 22.'ir e l 'ir f5+
23.W al l::t x d l + 24.'ir xd l l::t d8
25. 'ir bJ Ji. d5! 26.Ji. c4 Ji. xc4
27.'irxc4 'irxh5! 28.'irfl 'irf5 29.a3
Ac5 Here 29 ... A f6 was an easy win.
JO.fJ .li. d4 J l .'irel 'ir dJ?! Here
3 1 .. .l::t d7 was much safer, especially
as Black was low on time. 32.ilxd4
'ir xd4 JJ.g4 l::t d5?? Correct was
3 3 . . . Kg7 3 4 . 'iV h4 h5 meeting
35 .'iVe7 with 35 . . . 'iVd6 36.'iVxa7
h4 ! 37. Rxh4 'iVdl+ 38.Ka2 'iVdS+
3 9 . Kb l 'iV xf3 . 34. h 4 l::t xb5
35.xh7+ Wf8 36.h2? The obvi
ous 36.'iVh6+ e7 37.'iVcl would
have required Black to do a lot of
dancing with his King to prove the
win. Now Silman has things under
control again. J6 J. b J 37.c2
l::t xa3+ 38.W b l l::td3 39.c8+ W e7
40. c7+ W e6 4 1 . xa7 l::t d l +
42.l::t xdl xdl+ 43. W a2 d5+
44.W bl d6 45.g5 c5 46.b7
b5! 47.a6+ We7 48.f6+ We8
4 9 . h8+ 'it> d 7 so. b8 'it> e7
s t . b7+ w rs 5 2 . 'ir b8+ 'it> g7
5J.d8 b4 54.f6+ 'it> gs 55.b3
g1+56.Wc2 f2+ 57.WdJ d4+
58.W e 2 b2+ 59. W e l xbJ
6 0 . 'ih e5 e6! 6 1 . 'ir xe6 fxe6
62.Wd2 'it>f7 6J.'it>c2 e5 64.'it> b3
'it> e6 65.Wxb4 wrs 66.'it>c4 'it> xg5
67.Wd3 Wf4 68.We2 e4! 69.fxe4
'it> xe4 70.'it>f2 'it>f4 71.Wg2 'it> g4
n:t>h2 wo 7J.'it>gt 'it> gJ 74.W h l
g5 75.Wgl g4 o : t
 9 .llJ e6
..
17.iJ.. xgS llg8 18.iLh4 'it'hS 19.ii.g3
llJ cS 20.fJ llc8 21.c4 'it'g6 22.llfdl
'it' e6 23. 'it' c2 'it' c6 24.ll dS llJ e6
2S.ll bdl liJ f8 26.ll c l ll g6 27.f4
'it'b7 28.fS llgc6 29.'it' a4 llcS 30.f6
exf6 3 1.ii. d6 'it'c6 3 2.'it' a3 ll xc4
33.llcdl llc3 34.'it'b2 'it'a4 3S.l::rS d2
'it'c4 36.h3 llc6 37.lld4 llc2 38.'it'aJ
'it' e2 39. 'it' g3 llJ g6 40.JL b4 d 6
4 1 .ll 4d 2 ll xd2 4 2 . ll x d 2 'it' xe4
43.iJ.. xd6 llc2 44.llxc2 'irxc2 4S.'irfJ
fS 46.'it' a8+ W d7 47.ii. b8 'it' cS+
48.Wh2 bS 49.'ti'b7+ We8 SO.ii.xa7
'ireS+ Sl.Whl Wf8 S2.'ird7 'irel+
S3.'it> h2 'ireS+ S4.W hl f4 SS.'it'd8+
'ireS S6.ii.cS+ 1 :0

68
Viktor Bologan
9 .. llJ e6 lO. c l a5
.

Jose Padron Garcia ll.d2 b6

Las Palmas 1993

1 . e4 cS 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 f6
7.c3 g4 8.'lhg4 xd4 9.'iVd1
e6 10.iJ.. d3 JJ.. xc3+ 11.bxc3 'iras

69
Jakov Nesterov
Vladimir Ilinsky
Bishkek 11

1 2.0-0 gS 13.'ird2 b6 14.l::t abl iJ.. a6

1 S. c S xeS 1 6 . JJ.. x a6 x a6 1 . f3 cS 2.c4 c6 3. d4 1

5 0
4.ltJxd4 g6 5.e4 ltg7 6.ite3 itJf6
7.itJcJ ltJg4 8.'ihg4 ltJxd4 9.''d1
ltJe6 10.d2 a5 1l.l:cl b6 12.b3
Ab7 13.itJd5 xd2+ 14.Wxd2 l:c8
1 5.b4 it d4 16.it d3 d6 1 7. f4 f6
1 8. W e2 A xel 1 9 . W xe3 W f7
20.l:c3 itJd8 21.l:c2 itc6 22.h4
it d7 23.a3 itJe6 24.g4 ltJc7 25.g5
iDxd5+ 26.exd5 h5 27.W d4 l:c7
28.l:hcl l:d8 29.lte4 a6
JO.c5 bxc5+ 31.bxc5 lta4 32.cxd6
l:xc2 JJ.itxc2 Axc2 34.l:xc2 l:xd6
35.l:c6 fxg5 36.fxg5 l:d8 37.l:xa6
l:b8 38.l: a7 l: b 1 39.l: a4 l: d l +
40.Wc5 l:cl+ 41.l:c4 l:d1 42. a4
l:a1 43.Wb5 l:bl+ 44.l:b4 l: d 1
45.Wc6 l:c1+ 46.Wb6 l:d1 47.l:b5
e5 48.a5 e4 49.l:b4 eJ 50.l:e4 l:xd5
5 1.l: xe3 l: d4 52.a6 l: xh4 53.a7
l:a4 54.l:!:e5 1:0
70
Marcellino Sion
Jose Padron Garcia
Spain 1994
l . e4 c5 2 .ltH3 it:) c6 J . d4 cxd4
4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 ltg7 6.ite3 it:)f6
7.it:)cJ it:)g4 8.xg4 it:) xd4 9.d 1
it:) e6 1 0. l: c1 a 5 1 1 . d 2 b 6
12.d5
One of the reasons White plays
IO.l::!: c l , instead of 1 0.d2, is the
occasional chance of playing d5 in
one go. Here 1 1 . d2 was played to
protect the a-pawn but l l...ii. d 3, with
the idea l l ...i.xc3 12.l::!: xc3 xa2
13.c1 'iYa5 14. c5, offers good com
pensation for the pawn. 1 2... l: b8
Much better than 1 2 ... xd5 which
gives White the advantage after
13.exd5 ! (13.cxd5 it:)c5 14.f3 a5 =)
13 . . .it:)d4 1 4.i.d3 i.b7 15.0-0 0-0
16.l::!:fd1 ; Morrison - W. Watson, Brit
ish ch. l 988. 13.xa5 bxa5 The iso
lated a-pawns are no big deal as
White has no easy way to attack them.
On the plus side they produce an open
b-file and opportunities for . . . a5-a4.
14.b3 it d4 Offering the thematic
exchange of dark-squared Bishops
which White does well to avoid.
5 1
I . A d 2 Va n dcr Sterren-Rogers, 27.l::!: cc1 l::!: hb8 28.l::!: fe1 d6 29.g3
l ' r ague I IJ92, was drawn at this point. l::!: xa7 30.c3 W c6 31.Wg2 l::!: d 7
I !L.d6 1 6.lDd5 lDc5 17.lDc7+?! 32. l::!: b 1 l::!: x b 1 33. l::!: x b 1 c7
34.Wfl l::!: d3 35.l::!: c 1 eS 36.We2 e4
37.l::!: c2 fS 0:1

71
Jiri Malivanek
Jan Michalek
Czech Republic 1994

1.e4 cS 2.c4 lDc6 3.lDe2 g6 4.d4

cxd4 s.lD xd4 g7 6. e3 lD f6
7.lDc3 lDg4 8.'ihg4 lDxd4 9.''d1
lD c6 10. d2 d6 l l . d3 d 7
12.l::!: c 1 as
The whole plan of lDc3-d5-c7-b5
looks very fishy. In the end Black gets
a beautiful center pawn in exchange
for one of his a-pawns. 1 7 W d7 ..

1 8. lD b5 eS 1 9 . x a5 lD xe4
20.d3 lDcS 21.c2 a6 22.lDa7
b 7 23.0-0 e4 24. b4 xc 2
25.l::!: xc2 l::!: b 7! 26.bxc5 dxcS! The
Knight won't run away!

13.0-0 gS 14.l::!: fd 1 ... eS 15.lD d5

c6 16.b3 g4 1 7.f4 gxf3 18.gxf3
... hS 19.l::!: fl l::!: gs 20.W h 1 W d7
21.c5 dxcS 22.xc5 lDxc5 23.l::!: xc5
,.. h6 24.f4 ,.. d6 25.,.. c2 l::!: ac8
26.l::!: d 1 d4 27.l::!: c4 xdS 28.exd5
,.. xf4 29.(5+ W d6

5 2
 60. l:!: e4+ W a5 6 1 . :1:1: xe7 e5
6 2. l:!: a7+ W b6 63.l:!: a6+ W b 7
64.c4 l:!:xa2 65.l:!:a4 l:!:g2+ 66.WfS
l:!:gl 67.We6 l:!:xhl 68.d6 :!:!:el 69.d7
.i.c7+ 70.W xf6 W c6 7 1.e6 hl
7 2. :1:1: a8 h2 73. d 8='if A xd8+
74.l:!:xd8 l:!:xe6+ 0:1

12. Bd3

30Ji e4 'if xe4+ 3 1 . xe4 l:!: xc4

32.bxc4 e5 33.l:!:fl f6 34.l::!:f3 :g4
35.Ji.d3 h5 36.h3 l:!:d4 37.W g2 wc5
38.Wf2 b6 39.We1 a5 40 .i.e2 a4

41..i.d3 h4 42.We2 W b4 43.l:!:f1

Ji.f4 44.l:!:bt+ Wcl 45.Ji.g6 l:!:d2+
46.Wf3 c7 47.l:!:ct+ W b4 48.l:!:c2
l:!: d4 49 .1i. e8 al 50. Ji. b5 l:!: d 1

51.Wg4 l:!:b1 52.Ji.d7 Ji.gl 53.f5

:!:!:n 54. dl l:!:f4+ ss.whs Ji. n
56 .1i.e2 Ji. gl 57.Wg6

72
Voronjatov
Vokarev
Russia 1993

l . e4 c5 2 . it) f3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.it)xd4 g6 5.c4 .i. g7 6.Ji.e3 it)f6
7.it)c3 it)g4 8.'ifxg4 it) xd4 9.'ifd1
it) e6 1 0. 'if d2 'if a5 l l . l:!: c 1 b 6
1 2.Ji.d3 Ji. b7 ll.fl g5 14.0-0 Ji.e5
15.l:!:fd1 l:!:c8 16.b3 f4 1 7.b1 d6
1 8. it) d5 'if xd2 19. xd2 .i. xd 2
5 7 :!:!:f2 58.c5 bxc5 59.l:!:c4+ W b5
.. 20.l:!:xd2 b5 21.it)e3

5 3
21. b4 22.:cd 1 c5 2J.c2 a5
24.Wfl h5 25.h4 g4 26.d5 gxfJ
27. gxf3 f6 28J! g1 W f7 29.We3
l:!cg8 JO.l:!dg2 l:!xg2 Jl.l:!xg2 e6
32.f4 e5 JJ.d5 e6 34.A d 1
A xd5 35.exd5 f4 36.l:!g1 g6
37.Ac2 xh4 38.f4 exf4+ 39.W xf4
l:!e8 40.e4 l:!e5 41.c5 f5 42.h1
g6+ 43.Wg3 dxc5 44.l::J: c t l:!e3+
45.wf2 l:!c3 46.l:!d1 f4 47.0 h4
48.l:!h 1 hJ 49.W g3 dJ so.Ah5+
'iil f6 5 1.'&th4 f4 0:1
15.b1 h4 16.l:!fd1 d6 1 7.f3 c6
18.b2 0-0 19.b4 e5 20. d 2
l:!fc8 2 1.d5 W f8 22.f2 b 2
23.l:!c2 aJ 24.d 2 Aa4 25.Axg5
xg5 26.xg5 e6 27.e7+ W g8
28. f6+ xf6 29. xf6 eJ+
JO. W fl A xc2 3 1 . A xc2 l:! xc4
3 2. A b 3 c 1 33.l:! xc1 xc l +
34:&te2 l:!c8 35.f4 cJ 36.xh4
b 2+ 37.W el l:! c t + 3 8. d 1
xb4+ 39.W e2 b 2 + 40. W e l
xg2 0:1

12.i. e2

73
Bragin
Vokarev
Russia 1993

l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.e3 f6
7.c3 g4 8Jifxg4 xd4 9.d1
e6 10.l:!c1 a5 11.d3 b6 12.0-0
A b7 13.d2 g5 14.b3 h5

5 4
 74
Vladimir Kramnik
Lj ubomir Lj ubojevic
Monaco 1994
t.lt) fJ cS 2.c4 g6 3.e4 JJ.. g7 4.d4 cxd4
S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 lll f6 7.lll c3
lll g4 8. xg4 lll xd4 9.d1 lll e6
10.d2 aS l l.%:t cl b6 12.JI.. e 2
JJ.. b 7 lJ.fJ hS 14.b3 h4 1S.tll dS
'ilxd2+ 16.'it>xd2
16 JJ.. h6 The exchange of dark
squared Bishops is almost always use
ful for Black. The second player ide
ally wants to trade all pieces except for
a Knight, which often dominates
against White's light squared Bishop.
17.tl:hd1 Jl.. xe3+ 18.'it>xe3 gS 19.b4
d6 20.cS bxcS 21.bxcS dxcS 22.tll c3
JJ.. c6 23. JJ.. c4 tll d4 24.tll e2 eS
2S.JI.. a6 Jl.. a4 26.l:ld2 :C:h6 27.JI.. b7
n b8 28.JJ.. dS %:t c8 29.lll c3 JJ.. d7
30.JI.. c4 Ac6 31.h3 %:td6 32.l:l:b2 'it>e7
33.tll d1 f5 34.lll c3 fxe4 3S.fxe4 nrs
36.iJ.. dS Ad7 37.JI.. c4 Ac6 38.iJ.. dS
'it> d7 39.Axc6+ 'it>xc6 40.lll a4 tll e6
4 1 .lll xeS tll xeS 42.ll bc2 l:t d3+
5 5
43.'it> e 2 %:[ g3 44.%:t xeS+ 'it> b6
4S.%:txeS %:txg2+ 46.'it>e3 Draw
7S
Milan Vukic
Milos Pavlovic
Yugoslavia 1993
1.tll fJ g6 2.c4 Jig7 3.d4 cS 4.e4 cxd4
S.tll xd4 lll c6 6.JI.. e3 tll f6 7.tll c3
tll g4 8.'ihg4 tll xd4 9.'il d 1 tll e6
10.'ild2 'ia5 l l.l:I cl b6 12.JI.. e 2
.ib7 lJ.fJ gS 14.0-0 hS 1S.%:tfd1 d6
16.a3 Wf8 17.tll dS 'ilxd2 18.%:txd2
18 h4 19.b4 Jl.. eS 20.a4 l:tc8 21.:1Ia2
.
JJ.. d4 2 2.JJ.. xd4 tll xd4 23.tll e3 aS
24.%:tb1 Jl.. c6 2S.'it>f2 'it>g7 26.JI.. d 1
%:t a8 27.%:td2 lll e6 28.tll fS+ 'it> f6
29.'it>e3 Ad7 30.bS %:t ac8 31.'it>f2
lll f4 32.tll e3 A e6 33.ll c1 %:t cS
34.JL e2 tll xe2 3S. 'it> xe2 ll hc8
36.%:td4 'it>es 37.'it>d3 trgs 3s.nn
%:tgc8 39.g3 hxg3 40.hxg3 f5 41.f4+
'it>f6 42.fxgS+ 'it>xgS 43.exf5 Axf5+
44.'it>c3 l:!:eS 4S.tll dS Jl b8 46.l::t f3
llb7 47.tll e3 l::!: d7 48Jlh4 e6 49.%:th8
Jl.. h 7 SO.l:te8 Draw
 Chapter 6
Double Fianchetto
versus the Maroczy
The Double-Fianchetto doesn't enjoy
a great theoretical reputation but it
scores surprisingly well in practice.
It's very trappy, witness games 78 and
79 for recent victims. Unfortunately
1 0 .f3 ! takes a lot of the fun out of the
Double Fianchetto.
76
Sofia Polgar
Daniel Edelman
Munster 1994
l .e4 c5 2 . ll:} fJ lt)c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.li)xd4 g6 5.c4 J.g7 6.J.e3 li)f6
7.li)cJ 0-0 8.J.e2 b6 9.li)xc6 dxc6
10.c2 li)g4 11.J.g5 d4 12.J.h4
c5 13.hJ li)e5 14.0-0 g5 15.Axg5
5 6
li)fJ+ 16.J.xf3 xg5 17.cl g6
18.W h1 W h8 19.eJ J.e5 20.J.e2
l::!: g8 21.g4 c5 22.f4 J. d4 23.f3
J.b7 24.li)d5 h6
25.g5 d6 26.l::!: ad 1 J. xb2 27.e5
d 7 28.J. d3 e6 29.J. xh7 l::!: g7
JO.J.e4 exd5 31.cxd5 J. d4 32.f5
l::!: xg5 33.h4 l::!: g7 34.e6 fxe6 35.dxe6
J. xe4 36. xe4 b7 37. xb7
l::!: xb7 38.f6 W g8 39.l::!: d3 l::!: h 7
40.l::!: f4 W f8 41J:!:g3 J.e5 42.fi l::!: h8
43.e7+ 'it> xe7 44. 1::!: e4 1::!: xh4+
45.l::!: xh4 J.xgJ 46.l::!: h7 l::!: f8 0:1
77
Sofia Polgar
Frcdrik Olafsson
Vienna 1993
l . e4 c5 2.ll:} fJ li) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li)xd4 g6 5.c4 J.g7 6.J.e3 li)f6
7.li)cJ 0-0 8.Ae2 b6 9.f4 li) xd4
10.ii. xd4 1Lb7 l l .e5 e8 12.1Lf3
1L xfJ 13.'ti' xfJ
13 ... d6 14.exd6 1L xd4 15.0-0-0
1L xc3 16.'ti'xc3 l::t c8 17.W b1 exd6
1 8. h4 b5 19.l::t x d6 l::t xc4 20J!*d3
l::t e8 21.h5 'ti'e7 22.a4 l::t e4 23.hxg6
hxg6 24.'ti'd5 l::t e6 25.l::t xe6 'ti'xc6
26.'ti' xb5 'ti' e4 + 27.W a2 'ti' xf4
2 8. 'ti' xd7 l::t b8 29. 'ti' c6 'ti' d4
30.'ti'c2 a5 31.l:i:h3 l::t d8 32.'ti'b3
'ti'e5 33.'ti'b5 'ti'e6+ 34.l::i: b3 l::t d 5
35. 'ti' c4 'ti' d6 36. 'ti' c8+ W g7
3 7. l::t h 3 l::t h 5 38. l::t xh5 gxh5
39.'ti'c3+ W g6 40.'ti' xa5 'ti'e6+
4 1.W a3 'ti'e4 42.'ti'b6+ f6 43.'ti'b3
h4 44.a5 'ti'e2 45.'ti'd5 f5 46.'ti'c6+
W g5 47.a6 h3 48.gxh3 f4 49.Wa2
'ti'eJ 50.'ti'b7 d4 51.Wa3 'ti'd3+
52.b3 'ti'c3 53.'ti'e7+ W h5 54.Wa4
f3 55.a7 'ti' c6+ 56.W a3 'ti' c l +
57.Wb4 'ti'd2+ 1 :0
1 0.'fid2?
5 7
78
Magnus Eriksson
Ian Rogers
Malmo 1993
1.f3 f6 2.c4 c5 3.c3 g6 4.d4
cxd4 5.xd4 lLg7 6.e4 c6 7.li.e3
0-0 s.Ae2 b6 9.0-0 j_b7 10.'ti'd2?
One of the practical merits of play
ing the Fianchetto variation against
the Maroczy Bind is the traps that
White can fall into. Besides the text
many good players have fallen into
l O.l:I c l ? lZJ xd4 l l .A xd4 A h6.
Also not to be overlooked in the list
of tricks and traps is 1 0.f3 lZJ h5
l l .f4? lZJxf4! 10... xd4 11.1Lxd4
e5! If White is unfamiliar with this
variation he may work out the line
1 1 . . . lZJ xe4? 1 2 . lZJ xe4 A xe4
13.Axg7 Wxg7 14.'i:Vd4+ and fig
ure out everything is okay. The tricky
text doesn't win material but it does
gain the Bishop pair in an open posi-
 l!o. u lt ) u4 I J.'1ht-4 AxeS
1 1 1 11 1 1 1 . 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.h6 ti 2J.ligJ
H . 'l llh Ad, l !'i.n11dl e7 16.Ag4 g5 24.h4
j l h D: l d ? f6 ! 1 7 . b3 i.. cJ 1 8.'d3
A xe l 1 9.llxc l e5! and Black is
winning. Eingorn-Rogers, London
1 989J 1 6 i.. xd6 1 7.'ihd6 e4

18.Ah3 xc4 19.b3 c2 20.lid2

cJ 2 1 . li dJ a5 2 2. a4 li ad8
2J.lia1 life8 24.lidd1 cJ 25.g3
xgJ 26.hxg3 lie4 27.liac1 liee8
28.lid6 'itJf8 29.licd 1 W e7 JO.fJ
lit'S Jl.g4 f6 32.Wf2 b5 JJ.a5 lih8
34.f4 g5 35.f5 li es 36.g3 li c 7
J7.litd2 h5 38.'itJeJ h4 39.w n i.. e4
40.JL g2 lL x g2 4 1 . W x g2 h xgJ
42.Wxg3 lih1 4J.k!:6d5 b4 44.l:::t 5d4
lial 45.lie4+ W d8 46.l:::t xb4 lixa5
4 7. li b8+ W e7 48. l:::t h 8 li b 7
49. l:::t h 7+ W d8 so.w r2 l:::t a6
5 1 . h8+ W c7 52. l:::t h 7 l:::t d 6
5J.l:::t c2+ W b6 54.l:::t h3 a5 55.li hc3
l:::t d4 56.W f3 W a6 57.lie2 k!:f4+
ss.wgJ l:::t b b4 0:1
79
Tiruchi Parameswaran
Colin Crouch
Calcutta 1994
l.ltfJ g6 2.d4 lL g7 J.c4 c5 4.e4
cxd4 5.ithd4 ill c6 6.lLeJ ill f6
7.ill c3 0-0 8.i.. e 2 b6 9.0-0 1Lb7
10.d2? Yet another victim falls
into the trap! 10...ill xd4 11.1Lxd4
e5 12.1Lxe5 ill xe4 13.ill xe4 1Lxe5
1 4. f4 i.. x b 2 1 5 . xb2 i.. xe4
16.i.. f3 i.. xfJ 17.lixfJ c7 18.f5
c5+ 1 9.W h 1 xc4 20.d2 f6
24 ... h 7 25.h x g5 xh 6 +
26.gxh6+ W h7 2 7.li g7+ W xh6
28.l:::t xd7 W g6 2 9.l:::t a d l li h8 +
JO.Wg1 l:::t h4 Jl.l:::t 1d3 l:::t a4 32.a3
l:::t cs JJ.l:::t fJ li as 34.li gJ+ W f5
35.l:::t e7 l:::t c4 36.lifJ+ l:::t f4 37.l:::t h J
l:::t fa4 JS.lifJ+ W g6 39.l:::t g3+ l:::t g5
4 0. l:::t f3 l:::t aa5 4 1 . W h 2 l:::t g4
4 2. W hJ li ga4 4J. l:::t eel l:::t h5+
44. W gJ l::!: f5 45.li bJ li xfJ+
46.l:::t xf3 l:::t e4 47.l:::t d3 Wf5 48.Wf3
l:::t a4 49.l:::t d5+ We6 50.lidJ W e5
5 1 . g3 b5 52. l:::t b3 a6 5J.g4 li c4
54.Wg3 We6 ss.wo wti 56.l:::t e3
W g6 57.l:::t dJ l:::t a4 ss.w gJ w gs
59. l:::t d5+ W g6 60. l:::t d3 li e4
61.Wf3 l:::t c4 62.Wg3 l:::t cs 6J.Wh4
Wti 64.l:::t d6 a5 65.l:::t a6 a4 66.l:::t b6
W e7 67.Wg3 l:::t cJ+ 68.Wf4 l:::t b J
69.Wf5 Wd7 70.W xf6 wc7 7t.l:::t e6
l:::t xaJ 72.g5 l:::t fJ+ 73.W e7 W b 7
74.g6 aJ 75.l:::t e 1 l:::t gJ 76.Wti W b6
77.g7 W c5 78.W f8 b4 79.li c l +
W b5 80.l:::t c8 a 2 81.l:::t a8 b J 0:1

5 8
 10.f3 2 1 . 'if xd4 li) xf3+ 2 2. gxf3 A xd4
23.!:txd4 f6 24.Itd2 Vc7 25.Ji.f4
Itcd8 26.Itcd1 Vc5 27.li)a4 'if h5
28.it) g4 W f7 2 9 . It xd6 It xd 6
30.It xd6 b5 3 t. li) b 6 'if c5+
32.Wg2 g5 33.Itd7+ W g6 34.Ji.e3
Vc6 35.it)xf6 W xf6 36.e5+ 1:0

81
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Juan Bellon
lraklion 1993

80 t . {i) f3 c5 2.c4 li) c6 3 . d4 cxd4

Grigory Serper 4.it)xd4 g6 5.e4 J.g7 6.J.e3 it)f6
Niama Tumurhuyag 7.li)c3 0-0 8.J.e2 b6 9.0-0 Ji.b7
Bishkek 1993 10.f3 e6 l l .'if d2 V e7 1 2 . ld: fe1
Itfd8 13.J.f1 li)xd4 14.J.xd4 it)e8
1 5 . J. x g7 W x g7 1 6. W h 1 d6
l . c4 c5 2.1lH3 li) c6 3.d4 cxd4
1 7.Itac1 it)c7 18.Ve3
4.li)xd4 {i)f6 5.li)c3 g6 6.e4 Ji.g7
7.Ji.e3 0-0 8.Ji.e2 b6 9.0-0 Ji. b 7
10.f3 !:tc8 11.Itct Ite8 12.'ifd2 'ifc7
1J.{i)db5 'ifb8 14.li)d5 d6 15.J.h6
Ji. h8 1 6 . b3 li) d 7 1 7. It fd 1 a6
18.li)bc3 e6 19.{i)eJ li)d4 20.J.f1
li)eS

18 e5 Black now has .. .'Jc7-e6-

d4 in mind. 1 9 . li) d5 it) xd5

20.cxd5 ]::!: deS 2 1..1i. b5 It c5
22.J.a4 Draw

5 9
 H2
Ank1t l<:mil
And ries l>ckkcr
ll n l nto n bc rcmy 1993
l.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0
8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2
d5 1 2.cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 See next game
for a different way to proceed from
here. 16.Bxc5 bxc5
1 7.Bf3 f6 18.e6 f5 19.Nxd5 Bd4+
20.Kh1 Qd6 21.Ne7+ Qxe7 22.Bxc6
Rab8 23.Rael Rxb2 24.Qa5 Rfb8
25.Bd5 Kg7 26.Qa6 Rd8 27.Bb3
Bf6 28.Rd1 Rbd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2
30.Qc6 Qd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rcl
Rc6 3 3 . K g 1 Rb6 34.Kfl Be7
35.Ke2 Rb4 36.g3 Rd4 37.Rc4 Rxc4
38.Bxc4 Kf6 39.Kd3 Bd8 40.Bd5
c4+ 4 1 . B xc4 B b 6 4 2.Ke2 Bc5
43.Kf3 Bg1 44.h3 h5 Draw
60
83
Alexander Dgebuadze
Kvetoslav Znamenacek
Pardubice 1993
l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0
8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.f3 e6 11.Qd2
d5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e5
Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 Reaching the same
position as the previous game.
16.Radl Nc4
1 7.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.Rd4
ReS 20.Rc1 Bb7 21.Rc4 g5 22.Rxc8
Qxc8 23.Qa4 Qf5 24.fxg5 Qxe5
25.Rc2 Bd5 26.Qxa7 Ra8 27.Qxb6
Bxa2 28.Rd2 Qe8 29.Bb5 Qc8
30.Qc6 Bbl 31.b4 Bc3 32.Rdl Bc2
33.Rc1 Qxc6 34.Bxc6 Ra2 35.b5
Bc5 36.b6 Rb2 37.b7 Bb8 38.Bd5
Kf8 39.Bd4 Rb1 40.Rxb1 Bxb1
41.Kf2 Ke7 42.g3 Bd3 43.Ke3 1:0
 84 85
Jan Timman Alcksandar Kovacevic
Artur Yusupov Vladimir Georgiev
Brussels 1992 Varna 1994

l . e4 c5 Z..HJ c6 J. d4 cxd4 1 . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J. d4 cxd4

4.xd4 g6 5.c4 lLg7 6./LeJ f6
7.c3 0-0 8.lLe2 b6 9.0-0 lL b 7
10.f3 h5
4.xd4 g6 5.c4 lLg7 6./LeJ f6
7.c3 0-0 8.lLe2 b6 9.0-0 lL b 7
10.f3 Ii:c8 ll.Ii:cl xd4 12.lLxd4
lL h6 1J.Ii:c2 h5 14.b3 Ii:c6 15.g3
f5 16.exf5 gxf5 1 7.f4

With the idea of lLlf4 and possibly

... f7-f5. 1 1.db5 a6 12.a3 Ii:b8
The other option is 12 e5, trying to
. . .

stick a Knight on d4 or f4. 1J.f4
lL xcJ 1 4 . b xc3 f6 1 5 .e5 e4
16.el d6 Black should have
played 16 f5 (Yusupov) with White
...
1 7 ... xf4 18.li xf4 Axf4 19. gxf4
Il: g6+ 20. W fl c7 2 1 . d2 e6
22.e3 c6 2J.Wel d6 24.W d2
g2 25.'f2 e5 26. xg2 l:! xg2
27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Axe5 f4 29.Wc1 f3

only slightly better. 1 7.lLfJ aS

JO.i.. dJ f2 Jl.b5 Ii:fJ 3 2.Ae2
18.f5! gxf5 19.lLh6 W h8 20./LxfS
Ii:eJ JJ.Wd1 0:1
xf8 2 1 . exd6 xd6 22.Ii: b 1 !
e4?! 2J.e3! White is winning.
2J... g7 24.xb6 xcJ 25.lLxe4
xaJ 26.Ii:xf5 xc4 27.d4+ f6
28.l::!: xf6 e5 29.a7 l:!d8 JO.'Ihb7
1:0

6 1
 Chapter 7
Play on the Dark Squares
versus the Maroczy
Normally the second player fights the
Maroczy Bind with . . . b7-b5, but here
we see a different strategy - the fight
for the dark squares. Black's play
with 8 . . . d7-d6 may seem a IitLle slow
and passive, but trying to crack the
setup is another matter.
Systems in the Maroczy where . . . f7-
f5 works, with White's Knight still
on d4, probably don't exist. Illescas
Abramovic (game 86) is a caution
ary tale.
Finally check out Ernst-Petursson
(game 87) where the Icelandic GM
manages to trick a respected theore
tician and win a free move!
62
... llJ h6
86
Migucl lllcscas
Boslm Abramovic
Bicl 1993
l.lll fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lll xd4
Ji g? 5.e4 lll c6 6.Jie3 d6 7.lll c3
lll h6 Abramovic is about the only
GM in the world willing to defend
the ... lll h6 line. What he had in mind
on existing theory is unknown as
Illescas deviates first. However his
choice is also good and the Spanish
GM soon has a big advantage, Black
surviving only by a miracle. 8.Jie2
0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.cxf5 gxf5 ll.f4 Jid7
1 2. d 2 ill g4 l J . Ji x g4 fxg4
14.l:!adl [14.lll d5 l:!f7 1 5.f5 W h8
16.lll e6 Szabo-Larsen, Vinkovci
1 970) 14 Ji'e8 15.lt)de2 l:t d8 16.b3
g6 1 7. b5 a6 1 8. bc3 j, fs
19.g3 e6 20.j,b6 l:td7 21.xf5
l:t xf5 22.e4 d5 23.e2 d4 24.g3
1:t fti 25. e4 xe4 26. xe4 h5
27.c5 l:t de7 28.l:tdel e5 29.f5
j, h6 JO.f6 l:te8 Jl.e4 l:te6 32.l:tf5
W h 7 JJ.l:t xh5 l:t exf6 34. xf6+
l:t xf6 35.l:thxe5 xeS 36.j,xd4
36 0+ 37.gxf3 l:t xfJ 38.l:te7+
W g6 39.l:txb7 j_f4 40.l:tb6+ wrs
41.l:txa6 l:thJ 42.l:tf6+ We4 43.Af2
j, xh2+ 44.Wg2 Aes 45.l:te6 l:!:cJ
46.l:te8 l:tc2 47.Wgl Draw
... liJ xd4
63
87
Thomas Ernst
Margeir Petursson
Reykjavik 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J. d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 7.f3
j, g7 (By this move order Black side
steps the complex lines arising from
7 ...xd4 8.xd4 li.. g7 9. Ji.. e3 0-0
IO.d2 Ji..e6 l l .cl as 1 2.d5.
Also note that the KID Samisch line
l .d4 lll f6 2.c4 g6 3.lt:lc3 Ji.. g7 4.e4
d6 5.f3 0-0 6. Ji..e3 c5 7.lt:lge2 lt:lc6
8.d2 cxd4 9.0xd4 0xd4 10.xd4
Ji.. e6 leads to approximately the same
position.) 8.Ji.. e3 0-0 9.Ji.. e2 xd4
10.ii.. xd4 li.. e6 U.l:tcl a5 12.d2
l:tfc8 lJ.bJ a6 14.j_eJ
14 b5 Compare this position with
..
the line l .e4 c5 2. 0f3 0c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.0 xd4 g6 5.c4 0 f6 6.0c3 d6
7. Ji..e2 0xd4 8.xd4 Ji..g7 9. Ji..e3 0-
0 10.d2 a6 l l .f3 Ji.. e6 1 2.cl aS
l 3 .b3 l:fc8. Ernst has lost a tempo
and doesn't have time for Na4.
l . ft ) d i hd2+ 1 6.W xd2 li:) xd5
1 7 . o d j_ d 7 I H .li xc8+ l:!: xc8
I 'J.lld ll xc l 20.Wxcl Wf8 Draw
88
Viktor Korchnoi
Granda Zuniga
Buenos Aires 1993
1 . c4 c5 2 . li:) f3 li:) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li:)xd4 g6 5.e4 JJ.. g7 6.JJ.. e3 li:)f6
7.li:)c3 d6 8.JJ.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 JJ.. e6
10.f4 li:)xd4 The idea of taking on
d4 here makes this line something of
a cross between those where Black
captures on d4 early and the systems
with . . . d6. The game Ernst-Petursson
is another example of this treatment.
11.Axd4 l:!:c8 12.b3 a5 13.f5 iJ.. d7
14.a3 d8 15.b4 b6 16.d3 JJ.. c6
1 7.l:!:ad1 l:!:c7 18.e3 a8 19.JJ.. xf6
iJ.. xf6 20.li:)d5 A xd5 21.l:!:xd5 l:!:fc8
22.l:!:fd1 c6
23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 JJ.. e5 25.JJ.. b5
xb5 26.cxd6 xd5 27.l:!: xd5
JJ.. xd6 28.Wf1 l:!:c2 29.l:!:d2 l:!:8c3
30. h6 l:!: x d2 3 1 . xd 2 l:!: x a3
64
32.d5 JJ..c7 33.c6 l:!: at+ 34.We2
JJ.. e5 35.e8+ W g7 36.xe7 JJ.. f6
3 7. c7 l:!: a2+ 38.W d 1 gxf5
39.g3+ Wf8 40.d6+ W g7 41.e5
JJ.. g5 42.c6 l:!: d2+ 43.We1 l:!: d4
44.g3 l:!:e4+ 45.Wf1 l:!:xe5 46.c7
l:!:e7 47.c5 W g6 48.c6+ JJ.. f6
49. a6 l:!:d7 50. We2 l:!:e7+ 51.Wft
Draw
9 J::!: e8
89
Alexander Veingold
Deco Hergott
Manila (ol) 1992
1.d4 g6 2.c4 JJ.. g7 J.lf:)fJ d6 4.li:)c3
c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.li:)xd4 li:)c6 7.JJ.. e3
li:)f6 8.JJ.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 l:!: e8 Bent
Larsen's old favorite. If White plays
10.d2 then after 1 0 . . . 0 g4 1 1 .
i. xg4 i. xg4 the second player has
picked up ...l::t e8 for free (in contrast
to 9... i.d7 10.d2 liJg4 I I .i. xg4
i. xg4). 10.l:!:c1 li:) xd4 t t .JJ.. xd4
i4h6 12Jk2 [12.f4?! it..d7 (12 ... e5)
1 3 .W h 1 e5 14.il.e3 il.c6 1 5.il.d3
li)h5 1 6.li)e2 il. xe4?! ( 1 6 . . . exf4
1 7 . li) xf4 il. xf4 1 8. il. xf4 li) xf4
1 9. l:i: xf4 l:i: e5 ! ) 1 7. il. xe4 exf4
1 8. li) xf4 i4 xf4 1 9 . il. xf4 l:i: xe4
20.il.xd6 'ld7 2 1 .'ld5 l:i:e2 22.i4a3
l:i: d2 23.'lxd7 l:i:xd7;!;; Schleifer
Hergott, Canada (ch) 1986.] 12 e5

This is just supposed to be good for

Black but look at the mess that
quickly develops. 13 . .i e3 J. xeJ
1 4 . fxe3 W g7 1 5 . l:i: d2 'lV a5
16.l:i:xd6 il.e6 17.'iVd2 l:i:ad8 18.b4
'lb6
90
Viktor Korchnoi
Anthony Saidy
Las Vegas 1993

1.c4 c5 2.li)f3 li)f6 J.li)cJ g6 4.d4

cxd4 5.li)xd4 li)c6 6.li)bJ .i g7 7.e4
d6 8 . il. e 2 li) d 7 9 . il. e3 il. xcJ+
10.bxc3 b6 ll.lt.h6 lt.b7 12.h4 'iVc7
1 3 . l:i: h3 0-0-0 1 4. li) d4 li) c5
15.lt.g4+ e6 16. .i g5 l:i:d7 17 .if6

l:i: e8 1 8. li) b 5 'iV b 8 1 9 . l:i: e3 a6

20.fl)aJ
19.l:i: d5 li) xd5 20.li) xd5 A xd5
2 1.exd5 f5 22.c5 'iVf6 23.d6 l:i:f8
24.l:i:d1 e4 25.b5 l:i:c8 26.d7 l::!: cd8
21.nc1 f4 28.exf4 eJ 29.'iVd3 'iVb2
JOJh1 'iVf6 Jl.il.fJ 'lxf4 32.c6
l:i:f6 33.'iVe4 'iVd6 34.'iV xe3 bxc6
35.bxc6 1:0

ltJ b3

6 5
Ill 1 1 . l 1ih4 22Jihg4
11 \ c '\
h '\ 1 1 "" tn ,..,a 24.ll xc4 Axc4
I " I I 1'1 do l(o. ll h l ll b7 27.it)c2
1 1 H . 't kl A u.a 29.I:I: b4 it. d7
lll h(o f h J l . 4 Ac6 32.'it>f2
., .u . ll b 2 Il d 7 34.A d4 eS
B .\!<. x h(o f* a3 36J:!: d 2 xc3
.
J 7 . ll f 2 b4 38.cS dS 39.a3 f4
411. d4 cxf4 4l.it)g2 d4 42.gxhS
4J,it)xf4 l:!:eJ 44.it)xhS l:!: xfJ+ Germany
4. W c l d3 46.l:!:h2 l:!: dS 0:1
91
Leonid Gofshtein
Jan Smejkal
Prague 1993
I.it)fJ it)f6 2.c4 g6 3.it)c3 it.g7 4.e4
cS S.d4 cxd4 6.it)xd4 d6 7.Ae2 0-0
8.it.e3 it)c6 9.0-0 it.d7 10.it)b3 a5
u.it)d2 it) b4 1 2.f4 .i.c6 13.l:!:c1
it) d7 14.a3 it) a6 1S . .i. d3 it) acS
16.Ac2 a4 17.el aS 18.eS dxeS
19.fS it)f6 20.it)fJ i.xfJ 21.l:!:xf3 e4
22.l:!:h3 it)d3 23 .i.xd3 exd3 24.fxg6
66
fxg6 2S.i.d4 :!:adS 26.e6+ 'it> hS
2 7 . l:!: xd3 l:!: d6 2 8 . xe7 l:!: fd 8
2 9. l:!: cd 1 l:!: S d7 30. e3 ., dS
3 l.it)bS l:!:e7 32.it)xd6 1 :0
92
Vlastimil Hort
Peter Meister
1994
l.c4 cS 2.it)fJ g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4
i. g7 S.e4 it)c6 6.i.e3 it)f6 7,it)c3
0-0 s.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 i.d7 10.it)b3 a5
1l.l:!:c1 a4 1 2.it) a1 .,as 1J.it)c2
l:!: acS 14.Ad2 ., dS 1S.it)e3 it)d4
16.i.d3 i.c6 17.l:!:et it)d7 1S.it)edS
e6 19.Ae3 it)cS 20.i.fl eS 2 l.f3 fS
22.exf5 gxf5 23. 'it> h 1 W hS 24.it) b5
i. xbS 2S.cxb5 f4 26 . .i. f2 'iV aS
27. .i. xd4 exd4 2S.l:!:e7 d3 29. b4
axb3 30. axb3 d 2 3 1 .:1: b1 ., a2
32.it)b4
32..... xb1 33... xb1 it)xb3 34.it)c2
it)ct 35. .i.e2 :!:res 36.l:i:e4 l:!: xe4
3 7. fxe4 it) xe2 3S . 'iV d l l:!: xc2
39.xc2 .i.c3
 7.J.. e2 Ji. g7 s.J.. e3 0-0 9.0-0 J.. d 7
10.c2 a6 ll.fJ lies 1 2. a4 J.. e6
13.d5 d7 14.libl a5 15.b4 axb4
1 6.cxb4 a5 1 7.J.. d4 li. xd4+
18.xd4 c6 19.e3 lia8 20.d3
lixa4 21.lixb7 lia3 22.d2 J.. xd5
23.cxd5 d4 24.l:tfbl Draw

94
Grigory Serper
Salor Sitanggang
Jakarta 1994
40.d3 d4 41.h4 <ot> gS 42.Wh2
h5 43.xc3 d1= 44.c8+ Wf7
Draw
l . c4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.e4 JL g7 6.1Le3 d6
ltJ c2 7.c3 f6 8.Ji.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7
10.c2 a5 uJcl lifc8 1 2. f3
d8 13.d2 f8 14.b3 h6 15.lifd1
W h 7 16.Ji.fl li. e6 1 7. d5 e8
t8.el J.. d 7 19.W h t lid8 20.f2

93
Nigel Short
Margeir Petursson
Tilburg 1992
20... h8 Black's elastic position is
not easy to crack. 2 1 . d3 e6
2 2 . 5b4 x b4 2 3. xb4 a5
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4 24.c2 .ic6 25.d4 .i f6 26.h4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 g7 Draw

6 7
 95 4.ti)xd4 g6 5.e4 A g7 6.-'leJ ti)f6
(; aiury Scq,cr 7.ti)c3 0-0 8.i.e2 d6 9.0-0 ti)xd4
Zhynck l l racck to.Axd4 Ad7 u.'ild3 Ac6 12.b4
J11karta 1994 b6 lJ.aJ a5 14.'ife3 ti)d7 15.i.xg7
xg7 16.l:tadl axb4 1 7.axb4 l:taJ
1 8 . 'if d4+ g8 1 9. l:t a 1 l:t xa l
t . c4 c5 2 . .H3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4 20.l:txal 'ifc7 21.ti)d5 A xd5
4.ti) xd4 g6 5.e4 ti)f6 6.ti)c3 d6
7.Ac2 Ag7 s.Ae3 0-0 9.0-0 Ad7
10.ti)c2 l:t c8 l l.f3 A e6 12. 'if d2
ti) d7 13.l:t ac l a5 14.l:tfd 1 ti)c5
15.b3 l:ta8 16.ti)d5 l:te8 17.l:t b1

22.cxd5 Here 22.exd5 was more ac

curate but it's easy to secondguess
Stean who probably had visions of
playing Ae2-b5-c6. Now Petursson
proceeds to play with great energy and
1 7 f5 18.ti)f4 'ifc8 19.ti)xc6 'ifxe6
creativity. Particularly noteworthy are
.

20.exf5 'ifxfS 21.A f2 l:t ad8 22.ti)eJ

his manuevers with his Knight which
'iff7 23.ti) g4 'iff8 24.-'l fl h8
seems to have no active possibilities.
25.l:tel e6 26.l:tbdl b6 27.i.e3 e5
22 'ifc2! One piece is active now.
2 8. -'l d3 ti) d4 29.i. e4 a4 30.b4
..

23.i. b5 ttJ f6 24.f3 ttJ h5! 25 .111. f1

ti)xe4 31.fxe4 'iff7 Draw

l::t c8 26.l'la7 ltJf4! A very fine con

ception. Petursson sacrifices a pawn to
... llJxd4 strip away White's last defender.
27.l'lxe7 ltJe2+ 28.i.xe2 'ifxe2 29.h3
96 The better coordination of the Black
Michael Stean forces spells the difference. 29...'ife1 +
Margeir Petursson 30.'it> h2 'it'h4 31.l:l: a7 'it' f4+ 32.'it> g1
Middlesborough 1982 l:l:c1+ 33.Wf2 l:l:c2+ 34.Wg1 l:l:cl+
35.'it>f2 'it'h4+ 36.g3 l:l:c2+ 37.We1
'it'xg3+ 38.W d1 l:l:c8 39.l:l:a3 'it'xh3
l . c4 c5 2 . ti) f3 ti) c6 3.d4 cxd4 40.l:l:c3 l:l:a8 0: 1

68
 97
Gylfi Thorhallsson
Margeir Petursson
Akureyri 1994
l . e4 c5 2.<H3 4J c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.4J xd4 g6 5.c4 4Jf6 6.4J c3 d6
7.e2 g7 8.e3 0-0 9.0-0 d7
toJ:ret
10 a6 Recently Petursson has ex
perimented with the text. In contrast
with his normal setup of I O . . . liJ xd4
I l .i.xd4 i.c6 12.f3 a5, advancing
the a-pawn gives Black more flexibil
ity (chances for . . . b5) while also al
lowing White a lot more latitude.
Whether it is as good as the normal
treatment with . . . a5 remains to be
seen. 11J:tc1 4Jxd4 12.xd4 ii.c6
l J . iL fJ 4J d 7 1 4 . xg7 W xg7
15.d4+ W g8 16.4Jd5 aS 17.b3 eS
This move, in conjunction with
... i. xd5, sets up a Black dream and
a White Knightmare. The first player
has to take care to avoid the good
Knight versus Bad Bishop scenario
that now develops. 18.d2 ii. xd5
19.xd5 ltJc5 20.l:Ic3 b6 2 1.h4
a4 22. d2 axbJ 23.axb3 l:IaJ 24.h5
a5 25.l:Idl l:I a1 26.l:Ixal xal+
27.l:I c l ltJ xb J 28.l:I x a l 4J xd 2
29.l:Idt ltJxc4 JO.hxg6 hxg6 31.e2
l:Ic8 32.f3 b5 33.Wf2 l:Ic6 34.l:I bl
l:Ic5 35.l:I d l W f8 36 .1L xc4 bxc4
37.l:Ixd6 We7 38.l:Id2 l:Ic6 39.We2
l:I d6 40.l:I c2 l:I d4 4 1.l:I a2 W d6
42.l:Ia5 l:IdJ 4J.l:Ia7 f6 44.l:In 'itlc5
4S.l:Ixf6 d6 46.l:If8 cJ 47.c8+
W b4 48.g3 W bJ 49.f4 exf4 50.gxf4
c2 51.l:I b8+ 'it> cJ 52.l:Ic8+ W b2
SJ.l:Ib8+ Wet 54.l:Ib4 l:Ia6 SS.e5
l:I a2 56.e6 l:Ia6 57.e7 :e6+ 58.Wd3
l:I xe7 59.l:Ic4 W dl 0:1
98
Lucas Brunner
Margeir Petursson
Lucerne 1993
l.e4 cS 2.4J f3 4J c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.4J xd4 g6 5.c4 4J f6 6.4J c3 d6
7.e2 g7 8.ii.e3 0-0 9.0-0 a6
10.d2 4Jxd4 u . .i.xd4 e6 1 2.f4
iLd7 lJ.l:Iadl ii.c6 14.e3 4Jd7
1S.ii.xg7 Wxg7
69
Ho. h.j The pri ncipa l drawback of
'' ah stcms lo be I hal it allows White
u lui loo much expansion. 16 ...'i'b6
1 7. l hhlo f1)xb6
18.e5!? dxe5 19.fxe5 fd8 20.f2
l::t ac8 2 1 . g3 h5 22. :!::1: xd8 l::t xd8
23. e3 f6 24.exf6+ exf6 25.l::t d 1
l::t e8+ 26.f2 l::tc8 27.c5 d7 28.a4
e5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 A d 7
31. a4 e6 32.c6 bxc6 33.c5
c4 34.b6 xe2 35. xe2 l::t e8
36.f2 f7 37.b7 e7 38.a6
d7 39.l::t e t+ f7 40.l::t xe8 xeS
4 1 . b8='iV + xb8 42. xb8 c5
43.a6 c4 44.c7+ Wd7 45.(]5
e6 46.f4+ f5 47. e3 cl
48.f3 c2 49.d3 W g5 50.h3 h4
51.g4 f5 52.gxf5 xf5 53.c1 g5
54.e2 g4+ 55.hxg4+ g5 Draw
99
Lubomir Ftacnik
Henrik Teske
Germany 1993
1.f3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
Ag7 5.e4 c6 6.Ae3 f6 7.c3
0-0 s.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d7 10.'iVd2
xd4 11.A xd4 A c6 1 2.f3 d 7
13.Ae3 a6 14.b4 b 5 15.l::t act bxc4
16.Axc4 e5 17.Ae2 f5 18.d5
fxe4
19.f4 xd5 20.'iVxd5+ li 21.g4
b8 22.A e6 xb4 23.f5 b 5
24.A xf7+ h8 25. 'iV e6 l::t e5
26.'iVc4 d5 27.'iV xa6 d4 28.Af4
l::t xf5 29.Ae6 'iVaS 30.''xa5 l::t xaS
3 1 . A d 2 l::t e5 32. l::t xf8+ xf8
33.l::t c8 e3 34.l::t xf8+ g7 35.l:!:f7+
h6 36.b4 l:!:xe6 37.l::t xe7 l::t c6
38.h4 l::t c2 39.g4 l::t c4 40.l::t b 7 g5
41.h5 l:!:c8 42.l::t d7 l:!:e8 1 :0
Lines where White
playes Jlxg7
100
Yury Dokhoian
Igor Glek
Godesburg 1994
l.fl c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
Ag7 5.e4 c6 6.ii..e3 f6 7.c3
70
0-0 8.Ji.. e2 d6 9.0-0 Ad7 10J:!:c1 If
White plans to capture on g7 then
10.l:c1 is the most accurate move
here. The point is that the Queen can
often come to d4 in one move (dl
d4+). 10 lihd4 11.Ji.. xd4 Ji..c6 12.f3
aS Necessary as the i mmediate
1 2 .. .'J d7?! runs into 13.b4! i. xd4+
14.xd4 b6? 15. xb6 lLJ xb6
16.e5 ! dxe5 17.b5 i.e8 18.c5 liJd7
19.liJd5 e6 20.lLJ e7+ g7 2 l .c6
bxc6 22.bxc6 liJb6 23 .c7 with a big
advantage for White; Razuvaev
Honfi , C ienfuegos 1 97 6 . 1 3 . b 3
When Black plays ...a5 White almost
invariably answers with b2-b3. This
enables White to answer the space
grabbing ... a4 with b4, and if the sec
ond player sits still permits the
buildup a3 and b4 without allowing
. . . a4 fixing the pawns. 13 ... it) d 7
1 4 . Ji.. x g7 W xg7 1 S. 'ti' d4+ f6
16.l:tfd1 it)cS 17J::!: b1 'ti'b8 18.Ji.. fl
!:!: d8 1 9. 'ti' e3 eS 20. !:!: d 2 it) e6
21.l:!bd1 b6
22.g3 :a7 2J.Ji.. h J lt) gs 24.Ji.. g2
it)e6 D raw
7 1
101
Maya Chiburdanidze
Borislav lvkov
Monaco 1994
1.c4 cS 2.it)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it)xd4
li.. g7 S.e4 it)c6 6.Ji.. eJ it)f6 7.it)cJ
0-0 8.Ji.. e2 d6 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7 10.f3
it) xd4 ll.li.. xd4 li.. c6 1 2. b4 it) hS
13.Ji.. xg7 it)xg7 14.l::!: b 1 aS 1S.bS
Ji.. d 7 1 6. f4 li.. e6 1 7. 'ti' d4 l:t c8
1 8 . it) a4 .i. d 7 1 9 J:!: b d 1 it) e6
20.'ti' dS b6 2 1 . fS lt) cs 22.it) cJ
W g7 23.fxg6 hxg6
24.eS! dxeS 2S.'ti'xeS+ f6 26.'ti'e3
l:t f7 2 7.!:l: f4 'ti'c7 28. it) dS 'ti' d6
29.l::!: ffl l:th8 JO.hJ 'ti'b8 31.l:td2
l:th4 32.l:tf4 l::!: xf4 JJ.it) xf4 Ji.. rs
34.g4 eS JS.it) hS+ gxhS 36. gxfS
l:t d7 3 7. Ji.. xhS l:t x d2 38. 'ti' xd 2
'ti'c7 39.'ti'g2+ Wf8 40.'ti'g6 'ti'g7
4 1 .'ti' xg7+ 'it' xg7 42.A f3 W h 6
43.h4 it)dJ 44.Wfl it)cs 4S.We2
'it' g7 46.Ji.. hs W h6 47.Ji.. es 'it' g7
4 8. W f3 w h6 49.w g4 w g7
SO.WhS Wh7 S l...f7 W g7 Draw
 102 49.g7 e 1 = 50. gxf8= e2 +
U11nld ( '11mpora 5 1. g5 xa2 5 2. d6 g2 +
lltnt I .11 rscn 53.h6 a 2 54.f8= a1=
llutnos Aires 1993

l .c4 cS 2.il)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4

1l.. g7 5.c4 il)c6 6 .te3 il)f6 7.il)c3

d6 s ..t e2 o-o 9.0-0 .t d7 10J:tc1

fl) xd4 l l . .t x d4 .t c6 1 2. f3 aS
13. d2 White could pick up a tempo
on the game with 13.b3. 1J il)d7
.

Here 13 ... a4!?, intending ... a5, and

meeting 14.b4 with 14 ... axb3 15.axb3
a5, seems better. 14 . .txg7 xg7
15.d4+ g8 16.f4 b6 17.xb6
il)xb6 1S.il)d5 .txd5 19.cxd5 !:!:res 55. f5+ c4 56. c5+ b3
20.b3 f8 2 1 . f2 a4 22.b4 a3 57.d3+ 1 :0
23. e3 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25.-'l bS
e7 2 6. d 4 il) d 7 2 7 . g3 e5+
2S.e3 il)f6 29 .te2 h6 30J:tfd1

Lines where White
l::t c6 31.-'lbS !:txc1 32.l::t xc1 dS
33.h4 k[cs 34.l::t xcS+ xeS 35 .i.c4

retains his dark squared
W d7 36.-'ln c6 37..t xg6 bS Bishop .ite3
3S.f3 hS 39.f5 c4

103
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Helgi Olafsson
St. Martin 1993

t.il)f3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.il)xd4

40 .t xh5! il)xhS 41.g4 il)f4 42.f6
d3 43.n il)e6 44.g5 dS 45.exd5
e4+ 46.g4 il)f8 47.h5 e3 4S.g6 e2
.tg7 5.e4 il)c6 6. .te3 il)f6 7.il)c3
0-0 s. .te2 d6 9.0-0 Ji.. d 7 10.d2
il)xd4 l l.-'lxd4 .lc6 12.f3 a5 1J.b3
il) d 7 14 . .t e3 il)cs 1 5.l::t ab1 e6
16.l::t fcl b6 1 7.l::t c 2 e7 1S . .tfl
!:t fdS 19.l::t d1 l::t a7 20.-'lgs .t f6
2 1 . .i. xf6 xf6 2 2 . e3 l::t b 7

72
23.l::!: cd2 e5 24.g3 W g7 25.Ah3 104
e7 26.f4 l::!: bb8 27.f5 g5 28.Ag4 Jesus De La Villa
f6 29.h4 h6 30 .kth5 l::!: d 7 3 l.Ag6

Ulf Andersson
l::!: h8 32.l::!: h2 l::!: d d8 33.f2 b7 San Sebastian 1994
34.WfJ

l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 tD c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4.tDxd4 g6 5.c4 Ag7 6.Ae3 tDf6
7.tDc3 0-0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 A d 7
10.d2 tDxd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.0
ll'l d 7 1 3 . A e3 a5 1 4. b3 tD c5
15. 1::!: a b 1 b6 1 6 . 1::!: fc 1 1::!: fc8
1 7.Afl b4 18.b2 b6 19.d2
d8 20.tDd1 f8 21.tDf2 h5 Keep
ing White's Knight out ofg4 and pre
paring for the exchange of dark
squared Bishops. 22.tD d3 h 7
23.l::!: e 1
34 lthe4 35.l[he4 g4+ 36.Wxg4
.

A xe4 37.1::!: 2 .kt g2 38. h5 l::!: d 7

39.g4

23 i. h6 Again the thematic offer to

.

trade dark squared Bishops. 24.e5

tD xd3 25 . .kt xd3 d xe5 26.A xh6
xh6 27.xh6+ W xh6 28.l::!: xe5
39 Wf8 40.l:Ifd2 Here White, prob
. l::!: d8 29.Ae4 l::!: d 2 30.l::!: xe7 a4 31.a3
ably in his habitual time pressuire, l::!: ad8 32.bxa4 l::!: a2 33.W h 1 l::!: d d2
missed an opportunity to make a 34.l::!: g1 l::!: xa3 35.Axc6 bxc6 36.l:c7
strong Exchange sacrifice. After l::!: d6 37.l::!: xf7 l::!: xa4 38.l::!: f4 l::!: d2
40.l:txg2! xg2 4 1 . xb6 Biack is 39.h4 l::!: c2 40.Wh2 l::!: cxc4 4t.l::!: xc4
in real trouble. Draw l:txc4 42.g4 c5 43.Wg3 lid4 44.:a1

73
ll d 7 4. D: c t IIc7 46. W f4 hxg4
47.fxg4 c4 48.l::t c3 gS+ Draw
lOS
Vassily lvanchuk
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992
l .e4 cS 2.itH3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.tt:lxd4 g6 S.c4 iJ.. g7 6.iJ.. e3 tt:lf6
7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.iJ.. e2 d6 9.0-0 iJ.d7
10.'i'd2 tt:lxd4 1 1.iJ.. xd4 iJ.. c6 12.f3
aS 13.l::t abl tt:l d7 14.iJ.. e3 tt:\ cs
1S.b3 'iVb6 16.l::t fc1 l::tfc8 1 7.l::t c 2
'iVd8 18.a3 hS 19.iJ.fl iJ.. d 7 20.tt:ldS
e6 2 1. tt:l c3 'iV e7 22 .J. gs 'iV rs
23.iJ.. f4 eS 24.iJ.. e3
24 a4 2S.b4 tt:l b3 26.'iVdl iJ.. h6
27.iJ.. xh6 'iV xh 6 28.'iVxd6 iJ.. e6
29.tt:l bS tt:l d4 30.tt:l xd4 'iV e3+
31.W h l exd4 32.bS l::t d8 33.'iVb4 d3
34.l::t c3 h4 3S.l::t d l h3 36. b2 l::t ac8
37.l::!: cxd3 l::t xd3 38.li xd3 e l
3 9. e2 'iV c l 40. d l h xg2+
4 1 . W xg2 'iV gS+ 4 2. W h l W h 7
43.lid4 'iVe3 44.lid3 gS 4S.lid4
'iVe3 Draw
74
106
Ruslan Sherbakov
Aldo Haik
Metz 1994
l.d4 g6 2.c4 cS 3.tt:\f3 cxd4 4.tt:lxd4
JJ.. g7 5.e4 tt:lc6 6.JJ.. e3 tt:lf6 7.tt:lc3
0-0 8.lLe2 d6 9.0-0 JJ.. d 7 lO.'iVd2
tt:lxd4 u.JJ.. xd4 JJ.. c6 1 2.f3 a5 13.b3
tt:l d 7 1 4.iJ.. f2 tt:l cs t s.l::t ab l rs
16.exfS gxfS 1 7.iJ.. d l e5 18.iJ.. c2
'iVe7 19.libdl liad8 20.tt:ldS iJ.. xd5
21.'iVxd5+ W h8
22.iJ.. xfS! b6 23.iJ.. c2 iJ.. h6 24.lifel
tt:le6 2S.iJ.. x b6 tt:lf4 26.'iVe4 li d 7
27.W h l 'iVe6 28.cS 'iVg8 29.g3 tt:l h5
30.lixd6 1:0
107
Computer Deep Blue
Bent Larsen
Copenhagen 1993
l.e4 c5 2.tt:lf3 g6 3.c4 JJ.. g7 4.d4
cxd4 s.tt:l xd4 tt:l c6 6.iJ.. e3 tt:l f6
7.tt:lc3 0-0 8.iJ.. e2 d6 9.0-0 iJ.. d 7
10.'itd2 it:)xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3
as 1 J . b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . A e3 it:) cs
1SJhb1 'itb6 16.l::tfct l::tfc8 17.l::tc2
hS 18.it:)dS A xdS 19.cxdS
1 9... 'itb4 20.'itxb4 axb4 21.Ad2
it:) a6 22.l::t b c1 Ad4+ 23.Wfl l::t xc2
24.l::t xc2 AcS 2S. .ildJ Wf8 26.AbS
it:)c7 27.Ah6+ W g8 28. .ild3 it:)c8
29.Ad2 lt:)f6 JO.We2 W g7 Jt..ilbS
h4 32.h3 l::t d8 JJ .ilgs l::t h8 34.Wd3
l::t hS JS.A f4 eS 36.dxe6 fxe6
37.Aa4 b6 38.Ac6 Wf7 39.Ad2 dS
40.exdS exdS 4t.Af4 fS 42.ii.c7
42 ... it:)hS 43.l::t e2 it:)f4+ 44.A xf4
7 5
l::t xf4 4S.AxdS+ <b g7 46.Ae4 l::t f7
47.Wc4 l::t d7 48.AdS l::t e7 49.l::t c2
l::t e 1 SO.A b7 W f6 S t. A e4 l::t d 1
S2.W bS gS SJ.l::t e2 l::t a 1 S4.Ad3
l::t g1 SS.A h7 l::t a1 S6. W c4 l::t g1
S7.WdS l::t d t+ ss.wc6 l::trt s9.Ad3
l::tf2 Draw
108
Ilya Gurevich
Margeir Petursson
St. Martin 1993
l . e4 cS 2 . if:) fJ it:) c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.if:)cJ d6
7.Ae2 Ag7 8.Ae3 0-0 9.0-0 A d7
10.'itd2 it:) xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 12.f3
aS 1 3. b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . A f2 it:) cS
1S.l::t a b1 'itb6 16.a3 'itd8 17.k:tfd1
l::t c8 18.Af1
18 ... i.eS A common move in this
line. The Bishop looks exposed on e5
but in fact it's hard for White to drive
it away owing to the need to defend
the e-pawn . 19.it:)e2 it:)e6 20.l::t bcl
.
'itb8 2 t .A b6 it:)cs 22J:l:bl l::t a6
23.AxcS dxcS 24.g3 A.g7 2S.e3 24... @t'e7 2S.ltbS A xbS 26.@t'xe7
b6 26.A g2 @t' b7 27 . a4 l:r aa8 l:rxe7 27.exf6 Axc4 28.fxe7 Axfl
28.ll d 3 Il: a d8 29. l:r b d 1 l:r xd J 29.l:r xe6 W f7 30.e8=@t' + l:r xe8
JO.llxd3 e6 31.eS hS J2/lk3 Draw J t.l:rxe8 W xe8 32.Wxfl Draw

109 110
Gilberto Hernandez Jesus De La Villa
Margeir Petursson Hugo Spangenberg
Linares 1994 Seville 1994

l . e4 cS VHJ it:) c6 J . d 4 cxd4 l . e4 cS 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 3 . d 4 cxd4

4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.it:)cJ d6 4.it:)xd4 g6 S.c4 A.g7 6.Ae3 it:)f6
7.Ae2 A.g7 s.AeJ 0-0 9.0-0 Ad7 7.it:)cJ d6 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 A d 7
10.@t'd2 it:)xd4 ll.A xd4 A.c6 12.f3 10.@t'd 2 it:)xd4 ll.Axd4 Ac6 1 2.f3
as 1 3 . b 3 it:) d 7 1 4 . JJ.. f2 it:) cs aS 1 3 . b 3 It:) d7 1 4. A. e3 it:) cs
1S.l:rab1 @t'b6 16.a3 d8 As in the 1S.l:rab1 b6 16.l:rfc1 l:rfc8 17.Ji..fl
game with I. Gurevich, the Icelandic @t'b4
GM is willing to give some tempi to
get W hite to commit to b 3 .
Suprisingly the first player has
trouble using his extra moves to gain
the advantage. 17.Ad1 As 17.l:fc l
would be met by 17 . . . a4! 17...@t'b8
18.Ac2 l:rc8 19.a4 l:rc7 20.l:rbet
@t'f8 21.f4 e6 22.AxcS dxcS 23.eS
f6 24.d6

1 8. it:) d S A x dS 1 9. cxd5 l:r cb 8

20.W hl xd2 2t.A xd2 b S 22.Ae3
it:) a6 2J.Ji.. d2 it:)cs 24.JJ.. e3 it:) a6
25.a3 b4 26.a4 ii.. cJ 27.Axa6 l:rxa6
28.g4 l:raa8 29.Wg2 f6 JO.l:rc2 Wf7
31.h3 wes 32.f4 Wd7 JJ.wfJ l:r h8
34.l:rg1 l:rag8 3S.Ji.. b6 l:rb8 36.JJ.. e3
l:rbc8 37.Ji.. b6 Draw

76
 111
Alexander Khalifman
Zbynek Hracek
Pardubice 1994
l .ill fJ cS 2.c4 ill c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 S.e4 ill f6 6.ill c3 d6
7 .i.e2 .i. g7 8 .i.e3 0-0 9.0-0 .i. d7
10.'Wd2 ill xd4 11 .i.xd4 .i.c6 12.f3
aS 1 3 . b 3 ill d7 1 4. A e3 ill cS
1 SJ::!: a b 1 e b6 1 6 J:!:fc1 l:!: fc8
1 7.l:!:c2 e ds 18 .i. fl A es 19.a3
ers 20.ill dS .i.xdS 2l.exdS ... g7
22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 ill a4 24.l:!:b3 b6
2 S . l:!: a3 e rs 26 . .i. d4 .i. xd4+
27.-. xd4 ,. g7 28.-. xg7+ W xg7
29.l:!:ca2 bS JO.cS l:!:abS 31.c6 c6
32.1Ixa4 bxa4 33.l:!:xa4 l:!:c7 34.bS
W f6 3S. l:!: a6 exdS 36.Wf2 W cS
37.We3 d4+ 38.Wd2 wds 39.l':!:a1
..ti cs 40.licl+ W b6 4l.Wd3 liaS
42.Wxd4 l:!:a2 43.lid1 l:!:ca7 44.h3
fS 4S. W dS l:!: a1 46Jha1 l':!: xa1
47 .i.c4 lidl+ 48.We6 Wc7 49.f4
19.lib1 .i.d7 20 .i.e3 .i.e5 2 l.W h 1
l:!: d4 SO . .i. dS l:h4 S l . g4 l::t xbS
S2.gxfS gxfS SJ.h4 h6 S4. .i.f3 lias
7 7
SS .i.dS l::t cs S6 .i.f3 libS S7 .i. dS
l::t as S8.Af3 l:!: aJ S9.A dS li dJ
60.Ag2 lid2 6t.Ah1 lih2 62.Ads
l:!: xh4 63.W xfS hS 64.A e4 li h2
6S.w gs h4 66.fS hJ 6 7.f6 li f2
68.Wg6 h2 69.f7 lifl 70.Wg7 h1=-.
0:1
112
Thomas Ernst
Margcir Petursson
Dcbrcrcn 1992
l . e4 cS 2.ill f3 ill c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ill xd4 g6 S.c4 ill f6 6.ill c3 d6
7 .i.e2 .i.g7 s..i.eJ 0-0 9.0-0 .i. d7
10.l:!:c1 ill xd4 11.Axd4 .i.c6 12.f3
aS 13.b3 Here 13 .c5 e5 14.e3 ! d5
15.g5 d4 16.'Jb5 h6 17. h4 was
slightly better for White in G.M.
Todorovic-Abramovic, Yugoslavia
1992. One possible improvement is
13 . . . dxc5 14.xc5 ctJ d7 1 5 . e3
a4. 13 ... ill d7 14 .i.f2 [ 14 . .i.e3 ill c5
1 5.a3 h5 16.Wh 1 Wh7 17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 l:!:a3 19.bxc5 i.xc3 20.cxd6
exd6 2 l .i.d2 i. g7 22.i.b4 l:!:a2
23 .c5 l:!:a4 24.'ifel dxc5 25.i.xc5
lieS 26.i.c4 f5 27 .i.fl l:!:e5 28.1!i' g3
'iff6 29.i.b3 l:!:xc5 30.l:!:xc5 liar:
Ernst-Larsen, Ostersund (zt) 1992.]
14 ... ill cs 1S.'' d2 e b6 16.ill bS
:res 17.l::t fd1 -.ds 18.ill d4 -.rs
eg7 22.i.h6 e hs 23.i.e3 e g7
24.Ah6 ehs 2S.Ae3 Draw
 Chapter 8
lt:J c2 in the Maroczy
The same rule that stipulates that
players who are cramped should trade
pieces also dictates that the one with
more space should avoid exchanges.
White stops Black from trading by
playing li:)c2 but he also loses cen
tral influence and makes ... f7-f5 more
plausible. For more examples with
li:)c2 also check out games 93-95.
113
Alexander Shabalov
Albert Chow
New York 1993
l . e4 c5 2.li:) f3 it) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.it) xd4 g6 5.c4 it) f6 6.it)c3 d6
7 8
7.it)c2 Jl.. g7 8.JI.. e2 0-0 9.0-0 it) d7
[9 . . . a6 1 0.l:Ie1 l:Ib8 1 l...t d2 J.d7
12.l:Ib1 li:)e8! 13.b4 li:)c7 14.a4? a5!
15.b5 it)d4 16.li:)xd4 J.xd4 17.l:Ib3
e 5 ! ? 1 8 . .-t fl li:)e6 1 9.it)d5 li:) c5
20.l:Ig3 J.e6 2 1.1.c3 J.xd5 22.J.xd4
li:)xe4 23 .l:Ia3? exd4 24.xd4 li:)f6!
25.cxd5 li:)d7 26.ae3 f6 27.a7
li:)c5 28.xa5 l:Ia8 29.c7 l:Ixa4
30.l:If3 l:If4 3 1 .l:Ixf4 xf4 32.g3
f6 3 3 . a5 d8 34.c3 l:I e8
35.l:Ic1 e7 36.h4 h5 37.J.g2 e2
38.f6 e5 39.f3 g7 40.d1
l:Ia8 4 l .c2 l:Ia3 42.b6 l:Ib3 43.l:Ib1
l:Ixbl+ 44.xb1 d4 45.c2 b4
0-1 Spraggett-Andersson, Manila (ol)
1 992] l O. l:I e l it) cs 1 1 .-t fl
Shabalov's opening treatment is in
teresting. He doesn't play iJ.. d2,
evidentally not fearing . . . JJ.. xc3 .
l l ... J. e6 1 2. it) d5 aS 13.l:I b l f5
14.exf5 J.xrs 15.J.gs lln 16.it)deJ
J. d 7 1 7.li:) d5 J. rs t 8. a 3 a4
19.it)cb4 it)e6 20.J.h4 g5
21.1Ld3 1Le5 22.1Lg3 it:)ed4 23.it:)e3 Vh8 Draw
A xd3 24.it:) xd3 A g7 2 S.cS dS
26.it:) g4 V d 7 2 7 . it:) deS V rs
28.it:) xf7 V xf7 29.1L eS lL xeS 11S
30.it:)h6+ Wf8 1:0 Igor Stohl
Vidmantas Malisauskas
Manila (ol) 1992
114
Gyula Sax
Antonio Antunes 1.c4 cS 2.it:)f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.it:)xd4
Benasque 1993 it:)c6 S.e4 it:)f6 6.it:)c3 d6 7.it:)c2
li.g7 8.il.e2 it:)d7 9.Ji.d2 0-0 10.0-0
it:)c5 1 1.f3 aS 12.il.e3 a4 13.'ild2
l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4 V as 14.l::!: ab1 fS 1S.exfS A xfS
4.it:) xd4 g6 S.c4 it:) f6 6.it:)c3 d6 16.l::!: bc1
7.it:)c2 A g7 s.Ae2 it:)d7 9.Ad2 o-o
10.0-0 a5 11.Wh1 it:)cs 12.0 it:)e6
13. l::!: b 1 JL d 7 1 4 . it:) d S it:) ed 4
1 S. it:) xd 4 it:) x d4 1 6. lL gS l::!: e8
1 7.lLd3 Ac6 18.f4 it:)e6 19.1L h4
it:) cS 20. 1L c 2 1::!: b8 2 1 . fS it:) d 7
22.'iV d2 lLxdS 23.exdS it:)es 24.fxg6
hxg6 2S.Aa4 1::!:1'8 26.AbS

16 Axc2 17.l::!: xc2 it:)b4 18J:I:cc1

..

a3 19.bxa3 il.xc3 20.l::!: xc3 it:) xa2

2 1 . l::!: c2 fJ/ xd2 2 2. l::!: xd2 it:) c3
23.il.xcS dxcS 24.l::!: a 1 l::!: fc8 2SJic2
it:)xe2+ 26.l::!: xe2 Wf7 Draw

116
26 1Lf6 27.ii.. g3 fJ/c7 28.l::!: bc1 b6

Semen Dvoirys
29 .i.f4 W h7 30.h3 l::!: a8 31.b3 fJ/d8

Yaacov Zilbcrman
32.l::!: c d1 lLg7 33.a3 fS 34.fJ/e2 Ji.f6 Leeuwardcn 1994
3S.b4 axb4 36.axb4 it:)f7 37.'ilf2
W g7 38.il.e3 b8 39.Vg3 Aes
40.fJ/f2 l::!: h8 41.ktd3 l::t hs 42.Ad4 l . e4 cS 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4

7 9
4.'1 h d 4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lt:lc3 d6
7.f1)t2 1!7 8.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 lll d 7
I O.d2 l1\cs ll.b3
Along the lines of l .c4 c5 2.ctJf3
ctJ f6 3.ctJc3 d5 4.cxd5 ctJ xd5 5.g3
ctJc6 6.i.g2 ctJc7 7.d3 e5 8.ctJd2
i. d7 9.0-0 i. e? l O . ctJ c4 0-0
l l .il xc6 il xc6 12.ctJ xe5 i. e8.
Here the insertion of b3 means the
Bishop doesn't have to retreat to e l
but the more natural b2. Black has a
safe way to decline the pawn in
1 1 . . .a5, with . . . f5 in the offing.
ll...xc3 12.xc3 lll xe4 13.b2
a5 1 4 . A f3 f5 15. e2 Ill e5
16.!:!:fd1 lll f6 1 7.Ad5+ e6
80
18.A xe6+ .i. xe6 19.!:l: xd6 !:l: ae8
20. xe5 xeS 2 1 . A xe5 lt:l e4
2 2 . !:l: d d 1 A xc4 2 3. A d4 A f7
24.Axa7 lt:lc3 25.!:l:d3 !:l:c8 26.lt:lb4
!:!:fd8 27.!:l:xd8+ !:l:xd8 28.fl Ae8
29.e1 f4 30.f3 g5 Jl.Acs A g6
32.!:l:c1 lll d5 33.!:l:d1 !:l:e8+ 34. fl
lll xb4 35.Axb4 !:l:c8 36.e2 Draw
117
Julian Hodgson
Devaki Prasad
Calcutta 1993
t . lt:l fJ c5 2.c4 lt:l c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 5.e4 Ag7 6.lll c2 lll f6
7.llc3 0-0 8.Ae2 d6 9.0-0 Ae6
10.b3 lt:ld7 11..i.b2 Ill es 1 2.!:l:b1
A xel 13. .i. xc3 lt:l xe4 14.A b2 f5
15.Af3 Af7 16 .i.xe4 fxe4 17.g4
e5 18.lt:le3 e7 1 9. xe4 !:!: adS
20.f4 Ae6 21.!:l:be1 h4 22.g3 h5
23.!:l:d1 !:!:f7
24.c5 Ah3 25.!:l:f2 lll d4 26.!:l:xd4
1:0
 Chapter 9
White answers ... ll:J xd4
with 'iVdJ or 'iVeJ
White's Queen retreats (d3 and e3)
and Bishop placements (d2 and e2)
may seem modest compared to the
normal d2 and jt_g5 or d2 and
i.e3, but moving the Queen to d3 or
e3 has its benifits.
The Queen on d2 is often a target for
Black's counterplay, while placing a
Bishop there not only gives the c3
square extra support (discouraging
. . . b7-b5) but also keeps Black 's
Queen off a5, its most active post.
White plays 'i eJ
8 1
118
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Jacek Gdanski
Buenos Aires 1993
l.it:)f3 it:)f6 2.c4 c5 J.if:)cJ it:)c6 4.d4
cxd4 5.it:)xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.i. e2
it:)xd4 8.'xd4 Jig? 9.0-0 [9.it:)d5?!
0-0 10.it:)xf6+ i.xf6 l l .dl a5+
1 2 . d2 xd2+ 1 3 . W xd2 i. e6
1 4 Jt b l b5 1 5 . cxb5 d 5 ! 16.exd5
i.xd5 17.a4 l:!fd8 18.W e l i. xg2
19.l:!gl i.e4 20.l:!al l:!ac8 2 l . h4?!
l:!c2 22.i.dl l:!xdl+! 23.Wxdl l:!xf2
24.i.g5 i.xb2 25.Wel l:!h2 26.l:!dl
f6 ! 27.i.e3 i. c3+ 28. W fl W f7
2 9 . i. xa7? i. f3 ! 3 0 . l:! e l i. xe l
3 l .Wxel l:!xh4 32.a5 l:!b4 33.Wf2
(33 .b6 l:!a4 34.Wf2 i.b7-+) 33 . . .
l:!xb5 ! 34.Wxf3 l:!xa5 35 .i.e3 g5
3 6 . W g4 ll a3 3 7. it.. xg5 fxg5
38.W xg5 D! 3 9 .'iil h6 e5 40.xh7
I!h3# Grossman-Finegold, Detroit
1 993] 9 0-0 10.'iVe3 .te6 nJib1
..
it)d7 12.it.. d2 'iVb6 lJ.it)dS lLxdS
14.exdS
14 ... .t d4 1S.'iVg3 aS 16.b3 it) cs
1 7.'iVg4 .t g7 18.Wh1 rs 19.'iVf3
Draw
119
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Jacek Gdanski
Warsaw 1993
1.it)f3 cS 2.c4 g6 3.e4 it)c6 4.d4
cxd4 s.it)xd4 it)f6 6.it)c3 d6 7 .te2
it) xd4 8 . 'i h d4 JL g7 9. 0-0 0-0
10.'iVe3 .te6 11.. d2 it) d7 1 2. b3
'iVb6 13.l::!: ac1 .td4 14.'iVg3 it)cs
1S.'it'h4 .t f6 16.'iVf4 aS 1 7.it)dS
lLxdS 18.exdS J.es 19. h6 iH6
20.'iVf4 A es 2 1.'iVe3 e6 22.dxe6
fxe6 23.g3 ae8 24.h4 'iVd8 2S. g2
'iV f6 2 6 . .t g4 .i. d4 2 7. e 2 h S
28.JLh3 b6 29.cd1 g7
82
30. .th6 'iVxh6 31.:xd4 dS 32.cxdS
exdS 33.'iVd1 g7 34.l:xdS h7
3S.g1 it)e4 36.d3 l:eS 37.lixeS
'iVxcS 38.l:te1 it)xf2 39.d7+ g7
40J:i:e7 it)xh3+ 41.g2 1 :0
120
Igor Stohl
Peter Leko
Brno 1993
1.c4 cS 2.it)f3 it)f6 3.it)c3 g6 4.e4
d6 S.d4 cxd4 6.it)xd4 it)c6 7.il.. e2
it) xd4 8. xd4 .t g7 9. 0-0 0-0
10.'iVe3 .td7 l l.l::t b1 'iV b6 1 2.b3
.tc6 13.d3 l::t fc8 14.ii.e3 'iVd8
1S.f3 a6 16.l:fc1 l:!:ab8 17.ii.a7 l::t a8
18.ii.e3 l::t ab8 19. a4 aS 20.it) dS
it)d7 21.J.gS ii. xdS 22.exdS .i.f6
23.ii.e3 it)cs 24.d2 l::i: a8 2S.Ji.d1
'iV f8 26. ii. c 2 g7 27.l::i: fl l::t a6
28.'iil h 1 .i.c3 29.'iVf2 l:l: b6 30.f4
l::!: a6 31 .g4 it) d7 32.gS fS 33. gxf6
exf6
 7.Jl.. e2 fLlxd4 S. xd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. e3
0-0 10.d2 Jl.. e6 1 1 .0-0 a5
12. ac1 a6 1 3 . f3 fcS 14.liJ d5
xd2 1 5 .Jl.. xd2 fLl xd5 16.cxd5
Jl.. d7 17.b3 Jl.. d4+ I S. h l Jl.. b2
1 9. c4 JJ.. b5 2 0 . xeS xeS
2 I .Jl.. xb5 axb5

34. i H5 W h8 35.A xd7 -e xd 7

J6J:tbc1 ii. b4 37.f5 gxf5 38.ii.d4
l::t f8 39.-eh4 'ii' g7 40Jhf5 Ac5
41.l::t g1 1:0

121
Kenneth Larsen
John Donaldson
Long Beach 1993

22.a4 c2 23 .Jl.. h6 b4 24.Jl.. e3 e2

l.e4 c5 2.if)fJ g6 3.c4 lDc6 4.d4
cxd4 s.it)xd4 lDf6 6.if)cJ d6 7.ii.c2
it) x d4 s . -e xd4 ii. g7 9 . 0-0 0-0
10.e3 Ae6 U.ii.d2 b6 12.l::t ac1
-e xeJ 1 3 . A xe3 a6 1 4.f3 l::t fc8
15.lDd5 it) xd5 16.cxd5 Ad7 17.b3
A b 2 1 8 . l::t xc8+ l::t xc8 1 9 . A d 3
Ab5?! Pressing too hard. Under the
mistaken impression he is better
Black overeaches. The game that
gave him unrealistic hope was
Fishbein-Alterman, Ramat Hasharon
199 1 ; l .c4 c5 2.'J f3 liJc6 3.liJc3
liJ f6 4.d4 cxd4 5.liJxd4 g6 6.e4 d6
25.Jl.. b6 Jl.. c3 26. g l b2 27. dl
[5 2S.Jl.. d4 fl 29.Jl.. xc3 bxc3
3 0 . c l xb3 3 l . f2 b2+
32. g3 c2 and Black soon won.
20.Axb5 axb5 21.l::t f2 Act 22.Ab6
ii. aJ 2J. 'it f1 rs 24. 'it e2 A b4
25.W d1 'itfl 26.l::t c2 l::t as 27.We2
l::t a6 28.A d4 l::t as 29.W d3 A as
JO.g4 e6 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.exf5 exd5
JJ.l:l:g2 l::t g8 34.l::t xg8 'it xg8 35.Aa7
'itfl 36.Wd4 'itf6 37.'it xd5 'it xrs
38.Ab8 ii.b4 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4
'itf4 41.Axd6+ Axd6 42.'itxd6 h5
43.a5 1:0

8 3
 122 123
Miguel Illescas Dmitry Kaiumov
Peter Lcko Eric Tangborn
Leon 1993 Budapest 1992

l.c4 c5 2./lfJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.lDxd4 l . e4 c5 2 . lD f3 lD c6 J.d4 cxd4

lDc6 5.e4 lDf6 6.lDc3 d6 7 .i. e2 4.lD xd4 g6 5.c4 lD f6 6.lDc3 d6
lD xd4 s.e xd4 .i. g7 9. 0-0 o-o 7 .i.e2 [7 . .i.e3 lDg4 8.lDxc6 lDxe3

1 0. e3 .i. d 7 1 1 . l:t d 1 b 6 9 . li:l xd8 li:l xd 1 1 0 . l:t xd 1 W xd8

12.'ihb6 axb6 13.Ae3 .i.c6 14.f3 1 1 . e5 iJ. g7 12. exd6 i. xc3+ 13. bxc3
lDd7 15.l:tdc1 lDc5 16.l:tc2 l:tfc8 .i.e6= Silman] 7 ... li:lxd4 8.xd4
17.lDd5 .i.xd5 18.cxd5 .i. g7 9.0-0 0-0 1 0. e3 .i. d 7
ll . .i.d2 a5 12.l:tac1 Ac6 13.lDd5

18 l:t a3 19.Af2 l:tca8 20.Ac4 b5

. 13 ... lD xe4 ! 14.xe4 e6 15.d3
2 1 .l:t ac1 l:t J a4 22 . .i. xb5 l::t xa2 exd5 16.cxd5 A d7 17 . .i. cJ .i. rs
23.b4 l:t xc2 24.l:txc2 lDa6 25 .i.el
1 8 . d 2 l:t e8 1 9 . A b5 A xel
.i. d4+ 26. W fl h5 27. .i. d7 w g7 20.l:t xc3 l:t e5 2 1 . l:t e 1 l:t xe 1 +
2 8J:C c8 l:t b8 29.W e 2 .i. g1 22.xe1 l:tc8 2J.h3 l:t xcJ 24.exc3
JO . .i.cJ+ f6 31.h4 W h6 32.l:txb8 b6 25. a4 h5 26.b4 axb4
lD xb8 JJ. .i.c8 b6 34.Ad2+ W g7 27.xb4 .i.d7 Draw
35 .i.e3 .i. xeJ 36.Wxe3 Wf7 37.g4

W e8 38.gxh5 gxh5 39. W d4 b5

40.f4 wn 41..i. b7 wf8 42.f5 wn
43.Ac6 lDa6 44.Axb5 1:0

84
 White plays i d3 'iV xd5 19. .i.f3 'iV d6 20..i.c3 .i.xc3
2 1 . 'iV xc3 A xf3 2 2. 'iV xf3 b xa4
23.l::txa4 l::t xb4 24.l::t xb4 'iVxb4 25.f5
'iVc5+ 26.'iVf2 'iVxf5 27.'iVxf5 gxf5
28.l::t xf5 f6 29.g4 rJiJ g7 30.rJiJg2 l::t a8
31.rJiJg3 l::ta3+ 32.rJiJh4 rJiJg6 33.l::t b5
e5 34.l::t b8 l::t a4 35.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7
36.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 37.l::t e8 l::t a3 38.l::t e7+
rJiJ g6 39.l::t e8 l::t f3 40.l::t g8+ rJiJ f7
41.l::t h8 rJiJ g7 42.l::t e8 h6 43.h3 rJiJf7
44.l':!:h8 e4 45.l::t h7+ rJiJg6 46.l':!:e7 e3
47.l::t e8 W f7 48.l::t e4 h5 49.l::t a4
rJiJe6 50.gxh5 rJiJ d5 51.l::t a 1 l::t f4+
52.W g3 l::t e4 53.h6 l::t e7 54. rJiJ f3
rJiJ d4 55.l::t d l+ Wc3 56.l::t e 1 W d2
57.l::t e2+ W d3 58.h7 Draw
124
John Fedorowicz
125
Hans Ree
Tibor Tolnai
Cannes 1992
Peter Leko
Hungary (ch) 1993
l . e4 c5 2 .ltH3 ll) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li:)xd4 g6 5.c4 li:)f6 6.li:)c3 li:)xd4 t.li:)f3 c5 2.c4 li:)f6 3.li:)c3 li:)c6 4.d4
7.'ihd4 d6 s.Ae2 Ag7 9.0-0 o-o cxd4 5.li:) xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Ae2
10.'iVd3 a6 11.. d2 Ad7 1 2.'iVe3 ll) xd4 8. 'iV xd4 A g7 9.0-0 0-0
l::t b8 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f4 10.'.. d3 a6 u.Ae3 A d7 12.Ad4
Ac6 16.a4 .i.c6 13.b4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.f3

16 d5! 1 7.exd5 li:) xd5 18.li:) xd5 15 l::t a3 16.'iV d2 'iV d7 1 7.l::t fd1
..

8 5
ri f11H I H. ll 11c l e b7 19.l::t c2 h5 matic . . . ti.J c5-e6-d4 . 1 S.Ji.. g4 a5
211.'1)b I Il3a6 2 1.lf'lc3 l::t a3 22.ll:lb1 19.l::t ad1 a4 20.a3 a5 21.l::t xd6
n JII(I 2J l1\c3 Draw
.
/t)bJ 22.l::t d3 c5 23.l::t h3 l::t adS
24./t)dS b5 25.l::t c3 bxc4 26.e3
xeJ 27.fxe3 Ji.. b5 2S.l::t c2 W g7
Draw
126
Philipp Schlosser
Peter Leko 12S
Brno 1993 Sergey Kudrin
John Donaldson
Reno 1992
l.c4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 J.d4 cxd4 4./t)xd4
/t)c6 5.e4 /t)f6 6./t)eJ d6 7.Ji.. e 2
it) xd4 S. xd4 Ji. g7 9.0-0 0-0 l . e4 e5 2./t) fJ /t) e6 J. d4 exd4
10.d3 d7 l l ..kteJ a6 12.fd1 4./t) xd4 g6 5.c4 /t)f6 6./t) eJ d6
c6 1 3.e2 a5 14.l::t ac1 lUes 7.Ji..e 2 it) xd4 S. xd4 Ji.g7 9.0-0 0-0
15.b1 h5 16.b4 16... e5 17.d4 10.d3 Ji.. d 7 11.Ji.. e3 a5 12.b3 ii.. e6
g5 1S . .kt f3 b5 19./t) dS .kt xd5 lJ.fJ /t)d7 14.l::t a e1 /t)c5 15.d2
20.e3 h4 21.cxd5 /t)g4 22.Ji.. xg4 ii.. e5 By a transposistion of moves a
h xg4 2J. l::t xeS+ l::t xeS 24. l::r e 1 position from chapter seven has been
l::t x cl+ 25.xe1 f6 26.h3 cJ reached. . Black's plan of a quick
27.hxg4 xb4 2S.cS+ Draw ... a7-d7 works well here but White
should have played for b 3 -b4 .
16.l::t f d1 b6 17.Ji.. fl l::t a7 1SJh 1
127
!:!: d 7 19./t)e2 e6
Emilio Pupo
Roman Hernandez
Havana 1992

l . e4 e5 2 . /t) fJ /t) c6 J.d4 cxd4

4./t) xd4 g6 5.c4 /t) f6 6./t)cJ d6
7.ii.. e2 /t)xd4 S.xd4 Ag7 9.0-0 0-0
10.d3 /t)d7 11.Ag5 /t)e5 12.'i'e3
d7 Here 12 ... i. xc3 13.bxc3 leads
to a position where White's kingside
chances are more important than the
doubled c-pawns. 13.Ji.. h6 ii.. xh6
14.... xh6 Ji.. e6 15.Ji.. f3 b6 16. d2 20.Ji.. g5 Ji.. f6 21.Ji.. f4 ii.. e5 22.g5
b4 17.e2 e5 Playing for the the- Ji.. f6 2J.Ji.. f4 ii.. e5 Draw

8 6
 Chapter 1 0
.aeJ and d2 129
Tal Shaked
John Donaldson
Reno 1993

l . e4 c5 2 . liJ f3 liJ c6 J.d4 cxd4

4.liJxd4 g6 5.c4 liJf6 6.liJcJ d6 7.f3
liJ xd4 sJW xd4 i. g7 9.A e3 o-o
10.'ii d2 i. e6 ll.lic1 'ii a5 12.liJd5
This line isn't played much these days
but that seems more a question of
fashion than a nyth i ng else.
12...'iha2 13.liJxe7+ W h8 14.Ae2
liJg8 15.liJd5 Axd5 16.cxd5 lifc8
17.0-0 a5 18.i.d4 'ii b J?!
Possibily White's most natural setup
after . . . liJxd4, is that involving i.e3
and d2. While the more aggres
sive placement of the Bishop at g5
puts some pressure on e7, it is also
more exposed.

Those that like the setup with i.g5,

d2 and a later liJa4 might want to
consider that when White adopts his
most promising line ( 16.g4), Black
answers with 16 . . . f6 17.it.e3 f5. This
produces a position identical to that
arising from i.e3, d2 and liJa4
(with each side minus one tempo).
However the i.e3 move order defi Black needs to put pressure on
nitely cuts down on Black's options, White's Bishop. Theory gives
there is no 9... a5 or ... h6 to boot 18 . . . a4 1 9. i. c3 b3 with a
the Bishop on g5. slight advantage for White. 1 9.f4

8 7
 h4 211. x h 4 a x h 4 2 1 .1L xg7+ 13.b4 d8 14.l:rab 1 b5 15.cxb5
W IJ.t7 22.c W fM 23.A g4 l:r xc 1 axb5 16.1Lxb5 l:rxa3 17.1Ld4 aS
24.n u I clxc 2 5. fxc5 ll'Jc7 26.Ji.O 18.Ji.d3 l:rc8 19.l:rfc1 ll'Jd7 20.Ji.xg7
1.: 2 7. rt c4 l1\ g6 28.l:r xb4 ll'J xe5 W xg7 21.1Lfl W g8 22.d4 ll'Je5
2tJ.ll xh7 1.1\ xf3+ 30.gxf3 l:ra5 31.d6 23.b5 a5 24.ll'Jd5 l:rxcl 25.l:rxc1
ri el 32.d7 We7 33.d8='ilh Wxd8 1L xd5 26.exd5 l:r a4 27.e3 l:ra1
3 4 . II xf7 li b5 35.l:r xh7 l:r xb2 28.l:rxa1 xa1
36.IIg7 !:tb5 37.'it>f2 'it>es 38.'it>g3
w rs J9. l:r a 7 l:r rs 40.l:r b7 'it> gs
4t.'it>g4 Il:f4+ 42.Wg3 lif5 43.l:ra7
w rs 44.li h 7 'it> gs 45.l:rh3 l:r f4
46.l:rh5 l:rrs 47.'it'g4 f4+ 48.'iil g3
: rs 49J:thJ l:r r4 so.'it> g2 'it> g7
51.lig3 'it> f6 52.Wf2 w rs 53.h3
l:r h4 Draw

130
Leonid Yudasin
Antonio Antunes
Seville 1993

29.h3 Wf8 30.b6 a8 31.c7

xd5 32.b6 c6 33.f4 1:0
l . e4 c5 2 . ll'J f3 ll'J c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ll'J xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'Jf6 6.ll'Jc3 d6
7.1Le2 ll'Jxd4 8.'iWxd4 Ji.g7 9.Ji.e3
0-0 10.d2 a6 11.0-0 a5 12.a3 131
e6 Antonio Pimcnta
Igor Khcnkin
Geneva 1994

l.e4 c5 2.ll'JO d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ll'Jxd4

ll'Jf6 5.0 ll'Jc6 6.c4 ll'Jxd4 7.xd4
g6 8.ll'Jc3 Ji. g7 9.Ji.e3 0-0 10.'iWd2
1Lc6 ll.l:rc1 a6 12.1Le2 Hoping for
1 2 ... a5?! 13 .'J d5, but 12.b3, tem
porarily stopping ... b5, is more often
played. 12 ... b5!? Exploiting the un
protected a-pawn. The text is known

8 8
with the Bishop on g5 but little played
here.
1J.it)d5 Much more challenging is
1 3.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 as 14 ... it)d7 isn't
as effective as in lines with iLg5 (the
Bishop on e3 covers c5). After
15.0xb5 0c5 16. iLxc5 dxc5 Black
has some compensation. 13 ... bxc4
14.0xf6+ i4xf6 15.iLxc4 !:tc8
[ 1 5 . . . iLxc4 16Jhc4 l:!:c8 17.l:!:xc8
xc8 18.0-0 b7 19.b3 l:!:c8 20.l:!:c1
l:!:c6 2 I .l:!:xc6 xc6 22.c1 b7
23.c4 e6 24.'iii f2 h5 25.a4 d5=
89
C.Braga-Tsuboi, Sao Paulo 1 99 1 ]
1 6. i he6 !:t xc l + 1 7. 'Ci h c t fxe6
18.'ifd2 d5 19.b3 'ifd6 20.0-0 d4
2 1 .ii.. b6 !:t c8 2 2.!:t c 1 !:t xc l +
2J.'ifxc1 'iii f7 24.iLf4 iLeS 25.ii.. xe5
'if xe5 26.'ifc4 'if d 6 2 7.'iii f2 dJ
28.e5 'ifb6+ 29.'iii fl 'ifeJ JO.'ife4
'CIVet+ Jt.'iit f2 d2 0: 1
132
Viktor Korchnoi
Viswanathan Anand
London 1994
t.0f3 c5 2.c4 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.0xd4
0c6 5.e4 0f6 6.0c3 d6 7.f3 0xd4
8.'ifxd4 iL g7 9.ii.. e3 0-0 10.'ifd 2
ii.. e6 ll.!:tc1 [ I I .iLe2 a5 12.0b5
xd2+ 1 3 . W xd2 0 d7 1 4 . l:!: ab 1
( 1 4 . 0 c7 l:!: ac8 1 5 . il) xe6 fxe6
16.l:!:ab l 0e5 17.l:!:hc l 0c6=) 14 ...
0e5 1 5.l:!:hc l l:!:fc8 16.b3 0c6 17.f4
f5 1 8. iL f3 fxe4 1 9 . iL xe4 ii.. f5
20.iLxf5 gxf5 2 l .'iii e2 'iii f7 22.l:!:dl
a6 23.0d4 0xd4+ 24.iL xd4 b5
25.iL xg7 'iii xg7 26 . l:!: dc 1 Draw,
Botvinnik-Matulovic, Belgrade
1970.] ll 'ifa5 12.b3 fc8
..
 1 .1./l) hl'! xd2+ 1 4.Wxd2 tt::l d 7 i. e6 1 1 .l:c1 'ia5 12.0-0 a6 1 3.b3
I .li)cl4 'i'c!li 16.h4 aS 17.h5 .i. d7 and the first player can follow up with
I H. A t2 a4 1 9.b4 tt::l e6 20.lthe6 f2-f4. 7 .i. e2 tt::l xd4 8.xd4 .i. g7

J>. xc(, 2 1 . h xg6 hxg6 22.a3 l:!: c7 9 .i.e3 0-0 10.d2 .i.e6 1 1.0-0 aS

2J Il c 2 f5 24.b5 l:!:cc8 25.l:!:b1 Wf7

.
12.acl l:!:fc8 Conventional wisdom
2lt.Wd3 h8 27 .i.fl l:!: h4 28 .i.f2

holds that Black shouldn't play
hc4+ 29.fxe4 l::t xe4 JO.Wxe4 .i.f5+ ... l:fc8, forcing b3, when White can
31.Wf3 .i. xc2 32.l:!:c1 .i. bJ JJ.c5
still play f2-f4-f5. Therefore, theory
.i. b2 34. .i.c4+ .i.xc4 J5Jhc4 AxaJ
likes 1 2 ... a6, when 13.f4 is strongly
36.c6 bxc6 37.bxc6 .i.b2 38.c7 a3
met by 13 . . . b5, as 14.f5 runs into
39.l:!:f4+ .i.f6 40 .i.h4 a2 41..i.xf6
14 ... i. xc4. However, things may not

exf6 42.l:!:a4 l:!:xa4 43.c8= a1=

44. d7+ 'it> gs 45. c8+ 'it> g7
46. d7+ 'it> h6 4 7. h3+ 'it> gs
4 8 . g3+ w rs 4 9. h 3+ 'it> es
50.h2+ We6 51.h3+ f5 0:1
be so clear. Certainly, 12 . . . a6 is good,
but 1 2 ... l:fc8 may also be playable.
lJ.bJ a6 14.f4 b5 15.f5 .i. d7

133
Vassily lvanchuk
Viswanathan Anand
Moscow 1994

l . e4 c5 2 .tt::l f3 tt::l c6 J.d4 cxd4

4.tt::l xd4 g6 5.c4 tt::lf6 6.tt::l c3 d6 This
little finesse, instead of the immedi
ate 6 . . . qj xd4, sidesteps the line
6 . . . qj xd4 7.'ixd4 g6 8.c5, but there
is a more important reason. By play
ing 6 . . . d6, threatening a future
. . . qj g4, Black makes White choose
among 7.qjc2, 7.i.e2 and 7.f3. This
is important, because White's optimal
piece setup involves keeping his
Knight in the center, putting his
Bishop on d3, and playing f2-f4 in
one go: 6 . . . qj xd4 7. 'i xd4 g6
8.i.g5 ! i. g7 9.'id2 0-0 IO.i. d3 !
16.b4!? The key position for this line.
No less than five moves have been
tried here: (a) 1 6.i. d4? qj xe4
1 7.'ie3 qj xc3 1 8. l: xc3 i. xd4
19.'ixd4 e5 20.'id2 'id8 Draw,
Bobotsov-Hort, Kapfenburg 1970; (b)
16.i.g5? l:cs 17.i.e3 l:c7 18.c5
l:ac8 19.l:c2 l: xc5 !, DeFirmian
Strauss, Long Beach 1992; (c) 16.g4
b4 1 7.qj d5 qj xe4? 1 8. 'i c2 or
1 6 . . . bxc4 1 7 . g5 , analysis by

90
Shamkovich; (d) 1 6.fxg6 (theory's /J... xf7 Black was also doing well in
favorite) 16 ... hxg6 17.c5 ! [ 17.e5?b4! Beliavsky-Stean, Hastings 1974175
1 8 .exf6 ( 1 8.ll:J a4 ll:J e4 1 9.'iV d4 after 1 9 . . . xf7 20.i. f3 :c!: d8
i. xa4 20. 'iV xe4 i. c6 2 1 . 'iV f4 2 1 . 'iV f2 :c!: ac8 . 20. /J... h6 /J.. x h 6
'iV xe5 22.'iVxf7+ h7) 1 8 . . .bxc3 2 1 . 'iV xh6 /J... xc4 22. 'iV g5+ W h 8
1 9.:cl:xc3 i. xf6 20.:ci:xf6 exf6 2 1 . 23.l:I xf6 l:I g8! An i mportant
Zwischenzug. 24. 'iV xeS e xf6
.t n i.c6 22.i.d4 .t xn 23.'iVf4 25. xf6+ l:I g7 26. 'iV d4 l:I c8
'iV g5 24.'iVf3 :cl:es and Black was a 27.lDe4 'iVe7 28./J... xc4
little better in Spassky-Panno, Palma
de Mallorca 1 969] 17 . . . i.e6 18.i.f3
dxc5 1 9.e5 ll:J g4 20. i.xa8 i. xe5
2 1 .i. d5 ! was Tal-Parma, Bled 196 1 .
This game i s usually given a s the
refutation of 12 . . . :ci:fc8, but if Black
substitutes 1 7 . . . b4 for 17 . . . e6 are
matters so clear? The position looks
murky after 18.ll:Jd5 ll:Jxd5 19.exd5
dxc5 20.i.c4 i. e8. Perhaps Vishy
had this in mind and lvanchuk chose
to avoid it! ? Shamkovich's 16.g4
could turn out to be the biggest dan
ger for 1 2 ... :ci:fc8. 16 'ihb4 17.e5
.

Played to close the long diagonal for
Black's Dragon Bishop. 17 ... dxe5
18.fxg6 With the threat of 19.:ci:xf6
and 20.'iVxd7. 18 Ae6 19.gxf7+
.
28 ... 'iV a7! 29.'iVxa7 l:Ixa7 30.l:Ie1
l:I xc4 31.lDd6 l::t c 2 32.lDf5 l:I a8
33.a3 l:Ic3 0:1

134
Vassily lvanchuk
Viswanathan Anand
Buenos Aires 1994

l . e4 c5 2.lD f3 lD c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.lD xd4 g6 5.c4 lDf6 6.lDc3 d6
7.Ae2 lDxd4 8.'iVxd4 /J... g7 9.Ae3
0-0 1 0. 'iV d2 /J... e6 1 1 . 0-0 'iV as
12.l:!:abt l:Ircs 13.b3 lDd7

9 1

14.l::t fc1 d8 15.li:)d5 li)c5 16.f3
a5 1 7. h4 it. xd5 1 8. e x d5 d7
19.'ife2 l:!e8 20.h5 f5 21.d1
it. e5 2 2 . g4 c8 23. w g2 Ji. g7
24.Il:h 1 li)d7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.lih4
a4 2 7.Il: b h 1 axb3 28.axb3 Il: a 1
2 9 J h h3 a 8 30.Il: h 7 'if a 2
3 1 . Il: x g7+ 'i!;1 x g7 3 2 . A d4+ f6
33.e3 li)f8 34.Ae4 'i!;!f7 35.Il:h8
1:0
12 'i a5?! 13 .llJ d5!
...
92
135
Semen Dvoirys
Sergei Tiviakov
Podolsk 1993
l . e4 c5 2 . li) f3 li) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4.li) xd4 g6 5.c4 li)f6 6.li)c3 d6
7.Ae2 li)xd4 8.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ae3
0-0 10.'ild2 Ae6 11.Il:c1 a6 12.0 A
clever move order that requires Black
to be alert. 12 ...'a5?! Falling in with
White's plans. Here Black should
have played 12 . . . b5 ! 13.li)d5! Com
pare this with l .e4 c5 2.li)f3 li)c6
3 .d4 cxd4 4.li) xd4 g6 5.c4 li)f6
6.li'lc3 d6 7.f3 li'lxd4 8.xd4 il.. g7
9.il.. e3 0-0 10.d2 il.. e6 l l . li c l
as 12.li'ld5. White has the very
useful il.. e2 in for . . . a6, leaving him
in effect a tempo ahead. So Tiviakov
has no choice but to go into a bad
ending. 13 ... xd2+ 14.'i!;!xd2 Axd5
15.cxd5 Il:fc8 16.b4 li)d7 17.a4 c;!;!rs
18.a5 Ab2 19.Il:c2 Il:xc2+ 20.'i!;!xc2
il.. f6 2 1 .'i!;! b3 li es 22.Il: c1 Il: xc l
23.Axcl il.. d4 24.f4 h 5 25.h3 c;!;les
26.Ad2 'i!;!ds 27.c;!;lc4 Ab2 28.Ae3
Af6
29.g4 hxg4 30 .ixg4 Wc7 31 .if2
1 7. . . /l\ hS ! ? 18. dxe6 fxe6 1 9. f4
.t g7 32. W d3 .ib6 33. .ie3 W d8 .i xb 2 20.l::!: xc8+ l::!: xc8 2 1 .l::!: b 1
34. .tO W c7 3S.h4 1ll f6 36.e5 1ll hS J.c3+ 22.w d3 bS 23.l::!: c l b4 24.fS
3 7 . J. b6+ W d 7 38. e6+ W e8 dS 2S.f6 d4 26 . .i d2 l::!: cs 27.h4
39.exf7+ W xf7 40.J. g4 Ill xf4+ w n 2s .tdt lll gJ 29 . .t f4 lll hs

41.We4 e6 42 .ie3 1ll xdS 43 .ixh6

30. .i d6 l::!: c6 3 t..ih2 aS 32.J.a4
lll xb4 44.J.d2 lll c 6 4S .ic3 dS+
l::!: c8 33 . .i d6 l::!: d8 34 .i eS l::!: c8

46.Wf4 eS+ 47.J.xe5 1ll xa5 48 .ic8

3S.l::!: bl h6 36.gxh6 l::!: h8 37.l::!: fl
lll c6 49 .ic7 lll d4 SO. .ib6 lll e6+

l::!: c8 38 .i d l l::!: b8 39 .i a4 l::!: c8

S l . W g4 lll f8 S 2 . .i xb 7 lll d 7 40 .i d7 l::!: h8 41 .i d6 l::!: h 7 42.1::!: 0

S3.J. d 4 lll f6+ S4.W gS lll e4+ Ab2 43.eS J.ct 44.W xd4 .i xh6
ss.wh6 1 :0 4S.WcS J.d2 46.l::!: d3 J.c3 47.J.e7
l::!: h8 48. W d6 lll f4 49.l::!: f3 l::!: hs
SO. l::!: e3 l::!: xh4 S t . J. e8+ W xe8
S 2. f7+ W xf7 S3 . .i xh4 W g8
136
S4.JlgS ill hS SS.l::!: d3 1ll g7 S6. .if6
Michael Adams
gS S7.We7 lll fS+ S8.W xe6 lll d4+
Julian Hodgson
S9.W d5 a4 60.e6 lll e2 6 t.J. xgS
England 1992
1:0

l . e4 cS 2 .1ll f3 lll c6 3. d4 cxd4

4.1ll xd4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.1ll c3 d6
7.J.e2 lll xd4 8.'irxd4 J.g7 9.J.e3
0-0 10.d2 .ie6 ll.l::!: c 1 a6 12.0
Black plays ... a6,
aS 1 3 . /l\ d S xd2+ 14.W xd2 ... e6, .. l::t c 8 and ... b5
.

J. xdS 1S.cxdS l::!: fc8 16.g4 e6 17.gS

137
Tal Shaked
Sharon Burtman
Las Vegas 1 993

l . e4 cS 2 .1ll f3 lll c6 3. d4 cxd4

4.1ll xd4 g6 S.c4 1ll f6 6./l\cJ d6 7.0
lll xd4 8. xd4 J. g7 9.J. e3 0-0
10.d2 a6 ll.l::!: c l .ie6 12.b3 l::!: c8
13.J.e2

93
 l:t a5 2 3 . li. xc5 dxc5 24.' d2 c4
2 5 . W c2 f5 26.l:tc 1 W fl 27.c3
cxb3+ 28.axb3 l:tc5 29.Ac4 Axc4
30.bxc4 l:t xc4 3 l .W d3 l:t c8=
Chuiko-Starodvorsky, Simferopol
1 989] 22.A d 1 x a4 23. bxa4
A xa2 24.a5 A d4 25.Ae2 l::t b8
26.Ad3 l::t b2 27.l::tfl A b3 Draw

138
Robby Adamson
13 b5!? This sort of sacrifice is well
Sharon Burtman

known with White's Bishop on g5,

Los Angeles 1993
where it is more exposed, but here it
is extremely rare. The feeling has
been that with White's Bishop on e3
his position is too solid for ...b5 to
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3. d4 cxd4
work. Should NM Burtman's line
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
hold up, Accelerated players will owe
7.Ae2 xd4 8.xd4 il. g7 9.Ae3
her a big debt of thanks. 14.cxb5
0-0 10.d2 a6 11.l:!:c1 Ae6 12.0
axb5 1 5. lt hb5 l:hcl+ 1 6.'ihc1
l::tc8 13.b3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5
a5+ 17.d2 l::t a8 This position
is well known with the Bishop on g5.
1 8 . x a5 Here 1 8 . ' c3 l2J g4
1 9 . i. d4 i. xd4 20.'i xd4 c8
2 1 .Wf2 is Frolov-Tangborn (game
# 1 52) without . . . h6. Also to be con
sidered is 18.a3 when 1 8 . . . i. xb3
1 9. 'iV xa5 xa5 20. 0-0 i. a4
2 l . b 1 i. xb5 22. xb5 xa3
2 3 . b8+ .t f8 24.i. h6 lb d7
25.d8 Ra1 + 26. Wf2 a2 27.g4 f6
28.e5 ! ! seems to win for White. See
the notes to Frolov-Tangborn (game
# 1 52) for more on this. 18 J::!: xa5
.

1 9. li c3 d 7 20. a4 c5 1 5.0-0 Black's idea i s to meet

21.Ji.d2 l::t a8 [2 1 . . . l:ta7 22.Ji.e3 15.i. xb5 with 15 . . . 'i a5. 15 ... b4

94
16./l) a4 With the Bishop on g5,
P. Szekely-Tangborn (game# 1 5 1 )
went 1 6 . ltJ b5 aS. 1 6 l:! b8
.

1 7. /l) b 2 /l) d 7 1 8. 1L d 4 1L xd4+

1 9.' if xd4 b6 20. xb6 l:! xb 6
2 1./l)a4 l:! b 7 22.l:!fd1 l:!a8 23.l:!d2
Draw

139
Robert Zelcic
Lodger Koerholz
Cannes 1993
140
Josif Dorfman
l . e4 c5 2 . /l) f3 /l) c6 3.d4 cxd4 Jacek Gdanski
4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6 Polanica Zdroj 1993
7.1Le2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 Jlg7 9.Jle3
0 -0 1 0. d 2 1L e6 1 1 . 0 -0 a5
1 2.l:! ac1 l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f3 b5 l.d4 /l)f6 2./l)fJ g6 3.c4 c5 4./l)c3
15./l)b1 b4 16.W h1 This looks like cxd4 5./l)xd4 /l)c6 6.e4 d6 7.1Le2
a new move. Previously only 16.a4 /l) xd4 8. xd4 Jl g7 9.1L e3 0-0
ltJ d7 and 16.a3 l:tab8 17. ll fl ltJd7 10.d2 1Le6 l l.l:!c1 as 1 2.f3
1 8.h1 tLle5 19. .1le1 ltJc6, in both l:! fc8 13.b3 a6 1 4. /l) d S xd2+
cases with good play for Black, were 1 5. W xd2 /l) x d5 1 6. c x d5 1L d 7
known. 16 ... l:! ab8 1 7.1L d4 /l) d7 1 7.l:! xc8+ I!: xc8 18.l:! c 1 l:! xc 1
1 8.1L xg7 W xg7 19.f4 f6 20.'' b2 19.Wxcl Wf8
c5 2 1 . l:! c d 1 l:! c7 2 2.l::t d3 a5
23./l)d2 a4 24./l)fJ axb3 25.axb3
l:! a7 26./l) d4 JLn 27.1Lg4 lt:) rs
28.1Lf3 l:!a3 29.l:!e1 1Lxc4 30.l:! dd 1
1L f7 3 1 .e5 dxe5 3 2 .fxe5 c3
33.f2 l:!a6 34.l:!cl d3 35.l:!ed1
c3 36.l:! xc3 bxc3 37. g3 I!:c8
38.1Lb7 c2 39./l)xc2 1:0

14.ltJd5

9 5
20.h6 Though the position should
be drawn, White's space advantage
encourages him to continue. 20 e6
This move is almost always played
in this ending. 21.Jl.. c4 We7 22.Wc2
eS 23.h3 exdS 24.Jl.. xdS Jl.. c6
2S.Axc6 bxc6 26.Wd3 Jl.. gJ 27.Ad4
We6 2S.Wc4 f5 29.Jic3 fxe4 30.fxe4
An 31.g4 hS 32.gxhS gxhS JJ.WdJ
Jih4 34.We3 Ji gS+ JS.WfJ dS
36.Wf4 e7 37.Jl.. d4 JidS JS.cJ
Draw
141
Boris S1lassky
Tigran Petrosian
1969
Moscow
l . e4 cS 2.ll:l f3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 S.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 lll xd4
7.xd4 d6 S.JieJ Ji g7 9.f3 0-0
10.d2 Ae6 u.:c1 as 12.Ae2
l Ues lJ.bJ a6 14.lll dS xd2+
1 S . W xd2 lll xdS 1 6. cxdS Ji d 7
1 7. xcS+ xeS 1 S. c 1 xc 1
19.Wxcl Wf8 20.Wc2 e6
Black fights to get some breathing
room. Note that White rarely answers
...e6 with dxe6. This exchange would
diminish White's control of the cen
ter and allow Black the possibility of
making a passed pawn with ... d5 (af
ter ... fxe6) or trade another pair of
pawns ( . . . .t xe6 and ... d5). In the
fourth game oftheir 1971 candidates
match in Buenos Aires, Petrosian and
Fischer drew here. 2 1 . a4 Other
moves that have been played here
were 2 1 . g4 (Vasiukov-Anikaev,
1 9 8 1 , drawn in 25) and 2 l .Bc4
(Pigusov-Yakovich, 1985, drawn in
3 1 ) . 2 1 . . . exdS 2 2. exdS W e7
2J.ii.. d3 Aes 24.g3 wes 2S.W d2
W e7 26.Ab6 Jl.. es 27.f4 ii.. g7 2S.g4
k d7 29.h3 hS JO.Ji e2 h xg4
3 1 . h x g4 iL b2 3 2. W e3 k c l +
33.Wf3 iLb2 34.iLdJ iLcJ
JS.fS gxfS 36.Ji xfS A xfS 37.gxfS
W d7 JS.<it' e4 Ae1 39. W d3 wcs
40.W c4 A d 2 4 1 .b4 k e 1 42.bS
Jid2 43.kd4 Jl.. e l Draw
96
 14.a4
142
Oliver Reeh
Tomas Polak
Bern 1993
l . e4 c5 2.itH3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.tt:\xd4 g6 5.c4 tt:\ f6 6.tt:\c3 d6
7 .i.e2 tt:\xd4 8.'ihd4 .i.g7 9..i.e3
0-0 10.'ild2 .i.e6 11J:l:c1 't!Va5 12.b3
a6 lJ.fJ l!fc8 14.a4 tt:\d7 15.tt:\d5
't!V xd2+ 1 6.W xd2 .i. xd5 1 7.exd5
[ 17.cxd5 Wf8 1 8.b4 it.. b2 19.l!c2
l!xc2+ 20.Wxc2 Ag7 2 1 .Wb3 l!c8
2 2 . l! c l ;;!;; Vukcevic-Drimer,
Leningrad 1960] 17.../l\cS 1S.l!b1
a5 19.f4 l!eS 20..i.f3 :!:!adS 21Jthe1
b6 22.Wc2 .i.f6 23 .i.f2 h6 24.h4
W g7 25.g3 l!c8 26.l!e2 l!c7 27.g4
g5 2S. h xg5 hxg5 29 .i. e3 :!:! h 8
JO.fxg5 .i.e5 31.l!h1 !ixhl 3 2..i.xh1
l:c8 33..i.f3 Draw
97
1 4.liJa4
143
Alexandre Lesiege
Hugo Spangenberg
Havana 1993
l . e4 c5 2.tt:\ f3 tt:\ c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.tt:\ xd4 g6 5.c4 tt:\ f6 6.tt:\c3 d6
7 .i.e2 tt:\xd4 8.'t!Vxd4 .i. g7 9 .i.eJ
0-0 10.'t!V d2 .i.e6 ll.fJ 'iV a5 1 2.l!cl
:!:! res 13.b3 a6 14.tt:\ a4 't!V xd2+
1 5. W xd2 tt:\ d 7 1 6 . tt:\ c3 W f8
1 7.tt:\d5 .i.xd5 18.exd5 :!:!cbS The
immediate ... Bb2-a3 looks necessary.
19.a4 a5 20.f4! .i.b2 2 1.!icd1 .i. aJ
22. Wc2 .i.c5 23 .i.cl! tt:\f6 24. .i.f3
e5 Otherwise White would expand on
the Kingside with g4-g5 and h4-h5
while Black sits. 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.g4
W f7 27.l! hel l! a6 2S.g5 tt:\ h 5
2 9 .i.xh5 gxh5 30.l::t d3 l!e8 31.l!h3
W g6

32.fS+ 'it> xfS JJ.l::t xhS l::t e7 34.l::t h6
eS JS.hJ dS 36.l::t fl+ 1:0
144
Mihai Suba
Jacek Gdanski
Budapest 1993
1.c4 g6 2.d4 cS J.lll fJ cxd4 4.lthd4
ll'l f6 s . li:'l c J ll'l c6 6.e4 d6 7.f3
ll'l xd4 8.'if xd4 i. g7 9.i. e3 0-0
10.d2 as u.Ae2 i.e6 12.l::tc t
l::t fc8 13.b3 a6 14.1l'l a4 xd2+
1S.W xd2 li:'l d7 16.g4 fS 1 7.edS
[ 1 7. gxf5 gxf5 1 8 . l::t hg1 h8
19.ltJc3 fxe4 20.ltJxe4 d5 2 l .liJg5
JigS 22.cxd5 il.xd5 23.l::t g3 l::t xc 1
24. <it> xc 1 liJ f6= Lau-Zsu. Polgar,
New York 1 985) 17 gxfS 18.gS dS
.
19.f4 dxc4 20.bxc4 l::t d8 21.We1
bS?! 22.cxbS axbS 2J.i.xbS l::t aS
As 23 . . . i.xa2 is met by 24.i.xd7
l::t xd7 2 5 .1l'l b6. 24.i. xd7 i. xd7
9 8
2S.i. b 6 l::t x a4 26.A xd8 l::t xf4
27.i.b6 l::t a4 28.l::tfl l::t xa2 29.l::t f2
l::t a6 JO.l::t d2 l::t x b6 31.l::t xd7 'it> n
3 2.l::t cs l::t e6+ 33.W f2 W g6
34. l::t d dS l::t e4 J S. W fJ l::t b4
36.l::t xfS e6 37.l::t f4 l::t x h2 38.l::t e4
eS 39.l::t a4 l::t bJ+ 40.W g4 l::t dJ
4 1 . l::t a6+ W f7 42. l::t c7+ W g8
43. l::t c8+ i. f8 44. l::t f6 l::t d4+
4S.WhS 1:0
14S
Kurajica Bogdan
Brendel Oliver
Pardubice 1994
1 . e4 cS 2 . liJ f3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.1l'lxd4 g6 S.c4 liJf6 6.1l'lc3 ll'l xd4
7.'hd4 d6 s.i.eJ Ji g7 9.f3 0-0
10.d2 i.c6 u.l::t c 1 as 1 2.b3
l::tfc8 13.i.e2 a6 14.1l'la4 xd2+
1 S. W xd2 liJ d 7 1 6 .l::t h d 1 l::t ab8
[16 ... l::!: cb8 1 7.c5 dxc5 18.ltJxc5
ll:l xc5 1 9 . l::!: xc5 l::!: d8+ 2 0 . W e 1
l::!: xd 1 + 2 l . W xd 1 i. c8= Hort
Vasiukov, Wijk aan Zee 1 97 3 ]
1 7.1l'lc3 fS 18.ll:ldS i.xdS 19.exdS
aS 20J:!:c2 ll:lcS 21J:l:b1 i.eS 22.g3
l::!: f8 23.f4 i.f6 24.i.f3 l::!:fc8 2S.a3
bS 26.i. xcS l::!: xcS 27.Ae2 W f8
28.l::!: bc1 b4 29.a4 eS JO.dxe6 l::!: e8
31.i.f3 l::t xc6 32.Wd3 i.d8 33.ld:e2
l::t xe2 34.Wxe2 i.b6 3S.ld: d1 W e7
36.Jids l::t c7 37.'it>f3 'it>f6 JS.i.gS
i.cS 39.l::t e 1 l::t e7 40.h3 hS Draw
 Chapter 1 1
White plays JL gS with 'iVe3 146
plus lines with JL g5 and 'iV d2 Nikolaos Kalesis
involving b5 as a gambit. Peter Leko
Budapest 1993

The tricky 9. . . 1!Wa5 is a good example l . e4 cS 2 . ltJ f3 ltJ c6 3.d4 cxd4

of how complicated move orders can 4.ltJ xd4 g6 5.c4 ltJf6 6.ltJc3 d6
get in the Maroczy. Black's singu 7.i.. e2 ltJxd4 8.'xd4 i.. g7 9.i.. g5
lar aim is to avoid the set-up i.. g5 as
and I!We3.

After one has studied the heavy duty

endings that arise after 14.li:la4 in
the 9.ii.g5 or 9.i.. e3 lines it's easy
to understand the interest in more
active methods of counterplay like
playing . . .b5 as a sacrifice.

9 .g5
A sophisticated move order that
seeks to circumvent White's setup
with ilg5 and e3. Now if 10.d2
play has transposed back to the main
line. 10.j,d2 b6 l l.'ihb6 axb6
12.0 i.. c6 13.Wf2 ltJd7 14.k:thc1 fS
15.exf5 gxfS 16.b3 0-0 17.a4 ltJcS
18.l::!: a bl f4 19.ltJd5 i.. xdS 20.cxd5
i.. d4+ 21.w n i.. es 22.ii.bS W g7
2JJ:tc2 Wf6 24.b4 ltJa6 2SJ:tc4 e6
26.dxc6 dS 27.l::t c2 Wxc6 28.i.. d3
Draw

99
 4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6
'i e3 and i.. g5 7.Ae2 ll'lxd4 8.xd4 A g7 9.Ag5
0-0 10.e3 Ae6 11.0-0 'ti'b6 12.b3
xe3 13.Axe3 ll'ld7 14.l:!:ac1 l:!:fc8
15.ll'ld5 <i!tf8 16.f4 a5 1 7.f5 Axd5
147
18.exd5
Viswanathan Anand
Sergei Tiviakov
Groningen 1993

l . e4 cS 2.ll'l f3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6
7.i.. e2 ll'lxd4 8.'ihd4 il.. g7 9.Ag5
0-0 1 0. e3 A e6 1 1 . 0-0 b6
1 2.l:!:ab1 xe3 13.Axe3 l:!:fc8 14.b3
ll'l d7 15.ll'ld5 Axd5 16.exd5 ll'lc5
17.l:!:bc1 aS 18.l:!:c2

ts .. A b2 19.l:!:c2 A a3 20.A h6+

.

<i!t g8 21.h4 ll'lr6 22.h5 gxhS 23.l:!:c3

W h8 24.l::t h3 bS 25.i.. xh5 ll'l xhS
26Jhh5 bxc4 27.bxc4 i.. b2 28.l:l:h4
Af6 29.l:!:c4 l:!:ab8 30.g4 lib4 31.g5
Axg5 Draw

149
M. Rodin
Evgeny Pigusov
Podolsk 1992
18 ll'l a6! 1 9. a3 bS 20.l:!:fc1 b4
.

Draw
l . e4 c5 VH3 ll'l c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ll'l xd4 g6 5.c4 ll'l f6 6.ll'lc3 d6
148
7.Ji.. e2 ll'lxd4 8.xd4 il.. g7 9.0-0 0-0
Sergey Dolmatov
10.i.. g5 il.. e6 11.e3 b6 12.l:!:ab1
Sergei Tiviakov
l:i: fc8 13.b3 xe3 14.1l.. xe3 \t f8
Rostov on Don 1993
15.f3? ll'lg4 16.fxg4 A xc3 1 7.l:!:bc1
A b2 The manuever A b2-a3-c5 is
...

l . e4 cS 2 . ll'l f3 ll'l c6 3 . d4 cxd4 very common in this variation.

1 00
18.l::t c2 A a3 19.g5 b5 20.h4 bxc4 f6 25.Ad2 g5 26.g3 W g6 27.W g2
2 1 . A xc4 A xc4 2 2. bxc4 W g8 h6 28.A d 1 f5 29.A c2 fxe4
23. l::!: cf2 l::!: xc4 24. xf7 l::!: xe4 30.A xe4+ W g7 3 1 . -lt f5 lll b6
25.Axa7 l::t xh4 26.g3 l::te4 27.I:t7f3 32.Ae6 lll a8 33.Ac8 b5 34 .lt xa6

Ab4 28.l::t 3f2 Ae1 0:1 lll b6 35.A b7 A c5 36.h4 gxh4

37.gxh4 b4 38.h5 lll d7 39.Ac1 lll f6
40.f4 lll xh5 41.Ac8 lllf6 42.Ae6 h5
150 43.Wh3 '&t> g6 44.Wg2 '&t> g7 45.Wf3
Alexander Ivanov W g6 46.A d2 W g7 47.Ji.e1 w rs
Benjamin Finegold 48.We2 '&ties 49.Wd3 Wd8 50.Wc4
Key West (ch) 1994 '&t>c7 5t.Ah3 W b6 52.A g2 lll g4
53.-ltfJ Ae3 54.Wxb4 Axf4 55.a4
lll e5 56.Ae2 A g5 57.a5+ W c7
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 lll c6 3 . d4 cxd4 58. W b5 h4 59.Afl lll f3 60 . .i.r2
4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6 lll d2 6t.Ah3 lll xb3 62.Ab6+ W b8
7.Ae2 lll xd4 s.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ag5 63.a6 1:0
0-0 10.'e3 Ae6 ll.l::tc 1 b6 12.b3
xe3 13. xe3 a6 14.0-0 l':i: fc8
15.lll a4 :l:!:ab8 16.lll b6 :c7 1 7.f3 ... b5
An improvement over 17.Af3 lll d7
18.a4 Ac3 1 9J::!: fd l lll xb6 draw, A.
lvanov-Petursson, New York 1 99 1 .
1 7... lll d7 18.lll d5 Axd5 19.cxd5
Here 1 9.exd5 Ab2 20.l::t c2 Aa3, in
tending . . . it.c5 and . . .b5, is fine for
Black. 19 ... l::t bc8 20.l::t xc7 l::t xc7
21.c1 xcl+ 22..i.xc1

151
Peter Szekely
Eric Tangborn
Budallest 1992

22...Ad4+ White has a sma1I but last- t . lll f3 c5 2.c4 lll c6 3 . d4 cxd4
ing advantage. 23.Wfl Wg7 24.Ag5 4.lll xd4 g6 5.e4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6

101
7 .i.e2 ll)xd4 8.'ihd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS

0-0 10.d2 a6 ll.fJ .i.e6 12.l:tc1

l:tc8 13.b3 bS 14.cxbS axbS

18.ll)c3 This isn't bad but check out

Riverside IM David Strauss' amaz
ing 28.e5! Unless an improvement
for Black is found the . . . a6-b5 line is
in trouble. 18.a3 .i.xb3 1 9.xa5
ld: xa5 20.0-0 .i.a4 2 l .ld: b l .i.xb5
1 s.o-o b4 16.ll) bs as 1 7 .i.e3
2 2 . ld: xb5 ld: xa3 2 3 . ld: b8+ .i. f8
ll)d7 18.ll)d4 ll)cs 19.l:tfd1 l:tfd8 24.i.h6 li:ld7 25.ld:d8 ld:al+ 26.Wf2
20 .i.fl .i. d7 21 .i.c4 ll)e6 22.ll)e2
ld:a2 27.g4 f6 28.e5 ! ! (28.We3 ld:c2
l:tc6 23. .i.dS l:txcl 24.l:txc1 a3 29.i.d3 draw was Mokry-Kallai,
2S.l:tc2 l:tc8 26.l:txc8+ .i.xc8 27.h3 Trnava 1985). 28 . . . fxe5 (28 ... dxe5
.i.d7 28. .i.c4 Draw 2 9 . i. e3+-) 2 9 . g5+- D . Strauss]
18...h6 19.i.e3 li:lg4 20.i.d4 .i. xd4
2 1 . xd4 l:t c8 22.W d 2 l:t xc3
23. xc3 hal+ 24.W e1 ll) es
25.Wf2 a7+ 26.e3 a2 27.c3
1S2
a7+ 28.W g3 gS 29.h4 b8
Arthur Frolov
30.h xgS hxgS 3 1 .b4 f6 32.W f2
Eric Tangborn b6+ 33.Wfl W g7 34.g3 ds 3S.f4
Budapest 1992 ll)g4 36.cs xeS 37.bxcS dxe4
38.i.xg4 Axg4 39.fxgS 1:0

l . e4 cS 2.ll) f3 ll) c6 3. d4 cxd4 153

4.ll) xd4 g6 5.c4 ll)f6 6.ll)c3 d6 Marcin Kaminski
7 .i.e2 ll)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS

Jeroen Bosch
0-0 10.d2 a6 ll.fJ .i.e6 12Jc1 Groningen 1993
l:t c8 1 3 . b3 bS 1 4. c x bS axbS
1S.ll) xbS l:t xcl+ 16.ihc1 aS+
1 7.''d2 l:t a8 l . e4 cS 2.ll) f3 ll) c6 3.d4 cxd4

1 02
4.ithd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ d6
7.Ae2 il)xd4 8."tfxd4 Ag7 9.Ag5
0-0 10.11t'd2 a6 11.0-0 A e6 12.b3
[ 1 2 . f3 a5 1 3 . il) d5 xd2
1 4 . il) xe7+ h8 1 5. A xd2 l:t fe8
1 6 . il) d5 il) xd5 1 7. cxd5 A xd5
1 8. A c3 Draw, Short-Andersson,
Novi Sad 1990] 12 a5 tJ.l:tact
..
b5 14.il)d5 xd2 15.il)xe7+ h8
16.Axd2 l:tfe8 17.il)d5
1 7... Axd5 Here 17 ... lZJxd5 18.cxd5
( 1 8 . exd5 iJ.. xd5) 1 8 . . iJ.. xd5
. 25.Abl l:tb2 26.l:tcl b8 27.il)d4
1 9.iJ.. xb5 axb5 20.exd5 xa2 is also
fine for Black. 1 8. c x d5 it) xe4
1 9 . A a5 il) cJ 20.A g4 il) e2 +
21.Axe2 l:txe2 22.Ac7 Ae5 23.a4
l:tb2 24. l:t b 1 g8 25.l:tfd1 l:tc2
26.l:tbct l:tb2 27.l:t b1 l:tc2 28.l:tbc1
l:tb2 Draw
154
Veselin Topalov
Antonio Antunes
Candas 1992
l . e4 c5 2 . il) fJ il) c6 3.d4 cxd4
1 03
4.il) xd4 g6 5.c4 il) f6 6.il)c3 d6
7 .A.e2 il)xd4 8.xd4 .A.g7 9.Ag5
0-0 10.11t'd2 a6 1 1.0 Ae6 12.l:tct
b5 As 12 ... a5 is strongly met by
13.il)d5! 13.cxb5 axb5 14.aJ il)d7
15.b4 If White captures on b5 Black
has 1 5 . . . ltJ c5 with excellent
counterplay. 15 l:t xa3 16.il) xb5
..
l:t a2 17.e3 h6 18. .i.h4 g5 19.Af2
b8 20.0-0 l:tc8 21.h4 Af6 22.hxg5
hxg5 23.l:txc8+ xeS 24.AdJ il)e5
xb4 28.il)xe6 l:txb1 29.il)c7 il)c4
JOJi' el xel+ 31.l:txe1 l:t xel+
3 2.A xe t A d4+ JJ. A f2 A xf2+
34. xf2 g7 35.g3 e6 36.f4 g6
3 7. f3 il) d 2+ 38. e3 il) fl +
39. f2 il) d 2 40. e3 il) c4+
41.d4 il)b6 42.il)bS il)c8 43.e3
g4 44. dJ f5 45.exf5+ xf5
46.il)d4+ f6 47.il)c2 il)e7 48.il)eJ
ll)rs 49.il)xg4+ e7 50.il)h2 il)xg3
51.il)f3 f6 52.il)d4 il)fS 5J.ll)f3
il) g7 54.il) d4 d5 55. e2 e7
56. d3 d6 57.il) b5+ c6
58. it) d4+ c5 59.il) bJ+ d 6
60. il) d4 il) fS 6 t . il) xf5+ exf5
62. d4 c6 63.e5 c5 64.xf5
d4 65.Wg6 dJ 66.f5 d2 67.f6 d1='if
68.f7 'ifd8 69.Wg7 'irg5+ 70.Wh8
'iff6+ 71.Wg8 'irg6+ 72.Wh8 'ifxf7
D raw
155
Judit Polgar
Roman Dzindzichashvili
New York 1992
1 . e4 c5 2.-!t.HJ c6 J . d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.iJ.. e2 xd4 8.'ifxd4 lJ.. g7 9.iJ.. g5
0 -0 1 0 . 'if d 2 JJ.. e6 1 1 . 0-0 l:!: cs
1 2.l:!:ad1
A rather unusual square for the Rook
in this line, usually it goes to c 1. From
d 1 the Rook helps to make the ad
vance e4-e5 possible as in the line
12 . . . i. xc4? 13 .e5! llJe8 14.i.xc4
xc4 15.'iYe2 c7 16.exd6 llJxd6
1 7.llJd5. Note that the routine 12.b3
1 04
gives Black an easy game here:
12 . . . b5 ! 1 3 .cxb5 xc3 14.'iY xc3
llJ xe4 15. 'iY xe3 llJ xg5 16. 'iY xg5
i. xa 1 17. xa1 d5 with an excellent
game for Black in Brodsky-Tiviakov,
USSR 1 99 1 . 12... 'if a5 13.b3 a6?!
[13 ... :c!:fe8 14.f3 a6 15.d5 xd2
1 6 . :c!: xd2 xd5 1 7. exd5 iL d7]
14. d5! 'if xd2 15. xe7+ W h8
16.iJ.. x d2 l:!:ce8
1 7.lJ.. b4!? [ l7.e5 ! dxe5 18.i.b4 :c!:a8
l 9. d5 :c!: g8 2 0 . c7 :c!: ad8
2 l . xe6 fxe6 2 2 . i. a 5
(Dzindzichashvili)] 1 7...:c!:xe7 [ 1 7 ...
0xe4 l 8.i.f3 c3 l 9 .:c!:d3 :c!: xe7
20.i. xc3 ] 18.i. xd6 l:!: ee8 Here
l8 . . .Rfe8 l 9.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Rd8+ Ne8
2 1 .f4 is hard to assess. 19.e5 g4
20.iJ.. xf8 l:!:xf8 21.iJ.. f3 ! l:!:b8 22.h3
[22 . i. xb7 JJ.. xe5] 22 . . . xe5
2J.iJ.. xb7 a5 24.iJ.. d5 iLxd5 25.l:!:xd5
c6 26.l:!:fd1 JJ.. rs 2 7.l:!:b5 l:!:es
28. W f1 W g8 29.g3 h5 JO.l:!: dd5
iJ.. b4 J t . l:!: d 1 W g7 32.l:!: b7 l:!:e6
JJ.l:!:b6 d4? 34.l:!:xb4 1:0
 156
Maya Chiburdanidze
Eduard Gufeld
Kuala Lumpur 1994

l . d4 f6 2.c4 c5 J. fJ cxd4
4. xd4 c6 5.c3 g6 6.e4 d6
7.ii.. e2 xd4 8.xd4 ii.. g7 9.Ji.g5
0-0 10. d2 ii.. e6 ll.l::!: c t l::!: c8 12.b3
a6 13.0-0 b5 14.ii.. xf6 ii.. xf6 15.cxb5
axb5 16.xb5 b6 17.a3 Gufeld
chose 1 7.b4 early in the year i n
Calcutta (see game 157). Now his
former pupil finds a possible improve
ment. 1 7... l::!: c5! ? 18.l::!: xc5 xeS
19.c4 Ji.. gS 20.c3 f5 2 1.exf5
ii.. xf5 22.b4 c7 2J.b3 ii.. e6
24. b5 d5 25.e3 e5 26. d3
l::!: c8? [26 . . . d4 27 . ltJ c4 xb 5
2 8 . xd4 l::!: c8 2 9 . 0 d6 d7=
Gufeld] 27.Ji.. g4! ii.. xg4 28. xg4
f5 29.g3 ii..f4 JO.fJ l::!: c2 31.g3
h5 32.e3 A xel JJ.xeJ l::!: x a2
34. xe7 I:!: b 2 35. d8+ 'itt g7
36.c7+ 'it> h6 37.cl+ 1:0
157
Eduard Gufeld
Ponnuswamy Konguvel
Calcutta 1994
l . e4 c5 2. f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.Ae2 xd4 8.xd4 ii.. g7 9.ii.. g5
0-0 10. d2 i.e6 ll.l::!: c 1 l::!: c8 12.b3
a6 13.0-0
13 ... b5 The sacrifice . . . b5 is well
known in the 7 . . . tt:J xd4 Maroczy
Bind, but it doesn't seem to have been
played before in this precise position.
14.cxb5 axb5 15.ii.. xf6 Here 14.cxb5
axb5 1 5 . j_ xb5 (for 1 5.f3 b4 see
Szekely-Tang born, Game 1 5 1 )
1 5. . .'a5 16.Ad3 xc3 17.xc3
llJxe4 18.Axe4 Axc3 19.' e3 e8
20.Ab1 d5 was better for Black in
Formanek-Rind, Lone Pine 1 980.
Both of these examples transposed
from other move orders where j_ xf6
wasn't a serious option for White.
15... Axf6 16.xb5 b6 17.b4 For
17. Na3 see Chiburdanidze-Gufeld -
game # 1 56. [17.l::!: xc8 l::!: xc8 18.l::!: c 1
l::!: xc 1 + 19.xc1 a5oo Gufeld]
17...b7 18.a4! xe4 19.c7 l::!: b8
20.xe6 fxe6 21.l::!: c4 .. d5 22.c2
A d4 2J. Ji.. f3 e5 24. d 2 ? !
24.Qd3 ! Gufeld. 2 4... l::!: f4 25.l::!: et
f6 26.l::!: e4 l::!: xe4 27.Axe4 ii.. b 6!
28.a5 d5 29.l::!: c 1 d4! 30.e2 dxe4
31.axb6 xb4 32.g3 l::!: xb6 JJ.l::!: e 1
Draw

105
 158
M. Kekelidge
Matthew Thmer
European Junior (ch) 1993
vf3 /t)f6 2.c4 c5 J./t)cJ /t)c6 4.d4
cxd4 5./t)xd4 g6 6.e4 /t)xd4 7...xd4
d6 s.Ae2 A g7 9.Ag5 0-0 10... d2
Ae6 11.0-0 a6 12.b3 b5
13.e5 Searching through the ICE
Chess Assistant data base I was un
able to find any other games with this
exact sequence - the combination of
b3 and 0-0 without ... l:tc8 is unusual
- however the theme of answering the
. . .b5 pawn sacrifice with e5 is well
known. Note that l 3 .cxb5 axb5
14.i.xb5 'ia5 followed by . . . l:tfc8
gives Black excellent counterplay.
1 3 dxe5 14.cxb5 axb5 15 ... xd8
60. l::!: e8+ l::!: e6 6 1 . l::!: a8 l::!: d 6
l::!: fxd8 16.Axb5 h6 17.Ae3 /t) g4
18. A c5 l::!: dc8 19.b4 e4 20J:!:ac1
A xel 21.l::!: xc3 l::!: xa2 22.l::!: fc1 /t)f6
23.A c4 A xc4 24. 1::!: xc4 it) d 5
25.l::!: xe4 /t) xb4 26.l::!: xb4 l::!: xc5
27.l::!: fl W g7 28.g3 l::!: cc2 29.l::!: e4
1 06
29... l::!: c 2? Black's chances to win
with two Rooks on the board were
excellent until this move, but after
this trade, winning chances are slim.
Correct was 29 . . e6 with White's
.
struggle to reach a draw much more
difficult than what follows. JO.l::!: xe2
l::!: xe2 J l .W g2 f5 32.W f3 l::!: a 2
JJ.h4 l::!: aJ+ 34.Wg2 Wf6 35.l::!: b1
g5 36.hxg5+ hxg5 3 7.l::!: b6+ e6
38.l::!: b4 g4 39.l::!: c4 l::!: a1 40.l::!: b 4 e5
4 1 . 1::!: b6+ W g5 4 2. 1::!: b 5 l::!: e 1
4J.l::!: a5 l::!: e4 44.l::!: b5 l::!: e 1 45.l::!: a5
e4 46.l::!: a6 eJ 47.fxe3 l::!: xeJ 48.:b6
l::!: e2+ 49.Wf1 l::!: h 2 so.w g1 l::!: h6
5t.l::!: b4 l::!: d6 52.Wf2 l::!: d2+ 5J.Wf1
W f6 54.l::!: b5 W e6 55. l::!: a5 l::!: d5
56. l::!: a8 l::!: b 5 57. l::!: e8+ W d5
58. W f2 l::!: b6 59. l::!: d8+ w es
62.l::!: e8+ Wd4 6J.l::!: e7 l::!: d8 64.l::!: f7
W e5 65.l::!: e 7+ W f6 66.l::!: e2 l::!: dJ
67. l::!: e8 l::!: d2+ 68. W fl l::!: a 2
69.Wg1 l::!: aJ 70.Wf2 l::!: dJ 71.l::!: e2
l::!: d8 72.W g2 l::!: d4 7J.W f2 l::!: d 7
74.Wg2 l::!: d6 Draw
 159 .Ae7 5 1.h4 f5 52.hxg5 f4 5J.l:td3
Joshua Waitzkin W f7 54.l:txa5 W g6 55.l:tb5 l:t a2
Rafail Klovsky 56.l:tbb3 \t>xg5 57.Wb5 \t> g4 58.a4
New York 1994 .Ah4 59.a5 il...f2 60.a6 .Ag1 61.l:tdc3
il... a7 62.l:!: c7 A eJ 63. l:t e7 W fJ
64.l:t b4 W g2 65.l:t a4 l:t xa4
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 c6 J . d4 cxd4 66.W xa4 .A g 1 6 7. l:t g7+ W h 2
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6 68.l:!:f7 W gJ 69.\t> bJ fJ 70.W c2
7.il... e2 xd4 8Jihd4 il... g7 9.il... g5 .Ac5 7 t.Wd2 w g2 72.l:!:g7+ wn
0-0 10 .... d2 il... e6 11.0-0 l:tc8 12.b3 73.a7 Axa7 74.l:txa7 f2 1 :0
b5?! 13.e5! dxe5

160
Maia Lomineishvili
Corina Peptan
Svitavy 1993

l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 J.d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.Ae2 xd4 8Jihd4 Jl.. g7 9.Jl.. g5
0-0 10.0-0 Ae6 ll.'it'd2 l:tc8 12.b3
b5 13.cxb5?!

1 4. xb5 Here 1 5 . xd8 :!d: fxd8

16.xb5 is even sronger and the rea
son 1 2 . . . b5?! isn't normally played.
14 ... a6 15.c3 'CWc7 16.l:tad1 h5
1 7.il... f3 l:tfd8 18.'CWct l:!:d4 19.il... e3
il... xc4 20. bxc4 l:t xc4 2 t .il... d2 e4
22.il... e2 eJ 2J.il... xc4 exd2 24.it' xd2
'it'xc4 25.d5 xd5 26.'it'xd5 e6
27.'it'xc4 l:txc4 28.l:!:ct l:!:a4 29.l:!:c2
il... d4 JO.l:tb1 e5 31.Wfl e4 32.l:tb7
eJ JJ.fxeJ il... xeJ 34.l:!: cc7 l:t f4+
35.We2 il... g1 36.h3 l:tf2+ 37.\t>dJ lJ...l:t xcJ 14.'ihc3 lt:l xe4 15.'ff e3
il... h 2 38. l:t c 2 l:!: f6 39.W e4 h4 lt:l xg5 16.'ffxg5 JJ.. xa1 17.llxa1 'ffa5
40.Wd5 il... gJ 4 t.l:tb3 a5 42.Wc5 18.'ff xe7 'iVcJ 19.ll dl 'ff c2 20.JJ.. fJ
l:tf5+ 43. W b6 il... e 1 44.l:!:e2 il... b4 'ff xa2 21.'ff xd6 JJ.. xbJ 22.llel 'iVa5
45.a3 il...c5+ 46.Wa6 il...f8 4 7.:e4 g5 23.'ffe5 llc8 24.h4 'iVcJ 25.'We7 JJ.. e6
48.l:t a4 l:!:f2 49.g3 hxgJ 50.l:!: xg3 26.lldl 'ff c5 Draw

1 07
 Chapter 1 2
White plays Jl g5 and 'id2
(main lines)
Here we deal with one of White's most
popular tries against the . . . qj xd4
Maroczy. The endgame that occurs
after 14.qja4 (games 172-177) is one
of White's most critical tries and
Beliavsky-Tiviakov (game 174) is a
major challenge.
161
Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand
Moscow 1994
l.<:'lfJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lthd4
lt:'lc6 5.e4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6 7.il.. e2
lt:'l xd4 8.'1hd4 il.. g7 9.-i g5 0-0
10.'.,.'d2 a6 1 1.0-0 ll.e6 12.b3 as
108
Here 1 2 . . . b5 ! ? transposes into
Kekelidge-Turner (158). 1J.l:[ad1 b5
Despite the thematic Black piece
setup this position never seems to
have been reached before (the com
bination of b3 and l:ad1 being un
common). By playing l: ad 1 White
protects his Queen, making Bxf6 and
qj d5 possible, but here it has no
sting. 14. .i xf6 As after 14 . . . Jl xf6
15.qjd5 'ifxd2 16.qJxf6+ Black has
two reasonable continuations: ( 1 )
1 6. . . g7 17.qj h5+ gxh5 18.l:xd2
bxc4 19.bxc4 l: fc8; (2) 16 . . . exf6
1 7 . l: xd2 bxc4 1 8. Jl xc4 J1. xc4
19.bxc4 l:fc8. In both cases White's
weak c-pawn offers compensation for
Black's d or h pawn. Draw
162
Judit Polgar
Vassily lvanchuk
Buenos Aires 1994
l . e4 c5 2.lt:'lf3 lt:'l c6 J. d4 cxd4
4.lt:'l xd4 g6 5.c4 it:'lf6 6.lt:'lc3 d6
7..ie2 it:'lxd4 8.''xd4 .i g7 9. .i g5
0-0 10.d2 .ie6 11.0-0 a6 12.1l.d3
it:'ld7 13.it:'ld5 .i xd5 14.exd5 .if6
15 .ie3 lt:'lc5 16 .ie2 a5 1 7.l:[ab1
b6 18.l:[fc1 b4 19.d 1
19..J:!:a6 20. .tdJ il)xd3 21. ihdJ a4
22.b3 axbJ 23Jhb3 if aS 24Jhb7
'ifxa2 25.g3 l:!:c8 26.Wg2 h5 27.h4
l:!:aJ 28.'ifc2 'ifxc2 29.l:!:xc2 l:!:dJ
JO.l:!:cl Wf8 J t..t h6+ W g8 32 .te3
D raw
163
Oliver Reeh
Hans-Joachim Vatter
Germany 1994
l . e4 c5 2.il) rJ il) c6 3 . d 4 cxd4
4.il)xd4 g6 5.c4 il)f6 6.il)cJ il)xd4
7.'ifxd4 d6 s. .tgs .tg7 9 .te2 0-0
10.'ifd2 ii.e6 11.0-0 if aS 12.l:!:ad1
[ 12.l:!:acl a6 13.l:!:fd l l::!: fc8 14.i.xf6
.txf6 15.il)d5 xd2 16.il)xf6+ exf6
17Jhd2 b5 18J:hd6 bxc4 19.f4 l::!: d8
20.l::!:cdl l::!: db8 21.l:!: ld2 l:!:b4 22.wt2
l:!: ab8 23.l::!: d8+ l:!: xd8 24.l:!: xd8+
Wg7 25.l:!:d2 l:!:a4= Nunn-Petursson,
Reykjavik 1990) 12 .. J:tfc8 13.b3 a6
1 09
1 4 . .t xf6 .t xf6 1 5. il) d5 'if xd 2
16.il) xf6+ W g7 1 7 ,lt:) h5+ gxh5
18.l:!:xd2 l:!:c5 19.f4 f6 20.l:!:e1 [20.a4
a5 2 I .l:!:f3 l:!:g8 22.f5 .tf7 23.l:!:g3+
Wh6 24.l:!:xg8 .txg8 25.'Jl f2 .tfl
26.l:!:d3 l:!:e5 27.We3 i.e8 28.Wf4
i.c6= Prie-Trauth, Cannes 1 992]
20...I!a7 21.e5 dxe5 22. .t xh5 b5
23.cxb5 axb5 24.fxe5 l::!: xe5 25.l::!: xe5
fxe5 26 . .trJ .t rs 2 7. W f2 .t b 1
28. .te2 .txa2 29.l:!:b2 l:!:a3 JO. .td1
'it>f6 Jt.'it>eJ 'it> e6 32.W d3 'it> ds
33.Wc3 e4 34.l:!:d2+ 'i.t e5 35. .tc2
.txbJ 36..txb3 l:!:a1 37.l:!:e2 Wf4
38.i.d5 l:!:a4 39..tb3 l:!:a1 40. .td5
l:!: a4 41 . .tf7 l:!:aJ+ 42. W b4 l:!:dJ
43.Wxb5 eJ 44.Wc4 l:!:d2 45. .th5
e5 46.l::!: x d2 exd2 47.Wd3 1 :0
164
Markus Stangl
Christian Sandor
Germany 1994
t.il)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 il)c6 4.d4
cxd4 s.il)xd4 il)f6 6.il)cJ d6 7 .te2
ii) xd4 8.xd4 JJ.. g7 9.JJ.. g5 a5
10.d2 0-0 1 1.0-0 JJ.. e6 12.l::r acl a6
If Black wants to avoid what follows
he can do so by playing the move or
der 12 .. Rfc8 13.b3 a6. uJUd1 l::r fc8
.
1 4 . JJ.. xf6 A xf6 1 5 . ii) d5 x d 2
16.ii)xf6+ exf6 17.l::r xd2 b5 18.l::r dc2
f5 19.0 fxe4 20.fxe4 Wf8 21.cxb5
l::r xc2 22.l:!:xc2 axb5 23.a3
23... b4! 24.axb4 l::!: a4 25.'&t>f2 l::r xb4
26.We3 W e7 27.l::r d 2 Aa2 28.iJ.. d3
A b3 29.Ae2 'iii> e6 30J:!: d4 l::r b6
31. Wf4 '&t>e7 32.h4 h6 33.Ad3 'i.t> c6
34.i.e2 g5+ 35.hxg5 Draw
165
Nick DeFirmian
Benjamin Finegold
Key West (US ch) 1994
l . e4 c5 2 . ii) f3 ii) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.0 xd4 g6 5.c4 0 f6 6.0c3 d6
7.il.e2 0xd4 8.xd4 Ag7 9.Ag5
0-0 10.d2 a6 11.0-0 a5 12J:!:fdl
il.e6 13.Axf6 A xf6 14.ii)d5 xd2
1 5.0 xf6+ exf6 1 6 Jh d 2 l::r fc8
1 10
17Jhd6 On 1 7.b3 Black can play
. . . 17 ... b5 !. 17 JJ.. xc4 18.11.0 W g7
.
19.e5 fxe5 20.b3 il.b5 21.il.xb7 l::r d8
22. l::r adl n xd6 23. 1::1: xd6 1::!: a7
24.l::r b6 wrs 25.f3 we7 26.a4 Ad3
27.a5 Wd7 28.'i.t>f2 Wc7 29.iJ.. d5
W d8 30.We3 An Jl.'&t>e4 A xg2
32.W xe5 l::r e7+ 33.W f6 l::r eJ
34.l::r xa6 JJ.. xfJ 35.il.xf7 Ae4 36.b4
l::r fJ+ 37. W g7 l::r f2 38. b5 l::!: xh2
39.l::r e6 Ahl 40.l::!: el l::r h5 41 .b6
l::r xa5 42.l::!: xhl l::r b5 4J.l::r d l+ W e7
44J:l: e l + '&t> d6 45.W xh7 l::r xb6
46.W xg6 l::!: b 2 47.Ae6 l:tc2 48.Wf6
l::!: cl 49.l::!: e4 l::!: d l 50.iJ.. f5 W c5
51.l::!: e8 l::!: d6+ 52.il.e6 W d4 53.l::!: h8
l::!: b6 54.nh4+ '&t>c3 ss.wes Wd3
56.l::!: hJ+ Wd2 57.JJ.. c4 l::!: g6 58.JJ.. d5
l::!: g7 59.Wd4 l::r d7 60.l::!: h2+ '&t> d t
61.Wc4 Wel 62.l::!: a2 !!:d8 63.Wd4
W d l 64.n g2 l::!: d7 65.W e4 w e t
66.Ac4 l::!: d2 67.l::!: g8 l::!: d7 68.JJ.. b 5
l::!: d6 69.JJ.. a4 Wd2 70.l:tg2+ Wc3
11.l::!: c2+ Wb4 72.Ac6 Wb3 73.l::!: c t
w b4 74.Ad5 l::!: h6 75.Wd4 l::!: h4+
76.Ae4 llg4 77.l::!: c8 l::!: h4 78.l::!: b8+
w a4 79.W d5 w a3 so.il.dJ !:l:b4
st.!:!:hs !:l:g4 82.'iii> c5 Wb2 83.l::!: h3
w e t 84. h2 l::!: f4 ss.A c4 w d t
86.Wb4 l::!: e4 87.wcl wet 88.Adl
l::!: eJ 89. W d4 l::!: fJ 90.l::!: e2+ W fl
9 1 . l::!: b 2 + W e t 9 2. A e 2 l::!: gJ
93.We4? l::!: eJ+ Draw
t66
Marc Dutreeuw
John Donaldson
Liechtenstein t994
l . e4 c5 2.it:H3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6
7.Ae2 lll xd4 sJ!hd4 Ag7 9.Ag5
0-0 tO.d2 Ae6 11.l::!: c t a5 12.b3
l::!: fc8 tl.0-0 a6 t4.fel A sneaky
move specifically directed against
14 . . .b5. t4...b5?! Falling into White's
plans. Instead 14 . . . f8 was quite
playable, taking away the strength of
Nd5. Note that f2-f4-f5 is not very
dangerous with White's Rook on e l
instead of fl . After l 4 . . . \t>f8 Black
is ready for . . . b5. t 5.lll d5 xd2
t6.xd2 lll xd5 17.exd5 Ad7
18.ii.. dl?! Missing his chance with
1 1 1
1 8.Ag5!. After 18 ...Af6 19.Axf6 exf6
White has an extra pawn in effect.
t8 A f6 Giving White no second
chances. 19.l:c2 bxc4 20.l:xc4 Ab5
2 1 .l: xc8+ l: xc8 2 2 .i.. x b 5 axb5
23.l:cl l:a8 24.l:c2 W f8 25.Wfl
W e8 26.W e2 W d7 27.W d3 e6
28.dxe6+ fxe6 29.Ab4 .i.. eS JO.hl d5
J l.l:e2 Af6 32.f4 h5 33.a3 .i.. d8
34.l:a2 .i..c7 35.We3 l:b8 36.g3 l:g8
37.h4 e5 38.fxe5 AxeS 39.Ael l:e8
40.Wf3 .i.. d6 4t.Ad2 l:f8+ 42.Wg2
A c5 4J.iH4 A e7 44.A e3 l:t e8
45.A d4 g5 46.h xg5 A xg5 47.a4
bxa4 48.bxa4 h4 49.gxh4 .i.. xh4
50.a5 Wc7 51.a6 Wb8 52.l:a5 W aS
SJ.WfJ .i.. f6 54.Ab6 .i.. d8 Draw
167
Josh Manion
Roman Dzindzichashvili
Chicago t992
l . e4 c5 2.lll f3 lll c6 J.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll r6 6.lll c3 d6
7.Ae2 lll xd4 8.xd4 Ag7 9.Ag5
0-0 tO.d2 Ae6 tt.l::t c t a6 t2.b3
a5 13.0-0 l::!: ab8 An interesting al
ternative to the usual 13 ... l:fc8. t4.f3
l::!: fc8 t5.lll d 5?! Asking for trouble.
White should draw easily enough af
ter the text, but 1 5.l:fd l b5 16.l2Jd5
was more prudent as White's King
wouldn't get buried in the corner.
t5 .1i'xd2 16.Axd2 ll'lxd5 t 7.cxd5
A d4+ t8.W h t A d 7 t 9.l::!: xc8+
White needs to get the Rooks traded
off before Black gets in ... i.b2-a3.
t9 l::!: xc8 20.l::!: c t l::!: x cl+ 21.Axct
.
fS Usually Black plays . . . e7 -e6 in such
positions but Dzindzhi tries something
a little more dynamic to unbalance the
game. 22.g4 'it>n 23.Ag5 b5 24.'it>g2
e6 25.dxe6+ .i. xe6 26.gxf5 gxf5
27 .i.d3 'it>g6 28.Af4 .i.e5! 29.'it>g3
'it> f6 30.h4 h6 31 .i.e2 .i.d7 32 .i.d3
a5 33.exfS
33 b4! 34.Axe5+ 'it>xe5 35.'it>g4 d5
36 .i.c2 d4 3 7.Ad3 Ac8 38 . .i.c2
.i.a6 39.'it>h5 Ae2 40.'it>g6 d3 4l.f4+
'it' xf4 42.A d 1 Axd1 43.f6 Ah5+
44.'it>xh5 d2 45.n dl=+ 46.'it>xh6
d6+ 47.'it>g7 d7 48.'it>g8 g4+
0:1
... c5
1 12
168
Diego Adla
Francisco Llera Palacios
Parana 1993
l . e4 c5 2.itH3 c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.xd4 g6 5.c4 f6 6.c3 xd4
7.'ihd4 d6 8 .i.g5 .i. g7 9 .i.e2 0-0
10.d2 .i.e6 11.0-0 a5 12J!acl
l:!fc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 l:!c5 15.a3
A rather radical solution to get in f4-
f5 but not one that should cause Black
any problems. 15...xa3 16. .i. xf6
.i. xf6 1 7. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 1:! xf5
19.l:! xf5 .i. xf5 2 0. d 5 A g6
21.xf6+ exf6 22.b4 l:!e8 23. .i.f3
b6 24. h4 d 3 25. f4 e3 +
26. xe3 l:! xe3 2 7.l:! a 1 b 3
28.l:!xa6 l:!xb4 29.h5 .trs 30. .td5
A e6 3 1.h6 .i. x d5 32.cxd5 W f8
33.1:! a8+ W e 7 34.1:! a7+ W e8
35.1:! a8+ W d7 36.1:! a7+ W e8
3 7. 1:! a8+ W d7 38.1:! a7+ W d 8
39.1:! xf7 1:! h4 40.1:! xf6 W e 7
4t.l:!e6+ W d 7 42.l:!f6 b 5 43.Wf2 b4
44. W e3 W c 7 45.l:! f7+ W b 6
46.lhh7 b3 47.Wd2 'itt cs 48.Wc3
l::t h 2 Draw
169
Yuri Kruppa
Sergei Tiviakov
St. Petersberg 1993
l . e4 c5 2.ltH3 /l) c6 3. d4 cxd4
4./l) xd4 g6 5.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6
7 .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9 .i.g5
0-0 1 0. d2 .i. e6 l l .l::t c 1 a5
1 2.0-0 l::tfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 l::t c5 A
very useful move. Black restrains f4-
f5 and prepares to double Rooks in
conjunction with . . . b7-b5. 15.e3
Covering the g l -a7 diagonal and
breaking the pin on the Knight. Other
possibilities here are 1 4 . i. f3 ,
14.i.d3 and 14.a3. Black seems to
be getting good play in every case.
15 l::t ac8 16.l::t b 1 d8 1 7.a4 a5
..
18.W h1 f8 19.l::t bel
19 l::t xg5!? A purely positional Ex-
. Black forever. 18....i.d7 19.<;i7h1
1 13
change sacrifice. Black gets the use
of e5 for his pieces. 20.fxg5 /l)d7
21./l)dS .i.e5 22./l)f4 .i.xf4 23.l::t xf4
h6 24.h4 /l)e5 25.l::t m l::t c5 26.gxh6
Wh7 27.h5 xh6 28.xh6+ W xh6
29.hxg6 W xg6 30.l::t f4 /l)c6 3 IJ::t h4
l::t gs 32.l::t fl /l) d4 33 .i. d 1 'itt g7
34.W h2 f6 35.l::t e1 W f8 36.l::t e3
W e8 3 7.l::t h5 l::t xh5+ 38 .i. xh5+
W d7 39.l::t d3 /l) c6 40.l::t c3 W c 7
41..i.e8 /l)d4 42.l::t d3 /l)c2 4 3 .i.b5
/l)b4 44.l::t g3 .i.d7 45.l::t g7 .i. xb5
46.axb5 Wd7 47.l::t g3 We6 48.Wg1
We5 49.l::t g7 We6 50.e5 dxe5 51.c5
W d7 52. l::t g8 /l) d3 53.c6+ b xc6
54.b6 /l)c5 55.l::t a8 /l)b7 56.l::t a7
Wc8 57.: as+ <;i7d7 ssJ::!: a7 Wc8
Draw
1 70
Viktor Korchnoi
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
Antwerp 1994
l.c4 c5 2./l)fJ /l)f6 3./l)c3 g6 4.e4
/l)c6 5.d4 cxd4 6./l)xd4 d6 7. .i.e2
/l) x d4 8. x d4 .i. g7 9.0-0 0-0
10..i.g5 Jt.. e6 ll.e3 b6 12.d2
l::t fc8 13.b3 a5 14.l::t ac1 a6 15.f4
l::tc5 16.e3 Breaking the pin and
possibily supporting central action
with e5 or f5. Here 16.''d3 would
allow 16 . . J::t xg5 17.fxg5 'iYxg5 with
excellent compensation. 16 J::!: ac8 .
17./l)a4 l::t5c6 18.f5 A very comrnital
move which gives the e5 square to
 171
Giorgi Kacheisvili
Jan Suran
Mlada Boleslav 1994

1.c4 f6 2.c3 cS 3.0 c6 4.d4

cxd4 s.xd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Ae2
xd4 8.'ti" xd4 A g7 9.A g5 0-0
10.'ti" d2 A e6 11.0 'ti" as 1 2.l::i: c 1
l::i: fc8 13.b3 a 6 14. d5 'ti" xd2+
1 5. xd2 xdS 1 6. exd5 A d 7
19 J:!:e8 White having just made a

17.l::!: ce1 e6 18.dxe6 Axe6 19.l::i: c l
major concession by having played
f4-f5, Black readjusts to the new situ
ation. His new setup will be . . . l::!: e8
(to cover the e7 square, . . J:!:cc8 (to
clear c6 for the Bishop), . . i.d7-c6
(controlling d5) a and finally ... ltJf6-
d7-e5. 20.ltJcJ l::i: cc8 2t.Axf6 Axf6
22.ltJd5 Ac6 23.b4 'ti"xa2 24.ltJb6
l::i: cd8 25.b5 A d 7 2 6. A g4 gS
27.l::i: c d1 'ti"b2 28.h4 gxh4 29.ltJxd7
Now, just after White captured on d7
Black's flag fell! After 29 . . . l::i: xd7
Black is doing fine with his ironclad
grip on the dark squares. 1:0
19 b5 As 19 ... d5 would be met by

14.llJ d5 20.c5. 20.Af4 b4? Here 1 9 . . . bxc4

20.bxc4 (20.i. xc4 d5) c6 is equal
2 1 . l::i: h d 1 dS 2 2.cxd5 A xd S
23. l::!: xc8+ l::!: xc8 24. e3 A b 7
25.Ac4 l::!: e8+ 26.f2 Af6 27.l::i: d 7
l::!:e7 28.l::i: d8+ g7 29.Ad6 A h4+
JO.gJ l::!: e 2 + 3 1 . xe2 A xd8
32.Axb4 f6 JJ.Acs a5 34.e3
hS 35.a3 Ac7 36.f4 Ac6 37.b4 axb4
38.axb4 Ab7 39.b5 Ab8 40.b6 Ac6
4t.Ad4+ rs 42.Axf7 h4 43.gxh4
g4 44.Ae6+ hS 45.i.e5 AxeS
46.fxe5 gS 47.h3 1:0

1 14
 1 4.llJa4 'ixd2+
1 5.xd2 llJ d7 1 6.!:[c2
172
Mikhail Brodsky
Christian Sandor
Berlin 1993
l . e4 cS 2.ltH3 c6 3 . d4 cxd4
4. xd4 g6 S.c4 f6 6.c3 d6
7.Ae2 xd4 8.'ihd4 Ag7 9.Ags
'iV aS 10. 'it' d2 0-0 uJ!c1 Ae6 12.0
a6 1 3.b3 l! fc8 14. a4 'it' xd2+
1S.Wxd2 d7 16.l!c2 Wf8
1 15
Here 16 ... f7-f5 (or perhaps 16 ... f6
17.i.e3 f5) seems much more active.
17.l!hct rs 18.Ad3 wf7 19.Ae3
l! c6 20. c3 lt:l cS 2 1. it:l dS aS
22.exfS ..txrs 23...txrs gxfS
24.g4! fxg4 2S.fxg4 W e6 26.l!e1
Acs 27...txcS l!xcS 28.f4+ Wf6
29. d3 l! c6 30.l! e4 ..t xh 2
31.Wd1 Ag1 32.l!g2 ii.a7 33.l!h2
l!h8 34.l!h6+ Wf7 3S.l!he6 l!e8
36.f4 A b6 37.l!h6 w g7 38.gS
cS 39.hS+ Wf7 40.l!xh7+ W g6
4 1 . f6 ..t d 8 4 2. l! xb7 ..i xf6
43. gxf6 W xf6 4 4. l! h4 l! g8
4S.l! h6+ w fS 46.1:! f7+ w c4
47.l!f2 a4 48.Wc2 axb3+ 49.axb3
l!a6 SO.c2+ W d4 S1.l! d2+ WcS
S2.Wb2 W b4 S3.l!h7 l!b6 S4.l!a7
l!g3 SS.l!a4+ WcS S6.l!dS+ Wc6
S7.b4 l!h3 SS.bS+ Wd7 S9.a7+
W c6 60.W c2 l! g3 61.l!h7 l! g6
6 2. W c3 l! b 8 63.l! a 7 l! c8
64.1:! xd6+ W xd6 6S.l! a6+ w cS
66.l!xg6 1:0
 16.h4

18 J::[ ab8 A good move which not

only threatens . . .b7-b5 but also makes

. . . lt) cs possible. 1 9 . it:) c3 it:) c5
173 20.it:) d5 A xd5 2 1 . c x d5 fxe4
Friso Nijbocr 22.Axe4 it:)xe4+ 23.fxe4 h5 24.Wd3
Zsuzsa Polgar Ab2 25.J::[ c2 Draw
Groningen 1993
16.g4

l . e4 c5 VH3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4

4.it:)xd4 g6 5.c4 it:)f6 6.it:)c3 it:)xd4
7.'ihd4 d6 s.Ag5 A g7 9.'d2 o-o
10.0 Ae6 11.J::[ c 1 a5 12.b3 l::[ fc8
1 3. A e2 a6 1 4 . it:) a4 x d2+
15.Wxd2 it:) d7 16.h4 The text and
16.l:c2 have the advantage ofthreat
ening to take on e7 ( 16. Ji.. xe7??
Ji.. h6+) but 16.g4 seems to be White's
best. 16 ...f6 Well-timed. By throwing
in . . . f6 before . . . f5, Black draws
White's Bishop back to e3. This leads
play into the 8.Ji.. e3 line and makes
174
one wonder ifthat isn't a more acurate
Alexander Beliavsky
move-order as . . . a6-b5 gambits are
Sergei Tiviakov
less dangerous and 14 . . . d8 (see Groningen 1993
Beliavsky-Shabalov, game 1 77) and
9 ... h6 and 9 . a5 are sidestepped.
..

1 7.Ae3 f5 18 . .i.d3 l . e4 c5 2 . it:) f3 it:) c6 3.d4 cxd4

1 16
4.lthd4 g6 S.c4 /l)f6 6./l)c3 d6
7. .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9. .i.gS
0-0 10. d2 .i. e6 1 1 .l::t c 1 aS
1 2. f3 l::t fc8 1 3. b 3 a6 1 4 . /l) a4
xd2+ 1S.W xd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Of
White's 1 6th move alternatives
( 1 6 . /l) c3 , 1 6 .h4, 1 6 . l::t c2 and
16.l::t hdl ) this is probably the most
popular. Beliavsky gives it an excla
mation mark, evaluating the position
as slightly better for White. 16 ... f6
Now the play is identical to the end
ing where White puts his Bishop on
e3 (both sides have lost one tempo).
This game can be compared with
Suba--Gdanski (game # 1 44 ) .
17 .i.e3 fS 18.exfS gxfS 19.h3 Suba
played g5 when Black was able to
answer with ... d5 and good play. By
keeping the pawn at g4 White is able
to answer . . . d5 with gxf5 winning
material. 19...l::t f8 20.f4 Black was
threatening . . . f4 when he would own
the e5 square.
20 ... dS 2 1 .cxdS .i. xdS 2 2 J:!: h d 1
l::t ac8 23. gxfS b S 24.l::t xe8 l::t xe8
1 17
2S.W e 1 .i. c6 2 6 . /l) cS /l) xcS
27..i.xeS .i.f6 28.b4 .i.h4+ 29.Wd2
.i.e4?! Capturing the doubled f-pawn
gets Black in trouble. 30. W e3
.i.xfS?! 31 .i.g4 l::t f8 32.l::t g 1 W h8
33 . .i. xfS l::t xfS 34.W e4 l::t h S
3 S .i. d 4 + it. f6 36 .i. xf6+ exf6
37.l::t g3 h6 38.l::t a3 W g7 39.l::t xa6
l::t xh3 40.l::t aS l::t h2 4 1 . W fS hS
42.l::t a7+ W h6 43.Wxf6 h4 44.l::t a8
Wh7 4S.l::t as l::t g2 46.fS h3 47.l::t a3
h 2 48J h 3+ W g8 49. a3 l::t e 2
SO. l::t h4 l::t d 2 S l . W e 7 l::t e2+
S 2.W d6 l::t e 2 S3.W e6 l::t e2+
S4.wds l::t e 2 ss.l::t h3 W g7 S6.wes
l::t e2+ S7.wd4 l::t c2 ss.wds W f6
59. l::t hS W g7 60. W eS l::t e2+
61.Wd6 l::t e 2 62.WeS Draw
1 7S
Sofia Polgar
Peter Leko
Buda11est 1993
l . e4 cS 2 . /l) f3 /l) c6 3.d4 cxd4
4./l) xd4 g6 S.c4 /l) f6 6./l)c3 d6
7. .i.e2 /l)xd4 8.xd4 .i.g7 9 .i. g5
as 1 0. d 2 0-0 l l . f3 .i. e6
1 2.l::t c 1 l::t fe8 1 3. b3 a6 14./l) a4
xd2+ 1S.Wxd2 /l)d7 16.g4 Wf8
Better is 16 . . . f6 17 . .lte3 f5. Black
can't afford to sit. 17 . .lt e3 l::t ab8
18.g5 f5 19.exf5 A xfS 20.f4 b5
2 1 . e xbS axbS 2 2./l) e3 /l) eS
23.A xeS l::t xeS 24. b4 l::t c6
25.A d3 A xd3 26. W xd3
26 J::t c4 27.a3 xf4 28.!:l:hfl l:!xfl
. 28.l:!d2 bS 29.l::i: c dl bxc4 30 .i.xc4
29. l::t xfl+ e8 30.!:!: f4 it. xc3
31.Wxc3 l:!c8+ 32.Wb3 eS 33.l:!h4
l:!c7 34.a4 bxa4+ 3S.W xa4 l:! e7
36.l::!: e4 dS 37.l:!et Wd7 38.W b3
W d6 39.Ii:a1 e4 40. 'it>c3 WeS 41.bS
d4+ 42.Wd2 l:!f7 0:1
176
Thomas Ernst
Sergei Tiviakov
Haninge 1992
l . e4 cS 2 . ltH3 lll c6 3.d4 cxd4
4.lll xd4 g6 5.c4 lll f6 6.lll c3 d6
7.i.. e2 lll xd4 8.xd4 g7 9.i.. g5
0-0 10.d2 i.. e6 11J!c1 a5 12.f3
fc8 1 3.b3 a6 14.lll a4 xd2+
1 5.W xd2 lll d7 16.g4 : c6 Black
needs to play actively with 16 . . f6
1 7.Be3 f5. 17.h4 !:l:e8 18.lll c3 i.. d4
19.lll ds f6 2o.Jt.r4 i.. n 21.g5 w g7
2 2. i.. e3 i.. xe3+ 23. W xe3 e6
24.lll xf6 lll xf6 25. gxf6+ W xf6
26.l::i: h d1 We7 27.f4 l:!ec8
1 18
it.e8 31.l!g1 b6 32.fS exfS 33.exfS
!:l:cS 34.fxg6 xg6 3S. gS l::t xgS
36.hxgS !:l:c6 37.Wd4 aS 38.l::!: e2+
W d8 39.l::!: e6 f7 40. h6 g6
4 1 . d 3 x d3 4 2. < xd3 !:l: cs
43.1:! xd6+ W c7 44.1:! h6 1:! xgS
4S.Ii: xh7+ b6 46.l::!: h6+ cs
4 7. W c3 l::!: gJ+ 48. W b 2 !:l: g2 +
49.Wa3 WbS SO.l:!hS+ W b6 Draw
177
Alexander Beliavsky
Alexander Shabalov
Manila (ol) 1992
l.e4 c5 This game was played so late
in the tournament that it wasn't sub
mitted for the Brilliancy Prize. Had
it been, it would have been a strong
contender for the most creative effort
of the entire Olympiad. 2.lll f3 g6
3.c4 lll c6 4.d4 cxd4 5.lll xd4 lll f6
6.lll c3 d6 7.i.. e2 lll xd4 8.xd4
i.. g7 9. g5 0-0 1 0 . d 2 e6
11.!:l:c1 as 12.0 !!res [ 1 2 ... a6?!
13.lll d5 ! xa2 14.lll xe7+ W h8
 l 5.lt:ld5 Ji.. xd5 l6.cxd5 l::!: fc8 17.0-0
li:l d7 l 8.l::!: b l l::!: c7 l 9. Ji.. f4 lt:le5
20.l::!: bc l 'lYb3 2 l .l::!: xc7 'lYb6+ and
White went on to win in Suba
Spiridonov 1982] 13.b3 a6 14.lt:la4

The constricted position ofthe White

King make it easy for threatened com
binations like Axc3 to force White
to retreat. 41.lt:ldl n xbJ 42.:c7
l::!: aJ 43.h4 g5 44.Ag4 h5 45.Af5+
W h6 46.l::!: e7 gxh4 47.lt:l xe3 A f6
48.: h 7+ W g5 49. lll c2 : cJ
14 JWd8!? An option not available

50.JI.d4
to Black when White's Bishop is on
e3. The value of the text is difficult
to discern as it has only been played
a handful of times. 15.0-0 [ l 5.c5!?
l::!: c6 l 6. W f2 ! 'lV f8 l 7.'lYb4 li:ld7
l 8 .cxd6 l::!: xd6 l 9 . 'i hb7 Ji.. d4+
20.i.e3 l::!:b8 2 l.'lYc7 ; 15.0-0 l::!:ab8
l6.c5 l::!: c6 l 7.l::!: fdl lt:le8 l8.b4 b5
l 9.lt:lc3 l::!: b7 20.li:ld5 Krasenkov
Hernandez, Palma de Mallorca 1989)
15 A d7 16.lt:lc3 b5 17.l::!:fdl Ae8
..

18.e5 dxe5 19.'ihd8 l::!: xd8 20.I!:xd8

l::!: x d8 2l.cxb5 axb5 22.lt:l xb5 h6
23.Ae3 li:ld5 24.i.f2 lt:lf4 25.Ac4
!! d 2 26. a4 A c6 27.W fl l::!: b 2
28. lt:l c 3 28 e 4 ! 29.lt:l xc4 r:iJ h 7
.. so Jxc2! st.Axc2 Axd4 52.:d7

30.a5 f5 Jl.li:lcJ e 5 32.lt:ldl l:i d 2 AeJ 5J.l::!: g7+ Wf6 54.:g6+ wes
JJ. JI. eJ : xg2! 34.A xf4 A xfJ ss.:gs+ W d6 56.:as o 57.i.dJ
35.JI.e3 f4 36.Agl e4 37.lt:lc3 l:id2 A g2+ ss.w et f2+ 59.w dl hJ
38.Ae2 Jl.ht 39.a6 eJ 40.a7 l:Ib2 6o.:xh5 Jl.xa7 6t.:h6+ We5 0:1

1 19
 Chapter 1 3
The Hyper-Accelerated pose into the Gheorghiu Benoni (de
Dragon (2 ... g6) layed ... e6) as well as l .e4 c5 v:m
g6 3.d4 il.. g7 4.d5 tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3 with
a Schmid Benoni. Robatsch's experi
menta1 4 . b6 (games 207 and 208)
..

deserves a closer look.

Not to be recommended is the Semi

Players tied with facing the Maroczy
Bind often dream of a better move
order, one that would avoid the
Dragon proper but also sidestep 5.c4.
This chapter deals with such at
tempts.
Black's best try is the Hyper-Accel
erated Dragon (2 . . . g6). Black gets
interesting play after 3.c3 il.. g7 4.d4
Accelerated Dragon (4 ... tt:lf6 5.tt:lc3
g6?!). After 6.tt:lxc6 only Botvinnik
has managed to get 6 . . . dxc6 to work
(in one World Championship match
against Smyslov-he never repeated
his choice). Mortals should also stay
clear of 6 . . . bxc6. Though Black has
won some beautiful games with this
move, it's usually when White castles
long and allows Black to sacrifice the
Exchange for a pawn - that is .. Jh8-
b8-b4xf4 followed by ... il.. xe5. When
White castles short and is willing to
sacrifice the e-pawn the fun goes out
of the game for the second player.
3 .Jt c4
.

cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 while 6.exd5

transposes into a line in the Panov
Botvinnik Attack of the Caro-Kann
that is fine for the second player.
Avoiding the Rossolimo Attack
(3.il..b 5) seems to be the only moti
vation for the move order 3.d4 cxd4
which allows White the strong
4.'1hd4 Nf6 5.il..b5 ! Playing 2 ... g6
gives Black options against White
attempts to get into the Maroczy.
Note that 4 ... d6 allows White to trans-

1 20
 178
Renard Anderson
John Donaldson
Berkeley
l.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.c4 g7 4.c3
d6 5.0-0 ti)f6 6.l::!: e l 0-0 7.h3 ti)c6
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 ti)a5
1 l . fl ti) xd5 l 2.ti) cJ ti) xcJ
13.bxc3 e6 14.ti)g5 d5 15.a3
Af6 16.ti)e4 xe4 17.l::!: xe4 d5
18... et l::!: fe8 19.xe7
19 ... : ac8 20.d3 l::!: xe7 21Jhe7
Axe7 22.'tlhe7 l::!: xc3 23.'e4 xe4
24.Axe4 f8 25.l::!: d 1 e7 26.d5
b6 27.g3 k!c7 28. g2 d6 29.e4
!:l: cJ JO. g4 l::!: aJ J t . l::!: d 2 ti) c4
32.l:te2 b5 JJ.fJ ti) eJ+ 34. g3
ti) d 1 35. c2 ti) cJ 3 6J ! e3 b4
37.l::!: e8 ti)xa2 38.e4 ti)cJ 0:1
179
A. Serras
Zsuzsa Polgar
San Sebastian
1.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.c4 Ag7 4.c3
e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.ti)xd4 a6 7.0-0 ti)e7
8.a4
1991
8 d5 9.exd5 ti) xd5 10.ti)d2 0-0
..
l l . ti) e4 ti) c6 l 2. ti) xc6 b xc6
13.e2 a5 14.l::!: d 1 e7 15.g5 f6
16.e3 c7 17.c5 l:td8 18.g3 e5
19.f4 f5 20.ti)g5 h6 21.ti)fJ exf4
22. e7 1::!: e8 2J.l:t xd5 cxd5
24. xd5+ h 7 25. xa8 fxgJ
26. l::!: e 1 a 7+ 2 7. e3 xa8
28.hxg3 d5 29.f2 b7 JO.f4
g5 3 l . c4 d J 3 2. xg5 l::!: x e 1
JJ.ti)xe1 Ad4+ 0:1
180
Jerry Wheeler
John Donaldson
Jackson Hole 1992
1.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 g6 J.cJ g7 4.Ac4
d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 ti)f6 7.ti)cJ 0-0
8.0-0 ti) xe4 9.ti) xe4 d5 10. d3
1991 dxe4 ll.xe4 ti) d7 1 2.iU4 ti)f6
13.c2 g4 14.Ae5 d5 15.b3
Axf3 16.xf3 xf3 17.gxf3 l::!: fd8
18.l::!: ac1 l::!: ac8
121
 181
Georg Mohr
Krunoslav Hulak
Portoroz 1993

t.it:)fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.cJ d5 4.exd5

xd5 5. d4 .i g7 6 . .i e3 c x d 4
7.cxd4 aS+ 8.it:)cJ it:)f6 9 .ic4

0-0 1 0.0-0 it) bd7 l l . aJ it) b6

1 2. A a2 it) bd5 1 3. l':t c 1 A e6
1 4. d2 it) xeJ 1 5. fxe3 A xa2
19. l:t fe 1 f8 20J ! e d l it:) e s 16. it:) xa2 xd2 1 7. it:) xd2 it:) dS
21. g2 Ah6 22.l':txc8 l':txc8 23.d5 18.l:Ifel
it:) d6 24. : e t lt:) fs 25.l:I c4 .i g7
26.f4 f6 27.Ac3 it:)d6 28.l':tc2 l:Ic7
29.Ab4 llJf7 JO.l:Ie6 f5 Jl.d6 exd6
32.1I xd6 it:) xd6 33.A xd6+ l:Ie7
34. A d5 b6 35.b3 e8 36.A xc7
xe7 37.a4 A d4 38. f3 f6
39.h4 g7 40.g3 c5 41.Ae6
Ad6 42.f3 h6 43.Ag8 Draw

3.c3 d5

18 e5 ! 19.it:) fJ e4 20.lt) d 2 f5
..

21.it:)f1 f4 22.l':tcdl fxeJ 2J.it:)xeJ

it:)f4 24.it:)f1 it:)dJ 0:1

3.c3 i.. g7

1 22

182
Matthias Wahls
Lawrence Day
Manila (ol) 1992
l.c4 cS 2.f3 g6 3.c3 1l.. g7 4.1i.. b S
a6 S.1i.. a4 f6 6.c2 0-0 7.0-0
7 . . . d 6 8 . d4 cxd4 9.c xd4 it. d 7
10.Axd7 fxd7 1l.l:l:d1 c6 12.d5
ccS 13.d4 l:!:c8 14.b3 f3+
1S.'ihf3 it. xd4 16. xd4 k!: xc l +
1 7. :i: d 1 c 7 1 8 . a3 x a l
19.xa1 bS 20.'c2 c8 21.l:i:d1
f6 22.W fl c 1 23.eS dxeS
24.c4 f4 2S.g3 rs 26. e3
hJ+ 27.W g1 e4 28. l:!: f1 hS
29.a4 d6 30.c2 :i:c3 31.b4
g4 32. xg4 hxg4 33.: b 1 aS
34.c6 bxa4 3S.bxa4 l:!:c4 36.l:!:a1
c4 Draw
183
Slobodan Martinovic
Milos Pavlovic
Yugoslavia 1993
l.c4 cS 2.f3 g6 3.d4 it. g7 4.c3
as S.dS d6 6.it.d3 f6 7.0-0 0-0
8.h3 e6 9.c4 a6 10.c3 cxd5
ll.cxdS b4 12.1i.. b1
12... bS 13.xbS 1i.. a6 14.a3 l:!:fc8
1 S . it. c 2 fxdS 1 6. c xdS A e2
17. d2 A xfl 1 8 . W xfl a6+
19.'it;g1 l:!:ab8 20.1i.. b3 l:!:c2 21.d1
d3 22.c4 l:i:bc8 23.it.d2 xdS
24 . xd6 l::!: xf2 2S. xc8 A d 4
26.Wh1 c4 1 :0
1 23
 3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 1S i.d5 19.i.xd5 lll xd5 20.i.g3
..

lll f6 21. d3 c6 2 2.f5 lll e 4

5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 23.g4 d5 24. d7 liedS 25.a4
liacS 26.li ac1 lixc1 27.lixc1 h5
2S.lid1 i.f6 29.h4 Draw

1S5
Larry Christiansen
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992

1.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 3.c3 i. g7 4.d4

cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 lll f6 7.i.b5+
1S4 Ill bd7 S.d6 exd6 9. e2+ e 7
John Fedorowicz 10. '' xe7+ Or 1 0 . i. f4 , but after
Rafail Klovsky IO . . xe2+ l l.. xe2 White doesn't
.

New York 1994 have the possibility of i.f3 as he

1.e4 c5 2.lll f3 g6 3.c3 i. g7 4.d4
cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 lll f6 7.i.b5+
lll b d7 S.d6 0-0 9.0-0 exd6 10.lll c3
a6 l l .i.dJ lies 12.h3 h6 13.-'.f4
lll b6 1 4 . d 2 g5 1 5.i. h2 i. e6
1 6. l::!: fe 1 d 7 1 7. lll e4 lll xe4
1S.i.xe4
does in the Caro-Kann line originat
ing from l .e4 c6 2 .c4. 10 ... W xe7
ll.lll cJ lll b6 12.0-0 lidS 13.liel+
W fS 1 4 . h3 i. e6 1 5. lll g5 i. c4
16. i. f4 h6 1 7. lll f3 a6 1S.i. xc4
lll xc4 19.b3 lll b6 20.liac1 lll fd5
21.i.d2 lll xc3 22.i.xc3 lll d5 The
square d5 is Black's trump in this line
and he is normally well advised not
to play . . . d5 voluntarily. Instead a
Black Knight or Bishop will find a
nice home there. 23.i. a5 li dcS
24.Wfl lixc1 25.lixc1 We7 26.g3
Wd7 27.We2 b5 2S. .i.d2 a5 29.Wd3
a4 30.lll e 1 axb3 31.axb3 f5 32.lll c2
lia2 33.lia1 li xa1 34.lll xa1 g5
35.f3 lll c7 36.lll c2 lll e6 37.g4 fxg4
3S.hxg4 d5 39.i.e3 .i. f8 40.lll e 1
i. d6 4 1 .lll c2 i. f4 42.i.f2 W d6
Draw

1 24
 3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4 cxd4 10.exf6 exf6 1 1.0-0 ll'l f5 1 2.JLf4
JL e6 13.l:t c 1 l:t c8 14.ll'l a4 JL f7
5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 15.l:tc3 l:tes 16.JLb5 l:te4 1 7.JLxc6
Early h3 l:txf4 18.JLxb7 l:tb8 19.JLa6 a5
20. d 2 xa4 2 1 . xf4 l:t e8
22.l:ta3 b4 2J.JLd3 JLh6 24.c7
ll'lxd4 25.ll'lxd4 xd4 26.l:txa7 :rs
27.JLb5 JLf4 28.e7 JLd6 29.xd6
xa7 30.a4 d4 31.b4 d2 32.a5
JL eS 3J.JL xe8 l:t xe8 34.a6 d 3
35.c6 :rs 36.a7 aJ 37.xd5+
W g7 38.... b7+ W h6 39.b5 1:0

187
Paul Song
John Donaldson
Los Angeles 1990

186
Michael Adams l.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c3
Bent Larsen cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6 7.h3 ll'lh6
Monaco 1992 s.ll'lc3 0-0 9.Af4 f6 10.d2 ll'lf7
ll.exf6 exf6 12.Ae2 Ae6 13.0-0
l:tc8 14.l:tfe1 l:tc8 15.l:tac 1 ll'ld6
1 6. A d3 A f7 1 7. l:t xe8+ ll'l xe8
1.e4 c5 2.ll'lf3 g6 3.c3 A g7 4.d4
18.Ah6 ll'ld6 19.:e1 ,.. d 7 20.ll'lb5
cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 ll'lc6
a6 21.ll'lxd6 xd6 22.a3 c7 23.h4
b6 24.A xg7 w xg7 25.A b 1 h5
26.l:te2 a5 27.d 1 c7 28.d2

7.h3 ll'l h6 8.ll'lc3 0-0 9.Ae2 f6

1 25
28 .ll:l a5 29. a2 cl+ 30.Wh2
xd2 3 1Jhd2 l:rc1 32.b4 tll c 4
33.xc4 dxc4 34.d5 c3 35.l:rd4 c2
3 6 . d 6 l:r h l + 37. W x h 1 c 1 = +
38.Wh2 e6 39.g3 fl 40.l::t d2
h3 0:1
White plays Jl.. b5
188
Sergey Zagrebclny
N. Vorontsov
St. Pctersbcrg 1993
1.e4 c5 2.tll f3 g6 3.c3 i.. g7 4.d4
cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 g4 7.b3
d7 8. tll c3 tll c6 9.i.. e3 tll h 6
10.tll d 2 tll rs ll.J.b5 0-0 12.J.xc6
b xc6 13. tll a4 l:r ab8 14.c3 f6
15.tll c5 c8 16.h3 fxe5 17.dxc5
tll xeJ 18.''xe3 .i.rs 19.g4
1 26
19 ... l:r xb2 20. gxf5 'if xf5 21.f4
h6 2 2. l:r fl l:r c2 23.W d1 l:r b 2
24.tll d3 l:!:b5 2sJ:.tc1 c5 26.a4 l:r as
27.tll xc5 xf4 28 . c3 h5+
29. W e 1 f5 30 . W d 1 h5+
3 1 . W c2 fS+ 32. W d 1 h 5+
Draw
189
Vassily Smyslov
Zsuzsa Polgar
Vienna 1993
1.c4 c5 2.tll f3 g6 3.c3 J. g7 4.d4
cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 tll c6 7 .i. b5
g4 8.0-0 tll h6 9.tll b d2 f6 10.h3
d7 ll.cxf6 xf6 1 2.tll b3 tll f7
13. tll c5 tll d6 1 4 .i. xc6 .i. xc6
1 5. tll e5 c8 1 6. l:r e 1 tll e4
1 7 .tll xc6 xc6 1 8 .tll xe4 d xe4
19. g4 J. xd4 20.l:r xe4 .i. f6
21.. h6 Wf7 22.l::i: c 1 dS 23.c5
xa2 24 . l:r a5 xb 2 25. e6+
Wc8 26.l:!:a2 'ic3
27.JL. g7 c l + 28.l:! e1 x e l + 19 e5 20.dxe5 l:!: ae8 2 1 .l::t xf8+
..

2 9. xe 1 JL. x g7 30. e4 A f6 W xf8 22.W f2 l::!: xe5 23.Wf3 JL.e7

3 1. xb7 W f7 32. a6 g5 33.g3 Draw
l:!:hd8 34.Wg2 W g7 35.e4 :!::t rs
36.l::!: a5 a6 37.h4 h6 38.h5 W h8
39. g6 JL. g7 40. l::!: xa6 l::!: xa6 191
41.xa6 e5 42.0 W h7 43.g6+ Gert lskov
w h8 44.d3 W g8 45.wf2 W h8 John Donaldson
46.We3 W g8 47.We4 Wh8 48.b3 Gausdal 1986
wh7 49.Wd5 wh8 so.we6 l::!: f6+
51.We7 l::!:f8 Draw
1.e4 c5 2.f3 g6 3.d4 Jl. g7 4.c3
cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 c6 7.JL.b5
h6 8.0-0 JL. g4 9.JL. xh6 JL. xh6
1 0 . h 3 JL. xf3 1 1 . J1. xc6+ bxc6
12.xf3 0-0 13.c3 b6 14.d2
190 l::!: fb8 1 5. b3 aS 1 6 . l:!: a b 1 a4
David Glueck 17.c5
John Donaldson
Berkeley 1990

l.e4 c5 2.f3 g6 3.c3 JL. g7 4.d4

cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 c6 7 .1i.b5

JL. g4 8.c3 h6 9.JL.e3 0-0 10.h3

A xf3 l l . xf3 f5 1 2.l::!: d 1 e6
1 3.0-0 f6 14.exf6 xf6 15.JL. xc6
bxc6 16. g4 xe3 1 7. xf6 JL xf6
18.fxe3 JL. gs 19.l::!: d3

1 27
1 7 Ji' b4 18.lt:\d7 'C!Vxc3 19.bxc3

l:i: d8 20.e6 fxe6 2 1 . lt:\ e5 l:i: dc8

22.l:!:b7 A gs 23.lt:\d7 Af4 24.l:!:fb1
l:!:c7 25. g3 l:!: xb 7 26.l:!: xb7 Ji. d6
27.lt:\b6 l:!:a5 28.lt:\c8 l:!:b5 29.lt:\xd6
exd6 30.l:!:a7 l:!:bt+ 3 1.W g2 l:!:ct
32.l:!:xa4 l:!:xc3 33.l:!:a7 e5 34.l:!:a4
l:!:c2 35.W f3 exd4 36.l:!:xd4 l:!:xa2
37.l:!:b4 l:!:a7 38.l:!:b8+ Wf7 39.l:!:c8
c5 40.Wg4 W e6 41.f4 d4 0:1

White plays i.. e2 11.A xd5 lt:\fxd4 12.f4 0-0 13.0-0 e6

1 4. Ji. xc6 it) xc6 1 5. A e3 'CIV a5
16.'C!Vb3 b6 17.lt:\e4 l:i:fd8 18.l:i:fd1
'CIV b4 19.1:1: xd8+ 1:1: xd8 20. 'CIV xb4
lt:\xb4 21.l:!:c1 lt:\d5 22.Wf2 Ji. f8
23.a3 Ae7 24.wf3 wrs 25.g4 w es
26.Ji.f2 Wd7 27.l:!:d1 wc6 28.h4 a5
29.h5 gxh5 30.gxh5 l:!:g8 31.lt:\c3
lt:\ xc3 32.l:!:c1 W b7 33.l:!: xc3 a4
34.b3 l:!:a8 35.b4 l:!:d8 36.We2 l:i:g8
37.wo b5 38.l:!:d3 :ds 39.lhd8
Axd8 40.We4 wc6 4 t.. d4 A h4
42.Ac3 An 43.Wf3 Ab6 44.We4
Af2 45.Wf3 .ib6 46.Wc4 Draw

192 193
Ljubomir Ljubojevic Prcmysl Bclaska
Bent Larsen Gerardo Barbero
Monaco 1992 Mlada Bolcslav 1994

1.e4 c5 2.lt:\f3 g6 3.c3 Ag7 4.d4 l.e4 c5 2.lt:\f3 g6 3.d4 .i g7 4.c3

cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 lt:\c6 7.Ae2 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 lt:\ c6 7.lt:\c3
A g4 s . lt:\ c3 lt:\ h6 9 . h 3 A xf3 A g4 8.Ae2
10.Axf3 lt:\rs

128
 cxd4 5.cxd4 dS 6.e5 lt:)c6 7.lt:)cJ
g4 8.e2 lt:)h6 9.b3 0-0 10.e3
lt:)fs ll.l:!d1 e6 12.0-0 ll'la5 13.b4
l:!c8 14.lt:)d2 lt:) xe3 15.fxe3

8 .i. xf3 9.xf3 c6 10.e3 ll'lge7

11.0-0 0-0 12.'id2 ll'lf5 13.ll'le2 f6

14.exf6 xf6 15J!ad1 !!ac8 16.b3
a6 1 7.g4 ll'ld6 18.f3 hS 19 .i.h3

W h 7 20.ll'lc3 ll'lrs 2l.. xf5 cxfS

22.g3 d6 2J.!!fc1 l:!c6 24.f2 15 !!xc3 16.ll. xg4 !! xcJ 17.l:!c1
.

!!res 25.Wfl b4 26.l!xc6 !!xc6 gS 18..i.h3 lt:)c6 19.xb7 ll'l d8

27.d3 aS 28.a4 ll'lb4 29.d2
h6 JO.f4 ll'l c6 J l . dJ g7
32.f3 ll'le7 JJ.Wg2 l:!c6 34.l:!d3
!! d6 35.e1 d8 36.ll'le2 ll'l g8
37.b4 l:! d7 38.c3 ll'lf6 39.ll'lg1
ll'l c4 40./lfJ l:!c7 41.a5 l:!c2+
4 2. l:! d 2 c8 43.ll'l g5+ W g8
44.ll'l xc4 fxc4 45.h3 l:!c1 46.'i'c2
l:!c6 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 b6 49.b4
a5 50.e7 l:!cJ SUS gxfS 52. bS
c6 53.xc6 l:!xc6 54.gxf5 Wf7
55.d8 f6 56.xr6 Wxf6 57.l:!b2
W xfS 58. b4 l:! c4 59. bxa5 bxaS
60J:!:b5 !! xd4 61Jha5 Wf4 0:1
20. xa7 l:! x hJ 2 1 . l:! c8 h6
22.lt:)f3 eJ+ 2J.!!f2 !!xfJ 24.gxf3
el+ 25.Wg2 eJ 26.l:!fc2 gl+
2 7. W h3 fl+ 28.W gJ g l +
2 9. W h3 x d4 J O. e 7 fl +
Jl.Wg4 hS+ 32.Wf4 g1 JJ.!!e2
f6 34.l:!xd8 0:1
3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 llJ f6
5.e5

194
Leland Harmon
John Donaldson
Portland 1984

1.e4 cS 2.ll'lf3 g6 J.d4 Jl. g7 4.c3

1 29
 195
Arkadij Rotstein
Peter Leko
Wijk aan Zee 1993

1/t)fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.d4 cxd4 4.'iV xd4

f6 5.e5 c6 6.'iVa4 d5

196
Pablo Zarnicki
Bent Larsen
Buenos Aires 1992

l.e4 c5 2.f3 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4Jihd.

f6 5.Ji. b5 c6 6.Ji. xc6 d xc1
7.'xd8+ W xd8 s.cl Ji.g4 9.e:
Ae6 10.d3 g7 11.c5 JL c:
12.f4 b6 13.0-0-0+ W e8 14.d.
7.bJ This may be a novelty. Theory d7 15.l::i: d2 e5 16.Ji.g5 f6 1 7.it.e.
gives only 7.a3, &.c4?, 7.it.b5 and A b7 18.l::i: h d1 l::i:d8 19.a4 Ji.rs 20.a
7.e4. 7 e6 8.c4 b6 9.c3 lWc7
.
Ji. d 6 2 1 . axb6 axb6 2 2. f4 ii. c
1 0 . b5 'iV b 8 1 1 . 'iV eJ it. b4 + 2J.fxe5 xe5 24. xe5 l::i: x d
1 2. A d 2 0-0 1 J . xb4 xb4 25.1::l: xd2
1 4. 0-0-0 f6 15.h4 c6 16. d6
xe5 1 7. xe5 fxe5 18.h5 d5
1 9 . xd5 exd5 20. 'iV xe5 l::!: f5
2 1.'iVe8+ k!:rs 22.'iVe7 xf2 2J.h6
1:0

3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 llJ f6

5. b5

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25 .Jt xe5 26.g3 b5 27. .td4 J.xd4
c5 15.We2 Wc7 16.d2 l::!: h d8
28.l::!: xd4 We7 29.b4 J.c8 JO.e2
.Jt e6 J t .l::!: d2 .Jt c4 3 2. d4 l::!: c8
33.Wb2 h5 34.h4 Wf7 35.f3 c5
36. bxc5 l::!: xc5 37. l::!: d 7+ W e8
38.:b7 J. e6 39.l::!: b6 W e7 40.c3
.t d7 41.Wc2 J.c6 42. d2 W d7
4J.:bs f5 44.exf5 l::!: xf5 45.l::!: g8 l::!:f6
46.Wd3 W e6 47.l::!: d8 we7 48.l::!: d4
.t d7 49.W e3 l::!: a6 50.W f4 l::!: aJ
st.l::!: dJ .trs 52.l::!: d5 l::!: a4+ 53.Wc5
: a2 54. W f4 J. c6 ss. : dJ l::!: c2
56.0 .Jtc4 57.l::!: e3+ Wf6 58.l::!: c8
Draw
197
Judit Polgar
Bent Larsen
Monaco 1992
l.e4 c5 2.0 g6 J.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
f6 5.J.b5 c6 6.J.xc6
6...dxc6 7.xd8+ W xd8 8.e5 d5
9. .Jt d2 .Jtg7 10.c4 b6 ll.bJ il.. g4
12.-icJ A xfJ 13. gxf3 d7 14.f4
13 1
1 7 .t b4 dJ 18.J. xe7 xf4+
19.We3 J. xe5 20. .t xd8+ l::!: xd8
21.f3 J.xa1 22.l::!: xa1 e6 23.h4
g7 24.We2 f6 25.l::!: g1 a5 26.l::!: g4
e6 27. l::!: e4 W d6 2 8 . a3 l::!: e8
29.Wfl h6 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 l::!: a8
32.l::!: e 1 l::!: aJ 33.d2
JJ f5 34.c5+ W d5 35.l::!: c1 l::!: hJ
..
36.Wg1 f4 37.l::!: e 1 dJ 38.l::!: e7
xb4 39.:xb7 l::!: x h4 40.l::t g7 g5
4 1 . l::!: f7 l::!: d4? 42. l::!: d7+ W xc5
43.b3+ Wc4 44.xd4 f4 45.f5
h5 46.l::!: g7 g4 47.l::t g5 dJ 48.l::!: xh5
c5 49.h6 gJ 50.fxg3 fxgJ 51.f5
g2 52.l::!: h4+ W bJ 53.d6 e5
54.Wxg2 c4 55.l::!: e4 cJ 56.:xe5 c2
57.l::!:e 1 Wc3 58.Wf2 Wb2 59.c4+
WcJ 60.l::t c 1 1 :0
198
Mikhail Tal
Roman Dzindzichashvili
New York 1990
l.fJ g6 2.e4 c5 J.d4 cxd4 4.xd4
/t) f6 5 . .i. b5 /t) c6 6 .i. xc6 dxc6
39./t)fl .ie6 40./t)d3 Wf6 41./t)fl
7Jihd8+ Wxd8 8./t)c3 .i g7 9 .if4 h 5 4 2. W f3 .i a2 43./t) d 1 .i f7
W e8 10.0-0-0 /t)d7 11.h3 e5 12 .ie3
44./t)fl .ic4 45./t)d1 W g5 46./t)b2
/t)f8 13./t)d2 /t)e6 14./t)c4 W e7 a6 47./t)d1 Ae6 Draw
15.l:td2 b5 16./t)aS .id7 17.l:thd1
/t) d4 1 8. /t) b 3 /t) xb3+ 1 9.axb3 3.d4 il g7 4.dxc5
11: hd8 20. .i g5+ f6 21.A e3 'it> e8
22.b4 .i.f8 23..ic5 .ixc5 24.bxc5

199
Roland Pfrctzschncr
24 ... W e7 25.l:! d6 .i. e8 26.l:!xd8
U. Waltcnbcrgcr
xd8 27.l::!: xd8 W xd8 28.b4 rtie7 1992
Germany
29.'it>d2 W e6 30.We3 f5 31.g3 'it>f6
32.h4 Ad7 33.0 Ae6
1.e4 c5 2./t)fJ g6 3.d4 i:J.. g7 4.dxc5
a5+ 5./t)c3 /t)f6 6.i:J.. d 2 xeS
7.J.d3 d6 8.0-0

34./t)e2 Ac4 35./t)c3 h6 36./t)d1

fxe4 37.fxe4 g5 38.hxg5+ W xg5

132
s A g4 9.h3 A xf3 10.'ihfl 0-0
. 3S.it)g4 WeS 39.Wb5 lll bS 40.a4
ll.AeJ cs 12.e2 it) bd7 13.f4 W d7 4 l . a5 bxa5 42.A xa7 it) c6
it) c5 1 4.f5 it) xd3 15.cxd3 d7 43.A b6 it) b4 44.A xas it) d 3
16.'d2 d5 1 7.Af4 dxe4 1S.dxe4 45.Ac3 lll f4 46.if)eJ JLgs 47.Ad4
xd2 19.Axd2 l!fdS 20.Ae3 l!d3 it) d3 4S. lll c4 A f4 49.b4 A g3
2 l . A c5 l! d2 22.1I f2 l! d7 23.e5 5 0 . A c 3 it) f4 5 l . W a6 it) d 5
it)eS 5 2.lll b6+ W c7 53. lll xd5+ exd5
54.Ad4 Ah4 55.b5 1:0

3.d4 il.. g7 4.c4 d6

24.fxg6 hxg6 25.1Ie2 b6 26.Af2 c6

27.Wfl lies 2S.W e1 Af8 29.1Idt
l! x d l + 30.W xd1 li dS+ 3 l . W c 2
Ae7 32.1Id2 1Ixd2+ 33. Wxd2 it)c7
34. W d3 it) a6 35.it) e4 lll b4+
36.Wc4 lll c6 37.it)f6+ Wf8
200
Grigory Serpcr
Vadim Ruban
Novosibivsk 1993

l.c4 g6 2.e4 c5 3.lll f3 Ag7 4.d4 d6

5.it)c3 'ifa5 The text is an interest
ing way to avoid transposition to the
Maroczy Bind. Black tries to put pres
sure on d4 with ... Ag4 and ... lll c6
while being able to answer d5 with
... Axc3+ and xc3 . Tal-Chekhov,
USSR (ch) 1991 gives a good illus-

133
tration of what Black is up to: 6.d5
ii.xc3+ 7.bxc3 tllf6! 8.'ii'c2 (8.lll d2
'ii' xc3 9J:l:b1 lllxe4) 8... lllxe4 9.ii.d3
tll f6 10.0 -0 0-0 1 1 .lll h4 ! ? ( 1 1 .
1 2.ii.g5 Wg7 13.'ii'd2 lllg8!? 14J:l:e4
f6 15.ii.e3 lll d7 16J:l:h4 l::!: f7 with
unclear play in Vaganian-Chekhov,
USSR (ch) 199 1 ) 1 1 ...lllbd7 12.f4?!
b5 ! 13 .cxb5 c4 14. ii.xc4 ii.b7 and
Black stood well. Serper's next move
cuts across Black's plan and throws
the line into question. 6.l::!: bl!
[6.i.e2 i. g4 7.dxc5 (7.d5 i. xf3
8.gxf3 lll f6 9.i.e3 0-0 10.'ii'd2 lll a6
l l .f4 lll c7 1 2.h4 a6 13 .e5 lll fe8
14.h5 unclear) 7 . . . dxc5 8.i.d2 lllc6!
9.lll a4?! Vliic7 IO.lll xc5 lll f6 l l .h3?!
ii. xf3 1 2 .ii. xf3 0-0 1 3 .lll b3 lll e 5
14.0-0 xc4 1 5.i.c3 l::!: fd8 16.lll d2
'ii' e6 17.e2 i.h6 18.l::!: fd l li:lxf3+
1 9.lll xf3 Vlii xe4 20.'ti'b5 b6 2 1 .llle5?
lll d 5! 22.b3 e6 23 .lll c6?? lll f4
24.lll e7+ Wffl 25.f3 'ii'e2 0-1 Bauer
A. Ivanov, Massachusetts 1 98 9 . ]
6... cxd4 Two points of 6.l::!: b l ! are
revealed in the following lines: ( I )
6 . . . i.g4 7.d5 i.xc3+ 8.bxc3 and b7
134
hangs; (2) 6 . . . lll f6 7 . i. d2 cxd4
8.lll xd4 lll xe4? 9.lll xe4 1 0.i.d3 f5
( 10 . . . 'ii' xd4 1 1 . lll c3 winning)
1 1 .lll f3 'ii' e6 1 2 .lll fg5 and again
White wins. 7.lll xd4 il)c6 8.i.e3
lll f6 9.lll b3 d8 10.i.e2 0-0 11.0-0
b6 12.f3 lll d7 13.d2 il)c5
14,il)al! An excellent move that il
lustrates that Serper really under
stands the position. With the text he
avoids the exchange of Knights
which would give Black vital breath
ing room. The rule that you shouldn't
exchange pieces when your
opponent's position is cramped is
quite relevant here. The Knight will
come back into play on c2 and Serper
will prepare b2-b4 to drive away
Black's best-placed piece. 14 ... a5
15.lllc2 Wh8 16.b3 Preparing a3 and
b4 to drive away the Knight. 16 ... f5
17.exf5 gxf5? Practically the losing
move. Here Ruban had to try
17 . . . i. xf5 with ideas like . . . ltJe6
and... i.xc2 followed by anchoring a
Knight on d4. After the text the rest
is a technical exercise for Serper.
18.f4! b7 19.a3 tl'le4?! 20.tl'lxe4
fxe4 21J:I:bdl tlt'c7 22.g4! l::t ab8
23.a4! Having restained any chance
for . . .b5, White will play against the
weaknesses on b5, b6, e4, e6, and f5.
The break . . . f7-f5 in the Maroczy has
to be handled very carefully or Black
is left with many weak squares.
23 a8 24. A e6 ll'l d8 25. ll'l d4
. 28.l::t xf5 tl'l xc4 29.tl'l xc4 tlt' xc4
tl'lc6 26.tl'lxc6 J.xc6 27.d5! l::t rs
2 8. it. e6 J::t rrs 29. it. d5 Here
29.it.. d4 !? was also to be considered
though Black doesn't really have any
way to exploit 30.g2-g4. 29 l::t rs
..
xc3+ 8.bxc3 ll'l f6 9.e3 tlt'c7
10.ll'ld2 b6 11.0-0 b7 12.f4 ll'l bd7
13.0 0-0 14.tlt'e2 l::t ac8 lS.l::t abl
l::t fc8 16.g4 tl'lc5 1 7.f2 e6 18.e5
xfJ 19.tlt'xf3 tl'lfd7 20.d4 dxe5
2 1 .fxe5 tl'l xe5 2 2 . tlt' f6 ll'l c d 7
23. tlt'h4 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.1::!: bel
l::t e6 26.tlt'g3 l::t ce8 27.l::t e3 tlt' c6
30.l::t xe6 tlt'xe6 31.l::t f2 tl'le5 32.h3
tl'l c6 33.l::t f6 tlt' e4 34. A f2 tl'l e5
35.Ad4 tl'lc6 36.J.f2 tl'le7 37.Ad4
ll'lf5

30.g4 l::t ff8 31.Axc6 tlt'xc6 32.tt'd5

l::t bc8 33.tlt' xc6 l::t xc6 34.f5 A c5
35.W g2 Another strong move was
3 5 . A d4, meeting 35 . . J:!: g8 with
36.l:tf4. 35...W g7 36.l:tfel h5 37.h3
hxg4 38.hxg4 l::t h8 39.it.gl W f6
40. l::t xe4 It cc8 4 1 . l:t d3 It c g8
4 2 . It h3 It xh3 43. W xh3 l::!: b8
44.Af2 e6 45.Ah4+ wn 46.l::t e3
exf5 47.gxf5 l::t h8 48.W g4 l::t g8+
49.'itlf3 l:th8 50.'itlg4 l:tg8+ 5l.WO
l:th8 52.Ite4 Intending l:tg4 followed
by We4-d5. 52 ... iU6 53.Axf6 Wxf6 38.l:txg6+ hxg6 39.'ib'xg6+ Draw
54.'itl g4 wf7 ss.l:tc6 Itds 56.Wf4
d5 57.cxd5 l::t xd5 58.l::t xb6 l::t d3
59.Wc5 l::t cJ+ 60.Wd4 Ito 61.l:tb5 202
We7 62.Wc4 l:tf4+ 63.Wc3 l::!: O + Helmut Lestinsky
64.W b2 1:0 John Donaldson
Boulder 1984

201
Alan Stein 1.e4 c5 2.ll'lo g6 3.d4 A g7 4.c4 d6
John Donaldson 5.dxc5 tit' aS+ 6.Ad2 tlt'xc5 7.tl'lc3
Concord 1993 tl'l f6 s.A d3 A g4 9.h3 A xf3
lO.tlt' xfJ tl'lc6 11.0-0 0-0 1 2.l::t fc1
ll'l d 7 13.tt'd1 a6 14.l::t ab1 l::t ac8
l.e4 c5 2.tl'lf3 g6 3.d4 it.g7 4.c4 d6 15.tl'ld5 e6 16.b4 tit' a7 17.b5 axb5
5.dxc5 tit' a5+ 6.tl'lc3 'il xeS 7.Ae2 18.cxb5 exd5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.exd5

135

28.it)d5 it)xd5 29.exd5 it)a7 JO.g4
hxg4 Jl .hxg4 W d8 32.it)d3 Wc7
33.e2 e8 34.WcJ it)c8 35.W d4
h8 36. g5 h J 3 7. A e4 it) b6
38.it)b4 h4 39.c2+ 'i!?b7 40.'i!?eJ
hJ+ 4 t. W d4 h4 42.f2 lt)as
4J.it)c2 it)c7 44.it)b4 Draw
3.d4 i4. g7 4.c4 'i b6 ! ?
138
207
Milan Vukic
Karl Robatsch
Tuzla 1983
t.'t)fJ c5 2.c4 g6 J.d4 A g7 4.e4
'it'b6 5.dxc5
The beauty ofthe seldom seen 4 . . . b6
is that White doesn't seem to have many
choices. Clearly 5.d5 isn't a possibility
but 5.tt:lc3 cxd4 6.tt:ld5 a5 7.d2
d8 8.f4 transposes into 4 . . . a5+
5 . i. d2 b6 6 . tt:l c3 cxd4 7 . tt:l d5
8.i.f4. Few games have been played
with th is line with Christiansen
Beliavsky, Teeside 1 97 3 , being the
most important. It went 8 . . . d6 9.tt:lxd4
e I O.tt:l b5 exf4 l l .tt:ldc7+ Wf8 (bet
ter than 1 1 . . . 'it> e7 of W. Schmidt
Nicevski, Polanica Zdroj 1 97 4 )
1 2.tt:lxa8 t'i:l a6 1 3 .d2 t'i:l f6 1 4.t'i:lxf6
i.x6 1 5.e2 i.e6 with sharp com
plications, not unfavorable for Black.
5 .'xc5 6.d3 d6 7.0-0 Ag4 8.h3
.
A xfJ 9.'it'xf3 tt::l c6 I O.tt::l aJ tt::l e5
l l.'e2 tt::l xdJ 12.'xd3 tt::l f6 13llbl
0-0 14.e3 'it'c6 15.f3 tt:\ d7 16.l::t fc l
f5 17.'1f d5+ W h8 18.Vxc6 bxc6
19.exfS gxfS 20.liJc2 c5 21.b3 l:t ab8
22.W fl ltJ e5 23.l:t d1 l:t b6 24.f4
liJ c6 25.A d2 l:tfb8 26.l:te1 W g8
27.g4 Wf7 28.gxfS liJ d4 29.liJxd4
A xd4 30.l:t e2 l:t g8 31.A e3 i. f6
32.llg2 l:t a8 33.i.d2 l:ta6 34.i.e1
l:taJ 35.l:te2 a5 36.Wg2 a4 37.l:tc2
axb3 38.axb3 l:tg8+ 39.Wh2 l:tb8
40.W g2 l:t bxb3 4 1 .l:t xb3 l:t xb3
42.l:te2 l:t d3 43.l:te4 We8 44.i.f2
W d7 45.i. e3 i. h4 46. 'itt f3 h5
47.We2 l:taJ 48.l:te6 i. r6 49.l:Ie4
Wc6 50.i. d2 llxh3 51.i. c1 l:I a3
52.i.d2 l::t g3 53.i.e1 l:ta3 54.i.d2
0: 1
208
Srdjan Cvetkovic
Karl Robatsch
Stary Smokorcc 1988
l.c4 c5 2.liJ f3 g6 3.e4 i.g7 4.d4
Vb6 5.dxc5 Vxc5 6.Ad3 d6 7.0-0
A g4 8.i. e3 V c7 9.ltJ c3 A xc3
10.bxc3 liJ d7 ll.h3 i.xf3 12.'ihf3
liJ gf6
139
13.c5 ill xc5 14.Ab5+ 'iil f8 15 .i. h6+
'iil g8 16.l::!: fe1 ill c d7 17.e3 c5
18.xc5 ill xc5 19.e5 ill fe4 20.exd6
ill xd6 21.l::!: ab1 ill fS 22.Af4 h5 23.g4
hxg4 24.hxg4 ill d6 25.l::!: xe7 il'lxb5
26.l::!: xb5 b6 27.Ae3 ill e6 28.l::!: d5
l::!: h4 29.f3 l::!: c8 30.Ad2 a5 31.l::!: d d7
l::!: h 7 3 2.1 h7 l::!: d8 33 . .i. e3 ill c5
34. 1::!: xb6 ill a4 35. 1::!: bb7 'ill f8
36.l::!: ec7 l::!: d 1+ 37.Wg2 l::!: a1 38. .i. d4
l::!: xa2+ 39.Wg3 l::!: ah2 40..i. f6 1:0
Semi-Accelerated - l.e4
c5 2.ltJ f3 ltJc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.ltJ xd4 ltJf6 5.ltJ c3 g6
6.ltJxc6 dxc6
209
Peter Heine Nielsen
Niels-Peter Nielsen
Denmark 1993
l.e4 c5 2.ill c3 ill c6 3.ill ge2 ill f6
4.d4 cxd4 s.ithd4 g6 6.lthc6 dxc6
7."ihd8+ W xd8

33.Wc4 b7 34.d5 'it> g6 35.Wb5

d6+ 36.Wc6 rs 37.Wd7 b8
38.e7 xe7 39.xe7+ Wf7 40.e3
8.1i.c4 W e8 9.f3 d7 10.a4 Ji.. g7 b 7+ 4 1.W d6 a4 42.bxa4 b2
ll.Ji.. e3 f8 1 2.a5 li.. e6 13.i.e2 43.a5 xg2 44.h3 h2 45.a3 1 :0
d7 14.0-0 f6 15.f4 Ji.. f7 16.a4
W d8 1 7. I:t d 1 W c7 1 8.1i. c4 e6
6.llJ xc6 bxc6
19.Ji.. b3 b5 20.ad4 adS 21.4d2
1:0

210
Marat Muhutdinov
Vladimir Karasev
Moscow 1993

1.e4 c5 2.f3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4

f6 5. c3 c6 6. xc6 dxc6
7.'ihd8+ W xd8 8.li.. c4 Ji.. g7 9.f3
W e8 10.a4 a5 ll.Ji.. eJ d7 12.0-0-0
h5 13.e2 Ji. h6 14.Ji.. xh6 l::!: xh6
15.d2 c5 16.hd1 1Le6 17.d4
g5 1 8.Ji.. xe6 xe6 19. 4 d 2 h4 211
20.d4 c5 21.f5 :hs 22.b3 f6 Petar Popovic
23.W b2 Wf7 24.Wc3 b5 25J[ d4 Dragoljub Velimirovic
a7 26. e 1 d 7 27.e5 xd4 Yugoslavia 1991
2 8. x d4 bxa4 29.e6+ 'it> g6
30. xc6 axb3 3 1 . xe7+ W h 7
32.cxb3 e8 l . e4 c5 2 . f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4

1 40
4.ithd4 it:) f6 s.it:) cJ g6 6.it:)xc6 212
bxc6 7.e5 it:)g8 8.Ac4 fS 9.Af4 e6 Jan Timman
10."it'd2 l::t b8 ll.AbJ l::t b4 12.0-0 Viktor Korchnoi
... c7 lJ.!:tfel Brussels 1991

l . e4 cS 2 . it:) fJ it:) c6 J. d4 cxd4

4.it:) xd4 it:) f6 s.it:) cJ g6 6 . it:) xc6
bxc6 7.e5 it:)g8 8.Ac4 A g7 9.Af4
... aS 10.0-0 AxeS ll.AxeS ... xe5
12.!:te1 ...f4 1J.l::t e4 ...f6 14.!:teJ
dS

1J... !:t xf4 14.'ilhf4 it:) b6 lS.!:tadl

it:)f7 16.'ii' eJ il.. g7 17.f4 gS 18.fxgS
A xeS 1 9 .... h3 l::t g8 20.'it> h l h6
21.g6 !:t xg6 22.!:td2 'it> f8 2J.il.. c4
. b 6 24. it:) d 1 'it> g7 2S.il.. dJ hS
26.it:)eJ dS 27.c3 h4 28.it:)xfS+ exfS
2 9 . A xfS A xfS JO . xfS ... c 7
J l . !:t de2 l::t gS 3 2 . h3 A f6
JJ.... xh4 l::t g6 34....f2 l:i: h6 JS.gJ
it:) gS 36 . fS d6 J7J:!:e8 it:) e4
38 .... g4+ !:t g6 39.l:!: g8+ 'it> xg8
40. xg6+ 'it>rs 41.'it>g2 es 42.h4
'it> e7 4J. !:t eJ aS 44 . h7+ 'it> e8 lS.il.xdS! il.rs 16.il.. f3 hS 17.'e2
4S . b7 ... e6 46 . b8+ 'it> f7 l::t b8 18.it:) a4 'it> f8 19. l::t e1 l::t b4
47. c7+ 'it> g6 48.a4 Ae7 49. xaS 20.b3 'it> g7 2 t.!:tcJ il.. g4 22Ji'eJ
A xh4 so. c7 Ags stJ!:et il.. f6 AxfJ 2J.'xf3 xo 24.!:t xfJ e6
S2....f4 il.. gS SJ .fJ AdS S4.g4 2S.!:tdl it:)f6 26.c4 l::t b b8 27.l::!: fd3
'it> g7 S S . f4 A e7 S6. aS A d 6 h4 28.f3 gS 29.it:)cS aS JO.'it>f2 g4
S 7.' f3 'if h 6 SS.!:t xe4 d xe4 Jt.!:td6 l::t bc8 32.We3 hJ JJ.l::!: g l
S9 .... xe4 d2+ 60. 'it> f3 ... d l + hxg2 34.l::t xg2 l::t hJ JS.!:tgJ l::t x h2
6 1 . 'it> g2 d 2+ 6 2. 'it> fJ h 2 36.fxg4 !:t xa2 37.gS it:)bS JS.l:i:fJ
6J . d4+ 'it>f7 64..a6 cS 6S . dS+ l::t g2 39.l::t d 7 'it> g6 40.!:tfxf7 l:hgS
Draw 4t.it:)e4 l::t g4 Draw
 Player Index
Abdullah 62 Cebalo 28
Abramovlc 86, ll2 Cbekhov 200
Adams 136, 186 Cblbunlanldze 101, 156
Adamson 138 Cblstyakov 51
Adla 168 Chow 113
Afek 39 Christiansen 1 85, 207
Alterman JJ, 121 Cbulko 137
Alvarez 38 a ric 10
Anand 12, 17, 132, 133, Computer Deep Blue107
134, 147, 161 Computer Fritz 2 59
Anderson 178, 203 Crouch 79
Andersson 104, JJ 3, 153 Cvetkovic 208
Anikaev 1 41 Dabetic 18
Anka 67, 82 Day 182
AnseU 16 D e L a Villa 104, 110
Antunes 114, 130, 154 Deak 33
AplceUa 32 DeFlrntlan 40, 132, 165
Baczynskl 15 Dl'kker 22, 82
Balashov 8 Dgebuadze 83
Balinas 52 Diaz 43
Barbero 193 Dokhoian 100
Batchelder 56 Dolmatov 148
Bauer 200 Donaldson 8, 9, 15,
BeIaska 193 39, 51, 52,
Beliavsky 133, 174, 177, 207 121, 128, 129,
BeDon 81 166, 178, 180,
Belottl 187, 190, 191,
Benjamin 29, 49 194, 201, 202,
Bern 57 203
Bobotsov 133 Donev 10
Bogdan 1 45 Dorfman 140
Bokan 28 Dory 47
Bologan 68 D1imer 142
Borge 46 Dutreeuw 166
Borocz 33 Dvoirys 116, 135
Bosch 153 Dzindzichashvill 14, 61, 1 55,
Botvlnnik 52, 132 167, 198
Braga 131 Edelman 76
Bra gin 73 Elngorn 78, 204
Brendel 4, 50 Eismont 22
Brodsky 1 55, 172 Emms 36, 37
Brooks 9 Eriksson 78
Brunner 98 Ernst 87, 112, 176
Hortman 137, 138 Espig 65
Can1pora 102 Estevez 43

Italicized games are referenced to in game body.

1 42
Fedorowicz 124, 184 lvanovic 28
Filipowicz 9 Ivkov 101, 205
Finegold 118, 150, 165 Janakiev 19
Fischer 59, 1 41 Janicki 42
Fishbein 121 Jansa 22
Formanek 157 Jaulln 27
Frey 20 Jezek 50
Frolov 53, 1 3 7, 152 Jonasson 20
Ftacnik 99 Kachelsvill 171
GaUagher 50 Kalumov 123
Gapri.nd ashill 64 Kalesis 1 46
Garcia, G. 18, 25 KaUal 152
Garcia, J. 68, 70 Kaminski 153
Gda.nski 119, 140, 144 Kamsky 17, 20, 21
Georgadze 21 Karasev 210
Georgiev, K. 43 Ka1lsson 48
Georgiev, V. 13 Kasparov 59
Gerasimov 21 Kekelidge 158
Ghitescu 55 Kelson 58
Glek 100 Khalirman 111
Glueck 190 Khasi.n 60
Gofshtei.n 91 Kl1enkin 131
Granda 88 Kislov 31
Grossman 118 Klovan 47
Groszpeter 204 Klovsl.-y 1 59, 184
Gufeld 65, 1 56, 157 Kochiev 28, 33
Gulko 63 Koe.-l10lz 139
Gwmarson 66 Kogan, A11u 26, 39
Gurevich, G. 5 Konguvel 157
Gure,ich, I. 108 Kontic 47
Halk 106 Korclmoi 88, 90,
64,
Han 3 132, 1 70, 212
Hannon 194 Kotron.las 6
Hergott 89 Kranmik 74, 161
Hcmandez, G. 109 Krasenkov 1 77
Hemandez, R. 43, 50 127, Kristja.nsson 50
1 77 Kruppa 161
Hodgson 117 136 Krystall 56
Hoffman 14 Kuc cm 50
Hollis 9 Kud 1in 128
Honli :!4, 100 Kuindzhi 47
Hm1 92, 132, 1 -l S Kulikov 31
Hracck 95, 111 Kup.-cichik 22. -18, 54
Hulak 181 La Flair 7
II utters 37 Lahd 48
llinsky 69 Lane 43
lllescas 86, 122 Lanka 1 5, 4-l
Iskov 191 Larsen 121
lvanchuk 42, 43, 6-l, 105, Larsen 35, 86, 102, 105,
133, 134, 162 1 07, 1 1 2, 185, 186,
Ivanov, A. 1 50, 200 192, 196, 197
Ivanov, I. 8 Lau 144

143
Lehmann 15 Peptan 160
Leko 34, 122, 125, 126, Petrosian 141
1 46, 175, 195 Petursson 1 0, 11, 54, 87,
Lengyel 6 93, 96, 97, 98,
Lesiege 61, 143 108, 109, 112, 150,
Lestlnsky 202 1 63
Ljubojevic 74, 192 Pfretzschner 199
Lomineishvlll 1 60 Plgusov 22, 1 41, 149
Malishauskas 48, 115 Plket 62
Malivanek 71 Plmenta 131
Manion 167 Piza 19
Marchand 9 Pohl 51
Mariasin 5 Polak 142
Marinkovic 50 Polgar, J. 21, 1 55, 162, 197
Martinovic 183 Polgar, S. 13, 76, 77, 175
Matulovic 132 Polgar, Zsu. 42, 43, 1 44, 173,
Mayr 54 179, 189
Meister 92 Polugaevsky 62, 205
Michalek 71 Popovic 211
Mlchenka 43 Popovych 49
Milenkovic 49 Prandstetter 1 4, 47
Mllls 8 Prasad 117
Mohr 181 Prie 1 63
Mokry 152 Pulido 24
Molzahn 54 Pupo 127
Morrison 70 Quist 65
Mossin 66 Rattman 9
Muhutdinov 28, 210 Razuvaev 100
Myrvol 55 Ree 124
Neamtu 31 Reeh 142, 1 63
Nesterov 69, 206 Reverby 16, 30
Nicevski 207 Rind 157
Nielsen Peter Heine 209 Robatsch 207, 208
Nielsen, Niels-Peter 23, 209 Rodin 149
Nijboer 173 Rogers 50, 70, 78
Nlkcevic 27 Rotstein 195
Novkovic 10 Rowley 29
Novoselskl 18 Ruban 200
Nunn 163 Saidy 90
Oblitas 46 Salov 10
Olafsson, F. 77 Sammalvuo 45
Olafsson, H. 103 Sandor 164, 172
Oliver 145 Sax 114
Ozsvath 24 Schleifer 89
Pahtz 64 Schlick 4
Palacios 32, 168 Schlosser 126
Panno 133 Sclunldt 207
Parameswaran 79 Seirawan 63
Parma 133 Serper 56, 80, 94, 95,
Passerottl 1 200
Pavlovic 75, 183 Serras 179

1 44
Senaty 64 Ujhazl 49
Shabalov 40, 53, 113, 177 UUbln 56
Shaked 129, 137 Uogele 41
Sherbakov 1 06 Vaganlan 200
Short 20, 93, 153 Van der Sterren 70
Shure 38 Van der Tak 50
Silman 6, 51, 58, 67 Van der Weide 2
Sion 70 Van der Wiel 2, 43
Sipaila 51 Varavln 55, 57, 60
Sitanggang 94 Vasiukov 141, 145
Skembrls 3, 6, 62 Vatter 163
Smejkal 91 Velngold 89
Smyslov 189 Velimlrovic 211
Song 187 Veresov 51
Sorensen II Vescovi 13
Spangenberg 24, 25, 110, 143 Veselovsky 206
Spassky 1 32, 141 Vestol 52
Spraggett 113 VileIa 50
Stanojoski 47 Vltaljic 30
Starodvorsky 137 Vokarev 72, 73
Stean 96, 133 Voronjatov 72
Stein 201 Vorontsov 188
Stohl 115, 120 Vukcevic 142
Strangl 164 Vukic 75, 207
Strauss 132 Wahls 182
Suba 144 Waitzkin 159
Supancic 15 Waltenberger 199
Suran 171 Ward 22
Szabo, L. 86 Watson 22, 70
Szabo, J. 31 Wed berg 8, 45
Szalanczy 33, 34 West 39

Szekely 151 Westerinien 50

Tal 64. 133, 198, 200 Wheeler 180

Tangborn 123, 1 3 7, 151, 152 Widera 50

Teske 99 Wmants 8

Thorhallsson, G. 97 Wittman 15

Thorhallsson, T. 6, 11 Wojtkie\\icz 81, 103, 1 1 9, 170

Timman 84 212 Wolff 50

Tiviakov 135, 147, 148, 155, Yakovich 23, 28, 36, 141

169, 1 74, 176 Yudasin 130

Todorovic 112 Yusupov 85

Tolnai 10, 125 Zagrebelny 188

Topalov 12, 35, 154 Zamora 18

Trauth 163 Zapata 7, 50

Trolanescu 55 Zamicki 196

Tsaturian 41 Zelclc 139

Tsuboi 131 Zeziulkin 42

Tumurhuyag 80 Zilbemtan 26, 44, 116

Turner 158 Znamenacek 1 4, 83

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