Sicilian Defence Alapin Variation SI 47.

3 (B22)

New Ideas in the Alapin

by Sergey Tiviakov

1. e4 c5 The present author is one of

2. c3 Àf6 those players who like get away
3. e5 Àd5 from the well-known theoretical
4. Àf3 Àc6 paths. But the aim should be not
5. Ãc4 Àb6 only to move away from the the-
6. Ãb3 ory, but also to reach complex
positions in which White has
good prospects of an advantage.
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then, Black has found several

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It is not so easy to play with
White against the Sicilian De-
fence. There is too much theory
nowadays, especially in the
Najdorf and the Sveshnikov sys-
tems. One has to work long
hours to study all the recent
games and analyse the critical
positions. And even if you know
everything, there is no guarantee
that you get an advantage in
those systems with White.
This is why more and more play-
ers are looking for possibilities
to avoid heavily theoretical posi-
tions and returning to the ‘good
old days’ without computers,
when chess was still chess and
the understanding of the game
was much more important than
the knowledge of modern theory.
Let’s not forget that chess is a
game, not a memory contest!
ways to get comfortable posi-
tions. Now I would like to attract
your attention to another move:
2.c3, which was introduced into
modern practice by Evgeny
Sveshnikov. This is the aim of
the present Survey!
I started playing 2.c3 as long ago
as 1989, still only occasionally at
that time. Now, in 2005, I play it
in almost every Sicilian game.
And not without success, as I
have won almost all my games
with it – an Elo-performance of
around 3000! See the supple-
mentary games! Even at the re-
cent 6th European Individual
Championship, 2.c3 yielded me
three out of my total of four wins.
Only Radjabov managed to
draw!
Other Replies
Black has several possibilities in
reaction to 2.c3. Although I meet
2.c3 with 2...d5 myself, the
strongest move is 2...Àf6. After
all other replies; 2...d5
NEW IN CHESS
Sergey Tiviakov
(Tiviakov-Espig), 2...d6 (Tivi-
akov-Cao Sang) or 2...e6, White
has a comfortable plus. White’s
play is simple and easy to under-
stand.
After 2.c3 Àf6 3.e5 Àd5, I think
4.Àf3 or 4.Ãc4 are the most in-
teresting moves! It is not advis-
able to play 4.d4 immediately,
since it limits White’s possibili-
ties. 4.Àf3 is the most common
continuation. After 4...Àc6
(4...e6 and 4...d6 are worse)
5.Ãc4 Àb6 6.Ãb3 (6.Ãe2
promises no advantage at all),
Black must choose between two
different approaches: 6...c4 or
6...d6/d5.
Sharp and Complex
If Black plays 6...c4, he must be
ready for the extremely sharp
and complex positions arising
after 7.Ãc2 ©c7 8.©e2 g5 9.h3

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Ãg7 10.0-0 Àe5 11.Àg5 (see
my game against Radjabov),
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when both sides have lots of dif-
ferent possibilities to choose
from. But it is White who has the
initiative and Black has to defend
accurately in order not to find
himself in a difficult position im-
mediately. I have already played
many games that confirm this as-
sertion.
Beside 9.h3, White can choose
another approach: 9.e6, which
almost forcibly leads to an end-
ing that is very complex and dif-
ficult to understand, too. If Black
doesn’t exchange queens, he can
lose very quickly, as in the game
Tiviakov-Czarnota. This sharp
endgame occurred in my games
against Van Wely and Ranola.
Other replies
2.c3
Tiviakov,Sergey
Espig,Lutz
Bad Wörishofen 2005 (4)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 ©d5 4.d4 e6
5.Àf3 Àf6 6.Àa3 ©d8 7.Àc2 Àc6
8.Ãd3 Ãe7 9.0-0 0-0 10.©e2 b6?!
11.dc5!? bc5 [11...Ãc5 12.Ãg5 Ãb7
13.Õad1 ©c7 14.Ãf6 gf6 15.©e4 f5
16.©h4å] 12.Ãf4 ©b6 13.Àa3 Àa5
14.Àe5 Ãb7 15.Ãg5 Õad8
16.Õad1 Ãa8 17.Õfe1 Àc6
18.Àac4 ©b7 19.Àc6 ©c6 20.f3
©c7 21.©e5 ©e5 22.Àe5 Õd5
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Black can probably reach an
equal position. But even then he
has a hard life if he doesn’t know
what to do. The sample games il-
lustrate Black’s difficulties.
Even Harder
If Black chooses 6...d6/d5 7.ed6
©d6, then after 8.Àa3 the game
takes less sharp twists than in the
previous line. But here, it is even
harder for Black to get a reason-
able position. My games from
Gausdal against Carlsen and
Külaots are quite illustrative.
An Extra Possibility
Beside 4.Àf3, White has a very
interesting possibility, which I
discovered right before my game
against Neverov: 4.Ãc4.
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23.Ãc4 Õd1 24.Õd1 Õd8 25.Õd8
Ãd8 26.Àd3 Ãb6 27.Ãe3 Àd7
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28.Ãb5!? c4í 29.®f2 cd3 30.Ãd7
d2 31.Ãa4 Ãd5 32.Ãb6 ab6 33.a3
The idea of 4.Ãc4 is that White
does not yet decide where to put
his g1 knight, saving time and
forcing Black to decide on the
position of his d5 knight. If
Black plays 4...Àb6, the game
can transpose to the main lines
after 4.Àf3. If Black plays 4...e6,
like Neverov, then he must be
ready to play with an isolated
pawn, as happened in our game.
The extra possibility of 4.Ãc4 is
a good indication of White’s
many resources and of the com-
plexity of the position. You can
just play anything in the Sicilian
on move 4 and still fight for an
advantage!
Conclusion
I hope to have convinced the
reader of the advantages of the
move 2.c3. White’s chances of
an advantage are much higher
than after 2.Àf3 and there is
much space for improvement on
both sides for years to come!!!
Personally, I will stick to 2.c3.
You can expect more of my
games with this move in the
coming months. After all, the Si-
cilian is still the most popular de-
fence against 1.e4.
e5 34.®e3 ®f8 35.Ãc2 f5 36.®d2
g6 37.h4 ®e7 38.Ãd3 ®f6 39.c4
Ãc6 40.b4 h6 41.b5 Ãb7 42.a4
®e7 43.c5 bc5 44.a5 ®d6 45.Ãc4
Ãc8 46.b6 ®c6 47.®d3 g5 48.h5
1-0
Tiviakov,Sergey
Cao Sang
Warsaw Ech 2005 (9)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Àf6 4.Ãd3 g6
5.dc5! dc5 6.e5 Àd5 [6...c4?! 7.©a4
Ãd7 8.©c4å Àg4 9.f4 e6 10.Ãe4 ©b6
11.©e2 Ãc5 12.Àh3 h5 13.Àd2 Ãb5
14.©f3 Àe3 15.b4ê Tiviakov-Odendahl,
Vlissingen 2004] 7.Ãe4 Àc7 8.©d8

®d8 9.Ãe3 [9.Àa3!?; 9.f4] 9...Àd7
[9...Àe6 10.f4 (10.Àa3 ®c7 (10...Àc6
11.0-0-0 ®c7 12.Àc4 b6 13.f4 Ãa6
14.Àa3 Ãh6 15.g3 Õad8 16.Àf3 f6 17.ef6
ef6 18.Õd8 Õd8 19.Õd1= S.Erenburg-
Gerzhoy, Ashdod 2003) 11.Àb5 ®b6 12.a4
Ãd7 13.c4?! (13.b4å) 13...Àc6 14.Àf3
Ãg7 15.Àc3 Àe5 16.Àd5 ®a6 17.Àe5
Ãe5 18.f4 f5? (18...Ãb2!) 19.fe5 fe4 20.0-0
(20.a5å) 20...Õhf8? (20...b6 21.Õf7å;
20...Ãc6 21.Àe7 Õhf8) 21.Õfd1? (21.Õf8
Õf8 22.a5ê) 21...Õad8? (21...Ãc6
22.Àe7 Õad8 23.Àd5Ç) 22.a5ê
Sermek-Cebalo, Maribor 1994; 10.Àd2 ®c7
11.f4 Ãd7 12.Àe2 Ãc6 (Moskalenko-
B.Savchenko, Kazan 2003) 13.h4å)
10...®c7 11.Àf3 Ãd7 12.Àbd2 Ãc6 13.h4
h5 14.0-0-0 (14.Àg5 Àg5 15.hg5 b6
16.b4å) 14...Ãh6 15.g3 Àd7 16.Ãc6 ®c6
17.Àe4 Àb6Ç 18.Àc5?! Àc5 19.Àd4
®c7 20.Àb5 ®c6 21.Àd4 ®c7 22.Àb5
½-½ Schukin-Solovjov, St Petersburg 2001]
10.f4 [10.Àf3 f5 11.ef6 ef6 12.Àa3 f5
13.Ãc2 b5 (13...Àd5å) 14.0-0-0ê a6
15.Õhe1 Àe6 16.Ãb3 c4 17.Àg5 ®e7
18.Àe6 cb3 19.Ãd4 1-0 Salai-Demeter,
Nove Zamky 1999] 10...f6 [10...Ãh6
11.Àf3 f6 12.®e2 Àe6 (12...Õb8 13.Õd1
®e8 (Mart-E.Gross, Haifa/Tel Aviv 1971)
14.Àbd2å) 13.g3Ç fe5 14.fe5 Ãg7
15.Àbd2 Ãe5 16.Õad1 Ãd6 17.Àc4
®c7= A.Huber-M.Bauer, Germany Bundes-
liga B 1998/99; 10...Õb8 11.Àf3 b6
12.Àbd2 Ãb7 13.0-0-0 Àd5 14.Õhe1å
Georgiadis-Kuzubov, Denizli jr 2003]
11.Àd2 Ãh6 12.ef6 ef6 13.®f2 Àe6
14.g3 f5 15.Ãg2 Àf6 16.h3Ç Ãd7?
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17.Àb3å [c5<, b7<] 17...Àe4 18.Ãe4
fe4 19.Àc5 Àc5 20.Ãc5 Ãc6
21.Ãe3 ®c7 22.Àe2 Õhe8
23.Õhd1 Õad8 24.h4 Ãd7?!
25.Ãd4!ê Ãg4 26.Ãe5 ®c8
27.Õd8 Õd8 28.Àd4 Ãf8 29.®e3
Ãf5 30.h5 Ãc5 31.hg6 hg6 32.Õg1
a5 33.b3 a4 34.ba4 Ãe6 35.Õg2
Ãd5 36.Õh2 Ãc6 37.a5 Ãd4
38.Ãd4 Õd5 39.Õh8 ®d7 40.Õg8
Õa5 41.Õg6 Õa2 42.f5 Õa1 43.®f4
Õf1 44.®e5 Ãa4 45.g4 Ãc2
46.Õd6 ®e8 47.®f6 Õf3 48.Ãb6
Õd3 49.Õd3 ed3 50.Ãe3 ®f8 51.g5
®g8 52.g6 b5 53.®g5 1-0
Sharp and complex
6.Ãb3 c4
Tiviakov,Sergey
Radjabov,Teimour
Warsaw Ech 2005 (7)
1.e4 c5 2.Àf3 Àc6 3.c3 Àf6 4.e5
Àd5 5.Ãc4 Àb6 6.Ãb3 c4 7.Ãc2
©c7 8.©e2 g5 9.h3 Ãg7 10.0-0
Àe5 11.Àg5 d5 12.a4 Ãd7 13.a5
[13.Õe1 e6 14.a5 Àc8 15.d4 cd3 16.Ãd3
h6 17.Àf3 Àd3 18.©d3 Àe7 19.a6 b6
20.Àa3 0-0 21.Àb5 ©b8 (21...Ãb5
22.©b5 e5 23.©b4 e4 24.Àd4 Õad8
25.Ãe3Ç Pavasovic-A.Fedorov, Calvia ol
2004) 22.Àh4 (22.Ãe3Ç) 22...e5
23.Àd4?! Maliush-A.Fedorov, Minsk 2005
(23.Ãf4=) 23...ed4! 24.Õe7 ©d8 25.Õd7
©d7 26.Àf5 dc3 27.Àg7 ®g7 28.©c3
®h7 29.©d3 f5ç] 13...Àc8
14.Àf3!?N [14.d4 cd3 15.Ãd3 Àd6
16.Õe1 0-0-0 17.Ãe3 ®b8 18.Àd2 h6
19.Àgf3 Àf3 (¿ 19...Àd3 20.©d3 e6=)
20.©f3 (Pavasovic-A.Fedorov, Rabac 2004)
20...Ãc6Ç] 14...Àg6 15.d4 cd3
16.©d3 e6 17.Õe1 Àce7 18.a6 e5
19.ab7 ©b7 20.©a6 ©c7 21.©a5
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21...©b7 [22.c4!? (22.Ãg6 Àg6
23.Àe5 Àe5 (23...Ãe5 24.f4 Õg8º)
24.f4 0-0 25.fe5 Õfe8º) 22...dc4 (22...e4
Survey SI 47.3
23.cd5 ef3 24.d6 fg2 25.de7Ç) 23.Àe5
(23.Ãg6 Àg6 (23...hg6 24.Àe5 Õh5º)
24.Àe5 Àe5 25.Õe5 Ãe6º) 23...Àe5
24.Õe5 Ãe5 25.©e5 Õg8 26.Ãe4 Ãc6
27.Àc3 f5 28.Àb5 Õg6 29.©h8 ®d7
30.©d4=; 21...©a5 22.Õa5 e4 23.Àd4
Õg8º] ½-½
Tiviakov,Sergey
Czarnota,Pawel
Warsaw Ech 2005 (2)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Àf6 3.e5 Àd5 4.Àf3
Àc6 5.Ãc4 Àb6 6.Ãb3 c4 7.Ãc2
©c7 8.©e2 g5 9.e6 de6 10.Àg5
h6N 11.Àe4 [11.Àf3!?] 11...Ãd7
[11...Àe5!?] 12.Àa3 0-0-0 [12...Àe5!?]
13.b3 [13.Àc4 Àd4 14.Àb6 (14.cd4
©c4¤) 14...ab6 15.cd4 ©c2¤] 13...Àe5
14.bc4 Àec4 15.d4 [15.Àc4!?]
15...Õg8 [15...Àa3 16.Ãa3Ç] 16.Àc4
Àc4 [16...©c4 17.Ãd3Ç] 17.0-0 Ãc6
18.Ãd3 [18.©c4?? Õg2î] 18...Ãd5
19.Õb1Ç f5?! [19...e5!?] 20.Àg3å
®d7?? [20...©c6 £ 21.Õb4 b5]
21.Õb5 Àd6 22.Õc5 1-0
Tiviakov,Sergey
Van Wely,Loek
Enschede pff 2005 2005 (1)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Àf6 3.e5 Àd5 4.Àf3
Àc6 5.Ãc4 Àb6 6.Ãb3 c4 7.Ãc2
©c7 8.©e2 g5 9.e6 de6 10.Àg5
©e5 11.d4 cd3 12.Ãd3 ©e2
13.Ãe2
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13...h6 14.Àe4 e5 [14...Ãg7 15.0-0 e5
16.Àg3 0-0 17.Àh5 f5 18.Àd2 Ãe6
19.Õe1Ç Sveshnikov-Trofimov, Cheliabinsk
2004; 14...Õg8 15.Àa3 a6 16.0-0 e5
17.Õd1 Ãh3 18.g3 Àd7 19.Àc4Ç
M.Markovic-Damljanovic, Petrovac tt 2004;
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14...f5!?N 15.Ãh5 (15.Àg3) 15...®d8
16.Àc5 e5! 17.Ãf7?! e6 18.Àe6?
(18.Àb3) 18...®e7 19.Àc7 ®f7 20.Àa8
Àa8î G.Jones-Nataf, Warsaw Ech 2005]
15.Àg3 [15.0-0 Ãf5 16.Àg3 (16.Àbd2
Ãg6 17.a4 Àd7 18.f3 f5 19.Àf2 Ãg7
20.a5Ç Morozevich-Lautier, Cannes 2002)
16...Ãg6 17.Àd2 (17.Õe1 0-0-0 18.f4?
e6ç Genocchio-Piscopo, Italy 1998)
17...0-0-0 18.Àc4 Àd5 19.Õe1 h5 20.Ãf3
(20.h4 Adams-Svidler, Groningen 1997 –
YB/57-65) 20...Ãg7 21.a4 e6 22.Àe4 ®c7
23.Ãg5 f6 24.Ãh4 Àce7 25.Àc5 Ãf7
26.Õad1?! Àg6 (Genocchio-Van den Doel,
Saint Vincent 1998) 27.Õe4â; 15.Àa3 f5
(15...Ãf5 Rozentalis-Hellers, Aarhus 1997 –
YB/57-65) 16.Àg3 (16.Ãh5 Ponomariov-
Van Wely, Biel 2000 – YB/57-63) 16...e6
17.Àc2 (17.Àb5 ®d8 18.0-0 a6 19.Õd1
Ãd7 20.Àd6 ®c7 21.Àc4 Àc4 22.Ãc4=
S.Zhigalko-Maatoug, Oropesa del Mar jr
2001 (9)) 17...®d8 18.f4?! (18.0-0Ç)
18...e4?! (18...ef4 19.Ãf4 e5 20.0-0-0 ®c7
21.Ãd2 Ãe6 â) 19.Ãd2 ®c7 20.0-0-0
Õg8 21.Õhg1 Àd5 22.Õgf1 a5 23.a4 Ãc5
24.®b1 Ãd7 25.c4 Àdb4 26.Àa3??
Àd4î 27.Ãc3 Àe2 28.Ãe5 ®c8
29.Àe2 Ãa4 30.Õd2 e3 0-1 S.Zhigalko-
Nakamura, Oropesa del Mar jr 2001 (3)]
15...e6!N [15...Ãe6 16.0-0 0-0-0 17.Õe1
f6 18.Àd2 Àd5 19.Àdf1 Ãf7 20.Ãh5
Ãh5 21.Àh5 f5 22.Àe3 Àe3 23.Ãe3
Õg8= S.Zhigalko-Potapov, Kirishi 2004]
16.0-0 f5 17.Õd1 Ãd7 18.Àh5 Ãe7
19.Àd2 Õd8 20.Àc4 Àc4 21.Ãc4
®f7= 22.Ãd2 Àa5 23.Ãe2 b5
24.b3 Àb7 25.f4 Ãc5 26.®f1 e4
27.Ãe1 a5 28.Ãh4 Ãe7 29.Ãe7
®e7 30.g4Ç Ãc6 31.gf5 ef5 32.®f2
Àc5 33.®e3 Àe6 34.Àg3 Àg7
35.c4 bc4 36.Ãc4 Õd1 37.Õd1 Õc8
38.Õg1 ®f6 39.Àe2 a4 40.Àc3 ab3
41.ab3 Õa8 42.Õg2 Õa1 43.Õa2
Õa2 44.Àa2 Ãd7 45.Ãe2 Ãe6
46.Ãd1 Ãf7 47.Àc3 ®e7 48.b4
®d6 49.Àb5 ®c6 50.Ãa4 Ãe6
51.®d4 ®b6 52.Àd6 ®c7 53.®e5
Ãd7 54.Ãd1 ®d8 55.Ãe2 ®c7
56.Àb5 Ãb5 57.Ãb5 ®d8 58.h4
®e7 59.Ãc4 Àe8 60.Ãe2 Àf6
61.b5 e3 62.®f5 Àd5 63.®e4 ®d6
64.Ãf1 ®e6 65.f5 ®d6 66.®d4
Àe7 67.®e4 Àd5 68.Ãd3 Àc3
69.®f3 Àd5 70.Ãc4 Àf6 71.®e3
®c5 72.Ãe2 Àd5 73.®e4 Àc3
74.®e5 1-0
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Ranola,Yves
Lodi 2005 (4)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Àf6 3.e5 Àd5 4.Àf3
Àc6 5.Ãc4 Àb6 6.Ãb3 c4 7.Ãc2
©c7 8.©e2 g5 9.e6 de6 10.Àg5
©e5 11.d4 cd3 12.Ãd3 ©e2
13.Ãe2 Ãg7 [13...e5 14.Ãh5 Àd8 15.f4
ef4 16.Ãf4 Ãg7 17.Àa3 h6 18.Àe4 Àe6
19.Ãd2 0-0 20.0-0 f5 21.Àg3 Àc5 22.b4
Àca4 23.Õac1 Ãd7 24.Ãf3 Õac8 25.Ãb7
Õc7 26.Ãa6 Àc3 27.Àh5?! Ãd4! 28.®h1
Àbd5 29.Ãh6 Õc6! 30.Ãf8 Õa6 31.Àc2
Ãh8 32.Ãe7 Àe7 33.a3 Ãb5 34.Õf3
Ãe2 35.Õe3 Àed5 36.Õe8 ®h7 37.Àg3
Ãb5 38.Õf8 f4 39.Àf5 Àe2?! (39...Ãd3ç)
40.Õd1 Õc6? 41.Õd5 Õc2 42.Õc5 Ãc3?
(42...Ãd3!ç) 43.h4!å a6 44.h5 Àg3
45.®h2 Àf5 46.Õff5 Ãf1? 47.Õc7 ®h6
48.Õc6 ®h7 49.Õf7 ®g8 50.Õf4 (50.Õd7!
Õg2 51.®h1 Ãg7 52.Õc1ê) 50...Ãe5
(50...Ãd3 51.®h3) 51.Õc2 Ãf4 52.®h3
Ãb5 53.g4 ®g7 54.®h4 ®h6 55.Õc5 1-0
Tiviakov-Nijboer, Leeuwarden ch-NED 2004]
14.0-0 0-0 15.Àd2 e5 16.Àc4 Àd7
17.Õd1 h6 18.Àf3 e4 19.Àfd2 Àc5
20.Àb3 Àb3 21.ab3 Ãe6 22.Ãe3
Õfd8 23.b4Ç Õdc8 24.Àd2 f5 25.f3
ef3 26.Ãf3 a6 27.Ãc5 Ãf7 28.Ãc6
Õc6 29.Ãe7 Õe8 30.Õe1 Õe6
31.Õe6 Ãe6 32.Ãh4 Ãd5 33.Õe1
Õe1 34.Ãe1 b5 35.Ãg3 ®f7 36.®f2
®e6 37.Àf1 Ãf6 38.Ãf4 h5 39.Àd2
Ãd8 40.g3 Ãe4 41.Àe4 fe4 42.h3
®f5 43.b3 Ãf6 44.Ãd2 Ãe5 45.c4
Ãd4 46.®g2 e3 47.Ãe1 ®e4 48.c5
e2 49.g4 hg4 50.hg4 ®f4 51.®h3
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Carlsen,Magnus
Gausdal 2005 (1)
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Külaots,Kaido
Gausdal 2005 (9)
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2004) 13...e6 14.Àfe1 Õd7 15.Àf3 Õd3
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Castano,Duvan Martin
Neiva 2005 (1)
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Neverov,Valery
Warsaw Ech 2005 (5)
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58.Ãd6 ®e6 59.Ãa3 Õg8 60.Õg8
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Tiviakov,Sergey
Parligras,Mircea
Solsona 2005 (8)
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