Copyrighted Material james pastesCopyrighted Material First published in 2002 by Everyman Publishers ple, formerly Cadogan Books ple, Gloucester Mansions, 140A Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8HD Copyright © 2002 James Plaskett The right of James Plaskett to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN | 85744 2598 Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box 480, 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480. All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, Gloucester Mansions, 140A Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8HD 39 7600. fax: 020 7379 4060 chess@everymanbooks.com ie: www.everymanbooks.com EVERYMAN CHESS SERIES (formerly Cadogan Chess) Chief advisor: Garry Kasparov Commissioning editor: Byron Jacobs Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton. Production by Book Production Services. Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd., Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Copyrighted MaterialCopyrighted Material CONTENTS Introduction 5 Test 1 7 Test 2 iS Test 3 23 Test 4 31 Test 5 39 Test 6 47 Test 7 5S Test 8 63 Test 9 7 Test 10 79 Test 11 7 Test 12 95 Ask a Grandmaster 103 Solutions and Points 14 Copyrighted Material