GEYMES! Understanding ie LeningradUnderstanding the Leningrad Dutch Valeri Beim Translated by Laurence Webb GAMBHTFirst plished in the UK by Gambit Publications Fd 2002 Copyright © Vales Beim 2002 [English translation copyright © Laurence Webb 2002 ‘The rght of Vales Beim tobe identified as he author ofthis work has been a= serted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Allright reserve. This book is sold subject the condition that it shall nt, by ‘way of trade of otherwise, be lent, rol, hed out or others ict in {ny Sormof binding orcoverlberthan that in which its pablised and without a ‘Similar condition including this condition hein imposed on the subsequent pr chaser ‘A copy of the British Library Cataloguing in Publication datas avila fom the Bitsh Library. 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This i something Take for granted, oa the Ros- sian saying goes “habit is second nature’, as after nearly thirty years’ experience ssachesstraner the habitof instilling useful chess skis has become almost are- flex wih me! Moreover, am sure that being familar with the principles of how to do something is more important than knowing what todo in a given conerete postion although this is probably also justified in ehes!). [think i realistic that ‘thiaddtional element will make my book more atractive tothe wider reader. In iy opinion the professional player will also ind something interesting in this ‘ook. Faso hope thatthe approach to studying opening theory that Ihave de- lated io be the aim of this book willbe of interest to chess trainers and assist ‘them in their work. This is wh I decided ro insert these lines tthe very begin- hing, written as they were after the main introduction, Lope this will answer ‘many reader questions in advance "Nowndaysit is much easier to assemble raw material fr an opening book than it was itezn years ago: switch onthe computer, gather the information forthe ‘eT 7 0-04) 66 8 St 05 (Rods: ‘Chocron, 1999) and now the standard move 9 ff gives White a clear sdvan- tage €) 35d dueS B65 £4 Dye7 6 ros 2g6 7 Whs t+ (7. We? § e3 WHT 9 45 Hint 10 G3 Baas 11 Bet! gave Black no joy in Damin- guez Ros, Cienfuegos 1996) 83 00 {ves Black a good positon ~ a ice trample of how to give back the extra ‘material atthe ight cine!M UNDERSTANDING THE LENINGRAD DuTCHT Bn) ‘Suenf3 4 ief3 O46 5 243 (D) ‘Ths tums out to be a serous inac- crac, Itis wort noting haf matural ‘moves tur out to e bad, something has already gone wrong. 3.cxf3 may actualy be considered inaccurate "The best move 5.66, with the following ypical variation: 60.0227 7 Bigs 0.0 8 a2 b6 9 Bc’ 467 10 ‘Rael and White's active picces com: pensate forthe pawn deficit 6 ‘Trista typical stzcking manoeuvre in such positions, and willbe seen in ‘many sar lines, Tis move is more effective wit he open file 6962! 6.45 7 0.0 a6 8 @xh7 Dah 9 “WHSt a7 10 exh ie no ieameiate Aisaster for Black, but who would ke to play this poston? He should try 6M? 70.0 26. "7 sh Bh? Fs @Rh7? loses 0 8 xg Be7 9 an, 8 age 207 8.79 Bxh7 Bxh7 10 8S 6 11 gs g7 12.00, ete 900 710 ptt (D) We are now following the game Feicht-A Panchenko, Giessen 1995, in ‘which White reaped the rewards of his cealy advantage in quite an entertain {ng and visually impressive way! 10..WeT 11 g5 8 12 R07 Bit 13 Haat Wh 14 gx noe 15 ht e716 High WES 17 27? ‘White has a subsamal material nd postonal advantage. In such ei cumstances be should simplify the Position and avoid unnecessary com Plcation by restricting Black's active possibilities: 17 WT Bes 18 es! eb 19 Sine7# x07 20 WH 66.21 Hel and Black can resign, AS the ‘game continacs, White has co wory, {alelate variations, and. maybe get ito time trouble (see the inaccuracy fn move 28) ~ in soch circumstances snything could happen, "The lesson? Dont neglect to spend {ime on improving your general chess 1 a4 §8: Gamonrs 2s technique! Time spent in such a way ‘will ot be in vain, but rewarded by ‘Xtra point in tournaments! T7518 D3 ATs 19 a5 bs 20 Raft Be8 21° Wh7 bred 22 Hes xdS+ 23 Sg LeSe 24 20 ate 25 wbut2 Wrg8 26 Gag8+ Se7 27 gr has 28 Wed “Missing 28 tte 280529 Wade bes 30 Whe (Gd 31 a3 dios 32 ob He 33 D4 (BHT 34 BS 06 35 Bes 06 (D) = (oe ol seer ‘The only way! After 36 Wes axbs (37 4 Kad 38 3 Das 39 cxdS x05 40 WS she8 41 Ws Bad 42 ‘DO Bost White has to work hard for vietory. ‘36.:8nb6 37 cS+ b7 38 aS 6 39 Wide eB 40 Ws 1.0 FeichtA Panchenko, Giessen 1965, B12) 38 Ty opinion this isthe most ric able method tved (Or 43 M6 transposing to Line ais. “duideed 5 Sed B46 6 02 (D) (xa2Wee zl antea wa i Ths logical and obvious move isin fact atypical trust in many Staunton Gamit postions. tis useful o focus sty serious tay of an opening 00 most typical strategic and tactical el- nents, Tactics and strategy ate closely jntertwined 13 Aer 7 dxeS Wall + Bend De49 BAI De5 10-445 Oba? fllowed by 1. .06, Black is litle beter, 0 ‘White continves in gambit style 1afBc6 800 Sig49 S03 (D) Wie are now following Pinkeron- ‘Tozer, Dubin 1991 9.kd6 Queenside cating is logical bore: 9. a7 10 Wel 0-00, This would in- ‘reas Black's pressure in the cente, tnd minimize White's pressure down, the fe 10 Wer?6 UNDERSTANDING THE LENIVGRAD DUTCH ‘White gets ready for kingside ac- ‘ion and unpins his queen, but 103 hs 11 dS e712 Watt OAT 13 ‘}p3is beer, with pay forthe pawn, 10..MeT 11 Wh Sixe2?! This isthe right time for Black to ‘castle queenside:1..0-0-0 12 x2?! (12 Hxt6? xed; 12 hI? Das; 12 )g3 ext) 12. dered 13 he? exdt M4 exdd Qxdsi 15 xd es win- ning a second pawn and the game, 12 Bixed 0.013 22 exd 1b ext nat ‘This avoids an interesting repeti- tion: 14,045 15 digs We6 16 es We6.17 ns We6 18 Rpt. However, 14d? is stronger, 15 gS Sed 16 ods n8 17 acl 2nd 18 Heel ‘White can play 18 sit Bxf6 19 2x06 gxf6 (19.03 20 Bh! 20 Waes ‘with el chances to save the game. 18.5 19 hI Wes 29 Orxet?? White has good drawing changes after 20 Sxf6 Eef6 21 Elo Wut 22 ‘Wate p36 23 Bred or 20.14 We? 21 gS, White plays to avoid complica tions, bat misses Black's song 21st move alle which his postion quickly s0es downhill 20..2ixed 21 Bxed (D) 21.845! 22 a3 Bafls 23 dxf 5 24 Wel HB 25 ett? ‘Throughout the game White stove {o complicate matters and avoid sim plication, but Black ted ove tobe ‘auch stronger in the tactical bate! Koow thyself! 25 F417 S626 Bes is preferable 25..2)g}4 26 hag) Bag 27 Bhd ws [Aller 27.. td 28 £3 p65 29'We3+ eS Black has excellent wining pos- pects 28 RAS £46 29 Bd p630 Wg? White is also in wouble after 30 Wed Bred 31 Leet a5: the only chance was 30 Had WIS! 31 Bags Bret 2 Bret HI? with a dificult endgame, Now is all over, ‘30.24 (041 Pinkeron-Tener, Dublin 1991 82) 308 OM 14 (5: Gawrss 7 Black should avoi the simple rap _Black develops the bishop, butts Soud5? 4 WSs, This ides should be immediatly atacked and the position remembered forte future! suddenly sbarpens. Now afer 3.46) Test? B42 White can also play more solidly Br: 4hg5 31 with 7814 Oa § Wa? (or 8 WE), ‘but prefers the complications. B21) Todt 46 This leaves Black in trouble, but Here we consider: ToSiot is strongly met by 8 Deed Biaed (dyed 9 Bet) 9 WP, Best ‘With the move White stats the fi ‘al assault, Vladas Mikenas' was 3 ez Pamctoctty serene “Len sOas(0) Fe renteriae ein a yeas we xa wee = ae yey ar in Cao a | -SWESEE AA a mspaveysayie retin, dwoase ‘We shall now follow Mikenas-Kowov, USSR Ch (Moscow) 1949, 9 WS 96 10 Dees £7 1 Rd SaS gy 12 ET est White also obtained an excellent Kotov finds theonly defence. Other positionafierS.g66..g5 2877 dict moves lose impressively: 12..heg6 13 emus oRotCoa ast Wagels 12 Ne 13 Bel7 ings Ld 11 Biel x13 12 x13 Dba WES Lads 13 ate Hers 16 ago the game Ratner Korchno, a7 1 Het 12.0613 pal 1951, (13-tage 14 Fg Bah 15 ng6) 14 Des 2s Exfo exo 15 eza UNDERSTANDING THE LeniNcRap DUTCH 13 axeS hnng6 14 Wed 6 15 04 e6 16 0-0-0 47 17 Ags Wer 84 0.0.0 19 hs ibs 20 fre Bars 21 Wxa7 268 (D) 22m This effective sscifice in similar positions has long been considered standard chess technique, Don't be surprised that wechnique isnot jut a ‘matter for endgames! Many typical methods of stack and positional ma- ‘ocuvrs are simply elements of chess technique in modern ches. Ther stady is highly inserstive. The rest of the ‘game plays itself for White, 22.0306 23 exf6 WIT 24 94 ‘White misses 24 So, which forces quick mae. UA LNT 2508 e626 Brc6 Diec6 27 aS sha? 28 WabT Lek 29 a6 2aB 30 W5+ 06 31, Wes eB 32 Dacd5! ex 33 Web WaT 34 Wx [Bud 35 hs 3607 36 h6 e6 37 b7 ‘dS 38 Zh} Zh8 394 297 40 Abs De8 41 DS 54247 1-0 Mikenas Kotov, USSR Ch (Mes- cow) 1948. B22) ‘4.6 (D) This is one of two good ways of playing this type of position in the Staunton Gambit. We have already cen that the eaptare on f3 i sky x2 Wa veaw aw Ma ae ea | ees a! a a nie Pr Bw 23) 5 trod eS 6 dues Zine5 713 a6 8 .AgSn69 Lhd 0.0 an attempt to improve Black's position (ce the note 19 White's 13h move) Tal played 9..2%¢6 10 23 xg’ 11 bags We7 12 Ba 6 13 ‘Bet die and obtained rough equality in K Grigorian-Tal, USSR Ch (Baku) 192, 10 ds Ouf3e 11 gxt3 267 12 Qxe7 WreT (D) We are following Lehmann-Smys- low, Havana 1968, 13 az? White has a worse pewn-structure but enjoys the bishop-paie. Therefore he should activate the bishops and se ‘ure active play: 13 4 dS (13.65 14 Beas Wh 15 x16) 1d 05 (14 Bxi6 Wat6 15 WrdS+ eG) 14.05 1SBxt6. 1 df f: Gaworrs » 2 ~Kakaw A) (Bal Boe ote San mx (Ae a fe ‘a So oe we ee AAS AAR fs if Wee ene After thetest-move, Smyslov grabs 4247 33 ed e634 Hed xa? 35 ‘he initiative and then employshissu- HeS+ $8 36 Las Ha2+ 37 det Zh2 pet technique 38 ed e6 39.401 Eat as 146-00 0.1 Lehmann-Smyslow, Havana sacrifices a pawn but Smys- 1965: lovpics ery scart stead 1 ANG W615 Wad+ des cleny - B213) ‘ours Bleck. 4.88 (D) udxed 15 et Wed 16 Rxf6 This probably the best move here. 16-3 retains the bishop peir and issu duace ¥ 7 16. xi6 17 Sg? Web! (xasWek & rier 18 Gib vee & Mal tater ‘és a om hnereisesssaneowar (BaD Nicest cae | ‘e mentee ony ‘when Black has at mos an edge, & AQ BA dig 31 abe a8 2 Zod a et Act 2 6 (D) & ewe. Blas posta i of couse i sian rte mec Sealed es 15792 ao eee eet: BeSUh 1s s Rar 16 Ba aubathide mapas 5's wu s00%s10sseus1 GSaeweass needs qusvns i bus kes bet30 UNDERSTANDING THE LextwcRAD DUTCH Wydt 14 axa Rad 15 Bra els 16 Saxo 318 17 97 (ater 17 EI? 4 g6 18 Op D4 Black won the end game in Zorakhov-Korchaoi, Minsk 1952) 17 .Ed8 18 Bad dnd 193 Jed to a draw in McAlpine- Timmer san, om. 1994, ') 8.26 9 0.0 Oa (this move is the point of 8..c6) 10 x0 (10 as War 11 Ato exdS; 10.803 eo? 11 jg3 x03 12 axb3 WaT) 10.16 Ly Rb3 2.06 12 0g Oab3 13 axb3 ‘Wh and the bishop-pai gives Black. the advantage, Lid Malriuk, Gen- eva 1987 76 8 gS eT Probably stongeris 8.249 Bet 2:6 1000 Waar, Martinez R Bye, Nice OL 1974, 10 Be3 ba7 11 ber b6 120-0 Ba7 13 DAS (0) We are following Gulko-M.Gure Vic, USSR Ch (Riga) 1985, 13.2481? ‘This move looks natural but was very hardto find. Gurevich must have foreseen and calculated some sharp complications, which is not easy when playing tactician like Gulko. Understandably, Black did not Tike 13,.00.001 14 Baxg7 EhgS 15 Ont ext 16 ahs 5-17 We, but he could have played 13..0-012, when the sacrifice 14 Zng7 does not work: Hdiag? 15 &xho+ S17 16 Bes (16 Si Bath 17 g0 Be) 16.28 17 hs+ xn 18 WxhS+ es 19 5 hs, 14 Dnt Bxf6 18 £HS+ 96 16 er Wg! (D) ‘Sach ¢ move is nt easy to find. metate onwamae oe mug 17 bxh6 White decides to avoid exchanges, bot Black then ges clear advantage 17 4 required careful calculation 17 ht (17. dong? 18 xf xed {18.2157 [9 Ores GAs 20 Rs!) 19 Bre6+) 18 h6 Baas 19 St x<3 20 bed e8 21 hes a5 22 es dete 23 As anne 20 Res Tandixdde 18 a1 WHS 19 64 0-0-0 20 ibs e5 21 Sed 96 22 Ded Hy? 23 U2 Eh 24 g3 1 df (5: Gamers ar 24 99? Bhat. 24..We8 25 et We6 26 Wer D47 27 Dat 2&6 28 «3 pst 29 Exf6 ‘Bred 30 Exo6 34 31 gl xed ‘32 x03 bxe6 33 Sage tb8. MEI [Baz 35 BP Barz 36 dat? Eah2+ ‘0-1 Gulko-M.Gurevieh, USSR Ch (Riga 1985. 822) 4.265(D) Black should avoid 4.08? $ 2x46 exf6 6 85+ 267 Wsd5 Ans 8 xed! Wer 9 ed + Anderssen Dufresne, Berlin 1851 221) 4.62 ‘This snot the most precise contin- ‘S13 467 6 ast (D) x4 Wee © ana ae BAe w aa (Ag sm WAR We are following the game A.Rab- inovich-Kaspi, Te-Aviv 2001. nexf32! “The world hat been tld 20 many times." the Russian fable writer, LLA.Keylo, would undosbtedly sayin this case. Knowing this, one stats Jooking for am alterative; for exam ple, 6.06197 fred 7 and no 18) 8.316 x16 9e5?! (here is it. te point in advancing pawns without proper pice development) 9. hts TO 93 O-017 seems to give Black a strong attack 1) 8 dxe6 dxe6 gives Black a per feclly satisfactory position, 7 Of po 8 Wa? 47 900-0 a5 Black has lost his way. Despite be- ing down in developrient, he makes 2 [pawn move onthe flank! However f= ter 9.,46 10 ed es 11 Hel ‘White's advantage is obvious. Black should try 9.06, atempting to drum ‘9p some countesplay in the centre [Now White wins with suprising eas, 1080.0 11 dxt6exf6 12S Sa6 13 fxg6 xg (D) 14st2 UNDERSTANDING THE LENINGRAD DUTCH Ww Sem ma pow oe B_@xrmom: ‘There ina salvation for Black afer ‘his move! 14.06 1415 15, 15 Bhd £5 16 2e6 86 17 Dxg7 Wag? 18 Og ath 19 Deo Te 20 at Wa 21 Wg seg7 22 ed 0 A-Rabinovich-Kesp, Te-Aviv 2001 8222) 406 ‘This postion can aso arise via the smove-order2 3 O63 B95 06 4.04 ret. ‘5 Deed £7 6 Sxh6 fxf67 O63 o 7.00 on 2) 7.86 8 863 6 9.63 0.0 10 We2 6 11 0.0.0e5 1245 De7 13 3. ENE 14 of and White i a ite beer ‘hanks to his space advantage, Ta ‘manoy-Stancu, Hamburg 1965. b) 7.6 8 DSI? (at first this move looks illogical, buthefllowing play, shows that it's well-founded) 8.,We7 90-00.0 10 Het do 11 a2 rHiWes ® : ana t ABB hal rd ‘neelan e712 He? Bae8 13 Rael BET 14 ‘Degs WHS 15 ds! and White soon ‘won in Tukmakov-Zeli, Pula 1999. ‘This a good example of the fact that leaming theory by heart without true understanding is pointless. First one should stady the general ideas, sims and plan ofthe opening, sar White often plays 8 £43, cried way withthe dream of repeating the amazing Lasker-Thomas game: 8.66 (after 8.0.26 9 3 57 (9. dRe7!] 10 Bits Wf Svidler played asi: ple but key move for this variation — 11 bs e7 120-0296 13 a3 Oe 14 eS and obiained a clear advantage in Svidier-Hassapis, Oakham 1992) 9 Des 672! Ohne) 10 Wh eT? 11 Wht xh? 12 Deore a6 1B Begts shys 14 hte td 15 93+ SEO 16 She2s soy? 17 Bhs diel 18 ‘SaDe (1-0) EdLasker-Thomas, Lon don 1912. 8..2c690.0-005 10xf6s Wits Wie are following Savchenko-Van Parreren, Berne 1993, 11 bs (D) 1 de $5, From the diagram position how White's main strategic ides hat changed from the romance af the past ‘0 the more realistic aim of exchang- ing the black knight nd then dominat ing the cent. This isthe essential Idea behind the move 4s. H1nRd7 12 det Eacb 13 We Heo8 14h Ze7 15 He? deh 16 hxeb x06 17 265 (D) White's dominant e5.knight has sven him an ideal positon in this ‘arson. Black now collapses with ‘ut offering much resistance Gamers a 17. 18 Raz es 19 E03 Wed 20 Was! W621 ips 1-0 Savehenko- Van Paerea, Bere ‘This position may alto arse via the rmove-onder 2.95 06 3 3 d5 4 ef fret However, do no like this move as Black neglects his development ad oes not tack the cente, Sea! 5 Ax16is more common, butistess logical and gives Black the wo bish: ops: Sent 6 Get d5 7 03 do (Black obained a clearly beter end- game after 7..ifeTs+ 8 We BS 9 Baer sxe? 10 8.3 $47 11 03 at in Dominguez-Vallejo Pons, Vilaro- bledo 2001) 8 a3 0.0.9 O02 9 Whs Wess) 9. es 10 000 15 11 a7 12k 96 13 Bel Bio 143d ed 153 Bes 16b3 Ke? Tos eT and Black won with «Kingideatack in Neumann. Anderssen, Berlin 1866,4 Unperstawing THe Lewnoran Duro Suef ‘Thisis not the most accurate move However, the standard 5.5 has the disadvantage that inthe variation 6 fot dred 7 et gt (air 7.815 8 ged Dba 9 0.0 ds 10.403 WaT 1123 gt 12 Wel! Bras 13 ed Wes 14 NS es 15 Aes Wee 16 @h1 B17 abd White has a dan sous intatve, CBauer MTs, Bad Zwesten 1997, Black cannot pay ‘6 aa pawn already ooops tit Square. This is partial lors of tempo and weakens his counterply: 2) 8 Wz Oba 9 AS 10 gt B46 11 000 e5 12 Ged be? 13 gs (13 317 13.006 14 eo Dds (U4 erd8 15 nts 06 16, ‘exes We 17 Kiet) 15 ae7 Wie? 16 Ca end 17 ON! ts 18 ext xd 19 Bi adits hard for Black tofinda good move, ahouphhe even: tually Won in Timoshenko Frit Jena 1996 'b) 8 2)go2 Dba” 9ha Was 10.2 311 Sues Obs 12 a3 a7 1300 gzve White cealy beter position in Kan-Zabarey, Leningrad 1933. GOn3e67 dd Le 8DE50.09 xt! This move removes a kingide de fender aod signal the start of asc anack onthe black king 9.-Bxf6 10 Whs (0) ‘We ar following EmLasker Pl ‘bury, Pais 1900 ‘96 Black s much wore after 10.6 1 WPS 8 12 BS or 10.611 Bes. 11 Zig eb After Hctg6 12 Sxg6 Black is ost 12 Gree Wre7 13 0-0-0 a5 14 del 47 (D) ‘S fe eB ee a2 ace me & White stats a powerful and wel ) [Now Black takes over the initiative, but the position is difficult for Write Inany case. 17 Bhet? a2 18 Wr dS 19 Sixds BE is winning for Black, while ater the natural" 17 Bact? Wo 18 Wot WpSt White has no escape square on £2 becauie of the check on 5 ,and 1952h3 46204 hs unpleas ant, Relatively bests 17 e3 WD 18 Bros Ynexf3 18 De3 We6+ 19 xt Be 20 Habl f+ 21 ded Hest 22 ‘ye Weg8 23 Sng LS 24 Och 1625 Figd Labs 26 el He727 215 (Or 27 Saxo BET 28 Ses Bek 29 57 Bri + 30 02 HD+ and Black ‘wins materia 27.3 28 bel 3296 Bel 30 Exel By? 31 sed? sheT 32 shes Eig 33 3 BS 34 Be7 sha 35 Bua38 UNDERSTANDING THE LENINGRAD DuTCH ENS 36 xd? BeS 37 Date Rage 38 ad Kets 39 des «3 40 be6 «2 0-1. Cifwentes-Schmitiiel, Bad ‘Wirishofen 1992, ‘This is the mai ine ofthe Staunton Gambit, in which White has a rich choice of different continuations lead- ing to complex and interesting posi- Aer dhe traditional 6 £3 Black can Play 6.2117 (6..0317 7 Was 247 8 ‘2x23 6 is also intersting) 7 ed 1251?(7exf371 BAKES 269 hos 7 10 Be? 0.0 11 000 a6 12 hel, Moskalenko-Herrera Mellado, Sitges 2000) 8 dre6dxo6 9 Bd8+ sexs 10 00-0 ST 11 Qxet (1 tres Qed) 11 .@ixes 12 frob a6 13 OI se, 822421) 6 Was 077 xt On 23) 7h Tooks acive, but is unsve- cessful: 7.6! 8 000-0 6 9 x5 x16 10 Weed (10 nos Badd 11 Bxdt 97 12g2 end led toa good endgame for Black in Rottstid-Sie- brecht, Germany 1993) 10..8xf2 11 3 6s 12 shot es 13 ps wes 14 Bhs do 15 dress 16 ed WES sive Black a large advantage, Cifuen- tes-Reinderman, Dutch Ch 1993, by 7 ois much rae, and worth ay, 7.858 g3 £g79 x04 0-010 0.0.0 66 11 Gxf6+ ext6 leads to a ‘hap and unclear position, Katetv- ‘Simagin, Moscow 1946, Twext6 8 2xe4 (D) ke7 (D) 8245 is common atemative: a) 9@c3isharmless. After9..<51? 10 dxe6 dxc6 11 Wadd xd! 12 0-0-0+ 7 Black has an advantage (two bishops), Ziese-Balinoy, Dresden 2000, 1) 9 a2 WeT+ 10 Sed 96 11 he 6 12 hS 25 13 171 03 0.0.01? Tooks natural though Black has play 1 d4 $5: Gamarrs 39 ‘on the long diagonal, still has to be ‘exploited while White has his own {ebances on the kingside) 13.0.0 14 Bed gl, Rogers-Van Mil, Tilburg 1593. ©) 9Big3 gh 10 032! (10 ott Abdel 18 Bers 12 Ged es fies Black the advantage, Jirgens- Malaniuk, Hamburg’ 1993, it seems that 10 0.0.0 is necessary) 10.6 11-4300 120-0897 (12..e7"?is ‘maybe even stronger) and Black is slighily better, Ernse-Breaninkmeijer, Groningen 1996. xsves x viaae Aaa a) 903 or a) After 903 0.0 10 43 15.11 g3 6 12 Ws a5 13 Wed Hos 14 ‘Ef 6 Black's queenside advantage became decisive in Karsev-Mainka, sen 1999, ') 9 0:0-0 0.0 occurred twice in ‘Tals games: bh) 10g4d6 L1h3S I2axcobxes 130)g3 as 14 Wed eS! 15 £445 16 Wel xa? and you can guess how it ended, Troeger-Tal, Hamburg 1960. 2), 1046 Sixd6 11 xd xd6 12 003 hs 13 Was D7 and Tal, here ‘onthe white side, made a draw with tome difficulty in TalJohannessen, Stockholm 1960. 9..0-0 100-0-0¢5 10.06 is often played, but I prefer this pian 11 Wa2 a6 12.6465 (D) We are following Gnichiel-Luz, Meisdor 1996, ‘Any Kings indian specialist would bbe very pleased with Black's position, both due tothe knighton d6 and the active pawns on the queensie, 1303 bd 144 14.83 cl isso bad for White, He should seek counterplay; eg. 14 hl? aS 1585 of 16 Eel Md..bxe3 15 Wyed W616 a3 04 17 Bhel exd3 18 Exe? a6 19 debt Hiacf 20 Wad We7 21 Ziel (0) 21.07 This exchange removes White's most active plee and leaves im wih ‘ut counter. 22 Eat 7 x7 23 Wes?40 UNDERSTANDING THE LewiNcRAD DUTCH Ox Sei 2 guSaclka ae | 2 ee Gi Bae A “This isa definite blunder, although after 23 03 WeS 24 WreS ExeS 25 xd3 Bxd5 26 D267 Black should ‘vim th ensuing endgame 23nd 24 B48 22+ (0-1 Grichte-Lutz, Meisdort 1996 822422) 682(D) Black's suocesses against 6 Was Ihave forced White wo seek new ways of playing this postion. This new move appeared, and is quite dangerous. or 8) Aftor 6.467 Bx exf68 Wot eT 9 5+ $17 instead of 106415, (Citestes-Ochoa, Barcelona 1996), there is the stronger 10 0431? a6 11 ‘Bas b5 12 3 O47 13 0.0 45 14 ra 1b) 6.067 00.0 exd5 8 Dd (his is beter dhan 8 Sxf6 gxf6! 9 HHS+ 7 10 Weds 06 11 Wes Bh6+ 12 ‘kb #5 13 Whe We7 14 WreTs xe? Radjabow-Danielsen, Torshavn 2000) Bue6 9 3 7 10 xi6 gxt6 11 Des eT 12 4 Was 13 1 6 14 43 CBauer~ Santo Roman, France 1966, Tass het sets Black some tricky prob- Jems, After 7..06 8 00.0 Oxd (or 8, aS 9 Bx gxt6 10 Wrest and itis hard fo Black to find good contin. uation, Timoshenko-Cacho Reigadis, ‘Arco 1998) 9 @xd5 @xg5 10 hxgS exdS HL g6 (11 Bxd5 6 12 Wao ‘Be7) U.-h6 12 Haas 6 13 Waed eT 14883 Was the postions quite ielea. eer Euawen “Aaaeaes an ano a a ABABWHA B® Benn 14 JS: Gawenrs a 8..b4+! (D) This move looks odd White will reply 93 and Black bas to play Le in aay case. Since Black could play the bishop or quoen there immediatly, ‘whats the point ofthis check? In fact, itis an important improvement in this ‘whole line for Black. To find or even “understand this new move, one must Took a previous theory: 18) B.-die7?1 96 (his isthe point of 6 We2) 9..exd6 10 Be3 0.0 11 (00.0 d5 12 xd5 dies and the d5- night is very powerful, ERagozin Shtanchaev, Ekaterinburg 1996, b) Afr 8.86721 9.d6 Oxd6 10 x6 cxd6 11 0-0-0 Wied 12 Sixed (nay 12 2ixe2! b6 13 ft is even stronger) 12.208 133 Whitchasa small yet durable advantage, Timo- ‘hchenko-F-Ragozin, Met” 1996. "Tis we se thatthe bishop check on bd removes the e3quare from the White Knight, which then cannot be transferred to d8. This completely al- ters the evaluation ofthe ensuing mid- Alegame. This is how opening theory ‘develops! Pane ae a a ese @ es 9-63 eT 10 d6 cxd6 11 0-0-00-0 est 12 Qiks! followed by St4-d5 is beter 12.96 13 Was?! (D) We are following Mateut-E Berg, ‘Aviles jrEch 2000. White has lst the ‘lot end did not find the best plan. On 1, the queen deprives the Knight of this square and even becomes an object of attack. Meanwhile White's king- Side remains undeveloped. 1B.f5 14 2ig3 Eb8 15 bo Whites also worse after 15 23 bS 16h ba 17 o4 Bb. 1S.xh4 16 D3 Sixg3 17 tog3 bs 18 Was Ab7 19 ds Hes 20 Exn7 ‘After 20 ibd x32 gxt3 W622 Was (22 WHO Hes) 22..BeS (or 22,.es) 23 Wh3 Wess 24 Hot ds ‘Black has a material and positional ad- vantage, ‘2adoxh7 21 Sf gat 22 E+ shy 23 ts Sat (0-1 Mateuta-E.Berg, Aviles jr Ech 2000,3 White Avoids g3 In this chapter we will examine the various non gambit systems by which ‘White can avoid the main Fines ofthe Leningrad. Lasts Now: Bes 2 es tB 1 el 35 Tn Line C, we shall only he consid xing lines without e3 a 23 Now: Al: Duds 42 AQ: 2.016 44 "The laters without doubt the main line. ay 2.85 (D) sik “Otherwise: a) 3 gS is also possible. Then 3.96 tansposes to Line BI 'b) 3 e4 is an interesting exnbit, S.dno4 4 S66 (415 is unpleasenly retby 4.,<51)4. 6513 ext3 (here fre no ries without exceptions; here the capture on 3 is entirely appropr= ao, because in comparison with the ‘Staunton Gambit tne pawn remains on 15, blocking the File; afer 5.6 6 Wa 2e6 7.0.00 06 & fred fret 9 Ded eT 1Wge5!? 11 dees Waa 12 Bd? 03 13 es Qos 14 24 ak 15 Sp2 White has a small end- ame advantage, Lobron-C Bauer, Germany 1996)62x"3067 dct as 8 Wa? 0.09 0.01 (this decision is « Jigle unexpected, but possibly sron- sgerthan 900-0, as played in Gelfand Nikolic, Munich 1994)9, <6 10 ael a5 11 des and White bas compen: sation for the pawn, Greenfeld-Cece: ni, Montecatini Terme 1998, 3.06 (D) {plan with 96 is less good here 3.06 403 c6'5 O13 g6 6 443! 7 T0000 8 Det! Bet 9.4 8 10 eS! 06 11 b4 do 12 Sexe song? 15 Wes 27 14 abs much beter for White, Khaliiman-Topaov, Las Pal mas 1993, Wire Avomos 33 8 43 M65 O13 2d66 Ad Leaving the equate fre forthe nigh 6.26 ‘Write even has the advantage after 6,.0:07 0.0 968 Be? Bb7 9 4 Det TO Be, Neveeoy-A Rychagov, St Pe ‘ersburg Chigorin mem 1997. "70.0 Wer (D) bana Aaa owes | ‘We are folowing Eingor-Malan- ink, Bydgoszc7 2000. Boer [As we have already sce this move forms an estentil clement of Whites strategy. White prepares cf, fees the eile and strengthens his contol over the centre ofthe baad ‘8.2b4 93 Dad 10exd3 0-0 11 el b6 12 Bed Ab7 13 We? Heb 14 Bel (D) ‘White has a large advantage, Black thas compensation for White's pres- sure along the cle as well as onthe ark squares, 6 15 Bxd6 Wxd6 16 D4 D7 172 as 18bS ‘Maybe the preparatory move 18 hd is even stronger, 18..cxbS 19 Bybs Zae3 20 Exes Heb 21 Hxeh+ xc8 22 he $18 23 ‘Pes Aixe5 24 dees BS (D) 125 WxeS+! bucS 26 dil e4 26, dta6 docs not help 27 Bs of 28 Brace FT 8.7 29 04) 29 gs sigs 30 dt EHS 31 43 and White wins. 27h? g6 28 eg h6 29 4 RT 30 23 S631 ga eT 32 95 S33 (S13 das shed eT 35 dear 28 363 e637 of fred 38 eed 27 39 ‘ed dha7 40205“ UnpeRstavpinc TH Levinorsp Duc 1.0 Fingom-Malaniuk, Bydgoszer 2000, 2) 2AM 3 45 a5 ‘After 3..06-4 04 M6 (4. fse4 trans poses to Line B222 of Chapter 2) 5 (Bato Wxf6 GextS!exfS 7 Weds! Wes 30.0-0.£d69Whs+ 96 1013 White thas a huge advantage, Stefanova Bos boom Lanchava, Groningen worn 1959, ‘Now: At: dts 45 Aide 47 or 2) 44513 66.53 transposestoLine 22 'b) 4 a2 £6 513 looks interesting 5..hS (in Bkal-Reim, Austria 2002,1 tested the extravagant 5.26 6 D3 ‘Dia, with the intention after 700-0 fo play 7.6, but in my opinion, his Js not enough to equalize) and now: bl) 1604 then6..fe4 7 frost this isthe point of 5. bs 12) 6 0h 6 7 AA Me? 8 3 ho (8. Dbi7"7) 9-4 (9 x16 is also possible) 9..2ba7 10 23 0.0 11 3 6 12 bf (12 a? 65) 12.5 with bene chances for Black, Silber Main 4a, Bad Wildbad 2000, 'b3) 6 a3 isthe ential reply, im ‘ending to counter 6.06 with 7 of ©) Aer 4 £3 (D) Black can play cl) 4.06 5 aD transpose to tine * £2) 4.05 $04 Det (ot 5..dxed?t 6 dxe5 a5 7 BW2 Bxc5 80.0.0 with strong initiative for White, Malan- ik Kamenets,Polanica Zio} 2000) Bxi6ex16 7 ekd5 xd 8 dae dxe3 9 ‘5 bees 10 Bxe6s a7 11 xd + (ot 11 Lxa8! exb2 12 Zbl Abs) 11 WT 12 xd74 shad 13 bxe3 and Black is fighting for a draw, Vais- ‘man - Santo-Roman, France 2000 €3) 4..c6 is Black's main move leis possible to understand the key to this rather extravagant looking. move dy considering that all of White's Fist four moves are standard ones in the ‘Staunton Gambit, and Whites simply waiting for a convenient moment to ply e4. As we already know, without Wurre Avows 23 4s the move ..Be6 Black rarely gets ood game in thet gambit, whist with the move £3 White has aleady taken ‘ox cersin responsibilities, a2 66 Bxf6 exf6 7 Dh (ater 7 ef? fret § ied dred 9 d5 Oe5 10 xed 151 11 243 cS the beautifully placed eS bishop grants Black a noticeable ad- vantage, Volkow-Malaniuk, St Peters- borg 1999) 7. ib § O18 De7 9 hd and now 9.66? 10 8S gave White an suvantage in Volkov. Malai, Smo- Tensk 2000, However, after the stan- dard reaction 9..AS complex and tnclear game les ahead 21) “4 But exf6 53.66 (D) atte ‘et 2 i” Babiez en a ol & ROAR NAR B fweson 6 apse This is not a successful strategic fda. In order to understand what this idea is, we will lok ata few exam ps: a) 6 ge? WaT 74 7 8A bs 9 e2 g6 10 £137 (he bishop has no room on this diagonals White i play- ing planessly) 10..06 11 33 a6 12 Dee? 7! (Black, om the contrary, understands perfectly that to do!) 13 a3 (ater 13 af 00.0 14 Dad De Black has achieved his ambition) 13,2008! 14 af 6 15 a5 es and Black's ideal position inthis variation 's reached, Henning-Mainks, TEssen 1999, by 6WID!7isctealythebest more, 6.8847 (D) and then: [3a See = 1 2 ae a ba" ey vw (ARAB BARS mB waar bl) Thét7 ns 8On3 RI 98.De6 10 bs (a taniliar idea and perhaps White's most accurate continuation) 1O.-g6 11 x4 0.0.0 12 23, Hose Thang Trang Galyas, Budapest 2000 1) TABSI? G6 (from here the knight cannot get oe, but after 7.05 8 ds 406719 xa ba6 10 ged Ba 11 a4 0.0 12244 £7 13.03 ‘White's advantage is clear, A Rycha- 20¥-Poupox, Korinthas 2001) 8 Sige? and bere B21) 8.0.00 9 44 E710 a3 68 11 Fd3 6 122d gives White an ideal position inthis variation, Mal: niukJakubiec, Polanica Zr} 1999 Black is rendered completly passive