Snyder R. M. - Sicilian 2 b3
Snyder R. M. - Sicilian 2 b3
Snyder R. M. - Sicilian 2 b3
(Snyder Sicilian)
Robert M. Snyder
National Master
Players Press
Los Angeles
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks are due to Mr. Snyder's students, Calvin Olson, Mark Long,
Roger Poehlmann, Herbert Faeth , and Joe Scherzinger for their
assistance in proofreading the original manuscript .
Diagrams were provided by Cyber Enterprises, Cerritos, California.
Analysis 10
Section I: Lines with an early Black N f6 II
Section 2: Lines with an early Black e6 followed by d5 17
Sect ion 3: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 e6 3 Bb2 d6 4 Nf3 19
Section 4: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N f3 21
Section 5 : Lines with I e4 c 5 2 b 3 Nc6 3 Db2 d 6 4 f4 Nc6 5 Nc3 23
Section 6: Lines with I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 e5 26
Section 7: Lines with an early Black d5 28
Section 8: Lines with an early Black b6 30
Games 32
I ndex of Games 1 22
Introduction
/11tmduuion !I
LI NE I
1 e4 c5 2 b3 N f6 3 e5 Nd5 4 llb2 Nc6 5 c4!? (5 Nf3 would t ranspose in to
Line 2) 5 N f4 6 g3 Ng6 7 f4 (The idea behind not playing 5 Nf3 becomes
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clear. The " f" pawn can now defend the "e" pawn)
LINE 2
I e4 c5 2 h3 Nc6 3 Ub2 e6 4 N f3 Nf6 5 e5 N d S
12 A ,,,�ysis
B) 6 l"4
Now B l ac k has t hree choices,
I) 6 Ndc7 7 d4 cxd4 8 Nxd4 NxcS (If
... 8 . Ng6 then 9 Nxc6)
. . 9 Nw(,
rxe(, 10 lheS Nc6 I I IJcJ
While's more active pieces and Black' s weak center pawns give White the
better game. If Black tries l l dS? then 12 cxd5! exdS 13 QhS+ g6? 14
•..
Qe2+.
2) 6 Nf4 7 gJ (A good alternative is 7 h4 with the idea of p l a y ing 8 h5
...
and at tacking the only square that Black's Knight can relrcal t o; Sec
GAME 1121 for continuation) 7 Ng6 8 Bg2 •.•
1 2 Kfl! and While stands bet t er. See GAME 1120 for cont inuat ion.
J) 6 Nc7 7.Nc3 Be7 (lf7 d6 t hen 8 cxd6 Bxd6 9 d4; See GAME # I IJ
... . . .
for continuation) 8,Nc4 0-0 9.nc1! allowing for t he possi ble Ud3-b I idea
and prevent ing Black from pl a yin g b5 or d5. While ha s t he freer game.
14 A lltl�ysis
liNE 3
I l'4 cS 2 h3 cl1 J Uh2 Nf6 4 eS NdS S NrJ Ue7 6c4 Nc7 (Afler 6 N f4 7 h4
. . .
d6 8 g3 Ng6 9 exd6 Bf6 10 Nc3 Nc6 While should cont inue with II Ilg2
where Ulack still cannot comfortably recover his pawn with II. Qxd6 . .
7...f6 ( If 7 0-0 lhen While gets a good game with 8 Ne4 Nc8 9 Qc2!; sec
. . .
GAME 1123 for continuation) 8 Ne4 heS 9 NxcS 0-0 10 d4! (For 10 (.)g4?
sec GAI\·IE 1124) IO...cxd4 I I Qxd4 Bb4 +
ll11alysis I5
1 2 llcJ (Also possible is 1 2 Ke2 !'? d6 13 Nd3 eS 14 Qe3 BaS 1 5 Rd1 and
White has more lhan enough compensal ion for his awkward K i n g posi
t ion due to his active pieces and Black's weak center pawns; for 1 2 Kdl?
see GAME 1125) 12 . . . Nc6 13 Nxc6 llxc3 + 14 Qxc3 bxc6 IS Nd6 wit h"
clear ad va nl a ge for White. See GAME 1126 for continuation .
I.INE 4
I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 llb2 N r6 4 eS NdS 5 N rJ
16 Analysis
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D) 5 ... g6 6 Uc4 N b6 7 BbS Bg7 ( I f 7. .. Qc7 to prevent the doubling of
pawns, t hen 8 0-0 Bg7 9 Rei 0-0 1 0 c4 ! and White stood better in
Snyder- McCambridge, Match, 1976) 8 Bxc6 bxc6 (If 8 ... dxc6 then 9 0-0
0-0 10 Rei Qc7 II h3 f6 12 c4 with the idea of 13 d4 ami White has a good
game) 9 d4 cxd4 10 Bxd4 and White has the freer game in the center.
C) S... NI"4 (• gJ Ne6 7 Ug2 (Also good for White, which may po�sibly
t ranspose i n t o the text, is 7 c3 dS 8 d4 g6 9 Bg2 Bg7 10 0-0 0-0 II Rei; sec
GAME #65 for continuation) 7 g6 8 cJ Bg7 9 d4 cxd4 10 cxd4 dS I I 0-0
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SECTION 2
UNES WITH AN EARLY BLACK e6 FOLLOWED BY dS
Black prepares for an early strike at the center by playing e6 followed
by d5. Black immediately obtains two pawns in the center and open lines
for his pieces.
White does best to exchange pawns on d5 and pin Black's Knight with
6 Bb5. White will often play on the open "e" file with his Rook and will
control e5 with his fianchettoed Bishop and King's Knight . The common
t hematic strike at Black's pawn center with d4 o ften comes into play
where in some cases Black may end up with an isolated "d" pawn a fter
White's "d" pawn is exchanged.
I e4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Bb2 dS
I.INE 2
6... f6? 7 0-0 Nge7 (To be considered was 7 8d6) 8 d4 cxd4 9 Nxd4 a(, 10
...
IJdJ and White has the better development and pawn structure. Sec
GAI\1E 1150 for continuation.
Analysis 19
L I NE 3 .
6 .. . lle6 7 0-0 N f6 8 d4 lle7 9 dxcS! 0-0 (After 9 . Dxc5 best is 1 0 Nd4) HI
. .
nxc6 bxc6 I I Qd4! and White is a full pawn up with a firm foo t hold on
t he center. Sec GAME 115 1 for continuation.
LINE 4
6 Nf6 7 0-0 De7 8 d4 Bg4 9 dxc5! 0-0 ( I f 9 . . . Bxc5 then 1 0 Qe l + is
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strong) 10 Bxc6 bxc6 1 1 b4 Ne4 1 2 QdJ Bf5 13 Nd4 and White is a full
pawn up.
SECTION 3
LI NES WITH 1 e4 c5 2 bJ e6 3 Bb2 d6 4 N fJ
I n Line 1 a fter 4 . . . a6 White may very well do best to play 5 d4 im
mediately striking at the center. Westerinen's 5 g3 is somewhat sl owe r
and White is unlikely to obtain much, if any opening advantage from it .
I n Line 2 a fter 4 . . . e5 Keres didn't have much di fficulty in getting t he
bcuer game . The second movement of the "e" pawn is too slow.
20 Analysis
I e4 cS 2 bJ e6 J Db2 d6 4 NfJ
. •
I': � I
point) 5 b6 6 d4 Db7 7 NcJ Nf6 8 Qe2 and White has more space in th e
...
.
. .
LINE 2
4 . eS 5 Bc4 (Also possible is 5 c3 with the idea o f 6 d4) 5 . lle7 6 0-0 Nc(t
. . ..
8 NdS! ami White's more active pieces give him the better game. Sec
GAI\·1E 1110 for continuation.
Analysis 21
LINE 3
4 N f6 S eS ( Best, all hough White got a good game after 5 Bd3 Nc6 6 0-0
.. •
Bc7 7 Re t Dd 7 8 Na3 0-0 9 c3; see GAME 11 1 3 for continual ion) S dxcS
•..
6 N xeS N bd7 7 f4! N xeS 8 fxeS Nd7 9 BdJ and White's lead in develoJ,_
ment, open lines and far better control of the center gives him a nice ad
vantage. See GAME 11 1 5 for continuation.
SECTION 4
LIN·� WITH I e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bbl e6 4 N rJ
In all three lines White does best to immediately sl rike al lhe cenler
wilh 5 d4. While seems to gel some edge in these lines.
I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 1Jb2 c6 4 N fJ
22 A 11alysis
LINE I
4 . a6 5 d4 cxd4 6 N xd4 N r6 7 lldJ dS 8 exdS exdS (if 8 . NxdS then
. . . .
9 0-0 is best) 9 0-0 Be7 10 N rS BdS 1 1 Dxf5 and White stands better hav
ing t he Dishop pair and Black having an isolated "d" pawn . See GAME
#34 for cont inuation.
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LINE 2
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-1 d6 5 d-1 (Somewhat slower but playable is 5 g3 Nf6 6 d3 Be? 7 Dg2 0-0
. . .
H O-Il where White ended up with a slight edge; see GAME #40 for con
tinuation) S cxd4 6 N xd4 N r6 (After 6 . . . Dd7 White does best to set a
.. .
r-.taroczy Bind type pawn formation with 7 c4 N f6 8 Nc3 QaS 9 Qu2 and
White's foothold on d5 and b5 gave him the better game; see GAME #42
for continuat ion) 7 Nxc6 bxc6 8 e5 Ne4 9 DdJ QaS + 10 Ke2!
A ""lysis 23
SECTION 5
In Line 3 White doesn't mind giving up a pawn to obt ain more than
enough posi tional compensation .
In Line 4 White builds a nice center and obtains good chances on the
Kingside in most cases.
.
Now Black has rour choices,
L I NE I
S .. . g6 (, UbS (Also to be considered is 6 Nd5 Bg7 7 Nxr6 + Dxr6 8 Bx f6
gxr6 9 Db5) 6 Bg7 7 Bxc6 + . or 7 Qe2 and White is slightly better.
•..
I.INE 2
5.. . Ug4 6 Uc2 lhc2 7 Qxe21 Nd4 8 Qd3 c6 9 Nf3 NxrJ + 10 Qxf3 and
White stands better. See GAME 1159 ror conti nuation.
I . I NE 3
S ...a6 6 Nf3 bS 7 Bd3 e6 8 0-0 c4 (8 .. . Ue7 was to be considered) 9 Ue2
( Not 9 bxc4? due to 9...bxc4 10 Dxc4 Qb6 +) 9 .. nb3 10 axb3 b4?! I I
.
Nn4 Nxe4 1 2 Nd4! and White will obtain more than enough compensa
tion for his sacri ficed pawn. See GAME #60 for cont i nuat ion .
A ualysis 25
I.INE 4
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s .ct, 6 NfJ
..
possible) IO .IIe7
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llxc6 hxc6 9 d.1; sec G AME 1161 for continuat ion) 8 0-0 0-0 9 Khl u6 10
lhl'(, llw(, II Qc2 nnd White is better. Sec GAME 1162 for continuation.
SECTION 6
LI NES WITH 1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Ub2 eS
One or the most dynamic ways for Black to play against the Snyder
Sicilian is where Black plays an early e5 . Black intends to rest rict the
'iCOpc or White's fianchettoed Bishop. White can o rrer his "r" pawn as a
gambit to reopen the diagonal and " f" rile. Black does best to accept the
gambit where White seems to have sufficient compensation for h is pawn .
Nh4 (If 7 . . Nxd5 t hen 8 Nxd5 Qxd5 9 1k4 favors White) 8 UbS + 1Jd7 9
.
Qc2 + and White's pieces give him the better game . See GAME 1166 for
continuation.
Analysis 27
LINE 2
4 . d6 5 f4 exf4 ( I f ntack declines the pawn with 5 . . . g6 t hen White ob
. .
tnins a good game with 6 Nf3 Bg7 7 Nd5) 6 NfJ N f6 (After 6 . . . Nge7 then
7 d4 is an i mportant consideration) 7 Nd5 (Opening up White' s lianchct
toed Dishop with attack on Black's Knight and "r' pawn)
BhS + Od7 I I Dxd7 + Kxd7 12 Ret and White easily has sufricient com
pensation for his pawn . See GAME 1173 for continuation .
28 A 11alysis
SECTION 7
I.I N ES WITI I A N I�AIU.Y BLACK dS
To st rike at the center early with d5 followed by recaptur ing on d5 wit h
t he Queen hasn't worked out well for Black i n practice. Bringing the
Queen out so early only results in the loss of t ime for Black.
LINE I
I c� l·S 2 hJ dS 3 cxdS QxdS 4 NcJ Qd8 5 r4 (This important move ga i n s a
foot hold on t h e important "e5" square and prevents Black from playing
cS) S ... N f(, (, Nf3 e6 7 N eS ami White has the better position. Black might
have wnsidcrcd developing his Knight t o c6 earlier. See GAME 1175 for
coni inuat ion.
A t�alysis 29
I.INE 2
1 1.'4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Ub2 dS 4 exdS QlldS S Nc3 QeS + (5 . . . Qd8 is bcller) 6
Qc2! Qu2 + 7 Nglle2
SECTION 8
LINES WITH A N EARLY BLACK b6
Until recently an early b6 was unheard or for the most part. It doesn't
promote much in the way o r Queenside activity which is a common
theme in the Sicilian.
l.INE I
I c4 l'S 2 hJ b(, 3 Uh2 Ub7 4 NcJ Nc6 5 f4 e6 6 NfJ Nf6 7 l'5 ami White got
t he upper hand winning in only 1 5 moves. See GAME 113 rur continua
t ion.
I.I NE 2
1 e4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Db2 b6 4 NfJ Db7 5 NcJ d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 DbS + Nc6
(7 Nd7 was to be considered) 8 Nxd4 Nge7 9 NdS! Rc8 1 0 QhS! and
. . .
London, 185 1
White - Kieseritzky Black - Anderssen
1 c4 cS 2 bJ Ndt J llb2 a6 4 a4?! (This is an overreaction to the poss ibili t y
of ntack playing b5; 4 Nf3 would have been better) 4 e6 5 NfJ d(, (/\
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good alternative would have been the more aggressive 5 . . . d5) 6 Nc3 Nfll
7 �Je2 lle7 8 0-0 0-0 9 d4 cxd4 10 Nxd4 Qb6!
been be tt er) 17 . . . Ng4 18 RfJ? (White is still under the illusion t hat he
would be building up an attack; 1 8 Qf3 was more prudent) 18 . Qa7 + . .
GAME 2
In recent games White has not had much success with 3 Bb5 + . The ex
change of Bishops gives Black a comfortable game.
Buenos Aires, 1978
White - Lein lllack - t•otugaevsky
I r4 l'5 2 hJ d6 3 DbS + ( I t is betler to cmui nuc 3 Db2 Nl'6 4 Nc 3) J lhl1
...
\ttcriricc; simple and good was 7 Qe2) 7 g6 (After 7 . axb5 8 Nxb5 Nxc4
••• ..
i1 is Joubt ful that White has su fficient compensation for his pawn minus)
H llh2 a'b5 9 NxbS Dg7 10 0-0 0-0 1 1 Qel eS (Gaining a firm foothold on
"d4") 1 2 d3 Nc6 13 a4 Re8! (By defending the "e" pawn Black frees the
"d" pawn for a center strike) 1 4 Rfd 1 dS 15 Nd2 Dh6 1 6 exd5 Nxd5 1 7
Nc4 l�c6 1 8 g3 Qd7 19 R e i Rae8 2 0 Qf3 Nd4 2 1 Dxd4 exd4 22 lhe6 Rn(•
2J K�2 11�7! (This prepares support for a possible future . . . Nc3 an d
allows for ntack's 25th move) 24 h4 (This weakens White's King side
·
would have hccn slightly better) 36 1�e4 37 Qf6 Qd7 (Black avoids a
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GAME 3
White's Knight move comes like a bolt from the blue exposing Black\
f\ing to a winning attack.
USA 198 1
White- Root Black - Adam
1 c4 c5 2 h3 b6 3 Ob2 Bb7 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 f4 e6 6 N f3 N f6 7 e5 Nd5 8 Nxd5
l'xciS 9 d4 (Threatening 10 dxc5 where lllack's "d" pawn would hang; it
j, dil"ficnll lo imagine t hat Blnck will resign in just seven move,!)
9 . . .d(, 10 UhS a6 1 1 Dxc6 + Uxc6 12 0-0 f6? (Th i s will expose Ulad '\
King t o attack along the "e" file and "h5-e8" diagonal) 13 ed6 g:d6?
( 1 3 Qx f6 would have been better) 14 dxcS dxcS-
. . .
IS N 5!
g (Exposing Black's King to attack , White t h reat en s 1 6 Qh5 + for
starters;Dlack decided not to try and rind the best way to d elay the end
and lherefore took t he easy wny out) UI.ACK nESJ(;NS.
36 GIIII/CS
GAME 4
Black obtains three pawns for a piece out of the opening, but slo wly
IOJes them, one by one until he goes into a dead lost endgame.
Moscow, 1980
White - Popivoda Black - Medyanikova
I c4 l'5 2 b3 Nf6 3 e5 NdS 4 Db2 Nc6 5 c4 (The main alternative is 5 NrJ)
S ... Nf4 (, �:l N�6 7 f4 d6 8 8g2 Nb4 (White planned to meet 8 . ..dxe5 with
lJ Bx�:6 + ) 9 Dc4 ( Preventing both 9 . . . Nd3 + and 9 . .. Bf5) 9 dxe5 10 rs
.•.
l2 ... C(I 1 3 hg6 rs 14 8g2 Nxc4 15 bxc4 hxg6 16 d3 ( Black has three pawns
for hi<; piece, hut holding onto them is a different story!) lft Uc7 17 Nd2
.••
GAME S
Stmssky grabs what may appear to be a dangerous pall'n, opening Ill'
fines .for the opponent. However, Spassky lras things ll'ellunder control
allll soon counter attacks on tire Queenside.
Buenos Aires, 1978·
While - Spassky Dlack - lleberl
1 r4 l'5 2 h3 d(, 3 Ub2 a6 4 f4 Nc6 5 NfJ e6 6 �J (The straight forward
lkvdopmclll of the Knight with 6 Nc3 i!i also playable) (, ... NI"(, 1 l·5 (Th�·
"c" paw11 wi l l be used to con!itrict Black ; a common theme in scveralol
t he main lines of the "Snyder Sicilian") 7 . . . dxe5 8 hl'S NA4 ( l ine
R ... Nd5 was to be considered) 9 Qe2 hS (To secure the Knight after the
natural N-h6-f5 manuever) 10 1Jg2 Nb4 I I NaJ (For the m o me nt defen
ding the "c" pawn , but Spassky plans to bring the Knight to c2 where the
h:ni!!hl will he well situated) I I . . . Ud7 ( Planning to b r i ng the Bishop onhl
1 he long h l -a 8 diagonal where it will challenge White's po te nt iall y act i' l'
Bi sho p ) 1 2 hJ Nh6 13 cJ (Driving Black' s Knight back while ope n ing up
c2 for White's Knight) I J .•.NdS 14 0-0 1Jc6 I S Nc2 QM? (The Que en
ends up out o f play; 15 ... Nf5 would have been bel ler) 1(, l'4! (Blocking
1 he possible a�lvance of Black's "c" pawn while d ri vi ng Black·.., Knight
f10111 the center) I(, . . . Nb4 11 Nxh4 Qxb4 18 NgS! (Opening line'> lor
White's p ie ces and preparing t o post the Knight st rongly on e4)
IH ... l h �2 19 Kxg2 ne7 20 Ne4 0-0-0 ( Here 20 . . . Nf5 wo uld have been hl'l·
ler) 21 lid Qh6 22 QxhS! ( Wh ile will demonstrate that Bhtl'k dOl''ll'l
have Cllough co mpe nsat ion for h i s pawn) 22 Qc6 23 nal'l N fS 24 QfJ
.••
(Removing the pin on his cent ralized Knight) 24 . . . Kb8 25 a4 l�h6 2(, N r2
Wh n l l cngi ng Black's Queen along the long diagonal) 26 . . . 1(�(, (Plan n ing
lo lllect 27 Qxc6? with Rxg3 +) 27 Ng4! Qc8 (Black wants to a v o i d a
Queen Iradc be i n g a pawn down) 28 Qe4 Rh8 29 l(fJ IUtS 30 l(dJ ()l'8 31
1�h l (With Black's pie ce s t ied up on the K ingside White prepares to at·
l at:k on the other wing) 3 1 ...Kc8 32 h4!
38 Games
RESIGNS.
GAME 6
White's Rook gets into early trouble in the game becoming a11 easy
tar.�et for Black.
USSR, 1979
While - Gurgenidze Black - Chechelian
I r4 l'5 2 h3 d6 3 llb2 e5 4 f4 (Gufeld suggests 4 Bb5 +; it is less commit·
t i ng for White to play 4 Nc3 Nc6 and then 5 f4) 4...cxr4 5 N rJ Nr6 6
UhS + '? (This only helps Black to develop; 6 NcJ would have been bet ter)
6 ... Ud7 7 lhd7 + N bxd7 8 0-0 De7 9 N h4 ( With the idea of playing NfS
;md to nllow for the recovery of White's pawn, Black would stand better
regard less of what White played here) 9 . . .g6 10 Na3 (Not the greatesr
hl\:ation for t he Knight , but White didn 't want to block his fianchettoe�
Bi-.hop) 10 . .. 0-0 I I ll:d4 NcS ! (Dlack doesn't want to risk exposing hi�
�ing wit h ll...g5; I I. . . Nh5 would also be met by 12 N f5 ! t h re a t en i ng Jj
Nh 6 mate) 12 Nr3 (To meet Black's threat of 1 2. .. Nh5 , but now White'�
Rook i'i cut off) 1 2 . . . N h5 13 Dxe5 dxe5 1 4 Rg4 Kh8 (Unpinning Black' �
"g" pnwn in preparation for f5 , attacking White's exposed Rook)
IS Qc 2 (If 1 5 Nxe5? then . . . Qd 4 + ) 15 . . . f5! 1 6 ed5 gd5 1 7 Qxe5 + ?
(The Rook had to be moved, though things still looked had for \\'hill'
regardless) 1 7 ... 1U6 IH Q:dS Ng7 (Attacks the Queen while gelling the
Knight out o f attack; now White's Queen and Rook hang) 19 Qc4 thai
20 d ( White's last hope is to try and trap and win Black's Bishop while
seek ing attacking chances on the Kingside) 20. . . Qd7! 21 Rh4 Qf5 (This
puts a stop to most of White's attack on the Kingside and the Queen will
aid the almost trapped Dishop) 22 Qel Bb2 23 Nc4 Qc2 24 hJ ltac8 (It
'
wou ld be premature to attempt to trade Queens with 24 . . . Qc l ? due to 25
Nxb2 Qxb2 26 Ng5) 25 Qf2 Bet 26 Kh2 b5 27 Nd6 Rd8 28 Ne4 Bxd2!
(This will result in an easily won endgame where Black is a piece ah e ad)
29 Nexd2 RdJ 30 QxfJ Qxd2 31 Qe4 Qd6 + 32 Khl h5 33 Qe2 Re8 34
l�e4 lbe4 35 Qxe4 a6 (Securing the Queenside pawns) 36 g4 hxg4 37 hxg4
Nc(, 38 Qf5 Kg7 39 a4 b4 40 cxb4 cxb4 4 1 Qf3 Nd4 42 W I I ITE
IU:St(;NS.
GAME 7
White makes the typical mistake of trading Knights by capturing on
c6. As a result Black obtains good play in the center and Queen.'iide, ob
laining enormous pressure on White's Queenside pawns.
ll)'dgoszczy, 1980
While - Jurczynska Ulack - Erenska-Radzewska
ll•4 cS 2 b3 d6 3 llb2 N f6 4 N c3 Nc6 5 N f3 (Here it would have been bet
ter to play 5 f4) 5 . . . e6 ( Black misses an opportunity to play 5 . . . e5 where
White would have di fficulty attacking Black's strong pawn cent er) 6 d4
CXd 4 7 Nxd4 Be7 8 Bel a6 9 N xc6 ? (This gives Black a st ron ger pawn
center in the ncar future as well as good play on the Queensidc; here 9 0-0
"-'oulu have been better) 9...bxc3 10 Qd3 dS (The thematic move, permit
�d by Wh ite' s 9th move) 1 1 exdS cxdS 12 0-0 0-0 13 Rad l llb7 14 110
l'7
(Black begins building up on the Queenside)
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15 Nc2 lUcK 1 6 QcJ (This will result in the loss o f t ime however, White
hall no comfortable way of defending his "c" pawn) 16 .•.Qb8 17 Qd2
aS! (Activating his Queen Rook and beginning a minority atlack against
While's Queenside pawns) 18 Rcl a4 19 Bat h6 20 gJ Nd7 (Effectively
opening up t he d8-h5 diagonal for the Bishop; Black threatens 21 Bg5 !)
. . .
of a pawn) 32 KhJ Rbxh3 33 cxb3 Rxcl 34 Rh2 Qb4 (Blocking the ad
\'ance of the passed "b" pawn while locating t he Queen on an active at
lading pos t ) 35 fS (Desperation; with a pawn down and a bad position
Whi t e allcmpts to obtain some counter play) 35 . . . exrs 36 QeS Ne4 37
()'\1'5 N�5 + 38 Kg2 Qel 39 WHITE IU:SIGNS.
GAME S
This game certainly had enough errors. In between the errors t here
are actually a few interesting parts to the game.
Israel , 1 975
While - Czerniak Black - Slein
1 c4 c5 2 b3 d6 3 Db2 N f6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 g3 (The recommended move here
i� 5 f4) 5 . . . c(t (» llg2 De7 7 Nge2 0-0 8 0-0 Bd7 9 d4 cxd4 10 Nxd4 Nxd4 II
Qxd4 Ucft 12 IUd l ? ! (Shamkovich suggests 12 a4 a6 13 Qd3 wit h t he idea
or Nc2-d4; this cer t a inly looks like a better idea than the text whil:h end\
up giving Dlack a good position) 1 2 Qc7 13 Rd2 (13 a4 here or next
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l(t ltcl h4 17 Ne2 e5 1 8 Ncl d5! (Taking the upper hand i n t he center a\
well) 19 cxd5 N xd5 20 Qe2 (Not 20 Qxe5? due to . . . Or6) 2 1 . . . f(,? (IIere
Black misses his orport unity to play 20 ... Nc3! due to 21 Bxd llxg2) 21
lll·4 UI'H ( No w Black cannot play 21... Nc3 due to 22 Qc4 1 ; Black no"
has ser io us problems with t he pins on his Knight) 22 ltcd l ltd7 23 (Jl'"'
l�:uiH 24 Nd3 Ub5 25 Nc5! Qc6 (Certainly not 25 ... Bxc4? as Black lmc�
mudt m at er ia l arter 26 Nxb7) 26 Dxh7 + ? (White w ou ld arter o b ta i n ed
111orc t ha n enough material for his Queen after 26 Nxd7! Bxc4 27 NxfR
llh5 2R a4!) UJ . . . Kxh7? (Black s ho u ld have played 26 ... Kf7) 27 (Je"' +
(The idea of t h e Bi s ho p sacrifice; to get the Queen out of allack w it h at
lack on Black's King, giving White time to capture with his Kn ight)
27 .. . f5 (To remove the Queen attack on Black's Kn ight) 28 Qxf5 + KgH
2 9 N xd7 Rxd7 30 Qxe5 N f6 3 1 lhd7 Nxd7 (White has emerged w ith a
Rook a nd three pawns for a Knight and Bishop, though Black still ha\
\oJnc f i g h t lert ) 32 Qf5 a6 33 Ue I Qd6 34 Qe6 + Qxe(t 35 lh e(J Nc5 J(,
nl's Kn 37 Ud5 Uc6 38 Ud2? (The Rook is a target here; 38 Rd4 was hct-
1 l'r pla11
ni ng to meet . . . Ne4 w i th 39 Rc4 Oc5 40 Bd4) 38 . . . Nc4 39 HdJ
(Now not 39 Rd 4 due to . . . Bc5) 39 . . . Nc5 40 Rd2 (S t i ll 40 Rd4 was better)
-'11 ... llr-''! ( Blm:k should have continued with 40... Nc4) 4 1 fJ! Ugt,
( 41 ... B.x f3? would be met by 42 Rf2) 42 Kfl aS 43 Ke2 a4 44 Kd I axhJ
(44...a3 would have increased Black's chances for counter play) 45 axhJ
Ur7 46 lieS Ne6 47 h4 Bf6 48 Rd7 + Ke8 49 RdS DxeS 50 RxeS Ke7 51
HdS (The tempt ing 5 1 Rb5? is met by . . . Bxc2 + !) 51 . . . De8 52 Kd2 llc6 53
l�cl3 Nc7 54 cJ (Forcing a passed pawn) 54 bxcJ + 55 KxcJ BLACK
•••
I U·:si(;NS.
GAME 9
White makes an unsound pawn sacrifice early in the game and then
ul/oll'.<> his opponent to sacrifice a Knight leading to the win of material.
Torremolinos, 1974
While - Westerinen Black - Bellon
I l'"' c5 2 N fJ l-6 3 bJ d6 4 Bbl a6 5 g3 (The most direct move here is 5 d4;
the text move is somewhat slower) S b6 6 d4 Bb7 7 NcJ Nf6 8 dS ( I t
...
wnuld have been more flexible to defend the " e" pawn with 8 Qe2)
8 . . . r:\d5 9 exdS Nbd7 10 Bgl? (White should have played 1 0 Qe2 +
followed by II 0-0-0) 10 Q xe7 + ! 1 1 Ne2 ( I f II Qe2 Qxe2 + 1 2 Kxe2
..•
Nf4 i m med iat e ly then . . . Bxd l 1 7 Rxe3 Bxc2, s o the "c" pawn i s first ad
vanced) 16 . .. Ne5 17 N f4 Ng4! (Threatening mate with 1 8 . ..Qf2 o r
I H ... Nxh2) 18 U.e2 U xe2 + 1 9 Qxe2 Nxh2 + 20 Ke l QxgJ + 2 1 Qf2 Ue8 +
22 Nc2 Qd2 + 23 Kxf2 (White wo uld have done well t o resign he re , o
L'\L'II a lillie earlier) 23 . . .Ng4 + 24 Kcl Uc7 25 Ud1 llh4+ 26 Kd2
llgS+
, .. •
• ) ... • " ' "' , .,., "'"' •<•·7 Jn WIIITF tn:su;Ns.
... • "
GAME 10
White gets the advantage early in the opening and wins a JJCIII'II. ll'hitc
r/u'll en:\·
in the endgame allowing his opponent to dra w.
Moscow, 1973
White - Keres IJJack - Tukmakov
1 c4 l·5 2 Nf3 e6 3 h3 d6 4 Ub2 e5 5 Uc4 (Also playable is 5 c3 with t he idea
of 6 d4) 5 . . . 11e7 6 0-0 Nc6 7 Nc3 (Once again 7 c3 Nf6 8 Rei with the idea
pf 9 d4 was to be considered) 7 . . . 11g4 R NdSl (Posting the Knight activl'l�
a11d allowing for t he c3 fo llo weLI by d4 idea) 8 . . . Nf(, (If H .. . Nd4 thl'll 'J
(l-;d4 cxd4 10 c3! attacking Olack 's pawn center) 9 lte l Nxd S 10 lhdS 0-11
II d 11£6 (With t he idea of hindering White from gel l ing 12 d4 in) 12 h.l
UhS 1 3 Qe2 (To be considered was 1 3 g4 Bg6 1 4 d4) 1 3 . . . Qd7? (\Va� thi'
a bl un der or i ntended to be a sacri fice? ; at any rate it turns out to be un
'ound)
J I Kc2'! (Th is is where White goes wrong, he should first drive Black·,
J.;ing to an i n ferior location with 3 1 Rd8 + Kh7 and then play 32 Ke2 Rb6
JJ Kd2) 3 1 . . . K f8(Now Black's King can be used more actively) 32 Uh7
ll:\2 + JJ KrJ l�b2 34 g3 Ke8 35 r4 ( Keres suggests 35 f3 as a possibilty)
J5 Rg2 36 KrJ l�c2 37 r5 Rei 38 Ke3 Rg l 39 Kr2 Re i 40 KrJ Rfl + 4 1
...
1\�-:2 ( ntack 's act ive Rook and White's easily allacked pawns have
(ll"l'\'l'ntcd Wh i te from making any progress with his extra pawn )
DI�A \\'N
GAME 11
/llack misses several good opportunities to further his attack and plays
too s/owfl'. ll'hite then wins Black 's back ward "d" pawn and goes in t o a
l•."night l'.<i. /Jislwp ending.
Moscow 1969
While - Holmov lllack - Tukmakov
lt·4t· S 2 NrJ e6 3 b3 d6 4 Bb2 N r6 5 NcJ (The recommended move here h
.'i l'5) 5 11c7 6 llh5 + Nbd7 7 d4 cxd4 8 Qxd4 0-0 9 0-0-0 (White plays
. ..
,1Jarply with the idea of keeping pressure on Black's "d" pawn and h:..·:
ing a rirm foothold on the center; Black will obtain good attacking
d1ancc\ on the Queenside as compensation) 9 e5 10 QeJ QaS 11 Kh1?
. .•
1 rhi� is too slow; Wh it e would have done better to prepare a good retreat
for hi� Bishop with II Rhe l a6 1 2 Dfl ) tl...a6 12 llc4 b5 13 NdS Nxd5 1 4
lhcl5 U h H 1 5 lid? (This only gives Black more t ime to build up ) 1 5 h4
.. .
GAME 12
Just when things started getting interesting a draw was token by repeti
tion of position.
Eksjo, 1973
White - Czerniak Black - Schmidt
1 e4 t•5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ d6 4 Db2 N f6 5 NcJ Nc6 6 d4 (6 Bb5 was to be con
sidered) 6 . . . cxd4 7 Nxd4 e5 (There was nothing wrong with the simple
7 . . . Be7) 8 Nxc6 (This gives Black more play in the center with his pawns
and more opportunities on the Queenside. However, t he alternative, 8
Nde2 didn't offer much more; White will obtain a lead in development
for a while) 8 . . . bxc6 9 Dc4 Be7 10 Qd2 (White could have saved himsel f
some time with I I Qe2 where then 1 2 0-0 with the idea of playing f4
would have been a serious consideration) 10 0-0 1 1 0-0-0 Ue6 1 2 Uxc(,
. • •
he6 13 Qe2 (This is where the Queen should have been located on move
10!) IJ Rc8 14 Kb1 (Both sides consolidate their King position)
...
16 eS! BxeS 1 7 RxeS! dxe5 18 QdJ (The idea behind White's last two
moves; he threatens the Bishop on d7 and mate on h7 which lead to a
winning attack) 18 . . . Rfd8 19 Qxh7 + Kf8 20 c4 (Defending the Knight on
b5 while threatening Black's "e" pawn; White will now slowly bring his
Rook to join the attack) 20. . . Nc6 21 Rei f6 22 ReJ Nd4 23 Qh8 + ! (Forc
ing mate; if 23 . . . K f7 24 Bg6 + Kxg6 25 Rg3 + K f5 26 Qh7 + etc.)
ULACK RESIGNS.
GAME 14
Nothing seems to materialize for either side resulting in a n ice quiet
draw.
Helsinki, 1972
While - Westerinen IJiack - Schmid&
I e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ d6 4 Bb2 N f6 S eS dxeS 6 NxeS N bd7 7 Nxd7 (7 f4! is
48 Games
GAME 15
White obtains a cramping pawn on e5, greatly restricting Black 's ac
til·ity and controlling the important d6 and j6 squares.
USA, 1975
While - Vukcevic Ulack - t•eters
I �4 rS 2 N I'J �(, J h3 d6 4 Uh2 N f6 5 eS dxe5 (, NxeS N hd7 7 1'4 ! ( I ncreas
i n g control over t he eS square rather than exchanging on d7) 7 . . . Nxc5 H
fwS Nd7 (Threatening 9 . . . Qh4 + following by 1 0 . . . Qe4 + ) 9 lld 3 !.!(,
(The simple development of the Bishop by 9 . . . Be7 is met by 1 0 0-0 0-0 I I
()h5 w i th extreme pressure on Black's Kingside) 10 NaJ (White intends t o
develop t he Knight to the strong c4 post where it will defend the "c"
pawn again and have the possibility of going into d6) 1 0 ... a6 It 0-0
( \\'h i t e n o t only gets his King out of 1 he center but begins t o obt ain
" rung p re ssur e on the open " f" fil e) l t . .. N b6 1 2 Qf3 ( Thr eat en ing
n l ;lll') 1 2 . . . ()L·7 13 lle4 (I ncreasing pressure on d5 a nd t h e " b " pawn
· l , i l · · : d l 1 1 w i n P ff l r the " I I " pawn t o advance) B . . . lthR 1 4 d4 11�7 1 5 ()1'2
Games �9
(AI Iacking t he "c" pawn a second t ime with t he goal of even t ually forc
i ng Black's K n ig ht away from by to allow White to get Nc4 i n ; i f ntm
1 5 . . . cxd4 16 Bxd4 and White's Knight enters c4 when lllack ' s K n i g l 1 1
moves) 15 ... 0-0 1 6 dxc5 Nd7 17 Nc4
GAME 16
White builds up a nice position and Black obtains weak pawns. Then
on move 1 7 White errs giving everything away.
l.one l,ine, 1 977
While - Lombardy Black - Balasov
I e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 b3 Nf6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Db2 lle7 6 g3 (6 c4 is the recommend-
ed move) 6 . . . Nc6 7 llg2 0-0 8 0-0 f6?! (8 . . . d6 is stronger) 9 c4 ( Driving t h e
K night away from its central post) 9 . . . Nb6 ( I f 9 . . . Ndb4 then White
would obtain a good game with 10 d4! ta k ing the upper hand in t hl'
l·cnt cr) 10 d4 ncl4 I I ed6 Dd6 1 2 Nxc14 d5 13 cxdS ( Giv in g Black t hl· in
ferior pa w n s t ruct ure) 13 ... Nxd5 14 Nxc6 bxc6 I S lld6 Q:d6 16 Nd2
50 Games
I L . IIa(, 1 7 Nc:4? (Putting a pin on his own Knight which will soon be a
t a rgl"l of a t l ac k ;
the Knight should have been used more actively with 1 7
Nc4! a t l add ng the Queen and covering more i m po r tant squares)
17 . . . 1�ad8 18 Qel Nb6 19 Rd l Rd4 20 Qe2 (White is tied down derend ing
h i-; pin ned Knight which doesn't permit him to take advantage o r Ulad ' s
w e ak pawns) 20. � .eS 2 1 Rfel DRAW N.
. .
GAME 17
Whereas in GA ME 16 Black wasfortunate to obtain a draw, IJiaC"k im
pnJI'es 011 move 8, demonstrating an easy way to obtain equality when
l l 'hite JJ/ays 6 gJ. ; { r $
LC)ne Pine , 1977
White
- Lombardy lllack - lteshevsky
I l"4 l'5 2 N r3 c6 3 h3 Nf6 4 eS NdS 5 Dbl lle7 6 g3 Nc6 7 llt=l 0-0 8 0-0 d(t!
1 \\' i t h t h i.." idl.." a o r exchanging o rr the backward "d" pawn whkh caused
prohkms for Dlaek in GAME 1 6) 9 exd6 Qxd6! (Black intends to usc h i s
·
Bishop to challenge White's fianchettoed Bishop along the a l h8 ·
-
GAME 18
JJ/ack allo ws his pawns to become targets in the center. White sacrUic
ed a piece for one of the pawns which resulted in the win of Black 's
Queen .
Biel, 1980
While - Werner Black - Maier
I e4 l'5 2 N f3 l-6 3 b3 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 8b2 8e7 6 g3 0-0 7 Ug2 Nl·(, 8 0-0
1'(,'! ! 9 Nc3 (9 c 4 as in GAME 1 6 is stronger) 9 Nc7 (There was no need
•.•
for t h i s retreat ; 9 Nxc3 would have been good avoiding the loss of t i me)
. . .
Black's Queen and mate!) 20 . 1Jf6 2 1 Rxd8 Raxd8 (After 21 . Dxc3 2:!
.. . .
GAME 19
White takes advantage of his superior pawn structure to win in the
endxame.
Palo Alto, 1981
While - Snyder lllack - (;ardinu
I t•4 t•5 2 hJ Nt·6 3 llb2 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 N f3 e6 6 c4 Nc7 7 Nl'J d6 (7 . l k7 . .
j, nllll� l"ll l ll nllln here) 8 exd6 Jlxd6 9 d4 0-0 10 �3? ! (A nit il:a l part of I hL·
np�n i ng ; a better and more simple move was 1 0 Ue2 where the Bishnp
would have had the opportunity to get to the h l -aS diagonal on f3 i r
Black was to play as he did in the game; 1 0 Ne4 ! ? with
the idea of get ting
1 h� Bi�hor pair and Queenside pawn majority was to be considered b u t
Blad would have obtained good piece act ivity a fter I O . . cxd4 I I Nxd6
.
14 Qxd8 lhd8 1 5 Ne4 (Not I S Bg2 due t o . . . Dxf2 + ! 1 6 Kxf2 Rd2 -t win
ning a pawn and obtaining a Rook on t he seventh rank) 15 ... 1Jd4? ( Bcl l L'r
\\ ouiJ have been I S . . Db4 + with about even chances) 16 1Jxd4 lhd4 17
.
llg2 Bd7 18 NrS! (Posting the Knight actively while giving Dlack i sola t ed
<)UL'L'n'id� pawns) 18 11c6 1 9 1Jxc6 bxc6 20 Rd l ! ( Preventing lllat:k
.•.
1 1 11 1 1 1 d1Hlli n a 1 ing the open Queenrile wit h his Rooks) 20 Rae8? ( Dia d;
. . •
r r P \ \ obt a i n s t h r ee very weak pawns; 20. . . Rad8 would have been bel lcr)
:?. t lhcl4 cxd4 + 22 Kd2 Nd1 23 lte l ( P i n n i ng Blad 's K n ight a mi prepar
r u g to give Black a fourth weak pawn !) 23 .•. Kf8 24 N xd6 fxe6 (The King
a nd Paw n ending would have been quite lost after 24 . . . Rxe6 25 Rxe6
l\l'6 26 K d J �.:5 27 b4! or if 26 . . . e5 t hen 27 f4)
25 neS! (The Rook can easily allack Black 's art i ficially isolated pawn'
and k eeps t hem sep a ra t ed) 2S . . . Kc7? ( llet ter would have been 25 . . . K f7 t o
meet 26 Ra 5 w i t h . . . Re7) 26 lbS nuB 2 7 Kd3 ( Now t he King i s brought i n
t o a t t ac k and win Black's weak " d " pawn) 2 7 Kf6 2 8 £4 h6 2 9 Kxd4 �5
.•.
30 l(a6 gxf4 3 1 gxf4 Rd8 + 32 Ke3 (With an easy win in hand White
�elects the sarest method allowing the least counter play ror Blac k )
3 2 . . . 1M I 3 3 lhc6 R h l 3 4 Ra6 Rxh2 3 5 Rxa7 eS ( Black would have done
well to Resign here; t here is nothing to prevent the marching or t he th ree
con nected p assed pawns) 36 Ke4 gxf4 37 Kxf4 Ke6 38 lb6 + Kd7 39 Kt•S
Kc7 40 KdS Kh7 41 Re6 Rhl 42 KcS hS 43 Rh6 h4 44 KbS hJ 45 l(h7 +
K b8 46 h4 h2 47 a4 Kc8 48 aS Kb8 49 a6 Kc8 50 Kc6 l(d I 5 1 lhh2 KhH 52
h5 I(� I 53 l(h8 + Ka7 54 b6 + Kxa6 55 lb8 MATF..
GAME 20
White uses a well calculated pawn sacrifice to trap an enemy piece.
Palo Allo, 198 1
White - Snyder Black - Mcrado
I c4 cS 2 b3 N6 3 Ub2 e6 4 N f3 N f6 5 eS NdS 6 c4 N £4 7 g3 (Also playable
i<; 7 h4 as in GAME 2. 1 ) 7 . . . Ng6 8 Ug2 d6 9 exd6 Qxd6? ! ( I t would have
been bette r to pl ay 9 . . . e5 blocking out White's Bishop and prevelll ing 1 0
d4) 10 cl4 (The natural rrecing move i n this variation) I O . . . t·xd4 II N \11�
()cS + 1 2 Krt ! (Threat ening to w i n immediately with 1 3 Nxc6) 12 .. . 1hl 7
( The immediate 1 2 . . . Nxd4 was to be considered) 13 Qd2 (Threatening I�
Nxc6 again) 13 ... N xd4 14 Qxd4 Qxd4 I S Uxd4 (White's act ive Bishop'
Put st rong pressure on Black's weak Queenside pawns and White has the
Queenside majority)
54 Games
l 5 o o ol'S J (, Ud 0-0-0? (The pawn sacri fice l luns out to be unsound; hcll cr
11 mdll have bee n 1 60 Dc6 where White wou lll have mai ntaincc.J his ado
0 0
d ru m up some play for his pawn he posts his Rook where it becomes a
t a rget) 19 Nd5 f5 20 hJ DhS
Dortmund, 1980
While - Cuartas Dlack - Hess
1 c4 c5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ N f6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Db2 Nc6 6 c4 N f4 7 h4 (With the idea
o r altacking g6, the only retreat post for Black's Knight) 7 . . . h5 ( I f
7 . . . Qc7 then K h 5 1 threatening 9 g3 winning the Knight) 8 g3 N gf• 9 U�-:2
Qc7 10 0-01 (White sacri fices his "e" pawn to obtain d o min a t io u of t h e
center and a lead i n development) JO Ngxc5 I I Nxe5 Nxe5 12 d4 cxd4
.••
1 3 Qxd4 Ng4 14 NcJ (White has completed his minor piece development
and is well positioned to begin his assault on Black ; therefore Black at
tempts to complicate matters with an unsound sacri fice) 14 . . . 11r5 15
(} xg7 Qx�J (Threatening mate in one; White must play exact ly)
G AME 22
White makes one error after another until he finally allo ll"s himse(( to
get mated.
lJSA, 1979
White - <.:ostigan lllack - nhode
I c4 r5 2 NfJ c(, 3 bJ Uc7 4 Ub2 N f6 5 eS NdS 6 c4 Nf4 7 h4 dft K g3 Nl-(f• •J
cxdft Uf(• 10 NcJ Nl-6 ( 1 0 . . . Qxd6 would be met strongly by I I Nc4) I I
N�-t5'! ( I- l oping for Black to go pawn grabbing with I I . . . B.xg5 1 2 ll\)!5
()xg5? 1 3 Nc4 Qd8 [if 13 . . . Qf5 thcn 14 Ud3 ! ] 14 Uxg7; White would h :I \ L"
56 Games
\\' h i l l: ' \ J..: night from entering f4 a fter h5 is played) 1 9 g4? (White ha� ii
Jn,iom o f a n a t t ack on Black where 19 . . . f5 would be met by 20 g4; 19 h5
" Ptdd haw �t i l l heen beIter)
1 1J . . . e� ! (Opening up lines for Black's pieces and preparing for the lll'\1
nHn·c) 20 Qxe4 f5! (Black continues to open more lines directed at
\\ ' h i l l' ' , J..: ing) 2 1 Qc2 fxg4 22 Qxg6 gxh3 23 Nd l ( Defending t he " f"
pawn . hut t he s i t ua t ion is quite hopeless) 23 Df5 24 Qh5 Dd3 + 25 K� I
.•.
1 A l lo " ' m a l l". but sometimes it is beller to get it over wi th!) 25 . . . Q�3
1\1 :\ T F.
GAME 23
l l 'h ite huild� up an al/ack on the Kingside taking advantagr f�{ thr
hut,•, in /llack \ JW!litiotl.
Haifa, 1976
White - Westerinen Ulack - ltnlh
I l'-1 l'S 2 N L\ c(, 3 h3 N f6 4 e5 N d 5 5 llb2 lle7 6 c 4 Nc7 7 N c3 0-0 ( Mmt
n H n n H l l l h ere i � 7 . . . f6) 8 Ne4 Ne8 ( W i t h the idea of su pport ing a fut ur e
(;ames 57
1"5 t l�rust , -;o t hat t he K n ight can capture o n f6 i f White t a kes "en pa-.
-.ant " ) 9 Qt·2! ( May allow fu t u re attacks and t hreat s on h7) 1) 1\ r(, ( I f • • •
i ng his Queen; White has trai ned most o f his pieces t oward Blad · ,
K i ngsidc) UI . . . NJ.:7 1 7 0-0-0 N a 5 18 d 4
GAME 24
White gets over aggressive with his Queen and ends up getting her
trapped
Primorska, 1 972
While - Westerinen IJiack - Kaplan
l t•..a t·5 2 Nf3 r6 3 hJ N r6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Bb2 lle7 6 c4 N c7 7 NcJ r6 ( Black ' s
nlll'l l·ommon move here with t he idea of eli m i n a t i n g White's c ra m p i n g
pawn al c5) 8 Nc..a he5 9 NxeS 0-0 10 Qg4? (Threatening to play I I Nco!
a t t ad i ng t he Queen and threatening mate on g7; however, the threat i'i
ca�ily met and White Queen becomes more or a target for Bl ack t han a
r h rca l ) I II . . . NrH! (Defending the "g" pawn ami preparing to even t ua l l y
h r i n g 1 he K n ight to f6) 1 1 BdJ d6 (First driving the Knight back fro m i t '>
al:l i \ l· p o.. t ami prepa r in g support for t h e next move) 1 2 N rJ e 5 (BI01.:k i ng
\\' h i r e · , ri a nl: hel l ocd Dishop while freeing his own Dishop with atlack on
t he Queen) 1 3 QhS DrS 14 0-0-0 Nc6 15 Bb1 Qd7 (Threatening 15 . . . Bg4 ! )
GAME 25
I I hite mi.\places his King early in the game and is in continuous trou
hlc I ht'I'I'C(/f ('/",
Tallinn, 1973
While - Westerinen llluck - Tul
I t•..a t·5 2 N 1'3 r(, 3 bJ N £6 4 e5 Nd5 5 llb2 Ue7 6 c4 Nc7 7 NcJ £(1 8 Nc4
l'\l•5 1) � wS 11-11 10 d4! (The natural and correct move in t he posi l ion)
lll . . . t·\CI..a I I ()xd4 llh4 + 12 Kd l ? (This is t he wrong locat ion for t hl!
G,mles 59
K i ng; bet ter would have been either 1 2 Ke2 ! '? d6 1 3 N d 3 e5 1 4 Qc.3 Ba5
\\'here W h i t e wuld t hen play 1 5 Rd 1 or 12 llc3 Nc6 1 3 Nxc6 Dxd � 1 -t
Qxd) 1 2 . . . d6! (Driving White's Knight back while gaining s u pport for
e 5 ) 13 Nd3 ( Wh i t e' s Knight gets trapped after 1 3 Nc6 eS 1 4 Nxd8 C\d4)
I L .cS ( Dr i v i ng t he Queen back , blocking White's fianchettoed Bi�hop
and freeing t he IIIH..I c vcloped Bishop) 1 4 Qe3 nus ( Beller than 1 4 . . . d.5 1 5
N x b5 d \C4 + 1 6 Kc2 where White is completing his development a n d
Blad. ha� doubled i sola t ed pawns in the center) IS QgS Qd7! ( \\' i t h
W h i t l' ' ' K ing be i ng awkwardly located Black avoids a Queen t ra d l· and
prepare� to bring her into attack on White's K i n g) 1 6 Kd Qc6
GAME 26
While oblains an advantage out of the opening by fixing and res/rain
ing Iliad centl'l" f}{lll'll!i. Through a couple of errors White almost lets his
OJIJ'OII<'III slip a ll'tt)' !Jut then lllack errs ami ReJigns before waiti111: .for
Jri\· OJ IJIOnl'll ( 's 1110 \'C'.
Nice, 1 974
While - Westerinen lllack - H utchings
I t·� t·5 2 N I"J t•(, 3 h3 Nm 4 eS NdS 5 Bh2 Be7 (, c� N l·7 7 Nd f6 H Nt·�
60 Games
rnS 9 N xrS 0-0 10 d4! cxd4 1 1 Qxd4 Db4 + 12 IJcJ (An improvem
over 12 Kd l which was played in GAME 25 ; also 1 2 Ke2!? is to be c1
� illcrcd) 12 Nc6 JJ Nxc6 Dxc3 + 14 QxcJ hxc(t 15 Nd6 (Taking mlw · - r ·
. . .
[ P reventing White from playing c5] looks better than the text IHII.,; }·J • : n ·
hio; o;u ggesteu exchange sacrifice a fter 16 Bd3 Ne8 17 Be4 Nxd6!? 18 Bf.J};1�� ):f
is questionable) 16 Nxe8 Qxe8 17 cSI ( Rest raining Black's centel r;.\·�· ;; : • '
' • • n • ,1
ami al lack ing the hole at d6)
' : i �1
lit'
the "g" pawn in an attempt to get counter play on the " f" pawn) 21 �t3
(}g4 22 1Jc2 Da6 23 Rhel QhJ 24 Kgl Rr7 25 Re4 (Threatening to trap
Black 's Queen with 26 Rh4) 25 . . . Qh5 26 Kg2 (26 Rh4 would be met
st rongly by 26 Rxf3! ) 26 . . . Raf8 27 f4? (27 Re3 would have defended
. . .
27. . . RfS (Threatening the "c" pawn) 28 ReS RxeS 29 QxeS QxeS 30 beS
Bt>2 3 1 1Jr4 (Centralizing the Bishop and covering r3 ; White still retains
some of his advant age) 31 ... Rb8 32 Kr2 Bg4 33 Ke3 Rb4 34 Rfl (Plan-
Games 61
GAME 27
White allo ws Black to take the intiative on the Queenside. Black builds
up and wins White 's isolated "b " pawn on an open file.
Netanya, 1973
White - Czerniak mack - Tatai
l c4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 8b2 c6 4 N f3 N f6 5 Nc3 ( I t would have been better to
conti nue with the more natural 5 e5) S ... d6 6 g3 (6 Bb5 or 6 d4 were to be
considered) 6 . . . 8e7 7 Rgl 0-0 8 d4 cxd4 9 Nxd4 Dd7 1 0 0-0 Nxd4 I I Qxd.&
Qc7 (Black has achieved equality and will build pressure on the "c" file)
1 2 a4 (Restricting Black's Queenside activity and preparing a possible 1 3
NbS) 1 2.. . a6 1 3 Qd3 (Continuing the restraint o n b5) 1 3. . . Rac8 (Placing
a pin on White's Knight and reopening the possibility of playing . . . b5) 1 4
nac1 Rfd8 15 f4? (The opening of the g l -a7 diagonal will expose the
King to a possible check which will allow Black to now get b5 in; 1 5 R fd I
was to be considered)
White's " f" pawn and preparing to activate the Bishop on the c l -h6
diagonal) 28 g4 (Threatening 29 g5) 28 Bh6 29 h4 Bel 30 BfJ (30 g5
•.•
GAME 28
.·lfter a couple of errors White is forced into making an unsound piece
\ltcri(icc. /Jiack then allows his opponent to obtain a strong attack on his
A'illg.
USSR, 1 980
While - Makarycev Black - Zajrik
I e4 l'S 2 N f3 e(, 3 b3 N f6 4 e5 N dS 5 Db2 Nc6 (, g3 ! ? (6 c4 or 6 Bb5 arc
more common here) (,, . ,gS (A rather strange move compared to the more
mual de,·clopment ; Black has possibilities or playing g4 driving White's
K night away from the defense o r the "e" pawn) 7 c4 Nc7 8 d4 (To be
wn.,idcrctl was 8 h4 g4 9 Ng5 threatening 1 0 Qxg4 and 1 0 Nc4) 8 . 1Jg7 9 . .
cl5 l'\dS 10 cxdS g4 I I dxc6 gxfJ 12 Qxf3 ( 1 2 cxtl7 + would help activate
Whil e'� pieces) 12...dxc6 13 Nd2 (It would have been better to develop
t he Bi.,hop with 1 3 Bg2 or 1 3 Bc4 ! ?) 13 . . . Nc6 14 Nc4 (Threatening 1 5
Nd6 1 ) 1 4 . . . Nd4 I S lhd4? ( Bel ler woul d have been 1 5 Qf4 or 1 5 Qh 5
mai n ! a i n i n!! 1 he t ineal or 1 6 Nd6 + ; I he t ext :u.:t i vc l y brings Blac k ' s
() llrl·n i n l ll p l a y : l:er t a i n ly not 15 N d4 + d u e t o 1 5 . . . ()xd6) 1 5 . . . ()xtl4 J (,
Ndc, + Ktl8 1 1 ntll
GoJIIJeS 63
GAME 29
There are complications where the players castle on opposite u·ing.\·
ll/1(/ obtain attt1ck ing chances.
Unares, 1 9 8 1
While - Spassky Black :.._ Qulnleros
I e4 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 1Jb2 N f6 4 e5 NdS 5 N f3 e6 6 Nc3 (6 c4 or 6 Bb5 are
stronger alternatives) 6 N xc3 7 Dxc3 Qc7 ( Most common here is
•••
7 . . . Re7) 8 1Jd3 g6 (Also playable was 8 . . . b6 9 Qe2 Bb7 with about equal
c h a nces ) 9 Qc2 1Jg7 10 h4 (White has used up most of play in the cenrer
and t herefore seeks play on the Kingside in an interest ing Rook
maneuver) IO . . . hll (To meet I I h5 with . . . g5) I I llhJ h6 1 2 llgJ llh7 1 3
ll�4 N e7 1 4 lle4
64 Games
14 . Nd5 (Driving White's Bishop back; also possible was t o seek simpli
. .
GAM E 30
White makes all IIIISOimd K11ight sacrifice which Black quickly rrfutcs.
Buenos Aires, 1970
White - Schweber Black - Mecking
I e4 c5 2 Nf3 c6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Bb2 Nf6 5 e5 Nd5 6 Nc3 Nxc3 7 lhcJ llr7 II
Dd3 b6 (For 8 . . . f5 see GAME 3 1 ) 9 Qe2 Bb7 10 h4 (White plans to bring
his Rook into play like in GAME 29) 10 Qc7 1 1 RhJ g6 1 2 NgS Nd4 1 3
•.•
lhd4 cxd4 14 f4 b6
I S Nd7? (White doesn't get enough for his sacri ficed material ; 1 5 Nc4
would have been better) IS . . Kd7 16 Dxg6 + Kf8 ( Black coul d h ave also
.
GAME 31
Black expands 011 tire Kingside in an extremely closed position. White
is allowed to transfer his King to a safer location 011 the Queemide but
then falters and allo ws Black 's pawns to become strong on the Kinl!,siclr.
l,rievldza, 1979
While - Franzen Black - Banas
I c4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 c6 4 N fJ Nf6 5 eS NdS 6 NcJ Nxd 7 lhcJ lll'7 H
66 Games
Ud3 1'5 (Th i s w i l l restrict White's activity on the Kingsidc while i ncreas in g
Blac k ' \) 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 lte l b6 I I Uc4 (To obtain some play i n the center by
u n hl lld i n g th e "d" pawn) 1 1 . . . Db7 12 d4 ud4 13 N"d4 Nxd4 14 lhd4
()l·7 1 5 Qh5 (With the idea of provoking 1 5 . . . g6, but B lack isn't really
weakened by this) IS . . . g6 1 6 Qe2 Rn 17 a4? ( I I would have been bcllcr
tn d 1 a l lc n gc lllack's act ive Dishop with 17 Da6) 17 . . . gS ! ( Dla c k begins his
K i ng\ide expansion giving him the superior game) 1 8 fJ g4 1 9 f4 ( W h i t e
doc� n ' t want to allow the opening of lines on his K ingside) 1 9 . . . hS 20
l(cd h-' 2 1 K t'2 ltg7 22 Rgl
22 . . . K f7? (Dlack misses his chance to force some open lines with
22 . . . g3 + ) 23 Kel (White continues to transfer his King to a safer loca-
t ion toward the Queenside) 2J Rc8 24 Qe3 De4 2S cJ Rgg8 ( Bl ac k
•.•
realizes t hat most of his attack has run out on the Kingside and t h erefore
regroups for action on the Queenside and center) 26 Ra2 Rgd8 27 Rd2
Uc6 28 Ua6 Ub7 29 Dc4 Dc6 30 Da6 Rb8 ( I n his efforts to avoid a draw
Black locates his Rook on an inferior square) 31 Be2 Rg8 32 h3 (White is
now safe in ope n i ng up lines on the Kingside) 32 llbf8 33 hxg4 fxg4 34
•••
lhiJ K c8 (Now lllack wants to transfer his King to a safer location on the
()ueemidc ! ) 35 K d I ltg7 36 Kc2 Qb7 37 Kb2 Kd8 38 uS buS 39 lhu7
( T h reatening to win the "a" pawn) 39 a4 40 b4 Kc8 41 Ka3 Rgf7 42 UrS
.•.
11\l'S .aJ QxrS (Threatening 44 b5) 43 Qc7 44 fS? ( Deller would have
..•
GAME 32
White .force.'> Black to weaken his center pawns IJy alfackin� an tn'('f('X·
tended "II " pawn. Black then makes an un.wund piC'ce .\acr!fin• in
desperctl ion .
Buenos Aires, 1978
While - Spassky Black - Hernandez
1 e4 eS 2 bJ Nc6 3 llbl e6 4 N fJ N f6 5 e5 NdS 6 IJbS 1Jc7 ( I n the game
Snyder-Braford, ICCF American Team Ch . , 1 979 White got a good
game a rtcr 6 . . . Qb6 7 Bxc6 Qxc6 8 0-0 b6 9 d3 Db7 1 0 Nbd2 Be7 I I Ne4
0-0 1 2 c4) 7 0-0 0-0 8 Uxc6 (For 8 Nc3 see GAME 33) 8 . . bxc6 9 dJ f6 I ll
.
GAME 33
White tak('s uclvuntuge of Black 's expol·ed castled position on the
King\ir/1•.
Czechoslavakia, 1980
White - Gross Black - Zrzavy
1 c4 cS 2 b3 Nf6 3 eS NdS 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 N f3 e6 6 BbS Ue7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Nc3
N xc3 9 llxc3 f6 (To be considered was 9 . . . Qc7 10 R ei d6) 10 Qe2 Qb6? !
( Not t he best place for the Queen; l O NxeS was to be considered) 1 1
. . .
lltl3 N h�'! (This will allow White to open up Black's Kingsidc; Black
\hould have closed up the Kingside with l l . .. fS ! ) 1 2 exf6 llx f6 13 llxf6
�-: x H1 ( I 3
. . . R x f6 would have allowed t he interest ing sacri fice wit h 1 4
l l .\ h 7 1 l< xh7 I S NgS + ) 1 4 Nh4! (Opening u p the " d l -h S " di agonal for
t h e < )uccn and t herefore t h reate ni ng 1 5 Bxh7 + ! ) 1 4 . . . N "d3 I S QuiJ dS
1 6 lbe l (Planning to bring the Rook directly into the a t t a�:k on t h e
K ingside) 1 6 Bd7 17 ReJ Rn 18 Rg3 + Rg7? ( Better would have been
.•.
GAME 34
While effectively attacks Black 's overextended pawns in the center.
no location -
White - Czerniak Black - llilck
I c4 cS 2 bJ c6 3 llb2 Nc6 4 NfJ a6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Nr(, 7 lld J dS H cxtiS
cxd5 9 0-0 llc7 1 0 Nr5 Dd5 1 1 Bd5 (White stands be t t er having t he
Bishop pair and Black having an isolated "d" pawn) I 1 . 0-0 12 Nd2 DrS
••
1hd4! (White will make targets out o f Black's center pawns) 2 1 . . .cxd4 22
f3! (I ncreasing the attack on the center pawns)
70 (,'ame�
GAME 35
White takes advantage of the fact that Black has brought his Queen
out too early by continuously attacking her until she is lost.
Bern, 1976
While - Bhend Black - Flesch
I c4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Db2 Nge7 5 Del ( Here S d4 is good) S . . . dS 6
cxdS NxdS (6 . . . exdS was to be considered) 7 0-0 N f4 8 llbS Qblt? (The
Queen will be exposed to attack here; 8 . . . Dd7 would have broken the pin
and defended the Knight) 9 Na3! (Defending t he Bishop and preparing
for a possible future attack on Black' s Queen from c4) 9 . . . a6
10 Nc4! (Bringing the Knight actively into play with attack on the Queen)
10 Qc7? (The Queen will still be a target on c7; Black should have
.••
GAME 36
A long game with a lot of maneuvering. Black obtains an isolated "d ' '
pawn which White eventually wins.
Tallinn, 1 97 1
While - Westerlnen Black - Stein
I e4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Ub2 Nge7 5 De2 Ng6 6 d4 cxd4 7 N xd4 Hh4 +
8 Nc3 0-0 9 0-0 dS (With the idea of freeing the Bishop and gai ning a
foothold in the center but at the expense of obtaining an isolated "d"
pawn) 10 exdS exd5 I I Uf3 (Threatening t h e isolated "d" pawn ; W h i t e
st ands slightly better here) 1 1 . . . 8e6 1 2 gJ (Will allow for the ret r ea t o f
t h e D i sho p to g2 a s well a s preventing the possible future ent ry by Blac k ' s
K night to f4 or h4) 12 . . . U.c8 13 0�2 neB 1 4 o3 Uc7 I S Ncel IU6 16 Qd2
Qh(l
Nxb2 Kf5 64 KdJ f6 65 KeJ Kg4 66 Nc4 g4 67 hxg5 fxg5 68 Ne5 + Kf5 ( I f
68 . . . Kh3 then 69 f4) 69 N fJ Kg4 70 Ke4 h4 7 1 gxh4 gxh4 72 Nxh4 Kxh4
73 f4 KhS 74 KfS Kh6 75 Kf6 Kh7 76 fS Kg8 77 Ke7 BLACK IU:SIGNS.
GAME 37
White tries too hard to press his attack when he should haw! been
sati.�{ied with winning a pawn.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Brow n e
I e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N fJ Nge7 5 NcJ?! (Better would have been 5
d4) 5 a6 6 d4 cxd4 7 Nxd4 N xd4? (This will help White to activate his
•.•
Queen; better would have been 7 . . . d6 as in GAME 38) 8 Qxd4 Nc6 9 QeJ
Ue7 1 0 QgJ Bf6 I I 0-0-0 0-0 1 2 f4 d5?! (This should result in the loss of a
pawn; however, White was threatening 1 3 eS)
1J e57 (White should hnve gone for the pawn instead of the a l l ack with
13 exd5 Nb4 14 Kb l ! ( I f 14 dxe6? then . . . Nxa2 + ! 15 Nxa2 Uxb2 + 1 6
Kxb2 Qxd l ) 1 4. . .Nxd5 [ H 1 4. . .exd5 then 1 5 a3] 1 5 Nxd5 exdS ( H
1 5 . . . Bxb2 1 6 Nc3 ! ] 1 6 Bxf6 Qxf6 1 7 RxdS) I J Dh4 14 QhJ fS 15 ed6
•..
Uxf6 1 6 BdJ (White still retains a better game with some attacking pros
pects) 16 g6 17 QgJ (With the idea of advancing the "h" pawn or a
. • .
GAME 38
Black wins a pawn and goes into a won endgame.
USA, 1 974
White - Snyder Black Urowne
-
Qxd4 Nc6 10 Qe3 lle7 1 1 Bg2 0-0 12 0-0 b5 13 Rad 1 Qc7 1 4 Rd2 Db7 1 5
Ne2 Rac8 16 a3 NeS 1 7 h 3 Qc5 1 8 QxcS RxcS 1 9 f4 N d 7 2 0 e5! ? Bxg2 2 1
Kx�2 d S 2 2 Ud4? (The Knight would b e much better on d 4 and after the
Rook retreats White must weaken his Queenside pawns or retreat his
nishop to take care o f the attack on his "a" pawn) 22 ... Rc7 23 b4 f6 24
N e t ? (24 exf6 should have been played) 24 ... fxeS 25 fxeS Bg5 (The
reason why 24 exf6 should have been played now becomes clear; Black
now wins m a ter i a l)
Games 75
RESIGNS.
GAME 39
Wack is allo wed lo oblain a winning passed "e " pawn which resulls in
lire win of a piece. Black makes a difflcu/1 endgame oul of what should
hm•e been an easy win.
Vrnjacka Danja, 198 1
While
- Karlsson Black - Durie
1 N f3 cS 2 c4 e6 3 b3 d6 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 Db5 (The recommended move here is
5 d4) S . . . lhl7 6 0-0 a6 (Detter than 6 N f6 7 Rei a 6 due to 8 B r t where
. . .
White has a comfortabl e retreat for his Bishop) 7 llxc6 Uxc6 8 J(c l l(c8
( I f 8 . . N f6 White has the strong reply 9 e5! attacking the Knight and
.
Hf6 16 f4 (This gi v es Black use of the "g l -a7" diagonal which allows his
next move; 16 Na4 challenging Black's Bishop was to be considered)
1 6 . hS 17 exhS axb5 18 e5 (Even though the "b" pawn is attacked twice
. .
GAME 40
White gives up a pawn to gain superior control of the center and to
blockade Black 's isolated "d" pawn with a Knight.
Picunda-Tbilisl, 1 975
White - Gaprindashvili Black - Alexandria
I e4 cS 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 Nc6 4 Db2 d6 5 g3 N f6 6 d3 Be7 7 Bg2 0-0 8 0·0
Nd7 ! ? (With the idea of challenging White's Bishop along t he "a l -h8"
diagonal) 9 net Bf6 1 0 c31 (Avoiding the Bishop exchange while gaining
support for I I d4) 10 . . . b6 1 1 d4 cxd4 ( l l . . .Ba6, developing and locat ing
t he Bishop along t he long diagonal was to be considered) 12 cxd4 ( Also
playable was 1 2 Nxd4 with the idea of meeting 1 2 N xd4 with 1 3 e 5 ! )
. . .
1 2 . . . Ba6 13 Nc3 (White stands better due t o h i s freer position) I J ... Rc8
14 Qdl ReB 1 5 Ndl (Planning to bring the Knight to even a stronger post
at e3) 1 5 . . . De7 16 Ne3
7H (;LIIIICS
IU�SJ(;NS.
Games 19
GAME 41
White weakens himself allowing for Black 's Bishops cmcl 1\niglrt to
penetrate early in the game, resulting in tire loss of a piece.
London, 1851
White - Kleserltzky Black - A nd erssen
1 c4'cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Rb2 e6 4 N f3 d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Rd7 7 Rd3 (The irn
l llediatc 7 e4 gaining a foothold on bS and dS is the recommended move
h e re) 7 Nt'6 8 0-0 Be7 9 Nd2 0-0 10 c4 (Without t he Knight being at i t s
•.•
nat ural "c3" post t he locating of the pawn at c4 i s less e ffec t iv e) I O . NeS
. .
I I Qe2 ( I I Oe2 is more natural here) t l Ng6 12 f4? (This only gives
...
12.. .eS ! (Gaining control over f4 �hile driving White's Knight from its
cent ral post) 13 fxeS dxeS 14 Nc2? (This is fatal; Black's pieces jump into
'
play like a bolt of lightning; 1 4 N f5 should have been played) 14 . DcS +. .
GAME 42
Black lras poor timing at countering in the center. White doesn 't take
full advantage of Black 's mistake letting most of his advantage slip
away.
·
GAME 43
White 's King is somewhat exposed but Black has difficulty in taking
advantage of it. White loses a Knight going into the endgame but takes
advantage of his opponent 's bad Bishop which becomes an easy target.
Nelanya, 1969
White - Czerniak Black - IJenko
1 e4 c5 2 bJ e6 3 Dbl Nc6 4 NfJ d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 Nr6 7 N xc6 (Prepar
ing to advance his "e" pawn and break up Black's pawns while attacking
t he Knight) 7 bxc6 8 e5 Ne4 9 DdJ Qa5 + 1 0 Kfl ( 1 0 Ke2 would have
. . .
hccn hcl lcr) 10 . . . d5 1 1 Bxc4 (Breaking up Black's pawns and giving him
a weak "c" pawn) 1 1 . . dxc4 12 c4 (Prevents Black from playing . Qd5
. . .
and blocks out Dlack's Bishop when it goes to a6) 1 2 Da6 1 3 Qcl ltd8
•..
( Black must play actively to avoid loss of the "e" pawn; White cannot
capture t he pawn with 14 Qxe4? due to 14 . . . Rd l + ) 14 h4 (Will allow the
Rook t o assist later with Rh3) 14 Dc5 15 BcJ Qb6 16 N dl
.•.
Games 81
l (, . . .lhf2! (Black has round a way t o avoid the loss o r a pawn) 1 7 Nxe4
( I f 1 7 Qxr2 then . . . e3 forks Queen and Knight) l7 Bd4 1 8 Rlt3 (The
. . .
(White hopes to get attacking chances on the Kingside, but has enough
problems of his own due to his awkward King position) 19 Uxc3 20 . • •
NcS Uc8 25 Uel Uh4 26, Rh3 Rxh3 27 Qxh3 QaS 28 Na4 Qdl 29 Ucl
Qd 1 + 30 Kf2 f4 31 h6 Qd4 + 32 Kfl cS 33 Qc3 f3 (This results in the win
o f White's Knight; however, in the resulting endgame White will either
win Dlack's Bishop or a su fficient number of pawns to compensate him;
the helplessness or a bad Bishop is clearly demonstrated) 34 gxf3 Qxc3 35
Nxc3 Rxf3 + 36 Kel Rxc3 37 Rg2 (Threatening to win the Bishop with 38
Rxg7 + K rS 39 Rc7 Ba6 40 Rxa7 Bc8 4 1 Ra8) 37 g6 38 Rdl
• • •
f6 43 Qxe4 + Kd8 and Black has the better chances in the ending) 40 Kf2
e3 + 4 1 Ke2 Rd7 42 Qh6 + Ke7 43 Kxe3 Kd8 + 44 Kd4 Kc7 45 h4 fS 46
Qf6 Re4 + 47 KcJ Re3 + 48 Kb4 RhJ 49 a4 Rh7 50 QxfS RJxh4 5 1 aS
R4h5 52 Qg6 R5h6 53 DRAWN .
GAME 45
Black slo wly improves his position and wins a pawn in a Bishops of
opposite color endgame. Black makes no auempt to win giving his oppo
nent an easy draw.
K iev, 1964-65
White - Tal Black - Peterson
I e4 c5 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ Nc6 4 Bb2 d6 5 d4 cxd4 6 Nxd4 N f6 7 BdJ Be7 8 0-0
0-0 9 Nd2 (To be considered was 9 Nxc6 bxc6 1 0 e5) 9 Nxd4 10 Bxd4 b6
.••
I I Qe2 Ub7 1 2 f4 Nd7 (lllack plans to locate his Knight actively on c5 and
h a ve the possibility of playing . . . Bf6; White will get some chances on t h e
Kingside) 1 3 Rad 1 Qc7 1 4 Bb2 ( I n anticipation of a possible . . . e5 by
Black as well as clearing the "d" file for possible future use by the Rook)
14 . . . Rad8 15 N fJ Nc5
1 6 Qe l ? ( I t would have been better to play 1 6 c4 covering the "d5"
square further) 16 ... Nxd3 1 7 cxdJ dS 18 l(c l Qd7 (Not 18 . . . Qxf4? 1 9 Bc5
followed by 20 Rc7) 19 NeS Qd6 20 N g4 dxe4 21 d1le4 Qd2 (Black stands
better having the Bishop pair and more active pieces) 22 Del Qxel 23
lUxe I Ua3 24 Rc2 DeS + 25 Kh I f6 26 hJ RdJ 27 Bbl Rfd8 28 N fl Rdl 29
Re2 Rxel 30 Rxe2 Bdl (Winning a pawn but going into a Bishops of op
posite color ending which greatly reduces any winning chances) 31 lhf2
1Jxe4 32 Re2 Db7 33 Kgl (Not 33 Rxe6? due to 33 . . . Rd2 attacking the
Bishop and the "g" pawn) JJ...Kn 34 Kfl ReS 35 Rdl Dd5 36 Ke3 Rc7
37 rs g6 ( Riack is in no danger of losing and therefore would have been
wise to play on with a pawn advantage) 38 DRAW N .
GAME 46
White sacrifices two Knights to expose the King to attack.
Hungary, 1979
White - Varnusz Black Pogats
I e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ dS 4 e!ldS exdS 5 BbS + (A reasonable alternative to
S Bb2 Nc6 6 Bb5) S . . . Bd7 (5 . . . Nc6 would have transposed into the more
common lines) 6 Dxd7 + Nxd7 (6 . . .Qxd7 would have been slightly better)
7 0-0 lld6 ( White gets strong pressure along the "e" lite a rter 7 . . . Ngf6 8
Re i � Bc7 9 Qe2) 8 llb2 N g£6 (White attacks Ulack's overcxtcm.lcd "d"
pawn arter 8 . . . d4 with 9 c3; if 8 ... f6 White takes t he upper hand in the
center with 9 d4) 9 Rei + (Black must now lose his ability to castle)
9 . . . K r8 ( I f 9 . . . Be7 t hen 10 Qe2 is strong) 10 d4 c4 I I NcJ a6 12 Ne5 bS 1 3
Q f3 ( Bri nging t h e Queen into play on the Kingside with attack o n Black 's
" d " paw n) I J . . . N b6
Games 85
double Rooks on the open rile; all of White's pieces will soon be concen
t rated on the K ingside) 16 Kg7 17 Rae l hS? (Better would have been
•..
1 7 Rc7) 1 8 Bel h4? ( 1 8 . . Qc7 should have been played) 1 9 DgS ! (At
. . . .
tacking and pinning the Knight while preparing for the next crushing
move) 19 hxgJ ( I f Black declines the sacrifice with l 9 8e7 then 20
.•• . . .
ULACK RESIGNS.
GAME 47
White weakens his Kingside castled position allowing Black to sacr({ice
a Bishop to expose his King.
Alhens, 1968
While - Czerniak Black - Kokkoris
1 e4 cS 2 bJ Nc6 3 Bb2 e6 4 N f3 dS S exdS exdS 6 d4 (The recommended
move here is 6 Bb5) 6 N f6 7 Bel cxd4 8 Nxd4 (8 0-0 would have been
•••
hcl ler) 8 . . . 11b4 + (Provoking White to close off his fianchcll oed Bishop)
1J l') ( If I) Nd2 then . . . Ne4 1 ) 9 . . . 1lc5 10 Nxc6? (This h e l p s Black by
e l i mi nat ing his isolated "d" pawn and opening up the diagonal for his
Dishop) I O . . . bxc6 11 0-0 0-0 12 NaJ? (This Knight maneuver is too slow
and al lows for the strong placement of Black's Knight on e4; 1 2 Nd2
would have allowed for a better defense of the Kingside) 1 2 . . . Re8 13 Nc2
Ne4 14 Nd4 Qh4 15 fJ Od6! (Threatening mate which forces Whit e t o
weaken h i s castled position) 1 6 h J ( I f 1 6 fxe4 then . . . llxh2 + 1 7 Kh l
llg3 + 1 8 Kgl Qh2 mate; i f 1 6 g3 Bxg3! 1 7 hxg3 Qxg3 + 1 8 Kh l then
. . . Bh3 forces mate)
GAME 48
11/ack gcJI's
into " won endgame after a long series of excht�nges.
Leningrad, 1 923
White - Kojalowitsch Black - lbhinowitsch
Games 87
Nc4 1 3 1Jd3 Ug4 14 Qc l Qb6 (Black's more active pieces give him t he be t
ter game)
I S Rxe4 dxc4 16 N xc6 Qxc6 ( l 6 . . . bxc6 would have been met strongly hy
17 QgS ! threatening mate and attacking the unprotected Bishop) 17 NeS
( 1 7 Qg5 would now be met by l7 . . . Qg6) 17 Qe6 18 Qg5 lle2 1 9 Nd 7
.•.
Nxf8 Rxb2 24 Nxh7 BdJ 25 Ng5 Bbl ! ( I mmobilizing White's Rook and
preparing to eventually win White's Queenside pawns)
14 . . . Kr8?! (Black should have castled here with 1 4 . . .0-0 but his game
wouldn't have been good after 1 5 a4 Be8; 1 4 . . . Rxc2 would be strongly
met by 1 5 Nc3 preventing the retreat of the Rook) I S NcJ Be8 16 NdJ ( I f
1 7 Rad l t hen Black gets a troublesome pi n with 1 7 . . . Bb4) 1 6 . . . Bc6 1 7
Uh6? ! ( I t would have been even stronger t o play 1 7 Re2 preparing t o dou
hle Rooks on I he open " e" file) 17 . . .Qd7 18 Nc5 ( I R R a d I was to he co n
sidered) 18 . . . Qd6 1 9 Rad l Re8 20 NSe4 Nxe4 2 1 Nxe4 QL·fl? (21 . . . Qg6
would have been better) 22 Nc3! Qg6 23 Qd3! ( I f 23 Nxd5 then . . . Bd6! or
i f 23 Bc5 t h e n . . . d4! attacking Queen and Knight while threatening m a t e)
2 3 . . . d4 24 Qxg6 hxg6 25 Dxd4 Bd6 26 Rxe8 + Kxe8 27 Dxg7? (White
should n ' t have given Black any counter play; bet ter was 27 h3)
27 . . . lhh2 + 28 Kfl Rh7 29 Dr6 (Threatening mate) 29 . . . Uc7 30 rJ (White
has emerged with a pawn to the good and has active pieces)
Games 89
GAME 50
White uses a discovered attack combination to win a couple of pawns
and go into a won endgame.
USA, 197S
White - Snyder Black - Dean
I c4 cS 2 b3 e6 3 Db2 Nc6 4 N fJ d5 5 exd5 exd5 6 Db5 f6? (This only
weakens his Kingside and blocks the use of f6 by his Knight) 7 0-0 Nge7
( Developing his nishop first with 7 ... Bd6 was to be considered) 8 d4 ud4
9 Nxd4 a6 10 1Jd3 1Jd7 1 1 QhS + ? I (This will help nlack to develop h i \
King Bishop; I I Re i would have been better) l l . . .g6 12 QfJ Dg7 13 Re i
NeS 14 Qe3 0-0 15 NcJ bS 16 hJ b4 1 7 NJel Qb6? (The Queen will
become a target to the combination that White now sets up with his next
move) 18 N f4 QcS
1 9 N rS ! (Attacking mack's unprotected Queen and Knight which results
in 1 he win of two pawns) 1 9 QxeJ 20 Nxe7 + Kn 21 lheJ Kxe7 22
•••
pawns down and a pinned, isolated "e" pawn which is about to fall
lllack doesn't stand a chance) BLACK RESIGNS.
GAME 5 1
White wins a pawn early in the game and holds onto it.
USA, 197S
While - Snyder Black - Makl
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 llb2 e6 4 N fJ dS 5 exdS exd5 6 llb5 lle6 7 0-0 N f6 8 d4
Ue7 9 dxcS! (Making the Bishop move a second t ime i f he wants to
recover his pawn) 9 . . . 0-0 ( I f Black wanted to recover his pawn he should
have played 9 . Dxc5 where 1 0 Nd4 would have been strong) 10 Dxc6 (To
. .
prepare for the support o f the "c" pawn by the Queen or " b" pawn)
IO . . b�c6 1 1 Qd4! (Defends the "c" pawn while centralizing the Quee n
.
sidered was l l . . . Re8 with the idea of 1 2 . . . Bf8) 11 NeS Qc7 13 Ndl aS (To
be considered was 1 3 . . . Bf6 with the idea of 1 4 . . . g6) 14 N2fJ N f6 IS NdJ
Rfe8 16 aJ Bf5 17 NfeS Df8 1 8 Rfel Rad8 19 b4 (White has an extra pawn
and a secure position in the center)
�xdJ Qxf4 23 Nxf4 Ne6 24 Nxe6 fxe6 2S BeS Rd7 26 ReJ Rb7 27 cJ g6 28
nae l Kf7 29 K f2 Dh6 30 f4 Bf8 31 g4 Be7 32 Kg3 (32 K f3 would have
hrrn more to t he
point) J2 . . . Bd8 33 KfJ Uc7? (Allows the forcing com
binat ion which wins another pawn or leads to an easily won King and
Pawn endgame)
Games 91
34 Dxc7 Rxc7 35 fS! (Attacking the pinned "e" pawn) 3S g:d5 (To at
. • .
tempt to defend the "e" pawn by 3 5 . . . Rce7 would result in a lost King
and Pawn endgame a fter exchanges are made on e6) 36 gdS eS 37 lbe5
(Winning a second pawn and securing an easy win) 37 Ra8 38 R l eJ
.•.
axb4 39 cxb4 Ra4 40 �e6 Ra8 4 1 Kf4 Rg8 41 Rh3 Kf8 43 R3h6 (Winning
another pawn! ; a resignation would have done well here) 43 . . . Rgl 44
Rxc6 Rn 45 Rhf6 Rfl + 46 Ke5 Ret + 47 Kxd5 Rdl + 48 Kc4 BLACK
RF.SIGNS.
G AME 52
White builds up what appears t o be a strong Kingside attack. Then
White lets his attack slip away and soon White must struggle for a dra w
in the endgame.
Blel, 1980
White - Cuartas Black - Wirthensohn
I e4 c5 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 b6 4 Bb2 Bb7 5 Nc3 d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 Qxd4 (Asmund
sson-Oia fsson, Iceland, 1 980, continued with 7 Nxd4 Nf6 8 Bd3 Nbd7 9
0-0 De7 1 0 Qe2 a6 I I Kh l g5 1 2 a4 Ne5 1 3 N f3 Rg8 1 4 Nxe5 dxe5 1 5 N bl
Qc7 1 6 Nd2 g4 1 7 Nc4 a n d White won on move 55; the text move leads to
IIl ilCh sharper play) 7 a6 8 0-0-0 Nc6 9 Qe3 N f6 1 0 h J ( W h i l e prepares
...
14 h4 Rfe8 (Black lo<;ates his pieces on excellent defensive posts while not
weakening his K ingside) 15 h5 Bf8 16 g6 fxg6 17 hxg6 h6 (Keeping the
Kingside as closed up as possible) 18 Ng5! Nd8 ( 1 8 . . . hxg5?? loses quickly
t o 1 9 Qh3) 19 f4 bS
20 Nh7? ! (Here 20 Bh3 was to be considered rather than commilling the
Knight a nd releasing pressure on Black's "e" pawn; not then
20 . . . hxg5'!? d ue to 2 1 Bxe6 + ! followed by 22 Qh3) 20 1�c8 21 a3 llc7 22
.•.
31J . . . Ball ! ( /\ vo i d i n g W h it e ' s t rap; if JlJ . . . C)x b 5 "! "! l lwn 40 Jhdll N\�:6
4 1 ()17 1 1-.: h H 42 R x h6 + ! gxh6 43 Q h 7 male) 40 Jlw(J + lhc(, 4 1 Nd4
( W h i l e is now forced i n t o m a k i n g u n favorable c \ c h a ngcs) 4 1 . . . lhfl 4 2
N \ e(, (J w(, 4J (J d l Qxl(6 ( B l ac k h a s come u p on t o p w i t h a pawn t o t hl'
!!OOd ; \\' h i l l' doc\ have some compensa t i o n i n t ha i Black ' � " a " pawn i�
w�· a k and l i k d y t o fa l l in t h e fu t u re) 44 1(�2 (Jl'(l 45 () 1"5 (Je(, 4(, (J J"J ()1"7
47 ()d I J(dK 4K Ud4 N el1 49 N cl (JrJ SO I(�J (J f5 5 1 H d Hc8 52 llc3 Nxd4
S J � "14 (} 1"4 54 l{c l lheS 55 lheS ()xeS ( Uiad h a � w o n a �c�:oml p a w n ;
Games 93
GAME 53
White demonstrates how to effectively pin a piece and then how tv
build up on it. White wins a Queen for a Rook and minor piece.
Berl i n , 1971
White - Weslerinen Black - Capelan
1 e4 cS 2 N fJ e6 3 bJ b6 4 Bbl Bb7 5 NcJ d6 6 d4 cxd4 7 UbS + Nc6
{7 . . . Nd7 was to be considered) 8 Nxd4 Nge7 9 NdS! (Threatening 1 0
Nxe7; i f 9 . . . exd5 White will recover h i s piece after 1 0 exd5 with a good
position) 9 Rc8 1 0 QhS! (Threatening I I Nxe6 while defending the
..•
1 7 . . . Nxd4 18 llxd7 Ne2 + 1 9 Kd2 Nxc3 ( Dlack must give up his Quw1 to
avoid even worse material loss) 20 QfS ReS 2 1 Qf4 Ne4 + 22 K c l ltc7 23
llf5 Nc5 24 lte l (Dlack's Rook and Knight will prove no match ror
White's Queen and act i ve pieces) 24 . . . &5 25 K h 1 llc7 26 a3 llc6 27 lld4
Kh7 28 h4 g6 29 llg4 IUS 30 Qh6 ltc8 3 1 lte3 (Not 3 1 Qxh7 due 3 1 . . . Bd H
a t t acking t he Queen and White's unprotected Rook - a double
discovered a t t ack ! )
3 1 . . . r5 32 llr3 nxr3 33 Rxr3 ora 34 Qd2 Ne4 35 Qd3 JJh6 36 QbS Nd2 +
37 Kb2 Uel 38 Qxb6 + Kc8 39 llc3 Ree7 40 Qxd6 lhcJ 4 1 llxcJ IM7 42
Qc6 + Rc7 ( I f 42 . . . Kd8 then 43 Bf6 + Ke8 44 Qe6 + ) 43 Qa8 + ( A fter
43 . . . Kd7 White wins a piece with 44 Qd5 + ) BLACK RESIG NS.
GAME 54
While goes O\'erboard offering Black gambit pawns in the opening
which are declined. White then obtains more than enough material for
1 he loss of his Queen.
Ostend, 1975
White - Seret Black - Mariotli .
I c4 c5 2 N f3 e6 3 b3 b6 4 Db2 Bb7 5 Qe2?! (This has the drawback of
hlock ing t he usc of the Bishop; 5 Nc3 is the recommended move) 5 . . dl• (,
.
1 5 hc5 Nxc4 16 NdS DxdS 1 7 UxdS NcJ + 1 8 Dxc3 Qxc3 1 9 lhd6 Uad8
(W h i te has won a pawn but has a rather awkward position w i t h his "e"
under attack and his K ingside pieces blocked and undeveloped) 20 Qt13
Qc7 2 1 Qc4 NeS 22 Qh4 Be3 23 Qel Bf4 24 Rf6 Ne4
25 lhf4! (White will obtain a Rook and two minor pi eces for his Queen ;
not 25 Qxe4? due to 25 . . . Rd l + 26 Kb2 Be l + 27 K b l lla3 m ate)
2S . . . Ud 1 + 26 Qxd l Ne3 + 27 Kcl Nxd 1 28 Kxd l Qe3 29 Ug l (Allowing
the Bishop to be developed without losing a Rook to . . . Qa l + )
29 . . . Qa1 + 30 Kd2 Qxa2 3 1 Ra4 Qb2 32 Dd3 ReS (Here 32 . . . a5 t o pre
vent capt ure of t he "a" pawn was to have been considered) 33 Uxn6
QcJ + 34 Kc2 QcS 35 Rga I Kg7 36 Ra8 lha8 37 lha8 gS 38 l�a4 hS 39 hJ
QdS 40 Uc4 Qd8 41 e6 ( Black must play 4 1 . . . fxe6 to pr ev e n t t he furt her
advance of the "e" pawn arter which 42 Rxe6 will lead to t he fall of
Black 's Kingside pawns) BLACK RESIGNS.
GAME 55
White gives up both of his Bishops for his opponent 's Knights to giVe
t wo sets of doubled pawns. White then gets a strong attack on the enemy
King.
USSR, 1979
While - Zajcik Black - Tseillin
I e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 d6 4 BbS Nf6 5 Bx£617 (White gives up the Bishop
pair IO double nlack's pawns nnd to prepare to post his Queen actively al
h S) 6 QhS Bg1 1 NcJ 0-0 8 Bxc6 (White gives up both of his Uishops for
Black's Knights giving his opponent two sets of doubled pawns and the
Knights will prove to be quite active) 8 bxc6 9 Nge2
...
dxe4
IS Nxe4 ! ( Uri ngs t he Knight into the attack on the Kingside, remov i n g a
I roublcsome pawn and offering a Rook sacr i fice) 1 5 f5 ( I f 1 5 Uxa I
. . . . . .
GAME 56
White 's passive development allows Black to expand on the Queenside
where he obtains strong pressure and begins a build-up on Black 's
backward "d" pawn.
USSR, 1979
White - Gurgenidze Black - Zajchik
1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 BbS Dd7 5 Ne2 (The passive development of
the Knights to e2 and d2 will give Black a comfortable game) S . . e6 6 0-0
.
15 b4? (This only helps Black to favorably open up lines on the Queen
side) 1 S . . . e5 (Threatening White's "b" pawn) 16 bxc5 f6 17 c3 dxc3 1 8
UxcJ DxcS + 19 Khl b4 (Black continues his expansion on the Q u eens i d c
while clearing b5 for t h e use or his Bishop) 20 Bb2 Ub5 ( Black begins to
pnl pres<;mc on While's back ward " d " pawn) 2 1 IUd l N hf• 2 2 U:1d Na4
:1 1'\ l uUIIl'.\
23 Ba l na7 ( P lan ning to increase the attack on th e " d " pawn with
24 . . . Rd7) 24 aJ bJ ( I f 24 . . .bxa3 then 25 Qa2 + Kh8 26 d4! getting rid of
his weak "d" pawn while favorably opening lines in the center) 25 nhl
h2 26 Dxh2 ltd7 27 Net (Black has overwhelming pressure on White's
"d" pawn which will eventually fall)
27. . . K h l (This will allow for the capture of the "a'' pawn without allow
ing White to fork King and Bishop with Qa2 + ) 28 Ua l BxaJ 29 Qa2 Ur5
30 Ne2 Da7 (Preparing to attack the "d" pawn further with 3 1 . . . Nc5) J I
d4 Dxd4 32 Nxd4 exd4 JJ Qa3 Re8 34 N f3 Nc3 35 Bxc3 dxc3 36 Rxd7
Qxd7 (Better would have been 36 . . . c71 ) 37 Qxc3 Rxe4 38 WIUTI<:
RESIGNS.
GAME 57
White a/lo ll'S Black 's pawns to penetrate and weak en hi.f Kingside.
Rlack 's pieces then concentrate on a Kingside attack.
Poland, 1975
White - Lokasto Black - Dobqsz
I c4 rS 2 bJ d6 3 Bbl Nf6 4 NcJ Nc6 5 Bb5 Bd7 6 N fJ (6 f4 would give
White an ea s i er t ime combatting Black's pawn center) 6 . . . e� 7 0-0 a6 8
.
lh·4 11�4 ( I t would have been stronger to play 8 . . . b5 expanding on Quccn
'>idc, planning to meet 9 Bd5 with . . . Be7) 9 Bel Be7 (To be considered
was 9 . . . h6 to prevent the Knight from attacking · Black's Bishop on e6
a ft er 1 0 h3 Be6) 10 h3 Bd7 1 1 Rei (To be considered was I I Nh4 with the
idea of get ting in 1 2 f4; after l l Nh4 not . . . Nxe4? due to 1 2 Nxe4 Bxh4
1 3 Nxd6 + ) I I . . . Nd4? (This will give White a target pawn on d4; 1 1 . . .0-0
would have been better) 12 Nxd4 cxd4 13 Nd5
1 j N xdS ( 1 3 . . . Nxe4 would have been strongly met by 14 Df3) 14 exd5
•..
0-0 15 c3 (The thematic attack against this type of pawn center) 15 . . . dxc3
16 dxcJ f5 17 c4 Df6 18 Bfl e4 19 Qd2 Bxb2 20 Qxb2 Qg5 21 Qd4 (Cen
tralizing the Queen and putting more pressure on the "e" pawn which
makes it dirricult for Black to gel f4 in) 21 Rae8 22 K h l (A more
•••
dynamic possibility for White would have been 22 Re3 with the idea or
meeting 22 . . . f4 with 23 Rxe4 Bxh3 24 Rae l Rxe4 25 Qxe4) 22 . . . Qg6!
(Giving the "e" pawn more protection so that the " f" pawn is free to ad·
vance) 23 b4 r4 24 c5 fJ
GAME 58
Black pre vents White from castling and takes full advantage of
White \ exposed King.
Mexico, 1 98 1
White - Hjorth Black - Cvitan
1 c4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 J llb2 d6 4 llbS Dd7 S f4 N f6 6 Qc2 (To be considered
was the normal developing move 6 Nc3) 6 . . c6 7 c4 a6 8 Bxc6 Uxc..-6 9 Nc3
.
17 . . . 1he4! ( Re s ul l i ng
in the immediate win of at least a pawn) 18 Qxe4
()d2 + I IJ Qc2 Qd4 +20 Qfl Qd2 + 2 1 Qc2 Qh6 22 l�ud l ( Not 22 Bxd4
due to 22 Qf4 + ) 22 1ld8 23 Qe4 dl! 24 lhdl lhdl 25 Qxdl 0-0
. . . ••.
(Threatening t o bring the Rook onto t he open Queen lile with 26 . Rd8; . .
GAME 59
White begins to brlild up a strong center but then falters and a/loll'S his
opponent to sacrifice a pawn for a strong counter attack. White holds on
and goes into an advantageous endgame where a passed pawn brings
home victory.
USA, 1975
White - Snyder Black - Spiller
l c4 c5 2 bJ d6 3 Bb2 Nc6 4 Nc3 N f6 5 f4 Dg4 6 Bel Dxe2 7 Qxe2! Nd4 8
QdJ e6 9 NfJ NxfJ + 10 QxfJ Be7 I I e5 dxeS 1 2 fxeS Nd5 13 0-0 0-0 14
Ne4 (White has more space and attacking chances on the Kingside)
l4 f5 15 exf6 Nxf6 (Black has relieved some crampedness but now
.•.
the "e" file; covering f2 and attacking Black's Bishop and "c" pawn)
" "
2S . . . Ih.h2 26 NxcS Dr4 27 Ne4 Ne3 28 Rrl Dh6 29 c4l (Gets t h e c pn wn
out of attnck while beginning to mobilize the pawns which eventually win
the game) 29 . . . Rxfl 30 Nxfl N rS? (Better would have been 30 . . . R f8) 3 1
Ne4 (Black's Kingside pawns will be immobile while White prepares for
the advance of his pawns) 3 l . Nxh4 32 Rfl Kg8 (To stop any back rank
•.
mates while preventing White from getting his Rook to the seventh rank)
33 Da3! (Keeps Black's Rook t ied down to the first rank to prevent R f8
mate a nd the Bishop will support White's pawn advance and the active
Knight) 33 . . . Ng6 (Now both of Black's Kingside pawns are blocked from
advancing; the i ntent of the K night move was to cover f8 to free the
Rook) 34 Nd6 Rel 35 Nxb7 Rxal 36 Bd6l (Preparing support for the ad
vance of the "c" pawn) 36. . . Be3 37 cS Ucl 38 b4 a6 39 Nd8 (With the
idea of supporting c6) 39 Bg5 (Driving the Knight away from covering
.•.
c6, bu t t he Knight will work its way around to cover c6 from a di fferent
angle ! ) 40 Ne6 1Jd2 4 1 Nd4 RcJ 42 c6 Bel 43 DeS! (Clearing the way for
t he advance o f t he "c" pawn by blocking out lllack 's Rook) 43 . . . llxd4
44 l'7 ltuS 45 hxcS Ne7 46 ltel (After 46 . . . Nc8 W hi t e wins t he K n igh t
with 47 Rc8 + ) IJLACK RESIGNS.
GAME 60
Black forces the win of a pawn only to find out /hal his opponent lias
//lo re than enough compensation for it.
Nalanya, 19(,8
While - l:zerniak Black - l l am:mn
1 l'4 l'5 2 h3 d6 3 Ub2 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 f4 a6 6 Nf3 b5 7 Hc.l3 c6 8 11-11 l'4
(R . . . Ue7 was to be considered) 9 1Je2 (9 bxc4? loses a p iece a rt cr 9 . . . bxc4
1 0 U x c4 Qb6 + forking King and Bishop) 9 cxb3 10 axb3 h4? ! (Thi<.
•••
forces the win o f a pawn but White gets plenty of play for i t ) I I N :t4
Nxe4 12 Nd4! (The key move which attacks Black's Kn igh t and opcm up
f.l for use by the Bishop) 1 2 ... N b8 (White also get!; a goo d pos i t ion a ft er
1 2 . . Bh7 I � BD Nxd4 1 4 Bxd4 d5 1 5 f5 !) 13 IUJ dS 14 (}1·2 N J (, 1 5 1'5
( T h is le a d s lo t h e recovery of the sacri ficed pawn) IS . . . IIc7 l (, fxc(, 0-0 1 7
.
GAME 61
Black gives up a pawn without obtaining any compensation and allo 11'.s
White to favorably open up lines leading to the further win of material.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Rykowski
1 e4 cS 2 b3 d6 3 1Jb2 Nc6 4 f4 e6 5 Nf3 N f6 6 NcJ De7 7 1Jb5 (More act i ve
t han 7 g3 ! ? ) 7 . . .0-0 (This allows White to double Black's paw n c; ; 7 . . Bd 7
was to be con sidered ) 8 Hxc6 bxc6 9 dJ Nd7 (l f 9 . . . d5 then 1 0 NeS wou ld
.
have been st rong) 1 0 0-0 Bf6? (The wrong diagonal for the Bishop;
J O . . . dS would have been better) 1 1 Qe2 c4? (Loses a pawn for no good
reason) 1 2 dxc4 aS 13 Rad l Qc7 14 Qd2 Be7 1 5 Na4 Rd8
re fu ses to t a k e a passive role, but this only leads to the loss of more
ma t t·r i a l ) 1 7 hcS dxeS 18 NxeS ! (Black will be unable to just ify the loss
o f the " e " pawn) 18 NcS ( I f 1 8 . . . c5 then 1 9 QdS or if l ls . . . Bf6 t hen 1 9
•••
GAME 62
White builds up a strong allack on the Kingside sacrificing a pawn to
open 1/{J the position.
USA, 1974
While - Snyder Ulack - Maki
I c� l'5 2 hJ Nc6 3 Ub2 d6 4 f4 N f6 5 Nc3 c6 6 N f3 Be7 7 BbS lld 7 8 0-0 0-0
9 K h l aft 10 lh:c(» llxc6 I I Qe2 Qc7 1 2 1be l (White h as mobilized nil o f
h i ' pict:cs a n d is ready for t h e push in t he center) 1 2 . h S 1 3 c S N d 7 1 4
. .
( Preventing 23 Ng5 which would finish Black orO 23 RdJ UxcJ 24 dxc3
Qe7 25 QhS! (The key move to keep the pressure on Black) 2S f6 2(, N f5• . .
GAME 63
White obtains two po werful Bishops and two open files strongly con
trolled by his Rooks with Black 's King still uncastled.
Tllburg, 1978
White - Spassky Black - Sosonko
1 e4 cS 2 b3 Nc6 3 Db2 N f6 4 eS NdS 5 Nf3 d6 6 Bc4 (6 Bb5 is t h e recom
mended move here) 6 . . . dxe5 ( Better would have been 6 . . . cfl 7 0-0 N hfi H
nbs d5 o r 6 . . . Nb6) 7 NxeS NxeS 8 BxeS e6 9 NcJ NxcJ? (This will give
White two powerful Bishops; 9 . . .Nb6 would have been better) 10 Bxc3
Hd7 I I 0-0 Bd6 1 2 Qg4 ( 1 2 Bxg7? would open up the "g" file for Black
and give him a strong attack after 1 2 . . . Rg8) 1l . . . Rg8 13 Rae l g6 ( l l
would have been better t o play 1 3 . . . Qe7 and prepare t o castle) 1 4 f4 hS 1 5
QhJ Qe7 1 6 r s
gxfS 1 7 RxfS
GAME 64
Black uses his King as an active fighting piece early in the game and
gets away with it, obtaining a reasonably good game. Black errs and then
allo ws White to offer a surprising Queen sacrifice which wins on the
spot.
Correspondence, 1975
White - Sokolov llluck - Camilleri
I c4 t·S 2 hJ N [(, J cS N d S 4 llbl d6 5 N rJ Nc6 6 lh:4 N btl 7 c(• N u·4 8
c ll l"7 + Kd7 9 hxc4 (9 Ng5 + would be met by 9. . . Kg6 and i f to bxc4
Bla�.: k ' � K ing can afford to go Knight grabbing with I O . . . Kxg5 !) 9 . . . e5
(P u t t ing a stop to any attack on Black 's King) 10 NcJ Be7 1 1 dJ IUH
( Bia�k is cast l i ng anyway but just taking a little more time to do i t ! ) 1 2
N d 5 K�H 1 3 h 3 ( P reven t ing 1 3 . . . 8g4) I J Uc6 1 4 c3 a6 I S N d l (White in
••.
Qe8 30 Ne6 IU7? (This loses at once, allowing White a brilliant finish)
GAME 65
A complex game where Black loses due to a consistent m1mber of er-
rors.
Olomouc, 1972
White - Schoneberg Black - Pribyl
I e4 cS 2 b3 Nf6 3 eS NdS 4 Bb2 Nc6 5 N fJ N f4 6 g3 Ne6 7 c3 ( P reparing
for d4) 7 ... d5 8 d4 g6 9 Bg2 Ug7 1 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 Rel bS ( With the idea or
playing 1 2 . . . c4; if l l . . . cxd4 White gets a much freer game afler 1 2 cxd4
b6 1 3 Nc3) 12 a4 bxa4 13 c4! Nexd4 14 cxd5 Nb4 ( I f 14 . . . Nxf3 + t hen 1 5
Dxf3 Nb4 1 6 Rxa4 B f5 1 7 d6 with a complex struggle) 1 5 Nxd4 cxd4 1 6
Rxa4 a S 1 7 Uxd4 (A t first glance it appears a s i f White completely
dominates the center, but a deeper look reveals that Black has counter
play)
17 . . Bd7! 1 8 Rat BfS 1 9 Re1 ( I f 1 9 d6 Black would be happy to sacrifice
.
22. . .1bd4 23 exf7 + Rd7 14 Rxd4 Qf8 25 Rd2 Qg7 16 Ret (Challenging
Dlack's active Rook; 26 Nc4 would have been strongly met by 26 . . . Dc7!)
26 . . . Rxc1 27 Qxcl QeS? (Black should have played 27 ... Nd3 !) 28 Nc4
QcS 29 Qa t Rf8? (The Rook cannot shift to the "a" file from f8; correct
was 29 . . . R f6 to meet 30 Qxa5 Qxa5 3 1 Nxa5 with . . . Ra6) 30 QxaS QxaS
3 1 NxaS Kf7 31 Rd4 (Black has no compensation for his pawn minus)
32. ..Rb8 33 Bb7! (Blocking out Black's Rook) 33 Nc2 J4 Rd1 eS? (This
...
results in the further loss of material; 34 . . . Nb4 should have been played)
GAME 66
White finds a sly way of holding onto a pawn that Black llad intended
to recover. White then ends the game by trapping Black 's Knight.
USA, 1974
White - Snyder Black - Kr)'Siall
I c4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Ub2 eS 4 f4 (4 Nc3 is the recommended sequence)
4 . . .ed4 S N fJ Nf6 6 N c3 dS? ! (6 . . . d6 is the common move here) 7 exdS
Nh4 ( Black didn't like his prospects arter 7 . . Nxd5 8 Nxd5 Qxd5 9 Bc4) H
.
IJbS Ud7 9 Qe2 + Qe7 10 Bxd7 + ! (Black must capture with his King or
remove another attacker from the "d" pawn) 10 . . . Nxd7 I I Qxe7 + Uxe7
1 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 13 a3 (Driving away the last attacker on the "d" pawn and
continuing to maintain the initiative) 13 Na6 14 NbS! (Attacking the
•.•
"a" pawn with the Knight , the "g" pawn with the Bishop and preparing
permanent pawn support for the passed "d" pawn) 14 Nf6 IS c4 Nc7•.•
1 6 1tde l ! NxbS 1 7 Rxe7 ( White now obtains a Rook on the seventh rank
and a superior Bishop for a K night) t7 Nd6 18 DeS! (Threaten i ng t o
.••
win a pawn with 1 9 Bxd6 a s well a s attacking Black 's weak " f" pawn)
18 N fe4 1 9 Rfl (Not 19 Bx f4 due to 19 Nf2 threatening the Rook as
••. ...
GAME 67
Black expands on the Kingside never castling and is outplayed in the
center after White plays his thematic cJ followed by d4 break.
London, 1892
W hile - Lasker Ulack - Bird
I c4 c5 2 N fJ Nc6 3 bJ e5 4 NcJ d6 5 Dc4 h6? ( Dlack doesn't want to play
5 . . . Nf6 due to 6 Ng5 so he makes sure t hat White's Knight never enters
g 5 ; however this simply results in the loss of lime; bcller would have been
5 . . . g6 or even the immediate 5 . . . De6!?) 6 dJ lle6 7 llxc6 fxe6 8 0-0 Ue7 9
Nc2 (Without having played f4 White prepares for his other natural
center allack wit h c3 followed by d4) 9 . . . g5 ( Black will attack on the
flank while White prepares to attack in the center) 10 cJ g4 I I Nd2 Qb6
(Blac k ' s a1 1cmpt to prevent or even hinder Wh i te ' s nat ural d4 break is of
'"' me) 1 2 Nc4 ()c7 13 d4
Games 111
32. . . Ub8 + 33 K gl Uh2 + etc.) 32 g3! lbg3 + 33 Kg2 Ue5 34 Bd4 1Jb8 JS
llh I lhh I 36 Kxh I e5 37 Ue3 h5 38 Nc3 Rd3 39 NdS h4 40 Rc8 1Jd6 4 I
llh8 ltd I + 42 Kh2 Rd4 43 Rh7 + Ke6 44 Rh6 + Kd7 4S Rxh4 DLACK
IU:SIGNS.
GAME 68
White 's Kin�: is more exposed in a Rook and Queen ending but While
seems lu find enough counter play to save himself.
A thens, 1968
W hite - Czerniak Black - Dobotsov
I e4 rS 2 b3 Nr6 3 Db2 d6 4 g3 (The fianchetto of the K ing's Bishop
hasn 't proven to be very effective) 4 . . .eS S llgl g6 6 Nel Ug7 7 0-0 Ngc7 8
d3 0-0 ( Oiack has had no problems i n obtaining an even position very ear
ly) 9 Nd2 Ug4 10 N c4 N d4 I I f3 Ue6 12 Nc3 fS 13 f4
13 . . . Qd7 1 4 c4 rxe4 I S dxe4 Bh6 1 6 Nxd4 cxd4 17 NdS NxdS 1 8 cxdS Uh3
19 Qd3 lbr8 20 Rac l Rxcl 21 Oxc l Dxg2 22 Kxg2 exf4 23 gxf4 Qg4 + 24
Kh I llxf4 25 Qxd4 Hxc l 26 Rxcl
GAME 69
Black comes out of the opening with slightly better positions for his
pieces and pawns and slowly improves his position until White is lost.
Europe, 1980
White - Bellin Black - Spassov
l t•4 cS 2 hJ Nc6 J Ub2 d6 4 gJ e5 5 Ug2 g6 6 NcJ Rg7 7 Nd5 Nge7 R h4 ( I t
would have been hel ler t o develop his I< night t o e 2 rather t han h ) ) 8 115
. . .
18 . . . Nd4 19 llfl Be7 20 BdJ f5 21 Qel Bf6 (Now that Black has his mi nor
pieces and pawns well posted he will start concentrating on act i vat i ng his
Queen and bringing his Rooks behind the "e" and " f" pawns) 22 llcJ
( White a lso doesn't seem to know what to do with his Queen's Bi�hop
and ends up exchanging it off on the next move) 22 . 1U8 23 lhd4 cxd4
. .
24 Kgl Qc7 25 Qe2 Rae8 26 Rei Qd8 27 Qg2 Kh8 28 Kh2 Ug7 29 ne2
21J . . . c4 ! (The begi n n i ng o r a great pawn o frensive i n t he ce n t er which
q u ick l y leads IO dem i se) 30 Ob i ( l r 30 rx e4 t hen . . . r4! is st rong
W h i l e' s
1 h rcalcning 3 1 . . . r3 + as well as al lacking While's weak K i n gsidc pawns)
30 . . . d3 (Ailack ing White's Rook , blocking out White's llishop and
opening the "a l -h8" diagonal for Black's Bishop) 31 Reel f4! ( Black
cont inues wit h his pawn attack forcing the final opening of lines for his
pieces) 32 g4 exf3 33 Qh3 ( I f 33 Qxf3 then . . . Rxe l 34 Rxc l Qxh4 + )
33 Re2 + 34 lhe2 fxe2 ( Black 's connected passed pawns win easily) 35
•••
W HITE RESIGNS.
GAME 70
White gets in o ver his head on a combination which leaves his Rook
a wk wardly posted and ends up losing an exchange.
Germany, 1 980
White - Bohnisch Black - Gauglitz
I e4 c5 2 hJ Nc6 3 Bb2 d6 4 g3 e5 5 Bg2 g6 6 f4 Bg7 7 N f3 Nge7 8 d3 0-0 9
heS d xrS 10 N h d 2 Nd4 1 I a4 Nec6 1 2 0-0 h6 1 3 Nc4 lle6 ( Black has a
good posit ion and will find the open "d" file useful) 14 Qd2 Qe7 15 IU2
nad8 16 Raft f6 1 7 Qe3 Qc7 1 8 Net a6 1 9 Nd2 NaS 20 Ba3 Rf7
2 1 NdrJ Nh7 22 h4 h5 23 Kh2 Kh7 24 tie l Qd7 25 N g l Nd6 2(» llh3 11g4 27
Ncf3 hS! ( G a i n i ng more space on the Queenside a nd prepari n g for a
possible c4 in the ruture) 28 axb5 axb5
(;,11//eS 1 15
..
·
·
<.l,.: r;: .• �I .. .
GAME 71
IJoth players exchange down into a drawn Rook and Pawn ending.
Zabreg, 1969
White - Czerniak Black - Saidy
I l'4 cS 2 h3 Nl·(, 3 llbl eS 4 f4 e:d4 5 N f3 d6 6 llb5 Nl•7 7 O-Cl u6 H B:u-6 +
hxdt ( Uiad i n t e n ds to usc his Knight to defend his f pawu) 9 d-' cxd-' " "
GAME 72
Black goes pawn grabbing and gives White the superior position.
White then recovers his pawn and goes into a winning endgame after
winning a second pawn.
Gotenberg, 1 97 1
White - Czerniak Black - Kinnmark
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 Nc3 eS 5 f4 exf4 6 Nf3 Nf6 7 NdS De7 8 Nxf4
Nxe4 (White will get plenty of compensation for his pawn ; 8 . . . Bg4 would
have been sa fer) 9 Qe2 ( I f 9 Dxg7 then Black gets some counter play after
9 . . . Rg8) 9 . . . Nf6 10 Dxf6 (Doubling Black' s pawns which eliminates
Black's willingness to castle Kingside) 10 . . . gxf6 1 1 Qe3 ( Releasing the
Bishop w h i l e bringing the Queen to a potentially more act ive location)
1 1 . . .dS 1 2 NhS (Threatening 1 3 Nxf6 + ) 12 . . . 11c6 13 UdJ Qd6 14 0-0
0-0-0 15 Uac1 Udg8 16 Nh4 NeS 17 IUS
Games 1 17
1 7 . . . KhHI K �.:3 cl4 19 Qf4 lidS 20 llh3! ( W h it e now ha� more piece\ at
t ac k ing Black's " f" pawn than he can handle) 20 1hl 8 2 1 N d6 lh fl• 2 2
. . .
Qxf(, Qd6 2 3 lhf6 Ng6 2 4 Nxg6 hxg6 2 S ReS Rd8 2 6 Ug2 ( Rcsu l t i n !! i n
t he w i n o f a pawn) 2 6 De6 2 7 RxcS b6 2 8 Rc6 ltc8 2 9 c 4 dxcJ 30 dw3
•..
nc2 + 36 Ke3 Dxn 37 Rxn lhh2 38 Rf2 (Black has no d e fen se against
t he eventual advance of the passed "g" pawn) 38 . . . Rh7 39 Kf4 Kc7 40
1M2 Rh l 41 g4 lU I + 42 Ke5 Re t + BLACK Rt:SJGNS .
.. ; �
GAME 73
White gambits a pawn and ends up with a superior Knight aga inst a
had Bishop which is exchanged off to recover the pawn. BhKk then at
tach White 's Queen overlooking White 's winning combination.
l,hoenlx, 1 975
White - Snyder Black - Chavez
1 e4 cS 2 h3 Nc6 3 Db2 d6 4 Nc3 eS 5 f4 exf4 6 Nf3 N f6 7 NdS NxdS 8
l':ruiS Ql'7 + ? ! (This leads to a cramped pos i t i o n where White will obtain
�l rong pressure on tllc "i:" ri l e; H . . . Ne7 was t o be considered ) 9 K r2 ! Nl·5
10 Uh5 + lhl7 I I Uxd7 + K xd 7 12 Ue l ( Pi n ning ami t h reat ening to c a p
l ure lllac k ' s Knight ) 1 2 ... f6 1 3 Kg I Re8 ( I f 1 3 . . . Nxf3 + t h en 1 4 (ix n
l'ollowcd by 1 5 Qg4 + recovering his pawn with a better posit ion) 1 4
lheS! fxcS I S d 4 Qf6 ( I f 1 5 . . . cxd4 then W h i t e s K night comes s t ro n g l y
'
I 'J Nc4 ()l·7 20 a3! (White in ret urn ror h i � pnwn ha� a s u pe r i o r K n i g h t
a g a i m t Blac k ' s Bishop a n d now begins t o prepare t o o pe n u p l i nes 011 t he
<)uccmidc)
I 18 Games
( Bl ack count ers by expanding on the Kingside seek ing counter play) 23
nad I g4? ! (This returns lllack's extra pawn but White will need to give
up his good Knight and open lines for Dlack; 23 h6 was to he con
. . .
con s idered ) 27 Khl cxb4 28 axb4 Uhf8 29 Rd4! ? ItS? (Black thinks that
he is sel l ing up a trap for White by opening up attacks on White's "h"
pawn , but it is Dlack who gets trapped! ) 30 QxhS f6 31 gd3! Uh8? (Here
Black was expecting White to resign when White came up with a bolt
from the blue)
GAME 74
Black 's Queen mo ves give White a sizeable lead i n de velopment. White
then sacrifices a pawn and never lets rtp on the pressure.
Games 119
Zagreb, 1969
While - Czerniak lllack - Cehalu
I e4 c5 2 bJ Nc6 J Db2 d5 4 exd5 Qxd5 5 Ncl Qe5 + (This only helps
White dev elo p ; 5 Qd8 is better) 6 Qe2! Qxe2 + 7 Ngxe2 Uf5 8 Ngl Uxc2
. . .
9 Rei ( W h i t e will gain time and development for his sa c r i fi ced pawn)
9 Ug6 10 Na4 e5 ( Black decides to return the pawn; if I O b6 then I I
• • • . . .
Bb5 ReS 1 2 d4) I I Nxc5 Uxc5 12 Rxc5 f6 JJ Ba6! ( Developing with t h reat
on th e "h" pa w n) IJ N b4 ( I f 13 . . . Rb8 14 then 1 4 Uxb7 ! ) 14 Ub5 + K dll
•••
•••
-\
1 7 a6 1 8 Ra4! o5 19 Ne4 (Threatem�g 20 Bxd3) 19 Nr4 20 Nd6 Ne7 2 1
.•.
Kb8 28 Rxa7 Kxa7 then 29 Rc7 + forking King and K n igh t ) BLACK
tmst<;Ns.
GAME 75
White slo wly builds 11p
a strong attack in the centt•r which Black trie.�
to avoid by castling Queenside and sacrificing a couple of pawns.
Polo Allo, 198 1
W hile - Snyder Black - Tomey
I e4 c5 2 bl d5 J exd5 Qxd5 4 Ncl Qd8 5 r4 (White t ries to gai n an i mpor
tant foothold on e5) 5 Nf6 6 Nfl e6 7 Ne5 (A strong out post for t he
. . .
19 r7! (White returns a pawn to obtain a strong passed pawn and to pre
vent a Black Rook from getting onto the " f" file) 1 9 . . . 11xh2 + 20 Khl
lld6 2 1 Qh6 B£8? 22 Qh5 Bd6 23 Bxh8 Rxh8 24 Rf3 Qa5 25 Ran Rf8 26
UdJ Kc7 27 Qh6 (Threatening 28 Rxd6) 27 . . . Bc7 28 Qh2 + ( I f 28 . . . Kd8
t hen 29 Qb8 mate, or i f 28 . . . Kc8 then 29 Dxb7 + !) IILACK tm.su;NS.
Games 121
Index of Games
11Jdex of Games 1 23
Adam 3 Gaprindashvili 40
Alexandria 40 Gardena 19
Anderssen I , 41 Gauglitz 70
Gross 33
Balasov 16 Gurgenidze 6, 56
Banas 31
Bellin 69 Hamann 60
Bellon 9 Hebert s
Benko 43 Hernandez 32
Bhend 35 Hess 21
Bilek 34 Hjor th 58
Bird 67 Holmov II
Birkel 49 Hutchings 26
Bobotsov 68
Bohnisch 70 Jurczynska 7
Brooks 42
Browne 37, 38 Kaplan 24
Karlsson 39
Camilleri 64 Keres 10
Capelan 53 Kieseritzky I , 41
Cebelo 74 K innmark 72
Chavez 73 Knaak 44
Chechelian 6 Kojalowitsch 48
Costigan 22 Kokkoris 47
Cuartas 2 1 , 52 Krystall 66
Cvitan 58
Czerniak 8, 1 2 , 27, 34, Lasker 67
43, 47, 60, 68, Lein 2
7 1 , 72, 74 Lokasto 57
Lombardy 1 6, 1 7
Dean so
Dely 13 Maier 18
Dobosz 57 Makarycev 28
D u ri e 39 Maki 5 1 , 62
Mariotti 54
Erenska- l�adzewska 7 Mecking 30
Medyanikova 4
Flesch 35 Merado 20
Franzen 31
1 24 l11dcx of (;,mil'S
Qu i n t e ros 29
Rabinowitsch 48
Rath 23
Reshevsky 17
Rohde 22
Root 3
Rykowsky . 61
Saidy 71
Schoneberg 65
Schmidt 1 2, 1 4
Schweber 30
S eret 54
Snyder 1 9, 20, 37, 38,
42, 49, SO, S l , . , .. .
Tal 25, 45
Tatai 27
Tomey 75
Tscitlin 55
Tukmakov 1 0, I I
Va rn u sz 46
Vukcevic 15
Werner 18
\Vcslcrincn 9, 1 3 , 14, 23,
24, 25 , 26, 36, 53
\Vir I hcnsohn 52