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Chess Cafe
Puzzle Book 2
Test and Improve Your
Positional Intuition
by
Karsten Muller
Foreword by
Susan Polgar
2008
Russell Enterprises, Inc.
Milford, CT USA
The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2
© Copyright 2008
Karsten MUller
ISBN: 978-1-888690-43-9
Published by:
Russell Enterprises, Inc.
PO Box 5460
Milford, CT 06460 USA
http://www.chesscafe.com
info@chesscafe.com
Foreword 4
Signs & Symbols 4
Introduction 5
I . Motifs 6
Good and Bad Bishops 6
Domination 12
Outpost 17
Undermining 23
Opening the Position 26
Blockade 29
Improving Piece Placement 31
Prophylaxis 37
A Second Front 41
Counterplay 45
Positional Exchange Sacrifice 48
Simplification 52
Weaknesses 58
Weak Color Complex 66
2.Tests 72
Test 0 1 72
Test 02 77
Test 03 81
Test 04 85
Test 05 89
Test 06 93
Test 07 97
Test 08 101
Test 09 1 05
Test 1 0 1 09
Test I I 1 13
Test 1 2 1 17
Test 1 3 121
Test 1 4 1 25
Test 1 5 1 29
Test 1 6 1 33
Test 1 7 1 37
Test 1 8 141
Test 1 9 1 45
Test 20 1 49
This is a unique training program that aims to help intermediate and advanced
players by offering a large number of examples carefully selected by the author,
German grandmaster Karsten Muller. While there are many books and software
programs available to assist chess players in improving their tactical ability, there
are relatively few that focus on strategic and positional considerations. Working
through these positions and exercises is a great way to improve your positional
understanding. I recommend it!
Susan Polgar
New York, May 2008
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Introduction
Why is it so much easier to find books that focus on tactical exercises rather than
positional tests? One reason is that it is easier to locate suitable examples of
tactical combinations - at least for me. Moreover, the computer can be used to
check the accuracy and uniqueness of the solution. With positional exercises,
different computer programs may favor different moves and completely disagree
about the evaluation of a given position. This is, of course, never the case when a
clear-cut tactical solution exists. In a way, this problem is similar for humans,
making it difficult to find examples with unique positional solutions. Therefore,
in the tests offered in this book, when I think that different moves also deserve
points, I have mentioned these as well .
I suggest that you begin with the introductory chapters o f motifs, but you can, of
course, start with the exercises as a warm up. I f you are able to solve them quite
quickly, then you should tum to the tests. You cannot expect to solve the puzzles
on positional grounds alone. Positional motifs do not exist in a vacuum and con
crete calculation almost always plays a role. So use your intuition to judge how
far you must calculate to get ful l scores. Sometimes it is sufficient to find the first
move, at other times you must calculate several moves ahead to ensure that your
idea really works. Themes l ike "counterplay" or "opening the position" tend to be
more tactical of course, but do not make your decisions on these grounds alone.
Always let your intuition be your guide in any given position. You should repeat
the tests after some time to train your memory and to recognize the patterns more
readily. I hope that after studying this book, you will look at positional matters
afresh, e.g. evaluate each exchange of a piece carefully (this problem is extremely
important, believe me), look at the plans and ideas of your opponent and add the
positionally desirable move to your list of candidates before you start calculating
variations.
Many thanks to Hanon W. Russell for adding many explanations, Susan Polgar
for her foreword, Mark C. Donlan, Helene Romakin, N ikolas Lubbe and Steve
Goldberg. Special thanks to Jacob Aagaard for testing the exercises.
I wish you plenty of fun with the puzzles and I hope that your overall perfor
mance improves!
Karsten Miiller
Hamburg, May 2008
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The bishop can only move on half the Ho/lis,Adrian Swayne (2606) -
squares of the chessboard and this has Hovde,Frank (2534)
many positional impl ications. I f one Corr. 1 99 1 (8)
bishop is exchanged, the other is also
weakened, as the enemy pieces can find
a safe haven on opposite color squares
of the remaining bishop. So the bishop
pair is an important weapon and you
should not give your opponent a strong
unopposed bishop. This is especially
true when an attack with opposite-col
ored bishops is possible (see Part B).
A) Bad Bishop
24... iiteSI This is the application of nothing can stop White's attack on the
another positional principle: the more l o n g d i agon a l : t 6. 4) d 5 1 ? 4) x d 5
pieces that are exchanged, the higher 17.exd5 .4.xd5 18.t;td2! The point.
the disadvantage of a bad piece. Black's 1 8: �d4? can be met by 1 8 . . : � e 5 .
knight will reign supreme: 25. iitxe8+ 18 .§f5 19.f4 iitd7 1 9 . . .�b5 20.§f2
•..
.§xeS 26. .sl.d2 .§e2 27. .§b2 4)h5 §af8 2 l .�d4 § Sf6 2 2.f5+- . 20. iitd4
28.h xg3 4) x g3 29 . .§b8+ 29 . .ilcl �f8 2l . .§ael 2 1 .g4 §hS 22.f5 wins
§ x b2 30 . .ilxb2 <t:le2+ 3 l .'<tt f2 <t:lxf4 as well. 21 ... .Q.c6 22.g4 1-0 22.�h8+
32.'<ttf3 <tld3 33 . .ila l this bishop is re '<tlf7 23:�g7 # 0
a l l y u g l y 33 . . . '<tff7 -+ . 29 . . . �f7
30.Ael .§ x e l + 3 1 . �f2 .§e4 Even without queens such an attack is
3 2 . � x g3 .§ x c4 33 .§b7+ �e6
• possible, as long as tactical elements are
34 . .§ x a7 �d5 3 5 .a4 .§ x c 3 + present and king safety is an issue:
36.�h4 �e4+ and Black later con
verted his advantage. David,Aiberto (2487) -
Plaskett,Jim (2525)
B) Attack with Opposite-Colored Mondariz zt 1 . 1 ( I 0), 1 3 .09.2000
Bishops
B lack's king is feeling the danger, but 29.§ xd6 �g6 30.§eS MS 31 .§aS +- .
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The advantage of the bishops is larger As a rule, the side with the bi shops
than Black's plus after 31.tzl xf4! exf4 wants to control the position and then
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open it on their own terms. Usually it knights. 8 . .1l.e2 8.cxdS <tlxdS 9:�c2
takes time to win the bishop-pair, so the 0-0 10.a3 aS 1l .b3 ..Q.g4!? 12 . .ile2 E!ad8
opponent gets some dynamic compen 1 3 . 0-0 fS 1 4 . h 3 .il h S 1 S . ..Q.b2?!
sation. This must be used to create ( l S .<tlxeS!? �xeS 16..ilxhS f4! 1 7 . .ilf3
weaknesses and outposts for the knights fxe3 18 ...Q.xdS+ �xdS 19 . ..Q.xe3 �xd3=
to use their dynamic potential before the ( Ribli in CBM 78)) 1S . . . e4! and Black
bishops can control the position and had good play in A.Chemin-S.Polgar,
restrict the knight's activity: B udapest 1 9 9 3 . 8 . . . 0 - 0 9 . 0 - 0 ? 1
9.cxdS <tlxdS 1 0.�c2 is more circum
Sturua,Zurab (2595) - spect. 9 . . . e4!? Black grabs the oppor
/zoria,Zviad (2372) tunity to create weaknesses on the light
Yerevan zt 1 .5 (4 ), I 0.06.2000 squares, where he has more firepower,
as all his minor piece can operate there,
l .c4 eS 2 . .£l c3 .£lf6 3 . .£lf3 .£lc6 while White's dark-squared bishop can
4.e3 .1l.b4 S.�c2 .1l.xc3!? B lack vol not. 10 .£jd2 1 O.<tld4 <tieS l l .cxdS
•
untarily cedes the bishop-pair. 6.�xc3 <tlxdS 1 2.'�b3 exd3 13 . .ilxd3 <tlxd3
"tte7 7.d3 Here's one game that illus 1 4.�xd3 E!d8 =i= . 10 ... .1l.fS l l .dxe4
trates what can happen if Black does dxe4 1 2.b3 §ad8 13. .1l.b2 .£1b4
not follow up actively: 7.a3 0-0 8.b4
d6 9.d3 ..Q.g4 10 . ..Q.b2 E! ad8 11..il e 2
'<tth 8 12.h3 ..Q.c8 13.0-0 E!fe8 14.E!fe1
<tlb8 1S . ..Q.f1 <tlbd7 16.g3 <tlf8 17 ..ilg2
<tlg6 18.e4 cS 19.E!fl b6 20.bS E! f8
2 l .a4 <tle8 22.aS <tlc7 23.axb6 axb6
24.h4 hS 2 S .<tlh2 fS 2 6 . e x fS ..Q.xfS
27.'lit'd2 <tle8 2 8 . E! a6 ± and W h ite's
bishops ruled i n N . Ostoj ic-D. Kosic,
Herceg Novi 200 l . White has complete
control and went on to win. 7 . . . dS!
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Motifs
Exercises
w B
How to continue White's attack? (Five How did Botvinnik neutralize White's
points) Solutions begin on page 1 53 . pressure? (Three Points)
w w
White has many threats and is well-cen Both sides are attacking with opposite
tral ized. Can you fi nd h i s Achi l les' colored bishops. But White's whole
heel? (Four points) army is better mobilized, so it is per
haps no surprise that he is winning. But
how is this done? (Two points)
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Domination
Psakhis,Lev (2574) -
Gustafsson,Jan (2542)
20th Andorra Ia Vella op (7),
1 2.07.2002
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Motifs
Black can still offer tenacious resis opponent's p ieces . N owadays most
tance. 32.�c5 4)c8 33.e51 Fixing the computer programs understand this, but
e6 weakness on a light square and re Deep Blue seemed unaware ofthe prob
stricting the knight on c8. 33 ...fxe5 lems until it was too late:
34.fxe5 .Q.c6 35 . .Q.g2 Jl x g2
36.gxg2 Kasparov,Garry (2795) -
Deep Blue
Philadelphia m (6), 1 996 [030]
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0-1
Polugaevsky,Lev (2620) -
Torre,Eugenio (2550)
Moscow, 1 98 1
\tld6 3 l . .§ x d4 c x d4 32 .Q.b3?1 •
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Exercises
w w
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Motifs
Outpost
Gershenzon,Sergey -
Stisis, Yaacov (2403)
Israel ch-T (9), 28.04.2000
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Motifs
e6 and g6, both of which can be reached bxa4? This clearly goes too far. 30 . . . c4
from f4. 3 l ..ilfl E!e8 3 2 .axb5 .ilxb5 3 3 . E! a l
E! b8 (Postny) and B lack can still fight
tenaciously. 3 1 .Bc4 Wh ite converted
his advantage: 3l. .. �f7 32.Jl,xe6+
� x e6 33 . .§.d8 Jl.d6 34. .§.g8 �f7
35 . .§.b8 �e6 36.�d3 �e5? This
makes it very easy. 37 . .§.g8 gS
38 . .§.h8 Jl. b 5 + 3 9 . �c3 �e6
40. .§. xh6 Jle5+ 41.�c2 c4 42. .§.h8
1 -0
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Gheorghiu,Fiorin (2485) -
Kasparov,Garry (2760)
Thessaloniki ol, 1 988
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Exercises
How to finish B l ack's development? Where will the white knight ultimately
(One point) Solutions begin on page land? (One point)
1 55 .
w B
How to win the fight for the important W h at i s the proper way to deploy
central files? (One point) B lack's blockading forces? (One point)
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Motifs
( E l l ) Gurevich,Mikhail (2620)
Balashov, Yuri (2505)
Deutschland, 1994
Undermining
Keene,Raymond
Quinteros,Miguel Angel
Orense, 1 975
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Exercises
w w
How to act on the kings ide? (One point) It seems that White's initiative has come
Solutions begin on page 156. to a halt, but this is deceptive. How did
he continue? (Two points)
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Motifs
w B
How to convert the advantage ofthe two B lack to move! (Two points)
bishops? (Two points)
(E 1 5) Gurevich,Mikhail (2634)
Espig,Lutz (2425)
Bundesliga Germany ( 5 . 5 ),
1 4. 1 2.2002
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Movsesian,Sergei (2624) -
Tibensky,Robert (2448)
SVK-ch Kaskady (6), 02.07.2002
2 8 . �cd4 4) b7 2 9 . 4) d 2 ! ? 4)d8
30.�d3 4)b7 31.4)e4 1 -0
21 ... �f8 White's next move illustrates . . . 0-0, . . . l::(c8, . . .�c7-b8, . . . Jla8, . . . l::(fe8
that it is important to prevent the black or . . . l::(fd8. If he does so, then his posi-
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Motifs
tion will be difficult to break down. But and the a6-pawn is weak. But how does
White can use his initiative immedi he i ncrease h i s advantage? 1 5.c51!
ately. B lack has no time to consolidate, as the
whole queenside is blown open.
1 5 ... .£j x c5 1 6. A x c 5 W h ite re l i n
quishes the bishop-pair to increase the
speed ofhis attack. 16 ...dxc5 17. .£Ja5
�b8 18. .£j xb7 �xb7
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Exercises
w w
How to open the position? (One point) How to increase White's pressure on the
Solutions begin on page 1 57. queenside quickly? (One point)
w w
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w w
How to use White's advantage in de White's forces are well centralized, but
velopment? (One point) how to make progress? (One point)
Blockade
N imzovitch pointed out the great im 24. '\;¥xd2 t!xe5 25.t!d l '\;¥c5 26 . .11£ 3 ;l;
portance of the blockade, as passed was called for, as White's bishop feels
pawns must be stopped. The knight is more at home in an open position .
usually the best blockader: 23 . . . c 5 ! 24.§e2 §de7 25.§fel
�d6 26.Jlh3 h5 27. �e3 <i!Jig7
Jakovljevic, Vlado (2426) - 28. <it'fl b6
Dizdarevic,Emir (2520)
BI H-chT Neum (5), 02 .06.2004
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3 0 .'itrxe7? !!xe7 3l E!
. xe7 fxg3=i= .
30 ... laxe2 3l.la xe2 ttxf4+ 32.gxf4
laxe2 33.�xe2 4)e41 34.�e3 4)d6
35 ..4.d7 h4 36.�f3 f5 B lack's pawn
majority is mobile, while White's is
b lockaded. 37.�e3 �f6 38.�f3
4)e4 B lack appl ies the wel l-known
endgame strategy: do not rush. 39.-'l.eS
4)d6 40.Jld7 �e7 4 1 . .1l,c6 4)e4 This allows the undermining of White's
42.�e3 4)c31? Provoking a weakness. queenside. 5 0.Ae8 was more tenacious.
43.a3 4)e4 44.-'tb5 �f6 45 . .1l,a4 50 ... a41 5 1 .b x a4 4)e5+ 52.�e3
4)d6 46 ..4.c6 g5 B lack finally plays .£. xc4+ 53-�f3 4)d61 54..1l,d7 �f6
his trump. 47.fxg5+ � xg5 48.�f3 55.�f4 c4 56.a5 bxa5 57.a4 c3
a5 49.A.d7 .£tf7 50.Ac8? 58. �e3 4)e4 0-1
Exercises
B lack to move. (One point) Solutions How to assess the position with B lack
begin on page 1 58. to move? (Two points)
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You can use different methods for find Imagine you are White. B lack has no
ing candidate moves. You can ask your threats, and it is a relatively quiet ma
self questions such as: what was the neuvering position, so it makes sense
point of your opponent's last move? to open a dialogue with the white pieces.
What is your plan? Do you have any The white king will tell you that it wants
pawn breaks? etc. This chapter deals to be more central ized. The rook is al
with improving the placement of your ready very happy on c2, as it can use its
pieces, and one way of doing this is by power on the second rank for defense
talking to them: and the c-fi le to restrict B lack. The
knight will say that it is already on a
Tisdall,Jonathan (2500) - decent square, but that there are even
Lechtynsky,Jiri (2435) greener pastures on c5. And, voila, you
Osterskars op (9), 1 995 have unearthed the solution: 31 .4)d2J
Now B lack l oses a pawn by force.
31 . . . E! b 5 3 1 . . . f! b6 3 2 .lL\e4 4Ja6
3 3 . 4Jc3 +- . 3 2.4)e4 �e7 33.4)c5
4)d5 34.4) xa4 �d6 35.�e2 b6?J
36.b4J and White went on to win.
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implementing it, he improves all h i s 48 .1l.e2 'it'h7 49.�a4 Ag7 50. �a2
•
29.Ah3 �ds
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Exercises
w w
Improve White's worst placed piece ! Improve White's worst placed piece!
(One point) Solutions begin on page (One point)
1 59.
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w w
Improve White's worst placed piece! Improve White's worst placed piece!
(One point) (One point)
w B
What pieces will White improve first? How to develop B l ac k 's initiative?
(One point) (Two points)
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w B
White's extra pawn is doubled and iso B l ack could snap off a pawn with
lated, so it will not win just by itself. 29 . . .4Jxa3, but he has a much better way
How to improve the coordination of the of putting White under pressure. (Three
army? (Two points) points)
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Prophylaxis
L oo k at the p o s i t i o n from y o u r
opponent's perspective. What i s h e
planning o r threatening? I f you know
the answer, you can try to stop him from
executing his ideas. This is called pro
phylaxis. Karpov is very good at this:
Karpov,Anatoly (2688) -
Milov, Vadim (2620)
Cap d' Agde-A ( I ), 24. 1 0.2002
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Pavlogianni,Despina (1964) -
Trabert,Bettina (2312)
GRE-chT Aghia Pelagia ( 3 ),
06.07.2004
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Exercises
w w
Sakaev played an innocent looking To take the pawn or not to take the
move that proved to be poisonous. Can pawn . . . (One point)
you spot it? (One point) Solutions be
gin on page 1 6 1 .
w B
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w w
What was Karpov 's first priority here? White to move! (Three points)
(Two points)
w w
White has sacrificed a pawn to speed It looks tough to break B l ack's de
up his attack on the queens ide. How did fences. But only one hit is neccessary
he continue his initiative? (Two points) to make it collapse. Can you spot it?
(Two points)
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A Second Front
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the position, as Black must recapture key to this position is whether any
with the f-pawn weakening the position p i e c e s s h o u l d be e x c h anged. You
of h i s k i n g . 43 . . . h g6 43 . . . h x g 6 should first try to make progress with
4 4 . � g l f 5 (44 . . . ..1lf6 4 5 . � h 2 ..ll g 7 the full army and only then try to de
46.�h4 +- ) 45 .�h2 ..llf6 46.�h6 ..llg7 cide if any exchanges are favorable.
47.�g5 .§ d7 48 . .§ a l +- ( Baburin) and Here the rooks can be exchanged, as the
B lack's defense will soon collapse be queen and knight form a powerful tan
cause of the pressure on both wings, dem, which is often stronger than queen
supported by the monster knight in the and bishop according to Capablanca's
center. theorem. It is important to make sure
that B lack's queen will be restricted and
unable to launch a counterattack against
White's monarch. ( 5 5 . . . 'it'h6 56 . .§ c8
..lld8 57 . .§ a8 g5 58 . .§ a7 �c6 59:�c4
g4 (59 . . . h4 60. 4Je3 ± ) 60.fxg4 hxg4
61.'it'fl ± ) 56 . .§ b6! Without the rook,
Black's weaknesses on the light squares
are more pronounced, and one strong
counterattacking unit leaves the board.
56 . . . �a7 (56 . . . .§ xb6? 57.�xb6 ..lld8
58.�b8 'it'f7 ( 58 . . . �e8? 59.4Jc7 �d7
60.�xd8 +- ) 5 9 . � x e 5 +- ) 5 7 .�b5
44.c51? As White's king is weakened, .§ xb6 58. 4Jxb6 ..ll f6 59.�c5 g5 60.�c6
it is good to open the c-file to pressure �a6 6 1 . �d 7 + 'it' h 6 6 2 . 4Jc4 .llg 7
both flanks. This is more important than 63. �d2 ..llf6 64. �d5 ± . 55.f4 exf4
exchanging B lack's weak backward
pawn, as one weakness can be de
fended, but pressure against two or
more weaknesses often leads to success.
44 ...dxc5 45."� xc5 .Q.d8 46.Elcl
�f7 47.�e3 Keeps an eye on h6.
47... �g7 48.Elc4 Eld7 49.�cl h5
50. E{c6 Eld6 5 1 . Elc81 Of course
White does not want to exchange any
thing in order to be able to apply maxi
mum pressure. 5 1 . .. �d7 52.�c5
�h6 5 3 . Elb8 .Q.f6 54.�e3+
5 4 . � x a 5 ? .§ c6 gives Black strong 56.Elh8+ 1-0 Anand resigned because
counterplay chiefly because of 41.f2- ofthe beautiful: 56 . . .'it'g7 57.�d4+ .llf6
f3 (do you remember the axiom?). 5 8 . � x f6 + .§ x f6 5 9 . .§ h7 + \t' x h 7
54. . . .Q.g5? 54 ... \t'g7 55.�c5 ..lle7 The 60. 4Jxf6+ 'it'g7 6 1 . 4Jxd7 +- .
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Exercises
w w
How to increase White's pressure on the Taimanov played powerful chess i n his
dark squares? (One point) Solutions prime. Here we see him with a slight
begin on page 1 63 . plus in the endgame, demonstrating his
deep understanding of positional con
cepts. H o w d i d he continue? (Two
points)
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Counterplay
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Exercises
B B
How does Black find counterplay? (One White has the bishop-pair and the cen
point) Solutions begin on page 1 63 . ter, but Black is on move . . . (Two points)
w B
How to defend against Black's kingside A dynamic position has arisen in this
attack? (One point) game fro m the 2004 B u n d e s l i ga .
B lack's pieces are slightly more active,
but how to challenge White on the
kingside? (Five points)
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In order for a positional exchange sac 16.cxd3 �xc3 17 . ..1l.b2 �b4 (17 . . . <tld4?
rifice to be successful, you should have 18.�h5 g6 19 . ..1l.xc3 gxhS 20 . ..1l.xd4
one or more of the following fonns of c x d4 2 1 . .§ fc l ± ) 18 . ..1l.e5 <tl x e S
compensation: one or two pawns, an 19.�xe5) 1 5.cxd3 �xc3 1 6. ..1l.b2 �aS
attack against the king (preferably with 17.�e 5 <tlf5 1 8 .'<tth l d4 19 . .§ g l g6
an unopposed oppos i te - c o l ored 2 0 . l h c l b6 2 l .�e4 .§ b8 2 2 . �c6
bishop), the bishop-pair, a strong un �d2=. 1 4 . .1le2 {) xe5 B lack has a
opposed bishop, strong anchor squares strong outpost on fS and a long-tenn
(especially for the knights), a strong attack against White's king based on the
passed pawn, a mobile pawn majority, weak l i ght square s . F u rthermore,
a strong blockade, many weaknesses i n W h i te ' s pawn structure i s i n rui ns,
the enemy camp that must be protected which makes it difficult for his rooks
by the rooks, and last but not least no and his dark-squared bishop to play any
Iong-tenn prospects for the rooks. The real role. 15 . .1la3 .£lf5 1 6.f4 {)g6
latter is quite important, as the rooks 17 . .1lg4 {)gh4 18. .1lb4 't#/c7 19.a5
tend to become stronger in the endgame, 't#/f7 20 .f3 .1ld7 2 1 . �ael 't#/g6
when there are fewer pawns and more 22.cif}h 1 .1lc6 23.'t#/f2
open l ines. Also, you do not want to
exchange too many pieces and pawns.
Let's start with two typical cases:
Felgaer,Ruben (2509) -
Korchnoi, Jliktor (2634)
Bled ol SLO ( 1 2), 07. 1 1 .2002
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25.cxd4 Ad5 26.c3 26.E!.g l �h5 Now the time i s ripe. 20. tth2 Ad6
27.E!.efl �h3 gives B lack excellent 2 1 . tth3 4) xd3 22.cxd3 b4! This
compensation as his rook will soon en speeds up B lack 's attack. 23.cxb4
ter the attack. 26 ... tth5 27.�e5 tth6 23.c4 dxc4 24.dxc4 .lle 5, with an at
28.�e4 tth3 29.�g1 b6 30. ttg2 tac k . 23 . . . E{c8 2 4 . cifjl a 1 dxe4
tth5 31 .a6 �c8 32.Ad6?? A blun 25.fxe4
der; probably because of time trouble.
But Black is also pressing after 32.�g4
�h4 33.h3 h5 (33 . . . E!.d8? 34.\t>h2 �f2+
35 .�g2 �h4 36.�g5 ± ) 34.�g2 E!.c7
35 . .1la3 f!. f7 :;: . 32 g6 33.Ae5 4)h4
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0-1
Movsesian,Sergei (2668) -
Kasparov,Garry (285 1 )
Sosna SuperGM Sarajevo ( I I ), 25 ...j}_xe4! The decisive blow. 26.g6
29.05.2000 2 6 . d x e4 Jl. e 5 + 2 7 . E!.d4 -ll. x d 4 +
2 8 . 4::l x d4 � x c l + 2 9 . E!. xc 1 E!. x c l • ;
2 6 . E!.h g l � c 2 -+ . 26 ... jlxh1
27.ttxh1 Axb4 28.gxf7+ 28.gxh7+
\t>h8 -+ . 28 . . . cifjlf8
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H ere are two modern exam p l es to down materia l . When down an ex
sharpen the reader's eye: change the minor piece needs more men
to coordinate with, while the rook usu
Topalov, Veselin (27 1 8) ally feels comfortable alone, especially
Anand, Viswanathan (2790) in an open or semi-open pos i t i o n .
Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 22. 0 1 .200 I 22.§abl h61? 22 . . JH6 23.Jld4 Jlxa2
2 4 . f!. a l �b3 2 S . f!. dc l ! = . 2 3 .Jl.b4
23.f!. xh2 fl. xeS 'i' without rooks White
would be better, but as matters stand
Black can easily attack the weak pawns
and make White fight for the draw.
23 . . . Jl.e5 Black is slightly better, but
Topalov escaped: 24.a3 §c6 25.§bcl
Jl.c4 26.§d8+ <it'h7 27.§el Ac7
28.§d7 Jl.e6 29.§d3 Jl.f5 30.§d5
Jl.h3 3l .<it'hl §f6 32.§d3 Jl.e6
33.Ac3 §f5 34.§xe61 Yz-Yz
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Exercises
8 w
w w
White has an edge here, but how did White to move ! (Two points)
Karpov force the issue? ( Five points)
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Simplification
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Go/od, Vitali (2538) - Often the attacker does not want to ex
Tomescu, Vlad (24 1 2) change pieces, because he needs them
4th Estensi op, Lido (5), 1 1 .06.2003 to participate in the attack :
Miiller,Karsten - Dautov,Ru.'item
German Bundesliga, 2006
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Magomedov,Magaram (2604) -
Khouseinov,Rashid (2330)
Dushanbe, 1 999
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Exercises
8 w
B l ack has fi n ished his development. How can the rooks enter B lack's camp?
What to do next? (One point) Solutions (One point)
begin on page 1 66.
w 8
How to use White's space advantage How to take the sting out of White's
and initiative? (One point) in itiative? (One point)
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w B
Black's c-pawns look pretty dangerous, White has a space advantage. What will
what should White do? (One point) B lack do? (One point)
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Weaknesses
Here Philidor's famous aphorism: "The nected with a whole weak color com
pawns are the soul of chess" comes into plex - see "Weak Color Complex."
play. If the pawn structure has holes or 3) U su a l l y one weakness is not
is broken, this has significant implica enough to win. Here the principle of
tions on the play. The pawns themselves two weaknesses comes into play, see
can be weak, as well as the squares that "A Second Front."
cannot be defended by the pawns. These
two concepts are surprisingly similar, The fol lowing game shows how even
and the section "Outpost" has already one static weakness can affect the play:
emphasized that knights usually prefer
positions with many weak pawns that Handke,F/orian (2384)
provide squares to settle on. So weak Miiller,Karsten (2503)
pawns and weak squares go hand i n G ER-ch Altenkirchen (9),
hand. Important rules are: 08. 1 2 .200 I [C09]
I ) A weakness that cannot be ex
ploited is no weakness. This can hap l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)d2 c5 4.exd5
pen when a weakness is a static fea e x d 5 5.4)gf3 4)c6 6 . .1l.b5 jld6
ture of the position, and if one side 7.dxc5 Jl xc5 8.0-0 4)ge7 9.4)b3
has a strong long-term initiative, it .1l.b6 9 . . . Jld6 may be more precise.
may be impossible for the opponent lO.E{el 0-0 l l .jlg5 f6?1 Every pawn
to take advantage of the weakness, move weakens some squares (here e6),
because h i s forces m u st defe n d but Black's task is not easy in any case.
against the enemy activity. 1 2 . .1l.e3 4) e 5 13 . .1l. x b6 � x b6
2) Most of the time one weakness 14.4)fd4 4)7g6 15.�d2 a6 16.Afl
does not exist in isolation, but is con- Wh i te j ust keeps the structure and
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tion, so let's have a look at the creation Another step in the wrong direction.
of weak pawns: 20 . . . 4:'lbd5! 2 l .Axd5 cxd5 2 2 . �e 5
E! b7 ;J; ( We l l s ) . 2 1 . 4) a4 �c7?1
2 2 . 4) c 5 � x a 5 2 3 . 4) x a 6 Etb7
2 4 . 4) c 5 E{bb8 2 5 . Et d 3 1 A l l of
Black's forces are on the queenside, so
White finally shifts his attention to the
kingside. 25 . . . 4) c7 2 5 . . . �c7?
26. .§ b3 +- ; 25 . . . 4Jxd3?? 26.�xa5 <tlxc l
27.�d2 +- . 26.Etg3 �b6 27.�e51
g6 27 . . . ae8 2 8 . <tl x e6! +- ( We l l s ) .
2 8 . Et b 3 � a 5 ? Now it i s over.
28 . . . <tlcd5 was more tenacious. 29.h41
4)cd5 29 . . . h5 30.g4! hxg4 31.h 5 +
14.4)xc61 bxc6?1 14 . . . 4:'lxc6 is prob ( B aburi n ) ; 2 9 . . . ae8 3 0 . h 5 it!c7
ably the lesser evil, although White has 3 1 .\tJel +- . 30. .Q. xd51 exd5 30 ... cxd5
3 1 .4:'lxe6! fxe6 32.itfxe6+ ctJg7 33.�e5+
the initiative and no weaknesses after
ctJh6 3 4 . �f4 + '<t'g7 3 5 . E! c7 + +
1 5 .Axf6 .ilxf6 16.d5 exd5 1 7 . 4:'lxd5
(Wells). 31 .4)d7 Etb7 32.4)f6+ lifjlf8
when the opposite-colored bishops add
3 3 . 4) x h7+ lit'g8 3 4 . 4) f6+ lifjlf8
spice to White's attack. 15.a51 Fixing
35.h5 gxh5 36.E{g3 1-0
the a-pawn is extremely important, as
now a6 and c6 are weak and White can
At first sight B lack has no apparent
try to launch an attack on the kingside
weaknesses, but Gurevich shows how
w i th h i s w h o l e army. 1 5 . . . 4)fd5
to attack on the queenside:
16. .Q. xe7 �xe7 17.4)a4 Aiming for
the strong outpost on c 5 . 17 ... 4)c7
Gurevich,Mikhail (2667) -
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for the missing bishop. 8.4)g3 4)c6 doubled pawns can sometimes be ac
9.Jld3?1 9.e4 is better according to ceptable:
theory. 9 ...b6 The beginning of a typi
cal siege of the doubled pawn. 10.0-0 Botvinnik,Mikhail - Kan,Ilia
J1,a6 l l .J1,b2?1 4)a5 12.�e2 E!cB l i th U RS-ch Leningrad ( I 0), 1 939
13.E!ac1
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Exercises
w w
Where is Black's Achil les' heel? (One White's superior activity does not seem
point) Solutions begin on page 1 68. to mean much, but this is deceptive. Can
you find out why? (One point)
w B
In this typical position with hanging There are many holes in White's pawn
pawns, Kramnik seized the moment to formation, but which one to exploit
start a strong initiative. Can you do the first? (One point)
same? (Two points)
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How to assess this position with White How to continue White's play in the
to move? (Two points) center? (Three points)
w w
Black's bishop seems to be bad, but how B l ack has many weaknesses on the
will White exploit it? (Two points) queenside, but how to exploit them?
(Two points)
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This chapter is strongly related to the pieces are on light squares. 23 ... §.c7
chapters on "Weaknesses" and "Domi 24 . §. x a4 �c5 2 5 . §.c4 � x c4
nation." As I said, usually one weak 2 6 . 4) b6+ <i!7d8 27 . 4) x c 4 §. x c4
ness does not exist in isolation, but is 28.�xb8+ §.c8 29.�a7 h5 30.§.d3
connected with a whole weak color §.h6 31 .§.b3 §.c7 32.§.b8+ <i!7d7
complex: 33.� xa6 d5 34.�b5+ 1-0
1 5 . .>lxf6 .tlxf6 16..tld5 .tlxd5 1 7.exd5 13.h6 White creates a weak color com
a5 1 8 . l"! e4 w i th an i n i t i a t i v e i n plex around Black's king and bases all
V.Kotron ias- B .Jobava, Batumi 2002. h i s fol lowing play on exploiting it.
1 5 . Jl. x e4 Jl x g 5 + 16.<i!7b1 b x a4 13 ...g6 14.jlf4 a4 15.a31 This stops
1 7. Jl. x b7+ � x b7 1 8 . 4) e4 Ae7 a4-a3, after which a weak color com
19.4)a5 �c720.4)c311 The point of plex and the breakthrough c5-c4 would
White's plan; establishing complete arise. 1 5 Ab5 1 5 . . . hxa3 16 .hxa3
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at first sight, but it cannot really be im "Now we see - to prevent c4, an ugly
proved and B l ack's proud knight on c4 dark square weaknesses will emerge. Of
can be exchanged for the g2-bishop at course, exchanging the knight on b6
any time. 24 . . . Ac4 is met by 2 5 . t:!xb8 also helped to render white's outpost
t:!xb8 26.t:!xa3! ( H orn in CBM 6 5 ) im pregnab l e . " ( We l l s in CBM 7 7 )
2 6. . . § b 1 + 27. 'itrh2 Ab5 28.c4 <tlxc4 25.a5 \tlf8 26.\tlb2 \tle7
2 9 . t:!f3 +- . 2 5 . Et b4 };ib6 26.�fl
ftfb8 27.\tlh2 Useful prophylaxis, as
B lack can do nothing. 27 4)b2 Wait
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E!b6 33.E!el �f8 34.�g2 E!ab8 56.�g3 E!c5 5 7. .£le5 .£ld5 58.E!d3
35 . .£J c 6 E! x b5 3 6 .c x b 5 E! x b 5 E!a5 59 . .£Jc6 E!c5 60 . .£jd8 .£lc7
37 . .1lb4+ �g7 38 . .1l x a3 .£! c4 6t ..£jb7 E!cl 62.a4 �f6 63.a5 �e5
39 . .1l c l E! x d5 40. E!e7 E! b 5 64.E!d7 .£Je6 65 . .£ld8 .£lf4 66.a6
4 1 . E! x c 7 E! b l 42 . .£j e 5 E! x c l E!gl+ 67.�f2 E!g2+ 68.�fl E!a2
43 . E! x c4 .£! f4+ 4 4 . � h 2 E! d l 69.a7 .£ld5 70. .£jc6+ �e6 71.E!d8
45.E!c7 E! xd4 46.E!xf7+ �g8 47.a3 .£lc7 72 . .£ld4+ �e5 73 . .£lb5 �f4
E!d2+ 48.�g3 .£lh5+ 49.�h3 E!d5 74.E!f8+ �g3 75 . .£1 x c7 E! x a7
50. E!e7 E! a 5 5 1 . .£l xg6 E! x g5 76 . .£1 b5 E! a 2 7 7 . .£j d4 E!f2+
5 2 . �h4 E! a 5 5 3 . E!e3 .£l f6 78.�el E! a 2 7 9 . E! g8+ �f4
54 . .£J e7+ �g7 5 5 . .£l c 6 E! h 5 + 80.E!g4+ 1-0
Exercises
B w
How to use Black's space advantage? Which is B lack's most important de
(One point) Solutions begin on page fender? (One point)
1 70.
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w w
Sakaev makes just one innocent look How to assess this position with White
ing move and B lack's position collapsed to move? (Three points)
l ike a house of cards. Can you spot it?
(One point)
How did Yudasin crown h i s attack? At first sight this looks l ike a typical
(Four points) Hedgehog, but Khal ifman found a flaw.
Can you spot it? (Three points)
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Tests
You have two hours for each of the twenty tests. Solve them from the diagrams
and write your solutions on a sheet of paper. I advise you to take one test per day
and then use your average score over all twenty tests. Of course, your score (or
"Positional Elo") must be taken with a very large grain of salt, as tactics play an
extremely important role in chess.
Test 01
8 w
White is saddled with doubled, back White clearly has more space on the
ward c-pawns. However, this appears queenside and the two bishops, but
to be more than o ffset by the strong Black has no obvious weaknesses. How
centralized knight. Is it? (Two points) did the Danish GM continue? (Two
Solutions begin on page 1 72. points)
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w B
Which pieces does White want to ex B lack's 4:\e7 and .lld7 seem to be q uite
change? (Two points) restricted. How did Dautov change this?
(Two points)
w w
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B B
What to do in this typical Sicilian posi White has many positional trumps and
tion? (Two points) will be on top in the long run. So how
should B lack act? (Five points)
w B
White's spatial advantage appears to be The ending looks relatively equal. Ma
offset by Black's play on the queenside. terial is even, both kings have come into
The Canadian 1M finds a way stifle that the center and although Wh ite has a
play, keeping the advantages of the po queenside pawn majority, there does not
sition. How? (Two points) seem to much here. B lack disagrees.
What did he play? (Two points)
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B w
A quick look at this position might sug White's pieces are nicely centralized,
gest Black is in trouble. White threat but the king is in the center. What is the
ens both <£\xc6 winning the exchange, proper evaluation of this position and
and <£\fS+, winning the queen. H owever, how should W h ite continue? (One
the Bu lgarian grandmaster has seen point)
deeper. What did he play? (One point)
w B
White clearly has more space, but Black White's position appears threatening.
seems solidly entrenched. How did the The knight on e5 is supported by the d
late British grandmaster gain a decisive and f-pawns, while the doubled rooks
advantage? (Two points) are ready to spring into action after fS.
What does the Estonian grandmaster
find to tum the tables? (Three points)
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Tests
Test 02
w w
What is White's best strategy? (Two The black king cannot castle and is tem
points) Solutions begin on page 1 79. porari ly caught in the center. How can
White capitalize? (Two points)
w w
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How to stop Black's counterplay on the White already has strong pressure on
kingside? (Five points) B lack's position. How does White tum
up the heat? (One point)
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Tests
B w
How to assess this position with B lack What is White's first priority? (Two
to move? (Two points) points)
Everything looks in order. The game is How to stop White's initiative? (One
just emerging from the opening, Black point)
will castle, bring out his b8-knight and,
as they say, it's a game. Sti ll, is there
some way White can immediately put
Black under pressure? ( Four points)
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B w
White is threatening to take on d6. How In this typical Benoni position, time is
to react? (Two points) quite important. H ow did White seize
the moment? (Two points)
B w
How to increase Black's pressure? (Two White certainly has a comfortable po
points) s i tion, but how to make progress?
(Three points)
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Test 03
w B
w w
Khalifman was on his way to winning Normally two pieces are more than
the FIDE world title. Although the po enough compensation for a rook. How
sition looks relatively equal, he sees the ever, White's rooks have broken through
possibility of giving it a little massage. on the kingside. Black seems to be hold
How did he keep his cool in the scorch ing, but White shows that any sense of
ing summer heat? (Two points) security is an il lusion. ( Five points)
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B B
B lack has already given up the ex With his king still in the center, B lack
change and has ample compensation in has launched an attack on the kingside,
the form of the two bishops and a pro while White seems to have black's
tected passed pawn. However, the fu queenside bott led up. How should
ture world champion has more i n Black proceed? (One point)
mind . . . (Two points)
B w
White, a noted endgame study com B lack looks like he is doing well on the
poser, is a pawn up, but the bishop's light squares and his king's position
scope is restricted as a result of the seems secure. But the young English
many pawns on white squares. Can grandmaster has seen a strong plan.
Black make use of this and hold the What concept did he apply and how do
position? (One point) you evaluate the position? (Two points)
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Tests
w w
How did Karpov obtain full control? White has pressure down the d-file, but
(Three points) B lack seems to be holding on. How can
White tum up the heat? (Three points)
8 B
Where is White's Achilles' heel? (Three How to deal with White's queenside
points) majority? (Two points)
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w w
Black has a knight on e4 supported by The black knights are embedded deep
a pawn and rook. White is poised for in the white position. But things are not
the classic m i nority attack on the always as they seem. What did Wohl
queens ide. How should White proceed? see? (One point)
(Two points)
B w
White is attacking the black queen, but White has the nice d5-square for his
at the same time, the knight on c3 is pieces, and the black pawn on d6 i s
loose. What should B lack do? (Four backward. C a n W h i t e exploit these
points) weaknesses? (One point)
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Test 04
B B
White is being pressed on the queen White wants to force a concession from
side, but seems to be holding. How did B lack on the queenside. How do you
B lack i mprove h i s pos ition further? react? (Three points)
(Two points) Solutions begin on page
1 92.
B lack tries to get a firm hold on the dark I n t h i s typical H edgehog position,
squares. H ow do you react? ( Two White had a poisonous plan in mind.
points) Can you spot it? (Three points)
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w w
How to put White's activity to good Karpov had just opened the a-fi le. What
use? (One point) was his point? (Two points)
w B
Black has gained plenty of space, but White has a strong initiative for the sac
h i s pieces are sti l l quite passively rificed pawn. Can you find B lack's best
placed. White should act before Black's defense? (Four points)
army is better coordinated! (Two points)
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Tests
w w
White's pieces look well-placed, but the Although the position of Black's king
future FIDE world champion realizes looks a little drafty, it is not all that clear
he can reposition one piece with deci how White can break through. The d4-
sive effect. Which one and how? (Three pawn is backward and d5 is firmly un
points) der B lack's control. Isn 't it? (Three
points)
w w
When two popular GM authors clash, How to continue White's attack? (Two
you are almost certain to see something points)
instructive. White is on top, but how
does he break through? (Three points)
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Both sides have a compact position, but This position looks relatively normal.
White seems to have the edge with the White has more space and B lack is a
bi shop-pair and more space on the little constricted on the queenside, but
queenside. However, B lack sees things there is nothing immediately obvious.
differently. What did he play? (Two What did the Swedish grandmaster see?
points) (Two points)
B w
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Test 05
w w
Despite the knight embedded on c6, How did Wh ite increase the pressure?
Black is expanding on the queenside. (Two points)
What should White do? (Three points)
Solutions begin on page 1 97.
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B B
How did lvanchuk create counterplay? Should B lack attack or defend? (Three
(Two points) points)
How did the fearless Hector continue F ind B lack's typical plan in this Sicil
his attack? (Two points) ian position! (Two points)
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Tests
B B
White's structure looks a bit suspect, but B lack's hedgehog structure already has
how to exploit it? (Two points) some holes. How to use White's advan
tage in development to increase the
pressure? (Two points)
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How did Kamsky use his i nitiative? Black is almost dominated, but how to
(Two points) finish him off? (Two points)
w w
Before you open a second front, you The former world champion was play
sometimes must make sure all is quiet ing against the up-and-coming British
on the first one. How does Hubner do star John Nunn. What did "The Tiger"
it? (Four points) find in this position? (One point)
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Test 06
8 8
How did the future world champion Dark c l ouds are gathering around
demonstrate that White has his hands B lack's kingside. What to do about it?
full? What did B lack play? (Two points) (Two points)
Solutions begin on page 203.
w w
B l ack has aggress i v e l y challenged Black has just made a bold pawn ad
White in the center. By calmly assess vance in front of his own king and was
ing the position, White finds a simple, duly punished. Can you spot how? (Two
yet dangerous response. (Four points) points)
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w w
How did White open the gates? (Two How to use Black's weakened kingside?
points) (Two points)
8 8
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Tests
B w
Smirin easily located the Achil les' heel White's rook on c6 is under attack, and
of Wh ite's position. Can you do the it looks like it has to retreat to a6. Can
same? (Two points) you see what Wells saw? ( Four points)
B w
White has more space on the queens ide, The great Cuban world champion un
but B lack is pressing on the other wing. dertakes a maneuver fairly typical i n
How was B lack able to open the posi games featuring a minority attack. What
tion to his advantage? (Two points) did he do? (Three points)
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w w
White has concentrated his forces on The dangerous attacker Julian Hodgson
the queenside, but how can he take ad has j ust sacrificed the a2-pawn. What
vantage of the weakened dark squares did he have up h i s s l eeve? (Three
on Black's kingside? (Two points) points)
w w
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Test 07
w B
B l ack's kingside pawn structure has Despite his extra pawn, White is under
been shattered, the a-pawn is isolated some pressure on the dark squares, spe
and Black's pieces seem to be getti ng ci fically f2. Black, one of the super
in each other's way on the queenside. grandmasters of our era, realizes this of
How did the former world champion course. H o w s h o u l d he conti nue?
take advantage of these factors? (Three (Three points)
points) Solutions begin on page 208.
w w
Dautov found an amazing way to capi What did U l f Andersson play? (Three
talize on his activity. How did he strike? points)
(Three points)
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w B
How to use White's better develop What is the best way for B lack to se
ment? (Two points) cure his advantage? (Three points)
B w
The position is about to open up, but How to finish Wh ite's development?
how can B lack do it on his terms? (Two (One point)
points)
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Tests
w B
How to assess th is position with White How did Kempinski increase his pres
to move? (Two points) sure? (Two points)
w B
Black's position is full ofholes, but how The position seems to be completely
to storm it? (Two points) equal, but this is not the case. What did
Black play? (Two points)
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w 8
Michael Adams found the typical ma B lack isolated d-pawn may become
neuver in such positions. Can you do weak in the long run. What to do about
the same? (One point) it? (Two points)
w w
W h ite has mighty pressure against How to assess this position with White
Black's weakened kingside, but it seems to move? ( Four points)
difficult to increase it. How did Topalov
do it? (Two points)
1 00
Tests
Test 08
In this position, Fischer has typical Si Both sides are attacking vigorously and
cilian counterplay on the queenside. every move carries additional weight.
H ow did the future world champion So it is important that you find B lack's
i ncrease the pressure? ( F ive points) best! (Two points)
Solutions begin on page 2 1 2.
B w
B lack's advantage is clear, but how to Kramnik used a typical plan against the
convert it into a full point? (One point) Hedgehog. Can you do the same? (Two
points)
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w w
How to regroup White's forces? (One Outl ine a plan for White. (Two points)
point)
w B
What is White's first priority? (Two How did Epish in exploit the lack of
points) harmony in White's position? (One
point)
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B lack's central pawns, in particular the The d6-pawn has driven deep into the
e-pawn, are under pressure. How can black position. H ow did Lautier tum up
White tum it up a notch? (Three points) the heat? (Three points)
w B
White is fully developed, while the B lack appears to be under some pres
black king is stil l in the center. How did sure from White, and some patient re
the Norwegian wunderkind proceed? positioning is required. What did Black
(Two points) play? ( Four points)
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w w
The author, playing white, needed to What's worth more, White's grip on d5
win this game to earn his first grand or B lack 's pressure along the f-fi le?
master norm. How did he continue? lvanchuk finds a neat way to neutralize
(Two points) B lack's activity. (Three points)
w B
1 04
Tests
Test 09
w B
w w
Wh ite's forces are better mobil ized, White's advantage appears to be small,
with at least two of B lack's pieces "off but he can win on the spot. How? (Three
sides." Can White take advantage of points)
this, and is the d5-pawn a plus or a mi
nus? (Four points)
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w w
White should use his s lightly better How to assess this position with White
placed pieces to create pressure. But to move! (Two points)
how? (Two points)
w w
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Tests
w w
How to increase White's pressure? (One White has a wonderful position and full
point) control; yet how to make progress?
(One point)
B w
How to assess the position with B lack How to improve White's position? (Two
to move? (Four points) points)
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w w
How to increase White's pressure? (One Black appears to be stemming the tide
point) on the kingside. However, White can
advantageously switch the focus to the
queenside. How? (Four points)
w 8
White has the two bishops, and B lack W h i te contro l s more space on the
is bottled up. Can White take advantage kingside, B lack has a backward d-pawn
of this? (Three points) and the black queen seems off-sides. Of
course, things are not always as they ap
pear. What did the Span ish grandmas
ter play as black? (Two points)
1 08
Tests
Test 1 0
w B
White is better, but how would you play B lack to move and win! (Three points)
this position? What would be your short
and long term goals? (Three points)
Solutions begin on page 222.
w w
What is the order of the day for White? White must keep his initiative going;
(One point) otherwise his isolated pawn may be
come weak later. Can you spot the best
way to increase the pressure? (Two
points)
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w w
White has a nice blockade, but how to W h ite i s better; yet h o w to make
profit from it? (Three points) progress? (Two points)
w w
Which white piece will be improved White has many good moves, but which
next? (Two points) is the best? (Three points)
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Tests
B w
How to deal with White's pressure? How did Karpov use his deep positional
(One point) sense to exploit Black's structural weak
nesses? (Two points)
B w
What is B lack 's priority here? (Two Who will win the fight for knight out
points) posts on the queenside? ( Four points)
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w w
How did Glek profit from his superior How to use White's advantage in de
activity? (Two points) velopment? (One point)
B B
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Tests
Test 1 1
w w
Both sides are developing a strong at In this typical position with an isolated
tack, so the value of every move is ex queen 's pawn, White must use his ini
tremely high. Find White's best option! tiative to increase the pressure. Can you
(Four points) Solutions begin on page find a way? (Two points)
227.
w w
White setup looks relatively harmless, How to open the position? (Two points)
but Ponomariov found a way to inject
some poison. Can you do the same?
(Two points)
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B w
How to introduce Black's major pieces White must use his initiative; otherwise
into the battle? (One point). Black's bishops will become a factor.
How? (Three points)
B w
How to continue Black's attack? (Two White's forces are well mobilized, but
points) how to make progress against the solid
defense? (Two points)
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Tests
B B
B w
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w w
How to continue White's i nitiative? How did Karpov use his fine positional
(Two points) sense to i m prove the harmony of
White's position? (Three points)
w w
How would you convert the advantage White's initiative is surprisingly danger
of the bishop-pair? (Two points) ous, especially as he has a strong trump
up his sleeve. Can you find it? (Three
points)
1 16
Tests
Test 1 2
w w
How t o assess this position with White What is the best way to keep White's
to move? (Two points) Solutions begin pressure? (Two points)
on page 23 1 .
w w
Black's dangerous pair of passed pawns Find the most precise move for White!
supported by his bishops seems to guar (Two points)
antee him a draw. But this is not the
case. Can you fi nd out why? ( Four
points)
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B B
How did Karpov use the weakness of How to stop White's initiative? (Two
the light squares in White's camp? (Two points)
points)
w B
White's bishops look powerful. Indeed, To cash in or not to cash in? That is the
Lautier did not need many moves to question. B lack to move. (Two points)
achieve a won game. Can you do the
same? (Two points)
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Tests
White is threatening to start a strong Did Bacrot win the pawn back? (Three
attack on the kingside, based on his points)
powerful dark-squared bishop. What to
do about it? (Three points)
B w
Find B l ack's best defense ! (Th ree B lack's defense seems to be solid, de
points) spite his passive knights. But Gelfand
found one hole to infiltrate. Can you do
the same? (Three points)
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B B
How to assess the position with B lack Find a plan to improve Black's position!
to move? (Two points) (Two points)
w w
How to use White's advantage in de Where is Black 's Achilles' heel? (Two
velopment? (One point) points)
1 20
Tests
Test 1 3
How to assess this position with Black Who is attacking whom here? White is
to move? ( Four points) Solutions be to move. (Two points)
gin on page 235.
w B
Karpov used his fine positional under What is B lack's ti rst priority? (Two
standing to find a way to improve his points)
position. Can you spot it? (Three points)
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w w
Find a plan for White! (Two points) How to attack B lack's king? (Three
points)
w B
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Tests
w w
Russian grandmaster Viktor Kupreichik Has White a better option than 1 7.fxe4?
has a reputation as a bri l liant tactician. (Two points)
However, he also has a good positional
sense. This position looks fairly level,
but is it really? (Three points)
w B
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w B
w w
How to best use White's bishop-pair? Find Karpov's next move! (One point)
(Two points)
1 24
Tests
Test 1 4
w w
White's well-placed forces create plenty How to continue White's attack on the
of pressure; yet how to break the de kingside? (Two points)
fenses? (Four points) Solutions begin
on page 240.
w B
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w w
This position seems to be quite typical, How to use White's pair of bishops?
but B lack has already gone too far. How (Two points)
did W hite's demonstrate i t? (Three
points)
B w
How did B lack tum the heat on? (Two How to continue White's attack? (Two
points) points)
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Tests
B B
How to assess this position with Black Statically White is much better, but in
to move? (Two points) his annotations Gelfand showed a way
to inject dangerous dynamics. Can you
find it? (Three points)
B B
I n this Sicilian position B lack played a White structure is better because of the
typical maneuver. Which one? (Two strong knight on d5. How did Black
points) equalize? (Two points)
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w B
How to assess the position with White B lack won easily. How? (Two points)
to move? (Two points)
w w
Black's position seems to be OK. But H ow did Kramnik infiltrate B lack 's
Bronstein proved this was an i l lusion. position? (Two points)
Can you do the same? (Three points)
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Tests
Test 1 5
w w
How to assess this position with White Kramnik won remarkably easily. Can
to move? (Four points) Solutions be you do the same? (Three points)
gin on page 244.
B w
Which is B lack's worst placed piece and Only one small straw was necessary to
how to improve it? (Two points) break the camel's back. Which one did
Piket use? (Two points)
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B w
Find Black's best move and outline a B l ack's pos ition is q u ite solid, but
plan. (Two points) White found a way to increase the pres
sure. Can you do the same? (Three
points)
w B
White has the initiative, but Black's pair White's i niti ative looks threatening.
of bishops is not easy to impress. How How to take the poison out of it? (Three
did Hickl do it? (Two points) points)
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w B
White has greater activity and the bet How did Botvinnik fin ish his develop
ter minor piece, but how to continue? ment? (Two points)
(Three points)
w B
I n th is typ ical Stonewall formation, By the early 1 920s, Alekhine was al
B lack's dark-squared bishop is missing, ready developing the irresistible attack
but how to use this? (Two points) ing force that would characterize his
play. However, much as Petros ian's tac
tical abil ity has been ignored, so was
A lekhine's positional sense. What did
he play in this position? (Two points)
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B w
Black has infiltrated the white position Shabalov has sacrificed several pawns
but White's position appears compact in his typical style. What was his point?
and resistant to further invasion. How (One point)
did M ickey Adams proceed? (Three
points)
w B
Where is B lack's Achi lles' heel? (One White hopes to get the initiative in the
point) center, but Erenburg showed this to be
an illusion. Can you do the same? (Two
points)
1 32
Tests
Test 1 6
B w
B B
How to assess the position with B l ack It is not easy to neutralize White's ini
to move? (One point) tiative, but it should be possible with
careful defense. How would you do it?
(One point)
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w B
White's knight has the better outpost. Both knights have a strong outpost, but
How did Anand use this? (Two points) Black is to move. (Two points)
B w
Black is clearly on top, but it is surpris How did Lautier continue his initiative?
ing how easily Svidler won. Can you (One point)
discover how? (Two points)
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Tests
B w
How to regroup Black's pieces? (Two White's strong center should give him
points) the advantage, but how to cope with
Black's pressure on the c-file? (Three
points)
White has a dangerous initiative on the White has the bishops, more space and
light squares, but Gelfand found a way controls the opening of the queens ide,
to neutralize it. Can you do the same? but Black's structure is quite sol id. Can
(Two points) you fi nd h i s Ach i l l e s ' heel? (Two
points)
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8 8
How to assess this position with B lack This position arose from a Scandina
to move? (Two points) vian Defense. Everyth ing seems in or
der, but the Danish GM playing black
sees a l ittle deeper. What did he play?
(Five points)
8 w
Black has pressure on White's center The position is typical for the Mar6czy
pawns, but how can he increase it? (One B ind. These types of positions require
point) patient handling on both sides, although
White usually has a slightly freer hand.
What did White play? (Five points)
1 36
Tests
Test 1 7
8 8
How to neutralize White's annoying How did Morozevich prove the superi
pressure? (Four points) Solutions be ority of his bishops? (One point)
gin on page 256.
8 8
B lack's position is rather cramped. Nev Both sides have serious weaknesses, but
ertheless, Maiwald found a way to cre Black is to move. (Two points)
ate activity. Can you do the same? (Four
points)
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B w
Black's situation is not enviable, but How to increase White's pressure? (One
Danner found a way to neutralize the point)
pressure . Can you fi nd it? (Three
points)
w B
Find a strong plan for White! (One White's initiative looks dangerous be
point) cause of B lack's weakened kingside,
but Z i v a n i c fo u n d a way to get
counterplay. Can you do the same?
(Two points)
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Tests
Onischuk seized the moment to grab a White has some pressure, but Black's
strong strategic initiative. Can you do position is obviously quite solid. What
l ikewise? (One point) did Hiibner play? (Three points)
w B
Can Black's strong blockade be broken? How did B lack obtain sufficient com
(Two points) pensation in this typical Volga position?
(Two points)
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B B
White's nagging pressure in the center What is B lack's first priority? (One
is annoying. What to do about it? (Four point)
points)
w B
White c learly has more space than I n this typical Benko Gambit position,
Black, but there is no obvious way to B l ack's compensation seems to have
take advantage of this. What did Vassily dried up, but Szieberth still had some
find? (Four points) thing up his sleeve. Can you spot it?
(Two points)
1 40
Tests
Test 1 8
w B
w w
How to use White's advantage in de How to convert White's majority on the
velopment? (One point) queenside? (One point)
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w w
How to use White's initiative? (One White already has a commanding posi
point) tion, but how to make progress? (One
point)
w w
How to use White's advantage in de Wh ite has more space and seems in
velopment? (One point) charge, but how to break through is an
other matter. How does the Latvian ge
nius proceed? ( Four points)
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Tests
B w
What i s B l ack's best move? ( Four White seems to have all the benefits
points) arising from an English Opening: two
bishops raking the queenside, open files
for his rooks and a compact king's po
sition. Yet how to increase the pressure?
(Three points)
B w
Two super G Ms battle it out in the high White's knight is well posted on f4, the
powered tournament at Dortm und. other pieces are well-placed and there
There is rough material equal ity. The are a number of weaknesses in the black
Ukrainian grandmaster comes up with camp, not to mention the undeveloped
a variation on a theme to continue to bishop and rook on the queenside. Can
apply pressure on the white position. White take advantage of these factors
(Three points) to improve his position? (Three points)
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w w
w w
Can you find why White is better here? Which is White's worst placed piece?
(Three points) (Two points)
1 44
Tests
Test 1 9
w B
White to move. (Two points) Solutions What should Black have played? (Four
begin on page 265. points)
B B
Find B lack's best defensive plan and B lack to move. (Two points)
execute it! (Three points)
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w B
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w B
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Tests
Test 20
w w
B w
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B B
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Tests
w w
w w
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Exercise and Test Solutions
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Va l l ej o P o n s s h o u l d h a v e p l ayed
3 2 . . . .£Jxe4 33 . .£Jf5 + fl x f5 34.fl xd7+
fl xd7 35.fl xd7+ 'it'xe6 36.fla7 Ele5!?
(36 . . . fl xf3 + 37. 'it'xf3 Jlc6 38.fl xg7
shou l d be draw n . ) 3 7 . fl xa8 <£\c 5 +
3 8 . 'it'f2 'it'd6 39 . .il d1 .£Jd3+ 40. 'it'f3
23 . . . f5 2 3 . . . l'He8 ! ? 2 4 . �c7 � x e 4 El e7 =i= One point for 30 . . . Ele5!.
2 5 . El xe4 El c8 26.Eld7 t. 24. 'li:\'d3 f4
25.gxf4 .§deS 26 . .§e3 Jl.h4 27.h3 (E l l ) Outpost: 21 .§a51 White uses a
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.§ x c 1 + 22 . . . El x a 5 2 3 . b x a 5 El b8
(E09) Outpost: 14 . .£ib1! The knight is 24.Elbl .£Jc7 25 . .£Jd4 ± (Gurev ich in
redirected to c4 - a typical procedure. Informant 62/604). 23.Jl. xc1 .§ x a5
14 c5 1 5 . .£i d 2 h5 1 6 .'t:fe1 h4
•.• 24. b x a 5 .£ic7 2 5 . .£id4 'li:\'a7?1
17 . .£J c4 h3 1 8.g3 Jl.c6 1 9.�g1 25 ... �a8 26.�b6! .t\xd5 27.exd5 exd4
Jl.b5 20.'i:fe2 .£id7 2 1 .a4 Jl. x c4 28.a6 �xd5 29.�d8+ M8 30.itxh6+- .
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34.4:)d3 §c4 3 5 . .1lb3 Et x c l + points for 2 l .f4!, with the idea to fol
36 . E{ x c l .11, d 7 3 7 . 4:) f4 4:) c8 low up with b4 later.
38.�h2 4:)b6 39.§gl l-O
( E l S) U ndermining: 1 9.cxd6 exd6
( E 1 3) U n derm i n i n g : 3 2 .g5! f x g 5 20.Axf6 4:) xf6 20 . . . ..Q..xf6?! 2 1 .4::l x d5
33.4:) xd6? 33.c5 would have won im cxd5 2 2 .4::ld 4 ± (Finkel in CBM 93).
mediately. 33 ... .11, xd6 Now B lack has 2 1 . t\' x d 6 4:) e4 2 2 . t\'d3 Ac8
counterplay. 34.A xe5 §e8 35.§fel 23. t\'c2 .11, a 6 24. §fc l Ab5
.1lc5+ 36.�hl a4 and H ickl even 25.4:)d4 §a2 25 . . .ltxd4 26.exd4 � fe8
won later. Two points for 32.g5 fxg5 2 7 . � a l ± . 26.§b2 §fa8 27.A xe4
33.c5 +- . Et x b2 28.t\' x b 2 f x e4 2 9 . t\' c 2 1
.11, x d4 30.e x d4 § e 8 3 1 .t\'d2
( E 1 4) U n d erm i n i n g : 2 1 .f4J t\'f6 3 1 . .§ e l ! ? . 3 1 . g 5 3 2 . 4:) g2 EtaS
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point. 30.'�f3 30.Jlb2 �g4 3 1 .h3 �g6 followed by �d8. 32 ... §d8 33.-'tel
32.f5 �g5 33.Jlcl �d8 =!= . 30 ... §fd8 §d3 34.4)al?!
31.§b3 §d2+ 32.§e2 §dl 33.Etc3
�d7 34.Jle3 § a t 3 5 . §f2 a 6
36.Jl,c5 4) d 2 37.�e3 f 5 38.Ab6
4) x e4 39.Jlxd8 4) x f2 40. <i!/ x f2
§a2+ 4t .<i!/el �d5 0-1
( E 3 2 ) I m p ro v i ng P i ece P o s i t i o n :
14.4)d3! White's f4-knight i s the worst
placed piece, as it has no active pros
pects. So it is rerouted i mmediately,
since it is not yet clear where the rooks
belong. 14 ... 4) bc4 1 4 . . .tl:lf5 15 .4Je5
Ac8 1 6 . Ad 3 �d6 17. � a d l �b4 34...§e31 35.�c2? 35.�fl was more
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tenacious. 35 ... .£Jd3 The cavalry has M8 30.:9.c6 :9.fg7 3 1 .<tlf6 :9.g6 32.<£\xg8
arrived with decisive effect! 36.j}.f2 :9. xc6 33 .�d5 :9. e6 3 4 . �xb5 'it'xg8
.£j x a3 37.�d2 .£i c4 3 8 . � x e 3 3 5 .'lii'd 5 �g7 36.b4 :9. d6 37.�xe5+
.£j xe3 39.Jlxe3 White does not have 'iii' x e 5 3 8 . :9. x e 5 !'! d l + 3 9 . �f2 :9. c l
quite enough material for the queen and 40.:9.e4 !'!c2+ 4 1 . �fl ..!ld6 42.!'!e6 M8
his pieces are tangled up. This adds up 43.!'!e4 Ad6 Y�Yl. 24... f3 25.g3 �g4
to a w i n n i n g pos i t i o n fo r B l ac k . can be met by 26. �d3.
39 �c8 4 0 .£i b3 b 6 4 I . Jl x b6
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�a6 The infiltration of the black queen (E37) Prophylaxis: 24 ... <it/b61 In gen
puts White out of his misery. 42.Jle3 eral, the king is safest directly behind
�a2 43 ..£id2 �c2 44.<it/h2 �xc3 the pawns even if they are advanced.
45 . .£if1 �c2 46.E!a1 .£1 x b4 47.E!cl This is often seen in the Botvinnik Semi
0-1 Slav, when B l ack's king advances to b6
behind his pawn shield a6, b5, c5, c4.
(E34) Prophylaxis: 28.b31 This takes In the game, Topalov played 24 . . . cxd4?
away the important c4-square, so that
B l ack 's counte r p l ay is restricted.
28 h6 29.E!d3 .£jde8 30. E! x d8
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33 .1l x a 5 E! x b2 34.E!c1 4) f6
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39.E!b1+ 1-0
.1l xe6 23.t::\' xe6+ .1le7 24.t::\' xc6+ l ight squares immediately, which is a
<;!lf8 2 5 . t::\' a 8+ <;!lg7 2 6 . � x d 5 typical technique against the bishop
4) x h 2 27. t::\' x h 5 g x h 5 2 8 . E! h 1 pair. 17.cxb5 4)d5 18:�e4 1 8.�e5?
4) g4+ 29.�f3 4) f 6 30.b3 E!b6 -'txf3 19 . .1lxf3 ( 19.gxf3? axb5 20 ...1l.xb5?
31.4)e4 4) xe4 32.<;!7 xe4 <;!7g6 33.c4 .§b8 2 l .a4 .§ xb5! 22.axb5 4Jc4 23.i;'te2
E!e6+ 34.<;!7(3 E!d6 35.E!e1 Eld3+ 4Jf4 -+ ) 1 9 . . . 4Jc4 2 0 . � e 2 a x b5 =F
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29.'�e4 Black's flurry of activity has � xa6 28 .§g4 �c7 29 . .§g6 <it'd6
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easily been repulsed, and with the cen- 30 . .§e3 a5 3l .<ifjld2 .§e7 32 . .§f3
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26 ... .£j )(b7 27.�)(b7 �f4 28.f3 �a4 33.�g2 �)(a2 34.�)(c5 a3 35.�a5
29. .£Je4 � )(a3 30.�dll �f6 36.h5 �f7 37.�f3 �al 38.g4
� a 2 3 9 . � a 6 'itle7 40.e4 �f7
41.�e3 �e7 42.�a7+ �f8 43.e5
� a l 44. �f4 � a 2 45 .f3 � a l
46.�f5 a2 47.f4 1-0
27. A )( f5 � )( f5 28.�d8+ � )( ds
29 . '/lt )( dS+ �f8 30. -{te7 � )( b4
The invasion of the second rook is de 3 1 . �d8 � b l + 3 2 . � h 2 '/ltf5
c i s i v e . 30 �a6 3 1 .�dd7 E{g6
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19.1"! xc5 ± . 17 ..1l.h3 .llc6 18.�cl c4 33 . .1l.e7? 33.g5 't'jxb3 34 .ite7 El.e8
1 9 . .1l.e5 E!f8 20.�f4 .£) h 5 3 5 . Jlf6 w a s cal l ed for. 33 . . . E!e8
21 ..1l. xe6 fxe6 22.�d4 .£)f6 23.b3 34 . .1l.f6 .1l. x f6 3 5 . � x f6 � x b3?1
.il.a8 24.f3 �c6 25.E!ac1 .£)fd7 Kick! won later. But 35 . . . Jlxg4 + was
2 6 . b x c4 d x c4 27.A x g7 E! x f3 much stronger. One point for 24 . . . .£\a7!.
28.e x f3 � xf3 29 . .£)e4 .£)d5 1-0
Two points for 1 2.4::lh 4!. (E66) Weaknesses: 24. .£)e41 +- .£)b6
24 . . . l2:lxc4? 25.El.d7+ �g8 26.h6 +- ;
(E64) Weaknesses: 25.a4! ± Fixing a 24 . . . �e7!? 2 5 . h6 f5 2 6 . 1"! d6! .£lb6
weakness. 25.1"!d5 also gets one point. 27.gxf5 exf5 28.hxg7 4::la xc4 29.Af6+
25 ...h5 25 . . .Jlb2 26.1"! c2 Aa3 27.1"!d5 'it>f7 30 . .£\g5+ 'i!tg8 3 1 .El.dl El.c8 32.El.hl
Jlb4 2 8 . A g 5 ! l"! e l + 2 9 . �g 2 l"! b l El.c6 33 . .£\xh7 l2:ld5 34.Jla l +- ; 24 . . . h6
30.1"!c7 ± (Postny i n CBM 95). 26.E!d5 25.g5 hxg5 26.f!.d7+ 'it>g8 27.h6 gxh6
.1l.f8 26 . . . 1"! a6 27.1"! cc5 ± . 27 . .1l.b6 28.l2:lxf6+ �f8 29.lte5 +- . 25.g5 f5
.1l.h6 28.E!c7! E!xc7 29 ..1l. xc7 E!c8 25 . . . l2:laxc4 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.4::l xf6 h6
28.4Jg4 +- ( Yus upov i n CB M 4 3 ) .
30 .1l. x a 5 E! c l + 3 1 .�g2 E!c2
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White would be better. But now the b3- ( E69) Weaknesses: 17 . .£)fd21 This
pawn is a serious weakness. The "good brings a fresh unit to the blockading
knight against bad bishop" intention force. 17.Jlh7+ 'it'h8 18.Ae4 gets one
does not apply here." (L.B. Hansen in poi nt. 17 Aa6 17 . . . �c7?! 1 8 . 4::le 4
•.•
20. .§ed1 f5 21.f3 f4 22.Af2 .§fc8 25.�fl .§b4 26.�e2 .§ab6 27. .§c2
�f8 28.�d2 �e7 29.�c1 �d6
23 . .§b3 .£) x f2 24.�xf2 � 0-1 Two
30 ..§a3 f5 31 . .§ac3 g5 32 . .§c5 .§a6
points for 18.{Jd2!.
33 . .§ 5c3 h5 34.h3 .§b5 35 . .§c4
Yz-Yz Two points for 17.{Jfd2 .
(E68) Weaknesses: 30.b41 +-
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fxe5 16.§adl!? e4 Trying to keep the attack. 18.a4 Black 's point is clear af
pawn does not help, e . g . 1 6 . .'it't7
. ter 18.'lii xf5 exf5 1 9. a4 ( 1 9.4:Jc6 'ttJf8
17.§.fe l 'it'f6 18.4:Je4+ 'ttJe7 19.4:Jg5 ± . 2 0 . §. f3 4:Je8 + ) 1 9 . . . 4:Je6 2 0 . §. f3 f6
17. .£)xe4 e5 18. .£)d6 Jlf5 19.§d2 2 1 . 4:Jg6 'ttJ f7 + a n d B l ack w i n s .
19.c4!? h6 20.§fe l ± . 19 b5 20. .£)b7
•.. 1 8 .£le81 There i s no need to improve
•..
a5 21.§el §a7 22 . .£)c5 §e7 23.f3 White's pawn structure with 1 8. .. 'lii xd3?
b4 24.§ee2 e4!? 25 . .£l x e4 Jl x e4 1 9.cxd3. 19.�d2 .ldd6 20.g4 �h7
26. §d41 c5 27.§d x e4 § x e4 21.§a3? White blunders the exchange,
28 . § x e4 §d8 2 9 . §c4! § d l + but even after the better 2 l .f5 4:Je4
30.\t>f2 §al 31.b3 §xa2 32.\t>e3 22."fig2 §. xc3 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.a5 hxa5
a4 33.bxa4 § x a4 34.§xc5 §a3+ 25.§. xa5 4:Jf6 26.§. f2 �e4 + , Black is
35. \t>d2 b3? winning. 21. .. f6 22 . .£ld3 .ldc4-+
and Black converted his advantage. Two
points for 17 . . . �f5!.
Test 01
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where the s i m i larity ends. B l ack's and against B l a c k ' s l i ght-sq uared
doubled c-pawns are isolated and weak bishop. 16 ... <i!7b8? 16 . . . .£\f6 1 7.Ag5
and will become targets for the white Jle7 ( 1 7 . . . .ilh5 1 8.f3 Ae7 1 9.'i!tbl ± )
pieces. On the other hand, Wh ite's 1 8 . Jl x e 6 + fx e 6 1 9 . � x e 6 + �d7
doubled e-pawns help control the cen 0 9 . . .'it'b8 20 . .\lxf6 f!d6 2 l .�xe7 f! xe7
ter. The e5-pawn in particular restricts 22.f! xe7 +- ) 20.Jlxf6 .ilxf6 2 1 .�xf6
B l a c k ' s c o u n terpl ay. t 6 . . . <i!7 h 8 iii' d 5 2 2 . f! xe8 f! x e8 2 3 . �f4 �xa2
17.E!ab1 .1ld5 18.E!fd1 c6 19 ..1lc4 24.d5 ± ; 1 6 . . . c5! was called for, to cre
�e6 Or 1 9 . . . .£\b6 2 0 . Jld3 .£lg5 ate immediate counterplay, e.g. 17.Jlg5
2 1 ..£\xgS �xgS 22.f4 ± and White is 0 7 . d5!?) 1 7 . . . f6 1 8.Jlf4 e5 1 9 .dxe5
winning. 20.�xe41? Axe4 2t .Axe6 fx e 5 2 0 .Jlg5 Jle7 2 l . Axe7 f! x e7
fxe6 22.E!bc1 {)b6 22 . . .Jld5? loses 22.4:Jf4 and White is better, but matters
to 23.e4 +- ; White is also winning af are not completely clear. 17.Af4 f6
ter 2 2 . . . .ilx f3 2 3 . g x f3 ( 2 3 . f! x d7 ! ?) 18.Axe6! +- After prec ise calcula
23 . . . f! a7 24.f!d6± . 23.4)d2 Ag6 The tion, Nunn decides to take the bait.
material balance is equal, but White's 18 ... 4)f8 19.�c4 Ah5 19 . . . .£\xe6
positional plusses add up to a winning 2 0 . f! xe6 .ll x f4 + (20 . . . Jlf7 2 l . f! xd6
pos i t i o n . 24.4)b31 {) a4 2 5 . A a 1 f! xd6 22.�b4 +- ) 21 .4:Jxf4 .>lf7 22.d5
E!fb8 26.4:) xc5 The first weak c-pawn .ilxe6 23 . .£\xe6 �d6 24.�xd8 f! xd8
fa l l s . 26 . . . 4) x c5 27 . E! x c 5 E!a6 2 5 . �d3 � x d 5 2 6 . � x d 5 c x d 5
28.Ac3 a4 29 .Ab4 Ae4 30.f3 27.f! d4 + - (Nunn). 20.E!d3 {) x e6
.1ld5 31.e4 Ab3 32.E!d6 E!c8 Black 2 l . E! x e6 E! xe6 22.� xe6 Axf4+
is almost completely tied down. White's 2 3 . 4) x f4 E!e8 24 . � x f5 §.e 1 +
winning plan is simple: centralize the 2 5 .<i!7d2 §. d l + 26 .<i!7c3 Ag4
king, keep Black bottled up and when 27.�c5 E!a1 28.E!e3 Ac8 29.E!e7
all his pieces are optimally placed, the �d8 30.4)e6 Axe6 31.E!xe6 §.xa2
f4-f5 break should shatter B lack's po 32. �d6+ 1-0 Two points for 16 . .£\g2,
sition. 33.<i!7f2 Here comes the king. with the idea .ilf4.
33 ... h6 34.h4 §.b6 35.<i!7e3 <i!7h7
36.h5 Restricting kingside expansion. (T l .04) Weak Color Complex : 21 .f611
36 E!a6 37.f4 <i!7g8 Now the time is
.••
(T l .03) Improving Piece Placement, The resulting bind on the light squares
Bad Bishop: t6.4)g21 Played with the paralyzes B lack. 21 gxf6 2 1 . . . .£\xf6?
••.
idea Jlf4, to play on the dark squares 22.g5 +- ; 2 l . . ..ilxf6? 22.g5 +- . 22.a31?
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This quiet move emphasizes that Black squares). Stohl gives 36 . . .'<fild8! 37.§.b6
can basically only sit and wait, while §. c6 38. §. b8+ §. c8 3 9 . §. b7 §. c7 = .
White's pieces, especially the d2-knight 37.}ab6 �h4? Another mistake i n the
and the d3-bishop, can improve greatly. same vein, which gives White a crush
22 � c 5 2 3 . � x c 5 d x c 5 24.g5
. • . ing attack . 37 . . . ,t;�f4! 38. "iJ!e2 + '<fild8
Anand regains the pawn with interest. 3 9 . � g 2 and Wh ite has more than
24... h xg5 25.hxg5 �d4 26.gxf6 enough compensation for the pawn, but
Jl,f8 27.�g3 lah5 28.Jl, xd4 Im Black is sti ll in the game. 38.�e2+
proving the worst placed piece with \t'd8 39. �e51 �h3 40.�d6 �e3
28.4Jc4 is also very strong. 28...exd4 4 1 . � x f7+ \t'd7 4 2 . �d5+ \t'e7
28 . . .cxd4? 29.§. b3 "if1c7 30 . .ile2! §. h6 43.l'l:\'b7+ 1-0 Two points for 2 l .f6!.
( 3 0 . . . ..1l x e 4 + 3 1 . '<fil a 2 +- ) 3 1 . §. x b7
"if1xb7 3 2 :�xe5+ '<fild8 33. "if1xd4+ + (Tl .05) Blockade: 39 ...d511 Black will
(Stohl in 97 extra); 28 ... "if1xd4 29.4Jb3 estab l i sh a very strong blockading
"iJ!d6 30.4Ja5 ± . 29.lab3 �c7 knight on d6. 40.exd5?1 40.cxd5 .ilxb5
4 1 .4Jc4 4Jc8 42.�dl ..llx c4 43.§. xc4
4Jd6 4 4 . §. c l §. a 7 'i' . 40 . . . � e x f5
41 .}aeel �d6 42.g4? 42.4Je4 4Jxe4
4 3 . ..1lxe4 f5 4 4 . ..1lg2 f4 'i' . 42 . . . h 5
43. g x h 5 � x h 5 4 4 . }a f l \t'g7
44 . . . ..1lf5!?. 45.}acel Jl.f5 46.Jl,e4
46.�g3 4Je2! 47."if1f3 �xf3 48. .§xf3 4Jf4
49 . ..1lfl '<filg6 + ( Dautov in CBM 86).
46 ... Jl,d7 47.Jl,g2 Jl.f5 48.Jle4
� x e41
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62.�xb6 E!xf3 63.�xf3 �h4 0-1 since it is easier for White's rooks to
Two p o i n t s fo r 39 . . . d 5 ! ! ; O n e for play a good role. 18.Axe7 � x e7
39 . . . .llc8 to regroup the worst placed 19.f6 Psakhis has calculated that he can
piece, if you want to play statically. neutralize this tactical shot. 19 ... �b7
20.fxg7 E!c81 21 .�g4 4)d2 22.E{f2
(Tl .06) I mproving Piece Placement: j}_ x g2+ 23.E! x g 2 E! x c3 24.�g5
2 2 . j}.c 2 1 Jl.f7 2 3 . Ah3 E!ce8 24.�h4 f::le4 25.§.el §.c4 + . 24 4)e4 .•.
long: 25...�d6 25 ... §.e3 26.4:\cxdS +- . very strong, but Psakhis could have
2 6 . E! d 3 1 2 6 . 4:\c x d S ? ru n s i n t o forced mate with 26 . . . 4:\f2+ 27 .<;!ig l
26 . . . §.e2+! -+ . 26 b5 2 6. . . 4:\d7 27.h6
.•. f'lh3+ 28.<;!ihl §. xc2 -+ . Two points for
g6 28.h7+ f::lx h7 29.f'le4 +- . 27.�g4 1 5 . . . §. xc3! 1 6.hxc3 1l.c6.
E!d7 2 8 . h 6 g6 2 9 . 4) c x d 5 a 5
3 0 . h7+ 4) g x h7? 30 . . . 4:\fx h7? (Tl .08) Prophylaxis: 14.b41 This will
3l .f'lxf6+ f'lxf6 32.�xg5 +- ; 30. . . <;!;>h8!? neutralize Black's attempted play on the
was called for, but White's advantage q u e e n s i d e and gets two p o i n t s .
is undi sputed after 3 l .a3. 3 1 . 4) x g6 1 4.axb5?! is less precise and gets one
1-0 And Black lost on time, but it is point. 1 4 . . . axh5 1 5 .b4 Black can now
over anyway. 3 1 . . .4:\xg6 32.4:\e7+ <;!;>f8 use the a6-square. The game position
33.4:\fS +- Three poi nts for 22.Jlc2, is reached after 1 5 . . . 4:\d7 ( 1 5 . . . aa6?
with the idea to follow up with Jlh3, 1 6 . h x c 5 h4 1 7 . 4:\d4 ± ; 1 5 . . . c x h4?
§.dl and f::lf4. 1 6.4:\a2 ± ; 1 5 . . . c4?! 1 6.JlcU ) ; 14 . .llg5
gets o n e p o i n t . 1 4 . . . h6 ( 1 4 . . . c4?!
(Tl .07) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 1 5 .4:\d4 ;!; ) 1 5 ..Q..h4 .�d7 with a typical
15 ... E! xc31 16.bxc3 Jl.c6 17.Ag5 Benoni position. But the text is stron
1 7 . �d3 �a8 1 8.Jlg5 .ll. xe4 1 9 .�e2 ger. 14 ... 4)d71? None of Black's op
0 9 ..llxe4? f::lxe4 -+ (Atlas i n CBM 68)) tions helps. If 14 . . . cxh4 1 5 .§. xh4 a5
19 . . .Jlxg2+ 20.�xg2 d5 '1' . 17 4) xe41
..• 1 6.§. xh5! f::lx h5 17.4:\xb5 ;!; and White
has the edge . ; 1 4 . . . c4 also leads to
White's advantage after 1 5.Jlc2 f'lh5
( 1 5 . . . hxa4 1 6.4:\d4 .lld7 17 . .llx a4 f'lh5
18.Jlxh5 axh5 19.Af4 ;!; ) 16 ...1le3 �h4
17.Ad4 ;!; . 15.axb5?1 Worth consider
ation was 1 5 . .lle3 cxh4 1 6.§. xh4 a5
17.§.hl (Even 17.§. xh5 axh5 18.4:\xh5
{:}e5 19.4:\ed4 is possible because ofthe
strong outpost available to White's
knights. ) 17 . . . h4 18.{:}h5 ;!; . 1 5 axb5
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39.'i!;lh2 �f8 40.�b5 Black can only 36.�d4 �d7 37 . .Q.c2 �c5 + and
watch as White improves his position. B lack had good prospects, but only
40 f4 4 1 . �g5 h6 42.�f5 t.\'g7
•.• managed to draw. Two points, if you
43.�xf4 §xf4 44.�xf4 � xd5 1-0 saw . . . Axf3.
Black immediately resigned in view of
the loss of the h6-pawn, although the (Tl . l l ) I mproving Piece Placement:
position was already lost. 2 1 . �d51 This solves all B lack's
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t a i n s pre s s u re in the c e n t e r and rior to Black's bishop, but for the dif
queenside. 2 1 . . .!2le7 gets two points. ference to be noticeable there has to be
22.Ael?l some s i m p l i fi c a t i o n . 1 8 E!ac8
•••
26 ...1lg5 l"'l.d5 27.l"'l.cl l"'l. xb5 28.c4 'i' and 26.E!c8 26.'1�H4 wins even quicker.
although a pawn down, White's newly 26 E! x c8
.•• 27 . � x e6+ �g7
found piece activity will give him good 28. �e7+ �h6 2 9 . 4) f7+ �g7
play.) 2'5 .�b2 �xa4 + and Black has a 3 0 . 4) g 5 + �h6 3 1 . 4) e 6 � c 1 +
clear advantage. 24 �xb5 25.axb5
•.• 32.�h2 E!c6 33.�g7+ �h5 34.f4
E!d7 26.E!c1 E!c4 27.Ae1 4)c7 h6 35.�f6 g5 36 .£lg7+ 1-0 One
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squares in B lack's position and B lack's and White has good attacking prospects,
lack ofl ight-squared bishop means that e.g., 23 . . . a4 24.h5 gxh5 25."<ii' x h5 f6
White should not exchange his light 26.4Jg4 "<ii'f7 27.4Je4 'it>f8 28."<ii'h4 +- .
squared bishop without clear and deci 22 . .£jcd3 Ab7 23.h5 One way or
sive compensation . 18 . . . 4Je6 1 9 . "<ii'f5 another, the h-pawn looks to breach the
"<ii' x f5 2 0 . Jl x f5 'it>f7 2 1 . .Q..d2 A x d 2 black ramparts. 23 gxh5 If 23 . . . g5,
.••
1 0 . d x e 5 h5 'i' . 9 h x g6 1 0 . Ag2
••.
.£Jc6 = .
Test 02
other hand, Black's weaknesses will �xd8 3l .Etg3 3 1 .4Jxh6 +- was even
soon come under strong pressure . quicker. 3l...�f8 32 .£j xh61 Axh6
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35.� xh6+ \t'g8 36.'l,te8+ 1-0 Two enteenth move. Or 16 .. :�c6 17.<£lxc5
points for h4. ( 1 7 .�e3!? is worth consi derat i o n )
1 7 . . . Axc5 1 8.<£le 1 '{;lc7 19.-'l.xcS bxcS
(T2.03) Weak Color Complex: 8. 'ltd31 20.Axb7 �xb7 2 1 .<tld3 ;!; with advan
This continues rapid development and tage to W h i te . 1 7 . � x d 7 'l,t x d7
pressure on the center. I n the game, 1 8 . 4) x b6 'l,tc7 1 9 . 4) x a 8 A x a8
White played 8.'{;1d4?, which is inaccu 20.�d1 The smoke has cleared and
rate. 8 . . . '{;1xd4 9.exd4 a6;!; and White's White is a full pawn up with no weak
slight plus was not enough; the game nesses. "A matter of technique" as they
was later draw n . 8 . . . d6 I f 8 . . . '{;lcS say at this level; yet instructive for the
9.<£llc3 (9.e5!?) 9 ... 4Jc6 (9 ... a6? 1 0.<£la4 rest of us mere mortals . 20 'lta5 •.•
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I f 1 2 :(;1h3?!, Black holds with 1 2 . . . 'i!tf7. on the queenside with 20 . . . a5, White is
12 ... .1l,e7 The attempt to k i c k the on top after 2 1 . a 3 l'! d7 2 2 . .ll d 3 ± .
bishop by 1 2 . . . a6? runs into 1 3.Ac4 ± . 21.h3 a5 22.a3 .§.d7 23 . .§.f3 �d8
13.-'l.a6 Black "hunkers down." If he bl ithely
continues 23 . . . .§ fd8?, White crashes
through with 24 . .§ xf7 �xf7 25.i'}'xg6+
'i!tg8 26 . .§ fl +- . 24 . .§. b l ? J .ll. g 5
25 . .§.bfl a x b4 26 . a x b4 .ll, e 7?
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1 5 . . . .:£\cS? 1 6 . A x f6 A x f6 1 7 . � x d6
� x d6 1 8 . l"!. x d6 Jle7 1 9 . l"!. d 2 f6
20 . .:£\d5 ± . t6."� ><c3 4) >< e4 17.�e3
�c7 18.c3 f5 19.�cl d5?1 19 . . . f4
gives Black ful l compensation, accord
ing to H i llarp Persson in Tiger :\· Mod
ern. Two points for 1 5 . . . l"!. xc3!!.
1 8 . . . l"!. b8 and 1 8 ... �b7 each gets one � >< g8 3 0 . l3. g l + �h8 30 . . . 'i!i'f7
p o i n t . 1 9 . 13.hfl l3.fd8 20. 13.del 3 1 .l"!.g7+ 'i!i'e8 32.'i!txh3 l"!.f7 33.l"!.g8+
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White tries to open the position for his permanent weakness, his light-squared
bishop. I f he goes after the black pawns bishop has much less scope compared
with 33.Ae8, the game is equal after to its black counterpart and White must
33 . . . f6 3 4 . 'it'f2 ( 34 . .ilf7 .t\g 2 = ) try to exchange off the black knight,
34 . . . -tlg6=. And if White tries to force which intends to increase the pressure
the issue, he may even lose: 35.Axg6? on the white e-pawn, even though the
hxg6 36.'it>e2 (Or 36.f4 'it'a'5 37 .c4 exchange will not provide that much
'it' x a 4 -+ ) 36 . . . 'it>a'5 3 7 . 'it>d3 'it' x a 4 re l i e f fo r W h i te . 3 2 . � c 5 �d7
38.c4 '\t>b4 -+ . 33 ... d xc4 34.<it'd2 3 3 . � x d7 Cjfjl x d7 3 4 . f:t c 1 �c4
�g2 35.1it'c3 �e3 36.Cjfjlb4 a 5 + 3 5 . 1it' f2 lit'e7 36. �d2 f:tc7
Adding another support t o the block 3 7 . f:t h h 1 f:thc8 38.f:the1 �b3
ade. 37.1it'c3 lit'c7 38.J}.e8 f6 3 9 . � x f4 f:t x c3 4 0 . f:t x c 3 f:t x c3
39.Jlf7 �d5+ 40.Cjfjlxc4 �b6+ With 4 I .Ad1 �c4 4 2 . �f6+ lit'd7
a watertight fortress. 41 .<ifi'b3 Cjfjld6 43.Aa4+ lit'c8 White's position gives
42.Ag8 h6 43.Af7 lit'd5 44.Ag8 way to the black threats. There is no
Yz-Yz White has no way to improve his good response to the threats 44 . . . l'£ta2+
pos i t i o n . One point fo r 30 . . . g5 or and 44 . . . §. x h 3 . 44. f:te3 �a2+
30 ... '\t>c7, fol lowed by ... g5. 45.f:te2 � x a4 46.�e7 �c6 0-1
One point for 25 . . . h4.
(T3.07) U nd e rm i n i n g : 2 5 . . . h41 +
B lack bangs away at the white pawn (T3.08) Weaknesses, Weak Color Com
chain's base. White's position quickly plex: 23.Ab3! ± It is the traditional
reaches critical mass. 26.g4 g x f4 Achilles' heel : t7! 23 �d7 I n fact,
•..
27.�e2 Or 27.l'£txf4 Ad3+ 28.Jle2 this position had been reached before.
l'£txe5 + . 27 ... Ag6 28.f:te1 AdS! I n Brutus-Sj eng, M aastricht 2002,
White's dark-squared bishop is stifling Black lost after 23 . . . l'£td6 24.-tle3 §.ad8
piece play for B lack on the queenside 2'5.§.adl l'£tc7 26:t;�'h5 §. xdl 27.§. xdl
and center, so B lack looks to exchange Jlb7 2 8 . -t\fS Ac8 2 9 . 'li'lg6 A x f5
i t . 29 .b4 Ac7 3 0 . A x c7 � x c7 30.'li'lxf5 t:l.e7 3 1 .t:l.d3 1 - 0; B lack was
31.�b3 �b8 also in trouble after 23 . . . l'£td8 24.l'£th5
§. a7 2 5 . t:! xe5 ± Adams-Ponomariov,
Linares 2002; Finally, if23 . . . l'£1d3, then
24.-tlg3 t:! adH 25.§.e3 �d7 26.-t\fS ± .
24.�h5 a5 25.bxa5 �e7? 25 . . .l'£tb7
suggested by Wedberg in CBM 94, fails
to 2 6 . -tle3 §. x a 5 2 7 . l'£tg6 t:l. e7
28.§.adl ± . 26.�e3 f:t xa5 27.�g4
f:td8 28. � x e51 1 -0 One point for
23.Ah3 and the second if you wanted
to continue the attack with l'£th5, .tle3 -
f5 (or - g 4 ) and esti mated W h i te ' s
chances a s clearly better.
An evaluation of this position leads to
the conclusion that B lack has a consid (T3.09) Dom ination: l l .e31 � x f4
erable advantage. White's c-pawn is a 1 2.exf4 B lack has no good way to de-
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Test 04
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Solutions
fS+ 29.'it>f3 -t;irf4+ 30.'it>g2 -t;irg4+ 3l .'it>fl 1 S . i;j-e3, with the plan to prepare <£\d5.
-t;irc4+ 32.'it>e l 'l;t"e4+=; 27.'it>g4?? i;j-e6+
28.'it>g3 'l;t"xh3 • ) 27 . . . i;j-dS+ 28.'it>e3 (T4.05) Weaknesses: 28 .Q.><g7 �><g7•
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29.�d7 With its final move of the (T4. 1 1 ) Opening the Position: 23.d51
game, the white knight seals B lack's Things aren 't always what they appear
fate. 29 ... �f4 30.E! xc8 E! xcS 31.g3 to be! 23.l"l.al gets one point, if you
1-0 Three points for 18.�b l ! . were not planning to continue with d4-
d5 soon and the fu ll three points for
(T4. 1 0) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 23 . . .fS 24.d5. 23 ... .£l xd5 Taking with
22.E!c51 Plugging c5 with a rook, at the e-pawn gives White a very useful
tacking the black queen and removing square on d4: 23 . . . exd5 24.4Jd4! l"l.g5
a defender of the black squares at the ( 2 4 . . . ..ll c 8? 2 5 .'{�· x e 7 ! +- ; 24 . . . 4Je6
same time. 22 J}.xc5 23.Etxc5 �d6
•.. 25 . ..ll x b 5 ! c x b 5 2 6 . �c x b 5 i;J e 5
23 . . . � a 2 ! ? 2 4 . '�e4 'it>f7 ( 24 . . . 'it>h7? 27. i;Ja3 +- ) 25 .4:lcxb5 cxb5 26.c6 Jla6
2S.�h4 +- ) 25 .�g5+ 'it>e7 (25 .. .fxg5 27 . i;Ja 3 +- ( F i n k e l i n CB M 7 4 ) .
26.�f3 + +- ) 2 6 . i;J x g6 w i th a very 2 4. .£l x d5 E! xd5 24 . . . exd5 2 5 . l"l. e l
strong attack. 24. �d31 �f7 l"l. e8 2 6 . 4Jd 4 l"l. gg8 2 7 . l"l. a l +- .
2 5 . E! x d 5 e x d 5 2 6 . Et e 1 AdS
27.Ah3 f5 27 . . ...Q.c8 28.i;Jh6!? l"l.g6
29.i;JxhS +- . 28.J}.xf5 E!gS 29.�h6!
Jle7 30.�e5 Jlg5 31.�xh5 Jl,d2
3 2 . � d7+ � a 7 3 3 . E! a 1 + Jla6
34.� xf7 1 -0 Three points for 23.d5!!.
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when White might even be able to save as his cavalry shows itself superior to
h i ms e l f. ) 53 . . . 'lti'd8 5 4 ." �g8+ 'lti'c7 the white bishop-pair. 16.J}.xb5 .§aS
55:iit•h7+ 'iti'b6 S6:�bl + 'lti'a5 57:�el + 17.Jlfl �e4 Threatening 18 . . . !! xa l +
'lti'b5 S8.�b l + 'lti'c4 5 9 . � a 2 + 'lti'd3 a n d 1 9 . . . � x f2 + . 1 S . .§g2 � df6
60:iit·bi + 'lti'd4 6l .�dl + 'lti'e4 62.�h5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.b5 �d5 2 1 .b6
'lti'xd5 63.�f7+ 'lti'c6 64.�e8+ 'lti'b6 �b4 0-1 White could not parry the
65.�b8+ 'lti'a5 66.�a7+ 'lti'b4 67.�b7+ various threats. Two points for lO . . . bS!.
�c3 68.'lti'h2 c4 69.�bl 'lti'd2 70.�a2+
�e3 7 l . � a 7 + 'lti'd3 7 2 . �a 6 .il.f4 (T4.14) Counterplay: 20...c5! 21.dxc5
73:i!t·bs ..lle 5 74.�bl + 'lti'd4 75 .�b6+ Jl x c 5 2 2 . � f3 .§cS 2 3 . 'ltb3?
�e4 76.�c6+ 'lti'e3 77. �b6 + 'lti'e2 23.�d3 .il.xe3 (23 ... .£lxe3?! is met by
78."i!t'c6 c3 79.�c4+ 'lti'd2 80.'lti'hl c2 24.!!fel d4 25 . .£la4; 23 . . . d4!?) 24.fxe3
8 l . � d S + 'lti'c3 0- 1 . 41. . . t\' x c4 !! xe3 25.�xd5 !! exc3 26.�xb7 �d6.
4 2 . � h 5 + ctlfS 4 3 . t\' x g6 Jl x e 5 23 ... .§ xe3 24.fxe3 Jl xe3+ 25 .§f2 •
White's pressure down the g-file looks 26..§d3 a4 27..1lc2 The exchange of
menacing. Yet Black demonstrates that a few pieces has not made things easier
he has evaluated the position correctly, for Black. His basic problem is that his
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(T5.02) B r e a k i n g t h e B l oc k a d e :
3 3..1l,e71 To maneuver the bishop t o a
better position: either d6 to break the
lines of communication in Black's camp
or f8 to infiltrate on h6. The tempting
33.�a6? is met by 33 . . . E!c7 34.Ad8??
Ac4 -+ trapping the queen ! (Erenburg
in CBM 1 03 ); 33 .�d2, with the idea
.lle 7, gets four points as wel l, otherwise 24 . . . �e4? 24 . . . Axcl4! 2 5 . b5 Jl.a7
only two points.; 33.e6 E! xe6 34 . .lle 5, 26.bxa6 !2le4 27.axb7 4Jc3 28. "i:Jh3
with the plan to infiltrate with the queen, 4::\ x cl l 2 9 ." 0" x cl l "t:Jb6 + . 2 5 . � f5?
is also quite strong and gets three points. 25 .�e8+! 4Jf8 26.4Je6 fxe6 27.dxe6
33 ...f4 33 . . . .llc4 34.�d2 §d3 35.�g5 4Jf2+ 28.'<t>h2 �xe6 29."iflxe6+ !2lxe6
§xd4 36..lld6 E!c8 37:ifle7+ '<t>h6 38.e6 3 0 . § e l ( We l l s ) is better for White.
E!e4 39.f3 E! xe6 40.Af4+ +- . 34.�d2 25 ... �f2+ 26.�h2 �e5+ 27.�g3
f3 There is no good way to prevent � e4 28. �b3 .1l.f2 29.E!d3 h 5 1
W h i te from i n va d i ng on the dark 3 0. .1l, x h5 � ><g3 31.E! xg3 � x h51
squares. 35 ..1l,f8 �g8 36. �h6 E!c7 3 2 . E! x g6 � x g6 3 3 . �f3 .1l,d4
37.�xg6+ 1-0 3 4 . � d 3 �g5 3 5 . �e4 �e3
36.� ><e3 .1l,xe3 37.�g3 g6 38.�f3
(T5.03) Weaknesses: 15 . .1l.g51 .1l, xd5 .1l,d4 39.�e2 �g7 40.�e1 �f6
16.exd5 h6 17 . .1l,cl l A very good 41.�d3 Af2 42.�f3 �f5 43.�e2
decision. White 's bi shops w i l l g i ve .1l,a7 0-1 Two points for 19 . . . E! xe3!.
B l ack headac h e s . 17 . . . E!f7 18.f4
�g4 19.E!b1 Better i s 1 9 . h3 lL:Jf6 (TS.OS) Outpost, I m pro v i n g P i ece
20.lL:le6 lL:le4 21 .!2lxg7 �xg7 22.g4 �h7 Placement: 27... �g31 28.b4 28.E!ac3
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This centralization is a strong reinforce The bishop must be taken, otherwise the
ment of White's pressure on the light attack crashes t h rough . 23 . . . �c7?
squares. 18.Jlxa8 �xa8 1 9.�g4 gets 24 ..\lc6 E!b8 25.E!dl E!d8 26.�b5 �e7
one point.; 1 8.Jlc6 also gets one point. 27 . .\l x d 7 f! x d 7 2 8 . !'! x d 7 + � x d 7
18 . . . .§a7 1 8 . . . E! b8? 1 9 . E! d l E! g8+ 2 9 ..\lc5+ +- ; 23 . . . .\ld6? 2 4 . E! a l E! xb5
20.�h l �c7 2 1 .Jlc6 E!d8 22.E!xc3 +- . 25.�xb5 ± . 24.� xb5 �aS+ 25.ci!}gl
19. .§xa6 After 19 . .1le3!? .\lxb4 20.E!b3 �e4 26.h3 26.E!al !? with the idea to
E! xb7 2 1 .�xb7, B lack can fortify his exchange queens was interesting, e.g.
bishop on b4, but White's attack con 26 . . . Jld6 ( 2 6 . . . �g4 + 2 7 . �£1 �f3
tinues by just taking it: 2l . . . a5 22.E! xb4 28.�a6 .lld 6 29.�a8+ ;t ) 27.�a4 ;t .
axb4 23.E!al 0-0 (23 . . . E!g8+ 24.�hl 26... �g6+? 26. . . �xc2 was more tena
b3 25.cxb3 4Jb8 26.h3 c2 27.�h2 ± ) cious, but White should win neverthe
24.E!dl ;t ; 1 9.E! xc3!? was very strong as less: 27.�c6 .llb4 28.E!al ± . 27.ci!}h2
we l l : 1 9 . . . .\l x b4 2 0 . E! c8 � x c8 Jld6 27 . . . � x c 2 2 8 . �c6 Ab4
(20 . . . -llx e l 2 1 .E! xd8+ �xd8 22 ..\lc6 ± ) (28 ... Ah6 29.Ac5 �d8 30.E!al .ll£4+
2 l . Axc8 .\l x e l 2 2 . .\l x d 7 + E! x d7 3 1 .�h l +- ) 29.E!al �e7 30.E!a7 �d3
23.�a8+ E!d8 24.�xa6 E!dl 25.�a8+ 3 l . �a4 �d6 3 2 . E! x d 7 + � x d7
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33. 'i:Yxb4+ ± . 28. .§d1 flle7 29. �d5 26... .§ce7 27. .§hd1 .§e2 28. .§3d2
1-0 Two points for 18. 'i:Yd5!!. .§2e4 Black has good compensation.
One point for 23 . . . .llc8 and two more
(TS.07) Improv ing Piece Placement, for 24.g4 f6!.
Counterplay: 23 J}.c8 was called for.
..•
In the game, B lack played 23 . . . § feB?. (TS.OS) Weaknesses: 14 g51 To free .•.
Now Black's bishop plays no real role. 4:\ x b2 23.J}.d2 4:\ xd1 24.�xd1 d5
2 4 . § c l .llc 6 2 5 . § g3 �a4 2 6 . '�£2! 25.e5 � xe5 26.4:\e2 Ad6 0-1 Two
Black's king is feeling really uncomfort points for 1 4 . . . g5!.
able now. 26 . . . §e8 27.£5 g5 28.§h3 £6
( 28 . . . 'it>h7? 29 . '�g3 £6 3 0 . {)g4 +- ; (TS.09) Bishop-Pair: 3() Ad41 31.4:\f3
•••
28 . . :�b5+ does not help: 29.'it>a l f6 3 1 .§b8+ 'it>g7 32.§e8 {)e4 -+ ; 3 1 .'it>fl
30.c4! dxc4 3 1 .{)g4 §ee7 32.§ xh6 c3 .llxf2 32. 'it>xf2 {)e4+ 33. 'it>g2 .llh 3+ -+ .
33.§g6+ 'it>f8 34.§ xf6+ 'it>e8 35.§h6 3 l . . . J}. x f2+ 3 2 . fl} x f2 4:\ d 3 + -+
and White is clearly better as 35 . . . §e2 32 . . . ae4+ wins even quicker: 33.'it>g2
can be met by 36.§e6+) 29.{Jg4 i£tb5+ .llh 3+ -+ One point for 30 . . . .lld 4! and
30.'it>a l ?? a capital error. ( 30 . '�b2 one for the assessment that B lack is
should win sooner or later, but the tech completely winning.
nical difficulties should not be under
esti mated : 30 . . . § e 2 ! ( 3 0 . . . 'it>g7? (TS. l 0) Weaknesses: 20 ...e51 Direct
3 l . § x h 6 'i:Y d 3 + 3 2 . 'i:Y c 2 'i:Y b 5 + pressure against e4 and c2 w i l l do.
( 3 2 . . . 'i:Y x c 2 + 33.§ xc2 §el+ 20 ... d5 2 1 .exd5 ( 2 1 .e5 {)e4) 2 1 ... {)xd5
34.'it>b2 +- ) 33.'it>al §e2 34.§g6+ 'it>f8 22.c4 is also better for Black and gets
35.'i:Yh3 +- ) 3 1 .'i:Yxb5 .ilxb5 32.{'\xf6+ one point as well. 21.4:\e2?1 2 1 .{'\f3 d5
'it>g7 33.{)xd5 §d7 (33 . . . § £7 34 .£6+ 22.{)d2 d4 23.Ag5 Ah5 24.·;�H3 .llxfl
'it>h7 3 5 . § c 2 § e6) 34 . {) e 3 Ad3+ 25.{'\xfl §e6 + . 21 Ab5 22.c4 Now
•.•
35 .'it>al Ae4 36.g4 b5 and Black's ac instead of 22 ... �xc4?1 22 . . . Jlxc4 was
tive defense is somewhat intact in both even stronger: 23."{;i'c2 "{;i'c6 24.§bcl
cases. ) 30 . . . §e2 0 - 1 . 24.g4 24.§g3? § ec8 25.{\gl Ab5 -+ . Two points for
'iti'h7 and the bishop will become very 20 . . . e5 2 1 .{\f3 d5 or 2 1 .{\e2 ..Q.b5 .
strong. 24 ... f61 The knight must be
driven away from its mighty outpost. (TS. l l ) Weaknesses: 14... .§fc81 was
25.4:\ xg6 .§e8 26.4:\h4 26.§g3 §e4. called for. In the game, B lack played
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14 . . . Axe5? Now White's knight will 22.c5 �c7 23 . ..1lxh7 :§ xb7 24.c6 ab6
have a wonderful future. 25.'(;irxa6 �xc6 26.l2\c4 :§ h8 27.l2\xh6
:§ x h6 2 8 . � a 8 + ..lld8 2 9 . :§ d l +
( S a l o v ) ; 2 l . . . A x g 2? 2 2 . e x f6 ..llc6
2 3 . fx g7 +- . 22.c5 �c7 2 3 . jl x e5
dxe5 24.jl xb7 .§. xb7 25.c6 .£lb6
2 6 . � x a 6 � x c6 27 . .£J c4! .§.b8
28. .£1 x b6 0-0 29 .£lc4 �e4 30 .§.e3
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.Q. xe6 33 . .Q.f4 '\tlh7 34.�e3 .Q.f7 Secrets ofA ttacking Chess).; 18 . . . .Q..b4
35.§b2 .Q.e6 36.§g2 §f8 37.'\tlf2 19.f4! (Marin) ( 1 9.t!bl is also strong.)
19 . . . h6 20.fxe5 hxg5 2 l . §. fl + �g6
22 . .1lxe6 +- . 19.'\tl xc3 hxg5 20.§e1
a5 21.}3 xe5 §a7 22.§dxe6 }3 xe6
2 3 . 13 x e 6 '\tlf8 24. §g6 4)d7
25.§ xg5 13c7 26.13f5+ 4)f6 27.§e5
f!c6 28.h4 4) d7 2 9 . 13f5+ 13f6
30.}3xf6+ gxf6 31 . .Q.e6 4)b6 32.f4
'\tle7 33.f5 '\tlf8 34.g4 '\tlg7 35.g5
1 -0 One point for 1 8.'i!rc2 and the sec
ond for 18 . . . Jlb4 19.f4! or 19.§. b l .
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ing chances. However, the removal of black bishop, as opposed to its coun
the dark-squared bishop has left B lack terpart, will at least be able to support
very weak on the dark squares (and an B lack's activity on the queenside, while
inability for B lack to neutralize the ef the white bishop will be a mere specta
fect of White's dark-squared bishop). tor. This is the position Capablanca un
The result is enough of an advantage doubtedly saw when he played his tenth
for Petrosian to bring home the fu l l move.
point in a n instructive manner.
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Solutions
cS 33 . . . cxdS 34.! hdS E! xdS 3S.�xdS 2S .�d3 ± . 23.Jl xd4 23.i!:l'd3 is also
<£\d6 3 6 . Af4 <£\fS 37 . l"!. c l l"!. x c l + very strong, e.g. 23 . . .<£\e6 24.fS <ticS
38.Axcl �d6 39.a6 +- . 34.d6 4) xd6 2S .AxcS dxcS 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.eS e6
3 S . Jlf4 �dd8 3 6 . �edS �c6 28.l"!. xf8+ �xf8 29.l"!.fl i!:l'e8 30.<£\f6+
37.Jla4 1-0 Two points for 3 l .gS, Axf6 3 l .E! xf6 'it'g7 32.i!:l'e4 E!d8 33.a4
fol lowed by d4-dS. § d4 34.�c6 ± . 23 j}.xd4 24.eSI e6
.••
attack; 22 . . . <£:\bB 23.fS <£\d7 24.AgS <£\f6 placed piece. This earns you two points,
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Solutions
(T6. 1 2 ) I m prov i ng P i ece Position : one point. 22 ... §f6 If 22 . . . {Jxg3, then
21 ..£) el ! The d3-square is best for a 23.§.xg3 tzJc7 24.t2fd3 ± ; 22 . . . '{;i<xe6 is
knight in this pawn structure. 2 1 .<tld2 not much help after 23 . ..1lxh6 ..ll x h6
is not as strong and gets only one point. 24.§.xh6 4Jeg7 2 5 . i'21f3 ± . 23.Axf5?
21 'it>e8 22 . .£)d3 §b8 23.f3 §e7
.•• Better was 23.\:'1d3 t2fxe6 24 . .llxh6 dS
24.'it>f2 .£)f8 25.§b3 .£,d7 26.g4 2S .Af4 ± . 23 ...gxf5 24 . .£,h5 §g6?
b5? If Black tries to "hunker down" 24 . . . §. xe6 was critical. 25.t}c2 .£,c7
with 26 . . .'i!td8, then Capablanca would 2 6 . t} x f5 t} x e6 27.t}d3 .£, d 5
shift strategy, opening a second front 28.§g3 .£,e7 29.Aa3 §d8 30.h3
with 27.h4 aS 28.<tlb6 <tlxb6 29.!''!x b6 .£,f5? 31.§g4? White misses the di
§. aH 30.<tlf4 'it>d7 3 1 .g5 ± . This l ine il rect win with 3 1 . §. xg6 t2fxg6 32.4Jxg7
lustrates why the knight i s so well 'tt' xg7 3 3 . §. x e S +- . 3 l . . . § x g4
placed on d3 : it can operate quickly on 32.hxg4 .£)d4?? Perhaps in time pres
both wings. 27 .£,ac5 .£,b6? 27 ... <tlxc5
• sure, Black drops a piece. He could put
28Ajxc5 §. a8 was more tenacious, but up a better defense by 32 . . . <tlh4, al
is still strategically lost. 28. .£)b4 Jl.b7 though White is still for choice after
29 . .£) x b7 § b x b7 30. § x c6 a 5 33.'li¥g3 4Jg6 34.g5 ± . 33.t} xd4 1-0
31.§ xb6 White simplifies to a n easy Three points for 22.4Jg3!.
w i n . 3 l . . . a x b4 3 2 . § xb7 § x b7
33.§ xb4 1-0 Black had enough. Three (T6. 1 5) Weak Color Complex: 25.e6J
points for 22.<tle l , with the idea 4Jd3. A x e6 2S . . . fxe6 26.<tle5 +- ; 2S . . . f5
2 6 . -tle S �dS 2 7 . i'21e 3 .tl x b 2
(T6. 1 3) A Second Front: 20.e4J? 20.a5 2 8. .\lxfS +- . 26.§xe6JJ fxe6 27.t}e3
gets one point. 20 dxe4 21 . .£) xe4
••. §b4 27 . . . t¥d6 28.tzJe5! §.hf8
t}f8 2 l . . :{;i' b4 22.§.c4 t¥f8 23.-tlbcS t.
22.§e1 b6 22 . . . 4Jgf6 23 .-tlbcS 4Jd5
24 . ..1lc4 t . 23 .£)bd2 In the last few
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that 2 5 .e6 Axe6 26.f! xe6 wins for 20.'l;i'xb2 a5 2 1 .f:le3 ( 2 1 .b4!?) 2 l . . .�d8
White. 22.f!fa l +- , it is difficult to say whether
B l ac k is weaker on the ki ngside or
(T6. 1 6) Weaknesses: 17 .§ b6! Pre • queenside - they are both in bad shape!
pares to triple and stops b5. 17 fS .•• 20.b4 .§a7 2 1 .b x c S � x e S O r
1 8. �b2 .Q.dS 19 .Q. x d S + c x d S
• 2 l . . .dxc5 2 2 .f!c3 f:ld7 23.f:lb3 Af8
1 9. . .'l;i'xd5 20.f!xb7 f!xb7 2 1 .'l;i'xb7 e5 24.f:ld4 f:le5 25.Aa3 +- . 22 . .§c3 �aS
22.Axe5 AxeS 23.dxe5 'l;i'xe5 24.'l;i'xc6 23.�e3 Beginning to wall in the black
'l;i'xc3 25.f!dl with good chances for q ueen. 23 .Q.d7 24 . .§a1 � a4 Or
.•.
28.� x a 4 �bS 2 9 . � a 1 +- A n d
Petrosian converted h i s advantage.
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Solutions
very promising for White because ofthe .£Jf6 38.�xe4 .£! xe4 39 ..£Je7+ �g7
weaknesses in Black's camp. 30... Iac8 40 . .£!7d5 f5 41.c6 f4
31.la xd7 A,xh4 32.Iad6?! 1-0 White
should have opted for 32 .4Je5! !"! c l +
(32 . . . !"!c2 33.g3 ± ) 33.�h2 !"!c2 34.f3!
Ag5 35.4Jxg6+ �g8 36.f4 ± (Dautov in
CBM 63). Three points for 27.Ag6!! if
you calculated until 29.4Jc6.
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34 .1l,c4 §. x e5 3 5 . tt g4 §. x g5
•
2S.'{;Jxa2+ f! xa2 26.<tlxe8 'it>xe8 27.h'5= 41.ct;f3 ct;f8 42.e5 .£)d7 43 .1l.c4 •
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Solutions
Elb5+ 64.'�e6 1 -0 One point for 29.Elc2 E{ xc4 30.E{ xc4 �d2 0-1
17.a4!. Two points for 20 . . . Ab7!.
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4 3 . � h7+ c:Jf7 44. � h 5 + c:Jg8 2 0 . . . <£\fg4, saw the threat . . . §. xd4, and
45 ..£)g6 1-0 Two points for 38.e5!!. concluded that Black's attack crashes
through.
(T7. 1 5) Opening the Position, Weak
Color Complex : 18 d4! As the d•.• (T7. 1 6) Domination: 25.E!fll Unfor
pawn is not blocked, it can advance with tunately, Seirawan missed the way to
great effect. 19.exd4 19.Axb7? �xb7 c o m p l e t e d o m i n a t i o n and p l ayed
20.<£\xd4 <£\fg4! 2 1 .§.fl ( 2 1 .h3? §. xd4 25.'i!i'g3?. White's rook had to blockade
22.exd4 <tlf3+ 23.'i!i'fl <tlgh2+ 24.'i!i'e2 on f6 first: 25 . . . 'i!i'g7 26.'i!i'f4 ..llh7 27.g4
( 24 .'i!i'g2? <tl e 1 + 2 5 . 'i!i' x h 2 � g 2 # ) f6 28.<tlc3 'i!i'h6 29.4.:'ld1 §.be8 30.<£\xe3
24 . . . �e7+ 25 .'i!i'd3 !Llxd4 26.�d5 §.d8 §. e 5 3 l . §. fl ( 3 l . §. d 1 ! ?) 3 l . . . §. g8
27.�e4 i;1xh4 -+ ) 2 1 . . . §. c4 2 2 .<£\e4 32 . .Jld 1 f5? (32 . . . §.c8 and B l ack has
§. x c 1 2 3 . A x c l �xe4 2 4 . f3 <tl x f3 + good drawing chances. ) 33 ...1le2 §.g5
2 5 . §. x f3 ..ll x d 4 2 6 . e x d 4 "{;j- x d 4 + + ; 34.c5!! hxc5 35 .h6 §.e8 36.gxf5 §.b8
1 9 . <£\ x d4? ..\l x g 2 2 0 . 'i!i'x g 2 i;1 b 7 + 37.§.h1 §.gg8 38.b7 'i!i'g7 39.§.h6 'i!i'f7
2 1 .'i!i'gl transposes to 1 9 . ..1lxb7. ( 2 1 .f3? 40 . .lla6 'i!i'e7 4 1 .§.c6 'i!i'd7 42.§.c8 1 -0.
§. xd4 22 .exd4 "{;j-xf3+ 23 .'i!i'gl i;1e3+ 25 Ah7 26.E!f6! E!fds 27.g4 c:;rs
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Solutions
(T8.02) Opening the Position: 25 ...h41 (T8.04) Opening the Position: 12.a5
25 . . . l"!eg8 also gets one point. 26.�d3 bxa5 }3.4)b3 E{b8 14.4) xa5 With
26.{lxh4? f4 -+ . 26 ... h xg3 27.hxg3 out the important b6-pawn , B l ack's
E{h2 28.4)h4? 28.{lf4 Axf4 29 . .llxf4 shield looks much less impressive.
{\ x f4 + 3 0 . g x f4 l"! h 3 + 3 l . 'it>c 2 l"! f3 14 j}_a8 1 5.�d2 �c7 1 5 . . . l"!e8
.•.
32.'it'h3 l"!h8-+ . 28... �xg3 28 . . . {\xe3 16 . .lla7 l"!c8 1 7 . .llf2 l"!h8 1 8.'it>h 1 acs
works as wel l : 29.'it>xe3 f4+ 30.'it>f3 1 9.l"!fh1 l"! b4?! 20.{ld 1 tl!bH 2 l .Ae1
l"!g8 -+ . 29.4)f3 Elg2 30.4)e1 Elg1 l"!a4 22.l"! xa4 {\xa4 23.b4 {lb6 24.{\c3
31 .E{e2 3 1 .fxg3 l"! xg3 32.l"!e2 f4 -+ . {lbd7 25. tlta2 ± N . Short-O.Cvitan, EU
3 l . .. �d6 3 2 . E{ c 1 Elh8 3 3 . 4) f3 c h T Leon 2 0 0 I . 1 6 . E{fc 1 4) c 5 ? 1
E{xc1 34.A xcl Elh3 0- 1 One point
for 25 . . . h4!.
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Solutions
White played 37.4"Jb5? Good thought, .§ xd7 19. ttd5 Young Magnus applies
bad execution. 37 . . . 1::'l d7 38.1::'l f4+ 4"Jf6 pressure like a veteran. He made the
39.1::'l d l ( White could still mismanage difficult decision to give up the bishop
this position by al lowing the center pair, but that al lows him to tum the
pawns to go in motion with tempo, e.g., screws on B l ack's weak d6. 19 ... b5
39. 1::'l e3? e 5 4 0 . § ff3 e4 4 1 . 1::'l f4 g5 20 .§c6 tt as 2 t . .§ fc l .§fd8
•
20 . .§xe4 4)f8?
0-0 1 5 .bxc5 bxc5 1 6.4:'lf5 ± . 14.4)c6 25.4) xh6+?1 It was not necessary to
A x c6 1 5 .d x c6 .§a7 1 6 . c x d7+ get this tricky. The simple 25.1::'l e4 'ti1'xe4
.£l x d7 1 7.Ah3 ± 0-0 1 8 . j}, x d7 26.'ti1'xe4 'itrxf7 27.'ti1'b7+ 'itrf6 28.'ti1'e7+
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'i!te5 29.f4+ 'iftd5 30.f5 ± wins easi ly. camp, and it is not obvious how White
25 ... <i!;>h7 26 . .§e4 .§ xd6 27.�f5+ is going to break through. 20...0-0-0
<i!;>h8 28.4)f7+ <i!;>g8 29.h4 �d1 + Rather than "leading with his chin" by
29 . . . �xe4!?. 30.<i!;>h2 .§d7? The bet castling kingside, Black chooses the
ter 30 . . . 4:lf8 loses to 3 1 .4:lxd6 �xd6+ queenside, which is rather "drafty."
3 2 . g 3 Jl x h 2 33 . .§ f4 ± . 3 1 . 4) h 6+ 2 1 . .§cf2 .Q.b5 2 2 . <i!;> h 1 .§ he8
.Q. x h6 32.� xe6+ <i!;>h7 33.�f5+ 23 ..Q.f3 �d7 24. .§d2
1-0 Three points for �d5 .
but surely improved his position and 25 ..Q.g2 .Q.c6 26. .§f3 .§h8 27..§h3
now has a slight edge. 21 .�e3 4)e5 h5 28.gxh5 gxh5 29 . .Q.f2 .§dg8
22.4)f4 �f7 23. �e2 .Q.g5 24 ..Q.e3 30 . .Q.f3 .§h6 31 . .§c2 Not 3 l . .§ xh5?
.Q.xe4 The beginning of a series of ex .§ x h 5 32 . .>1x h 5 4:lxc3!= ( 3 3 �xc3??
changes increasing Black's advantage. d4+) . 31 ... f6 Black is trying to gain
25.4)fxe6 4) x e6 26 . .Q. xe6 .§ x e6 entry points into White's position. The
27 . .Q. x g 5 N o w B l ack p l ayed problem is that looks are deceiving -
27 ... .Q.a8?1 and later w o n . But Black not only has no good way to in
27 ... Ad3 is even better: 28.�f2 �xf2+ vade, but the weakness of his queens ide
29.'it'xf2 4:lg4+ 30.'it'gl .§xel + 3 l . .§ xel will soon tell, particularly along the dark
h6 -+ . Four points for 14 . . . Jld8. s q u a re s . 3 2 . e x f6 �h7 33 . .§e2
�b1+ Or 33 . . . �d3 3 4 . � x d3 cxd3
(T8 . 1 3) A Second Front: 14 . .§c11 3 5 . .§ xe6 Ad7 36 . .§ x a6 +- . 34 . .§e1
Threatening h2-h4 with deadly effect. �f5 35 ..§g3 .§xg3 36.hxg3 .§ xf6
14 ... c4 15.b4 .Q.b6 16.4) xb6 4) xb6 l f 36 . . . h4, then 37.g4 '{;ixf6 38.g5 �xd4
17.�d4 17.a4 a5 1 8.h5 Jlh7 1 9 :�1d4 39.Axd4 +- . 37.<i!;>g2 h4 38 . .§e51
4:ld7 is also good for White.; 17.Jld4!? ± Setting the stage for switching activity
is even better. 17 ... 4) a41? 18 . .§c2 to the second front: the queenside .
.Q.d7 19 .Q.d1 g6 20.g4 White seizes
• Fritz's suggestion 38.Ag4 is interesting,
more space on the kingside, but there but it also brings certain risks. After
are no apparent weaknesses in Black's 38 . . . �xg4 39.�xf6 d4+ 40.'it'gl AdS,
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Solutions
38 ... �d3 39.�h5 �f8 39 . . . �xd4 then 28.b3 4Jb6 29.�e3 .f'lxc4 30.hxc4
40 ..ilxd4 is an easily won endgame for l"! x c4? 3 l . l"! x d7 +- ; Or 27 . . . 'it'h8
White. 40.�e5 Preparing for the final 28.4Je4 4:lh6 29 . .ilxf6 <tlxc4 30.�c3
i n v a s i o n a l o n g t h e dark s q u a res . l"l. b4 ( 3 0 . . . 1"l. x h 2 + 3 l . 'it'g3 l"l. h4
40 �e8 41.�xh4 4) xc3 42.�d6
••. 32 . .f'lxd6 ± ) 3 l .Axg7+ �xg7 32.4Jf6 ±
Cit' b7 Or 4 2 . . . .ilh7 4 3 . l"! h8 l"! x h8 in both instances with big advantage to
44.�xe6+ 'it'b8 (44 . . . 'it'c7 4 5 . Ab6+ White. 28. .Q.b5 �aS?! Not the best.
'it>b8 4 6 . � e 5 + +- ) 4 5 . �e 5 + 'it>c8 Black should try to relieve the pressure
46 . .ilg4+ 'it'd8 47 . Ab6 # . 43. �c5 with 28 . . . 'it'h8!? If White then plays for
Cit'c7 44. �b6+ Cit'd7 45. �a7+ Cit'c8 the win of a pawn with 29.Axd7, after
46.�h7 1-0 Two points for 1 4.l"!bl, 29 . . . l"! xd7 30.l"! xd7 4:lxd7 3l .�e2 Ah6
with the idea h4. 32.4Je4 (32.-'tg3 f5 33.g5 Ag7 34.4Jh5
<tlb6 w i t h c o u nterp lay ) 32 . . . A x f4
(T8. 1 4) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 33 . .!lxf6+ (33.<tlxf6 .f'leS 34 .4Je4 g5
27.�e61! 35 . .llx g5 A x g S 3 6 . 4J x g 5 �f4)
33 . . . 4Jxf6 34.1"!. xf6 �h6 35.4Jxd6 Axd6
36.l"! xd6 �g7 ;!; , Wh ite is sti l l fo r
choice, but Black may have some draw
ing possibil ities because of the reduced
number of pawns on the board and the
exposed position of the white king . ;
28 . . . A x b 5 i s m e t b y 29.<tlxh5 <tlc4
30.�el l"! xb5 3 1 .1"l. xf6 l"l. xb2+ 32.'it'hl
�e8 3 3 . 1"l. e6 �bS 34 . 1"l. ee7 +- .
29.�xa8 4) x a8 If 29 . . . l"! xa8, White
wins with 30.Axd7 .f'lxd7 3 1 .4Je4 l"l.a2
32.<tlxd6 f5 33.�c4 fxg4 34.hxg4 �a8
This maxim izes the pressure against 3 5 . l"! e7 <tlf6 36.'it'g3 +- . 30 . .Q. x d7
Black's weak spots d6 and f6, which is � x d7 3 1 ..£l b5 4)c7 Or 3 1 . . . 4Jb6
reminiscent of the teachings of Steinitz! 3 2 . �e l l"! d8 3 3 . �e4 <tlc8 34 . f5 ± .
27 . .ild3?! gets only one point, because 3 2 . 4) x c7 � x c7 33.�e2 Cit'f7 I f
of 27 . . . 4Jh6 28.f5 gxfS 29.gxf5 'it'h8 Black tries to meet the threat of 34.1"l.e8
30.'it>hl l"! e8 3 l .l"!gl l"! e7 ;!; with only by 33 . . . l"! c8, then Wh ite squeezes him
a sl ight advantage. ; 27.b3? let's Black w i th 3 4 . l"! e7 'it' h 8 3 5 . �e6 l"l. h8
off the hook: 27 . . .4Jb6 28 ..ilb5 .ilxbS 36.b3 +- and Black can resign with a
29 . .f'lxb5 .f'lc8 30.l"!a5 l"l.e8 3 1 .1"l.e6 fS clear conscious. 34.f5 �b7 35 ..Q.g3
3 2 .gxf5 gxfS 33 .�d3 l"! xe6 34 .dxe6 The final stage of the assault. The white
.ilf6 with counterplay. ; 27 . .ilb5 gets bishop regroups to the long diagonal.
only two points, as it allows 27 . . .Axb5 A l l B l ack can rea l l y do is watc h .
( 27 . . . 4Jb6 2 8 . l"! e6 tra n s p o se s . ) 35 �b6 36 .Q.el �b7 37. .Q.c3 g5
••. •
28.4Jxb5 l"! xbS 29.l"!ee7 l"l.db8, which 38.�a6 �b8 39.� x d6 � x b2+
gives B lack good counterplay, e . g . 40 . .Q.xb2 � x b2+ 41 .Cit'fl +- and
30.�e3 l"l. xb2+ 3 Ulf2 .f'lb6 32.l"!xg7+ White went on to win. Three points for
�xg7 33.l"! xg7+ 'it'xg7 34.�e7+ 'it'g8 27.1"l.e6!! .
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Solutions
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4.4::\b3 e4 5 .lZlxc5 dxc5 6.�b3 b6 7.§fl ljfjf8 40.§h1 litlg7 41 .4)c2 Sending
Ad4+ 8.'i!i'h2 �e7. 1 ... §xf5 2.Axg4 the k n i ght to gre e n e r pasture s .
§f8 3.4)de4 4) x e4 4 1 . . . §e8 42.4)e3 §ce7 43.litlf4
Ac6 44.Ac2 Ad7 45.g51 1-0 One
point for 33.h4!.
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Solutions
36 . . : {;Jc7? 37 . :9. c l +- ; 36 . . . �d7 .£1 xc6 40 .£1 xc6 1-0 One point for
•
squared bishop will have no real job in �g7 26 .. .f4 27.f!.fbl .Q.b5 28 . .llxb5
axb5 29.a6 ± . 27.E!ab1 ± Two points
the future, while Black's pressure on the
for 25.c3!.
light squares will increase. 14 . ..!L!xe5
1 5 .dxe5 d4 1 6.ll.xe6 fxe6 1 7.�e4= .
(T9. 13) A Second Front: 20.b4! White
1 5 . d x e5 d 4 1 6 . A h 6 E! fd8
has to open a second front. 20 E!d7 •..
1 7 . A x e6 f x e 6 1 8 . f!fe 1 E!d5
20 . . . :9. ac8 2 1 .b5 cxb5 2 2 .cxb5 f!.c5
23. �b4 ;!; C . H orvath - D . S u l c , Pula
1 99 8 . 21 .b51 c x b5 22.cxb5 E!c8
23. �a5 23.{)d5!?. 23 �d8 24. �b4
••.
�h8 2 5 . a4 a 5 26.b x a 6 b x a6
27.Ad5 White is clearly better, but the
game was later drawn. One point for
20.b4!.
19 ... E!f8 20.g3 E!f5 21.E!ad1 �b3 2 8 . :9. xd6 f!. e8 2 9 . h 5 +- . 27.�d8+
22.h4?1 �xa4 + and Black went on �xd8 28.Axd8
to win. Two points for 14 . . . ll.xe5 and
one for the assessment that Black is
slightly better. One point for 1 4 . . . axe5.
3 7 . {) x a 5 f!. x a 5 3 8 . :9. x c 8 + {) x c8
3 9 . b 7 +- . 37 . f! c7 Af8 38 .£i a 5 •
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The future world champion puts on a 40 . . . axb6, then 4 1 .a7 +- . 41 .§f6 §d8
clinic on how to take a lead in develop 42. 'it'd4 b x a6 43. §d6 1 - 0 Four
ment right into the endgame. 28... 4)d7 points for 29.'�a3!!.
2 9 . Ac7 4) c 5 30 . § x d6 §c8
3 1 .Ab6 4) a 4 3 2 . § x e6 4) x b2 (T9. 1 6) Undermining: 24 h41 24 . . .d5
.•.
2 9 . A x c 5 4) d8 30.Ad6 §b7
3 1 . § d 1 4) dc6 3 2 . b x c 6 4) x c6
33.Ac5 §b2+ 34.§d2 §b3 35.§d6
4)e7 36.Ab6 4)g6 37.Axa5 4)f4+
38.'it'd2 4) x g 2 3 9 . c 5 4)e3
40.Ad8+ 'it'f7 4 1 . §d3 4) c4+
42.'it'c2 §b8 43.c6 'it'e8 44.c7 §a8
45.§c3 4)b6 46.a5 §xa5 47.c8�
1-0 Two points for the regrouping <tie 1 -
40.§b6!1 A spectacular shot, reminis d 3 , Af2-g3 and one for the long term
cent of an endgame study attributed to plan to open a second front on the
Paul Morphy! 40 jlg8 Of course if
..• queens ide.
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Solutions
(T l 0.02) Opening the Position, Out gives White a strong initiative on the
post: 24.f51 This advance creates an dark squares. 18.Elc7 Ab7 19.t!Jg4
ideal outpost for White's minor piece Elad8 1 9 . . . �e4 2 0 . � x e 4 Jl x e4
in the vicinity of B lack's king. 24:i>"l•d2? 2 1 ./"!fc l ± , as the weakness of White's
f5 ;!; . 24 . . . e x f5 2 5 . 4) h4 Elf7 ? 1 d-pawn can not really be exploited be
25 . . . /"! eS 26.�d2 JUS 27 .Jlg3 l"! c6 cause of his activity. 20.Eld1 a5 21 .h4
28.{)xf5 +- . 26.4) xf5 JlfS 27.Jlg3 Elc8 2 2 .Eld7 t!Je4 23.t!Jg5 Ac6
Elc8 28.4)f4 Axf5 29.Axf5 Elc3 23 . . . l"! c2 2 4 . h 5 h6 (24 . . . �g8 2 5 . h6
30.Elf3 Etc6 31 .Ele3 4)d6 32.4)e6 l"! x b 2 ( 2 5 . . . Jl a 8 2 6 . /"! dS +- )
t!Je7 33.Axd6 Et xd6 34.t!Jg4+ Elg7 2 6 . /"! x b 7 +- ) 2 5 .�xg6+ � x g6
35. t!Jf3 Elf7 36.Etae1 1-0 One point 2 6 . h x g6 +- . 24.f3 t!Jf5 24 . . . '\'tle2?
for 24.f5!. 2 '5 . {)g4 �g8 2 6 . �h 6 +- . 2 5 . Et a 7
Aa4 2 6 . Et e 1 Etc2 2 7 . b 4 Ab3
(T 1 0.03) Weak Color C o m p l e x : 28.bxa5 bxa5 29.Ete4 h6 30.t!Je3
2 5 ... 4)cd411 El b 2 3 1 . Elg4 g5 3 2 . h x g 5 h5
33.Elg3 h4 34.Etg4 h3 35.g6 h2+
36.\t' x h 2 Elh8+ 37.\t'g3 Et x g2+
38.\t' x g2 t!Jc2+ 39. t!Jf2 Elh2+
40. \t' x h 2 t!J x f2+ 41 .\t'h3 t!Jfl+
42.Elg2 t!Jh 1+ 1-0 One point for
17 .Jlxd 5 and the second if you calcu
lated until 1 9:�'tg4.
t!Jf3 3 1 . 4) e 1 3 l . {) c 5 � x f2 -+ .
3 1 ... tfJ x f2 32.t!Jf4 t!Je2 33.4)b5
33.Jlb4 Jlh6! -+ . 33 4)b3 34.Etc2
.•.
4) x d 2 3 5 . Et x d 2 3 5 . � x d 2 �f1 +
36.�g2 � x e 1 -+ . 3 5 . . . tfJ x e 1
36.E{ xd7 e5 37.t!Jc4 t!Jf2 38.4)d6
g5 39.t!Je4 t!Jf1+ 0-1 One point for
25 . . . {)cd4!!, one more if you calculated
until 30 . . . �f3, and the last for spotting
30 . . . �e4! in the line 28.�c5.
24 . . . ..Q.. xc6 2 '5 . d x c6 b x c 3 2 6 . /"! cl ')
(T1 0.04) S i mpl ification : 17.Axd51 ( 26 . iii' xc3? i s met by 2 6 . . : � b4 )
Smyslov just removed B lack's key de 26 . . .'�Yxc6 ( 26 . . . �e3? 27./"!b')+ �c7
fender. 17 ... tfJ xd5 1 7 . . . exd5 18.l"!e1 28. l"!b7+ '<!icl8 29:i;,'tc1 1 .-'te7 30.�d5
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very unpleasant for B lack, as his king 1 9.�h4 Jlf8 20.l":l c l ! .£Jcxe4 2 l ."itfxe7
lacks defenders. 16... .£)e7 16 . . . l"l fe8? Jlxe7 22 .4:Jxe4 Axe4 23 . .£lxe5 ± ( Roiz
1 7.�g4 Jlf8 1 8.4:Jg5 l"ld7 1 9.�fS g6 in CBM 8 7 ) . 18.t\'a5 1 8 . l"l a 1 !? b4
2 0 . �f6 +- ( H u z m a n i n CBM 6 6 ) . 1 9.l"la7 ± is also very strong. 18 b4 .•.
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Solutions
i1i'xf4 33.f! xc5 �h4+ 34.f!h3 �f4+=. �d7 28.�d3 <it'e7 29 . .§a3 �b6
32 ... t\'h4+ 33 . .§h3 t\'f4+ 34.<it'g1 30.<it'e1 .§c8 30 . . . 4::lc4 3 l .f!a2 f!c7
t\'d4+ 3 5 . <it' h 1 �e4 3 6 . t\' x e6 32.4::l c 5 .tlb6 33.b3 axb3 34.4::l x b3 .tld5
�f2+ 37.<it'h2 �g4+ = (Huzman in 35.f!dal Jlb7 36.Jlxd5 cxd5 37.4::lc 5 ± .
CBM 1 06) One point for 28 . . . f! xd6!. 31.b3 .§cc7 3 2. .§da1 Ab7 33.Ad1
Ac8 34.bxa4 b x a4 3 5 . A x a4 f6
(Tl O. l O) Weaknesses, Simplification: 36.Ab3 .§ xa3 37. .§ xa3 g5 38.<it'd2
23 f51 Opens roads for B lack's well
•.• <it'd6 39 .§ a 5 .§e7 4 0 . � c 5 f5
•
central ized army, espec ially for h i s 41.�d3 �d5 42.f3 .§b7 43.Jl.xd5
kn ight, a n d gets two points. 24.e5 exd5 44 . .§a8 1 - 0 Two points for
24.exf5 i1i<xf3 25.gxf3 .tld5 + (Psakhis 19.4::ld 2!.
i n CBM 65); 24.4::lg3 fxe4 25.4::l x e4 c4
26.hxc4 .tlxc4 27.f5 b5 + ; 2 4 .4::l x d4 (T 10.12) Outpost: 14.c51 14.b5 Ah7
f! xd4 25.Jlb2 f! xe4 26.�g3 �g6 + . 1 5.c5 hxc5 16.4::lc4 i1i'c7 1 7.Ad2 0-0
24 ... t\' x f3 25.gxf3 �d5 26 . .§d3 1 8 . Jl x a 5 a l so gets fo ur p o i n t s .
1 4 b x c 5 1 4 . . . dxc5?! 1 5 . b 5 ! Jlb7
.•.
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ifyou calculated until 16.<tlc4 and con «if;'g7 64.§.e7+ «if;'f6 65. �f8+ «if;'g5
cluded that White has more than enough 66.«if;'xg3 1-0 Two points for 22.<tlg4!.
compensation for the pawn because of
his strong knight outpost. (T 1 0. 1 4) Improving Piece Placement:
3 l . � e71 3 1 . . . � b S ? 3 2 . <tle 4 ± ;
•.
(T1 0.13) Weaknesses: 22.lilg41 Glek 3 l . . .fl.e7? 32.fl. xc6 fl. xc6 33.fl. xc6 fl. b7
exchanges B l a c k ' s key d e fe n d er. 3 4 . fl. c8 + '<t'h7 3 S . fl. b8 ± . 3 2 . � c4
22 ... §, xe3 23.§.xe3 � x g4 24.hxg4 � f5 1 3 2 . . . � x c 4 ? 3 3 . fl. l x c4 fl. a8
Now d5 is hanging and �h7 threatened. 34 . .ll d6 ± . 33.�b6?1 33.fl. xfS .ll x c4
24 ... §,d8? A l lowing the invasion is 34.fl.cS .llb S=. 33 ... §.cd8 � 34.Ac7
fata l . 24 . . . 'lt'g8 ± was c a l l e d for. §. x d4 35.§. xc6 Ae2 36.f3 Ad1
25.�h7 f6 37. §.6c4 Jlb3 38 . §, x d4 � x d4
39.§.c5 e5 40.Ad6 �f5 41 .Ac7
�d4 42.Ad6 �f5 43.Ac7 Yz-Yz
One point for 3 1 . . .<tle7 and the second
for 32.<tlc4 <tlfS.
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Solutions
1 S . b4? LLle4 16 . .:£\xe4 Jlxal 17 . .:£\c3 jla6 23.§.a1 Ab5 23 . . .Jlc4 24.axb6
Jl x c 3 1 8 . � x c 3 '<!tg8 + . 1 5
Jle5 . • . axb6 2S.Jlfl bS 26.§. a6 ;!; ( Ftacnik).
16.jle2 Jlf5 17.g3?1 Not the best, but 24.§.dc1 §.e8 2 5 . a x b6 a x b6
B l ack's powerful b i shops give h i m 2 6 . Jl f1 1 A x f l 27.Ci!l x f 1 §.b8
enough compensation in any case. 28.§.a6 �d7 29.Ci!lg1 h6 30.�a3
1 7.g4 Jld7 1 8.'<!fg2 §. c8 1 9 . f4 Jlg7 §.cc8 31 .h4 �f5 32.§.a7 g5?
20.Jlf3 aS ( Finkel). 17 ... a51 18. .£)b5
.£le4 1 9 . Ci!lg2 §.c8 20.Jld3 §.c5
2 1 .�a4?1 2 l . �b3!? LLlgS 2 2 . Ax fS
§. xbS 23.�d3 gxfS 24.�xfS f6 2S.b3
LLlf7 2 6 . � x h7 ( F i n k e l ) . 2 1 . . . .£) f6
22 . .£la3 �b41 and B lack had more
than enough compensation and went on
to win. Four points for 13 . . . d6!.
Test 1 1
(T l l .O l ) Proph y l ax i s : 1 7 . � g 5 1
Strengthening the attack, but even more Black wants to create attacking chances,
i mportantly stopping . . . bS-b4. It is ex but in reality only weakens himself.
tremely difficult for B lack to make th is 33.h51 �f3 34.�d3 Ci!lh8 34 . . . �xhS
work now. This move is very strong as 3S .�fS �g6 36.�xg6+ fxg6 37.§.d7 ± .
it c o m b i n e s attack and d e fe n s e . 35.�a6 Ci!lg7?1 3 S. . .�xhS 36.§.h7 ± .
1 7. . .�c7 1 7 . . . .:£\h7? 1 8. §. xh7 Axd4 36.b51 c5? 36 . . . �f6 37. bxc6 §. xc6
1 9.§.dhl .llx c3 20.�h6 +- ; 17 . . . �d8 38.§. xf7+ 'it>xf7 39.�a7+ ± . 37.dxc5
1 8.eS b4 19.axb4 dxeS 20.AxeS §.xb4 bxc5 38. �g6+ 1-0 Two points for
2 Ulxg6 §. xb2+ 22.'<!fcl �aS 23.Jlh7+ 1 6.Jlh4!?.
'<!ff8 2 4 .'<!fxb2 §. x c3 2 S . §. a l �bS+
26.'<!fcl §.cS 27.§.hl +- . 18.e5 dxe5 (Tl 1 .03) Outpost : 13.Jlxf61 jl xf6
19.Jlxe5 �c5 20.f41 §.b7 20 . . . §. b6 1 3 . . . gxf6 1 4 . .:£\xd7 �xd7 l S .dS §.ac8
2 1 .Jlxg6 fxg6 22.�xg6 LL:\e8 23.�h7+ 1 6 .ilb3 t. 14 . .£)e4 jl x e5 1 4 . . . Jle7
'it'f8 2 4 . §. h S +- . 2 1 . jl x g61 f x g6 l S .LLlcS JlxcS 1 6 . dxc'5 LLld5 1 7 . b4 ±
2 l . . . b4 2 2 . §. h7! hxc3 23 . .ll x f7 + +- . (Huzman i n CBM 1 06). 15.dxe5 Ac6
2 2 . � x g6 Jlf7 23.§. h8+1 1 - 0 I f 16 . .£)d6± a5 17.§.a3 �e7 18.§.g3
2 3 . . . '<!fxh8 24."�xf7 .:£\hS 2 S . §. h l +- . Ci!lh8 19.f4 f5 20.b3 §.g8 21.�f2
Four points for 1 7.�gS!. g6 2 2 . §.g5 §.g7 2 3 . �h4 Ad5
2 4 . � h 6 Jl x c4 2 5 . b x c 4 .£l d3
(T l 1 .02) Simpli fication : 16.jlb41? 26.§.g3 .£lc5 27.§.b1 §.d8 28.h4?
1 6 . .:£\c3 gets one p o i n t . 1 6 . . . �f6 28.§.dl ± . For the rest see T I 0.09. Two
16 . . . cS 1 7 .dxcS bxcS 18 . .ll e l �e7 points for 1 3.Jlxf6!.
1 9 . LL'lc 3 ;!; ( F tac n i k in CBM 93 ) ;
1 6 . . . Jlxb4 17.axb4 �d7 1 8 . .:£\f4 §. fe8 (Tl l .04) Weak Color Complex: 17.e61
1 9.Jlh3 fS 20.LL'ld3 ;!; . 17. .£lc3 .£l xc3 This gets one point. 1 7 . .:£\xd6 exd6
18. �xc3 c6 19.A.xd6 �xd6 20.b4 1 8.§. xd6 §.c7 1 9.�d2 §.e7 gives White
§.c7 21.a4 2 1 .hS!?. 21 ... jlc8 22.a5 compensation, but the game continua-
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tion is much better. ; The prophylactic (Tl l .06) I mproving Piece Placement:
1 7.�4d3 also gets one point. 17 fxe6 ••. 28... �e81 I nvites everyone to the party
1 8. � egS � f8 1 8 . . . e5 1 9 . fx e 5 ± and plans to take away fl ight squares.
.:tl x e S ? 2 0 . 4J x e 5 Jl. x e S 2 1 . � f3 +- . 28 . . . h6? 29.�d2 �hl + 30.'it>e2 �xal
1 9 . � x e6 t;td7 20.� x g7 � x g7 3 l . � xg3 hxgS 32.�xg5 '{;:1d4 33.e5 is
21 .�e4 ± �cS 22.�e1 e6 23.�f2 of course better for B lack, but not as
�dS 24.�c 1 t;tc7 2 S . � g S e S c l ear as the game c o n t i n u a t i o n . ;
2 6 . f x e S d x e S ? I 27 . �f1 t;te7 2 8. . . �c8 29.'{;:1d2 '{;:1hl + 30.�e2 �hS
gets o n e p o i n t . 2 9 . � a 2 2 9 . Jl.e 3
.§.d8 -+ ; 29.�d2 � h l + 30.'it>e2 � xe4+
3 1 . � e 3 '{;:1 h 5 + 3 2 . 'it>f l '{;:1 x g 5 -+ ;
29 . .§. c l �h l + 30.'it>e2 � xe4+ 3 l .'it>d2
(3l .�e3 �g2 # ) 3 1 . . .'{;:1g2+ -+ ; 29.�bl
� x e4 30 . � f8 + ( 3 0 . � xg3 '{;:1xg3 -+ )
3 0 . . . 'it> x f8 3 l . �f3 + 'it>g8 3 2 . � x e 4
�f2 # . 2 9. . .t;th1 + Overlooking a mate
in four. 29 . . . Jl.xd3+! 30.�xd3 (30.�xd3
�hl + 3 l .'it>e2 �g2+ 32.'it>e3 � xe4 # )
3 0 . . . � h l + 3 l .'it>e2 �e l # . 30.�e2
�xe4+ 31.�d2 3 l .Ae3 �g2+ 32.§f2
�xf2 # . 3 1 . t;tg2+ 32.�c1 32 .4Jf2
28.t;tf7+? Morozev ich could have
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� d4 + -+ . 3 2 t;t x a 2 3 3 . � x g3
won with the attractive 28.�h4! 'it>g8
• . .
hS t. 22 Jl. x c 3 2 3 . b x c 3 � e8
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l S.�adl �d7 1 6 . .§. xd7 Jl.xd7 1 7 . .§.dl
24.�d1 24 .�xe8+ � bxe8 2S.� xe7 'it>h8 1 8 . � xd7 +- . 1 S . �ad1 �e7
� xe7 26.c4 �e2 27.'it>gl Ae4 28.-ilfl 16.Jl.e3 Elg8 17.Jl.cS t;te8 18.�d6
� a 2 2 9 . � c 3 .§. a l 3 0 . 4Jf2 cS + . t;tf8 1 9 . t;t h S g6 2 0 . t;t f3 t;tg7
2 4 � x e 1 2 S . t;t x e 1 � a4 26.c4
•. .
21. t;txc6 1-0 Three points for 1 2.Jl.h6
�xa3 27.cS �e8? 27 . . . 4Je4 28.4Je5 Jl.f6 1 3.e5!.
(28.�c4 �e8 29.Axe4 �a2+ 30.'it>gl
�xc4 3 l . A x h 7 + 'it>f8! +) 28 . . . � e8 (T l l .08) Simplificati on: 16. � x dSI
29 . � a l �b3 + .
28.c x d6 � x e 1 exdS 16 . . . 4Jxd5 1 7.�c6 Jl.a6 1 8.Axd5
29.� x e 1 Jl.fS 30. �e8+ �h7 �xdS 1 9 . � x d 5 exdS 20 . .§. c7 � fc8
31 .dxc7 hS 32.�eS h41 and the 2 l ..§.ce7 .§.c2 22.4Jg5 ± . 17.Jl.d3 �fS
game was later drawn. One point for 1 7 . . . Jl.f5 1 8 .�c7 ± . 1 8 . t;tc7 �d6
2 l . . . .§.e7! . 19.�e7 Jl.g4 1 9 ... Jl.f5? 20.Jl.xf5 .:tlxfS
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Solutions
2 l .E!d7 E! c8 22.E! xd8 E! xc7 23.E! xc7 21 . . .1"! 7e6 + . 20. .£j xe4?1 20.E!e2 E!d4
E! x d8 2 4 . E! x a 7 E! c8 2 5 . g4 + . - 2 1 .�h5 t'th4 22 .�h3 was more tena
20 . 'li\' x d8 ! U x d8 2 1 . .£i e 5 j}_e6 c i o u s . 20 E{ x e4 2 1 . E{ xe4 d x e4
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230
Solutions
for, when one possible line runs 28.4:ld2 39 . Et x b5 Et d t + 40. ct}f2 Etc1
Jld8 29.4:\f3 f6 30.f!d2 f! xd2 3 1 .4:\xd2 41.Etb6+ ct;h7 42.g4 Eth1 43.h3
.ll b 6 32 . .ll x b6 � x h6 3 3 ." �e6 f! f8 Ad5 44.Etd6 Etd1 45.Etd7+ ct;gs
34.4:lc4 �c7 35.b4 axb4 36.cxb4 ± , as 4 6 . c:Je3 Ab3 47. Etg7+ ct;f8
36 . . . 4:l x h4? is met by 37 . f! d 1 f! d8 48. Etg6 Ac2 49 . Et x h 6 Etd3+
38.4:ld6 +- . 28.4)d2 Jl,d8 29.4)f3 f6 50.ct}e2 Etd5 51.h4 gxh4 52.Etxh4
3 0 . Et d 2 Jl.e7 3 1 . �e6 Et ad8 ct;f7 53.f4 Adt+ 54.ct;e3 c:Jg6
3 2 . Et x d8 Jl, x d8 3 3 . Et d 1 4) b8 55.g5 Ah5 56.Af6 Etc5 57.ct;d4
34.Jl.c5 Eth8 35.Et xd8 1 -0 Three Etb5 58.ct;e4 Ad1 59.f5+ ctif7
points for 24.4:lb 1 ! . 60.Jle5 Ac2+ 6 I . ct;f4 1-0 One
point for 3 1 .f!h7! and one for the as
(T i l . l 6) Opening the Position: 14.d51 sessment that Wh ite is clearly better.
exd5 15.Jl.g5 4)e4 15 . . .g6? 1 6.f! xe7
(Tl 2.02) Blockade: 43.ct;b211 To es
4:l x e7 ( 1 6 . . . �xe7? 1 7 . 4:\ x dS +- )
tablish a blockade. In the game, White
17 . .llxf6 ± . 16.4) xe4 dxe4 17.� xe4
p l ay e d 4 3 . 4:la 3 ? c 4 + 4 4 . �c 3 d4+
g6 18:l;th4 h5 18 . . . .llxg5 1 9.4:\xgS h5
4 5 .�c2 .llc 5 46.f! xe6+ Y2-Y2 ; 43.a6
20 . .llxg6 ( 20 . .llh 3!? +- is even stron
d4+ 44.�b2 c4 45.4:la3 gets two points.
ger.) 20 . . . fxg6 2 l .�c4+ �g7 22:�f7+
43 c4 43 . . . d4 44.4:la3. 44.ct;c3 Jlf2
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�h6 2 3 . � x b7 � x g 5 2 4 ." � x c 6 ±
45.Etfl Ac5 46.4)d4 when he has
J . Demarre-G.Chaumont, Paris 1 99 1 . ; very good winning chances. Four points
1 8 . . . t1c7 1 9 . .ll b 3 .ll d 6 2 0 . .ll f6 h 5 for 43.�h2!!.
2 l .�g5 �h7 22 . .llc 2 1 -0, G. Dizdar
E.Dizdarevic, Sarajevo 1 988. 19.Ab3 ( T l 2.03) S i m p l i fication : 20.Etc21
�c7 20. �e4 ct}g7 21.Jl,xf711 ct}xf7 White has a large space advantage, so
22.Jl,h6 �d7 22 . . . f!h8 23.t1e6+ �e8 he avoids the trade of rooks of course.
24.f!ad1 4:ld8 25.t1xg6+ 4:lf7 26.4:\gS 20.f! xf7? �xf7 2 1 .4:\cS f! b8; 20.f!fc1?
�c4 27.4:lxf7 �xf7 28.f! xe7+ �xe7 f! xc7 2 l .f! xc7 4:la4 and Black can put
2 9 . t1d 6 + 1 -0, H . W i rth e n s o h n up strong resi stance in both cases.
C . P ritch ett, M i d d l es b rough 1 979. 20 Ete7 2 0 . . . .ll d 7 2 1 . 4:\c S f!e8
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the game, White played 1 S.g3?! 'fi xcl El xc1+ 37 .Q. xc1 �xc1+ 38.�h2
•
1 6 . 'it' x c l .:bd7 1 7 . f4 ? ( 1 7 . Jl e 2 ;t )
Elxf311 39.gxf3 .£)h4 0-1 Two points
for 17 . . . l"lc4! 18. �xa7 �c6!.
17 . . . .:bcS 1 8 . .\lxcS 'fic8 19.'it>bl 'fi xeS
20.Ae2 'it>f8 2 l .'ficl 'fi xcl + 22.'it>xcl
( T 1 2 .06) B l ockade: 1 8.g41 .£l h6
Jld4 23.fS gxfS 24.exfS 'it>g7 2S .AhS
1 9 .Q. x h6 g x h6 20 . .£ld4 20 . �d2
JleS 26.h3 'it>f6 27.'lt>d2 '<t'xfS 28.Jlxf7
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Solutions
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good drawing chances.; 20.4Je4?! Axe4 draw, as he had been worse before. But
2 l ..§xe4 4Jge7 22.g4 d5! (Ribli in CBM now B l ack has a w i n n i n g attac k .
85) and B lack is not worse. 20 exd5 ••• 2 9 . !'th4 2 9 . 4J x d 6 4Jg4 3 0 . 4Jc4
2 l . Jl. x f5 �f8 2 1 . . . .§ he8 22 . .§ x e8 4Jh2+ -+ ; 29 . .§h3 4Jg4 30:�d2 4Jh2+
.il x e 8 ( 2 2 . . . '<t> x e 8 2 3 . c x d 5 Ad7 3 l . .§ x h 2 � x g 3 -+ ; 2 9 . '<t> e 2 4Je4
24 . .§ e l + 4Je7 2 5 .Axh7 +- ( Ri b l i ) ) 30.Axe4 �xe4+ 3 l .'<t>d2 �xd5 32.4Je3
23.cxd5 '<t>g8! ± ( 2 3 . . .Ab5? 24.Ac7 + - ) . �e4 33 . .§ e l ..ll x b2 -+ . 29 . . . � x g3
22.c5 Too complicated. 22.cxd5!? gives 3 0 . t1t e l t1td3+ 3 l . 'lt e 2 'ltg6
White a clear advantage, e.g. 22 . . . Ad7 32.�e3 �bl+ 33.�d1 33.4Jdl .§e8
23 .Ac2 ..llg4 24 . .§d3 .§c8 25 . .§ de3 34 .�d2 ..ll e 3 3 5 .�e2 .ilf2 -+ .
4Jg6 2 6 . �d 2 ± T h re e p o i n t s for 33 'ltxb2 34.�c2 Jl.c3 35.�e3 b3
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20.4Jd5! . 3 6 . � c4 � a 2 -+ . O n e p o i n t for
28 . . . �g6 and one for the assessment
(T1 2 . 1 2) Weaknesses: 23.b6! 23 . .§c4?! that B lack is winning.
b6 24 . .§a4 .§c7 25 . .§dl '<t>f8 and it is
not easy to shatter B lack's defense. (TI 2. 14) Improving Piece Placement:
23 . . . a x b6 23 . . . a 6 2 4 . .§ c 4 4Jf5 2 1 .�dl! First the c3-knight must be
25 . .§bcl 4Je7 26 . .§ xc5 .§ xc5 27 . .§ xc5 transferred to the dream square e3 to
4J x d 5 28 . .§ x d 5 4Jc6 2 9 . '<t>e 2 ± . blockade the e-pawn and increase the
24.!'ixb6 �f5 pressure. 21 !'ig6 22.�e3 !'if6 The
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Solutions
37.4Jd2 �g8 38.t'l.f2 �h7 39.\t'cl 4"::l xe3 'li1 b 6 + 2 2 . 'tt' a 2 �d6) 2 1 . . . � >< a .3 +
40.�xe3 �h5 4 1 . t'l. efl Jlf8 4 2 . t'l. f3 2 2 . \t' d l 4Jd6 2 3 .�f3 0-0 24 .f6 e4
Jl h6 + . 36 . . . g x f5 37 . .§g1 4) b6 25.�xe4 �cl + 26.�e2 �xc2+ 27.4Jd2
38.4)d2 t\'f8 39.a3?1 t\'h6 40. .§efl t'l.e8+ 28.t'l.e7 ± . 18 Ac5 19.hxg5
.•.
.§cg8 41 . .§f3 .§g6 42.�d1 .§hg8 Ae3+ 20.4)d2 Axg5 21. t\'d3! t\'c7
4 3 . � e 1 jld8 44.�d 1 .§ 8g7 2 2 . �d 1 Jl. x d 2 2 3 . � x d 2 f6
45 .§e3 4)d7 46. t\'f3 t\'h8
• 24.�c1 4)b6 25 . .§d6 0-0 26 . .§d1
47.�el?l t\'g8 48.�fl f61 49. .§e2 26.t'l.h4!?. 26 -t\'c5 27 . .§d8 t\'xa3+
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Test 1 3 4) x g2 3 7 . �c 1 h4 38.�d2 h3
39 .§a1 4)h4 40.c4 bxc4 41 . .§h1
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236
Solutions
4Je6 24.4Jc3 4Jf4 ( 24 . . . 4Jd4 2S.l"-l ><d4 .§d5 33 .§el For the rest see T l 2.08.
•
(T1 3.07) S i mpli fication: 28.A xc61 e-pawn as 5 5 . <£\c4 iit"c2? is met by
White trades in one of his advantages, 56.<£\eS +- . 55 .£)c6 Ac3
•
3 0 . § h 4 +- ; 29 . . . 'it>g8 3 0 . iit" e 5 f6
31 .iit"d6 (31 .iit"e4!?) 3 l . . .iit"><d6 32.l"-l ><d6
.!"l b8 33.b3 'it>f7 34. l"-l ><c6 +- . 30.t\'dll
�g6 3l .§d7 t\'c5 32.h4 3 2 .iit"e l
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power of the bishop is blunted and as a 1 5.�e2 Ad7 16.Axd7 i;¥xd7 17.Ad6
result, because the knight is able to ac !"! ac8 1 8.!"!ahl ± . 14 ... Ad7 1 5.E!bl
cess any square - it is usually superior. 4)c6 16.-t\'a4 t\'c7 17.Aa51? Glek
This concept is expanded in the second forces the exchange of B lack's good
element. All other things being equal, minor pieces to get a pure good knight
in a position with �+� vs. �+A, the versus bad bishop scenario. But this is
�+� combination will usually be bet a double-edged sword as his pressure
ter, again because the knight is able as is reduced by the e x c h a n ge s .
sist the queen attacking any square or 17 . . . 4) >< a5 18.-t\' ><a5 E!fc8? Nataf
complex of squares. These factors are plays too passively and allows White
all present in this position. Kupreichik, to reign supreme. 18 . . . �xa'5 19.�xa'5
however, realizes that he must create .Q,xh5 20.!"!xh5 !"!ah8 2 1 .!"!ehl !"! xh5
add itional weaknesses in the white 22.!"!xh5 f5! was called for, when his
camp - white square weakness, along counterplay give B l ack reasonable
which Black 's only bi shop does not d raw i ng chances. 1 9 . -t\' xc7 E! >< c7
travel. Watch as these elements blend 2 0 . A >< d7 E! >< d7 2 1 . El b5 E!cS
into a deadly mixture for Black. 56.h51 2 2 . §.ebl ct}fS 2 3 . §.b8 E! x b8
g><h5 The light squares, especially f5, 24 . E! >< b8+ ct}e7 2 5 . E!c8 E! b7
are fatally weak now. '56 . . . 'l!,>g7 doesn't 26.ct}ft ctld7 27.E!g8 Af6 28.E!f8
h e l p : '5 7 . h xg6 fxg6 5 8 . �<.14 'l;'te8 E!bl + 29.ct}e2 ctle7 30.§.a8 E!b7
('58 ... Axd4 '59.i;'rxe4 +- ) '59.�e6+ 'l!,>f6
60.�c5 +- . 57 .4)e7+ ct}g7 58.4)f5+
ct}g6 59.4)h4+ ct}g7 60.t\'><h5 t\'d7
Or 60 . . . �c6 6 l . Gf'5 + 'l!,>f8 6 2 .'l;'th4
White does not consider transposing
into the problematic ending that would
arise a fter 6 l . � x h 6 + . 62 . . . �e6
6 3 . �<.1 8 + �e8 64 . � d 6 + 'l!,>g8
6'5.�xh6+ 'l!,>h7 66:{;1[4 +- . 61.4)f5+
ct}f6 62.-t\' ><h6+ ct}e5 The knight is
poisone d : 62 . . . 'l!i x f5 ? 6 3 . � h 3 + +- .
63.g4 f6 Or 63 . . . 'l!,>d5 64.'l;'th6 '<t'c4
65.�hl +- winning. 64.-t\'hS Aa5 31 .f41 "Black's utter helplessness in
6 5 . t\'b8+ Ac7 66. t\' b 2 + ct}e6 this ending despite his extra pawn is
67.-t\'b3+ t\'d5 68.4)g7+ 1 -0 One very i n stru c t i v e . N ote that q u a
point for 5 1 .�a '5 and two more if you Bronstein, white's knight is a light
calculated unti l 56.h5, and saw that squared monster which will come in and
Black has no time to prevent the dis eventually simply eat up the bishop in
ruptive h4-h5, which fatally weakens its dark-square prison ! " ( Wells in CBM
the light squares. 92) 31 ... h5 32.e5 Ag7 33.ctlf3 E!c7
3 4 . 4) d 6 Ah6 3 5 . E!e8+ ct}d7
(T 1 3 . 1 0) Outposts : 1 2. 4)c41 b><c5 3 6 . E!hs Ag7 3 7 . E!g8 Ah6
1 3 . b >< c 5 d x c 5 1 4 . jld 2 We l i k e 38. 4) >< f7 ct}c6 3 9 . 4) x h 6 ctlb5
14.Af4!? even more, e.g. 14 . . .f'5 ( 1 4 . . . a6 40. E! >< g6 E!e7 4 1 . 4) g8 1 -0 Two
1 '5 . .fl.a4 e5 16 .. 1lxe'5 �xe5 1 7 .� xe5 ± )
. points for 1 2 .�c4!.
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Solutions
(T 1 3. 1 3 ) Simplification, Principle of
Two Weaknesses: 35.§b31 Usually it
is better to keep the rooks on the board,
as pure opposite-colored bishop end E x c h a n g i n g the key d e fender.
ings are notoriously drawish. But this 20 . . . t\'d6 2 1 . .1l.c3 b6 2 2 . � e4
is an exception as Wh ite 's king pen § x e4? 22 . . . "{;ie7 2 3 . A x a 5 b x a 5
etrates successfully. 3 5 . Rc3 is equally ( 2 3 . . . Axe4 24.Axe4 4Jf6 25 .Ac2 bxa5
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240
Solutions
17 . .£\h3 .£\d7 18.c4 ± . 17.�f6+11 gxf6 37. �c2 a5 38.�d4 Etd6 39.�f1
1 8 . e x f6 Jl. x f6 1 9 . tt h 5 h6 Etf6 40.E{d2 Etf4 4 1 . �c6 � e4
1 9 . . . .il.xg5 20.'it!xg5+ 'itlh8 2 1 .'it!f6+ +- . 42 . .Jl x e4 H f x e4 4 3 . �d4 'l;td6
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changes c reates more pressure on point for 28.a6! and the second i f you
B l ack's cram ped position. 14 d5 .••
saw 28 . . . c5 29.�xd6 'i'11 xd6 30.a7.
1 4 . . . E! ac8? 1 5 .LL:ld2 .llg6 1 6 . .llg2 ± .
1 5 . 4) d 2 jlg6 1 6 .f3 1 6 . .ll g 2 ! ? . ( T 1 4.09) Weak n e s s e s : 23 . . . 4) f6!
1 6...b5?! 1 6. . . E!fe8 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 24.4)f2 24 . .f:lxf6+ .llxf6 25 . .llh2 .llxh2
eS 1 9.d5 E!ac8 20 . .llgU . 17.c5 �d8 26.E!xh2 'lt>f8 27.E!c2 E! xc2 28 . .ll x c2
E!c8! (Wells in CBM 1 09) and Black is
clearly better because of his activity and
the three weaknesses in White's camp.
24... 4)e4! 25.4) ><e4 A><e4 26.f><e5
E! ><d3 27. .§g1 Now a very instructive
attack with opposite-colored bishops
fo l l ows. 27 .§dc3 28 . .§ a 1 .§c2
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Solutions
(T 1 4. 1 3 ) U n d e rm i n i n g : 24.b3 1 =
24 . .llx g 5 ? 'iit' g 4 -+ . 24 . . . t\'b5?
24 . . . § ae8 25.bxc4 4Jf4+ 26.gxf4 'iit'g4+
27.'it>hl 'iit' f3+ 28.'it>gl 'iit'g 4+= ( Kundin/
Alterman in CBM 72); 24 . . . 'iit' f5 25.f3
§e7 26 . .ll.d 4+ 4Je5 27. bxc4 'iit' x f3+
2 8 . 'it> g l § ae8 29. 'iit' d 2 � . 25.bxc4
t\' xc4 26.E!d21 4)e5?
line: 20.a6 E!fc8 21.E!c1 E!c4 with E!c4 29.E! xc4 t\'xc4 30.E!d4 t\'c5
counterplay. Three points if you calcu 30 . . . 'iit' c 3 3 1 . .ll d 2 ! +- ( Ku n d i n/
lated until 18 . . ..ll.x c3+. Alterman). 31 . .Q.e31 4)g6 32.t\'h5
White invites everybody into the attack.
(T I 4 . 1 2 ) Outpost: 40 ..• f41 4 1 .g4 32 E!e8 33.E!e4 t\'b5 34. t\'h6+
• ..
4 1 .gxf4 4::\ x f4 42.4Jxf4 § xf4 43. 'it>g3 �g8 35 ..Q.d4 E!e5 36 .Q. xe5 dxe5•
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�g7 40. �c7 �g4 4 t .�fl �f3 37.\t>h2 e5 38.E!d3 i!1c4 39.E!f3 +- .
42 .d7 �h 1 + 4 3 . �e2 �e4+ 3 7 . � h 2 h 5 37 . . . i!1c6 3 8 . b 3 b5
44.�d1 �f3+ 4 5 . �c 1 �a3+ 39.'li1d8+ \t>g7 40.i!1c7 +- . 38.(3 �c6
46.�b1 b3 47.d8� b x a 2 + 39.�d3 �g7 40.�c3 �b5 41.�c8
48. � x a 2 �b4+ 4 9 . � b 2 � e l + � x b 2 4 2 . � x d7 � x f3 4 3 . �d8
50.�a2 1 -0 One point for 24.b3! and �e5+ 44.g3 1-0 O n e p o i n t for
one for the assessment that the position 3 3 . i!1g5! and the second for 33 . . . f6
is equal. 34.i!1e3!.
points if you saw 2 1 . . .Axc5! 22 .i!1xc5 rule, B lack 's f6-bishop must be im
;';t'g4! -+ . proved. Its dream square would be b6,
so B e nj a m i n began the j ourney.
(Tl 4. 1 6) Improving Piece Placement: 1 4 . . . Ag7? 1 5 . i!1 e 2 f5 1 6 . 4Jd 3 ± .
33.�g51 �f8 33 . . . f6 34:il1e3! ii1f7 1 5.�e2 c6 1 6.�d1 J,l.c7 17.h4?1
35.4Je4 '\tfg7 36.i!1a7 b5 37:il1b7 E!c2 1 7.4Jd3 Ab6=. 17 ... �e7 18.g3 �g7
38.b4 E!c4 39.f3 +- . 34.�e7 �c8 19 .£tf3 a4 20.h5 .il.a5 21.�c1 �d7
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61.�f3 �d8 62.�f4 g5 63.�f5+ 17.g4 .£Jc6 'i' ; 1 7.f!adl .ilf5 18 . .ll x fS
<i!lg7 64.�d2 Jle7 65.�e4 <i!lg8 .£lxf5 19.g4 .£Je7 20.g5 .£Je4 2 1 ..£lxe4
66.f4 f6 67.�g6+ <i!lf8 68.�h7 d x e4 2 2 . f5 .£Jc6 w i t h counterplay.
�b6 69.�h6+ <i!le8 70.fxg5 �b2 17 ... -'l_xf51 1 7 . . . .£Jc6?! 18 . .£lxc6.llxh2+
71.gxf6 �xe2+ 72.�f2 1-0 Two 1 9.�xh2 bxc6 20 . .£Ja4 ;!; . 18.jlxf5
points for 2 1 .4Jxd5 cxd5 22.4Jb6. � x f5 19.� xf5 � x d4+ 20.<i!lh1
� x e5 2 1 . -'l_ x e5 � x e5 2 2 . � x e 5
(T1 5.07) S i m p l i fication : 1 2 .�b31 -'l_ xe5 23.�f5 -'l_ xc3 24.bxc3 �e8
1 2.h3? .ll xf3 13 . .ilxf3 E! fe8 gives White and Black is not worse. One point for
no real advantage. 12 �xb3 1 2 . . . E!fe8
•..
14 . . . cxd4 and two more if you calcu
1 3 . .ilf4 .ilf8 0 3 . . . 4Je4? 1 4 . h 3 .ilxf3 lated until 16 . . . 4Je7!.
1 5 . .ilxf3 g5 1 6 . .Q..c l ± ) 1 4 .4Jc4 �c7
1 5.4JfdU . 13.axb3 � xd5? 1 3 . . . .ilxf3 (T l 5.09) Weaknesses: 30.b611
14 . .llxf3 .£Je5 1 5 .Ae2 E! fe8 ( 1 5 . . . .£Jxd5
1 6 . .£Jb5 ;!; ( H azai i n CBM I 0 5 ) )
1 6.�fl ;!; . 14.�b51 ± �fd8 15.� xd6
-'l_ x f3 1 6 . -'l_ x f3 � e 5 1 7 . � x e5 1
-'l_ x e5 1 8 . � x b7 �d7 1 9 . � x c 5
�dd8 20.c4 �b4 21.-'l_xa8 � xa8
22 .�a4 �c6 23.b4 �d8 24.b5
�d4 25.<i!lg2 �c2 26.�xa7 -'l_d4
27. �d7 �c8 2 8 . � b 3 � x c4
29.-'l_h6 1-0 Three points for 1 2.�b3!.
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29 . .§.b3 Jld2 30. 4::l x b4 .§.b8 3 l .f!.a3 queens ide by giving back the exchange.
Jlxc4 3 2 . 4Jc6 .§. b3 33 . .§. x b3 Jl x b3 He is even a pawn up at this time. But
34.4Jxe7 ;!; and White still has techni Black has the better minor piece and
cal di fficulties to solve in the minor play against the doubled d-pawns.
piece ending. ; 23 . . . .§.c8 leads to an 35 ... h5 36.�c2 h4 37.�d3 E!d8
equal position after 24.4Jxc5 �xc5 38.f3 �h5 39.�e4 hxg3 40.hxg3
25 . .§. fcl Jlc3 26.�b3 �d4 27 . .§. xc3 �g5 4V�g2 �d2+ 42.�h3 Af6
bxc3 28 . .§.cl Jlxc4 29.�xc3=. 24.c5 43.E!c2 �h6+ 44.�g2 �g7 Prepar
Jl,xd3 25.exd3?1 Better was 25. �xd3 ing to switch the rook to the h-file.
4::l x c5 (Not 25 . . . dxc5?! 26 . .§. fc l Jlc3 45.g4 E!h8 46. �f2 E!b8 But perhaps
27.�b5 .§.a8 28.�c6 �xc6 29.dxc6 that was a feint?! Notice how easily
4Je5 3 0 . 4::l x c 5 4::l x c6 3 1 . 4Je4 4Jd4 Black goes from one flank to the other,
32. 'iftfl .§. c8 33.e3 +- ) 26 . .§. fc l Jlc3 and there is not much White can do
27.�b5 4::lx b3 28 . .§. xb3 �c5 29.�d3. about it. 47.�e2 E!b4 48.E!d2 �h2+
25 . . . d xc5 26 . .§fel �e5 27 . .§e3 49.�e3 �gl+ 50.�e2 Jl,xd4
Grabbing the c-pawn is not good:
27.�xc5? 4Jf3+ 28.\t'fl �xc5 29.4::l x c5
4Jd2+ 30.'it'e2 4::l x b l 3 l . .§. x b l .§. d8
32.4Jb7 .§. xd5 -+ and B lack has a win
ning endgame. 27 ... .§c8 28. .§cl
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Solutions
74.4)h3+ �fl 0- 1 Two points for 57.Af8 Not 57.Ag l ? {)e2 58 . .1le3
20 . . J�b4!. {) x c 3 -+ .57 �g6 57 . . . .£:\ h S ! ? .
. . •
(T 1 5. 1 4) Weak C o l o r C o m p l e x :
14.4)b51 Attacking the key defender
of the dark squares. If B lack plays .. .f5-
f4, then the light squares in his camp
will be fatal ly weak - a typical prob
lem when fighting against the pair of
bishops. 14 ... 4)e7 1 4 . . . f4 1 5.§el �f6
1 6. .£\ec3 M5 17 . .£\e4 Axe4 1 8.Axe4 ± .
1 5 . �b3+ �h8 1 6. 4) x d6 � x d6
1 6 . . . c x d6 1 7 . a 4 ! ± . 1 7 . Jl.f4 �d8
18.Ae5 4)g6 19.�fe1 f4 20.a4 c6
S l . . .{)e4? This is a mistake and gets no
21.a5 4)d5 22.4)c3 4)xc3 23.�xc3
points. 52.Ad4! Judit does not need to
4)h4 24.a6 4) xf3+ 25.�><f3 �g8?
be asked twice and repositions the
2S . . . �d7 2 6 . § e4 ± . 26.�b3+ �f7
bishop to shore up her defenses. 52 ... h4
27 .Ac7 27 . Jld6! +- . 27 . . . �f8?
U n fortunately, one move too late.
53.'i!th2 <t\d2 54 .\t>h l �dl + S S . .llg l
<t\e4 56.\t>h2 <t\d2 57.\t>hl <tle4 58.\t>h2
<tlg3 5 9 . �e6 <t\fl + 60 . �h l <tlg3+
6 1 . \t> h 2 <t\ e 2 6 2 . .ll f2 � d 2 (Or
62 . . A�xc3 63.�f5+ \t>h6 64 .llx h4 <t\e4
.
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250
Solutions
26.c x b5 E!b8 27. f!ab4 Jl.b7 (Krasenkow) 30 . . .Af8 3l .c4 Ac6 32.c5
28.Jl.xb7 E!xb7 29.a4 �e7 30.h4 .!le7 33.<tlc4 g5 34.!!b2 g4 35.fxg4 fxg4
h6 31.f3 lad5 32.f!c1 E!bd7 33.a5 36.hxg4 Ah4+ 37.'it'e2 !!g8 38.Af4
g5 34.hxg5 f! xg5 35.g4 h5 36.b6 .!lb5 39.'i!ld3 e5 40.Axe5 !! xg4 41 .a4
a x b6 37.a x b6 E!b7 3 8 . la c 5 f5 .!lc6 4 2 . A f4 Af6 4 3 . !! h 2 Axa4
3 9 .g x h 5 f! x h 5 40.�c4 f!h8 44.!!xh7+ 'i!le6 45.!!h6 1-0; 13 . . .f6 gets
4 1 . �b5 E!a8 42.E!bc4 1 - 0 Two one point. 1 4.!!ac1 §f7 1 5.Aa5 e6=
p o i nts fo r 1 9 . !! b4 ! , o n l y o n e for A.O'Kelly de Galway-R.Maric, Bor
1 9.!!b3. deaux 1 964. 14.f!ac1 E!fe8 1 5.Hc5
.il.f8 16.E!c3 e6 17.a3 f6 18.Hgcl
(T1 6.04) Weaknesses: 13 ... f!ac8 I n �f7 = I .N o v i ko v- S . Kri ventsov,
t h e game, B lack p layed 1 3 . . . !! fc8? Mashantucket 1 999. One point for
14.!!ac l f6 1 5 .!!gdl 1 3 . . . !! ac8 or 1 3 . . .f6.
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46.Jl.e1 .§ c 1 47 . .§ b 6 + �e5
48 . .§ x g6 .§ x e 1 + 49.�g2 .£)e3+
50.�f3 .§fl+ 51.�e2 .§c1 52.�f3
b3 53 .§b6 .£)c41 54 . .§b8 b2 55.c6
•
�a81? Sets a devi lish trap. 37 .§a5?? • g5 -+ . 47... .£) xg5+ 0-1 Two points for
.£)e3+ 38.fxe3 .§b2+ 0-1 Two points 36 . . . Jld8! .
for 19 . . . h6!.
(T1 6. 1 0) B lockade: 23 ... �c81 Black
(T l 6.08) Outpost : 25 .£)e21 b x a 5 • breaks the blockade and equalizes com
26 . .£)f4 .§b4 26 . . . a4? 27.4Je6 'ii1 a7 fortably. 2 3 . . . Ag7? 2 4 . 4Jc7 E! ad8
2 8 . f! xb8 f! x b8 2 9 . f! x b8 + 'iiY x b8 2 5 . � x a 7 f! x d6 2 6 . f! x d 6 � x d6
30.4::\xg7 '\trxg7 3 1 .'iiYc 3+ '\trh7 32:i�f6 27. 4::\ d S ± ; 23 . . . f! ad8?! 2 4 . E! d5 Jlg7
i£1e8 33.'iiY xd6 a3 34.'iiY x a6+- ( Lautier 25.E!edl Jlf8? (2'5 .. .'�c8 is stil l called
in CBM70). 27. .§e11 �f7 27 . . . f! xe l + for.) 26.a4 Jlxd6 27.a5 Jlb8 28.f! xd7
28.'iiY x e l 'iiY f7 2 9 . f! e3 Ae5 30.4Jd3 f! xd7 29.f! xd7 �xd7 30.axb6 axb6
E! x c4 3 1 .4::\ x e S d x e '5 3 2 . E! xe5 E! e4 3 1 .'iiY xb6 ± . 24.�xc8+ .§ xeS 25. .§d5
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Solutions
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254
Solutions
decides opening the queenside is more �e6 37.Ac1 .§d1 38. .§cc3 .§ed2
adv antage o u s . 2 2 . � x c4 .§ x c4 39 .§f4 �d3 White is helpless to pre
•
23 . .§d3 l f 23.axb4? axb4 24.§.d3 §.c6 vent Black from tightening the noose
2 5 . f5 §. ca6 Threatening mate! 26.c4 on the q u e e n s i d e . 40 . .§c6+ �d5
bxc3 27.bxc3 §. a 1 + 28.'it'b2 §.8a2+ 4 1 . .§f x f6 .§ x b2 + 4 2 . � a 1 .§b5
2 9 . 'it>b3 §. x g 2 + , and Black w i n s . 43. .§fd6+ �e5 0-1 White had had
23 ... bxa3 24 .§ xa3 b5
• enough . F i v e points for l l . . . .ilxc3
1 2 . .ilxc3 i;}'b5! .
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24.E!xcl El. b8 25.El.c7 Jlc6! Believe it 17 . . . Axd5 1 8.cxd5 �b4 This does not
or not, this is a novelty ! ( Previously promise White much of an advantage
Black played 2S . . . .Ile6?, which led to a because of B lack 's activ ity. ; 1 7.<£lb5
draw: 26.Aa7 El.e8 27.Jle3 a4 28.Jlc6 gets two points. Now 17 �b4 can ••.
El. b8 2 9 . El. xe7 El. b l + 3 0 . 'lt>f2 El. b2 + then by met by 18. �c1 e.g. 18 �b6 .••
Banja 1 99 1 .) 26.Jlxc6 E! xb6 The smoke 23.a xb4 4)a4 24.4)e2± Five points
has cleared and Black is a clear pawn for 17.El.c2, one for 1 7.<£ld5 and two for
up. White has drawing chances because 1 7 . <£l b 5 . Deduct two poi nts i f you
of the opposite-col ored b i shops, so wanted to play 17.a3?.
Black has to be careful about allowing
the exchange of rooks. 27 .g3 Ad4+ Test 1 7
28.'it>g2 El.b2+ 29.�hl El.c2 30.El.c8+
�g7 3 1 .Ad7 ..!l.cS 32.El.a8 El.c3! (T1 7.0 1 ) Cou nterplay : 1 6 .•. Axd5
17.exd5 �xd5?
stumbles. 37.gxh5 'i!i>h6 38.El.b5 El. e l + wins on the spot as 1 9 ... gxh6 loses to
39.�g2 g4 4 0 . 'i!i>g3 'i!i> x h S 4 I . fi. b 2 20.<£le7+ +- . Four points for 1 6 ... .ilxd5
El.e3+ 42.'lt>g2 'i!i>h4 43.'i!i>fl El. a3 44.El.c2 1 7 .exd5 fS! ! .
�h3 Now the h-pawn falls. 45.e5 El. a l +
46.'it>e2 'lt>xh2 47.�d3+ 'lt>g3 48.'lt>c4 ( T 1 7 . 0 2 ) C o u n te rp l a y : 35 ••• d511
fS 49.'lt>d5 f4 SO.'lt>e6 E! e l 0- 1 ; 1 7.<£ld5 3 5 . . . <£ld4 gets two points and two more,
This standard maneuver gets one point. if you calculated unti l 38 . . . ti'b7 resp.
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Solutions
39 . . . h6. 36.Ab2 .£\ef3 37.Axd4 lL!xh4+ 19.Ab3 e6 (19 ... .il.xel 20.AxdS fxeS
( 3 7 . . . .£\xd4 38 . .£\dS i£fb7 w i t h 2 l . � e 4 ) 2 0 . f! e e l fx e S 2 l .�g4 .
counterplay (38 . . . h6?! 39.gxh6 .ilxh6 17.�d3 17.Ah3 f4 18.Acl e6 19.�d3
40.hS t )) 38.'it'f2 exd4 39.�xd4 h6! Axf3 20.gxf3 �b6 2 l . f! d l f!fS + ;
with counterplay; 3S . . . f! a8 gets one 1 7.h3 .il.xf3 18.'<'£fxf3 f4 1 9.�g4 'ffire8
p o i n t . 3 6 . 4) x d 5 ? 3 6 . e x d S ! .£\d4 2 0 .Jl.d2 ( 2 0 . A x g6? .£\gS -+ )
37 . .llb 2 .£\ef3 38.Axd4 .£\xd4 39 . .£\e4 20 . . . .£\xd4 + ; 17.Ah6 f!t7 1 8.Ab3 e6
(39.'<'£fg4 't'£ta7 with counterplay; 39.hS 1 9.f!e3 i£fb6 20.f!d3 .ll.xf3 2l .gxf3 f4
't'£td6 40 . .£\e4 '[;j-f4 with counterplay) 2 2 . a4 f! d8 2 3 . a x b S a x b S 2 4 . '<'£fd2
39 . . .Ad6 40 ..£\xd6 't'£fxd6 4 1 .'<'£fcl 't'£feS f!fS + . 17...f4 18..Q.d2 c5 19 . .Q.d1?
42.f!b2 (42 .'<'£fxeS? .£\e2 -+ ) 42 . . . f! a8
4 3 . 'it' h 3 f! a S w i th counterp l a y ;
36.'<'£fxdS? i£fb7 37.'<'£fdl .£\d4 38.Jlb2
lL!ef3 39.Axd4 .£\xd4 40 . .£\dS Ad6 t ;
36.exdS? .£\d4 37.Ab2 .£\ef3 38.'it'f2
Ad6 + . 36 ... 4)d4 37 .Q.e3 4)ec6?1
•
29.4)d1 .Q.a7+ 30.E{f2 .sla6 0-1 1 4.Axg7 'it'xg7 1 S.f4 b4 16.fxeS dxeS
One point for 23 . . .gS!. 17 . .£\d 1 fxe4 18 . .£\gS AfS 19 . .£\f2 ± ;
1 3 . . . fxe4? 1 4.Jlxg7 'it'xg7 l S . .£\gS ± .
(T l 7 . 04) B l ockade, We a k n e ss e s : 1 4 . .Q. x g7 Cjfjl x g7 1 5 .g x f4 .Q. x h3
1 6 . . . f51 + 1 6 . . . Ab4 1 7 . f! fl fS i s 1 6.fxe5 1 6 . .ll x h 3 .£\ h S 1 7 . fS .£\f4
equally strong and also gets full marks.; 1 8.f!e3 'it'h8 1 9 . .£\e2 lL!xh3+ 20.f!xh3
1 6 ... f6? is strongly met by 17.h3 Axf3 gxfS=. 16 ... � x e5 17 . .Q. x h3 4)h5
1 8.'<'£fxf3, when White's bishops reign 18.4)e2 4)f4 1 8 . . . '<'£fxe4? 19 . .£\g3 'ffirh4
s u pre m e , e . g . 1 8 . . . Ab4 ( 1 8 . . . fS 20 . .£\xhS+ gxhS 2 l .f!e3 ± . 19.4) xf4
1 9 . f! a d l f4 2 0 . Ac l 't'£fd7 2 1 .'<'£fg4) E{xf4 20. .Q.g2 4)e8 21.�c3 �xc3
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lit'c8 46.Jl,xa6 �e6 47.�xb7 �xb7 �d7?1 1-0 Black should have played
48.h7 �xf4 49.�g8 1it'd7 50..Q.. xb7 30 . . . Af8 3 1 .!=!£1 .:£\c6 with counterplay,
�g6 51.Jl,xc6+ 1-0 One point for as 32 . .:£\xc5? is refuted by 32 . . . !=! xd l
1 3 . .:£\d2! , with the plan to transfer it 3 3 . !=! x d l �a7 -+ . Tw o p o i n t s for
to a5 . 26 . . . .:£\bS!.
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Solutions
(T1 7.09) Outpost: 16 ... g51 1 6 . . . fxe4? White has good compensation because
1 7 . 4Jd 2 4Jd4 1 8 . ..11xe4 = . 1 7 . /i) d 2 of his pressure on the kingside, where
1 7 . §. a d l g4 1 8.4Jd2 f4 1 9 . f3 4Jd4 the rook makes its infl uence fe l t .
2 0 . .ilc5 .ilg 5 'i' . 17 . . . f4 1 8 . Jl. f l ? 18./i) >< h4 � ><c 1 + 19.A><c1 tta41
1 8. §. adl g4 1 9 . f3 4Jd4 =i= . 18 �d8.•. 20.ttg4 20.b3!? was more tenacious,
19./i)bl 19.§.adl 4Jd4 20 . .ilb2 4Jc2 but there is no doubt about Black's ad
2 1 .§.e2 .llg4 22.f3 .lle6 :J: . 19 /i)d4
.•.
v antage. 20 . . . �h8 2 l .a3 ttc2
20.�c1 h51? 2 1 ./i)c3 c6 22./i)e2 22. ttf4 �g8 23.b4 �c8 24.Ae3
/i)f3+1 23.�h1 'i)d2 24./i)c3 h4 ttd1+ 25.�h2 tth5 26.g3 �c3
2 5 . �g 1 h >< g3 26.f><g3 /i) f3 + 27.a4 �b3 28.�g2 � >< b4 29.a5
27.�g2 �d2+ 28.Jl.e2 'i) d4 0 - 1 �b1 30.ttf3 tt >< f3+ 31./i) ><f3 b6
One point for 16 . . . g5!. 3 2 .a >< b6 a 5 33 .Ag5 a4 34.Ae7
� >< b6 3 5 . /i) e 1 �b2 36.Ac5 h5
(T 1 7 . 1 0) B lockade: 13./i)e21 /i) ><e2
37./i)d3 a3 38.Jl.><a3 �b3 0-1 Three
14.A><e2? 1 4.�xe2! was called for, as
points for 16 . . . Axh4! if you calculated
14 . . . .ilxb2? is refuted by 1 5 .e5 �><e5
unti l 1 9 . . . �a4!, but only one if you
16.§.el +- . 14 ... A><b2 15:�b3 Ad4
wanted to play 17 . . . .ilxf2+?!.
16.�hg1 White had good compensa
tion and later won, but matters are not
(T l 7. 1 2) Simplification : 18 ... /i)b61
completely clear. One point for 1 3.4Je2!
and the second if you wanted to answer The c3-knight is White's key defender,
13 . . . 4Jxe2 with 1 4 . �xe2!. so B lack looks to exchange it. 1 8. . . §.b8
1 9.�d3 4Jb6 20.§.dl 4Ja4 2 1 .§.dd2
(T 17. 1 1 ) Simplification: 16...A><h41 §. b4 = is also convincing. 1 9.ttd3
17.� ><c6 �><c6 1 7 . . .Axf2+?! is worse, 'i)a4 20.�d1 20.4Jxa4 §. xa4 2 1 .a3
as more pieces remain on the board. The §. b8 2 2 . §. b l 4Jf6 2 3 . §. d l §.e4 and
side with the minor pieces usually wants B lack has typical Volga compensation.
to have more pieces on the board, espe 20 ... /i) ><c3 21.b><c3 �><a2 22.�><a2
cially a rook or a queen (or both), so tt ><a2 23./i)d2 �b8 24.'i)c4 �b3
that they can coordinate with the minor 2 5 . /i) >< d6 � >< c3 2 6 . tte4 'i) f6
pieces. This rook makes up for the 27.tte7 �h7 2 8 . � d 2 /i) >< d5
shortcom ings of the kni ght and the 29 . � >< a 2 /i) >< e7 30. /i) e4 �c4
bishop, as it is a long range piece that 3 1 . /i)d6 �c3 Yl-Yl Two points for
can visit all the squares. 1 8.�xf2 §. xc6 18 . . . 4Jb6, with the idea . . . 4Ja4, and one
19.§.fl §.c2 20.�g3 point for 1 8 . . . §. b8 and another one if
you wanted to combine it with . . . 4Jd7-
b6-a4.
(T 1 7. 1 3) Simplification : 16 /i)eSI
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played 16. . . .§e8? 1 7 ..J�..xf6 .ilxf6 18.fxe4 counter-shot. Very nice. 25 . . . �a8
dxe4 1 9 . �g4 .ll g 5 20 . .§ ae l g6 26.�e6 �g8 27."�b7 �g5 28.�xc7
2 1 ..£\xe4 f5 22.�xg5 .§ xe4 23 . .§xf5 + �b8 29. �e4 �d8 30.�b7?? White
and White won later. 17. .sl xe7 exf3 cracks under the stra i n . 3 0 . �c2 +
18.�xf3 1 8.gxf3 �xe7 1 9.E!ae l .£lc7 w o u l d b u tt o n t h i n g s up n i ce l y.
20.e4 E! ae8 ;!; . 18 . . . 4) x e7 19.4)c5 30 ... 4)f81 Y:z-Yt This is what White had
4)f6 ;!; Four points fo r 16 . . . .£le8 overlooked. Black managed to save the
17 . .Jil.xe7 exf3. Two points for 16 ... exf3 game.
17. �xf3 .£le8.
(T 1 7. 1 5) Improving P iece Position:
(T1 7. 1 4) Opening the Position: 1 2.d51 28...jlf81 Black's worst placed piece
12 . .Jil.b2 E!g6 1 3.d5 transposes and also is his bishop, so this is the order of the
gets four points.; 1 2.E!d l , with the idea day. 29.ciflhl 29.«t>fl .Jla3 30 . .§bl d3
d5, gets two points. 12 ...exd5 12 . . . e5 3 1 .cxd3 (31 .�e3? backfires because of
does not help: 13 ..£lh4 g6 14.f3 .£lg5 3 l . . .dxc2 32 . .§xd7+ «t>e8!! -+ ) 3l ...E!c2
1 5 . f4 .£lf7 1 6 . .Jil. b 2 .£ld7 1 7 . e4 ± .
32.�e3 �d5 33.�h3 h5 and Black's
1 3 . Ab2 �g6 14.cxd5 4)d7 Not
activity may even compensate two
14 . . . .ll x d 5 1 5 . E! ad l c6 ( 1 5 . . . .Jil.e6
p a w n s . 29 . . . Aa3 3 0 . � b l � x c2
16. .£ld4 ± ) 1 6.b5 (16 . .§ xd5!?) 16 . . .'<t'h8
3 l . � xd4 � x d4 3 2 . � x d4 �e2?
17 ..Jil.c4 .llxc4 18.�xc4 �e8 19 . .£lh4
E!g5 20.f3 d5 2 1 .�d4 .£lc5 22 . .£lxf5 ± .
15.�acl �c8 Once again the pawn is
taboo: 1 5 . . . .Jil. x d 5 1 6 . � x c 7 .£l d 2
17.�xd8+ .§ xd8 1 8 . .£lh4 ± . 16.�fdl
a6
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Solutions
22. 'G'd5± Y:r-Yz One point for 20. . . .f:lc6 1 5 . . . .f:lxf3+ 1 6.�xf3 .f:lxd5 1 7 ..1l.b3 +
and another one for 2 1 .§e3 .f:lce5. ( We d berg i n CB M 9 3 ) . 1 6 . � x c7
'G' xc7 17 . � d4 g6 18 . .1l,h6 .§.e8
Test 1 8 19.Jlb3+ �f7?1 A mistake that allows
White to start a very strong attack, but
(T l8.01) Blockade: 21 .f41 I n the game, B lack's position was desperate in any
White played 2 l . .ll.x c5+? .f:lxc5 22.§d6 case. 20.�f51 N ij boer goes for the kill.
'3ie7 2 3 . § hd l .f:le8 2 4 . § 6d 2 .ll. e 6 20... .§.e6 21 . .1l,f4 gxf5 22.exf5 �f8
25 . .f:lc l § d8 26.'3te3 .f:ld6 27.f4 f6 22 . . . §e7 23 . .1l.xd6 �d8 24.�h5 '3tg7
Black maintains his b lockade on the 2 5 . .1l.xe7 "if1 x e 7 2 6 . § fe l "if:Jf8
dark squares. 28.fxe5 fxe5 29 . .f:ld3 27.§c4 +- . 23.fxe6 dxe6 24.'G'h5
.f:lxd3 30.§ xd3 .f:lb7 3 l .§ xd8 § xd8 �fe5 25 .§.fdl d5 26 . .1l, xe5 fxe5
•
32.§bl .f:lc5 33 . .f:le2 .f:la6 34 . .f:lgl .f:lb4 27 . .§.c3 �e7 28 . .1l, x d5 1 - 0 One
3 5 . § c l c5 S e a l i n g the queenside. point for 1 0.d6!.
36.{)["3 .f:lc6 37 ..1l.dl §b8 38..1l.c2 Y:r-'i'l.
21 . . . e x f4 2 2 . � x f4 Jl x e3+ (Tl 8.03) Prophylax is, Weaknesses :
23.� xe3 .§.e8 23 ... .f:lc5 24.e5 §e8? 23 ...g6! 24.�e2 .§.h6 25 . .§.g1 �c5
2 5 .'3td4 +- ; 23 . . . .f:lxf4 24 .'3txf4 and 26.�c3 �e6 27.�e2 27 .fxe5 dxe5
Black's blockade is broken. 24. .§.d6 2 8 . 'it>g3 § ch 8 2 9 . § h 2 § h4 -+ .
�g7 25 . .§.hd1 �f8 26.�d3 .§.e7 27 . . . .§.ch8 28 .§.g3 .1l,c81? 29.a4?
•
27.�c5 ± Two points for 2 l .f4!. 29.f5 .f:lg5 30 . .f:lgl gxf5 3 l .exf5 d5 -+ .
29 ...exf4 30.� xf4 � x f4 31 . .§.xf4
(T l 8.02) Weaknesses, Counterplay, .1l,xh3 0-1 One point for 23 . . . g6!.
Outpost: 10.d6! ± 1 0.0-0 d6 l l ..f:ld4
.f:lg6 1 2.f3 .f:lh5 13 . .1l.e3 .f:le5 14 . .1l.b3 (Tl 8.04) Weaknesses: 30.c61 The typi
c5 gave B lack good counterplay i n cal breakthrough. 30....1l,xf4 31.gxf41
T . Ernst-J . H e c tor, O erebro 1 99 0 . Denying the knight the e5 outpost.
1 0...cxd6 1 1 . .1l,g5 �g4 12.0-0 f6 3 l . .. �a7 3 1 . . . .f:l xb6 3 2 . a xb6 §e7
13 . .1l.f4 �e5 14. .§.c11? 33.�d2 § fe8 34 . .1l.xa6 +- . Instead of
32.cxb7 1-0 32 . .f:ld7 § xd7 33.cxd7
"if:Je7 34.§c7 +- was even stronger. One
point for 30.c6! .
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series ofexchanges this moves initiates. 29.'A'f2 4)g4 30.f6+1 White could
1 4.4Jxd4 cxd4 1 S.Af3?! (Or 1 S.Axd4 s t i l l l os e after 3 0 h x g4?? Ah 2 + .
Axd4 1 6.�xd4 �xe2 17.E!el "i;t'xa2=) 30 4) xf6 31.Jl.xf7 4)g4 32.'A'f5
•••
15 ... Ag4 1 6.Axd4?! ( 1 6.Axg4 �xg4 1-0 Three points for 1 9.4Je6!.
1 7 . E! xb7 i!f x e 2 1 8 .Axd4 E! ac8=)
16 . . . Axd4 1 7 . � >< d4 A >< f3 1 8 . e>< f3 (T 1 8. 1 3 ) S i m p l i fi catio n : 28. 4) x c6
·{!hf3 'i' and B lack went on to win, but Wh ite had to exchange one pair of
objectively this heavy piece endgame kn ights. I n the game, White p l ayed
should stil l be drawn. n ... es 1 3 . . . b6 28.4Jc2?, after which Suba gives an in
14.4Jg5 4Jd4 15 ..il><d4 A><d4 1 6.A><a8 structive lesson : 28 . . . 4Jh5! 29.£4 b5
Ad7 1 7.4Jf3 A><b5 ( 1 7 . . . E! ><a8 18.4Jxd4 30.cxb5 axb5 31..11£3 4Je7 B lack keeps
"i;t'g4 1 9 . � a 3 �><d4 2 0 . E! ><b6 +- ) i ncreasing the pressure. 3 2 . 4Jd4 b4
1 8 . � >< a 7 ± ( R i b l i i n CBM 8 1 ) . 33.4Ja4 4Jf6 34.e5? (34.4Jc2 was called
1 4 . .A, x c S � e8 1 S .Ae3 � e7 for.) 34 . . . dxe5 35.fxe5 Axf3 36.4Jxf3
t6.�fbl a6 17.h4 h6 18.4)d2 �b8 4Jfd 5 37 . E! c l Ah6 3 8 . E! c4 4Je3
19.�cS 4)d8 20.Af3 'A'fS 2t.'A'c2 39.E!ccl 4J7d5 40.E! xc8 E! xc8 4 l ."i;t'f2
Ad7 22.4)e4± and White had clear 4Jf5 42.E!e2 Ae3 43.-«rel "i;t'b5 44.4Jd2
advantage, Andersson-Browne, Mar del "i;t'd3 4 5 . 4Jfl E! c 2 4 6 . E! g 2 E! >< g 2 +
Plata 1 98 1 . Three points for 1 3.E!b5!. 47.�xg2 "i;t'e4+. 28 Jl. xc6 29.a4 and
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33.<£)xf4 exf4 34.i.l.d3; 3 1 .<£)c6 gets two 2S.b5 Jl,b7 29.Jl,xe6 laxe6 30.4)f4
poi nts . 3 l . . . § x b l 3 2 . § x b l § b7 laeS 31.�a5 �dS 32.� xa7 'ltd7
3 3 . §b6 �e8. 3 l g ><f6 3 2.Jl,f5+
••• 3 3 . b x c6 � x c6 3 4 . la b l Jl,aS?
�c7 33.A. xcS Ia xcS 34.4)c6 lab7 34 ... i.l.c8! ± offered much tougher resis
3 5 . Ia x b7+ rtl x b7 36.Iab l + rtlc7 tance. 35.Iab6 �cS 36.labS 'ltc6
37.Iab6 37 . 4) x d 5 1 rt; h S 3 S . 'ltc7 'lta4
3 9 . la x eS+ � x eS 4 0 . 4) e7 .A.e4
4t.c6 h6 42. 'ltbS l-0 Two points for
23.<£)e2!.
Test 1 9
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axb4 29.a xb4 §beS 30.b5 .£Je5 67.'i!/d2 'i!/cS 6S.§h3 'i!/b7 69.'i!/cl
31.c5 b6 32.c6 §aS 33 ..£lf2 �d6 'i!/cS 70.'i!/c2 'i!/dS 71.'i!/cl 'i!/cS
34.g5 Jl.h5 35 . .£Je4 �a3 36.gxf6 72.'i!/d2 'i!/c7 73.'i!/dl .£lfS 74.'i!/c1
gxf6 37. .£J xf6 J}.xe2 3S.§xe2 �d6 .£Jg6 75.'i!/b2 'i!/b7 76.'i!/a2 'i!/cS
39 . .£Je4 §a l + 4 0 . § e l § x e l + 77.f3 'i!/c7 7S. .£Jdl 'i!/dS 79.�c2
4 1 . � x e l �g6 4 2 .�f2 �g7 §g7 SO . .£Jc3 §a7 S l .'i!/b2 .£jfS
43 . 'i!/ h l .£J x d3 44.�d2 .£J e 5 S2. 'li\'dl .£Jg6 S3.§h6 'i!/cS 84. �c2
45.�xd4 §a7 46.�dS+ �gS 47.c7 'i!/dS S5.§1h5 'i!/cS S6.�h2 �b7
§al+ 4S.'i!/h2 §cl 49 . .£Jf6 1 -0 S7..£Jdl �d7 88. .£Je3 'i!/dS S9.�c2
Two points for 2 1 .l"la2!. §f7 90 . .£j d l §g7 9 1 ..£Jc3 §aS
92.§hl �c7 93.�h2 §a7 94..£jdl
( T l 9.02) Prophy l a x i s : 2S ... 'i!/gSI �d7 95. �h5 §f7 96 . .£Je3 'i!/cS
Black's king prophylactically leaves the 97.'i!/a2 'i!/b8 9S.'i!/al §c7 99.'i!/b2
danger zone and walks to c7 to protect .£JfS 100 ..£lf5 .£Jg6 101 .�h2 §a7
b6 and d6. Black's remaining forces on 1 0 2 . � c 2 �c7 1 0 3 . .£J e3 §g7
the kingside can easily deal with any 104 . .£jdl �d7 105 ..£Jc3 Y:z:-'h Three
thing White may churn up. 29.'i!/g2 points for 28 . . . �g8! .
'i!/f7 30.§hl 'i!/e7 31 .§h5 'i!/dS
3 2 . §d h l 'i!/cS 33 . .£J d l §cf7 (T l 9.03) Counterplay: 17 ... d31 Black
34..£Je3 §g6 35 . .£Jf5 'i!/c7 36.'i!/fl had to seize the moment to change the
§d7 37. '/i\'f3 a4 3S.'i!/g2 �aS character of the game. Instead, Black
39.�c3 §f7 40..£Je3 §d7 41 .§fl played 17 . . . 4::ld7? Now White's superior
§f7 42.'i!/f3 §gS 43.'i!/e2 .£J g6 structure will tell. 18.l"lcl 4::le7 1 9 .4::ld3
44.§fhl .£J fS 4 5 . 'i!/ d 2 §d7
46.'i!/dl §f7 47.'i!/d2 §d7 4S.'i!/cl
§f7 49.'i!/b2 §d7 50.'i!/bl §f7
51 .'i!/c2 §d7 52.'i!/b2 §f7 53.'i!/bl
§d7 54.'i!/b2 §f7 55.'i!/al §d7
56.'i!/a2 §g6 5 7 . § 5 h 2 §gg7
5S.'i!/a l .£J g6 5 9 . 'i!/ a 2 §gf7
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Solutions
Four points for 17 . . . d3!. Jl.e5 29. �h3+ Cit'g7 30. �g4 Cit'f6
3l .h4 g)(h4 32.f4 Jl,d4+ 33.Cit'h2
( T 1 9.04) We a k C o l o r C o m p l e x : Cit'e7 34 . .§.e1 + Cit'd8 35. �"h4+ 1-0
2 0 . . . b 5 ! 20 . . . <£ld4 gets o n e poi nt. Three points for 24.Af5!.
21.a"b5 2 1 .<£ld2 <£ld4 22.<£lxd4 exd4
23.�el d3 + . 21...c"b5 22.�d2 b4 (Tl 9.07) Weaknesses: 23.Ag5! This
23.Jl.c1 23 . .1lb2 a4 24.bxa4 <£lxa4 -+ . provokes weaknesses on the light squares.
23 . . . �d4 24 . .§.a2 24 .<£lxd4 e x d4 2 3 . . . f6 24 . Jl,e3 � f8 2 5 . .§.d5?!
25.�f4 �xf4 26.gxf4 d3 27.cxd3 l"! xd3 25.f4!? seems to be more logical to in
2S.e5 § adS -+ . 24 ... �ce6 B lack con crease the bishop's scope. 25 ... .§."d5
v e rted h i s p o s i t i o n a l advantage. 26.c"d5 .§.d8 27. .§.d1 �d6 28. .§.d2
2 5 . � c4 Jl,e2 26 . .§. g 1 Jl.c5 a6 29.�g4 .§.b8 30.h4 g6 31.�a4
27.� " d4 � " d4 28.Cit'h1 Jl, x c4 .§.b5 32.h5 f5 33.ttc4 �d7 34.a3
2 9 . b " c4 � " c 2 30.ttb3 � d4 � b6 3 5 . ttc3 �d7 36.h6 Cit'f7
31 .�a4 b3 32 . .§.d2 �c6 33-�a1 37.f4 �f6 38.�c4 �b6 39-�c2
a4 34.g4 a3 35.g5 b2 36.Jl, xb2 �d7 40 . .§. d 1 e " f4 4 1 .Jl,d4 g5
a"b2 37.� "b2 .§.ab8 38.�c3 Ab4 4 2 . Jl, c 1 tte5 4 3 . Cit' h 2 Cit'g6?
0-1 Two points for 20 . . . b5!.
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2 2 . Ac7 +- ) 2 2 . A x g 5 ± . 2 1 . J}.f8
•• 33.Eta6 Eic8 34.�e4 Eicc7 35.�f4
22.c4 f6 23.b4 Ete5 24.bxc5 Jl. xc5 h6 36 .\t>e4 g5 37. ftba 1 ftc8
25.ftab1 �d6 26.a4 a5 27.Etb5?J
Etae8 2 8 . Et eb l ? o 28 . §. bb l ;
2 8 . A x a 5?! §. x d S 2 9 . e x d 5 §. x e l +
30.Axel �eS! t . 28 . . . Et x e4? B oth
sides missed the shot 28 . . . Ae2! -+ .
29 . ft x b6 �e5 30. {) x f6+ �g7
3 1 . {) x e8+ � x eS 3 2 . fte6 Et x e6
33.fx e6 � x e6 34. ftb7+ �f8
3 5 . Et b 5 �e5 36. �f1 + �e8
37.�e1 Jl.e2 38. ft x c 5 1-0 Two
points for 1 9.f5!.
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Solutions
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Solutions
29 .4) xd3 h5! 30. §, x e4? 30.gxh6 takes black gains back a pawn and keeps
exd3 + . 30 ... §, xe4 3 1 . 4)c5 §.g4+ some other threats forci ng white for
3 2 .Cif]f2 h4 3 3 . E! x a4 E! x a4 new give ups." (Bologan in CBM 1 06)
34.4)xa4 h3 35.4)c5 §.g2+ 36.Cif]f3 24 . . .- � c7?! 2 5 . 4:'ld4 ;!; . 2 5 . � x c 2
E! x h2 37.4)e4 §.h1 38.Jl,d2 §.g1 25.§xc2?! 4:'lc5 f . 2 5... 4) xd5 26.Jl,d2
0-1 Three points for 24 . . . b5!. �aS! B lack has enough compensation
and his position is much easier to play
(T20.07) Pro p h y l a x i s , B l oc k a d e : than White's. This is important from a
1 9... 4)g8! A strong prophylactic move practical point of v i e w ! 27. §.be1
to stop White's play on the kingside and 27.4:'lf5 �xf5 28.gxf5 b4 29.\�k4 4:'lc3
to regroup B lack's forces. 20.Jl,e3 30 . .!hc3 bxc3 3 l . § d l §c8 32 .i&'b4
4)h6 21 .Cif]d2 Cif]d8 22.�f3 Cif]c7 § c6 t . 27 . . . b4 28.4)f5 Jl, x f5
2 3 . 4) h 3 §.af8 24.Jl, x h 6 §. x h6 2 9 .g x f5 4) c 3 30.Jl, x c3 b x c3
2 5 . �e3 §.fh8 2 6 . §.hg1 g6 31.§.dl? c d l .�d3 with counterplay.
2 7 . h x g 6 f! x g6 2 8 . 4) f4 §.gh6 31...4)c5 32.§. xd6 E!xe4 33.E!xe4
29.�f3 Jl,e8 30.4)h5 f5 3 1 .exf6 4) x e4 34. §. x a6? � x a6 35.� xe4
Jl,g6 32.§.ac1 Cif]b7 33.4)f4 Jl,e4 �a2 36.�e8+ Cif]h7 37.� xf7 �e2
34.�e3 E! x f6 3 5 . Jl x e 6 §.hf8 38.4)g1 �e4+ 39.f3 �xf5 40.�c4
36 . §.g4 � x a 3 37.f3 Jl. d3 �g5+ 4t .Cif]f2 �d2+ 42.4)e2 c2
38.� d3 f! x e6 3 9 . � x d 5 §.d6 43.h4 Jl,d4+ 44. Cif]g3 h5 45.f4
40. � x c4 � a 5 4 1 . 4) d3 4) x d4 �e3+ 46. �g2 Jl.c3 4 7. �b5 g6
42.§.f1 §.c8? 42 .. .4.Jf5=. 43.§.g7+ 48.f5 �e4+ 49.Cif]g3 Ae5+ 50.Cif]f2
�b8 � x f5 + 5 1 .Cif]g2 �e4+ 5 2 .�f2
Ad4+ 0-1 Four points for 24 . . . §xc2!!.
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18.b3 a5 19.Hfel Hb7 20.Hd3 f5 space better than B lack 's. 25 ... exd4
2l.exf6 gxf6 22.Hedl 'ltf4 23.Hf3 26.�xd4 .Q.g8 27.�c6 h6 28.'ltf4
�h6 24. 'ltc3 a4 25.b4 Hf7 26.a3 �e7 29. �f8 �g6 30. t\'b8 'lte6
f5 27.Hh3 'ltf8 28.�d6 Jl x d6 3 1 . Jl.f3 � e 5 3 2 . � x e 5 d x e 5
29.Hxd6 f4 30.Hh4 �g7 3l .�f3 3 3 . Jl.c6 � c 4 34.t\' x a 7 t\' x e2
�f6 3 2 . Hg4+ <tlh8 33.h4 Ha7 35.t\'xb6 Jl.c4 36.t\'c5 e4 37.b6
34.�dl h6 35.Hd4 d5 36.cxd6 e5 t\'dl+ 38.\t'h2 1-0 One point for
25.d4!.
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Solutions
33.� )(c3 �g7 34.�c7 aS 35.�fl change the strong Catalan bishop. His
.£) e7 36.�a 1 b5 37.t\'f2 t\'g6 advantage is based on the weak c-pawn
38.�d4 f6 39. �d6 1-0 One point and his pressure on the light squares.
for 1 3.h4!. 1 7 . �g4 Jl )( g 2 1 8 . � )( g 2 f5
1 9 . t\' h 5 �d5+ 20. -t\'(3 �fe8
(T2 0 . 1 5) Open i ng the P o s i t i o n : 2 1 . t\' )( d 5 .£) )( d 5 22 . .£) b5 .£)c4
31 ...d5!
23.�d4 a6 24. .£)a3 .£) )(a3 25.Jl)(a3
� )(c3 26.Jld6 �c2 27.�fl �ec8
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Score Chart
Of course, your score (or "Positional Elo") must be taken with a very large grain of
salt, as tactics play an extremely important role in chess.
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Solutions
Bibliography
There are many books that offer tactical exercises, but it is difficult to find works
with positional exercises. So if this has whetted your appetite, I suggest Excelling
at Positional Chess by Jacob Aagaard and Can you be a Positional Chess Genius
by Angus Dunnington. Of course, studying the games of Karpov or Kramnik will
also help develop your positional intuition.
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