Sicilan Defence II

Lines Wih

" Fuller & L. " Picke

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S I C I L I A N D E F E NC E 1 1
L I N ES W I TH c3

Sliclillian Defence II

11. Fuller a. L. 11. Pickei:i:

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CONTENTS

Introduction

I CENTRAL BLACK QUEEN VARIATION

Qe4 dxd5 -.txd5 4 d4

White G ambits The d-pawn: 4 ...cxd4

11

2 : Deferred Centrai Exchange: 4 . 4k6 etc

15

3: Alekhine's 5 dxc5!? & 4 . 4:'lf61?

20

4: Black Breaks In The Centre With ... e5

25

5: French C onfiguration: 4 . e6, 5 ... 4:'lc6

31

6: French Set-Up: 4 .e6, 5... 4:'lf6

37

1:

. .

II CENTRAL WHITE QUEEN VARIATION

1 e4 c5 2 c3 _.f6 3 e5 M5 4 d4 cxd4 5 hd41?
7: White Develops The KB First

40

8: The Hort Variation: 7 . . f5!?

46

9: The Po l ugaevsky Variatio n: 7 d6

. . .

49

Ill A DVAN C E D WH ITE CEN TR E VA R IA TION :

1 e4 c5 2 c3 f6 3 e5 d5 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4

1 0: Mai n L i ne After 5 d6

52

1 1 : Var ious 7th Moves Fo r Wh ite

58

1 2: Ear l y D ev iations, Frerich Set-U p

62

C omplete Game Scores Index

69

. . .

INTRODUCTION
c5

(.] e4
Q) c3 (1)

2 llf6 (Sections 11 & 111) pro

...

vokes the advance 3 e5, hoping to

This system is not so prosaic and

create a game similar to the Alek

inactive as it may initially seem, for,

as is shown, White does have more
than a few chances to retain an

hine's Defence , where Black tries to

initiative. At a glance the reply:

undermine an advanced White cen

tre. Black possibly does better with
this method but White may still
retain

the

first player's opening

initiative for some time.

3 axd&

hd5

Now this situation looks at least

palatable

for

centrally

Black,

placed

since

queen

his

'should'

apparently guarantee an active fight

for the centre , for White does not
have )c3 immediately driving the
queen from its central post. How
ever,

as

is

shown, this

central

occupation is only temporary, and

sooner

d5

...

counterplay, apparently

Black

must lose

In passing; an attempt at a gambit

Seemingly gives Black good cen

tral

or later

tempi, by withdrawing his queen.

with 3

pre

...

llf6?1 favours White after

4 f3 a6 (4... d5 5 .A.b5 AIJ7 6

empting White's hopes of gaining

as is

itb3) 5 c4 e.g. e6 6 dxe6 Axe6 7

task for equality is far from obvious

lYl'xe2 +=/ Olafsson-Bijan, Mar del

Plata 1960

concrete advantage,

But

c3 )c6 8 .A.e2 4

demonstrated in section I, Black's

and certainly not easy. In fact this

d
modern

by

t he

xe2 10

4 d4

method has somewhat fallen into

disfavour at expert level, having
been

9 d3

And now Black has several tries,

viz.: 4 ...cxd4 4 . 4k6 , 4... f6. 4

more

..

..

e6 and 4. .e5, however the most

.

popu l a r has been:

c6
4 ...
.lf5?!
5 f3
Th is is a n attempt to avo id th e
more wel l - k n own and tried cont i nu
at i o n s :
5 . . 4 . or 5 . . . e6 si nce these h ave
their d rawbac ks. - 5 . . . 4 tends to
l eave B lack 's queenside denuded
somewhat (after . . . e6) , and 5 . . . e6
is restrictive o n Black 's quee n
bishop. The idea behind 5 . . . -'\.f5 is
to mai n ta i n a b l ockade at d 5 with
the queen by a timely xcha nge
. . . -'\.xb 1 !? - a n idea n ice i n itsel f
b u t i t h a s an u nfort u nate flaw:
6 .le2
.

After 6 .ld3?! .lxd3 7 ibd3 f 6

8 0-0 (8 c4i'! 'lte4 = + ) e6 B l ack at
l east h o l d s his own with press u re
and a pin on the d-fi l e , viz .:
A) 9 .lg5 -'le7 10 !:!d 1 ( 10 c4? ! 'itd7
1 1 -'\.xf6 ? ! -'\.xf6 1 2 d5? -'\.x b2) 10 . . .
!ld8 =+
B) 9 a3!? cxd4 1 0 :lb 5 i::tc 8 1 1 ex
d4 ( 1 1 :lb xd4? e5) 1 1 . . . -'\.e7 1 2 -'\.f4
0-0 a n d B lac k stan ds wel l with at
l east eq ual chances.
e6
6 ...
Th isi..is more flex ible th an the
i m m e"Ci iate 6 . . . cxd4 which wi l l at
best transpose to the col u m n con
t i n uation . An attem pt to wi n a
pawn with 6... .lxb 1. 7 J;!xb 1 'ltx bi1..
is too dangero us , fo r after 8 3 ex
d4 9 :lxd4 Wh ite has very strong
attack fo r the p awn e.g. 9 . . . e6 1 0
0-0 :lf6 1 1 :lxc6 b xc6 1 2 f3 J;lc8
1 3 !;la 1 'ltxb2 1 4 'lta4 :ld5 1 5 c4
or 1 5 -'\.d4
7 .le31?
C l earer for Wh ite than 7 0-0!?
8

when Blac k can risk i l y accept a

pawn with 7 . . . hb 1 8 !:!xb 1 'ltxa2 9
3 !:!d8a:;:ibu t Wh ite has som e dan
gerous attack i ng poss i b l ities
7 ...
cxd4
The a l ternat ive 7 ... .lxb1 wil l l ead
to l i nes s i m i lar to the col u m n si nce
after 8 l::!.x b 1 'ltxa2 is more than
risky fo r B l ack si nce White has
th reats on the l ight squ ares .
8 xd4!
Th is thwarts B lack's pla n w h i ch is
good aga inst 8 cxd4 xb 1 ! 9 !:!xb 1
4 = + when after 1 0 .lld2 Black
can read i l y accept the pawn: 10 . . .
'ltxa2.
xd4
8 .. .
Accepting the g-pawn now o r
next move fail s to -'\.f3 when White's
attac k wou l d be decisive.
9 cxd4
.lxb1
Thematic , deny ing White the at
tac k the queen with :lc3 , b ut th i s
rel inqu ishes t h e tw o bishops i n a
very open situation; Black wi l l now
be suscep t i b l e on th e light sq u ares.
1 0 a xb 1
Jb4
Fo rcing Wh ite's next move , si nce
now 1 1 -'\.d2? 'ltxg2 1 2 f3 fai ls to
hd2 + etc . but Wh ite now has
the two b ishops.
11 ef1
e7
After 1 1 ... itxa2? 1 2 5 ra;ifa
Wh ite 's two bishops and l ead i n
development a re too m uch for tbe
p recariously p laced black k i n g .
12 ita4
c6
.le7
1 3 a3
itd7
1 4 .lf3
0-0
15 g3
16 *92
So Wh ite has art i fi cia l l y cast led
in"extra t i m e" and now h is two
-

bishops exert strong pressure on

Bl ack's queenside.
.,

Therefore Black must settl e for

the well-known lines .

I CE N TRAL BLACK QUE E N VAR IATI O N

1 e 4 c 5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 itxd5 4 d4
1: WH ITE GAMBI TS TH E d-PAWN 4 cxd4

-------...

c5
1 e4
2 c3
d5
Wea k is 2 :h5? h o l d i ng up d2 d4 i .e. 3 f3 6 4 a3! e6 5 c4
'i!lc7 6 d 4 cxd4 7 xd4 +- Alap i n
Ta rrasch 1 889 .
3 exd5
itxd5
cxd4
4 d4
Th is early exchange is too com
m ital , a l l owing the wh ite kn ight on.
b 1 ready access to c3 after the '
recaptu re. In fact it a l l ovvs Wh ite
the option of gam b i t i n g h is d-pawn
th i s can be avoided by B l ack b y
deferring the pawn ex ch ange ( see
1.2). The d rawback of W h ite iso lat
ing his d -pawn more than offset by
the tempo ga i n ( c3 attack i ng the
q u een ) a n d the open l i nes, besides
th e d-pawn su pports the l ate r
poss i b i lity of .)e5 by W h ite.
5 cxd4
Of co u rse 5 itxd4 is i nferior s i nce
after 5 . . . 'i!lxd4 6 cxd4 Wh ite has
ga i ned an iso l ated d-pawn b ut l ost
the tem p o w i n aga i nst Black 's
queen . Wh ite shou ld see k to mai n
ta i n the materia l for h is chances
seem p ro m ising in the m i d d l egame.
5
c6(2 )

..

This position can arise by various

transpositions :
A ) as a variation of the Caro- K a n n
Defence , Panov Attac_ k e.g. 1 e 4 c 6
2 d4 d 5 3 exd 5 cxd 5 4 c 4 c6 5 ex
d5 'i!lxd 5 though l ess l i kely i n th i s
seq uence si nce 4 . . . f6 is probably

the better try .

B ) a s a vari at i o n o f the Morra
Gambit Decl i ned v i z . 1 e4 c5 2 d4
exd4 3 c3 d 5 4 exd 5 'i!lxd5 5 cxd4
c6 .
1 :A
1:B

6 c3!?
6 f3

The a lternative 6 Je3?1 g ives

B lack a good game after 6 e5 7
c3 .Ab4 when B la c k has the first
...

d iagra m
11

lf:id4) 13 Ab5 Ad7 14 .llx d7 'i'&x d 7

player initiative, e.g.:
15 0-0 +- I< .Smith.
A) 8 a3 .lb<c3 9 bxc3 exd4 10 cx d 4
lge7 11 l f3 0-0 =+ Black block B2) 10 ...'ifb8 11 .llf4 e5 12 lxe5
ades and amounts pressure on the .lld 6 (12... lxe5 13 .ll b5 Wd8 14
d-paw n.
lc7+-) 131lxc6 bxc614 b1 .llb7
B) 8 tif3 exd4 9 xd4 4.Jxd4 10'itrx 1 5 Qf6! lx f6 16 .llx d6 *c8 17
d4 *xd4 11 4J><d4 lf6 12 .ii b5 .lld7 *e2 +- K.Smith
13 .llxd7 lxd7 14 4.J b5 0-0 =+
J.d7
8 !lxd1
Others seem more d i fficult fo r
1:A .f rom diagram 2
Bl ack e .g. 8 . . .e6 9 'llb5 .!b4 1 0
e2:
6 c3! ?
A) 10 ...J..a5 11 J.c5 Qge7 12 b4 !
An interesting and lively gambit .l.WS 13 4.Jd6 'i'&f8 14 b5 le515lf3
continuation, but 6 <Jf3 p r o b a bly lf:ixf3 (1 5 ...115g6 16 <Jf5! +-) 16
offers Wh it e more reliab l e prospects 1:if5 d7 (16 ...we8 17 <Jxg7 wf8 18
for the advantage. Of course B l ack 1:ih5 +-) 17 xd7 exf5 18 wxf3 b6
could avoid this ga mbit by deferr- 19 4 +- K. Smith
ing the exc h a nge cxd4.
B ) 10 . ..fltfS 11 g3 a6 12 1\c 7 b 8
6 ...
hd4
1 3 .i1g2 <Jge714 .lla7! +- K.Smith
7 J.e3 (3)
C) 10 .. .e7 11 a3 .lla5 12 .ll c5 wf6
13 g4 and White has more t h an
enou gh for the pawn d ue to the
m ...
m
insecure position of B l ack's king

d
A
,
and B lack ' s u n co - or dina te d piece s.
b
c
Better ha
..0-0-0 1
xa7 4'.ix
a7 1 1 .llx a7 g6 12 .ll b6 e8 13 .!lf3
+- superio r White d evelopment.
10 xa7
'llxa7
4l4l-
.L!.
U -T11
"'a7
e51. =
3 .L!. U
.
n

g ;
Not 11...lla8 12 5! +=/ e.g.
7 ...
'i'xd1
12...xa2? 13 fu33 winning the
A) 7 . . .ire5!? may be B l ac ks best , excha n ge with th e th reat 14 4.
a l though for h i s pawn White h as a
lead i n ,deve l o p ment e .g . 8 4'.i f3
1 :B from diaq r am 2
'/Wb8 9
.!lf6 10 0-0 e6 11 'lfta4
6 .llf3
.lg 4
.l.W7 12 .llf4 .lid6 13 .lb<d6 'lft x d 6 14
7
c3!(4)
Kirillov
laad1'/Wc7 15'/Wa3 a6 16 4Jd4 Add ison -Berg m a n 1956, B l ack has diffidiagra m
cu l ty cast l i ng.
+B ) 7 . ..ifb4? 8 a3 ifxb2 9 -ki5
T his continuation is very d i ffi
i.e. 9 . . :.-e5 1 0 ef3
B 1) 1 0 ...ifd6 11 .ll f4 e5 12 .ixe5 cul t for B la c k to meet. The Latvian
4'.ixe5 (12 ... 6 1 3 4'.ixc6 xd5 1 4 Master V.Kiri l lov i s recognised as

1..t.:1 9 . "i
.4')).

II
D " -,
q

'

f.'1
.

.lli15

12

:.

the first to have discovered the pot

ential of this line, though Euwe also
publ ished analysis on it. Also 7
..le2 see 1.2:A.
1:B 1
1 :B2

Axf3
'i'a5?!

7
7

Alternate queen moves are even

less favourable to Black e.g. 7 ..
-.td6?! 8 d5 .le5 9 .ilb5 .12.d7 10 f4 !
b5 1 1 xe5 'lta6 12 4::\d4 I .
Zaitsev- Kaufman, USSR 1968.
.

1: 81

from diagram 4

7 ...
_!l!f38 gxf3
Not 8 "lxd5? .12.xd 1 9 4::\c 7 d7 10
4::\xa8 5with advantage to Black..
8
hd4
9 1i"xd4
"lxd4
10 "lb5! (5)
White's pawn and structural def
icit are more than offset by his
advantage in development and the
bishop pair in an open position,
Black n eedi ng to be accurate to
survive.
diagram

13

10

..

e5 !

Probab!v necessary fur Black's

survival, other moves seem d isas
trous for him e.g.:
A) 10 ...0- 0-0 11 .ixd4 .xd4 12
.12.e3 El.d 7 13 5 .c7 14 Axa7 e6
15 -'ib6 +- Hennings- Bindrich, East
Germany 1969.
B) 10 ... c2 1 1 @d 1 and now:
B 1) 11 ....lcS 12 .ixa7 .c5 13 b4
4::\x b4 14 Ab5 <tlc6 15 3 E!.d5 16
We2 +- Smart-Nordstrom, Budva
1963.
B2) 11 ... xa 1 12 4::\c7 wd7 ( 12...
d8 13 <tlxa8 e5 14 3 b6 156 !
+-) 13 4Jxa8 e5 14 3 'it>c6 ( 14...

b6 15 .(ta6 +-) 15 2 f5 16 'it>e2

=b 6 17 El.cl b7 184Jc7 + K.Smith
c) 10 -tie6 1 1 f4! a6 12 f5 axb5 13
Axb5 d8 14 fxe6 fxe6 15 Ae3 4Jf6
16 b6 c8 17 . c 1 +- Kirillov
Salata, Riga 1965.
d7
1 1 c7
1 2 41ixa8
ib4
+=
13 d1!
---,
Rosenberg
An improvement on 1 3 .td2? ! .12.x
d2 ( 13...4::\xf3 ! ? Kapengut) 14 'it>x
d2 4Je7 15 .12.c4 E!.a8 16 Axf7 f8
17 h5R::> Smatkov- Kuncevic, USSR
1973; e.g. 17 ... 96 18 4 'it>d6 t;,.
19 ...h5.
.

1 : 82 fro m d iagra m 4
'h5?!
7 ..
Decl i n in g the gam b it a l l ows Wh ite
to ga i n space by push i ng h is d
pawn , B lack hav ing .been crowded
out on a n u mber of occasions.
es (6)
a d5
Other tries have offered less
resistance: 8 ... Sd8 ( 8 . . 0-0-0 9 M2
e5 1 0 ltc 1 ! + - ) 9 Jd 2 :
.

A ) 9 .. .lxf3 1 0 gxf3 .i b 8 1 1 b 5
ltb6 1 2 !ad 7 1 3 !k1 + - Lee
F u lto n , Cam b r idge 1 965.
B ) 9 .. b4 1 0 a3 .ia6 ( 1 O . . ..ixd 5
1 1 j,lli 5 d7 1 2 .ixd 5 'ltxb5 1 3
c7 #) 1 1 b 5 ltb6 1 2a 4 d7 1 3
5 c5?? 1 4 b 5 .ixa4 1 5 .le7 #
Lee-C lements , Hasti ngs 1 966/7 .
.

d iag ram
9 xe5!
A lso B lack was co nvi nci ng l y
debacled i n Rosino-Jyanta r, Venice
1 963: 9 j,lli5 M 7 1 0 .ixe5 xb 5 1 1

14

ltf3 .lf6 1 2 d 6 !ab8 1 3 b4 'itb6 1 4

.ixb5 exd6 ( 14 . . .ltxb515 d7) 1 5
lte2 7 1 6 .ic4 + - . . 1 -0; 1 6 .. .ltx
b5 fa ils to 1 7 .ixd6 etc .
9
.b:d1
1 0 J.b5
*d 8
1 1 xf7
eca
+1 2 exd 1
K ir i l l ov-S k uyan , 1 7t h Latvian C h
1 9 65 continu ing: 1 2 ... h6 1 3 N x
h8 e 5 1 4 d xe6 e . p . b4 1 5 M7 c7
1 6 b5 b 6 1 7 3 r;t>a6 1 8 a3 +
a n d Wh ite's active p ieces gave h i m a
wi n n i ng attac k .
.

2: DEFER RED CENTRAL PAWN EXCHANGE

1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 hd5 4 d4
4':6
4
Black seeks to keep the initiative
in cJthe centre by d efe rr i ng the ex
change cxd4, denying for as long as
possible White's ON access to c3.
However, Black could now play 4
ef617 (see 3:B) since as will be
shown, Black can defer the ex
change still fu rther with safety,
but White can still induce a ,trans
position to 2: B .
5 f3
Unsatisfactory is 5 ._371 (for 5
dxc5 see 3:A} cxd4 6 Ac4 *<:16+
5 ..
Jg4
An active placement of the OB
and better than 5 ...cxd4 6 cxd4
when White has the opti on of the
gambit line of 1 :8. For 5 e6 see
1.5 and 5 .. .lf517 see 3:A.
6 .1.82 (7)
Others are not to o c onvincing
forWhite.
A) 6 dxc5 hd117 (6 . . .ibc5 see 3)
7 *xdl e6 (7 ...e51? l:J,. e4) 8 b4
-tif6cx: e.g. 9 "1.f4?! e5 10 Ag5 -tie4
11 4 g5 12 Ag3 f5 13 h3 f4 14
.ild3 0-0-0 15 hxg4 l::txd3 16 *e2 fx
g3 17 *xd3 -tixf2 18 *c4 -tixh1 19
b5 -tie7 20 -tixe5 Ag7 +- 0-1, 35
Hesse-Pohl, Albena 1975.
Bl 6 Be3 cxd4 7 cxd4 e5 8 Nc3

Bb4 9 A.02 (9 a3? Axc3 10 bxc3 e4

11 h3 exf3 - + ) 9...exd4 =+ e.g. 10
hd4 -tixd4 11 itxd4 frxd4 12 -tix
d4 he2 =+see 4:A.

15

6 ..
cxd4
At this point it is prudent for
Black to surrender the tension in
the centre and decide on the disposition of his queen. Less precise
is 6 e671 since White will cramp
Black by advancing his d-pawn,
viz:
A) 7 h3! (Alekhine) A.h5 8 c4 *d7
9 d5 exd5 10 cxd5 hf3 11 Axf3
-tid4 12 0-0 A.a7 13 A.03
B) 7 c4 *d7 8 d5 exd5 9 cx d5 h
f3 10 hf3 -tid4 11 0-0 -tif6 12 -tic3
7 13 A.e3 += Angelov-Histrov,
Bulgarian corr. ch 1961.
Cl 7 0-0 f6 8 .1.83 (8 -tia3!? +=
.

So ko l ov) cxd4 9 4xd4 .ixe2 1 0

il'xe2 4xd4 1 1 .lxd4 J.e7=.
Cl) 1 2 Bd 1 "ttc 6 1 3 c4 0-0 1 4 4Jc3
!:!.fd8 1 5 b3 d 7 1 6 d3 ad 8 1 7
!:!.ad 1 b6= S.N i kol i c-Puc , Y u go slav
C h . 1 965.
C2) 12 4d2 0-0 1 3 fd 1 !:!.fd8 1 4
.l.\.e5 'ltrc6 1 5 4Jb3 !:!.d 1 1 6 .E!xd 1
'ltra4= Thorva l dsso n -Canal , Tel Aviv
1 964 .
7 cxd4
e6
Oth erwise Wh ite advan ces h i s d
pawn w i t h i m pu n i ty , thereby
severely cra m p ing Blrick.
A ) 7 .g6?! 8 <tic3 ! i6'a5 9 d 5 ! xf3
1 0 .a.xf3 4Je5 1 1 .iie2 a6 1 2 0-0 l4J7
1 3 'ltrb3 'tel 1 4 'ra4 f8 ( 1 4 . ..
'rd 7? 1 5 .l.tb5; 1 4 .. . <tid 7 1 5 .Q.f4 + - )
1 5 .l.tf4 'ltrd8 1 6 !:!.fe 1 4Jh6 1 7 .l.tf 1
<tid 7 1 8 t!i'b4 ! <tif5 {18 . . . b6 1 9 !:!.xe7
'ltrxe7 20 .a.d6 + - ) 1 9 itxb7 +- 1 -0 ,
28 Cso m -Pekun , Pu l a 1 97 1 ( 1 /9 70 ) .
B) 7 . .lxf3? does not w i n W h i te 's
d-pawn . 8 .a.xf3 itxd4?? 9 .!.\.xc6
with check w i n n ing the queen , so
B lack wou l d rel i nq uish the b i s h o p
pa i r vol u ntari l y .
8 c3 (8)
Wh ite could now of course cast l e
instead , when B lack does n o t h ave
the option of p i n n i ng the queen s
kn ight but must withd raw h i s
queen .
..

..

d iagram
Now B la c k has th ree m a i n tries to
deal with the th reat to h i s queen :
2:A
8
il'a5
2:B
8
il'd7
.lb4
8
2: C
A l ternat i ve q ueen moves are m ore
d i fficult fo r B lack s i n ce they l ose
tem p i e.g . 8 il'd8 9 0-0 4f6 and now
...

...

...

16

A) 10 il'b3 ili'b8 ? ! 1 1 d5 exd5 1 2

<tixd 5 <tixd 5 1 3 ili'xd 5 wh en the
o pen posit ion , cou p l ed with B l ack
having not castled g ives Wh ite the
better chances - K .Sm ith .
B ) 1 0 J.e3 .!.\.e7 1 1 h3 .!.\.h 5 1 2 ili'b3
a6 ( 1 2 . . . ili'd7 1 3 g4 6 14 <tie5 )
13 g4 ! 1.lg6 1 4 <tie5 <tia5 1 5 ili'a4 b 5
1 6 4J x b 5 a x b 5 1 7 ili'xb 5 f8 1 8
b4 l zvozch i kov- K ui n dz h i , U S S R
1 97 5 .
2 : A from d i ag ra m 8
il'a5
8
9 0-0
ts
1 0 h3
A usefu l i n te rpolat i on , ma k i ng
' l uft ' with te m p o - u n l ess B lac k
decides to re l i n q u ish the 'm i no r
exchange'; other moves are also
p rom isi ng for Wh ite.
A) 10 il'b3 !? itb4 1 1 l4J5 .!.\.e7 1 2
itxb4 4Jxb4 1 3 .illi5 f8 1 4 4Je5
.!.\.h5 15 g4 l4J6 1 6 ac 1 a6 1 7 2
4Jfd 5 += Kernan-Mun i z , Teess ide
1 9 73 .
B ) 10 J.e3 Ab4? ! ( 1 0 . . . 4Jd5 1 1 4Jx
d 5 exd 5 +=) 1 1 itb3 0-0 1 2 a3 .!.\.x
c3 1 3 bxc3 itc 7 1 4 c4 M i nev-Sol in
Oslo 1 9 54 .
C ) 1 0 e5? is p re m atu re. 1 0 . ..xe2

2:8

fro m d i ag ram 8

ikl7
8 ...
Possib l y a l itt l e better th an 8
*a 5 si nce Wh ite does not h ave the
expansion on the queen side with
tempo. However , here the quee n is
suscept i b l e to the l ater possib i l ity
of <ie5 by Wh ite .
9 0-0
f6 ( 10)
. . .

1 1 4Jxc6? *x c3 ! 0- 1 Per l i s-Tarta

kover, Ostende 1 907 .
10
.
J.h5 (9)
+=/
B lack now has a d i fficult ga me.
G l igoric suggests t h at W h ite 's free
p l ay wi t h his pieces is more than
adequate com pensat ion for h i s iso
l ated paw n , wh ich a lso useful l y
supports t h e later poss i b i l ity o f e5
by Wh ite.
W h i te can now either co m p l ete
h i s develop ment by 1 1 Ae3 , or he
can start a p l a n of gai n i ng space
and d riving b ack the B l ack p i eces
on the q ueenside with 1 1 a3
pripmpt l y to be fol lowed by b4.
..

B
t
tt
.... t.
.

10 !e3
Also , W h ite has good prospects
after:
A) 1 0 h3 e .g. 1 0 . . . .ii x f3 1 1 .iix f3 <ix
d4 1 2 .iix b7! !!dB 1 3 .iie 3 Cibul ka
M arsa l e k , Czech . Ch 1 966; Wh ite's
l ead in development and queen side
m ajor ity are a d ist i n ct asset - B l ack
should avo i d bei ng fo rced i n to .iix
f3 .
B ) 1 0 e5 ! ? and now.
B 1 ) 10 J.xe2 1 1 <ixd7 .iix d 1 1 2
xf6 gxf6 1 3 !! xd 1 0-0-0 1 4 .iie 3
filJ4 Matul ovic-Trifunovi c , Yugoslav
C h 1 95B; 1 5 d5! + = ( So ko lov) Axc3
1 6 d xc6 Axb 2 1 7 cxb7 and W h ite
has the better endga me. 1 7 . . .'it>x
b 7 ? ? 1 B !!db 1 +-.
B 2 ) 10 . .xe5 1 1 d xe5 Axe2 ( 1 1 . . .
*xd 1 1 2 .iix d 1 xd 1 1 3 !! xd 1 <id 7
1 4 b5 ) 1 2 *xe2 d5 1 3 <ixd 5
ltxd 5 ( 1 3 . . . exd 5 i so l ates the d
pawn +=/) 1 4 !!d 1 *a5 1 5 5 !
'

...

17

.n
A
. B .o!!o -

.;
[1

N.o!!> R

10

AU

UA

-'@

t:::i

A ) 1 1 .le3 Ae7 1 2 a3 0-0 1 3 b4

*dB 1 4 *b3 J4j6 1 5 !! fd 1 d 5 1 6
xd 5 exd5 1 7 <tie5 !! ac8 1 8 E!. ac 1
with a clear posit ional advantage
for Wh ite; Padevsky-H erm an , Sofia
1 953 .
B ) 1 1 a3!? and now.
B 1 ) 1 1 &d8 1 2 g4 Bg6 1 3 b4 ! B x
b4 1 4 a xb4 *xa 1 1 5 *b3 E!. xd 4 16
Aa3 c2 17 itxc2 *xa3 1 8 b5 +
Capabl anca-Czern i a k , B uenos A i res
1939 .
82 ) 1 1 . .le7 1 2 e3 0-0 1 3 b4 *dB
1 4 b 5 a5 1 5 *a4 b6 1 6 E!. fc 1 +=
Vasy u kov-Top rover, U S S R 1 9 54 .
...

7 (15 . . . h6 1 6 "i'd 3) 16 Jlxe7 c;t>x

e.7 17 b4! "i'b6 ( 1 7 . . :lWxb4 18 .ab1
+-) 18 l:Id 6 ; 1 8 "i'g4.

C) 10 .lg51? and now.

Cl) 10 d5 1 1 h3 Jlh 5 1 2 "i'd 2
Marie-Jean , Monte Car l o 1 9 67;
Wh ite brings h is roo ks to the d-and
c-files and can occupy e5 with a
k n ig h t after a l i kely g2-g4 .
C2) 10 .le7 11 h 3 ! ? xf3 ( 1 1 . . .
5 1 2 g4 6 13 -'ib5 D. 1 4 .)e5)
12 .axf3 .)xd 4 1 3 .ll x b7 "txb7 14
B l ack now has a d i ffi c u l t ga me,
ttxd4 += ( ? ! E.C.0.) Wh ite h as a
queenside majority , though it is si nce the m iddlega me tacti cs or a
liquidat i on i n to an endgame are
d ifficu l t to mobi l ise.
10
both in Wh ite's favo u r , viz.:
Jd6
With a view to keep i ng a n eye on A ) 12 .xe5 13 d x e5 .llx e2 14 'lWx
e5 hop i ng to p revent its occupat ion, e2 Jlxe5 1 4 . fd 1 'lWc6 15 13.ac 1 and
a nd therefo re more act i ve than 10 . . . White h as a m assive attac k for the
7. After 10 . 5 1 1 xd5 B l ack pawn e .g . 1 5 . . a6 1 -'lh6 ! gxh6 1 7
'lWxe5 e7 1 8 e4 'lWxe4 1 9 .c7
falls beh i nd i n devel opment, v i z . :
A ) 1 1 exdS 1 2 .)e5 .be2 1 3 "i'xe2 and m ate soon fo l l ows.
<tlxe5 (13 .. :lWe6 1 4 'itb5 ; 13 . . . B ) 12 J.xe2 1 3 xd 7 .llx dl 1 4 x
ttc7 14 l:Iacl ) 1 4 d xe5 Wh ite f6 g x f6 1 5 .fxd 1 and with the
has a l ead in deve l o p ment and th reat of d5 and b5 , and B lac k
with a bro ken formation and be
Black an iso lated d-paw n .
B ) 1 1 hd5 1 2 h 3 Jl h 5 1 3 'lta4 h i nd in tem p o , Wh ite has a vi rtua l
6 14 _ac4 +=/ e . g . "i'e4 1 5 .)d2 w i n n i ng endgame.
itf5 16 b5 'lWd 5 1 7 l:!acl and
White wins a pawn.
2:C fro m d iagram 8
1 1 h3
8
.lb4
Better than 1 1 'lWd 2 0-0 Perl i s
9 0-0
ita5
Rub i nstein , V ienna 1 908; W h ite's
A ) 9.,.J.xc3?! vo l untar i l y rel i n
advantage is very marg i na l .
quishes the bishop pa i r i n an open
.lh5
11
position : 1 0 bxc3 e7 1 1 3
12 ..!7! ( 1 1) +=/
Also 12 g4!? g6 1 3 -'lb5 offers e.g. 1 1 ... 0-0 1 2 c4 'lWd 7 1 3 d 5 a5
White a few chances e.g. 13 . . . a6? ! 1 4 e5 + -.
14 <tle5! Axe5 1 5 dxe5 e4 ( 15 ... B) 9. itd7? 1 0 d5! favourab l y
axb5 16 e x f6 gxf6 1 7 x b 5 +-) 16 opens up the pos i tion for White
'6xd7 '1.'xd7 17 xc6 c;t>xc6 1 8 <tlxe4 who ga i ns the bishop pa i r at l east
Axe4 19 l:Iacl 'l.'d 7 20 !::!.fd 1 c;t>e8 2 1
after 1 0 . .. exd 5 1 1 xd 5 etc.
10 a3! ( 12)
Uc7 .ac6 22 ,ac5 + Wh ite is o n l y marg i na l l y better
...

...

...

..

..

...

...

...

...

...

..

18

after 1 0 e4 e.g. 10 ... 4Jf6 1 1 4Jxf6

gxf6 1 2 f4 0-0 1 3 a3 Jle7 14 itrb3
itrb6
=/+=
U SS R 1957.

Juchtm an-Aronson,

.t
-.t.t

.t

-

12
13
Virtually
th reaten i ng
1 4 4Jb3.
14

axb4 !
ha 1
tid2 !
J.xe2
forced ; since Wh ite was
to w i n th e queen with
ii'xe2 ( 1 3)

-..a.
" .
-
u
'"Z....l .
- a
a
U
-U .!..!. U
12

D D,,!1
10

A nat u ra l enough m i sta ke, al l ow

i ng a fine combi nat ive contin uation.
However, after 10 ...J.xc3 11 bxc3
Wh ite's bishop pai r and lead i n
development are d i st i n ctly favour
able, viz :
A) 11 .. . f6 12 c4 Wh ite's c-and d
pawns are a batteri ng ram t o open
up the position favou rably.
B ) 1 1 ....-xc3? 1 2 d2 itrb2 13
13 itra4 "!tb6 1 4 d 5 ! xf3 1 5 xf3
e x d5 16 l;tfe1 4Je7 17 4 ! f8 1 8
l;txe7! 4:ixe7 19 l;te1 I!e8 20 itrd 7
itrd8 2 1 E1 x e7 +1 1 d5!
exd5
Either capture on d 5 wi ll o pe n
lines to the b l ack ki n g . 1 1...tixd5
12 4:ixd5 e x d5 13 axb4! itr xa 1 1 4
itrb3 +- th reaten i ng to w i n the
black queen e . g . 1 4 . . . bf3 1 5 x
f3 ita6 16 b5 itrb6 17 e1 li:Je7 1 8
itrb4 itrd8 19 5 f6 20 5f8 2 1
ge6 +-.

19

tie7
1 4 . ..
Offer i ng the l on gest resistance ;
viz 1 4 ...*fS 1 5 b5 4Jd4 1 6 itrd3 and
Black m ust rel i nq u ish a piece to
avoid losing h is q u een (4Jb3).
15 Bel
0-0
Black must l ose a piece, for 15. . .
g8 ? is s i m p l y a nswered with 1 6
4Jxd 5 and B lack can resi gn .
16 b3
ii'a6
bxa6
17 ha6
18 xe7
+A l e. k h i ne-Podgo rny , Pragu e 1 942
cont i n u i ng : 18 ... E1ab8 19 b 5 axb5
20 xa7 b4 21 4Je2 fcB 22 f3
a8 23 l'lxa8 l'lxa8 24 '\t'f2 4Jd 7 25
4Jf4 4Jb6 26 '\t'e3 c8 27 \?;ld3 g5 28
4Jh5 1-0 . A typ i ca l and fine A lek
h i ne victory, and a 'co rner stone' i n
the theory of this open ing va riation.

3: A L EKHii\JE'S 5 dm:5!?; & 4 ... 4iif6 !?

1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 'i'xd5 li d4
(14)

seems a plaus i b l e continuation. 9. .

<llld5! (6 1 0 .. . .!.1.x b 1 ) 1 0 J.cl2 0-0-0
re stori n g the threat so. 11 e2
.ig4 and Black has good p l ay for his
pawn, e.g .
A) 12 h3? ! .!.1.xf3 1 3 xf3 e5 1 4
e2 a6 15 i.ia4 c4 and B lack
stands wel I e.g. 1 6 e3 ( 1 6 Ab3 x
d2+) g6 1 7 .IUJ3 cxe3 1 8 fxe3 Ag7
1 9 xd 5 l:'.!xd5 20 l:'.!d 1 !lhd8 2 1 l:'.!x
d5 l:'.!xd 5 =+
B) 1 2 .ixc6 bxc6 1 3 h3 Axf3 1 4
xf3 g6 15a4.i.i.g7 1 6 !la3 !ld 7 1 7
c4 ti:Je7 18 .lic3 e5 1 9 d 2 f5 and
B l a c k ' s play i n the centre offsets
the mate r i a l deficit e.g: 20 l:'.!ha 1
l:'.!hd8 2 1 e2 l:'.!d3 22 f 1 g5 23
.l.i.b2 g6 24 g3 !l3d 7 and B l ack
stands wel l.
.

----,-,.,-,

14

II:.. . a
=
gJJ ..S.
'D"B...i B
m,:t:t
-
.
...

1
.it.
D.
.

B--

.c.D
.ft
.a.u.

B
u

fJ{)D

3:A 4 c6 5 dxc5!?
3: B 4 f6!?
3:A from diagram 14
4c6
4 ..
5 dxc5!?
Alekhine pointed out the feas
i bi l ity of this move. White gives up
the centre to gain tempi by haras
sing the b l ack queen; for it is not
clea r wh e t her Black gets enough
com pensation for the pawn after
5 .. :t'txd 1 6 xd 1 a: E.C .O .
5 .
hc5 (15)
The alternative 5 .:xd1 has not
seen any try outs in any notable
match or tournament at m aster
level thus far but maybe Black has
some chances i n this l ine , e.g. 6 'itx
d 1 .lf51? 7 t.f3 e6 s b4 ts 9 .l!b5
..

...

..

'"5
i

3:A1
3:A2

20

.!-
" " ...
t
m

- . ...
. .

. .
.
D
B ftB
ftB
"Bi u
u
u
04:)0
6 J.e3
6 31?

3:A'I from diagram 15

from

3:A2

6 .le3
*a5
7 .,.a3 (16)
Gligoric and Sokolov suggest t hat
th i s may be a sligh t improvement
o n 7 b4 'tkc7 8 6a3 4if6 9 'lkb5
iH>8 10 6f3 and now:
A ) 1 0 gS (Euwe suggests 10...
.lg4 and 1 1... g6=) 11 .iic4 g7 12
"it b 3 0-0 and Black h as a satisfactory
game: 1 3 lg5 le5 and if . 14 .ilf4 ?
.lf3 15 gxf3 itxf4 -+; 13 .!ixf7?
.xf7 1 4 lg5 e6.
B ) 10 e57! 1 1 c4 1d.e7 12 "itb3 0-0
13 lg5 .ld8 1 4 .d 1 +=/ Canal
E uwe, Zurich 1954 ; Wh ite has some
attac k i ng chances, Black 's position
being very disorganised.
..

diagram 15

6 a3!?
Mo re flexib l e tha n 6 .le3 wh i ch i s
clearer t o react to , if1 fact White has
chances to go astray : 6 ... ita5 7 <tia3
trf6 8 4Jb5?! a6 9 b4 lx b4 ! 10 ex
b4 -JJJxb4 1 1 *d2 '/lhd2+ B ro nste i n
Va syukov , USS R 1 968. Wherea s ,
the c o lum n bei n g less d i rect g ives
Black the options of choosing
unwisely, though it should trans
pose into 3:A 1.
6 ..
4f6
( 17)
A) 6 .id7 7 lb5 0-0-0 8 3 'itre5
9 lf3 *b8a: Evans.
B) 6 e5?! aga i n does not wo rk ou t
well in th is type of posit i o n . 7
b5 e7 8 .le3 (8 b3! itd8 9 'tkxd8
tii>xd8 or 8 tif6 9 J.a3 'tkd8 10 Ax
f8! Evans) and n ow.
B1) 8 a6 9 Ac5 -JJJ x c5 10 4Jc7 rt/e 7
11 lxa8 lf6 12 -JJ!b 3 b5 13 a4 .i.le6
14 -JJ.ld 1b4 154Jc7 bx c3 C h e k h ov
Evans, Algarve 1975 ; 1 6 lxe6 ! fx
e6 (16 ...-JJ.lb 4 17 b3!) 17 El.cl cle4
18 *c2 cx b2 21 -JJJ x b2 -JJ.la 5 Evans
(12/232) .
82) 8 . . b6? 9 -JJ!f3 .lib7 1 0 0-0-0
cJ8 1 1 E!.xd8 lxd8 12-JJ.ld 1 .llc6 13
a4 -JJJd 7 14 lf3 Axf3?! 15 gxf3
lc6 16 .iic4 1-0 ! Shvesh ni kov
Paol i, Plovdiv 1973; 16 ...clf6 17
.d 1-JJib 7 18.id6 (6/38).
.

..

tif6
7
More flex i b l e than 7 e5?! (since
B lack can opt for a K-fianchetto
set-up) vi z . 8 .lc4 -JJ!c7 9 -JJ!a4 .iie6
10 {lf3 f6 11 b4! .c8 12 b5 x
c4 13 .lixc4 -JJ!a5 14 -JJ.lb 3 ! {ld8 1 5
0-0 .le7 16 E!.ad 1.lf5 17 ktf7 rtle7
18 {lxe5! ... 1-0 Markus-Bebchuk,
M osc ow 1 962.
8 6c4
'itc7= E.C.O
B lack can ac h ie ve a solid game by
fianchettoing on the kingside.
.

21

d iag r am
7 .le3
Or 7 b5 'tke5 8 J.e2 .lg4! 9 'tka4
(9 f3 a6!+; 9 f4? 'itrxb 5! + ) J.xe2 10
xe2 as 11 4bd4 b5! =+ 12 {lxc6
'*d5 13 4Jf4 'itrxc6 1 4 "itd4 Wa te r
man-Gh izdavu, USA 1975; a n d now
'14 . .. e6 15 0-0 Ae7+ , o r 14. ..g5 15

J.g4

6 .l.e2

e6

0-0

.tlc6 (18 )

0-0 .Q.g7 16 .e 1 e6 /'.),, 0-0+ Ghiz

davu (9/336).
7

ita5

...

8 J.e3
3:B1
8 .tia3!?
3:B2
Also after 8 c4 !? itd7 White has
an active queenside majority and
therefore slightly better endgame
prospects at least, viz.:
A) 9 J.e3 cxd4 (9 .. .d8 see 3:81
1O xd4 j,}_xe2 ( 1O .xd4 11 xg4
xg4 12 itxd 4) 11 xe2 .l.le7 12
bc3 itxd 1 13 .fxd1 0-0 14 .ac1
+=
B) 9 dxc5 "1.xc5 10 3 0-0 11 5
itxd 1 12 .fxd1 !J.e7 13 .ac1 and
Black is 'in the red' in a dul l posit
ion, which is often the cue to his
indifferent play, allowing an oppon
e;-;t'a break away'.

Transposing to 3:A 1
3:8

from d iagram 14

4
f6!?
Since in the continuations thus
far Black seems to have prospects
little better than the worse sid e of
a draw, the above is an attempt
to work-up counterplay, by defer
ring as l ong as possib le the exchange
cxd4 to deny White's ON access to
c3. The column move is different
in that it controls d5 and thus
makes an earl y c4 foll owed by d5 a
null threat. Thus Black hopes to
deflect White's ON to a l ess active
square than c3, and thereby sty mie
3:81 fr o m d iagram 18
the tempo win on the queen.
5 f3
ad8 !?
8 J.e3*
Now 5 dxc5 is less effective than
An interesting attempt to buildin 3:A since after 5 itxc5 6 .l.le3
Bl ack has itc7 and is a tempo up on up pressure on White s centre, but
the previous l ine, and should have a 8 ."cxd4 9 cxd4 is more prudent
ready equal ity in a K-fianchetto: 7 tra nsposing to simi lar to previous
a3 c6= (not 7 .. . a6? ! 8 c4 d 7 ideas, i.e.
9 a4 e6 1O a5 Lemachko-Leh A) 9 J.e7 10 c3 ita5 see 2:A
B) 9 J.d6 10 h3! ith5?! displaces
mann, Plovdiv 1976; but 0-1, 47 ).
...

. .

. . .

'

..

...

22

...

the queen in a vain h o pe to attack

the white king 1 1 l3.e 1 0-0-0 12
4Jbd2! 7 13 4Jf1 l3.d5 14 hxg4
4Jxg4 1 5 'ltc1 ! g5 1 6 g3 f5 1 7 Axg5
l3.g8 1 8 f4 b 6 1 9 4 +- 1-0,
28 Wise-Romilly, British C h . 1 976;
anyway W hite can deny Bl a c k the
option of th is attack by p laying
the interpol ation 8 h3 ind uci ng the
B lack O B to withdraw.
9 h3!
' .!h5
ikl7
1 0 c4!
tie4
1 1 dxc5
Regai ning the pawn , but now
White has an active majority on the
queenside, which liquid(ltion wil l
only emphasize as an a dva ntage ,
viz. 11 ...itxd 1 1 2 lxd 1 a nd now:
A) 12... .-e4 1 3 l3.xd 8 xd8 14
-tlbd2 ! -tixc5 15 g4 6 16 4Jd4
(fl 4Jxc6 with b4) e.g. a5 17 4Jxc6
bxc6 1 8 4Jb3 4Jxb3 1 9 Ab 6 \\9c8 20
a xb3 and the ending is hopel e s for
B l ac k .
B) 1 2. ..B.xd 1 1 3 xd 1 4Je4 14
4Jbd2 4Jxc5 15 4Jd4! Axd 1 1 6 l3.xd 1
a5 (1 6 ... -tixd4 17 .itxd 4 a5 18 4Jb3
4Jxb3 1 9 axb3 f6 20 Ab6) 17 4Jxc6
bxc6 1 8 Axc5 Axc5 1 9 4Jb3 .itb6
(. 1 9 .. . .itb4 20 a3) 20 d 6 +12 a3! ( 1 9 )

19
23

White wil l now mobilise his queen

sid e pawn majority with an eventual
b2-b4 , wit h at least h igh l y favour
ab l e endgame prospects, e.g.
A) 1 2 .. . a5 13 *a 4 bc5 1 4 Axc5
4J xc5 1 5 *b5 e. g . Axf3 1 6 xf3
4Jd3 1 7 4Jc3 4Jd4 1 8 'ltxb 7 4Jxf3 19
'ltxf3 4Jxb 2 20 ab1 ! xc4 21
.fd 1 4Jd 6 22 4Je4 'ltc7 23 xd6 lilx
d6 24 El.xd 6 'ltxd 6 25 'lta8 +8 ) 12 .. . 1i'xd 1 13 lxd1 and now
8 1) 13 ...a5 14 l2.xd 8 xd8 15
4Jbd 2 4Jxc5 16 g4 Ag6 17 4Jd4 e.g.
\\9c7 18 4Jxc6 xc6 1 9 b 4 + 82 ) 1 3 ... Bxd1 1 4 bd1 a5 15
4Jbd 2 4Jxc5 1 6 4Jd4 -'txd l 1 8 lilx
d 1 e.g. a4 1 9 4Jxc6 bxc6 20 Axc5
Axc5 21 4Je4 Ae7 22 4Jc3 + 3 : 82 from d iagram 18
8 a3!? (20)
Th ough interesting, since White
has at l east a few tric k s , this con
tinuation is less reliable than 8
Ae3. Provided B l ack continues
l o g ical l y , that is having encouraged
the White ON to a l ess favourable
sq uare , p l ay:

few chances since Black must

back -pedal, the best being to
undevelop h is queen, viz:
A) 9 ihl7? ! 10 4Je5! xe2 11 'ltx
e2 4Jxe5 ( 11...'ltc8 12 4Jc4! 0-0 13
4Jbd6 A d xc5) 12 d xe5 4Jd5 13
4Jb6 14 E!.d 1 'ltc8 15*94 Marie

B) 9 ihl8 10 d xc5! c5 1 1 .iite3

7 12 -&a4 0-0 13 .fd 1 +=/
Marie. Wh ite has at l east a few
chances due to his queenside
majority.
C ) 9 acS? ! 10 c4! 'ltd8 1 1 dxc5!
xc5 12 3 xe3 ( 12... 7 13
4Jxa7 ) 13 4Jd 6 'it>f8 14 4Jxc8 Ax
f2 15 i;Ixf2 'ltxc8 16 4Je5! h5 17
'ltd 6 'it>g8 18 4Jxc6 bxc6 19 -&e7 Af5
20 i::!.d 1 'it>h 7 1-0, 3 1 Marie-Nemet,
...

...

...

...

Vinkovci 197 6; 21 'ltxf7 A 22 'ltx

a7 + - ( 12/303)
Kc8!7
9 b5
Wh ite is marginally better after
9 ihl7 10 4Jbxd 4 4Jxd4 11 4:lxd 4
.be2 12 'ltxe2 += (Marie) due to
his queenside majority.
+=
1 0 bxd4
Buljovcic-Olafsson,
Novi
Sad
1976; White failed to mobilise his
queensid e majority effectively. viz:
10... 4:lxd4 11 4:lxd 4 e2 12 'ltx
e2 7 13 E!.d 1 a6 14 4Jf3 'lte4 15
he4 4Jxe4 16 Ae3 f6 17 4)d 4 'it>f7
18 4:lb3 E!.h d8 19 <&>f1 e5 20 f3 i::!.x
d 1 2 1 i;Ixd1 4Jd 6 22 4:ld 2 '<t>e6 23
<;f;e2 h5 24 !;!c 1 f5 25 c4 b5 26 b3
4Jb 7 27 4Jb1 b 4 t-t.

24

4: BLACK BREAKS IN THE CENTRE WITH ... e5

c5
d5
2 c3
The i m med i ate 2...e5? ! is not too
good fo r Black since after 3 t.f3
1

e4

Axf3 xe5 10 3! e.g. Ac5 11 0-0 !

'iWxb2?? (1 1 ... .l:Lxe3 12 E!.e 1) 12 Ax
c6 bxc6 13 .il.xc5 'i!!'xa 1 14 E!. e 1 and
mate in four.

cs

A) 4 .lc4 Wh ite has a ve ry favour

a b l e variation e.g. 4.. . .i.ie7 (4...4:Jf6
5 *b3 *e7 6 4:Jg5 +-) 5 d4 4Jf6
( 5 .. .cxd4 6 iftb3 +-) 6 dxe5 4:Jxe4 7
*d 5 .
B ) 4 d 4 g i ves W h i te so m e chances
but is less clear e.g. 4, .. cxd4 5 cxd4'
exd4 6 4Jxd4 4:Jf6 7 4:Jc3 Ab4 8
4:Jxc6 bxc6 9 iftd 4 ita 5 10 .i.id2 d 6
1 1 .i.ic4 0-0 12 0-0 E!. b8 13 El.ad 1
it h 5 14 .i.if4 .i.ic5 15 "rd 2 4 += t,
4 0 Kemp-Hi nd l e , British Ch 1975.
3 exd5
hd5

4:A from diagram 14

4

...

e5 (21)

4 d4

Now considered a re l i ne where

B l ac k hopes for n eutral i ty by the
b rea k e5 o n moves 4,5, or 6; viz.:
4:A 4 . .. e5
4: B 4 ...cxd4 5 cxd4 e5
4:C 4 ...cxd4 5 cxd4 c6 6 .1Jlf3 e5
4 : 0 4 ... 4c6 5 f3 e5 !?
D eferri ng the thrust e5 any further
is not on , i .e. 4 . . . cxd 4 5 cxd4 4Jc6 6
4:Jf3 i.1.g4 7 .i.ie2 e5? ! s i n ce after 8 dx
e5 W h ite gai n s the b i shop p air at
l east ( a l so 8 4Jc 3 .iib 4 transposing
i nto s i m i l a r to 4:C) i.e. 8 ... .i.ixf3 9
25

5 dxe5
A) 5 'if3 !? is also an active try fo r
W h ite. 5... e4 (5...exd4 6 cxd4 ex
d4 7 'i!!'xd4 see 4:.i.i 6 . e5 Ae6 7
.i.ic4 'iWd 6 8 'iWb 3 lixc4 9 'i!!'xc4 'iWc7
10 0-0 += 4Jf6 1 1 .i.ig5 Ad6 12 <tld 2
h 6 13 .W.h4 g5 14 .i.ig3 0-0 1 5 E!.ae 1
g7 16 f4 with a strong attack fo r
White; fVlatanovic-Udovcic, Yugo
sl av Ch 1953.
B) 5 .le3?! cxd4 6 cxd4:
B 1) 6 ... .1Jlc6! 7 4:Jc3 4 8 4:Jf3 4

9 2 exd4 1 0 0-0 IJ.xc3 1 1 bxc3

d3 =+ Livanov-Pivkin , USS R 1 960.
W h ite gets a bro ken pawn form at
ion .
82 ) 6 ... exd4 7 4':lc3 'i!\'a 5 8 .Q.xd 4
4':lc6 9 .iib 5 IJ.d7 IO 'i!\'e2 ! 4Jge7 1 1
.if3 0-0-0 1 2 0-0 4':lxd 4 1 3 .ixd4
Ja nosevi c- Prim avera , San 8ened tto
1 9 55.
he5
5 ...
After 5 ... -.txd 1 6 xd 1 .ic6
B l ack has so me co mpensati on for
the pawn but it is doub tful whether
it is enough . see a lso 4: D (+=/) .
6 .le3
A l so 6 .le2 followed by 7 .if3 is
worth consider i ng - G l igoric &
So ko l ov e.g. 6 . . . .ic6 7 .if3 'i!\'d 6 8
'i!\'a4 iid7 9 IJ.f4 + - Per l i s-Tarta k
over 1 90B.
f6
6 ...
'#tc7
7 tif3
Wh ite's l ead i n deve l opment st i l l
ensu res the i n i tiative a fter: 7. .
'#kd5 ! ? 8 tibd 2 .le7 9 Jc4 '#th5 +=
viz.:
A) 10 0 -0 0-0 1 1 IJ.f4 += G ufel d
B ) 10 tig5?! hd1 1 1 llxd 1 0-0 1 2
tide4 tibd7 1 3 tid6 4ie5 1 4 .lb3
..lg4!= 1 5 f3 .l.xd 6 16 Bxd6 .if5 1 7
.l.xc5 h6 1 8 Bxf6 gxf6 1 9 .ixf8 and
now:
8 1 ) 1 9 ... hxg5 ! 20 3 ( 20 .Q.e7 ?
l;!.eB -+) .id3 2 1 d2 !!d B 22 e3
l;!.eB 23 d 2= repet i t io n .
82 ) 1 9 . xfS? 2 0 .ie4 + - 4Jd3 2 1
e2 .if4 22 f2 d B 2 3 g3 .id3 24
e2 e7 25 !:! d 1 IJ.xe4 26 fxe4 4':l x
b 2 27 E!. xd B xd8 2 8 a 4 a 6 2 9 c4
1 -0 Zu ravl ev-Hantadze , U S S R 1 97 6
( 1 2/302 )
8 tia3 !
a) 8 .le2 is also a fa i r eno ugh
cont i n u ation: 8 .. IJ.e7 += (8 ... .i.ld6? !

9 .ia3
1 964 ) .

8axter-Tsagari , Tel ..!\vi v

B) 8 .lb5 .Q.d7 9 *a4 IJ.e 7 1 0 0-0 0-0

1 1 .ia3 4:ld 5 1 2 .iid 2 a6 1 3 .i.ld7

4Jd 7= Kuzm icev-So ko lov, U S S R
1 967 .
8 ...
a6 += ECO
Wh ite has the better prospects
with a l ead in devel opment.
4 : 8 fro m d iag ram 1 4
4 ...
5 cxd4

cxd4
e5 (22)

4:8 1
6 tif3
6 tic3!?
4:82
6 d xe5 *xe5 l ead s to noth i ng for
Wh ite e.g. 7 .iie2 .iib4 8 <tic3 4Jf6 9
<tif3 'l*a 5 10 0-0 0-0 1 1 IJ.f4 E!. d 8=
Szabo lcsi-8 . Ba l og h .
4 : 81 from d i agram 22
exd4
6 tif3
For 6 ... tic6 7 4Jc3 see 4: C .
7 hd4
hd4
After 7 ...tif6 8 <tic3 *xd4 9 -tix
d4 it transposes to the col u m n
cont i nuati o n :
a6
8 tixd4
Tho ugh t h i s tends to l ose a tem p o
i t i s a n ecessary precaution, s i n ce:

26"

8 . .. f6? ! 9 .illi 5 iid 7 1 0 0-0 <ic6 1 1

!::tel J1e7 1 2 J1xc6 bxc6 1 3 <ic3 .\d 5
. 1 4 .\xd 5 cxd 5 1 5 J1f4 l eaves
B l ac k with a very d i fficult end i ng;
So kolov-Cet kovic , Belgrad e 1 954.
9 c3
f6 (23)

of his lead in tem p i .

6 ...
irxd4 (24 )
Of cou rse , to refu se the pawn j ust
l oses tem pi fo r B lack anyway , so it
m ust be l og i ca l to accept. W h ite
now has one (:loo d l i ne :

a Jj} .1..
t
,i

: <1>i11 a
t.t
,,

.
-
-" .
.
a,
24
10 .lg5!
+= Sokolov
With the idea of cast l ing l ong and
occupyi ng the cent ral f i l es q u i c k l y
e.g. 1 0 . . . 4Jbd7 1 1 0-0-0 and 1 2 J1e2
fo l lowed by J1f3 and !! he 1 etc.
Less clear for the initiative is
10 J.e2 !c5! 1 1 b3 and now:
A) 1 1 . . . Jb4 1 2 Ad2 0-0 1 3 0-0 <ic6
1 4 a3 J1e6a: E.C . O . Maric- E l iskases ,
Sarajevo 1 958.
B ) 1 1 . . . .lb6?! 1 2 0-0 0-0 1 3 ltg5
4Jbd 7 1 4 !!ad 1 h6 Nun- B . Balogh ,
Hradec K ra love 1975; 1 5 J1h4 ! B .
Ba log h , W h ite has a lead in
devel op ment and m ore active p i ec;:es
B lack havi ng d i fficulty extricating
h i s q u eenside, as is the case with
the col u mn m ove .

4 :82 from di agram 22

6 c3!?
A very sim i l ar gam bit idea t o
1 :A, B l a c k can accept t h e pawn but
m ust p roceed with cauti on; W h ite
usua l l y regains h i s mater i a l because

27

.ii.

..!..!. U

B
.

.ii. n
U
U ..!..!.

DA

7 J.e3
G a ining tem p i by atta c k i ng the
q u een and p ro m pting an exchange
drawing Wh ite's O R into the
action; others seem to offer I i tt l e
com pensat ion f o r th e p awn , viz . :
A ) 7 J.d3 ltg4 8 4Jge2 'fid 7 9 0-0
4Jc6 1 0 h 3 J1e6 1 1 J1e3 <ige 7 ! +
( 1 1 . .. 4Jf6= ) B .Ba l og h .
B ) 7 hd4 exd4 8 <ib 5 <ia6 9 -i:lf3
<if6 10 a3 J1e7 1 1 4 0-0 1 2 b4
ltg4 1 3 .illi 2 <ixb4 ! ? 1 4 axb4 J1xb4
1 5 f1 !!ac8 1 6 !!c 1 3 17 J1xc3
!!xc4 1 8 J1d2 l::t x c 1 1 9 J1xc 1 d3 20
<ic3
b5! +
Meleghegy i-B .Balogh
1 971.

hd 1
7 ...
8 Bxd 1
Wh ite probab l y has more cha n ces
after 8....lb4?! e . g . 9 .\e2 4Jf6 1 0 a3
J1xc3? ! 1 1 4Jxc3 0-0 1 2 <ib 5 .tlc6
1 3 .\c7 i::tb 8 1 4 5 Etd8 1 5 !! xd 8
4Jxd8 1 6 J1xa7 + - i s an exa m p l e o f
what can hap pen - B lack needs to
be accurate.

4:C

4
5 cxd4
6 t3
..

25

xd4 .if6 += W hite has the better

ending with the bishop pair.
B 2 ) 10 41ge7 1 1 l'i:lxc6 'i6-xc6 1 2 .1.1.x
g7 E!.g8 1 3 .iid4 .i:l.h 3 14 E!.c 1 'i6-e4
1 5 .lle 3 .ltxg2 1 6 g 1 .llxf1 1 7 !axgB
1 8 xf1 += l'i:lf6 1 9 'i6-d 6 lld5 20
!ae 1 'itc4 2 1 g2 *g4 22 'i6-g 3 'i&'xg 3
23 h xg3 llx e3 24 E!.xe3 \t'f8 25 E!.c3
+= Mat u lov ic-Ci r i c, Yugo Ch 1 956,
White has some chances i n the ending.
1 0 tie5
'Axe5
1 1 dxe5
lie7 (26)

fro m diag ram 14

cxd4
c6
e5 (25)

...

...... fr.4)8
.tm atm
, "t

.4).
.it.
a
.4J.
ftB DftD
nnm-
"Z....l UtEJdisb

7 c3
To ru n the gau nt l et by accepting
th e gam b i t is not good for Wh ite:
7 dxe5? ! irxd1 8 'ihd1 .!g4 and t h e
ex posed position o f Wh ite's king
spel l s d anger al on g the central
fi les. Black sh ou ld regain the pawn
at l east, e.g . :
A) 9 .le2? 0-0-0 1 0 e 1 .iib 4 1 1
.iid2 .iix f3 1 2 .iix f3 .la.xd 2 1 3 llxd 2
.ixe5 1 4 .lle4 .if6 1 5 l.ic5 b8 1 6
.if 1 !a he8 1 7 .ie3 .ic4 -+
B) 9 .lf4 l:!d 8 1 0 .id2 .iib 4 1 1 .lie2
llge7 1 2 a3 .la.xd2 1 3 .iix d 2 0-0+
and Bl ack w i l l win t h e e-pawn
leav i ng Wh ite ex posed to th reats
on t h e cent ral fil es.
.lb4
7
8 Jd2
.lxc3
9 .lxc3
e4
A) 9 ire4 1 0 'ite2! itxe2 1 1 .ltxe2
e4 12 d 5 exf3 1 3 .ir1.xf3 .ice7 1 4
.iix g7 .ig6 1 5 d6 h6 1 6 .iix h 8 .ix h8
20 E!.xc8! 1-0 K icovic-Forintos ,
Bognar Reg is 1 956.
B) 9 exd4 10 xd4 and n ow:
B 1 ) 1 0 xd4 1 1 'itxd4 'itx d4 1 2
...

...

...

28

4:C 1
12 it'e2!
Ubil ava
4:C2 12 ita4!?
A) 12 ltc2 0-0 13 E\d1'itxa214'i6-x
e4 .iif 5 15 4 .l.ixe4 16 xa2 .ii xg 2
17 E!.g 1 1'2lc6 1 8 e6 f6 1 9 .iib4 El.fe8
20 !ad 7 llg6 2 1 .f7 E!.ad8 22 .xg6
h xg6 23 e7 h7 24 f3 .lld 5 25 '3/.f2
.1.i.xa2 26 exd8 !axd8 27 E!.xb 7 a6 28
.iie 7 .iid5 29 E!.c7 E!.b8 30 .iix f6
E!.b7 t-t Nun-W itkowsk i , Hradev
Kralove
1 975/6 an i nte rest i ng
st ruggle.
B) 1 2 Ae2 0-0 1 3 0-0 .llc6 1 4 'ita4
a6 15 f3 'i6-c5 1 6 h 1 e xf3 1 7 .llx f3
.ic6 t-t Maci ejews k i -Markland, Pol
anica Zd roj 1 973.

4:C1 from diag ram 26

1 2 ite2!
0-0
13 !ld1
'M'c6
Better than 13 ..ha2 14 filJ4
'ite6 15 'itxe4 Gu feld viz. El.e8 1 6
filJ5 <tlc6 1 7 0-0 ! for i f 'itxe 5?? 1 8
'itxe5 El.xe5 1 9 .<.ixc6 +'i'a4
14 S.d6
15 itc4
+=
1 5 ...'i'xc4 1 6 .ixc4 .!Af5 ! 1 7 .ld1
J.e6 1 8 .lxe6 fxe6 19 ee2 += a n d
now.
A ) 19 . . .lf7 20 El.h e 1 idea 21 g4
+= Gu feld .
B) 1 9 . llacS? 20 El.d7 El.f7 21 El.hd 1
El.eel 22 El.d B El.fB 23 g4! <Dh 6 (23 .. .
<De7 24 Ab4 +-) 24 h3 <Df7 25
El. 1 d 7 ! +- El.xd8 26 E!.xc7 4Jg5 2 7
El.xb7 <Dh3 2 8 El.xa7 El.d 3 29 El.a4
4Jg 1 30 f 1 <Df3 31 g2 <Dh4 32
.
Wh 1 l":!d 1 33 h2 <Df3 34 'ittg 3
g5 35 S>g2 El. d 3 36 El.d4 l:!f3
37 Jid2 (3 7 ..e4? Eic3 ) 4Jh3 38
Jie3 4:lf4 39 Wf 1 4:ld3 4U !:!xe4 4Jx
b2 4 1 e2 1-0 Ubil ava-Zaichik ,
USS R 1 976. Wh ite win s the knight
A n im p ortant game since i t indi
cates White's chances are still g ood ,
1 2 'ite2! seem ing l y a n im p rovem ent
over the former m ain theoretical
continu ation which fol l ows.

0-0=

Orton-Gramignani, Roos en d aal

1 976.

13
ite6 !
Schlechter
A) 1 3 ..lb5 ! ? d ese rves considerat
ion , e.g . 1 4 l":!d 1 .lid 3 1 5 .lixd3 ex
d3 1 6 0-0 4:lc6 1 7 'itd 6? ! El.d B 18
'ita3 h5!a: Martz-Kapeng u t , Ybbs
1968; 17 El.fe 1 0-0-0 1 8 El.e3 +=
Bol eslavs ky.
B) 1 3 ..e6? ! 1 4 f3 'ite6 15 l":!d 1 and
Bl ack is in a difficult pos ition as
he cannot cast l e e.g. 15 0-0 1 6 Eid 6
'itf5 1 7 -'id3 + - Nimzovich-Chajes,
Carlsbad 1 91 1 .
..

14

itb4

Or 14 S.d 1 0-0 15 El.d6?! ( 15

El.d 2!? = R os solim o ) 1 5 ...'itf5 1 6
Jie2 ( 1 6 Jic4 4Jg6 17 0-0 4Jh4 ! +
Luer-Th orsteinsson, Tel Aviv 1964)
1 6 . . . e6! 1 7 0-0 4:}g 6 =+ Maric
R ossolim o, Novi Sad 1 972.
14
.l.c6
1 5 .lb 5
.lxb5
. itc6
1 6 itxb5
1 7 ite2
=/+=
Bl ack h as to w orry about d efend
ing h is king's pawn - Sokolov .

4:C2 from diagram 26

1 2 *"a4 ! ?
Th us far , th e most t ried continu
ation at expert l evel b u t not guaran
teeing anything con crete . Not now
12 ...'itd7 13 b5 4:lc6 14 El.d 1 +-,
so:
1 2 ...
Jd7
1 3 ita3 (27)
Less convincing is 1 3 itb4 a5 1 4
'itb 6 i.lc6 1 5 b3 'ite6 1 6 i.lc4 4Jd 5 1 7
d 5 xd 5 1 8 'l!i'xe6 e6 1 9 0-0

4:0 from diagram 14

29

tlc6
4
5 t3
e5 !?
An interest i ng gam bit lin e , which
h as see mingly been little tried.
H oweve r , Black can regain the
p awn but at t h e cost of relinquish
ing the b i sh op pair.
6 dxe5
After 6 4'xe5 the p osition is
s i m p lifi ed too easily viz 6 . ..xe5
7 dxe5 xe5 8 e2 xe2 9 .ii x e2
t-t Kozomara- D amjanovic, Ljubl
j ana 1 960.
hd 1
6
.tg4
7 'l!Pxd 1
Ot h erwise White satisfactorily
retains the gambit pawn .
+=/a:.
8 J.f4 (28)
...

...

d i ag ram

30

A) 8 4'ge7 regains the p awn but

9 .iie 2 0-0-0 1 0 bd2 6 1 1 -'\93
.iixf3 1 2 .iix f3 g x e5 1 3 .iie 2 +=
White h as the bishop p a i r.
B) 8 0-0-0 9 bd 2 e7 (9 .iix
f3 1 0 gxf3 ge7 1 1 1.lh3 +- ) 1 0
c 1 White retains the pawn,
Black h aving no real com pensation
for the deficit.
...

...

. . .

5: F RENCH CON F I G U RATI O N 5

:} e4 c5(! c3 d exd5 hdse d4

4 ...
e6
This p osition cou l d arise via: 1 e4
c5 2 c3 e6 3 d 4 d 5 4 exd 5 (4 e5 is
a F rench , Ad vanced Variation) 4 . . .
'Xd 5 ( 4 . . .exd 5 see I l l ) . Thoug h
sol id and reasonab l y rel iab l e for
B l ac k , this met h od is not very
enterprisin g , Black having a some
what restricted game d u e to the
'
l ast m ove hernming in the q ueen s
bis h op . Wh ite's game, t h ou g h not
g u aranteed to be better , is m ore
forward going and easier to hand l e
with t h e f ree r p l ay for h is pieces.
Black needs to be wary of Wh ite's
potential against the kingside cast
l ed pos iti on, besides , White can
often create an effective q u een
side p awn m aj ority ( 3v2 ) .
41c6
(29 )
5 41f3
A ) Somewh at s l ow and artificial is
5 . a6 al l owing White to organise
a g ood attack ing form ation: 6 3
d 7 7 c4 'l6'c6 8 bd 2 <tlg f6 9 'l6'c2
7 lO h 3 0-0 1 1 !J.d 3 b6 1 2 0-0-0
+= E .C . O .
B l 5 . cxd4 6 c x d 4 e6?! is not s o
g ood since 7 3 'l6'a5 ( 7 . . .!J. b 4 see
5 : A ) 8 .lk4 f6 9 0-0 !J.e7 1 0 !J.f4
0-0 1 1 'l6'e2 a6 1 2 f! ad 1 is a p osition
from the 'l6'ueen's Gambit Accep ted
.

c6

favou rab le for Wh ite, Kozom ar

Dju rovic , Vrnjacka B anja 1 962.

5:A
5:8
5:C

6 .le2
6 J.d 3 ! ?
6 41a3 ! ?

5 : A from d iag ram 29

...

31

6 .le2
41f6
Bl ack d oes .best to m aintain the
tension , at l e ast for a wh i l e, l ess
good being 6.. cxd4 7 cxd 4 and
now !J.b 4 the point of the early
ex change means th at after 8 c3
.lf6 9 0-0 'l6'd6 1 0 a3 B l ac k m ust
l ose tem pi or rel inq uish 'the minor
ex chang e ' , e.g . 1 0. . . .<.1a5 1 1 'l6'a4 0-0
1 2 !J.g 5 ! a6 ( 1 2. . . !J.d 8 ) 1 3 !J.xf6
gxf6 1 4 f! ad 1 b 5 1 5 'l6'b 3 c7 1 6
.

le4 J/e7 1 7 J/c3 ! .llb7 1 8 d 5 e5

1 9 <tlxe5 lxe5 20 f4 acS? 21 d6 !
+- Lasker-Bernste i n , New Y o r k
1 940 .

p ressu re on W h it e 's i so l ate d d -p aw n .

7 0-0 (30 )

B l ack n ow h as t he o p t i o n whether
o r or n ot to m a i n ta i n the central
tension , but Wh ite w i l l sti l l h ave
opt i ons , o n l y di ffere nt in each
i nstance .

'4td6
9
A) 9 '4ra 5 1 0 .Q.b5 ! ( 1 0 le5 ! ? 0-0
1 1 .ixc6 b xc6 1 2 Af3 .lla 6 1 3 e 1
laac8
+= /a
Sa kh aro v- B ag i r o v ,
USS R 1 96 4 ) 1 0 ... 0-0 1 1 .ie 5 .ib4
1 2 *e2 a6 1 3 .llc 4 J/d8 1 4 a3 .ibd 5
1 5 la d 1 M 7 1 6 5 c8 1 7 lad3 !
E .C. O . ( 17 Axd 5 += Tartakover
Gl ig o r i c , Amsterdam 1 950 . )
B ) 9 . dS is p assive :
..

..

5:A1
5 : A2

5 : A1

7
7

cxd4
J..e7

from d i agram 30

..

cxd4

8 cxd4
A l so worth co ns i d e r i n g is 8 '.bd4
f r eei ng f3 for the k i ng 's bishop
t h ough after 8.. . .ixd4 9 exd4 7
1 0 .ic3 J/d6 ! Bl ack can h old h i s
own .

...
9 c3 (31 )

J.e7

Blac k m ust now decide on the

d i spos i t i on of his q ueen , the m o re
forward goi ng t ry bei n g 9 . . . 0d 6
with the idea of . . . la d S putt i ng
32

B 1 ) 1 0 J.e3! ? + = (fl .i e 5 an d .i.if3 )

-k1 5 1 1 .iJlixd5 '4txd5 ( 1 1 . . .exd 5 1 2
le5 ) 1 2 a3 ! ? 0-0 1 3 b4 and W h ite
has a p rom isi ng initiative e. g . 1 3 . . .
b 5 1 4 le5 ! .i.ib7 ( 1 4 . . . 4:\xe5 1 5 d x
e 5 xe5 1 6 .i.i.f3 b 8 1 7 .'1.xa7 + - )
1 5 .i.if3 *d 6 1 6 Af4 e.g. es 1 7
c 1 la c8 1 8 <tixc6 J/xf4 1 9 4:l xe7
E!. xe7 20 Axb7 E!.xc1 2 1 'lhc 1 *x
cl 22 xc 1 xb7 23 E!.c8#, yes
one of those !
B 2 ) 1 0 a3 ! ? 0-0 1 1 .i.ie3 ld5 1 2
.ixd 5 exd 5 1 3 .ie5 += e.g . 1 3 . . .
.i.if6 ?! 1 4 .ixc6 b x c6 1 5 'i6'c2 'i6'b6
1 6 .fd 1 .i.id 7 1 7 J/d 2 .fb8 1 8 .'1.f3
g6 1 9 ac 1 'i6'b7 20 h3 a5 2 1 4
1 -0 , 57 B l atn y Kl ug er, Decin 1 97 3 .
B 3 ) 1 0 .lg5 0-0 1 1 c 1 b 6 1 2 J/a4
.lilli 7 = E .C.O. Mar i c-S.Vu kovic ,

Y u goslavia 1 9 59 ; though Wh ite has

th freer game .
1 0 .l.g5 ! ?
Wh ite shou l d p robab l y reserve t h e
attac k on th e black q u ee n as a
l ater optio n , v i z . 1 0 b5 itd8 an d
now :
A ) 1 1 .t.f4 4Xl 5 1 2 .Q.g3 0-0 1 3 .ic3
( 1 3 . c 1 ! ? ) b 6 1 4 . c 1 1ib 7 1 5 ild 3
. c8
H a l i l bej l i-Ta i m anov , U SS R
1 963; B l ack can h o l d h is own .
B ) 1 1 'ie5 0-0 1 2 .ic6 ( 1 2 .iH3 ! ? )
b x c6 1 3 4:lc3 b 8 1 4 .ia4 .id 5 1 5
'ltc2 . b 4 =+ Ban n i k- Korch no i ,
U SS R Ch 1 960.
1 0 .. .
OO
After 1 0 ... 4id5 1 1 .ie4 *d8 1 2
J;l c 1 += Wh ite has so me cha nces
of an attac k aga i nst a k i ngside
castled pos i t i on e. g . 1 2. . . g5 1 3
.ie xg5 h 6 1 4 .ie4 0-0 1 5 !J.d 3 etc.
11 ac1
+=
W h i te has the freer game, B l ac k

q u eenside majo ri ty
isolated d-pawn .

or

al l ow a n

32
8 .le3 ! ?

A ) 8 c4 *d 8 9 d xc5 estab l i sh i ng a
queenside majority pro m i ses Wh ite
a very m a rg i na l i n i tiative : 9 . . :llt x
d 1 1 0 xd 1 .iixc5 1 1 .ic3 0-0 1 2
.iig 5 !J.e7 1 3 .ib5 and Wh ite h as a
few chances.
B ) 8 h3 0 -0 9 .iie 3 cxd4 1 0 cxd4
b 6 ? ! { 1 0 . . . .iid 7 1 1 .ic3 *a5 and
having some difficulty extrieat i n g
1 2 . . . .id 5=) 1 1 .ic3 'itd 8? ! { 1 2. . .
h is q ueens ide and/or co-ord i na ti n g *d 6 ) 1 2 .ie5 .iib 7 1 3 .iif 3 J;l c8 1 4
.c 1 .id 5 1 5 .ixd5 e x d 5 1 6 'llta 4
h i s p i eces , e . g . :
A) 1 1 ...b6? 1 2 i.ixf6 ! .iix f6 1 3 .ie4 .ixe5 1 7 d xe5 x c 1 1 8 xc 1 'itb8?!
"l/Jd 7 { 1 3 ... -rd 5 1 4 .ixf6 g x f6 1 5 1 9 'itd7 .iih 4 20 e 6 ! fxe6 2 1 c7
.iic4 \'td 6 1 6 d 5 + - ) 1 4 .lib 5 .iib 7 1 5 'itxc7 22 '111 x c7 .iic 8 23 -QJxa7 1 - 0
Ph i l l i ps-Ab ra m ov i c , Lo ndon 1 9 73/
d 5 ! exd 5 1 6 .id4 !!c8 1 7 'ita4 + 4;
an exam p l e of Wh ite 's c h a n ces
B) 1 1 ... .id7?l 1 2 .ie5 ! for if .ix
inst i naccu rate B lack p l ay .
a
g
a
.
ns
a
e5? 1 3 d xe5 'llt x e5 14 .iix f6 wi
8 ...
cxd4
p i ece .
9 4ixd4 ! ?
C) 1 1 . .. BdS 1 2 .ib5 +=/ e.g .
F ree i ng f 3 for t h e bishop . 9 ex
\'tb4? 1 3 a3 ! "Yxb2 1 4 lk4 an d
Black m ust relinq u i sh m ateri al d 4 0-0 1 0 .ic3 '1iia 5 1 1 a3 { i d ea
b4 ) .id 5 ! = Jansa e . g . 1 2 .ixd5 'itx
to s a ve h is q u een {Li 1 5 b 1 ) .
d 5 1 3 'ltc2 .i.\.d 7 1 4 ac1 ac8 1 5
'1iib 1 fd8 1 6 . fd 1 .i.\.e8 1 7 b 4 a6
5:A2 f ro m d i agram 30
1 8 .iic4 'llt h 5 1 9 '111e4 {Li d5) '1119 6 20
x g6 h xg6 Fel ler- H o rt , Lu xe m b urg'1ii
)
(32
b7
7 ...
CSS
R 1 97 1 (0- 1 , 61 ) ; 2 1 d 5 ! =
Probab l y Bla c k ' s best gi ving
White the decision o n how to con- { 1 / 1 409 ) .
9 ...
4ixd4
t i nu e , i .e. whether t o preserve a

33

1 0 cxd4
0-0
ita5 Sydor
1 1 4c3
Passive is 1 1 . . . itd8 ? ! 1 2 .!lf3 .iid 7? !
1 3 d 5 ! exd 5 1 4 4Jx d 5 .lxd5 1 5 x
d 5 .llc 6 1 6 xd8 l2. fxd 8 1 7 .llx
c6 b xc6 1 8 E!.ac1 .!lf6 1 9 b3 :S d 6 20
l2.c4 ! h6 2 1 8: fc 1 B:c8 22 f 1 ! a 5
2 3 e2 .!lg 5 2 4 f4 ! .ll f6 2 5 :S 1 c2 !
1 -0 , 66 Sydo r-D r i m e r , Ba t h 1 97 3
( 5 / 1 67 ) .

1 2 J.f3
1 3 tixd5

4d5
exd5 +=

Wh ite has a marg i na l i n itiat ive

after 1 4 frb3 El.dB 1 5 l.if4 s i nce h i s
p ieces a re bette r p osted . see also
6 : 8.

5:8 fro m d i ag ra m 29
6 Jd3!?
T h e most ambitious sq uare for
the b i sho p , a i m i ng at Black's
k i ngside where W h i te hopes to
generate an attack - B lac k m ust be
al ert to this possibi l ity , for W h i te's
freer p l ay g ives him at l east a few
chances .
tif6
6 .. .
B lack does a l ittle better to main
ta in the tension , at least fo r a
wh ile. 6 cxd4 7 cxd4 4Jf6 ( 7 . . .
xd4.?? 8 xd4 'ttx d4 9 l.ib 5 + - )
8 c3 += e .g . 8 . . .d 6 9 0-0 7 1 0
fre2 0-0 1 1 i; d 1 .lb4 1 2 .Q.b 1
bd5 1 3 1ig 5 1.\d 7 1 4 e5 l2. ac8 1 5
xd5 xd 5 1 6 l'th 5 f5 1 7 .lld 3
l-0 , 29 Chekov- Korelov.
..

7 0-0 (33)
diagram
7

h7

G ligoric and So kolov s u ggest 7

..

JsJ7 as an interest i ng and better

34

a l ternative , award i n g it an e x c l a m a
t i o n ma r k . However , th is assessment
was p roba b l y based on the game in

note B, fo r after:
A ) 8 .le3 + = with th e idea of c4
Wh ite h as the 'usu a l ' ope n ing
i n itiative e.g . 8 . . . 4g4 ( 8 . . . cxd4 9 ex
d4 Sl.e7 1 0 c3 transposes . to s i m i
lar to l ater ideas) 9 .lf4 fo r i f ex
d4 1 0 cxd4 4xd4? 1 1 tic3 W h it e
has a stron g attack for the pawn :
A 1 ) 1 1 ... -.rc5 1 2 .le4 '1/d 5 1 3 xd4
hd4 14 'l'Wx g4 xd3 15 .llc7 !
e.g. f5? ! 1 6 'l'W h 5 g6 1 7 oiJf6 lt'f7 1 8
frh4 J1e7 1 9 l:!fd 1 .llx f6 2 0 !! xd3
.llx h4 21 \ xd 7 lt'f6 ? 22 g3 5 23
f4 .!lh 6 24 .lle 5 m ate .
A2 ) 1 1 . . . 4lxf3?! 1 2 g xf3 frd4 13
.llo4 xd 1 14 !:!axd 1 ! e5 ( 1 4 . . .
f6 1 5 .liix b 7 J;!d8 1 6 -'k7 ) 1 5 fx
g4 exf4 1 6 .lixb7 l:!b8 1 7 fe 1 7
1 8 4::id 5 + B ) 8 dxc5?! .llx c 5 9 fre2 frh5 1 0
oiJbd2 J1d 6 1 1 .lc4 .llc7 1 2 e1
0-0-0 1 3 h3 h 6 1 4 a4 g5 =+ Ban n i k
Suet i n , U S S R Ch 1 965.
8 .l.e3
A) 8 c4 m o b i l isi ng the queenside
majo rity is worth considering , e . g .
8 . . .l'td8 9 d x c 5 .ld7 1 0 a3 xc5
1 1 1.1.c2 l'txd 1 1 2 1'.t x d 1 += Svesh ni-

of g e n e r a t i n g

k o v-Averk i n , U SS R

Ch 1973.
B ) S dxc5 '!Yxc5 9 .lie3 'l!ia5 1 0
4Jbd 2 0-0 1 1 i.if4 b 6 1 2 .ic4 'llid 5
1 3 'llie 2 .iia 6 1 4 .ad 1 '!Yh 5 1 5 4Jce5
4Jxe5 1 6 .i.l.xe5 .i.l.b7 = B a n n i k - R o i z
man , U S S R 1 963 .
C ) 8 .lg5 ? cxd4 ! 9 'llie 2 (9 cxd4 4Jx
d4) 9 . . . h 6 1 0 .Q.h4 0-0 1 1 .d 1 e 5 ! +
1 2 .iic4 '/Wd 6 1 3 h3 .Q.f5 1 4 .i.ig3 4Je4
1 5 fill 2 '/Wg 6 1 6 4'.)xe5 <tixe5 1 7 Ax
e5 .i.l.xh3 - + 1 8 f3 d xc!'3 1 9 4Jxc3
5 20 .i.l.d4 <tixc3 21 b xc3 . ac8 22
g4 h 5 ! 23 .i.l.d 3 '1Wg5 24 @h 2 h xg4
25 '/We5 '/Wxe5 26 i.ixe5 . fe8 27 .Q.f5
.c6 28 f4 . h 6 29 .lld 7 f2. 0- 1
Svesh n i kov-Ste i n , Moscow 1 973
(4/1 1 84 )
cxd4
8 ...
Not 8 . . .0-0? 9 d x c5 .Q.xc5 1 0 .Q.x
h-7 fol l owed . by 1 1 '/Wxd 5 and 1 2
.i.l.xc5..
9 cxd4
0 -0
,
Or 9 .:.b4 1 0 4Jc3 'ltd 8 1 1 .i.l.b 1
+=/ e.g: 1 1 . . . 0-0 1 2 4Je5 .lld 7 1 3
'/Wf3 6 1 4 '/Wh3 !k8 1 5 .e 1 i:'!.e8
1 6 .i.l.g5 g6 1 7 a3 4Jbd 5 1 8 .i.l.82
G i ps l i s-Bau mbach , Bad L iebenstei n

k i ng

an

at tac k o n B l a c k 's

W h ite
m u st be
to has at l east sl i g h t l y

pos i t i o n ,

c o n s i d e red

t h e bette r c h a n ces ; e .g . :

A) 1 1 .l c 1 <tlb4. 1 2 .i.l.b 1 b 6 1 3 <tle5

Ab 7 1 4 Jig 5 . c8 1 5 .e 1 1ibd 5 1 6
"Yd3 W i t h a p r o m is i n g attack ,
Mato h i n - D u b i n i n , U SS R 1 9 6 3 .
8 ) 1 1 a3 b 6 1 2 i.ic 2 .i.l.b 7 13 'itd 3 g6
1 4 Ah6 .e8 1 5 .fe 1 <tld 5 1 6 E!. ad 1
.ixc3 1 7 b xc3 i.ixa3 1 8 .ig 5 1ie7 1 9
h3 l:lf5 20 d 5 ! '/Wf6 ( 20 . . ..!lxd 5
2 1 c4 ) 2 1 d xe6 fxe6 22 . d 7 .ixh6
23 '/Wxh6 .e7 24 .x e7 'ttlx e7 25
. xe6 'llig 7 2 6 . xg6 ! 1 -0 Vo rot
n i kov-To l o nen ; 26 . . . h xg6 27 .i.l.b3
@f8 28 .ie 6 .
5 : C fro m d iagram 29

6 '1la3 !?
-.td8 !
A) 6 . . . '1lf6 i s a lso reaso n a b l e 7 .i.l.82
.
( 7 1ib5 '/Wd 8 8 .i.l.f4 <tld 5) 7 . . .'!Yd 8 8
1ic2 cxd4 9 .icxd4 4Jxd4 1 0 '/Wxd4
*xd4 1 1 .ixd4 a6 1 2 .Q.f4 4Jd7 1 3
<tlb3 Jle 7 14 0-0-0 e5 1 5 Ae3 0-0
= t . 42 M i nev-H o nf i , B u charest
1 9 73.
1 963.
B) 6 . . . a6?! 7 .ic 4 il\'d8 8 .i.l.e3 b5 9
-..d s (34) .
4Jce5 <\)xe5 1 0 4Jxe5 '/We 7 1 1 a4
. b 8 1 2 axb5 axb5 1 3 '/Wf3 c4 1 4
tWc6 '!Yxc6 1 5 4Jxc6 . b 7 1 6 E!.a8 +
Stol tz-Nedelj k ovic, Belgrade 1 952.
C ) 6 ... cxd4?! 7 4Jb5 '/Wd8 8 .!lf4 ! (8
4Jbd4 +=) g5 9 4Jc7 @e7 1 0 .i.l.g3 !
. b 8 1 1 4Jxd4 + - Ma karov-Andre
jev , B u lgarian Ch 1 9 5 1 .
E_.c.o.
1 c 2
Also 7 .lf4 t6 8 dxc5 411d 5 9
.ld6 .ixd6 1 0 cxd6 hd6= vi z . :
A) 1 1 J.e2 0-0 1 2 0-0 '/We7 = E .C . O .
B ) 1 1 b5 il\'e7 1 2 c 4 a6 1 3 cxd 5
exd5 1 4 '/We2 axb5 1 5 '/Wxe7 '3J xe7
With the freer p l ay and chances 1 6 .!lxb 5 d 6 =+

35

C ) 1 1 .lc4 ite7 ! =+ Henn i ngs

K o rchno i , S i egen 1 9 70 .
f6
7
Vo rot n i kov- V l ad i m irov,
USSR
1 975 co nt i n u i ng 8 3 '{frc7 9 e2
a6 1 0 5 cxd4 1 1 .\cxd4 4:lxd4 1 2
4:lxd4 !J..e 7 1 3 0-0 <tid 5 1 4 Axe 7 '<'6'x
...

36

e7 1 5 e4 4:lf4 1 6 "ltf3 itc7 1 7 h4

0-0 1 8 g3 4:lg6 1 9 fe 1 <tie 7 20 -'ic2
d 5 2 1 laad 1 $id7 22 d2 ae8 23
de2 '<'6'd8 24 c4 4:lf6 25 b3 1-0 ,
40.
See 6 : C

6:

F RE N C H SET-UP :

0-0
IJJ 0-0
i8\ ite2! ?
Worth try i ng is d!J c4 {;S) d xc5
E!.d8= ! ) ith5!).ie2 l:d8 19> J.e3 ex
c4 !!_ 4xd4 ee5 1 c3 += Dvo ret
sky , e.g . (1:g, . . .lld 7 eJ2J, .lif3 4Jc6 l
4:lxc6 .iix c6 1ftli 'cYe2 ..dc8 (tl f! ac 1
a6 (!]) :2. fd 1 f5 @\ .i.i.xc6 E!.xc6 ,rn
b3 f! ac;: i.QI a4 .iia 3 (fj) f!a 1 4-(2
E!.ac 1 Ac.3 ;23d fa 1 .iib 4 t -t 'Dvo ret
sky-Pol ugi:lvsky , U S S R 1 9 7 5 .

(1)e4 c5(2) c3 d5(exd5 xd5t!)d4

-

e6

f3

5 . . . f6

._ ...,,

f6

(35 )

With the idea of cast l i n g q u i c kl y ,

a n d l eavi ng opti o n a l t h e d i sposition
of h i s q ueenside pi eces fo r a l ittl e
l onger; the cu rre nt l y more fash :on
ab l e app roach fo r B l ac k .

...

@ Kd 1

cs

Less a m b i t i o u s i s (, dxc5 "l!'tx c5 !

(l q> .llg 5 h6 tD h4 .lid 7 12f 4:lbd 2
E!.ad8 J3; f! ad 1 E!. fe8 ! ? ,1_4) .iix f6 x
f6 fl.;1 4Je4 e7 Tompa- R i b l i , Ch
H u ngary 1 97 5 , :ttti <i x f6 "l!'txf6 tJ]
.iie4 "l!'te7= R ib l i .
6:A
6: B
6 :C

(ID

). .ld 3 ! ?
J.e2
\"Q)
..
.. _,,
5, 'Aa3

U ne nterp ris i ng

is

--

N bd 2

e.g .

1lc6z_?-;.llc4 d &_ 81 1lb 3 cxd4, 914:lb x

4J d 4 rg, "l!'tx 4 "l!'txd4 d) ?.:i xd4
!J.e7
l 0-0 0-0 1_14il:He 1
a6
!:!ad 1 t-t de Caro -Be l av
.sid7
enetz , R oosendaal 1 976 .

d4

1:fJ .llf4
\r

d
J]

6 : A from d i ag ram 3 5

@ .id3 ! ?

...

1 1_01 cxd4 (36)

36

J.e7
37

cxd4

'fl.ac 1 *h6 1 6 -'lb 1 .if4 1 7 "&e3 .iid 6

1 B Axh 7 ! xh7 19 .ie4 .lh3 20
gxh3 *xe3 2 1 fxe3 Jie7 22 Ac7
l3 cB 23 .!ld6 Ad 8 24 4Jc5 J1c7 25
.ld7 1 3 .tf4 Kac8 14 h3 J.eB += e.g . .lg 5 gB 26 .:ige4 f5 27 Axc7 . x
( 1 4 . . . 4Ja 5 1 5 d 5 ! ) 1 5 .!e5 a6? ! ( 1 5 . .. c 7 2B 4Jd6 .e7 29 .:icxb7 + - 1 -0 ,
.la5= ) 1 6 Bac1 4xe5 ?! ( 1 6 . . . 4Ja5 44 Ovoretsky-Krem enets k y , U SS R
1 9 75.
17 .ie4 ! 4Jxe4 1 B .iixe4 Ac6 1 9 d 5 ! )
Bac8
@ .if4
8
1 7 dxe5 4kl7 1 .ib1 ! 4c5 1 9 b4
+=
J.e8
q:: h3
4a4 20 4x a4 ! .ha4 . 21 B xdB &xdB
T ra nspos i ng to note A to move
a n d now.
A 1 ) 22 .le4 ! fo l lowed by 23 'fl.c7 1 0 .
is strong fo r Wh ite and more
6 : 8 fro m d iagram 3 5
p rec ise than:
A2) 22 c7 1 ! 23 'ite3 .!lxf3 24
J.e7
( .te2
'fl.xe7 'fl.d 1 25 'it>h 2 'fl. h 1 ! 2 6 g3 g5 !
B l ack m ay do better to tra nspose
a n d Wh ite is i n d i fficu l ties - Dvor
to previous l i nes wi t h 6 . . . Nc6 7
etsky
A3 ) 22 ite3? ! *h6 23 *xh 6 gxh6 0-0 cxd4 B cxd4 .i.le 7 etc .
4c6
(!) 0-0
24 Ae4 b6 25 'fl. c7 t-t Dvo retsky
4Jc6
cxd4
(
cxd4
..
Q)
Or
.ic3
Ree, Wij k aan Zee 1 9 76 , 25 . . . 'fl. d 7
2 6 'fl.xd 7 Jixd 7 27 4Jd 4 a5 2 B Ac6 *d B iQ).*a4 (G:'Q; Ae3 ! ? +=) 0-0J:f2
'fl.d 1 Ad 7 09 itb3 'ltb6 Q)'xb6 ax
.i.tcB 29 bxa5 bxa5 30 a4; 25 . . . 'fl.d 1
b6 1): .le5 . fd 8 {5), .ic4 . 'fl.a6 @'
26 'it>h2 B D vo rets ky .
B ) 1 0 ... b4 1 1 4Jc3 *h 5 1 2 Ac4 .:ie5 t1a5 (1.fi .lc4 'fl.a6 1?).:ie5 'fl.a5
( 1 2 Ab 1 ! ? ) 'fl. d B 1 3 5 ( 1 3 J1f4 ! ? ) q .:ic4 t-t Merd i n i a n-Co m mons,
b5 ! ? 1 4 .ixb5 .!lb7 1 5 .i.lf4 .llx f3 1 6 P l ovd iv 1 976.
8 .!e3
0-0?!
'itxf3 'itxf3 1 7 gxf3 a6 1 8 4Jc7 'fl. a 7
8
to
transposing
cxd4
.
.
.
is
rrect
Co
1 9 'fl. a c 1 .:ih5 20 .lle 5 5 - S m y 5 : A2 Wh ite is now a b l e to effect ivesl ov.
ly mob il ise a queeriside pawn
@ 4c3
ith5
Here the q u een covers a poss i b l e m ajority .
hd1
9 dxc5 !
k i ngside attack by Wh ite. Other
1 0 K xd 1
m oves with the queen wi l l tend to
4g4
.hc5
1 1 .ld2
l ose tem pi anyway : 1 1 . .. ita5 ? ! e.g .
1 2 .te1 ! (37). + = P r i by l
1 2 a3 'fl. acB 1 3 .llf4 *b6 1 4 h 3 'fl. fd 8
1. 5 J1e3 *c7 1 6 l::f a c 1 *b8 1 7 i.ib 1
d i agra m
B 1 8 Aa2 4Jd 5 19 .:ixd 5 exd 5 20
4Je5 *d 6 21 *g4 .ilf6 22 .iif4 *e6
P r i by l -Tarjan , Majd a npek . 1 9 76 ,
23 b4 Dvorets ky -M u kh i n , USS R
cont i n u i ng: 1 2 . . . 'fl.d8 1 3 'fl. x d 8 .ix
1 97 5 .
' a3
dB 1 4 a 4 .lc6 1 5 .ibd2 .iW7? ! ( Hi. .
Bfd8 ! ?
Less clear for B l ac k is 1 2 ... BfeB a5 ! ? +=) 1 6 a 5 ! 'fl.dB 1 7 b4 .iW6
e.g. 13 Af4 4Jd 5 14 J1g3 'fl.ad8 1 5 ( 1 7 . . . .i.le7 1 8 a6 ! b6 1 9 .:ic4 + - ) 1 8
.ftd 7
t!ID . . .
A ) 1 0 . . . .RdB ! ? 1 1 c3 'i'h5 1 2 a3
( 1 2 J1f4 4Jb4 1 3 -'ic4 10ibd 5 1 4 5
.ixc3 1 5 b x c3 .iid 7= D voret s ky )

3B

.ik7 ( 2 1 . :Yfa7 22 .i1d 6 l3 e8 23

lf:Jg5) 22 !.l.xc7 f:J'Xc7 23 E'. xe6 ! ! and
.

now.
B 1 23 . .fxe6 24

)
lxe6 'iWb 8 25 'iWg 5
g6 2 6 Ele 1 b. 4Jxf8 a n d 'iWh6 + 82 ) 23 . a5 24 E! e 7 axb4 25 "'1.xf7
xf7 ( 2 5 . . h8 26 4Je6 + - ) 26 'iWc 4
+- le5 27 E! xe 5 .i1g4 28 El a e 1 .i1x
f3 29 1lxf3 h8 30 ifl'b4 h6 3 1 h3
'llYa 5 32 'lb 1 x a2 33 e8 1lg8 34
lfJe5 1 -0 R cid ov i c i -Svesh n i kov, Buch
arest 1 9 76 .
.

. .

37
.ic4 Ab 8 1 9 b 5 1Jce5 20 lcxe5
2 1 El. d 1 f8 22 c 4 f6 ( 22 .
e8 2 3 4:lg 5) a n d now W h ite's
q ueens i d e majo rity d i d an over
r u n . 23 c5 e8 24 1ld 4 ! Ac8 25
.i1b4 1lf7 26 b6 le5? ( 2 6 . . . a6 27
c6 b x c6 28 1lxc6 xd 1 29 .\;!.xd 1
-'W 6 3 0 .i1e2 ! ) 27 .i1b5 .\c6 28 d 2
+ - .lid7 29 1l x c 6 .i1xc6 3 0 c6 b x
c 6 3 1 El xd 8 <;'i? x d 8 32 a 6 e 5 3 3 5
c8 3 4 f1 e4 35 '\t> e 2 ax b6 3 6
c x b 6 f4 3 7 -'W 2 .i1e5 38 g3 f5 39
.i1f4 4 40 b 7 '\t>d7 4 1 b8'llY .ik5 42
'l'b7 e6 43 *c6 1 -0 .
.ixe5

. .

fro m d iagram

6:C

35

(38)

@._) 4a3

cou l d t ry d e fe r ri ng t h i s
m ove : (.Ae2 J..e 7 ( 6 . . .ic6 7 0-0 e x.
d 4 8 cxd4 e 7 see 5 : A 1 ) a3 a n d
Wh ite

now:

A )ti,l

..

d8 !

G hltescu .

8 Af4 <ic6 9 1lb5 <Jd 5=

B ) 7 0-0? !
4b5 += G h itescu e . g .
8 .-tl a 6 9 0-0 c x d 4 1 0 lfJ b x d 4 1lc5
1 1 c4 ! '16'd 8 1 2 .llf4 1l h 5 ? ! 1 3 .lle 3
'{bc7 1 4 -tlb 5 '{bb 8 1 5 b4 <Jd 7 1 6
c5 -tlhf6 17 .ik4 d 8 1 8 'llYc 1 a6
1 9 lbd 4 f8 ( 1 9 . . . e5 20 Af7 f7
21 'iWc4 + - ) 20 El. e 1 ! -'W8 21 .iif4
...

. .

1])

A)

...

...

itd8!

cxd4 7 1l b 5 += e . g . 'ltd 8 8

<Jbxd4 .i1e7 9 Ac4 0-0 1 0 .i1f4 a6 1 1

0-0 lfJbd 7 1 2 e2 1lb6 1 3 .i1b3
4:Jbd 5 1 4 .lie 5 .licJ 6?! 1 5 El ad 1 .ll x e5
1 6 <Jxe5 1 -0 , 29 B e n o it-G u iffard ,
F rench O l y m p i c Qual i f i e r 1 9 73/4 .
B l 6 4ic6 7 1lb 5 += e . g . 7 'l!i'd 8
8 dxc 5 .lixc5 9 itxd 8 xd8 1 0 .i1g 5
<tt e 7 1 1 Eld 1 7 1 2 .id2 .ie5 1 3
le4 b6 1 4 cid4 E! h d 8 1 5 .i1e2 4
1 e b3 .i1e8 1 7 l x f6 g xt6 1 8 Ac l
l.lc5 1 9 0-0 += Evans- R ogo ff 1 97 5.
cxd4
J) Jd 3
.ib4=
) cxd4
B u chal - K u n zstowi cz , D O R Ch
1 9 74 cont i n 1 J i ng / .i1d2 d2 <1 Q
-tt x d2 0-0 () 1lc4 .i1d 7 (1_91 lce5
1lc6 ;1 41 E!.ad 1 4".:lxe5 t , 32
..

- --

39

.. .

I I C E N T R A L WH I T E QU E E N VAR I A T I O N
e 4 c 5 2 c3 4.f6 3 e 5 "- d 5 4 d 4 cxd4 5 hd4 ! ?

7 : WH ITE D E V E LOPS TH E

KB

F I RST

1 e4 c5 2 c3 -tif6 3 e5 'Ad5 4 d4

4 ...
cxd4
(39 )
The most c l ea rcut cont i n uation
fo r B lack . Other tries , at m ost ,
offer no better p rospects :
A) 4 ...d 6 ! ? 5 exd 6 'ltxd 6 6 4)f3 4)c6
7 c4 <i:lb6 8 d5 .)e5 9 .iie2 g6 1 0
0-0 7 1 1 c3 += H e i denfel d-0 '
S u l l ivan , D u b l i n 1 9 56.
B) 4 ... e6 5 c4 ( 5 <i:lf3 transposes to
later l i n es) 'Ac7 6 d5 += E . C . O .
Wh ite has at l east sl i g h t l y the bette r
p rospects with the space advantage
estab l ished by h i s adva n ced cent re.
.

J.c4 a nd now:
6 x f7 ! xf7 7 d xc 5
<i:lc4 8 'ltd 5 e 6 9 'ltxc4 <i:l x e 5 1 0 'lte2
iltt6 1 1 d 2 b6 1 2 cxb6 'ltf5 1 3
<i:lgf3 <i:lxf3 1 4 4)xf3 axb6 1 5 0-0
Vasyu kov-Po l ugaevs ky , USS R 1 9 55
C 2 ) 5 . . .e6 6 <i:lf3 d6 M arie-H ort
1 975; 7 .iig 5 7 8 .iix e7 'ltxe7 9
d x c5 (9 <i:lbd 2 ! ? +=) d xc5 1 0 <i:lbd2
a n d Wh ite is better , with c h a n ces
aga i n st a k i ngside castl ed p osition
a l o ng the b 1 -h 7 d iagon a l .

C) 4 . . . -tic6 ? ! 5
C 1 ) 5 ... .1Jlib6? !

d iagram
7:A
7:8

5 J.c4
5 itxd4 ! ?

40

The a lternat ive 5 'Af3 has l ittl e

i n dependent sign ificance , s i nce i t
transposes t o l i n es considered i n I I
a n d 1 1 1 , besides it gives B lack the
option of decid i ng which con t in
uation wi l l arise b y eithe r : 5 . . e 6 6
'ltxd4 or 5 . . . <i:lc6 6 cxd4 etc.
.

7 : A fro m .d iagram 39
5 .lc4 (40)
This move maybe worth trying
aga i n st wea ker and unwa ry oppon
ents , si n ce at a g l ance it appears
strong - the move deve l o ps a p i ece
and attac ks B l ac k 's centra l i sed
k n igh t , b ut :

7:A1

7 : A2

5
5

s l av C h . 1 9 55.
B)
... a6 9 .ite3 e6 1 0 4)f3 5
( 1 o . . . d 5 1 1 exd6 llxd6 1 2 bd 2
c5 1 3 .itxc5 kl.xc5 1 4 0-0 51.e 7=

c7 !
b6

Matu lov i c-J anosevic , Yugoslav Ch

1 9 57 ) 1 1 .itxc5 .itxc5 1 2 itxd4 d6
=+ M i l ner-Barry-Van den Berg 1 9 59
k6
7 ...
Less accu rate i s 7 . . .e6 8 f3 d 6 9
0-0 and now .itd7 "(9 . . . 4)c6 see note
to move 8) is a bad idea si nce i t
i n tends to use two tem p i to put th e
bishop o n a sq u a re that bel ongs to
B l ac k 's O N : 1 0 cxd4 51c6 1 1 4)c3
bd 7 1 2 51f4 a nd B l ac k q u i c k l y
ru ns i nto d i fficu lty a s h is q ueen i s
o n the sa me d i ago na l as a wh ite
b isho p and wi l l be on the same fi l e
as a w h i te roo k . - K .S m i t h .
8 f3 (41 )

7 : A1 from d i ag ra m 40

5 .. .
i6'c7 1
T h i s d y na m ic reto rt ta kes advan
tage of the fact that if 6 .itxd 5? itx
e5 rega i ns the p i ece and wi ns a
pawn .
6 i6'e2
Wea ker i s 6 ft3? ! ( 6 itxd4? !
b6 6. 6) i6'xe5 (6 . . . e6 ? ! 7 .itxd 5
itxe5 8 e2 d 3 9 .ite3 exd 5 1 0 f4
+= Kozomara-Pi rc , Y ugoslav Ch
1 9 57 ) 7 e2 d 3 ! 8 J.xd3 e6 + E .C . O .
6 ...
b6
Not 6 ... e6 7 xd 5 exd 5 8 f3
41
c6 9 0 -0 7 1 0 cxd4 d6 1 1 c3
51e3 1 2 .itf4 when B lac k has t o
'Contend with th reats : 1 3 b5 and
g6
8 ...
1 3 exd6 bd6 1 4 xd 5 .
A) 8 .. . b4 ! ? 9 0-0 (9 51e4 d3 1 0 .b
d3 xd 3= ) xd3 1 0 'ltxd 3 i6'c4 1 1
7 J.d 3
Better t h a n 7 .lb 3 , d 3 ! 8 i6'e4 hd4 ( 1 1 itf5 d 5 1 2 *9 5 d xc3 1 3
a n d now :
xc3 itg4 + ) hd4 1 2 xd4 a6=
A ) 8 . . .i6'c6 9 *f4 (9 d2 itxe4 1 0 Tay l o r-De Fotis, U S A 1 9 7 1 . B l ac k
xe4 c6 1 1 4:)f3 f6 1 2 exf6 g xf6 is beh i n d in devel opmen t , b u t h i s
1 3 .itf4 d5 1 4 ed 2 e5+ Papapo two b i shops a nd u ncom m i tted
suo i o -G e l l e r , Va rna 1 962) 9 . . . d 5 ! pawn s g i ve dyna m i c equa l ity , w it h
1 0 f3 ( 1 0 exd 6 e6 =+ Janosevic chan ces f o r b o t h sides. - K . S m ith.
R abar 1 954) 1 0 . . .itg6 1 1 0-0 c6 B) 8 ...e6?! 9 0-0 d 6 1 0 c xd 4 d xe5
1 2 a3 4 =+ L u k i c- R ab a r , Y ugo- 1 1 d xe5 d 7 1 2 51f4 b6 a n d W h ite
41

has a space advantage , the use of

e4 f o r a m i no r p i ece , open f i l es
fo r h is roo ks , a better sq uare fo r
h is q ueen than B l ac k , and th e m a k
i ngs o f a st ron g k i ngside attack
sh o u l d B lack castle there. - K.Sm ith
9 0-0
dxc3
1 0 4xc3
.!g 7::::::

E .C.O
1 1 B e 1 0 -0 1 2 .lg5 d 5 1 3 exd6 h
d6 1 4 K ad 1 ii'b4 a n d now :
A ) 1 5 .le7 4xe7 1 6 he7 .lxc3 1 7
bxc3 ii'xc3 1 8 .lb5 ! AdorjaFl ,
Florian.
B ) 1 5 ii'd2 ? I! d 8 ( .6 1 6 . . . 4Jc4 ) 1 6
'i6-c 1 .iie 6 1 7 h6 h8 ! =+ 1 8 I!e4
'l6-a5 1 9 h4? -+ 4Jb4 20 .iib 1 !'.!. x
d 1 2 1 4Jxd 1 :!! c 8 2 2 'i6-d 2 4Jc4 23
'i6-e 1 .iif 6 24 El. e4 i.f5 25 g3 .ii xe4 26
a x b4 'l6-h 5 0-1 M i les-Sax , B at h 1 973
( 5 / 1 03 ) .

7 : A2

...

...

...

...

...

...

from d i agram 40
5
6 .lb3 (42 )

be i ng si m i l a r to l ater co nsiderations.
B) 6 d5? ! 7 cxd4 <i.c6 8 4e2 .lg4
9 f3 i.f5 1 0 41bc3 e6 1 1 0-0 and
now:
B 1 ) 1 1 aca 1 2 i.e3 'i6-d 7 1 3 .ig3
i.g6 1 4 f4 4Ja 5 1 5 f5 .iix f5 1 6 4Jxf5
ex f5 1 7 *f3 4Jx b3 1 8 axb3
Matu l ovic- D u rasevic , Y ugos l av Ch
1 9 57 .
8 2 ) 1 1 as 1 2 4Jg3 .iig 6 1 3 f4 4Je7
1 4 a4 h 5 1 5 a5 h4 1 6 f5 ! exf5 1 7
.lge2 4Jc4 1 8 4 4Jc6 1 9 .iix c6 bx
c6 20 *a4 El.c8 21 b3 + - Ra kic
O ' Kel l y , Bognar Regis 1 9 57.
C) 6 dxc3 7 4Jxc3 4Jc6 8 <tif3 d 6 9
exd6 b. 1 0 .lg 5 and W h ite h as the
better chances.
7 exd6
Or 7 cxd4 t ra nspos ing to 1 1 1
hd6
7
<tac6
8 cxd4
Mo re rel i ab l e than 8 .lf5 9 4Jf3
e6 e . g . 1 0 4J.c 3 !J..8 7 1 1 0-0 0-0 1 2
d 5 exd 5 1 3 .iie 3 4Jc6 1 4 .iix b6 ax
b6 1 5 4Jxd 5 M a ric-Udovcic, Yugo
sl av Ch 1 956.
9 -tif3
J.f5
e6
1 0 <tac3
1 1 0-0 .le7 1 2 J.e3 0-0 14 a3 afd8
1 5 ii'e2 a6 16 llfd 1 _.d5 17 4xd5
exd5= Matu l ov ic- Udovci c , Y ugo
s l av Ch 1 9 57.

4b 6

7:8

6 ...

d6

Chall enging Wh ite 's centre seems

best; ot her m oves can g i ve B l ack
more d i ffic u l t i es , e.g . :
A ) 6 ...e6 7 .lf3 d 6 8 .iig 5 J1e7 9 .i;i.x
e7 'l6-xe7 1 0 cxd4 0-0 1 1 .lc3 +=

fro m d i ag ra m 39

5 itxd4 ! ?
Probab l y Wh ite's best con t i n uat
io n , si nce afte r 5 . . . cxd4 he w i l l find
it m o re d i fficult to d i s l odge B l a c k 's
st rong l y centra l ised k n ight at d 5 .
e6
5
A ) 5 4c7 ? ! 6 4Jf3 4Jc6 7 'l6-e4 g6
8 .i:Lc4 J1g7 9 0-0 b5 1 0 .i.lb3 4Ja5 1 1
.lbd 2 i.b7 12 llth4 Maric-Deze ,
...

...

42

Y ugos l avia 1 969

B) 5 ... b6 is so m ew h a t p remature
si n ce 6 .tf4 ! p revents B l ac k from
im mediate l y free i ng h i mself by 6 . . .
d 5 as h e gets sad d l ed with a n
isol ated d-paw n . S o after 6. . . 41if6 7
ite4 then .
Bl ) 7 . e6 8 lf3" when B lack
p l ays d6 o r d 5 W h i t e w i l l be able to
rid h i m sel f of h is q uee n b i sh o p ,
w h i c h somet i mes h a s a tough t i m e
f i n d i n g a good sq u a re i n th is l i n e ,
a n d Wh ite wi l l a lso h ave a q u een
s i d e pawn majo rity and t h e m ore
active q ueen . - K . S m it h .
) 7 . g6 cedes W h ite too m u c h
space , 8 a 4 a 5 9 4J f 3 .lig 2 1 0 -'ib 5
0-0 1 1 0-0 d 5 1 2 "?!'te3 and B l ack has
a rather u n p l easa nt game on both
f l a n k s , wh ich l ed h i m to m a ke the
d u bi o us p awn sac rifice 1 2 . . . d4 ! ?
in
J acobs-Pav lovich , H o l l ywood
'
1 9 73 - K . S m ith .
6 Jc4 (43)
.

..

of h i s K B , t h i s b e i n g t he case if it
were st i l l at f 1 , e.g . 8 e2 *h4 9
.if3 'l!\'e4 1 0 bd 5 e xd 5 1 1 e3 .ix
e5 1 2 4Jbd 2 4J x f3 1 3 4J x f3
Matu l ov ic-Bogdanov i c , Y u g os l av Ch
1 9 58; W h ite wi l l rega i n h i s pawn
with the better g a m e d ue to B la c k 's
wea k pawn co n f i g u rat i o n
c6
6 ...
A l so pos s i b l e is 6 . d6 b u t it usual
ly transposes to 1 1 .8 afte r 7 .if3 ,
th ough there i s :
A ) 7 .lxd5 d xe5 8 xe5 "?!'txd 5 9 '/6' x
d 5 exd 5 1 0 lle3 4::i c 6 1 1 4Jf3 llg4
1 2 .ibd2 0-0-0 1 3 h3 5 1 4 0-0
bS 1 5 4Jd 4 4Jxd4 1 6 .ixd4 f6 1 7
fe 1 .Q.d6 1 8 .i f 1 !a heB 1 9 4Je3
f4 20 4Jf5 += 1 -0 , 3 1 M o k ry
S k a c el CSSR 1 9 7 6 .
B ) 7 exd6 4Jc6 8 't6-e4 4Jf6 9 't6-h4
<tie5 1 0 .11e 2 -tt x d 6 and B l ack sta nd s
wel l , K ozomara-Pa rma , Lj u b l jana
1 960 .
d6
7 1i'e4
(44)
The most accu rate cont i n u at i o n ;
s i n ce 8 .lxd5 ? exd 5 9 't6-xd 5 d xe5
W h ite h as rel i nq u i s h ed the ' b i sh o p
p a i r ' f o r no co m p e n sat i o n
W h ite now h as two m a i n tries.
8 exd 6 ! ?
7:81
f!. f3
7 : B2
.

..

The p oint of th i s early deve l op

ment of th e k i ng s b ishop is that i n
t h e cont i n u at ion 6 . 4Jc6 7 'l6'e4 f5 ! ?
Wh ite n eed not su rre nd e r h is ad
va n ced e-paw n , but ca n i n stead
p l ay 8 'iWe2 s i n ce now h is q u ee n
w i l l n o t obst ruct t h e deve l o p m ent

ri.. .1.
--,
=,.
.-.-.
,
l'l t t t
B4\
t

B .
-&
!ifif

'

. .

43

44

,,u

BA

D

g nn
.U. U

U .!..!.. U

04JD

7 : 81 from d iagram 44

8 exd6 ! ?
This move g i ves B l a c k fewe r
options, t h e idea b e i n g a l so to p i n
B l ack 's k i n g k n ig h t o n move 1 0.
4f6
8
The endgame after 8 hd6 (8 . . .
hd6?? 9 !J..x d 5 wins a p i ece) 9 .itx
d 5 Yilxd 5 1 0 Yilxd 5 exd 5 is bette r
fo r W h it e , e . g . see note A to move 6
(7 : B).
.ixd6
9 ite2
1 0 J.g5
0-0
The m ost r i ed cont i n u atio n , b u t
t h e a l ternat ives seem no better.
poss i b i l i t , 1 of an attack on t h e k i ng
A ) 10 a6 1 1 a4 4e5 12 J.b3 ( 1 2 side; e.g . :
4Jd2 4Jxc4 1 3 4Jxc4 :J.e7 1 4 4Jf3 b 6
A ) 1 2 'M'c7 1 3 0-0 b6 1 4 /i:le4 /i:lx
1 5 0-0 Yilc7 1 6 4Jfe5 .lib7= Cort e4 ( 1 4 . . .ig4 1 5 .ig3 .iid 6 1 6 /i:lh4
+= Cua rtas- K i n n m ar k , S i egen 1 9 70 )
l ever-Sch m iat, W i j k aan Zee 1 9 72 )
1 5 Yilxe4 b 7 1 6 d3 g6 1 7 Yilh4
1 2 J.c7 1 3 J.c2 +=
B ) 1 0 e5 1 1 J.b3 ( A l so 1 1 l2.b5 )
with so m e attac k i ng chances aga i nst
J.c7 1 2 J.c2 += ( 1 1 /i:lbd 2? ! /i:lxc4
the b l ac k k i ng posit ion .
1 2 4Jxc4 .ite7 1 3 El d 1 Yilc7 1 4 .ie5
B ) 1 2 b6? ! 1 3 0-0-0 ! Yilc7 1 4 .ie4
0-0 1 5 /i:lef3 b6 1 6 0-0 !J..b 7 =+ w i th good attac k i ng cha nces e.g .
T i m isoara
1 4 . . . .ixe4 1 5 itx e4 .ilb 7 1 6 .lld 3 g6
A l exand rescu-Pav l ov ,
1 7 Yilh4 !J..x g 5 ? 1 8 /i:lxg5 h 5 1 9
1 972)
!J..e4 with a strong attac k .
1 1 4d2
More flex i b l e than 11 f3 a i m ing
7 : 82 from d i agram 44
t o cast l e sh ort , e .g . :
A ) 1 1 b6 1 2 /i:lbd 2 .ite7 1 3 Eld 1
8 4f3
dxe5
Yilc7 1 4 0-0 !J..b 7 1 5 Aa6 !J..x a6 1 6
A l so sat i sfacto ry for B l ac k is 8 ...
Yilxa6 t -t K u raj ica-B rowne , Wij k
J.e7 e . g .
aan Zee 1 9 76 .
B ) 1 1 . .le7 1 2 0 -0 b6 1 3 /i:lbd2 -'ib7 A ) 9 0-0 dxe 5 1 0 /i:lxe5 .if6 ( 1 0 . . .
1 4 g ad 1 Yilc7 1 5 .lixf6 ? ! !J..x f6 1 6 /i:lxe5 1 1 Yilxe5 0 -0 1 2 !J..xd 5 .itf6 1 3
/i:le4 .ite 7 1 7 .lld 3 Yilf4 1 8 .ig3 El fd 8 'ltfe2 exd 5= K o zo m a ra-Sham kovich ,
1 9 gfe1 Elac8 20 h3 g6 =+ Ange l ov Sa rajevo 1 963 ) 1 1 N x c6 N xe4 1 2
/i:lxd8 .lixd 8 1 3 .l.ie3 .lid 7 1 4 /i:la3
Spassov , USSR 1 975 ( 0 - 1 , 38 ) .
.id
6 1 5 .lid3 .lic6 1 6 El fd 1 !J..c 7 1 7
J.e7
11
c4 a6 1 8 /i:lc2 !J..e4 1 9 !J..x e4 .ixe4 20
1 2 f3 (45 )
+=
f3 0-0-0 22 .lif4 .if5 23 11x c7 x c7=
1 . 56 H o l m ov-An de rsso n , Soch i
diagra m
1 9 73 .
W h i te h a s the better chances w i t h
B ) 9 exd6 Yilxd 6 1 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 .itg 5
h i s q u eenside majority and th e .lixg 5 1 2 /i:l x g 5 .if6 1 3 'ltfe3 Yile5 ! 1 4
...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

..

44

-rxe5 <tlxe5 1 5 <tld 2 El. d B 1 6 E!. fd 1

lld 7 =+ Matu l ov i c-G e l l er, B e l g rad e
1 969 .
J.d6
9 4'xe5
A ) 9 4xe5 1 0 he5= *d 6 ( 1 0 . . .
ctlb6= Mat u l ovi c-Po l ugaevsky , Bel
g rade 1 9 69 ) 1 1 *xd6 1ix d6 1 2 0-0
0 -0 1 3 4Jd 2 d 7 1 4 4Jf3 E!.ac8 1 5
.Q.d 3 . fe8 t-t M ac i ej ews k i- P i et
ru sia k , Pol ish Ch 1 9 73.
8 ) 9 ... 4'f6 1 0 <tlxc6 <tlxe4 1 1 <tlxd8
xdB 1 2 0-0 t -t K oz o m a ra- Rabar,
Sa raj evo 1 968 .
1 0 xc6
bxc6 (46)

...

,.,
..,_,
. r-. r.

4&

:-:--:le
nln

J
'-'
n

1 1 0-0
The most straight-forward ; for ,
a i m i ng to cast l e l on g w i l l no t work
out wel l fo r W h ite s i n ce B lack has
open l i oes o n the q u eensid e : e.g .
1 1 tid2 f5 1 2 -rf3 0-0 1 3 lib3 h8
14 <tlc4 Jlc 7 1 5 Ad2 a5 1 6 0-0-0? !
a4 1 7 c2 6 1 8 4Ja3 E!. b8 1 9 ,g,x
a4 ? ! 1id6 20 <tlb 1 e5 2 1 .l;lb3 e4 22
*h3 1id3 23 iie3 <tlf4 24 Axf4 x
f4 25 E!.d 2 0- 1 K l emencic- K i rov ,
Mari bor 1 9 77 .
1 1 .. .
0-0
1 2 4a3
A l so 1 2 2 Ab7 1 3 <tif3 h6 1 4
El e 1 El b 8 1 5 Ad 3 <tlf6 1 6 -rh4 e8
1 5 . .Q.c2 <tld 5 1 8 'lte4 <tlf6 1 9 'lth4 c5
20 4Je5 <tld 7= Barl e-Cso m , Lj u b l
j a n a 1 973 t , 42.
f5
12 ...
1 3 ii'd3
cc E.C . O .
Leon i dov-M o i sejev, USS R 1 9 67 .

45

8 : T H E H O R T VAR IATION : 7 f5 ! ?
...

1 e4 c5 2 c3 4if6 3 e 5 <kl5 4 d 4 e x
d4 5 itxd4 ! ? e6
4ic6
6 4f3
7 ite4
f5 ! ? (47 )

T h e most enterprising a n d doubl&

edged try , W h ite h avi ng two good
choices i n :
8 ite2
8:A
8 exf6
8:8
Others are i nferior e.g. 8 itc2? 1
loses tempo o r wi l l cost a pwan :
8 .'l6'c7 9 .lie2 xe5 1 0 0 -0 4::if6 1 1
ixe5 *xe5 -+ Matseev-Kozlovs
kaya , U SS R 1 Q.73,
. .

S : A from d iagra m 47
ite2 (48 )
The best square for the white
queen , sin ce it wi l l exert d i rect
8

p ressu re on B l a c k ' s wea k e-pawn

s h o u l d B l ack p lay d6. H e re the
w h ite q ueen obst ructs the k i n g s
b i sh o p ( w h i c h is avo ided i n l i n e
7 : B ) b u t the i ntent i o n is to fi an
chetto on t h e ki n gside , when Wh ite
has some p rospects if Black fai ls to
fi nd an act i ve co nti n uat i o n .

'

48
8
-7
Al 8 e7 can a lso be p l ayed here
transpos ing to co l u m n after 9 g3
J.e7 (9 . . . b 5 ! ? is wo rth co nsideri ng ,
9 . . .llc5 1 0 2 0 -0 1 1 0-0 d 6 1 2 ex
d6 .lixd6 1 3 E!d 1 .tif6 1 4 4::ib d2 *e7
1 5 c4 .!le 7 1 6 fe5 .tixe5 1 7 <tixe5
+= O rton-de 01 ive i ra , R oosendaal
1 976 l .
B l 8 d6 9 g3 dxe5 1 0 4ixe5 xe5
1 1 he5 'i'd6 1 2 ite2 ! += e .g . :
B 1 ) 1 2 .le7 1 3 2 0-0 1 4 0-0
-'1.f6 ! 1 5 .tia3 ! and W h ite wi ns the
...

...

...

. . .

46

strugg le fo r e 5 , v i z . 1 5 . . . a6 1 6 lfJc4

+=/a: e.g . lfJxe5 1 8 lfJxe5 .!ix e 5 1 9

c7, 1 7 l3. e 1 ! etc ; 1 5 . . . l3.e8 1 6 4Jc4

"'1e 7 1 7 lfJe5; 1 5 . . . Ad 7? l o ses a pawn
to 1 6 c4 and 17 x b 7 ; 1 5 . . . e5? 1 6
E!.d 1 !:. 1 7 c4.
B2 ) 1 2 ... e5 is p remat u re , 1 3 . . . AQ2

xe5 xe5 20 . xe5 .ac6

e4 1 4 f3 b rea k i ng u p B i ac k !s cen t re .
B3 ) 1 2 . . . .id7? ! 1 3 .(ig2 .Q.c6 1 4 0-0
.d8 1 5 . e 1 <:J;f7 1 6 lfJa3 . e8 1 7

lfJc4 "'1c7

18

lfJe5

g8

J acobs

B ) 10 4ibd2 b 5 ! a n d B l a c k has
chan ces bette r than i n th e col u m n ,

11

'it x b 5 ? lfJxe5

b5 ! ?
1 0 .. .
11 0-0
After 11 itxb5 4icb4 ! Wh i te has
p rob l em s meet i ng the th reat s of
1 2 . . . 6 and 1 2 . . .lfJc2 b"esides 1 2 . . .
a 5 th reaten i ng to w i n the wh ite
q u ee n .
1 1 ...
a5
1 2 4ibd2
.la6cx
Th is i d ea was intro d u ced in the
ga me J a m i eso n-Wood h a m s , Austra l
ian C h 1 9 76 , wh i ch B lack won .
B l ack 's p rospects may wel l be
b ette r e .g . 1 3 .e1 a4 ! ? (6 1 3 . . .
.

Stouten bo rough , H o l l ywood 1 9 73 ;

1 9 lfJ x c6 b x c6 ( 1 9 . . ."'1xc6 20 c4 )
2 0 c4 fo l l owed by 2 1 .l.tf4 .
9 g3
irc7 ! ? (49)
A) 9 . . .0 -0 1 0 2 d6 1 1 0-0 += m ay
be m o re d i ff i c u l t fo r B l ack e.g . 1 1 . . .
'i!ic7 1 2 c4 ! lfJb6 1 3 e x d 6 .Q.xd6 1 4
lfJc3 a6 1 5 M3 ; 1 5 . . . f4 ? ! 1 6 c5 !
fxe3 1 7 cxd 6 xd6 1 8 xe3 K .Sm ith .
a3 ) 1 4 c 4 ( 1 4 a 3 ? b 4 1 5 c 4 b 3 + )
B ) 9 ... B b8 is an u n ne c essa ry i n ter 1 4 . . . bxc4 1 5 lfJ xc4 0-0 a n d B lack
polat i o n e.g. 1 0 c4 lfJc 7 1 1 lfJc3 a6 , has good p l ay .
1 2 a4 0-0 1 3 2 b 6 1 4 h4 "'1e8 1 5
.Q.f4 .Q.b7 1 6 0-0 h 6 1 7 E!. ad 1 4)b4 1 8 8 : 8 fro m d iagram 47
.fe1 += Tan-Pan no , M a n i l a 1 976.

10 Jg2
Wh ite may do better to p revent
B lack 's next i ntention.
A ) 1 0 a4 d 6 1 1 exd6 'lWxd 6 1 2 lfJa3 !
( 1 2 .11g2 e5 and B lack stands wel l )
1 2 . . ..Q.ffi 1 3 .lg 2 0-0 1 4 0 -0 .'1.d7 1 5
lfJc4 Y/Jc7 1 6 . e l E!.ae8 1 7 lfJfe5

47

4ixf6
8 exf6
fh is has been the m ost tried
conti nu ati o n , chances are seem i ng l y
doub l e-edged , for B lack's "hang i ng "
centre pawns ca n be both a n asset
and a d rawback .
9 ith4
H o rt-H artston , Hast i ngs 1 975/7
went 9 c2 itc7 (9 . . . e5 ! ? K. S m i th )
1 0 Jg5 4ie5 ! 1 1 lfJbd2 b6 1 2 .Q.e2
Ab7 1 3 .Q.h4 ( 1 3 0-0-0 ! ? 6 !'! he 1 cx:)
6 1 4 .11g 3 .if4 1 5 .'1.xf4 'l6-xf4 16
0-0 1id6 1 7 Y/Jd3 .Q.c7 1 8 g3 and now
A) 1 8 .. :d 6 ! ? =+ o r 1 8 ...Yllg4 1 9
'itd4= Hort
B ) T he game went : 1 8 . . :lth6? ! 19
h4cx: 0-0 20 .ig5 .id5 21 .ae 1 !'!f5
22 .de4 .Q.c6 23 .Q.g4 .ff8? (23 . . .
E!.af8 ! a: ) 2 4 .ixe6 ! d xe6 25 .ig5

E!.ad 8 26 E!. xe6 E!.f8 27 E!. xf6 ! ( 2 7

*c4 E!.d 6 ! 2 8 E!.fe 1 b 5o:: H o rt )
27 . . . g xf6 2 8 .ie6 + - f5 29 4) x d 8 fx
g4 30 xc6 *xc6 3 1 'l!Ye4 'l!Yc5 32
b4 ! 1 -0 ( 1 1 /236) .

..

ii'c7 !

(50 )

W ith the idea of 1 O . -ie5 to m eet

1 0 .iid 3 and th erefo re better tha n :
A ) 9 J.e7 ? ! 1 0 .iid 3 d 5 1 1 g6
e . g . f8 1 2 .ig5 .ie5 13 2 g8
14 f4 h6 1 5 fxe5 h xg 5 1 6 *g3 e4
1 7 .iix e4 d xe4 1 8 <tid 2 E!. h 4 1 9 4)b3
e3 20 xe3 *d3 2 1 E!.d 1 *b5 22
-tid4 *x b2 23 0-0 *xc3 24 4)b 5
*c4 25 <tid 6 g 4 26 *1'2 *h5 27
g3 E!. a4 28 *c2 .iid 7 29 -if5 *e8 30
E!.xd7 *xd 7 3 1 .ixe7 h8 32 E!. f7
itd 8 33 *xa4 *d 3 34 *d 4 *a3 35
g2 *xa2 36 E!.f2 *b 1 37 .iix g5
b5 38 *h4 *h 7 39 E!. f4 1 -0 K a rasev
Tseitl i n , U S S R 1 97 6 .
B ) 9 . d 5? ! 1 0 .iid 3 ( 1 0 .ii b 5 ? ! .iid 6
1 1 .iif4 0-0 1 2 .iix c6 b x c6 1 3 0-0
.iix f4 1 4 *xf4 .ie4 =+ Mat u l ovic
Mata nov i c , Yugoslav Ch 1 958) 1 0 . . .
j,id 6 1 1 .iig 6 ! d 7 1 2 2 c7 1 3
.id4 += A l b u rt-S h m it , USS R 1 9 70 .
. .

...

48

1 0 4bd2
Or 1 0 .l.e2 J.e7 1 1 0-0 0-0=
( 1 1 . . . b6 ? ! 1 2 .iid 3 ! .iib 7 1 3 g6 f8
1 4 .iif4 ! ? e5 1 5 .iig 3 d6 1 6 .iic 2 .id8
1 7 .ibd 2 <tif7 1 8 .iib 3 += Peresip
k i n-S u et i n , USSR 1 9 76 )
.l.e7
10
.
A l so 1 0 . . . b6 ! ? 1 1 .ie4 .ixe4 1 2
itxe4 .I.lb 7 1 3 .iif4 .iid 6 1 4 .iix d6 *x
d6= Pad evsky -Sa x , Vrnjacka Banja
1 9 74 .
4e5
1 1 J.cl3
1 2 4xe5
he5
1 3 4e4=
Padevsky-Ta i m an ov , V rnjacka Ban
ja 1 9 74 .
..

9: TH E P O L UGAEVSKY VAR I ATI ON : 7 . . .d&

1 e4 c5 2 c3 f6 3 e5 .-d 5 4 d4 ex
The most stra ig h t forward , and
d4 5 hd4 ! ? e6 6 f3 'Ac& 7 ite4
tried cont i n uatio n , thus far. Other
d6
7 ...
tries st i l l pro m ise Wh ite at l east
This is the H ne Pol ugaevsky ad op sl ightly the better chances , e.g. :
ted in the U S S R - Rest of The World
A ) 8 ...f5 is now l ess effective than
Match agai nst Hort , but White sti l l i n 8 e . g . 9 exf6 (9 l'te2 ! ? ) 4Jxf6 1 0
has some chances t o retain a n *h4 d 5 1 1 f).d 3 fle7 1 2 6 d7 1 3
i n itiative.
.ik2 f).d 6 1 4 4Jb3 rtlc 7 1 5 4Jbd4 itix
8 4bd 2 ! ? (51 )
d4 1 6 c x d 4 h6 Vo rot n i k ov-Lu k i n ,
G iving W h ite the best chance to USSR 1 973 , 1 7 6
retain the i n itiative . 8 exd& ( 8 .ik4 , 8) 8 .. . .ld7 and now
transposes to 7 : 8 ) is l ess l i kely to 8 1 ) 9 .le2! *c 7 (9 ... d xe5 10 iti x e 5
l ead to a White advantage , e .g . : 8 ... 4Jxe5 1 1 l'txe5 see col u m n ) 1 0 exd6
ibd6 9 .llc 4 4Jf6 1 0 *e2 fle7 1 1
( 1 0 4Jc4 d xe5 1 1 4Jfxe5 4Jf6 ) 1 0 . . .
4Jbd2 0-0 1 2 0-0 !'itd8 1 3 4 *c7 f).xd6 1 1 4Jc4 fle7 1 2 flf4 and Wh ite
1 4 5 5 1 5 l:!ad 1 h6 1 6 flxe7 stands wel l .
.ticxe T 1 7 flxd 5 !:l x d 5 1 8 c4 !l xd 1
82) 9 exd6 .llx d 6 1 0 4Jc 4 .ik 7 1 1
1 9 !lxd 1 7 20 4Jd 6 6 2 1 4Je5 1id 3 *e7 1 2 4Jce5 0-0-0o: e.g . 1 3
4Jxe5 22 he5 .ik6 = t . 55 Polo
.ltc2 ( 1 3 0-0 4Jxe5 1 4 4Jxe5 .lle 8o:
vets-Joffe, 1 97 5,
8u ljovcic-Sigu rjonso n , Novi S3d
-1 976) 1 3 . .. 4Jxe5 1 4 4Jxe5 fle8 1 5
4Jf3 rtlb8 1 6 f).d2 'ltc5 1 7 a3 e5 1 8
b4 l'td6 1 9 0-0-0? *a6 2 0 b2 f5
2 1 * h 4 4J b 6 22 flb3 .lla 4 23 c 1
.llx b3 24 'if}xb3 e4 25 itid4 l'tc 4 2 6
'if}b2 4Ja4 27 'if}a 1 0- 1 K lemencic
Plachetka, Maribor 1 9 7 7 , 27 . . . x
d4 l:!. *b3 - +.
C) 8 . .. .le7 9 4Jc4 d xe5 1 0 4Jcxe5
4J x e5 1 1 4Jxe5 0-0 1 2 .lld 3 4Jf6 1 3
51
e2 l'tc7 1 4 0-0 += b6 1 5 flf4 .ikl 6
1 6 l!ae 1 flb7 1 7 3 !:lad8 1 8 M
dxe5
8 ...
g6 1 9 .llh 4 fle7 20 f 5 ! ? exf5 2 1 li:<

49

f5 ! .id 5 22 !J.xe7 *xe7 23 c4 f6 24

4)d 7 *xe2 25 :S xe2 g xf5 26 <i x f8
:S xf8 27 c x d 5 .i:ta6 28 :Se7 .lixf 1 29
x f 1 :S d 8 30 :S xa7 :S xd 5 3 1 :S b 7
b 5 32 'it>e2 h 5 33 g 3 fS 3 4 e3
es 35 h4 d B 36 f4 'it'cB 37 :S b 6
1 -0 Jam ieso n -van d e V l iet , W i j k
a a n Zee 1 9 7 7 .
xe5
9 4xe5
H o rt-Po l ugaevs ky went : 9 4f6
10 *a4 *d 5? ! ( 1 0 . . .*c7 1 1 .idf3
+= ) 1 1 .id f3 .lld 6 1 2 .i.l.f4 *e4 1 3
*xe4 .ixe4 1 4 .l.id3 ( 1 4 .i1b 5 ! ? )
.ixe5 1 5 .i.l.xe5 .llx e5 1 6 .i xe 5 .ic5
1 7 .l.ic2 f6 1 8 .ic4 'it'e7 19 0-0-0
.ll.d 7 20 b4 .ia6 2 1 .id6 b6 22 :S h e 1
g 6 2 3 .i.l.b3 :S a d 8 24 f4 liJc7 2 5 f5 !
open i ng l i n es fo r W h ite's active
pi eces was too m uch fo r B l ac k .
1 0 xe5 (52)
...

*c7 14 .if3 0-0 1 5 .i.l.xd 7 += t-t

P r i by l -M a l i c h , Lu hacov ice 1 9 73 .

9 : A fro m d iagram 52

d6
1 0 ...
E . C . O . g i ves equal ity after 1 0
b6 M at u l ovic- Po l ugaevs ky , Bel '..
grade 1 969 , _b u t Wh ite's chances
st i l l seem at l east sl ightly bette r
- L.M.P.
1 1 Jh 5
J.d 7
hd7 (53 )
1 2 J.xd7
.

1 3 0-0
Hort suggests that this is a pos
si ble improvement on 13 4f3 "#tc7
14 xc7 4xc7 1 5 c4 J.c5 1 6 e2
a5 ! ? 17 .lf4 4ia6= viz.:

Now B l a c k h as had two main

tries.
d6
10
9:A
Jd7
9:8
10
Or 1 0 4f6 ! ? is wo rth co nsi dering .
A ) 1 1 ok4 ! ? .i.l.e7 1 2 l1g 5 0-0 1 3
d l .ll.d 7 1 4 .i.l.d3 += Wh ite h as a
few attac k i ng chances on the k i ng
side.
B) 1 1 J.b5 ild7 1 2 0-0 d6 1 3 *e2
...

...

A) 1 8 hd 1 'it'e7 19 .ig 5 e 5 ! =
Hort
B ) 1 8 !d2 4 19 .i.l.e3 .!.lc5 20
l!hd 1 'lie7 t-t B ronstein-Hort ,
Monte Carlo 1969.
13
Wkf6
.lxd6
14 hd6
-

50

The point of 13 0-0 instead of 1 3

.if3, W h ite's kn ight is better
posted on e4 rather than f3.
15
J.c7
1 6 c4
4if6

A l so poss i b l e , of cou rse , are 1 6 . . .

e 7 or 1 6 . . . b6 b u t the characteris
tics are the same; W h ite has a l ead
i n d eve l o p ment, sl i g h t l y better d i s
posed p i eces and a q ueenside p awn
m ajo rity .
1 7 xf6
gxf6
+=
0-0
1 8 J.e3
J acobs-Tarj a n , USA J nr Ch 1 970 ,
best for Wh ite is now 1 9 :Bad 1 ( 1 9
:B h d i ? Ae5 ! )
9 : 8 fro m d i ag ra m 52
.ld7
...
J.e2 !
Better th an 1 1 f3 w h e n B lack is
ab l e to th reaten W h ite's wel l posted
q ueen by 1 1 . . . :acs 1 2 2 :Bc5 1 3
3 4Jxe3 1 4 *xe3 *c7 1 5 0 -0 2
= Sch u ster-Oberhau sen 1 96 1 . N ow
t h i s wo u l d be met by le4 after
!!c5.
acs
11
c7
12 0-0
1 3 f3 (54)
10

11

9 i ag ram
"f6
13
B lack has d i fficu lty fi nd i ng a
m o re const ructive cont i n u ati o n .
A ) 1 3 . he5 1 4 4Jxe5 then B lac k
has to g ive h is o pponent an alter
native positional advantage - the
two bishops . .
..

51

B ) 13 ...J.a4 i s . so mewh at awkward ,

v i z 1 4 c4 *xe5 ( 1 4 . . . 4Jf6 1 5 b3 and
1 6 -'ib2 ) 1 5 lxe5 1id6 1 6 l xf7
r:Jxf7 1 7 cxd 5 exd 5 1 8 e3 -'ic5
( 1 8 .. Jk7? 1 9 -'id 1 :Bc4 20 b3) 1 9
f3 and W h ite stands better aga i nst
B lack 's iso l ated d -pawn .
K . S m it h
1 4 e4
J.d 6
-tie7
1 5 c4
'
+=
1 6 Ud 1
Vo rot n i kov-G utman , USS R 1 97 5
cont i n u i ng : 1 6 . . . e5 1 7 l h 4 El d 8 1 8
3 b 6 1 9 c 5 ! b xc5 2 0 El a c 1 0-0
2 1 b4 'l6'c6 22 *c4 <tlh8 23 f3 e4
24 Axe4 *c7 25 g3 f5 26 1.tg2 f4
27 Axc5 1ixc5 28 *xc5 *xc5 29 b x
c5 fxg3 3 0 h xg3 1ic6 3 1 El d 6 Elc8
32 l::l e 1 g2 33 r:Jxg2 lc6 34 J;!.d7
a5 35 g4 l b8 36 l::l d 5 . f4 37 r:Jg3
Elc4 38 l::l d e5 .g8? 39 lg6 1 -0.
-

I l l ADVANC E D WH I TE CENTRE VAR IATION

1 e4 c5 2 cl f6 l e6 M5 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4
1 0 : MA IN L I N E AFTE R 5
1 e4 c5 2 cl t6 3 e5 M5 4 d4
cxd4 5 cxd4 d6
6 fl
k6

B lack d oes best to m a i ntain the

in the cent re, at l east for a

wh i l e, viz. 6 dxe5 7 d x e5 4 8
tension

...

-&b3 ! hf3 9 -&xf3 <ic6 1 0 4

e6 1 1 -'lxd5 exd 5 ( 1 1 .. :ltxd 5 ! ?
+=) 1 2 0-0 .lle 7 1 3 g e 1 += E .C . O .
7 .lc 4 (55)

.a,e1
e6
Also adequate for Black i s 7 .dx
e5
lO:A
10:8

A ) 8 ke5 e6 9 0-0 1e7 1 0 .lc3 x

c3 1 1 bxc3 xe5 1 2 d xe5 0-0=

Macili!WE!Vsky-Pytel , Poland 1 973 .

B l 8 Axd5 'l!hd5 9 ()(;3 'ltd6 1 0 d5
4 1 1 <id4 exd4 1 2 ltxd4 e5 1 3
'ltd3 'lta6 1 4 'ltxa6 bxa6 tt Cab

52

...

d6

Vrbas 1 9 76.
C ) 8 dxe5 Mb4! =+

arkapa-S u rad i rad j a ,

1 0 : A from d i agram 55
4ab6 !
7
8 .ib5 ! (56t
After 8 .lb3 d xe 5 9 d5 4Ja5 (9
<lb4? ! 1 0 .l c3 .a.g4 1 1 .Qa4 K etola
Westman , Ma rianske Laz ne 1 962 )
1 0 4Jc3 x b3 1 1 'ltxb3 e6 1 2 0-0
exd 5 13 e5 !:J.e7 14 .lle3 0-0 1 5
Ab6 axb6 M o l d avsky -G i k , USS R
1 968 ; B l ack has a good game .
.

. ..

56
Black can

1 0 :A 1
1 0 : A2

1 0 :A3
1 0 : A4

now t ry :

8
8

d5
Jd7
e611
dx-5?!
9 txc:6 bxc&

Risky is 8 .a61!
10 4k:3 +- e.g . : S a S

A) 10 d5 1 1 0-0 e6 1 2 e3 a5 1 3
4)g5 h6 1 4 h5 g6 1 5 'lth4 Ad am
s k i - K a l m e , K racow 1 964; White
stands better with his lead in
devel opment. A

9 ...

..

e6 (57)

B ) 1 0 ... h6?! 1 1 'ltc2 "1.86 ? ! 1 2 0-0

g6 1 3 4)h4 d xe 5 1 4 d x e5 4.Jc4 ? 1 5
4Jxg6 ' f xg6 1 6 'ltxg6 d7 1 7 .d 1
4.Jd6 1 8 4Je4 fid 5 1 9 exf6 "'9c8 20
fhd 5 ! cxd5 2 1 d xe7 !J.xe7 22
"'if,:G ''hb 8 23 iU4 a7 24 !ic7 1 -0
l >1yl n - r euerstein , N . Y . 1 9 77 .
W : .'\ J

from d iagram 56

1 0 0-0

Less c l ea r is 1 0 .lg5 t.e7 1 1 e4

e.g. :

8 ...
d5
9 k3
J.g4
Somewhat pass ive is 9 . .-J.d7 1 0
i_ o ,,5 1 1 .105 h6 1 2 -tih3 g6 1 3 .i.i.e3
:I; 1 4 .i.l.d 3 \bc4 1 5 *c2 b6 1f.>
b: ' 'i::i a 3 1 7 'Ut'12 0-0-0 1 8 *f3 8
F.J 1,1 f4 b 8 20 .ac 1 illi4 2 1 4)fe2
'
Bc8 22 h4 h5 23 itf6 .h 7 24 g3

A ) 1 1 ...dxe5 1 2 d 6 f8 1 3 xe7

'ltxe7 1 4 d xe5 a6 1 5 2 4.Jd5 1 6

1 7 0-0 4.Jxe5 1 8 4.Jxb7

4::l x f3 1 9 Axf3 .c8 2 0 'ltd 2 .ilb5 2 1
Axd5 e x d 5 22 4.Ja5 ilxf l 23 ! hf l
'lte4 24 4)b 7 f!c2 25 'lta5 g6 26
41c5 i!'td4 27 b4 rtf)g7 28 f!c7 E!e2.
: .
G ul ko-Tal , Ta l l i n n 1 977.
B ) 1 1 ... kS 1 2 0-0 .itxg5 1 3 rf xg5
d 5 14 i!'th5 'lte7 1 5 4)d6 41xd6 1 6
exd6 g6 1 7 i!'th6 *f8 1 8 *h3 f6 1 9
l::l fe 1 ? fxg5 2 0 .ll.x c6 b x c6 2 1 b
e6 "1xe6 2 2 'ltxe6 '3Jd8 23 e r ,gba
24 e2 b7 2 5 d 7 E! xd T -+
'ltc2 .d8

1 -0 ,

42

R egan-G runfeld , S t ud ent

O l y m piad 1 976.

10 h3

--

bf3

Wea k is 10 ...Ah5 1 1 g4 Ag6 1 2

1 3 .i.i.f4 So ko lov .
1 1 '6'xf3
e6
1 2 o
1 2 ... .187 ( 1 2 . . . t:lcB 1 3 *94 a6=
Levin-Sakharov, U S S R 1 960) 1 3
'6'g3 *f8 1 4 2 acs 15 J.f4cx ,
e6 ! fxe6

Svesh n i kov-Podgaets , USS R 1 975.

10

Ad7

R iga 1 958
9 exd6 e6 1 0 Ag5 'ltb8 1 1.
4.Jc3 lb:d6 1 2 0-0 0-0 1 3 l::l e l a6 1 4
.Qd3 4'.:ib4 1 5 e4 h6 1 6 a3 4.J4d5 1 7
B a n n i k -Polugaevs k y ,

1'txd5 exd5 with even chances.

dxe5

Svesh n i k ov

after 10 ... b4? ! 1 1 J.g5 t.e7 1 2

484! dxe5 (or 1 2 . . . 5 1 3 ild 6 f8
1 4 Axe7 i!'txe7 1 5 41xb5; 1 2 . . . Jlxg5
1 3 fxg5 Axb5 14 4)d6 + -- Svesh
ni kov) 1 3 M6 *'8 a nd now

10:A2 from d i agram 56

went :

Black fi nds h i mse l f in di ff icu l ty

Svesh n i k ov-Pa l atn ! k , USS R 1 97 3 .

8 ...
9 -k3

..
+= /ex

Svesh n i kov tried :

A) 14 xb7 ! 'ltc7 1 5 e7 xe7 1 6

'ltb3 ! il6d 5 1 7 j,\,xd7 'ltx b7 1 8
xe5 *b6 1 9 a.-M isuckov , USSR
1 972.

53

B ) 1 4 xe5 !?
8 1 ) 14 . . . .lxb5 ! 1 5 4Jd x f7 ( 1 5 .i.ixe7
'iJ!lxe7 1 6 4'.)xb5= ) 1 5 . . .'1rd 5 19 'iJ!lh5
Axg 5 1 ( 1 6 '. .. Axf 1 1 7 E!. x f 1 + :_ ) 1 7
olilxg5 Ae8 1 8 'iJ!lg4 e7 ! 1 9 E!. a e 1 h 5
2 0 'iJ!lh4 E!. h 6 2 1 olilxe6 ! xe6 2 2
olilg4 '3if7 2 2 'iJ!le7 \t'g8 2 4 E!. x h6 g x
h6 25 E!. e3 h4 ! -J u rtaev , U S S R 1 975,
26 'iJ!lxb4 ! Ac6 27 f3 .
82 ) 1 4 .. . .lxg5? 1 5 4Jd x f7 'iJ!le 7 ( 1 S .
*f6 1 6 .ilxd7 ) 1 6 xh8 g8 1 7
.ilxd7 .lilxd7 1 8 olilhf7 Svesh n i kov.
'

Marg u l i s- K ec l a h , U S S R 1 9 72 .
9 ..
Jd7
10 .lxc6 !
S i nce on 1 O . b x c6 ? 1 1 *f3 .
Wh ite obta ins l ittle with 1 0 xd7
hd7 1 1 lic3 e6 12 0 -0 a6 1 3 .lx
c6 ii'xc6= Z u ravl iev-G utman , USS R
1 9 7 1 e.g. 1 4 'iJ!lg4 g6 1 5 d 5 ! ? 4Jxd 5
1 6 4::i x d 5 4xd 5 1 7 E!d 1 h 5 1 8 'iJ!la4
'iJ!lb5 1 9 'iJ!ld 4 e5 20 'iJ!le4 Ag 7 2 1 d 5
Etd8? ! 2 2 E!. x d 8 \t'xd8 2 3 .ile3 c8
24 Et c 1 b8 25 'iJ!lc2 'ltc6 26 'iJ!lxc6
bxc6 27 Eta6 e4 28 Etxa5 .ilxb2 29
Eta7 d 6 30 Et x f7 !!a8 3 1 E!.a7
Chekov-Z i l berste i n , USSR 1 9 76 .
hc6
10
1 1 xc6
bxc6
1 2 0-0 ! (58 )
R ozenberg
.

. .

. .

1 0 :A3

from d i ag ram 56

e6 ! ?
8 ...
J..e 7
9 0-0
Tra nspos i ng to 1 0 : A2 i s 9 .. . Jd7
1 0 olilc3 +=/cr. 4Jb4? ! 1 1 Ag 5 Ae7 1 2
e4 ! d xe5 1 3 4Jd 6 etc .
1 0 .c3
K refeld
Bernhard t-S panjaa rd ,
1967 , went 10 exd6 'iJ!lxd6 1 1 4Jc3
0-0 1 2 E!. e 1 d 5 1 3 e4 'iJ!lc7 1 4

a3

1 5 Ad3 !! ac8 1 6 b4 +=
1 0 ...
0-0 +=
Cabarkapa- R aj kovic, Vrbas 1 976
cont i n u i ng : 1 1 .ilxc6 ? ! b x c6 1 2 e4
d5 1 3 4Jc5 d 7 1 4 4Jxd7 Ld7 1 5
h3 f5 1 6 'iJ!ld 2 h6 1 7 4Je1 c5 1 8
f4 -'tb 5 1 9 ..f2 c4 20 'iJ!lc3 'iJ!lb6 2 1
f3 !!ab8 22 h 3 -'le8 23 h2 h 7
24 g4 fxg4 25 h xg4 .iig 6 26 g3
h4 27 !!h 1 'iJ!la6 28 !!a 1 Ab4 2S
'iJ!lc 1 c3 ! 30 b c3 bc8 3 1 .ild 2 Ax
c3 32 -'lxc3 'iJ!ld3 33 'iJ!ld2 E!. x c3 +
0- 1 , 5 1 .

1 0 :A4 from d iagram 56

8 ...
9

xe5

dxe5 ? !

. W h ite ga i ns noth i ng afte 9 .lxc6

bxc6 1 0 xe5 .ile6 ! 1 1 d-0 .ild5=

Wh ite 's l ead i n deve l o p ment arid

B l a c k 's wea ker pawn formation
m a kes the d efence very d i fficul t
e.g . :
A ) 1 2 . . .g6? ! 1 3 !! e 1 Ag7 1 4 .ilg5 i6'x
d4 ( 1 4 . . . 4Jc8 1 5 itf3 ) 1 5 xe7 f8
1 6 i6'xd4 ( 1 6 i6'e2 i6'd 5 ! ) .ilxd4 1 7
E!.e2 g 7 ( 1 7 . . . c4 1 8 6 ) 1 8
<ic3 <ic4 1 9 E!.c 1 h6 20 .iih 4 g5. 21
Ag 3 E!.he8 22 f 1 !! x e2 23 xe2
.iix c3 24 !:! xc3 !'! e8 25 d3 4Jxb2
26 Wd2 e6 27 -'tb 8 ! a6 28 -'la7 !

54

c5 29 Axc5 e4 3 0 .iota3 ! a4 3 1
n c6 gf4 3 2 f3 g4 3 3 e3 + - I'H6
34 Af8 c/tg6 35 n x f6 <t>xf6 36 Ax
h6 gxf3 37 xf3 e5 38 .ltg7 f5
39 M4 1 -0 l zvozch i kov- K i rp ich
ni kov , U SS R 1 97 5.
8 ) 1 2 .. e6 1 3 *94 ( 1 3 <tic3 J1e7 1 4
Af4 ) J1e7 1 4 i6-xg7 .!lf6 1 5 i6-g3 i6-x
d4 1 6 ctic3 ctid5 1 7 .Q.e3 ctixc3 1 8
bxc3 i6-e5 1 9 ttf3 Etd8 20 M 4
l hd4 2 1 cxd4 *g5 2 2 i6-xc6 'it>f8 23
nab 1 h 5 24 b8 lt>g7 25 g xh 8
""1xh8 2 6 i6-c5 *96 2 7 d 5 +
G u riel l i - K u slova 1 976.

1 0 : B from d i agram 55

7 ...
e6
8 0-0 (59)
The most tried conti nuation thus
far , g ivi ng Wh ite opti m u m flex ib i l
ity a l itt l e l o nger, though others
may offer W h ite sl ightly better
chances e.g . :
A ) 8 .lb3 Ae 7 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 i6-e2
a5 1 1 Axd 5 exd 5 1 2 <tic3 Ae6 1 3
Af4 <tic6 1 4 Et fd 1 += Maric-Cuder
man , Y ugosl av Ch 1 95 7 .
8 ) 8 *e2 d xe5 9 d xe5 Ab4 1 0 Ad2
.i.1.xd 2 1 1 ctibd2 ctia5 1 2 0-0 it:lxc4
1 3 itixc4 0-0 1 4 6 i6-b6 1 5 Etad 1
M 7 1 6 fld4 f5 ! = E n k l aar-Najdorf ,
Wijk aarJ Zee 1 973.

.....
.
..
.
.r.. ' t :t

59

:t
.. B
o
. 4J .-

W&
. ft U
..!..!.. U.
U

n
n'itB.
4J

U - . G

8 ...
h7
A ) 8 bS can transpose to l O: A
e.g . 9 Ab 5 .!ld 7 1 0 .ltg 5 J1e7 1 1 Ax
e7 i6-xe7 1 2 ctic3 d xe 1 3 d xe5 nd8
1 4 i6-e2 .tib4 1 5 Axd 7 g xd7 1 6 .tib5
ca 1 7 J;:!ad 1 xd 1 1 8 nxd 1 0-0
1 9 '/bc4 .tib6 t-t G onsior-W itkow
sk i , H radec K ra l ove 1 97 5/6 .
8 ) 8 dxe5? ! 9 d xe5 iic5 1 0 i6-e2
+= a6 1 1 it:lbd2 <}f4 1 2 i6-e4 ctig6 1 3
b3 i6-c7 1 4 Ab2 b 5 1 5 ac 1 ! Ab7
1 6 Axe6 ! 4Jce7 1 7 E!xc5 'l'&'xc5 1 8
i6-xb 7 .Etd8 1 9 e4 i6-c6 20 i6-xc6 4Jx
c6 21 .iitf 5 +- Chekhov-G ross
peter, U SS R 1 97 5 .
9 ite2
Offering Wh ite the best chance
to retai n the i n i t i at i ve , others being
less prom ising , e.g . :
A ) 9 c3 <tixc3 1 0 bxc3 d xe5 1 1
xe 5 4Jxe5 1 2 d xe5 i6-xd 1 1 3 x
d 1 .!ld7 1 4 iie3= Pan bu kch ian
Tringov, USSR 1 97 6 .
B ) 9 4ibd2 d xe5 1 0 d xe5 4J b 6 1 1
Ab3 4 1 2 xd4 i6-xd4 1 3 *e2
Ad 7 1 4 Etd 1 .Q.c6 1 5 <tic4 i6-e4=
Antosh i n-Averba kh , USSR 1 9 56 .
C ) 9 a3 0-0 1 0 i6-e2 'l'&'b6 1 1 Etd 1
a5 1 2 ctibd2 M 7 1 3 .iota2 .iota4 1 4
e 1 .i.ib3 1 5. Ab 1 . fc8 1 6 i6-e4 g6
1 7 *g4 'fie7 1 8 h 4 .ik2 19 b4 .i.ixb 1
20 E!xb 1 <}c4= Sveshn i kov-Timo
shen ko, USSR 1 9 75 .
0-0 (60)
9

d iag ram
1 0 : 8 1 10 c3
1 0 : 82 1 0 *e4
A l so worth a try is 10 Bd 1 e.g .
a6? ! 1 1 <tic3 c:b4 1 2 <tle4 4Jb6 1 3
Ab3 d 5 1 4 J3 .iiW 7 1 5 e 1 a5
1 6 Ad2 a4 J 7 .Q.xb4 .i.1.xb4 1 8 Ac2
c4 1 9 4Jh 5 'ltg4? ! 20 Etd3 i6-e7 2 1
55

B a r l e-Jansa , Sambo r 1 976 con

t i n ued : 1 3 . . . .itb7 1 4 3 g6 1 5 .i.1.h6
e8 1 6 llad 1 Ylic7 1 7 Ylif4 += Et ad 8
1 8 fe 1 ll d 5 19 .i.1.e4 x d 1 20 x
d 1 lld8 2 1 t:! x d8 4)xd8 22 .'1.x b7 4:lx
b 7 23 Ylia4 .l.tf8 24 .i.1.xf8 xf8 25
"6'a 7 '1'c3 26 h4 t -t .

1 0 : 82 fro m d i ag ram 60
+=/a.

1 0 e4 (61 )

4:lf6 ! with a wi n n i ng attack , Ste i n

berg-So ltis, N e w York 1 970.
10:81

from d i a g ram 60

xc3
10 c3
dxe5
1 1 bxc3
A) 1 1 . . .b6 1 2 "1.d 3 += e.g. 1 2 . . .
.i.1.b7 1 3 exd6 "6'xd 6 1 4 4:lg5 .itxg5 1 5
.iix g5 4Je7 1 6 *94 4)g6 1 7 h4 f5 1 8
"6'h3 h6 1 9 "1.d 2 llac8 20 !3ac 1 .f6
21 fe 1 4Je7 22 h5 g5 23 c4 lld8
24 .i.1.c3 !:H7 25 "6'e3 '1'c6 26 d 5 ! ex
d 5 27 "6'd4 l! h 7 28 l:! x e7 J;!xe7 29
.i.1.x f5 Etd6 30 "6'h8 f7 3 1 "6'g7 1 -0
Sveshni kov- K rogu is , USSR 1 97 5 .
B ) 1 1 ...d5? ! 1 2 .ld3 ...._ 5 1 3 h4 !
.b:h4 1 4 g 3 h 7 1 5 g2 f6 1 6 ex
f6 and now :
B 1 ) 1 6 . . .gxf6 1 7 !3 h 1 ll f7 1 8
4Je5 ! fxe5 1 9 .ith 7 ll x h 7 20 !3 xh 7
xh7 2 1 ith5 98 2 2 *96 h 8 23
3 6 Et h 1 +- Kotov.
B2 ) 16 . . .J.xf6 1 7 l:! h 1 g6 1 8 .rie5
.!he5 1 9 dxe5 !! f7 20 "6'g4 4Jc6 2 1
.l.1.xg6 h xg6 2 2 '1'xg6 !3g7 2 3 '11' h 5
*f8 24 :Et h4 4)e7 25 .ita3 ! 1 -0
Svesh ni kov- Rash kovsky ,
Soch i
1 9 76 , 25 . . . Bd 7 26 '1'h8 'tlf7 27 !3 f4
b6
1 2 dxe5
+=
1 3 e4

56

Wh ite 's space ad va ntage , and

pote n t i a l aga inst Black ' s k i ngside
give Wh ite good chan ces, though
with p recise p lay B lack ca n .h o l d an
equ i l ibri u m :
10 . . .. . .
. . .. . .ldJ!?
Also seemingly' satisfacto ry for

. .
B l ack a re :
< ..
.
A ) 1 0 . ..9h8 !? 1 1 Ad3 ( J 1 : xd5 e x
d 5 1 2 '1'xd5 Ae6 1 3 b& dxe5 1 4
d xe5 4Jb4) 1 1 . . . f5 1 2 exf6 4)xf6 1 3
Yl:Je2 Y/:Jb6 1 4 A.83 4Jcj5 l5 -ilc3 Qx
c3 1 6 bxc3 Ad7=' Dorfman .
B ) 10 ... b6! ? a nd now:
B 1 ) 1 1 a3 ! += Cvet kovic, e.g . .itb 7
1 2 Ad3 g6 1 3 .i.1.h6 !3 e8 1 4 4Jbd2
"6'd7 1 5 fe 1 4Jd8 1 6 "6'e2 f5 1 7
exf6 f6 1 8 !3ac 1 a6 1 9 4)e4 .l.tg7

*ci 2
+=
M i haljcish i n-La k i c ,
Bania Lu ka 1 9 76.
82 ) 1 1 .lxd5? exd5 12 'ltxd5 6 !

20

=+

83 ) 1 1 Jd3 g6 1 2 Ah6 E!e8 1 3 a3 !

15
E!d l d xe5 1 6 d xe5 *d 5= Dvores ky
Ta i m anov , Vi l nus 1 975)

+= ( 1 3 -tsbd 2 4'.ld b4 1 4 .11.b l 6

11

a3

Not 1 1 .lxd5? exd 5 1 2 'ltxd 5 4)b4

1 3 \'tb3 d xe5 and Black is better.
White havi ng l itt le to match the
b i shop pair.
"85
11
...

57

1 2 .ld3
f5
f&
13 exf6
14 -..,4
Better than 14 e2 4)b3 =+ 1 5
E!a2 4)xc 1 1 6 E! x c l E!c8 1 7 E! xc8
'ftxc8 18 4)c3 .i1d8 19 Eta 1 Ab6 20
E!d l e5 ! 21 d xe5 d xe5 22 4'.lxe5
iig4 23 4)xg4 4)xg4 Chek hov
Cvet kovic, Yugosl avi a 1 976, 24
*e4 ! .llf 2 25 h l lf6 26 'ftc4 =
Cvet kovic.
4b3
14
1 5 .l.g5 ! ?a:

1 1 : VAR I O U S 7th MOVES F O R WH I T E

1 e4 c5 2 c 3 4f6 3 e 5 -t.d5 4 d4 e x
d4 5 cxd4 d6
6 4if3
After 6 exd 6 bd6 B lack has no
prob l ems, but i nfer i o r is 6 . . . e6? !
e.g. 7 itif3 .Q.xd6 8 c3 itlc6 9 d3
f4 ! ? 1 0 0 -0 itixd3 1 1 "?Wxd3 h6 1 2
e4 7 1 3 .Q.f4 0-0 1 4 "?We3 b4 1 5
.Q.x h6 ! ? d 5 ( 1 5 . . . <lc2 1 6 "?Wf4) 1 6
"?Wd 2 gxh6 1 7 "?Wx h6 E!.e8 1 8 h4! -'if8
1 9 "?Wh5 f6 20 xf6 "?Wxf6 2 1 itle5
"?Wf5 22 "?We2 b6 23 Et ac 1 .la.b7 24
la c3 7 25 lag3 f6 26 g4 <it>f7 27
t!Je3 laac8 28 la e 1 E!. h8 29 *a3 !
"?Wa5 30 e5 ! fxe5 3 1 Et xg7 ! \t'xg 7
32 f3e7 'it'g6 33 "?We6 \t'g7 34 "?We7
'it'g6 35 .e5 "?Wxe5 36 d xe5 -'\.8 8 3 7
"?Wf6 \t'h 7 38 *f7 \t' h 6 39 g4! 1 -0
Dom i ng uez-Bernard , R u man i a 1 97 5
4c6 (62 )
6 ...

Now considered are var ious

u n clear and /o r u n rel iable cont i n u ations for White :
1 1 : A . 7 4c3
1 1 :B

exd6

1 1 :C
7 irb3
Safe and so l id seems 1 J.e2 :
A ) 7 g6 8 0-0 7 9 "?Wb3 d xe5 1 0
dxe5 0-0 ( 1 0 . . . xe5 1 1 xe5 -'lxe5
1 2 .1lb 5 f8 1 3 .e 1 So ko l ov) 1 1
. d 1 e6 1 2 itic3 <ixe5 1 3 xd5 ex
d5 1 4 .xd5 xf3 1 5 .1lxf3 ttic7=
A l bu rt-Soso n k o , U S S R 1 967 .
B ) 7 J.f5 8 0-0 e6 9 c3 itixc3 lO
bxc3 d 5 1 1 d 2 h6 1 2 f4 -'le7=
Bogd anovic-J a nosev i c , Y ugoslav C h
1 9 53 _
C ) 7 dxe5 8 xe5 e6 9 0 -0 .Q.e7 1 0
xc6 b xc6 1 1 itid 2 0-0 1 2 c4
-'\.86= M u k h itd inov-Smys l ov , U S S R
1 9 59 .
. ..

1 1 :A

from d i agram 62

7 4c3 (63)
Th i s i s a critical variation wh ich
G l igo ric h ad cal l ed the "m ost
n rget i c and best " b ut there are
at l east two way s i n wh ich B l ac k
obta i ns a t l east an eq ual game :

1 1 :A 1
58

d xe5 !

1 1 : A2

...

. 'bc3 ! ?

<tixc3 ! ? u n c l ea r; 9 . . .

4Jxc3 ! ? u n c l ea r; 9 . . . 4Jd b4? ! 1 0 .ib5

Others a re l ess convinci ng. for Af5 1 1 .illi 4 4Jxb4 1 2 .ibxd 4 7
B lack .
1 3 e6 R edo l fi-Sa i d y , Va rna 1 9 58 )
A ) 7 . . c7?! 8 exd6 exd6 9 d 5 4Jb8 H owever, the res u l t i ng endgame
1 0 *d4 4Jd 7 1 1 51e2 Cso m -O u i n after 9 hd8 i s sl ightly in Wh ite 's
teros , S i egen O l ym p i ad 1 9 70 .
favour.
B ) 7 .e 6 and now :
A ) 9 .'4'xd 8 10 bxc3 and now:
B 1 ) 8 xd 5 e x d 5 9 3 (9 .ile2 d x A 1' ) 1 0 . . h6 1 1 ..illi 5 e6 1 2 Ae3 51d7
e 5 1 0 d xe 5 51e7 1 1 0-0 0-0 1 2 51f4 1 3 a4 ( 1 3 0-0 ! ? <$Jc 7 1 4 a4 ! +=
.Q.e6 1 3 4Jd4 *b6 1 4 4Jb3 la fd8 .;, Csom-Matu l ov i c ,
Athens
1 969 )
So l ov iev-G rigorian , USS R 1 9 64 ) 1 3 . . .it>c7 ( 1 3 . . . b 6 ? 1 4 a5 ! b xa 5 1 5
9 . . . .Q.e7 1 0 h3 d x e5 1 1 d xe5 0-0 1 2 0-0 'l;c7 1 6 la fd 1 Cso m-He n n i ng s ,
0-0 .lie6 1 3 51f4 E! c8 1 4 lac 1 *b6 1 5 Berl i n 1 968) 1 4 a5 += E . C .O .
*d2 += Sangu i nett i-Najdorf, R i o ( 1 4 0-0 .ile7 += Cso m . )
d e J a n e i ro 1 9 57.
A2 ) 1 0 J.g4 1 1 e6 ! += E . C .O .
82 ) 8 J.c4 ! ? .ixc3 9 b xc3 d xe5 1 0 ( 1 1 .ile2 e6 1 2 5 'l;c7 1 3 51f4 Aa3
d x e5 't!Ya5 1 1 0-0 *xc3 1 2 "*e2 *a5 14 0-0 E!ad 8 1 5 E! fd 1 51b2 1 6 E!ab 1
1 3 .l.tf4 51e7 1 4 E! fd 1 0-0 1 5 h4 E!d8 E! x d 1 1 7 E! xd 1 .lixc3 1 8 E!c 1 Ab4
1 6 h5 51d 7 1 7 E!ab l:::::; R i b l i-Shah - 1 9 h3 .lix f3 20 Axf3 E!dS + 0- 1 ,
ovic, Netherlands 1 9 72.
4 1 d3 Caro-Vero c i , R oosendaa l
.
1 97 6 ) .
1 1 :A 1 fro m d iag ram 63
B ) 9 . xd8 1 0 b xc3 .Q.d7 ( 1.0 . . .
4Jc6 1 1 ..illi 5 Ad7 1 2 a4 ! += Cso m
dxe5 !
7
H o h l er, Vrnjacka Banja 1 972) 1 1
8 dxe5 (64) G heo rgh iu
.id4 ( 1 1 .Q.e3? ! g6 1 2 h4 h 6 1 3 .ile2
7 1 4 0-0 4Jc6 :;: Pom ar-Po l ugaev
d i ag ram
s ky , Pa l m a d e M a l l orca 1 9 72 )
1 1 . . . !:!cS 1 2 .ile3 ! += a6 ! ( 1 2 . . .
8
b4 !
E! xc3? 1 3 4Jg 5 ) 1 3 <$Jd2 e6 1 4 f4
Formerly 8 6xc3 was regarded 5 1 5 Ad3 0 -0 1 6 !:! ab 1 E!c7
as the main l i ne (8 ... .ile6 ! ? 9 .l.td2 R azuvaev-Sham kovich ,
M oscow
.

..

..

...

...

59

1 967 . W h ite ' s central ised

k i ng and
advantage are more than
adeq uate to offset h is weakened
space

pawns.

9 a3

9'11 .lf5
=+ W h i te h as to worry abou t
defendi ng t he c 2 square.
xd 1
9
10 *xd 1
"86 =+
After 9 xdB exdB 10

11

4Jg5!

b4

Unsat i sfactory i s 1 1 .lxa6, bxa6;

s i nce the wea k ness o f B lack 's
doub led pawns is not easy to
e x p l o i t . W h ite cannot create a pas
sed pawn on the queenside , where
as , B lack can obta i n p l ay on the
b-file. Besides, the absence of
White's k i ng bishop means that the
l ight square wea k nesses i n the
Wh ite cam p can be read i l y expl ited .
k7
1 1 . ..
12 h3
To prevent 1 2 . . .Jlg4, e. g . : 1 2 b5
4Jxb5 1 3 ilxb5 A.d7 1 4 Ac4 .\g4
=+/+ ( 1 4 . . . 0-0-0 ? ! 1 5 e2 .\g4 1 6
Ab2 e6 1 7 h3 4Jd4 1 8 .ll x d4 .ll x f3
1 9 xf3 !! xd4 20 !1 ac 1 'it>b8 2 1
!1 h d 1 !1xd 1 22 g x d l c7 23
!.tb 5 a6 24 4 b 5= t, 35 Radovici
G h i nda , 1 975).
.le6
1 2 .. .
1 3 .ld3
g6 =+
For after 14 Jb2 .lo2 1 5 e4
Jd5f Menv i l l e-G heorgh i u , Las Pa l
mas 1 972, Black sta n d s better since
his pieces are placed to put Wh ite's
advanced e pawn u nder pressure ,
e.g. 1 6 {)c5? ilx f 3 1 7 g xf3 Jlxe5 1 8
Axe5 .Oxe5 K .Sm ith

1 1 :A2 from d iagram 63

7

8 bxc3
e6
(65)
Black may do a l ittle better with
8 . . :lta5 ! ? or 8 . . .Jlg4 ! ? Sokolov. Not
8 .. .dxe5? 9 d5 for if 9 . . . e4 1 0

...

exd6
i nvest ig ati ng is the
g a m bi t idea: 9 Jd3 dxe5 10 d xe5
.-.s 1 1 0-0a: e . g . 1 1 . . . Ae7 1 2 i:l'e2
0-0 1 3 .llg 5 ilxg 5 ? ! 1 4 4Jxg5 ff,7 Hi
Ac4 *x e 5 1 6 *h 5 h6 1 7 r w l 'i!t x
c3 1 8 ! he6 ! .llx e6 ( 1 8 . . x c4 1 9
!'! xh6 gxh6 2 0 "t'tg6 ) 1 9 llxeG \.'9h8
20 *96 1 -0 Lemachko-Merd i n ian ,
Pl ovd iv 1 976.
9 ...
.lxd6
For 9 ... 6 see var iat i o n s u nde r
1 2 ( t ransposit ion ) .
10 .ld3
a5
1 1 .ld2
A) 1 1 c2 b6 1 2 0-0 "1a6 1 3 "104
!'!c8 1 4 !'!e1 Jl.e7 1 5 .lW2 1k4=
A l ek h i ne- Foltys, Prague 1 943 .
B ) 1 1 0-0 is an i nterest i ng sac
rifice e.g. : 1 1 . . .*x c3 ( 1 0 . . . 0-0 i s
safe) 12 !'! b l 0-0? ! ( Necessary i s
1 2 . . . h6) 1 3 !1 b3 *a5 1 4 Ax h 7 ! x
h7 1 5 4Jg 5 g6 1 6 !1h3 i\d 7 1 7
? " ' " 1 -0 Markland- K l undt, Madrid
r H7 1 .
11
0-0
1 2 0-0
e5
9

Also

wo rth

60

Black has treed h i s q ueen b i s ho p

a,nd therefore has a sat i s fact ory
game; e.g. 1 3 b l -Jc 7 1 4 e l ex
d4 1 5 cxd4 g 6 1 6 d 5 e5 1 7 xe5
.ilxe5
Ad amsk i -Antosh i n ,
Baku

8 .ab5 e x d4 ! 9 xd4
if 10 hd 5 l;)xd 5 and
Wh ite has no compensat ion fo r h i s
cat i o n s i nce
Ad7!

for

pawn deficit .

1 964 .

11:8

from d i agram

62

ti'xd6
7 exd6
8 ok3
g6
Also act i ve for B lac k is 8 .Ag4
9 .le2 e6 10 0-0 J.e7 1 1 h3 ( also
1 1 Ybb3 0-0 1 2 xd5 exd5= U n
z icker-G el l er, Goteborg 1 955 ) J.h5
1 2 h5 ( 1 2 t;-b 3 0-0 1 3 4::i xd '5 exd 5
1 4 ile3 f5 1 5 acl f4 = + Te sch n e r
Ta i , R iga '1 959 ) ikt8 1 3 4e5 ,lxe2
1 4 he2=

.lc4

41x c3

1 0 bxc3
J!tg 7
0 -0=
1 1 0-0
Harlamov- F urma n , US SR 1 965. '
1 1 :C

8 .tb5
8 c3 d oes not wo rk out
as we l l as 1 1 : A e.g. 8 .. . x c 3 9 b x
c3 d xe5 1 0 l;) x e 5 l;)xe5 1 1 d xe5
e7 1 2 3 0-0 1 3 d l Ybc7 1 4
Ad6 .lixd 6 1 5 exd6 Yhc6 1 6 c4 dB
1 7 a3 e5+ Padevsky-Ta i m anov ,
Now

Moscow 1 956 .

from d i agram 62

7 '4tb3
7 .tb5 e . g . -Ja5 8 3
-tixc3 9 Ax c6 b x c6 10 bxc3 Ae6 1 1
Ad 2 *d 5 1 2 exd6 e x d 6 1 3 "i'c2
J,ie7 1 4 iie3 0-0 -=+ Reid-O ' Kel ly,
D u b l i n 1 956.
7 ...
e6 (66)
Also 7 dxe5 ! ? i nduces simplifiI nferior is

..

61

c3

JsJ7

10 bxc3
1 1 txc:6
12 xeS
Minev-Najdorf, Amsterdam

1 954 .

1 2: EAR LY D E V I AT I ONS, F R E NC H S E T-UP

1 e4
c5
2 c3
Now consid ered are ea rly deviat
ions from the p r: v i o us main ideas.
f6
2 ...
1 2:A
e6
2
12:B
1 2:C
2
g6
d6
2
1 2:0
After 2 b6 3 d4 .lb7 4 .ld3 t h e
situation h a s tran sposed i nto a
variation of the Queen 's F ianchetto
Defence ( 1 e4 b6 2 -d4 etc. ) where
W h ite usual l y has at least sl ightl y
better chances; e.g.
A ) 4 e6 5 4Jf3 4Je7 6 bd2 += (6
0-0 g6 7 Ag 5 Jle7 8 Jlxe7 '?ll x e7 9
Et e 1 = F l orian-Haag, G y u l a 1 965) .
B ) 4 f6 5 d2 += ( 5 '?lle 2 cxd4
6 cxd4 c6 7 f3 b4 8 c3 x
d3 9 '?ll x d3e6 1 0 0-0 Jlb4 1 1 e5 4Jd 5
1 2 Ag 5 Jle7 1 3 Jlxe7 't'txe7= 1 4 d 2
0-0 1 5 f4 f6 1 6 ce4 fxe5 1 7 fxe5
Etf4 1 8 d6 6 1 9 g3 Et x f 1 20
Etxf1 Et f8 1' , 33 Chandl er-Speel m an ,
British Ch 1 977 ) .

E.C.O.

3
5
4 4f3
After 4 .lc4 4b6 5 .lb3 d5
chances are equal , besides at best
it transposes i nto p revious co nsider
at ions, viz. 5 . . . c6 6 d4 cxd4 7 ex
d4 d 6 8 f3 d xe5 9 xe5 4Jxe5 1 0
d x e5 flxd 1 1 1 Jlxd 1 =
4
cs
5 a3 ! ? (67) H e idenfeld

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

1 2: A from d i ag ram 1

f6
2
3 e5
U nclear is 3 Jd3 (3 d3 ! ? 8 d2 )
c& 4 f3 c4 ! 5 2 d 5 6 e5 ( 6 ex
d5?! '?ll x d5 =+) 7 7 '?lle 2 e6o:
...

5
g6
F ianchettoi ng on th e k i ngside is
...

prob a b l y B lac k 's most active met

hod though so und enough are :
A ) 5 e6 e .g. 6 g3 Jle7 7 Ag2 0-0 8
0-0 b6 9 c4 .ld b4 1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1
4Jxd4 .i.ib7= Wade-Pach man , B uei:10s
A i res 1 9 60 .
B ) 5 .d6 e . g .
B 1 ) 6 .lb 5 Bd 7 7 exd 6 exd 6 8 d4
...

..

62

cxd4 9 4Jxd4 !J.e7 1 0 0 -0 0-0 1 1

4J{5 !J.x f5 1 2 *x d 5 fu36 1 3 f3 d 5
1 4 4Jc2 *b6= H e idenfe l d - U n z ic ker,

M u n ich 1 9 58.
82 ) 6 c4 ? ! 4 7 .1.ie2 ? ! 4Jf4? !
Suer-Ho rt , At hens 1 969 .
83 ) 6 exd6 .i1g4 (6 . . . e5 7 .i1b 5 .IW 6
8 0-0 0-0-= H e i d enf el d D a rga E n
schede 1 963) 7 .i1b5 *d 6 8 0-0 e 6 9
4Jc4 *c 7 1 0 4Jce5 .i1xf3 1 1 4Jxf3
.lid 6 1 2 d4 0-0 1 3 d x c5 .i1xc5 1 4
!J.d 3 <t:ie5 1 5 4Jxe5 *xe5= H eiden
fel d-Pen rose, M ad rid 1 960 .
6 g3
JsJ 7
I nterest i ng but l ess d i rect is 6...
b6 e.g. 7 !J.g2 .i1a6 3 c4 .idb4 9 0-0
7 1 0 <ib 5 El.cs 1 1 d 3 .i1b7 1 2 a3
.ia6 1 3 f4 0-0 1 4 *d 2 4Jc7 1 5
/JiJxc7 E!. x c7= Heidenfe ld-Pomar,
Mad rid 1 960.
4lic7 !
7 .lg2
Cover i ng b5 and therefore an
i m p rovement on 7 ..d6 e . g 8 exd'6
itxd 6 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 d4 c x d 4 l1 .ib5
itc5 1 2 .id b4 !'!d8 1 3 <ic6 b xc6 1 4
ita4 b8 1 6 4Jd4 .i1d 7 1 7 4Jb3 "/6'b6
1 8 ith4 !J.f5= Heidenfel d -Po rt i sch ,
Mad rid 1 960.
8 ite2
0-0
d6 =+
9 0-0
1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 .lg4 1 2 a d 1
4lie6 =+ B i sg u i er- F ischer, Stoc k h o l m _
1 962 .
-

12:8

from d iag ram 1

2

e6 (68)
d i ag ra m

1 2 : 8 1 3 d4
1 2 : 82 3 f3
So l id but passive is 3 d3 e. g
-tic6 4 f4 d 6 (4 d 5 = ) 5 .if3 .if6 6
.

. . .

68

4Jbd2 !J.e7 7 a3 0-0 8 b4 b6 9 .i1b2

J.W 7= K u raj i ca-Goved arica, Y ugo
Ch 1 977 .
1 2 : 81 from d i ag ra m 68
3 d4
d5
4 exd5
After 4 e5 the game transposes
i nto the Advanced Variation of the
F rench Defence.
exd5
4 ...
6 (69 )
5 f3
The popu lar co nt i n uat io n , though
B l ack can h o l d his own with
a l ternat i ves, e.g . :
A) 5 . a6 ! ? e.g. 6 5 (6 .l.ie3 c4 7
b3 cxb3=) "/6'b6 7 "/6'b3 ite6 8 .l.ie2
c4 9 *d 1 !J.e7 1 0 0-0 .i1x g 5 1 1 4Jxg5
*f6 1 2 .if3 .ie7 1 3 b3 cxb3 1 4 a x
b3 0-0 1 5 4Je5 "/6'd 6 1 6 4Ja3 .id7 t-t
Dvo retsky-O l afsso n , W ij k aan Zee
1 97 6 .
B) 5 ... .Ad6 and n o w :
8 1 ) 6 .lb5 4Jc6 70-0 .ige7 8 d xc5
1hc5 9 4Jbd2 0-0 1 0 4Jb3 6 1 1
.ibd4 .i1g4 1 2 "/6'a4 .i1d 7 1 3 4Jxc6
b x c6 1 4 .i1d3 .ig6 1 5 e 1 itc7 1 6
.1.ie3 c5= t , 65 Jam ieso n - K u p reichi k,
W i j k aan Zee 1 97 7 .
B2 ) 6 d xc5 .ll.x c5 7 Ae2 <ic6 8 0-0

f5 3

e7 9 lilbd 2=o E .C . O . Padevsky

K a rpov, Sk opje 1 97 2 .

6 .lb5

Others
are :
A) 6 .le2= e.g. cxd4 7 cxd4 ! ? .ih:l6
( o r 7 . . . lf:lf6=o) 8 lf:l c3 e7 9 5 f6
( 9 , . . .Q.e6) 1 0 4 0-0 1 1 3 Ab4
1 2 0-0 !J.xc3 1 3 b x c3 Svesh n i kov
Dorfma n , USS R 1 9 7 6 , 1 3 . , .i1e6 1 4
The most agg ressive t ry .

!! e l ftd 7=o Panchenko.

B ) 6 .le c4= ( 6 ... cxd4 7 4::l xd 4

8 "1.e2 -'ld 6 += M i n ev - Ta l ,
Sarajevo 1 966 ) e.g.
B 1 ) 7 bd2 ilf5 8 i1e2 ild6 9 0-0
e7 1 0 b3 b5 1 1 a4 b4 1 2 b x c4?
b xc3 1 3 cxd 5 c2 14 c l lf:l x d 5 1 5
Ab5 !k8 1 6 lf:lc4 0-0 1 7 .ix d6 x
d 6 1 8 .ih:l2 4::lc b4 19 *a3 a6 20 Ax
a6 ? ! *x a6 21 fu< b4 lf:l x b4 22 xb4
E!b8 23 a3 J'lb l 24 E! c l l! fb8 25
1 x a l 26 fJxa l b l 2 7 *a3
"re2 0- 1 de Caro - K ush n i r , R oo se n
lf:lf6

daai 1 97 6 .

B 2 ) 7 b3 cx b 3 8 a x b 3 lf:lf6 9 i1e2
1 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 .Ag5 .Q.f5 1 2 c4

6
Ad6
7 0-0
A ) 7 dxc5 !J.x c5 8 0-0 lilge7 9 4::l b d2
a6 1 0 llxc6 bxc6 1 1 4Jb3 Ad6 1 2
ite3 0-0 1 3 Ac5 .11x c5 1 4 .lxc5 4
1 5 h3 ill1 5= t. 34 J o ksic-Maric ,
S a rajevo 1 973.
B ) 7 .le3 cxd4 8 .Q.xd4 (8 lf:lxd4
4":le7= ) .lf6 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 .'1.xf6 x f 6
1 1 '&d 5 $vesh n i kov-G ufe l d , U S S R
1 973 , 1 1 . . . .i.tf4 ! a:
4ge7
7 ...
8 dxc5
Or 8 .ebd2 0-0 9 d xc5 .l.lx c5 1 0
lf:l b 3 .ild 6 T ra n s po s i ng to col u m n
e.g. 1 1 .ibd4 .ilg4 1 2 i1e3 a 6 1 3 i1e2
Ac7 1 4 h3 .i.ic8 1 5 lf:lxc6 bxc6 1 6
Ac5 .Q.d 6 1 7 .l;i.xd6 '&xd6 1 8 E! e l
.ig6 1 9 A f l c5 20 -&d2 .i.ib7 2 1
E!ad l
t -t
E k en berg- K i n nmark ,
Sw ed i sh Ch 1 9 7 3 .
8 ...
.lxc5
9 .axl2
0-0=
e . g . 1 0 lf:lb3 .ih:l6 1 1 Ag5 fie 7 1 2
E! e 1 4 1 3 h 3 .i.1.h5 1 4 i1e2 -'\g6 1 5
41bd4 a6 1 6 M 3 '&d 7 1 7 lf:lx c6 4)x
c6 1 8 fu<g6 h x g 6 1 9 ftd3 f6 20 i1e3
ftf7 21 l:!ad l E!d8 22 g 3 Ac7
t , 57 Haman n-Wah l bom , Copen
hagen 1 977 .

1 2 : 82 from d iagram 68
3 f3

T h i s is rea l l y part of the o pen i ng

system 1 e4 c5 2
3

f&
M5

6 cxd4
7 a3t (70)

d6

4 e5
5 d4

!ld 6

tie7 1 3 3 lf:le4 1 4 !J.xe7 lf:lxe7 1 5

4:lxe4 be4 1 6 'ltd 2 41c6 1 7 ll fd l

6d6 1 8 5 .Ag6 1 9 cxd 5 lr)b4 20
11c4 r! ad 8 =+ Cosic-Ostoj ic, Yugo

slav Ch 1 977.

lf:l f3 e6 3 c3

B l ack has 3 . . . d5 see 1 2 : B 1 . o r :

d i ag r a m
64

cxd4
+=

when

9 0-0
1 0 Se1

This prepa res 8 3 where

Wh ite's k i ng b i sh op stri kes at
k i ngside. Other Wh ite
B l ack 's
moves transpose i nto p revi ou s l i nes .
1 2 : B2 . 1 7 .. J.d7
1 2 : B2.2 7 . . c6
Somewhat restrictive is 7 . . . 7? !
v i z 8 J.d 3 d xe5 9 dxe5 and now :
A) 9 . . .le7 1 0 0-0 4)c5 1 1 1.i.c2' a5
1 2 itd4 b6? ! 1 3 'ltg4 'it>f8 1 4 a.d 1
itc7 1 5 4::ic 3 4)xc3 1 6 b xc3 7 1 7
h4 h6 1 8 a.d4 a.cs 1 9 laf4 'it>gS 20
1.1.e3 Trap l -Ma l ich 1 976.
B l 9 . :c7 10 0-0 4)xe5? ! 1 1 4::i x e5
'i!he5 1 2 .Q.b5 'it>e7 1 3 la e 1 'itd6 1 4
.i.td2 f6 1 5 'ite2 'it>f7 1 6 c3 7 1 7
a.ad 1 .i.tc6 1 S 1.ic4 a6 1 9 4::i x d 5 ex
d5 20 .Q.b4 'ltd7 21 ith5 g6 22 x
d5 g7 23 .Q.xc6 itxc6 24 ith3 h 5
25 lad7 h 6 26 2 g5 27 la e6 1 -0
F ichtl -Baretic, USS R 1 975.
.

1 2 : 82.1 from diagram 70

J.d7
7
With the idea of active l y d ispos
ing the queen bishop at c6 and
deve l o p i ng the q ueen k n ig ht via d 7 ,
vi z : .
.tc6
8 J.d3
...

65

7
J.e7 (71) +=

Wh ite has sl ightly the better

chances , with more space and a
potential attack aga i n st a k i ngside
castl ed position e.g. :
A ) 1 1 .lc2 itc7 1 2 exd6 .Q.xd6 1 3
bd2 5f6 1 4 c4 0-0 1 5 fe5
!HdS 1 6 4::l xd6 itxd 6 1 7 4)xc6 'itx
c6 1 8 .Q.g5 += Vasy u k ov-Ba l ashov ,
U SS R 1 97 5 .
B ) 1 1 exd 6 .Q.xd6 1 2 4)bd2 0-0 1 3
c4 .Q.e7 1 4 fe5 a. cs i 5 .i.\.d2
.Q.b5? ! 1 6 *b3 .Q.86 1 7 .Q.85 'lteS 1 8
a.ac1 f6 ? 1 9 .Q.xh 7 ! 1 -0 R ee- La nge
weg, Amsterdam 1 97 6 , 1 9 . . .xh7
20 'ith3 g8 21 itxe6 + C ) 11 b4 a6 1 2 4)bd2 f4 1 3 .i.\.e4
dxe5 1 4 dxe5 0-0 1 5 ,g,xc6 b xc6 1 6
'itc2 6 1 7 itxc6 '<tld xe5 1 8 'ite4
a5 1 9 4::i xe5 <tixe5 20 4::l b 3 4::ld 3 =
Pi nter-Estevez , Kecskemet 1 977 .
D ) 1 1 bd2 d xe5 1 2 xe5 4::l x e5 1 3
dxe5 f4 1 4 .i.\.e4 4::ld 3 1 5 .i.txc6 b x
c 6 1 6 a.e2 0-0 1 7 4::l f 1 c5 1 8 itc2 c4
1 9 l! e4 'ltd 5 20 l! xc4 4::l x e5= t ,
Vogt-S p i rid i nov, USSR 1 9 76.
1 2 : 82.2 from d i ag ram 70
7 ...

8 Ad3 (72 )

20 e5 m ate O k hotn i k -M u kh i n ,
USSR 1 97 6 .
B ) 1 1 cB 1 2 Ae4 0-0 1 3 'tt d 3 h6
14 Ad2 *b 6 1 5 Axd 5 exd 5 1 6 c3
iie6 1 7 xd 5 E!.cd8 1 8 xe7 xe7
1 9 'tte3 'tt x e3 20 Axe3 c6 21 h3
l:ld5 22 Ad2 .fd8 23 Ac3 a5 24
laac1 b5 22 Ad2 += B ronstein
Hartston 1 97 5 .
...

1 2 : C from d iagram 1
h7
8
A ) 8 . ...-a 5? ! 9 Jd2 ! e.g. 'tt b 6 1 0
c3 xc3 ( 1 O d4 1 1 5 exd 5
1 2 d4 'ttd 4 1 3 Ac3 ) 1 1 . Ac3 d xe5
12 dxe5 .!td 7 1 3 0-0 h6 Vel i m irovic
Sax , Amsterdam 1 9 76, 14 d 2 !
B ) 8 dxe5 9 dxe5 += e.g.
8 1 ) 9 .le7 1 0 0-0 g 5 1 1 'tta4 h 5 1 2
i::! J 1 Ad 7 1 3 'tte4 'ttc 7 1 4 Axg5
g5 1 5 xg5 'ttx e5 1 6 'tt x e5 xe5
17 f6 18 c3 xe4 19 {kxe4
Ac6a: K.ristensen-H . O lafsson , G ron
ingen 1 9 77 .
82 ) 9 . ...-c7 1 0 0-0 g6 1 1 ii04 ce7
1 2 Ad2 7 1 3 c3 .!td7 1 4 l:!. c 1
xc3 1 5 Axc3 Ac6 1 6 ilil 4 l:!. d 8 1 7
Ad6 'ttd 6 1 8 hc6 xc6 1 9 'tta 4
l:!.d7 20 b4 a6 21 l:!.fd 1 1ih 6 22 E!.c3
Af8 23 4 += 1 -0 , 45 C i oca l tea
Vaisman , R uman ian Ch 1 9 7 5 .
9 0-0
0-0
dxe5
1 0 e1
+=
1 1 dxe5
Wh ite h as the better chan ces
with postenial attac k i n g chan ces
agai nst B lack's k i ng position , e.g . :
A ) 1 1 . .ld 7 1 2 'ttc2 h 6 1 3 'tte 2 l:!.c8
14 Ad2 a5? 1 5 Axh 6 ! gxh6 1 6
'tte4 f5 1 7 exf6 l:lxf6 ( 1 7 . . .xf6 1 8
6 i&>h8 1 9 'tt x h6 g8 20 'ttg 6 lflh8
21 l:!.e5) 1 8 'tt h 7 f8 19 'tth 8 f7
...

..

. . .

...

...

66

2
g6
3 d4
After 3 f3 7 4 d4 the game
has transposed i nto a variation of
the Accelerated fianchetto .
3
cxd4
Clearer than 3 . J.g7 4 dxc5 6
5 -'ie3 'ttc 7 6 a6 b xa6 7 Ad4 -tif6
8 f3 l:lb8 9 'ttd 2 0-0 1 0 -tie2 1ld8 1 1
0-0 e5 1 2 Ae3 Af8a: Stei n-Nei ,
U SS R 1 960.
4 cxd4
d5
Tending to tra nspose to the
col u m n is 4 ... J.g7 5 f3 d5 6 e5
J.g4= e.g . :
A ) 7 itb3 'ltd 7 8 Ae2 -tic6 9 lte3
h6 1 0 bd2 f5 1 1 h3 xe3 1 2
fxe3 f3 1 3 Axf3 l3.d 8 1 4 0-0 0-0
1 5 4 -ttc 7 1 6 l3.ac 1 'if.'h 8 1 7 :tc5
a6= Buljovcic-Gasic, Sa rajevo 1 973 .
B ) 7 hd2 'tt b 6 8 Ae2 -tic6 9 0-0
-tih6 1 0 b3 0-0 1 1 h3 hf3 1 2 -tixf3
f5 1 3 ilil2 f6 1 4 g4 -tih 6, 1 5 *d2
fxe5 1 6 -tixe5 -tixe5 1 7 dxe5 +=
Bogdanovic-K rpo , Sarajevo 1 73.
W
5 e5
6 c3
q7
7 h2
+= E.C.0.
...

...

..

12:0

from d iag ram 1

2 ...

d&

f6
3 d4
The a l te rnative 3 ..d7 is so me
what passive for B lack giving
Wh ite chances to ga i n a strong
spatial advantage 4 f4 e .g. :
A) 4 ...cxd4 5 cxd4 d5 6 e5 b8 7
4:lc3 4:lc6 8 f3 .!lll 4 9 e3 e6 1 0
h 3 hf3 11 'txf3 g6 1 2 3 h 5 1 3
g3 'tb6 1 4 0-0 h6 1 5 a4 +=
Bjelajac- K u raji ca , Yugo Ch 1 977 .
8) 4 .. e6 5 f3 'tc7 6 3 g6 7 0-0
Jb;J7 8 a3 a6 9 3 e7 1 0 b4 0-0
...

67

1 1 b xc5 dxc5 1 2 c4 b5 1 3 ce5

H e idenfeld -van Schelti nga , E nschede
1 963 .
4 .ld3
Or 4 d xc5 c6 5 -'\c4 e5 6 5
7 7 .i.lxd 7 itxd 7 8 f3 xf3 9
"?txf3 dxc5 1 0 0-0 itc6= Maric.Ud<J-'
cic , Yugo C h 1 953.
4
g6
5 f4
Jsj7
Transpos i ng to a variation of th e
Modern Defence.
...

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Perl is v Tartak over
Alek h i n e v Podgo rny
Svesh n i kov v Pao l i
B u l jovcic v O l afsson
Z u ravlev v Ha ntad ze
K icovic- Forintos
N u n v W itkows k i
Maciejews k i v Ma rkland
U b i l ava v Zaich i k
Kozo mara v Damjanovic
Lasker v Bernstei n
Ph i l l i ps v Abramovic
Svesh n i k ov v Ste i n
Vorotn i kov v Tol one,
de Ca ro v Belavenetz
Dvorets ky v Pol ugaevsky
Merd i n i a n v Com mons
Pri by l v Ta rjan
Radovic i v Svesh n i kov
M i l es v Sax
K u rajica v B rowne
Maciejews k i v Pietrusia k
Kozomara v R aba r
K l emencic v K i rov
Hort v H artston
Ka rasev v Tseitl i n
K l emencic v P l achet ka
Jamieso n v van de V l iet
6S

Pribyl v Malich
B ronstei n v Hort
Vorotnikov v G utman
Carbarkapa v Suradiradja
R egan v Fe uerste in
l zvozchkov v Kirpichni kov
G onsior v Witkowski
Sveshnikov v K rogius
Sveshnikov v Rashkovsky
Bari e v Jansa
Dom inguez v Bernard
Lemachkov v Merdinian
Markland v Klundt
Dvoretsky v Olafsson
de Caro v K ushn i r
Ekenberg v K inn mark
F ichtl v Ba retic

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T h e va r i a t i o n o f t h e S i c i l i a n w i-t h

2 c3 h a s beco m e

i n c re a s i n u l y i m p o r t a n t o v e r r e c e n t y e a rs

it n o t o n l y

av o i cJ s t h e rn a i n b o d y o f t h e o ry i n t h i s m u c h a n a l y sed

a n d very c o m p l e x de f e n ce b u t i t a l so g i ves d i f f e r e n t
ty pes o f p o s i t i o n s f r o m t h ose to be f o u n d i n t h e m a i n

I i_n e s .
In

t h i s v a r i a t i o n W h i te

a i m s as a r u l e f o r a l a rge

:: e n t re a n d s t r i v es f o r t h e i n i t i a t i ve b y

m o re

p os i t i o n a l

r ne a n s .

T h e b o o k a l so i n c l u d es t h e M o r ra G a rn b i t d e c l i n P.d
as

th is o f t e n t r a n s p oses in to t h e

t h e va r i a t i o n
i ts own r i gh t
The

N f3

eG 3 c3

a re

Max

2 c3 I i n e

and a l 0

w h i c h i s i rn p o r t a n t i n

au t h o rs

F u l l er ,

n a t i on a l w h o reg u l a r ly e m p l o y s
P i c k e t t , a u t h o r o f a n u m ber o f

A u s t ra l j a n

i n te r -

t h e 2 c3 l i n e a nd Len

th eore t i c a l

b o o k s . ..