The Spanish Exchange Variation (White Repertoire For Tournament Players)
The Spanish Exchange Variation (White Repertoire For Tournament Players)
The Spanish Exchange Variation (White Repertoire For Tournament Players)
ProgressinCliess
Volume 15
Editorial board
GM Victor Korchnoi
GM Helmut Pfleger
GM Nigel Short
GM Rudolf Teschner
2005
EDITION OLMS
Stefan Kindermann
WHITE REPERTOIRE
2005
EDITION OLMS
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Contents
.
Hi sto r i c a l Intro d u ct i o n
1 .1
Typ i cal P o s i t i o n s
. . .. .
. .
..
. .
13
(1 ) The typ i c a l p aw n e n d i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
(2) The pawn e n d i n g i n p ract i c e
. . .
. .
15
(3) Wh ite's p l ay o n t h e k i n g s i d e : t h e p h a l a n x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
(4) W h ite's p l ay i n t h e centre
..
..
..
21
3.1
T h e c l assical 5 . f 6 6 d 4 e x d 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6
. .
3.3
. . . . .
50
..
50
The n at u ra l 5
. . .
58
The ag g ressive 5
3.6
3.7
I n d ex of Va r i a t i o n s with key p o s i t i o n s
Appe n d i ce s
5.1
5.2
In d ex of p l ayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3
. . .
. .
88
. .
95
1 12
. .. .
. .
1 12
5.3
l n d ex of g a m es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
5.4
5.5
B i b l i og raphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
1 Historical Introduction
Glek System { basically an improved Vienna
Game 1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 c3 f6 4 g3)
left me with the i m p ression that after the
main contin uation 4 . . . d5 5 exd5 xd5 6 Ag2
xc3 7 b x c3 Ad6 B l ac k has a very good
position, w h i lst the Spanish Four Knights
Game (4 Ab5) is made fai rly harmless by
4 . . . d4 .
6
5
2
::! iQJ
c e.___a
b d
g'--h_,
1 Historical I ntroduction
Em. L a s ke r - Ca p a b l a n c a
St. Petersburg 1 914, Finals
1 e4 e5 2 tilf3 tilc6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Ax c6 dxc6
5 d4 e xd4 6 @xd4 @xd4 7 ttlxd4 Ad6
8 tilc3 tile7 9 0-0 0-0 10 f4 Ele8 1 1 ttlb3 f6
12 f5!
a
h
8
XIX
h
8
3
2
XVIII
. . .
8
7
3
2
8
7
5
4
3
2
10
how t o u s e i t
11
1 Historical I ntroduction
Stefan Kindermann
- 9 .b.d6?! 10 aS! bS 11 c4! (ital icised , bold - the main l i n e of a theoretically i m po rtant
sub -variation)
...
12
2 Typical Positions
(1 ) The typ i c a l p a w n en di n g
a
1 c5
1 . h5 would c reate a weakness at g5 and
the wh ite king would have a safe route : 2 f2
e7 3 g3 f6 4 h4 g6 5 g4 ! ("damaging"
the wh ite structu re, but enabling the su bse
q uent creation of an outside passed pawn
on the h -file) 5 .. . h xg4 6 xg4 c5 7 e5+ e6
8 g5 c4 9 h4 b5 10 f5+ ! g xf5 11 h5 +- .
...
. .
2 e2 b5
2 . . . c4 3 e3 c5 4 e5 d7 5 e4 c6 6 c3
b6 7 f5 b5 8 g4 +- .
a
3 e3 e7 4 g4 f6
4 . .. e6 5 g 5 ! (5 e5 - as in many other cases
that we shall come across , here too the
early advance of the wh ite e -pawn does
n ot rep resent the optimal wh ite strategy.
5...c;!;d5) 5 . . .a5 6 f3 ! c4 7 c3 c5 8 g4
b4 9 a4 g6 1 0 e5 (first the e - pawn advances,
then the wh ite king reaches e4 by m eans
of zugzwang) 10 . e7 (10...c;!;d5 11 c;!;t3 b3
12 h3 c;!;e6 13 c;!;e4) 11 f3 d7 1 2 e4 e6.
5 h4 h6
. .
Or 5 . . . a5 6 g 5 .
13
2 Typical Positions
..
h
8
6. . . c4
6 . . . e6 7 f3 c4 8 g xf6 gxf6
(8 . . . xf6 9 g4 b4 1 0 e5+ e6 1 1 c3
(1 1 'i!;g5 a4) 1 1 . . . a4
6 . .. c4 7 4 d6 8 eS+ !
This pawn sacrifice m a kes the rest of the
w h ite i nfantry o n the kingside mobile and
leads to a w i n .
8 . fxeS+
.
9 e4 b4 1 0 c3 as 1 1 gS hxgS 1 2 hxgS c6
13 g6! cs
13 . . . e7 14 xe5 a4 1 5 a3 b3 1 6 e4 f6
1 7 f4 c5 1 8 e4.
6 fS!
14
(2) The p a w n en di n g i n p ra ct i ce
pied black q ueenside and the m o b i l e wh ite
m ajority on the kingside!
Ni s i p e a n u (2606) S e b a g (2394)
7t h Neckar Open, Deizisau 2003
-
h
8
38 . . . e6
38 . . . c4 39 d4
39 g5 c4 40 t5+ 17 41 g x h6 g x h6 42 e5
c5 43 t6
e
c
d -
-a
b-
h
-9-
31 Elf7 ! +-
43 . . . ta 44 t4 gs 45 e4 ta 46 e5
e8 47 d5 t7 48 xc5 xt6 49 x b5
g5 50 xa4 1-0
15
20 f5!
29 h6 !
The classic p i n cer-lever destroys the black
structure.
16
27
R o m ero Ho l m es (2460)
va n d er Sterre n (2475)
Wij k aan Zee 1 991
hS!
A white
27 . . . 'f!.e7
28 g4
29 h4 c7 30 gs
31 ti)g3 fxe4 32 ti)xe4
33 hS 'f!.d7 34 'f!.c3 !?
34 . . . 'f!.d1
h
8
32 fxe4 !?
3 2 . . . AfS
30 tllg 3 !?
3 0 . . .fS
1 9 g4! b6 20 ti)g3 cs 21 c3
Scotch i ng Black's idea of . . . c4-c3 .
3S f4 Ad7?
. .
17
2 Typical Po sition s
36 . .. h6
36 . . . g x h4 37 g2 .
37 f6!
Taking advantage of the weakness that h as
arisen at h6.
37 . . . d7 38 f5 gx h4 39 xh6 Ag6 40 f3
e6 41 gs h3 42 ts Ah5+ 43 g3 h 2
4 4 xh2 At3 4 5 g 3 Ah1
45 . . . Axe4 46 f 7 .
4 6 12 1-0
27 h5!
8
7
27. . . c6 28 g4 d6 29 d2!
{)-
30 f1 !
29 .. . d7 30 e3 l:if6 31 f4
18
47 . . . 17 48 f4 e5 49 c3 e7 50 xh5
d3 51 f4 e1 52 a4 1-0
e
8
4 4...h 5+ 45 f3 17 46 e3 e6 47 f5+ !
7
6
37
'Lr
5
4
h4!
3 7 . . . e6
.___c
e
h {}
a
b d
9
::..__
24 g4!
H ere too it is wel l worth noting the right way
for Wh ite to proceed : fi rst advance the h-,
g- and f-pawns i n a phalanx, meanwh ile for
tifying the e-pawn in its position.
24
b5 d7 39 g5!
. . .
27... c6 28 f4 es
28 . . . tDxb4? 29 Ac5+ .
40 g xf6 g xf6
2 9 c 3 d7
Better is 29 . . . a5 !
30 g3 d8 31 g5!
Wh ite has sent his pawns into the fray in typ
ical fashion ; despite the opposite -coloured
bishops, B lack is d rifting i nto great danger.
41 c3 d7 42 d5 17 43 13 g6
44 g4!
31 . . . b7 32 Ad4
32...fxg5 33 hx g5 g6 34 e3 d6 35 f5 !
19
2 Typical Positions
40 e4+ <!>e7
After 40 . . . e7 41 e5 decides.
Or 37 f4 .
1-0
20
I.
3
2
1
a
\)'
\)'
1a . . . Ad6
9 d4!
15 . . . c6
19 d3l55 [112-112]
21
2 Typical Po sition s
.!
.l .l
7
6
6
5
4
{}
{}
1 1 c4 !
A typical method of play in this structure : the
unpleasant possibility of Wh ite's playing c4c5 induces Black to exchange on d4, which
activates Wh ite's kin g 's knight i n particul ar.
18 dS
22
20 f4! ;!;;
After t h i s Black m ust take i nto account not
only a pawn exchange fol l owed by pressure
on g 5 and o perations o n the f-fi le, but also
f4-f5 . O n the other hand , a black exchange
on f4 would resu lt i n a pawn on f6 that would
need constant care.
h
8
7
25 f5!
Isolates the blac k g - pawn and fixes the op
posing f-pawn on a dark square.
i}
23
2 Typical Po sition s
.I.
1 0 . . . 96 1 1 a x b5 a x b5 1 2 i:Ixa8+ .axa8
1 3 d4!
h
d
e-
g
a
-
-
24
8
7
6
5
3
2
2
1
.s
a
10
'(!
10 . . . c4
1 5 Wx b3 96 1 6 c4!
17 c5!
If 19 . . . f6 20 a1 Ab7 2 1 a5 .
20
'(!
a4!
14
25
3 Illustrative Games
Theoretical section
3. 1 The c l a s s i c a l 5 . . . f6 6 d4 exd4
3. 1 . 1 T h e tra d i t i o n a l 5 . . .f6 6 d4 exd4 7 xd4 c5 8 b 3
(2484) - Golod (2523)
Bad Wiessee 2002
Womacka
1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6
5 . . . f6
4 . . . d x c6 5 0-0!
.___ab
c d-
g
h_
-
___,
6 d4
Our repertoire move, which is generally rated
more h i g h l y these days than the older con
tinuations 5 d4 and 5 Cbc3 . Fi rst of al l Wh ite
com pletes the development of h i s kingside,
which is particularly i m po rtant i n the varia
tion with 5 . . . f6, so that after an exchange of
queens on d1 Wh ite will be able to recapture
with the rook. At the same time, Wh ite keeps
6 . . . exd4
6 . . . Ag4 !? leads to complex play and is covered in the I l l u strative Game Baklan - Ka l l i o
(p. 42).
26
7 xd4 c5
Avoiding the exchange of q u eens is very
dangerous for B l ac k , consideri n g h i s lag i n
development a n d the weakness created by
. . . f6 :
a) 7 . . . lfDe7 8 Ae3 lfDg6 9 h5 Ad6 1 0 lfDf5
0-0 11 f4 e8 1 2 lfDd2 Axf5 1 3 xf5 l"&d8
14 l"&ad1 (14 lXae 1 ) 1 4 . . . l"&f7 [112-112] H art
ston - U nzicker, [chT] Vienna 1 972 ;
ttJ
. . .
8 b3
[a] 9
. . .
27
[b] 9. . . .l.d7
In this l i n e too Wh ite retains some advan
tage.
[c] 9. . . .l.e6
This bishop move without the i nterpol a
tion . . . Ag4/f3 is l ess explored , but perhaps
eq ually playable :
28
10 f4 c4 11 tlld4
11 Cba5 ! ? b6 1 2 Cbc6 Ad7 1 3 Cbd4 0-0-0
14 Cbd2 l'!e8 (14. . . g4 1S.CZJ4f3) 15 f3 b5
16 a4 Ac5 1 7 Ae3 Cbe7 1 8 a x b5 axb5 19 b3
[%-1/2] Petrush i n - Kharitonov, (ch] Aktjubi nsk
1985 (19 'i!?f2 ;t) .
11. . . 0-0-0 12 tllc3 fl 13 tlld5
13 Cbf5 .xd1 + 1 4 .xd1 Cbe7 1 5 Cbx e7+ Axe?
16 Cbd5 Ad8 1 7 Cbe3 l'!e8 1 8 f3 g6 1 9 f1
(19 'i!?f2) 19 . . . f5 2 0 exf5 g5 2 1 l'!xd8+ xd8
22 Ax g5+ 1/2-1/2 Vil lard - Neverov, Eger (op]
1999 .
10 f3 Ad7
The most freq uently encou ntered move, en
abl ing q ueenside castl i n g . H owever, in o u r
main game B l a c k i s presented w i t h fresh
problems.
10. . . e6!?
fb
29
b) 13 . . . Afl
30
. . .
ttJ
l1xd4 c5 15 e3
1 1 Af4 0-0-0 1 2 c3 c4
15 E!ad1 provides o n l y s l i g ht w i n n i n g
chances : 1 5 . . . tl:le7 1 6 f1 Axd4 1 7 E!xd4
ttJc6 1 8 E!d2 E!d8 1 9 e2 b5 20 E!xd8+ xd8
21 e3 tLlb4 22 d2 d7 23 a3 tLic6 24 e3
ttJdB 2 5 tl:ld1 h5 2 6 h4 Af7 27 g4 h x g 4
28 fxg4 tDe6 29 Ag3 Ag6 = [112-1/2] Godena
Gyi mes i , Budapest 1 99 5 ;
13 aS !
16 xd4 el 17 l1e1 !?
18 e3 l1d8 19 g4 g5 20 f!lg2 b6
13 . . . Acs+ 1 4 f1
h3!?
31
14
. . .
bS
1 5 a4!?
A very i nteresting idea of the Spanish player
Baron Rodriguez. Womacka, who gener
ally l i kes to fol l ow the exa m p l e of Fischer
i n the open i n g , obviously saw the po
tential of Wh ite's concept i n h i s own re
search. White wants to open l i nes against the
32
17 l1xd8+
1 7 Ad2 !? looks a bit passive, but it prepares
the open i n g of the q ueenside with b3. Here
are a cou ple of sam ple variations:
=.
15
. . .
ttJ
19 xb5
1 9 Ad2 This interesting suggestion from
C h ristian Gabriel does not ach ieve anything
against p recise play: 1 9 . . . g5 (19 . . . xa5!?
20 J"!.xa5 <8c6 21 J"!.a 1 '8d4+ 22 f!ld 1 'i!?b7
23 J"!.c 1 c5 24 f!le 1 c6 25 <8e2 f5) 20 e1
tt::l g 6.
e7 16 a x b5 a x b5?
1 6. . . xb5!
19. . . axb5 20 c3 d6
20 . . . Ac5 21 b3 tt::l g 6 22 Ad2 (22 g3 cxb3
23 <8xb3 b6) 22 . . . c x b3 23 tt::l x b3 Ab6
24 Ae3 b7 25 tt::l d 4 ;l;.
21 xd6
In playi n g this I had underestimated Black's
23 r d move . . .
21 Ae3 !
Jen n i sign ificantly strengthens Black's game.
Scarcely had the position after 1 5 . . . tt::le7 ap
peared on the board when I began to won
der: why not 1 6 . . . Ax b5 ? N aturally I had not
considered this obvious move in my prepara
tion . . . here too Wh ite must be satisfied with
a very smal l edge, but all the same . . . In con
crete terms, Wh ite does not now succeed i n
opening t h e queenside under circumstances
33
3
2
11 Ag3 !?
A subtle preparatory move, ai med at increas
ing the i m pact of Wh ite's c o m i n g b 3 . D e
spite t h e red uced materia l , Wh ite's i n itiative
has to be taken very seriously. The i m m e
d i ate 1 7 b 3 also comes i nto considerat i o n .
Following the p re m iere o f 1 5 a4 ! , obviously
we m u st g rant the authors h i p to Baro n Ro
driguez : 1 7 b3 cxb3 (17. .. ilb4 18 <f.1d5 <f.1xd5
19 exd5) 18 tLlxb3 Ab4 19 l"\a7 Ad6 20 f\xd6
tLlg6 21 f\da6 1-0 Baron Rodriguez - Po rtera
Garnica, [chT] Zaragoza 1 999.
..
17 . . . he8
1 7 . . . Ab4 1 8 CLid5 CLixd5 1 9 e x d 5 does n ot
solve Black's problems, owi ng to the weak
ness at c6, e . g . 19 . . . f\he8 (19. . . c3 20 b3
l"fheB 21 <f.1c6 ilxc6 22 dxc6 f"fxd1+ 23 f"fxd1
l"fdB 24 l"fa 1 f!?bB 25 ilf2; 19. . . ilxa5 20 l"fxa5
f!?b7 2 1 f"fda 1 l"faB 22 ilxc7! f"fxa5 23 ilxa5
f"faB 24 f!?f2 ilf5 25 c3 ) 20 CLic6 Axc6
2 1 d x c6 f\x d 1 + 22 f\xd1 f\d8 23 f\a1 b8
24 Af2 Ad6 25 f\a5 .
18 b3 !
I n this way Wh ite d i ssolves the black d o u
bled paw n , but a l s o exposes weaknesses
in the black camp and activates h i s own
pieces .
18 . . . Ab4 1 9 Ae1 !
If 1 9 CLid5 B l ac k solves h i s p roblems with
1 9 . . . CLixd5 20 exd5 Ac3 ! 2 1 f\a2 Ae6 .
33 . . . c8
33 . . . m7 ! ? 34 f\e5 c7 35 f\xb5 d6
(Teske) .
19 . . . c x b3 20 tQx b3 b8 21 tQe2!
34
34 f4 Ik7
34 . l"lc2
. .
Ci'J
44 g3 hS 4S e4 b6 46 d4 c6
47 e3 fS 48 e6+ bs 49 96
x b4
35 EteS b7 36 b4 a7 37 e4 b6
38 Ete6+ a7 39 @dS f7 40 c6
a6
4 0 . . . l"lb?
SO xg7 c4 S1 e4 f2 S2 h4 f8
S3 gS h8 S4 ts h6 ss 98 a6
S6 gs dS S7 xhS a3 S8 g4
e6 S9 f8 1 -0
4 1 c5.
41 cs+ b7 42 x bS fS+ 43 c4
1::1 9 5
35
3. 1 .2 T h e s e co n d s t r i n g 8 e 2 ! ?
Ve scov i
1 e4 es 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6
dxc6 S 0-0 f6 6 d4 exd4 7 xd4 cS
8 e2!?
..
,----,---,----,----.,,..--=---,,,,,
8
8 . . . '@!fxd 1 9 Eixd1
0-0-0
Ad7 1 0 bc3
11 Ae3
..
,--,--,--,---.-=,,.,..----,c-=-,---=.----;-o=->
8
8
7
11 . . . EieS
[a] 11. . . d6?! 12 f4!
36
12 . . . e6
(14. . . !fJc6 - the following game by the Exchange Variation specialist Eduardas Rozen
talis is a fine illustration of White 's optimal
procedure on the kingside: 15 l'1ad1 b6 16 f3
f'l,hfB 1 7 t2Jcd5 l'1f7 18 t2Je3 l'1e8 19 g4 tLJd4
20 r!?t2 !fJe6 21 !fJxe6 xe6 22 a3 a5 23 !fJg2
f'l,d l 24 l'1xd 7 xd7 25 tLJf4 c6 26 h4 r!?c7
27 h5
[b] 11. . . b6 12 f4
1 2 a4 ! ? a5 (12. . . ffe8 13 a5 b5 14 t2Jf4 c4
15 b3; 15 f3 - Rowson) 13 El.d2 Ad6 14 El.ad1
Ac6 15 Af4 Ael 16 tbd5 Axd5 11 El.xd5
El.xd5 1 S El.xd5 AdS 1 9 tbc3 (19 f3!) 1 9 . . . tl:iel
20 El.d2 tbg6 21 Ag3 h5 22 h4 ms 23 El.d5 f5
24 El.xf5 El.xf5 25 exf5 tbel 26 f6 gxf6 2l tl:ie2
tbg6 2S tbf4 tbxf4 29 Axf4 dl 30 f3 e6
31 c4 f5 32 g3 c6 33 g2 b5 34 b3 bxc4 35
b x c4 Af6 36 Ad2 AdS 31 Ac3 Acl 3S h3
fl 39 Ad2 g6 40 Ae3 Ad6 41 Ag5 Ae5
42 Ael Ad4 43 AdS Ac3 44 Ab6 Ab4 45 g4
Ac3 46 Axc5 Ae1 41 Ad6 Ac3 4S Acl
fxg4+ 49 f x g 4 Ae1 50 AdS h 6 51 Ael
g6 52 Ag5 1 - 0 Rowso n - Gormal ly, H ast
ings 2 003/04.
12 r:td2 Ac6
12 . . . f5 . This active m ove fai l s to solve
B l ack's pro blems : 13 El.ad1 tbf6 .
37
.__....__.___-'-='-'-----'-"'"'"'-"'
8
7
1 3 ad1 b6
13 . . . Ad6 14 Af4 ! Axf4 (14 . . . xe4 15 xd6
cxd6 16 if)xe4 I'fxe4 17 if)g3 ) 15 tll xf4 tll h 6
16 ..e2 t f5 17 e5 tbf7 18 e6 tbd6 19 h4
..hf8 2 0 f3 tbb5 2 1 tbxb5 Axb5 2 2 ..e5 b6
23 f2 Ac6 24 h5 ..f6 25 g3 ..dB 26 ..xd8+
xd8 27 e7+ e8 2 8 tbe6 xe7 2 9 tbxg7+
d6 30 f4 1-0 Vescovi - M atsuura, [zt] Sao
Pau lo 2001 .
14 f3
38
1 6 . . . !AeS
Threatening . . . tDc4 .
17 b3 c4
17 . . . f5 !? 18 Af4 fxe4 19 tDxe4 c4 2 0 i:1d4
c x b3 2 1 c x b3 tDg6 2 2 Ag3 Axe4 23 i:1xe4
Ac5+ 24 Af2 i:1 x e4 2 5 fxe4 Axf2+ 26 xf2
ms+ 27 e3 m7 28 i:1d5 !
1 8 !AdS b7
1 8 . . . i:1g8 1 9 t2 Aa3 20 h3 b7 21 g4 i:1d8
22 Af4 Ac5+ 23 s!?g2 c x b3 24 c x b3 i:1de8
25 Ag3 a5 26 Af2 Axf2 27 xf2 tlJd? 28 g3
Axd5 29 i:1xd5 tDc5 30 h4 h6 31 tDf4 c8
32 tt:Jg6 ;!; [%-%] Rozentalis- Sokolov, Ti lburg
1 993.
30
28
30 . . . h5
39
1 9 m2 as 20 g4 llg8
h
8
8
7
6
'i}
21 llg1 !?
Vacates d 1 and th reatens g4-g5 at some
point. Wh ite must also be vigi lant concern ing
the cou nter . . . f5 ! 2 1 g2 Ab4 2 2 c3 Axd5
23 c x b4 Af7 24 bxa5 b5 [1 -0] Glek-Yemel i n ,
[ch] S t . Peters b u rg 1 99 8 (24 bxa5 2 5 J3b 1
cxb3 26 axb3 f5! 27 h3 oo, Glek) .
. . .
21 . . . lld8
2 1 . . . Ab4 22 i"ldd1 .
25 . . f7 26 llgd1 lle8?!
.
40
27 h6!
31 . . . es 32 I!xeS Axes 33 e6 g6
34 fS d3+ 35 e2 b4 36 a3
c2 37 xh7 xa3 3S xf6 Af7
39 dS c2 40 d2 AxdS 41 exdS
b4 42 d6 dS 43 Ad4 c6 44 Aes
bS 45 f4 b6 46 fS g xfS 47 gS ds
4S Ad4 d7 49 g6 e6 so g7 11
51 e3 a4 52 b4 a3 53 14 a2
54 xfS b6 55 e4 gs 56 Aa1
f7 57 d4 1 - 0
27 xh6 2S x b6 c x b6 29 I!xd6
13xd6 30 I!xd6 f7 31 I!e6!
. . .
..
h
8
6
5
4
3
2
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3.2 The a ct i ve 5 . . . f6 6 d4 A g 4
Baklan
7 dxe5
This s i m p l e cont i n u ation is perhaps rightly
considered to be u n p roductive, o n the ev
idence of the fol l owing c lassic game. B ut
i n any case the adoption of the Exchange
Spanish i n a World Championsh i p m atch
testifies to Fischer's faith i n it ! As we can
see i n the section on 6 . . . exd4, 25 years later
Fischer had sti l l not lost this faith . . .
4
3
12 ttlcxe5
This active move was recommended as best
by Fischer h i mself. These days Grischuk and
Bel iavsky are two hig hly-rated supporters of
6 . . . Ag4 . Black h as more w i n n i n g c hances
than i n the 6 . . . exd4 variation, but must also
ru n g reater risks . . .
7 c3 !
a
. . .
Ad6
..
5
4
8 cxd4 f!!d7
3
42
. . .
1 99 6 .
b) 8 . . . cS 9 b3 ! (stronger than 9 d5 d6 =
indicated by Fischer and Gligoric) 9 . . . c x d 4
1 0 e5 !? Axf3 1 1 xf3 Packroff - Pich ler,
(corr] 1 977 .
9 h3
8 Ae3 the7
e6
10 c3 0-0-0 11 e3
11 Af4 tl:ie7 1 2 E!.c1
1 7 a4 a7 18 tl:ixa6 Ax h3 19 es tl:ixeS
20 dxe5 fxeS 2 1 tl:icS+ b 8 22 g x h3 e4
23 tl:lxe4 e7 24 E!.c3 bS 2 S c2 1-0
43
9 bd2 0-0-0
a) 9 . . . exd4 10 cxd4 0-0-0 11 '@c2 .El.e8 12 e5
Ab4 1 3 h3 Ae6 14 tDe4 '@fl 1 5 a3 Ab3
1 6 '@b1 Ael 1 1 tDfd2 !?
a) 1 0 . . . '@fl 1 1 b4 e x d 4 1 2 c x d 4 f5 1 3 e5
Axb4 14 tDg5 '@d5 15 h3 Ah5 16 '@xf5+ b8
1 1 '@e6 tDel 1 8 .El.ab1 Axd2 1 9 Axd2 .El.he8
20 Ab4 Ag6 2 1 .El.bd1 tLlf5 22 ''x d5 .El.xd5
23 Ac3 c5 24 dxc5 .El.xc5 25 Aa1 h6 26 tDf3 oo
10 dxe5!?
J ust as in our main game, the early exchange
on e5 seems to offer good chances.
1 0 '@c2 Some recent material on this classi
cal move :
44
1 0. . . fxe5
11 b4
12 r!!c2!?
4
3
9 d xeS !?
45
{}-
9 ti:lbd2
S i nce this i s an i m portant m a i n - l i n e pos i
t i o n , I shal l supply some further material , as
an alternative to the relatively u ntested main
reco m mendatio n . As long as Wh ite has n ot
exchanged on e5 , he has to keep consider
ing the conseq uences of Black playing . . . f5
(sometimes preceded by . . . exd4} .
9 . . . t!fd7
a) 9 . . . 0-0 10 c2 The most flexible continu
ation .
46
xb3 19 a x b3 b6 2 0 g 3 f7 21 ..a4 c5
22 E!fa1 ..ac8 2 3 b4 a x b4 24 c x b4 c x b4
25 ..xb4 IIDe7 26 ..c4 e6 27 b4 b5 28 ..c5
c6 29 ..a6 ..a8 30 ..b6 ..fd8 31 ..c x b5 ..a1 +
32 g2 g5 33 h3 ..dd1 34 ..c5 ..a2 35 ..c3
i>f7 36 .. b7 e6 37 Ac5 IIDc8 38 ..c7 1-0
Mecki ng - U nzicker, [ol] Lugano 1 968.
9 . . . fxeS 1 0 h3 AhS 1 1 c4 ! c5
a
10 dxe5
1 0 h3 Ae6 1 1 c4 tDg6 1 2 ..e1 0-0 1 3 c5
fie? 1 4 c2 ..ad8 15 h 2 f5 16 d x e5 f4
17 Ad4 IIDh4 1 8 b4 e8 19 Ac3 h5 20 l3.h1
E!.xd2 2 1 tDxd2 f3 with a dangerous black
attack [0-1 ] Reinderman -Sokolov, [chT] The
Netherlands 2001 .
5
4
1 2 e2 IIDg6 1 3 ..fd 1
'()'
1 2 b4!
The poi nt of Wh ite's move order: i n this way
White creates a further weakness in the black
structure .
12 . . . b6
1 2 . . . IIDc6 13 b x c5 Ae7 14 1/Vxd8+ (14 CZ)bd2
gives Black more hope of counterplay.
14 . . . 0-0 1 5 !Wc2 \Wd7) 1 4 . . . l3.xd8 1 5 IIDc3
Axf3 16 g xf3 .
14. . . 0-0-0
14 . . . e? 15 b3 f6 1 6 IIDc4 h6 17 IIDf3 Af7
18 f5 Axc4 1 9 b x c4 c5 20 ..ab1 b6 21 a4
0-0 22 a5 b x a5 23 xf6 ..xf6 24 ..a1 IIDf8
25 ..xa5 [1-0] Rozental i s - B ronstei n , War
saw [op] 1 989 .
1 3 bxc5 b x c5 1 4 bd2
a
s i,
15 !iJf1
a) 15 tll b 3 !? b6 1 6 ..d2 b7 1 7 ..ad1 1/Ve8
18 e2 h6 1 9 IIDf3 Ae6 20 tDc1 f7 21 IIDd3
Axa2 22 ..a1 ..a8 23 b4 Ac4 24 1/Vd1 oo [1-0]
Mal isauskas - Kostyra, Warsaw [op] 1 989 ;
i, s
.t. .l
7
6
5
4
3
2
47
.J
14 . . . 0-0
Structurally Wh ite can be very satisfied . I n
the next few m oves, h owever, W h ite has to
try to neutralise B l ac k 's cou nterpl ay o n the
kingside. Also the transfer of the black knight
to d4 should be taken i nto accou nt . Ideally
Wh ite would l i ke to transfer his knight from f3
to d3 and then fortify the ki ngside with f2-f3 .
If he can then play tl:lb3 (and/or a3) , the
pressu re on c5 will become overwhel m i n g .
1 4 . . . tl:lc6 ! ? 1 5 a4 d7 1 6 .!"l.f b 1 ! tLld4
(16. . . 0-0 1 7 .f!e1) 1 7 xd7+ Kxd7 1 8 tLie1 .
1 8 . . . fdS 1 9 b2
1 9 tLlg4 ! ? tLig6 20 tl:lf2 ; 1 9 ..fd1 !?
1 9 . . . At7 20 g4 96 21 g3!?
A double -edged decision .
1 5 '@a4!
21 . . . h5 22 f2 f4 !
1 5 . . . '@cS
23 h4
23 h2 !?
23 . . . Aea
1 6 h2!
1 6 . . . '@e6 17 ab1 h6
2 4 '@a3
1 8 f3 ;;f;;
8
7
6
3
2
24 . . . Ad7?!
48
From
. . .
able.
25 e1
25 gxf4 exf4 26 Axc5 g6+ 27 h1 g3 = .
25 . tilh3+ 26 xh3 @x h3 27 f1
J:U8 28 f2
. .
49
(2498)
Sevi l le [op] 2004
1 e4 es 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6
d xc6 S 0-0 Wd6
7
6
5
3
2
{r
6 . . . We6
6 a3 !
50
{r
7 d4 !?
4
3
tiJc4 tiJg6 9 d4
...
,---,,-----,,.--,----,-,--=---.,-,
10 tiJxd4 t!fg4!?
11 . . . h6
1 1 . . . .!"l.e8 12 .!"l.ad1 b6 1 3 d2 Ab? 1 4 tDg5
e? (14. . . Yf#xa2 ?! 15 Yf#c3 b5 16 l1d7) 15 e5 .
1 2 ge3 b6 1 3 gae1 cs
1 3 . . . xa2 14 c4 .
1 4 Wc3 gda?!
14 . . . .!"l.e8 15 h3 (15 '8h4 ?! Yf#g4 1 6 l1g3 7?
'f!fxh4 1 7 'f/fxf6 'f!fxg3 -+) 1 5 . . . Ab? 1 6 tDh4
tl:ih5 1 7 tDf5 f6 1 8 Ac1 ! (18 Yf#d2 t!lh 7 19 Yf#e2
g6) 1 8 . . . .E!.ad8 1 9 . ..3e2 fol lowed by 2 0 f3 ,
with clear advantage to Wh ite.
15 h4! Wg4?
b2 f6 12 h3 t!fxd1 13 l1axd1 i.
7 . . . Axa3
7 . . . exd4 8 xd4 tDf6 9 .!"l.e1 Ae7 (9. . . xa3
see the main line .) 10 Af4 .
0-0
11 gfe1
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3.3.2 T h e p r i n ci p l e d 6
Fre s s i n e t (2440)
Stefa n s so n (2584)
. . .
e7 9 a4 EibB
9 . . . A b7 1 0 a x b5 ax b5 1 1 .. x a8+ Ax a8
1 2 ..e1 [1 2 d 4 ! ? This sharp gam b it m ove
also comes i nto consideration : 1 2 . . . c x d 4
1 3 c x d 4 A x e 4 1 4 tl'ixe5 f 6 1 5 tl'i d 3 Ax d 3 ?
( 1 5. . . c 6 ! 1 6 <f)c5!? xc2 1 7 l;Wxc2 l;Wxd4
18 b3! ? oo) 1 6 W#xd3 c6 1 7 Ad2 tl'id5 1 8 ..a1
Ae7 19 E!.a8+ Ad8 2 0 W#b3 0-0 21 Ab4 W#f4
22 g3 W#c1 + 23 g2 Ae7 24 ..a1 +- [1 -0] Shi
rov - Short, G ro n ingen 1 996] 12 . . . tl'ig6 1 3 d4
leads by transposition i nto our m a i n game
with 8 . . . Ab7 .
J.b7
. . .
[a] 8
.i
b5
. . .
11
10 axb5 axb5 1 1 d4
7 c3 cs 8 c2
.I
7
6
5
4
11
. . .
cxd4
52
3 . 3 . 2 The principled 6
. . .
b5 (Fressinet - Stefansson)
22 I1a6.
[b] 8. . . c4!?
A very i nterest i n g idea from the Exchange
Variat i o n spec i a l i st M ichele Godena. Black
wants to prevent, o r rather h i n der, the ad
vance of the wh ite d - pawn .
12. . . @xfB
14 t/:Jxb5!
13 d4
This " normal move" should suffice for a slight
advantage.
1 3 ''e2 tbe7 1 4 tbb4 (14 lfab 1 <096 15 <0b4
<0f4 16 Vf#e3 Vf#d6 17 g3 a5!) 14 . . . vgyd6 15 d4
cxd3 16 tt:Jxd3 Ag4 17 '/llVe 3 'i!?f7 1B .El.fd1
Axf3 1 9 'if#xf3 .El. h d B 2 0 tbb4 'if#e6 21 tbd5
tbxd5 22 exd5 'if#d6 .
20 tt:Jd7+!
53
9 He1
18 g5+! f6 19 e3 f!le6 20 c4 e7
21 e3 e5 22 b6 IIc7 23 IIac 1 c4
24 a5 IIbB 25 bxc4 xc4 26 xc4 IIdB
27 IIxdB xdB 28 f!Jt2 [1/2-1/2] Socko
Krasen kow, [ech] Ohrid 2001 .
. . .
tQe7
[a] 9. . . IIdB
A precaution agai nst the thematic d4.
10 a4
9 d4!?
The i m mediate advance of the d - pawn
comes strongly i nto consideration .
10. . . e7!?
Here Black has several alternatives avai lable:
12 f3 c5
.......
c) 1 0 . . . tbe7 1 1 a x b5 a x b5 1 2 d4 c x d 4
13 cxd4 exd4 14 x d4 c6 15 c3 ;!; Pri e ;
{I>
54
d) 1 0 . . . b4 ? !
Probably t h e stron g H u ngarian p l ayer had
not appreciated the strength of the fol lowing
queen move :
11 e2 ! tlJe7 ? !
[ 1 1 . . . tlJf6 constitutes t h e critical cont i n u a
tion : 1 2 d4 cxd4 1 3 cxd4 tlJxe4 1 4 tlJg5 ! (14
flxe5 Both Pinter and I wrongly assessed
this position as clearly better for White . The
following resource makes matters very un
clear: 14 . . . b3! 15 <fle3 V!fxd4 16 <fl3c4 b4
17 e3 'W'd5 18 f3 co) 1 4 . . . tlJxg5 (14. . . f5 is
too risky with Black 's king in the middle: 15
f3 h6 1 6 <flh3 <flf6 1 7 dxe5 Vffc 5+ 18 e3
\Wxe5 19 c4 ) 15 Axg5 Ae7 16 Axe? xe7
17 x e5 xe5 1 8 E!.xe5+ f8 1 9 E!.d1 ! b3
2 0 et::\ e3 ] .
11 axbS axbS 12 e2
1 2 d 4 ! ? c x d 4 1 3 c x d 4 e x d 4 1 4 x d4 c6
15 tlJb4 E!.xd4 1 6 tlJxc6 E!.a4 17 E!.xa4 b x a4
1 8 tlJxe7 tlJxe7 1 9 Af4 .
1 2 cxb4 c x b4 1 3 d4
1 2 . . . Ae7 13 a x b5 a x b5 14 E!.xa8+ Ax a8
15 d3 .
1 3 xeS il e 7 14 e3 0-0 1 S ts t6
16 g4 d6 17 h6+ 'i!Jh8 18 d7 g6
19 f1xe7 f1ae8 20 f1xe8 f1xe8 21 es gxh6
22 xg6+ hxg6 23 ilxh6 ts 24 ile3 1-0
B rynel l - Go l d berg , [bl] Germany 2000 ;
[c] 9. . . 0-0-0 10 a4 b4 11 e3 e6 12 e2
e7 13 c4 c6 14 d3 as 1S ile3 ila6
16 f1ed1 ile7 17 td2 ts 18 extS xtS
19 b3 e4 20 dxe4 xe4 21 d6+ cxd6
22 xa6+ r!Jc7 23 xaS + - [1-0] Balog h
l brag imov, [ICC] 2003 .
17 Ag3 ??
55
1 0 a4
a
7
6
5
4
3
[b] 10. . . b4 11 e3
11 c x b4 !? c x b4 12 d4 exd4 13 e5 oo .
a
1 1. . . xe4 12 c4 dS 13 exes f6 14 c4
b7 15 e2 xf3 16 xf3 0-0-0 17 d3
c6 18 e3!?
1 0 . . . c4
18. . . d6 19 d2 ;t.
11 a x b5 a x b5
1 3 a3!
a
.i.
12
I:lxa8+
Axa8
13. . . exd4
13 . . . 'f#d7 14 'f#e2 !?
[14 tl:\xe5 tl:\xe5 1 5 d x e5 'f#xd 1 1 6 l:'& x d 1
Axe4 1 7 tl:\ e 3 c4 1 8 tl:\d5 Axd 5 ! ( 1 8. . . c6
19 <f)c7+ r!?e7 20 .fle3 .fld3 2 1 J'J.a 1 f6 22 e6
[1-0] Naiditsch - Mainka, Dortmund 1998)
19 l:'&xd5 c6 20 l:'&d1 Ac5 21 Ag5 0-0 22 @f1
f6 23 exf6 [%-%] Bakre - Kuzm i n , Calcutta
Goodricke [op] 2 002]
13 . . . c6 1 4 b3 ! c x b3 15 Wx b3 96
56
. . .
b5 (Fressinet - Stefansson)
i.
7
6
{I'
..
e
8
16 c4!
This strong idea of Igor G lek's calls B lack's
concept i nto question !
1 6 . . . b4 17 cS !
Vacates c4 for the knight and opens the d i
agonal a2-g8.
17 . WxcS
.
17 . . . b8
18 tilc4 Ae7
18 . . . Ad6
19 Ab2 Ac? 20 d 4 .
20 . . tilxeS
.
57
i.
37 . . . @g7
40 gxf7+
1-0
3.3.3 T h e f l ex i b l e 6 . . . .te6
1 1 d3 h6 1 2 h3 c6 1 3 Ae3 t [0-1 ] Ben
jami n - H ubner, M u nich 1 994.
(2605)
(2455)
Cappel l e - la-Grande Open 2002
N i s i p ea n u
Sof ron i e
8 gd1
1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 .lb5 a6 4 .lxc6
d x c6 5 0-0 d6 6 a3! .le6
a
.i
7
6
5
4
3
a
8 . 0-0-0
.
[a] 8
7 e2 f6
...
g4 9 d4! exd4
7 . . _ qje?
10 c3!
58
<=:..!....--'===-:...--=---='----'
']}
b) 10 . . . e6 ? ! 11 thxd4 !
59
9 c3 .tg4
1 3 . . . a x b 5 1 4 x b5+ d7 1 5 x h5+ g6
1 6 h4 c5 1 7 e5 f5 1 8 Ag5 (18 e6!?) and
Wh ite has the i n itiative;
11 xf3 e7
11 . . . e6 ? ! 1 2 d4 c x d 4 13 c x d 4 exd4
1 4 l"&xd4 i:De7 1 5 Af4 i:Dc6 1 6 l"&d5 Axa3
1 7 b x a3 l"&c8 1 8 h5+ f7 1 9 xf7+ xf7
2 0 l"&d7+ g6 2 1 Axe? l"&he8 22 f3 l:De5
23 Axe5 l"&xe5 24 l"&e1 l"&c3 25 l"& x b7 l"&xa3
26 l"&c1 l"&e8 27 l"&c2 [1-0] Ti m man - Godena,
[ol] Yerevan 1 996.
b) 9 . . . c6 1 0 d4 c x d 4 1 1 c x d 4 Axa3
1 2 bxa3 Ac4 13 e1 !? (13 W'e3 l!,d8 14 b2
W'b6 15 c3 <le7 1 6 l!,ab 1 ;t [1h-Y2} Rau
sis - Ravi, Calcutta Goodricke [op] 200 1)
13 . . . 0-0-0 14 d5 d7 15 l"&b1 Ab5 1 6 Ae3
Cbe7 17 b4 b6 18 a4 Axa4 1 9 l"&dc1 b5
2 0 a5 c6 21 d xc6 1-0 N is i pean u - Ravi ,
Du bai [op] 2002 ;
12 d4!
Nevertheless ! Th is is the only way for Wh ite
to bring his plans to fru itio n . Otherwise B lack
wi l l continue with . . . tt::lc 6 and 0-0-0 and can
be very satisfied .
c) 9 . . . l"&d8 1 0 d4 c x d 4 1 1 c x d 4 c5 1 2 d5 b5
13 Ae3 Ad? 14 l"&ac1 l"&c8 15 l"&c2 g6 1 6 l"&dc1
c4 17 l:Db1 Ah6 18 b3 [1-0] O ral - Petrov,
Pard u bice [op] 1 998.
10 h3 .txf3
10 . . . Ah5 11 d4 cxd4 1 2 cxd4 exd4, and now
White has two attractive contin uations at his
disposal :
a) 13 i:Db5 !
This tactical jest m akes a good i m p ression .
60
1 8 ''c4
This leads rapidly to equal ity. The fol l ow
ing variations actually stem from M ichal
Krasen kow : 1 8 . . . Ad6 1 9 Axd6 13.xd6 20 tbb4
(20 <flxd4 ?? '(f/d7) 20 . . . ''d7 (20. . . <flxb4
21 '(f/xb4 0-0 22 Y!?xd6 cxd6 23 l!.xc8 l!.xc8
24 llxd4 llc 1+ 2S @h2 llc2 =) 21 tbxc6
13.xc6 2 2 ''b4 13. b6 ? ! (22. . . llxc 1 23 llxc 1
c 6 2 4 l!.d1 d3 2 S Y!?c4 d2 2 6 Y!?b4
Y!?e7 ) 23 ''c4 ? ! [23 ''c5 13.c6 24 ''a?
13.xc1 2 5 13.xc1 ''c8 (2S. . . O-O ?! 26 Y!?xb 7 ;i)
26 ''xd4 0-0 27 13.d1 ;!; (27 Y!?c4+ llf7)]
23 . . . Elc6 %-% Godena- Krasen kow, Reggio
nel l ' Em i l ia 1 996.
15 l1ac1
16 c2
16 b3 0-0-0 oo .
16. . . l1d8
1 Z . ff!c8
26 tbb4 ! ?
18
e1 !?
[c] 8. . . g5?!
This tempting act of aggression will be pun
ished .
9 d4 g4 10 e1 0-0-0
10 . . . exd4 11 c3 c5 12 tbec2 .
11 e3 h5 ?!
1 1 . . . ''e? ! is surely better.
1 5 13.ac1 !?
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h
8
7
.____
a
_
b__
c_
d__
e __...:
9_
::
h ____J {}
_
9 d4
9 tDc4 . Th is quiet plan also comes i nto con
sideration , e. g . 9 . . . 'f!Je7 10 d3 'f!Jf7 1 1 Ad2 g5
12 b4 g4 13 tDh4 tDe7 14 a4 Axc4 15 d x c4
h5 1 6 Ae3 l"!.x d 1 + 1 7 l"!.xd1 tDg6 1 8 'f!fd3
Ad6 19 tDxg6 'f!Jx g 6 20 c5 [1-0) G lek
Cladouras, Bad Wiessee [op) 1 998.
9 . . . J.g4
9 . . . e x d 4 ? ! 1 0 l"!.xd4 'f!Je7 1 1 Af4 ! and the
following frag ment shows how q u ickly the
wh ite attack can d evelop against rather
loose Black play : 11 . . . g 5 12 Ag3 tDh6
(12. . . h5!?) 1 3 l"!.xd8+ 'f!fx d 8 1 4 l"!.d1 'f!fe7
(14 . . . V!fe8 15 <Z!c4 ) 1 5 tDd4 Ad? 1 6 'f!fd2
'f!fb4 ? (16. . . g7 17 V!fa5 e8 18 <Z!e6 )
1 7 'f!fd3 'f!Je7 (1 7. . . d6 18 c3 + -) 1 8 tDc4 c5
=,
10 J.e3 '@e6
62
1 1 dxe5 !ixd 1 +
1 1 . . . .El.eS 1 2 tl:ic4 fxe5 (12 xf3!?) 1 3 .El.d3
tiJe7 ? ! 1 4 .El.ad1 tl:ig6 1 5 h3 Axf3 16 'f#xf3 !
Ae7 1 7 'f#f5 'f#xf5 1 8 exf5 tl:ih4 1 9 g4 e4
20 .El.d7 .El.dB 2 1 .El.xd8+ Axd8 22 tl:id2 .El.e8
23 't!>f1 ;t; (1-0] E ren b u rg - l n arkiev, [ech] Is
tanbul 2003.
. . .
1 2 @xd1 !?
1 6 . . . b6
16 . . . g6 17 .El.c1 Aa4 18 tl:ic5 .
1 9 Ags t!lg6 2 0 h 4 h6
a
a
3
2
14 t!lg5!
...
,----,---,----,--
-,..--.,,.---=---.--
-,..
'1:t
2 1 h 5 ! h xg5
6
5
4
63
3.4 The n a t u ra l 5 . . A d6
.
(2650)
(2480)
New York 1 997
Roze n tali s
Wed b e rg
1 e4 es 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6
dxc6 S 0-0 Ad6
a
.I.
8 Ae3
4
3
8 . . . e7
9 bd2 Ae6
So far, so c lear. Also the basic wh ite plan is
q u ite obvio u s : b ri n g the q u een 's k n ight to
c4 and p l ace a roo k o n the d -file. I am not
s u re , however, about the most p recise way
to carry out this idea. I present here various
m ove o rders , w h i c h with the exception of
6 d4
Only with this move can Wh ite fight for an
advantage.
6 . . . exd4 7 '@xd4 f6
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1 9 e3 fxe4 20 x e4 Afl 21 g5 f8
22 l"!.e1 l"!. ae8 23 'i!?f2 Ad5 24 xd5 cxd5
2 5 l"!.xel l"!. x el 2 6 l"!.e1 f4 21 l"!.xel x el
2 8 e3 xe3+ 2 9 'i!? x e3 xg2+ 30 'i!?f2
tLlf4 31 'i!?e3 g2+ 32 'i!?f2 t2Jf4 33 'i!?e3 %-1/2
Volzh i n - Galdunts, Yerevan [op] 1 996.
12 xc4 el . W h i lst after 1 0 l"!.ad1 this is
the most popular and possibly the best black
plan , there is very l ittle material on its use af
ter 1 0 l"!.fd1 . Perhaps with the wh ite roo k on
a1 , the black players are concerned about a
possible attack with a4, b4 and b5 !? 13 l"!.d4
(13 a4 0-0-0 14 b4!? has not been tested
but looks very promising.
10 t'fc3
Th is e l i m i n ates the poss i b l e black tri c k of
Ax h2+ in the l ines with l"!.d1 and c4 . How
ever, if B l ac k plays Axc4 l ater, then Wh ite
will have l ost a tempo in com parison with
the l ines with l"!.ad1 or l"!.fd1 and t2Jc4 (without
''c3) . On the other hand , White now has the
benefit of the extra option of d4.
[a] 10 lifd1
A freq uently
10. . . 0-0
c ) 1 0 . . . dl 1 1 c4 El. d B 1 2 c3 0 - 0 1 3 Af4
Axc4 1 4 xc4+ 'i!? h 8 1 5 Ag3 g6 1 6 l"!.d3
el 17 l"!. b3 b5 1 8 xc6 Axg3 19 h xg3 l"!.d6
65
11 tilc4
With this, Wh ite allows the exchange of
q ueens, in con nection with the following
black manoeuvre. However, it appears that
Wh ite can sti l l (as usual) count on a s l i g ht
advantage.
11 '/elVc3 represents a rarely played alternative
i n this position , e. g . 11 . . . '/elVe8 12 ttJc4 Axc4
1 3 '/elVxc4+ 'lelVf7 14 '/elVxf7+ xf7 1 5 ctJd2 ttJg6
(15. . . b5 16 tZJb3) 1 6 ttJc4 .
14. . . f1fd8
a) 1 4 . . . ..fe8 1 5 f3 ttJg6 1 6 f2 ..ad8 1 7 g4
..d7 18 ttJb3 ..xd1 19 ..xd1 Ae6 2 0 h3 Ac8
21 f4 ttJf8 22 f5 ttJd7 23 ttJd2 f7 24 Af4 c5
25 Axe? b5 2 6 Ad6 c x b4 27 Axb4 [%-%]
Volzh i n - Lukacs, Budapest 1 99 6 ;
1 1. . . .tb4
The most solid move, but it leads once again
to an endgame with a m i n i mal wh ite advan
tage and which i n practical play is q u ite u n
pleasant for Black.
66
g6 32
14 a4
1 4 . Ad4 Ab4 1 5 c3 Ad6 1 6 b4 E&de8 1 7 a4
e6 1 8 xe6+ f&xe6 1 9 !'ld2 !'le5 20 !'lb3
!'lc4 2 1 E&e2 h5 22 g3 h4 oo [0-1 ] M ar
ciano - Hebden , Tou l o use [op] 1 99 0 ; 1 4 g3
E&he8 15 !'ld4 ? xe4 + [0-1 ] Bed narska
Holoubkova, [ztW] Ti misoara 1 993.
11 tilc4
11 c3 !? This idea comes strongly i nto con
sideration i n several l i nes : Wh ite wants to
put his k i n g 's k n i g ht o n d4, fro m where
the advanced post on f5 beckons attrac
tively: 1 1 . . . el 1 2 !'ld4 Ab4 1 3 d3 E&d8
1 4 e2 Ac8 15 !'lf5 Axf5 16 e xf5 !'le5
1 7 tll c 4 !'lf7 1 8 f&xd8+ @xd8 19 g4 E&g8
2 0 d4+ e8 2 1 c3 Ad6 22 a? !'ld8
23 E&d1 d7 ([%-%] Markovic - G l igoric, [ch]
Belgrade 1 998) 24 Af4 +-.
14. . . f1he8
14 . . . h5 15 Ad4 h4 16 Ac3 c5 17 e5 !'lxe5
1 8 Axe5 fxe5 1 9 h3 E&df8 20 !'ld2 E&f4 21 tt:Je4
b8 22 E&d3 E&hf8 23 f3 e8 24 d5 xa4
25 !'lxd6 c x d 6 26 x d6+ a8 27 x c5
[%-112] Cobb - H ebden , London 2000.
1 1. . . xc4
11 . . . Ab4
1 9 'i!lf1 g5 20 f3 ttlg6 21 g3 h5
21 . . . Ae5 !?
25 . . . fxe5 26 e3.
26 f1e3 b5 27 b3
13. . . 0-0-0
67
.J
10. . . xh2+
xc4 +.
27. . . gxf3?
A mistake, since now the wh ite king can en
ter the fray. (27. fWe6 oo, Wedberg) .
. .
28 @xf3
The conti n u ation is very instructive. Rozental is demonstrates emphatically that his ac tive king s i m ply rep resents "an extra piece
i n play" .
1 0 . . . 0-0
10. . . g6!?
11 d4
1 1 t:t:Jc4 appears l ess logical here, since in
com parison with the variations with 1 0 f!fd1
and 10 [{ad1 White is sim ply a tempo down :
1 1 . . . Axc4 1 2 'tl\'xc4 'tll'e7 1 3 f!fe1 0-0-0
1 4 Ad4 [{he8 15 Ac3 t:t:Je5 16 t:t:Jxe5 Axe5 =
[%-%] B rynel l - Ernst, [chT] Sweden 1 994.
35. . . fiaS
[c] 10 c4 ?
A serious blunder, simply dropping a paw n .
68
. . .
11 c4
11 /\d4 ! ?
a
7
7
6
6
5
3
2
11
. . .
Axc4
20 . . . .adS 21 12 gs 22 f5 17
23 e3 b5 24 .xdS .xdS 25 .d1
.xd1 26 xd1 c5 27 e3 e6 2S f4
d7 29 b2
1 1 . . e8 1 2 CL'ixd6 c x d 6 1 3 b4 b8
14 ..ad1 c5 1 5 d2 ..d8 16 Af4 c7 1 7 Axd6
f#b6 18 b4 c x b4 19 x b4 x b4 20 Axb4
CL\c6 2 1 a3 ;!; [112-112] Fress i n et - Gald u nts,
Bischwi l ler 1 999.
.
29 . . . d6 30 g3 e6 31 d3 d6
32 g4 c4 33 b x c4 bxc4 34 b4 c6
69
...
8
7
4
3
2
45 . . . hS+ 46 f3 17 47 e3 e6
48 f5+ f7 49 tilf4
Once again the optimal wh ite pawn structure
on the kingside, which is considerably more
effective than the p re m at u re creation of a
passed e -paw n .
h
8
43 tild5 f7
43 . . . f5 44 f3 [44 tbc7+ d6 45 tbb5+
c6 (45. . . <i?e6 46 exf5+ <i?xf5 4 7 t;)d6+ <i?g4
48 if)xc4) 46 tbc3 fxe4 47 x e4] 44 . . . h5
45 tbc7+ d6 46 tbb5+ c6 (46. . . <i?e6
47 exf5+ <i?xf5 48 if)d6+) 47 tbc3 f x e4+
48 xe4 .
4 9 . . . til e s 5 0 c3
44 13 g6 4 5 g4
70
My Re c o m m e n da tion fo r B la ck:
Gle k
1 e4 es 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6
dxc6 S 0-0 Ag4 6 h3 hS!
3
2
'11
7 d3
Th i s is the o n l y way for Wh ite to fight for
advantage. 7 c3 d3 8 hxg4 h xg4 9 Cl:lxe5.
71
. . .
!ff6
8 bd2
. . .
8 e3!?
11 t11l d2
a) 1 1 h 1 . I confess I d o n 't u n derstand the
deep point of the early k i n g - m ove to h1
or g2 , si nce the following p l ay o n the g
file seems less effective. More log i cal is the
king-march via f1 to e2 , which i n most cases
is the wh ite monarch's best post . But since
ad m itted ly the h1 (g2) idea has been
played by some strong p l ayers , I shall pro
vide here some relevant material on it.
72
12 c4
73
16 t!lh 1
1 6 Ae3 .
16. . . flaeB
1 6 . . . g5 1 7 Ae3 !:\g6 1 S f4 .
19 f4 g4
13 f4!
(see next analysis diagram)
74
3 . 5 The aggressive 5
. . .
26
29
. . .
e7 9 c4!?
L...=.'--.=.:=:....=..o..='-'--'-='-'--
[a] 9 fie1
This is the trad itional antidote to the black
system with 5 . . . Ag4 . It leads to a very sharp
game. However, i n view of Pi ket's i m portant
new idea (see Kroeze - Pi ket (p. 76)) I can
recom mend it for Black only!
9. . A lg6
10 d4
75
. . .
1 2 Ae3
12 lid1 0-0-0
13 'i!?f1 e7!? 14 e3
14 e2 c5 15 .El.g1 Ad6 16 a4 b6 17 Ae3 b7
1 8 .El.ab1 a5 1 9 c3 .El.h7 20 .El.g5 c6 21 b3 d7
76
. . .
1l.g4 (Glek-Tkachiev)
22 b4 c x b4 23 tbxd6 xd6 24 c x b4 a x b4
25 l3.x b4 e6 26 l3.g1 oo (1 -0] l u ldachev
Babu, Calcutta Good ricke (op] 1 997 .
14
. . .
/J,f6 15 c3
1 2 f6
. . .
. .
13 l1fd1 f6
1 3 . . b5 . This position arises from the above
mentioned and very noteworthy move order
with 8 Ae3 . 14 tbd2 d7 15 f1 tbf8 1 6 l1b3
6Lie6 1 7 d4 exd4 1 8 tbxd4 tbxd4 19 Axd4 f6
20 f4 l3.he8 2 1 f3 (2 1 e5!? c5 22 exd6 cxd4
23 l!xd4 c6) 21 . . . c8 22 e5 Ae7 23 l3.e1 l3.f8
24 l3.ad1 ;!; (%-%] Rausi s - Bacrot, E n g h i e n
les-Bai ns 1 999.
.
14 @f1 c5
77
13 flfd1
13 'i!>h1 Af6 14 a4 0-0-0 1 5 a5 tLlh4 1 6 cod2
tLlg6 1 7 '8ad1 tLlf4 1 8 Axf4 exf4 1 9 t2:lc4 g5
20 @g2 '8h6 21 '8fe1 c5 22 c3 Ag? 23 '8g1
'8g6 24 'i!>f1 b5 25 a x b6 c x b6 26 @e2 oo
[112-112] Hort - Spassky, [ct/m] Reykjavik 1 977 .
15 c3 'i!lf7
This position can also arise from the recom
mended move order w i t h 8 Ae3 .
16 d4
13
. . .
0-0-0
18 flac1 e7 19 d5
78
19 . . . l'!hf8 ( 1 9 . . . g4 20 h x g4 h x g4 21 l'!h1 )
20 f3 f5 2 1 l'!g1 oo fxe4 ? ! 22 fxe4 tl:if4+
23 Axf4 l'!xf4 24 tl:ie3 ! ;!:; .
[c] 12. . . c5 13 a4 d6 14 l1fb1 a5 15 <i?t1 f5
16 f!?e2 e7 17 I1g1 <i?t7 18 I1g5 g6 19 I1ag1
Ihg8 20 d2 c6 21 c3 e7 22 I15g2 ;f
(1-0] Hort - S l iwa, Polanica-Zdroj 1 967
a
i.
7
6
4
3
g h
i.
I..
1 4 @f1 cs
For deviations see variations a) to d) on
page 77.
15 c3 l:!d8
7
6
4
[j, 3
2
g h
{f
1 3 i!fd 1 Ad6?!
The bishop is less effective here and b e
comes an object o f attack, or rather ex
change !
Black h as p repared against the d i rect d3d4, but Glek demonstrates a typical method
bri n g i n g about another structu ral transfor
mation .
79
15. . . bS!?
18 . . . c6?!
1 8 . . . E!.d7 ;!;
16 d2
.I.
20 . . . Ac7 ?!
The fi rst step down a s l i p pery slope for
Black.
16 a3! <c!?f7 17 b4
c
21 d x e5 Jahd8
2 1 . . . E!.xd 1 + 22 E!. x d 1 Ax b6 23 E!.d7+ e6
24 xb6 .
17 . . . c x b4 1 8 a x b4
18 cxb4!?
80
. . .
28 . . . g6 29 f4 f6 30 e5+ e6 31 d6
31 f5+ g xf5 32 f4 +- .
31 . . . b6 32 e3 as 33 bxa5
33 e4 a4 34 f5+ g xf5+ 35 gxf5 tt:Jh7 36 b5
a3 37 b x c6 +- .
3 3 . . . bxa5 3 4 e4
34 f5+ \!?xe5 35 fxg6+ f6 36 g7 gxg7
37 tt:Je4+ f7 3S gxh5 .
25 . . . d7
3S . . . gd3 39 g x h 5 g x h 3 40 g x h 3 tt:Jg5+
41 d4 tt:Jxh3 42 f3 f5 = .
2 6 fS+ e6 27 13g5
39 c4 h4 40 14
27 . . . f8
27 . . . tt:Jf4 2s ge5+ f6 29 gf5+ +- .
40 . . . aS 41 c2 13c5 42 a3 13a5
43 e4 13c5 44 t4
28 e2
28 gxh5 gd3 29 tt:Ja5 +- ;
44 f3 t .
2 8 f4 gd1 + 2 9 e2 gc1 30 gx g7 g x c3
31 tDe3 +-.
81
van d e r We i d e (2400)
Wells (2489)
7 . . . g6 8 1!fgS
8 <fJf3!?
2
1 Cb
a
. .
f!!Txe4 9 f!!Ta5!
. . .
g4!
82
i.
7
6
hxg3 ;t
9 . . . f5!
O n ly this sharp counter-blow enables Black
to justify his idea.
9 . . . xe4 1 0 ge1 h6 1 1 g3 .
1 0 e5 !
a
1 5... 0-0-0
1999.
1 6 g5
1 0 . . . Wg4
N ow the exchange on g4 would g ive the
blac k pieces the use of the f5 -sq uare and
m ake f2-f4 unattractive for Wh ite.
10. . . cs
This m ay well be B l ack's o bj ectively best
conti n u at i o n . It t h reatens the u n p l easant
. . . c5-c4 .
a . . . Ag7 9 tild3 !
Indirectly defend ing the e - pawn , since the b4
square is now u n avai lable for the the black
queen . 9 tl:\f3 xe4 1 0 ge1 b4 ! oo .
83
11 b3!
11. . . h6
12. . . f4!
13 xd4
An ori g i nal position , in w h i c h Wh ite has
q ueen and e - pawn against two rooks. Con
sideri n g the closed character of the posi
tion , the strength of the black rooks does
84
3 . 6 The unconventional 5
. . .
6
5
4
e
d
.___a bc
g h
-
1 1 '@e3
11 f4!?
15. . . f!lfl
15 . . . 0-0 16 ge1 (16 a3 xf4 17 xe7 f"fe8
18 c5 e5 19 <f:Jd2 i) 16 . . . Ad6 17 tLle2 .
16 tt:Je2
16 ge1 Af6 (16. . . t2Jc6 1 7 a3 f"fe8 18 t2Je2
g5 19 <f:Jd2 'i!?g6 ? 20 f4! g7 21 fxg5 hxg5
22 t2Jf4+ 1-0 lvanov-Belotelov, Moscow
1994) 1 7 tl'ld2 tl'lc6 1 8 a3 Af5 19 tl'\d5 . Si nce
Wh ite can not capture on c7 , this excursion is
pointless : 19 . . . Ag7 20 Ab2 (20 t2Jxc7 f"fad8)
20 . . . gad8 21 tLlf4 Ae5 22 tLle2 ghe8 23 tl'lc4
Ag7 24 tl'lg3 ;!; (1/2-112] Fressi n et - Jen n i , Lau
san ne [rapid] 2000.
18 tt:Je4 b 6 19 d2 g4 20 tt:J2g3
I t h i n k that ECO's assessment of c l ear
wh ite advantage is too opti m i stic. 2 0 . . . Ac7
21 gfe1 a5 22 a4 gad8 23 f3 Ac8 24 ge2
Elde8 25 g ae1 ;!; [1/2-112] N ielse n - Kru ppa,
M insk 1 993.
85
14. . . r.!lf7
a) 14 . . . b6 15 tbf2 .E!.h5 16 d4 g5 17 d2 f7
1 8 a4 Ae6 1 9 a5 b5 20 .E!.a3 @g6 21 .E!.h3
.E!.xh3 22 t2:1xh3 f4 23 tbe4 Ax h3 24 g x h3 tbf5
25 c3 Af8 26 f2 Ae7 27 .E!.g1 h 6 28 b4
E!.f8 29 Ad2 h5 30 e2 h4 31 Ae1 g2
32 f3 e3 33 Af2 f5
4
3
11
. . .
t'hdS 1 2 '@e1
Th reatening 1 3 f4.
12
. . .
'@d4?!
12. . . b6!?
1 2 . . . f4 13 f3 h5 14 c3 0-0 15 b3 Af5
1 6 tbe4 g5 1 7 Ab2 .E!.ae8 18 e2 b6 1 9 tbdf2
(1-0) van der Wei d e - Ken n au g h , Saint Vin
cent 2000.
13 ttlc3
13 f4 Ab7 14 c4 el 1 5 c5 0-0-0 1 6 E!.f3
g5 1 7 .E!.g3 h4 1 8 f1 g4 1 9 e1 d5
2 0 d 4 e7 2 1 c4 h5 2 2 .E!. a3 a5 23 d3
Af8 24 Ad2 d7 2 5 c3 b4 2 6 e2 0-1
Mas - Nguyen Anh Dung, [chT] Kuala Lumpur
2001 .
b) 14 . . . g5 1 5 f2 c5 1 6 d 4 ! c x d 4 1 7 Axg5
.E!.e6 1 8 d3 g6 19 d2 x e5 2 0 f4
[1 -0) Fressi n et - M i khalevski , Saint Vi ncent
2000.
. . .
1 3 thc3 f4 !?
86
i.
. . .
1 8 . . . cs
19 dS!
A good solution to the problems of the po
sition : Wh ite g ives a pawn back temporari ly
and seizes the i n itiative.
4
3
19 . . . c x d4 20 Aa3 l:ie8
2 0 . . _ gd8 2 1 tLif6+ h8 22 Ae7 .
21 l:ic1 !
16 . . . xf4
16 . . . 0-0 !? 1 7 t2Jxd5 c x d 5 1 8 i&e3 Af5
19 t2Jf4 ;!; _
1 7 xf4 0-0
17 . . . Af5 1 8 d4 [1/2-%] Wiersma- de Vreugt,
[chT] Netherlands 2000 (18. cS 19 e3!) .
. .
18 d4
a
6
5
4
29 @x g8+
87
3.7 U n u s u a l c o n t i n u a t i o n s
Z h a n g Z h o n g (2624)
Vre u g t (2504)
de
4. . . bxc6
5 0-0
a) 5 d 4 . This natural and sen s i b l e move
is Soltis's recom mendat i o n , lead i n g to the
fol lowi n g variations : 5 . . . exd4 6 'M#xd 4 , and
now:
6 . . . d6 7 0-0 1'if6 8 1'ic3 Ae6 9 Ag5 Ae7
10 'M#a4 ;
88
6 d4 exd4 7 g5
.i.
7
6
5
[a] 5. . . f!!Tf6
A very old and qu ite playable move but, with
correct play by Wh ite, B l ac k ends up again
in the "typically u n p l easant" endgame with
the i nferior pawn structu re , i n which B lack
no longer holds the trump-card of the bishop
pai r.
89
[c] S. . . f!!!e 7
..---,--..,.....-...,...-,...-=--::--.--
L.::::::;:::J.=::=.:::....i:...--i.;=-o..=..:'---1
z . g4
7 . . . f6 !
Th is seems to be a relatively better black try
and is hardly investigated yet. It is notewor
thy that here the " usual" tries do not seem to
bri ng Wh ite any particular advantage. It was
Jeroen Bosch who fi rst drew attention to this
in New in Chess Magazine 3/2003 . It is en
tirely baffl ing to me that i n his "SOS-Article "
(Secrets of open i n g su rprises) Bosch also
recommends the obviously weaker m ove
5 . . . Ae6 ? .
After t h e open i n g o f t h e game Black now
wants to exchange queens thou g h , in com
parison with the M a i n Line 5 . . . f6, h e has
avoided this self-same weake n i n g pawn
.
90
8 'll#e3 !?
My new and so far u ntested suggestion !
I real ly l i ke h av i n g the wh ite q u een here,
since she h i nders Black's development, but
we keep the e - pawn o n e4 . The poss i b l e
queen sal ly to a7 makes l ater q u eenside
cast l i n g u n appetizing for Black, and mean
while the dark-sq uared bishop can not move
to either c5 or d6.
8 .l.f4!
8 xf3
8 . . . .E!d8 9 'll#e 3 h6 1 0 tt::l c 3 g 5 ? ! 1 1 Ag3 tt::lf6
1 2 .E!ad1 .E!xd1 13 .E!xd1 Ag? 14 'll#a 7 Ac8
15 'll# b 8 [1-0) Schneider- Pachman, Reg
gio nel l ' Em i l i a 1 975/76 .
9 gxf3 t;)f6 10 ti)c3 ti)h5 11 .l.g3
. . .
91
6 . . . At6 7 We2
11. . . l1d8
1 1 . . . 1\xg3 1 2 h x g 3 c5 1 3 El,ad1 xd4
1 4 El,xd4 Ac5 1 5 El,d3 plan n i n g El,fd 1 , e5 ,
f4, 1\e4 . . .
. . .
Ae6
fa]
z . . g4
8 h3
8. . . h5
8 . . . Axf3 9 xf3 !\el 10 d3 ;\; .
6 tilc3 !?
[b]
Z . . e7
10 1\xh4 d x c3 11 Ag5 d7 .
10. . . g4 11 r!re4
92
14 r!!fxbl 0-0 15 f4 t.
[c] 7. c5!? 8 d5 e6 9 xf6+ xf6
..
9 Aa3 !
a
..
8
7
6
5
4
3
10 d3 r!!fd6
1 0 . . . !ld7 1 1 !lg5.
1 1 gs t plan n i ng f4.
8 b3!
8 .!"l.d1 is n o w l ess effective: 8 . . . c5 a n d t h e
kn ight sortie t o d5 doesn 't work now.
. . .
. . .
g5
1 0 d4!
e7
8 . c5
. .
9 b2 e7
4
3
93
1 4 . . . g3 1 5 h x g 3 Axf2+ 1 6 xf2 cs
1 7 tl'ic5 .
10 . . . 94
1 s Wc2 h3+
1 1 liad1 ! exd4
I.
1 2 xd4 .txd4 1 3 a4 !
1 6 g x h3 g x h3 17 lid3! lig8+ 18 h1
Wh4 1 9 cxd4 Wxe4+ 20 f3 + - Wh4
20 . . . g6 2 1 E:d2.
a
22 . . . fxe6 23 e2 .
23 Wes !
As Zhang Zhong showed , at this point
there l ay a treacherous trap for the u nwary:
23 gd2 gdgS 24 gfd1 ?? gg1 + 25 gxg1 gxg1 +
26 'i!>xg1 e1 # .
1 3 . . . g6
13 . . . g3 !? a typical "computer-move" .
14 'i!>h1 !?
23 . . . lidg8
23 . . . fxe6 2 4 e7 .
14 c3 f4
94
3.1 . 1
1
5 0-0!
8
[ p. 26]
I.
7
6
5
3
2
f6 6 d4 exd4 7 xd4 cS
[ p. 2 7 ]
a) 7 . . . ffiJe7 ; b ) 7 . . . A d 6
[ p. 2 7 ]
. . .
8 b3
[ p. 27]
95
[ p. 2 5 1
[ p. 27]
[ p. 27]
[b] 9. d7 10 c3 0-0-0 11 f4
. .
a) 1 1 . . . g5
[ p. 2 8 ]
[ p. 2 8 ]
b ) 1 1 . . . Re8 ?!
[ p. 2 8 ]
[c] 9. . . e6 1 0 f4
[ p. 2 8 ]
[ p. 2 9 ]
10 t 3 Ad7
[ p. 2 9 ]
a) 1 1 C2Jc3 1 1 Ae3 b 6 1 3 a 4
[ p. 2 9 ]
11 . . . c4 12 d4 0-0-0 13 c3 14 f1xd4
a) 1 3 . . . Ac5
[ p. 2 9 ]
b) 1 3 . . . C2Jf7
[ p. 3 0 ]
1 1 At4 0-0 -0 1 2 c3 c4
1 2 . . . Ae6
13 a5!
[ p. 32 ]
[ p. 32 ]
[ p. 32 ]
14 . . . Ab4?
15 C2Jd5
[ p. 31 ]
[ p. 31 ]
14 'i!?h1
15 a4!?
[ p. 2 9 ]
[ p. 31 ]
1 3 . . . Acs+ 14 f1
14 . . . bS
[ p. 2 9 ]
[ p. 32 ]
[ p. 32 ]
[ p. 32 ]
96
[ p. 36]
[ p. 37 ]
[b] 11. .. b6 12 f4
[ p. 37 ]
12 Hd2 Ac6
1 2 . . f5
[ p. 37 ]
[ p. 38 ]
13 Had1 b6 14 f3
a
[ p. 36]
..
7
6
5
14 f4 h6 15 fd5
[ p. 38]
14 . . . e7 1 5 f4 96 1 6 h5
1 6 tbcd 5 ! ?
16 . . . e5 17 b3
[ p. 39]
[ p. 39 ]
[ p. 39]
97
[ p. 36]
[ p. 42 ]
7 c3 !
7 dxe5
[ p. 42 ]
7 . . . Ad6
[ p. 42 ]
7. . . exd4 8 cxd4 f!!!d7
[ p. 42 ]
a) 8 . . . Axf3 ? ! 9 xf3 x d4 1 0 gd1 c4 1 1 Af4
[ p . 42 ]
b) 8 . . . c5 9 b3 ! cxd4 1 0 e5 !? Axf3 1 1 xf3
[ p. 43]
8 Ae3 e7
[ p. 43 ]
8. . f!!!e 7 9 bd2 0-0-0
[ p. 43 ]
a) 9 . . . exd4 10 cxd4 0-0-0 1 1 c2 ge8 1 2 e5 Ab4 1 3 h3
b) 9 . . . tt:lh6 1 0 tt:lc2 tt:lf7 1 1 c4 ! exd4 12 tt:lxd4 c5 1 3 tt:lb3
10 dxe5!?
[ p. 44 ]
10 c2
[ p. 44 ]
a) 10 . . . f7
[ p. 44]
b) 1 0 . . . ge8 ? !
[ p. 44 ]
[ p. 44]
c) 1 0 . . . exd4
10... fxe5 11 b4 f6 12 f!!!c2
[ p. 45 ]
.
a ..
.l
1 2 a4 ? !
[ p. 45 ]
98
[ p. 44]
[ p. 44]
[ p. 46 ]
dxe5!?
9 1'Jbd2 r!!d7
[ p. 46]
10 h3 Lh5 11 c4 ! c5 1 2 b4! b6
1 2 . . . Cl'lc6
[ p. 47 ]
.I
[ p. 47 ]
[ p. 48 ]
99
[ p. 46]
[ p. 47 ]
[ p. 46]
[ p. 46]
[ p. 50]
6 . . . e6 7 d4!?
[ p. 50]
[ p. 50]
7 b3 e7 8 c4 g6 9 d4
[ p . 51 ]
. . .
b5
6 . . . b5 7 c3 c5 8 clL)c2
i.
7
6
5
4
3
100
[ p. 51 ]
[ 3 . 3 The ambitious 5 . . d6 ]
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...
[ p. 52 )
Ab7
t!JxfB 13 d4
[ p. 53)
. .
[ p. 54)
He1
9 . . . e7
[a] 9
[ p. 54)
...
IIdB 10 a4 e7!?
[ p. 54 ]
[ p. 54)
a) 1 0 . . . f6 1 1 ax b5 a x b5 1 2 d 4 ! xe4 xe5
b) 1 0 . . . c4 1 1 ax b4 axb4 1 2 a3 ! f6 13 xb5
[ p. 54 )
[ p. 54 )
d) 1 0 . . . b4 ? ! 1 1 e2 !
[ p. 55)
[ p. 5 5 )
[b] 9
. . .
[ p. 55)
[c] 9
...
0-0-0 10 a4 b4 11 tiJe3 e6 12 e2
[ p. 5 5 )
[ p. 5 6 )
10 a 4
a
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4
3
3
2
10
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c4
[ p. 56)
[ p. 56)
101
[ p. 56)
[ p. 56)
[ p. 54)
[ p. 58]
7 e2 f6
7 . . . tDe7 8 tDc4
8 Etd1
. . .
[ p. 58]
[ p. 5 8 ]
0-0-0
[ p. 58]
[ p. 58]
[ p. 59]
[ p. 59 ]
1 02
[ p. 59]
[ 3 . 3 The ambitious 5
[b] 8. . . c5 9 c3 g4
. . .
'i:Wd6 )
[ p. 59 ]
[ p. 60 ]
10 h3 xf3
[ p. 60]
[ p. 60]
( p. 60 ]
[ p. 60 ]
[ p. 60 ]
[ p. 61 ]
( p. 62 ]
9 . . . Ag4
[ p. 60]
[ p. 62 ]
[ p. 62 ]
10 Ae3 1!!fe 6
[ p. 62 ]
[ p. 62 ]
[ p. 62 ]
1 1 dxe5 llxd1+ (11 . . . .!'!eB) 1 2 1!!fx d1 !? ( 1 2 .!3xd1 } 1 2 . . . Axa3 1 3 bxa3 fxe5 (13 . . . tl:le?) 14 g5!
[ p. 63 ]
1 03
6
5
4
if
[ p. 64 ]
6
5
4
3
10 c3
if
[ p. 65 ]
[ p. 65 ]
[ p. 65 ]
[ p. 65 ]
[ p . 65 ]
104
[ p. 68]
[ p. 68 ]
10 . . . 0 - 0
1 1 c4 .txc4
[ p. 69 ]
6 h3 h5!
a
[ p. 71 ]
b
7
6
5
4
a) 6 . . . Ah5 ? ! ; b) 6 . . . Axf3 ? !
7 d3 Wt6 a bd2
8 e3!?
[ p. 68]
'Li'
[ p. 71 ]
[ p. 72 ]
[ p . 72 ]
1 05
[ p. 69 ]
b) 11 'i!>g2
[ p. 72 ]
[ p. 73 ]
[ p. 73 ]
11. . . e7 12 c4
a) 1 2 !'l.fb1
[ p. 73 ]
b) 1 2 'i!>h2
[ p. 74 ]
12. . . f6 13 f4!
[ p. 74 ]
. . .
[ p. 77 ]
[ p. 75 ]
e7 9 c4 !?
[ p. 75 ]
[ p. 75 ]
11 dxe5
1 1 hxg4 h x g 4 1 2 g3 g xf3 1 3 '/;\llx f3 tbe6 14 d x e5 '/;\ll h 6 ! 1 5 tbb3 g 5 ! 1 6 Ae3 '/;\ll h 3 !
a) 1 7 El.ad1 ; b) 1 7 '/;\llg 2
[ p. 76 ]
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106
[ p. 76 ]
[ p. 76 ]
12 .te3
[ p. 76 ]
12 l1d1 0-0-0 (1 2 . . . c5) 13 'ilt1 ile7!? 14 ile3 (14 l!?e2) 14. . . ilf6 15 c3 (15 a4) 15. . . l1d7
16 b4
[ p. 76 ]
[ p. 77 ]
12 . . . f6
[ p. 77 ]
b} 1 4 . . . tl:lh4
[ p. 77 ]
c) 14 . . . tl:lts
[ p. 77 ]
[ p. 77 ]
d} 14 . . 0-0-0
[ p. 78 ]
15 c3 'ilt7 16 d4 (16 a3 !)
[ p. 78 ]
[ p. 78 ]
[ p. 79 ]
[c] 12. . . c5
1 3 Elfd1 .td6?!
a) 13 . . . c5
[ p. 79 ]
[ p. 79 ]
b) 13 . . . tl:lh4
[ p. 79 ]
5
4
3
{)-
[ p. 82 ]
[ p. 82 ]
a) 9 . . . b6 ? ! 10 c3 gg8 1 1 ge1 d5 1 2 d4
b} 9 . . . f4 ?! 10 d3 d6 1 1 tl:lbd2 Sd5 1 2 tl:le4
1 07
[ p. 82 ]
[ p. 83 ]
10 d3 f!!!f5 11 f!!!xc7 xf3 12 gxf3 f!!!xf3 13 f1e1 f!!!g4+ 14 f!!!g3 f!!!xg3+ (14 . . . ''d7 !?)
15 hxg3 ;f
[ p. 83 ]
[ p. 83 ]
6
5
4
10 . . . '@'g4
[ p. 83 ]
10. . . c5 11 b3! h6
a) 11 . . . b6
[ p. 84 ]
[ p. 84 ]
b) 11 . . . ''xa1
[ p. 84]
12 f!!!e3 f4! ( 1 2 . . . CL:lc6) 13 f!!!xd4 (13 ''f3) 13. . . cxd4 14 tPlxf4 xe5 15 d3 ;f
1 1 We3
[ p. 85 ]
[ p. 85 ]
[ p. 85 ]
b) 1 2 . . . b6 !?
[ p. 85]
[ p. 86]
b) 14 . . . g5
[ p. 86 ]
1 1 . . . dS 12 '@'e1 '@'d4?!
12. . . b6!? ( 1 2 . . . f4)
[ p. 86]
[ p. 86]
[ p. 86 ]
1 3 c3 (13 f4) 1 3 . . . f4 14 e2
[ p. 87 ]
108
[ p. 85 ]
3. 7 U nusual continuations
1 e4 es 2 f3 c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6 d x c6
4
. . .
bxc6
[ p. 88]
s o-o Ae7
[a] 5
. . .
...
f!!J'f6 (5 . . d6)
.
[ p. 88]
[ p. 89 ]
[ p. 89 ]
109
(7 . . . 'f;Vd6)
[ p. 89 ]
[ p. 90]
z .. g6
z . . g4
[ p. 9 0 ]
7 . . . 'f;Vt6 ! 8 'f;Ve3 !?
a) 8 'f;Vxf6
b) 8 vt;Va4
[ p. 91 ]
c) 8 e5
8 f4!
[ p. 91 ]
[ p . 91 ]
[ p. 91 ]
[ p. 92 ]
(6 tt:Jxe5)
[ p. 92 ]
6 . . . At6 7 'f1!fe2
7 . . . Ae6
[a]
[ p. 92 ]
[ p . 92 ]
z . . g4
B h3 (8 tt:Jd1 !)
( p. 92 ]
110
[ p. 91 ]
[c] 7. c5!?
. .
8 b3! e7
8
...
[ p. 92 ]
[ p. 93 ]
[ p. 93]
c5 9 b2 ti:Je7
a) 9 . . . b6 ? ! 10 tbd5 !
b) 9 . . . d6 !? 1 0 tbd5
9 i.a3! g5
[ p. 93 ]
[ p. 9 3 ]
10 d4!
[ p . 93 ]
[ p. 93 ]
[ p. 93 ]
111
5 Appendices
5. 1 Tra n s l a t o r 's n ot e
I n the St. Petersburg 1 914 tournament book,
Tarrasch reports a conversation he had with
Lasker after this gam e : "Why did you p l ay
this d rawi n g variatio n ? " I asked h i m l ater.
" I had n ot h i n g else , " he rep l i ed . " N ot h i n g
c a n be done against you r d efence, w h i c h
y o u have employed against Bernstei n and
me. The second p l ayer always has a good
game. " Lasker was referri n g to the Open
Span i s h , Tarrasch's favou rite d efence, with
which h e (Tarrasch) had a l ifeti m e score as
B l ac k (accord i n g to M egabase) of won 1 0 ,
drawn 11 , lost 5 . The game Lasker-Tarrasch,
from the prel i m i n ary section at St. Peters
burg , had caused a g reat sti r. Tarrasch's i n
novation a t m o v e 1 2 w a s h i g h ly praised i n
t h e chess press o f the t i m e ; h e real l y had
Lasker on the ropes but fai led to del iver the
knock-out blow. But how m uc h credence
should we give to this explanation ? Some
doubts beg in to creep in. Was Lasker tel l i n g
t h e trut h , and the whole truth ? Some con
siderations:
1) Lasker and Tarrasch were hardly the best
of friends. Lasker wou l d probably n ot feel
obliged to be truthfu l , and was perhaps b e
ing iron ic.
2) Tarrasch was reputed ly qu ite vain and took
hi mself very seriously, and m ight therefore be
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Fischer, Robert 7-1 0 , 1 6 , 2 8 ,
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Flear, Christine .
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Gabri e l , Ch ristian
Galdunts, Sergey
Gangu ly, Surya Shekhar . .
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Geenen , M arc . . . .
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Geller, Efim
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De la Riva Ag uado, Oscar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
De la Vi l l a Garcia, Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Delchev, Aleksander
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Doel , Erik van den
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Doelan d , J u l i us van . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dom ing uez, Len ier .
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Donchenko, Anatoly
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Dorfma n , Josif
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Dvoretsky, M ark . . . .
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Bab u , N Sudhakar
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Babula, Vlast i m i l
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Bacrot, Etienne
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Baklan, Vlad i m i r . .
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Bakre, Tejas .
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Balogh , Csaba . . . . . . .
. 55, 59, 76
Barendregt, Johan
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Baron Rodriguez, Jesus . .
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Bednarska, Malgorzata
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Bel iavsky, Alexander
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Belotelov, Den is . .
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Belov, Vlad i m i r
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Benjam i n , Joel
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Berkvens, J oost
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Bezgodov, Alexei
. 47, 84
Bhat, Vi nay
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56, 61
Bosc h , Jeroen
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Brag in, Alexander .
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Bronste i n , David
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Cam pos M oreno, J avier .
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Capabl anca, Jose Raoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 , 1 6
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G i pslis, Aivars
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Glek, Igor
60-62 , 71 , 78-80
G l igoric, Svetozar
9, 27, 43, 67
Godena, M ichele .
31 , 53, 60, 61
Gold berg , Alexander
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Golod , Vitali
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Gormally, Dan iel
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Gustafsson , Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Hartston , Will iam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Hasanov, M arat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 37
Hebden , Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 67 , 68
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Hedke, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Hokkanen, Petri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Holoubkova, Martina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hort, Vlast i m i l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 , 79
H racek, Zbynek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Kakageldyev, Aman m u rad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Kal l i o , Hei kki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 42 , 47
Kas i mdzhanov, Rustam . 1 0 , 39, 40, 50, 73
Kasparov, G arry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 42
Kasparov, Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 79
Kazhgaleyev, M u rtas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Ken naug h , Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Kennefick, M au rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Khachian, M e l i kset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Korch n o i , Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Korneev, Oleg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 30, 31
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Kroeze, Fran k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 76
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5 . 3 Index of games
5.3 I n dex of g a m es
A page number in bold indicates that the first-named player had the black pieces. Underl ining
i n d i cates an I l l u strative game. A page n u m ber i n b rackets m eans a particu lar game was
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Acs, Peter- G lek 25, 57
- Naiditsch 55
-Oral 38
Adams, M ichael - Babula 93
- Breder 80
- Fressinet 90
- Kasimdzhanov 50, 73
- Macieja 73, 76
- S h i rov 33
-Timman 32
Adorjan, And ras - Nagy 28
- Vogt 28
Ali khanov, Fel ix - Shomoev 45
Almasi , Zoltan - Marin 44
Alzai m , Talal - l u ldachev 31
Arencibia, Walter- Dvoretsky 92
Arizmendi M arti nez, J u l e n - Fran ic 28
Azarov, Sergei - Kasparov 36
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Bhat, Vinay - Kaidanov 61
- M i khalevski 56
B rag i n , Alexander- M e l i khov 28
B reder, Den n i s - Adams 80
Bronstei n , David - Rozental is 47
Bru n ner, Lucas - Yi l m az 83
Brynel l , Stel lan - Ernst 68
- Goldberg 55
- Hector 92
- Koskinen 65
- M artinovsky 67
- Sanden 84
- Schneider 66
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Campos Moreno, J avier- Speck 50
Capablanca, Jose Raou l - Em . Lasker 8, (16)
Chandler, M u rray - lvan c h u k 29
Chrobak, Gyu la- Szabo 62
Cladouras, Panag iotis - G lek 62
Cobb, Charles - Hebden 67
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Day, Lawrence - O ' Donnell 43
De la R iva Ag uado, Oscar- Foisor 53
De la Vi l l a G arcia, J esus - I l lescas Cordoba
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Delchev, Aleksander-Tischbierek 78
Dael , Erik van den - G lek 23
- Fressi net 59
- G lek 79
Doelan d , J u l i us van - van der Weide 89
Dom i n g uez, Len ier - M endoza 37
Donchenko, Anatoly - M alisauskas 28
Dorfman , Josif- Ki ndermann 78
Dvoretsky, Mark-Arencibia 92
- S myslov 92
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Erenburg , Sergey- l narkiev 63
- Segovia 62
Ernst, Thomas - Brynell 68
Estrada N i eto, J u l ian - Rad u l ski 90
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Galdunts, Sergey- Fressinet 69
-Volzh i n 65
Gangu ly, Surya Shekhar - Zhang Zhong 86
Garcia, G i ldard o - Zapata 78
Geenen , M arc - Prie 75
- Relange 53
Geffen , Ben van - l u ldachev 73
Geller, Efi m - Smyslov 44
G h i nda, M i h ai l - Olarasu 53
Glek, lgor-Acs 25, 57
- Cladouras 62
- Hansen 37
- l brag imov 2 1 , 61
- Naumkin 60
-Tkachiev (10) , 71
-van den Dael 23, 79
-Winants 2 2 , 78
-Yemel i n 40
H
Hansen, Lars- Bo - G lek 37
Harmonist, M ax - Schal lopp 89
Hartston , W i l l i am - U nzicker 27
Hasanov, M arat - Rozentalis 18, 37
Hebden , M ark- Cobb 67
- Khach ian 64
- M arciano 67
- Rozentalis 68
Hecht, H ans-Joac h i m - G l igoric 27
H ector, Jonny - Brynell 92
- Meijers 47
Hedke, Fran k - M eijers 28
H okkanen , Petri - G uner 29
Holoubkova, M arti na- Bed narska 67
Hort, Vlastim i l - S l iwa 79
- Spassky 78
H racek, Zbynek-Tkachiev 38
H u b ner, Robert - Benj am i n 58
l bragimov, Alibek-Volzhin 59
l brag i m ov, l ldar- Balogh 55
- G lek 21 , 61
118
5 . 3 I ndex of games
- N aiditsch 85
I l lescas Cordoba, M iguel - De la Vi l l a Garcia
62
- G ueneau 88
- lvanchuk 86
l narkiev, Ernesto - Erenburg 63
l u ldachev, Saidal i -Alzai m 31
- Babu 77
- Meijers 21 , 77
- van Geffen 73
-Zhang Zhong 74
lvanchuk, Vassily- Chandler 29
- G rischuk 45
- I l lescas Cordoba 86
Ivanov, Victor- Belotelov 85
- Bezgodov 84
- Sh i rov 78
Korch n o i , Victor- N u n n 71
Korneev, Oleg - Maljutin 27
- M eijers 31
- Romero Holmes 30
Korzu bov, Peter- Rozentalis 30
Koski nen, Henri - Brynell 65
Kostyra, Stan islaw - Mal isauskas 47
Krasen kow, M ichal - Godena 61
- Luther 89
- Socko 54
Kroeze , Fran k - P i ket (75) , 76
Kru ppa, Yuri - N ielsen 85
Kuzm i n , Alexey - Bakre 56
J
Janowski, Dawi d - E m . Lasker 1 6
J en n i , Florian - Fressi net 85
- Kindermann 34
- Schmid 83
J i menez Zerquera, Eleazar- Fischer 43
J u rasi n , M ari n - Pfann kuche 67
L
Lasker, Emanuel - Capablanca 8, (16)
- Janowski 1 6
-Tarrasch 1 7
Liss , Eran - Rozentalis 50
Lob ro n , Eric- Khal ifman 22, 46
Lu kacs, Peter- Balogh 76
-Volzhin 66
Luther, Thomas - Krasen kow 89
K
Kaidanov, G regory- Bhat 61
Kakageldyev, Aman murad -Zhang Zhong 90
Kal l i o , Hei kki - Baklan (26) , 42
- Womacka 47
Kasi mdzhanov, Rustam - Adams 50, 73
- Grisc h u k 40
Kasparov, Garry -Tai 42
Kasparov, Sergey- Azarov 36
- Kazhgaleyev 79
Kazhgaleyev, M u rtas - Kasparov 79
Ken nau g h , Charles - van der Weide 86
Kennefick, M aurice-Teufel 44
Keres, Pau l - Ree 82
Khach ian , M e l i kset - Hebden 64
Khalifman , Alexander- Lobron 22, 46
Kharitonov, Andrei - M eijers 29
- Petrush i n 29
Kinderman n , Stefan - Dorfman 78
-Jenni 34
- Pi nter 55
M
M acieja, Bartlomiej -Adams 73 , 76
M ai n ka, Romuald - Naid itsch 56
Malisauskas, Vidmantas - Donchenko 28
- Kostyra 47
M aljut i n , Evgen i - Korneev 27
Marciano, David - Hebden 67
Mari n , M i hai l - Al masi 44
- Rozental is 45
M arkovic, M i roslav - G l igoric 67
- Notki n 76
- Petronic 54
Martinovsky, Eugene- Brynell 67
M as, Hafizu l helm i - Ng uyen An h Dung 86
M atsu u ra, Everaldo-Vescovi 38
M ecki n g , Henrique- U nzicker 47
Meijers, Viesturs - H ector 47
- H edke 28
- l u ldachev 2 1 , 77
- Kharitonov 29
- Korneev 31
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5 Appendices
-Olarasu 44
- Sol leveld 77
Meli khov, Evgeny - Brag i n 28
Mendoza, Rafae l - Dom i n g uez 37
M i khalevski, Alexander- Fressinet 86
M i khalevski , Victor- Bhat 56
- G reenfeld 62
- Zavgorod n iy 85
M i los, G i l berto - Vescovi (10), (27) , 36
,M i l u , Romeo Sori n - Vajda 1 9 , 66
M i nckwitz, Johannes von - von Schmidt 7
M i ralles, G i l les - Santo- Roman 31
Mnatsakan ian, Eduard - N adanian 43
Mokry, Kare l - Wittmann 27
M u lyar, M ichael - Formanek 75
N
Nadan ian, Ashot - M natsakan ian 43
Nagy, Erv i n - Adorjan 28
Naid itsch , Arkad ij - Acs 55
- l brag i mov 85
- Mai n ka 56
Nau m k i n , lgor - G lek 60
Nei, l ivo- Rausis 82
Neverov, Anatoly-Vil lard 29
Ng uyen Anh Dung - M as 86
N ielsen , Peter Heine- Kruppa 85
N i kolic, Predrag -Timman 83
N isi pean u , Livi u-Dieter - G risc h u k 45
- Ravi 60
- Sebag 1 5
- Sofronie (10) , (2 1 ) , 5 8
Notki n , M aksi m - M arkovic 76
N u n n , Joh n - Korchnoi 71
- Wahls 67
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- Petrov 60
- Slobodjan 39
Otero, Diasmany- Zapata 77
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R
Radulski, J u l ian - Estrada N i eto 90
Rausis, lgors - Bacrot 77
- Fressinet 46
- Gyimesi 86
- Nei 82
- Pilgaard 60
- Ravi 60
Rav i , Thandalam Shanm ugam - N isipean u
60
- Rausis 60
Ree, Hans- Keres 82
Reinderman , Dim itri - Bel iavsky 46
- Godena 53
- O n isch u k 30
- Pi ket 24, (25) , 56
- Sokolov 47
-Winants 68
120
5 . 3 I ndex of games
- Ti m m an 61 , 84
S l iwa, Bogdan - Hort 79
Slobodjan, Roman - Oral 39
- Rogers 33
Smyslov, Vassily- Dvoretsky 92
- Geller 44
Socko , Bartosz - Krasen kow 54
Sofronie, l u l i an - N isipeanu (10) , (21 ) , 58
Sokolov, lvan - Rei nderman 47
- Rozentalis 39
- van der Weide 92
-Wiersm a 90
Solleveld , M aarten - Meijers 77
Sori n , Ariel - Prie 54
Sosnicki , M ichal - Rozental is 43
Spassky, Boris- Fischer 10, 42
- Hort 78
Speck, N ic k - Cam pos Moreno 50
Stefansson , Hannes- Fressinet (24) , 52
Sterren, Paul van der- Romero Hol mes 17
- Romero Hol mes 30
Svensson , Sven - Schneider 76
Szabo, Gergely - Ch robak 62
T
Tai , M i khai l - Kasparov 42
Tarrasc h , Siegbert - Em . Lasker 17
Teschner, Rudolf- Baren d regt 75
Teufe l , J U rgen - Kennefick 44
Timman, J an -Adams 32
- Godena 60
- N i kolic 83
- On isch u k 59
- Pi ket 73
- Roman ishin 51
- Short 61 , 84
Tischbierek, Raj - Delchev 78
Tkachiev, Vladislav - G lek (10) , 71
- H racek 38
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5 Appendices
Vajda, Albert - M i l u 1 9 , 66
Vajda, Levente - Fressinet 32
Varav i n , Viktor-Zavgorodniy 86
Vescovi , G i ovan n i - M atsu u ra 38
- M i los (10), (27) , 36
- O n isch u k 39
Vi l l ard , Patrick - Neverov 29
Vogt, Lothar-Adorjan 28
Volzhi n , Alexander- Galdunts 65
- l b rag imov 59
- Lu kacs 66
Vreugt, Dennis d e - Zhang Zhong 88
-Wiersma 87
Vysoc h i n , Spartak - Yemel i n 38
Xie J u n - Yusupov 54
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Wahls, M atthias - N u n n 67
Wed berg , Tom - Rozentalis 1 9 , 64
Weide, Karel van der-Wel ls 82
- Ken naugh 86
- Sokolov 92
- van Doeland 89
Wells, Peter- Rozental is 44
- van der Weide 82
Wiel, John van der-Zhang Zhong 39
Wiersma, Eel ke - d e Vreugt 87
- Sokolov 90
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Books
Soltis, Andrew : Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, "Fischer's Weapon ",
Chess Digest, Dal las 1 995
Fischer, Bobby: "My sixty memorable games ",
Faber Editions, London 1 969
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) Volume C,
4t h ed ition , Sahovski l nformator, Belgrade 2000
Databases
Megabase 2003 , ChessBase G m b H , Hamburg 2002
Schach Plus, Vol . 1 9 99-2004 , Exzelsior Verlag G m b H Berl i n
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