Archangel and

New Archangel

Krzysztof Panczyk with John Emms

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Contents

Symbols 4
Acknowledgements 4
lntroduction 5

The Archangel (Ьу Krzysztof Panczyk)

1 Archangel with 7 d4 б
2 Archangel with 7 с3: Rare 7th Moves for Вlack 18
3 Archangel with 7 с3 liJxe4: МinorLines 23
4 Archangel with 7 с3 ltJxe4: MainLine (8 d4 ltJa5) 32
5 Archangel with 71:te1: Minor Lines 47
б Archangel with 7 l:te1: MainLine(lOi..g5) 80
7 Archangel with 7 d3 112
8 Archangel: Rare 7th Moves for White 123

The New Archangel and Moller Defence (Ьу John Emms)

9 New Archangel 12б
1О M0ller Defence 14б

Index of Variations 158

Symbol s

+ check Wch world championship

++ douЬle check Ct candidates event
# checkmate IZ interzonal event
!! brilliant move z zonal event
! good move OL olympiad
!? interesting move Ech European championship
?! duЬious move ЕСС European Clubs Cup
? bad move qual quaJifying event
?? Ьlunder tt team toumament
+- White is winning jr junior event
± White is better wom women's event
;!; White is slightly Ьetter rpd rapidplay game
equal position corr. correspondence game
ао unclear position 1-0 the game ends in а win for White
+ Black is slightly better 1/2-112 the game ends in а draw
+ Black is better 0-1 the game ends in а win for Black
-+ Black is winning (n) nth match game
Ch championship (D) see next diagram
Cht team championship

Acknowledgements

1 (КР) would like to thank those who have helped and supported me in writing this
book. I am very grateful to СС IМ Witold Bielecki for all the games he has given me
and to СС GM Zygmunt Pioch for his games and detailed analyses. Many thanks to my
friend IM Chris Baker for his assistance.
I appreciate all help of my friends Adam Barszcz and Andrzej Prokopczuk, and
Rev. Andrzej Kania for таnу pieces of valuaЬle advice and remarks.
Most of all I would like to thank my parents for their support and my friend Jacek
Ilczuk, who has helped me а lot both in analysis and solving computer proЬlems.
lntroduction

The Archangel Variation (1 е4 е5 2 l2Jf3 lLJcб 3 ii.b5 аб 4 �a4l2Jfб 5 0-0 Ь5 б iLЬЗ

�Ь7) has been known since 1950, when the fust game Kotov-Keres was played. Then
а group of chess-players from Arkhangelsk (after which the line is named), а town in
the north of Russia Ьу the White Sea, made а thorough study of this system. In the
1960s and 1 970s the variation became popu1ar. Major contributions to its development
were made Ьу theoreticians, coпespondence players and strong practica1 chess­
players; I would mention in particular Matsukevich, Lanka, Stein, Bagirov, Gipslis,
Dorfman, Tseshkovsky, Nezhmetdinov, and then Beliavsky, Mikhalchishin, Malaniuk,
Kuzmin, Arkhipov, Gulko, Chiburdanidze, Smirin, Shirov, Anand, Tkachev, Georgiev,
Piket, Onishchuk and Bacrot. There has also been consideraЬ!e input from England,
with such players as Flear, Adams, Short, Chandler and Emms finding таnу interest­
ing ideas in this variation.
I would like to mention the Polish involvement in the development of the Archan­
gel. The following Polish masters have played the Archangel Variation: Kostro (some
analytical articles), GraЬczewski, Lewi, Witkowski, Konikowski (а great many coпe­
spondence games, and an author of а book on the Archangel), Sznapik, Pytel and my­
self, and recently GM Macieja. Worth considering are also the coпespondence games
of СС GM Pioch and СС IM Bielecki, who has worked out his own plan, as well as
ideas of the very creative Polish correspondence player Sek.
The basic idea of this system involves positioning both Ьlack bishops actively.
Black seeks counterplay, while his own king may sometimes Ье in danger as his dark­
squared bishop is not present to defend the kingside, and the king is not entirely secure
on the queenside either. The normal outcome is sharp play with chances for both sides.
One of the good points of the Archangel is that its theory is self-contained ; Black does
not have to know all the branches of the classical Ruy Lopez. The Archangel wiJI ap­
pear, if Black so chooses, after 5 0-0.
А new form of the Archangel (б ... �с5) has its roots in England. The first known
game was played in London in 1 859 Ьetween Lowenthal and Morphy. However, it had
been unfashionaЬ!e for many years, and has been intensively analysed and developed
in recent years, giving it all the characteristics of а brand-new opening. It is discussed
in Chapter 9 of this book Ьу Grandmaster John Emms, who has also contributed Chap­
ter 10, which covers the c1osely related M0ller Variation (5 . .. i.c5). Please note that
there are many possiЬ!e transpositions between these lines and the Archangel. In this
book, all lines that can reasonaЬ!y arise from an Archangel move-order are discussed
in Chapters 1 -8.
Therefore I encourage all players, especially those who like sharp р1ау, to incorpo­
rate the Archangel and New Archangel into their opening repertoire.

Krzysztof Panczyk
1 Arc hangel with 7 d4
1 е4 eS 2l0f3 tt:\cб 3 i.ЬS аб 4 i.a4 ltJf6
5 0-0 bS 6 i.ЬЗ i.b7 7 d4 (D)
в
This is the most eпergetic and forciпg
move, Ьу which White tries to refute the
who1e system. This variatioп is very im­
portaпt because B1ack has по way to
avoid it. Thankful\y, B1ack has sufficieпt
possiЬilities to obtaiп couпterp1ay.
7...ltJxd4
After 7 ... exd4? White сап р1ау 8 е5
ltJg4 9 h3 lDhб 1 О i.xhб gxhб 1 1 i.d5
i.g7 12 1:.е1 0-0 1 3l0xd4 with а Ьig ad­
vaпtage (Euwe).
Now:
А: 8 i.xf7+ б In Fro1ov-Oпishchuk, Alushta 1 992
В: 8 ltJxd4 9 White was not аЬ\е to obtaiп апу advan­
А)
8 i.xf7+ 'ihf7 9 ltJxeS+ 'it>g8 10
'i'xd4
Although B1ack has the Ьishop-pair,
his pieces occupy slight1y awkward posi­
tioпs. Iп particu1ar, he may experieпce
some proЬ\ems with the deve1opment of
his kiпg's rook. Iп some variations B1ack's
pawns are а Ьit exposed. Therefore B1ack
must play precise1y to exp1oit the advaп­
tages of his positioп. Now:
А1: 10...'i'e8 б
А2: 10...d6 7
АЗ: 10...с5 7
10.. .'�е7 is 1ess accurate than Liпe A l
because o f Matsukevich's recommeпda­
tioп 1 1 i.g5. After 1 1 . . . с5 12 'ir'c3 ( 12
i.xfб? 1oses а piece to 12 ... gxfб ! ) B1ack
has по satisfactory way to equalize:
12 ... dб 1 3 i.xfб gxfб 14 'ii'g 3+ i.g7 1 5
ltJg4 h5 l бl0e3 i.xe4 1 7 lDc3 i s slight1y
better for White; 1 2... .1:.е8 1 3 'ii'b 3+ d5
1 4l0g4 'ii'eб 1 5 lDxfб+ gxfб 1б i.h4 апd
Black loses а pawn; or 1 2. . .!D xe4 1 3
i.xe7!D xc3 1 4 lDxc3 i.xe7 1 5 1:.fe1 with
а better eпding for White.
А1)
1 о 'i!feS 1 1 ttJrз
...
The оп1у move met in practice. 1 1 lDd3
'ti'xe4 12 'ti'xe4l0 xe4, 1 1 lDd2 с5 12 'i'c3
.ixe4 1 3 1:.е1 d5 апd 1 1 f3? ! с5 1 2 'i'c3
Ь4 13 ..-ь3+ d5 14 f4 с4 all give B1ack
very good р1ау.
ll.. .'i'xe4 12 i.gS
tage after 12 'i'd 1 i.dб 13 ltJbd2 'ifd5 1 4
Ь 3 ltJg4 1 5 h3 !D h2 1 б 1:.е1 ltJxfЗ+ 17
..-xf3 ..-хfЗ 1 8l0 xf3 i.xfЗ 1 9 gxfЗ Фf7.
12 .if4 'ii'xd4 1 3 ltJxd4 .ic5 1 4 lDb3
i.Ьб 15 l0 1 d2 Фп l б :tfel .1:.he8 1 7
.1:.ad l 1:.xel + 1 8 1:.хе1 1:.е8 gives B1ack а
very good eпding, Chrz-P1esek, Czech
Cht 1 995.
12...'i'xd4 13 !Dxd4 i.cS 14 сЗ �f7
15 lDd2 Пhе8 16 J:tfe1 i.Ьб
 Archangel with 7 d4
Вlack has а good ending, Neukirkh­
Radulov, Orebro 1 966.
А2)
10 d6
...
This new idea does not look bad for
Black.
1 1 li:lf3
Or 1 1 li:ld3 :
а) 1 1 . . . li:\xe4 1 2 li:lc3 'ii'f6 13 "ii' xf6
(Biolek-Kolar, Katowice 1 993) and now
the simple 1 3 ...li:lxf6 looks ОК.
Ь) 1 1 . . . с5 12 "ii'e3 .1Lxe4 13 li:lc3.1Lg6
оо (or 13 ....1Lf5).
Now (after I 1 li:lf3) Black has several
ways to regain the pawn:
а) 1 1 ... li:\xe4 1 2 .1:.e 1 d5 1 3.1Le3 (Far­
ago-Blasovszky, Budapest 1 993) and now
Black shou1d р1ау 1 3 ... с5 14 �d3 'ii'f6 1 5
с 3.1Ld6.
Ь) 1 1 ....1Lxe4 12 "ii'd 1 .1Le7 13 li:lc3
.1LЬ7 14 .l:.e1 'i'd7 15 .1Lg5 h6 16 .1Lh4
Фh7 1 7-.d3+g6 1 8 .1:.e3 .1:.ae8 1 9.1Lg3 ? !
li:lh5 2 0 li:ld5 �xd5 2 1 'ii'xd5 .1Lf6 22
.l:.xe8 .l:.xe8 23 с3 .l:.e2 24 .l:.e1 .l:.хЬ2 and
Black won in Parkanyi-Ailen, Budapest
1 994.
с) 1 l ... c5 (this active move seems
quite promising for Black) 1 2 'i'e3 and
now 12 ...�хе4 13 li:\c3 .ig6 14 li:\h4 .tf7
or 12 .. .'itd7 ! ? with the idea 13 ... .1:.е8.
АЗ)
IO cS (D)
.•.
w 16 'i'xg4 hxg4 17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 18 .l:.xa8
7
This is the main 1ine.
11 'ii'd l
Less good is 1 1 �е3 , which has the
idea that 1 2 'ii'b3+ cannot Ье countered
Ьу 1 2... с4 because of 1 3 li:lxc4. Then:
а) ЕСО gives 1 1 ... "ii'e8 ! 1 2 �Ь3+ d5
13 f4 li:lxe4 1 4 li:ld2 с4" 1 5 'i'fЗ .ic5+ 1 6
Фh 1 li:ld6 +.
Ь) 1 1 .. .'�'с7 also looks very good: 1 2
_.g3 ( 1 2 'ii'f4? .id6 -+; 1 2 li:lf3 li:lxe4 1 3
li:\Ьd2 li:lf6 14 Ь З .l:.e8 15 'ii'g5 h 6 1 6 'ii'f5
.id6 1 7 .iЬ2 .l:.f8 1 8 ,..g 6 h5 1 9 .l:.fe 1
.l:.h6 20 'ii'dЗ li:ld5 with good play о п the
kingside for Black, Rudensky-Goleny­
shev, USSR 1 964) 12 . . . li:\xe4 1 3 'i'f4 d5
14 li:lfЗ .id6 15 'ii'f5 'ii'f7 16 'i'xf7+
Фхf7 1 7li:�Ьd2 (Hecht-Malaniuk, Mos­
cow 1 995) 17 . . . li:lxd2 gives Black the
better ending.
1 1 'ii'd3 leads to the same variations as
1 1 -..е 3.
1 1 .. .'i!fe8
Black can try 1 1 .. .'it'e7 with similar
ideas, whereas 1 1 . . . d6 1 2 li:lg4 li:\xe4 1 3
f3 li:\g5 14 li:lc3 favours White, Browne­
Harandi, Skopje OL 1 972.
12 li:lf3
After 1 2 li:lg4 Black cannot have any
proЬiems. 1 2. . . li:\xg4 1 3 'i'xg4 h5 (gain­
ing а tempo to develop the rook) and
now:
а) 14 'ii'e2 'ii'xe4 1 5 'i!fxe4 .ixe4 1 6
с З h4 17 h3 .l:.h5 ! 1 8 .l:.d 1 .ic6 1 9 .ie3
.l:.e8 20 li:ld2 .l:.e6 2 1 Фh l .ie7 22 li:lfl
.l:.g6 23 f3 .l:.e5 + Gragger-Matsukevich,
corr. 1 967.
Ь) 14 'i'h3 �хе4 1 5 li:lc3 ( 1 5 а4 'i'g4
.ixa8 19 .l:.d 1 .ic6 20 .if4 Фf7 + Kur­
piewski-Panczyk, Siedlce 1981) 15 .. .'i!fg6
16 .if4 d5 17 .l:.ae1 d4 18 li:\e2 (Dov­
zhik-Vujo�evic, Budapest 1990) 18 . . . .i.d5
gives Black а very good game.
12 . ..-хе4 13 .i.g5
. .
Or:
а) 1 3 .1:.е 1 :
8 Archangel and New Archangel
а1) 1 3 . . .'ilid5 14 lL!bd2 с4 (a1so good
is 14 . . . .id6) 15 :te5 'ilif7 (in Matsukev­
ich's opinion White should play 15 .. Ji'c6
to hinder the normal moЬi1ization of
White's pieces) 16 lL!g5 'ilig6 17 tL:!dfЗ d6
1 8 :te6 h6 19 tL:!h4 'fih5 20 '1/ixh5 tL:!xh5
21 ltjgf3 .id5 22 :te1 Фf7 23 .id2 tL:!f6
24 .ic3 1:tg8 = Khasin-Nezhmetdinov,
USSR 1962.
а2) l 3 .. .'i'g4 14 а4 ( 1 4 lL!bd2 ! ?),
Eley-Mestel, Hastings 1972, and here
l4. . . bxa4 15 tL:!c3 .ixfЗ 16 'ilixf3 'i!i'xfЗ
17 gxfЗ and 14 . . . Ь4 15 lL!bd2 d5 look
quite good for Black.
Ь) After 13 lL!c3, l 3 . . . 'ilig6 14 .ig5
transposes to note 'Ь' to Black's 13th
move, and 13 ... 'ft'c6 14 .ig5 to note 'с' to
B1ack's 13th move.
13 Ji'f5
..
Other moves:
а) 13 ... tL:!d5 has not been sufficiently
tested. After 14 lL!bd2 �g6 15 с4 (Dol­
gener-Stromer, 2nd Bundes1iga 1 992),
both 15 ... lL!Ь6 and 15 ... ltjЬ4 give B1ack а
good position.
Ь) 13 ... 'ilig6 14 lL!c3 (14 .ixf6 'ilixf6
transposes to the main line) 14 ... :td8:
Ь1) 15 .ixf6 'ilixf6 16 1:te1 d5 17 'ii'e2
(17 1:te5 Ь4! 18 tL:!xd5 'ficб 19 lL!e7+ .ixe7
20 1:txe7 1:txd1+ 21 1:txd 1 , Кliavinsh­
Sakovich, Riga 1969, 2 1 ... h6 22 :tdd7
'fif6 23 1:txb7 'ii'xb2 and Black should
win the ending), Tarve-Hermlin, 1 965,
17 ....id6 18 'fie6+ 'ilixe6 19 1:txe6 h6 and
20...Фf7 with good prospects for Black -
Matsukevich.
Ь2) 15 .ih4 and then 15 ... d5?! should
Ье met Ьу 16 tL:!e2 .id6 17 lL!g3 d4 18 а4
hб 19 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 20 1:te1 Фh7 21 .ixf6
'ii'xf6 22 'i!i'd3+ ± Chandler-Flear, British
Ch 1983, rather than 16 lL!e5 'ilif5 17 f4
d4 1 8 tL:!e2 '6'h5 19 "ii'e1 .ie7 + Kudri­
ashov-Bagirov, Kishinev 1964. Instead,
15 ... Ь4 ! ? 16 tL:!Ы gives Black good
chances.
с) 13 ... 'ft'c6 14 tL:!c3 and now:
c l ) l 4 ...lL!g4 15 J:el Ь4 16 'i!t'e2?! (а
speculative sacrifice) and now:
с 11) 16. . .с4 17 tL:!a4 (Vito1in�-Chand­
ler, Jurma1a 1983) and now Black should
play 17 ... J:c8, when White does not have
18 tL:!d4.
с12) 16 ... Ьхс3 17 '6'с4+ 'itd5 ! 18
'ilixg4 схЬ2 19 :taЬl h5 ! 20 'ii'a4 (the only
move, keeping an еуе оп the squares d7
and с4) 20. . .с4 (with ideas of trapping
White's queen in some variations) 21
J:e5 'ilif7 22 :txb2 .ixfЗ 23 gxf3 .id6 24
J:e4 '6'xf3 25 'ilixc4+ Фh7 =.
с2) 14 ... Ь4 !? 15 .ixf6 (15 tL:!e2 h6
{ also good is 15 ... lL!e4} 16 .ih4 g5 17
.ig3 lte8 18 с3 а5 19 :te1 :th7 20 :tc1
J:he7 21 схЬ4 ахЬ4 22 h3 'iliaб ! gives
Black а strategically won position, Ger­
guri-Кiwv, corr. 1985) 15 ...'6'xf6 16 tL:!d5
'ilif5 17 tL:!e3 'fie6 18 lL!g5 'fic6 19 'i!t'h5
g6 20 'ilig4 h6 21 tL:!f3 1:te8 22 :tad 1 :th7 !
23 :td3 'fie6 24 :tfd 1 d6 and Black has
the initiative, Gerguri-Кlaic, corr. 1989.
14 .ixf6
14 lL!bd2 cannot Ье dangerous for
B\ack; e.g., 14... 116 15 .ixf6 'ilixf6 16 1:te1
d5 17 lL!e5 .id6 18 tL:!df3 :te8 Obukhov­
sky-Grabczewski, Dubna 1971.
14 'ilixf6
...
l4 . . . gxf6 15 lL!bd2 Фf7 16 tL:!h4 'i!i'd5
17 с4 Ьхс4 18 tL:!xc4 and now rather than
l8 ... J:d8? 19 'ith3 1:tg8 20 tL:!fЗ а5 2 1 а4
.ic6 22 1:tad1 :tb8 23 tL:!ce5+ fxe5 24
tL:!xe5+ Фе6 25 'fih3+ Фхе5 26 'fih5+
Фdб 27 1:txd5+ .ixd5 28 1:td1 with а win­
ning attack for White, Frolov- Yilmaz,
SimferopollAlushta 1992, Black should
play l 8 ...:te8.
15 tL:!c3
15 "it'xd7 .ixf3 16 gxf3 J:d8 17 1Vh3
Ь4! gives B1ack very good compensation
for the pawn. Sendera-Panczyk, Warsaw
1983 conc1uded 18 аЗ 1:td4 19 .!:е1 h5 20
с3 1:td3 21 ахЬ4? :thб 22 tL:!a3 1:txf3 23
'ii'd7 :tg6+ 24 Фh1 :txf2 25 'i'd5+ Фh8
26 tL:!c4 1:txh2+ 0-1.
 Archangel with 7 d4
15 .1:.d8
.•.
1 5 .. :ilt'c 6 ! ? 16 1:te1 J:td8 17 а4 h5 ! 1 8
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 9 '11r'd3 h4 gave Black good
play in Vitolin�-Malaniuk, USSR 1996.
16 %:te1
Another line is 16 а4:
а) 1 б . . . Ь4 1 7 l2Jd5 f// f7 1 8 l2Je3 (Уе
Rongguang recommends 1 8 с4 ЬхсЗ 1 9
l2Jxc3, but after 1 9. . . i.xf3! 1 prefer Black's
position) 1 8. . . i.e7 ( 1 8 ... i.xf3 ! ?) 1 9 l2Je5
'i!r'e6 20 l2Jd3 i.d6 2 1 ЬЗ h5 22 'ii'd2 .l:.h6
23 f4 "i'e4 24 l2Jf2 "i'xf4 25 l2Jfg4 hxg4
26 .l:.xf4 i.xf4 27 gЗ i.e5 (27 . . . i.xg3 !)
28 l2Jf5 i.xal 29 'ilt'g5 ! i.f6 30 l2Jxh6+
Фh7 3 1 'ilt'xc5 Фхh6 + Vito1in�-Кozlov,
1 983.
Ь) 1 6 ... d5 (ЕСО considers this move
to Ье the best) 17 ахЬ5 d4 18 liJЫ ахЬ5
1 9 l2Jbd2 h6 20 .l:.e 1 с4 21 l2Je4 (2 1 .l:.e5?
сЗ ! 22 l2Je4 i.xe4 23 .l:.xe4 схЫ 24 .I:.Ы
dЗ ! + Уе Jiangchuan-Уе Rongguang,
Beijing 1 99 1 ) 21 ... 'il*'f4 (this is condemned
Ьу Уе Rongguang, who prefers 2 l . . . 'il*'b6
ао) 22 gЗ 'il*'f5 23 l2Jh4 (23 l2Jxd4 ..txe4 24
l2Jxf5 .l:.xd 1 +) 2З .. :ir'f7 24 .l:.a7 dЗ and
Black's two bishops and the passed pawn
may Ье very dangerous; e.g., 25 схdЗ
схdЗ 26 'ilt'g4 (perhaps the only way for
White to fight for an advantage is 26 l2Jg6
"i'xgб 27 .l:.xb7 .l:.d4, although the posi­
tion still remains unclear) 26 ... i.c8 27
�g6 'ilt'xg6 28 l2Jxg6 i.Ь4 29 .l:.c 1 i.f5
30 .l:.cc7 i.xg6 3 1 .l:.xg7+ Фf8 32 .l:.xgб
d2 33 .l:.f6+ with а perpetual check.
16 ... d5 17 �е2 ..td6 18 %:tad1
Frolov-Кhuzman, Ukrainian Ch 1999.
18 . . . hб 19 Фhl "i'f7 =.
В)
8 l2Jxd4 exd4 (D)
White can choose between:
Bl: 9 с3 9 'iWg6 1 7 "i'hЗ+! f5 18 cxd4 i.xgЗ 1 9
В2: 9 eS 10
9 i.g5?! h 6 10 i.h4 g5 1 1 i.gЗ с 5 gives
White no compensation for the pawn.
9
w
81)
9 с3
First played in Fischer-Bisguier, Bue­
nos Aires 1 970.
9 l2Jxe4
.•.
Black accepts the challenge. The other
moves are 9 ... d3 10 e5 l2Je4, transposing
to Line В252, and 9 ... d6 (Keres's idea)
10 cxd4 i.e7.
10 .:et "i'h4!
А tactica1 way to solve all proЬ!ems
connected with the pin on the e-file.
Other moves:
а) 1 0 ... i.d6? ! was played in the
aforementioned garne Fischer-B isguier.
After 1 1 l2Jd2 ..txh2+ 12 Фfl ! d5 13 "i'h5
B1ack tried for а perpetual check Ьу
13 . . . 0-0?, but this failed: 14 "iixh2 dхсЗ
15 l2Jxe4 dxe4 16 ЬхсЗ с5 17 .l:.еЗ с4 1 8
i.c2 �fб 1 9 .l:.fЗ 'ile6 20 .l:.hЗ �f5 2 1
i.еЗ .l:.ad8 22 .l:.e1 .l:.d7 23 i.d4 .l:.e8 24
.l:.h5 g5 25 g4 1-0. Тhis idea has not found
its supporters since that time. Neverthe­
less after 1 3 . . . 'i!r'd6 ! the situation is not
hopeless for Black. White's best is 14 gЗ:
а 1 ) 14 . . .i.xg3 15 i.xd5 i.xd5 16
l2Jxe4 i.xe4 1 7 .l:.xe4+ Фf8 1 8 fxgЗ dхсЗ
19 'i!i'fЗ .
а2) 14 . . . 0-0-0 1 5 l2Jxe4 dxe4 16 i.f4
'i'xgЗ 'ilt'xgЗ 20 ..txgЗ ±.
аЗ) 14 . . . 0-0 1 5 l2Jxe4 ( 1 5 'il*'xh2 dхсЗ
1 6 l2Jxe4 dxe4 17 ЬхсЗ 'i'dЗ+ 18 Фg1
'i'хсЗ 1 9 i.f4 ;!;) 15 ... dxe4 16 i.f4 'i'gб
10 Archangel and New Archangel

( 1 6 . . . 'i*'f6 17 cxd4) 17 'i*'xg6 ! hxg6 1 8 9... lLJe4 (D)

cxd4 е3 ! ? 1 9 1:е2 should Ье good for
White.
а4) 14 .. .'ii' f6 1 5 �xh2 dxc3 16 ltJxe4
dxe4 17 'fi'h5 0-0 18 Ьхс3 'Wxc3 19 .ie3 w
1:ас8 201:ас 1 and White's piece is stron­
ger than B1ack's pawns.
Ь) 10 ... .ie7 1eads to а positiona1 garne
with B1ack's rook and two pawns against
White's Ьishop and knight. 1 1 'Ш'g4 (not
1 1 'i'xd4? 0-0 12 .ie3 { 1 2 1:хе4? .if6
costs White an exchange } 1 2 . . . d5 and
White Ioses а pawn, Pane1o-Siipak, San
Luis 1 995) 1 1 . . . 0-0 12 1:хе4 .ixe4 1 3
'i!t'xe4 .if6 1 4 .id2 1:е8 and now Вlack's Now:
chances are at least equal in all lines: В21 : 10 f3 10
Ы) 1 5 'i'f3 с6 16 cxd4 d5 17 �с3 В22: 1 0 'i'g4 10
.ixd4 1 81:cl 'i'f6 1 9 �xf6 .ixf6 20 Фfl В23: 10 'i'r3 11
(Byrne-Smejkal, Leningrad IZ 1973) and В24: 10 1:е1 11
according to Suetin Black shou1d play В25: 10 с3 14
20 ... d4! 2 1 ltJe2 1:ас8.
Ь2) 15 'Wd3 с5 ! ? 16 .id5 ( 16 с4? d5 821)
17 .ic2 g6 18 схЬ5 с4 -+ Smirin-Shekht­ 10 f3 ltJc5 11 'i'xd4
man) 16 ... с4 17 'i'fЗ 'i'e7 1 8 g3 1:ас8 1 9 Van der Mije-Chiburdanidze, Buenos
cxd4 .ixd4 2 0 .ic3 'i'f6 ! , Kosulich­ Aires wom OL 1 978. Now Black can
Bobotsov, 1 97 1 . play 1 1 ...ltJxb3 12 ахЬ3 с5 followed Ьу
1 1 g3 13 ... d5 or 1 3 . . .'ite6.
Or 11 f3 .id6 with а very strong king­
side attack. 822)
11 ... 'i'f6 12 f3 il.cS 13 'it>g2 d5 14 1 О 'fi'g4 'i'e7 11 .l:f.e1 g6
cxd4 After this move, recommended Ьу
Or 1 4 .ic2 0-0 1 5 fxe4 d3 ! 1 6 .ixd3 Matsukevich, White has proЫems keep­
dxe4 -+. ing the ba1ance.
14... .ixd4 15 .igS! 'i'xgS 16 'i'xd4 11 . . . h5 1 2 'i'f4 ltJc5 1 3 'i'xd4lL\xb3
0-0-0 17 fxe4 dxe4 18 'i'e3 'ii'g6 19 lLJc3 14 ахЬ3 'i'Ь4 15 'i'хЬ4 .iхЬ4 16 .id2 is
.1:.d3 20 'ii'f4 е3+ 21 Фg1 .l:txc3! 22 Ьхс3 equal, Levitina-Litinskaya, Novosibirsk
'i'c6 23 'i'fS+ 'iti>bS 24 il.dS 'fi'xdS 25 1 976.
'i'xd5 il.xd5 26 .l:txe3 il.c4 27 а4 .l:f.d8 28 12 Пхе4
axbS axbS А consistent move. Both 1 2 'i'fЗ ltJc5
Black has the better ending, Kuskov­ 13 il.d5 сб 14 .ie4 .ig7 and 1 2 "ir'f4 h5
Kozlov. There is no clear way to improve 13 1:.хе4 .ih6 14 'i'xf7+ 'i'xf7 15 .ixf7+
White's р1ау. Фхf7 16 1:е1 look better for Black.
12...f5 13 exf6
82) After 1 3 .ig5 fxg4 1 4 .ixe7 Фхе7 1 5
9 eS 1:xg4 с5 Black has а better ending.
The main line. 13 ...'fi'xe4 14 "fr'xe4+ .ixe4 15 f7+
 Archangel with 7 d4 11

1 5 i.g5 d5 1 6 f3 (or 1 6 l2Jd2 с5) 15 а4 Ь4 16 сЗ!?

16 ... i.f5 1 7 i.xd5 0-0-0 1 8 i.e4 i.xe4 19
fxe4 d3 20 cxd3 J.c5+ 2 1 Фfl i.d4 22
l2Jc3 h6 1eads to an advantage for B1ack.
15 ...Фd8
15 ... Фе7 16 i.g5+ Фсt6 17 .tf4+.
16 i.g5+ i.e717i.h6
Hoping for 17 ... i.f8 18 i.g5+ with а
draw.
17... с5! 18 i.g7.:rs 19 l2Jd2 i.c6 20
i.xf8 i.xf8 +
16 i.f4 g5 17 i.gЗ h5 18 h3 i.g7 1 9
'i'f5 .:cte8 20 1:.fe1 h 4 2 1 i.h2 i.xe5 22
i.xe5 �хе5 23 �xf7 .:hf8 24 'i'h5 'i'f4 +
Gi1d.Garcia-Am.Rodriguez, Havana 1 983.
16...dxc3 17ЬхсЗ 'itxe5
According to Am.Rodriguez the posi­
tion is unclear, but after 1 8 i.f4 'itxc3 1 9
'ii'x c3 ЬхсЗ, 1 8 i.d2 i.d6 1 9 g 3 f5 20
i.c2 с5 and 1 8 i.b2 i.d6 1 9 g3 .:ье8
White has no compensation.

823) 824)
10 'itrз 'ite7 1 1 l2Jd2 10 .:е1 (D)
Or 1 1 с3 0-0-0 ( 1 1 . . . l2Jc5 12 i.d5 с6
13 cxd4 cxd5 ! ? 1 4 dxc5 'itxc5, or 1 1 ... d3
transposing to В2522), and now:
а) 12 �f4 dxc3 1 3 l2Jxc3 l2Jxc3 14 в
Ьхс3 f6 1 5 'fkg3 'iWxe5 ( 1 5 ... h5 ! ?) 1 6
'i'xe5 fxe5 17 i.g5 1:te8 1 8 i.f7 i.e7 1 9
i.xe8 i.xg5 2 0 i.f7 i.d2 2 1 с 4 1:tf8 22
i.d5 с6 23 i.e4 Ьхс4 24 i.xh7 d5 + Kov­
a1iov-Matsukevich, corr. 1 968.
Ь) 12 'ii'xf7 'itxf7 13 i.xf7 i.c5 14
l2Jd2 1:thf8 15 l2Jxe4 i.xe4 1 6 е6 dxe6 1 7
i.xe6+ ФЬ7 + Macha1a-Gтabczewski,
Stary Smokovec 1 967.
11 ...l2Jc5 12 i.d5 Now:
12 'i'g3 ? ! h5 (a1so good is 12 . . . 0-0-0 8241: 10...i.e7 11
13 а4 f6 or 12 . . . g6 followed Ьу . . . 0-0 - 8242: 10...�h4 l3
Matsukevich) 13 h4 l2Jxb3 14 ахЬ3 'i'e6 8243: 10...d5 13
1 5 1:te1 i.e7 + Lнtz-Bode, Oberurse1 8244: 10...с5! 13
1 989.
12...с6 13 l2Je4 Not good i s 1 0... l2Jc5 1 1 'iixd4 l2Jxb3
1 3 Ь4 cxd5 14 Ьхс5 'i'xc5 1 5 llJЬЗ 12 ахЬ3, when B1ack has proЬlems with
'i'xc2 1 6 i.d2 i.e7 17 xtac 1 'ite4 1 8 'ii'h 3 development.
i.c6 19 f4 d3 20 .:rз i.b4 1/2-lf2 Ivano­
vic-Todorovic, Nik§ic 1 99 1 ; the final po­ 824 1 )
sition is much better for Black. 10...J.e7
13...l2Jxe4 14 i.xe4 0-0-0 Now:
Also very good is 14... g6 15 i.f4 i.g7 82411: 11 сЗ 11
16 %tad1 (Smetanin-Matsukevich, 1 967) 82412: 1 1 �g4 12
16 ... 0-0 (Matsukevich suggests 16 ... f6 or 82413: 1 1 'ii'f3 12
16 .. .f5) 17 1:txd4 f5 1 8 exf6 .:r.xf6 19 i.g5
.:r.xf3 20 J.xe7 i.xd4 21 i.xfЗ i.xb2 22 8241 1 )
i.d6 .:е8 +. l l c3
12 Archangel and New Archangel
This move, recommended Ьу Kozma,
may Ье inconvenient for B1ack in а nurn­
ber of variations (e.g. 11...d3 12 'i*'xd3)
because of the bishop's awkward posi­
tion on the е7-square. 11...lL'Jc5 12 cxd4
lLJxb3 and now after 13 jfxb3 0-0 14
lLJc3 dб 15 i.f4 dxe5 1б dxe5 'ttd 4 17
i.g3 1tad8 18 еб 'ttc4 19 jfxc4 Ьхс4 20
i.xc7 .:td2 21 1te2 1:txe2 22 lLJxe2 fхеб
23 .:td1 i.fб 24 i.a5 i.e4 25 i.c3 i.d3
2б i.xfб gxfб 27 lLJf4 1tb8 28ltJxd3 cxd3
29 1td2 .:tc8 30 f3 J:tc2 31 .l'lxd3 ПхЫ
Black managed to draw in de Firmian­
Hector, Hamburg 1993. Worth consider­
ing is 13 ахЬ3, which shou1d Ье com­
pared with Jines in В251.
82412)
11 'ti'g4
White has two ways (this and В2413)
to take advantage of the exposed position
of Black's knight immediate1y. The ad­
vantage of 11 �g4 is that after White's
threat, .:txe4, is carried out, the rook is
not pinned.
11 с5...
Others:
а) 11 ...lLJg5!? 12 i.xg5 (12 f4 h5 13
jt'g3 lLJeб 14 i.хеб dхеб 15 jt'xg7 .:tf8 +)
12...i.xg5 and B1ack's position is good.
Ь) 11...i.g5 seems good enough to
equa1ize:
Ьl) 12 i.f4 i.xf4 13 'ttxf4 lLJg5 14
jfxd4 lLJeб 15 'itd2 �h4 1б ltJc3 0-0 1ed
to а draw in Hellers-Hector, Ma1mo 1997.
Ы) 12 f3 i.xc1 13 'ttxg7 .:tf8 14
J:xc1 lLJc5 15 lLJd2 jfh4 ""·
Ь3) 12 lLJa3 �хс1 13 'ji'xg7 .:tf8 14
1taxc1 с5 15 с4 (15 'i!t'xh7 1tg5!) 15...Ь4
1б lLJЫ 1th4 with good counterp1ay for
Black.
Ь4) 12 f4 is critica1, but the resu1ting
complications seem quite acceptaЬle for
Blaclc. 12 ... i.hб 13 �f5 d5 (13... 0-0 14
1txe4 с5 15 с3 i.xe4 lб 1txe4 с4 17 i.d1
d3 is a1so possiЬle) 14 .:txe4 (14 ехdб
=
0-0 15 1txe4 i.xe4 1б 1txe4 .:te8 17 dxc7
�h4+) 14...gб 15�h3 dxe4 1б�xhб e3
(а good a1temative is 1б ...�d7) 17 'i!kg7
.:tf8 18 1txh7 с5 19 с4 �d7 20 'i'h4 fб 21
ехfб 'i!kc6 22 'i'g3 0-0-0 23 f7 Ь4 24 lLJd2
.:txf7 25 lLJfЗ .:tf6 2б аЗ .:tdf8 27 ахЬ4
1txf4 28 Ь5 'tte6 29 i.d1 1tg4 30 �hЗ е2
31 i.xe2 i.xfЗ 0-1 Brinclc-Claussen -
Hector, Copenhagen 1995.
12 1txg7
12 с4 lLJg5 13 f4 Ьхс4 14 i.xc4 h5 15
'ji'd 1 (B alogh-Trajlcovic, 1955), and now
Black cou1d try 15...lLJh3+!? 16 gxh3 (16
Wfl !?) 1б...'i'Ь6.
12 J:tf8 13 'i!kxh7
...
After 13 . .с4! (Harding) 14 .:txe4 Black
.
can choose between:
а) 14 ... схЬ3 (according to Trajkovic
the chances are now balanced) 15 1txd4
(Harding gives 15 ахЬ3 and 15 схЬ3)
15...Ьхс2 deserves detailed analysis. ln
ту opinion White can fight for an advan­
tage Ьу 16 �хс2; e.g., 16....:tc8 17 lLJc3
Ь4 18 еб! fхеб 19 'i*'g6+ .:tf7 20 .:tf4 i.f6
21 .:tхЬ4 or 16....:tg8 17 g3 'ttb6 18 i.e3
�е6 19 lLJc3.
Ь) 14...i.xe4 15 �хе4 схЬ3. Harding
eva\uates the positions after both 16 ахЬ3
�с8 and 16 схЬ3 as satisfactory for
B1ack. In my opinion White has s1ightly
better chances in either case.
82413)
11 �rз о-о! (DJ
w
 Archangel with 7 d4
The only chance for Black to obtain
counterplay.
121:.хе4 cS 13 с4
Or 13 а4 с4 14 i.a2 fS 15 exf6 i.xf6
16 'i'e2 i.xe4 17 ,.-хе4 d5"" (Nunn).
13 ...rs 14 exf6 �xf6
Now White can play:
а) 15 'i!ke2 Ьхс4 16 i.d 1 ( 1 6 i.xc4+
d5 17 i.ьз с4 Harding) 1 6 ... i.xe4 1 7
'i!l'xe4 d 5 1 8 ,.-g4 1:.е8 1 9 gЗ с З 20 ll:\aз
dЗ led to а win for Black in Banas-Biatny,
Rimavska Sobota 1 974.
Ь) 1 5 ll:\d2 i.h4 16 'i'g4 i.xf2+ 1 7
Фh1 was played in Sibarevic-Barlocco,
Mendrisio 1 989, and now 17 . . . Фh8 1 8
1:.f4 W/e7 gives Black attacking chances;
e.g., 19ll:\fl 'i'e1 20 1:.xf8+1:.xf8 21 i.h6
'ii'e5 +.
с) 15 схЬ5+ Фh8 and now: 16 i.c2
ахЬ5 17 'i'g4 i.xe4 18 'i'xe4 =, 16 ll:\d2
ахЬ5 17 i.c2 с4 18 'i'h5 dЗ or 16 i.d2
= cient compensation for the exchange; for
ахЬ5 with chances for both sides (Nunn).
8242)
10.. .'ii h4 11 'i'rз ll:\cs
Or:
а) 1 1 ... 0-0-0 !? 12 gЗ and now:
а 1 ) 1 2 . . .ll:\g5? 1 3 ,.-хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 14
i.d5+ с6 15 gxh4 +-.
а2) 1 2. . . i.b4 1 3 gxh4 i.xe 1 is given
Ьу Matsukevich, but in my opinion after
14 W/g4 (in order to have the move е6 af­
ter . . . f6) B1ack does not have sufficient
compensation.
аЗ) 1 2 .. .'ii'h3 13 1:.хе4 h5! (the only
chance for Black) 14 .U.h4 ( 1 4 i.g5 1:.е8
1 5 ll:\d2 h4 16 1:.ае1 �Ь4 17 �g4 hxg3
1 8 'ii'x g3 �хgЗ+ 19 fxg3 i.xe4 20 1txe4
f6 2 1 exf6 gxf6 oo; 14 �xf7 !?) 14 .. .'�xh4
1 5'ilr'xb7+ Фxb7 16 gxh41:.e8 1 7 i.f4 f6
1 8 exf6 gxf6 1 9 ll:\d2 ФЬ6 20 Фfl .ih6
;1:;. These variations need testing.
Ь) 1 1 ... f5 is also rejected Ьу Matsuke­
vich, but does not look bad for Black af­
ter 12 'i!l'xf5 i.Ь4 13 Wif7+ Фd8 14 .U.e2
'i'e7 or 12 exf6.
13
12 �xf7+ 'it>d8 13 W/rs g6 14 'i'g5+
i.e7 15 'ilr'xh4 i.xh4 16 i.h6 ll:\e4 17
1te2 ll:\gS 18 i.ЬЗ .U.e8 19 f4
White has а small advantage in an un­
clear ending.
8243)
10 ... d5 11 exd6 �xd6 12 ll:\d2 fS
Wrong is 1 2 ... i.xh2+ 1 3 Фfl ,.-h4 14
ll:\xe4 i.e5 1 5 'i'f3 0-0 1 6 i.g5 ± (Tseit­
lin).
13 'i!l'hS+
White can force а draw Ьу 13 fЗ
i.xh2+ 14 Фхh2 ,.-h4+ with а perpetual
check. The other line is 13 ll:\xe4 fxe4
(worse is 1 3 ... i.xe4 14 f3 �h4 1 5 h3 �g3
16 fxe4 'i'h2+ 17 'iti>fl ± Tseitlin) and
now:
а) 1 4 'i'g4 ,.-f6 1 5 .U.xe4+ i.xe4 1,6
'itxe4+ Фd7 does not give White suffi­
example, 17 i.d5 1:.af8 1 8 'i' g4+ W/f5 19
W/xg7+ Фс8 20 'i'xd4 с5.
Ь) 14 'i'h5+ g6 and now 15 'ilr'g4 'ilr'f6
with similar play as in line 'а' ; after 1 5
'i'h3 с 5 1 6 i.h6 'i*'f6 and 1 5 _.h6 ,.-d7
Black has better chances.
13 ...g6 14 'i*'h6 'ito>d7
Black can force а draw Ьу 14 ... i.f8 1 5
'i'f4 i.d6 1 6 'i'h6.
15 ll:\xe4 fxe4
1 5 . . . i.xe4 1 6 f3 �Ь7 1 7 i.g5 'i'f8 18
i.e6+ Фс6 19 'ilr'h4 gives White the ini­
tiative.
16 'i'h3+ 'ito>e8 17 а4
In this complicated position Black has
good chances.
8244)
10 ... с5! 11 с4 dxc3 12 �с2
1 2tt:\xc3 ( 1 2 i.d5? с2 wins for Black)
12 . . .ll:\xc3 13 ЬхсЗ с4 14 i.c2 'ilfb6 1 5
i.f5 0-0-0 1 6 i.e3 'i'c6 1 7 f3 i.аЗ +
Grabczewski-Vasiukov, Polanica Zdroj
1965.
12...схЬ2
14 Archangel and New Archangel
After 12 ...'ii'h4 13 ..fЗ схЬ2 14 .tхЬ2
ltJxf2 15 �xf2 �xf2+ 1б Фхf2 а very
unclear ending arises.
13 .ixb2llJg5 14f4 ltJe6 15 f5 �g5!
According to Tseitlin Black has better
chances; e.g., 1 б 'i'd2llJf4 17.ie4llJh3+
18 Фh1 .txe4 19 1:.хе4 �xd2 20 llJxd2
llJf2+ or 1б g3llJd4 17.ixd4 cxd4 18 еб
(18llJd2.iЬ4 191:.e21:.c8) 18...dxe6 19
fхеб 0-0-0.
825)
10 с3 (D)
в llJcЗ Пс4 17 .te3 g5!?
Now:
8251: 10...llJc5 14
8252: 10...d3 14
8253: 10. .dxc3 1б
.
825 1 )
10 .llJc5 1 1 cxd4
..
11 �xd4llJxb3 12 ахЬ3 'fie7 13.if4
(or 13llJd2 �еб 14 Ь4.ie7 15llJe4 0-0
1б llJcS.ixc5 17 �хс5 Bernard-Pan­
= 82521: 11 .tеЗ 14
czyk, Polish Cht 1986) 13 .....еб 14llJd2
.te7 15 Ь4 g5 1б .tg3 h5 17 f3 0-О-0 18
llJe4 h4 19 .if2 g4 20 fxg4 h3 "" Sanz­
Mikhalchishin, Thilisi 1980.
11...llJxb3 12 1\Vxb3
12 ахЬ3!? (keeping the possibility of
playing d5) 12 ....te7 (12 .. .'ii'h4 1eads to
an unclear game and good counterplay
for 8lack) 13 ..g4 Фf8 14llJc3 Ь4 15llJe2
h5 16 ..h3 d6 17 f4 (Rayner-Rahman,
British Ch 1991) and now the interesting
manoeuvre 17 ...1\Ve8 18 .te3 �5 19
1:.fe1 �d5 gives Black quite а good posi­
tion.
12... �h4
12 ...dб 13 .i.f4 (Poleszczuk recom-
mends 13 еб) 13....ie7 14 а4 0-0 15llJc3
Ь4 1б�хЬ4 dxe5 17�хЬ7 exf4 18 :.Cd1 ;j;
Filipenko-Kozlov, Ordzhonikidze 1978.
13 f4
If 13 .tеЗ Black сап force а draw Ьу
13....txg2.
13 'it'd3 i..e7 14llJd2 0-0 15llJf3 'i'hS
led to а decisive attack for Black in
Boicu- Stupina, Panonija 1981.
13...с5 14.te3 cxd415 .i.xd4l:.c816
"" Zelic- Кrasikova, соп. 1991.
8252)
10...d3 (D)
Now:
82522: 11 ..r3 15
82523: 11 �xd3 15
82521 )
11.i.e3
Now:
а) 11...'ir'e7 12 �xd3 (after 12 '6'f3
d5 White has no compensation for the
pawn) 12 ...�xeS 13llJd2.idб 14 f4 'ii'e7
1 S :.а е1 0-0 1 б .id4 1:.fe8 17 llJxe4
 Archangel with 7 d4
i.xe4 1 8 �g3 'ii'f8 + Djuric-Kapic, corr.
1 989.
Ь) l l ... c5 1 2 с4 d5 13 ,.. xd3 dxc4 14
'i'xd8+ .l:txd8 15 i.c2 i.e7 16 а4 Ь4 1 7
i.d 1 .l:td5 1 8 f3 (Vito1iп�-Remert, Riga
1 984) апd поw 18 . . . i.g5 19 f4 i.h6 20
i.f3 .U.xe5 or 1 8 ...l2Jg5 gives Black а very
promisiпg positioп.
с) 1 1 . .l2Jc5
. ! ? is а simp1e move that
1ooks quite good. After 12 i.xc5 i.xc5
B1ack's positioп is better апd по other
move сап justify the avoidaпce of 1 1
'Wit'xd3 or 1 1 �f3.
82522)
11 'Wit'rз 'ike7 12l2Jd2
Оп1у this move сап give Black апу
proЬ!ems. If 12 .l:te1 theп B1ack exchanges
White's stroпg 1ight-squared Ьishop Ьу
1 2. .l2Jc5.
. 1 2 i.e3 сап Ье met so1idly Ьу
1 2. . . 0-0-0 or 1 2 . . . d5, while 12 ... с5 is
worth coпsideriпg too.
12...l2Jc5
1 2 ...0-0-0!? 1 3l2Jxe4 'ikxe5 14 .l:te1 f5
1 5 'Wifg3 'ike8 16 liJd6+ ( 1 6 i.f4 fxe4 17
i.xc7 'ikg6 оо) 1 6 . . . i.xd6 1 7 .U.xe8 .U.hxe8
and поw:
а) 18 i.f4 d2 1 9 .U.fl .l:te1 20 i.xd6
.l:tde8 21 f3 i.d5 22 i.f4 (22 'ili'f4?! i.c4
23 h4 .l:txfl + 24 Фh2 .U.e2 25 i.xc7 .l:tff2
26 -.. d6? .l:txg2+ 27 Фh3 .l:th2+ 28 Фg3
.l:teg2+ 29 Фf4 .l:txh4+ 30 Фхf5 .l:th6 0- 1
was the spectacu1ar game Minic-P1aninc,
Rovinj/Zagreb 1 975) 22. . . i.c4? ! (Black
сап force а perpetual check Ьу 22... .l:txfl +
23 Фxfl i.c4+ 24 Фf2 .l:te2+) 23 .i.xc4
d 1 � 24 i.d3 .l:txfl + 25 i.xfl .U.e2 26 а4
Ьха4 27 �xg7 апd White won in Antu­
пes-Lugo, Cienfuegos 1989.
Ь) 18 f4 i.c5+ 19 Фfl .l:te2 20 i.d1
("+-" Minic) 20 ... i.xg2+ 21 'i'xg2 .l:txg2
22 Фхg2 .l:te8 ""·
13 i.dS
Now:
а) 13 . . .i.xd5 (the simplest way to
equalize) 14 �xd5 с6 15 'i'd4 d6 16 liJfЗ
15
( 1 6 b4l2Je6 1 7 'ike4.1:tc8 1 8l2Jf3 g6 1 9
.l:td 1 dxe5 20l2Jxe5 i.g7 2 1 .l:txd3 0-0 22
lЬf3 с5 + Aпtuпes-AreпciЬia, Seville
1 990) апd поw:
а1) 1 6...'ikd7 ( 1/2-1f2 Tringov-Tseshkov­
sky, Roviпj/Zagreb 1 975) 1 7 i.e3 0-0-0
18 .l:tfd 1 (Vап Looп-Dries, corr. 198 1 )
1 8.. .'i'e6 with а good game for Black.
а2) Тhе simp1e 1 6 . . .dxe5 1 7l2Jxe5 ( or
1 7 'i'xe5 0-0-0 with а better positioп for
Black) 1 7 . . . .l:td8 1 8 'i'e3 (Poleszczuk­
Papygiп, corr. 1975) 18 . ..1:td5 . 19 .l:te1 f6
20l2Jxc6 'i'xe3 gives Black а good eпd­
iпg.
Ь) 13 . . . с6 14 l2Je4 l2Jxe4 1 5 i.xe4
�хе5 1 6 i.f4 'iWf6 1 7 'Wit'g3 апd White
has compeпsatioп for the раwп: 17 ... h6
( 1 7 . . . d2 ! ? is worth coпsideriпg; e.g., 1 8
.l:tad1 h 6 19 .l:txd2 0-0-0 20 .l:t e 1 i.c5 with
good р1ау for B1ack) 1 8 i.xd3 ( 18 .l:tae1
0-0-0 19 i.c7 .l:te8 20 i.b8, Hawelko­
Paпczyk, Polish Ch 1 987, 20 ... -.. d8 2 1
i.xd3 .l:txe1 2 2 .l:txel i.c5 gives Black а
good positioп) 1 8 . . . 0-0-0 19 а4 d6 20
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 2 1 с4 g5 22 i.e3 Kaczmarek­
Detko, Po1ish wom Ch 1 989.
82523)
11 'iWxdЗ (D)
в
The most popu1ar move.
11 ...l2Jc5 12 �g3
12 'Wiff5 l2Jxb3 1 3 ахЬ3 g6 14 'i'f6
'ili'xf6 15 exf6 0-0-0 gave Black the better
16 Archangel and New Archangel
ending in the game Grigorev-Go1yshev,
corr. 1992.
12 .c!L\xb3 13 ахЬ3 �е7
..
An interesting plan is 13 ... h5 with the
idea ...h4-h3 weakening the squares оп
the a8-h1 diagonal:
а) Matsukevich recommends 14 h3.
Ь) 14 .i.g5 h4 15 'i'g4 .i.e7 and now
16 .i.xe7? 'fixe7 17 ..Wxg7 0-0-0 gives
B1ack а very strong attack, but 1б i.e3!?
leaves Black's pieces а little awkwardly
p1aced.
14lt:\a3
Other moves:
а) 14 .i.e3 0-0-0 (worth considering
is 14 ...h5) 15 l2Jd2 (15 с4!?) 15 ...dб (or
15 ...fб 16 l2Jf3 'fif7 17 Ь4 J:.e8 18 .i.d4
fxe5 19 l2Jxe5 �f5 20 f4 .i.dб 21 J:.ae1
J:te7 оо Seidman-Bisguier, New York 1968)
16 ехdб 'i'xdб 17 �хdб .i.xd6 18 Ь4
J:he8 19lt:'Jb3 J:.еб 20 l2Jc5 .i.xc5 21 Ьхс5
(Bernard-Panczyk, Po1ish Cht \986)
21...J:.de8 22 J:tfe1 J:tg6 23 g3 J:geб +.
Ь) 14 Ь4 'ifeб 15 i.e3 dб 16 f4 h5 17
h3 0-0-0 18 l2Jd2 h4 with very good play
for Black, Bogdanovic-Pianinc, Sarajevo
1970.
с) 14 с4 (recommended Ьу Suetin)
14 ..."iieб 1ed to an edge for B1ack in
Thrner-GoluЬovic, Gent U-18 Ech 1992.
d) 14 .i.g5?! (in order to hinder queen­
side castling) 14.. .'i'еб 15 f4 hб 16 .i.h4
g5 17 fxg5 .i.c5+ 18 Фh1 hxg5! (Matsu­
kevich recommends 18 ...0-0-0) 19 'i'xg5
( 19 .i.xg5 J:.h3! 20 �f4 .i.e3 and B1ack
wins) 19 ...Фf8! 20 'i'g3 J:.g8 21 .i.g5
.i.e7 22 h4 .i.xg5 23 hxg5 J:.e8 -+.
14 . h5
. .
In а few games Black successfully
tried 14 ...'ii'eб:
а) 15 l2Jc2 'i*'g6 16 l2Je3 �xg3 17
hxg3 0-0-0 18lt:\f5 J:.e8 19 .i.f4 h5 20 с4
gб with а better ending for Black, Fon­
taine-Wenaas, Quebec 1997.
Ь) 15 Ь4 �gб 16 'i'xgб hxgб 17 i.e3
dб 18 .i.d4 с5 19 Ьхс5 dxc5 20 .i.e3
0-0-0 21 l2Jc2 J:.d5 22 .i.f4 g5 23 .i.xg5
J:.xe5 again with а very good ending for
Black, Zapo1skis-Soko1ovs, Riga Z 1995.
15 h4
Thrner-Le Quang, Oakham 1992. Black
сап now obtain а very good game Ьу
15 ...'it'eб and if 16 Ь4 or 16 с4 then
16...'i'g4.
8253)
lO .dxcЗ (D)
..
w
The most forcing move.
11 'fif3
Not good is 11 'i'h5 'i'e7!? 12l2Jxc3
l2Jxc3 13 Ьхс3 g6 + Maciejewski-Bandza,
Miedzybrodzie 1991.
ll ...dS
1 1.....We7 is wrong. In Burnevsky-Mat-
sukevich, 1967 White won after 12l2Jxc3
lt:'Jc5 13 l2Jd5 .i.xd5 14 .i.xd5 J:.b8 15
.i.e3 l2Jeб 16 .l:!.fd1 gб? 17 .i.сб J:.d8 18
J:.xd7 J:.xd7 19 J:.d 1.
12 exd6 'i'f6
12...l2Jxdб 13 .i.xf7+.
13 .Uel
Or 13 d7+:
а) 1З ...Фхd7? 14 'ili'g4+ Фе8?? (this
1oses Ьу force, but 14...Фd8 15l2Jxc3 h5
16 l2Jxe4 hxg4 17 lLJxfб gxfб 18 .i.f4
gives White а very active position in the
ending) 15l2Jxc3 h5 (neither 15 ...'i'e5 16
.i.f4l2Jfб 17 'i' gЗ fic5 18 %Не1+ .i.e7 19
'i'xg7 1-0 S1awinski-Kolarik, corr. 1992
 Archangel with 7 d4 17

nor 1 5. . .liJxc3 1 6 .:te 1 + ! liJe4 { l 6. . .�e7

17 �g5 } 1 7 .1:.хе4+ is any good for Black)
1 6 jt'e2 jt'e5 1 7liJxe4 �хе4 1 8 f3 �с5+ w
19 Фh1 1-0 Van der Wiel-Manin Gonza­
lez, Biel IZ 1985.
Ь) 13 .. .C�d8 ! 14 jt'xf6+ liJxf6 1 5
liJxcЗ �d6 1 6 �xf7 Фхd7 1 7 J:e 1 с5
112-lf2 Кremer-Chiburdanidze, Amster­
dam 1986.
13 0-0-0
...

The critical position in this line. Вlack

is very active and has good chances of
counterplay. After 1 7 �xf7 .:thf8 Black has very
14dхс7 Фхс7 strong pressure on the f-file.
This is better than 14 . . . J:d7 1 5 jt'xf6 17 ФЬ6
...

liJxf6 1 6 liJxc3 �d6 1 7 �g5 Фхс7 1 8
J:ac 1 , Tseshkovsky-Beliavsky, Lvov 1978.
15 jt'xf6 liJxf6 (D)
15 . . . gxf6 16 liJxc3 liJxc3 17 �f4+
�d6 1 8 ..ixdб+ Фхd6 1 9 Ьхс3 J:hg8 20
g3 �d5 ;!;.
16liJxc3 �cS 17 ..if4+
i
Alternatively, 1 7 ..ig5 J:c7 1 8 .:tac 1
ФЬ6 19 а4 J:e8 20 J:xe8liJxe8 2 1 liJxb5?!
h6 (2 1 ... �d5 22 �d1 ахЬ5 23 а5+ Фха5
24 J:xc5 �xg2) 22 �f4 g5 23 �Ь8 ахЬ5
and White must fight for equality, Vito­
lin�-Mikhalchishin, USSR 1 978.
Black has а very active position. Now:
а) 18 J:e2 liJd5 1 9 liJxd5+ �xd5 20
�xd5 .1:.xd5 21 Фfl .1:.hd8 led to а draw
in Makarychev-Mikhalchishin, USSR
Spartakiad 1979.
Ь) 1 8 hЗ �с6 1 9 J:ad1 J:he8 20 J:xe8
J:xe8 21 ..ixf7 .1:.е7 22 �Ь3 Ь4 23 liJd5+
�xd5 24 �xd5 .:te2 with an initiative for
Black, Mordue-Emms, British Ch 1 99 1 .
с) Interesting is 1 8 а4 ! ?; for example,
1 8 . . .liJg4 and now 19 �gЗ h5 20 �xf7
h4 21 J:еб+ Фа7 22 liJxb5+ Фа8 23
liJc7+ Фа7 or 19 J:fl Ь4 (or 19 . . . .1:.d4).
2 Archangel with 7 сЗ:
Rare 7th Moves for Black
1 е4 eS 2l2Jf3l2Jc6 3 .ibS а6 4 .ia4l2Jf6
s о-о ьs 6 .tьз .iь7 7 сЗ (DJ
в 1 1 е5.
This move was very popular in the
1 980s and at the beginning of the 1 990s.
White does not spend any time defending
the e4-pawn and prepares his own play in
the centre. Black will now, Ьу compari­
son with the line 7 .l:.e1 .ic5 !, lack the
necessary tempo to fulfil the plan of de­
veloping both bishops actively. The main
reply, 7 . . .l2Jxe4, is discussed in the next
two chapters. The main altematives are:
А: 7...h6 19
В : 7 d5
... 20
Other ideas:
а) 7 ... .ic5 has been rather unsuccess­
ful. 8 d4 and now:
а1) 8 . . . exd4 9 cxd4 .ie7 (9 ... .ib6 10
е5 followed Ьу 1 1 d5 ±) 10 e5 l2Je4 1 1 d5
l2Ja5 1 2 .ic2 f5 1 3 l2Jd4 0-0 1 4 fЗ с5 15
l2Je2 l2Jg5 1 6 d6 1 -0 Haag-Tompa, Hun­
garian Ch 1 966.
а2) 8 . . . .ib6? 9 dxe5 +- l2Jxe4?? 1 0
'li'd5 1 - 0 Ricardi-Facino, Florida Valle
1 993.
аЗ) 8 ... .id6? loses to 9 l2Jg5 0-0 1 0 f4
meeting both 1 0 . . . exf4 and 1 0. . . exd4 Ьу
Ь) lt is too late for Black to transpose
to C1osed systems of the Ruy Lopez Ьу
7 ... .ie7. This is because the bishop has
a1ready been deve1oped on Ь7, and so
White can save а tempo Ьу omitting the
move h3, viz. 8 d4 d6 9 l2Jbd2 0-0. Then:
Ь l ) ЕСО recommends 10 аЗ !?.
Ь2) 1 0 .l:.e1 .l:.e8 1 1 lLifl h6 1 2 l2Jg3
.if8 1 3 .ic2 g6 1 4 а4 .ig7 15 .id3 Ьха4
16 'li'xa4 gives White an advantage, Stan­
islav-Gross, corr. 1 994.
ЬЗ) 10 а4 h6 1 1 'li'e2 .l:.e8 12 d5 l2Jb8
13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 .l:.xa8 .ixa8 1 5 'li'xb5
�bd7 and White is а pawn up, Runo­
wiecki-Jackowski, corr. 1 99 1 .
с) In several games Black tried the
king's fianchetto idea from Line А with­
out the move . . . h6, but this is unimpres­
sive: 7 ... g6 8 d4 (after 8 ltJg5 !? d5 9 exd5
ltJa5 10 .l:.e1 B1ack's compensation for
the pawn is doubtful) 8 . . . exd4 (8 . . . d6 9
ltJg5 +-) 9 е5 ltJe4 10 .l:.e l l2Jc5 1 1 cxd4
l2Jxb3 1 2 �хЬЗ l2JЬ4 1 3 l2Jc3 liJdЗ 14
ltJe4 ( 1 4 l2Jxb5! is even better) l 4 ....ixe4
1 5 .ig5 .ie7 1 6 .ixe7 'ilt'xe7 1 7 .l:.xe4 ±
Abramovic-Chiburdanidze, Montpellier
1 986.
d) Also not too promising is 7 . . .'1i'e7
8 d4 d6 9 а4 Ь4 10 .l:.e1 g6 1 1 ltJg5 l2Jd8
12 схЬ4 .ig7 13 ltJc3 О-О 1 4 lLif3 ltJc6 1 5
 Archangel with 7 сЗ: Rare 7th Moves for Black
�d5 �xd5 1 6 J.xd5 ± Howell-J.Little­
wood, British Ch 1990.
А)
7...h6
B1ack tries to bui1d а solid position Ьу
. . . g6 and . . . J.g7. However, the weak
points of the concept are а certain slow­
ness and proЬlems with the point Ь5,
which may Ье attacked.
8 d4 d6
Now:
А1: 9 �bd2 19
А2: 9 'ti'e2 19
АЗ: 9 J:.e1 19
А1)
9 �bd2 g6
Now:
а) 10 _.е2 should Ье compared with
Line А2, while 10 J:.e1 transposes to the
note to White's 10th move in Line АЗ.
Ь) 10 а4 J.g7 1 1 'i!t'e2 0-0 12 .l:l.d1
exd4 1 З cxd4 (Chiburdanidze-Stupina,
USSR wom Ch 1 979) 13 ... .1:1.е8 with good
counterplay for Black.
с) 10 J.c2 J.g7:
с 1 ) 1 1 ЬЗ 0-0 12 J.Ы �d7 (interest­
ing is 12 . . . .1:1.е8 with possiЬle transposi­
tion to the Breyer System; e.g., 1 3 а4
�Ь8 14 .l:l.e1 �Ьd7 1 5 J.d3 с6 = Sek) 1 3
'i'e2 exd4 1 4 �xd4 J:.e8 (not bad looks
14 ...�xd4 1 5 cxd4 с5 16 .l:l.ad1 'i'c7 Sek)
1 5 f4 f5 ! ? 16 а4 �с5 1 7 ахЬ5 �xd4 1 8
cxd4 fxe4 ! ? 1 9 'i'g4 ! ( 1 9 f5 'i'g5 with
sharp play) 1 9 . . . �dЗ ! 20 J.xdЗ ехdЗ 2 1
'i'xg6 .l:l.e2 2 2 .l:l.f2 J:.xf2 2 З Фхf2 ахЬ5
(2З . . . 'i'h4+ 24 ФеЗ ! ±) 24 .l:l.xa8 'i'xa8
25 ФеЗ 'i'f8 26 � J.xe4 27 'iikxe4 'iik f7
28 'i'xdЗ 'i'd5 29 Фf2! Фf8 ЗО ФgЗ Фе7
З 1 hЗ h5 ! with compensation for the
pawn, Vilchenkov-Rodin, соп. 1980.
с2) 1 1 �ЬЗ ! (aiming to contro1 the
squares а5 and с5) 1 1 . . .0-0 12 dxe5 �хе5
1З �хе5 dxe5 14 'i'e2 �h5 ( 1 4 . . . 'i'e7 ! ?
1 5 J.еЗ .l:l.fd8 ;!; deserves attention) 15
19
.l:l.d 1 _.е7 1 6 J.еЗ �f4 1 7 'i'fl f5 ! ? 1 8
J.xf4 ! exf4 1 9 exf5 f3 20 gЗ (20 .l:l.e1 ! ?)
20... gxf5 21 .l:l.e1 'i'f7 22 .l:l.ad 1 ± Rivera­
Moreno, Pinar del Rio 1 99З.
А2)
9 'i'e2
This move stresses the weakness of
the b5-pawn.
9...g6
After 9 ... 'i'e7 10 �bd2 g6 1 1 а4 J.g7
12 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1З .l:l.xa8+ J.xa8 14 'i!r'xb5
0-0 15 d5 White obtained an advantage in
Sarfati-Sarapu, New Zea1and Ch 1 982.
10 а4
10 .l:l.d 1 'i'e7 1 1 а4 ;!; (Popovic).
10...J.g7 11 dxe5
Good is 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 12 .l:l.xa8 'i!r'xa8
IЗ �аЗ 0-0 14 d5 �а5 15 J.c2 as well.
ll. . .dxe5 12 ахЬ5
12 .l:l.d 1 is best met Ьу Popovic's
1 2. .. 'i'b8 ! 1З �аЗ 0-0! 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5
'ti'xb5 �а5.
12...ахЬ5 1З J:.xa8 .-ха8 14 �аЗ 0-0
14 . . .Ь4 15 схЬ4 0-0 1 6 �с2 �хе4 1 7
J.xh6 J.xh6 1 8 'i'xe4 �е7 (Ebeling­
Yakovich, Helsinki 1 992) 19 'iik h4 �f5
20 'i'g4 J.xfЗ 21 'i'xg6+ J.g7 22 'i'xf5
J.xg2 2З J:.el ± (Popovic).
15 �хЬ5 �а5 16 J.c2 J.xe4 17 �хс7
'ti'c6 18 J.xe4 �хе4 19 �а6 'ti'c4 20
'ti'xc4 �хс4 21 J:.e1 rs 22 �h4 :.as 2З
�Ь4
;!; Popovic-Tal, Subotica IZ 1 987.
АЗ)
9 .l:l.e1 g6 (D)
10 а4
Or 10 �bd2 J.g7:
а) 1 1 аЗ 0-0 12 J.c2 �d7 1З dxe5
dxe5 14 �fl �е7 15 �gЗ с5 16 J.еЗ
Фh7 17 'i'd2 'i'c7 18 .l:l.ad 1;!; Кinnmark­
Zinn, Halle Z 1 967.
Ь) 1 1 J.c2 0-0 12 d5 �е7 1З с4 с6 1 4
dxc6 J.xc6 1 5 ЬЗ �d7 1 6 J.аЗ 'i'b8 1 7
схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 J.Ь4 �с5 with chances for
20 Archangel and New Archangel
w is better) 1 5 ..td5 'ir'b8 ± Ostojic-Zinn,
Ьoth sides in а very complicated position,
Zolnierowicz-Malaniuk, Baku 1988.
с) 1 1 liJП О-О 1 2 liJg3 1:te8 (the un­
natural 12 .. .'iir'e8 can Ье met Ьу the sim­
ple 13 а4 or 13 d5 with chances to obtain
an advantage) 1 3 a4 liJa5 14 .ic2 с5 15
dxe5 dxe5 1 6 �xd8 1:texd8 17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
1 8 liJxe5 с4 1 9 liJf3 ltJc6 20 1:txa8 1:txa8
21 е5 liJd7 and B1ack managed to draw
the ending in UlyЬin-Malaniuk, Russian
Club Cup 1 998, although the compensa­
tion for the pawn seems insufficient.
10 ... ..tg7 11 axbS
Others:
а) 11 liJa3 (this move lets B\ack de­
velop counterpl ay) 1 1 0-0 12 1:tЬI exd4
...
1 3 cxd4 liJa5 14 е5 dxe5 1 5 liJxe5 liJxb3
16 �хЬ3 (Jurkovic-Colin, Cannes 1 997)
1 6 .. .'�xd4 ! ?.
Ь) 1 1 d5 liJe7 ( 1 1 . . . ltJa5!?) 12 �d3
( 1 2 с4 !? \eads to а complicated game;
e.g., 12 ...Ьхс4 13 .ixc4 0-0 14 liJc3 liJd7
1 5 а5 f5 1 6 Ь4 liJf6 17 liJd2 f4 1 8 Ь5 g5,
Zontakh-Vujo�evic, Tivat 1 997) 12 ... �d7
1 3 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 Пха8+ .ixa8 15 liJa3 с6
1 6 dxc6 .ixc6 17 с4 Ьхс4 18 �хс4 0-0 = shin-Malaniuk, Minsk 1 985, White can
Bubka-Horbanowicz, соп. 1 99 1 .
с) 1 1 dxe5 dxe5 ( 1 1 . . .ltJxe5 1 2 ltJxe5
dxe5 13 �xd8+ 1:txd8 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5
1:ta7 J:b8 1 6 f3 with the better ending for
White). Now:
с 1 ) 1 2 ахЬ5 !? ахЬ5 1 3 Пха8 �ха8 14
liJa3 Ь4 15 схЬ4 0-0 transposes to note
'Ь' to Black's 13th move.
с2) 12 'ir'e2 0-0 1 3 liJbd2 Ь4 14 а5 ( 14
liJc4 ! ?; 14 схЬ4 !?) 14 . . .liJd7?! ( 14 ... �е7
Havana 1 968.
с3) 12 'i!Vxd8+ .:!.xd8 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14
liJa3 J:a8 (or 14...Ь4 15 liJb5 Пс8 16 .id5
± Savic- Vujo�evic, Yugoslav Cht 1 997;
after 1 4 ... liJxe4 15 liJxb5 liJc5 16 .ic4
0-0 17 liJxc7 е4 1 8 .ie3 Black has no
compensation for the pawn) 1 5 .ie3 J:a5
(L.Bronstein-Soppe, Argentine Ch 1 985)
and now White should play 16 .ic5 , 1 6
.id2 or 1 6 .ic2.
ll ... axbS 12 Пха8 �ха8
1 2. . . .ixa8 1 3 liJa3 �Ь8 14 d5 liJa5 1 5
.ia2 liJb7 (Kutuzovic-Banusic, Pula
1 995) 1 6 liJxb5 liJc5 17 liJa3 ±.
13 liJaЗ 'i!Vas
Other moves:
а) 13 . . . .ia6 14 liJh4 ( 1 4 .id5 !? is also
very strong) 14 ... liJe7 15 f4 exf4 16 е5
l2Je4 17 е6 fxe6 1 8 �g4 gives White а
very strong attack, Velimirovic-Fiear,
Szirak IZ 1987.
Ь) 13 . . . Ь4 14 схЬ4 0-0 15 dxe5 dxe5
16 .id2 ltJe7 17 .ic3 (Morozov-Savic,
corr. 1 979) 17 . . . .ixe4 18 l2Jxe5 .id5 1 9
l2Jd7 l2Jxd7 20 J:xe7 .ixb3 2 1 �хЬ3
gives White an advantage.
14 dS ltJa7
Worse is 14 . . . l2Je7 15 l2Jxb5 0-0 1 6 с4
liJe8 17 .id2 ± Jurkovic-Stelzer, Lienz
1988.
15 ..tеЗ 0-0 16 ..txa7 'Wi*'xa7 17 l2Jxb5
�cS 18 с4 .ia6 19 'Wi*'e2 .ixbS 20 cxbS
ПЬ8 21 ..ta4 �а7
Instead of 22 .ib3 1/2- lf2 Mikhalchi­
obtain а small but lasting advantage Ьу
22 'ir'c2 J:a8 23 J:a1 (or 23 Ь3).
В)
7 ... d5 (D)
Now:
Bl: 8 d4 21
В2: 8 exdS 21
 A rchangel with 7 сЗ: Rare 7th Moves for Black
w Danish Ch 1 990.
81)
8 d4 гtJxe4
This position may arise via а different
move-order (see Chapter 3, Line В).
Weak is 8 ... dxe4 9 tl:\g5 tt:'ld5 1 0 dxe5
(Ivanov's 10 'i'g4 is a1so good) 10 . . .tt:'lxe5
1 1 'iVd4 tl:\gб 1 2 .::l.d 1 сб 1 3 с4 Ьхс4 14
i.a4 ±.
9 dxeS
9 tl:\xe5 tl:\xe5 1 О dxe5 i.e7 1 1 tt:'ld2
( 1 1 'iVg4 gб 1 2 i.hб 'iVd7 ;!; Korchnoi)
1 1 . . . tl:\c5 1 2 i.c2 d4 13 cxd4 'i'xd4 14
tl:\fЗ 'iVxd 1 1 5 .::l.xd 1 tl:\eб 1 б i.e3 .::l.d8 17
.::l.xd8+ Фхd8 (Vasiukov- Кorchnoi, USSR
Cht 1966) 1 8 .::l.d 1 + ;!;.
9 ... tl:\a5 10 i.c2
Interesting is 1 О tt:'lbd2 tl:\xb3 1 1
tl:\xb3 с5 1 2 .ie3 i.e7 1 3 tl:\e1 'i'c7 1 4 f3
tl:\g5 1 5 'ir'd2 hб 1 6 'i'f2 .l:.c8 1 7 'i'g3 g6
1 8 J:.d 1 'iVd8 1 9 f4 tl:\e4 20 'iVg4 'i'd7 21
f5 i.g5 22 i.xg5 gxf5 23 .::l.xf5 hxg5?
(Brustman-Vreeken, Pa1ma de Mallorca
GMA 1989) 24 'i'xe4 ! +-.
10...tl:\c4
Also:
а) 10... 'i'd7 1 1 tl:\d4 c5 1 2 tl:\b3 tl:\xb3
13 ахЬ3 i.e7 14 'ir'e2 'i'сб 1 5 f3 tl:\g5 16
tl:\d2 (P1askett-F1ear, Hastings 1984/5)
16 . . . tl:\e6 17 f4 g5 ! ?.
Ь) 1 0. . . i.e7 1 1 tl:\d4 ( 1 1 'iVe2 trans­
poses to Line В22 1 in Chapter 3) and
now:
Ь l ) 1 1 .. .'�'d7 12 f3 с5 13 tl:\e2 tl:\g5
14 tl:\g3 tl:\e6 15 f4 0-0-0 16 f5 tl:\c7 17 а4
21
tl:\c6 1 8 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 9 'iVe2 ФЬ8 20 i.f4
с4 2 1 е6 ± J.Fries Nie1sen-N.H0iberg,
Ы) 1 1 ...tl:\c6 1 2 f3 tl:\c5 13 f4 tl:\e4 1 4
i.e3 0-0 1 5 tl:\d2 ± Popovi6-Panczyk,
Po1anica Zdroj 1 982.
Ь3) 1 1 ...g6 1 2 f3 tl:\g5 1 3 f4 tl:\e4 14 f5
'i'd7 (14 ... с5 15 f6 !) 1 5 е6 fxe6 1 6 ltixe6
J:.g8 1 7 tl:\ct2 tl:\c4 1 8 tl:\b3 ( 1 8 tl:\xe4 ! ?
dxe4 1 9 'i'g4) 1 8 ... gxf5 19 'i'h5+ .::1.g6 20
tl:\f4 ± Sundstrom-Esko1a, corr. 1 988.
Ь4) 1 1 ... tl:\c4 12 f3 tl:\c5 1 3 'iVe1 tl:\e6
14 f4 i.c5 1 5 'i'kf2 tl:\a5 1 6 f5 ± Ivanov­
Lugo, New York 1 996.
11 а4
After 1 1 Ь3 tl:\b6 1 2 'i\t'e2 .ie7 l3 tl:\d4
'ir'd7 14 f3 с5 15 fxe4 cxd4 16 cxd4 dxe4
1 7 i.Ы f5 1 8 exf6 i.xf6 Black stands
well, de Firmian-Lugo, New York 1 996.
Interesting is 1 1 'ii'e 2.
11 ... Ь4 12 ЬЗ tl:\as 13 i.b2 i.cS 14
tl:\d4 tl:\c6 15 tl:\xc6 .ixc6 16 схЬ4 i.хЬ4
A.Ivanov-Lugo, Chicago 1 996. White
сап now oЬtain а small but perrnanent ad­
vantage Ьу 1 7 i.xe4 dxe4 1 8 'ir'c2 i.d5
1 9 .::l.d 1 ; e.g., 19 ... 0-0 20 tl:\c3 i.xc3 2 1
'itxc3.
82)
8 exdS tl:\xdS (D)
w
Now:
В21 : 9 d4 22
В22: 9 :е1 22
 A rchang el and New Archang el
iмt
9 d4 exd4 1 0 lt:'!g5!
Or:
а) 10 li:'!xd4 is а simple move that de­
serves attention. Black has no clear way
to equalize; e.g., 1 0 ... li:'!x.d4 1 1 'i!Vx.d4 or
10 ... llJce7 1 1 1:.е1 с5 12 lt:'!f5 'i!Vd7 13 li:'!eЗ
с4 14 i.c2 and Black has some proЬlems
with development.
Ь) 10 1:.е1 + i.e7 1 1 lt:'!g5 О-О 1 2 lt:'!xh7
1:.е8 (B1anchon-Pirrot, Metz 1 997) 13
cx.d4!? li:'!x.d4 (13 ...'i!Vd6!?) 14 'i'x.d4 i.c5 !
15 1:.х.е8+ 'i'xe8 1 6 'i!Vd 1 Фхh7 =.
10 ...'i!Vd7
Or 1 0 ... lt:'!ce7 1 1 'i'rз f6 1 2 lt:'!e6 "fi'd6
1 3 1:.е1 с5 14 cxd4 cx.d4 1 5 li:'!xd4 ±.
1 1 'i'rз
After 1 1 l:.el + ! ? i.e7 1 2 lt:'!xf7 0-0 13
'ii'h 5 lt:'!a5 14 lt:'!e5 Black can continue
14 ... 'i!Ve8 ( 1 4 ...'ii'd6 15 i.c2 li:'!f6 16 'i'hЗ
;!;) 15 i.xd5+ i.xd5 16 'ii'g4 (or 16 lt:'!g6
'i!Vxg6 17 'i!Vxd5+ Фh8 ! 18 1:.хе7 { after
both 1 8 cxd4 1:.ае8 1 9 i.еЗ с6 20 'i'd7
lt:'!c4 and 1 8 -.x.d4 1:.ad8 19 'i'a7 lt:'!c4
B1ack has strong counterp1ay for the
pawn} 1 8 .. .' ..f6 19 1:.е2 1:.ае8 20 Фfl
1:.хе2 21 Фхе2 Чir'xf2+ 22 ФdЗ с6 with а
very strong attack for B1ack) with com­
pensation (D):
а) 16 . . .lt:'!c4 and then:
а 1 ) 17 li:'!d7? i.h4! 1 8 1:.хе8 1:.ахе8 19
hЗ ( 19 ...d 1 i.xf2+ 20 Фhl 1:.f7 +)
19 ... 1:.е1+ 20 Фh2 1:.xf2 with an attack
for Black.
а2) 17 i.h6 i.f6 · 1 8 cxd4 lt:'!xe5 1 9
dxe5 i.xe5 20 ltJcЗ i.e6 with а very good
game for B1ack.
аЗ) 17 lt:'!xc4 "ikf7 18 f3 ( 1 8 'ii' xd4
i.xc4 and Black wins back а pawn)
18 ... i.xc4 19 cxd4 ( 1 9 ЬЗ 1:.ае8 20 cxd4
i.Ь4 with strong counterplay for Black)
19 ... 1:.ad8 with compensation for the
pawn.
а4) 1 7 li:'!dЗ 'ii'f7 1 8 cxd4 ( 1 8 ЬЗ ? !
dхсЗ 19 lt:'!xcЗ i.f6 is slightly better for
Black) 1 8 ... 1:.ad8 1 9 lt:'!c3 i.b7 20 i.h6
i.f6 and Black has some compensation
for the pawn although White's chances
seem а little better.
Ь) 1 6 ... i.f6 17 cxd4 lt:'!c6 1 8 i.d2 ( 1 8
lt:'!c з i.x.e5 1 9 liJxd5 'i'f7 20 i.еЗ i.xh2+
21 Фхh2 'ii'x d5 with а very good game
for B1ack) 18 ... lt:'!xe5 19 dxe5 i.xe5 with
equa1ity.
1 1 ... li:'!d8 12 cxd4 i.e7 13 lt:'!c3 lt:'!xc3
14 .ixf7+ li:'!xf7 15 -.xf7+ Фd8
Arencibla-Lugo, UЬeda 1997. White
shou1d now avoid the exchange of queens
Ьу 1 6 ЬхсЗ.
822)
9 l:.el i.e7 10 lt:'!xe5 lt:'!xe5 11 1:.хе5
White accepts the sacrifice. Now
Black has а choice Ьetween 1 1 . . . lt:'!f4 (the
Trajkovic Pseudo-Marshall) and 1 1 ... 0-0
with transposition to а rare Iine of the
Marshall Attack. Both of these are out­
side the scope of this book. ЕСО also
gives 1 1 . . . 'ii'd6 with compensation for
the pawn.
З Archangel with 7 сЗ t2Jxe4:
Minor Lines

1 е4 eS 2 llJf3 llJc6 3 �ьs а6 4 �a4 llJf6
s о-о ьs 6 .i.ьз .i.b7 7 с3 llJxe4 (D)
w 13 f3 llJd6 14 llJb3 llJxb3 1 5 ахЬ3 �h4
This move looks strange, but White
can only obtain а small advantage fol­
lowing it.
9 �c2 d5 10 d3
Or 10 llJxe5 �е7 1 1 d4 0-0 1 2 tt:Jd2 f5
16 g3 �f6 1 7 llJd3 �с8 18 i.f4 llJf7 19
llJc5 ;!; ZOller-Neubauer, Bavaria 1 996.
10...llJf6 11 llJxe5 i.e7 12 llJd2 0-0 13
llJdfЗ с5 14 d4 llJe4 15 dxc5 i.xc5
;!; Heim-Pettersson, Oslo 1 978.

А2 )
8 d5 9 d3 llJc5 10 llJxe5 llJxe5 1 1
.••

J:xe5+
The most consistent and logical move: Now:
Black accepts the challenge and takes the А21: 1 1 ... i.e7 23
offered pawn. Now: А22: 1 1 ... llJe6 24
А: 8 1:te1 23
В: 8 d4 26 А21 )
11 ...i.e7 12 'i'e2
Not dangerous for Black is 8 �d5 llJf6 Other moves are not dangerous for
9 �хс6 dxc6 (also good is 9 . . . �хс6) l O Black either; e.g., 1 2 d4 llJxb3 1 3 ахЬ3
llJxe5 �d6 1 1 d4 О-О ( 1 1 . . .с5 ! ?) 1 2 llJd3 0-0 14 'i'g4 i.c8 1 5 'i'fЗ i.e6 16 Ь4 J:e8
llJd7 1 3 �f4 1/2- 1/2 M01\er-Iskov, Danish 17 ·i.f4 i.f6 18 J:e3 с6 19 llJd2 а5 20
Ch 1974. Ьха5 J:xa5 2 1 J:ee1 J:xa1 = Ljubi�ic­
Buba1ovic, Croatia Cup 1992.
А) 12...llJe6 13 f4
8 J:e1 After 1 3 d4 0-0 1 4 'i'd3 i.f6 1 5 J:e1
Now: с5 1 6 i.c2 g6 1 7 i.e3 J:e8 1 8 llJd2 с4 19
А1: 8... llJa5 23 ...fl 'i'd6 20 f4 Ь4 Black obtains good
А2: 8... d5 24 play, Mtiller-Keller, Bavaria 1 987.
АЗ: 8 llJc5
.•• 24 13 ...0-О 14 f5 i.c5+ 15 Фhl
15 d4 llJxd4 16 cxd4 i.xd4+ is natu­
А1 ) rally profitaЬ\e for Black.
8...tt:Ja5 15 ...llJg5
24 Archangel and New Archangel
B arcenilla- Уе Rongguang, B acolod
1 99 1 . Now White should play 16 �g4
.l:.e8 17 .l:.xe8+ '1i'xe8 1 8 i.d2 f6 =.
А22)
ll.. .lt:�e6 12 d4
Others:
а) 1 2 'ifh5 g6 1 3 'ir'fЗ .tg7 14 .tg5
'iVd6 15 i.f6 0-0 16 d4?? ( 1 6 .txg7 Фхg7
= ) 1 6...liJxd4 1 7 cxd4 .t xf6 -+ Garcia
Devesa-Pie, Buenos Aires 1 997.
Ь) 12 .fЗ i.d6 13 .l:.f5 0-0 14 .txd5
(other moves are illogical and lead to an
advantage for Black) 14 ... .txd5 15 .l:.xd5
.l:.e8 1 6 .te3 g6! 17 liJd2 f5 and B1ack
picks up an exchange, Absmaier-Wemer,
Bavaria 1 997.
с) 12 .tg5 "it'd7 13 .l:.e3 (Schaefer­
Gross, corr. 1 982) l 3 . . . .td6 with very
good play for B1ack.
12 ... .td6 13 .l:.e1
Or:
а) 1 3 i.g5 'ir'd7 1 4 .1:.e1 0-0 1 5 �g4 f5
1 6 'ir'h4 h6 1 7 .tc 1 .l:.ae8 1 8 f4 с5 with а
better game for B1ack, Reisinger-Mitter­
meier, Bavaria 1 996.
Ь) 13 .l:.h5 0-0 14 .tc2 g6 1 5 .l:.h3 .l:.e8
16 .th6 liJf4 17 i.xf4 .txf4 and Black
stands better, Bujisic-Pantos, Belgrade
1989.
с) 13 .l:.e2 '1i'h4 14 h3 (Pokojowczyk­
Szajna, Rzeszow 1 977) 14 . . . 0-0 gives
Black а good game.
13.. .'it'h4 14 g3 'iff6 15 liJd2 0-0 16
liJf3 .l:.fe8 17 ltJe5 с5 18 liJd7 •ds 19
ltJxc5 ltJxc5 20 dxc5 .txc5 21 .tеЗ
.txe3 22 .l:.xe3 .l:.xe3 23 fxe3 •g5 24
'iVd4 .l:.e8 25 .l:!.d1 h5 26 .l:.d3 .l:.e5
1/2- lf2 Ashby-Bellin, British Ch 1 978.
АЗ)
8...ltJc5 (D)
9 liJxe5
9 i.d5 .te7 (9 . . .liJd3 10 .l:.e3 liJf4 1 1
.txc6 .txc6 1 2 liJxe5 .te7 1 3 ltJxc6 dxc6
14 d4 is slightly better for White) 1 0
w
ltJxe5 (in Кlovans-Tseshkovsky, USSR
Cht 1 975 White sacrificed а pawn Ьу 1 О
d4 exd4 1 1 cxd4 but did not obtain suffi­
cient compensation after 1 1 . . . ltJe6 1 2
ltJc3 0-0 1 3 .te4 ltJa5 1 4 d5 f 5 1 5 .tc2
liJgS 1 6 liJd4 g6 17 h4 liJf7 18 hS liJd6 1 9
.th6 .l:.f7 20 �fЗ .tgS) 1 0 . . . ltJxe5 1 1
.txb7 liJed3 1 2 .txa8 ltJxe1 1 3 'ii'x e1
'ifха8 14 �е2 О-О 15 d4 liJe6 16 liJd2 .l:.e8
= Lutikov-P1aninc, Skopje tt 1969.
9 ltJxe5 10 .l:!.xe5+
•..
Now:
А31 : 10 ... .te7 24
А32: 10... ltJe6 25
АЗ1 )
1 0....te7 1 1 .tc2
Or:
а) 1 1 'ir'e2 liJxb3 1 2 ахЬЗ �f8 (or
12 ... cS) cannot Ье dangerous for Black.
Ь) 1 1 d4 liJxb3 1 2 ахЬ3 0-0 13 'iVg4
.tf6 14 .tgS d6 1 5 .txf6 'ir'xf6 16 .l:.e1
'i'h6 17 'ir'e2 'i!i'g6 with very good р1ау
for B1ack, Inciura-Zvara, Marij ampole
1 994.
ll.. .d6
а) 1 1 . . . d5 weakens the c5-square.
Ь) 1 1 . . . 0-0 1 2 d4 liJe6 13 d5 (White
should play .l:.e 1 here or on the next
move, with sirnilar play to the main line)
13 ... ltJc5 14 .l:.h5 g6 15 .l:!.hЗ (or 15 .l:.xh7
Фхh7 16 'ir'h5+ with а perpetual check)
15 . . . d6 1 6 Ь4 liJd7 17 i.h6 .l:.e8 18 f4?
.th4! 19 gЗ .tf6 20 g4 (Magres-Terlecki,
 Archangel with 7 сЗ Ci:Jxe4: Minor Lines
соп. 1 986) 20 . . . .ih4 ! and B lack is wiп­
пiпg.
12 .l:.e1 0-0 13 d4 lLJe6 14 lLJd2 cS 15
lLJfЗ .!:.е8 16 .iеЗ
;!; To1nai-Mainka, Dortmuпd 1 988.
АЗ2)
10 lLJe6 11 d4
..•
Other moves are not daпgerous for
B1ack; e.g., 1 1 �h5 'i'kfб ( 1 1 ... gб ! ? fo1-
lowed Ьу 1 2 ... .ig7) 12 d4 .idб 13 ::te l
0-0 14 .ie3 lLif4 15 .ixf4 'i!Vxf4 1 6 lLJa3
1::tae8 gave White no advaпtage in Jons­
son-MoЬerg, Borlange 1 992.
ll �d6
...
In this way B1ack can take advaпtage
of the power of the Ьishops оп the open
diagonals a8-hl and b8-h2. In some vari­
ations Black's queen сап move quick1y
into operatioп Ьу ... 'i!Vh4. Now:
А321 : 12 1:.h5?! 25
А322: 12 1:.е1 25
Or:
а) 12 .iхеб? (this exchange sacrifice
is iпсопесt) 12 ... .ixe5 (the simple move
1 2 . . . dхеб also leads to better play for
B lack) 13 .ixf7+ Фхf7 14 'i!Vh5+ gб 15
'i!Vxe5 1::te8 1 6 'i!Vf4+ Фg8 1 7 i.e3 апd
White has to fight hard for а draw, Chaude
de Silans-C.Fiear, French Cht 1 99 1 .
Ь) 1 2 .ig5 ? ! (Calzetta-San Claudio,
Spaпish Cht 1 992) 12 ... fб ! ? 13 1::te 1 fxg5
14 d5 О-О 1 5 d хеб dхеб 1 б 1::tхеб Фh8 and
the position looks пicer for Black.
с) 1 2 1::te2 0-0 ( 1 2... 'i!Vh4 ! ? 1 3 g3 �h3
14 d5 0-0-0 1 5 'i'kfl ? ! 'i!Vxfl+ 16 Фxfl
lLJc5 + B . Schmid-Zickelbein, German
girls Ch 199 1) 13 d5 lLJf4 14 .ixf4 .ixf4
1 5 'i'd4 1::te8 16 1::t xe8+ 'i'хе8 1 7 tLid2
�е5 18 'i!Vxe5 .ixe5 with а good ending
for Вlack, Sosa-Abdulghafour, Moscow
OL 1 994.
АЗ21 )
12 .l:.hS?!
25
А risky move. White's rook may end
up out of play.
12...0-0
Also:
а) 12 ... g6 13 1::t h3 0-0 14 d5 lLJc5 1 5
lLid2 lZJxb3 1 6 lLixb3 1::t e8 and White has
proЬ!ems with the d5-pawn, Amrein­
Besztercseпyi, Budapest 1996.
Ь) 12 .. .'i!t'f6 and now:
Ьl) 13 'i'g4 g6 14 1::th6 0-0 1 5 �h4
'i't'xh4 16 1::t xh4 1::tfe8 1 7 Фfl h5 1 8 .ie3
lLJg7 with а very good ending for Black,
Putzbach-Nogly, Hamburg Ch 1 993.
Ь2) 1 3 .ic2 g6 14 1::th3 0-0-0 (risky;
14 . . .0-0 is probaЬiy better) 15 a4 lLJg5 1 6
.ixg5 ? ! 'i!Vxg5 1 7 f3 'i'еЗ+ 1 8 Фh 1 1::tde8
1 9 tLid2 f5 20 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 2 1 lLifl 'i'kf2 and
the white rook is 'aпested' , Sadiku-Pan­
czyk, Wroclaw 1 982.
13 а4
Other moves do not give any advan­
tage for White either; for examp1e, 1 3
'iWg4 1::te8 14 .ie3 'i'f6 1 5 .ic2 gб 1 6 lLid2
(Girard-Rausis, Metz 1 997) 16 ... 'i!Vg7
-+.
13 ... g6 14 1::t h3 1::t e8 15 lLJaЗ 'ii'f6 16
lLic2 lLJg5 17 �xgS 'i't'xgS 18 dS cS 19
dxc6 i.xc6 20 'i'f1 .icS
Black has active play, Sale-Rausis,
Baile Herculaпe ЕСС 1994.
АЗ22)
12 1:te1 'i'h4
An altemative is 12 ... 0-0:
а) 13 'i!Vg4 ? ! f5 14 'i'g5 1::tf6 1 5 'i'h4
'i!Vf8 16 .if4 1::tg6 17 gЗ Фh8 1 8 .ixe6
dxe6 19 .ie5 f4 20 tLid2 'i!Vf5 21 .ixd6
cxd6 22 1::te2? 1::te8 23 1::tae 1 1::tg4 0- 1
B lum-Kolar, Nuremberg 1 990.
Ь) 13 lLJd2 �h4 14 lLJfl 1::tae8 1 5
'i'd3? lLJc5 1 6 .ixf7+ ( 1 6 dxc5 .ixh2+ 1 7
lLixh2 1::txe l + 1 8 lLJfl 'ii'e4 -+) 1 6 ... Фh8
17 'i!Vd2 1::txe 1 1 8 �xe 1 lLie4 1 9 gЗ 'i'f6
20 .ib3 lLixf2 2 1 d5 ..Wrз 0- 1 Gazic­
Nog1y, Hamburg 1 992.
13 ьз 0-0-0
26 Archangel and New Archangel

1 3 ...0-0 is a1so very good. Zaviemiaiev-Spiechin, Arkhangelsk 1965,

14 d5 1 1 ..WЬ5 g6 1 2 lЬxg6 fxg6 13 'ilfe5 ±.
14 a4 1ooks more logica\. Ь) 9 ...lЬa5 10 li.JЬd2 ( 1 0 lЬg5 d5 trans­
14...lt.Jf4 15 ..txf4 poses to the main \ine, and 1 О ..tc2 d5 1 1
After 1 5 g3 lЬxh3+ 1 6 Фg2 'ii'f6 1 7 lЬxd4 to Line В3 of Chapter 4) 1 0... d5 1 1
Фхh3 'ilfxf2 1 8 .:l.e3 g 5 B1ack has а very ..txd5 ..txd5 1 2 lt.Jxe4 ..te7 1 3 ..tg5 0-0
dangerous attack; e.g., 1 9 .:l.f3 g4+ 20 14 ..txe7 'ilfxe7 15 'ilfxd4 .:l.ad8 1 6 lЬg3
Фхg4 'ii'h 2 or 1 9 'ilff3 g4+ 20 Фхg4 'i'f6?! ( 1 6. . .'i'd7 ! ? gives Black far more
1:.hg8+ 21 Фf5 'ilfh2. chances to equa1ize; e.g., 1 7 .:l.ad 1 { 1 7
15 ... 'ilfxf4 16 gЗ lt.Je5 'ilfc8 i s not dangerous for Black }
Groener-Zicke1Ьein, W.German jr Cht 1 7 . . . lt.Jc6 1 8 'ii'f4 .:l.fe8) 17 'ilfxf6 gives
1 989. Now 1 6 ... 'ilff5 !? 17 Фg2 .:l.he8 White а better ending, Henao-Garcia,
gives Black very active play. Bogota 1 99 1 .
1 0 lЬg5 lЬa5! (D)
В) This brings about the key position in
8 d4 (D) this line. Other moves:
а) 1 О. . . ..tc5 ? 1 1 'ilfh5 'ilfe7 1 2 ..txd5
g6 (Bobolovich-Ageichenko, Moscow
1 966) 13 'ilfh6 +-.
в Ь) 10 ... ..te7 1 1 .:l.xe4 dxe4 ( 1 1 . . .0-0?
12 'ii'h5 ..txg5 1 3 ..txg5 f6 14 ..td2 and
White is а pure piece up, Czebe-Dumi­
trache, СарреНе 1а Grande 1 995) 1 2
l2Jxf7 'ilfd7 1 3 lЬxh8 0-0-0 14 lЬf7 .:l.f8
15 cxd4 lt.Jxd4 16 lt.Je5 'ii'd 6 1 7 lt.Jg4 h5
1 8 lЬе3 'ii'f4 1 9 'ii'f l and White gradually
repelled the attack in Mecking-Harandi,
Manila IZ 1976.
с) 10 ... lt.Je5 1 1 cxd4 lt.Jc4 ( l l ... lt.Jxg5
Now 8. . .lt.Ja5 is the main line, and the 12 ..txg5 ! f6 1 3 .:l.xe5+ ..te7 14 ..txfб +-)
subject of Chapter 4. Here we only dis­ 1 2 ..txc4 Ьхс4 1 3 f3 ..te7 14 'ilfa4+! с6
cuss other moves: 1 5 fxe4 ..txg5 1 6 exd5+ Фd7 17 dxc6+
В 1 : 8 exd4... 26 ..txc6 18 'ii'хс4 ..txc 1 19 .:l.xc 1 and White
В2: 8 ..te7 ... 27 wins, A1masi-Letay, Budapest 1993.

8 ... d5 transposes to Line В 1 of Chap­

ter 2.
w
81)
8 exd4
...

This move, condemned Ьу theoreti-

cians, is not as bad as its reputation.
9 Пе1 d5
Or:
а) 9... lt.Je7? 10 lЬe5 lt.Jd6 ( 1 0. . .d5 1 1
J:txe4 with а winning position for White),
 Archangel with 7 сЗ l:iJxe4: Minor Lines
1 1 .1:txe4+
Others:
а) 1 1 f3 lt:\xb3 12 'i'xb3 �е7 13 J:xe4
dxe4 14 'ikxf7+ Фd7 1 5 'iteб+ with а
draw.
Ь) н -.ь5 'i'fб ( 1 1 ... gб? 1 2 lt:\xe4 +­
Shur-Levchenkov, USSR 1 97б; 1 1 ...'i'e7!?)
1 2 f3 gб ( 1 2 ... lt:\xb3 13 ахЬ3 gб 14 'i'h4
�с5 is interesting as the insertion of the
exchange on Ь3 is beneficial for Black if
White plays Ьу analogy with Nisipeanu­
Durnitrache; however, Black has to take
into account 15 Ь4 dxc3+ 1б Ьхс5 схЬ2
17 �хЬ2 'i'xb2 1 8 fxe4 'i'xa1 19 exd5+
Фf8 20 сб оо ) 1 3 'ikh4 �с5 14 fxe4 ( 14
Фh1 lt:\xb3 1 5 ахЬ3 hб +) 14 . . . dxc3+ 15
Фh 1 схЬ2 1 б exd5+ �е7 1 7 �хЬ2 'i'xb2
1 8 lL\c3 0-0-0 1 9 'i'h3+ f5 20 .::tаы 'ikxЬl
2 1 .1:txЬl �xg5 =F Nisipeanu-Dumitrache,
Bucharest 1 99б.
ll... dxe4 1 2 �xf7+
1 2 lt:\xf7 *fб needs practical tests:
а) 1 3 lt:\xh8 lt:\xb3 14 ахЬ3 ( 1 4 'it'xb3
�с5 15 cxd4 �xd4) 14 . . . gб 1 5 cxd4 J:d8
and Black stands we\l.
Ь) 1 3 �g5 ! ? 'i'f5 14 g4 'i'gб ! ? (or
1 4 . . .'wWf3 1 5 'ikxfЗ exf3 1 б lt:\xh8 lt:\xbЗ
1 7 ахЬ3 dxc3 with а good ending for
Black) 1 5 �h4 ( 1 5 h4 lt:\xb3 1 б lt:\xh8
'i'еб 17 'i'xb3 �d5 18 'i'd 1 е3 gives B1ack
а very strong attack) 1 5 . . . lt:\xb3 1б lt:\xh8
'i'еб 17 'i'xb3 'i'xg4+ 18 �g3 0-0-0 with
а strong attack for Black.
12 ...Фе7 13 'itg4
Or 13 'i'h5:
а) 1 З ...е3? ! 14 cxd4 'i'xd4 (14...exf2+
1 5 Фfl 'ir'dб 1 б 'ike2+ 'it>d7 1 7 lt:\c3 'ir'e7
1 8 .iеб+ Фе8 1 9 d5 gives White an ini­
tiative that is difficult to parry) 15 .ixe3
'i'e5? ( 1 5 ... 'i'xb2 is necessary) 1 б lt:\c3
gб 1 7 'i'g4 J:d8 1 8 J:e1 Фfб 1 9 lt:\d5+
J:xd5 20 �xd5 �с8 2 1 'i'fЗ+ �f5 22
�d2 1 -0 Nisipeanu-Petek, Medellin U-
20 Wch 1 99б.
Ь) ЕСО recommends 1 3 . . .'i'd7 14
cxd4 gб ! 15 'i'h4 .ig7 1 б d5 ! .ixd5 17
27
�xd5 ..-xd5 1 8 lt:\c3 with compensation,
although the final position seems better
for Black after 1 8 ... 'ir'cб.
13...'i'd7
1 3 . . ...-dб 14 �f4 ...fб 1 5 lt:\d2 hб 1 б
lL\dxe4 �хе4 1 7 .1:te1 h�g5 1 8 �xg5 Фхf7
1 9 �хfб gxfб 20 J:xe:4 .1:te8 2 1 J:xe8
Фхе8 22 ..,с8+ <J;f7 23 ,..хс7+ �е7 24
'ii'xa5 and White won the ending in
Bakre-Bakliwal, C alcutta 1 99б.
14 .ie 6 'i'c6 15 'ir'h4
The critical position evaluated Ьу Nisi­
peanu as giving compensation. Black has
the following ways to continue:
а) 15 ...lt:\c4 (in order to cover the e5-
square) 1б cxd4 l2Jdб ( l б . . . lt:\e5 1 7 lt:\c3
lt:\gб 18 'i'h3 ..-dб) 17 lt:\c3 Фе8 1 8 .ie3
..-ьб ;!;.
Ь) 15 ... Фе8 ! and there is nothing Ьetter
for White than 1 б .if7+ Фd7 1 7 �еб+
Фе8 1 8 �f7+ with а draw Ьу perpetual
check.
82)
8 ... .ie7 (D)
w
Now:
В21: 9 I:.el 28
В22: 9 'ii'e2 29
Or:
а) 9 d5?! lt:\a5 10 �c2 lt:\fб 1 1 lt:\xe5
dб 1 2 lt:\g4 lt:\xd5 13 а4 'i'd7 14 J:e1 0-0
l 5 lt:\d2 f5 gives White no compensation
28 Archangel and New Archangel
for the pawn, StrieЬich-Smrescanyi, Scho­
nach 1 979.
Ь) 9 ttJxe5 ltJxe5 1 О dxe5 О-О 1 1 ..te3
d5 1 2 liJd2 с5 ( 1 2 . . .liJxd2 ! ?; 1 2 . . .ltJc5)
1 3 ltJxe4 dxe4 14 'ir'g4 'ikc7 1 5 ..tf4 'ikc6
1 6 .:.ае 1 .:.ае8 ( 1 6. . . .:.ad 8 ! ?) 1 7 .:.ез с4
1 8 ..tc2 ;!; Donchev-Berzinsh, Mlada
Boleslav 1 992.
с) 9 dxe5 and now:
с 1) 9 . . .ltJc5 1 0 ..td5 ( 1 0 ..tc2 0-0 1 1
..te3 d6 1 2 exd6 cxd6 1 3 liJbd2 'ikc7 1 4
ltJg5 ..txg5 1 5 ..txg5 ltJe5 1 6 'iih 5 f5 1 7
liJЬ3 ltJe6 1 8 ..te3 g6 1 9 .-ь3 ltJc4 gives
Black excellent р1ау, Hyldkrog-Kosen­
kov, corr. 1 985) 1 0. . . d6 ( 1 0... 0-0 1 1 Ь4
liJa4 12 .:.е1 liJЬ6 1 3 ..tЬ3 d6 14 ..tf4
dxe5 1 5 ltJxe5 ltJxe5 1 6 ..txe5 'iixd 1 1 7
.:.xd1 .:.rc8 Bielczyk-Kosenkov, corr.
= 20 :.е 1 .:.хе 1 + 2 1 �хе 1 ..td6 2 2 ..te3 (22
1 977) 1 1 Ь4 liJe6 1 2 а4 О-О 1 3 liJaЗ 'i'c8
14 exd6 ..txd6 1 5 ..te3 lf2- lf2 Popovic­
Mikhalchishin, Sarajevo 1 985.
с2) 9 ... 0-0 10 ..td5 ltJc5 1 1 .:.с1 ( 1 1
..te3 ltJe6 12 liJbd2 ltJa5 1 3 ltJe4 с5?! 14
i.. xb7 liJxb7 15 'i'd5 'i!t'c7 1 6 .:.rct 1 with а
better game for White, Weiss-Baird, New
York 1 889) 1 1 . . . ltJe6 1 2 liJd4 ltJexd4 1 3
cxd4 dб 1 4 е6 fxe6 1 5 .:.хеб �h8 1 6 ltJc3
Ь4 1 7 liJe2 'i!t'd7 1 8 liJf4 liJd8 1 9 .:.е 1 ;!;
Konstantinopolsky-Brilla Banfalvi, corr.
1 975.
82 1 )
9 .l:.e1 dS 10 dxeS ltJaS
1 О. . . ..tc5 !? 1 1 ..te3 1eads to interesting
and unusua1 positions:
а) 1 1 ... ..txe3 1 2 .:.хе3 ltJa5 1 3 liJbd2
О-О 14 ..tc2 f5 1 5 exf6 liJxf6 1 6 ltJg5 d4?!
(Ziatdinov-Kuzmin, Tashkent 1 987) 1 7
.:.ct3 ! с5 1 8 cxd4 cxd4 1 9 liJdf3 ±.
Ь) 1 1 ...ltJa5 12 ..txc5 ltJxc5 13 i..c2
liJe6 14 liJd4 'i'g5 1 5 ltJxe6 fxe6 16 liJd2
0-0 1 7 liJfЗ 'i'h5 1 8 liJd4 'i'f7 1 9 'i'e2 с5
20 liJb3 liJxb3 2 1 ахЬ3 d4 22 f3 'i'f4 with
а good game for Black, Vahtera-Кirsi,
corr. 1 994.
11 ..ltc2 0-0 12 liJbd2
After 1 2 liJd4 !? Black sacrificed а
pawn in Yurtaev-Kuzmin, Frunze 1 987 Ьу
1 2 . . . 'i'c8 1 3 f3 с5 1 4 fxe4 cxd4 1 5 exd5
..txd5 16 cxd4 Ь4 and managed to draw
eventually.
12... ltJc4
1 2. . . f5 1 3 exf6 liJxf6 1 4 liJd4 with
better chances for White, Galkin-Ibragi­
mov, Perm 1 997.
13 'i'e2
White obtains nothing after 1 3 ltJxe4
dxe4 14 'i'xd8 .:.axd8 1 5 ..txe4 ..txe4 1 6
.:.хе4 .:.ct1 + 1 7 .:.е1 .:.Хе 1 + 1 8 ltJxe1 .:.ct8,
Petrienko-Malaniuk, USSR Cup 1 984.
Interesting is 13 ltJxc4 Ьхс4 1 4 ..txe4
dxe4 1 5 'i!Yxd8 .:.axd8 1 6 liJd2 ..td5 1 7
Фп .:.re8 1 8 ltJxe4 ..txe4 1 9 .:.хе4 .:. ct 1 +
..tf4 ! ?) 22. . ..:.хе5 23 Ь3 .:.ь5 24 h3 f5 25
Фе2 ;!; Leko-Le Quang, Debrecen Echt
1 992.
13...ltJcxd2
1 3 . . . ltJg5 ? ! 14 ltJxg5 ..txg5 1 5 ltJxc4
..txc 1 ?? 1 6 ltJa5 1-0 Stalmach-Obrdlik,
corr. 1 993; 1 3 . . . ltJc5 14 liJd4 .:.е8 15 Ь4
(Praagman-Van der Weijer, corr. 1 989)
15 ... liJxd2 16 ..txd2 ltJe4 ;!;.
14 liJxd2 liJcS
Others:
а) 14 . . . ltJg5 ? ! 1 5 f4 ..tc5+ 1 6 Фh l
ltJe4? 1 7 ltJxe4 dxe4 1 8 ..txe4 ..txe4 1 9
'i'xe4 and White i s а pawn up, Тkaczyk­
Zdziarski, corr. 1 992.
Ь) 14 ... f5? ! 15 liJb3 (after 15 exf6 ! ?
..txfб 1 6 ltJxe4 dxe4 1 7 ..txe4 Black has
to prove his compensation) 1 5 . . .'i'e8 1 6
f3 ltJg5 1 7 ..te3 ltJeб (Кarafiath-Tiunikov,
corr. 1 985) 1 8 ltJa5 ..tc8 1 9 'i'd3 with а
better game for White.
с) 14 ... liJxd2 1 5 ..txd2 с5 1 6 f4 с4
(Chmiel-Kukawski, Polish Ch 1 990) 1 7
..te3 and White's chances оп the kingside
look Ьetter than Black's in the centre.
15 liJЬЗ
Not good is 1 5 f4 d4 and Black seizes
the initiative. Tobor- Koe1bel, corr. 1 986
 Archangel with 7 сЗ !Uxe4: Minor Lines
ended 1 6 cxd4? �xd4+ 1 7 Фh 1 �xf4 1 8
Ь3 'i'd4 1 9 :. ы .:ad8 20 lt:lf3 'it'd7 2 1
lt:lg5 h б 22 'i'h5? lt:ld3 0- 1 .
1 5...l0xb3 1 6 ахЬ3 с5 17 .ih6! (D)
в 21 h4 !? is a1so interesting:
After this unexpected move White has
genuine attacking chances on the king­
side.
17....Пе8
The only move. 17 . . . gxhб? 1 8 'ili'd3
gives White а decisive attack. 17 . . . 'i'Ьб,
contfolling the 6th rank, does not help ei­
ther: 18 il.xg7 Фхg7 1 9 'ili' g4+ Фh8 20
'iVh3 +-.
18 .ixg7
А logical move. After the more placid
1 8 �d3 gб or 18 еб il.fб 19 �d3 gб 20
exf7+ Фхf7 21 'ii'f3 Black shou1d equa1-
ize gradually.
18 . ..Фхg7
1 8 . . . il.g5 19 f4 Фхg7 20 'i'd3 il.fб?!
(20 ... .:h8) 21 'i'xh7+ Фf8 22 ехfб 'i!i'xfб
23 .:е5 (simp1er is 23 'i'f5 or 23 g4 fo1-
1owed Ьу 24 g5, when B1ack does not have
sufficient compensation for the pawn)
23 . . . .:хе5 24 fxe5 'i'xe5 25 'ili'hб+ Фе8
(Кotkov-Cordovil, corr. 1 987) 26 'i'h4
(Kotkov) gives White an advantage; e.g.,
2б ... Фd7 27 .1:te1 'i'dб 28 il.f5+ Фсб 29
Ь4.
Kotkov gave the text-move (18 ...Фхg7)
а question mark. However, in my opinion
the matter is not so simp1e.
19 'ili'g4+ Фf8 20 .ixh7
29
20 'i'h5 il.g5 2 1 h4 hб and White ob­
tains nothing.
20....ig5
20 ... il.h4, intending 21 g3 .ig5, is in-
teresting.
21 f4
The move recommended Ьу Kotkov.
а) An ana1ogous variation to the main
1ine 1eads to an advantage for White, viz.
21 . . . il.hб 22 еб il.g7 23 exf7 .:е7 24 h5
.:хп (24 . . . il.c8 25 'i'gб .:хп 26 hб +-)
25 hб.
Ь) 21 . . . il.d2 1eads to very compli­
cated р1ау: 22 .:е2 il.hб 23 еб il.g7 24
.:tael il.c8 25 'ili'f4 ! and White's chances
seem better; e.g., 25 . . . .:е7 26 .igб d4
(26: . .fб 27 h5 'ili'bб 28 hб +-) 27 h5 d3 28
.1:td2 'i'e8 29 hб il.h8 and now 30 il.xf7
.1:txf7 3 1 'i'xf7+ 'ili'xf7 32 ex.f7 il.f5 33 f3
± or 30 il.f5 il.xeб (better is probaЬly
30 . . . с4 a1though after 3 1 Ьхс4 Ьхс4 32 h7
.:хеб 33 .iхеб il.xeб 34 Ь3 ! White can
obtain а strong attack) 3 1 h7 'ili'c8 32 'i'g3
.:е8 33 .:xct3 with а very strong attack
for White.
с) 21 . . . ..txh4 ! gives White nothing
better than 22 'iV g8+ (22 g3 'ili'g5 ! 23
'i'xh4 'i'xh4 24 gxh4 Фе7 +) 22. . . Фе7 23
'i'g4 with а repetition.
21 ....ih6 22 е6 il.g7
Not 22 .. .fхеб?? 23 ._,g8+, when White
forces mate.
23 exf7
Kotkov now continues 23 ... .:xe l + 24
.:хе1 'i!Vfб, when 25 'i'd7 wins instantly,
but Black has а much better defence:
23....:te7!
In this extremely complicated position
White has three pawns and good attack­
ing chances for the sacrificed piece.
822)
9 'ili'e2 d5
9 . . . lt:la5 1 О il.c2 d5 1 1 dxe5 transposes
to Line В 22 1 .
30 Archangel and New Archangel
10 dxe5 (D)
в 1 99 1 .
Now:
В221: 10...ltJa5 30
В222: 10...0-0 30
822 1 )
1 0...ltJa5 1 1 i.c2 с5
Other moves:
а) 1 1 . . . ltJc4?! 12 а4 0-0 1 H td 1 'i'e8
( 1 3 . . . ltJc5 1 4 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 .l:.xa8 'Wit'xa8
16 Ь3 itJb6 17 itJd4 ± Van der Tak) 14
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 .l:.xa8 i.xa8 1 6 Ь3 itJb6 17
itJd4 Ь4 1 8 с4 ltJc5 19 itJf5 dxc4 20 i.h6
схЬ3 21 i.xb3 i.f6? (Ьetter is 21 . . . g6) 22
i.xg7 i.xg7 23 .l:.d8 i.fЗ? 24 'i'xf3
ffxe5 25 itJh6+ 1-0 Peirera-Vukcevic,
соп. 1 977.
Ь) 1 1 ... 0-0 12 ltJd4 ( 1 2 .l:.d 1 trans­
poses to Line B 222) 12. . . 'i'd7 1 3 f3 c5 1 4
itJb3 ltJxb3 1 5 ахЬ3 ltJg5 1 6 i.xg5 i.xg5
1 7 f4 i.e7 1 8 f5 .1:.fe8 1 9 fr'h5 d4 20 f6 g6
21 'i'g5 (Ulybin-Shirov, Ivano-Frankovsk
1 998) 2 1 ... i.f8 ! with better chances for
Black in а complicated game.
12 .1:.d1
The other good way to develop White's
initiative is 12 itJbd2 ltJxd2 13 i.xd2
ltJc4 14 i.f4 0-0 (risky is 14 ... ltJxb2 1 5
е 6 with а strong initiative for White -
Nikolic) 15 Ь3 ltJЬб 16 е6 f5 17 ltJe5 ( 1 7
.U.fe l ! ?) 1 7 . . . d4 1 8 с 4 J:l.f6 1 9 ltJf7 'ife8
20 J:.fe 1 'i'c6 2 1 f3 i.c8 22 ltJe5 ffxe6 23
схЬ5 i.d6 24 'ifd3 'i!t'd5 25 J:.ac1 ахЬ5 26
'i!i'xb5 i.f8 27 i.Ы i.a6 28 'ii'a5 i.d3 29
'i!i'd2 i.хЫ 30 J:.хЫ i.d6 3 1 itJd3 с4 32
i.xd6 'i!i'xd6 33 Ьхс4 ltJxc4 34 'i'Ь4 ltJe3
35 J:.e2 1/2- If2 Niemela- Wahlgren, соп.
1 2...'i!i'c7 1 3 itJbd2 ltJxd2 1 4 i.xd2
ltJc4 15 i.c1 0-0 16 Ь3 itJЬ6 17 ltJg5 g6
17 ... h6 1 8 'i!i'd3 g6 19 ltJe6! wins ma­
terial for White, since 1 9 .. .fxe6?? allows
20 'i'xgб+ Фh8 21 'ifh7# (Artsumanian).
The best move is probaЬly 1 7. . . i.xg5 al­
though White has attacking chances on
the kingside.
18 ltJxh7! J:l.fe8
1 8 . . . Фхh7 1 9 fr'h5+ Фg8 20 i.xg6
fxg6 21 ffxg6+ Фh8 22 'ii'h 5+ Фg8 23
J:.d3 +- (Artsumanian).
19 .l:.e1 i.c8
1 9... Фхh7 must Ье tried here.
20 ltJg5 i.f6 21 i.f4 i.e6 22 ltJxe6
J:.xe6 23 i.xg6! .l:.ae8
23 . . . fxg6 24 exf6 J:.xe2 25 i.xc7 +­
(Artsumanian).
24 i.f5 J:.xe5 25 i.xe5 J:l.xe5 26 fih5
1 -0 Artsumanian-Кiара, соп. 1 990.
8222)
10...0-0 (D)
w
11 J:.d1
After the less active 1 1 itJbd2 Lukacs
recommends 1 1 . . . ltJxd2 12 'i'xd2 ltJa5
13 i.c2 с5 14 'ifd3 g6 15 i.h6 J:.e8 =.
ll ...ltJaS 12 i.c2 'ii'c8
 Archangel with 7 сЗ CiJxe4: Minor Lines 31

1 2. . . f5 1 3 llJd4 'ifc8 1 4 f3 с5 1 5 fxe4 Stressing the weakness of the dark

fxe4 1 6 llJЬЗ llJc4 17 llJ1d2 1eads to prob­ squares.
lems for Black., ChandJer-Chiburdanidze, 15 %:.е8 (D)
...

Linares 1 988. Тhе best solution. 1 5 ...'1Wd7 1 6 ЬЗ llJЬб

13 llJbd2 17 '1Wd3 g6 1 8 'ii'd4 .ixg5 1 9 llJxg5 hб 20
Also: llJh3 'i/e7 2 1 llJf4 с5 22 'ife3 J:fe8 23 е6
а) 13 llJd4 с5 14 f3 llJxc3 15 Ьхс3 g5 24 exf7+ -..xf7 25 'ifxc5 llJd7 26 'ifc7
cxd4 16 'ifd3 gб 17 cxd4 llJc4 with а is slight1y better for White, Dvoirys­
good position for Black. Yakovich, Кharkov 1 985.
Ь) 1 3 а4! ? с5 14 llJbd2 �с6 (Black
could a1so try 14 . . .llJxd2!?) 1 5 llJxe4 dxe4
1 6 llJg5 .ixg5 1 7 .ixg5 llJc4 1 8 .iЬЗ
'ifg6 ( 1 8 ...llJxe5 1 9 .id5 'ifc7 20 .if4) 1 9 w
.ixc4 'ii'x g5 20 .id5 ! .ixd5 2 1 .l:;xd5
J:ad8 (Walker-Polaczek, corr. 1 988) 22
�хе4 ! and White is а pawn up.
13...llJxd2
B1ack has unsuccessfully tried two
different ways to sacrifice а pawn:
а) 1 3 ...'iff5 1 4 J:e 1 llJc4 1 5 llJxe4 dxe4
16 .ixe4 .ixe4 1 7 '1Wxe4 'ii'xe4 1 8 J:xe4
J:ad8 1 9 J:e1 J:d5 20 ЬЗ llJa3 2 1 .ixa3
.iхаЗ 22 J:ad 1 J:fd8 with а 1ittle com­ 16 b3 llJb6 17 'ifdЗ g6
pensation for the pawn, Petroni�-Pantos, Preparing to evacuate the bishop.
Belgrade 1 989. Now, rather than 1 8 'ifd4 .if8 1 9 'ii'h4
Ь) l3 ... 'ifg4 14 h3 'ifg6 1 5 llJxe4 dxe4 llJd7 20 J:e1 .ig7 2 1 .if6 с5 (Тymcio­
1 6 llJd2 J:ad8 1 7 J:e1 f5 1 8 exf6 'ifxf6 1 9 Kukawski, corr. 1 990) 22 llJg5 llJf8 23
llJxe4 and White is а pawn up, Ka1egin- .ixg7 Фхg7 24 'iff4 :t, 18 .ixe7 J:xe7 1 9
1Ьragimov, Perm 1 997. 'ifd4 followed Ь у -.. м deserves atten­
14 .ixd2 llJc4 15 .igS! tion.
4 Archangel with 7 сЗ ttJxe4:
Main Line (8 d4 4Ja5 )

1 е4 eS 2 liJf3 liJc6 3 �ЬS а6 4 �a4 liJf6 А1)

5 О-О ьs 6 �ьз �Ь7 7 с3 liJxe4 8 d4 10...'it'f6
liJaS (D) Although this move is more popular
than 10 ... liJd6, it is weaker and less solid.
11 f3!
1 1 а4 (Romualdi-Dragone, corr. 1 975)
w l l . . . liJc5 radically solves B lack's prob­
lems: 12 �xf7+ 'ilkxf7 1 3 liJxf7 Фхf7 14
dxc5 �хс5 with а very good ending for
Black; 1 2 dxc5 'ilkxe5 1 3 ахЬ5 �хс5 14
Ьха6 �xg2 15 Фхg2 �е4+ with а per­
petual check; 12 'i!Vd 1 ! ? liJxa4 1 3 .::te 1
�е7 14 'i'g4 �с8 15 'i'g3 !? gives White
an initiative for the pawn.
Now:
All: ll...liJd6?! 32
Now: А12: 11 liJc5 •.. 33
А: 9 liJxe5 32
В : 9 �с2 36 А1 1 )
l l liJd6?!
...

Д) А seldom-used move. The knight stands

9 liJxe5 liJxb3 10 'i*'xb3
After 10 ахЬ3 White cannot gain any
advantage:
а) 1 o ... d6 1 1 liJf3 �е7 12 liJbd2 ltJxd2
1 3 �xd2 0-0 Corso-Lu.Valdes, Cuba
= 1 5 liJxc4 �хс4 1 6 liJa5 'i'd5 1 7 li:Jxb7
1 994.
Ь) 1 О ... �е7 (Owen-SibЬett, corr. 1990)
1 1 'i'g4 g6 1 2 �h6 d6 1 3 liJf3 ( 1 3 liJd3
�g5) 1 3 ...f5 14 'i'f4 Фf7 and after ...�f6
and . . . .::th e8 B1ack shou1dn' t have any
proЬlems.
Now there are two possiЬilities for
Black:
А 1 : 10...'i�'f6 32
А2: 10...liJd6 34
worse at d6 than at е6. White has three
ways to develop the initiative:
а) 1 2 liJd2 'i'e6 1 3 'i!Vd1 0-0-0 (or
13 ... �е7 !? preparing ... 0-0) 14 liJb3 liJc4
ФхЬ7 18 �f4 �d6 19 �xd6 �xd6 20 а4
± Feher-Petronic, Budapest 1 99 1 .
Ь) 1 2 .I:te1 �е7 1 3 а4 .::td8 ( 1 3. ..'�е6!?)
14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 .::ta7 0-0 1 6 liJa3 with
an initiative for White, Burovic-Cepon,
LjuЬljana 1992.
с) 12 а4 'i'e6 13 'f*'d 1 0-0-0 (Black
can also consider 13 ... �е7 !?) 14 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 15 liJa3 'i'd5 16 b3 liJf5 1 7 'i'd3 f6
18 'f*'xf5 fxe5 1 9 'ilkxe5 'i'xe5 20 dxe5
 ArcJшngel with 7 сЗ t'i1xe4: Main Line (8 d4 ltJa5)
�с5+ 2 1 Фh1 .l:.de8 (2 1 . . .Ь4 is better) 22
Ь4 �Ь6 23 �f4 .l:.hf8 24 �g3 h5 25
tt::Jxb5 g5 26 h3 g4 27 fxg4 hxg4 28 h4
i.d5 (Rбtsagov-Shirov, Tallinn rpd 1996)
29 .l:.xf8 .l:.xf8 30 с4 ! +-.
д12)
1 1 ...tt::Jcs 12 tt::Jg4
The strongest move, Ьу which White
forces а better ending. Other moves do
not cause serious proЬlems for Black:
а) 12 'Wic2 tt::Je6 1 3 lL:Jd2 d6 14 tt::Je4
'Wid8 1 5 lL:Jd3 �е7 1 6 �d2 0-0 Barc­ = stands well, Sherzer-Nickoloff, Chicago
zay-Panczyk, Naleczow 1983.
Ь) 1 2 'i'd1 tt::Je 6 and now:
Ь l ) 13 tt::Jd2 d6 14 tt::Je4 'i'd8 15 d5
dxe5 16 dxe6 f5 17 tt::Jf2 'i'xd 1 18 .l:.xd 1
�d6 19 .l:.e1 0-0 20 lL:Jd3 е4 21 fxe4 ? !
fxe4 - + Perenyi-Mikhalchishin, Buda­
pest 1 983.
Ь2) 1 3 а4 �d6 1 4 'i'e2 с5 1 5 ахЬ5
cxd4 16 tt::Jc4 �с5 17 cxd4 i.xd4+ 1 8
Ф h 1 0-0 1 9 Ьб ( 1 9 lL:Jdб ахЬ5 20 .l:.xa8
�ха8 2 1 tt::J xb5 �с5 + Mikhalchishin)
1 9. . . �с6 20 �е3? d5 + Anand-Mikhal­
chishin, Moscow GMA 1989.
Ь3) 13 .l:.e1 �d6 (groundless aggres­
sion would Ье 13 . . . 0-0-0 14 а4 Ь4 1 5
tt::Jd 2 g 5 1 6 tt::Jdc4 h 5 17 tt::Ja5 ! �d6 18
tt::Jxb7 ФхЬ7 19 tt::Jc4 ± Ady-Fiear, Lon­
don 1 985) 14 tt::Jd2 �хе5 (14 . . .'Wih4 !?;
1 4 ... 'Wie7) 15 .l:.xe5 d6 1 6 .l:.e1 0-0 ;!; Vas­
quez-Nickoloff, Novi Sad OL 1990.
12 ...tt::Jxb3 13 tt::Jxf6+ (D)
в 21 J:.e5+ Фс4 22 i.d2 tt::Ja 1 23 .l:.e l and
33
Now:
А121: 1З...�е7? 33
А122: 13 ... gxf6 34
А1 2 1 )
1 З...�е7? 14 дi.g5!
After 14 ахЬ3 Фхf6 Вlack has а good
ending:
а) 15 �f4!? d6 16 lL:Jd2 1/2- lf2 Cirello­
Ciarizza, corr. 1993.
Ь) 15 с4 Ьхс4 (or 15 ... d5 1 6 схЬ5
ахЬ5 17 .l:.xa8 �ха8 18 tt::Jc3 and Black
1992) 16 Ьхс4 i.b4 17 �d2 а5 1 8 i.хЬ4
ахЬ4 19 lL:Jd2 d6 Ivanchuk-Beliavsky,
=
Linares 1 992.
14...gxf6
The only move. Poor is 14 . . .tt::J x al 1 5
.l:.e1+:
а) 15 ...Фd6 1 6 i.f4+ Фс6 17 d5+ Фс5
(17 . . .Фb6 1 8 lL:Jxd7+ Фa5 { 1 8 . . . Фа7 1 9
�е3+ +-} 1 9 �хс7+ Фа4 20 lL:Jb6+ Фа5
21 tt::Jc4++ Фа4 22 Ь3+ tt::Jxb3 23 tt::Jb2#)
18 Ь4+ Фс4 1 9 tt::Ja 3+ Фхс3 20 tt::Je4+
ФхЬ4 (20. . .Фd3 2 1 .l:.d 1 + Фе2 22 .l:.d2+
Фе1 23 i.g3#) 21 .I:.Ьl + Фха3 (alterna­
tively, 21 ... Фа5 22 i.xc7+ Фа4 23 tt::Jc 3+
Фха3 24 i.f4 1-0 Jukic-V.B�agic, Osijek
1993) 22 tt::Jc3 1-0 J.Haii-Collinson, Oak­
ham jr 1 992.
Ь) 15 . . . �е4 (а desperate attempt to
give the king the b7-square) 16 tt::Jd5++ !
( 1 6 tt::Je8+ f6; 16 tt::J xe4+, Bere\ovich­
Potapov, Russian Cht 1 996, 16 ... Фе6 ! оо)
1 6 . . .Фd6 ( 1 6 . . . Фе6 17 tt::Jxc7+ Фd6 1 8
.tr4+ Фс6 1 9 tt::Jx a8 ±) 1 7 fxe4 .l:.e8 1 8
tt::Jd2 .l:.xe4 1 9 tt::Jxe4+ Фхd5 20 tt::Jf2 tt::Jc2
again White is better.
15 .l:.el+ 'it>d6 16 дi.f4+ Фс6 17 ахЬЗ
�d6 18 hd6 Фхd6 19 Ь4
White сап also try 19 с4, followed Ьу
20 tt::Jc З, or 19 tt::Jd2 .l:.he8 20 lL:Je4+ J.xc4
21 fxe4 (2 l .l:.xe4 .l:.xe4 22 fxe4 Ае8 1 wlth
some counterplay) with а better endlna
for White.
34 Archangel and New Archangel

19 ....:the8 20 .:txe8 Пхе8 21 'ifi>fl rs 22 А2)

ltJd2 'iti>dS 23 g3 d6 24 Пd1 Фс6 25 ltJП 10... ltJd6 (D)
'iti>b6 26 ltJe3 �с8 27 ltJd5+
± Furlan-Petek, S1ovenian Ch 1 996.

д1 22) w
13 ... gxf6 14 J:.e1+
14 ахЬЗ dб leads to а sirnilar position
to the main line:
а) 1 5 ltJd2 Фd7 1 6 ltJe4 i.e7 17 Ь4
J:.he8 18 i.hб i.d8 19 i.g7 .:tеб 20 ltJgЗ
with а better ending for White, Panbuk­
chian-Topalov, Bulgarian Ch 1992.
Ь) 15 с4 'iti>d7 16 llJcЗ i.g7 17 .:td1
:ье8 1 8 Фf2 f5 19 .:ta5 сб 20 i.f4 d5 2 1
с5 i.fб 22 .:td2 .:tеб 23 l2Jd 1 .:tae8 24 Ь4 Now:
i.d8 25 .:tаЗ i.c7 26 i.xc7 Фхс7 27 .:tеЗ А21: 1 1 i.f4 34
.:tхеЗ 28 ltJxe3 ± Popovic-Djuk:ic, Yugo­ А22: 11 а4 35
slav Cht 1 992. А23: 11 .:te1 35
14 .....te7 15 ахЬ3 d6 А24: 11 с4 з5
In Hultquist-M.Johansson, corr. 1 970
Black just managed to draw after 15 ... i.d5 Or:
1 6 с4 (16 i.f4 ! ?) 1б ... Ьхс4 1 7 ltJc3 i.b7 а) 1 1 ..-d1 i.e7 1 2 '*g4 gб 1 3 .:te1
1 8 Ьхс4 dб 1 9 ltJe4 Фd7 20 ltJgЗ .:tae8 2 1 ltJfS 1 4 i.g5 dб 15 i.xe7 ltJxe7 16 ltJdЗ
lDf5 i.d8 2 2 i.f4 d5 2 3 с5 .:txe1 + 24 0-0 А1 Modiahki-Zhu Chunhui, Beijing
=

.:txe1 .:te8 25 .:txe8 Фхе8 26 Фf2 i.c8 27 1995.

ltJeЗ сб 28 g4 а5 29 lDf5 i.аб 30 ФеЗ. Ь) 1 1 ltJd2 i.e7 12 f3 0-0 13 а4 .i.fб
16 с4 14 llJdЗ .:te8 1 5 ltJc5 i.сб 1 б а5 ltJb7 1 7
An altemative is 16 i.f4 Фd7 1 7 ltJd2: ltJde4 dб 1 8 ltJxb7 i.xb7 Antoniewski­
=

а) 17 ... а5 1 8 ltJfl i.d5 19 с4 i.сб 20 Luukkonen, Siofok U-20 Ech 1996.

ltJeЗ а4 21 d5 i.b7 (Wo\ff-Та\, San Fran­
cisco 199 1 ) 22 ltJf5 followed Ьу 23 .:tаЗ
! Wolff.
Ь) 17 ....:the8 18 llJfl с5 19 dxc5 dxc5
20 .:tad 1+ Фсб and Black managed to
draw the ending with difficulty in Ka1e­
gin-Potapov, Ufa 1993.
16... Фd7 17 ltJc3 Пhg8
д21 )
1 1 .i.f4
Now B1ack has two ways to deve1op:
а) 1 1 ... .i.e7 1 2 ltJd2 0-0 13 ltJefЗ ( 1 3
.:tfe1 !?) 1 3 ...ltJe4 14 ltJxe4 i.xe4 1 5 ltJd2
.ib7 16 "ii'd 1 dб 17 .:te1 ,..d7 18 .:tез
.:tfe8 Hjelm-Jepson, Swedish open Ch
=

17 ... f5 18 .:ta5 i.fб 19 .:td 1 сб 20 i.f4 1 992.

.:the8 2 1 с5 i.d8 22 .:taa1 i.c7 23 Ь4 with
а better ending for White, Gdanski-Czer­
wonski, Polish Ch 1992.
18 Фfl f5 19 :as i.h4+ 20 g3 i.f6 21
Пd1 i.c6 22 Ь4 d5 23 с5 i.b7 24 i.f4
with an advantage for White, Gdan­
ski-Volzhin, Oakham jr 1992.
Ь) 1 1 ... ..-fб!? 1 2 .:te1 0-0-0 ( 1 2....ie7 !?
keeps the right to castle kingside, which
could Ье followed Ьу ... ltJfS or . . .ltJe4) 1 3
.igЗ h5 14 hЗ 'itfS 1 5 а4 fб 1 6 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
( 1 6 ... fxe5 17 Ьхаб .i.a8 1 8 а7 l2Jb7 1 9
.:txe5 +-) 17 ltJf3 ! g5 ( 1 7 ... .ixfЗ 1 8 gxfЗ
'itxfЗ 19 d5 doesn't help Black either) 1 8
 Archangel with 7 сЗ lisxe4: Main Line (8 d4 l:LJa5)
lL\a3 and Black' s positioп is extremely
bad; e.g., 18 . . .i.x.f3 19 �хdб or 18 ... �d5
1 9 � iсб 20 'i'a5 g4 2 1 lL\h4.
А22)
11 а4 i.e7 12 lL\a3 0-0 13 Jf.f4
1 3 �е3 :tb8 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 d5 lL\c4
1 б lL\axc4 i.xd5 1 7'i'k d 1 i.xc4 1 8 lL\xd7
i.xfl 1 9 Фxfl :ta8 112- lf2 Кhait-Beloze­
rov, Moscow Ch 199б.
13...J:Z.b8 14 ахЬ5
Now:
а) 14 ...lL\xb5 ? ! 15 lL\xb5 dб 1б lL\d3
i.e4 17 lL\Ь4 :txb5 ( 17 ... ахЬ5 18 d5 ±;
for example, 1 8 ...�g5 1 9 lL\cб 'i'fб 20
�g3 :tЬ7 2 1 f4 �h4 22 :tfe1 i.xg3 23
hxg3 with the idea of huпtiпg the Ь7-rook
Ьу 'i'а2-аб), Nijboer-Piket, Dutch Ch
1 99б, 1 8 :tхаб ! favours White; for exam­
p1e, 18 ... с5 19 jVa4, 18 ... �g5 19 i.g3 �Ь7
20 :ta7 с5 2 1 �а4 or 1 8 ... �d3 1 9 :tfa1
с5 20 'i!t'd 1 :tхЬ4 21 схЬ4 �хаб 22 :tхаб
схЬ4 23 d5.
Ь) 14 ... ахЬ5 1 5 lL\c2 lL\f5 1б f3 dб 17
lL\g4 сб 18 lL\ge3 lL\xe3 19 lL\xeЗ 1/2- lf2
Galkiп-Be1ozerov, Tomsk 1 997.
А2З)
1 1 :te1 i.e7 12 lL\d2
1 2 а4 :tb8 1 3 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 lL\d2 0-0
transposes to the maiп liпe.
Iпсопесt is 12 �g5? fб 13 �h4 g5 14
i.g3 fxe5 15 �хе5 :tf8 1 б jVd 1 Фf7 17
'i'h5+ Фg8 1 8 'i'hб lL\f5 1 9 'ith5 dб 20
�g3 �е8 21 'itd 1 h5 0- 1 Уоuпg-Неп1еу,
1 992.
12. .0-0 13 а4
.
No peaceful move сап give White
chances for ап advantage:
а) 1 3 lL\fl lL\e4 14 d5 lL\fб 15 :td 1 dб
1 б lL\fЗ с б 1 7 dхсб i.хсб 1 8 lL\d4 i.d5
with а good positioп for Black, Prasad­
Luпdkvist, Gausda1 1 99 1 .
Ь ) 1 3 lL\dfЗ lL\f5 1 4 d 5 i.dб 15 с4
�хе5 1 б :txe5 lL\dб 17 схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 :te1
:ta4 19 �е3 'i'a8 20 :ted 1 :te8 and Black
35
seizes the initiative, Degerman-Furhoff,
Stockho1m 1992.
13 .U.b8
...
Or I З ...i.fб 14 lL\fl i.сб (or 14 ....U.e8
15 i.f4 ixe5 1б dxe5, Maxioп-Welleп­
reiter, соп. 1 993, 1б ... Ьха4 with chances
to equalize), Timoshenko-Onishchuk,
Alushta 1 994, 1 5 lL\xcб t.
14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 lL\П Ь4
This is more forciпg and active than
1 5 . . ..U.a8 although after 16 if4 i.g5 1 7
.U.xa8 ixa8 1 8 i.xg5 'itxg5 Black's posi­
tion is not bad, Tilak-A.Kuzmiп, Doha
1 992.
16 c4 lL\f5 17 �d3 lL\h4 18 d5 d6
Iпterestiпg is 18 . . . 1:te8 followed Ьу
. . .�dб or ... i.fб.
19 lL\c6 Jf.xc6 20 dxc6 i.f6 21 1:ta7
lL\g6 22 'i'e4 lL\e5 23 'itd5
Кotronias-Mozetic, Be1grade 1 993 .
Black сап obtaiп good couпterp1ay Ьу
23 ...1:ta8 24 1:tb7 :tаб (Kotronias/Мozetic).
А2 4 )
11 с4 (D)
В
The most aggressive move. White
threatens с5 and in some variations Black
may have proЬlems with the b5-pawn.
1 1 ...f6!
The Ьest move, \eadiпg to forcing р1ау.
Others:
а) 1 1 .. .'ii'e7 ?! (Zecha-Breazu, соп.
1 99 1 ) 1 2 схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 3 1:te1 апd Black
36 Archangel and New Archangel

.. &аео an un_pleuant pin: 1 З .'i'е6 14.. 16 .tf4

e.l Ь4 1 5 Wd 1 .tc7 1 6 lt::k1 2 ±. 16 �е3 d6 17 .td2 c5 1 8 .tc3 0-0 19 f4
Ь) l l bxc4 12 �хс4 ltlxc4 (the on1y
... (an attempt to upset Black's p1an) 19 . . .Ь4
IIIOVI) 1 3 wrxb7 (Whlte cannot expect any 20 .txe5 dxe5 2 1 liJd2 :tae8 22 fxe5 .l:.f5
advantaae aftcr 13 :te 1+ �е7 14 �хс4 23 liJc4 'i'h4 + Arakhamia-Rausis, Сар­
0-0 15 .tf4 d6 16 ltJc3 'i'd7 17 :ас 1 реНе la Grande 1993 .
lac8 1 8 hЗ .1d8 19 �а4 :txe1+, Lau­ 16...d6 17 liJc3
Mainka, Po1anica Zdroj 1 99 1 ) 1 3 . . ..te7 1 7 а4 �f7 ! .
14 liJd2 lt1xd2 1 5 .txd2 0-0 16 .tf4 .l:.b8 1 7... 0-0-0 18 liJd5 'ii'f8
17 'i'xa6 :tхЫ (Vad1a-Dusper, Croatia 18 . . . �h4 ! ?.
Cup 1 993) 18 :аы ;!;, 19 ..txe5
с) 1 1 ... 'ii'f6 1 2 liJc3 ( 1 2 :te1 0-0-0 { or 19 .tе3? ФЬ8 20 .l:.ec1 'i'f7 21 .l:.d 1 с6
12 ....te7 13 l2Jc3 } 13 схЬ5 and White has 22 liJЬ4 'ii'x b3 23 ахЬ3 .tхЫ 24 .l:.a2
chances to obtain an advantage) 12 . . .'�е6 .tc3 25 liJxa6+ Фс8 26 .tf4 .txa6 27
1 3 .l:.e1 (Bauer-Kasimdzhanov, Las Ve­ :txa6 ФЬ7 28 .l:.a2 d5 0- 1 Wlodarczyk­
gas FIDE КО 1999) 1 3 . . .Ьхс4 14 �а4 Paпczyk, Polish Cht 1992.
0-0-0 ( 1 4 . . . .te7 1 5 d5 ! .txd5 1 6 liJxd5 19... dxe5 20 .:.хе5 Фьs
'ii'xd5 17 �xd7+ Фf8 1 8 .tf4 ±) 15 d5 B1ack's position is а 1inle better; for
ir'f6 16 lt1xc4 liJxc4 17 'ii'xc4 .td6 1 8 example, 21 .l:.ae1 'ii'f7 22 liJe3 'it'xb3 + .
.te3 ±.
12 с5 В)
lnterestiпg is 12 .l:.e 1 fxe5 1 3 :txe5+ 9 .tc2 exd4
.te7 14 .tg5 liJf5 (14 ... Ьхс4 15 'ii'g3 lt1e4 Now:
1 6 .txe7 liJxg3 17 .txd8+ Фхd8 ; = В1: 10 liJxd4 36
14 . . . liJc8 15 схЬ5 d6 16 .l:.e3 d5 17 Ьха6 В2: 10 �е2 39
.txa6 1 8 liJc3 .tc4 19 �Ь4 Фf7 20 ВЗ: 10 .l:.e1 39
.txe7 liJxe7 2 1 .l:.fЗ+ gives White stroпg В4: 10 ..txe4 41
pressure) 1 5 схЬ5 lt1xd4 16 .txe7 liJxb3 B S : 10 Ь4 41
17 ..txd8+ Фхd8 18 ахЬ3 d6 19 .l:.g5 g6
20 liJc3 Фd7 21 .l:.c 1 ахЬ5 with an equa1 81 )
position, Djomaiev-Onishchuk, Hallsberg 10 liJxd4 с5
jr 1993. Others:
12...fxe5 13 cxd6 ..txd6 а) 10 . . . lt1g5 1 1 а4 с5 12 �е2+ liJe6
1 3 . . . cxd6 14 .l:.e1 �f6 1 5 а4 �е6 ! 1 6 1 3 liJxe6 dxe6 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 'i'xb5+
�g3 h5 17 .tg5 �g4 1 8 'i'xg4 hxg4 .tc6 16 'ife2 .te7 ;!; Z.Aimasi-Onishchuk,
(Ortiz-Ramirez, corr. 1993) 19 dxe5 dxe5 Mamaia U- 16 Wch 1 99 1 .
20 .l:.xe5+ Фf7 2 1 ахЬ5 and поw Riпaldi Ь) 1 0 . . .d 5 1 1 f3 ( 1 1 'i'e2 с 5 1 2 liJb3
gave 21 . . . ахЬ5 22 .l:.xa8 ..txa8 23 .l:.xb5 traпsposes to В2 апd 1 1 .l:.el to В3)
±, but 2 1 ....td6 is better. 11 ... liJd6 1 2 .l:.e1+ Фd7 1 3 .tf4 с5 14
14 dxe5 liJf5 liJxf5 1 5 .txf5+ Фс6 1 6 liJa3 .td6
Zaitsev поw recommeпds 1 4... .tc5 1 5 17 'i'd2 .txf4 18 �xf4 'i'd6 19 'ii'h4
.te3 'f/e7 =. But Black сап fight for an .l:.he8 20 Ь4 .l:.e5 lf2-lf2 Ivanov-Nicko1off,
advantage ! Philade1phia 1 993 .
14... .txe5! 15 .l:.e1 �е7 Now:
It appears that Black has по way to B l l : 11 ..txe4 37
take advantage of the рiп оп the e-file. В12: l l liJfS 37
 Archangel with 7 сЗ !'i::.xe4: Main Line (8 d4 ttJa5)
81 1 )
1 1 .txe4 .txe4 12 .l:.e1 d5 (D)
w 19 ... �f7 20 .l:tfl ± Hellers-Mortensen,
Now:
В 1 1 1 : 13 ltJf5 37
в112: 13 rз 37
81 1 1 )
13 ltJf5 'ifd7
1 3 . . . g6 1 4 ltJe3 (or 1 4 ltJg3 ! ? !J..e7)
14 ... !J..e7 1 5 f3 d4 16 cxd4 cxd4 1 7 ltJg4
( 1 7 fxe4 dxe3) 17 . . . f5 1 8 ltJe5 ( 1 8 fxe4
fxg4) 1 8 . . . !J.. хЫ 19 .l:txЫ �d5 with а
good position for Black in all variations.
14 ltJe3
1 4 ltJg3 .te7 1 5 ltJd2 ( 1 5 ltJxe4 dxe4
16 �xd7+ Фхd7 1 7 .l:txe4 .l:l.he8 leads to
а favouraЬle ending for B1ack) 1 5 . . . .tg6
16 ltJfЗ ltJc6 17 h4 h6 18 ltJe5 ltJxe5 19
.l:l.xe5 (Zso.Polgar-Potapov, Mlada Bole­
slav 1 994) and now Вlack should play
19 ....l:l.d8 !?, not exposing the king to dan­
ger.
14 ... .te7 15 rз d4 16 cxd4 cxd4 17
fxe4 dхеЗ 18 'i'xd7+ Фхd7 19 .tхеЗ
..if6 20 ltJcЗ .tхсЗ 21 bxc3 ltJc4 22 .td4
lf2- lf2 Zso.Polgar-Gy.Нorvath, Hun­
garian Ch 1 995.
81 1 2)
13 rз cxd4 14 fxe4
In this apparently simple position
Black must р1ау very accurately to com­
plete his development.
37
14 ....te7
The other possiЬility is 1 4 . . .dxe4 1 5
�g4 ! ( 1 5 .l:l.xe4+ .te7 =):
а) 1 5 . . . �d5 ? ! 1 6 .1:1.xe4+ .te7 1 7 cxd4
f6 1 8 .td2 ltJc6 19 ltJc3 ( 1 9 �xg7 ! ?)
Gausdal Z 1 987.
Ь) 15 . . .dxc3? ! 16 fi'xe4+ ! .te7 1 7
ltJxc3 .l:l.a7 (the re1atively best 1 7 . . .Фf8
1 8 .tf4 .tc5+ 1 9 Фh l �е8 20 �d3 does
not improve the position much) 1 8 ltJd5
ltJc6 19 .tg5 .l:td7 20 .l:tad 1 with а winning
attack for White, Hellers-Fiear, Lugano
1 986.
с) 1 5 . . . .1:ta7 16 1:хе4+ .l:te7 17 .tg5
1:хе4 1 8 �хе4+ .te7 19 cxd4 f6 gives
White а slight advantage, Brenjo-Petro­
nic, Yugoslav Ch 1 99 1 .
15 �g4
This move may lead to very sharp
play. White does not aim to win material
but rather to hinder B1ack's deve1opment.
The other move is 1 5 'ifxd4 0-0 1 6 exd5
(not good is 16 е5 1:с8 17 Фh1 ltJc6 and
Black obtains active р1ау without any
materia1 investments, MacDonald-Mene­
ghini, соп. 1 990; 1 6 �xd5 �с7 gives
B1ack full compensation for the pawn -
Wolff) 16 ... !J.. f6 17 �d3 .l:te8 18 .l:txe8+
'ifxe8 (Stripunsky-Sepp, Rostov 1 993)
and at this point White should continue
19 .tf4 ! ? �el + 20 'iffl �xfl + 2 1 Wxfl
ltJc4.
15. .. 0-0
This simple move seems best. The
pawn sacrifice 1 5 . . .�d7 1 6 iVxg7 0-0-0
17 �xd4 ( 1 7 ..if4? ! d3 ! gives Black а
good game; 1 7 cxd4 needs to Ье tested)
17 ... dxe4 gives White an advantage in а
sharp position.
16 .th6 ..if6 17 е5 Пе8 18 cxd4 �Ь6
19 .tез ..ie7 20 ltJcЗ �е6
Black has а good position.
812)
l l ltJf5 (D)
 Archangel and New Archangel
• 14 fxg3 .i.e7 1 5 lLJf3 d4 1 6 .i.h6 lLJc4 17
1 1 .'ii'f6
.•
An altemative is Мikhalchishin's move
1 1 ... d5. White can either deprive Black
of his castling rights or seek positional
compensation:
а) 1 2 f3 lLJg5 1 3 .i.xg5 �xg5 14 .::te 1 +
Фd7 1 5 lLJd2 g6 16 f4 "iWxf4 (Beliavsky
recommends 16 .. .'ii'f6 1 7 lLJe3 �xf4 1 8
� 'ili'e5 as better still, even though after
1 9 lLJg4! "iWg7 20 lLJef6+ the situation is
not c1ear) 1 7 .::tf l 'ili'c7 18 lLJe3 f5 and
now:
а 1 ) 1 9 lLJb3 lLJxb3 20 lLJxd5 "ii'd6 2 1
.i.xb3 .::td8 22 lDf4 с4 and Black parried
the attack and obtained а won position in
Yurtaev-A. Kuzmin, Dubai 1 999.
а2) 19 .i.xf5 + ! ? gxf5 20 .::txf5 and
now:
а2 1 ) 20 ...Фс8 2 1 �xd5 .i.xd5 22
.::txd5 .::ta7 (Z.A1masi-Beliavsky, Yugo­
s1av Cht 1 998) and now according to Bel­
iavsky White can obtain strong (but
insufficient) pressure for the sacrificed
piece Ьу 23 а4.
а22) ln my opinion the strongest
move is 20. . .'ii'd6 2 1 .::tf7+ (21 lLJf3 Фс8
22 lLJxd5 tЬс4 23 Ь3 'ili'e6 -+; 21 �fЗ d4
22 lLJe4 .i.xe4 23 Ш7+ .i.e7 24 '1Wxe4 "iWe6
-+) 2 1 ...Фс8 (not as clear is 2 1 ... Фе8 22
_.f3 d4 23 .::txb7 lDxb7 24 '1Wxb7 .:tb8 25
'ili'e4+ Фd7 26 cxd4) 22 "ii'rз Wb8 and
Black is аЬ\е to complete his develop­
ment successfully; for example, 23 .::tf l
Фа7 2 4 Ь4 (24 �xd5 .::td 8) 24. . .lLJc6.
Ь) 1 2 lLJd2 ! ? g6 ( 1 2. . .'�'d7) 1 3 lLJg3
lLJxg3 (Beliavsky recommends 1 3 . . . f5)
cxd4 cxd4 1 8 .i.b3 ± Beliavsky.
12 lLJd2
Others:
а) 1 2 lLJe3 ! ? "ii'e6 1 3 f3 1/2- lf2 Geller­
A. Kuzmin, Berlin 1 99 1 .
Ь) 1 2 �f3 lLJg5 1 3 "il'e2+ lLJe6 1 4 .i.f4
lLJc4 1 5 lLJa3 0-0-0 1 6 .i.g3 lLJxa3 17 Ьха3
gб 1 8 fl'e5 ( 1 8 .i.e5 lLJf4 ! ) 1 8 ... fl'xe5 1 9
ixe5 gxf5 20 ixh8 il.e7 2 1 .i.e5 d 6 22
ig3 f4 and Black won the ending in
Renet-Shirov, Correze (4) 1 99 1 .
с) 1 2 "il'g4 h5 1 3 'ifrз d5 ( 1 3 ... lLJg5 is
the same as line 'Ь' but with the extra
move ... h5) 14 lLJd2 g6 1 5 lLJxe4 dxe4 1 6
.i.xe4 0-0-0 1 7 il.xb7+ lLJxb7 1 8 lLJd4
"il'xfЗ 19 lLJxfЗ .i.g7 Kotronias-Moze­
=
tic, Кarditsa 1 994.
12... d5
Also:
а) 1 2 ... lLJxd2 1 3 .::te 1 + ! lLJe4 14 .i.xe4
0-0-0 1 5 i.xb7+ lLJxb7 1 6 lLJe3 d5 1 7 а4
and White has the initiative (Leko ).
Ь) 1 2 ...�xf5 ! ? 1 3 lLJxe4 (interesting
is 13 .i.xe4 ! ? .i.xe4 1 4 lLJxe4 d5 1 5 lLJg3
"il'd7 16 а4 with compensation for the
pawn, Roos-Ramirez, corr. 1 994) 1 3 .. .'ii'd5
14 .i.g5 'ili'xd 1 1 5 .::taxd 1 d5 1 6 .::tfe 1 Wd7
17 i.e3 lLJc4 1 8 lLJxc5+ .i.xc5 1 9 .i.xc5
lLJxb2 20 .::td2 .::t he8 2 1 .::tde2 g6 22 .::te7+
.::txe7 23 .::txe7+ Фсб with equality in а
sharp ending, Onishchuk-Lin Weiguo,
Beijing 1 998.
13 lLJxe4
1 3 f3 'ii'xf5 ( 1 3 ... lLJxd2 ! ? 14 .::te 1 +
Фd7 1 5 .i.xd2 lLJc4) 1 4 fxe4 'ii'd7 1 5 exd5
i.e7 ао (Almasi).
13 ...dxe4 14 lLJgЗ
1 4 "il'g4 h5 ! and White has proьtems
regaining the pawn.
14...i.e7 15 lLJxe4 'ili'c6 16 'ili'ьs g6
Others:
а) 1 6 .. .'.-gб 17 �e2 11t'e6 1 8 .::te 1 hб?
(Konikowski states that the position after
 Archangel with 7 сЗ l1Jxe4: Main Line (8 d4 lDa5)
1 8 ... 0-0 1 9 liJg5 'ir'xe2 20 .J:txe2 .ixg5 2 1
.ixg5 .J:tfe8 is tenaЬ\e) 1 9 liJxc5 �хе2 20
.J:txe2 .id5 2 1 .if4 +- Yurtaev-Mozal­
iov, Smolensk 1 997.
Ь) 1 6... liJc4 1 7 b3 g6 1 8 'ii'h3 liJd6 1 9
.l:t e 1 0-0 2 0 .if4 liJf5 21 liJg5 .ixg5 22
.ixg5 ± Z.Almasi-Beliavsky, Dortmund
1 998.
17 'ii'es f6 18 'ir'gз о-о 19 rз rs
This move seems to solve all proЬlems
in the simp1est way. Others:
а) 1 9 . . . .J:tad8 20 .if4 .l:td7 21 .l:tfe1
'ii'b6 22 .l:te2 .id5 23 Ь3 .if7 24 :Зе1 and
Black's pieces stand а little awkwardly,
Zontakh-Petronit, Be1grade 1996.
Ь) 19 ... .J:tfe8 20 liJf2 (Leko recom­
mends 20 .if4 ! ? ±) 20 . . . .id6 2 1 .if4
.J:tad8 Leko-Mozetic, Tilburg 1 993.
= 16 fxe4 fxe4
20 lijf2 .id6
The key idea is not to 1et the Ьishop get
to f4, whence it could move to с7.
21 .if4 .J:tad8
= Barlow-Feagin, IECC e-mail l 996.
82)
10 'ite2 dS 1 l ll:lxd4 c5 12 liJЬ3 ll:lxb3
13 ахЬ3 i.e7 14 .J:te1 (D)
в
14 0-0!
...
A1tematives:
а) 14 . . .liJf6 15 .ig5 Фf8 1 6 liJd2 .J:tc8
( 1 6... h6 17 .ih4 .J:tc8, Wang Zili-Malan­
iuk, Beijing 1 99 1 , 1 8 с4 with compensa­
tion for the pawn) 17 с4 Ьхс4 1 8 Ьхс4 d4
39
19 liJfЗ h6 20 .ih4 liJg8 (20... g5 ! ? 2 1
.ig3 liJh5) 2 1 .ixe7+ liJxe7 22 liJe5 _.с7
23 _.g4 Фg8 24 .ie4 .ixe4 25 _.хе4 and
White has strong pressure for the pawn,
Mortensen-Mainka, Copenhagen 1 993 .
Ь) 14 . . . liJd6 15 .ie3 .J:tc8 1 6 Ь4 схЬ4
17 .id4 f6 1 8 liJd2 Ьхс3 19 Ьхс3 Фf8 and
although White has some compensation,
Black chances seem better, Mortensen­
Am.Rodriguez, Luceme OL 1 982.
1s rз rs
After 1 5 ... .ih4 1 6 fxe4 .ixe1 1 7 _.хе1
dxe4 18 _.g3 f5 19 .if4 White's chances
look better; e.g., 19 ...'i!r'f6 20 liJd2 h6 2 1
h4 'itrh7 2 2 liJfl .J:tad8 2 3 liJe3 'ii'g6 24
'i!r'f2 'i!r'f6 25 h5, Winsnes-Moberg, Goth-
. enburg 1 993 .
Black has two pawns, а dynamic cen­
tre and attacking chances on the kingside
based on his two potentially dangerous
Ьishops. The main chance for White is to
break up Black's pawn-centre.
17 с4 .id6 18 g3
1 8 'ii'g4? 'itf6 19 .ie3 d4 20 liJd2 'ii'e5
-+ Mortensen-Shirov, Kerteminde 1 99 1 .
1 8....ie5 1 9 cxdS 'itxdS
This line was given Ьу Shirov. Black
has full compensation for the piece; White
can only hope to draw this position.
В З)
10 .J:te1 dS 1 1 liJxd4
Others:
а) 1 1 cxd4?! .ie7 1 2 liJc3 (Hansson­
Jacobs, London Lloyds Bank 1 984)
12 ...liJxc3 13 Ьхс3 and White must dem­
onstrate the correctness of his pawn sac­
rifice.
Ь) 1 1 liJg5 ? ! .ie7 12 'ii'h5 g6 13 'ith6
_.d7 14 f3 liJd6 15 а4 d3 gives B1ack the
advantage, J.Littlewood-Flear, British Ch
1 977.
с) l l �xd4 (Becerra Rivero-Moreno,
Havana 1993) should Ье met Ьу 1 l ... liJc6
or 1 1 . . . с5 with good play for Black.
40 Archangel and New Archangel
ll cs
...
11...i.d6 12 lt:Jf5 0-0 13 lt:Jd2 .:te8 14
lt:Jxe4 dxe4 15 11r'g4 'iff6 16 lt:Jxd6 cxd6 17
..te3 d5 with compensation for the pawn,
Cvetkovic-Planinc, Pula 1968.
Now:
831: 12 lt:Jf5 40
832: 12 f3 41
831 )
12 lt:Jf5
Now:
8311: 12... g6 40
8312: 12 .. .'i/kd7 40
831 1 )
12... g6 13 lt:Jg3 i.e7 14i.h6
14 �е2 0-0 (14 ...f5!?) 15 lt:Jd2 tlJxg3
16 �xe7 lt:Je4 17 1!r'xd8 .:tfxd8 18 ttJxe4
dxe4 19 Ь3 with some compensation for
the pawn, Timoshchenko-Novak, Stary
Smokovec 1972 .
I4...rs
This move, encouraging White to sac­
rifice the knight, looks very risky.
1s r3
However, 15 lt:Jxf5 gxf5 1б�h5+ Фd7
17 'i'xf5+ Фс7 18 i.f4+ lt:Jd6! 19 'i'f7
lt:Jc6 (or 19....:te8) is actually not danger­
ous for Black (Pioch).
15...lt:Jxg3 16 hxg3 'l;f 7 17 lt:Jd2
17 g4 i.h4, followed Ьу ...'i'f6, or 17
'i'e2 'ilid7 gives White nothing (Pioch).
17...i.g5 18 ..txg5 'i'xg5 19 Ь4схЬ4
20 ltJЬ3! lt:Jxb3 21 i.xb3 l:tad8 22 'i'd4
'i'xg3! 23 схЬ4
Or:
а) 2 3 'i'Ь6 �d6! 2 4 'i'xb7+ .:td7 25
i.xd5+ �xd5 26 'i'хаб ЬхсЗ 27 .:tad 1
'i'c5+ 28 Фh l .:txd 1! -+ (Pioch).
Ь) 23 i.xd5+1? i.xd5 24 �а7+ Фg8
25 .:te7 (25 .:tad 1 .:ta8! 26 'i'e7 i.f7
{ rather than 26 ... i.xf3? 27 J:te2!, draw­
ing } and Black wins easily) 25 ...Фf8! 26
.:td 1 (26 .:tae1�d6; 26 .:tg7 .:te8) 2б...�Ь8
27 �с5 'i'd6 -+ (Pioch).
23....:the8! 24 .:txe8 .:txe8 25 i.xd5+
i.xd5 26 'i'xd5+ Фf6 27 'i'd4+ 'it>gS 28
'i'd2+ 'i'f429 .:td1 'i!i'xd2
Black won the ending in Gubnicki­
Pioch, соп. 1980.
8312)
12...'i'd7 (D)
w
13 lt:Je3
Also:
а) 13 lt:Jg3 0-0-0 14 lt:Jxe4 dxe4 15
'i'e2 f5 16 а4 Ь4 17 ..tg5 Ь3 (very good is
the simple 17 ...i.e7) 18 i.xd8 'i'xd8 19
i.d1 с4 20 lt:Jd2 1!r'c7 21 'fi'fl (21 lt:Jxc4
'i'xc4 22 'i1Yxc4+ lt:Jxc4 23 i.xb3 ltJxЫ
24 i.e6+ Фс7 25 i.xf5 lt:Jd3 26 .:te2 i.c5
+) 21...i.dб 22 g3 i.c5 23 'fi'h3 ФЬ8 with
а very good game for Вlack, Astrom­
Shirov, Stockholm 1989.
Ь) 13 f3!? �xf5 14 fxe4 dxe4 15 lt:Jd2
0-0-0 (15 ....:td8!?) 16 'fi'e2 (;!; Mi1os)
16... i.d6 17 lt:Jxe4 i.xe4 18 i.xe4 'ilfe5
19 g3 ФЬ8 20 i.f4 �f6 does not look bad
for B1ack.
13...0-0-0 14f3 d4 15 cxd4 cxd4
Now:
а) 16 ..td2 (Zapata-Milos, Recife
1991) 16... lt:Jxd2 (16 ...'i'c7!?) 17 ..tf5
dxe3 18 'ilfc2+ ФЬ8 ( l 8 ...lt:Jcб!?) 19
..txd7 .:txd7 20 .:txe3 and now, rather than
the higbly complex and unclear 20...lt:Jac4
21 .:te8+ Фа7 22 Фhl g5 (or 22 ...lt:Jxf3!?),
I suggest the simpler 20 ...i.Ь4!; e.g., 21
 Archangel with 7 сЗ t:&ce4: Main Line (8 d4 lt:Ja5)
.l:.d3 .l:.c8 ( 2 1 . . ..1:.с7 2 2 lt:Jc3 lt:Jdc4) 22
lt:Jc3 .l:.xd3 23 'ilkxd3 lt:Jac4 24 �f5 .l:.c7
with а Ьetter ending for B lack.
Ь) 16 i.xe4 i.xe4 17 fxe4 dxe3 :j:,
832)
12 rз cxd4 13 fxe4 dxe4
After 1 3 ... i.e7 14 'ilr'g4 0-0 1 5 .ih6
.if6 16 е5 .l:.e8 17 cxd4 the position is
simi1ar to Line В 1 1 2, but with 1ight­
squared Ьishops, which is in White's fa­
vour.
14 .ixe4 .ixe4
Or 14 . . . i.e7 !?, when 1 5 'ilr'g4 is not
dangerous for B1ack; e.g., 1 5 ... 0-0 1 6
i.xb7 lt:Jxb7 and White cannot contem­
plate 1 7 'ilke4 i.c5 1 8 'ii'xb7 dxc3+ 1 9
� h l i.f2 -+.
The position is identical to the note to
Black's 14th move in Line В 1 1 2, except
that here B1ack has а Ьishop, rather than а
pawn, оп е4.
15 'ilkg4
Now:
а) 15 . . . i.e7?! 16 i+'xg7 �d5 (Agei­
chenko-Ivanov, Moscow 199 1 ) 17 �xh8+
�d7 1 8 'ii'g 7 and Black does not have
compensation for the exchange.
Ь) 1 5 . . . dxc3? ! 1 6 'ilkxe4+ transposes
to note 'Ь' to B1ack's 14th move in Line
В 1 1 2.
с) 1 5 . . . .1:.а7 1 6 .l:.xe4+ transposes to
note 'с' to Black's 1 4th move in В 1 1 2.
84)
10 i.xe4 i.xe4 l l .l:.e1
1 1 'ilr'xd4 d5 ( 1 1 ... i.xfЗ 12 .l:.el + i.e7
1 3 'it'xg7 followed Ьу 14 i.h6) 1 2 lt:Jbd2
(Astashin-Bielousov, 1 973) and now
1 2. . . i.f5 so1ves all Black's proЬ!ems,
whi1e 12 . . . lt:Jc6 13 'it'e3 f5 is also interest­
ing.
l l ...d5 12 lt:Jxd4
12 Ь4 lt:Jc4 ( 12 ... lt:Jc6 1 3 lt:Jxd4 lt:Jxd4
{ 13 ... lt:Je7 14 lt:Jd2 followed Ьу а4 with а
very strong initiative for White } 14 'i'xd4
41
and White wins back а pawn with а better
position) transposes to Line В 52.
12....ie7
12 ... с5 transposes to Line В 1 1 .
13 f3
1 3 lt:Jd2 0-0 ( 1 3 ... с5 ! ?) 1 4 lt:Jxe4 dxe4
1 5 'i'g4 i.f6 1 6 lt:Jf5 lt:Jc4 17 .l:.xe4 �h8
= Tseshkovsky-Pianinc, Zagreb 1 975.
lЗ i.хЫ
•..
Others:
а) 1 3 . . . i.g6? 14 Ь4 с5 15 Ьха5 cxd4
16 i.a3 .l:.a7 17 'i'xd4 +- (Wo1ft).
Ь) 13 . . . с5 !? 14 fxe4 cxd4 transposes
to Line В 1 1 2.
14 .ig5
14 .l:.xЬI �d7 1 5 i.g5 f6 1 6 i.f4 ( 1 6
'i'e2 ! ? 'iiff8 Wolff) 1 6. . .Фf7 1 7 'i'd3 g6
18 Фh1 с6 1 9 lt:Je6 i.d6 20 i.xd6 'i'xd6
and Black parried gradually the attack and
won in Joecks-Nogly, Germany 199 1/2.
14 ..i.e4
.
14 . . . f6 is critical. Wolff gives 1 5 lt:Je6
'i'd7 16 i.xf6 (or 1 6 'it'xЫ fxg5) 16 ...gxf6
1 7 'i'xЬI with а strong attack; for exam­
ple, 17 . . . Фf7 1 8 'ilkf5 .l:.ag8 1 9 lt:Jg5+
Фе8 20 'ilkxf6. 1 suggest 17 . . .lt:Jc4 fo1-
lowed Ьу ... 'ilkdб and . . . сб in order to have
the move ... .l:.a7.
15 .ixe7 �хе7 16 fxe4 dxe4
16 ... 0-0 17 exd5 'i'd7 ;!; Wolff-Emms,
Philadelphia 199 1 .
1 7 'it'g4 0-0 1 8 .l:.xe4
White has an initiative for а pawn.
Nevertheless after 18 .. .'i'c5 followed Ьу
. .. lt:Jcб Black сап obtain at least an equal
position.
85)
10 Ь4 lt:Jc4 11 i.xe4
1 1 lt:Jxd4? lt:Jg5 gives White по com­
pensation for the pawn.
l l ...i.xe4 12 .l:.e1 (D)
Тhis is one of the most important posi­
tions in the system. Black had serious dil'­
ficulties in this line for а long time until
the move 13 . . . с5 (Line В523) wu found.
44 Archangel and New Archangel
а) 20 �xd6+ Фьs 21 ._.хе4 .l:.xd6 22
Wxo5 1!6+ 23 ._.xf6 gxf6 24 .l:.e4 .l:!.g8
25 la4 leads to an equal position.
Ь) 20 -.хе4 .l:.he8 21 .i.g5 ! g6 (the
best try; 21 ... ltJd3+ 22 ,..xd3 .l:.xe1 23
Фхе1 f6 24 liJxd6+ J:txd6 25 'i!ff5+ ФЬ8
26 .te3 -.ы + 27 Фf2 .l:.d 1 28 Фg3 h5 29
-.rз g5 +- Polaczek-San Marco, Geneva
1988; 21 ... f6 22 liJxd6+ .l:.xd6 23 .tf4 +­
deprives Black's rook of the f6-square)
22 liJd2! (the key move; Ьу threatening
liJfl with the full isolation of Black's
queen White avoids any complications)
22 ...gxf5 23 ,..xf5+ .l:.d7 24 ltJfl 'i'hl 25
.l:.ad 1 .l:.e6 26 .tf4 lLJg6 27 .i.xd6 .l:.dxd6
28 .l:.xd6 cxd6 29 .l:.xe6 fxe6 30 'i!Vxe6+
Фс7 31 'iVf7+ ФЬ6 32 'i'd7 1-0 Abramo­
vic-Flear, BrusseJs 1 986.
w 8523)
20 ,..хе4
Or 20 ltJa3, and now:
а) 20... e3+ 21 .i.xe3 (after 2 1 Фе2 g6
22 liJd4 lZ'Je5 Black has full compensa­
tion for the piece) 21 ...ltJxa3 22 liJd4 f5
23 lZ'Jc6+ Фс8 24 lZ'Ja7+ Фь8 25 lZ'Jc6+
Фс8 lf2- 1/2 Dvoirys-Sakovich, Кiev 1 98 1 .
Ь) 20...ltJxa3!? 21 .txa3 .te5 (Vukce­
vic-Kapic, соп. 1 985) 22 .l:.ad 1 (22 .l:.xe4
g6 23 .l:.xe5 gxf5 and now 24 .l:.xfS .l:.d2+
25 Фtз .l:.d3+ or 24 'iVe2 J:thg8 25 J:tg1
'ilff4+ 26 Фе1 'i!fg3+ with а draw) 22...g6
23 liJd4 .l:.d6 24 lZ'1e2 f5 25 ,..g5 h6 26 'i'c 1
g5 with full compensation for the piece.
20....1:.he8
After 20....te5 2 1 lDd2! White parries
the attack without difficulty; for exam­
p1e, 2 1 ....1:.xd2+ 22 .i.xd2 g6 23 lLJd4
'i!fg3+ (23....tg3+ 24 Фе2 f5 25 ltJc6+
1 -0 Kotkov-Pikan, соп. 1 984; 23...f5 24
lZ'Jc6+ Фс8 25 'i'd3 1 -0 Jandovsky-Mate­
jicek, соп. 1 989) 24 Ф�2 .l:.e8 25 .te3
ltJxe3 26 'i!fxe3 'i'xg2+ 27 Фd3 f6 28
.l:.e2 'i!fd5 29 'i'f3 'i'c4+ 30 Фс2 Фа7 3 1
lЬс6+ ФЬ6 3 2 lZ'Ja5 1-0 Hellers-Morten­
sen, Denmark-Sweden 1 987.
21 'i'xe8.l:.xe8 22 .l:.xe8+ ФЬ7 23 .l:.e4
This is Ьetter than 23 ltJxdб+ ltJxd6 24
.l:.e1· lZ'JfS 25 lЬd2 ._.g3+ 26 Фfl lLJh4 27
.l:.e2 (Кindermann-Mainka, Dortmund
1988) 27...'iVh2 Кindermann.
=
23... g6 24 ltJxd6+ lZ'Jxd6 25 lDd2
lZ'Jxe4+ 26 ltJxe4"ike5 27 ltJc5+ Фс6 28
�е3
± Klinger-Mainka, Dortmund 1989.
13 .с5! (D)
..
On1y this aggressive move gives Black
good counterplay. Black sacrifices а piece
but has very active pieces and strong
pressure in the centre, whereas White has
proЬlems completing his development
and keeping control of d4, which may Ье
challenged Ьу а later ... Ь4.
14 Ьхс5
14 lLJf5 'i'd7 1 5 tl:Jg3 0-0-0 or 1 4 f3
cxd4 1 5 fxe4 is the same as Line В1 1 2
 Archangel with 7 сЗ lt1xe4: Main Line (8 d4 tiJa5)
but with Ь4 and ...liJc4 included, which is
to Black's advantage.
14 ... i.xc5 15 rз 0-0 16 fxe4 dxe4 17
Пхе4
An altemative is 1 7 �h 1 :
а) 1 7. . :�'d5 1 В liJd2 J:[adB (Misailo­
vic-Petronic, Yugoslav Cht 1992) 1 9 liJxe4
�xd4 20 'it'xd4 �xd4 2 1 cxd4 :txd4 22
:ы or 22 liJc5 ±.
Ь) 1 7 ... Ь4 (IlinCic-Mainka, Oberwart
1 990) 1 В liJd2 ! �xd4 1 9 cxd4 �xd4 20
:ы ! (Zadrirna) ±.
с) 17 . . .:ев 1 В �eЗ liJxeЗ 19 :хеЗ Ь4
20 liJd2 �xd4 (20 . . .ЬхсЗ 21 liJ2bЗ с2 22
'ilr'd2 �Ь6 { 22 . . . �xd4 ! ? 2З iVxd4 а5 24
iVa4 :св } 2З J:[сЗ еЗ 24 J:[хеЗ .:tхеЗ 25
'ifxeЗ а5 26 а4 �d7 27 .:tc 1 'iixa4 2В
:хс2 ;!; Nunn-Beliavsky, Amsterdam
1 990) 21 cxd4 'itxd4 22 liJfl 'iie5 2З .:tЬI
J:[adB with compensation for the piece,
Lanc-Breazu, corr. 1 99 1 .
17 ...'itd5 (D)
Less accurate is 17 ... f5 1 В .:tf4 'ili'b6 1 9
J:[f2 ( 1 9 liJd2 ! ? liJeЗ 2 0 iVЬЗ+; 1 9 а4 ! ?)
1 9 . . .f4 20 liJd2 �xd4 2 1 cxd4 'iWxd4 22
.:tЫ :ае8 2З �fl , which led to а win for
White in Milos-Bravo, Sao Paulo Z 1 995.
Now:
вs2з 1 : 18 tvrз 45
В5232: 18 Пh4 46
Or:
а) 1 В 'it'dЗ f5 19 J:[e2 .:taeB 20 �еЗ?
(Howell-Mortazavi, СарреНе la Grande
1 99 1 ) 20 .. .'tte4 ! 21 'iVxe4 .:txe4 -+.
Ь) l B .:tf4 1:/.adB 19 liJd2 (Horvath­
Vujosevic, Paks 1 99В) 19 . . . liJeЗ ! 20 'i!VfЗ
liJc2 2 1 'it'xd5 J:[xd5 and Black obtains а
better ending.
с) 18 J:[e1 .:tfeB and then:
с 1 ) 19 :хе8+ .:txe8 20 аЗ (otherwise
Black will play 20. . . Ь4) 20 ... 'i!Ve5 1 -+.
с2) 1 9 Фh 1 J:[xe 1 + 20 iVxe1 i.xd4 2 1
'iWd1 J:[dB 2 2 'i'xd4 'it'xd4 2З cxd4 J:lxd4
24 liJcЗ 1:/.dЗ 25 liJe2 .:td 1 + 26 liJg 1 liJe5 !
27 �Ы liJdЗ -+.
45
сЗ) 19 .:tfl Ь4 20 Фh1 ЬхсЗ 2 1 liJc2
'it'xd 1 22 .:txd 1 J:[adB 23 J:[fl .:te2 24
liJbaЗ liJe5 25 �f4 liJdЗ 26 �gЗ �хаЗ
27 liJxa3 с2 and Black has the advantage
(Dvoirys).
8523 1 )
18 'ifrз (DJ
в
Now Black сап choose among:
а) 1 8 . . . :adB 19 liJd2 liJe5 20 'i!Vh5
(20 'ilr'f5 !?) 20. . . f5 21 J:[h4 liJg6 22 liJ2bЗ
(22 'i'xh7+? ! ФП 2З .:th6 �xd4+ 24
cxd4 iVxd4+ 25 Фh l liJe7 ! 26 :ы 'ilr'eЗ
and Black wins material) 22 ... liJxh4 1/2- 1/2
Тkaczyk-Rogalewicz, corr. 1 995.
Ь) 1 В ... Ь4 with two possiЬilities:
Ы ) 1 9 Фп :ad8 20 liJьз liJe5
(20 ... �а7 2 1 liJ 1 d2, Hellers-Rantanen,
Eksjo tt 1990, 2l . . .liJxd2+ 22 �xd2 ЬхсЗ
2З �еЗ ! f5 24 .:te7 'iWxfЗ+ 25 gxfЗ ±
Tears) 2 1 'it'e2 liJdЗ 22 �d2 fS 23 J:[e6 f4
24 �е4 iVh5 оо Kuhlmann-Markus, corr.
1 994.
Ь2) 1 9 liJd2 Ьхс3 ( 1 9 . . . liJe5 20 'iff5
:ае8 transposes to line 'с') 20 liJxc4 (20
liJ2bЗ �а7 2 1 Фfl 1:/.adB 22 'iff5 'ii'Ь7 23
J:[h4 g6 24 'it'fЗ { 24 ..с2 ! ? } 24 ... 'ili'xfЗ+
25 gxfЗ .:td5?, Koch-Seret, French Ch
1 992, 26 liJc6 +-) 20... fS (20 .. .'�хс4 2 1
�е3 .:taeB 2 2 :хе8 :хеВ 2З l2Jc2 �хеЗ+
24 liJxeЗ 'it'c5 25 Фf2 ;!;) 21 J:[f4 'i!Vxc4 22
�еЗ g5 2З 'i'gЗ Фh8 24 'it'xg5 .:tae8 25
�f2 (25 'ili'h6 ! ?) 25 ... с2 26 J:[c i '6'dЗ 27
46 Archangel and New Archangel

li:Jxc2 -..хс2 28 1:d4 1/2- 1f2 Emms-Rausis,

Le Touquet 1992.
с) 18 ...li:Je5 19 -..rs :ae8 20 li:Jd2 Ь4
21 �Ь2!? (21 1:h4 g6 22 li:Je4 i.xd4+ 23
cxd4 'ir'xd4+ 24 ..,f2 'i!i'd 1 + 25 'iffl 'ir'd4+
26 'ir'f2 ..,d1 + 27 'iffl 'ir'd4+ and now
White should acquiesce to а draw instead
of 28 Фh 1? li:Jg4! + Hellers-Shirov,
Stockho1m 1990) 2 l ...g6 22 'iff4 (22 'iff6
1:е6; 22 'i!i'g5 f5; 22 'ir'f2 f5 23 1:хе5 1/2- 1f2
Luther-Topalov, Aalborg 1991) 22...Ьхс3
(after 22 ...li:Jc6!? White should play 23
Фh l , with а likely transposition to the
main line of this note) 23 �хсЗ li:Jc6 24
Фhl li:Jxd4 25 1:xd4 �xd4 26 'ir'xd4?!
(B1ack's rooks will Ье very active in the
ending; better is 26 �xd4 f5, when White
is Ьу no means worse) 24 .. .'� xd4 27
�xd4 1:е2 + Koch-Degraeve, French Ch
1997.
85232)
18 1:.Ь4Паd8 (D)
Now:
а) 19 li:Jd2 li:Je3 20 'ir'fЗ li:Jf5 21 'i'xd5
1:xd5 22 1:h5 g6 (but not 22...:te8? 23
�аЗ! ..tхаЗ 24 1:xf5 1:txf5 25 li:Jxf5 i.b2
26 1:td1 ± Ulybin-Arencibia, Santa Clara
1991) 23 :txf5 (23 1:tg5? :txd4 -+)
2З ...:txf5 24 li:J2f3 1:te8 25 Фfl 1:td5
Vehi Bach-Mikhalchishin, Groningen
1990.
w
Ь) 19 'i'dЗ f5 20 i.g5 and now:
Ь1) 20 ... 1:td6 21 li::J d2 li:Je5 22 'ir'fl
li:Jg6 23 :ьз f4 24 Фhl (24 li:J2f3 Ь4 25
Фh l ЬхсЗ 26 li:Jc2, UlyЬin-Hauchard,
Santiago U-20 Wch 1990, 26...h6 27
�h4 li:Jxh4 28 li:Jxh4 { 28 1:txh4!? g5 29
:th5 1ooks unclear to me} 28...g5 29 1:txc3
gxh4 ;j; UlyЬin) 24 ... 'ir'xg5 25 li:Je4 ±
Hausmann-G1atzel, соп. 1993.
Ь2) 20...1:tde8 21 li:Jd2 li:Je5 22 'ir'fl
(22 'ir'c2, Кosashvili-Psakhis, Israe\ 1991,
22...h6!? gives B1ack very good play af­
ter 23 �еЗ li:Jg4 24 :txg4 fxg4 or 23
�xh6 li:Jg6!) 22...f4 23 Фh l (23 1:txf4
1:txf4 24 'ir'xf4 li:Jg6 25 'i'g4 h5 26 'i'xh5
�xd4+ 27 Фhl �хсЗ 28 :tfl :te6
Dvoirys) 23 ...li:Jg6 24 1:th5 �xd4 25
= cxd4 h6 26 �dЗ 'ir'f5 27 'i'ЬЗ+ 1:tf7 28
liJfЗ :tеЗ со Dvoirys-Beliavsky, USSR Ch
1990.
5 Archangel with 7 .:е 1 :
M inor Lines
1 е4 eS 2 liJf3 liJc6 3 .tьs а6 4 �a4 lLif6
s о-о ьs 6 .tьз .tь7 7 Пеt (DJ
в 9 .. .'ir'e7?! 10 dxc5 'iixc5 1 1 .tеЗ 'ike7 t)
7....tcs
This Ьishop wil\ exert pressure a1ong
the a7-g 1 diagonal even after White sets
up his centre with сЗ and d4. The a1tema­
tives are 1ess consistent:
а) 7 . . . h6 8 сЗ dб 9 d4 transposes to
Line АЗ of Chapter 2.
Ь) 7 ... .te7 and now:
Ы) 8 dЗ О-О 9 а4 transposes to an
Anti-Marshall line (c1assified in ЕСО as
С88).
Ь2) 8 сЗ d5 9 exd5 ltJxd5 transposes
to Line В22 of Chapter 2.
ЬЗ) 8 d4 ltJxd4 9 ltJxd4 (9 .txf7+
Фf8 ! 10 .tьз ! ltJxbЗ 1 1 ахЬЗ dб 1 2 liJc3
Фg8 :::: Suetin) 9 . . . exd4 10 e5 ltJe4 trans­
poses to Line В241 of Chapter 1 .
8 с3
White wants to occupy the centre with
d4. Other moves are not dangerous for
B1ack:
а) 8 d4 .txd4 9 lLixd4 liJxd4 1 0 .tg5
h6 1 1 .tм d6 and White has no compen­
sation for the pawn.
Ь) 8 ltJxe5 lLixe5 9 d4 lLifg4 ! (better
than 9 ...ltJxe4?! 1 0 dxc5 'iVM? 1 1 fЗ ± or
is good for B1ack; e.g., 1 О hЗ 'ikf6 1 1 .tеЗ
ltJxeЗ 12 fхеЗ .tb6 1 3 dxe5 'iVxe5 +
Kosikowski-Terlecki, corr 1991 or 10 :te2
.tЬб 1 1 hЗ �f6 1 2 hxg4 .txd4 1 3 g5 �6
+ Pav1enko-Be1okurov, USSR 1 966.
с) 8 dЗ and now:
с 1 ) 8 ...ltJg4 9 :tfl h5 10 hЗ 'ikf6 (Pri­
eto-Conchello LоЬо, corr. 1 984) 1 1 liJc3 !?,
intending 1 2 liJd5, gives White an advan­
tage.
с2) 8 . . . h6 9 lLicЗ 0-0 1 0 а4 ltJg4 1 1
:п Ь4 1 2 liJd5 lLia5 1 3 .ta2 ьз ао Jacobs­
Flear, Eng1and 1 986.
сЗ) 8 . . . 0-0 9 .tg5 hб 10 .th4 g5
( 1 0 . . . .te7 ! ?) 1 1 .tgЗ d6 12 аЗ (Paravic­
Djuric, corr. 1 9 9 1 ) 1 2. . .ltJh5 ! ? 1 3 lLixe5
ltJxgЗ 1 4 liJg4 ( 1 4 ltJxc6 .txc6 and B1ack
stands well after 1 5 'ikfЗ lLih5 1 6 'it'xh5
'ikf6 or 1 5 hxgЗ 'ikf6) 14 ... ltJxe4 15 dxe4
Фg7 1 6 .td5 'ikd7 and B1ack has good
chances to equa1ize.
с4) 8 . . . d6 (this move seems the most
flexiЬ!e) 9 .tg5 (9 a4 ltJe7 1 0 ltJcЗ Ь4 1 1
ltJe2 ltJg6 1 2 .tеЗ .tхеЗ 1 3 fхеЗ О-О 1 4
ltJgЗ d 5 with а good game for Black, Von
Wemer-Hiermann, B avaria 1 995; 9 сЗ
'ike7 10 .tеЗ 0-0 1 1 .txc5 dxc5 :::: Heyme­
Zickelbein, Bundes1iga wom 1 99 1/2)
9 ...hб 10 .tеЗ 'ike7 (or 1 0... .txe3 1 1 ПхеЗ
'it'd7 1 2 ltJM 1/2- lf2 Piquemal-C.Fiear,
48 Archangel and New Archangel
Paris 1 989) 1 1 с3 0-0 1 2 tt:lbd2 .iхеЗ 1 3
J:хеЗ tt:lh5 Zelaya-Navaпo, Moscow
= е 6 + - Hasan-Saha, Calcutta 1 994) 1 1
OL 1 994.
d) 8 tt:lcз tt:lg4 9 J:fl d6 10 d3 tt:lf6
(not 10 ...h6?! 1 l li:\g5!) transposes to Line
D41 of Chapter 7 (at move 8).
е) 8 hЗ (this move usually transposes
to Line Е; here we shall onJy consider in­
dependent lines) 8 ...d6 and now:
е 1 ) 9 d3 0-0 10 .ig5 tt:la5 1 1 tt:lbd2 h6
12 .ih4 �е7 13 tt:lfl tt:lxbЗ 14 ахЬЗ �е6
= Ru. Rodriguez-Т.Smith, Los AngeJes
1 99 1 .
е2) 9 с З 'fie7 (or 9. . .h 6 10 dЗ 'i'd7 1 1
а4 0-0 { or 1 1 ... .ib6 } ; not bad is 9 ... .ib6
1 О dЗ tt:le7 1 1 tt:IЬd2 h6 1 2 liJfl 0-0, when
Black stands well) 1 О dЗ h6 1 1 а4 0-0 1 2
li:\Ьd2 (Matvik-Sakovich, Riga 1 968)
12 . . .J:tfe8 gives B1ack а good position.
8 d6
...
Other moves:
а) 8. . .tt:lg4 9 d4 exd4 and now:
а 1 ) 10 li:\xd4?? 'i'h4 -+.
а2) 10 cxd4? tt:lxd4:
а2 1) 1 1 tt:lxd4 'ilr'h4 12 .iеЗ ( 1 2
tL:\fЗ?? 'ii'xf2+ 1 3 Фh 1 �g 1+ 0- 1 Pisar­
iev-Spiechin, Arkhangelsk 1 963; 1 2 hЗ?
'i'xf2+ 1 3 Фh 1 .ixd4 1 4 J:fl .ixe4 0- 1
Botcharikov-Novitsky, Novosibirsk 1972)
12...'i'xh2+ 1 3 Фfl �h l + ! 14 Фe2 'i'xg2
gives B1ack а strong attack.
а22) 1 1 .ixf7+ Фхf7! 1 2 tt:lg5+ Фе8
13 'fixg4 tt:lc2 14 tt:lxh7 'i'e7 15 'i'h5+ g6
16 'i'xg6+ 'i'f7 17 tt:lf6+ Фе7 18 tt:ld5+
.ixd5 19 .ig5+ Фе8 20 exd5+ tt:lxe1 2 1
'i'e4+ Фf8 2 2 �хе1 J:te8 -+.
аЗ) 10 li:\g5 tt:lxf2 1 1 �fЗ �е7 1 2
.ixf7+ Фd8 1 3 Ь4 .i b 6 14 "f'xf2 (14
.iЬЗ? ! dхсЗ 1 5 tt:lf7+ Фс8 1 6 tt:lxh8
tt:lg4+ 17 .iеЗ 'fih4 +) 14 ...dxc3 15 .iеЗ
.iхеЗ 16 'ii'хеЗ h6 17 J:fl hxg5 18 tt:lxcЗ
tt:lxЬ4 19 .iЬЗ с5 20 J:r.П 'i'e5 21 hЗ с4 22
J:afl (Jaederholm-JaЬlonski, соп. 1 986)
22 . . .'i'd6 +.
а4) 10 .ixf7+ Фхf7 ! (10 ...Фf8? 1 1
.ih5 tt:lf6 12 .ig5 h6 1 3 .ixf6 'ii'xf6 1 4
е 5 �е7 15 cxd4 tt:lxd4 1 6 tt:lxd4 'ii'h4 1 7
tt:lg5+ Фg8 1 2 "ir'xg4 tt:le5 1 3 �gЗ 'i'f6
14 .if4 J:e8 is very good for Black.
а5) 10 hЗ and поw:
а5 1 ) 10...h5 1 1 cxd4 (playing 1 1 hxg4
hxg4 leads to unnecessary complica­
tions) 1 1 . . . tt:lxd4 12 tt:lxd4 tt:lxf2 13 Фхf2
'i'f6+ 14 Фg1 ( 1 4 ФеЗ ! ?) 14 . . . .ixd4+ 1 5
'it> h 1 0-0-0 1 6 tt:lcЗ ± Rivera-Exposito
Cabrera, Cordoba 1 99 1 .
а52) 1 0. . . tt:lxf2 1 1 Фхf2 dхсЗ+ and
now:
а52 1 ) 1 2 ФgЗ схЬ2 13 .ixb2 and
now 13 . . . tt:la5 !? ( 1 3 . . .0-0 14 Фh2 d6 15
.id5 ;!;) deserves attention. In Stean -
Szyszko-Bochusz, London 1 9 7 1 Black
obtained а playaЬle position after 14 tt:lcЗ
tt:lxьз 15 'i'хьз d6.
а522) 12 Фf l (this move seems more
natural) 1 2 ... схЬ2 1 3 .iхЫ 0-0 1 4 .id5
(or 14 �dЗ ! ? { threatening 14 'i'сЗ } and
now after both 14 . . . .iЬ4 1 5 J:d 1 and
14 ... .ie7 1 5 tt:lbd2 White's chances are
Ьetter) 14 ... d6 15 tt:IЬd2 J:b8 16 tt:�ьз .ib6
1 7 �d2 Ь4 18 J:ac 1 ± Antonio-Dang Tat
Thang, Yangon Z 1 998.
Ь) 8 . . ..ib6 9 а4 (9 d4 transposes to
line 'с' after 9 ...0-0 or the main Iine after
9. . . d6) 9 . . . 0-0 1 0 dЗ h6 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 2
J:xa8 'iixa8 1 3 tt:laЗ 't!Va7 ( 1 3 . . . 'i'a5 ! ?
shou1d equalize) 1 4 J:e2 tt:lg4?! 1 5 d4
exd4 16 tt:lxb5 'i'a8 17 cxd4 (interesting
is 17 tt:lbxd4 tt:lxd4 1 8 tt:lxd4, whereupon
18 ... .ixe4 19 f3 leads to an advantage for
·
white; e.g., 1 9 . . . .ixf3 20 gxfЗ �хfЗ 2 1
J:g2 or 1 9 ... .if5 2 0 .if4) 17 . . . .ta6 1 8
.ic4 d 5 19 exd5 .ixb5 20 .ixb5 tt:lxd4 21
tt:lxd4 'i'xd5 22 J:d2 and White won in
Karpov-Fernandez Garcia, Bilbao 1987 .
с) 8 . . .0-0 (this often transposes else­
where - here we shall only consider inde­
pendent lines; in general 8 . . . 0-0 is less
tlexiЬle than 8 ... d6, as Black wi1l have to
play . . .d6 at some point) 9 d4 .ib6 and
now:
 Archangel with 7 ':.el : Minor Lines 49

с 1) 1 О liJh4. This move has been used large advantage in Vayrynen-Rause, соп.
only after 8 ... d6. 1 would suggest the fol­ 1 992.
lowing lines Ье examined: 1 0 ... li:\a5 ! ?; 9 d4 .i.b6 (D)
1 o ... exd4 1 1 liJf5 (or 1 1 е5); 1 o. . . d5 ! ? Others:
(Sek) 1 1 exd5 liJxd5 1 2 liJf5 exd4. а) Naturally the remova1 of the ten­
с2) 1 О li:\xe5 li:\xe5 1 1 dxe5 li:\xe4 1 2 sion in the centre Ьу 9 . . . exd4 1 0 cxd4
.tеЗ .tхеЗ 1 3 J:txeЗ 'ith4 1 4 'ii'e2 J:tae8 i.Ьб is profitaЬle for White.
1 5 fЗ? ! ( 1 5 liJd2!) 15 ... liJc5 16 liJd2 'ithб Ь) 9 ... .ta7 has no advantages in com­
1 7 liJfl (Bach-Rausis, Untergrombach parison with the text-move, and Ieads to
1 995) 17 . . . liJxb3 1 8 ахЬЗ J:te7 with а the same or similar positions unless White
slight advantage for Black. opens the a-file, and therefore makes im­
сЗ) 1 0 d5 ! ? liJa5 l l i.c2 dб and now: possiЬie any variations with . . .0-0-0.
с3 1 ) 12 i.g5 сб 1 3 dхсб i.хсб 1 4
liJbd2 h б 1 5 i.h4 g 5 1 6 i.gЗ (Aseev­
Volzhin, Novgorod 1995) l б . . .liJh5 with
chances of equality. w
с32) 1 2 liJbd2 сб 13 b4 liJc4 14 liJxc4
Ьхс4 15 dхсб i.хсб 16 i.g5 hб 17 i.h4
J:tc8 1 8 а4 ;!; Schweber-Negri, Buenos
Aires 1 99 1 .
с4) 1 0 i.g5 hб 1 1 i.h4 J:te8 ( 1 1 . . . d6
transposes to Line С of Chapter б) usu­
ally t.ransposes to lines considered in
Chapter б. Here we consider lines that
are specific to this move-order.

с4 1 ) After 1 2 d5 !? liJa5 1 3 i.c2 сб 1 4 The main line, 10 i.g5, is discussed in

liJЬd2 (SzaЬo-GraЬczewsk:i, Albena 1970) the next chapter. Others:
1 4. . . cxd5 15 exd5 i.xd5 ("" Suetin) 1 6 А: 10 dxeS 49
J:txe5 White's chances look а little better; В: 10 liJbd2 50
e.g., l б . . .J:txe5 1 7 liJxe5 g5 1 8 i.gЗ or С: 10 dS 50
l б. . . g5 1 7 i.gЗ liJcб 1 8 J:txe8+ 'itxe8 1 9 D: 10 ..-dЗ 51
а4. Е : 1 0 h3 53
с42) 12 а4 g5 and now: F: 10 аЗ 56
с42 1 ) 1 3 li:\xg5 hxg5 14 i.xg5 exd4 G : 10 liJh4 58
1 5 'itfЗ liJe5 (Andersson- Westerinen, Н: 10 а4 62
Sombor 1970) 16 'ii'gЗ liJgб 17 е5 dб and 1 : 10 .i.e3 68
now ЕСО gives 1 8 еб Фg7 19 liJd2 "" al­
though after both 19 ...Ьха4 and 19 ...dxc3 А)
Black's chances may Ье better. The sim­ 10 dxeS liJxeS l l liJxeS
plest way is 1 8 'ii'dЗ liJf8 19 'i'gЗ liJgб 20 1 1 i.g5 hб 1 2 liJxe5 ( 1 2 i.h4 ._.е7)
'i'dЗ with а draw. 12 ... dxe5 1 3 ._.xd8+ J:txd8 14 i.xfб gxfб
с422) 1 3 i.gЗ exd4 (Ьetter is 1 З . . . dб, is not dangerous for Black.
transposing to Line СЗ42 of Chapter б) l l dxeS 12 _.rз ._.d7 13 ьз
...

14 е5 liJh5 1 5 cxd4 liJxg3 16 hxgЗ g4 1 7 1 3 а4 'i!r'g4 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 J:txa8+

ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 :!.ха8 .i.xa8 1 9 liJh2 h5 20 i.xa8 + Demш-Nogly, Hamburg Ch 1992.
li:\xg4 hxg4 21 'itxg4+ gave White а very 13 ...0-0 14 liJd2
50 Archangel and New Archangel
After the iпtrusive 14 .tg5 Black aп­
swers поt 14 . . . 'ii'c б 15 .txfб 'ii'xfб 1 б
'ii'xfб gxfб but 14...lille4 15 1he4 Фh8 1 б
'ii'e2 .txf2+ with very good couпterplay.
14... Фh8
Iп Mokry-Paпczyk White carelessly
played l 5 liJfl? ( 1 5 .tc2 or 15 .:td 1 )
= =
15 ... ltJxe4 ! 1б .:l.xe4 f5 17 .:l.d4 �xd4 18
cxd4 .txf3 19 gxfЗ exd4 апd Black had
the advaпtage.
В)
10 liJbd2
This typical Ruy Lopez move iпvolves
а раwп sacrifice here.
10 exd4
..•
1 0... 0-0 1 1 liJfl hб (or l l . . . ltJe7 1 2
ltJg3 ltJgб 1 3 а4 .:l.b8 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 h3
.tсб 1 б .tc2 { 1 б .tg5 !? hб 1 7 dxe5 hxg5
18 exfб ...xfб 19 .td5 } l б ... .td7 17 liJf5
;!; Silva Nazzari-Kazaпski, Lugaпo OL
1 9б8) 1 2 liJg3 'ii'd7 13 dxe5 (13 d5!?; 13
h3) 13 ... ltJxe5 1 4 ltJxe5 dxe5 15 'ii'xd7
ltJxd7 = Caпtuarias-Dosseti Saidmaп,
Panamerican Ch 1 99б.
1 1 cxd4 ltJxd4 12 ltJxd4 .txd4 13
ttJrз .tЬб 14 .tg5 о-о
1 4...hб!?.
15 'ii'd2 'iid7
After 1 5 . . . .:te8 !? 1 б 'ii'f4 hб 1 7 .th4 с5
18 .:l.ad 1 с4 White must prove that he has
sufficieпt compeпsatioп for the раwп.
16 .txf6 gxf6 17 ..-r4 ..-е7 18 'i!i'h6
This gives White good compeпsatioп
for the раwп. 18 е5? dxe5 19 ltJxe5 ( 1 9
'ill'f5 е4 2 0 .:te2 .:l.ae8 +), Petrushiп-Mat­
sukevich, 1 970, 19 ... fxe5 ! 20 .:l.xe5 'ii'dб
21 .:td 1 'iicб 22 .:tg5+ (22 .td5 .:tad8 23
h4 .:l.xd5 24 .:texd5 f5) 22...Фh8 23 .txf7
-.еб 24 .:l.g8+ .:l.xg8 25 .tхеб .:l.xg2+ 2б
Фfl .:txf2+ 27 'ii'xf2 .txf2 28 Фхf2 .:te8
leaves Black а раwп up.
18 ... .:tae8
This move looks best. The queen's
rook shou1d work оп the e-file and the
other опе оп the g-file after ...Фh8. Now
White сап draw Ьу 1 9 liJh4 .tc8 20 ltJgб
or look for compeпsatioп after 1 9 .:tad 1
Фh8 or 19 .tc2 ,..еб.
С)
10 d5 (D)
в
10...ltJe7
Iп Grigoriaп-Hoang Му Thu Giang,
Moscow wom OL 1 994, B1ack tried
l O. . . ltJa5 l l .tc2 ltJg4 ( 1 1 ...сб ! ?) 1 2 .:te2
h5 13 h3 -.е7 but after 14 а4 fб 1 5 liJh4
..-п 1б hxg4 hxg4 17 liJf5 0-0-0 1 8 liJg3
the sacrifice appeared iпсопесt.
11 hЗ
White has to play h3 sooпer or later.
The altematives are:
а) 1 1 .tg5 ltJgб 1 2 liJbd2 hб 1 3 .te3
.txe3 14 fxe3 0-0 15 а4 'ii'd7 l б -.с2 сб
17 'i!Vd3 .:l.fe8 1 8 dхсб 'ifxcб 19 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
20 .tc2 'i'Ьб with а Ьetter game for Black,
Kandioller-Кiljak, Timisoara 1 995.
Ь) 1 1 liJbd2 0-0 ( l l ...ltJg4 12 .:te2 f5
gives Black promising couпterplay; e.g.,
1 3 ltJg5 ltJxd5 { 1 3 ... .tc8; 13 . . .ltJgб ! ? }
14 liJfl ltJxf2 1 5 .:txf2 liJf4) 1 2 liJfl ( 12
h3 transposes to the maiп liпe) 12 ... hб l 3
h3 ! ? ( 1 3 ltJg3 ltJg4! and . . . f5 with good
couпterplay for Вlack) 1 3 ... ltJd7 ! ? апd
then .. .f5.
11 ...0-0 12 liJbd2 liJg6 13 ltJП .tc8
1 3 ... сб!?.
14 ltJgЗ Фh8 15 а4 Ьха4 16 .txa4
ltJg8 17 .tc2
 Archangel with 7 ':el : Minor Lines 51

White has а small advantage in а com­ D1: 11 а4 51

plicated position, Zwanepol-Kolar, Bled D2: 1 1 lDbd2 53
1 992.
The strange continuation 1 1 lDaЗ 0-0
D) 1 2 lDc2 exd4 13 cxd4 lDa5 is good for
10 'ir'd3 h6 (D) Black, Talving-Stasans, corr. 1 986.
Or:
а) 10 . . .'ifd7? ! 1 1 а4 ( 1 1 i.g5 ! ? fa­ D1)
vours White) 1 1 . . .0-0 1 2 i.g5 (this very 1 1 а4 0-0
logica\ move gives Black serious prob­ Now:
lems) 12 . . . lDa5 and now 13 i.c2? lDxe4 ! D11: 12 ахЬ5? 1 51
gives B\ack а good position. Instead 1 3 D12: 12 d 5 51
i.a2 gives White the advantage. The D13: 12 lDh4 52
point is that the f7-pawn is then pinned, D14: 1 2 lDbd2 52
and Black does not have the resource
. . .f5. D1 1 )
Ь) 10 . . . 0-0 1 1 lDbd2?! ( 1 1 i.g5 ! hб 1 2 ахЬ5? ! ахЬ5 1 3 1:.ха8 'ir'xa8 14
12 i.h4 transposes to Line С2 of Chapter lDh4
б) 1 l . . . 1:.e8. Вlack has saved а tempo and The altematives are not very encour­
White has temporarily Ьlocked the way aging:
for his dark-squared bishop. Now: а) 14 lDbd2?! •а7 ! + Heilemann­
Ь l ) 12 d5 gives positions similar to Amlind, corr. 1 970.
Lines D 12 and D2, although in some Ь) 14 d5 lDa5 15 'ifxb5? i.аб 16 'ifa4
variations Black may play а more useful lDxbЗ 1 7 ..-хьз i.dЗ 1 8 lDa3 ( 1 8 lDbd2
move than . . . hб. lDg4 -+) 18 ... lDg4 19 i.eЗ lDxeЗ 20 fхеЗ
Ь2) 1 2 аЗ exd4 13 cxd4 lЬa5 14 i.c2 1:.Ь8 2 1 ._,d1 i.xe4 22 с4 i.c5 and Black
с5 1 5 Ь4 схЬ4 1 6 ахЬ4 lDc4 with good wins.
counterplay for Black, Beliavsky-Mikh­ 14...lDa5
alchishin, Lvov 1 972. Altematives:
ЬЗ) 12 lDg5 1:.f8 13 lDgfЗ 1:.е8 14 а) 14 ... lDe7 1 5 lDd2 ._,а7 1 6 iDhfЗ
lDg5 J::tf8 lf2- lf2 Voelker-Schulien, Ohio (Ertl-Scherfke, corr. 1 979) 16 . . . exd4 and
1 984. Black can fight for an advantage.
Ь) 14 ... exd4 ! ? 1 5 'ifgЗ (or 1 5 lDf5
i.c8) 1 5 . , .i.c8 needs to Ье tested.
15 i.c2 i.xe4 16 J::txe4 'ifxe4 17 'ir'xe4
w lDxe4 18 ixe4 exd4 19 i.c2 lDc4
1 9 . . . lDc6 !?; l9 . . . 1:.e8 !?.
20 iDfЗ?!
After 20 ЬЗ Black has an advanta­
geous ending.
20 ... dxc3 21 lDxc3 J::t a8
Black soon won the ending in Sam­
malvuo-Тyni, Finnish Cht 1 992.

D 1 2)
Now: 12 d5
52 Archangel and New Archangel
Now:
а) 12 .. .lba5 1 3 ..tc2 сб 14 dхсб ..tхсб
15 liJbd2! ;t.
Ь) 1 2. . .liJe7 1 3 с4 ( 1 3 liJa3 liJg4 1 4
.l:.e2 f5 1 5 exf5, Tseshkovsky-Kozlov,
USSR 1 973, 1 5 . . . Ьха4 followed Ьу cap­
turiпg the d5-pawп) 1 3 . . . Ьхс4 14 ..txc4
liJg4 15 .l:.e2 liJgб ( 1 5 .. . f5 ! ?) 1 6 hЗ liJf6
17 а5 ..ta7 18 g3 liJh5 19 Фg2 �d7 20
.!:.аЗ ..tc8 21 liJg1 ..tc5 22 .l:.b3 f5 23 exf5
.l:.xf5 24 liJc3 'ii'f7 25 liJe4 with chances
for both sides, Gallego-A1oпso, Matanzas
1 992.
D 1 3)
12 liJh4
This move 1ooks better thaп iп Liпe
D 1 1 , as there Black's queeп is very active
оп the a8-h 1 diagoпal and iп some varia­
tioпs оп а7-g 1 .
12 . .. liJe7
Iпterestiпg is 1 2 . . . exd4 1 3 liJf5 ( 1 3
�g3 liJh5) 1 3 . . ...tc8 14 liJxd4 l2Je5. Good
is a1so 12 .. .'�'d7 with the idea 1 3 �g3
'iWg4.
13 �f3
l 3 liJd2 ! ?.
13 ...Фh7
After 13 . . . exd4 14 ..txhб dxc3 15
liJxc3 Ь4 1 6 liJd1 White's chances are
Ьetter.
14 ..tc2
Black сап поw obtaiп an equal posi­
tioп Ьу 14 .. .'i't'd7 followed Ьу .. .'�g4 апd
if 1 5 h3 theп 1 5 . . .с5.
D1 4)
12 liJbd2 (D)
·12 ... exd4
A1tematives:
а) 12 .. .'i'kd7 13 ахЬ5 ? ! ахЬ5 14 .l:.xa8
.l:.xa8 1 5 h3 led to а draw iп Thipsay­
Femandez Garcia, Thessaloniki OL 1984.
Ь) 12 . . . 1:te8 апd поw:
Ьl) l 3 d5 liJe7 1 4 liJfl ? ( 1 4 h3; 14 ..tc2
= ) 14 . . . liJexd5 1 5 ахЬ5 (Rumeпs-Flear,
в
Lопdоп 1 982) 15 ... liJg4! 16 .l:.e2 liJdfб
17 Ьхаб ..txe4 +.
Ь2) 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 .l:.xa8 �ха8 15
'ii'xb5 exd4 1 6 cxd4 �а7 (after 16 ... liJa5
17 ..tc2 ..ta6 White can keep an advan­
tage Ьу 18 �а4) 17 Фh 1 (after 1 7 �а4
liJxd4 1 8 l2Jxd4 ..txd4 1 9 'i'kxa7 ..txa7
White 1oses а раwп) 17 . . .liJxd4 18 liJxd4
..txd4 1 9 f3 d5 20 .l:.d 1 ? (20 ..tc2 keeps
the materia1 balance) 20. . .dxe4 21 liJxe4
..txe4 22 fxe4 .l:.xe4 апd Black wiпs а
раwп, Lawtoп-Jacobs, Lопdоп L1oyds
Bank 1984.
13 liJxd4
13 cxd4 liJЬ4 14 'li'fl ( 1 4 �с3 с5 1 5
e5 l2Jfd5 1 6 ..txd5 liJxd5 17 �dЗ liJf4 1 8
�f5 dxe5 1 9 .l:.xe5 liJgб with а better
game for B1ack, Diakonov-Veпtura, соп.
1977) 14 . . . ..tсб 15 d5 ..td7 16 ахЬ5 ? !
..txb5 17 liJc4 liJg4 1 8 ..tеЗ liJxe3 1 9 fхеЗ
f5 20 exf5 .l:.xf5 with ап iпitiative for
Black, Rodriguez Ta1avera-Coret Fras­
quet, Valeпcia 1 990.
13... liJxd4
1 3 ...liJe5 ! ? 14 �е2 Ь4.
14 cxd4 .l:!.e8 15 ..tc2
Or 1 5 f3 'ir'd7 1 б ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 7 .l:.xa8
..txa8 1 8 liJЫ с5 19 dxc5 dxc5 20 �xd7
с4+ with а Ьetter eпding for Black, Mor­
ris-Thorsteiпs, Gausda1 1982.
15... 1:!.е6
15 ... liJd5 ! ? and if 1 6 е5 theп 16 ... liJfб
+.
16 Ь4 liJd5 17 ..taЗ liJf4 18 �еЗ
 Archangel with 7 'йеl: Minor Lines
Medina-Garcia - Mikhalchishin, B ar­
celona tt 1984. Now 1 8 ... 'Vig5 19 gЗ lZJhЗ+
20 Фg2 'VixeЗ 2 1 fxe3 lZJg5 gives Black а
better ending (Mikhalchishin).
D2)
1 1 lZJbd2 0-0 12 lZJП
Also:
а) 1 2 а4 transposes to D 1 4.
Ь) 1 2 d5 lZJe7 1 3 lZJfl (Szalanczy­
Mikhalchishin, Budapest 1 990) and now
Black should play the promising l 3 ... lZJd7
or 1 3 ... lZJg4 followed Ьу .. .f5.
12 exd4
.•.
Another interesting idea is 1 2 . . . d5 1 3
exd5 (Ьut not l 3 dxe5? lZJg4 i= Vehi Bach­
Braga, Toledo 199 1 ) 13 ... е4 14 .11хе4 (or
14 �d 1 ехfЗ 15 dхсб �хсб 1б gxfЗ �d7
1 7 �еЗ �Ь7 1 8 lZJgЗ ;!;) 14 . . . lZJxe4 1 5
ifxe4 lZJe7 1 б lZJeЗ 'il'e8 17 lZJe5 .l:td8,
Guerra-Nishimura, Aosta 1990. Although
ЕСО eva1uates this position as unc1ear,
White seems to have slightly the better
chances after 1 8 а4; for example, 18 ....11dб
1 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 20 g4, followed Ьу �с2, or
1 8 ...Фh8 1 9 �с2 f5 20 'ii'h4 .l:tdб 21 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 22 'i'hЗ.
13 cxd4 lZJb4 14 'ii'Ьl cS
А plan to oblain counterp1ay on the
queenside is not as good; e.g., 14 . . . .11е8
15 lZJgЗ с5 1 б .i.d2 а5 17 аЗ lZJcб 18 d5
lZJe7 1 9 hЗ а4 20 �с2 �а5 21 �с 1 �xd2
22 'ii'xd2 'i'Ьб 23 lZJh4 �с8 24 .l:teЗ �d7
25 .l:tfЗ lZJh7 2б lZJh5 +- Arakhamia­
Braga, Aosta 1 990.
15 i.d2 lZJc6 16 dS
1б е5 dxe5 17 dxe5 (Dimitrov-lzeta,
Debrecen Echt 1 992) 17 . . . tlJg4 ! 18 'ii'gб
lZJxf2 (or 1 8 . . .'il'c8 19 .l:te4! tlJxf2 with
the same motif) 19 .i.xhб lZJhЗ+ 20 Фh1
lZJf2+ with а perpetual check.
16 ... lZJe7 17 hЗ lZJd7 18 lZJgЗ с4 19
i.c2 fS! 20 lZJxfS lZJxfS 21 exfS tlJf6
The position is unclear. Svensson­
Panczyk, Gothenburg 1 992 continued 22
�еЗ �хеЗ 23 fxe3 lZJxd5 24 'i'd 1 ?! lZJЬ4
53
25 lZJd4 'i'fб 2б 'ii'd 2? ! lZJxc2 27 'ii'x c2
.11ае8 28 'i'f2 �е4 =!=.
Е)
10 hЗ (D)
в
This position often arises via а New
Archangel move-order. Now:
Е1: 10...'ii'e7 53
Е2: 10...0-0 54
ЕЗ: 10... h6 55
Е1)
1 0...'i'e7 1 1 а4
Also:
а) 1 1 �еЗ transposes to note 'Ь' to
White's 1 1 th move in Line 1 1 .
Ь) 1 1 �d5 hб 1 2 а4 0-0 1 3 �еЗ exd4
14 i.xd4 ;!; Tamin-Guevas, Thessa1oniki
wom OL 1 988.
с) 1 1 i.g5 hб 12 .i.h4 g5 1 3 �gЗ
0-0-0? 1 4 а4 lZJh5 15 lZJxe5 lZJxgЗ 1б
lZJxcб (1б lZJxf7 ! ?) 1 б ... �хсб 1 7 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 18 fxgЗ ± Ens-Appel, Haarlem 1988.
11 ...0-0 12 dS
LogicaJ . White has protected himse\f
against а possiЬle counterattack Ьу ...lZJg4
and ... f5 and now closes the centre. Also
possiЬle is 12 �g5 hб 13 �h4 Фh8
( 1 3 ...g5 !?), Winiwarter-J.Littlewood, Bad
Wildbad seniors Wch 1997, 14 d5 ;!;,
12...lZJaS 13 i.c2
Gnegel-Von Wemer, B avaria 1 99б.
Best is now l З ... сб 1 4 dхсб ;!;,
54 Archangel and New Archangel
Е2)
10 0-0 ...
Now:
Е21: 1 1 а4 54
Е22: 11 �g5 54
1 1 d5 t:De7 1 2 liJbd2 should Ье met Ьу
12 ...ltJd7 ! ? with the idea ... f5, rather than
1 2. . . ltJg6? 1 3 ltJfl ltJf4 (Aung-Hashim,
Asian Cht 1 998) 14 �xf4 exf4 15 'Wii'd2
lDh5 16 ltJd4 ±.
Е21 )
1 1 a4 ltJa5
Or:
а) 1 1 ... J:e8 12 axb5 (12 d5 ! ?) 12 ... ахЬ5
1 3 Аха8 .i.xa8 14 d5 ltJa5 1 5 .ia2 ( 1 5
.ic2 ! ?) 1 5. . .с6 1 6 dxc6 �хс6 1 7 .ig5 h6
18 .i.xf6 ._.xf6 19 ltJaЗ ;!; Paavilainen­
Lane, Belgian Cht 199617.
Ь) 1 1 ...ltJe7 !? 12 liJbd2 ltJg6 1 3 .ic2
Ае8 14 Ь4 ! ?.
с) l l ...h6 transposes to Line ЕЗ.
12 �с2 с5
12... Ае8 was played in Kunte-Yurtaev,
Calcutta 1998, and now 1 3 ахЬ5 ( 1 3 d5 ! ?)
13 ...ахЬ5 14 dxe5 dxe5 15 'i*'xd8 Aaxd8
16 ltJaЗ would have been slightly better
for White.
13 d5 с4 14 ltJa3 ._.d7 15 .iеЗ �хеЗ
16 АхеЗ .:.tЪs 17 ltJd2 .ic8
Or 1 7 ... h6 1 8 Ь4 схЬЗ 1 9 ltJxb3 ltJxb3
20 .iхЬЗ �с8 lf2-lf2 Karo1yi-Groszpeter,
Paks 1998.
18 Ь4 схЬЗ 19 ltJxbЗ ltJxbЗ 20 �хЬЗ
'W!i'c7
= Antonio-Топе, Manila 1 998.
Е22)
11 �g5 h6
Alternatives:
а) 1 1 . . .exd4 12 cxd4 ltJa5 13 .ic2 с5
1 4 ltJcЗ Ае8 15 ltJd5 ? ! ( 1 5 dxc5 ! ? ;!;)
15 ...�xd5 16 exd5 (16 dxc5 !?) 1 6 ... Axel+
with а good game for Black, Ho1msten­
Koskinen, Espoo 1998.
Ь) 1 1 ... ..-е7 12 d5 ( 1 2 dxe5 !? dxe5
{ 12 ... ltJxe5 1 3 ltJd4 } 1 3 ltJh4) 12 . . .ltJa5
13 .ic2 h6 14 .i.h4 Afd8 15 liJbd2 с6 1 6
dxc6 ltJxc6 1 7 ltJfl Ь4 1 8 ltJe3 �хеЗ 1 9
АхеЗ Аас8 20 с4 ._.е6 2 1 ЬЗ ;!; Germann­
Zickelbein, Bundesliga wom 1 99 112.
с) 1 1 . . . Ае8 12 d5 ( 1 2 аЗ ltJa5, Pal­
mer-Kazanski, Siegen OL 1 970, 13 �d5
с6 14 �а2) 12 ...ltJa5 13 �с2 h6 1 4 �h4
transposes to the main line.
12 �h4 Ae8
Others:
а) 12 . . ...-е7 1 3 а4 (Ьetter looks 13 d5
ltJa5 14 �с2, transposing to note 'Ь' to
Black's 1 1th move) 13 ... ltJa5 14 .ia2 с5
(Нolrnsten-Hector, Stockholm Rilton Cup
1 997) 15 d5 with chances of oЬtaining an
advantage.
Ь) 12 ... g5 13 .igЗ Ае8 and now:
:Ь 1) 14 d5 ltJe7 15 liJbd2 ltJg6 1 6 ltJfl
ltJf4 1 7 �с2 ltJ6h5 18 ltJЗh2 .i.c8 19
ltJg4Фh7 20 ltJfe3 ltJg7 2 1 liJf5 ltJxf5 22
exf5 f6 gives Black а slightly passive but
solid position, Csoke-Blasovszky, Hun­
garian Cht 1994.
Ь2) 1 4 h4 g4 (14...exd4 1 5 hxg5 ltJxe4
1 6 g6 d5 1 7 gxf7+ Фxf7 1 8 �h4 -..d7 1 9
cxd4 leads to а sharp position with better
chances for White) 1 5 ltJh2 'it'd7 1 6 d5
ltJe7 1 7 ltJd2 Фh8 1 8 ltJdfl Ag8 1 9 'ii'd2
Ag6 with good chances for Black, Savit­
IЬraev, Zagan U-20 Wch 1 997.
13 d5
1 3 dxe5 ltJxe5 14 ltJxe5 gives Black а
pleasant choice between 14 . . . dxe5 1 5
ltJd2 'ii'd6 1 6 'ii'e2 g 5 1 7 �gЗ Aad8 1 8
Aad 1 'ii'dЗ 19 Фfl 'i!fxe2+ 20 Axe2 ltJh5
+ and 14 ... Ахе5 !? 15 ltJd2 (МcКay-Szna­
pik, Stockholm jr Wch 1 969) 1 5 . . .-..е 7,
with chances to oЬtain an advantage
thanks to the pressure оп the e4-pawn.
13 ltJa5
...
1 3 . . .ltJЬ8 14 ltJh2 iDbd7 15 ltJg4 Фh7
1 6 'iff3 g5 17 �g3 ltJxg4 (Apicella­
Godena, Linares Z 1 995) 1 8 'ifxf7+ and
White is better.
 Archangel with 7 'J:.el: Minor Lines
14 i.c2 с6 15 dxc6 i.xc6 16 liJbd2 g5
17 .1g3 liJh5 18 ttJn -..r6 19 .tь2 .Паd8
20 ltJe3
Evans-Panczyk, Tamworth 1983. B1ack
can now obtain а very good game Ьу
20 ... i.xe3 21 fхеЗ ..,g6.
ЕЗ)
10... h6 (D)
w 17 ltJa5 +- Bennis-Abdulghafour, Doha
11 а4
Others:
а) 1 1 i.еЗ transposes to 13.
Ь) 1 1 d5 ltJe7 and now White can
р1ау:
Ь l ) 12 i.еЗ i.хеЗ 13 .l:.xe3 liJd7 1 4
liJbd2 ( 1 4 а4 ! ?) 14 . . . 0-0 1 5 liJ f l f5 1 6
exf5 liJxf5 17 .l:.e2 liJf6 1 8 ltJeЗ liJh5 1 9
liJxf5 .l:.xf5 2 0 .l:.e3 tt:lf4 with good king­
side counterp1ay for B1ack, Кanengoni­
Cao Sang, Mani1a OL 1 992.
Ы) 12 liJbd2 0-0 13 liJfl ( 1 3 а4 ! ?)
1 3 ... liJd7 14 ltJg3 f5 15 exf5 liJxf5 1 6
liJxf5 .l:.xf5 1 7 i.c2 .l:.f7 1 8 Ь 3 ..,f6 1 9
'i*'d3 g 5 2 0 Ь4 'i+'g7 2 1 i.b3 .l:.af8 with а
better game for B1ack, Garcia Ruido-Jep­
son, Mondariz 1 994.
Ь3) 1 2 а4 Ьха4 (an interesting idea al­
though more solid looks 12 . . . 0-0 trans­
posing to Line Е32) 1 3 .1ха4+ liJd7 1 4
liJa3 ( 1 4 Ь4 ! ? 0-0 1 5 с4) 14 ... 0-0 1 5 liJc4
f5 with good counterplay for B1ack,
Кronig-Kolar, Finkenstein 1 995.
1 1 0-0
•..
55
An interesting idea is 1 1 . . .g5 1 2 i.e3
liJd7 ( 1 2 . . . g4 ! ?) 1 3 liJa3 lf2- lf2 Ehren­
feucht-Кislov, Koszalin 1 999.
Now:
ЕЗl: 12 liJa3 55
Е32: 12 d5 55
ЕЗ1 )
12 ltJa3 exd4
Altematives:
а) 12 ... ltJa7 13 d5 liJd7 14 i.c2 Ьха4
15 i.xa4 liJb5 1 6 ltJc4 J.a7?? ( 16 ...f5 ;\;)
1 993.
Ь) 1 2 .. .'ii'e7 13 d5 liJb8 ;\; A!Ьert­
Letay, Hungarian Cht 1 997.
с) 12 ... .1:.е8 13 d5 ltJe7 1 4 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
15 .ie3 i.хеЗ 1 6 .l:.xe3 с6 ( 1 6 .. .'iWd7) 1 7
dxc6 i.xc6 1 8 'i+'d3 "iid 7 1 9 .l:.d 1 .l:.ad8
20 ltJc2 (20 с4!?) 20 ... "i!VЬ7 21 .l:.de1 ltJg6
with equa1ity, B .Donner-Lane, Germany
1 997/8.
d) 12 . . . ltJe7 13 i.c2 ltJg6 14 i.e3
ltJxe4 15 dxe5 i.хеЗ 16 .l:.xe3 ltJg5 1ed to
a draw in Srnirin-Malaniuk, Formia 1 995.
13 cxd4 ltJa5
After 1 3 . . ..1:.е8 White has difficulty
obtaining an equal position.
14 .1с2 Ь4
Or 14 . . . Ьха4 1 5 liJЫ liJЬЗ 1 6 .l:.xa4
ltJxc 1 17 'ii'xc 1 с5 1 8 d5 liJd7 19 ltJc3
"iif6 with good counterplay for Black,
Mora Manez-Co1as, Saragossa 1 996.
15 liJЬl с5 16 Ь3 fr.e8 17 d5 с4 18
Ьхс4 ltJxc4 19 liJbd2 liJxd2 20 J.xd2 а5
21 .1с1 i.c5 22 J.b2 liJd7 23 liJd4 "iif6
24 'i+'d2 ltJe5
Black has а good game, Morgado­
Brilla Banfalvi, corr. 1984.
ЕЗ2)
12 d5 liJe7 (D)
13 ахЬ5
Others:
а) 13 с4 Ьхс4 14 ..i.xc4 с6 (14 ... ttJd7!?)
15 dxc6 ltJxc6 and B1ack stands well.
56 Archangel and New Archangel

According to Onishchuk after 19 'ii'e 2

li:Jh5 20 i.xb5 li:Jgf4 21 i.xf4 li:Jxf4 22
'itfl i.xb5 23 'i!i'xb5 (or 23 li:Jxb5 fS)
23 .. .'�а7 24 'ii'f l f5 Black has an attack
for the pawn.

F}
10 аЗ (D)

в
Ь) 1 3 i.c2 'itd7 ( 1 3 . . . li:Jd7 with the
idea .. .f5) 14 а5 i.a7 15 ЬЗ сб 16 с4 cxd5
17 cxd5 li:Jgб 1 8 i.dЗ li:Jh5 19 li:Jh4 li:Jhf4
with а good position for Black, Meetei­
Babu, Calcutta 1 994.
с) 13 li:Jbd2 and now:
с 1 ) 1 3 .. .'�d7 and l З . . . li:Jgб deserve
attention.
с2) 1 3 ...li:Jd7 14 li:Jfl f5 15 exfS li:Jxf5
( 1 5 . . . Ьха4; 15 . . .li:Jfб) 1 6 i.c2 li:Jh4 1 7 This move estaЬlishes control over the
li:J l h2 'fi'fб ( 1 7 ... li:Jxf3+ ! ? 1 8 li:JxfЗ li:Jfб Ь4-square and in some lines supports а
=) and Black's position is рlауаЬ!е, queenside space-grab Ьу Ь4. Now:
Gaida-Кaczmarek, соп. 1992. F1: 10...h6 56
сЗ) lЗ ... сб 14 dхсб i.хсб 15 i.c2 F2: 10...'ite7 57
'fi'c7 16 li:Jfl .l:.fe8 17 li:JgЗ .l:.ad8 18 ахЬ5 FЗ: 10...0-0 57
ахЬ5 1 9 li:Jh4 d5 with а good game for
Black, Bressanelli-Messa, Verona 1 997. Matsukevich recommends 1 O. . .'�'d7
d) 13 i.еЗ i.хеЗ 1 4 .l:.хеЗ сб 15 dхсб followed Ьу ... 0-0-0.
i.хсб 1 6 ахЬ5 (or 1 6 li:Jbd2 li:Jgб 17 gЗ
'ii'd7 Moncher-Godena, Catania 1995)
= F1 }
1 б ... ахЬ5 17 .l:.xa8 i.xa8 18 'ii'dЗ ( 1 8 10... h6 1 l ..ltc2
li:Jbd2 Onishchuk/Malaniuk) 1 8 . . .'i!W'Ь8
= Altematives:
= Kovarik-Sykora, соп. 1 989. а) 1 1 'i'd3 0-0 12 li:Jbd2 J:.e8 13 i.c2
13. ..ахЬ5 14 Пха8 i.xa8 15 li:JaЗ d5 ! 14 exd5 'ii'xd5 15 li:Je4 li:Jxe4 16 J:.xe4
1 5 i.еЗ i.хеЗ 16 J:.хеЗ сб 1 7 dхсб f5 favours B lack, Gulich-Rathmann, соп.
i.хсб should Ье compared with note 'd' 1973.
to White's 1 3th move. Ь) 1 1 i.a2 О-О 12 h3 and now opening
1S ... c6 16 dxc6 i.xc6 17 i.c2 li:Jg6 18 the centre Ьу 1 2. . . exd4 (or 1 2. . . li:Je7)
i.d3 'ii'd7 gives Black а good game.
This is the key position of this varia­ 1 1 ...0-0
tion. Adams-Onishchuk, Wijk aan Zee 1 1 .. .'i'e7 transposes to the note to
1995 continued 1 9 Ь4 ? ! .l:.a8 20 с4? J:.хаЗ Black's 1 1 th move in Line F2.
2 1 i.хаЗ Ьхс4 22 i.xc4 li:Jxe4 23 J:.xe4 12 Ь4
(23 J:.e2? 'ita7 Onishchuk) 23 ...i.xe4 -+. Also:
 Archangel with 7 �el: Minor Lines
а) 12 h3 J:l.e8 13 dxe5 ltJxe5 14 ltJxe5
J:l.xe5 15 ltJd2 �d7 ( 1 5 . . . �е7 ! ?) 1 6 а4
J:.ae8 17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 18 ltJf3 J:.5e7 19 j.e3
j.xe3 20 J:.xe3 (Zagorovsky-Breazu, соп.
1 99 1 ) 20 . . _j.xe4 leaves Black а pawn up.
Ь) 1 2 �d3 ltJe7 ( 1 2 . . .J:I.e8 13 liJbd2
liJb8 14 Ь4, Hepworth-Stanciu, Dubai
wom OL 1 986, 14 . . . exd4 ! ? 15 cxd4 с5
with а good position for Black) 13 h3
ltJgб 14 Ь4?! ltJxe4 15 J:l.xe4 f5 16 J:.e 1 е4
1 7 �е2 exf3 18 ...,.еб+ ( 1 8 gxfЗ ltJh4 1 9
j.Ь3+ Фh8 2 0 d5 f4 -+) 1 8 . . .Фh7 1 9
j.xf5 J:l.fб 2 0 j.xgб+ J:l.xgб - + Zieher­
Kahlert, Germany 1 99617.
12 ...Пе8 13 j.Ы d5 14 liJbd2 exd4
15 cxd4 dxe4 16 ltJxe4 liJxd4 17 ltJxf6+
'ii'xf6 18 .I:.xe8+ .l:!.xe8 19 ltJxd4 .:ld8 20
'i'dЗ i.xd4 21 i.xd4 'i'xd4
А draw soon resulted in Kosten­
Mikhalchishin, Minsk 1 986.
F2)
10...�е7 11 j.c2
1 1 'ii'd3 liJaS 12 j.c2 с5 13 liJbd2 liJcб
14 d5 с4 1 5 �е2 ltJa5 16 а4 0-0 Suetin­
Nezhmetdinov, Yalta 1 964.
1 1 ...0-0
1 1 . . . h6 1 2 Ь4 0-0 ( 1 2 . . . liJd7 1 3 j.e3
'i'fб 14 'i'd3 0-0 15 liJbd2 .l:tfd8 16 d5
ltJe7 17 а4 сб 1/2- lf2 Wanke-Widenmann,
W.German Ch 1968) 13 i.Ы а5 14 'itd3?!
(14 d5 ) 1 4 . . . ахЬ4 1 5 схЬ4 ltJxd4 1 6
= 13 ltJh4 ltJxh4 14 j.xh4 с5 15 dxe5 dxe5
i.xd4 j.xd4 1 7 liJxd4 exd4 + Ladisic­
Parmentier, Montpellier 1 99 1 .
1 2 i.g5 h6 1 3 j.b4 Пfе8 1 4 'i'dЗ exd4
15 cxd4 g5 16 .ltgЗ
1 6 d5 ltJe5 1 7 ltJxe5 'i'xe5 1 8 .\tg3
'i'xd5.
16...g4 17 d5 liJxd5
Matsukevich recommends 17 . . . gxf3
1 8 dхсб j.хсб 19 gxf3 ltJd7 with suffi­
cient counterplay.
18 е5
White cannot play 18 'i'xd5 gxfЗ 19
gxf3? because of 19 ... ltJd4 20 'i'xb7
liJxc2 2 1 ltJc3 'i'fб.
57
18...liJf6 19 liJcЗ
1 9 ltJh4 ltJxe5 leads to an advantage
for Black; e.g., 20 'i'd2 ltJd5.
19...dxe5
19 . . . liJxe5 20 ltJxe5 dxe5 (Moiseev-
Lisenkov, 1969) 21 'i'f5 with the unpleas­
ant threat i.h4.
20 ltJxe5 J:.ad8 21 'i!r'n
Now after 2 1 'jff5 Black has 2 1 ... ltJd4 !.
21 ...'iff8
White does not have sufficient com­
pensation for the pawn.
FЗ)
10...0-0 (D)
w
11 .ltc2
Altematives:
а) 1 1 �d3 d5 ( 1 1 ...ltJe7 1 2 j.g5 liJgб
16 �f3 с4 17 j.c2 �dб 18 J:.d l 'i'еб,
Bobolovich-Makarov, USSR 1 966, 1 9
i.xfб ! ?) i s good for Black after 1 2 dxe5
liJxe4 l 3 j.e3 ltJa5 14 i.c2 с5 or 12 exd5
е4 13 J:.xe4 ltJxe4 14 'i'xe4 J:l.e8.
Ь) 1 1 j.g5 hб 1 2 i.h4 transposes to
note 'с' to White's 1 2th move in Line С
of Chapter б, which is less critical than
Line С3 of that chapter, where White
plays а4 instead of аЗ.
1 1...ltJe7
1 1 ... hб transposes to F 1 ; 1 1 . . . 'jt'e7
transposes to F2. 1 1 . . . liJd7 12 'i'd3 Пе8
13 liJbd2 liJf8 14 Ь4 ltJgб 1 5 liJfl d5 1 6
58 Archangel and New Archangel

exd5 'ifxd5 1 7 'iff5 ;!; Suetin-Malich, Ь) 1 3 ll:\xg6 J:tg8 14 е5 J:txg6 15 exd6+

Berlin tt 1 965. ( 1 5 exf6+ ll:\e5 16 J:txe5+ dxe5 17 'ifxe5+
12 ll:lbd2 ll:lg6 13 ll:\fi exd4 14 cxd4 Фf8 -+) 1 5 . . .Фd7 16 'ii'h 3+ ( 1 6 ..te6+
1:te8 15 ll:\gЗ cS 16 dS с4 17 ..\tеЗ ..ltxe3 fxe6 17 'ifxg6 cxd6 +) 16 ... ll:\g4 1 7 ..txf7
18 J:txe3 ll:\g4 19 J:te1 'iff6 20 'it'd4 ll:\4e5 'iWf6 18 ..te6+ Фхd6 19 ..txg4 ll:\e5 and
21 ll:\xeS ll:lxeS Black wins.
Black has а very good position, Su­
etin-Smejkal, Sochi 1973. G2)
10...ll:\e7 11 'it'f3 exd4
G) Another plan is to exchange queens Ьу
10 ll:\h4 (D) ...'ir'd7-g4:
а) 1 l ... h6 1 2 ll:\d2 'ii'd7 1 3 ll:lfl 'ii'g4
14 'ii'xg4 ll:\xg4 15 f3 ll:lf6 16 ..te3 exd4
( 1 6 ... ll:ld7 ! ? 17 J:tad1 { 17 ll:lg3 ! ? } 17 ... g5
в 18 ll:lf5 ll:\xf5 19 exf5 f6 1ed graduall у to
equality in Кujawski-Bielecki, соп. 1983)
1 7 ..txd4 ..txd4+ 18 cxd4 g5 19 ll:lf5 ll:lxf5
20 exf5+ Фf8 2 1 J:tac 1 J:tc8 22 ll:\g3 с5
23 ll:\e4 ± Kapengut-Kupreichik, Minsk
1 973.
Ь) 1 1 ... 'ifd7 ! ? 1 2 ..tg5 (after the illog­
ical 1 2 ll:ld2 Чi'g4 Black should not have
any proЬ!ems) 12 .. .'ilt'g4 and now:
Ь l ) 1 3 'ii'x g4 ll:\xg4 (Кramer-Pares
Now: Vives, соп. 1 983) and now White should
G1: 10...g6 58 play 14 h3 or 14 ..txe7 Фхе7 1 5 ..td5 !?.
G2: 10...ll:\e7 58 Ь2) 1 3 ..txf6 'ii'xf3 1 4 ll:\xf3 gxf6, fol­
GЗ: 10...0-0 58 lowed Ьу ... J:tg8, gives Black а playaЬie
G4: 10 exd4
•.. 59 game.
GS: 10...'ii'd7 60 12 ll:lrs о-о
Naturally not 1 2. . .ll:\xf5? 13 exf5+
G1) ll:\e4 14 J:txe4+ ..txe4 1 5 'itxe4+ Фf8 1 6
1 0...g6 1 1 'ikf3 f6 ± Rowson-J.Rogers, British C h 1 992.
Interesting is 1 1 ll:lfЗ - in spite of the · After the text-move Black has а very
fact that Black has won two tempi, it may good position; e.g., 1 3 ll:\h6+ gxh6 14
Ье profitaЬle for White. 'ir'xf6 ll:lg6 15 ...xd8 J:tfxd8 1 6 ..txh6 ll:\e5
1 1 ... h6 12 �g3?! or l 3 ll:\xd4 с5 1 4 ll:lf5 ll:\xf5 1 5 'ii'xf5
12 d5 =. J:te8.
12...exd4!?
1 2 ... 'ikd7 1 3 dxe5? (13 d5) 1 3 ... ll:\xe5 GЗ)
-+ Maier-Probst, Switzerland 1 986. 10...0-0 1 1 ll:lf5 ll:le7
The text-move ( 1 2 . . .exd4) leads to 1 1 . . .exd4 12 cxd4 transposes to G4 1 .
complications that favour Black: 1 2 ..tgS ll:lxfS 1 3 exfS exd4
а) 1 3 ..txf7+ �xf7 14 'it'xg6+ Фе6 An altemative is 1 3 ... с5 1 4 d5 (or 1 4
15 'iff5+ �е7 1 6 ll:\g6+ Фf7 17 ll:\xh8+ dxe5 dxe5 1 5 J:txe5 с 4 1 6 ..tc2 'ii'x d 1 + 1 7
'ifxh8 +. ..txd l J:tfe8, when Black has more than
 Archangel with 7 'йеl : Minor Lines
sufficieпt compeпsatioп for the раwп)
14оо ос4 15 .ic2 :tc8 1 6 'ir'fЗ апd поw:
а) 1 6оо ое4 17 'tll'g З .ixd5 1 8 liJd2 :f.e8
1 9 .ixe4 .ixe4 20 i.xf6 'it'xf6 21 liJxe4
'tll'e5 22 'i!r'xe5 :txe5 23 liJxd6 with а
better eпdiпg for White, Wiersma-Кiip,
Dutch Cht 19950
Ь) 1 6oooh6 1 7 .ih4 :f.c5 18 liJd2 апd
поw 1 8 oo o.ixd5 1 9 .ie4 gives Black seri­
ous proЬiems, while 1 80 о .'it'a8 loses to 1 9
i.xf6 gxf6 2 0 liJe4o 1 8ooo:txd5 i s Ьesto
14 cxd4 с5 15 liJc3 с4
Or 1 5 o o ocxd4 1 6 liJd5 .ixd5 1 7 .ixd5
with compeпsatioп for the раwпо
16 .tc2 d5 17 .::tеЗ
Riskyo After 17 ..,d2 chaпces are equalo
17...'it'd6 18 .l:.h3 %tfe8 19 J:th4
Now, rather thaп 1 9o o oliJe4?! (Brust­
man-Zietek, Роzпап 1 984), 19oo oh6 gives
Black the better game; eogo, 20 .if4 "fie7
2 1 i.e5 liJd7 stressiпg the artificial posi­
tioп of White's rooko
G4)
10...exd4 1 1 liJf5 (D)
в с) 1 7 liJd2 d5 denies White compeп­
Now:
G41 : 1 1 ...0-0 59
G42: 1 1 ...dxc3 59
G41 )
1 1 ...0-0 12 cxd4
1 2 i.g5 dхсЗ 1 3 liJxcЗ traпsposes to
Liпe G42o
59
12...liJe7
Altematives:
а) 12ooog6 1 3 liJh6+ Фg7 14 .tез
liJa5 ! ? and поw:
а 1 ) 1 5 .ic2? ! .ixe4 1 6 .ixe4 liJxe4
апd White has по compeпsatioп for the
раwпо
а2) 15 liJxf7 %txf7 16 .ixf7 Фхf7 1 7
d 5 .iхеЗ 1 8 %txe3 liJc4 with а good game
for Biacko
аЗ) 15 i.g5 liJxb3 1 6 ахЬЗ (the com­
plicatioпs after 1 6 liJg4 liJxg4 1 7 .ixd8
liJxa1 are поt daпgerous for Black; eogo,
18 .ih4 .l:tae8 1 9 liJd2 f5 ) 160 .'_.d7 1 7
о
liJcЗ %tfe8 1 8 .ixf6+ Фхf6 with а good
position for Blacko
Ь) 1 2 o o o.ic8 ! ? 13 d5 i.xf5 14 exf5
liJd4 with а very good game for Blacko
13 liJxe7+ "i/xe7 14 liJc3
Ап altemative is 14 i.g5 h6 1 5 .ih4
g5 16 i.gЗ liJxe4:
а) 17 fЗ "ii'f6 1 8 fxe4 .ixd4+ 19 Фh 1
i.хЫ 20 liJd2 .ixa1 2 1 'tll'x a1 'ir'xa1 22
:txa1 :f.ad8 (Konikowski) with ап advan­
tage for Blacko
Ь) 1 7 i.c2 d5 1 8 f3 'tii'Ь4 19 fxe4
'tll'x Ы 20 liJd2 .ixd4+ 2 1 .tf2 'tll'x a1 22
'tll'x a1 i.xa1 23 nxa1 :tfe8 -+о
sationo
d) 17 liJcЗ liJxcЗ 1 8 :txe7 liJxd 1 1 9
:txd 1 and White must prove that llis ini­
tiative is worth the sacrificed раwпо
14 h6 15 .if4 .l:.fe8
•..
Black has а good gameo
G42)
1 1...dxc3 12 liJxcЗ
1 2 liJxg7+ Фf8 1 3 liJf5 схЫ 14 .iхЫ
liJe5 1 5 liJcЗ liJeg4 16 :tfl :tg8 1 7 'tll'e 2
liJxf2 18 1:.xf2 liJg4 + Timmennan-Dries,
СОПо 1 9 8 1 0
12.0.0-0
After 1 2 o oog6? 1 3 liJh6 liJe5 14 i.g5 с6
15 'i'id2 Вlack has по way to uпpin him­
se1f.
60 A rchangel and New Archangel
13 �g5
Black has а good game after 13 �d5
.tt b 8 14 �g5 liJe5 1 5 �хЬ7 .tt xb7 or 1 3
liJd5 liJxd5 1 4 �xd5 ( 1 4 'i'g4 g 6 1 5
�xd5 liJ e 5 +) 14 . . . Фh8 1 5 ьз .ttb 8 1 6
�Ы liJe5.
13 liJeS
.•.
Not bad looks 1 3 . . . h6 1 4 .ixh6 gxh6
1 5 liJxh6+ and поw 15 . . .Фh7 or 15 ... Фg7
16 liJfS+ Фh8 17 liJd5 �с8 1 8 liJxf6
with а perpetual check.
14 �d2 h6 15 �xh6
This sacrifice is probaЬly iпcorrect but
апу withdrawal of the bishop 1eads to
good р1ау for B1ack.
1S ... gxh6 16 'i'xh6 liJe8 17 .tte2 с6
After 17 .. .'i'f6 1 8 'i'h3 'i'g5 1 9 liJd5
�xd5 20 exd5 White has good chances.
18 1:d1 �f6 19 1:txd6 �xh6 20 .ttxh6
�с8
White does not have sufficient com­
pensation for the piece.
GS)
10... 'i'd7 (D)
w Ьхс4 23 .i xe4 1:tgf8 24 'i'g4+ -d7 25
The most radica1 move. Black wants to
coпstruct ап attack оп the kiпgside, tak­
iпg advaпtage of the positioп of White's
lrnight. On the other haпd, Black's kiпg
positioп оп the queenside may Ье daп­
gerous as well. Now:
G51: l l llJfS 60
G52: 11 �gS 61
G51 )
11 liJrs о-о-о 12 dS
Altematives:
а) 12 fЗ? d5 1 3 exd5 ( 1 3 �g5? dxe4
14 l:Uxg7 liJxd4 1 5 cxd4 �xd4+ 1 6 Фfl
ехfЗ -+) 13 ... liJxd5 14 liJxg7 exd4 +.
Ь) 12 �g5 (this move forces Black
iпto some radical measures) 1 2. . . liJxe4
13 �xd8 'i'xf5 14 .ih4 liJxd4 1 5 cxd4
�xd4 and поw:
Ь l ) 16 'i'e2 'i'g6 ( l 6 .. .'i!kf4 17 liJc3
l2Jxc3 18 Ьхс3 �хс3 19 .igЗ with chances
for both sides in an unclear position) 1 7
.ic2 .tхЫ 1 8 liJd2 ( 1 8 .i xe4 .ixe4 1 9
'i'xe4 'i'xe4 20 .tt xe4 .ixa1 + ) 1 8 ... liJc3
( 18 . . . .ixa1 19 liJxe4 .ic3 20 .ttc 1 'it>b8
with good chaпces for Black iп а very
comp1icated positioп) 1 9 .ixg6 liJxe2+
20 .tt xe2 .ixa1 21 .ixf7 апd B1ack is
better in the endiпg.
Ы) 16 'ikfЗ 'iVxfЗ 17 gxfЗ .tхы 1 8
fxe4 .ixa1 1 9 .ixf7 Фd7 and Black's
chances in the eпdiпg are better.
12...l2Jxe4!
Other moves are weak; e.g . , l 2... liJa5
13 .ic2 g6 1 4 liJh6 liJg8 1 5 liJxg8 1:thxg8
16 а4 f5 17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 liJa3 fxe4 19 Ь4
'i'f7 20 .ie3 .iхеЗ 21 fxe3 liJc4 22 liJxc4
-е2 +- Swic-Panczyk, Polish Ch 1 982.
13 Пхе4
Altematives:
а) 13 dxc6 .ixf2+ 14 Фfl ( 1 4 Фh l
.ixc6 1 5 .ttxe4 .ixe4 16 liJe3 .ixe3
{ 16 ... f5 !?} 17 .ixe3 'i'h3 1 8 fr'e2 .ixg2+
19 'i'xg2 'i'xe3 +) 14 ... .ixc6 апd поw:
а1) 1 5 l2Jxg7 .ixe1 1 6 Фxe1 .tt hg8 1 7
.ih6 .tt xg7 1 8 .ixg7 .ttg 8 -+.
а2) 1 5 liJxd6+ 'i'xd6 16 'i'xdб 1:txd6
17 1:txe4 .ixe4 1 8 Фхf2 1:thd8 +.
аЗ) 15 1:txe4 .ixe4 and now: 1 6 liJxg7
.iЬб +; 16 liJxd6+ 'i'xdб 17 'i'xdб .ttxdб
transposes to liпe 'а2' ; 1 6 liJe3 .ixe3 1 7
.iхеЗ d 5 +.
Ь) 1 3 llJeЗ liJe7 14 а4 f5 with а better
game for Black.
 Archangel with 7 '11.e l: Minor Lines
13 .. .'i'xf5 14 .1:1е2
14 dxc6 'i!Vxf2+ 15 Фh 1 �хс6 16 1:1.g4
h5 17 .l:g5 е4 ! -+.
14 ...l2Je7
14 ...l2Ja5 ! ? 1 5 �с2 �g4.
15 а4
15 с4 Ьхс4 16 �хс4 'itg4 17 "*dЗ
liJxd5 1 8 �xa6 liJЬ4 1 9 �xb7+ 'itxb7 20
�d2 liJc6 +.
15 ...е4 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
Now White shou1d play 17 liJaЗ ltJxd5
18 l2Jxb5 liJf4 1 9 �xf4 'ii'xf4 20 �а4
with chances to equalize. Instead after 17
с4?! Ьхс4 18 �xc4 l2Jxd5 19 liJcЗ ltJxcЗ
20 ЬхсЗ (Seifert-Panczyk, Wroclaw 1982)
20. . . d5 White does not have sufficient
compensation for the two pawns.
G52 )
l l ..lii.g5 (D)
в (20 . . . Ьхс4 21 �а4 ±) 21 cxd5 'itb8 22
11 . . 0-0-0
. petua1 check.
1 1 . . . 'itg4 ! ? 12 �xf6 'ii'x d l 13 .l:xd l
gxf6 is similar to note 'Ы' to Black's
1 1 th move in Line G2. After 14 liJf5 ltJe7
1 5 l2Jg7+ Фf8 1 6 l2Jh5 f5 Black has
counterplay.
12 d5
А very interesting idea is 12 �хfб
gxf6 13 liJf5 ! ?:
а) 1 3 . . . lt:Je7 14 liJh6 1:df8 ( 1 4 ... 1:hf8
1 5 а4 d5 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 17 exd5 is better
for White) 15 а4 exd4 (Sanz Alonso­
Garcia, Saragossa 1992) 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
61
and now 17 cxd4 f5 18 lЬсЗ fxe4 19 liJxe4
lЬf5 20 liJf6 'itd8 can Ье met Ьу 2 l liJd5
l2Jxh6 22 li:Jxb6+ ±.
Ь) 13 ... lt:Ja5 1 4 d5 and White Ьlocks
the centre firmly.
с) 13 . . . exd4 !? 14 cxd4 l2Ja5 (another
possibility is 14 . . . 1:hg8 '?) 1 5 lt:JcЗ ( 1 5
�с2 ! ? .::t hg8 with the threat . . ..l:xg2 in
some variations although after 16 gЗ the
position may favour White) 1 5 . . .l2Jxb3
16 ахЬЗ 1:1.hg8 17 d5 %:tg5 with chances to
obtain counterplay.
12...l2Je7 13 i.xf6 gxf6 14 'itf3 tthg8
14. . .f5 (premature) 1 5 liJxf5 lt:Jxf5 1 6
exf5 %:tdg8 1 7 �с2 h 5 1 8 а4 ±.
15 g3
1 5 �xf6 l2Jg6 1 6 liJf5 ( 1 6 lt:Jxg6? !
fxg6 ! +) 1 6 ...l2Jf4 17 gЗ (17 lЬе7+? ФЬ8
1 8 l2Jxg8 'ifg4 -+) 1 7 . . . ФЬ8 with strong
counterplay for Black.
15...'i'h3
Not 1 5 ... f5 1 6 l2Jxf5 l2Jxf5 17 exf5
1:g5 18 �с2 с6 19 h4 .::tgg8 20 с4 cxd5
liJcЗ ±.
16 ФЫ
Or 1 6 'ifxf6, and now:
а) 16 ... �xf2+ 17 �xf2 �xh4 1 8 а4
( 1 8 'ifxf7? .::txgЗ+ !) 1 8 ... f5 19 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
20 exf5 .::tdf8 21 'iig2 'ifh5 with counter­
play for Black.
Ь) 16 ... 1:g4 17 liJf5 liJg6 1 8 �d1 liJf4
1 9 �fЗ .::tdg8 20 liJd2 1:xg3+ with а per­
16... r5
1 6 . . ..::t g4 17 liJd2 (Kapengut-Ma lan-
iuk, Daugavpils 1978) 17 ... 1:.xh4 1 8 gxh4
iVxfЗ+ 19 liJxfЗ f5 gives Black some
counterplay.
17 exf5 е4
Strzelecki-Panczyk, Bydgoszcz 1 985
now ended in catastrophe for White: 1 8
iVxe4? �xf2 1 9 f6 �хе1 20 �xe1 l2Jxd5
2 1 'ii'f2 liJeЗ+ 22 'itg1 1:xg3+ 0- 1 . The
best move is 18 '11Vg 2, although Black's
position is better.
62 Archangel and New Archangel

Н) Н З)
10 а4 10 'ikd7 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 2 .l:.xa8+
•..

Тhis move is directed against Black's .i.xa8 13 ..tg5

plan with ... 0-0-0. Or:
Н1: 10 ... Ьха4 62 а) Closing the centre is convenient
Н2: 10.. .lt:'Ja5 62 for Black, viz. 13 d5 tiJe7 14 .i.c2 tiJg4
НЗ: 10..."ifd7 62 15 .l:.e2 f5 ! .
Н4: 10.. .'ir'e7 62 Ь) After 1 3 tiJa3 ! ? tlJe7 1 4 tiJg5 ! 0-0
Н5: 10... 0-0 63 1 5 dxe5 dxe5 ( 1 5 . . . tiJg4? 1 6 е6 fxe6 17
Н6: 10... h6! 65 .i.еЗ tiJxe3 1 8 'ikh5 +-) 1 6 'it'xd7 tiJxd7
17 tiJxb5 B1ack has no compensation for
Н1) the pawn.
1 0 Ьха4 11 .i.xa4 0-0 1 2 .i.g5 h6 13
..• 13..."ii'g4
.i.h4 'ike7 14 tiJaЗ 1 3 . . . 0-0 1 4 .i.xf6 gxf6 1 5 'i'd3 a1so
14 d5 ! ? gives White а small but lasting Jeads to an advantage for White (Matsu­
advantage. kevich).
14 ... g5 15 i.gЗ 14 ьз 'ikh5 15 'ikd3 О-О 16 . ..txf6 gxf6
15 tiJxg5 hxg5 16 .i.xg5 is insuffi­ 17 'ikxb5 f5 18 i.d5 ttJa7 19 'ikьз
ciently prepared: 16 ... exd4 1 7 'ikf3 ( 1 7 19 'i'd7 ! ? is probaЬly an even better
е5 tiJxe5 ! 1 8 cxd4 'ike6 1 9 dxe5 tiJg4 20 move.
.i.e3 'ikg6) 1 7 . . .Фg7 18 е5 tlJxe5 ! and 19... fxe4 20 i.xa8 .:l.xa8 21 'ikd5
Black wins. ± Matsukevich.
15...tiJxe4
Or 15 ... exd4 16 .i.xc6 ( 1 6 cxd4 ttJxe4) Н 4)
16 ... .i.xc6 1 7 tiJxd4 and White has the 10 .'�е7 (D)
.•

advantage.
16 1:txe4
Now:
а) 16 ... f5 17 1:te1 f4 1 8 tlJc4 fxg3 1 9 w
hxg3 ±.
Ь) 1 6 ... tiJxd4 17 .l:.xd4 .i.xf3 18 'ikxf3
( 1 8 'ili'e1 .i.xd4 1 9 cxd4 .i.b7) 1 8 . . . exd4
1 9 .i.c6 .l:.ab8 20 hЗ ±.

Н2)
10 ttJa5 11 i.c2 0-0 12 .i.g5 I:te8
•..

1 2. . . h6 1 3 i.h4 transposes to Line

С3 1 of Chapter 6.
13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 tiJaЗ exd4 15 tiJxd4 11 ахЬ5
J:te5 16 ttJrз Others :
1 6 f4 !?. а) 1 1 tiJaЗ Ьха4?! (1 1 ...exd4; 1 1 .. .0-0)
16 ....1:.е8 17 tiJxb5 h6 12 .i.xa4 0-0 1 3 ttJc4 tiJd7 14 tiJe3 g6 1 5
Dudek-Thiel, 2nd Bundesliga 1 99 1 . ttJd 5 'i'd8 1 6 .i.h6 ± Morgado-Mendoza,
Now White should try 1 8 .i.xf6 'it'xf6, corr. 1982.
when Black has some initiative for the Ь) 11 d5 tiJb8 12 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 13 .l:.xa8
sacrificed pawn. i.xa8 14 tiJa3 с6 15 .i.g5 0-0 16 dxc6
 Archangel with .7 'f&el: Minor Lines 63

.ixc6 1 7 .ixf6 �xf6 18 .id5 .id7 1 9 1 1 .ig5 h6 12 .ih4 transposes to Line

�dЗ favours White, Parma-Gilb.Garcia, СЗ of Chapter 6.
Havana 1 969.
ll ...axbS 12 .l:.xa8+ .ixa8 13 llJa3 Н51)
1 3 llJh4 g6 1 4 liJfЗ h6 1 5 �dЗ ( 1 5 1 1 llJa3 h6
.id5 ! ?; 1 5 d5) 1 5. . .Фf8 1 6 llJaЗ llJa7 1 7 Others:
d 5 с 6 1 8 dxc6 ;\; Varga-Sivokho, Buda­ а) 1 1 . . .'ii'e7 1 2 d5 llJa5 1 3 .ia2 llJg4
pest 1994. 14 %1е2 f5 (Palkovi-Letay, Hungarian Cht
13...llJa7 14 .i gS 1 992) 15 exf5 !?.
14 �dЗ exd4 1 5 llJxd4 ( 1 5 cxd4 Ь) 1 1 ... 11е8 12 d5 llJa7 ( 1 2 ... llJe7 ! ?)
.ixe4) 1 5 . . . 0-0 16 .ig5 h6 1 7 .ih4 �е5 13 .iеЗ (Rosich-Titmas, Barcelona ЕСС
1 8 .ic2 %1е8 and Black has а good posi­ 1 993) 13 . . . .ixe3 =.

tion. с) 1 1 . . .exd4 ! ? (а very logical move)

14 ..h6
. 1 2 cxd4 llJa5 1 3 .ig5 ( 13 .ic2 Ь4 14 llJЬ1
This move is essentia1. After 14 ... 0-0 with excellent play for Black) 13 ... llJxb3
1 5 llJh4 Black has no way to defend suc­ 14 �хЬЗ Ьха4 15 �ха4 �е8 16 'itxe8
cessfully, Vukcevich-B isguier, Lincoln 11fxe8 17 .ixf6 gxf6 1 8 d5 f5 with а
1 969. better ending for Black, Liebert-Witkow­
15 .ih4 ski, Po1anica Zdroj 1 967.
Monensen-Schandorff, Danish Ch 12 d5
1991 continued 15 . . . g5 16 .igЗ llJd7 (or Others:
16 . . . llJxe4 17 dxe5 llJxgЗ 18 hxgЗ d5 1 9 а) 1 2 hЗ transposes to Line ЕЗ I .
llJd4 .ixd4 2 0 cxd4 с 5 ;\; ) 1 7 llJc2 h 5 1 8 Ь ) 1 2 %1Ь1 ? ! exd4 ( а very logical
h4 g4 1 9 llJg5 f6 20 llJe6 liJf8 2 1 llJxf8 move) 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 4 llJxb5 ( 1 4 cxd4
with better chances for White. Better does not help: 14 . . . llJa5 15 d5 llJg4 1 6
1ooks 15 ... 0-0 or 15 . . . с5 with good equa1- %1е2 %1е8 + ) 1 4 . . . dxc3 1 5 llJxc3 llJg4 1 6
izing chances. 11е2 .iаб 1 7 %1d2 .idЗ -+ Mrdja-Beliav­
sky, Bastia 1 998.
Н5) с) 1 2 .ta2 exd4 1 3 cxd4 llJb4 14 .i.Ьl
10...0·0 (D) 11е8 and White can maintain equality.
d) 1 2 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 3 d5 llJe7 trans­
poses to the note to White's 1 3th move.
е) 1 2 .ic2 exd4 13 cxd4 llJb4 14 .i.Ьl
w d5 ( 1 4 . . . %1е8 !?; 14 . . . с5) 15 е5 ( 1 5 .id2)
15 . . .llJe4 16 .id2 llJc6 17 .iеЗ (Ravi
Hegde-Bakliwal, Calcutta 1 996) 17 ... 'ii'd7
gives Black а good position.
12...llJe7
The correct square for the Ьlack knight.
1 2. . . llJa5 is Ьest met Ьу 13 .ta2.
13 .ie3
1 3 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 .iеЗ .iхеЗ 1 5 %1хе3
с6 1 6 dxc6 .ixc6 17 'ifdЗ (or 17 .ic2
Now: llJg6 with equality, Zudov-Thorfinnsson,
Н51 : l l llJa3 63 Canaries U - 1 6 OL 1 995) 17 . . . �Ь8 1 8
Н52: 1 1 axbS 64 %1 d 1 11d8 with а good game for Вlack,
64 Archangel and New Archangel
Nokso-Koivisto - Fruteau, СарреНе 1а
Grande 1 992.
13... �хе3
Also р1ауаЬ!е is 1 3 ... Ьха4 14 i.xa4
ll:\g4 15 �хЬ6 схЬ6 16 h3 ll:lf6 17 с4 .1:.с8
(17. . .ll:\g6!?) 18 .1:.c 1 ll:lh7 Jirovsky-Nish­
imura, Prague 1 994.
14 1:txe3 ll:lg4
Another plan is 14 ...с6 - compare the
note to White's 1 3th move.
15 J:l.e1 Ьха4 16 �а2 f5 17 ll:lh4 ll:lf6
18 ll:lxf5 ll:lxf5 19 exf5 'i!kd7 20 ll:\c2
After 20 g4 .:tab8 (or 20. . . Фh8) Вlack
has good counterp1ay.
20 ...'i!kxf5
B1ack has good chances, Кlovan­
Ma1aniuk, Riga 1 982.
Н 52)
11 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 12 .Uxa8
Now:
Н521: 12 ... i.xa8 64
Н522: 12 ... 'i!kxa8 64
Н52 1 )
12... �ха8 13 ll:\a3
Altematives:
а) 13 i.g5 h6 and now:
а 1 ) 14 ixf6 'i'xf6 15 d5 lLie7 16 lLJa3
.t:.b8 17 ll:lxb5 ( 17 'i'dЗ g5 ! 18 'i'e2 с6
{ 18 ... lLJg6!?} 19 dxc6 i.xc6 20 lZ:Ic2 .ic5
2 1 lLJe3 does not look worse for White)
17 ... .ixf2+ 18 Фхf2 .:txb5 =.
а2) 1 4 i.h4 g5 1 5 .igЗ exd4 16 'i'dЗ
( 1 6 cxd4 .1:.е8 { 16 . . . g4 ! ? } 17 ll:lc3 lLia5
18 .ic2 Ь4 19 ll:\a4 .ixe4 20 ll:\xbб схЬ6
2 1 .ia4 i.c6 22 .:txe8+ 'i!kxe8 + Berelo­
vich-Markus, Dieren 1999) 16 ... lLJa5 with
an advantage for Black, Reche1-Schwam­
berger, Germany Cup 1 99 1 .
Ь ) 1 3 d5 lLJe7 1 4 .ig5 lLJg6 1 5 lLih4
lLJxh4 1 6 .ixh4 h6 17 lLJaЗ g5 18 .igЗ
'i'd7 19 hЗ с6 20 �fЗ Фg7 21 dхсб i.xc6
with chances for both sides, Bednarski­
Lewi, Poland 1969.
13 ...exd4 14 cxd4 lLJa5 15 .tg5
1 5 .ic2 Ь4 1 6 lLJЬI J:f.e8 1 7 lLJbd2 .iЬ7
( 1 7 .. .'ii'Ь8 ! ? 18 ЬЗ 'i'a7 19 i.Ь2 с5 gave
B1ack а very good game in Rocko-Petek,
Plzen 1 995) 1 8 hЗ hб ( 1 8 ... с5 !?) 19 ЬЗ
'i'a8 with good counterplay for Black,
Nokso-Koivisto - Ranta, Helsinki 1 990.
15 ...Пе8 16 .td5
16 .ic2 Ь4 1 7 lLJЬ I h6 1 8 i.h4 g5 1 9
ll:lxg5 hxg5 20 .ixg5 (Podkriznik-Petek,
B1ed 1 994) 20... Ь3 parries the attack and
gives B1ack an advantage.
The text-move ( 1 6 i.d5) occuпed in
Fedorowicz-Gulko, Groningen 1990. Now
16 . . . сб 17 �а2 Ь4 1 8 lLJЬI hб gives B1ack
an excellent game.
Н522)
12.. .'�ха8 (D)
w
13 i.g5
1 3 d5 lLia5 ( 1 3 . . . lLJb8 is less 1ogical,
and shou1d Ье met Ьу 14 lLJa3 or 14 hЗ ! ?)
14 .ic2 (Struk-Gajsin, Kosza1in 1 999)
14 ... ll:\g4 15 .:te2 f5 with better chances
for B1ack.
13 ... ltJxe4!
This move has never been used in
toumament practice, although it leads to
profitaЬle comp1ications for B1ack. An
altemative is 13 ... ll:ld7:
а) 14 lLJa3 exd4 15 cxd4 lLJa5 16 .ic2
Ь4 17 ttJь 1 .:te8 18 lLJbd2 lLJf8 19 i.еЗ d5
20 е5 lLJc4 with active р1ау for B1ack,
Minic-Stein, Yugos1avia-USSR 1963.
 Archangel with 7 :eJ : Minor Lines
Ь) 14 �h4 (а Jogical move, as Black
has removed his pieces from the king­
side; nevenheless Black has good coun­
terplay) l 4 . . . exd4 1 5 �f5 gб l б �xd4
�xd4 (interesting is l б . . . �с5 ; e.g. , 17
�хЬ5 �е5 1 8 ..iеЗ �еdЗ 1 9 ..ixc5 �хс5
20 �d2 �хе4 21 �хе4 ..ixe4 +) 17 cxd4
..ixe4 1 8 ..ihб ( 1 8 �сЗ ..ixg2) 18 . . . .:1.е8
19 �сЗ ..ib7 +.
с) 1 4 ..id5 ! ? �сЬ8 ( 1 4 .. .'ita7 ;!;) 1 5
dxe5 �хе5 1 б �аЗ �bd7 ;!; Kettner­
Gschnitzer, Lauda 1 98б.
14 .l:!.xe4 �xd4 15 Пхd4
1 5 cxd4 ..i xe4 leads to а promising
position for Black.
15...exd4 16 cxd4 .txrз 17 gxfЗ 1Va1
18 �сЗ 'ii'x d1 + 19 ..ixd1
Black has an excellent ending after
both 1 9 ... .:1.а8 and 19 . . .Ь4.
Н6)
10...h6!
This makes 1 1 ..ig5 impossiЫe. Now:
Н61 : 1 1 axbS б5
Н62: 1 1 �4 б7
1 1 'itdЗ transposes to Line D 1 , 1 1
�аЗ 0-0 to Н5 1 and 1 1 hЗ to ЕЗ.
Н61 )
1 1 axbS axbS 12 1:1.ха8 'ii'xa8
After 1 2. . . ..ixa8 1З �аЗ 'ii'd7? ! 14
�хЬ5 О-О 1 5 �аЗ �е7 1 б ..ic2 Вlack has
no compensation for the pawn, Akesson­
Jonasson, corr. 1 97б.
Now:
Н611: 13 dS б5
Н612: 13 �аз бб
Other moves are weaker:
а) 1 3 �h4 �е7 14 d5 0-0 1 5 �аЗ сб
1 б dхсб .i.хсб 1 7 'it'xdб �хе4 1 8 �хе7
.i.c5 19 �хе5 ..ixf2+ 20 ФП ..ixh4 2 1
.:l.e2 �Ь7 22 �с2 .:l.a8 with excellent play
for Black, Berg1und-Hamarat, corr. 1978.
Ь) 13 dxe5 �хе5 =.
65
Н61 1 )
13 d5 �e7
Тhе most logica1 move, supporting the
possiЬle pawn-break . . . f5. Another plan
is 1З ...�а5 14 ..ic2:
а) 14 . . . 0-0 1 5 �h4 is good for White.
Ь) 14...�g4 !? 1 5 .:1.fl 'it'a7 1 б 1Ve2 0-0
1 7 �h4 (Coudray-Cunetto, Paris 1 99З)
17 . . . �xf2 ! 18 .:l.xf2 f5 ! ао .
14 �а3
Others:
а) 14 hЗ 0-0 15 �аЗ .:l.d8 1 б �h2 ( 1 б
�хЬ5 с б 1 7 dхсб ..iхсб 1 8 с4 �хе4 1 9
..iеЗ ..ia5 2 0 .:l.e2 d 5 2 1 'it'c 1 d4 + Pop­
escu) 1б ...сб l 7 �g4 �xg4 1 8 'il*'xg4 Фh8
19 dхсб ..iхсб 20 Фh2 .:l.f8 = Sarink­
Bieluczyk, corr. 1 98б.
Ь) 14 ..iеЗ .i.хеЗ 15 .:l.хеЗ �g4 (or
1 5 . . . 0-0 1 б �аЗ transposing to note 'с'
after Black's 14th move) lб .:l.e l f5 17
exf5 (17 �fd2 �fб 18 f3 0-0 1 9 �аз
'ita7+ 20 Фh l "itьб with very good coun­
terplay for Black, Richter-Hamarat, corr.
1 980) 17 . . . �fб 1 8 �аЗ ..ixd5 1 9 ..ixd5
�fxd5 20 �хЬ5 0-0 21 с4 'i!Vb7 Ped­ =
zich-Jepson, AaiЬorg U-20 Ech 1 99 1 .
14...0-0
Now:
а) 15 �хЬ5 (this move is not as bad
as its reputation) 15 ... �g4 and now:
а l ) 1 б ..iеЗ �хеЗ 17 fхеЗ 'il'e8 (after
1 7 ... f5?! 18 �хе5 White gains an advan­
tage) 1 8 ..ia4 (otherwise l 8 . . . f5 with
counterplay for Black) 1 8 . . .'�а8 1 9 �d2
( 1 9 ..tьз ) l 9 .. .f5 20 �с4 �аб 21 �хЬб
=
'il*'xbб with compensation for the pawn.
а2) l б .:l.fl f5 17 exf5 ( 1 7 hЗ? �xf2
18 .:l.xf2 ..ixf2+ 19 Фхf2 fxe4 20 �хс7
'itb8 2 1 �еб .:l.fб -+ Hodges) 17 ... ..ixd5
( 17 . . ..:l.xf5 18 с4 followed Ьу �сЗ-е4, hЗ
and ..iеЗ gives White the better chances)
1 8 с4 ..tп 19 �fd4 ао.
Ь) 15 ..ic2 �g4 l б Пе2 f5 17 h3 �xf2
18 .U.xf2 fxe4 19 .i.xe4 ..ixd5 20 ..ixd5+
'it'xd5 21 'il'xd5+ �xd5 -+ Kachovich­
Matsukevich, USSR 1 975.
66 Archangel and New Archangel
с) 15 .tеЗ .i.хеЗ 1 6 J:.хеЗ tt'a5 17
.tc2 ltJg4 18 J:.e1 (18 hЗ ; 1 8 'it'dЗ )
= =
18 ... 'it'b6 1 9 J:.fl ? ! f5 20 ltJh4 ltJxf2 2 1
J:.xf2 fxe4 2 2 "iVe2 (Petrushin-Matsukev­
ich, USSR 1970) 22 . . . g5 23 .txe4 gxh4
24 .tfЗ (24 'it'g4+ Фh8 25 .tfЗ tt'eз -+)
24 ... .txd5 25 tt'xb5 with а better posi­
tion for Black after 25 ...е4 or 25 . . . .txf3.
d) 15 hЗ:
d 1 ) 15 . . .tt'a7 1 6 .tеЗ .tхеЗ 17 J:.хеЗ
'i!Vb6 1 8 .tc2 J:.d8 1 9 .i.dЗ с6 20 dxc6
.txc6 Kekov-Belozerov, Moscow Ch
= Debrecen Echt 1 992.
1 996.
d2) l 5 ...tt'a5 (Bienenstock-Hodges,
corr. 1 994) 16 tt'e2 Ь4 17 ltJc4 .ta6 or 16
..WdЗ Ь4 17 ltJc4 .ta6 (Нodges).
= с2) After 1 5 . . .ltJxe4 (Hansson-Thor­
Н61 2)
13 ltJa3 (D)
13 . .. 0-0
An alternative is 13 ...exd4:
а) 14 ltJxb5 and now 14 . . . 0-0 trans­
poses to the main line. 14 ... dxc3 is an in­
teresting alternative, giving Black chances
to fight for an advantage.
·Ь) After 14 cxd4 0-0, 1 5 ltJxb5 trans­
poses to the main line. Instead 1 5 .tc2?!
ltJЬ4 1 6 d5 ltJxc2 17 ltJxc2 с6 gave Black
the better position in Hammar-Кaiszauri,
Swedish Ch 1 977.
14 lЬхЬ5
Or 14 d5 ltJa5 ( 1 4. . .ltJe7 1ooks more
logical, transposing to Н6 1 1 ), and now
both 15 .ta2 and 1 5 .tc2 should Ье met
Ьу 15 ... ltJg4 followed Ьу . . . f5 with good
counterplay.
14...exd4
14 ... ltJa5 is also very good:
а) 1 5 d5? ltJxbЗ .1 6 tt'xbЗ ltJxe4 ! and
White cannot play 17 J:.xe4 because of
1 7 ... .txd5 1 8 J:.c4 tt'a1 and Black is win­
ning.
Ь) 1 5 .ta2 exd4 16 ltJЬxd4 .i.xe4 17
.i.еЗ ltJc6 Ifz. Ifz Ernst-Fernandez Garcia,
с) 15 .tc2 and now:
с1) 15 ... .txe4 16 .i.xe4 ltJxe4 Arnlind­
Popov, corr. 1 968 .
hallsson, lcelandic Ch 1 987) White can
fight for an advantage with 1 6 Ь4 ltJc4 1 7
tt'e2.
сЗ) 15 ... exd4 16 cxd4 .txe4 1 7 .txe4
ltJxe4 1 8 'it'dЗ ltJf6 = Ladisic-Va1enti,
Paris Ch 1 988.
d) 1 5 dxe5 dxe5 and now:
d 1 ) 16 .tеЗ? J:.d8 ! gives B1ack the ad­
vantage.
d2) 1 6 ltJxe5 ltJxbЗ 1 7 'it'xbЗ .txe4
with strong counterplay for Black.
dЗ) 1 6 .tc2 ltJg4 ( 1 6 ... .ta6 ! ? 1 7 .i.dЗ
J:.d8 1 8 'i*'e2 ltJg4 19 .tеЗ gives Black ex­
cellent play) 1 7 ltJfd4 ttJxf2 1 8 Фхf2 exd4
19 ltJxd4 ( 19 cxd4 'i*'d8 1eads to strong
counterp1ay for Black) 1 9 . . . ltJc6 with
good play for Black.
15 cxd4
15 ltJЬxd4 ltJxd4 16 ltJxd4 .i.xe4 17 fЗ
.tg6 18 .tеЗ J:.e8 1 9 .ta4 J:.e5 20 .tf2
J:.xe 1 + 21 .i.xe 1 ltJd5 with а good game
for Black, Howell-Malaniuk, Amantea
1995.
15 lLia5
••.
After 1 5 ... J:.e8 1 6 llJc3 lLia5 1 7 .ta4
J:.e7 1 8 d5 "ika7 19 .tеЗ .tхеЗ 20 J:.хеЗ
ltJc4 21 J:.e2 fi'a5 22 lLid4 Black has no
compensation for the pawn, Stok1asa­
Hala, Czech Ch 1 994.
16 .i.c2
 Archangel with 7 :ez: Minor Lines
Other moves:
а) 1 6 d5? ! l2Jxb3 1 7 'i'xb3 l2Jxe4 ! 1 8
J:xe4 ( 1 8 .ie3 .ixd5 1eaves B1ack а
pawn up, Tolnai-Yilmaz, Budapest 1 992)
18 . . . .ixd5 19 J:c4 and now:
а 1) 19 ... J:e8 20 'i'd3 (20 -..с3 ! ? .ixc4
2 1 'it'xc4 d5 22 -..п is equa1) 20 . . .'ir'a5
(20 . . . .ixc4) 2 1 J:c3 .ixfЗ 22 gxfЗ J:e5
(but not 22 ... с6? 23 J:xc6 .ixf2+ 24 'iii'g2
.ic5 25 l2Jxd6 .ixd6 26 J:xd6 +- Pan­
czyk-Wesolowski, Polish U-21 Ch 1 976)
23 l2Jxd6 (Вade-Gorbu1eva, corr. 1 977)
23 ...J:d5 24 ltJc4 J:xd3 25 l2Jxa5 =.
а2) 19 .. JWe8 ! and now:
а2 1 ) 20 ,..с 3?! 'i'e2 2 1 J:d4 (Gulko­
B aikov, Moscow 1975) 21 ... J:e8 22 .ie3
'ifxb5 23 J:g4 g5 24 h4 (24 l2Jxg5 hxg5
25 J:xg5+ Фf8 -+) 24. . . .ixf3 25 gxfЗ
.ixe3 26 fxe3 ,..е2 27 е4 J:a8 -+.
а22) 20 'ifi'fl ,..е6 21 l2Ja3 .ic5 22
'iic 3 J:e8 23 .ie3 .ixa3 24 J:xc7 .ic5 +.
а23) 20 .ie3 .ixc4 2 1 ..,хс4 .ixe3 22
fxe3 -..хе3+ 23 Фh l -..п 24 h3 is 1i.kely
to end up in а queen ending with three
Ьlack pawns on the kingside against two
white ones; e.g., 24 ...-.-хЫ 25 ,..с6 J:b8
26 ltJfd4 followed Ьу -..хс7.
Ь) 1 6 e5 dxe5 1 7 dxe5 J:d8 ( 1 7 ... l2Jg4
deserves attention; e.g., 1 8 ltJbd4 ltJxb3
19 ... хЬ3 l2Jxt2 20 Фхf2 .ixfЗ 21 gxfЗ
.ixd4+ 22 Фg2 ..,а5 and B1ack wins а
pawn, or 1 8 ltJfd4 ltJx1;>3 19 'tixg4 l2Jxd4
20 l2Jxd4 .ixd4 2 1 ...xd4 .ixg2 with а
nicer position for B1ack) 1 8 exf6 J:xd 1
1 9 .ixd 1 g5 20 .id2 .id5 2 1 .iсЗ .ib3
22 .ie2 .ic4 + M.Schlosser-Mainka, Vi­
enna 1 99 1 .
16 l2Jxe4
...
А good altemative is 1 6 ... .ixe4 1 7
.ixe4 l2Jxe4 1 8 'iid3 (or 1 8 ...c2 ltJf6 1 9
.if4 ltJd5 2 0 .id2 ..,с6 2 1 ltJc3 l2Jxc3 22
Ьхс3 J:e8 23 J:xe8+ 'tixe8 Saha-Sar­ =
itha, Calcutta 1 994) 1 8 . . . l2Jf6 ( 1 8 ... f5 ! ?)
1 9 ltJc3 J:e8 20 J:xe8+ ,..хе8 21 h3 l2Jc6
22 .ie3 ltJЬ4 (or 22 . . . l2Je7 23 ltJd2 'i'a8
24 l2Jc4 'it'a6 25 'i'e2 l2Jed5 26 l2Jxb6
67
-..хе2 27 l2Jxe2 l2Jxb6 28 l2Jc3 ltJfd5 =
Pulkkinen-Furhoff, Helsinki-Stockholm
1 997) 23 'tiь5 'ikxb5 24 tiJxb5 ltJdЗ 25
Ь3 l2Je4 Wachtel-Nickoloff, Toronto
=
1 975.
17 ltJc3 ltJf6 18 "ifdЗ Пе8 1 9 J:xe8+
'tixe8 20 .iеЗ 'ika8 21 ltJh4 ltJc6 22 ,..d 1
l2Jb4 23 i.Ы Фf8 24 'i'ЬЗ ltJbdS
Black has an excellent game, Sznapi.k­
Mainka, Dortmund 1 989.
Н62)
l l ltJh4 (D)
l l l2Je7
.•.
Or:
а) An interesting idea is 1 1 ... exd4 1 2
l2Jf5 dxc3 ( 1 2 . . .0-0) 1 3 l2Jxg7+ Фf8 1 4
l2Jf5 схЫ ( 1 4... l2Je7 !?) 1 5 .ixЬ2 ltJe5 1 6
.ixe5 dxe5 1 7 'iifЗ .id4 ( 1 7 . . .Ь4 ! ?) 1 8
l2Jc3 (V.Muller-Lang, Tallinn girls Ech
1 997) 18 . . .с5 ! ? 1 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 20 J:xa8
.ixa8 2 1 l2Jxd4 exd4 22 l2Jxb5 J:g8 with
good chances for Black.
Ь) 1 1 . . . 0-0 1 2 'i'fЗ l2Ja5 1 3 .id 1 ?
(White should play 1 3 .ic2; if Black an­
swers this in the same way, then White
obtains compensation) 1 3 . . .exd4 1 4 l2Jf5
(Young-Schulien, Philade1phia 1 989) and
now 14 . . . .ixe4! 1 5 J:xe4 (or 1 5 ltJxh6+
gxh6 16 J:xe4 l2Jxe4 17 -..хе4 J:e8 1 8
'ikg4+ 'ii'g5 -+) 1 5 ...l2Jxe4 1 6 'i'xe4 J:e8
17 l2Jxh6+ Фf8 wins for Black.
12 'ii'f3
68 Arclwngel and New Archangel

Others:
а) 12 d5 0-0 13 l2Jd2 с6 14 с4 ( 1 4
dxc6 !?) 1 4 . . . Ьхс4 15 dxc6 i.xc6 with а в
good game for Black, Taivainen-Tiihonen,
соп. 198 1
Ь) 12 ..-dз 'ii'd7 (B1ack shou1d castle
kingside here or on the next move) 13 h3
0-0-0 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 ltJaЗ ! g5 16 lDf5
lDxf5 ( 1 6. . .с6 does not help; after 17
ttJxe7+ •хе7 1 8 d5 White has а strong
queenside initiative whereas B1ack's king­
side counterplay is too late: 18 ...g4 19
dxc6 i.xc6 20 i.d5 ±) 1 7 exf5 'ii'c6? ! This move is not necessary and in
( 1 7 . . .с6 18 dxe5 dxe5 19 'i'xd7+ .l:txd7 some variations may Ье а 1oss of time.
20.1:txe5 g4 21 ФП ± Amason) 18 f3 exd4 The threat ...exd4 followed Ьу ...l2Jxe4 is
(W.Watson-Po1aczek, London 1 989) 19 illusory.
cxd4 and Black has no compensation for 1 1 а4
the pawn. Others:
12... с6 а) 1 1 ' dxe5 dxe5 12 i.xb6 схЬ6 1 3
Or: ltJbd2 h6 14 а4 Ьха4 1 5 .l:txa4 Ь 5 1 6 .l:ta1
а) 12...exd4? 13 l2Jf5 0-0? 14 lLixh6+ .l:td8 17 'ite2 0-0 Vasi1escu-Wie1and,
=

gxh6 1 5 1i'xf6 and, compared with the fi­ соп. 1980.

na1 note ( 1 3 ltJxd4) in Line G2, B lack has Ь) 1 1 h3 ltJa5 (after 1 1 ...exd4 12 cxd4
fatal1y weakened his kingside. B1ack cannot play 12 . . .ltJxe4? in view of
Ь) 12 ... 'ii'd7! ? 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 .1:txa8+ 13 i.g5 f6 14 i.d5 +-; 1 1 ... 0-0 1 2 l2Jbd2
i.xa8 1 5 'il'gЗ .l:tg8 1ooks very good for h6 transposes to Line I3 1) 12 i.c2 с5 (af­
B1ack. ter 1 2 . . . ltJc4 1 3 i.c 1 exd4 14 cxd4 the
13 dxeS dxeS 14 ltJd2 piece sacrifice 14 . . . ltJxe4 15 i.xe4 i.xe4
14 'itgЗ Фf8 15 i.e3 t. 1 6 liJfd2 ltJxd2 17 l2Jxd2 f5 1 8 f3 is in­
14.. .'i'c7 1 5 ltJП 0-0-0 coпect) 13 liJbd2 ( 1 3 d5 ! ?), Stefansson­
1 5 . . . с5 ! ?. Babu, Linares 1 996, and now 13 . . . exd4
16 lLigз Фьs 14 cxd4 ltJc6 deserves attention.
White has Ьetter chances in а comp1i­ с) 1 1 ltJbd2 0-0 12 i.c2 .l:tad8 1 3 аЗ
cated position, Eichhom-Hintikka, соп. h6 14 h3 .l:tfe8 15 ltJП ltJa5 1 6 ltJg3 ltJc4
1 99 1 . 17 i.c 1 and White had а slight advantage
in the game Gelfand-Akopian, Jurmala
1) 1 985.
10 i.еЗ (D) d) 11 d5 ! ?.
Now: 11 ...0-0 12 liJbd2 ltJaS 13 i.c2 ltJg4
11: 10.. .'Wie7?! 68 14 .IТi.gS f6 15 .1Тi.h4 с5 16 Ь4 схЬ4 17
12: 10 ...exd4 !? 69 схЬ4 ttJc6 18 axbS axbS 19 .l:txa8 i.xa8
13: 10...h6 69 20 'ife2 exd4
14: 10...0-0 76 20....1:tb8 !?.
21 'itxbS
11) White has the better chances, Gazik­
10...'�е7? ! Gross, Ceske Budejovice 1993.
 Archangel with 7 'fiel: Minor Lines 69

12) с) l l ... g5 ! ? 12 ltJbd2 ( 1 2 а4 trans­

10...exd4!? 11 cxd4 ltJa5 12 d5 poses to the note to Black's 1 1 th move in
1 2 i.c2 0-0 13 ltJЬd2 1:e8 14 е5 dxe5 15 Line E3; 1 2 d5 ! ?) 1 2 . . . 'ii'd7 ( 1 2 . . . g4 ! ?) 13
dxe5 i.xe3 1 6 1:хе3 ltJg4 (16 ... ltJd5 !?)
= а4 g4 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 1:ха8+ i.xa8 16
Lederer-Ventura, corr. 1 970. dxe5 i.xe3 1 7 1:хе3 dxe5 with а good
12...i.xe3 game for Black, Ulfarsson-Thorfinnsson,
1 2 ... с6 13 ltJc3 ( 1 3 dxc6 ! ?) 13 ... i.xe3 Hafnarfjordur 1 995.
14 1:хе3 = Jok�ic-P1aninc, Yugoslavia 12 ltJbd2 (D)
1 975.
13 J:.xe3 0-0
13 ...ltJxb3 14 't't'xb3 ttJd7 15 ltJЬd2 0-0
1 6 1:с 1 J:c8 17 ltJd4 1:е8 18 ._.d 1 ltJe5 19 в
1:ес3 'i*'d7 20 f*'h5 (20 Ь4 ! ?) 20. . . с5 2 1
ltJf5 (2 1 dxc6! ?), Kuijf-Voorrnans, 198 1 ,
2 1 . . .g 6 gives Black а good position.
14 ltJbd2 ltJxb3 15 ..-хЬ3 с6
= Bu1jovCic-Planinc, Yugoslavia 1975.

13)
10...h6 1 1 h3
Altematives:
а) 1 1 ltJbd2 0-0 1 2 ltJfl ( 1 2 dxe5 Now:
dxe5 13 i.xb6 схЬ6 14 'ii'e2 'ii'c7 15 ltJh4 131: 12.. .'ii'e7 69
ltJe7 1 6 J:ad 1 1:ad8 17 lDf5 Spassky­ 132: 12...ltJd7 70
Smejkal, Sochi 1 973, 1 7 . . . ltJxf5! ЕСО;
= 133: 12...'ii'd7 70
12 а4 exd4 13 ltJxd4 ltJxd4 1f2-lf2 Kuczyn­ 134: 12..J:te8 70
ski-Panczyk, Bydgoszcz 1 985) 12 . . . 1:е8 135: 12...'ilkb8 73
( 1 2 ...exd4 ! ? 1 3 cxd4 ltJa5 with good р1ау 136: 12...J:tb8 73
for B1ack) 1 3 d5 ltJe7 14 i.xb6 схЬ6 1 5 137: 12...exd4 73
i.c2 i.c8 1 6 ltJ3d2 ltJh7 17 ltJe3 1:f8 1 8
а4 Ьха4 1 9 1:ха4 (Solomunovic-Mainka, 131 )
B aden 1 993) 19 .. .f5 gives Black suffi­ 1 2 Ji'e7 13 ltJh4
.•

cient counterplay. White tries to take advantage of the

Ь) 1 1 d5 ltJe7 1 2 i.xb6 схЬ6 13 ltJbd2
0-0 with р1ау like in line 'а' .
1 1 ...0-0
Other ideas:
а) 1 1 .. .'iVd7 1 2 ltJbd2 0-0-0? 13 d5
ltJe7 14 i.xb6 схЬ6 15 с4 g5 16 схЬ5 ахЬ5
17 а4 ± Montecatine- Van der Griendt,
corr. 1 988.
Ь) l l ... �e7 12 ltJbd2 ltJd8 ( 12 ... lUd7?!
1 3 i.d5 ! ? lDf6 14 dxe5 dxe5 15 а4 ±) 13
d5 ( 1 3 а4 ! ?) 1 3 ... i.xe3 14 1:хе3 ltJh5 15
fact that Black's queen may Ье attacked
with tempo. Less 1ogical is 13 ltJfl exd4 ! ?
1 4 cxd4 ltJa5, when Black has a n exce1-
lent position.
в. . .'�'d7 14 ttJr5 ttJe7!?
Or:
а) 14 . . . �h7 ? ! 15 'it'fЗ ltJe7? 16 ltJxh6
gxh6 17 'ii'xf6 +- Djurhuus-Thorfinns­
son, Copenhagen 1 996.
Ь) 14 ...exd4 1 5 cxd4 ltJe7 16 ltJg3 ( 1 6
ltJxe7+ 'ii'xe7 ; 1 6 ltJxh6+ gxh6 1 7
=

g3 i.c8 1 6 �h2 g6 1 7 а4 � Scuderi­ i.xh6 1:fe8 { 1 7 . . . i.xd4? 1 8 lDf3 i s ex­

Oppici, 1 990. tremely good for White; 17 ...ltJg6 1 8 i.xf8
70 Archangel and New Archangel
1:txf8 1 9 d5 gives White the better pros­
pects } 1 8 'ii'rз �xd4 19 'ii'g З+ ltJg4 20
hxg4 �хЬ2 2 1 .:taЬl .te5 ао) 1 6 ... с5 1 7
'ii'rз gives White а kingside initiative; e.g.,
17...cxd4 ( 1 7...ltJc6 1 8 ltJf5) 1 8 �xh6.
1S ltJxh6io
Otherwise the position is equal.
15 ...gxh6 16 .txh6 ltJg6
1 6 . . . 1:tfe8? 1 7 dxe5 dxe5 1 8 'ii'rз +-.
17 'ii'f3 ltJh7
1 7...'ii'e7?! 1 8 �g5 ! Фg7? ( 1 8 .. ЙJf4!?)
1 9 ltJfl �с8 20 ltJgЗ ltJf4 2 l liJf5+ �xf5
22 exf5 +-.
18 �xf8
1 8 dxe5 !? 1:tfe8 ( l 8 . . . dxe5 19 �xf8
1:txf8 20 1:tad1 with better chances for
White) 1 9 exd6 cxd6 is interesting, when
White has three pawns and the initiative
for the piece.
18...1:txf8
The position is unclear.
132)
12...ltJd7 в ttJn
Other plans are:
а) 13 d5 ltJe7 1 4 ltJfl f5 15 exf5 ltJxf5
16 �xb6 ltJxb6 17 ltJeЗ 'ii'd7 1 8 'ii'd2 а5
with excellent play for Black, Ponnus­
wamy-Bakliwal, Calcutta 1996.
Ь) 1З aЗ ltJe7 14 �а2 'ith8 15 Ь4 а5
1 6 'ii'c2 ахЬ4 1 7 ахЬ4 f5 1 8 dxe5 �хеЗ
19 .:tхеЗ ltJxe5 20 ltJxe5 dxe5 with good
counterp1ay for Black, Short-Kamsky,
Linares РСА Ct (6) 1994.
с) 1З .i.d5 !? 1:tb8 (l3 ... 1:te8 !? followed
Ьу . . .ltJf6) 14 а4 exd4 1 5 cxd4 ltJЬ4 1 6
�хЬ7 1:tхЬ7 (Кhalifman-Malaniuk, Tash­
kent 1 987) 1 7 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 'ii'bЗ с5 1 9
е5 ! gives White real chances to obtain an
advantage.
13 ltJe7 14 ltJg3 cS 15 ltJЬ4
.•.
1 5 :C2 'ii'c7 1 6 1:td2 liJf6 17 �c2 .:tad8
(а sharper plan for Black is 17 ... exd4 1 8
cxd4 ltJg6 19 ltJh2 1:tfe8 20 d5 ltJe5 2 1
1:te2 с 4 with chances for both sides,
Oden-Dodderidge, 1996) 1 8 .:tc 1 ltJg6 19
а4 1:tfe8 20 d5 с4 2 1 �хЬ6 'ii'xb6 Lju­
=
bojevic-Beliavsky, Reggio Emilia 1 99 1 .
1 5 ltJf6 16 "ii'f3
•.•
After 1 6 dxe5 dxe5 17 'i'fЗ с4 B1ack
can equalize more easi1y.
16...с4
16 ...cxd4 1 7 cxd4 .i.xd4 18 �xd4 exd4
19 ltJgf5 ltJxf5 20 ltJxf5 also gives White
the better position.
17 .tc2 ltJg6 18 ltJhf5 d5 19 1:tad1
dxe4 20 ltJxe4 ltJxe4 21 .txe4 �хе4 22
'iixe4 exd4 23 .txd4 .i.xd4 24 1:txd4
'ii'e8 25 'i'Ы 'ii'b8 26 h4
White has the initiative. 26 ... h5? ! 27
'i'd 1 1:te8 28 1:txe8+ 'i'xe8 29 'ii'xh5 gave
him an extra pawn in Dolmatov-Potapov,
Russian Ch 1 997.
133)
12... 'iid7 13 .tc2
Or 1 З аЗ .:tae8 14 �с2 exd4 1 5 cxd4
ltJe7 1 6 ltJh2 ltJg6 and Black has active
play, Komeev-Piпot, Metz 1 997.
13.. J:tae8 14 dS
After 14 аЗ exd4 (or 1 4... ltJb8) 1 5
cxd4 ltJe7 Black's position i s quite good.
14 ... ltJe7 15 �хЬ6 схЬ6 16 �d3 ltJg6
17 a4 ltJf4 18 �n Ьха4 19 'ii'xa4 ЬS
Black has good counterplay on the
kingside, Kuczynski-Polaczek, Saint John
1988.
 Archangel with 7 1le 1 : Minor Lines
An advantage of this move is the in­
tensification of the pressure оп the е-file,
but after the possiЬle response d5 Black's
rook stands worse. Now:
1341: 13 1i'Ы 71
1342: 1 3 dS 71
А removal of the tension in the centre
cannot give White any advantage: 1 3 dxe5
llJxe5 ( 1 3 . . . dxe5 is a1so good) 1 4 .iхЬб
схЬб I 5 llJxe5 dxe5 16 :tеЗ 1r'd6 17 •е2
'ilkcб 1 8 :tel :tad8 1 9 llJfl :tdб 20 llJgЗ
gб Oney-Arduman, Ankara 1 997.
= 'а' to Black's 1 3th move.
1341 )
13 'i*'Ы llJaS
Alternatives:
а) 13 ...exd4 14 cxd4 llJa5 (not good is
14 . . . d5 15 e5 llJe4? 1 6 llJxe4 dxe4, Вес­
еlТа Rivero-Coret Frasquet, Mislata 1996,
Ьecause of 17 •xe4 llJa5 18 •g4 llJxb3
1 9 .ixhб gб 20 ахЬЗ JtxfЗ 21 •хfЗ
.ixd4 22 :tad 1 с5 23 Ь4 �б 24 Ьхс5
.ixc5 25 еб +- ВесеlТа Rivero and Mor­
eno) 15 .ic2 llJc4 ! ? l б llJxc4 Ьхс4 =.
Ь) 13 .....d7 14 аЗ (14 d5 ! ?) 14 ...llJa5
(now the manoeuvre 14 . . . exd4 1 5 cxd4
llJa5 1 6 .ic2 llJc4 17 llJxc4 Ьхс4 is even
better than on the 1 3th move) 15 Jtc2
llJc4 l б llJxc4 Ьхс4 17 dxe5 dxe5 1 8 -.а2
llJxe4 1 9 .ixbб liJd2 20 llJxd2 •xd2 2 1
Ь 4 (or 2 1 Jtxc7 'ilkxc2 2 2 .ixe5 :txe5 23
:txe5 'iWgб 24 gЗ •сб 25 Фfl •ь 1 + with
а perpetual check; risky is 2 1 .ta4 "itgS
22 g4 •f4 23 :tеЗ :ted8 ! with а very
strong attack for Black) 2 1 . . . 'ii'g5 22 .te4
.ixe4 23 :txe4 схЬб 24 '1i'xc4 Celis­ =
Escandell, Villa Ballester 1996.
с) 13 . . . :tc8 14 а4 exd4 15 cxd4 llJa5
16 .tc2 с5 ( l б ... Ь4 !?; 16 ...llJc4) 17 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 18 d5 с4 1 9 llJd4 Ь4 20 Jta4 (Kon­
guvel-Gokhale, Ubeda 1 999) 20. . . :te5
with excellent play for Black (2 1 f4?
llJxd5 ! ).
d) 13 . . .llJb8 14 dxeS dxe5 1 5 Jtxbб
схЬб 1 6 а4 Ьха4 17 .txa4 llJbd7 18 "ita2
71
..с7 Ermolinsky-Malaniuk, Sverd1ovsk
=
1 987.
е) 13 ...llJh5 !? and now:
е 1 ) 14 'l!i'dЗ 'ii'fб 1 5 а4 exd4 16 cxd4
(Kosten-KaaЬi, Cannes 1 992) 1 6. . . llJf4
gives Black а very good position.
е2) 14 llJfl "itfб 1 5 llJ 1 h2 (ВесеlТа
Rivero-Nguyen Anh Dung, Erevan OL
1 996) 15 ...exd4 16 cxd4 �gб gives Black
quite а promising position.
14 .ic2 cS
14 . . . exd4! ? 15 cxd4 transposes to note
15 d5 с4
15 ... .ic8 16 ЬЗ llJb7 17 'ilkd1 ( 1 7 аЗ ! ?)
1 7 ... .ia5 1 8 llJЬl .id7 1 9 llJfd2 llJh7 20
аЗ ..-м 21 Ь4 схЬ4 22 схЬ4 Jtd8 23 llJfЗ
'jjj'h5 24 liJbd2 llJg5 and Black equalized
in Sirias-Fernandez, Managua 1987.
16 Ь4 схЬ3 17 ахЬ3 Jtc8 18 Ь4 llJb7
19 с4 �d7 20 cxbS iLxbS 21 Jtd3 hd3
22 ..xd3 .ixe3 23 'ilkxe3 aS
Тhе position is equal, Rowson-Emms,
British League (4NCL) 1 997/8.
1342)
13 dS (D)
в
Now:
13421 : 13 llJa5 72
...
13422: 13...llJe7 72
1 3 . . . llJb8 14 Jtxbб схЬб 1 5 llJfl liJbd7
16 .ic2 :tc8 1 7 llJe3 gб 1 8 llJg4? ! ( 1 8
72 Archangel and New Archangel
l2Jh2!?) 1 8 . . . l2Jxg4 19 hxg4 liJf6 20 g5
hxg5 21 l2Jxg5 Фg7 22 �d2 1:1.h8 gives
Black а good game, Vuckovic-Nurkie­
wicz, Tallinn U-18 Ech 1 997.
1342 1 )
1 3...l2Ja5 14 �с2!?
This very interesting move is probaЬiy
Ьest. White wants to play Ь4, which is no
threat after 14 �хЬ6 схЬ6 1 5 �с2 ( 1 5 а4
l2Jxb3 16 �хЬ3 Ьха4 17 .,ха4 Ь5 18 'i'Ь4
'flc7 1 9 liJb3 1:1.ас8 20 liJfd2 lLJh5 21 l2Ja5
.ia8 22 lLJfl liJf4 and Black stands well,
Degro-Wadle, corr. 1 9 9 1 ), viz. 15 . . .l2Jc4
1 6 1:1.Ы �с8 1 7 .id3 l2Jxd2 18 l2Jxd2 ( 18
'i!Vxd2 is well answered Ьу l8 . . . l2Jh5)
18 . . .l2Jh7 19 �е2 1:1.f8 ( l 9 . . . g6 20 1:1.а1
�d7 2 1 а4 Ьха4 22 .ixa6 tlJf6 23 .ib5 ;!;
Kapengut-Mikhalchishin, Cheliabinsk
1975; 19 ...liJf8 ! ?) 20 Ь4 (20 tlJfl !? f5 =)
20 . . . f5 21 exf5 �xf5 22 �xf5 1:1.xf5 23
�d3 1:1.f7 24 с4 Ьхс4 25 l2Jxc4 Ь5 26 l2Jd2
'i!Vb6 gives Black excellent play, Pin­
eault-Richardson, corr. 1 989.
Now (after 14 �с2):
а) 14 . . . .ixe3 15 1:1.хе3 с5 16 Ь4 схЬ4
17 схЬ4 l2Jc4 18 l2Jxc4 Ьхс4 19 1:1.с3 and
Black has proЫems with the c4-pawn.
Ь) 14 ... с5 ! ? 15 �е2 (now 15 Ь4 схЬ4
16 схЬ4 l2Jc4 17 l2Jxc4 Ьхс4 is not dan­
gerous for B1ack) 15 . . .с4 16 liJfl and
White's prospects look better.
с) 14...c6 1 5 Ь4 lLJc4 1 6 lLJxc4 bxc4 1 7
dxc6 .ixc6 1 8 �хЬб �хЬ6 1 9 .,xd6 ( 1 9
'i'e2 ! ? 1:1.ас8 20 liJd2 ± ) 1 9 . . . 1:1.ad8 20
.,с5 �хс5 21 bxc5 l2Jd7 22 liJd2 lLJxc5 23
l2Jxc4 (Vuckovic-Mussoni, Nova Gorica
1 998) 23 . . . .ib5 gives Black some com­
pensation for the pawn.
13422)
13...l2Je7 14 i.xb6
Or:
а) 14 а4 с6 (also good is 14 . . . .ixe3 15
1:1.xe3 l2Jgб ) 15 dxc6 l2Jxc6 (15 ... i.xc6!?)
= 17 �h2 liJf4 1 8 l2Jg1 ? �d7? ( 18 ...l2Jg4+!)
16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 17 ..е2 .ixe3 18 'i'хе3
l2Ja5 19 .ic2 (Pierrot-Ginzburg, La Car­
lota 1995) 19 . . . l2Jc4 20 l2Jxc4 Ьхс4 21
1:1.ха8 'i'xa8 =.
Ь) 14 l2Jh4 c6 15 .ixb6 �xb6 1 6 с4 (16
dxc6 ! ?), КоЬу Ianski -Shishkin, Ukrain­
ian Cht 1 99 1 , 1 6. . . cxd5 17 cxd5 1:1.ас8
gives Black excellent play.
14 ... схЬ6
Now:
а) 15 а4 Ьха4 1 6 .ixa4 Ь5 ( 1 6 . . .1:1.f8
17 �c2 l2Jd7 18 l2Jc4 �с7 19 liJe3 Ь5 20
l2Jh4 g6 2 1 g3 Фg7 22 Фh2 1:1.ае8 23 f4
l2Jg8 24 f5 ;!; Dolmatov-Mainka, Polanica
Zdroj 199 1) 17 .ic2 l2Jg6 (17...1:1.c8 18 .id3
...Ь6 19 .ifl 1:1.с7 20 с4 Ь4 { 20 ... 1:1.ес8 ! ? }
2 1 tlJb3 l2Jd7 2 2 liJfd2, Renet-Garcia,
Murcia 1990, 22 ...l2Jg6 ! ? =) 18 .id3 'i'b6
19 .ifl .ic8 20 Ь4 �d7 2 1 liJb3 Smi­ =
rin-Ibragimov, Leningrad 1 985.
Ь) 1 5 l2Jh4 .ic8 (or 1 5 ...1:1.f8 1 6 �f3
Фh7 1 7 lLJfl l2Je8 1 8 Фh2 g6 1 9 l2Je3
l2Jg7 with chances for both sides, Cela­
Sturua, Panormo Z 1 998) and now:
Ь l ) 16 а4 Ьха4 17 .ixa4 1:1.f8 18 Ь4
l2Jg6 19 l2Jxg6 fxg6 20 с4 l2Jh5 21 1:1.а3
(B ecerra-Arencibia, Santa Clara 1 994)
21 ...l2Jf4 ! ? with sufficient counterplay for
Black.
Ы) 16 �f3 l2Jd7 ( 1 6...1:1.а7 17 а4 Ьха4
18 .ixa4 .id7 1 9 .1xd7 �xd7 20 l2Jc4
'i!Vc7 21 lLJeЗ а5 22 liJef5 l2Jxf5 23 l2Jxf5
± Holmsten-Maidla, Jyvaskyla 1 998) 17
'i'g3 l2Jf8 1 8 .id 1 liJfg6 19 lLJxg6 lLJxg6
20 .ig4 l2Jf4 = Boersma-De Heer, Dieren
1991 .
с) 1 5 l2Jfl and now:
с 1 ) 15 . . . .ic8 16 .ic2 1:1.f8 1 7 l2Je3 gб
18 'ft'd2 Фh7 19 с4 Ьхс4 20 l2Jxc4 Ь5 21
l2Ja5 with а minimal advantage for White,
Vuckovic-Kolar, Nova Gorica 1998.
с2) 15 ...l2Jg6 16 .ic2 (after 16 lLJЗd2
l2Jf4 17 'i'f3 .ic8 18 .ic2 l2Jh7 19 l2Je3
l2Jg5 20 '*'g3 .id7 Black stands well, Hri­
bar-Кrustka1ns, ParduЬice 1996) 1 6 ... .ic8
19 1:1.с 1 h5? (the wrong plan) 20 l2Je3 g5
 Archangel with 7 'f:.el : Minor Lines
21 .tы g4 22 h4 �d8 2З gЗ lt:Jh7 (End­
ers-Lehmann, В udapest 1 995) 24 f3 ! +-.
сЗ) 15 ... lt:Jd7 16 lt:JeЗ lt:Jc5 17 .tc2
.:tc8 18 ltJh2 .:tc7 19 'itd2 .tc8 20 b4 tt:Jd7
(20 ...lt:Ja4 !? 2 1 c4 lt:Jb2) Herrera-Lugo,
=
Cuban Ch 1 99 1 .
d ) 1 5 .tc2 and now:
d 1 ) 15 . . .lt:Jh7 1 6 tt:Jп Фh8 17 tt:Jeз
.:tc8 18 .:te2 .:tc5 19 .:td2 .:tf8 20 lt:Je1 .:tc7
2 1 а4 ;!; Lau-Mainka, Lippstadt 199З.
d2) 15 ... lt:Jd7 ! ? 16 а4 Ьха4 17 .:txa4
Ь5 18 .:tаЗ �6 1 9 lt:Jfl а5 1ed to а draw
in Eh1vest-Kuzrnin, Tallinn 1 985.
dЗ) 15 ...lt:Jg6 16 .tdЗ .:tc8 17 .:tc 1
lt:Jd7 1 8 Ь4 (Ljubojevic-Gu1ko, Reggio
Erni1ia 1 99 1 ) 1 8 ... f5 ! 1 9 exf5 lt:Jf4 20
lt:Je4 lt:Jf6 2 1 ltJxf6+ 'itxf6 22 .te4 'ikf7 = Others:
(Gulko).
135)
12...'�Ь8 13 dS lt:Je7 14 �хЬ6 схЬ6
15 �c2 lt:Jd7 16 lt:Jh4 �d8 17 tlJfl
Now:
а) 17 ... g5 1 8 lt:Jf3 f5 19 exfS ltJxfS 20
ltJЗh2 'ikf6 2 1 lt:Jg4 flig7 22 ltJgeЗ lt:JxeЗ
2З lt:JxeЗ .:tf4 24 а4 ! ± Anand-Кamsky,
Las Palmas РСА Ct (З) 1 995.
Ь) 17 . . . lt:Jxd5 18 t2Jf5 lt:Je7 19 t2Jxd6
i.c6 ;!; (Anand).
с) 17 ...Ь4! ? 18 схЬ4 ( 1 8 с4) 18 ...t2Jxd5
19 lt:Jg6 ( 1 9 lt:Jf5 lt:JxЬ4 20 t2Jxd6 t2Jc5
with active р1ау for B1ack) 1 9 ... fxg6 20
.tьз lt:Jf6 and Black should equalize.
136)
12 ...:.ьs (DJ
. pects of obtaining а small advantage.
А so1id, non-forcing move.
13 i.c2
1 З d5 i.хеЗ (this exchange is possiЬle
now that ....:tb8 has Ьееn played) 14 .:tхеЗ
lt:Je7 1 5 a4 lt:Jd7 1 6 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 followed
Ьу ... fS gives Black counterplay.
13....:te8
But not 1 3 ...exd4 14 cxd4 lt:JЬ4 15 i.Ьl
с5 16 аЗ lt:Jc6 17 dxc5 and White wins а
pawn.
73
w
14 аЗ t2Ja7
An interesting idea is 14 ... exd4 1 5
cxd4 lt:Ja5 16 i.f4 ( 1 6 d5 с6) 16. . .lt:Jc4.
t S а4
а) 1 5 dxe5 dxe5 1 6 i.xb6 схЬ6 1 7
lt:Jh2 lt:Jc8 led to а draw i n Kutuzovic­
Mikhalchishin, Nova Gorica 1 998.
Ь) 1 5 fliЫ ! ? с5 ( 1 5 ... exd4 16 cxd4 с5
1 7 d5 ;!;) 16 d5 с4 17 а4 i.хеЗ 1 8 .:tхеЗ
'ii'Ь6 ( 1 8 ....:ta8 ! ?; 18 ...lt:Jc8) 19 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
20 ЬЗ схЬЗ 2 1 'ikxbЗ lt:Jc8 (21 ... .:ta8 ! ?) 22
i.dЗ i.a6 2З 'ikaЗ .:ta8 24 �Ь4 :tb8 25
tlJbЗ ± Sax-Godena, Catania 1 995.
1S...lt:Jc6
More logical looks 1 5 ... exd4 1 6 cxd4
( 1 6 i.xd4 can Ье met Ьу 16 . . .lt:Jd7 or
16 ... с5) 16 . . . Ьха4 1 7 :txa4 lt:Jb5 with
good play for Black.
16 axbS axbS
Кi.Georgiev-Beliavsky, Yugoslav Cht
1996. Now 17 d5 i.хеЗ 18 :tхеЗ lt:Je7 1 9
:te1 с 6 20 dxc6 i.xc6 gives White pros­
137)
12...exd4 13 cxd4 ltJЬ4 14 'i'Ьl
An alternative is 14 d5 tlJdЗ 15 J:.e2:
а) 15 ... с5 16 i.c2 (Ьetter is 16 'i'Ь1 , as
recommended Ьу ЕСО; now not 1 6 . . . с4
17 i.xc4, when White wins а pawn, but
1 6 ... lt:Je5 1 7 lt:Jxe5 dxe5 ;!;) 1 6 ... lt:JЬ4 1 7
i. Ь l (Aseev-Ivanov, Russian C h 1 994)
17 ... а5 18 a3 lt:Ja6 is рlауаЬ\е for Black.
74 Archangel and New Archangel
Ь) 15 ... с6 gives Black counterp1ay,
Кharlamov-Ivanov, Lipetsk 1994.
с) 15 ...ltJc5 16 �с2 .l:l.e8 and Black is
not doing badly.
d) 15...ltJxЬ2 16 f*'c2 ltJa4 17 �ха4
Ьха4 1 8 'i'xa4 .l:l.e8 1eaves Black active.
14 с5
.•.
Less accurate is 14 ...d5 15 e5 ltJe4 16
.l:l.d 1 'iid7 17 a3 ltJc6 18 ltJxe4 dxe4 19 е6
± Кapengut-Lepeshkin, USSR 1975.
15 аЗ
15 d5 с4 1 6 �c2 ltJd7 17 аЗ ltJxc2 18
'i'xc2 f5 with excellent counterp1ay for
Black, Renet-Shirov, Correze (6) 1 99 1 .
15...ltJc6 (D)
After 1 5 ... cxd4 the critical line is 16
�xh6!: 1 6...gxh6 17 ахЬ4 .l:l.e8 18 'i'd3 ±
or 16... ltJc6 17 е5 ! gxh6 18 'i'g6+ �h8
19 "ii'xh6+ ltJh7 20 �с2 with а very
strong attack for White.
w 1372)
Now:
1371: 16 dxc5 74
1372: 16 е5 74
1373: 16 d5 75
137 1 )
16 dxc5 dxc5 1 7 e5 ltJd5 18 ltJe4 с4
18 ...ltJxeЗ? loses to 19 ltJf6+!.
19 .I!Lxb6 'iixb6 20 .ic2
Now:
а) 20...ltJd4?! 21 ltJxd4 'iixd4 22 ltJd6
.ic6 23 .l:l.e4 and White has а dangerous
initiative on the kingside.
Ь) 20... a5 21 f*'c l Ь4 (21....1:1.аd8!?) 22
ltJf6+ ltJxf6 23 exf6 ltJd4 24 ltJxd4 'i*'xd4
25 fxg7 with better р1ау for White, De
Souza- Giaccio, Buenos Aires 1995.
с) 20....1:1.fe8 2 1 ltJd6 ltJxe5? (this sac­
rifice is incorrect; after 21....1:1.е7 22.ih7+
Фh8 23 еб fxe6 neither 24 .l:l.xe6 .l:l.f8 nor
24 llJh4 liJf4 gives White much) 22 ltJxe8
liJxf3+ 23 gxf3 ltJf4 24 .if5 ft'd8 (Xie
Jun- Shirov, Monaco rpd 1996) 25 .ig4
and White parries the attack.
d) 20...ltJce7 21 liJd6.ic6 (2 1 ....ic8
22 .ie4.ie6 23 'ii'd 1 .l:l.ad8 24 'i'd2 ltJc7
25 liJd4 f6 gives Black а very good posi­
tion; e.g., 26 'i'еЗ { threatening ltJc6}
26...liJed5 or 2 6 llJxe6 llJxe6 2 7 .id5
ltJxd5 28 'i'xd5 fxe5 29 'iixe6+ �h7) 2 2
е6 fxe6 23.ih7+ �h8 24 .l:l.xe6 .l:l.xfЗ 2 5
gxfЗ .l:l.f8 26 'ili'c2 �с7 gives Black а very
strong initiative for the sacrificed ex­
change, KuЬis-Ptacnik, corr. 1993.
е) 20....1:1.ad8!?.
16 е5 dxe5
16 ...cxd4 17.ixh6! transposes to the
note to Black's 1 5th move in Line !37.
17 dxc5
17 dxe5 transposes to Line I37 1 .
17 .ic7
•.•
l 7 ....ia7? (neglecting the d6-square)
18.ixh6 gxh6 19 'i*'g6+ Фh8 20 'i'xh6+
liJh7 2 1 llJe4 liJd4 22 liJxd4 exd4 (Mikh­
alchishin-Ma1aniuk, Lvov 1984) 23 с6
.ic8 24 ltJd6 +-.
18 Пd1 !?
Тhis move gives White extra possibil­
ities compared with 18 �с2 and 18.ic2
because of the pin on the d-file and his
activity. B1ack must р1ау very accurate1y
and energetically. Other moves:
а) 18.ixh6?! is the most forcing, but
B1ack сап parry the attack. l8 ...gxh6
( l 8...e4 19 ltJxe4 gxh6 20 ltJd6.ixd6 21
'i'g6+ Фh8 22 �xh6+ liJh7 23 cxd6�f6
24 �xf6+ ltJxf6 2 5 .l:l.eЗ Ma1aniuk and
=
 Archangel with 7 'D..e l: Minor Lines
Kozlov) 19 'i'g6+ Фh8 20 'if'xh6+ ltJh7
2 1 ltJe4 ltJd4 22 liJxd4 exd4 is the critical
position:
а 1 ) 23 .l:.ad 1 (Кhalifman-Malaniuk,
Minsk 1 985) 23 ... .l:.c8 ! 24 f4 i.xe4 25
.l:.xe4 'if'f6 26 'i'xf6+ ltJxf6 27 .l:.exd4
i.b8 i= (Malaniuk and Kozlov).
а2) 23 с6! i.c8 and now 24 h4 f6 ! 25
.l:.ac 1 d3 26 .l:.c5 'i'e7 27 .l:.e3 .l:.a7 28 .l:.h5
i.e5 gives Black the better chances,
while after 24 .1:ad 1 i.f5 25 ltJc3 (or 25
ltJc5) White has two pawns and an initia­
tive for the sacrificed piece.
Ь) 18 'i'c2 е4 19 ltJxe4 ltJxe4 20 'i!t'xe4
ltJa5 2 1 'i'c2 i.xfЗ 22 gxfЗ ltJxb3 23
'Wil'xb3 'if'f6 gives Black full compensa­
tion for the pawn, Ljubojevic-Izeta, Pam­
plona 1 996.
с) 18 i.c2 ltJe7 ( 1 8 ...'i'e7 19 ltJe4
.l:.fd8 : 1 8 . . . ltJd5 1 9 Ь4 'i'd7 20 .th7+
=
Фh8 21 i.f5 'i'e7 with а complicated po­
sition) 19 Ь4 liJfd5 20 -.ъ2 'i'b8 2 1 i.b3
ltJg6?! (2 1 . . . liJf5 looks better) 22 .l:.ad 1
liJdf4 23 'if'c2 i.c6 24 ltJe4 'i'b7 25 i.xf4
ltJxf4 26 g3 ± Psakhis-Volzhin, Metz
1 994.
18...ltJd4
А forcing move. Altematives:
а) 18 ... 'i'e7 1 9 liJh4 liJd4 ! ? 20 i.xd4
exd4 21 ltJg6 (interesting is 21 'ii'g6 ltJd5
22 'i'e4 { after 22 liJf5 'i'e5 ! White cannot
contemplate 23 ltJxh6+ Фh8 24 ltJxf7+
.l:.xf7 25 'ii'xf7 'ii'h2+ 26 Фfl liJf4 27
Фе1 i.a5 -+ } 22... 'i!t'xe4 23 ltJxe4 ltJf4
= ) 2 1 ... 'i'xc5 22 liJxf8 .l:.xf8 23 'i'd3 'ii'e5
24 liJfl .l:.d8 gives Black active play for
the exchange.
Ь) 1 8 ...'i'e8 and if 1 9 i.xh6 then
19 ... е4 20 i.g5 ехfЗ 21 i.xf6 liJe5 ! with
unclear play.
19 i.xd4
1 9 liJxd4 exd4 20 liJfl dxe3 21 .l:!.xd8
exf2+ 22 Фхf2 .l:.axd8 followed Ьу ...i.e5
gives Black good compensation for the
sacrificed queen.
19 ... exd4 20 'ii'd3 .l:.c8 21 J::r.a c1
75
Or 21 .tc2 ! ? i.b8 22 Ь4 'i'c7 and
White cannot play 23 'i'xd4? because of
23 ....1:!.fd8 followed Ьу ... .l:!.xd2. Neverthe­
less 23 .l:.e1 may give White some chances
of а small advantage .
21 i.f4 22 liJxd4 Пс7 23 'i'сЗ .1е5
•••
24 ltJfi J:d7
Black has very strong pressure for the
pawn, Lehmann-May, corr. 1 99 1 . 25 с6
i.xd4 26 с7 i.xc3 27 cxd8'if' .l:.fxd8 28
.l:.xd7 .l:!.xd7 29 .l:!.xc3
=.
1373)
16 dS (D)
в
16...ltJe7
Other moves lead to some deteriora­
tion of Black's pawn structure:
а) 1 6... ltJe5 17 ltJxe5 dxe5 (Sobura­
Pioch, Gdynia 1 989) and now 18 i.c2 or
18 i.d 1 ;;!;,
Ь) 16 ...ltJd4 17 ltJxd4 cxd4 18 i.f4
.l:!.e8 ( 1 8 . . . ltJh5 1 9 i.h2 'i'f6 20 е5 dxe5
2 1 i.xe5 'i'd8, Ionov-Volzhin, Novgorod
1 995, 22 'i'f5 g6 23 'i'e4 and there is no
clear way for Black to equalize), Le
Quang-Kogan, Oakham 1 992, 19 'i!t'd3 ;!;,
17 i.c2 liJd7
Another plan is 17 . . . ltJg6 1 8 Ь4 ( 1 8 Ь3
with the plan 'Ш'Ь2, .l:!.e2, J:ae 1 or .l:!.fl ,
possiЬly followed Ьу а4, deserves atten­
tion - Kapengut) 1 8 ... с4 19 'i'b2 .l:!.e8
(19 ... liJd7 !?), Gelfand-Shirov, Riga 1 987,
20 а4 gives White some advantage.
76 Archangel and New Archangel

18 i.f4
This is much stronger than 1 8 Ь4 f5 1 9
Ьхс5 dxc5 ( 1 9 . . .ttJxc5 i s also very good) w
20 d6 f4 2 1 �а2+ Фh8 22 .ixc5 ttJxc5 23
dxe7 'flixe7 gives Black excellent pl ay,
Voitsekhovsky-Potapov, Ceske Budejo­
vice 1 995.
18... с4
18 . . . .ic7 (less active) 1 9 .ig3 f5 20
exf5 .ixd5 2 1 .ih4 tiJf6 22 tLih2 Фh8 23
.ixf6 1:xf6 24 ltJg4 .:п 25 f6 gxf6 26
ltJxh6 1:g7 27 .ie4 .ixe4 (Smirin-Shirov,
Riga 1 987) 28 'iixe4 gives White an ad­ 141 )
vantage. 11 dxe5 dxe5 12 .ixb6 схЬб 13 tiJbd2
19 гun 'jie7 14 'ite2 .l:tac8
Altematives: 14 . . . .ic8 1 5 .id5 .id7 16 1:ad 1 1:fe8
а) 19 .ixd6 .ixf2+ 20 Фхf2 'iib6+ 17 'it'e3 t Marinsek-Kolar, LjuЬ\j ana
2 1 Фg3 (or 2 1 Фfl 'iixd6 22 е5 'iib6 23 1 993.
d6 tiJd5 with а good game for Black) 15 'ite3 �с5 16 'flig5 h6
2l .. .'it'xd6+ 22 е5 ttJxe5 (22 .. .'it'b6 !? may = Elseth-Verspecht, Aalborg 1987.
Ье better still; e.g., 23 d6 ltJc6 threaten­
ing . . .ttJxe5) 23 1:хе5 f6 24 ltJe4 'ikb8 25 142)
d6 fxe5 26 dxe7 1:е8 27 'iie 1 'flic7 is not 11 h3
dangerous for Black. Now:
Ь) 1 9 1:е2 tLic5 20 ttJfl (Lau-V.Ba�a­ 1421: 11 ...ltJa5 76
gic, Osijek 1 993) 20...f5 gives Black ex­ 1422: 11 ...exd4 77
cellent counterplay.
с) 19 Ь3 с3 20 tiJП (Luther-Macieja, 142 1 )
Koszalin 1 997) 20... f5 ! and again Black 1 1 ... ttJa5 12 .ic2
has good counterchances. 12 dxe5 !? =.

19... f5 20 exf5 ttJxd5 21 .Ш.g3 ti:Jsr6 12...ttJc4

Another plan is 21 . . .tLic5 ! ? 22 tLI1 d2
�d7, with very good chances for B\ack.
22 'flid1 .ixf3 23 'flixrз d5
In this unclear position Black has
excellent chances, Кruszynski-Кishnev,
Germany 1 99213.
14)
10... 0-0 (D)
Another line is 12 . . . .ixe4 13 .ixe4
ltJxe4 14 dxe5 .ixe3 15 1:хе3 d5 1 6
tiJbd2 ttJxd2 1 7 ttJxd2 1:е8 1 8 Ь4 ttJc4
( 1 8 ...ltJc6 ! ? 19 tiJfЗ а5) 19 ttJxc4 Ьхс4 20
'itd4 с6 2 1 f4 а5 with chances for both
sides, Sion Castro-Izeta, Elgoibar 1995.
13 ..ic1 d5 14 Ь3
Better is 14 exd5 exd4 15 Ь3 tiJd6 1 6
ttJxd4 ltJxd5 Black does not have t o Ье
=.

Here we shal1 consider only those lines afraid of 1 7 'iid3 f5 as after 1 8 ltJe6 'it'h4
in which B\ack avoids ...h6: 19 1:е2 ltJe4 B\ack obtains а winning at­
141: 1 1 dxe5 76 tack.
142: 1 1 h3 76 14... dxe4
143: 1 1 d5 77 1 4. . . ttJd6 is a1so possiЬ\e.
144: 1 1 ttJbd2 78 15 ti:Jxe5
 Archangel with 7 'f:.el: Minor Lines
1 5 �g5 exd4 1 6 Ьхс4 dЗ 17 i.ЬЗ hб
leads to а better position for B1ack.
15 ...�хе5 16 dxe5 �d7
Morovic-Adams, Santiago (б) 1 997
continued 17 i.f4 'ii'h4 18 gЗ ( 1 8 i.еЗ
i.хеЗ 19 .:tхеЗ �хе5 20 'ii'd4 { 20 i.xe4
i.xe4 2 1 'i!Vd4 �g4 ! 22 hxg4 f5 and
B1ack is better} 20... .:tfe8 and Black is а
pawn up) 18 .. .'.-хhЗ 19 i.xe4 i.xe4 20
.:txe4 �с5 2 1 .:te2 .:tad8 0- 1 . Тhе best
line is 17 i.xe4 i.xe4 18 .:txe4 �хе5, al­
though in this case Black has а small ad­
vantage as well.
1422)
ll . .exd4 1 2 cxd4 �а5 13 d5 �хЬЗ
. �fl :l.xf2 25 'ii'xf2 'i'd 1 ;!; Garma-A1zate,
Less logical, but possiЬie, is 13 ... i.xe3
1 4 .:tхеЗ .:te8. However, the subsequent
avoidance of ... сб led to а rout in Y.Gon­
za1ez-H.Diaz, Gtiines 1998: 1 5 �bd2
'ii'd7 16 'ii'c 2 .:te7 17 .:tc 1 .:tae8 18 �d4
'ir'c8?? 1 9 �f5 .:td7 20 .:tgЗ gб 2 1 'ii'c З
1 -0.
14 ахЬЗ с6 15 dxc6 i.xc6 16 �bd2
After 1 6 i.хЬб 'ii'xbб 17 'itxdб �хе4
18 1:txe4 .:tad8 B1ack is better.
16....:te8
Black has an excellent game, Lautier­
Shirov, Monte Carlo rpd 1 997.
143)
1 1 d5 (D)
в 1 8 �fЗ !? 'ii'c7 1 9 .:te2.
ll �e7 12 ..11LхЬ6 схЬ6 13 �bd2
...
77
1 3 а4 Ьха4 14 i.xa4 �gб 15 с4 �f4
16 �аЗ �g4 17 �с2 Ь5 and B1ack seized
the initiative in Vajda-01arasu, Romanian
Cht 1 998.
13...�d7
Altematives:
а) I З . . . �gб 14 �fl i.c8 1 5 а4 ( 1 5
�gЗ !?; 1 5 i.c2) 1 5 ... i.d7 1 6 ахЬ5 i.xb5
17 с4 i.d7 18 i.c2 Ь5 1 9 �еЗ 'i!Vbб 20
схЬ5 ахЬ5 = Southam-Schulien, Phi1a­
de1phia 1989.
Ь) 13 . . . i.c8 14 �h4 �gб 15 �хgб
fxgб 16 а4 Ьха4 17 ..11L xa4 Ь5 18 i.xb5
�g4 19 .:tfl �xf2 20 'i1Ve2 i.g4 21 'ii'eз
ахЬ5 22 .:txa8 '11Vx a8 23 .:txf2 'i!Va1 + 24
Novi Sad OL 1990.
14 ..11Lc2
14 �fl hб 15 �еЗ f5 16 exf5 �xf5 17
�xf5 .:txf5 1 8 �d2 'Wie7 1 9 �е4 �с5 20
i.c2 �хе4 2 1 i.xe4 .:tfб 22 �d2 .:taf8 23
fЗ �с7 24 �еЗ i.c8 de Firmian-Bel­
=
iavsky, Moscow GMA qua1 1990.
14...h6 15 �h4 �xd5
Interesting is 15 . . . Ь4 16 схЬ4 ( 1 6 с4
Ь5 !?) 16 . . . �xd5 17 �f5 �хЬ4 with а
good game for Black.
16 �f5 �е7
Another line is 16 ... �f4!?; e.g., 17 �fЗ
( 1 7 �хdб i.сб) 1 7 ... d5 1 8 exd5 i.xd5 19
�хе5 'ii'g 5 20 gЗ �хе5 21 .:txe5 �hЗ+
22 Фп i.c4+ 23 Фg2 �f4+ 24 Фh l
�hЗ and White has nothing better than
forcing а draw.
17 �xd6 ..11Lc6 18 �rs
18...�f6
18 ... �xf5 !? 1 9 exf5 'ii'g5 20 �f3 '11Vg4.
19 tLJrз �g6 20 �Зh4 �xh4 21
'i!Vxd8 1:tfxd8
In Velimirovic-Malaniuk, Vmja�ka
B anja 1991 Black obtained an excellent
ending after 22 �xh4? .:td2. According
to Malaniuk White should have played
22 �е7+ Фf8 23 �хсб .:td2 24 .:tac l ;!;,
when Black has to seek counterplay Ьу
78 Archangel and New Archangel
24...J:tc8 25 lt:Jxe5 l:tc5 26 lt:Jf3 (26 g3 ' ?)
26 ... lt:Jxf3+ 27 gxfЗ Ь4.
In my opinion Black should choose
15 ...Ь4 or 16 ... lt:Jf4.
144)
l l lt:Jbd2
Now:
1441 : ll ... lt:Jd7 78
1442: 1 1 ... 'i!Vd7 78
1443: ll ...exd4 78
1444: 1 1 ...J:te8 79
l l .. .'�e7 transposes to note 'с' to
White's 1 1th move in 1 1 and l l ... h6 to
note 'а' to White's 1 1 th move in 13.
In Solozhenkin-Кniest, Meisdorf 1996
Black tried 1 1 ... lt:Je7 ? ! , and oЬtained а
рJауаЬ!е position after 12 lt:Jfl lt:Jd7 13
lt:Jg3 с5 14 i.g5 с4 1 5 i.c2 h6 1 6 i.e3
"ikc7. Neverthe1ess, it is hard to see any
play for the pawn after the simple 1 2
dxe5. In fact, this may Ь е а data error.
1441 )
ll . lt:Jd7 12 i.g5
. .
Very good are 12 lt:Jfl and 12 i.d5
with similar play to Line 132. In Sturc­
Sykora, corr. 1 989 White gained an ad­
vantage after 1 2 lt:Jfl h6 13 lt:Jg3 lt:Je7 14
"ikd2 exd4 1 5 i.xh6.
12...lt:Je7 13 lt:Jn Фьs
13 ...h6 ! ?.
14 lt:Jg3 f6 15 .te3 с5
15 ... f5 1 6 lt:Jg5 f4 17 liJxh7 ! lt:Jf6 1 8
liJxf8 leads to a n advantage for White.
16 .te6 .tc6 17 d5 i.b7 18 lZJh4
Кhalifman and Nesis recommend 18
с4, although after 1 8 ...i.a5 followed Ьу
... lt:Jb6 Black's position is not bad.
18 ... с4 19 "ikg4 lt:Jc5 20 lt:Jh5
Another plan is 20 lt:Jgf5:
а) 20. . .lt:Jxf5?! 21 i.xfS with very
dangerous threats for White; for exam­
ple, 2 l ... i.c8? 22 lt:Jg6+ hxg6 23 �h4+
Фg8 24 i.xg6 l:tf7 25 i.xc5 dxc5 26
'i!Vh7+ Фf8 27 f4 and White has а win­
ning attack.
Ь) 20. . . g6 2 1 liJxe7 'i!Vxe7 and White
can only count on а small advantage, as
22 'i'xg6 'i'xe6 ! 23 dxe6 hxg6 24 lt:Jxg6+
Фg7 25 lt:Jxf8 Фхf8 leads to а better po­
sition for Black.
20...lt:Jxe6 21 dxe6 J:tg8
Black has no good defence. 2 l . . .g6 22
i.h6 f5 23 '*'g5 fxe4 24 i.g7+ Фg8 25
i.f6 does not help.
22 i.xb6 '*'хЬ6 23 l:te3 J:taf8 24 lt:Jf5
Now, instead of24 ...'i'c7? 25 .:.ь3 +-,
as in Кhalifman-Mikhalchishin, Kuiby­
shev 1 986, Black should try 24 . . .'i'd8,
though he remains under heavy pressure.
1442)
l l 'i!Vd7
•..
This plan resemЬles Line 133.
12 h3 l:tae8 13 d5 lt:Je7 14 а4 i.xe3 15
.l:txe3 с6 16 с4 cxd5 17 cxd5 .l:ta8 18
Фb2 1:tfc8
Black has а good position, Pachow­
Bode, 2nd Bundesliga 1 995.
1443)
ll exd4 12 cxd4 (D)
•..
в
12...lt:Jb4
An interesting idea was seen in the
game Garbisu-Petek, Holon U-20 Web
1 995: 12 ... lt:Ja5 1 3 i.c2 .:.e8 14 'i!Vы h6
with а good game for Black.
 Archangel with 7 :eJ: Minor Lines
13 'i!VЫ cS 14 a3 lL'Ic6 15 dxcS
1 5 d5 (Eпders-Mainka, Gerrnaп Ch
1994) 15 ...lL'Ie7 апd поw after 16 i.c2 li:)g4
1 7 i.f4 f5 Black has good couпterplay
апd 1 6 hЗ h6 (Black сап try to improve
here) traпsposes to 1373.
1S...dxc5 16 eS l2Jg4
This possibility is the key differeпce
compared with Liпe 137 1 . Everythiпg
hiпges оп whether White сап make апу
serious threat of lL'Ig5.
Not bad looks 16 ...lL'Id5, wheп 17 lL'Ig5
(iп coпtradistiпctioп to 137 1 after 1 7 lL'Ie4
Black сап peacefully exchaпge the Ьishop
оп еЗ) 1 7 ... g6 gives White по advaпtage.
The best so1utioп may Ье 17 е6, wheп
17 ...lL'Ixe3 traпsposes to поtе 'Ь' to White's
1 7th move.
17 i.gS
Altematives:
а) 1 7 lL'Ig5 g6 апd White has по prof­
itaЬle forciпg variatioп whereas B1ack
waпts to р1ау ... lL'Ixe3.
Ь) 17 e6 lL'Ixe3 18 exf7+ Фh8 19 fхеЗ
с4 20 i.c2 h6 ""·
17 ...'.-с7 18 i.dS с4 19 i.h4 .U.ad8
Black has ап excelleпt game, BaЬel­
Sapa, corr. 1 992
1444)
l l ....U.e8 12 dS (D)
Or:
а) 12 lL'Ig5 .U.e7 13 dxe5 dxe5 14 i.xb6
схЬ6 15 'ite2 Чli'c7 16 lL'Ifl lL'Ia5 17 li:)gЗ
h6 1 8 lL'IfЗ .U.d8 19 .U.ad 1 .U.ed7 20 .U.xd7
.U.xd7 Koппer-Illпer, Germaпy 1988.
= с ) 14 lL'Ih4 i.c8 1 5 а4 i.g4 1 6 'i'*'ЬI
Ь) 12 dxe5 i.хеЗ ( 1 2 ... dxe5 ) 13 =
exf6 i.xd2 14 'i!Vxd2 'i'xf6 1 5 i.d5 .U.ab8
= Morgaп-Acker1ey, corr. 1 986.
с) 12 'i'ьl 'itd7 ( 1 2 ... h6! ? 13 hЗ traпs­
poses to 134 1 ) 1 3 h3 Фh8 14 аЗ exd4 15
cxd4 d5? ! (15 ...lL'Ia5 ! ? 16 i.c2 li:)c4;
79
15 ... h6) 16 e5 lL'Ie4 17 lL'Ixe4 dxe4 1 8 lL'Ig5
± Psakhis-Bode, Paris Ch 1 990.
в
12...lL'Ie7
Or 1 2...lL'Ia5 1 3 i.xb6 схЬ6 14 i.c2
lL'Ic4 15 .U.ЬI i.c8 ( 1 5 ... lL'Ixd2 1 6 lL'Ixd2
g6 17 lL'Ifl lL'Ih5 18 'ii'd2 i.c8 19 'ii'h6 �f6
20 gЗ ..,g7 2 1 �xg7+ Фхg7 22 lL'Ie3 i.d7
23 i.dЗ .U.ac8 = Haпseп-Furhoff, Сореп­
hаgеп 1 998) 1 6 h3 lL'Ih5 ( 1 6 . . . h6 traпs­
poses to the поtе to White's 14th move iп
Liпe 13421 ) 1 7 lL'Ixc4 Ьхс4 18 .U.e3 lL'If4 =
Laпg1ois-Pattersoп, corr. 1 984.
13 i.xb6 схЬ6
А sirnilar positioп arises iп Liпe
13422. White сап coпtiпue:
а) 14 i.c2 lL'Id7 1 5 lL'Ifl .U.f8 1 6 lL'Ie3
.U.c8 17 .U.c 1 .U.c7 1 8 h4 h6 19 g3 -..а8 20
'i'd2 f5 with couпterp1ay for B1ack, Poп­
пuswamy-Gokha1e, lndiaп Ch 1 996.
Ь) 14 а4 Ьха4 15 i.xa4 Ь5 16 i.c2
'ii'b6 17 lL'Ifl .U.ec8 Reпet-Castro, St
=
Martiп 1 99 1 .
Ьха4 17 i.xa4 .U.f8 18 lL'Ifl ( 18 hЗ ! ?)
1 8 ... lL'Ih5 ( 1 8 ... g5!?) 19 i.d l i.xdl 20
'itxd l lL'If4 21 lL'IeЗ 'ii'd 7 22 gЗ lL'Ifg6 23
l2Jhf5 lL'Ixf5 24 lL'Ixf5 lL'Ie7 25 lL'Ixe7+
fixe7 26 'ii'd3 ;!; Li Ruofaп-Laпg, Guara­
puava U- 1 8 gir1s Web 1 995.
6 Archangel with 7 z:te 1 :
Main Line ( 1 0 ..tg5)
1 е4 е5 2 ltJf3 ltJc6 3 �ЬS аб 4 �a4 ltJf6
s о-о ьs 6 .tьз �Ь7 7 :е 1 ..tcs 8 сЗ dб
9 d4 i.Ьб 10 i.g5 (D)
в А)
The main line of the system. White
wants to build а solid centre and pins
Вlack's king's knight, taking advantage
of the fact that Black's dark-squared
bishop is on the queenside.
10...h6
10 . . .0-0 usually transposes to Line С.
ll � h4
Naturally after 1 1 .ixfб ji'xfб 12 .id5
0-0 (altematively, 12 ...%:tb8 13 lt:\bd2 0-0
14 ltJbЗ lt:\e7 15 �хЬ7 .l:.xb7 ! б а4 '*еб
17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 18 %:te2 %:tbb8 1 9 h3 tiJgб
with а good game for B1ack, Kuksov­
Koz1ov, Niko1aev 1 978) White cannot
count on any opening advantage; for ex­
ample, 13 lt:\a3 %:tab8 14 lt:\c2 %:tfe8 1 5
Чi*'d3 lt:\e7 1 6 �хЬ7 %:txb7 17 а4 с б 18
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 19 J:taб ltJgб with а good posi­
tion for B1ack, Laketic-Malaniuk, Aman­
tea 1992.
Now (after 1 1 .ih4):
А: l l ...•d7 80
В: l l ...•e7 89
С: 1 1... 0-0 98
D: 11 g5
... 1 09
l l �d7
...
This move usually leads to very sharp
play. Black wants to cast1e queenside and
in doing so bums his boats. Both sides
will now prepare an attack on the oppo­
nent's king.
12 а4
Or:
а) Less energetic is 12 ltJbd2 0-0-0
( 1 2 ... exd4 !? 13 cxd4 �xd4) and now:
а 1 ) 13 dxe5 lt:\xe5 1 4 lt:\xe5 dxe5 1 5
�xfб gxfб ( l 5 . . .'�xd2 1 б ji'g4+ �b8 1 7
1:te2 gxfб 18 .:txd2 .:txd2 19 �h 1 ;i; ) 1 б
ltJf1 jfxd 1 17 .:taxd 1 .:txd1 18 .ixd 1 .:td8
( 1 8 ...Фd7 followed Ьу . . . �е7 deserves
attention), Petrushin-Matsukevich, 1970.
Matsukevich evaluates this ending as
better (or Black, although after 1 9 �h5
Black has proЬiems with the f7-pawn.
а2) 13 а4 g5 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 �g3
exd4 1 б cxd4 tiJxd4 17 lt:\xd4 �xd4 1 8
ltJc4 (Seemann-Reinhardt, corr. 1 988) and
now 18 . . .�c5 1 9 lt:\a5 �a8 and 18 . . .Ьхс4
1 9 '*xd4 схЬ3 20 jVxfб are both unclear.
Ь) 1 2 dxe5 ttJxe5 (this is better than
12 . . . dxe5 13 �хfб 'ir'xd 1 14 :txd 1 gxfб
1 5 �d5 tiJd8 1б ltJa3 { 1 б �xb7 ! ? ltJxb7
17 а4} 1б . . . сб 1 7 �Ь3 ltJeб 1 8 �fl ;i;
Nikolic-Bohak, corr. 1 982) 13 lt:\xe5 dxe5
 Archangel with 7 ':el : Main Line ( 10 Jf..g5)
14 i.xfб 'ikxd1 1 5 i.xd1 gxfб 16 tiJd2
0-0-0 17 tiJfl J:.dб 18 J:.e2 J:l.hd8 19 i.ЬЗ
J:.8d7 = Zulfugarli-Belozerov, Siofok
U-20 Ech 1996.
с) 12 i.xfб gxfб and now:
с 1 ) 13 i.d5 0-0-0 14 'i'dЗ ( 1 4 а4 is
like1y to transpose to Line А2) 14 ... J:.dg8
1 5 Фh l ttJct8 16 i.xb7+ ФхЬ7 17 tiJbd2
tlJeб led to а draw in Wedberg-Furhoff,
Stockho1m 1 994/5.
с2) 1 3 tiJh4 0-0-0 14 'ikh5 exd4 1 5
tlJf5 J:.de8 1 б i.xf7 J:.e5 (Matsukevich)
with very strong counterplay for Black.
12 ...0-0-0 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
Now:
А1: 14 d5?! 81
А2: 1 4 i.xf6 81
АЗ: 14 tlJaЗ 84
А1)
1 4 d5?! ttJe7 15 tlJaЗ
Or:
а) 15 i.xfб? is quite illogical. With the
centre c\osed, White cannot play i.d5 or
execute the manoeuvre tlJh4-f5 in time.
1 5 . . . gxfб 16 tlJh4 f5 17 с4 fxe4 18 J:.xe4
f5 1 9 J:.e2 J:.dg8 20 схЬ5 J:.g4 21 tiJfЗ
J:.hg8 + Nezlobin-Matsukevich, 1 977.
Ь) 1 5 с4 g5 16 i.gЗ h5 17 h4 ( 1 7
tlJxe5 dxe5 1 8 i.xe5 i.xf2+ - + Doman­
kusic-Szklarczyk, corr. 1985; 17 i.xe5 ! ?
dxe5 1 8 tlJxe5 with play sirnilar t o the
main 1ine) and now Black has three ways
to continue the attack:
Ь l ) 17 ... J:.dg8 1 8 tlJxg5 ( 1 8 hxg5 h4
{ the simple 1 8 . . . 'ikg4 !? is also very
good } 19 tlJxh4 'ikg4 gives Black а deci­
sive attack) 1 8 . . . tlJg4 19 J:.fl f5 20 tlJcЗ
f4 2 1 i.h2 tlJgб 22 gЗ tlJxf2 23 l:!.xf2 fxgЗ
24 i.xgЗ tlJxh4 -+ Semenkin-Matsukev­
ich, 1 97 1 .
Ы) 1 7. ..'it'g4!? 18 Фh2 gxh4 19 tlJxh4
tlJxe4 20 'it'xg4+ hxg4 2 1 J:txe4 f5 22
J:te1 f4 gives Black а won ending.
ЬЗ) 17 ... gxh4 (this simple move Ieads
to an attack that is difficult to parry) 1 8
81
i.xh4 tlJg4 1 9 tlJcЗ J:.dg8 2 0 схЬ5? (the
only defence is 20 J:tfl in order to have
the counter J:txf2 after . . . ttJxf2, but after
20...tlJgб White' s position is lost in any
case) 20... tlJxf2 ! 2 1 i.xf2 'i'hЗ 22 tlJh4
J:.xg2+ 23 tlJxg2 . J:tg8 0- 1 Kagramani­
ants-Tsyplakov, corr. 1 99 1 .
1 5...g5 1 6 i.gЗ h5
As aii 'ordinary' continuations lead to
very inconvenient positions for White
compared with variations without 14 d5
tlJe7 (open a7-g1 diagona1), White has to
make up something extraordinary.
17 ..Ь:е5
If 17 �dЗ, with the idea of saving а
tempo via 17 ... h4 18 i.xe5 !, then 17 ...tlJg4
followed Ьу ... h4 with very strong coun-
terplay.
17 ... dxe5 18 tlJxe5
Morenz-Panczyk, Graz U-26 Wcht
198 1 . Now the so1id 1 8 ... 'i'e8 1 9 'ikfЗ
tlJd7! gives Black good chances.
А2)
14 i.xf6 gxf6 (D)
w
15 jt,d5
Karpov's move. White reinforces his
centre and restricts the activity of B1ack's
light-squared Ьishop. However, in some
1ines the Ьishop may Ье en prise after
...exd4 followed Ьу .. . f5 and .. .fxe4. With
this in mind, 1 5 tlJaЗ, airning to avoid
losing а tempo, is interesting:
82 Archangel and New Archangel
а) l 5 .. J:lhg8 l б lLixb5 !? makes it hard
for Black to obtain counterplay; e.g.,
Iб ... ltJa5 17 �а4 �h3 ( 1 7 ... 'i!i'g4 1 8 g3 f5
1 9 liJd2) 1 8 g3 f5 1 9 .ic2 fxe4 20 �хе4
ds 21 �d3 е4 22 .tп ..-f5 23 ltJe5.
Ь) 15 .. .f5!? (Sonski-Кnezo, соп. 1985)
16 exfS ! ? seems very logical, with simi­
lar play to Line А 2 1 . After 1 6.....-xf5 17
�с2 Black loses а pawn as 1 7 . ..'ir'h5 1 8
ltJxe5 ! ._,xd 1 1 9 �f5+ ФЬ8 20 ltJxcб+
�хсб 2 1 .:taxd l leads to an ending with а
pure extra pawn for White. 1 6 . . . exd4 1 7
ltJxb5 dxc3 l 8 lLixc3 _.xf5 I9 liJd5 does
not look promising for Black either.
Now (after 1 5 �dS):
А21: 15 ...f5 82
А22: 15 ....:tdg8 82
А23: 15 .:thg8 83
..•
1S ... .:th7?! 16 _.d3 .:tg7 17 liJbd2 liJe7
l8 �xb7+ Фxb7 1 9 Фh l (maybe 1 9 с4!?)
19 ....:tdg8 20 g3 f5 21 exf5 liJxf5 22 lLie4
+- Ernst-Furhoff, Stockholm 1 990.
А21 )
15 ... (5 16 ...d.З
Another line is 1 6 exfS ! ? ФЬ8 (the a1-
ternative 1 6.....-xfS 17 _.е2 is in my opin­
ion much better for White) 1 7 ._,d3 е4
( l 7 ...exd4 1 8 ..-хьs .:thg8 1 9 liJbd2 ±) 1 8
._,хе4 (after 1 8 .:txe4 _.xfS 19 ._,хЬ5 .:tdg8
Black has some counterplay) 1 8 . . ..:the8
19 _.f4 .:txe 1 + 20 ltJxe 1 liJxd4 21 cxd4
�xd5 22 ltJc3 �Ь7 23 d5 ±.
16 exd4
••.
Alternatives:
а) 1 6. . . fxe4 17 .txe4 ФЬ8 18 liJbd2
(Rogers recommends 1 8 ltJa3 ! ?) 1 8 ... fS
1 9 �xf5 'ii'g7 20 d5 ltJe7 2 1 �е4 .:tdg8
22 g3 and White easily parries the attack,
Petrzelka-Кnezo, соп. 1 983.
Ь) lб ...ФЬ8 1 7 exfS transposes to the
note to White's 1 6th move.
17 -..хь5 fxe4 18 ltJxd4 lLIЬ8 19
�хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 20 .:txe4 �хЬ5 21 lLixb5
.I:.he8 22 liJd2
White is а pawn up, Rogers-Fiear,
Szirak 1 986.
А22)
15... .1:ldg8 16 Фьt
Alternatives:
а) 16 ._,d3 ltJe7 17 �хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 1 8
Фh l ltJgб 1 9 g 3 liJf4 20 ..-п ..-ь3 2 1
'ii'xh3 lLixh3 22 Фg2 liJf4+ 23 Фfl liJd3
and Black held the ending in Hofmann­
Keller, соп. 1 988.
Ь) 16 g3 ..-ь3 ( 1 6 ... ltJe7 1 7 .txb7+
ФхЬ7 is probaЬiy Ьetter with simi1ar р1ау
to lines 'а' and ' с ' ) 1 7 Фh l ( 1 7 -..ь 3 ! ?)
1 7 . . . hS (Somlai-Letay, Hungarian Cht
1 992) 18 �Ь3 and White has the advan­
tage.
с) 16 liJa3 ltJe7 17 �хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 1 8
._,е2 ( an interesting idea is 1 8 g3 or 1 8
lLic2 followed Ьу ltJe3 defending the g2-
square and controlling important squares
in the centre) 1 8 . . .сб (Кosenkov-Malan­
iuk, USSR) and now the prophylactic
move 19 Фh l gives White good chances.
16 .1:lh7
.•.
Alternatives:
а) 16 ...ltJe7 17 �хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 1 8 lLia3
ltJgб 19 ltJc2 сб 20 ltJe3 .:ta8 21 ._,d2
.:thd8 22 с4 ± Kondali-Kuuskmaa, соп.
1 985 .
Ь) l б ...liJd8 1 7 �xЬ7+ ФxЬ7 1 8 lLih4
( 1 8 liJa3 with а similar plan as in line 'а'
is also quite reasonaЬie) l8 ... ltJe6 1 9 liJf5
exd4 20 cxd4 dS 2 1 ltJc3 ltJg5 22 ._,d3
.:te8 (Sanden-Furhoff, Swedish Cht 1 996)
and now 23 exdS or 23 f3 gives White а
big advantage.
17 lLia3 Пhg7 18 .l:tg1 lLie7
а) 1 8 ... ltJa7 1 9 �хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 20 lLic2
(20 с4 is interesting; e.g., 20 .. .fS 21 liJxbS
fxe4 { 2 1 . . . liJxb5 22 _.а4 +- } 22 lLixa7
.l:la8 23 cS .txa7 24 ._,Ь3+ Фс8 25 �dS
+-) 20.....-g4? ! (20. . .fS !?) 2 1 •d3 f5 22
liJd2 fxe4 23 ltJxe4 -.еб 24 lLie3 exd4 25
cxd4 .:te8 26 liJc3 ± Кlovan-Kozlov, Riga
1 982.
 А rchangel with 7 ':е 1: Main Line
Ь) 1 8 .. .lt::Jd8 (this knight may Ье ac­
tive оп the kiпgside but the Ь5-раwп re­
maiпs very weak) 19 i.. xb7+ ФхЬ7 20
'ii'd3 сб (Siewert-Szklarczyk, corr. 1 985)
21 d5 ! i.. xf2 22 dхсб+ 'ir'xcб (22. . . ltJxc6
23 .:tgd1 i..Ь б { 23 ....:txg2 ! ? } 24 ltJh4 +-)
23 .:tgd 1 .:txg2 24 ltJxb5 is very good for
White.
19 i..xb7+ ФхЬ7 20 'ii'e2 с6 21 dS
cxdS
Or 2 1 ... f5 22 dхсб+ 'ii'xcб 23 ltJxb5
fxe4 24 'ii'xe4 and White сап claim an ad­
vantage.
22 ltJxb5 dxe4 23 'ir'xe4+ dS 24 'ii'a4
'ii'c6 25 ltJfd4! exd4 26 cxd4 ФЬ8 27
.1:.gc1
1 -0 Mallee-Szewczyk, corr. 1 990.
А2З)
15 ....:thg8 (D)
w pects of obtainiпg ап advaпtage.
16 Фhl
Also:
а) Iпcoпsequeпt is 16 i..хсб ..tхсб 17
d5 i..b7 18 с4?? 'ir'h3 19 g3 .:txg3+ 20
hxg3 .:tg8 0- 1 Dutreeuw-Malaniuk, Forli
1 99 1 .
Ь ) 1 6 ltJa3 i s best aпswered Ь у either
1 6... ltJa7 or 16 ...ltJe7 !?, with play resem­
Ьliпg поtе 'с' to White's 16th move iп
Liпe А22.
, с) 1 6 'ii'd3 ! ? is а suggestioп of Rog­
ers.
16...'ii'g4
( 10 it..g 5) 83
Altematives:
а) 16 ...ltJe7 17 i..xb7+ ФхЬ7 1 8 ltJЬd2
ltJgб 1 9 ltJf l ltJf4 20 ltJe3 ± Кlovan-Mal­
aпiuk, USSR 1 984.
Ь) 16 ... f5 and поw:
Ь 1 ) 17 ltJaЗ fxe4 18 .:txe4 'ii'f5 1 9
ltJxb5 exd4 20 с4 'il'gб 2 1 ltJh4 (2 1 g З ! ?
also with better chances for White - Кlo­
van) 21 .. .'ir'fб (Кlovaп-Malaniuk, USSR
1 983) 22 'ii'f3 ±.
Ы) 1 7 'ii'dЗ fxe4 18 ..txe4 ФЬ8 1 9
i..f5 followed Ьу 'ii'x b5.
17 .1:.g1 exd4 18 cxd4
lпterestiпg is 1 8 'ii'dЗ !? dхсЗ 1 9 ltJxc3
i.. xf2 20 'i!r'xb5 i.. x g1 (20...'ir'd7 21 .:tgfl
i..Ь б 22 ltJa4 +-) 21 .:txg1 f5 22 i.. хсб
i..хсб 23 'ifxcб 'ii'g7 24 ltJd5 fб 25 ltJbб+
l -0 Warzecha·Zdziarski, corr. 1992. There
is по clear way to improve Black's play.
18 f5 19 ltJc3
.•.
After 19 hЗ !?, both 19 ... 'ii'h5 20 ltJcЗ
fxe4 21 i.. xe4 .:tde8 22 .:te1 апd 19 ... •g7
20 i..хсб i..хсб 21 exf5 give White pros­
19... fxe4 20 i..xe4
Or 20 ltJxe4 'ii'f5 2 1 ltJc3 ltJb4 22
i..xb7+ ФхЬ7 23 .:аз .:tde8 24 .:r.ьз ltJct3
25 ltJe4 'ii'xe4 26 .:txdЗ •d5 with а good
game for Black, Кlovaп-Shirov, Riga
1 987.
20....1:.de8
The key positioп of this variation
arises after 2 1 i..d5 (2 1 h3 ! ?), UlyЬiп­
Shirov, Kapsukas 1 986, 21 ...ltJЬ4 22
..tхЬ7+ ФхЬ7 23 ltJxb5 ,..f5 24 'ii'a4 ltJd3
(Shirov). Now:
а) 25 ltJxdб+ схdб 26 'ii'aб+ Фс7 27
.:tgc 1 + i..c5 апd White has nothiпg more
than а draw.
Ь) 25 •аб+ Фсб 26 ltJa7+ Фсt7 27
'i!r'a4+ Фе7 28 .:tge 1 + (28 ltJc6+ Фf8 29
'iic 2 'i'e4 with very stroпg pressure for
Black) 28 ...Фfб 29 .:txe8 ltJxf2+ 30 Фg1
ltJhЗ+ 31 Фh 1 (3 1 ФП 'ii'd3+ 32 .:te2 { 32
Фе1 i..a5+ -+ } 32....xf3+ +) 3l ...ltJf2+
with а perpetual check.
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АЗ)
14 l2Ja3 g5 15 дi.g3
Now: w
А31: 15...exd4 84
А32: 15 h5 ..• 84

Not good is 1 5 . . . li:Ja5 16 dxe5 liJxe4

17 i.d5 liJxg3 1 8 е6 with а decisive ad­
vantage for White, Pokojowczyk-Pioch,
Po1ish Ch 1974.

АЗ 1 )
15 exd4 16 liJxb5
.••
16 cxd4 !? l2Ja5 ( 1 6 ... g4 17 d5 gxfЗ 1 8
dxc6 ЧWхс6 19 .l:. c 1 with better chances
for White; 16 ... .1:.he8 1ooks natura1, as
Black is prepared for action in the centre)
17 i.c2 Ь4 18 l2JЬ 1 .l:.hg8? ! (the wrong
plan, but after 1 8 ... li:Jh5 19 l2Jbd2 White's
position is much better) 19 �d2 h5 20
liJxg5 h4 21 i.xh4 'i!t'g4 22 g3 liJc6 23
i.d1 'i!t'd7 24 liJf3 +- Marinsek-Kolar,
LjuЬ!jana 1996.
16..J1de8
16 ... .1:.he8 is interest:ing, whi1e 16 ...dxc3
17 l2Jxc3 liJh5 should Ье met Ьу 18 l2Je5
or 1 8 liJd5 i.c5 19 i.a4 threatening Ь4 ±.
17 l2Jbxd4
17 liJfxd4 l2Jxd4 18 li:Jxd4 just trans­
poses to the main 1ine, but 17 li:Jd2! is
very strong, as it gives White good at­
tacking chances оп the kingside.
17...l2Jxd4 18 l2Jxd4 liJxe4
1 8 . . . .1:.хе4 1 9 дi.а4 J:.xe 1+ 20 �хе1
�g4 21 .l:.d1 h5 22 f3 i.xd4+ 23 J:txd4
�е6 24 h4 ± Tukmakov-Tseshkovsky,
USSR 1 974.
19 дi.а4 с6
Кarpov-Tseshkovsky, USSR Ch 1976.
Now 20 �f3 ± is very strong.
АЗ2)
15 ...h5 (D)
Now:
А321: 16 dxeS 84
А322: 16 h4 86
16 d5 liJe7 transposes to Line А 1 ,
while 16 liJxg5 h4 1 7 .1i.xe5 dxe5 1 8 liJxf7
.l:.hf8 19 liJxd8 liJxd8 is untested.
АЗ2 1 )
1 6 dxeS h4
Others:
а) 16 . . . dxe5? 17 'ii'xd7+ .l:.xd7 18 h4
l2Ja5 1 9 i.c2 g4 20 liJxe5 .l:.e7 2 1 l2Jxb5
liJd7 22 .l:.xa5 +- Кlovan-Kozlov, 1973.
Ь) 1 6 ...l2Jxe5 1 7 l2Jxg5 .l:.hg8 18 h4
liJxe4 19 .l:.xe4 .l:.xg5 20 hxg5 i.xe4 (Кoz-
1ov-Berkovich, Moscow 1 990) and now
21 �xh5 or 21 i.c2 assures better pros­
pects for White.
с) 16 . . . l2Jg4?! (Stepien-Kaczmarek,
corr. 1990) 17 е6 ! fxe6 1 8 l2Jxg5 ±.
17 exf6
Weak is 1 7 i.xh4 gxh4 1 8 exf6 .l:.dg8
with а strong initiative on the kingside
for B1ack.
17...hxg3 18 hxg3 J:.h6 (D)
А very good alternative is 18 ... g4 1 9
l2Jd4 ( 1 9 l2Jh4 .l:.xh4 2 0 gxh4 g 3 gives
Black strong threats). Now:
а) 19 . . . l2Je5 20 l2Jac2 (20 l2Jaxb5; 20
.1i.d5), Velikhanli-Struchkova, A1ushta
1992, and now 20... .I:.h7 or 20... .I:.h5 with
similar play to lines 'Ь' and 'с' respec­
tively.
Ь) 19 ... .1:.h7 20 liJxc6 (20 liJaxb5 .l:.dh8
2 1 'it>fl .l:.h l + 22 Фе2 .l:.xe 1 + 23 �хе1
l2Jxd4+ 24 l2Jxd4 i.xd4 25 i.a4 �е6 26
cxd4 �хе4+ 27 Фсt2 'i!t'xd4+ leads to an
 Archangel with 7 :eJ : Main Line (10 .iLg5)
advantage for Black) 20... i.xc6 2 1 jt'd2
l:tdh8 22 Фfl l:te8 (22 ... i.xe4 23 l:txe4
l:th 1 + 24 Фе2 l:txa1 25 �d5 с6 26 'i'xf7
'ii'xf7 27 i.xf7 leads to an unclear ending;
interesting is 22 ... 1:th l + 23 Фе2 l:txe 1 +
2 4 J:txe1 i.xe4 o r 2 2. . . 1:th6), Cuijpers­
Van de Oudeweetering, Dutch Cht 1992,
23 Фg 1 ! and Black has to choose be­
tween 23 ... 1:teh8, with а possiЬle draw, or
23 . . . i.xe4 24 l:txe4 l:teh8 (24 ...1:txe4??
25 'i'd5 and White wins) 25 Фfl trans­
posing to 22... i.xe4 in this note.
с) 19 . . . 1:th5 (after this move the play
should Ье sirnilar to line 'Ь') 20 lЬахЬ5?
(now White loses а piece; also bad is 20
lЬf5 lЬе5 21 i.d5? 'i*'xf5 ! 22 i.xb7+
ФЬ8 23 exf5 l:thl +' 24 Wxh l i.xf2, mat­
ing) 20 ... 1:tdh8 2 1 Фfl i.xd4 22 lЬxd4
l:th l + 23 Фе2 l:txe1 + 24 'i*'xe1 lЬxd4+ 25
cxd4 'i*'b5+ To§ic-Khuzman, Vrnja�ka
Banja 199 1 .
d) 19 . . . lЬxd4 !? 20 cxd4 l:th6 2 1 'i'd3
l:tdh8 22 Фп (22 f4 gxf3 23 gxf3 J:tg6
with an attack for Black) and now both
22. . . 1:th l + 23 We2 i.xe4 and 22 ... i.xe4
23 l:txe4 l:th l + 24 Фе2 l:txa1 lead to
good positions for Black.
w i.xa7 21 J:txa7 l:tdh8 22 Wfl 'Ш'Ь5+ 23 с4
19 i.dS
Others:
а) 19 lЬс2 (not energetic enough)
19 ... l:tdh8 20 Фfl l:txf6 21 jt'd2 (2 1 i.d5
'i'e8 22 g4 lЬе5 23 i.xb7+ ФхЬ7 with
strong counterplay for Black) 21 . . . g4 22
85
lЬfd4 (Sziva-Vujo§evic, Budapest 199 1 )
2 2. . . lЬxd4 2 3 cxd4 (23 lЬxd4 i.xe4 +)
23 . . .1:th l + 24 Фе2 l:txe l + 25 l:txe l i.xe4
with an excellent position for B1ack.
Ь) 19 Фfl l:txf6 ( 19 . . . g4 20 lЬМ lЬе5
"" Sek) 20 i.d5 and now 20 ... g4 2 1 lЬd4
lЬxd4 (2 l . . . lЬe5 22 i.xb7+ ФхЬ7 23
lЬахЬ5 ±) 22 i.xb7+ ФхЬ7 23 cxd4 l:thб
may Ье рlауаЬ!е, whi1e 20 ... 1:th8 trans­
poses to note 'Ь' to Black's 20th move.
с) 19 lЬхЬ5 and now:
с 1 ) 1 9 ... l:tdh8 20 Фfl lЬа5 2 1 lЬbd4
(2 1 i.a4 ! ? �е6 22 i.c2 l:th l + 23 lЬg 1
'i'xf6 24 lЬd4 and B1ack has an initiative
for the two sacrificed pawns) 2 1 . . . i.a6+
22 с4 l:txf6 (threatening 23 . . . g4), Cher­
vonov-Malaniuk, Ukraine 1 980, and now
23 lUf5 gives White good chances of ob­
taining an advantage.
с2) 19 . . . lЬе5 ! (Ьest according to Кlo­
van) and now: 20 lЬbd4 lЬхfЗ+ 2 1 lUxfЗ
l:tdh8 22 Фfl 'iYb5+ 23 с4 'i'c5 24 l:te3
l:txf6 with а decisive attack for Black
(Кlovan); 20 i.a4 lЬхfЗ+ 21 jt'xf3 l:tdh8
22 Фfl с6 23 lЬа3 'Ш'е6 24 _.d3 J:txf6
with а very strong attack as 25 f3 loses to
25 . . . 1:txf3+ 26 gxfЗ (26 'i'xfЗ i.a6+ with
mate) 26... 1:th2; 20 lЬхе5 l:tdh8 2 1 lЬа7+
i.xa7 22 Фfl l:t h l + 23 Фе2 l:txe1 + 24
'iYxe 1 dxe5 25 l:txa7 �Ь5+ -+; 20 lЬа7+
'Ш'с5 with strong counterplay for Black.
t9 1:!.dh8 20 Фп g4
...
Or:
а) 20...ФЬ8?! 21 lЬхЬ5 lЬе5 22 lЬbd4
(22 'i*'b3 ttJxfЗ 23 gxfЗ i.xd5 24 'i'xd5
с6 25 �xd6+ 'i'xd6 26 lЬxd6 l:th2 with
some counterchances) 22 . . . с6 23 i.b3
lЬg4 24 i.c4 l:txf6 25 i.a6 i.a8 26 'ii'a4
± Кlovan-Ma1aniuk, USSR 198 1 .
Ь) 20. . .1:.xf6 2 1 lЬхЬ5 g4 (2 I ... jt'g4 is
best met Ьу 22 We2) 22 lUfd4 l:th l + (or
22 . . .lЬxd4 23 i.xb7+ ФхЬ7 24 lЬxd4 с5
25 lЬf5 l:. h l + 26 Фе2 'ii' b 5+ 27 Wd2
'i'xb2+ 28 �с2 'ii'xc2+ 29 Фхс2 ± Pioch­
Silva Pereira, corr. 1982) 23 Фе2 lЬxd4+
86 Archangel and New Archangel

24 tl:Jxd4 :txe 1+ 25 Фхе 1 с6 26 .ic4 ± с) 17 hxg5 h4 18 .ixh4 exd4 19 tl:Jxb5

Zabczyk-Stojke, corr. 1 990.
21 tl:Jh4
Others:
а) 2 1 tl:Jd4?? :t h l + 22 Фе2 tl:Jxd4+
23 cxd4 :txe l + 24 '*'xe1 .ixd5 and Black
is а piece up, Shvidun-Mudrik, corr. 1990.
Ь) 2 1 tl:Jgl :txf6 22 :te2 tl:Je5 23
.iхЬ7+ ФхЬ7 24 tt::Jc2 :th 1 gives Black а
strong initiative for the pawn.
21 ... :txf6 22 :te2 tl:Je5 23 .ixb7+
ФхЬ7
Вlack has strong pressure for the pawn,
Arseniev-ZaruЬin, Arkhangelsk 1980.
АЗ22)
16 h4 gxh4
Another p1an is 16 ...1:dg8:
а) 17 '*'d3 gxh4 18 tl:Jxh4? ( 1 8 .ixh4
is much better) 1 8 . . . exd4 19 tl:Jxb5 tl:Je5
20 .ixe5 dxe5 with an excellent position
for Black, Bondarchuk-Bezman, Ukrai­
nian Cht 199 1 .
Ь) 1 7 tl:Jxb5 gxh4 18 tl:Jxh4 (also pos­
dxc3 (Кholmov-Мatsukevich, USSR 1 976)
20 Ьхс3 ! ±.
d) 17 tl:Jxg5 exd4 ( 17 ... :txg5 1 8 hxg5
h4, Antoszkiewicz-Кraetke, corr. 1 982,
is Ьest met Ьу 19 .ih2) and now:
d1) 18 tl:Jxb5 ! ? dxc3 19 Ьхс3 tl:Jg4 20
tl:Jxf7 tl:Jxf2 21 .ixf2 'iih3 (Kruszynski­
Panczyk, Polish Cht 198 1 ) 22 .ie6+
'iVxe6 23 tl:Jbxd6+ cxd6 24 tl:Jxd6+ ФЬ8
25 .ixb6 +-.
d2) 18 •в ..,е7 19 tl:Jxb5 dxc3 20
..,хсЗ +- Rantaneri-Kaiszauri, Gausdal
1 977.
17 .ixh4
Less 1ogical is 17 tl:Jxh4 exd4 1 8
tl:Jxb5 dxc3 1 9 Ьхс3 tl:Ja5 ( 1 9. . .tl:Je5 ! ?
looks very prornising) 2 0 :txa5 ? ! (this
sacrifice is incorrect but 20 .ia4 'ilfg4
1eads to а very good position for Black)
20... .ixa5 21 tl:Ja7+ ФЬ8 22 .ia4 'ilfe6 23
tl:Jc6+ .ixc6 24 .ixc6 'ilfc4 =J: Brk1jaca­
Vujo�evic, Yugoslav Cht 1 995.
17 :th6 (D)
...

siЬ!e is 18 .ixh4 ! ?) and now:

Ь l ) 18 . . . :tg4?! 1 9 '*'fЗ tl:Jxe4 (this
idea of Bezman's is not correct) 20 :txe4
tl:Jxd4 2 1 'ii'f6 and Black is in deep trou­ w
Ьle, Khmelnitsky-Bezman, St Petersburg
1 994 and Sinkevich-Bezman, St Peters­
burg 1 997.
Ь2) 18 ... exd4 19 cxd4 :tg4 20 '*'fЗ with
sirnilar play to line 'Ьl ' ; e.g., 20 .. Л:\хе4
21 :txe4 tl:Jxd4 22 tl:Jxd4 and Black loses
after 22... .ixe4 23 .id5, 22 . . . .ixd4 23
:ta8+ .ixa8 24 :te8+ '*'хе8 25 'iixa8+
Wd7 26 .ia4+ Фе7 27 tt::Jf5+ or 22...:txe4
23 .ic2 :te1 + (23 ... :the8 24 tl:Je2) 24 Now:
:txe1 .ixfЗ 25 .if5. А3221: 18 dxe5 86
Ь3) 18 ... tl:Jxd4 (P.Wells-Jacobs, Chich­ А3322: 18 'i!fdЗ 87
ester 1 9 8 1 ) 19 cxd4! 'ilfxb5 20 '*'fЗ .ixd4 А3323: 18 tl:Jxb5 87
(20...tl:Jxe4 2 1 .J:I.xe4 .ixe4 22 'it'xe4 'iVxbЗ А3324: 18 tlJg5 87
23 'it'c6 +-) 2 1 .ixf7 and White obtains А3325: 18 tL'Jc2 88
an advantage after both 2 1 ... tl:Jxe4 22
'i'f5+ ФЬ8 23 .ixg8 :txg8 24 :txe4 and АЗ221 )
21 ... tl:Jg4 22 .ixg8 :txg8 23 tl:Jf5. 18 dxe5
 Archangel with 7 :eJ: Main Line ( 10 .iLg5)
White tries to avoid any danger on the
kingside Ьу exchanging queens. How­
ever, this move does not promise much.
18...ltJxe5 19 liJxe5 dxeS 20 'ifxd7+
20 'iH3 ._.g4.
20 ... Пхd7 21 Паd1 ltJxe4 22 Пхd7
Фхd7 23 J:.d1+
Also:
а) 23 liJxb5 f6 (23 . .. f5 !? + Razuvaev,
Nesis) 24 .ic2 1/2- lf2 Gufeld-Kozlov,
Vladivostok 1 978.
Ь) 23 .ixf7 liJxf2 24 .ie8+ (24 .ixf2
.ixf2+ 25 Фхf2 1Н6+ 26 Фg3 .l:.xf7 27
.l:.xe5 .l:.g7+ 28 Фh4 .ixg2 29 .l:.xh5 ) = Norrelykke-Кeller, corr. 1 986.
24. . .Фхе8 25 .l:.xe5+ Фd7 26 .ixf2 .l:.g6
27 .ixb6 .l:.xg2+ 28 Фfl схЬ6 29 .l:.xb5
Фс7 and а draw was soon agreed in
Rogulj-Yakovich, Belgrade GMA 1 988.
This line is probaЬly the best for White.
23 ... liJd6 24 .ixf7 .l:.h7! 25 .ig6
Or 25 .id5 .ixd5 26 .l:.xd5 Фе6 27
.l:.d3 .l:.f7 with а better ending for Black.
25....1:.g7 26 .ifS+ 'ite8 27 .ihЗ 'itf7
Black has а good ending, Kanatov­
Be1ozerov, Tomsk 1 998.
АЗ222)
18 'ir'd3 Пg8 19 gЗ
After 19 liJxb5 .l:.hg6 20 .ig3 exd4 21
cxd4 liJe5 ! Black has strong counterplay.
19 ...exd4 20 cxd4 Пhg6
Gibney-Кitchev, corr. 1 988. Now 2 1
li:'Jxb5 ! gives White the advantage.
АЗ22З)
18 liJxb5 .l:.g8
Now:
а) 19 g3 .l:.hg6 20 ltJa3 followed Ьу
ltJc4 gives White an advantage.
Ь) 1 9 .ic4 �g4 20 g3 liJxe4 2 1 .id5
liJf6 22 .ixf7 liJd8 23 .ixg8 1/2- lf2 Ro­
man-Bonatti, corr. 1 990. White's chances
look better.
с) 1 9 'ikd3 exd4 20 cxd4 liJb4 21 �с4
(2 1 �d2 .l:.hg6 22 'ilkxЬ4 .l:.xg2+ 23 Фfl
ltJxe4 24 .l:.ec l ltJc5 gives Black а very
87
strong attack) 2 1 ... ltJxe4 22 'ii'xf7 'ir'xf7
23 .ixf7 and now:
c l ) 23 ... .1:.g7 24 d5 .l:.xf7 25 .l:.xe4
liJxd5 26 .l:.e8+ Фd7 27 .l:.d8+ Фс6 28
liJЬd4+ (28 liJaз liJf4 29 Ь4 .ia6 30 .l:.c 1 +
Фd5 3 1 .l:.d l + with а draw) 28 ... .ixd4 29
liJxd4+ ФЬб = Marjanovic-Chandler,
Minsk 1 982.
с2) 23 ....1:.g4 24 .l:.e2 (24 .l:.ed1 !?; e.g.,
24...liJc2 25 .l:.a4 ltJc3 26 liJxc3 .ixfЗ 27
.id5 ! .ixd5 28 liJxd5 .ixd4 ) 24... liJd3
=
25 d5 ltJe5 26 ltJxe5 dxe5 27 g3 ltJxg3
with very strong counterplay for Black,
d) 1 9 liJg5 .l:.g7 ( 1 9 ...J:I.hg6 transposes
to А3224) 20 ..WfЗ (interesting is 20 dxe5
ltJxe5 2 1 liJd4 .l:.hg6 22 f4; 20 g3 ! ?)
20...exd4 2 1 cxd4 .l:.hg6 22 е5 (22 .ia4 !?)
22...ltJa5 23 liJxd6+ cxd6 24 'ifc3+ 'ifc6
25 .l:.ec 1 (25 exf6 ! ?) 25 . . .'ii'xc3 26 .l:.xc3+
ФЬ8 27 exf6 .l:.xf6 28 .ic2 .l:.f4 and Black
obtains sufficient counterplay, Tatar­
czuk-Kaczmarek, corr. 1 99 1 .
АЗ224)
18 liJg5 .l:.g6 (D)
w
19 liJxb5
Also:
а) I 9 liJc2 .l:.dg8 transposes to А3225.
Ь) 19 liJxf7 .l:.dg8 ( 1 9 ... .1:.f8 20 liJg5
liJd8 is interesting; e.g., 2 1 liJc2? 'ikg7 22
'ir'd2 liJh7 with strong counterplay) 20
li:'Jxd6+ cxd6 21 .ixg8 .:txg8 22 'ir'f3 (22
88 Archangel and New Archangel
�xf6 �З 2З gЗ l2Jxd4 24 cxd4 .l:.xgЗ+
25 fxgЗ �xd4+ 26 �xd4 �хgЗ+ 27 ФП
exd4 with а very good game for Black)
22 ... l2Jg4 2З l2Jxb5 exd4 24 cxd4 l2Jxd4
25 �сЗ+ l2Jc6 and now 26 .l:.ed 1 (Lor­
ente-Perez, соп. 1 986) 26 . . . llJeЗ ! gi ves
Black exce\\ent counterp\ay; e.g., 27
l2Jxd6+ ФЬ8 28 fхеЗ (28 �gЗ %:txgЗ)
28 ...'�ihЗ. 26 .!:.ее 1 is probaЬly strongest.
с) 1 9 'jkfЗ and now:
с 1 ) 19 ... exd4 20 �xf7 l2Je5 21 'jkf5
'jf'xf5 22 exf5 .l:.g7 2З �еб+ ФЬ8 24 cxd4
�xd4 25 l2Jxb5 �Ь6 26 .l:.ad1 (more ac­
curate is 26 .!:.аЗ possiЬly followed Ьу
.l:.gЗ) 26. . ..1:.h8 and Black obtained good
counterplay Ьу . . . l2Jh7 in Van der Heij­
den-Van de Oudeweetering, Dieren 1 986.
с2) 1 9 ... .1:.f8 20 l2Jxb5 exd4 21 cxd4
and now:
с2 1 ) 21 . . . �xd4 22 е5 (22 �а4 ! ?)
22 ... l2Jb8 (22 ...l2Ja5 ! ?) 2З l2Jxd4 (2З 'jf'dЗ,
with the idea 2З . . .dхе5 24 'jkx,g6 fxg6 25
�е6, shou\d Ье met Ьу 2З .. .'i'g4; e.g. , 24
gЗ Ilxg5 25 �xg5? 'ji'ЬЗ) 2З . . . �хf3 24
е6 fxe6 25 �хе6 �d5 26 �xd7+ l2Jfxd7
27 .l:.a7 l2Jc6 28 Ila8+ ФЬ7 29 .l:.xf8 tt:lxf8
and а draw was soon agreed in Penrose­
Pereira, соп. 1 985.
с22) 2 1 . . .l2Jxd4 22 l2Jxd4 �xd4 2З
.l:.a4 �Ь6 24 .l:.ea1 ФЬ8 25 �с2 .l:.fg8 with
good р1ау for B1ack, Oppici-B ertino,
соп. 1987.
19 %:tdg8
...
Another plan is 19 ... d5? ! 20 exd5 l2Ja5
(after 20... .I:.dg8, both 2 1 dxe5 and 2 1
dxc6 'i'xc6 22 l2Ja7+ �ха7 2 З f3 1ead to
comp1ications that favour White; also
bad is 20 . . . exd4 2 1 'jf'fЗ ± Hawelko­
Panczyk, Lodz 1 985) 2 1 Ilxa5 l2Jxd5 22
�а4 с6 and now both 2З l2Ja7+ ФЬ8 24
Ilxd5 '*'xd5 25 �ЬЗ, Horvath-Malaniuk,
Lvov 1 984, and 2З l2Jd6+ \ead to an ad­
vantage for White.
20 �xf7 :xgS 21 .txg8 .l:.xg8 22
�xf6 'i'ьз 23 gЗ :rs
Now:
а) 24 �g7 .l:.f7 25 �h8 (risky is 25
�h6 exd4 26 l2Jxd4 l2Je5 27 �f4, when
B1ack can choose between 27 ... .1:.xf4 28
gxf4 �xd4 29 fxe5 'jkgЗ+ with а draw
and 27 . . . �xd4 ! 28 cx,d4 .l:.xf4 29 dxe5
.l:.xe4 ЗО .l:.xe4 �хе4 З 1 fЗ 'i'xgЗ+ З2
Фfl �хfЗ ЗЗ 'i'd2 dxe5 with winning
chances) 25 ...Ilf8 26 �g7 with а draw Ьу
repetition.
Ь) 24 �h4 exd4 25 cxd4 l2Je5 26 f4
(26 llJxdб+? ФЬ8 ! 27 l2JxЬ7 ФхЬ7 -+)
and now:
Ь1 ) 26. . . 1:.xf4 27 gxf4 llJfЗ+ 28 Фf2
and Black managed to draw this position
in Van der Steпen-Femandez Garcia,
Luceme OL 1 982.
Ы) 26 . . . l2Jg6 !? 27 'ti'xh5 (27 'i'c2
l2Jxh4 28 :.аз .l:.g8 29 ifh2 'jkg4 with very
strong counterplay for Black, Fome
Pedro-Martinez, соп. 1 987) 27 . . . l2Jxf4
28 'jf'fЗ tt:lgб 29 'jkg2 'i'd7 ЗО '*'e2 l2Jxh4
З 1 gxh4 с6 and unexpected1y B1ack ob­
tains an advantage.
АЗ225)
18 l2Jc2
White first strengthens his centre and
only then starts some action on the king­
side.
18 ... П.g8 19 llJgS
White shou1d not avoid complica­
tions. 19 Фfl exd4 20 cxd4 l2Ja5 21 �а2
l2Jxe4 22 l2JeЗ Ь4 2З 'jf'ctз ЬЗ gives Black
an excellent position, Pitskaar-Tsaturian,
соп. 198З.
19 .!:f.hg6
...
Others:
а) 19 . . .li:ld8 is playaЬle; e.g., 20 'ii'fЗ
.l:.hgб with chances for both sides, 20
llJeЗ? .l:.hg6 21 dxe5 l2Jxe4 22 l2Jxe4? (22
еб) 22 . . ..1:.xg2+! -+, or 20 dxe5 dxe5 2 1
'jf'x,d7+ l2Jxd7 =.
Ь ) 19. . ..1:.g7 i s а very good move:
Ь 1 ) 20 llJeЗ 1:.hg6 21 l2Jf5 l2Jxe4 22
l2Jxg7 tt:lxg5 2З 'i'xh5 l2Jh3+ 24 Фfl l2Jf4
25 'ii'h8+ l2Jd8 +.
 Archangel with 7 '!:.е 1 : Main Line ( 10 iLg5)
Ь2) Kasparov gives 20 dxe5 liJxe5 2 1
liJd4 a s ;!; , but B1ack can play 2 1 . . . 1:1.hg6
with very strong counterplay:
Ь2 1 ) 22 f4? lLixe4 ! 2З ,..xh5 (2З .tc2
liJxg5 24 .txg5 J:xg5 25 fxg5 J:xg5 26
.te4 .txe4 27 J:xe4 �hЗ gives B1ack а
winning attack) 2З . . . liJxg5 0- 1 Mus­
Kaczmarek, соп. 1990.
Ь22) 22 liJdfЗ �g4 2З lLixe5 'ii'xh4
and B1ack wins.
Ь2З) 22 Фfl J:xg5 2З .txg5 J:xg5 24
f4 J:g4 25 fxe5 liJxe4 with strong threats
for Black.
Ь24) 22 liJf5 liJxe4 (22 . . . J:g8 is very
good as well) with а very strong attack;
e.g. , 2З liJxg7 liJxg5 24 .txg5 J:xg5 25
.id5 .txf2+ 26 Фхf2 .txd5.
20 .txf7 l:txgS 21 i.xg8 11xg8 22
i.xf6 'ii'ЬЗ 23 g3 .l:.f8
A1so:
а) 2З ... liJb8 (the idea is to trap White' s
Ьishop Ьу ... liJd7) and now 24 'ii'fЗ J:f8
and 24 �dЗ liJd7 (24... h4 !?) 25 .te7 ..е6
(25 . . . h4) 26 .th4 ..WhЗ both give Black
good chances, while the a1temative 24
liJaЗ liJd7 (24 ... J:g4!?) 25 .te7 exd4 26
cxd4 liJe5 27 liJxb5 (not 27 ifbЗ? J:xgЗ+
28 'ii'xgЗ liJfЗ+ -+) 27 ... J:xgЗ+ 28 fxgЗ
'ii'xgЗ+ 29 Фп 'iih З+ ЗО Фе2 ..-h2+
leads to perpetua1 check.
Ь) 2З ... ехd4?! (this move was the
main line in this variation for а long time)
24 .txd4 (after 24 cxd4 liJe5 25 .txe5
dxe5 26 'ii'fЗ { 26 J:аЗ ! ? } 26 ... exd4 27
�f5+ 'ikxf5 28 exf5 h4 B1ack has com­
pensation - Kasparov and Tsaturian)
24 ... liJe5 25 .txb6 J:f8 26 liJd4 liJg4 27
liJfЗ h4 28 'ir'ьз d5 29 'iixb5 hxgЗ зо
exd5 gxf2+ З 1 .txf2 liJf6 З2 lLig5 'iig4+
ЗЗ Фfl 11h8 (Chepumoi-Tsaturian, соп.
1 984) and White can win Ьу З4 lLih7
�hЗ+ З5 Фе2 followed Ьу evacuating
the king to the queenside.
24 .tg7
А comparison of Lines АЗ224 and
АЗ225 may Ье very interesting. After 24
89
.th4 exd4 25 cxd4 liJe5 26 f4 B 1ack has
26 . . . J:g8 ! with а very strong attack (no
move 27 �ЬЗ); e.g., 27 fxe5 'ir'xh4 28
J:аЗ J:xgЗ+ 29 J:xgЗ ifxgЗ+ ЗО Фfl
�f4+ З l Фg 1 .txe4 -+.
24..J:tr7 25 i.h8
Not good is 25 .th6 exd4 26 i.f4 dхсЗ
27 'ii'fЗ liJe5 (27 . . . схЬ2!?) 28 'iig2 (Ore­
nes-Frasquet, соп. 1 986) 28 ... 'ir'xg2+ 29
Фхg2 схЫ -+.
2s...:rs 26 .tg7 J:r7 21 .tьs п.rs
lf2- lf2 Fiensch-Auerswald, соп. 1 98З.
В)
l l ...'ii'e7 (D)
w
А very flexiЬle move. Black can fol­
low up Ьу castling on either side, or the
immediate ... g5 followed Ьу ... h5.
12 а4
The most logical move. Others:
а) 1 2 dxe5 (this move on1y activates
B1ack's bishops) 1 2... liJxe5 (a1so good is
1 2. . .dxe5 1 З 'ir'e2 g5 14 .tgЗ lLih5 with а
good game for Black, Sieberg-A.Geller,
Dortmund 1 99 1 ) 1 З lLixe5 dxe5 1 4 liJd2
0-0-0 1 5 'ii'e2 g5 1 б .tgЗ J:xd2 (interest­
ing is 1 6... h5 1 7 h4 J:.xd2) 1 7 'itxd2 liJxe4
1 8 'ii'e2 f5 (Mukhamedzianov-Zavemaev,
Gorky 1 973) 1 9 .tc2 ! with an unclear
position.
Ь) 1 2 d5 usual1y leads to positions
similar to В2; e.g., 1 2 ... liJd8 1З liJbd2 g5
1 4 .tgЗ h5 1 5 h4 g4 1 6 liJg5 0-0 17 liJfl
90 Archangel and New Archangel
lt.Je8 1 8 lt.Je3 .i.xe3 1 9 .:txe3 f6 20 lt.Je6
lt.Jxe6 2 1 dxe6 lt.Jg7 22 .:te1 .i.c8 23 f3
gxfЗ 24 'ifxfЗ .i.xe6 with ап extra pawn
for Black, Kisova-Detko, Brno wom Z
1989.
с) 12 li.Jbd2 g5 13 ..ig3 0-0-0 (or
1 3 ... h5 ! ? 14 h3 h4 1 5 ..ih2 g4 ! , with simi­
lar play to Line В22) апd now:
c l ) 14 d5 lt.Jb8 15 а4 .:tdg8 16 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 17 'ife2 'i'd7 1 8 ..ic2 h5 19 ..id3 ( 1 9
h4 i s risky due to 1 9. . .gxh4 20 ..ixh4 'ifh3
21 'iffl lt.Jh7 followed Ьу ... .:tg4) 19 ... h4
20 .i.xe5 dxe5 2 1 ..ixb5 "ike7 22 lt.Jc4
li.Jfd7 23 li.Jfd2 g4 with good chaпces for
Black in а very unclear position, Leyva­
Lugo, Cienfuegos 1 99 1 .
с2) 14 lt.Jfl exd4 1 5 lt.Jxd4 lt.Jxd4 1 6
cxd4 .:the8 ( 1 6. . ..:tde8 ! ? Matsukevich) 17
f3 g4 18 lt.Je3 gxfЗ 1 9 gxfЗ .:tg8 20 lt.JfS
'ifd7 21 "ikc 1 .:tg5 22 "ikf4 lt.Jh5 23 "ikh4
.:tdg8 24 ..ic2 d5 with an advantage for
Black, Shamkovich-Tseshkovsky, Kiev
1969.
d) 12 'ifd3?! (this leads to similar play
to Line В233 but Black may win а tempo
as White has no time to exchaпge pawns
оп the b5-square) 1 2 ... g5 ( 1 2 ...0-0 trans­
poses to Line С23) 13 .i.g3 h5 14 h4 ( 14
dxe5 lt.Jxe5 ! 1 5 ..ixe5 dxe5 1 6 lt.Jxg5
..ixf2+ 1 7 Фxf2 lt.Jg4+ 18 Фg1 'ifc5+ -+
Kuiper-Ciarke, corr. 1 993) 1 4 . . . g4 1 5
lt.Jg5 lt.Jd8 1 6 a4 lt.Jd7 1 7 d5 lt.Jc5 18 "ikd l
f6 + Hartman-Livshits, Toronto 1 992.
We retum to 12 а4 (D):
в d 1) 17 lt.Jg5 lt.Jxd5 18 exd5 lt.Ja7 1 9
Now:
81: 12 0-0-0? !
... 90
82: 12 g5 ... 92
83: 12...0-0 96
Other moves are weaker:
а) 1 2 . . . Ьха4 1 3 ..ixa4 0-0 transposes
to note 'Ь' to Black's 12th move in Line
С3.
Ь) 12 ... lt.Jas 13 ..ic2 с5 (perhaps Ьetter
is 1 3 ... g5 1 4 ..ig3 lt.Jd7 1 5 ахЬ5 ахЬ5,
Cording-Madler, corr.) 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5
lt.Ja3 and Black experiences proЬiems
with the b5-pawn, Borodiaпsky-К.Gri­
goriaп, USSR 1965.
81 )
12 0-0-0? !
...
Black's queen now stands а little awk­
wardly. It is exposed on the h4-d8 diago­
nal and in some variations White's knight
сап go to f5 with tempo.
13 axbS axbS 14 lt.Ja3!
Other moves:
а) 14 d5 lt.Ja7 15 ..ixf6 !?.
Ь) 14 ..ic2 g5 15 ..ig3 h5 16 h4 exd4
( 1 6 ... g4), Кostro-Radulov, 1966, апd now
White сап try 17 lt.Jxg5 !?.
с) 14 "ike2 g5 15 ..ig3 h5 (Matsukev­
ich gives 15 . . . lt.Jxe4 16 'ifxe4 lt.Jxd4 1 7
..id5 ..ixd5 1 8 ...xd5 с 6 1 9 'ifa2 lt.Jxf3+
20 gxfЗ ..-ь7), Lepeshkin-Kostrin, 1 963,
and now Matsukevich recommends 16
h4 g4 17 li.Jfd2 exd4 1 8 "ikxb5 (or 1 8
lt.Ja3).
d) 14 ..id5 g5 15 ..ig3 h5 16 h4 g4
and now:
dxe5 dxe5 20 .:txe5 "ikd7 21 lt.Je4 f5 22
lt.Jg5 lt.Jcб 23 J:te2 �xd5 24 "ikxd5 .:txd5
with chaпces for Ьoth sides, Kem-Woizan,
corr. 1970.
d2) 17 li.Jfd2 exd4 1 8 lt.Ja3 dxc3 1 9
Ьхс3 (Fomin-Кhuseinov, USSR Cht 1972)
19 ... .:the8 ! 20 'ii'Ь3 lt.Jxd5 2 1 exd5 'ifxe1 +
22 .:txe1 .:txe 1 + 23 Фh2 lt.Ja7 24 lt.Jxb5
 Archangel with 7 'f:..e l: Main Line (10 if..g5)
lЬхЬ5 2 5 'itxb5 .1:tde8 with sufficient
counterplay for Black (Matsukevich).
е) 14 .i.xf6 (Вlack can avoid this plan
Ьу 1 2 ... g5 1 3 .i.gЗ 0-0-0) 14 ... 'ilr"xf6 1 5
.i.d5 ! lЬа7 (Black should play 1 5. . .g5) 1 6
.i.хЬ7+ ФхЬ7 1 7 l!Jaз g 5 1 8 'itьз с6 1 9
с4 ! ± Buscher-Heemsoth, corr. 1 989.
f) 14 ...dЗ g5 15 .i.gЗ exd4 ! ? (15 ...lЬа7
1 6 lЬаЗ transposes to the main line) 1 6
'itxb5 and now:
f l ) 16 ... lЬа7?! 17 'iWf5+ ФЬ8 18 е5
lЬh5 (Sax-Harandi, Rio de Janeiro IZ
1 979) 19 exd6 ±.
f2) 16 ......d7 17 lЬbd2 dxc3 (Sawas­
kuhi-Mathe, Кecskemet 1 986) 1 8 Ьхс3 ±.
fЗ) 16 .. .'�Ь8 17 .i.d5 ..,d7 (Krivic­
Кolar, corr. 1 980) and now 1 8 lЬbd2 is
Ьest.
14 g5 15 .i.g3 lЬa7
...
Others:
а) 15 ... lЬа5 1 6 .i.c2 h5 17 h4 g4 1 8
lЬd2 exd4 1 9 lЬхЬ5 dxc3 2 0 lЬхс3 fol­
lowed Ьу Ь4 ± (Matsukevich).
Ь) 15 ... exd4 16 lЬхЬ5 lЬхе4 1 7 .i.d5
f5 1 8 .i.xc6 ( 1 8 lЬfxd4 lЬxd4 19 .i.xb7+
ФхЬ7 20 lЬxd4 'itd7 21 •ь3 d5 { Matsu­
kevich} is not quite clear; 18 'ita4 ! ? gives
White attacking chances) 1 8 ... .i.xc6 1 9
lЬfxd4 ± Matsukevich.
с) 15 ... h5 1 6 h4 gxh4 and now:
с 1 ) 1 7 lЬxh4 exd4 1 8 lЬхЬ5 (Нardi­
csay-Besztercsenyi, Hungarian Cht 1 992)
1 8 ... lЬхе4 1 9 cxd4 d5 20 lЬс3 'itg5 2 1
lЬfЗ 'itg4 2 2 lЬxd5 lЬxg3 2 3 lЬхЬ6+
схЬ6 24 fxg3 lЬxd4 and Black should
equalize.
с2) 17 .i.xh4 .:tdg8 1 8 lЬхЬ5 .:tg4
( 1 8 ... .:tg6 1 9 .i.d5 .:thg8, Sziebert-Gross,
Budapest 1 993, 20 g3 ._.d7 21 .i.xf6
.:txf6 22 Фg2 gives White an extra pawn
in а safe position) 1 9 gЗ .:thg8 20 'itd3
(now the Ь5-, f5- and gЗ-squares are de­
fended; Sek gives 20 .i.d5 .:txh4 with
compensation) 20. . . exd4 2 1 cxd4 .:t8g6
22 .i.d5 'itd7 23 'it'c4 lЬxd5 24 exd5 +­
Radecki-Bonarek, theme corr. 1 994.
91
16 'itd3! (D)
Other possiЬilities for White are less
active:
а) 16 d5 and now:
al) 16 ... ltJh5 1 7 c4 lЬxg3 1 8 hxgЗ 'iWf6
1 9 ...d2 h5 (Gouder-Hamarat, corr. 1 978)
20 схЬ5 h4 2 1 lЬс4 .i.c5 22 g4 with Ьetter
chances for White.
а2) 1 6. . . lЬхе4 17 .:txe4 f5 (Ushakov­
Bielokurov, 1 97 1 ) and now 1 8 .:te2 is
best.
аЗ) 16 . . h5 17 h4 gxh4 1 8 .i.xh4 .:tdg8
.
1 9 ...d3 .:tg6 20 g3 .:thg8 21 Фg2 ...d7
and Black manages to unpin.
Ь) 16 .i.c2 h5 17 h4 with а further
branch:
Ьl) 17 ...gxh4 18 .i.xh4 ( 1 8 lЬxh4 exd4
1 9 lЬf5 'ite6 attacks the e4-pawn, with
some counterchances) 1 8 ... .:tdg8 19 'ii'e2
( 1 9 .i.dЗ 'ti'e6, Smirnov-Baikov, Moscow
1 979, 20 g3 with good chances for White)
1 9 ......е6 20 gЗ .:tg4 (20... .:th6 2 1 Фg2 d5
22 exd5 'ti'xd5 23 dxe5 lЬg4 24 .i.e4
'iixe4 25 ...хе4 .i.xe4 26 .:txe4 lЬxf2 27
.:tf4 favours White, Kapic-Vuk�evic, corr.
1 979), Vogt-Honfi, Kecskemet 1 977, 2 1
d 5 ? ! (2 1 lЬg5 ! ?) 2 1 . . ..:txg3 + ! 2 2 .i.xg3
'ilr"h3 +.
Ы) 17 ... g4 ! ? 1 8 lЬg5 .:tdg8 19 'itd3
lЬd7 20 .i.b3 .:txg5 2 1 hxg5 h4 22 .i.h2
gЗ 23 fxg3 exd4 with compensation for
the exchange (Matsukevich).
в
16 ...е8
...
92 Archangel and New Archangel
Or:
а) 16 . . . с6? 17 с4 Ь4 1 8 с5 ЬхаЗ 19
схЬ6 ltJb5 20 Ьха3 exd4 2 1 .:tac 1 1 -0
Hotting-Schneider, corr. 1983.
Ь) 16 ...h5 1 7 h4 gxh4 18 .ixh4 с6 19
с4 Ь4 20 с5 .ic7 2 1 ltJc4 +- Arseniev­
Baikov, Yaroslav1 1979.
с) 16 ... ltJxe4 17 .:txe4 f5 18 .:txe5
dxe5 19 'ilr'xf5+ ФЬ8 20 .ixe5 ± Wins­
\ow-Shirazi, Palo Alto 198 1 .
1 7 с4!
The most energetic and logical move,
though 17 ltJc2 ltJh5 18 ltJЬ4 ltJxg3 19
hxg3, threatening ltJd5, is also good.
17 ... g4
Or:
а) 17 . . . exd4? 18 е5 ! lt:Je4 ( 1 8 ... dxe5
19 .ixe5 +-) 19 .:txe4 f5 20 .:tee 1 f4 21
exd6 'i!t'f8 22 dxc7 +- C1emance-Sarapu,
New Zealand Ch 1984.
Ь) 1 7 ...Ь4 1 8 ltJc2 ( 1 8 c5 ! ?) l 8 . . . c5 1 9
d 5 ФЬ8 20 .:ta2 .ic8 2 1 .:teal ± Van der
Veen-Markus, corr. 1986.
18 ltJh4
Or:
а) After 18 .ih4 ltJh5, 19 .ixd8 ltJf4
20 'i!r'eЗ (20 'i'c3 ! ?) 20 ... gxf3 (Matsukev­
ich) gives Black good counterplay, but 1 9
ltJd2 or 19 с5 i s interesting.
Ь) 18 ltJd2!? .ixd4 1 9 l0c2 or 19 .ih4.
18 ... .ixd4?
1 8 . . . Ь4 is hopeless too; e.g., 1 9 ltJc2
с5 20 d5 Фь8 21 .:ta2 ltJh5 22 .:tea1 .ic8
23 'i'e3 1-0 1\llfer-Zaitsev, corr. 1 984.
19 ltJxb5 ltJxb5 20 схЬ5 ltJd7 21
�е2! 'i'g8 22 ltJf5 %te8 23 'i'c2 .ic5 24
.id5 .ixd5 25 exd5 'ii'g6 26 Ь4!
White has а winning attack, Quakke­
laar-Meleghegyi, corr. 1 972.
82 )
12 ... g5 13 .ig3 h5
The fusion of . . . g5, ...fie7 and ... 0-0 is
not particularly successful, viz. 13 ... 0-0
( 1 3 . . .0-0-0 is mentioned in note 'е' to
White' s 1 4th move in Line В 1) and now:
а) 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 .:txa8 .:txa8 (or
1 5 . . . .ixa8 16 ltJa3 ltJa5 17 .ic2 exd4 1 8
ltJxd4 .ixd4 1 9 cxd4 Ь4 20 е5 Ьха3 2 1
exf6 'i*'xf6 22 'i'd3 'i*'g7 23 Ьха3 ± Rjeg­
ler-Kobe, Slovenian jr Ch 1992) 1 б ltJa3
Ь4 ( 16 . . . exd4! ?) 17 ltJc4 ltJd7 18 ltJe3
Ьхс3 19 l0d5 ± Valiente-Vergara, Mos­
cow OL 1994.
Ь) 14 ltJaЗ Фg7 (or 14 ... Ьха4 15 .ixa4
exd4 16 ltJc4 ltJxe4 17 .ixd6, Wedberg­
Omstein, He1sinki 1990) 15 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
i 6 ltJxb5 .:txa 1 17 'i*'xa1 ltJh5 1 8 .id5 ±
Young-Brooks, New York 1 989.
14 ахЬ5
1 4 ltJxg5? h4 15 ltJxf7 .:th5 is conve­
nient for Black.
14 ... ахЬ5 15 I:.xa8+ .ixa8
Now:
В21 : 16 dxe5 92
В22: 16 h3 92
В23: 16 h4 93
82 1 )
16 dxe5 dxe5 17 .id5
17 h4 g4 18 ltJg5 ltJd8 transposes to
В23 1 .
17 ...Ь4 18 .ixc6+
1 8 .ixe5 ltJxe5 1 9 .ixa8 ( 19 ltJxe5
'ii'xe5 20 .ixa8 Фе7) 19 . . .0-0 ( 1 9 . . . g4!?)
20 ltJxe5 'i'xe5 21 .id5 с6 with an excel­
lent position for Black.
18 ... .ixc6 19 .ixe5 .ixf2+ 20 'it>xf2
ltJg4+ 21 Фg1 ltJxe5 22 ltJxe5 'i'xe5 23
'tid4 fixd4+ 24 cxd4 Фе7
The ending is equal.
822)
16 h3 Ь4 17 .ih2 g4 18 hxg4
1 8 ltJg5 gives Black а pleasant choice:
а) 18 ...ltJd8 19 hxg4 .:tg8 20 ltJf3 (af-
ter 20 f4 both 20 ... с5 and 20. . . .ic6, fol-
lowed Ьу . . . .id7, are good) 20. . . .:txg4 2 1
dxe5 ltJxe4 2 2 Ф f l (22 exd6 i s met Ьу
22 . . . h3 !) 22 . . . .ixf2 23 .:txe4 .ixe4 24
Фхf2 dxe5 with an initiative for Black.
Ь) 18 ... gxh3 19 .ixf7+ Фd8:
 Archangel with 7 'l:.el: Main Line ( 10 �g5)
Ы ) 20 i.еб .l:l.h5 21 tt:\xh3 (21 tt:\f7+
Фе8 22 d5 hxg2 23 Фхg2 tt:\d8 24 tl:Jxd8
Фхd8 25 �fЗ сб) 21 . . . 'ii'xeб 22 d5 �f7
23 dхсб i.хсб +.
Ь2) 20 i.b3 ! Фс8 2 1 tt:\xh3 exd4 22
tt:\a3 dxc3 23 Ьхс3 tt:\a7 with an unclear
position.
18 ...ltJxg4 19 i.d5
19 tt:\a3 exd4 ( 19 ... tt:\xh2! ?) 20 tt:\xd4
(20 cxd4 tt:\xh2 21 Фхh2 tt:\xd4 22 tt:\xd4
�е5+) 20. . . tt:\xh2 2 1 i.d5 (2 1 Фхh2
�е5+) 2 1 .. .'ii'fб 22 tt:\f5 h3 23 i.хсб+
i.хсб 24 g3 (Emst-Jepson, Swedish Ch
1 997) 24 ... tt:\fl ! with the threat ... h2+
and ... �xf5 wins immediate1y for Black.
19...h3
White's dark-squared bishop may pJay
an important ro1e in the future protect­
ing the king. Therefore 19 ... tt:\xh2!, pos­
siЬiy to Ье followed Ьу ... h3, Iooks very
promising.
20 i.gЗ
Dutreeuw-Donev, Liechtenstein 1995.
20 ... tt:\fб 2 1 dxe5 dxe5 22 gxh3 .l:l.xh3 23
Фg2 .1:1.h5 =.
823}
16 h4 g4 (D)
w В234: 18 f4
17 tt:\g5
A1so:
а) 1 7 tt:\h2 exd4 18 tt:\fl ( 1 8 i.d5 Фd7
19 i.хсб+ i.хсб 20 cxd4 .l:l.e8 with а
good game for Black) 1 8 ... 0-0 19 i.f4
93
(both 19 i.c2 tt:\d7 20 �d2 �fб and 1 9
i.d5 .l:l.e8 favour Black) 1 9... tt:\xe4 (quite
good is 1 9 ... .1:1.е8 or 19 ...tt:\d8 followed Ьу
. .. гt:\еб) 20 tt:\g3 tt:\xf2 2 1 Фхf2 'i'fб 22
tt:\xh5 �xh4+ 23 tt:\g3 (Emst-Shirov,
Gausdal 199 1 ) 23 ... dxc3+ 24 i.e3 i.xe3+
25 .l:l.xe3 схЬ2 + .
Ь) 17 dxe5 dxe5 18 tt:\fd2 ( 1 8 tt:\g5
shou1d Ье compared with the main Iine)
18 ... 0-0 ( l 8 ... tt:\d8 1 9 tt:\a3 сб may Ье
quite good) 19 tt:\a3 tt:\a7 20 �е2 сб 2 1
Фh2 tt:\c8 22 fЗ tt:\dб 2 3 tt:\fl i.b7 =
Tatarczuk-Jackowski, corr. 1 99 1 .
17...tt:\d8!
This is а system of the Polish СС lM
Witold Bielecki. Black defends all his
weaknesses and wants to play ... tt:\d7 and
...fб, trapping White's knight. Besides, in
some variations White's dark-squared
Ьishop remains out of play. After 17 . . .0-0
White сап take advantage of Black's
weak points (Ь5 and f5) Ьу 18 �d3 ! Фg7
( 1 8 ... exd4 1 9 е5 ! +-; 18 ... Ь4 1 9 tt:\d2
tt:\a5 20 i.a2 ± Prokofiev-Zavernaev, corr.
197 1 ) 19 d5 tl:Ja7 20 гt:\аЗ �d7 2 1 с4 Ьхс4
22 tt:\xc4 i.d4 23 tt:\e3 i.xe3 24 �хе3 ±
Weegenaar-Mackie, corr. 1 995.
Now:
В23 1 : 18 dxe5?! 93
В232: 18 гt:\аз 94
В233: 18 'ii'd3 94
94
В235: 18 гt:\аЗ 95
Not good is 1 8 tt:\d2? tt:\d7 1 9 d5 fб 20
гt:\еб гt:\хеб 21 dхеб tt:\c5 and White loses
а pawn, Blumenfeld-Henley, 1992.
18 d5 is liaЬie to transpose to В232 or
В233.
823 1 }
1 8 dxe5?!
This exchange is premature.
18... dxe5 19 i.a2
19 i.xe5? 'ii'xe5 20 �xd8+ Фхd8 2 1
tt:\xf7+ Фс8 2 2 tt:\xe5 g 3 -+.
94 Archangel and New Archangel
19...�d7 20 �ьз �с6
Also very good is 20... fб 21 �б �хеб
22 fjxeб �хеб 2З ..i.хеб �с5 24 ..i.f5
Фf7 25 �аЗ ..i.сб + Salceanu-Bielicki,
corr. 1 980.
21 .1:.d1 f6
2 1 . . . .1:.f8 is very strong, threatening
. . .�с5 and ...fб.
22 �e6 ltJxe6 23 'iixe6 'ir'xe6 24 ..i.xe6
�с5 25 ..i.dS ..i.xd5 26 exdS �е4 27 Фn
<itd7
B1ack won the ending in Fernandez
Garcia-Chiburdanidze, Salamanca 1 990.
8232)
18 �аЗ (D)
в Ь) 2 1 �d2 ib7 22 ..i.c4 f6 23 �еб
18 ... �d7 19 dS f6 20 �е6 �хе6 21
dxe6 �cS 22 ..i.d5
Others:
а) 22 ic2 сб 2З Фh2 �хеб 24 ..i.Ы
..i.b7 25 �с2 0-0 26 �3 ..i.хеЗ and Black
is а pawn up, Mamitsch-Noskowicz, corr.
1988.
Ь) 22 �хЬ5 ? ! �хе4 2З Фh2 f5 24
..i.d5 ..i.xd5 25 ._xd5 0-0 26 .1:.хе4 fxe4
27 'ii'xe4 Фg7 ! 28 'ii'e2 'ir'xeб -+ Iacob­
TelЬis, corr. 1 99 1 .
22 с6
•..
22 . . . ..i.xd5 23 �xd5 0-0 24 Ь4 �хеб
25 �хЬ5 'ir'f7 26 �аЗ (26 с4!?) 26 .. .f5 +
Rezan-Pereyra Arcija, Zagan U-20 Wch
1997.
23 ..i.a2
2З Ь4 �хеб 24 ..i.ЬЗ ..i.b7 25 �с2 0-0
26 �еЗ ..i.хеЗ is similar to the main line,
Graf-Middelhoff, Bavaria 1 994.
2З...�хе6 24 �с2 0-0 25 'ir'd2 Фg7
26 �е3 �хеЗ
White does not have compensation for
the pawn, Kanatov-lbragimov, Tomsk
1997.
8233)
18 �dЗ �d7 19 d5 0-0
19 .. .fб 20 �еб �хеб 2 1 dхеб �5 22
._хЬ5+ Фf8 2З i.d5 Фg7 led shortly to а
draw in Stilling-Valeriani, corr. 1 994.
20 �хЬ5 �с5
Now:
а) 21 �аЗ fб 22 �еб �dхеб 23 dхеб
�хе4 24 �с4 ..i.c5 25 �еЗ (Chepur­
noy-Bielecki, corr.) 25 ... ..i.xe3 +.
�dхеб 24 dхеб ..i.c8 25 Ь4 �хе6 26 ..i.d5
..i.d7 27 'i'c4 Фg7 with good play for
Black, Ozimek-Bielecki, corr.
с) 2 1 ic2 ib7 22 'ii'e2 fб 2З �еб
�схеб 24 dхеб �хе6 25 'i'd2 Фg7 =
Kotzem-Bieleck.i, corr. 1 986.
8234)
18 f4 gxfЗ
Other possibilities:
а) 18 ... exf4 19 ixf4 �d7 tries to trap
White's knight:
а 1 ) 20 'i'dЗ fб 2 1 е5 dxe5 22 Фh l
._g7 2З 'i'xb5 and White's initiative may
Ье very dangerous.
а2) 20 �аЗ fб (Donev) 21 ..i.d5 ! сб
(21 . . . ..i.b7 22 �f7) 22 �хЬ5 схЬ5 (or
22...�е5 2З 'i'a4 ..i.b7 24 �4 with com-
plications that favour White) 2З ..i.xa8
with а very strong attack for the piece.
Ь) 1 8 . . .�d7 1 9 f5 fб (or 1 9 ... �f8 20
fб ! 'i'xfб 2 1 �xf7 �xf7 22 .:.п 'i'hб 2З
..i.xf7+ Фе7 24 Фh2 �d7 25 �аЗ .1:.f8 26
..i.d5 .1:.xfl 27 'i'xfl ..i.xd5 28 exd5 with
some initiative for White, Vasiukov-Kuz­
min, Leningrad 199 1 ) 20 �еб �хеб 2 1
 Archangel with 7 'Ael : Main Line ( 10 .it..g5) 95

.ixe6 tiJf8 22 .ib3 .l:th7 23 Фh l с6 24 After 22 ...'iVxg5 23 .ih4 'iVg6 24 'ir'd3 !

tiJa3 'ika7 25 'it'd2 ;!; Rezaei-Vasiukov, с6 (24... .ic6?! 25 tiJe7) 25 .l:td1 (Shirov)
Teheran 199 1 . White has а strong attack.
1 9 gxfЗ 23 'ii'd3
1 9 ._.хfЗ exd4 20 .if2 tlJg4 21 .ixd4 lnteresting is 23 ._.d2 with play simi­
'ife5 22 .iхЬб 'ikh2+ 23 Фfl ._.xh4 +. lar to the next note.
19...tiJh7 23...1:1.f8
Also good is 19 ... с5 20 dxc5 dxc5 =. 23 ... .ic6 24 'i:td2 tiJf7?! (24. . ..1:tf8 and
20 tiJxЬ7 24 . . . .ixe4 offer better chances) 25 tiJh4
Others: ...g7 26 g6 tiJh6 27 'i*'g5 tiJg8?? 28 .if7+
а) 20 tiJh3 tiJf8 21 Фh2 tiJde6 22 dxe5 1 -0 Perdek-Horbanowicz, corr. 1 99 1 .
dxe5 23 .ixe5 'ifxh4 24 .ig3 'ikf6 25 Фhl 24 dxeS
.l:tg8 26 .tь2 -..м 21 tiJg t tiJf4 28 -..d2 24 'i'xb5 .ixe4 25 tiJh4 seems to Ье
tiJd3 0- 1 Kulczewski-Bieleck:i, corr. 1980. critical.
Ь) 20 f4 tiJxg5 cannot Ье dangerous 24...tiJc5 !
for Black either. Weaker is 24. . .dxe5 ?! 25 .l:td 1 .ic6 26
20 ... .I:txh7 21 ФЬ2 .l:tg7 22 tiJaЗ ii.c6 .ixe5 with compensation, Malar-Hodges,
The position is equal. corr. 1993. Now, according to Hodges,
Black has an advantage.
8235)
18 tiJa3 (D) 82352)
21 ......Ь7 22 'ifd3
22 dxe5? (Vitomsk:is-Bieleck:i, corr.
1 986) allows Black to save а price1ess
в tempo Ьу 22... gxh4 ! 23 tiJxh4 (23 .ixh4
tiJxe5 !) 23 ... tiJxe5 24 .ixe5 dxe5 25 tiJf5
(25 'ifd3 ._.d7 -+) 25 . . . g3 ! 26 tiJxg3 h4
and 27... h3 -+.
22. . ..1:tf8
In Dondelinger-Bielecki, corr. 1 996
Black played 22 ... gxh4 ! ? and White did
not obtain any compensation for the
piece after 23 .ixh4 .ic6 24 tlJe7 .ib7 25
dxe5 tlJxe5 26 'ii'xb5+ Фf8 27 tiJf5 .ic6
The most ambitious Iine. White plays 28 'ike2 Фе8 29 'ifd2 .l:tf8 30 'i'g5 Фd7
for the attack, and makes the piece sacri­ 0- 1 .
fice real. 23 hxgS .ixe4
18 ... tiJd7 19 tiJc2 Some annotators think that 2 l . . . 'ifh7
19 d5 transposes to В232. is weaker than 21 . . .'i'f6. However, Ьу
19 ... f6 20 tiJe3 fxgS 21 ttJrs playing 23 ... 'ifg6 !? Black can transpose
Now: to Line В235 1.
В2351 : 21 ......f6 95 24 tiJxd6+ cxd6 25 Пхе4 f*'rs 26 g6!
В2352: 21 ......h7 95 26 .id5 'ikxg5 27 'i'xb5 .l:tf5 ! 28 dxe5
dxe5 29 .ic6 tiJxc6 30 'i'xc6 'ii'f6 ! +
8235 1 ) (Shirov).
2 1...-..rб 22 hxgS ._.g6! 26...'ifxg6 27 dxeS d5 28 ii.xd5 tiJe6
96 Archangel and New Archangel
Ernst-Shirov, Gausdal 1990. According
to Shirov, White shou1d р1ау 29 'ii' xb5 !
_.fS 30 1:е2 h4 3 1 ..tхеб! 'ii'xeб 32 ..txh4
1:h8 33 g3 ФП (33 ... J:.xh4 1ooks 1ike an
improvement) 34 1:е4 ! with slightly Ьetter
chances in а very complicated position.
83)
12...0-0 (D)
w 1:h8 (Nokso-Koivisto - Fi1en, corr. 1 98б)
Now:
ВЗl : 13 l2Ja3 9б
В32: 13 ...d3 9б
В33: 13 d5 97
В34: 13 ахЬ5 97
Or:
а) 13 dxe5 dxe5 1 4 l2Jbd2 J:tfd8 1 5
_.е2 g 5 1 б ..tg3 l2Jh5 1 7 tLi f l l2Jf4 1 8
..txf4 exf4 1 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 20 'ii'xb5 g4
gives Black good counterp1ay, Martino­
vic-Messing, Be1grade 1 9б8.
Ь) 13 ..td5 and now rather than the
passive I З ... J:.ab8?! 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 15 l2Ja3
l2Ja7 1 б ..txb7 1:хЬ7 17 l2Jc2 сб 1 8 l2Je3
± Minakov-Ze1itsky, corr. 1988, Black
shou1d try 13 ...J:.fЬ8 or 13 ... J:.fe8 14 l2Jbd2
exd4 1 5 cxd4 ( 1 5 l2Jxd4 ..txd4 1 б cxd4
g5) 15 . . . g5 16 ..tg3 g4.
831 )
13 l2Ja3 g5
1 3 ... l2Ja5 ? ! 14 ..id5 сб 1 5 ..ta2 Ьха4
1б _.ха4 с5 1 7 Ь4 схЬ4 18 'ii'xb4 ..id8
(Kudinov-Doehner, Bad Liebenzell 1 99б)
19 ..txfб 'itxfб 20 l2Jc4 l2Jxc4 21 'iixb7
lLJbб 22 :.аы +-.
14 ..tg3 exd4 15 е5
A1so:
а) 15 cxd4 l2Ja5 ! ( 1 5 .. .'i'd7 1 б ахЬ5
ахЬ5 17 е5 ! ±) 1б е5 dxe5 17 1:хе5 ...d7
18 ахЬ5 with counterp1ay for B1ack.
Ь) 1 5 l2Jxd4 l2Jxd4 1б cxd4 'itd7 (the
altemative 1 б . . . l2Jxe4 17 f3 'iifб 18 fxe4
..txd4+ 1 9 Фh 1 ..tхЫ 20 J:.a2 1ooks fa­
vouraЫe for White) 1 7 ...d3 Фg7 18 ..tc2
19 е5 !? l2Jd5 20 еб ""·
15...dxe5 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 17 l2Jxe5
l2Jxe5 18 ..txe5 dxc3 19 'i!Vc2 Фg7 20
J:.ad1 J:tae8 21 l2Jxb5 'ii'c5 22 ..txf6+
Фхf6 23 .!:txe8 1:txe8 24 l2Jxc3 'i'e5 25 h3
The storm has Ь\own itse1f out. Gus­
einov-Gabdrakhmanov, Кrasnodar 1 978
was soon agreed drawn.
832)
13 ...d3 l2Ja5
13 . . . g5 is risky due to 1 4 l2Jxg5 hxg5
15 ..txg5.
1З . . . Фh8 14 l2Jbd2 1:g8 15 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
1 б 1:ха8 ..txa8 17 dxe5 l2Jxe5 18 l2Jxe5
'itxe5 19 ..txf7 1:f8 20 lLJfЗ 'ii'f4 2 1 ..txfб
'i'xfб 22 ..id5 and B1ack does not have
full compensation for the pawn, Penrose­
J .Littlewood, British Ch 1 9б9.
14 ..tc2
14 ..ta2 is interesting. 14 ... с5 15 ахЬ5
c4 l б 'i�Vd1 axb5 17 l2Ja3 ..tcб 18 l2Jc2 g5
1 9 l2Jxg5 l2Jxe4 (after 19 . . .hxg5 20 ..txg5
followed Ьу 'i'fЗ and lLJeЗ White has а
violent attack) 20 l2Jf3 l2Jg5 21 ..txg5
hxg5 22 dxe5 ± Penrose-Pritchard, Brit­
ish Ch 197 1 . Тherefore Black should play
14 ... Ьха4, taking advantage of the tem­
porary covering of the a-file, with а good
game.
14 ... с5 15 ахЬ5 с4 16 'i!Vd1
1 б 'i!Ve2 ахЬ5 17 l2Ja3 is similar to Line
В34. In Glaser-Schuh, corr. 1 970 White
 Arclшngel with 7 :ez: Main Line (10 i&.g5)
obtained а strong attack after 17 . . . .ta6
18 h3 g5 19 l2Jxg5 hxg5 20 .txg5 Фg7 21
�е3. The best move is 1 7 . . ..tc6 with
good equalizing chaпces for Black.
16 ... ахЬ5 17 l2Jbd2
Now:
а) 17 . . .l2Jc6 18 .l:l.xa8 .l:l.xa8 19 liJfl
.td8 (perhaps better is 19 . . . g5 20 .tg3
exd4 2 1 lDxd4 lLJxd4 22 cxd4 'i'd7 { aп­
other idea is 22 ... .1:1.е8 ! ? } 23 h3 1:te8, Voit­
sekh-Saviemaiev, 1975) 20 lDe3 �f8 21
lDd5 lDd7 22 .tg3 .ta5 23 h3 Ь4 24 .ta4
Ьхс3 25 Ьхс3 exd4 26 l2Jxd4 l2Jxd4 27
'i'xd4 lDc5 28 .tb5 .txd5 29 �xd5 ±
К1оvап-Dzharkinbaev, Dnepropetrovsk
1970.
Ь) Matsukevich recommends 17 .. .'�е6;
e.g., 1 8 d5 �g4 1 9 .ixf6 gxf6 20 lDfl
.tc8 with а playaЬle position.
В ЗЗ)
13 dS (D)
в Ь) 1 5 l2Ja3 Ь4 ( 1 5 ... l2Ja5 ! ?) 1 6 l2Jc4
lЗ ... lLJaS
Or:
а) 1 3 . . . l2Jb8 14 .ixf6 "it'xf6 1 5 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 16 .:l.xa8 .txa8 17 l2Ja3 с6 1 8 dxc6
.txc6 1 9 .td5 .td7 20 'i'e2 ± Tringov­
Liebert, Bucharest 1 968.
Ь) l 3 . . . l2Jd8 (Matsukevich's idea) 14
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 nxa8 .txa8 16 .txf6 �xf6
17 lDa3 сб апd now 18 'i'd3 ! ± looks Ьest,
strengthening the pressure оп the b5-
pawn.
97
14 .txf6
Otherwise Black сап play ... g5:
а) 14 l2Ja3 (Van Mit-Frosch, Velden
1 995) 14 . . .g5 15 .tgЗ l2Jxb3 16 •хьз
Ьха4 17 'i'xa4 l2Jh5 gives Black а good
game.
Ь) 14 ахЬ5 g5 15 .tg3 ахЬ5 1 6 lDbd2
апd now Btack сап choose 16 ...l2Jxe4 with
major complications (Dziedzic-Drazkow­
ski, corr. 1 992) or 1 6. . . l2Jh5 with а good
position.
14 ...�xf6 15 .ia2 cS!?
The variation 1 5 . . . с6 1 6 Ь4 l2Jc4 17
.txc4 Ьхс4 18 dxc6 .txc6 1 9 l2Jbd2 is
convenient for White (Matsukevich).
16 dxc6 .ixc6 17 .tdS
White has а minimal advantage.
834)
13 axbS axbS 14 %:txa8 .l:l.xa8
Or 14 ....txa8:
а) 15 d5 l2Ja5 16 .txf6 �xf6 17 .ta2
g5 18 .l:l.fl g4 1 9 lDe1 Чlt'g6 20 'i'd3 f5 with
counterplay for Black, Stabbauer-Wind­
heuser, corr. 1985.
Ьхс3 17 ЬхсЗ .l:tb8 1 8 l2Je3 l2Ja5 19 l2Jf5
Чlt'd8 20 .ta2 .tc6 2 1 �c l and White
wins, Sigurjonsson-Tompa, Harrachov
U-26 Wcht 1 967.
15 l2Ja3
After 1 5 d5 l2Ja5 1 6 .ixf6 Чixf6 1 7
.ta2 .tc8 ! ? 1 8 h 3 lDb7 B1ack staпds very
activety.
lS ... lLJaS 16 .ixf6
Or:
а) 16 .!Z'Jxb5 g5 17 dxe5 dxe5 18 .ig3
.!Z'Jxb3 (a1so good is 18 . . .l2Jxe4 19 .!Z'Jxe5
.txf2+ 20 .txf2 'i'xe5) 19 'i'xb3 l2Jxe4
20 l2Jxe5 ttJxf2 ! 2 1 lDd4 (21 .txf2 �хе5)
2 1 . . .l2Je4 with rich tactical chances for
B1ack (Matsukevich).
Ь) 16 .tc2 l2Jc4 17 l2Jxc4 Ьхс4 1 8
dxe5 dxe5 19 .txf6 'i'xf6 20 'i'e2 �еб 2 1
'*d1 lfz- lf2 Smederevac-Bagirov, Bever­
wijk 1965.
98 Archangel and New Archangel
16 ... 'ii'xf6 17 lLixbS lLixb3 18 ._хЬ3
J:tb8
Now:
а) 1 9 dxe5 dxe5 20 fr'c2 g5 2 1 'tte2
%:td8 gives Black sufficient compensation
for the pawn.
Ь) 19 ._с4 is critical:
Ь l ) 19 . . ....е7 ! ? (the right idea: Black
wants to pin the knight) 20 d5?? .i.a6 21
Фh 1 ._d7 0- 1 Woda-Panczyk, Poznan
1 985.
Ы) 19 . . ....d8! has the same idea but
the rook is defended, which may Ье im­
portant in some lines. Then 20 ._d3 i.a6
21 с4 i.xb5 22 схЬ5 i.xd4 23 ltJxd4
exd4 24 ._xd4 %:txb5 gives Black at 1east
an equal position.
С)
11 ...0-0 (D)
w Black shouldn't have any proЬlems.
Now:
Cl: 12 d5 98
С2: 12 'i!Vd3 98
СЗ: 12 а4 102
Or:
а) 12 dxe5 ltJxe5 1 3 а4 g5 14 i.g3
Ьха4 Nurmi-Myry, соп. 1 99 1 .
= i.e6 20 'i*'d2 ltJe8 21 h4 f6 22 i.Ьl ltJc4
Ь ) 1 2 .i.d5 %:te8 1 3 lLibd2 exd4 1 4
lLixd4 i.xd4 1 5 cxd4 g 5 16 i.xc6 i.xc6
17 'ili'c2 i.xe4 1 8 lLixe4 lLixe4 19 J:l.xe4
%:txe4 20 ._хе4 gxh4 2 1 %:te1 с5 and Black
has а good game, Putzbach-Nogly, 1 992.
с) 12 аЗ %:te8 1 3 i.c2 'ii'e7 ( 1 3 ... g5 !?;
1 3 ...exd4 ! ?) 14 Ь4 (14 'ir'dЗ ltJa5 1 5 lLibd2
с5 1 б d5 с4 1 7 �е2 i.c8 and Black stands
we\1, Silva-Rodriguez Vargas, Havana
1 970) 1 4 . . . a5 1 5 d5 ltJa7 1 6 lLibd2 c5 17
lLifl i.c8 18 ltJeЗ i.d7 1 9 ltJf5 i.xf5 20
exf5 %:tec8 ;t Lepeshkin-Vasiukov, USSR
1 965.
С1)
1 2 d5 ltJaS
12 ... lLib8 !? 13 а4 ( 1 3 lLibd2 Фh8 14
lLifl %:tg8 1 5 ._d2 lLibd7 1 б i.xf6 'ir'xf6
1 7 ltJgЗ i.c8 1 8 h3 lLif8 1 9 ltJh2 ltJh7 and
Black stands well, Sharif-Panczyk, Graz
198 1 ), P.Roos-Кranzl, соп. 1 984, and
now 1 3 . . .g5 1 4 i.gЗ lLih5 doesn't look
bad; for example, 15 lLixe5 lLixgЗ 16 ltJdЗ
ltJxe4 1 7 %:txe4 lL\d7 with а good pos.ition
for Black.
13 i.c2
After 13 li:Jbd2 lLixbЗ ( 1 З . . .с 6 ! ?) 14
ахЬЗ (Jonasson-Castra, соп. 1 977) 14...g5
13 с6
...
Or 1 3. . . g5 (sooner or later Black must
play this) 14 .tgЗ сб 15 dхсб ltJxcб and
now:
а) 1 б lLibd2 %:tc8 1 7 а4 lLie7 ( 1 7 . . .Ь4;
17 . . . Ьха4 !?) 1 8 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 9 i.dЗ ._d7
20 ...е2 i.сб 2 1 Ь4 lLigб 22 с4 ± Azaric-
Popadic, Yugoslavia 1 993.
Ь) А very interesting plan was played
in Schirzak-Terlecki, соп. 1 980: 1 6 'ir'e2
"fie7 17 lLibd2 Фh7 1 8 lLifl %:tfc8 19 ltJe3
( 1 9 %:tad1 !?) 1 9 ... .i.xe3 20 'ti'xeЗ ltJd8 2 1
lLid2 Ь 4 22 с 4 lLie6 with a n excellent po­
sition for Black.
14 dxc6 i.xc6 15 lLibd2 ._е7 16 'ir'e2
g5 17 i.g3 J:l.fc8 18 %:tad1 i.d7 19 гьn
Black has а solid position, Ujtumen­
Ma1ich, Moscow 1 96 1 .
С2)
12 �d3
 Archangel with 7 ':el: Main Line ( 10 if..g5)
Now:
С21 : 12 Пе8
.•• 99
С22: 12...lfJa5 99
С23: 12...'ike7 100
С24: 12...g5 101
С21 )
1 2 Пе8 13 lЬbd2 lfJa5 14 .ic2 с5
•••
Weak is 14 ...exd4? 1 5 cxd4 lЬс4?
( 1 5 ... g5 1 6 lЬxg5 also leads to an attack
for White) 1 6 е5 dxe5 17 -iXf6 ..,xf6 1 8
"ikh7+ Фf8 1 9 lЬхс4 Ьхс4 2 0 lfJxe5 +­
Ei.Pedersen-Lewi, Athens Z 1 969.
15 d5
Or 1 5 dxe5 dxe5 1 6 "ike2 :te6 17 .igЗ
..,е8 = Gutierrez-Am.Rodriguez, Colom­
Ьia 1 983.
15...с4 16 ..,е2 g5
Or:
а) 16 ... .ic8 17 Ь4 (after 17 lЬfl Фh7
1 8 lЬеЗ .id7 1 9 lfJd2 :tc8 ! Black parries
the threat of Ь4 and obtains а good game,
Кlovan-Malaniuk, Thilisi 1 985) 17 ... схЬЗ
1 8 ахЬЗ lfJЬ7? ! 19 Ь4 g5 favours White:
а 1 ) 20 lЬxg5 hxg5 2 1 .ixg5 Фg7 22
с4 ..,d7 23 .iеЗ ..,с7 24 •rз .iхеЗ 25
"ikxeЗ Фf8 26 ПаЗ (Lank:a-Kosenkov,
Sevastopo1 1 982) and according to Lanka
White has an advantage (though this line
needs thorough analysis).
а2) 20 .igЗ and White's position
looks Ьetter.
Ь) 1 6...Фh8 17 Ь4 ( 1 7 lЬП g5 { the al­
temative 1 7 ... .ic8 1 8 Ь4 is very promis­
ing for White } 18 .igЗ .ic8 1 9 Ь4 { 1 9
'it'd2 !? lЬh5 2 0 Ь4 схЬЗ 21 ахЬЗ lfJf4 22
lЬеЗ lfJЬ7?! 23 Ь4 :tg8 24 с4 .id7? 25 с5
and wins, Buczinski-Chmiel, corr. 1990}
1 9... схЬ3 20 ахЬЗ ...с7 2 1 "ikd2 lfJh7 22
tlJeЗ .id7 t) 17 ... схЬЗ 18 ахЬЗ g5 1 9
.igЗ .ic8 2 0 Ь4 lЬЬ7 2 1 с4 ! Ьхс4 22
lfJxc4 а5 23 :tеЫ .ig4 24 .ia4 .:r.e7 25
lЬхЬ6 ..,хЬ6 26 .ic6 ± Koroliov-Кiaic,
corr. 1 988.
с) 16...:tc8 1 7 lЬfl Фh7 (17 ....1:!.с7 18
"ikd2 .ic8 19 hЗ lЬЬ7 20 lfJgЗ lfJc5 21
99
lЬh5 lfJcd7 22 g4 with an initiative on the
kingside for White, Pop-Halek, corr.
1 989) 1 8 "ikd2 (this move-order restricts
Black's play most; otherwise he сап play
... g5, though after 1 8 lЬеЗ g5 { 18 . . .:tg8
will come to the same thing } 19 lЬxg5+
hxg5 20 .ixg5 .:r.g8 2 1 h4 White has а
strong initiative, Walthemate-Mayer, corr.
1976) 1 8 ... .:r.g8 1 9 tt:Jeз g5 20 .igз lЬh5
2 1 lfJf5 'it'f6 (21 ...f6 22 .id 1 lЬg7 23
lfJЗh4 lfJxf5 24 iDxf5 :tc7 25 Ь4 схЬЗ 26
ахЬЗ ± Beliavsky-Vasiukov, Leningrad
1 977) 22 lЬxd6 !? (the simple 22 Ь4 схЬЗ
23 ахЬЗ lЬхgЗ 24 hxgЗ gives White the
Ьetter game because of Black ' s poorly
placed queen' s knight) 22......xd6 23
.ixe5 "ikd8 24 lЬd4 f6? (after 24... :tg6 25
lfJf5 White has very strong play for the
piece) 25 .id6 lfJg7 26 Ь4 схЬЗ 27 ахЬЗ
Фh8 28 .ib4 :te8 29 'itdЗ f5 30 g4 ±
Kussin-Polzin, corr. 1 980.
17 .ig3
The ultimate evaluation of this line
may well depend on the variation 1 7
lЬxg5 hxg5 1 8 .ixg5.
17...lfJh5 18 lfJfi �с8 19 lЬе3
Now 1 9 ... -iхеЗ 20 ..,хеЗ gave White
the Ьetter position in Angantysson-Sharif,
Siegen OL 1 970, but this is the wrong
plan. After 1 9 ... lfJxg3 Black has good
equalizing chances.
С22)
12...lfJa5 13 .ic2 с5 (D)
w
100 Archangel and New Archangel
14 dS
Not dangerous for B1ack is 14 dxe5
dxc5 15 ltJxe5 'ir'xd3 16 �xd3 g5 17 i.g3
.J:I.ad8 1 8 ltJa3 .l:l.fe8 Buczinski-Mokwa,
= Ravinsky-Golenishev, Moscow 1 964.
corr. 1 990.
14... с4 15 'ir'e2
Or 15 'ir'd 1 g6 16 ltJbd2 Фg7 17 lZJfl
fic7 1 8 lZJe3 i.c8 19 i.g3 l2Jg4 20 l2Jxg4
.ii. xg4 2 1 h3 i.h5 with а good game for
B1ack, Voitsekhovsky-Grechikhin, Voro­
nezh 199 1 .
15...g6
Others:
а) 1 5 . . . g5? ! and now:
а 1) 1 6 �g3 lZJh5 1 7 lZJbd2 (Вe1iavsky
recommends 17 Ь4) 17 ...lZJf4 (17 ... �с8 !?
transposes to 1ine 'Ь' ) 1 8 �xf4 gxf4 19
Фh1 Фh8 20 g3 fif6 21 l2Jh4 ± Oll-Yako­
vich, Minsk 1986.
а2) 16 lZJxg5 ! ? hxg5 17 i.xg5 Фg7 18
fif3 .::tb 8 1 9 lZJd2 �с8 (Hiibner-Be1iav­
sky, Munich 1990) 20 Ь4 схЬ3 21 ахЬ3
lZJЬ7 22 Ь4 with an advantage for White
(Вe1iavsky).
Ь) 1 5 ... �с8 1 6 lZJbd2 g5 17 �g3 ( 1 7
lZJxg5 ! ?) 1 7. . .lZJh5 1 8 lZJf! ( 1 8 Ь4 ! ?)
18 ... f5 19 exf5 �xf5 20 lZJe3?! (20 �xf5)
20...lZJxg3 21 hxg3 �хеЗ 22 fxe3 �g4 23
i.e4 .::ta7 with а better game for Black,
Chomicki-Drazkowski, corr. 1992.
16 lZJЬd2 .::tc8 17 l2JП
Or 17 .::tac 1 Фg7 1 8 Ь4 схЬ3 19 ахЬ3
fic7 20 с4 (20 Ь4 ! ? ltJc4 21 l2Jxc4 'it'xc4
22 i.d3) 20... Ь4 21 �xf6+ Фхf6 22 1:!.а1
.::ta8 23 1:tfl �с8 with а very good posi­
tion for Black, Mecking-Planinc, Mar del
Plata 197 1 .
1 7...'iti>g7 1 8 ltJe3 'i'd7 1 9 J:!.ad1 l2Jh5
20 i.g3
1/2- lf2 Gudiev-Pioch, соп. 1985.
С2З)
12...'it'e7 13 ltJbd2
1 3 а4 transposes to Line В32.
13...ltJa5
A1so:
а) 1 3 ... lZJd8 14 d5 �с8 1 5 i.c2 Фh8
16 a4 :Z.b8 17 axb5 axb5 1 8 Ь4 g5 1 9 �g3
�d7 20 с4 with the better game for White,
Ь) 13 ... J:Z.ad8 14 d5 gives White the
better chances.
с) 1 3 . . .Фh8 14 �с2 (or 14 ct5 ltJa5 1 5
�с2 .Ug8 { 15 . . . �с8 1 6 Ь4 ltJЬ7 1 7 а4 is
not very promising for B1ack either} 16
Ь4 ltJc4 17 ltJxc4 Ьхс4 1 8 'ir'xc4 ± Szcze­
pankiewicz-Radecki, соп. 1990) 14 ... .1:1.g8
15 ltJfl g5 16 �g3 ltJd7 17 ltJe3 'ir'f6 1 8
ltJd5 ± Chladek-Нladky, соп. 1 987.
14 �с2 с5 15 d5
Another p1an is 15 ltJfl cxd4 16 cxd4
ltJc6 (interesting is 16 ...ltJc4 1 7 ltJg3 �с8
preventing ltJf5) 1 7 ltJe3 ltJЬ4 18 fid2
ltJxc2 1 9 'i'xc2 with some advantage for
White, Sorri-Morozov.
15...с4 16 �е2
Now:
С231: 16...�с8 100
С232: 16 ... 1:!.1Ъ8 1 0 1
С23 1 )
1 6...i.c8 1 7 ЬЗ!?
1 7 ltJfl ! ? �d8 1 8 ltJ3d2 'i!t'c7 1 9 Фh l
.U.b8 20 аЗ (Morozov-Kosenkov, corr.
1985) and now, according to Lanka, Black
can obtain counterp1ay Ьу 20 . . . ltJЬ7 ! ?
followed Ь у . . .lZJc5, . . .�d7 and . . . а5.
17...схЬ3 18 ахЬ3 �g4
Others:
а) 18 ... g5?! 19 ltJxg5 '? hxg5 20 �xg5
with а dangerous attack for White.
Ь) 18 ... �d7 !? 19 �d3 (19 Ь4!?) 19 ... g5
should probaЬly Ье met Ьу 20 l2Jxg5 ! ?
hxg5 2 1 �xg5.
19 h3 �xf3 20 fixf3 g5 21 �g3 nrcs
22 .U.ec1 Фg7 23 i.d3 'i'd7 24 'i'e2 ltJЬ7
White has an advantage after both 25
.::txa6 :Z.xa6 26 i.xb5 1:!.хс3 27 .::txc3 :Z.a1 +
28 Фh2 'i'd8 (Lanka-Hermlin, corr.
1 986) 29 Ь4 h5 30 ltJb3 and 25 Ь4 ! h5 26
ltJfl !? (26 Фh l !) 26 . . . h4 27 �h2 g4 28
ltJe3 ! gxh3 29 ltJf5+.
 Archangel with 7 '!J..e l: Main Line ( 10 �g5)
С232)
16....С.fЬ8
The best way of placing Black's pieces.
Now:
а) 17 hЗ .ic8 18 li:Jh2 g6 19 li:Jdfl
Фg7 20 аЗ 'ii'e8 2 1 .ixf6+ Фхf6 22 li:Je3
Фg7 23 .C.fl .С.а7 24 Фh 1 f6 25 f4 J:l.f7 = 'ir'hЗ 'ir'h8 20 'ir'fЗ with а draw Ь у repeti­
Morozov-Vukcevic, соп. 1979.
Ь) 17 li:Jfl .ic8 18 hЗ g6 19 'ir'd2 Фg7
20 li:JЗh2 (or 20 li:J 1 h2 li:JЬ? 2 1 tlJg4?!
.ixg4 22 hxg4 li:Jc5 23 g5?! hxg5 24
.ixg5 .C.h8 25 ФП а5 ! 26 Фе2 J:.h5 27
.C.hl .C.ah8 28 .С.хЬ5 .C.xh5 with an excel­
lent position for Black, Matic-Kapic,
соп. 1 980) 20 . . . li:JЬ7 21 Ь4 схЬЗ 1/2-lf2
Iveges-Kapic, соп. 1980.
с) 17 Ь4 схЬЗ 18 ахЬЗ .ic8 19 Ь4
li:JЬ? 20 :аз .С.а7 21 li:Jfl g6 22 ьз Фg7
(H.Serensen-Vukcevic, соп. 1 984) and
now 23 li:JeЗ ;j; or 23 .С.еа1 :t.
С24)
12...g5 (D)
w li:JxgЗ 16 hxgЗ 'ilff6 17 а4 Ь4 1 8 .C.ad 1
Now:
С241: 13 li:Jxg5 101
С242: 13 .ig3 101
С241 )
13 li:Jxg5 hxgS 14 �xgS <Jitg7
Not 14 . . . exd4? 15 е5 ! li:Jxe5 16 .С.хе5
Фg7 17 .ixf6+ Фхf6 18 'ii'f5+ Фg7 1 9
'i'g4+ 1 -0 Diaz Perez-Valdes, Cuba 1988.
15 1:te3
101
15 'it'gЗ li:Jh5 16 'ir'eз ( 1 6 'ir'g4 li:Jf6; 16
'it'h4 f6) 16 . . . exd4 with good chances for
Black.
15 ...exd4 16 ]:[g3
White can draw Ьу 16 .С.hЗ .C.h8 1 7
'iigЗ (or 1 7 .C.xh8 'ir'xh8 1 8 'ii'fЗ 'ir'd8 1 9
tion) 17 . . . .C.xh3 18 'ir'xhЗ �h8 19 'ir'f5
'ir'd8 20 'i'hЗ =.
16 ... li:Je5 17 �d2 li:Jg6 18 .ih6+ Фh7
19 �xf8
19 .С.hЗ Фg8 20 'i'g5 .ixe4 2 1 .ixf8
Фхf8 22 cxd4 .ixd4 23 li:JcЗ d5 24 .С.е1
+.
19...'ii'xf8 20 'it'gS Фg7 21 J:.h3 dS
The position is unclear.
С242)
13 �g3 li:Jh5!?
Also:
а) 13 ... 'ir'e8 14 li:Jbd2 ( 14 a4 !? reserves
the possiЬility of li:JaЗ) 14... li:Jh5 1 5 а4
J:d8 1 6 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 7 'ii' xb5 li:Jxd4 with
counterplay for Black, Hurley-Cheah,
Canada 1 992.
Ь) 13 . . . li:Ja5 14 .ic2 li:Jh5 1 5 li:Jbd2
ЬхсЗ 19 ЬхсЗ .C.fe8 20 llJf1 с5 21 .С.Ьl .ia7
22 d5 с4 23 'i*'e2 with complicated play,
Daurelle-Onishchuk, Hamburg 1 993.
с) 1 3 ...li:Je7 and now:
с 1 ) 14 dxe5 dxe5 15 'i'c2 li:Jg6 1 6
li:Jxe5 ( 1 6 .ixe5 .С.е8 1 7 .ixf6 'i*'xf6 1 8
hЗ li:Jf4) 16...lЬхе5 1 7 .ixe5 J:e8 18 .ixf6
'i'xf6 19 li:JaЗ .С.е5 (Valdes) with strong
compensation for the pawn.
с2) 14 h4 li:Jh5 ( 1 4 ... g4 15 li:Jh2 :t VaJ­
des) 15 hxg5 hxg5 ( 1 5 ...li:Jxg3 16 fxgЗ
hxg5! 17 li:Jxg5 li:Jg6 1 8 li:JfЗ is worth
considering) 16 li:Jxg5 li:Jg6 1 7 li:JfЗ ( 1 7
llJhЗ ! ? exd4 1 8 cxd4 'ir'f6) 1 7 ...li:Jgf4 1 8
.ixf4 li:Jxf4 1 9 �d 1 'ir'f6 2 0 li:Jbd2 Фg7
21 tlJП J:g8 22 li:JgЗ Фf8 with some
pressure for the pawn, Кislova-Domkute,
USSR 1989.
14 li:Jbd2
102 Archangel and New A rchangel .

14 i.d5 'i*'f6 (simplest is 14 ... liJxg3) 27 liJc6 �хс3 28 Ьхс3 J:td3 with а better
15 dxe5 dxe5 16 i.xc6 i.xc6 17 i.xe5 ending for B lack, Bessenyei-Biasovszky,
�е6 18 liJd4 ( 1 8 h3 ! ?) 18 ... �хе5 1 9 corr. 1 99 1.
liJxc6 'i'f6 20 liJd4 J:tad8 2 1 е5 'i*'f4 22 21 ... Ь4 22 liJc4 i.xd4 23 cxd4 .tb5
'i'e2 i.xd4 23 cxd4 liJg7 with an equal 24 J:ta5 с6 25 ьз J:tb8 26 d5 J:tfc8
position, Zagrebelny-Blasovszky, Kob­ = De Vries-Markus, corr. 1 992.
anya 199 1 .
14...'i'f6 СЗ)
Or 14 . . .liJxg3 1 5 hxg3 'i'f6 1 6 i.d5: 12 а4 (D)
а) 16 . . .exd4 1 7 i.xc6 i.xc6 1 8 liJxd4
i.d7 1 9 liJfl с5 20 liJf5 i.xf5 21 exf5 с4
22 'i'fЗ Ь4 23 liJd2 ;!; Moiseev-Hauchard,
Kecskemet 1 990. в
Ь) 16 . . . J:tab8 1 7 liJb3 g4 1 8 liJh2 h5
19 J:tad 1 exd4 20 i.хсб i.xc6 21 liJxd4
i.b7 with chances for Ьoth sides, TelЬis­
Breazu, corr. 1992.
с) 1 6 ... J:tae8 1 7 liJb3 exd4 18 i.xc6
i.xc6 19 cxd4?! ( 1 9 liJbxd4) 19 . . . J:te7 20
J:tac 1 i.d7 2 1 liJfd2 J:tfe8 and B1ack seizes
the initiative, Kovaliov-A.Kuzmin, Ostend
1 99 1 .
d) 1 6... g4 17 liJh2 (after 17 liJh4 J:tae8 Now:
Black has а good position, C1adouras­ С31: 12 ...liJa5 102
Mikhalchishin, Budapest 1 990) 17 . . . h5 С32: 12...1:f.e8 103
18 liJb3 exd4 19 i.xc6 i.хсб 20 cxd4 СЗЗ: 12...exd4 1 05
J:tad8 21 'i'c2 i.d7 with chances for both С34: 12 ... g5 1 08
sides, Salai-Michalek, Bmo 1 99 1 .
1 5 i.d5 J:tae8 1 6 а4 liJxgЗ 17 hxgЗ 12 ...'i'e7 transposes to Line ВЗ. Other
exd4 18 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 19 �хс6 i.xc6 20 moves are weak:
liJxd4 �d7 21 J:te2 а) 12 ...Ь4 1 3 d5 liJa5 14 cxЬ4 liJxb3 15
Also: 'i'xb3 Фh8 1 6 liJbd2 J:tg8 17 liJc4 gives
а) 21 liJ2fЗ ? ! Ь4 22 liJf5 (22 liJd2 ! ? Black no compensation for the pawn,
intending liJc4-e3 - Anikaev) 2 2... i.xf5 Hannebauer-Rittmueller, corr. 1988.
23 exf5 Ьхс3 24 ЬхсЗ J:txe1 + 25 J:txe1 Ь) 1 2 ... Ьха4?! 13 .ixa4 'i'e7 14 d5
Фg7 26 liJh2 h5 27 g4 h4 28 liJfЗ J:ta8 29 liJb8 15 liJbd2 .ic8 1 6 liJc4 i.d7 17 liJe3
'ilr'd2 J:ta4 + Do1matov-Beliavsky, Mos­ i.xe3 1 8 J:txeЗ i.g4 1 9 i.xf6 'i'xf6 20
cow 1 990. 'i'd3 'i'd8 2 1 Ь4 and Black has no chances
Ь) 2 1 liJfl and now: of obtaining counterplay, Abramowicz­
Ьl) 2 1 ...J:te5 22 liJe3 'i'g6 23 liJef5 g4 Kukawski, corr. 1990.
24 'i'd2 Фh7 25 liJh4 'ilt'g5 26 'jj'ctз J:tfe8
1/2- 1f2 Kamovich-Koroliov, corr. 1 99 1 . СЗ1 )
Ь2) 2 1 . . .Ь4 2 2 liJfЗ ? ! (Ьetter is 22 12 liJa5
..•

liJe3 ! ? with similar play to line ' Ь l ' ) Тhis line has not yet been sufficiently
2 2... Ьхс3 2 3 е 5 ? .tf5 (23 . . . J:txe5 !) 24 tested.
'ir'xc3 dxe5 25 liJeЗ i.e6 26 liJxe5 J:td8 13 i.c2 1:.e8
 Archangel with 7 :.eJ: Main Line (10 j_g5)
Or 13 .. .'ii'e7 ! ?, and now:
а) 14 liJЬd2 с5 15 d5 с4 16 'i*'e2 :tь8
1 7 liJfl i.c8 1 8 ltJe3 resemЬles Line
С232, but here White has а tempo more,
but does not have the move Ь2-Ь4, Vas­
iukov-Kuzmin, USSR Ch 1 972.
Ь) 14 ахЬ5 !? ахЬ5 1 5 liJa3 (this posi­
tion is simi1ar to В34 but without the
exchange of rooks) 15 ... ltJc4 ( 1 5 ... Ь4 ! ?
1 6 cxЬ4 ltJc6) 1 6 ltJxc4 Ьхс4 1 7 'i*'d2 �
Cavajda-Ellison, corr. 1 99 1 .
14 liJbd2 с5 1 5 d5 с4
1 5 ... Ь4 1 6 h3 i.c8 1 7 '*'е2 'ike7 1 8
liJfl liJb7 1 9 l!Je3 �h8 2 0 liJfS i.xf5 2 1
exf5 i.a5 (Hawley-Suster, corr. 1 978) 22
'i'c4, with the threat liJh2-g4, gives White
an advantage.
16 ltJn �h7 17 ltJeз J::.gS 18 ltJg4 g5
19 liJxf6+ 'i*'xf6
� Luhrig-Thon, corr. 1990.
СЗ2)
12...:es 13 ахЬ5
Тhе main and most logica1 1ine. Other
moves are seldom used:
а) 13 d5 and now:
а1) l З ...ltJb8 14 liJaЗ g5 15 .tg3 с6 16
ахЬ5? ! схЬ5 17 l!Jc2 liJЬd7 with а good
game for Black, Minic-Radu1ov, Vama
1 967.
а2) lЗ ...ltJaS 14 i.c2 с6 15 dxc6 i.xc6
1 6 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 17 ltJa3 ltJc4 1 8 ltJxc4 Ьхс4
1 9 1:txa8 i.xa8 20 'i'e2 g5 2 1 i.g3 fiic 7
22 liJd2 1:tc8 with counterp1ay for Black.
Ь) 13 ltJa3 exd4 14 cxd4 ltJa5 15 i.c2
Ь4 1 6 liJЬI с5 17 dxc5 i.xc5 1 8 liJbd2
1:te6 1 9 1:te2 'ikb6 with active play for
Black, Matison-Sakovich, Riga 1970.
с) 13 'i'd3 ltJa5 ( I З ...exd4 should Ье
compared with Line С33 1) 14 .tc2 с5 1 5
d 5 с 4 1 6 'ilr'e2 i.c8 17 liJbd2 i.d7 1/2- lf2
Schekachev-Rausis, Moscow 1 992.
1З...ахЬ5 14 �а8 .txa8 (D)
Now:
СЗ21: 15 'i'dЗ 1 03
СЗ22: 15 d5 104
103
w
Or:
а) 15 dxe5 (this move usually only
activates Black's Ьishops) 15 ... ltJxe5 1 6
ltJxe5 1:txe5 1 7 liJd2 :е8 1 8 'i'fЗ 'i!r'e7
and now White's best is perhaps 1 9 i.xf6
fiixf6 20 'ilr'xf6 gxf6 2 1 �fl f5 22 i.c2
i.c6, Amos-Harandi, Siegen OL 1 970.
Ь) 1 5 ltJa3 and now:
Ы ) 15 ... g5 1 6 i.xg5 !? hxg5 17 ltJxg5
d5 (Deretic-Kapic, corr. 1 973) 1 8 i.xd5
l!Jxd5 19 'jf'h5 '1i'f6 20 exd5 l!Je7 21 .:Хе5
i.xd5 22 liJxb5 ±.
Ь2) 1 5 . . . exd4 1 6 cxd4 l!Ja5 1 7 i.c2
Ь4 gives B1ack an excellent position,
Pav1ov-GraЬczewski, Romania 1 967.
СЗ2 1 )
15 'ikdЗ ltJa5
Or:
а) 1 5 ...g5? 1 6 ltJxg5 hxg5 1 7 i.xg5
Фg7 1 8 'i'g3 exd4 1 9 i.h4+ Фh7 20 '*'f4
ltJe5 2 1 i.xf6 1 -0 Jansa-Grabczewski,
Po1anica Zdroj 1 968.
Ь) 15 . . .'i!r'e7 16 ltJЬd2? ! ( 1 6 i.xf6 ! ?
jt'xf6 1 7 *'хЬ5) 16. . .ltJa7 1 7 с4 Ьхс4 1 8
ltJxc4 i.xd4 1 9 liJxd4 exd4 2 0 'ikxd4 ltJc6
with an excellent position for B1ack, Va1-
enti-Harandi, Graz 1 972.
с) 15 . . .Фf8 1 6 'i!Vxb5 ( 1 6 d5 ! ? liJa7 1 7
i.xf6 is а convenient version o f Line
С322 for White) 1 6... exd4 1 7 cxd4 l!Jxd4
18 liJxd4 g5 !; for examp1e, 19 i.gЗ i.xd4
20 jt'c4 i.d5 ! 21 'jf'xd4 i.хЬЗ with equa1-
ity.
104 Archangel and New Archangel
d) Suetin recommends 15 . . .Ь4 but the
position after 1 6 d5 1ooks favouraЬle for
White.
е) 15 ... exd4 1 6 cxd4 transposes to
С33 1 .
16 i.c2!
Other withdrawa1s of the bishop are
weaker:
а) 16 i.d5 i.xd5 1 7 i.xf6 i.c4 1 8
�xc4 ltJxc4 1 9 i.xd8 J:txd8 20 ЬЗ ltJa5
with а very favouraЬJe ending for B1ack,
Bednarski-Grabczewski, Po1anica Zdroj
1 968.
Ь) 1 6 i.a2 exd4 ( 1 6... Ь4 17 cxЬ4 ltJc6
1 8 dxe5 ltJxe5 19 ltJxe5 dxe5 20 �с4
'fie7 21 ltJc3 g5 22 i.gЗ J:td8 23 h4 and
Black does not manage to equa\ize) 17
cxd4 transposes to note 'Ь' to White's
17th move in Line С33 1 .
16... exd4
Other moves are weaker:
а) Тоо passive is 16 . . . с6 17 ltJbd2
�е7 18 Ь4 ltJb7 19 ltJfl g5 20 i.g3 ltJd7
2 1 ltJe3 ± Kostro-Witkowski, Wijk aan
Zee 197 1 .
Ь) 1 6. . .g5 1 7 dxe5 and now: 1 7 ... dxe5
18 i.g3 ltJc4 19 �xd8 J:txd8 20 Ь3 ltJd6 21
ltJbd2 g4 22 ltJxe5 ltJfxe4 23 ltJxe4 ltJxe4
24 i.xe4 i.xe4 25 ltJxg4; 1 7. . .gxh4 18
exf6 �xf6 1 9 'ir'xb5 i.c6 20 'i'h5 ltJc4
2 1 'i'xh4 'ir'xh4 22 ltJxh4 ltJxЫ 23 ltJf5;
17 ...ltJxe4 18 J:txe4 i.xe4 1 9 _.хе4 gxh4
20 'i'h7+ Фf8 21 'i'xh6+ Фе7 22 \'i'xh4+
± (Kostro).
17 cxd4 g5 18 ltJxg5 hxg5 19 ..txg5
J:te6 20 .U.e2 �rs
Now White can choose between 2 1
ltJc3 ! ? and 2 1 ltJd2 оо Toothill-Кosenkov,
соп. 1977.
СЗ22)
15 d5 (D)
15 ... ltJa7
Altematives:
а) 15 ...ltJb8 1 6 i.xf6 'i'xf6 17 ltJa3 с6
1 8 dxc6 i.xc6 1 9 i.d5 (or 19 'fid3 g5 20
В
J:te2, Aldridge-B.Martin, New Zealand
Ch 1987) 19 . . . i.d7 20 _.d3 g5 (Pyte1-
Levi, LjuЬijana 1969) 21 J:tfl ±.
Ь) 15 ...ltJa5 16 .txf6 'i'xf6 17 i.a2 с5
18 Ь4 (probaЬiy the simplest) 18 ... ltJc4
( 1 8 ...ltJЬ7 1 9 ltJa3 and 1 8 ... схЬ4 1 9 схЬ4
ltJc4 20 ltJc3 1ook hopeless) 1 9 · i.xc4
Ьхс4 20 ltJbd2 and White is а pure pawn
up.
16 ..txf6
Others:
а) 16 ltJbd2 .tЬ7 17 ltJfl i.c8 1 8
'i'd2 Фh7 19 h3 J:tg8 Kosenkov-Pioch,
=
1 985.
Ь) 16 ltJa3 g5 17 i.g3 с6 18 dxc6
i.xc6 19 ltJd2 ltJc8 20 'tifЗ Фg7 21 ltJc2
ltJe7 22 ltJЬ4 i.d7 23 'i'd3 i.c5 24 ltJa6
ltJg6 Ehlvest-Yakovich, Tallinn 1 986.
=
с) 16 с4 !? (stressing the bad position
of the knight on а7) 16 . . . Ь4 (after 1 6. . .g5
17 ltJxg5 hxg5 \8 i.xg5, although White's
attacking potentia1 is reduced, Black has
no clear way to unpin and his pieces on
the queenside stand awkwardly) 17 ltJЬd2
Фh7 ( 1 7 ... с6 1 8 ltJfl cxd5 1 9 exd5 ±) 1 8
h3 J:tg8 19 ltJh2 g5 2 0 i.g3 i.Ь7 2 1 ltJg4
ltJh5 22 ltJfl i.c8 23 ltJge3 gives White а
small but 1ong-term advantage, Kelstrup­
Chmiel, соп. 1 986.
16.. .'i'xf6 17 ltJa3 g5
ЕСО recommends l 7 . . . c6. After 1 8
'ir'd3 i.c5 l 9 ltJc2 J:tb8 2 0 dxc6 followed
Ьу i.d5 White chances seem s\ightly
better.
 Archangel with 7 ':.el : Main Line ( 10 �g5)
18 .,е2
1 8 З:fl .ltb7 1 9 'i!t'd3 �h8 20 li:Jxb5
li:Jxb5 21 'ir'xb5 З:g8 with some compen­
sation for the pawn, Adшjan-Westerinen,
Amsterdam 1 970.
18... .\tb7 19 li:Jc2 .ltc8 20 li:JeЗ .\td7
2l .ltc2
± Timmerman-Pioch, corr. 1994. Black
has some weak points on both the king­
side and the queenside, and his queen's
knight is poorly placed.
СЗЗ)
12...exd4 13 cxd4
1 3 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 З:ха8 .ltxa8 1 5 cxd4
З:е8 is equivalent.
13...З:е8 14 axbS
14 li:Jc3 should Ье compared with Line
С332.
14 ахЬ5 15 З:ха8 .ltxa8
.•.
Now:
С331: 16 _.dЗ 105
С332: 16 li:Jc3 107
1 6 d5 lt::Je5 ( 16 . . . lt::Ja5 17 .ltc2 сб 1 8
dхсб .ltxc6 l 9 l2Jc3 g 5 20 .ltg3 Ь4 21 li:Jd5
Ь3 22 .ltxb3 З:хе4 1l2 - lf2 Minic-Planinc,
Umag 1 972) 1 7 li:Jxe5 ( 1 7 li:Ja3 li:Jgб 1 8
.ltxfб 'ir'xf6 1 9 li:Jxb5 -..хы i s slight1y
better for Вlack, Knoii-Papudrinski, corr.
1 980) and now 1 7 ... dxe5 1 8 'i!t'e2 g5 19
.ltg3 сб 20 dxc6 .ltxc6 2 1 li:Jd2 �d4,
ТUkmakov-Kupreichik, USSR 1 974, or
17 ... З:хе5 1 8 .ltc2 сб 19 .ltg3 .:te8 20
dхсб .ltxcб 2 1 li:Jc3 Ь4, Kuzmin-Planinc,
Zagreb 1975, with better chances for
Black in Ьoth cases.
СЗЗ 1 )
1 6 ..Wd3 li:Ja5
Other moves are weak:
а) 16 ... g5? 17 е5! �f8 1 8 li:Jxg5 hxg5
1 9 .ltxg5 dxe5 20 ,.-h3 Ч!Vсtб 2 1 'it'hб+
<J;e7 22 'ikg7 results in а winning attack
for White, Olafsson-Vasiukov, Reykjavik
1 968.
1 05
Ь) 16 . . . -..е7 17 е5 li:Jxd4? ! 18 li:Jxd4
dxe5 (Vayrynen-Alho, corr.) 1 9 li:Jc2 and
White parries the attack.
с) 16 . . . <J;f8 1 7 -.. хЬ5 g5? 18 lt::Jx g5
li:Jxd4 1 9 li:Jh7+ ! li:Jxh7 20 ,.-h5 it'd7 2 1
�хhб+ Фg8 2 2 'it'gб+ <J;h8 2 3 .ltxf7 1-0
Liberzon-Radulov, Debrecen 1 969.
17 .ltxf6
Alternatives:
а) 17 .ltc2 transposes to note 'Ь' to
Black's 16th move in Line С32 1 .
Ь) 17 .lta2 ! ? g 5 1 8 lt::J xg5 ! hxg5 1 9
.ltxg5 З:хе4 20 З:хе4 .ltxe4 (otherwise
White has а violent attack) 21 �хе4 (2 1
'ikg3 .ltgб 22 ... h4 'iWe7 !) 2 1 ... lt::Jxe4 22
.ltxd8 .ltxd4 23 .ltxc7 li:Jc4 24 <J;fl li:Jxf2
25 Ь3 li:Je3+ 26 <J;e2 ;!; Volchok-Vukce­
vic, corr. 1978.
17...�xf6 18 .ltc2 (D)
в
18 ...g5
Others:
а) 1 8 . . . lt::Jc4? ! 19 Ь3 lt::Ja5 20 е5 'it'gб
(Cibin-Clarizza, corr. 1990) 2 1 'ikxb5 ±.
Ь) 1 8 . . . li:Jcб 19 е5 ( 1 9 ...хЬ5 .ltxd4
1l2- 1l2 Byrne-Bisguier, USA Ch 1 975)
19 ... dxe5 and now:
Ь l } 20 dxe5? ! 'i'f4 2 1 'i'xb5 �f8 22
'i!t'a4 li:Jd4 and Black seizes the initiative,
Kostro-Lewi, Polanica Zdroj 1 969.
Ь2) 20 li:Jc3 and now:
Ы l ) 20 ... 1:d8 21 ...h7+ 'it>f8 22 dxe5
'ir'f4 23 li:Je2 'ti'Ь4 24 'ir'h8+ Фе7 25 'it'xg7
± Bednarslci-Sznapik, Poland 1 970.
106 Archangel and New Archangel
Ь22) 20... g6 ! ? 21 �d5 (2 1 'ii'xb5 1 ?)
2 1 ...•d8 22 'ii'xb5 е4 23 �хе4 f5 24
�хЬ6 fxe4 25 'it'd5+ Фg7 26 'ii'xd8 J:xd8
27 �ха8 J:xa8 28 J:xe4 �xd4 29 �е 1
J:a1 30 f3 с5 3 1 Фf2 J:d 1 32 J:e7+ 112- lf2
Hazai-Davidovic, Nice 1985.
с) 1 8 ...Фf8 and now:
с 1 ) 19 �bd2 �с6 20 е5 dxe5 21 dxe5
'i'f4 gives Black а very active position.
с2) 19 �с3 ! Ь4 20 �а4 �а7 21 'i'a6
�с6 22 d5 �d4 23 'it'xa7 �хс2 24 J:c 1
Ь3 25 'i'xc7 'it'f4 26 J:d 1 J:xe4 27 �Ь6
J:e8 28 'it'a7 and White won in Majstoro­
vic-Pioch, соп.
d) 1 8 ... �с6:
d 1 ) 19 е5 dxe5 20 �хе5 g6 2 1 �d2
'i'g5 22 �е4 �хе4 23 'i'xe4 (Collado­
Crespo, San Cristobal 1989) 23 . . . �xd4!
24 'i'xd4 �с6 and Black wins а pawn.
d2) 19 �с3 Ь4 20 е5 dxe5 21 'fl'h7+
Фf8 22 �хе5 g5 23 �е4 (23 �d5 'ii'g7
24 �хЬ6 'it'xh7 25 �xh7 схЬ6 Keg1e­ =
vic-Kapic, соп. 1 977) 23 ... 'it'g7 24 'i'f5
J:e6 25 J:e2 �е8 26 �g3 �xd4 27 �xf7 !
(forced; not 27 �h5 'ii'xe5 0- 1 Vukcevic­
Kapic, с оп. 1 978) 27 . ._.J:xe2 28 �xg5+
'ii'f 7 29 �xf7 J:xf2 30 •xf2 �xf2+ 3 1
Фхf2 �xf7.
d3) 19 �Ьd2 ! ? (here the knight is not
exposed to attack Ьу ...Ь4) l 9... g5 ( 1 9...g6
20 Ь4 �Ь7 2 1 е5 'i'e6 22 �Ь3 d5 23 'ii'e3
Фg7 24 �е4 ± Nielsen-Corrigan, соп.
1 989; 19 ... Фf8 !?) 20 е5 (also good is 20
Ь4 �Ь7 2 1 е5 !) 20... dxe5 2 1 dxe5 'i'g7
22 � �хе4 23 J:xe4 с6 24 h4 with an
advantage for White as Black's queen­
side is weakened, Voormans-Brilla Ban­
falvi, соп. 1972.
19 е5
Others:
а) 19 'i'xb5 �с6 20 'ii'e2 g4 (but not
20... �xd4? 21 Ь4 �Ь7 22 'fl'c4) 21 �fd2
�xd4 22 Ь4 h5 23 J:fl �Ь7 24 Фh 1 d5
and Black is very active in а complicated
position, Rittner-Kosenkov, соп. 1 979.
Ь) 19 �Ьd2 and here:
Ь l ) 19 ... �6 20 е5 dxe5 2 1 �е4 'i'f5
22 'i'xb5 J:b8 23 J:a1 �а7 (23 . . .'i'f4 ! ?)
24 'i'c4 �xd4 oo Wind-Dries, соп. 1 98 1 .
Ы) 1 9... g4 20 e5 'ii'g6 2 l 'i'xg6+ fxg6
22 �xg6 J:f8 23 е6 �с6 24 �h4 �е7 25
�f7+ Фg7 26 �fl �xd4 27 �g3 Фf6 28
�hf5 �xf5 29 �xf5 Фхf5 30 е7 J:h8 3 1
e8'fl' J:xe8 3 2 J:xe8 �с6 33 J:c8 �хЫ
and Black managed to draw the ending in
Sauermann-Hermlin, соп. 198 1 .
Ь3) 1 9. . .�с4! 20 е5 dxe5 2 1 'i'h7+
Фf8 22 �хс4 Ьхс4 23 dxe5 �хfЗ 24 gxfЗ
J:xe5 25 J:xe5 'ii' xe5 26 'ii'xh6+ Фе7 and
White drew the ending in Sauermann­
Vukcevic, соп. 1 986.
с) 19 h3 �с6 and then:
с 1 ) 20 J:e2 �xd4 2 1 �xd4 'i'xd4 22
'fl'xb5 J:e5 23 'i'd3 'i!i'xЫ 24 �2 �с6 25
�с4 'fl'c 1 + 26 Фh2 �хе4 27 'j;'b3 �xg2
0- 1 Valtera-Sykora, соп. 1 982.
с2) 20 'i'xb5 J:b8 21 'it'd3 (21 е5 dxe5
transposes to line 'с3 ' ) 2 1 . . . �xd4 22
�Ьd2 �хс2 with а better position for
Black, Jovcic-Kapic, соп. 1 985.
с3) 20 е5 dxe5 21 'itxb5 J:b8 22 dxe5
'i'xfЗ 23 'ifxb6 (this is а little better than
23 gxfЗ �xf2+ 24 Фхf2 J:xb5, ТUkma­
kov-Dorfman, USSR 1 975) 23 ... J:xb6 24
gxfЗ �d4 25 �е4 �хе4 26 J:xe4 �хfЗ+
27 Фg2 �h4+ 28 Фg3 J:хЫ and Black is
а pawn up, Savic-Kapic, соп. 1 979.
с4) 20 J:d 1 Фf8 21 'ifd2 �d8 (inter­
esting is 2 1 ... �а5 22 �с3 �d8) 22 �с3
�е6 23 �е2 (23 �хЬ5 ! ?) 23 ...�f4 24
�xf4 'i'xf4 25 d5 �Ь7 26 �d4 'j;'xd2 27
J:xd2 �xd4 28 J:xd4 f5 29 f3 f4 30 �d3
�а6 3 1 J:Ь4 led to а draw in Dameski­
Drazeta, соп. 1 988.
19 �xf3
...
19 ... dxe5 20 �хе5 J:d8 (20... 'ifg6 ! ?)
2 1 �d7 ! ;!;;,
20 gxfЗ
Or 20 �d2 ! ? dxe5 2 1 �хfЗ �с6 22
'j;'xb5 g4! 23 �е4 gxf3 24 �хс6 J:e6 =
(Heemsoth).
20 dxe5 21 �сЗ!
...
 Archangel with 7 'йеl : Main Line (10 .tg5)
2 1 �хЬ5 leads to an advantage for
B1ack after both 2 1 . . Jid8 22 dxe5 'i/xfЗ
and 2 1 . . ..:е6 22 tiJd2 tlJc6 23 tiJe4 �хfЗ
24 d5 tlJd4 25 .id 1 tlJxb5 26 .ixfЗ .:е?,
Mallee-Vuk�evic, corr. 1 986.
21 ...с6
Weaker is 2l . . .tlJc4 22 tiJd5 'i/g7 23
'ltf5 .:е6? ! 24 .:а1 .ia5 25 tlJxc7 and
White seizes the initiative, Heemsoth­
Vuk�evic, corr. 1 987.
Now (after 21 . . . с6) Black has а very
good game:
а) 22 d5 .:ct8 23 'lth7+ Фf8 24 tlJe4
'i/g7 25 'ii'f5 cxd5 26 ttJf6 tiJc6 (26 ... .id4!)
27 tiJd7+ Фg8 28 tiJxb6 tiJd4 29 'ltdЗ
'iVf6 with а better game for Black, Stem­
Kosenkov, corr. 1 985.
Ь) 22 tlJe4 'ltf5 23 dxe5 (after 23 tiJd6
'iixdЗ 24 .txdЗ .:ct8 25 dxe5 .id4 Black
has the better ending) 2З . . . .:хе5 24 'i'сЗ
.:е6 + Abramowicz-Chmiel, corr. 1 990.
с) 22 �h7+ Фf8 23 dxe5 'ltg7 24
'iie4 (Kondali-Кlaic, corr. 1987) 24....tc7
gives B1ack the better chances.
d) 22 dxe5 .:хе5 23 .:хе5 �хе5 24
'ii'h7+ Фf8 25 �xh6+ Фе8 26 tlJe4 +
Kondali-Morozov, corr. 1 975.
The conclusion is that White should
play Heemsoth's 20 tiJd2.
СЗЗ2)
16 tiJcЗ (D)
в f6 23 Ь4 tlJc4 24 .idЗ with better chances
16 ..tiJa5
. White wins.
1 07
16 . . . g5? was reckoned to Ье а main
line, but it simply loses.
а) 17 '1i'd2 ! ? and now:
а ! ) 17 . . . gxh4? 18 'ti'xh6 tlJh7 (after
1 8 ... tt:Jxd4 19 .ixf7+! Фхf7 20 tiJg5+
White forces mate) 19 .ixf7+ Фхf7 20
'ifxh7+ Фf8 21 tiJd5 and White has а
winning attack (GoldenЬerg).
а2) 17 . . . tiJxd4 18 tlJxd4 .ixd4 1 9
'1i'xd4 gxh4 2 0 е 5 dxe5 21 'ti'xh4 'iVd2 22
.:ез (22 .:а1 Фg7 23 'iVgЗ+ iVg5 24
'ltxg5+ hxg5 25 tlJxb5 .:ь8 Penrose­=
Кosenkov, corr. 1 985) 22 ... 'ii'c 1 + 23 i..d 1
.:ct8 24 .:е1 'ifd2 25 .:п .:ct6 26 tiJxb5
'1txd 1 27 f3 �dЗ 28 tiJxd6 'ltxd6 29 'ii'xh6
112- 1/2 Mohrlok-Kosenkov, corr. 1 985.
аЗ) 17 ... tiJa5 18 .ic2 and now:
а3 1) 1 8 ... Ь4? ! 19 tlJxg5 ЬхсЗ 20 'ltf4
.ixd4 2 1 tlJh7 ! .ie5 22 'ii'xh6 .:е6 23
tiJxf6+ .:xf6 24 .ixf6 .ixf6 25 .:ез and
White won in Penrose-Vuk�evic, corr.
1977.
а32) 18 ... tiJh7 1 9 .igЗ transposes to
line 'а4'.
аЗЗ) 1 8 ... tlJc4 19 iVc 1 tlJh7 (19 ... gxh4
20 iYxh6 .:е6 2 1 tlJg5 is still dangerous
for Black) 20 i..gЗ transposes to line 'а4' .
а4) 17 ... tiJh7 ! 18 .igЗ tiJa5 1 9 .ic2
tlJc4 and now:
а4 1 ) 20 'i'dЗ 'ltd7 2 1 е5 tiJf8 22 ЬЗ
tiJaЗ 23 d5 tlJxc2 24 'ltxc2 dxe5 25 .:хе5
Ь4 26 tlJe4 tlJh7 27 .:хе8+ 'i'xe8 28 'ti'c4
...d8 29 d6 .ixe4 30 'i'xe4 cxd6 3 1 'i'хЬ4
= Timmerman-Brilla, corr. 1 986.
а42) 20 'ifc 1 !? .ic6 21 ЬЗ tiJa5 22 h4
for White, Glaser-Martinovsky, corr.
1 987.
Ь) 17 .ixg5 ! hxg5 18 tlJxg5 and now:
Ь l ) 18 ... Фg7 19 tiJxf7 'ii'd7 20 Чlid2
tlJg4 2 1 'i/g5+ Фf8 22 tiJh8 1 -0 Кotov­
Keres, USSR 1 950.
Ы) 1 8 ... d5 19 tiJxd5 tiJxd5 20 'ii' h5
'iff6 2 1 .ixd5 tLie5 (Janocha-Кrosny,
corr. 1984) 22 ii'h7+ Фf8 23 iVh4 and
108 Archangel and New Archangel
Ь3) 18 ... Фf8 19 tt:'lxf7 'i'd7 20 'i'c 1
tt:'lxd4 (20... 'i'g4 ! ?) 21 'iih6+ Фе7 22 eS
+- (Hammar).
Ь4) 18 ... tt:'lxd4 19 tt:'lxf7 gives White
the advantage.
bS) 18 ... П.f8 19 П.е3 ! (recommended
Ьу Hammar; 19 'ti'fЗ tt:'lxd4 20 'iig3 tt:'lhS
21 'i'h4 tt:'lf6 22 П.е3 is met Ьу 22 ... ttJfS I)
with а vio1ent attack.
Ь6) 18 ...П.е7 19 ttJd5 .ixd4 ( 19 ...tL'Ixd5
20 'ti'h5 .ixd4, Brynell-Rantanen, Swe­
den-Finland 1 989, 21 eS ! +-) 20 tUxe7+
'ti'xe7 21 .ixf7+! Фh8 22 .id5 +- Vit­
omskis-Кiaic, соп. 199 1 .
1 7 .ixf6
17 .ic2 Ь4 ( 1 7... gS ! ?) 18 tt:'la4 .ia7 19
'i'd2 с5 20 dxc5 dxc5 21 "it'f4 Ь3 22 .iЬI
'ii'b 8 with equality, Jansa-Mohring, Zin­
nowitz 1964.
17...'i!fxf6 18 .ic2
Or 18 tt:'ld5 .ixd5 19 .ixdS с6 20 .ia2
cS 21 dxc5 .ixc5 22 'ti'dS 'ilfe6 23 Ь4
'ilfxd5 24 .ixd5 .iхЬ4 25 П.Ь\ П.с8 26
Фfl .ic5 1/2- 1f2 1ov�ic-Kapic, coп. 1985.
18...Ь4 19 tt:'la4 .ia7 20 'i!t'dЗ tt:'lc6 21
е5 dxe5 22 dxe5 'ti'f4
Black must continue active1y. After
22 . . .'ilfg6 23 'itxg6 fxg6 24 .ixg6 П.е6
25 .ie4 tt:'lxeS 26 tt:'lxe5 П.хе5 27 .ih7+
Wxh7 28 П.хе5 .iсб 29 Ь3 .id4 30 П.е7
.id5 (ZleЬcik-Sykora, соп.) 3 1 J:txc7
.ixb3 32 П.Ь7 .ixa4 33 П.хЬ4 .ixf2+ 34
Фхf2 White wins the ending (the posi­
tion is similar to а 194 1 study Ьу Fine).
23 "it'h7+ Фf8 24 "it'h8+ Фе7 25
'ilfxg7 tt:'ld4 26 'i!ff6+ 'ii'xf6 27 exf6+ Фf8
28 J:!.xe8+
Or 28 tt:'les .ic6 29 .id 1 fr.e6.
28...Wxe8
Black has а good ending.
СЗ4)
12 ...g5 (D)
The most topical line. Now:
СЗ41: 13 tt:'lxg5?! 108
СЗ42: 13 .ig3 108
w
СЗ4 1 )
13 tt:'lxg5?! hxg5 14 .ixg5 exd4 15
'ti'r3 Фg7 16 'i'g3 'i!t'd7!?
Or:
а) 16 ... tt:'leS?? 17 cxd4 ! .ixd4 18 .ie3+
tt:'lgб 1 9 .ixd4 +-.
Ь) 16 ... П.h8 17 .ixf6++ Wxf6 18 'ilff4+
with а perpetual check.
с) 16 ... dxc3 !? followed Ьу ... tt:'le5.
17 ахЬ5
White сап play 17 .ixf6++ Фхf6 1 8
'i'h4+ Фg6 1 9 'i'g3+ with а draw.
17...ахЬ5 18 .ih4+ tt:'lg4 19 %ha8 .ixa8
20 h3 dxc3 21 hxg4 схЬ2 22 .if6+!
22 'ilff4 f6 is convenient for Black.
22...Фхf6 23 �4+
With а draw Ьу perpetual check.
СЗ42)
13 .ig3 П.е8
Others:
а) 13 . . .tt:'la5 ? ! 14 .ic2 tt:'lh5 1 5 dxe5
(Cvetkovic recommends 15 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
16 dxeS) 15 . . . tt:'lxg3 1 6 hxg3 g4 17 tt:'lh2
± Thimognier-Descroix, соп. 1 99 1 .
Ь) l 3 . . . tt:'le7 1 4 'i'd3 c S 1 5 axbS cxd4
16 cxd4 ахЬ5 17 П.ха8 .ixa8 1 8 dxeS
dxeS 19 'i'xb5 tt:'lxe4 20 tt:'lxeS tt:'lxg3 2 1
hxg3 'i!r'd4 2 2 1:te2 .id5 2 3 tt:'lc3 .ixb3 24
'ti'xb3 and White has an extra pawn, Rep­
kova-Кrupkova, Lazne Bohdanec 1995.
с) 1 3 ...exd4 14 cxd4 .l:.e8 15 е5? ! dxeS
1 6 tt:'lxe5 (Кishnev recommends 16 dxeS
'i'xd l 17 :txdl tt:'le4 +) 16 ... tt:'lxeS 17 dxe5
 Archangel with 7 'P..e l: Main Line ( 10 i..g5)
( 1 7 .ixe5? .ixd4 ! ) 1 7 . . .'�xd 1 1 8 .::l.x d1
lt'Je4 gives Black an excellent game.
14 axbS
Others:
а) 14 �d3 (Tatai-Costa, Manila OL
1 992) 1 4 ...lt'Ja5 ! .
Ь ) 1 4 d5 lt'Ja5 ( 1 4. . . lt'Je7 1 5 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
1 6 .::l.xa8 .ixa8 transposes to the main
line) 15 .ic2 ( 1 5 .ia2 с6 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 17
lt'Ja3 lt'Jc4 1 8 lt'Jxc4 Ьхс4 19 dxc6 .ixc6
20 lt'Jd2 d5 21 exd5 'ii' xd5 with active
р1ау for B1ack, Caumes-Pouplard, corr.
1 982) 1 5 ... с6 1 6 dxc6 .ixc6 1 7 lt'Jbd2
'i'c7 1 8 Ь4 lt'Jb7 1 9 а5 ( 1 9 с4 !?) 19 ... .ia7
20 �с 1 lt'Jd8 2 1 lt'Jfl lt'Je6 оо Weijers­
Rausis, Haarlem 1 996.
с) 14 h4 lt'Ja5 15 hxg5 ( 1 5 .ic2 exd4
1 6 hxg5 lt'Jxe4 with Ьig complications ­
Bykhovsky) 15 ...lt'Jxb3 ( 1 5 . . . lt'Jxe4 16 g6
lt'JxbЗ 17 gxf7+ Фхf7 18 �хЬЗ+ Фg7 19
.ih4 ± Bykhovsky) 1 6 gxf6 lt'Jxa 1 1 7
.ih4 exd4 1 8 'ii'd2 Фh7 ( l 8 . . . .::1. xe4 19
�xh6 ) 19 lt'Jg5+ Фg8 ( l 9 ... Фg6 20 е5
= а) 13 �d3 transposes to С242.
with а strong attack for White - Bykhov­
sky) 20 lt'JfЗ Фh7 2 1 lt'Jg5+ Фg8 22 lt'Je6
.::l. xe6 23 "ifxh6 "iff8 24 "i!Vg5+ Фh8 25
�h5+ Фg8 1/2- 1f2 Mestei-Beliavsky, Mex­
ico 1978.
14...ахЬ5 15 .::l.xa8 .ixa8
1 5 .. .'�ха8 is an altemative:
а) 16 d5 lt'Je7 1 7 lt'Jaз .ta6 1 8 .ic2
lt'Jg6 1 9 .idЗ с6 led to а draw in Gola­
Rause, Nimes 1 99 1 .
Ь ) 1 6 h4 exd4 ( 1 6. . . lt'Ja5 ! ) 17 hxg5
lt'Jxe4 18 g6 lt'Jd8 (Tallova-Lang, Zagan
girls U - 1 8 Ech 1 995) 19 lt'Jxd4 ±.
16 dS
1 6 lZ'1a3 ( 1 6 h4 !? Bykhovsky) 16 ...exd4
1 7 е5 dxe5 1 8 lt'Jxe5 lt'Jxe5 19 %:t.xe5 ( 1 9
i.xe5) 19 ... dxc3 20 "i!Vxd8 .::l.xd8 2 1 ЬхсЗ
Ь4 and Black won in Schlosser-Miagkov,
corr. 1 982.
16...lt'Je7 17 lt'Ja3 lt'Jg6 18 lt'Jxb5 hS 19
h4 g4 20 lt'JgS lt'Jh7 21 lt'Jxh7 Фхh7 22
lt'Ja3 lt'Jxh4 23 lt'Jc4 lt'Jg6 24 lt'Jxb6 схЬ6
оо Zigo-Zvara, Czech Cht 1997.
1 09
D)
ll ...gS 12 .tgЗ 0-0 (D)
12 . . ."i!Ve7 should Ье compared with
Line В.
w
Now:
Dl: 13 dS 1 10
D2: 13 dxeS 1 10
Or:
Ь) 13 а4 transposes to СЗ42.
с) 13 hЗ J:te8 ( I З .. ."iVe7 14 d5 lt'Ja5 15
.ic2 с6 1 6 dxc6 .ixc6 1 7 ЬЗ lt'Jh5 =
Sedonja-Markun, Slovenian Cht 1 995)
14 i.c2 "i!Ve7 1 5 аЗ .::l.ad8 16 'iVdЗ lt'Jh5 17
i.h2 �f6 Grachev-Cherkasova, Mos­
=
cow 1997.
d) 13 lt'JaЗ ? ! exd4 1 4 cxd4 lt'Ja5 1 5
i.c2 Ь4 1 6 lt'JЫ (Lovejoy-Ciarke, corr.
1 993) 1 6 . . . .::1.е8 ! ? gives Black excellent
play.
е) 13 �d2 lt'Jh5 14 a4 lt'Jxg3 15 hxgЗ
�f6 ( 1 5 ... lt'Ja5 1 6 i.c2 lt'Jc4 { or 1 6 ...exd4
17 cxd4 "iff6 } 17 'i'e2 exd4 is also good)
16 i.d5 exd4 17 .ixc6 i.xc6 1 8 а5 i.a7
1 9 lt'Jxd4 i.d7 ( 1 9 . . . i.xd4 20 cxd4 .:l.fe8
is logical, exchanging off а potentially
bad Ьishop) 20 lt'JaЗ :tfe8 21 lt'Jac2 'iig6
(21 . . . с5 22 lt'Jf5 .ixf5 23 exf5 'i'xf5 24
lt'JeЗ �d7 25 lt'Jd5 Фg7 26 с4 gives White
good compensation for the pawn) 22 lt'Jf5
(Dolmatov-Emms, Philadelphia 1 99 1 )
22. . .-ixfS 23 exf5 'ii'xf5 24 lt'JЬ4 %:t.e6 оо.
1 10 Archangel and New Archangel

f) 13 h4 g4 14 lLJh2 h5 and now: 14...dxe5 (D)

f l ) 15 'iWc 1 Фh7 1 б 'iWg5 J:tg8 1 7
'i'f5+? Фh8 1 8 dxe5 ( 1 8 ..txf7 i.c8 1 9
..tеб ..tхеб 20 'i'хеб exd4 21 lLJaЗ dxc3 22
Ьхс3 'ir'f8 23 lLJc2 J:te8 + Mikhalchishin)
18 ... lLJxe5 19 ..txe5? ( 1 9 i.d5) 19 ... dxe5
20 iVxe5 �dб ! 21 �хdб схdб 22 g3
lLJxe4 -+ Prandstetter-Mikhalchishin,
Dortmund 1990.
f2) Beliavsky recommends 15 'i*'d2
Фh7 1 б lLJa3 iVe7 ""·

D1 )
13 d5 lLJe7 14 с4
Also: Now:
а) 14 lDbd2 and now: 021 : 15 lLJd2 1 10
a l ) 14 ... lLJgб 15 lDfl h5 1б h4 ( l б о22: 15 'i'rз 111
h3 ! ?) 1 б . . . g4 1 7 lLJg5? lDh7 1 8 lLJxh7
Фхh7 1 9 lLJe3 lLJxh4 and Black wins а D21 )
pawn, Hartikainen-Sepp, Espoo 1 993. 1 5 lLJd2 'ir'e7 (D)
а2) 14 ... lLJh5 15 lLJП Фg7 ( 1 5 ... Фh8 1 5 ... J:te8 1 б 'ilr'e2 ( 1 б 'i*'fЗ transposes
1б h4? g4 1 7 lD3h2?! f5 18 exf5 lDxf5 19 to the note to Black's 1 5th move in Line
Фh 1 lDfxg3+ 20 fxg3 J:txfl + 0- 1 Shovu­ D22) 16 ...'i!Ve7 17 ..tc2 J:tad8 Щ lDfl
nov-Мacieja, St Petersburg 1 99б) 1б lLJe3 i.c8 19 lLJe3 ..txe3 20 �хе3 lLJli-5 2 1 а4
lLJxg3 17 hxg3 f5 18 exf5 lDxf5 19 lDxf5+ сб Roselli Mailhe-Bravo, Miraflores
=

J:txf5 20 ..tc2 J:tfб 2 1 J:te2 'ir'g8 22 i.e4 1 993.

J:taf8 + Kuznetsova-Trufanova, Moscow
199б.
Ь) 1 4 а4 lLJgб 15 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 б J:txa8
i.xa8 17 lLJa3 сб 18 dхсб ..tхсб 19 'i'd3 w
'ii'd7 20 lLJc2 Фg7 Belotti-Costa, Chi­
=

asso 199 1 .
14...b4 15 lLJbd2 lLJg6 16 lDfi i.c8 17
..tc2 lDh5 18 lLJ3d2 g4 19 lLJeЗ iVg5
Black has good counterplay on the
kingside, Misek-Vrana, corr. 1 990.

D2)
13 dxe5 lLJxe5 14 lLJxe5
14 lLJbd2 lLJd3 1 5 J:te2 lLJh5 1 б lLJfl (or
1 б 'i*'c2 lLJhf4 1 7 i.xf4 lLJxf4, Nosek­
Petek, Litomysl 1994) 1 б...lLJxg3 17 lLJxg3
lDf4 1 8 J:td2 'ii'fб 19 lLJd4 J:tae8 20 'i'f3
J:te5 2 1 h3 J:tfe8 gives Black excellent
play, McDonald-Collinson, British Ch
1 99 1 .
16 'ii'e2
Others:
а) 1б �f3 J:tad8 17 J:tad 1 ( 1 7 lDfl
.l:.fe8 18 h3 J:tdб with а very good posi­
tion for Black, Bargel-Petek, Stockerau
1 993) 17 . . . ..tc8 1 8 'ir'e2 ( 1 8 h3? ! g4 1 9
'iie2 lDh5 20 Фh2, Tejero-Braga, Andorra
 Archangel with 7 ':el: Main Line ( 10 il.g5)
1 99 1 , 20...'ilfg5 gives Black the initiative)
18 . . ...ig4 1 9 lЬf3 .l:txd1 20 .l:txd1 ltJh5 2 1
'ilfd3 lЬxg3 2 2 hxg3 Фg7 Escobar For­
= Pereira 199 1) 16 .. .'ii'e7 1 7 h3 lЬd7 1 8 lЬfl
ero-Forster, Parana 1 99 1 .
Ь ) 1 6 'ilfc2 .l:tad8 1 7 Фh 1 lЬh5 1 8 lЬf l
.l:td6 1 9 .l:tad 1 .l:tfd8 20 .l:txd6 .l:txd6 with а
very good position for Black, Dutreeuw­
Mikhalchishin, Eeklo 1 99 1 .
с ) 1 6 i.c2 .l:tad8 1 7 'ilfe2 с 5 1 8 lZJfl
...е6 19 а4 с4 20 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 21 Фh l lЬd7
22 lЬе3 lЬс5 Miu1escu-Fruteau, Paris
= 1 7 . . ..1:tfe8 1 8 i.xfб+ 'ilfxf6 1 9 'ii'xf6+
1 993 .
16... .1:tad8 (D)
B1ack has а very active game:
а) 1 7 а4 .l:td6 1 8 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 9 lЬfl
i.c6 20 i.c2 .l:tfd8 21 .l:tac1 h5 22 h3 h4
23 i.h2 ,..е6 + Gi1d.Garcia-Beliavsky,
Novi Sad OL 1 990.
Ь) 1 7 .l:tad 1 .l:td6 1 8 Фh l .l:tfd8 1 9 f3
lЬh5 20 lЬf1 lЬf4 2 1 i.xf4 gxf4 22 .l:txd6
.l:txd6 23 а4 .l:tg6 24 ахЬ5 'ilfc5 25 lЬd2
ахЬ5 26 lЬЫ i.c8 + Spie1-Petek, Bled
1 995.
D22)
15 'l!i'rз 'it'e7
1 5 .. J:te8 16 lЬd2 ( 1 б lЬаЗ 'it'e7 1 7 .l:tad l
.l:tad8 18 .l:txd8 'it'xd8 1 9 lЬс2 'ii'e7 20 lЬЬ4
а5 2 1 ltJd5 lЬxd5 22 exd5 е4 23 dб схdб
111
24 'ii'f5 d5 25 i.xd5 i.xd5 26 'iWxd5 with
an equa1 position, Gild.Garcia-A1zate,
'ii'fб 19 lZJh2 'it'xfЗ 20 lЬхfЗ Фf8 (the
most accurate; 20. . .Фg7 2 1 .l:tad 1 .l:te7,
Van der Wiel-Beliavsky, Amsterdam
1 990, 22 i.c2 ;!; V an der Wiel) 2 1 .l:tad 1
.l:tad8 22 i.c2 fб 23 Ь4 Фе7 24 a4 lZJf8
1/2- lf2 Escuin-de Rivera, corr. 1 992 .
16 'l!i'rs Фg7 17 i.xeS .l:tad8 (D)
Фхfб 20 lЬd2 .l:te5 (20. . ..1:tad8 is similar to
the main line) 2 1 .l:te2 .l:tae8 gives Black
compensation for the pawn, Gi1d. Gar­
cia-Diaz, Cienfuegos 1 99 1 .
18 1:е2
Others:
а) 1 8 с4? ! .l:tfe8 1 9 i.xfб+ 'ilfxfб 20
'ii'xfб+ Фхf6 2 1 схЬ5 ахЬ5 22 а4 Ь4 +
Ovenon-Revell, corr. 1994 .
Ь) 1 8 i.d5 i.xd5 1 9 exd5 .l:txd5 20 с4
'l!i'xe5 2 1 'ilfxe5 i.xf2+ 22 ФП .l:txe5 23
.l:txe5 i.d4 24 .l:te2 lЬg4 25 схЬ5 ахЬ5 26
lЬс3 lЬxh2+ 27 Фе1 .l:tb8 1/2- lf2 Lind­
Jepson, Helsingborg 1 99 1 .
1 8... .1:tfe8 1 9 i.xf6+ 'ii'xf6 20 'i'xf6+
Фхfб
Black has compensation for the pawn,
Franzen-Timmerman, corr. 1 99 1 .
7 Arc hangel with 7 dЗ

1 е4 eS 2 tfJf3 tfJc6 3 i.bS а6 4 .i.a4 tfJf6 Ь3) 9 tfJc3 ! ? tfJd4 1 0 tfJxd5 tfJxd5 1 1
5 0-0 bS 6 .i.b3 .i.b7 7 d3 (D) i.xd5 i.xd5 1 2 exd5 �xd5 1 3 f4 :t.
8 i.g7
...

After 8 ...Ьхс4 9 i.xc4 White threatens

1 0 �Ь3.
в 9 cxbS
9 ttJc3 Ьхс4 10 i.xc4 0-0 1 1 Ь4 dб is
not dangerous for Black, Arencibia-Lugo,
Havana 1 99З.
9 ахЬ5 10 ttJc3 Ь4 1 1 tfJdS ttJxd5 12
...

i.xdS
Now:
а) 12 . . . ttJa5 13 i.хЬ7 tfJxЬ7 14 'ir'b3
ttJc5 (or 14 . . . с5 15 аЗ with the idea i.e3)
15 'Wi'c4 ! dб ( 15.,.tfJaб l б аЗ +- ЕСО) 1 б
Now: 'Wi'xb4 0-0 17 'Wi'c4 and White has the ad­
А: 7...g6?! 1 12 vantage, Sax-Martin Gonza1ez, Biel IZ
В: 7 h6?!
... 1 12 1 985.
С: 7...i.d6 1 1З Ь) 12...0-0 1 3 i.g5 'ii'ь8 14 'li'd2 gives
D: 7...i.c5 1 17 White some advantage (Sax).

7 . . . i.e7 leads to another variation of В)

Ruy Lopez (ЕСО code С84). 7. . h6?! 8 ttJc3
.

Only in this way (the plan tfJcЗ and

А)
7 g6?! 8 с4
...
Others:
а) 8 ttJcЗ i.g7 9 а4 Ь4 10 ttJd5 lt:'Jxd5
1 1 .i.xd5 with equalizing chances for
Black, Praznik-Semrl, LjuЬijana 1 99б.
Ь) 8 tfJg5 !? d5 and now:
Ь l ) 9 f4 (Zapata-Lugo, Havana 1994)
9 . . . hб! 10 exd5 ( 1 0 tfJxf7 Фхf7 1 1 fxe5
ttJxe5 12 d4 Фg7 1 3 dxe5 i.c5+ 14 Фh l
ttJxe4 +) lO ... ttJxd5 ( 1 0 ...hxg5 !?) 1 1 tfJhЗ
i.g7 12 fxe5 ttJxe5 =.
Ы) 9 exd5 tfJd4 1 О J:.e 1 tfJxbЗ 1 1
J:.xe5+ i.e7 with а position similar to
Chapter 8, Line В 1 .
а4) сап White prove that . . . hб is а \oss of
time. After other moves Black usually
manages to transpose to different sys­
tems of Ruy Lopez; e.g.:
а) 8 J:.e1 dб (8 ... gб is quite possiЬle in
order to keep the e-fi1e clear for а Ьlack
rook: 9 а4 i.g7 1 О tfJcЗ Ь4 1 1 tfJd5 О-О 1 2
а 5 J:.b8 1 3 i.d2 ttJxd5 1 4 i.xd5 tfJe7 15
i.ЬЗ с5 1 б i.еЗ 'ir'c7, Matanovic-Wes­
terinen, Raach 1969) 9 с3 i.e7 1 0 ttJbd2
0-0 1 1 tfJfl .l:.e8 is sirni1ar to the Smyslov
Variation of the Closed Lopez.
Ь) 8 с3 gб (8 ... i.c5 ! ?) 9 ttJbd2 i.g7
1 О 'ii'e2 0-0 1 1 J:.d 1 d5 12 ttJfl J:.e8 1 3
tfJgЗ tfJa5 14 i.c2 с 5 1 5 Ь4 схЬ4 1 б схЬ4
 Archangel with 7 dЗ
ltlc6 17 i.d2 112- 1/2 Dvoretsky-Pytel, Pol­
anica Zdroj 197З.
8 g6
...
Or 8 ... d6 9 а4 Ь4 10 ltle2 l2Ja5 1 1 i.a2
с5 1 2 сЗ ЬхсЗ 1З ЬхсЗ 'VJ/ic7 14 l2JgЗ g6 15
.I:.Ьl i.g7 1 6 ltlh4 с4 1 7 i.еЗ l2Jd7 1 8 d4
± Fuchs-Witkowski, LuЬ\in 1 969.
9 а4!
Other continuations gives Black better
prospects of equa1ity.
9 ... Ь4 10 ltJd5 il..g7
Also:
а) 10 ...ltJa5 l l ltJxe5 l2JxbЗ 12 ltlxf6+
\\1Vxf6 1 З ltJg4 \\1Ve6 14 схЬЗ i.g7 15 ltJeЗ
0-0 1 6 'VJ/ic2 'VJ/ic6 1 7 ..-с4 а5 1 8 l2Jd5 ±
Jansa-Westerinen, Sochi 1 974.
Ь) 10 ... а5 1 1 hЗ i.g7 12 i.еЗ 0-0 1З
�d2 Фh7 14 сЗ ltJxd5 1 5 i.xd5 ЬхсЗ 16
ЬхсЗ with а slight advantage for White,
Juhasz-Letay, Pecs-Vasa 1 992.
11 i.d2 а5 12 \\IVc1 ltJd4
1 2... g5 1 3 liJeЗ g4 14 liJf5 i.f8 1 5
ltJЗh4 d 5 1 6 exd5 ltJxd5 (Fata1ibekova­
Stupina, Thilisi 1 979) 17 f4 or 17 J:le1 is
good for White.
13 ltJxd4 exd4
Following 1З ... l2Jxd5 White has an ad­
vantage after both 14 ltlf5 gxf5 1 5 exd5
and 14 ltJe2 ! ? ltJf6 1 5 f4 (Tal).
14 ltlf4!?
White intends е5, Tal-Pytel, Hastings
1 97З/4. 14 . . . d5 ! 1 5 l2Jxd5 l2Jxd5 1 6 exd5
i.xd5 17 J:le1+ Фf8 18 il.. f4 с6 19 i.xd5
�xd5 20 i.c7 ! ;\; Tal.
С)
7...i. d6 (D)
Now:
С1: 8 аЗ 1 14
С2: 8 с3 1 14
СЗ: 8 а4 1 15
Others:
а) 8 ltJh4?! liJd4 9 i.еЗ? ltJxe4 10 �g4
ltJxbЗ 1 1 �xg7 �xh4 1 2 dxe4 0-0-0 1 З
ахЬЗ .:l.hg8 14 �h6 J:lxg2+ 1 5 Фхg2
1 13
w
�g4+ 16 Фhl 'ilr'fЗ+ 0- 1 Lupu-Adda,
Paris 1 990.
Ь) 8 'i!t'e1 ?! 0-0 9 сЗ h6 10 а4 J:le8 ! 1 1
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 2 J:lxa8 i.xa8 1 З i.c2 i.f8
14 Ь4 d5 1 5 ltJaЗ ( 15 liJbd2 d4 ), Polan­
ski-Bielak, соп. 1 992, 1 5 ... d4 !? 16 ltlxb5
\\IVЬ8 17 с4 ltJxЬ4 1 8 i.Ы с6 19 liJaЗ +
Po1anski.
с) 8 с4 0-0 9 ltJcЗ Ьхс4 10 dxc4 ltla5
d) 8 il..g 5 h6 9 i.h4 ltJa5 1 О liJbd2 0-0
1 1 J:le1 J:le8 Canina-Moreno, Heпnanos
=
Saiz 1 992.
е) 8 il..d 2 0-0 (8 ... h6 9 с4 0-0 10 аЗ
Ьхс4 1 1 i.xc4 i.c5 12 liJcЗ d6 1 З J:lc 1
ltld4 14 i.еЗ i.a7 = Adams-Wells, Lon­
don 1 990) 9 с4 (9 а4 J:le8 1 О liJaЗ Ь4 1 1
ltlc4 i.f8 = Praznik-Gosti§a, Bled 1 996)
9 ... Ь4 10 аЗ а5 1 1 il..eЗ ltlg4 ( 1 1 . . . J:le8 1 2
с5 ! ? i.f8 1 З ltJg5 J:le7 14 ахЬ4 ахЬ4 1 5
J:lxa8 i.xa8 16 f4 d6 1 7 cxd6 cxd6 1 8
ltld2 h6 19 liJhЗ Nijboer) 1 2 i.c1 i.c5
=
1З hЗ liJf6 14 i.a4 d6 1 5 ltJbd2 ltJd7 ! 16
liJЬЗ i.b6 17 i.d2 ltlc5 1 8 i.xc6 i.xc6
19 ахЬ4 ахЬ4 20 i.хЬ4 J:lxa1 2 1 ltlxa 1 f5
22 il.. xc5 i.xc5 2З liJd2 NijЬoer.
ао
f) 8 lLJcЗ 0-0 (very logical 1ooks
8 . . . l2Ja5 9 ltle2 0-0 10 liJgЗ J:le8 1 1 il..d2
ltJxbЗ 12 ахЬЗ il.. f8 1З с4 g6 14 �с 1 d6
with an equal position, Kocovski-Bog­
danovski, Struga 1991) 9 i.g5 (9 ltJd5 h6
1 О liJeЗ J:le8 1 1 ltJh4 ltJa5 12 ltlhf5 i.f8
1 З f4 ltJxbЗ 14 ахЬЗ exf4 1 5 ltJg4 d5 with
good chances for Black in а complicated
1 14 Archangel and New Archangel
position, Seeman-Volzhin, Jyvasky!З
1994) 9 ...l2Ja5 10 l2Jd5 i.xd5 1 1 i.xd5 с6
1 2 i.b3 .l:.e8 1 3 l2Jh4 h6 14 l2Jf5 i.f8 1 5
i.e3 d5 16 �fЗ Фh7 17 .l:.ad 1 g6 1 8 l2Jg3
i.g7 1 9 с3 l2Jxb3 20 ахЬ3 =Kamsky­
Henley, 1 992.
С1 )
8 а3!?
The idea of this move is to keep con­
trol of the d5-square, and thus to saddle
Black with а bad dark-squared bishop.
8...l2Ja5
Beliavsky's recommendation. An a1-
ternative is 8 ...0-0:
а) 9 lL\c3 h6 10 i.a2 ( 10 h3 .l:.e8 1 1
.iеЗ .if8 1 2 l2Jh2 l2Jd4 13 .ia2 d5 Bol­ =
ogan-Potapov, Moscow 1 998) 1 O . . . .l:.e8
1 1 h3 l2Jd4 1 2 l2Jxd4 exd4 1 3 l2Je2 .ic5
14 с3 dxc3 15 Ьхс3 .ib6 with а good po­
sition for Black, Lanka-Navrotescu, Cali­
manesti 1992.
Ь) 9 .l:.e1 h6 10 l2Jbd2 .l:.e8 1 1 lЬfl .if8
1 2 l2Jg3 d5 1 3 с3 dxe4 14 dxe4 l2Ja5 1 5
.ic2 ...xd 1 1 6 .l:.xd 1 с 5 1 7 Ь4 схЬ4 1 8
ахЬ4 l2Jc4 =F A.Sokolov-Beliavsky, Mos­
cow GMA 1990.
с) 9 с4! ? l2Ja5?! (9 ... Ь4 !? 10 .ig5 а5)
10 схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 1 .ia2 с5 12 .ig5 h6 1 3
.ixf6 ! �xf6 14 lL\c3 Ь 4 ( 1 4 . . . .ic6 !?) 1 5
lЬd5 ,..d8 16 l2Je3 and White has the ad­
vantage, Romanishin-Beliavsky, Reggio
Emi1ia 1 99 1 .
9 .ia2 с5
Beliavsky eva1uates this position as
unc1ear.
10 .ig5 h6 1 1 bf6 'i'xf6 12 l2Jc3 g5
13 .td5 l2Jc6 14 а4 Ь4 15 l2Je2 :ь8
;!; Korneev-Nogly, Hamburg 1 992.
С2)
8 с3 (D)
8 . 0-0
. .
Others: 8 ... l2Ja5 9 .ic2 с5 10 J:r.e1 0-0
1 1 .ig5 l2Jc6 1 2 l2Jbd2 .ie7 1 3 tlJfl ;!;;
8 ... h6 9 l2Jh4 !? 0-0 10 l2Jf5 .ic5 1 1 �f3
в
Фh7 ;!;; 8 ...l2Je7 9 l2Jxe5 .ixe5 lO f4 i.d6
1 1 е5 lЬf5 ао Grtinfeld-Manor, Те! А viv
1 99 1 .
9 l2Jbd2
Also:
а) 9 .ig5 .ie7 !? 10 а4 d6 1 1 l2Ja3 Ь4
12 l2Jc4 а5 13 l2Je3 l2Jd7 14 i.xe7 l2Jxe7 =
Abramovic-Мikhalchishin, Postojna 199 1 .
Ь ) 9 .l:.e1 and now:
Ь l ) 9 ... l2Ja5 10 .ic2 J:r.e8 1 1 Ь4 l2Jc6
12 а4 .if8 13 i.b3 ! ? (other moves allow
Black to regroup his pieces; e.g., 1 3 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 14 .l:.xa8 �ха8 1 5 .tьз l2Jd8 1 6
lЬаЗ .ic6 1 7 i.Ь2 d6 1 8 l2Jc2 g 6 1 9 l2Je3
.ig7 20 �а1 l2Je6 2 1 �ха8 .l:.xa8 22 g3
Фf8 23 lL\d5 l2Jd7 24 .l:.a1 1/2- lf2 Sax-Kor­
chnoi, Wijk aan Zee 1 99 1 ) 1 3 ...h6 14 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 1 5 J:r.xa8 'fixa8 1 6 l2Ja3 'tia6 (Gosz­
to1a-B1asovszky, corr. 1 99 1 ) 1 7 l2Jxb5 !
'tixb5 18 .ic4 'i'Ьб 19 .ie3 l2Jd4 20 cxd4
exd4 2 1 .ixd4 'itxЬ4 22 .ixf6 gxf6 23
'i'c2 ±.
Ь2) 9 ...l2Je7 l 0 l2Jbd2 l2Jg6 1 1 ttJfl h6
12 d4 .l:.e8 13 dxe5 .ixe5 14 l2Jxe5 J:r.xe5
1 5 f3 d5 1 6 exd5 l2Jxd5 17 J:r.xe5 l2Jxe5 1 8
,..d4 'i'd6 Pupo-Lugo, Havana 1 990.
=
Ь3) 9 ... J:r.e8 1 0 l2Jg5 J:r.e7 1 1 t2Jd2 h6
1 2 l2Jgf3 ( 1 2 l2Jxf7 ! ?) 1 2 ... J:r.e8 1 3 ttJfl
.if8 14 lL\g3 d5 lf2- lf2 Reyes-Braga, Span­
ish Cht 1 990.
с) 9 а4 l2Ja5 10 .ia2 с5 1 1 .ig5 .l:.e8 1 2
t2Jbd2 h6 1 3 .ih4 .if8 14 .l:.e 1 d 6 1 5 lЬfl
g5 16 .ig3 с4 with counterplay for Black,
Doncevic-Stern, Bundesliga 1 99 1/2.
 Archangel with 7 dЗ
9...lt:Ja5
Altematives:
а) 9 ... li:Jh5 10 .l:te1 li:Jf4 1 1 li:Jfl Фh8
12 li:JgЗ 'ii'f6 13 li:Jf5 ;!;,
Ь) 9 ... h6 10 аЗ ! ? .l:te8 1 1 li:Jh4 ! .tf8 12
'ii'fЗ ! d5 1 3 .l:te1 li:Jb8 14 exd5 .txd5 1 5
.txd5 �xd5 16 li:Je4 li:Jxe4 17 .l:txe4 .l:te6
1 8 li:Jf5 ;!; Balashov-Morozevich, Mos­
cow 1 99 1 .
с ) 9 . . ..1:te8 and now:
с 1 ) 10 lt:Jg5 .l:te7 1 1 f4 h6 1 2 li:Jgf3
exf4 1 3 li:Jh4 with major complications,
McShane-Furhoff, Stockholm 1 998/9.
с2) 1 0 .1:te1 .tc5 ( 1 0... .tf8 ! ?) 1 1 li:Jfl
h6 ( 1 1 ... d6 1 2 li:Jg3 .tь6 1з .tg5 h6 14
.th4 ! is an unpleasant pin, Grischuk­
Potapov, St Petersburg 1 998; l l ... d5? 1 2
exd5 li:Jxd5 13 d4 and White wins а pawn,
Brodsky-Grechikhin, Smolensk 199 1 )
1 2 li:Jg3 li:Jh7 1 3 d 4 .tb6 14 .te3 d6 1 5 d5
lt:Je7 1 6 .txb6 схЬ6 1 7 li:Jd2 .tc8 1 8 а4
Ьха4 1 9 .txa4 .l:tf8 ::: Lederman-Ater,
Beersheba 1 99 1 .
1 0 .t c2 .l:te8 1 1 .l:tel
Others:
а) 1 1 Ь4 li:Jc6 1 2 .1:te1 .if8 1 3 .iЫ ( 1 3
а4! ? Garcia) 1 3. . .h 6 14 а З d 6 1 5 .tь3 g6
16 с4?! (ЕСО recommends 16 d4 ао)
16 ... .tg7 with а promising position for
Вlack, Zapata-Gild.Garcia, Medellin (4)
1 992.
Ь) 1 1 'iie2 .tf8 12 .l:td 1 d5 1 3 li:Jfl с5
14 .tg5 h6 15 .th4 'ii b6 16 h3 li:Jh5 with
very good chances for Black, Szalkol­
czai-Petek, Stockerau 1 993.
н ....tr8
1 1 ...с5 ! ? 1 2 d4 cxd4 1 3 cxd4 li:Jc6 14
d5 ! ? lt:Je7 1 5 tt:Jьз li:Jg6 1 6 а4 .tы 1 7
.td2 .txd2 1 8 'ii'xd2 .-ь6 1 9 'ii'a5 'ilfxa5
20 lt:Jxa5 .l:tab8 2 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 22 gЗ .ta8
23 li:Jd2 ;!; Howell-Collinson, British Ch
1 992.
12 d4
W.Watson evaJuates this position as а
Iittle Ьetter for White. Black has the fol­
\owing ideas:
1 15
а) 12 ... d5?! 13 lt:Jxe5 dxe4 14 Ь4 li:Jc6
1 5 li:Jxf7 ! ФхП 1 6 lt:Jxe4 .l:txe4 ! ( 1 6 ... h6 !?
1 7 .tg5 ! ? gives White а strong attack -
Watson) 17 .ixe4 lt:Jxe4 ! ? 1 8 'ii'Ь З+ Фg6
19 .l:txe4 h6 20 'ii'g8 ! .tc8? 2 1 h4 ! .tf5 22
h5+ +- W.Watson-Hellers, Oslo 1 99 1 .
Ь) 12 ... d6 1 3 d5 ! с6 ( 1 3 ... с5?! 14 Ь4
схЬ4 15 cxЬ4 lt:Jc4 16 lt:Jxc4 Ьхс4 17 .td2
.l:tc8 1 8 .l:tc 1 li:Jd7 19 .tы ± Watson) 1 4
Ь4 lt:Jc4 1 5 lt:Jxc4 Ьхс4 (Bevia-Garcia
Femandez, Javea 1 992) 1 6 dxc6 .txc6
17 .tg5 ;!; Watson.
с) 1 2... exd4 ! ? 1 3 cxd4 d6 14 d5 с6 1 5
Ь4 li:Jc4 1 6 lt:Jxc4 Ьхс4 gives Black а
good position, Riego-Ramirez, ТUcuman
1 97 1 .
СЭ)
8 а4 (D)
в
8... 0-0
Also:
а) 8 . . . Ь4 9 а5 0-0 10 li:Jbd2 .l:te8 1 1
li:Jc4 h6 1 2 сЗ .tf8 1 3 .l:te1 g6? ! 14 .ta4
ЬхсЗ 15 Ьхс3 d6 1 6 .I:Ы �с8 17 .l:te2
.l:te7? 18 .l:txb7 'ii'xb7 19 .I:Ы 'iia7 20
.txc6 1 -0 Кindermann-Tsihlis, Katerini
1 992.
Ь) 8 ... lt:Ja5 9 .ta2 Ь4 (9 ... h6? ! 10 d4
lt:Jxe4 1 1 dxe5 .te7 12 .id5 lt:Jg5 1 3
lt:Jxg5 hxg5 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 .txb7 li:Jxb7
16 .l:txa8 'it'xa8 17 li:Jc3 ± Ghinda-Pan­
delidis, Athens 1 993; 9 ...с5 1 0 li:JcЗ Ь4
1 1 li:Je2 h6 1 2 li:Jg3 g6 13 li:Jd2 'ii'e7 1 4
1 16 Archangel and New Archangel
l2Jc4 l2Jxc4 15 .i.xc4 0-0-0?! 16 с3 ФЬ8
17 �3 with better chances for White,
Kovaliov-Deppe, Eupen 1 996) 10 l2Jbd2
0-0 1 1 l2Jc4 l2Jxc4 1 2 �хс4 h6 and Black
should equalize.
9 l2Jc3
Or:
а) 9 �g5 h6 (9 ... ltJa5 10 �а2 h6
{ 10...Ь4 1 1 lЬЬd2 J:l.e8 12 h3 .tf8 13 l2Jh2
h6 14 �xf6 'ti'xf6 = L.Bronstein-Rosito,
Argentine Ch 1991 } 1 1 �h4 с5 12 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 1 3 l2Jc3 Ь4 1 4 l2Jd5 g5 15 l2Jxf6+
'ir'xf6 1 6 �g3 J:l.fe8 and Black stands
well, Kaminski -Schoof, Hamburg 1 992)
lO �h4 �е7 1 1 ахЬ5 ( 1 1 l2Jbd2 d6 12 с3
l2Jh5? ! 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 J:.xa8 �ха8 1 5
l2Jxe5 dxe5 1 6 �хе7 l2Jxe7 17 �xh5
�xd3 1 8 J:l.d 1 l2Jc6 19 �fЗ 'i:Vd6 20 lЬfl
± Кholmov-V.Ivanov, Russian Ch 1 997;
1 1 l2Jc3 Ь4 1 2 �xf6 .i.xf6 13 l2Jd5 and
Black should gradually equalize, Кin­
dermann-Sepp, Gausdal 1 994) 1 1 ... ахЬ5
12 J:.xa8 .i.xa8 13 .i.g3 d6 14 l2Jc3 l2Ja5
15 .ta2 Ь4 1 6 l2Je2 lЬh5 gives Black а
good game, Southali-Panczyk, Paignton
1 997.
Ь) 9 J:l.e l h6 10 l2Jbd2 J:.e8 1 1 с3 �f8
12 �а2 Ь4 1 3 l2Jc4 Ьхс3 (interesting is
1 3 ... а5 14 "ir'b3 J:.b8) 14 Ьхс3 d6 15 .i.d2
.i.c8 16 h3 .i.e6 17 "*'с2 ;t Dimitrov­
Lobron, Moscow OL 1994.
с) 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 10 J:.xa8 �ха8 (alter­
natively, 1 0... "*'ха8 1 1 .i.g5 l2Je8 1 2
l2Jbd2 { 1 2 lЬс3 ! ? } 1 2 ... l2Ja5 1 3 .ta2 h6
14 .i.h4 с5 15 .i.g3 l2Jc6 16 �d5 �Ь8 17
l2Jh4 l2Je7 1 8 .i.xb7 �хЬ7 1 9 l2Jf5 { 19
'ti'fЗ ! ? } 1 9 . . .l2Jxf5 20 exf5 ;t Kuzmin­
Sepp, Rostov 1993) 1 1 ltJc3 ( 1 1 l2Ja3
.i.xa3 12 bxa3 d5 =) 1 1 . . . Ь4 12 lЬе2 h6
1 3 l2Jg3 J:.e8 14 J:.e 1 l2Ja5 (14... .i.f8 !? 1 5
d4 exd4 16 е 5 l2Jg4 1 7 .i.f4, Jacoby­
Nog1y, Hamburg 1992, 17 ... l2Ja5) 15 .ta2
с5 1 6 l2Jd2 �f8 gives Black а good game:
с 1 ) 1 7 l2Jh5 l2Jxh5 18 'ti'xh5 J:l.e7 19
lЬf3 Ь3 ! 20 схЬ3 '*'Ь6 21 Ь4 �хЬ4 22
.i.d2 (Ma1aniuk's 22 "ir'g4 is answered Ьу
22 .. .".-а4 23 .i.Ьl J:.e6 with an excellent
position for Black) 22... �хЬ2 23 .i.xf7+
J:l.xf7 24 .i.xa5 d6 25 'Ш'g4 .i.c6 + Matulo­
vic-Malaniuk, Vrnjacka Banja 1 99 1 .
с2) 1 7 l2Jc4 l2Jxc4 1 8 .i.xc4 d 5 ! 1 9
exd5 .i.xd5 20 .i.xd5 'ti'xd5 =.
9...Ь4 10 l2Je2 l2Ja5!
10 . . . h6 1 1 а5 ! J:.e8 1 2 .i.d2 .i.f8 1 3
'*'Ы ! d 5 14 -..a2 l2Ja7 1 5 l2Jg3 'ii'd7 1 6
J:.fe 1 dxe4 ( 1 6 ... d4 1 7 lЬh4 lЬb5 1 8 l2Jg6
.i.c5 1 9 f4 ± Кruszynski-Panczyk, Lub­
niewice 1994) 17 dxe4 с5 (Leyva-Valdes,
Cuban Ch 1 993) 1 8 J:l.ad1 ;t.
l l .i.a2 h6
1 1 . . . Ь3 12 схЬ3 с5 1 3 l2Jg3 J:.e8 was
played in Young-Henley, 1 992, and now
14 l2Jg5 ! J:l.f8 15 l2Jf5 would have fa­
voured White.
12 l2Jg3 J:l.e8 13 l2Jh4
Others:
а) 1 3 .i.d2 .i.f8 14 J:l.e1 с5 15 h3 J:l.b8
16 .i.c4 -..с 7 17 l2Jh2 d5 1 8 exd5 l2Jxd5
19 b3 l2Jxc4 20 bxc4 l2Jf4 2 1 l2Jf3 g6 with
а good game for Black, Danailov-Topa-
1ov, St Cugat 1 992.
Ь) 13 h3 .i.f8 1 4 l2Jh2 d5 15 �fЗ с5
1 6 l2Jg4 J:.e6 17 l2Je3 Ь3 18 схЬ3 l2Jc6
( 1 8 ... J:.b6 19 Ь4 схЬ4 20 .i.xd5 l2Jxd5 21
l2Jxd5 .i.xd5 22 exd5 l2Jb3 + Adams­
Ma1aniuk, Pa1ma de Ma11orca 1 989) 1 9
Ь4 l2Jxb4 20 .t ы а 5 21 l2Jgf5 g 6 22 l2Jg3
h5 and Black seized the initiative in Los­
Malaniuk, Groningen 1 990.
с) 13 l2Jd2 ! ? .i.f8 14 l2Jh5 d5 (another
idea is 14 . . . g6!?) 15 l2Jxf6+ 't'*'xf6 16
.i.xd5 .i.xd5 17 exd5 J:l.ad8 1 8 l2Je4 ._.g6
1 9 'ii'f3 с6 with compensation for the
pawn, A. Sokolov-Mainka, Bad Woris­
hofen 1 992.
tз .trs
...
Now:
а) 14 l2Jhf5 d5 15 'ti'f3 Ь3 16 схЬ3
l2Jc6 17 .i.d2 J:l.b8 18 Ь4 l2Jxb4 19 .i.хЬ4
.i.xb4 20 exd5 .i.xd5 led to а draw in the
game Romanishin-Malaniuk, Simferopo1
1988.
 Archangel with 7 dЗ 1 17

Ь) 14 ltJg6 ! ? ЬЗ 15 схЬЗ (Am.Rodri­ а) 9 d4 ..tb6 transposes to the main

guez-Garcia Femandez, Burriana 1990) variation, with White а tempo down.
15 ... ..tЬ4 16 ..td2 с5 17 ltJh4 ltJxe4 "" Ro­ Ь) 9 ..tg5 h6 10 ..th4 g5 1 1 ..tgЗ �е7
driguez. with good kingside chances for Black,
Ruiz-Deunette, France 1 989.
D) с) 9 ltJbd2 0-0 1 0 .l%e l ..tb6 1 1 ltJfl
7 ..tcs (D)
... d5 1 2 .ig5 d4 1 3 с4 h6 14 ..th4 'ilfd6 15
.l%c 1 ltJd7 1 6 ..tgЗ ltJa5 1/2- lf2 Martin del
Campo-Geenen, Elista OL 1998.
d) 9 ..tеЗ ..tхеЗ 1 О fхеЗ О-О 1 1 ltJЬd2
ltJe7 12 �е1 ltJg6 13 'i!r'gЗ 1/z - lf2 Roman­
ishin-Godena, Ischia 1996.
9 h6 10 ltJaЗ
...

Alternatives:
а) 1 О ахЬ5 ахЬ5 11 .l%xa8 ..txa8 1 2
.iеЗ 1/z- lfz Rigo-Gross, Budapest 1995.
Ь) 1 О ltJh4 ltJe7 1 1 'i!i'fЗ ..tc8 12 ltJf5
ltJxf5 1 3 exf5 .i%b8 14 .l%e1 0-0 1 5 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 16 ltJd2 ..tЬб 17 ltJe4 Фh8 Praz­ =

nik-To1stikh, Mlada Bo1eslav 1 995 .

Now: 10...0-0 11 ..td2
D1: 8 с3 1 17 Or 1 1 ltJc2 ltJa5 12 ..ta2 Ьха4 1 3 ltJeЗ
D2: 8 .ie3 1 17 ..tc6 +.
DЗ: 8 а4 1 18 1 1 Ь4
..•

D4: 8 ltJ cЗ 1 19 1 1 . . . ..tхаЗ 12 .\%хаЗ d5 l 3 ..tc2 .l%e8 14

Or 8 с4 Ь4 (8 ...Ьхс4 !?) 9 ..ta4 �е7 1 0
..tg5 ( 1 0 ..txc6 ..txc6 1 1 ltJbd2 0-0 1 2
: е1 d6 1 3 ltJf 1 ltJg4 1 4 ltJeЗ f5 and Black
seizes the initiative, Tij an-Geenen, Bel­
gium 1 997) 1 0 . . . h6 11 ..th4 ltJd4 gives
Black а good game, Prandstetter-Gross,
Czech Cht 1994.
D1)
8 c3 d6
8 ... 0-0 is good but а little less flexiЬ!e:
а) 9 ..tg5 h6 10 ..th4 ..tЬб (10....ie7 !?)
1 1 а4 d6, Do1gener-Jell, 2nd Bundes\iga
1 990/ l .
Ь ) 9 d4 ..tьб 1 0 dxe5 ltJxe4 1 1 ..td5
ltJc5 12 ..tg5 \te8 13 ..tез ltJa4 is not
dangerous for Black, Burovic-Obralic,
Banja Vrucica 199 1 .
9 а4
Also:
'i!fe2 d4 15 .i%fa1 'i!r'd6 16 ltJh4 ltJe7 17 с4
g5 18 ltJfЗ Ьхс4 19 dxc4 with compli­
cated play, De Jong-Markus, Hoogeveen
1999.
12 ltJc4 Ьхс3 13 Ьхс3 ..ta7 14 aS ..tc8
15 hЗ ..te6 16 'ilr'c2 ltJhS 17 ..te3 'ilr'f6 18
..txa7 .l:.xa7 19 ttJh2 li:Jf4
B1ack has а very good game, Кho1-
mov-Lin Weiguo, Frunze 1989.
D2)
8 .ie3 d6
Others:
а) 8 ... 'i!r'e7 9 .ixc5 11Vxc5 10 сЗ 0-0 1 1
li:Jbd2 d6 ( 1 1 ... 'i!i'e7 ! ?) 1 2 J:te 1 'i'Ьб 1 3
ltJfl ttJa5 1 4 ..t c 2 с 5 15 ltJgЗ ;!; Robovic­
Lied1, Aschach 1992.
Ь) 8 . . . ..te7 9 li:Jc3 d6 1 О а4 Ь4 1 1 li:Jd5
li:Jxd5 12 ..ixd5 with а slight advantage
for White, Runions-Haziprodromu, To­
ronto 1995.
1 18 Archangel and New Archangel
с) 8 . . . .1хе3 9 fxe3 0-0 10 liJbd2 d5
( 1 0. . . d6 ! ?) 1 1 exd5 l2Jxd5 12 'i'e1 liJf6 13
l2Jg5 l2Ja5 14 l2Jxf7 .l:.xf7 15 .1xf7+ Фхf7
1 6 'ilt'h4 Фg8 17 .l:.f5 'ifd6 18 .l:.afl and
White has the initiative, SkuЬis-Kaczma­
rek, corr. 1 992.
9 l2Jc3
9 а4 is an a1temative:
а) 9 . . . .1хе3 10 fxe3 l2Je7 1 1 l2Jc3 Ь4
1 2 lЬe2 liJg6 1 3 l2Jg3 0-0 14 'i'd2 а5 15 h3
d5 1 6 exd5 .1xd5 17 .1xd5 'itxd5 18 е4
'i'c5+ 19 .l:.f2 liJd7 20 l2Jf5 f6 ;!; Welin­
Moberg, Gothenburg 1997.
Ь) 9 ... 0-0 10 l2Jc3 Ь4 1 1 l2Jd5 and
B1ack shou1d equa1ize after 1 1 . . . .1хе3 or
1 1 ... l2Ja5.
9.....txe3
9 . . . 'ilt'd7 1 0 а4 Ь4 1 1 l2Jd5 l2Jd4 1 2
l2Jxf6+ gxf6 1 3 l2Jxd4 exd4 1 4 .1d2 fa­
vours White, Petschar-Roth, Austrian Ch
1 987. 9 ... 0-0 ! ? 10 .1g5 l2Ja5.
10 fxe3 l2Ja5 1 1 ..td5 0-0
1 1 ... с6 ! ? 1 2 .1xf7+ Фхf7 1 3 Ь4 .l:.f8
14 l2Jg5+ Фе7.
12 .1хЬ7
12 Ь4 l2Jc6 13 a4 l2Jxd5 1 4 liJxd5 lЬe7
оо Be1iavsky.
12...l2Jxb7 13 'it'e1 l2Jc5 14 l2Jh4 с6 15
liJfS g6 16 'i'gЗ
Murrey-Be1iavsky, Graz 1 996. Now
16 . . . Ь4 ! (Beliavsky) gives B1ack an ex­
cellent position.
DЗ)
8 а4 (D)
8 .0-0
..
Others:
а) 8 ... d6 9 ахЬ5 ! ? (9 ..tg5 h6 10 ..th4
liJd4 1 1 liJxd4 .1xd4 1 2 с3 .1Ь6 13 ахЬ5
ахЬ5 14 .l:.xa8 .1ха8 1 5 l2Ja3 g5 16 .1g3
..tc6 1 7 lЬс2 .1d7 18 d4 ;!; Rasic-Liwak,
Litohoto 1 999) 9 . . . ахЬ5 10 .l:.xa8 .1ха8
1 1 lЬс3 l2Ja5 1 2 lЬxb5 liJxb3 13 схЬ3 'it'd7
1 4 liJc3 0-0 1 5 .1g5 l2Je8 1 6 '6'а1 ..tc6 17
'ilt'a6 and B1ack has some difficu1ties,
Lechtynsky-Beliavsky, Vi1nius 1 978.
в
Ь) 8 . . . Ь4 9 с3 (9 .1g5 h6 1 0 .1h4 d6
1 1 liJbd2 'i'e7 1 2 Фh l g5 13 .1g3 0-0-0
14 l2Jg1 h5 gives B1ack good kingside
counterplay, Cehajic-Berar, corr. 1 992)
9 . . .d6 10 d4 exd4 1 1 cxd4 .1а7 1 2 .l:.e1
0-0 with chances for both sides, Mo1ar­
ius-JaЬlonski, corr. 1 992.
с) 8 . . . h6 9 l2Jc3 Ь4 10 l2Jd5 d6 (or
10 ... l2Ja5 1 1 .1а2 d6 12 .1d2 liJc6 13 а5
0-0 14 �е1 .l:.b8 1 5 .1е3 liJd7 16 .1с4
..txe3 17 fxe3 l2Jxa5 18 .l:.xa5 c6 1 9 l2Je7+
'i/xe7 20 'itxЬ4 ;!; Kupreichik-Obukhov,
Kurgan 1 995) and now:
с 1 ) 1 1 а5 0-0 1 2 с3 .l:.b8 1 3 .1d2 ( 1 3
.1е3 l2Jxd5 1 4 .1xd5 .1хе3 1 5 fxe3 Ьхс3
16 Ьхс3 l2Jxa5 ! ? 17 .l:.xa5 с6 18 .1xf7+
.l:.xf7 оо Кindermann) 13 ... Ьхс3 14 Ьхс3
.1а7 15 .1е3 ( 1 5 'ife2 l2Jxd5 16 .1xd5
l2Jxa5 17 .1xb7 liJxb7 18 .l:.xa6 .1Ь6 1 9
.1е3 1/2-lf2 Lalic-Emms, British C h 1999),
Timman-Bareev, Wij k aan Zee 1 995,
1 5 ... .1хе3 16 fxe3 l2Jxd5 17 .1xd5 l2Je7
with equality.
с2) 1 1 lЬxf6+ �xf6 1 2 с3 0-0 1 3 а5
l2Je7 14 .1е3 .1хе3 15 fxe3 Ьхс3 16 Ьхс3
П.аЬ8 17 'ii'e2 с5 18 'ifa2 Фh8 19 .l:.f2 'it'g6
20 .l:.afl f6 2 1 .1с4 with better chances
for White, As1anian-Seku1ovska, Erevan
wom OL 1996.
9 ..tgS
Also:
а) 9 l2Jc3 transposes to Line D42.
Ь) 9 'ilt'e 1 .1:.e8 1 0 axb5 ахЬ5 1 1 .1:.ха8
.1ха8 1 2 liJc3 l2Ja5 1 3 .1а2 Ь4 1 4 l2Je2 d5
 Archangel with 7 dЗ
1 5 ltJg3 h6 = Nicevski-Lewi, Athens
1 969.
с) 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 10 .l:xa8 i.xa8 1 1 ltJc3
ltJa5 12 i.a2 (Dvoirys-IЬragimov, Omsk
1 996) 1 2 . . .Ь4 (Wedberg) gives Black
quite а good position.
d) 9 i.e3 i.xe3 10 fxe3 d6 1 1 ltJc3 Ь4
1 2 ltJe2 tt:Ja5 1 3 .ia2 с5 14 ltJd2 i.c8 1 5
ltJg3 i.e6 1 6 ltJc4 ltJc6 1 7 ltJf5 tt:Je8 with
an equal position, Welin-Hector, Stock­
holm 1 999.
9 h6 10 i.h4
•••
Or 10 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 1 .l:xa8 i.xa8 1 2
i.xf6 'YJkxf6 1 3 ltJc3 ltJa5 1 4 i.a2 Ь4 1 5
tt:Je2 tt:Jc6 1 6 с 3 Ьхс3 1 7 Ьхс3 i.b6 1 8
ltJd2 tt:Ja5 1 9 tt:Jg3 g 6 2 0 'i!Vg4 .ic6 is
again equal, Patrat-Polaczek, Val Mau­
buee 1 988.
10...d6
Altematives:
а) 10 ... Ь4 l 1 ltJbd2 d6 l 2 ltJc4 'i'd7?
13 .ixf6 gxf6 14 ltje3 Фh7 1 5 ltJd5 'i'd8
1 6 с3 Ьхс3 17 Ьхс3 ltJb8 1 8 ltJh4 .l:g8 19
'YJkh5 1 -0 Sznapik-Cao Sang, Manila OL
1 992.
Ь) IO . . . g5 1 1 i.g3 d6 1 2 ltJc3 Ь4 1 3
ltJd5 ltJa5 ( 1 3 ... ltJd4 1 4 ltJxd4 i.xd4 1 5
ltJxf6+ 'i'xf6 = Kindermann-Lobron,
Garmisch 1 994) 14 ltJxf6+ 'YJkxf6 1 5 i.a2
(Dorfman recommends 1 5 ltJd2 with the
idea Фh 1 , f3 and i.f2) 15 ...ЬЗ ! 16 i.хЬЗ
ltJxЬЗ 17 схЬЗ 'YJke6 with compensation
for the pawn, Anand-Kamsky, Sanghi
Nagar FIDE Ct (7) 1 994.
11 ахЬ5
1 1 ltJc3 g5 ! 1 2 i.g3 transposes to note
'Ь' to Black's 10th move.
l l ... axb5 12 .l:xa8 i.xa8 13 i.xf6
'i'xf6 14 ltJcз ltJaS!?
оо UЬilava.
D4)
S ltJcЗ (D)
Now:
D41 : 8...d6 1 19
D42: 8...0-0 1 20
1 19
в
D41 )
8...d6 9 а4
Other moves:
а) 9 a3 ltJe7 10 .ig5 ltJg6 1 1 а4 сб 1 2
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 3 .l:xa8 i.xa8 1 4 ltJh4 ltJxh4
15 .ixh4 h6 1 6 'ii'f3 g5 17 i.g3 i.b7 1 8
tt:Jd 1 i.c8 1 9 'i'e2 h5 20 h3 h4 2 1 .ih2 g4
with а Ьener game for Black, S.B.Hansen­
Hector, Gentofte 1999.
Ь) 9 ltJd5 ltJa5 1 О .ig5 ltJxЬЗ 1 1 i.xf6
gxfб 12 ахЬЗ f5 1 3 'i'd2 fxe4 14 dxe4 с6
with chances for both sides, Novak­
Teschner, Bad Godesberg tt 1 969.
с) 9 i.g5 h6 10 i.xfб ..-xf6 1 1 ltJd5
,..d 8 12 с3 i.a7 13 d4 0-0 1 4 dxe5 dxe5
( 1 4...ltJxe5 1 5 ltJxe5 dxe5 16 'YJkh5 с6 1 7
ltJe3, Lobron-Jell, Bundesliga 1 98617,
17 ......е7 =) 15 'i'e2 ltJa5 16 .l:fd l ltJxЬЗ
17 ахЬЗ с6 1 8 ltJe3 'YJkc7 gives Black а
good position.
9... Ь4
A1so:
а) 9 . . . tt:Jd4 1 0 ltJxd4 exd4 1 1 ltJd5
ltJxd5 1 2 i.xd5 i.xd5 1 3 exd5 0-0 1 4
i.d2 .l:e8 1 5 Ь4 i.Ьб 1 6 а 5 i.a7 17 .-о ±
Steiner-Boren, соп. 1 990.
Ь) 9 . . . tt:Ja5 1 0 i.a2 ( 1 0 axb5 ltJxЬЗ 1 1
схЬЗ ахЬ5 1 2 .l:xa8 'i'xa8 1 3 ltJxb5 'i'a5
l 4 ltJa3 0-0 1 5 ltJc4 'i!Va2 1 6 i.g5 ltJd7 1 7
.ie3 f5 with good counterp1ay for Вlack,
Hegde-Gokhale, Kasaragod 1996) 1 О ...Ь4
I l ltJe2 transposes to the note to White's
1 0th move.
10 tt:Jd5
1 20 Archangel and New Archangel
1 о �2 0-0 ( 1 o... li\a5 1 1 i.a2 .:.ьs 1 2
li\g :3 .tc8 13 d 4 exd4 14 lL\xd4 0-0 1 5
i.gS h6 1 6 i..f4 i.xd4 1 7 �xd4 Ь 3 1 8
i.хЬЗ li\xb3 19 схЬ3 1:.хЬ3 20 1:.ас 1 1/2- 1/2
Am.Rodriguez-Diaz, Mexico City 1 99 1 )
1 1 li\g3 1:.Ь8 12 i.e3 i.xe3 13 fxe3 li\a5
14 j.a2 с5 15 lZJd2 i.c8 Lemer-Moro­
= 15 'i'd2 0-0?! ( 1 5 . . .hб!) 1 б .txc6 .tхсб
zevich, Podolsk 1 993.
1 0...li\aS
Others:
а ) 10 ... hб transposes to note 'с' to
B1ack's 8th move in Line D3.
Ь) 10 ... li\xd5 1 1 i.xd5 0-0 and now:
ь 1) 12 .te3 i.xe3 1 3 fxe3 'i'e7 (B1ack
сап also try 13 ... li\a5 !?) 14 'i'e1 а5 15 'i'g3
li\ctS 1 6 liJh4 с6 17 li\f5 'i'f6 1 8 .tь3 ;!;
FaiЬisovich-Kaminsky, Leningrad 1978.
Ь2) 12 а5 1:.Ь8 1 3 i.еЗ ( 1 3 с3, as
p1ayed in Karninski-Czerwonski, Po1ish
Ch J 996, shou1d be met by 1 3 ... Ьхс3 ! 14
Ьхс 3 transposing to line 'Ь3 ' ) 1 3 ... .txe3
14 fxe3 (Adams-Emms, British Ch 1997)
14 . . .li\xa5 ! 15 i.xb7 lZJxb7 16 1:.xa6 li\c5
gives Black а very good game.
Ь3) 12 с3 Ьхс3 (weaker is 1 2. . . а5 1 3
d 4 exd4 1 4 li\xd4 'i'd7 1 5 i.еЗ .txd4?!
1 б cxd4 liJd8 1 7 i.xb7 liJxb7 1 8 1:.с 1 сб
19 'i'd3 li\d8 ± Plachetka-Grabczewski,
KecSkemet 1975) 13 Ьхс3 1tb8 14 a5 li\e7
15 j.c4 (Pa1ac-Godena, Formia 1995) and
now 1 5 ....ta7 is equal - Shon.
11 li\xf6+
1 1 i.g5 li\xb3 12 i.xfб gxf6 1 3 схЬ3
f5 is recommended Ьу Uh1mann, but Kas­
parov considered this position better for
Black.
1 1...'i'xf6 12 �а2
1 2 .tg5 'i*'gб 1 3 .ta2 0-0? ! ( 1 3 . . . h6
and 13 .. .f5 ! ? are quite good for Black) 1 4
.te1 Ь 3 ( 14 . . .1:.fe8? 1 5 li\xe5 !) 15 схЬ3
1:.fe8 16 li\h4 'tte6 17 Ь4 with а better
gante for White, Emelin-Driamin, St Pe­
tersburg 1998.
}2 h6
•••
Others:
з) 12 ...Ь3?! l 3 'i'e1 ! .tЬб 14 i.d2 ±.
ь) 12 ....tc8 13 .tg5 'i'g6 14 .te3 .tg4
15 .txc5 .i.xf3 1 б 'i'xf3 dxc5 17 �е3
'iit'd6 1 8 f4 0-0 19 fxe5 'iit'xe5 (Adams-Lin
Weiguo, Ade1aide U-20 Wch 1 988) 20
'i'f4 ;!;,
с) 12 ... li\cб 1 3 .tg5 'iit'g6 14 i.d5 1:.Ь8
17 .te7 f5 ( 1 7 ... 1:.fe8 1 8 li\xe5) 18 li\h4
± Lasota-Kaczmarek, corr. 1 99 1 .
d) 12 . . . .ta7 1 3 �g5 'ifg6 1 4 'ttd2 h6
15 .te3 с5 1б liJh4? ! 'i'f6 1 7 li\f5 g5 1 8
с 3 Ь 3 19 .tы .tc8 2 0 li\g3 .te6 favours
Black, Draskovic-Djuric, corr. 1980.
13 с3
1 3 .te3 0-0 14 liJd2 .ta7 ( 1 4 ... 1:.ad8
15 с3 Ьхс3 16 Ьхс3 .i.c8 1 7 li\c4 li\cб 1 8
.:. ь 1 Фh8 1 9 Ф h 1 .te6 20 'i'e2 'i'g 6 2 1
f4 exf4 2 2 .i.xf4 ;!; S1avina-Kosintseva,
Ko1ontaevo wom 1997) 15 с3 Ьхс3 1 б
Ьхс3 .tc8 1 7 li\c4 li\xc4 1 8 .txc4 .te6
19 .txe6 'i'xe6 20 .txa7 1/2 - lf2 Galk:in­
Hector, Stockho1m 1 999.
13 ...Ьхс3 14 ЬхсЗ 0-0 15 �е3
15 1:.Ы ;!; 1/2- lf2 UlyЬin-Liang Chong,
Beijing 1 996.
15 ... 1:.ad8 16 J:.Ьl �с8 17 'i'e2 .i.e6?!
1 7 . . ..tg4.
18 h3!
In Kasparov-Anand, New York РСА
Wch ( 1 2) 1 995 White obtained а better
ending after 1 8 . . . .txa2 ( 1 8 . . . 1:.fe8 ! ?) 1 9
'i'xa2 .tхеЗ 20 fxe3 'i'e6 2 1 'i'xe6 fxe6
22 1:.Ь4. 1 8 .tхеб 'i'хеб 19 d4 exd4 20
cxd4 .tb6 21 li\d2 d5 22 e5 li\c4 23 f4 f5
24 1tfc 1 (Fta�nik) is а prornising a1tema­
tive.
042)
8... 0-0 9 а4 (D)
9 .te3 d6 10 .txc5 dxc5 1 1 а4 Ь4 1 2
liJd5 ( 1 2 liJ Ь I li\d7 1 3 liJbd2 li\a5 1 4
.ta2 'ike7 15 'i'e l Фh8 l б 'i'e3 .tc6 1 7
li\c4 li\xc4 18 .txc4 li\b6 Vogt-Gabrie1,
=
Altensteig 1 995) 12 . . .li\as 1 3 li\xf6+ 'i'xf6
14 liJd2 (lvanov-Benjamin, Las Vegas
1 998) 14 ... 1:.ad8 15 �е2 .tc8 ! ? 1б 'i'еЗ
 Archangel with 7 dЗ
'ildб followed Ьу . . .i.еб gives Black а
good game.
в 'itf5 1 б .i1el dб 17 'ir'd2 сб 18 dхсб llJxcб
Now:
0421: 9... Ь4 121
0422: 9 l2Jd4 ••. 121
0423: 9 l2Ja5 ••• 1 22
D421 )
9 Ь4 1 0 llJdS
••.
An a1ternative is 1 О l2Je2 d5 (ЕСО rec­
ommends 10 . . . l2Ja5 ! ?) 1 1 exd5 l2Jxd5 1 2
а5 ! �h8 ( 1 2 .. Ji'd7 ! ;!; Adams) 1 3 с 3 i.e7
1 4 .ic4 'itd7 15 .:te1 .:tfd8 ( 1 5 ...fб 1 б
i.d2 l2Jd8 1 7 l2Jg3 llJeб with а playaЬie
position for Black - Hazai/Rogers) 1 б
i.d2 .i1ab8 1 7 l2Jg3 fб 1 8 h 4 .tf8 1 9 h5
l2Jce7 ( 1 9 ... l2Ja7 ! ? 20 l2Je4 Ьхс3 2 1 Ьхс3
l2Jb5 22 'ir'e2 i.e7 23 .:taЬI Adams) 20
d4 ! l2Jf5 2 1 l2Jxf5 'ir'xf5 22 l2Jh4 ± Ad­
ams-Тumurhuyag, Moscow OL 1 994.
10. .l2Jxd5
. а) 1 2. . ..11е8? ! 1 3 i.xfб ± (Mokry).
Also:
а) IO . . . hб 1 1 i.e3 i.dб 12 llJxfб+
'i'хfб 13 i.d5 I:.ab8 14 l2Jd2 l2Ja5 1 5
i.xb7 .i1xb7 l б 'i'h5 'i'еб 1 7 f4 exf4 18
.txf4 llJcб 1 9 l2Jb3 J:.bb8 ;!; David-Tka­
chev, Cannes 1 999.
Ь) IO. . .l2Ja5 and now:
Ь l ) 1 1 l2Jxe5? l2Jxb3 1 2 l2Jxfб+ 'itxfб
1 3 l2Jg4 'i'gб 14 схЬ3 f5.
Ь2) 1 1 l2Jxf6+ 'ifxfб 12 i.a2 .i1ab8 13
.ig5 'tidб 1 4 l2Jh4 Ь3 1 5 l2Jf5 'i'Ьб 1 б
схЬ3 Фh8 17 Ь4 ( 1 7 �g4 ! ?) 17 . . . i.хЬ4
121
1 8 �h1 'i'gб 1 9 i.d2 .ta8 with а good
game for B lack, Kokki1a-Norri, Helsinki
1 99б.
Ь3) 1 1 .ta2 l2Jxd5 1 2 exd5 ( 1 2 i.xd5
i.xd5 13 exd5 'i'fб 14 Ь3 .i1fe8 15 i.b2
with а very good game for Вlack,
Boudre-Kazhgaleev, Paris 1 99б) 12 . . . dб
( 1 2...'itfб ! ) 13 с3 сб 14 .id2 'i'Ьб 15 'i'el
Ь3 lб .tЬI (Van de Oudeweetering-Кlip,
Enschede 1 995) l б .. .'it'c7 17 с4 i.Ьб 1 8
с 5 dxc5 1 9 d б 'i'd8 2 0 'itxe5 .:te8 2 1 'iWf4
gives White the better chances.
Ь4) 1 1 .ig5 ! l2Jxb3 ( l l . . . i.xd5 1 2
i.xd5 сб 13 i.a2 ;!; Mokry) 1 2 i.xfб gxfб
13 схЬ3 i.xd5 14 exd5 �h8 15 d4 with
better play for White, Brodsky-Sivokho,
St Petersburg 1 993.
1 1 i.xdS d6
We have transposed to note 'Ь' to
Black's 10th move in Line D4 1 .
D422)
9...l2Jd4 10 llJxeS
Or:
а) 1 О axb5 l2Jxb3 transposes to D423 .
Ь) 10 l2Jxd4 ! ? exd4 1 1 l2Je2 d5 1 2 е5
l2Jg4 13 i.f4 .i1e8 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 .:txa8
.txa8 1 б с3 dxc3 1 7 d4 and White ob­
tained some advantage in B ritton-Ber­
soult, Hastings 1 995.
10...l2Jxb3 11 схЬЗ Ь4
An alternative is l l . . .d5 12 i.g5 ! :
Ь) 12 ... dxe4 13 dxe4 ! :
Ьl) 1 З ...Ь4? ! 14 l2Jd5 l2Jxe4 (14... .txd5
1 5 exd5 .i1e8 1б .i1e1 ± Mokry) 1 5 i.xd8
.U.axd8 l б 'i'c2 .ixd5 1 7 .:tae 1 .:tfe8 1 8
.U.xe4 i.xe4 1 9 'i'xe4 i.d4 2 0 'i'Ь7 i.xe5
2 1 'i'хаб and White won in Kramnik­
Shirov, Frankfurt rpd 1 99б.
Ь2) 1 3 . . . .U.e8 14 .txfб 'i'xfб 15 l2Jd7
"flie7 1 б l2Jxc5 'i'xc5 1 7 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8
J:.xa8 J:.xa8 19 .U.el hб 2 0 h3 Ь4 2 1 l2Ja4 ;!;
A.Sokolov-Short, Groningen FIDE КО
1 997.
1 22 Archangel and New Archangel
с) 12 . . . .te7 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 J::t xa8
.txa8 (a1tematively, 14 ... ..Wxa8 15 ltJg4 !
dxe4? ( l 5 . . . ..Wd8 ± } 1 6 ltJxf6+ .i.xf6 17
.i.xf6 gxf6 1 8 "iWg4+ Фh8 1 9 ltJxe4 +­
Mokry) 15 tt:Jxb5 dxe4 ! ? 16 dxe4 .txe4 17
J::te 1 ! ..Wxd1 18 J:txd 1 and now: 1 8 ... .i.c2
19 J:tc 1 .tхьз 20 tt:Jc6! .td6 21 tt:Jxd6
cxd6 22 .txf6 gxf6 ±; 18 ... J::tb8 19 ltJcЗ
.tc2 20 J:td2 ! .txb3 21 tt:Jc6 J:ta8 22
ltJxe7+ Фf8 23 .i.xf6 gxf6 24 ltJfS J::ta 1 +
25 li:Jd 1 J:txd 1 + 26 J:txd 1 .txd 1 27 Фfl
favours White; 18 . . . J::td8 !? 19 J:txd8+
.txd8 20 ltJc3 .i.Ь7 21 Ь4 ;!; (Mokry).
12 tt:Je2 d5 13 d4 .i.d6
Or: 13 . . ..te7 1 4 exd5 tt:Jxd5 1 5 ltJg3
f6 16 tt:Jc4 (Marjanovic-Petronic, Nik�ic
1 997) and now B1ack should try 1 б . . . f5 ;
1 3 ... .i.a7 ! ? 14 .i.g5 dxe4 1 5 ltJg4 i.c8 1 б
ltJxf6+ gxfб is unc1ear - Psakhis.
14 exd5
Or 14 ltJxf7 ! ? J::txf7 1 5 е5 ltJg4 ! 1 б
ехdб 'fi'xdб 1 7 ltJg3 ( 1 7 g 3 J::te8 ! ? 1 8 ltJf4
ltJfб 19 'fi'c2 J:tfe7 20 f3 а5) 17 . . . h5 ! 1 8
.tg5 ( 1 8 f4 gб 19 �с2 J::te 8) 1 8 . . . J::taf8 1 9
'fi'e 1 ! ? h4 ! 20 .i.xh4 ...hб and Black has
compensation for the pawn (Psakhis).
14...tt:Jxd5 15 ltJgЗ .l:te8
B1ack has compensation for the pawn.
J.Polgar-Adams, Linares 1 997 ended in а
draw after 1б ltJc4 'ir'h4 17 'iVd3 ! ? .i.f4
1 8 i.d2 .i.xd2 19 'ir'xd2 ltJf4 20 fЗ ! .:tеб
21 J::tfe1 (21 ltJe5 ! ? J:td8 22 ltJg4 ..Wg5 23
J:tad1 h5 24 h4 'jkxh4 25 ..Wxf4 hxg4 2б
fxg4 J:thб 27 ttJh5 .i.d5 28 'ir'xc7 J:tddб 29
J:td3 ! 'ir'xg4 30 ltJf4 "" Psakhis) 2 1 ... J:thб
22 Фf1 ! J:tfб 23 Фg1 J:thб 24 Фп J:tfб 25
Фg1 J:th6.
0423)
9...lDas 10 ахЬ5
Others:
'а) 10 tt:Jxe5 ltJxbЗ transposes to Line
D422.
Ь) 10 .ta2 Ь4 1 1 ltJe2 J::te8 12 .te3
i.f8 13 ltJg3 d5 14 ltJd2 dxe4 ( 1 4 . . . d4?
15 .i.g5 hб 1б f4 ! +) 15 dxe4 i.c8 1б f3
.i.еб 17 .tхеб .:l.хеб = Hra�ek-Emms,
Bundes1iga 1 995/б.
10...ltJxb3 11 схЬ3 ахЬ5
A1tematives are:
а) 1 1 ... J::te8? ! 12 ltJxe5 ! ltJxe4 1 3 dxe4
J::txe5 14 .i.f4 J::teб 1 5 Ьха6 J::taxa6 16
J::txaб .tхаб 1 7 J::te 1 dб 1 8 .i.e3 .tЬ4 1 9 f3
h6 20 'iia 1 .i.Ь7 2 1 J::td 1 with the better
chances for White, UJyЬin-Zviagintsev,
Kazan 1 995.
Ь) l l . .. 'ir'e7 ! ? 1 2 Ьха6 J::txaб l3 J::txaб
.tхаб 14 .i.g5 с6 (ЕСО) 1 5 J::te 1 ! and
B1ack has some proЬlems; e.g., 15 ... h6 16
.th4 dб 1 7 d4 .i.Ь4 1 8 'iVa1 .i.Ь7 1 9 .txf6
'ir'xfб 20 'ir'a7 'ir'e7 2 1 'ir'ьб with advan­
tage to White.
12 .l:txa8 i.xa8 13 ltJxe5 d5 14 .tg5!
A1so:
а) 14 d4 .te7 ? ! ( 14 . . . .i.Ь6 15 .i.g5
dxe4 1 б tt:Jxb5 сб 17 ltJc3 .txd4 18 .txfб
gxfб 19 ltJc4 с5 ) 1 5 tt:Jxb5 dxe4 1 б tt:Jc3
=
'ir'b 8 17 .i.g5 .:td8 18 ltJg4 'iib6 (Tisch­
Ьierek-G.Georgadze, Hamburg 1 995) 1 9
d 5 ±.
Ь ) 14 ltJg4 dxe4 (or 1 4 . . . ltJxg4 1 5
'jfxg4 dxe4 1 6 dxe4 Ь4 17 ltJe2 J::te8 1 8
ltJg3 g б 1 9 .:t e 1 'iid3 2 0 'iVf3 'iVc2 Bar­
sky-Feoktistov, Moscow 199б) 1 5 tt:Jxfб+
'ir'xfб 1б dxe4 .:td8 1 7 'ir'c2 ( 1 7 'ir'h5 'jfe7
1 8 ...fЗ 'jfeб 1 9 'iVh5 'ir'e7 20 'ir'f3 'ir'eб
2 1 'iVh5 1/2- lf2 Emms-Malaniuk, Hastings
1 995) 17 . . .'ir'g6 1 8 .te3 .txe3 19 fxe3
(lvanchuk-Anand, Monte Car1o rpd 1995)
1 9 ...h6 ""·
14...dxe4 15 dxe4 'fi'xd1 16 .l:.xd1 Ь4
17 tt:Jd5
lnteresting is 1 7 .txf6 ЬхсЗ 1 8 Ьхс3
gxf6 19 ltJd7 .i.dб 20 ltJxf8 Фхf8 21 f3
.tсб 22 Фf2 Фе7 23 J::ta 1 .te5 ! 24 Фе3
.i.d7 25 .l:.c 1 .i.xh2 ! Kupreichik-Ma1-
=
aniuk, Mtinster 1 995.
17...i.xf2+ 18 Фхf2 ltJxe4+ 19 'it>g1
ltJxg5 20 ltJd7 .l:td8 21 ltJxc7 �h8 22
ltJxaS .l:txa8 23 .l:td4 .:.а1+ 24 �f2 1:r.Ьl
The ending is drawn, Topalov-Shirov,
Monte Car1o blindfold 1 997.
8 Arc h a n g e l : R a re 7th M oves
fo r Wh ite

1 е4 е5 2 ltJf3 ltJc6 3 .tь5 а6 4 .ta4 ltJf6 1 2 . . . ..iеб?! 13 f4 and Black has prob­
5 о-о Ь5 6 .tь3 .tь7 lems with the bishop, Sisniega-Nogueiras,
Now: Havana 1 982.
А: 7 ltJc3 1 23 13 J:te1 ..ie7 14 i.f4
В: 7 ltJg5 1 23 Still better is 1 4 'itg4 ! ..ifб 1 5 lDd3 ±
(Suetin).
А) 14 ... .td6 15 'i*'g4 0-0 16 ltJc4 ..ixf4
7 ltJc3 (D) 17 'itxf4
White has better chances, Matanovic­
Planinc, Belgrade 1 978.

в А2)
7.....ie7 8 ltJd5 ltJxe4!?
8 ... dб ! ? 9 ltJxe7 (or 9 lDxf6+) trans-
poses to another variation of the Ruy
Lopez (ЕСО code С84).
9 d4 d6 10 'i!i'e2
Incorrect is 1О 'ifd3 ltJfб 1 1 lDg5 ltJxd5
1 2 ltJxf7 Фхf7 1 3 .txd5+ Фе8 14 'ife4
'ifd7 1 5 dxe5 dxe5 1 6 .te31:[ d 8 1 7 J:tad1
ltJd4 18 .txb7 lDe2+ 19 Фh l 'ifxd1 20
This often transposes, via 7 . . ..tc5 8 ..iсб+ Фf7 2 1 'ii'f5+ ..ifб 0- 1 Franzen­
d3, to Line D4 of Chapter 7. Here we dis­ Cvetkovic, Stary Smokovec 1 98 1 .
cuss independent lines: 1 0...lDf6 1 1 dxe5 ltJxe5 12 ltJxeS
А1: 7 ...ltJa5?! 1 23 dxeS 13 lDxe7 \i'xe7 14 а4
А2: 7....te7 123 White has an initiative for the pawn,
Kutianin-Matsukevich, 1 970.
А1)
7...ltJa5?! 8 lDxe5 В)
After 8 d4 ltJxb3 9 ахЬ3 exd4 Black 7 ltJg5
obtains а good game. White Wants to refute the whole sys­
8...ltJxb3 9 ахЬ3 Ь4 10 ltJd5 ltJxe4 tem in а very direct way. However, Black
Or 1 0 ... ltJxd5 1 1 exd5 ..ixd5 12 'ife2 has more than sufficient counterplay.
..ie7 1 3 J:txaб with а slight advantage for 7 ... dS 8 exd5 ltJd4
White (Matanovic). а) Not 8 . . . ltJxd5? 9 'i'h5 �d7 (9 . . . gб
11 d3 hd5 12 dxe4 .tb7 1 0 'itf3 'i!i'xg5 1 I ..ixd5) 1 0 �xf7+ 'ii'xf7
124 Archangel and New Archangel
1 1 liJxf7 Фхf7 12 Sii.xd5+ and Wrute wins
а pawn.
Ь) 8 . . . ltJa5 may 1ead to simi1ar posi-
tions to the main line but it is 1ess active.
9 1:te1
Others:
а) 9 d6 liJxb3 1 0 ахЬ3 J.xd6 1 1 liJc3
h6 1 2 liJf3 е4 13 liJe1 'i!*'d7 14 d3 0-0-0
1 5 .id2 'iff5 + Panko-Konikowski, Byd­
goszcz 1 968.
Ь) 9 с3 liJxb3 10 'i!*'хЬЗ ( 1 0 ахЬ3
'ir'xd5 1 1 liJf3 е4 1 2 ltJe 1 О-О-О 1 3 liJa3
'i!Ve5 14 'ir'e2 J.d6 1 5 g3 h5 + Graben­
woeger-Kotek, соп. 1 967) 1 О . . . J.xd5 1 1
'i1Vd 1 .id6 1 2 d3 0-0 + Zedek-Vanek,
Svetla nad Sazavou 1 994.
с) 9 dЗ liJxb3 10 ахЬ3 'i!Vxd5 (or
I O. . . liJxd5 1 1 'i!*'rз 'ir'f6 Ruiz-Garces,
= f4 18 .id2 'i'g6 and B1ack has some com­
Valencia 1 992) 1 1 liJfЗ J.c5 12 ti:Jc3 �с6
13 1:.е1 0-0-0 14 1:.хе5 J.xf2+ 1 5 Фh 1
.id4 16 1:.g5 J.xc3 17 Ьхс3 liJe4 + Ciem­
niak-Konikowski, В ydgoszcz 1 968.
d) 9 liJc3 h6 10 ltJge4 liJxb3 (or
l O...ltJxe4 1 1 ltJxe4 liJxb3 12 ахЬ3 'ifxd5
1 3 d3) 1 1 liJxf6+ gxf6 1 2 ахЬ3 1:.g8 1 3 f3
Ь4 1 4 ltJe4 f5 + Sarai-Rout, СаnЬепа
1999.
е) 9 с4 liJxb3 (9 ... Ьхс4 !?) 10 ахЬ3
liJxd5 1 1 liJxf7 ( 1 1 d4 !) 1 1 ... Фхf7 1 2
cxd5 'ir'xd5 1 3 f3 J.c5+ 14 Фh1 1:.he8 +
S1eisz-Grenicz, Aggte1ek 1994.
f) 9 'ite1 liJxb3 (Ьetter is 9 ... J.d6 !) 10
'itxe5+ J.e7 11 ахЬ3 0-0 1 2 d4 ( 1 2 lЬсЗ??
liJd7 and White loses а piece, Salem-EI
Taher, Tanta 1 997), Ipavec-Feichter, Bled
1998, 12 ...liJxd5 13 1:.е1 �d7 gives Black
some compensation for the pawn.
Now:
В1: 9 liJxb3... 1 24
В2: 9...Sii.d6 1 24
Also interesting are 9 ... J.c5 1 О 1:.хе5+
Фf8 (Matsukevich) and 9 . . . J.e7.
81 )
9 liJxb3 10 1:txe5+
...
Or 10 ахЬ3 'i!Vxd5 and now:
а) 1 1 liJf3 е4 1 2 d4 О-О-О 13 liJc3 'ii'f5
14 ltJe5 J.c5 ( 1 4 . . .liJd7 ! ?) 1 5 J.еЗ (Pep­
tan-Seku1ovska, Erevan wom OL 1 996)
1 5 ... 1:.hf8 «>.
Ь) 1 1 'i'f3 'it'xf3 1 2 1:.хе5+ Фd7 1 3
liJxf3 .id6 14 1:. e l 1:.ае8 1 5 1:. f l (Dergat­
schova Daus-Wolowiec, W1Sla wom 1 994)
1 5 ...liJg4 ! +.
10...i.e7 11 ахЬЗ 0-0 12 d4
A1so:
а) 12 d3?! liJd7 1 3 1:.хе7 'i'xe7 14 с4
1:.fe8 1 5 J.e3 'itf6 with excellent play for
Black, Butt-Castillo, Sharjah jr Wch
1 985.
Ь) 1 2 liJfЗ liJxd5 1 3 d3 .id6 1 4 1:.е 1
.:!.е8 1 5 1:.хе8+ �хе8 16 liJbd2 f5 1 7 liJfl
pensation for the pawn, Berndt-Piпot,
Bundesliga 1 997/8 .
12 ... h6 13 ltJe4 i.xdS
Black has some compensation for the
pawn.
82)
9 .td6 (D)
...
w
10 f4
Or:
а) 1 О liJc3 is too passive.
Ь) 10 с3 liJxb3 1 1 ахЬ3 0-0 12 d4 ( 1 2
с4 liJxd5 1 3 liJxh7 liJf4 1 4 'i'g4 <li>xh7 1 5
d4 f5 1 6 'i'g 3 ltJxg2 1 7 J:t d 1 exd4 1 8
'ir'h3+ iVh4 0- 1 Franke-Bielecki, с оп.
 Archangel: Rare 7th Moves for White
1 987) 1 2. . . exd4 13 �xd4 ( 1 3 с4 с5 { also
not bad is 1 3 . . . с6 14 �xd4, Martinez­
Kasansk.i, Lugano OL 1968, l 4... cxd5 1 5
с 5 :е8 } 1 4 'i'dЗ .l:.e8 15 1:txe8+ �хе8 1 6
.id2 �е5 + Palacios-Nickoloff, Ontario
1 993) 13 ... .txd5 14 Ь4 .:te8 15 .tеЗ с6 16
llJd2 а5 + Aranius-Karbasnikov, corr.
1 963.
с) 10 dЗ 0-0 ( l O ... llJxbЗ 1 1 axb3 llJxd5
12 d4 llJe7 1 3 dxe5 .txe5 14 �xd8+ .:Xd8
1 5 llJc3 .id6 1 6 llJge4 Фd7 =) and now:
с 1) 1 1 llJe4 ?! (too passive) 1 1 . . . llJxd5
1 2 llJbcЗ llJb4 1 3 .tеЗ ? ! ( 1 3 llJxd6)
13 . . . .ie7 14 ..txd4 exd4 1 5 llJe2 с5 16 аЗ
llJd5 1 7 llJ2g3 g6 18 �c 1 1:tc8 + Sideif­
Zade - Beliavsky, Tashkent 1 980.
с2) 1 1 с4 с6 1 2 dxc6 .txc6 13 .iеЗ
llJxbЗ 14 ахЬЗ gives Black compensation
for the pawn.
сЗ) 1 1 llJf3 transposes to line 'd' .
d) 10 llJfЗ 0-0! 1 1 dЗ ( 1 1 llJxe5? 1:te8
1 2 llJc6 ..txc6 13 dxc6 1:txe 1 + 14 �хе1
.ixh2+ 1 5 Фfl �d6 16 сЗ .i:!.e8 17 �d 1
llJxbЗ 1 8 gЗ �d5 19 fЗ �d3+ 0- 1 Sten­
zel-Кichev, corr. 1 966) 1 1 . . . llJxd5 1 2
llJЬd2 ( 1 2 llJxe5 .:te8 1 3 llJg4 .:txel+ 1 4
�хе1 h 5 ! 1 5 llJeЗ { or 1 5 .ixd5 llJxc2 }
15 ... .txh2+! 1 6 Фхh2 -.ъ4+ 1 7 Фg l llJf4
gives Black а strong attack) 12 ... llJxb3
13 ахЬЗ llJf4 14 llJe4 llJe6 1 5 ttJeg5
llJxg5 16 llJxg5 h6 17 llJe4 f5 1 8 llJxd6
'i'xd6 + Wikner-Svensson, Swedish Cht
1 996.
10 ... 0-0
1 O ... llJxd5 1 1 ..txd5 .txd5 1 2 сЗ llJe6
1 3 d4 .te7 (Minakov-Koroliov, corr.
1 99 1 ) should Ье met Ьу 14 tt:Jxe6 ! .
1 1 fxe5 ..tcs (D)
1 1 ... llJxd5 1 2 dЗ .ic5 1 3 Фh 1 .te7
( 1 3 . . . h6 14 llJf3 llJxfЗ 15 �хfЗ .l:.b8 1 6
�gЗ Фh7 1 7 d4 ± Virtanen-Harjunpaa,
corr. 1 993) 14 �g4 llJxb3 1 5 ахЬЗ h6 1 6
1 25
llJe4 f5 1 7 exf6 llJxf6 1 8 llJxf6+ 1:txf6 1 9
llJcЗ 'i'f8 20 .tез �f7 2 1 llJe4 J:.g6 22
�е2 .id6 23 .i:!.fl �е6 with some com­
pensation for Black, Hein-Ttirk, Germany
1 994/5.
w
12 Фьt llJxbЗ
Or 12 . . .llJxd5, and now:
а) 1 3 'i'h5 h6 ! 4 llJe4 was played in
Hofene-Schwarzkopf, Dortmund 1 988
and now 14 ... llJf4 gives Black very strong
counterplay; e.g., 1 5 'i'g4 llJxb3 1 6 ахЬЗ
..txe4 17 .l:.xe4 f5 1 8 exf6 �xf6 1 9 �fЗ
llJe2 20 llJcЗ llJd4 2 1 �xf6 .l:.xf6.
Ь) 1 3 llJe4 llJxb3 14 ахЬЗ .id4 (Black
сап try 14 ...llJe3 !?) with counterplay for
Black.
с) 1 3 dЗ ! transposes to the note to
Black's 1 1 th move.
13 ахЬЗ
Or 13 exf6 �xd5 1 4 llJe4 llJxa1 1 5
fxg7 Фхg7 1 6 llJbc3 't'*'c6 1 7 d4 (Shan­
shaadorsh-Noskov, Moscow 1 99 1 ) and
now 17 ... ..tb6 parries the attack.
13 ... �xd5 14 �rз .l:.ae8 15 �xdS
llJxdS 16 llJfЗ llJЬ4 17 llJaЗ .1xf3 18
gxf3 f6 19 е6 rs 20 d3 йf6 21 .1d2
Пfхе6 22 .l:.xe6 .l:.xe6 23 Пе1 Фf7
Black has а better ending, Kova�evic­
Kapic, corr. 1 973.
9 N ew Archa ngel
1 е4 eS 2 liJf3 ltJc6 3 �ЬS а6 4 �a4 ltJf6
s о-о ьs 6 �ьз �cs (D)
w F:
The New Archangel (5 ... Ь5 6 �Ь3
�с5) represents an ambltious plan of
development Ьу Black. 6 ... .ic5 is а logi­
cal-looking move that is becoming in­
creasingly popular at the highest levels,
so much so that it's even threatening to
become Black's main reply to the Lopez.
When compared with the Archangel
(6... �Ь7), the difference is that in some
variations the c8-Ьishop may play on the
c8-h3 diagonal. This can Ье particularly
useful when White builds а centre with
с3 and d4, as Black can often pressurize
the centre with . . . .ig4, or else induce
White to use а tempo to prevent this with
h3. Naturally there are many occasions
where the two Archangels transpose.
Now we will study White's main re­
sponses to 6 ... �с5. Of these, Line А is an
instructive епоr, Lines В and С are quiet
and unassuming, while Lines D, Е and F
are more direct and represent White's
best chance of obtaining an advantage
out of the opening.
А: 7 .l:.el? ! 1 26
В: 7 'ife2 1 27
С: 7 d3 1 29
D: 7 lL\xe5 1 30
Е: 7 с3 133
7 а4 144
Other moves are not very important:
а) 7 �d5? ! (this wastes too much
time) 7 .. .0-0 8 d3 .l:.e8 9 �g5 h6 1 О �h4
�Ь7 1 1 с3 g5 12 .ig3 d6 favours Black,
A.Hunt-Emms, Hastings 1995/6.
Ь) 7 ltJc3 d6 (7 . . . �Ь7 8 d3 transposes
to Line D4 of Chapter 7) 8 а4 and now
8 . . ..ig4 ! ? 9 axb5 lLJd4 10 Ьха6 'ii'c 8 1 1
�а4+ с6 1 2 ltJxd4! .ixd l 1 3 .ixc6+
Фf8 14 �Ь7 _.е8 1 5 liJdb5 was Ьetter for
White in А! Modiahki-Hasan, Calcutta
1 996. Black may well have improve­
ments in that line, but certainly а safer
line is 8 ...Ь4 9 ltJd5, when 9 . . . i.Ь7 1 0 d3
transposes to Line D4 1 of Chapter 7,
while 9 ... ltJa5 10 .ia2 0-0 1 1 d3 ltJxd5 1 2
.ixd5 c6 looks equal. GraЬЬing the pawn
with 9 . . . ltJxe4 is also р!ауаЬ!е, although
in that case White obtains reasonaЬle
compensation Ьу 10 d3 liJf6 1 1 .ig5.
А)
7 Пеl?!
Defending the e4-pawn in preparation
for с3 and d4. However, this move is
careless, as it allows Black to go onto the
counterattack immediately.
7 ltJg4!
••.
Other moves tend to transpose into
other variations. For example, for 7 ...i.Ь7
see Chapters 5 and 6 and for 7 . . . d6 8 с3
see Line Е 1 .
 New Archangel
8 .l:te2!?
Alternatively:
а) 8 d4? ltJxd4 9 ltJxd4 'ith4 ! 10 -.rз
�xd4 1 1 'ifxf7+ Фd8 and White is in big
trouЬle.
Ь) In fact, White's Ьest move may Ье
to admit the error of the previous move
and play 8 J:.fl ( ! ). This is exactly what
happened in Liss- Emms, Copenhagen
1996. Given that it was а decisive last­
round encounter, perhaps 1 tried too hard
to find а ' refutation' of White's play,
when Black's Ьest response may well Ье
8 . . . ltJfб ! (8 . . . d6 ! ? and 8 . . . 0-0 also Iook
reasonaЬle). Instead 1 played the over­
refined 8 ... iЬб? ! 9 d4 ! exd4 10 �g5 fб
1 1 �f4 and White had good compensa­
tion for the pawn.
8...ltJd4 9 ltJxd4 �xd4 10 hЗ
1 0 с3 '*'h4! -+; after 10 'ii'e 1 0-0 1 1
h3 liJfб 1 2 с3 �Ьб White's pieces look
rather silly.
10 .. ltJxf2!?
. Ь) 9 . . . �e6 1 0 J:.d 1 �Ьб 1 1 �g5 h6 1 2
If Black is looking for а quieter Iife
then lO ...ltJfб 1 1 с3 �Ьб 1 2 d4 '*'e7 looks
enough for equality.
1 1 J:.xf2 �xf2+ 12 Фхf2 'ii'h4+ 13
Фg1
Neither 1 3 ФfЗ? '*'h5 + ! nor 1 3 Фе3
'ii'g3+ 14 '*'fЗ '*'е1 + looks appetizing for
White.
13...-.хе4 14 l0c3 �d4+ 15 Фы �Ь7
This position could do with а practical
test, but 1 don't think Black is any worse.
В)
7 "ir'e2
This position can also arise from the
Worrall Attack move-order 5 �е2 Ь5 б
�Ь3 �с5 7 0-0, and indeed it is classi­
fied Ьу ЕСО under С77 (as opposed to
С78, like the rest of the Iines considered
in this Ьооk). White defends the e4-pawn
with the queen and prepares J:.d 1 . Of
course this system is playaЬle for White,
but it's probaЬly а Ьit too slow to cause
1 27
B lack any real proЬlems. The resulting
middlegame positions are normally very
level, but full of possiЬilities for both
sides. B lack now has two main options:
В1: 7... d6 1 27
В2: 7 d5 ••. 128
81 )
7...d6 8 сЗ 0-0 9 .:ldl
Seemingly preparing d4, although
paradoxically White often prefers the re­
strained d3, even with the rook on d l .
One other thing to note is that the f l ­
square i s now free for the usual liJbd2-fl
manoeuvre. Naturally, the immediate 9
d3 is also playaЬle:
а) 9 ... h6 1 0 �е3 ixe3 1 1 fxe3 �еб
1 2 liJbd2 '*'е7 13 �el �хЬ3 14 ахЬ3 а5
15 '*'g3 gб 16 J:.f2 ltJh5 1 7 �h3 'ii'eб 1 8
�h4 'i'f6 1 9 'if'h3 �еб 20 "i*'h4 �f6 2 1
'*'h3 lf2- lf2 WedЬerg-Olafsson, Neskaup­
stad 1 984.
ie3 1Lxe3 1 3 '*'хе3 1/2- lf2 Efimov-A.Iva­
nov, Philade1phia 1 990.
9 . -.е7
. .
Supporting the e5-pawn in prepara­
tion for White's d4 advance. Another
prophylactic idea is 9 ... �Ь6:
а) 1 О d4 'i'e7 transposes to the note to
White' s 1 0th move.
Ь) 1 0 d3 �Ь7 ( 1 0 . . . h6 1 1 ie3 �хе3
12 'it'xe3 ltJa5 13 ic2 с5 1 4 ltJЬd2 Stri­
=
kovic-S1utzkin, Geneva 1 99 1 ) 1 1 �g5 hб
12 �h4 �е7 1 3 liJЬd2 liJd8 14 ltJfl ltJe6
and Black is fine, Fomina-Zso.Po1gar,
Moscow wom OL 1994.
10 d3
Alternatively:
а) 1 0 d4 �Ьб 1 1 �g5 hб 1 2 �h4 g5
1 3 �g3 �g4! and if anything, Black is
better.
Ь) 1 0 h3 �Ьб (or 1 0 ... �Ь7 1 1 d3 �Ьб
12 liJЬd2 ltJh5 = Galdunts-Fishbein,
Moscow 1 989) 1 1 d4 �Ь7 12 d5 ltJa5 1 3
�с2 с б 14 dxcб ltJxc6 and Black has no
128 Archangel and New Archangel
proЬ!ems, В о Gurgenidze-Nezhmetdinov,
USSR Ch 19570
10....te6 11 .tc2 .tb6 12 h3 d5
It's Black who achieves the central
breako This equalizes comfortaЬlyo
13 exd5 �xd5 14 .tgS 1:!.ае8 15
liJbd2 h6 16 .tез
1/2- lf2 Pachman-Bisguier, Gothenburg
IZ 1 9550
82)
7 0-0 (D)
•••
w with equality, B oMartin-Morris, London
Тhis move, planning o o od5, is Black's
most amЬitious tryo Often Black сап sac­
rifice а pawn as in the Marshall Attack.
8 с3
This move encourages Black to sacri­
fice а pawno Quieter ideas include:
а) 8 а4 J:tb8 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 10 d3 dб 1 1
.tg5 .tg4 1 2 с3 hб 1 3 .te3 lt'Jd7 14 h3
.th5 15 g4 �gб =Strikovic-Campos
Moreno, Saragossa 1 9980
Ь) 8 d3 and now 8оооdб 9 с3 leads us to
Line В 1 , while Black could also consider
8ооо.:е8, planning Оооhб and later oood5o
8...d5
lt's very tempting to play in Marshall
Attack fashion, especially with the bishop
more actively placed on с5о However,
· 1 О dхсб exf3 1 1 'i'xfЗ �g4 12 �f4
Black also has other рlауаЬ!е moves:
а) For 8 о о оdб see Line В l o
Ь) 8ооо.:е8 !? looks like а clever move,
preventing the d4 advance due to the
pressure on е4 and also preparing o o od5o
McShane-Adams, Kilkenny 1 997 con­
tinued 9 а4 .:ь8 10 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 1 d3 hб
1 2 .te3 ? ! ( 1 2 liJbd2 ) 12oo o.tf8 ! 13 d4?!
=
(13 liJbd2 d5 14 .:re 1 rninirnizes the dam­
age) 1 3 o o oexd4 14 cxd4 ltJxe4 15 d5 ltJЬ4
1 6 liJc3 ltJc5 and Black was а pawn up
with а better positiono
9 exd5
Accepting the challengeo B lack has а
choice of ways to equalize after the tame
9 d3:
а) 9ooodxe4 10 dxe4 h6 1 1 .:ct 1 'fle7
1 2 .te3 .txe3 1 3 ,..хе3 ltJa5 1 4 liJbd2 с5
1 5 .tc2 �g4 1 6 а4 .txf3 1 7 'flxfЗ .:rct8
19940
Ь) 9oood4 ! ? 10 .tg5 hб 1 1 .txfб ,.-хfб
1 2 .td5 dxc3 1 3 Ьхс3 .td7 14 liJbd2
.:act8 =F Velickovic-Petronic, Niksic 1 9960
9 ... е4!?
The main altemative is 9oooltJxd5 10
ltJxe5 liJf4:
а) 1 1 'ilr"e4 'ilr"h4 ( 1 1 o ooltJxe5 1 2 d4 ! is
good for White) and now 1 2 d3 liJh3+ 1 3
gxh3 'ilr"xe4 1 4 dxe4 ltJxe5 1 5 Фg2 .tЬ7
gave Black huge compensation for the
pawn in McShane-Slobodjan, Lippstadt
1997 о However, McShane must have been
ready to repeat this line as he played it
against Adams later on in the yearo МауЬе
his idea was 12 'flxcб ! ?, which leads to а
very unclear position after 1 2oooltJe2+ 1 3
Фh 1 .txf2 14 g4 ltJg3+ 15 Фg2 liJxfl 1 б
Фхf! о 12 .td5 ! ? also looks very interest­
ingo
Ь) 1 1 'fifЗ ltJxe5 12 'fixf4 ( 12 'flxa8
,..d3 ! is very strong for Black) 12oooliJd3
13 'fle4 .tеб! and Black has а strong ini­
tiative for the pawno
10 d4!?
,..d3 ! is obviously not what White wantso
10 ltJg5 ! ? �g4 1 1 ,..е 1 also won't Ье to
many peop1e's taste, but this line 1ooks
рlауаЬ!е: 1 1 oo oltJe5 1 2 d4! liJd3 1 3 �е3
 New Archangel
or 1 1 0 lLJa5 12 i.c2 i.Ь6 1 3 lLJxe4 J:te8
оо
14 d3o
lO exfЗ 1 1 iVxfЗ
...
We are following the garne McShane­
Emms, Bundesliga 1 99617 Here I con­
о 14 i.e3 exd4 15 cxd4 lLJa5 1 6 d5 lLJxb3
tinued 1 1 oooi.g4?! 12 "f!id3 i.xd4 13 cxd4
lLJЬ4 14 '*'g3 i.e2 1 5 J:te1 i.c4 and now
White could have kept а significant ad­
vantage with 16 J:te5 ! ; eogo, 16ooolLJd7 17
i.h6 '*'f6 1 8 i.xg7 ! fixg7 1 9 J:tg5, or
160 o oi.xb3 17 i.h60 Black should opt for
the simpler l l o oolLJxd4 1 2 cxd4 i.xd4;
eogo, 13 lLJc3 i.b7 14 i.g5 "ilid6 15 i.f4
i.e5 1 6 i.xe5 "flixe5 1 7 J:tfe 1 'iifd6 with а
fairly level positiono
С)
7 dЗ (D)
в 17 Ь4 ;!; Mi1oso
This is а quiet and flexiЬle moveo
White can either continue slowly with
с3, or try for а2-а4 (or а rnixture of both)o
On the other hand Black comes under no
immediate pressure and thus retains quite
а few ways to reach а playaЬie positiono
Black has two main options:
Cl: 7 d6 ... 1 29
С2: 7 0-0... 130
Also possiЬie is 7 o o oh6 (preventing а
later i.g5) 8 а4 (8 Jt.e3 !? looks like а log­
ical move, especially now that i.g5 has
been ruled out) 8ooo:tb8 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 10
с3 ( 1 0 lLJxe5 lLJxe5 1 1 d4 i.xd4 12 �xd4
1 29
d6 reaches а position sirnilar to Line D,
except that Black has the extra move
o o oh6, which could prove to Ье useful)
1 0oo od6 1 1 d4 i.b6 1 2 h3 i.b7 13 J:te1 0-0
17 'i!t'xb3 с6 Весепа Rivero-Godena,
=
Havana 1 9990
С1)
7 d6 8 с3
...
Altemative1y:
а) 8 а4 J:tb8 (8oo oi.b7 transposes to
note 'а' to Black's 8th move in Line D3
of Chapter 7, while 8oo oi.g4 9 с3 gives us
Line Е22) 9 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 10 i.e3 !? 0-0
( l 0oooi.xe3 1 1 fxe3 ;!;) 1 1 lLJbd2 ( 1 1 i.xc5
dxc5 gives Black а useful bind in the cen­
tre, while 1 1 lLJc3 i.g4 ! is also fine for
Black) l l oooh6 1 2 �е2 tUd7 1 3 с3 'Wi'f6 ! ?
14 g3 ! tUe7 (Milos-Shirov, Groningen
FIDE КО 1997) 15 d4 i.b6 16 i.c2! lLJg6
Ь) 8 i.e3 i.xe3 (800 00-0 9 i.xc5 dxc5
1 О с3 'i!t'd6 1 1 'i'e2 lLJh5 12 g3 Jt.g4 1 3
'i'e3 J:tad8 Martinovic-Petronic, Nik�ic
=
1 997) 9 fxe3 lLJaS ! (elirninating the Lopez
Ьishop) 10 lЬсЗ с6 1 1 lLJe2 lLJxb3 1 2
ахЬ3 0-0 13 lLJg3 g6 14 'i'd2 "flie7 1 5 J:tael
i.b7 16 h3 lLJeS 17 d4 tUg7 and Black is
very comfortaЬ!e, Kovalevskaya-Skrip­
chenk.o, Ukrainian wom Ch 1 9960
8 0-0
...
8 o ooi.b7 transposes to Line D 1 of
Chapter 70
9 tUbd2
Also possiЬle is 9 i.e3 h6 (note that
Black is loathe to give White а half-open
f-file free of charge, but is quite willing to
accept а half-open d-file) 10 lЬbd2 i.b7
1 1 "flie 1 lLJd7 1 2 i.d5 J:tb8 13 Ь4 i.b6 14
а4 lLJe7 15 i.xb7 J:txb7 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 and
Black has just about equalized, Saltaev­
Eh1vest, Elista OL 1 9980
After the text-move (9 lLJbd2) we have
reached а position similar to one in the
Giuoco Piano ( 1 е4 е5 2 tUf3 lLJc6 3 i.c4
1 30 Archangel and New Archangel
i.c5 4 с3 tiJfб 5 d3 dб б 0-0 0-0 7 i.b3 а6
8 tiJbd2) except that B lack has the extra
move . . . Ь5. In one sense this is usefu1 as it
prevents White from p1aying ltJc4. On
the other hand, it gives White а 'hand1e'
to grasp hold of on the queenside, for а
later а4 attack.
9... i.e6
9 . . . Фh 8 ! ? 1ooks interesting; e.g., 10
h3 ltJg8 ! 11 .l:.e 1 f5 1 2 tiJfl fxe4 1 3 dxe4
'ife8 and B1ack was fine in Mazi-Mikh­
alchishin, В led 1 997.
10 i.c2 .l:.e8 11 hЗ h6 12 .l:.e1 ..tb6 13
а4
Or 1 3 tiJП d5 14 exd5 'iit'x d5 1 5 а4
.l:.ad8 Nunn-Tumer, Oxford 1998.
= counterchances in this 1ine.
13....1:tb8 14 tiJП dS 15 ..td2 'iit'd6 16
tiJh4 'i'e7 17 axbS axbS
McShane-ТUmer, British Cht 1 998/9.
B1ack has achieved the ...d5 advance and
can c1aim equa1ity.
С2)
7 0-0
...
Often this simp1y transposes into Line
С 1 , but there are а few independent lines.
8 а4
Or:
а) For 8 с3 d6 see Line С 1 .
Ь) 8 ltJc3 ! ? h6 ! ? ( 8. . .i.b7 transposes
to Line D42 of Chapter 7, whi1e 8... d6 ! ?
1ooks р1ауаЬ!е) 9 а4 Ь4 1 0 tiJd5 dб 1 1 с3
Ьхс3 12 Ьхс3 i.a7 1 3 liJxf6+ �xf6 14
i.d5 i.d7 15 i.e3 i.xe3 16 fxe3 and the
ha1f-open f-file gives White an edge,
Asrian-Bacrot, Lausanne 1999.
8... .1:.Ь8
8 . . . i.b7 transposes to Line D3 of
Chapter 7.
9 tiJbd2 d6 10 с3 ..tЬ6 1 1 hЗ tiJh5 12
axbS ахЬ5 13 .l:.e1 liJf4
B1ack has his full share of the chances,
Adams-Shirov, Madrid 1 996.
D)
7 l2Jxe5 (D)
в
Originally this was considered as а
'refutation' of 6 ...i.c5, but more recent1y
it has been shown that B1ack has many
7... ltJxe5
Weak is 7 ... i.xf2+ 8 .l:.xf2 ltJxe5 9 d4
ltJeg4 1 О .l:.fl d5 1 1 h3 tiJh6 1 2 i.xh6
gxh6 13 'i'fЗ +- Beskow Froeken-Gus­
tafsson, Gothenburg 1920.
8 d4 ..txd4
Other moves are weaker:
а) 8 . . . ltJxe4? 9 dxc5 is very strong for
White.
Ь) 8 ... 0-0?! 9 dxe5 ltJxe4 and now in­
stead of 1 0 'Wit'd5? i.b7! 1 1 'iWxb7 с6! (in­
tending . . . .l:.a7), White should р1ау 10
i.d5 with an advantage.
с) 8 ... 'i'e7 9 dxc5 'iit'x c5 (9 . . . 0-0 1 0
i.g5 !) 1 о i.e3 'i'e7 1 1 liJc3 i.b7 1 2 f3
0-0 1 3 а4 ltJc4 ( 1 3 . . .Ь4!?) 14 i.xc4 Ьхс4
15 'i'd4 d5 16 i.g5 favours White, Men­
cinger-Jeraj , Finkenstein 1 993.
9 'i'xd4 d6
A1tematives:
а) 9 . . . ltJc6 1 0 'Wit'd3 ( 1 0 'i'c5 ! ? i.Ь7
{ 10 .. .'�е7 1 1 'i'xe7+ ltJxe7 12 i.f4 ;1;} 1 1
е5 d6 { l l . . . ltJg4 ! ? } 1 2 exd6 схdб 1 3
.l:.e1 + ltJe7 14 'i'd4 ± B ams1ey-Bryan,
corr. 1 967) 10 ... 0-0 1 1 ltJc3 h6 1 2 f4 d6
1 3 i.d2 i.Ь7 1 4 ttJd5 tiJd7 1 5 i.c3 with а
comfortaЬ!e p1us for White, Sze1ag-de1
Mundo, San Lorenzo U - 1 4 Wch 1 995.
Ь) 9 . . .'�е7 1 0 i.g5 с5 1 1 i.xfб gxfб
12 'iit'd5 .l:.b8 1 3 f4 i.Ь7 14 'i'd1 с4 with
 New Archangel
the better chances for White in а cornplex
position, N apier!Elwell-MarshalVГaЬer,
consultation garne, 1 896.
Now White has two rnain options:
Dl: 10 с3 131
D2: 1 0 f4 1 32
Others:
а) 10 i.g5 ?? loses а piece to the
'Noah's Ark' trick, viz. 10 ... с5 followed
Ьу . . .с4. 1 0 ltJc3?? would lose for the
sarne reason.
Ь) 10 �еЗ с5 1 1 с3 transposes to Line
D1.
с ) 1 0 i.d5 ltJxd5 (Black cannot have
any proЬ!erns either after 1 0 . . . с6 1 1 f4
cxd5 1 2 fxe5 dxe5 1 3 �хе5+ jte6 or
1 О. . . с5) 1 1 exd5 0-0 1 2 i.f4 �f6 i 3 ltJd2
Ile8 1 4 а4 i.f5 and Black has an excel-
1ent garne, Burden-Jensson, Reykjavik
1 996.
d) 10 'iid 1 0-0 1 1 i.g5 h6 12 i.xf6
( 1 2 i.h4 ltJg6 1 3 i.xf6 'iixf6 14 ltJc3
'iig 5 1 5 'iid5 �xd5 16 ltJxd5 Ila7 1 7
Ilad 1 Ile8 1 8 Ilfe1 i.e6 = Gornez-San
Claudio, Orense 1997) 1 2... 'iixf6 13 ltJc3
с6 14 ltJe2 а5 1 5 а4 Ьха4 16 Ilxa4 i.a6 17
Ile 1 i.b5 1 8 Ild4 а4 1 9 i.a2 (19 Ilxd6?
i.xe2! 20 Ilxe2 Ilfd8 21 Iled2 Ilxd6 22
Ilxd6 'i'xd6 ! 23 'iixd6 ахЬЗ -+) 19 ... а3
( 1 9 . . . ltJg4 !?) 20 b4 ltJg4 2 1 fЗ ltJeЗ 22
'iid2 ltJxc2 23 'iixc2 i.xe2 24 'ii'd2 i.b5
25 Ilxd6 'i!r'ь2 26 е5 'ir'xd2 27 Ilxd2 Ilfd8
= Adarns-Тkachev, Wijk aan Zee 1995.
е) 1 0 a4 c5 1 1 'iie3 ( l l 'i'd1 !?) 1 1 ...0-0
1 2 ахЬ5 (after 1 2 ltJc3 i.b7 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
14 Ilxa8 �ха8 White has proЬierns with
his bishop) 1 2 . . . с4 13 i.a2 ахЬ5 14 ЬЗ
Ь4 ! 1 5 Ьхс4 i.e6 1 6 'ti'd4 (or 16 i.b2
i.xc4 17 i.xc4 ltJxc4 1 8 'iib З ltJxb2 1 9
'i!r'xb2 Ilxa1 2 0 'iix a1 'iic7 with a n advan­
tage for Black - Motwani) 1 6. . . Ilxa2 1 7
Ilxa2 i.xc4 1 8 Ilb2 i. x f l 19 Фxfl ltJc6
20 �с4 'ii'd7 and Black has an advantage
(ЕСО).
t) 10 с4 and now:
131
f l ) 10 . . . Ьхс4 ! ? 1 1 i.a4+ ( 1 1 i.xc4?
с5 12 'i'сЗ { 1 2 �d 1 ? ltJxc4 13 'ii'a4+ i.d7
14 'i'xc4 i.b5 was а trap into which
White fell in the game Hellers-Adarns,
Arhus 1 997 } 1 2 . . . ltJxe4 ! with а better
garne for Black) 1 1 . . . i.d7 1 2 i.xd7+
'ii'xd7 13 f4 с5 14 'i'c3 itJd3 15 �хс4
'ii'b 5! Adarns.
=
f2) 10 . . . с5 1 1 'i'd 1 ltJxc4 ( 1 1 . . . 0-0 1 2
схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 3 i.g5 с4 14 i.c2 Ь4 1 5 ltJd2
i.a6 16 Ile l ltJg6 1 7 ltJfl h6 1 8 i.d2 Ilb8
19 tlJgЗ ;t Kruppa-Onishchuk, Nikolaev
1 995; 1 1 ... Ьхс4 !? 1 2 i.a4+ { 1 2 i.xc4??
transposes to Hellers-Adarns in 'fl ' }
with sorne cornpensation for the pawn for
White) 12 i.xc4 Ьхс4 1 3 i.f4 jte6 1 4
ltJc3 d 5 1 5 exd5 l2Jxd5 1 6 ltJxd5 'i'xd5 1 7
'i'xd5 i.xd5 1 8 i.d6 0-0-0 1 9 i.xc5 Ilhe8
= Mitrovic-Petronic, Yugoslavia 1 996.
D1 )
10 с3 (D)
в
This is а relatively safe line for White,
but it fails to present Black with any real
proЬ!erns.
10 с5
...
This is an idea of Кholrnov's. Other
possibilities include:
а) 10 ...0-0!? 1 1 i.g5 с5 12 'i!r'd 1 h6 1 3
i.h4 ltJg6 14 i.d5 Ila7 1 5 i.g3 ltJe7 1 6
а4 ltJexd5 1 7 exd5 (Kundin-ShaЬtai, Те!
Aviv 1 995) 1 7 . . . Ьха4 gives Black а very
good position.
 Archangel and New Archangel

Ь) ! O...i.b7 and now: Or 14 ..J:te8 15 ll'\d2 ll'\g6 1б .tf2 ll'\f4

Ь1) 11 i.f4 с5 12 �е3 "Viie7 13 ll'\d2 and now in Co1ovic-Godena, Montecatini
О-О 14 J:fe1 hб 15 h3 J:fe8 1б .:tad 1 J:ad8 Terrne 1997 the p1ayers repeated moves
17 f3 ll'\gб with а good game for Black, with 17 .th4 ll'\gб 18 .tf2 ll'\f4 19 .th4
Bras1avsky-Fedorchuk , Bydgoszcz 1999. ll'\gб.
Ы) 11 f3 с5! 12 'i!Ve3 (or 12 �dl 0-0 15 i.g3
13 а4 ! с4!? 14 .tc2 �Ьб+ 15 �d4 �xd4+ 15 .tf2!? and now instead of 15 ...�с7
1б cxd4 ll'\cб 17 d5 ll'\Ь4 18 ll'\a3 ll'\d7 19 1 б а4 .:act8 17 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 18 ll'\a3 ;t Lau­
.td2 ll'\xc2 20 ll'\xc2 f5 Dimitrov-Oni­
= M.Mtiller, Bundesliga 1996/7, perhaps
shchuk, Erevan OL !99б) 12 ...0-0 13 J:dl B!ack сап play 15 ...с4!? 16 .tc2 d5.
J:e8 Lau-Onishchuk, Vienna 199б.
= 15 ... d5 16 exd5 с4 17 .tc2 ll'\xd5 18
Ь3) 11 .tc2 с5 12 "Viid1 0-0 13 J:e1 �е1 �g5 19 i.xg6 �xg6 20 ll'\a3 �ad8
.:te8 14 f4 ll'\ed7 15 ll'\d2 с4 1б Ь4 'i!Vbб+ 21 �с2
17 Фf l .:te7 with а good game for Black, Black has а very comfortaЬie position,
Nijboer-M.Mtiller, Bundesliga 1997/8. Spisak-Kazhgaleev, СарреНе la Grande
Ь4) 11 .tg5 с5 12 "Viie3 О-О 13 f3! J:e8 1995.
14 liJd2 hб (ЕСО).
=

11 �dl ! ? D2}
Or 1 1 �е3 О-О 12 ll'\d2 ( 12 .tc2 .tь7 10 f4 (D)
13 f4 ll'\c4 14 �fЗ 1:te8 15 Ь3 liJbб !б
ll'\d2 �е7 with good play for Вlack, Кnez­
evic-Petronic, Тivat 1995) 12...1:te8 13 fЗ
.tЬ7 14 1:!.d1!? �Ьб (14 ..."Viic7 15 ll'\fl
with equality - Кholmov) 15 Фhl d5 with
counterplay for Вlack, Zobei-Oschetzki,
Mtinster 1997.
l l . .tb7
. .

After 11...с4?! 12 .tc2 .tЬ7 13 f3 hб

14 'i!Vd4 �с7 15 J:dl J:d8 1б .tf4 White
has an advantage, Wagner-Krueger, Bad
Oeynhausen 1922.
12 f3 0-0 13 .tg5
13 а4 .tсб 14 ll'\a3 J:e8 15 с4 Ьхс4 ! б
ll'\xc4 ltJxc4 17 .txc4 d5 18 exd5 .txd5
19 Ь3 .txc4 20 Ьхс4 �с7 led quick1y to а
draw in de Firmian-Tkachev, New York
1995.
13... h6
13...с4!? 14 .tc2 d5 15 exd5�bб+ ! б
�d4 ll'\xd5 17 i.e4 't1r'xd4+ 1 8 cxd4 and
now 18 ...ll'\d7 19 ll'\c3 ll'\7bб 20 J:fe1
gave White а better ending in Linert­
After this direct move Black must play
very carefully.
10... с5
This is Black's most ambitious re­
sponse, but 10 ...ll'\cб!? is probaЬly safer.
White has not Ьееn аЬ!е to obtain an ad­
vantage here:
а) 11 �d3 i.Ь7 12 J:e1 ll'\a5 13 е5
dxe5 14 11хе5+ Фf8 15 �xd8+ J:xd8 ! б
.tct2 ll'\cб 1 7 J: e 1 h 5 1 8 .te3 ll'\d4 Tim­
=

Mtiller, corr 1975, but 18 ...ll'\d3 looks а man-Тkachev, Biel 1995.

much stronger move, after which Black Ь) 11 "flic3 .tЬ7 (11 ...ll'\e7!? 12 е5
may Ье better. ll'\e4 13 'it'fЗ .tЬ7 14 ll'\c3 ll'\c5 15 'ili'g4
14 i.h4 ll'\g6 ltJxbЗ 16 ахЬЗ �с8 was ОК for Black in
 New Archangel
Wu Wenjin-Nisipeanu, Medellin U-20
Wch 1996) 12 е5 ll'le4 13 'i\fe3 (or 1 3 'Ш'е1
ll'ld4 14 ll'lc3 ll'lxb3 15 ахЬ3 ll'lxc3 1 6
Ьхс3 0-0 1 7 i.a3 GarЬisu-Onishchuk,
= Ma.Tseitlin-Godena, lschia 1 996.
Halle U-20 Wch 1995) 13 . . . ll'la5 14 ll'ld2
ll'lxb3 1 5 схЬ3 ( 1 5 ахЬ3 ll'lxd2 1 6 i.xd2
1f2- 1f2 Svid1er-Shirov, Groningen 1 996)
15 ... ll'lxd2 16 i.xd2 0-0 17 i.c3 'ilfh4 1 8
J:tae 1 J:fe8 1 9 'ilff2 'ilfxf2+ 20 J:txf2 dxe5
'l2- lf2 Anand-Topalov, Linares 1 997.
11 'ilfcЗ
1 1 �d1 ! ? is an interesting a1temative:
а) l l ... ll'leg4 12 i.d5 ll'lxd5 13 'ilfxd5
J:ta7 14 е5 О-О 1 5 h3 ll'lh6 16 exd6 J:td7 1 7
'ilfxc5 J:txd6 1 8 ll'lc3 .l:. e 8 1 9 i.e3 Ь 4 20
J:tad1 ll'lf5 21 J:txd6 'i'xd6 22 'ilfxd6 ll'lxd6
23 i.c5 Ьхс3 24 i.xd6 схЬ2 25 J:tЫ i.f5
'l2- lf2 Vokler-Mainka, Binz 1 995.
Ь) 1 1 ... с4 ! ? 12 fxe5 'ilfb6+ 13 Фh l
dxe5 ( 1 3 . . .ll'lxe4 14 'ilff3 'i!fь7 1 5 exd6
ll'lxd6 16 'ilfg3 was good for White in
Panczyk-Lugowski, Sied1ce 1 977) 14
i.xc4 Ьхс4 15 ll'lc3 i.b7 1 6 J:tf5 0-0 with
chances for both sides.
с) 1 1 . . . ll'lg6 12 i.d5 ll'lxd5 13 'ilfxd5
J:tb8 14 'ilfh5 i.b7 1 5 ll'lc3 Ь4 16 f5 Ьхс3
17 fxg6 fxg6 1 8 'i!fh3 'ilfe7 19 е5 .l:.f8 20
J:txf8+ 1ed to а draw in Ivanchuk-Anand,
Riga 1 995.
ll ll'leg4
...
1 1 . . . ll'lxe4?' 1 2 'i'e 1 ! i.b7 1 3 ll'lc3 !
ll'lxc3 ( 1 3 . . . d5? 14 i.xd5 i.xd5 15 ll'lxe4
+-) 1 4 i.xf7+ ! Фхf7 15 fxe5+ Фg8
(Akopian-Ma1aniuk, Moscow OL 1 994)
1 6 'ilfxc3 dxe5 17 'i'xc5 'i!fd4+ 1 8 i.e3 !
'i!Vxc5 19 i.xc5 .::td8 20 J:tad 1 is good for
White according to Ma1aniuk and Oni­
shchuk.
12 eS
12 h3 ? ! с4! 1 3 hxg4 ll'lxg4 is very
good for B1ack; e.g., 14 'ilfxg7 'i'h4 ! ! (1
1ike this move very much) 1 5 "'*'xh8+
Фе7, and B1ack has an enormous attack.
12 ll'le4
...
A1so interesting is 12 . . . с4 ! ? 1 3 exf6
0-0 14 'i!fd4 (the greedier 14 i.xc4 and 14
133
fxg7 deserve а 1ook) 1 4 .. .'i'xf6 15 'i'xf6
ll'lxf6 1 6 ll'ld2 схЬ3 1 7 ll'lxb3 i.Ь7 1 8
i.d2 J:tac8 1 9 с3 J:tfe8 20 .l:.fe 1 ll'le4 =
в ..-rз
1 3 'ilfe 1 i.Ь7 14 h3 c4 1 5 hxg4 dxe5 oo.
Adams assesses 13 'ilfdЗ 'i'h4 14 hЗ ll'lgf2
as good for B1ack.
13 d5 14 с4 ll'lxh2!
.••
14 . . .Ьхс4? 15 i.a4+ Фf8 16 i.c6 J:tb8
17 ll'lcЗ ll'lxcЗ 1 8 Ьхс3 d4 (Sion Castro­
Adams, Leon 1 995) 1 9 h3 ! ll'lh6 20 g4
gives White an advantage.
15 Фхh2 'i'h4+ 16 'Ot>gl i.g4 17 'ilfeЗ
ll'lg3 18 J:te1 d4 19 'ilfd3 0-0
Adams stops at this point, assessing
that B1ack has compensation for the piece.
In Aagaard-Emms, London 1 997, this
position was put to the test: 20 ll'ld2 i.f5
2 1 ..-в i.g4 22 "'*'сtз i.f5 23 ll'le4 ! (23
'ilffЗ i.g4 is just а repetition of moves)
and after 23 . . .i.xe4? 24 J:txe4 "'*'h l + 25
Фf2 ll'lxe4+ 26 'ilfxe4 White went оп to
win. However, according to Aagaard,
B1ack shou1d continue with 23 . . .ll'lxe4 24
J:txe4 g 5 ! , intending . . . g4 and ... g3, when
things are still far from c1ear.
Е)
7 сЗ
Тhis is а very popular choice for White.
Не immediate1y aims to set up а pawn­
centre with d4.
7... d6 (D)
B1ack has to support е5, so he сап keep
his share of the centre. Thus 7 . . . 0-0? ! 8
d4 is no good for Black. Р1ауаЬ!е, how­
ever, is the prophylactic 7 ... i.Ьб, when 8
d4 d6 transposes to Е3 and 8 а4 J:b8 9 d4
dб transposes to Е2.
Now White has three main options:
Е1: 8 Пе1 1 34
Е2: 8 а4 1 34
Е3: 8 d4 140
8 dЗ transposes to Line С 1 .
134 Archangel and New Archangel
Е1 )
8 .l:.e1
With this move White keeps his op­
tions open over whether to play d4 or d3.
8... ..1ib6
Black fol lows suit Ьу refusing to com­
mit himself. Other moves include:
а) 8 . . . .ig4? ! (this move makes less
sense when White has not committed
himself to either d4 or а4; Black has no
pressure on the centre and cannot obtain
counterplay on the kingside; meanwhile
White can gain time for kingside opera­
tions Ьу attacking the Ьishop on g4) 9 d3
0-0 1 О tiJbd2 .l:.e8 1 1 ltJfl hб 1 2 h3 .ih5
( 1 2. . . .iеб 1 3 .iхеб fхеб 14 d4 with an
advantage for White) 1 3 ltJg3 .igб 14
ltJh4! ltJxe4 ( 1 4 ... .ih7 15 'i'fЗ) 15 .l:.xe4
.ixe4 1 6 ltJxe4 'ii'xh4 17 'ii'f3 .iЬб 1 8
.id5 .l:.f8 1 9 .iхсб .l:.ad8 (Уе Jiangchuan­
Yurtaev, Moscow OL 1 994) 20 'ii'g 3 !
'i'xg3 2 1 ltJxg3 is very strong for White
(Уе Jiangchuan).
Ь) 8 ... ..1ib7 transposes to Chapters 5
and б.
с) 8 . . . 0-0 !? 9 d4 .iЬб transposes to
note 'Ь' to Black's 9th move in Line Е32.
This may Ье Black's best bet in this line,
if he doesn' t fancy the transpositional
possiЬility in the next note.
9 а4! .l:.b8!?
Also possiЬle is 9 . . . .ib7 and now:
а) 1 0 d4 transposes to Line Н of
Chapter 5 .
Ь) 1 О d 3 ltJe7 1 1 tiJЬd2 ltJgб 1 2 tiJfl
0-0 13 l2Jg3 с5 14 h3 .l:.e8 1 5 ttJh2 d5 1 6
ахЬ5 with а good position for B1ack,
Smirin-Godena, Formia 1 995.
с) 1 0 tiJaЗ 0-0 1 1 d3 hб 12 .id2 l2Ja7
1 3 ltJc2 с5 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 with an equal
position, Van Mi1-Dutreeuw, Belgium
1 994.
10 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 l l liJa3 ltJa5
1 1 . . . 0-0?! 1 2 ltJxЬ5 .ixf2+ 1 3 Фхf2
.l:.xb5 favours White (La\ic).
12 .ia2 Ь4 13 cxb4 ltJc6 14 b5 liJd4
15 h3 t2Jxf3+ 16 'i'xrз 0-0 17 d3
White has the Ьetter chances. After
Ьoth 1 7. . . h6 18 .ie3 .iеб 1 9 .ic4 .l:.e8 20
.!:.ас 1 .ia5 2 1 .l:.ed 1 d5 22 exd5 l2Jxd5
(McDonald-Lalic, London 1 997) 23 .ic5
(Lalic ), and 1 7 ... i.еб 1 8 .ic4 .id4 1 9
l2Jc2 ttJd7 Black has no compensation for
the pawn.
Е2)
8 а4 (D)
в
This move has become very popular
recently and is а real test of the New
Archangel. Again White chooses an ac­
tive waiting move on the same Iines as 8
1::te 1 . Here, however, White sometimes
does without .l:.e 1 .
Black has three main options:
Е21 : 8 ... ..1ib7 135
Е22: 8... i.g4 1 35
Е23: 8 ....1:.Ь8 1 37
 New Archangel
Weaker is 8 . . . .id7 9 d4 .ib6 10 .ig5
:.ь8 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 2 lЬа3 (less 1ogica1 is
1 2 'ii'd 3 h6 13 .ih4 g5 14 .i.g3 liJh5 1 5
dxe5 l2Jxg3 1 6 hxg3 g 4 1 7 lЬh4 l2Jxe5
with а good game for B1ack, Кiss-Husari,
Budapest 1 999) 1 2. . . h6 13 .ixf6 ._.xf6
1 4 lЬхЬ5 0-0 1 5 .ia4 and B1ack has no
compeпsation for the раwп, Ghiпda­
Vajda, Romaniaп Cht 1 997.
Е21 )
8....ib7 9 d4 .ib6 1 0 .ig5!?
1 О :. е1 transposes to Line Н o f Chap­
ter 5, but it's possiЬle for White to do
without this move. Iп particu1ar, the extra
tempo сап Ье used to start ап attack оп
the queeпside.
10...exd4
This is probaЬly the most accurate de­
feпce. After 1 0... h6 1 1 .ixf6 'ii'xf6, 1 2
.id5 0-0 1 3 lЬаЗ gives White the option of
recapturiпg оп d4 with а knight. Wah1s­
Stern, Biпz 1995 coпtinued 13 . . . :.fЬ8 14
l2Jc2 Ьха4 1 5 :.ха4 а5 1 6 :.е 1 :.е8 17
lЬе3 ;!;, Added to this, White сап a1so р1ау
as in A.David-Magai, Elista OL 1 998,
with 12 d5 ! ? l2Je7 13 ахЬ5 0-0 14 .ic4
ахЬ5 15 :.ха8 :.ха8 16 .ixb5, when B1ack
had insufficient compensation for the
pawn.
1 1 cxd4 h6 12 .ixf6 'ii'xf6 13 .id5
0-0 14 lЬа3
1 4 lЬс3 Ь4 15 lЬе2 lЬа5 1 6 .i.xb7
lЬхЬ7 was ОК for Black in Movsesian­
Malaпiuk, Elista OL 1998.
14 .:.rьs
..
14 ... Ь4 сап Ье aпswered with 15 lЬс4.
15 lЬс2 Ьха4
White is also better after 15 . . . :.е8 1 6
'it'd3 Ьха4 1 7 :.ха4 а5 1 8 :.е1 :.аЬ8 1 9 h3
'iie7 20 'ii'd2, Acs-Fedorchuk, Oropesa
del Mar U- 1 8 Wch 1 998.
16 J:Lxa4 l1Je7 17 .ixb7 :.хЬ7 18 'ii'd3
Emms-Godena, Andorra Z 1998. The
ceпtre and extra space give White а small
plus.
1 35
Е22)
8 .ig4
.•.
А very natural move, developing the
Ьishop, connecting queen апd rook апd
preventing d4. Later on, Black сап often
try to exploit the slight weakness in the
white camp due to the move а4. On the
minus side, this Ьishop can a1so Ье at­
tacked in the usual way (h3 and tiJbd2-
fl -g3) апd Black may have to Ье pre­
pared to exchange it for the knight.
9 d3
White сап also play the immediate 9
h3, although this should traпspose to one
of the main lines Ьelow after either 9....ih5
10 d3 or 9 . . . .ixf3 10 'ii'xfЗ 0-0 1 1 d3.
9 0-0
.•.
Black often plays 9 ... :.ь8, although
once again this usually traпsposes into the
main line (Е222) following 10 h3 .i.h5,
though there are some independent pos­
siЬilities after 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5:
а) 12 .i.e3 .ixe3 13 fxe3 апd now
13 . . . .ixf3 ? ! 14 'ii'xfЗ 0-0 1 5 lЬd2 Ь4 1 6
]:.f2 was better for White in Leko-Shirov,
Tilburg 1 996. Shirov suggests 1 3 ...l2Jd7
with equality.
Ь) 1 2 :.е1 h6 ! ? 13 liJbd2 g5? ! 14 g4 !
'i'c8 15 lЬh2 .ig6 1 6 tiJdfl tiJd8 17 d4
.ib6 1 8 l1Jg3 lЬе6 19 tiJfЗ апd White has
the advaпtage, Almasi-Degraeve, Pula
Echt 1997.
10 h3 (D)
Also possiЬie is the refinement 1 О
tiJЬd2 !?, preparing to recapture on f3 with
the knight, ifBiack chooses to exchange.
Now Black has to make а Ьig decision
with his Ьishop; whether to exchaпge on
f3 or to retreat to h5.
Е221: 10....ixf3 135
Е222: 10....ih5 1 36
Е22 1 )
1 0....ixf3 1 1 'ii'xf3 lЬa5
Black must start his queenside coun­
terp1ay.
136 Archangel and New Archangel
в exchanges knights and gains control of
12 �с2 Ь4
Black tries to exploit the negative side
of White playing а4. In particular, the
Ь3-square may Ьесоmе vulneraЫe.
13 liJd2
After 1 3 �g5 ! ? l:tb8 14 lLid2 Ьхс3 1 5
Ьхс3 l:t Ы 1 б l:tfc 1 h б 1 7 �h4 'iie7 Black
has enough queenside play.
13 ... ПЬ8 14 .1:.е1
Or:
а) 1 4 :.ы is an interesting alterna­
tive, immediately putting the plan of
liJЬ3 into effect (see note to White's 1 5th
move).
Ь) After 14 'i'e2 l:te8 1 5 liJfЗ Ьхс3 1 б
Ьхс3 lLIЬ3 17 �хЬ3 l:txb3 1 8 d4 (an at­
tempt to improve Ьу 1 8 'i'c2 backfired in
S. B.Hansen-Hector, Skrenninge 1 998:
1 8 .. .'ii'Ь8 19 d4 exd4 20 cxd4 �а7 21 е5
dxe5 22 dxe5 liJd7 and Black was better)
18 ... exd4 19 cxd4 l:txfЗ! and now 20 'iixfЗ
�xd4 gave Black dangerous compensa­
tion for the exchange in Anand-Karpov,
Lausanne FIDE Wch (2) 1998. However,
Anand gives the improvement 20 dxc5 ! ?
l:tc3 2 1 'i'хаб, which may still Ье slightly
Ьetter for White.
14 ... h6?!
Black decides he сап play а waiting
game. However, he should prefer the more
active 1 4 . . . сб ! ? or 1 4 . . .'i'd7 ! ?, p1anning
to meet 1 5 l:tЫ ? with 15 . . . Ь3 1 б �d 1
'i'xa4.
15 ьt.Ьl!
А very deep idea. If Black does not
play . . .Ь3 then White stops this with liJb3,
the important a2-g8 diagonal with the
Lopez bishop.
Instead, 1 5 lLifl would allow 15 ... Ьхс3
1 б Ьхс3 liJb3.
15...Ь3 16 i.d1 'i'd7 17 Паl !
White has expended two tempi, but the
resu1t is that the queenside is sufficiently
Ьlocked, 1eaving White free to concen­
trate оп the other wing. Leko-Gi1d.Gar­
cia, Уора1 1997 continued 17 . . . liJh7 ? ! 1 8
'i'g3 Фh8 19 �g4! 'i'd8 2 0 liJfЗ liJcб 21
liJh4 ltJe7 22 1:d 1 liJfб 23 d4 �а7 24
'iid3 а5 25 �е3 exd4 2б cxd4 lLixg4 27
hxg4 'iid7 28 liJf5 lLixf5 29 gxf5 and
White converted his clear positional ad­
vantage into victory. Naturally Black's
play cou1d have been improved upon, but
in any case White is better after 1 7 l:ta 1 .
Е222)
10... �h5
This has been more popu1ar than
1 0. . . �xf3.
11 Пе1 :.ьs
Tempting White to open the a-file;
otherwise B1ack rnight р1ау . . .Ь4.
12 axbS
Or 1 2 tlJЬd2, and now:
а) 1 2... :.е8 13 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 liJfl :.а8
15 l:txa8 'i'xa8 1 б liJgЗ �gб 17 liJh4
'iia7 18 1:f1 ltJa5 19 �с2 Ь4 was рrоЬа­
Ыу а little better for White in Nijboer­
Ehlvest, Las Vegas FIDE КО 1 999.
Ь) 12 . . . Ь4 (the most consistent fol-
1ow-up) 13 .tc4 (McShane prefers to start
with 13 а5, preventing . . . ltJa5, and only
then .tc4) 13 ... lLia5 !? 14 �хаб сб (threat­
ening . . . 'iib б) 1 5 �с4 ( 1 5 d4? Ьхс3 1 б
dxc5 cxd2 1 7 �xd2 liJЬ3 + Rowson­
Adams, London (3) 1998) 1 5 . . .d5 1б �а2
'i'Ьб and Black has reasonaЬle compen­
sation for the pawn, Bruzon-Godena, Ha­
vana 1 999.
 New Archangel
12. .. ахЬ5 13 liJbd2 Ь4
A1so possiЬ!e is 1 3 . . . J:ta8 ! ? and now
after 1 4 J:txa8 'ii' xa8 1 5 tiJfl 'i'a7 1 6
'tte2? ! ( 1 6 i.e3 ) 1 6 ... Ь4 1 7 g4 i.g6 1 8
=
ltJe3 J:tb8 1 9 i.c2 �а1 ! B1ack had taken
over the initiative in A.Кoval::evic-Anand,
Belgrade 1 997. Perhaps the paradoxica1
14 J:tЬ I ! ? is а better try for White. With
the rooks still on the board B1ack finds it
more difficult to arrange counterp1ay оп
the queenside. 1 4 . . .'ir'd7 1 5 lLifl lLia5 1 6
i.c2 Ь4 1 7 ltJg3 1ooks nice for White,
whi1e White may a1so keep an edge after
14 .. .'�i'b8 1 5 liJfl �Ь6 1 6 i.e3 i.xe3 1 7
ltJxe3.
14 i.a4 ЬхсЗ
1 4. . .ltJa5 !? 1 5 lLif1 Ьхс3 1 6 Ьхс3 i.xfЗ
1 7 �xf3 liJb3 18 i.xb3 J:txb3 19 1td2
ltJd7 20 J:teЫ J:txЫ 21 J:txЬl 'iia8 is equal,
Lutz-Adams, Frankfurt rpd 1 999.
15 ЬхсЗ ltJe 7 16 liJП liJd7 17 tlJgЗ
i.g6
Now 18 i.b3 hб 1 9 :tы Фh8 20 ltJh4
i.h7 2 1 ..Wf3 liJd5 оо Almasi-Shirov, Dres­
den rpd 1 997. 1 prefer 1 8 ltJh4, grabbing
the Ьishop-pair.
Е2З)
8 ...J:tb8
This has been а very popu1ar way of
responding to 8 а4. B1ack dea1s with the
threat of ахЬ5 in а noncommitta1 way.
Thus the c8-bishop keeps its options
open on where it will Ье deve1oped. The
on1y proЬ!em for B1ack is that pressure
on the queenside will generally induce
him to sacrifice the Ь5-pawn. Assess­
ments revo1ve around how much р1ау
B1ack achieves in retum for the pawn.
9 d4 i.b6 (D)
10 axbS
A1so possiЬ!e are:
а) 1 0 d5 ltJe7 1 1 ..We2 0-0 1 2 tlJaЗ i.d7
1 3 ltJc2 hб 1 4 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 liJb4 tlJg6
with equa1ity, Emelin-Sivokho, St Pe­
tersburg 1998.
137
W
Ь) 10 liJaЗ i.g4 (10 ...0-0 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
transposes to Line Е232) 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
transposes to note 'Ь' to B1ack's 1 1 th
move in Line Е232.
с) 10 h3 can transpose to Line Е23 1 .
One independent examp1e is S vidler­
Piket, lnternet 1 999, which continued
1 0 . . . 0-0 1 1 i.e3 h6 12 liJbd2 exd4 1 3
cxd4 liJb4 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 'i'c 1 с 5 1 б
dxc5 i.xc5 17 'i!r'c3 =.
10...ахЬ5
Now White has two main options:
Е231: 11 hЗ 137
Е232: 1 1 liJa3 138
Other moves don't cause B1ack any
proЬ!ems:
а) 1 1 dxe5 ltJxe5 1 2 ltJxe5 dxe5 1 3
�е2 ( 1 3 ..-xd8+ Фхd8 1 4 i.g5 Фе7 1 5
lLia3 с6 1 6 ltJc2 h б 1 7 i.h4 J:td8 1 8 i.g3
ltJd7 1 9 ltJЬ4 i.b7 20 J:tfd1 f6 21 Фfl ltJc5
= Mela-Godena, Geneva 1996) 1 3 ... 0-0
14 i.e3 fie7 1 5 i.xb6 J:txb6 1 6 liJd2 с5
17 J:tfd 1 с4 Todor�evic-G.Georgadze,
=
Saragossa 1 99 5.
Ь) 1 1 �d3 О-О 1 2 'il'xb5 fie8 ! 1 3 'i*'d3
exd4 14 cxd4 liJxd4 ! ? 1 5 ltJxd4 i.xd4 1 6
fixd4 J:txb3 1 7 ltJc3 i.e6 + Kupreichik­
Shirov, Bundesliga 1 997/8.
Е231 )
11 hЗ
With this line White forgets about an
immediate attack on the b5-pawn and
138 Archangel and New Archangel
concentrates on preventing the annoying
. . . �g4.
11 ... 0-0 12 .I:.e1 �Ь7
Svid1er gives 12 . . . .1:е8 ! ? 13 ltJaЗ Ь4 !
14 ltJc4 ЬхсЗ 1 5 ЬхсЗ exd4 16 ltJxb6
.l:l.xb6 17 cxd4 ltJxe4 18 �xf7 +! Фхf7 19
.1:хе4 .l:l.xe4 20 ltJg5+ Фg8 21 ti:Jxe4 and
White is s1ightly Ьetter.
13 ll:\a3
Or 13 �g5 h6 14 �h4 g5 1 5 �gЗ .1:е8
1 6 d5 ll:\e7 1 7 ll:lh2 �с8 1 8 Фfl ti:Jg6 19
ltJg4 Фg7 with chances for both sides,
Asrian-Biehm, Erevan 1999.
13...exd4 14 cxd4 ll:la5 15 .tc2 Ь4 16
ti:JЫ с5 17 �gS h6 18 �h4 cxd4!
This is а major improvement over the
formerly played 18 ... g5? 19 ltJxg5 ! hxg5
20 �xg5 ЬЗ 21 �хЬЗ ! (2 1 �dЗ с4 22
е5? ! { 22 �fЗ !? } 22 . . . dxe5 23 .l:l.xe5 �xd4
was good for Black in Topalov-Shirov,
Madrid rpd 1997) 2 1 . . . cxd4 22 .:!.аЗ ! ltJc6
23 .ta2 ltJe5 24 .l:l.gЗ Фh7 25 f4 ltJed7 26
е5 dЗ+ 27 Фh l dxe5 28 fxe5 +- Hracek­
Shirov, Bundesliga 1997/8.
19 �d3
Alternatively:
а) 1 9 ltJxd4 ЬЗ 20 ltJxbЗ ltJxbЗ 2 1
�хЬЗ g 5 2 2 �gЗ ltJxe4 23 "iir'dЗ d 5 with
equality, Kanatov-Biehm, Oropesa de1
Mar 1 998.
Ь) 1 9 ll:\Ьd2 .l:l.e8 20 .l:l.a4? and now af­
ter 20. . . �с6 ! White is forced to grovel
back with 21 .l:l.a1 (Anand-Shirov, Wijk aan
Zee 1 998), as 21 .l:l.xЬ4? allows 2 1 ... d3.
19...1:1.е8 20 liJЬd2 ll:lc6 21 ltJc4
The game Hracek-Кi.Georgiev, Bun­
desliga 1 998/9 continued 21 . . . ltJe5 22
liJfxe5 dxe5 23 f4 �с7 24 fxe5 .l:l.xe5 ! ?
(an enterprising move, although there
doesn't seem much wrong with the nor­
mal move 24 ... �хе5) 25 ll:lxe5 �хе5 and
Black had reasonaЬle compensation for
the exchange.
Е232)
1 1 ll:\a3 (D)
в
This is the critica1 test of 8 . . . .1:1.Ь8.
White immediately puts pressure on the
b5-pawn.
1 1 ...0-0
Other moves include:
а) l l . . . �a6 ? ! (this defends the b5-
pawn, but the bishop is rnisp1aced on а6)
12 .l:l.e 1 0-0 (or 1 2 ... h6 13 ltJc2 �Ь7 14
liJeЗ favours White, Z.A1masi-Lalic, Pula
1 995) 13 �g5 h6 14 �h4 Ь4? ! 1 5 ll:lc2
.tc8 16 �a4 ll:le7 17 dxe5 dxe5 1 8 ltJxЬ4
and White is а c1ear pawn up, Z.Almasi­
Zviagintsev, Wijk aan Zee 1995.
Ь) 1 1 ... .tg4 (this is the main alterna­
tive to the text-move) 1 2 ltJxb5 0-0 and
now:
Ь l ) 13 �еЗ exd4 ( 1 3 . . . d5 14 exd5
ltJxd5 15 hЗ �h5 16 �g5 ! �хfЗ 17 �хfЗ
'*xg5 1 8 �xd5 ltJe7 1 9 dxe5 ... хе5 20
�с4 favours White, Z.Aimasi-Arduman,
Irak1ion ЕСС 1 997) 14 cxd4 ltJxe4! 1 5
�d5 "iir'e8 1 6 h З �f5 1 7 .1:е 1 ltJЬ4 and
B1ack was fine in Nijboer-Piket, Wijk
aan Zee 1 998.
Ь2) 1 3 �с2 �хfЗ ! ? (13 ... d5 ! ? 1 4
exd5 ! ? '*xd5 1 5 dxe5 �хЬ5 1 6 �а4 !
�хfЗ 1 7 �хfЗ ! ltJxe5 1 8 �хЬ5 ltJxfЗ+
19 gxfЗ �xf2+ 20 Фхf2 .1:хЬ5 is s1ightly
better for White - Shirov) 14 �хfЗ exd4
1 5 �g5 h6 1 6 �h4 dхсЗ 17 ЬхсЗ ltJe5 1 8
�e2 ltJg6 1 9 �gЗ .l:l.e8 2 0 .l:l.ad l �d7 2 1
liJct4 �g4 2 2 rз �g5 2 з f4 "i!t'h5 24 :rз
ll:lh4 25 �xh4 1/2- 1/2 J.Polgar-Shirov,
Linares 1997.
 New Archangel
ЬЗ) 13 :el .i.xfЗ 14 gxfЗ l!Jh5 1 5
Фh l and now:
ЬЗ l ) 15 .. .'i'f6 16 :tg1 ! l!Jf4 17 .iеЗ
l!Je6 18 .i.xe6 fxe6 19 :tgЗ Фh8 ! 20 "i'dЗ
exd4 2 1 cxd4 е5 22 d5 l!Je7 23 .ixb6
1:txb6 24 l!Jxc7 1:txb2 25 l!Je6 with an ad­
vantage for White, Svidler-Sh.irov, Linares
1 998.
Ь32) 1 5 ... exd4 ! 1 6 l!Jxd4! ( 1 6 cxd4
"i'f6 17 .iеЗ .iaS ! 18 .id5 .ixe 1 19 .i.xc6
d5 20 1:tc 1 .ia5 21 е5 "i'fS + Anand-Piket,
Monaco rpd 1 998) 16 ...l!Jxd4 1 7 cxd4 с5
1 8 :tgl cxd4 19 .ig5 "i'e8 20 .id5 Фh8
21 �dЗ �е5 22 .id2 l!Jf4 23 .ixf4 �xf4
24 :g4 "i'h6 Lukin-Sivokho, St Peters­
= vich-Ki.Georgiev, Bundes1iga 1 998/9,
burg Ch 1 999.
Ь4) 13 1:ta4 ! ? (playing а la Bo1ogan)
1 3 .. .'1i'e8 ( 1 3 ... exd4 14 cxd4 transposes
to note 'с' to White's 14th rnove) 14 .ic2
.i.d7 ? ! ( 1 4 . . .exd4 ! ) 1 5 :al .ig4 1 6 d5
l!Je7 1 7 c4 l!Jg6 18 hЗ .id7 1 9 l!Jc3 l!Jh5
20 b4 l!Jhf4 2 1 .iеЗ "i'e7 22 l!Ja4 .iхеЗ
23 fхеЗ and White is а clear pawn up,
Boudre-Bacrot, Bescanon 1999.
Ь5) 13 d5 ! ? 1ooks strong:
Ь5 1 ) l З . . . ltJaS ? ! 14 .ic2 .ixf2+? 1 5
1:txf2 :txb5 1 6 .idЗ +-.
Ь52) 13 ... l!Je7 14 .ic2 l!Jg6 15 hЗ
.id7 16 ltJaЗ "i'e7 17 :te 1 l!Jh5 1 8 l!Jc4
l!Jhf4 1 9 l!Jxb6 ± Marnedov-Borisek,
Oropesa del Mar 1 999.
Ь53) 13 ...ltJxe4 1 4 dxc6 ltJxf2 15 �c2
ltJdЗ+ 1 6 Фh l l!Jf2+ ( 1 6 . . . .ifS 1ooks
better) 1 7 1:txf2 .ixf2 1 8 l!Jg5 ! g6 1 9
l!Jxf7 1:txf7 20 .ixf7+ Фхf7 2 1 �xf2+
+- (Anand).
12 l!Jxb5 exd4!
12 . . . .ig4 transposes to note 'Ь' to
Black's 1 1 th rnove.
13 cxd4 .ig4 (D)
14 .U.e1
A1tematives:
а) 14 .ic2:
а 1 ) 14 . . . d5 1 5 е5 (or 15 .ig5 .ixfЗ
1 6 'i'i'xfЗ .ixd4 1 7 exd5 �xd5 18 �xd5
1/2-lf2 Z.Airnasi-Piket, Groningen 1 998)
1 39
w
15 . . . l!Je4 16 .iеЗ ( 1 6 :а4 ! ? with an ad­
vantage for White - Anand), Moroze­
and now 16 . . . l!Jxe5 ! is good for B1ack
(Anand).
а2) 14 . . . :te8 15 hЗ .ixfЗ 16 gxfЗ
l!Jh5 1 7 f4 "i'h4 1 8 'i'g4 'itxg4+ 19 hxg4
l!Jf6 20 .ia4 :е7 21 .iеЗ l!Jxe4 22 l!Jxd6
l!Jxd4 23 l!Jxe4 1:txe4 24 Фg2 g6 25 :fd 1
l!Je6 26 ФfЗ 1:Ь4 27 ЬЗ 1/2- lf2 Conquest­
Flear, French Cht 1 998.
Ь) 14 .ia4 ! ? d5 15 е5 l!Je4 1 6 :аз f6
1 7 hЗ .ih5 1 8 g4 .ig6 and Black has
sorne cornpensation for the pawn, Kor­
neev-Campos Moreno, Linares 2000.
с) 14 :а4 ! (this is the Iatest wrinkle
in this line; White defends d4 with the
rook) 14 ... :te8 ( 14 . . .l!Jxe4 1 5 .i.d5 'i'i'e8
16 "i'c2 l!Je7 17 .ixe4 "i'xb5 18 .ixh7+
Фh8 19 .ie4 ±) 15 .ig5 ! ( 1 5 :tel 'i'i'd7 1 6
.ic2 d 5 1 7 е 5 l!Je4 1 8 ltJcЗ l!Jxe5 ! was
very messy in the garne Bo1ogan-Tka­
chev, Enghien-1es-Bains 1 999) 15 . . . h6
16 .id5 ! l!Je7 17 .ixf6 gxf6 1 8 l!Jc3 and
White has the advantage, according to
Bologan.
14...d5
After 14 . . . l!Jxd4 15 l!Jbxd4 .ixd4
(Rogic-Anic, Pula 1999) White doesn' t
recapture irnrnediately о п d4, but plays
the 'desperado' 16 .ixf7 + ! and follow­
ing 16 . . . :xf7 17 'i'i'xd4 .ixfЗ 1 8 gxfЗ
l!Jd7 19 f4 keeps the extra pawn.
15 exdS ltJxdS 16 h3 .ihS 17 g4
1 40 · Archangel and New Archangel

17 .i.c4 '6'd7 1 8 .i.g5 h6 1 9 .i.h4 Пfе8 This is more or 1ess forced. Giving up
20 Пхе8+ Пхе8 2 1 .i.gЗ liJf6 22 ПаЗ the centre with 8 . . . exd4?! doesn' t look
liJxd4 23 liJbxd4 .i.xfЗ 24 ПхfЗ .i.xd4 25 right after 9 cxd4 i.b6 1 О i.g5 0-0
Фh2 с5 26 �dЗ Пе7 27 ьз 'ii' b7 28 Пf5 ( 1 0. . . h6 1 1 .i.xf6 'i'xf6 12 i.d5 is very
'ii'e4 29 'ii'xe4 liJxe4 30 fЗ liJxgЗ 3 1 ФхgЗ good for White) 1 1 liJcЗ i.g4 1 2 liJd5
lf2- lf2 Shirov-Piket, Monaco Ьlindfold ( 1 2 i.d5 ! ?) 12 . . . .i.xd4 1 3 liJxd4 ! i.xd 1
1 999. 14 liJxc6 'i'd7 1 5 Пахd 1 with an advan­
17... i.g6 18 liJc3 liJdb4! 19 i.gS 'ii'd7 tage for White, Aristizabal7Rarnirez, Bo­
20 d5 liJa5! gota 1 992.
This was Oll's idea. Earlier 20 . . . 'ii'd6
was p1ayed:
· а) 2 1 Фg2 liJdЗ 22 Пе2! liJd4! 23
.i.e7 (23 liJxd4 i.xd4 24 i.e7 'ii'b6 25 w
i.xf8 liJf4+ is good for Black) 23 . . . 'ii'f4
24 liJxd4 'ii' xd4 25 i.xf8 liJf4+ with
compensation for the pawn (Anand).
Ь) 21 Фfl liJa5 ! 22 i.e7 'ii'f4 23
Пха5?! (23 Па4! liJxbЗ 24 ПхЬ4 'i'xfЗ 25
'i'xfЗ liJd2+ 26 Фg2 liJxf3 27 ФхfЗ 1:1.fe8
with an advantage for White - Anand)
2З . . . .i. ха5 24 ПеЗ i.b6 25 liJe2 "ith6 26
'it>g2 i.хеЗ 27 g5 (Anand-011, Be1grade
ЕСС 1999) 27 ... i.xg5 28 i.xg5 .i.c2 29 Now White has several options. Of
i.xc2 ..-ь6 gives Black excellent coun­ these, Line ЕЗ6 Iooks the most danger­
terplay - Anand. ous for Black.
21 i.a4 Е31 : 9 dxe5 140
2 1 liJe5 'i'd6 22 Пxa5 liJdЗ . Е32: 9 J:te1 141
21 ...'6'd6 22 'it>g2 f6 23 Пе6 ЕЗЗ: 9 i.e3 141
23 .i.d2 talз 24 Пеб 'i'c5 25 i.еЗ 'i'h4 Е34: 9 h3 1 42
26 .i.b5 liJxЫ 27 'i'e 1 i.хеЗ 28 ПхеЗ Е35: 9 i.gS 142
liJac4 29 i.xc4 '6'хс4 30 '6'd2 with an Е36: 9 а4 143
equal position, Nimzo-ChessТiger, Pader­
bom 1 999. ЕЗ1 )
23.. .'ifd8 24 i.c1 i.f7 25 1:1.e2 liJxd5 9 dxe5
26 1:1.d2 lЬxc3 27 ЬхсЗ "ifcS 28 i.a3 с5 This move tends to lead to lots of ex­
The position is level . changes and an early draw.
9...liJxe5
ЕЗ) This is the almost universal choice,
8 d4 but 9 . . . dxe5 ! ? also looks playaьte. After
On one hand this looks like White's 10 'ii'xd8+ liJxd8 1 1 liJxe5 i.b7 1 2 i.g5
most natural move, but at the moment liJxe4 ! 13 i.xd8 1:1.xd8 1 4 liJxf7 1:tf8 1 5
this line is not as popular as 8 а4. When liJxd8 Фхd8 Black has good compensa­
compared with the Archangel, White has tion for the exchange, Karaklajic-Rell­
more proЬiems maintaining the centre, as stab, Bled 1 956.
Black still has the option of . . . i.g4. 10 liJxeS dxe5 11 'i'xd8+ Wxd8 12
8...i.b6 (D) i.xf7
 New Archangel
Other moves cause B1ack n o prob-
1ems:
а) 1 2 ltJd2 Фе7 1 3 ltJf3 liJd7 14 i.d5
АЬ8 15 Ь3 f6 16 i.аЗ+ i.c5 A.Soko1ov­
= the main lines of the Archange1, but Black
Zviagintsev, Tivat 1995.
Ь) 1 2 i.g5 Фе7 1 3 i.d5 .l:tb8 and
again White has nothing.
12... J:tf8
Altematively:
а) 12 ... i.b7 l3 i.g5 Фе7 14 i.d5 (for
1 4 i.b3 .l:tad8 see note 'Ь') 14 . . . i.xd5 1 5
exd5 Фd6 1 6 i.xf6 gxf6 1 7 .l:td 1 .l:tad8 1 8
ltJa3 and B1ack has proЬ\ems regaining
the pawn.
Ь) 1 2... Фе7 ! ? (an interesting try for
B1ack, ifhe wants to 'mix it' ) 1 3 i.ЬЗ ( 1 3
i.d5 ltJxd5 1 4 exd5 i.b7 1 5 i.g5+ was
p1ayed in Jirovsky-C.Fischer, Germany
1 994/5 and now 15 . . .Фd6 wou1d have
been equa1) 1 3 . . . i.b7 14 i.g5 (Rebel­
Timman, The Hague 1997) 1 4 ... .1:tad8 1 5
liJd2 h 6 1 6 i.xf6+ gxf6 1 7 .l:tad 1 .l:td6 and
B1ack will regain the pawn with . . . .l:thd8.
13 i.dS
1 3 i.b3 ? ! ltJxe4 14 i.еЗ i.хеЗ 1 5 fхеЗ
.l:txfl + 16 Фxfl i.b7 1 7 а4 Фd7 gave
B1ack an edge in Z.Niko1in-M.Maric,
Tivat 1 995.
13...ltJxd5 14 exdS i.b7
Black wins the d5-pawn to 1eve1 the
materia1, 1eaving а very drawish position.
15 �е3
Or:
а) 1 5 с4? ! Ьхс4 1 6 ltJcЗ i.d4 1 7
i.g5+ Фd7 1 8 J:tad1 Фd6 19 i.еЗ i.хсЗ
20 ЬхсЗ i.xd5 2 1 f4 е4 and White is
fighting to draw, Grigorian-Makropou­
lou, Athens 1 996.
Ь) 15 а4 i.xd5 16 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 7
.l:txa8+ �ха8 1 8 �е3 .tхеЗ 1 9 fxe3
.l:txfl+ 20 Фxfl Karninski-Ma1aniuk,
= A1temative1y:
Po1anica Zdroj 1 997.
15...�хе3 16 fxe3 J:txfi+ 17 Фxfl
i.xdS 18 ltJd2 Фе7 19 е4 i.e6 20 а4
J:tb8 21 Ь4 cS 22 axbS .l:txbS 23 .U.xa6
1/2 - lf2 de Firrnian-Тkachev, Bie1 1 995.
141
ЕЗ2)
9 .U.e1
With this move White tries to reach
does not have to Ье so oЬliging.
9 �g4!
.•.
This move keeps а 'New Archangel'
flavour. A1temativeJy Black can try:
а) 9 . . . .tb7 transposes to Chapters 5
and 6.
Ь) 9 . . . 0-0 (this position can also Ье
reached via Line Е 1 , viz. 6....tc5 7 сЗ d6 8
.l:te1 0-0 9 d4 .tЬ6) 10 .tез .l:tb8 (lO ... .tЬ7
transposes to Line I4 of Chapter 5, but
here Black plans to keep the bishop on
the c8-h3 diagona1) 1 1 ltJbd2 h6 1 2 hЗ
i.d7 ( 1 2. . . .U.e8 1 3 _.с 1 i.d7 14 аЗ ltJa5
15 i.a2 с5 1 6 Ь4 cxd4 1 7 cxd4 ltJc6 :!;
Kosten-F1ear, Montpellier 1 998) 13 d5
Ci:Je7 14 а4 с5 1 5 с4 i.a5 16 _.c2 ltJe8 1 7
схЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 ахЬ5 i.xb5 1 9 .l:ta2 i.Ь4 20
.l:tea1 Фh8 Apice\la-Piket, French Cht
=
1 998/9.
10 d5 ltJe7 l l ltJbd2
It's stronger to begin the knight ma­
noeuvre before chasing the bishop away.
After 1 1 hЗ i.d7 1 2 ltJbd2 сб 1 3 dхсб
.tхсб White is forced to defend the e4-
pawn before p1aying ltJfl . Following 1 4
i.c2 0-0 1 5 ltJ f l ltJgб 1 б ltJgЗ J:te8 1 7
.tеЗ .txe3 1 8 .l:txeЗ d 5 1 9 exd5 ltJxd5
B\ack had taken over the initiative in
Nurkic-Godena, Marostica 1 995.
1 1 ...0-0 12 h3 i.d7 13 гun с6 14
dxc6 .txc6
=Wmiwarter-Martinovsky, Bad Wi1d­
bad 1 997.
ЕЗЗ)
· 9 �e3 �g4!
а) 9 ... .tЬ7 1 0 .l:tel transposes to Line
I of Chapter 5.
Ь) 9 . . . 0-0 1 0 ti:Jbd2 .l:tb8 1 1 .l:te 1 is
note 'Ь' to Вlack's 9th move in Line Е32.
10 dxeS
142 Archangel and New Archangel
Such is the pressure on d4, White has
to make а concession of some sort:
а) 10 .id5? �xd5 1 1 exd5 exd4 1 2
.ixd4 �xd4 1 З cxd4 0-0 + Berezin-Bod­
nar, Кiev 1 998.
Ь) 10 d5? ! .iхеЗ 1 1 fхеЗ �а5 1 2
�bd2 �хЬЗ 1 З ахЬЗ с б 14 dхсб �Ьб
1ooks p1easant for Black, Berelovich­
Onishchuk, Meisdorf 1 996.
с) 10 �dЗ !? .ixfЗ 1 1 gxfЗ 0-0 1 2
�d2 �е7 ( 1 2 .. .'�!Vd7 ! ?) 1 З dxe5 dxe5 1 4
-.xd8 J:.fxd8 1 5 .l:.fd 1 tiJgб and the
bishop-pair just about compensates for
White's weakened pawn-structure, Ro­
manishin-Onishchuk, Biel 1 996.
10... dxe5
А more ambitious altemative to this
solid move is 10 ... �хе5 1 ?; e.g., 1 1 .iхЬб
.txfЗ 12 gxfЗ схЬб 1 З f4 �с4 14 е5 dxe5
15 .ixc4 Ьхс4 16 fxe5 tiJe4! 17 �g4
-.d5 1 8 J:.e1 �с5 19 �аЗ Ь5 20 �с2 h5
21 'i1r'd4 (2 1 -.xg7? 0-0-0 -+) 21 ... 0-0-0
22 'i!ixd5 J:.xd5 and Black came out on
top in Wahls-Adams, Bundes1iga 1995/6.
l l i.xb6 схЬ6
Or 1 1 . . . �xd1 12 .ixd1 ( 1 2 .1:.xd1 схЬб
1З .l:.dб .ixfЗ 14 gxf3 ·J:.c8 ) 1 2. . . схЬб
==
1З �fd2 i.xd 1 14 J:.xd1 0-0-0 15 �аЗ
l:td7 1 б Фп J:.hd8 17 �е2 �g4 1 8 �аЬl
Ь4 19 f3 �fб 20 J:.c1 ФЬ7 21 �fl ЬхсЗ
22 ЬхсЗ J:.dЗ 2З tiJeЗ J:.Зd7 24 J:.c2 gб
lf2-lf2 Servat-Rosito, Villa Martelli 1997.
12 �bd2 0-0
Despite the douЬ!ed b-pawns B1ack
has no proЬ!ems in this position.
13 h3 i.xf3 14 �xf3 'iic7 15 'iie2
�а5 16 i.c2 J:lfd8 17 l:tfd1 tiJc4
1 7... h6 1 8 a4 J:.xd 1+ 19 .ixd 1 Ьха4 20
.txa4 Ь5 2 1 .ic2 �Ь7 22 -.ез tiJc5 ==
Serra Olives-Fernandez Garcia, Toпe­
vieja 1 997.
18 i.d3 J:td7 19 а4 J:.ad8 20 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
21 Ь3 �Ь2! 22 'i!ixb2 Пхd3 23 Пхd3
.!::.xd3 24 .l:a8+ Пd8 25 1:!.xd8+ 'i!ixd8
Popovic-Onishchuk, Moscow OL
1 994. The game was soon drawn.
ЕЗ4)
9 h3
This move norrnally transposes to the
main Archangel lines where White has
committed himself to an early hЗ.
9... i.b7
It makes sense to put the Ьishop on Ь7
now that . . . .tg4 is no longer а possiЬility.
Altematives:
а) 9 . . . h6 10 .tез .ib7 1 1 �bd2 О-О
12 а4 !? ( 1 2 J:.e 1 transposes to Line 13 of
Chapter 5) 12 ... exd4 1 З cxd4 �Ь4 14
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 Z.Almasi-J.Toth, Hungarian
==
Cht 1 99З.
Ь) 9 ... 0-0 and now:
Ь l ) 10 .ig5 .ib7 1 1 d5 �а5 12 i.c2 hб
1З i.h4 сб S.Toth-Henriques, Szeged
==
1 994.
Ы) 1 0 .tеЗ ! ? .ib7 1 1 �bd2 Iooks
like а reasonaЬ!e way for White to con­
tinue. Now 1 1 . . . h6 12 J:.el gives us Line
13 of Chapter 5, while 1 1 . . . J:.e8 can Ье
answered Ьу 12 d5, with perhaps an edge
for White.
10 .tg5
10 d5 �е7 1 1 �е2 0-0 1 2 .ig5 �gб
1 З �h4 hб 14 .ixfб �хfб 1 5 �f5 �f4
1 6 -.сз .ic8 1 7 .tc2 Фh7 1 8 �d2 gб 1 9
�еЗ .id7 i s excellent for Black, Nego­
vich-Rosito, Buenos Aires 1 998.
1 О J:.e1 is the norrnal move here, trans­
posing to Line Е of Chapter 5.
10...h6 11 .txfб -.хrб 12 i.dS .l:.b8
13 dxeS? !
1 prefer 1З �dЗ.
13 ... �хе5 14 �xeS ...xeS 15 i.xb7
ПхЬ7 16 'i!id3 о-о 17 �d2 с6 18 �f3
'i!if4 19 J:.ad1 1:.d8
Korneev-Campos Moreno, Catalonia
1 996. Black's Ьishop gives him the edge
over White's knight.
ЕЗ5)
9 .igS h6 10 i.h4
White's major alternative here is 10
.id5 .id7 ! (for 10 ... .tb7?! 1 1 .ixf6 'i!ixfб
 New Archangel
12 а4 see Line Е2 1 ) 1 1 i.xf6 (1 1 i.h4?!
g5 12 i.g3 exd4 is better for Black)
l l . . . �xf6 12 гt:\а3 ? ! ( 1 2 а4 0-0 13 tt:Ja3
= ) 12 ... .:1.d8 13 tt:Jc2 0-0 14 'i'd3 tt:Je7 +
Mortensen-Adams, K0ge 1997.
10...g5 11 дi.gЗ
1 1 dxe5 dxe5 12 �xd8+ гt:\xd8 13 i.g3
tZJxe4 14 i.xe5 0-0 1 5 tZJbd2 Spisak­=
M.Becker, Trier 1997.
1 1 ...0-0
1 1 . . . .tg4 !? 12 dxe5 tZJxe5 is also in-
teresting:
а) 13 i.xe5 dxe5 ! ( 1 3 ... i.xf3? 14 i.xf6
i.xd 1 1 5 i.xd8 i.xb3 16 i.f6 +-) 1 4
tZJbd2 ( 1 4 �xd8+ .:l.xd8 1 5 tZJxe5 0-0
gives Black good compensation for the
pawn) 14 ...�е7 15 а4 0-0 1 6 h3 i.h5 17
�е2 с6 1 8 g4 i.g6 19 c.t>g2 .:l.ad8 + San­
den-Moberg, Swedish Cht 1 995/6.
Ь) 13 tZJbd2 tZJfd7 14 i.d5 .:l.b8 (after
1 4 ... с6 1 5 i.xe5 tZJxe5 1 6 tZJxe5 ! i.xd1
17 tZJxc6 �f6 18 .:l.axd 1 White has exce1-
1ent compensation for the queen) 15 h3
i.h5 16 i.xe5 ? ! (Bologan suggests 1 6
i.h2 ! ао) 1 6 . . . tZJxe5 17 g4 i.g6 1 8 гt:\хе5
dxe5 19 �fЗ h5 ! and Black is better,
Bo1ogan-Tkachev, Tilburg 1994.
12 dxeS
Or 12 tZJbd2 exd4 13 cxd4 tZJxd4 1 4
tZJxd4 i.xd4 1 5 tZJf3 i.b6 1 6 �с2 tZJh5
17 i.d5 tZJxg3 18 hxg3 .:l.b8 19 е5 Фg7
and White has insufficient compensation
for the pawn, J.Polgar-Adams, Dos Her­
manas 1 995.
12...tZJxeS 13 tZJxeS
White сап grab а pawn here with 1 3
i.xe5 dxe5 1 4 �xd8 .:l.xd8 1 5 гt:\хе5, but
after 1 5 . . .Фg7 ! 1 6 tZJxf7 .:l.e8 17 е5 lZJg4
White has proЬlems meeting the threat of
... i.e6.
13... dxe5 14 i.xeS �xd1 15 .:l.xd1
tZJxe4 16 i.d4 дi.xd4 17 cxd4 i.b7 18
tZJd2 tZJxd2 19 .:l.xd2 .:l.ad8 20 1:.cl .l:!.d7
21 rз %Hd8 22 Фf2
Hratek-Adams, Bundesliga 1 997/8.
= 'ii'c6 18 �хс6+ tZJxc6 19 i.a4 Фd7 20
The game soon ended in а draw.
143
ЕЗб )
9 а4 (D)
в
At the moment this move represents
White best chance of claiming an advan­
tage after 8 d4.
9...дi.g4
This is the most consistent choice.
9 . . . .1:.Ь8 transposes to Е23, while 9 ... i.b7
transposes to Е2 1 .
1 0 axbS
Altematively:
а) 10 i.g5 .:l.b8 ( 1 0... exd4? 1 1 i.d5 !)
1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 2 d5 (12 i.d5 lZJe7 13
i.xf6 gxf6 14 'jt'Ь3 0-0 is fine for B1ack)
12 . . . tt:Je7 13 'i'd3 lZJd7 14 i.d1 0-0 15 h3
i.h5 16 Ь4 h6 17 .txe7 �хе7 1 8 tt:Jbd2
i.g6 A.Sokolov-Godena, Cannes 1997.
=
ь) 1 о d5 tZJe7 ( 1 o ... tZJa5 1 1 .tc2 О-О
12 tt:Jbd2 'i'd7 13 h3 .tь5 14 Ь4 tZJЬ7 1 5
i. Ы с6 1 6 а5 i.a7 1 7 с4 cxd5 1 8 cxd5 h6
19 i.d3 gave White а space advantage in
Unzicker-Emms, Bundesliga 1 995/6) 1 1
'i'e2 0-0 1 2 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 3 .:l.xa8 'fi'xa8 1 4
tZJa3 с 6 1 5 dxc6 'i'xc6 1 6 'ii'xb5 'i'xb5 1 7
tt:Jxb5 tt:Jxe4 Lap1aza-Rosito, Mar del
=
P1ata 1 999.
10...ахЬ5 1 1 1ha8 'fi'xa8 12 hЗ! .tьs
12 ... i.xf3 13 'i'xfЗ exd4 14 е5! dxe5
15 i.g5 е4 1 6 �f5 is very strong for
White, according to Leko. Не carries on
Ьу giving the 1ine 1 6. . . lZJe7 1 7 �хЬ5+
cxd4 .l:.a8 21 tZJc3.
144 Archangel and New Archangel
13 dS
Bologan suggests 13 'ii'd 3.
13...ltJe7
Leko gives 1 3 . . . ltJa7 ! ? as а possiЬle
improvement. Certainly this gives the
vu1neraЬle b5-pawn more protection.
14 �с2 �g6 15 'ii'e2 с6 16 dxc6 �хс6
17 l:!.e1 0-0 18 ltJa3 nьs 19 i.d3
Leko-Adams, Dortmund 1 998. The
weakness of the b5-pawn gives White а
slight advantage.
F)
7 а4 (D)
в Ь) 8. . . 0-0 9 d4 �Ь6 1 О dxe5 ltJxe4 1 1
The 'disadvantage' of the New Arch­
ange1 over the M01ler Defence (5 ... �с5 -
see Chapter 10) is that the former a\lows
White the possibi1ity of this variation.
Black now has two main defences.
Note that there are many transpositional
possiЬilities.
F1: 7... �Ь7 144
F2: 7.. .:ьs
. 144
Interesting is 7 . . . Ь4 8 ltJxe5 ltJxe5 9 d4
�xd4 1 0 �xd4. In Gdanski-Кislov, Кry­
nica 1997 White did not manage to ob­
tain any advantage after 1 0. . . �е7 1 1 �f4
ltJc6 12 -..d3 d6 1 3 ltJct2 0-0 14 .:tfe1
ltJe5 1 5 �хе5 dxe5 1 6 а5.
F1)
7...i.b7
Тhis normally transposes to another
variation.
8 с3!?
8 d3 transposes to Line 03 of Chapter
7.
8 с3 ! ? is а tricky transpositional move,
which has not been seen very much, but it
could Ье а very good idea. Now 8 . . . d6 9
d4 1eads to Line Е2 1 . B1ack's only other
way forward is Ьу trying to exploit the
move-order himself.
8...ltJxe4
This is the critical test. Others:
а) 8 . . . �Ь6 9 d4 ltJxe4 10 dxe5 looks
good for White; e.g., 10 . . . ltJa5 1 1 �d5 ! ,
I O . ltJe7 1 1 ltJg5 and 1 0 . . 0-0 1 1 �d5 -
.. .
in each case White has the initiative.
�d5 is the same as line 'а'.
9 �е2 dS
9 ...tt:\a5 10 �с2 ±; 9 .. .f5 10 d3 �xf2+
1 1 .:txf2 ltJxf2 12 �g5 +-.
10 d3 �xf2+
10 . . . tt:\f6 1 1 d4 �Ь6 12 dxe5 ±.
11 Фhl ltJgЗ+
Or 1 1 ...ltJc5 12 �xf2 ltJxb3 l 3 ltJd4 ! .
12 hxg3 �xg3
Now Black has three pawns for the
piece, but White can continue to attack
with 13 ltJg5 ! , ready to meet 1 3 ... h6 with
14 'iifh5 ! .
Practical tests are needed, but it seems
that 7 а4 �Ь7 8 с3 is а very р1ауаЫе line
for White.
F2)
7...nьs (D)
8 axbS
Altematively, 8 с3 d6 transposes to
Line Е23, and 8 d3 0-0 to Line С2. Or 8
l2Jxe5 ltJxe5 9 d4 �xd4 1 0 �xd4 d6 1 1
f4 с5 1 2 �d 1 ltJeg4 ! ? 13 е5 с4 ! 14 exf6
,..Ь6+ 1 5 Фh l ltJf2+ 1 6 .:txf2 �xf2 1 7
�а2 �Ь7 18 'ii'g 1 �xg2+ 19 'ti'xg2 'ii'e 1+
with а draw Ьу perpetual check, Kolev­
Berebora, Benasque 1995.
 New Archangel
w 23 'i'f4 =, since 20 'i'xe5? ! .tЬ7 ! 21 J:.d 1
8 ахЬ5 9 ll'lxe5!?
.•.
Once again 9 с3 d6 transposes to Е23.
9...lt'lxe5 10 d4 �xd4 11 �xd4 d6 12
f4
12 с3 0-0 13 .tg5 h6 14 .th4 с5 15
.txf6 'i'xf6 16 'i'e3 J:.e8 17 ll'ld2 ..ib7 18
f4 ll'lg6 was fine for Black in Playa­
Kazhga1eev, Roque Saenz Pena 1 997.
12. ll'lc6
..
Others:
а) 1 2...с5 1 3 'i'ctl ll'leg4 ! ? ( 13 ...ll'lg6?!
14 е5 ! ll'lg4 15 ..ixf7+ ! Фхf7 16 е6+ !
.txe6 17 f5 ll'l6e5 18 fxe6++ Фхе6 1 9
ll'lc3 lt'lf6 2 0 ..ig5 favours White, Bez­
godov-Potapov, Perm 1 997) 14 с3 ( 1 4
е5 transposes to line 'Ь') 1 4. . .ll'lxe4 15
.txf7+ �xf7 1 6 'it'd5+ Фf6 17 ._.хе4
.tb7 1 8 .,e2 h5? ( 1 8 . . . 'i'd7 !) 1 9 h3 'ii'e8?
20 ii'd2 'i'c6 21 hxg4 hxg4 22 f5 J:.h4 23
J:.e1 �f7 24 'i'e2 g3 25 ..ig5 1 -0 Кinder­
mann-Mtiller, Altenkirchen 1 999.
Ь) 12 . . .ll'leg4 ! ? 13 е5 с5 14 'ijfct 1 с4
( 1 4 . . . dxe5? ! 15 'it'xd8+ Фхd8 16 fxe5
with an initiative for White - Lutz) 1 5
exf6 'ii'Ь6+ 1 6 Фh l ll'lf2+ 17 J:.xf2 'i'xf2
1 8 .ta2 ( 1 8 ll'lc3? ..ib7 ! 19 'i'g1 'i'xg1+
20 Фхg 1 схЬ3 with an advantage for
Black) 1 8 ... ..ib7 1 9 'i'g1 .txg2+ 20 it'xg2
'i!Ve1 + 2 1 'i'g1 'i'e4+ with а draw Ьу per­
petual check (Svidler).
13 'ijfcз
1 3 ._.d3 ! ? 0-0 14 ll'lc3 ll'IЬ4 ! 1 5 'il'g3
c5 1 6 e5 ll'lh5 ! ( 1 6 . . . ll'le8 1 7 ll'la2 ll'lc6 =
Heymann) 17 .-в с4 1 8 'ir'xh5 схЬ3 1 9
1 45
схЬ3 dxe5 and now White should р1ау 20
fxe5 'i'd4+ 2 1 Фh 1 ll'ld3 22 'i!VfЗ ll'lxe5
'i!Vc8 ! 22 'ir'e2 J:.e8 23 .te3 (Leko-Shirov,
Tilburg 1 997) 23 . . .'i!Vf5 ! 24 J:.d2 h5 gives
Black а strong initiative for the pawn.
13 ll'le7!?
•.•
1 3 . . . .tЬ7 1 4 e5 ll'le4 1 5 'i'e3 ll'le7 16
ll'lc3 ll'lc5 17 exd6 cxd6 18 .ta2 ;!; Hey­
mann.
14 J:.a7
Other moves:
а) 14 е5 !? ll'le4 ( 1 4 . . . dxe5 1 5 .txf7+
{ 15 'ir'xe5 } 15 ...Фхf7 1 6 fxe5 ;!; Heymann)
1 5 'i'e1 !? ( 1 5 'i'e3 ll'lc5 16 exd6 'i!Vxd6 1 7
J:.e1 ll'lxb3 1 8 схЬ3 ..ie6 1 9 ll'lc3 0-0 led
to а draw in Illescas-Shirov, Madrid
1 997) 15 . . .ll'lc5 16 .ta2 !? 0-0 17 Ь4 ll'la4
1 8 ll'lc3 dxe5 1 9 ll'lxa4 Ьха4 20 fxe5 ll'lc6
21 с3 (21 е6 ! ? Heymann) and White's
bishop-pair gave him the advantage in
Нjartarson-Stefansson, Reykjavik 1 997.
Ь) 14 ..-d3 0-0 15 lLic3 с5 16 ll'lxb5
ll'lxe4 17 ..-хе4 J:.xb5 18 J:.a7 с4 (another
idea is 18 . . . ..id7 ! ?) 1 9 ..ixc4 d5 20 'i'xe7
dxc4 21 'i'xd8 J:.xd8 22 J:.a8 J:.f8 23 :.а4
.te6 24 f5 ..id5 25 :.е1 h5 and Black
managed to draw the ending in Kaspa­
rov-Topalov, Novgorod 1997 .
14... с5!
14 ... ..iЬ7 !? 15 e5 ll'le4 "" Svidler.
15 е5 �fd5 16 .txd5 ll'lxd5 17 'ir'g3
Others:
а) 17 'i'f3 'i'b6 1 8 J:.xf7 с4+ 19 Фh 1
Фхf7 20 'i!Vxd5+ ..ie6 21 'ir'd 1 �f5 ! 22
'ijfct5+ ..ie6 23 'i'd 1 112- 112 Anand-Shirov,
Belgrade 1997.
Ь) 17 'i'd2 !? 'it'h6 18 J:.a1 с4+ 19 Фh 1
.tЬ7 (Heymann).
17...0-0 18 ll'lc3
J.Polgar-Shirov, Tilburg 1997 contin­
ued 18 . . . ll'le7? 19 exd6 lt'lf5 20 'i'f2 �Ъ6
21 J:.c7 with an advantage for White. Af­
ter the superior 1 8 . . . ll'lxc3 1 9 'i'xc3 ( 1 9
Ьхс3 ..if5 = ) 1 9. . ..tf5 (Shirov/Po\gar) or
l 9 .. .'�b6 (Heymann) chances are equa1.
1 0 Meller Defence
1 е4 е5 2 liJf3 liJc6 3 .tьs а6 4 ..ta4 liJf6
5 0-0 .icS (D)
w Other moves are not so important:
Perhaps dissatisfied Ьу some of the
variations stemming from 5 . . .Ь5 б .iЬЗ
.ic5 7 а4 (see Line F in the previous
chapter), many players have been taking
а fresh 1ook at the M"'ller Defence, where
B1ack delays the advance of the b-pawn.
This rules out а very early а2-а4 attack
Ьу White.
In many cases play transposes into the
Archangel or the New Archangel, but
this move-order allows extra possibilities
for Ьoth sides. One of the most important
of these is that after White has played сЗ,
the Lopez Ьishop may retreat to с2 rather
than ЬЗ. On the other lщnd, in some lines
Black finds that he can do without . . .Ь5
altogether.
We now look at White's main re­
sponses to 5 ... .ic5. Of these variations,
Lines А and В are known to Ье quite in­
nocuous, while Lines С and D are more
complicated, but offer White more of а
chance to obtain а theoretical advantage
from the opening.
А: 6 .ixc6 14б
В: 6 d3 147
С: 6 fue5 148
D: 6 с3 151
а) After б liJcЗ Black should proba­
Ьly play б...Ь5 7 .iЬЗ, transposing to note
'Ь' to White's 7th move in Chapter 9.
Ь) б .l:.el ? ! llJg4! (б ... Ь5 7 .tьз trans­
poses to Chapter 9, Line А) 7 .l:.e2 (7 d4?
llJxd4! 8 llJxd4 'iih4 ! is very good for
Black; e.g., 9 liJf3 'iixf2+ 10 Фh1 'iig 1 +
1 1 .l:.xg1 liJf2#; maybe White should
grovel back with 7 .l:.fl ) 7. . .llJd4 8 liJxd4
.ixd4 and Black is fine; e.g., 9 сЗ? 'ir'h4!
or 9 hЗ llJxf2 ! ? 10 .l:.xf2 .ixf2+ 1 1 Фхf2
'ir'h4+ 12 Фg1 'ii'xe4 .
Д)
6 .ixc6 dxc6
This variation resemЬles the Delayed
Exchange Deferred (5 ... .ie7 б .iхсб
dхсб) except that Black's Ьishop is more
active1y placed on с5. All in all, Black
shouldn't have many proЬiems equaliz­
ing in this line.
7 d3
7 llJxe5 leads to nothing for White af­
ter 7. . .llJxe4 8 'ii'e2 'ii'd5 9 liJd3 (or 9 d4
.ixd4 1 О liJfЗ .iеб 1 1 llJxd4 'ii'xd4 12
.l:.d1 \tc4 1 3 �хс4 .ixc4 14 .if4 liJdб 1 5
ЬЗ .iеб 1 б .ixdб 0-0-0! and Black ended
up а pawn to the good in Sherzer-Benja­
min, Philade1phia 1 999) 9 . . .0-0 1 О llJxc5
llJxc5 1 1 liJcЗ \tf5 12 dЗ llJeб 13 ..tеЗ с5
and B1ack had more than equa1ized in
Agrюs-Кristensen, Port Erin 1 999.
7..:fle7
 Meller Defence
Aпother seпsiЬ!e optioп for Black is
7 .. .'ifd6; e.g., 8 tiJbd2 .te6 9 аЗ а5 10 ЬЗ
ltJd7 1 1 ltJg5 0-0 1 2 .tы f6 1 3 ttJxe6
'itxe6 14 Фh l J:tfd8 1 5 �h5 �f7 апd
Black had по proЬlems iп Кamsky-Ivaп­
chuk, Мопасо rpd 1 996.
8 tiJbd2!?
8 .tеЗ .tхеЗ 9 fхеЗ ltJg4 1 О 'i'e2 .td7
1 1 tiJbd2 f6 12 ltJc4 с5 13 а4 Ь6 14 ЬЗ 0-0
1 5 hЗ ltJh6 Ma.Tseitliп-Salov, St Pe­
= 14....txd1
tersburg 1 997.
8....tg4!
Black deve1ops the bishop before mov­
iпg the knight to d7 iп order to support
the е5-раwп. Delayiпg with 8 . . . 0-0 9
ltJc4 would place Black iп ап awkward
positioп.
9 ltJc4 ltJd7 10 ltJeЗ !
Мuпdапе deve1opmeпt with 10 ЬЗ
0-0-0 1 1 .tы f6 leaves Black very com­
fortaЬly placed апd possessiпg а daпger­
ous pin on the fЗ-knight.
10....txe3!?
Black сап also play more solidly with
1 o ... .te6 ! ? 1 1 ьз О-О-О 12 .tы f6, which
looks rougbly 1evel to me.
1 1 fxe3!
It looks straпge to Ьlock the с 1 -Ьishop
like this, but White now has more coпtrol
in the centre and сап hope to benefit from
the use of the semi-open f-file. As well as
this, the Ьishop сап Ье deployed оп the
loпg a 1 -h8 diagonal. Black would Ье
more thaп coпtent after 1 1 .tхеЗ 0-0-0.
ll. .. f5!?
B lack is advised to react quickly to the
new circumstances. 1 1 . . . 0-0-0 1 2 'i'e 1 ,
planпing 'i'gЗ, looks good for White,
while White won quickly after 1 1 ... 0-0 in
Rowson-Law, British Ch 1 997: 1 2 �е1
( 1 2 ьз ;\;) 12 . . . с5 1 3 ьз ltJb8 ? ! 14 .tы
ltJc6? 15 ltJxe5 ! ltJxe5 1 6 �gЗ fб 1 7
.txe5 fxe5 1 8 �xg4 J:tad8 1 9 J::.f5 1 -0.
12 exf5
After 1 2 hЗ ? ! fxe4 1 3 hxg4 ехfЗ 1 4
'i!VxfЗ е4 ! 1 5 �хе4 �хе4 1 6 dxe4 White
147
is а раwп up, but his pawn-structure is
поt а pretty sight.
12...е4 13 dxe4 'i!Vxe4
Adams suggests 13 . . . 0-0-0 ! ? as а pos­
siЬle altemative.
14 ltJg5
14 �d4 .txfS 15 "ikxg7 0-0-0 guaraп­
tees Black attacking chances against the
white king.
Adams a1so meпtioпs 14 .. .'iVxf5 ! ? 1 5
J:txf5 .txd 1 , which looks ОК for Black
апd may well Ье ап improvement.
15 ltJxe4 .txc2 16 liJgЗ 0-0 17 Пf2
.td3 18 ьз
We are followiпg the game Adams­
Shirov, Liпares 1 997. White's superior
pawn-structure gives hirn а slight advaп­
tage, Ьut, of course, B1ack has тапу other
optioпs earlier on.
В)
6 d3
With this move White has no preteп­
sions about trying to c1aim а theoretical
edge. Не is content sirnp1y to build up
s1owly, with сЗ, .tеЗ or possiЬ!y both.
This continuatioп was а particular fa­
vourite of the Czech grandrnaster Old­
fich Duras.
6...d6 (D)
6 ... Ь5 7 .tьз leads to Chapter 9, Line
С, while 6 ... 0-0? 7 .txc6 dхсб 8 ltJxe5 is
just а free pawn for White.
w
148 Archangel and New Archangel

Now: Altematively:
Bl: 7 с3 148 а) 7 ... i.a7 ! ? 8 i.xa7 .l:l.xa7 9 i.xc6+
В2: 7 i.еЗ 148 Ьхс6 1 О d4 exd4 1 1 'i'xd4 с5 12 'fid3 0-0
13 lЬс3 i.b7 14 :tad 1 �а8 15 .:.re1 :te8
7 i.xc6+ Ьхс6 8 i.e3 i.xe3 9 fxe3 0-0 16 lЬd2 i.c6 17 f4 апd White is а shade
10 lЬbd2 'fie7 1 1 'i'e 1 lЬg4 12 Ь4 f5 1 3 better, Plaskett-J .Littlewood, British Ch
exf5 i.xf5 14 е4 i.d7 15 h 3 lЬh6 1 6 �е3 1977.
:tf6 1eft B1ack with по proЬ!ems iп Bog­ Ь) 7 ... Ь5 8 i.xc5 (for 8 i.b3 see Chap­
o1juЬow-Vidmar, Kar1sbad 1 929. ter 9, Liпe С 1 ) 8 ... dxc5 9 i.b3 i.g4 1 О h3
i.xfЗ 1 1 �хfЗ lЬd4 1 2 �е3 0-0 13 lЬd2
81) �d6 14 с3 lЬхЬ3 15 lЬхЬ3 lЬd7 16 :tad1
7 с3 :tfd8 17 f4 exf4 18 'fixf4 'fixf4 19 :txf4
This 1iпе shouldn't cause Black апу а5 Sioп Castro-Izeta, Elgoibar 1 996.
=

real proЬlems. 8 fхеЗ 0-0 9 �el

7. .0-0
. 9 lЬс3 ьs 10 i.b3 lЬа5 1 1 'fie1 с5 1 2
B1ack сап also uпрiп with 7 . . . i.d7. i.dS lЬxd5 1 3 exdS f5 14 а3 i.d7 15 'it>h l
Allan-Flear, Szirak IZ 1987 coпtinued 8 lЬЬ7 16 'fig3 �е7 was fine for Black iп
Ь4 i.a7 9 i.g5 h6 10 i.e3 0-0 1 1 i.xa7 Il lescas-Malaniuk, Erevaп OL 1 996.
:txa7 12 lЬbd2 'i'e7 =. The text-move has two purposes, to
8 lЬЬd2 preveпt ... lЬа5 and a1so to prepare а later
Or 8 h3 and поw: �g3 or �'h4.
а) 8 . . . lЬе7 9 d4 i.a7 10 :te 1 lUg6 1 1 9 lЬе7 10 lЬсЗ lЬg6 1 1 hЗ с6 12
...

i.b3 �е7 12 lЬbd2 i.e6 Kuzmin-Chou­

= Ji.bЗ 'jjfe7
dhry, De1hi 1 984. The immediate 12 . . . Ji.e6 is also possi­
Ь) 8 . . . i.a7 9 :te1 h6 10 lUbd2 lЬе7 1 1 Ьle.
lЬП Ь5 1 2 i.b3 с5 1 3 lЬе3 i.b7 and agaiп 13 g4! ? Ji.e6 14 'jjjgЗ .!:.ad8 15 .:.rz
B lack has пothiпg to worry about, Rogic­ i.хЬЗ 16 ахЬЗ dS
Giiiп, Belgrade 1 988. Duras-J aпowski, Nuremberg 1 906.
8...i.a7 The position is roughly level. B1ack oc­
8 . . . Ь5 9 i.c2 i.b6 10 h3 lЬе7 1 1 :te1 cupies the ceпtre but White has chaпces
lЬg6 12 lЬП h6 Hartman-Martiпovsky,
= to attack оп the kiпgside.
Wrexham 1 996. Iп fact, B1ack has no real
need to chase the bishop away, as it's do­ С)
ing very little оп the а4-е8 diagoпal. 6 lUxeS (D)
9 h3
9 :te1 is met Ьу 9 . . . lЬg4 ! , а commoп
idea iп this sort of positioп; Black forces
through ... f5. в
9 ... lЬе7 10 :tel lЬg6 1 1 lЬП lЬhS 12
i.еЗ lЬhf4 13 i.xa7 :txa7 14 lUe3 i.e6
Vujo�evic-ObraliC, Вапjа Vrucica
1 99 1 . White has по advaпtage iп this po­
sitioп.

82)
7 i.еЗ i.хеЗ
 Meller Defence
With this move White uses the stan­
dard fork trick to try to c\aim an advan­
tage in the centreo
6...4Jxe5
Alternatively:
а) 6oooli:'Jxe4 7 li:'Jxc6 (7 �е2 li:'Jxe5 8
�хе4 �е7 9 d4 transposes to the note to
Black's 8th move in Line С 1 ) 7 o oodxc6 8
'ii'e2 �е7 9 .::l.e 1 li:'Jf6 1 О d4 'ii'xe2 1 1
.::l.xe2+ i.e7 12 .tb3 and White has the
advantage according to ЕСОо
Ь) 60000-0 7 tlJxc6 dxc6 8 li:'Jc3 �d6 9
d3 li:'Jg4 10 g3 gave Black insufficient
play for the pawn in Luther-Кristensen,
Gausdal 19940
7 d4 li:'Jxe4
It may Ье possiЬ\e that B\ack's best
move here is 7о ооЬ5, when 8 .tb3 reaches
Line D of Chapter 90 White's only other
possibility is 8 dxe5 li:'Jxe4 9 i.b3 (9
�d5? is an easy trick to fall for; after the
surprising 9oo oi.b7 ! 10 'i!Vxb7 с6! White's
queen will Ье trapped Ьу o o o.::l.a7) 9oooi.b7
and now:
а) 10 .tct5 !? i.xf2+ 1 1 .::l.xf2 li:'Jxf2 12
Фхf2 �h4+ 1 3 Фfl i.xd5 14 'i!Vxd5 0-0
15 li:'Jd2 �xh2 "" Stefansson-Hector, Rey­
kjavik 19970
Ь) 10 li:'Jc3 �h4 ! ? (safer is 10oo oli:'Jxc3
1 1 Ьхс3 0-0, with а rough1y \evel posi­
tion) 1 1 .txf7 +! ( 1 1 .te3? li:'Jxc3 12 Ьхс3
�е4 is good for Black) with а further
branch:
Ь l ) 1 1 0 0 0Фхf7 ! ? 12 'i"xd7+ Фg6 1 3
tlJxe4 ! �хе4 (ЕСО gives 13oo o.txe4, fai1-
ing to spot 14 g3 'ii'e7 1 5 �g4+ +-) 1 4
�е6+ Фh5 15 �h3+ with а draw Ь у per­
petua1 checko
Ь2) 1 1 0 0 0Фе7 12 i.e3 .txe3 13 fxe3
li:'Jxc3 14 Ьхс3 �е4 1 5 .:l.f2 with а very
messy position, Short-Onishchuk, Wijk
aan Zee 1997 о
Now (after 7 o o oli:'Jxe4) White has two
main options:
С1: 8 �е2 149
С2: 8 .l:.e1 1 50
1 49
8 dxc5 ? ! li:'Jxc5 9 .::l.e 1 0-0 10 1:. хе5
li:'Jxa4 gives White insufficient play for
the pawno
С1)
8 �е2 i.e7
8оо о�е7 9 �хе4 tlJc6 1 0 'i"xe7+ i.xe7
1 1 с3 to
9 �хе4 li:'Jg6 10 с4
This is White's most sensiЬ\e option,
playing for а slight edge rather than go­
ing all-out for а quick attacko White's
most aggressive option is 10 f4 !? 0-0 1 1
f5 but fol\owing 1 1 0 о od5 ! 12 �d3 li:'Jh4 1 3
g3 с5 ! Black seems to Ье doing О К in the
complications:
а) 14 dxc5 i.xc5+ 1 5 Фh 1 li:'Jxf5 1 6
1:txf5 i.xf5 1 7 �xf5 �е7 1 8 li:'Jc3 'i"e1 +
19 'it>g2 Ь5 20 i.b3 (Timman-Gulko,
Amsterdam 1 987) and now Timman sug­
gests 20o o otl.ae8 2 1 i.xd5 .::l.e5 22 �fl
'it'xfl + 23 Фxfl Ь4 24 i.f4 .::l.f5 25 .te4
.:l.xf4+ 26 gxf4 Ьхс3, which if anything is
better for Blacko
Ь) 14 gxh4 Ь5 1 5 i.g5 i.xg5 16 hxg5
'it'xg5+ 17 �g3 'it'xg3+ 1 8 hxg3 Ьха4 1 9
dxc5 (or 1 9 li:'Jc3 cxd4 2 0 li:'Jxa4 .::l.e8 2 1
.l:r.ad 1 1:!.е3 22 1:!.d3 .l:!.b8 2 3 .::l.f3 tl. e l + 24
Фf2 .::l.c l and B\ack's active pieces gave
him the advantage in Kovaliov-Pinkas,
Goch 1 9 9 1 ) 19 о о o.td7 20 li:'Jc3 .::l.a c8 2 1
.l:.ad 1 .::l.xc5 2 2 li:'Jxd5 .::l. e8 2 3 .::l. f2 h 5=
Perenyi-Mikhalchishin, Budapest 19880
10...0-0 1 1 li:'Jc3 с6
Preventing li:'Jd5 and preparing both а
\ater о о оЬ5 and o ood5o White kept an edge
after 1 1 oood6 12 li:'Jd5 i.f6 13 i.d2 с6 1 4
li:'Jxf6+ �xf6 1 5 i.c2 i.d7 1 6 J:l.fe 1 i n de
Firmian-Fishbein, New York 19890
12 i.c2
12 i.b3 d6 13 i.d2 f5 is equa1, Colo­
vic-Macieja, Szeged 1 9940
1 2 d5 f5 ! ? ( 1 2о о о Ь5 1 3 i.b3 Ьхс4 1 4
'ii'xc4 с 5 1 5 d 6 i.xd6 1 6 li:'Je4 i.e5 1 7
li:'Jxc5 l/2- 1/2 de Firmian-Gu\ko, Phi\adel­
phia 1988) 13 'it'd3 (or 13 �е2 .tf6 ) =
150 Archangel and New Archangel
13 .. .'i'c7 14 f4 Ь5 15 ..ib3 Фh8 16 ..ie3
Ь4 17 l2Je2 с5 with а rough1y 1eve1 posi­
tioп, A.Huпt-Laпe, British Ch 1999.
12...f5!?
This 1ooks stroпger thaп 1 2 ... d6 1 3
-..d3 f5 1 4 f4 ..tf6 1 5 Фh 1 ..tct7 1 6 а4 ! ,
wheп White's extra space gave him а p1us
iп Fedorowicz-Gu1ko, USA Ch 1 989.
13 fr'e2
Or 13 �d3 f4 14 f3 d6 1 5 .l:l.e1 =.
13...d6 14 f4 ..if6 15 i.e3 .l:.e8 16 'i'f3
l2Jf8 17 .l:l.ad1 g6 18 ..if2 i.d7
Dimitrov-Lokasto, Primorsko 1 989.
White has more space, but B1ack is very
solid апd has по rea1 proЬlems.
С2)
8 .l:.e1 (D)
в After 13 g3 с6 1 4 l2Jf4, White gained the
8.....ie7
8 . . . 'ir'h4? 1oses to 9 g3.
9 �хе4
9 dxe5 l2Jc5 promises White пothiпg
after 10 l2Jc3 l2Jxa4 1 1 l2Jxa4, wheп both
1 1 ... Ь5 12 l2Jc3 ..ib7 апd 1 1 ... 0-0 12 ..if4
f6 1 3 'Ш'd5+ Фh8 14 �ad1 fxe5 1 5 "i!i'xe5
i.h4! 16 ..ig3 d6 17 ..ixh4 'ir'xh4 1 8 "ir'd4
"i!i'xd4 1 9 .l:l.xd4, Geller-Izeta, Pa1ma de
Mallorca 1 989, 1eave B1ack with а per­
fect1y р1ауаЬlе positioп.
9.. l2Jg6 10 с4
. а) 1 5 . . .'ita5 1 6 l2Je7+ Фh8 1 7 ..ic2 h6
10 h4? is too reck1ess. After 10 . . .Ь5 1 1
..ib3 d 5 ! 1 2 .l:l.e1 l2Jxh4 1 3 ..ig5 l2Jg6 14
l2Jc3 ..ie6 1 5 ..ixe7 l2Jxe7 1 6 "i!i'fЗ 0-0
B1ack was simp1y а раwп up iп Sahu­
Flear, Lопdоп 1 987.
10...0-0 l l l2Jc3 d6
After 1 1 .. .f5 12 .l:l.e2 f4 13 f3 d6 14
..ic2 ..if5 15 i.xf5 .l:l.xf5 16 "i!i'd3 'i'd7 1 7
l2Jd5 White's control o f the e-file gave
him ап edge in Kashdan - Milner-Barry,
Loпdon 1 932.
12 l2Jd5
12 "iWh5 с6 13 ..ic2 f5 14 .l:l.e1 ..if6 1 5
l2Je2 l2Jh4 1 6 l2Jf4 ..ixd4 1 7 g3 l2Jg6 1 8
l2Jxg6 hxg6 1 9 "ir'xg6 'itf6 20 "i!i'xf6 ..ixf6
21 ..if4 i.хЫ 22 .l:l.ad 1 ..ic3 23 .l:l.e3 i.Ь4
24 ..ixd6 ..ixd6 25 .l:l.xd6 f4 led to а draw
iп UlyЬin-Femandez Garcia, S aragossa
1994, while Fta�пik suggests the prophy­
lactic 12 .l:l.e1 !?.
12...i.h4 13 'ithS!
This move of Anand's has breathed
пеw 1ife into the 8 .l:l.e 1 variatioп. White
prepares а very deep exchange sacrifice.
advaпtage iп S miriп-Izeta, Las Pa1mas
1 993 after 14 . . . l2Jxf4?! 15 ..ixf4 ..if6 1 6
.l:l.e1 , but 14 . . . ..ig5 ! looks more 1ike1y to
equa1ize.
13...с6
After 1 3 . . . ..ie6! ? White сап try either
14 g3 or 14 .l:l.xh4 !? 'i'xh4 15 'i'xh4 l2Jxh4
1 6 l2Jxc7.
14 .l:.xh4!
Haviпg p1ayed 13 "i!i'h5 White is more
or less oЬiiged to go for the exchaпge
sacrifice. Certaiп1y there is по advantage
after 14 l2Jc3 Ь5 ! 15 ..ic2 f5.
14...'i'xh4
White will поw reach ап eпdgame ап
exchange dowп, but as we shall see, he
will possess а massive positioпal Ьiпd as
compeпsatioп. Black has по real choice,
as 14 . . . l2Jxh4? 1eads to trouЬ!e after 1 5
..ig5 ! :
( 1 7 . . . гtJg6 18 ..ixg6 fxg6 1 9 l2Jxg6+ wiпs
for White, as does 17. )iJf5 1 8 l2Jxf5 ..ixf5
19 i.f6 ! ) 18 'itxh6+ ! gxh6 19 ..ifб#.
 Meller Defence
Ь) 1 5 ... f6 1 6 i.xh4 ! cxd5 1 7 'ifxd5+
Фh8 1 8 i.g3 апd the d6-pawп cannot Ье
saved, 1eaviпg White with two powerfu1
pawпs in the ceпtre.
15 -..xh4 liJxh4 16 liJb6 .:lb8 17 i.f4
Let's try to evaluate the positioп. Black
has ап extra exchange, but White has
kept а powerful biпd апd there is а per­
maпeпt weakness оп d6. Black's worries
are compounded Ьу the fact that 17 ... .:ct8
fails to 1 8 i.g5. Added to this, White's
knight оп Ь6 is very well placed, while
Black's pieces are struggling to fiпd апу
useful posts.
17...ltJf5 18 d5
Simply iпcreasing the pressure. Now
White's knight оп Ь6 domiпates the Ьlack
Ьishop.
18..J:te8 19 Фn
White plaпs to aпswer 19 ... .:1е4 with
20 .:le 1 !, exchaпgiпg off Black's оп\у ac­
tive piece. In Anand-Ivaпchuk, Las Palmas
1 996, Black поw erred with 1 9... h6? апd
after 20 h3 ! .:le4 2 1 i.h2 White was iп
coпtrol. Much stroпger is 1 9... h5 !, staЬi­
liziпg the knight оп fS. White сап поw ei­
ther bail out iпto а drawish-lookiпg
eпdiпg Ьу 20 dxc6 Ьхс6 21 i.xc6 .:lxb6
22 i.xe8 .:lxb2, or try to maintain the teп­
sioп with the riskier 20 .:le 1 .:lxe 1 + 2 1
Фхе 1 .
D)
6 с3 (D)
в ._.d4, while 8 . . . .te7 9 d5 also looks
151
As you would expect, this move, pre­
pariпg d4, is White's most popu\ar plan.
Now Black has two maiп courses of ac­
tioп. Of these, D2 is Ьу far the more com­
moп.
D1: 6...0-0 151
D2: 6,..Ь5 1 52
Other moves are known to Ье inferior:
а) 6 . . . i.a7 7 d4 ltJxe4 8 .:le1 fS 9
liJbd2 0-0 10 ltJxe4 fxe4 1 1 i.g5 ._.е8 1 2
1:хе4 d 6 1 3 dxe5 ,..g6 ( 1 3 . . .-tfS loses to
1 4 .:lf4 dxe5 15 .:lxf5 .:lxf5 1 6 -.ь3+) 1 4
.:lf4 .:1xf4 1 5 i.xf4 i.g4 1 6 ,..ЬЗ+ ,..f7 1 7
ltJg5 'ifхЬЗ 1 8 .tхЬЗ+ 1 -0 СараЬ\апса ­
Milпer-Barry, Margate 1 935.
Ь) 6 . . . i.Ьб is ап improvement, as the
Ьishop shields the b7-pawn fro m attack.
Nevertheless, White сап still coпtinue
with 7 d4 liJxe4 8 .:lel f5 9 liJbd2 0-0 1 0
ltJxe4 fxe4 1 1 .:lxe4 d 6 1 2 .t g 5 ._.е8 1 3
dxe5 ! ( 1 3 i.e3? ! •g6 ! 14 i.c2 i.g4 1 5
.:lf4 'ifh5 1 6 i.xh7+ Фh8 1 7 .:lxf8+ { 1 7
.tg6 } 1 7 ....:lxf8 1 8 i.e4 exd4 1 9 cxd4 d5
was fiпe for Black in Heпnigaп-Flear,
Hastiпgs 1 987/8) 13 ... i.f5 14 .:lf4 dxe5
( 1 4 ...'ifh5 1 5 •d5+ Фh8 1 6 i.xc6 Ьхс6
17 'ifxc6 ±) 15 •d5+ 'i'e6 16 ._.хе6+
i.xe6 17 .:lxf8+ .:lxf8 18 i.xc6 Ьхс6 1 9
.te3 leaves Black with таnу weak pawns.
с) 6 ...ltJxe4 ! ? looks very risky, but it's
рrоЬаЬ\у поt as bad as the previous two
optioпs. Alekhiпe suggests 7 •е2, while
also possiЬie is the straightforward 7 d4
exd4 (7 . . . i.a7 апd 7 ... -tЬб traпspose to
liпes 'а' апd 'Ь' respectively) 8 cxd4 .tЬб
(8 ... .tЬ4 сап Ье aпswered Ьу 9 dS апd 1 0
stroпg for White) 9 d5 ltJe7 10 .tc2 ( 1 0
liJg5 ! ?) 1 0. . .liJf6 1 1 d6 ! cxd6 1 2 i.g5
апd White has а daпgerous initiative.
D1)
6...0-0 7 d4 .tb6
7 ... i.a7 \ooks пatural, but it is inferior.
After 8 i.g5 ! h6 9 i.h4 d6 1 О i.xc6 Ьхс6
152 Archangel and New Archangel

1 1 dxe5 dxe5 12 'ii'xd8 .U.xd8 1 3 lt:lxe5, B1ack's weak d-pawn gives White а
White threatens to fork bishop and rook small but definite advantage, Ciemniak­
with lt:lxcб (compare with note 'Ь' to Macieja, Po\ish Cht 1994.
White's 8th move).
8 dxe5 D2)
The main a1ternative is 8 i.g5 h6 9 6... Ь5 (D)
i.h4 d6:
а) lO .U.e1 exd4 1 1 lt:lxd4 i.d7 1 2
lt:lxc6 Ьхс6 1 3 lt:ld2 ;!; Bobras-Macieja,
Polish Cht 1 994. w
Ь) 10 i.xc6 Ьхс6 1 1 dxe5 dxe5 1 2
'ii'a4 ( 1 2 'iixd8 .U.xd8 1 3 lt:lxe5 g5 1 4 i.g3
lt:lxe4 1 5 lt:lxcб .U.e8 gives Black lots of
play for the pawn, Emst- Кristensen,
Gausda1 1 994) 1 2. . . 'ii'd6 1 3 lt:la3 with а
s1ight advantage for White, Chemiaev­
Кristensen, Gausdal 1 995.
8 lt:lxe4 9 �d5 lt:lc5 10 i.c2 lt:lc7 11
.•.

'ir'd1
The main a1temative for White here is Now 7 i.b3 transposes to Line Е of
1 1 'ii'c4, which may also Ье sufficient for Chapter 9. As well as this, White has two
а small advantage. After l l ... d5 1 2 exd6 other important options:
'ii'xd6 (accepting the iso1ated pawn with D21 : 7 d4!? 152
1 2. . . cxd6 must also give White а s1ight D22: 7 i.c2 1 53
pull) 13 .U.d 1 ( 1 3 i.f4 ! ? 'ii'd5 14 lt:lbd2
i.e6 1 5 'ii'xd5 lt:lxd5 1 6 i.g3 .U.ad8 1 7 D21 )
lt:ld4 was better for White i n Matanovic­ 7 d4!?
Van Geet, Utrecht 1 96 1 ) 1 3 . . . 'iic6 14 Ь4 So far this move hasn' t been seen
lt:le6 ( 1 4. . . lt:ld7 1 5 i.xh7+! Фхh7 1 6 much, but it seems quite dangerous.
'ii'h4+ Фg8 17 'i'xe7 1eft B1ack with in­ 7 Ьха4
.•.

sufficient compensation for the pawn in This \ooks forced, as 7 . . . i.b6 8 dxe5
Sax-Macieja, ParduЬice 1 994), 1 5 i.xh7+ lt:lxe4 9 i.b3 doesn' t look very appetiz­
Фхh7 1 6 'iih4+ 1ooks like а stemer test ing for Black.
than 1 5 'i'e2 lt:lg6 1 6 i.e4 lt:lef4 17 'i'c2 8 dxc5 lt:lxe4
'iif6 Kuczynski-Macieja, Lubniewice
= The principal altemative here is to de­
1 994. fend the e5-pawn with 8 . . .'iie7 ! ?. After 9
ll . .d5 12 exd6 �xd6 13 'i'xd6 cxd6
. 'i'xa4 'ii'xc5 10 lt:laЗ ( 10 i.g5!?) we have:
14 i.еЗ а) 10 . . . 0-0 1 1 i.g5 1:l.b8 1 2 .U.ad 1 ( 1 2
14 i.g5 .U.e8 1 5 lt:lbd2 d5 16 с4 f6 17 i.xf6 gxf6 1 3 'jjc2 i s the safe way to play
i.e3 i.f5 ! 1 8 .U.ac 1 ( 1 8 i.xf5 {tjxf5 1 9 for the advantage) 1 2 . . ..U.хЬ2 1 3 lt:lc4
i.xc5 i.xc5 2 0 cxd5 .U.ad8 regains the .U.b5 14 i.xf6 gxfб 15 .U.d5 'i'a7 1 6 lt:le3
pawn) 1 8 . . . i.xc2 1 9 .U.xc2 lt:ld7 \eads to gives White good compensation for the
equality, S.B.Hansen-Кristensen, Esbjerg pawn, Femandez Garcia-lzeta, Salamanca
1997. 1 990.
14....\trs 15 lt:la3 .ltxc2 16 lt:lxc2 lt:lf5 Ь) 1 О . . . i.Ь7 1 1 .lteЗ (1 prefer the al­
17 .U.ad1 .U.ad8 18 .U.fe1 temative 1 1 i.g5 !?) 1 1 . . . 'ii'e7 1 2 1:tad l
 Meller Defence
0-0 1 3 .i.g5 d 6 14 lL!h4 'Ш'е6 1 5 lLJf5 lLJd7
1 6 f3 lLJc5 1 7 'ili'c4 'Ш'хс4 1 8 lL!xc4 liJe6
19 .i.h4 Garbett-lppo1ito, Hawaii 1 998.
= В
9 lL!xe5 lL!xe5 10 'iVdS .i.b7!
1 O. . . lL!xc5 1 1 'itxa8 0-0 12 .i.e3 liJcd3
1 3 'i/i'd5 d6 1 4 lL!d2 gave Black iпsuffi­
cieпt compeпsatioп for the exchange iп
Matanovic-Segi, Novi Sad 1 955.
11 'ir'xe5+ 'i'e7 12 �хе7+
After 1 2 'fixc7 lL!xc5 1 3 .i.e3 J:c8 14
.i.xc5 J:xc7 15 .i.xe7 Фхе7 Black's ac-
tive pieces compeпsate for his structural
disadvaпtages. Short-Ivaпchuk, Novgo­
rod 1 996 coпtiпued 16 J:e 1 + Фf6 17 J:d 1
J:e8 18 liJa3 J:e2 19 J:d6+ Фе7 20 J:b6
.i.e4 апd sооп eпded in а draw.
12 ... Фхе7 13 :f.e1 Фd8 14 �е3 J:te8
15 lL!a3
There is still а little work for Black to
do here before he has equalized. Both
sides possess раwп weakпesses оп the
queeпside, but Black's are а 1ittle more
vulпeraЬ!e.
15 ... �d5
Altematively:
а) 15 ... J:b8 16 f3 lL!f6 17 .i.d4 J:xe1+
18 J:xe 1 .i.d5 1 9 с4 .i.e6 20 Фf2 liJg8 2 1
с6 f6 22 cxd7 Фхd7 2 3 J:d 1 Фе8 24 Фе3
;!; Ivaпchuk-Shirov, Мопасо rpd 1997.
Ь) 15 ... lL!f6 1 6 lLic2 .i.e4 17 ltJct4 lL!d5
1 8 .i.d2 .i.g6 19 Ь4 ахЬ3 20 J:xe8+ Фхе8
21 ахЬ3 lL!e7 22 Ь4 .i.d3 Romanishiп­
= а4 .i.b7 9 d4 d6.
Malaniuk, Koszaliп 1997.
16 с4 .i.e6!
After 16 ... .i.c6 17 f3 lLJf6 1 8 lLic2 J:b8
1 9 .i.d4 J:xe 1 + 20 J:xe 1 d6 2 1 cxd6 cxd6
22 lL!e3 Black was sufferiпg iп Beпja­
miп-Kaufmaп, New York 1 998.
17 �d4 liJf6 18 J:ad1 '>t>c8 19 h3
lLJg8! 20 .i.c3 g6 21 f3 lLJe7 22 Фf2 h5 23
g4
1/z-lfz Eblvest-Onishchuk, Beijing 1998.
The game is level.
D22)
7 �с2 (D)
153
We поw reach positioпs similar to
those discussed iп Liпe Е of Chapter 9 .
The опlу differeпce here is that White's
bishop is оп с2 rather thaп Ь3. Thus the
Ьishop is 1ess actively placed than it
would Ье оп the a2-g8 diagoпal, but оп
the other haпd it defeпds е4 and has side­
stepped Black's queeпside couпterplay
with . . . lLJa5. Black now must make а de-
cisioп about where to put his d-pawп.
The options are:
D221: 7... d5 153
D222: 7... d6 154
7 . . . 0-0? ! 8 d4 is obviously good for
White, as Black is forced to relinquish
the ceпtre with 8 . . .exd4. If Black plays
the prophylactic 7 . . ..i.b6, play is likely to
transpose iпto D2222 after 8 d4 d6 or 8
D22 1 )
7... d5 8 d4!
Reacting immediate1y in the ceпtre
steers the game iпto very tactical waters.
Less coпvinciпg is 8 exd5, when Black
makes use of the Ьishop's absence from
Ь3 with 8 . . . �xd5 ! , followed Ьу . . . 0-0,
so1ving all his opeпing proЬiems.
8... dxe4
8 . . . exd4 9 е5 ! looks promi siпg for
White.
9 lLJxeS
Altematively:
1 54 Archangel and New Archangel
а) 9 dxe5 'i!t'xd 1 (Lutz; 9 ... exf3 ? ! 10
�xd8+ lLJxd8 1 1 exf6 appears good for
White) 1 0 J:txd 1 �xf2+ ! 1 1 Фfl (White
can try 1 1 Фхf2, but after 1 1 . . . lLJg4+ 1 2
<li>g3 ехfЗ 1 3 �е4 lLJgxe5 14 �f4 J:tb8 1 5
gxf3 �е6 he has /ittle e1se but to regain
the pawn Ьу 1 6 �хс6+ lLJxc6 17 �хс7
J:tc8 :::::) 1 1 ...lLJg4 1 2 �хе4 �Ь7 and B1ack
seems О К. For example, 1 3 h3 lLJe3+ 14
Фхf2 lLJxd 1 + 15 Фе2 0-0-0 1 6 lLJbd2
lLJxc3+! 1 7 Ьхс3 J:the8 leaves B1ack well
coordinated.
Ь) 9 dxc5 'ir'xd 1 10 �xd 1 ехfЗ 1 1
�хfЗ �Ь7 1 2 а4 Ь4 1 3 J:te 1 0-0-0 14
�хс6 �хс6 1 5 схЬ4 lLJd5 1 6 �d2 f6 1 7
Ь3 lLJe7 1 8 J:ta2 ;!; de Firmian-Benjamin,
USA Ch 1 999.
9...lLJxeS 10 dxeS 'ir'xd1 11 1:txd1
lLJg4 12 �хе4 lLJxf2
Other moves:
а) 1 2 ... �xf2+ 1 3 Фfl J:tb8 14 h3
lLJe3+ 1 5 Фхf2 lLJxd 1 + 1 6 Фе2 ±.
Ь) 1 2. . . J:tb8 13 �с6+ Фе7 14 �g5+
Фе6 15 �h4 lLJxe5 16 �d5+ Фf5 17 tLJd2
�b7 1 8 lLJe4 �Ьб 19 lLJg3+ Фg6 20 �b3,
and Black's s1ightly vu1neraЬ!e king is
enough to give White the faintest of edges,
Shirov-Ivanchuk, Monaco rpd 1998.
13 �с6+ <3;е7 14 J:tdS �Ь6 15 �ха8
lLJd3+
15 ... �е6? 16 J:td4 lLJd3 17 �g5+ f6 1 8
�е4 lLJxe5 1 9 �е3 + - Lutz-Onishchuk,
Bundes1iga 199617. The text-move is
Lutz's suggested improvement.
16 'iti>П lLJxc1 17 lLJa3 �е6 18 J:txc1
J:txa8 19 J:td3
Black's two bishops and the pawn
weaknesses on а2 and е5 give Black some
compensation for the exchange, although
it's questionaЬ!e whether this is enough.
In his analysis Lutz gives 1 9 ... �ха2 20
с4 Ь4 2 1 с5 �а7 22 lLJc4 �хс5 23 lLJa5
�Ь6 24 lLJc6+ <li>f8 25 lLJxЬ4 (25 Ь3
1ooks even stronger) 25 . . .�е6 26 lLJc6 ±.
Onishchuk was not sufficiently put off the
line, however, and Iater repeated it. Не
preferred 19 ...�f5 20 J:tdd l �g4 21 J:td3
�fS 22 .1:1.dd 1 �g4 1/2- 1/2 N .Mariano-Oni­
shchuk, Jakarta 1 997. Of course White
could try to continue, Ьу moving his rook
off the d-file, but this would give B lack
counterchances with ... J:td8. lt seems that
more practical examples of 7 . . .d5 are re­
quired before any real assessment can Ье
given.
D222)
7 d6 (D)
.••
w
This solid move is Black's most popu­
Jar choice. Now:
D222 1 : 8 а4 1 54
D2222: 8 d4 1 56
A1tematively:
а) 8 Ь4 �Ьб 9 а4 �g4 transposes to
note 'Ь' to White's 9th move in D222 l .
Ь) 8 h3 0-0 9 а4 (9 d4 �Ьб is D2222)
9 ...�b7 1 0 d4 �b6 1 1 axb5 axb5 1 2 J:txa8
�ха8 1 3 dxe5 lLJxe5 1 4 lLJxe5 dxe5 1 5
'iie2 �с6 ::::: Leko-Shirov, Groningen 1996.
D222 1 )
8 а4
With this move White aims to put early
pressure оп the b5-pawn. White сап in­
tensify this strain with Ь4 and lLJa3.
8 ... �g4
As we saw in the previous chapter, this
move gains in strength once White has
 Meller
committed himself to the plan of а2-а4.
The reason is that В lack can try to make
use of the weakness the move а4 has cre­
ated on the queenside (for example, the
b3-square is weakened). 8 . . . i.Ь7 makes
less sense here. After 9 d4 .iЬб 1 О .ig5
0-0 1 1 li:la3, B lack has proЬlems with his
b-pawn.
9 h3
Putting the question to the g4-Ьishop
seems the most logica1 way to continue,
as it leaves White with more options later
on. Other moves include:
а) 9 d3 0-0 10 liJЬd2 and now, rather
than 10 ... Ь4?! 1 1 h3 .ih5 12 а5 ! .:tb8 13
.:te1 'ii'c 8 1 4 liJП Ь3 15 .tы .:tь5 1 б li:lg3
.igб (or 1б ... .ixf3 1 7 'ii'xf3 .:txa5 1 8 .:txa5
li:\xa5 1 9 li:lf5 and White has а strong ini­
tiative for the pawn) 17 d4 exd4 18 cxd4
i.Ь4 19 .id2 .:txa5 20 .:txa5 .ixa5 21 d5
.ixd2 22 li:lxd2 li:ld4 23 li:lxb3 li:lxb3 24
'ii'xb3 ;!; Adams-Benjamin, Luceme Wcht
1 997, both 1 0 . . . .:te8 ! ?, intending . . . d5,
and the immediate 1 0 ... d5!? 1ook stron­
ger.
Ь) 9 Ь4 ! ? .iЬб 10 h3 and now 10 ... .ih5
will generally transpose into the main
line. In Topa1ov-Anand, Dos Hermanas
1 999 B1ack preferred 10 . . . .id7 ! ?, which
prevents the possibility of the Ьishop be­
ing forced at а later stage to go to gб, but
on the other hand it also releases the pin
on the fЗ-knight. Topalov continued with
the solid 1 1 d3 hб 12 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 13 .:txa8
'ii'xa8 1 4 li:la3 'ii'aб 1 5 i.Ь2 0-0 1 б �d2
li:\e7 =. Wedberg suggests the sharper 1 1
li:\a3 ! ?, keeping the option of playing
d2-d4 in one go. Не gives 1 1 ... 0-0 12 .ib2
'fie7 1 3 .:te1 t.
9....i h5
9 ... .ixf3 makes no sense here, as after
1 0 'fixf3 Black has no time to arrange
queenside counterplay with . . . li:\a5 and
. . . Ь4. Following 10 . . . 0-0 1 1 Ь4 .iЬб 1 2
d 3 White is very well placed.
10 Ь4
Defence 1 55
This is White's most dangorou1 plan.
The altemative way to proceed is with 10
d3 0-0 1 1 li:lbd2:
а) 1 1 . . . hб 12 .:te1 .:tb8 13 liJП d5 1 4
ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 5 li:\g3 .igб ( 1 5 ... dxe4? 1 б
li:lxh5 and 1 5. . ..ixf3 1 б ..-хfЗ Ь4 1 7 li:lf5
Ьхс3 1 8 Ьхс3 Фh8 1 9 �а4 are Ьoth strong
for White) 1б li:lh4 and White has а small
edge, Am.Rodriguez-Gi1d.Garcia, Yopal
1 997.
Ь) 1 1 . . . d5 ! 12 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 13 1:txa8
�ха8 14 exd5 li:lxd5 15 li:le4 i.Ьб 1 б
li:\g3 i.gб and Black has no proЬlems,
GiJd.Garcia-Benjamin, Toronto 1998.
10...i.b6 1 1 dЗ
An important a1temative is the imme­
diate exchange on Ь5 with 1 1 ахЬ5 ахЬ5
12 .:txa8 'ifxa8 13 li:la3 and now l 3 ...li:\a7
14 d3 0-0 transposes into the main line,
whi1e Black can also try 1 3 ... li:\d8:
а) 14 d3 сб 15 .ib3 0-0 1б li:lc2 li:leб
17 li:le3 ( 1 7 g4 ! ?) 1 7. . . .ixf3 1 8 *'хfЗ
�al ! gives Black good counterplay,
Jansa-D.Gross, Zlin 1 998.
Ь) 14 li:lxb5 ! ? li:lxe4 15 d4 0-0 1 б dxe5
dxe5 17 '1We2 f5 "' Svidler-Benj amin, Lu­
ceme Wcht 1 997.
с) 14 .:te1 сб 15 d4 'ii'a7 1б g4 .igб 1 7
с 4 exd4 1 8 е 5 dxe5 1 9 li:lxe5 with a n ap­
proximately level position, Adams-Svid­
ler, Frankfurt rpd 1 999.
11 ...0-0 12 ахЬ5
White resolves the tension on the
queenside. After 12 g4 ! ?, 12 ... .igб could
well transpose into the main line, but
White must Ье ready to meet the sacrifi­
cial idea 12 ... li:lxg4 ! ? 13 hxg4 .ixg4.
12...ахЬ5 13 �ха8 �ха8 14 li:la3!?
Adding pressшe to the b5-pawn i s the
most consistent way forward. After 1 4
.ig5? ! li:ld8 ! 1 5 .ixfб gxfб 1 б g 4 .igб 17
li:lh4 li:leб Black was doing well in Van
der Wiel-Atalik, Wijk aan Zee 1 997.
Black also need not fear 1 4 li:lbd2 as both
14 . . . d5 and 14 .. .'if'a1 ! ? 1ook like reason­
aЬle responses.
1 56 Archangel and New Archangel
14...lt:Ja7
14 ...'iii'aб 15 i.ЬЗ lt:Jd8 1 б g4 ! i.gб 17
lt:Jh4 lt:Jeб апd поw 1 8 lt:Jf5 с5 19 lt:Jc2
i.d8 20 с4 схЬ4 21 lt:Jxb4 �Ь6 22 i.еЗ
lt:Jc5 was ОК for Black iп J.Po1gar-Topa­
lov, Dos Непnапаs 1 997, but 1ater Po1gar
improved with 1 8 lt:Jc2! с5 1 9 с4! t J.Pol­
gar-IIlescas, Madrid 1 997.
15 g4
If White waпts to avoid the possiЬility
of the пехt поtе then he could play 15
i.g5 lt:Jd7 and on1y then 1 6 g4.
15...i.g6
15 ...lt:Jxg4 ! ? must Ье considered here,
as Вlack gets two pawпs for the piece апd
а lasting pin on the fЗ-kпight. After 1 6
hxg4 i.xg4 Wedberg gives 17 i.еЗ f5 18
i.ЬЗ+ Фh8 1 9 i.d5 �с8 ! апd 1 7 i.ЬЗ
Фh8 18 lt:Jc2 f5 19 lt:JeЗ i.хеЗ 20 fхеЗ
fxe4 2 1 dxe4 �с8 ! , when in both cases
Black has reasonaЬ!e compensatioп for
the piece.
16 i.g5 lt:Jd7 17 i.ЬЗ Фh8 18 lt:Jh4 h6
19 i.d2 i.h7 20 lt:Jc2 �d8 21 l0f5 lt:Jc8
22 lt:Jce3 lt:Je7 23 lt:Jxe7 �хе7
;!; Illescas-Adams, Dos Hermaпas
1999.
D2222)
8 d4
This is а very 1ogica1 continuation.
8...i.b6 (D)
w McShane-Hector, Copenhagen 1 998 or
9 h3
It seems worth expeпdiпg а tempo to
prevent . . . i.g4, апd this has Ьееп the
most popular choice for White. 9 а4 i.g4
10 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 1 J:xa8 �ха8 12 d5 lt:Ja7
13 hЗ i.h5 14 i.g5 lt:Jd7 15 g4 i.g6 1 6
lt:Jh4 h6 1 7 i. c 1 �d8 1 8 lt:Jf5 i.xf5 1 9
exf5 lt:Jf6 was ОК for Black i п Fedoro­
wicz-Gulko, USA Ch 1997.
9 0-0
..•
A1so possiЬie is 9 ... i.b7 (puttiпg ear­
lier pressure оп the e4-pawn) 10 J:e1 (af­
ter 10 i.еЗ, 10 . . . 0-0 transposes to the
main line, but maybe B1ack could try
1 0... exd4 1 1 cxd4 lt:JЬ4 ! ?) 1 0 ... 0-0:
а) 1 1 аЗ and поw 1 1 . . . hб 12 i.еЗ lt:Jd7
13 lt:Jbd2 lt:Je7 14 Ь4 exd4 1 5 cxd4 f5 1 6
i.ЬЗ+ Фh8 l 7 lt:Jg5 �е8 1 8 lt:Je6 1ed to
an advantage for White iп Kosten-Laпe,
British Ch 1 999, but B\ack shou1d con­
sider 1 1 . . . J:e8, preveпtiпg 12 i.еЗ.
Ь) 1 1 i.еЗ and now \ 1 ...J:te8 12 lt:JЬd2
h6 1 3 аЗ traпsposes to note 'а' to B1ack's
12th move, but perhaps Black can im­
prove with \ l . . . exd4 !? 12 cxd4 lt:JЬ4.
10 i.еЗ!?
Опе advaпtage of haviпg the bishop
on с2 is that the е4-раwп is protected.
Thus White need not rush to р1ау lt:JЬd2,
but сап deve1op this Ьishop first, 1eпdiпg
crucia1 support to the d4-pawп. A1terna­
tive\y, White can р1ау 10 i.g5 h6 1 1 i.h4
'i!i'e7 1 2 а4 i.d7 1 3 d5 lt:Ja5 ! ? 14 lt:Jbd2;
e.g., 14 . . . сб 15 Ь4 lt:Jc4 1 6 lt:Jxc4 Ьхс4 1 7
dхсб i.xc6 1 8 �е2 J:ac8 1 9 lt:Jd2 d 5 20
exd5 i.xd5 21 J:fe1 J:fe8 22 а5 .ia7 =
14 . . . Фh8 1 5 Ь4 lt:Jb7 16 с4 g5 17 i.gЗ
lt:Jh5 with ап unc1ear position, Shirov­
Onishchuk, Groningen 1 996.
10...i.b7
1 0 . . . J:b8 1 1 :te 1 i.d7 12 lt:JЬd2 J:e8
1 З lt:Jf l Ь4 14 lt:Jg3 (14 d5 ! ?) 14 . . . Ьхс3 15
ЬхсЗ i.a5 16 i.d2 ;!; Luther-Christiaп­
sen, Bundes1iga 199617.
l l lt:Jbd2 .:.es 12 Пе1 (D)
A1ternative1y:
 Meller Defence
а) 1 2 d5 and now:
а 1 ) 1 2 . . .lt:Ja5?! 1 З Ь4 ! lt:Jc4 14 lt:Jxc4
Ьхс4 15 lt:Jd2 .tхеЗ 16 fхеЗ с6 17 lt:Jxc4
cxd5 1 8 exd5 �с7 (Wedberg gives the
lines 1 8 . . . .txd5 1 9 .l:.xf6 .txc4 20 .l:.xd6
and 18 ... lt:Jxd5 1 9 .txh7+! Фхh7 20'i'h5+
�g8 2 1 "iifxf7+ �h8 22 .l:.f5 lЬf6 2З
"iifxb7 as winning for White) 19 lt:Ja5 ±
UlyЬin-Hector, Gothenburg 1 999.
а2) 12 ...lt:Je7 !З .tхЬб схЬб 14 с4 Ьхс4
1 5 lt:Jxc4 Ь5 1 6 !ЬеЗ lt:Jg6 = Morovic­
Christiansen, New York 1 997.
Ь) 12 аЗ !?, prevents ideas of ... exd4
followed Ьу . . .!ЬЬ4. Black may have
nothing better than 12 . . . h6, when ! З .l:.el
transposes to note 'а' to Black's 1 2th
move.
в Nunn then gives 1 5 lt:Jxe4 lt:Jxe4 1 6 'i'ЬЗ
12 ... exd4!?
This is the critical test of White's play,
although it may not Ье best. Altematives:
а) 12 ... h6 lЗ аЗ Ci:Ja7 ( 1 З . . . .tа7 1 4 Ь4
lt:Jd7 1 5 !ЬЬЗ ;j; Rбtsagov-Ziegler, Goth-
enburg 1 998; 1З . . . !ЬЬ8 ! ?, preparing to
play ... lt:Jbd7 and . . . с5, may Ье ОК for
Black; of course 1 З ... .I:.Ь8 transposes to
line 'Ь') 1 4 а4 ! exd4 1 5 cxd4 с5 1 6 d5
!Ьс8 1 7 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 1 8 .l:.xa8 .txa8 1 9 ЬЗ
1 57
and White is better, Galkin-Emms, Bat­
umi Echt 1999.
Ь) 12 ....1:.Ь8 (the idea of this move is to
meet the advance d5 with ....tхеЗ, which
would otherwise fail tactically to dxc6!)
! З аЗ h6 14 'i'e2 and now 14 . . . d5 ? ' 1 5
lt:Jxe5 dxe4 1 6 lt:Jg4 lt:Jh7 1 7 .txe4 .l:.xe4
1 8 lt:Jxe4 f5 1 9 d5 ! gave White а very
strong attack in Nunn-Hector, Oxford
1 998. Nunn suggests 14 . . . 'i'd7 as Ьeing а
more cautious way for Black to play, giv­
ing 1 5 d5 lt:Je7 16 а4 .tхеЗ 1 7 'lixeЗ с6
18 ахЬ5 схЬ5 19 Ь4 with а small plus to
White. Best of all, however, may Ье Wed­
berg's suggestion of 14 . . . exd4 15 cxd4
lt:Ja5, i n order to meet 1 6 Ь4 Ьу 16 ... lt:Jc4.
13 cxd4 lt:Jb4 14 .tgS!
Of course it would Ье nice to retain the
Ьishop with 1 4 .tы , but Black seems to
Ье аЬ!е to grab the e-pawn with 14 ... .txe4.
с5 17 .txe4 .l:.xe4 1 8 lt:Jg5 ( 1 8 аЗ с4 ! 1 9
�хЬ4 .ta5 is one ofBlack's defensive re­
sources) 1 8 ... .1:.е7 1 9 dxc5 dxc5 20 .l:.ad l
�е8 and Вlack defends.
14 ...lt:Jxc2 15 �хс2 h6 16 .i.h4
Originally 1 believed this position to
Ье much better for White, but no\\· I ' m
not so sure. Вlack has obtained the two
Ьishops, but in retum has been forced to
relinquish the centre and in addition he
has to deal with а nasty pin on the h4-d8
diagonal. After 1 6 . . . g5 17 .tgЗ lt:Jh5 1 8
.th2, Jansa-Martinovsky, Wrexham 1998
continued 18 ... lt:Jf4? 1 9 .txf4 gxf4 20 е5
dxe5 21 dxe5 and Black was already in
serious trouЬie. 1 8...�f6!, planning ...'i'g6,
looks like а much better proposition, after
which it's difficult to make а real assess­
ment of the position.
l ndex of Va riations

Chapter Guide 2: Archangel with 7 сЗ : Rare 7th

Moves for Black
1 е4 eS 2 4::\fЗ 4:\с6 3 it.ЬS а6 4 ..ta4 4:\r6 1 е4 е5 2 4::\В 4:\с6 З it.b5 а6 4 it.a4 4Jf6
5 0-0 ьs 5 0-0 Ь5 6 it.bЗ it.b7 7 сЗ 18
S . . . it.cS - Chapter 1 О А: 7 . . .h6 1 9 8 d4 d6: 9 4Jbd2 19; 9 'ii'e2
6 it.ЬЗ it.b7 19; 9 1:.е1 19
6. . . it.cS - Chapter 9 В: 7 . . . d5 20
Now (after 6 ... it.b7): В 1 : 8 d4 21
а) 7 ltJcЗ - Chapter 8 В2: 8 exd5 21 8 ... 4::\xdS: 9 d4 22; 9 1:.е1 22
Ь) 7 4:\g5 - Chapter 8
с) 7 dЗ - Chapter 7 З: Archangel with 7 сЗ 4:\хе4: Minor
d) 7 d4 - Chapter 1 Lines
е) 7 сЗ 4:\хе4 (other moves - Chapter 2) 8 1 е4 е5 2 4::\fЗ 4::\с б 3 it.b5 аб 4 it.a4 4::\fб
d4 (other moves - Chapter З): 5 О-О ьs 6 .tьз it.b7 7 сЗ 4:\хе4 23
е!) 8 ... 4:\а5 - Chapter 4 А: 8 1:.el 23
е2) Other moves - Chapter З А ! : 8 ... 4::\aS 23
f) 7 1:.е1 : А2: 8 ... d5 24 9 dЗ 4:\с5 10 4:\хе5 llli.e 5 l l
f l ) 7 ... it.c5 8 сЗ d6 9 d4 it.b6 1 0 i.g5 - 1:.хе5+: l l ... it.e7 23; l l . . . lt:\e6 24
·

Chapter 6 АЗ: 8 . . . 4:\с5 24 9 4:\хе5 4:\хе5 1 0 1:.хе5+

f2) AIJ other lines - Chapter 5 АЗ ! : 1 0 ... it.e7 24
АЗ2: 1 0... 4::\еб 25 1 0 . . . 4:\е6 1 1 d4 it.d6: 1 2
1 : Archangel with 7 d4 1:.h5?! 25; 1 2 1:.е1 25
1 е4 е5 2 4::\ fЗ 4:\с6 з it.b5 а6 4 it.a4 4Jf6 В: 8 d4 2б
5 0-0 Ь5 6 it.bЗ it.b7 7 d4 б 7 ... 4:\xd4 В 1 : 8 . . . exd4 26
А: 8 it.xf7+ б 8 . . . ФхП 9 4:\хе5+ Фg8 1 0 В2: 8 ... it.e7 27
'ii'xd4: 1 0. . .'ii'e 8 б ; 1 0 . . . d6 7; I O. .. c5 7 В2 1 : 9 1:.е 1 28
В: 8 4:\xd4 9 8 . . . exd4 В22: 9 'ii'e2 29 9 . . . d5 10 dxe5: 10 ... 4:\а5
В ! : 9 сЗ 9 30; 1 0...0-0 30
В2: 9 е5 10 9 ... 4:\е4
В 2 1 : 1 0 f3 10 4: Archangel with 7 сЗ 4:\хе4: Main
В22: 1 0 'it'g4 10 Line (8 d4 4:\а5)
В2З: 10 'it'fЗ 11 1 е4 е5 2 4::\fЗ 4::\сб З it.b5 а6 4 it.a4 4Jf6
В24: 10 1:.е1 1 1 5 0-0 Ь5 6 .tьз i.b7 7 сЗ 4:\хе4 8 d4
В24 1 : I O. . .it.e7 1 1 : 1 1 с З 1 1 ; 1 1 'ii'g4 12; 4::\aS 32
1 1 'ii'fЗ 12 А: 9 4:\хе5 32 9 . .. 4::\хЬЗ 1 0 �хЬЗ
В242: 1 0 ... 'it'h4 13 A l : 1 0 . . . 'ii'f6 32 1 1 fЗ !
В24З: 10 ... d5 13 А 1 1 : 1 1 ... 4::\d б?! 32
В244: 10 .. . с5 ! 13 А 1 2: 1 t ...ltJc5 33 1 2 4:\g4 llli.ьз 1 з llli.f6+:
В25: 10 сЗ 14 13 ... Фе7? 33; 1 З ... gxf6 34
В25 1 : 10 . . .4:\с5 14 А2: 1 0 . . . 4Jd6 34: 1 1 it.f4 34; 1 1 а4 35; 1 1
В252: I O ... dЗ 14 : 1 1 it.eЗ 14; 1 1 'ii'fЗ 15; 1:.е1 35; 1 1 с4 35
1 1 'ii' xdЗ 15 В: 9 it.c2 36 9 . . . exd4
В25З: l O . . . dxcЗ 1б В 1 : 1 0 4:\xd4 3б 1 0 .. . с5
 Index of Variations 159

В 1 1 : 1 1 .txe4 37 1 1 ... .txe4 1 2 1:te 1 d5: 1 3 Н5: 10 . . . 0-0 63

liJf5 37; 1 3 fЗ 37 HS I : 1 1 liJaЗ 63
В 1 2: 1 l liJf5 37 Н 52: 1 1 ахЬ5 64 1 1 . . . ахЬ5 1 2 1:txa8:
В2: 1 О ft'e2 38 1 2 . . . .txa8 64; 1 2 . . . 'ii'xa8 64
ВЗ: 10 .:tel 39 IO ... d5 l l liJxd4 с5 Нб: IO . . . hб! 65
ВЗ 1 : 1 2 liJf5 40: 1 2 . . . g6 40; 1 2 . . . �d7 40 Нб l : 1 1 ахЬ5 65 1 1 ... ахЬ5 1 2 .:.Ха8 'ifxa8:
В32: 1 2 f3 41 1 3 d5 65; 1 3 liJaЗ 66
В4: 10 .txe4 41 Н62: 1 1 liJh4 67
B S : 1 0 Ь4 41 10 ... liJc4 1 1 .txe4 .txe4 1 2 1: 10 .tеЗ 68
.:te1 1 1 : IO . .. 'it'e7?! 68
В5 1 : 1 2 .. .f5 ? ! 42 12: 1 0 . . . exd4 !? 69
В 52: 1 2 ... d5 42 1 3 liJxd4 IЗ: IO ... hб 69 1 1 hЗ 0-0 1 2 liJbd2
В521 : 1 3 ... 'iii'd7 42 13 1 : 1 2 . . .We7 69
В522: I З ... .tdб 43 I32: 1 2 . . . liJd7 70
В523: 1 З ... с5 ! 44 1 4 Ьхс5 .txc5 1 5 fЗ 0-0 IЗЗ: 1 2 . . . 'ii'd7 70
1 6 fxe4 dxe4 1 7 .:.Хе4 f*'d5 : 1 8 'iffЗ I34: 1 2 . . . .1:1.е8 70
45; 1 8 .:th4 46 I34 1 : 1 3 wы 7/
I342: 13 d5 71: 1 3 . . . liJa5 72 ; 13 . . . liJe7 72
5: Archangel with 7 Пе1 : Minor Lines I35: 1 2 ... 1t'b8 73
1 е4 е5 2 liJB liJcб З .tb5 аб 4 .ta4 liJf6 IЗб: 1 2 . . . 11Ь8 73
5 о-о Ь5 б .tьз .tь7 7 .:te1 47 7 . . . .tc5 I37: 1 2 . . . exd4 73 1 3 cxd4 liJЬ4 1 4 �Ь! с5
8 сЗ dб 9 d4 .tЬб 1 5 аЗ liJcб: 1 6 dxc5 74; 1 6 е5 74; 1 6 d5
А: 1 0 dxe5 49 75
в: 1 0 liJbd2 50 14: 1 0 ... 0-0 76
С: 1 0 d5 50 141 : 1 1 dxe5 76
D: 1 0 ft'dЗ 51 1 0 ... h6 142: 1 1 h3 76: 1 1 . . . liJa5 76; l l ... exd4 77
D l : 1 1 а4 51 1 1 . . . 0-0: 1 2 ахЬ5? ! 5 1 ; 1 2 d5 143: 1 1 d5 77
5 1 ; 1 2 liJh4 52; 1 2 liJbd2 52 144: 1 1 liJbd2 78: 1 1 . . . liJd7 78; l l . . . 'it'd7
D2: 1 1 liJbd2 53 78; l l . . . exd4 78; 1 1 . . . .1:1.е8 79
Е: 1 0 hЗ 53
Е ! : 1 0 .. .'i!ie7 53 б : Archangel with 7 .1:1.е1 : Main Line
Е2: 1 0 . . . 0-0 54: 1 1 а4 54; 1 1 .tg5 54 ( 1 0 .tg5)
ЕЗ: I O ... hб 55 1 1 а4 0-0: 1 2 liJaЗ 55; 1 2 d5 1 е4 е5 2 liJf3 liJcб 3 .tb5 аб 4 .ta4 liJfб
55 5 0-0 Ь5 б .tьз .tb7 7 :l.el .tc5 8 с3 dб
F: 1 0 аЗ 56: I O. .. hб 56; IO. .. 'it'e7 57; 9 d4 .tЬб 1 0 .tg5 80 1 0. . . hб 1 1 .th4
1 0...0-0 57 А: 1 1 ... 1t'd7 80 12 а4 0-0-0 1 З ахЬ5 ахЬ5
G: 1 0 liJh4 58 А 1 : 1 4 d5?! 81
G 1 : I O ... g6 58 А2: 14 .txfб 81 1 4 . . .gxf6 1 5 .td5: 15 . . . f5
G2: 10 . . . liJe7 58 82; 1 5 ... .1:1.dg8 82; 1 5 . . . .1:1.hg8 83
GЗ: 1 0 . . . 0-0 58 АЗ : 1 4 liJaЗ 84 1 4 . . . g5 1 5 .tgЗ
G4: 1 O. . . exd4 59 1 1 liJf5: 1 1 . . . 0-0 59; АЗ ! : 1 5 ... exd4 84
1 l . . . dxcЗ 59 АЗ2: 1 5 ... h5 84
GS: 10 .. .'�d7 60: 1 1 liJf5 60; 1 1 .tg5 61 АЗ2 1 : 1 6 dxe5 84
Н: 1 0 а4 62 АЗ22: 1 6 h4 86 1 6 . . . gxh4 1 7 .txh4 :l.hб:
Н 1 : 1 0 . . . Ьха4 62 18 dxe5 86; 1 8 'it'dЗ 87; 1 8 lLJxb5 87;
Н2: I O . . . liJa5 62 1 8 liJg5 87; 1 8 liJc2 88
НЗ: I O .. �d7 62
. В : l l .. .'�e7 89 1 2 а4
Н4: 1 о .. .'�'е7 62 в 1 : 1 2 ... 0-0-0? ! 90
160 Archangel and New Archangel

В2: 1 2. . . g5 92 1 3 .tgЗ h5 14 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 04: 8 tUcЗ 119

1 5 1:1.ха8+ .ixa8 04 1 : 8 . . .dб 1 19
В21 : l б dxe5 92 042: 8 ... 0-0 1 20 9 а4: 9 .. Ь4 121; 9 . . . tt:Jd4
.

В22: l б hЗ 92 1 2 1 ; 9 . . . tt:Ja5 122

В23: l б h4 93 lб . . . g4 1 7 tt\g5 tiJd8!
В23 1 : 1 8 dxe5 ? ! 93 8: Archangel : Rare 7th Moves for
В232: 1 8 tt:Jaз 94 White
В233: 1 8 'ir'dЗ 94 1 е4 е5 2 tiJfЗ tUcб з .tь5 аб 4 .ta4 tt:Jfб
В234: 1 8 f4 94 5 а-о Ь5 6 .tьз ..tь7
В235: 1 8 tt:Jaз 95 I 8 ... tt:Jd7 1 9 tt:Jc2 fб 20 А: 7 tt:JcЗ 123: 7 . . . tt:Ja5 ? ! 1 23 ; 7 . . . .ie7 123
tUeЗ fxg5 2 1 tUб: 2 1 .. .'ii' fб 95; В : 7 tt\g5 123 7 . . .d5 8 exd5 tt\d4 9 .:l.el :
2 1 ...'i'h7 95 9 . . . tUxb3 124; 9 ... .tdб 124
ВЗ: 1 2 . . . 0-0 96: t з tt:Jaз 96; 1 3 'i'dЗ 96;
1 3 d5 97; 1 3 ахЬ5 97 9: New Archangel
С: 1 1 .0-0 98
.. 1 е4 е5 2 tiJfЗ tt:Jcб 3 ..tb5 аб 4 .ta4 tiJfб
C l : 1 2 d5 98 5 о-о Ь5 6 .tьз .ic5 126
С2: 1 2 'i'dЗ 98 А: 7 .:!.e l ? ! 126
С2 1 : 1 2 . . . .:l.e8 99 В: 7 'ir'e2 1 2 7: 7 ... dб 127; 7 ... d5 128
С22: 1 2 ... tt:Ja5 99 С: 7 dЗ 129: 7 ... d6 129; 7 . . .0-0 130
С23: 1 2 . . . 'i'e7 100 1 3 tUЬd2 tt\a5 1 4 .tc2 0: 7 tt\xe5 130 7 . . . tt:Jxe5 8 d4 .txd4 9
с5 1 5 d5 с4 l б 'i'e2: l б . . . .tc8 1 00; 'i'xd4 d6: 10 сЗ 131; 1 0 f4 132
t б . . .:.rь8 101 Е: 7 сЗ 133 7 ... dб
С24: 12 ... g5 101: 13 tt\xg5 101; 1 3 .tgЗ E l : 8 1:l.el 134
101 Е2: 8 а4 134
СЗ: 1 2 а4 102 Е2 1 : 8 . . ..ib7 135
СЗ \ : 1 2 ... tt:Ja5 102 Е22: 8 ... .ig4 135 9 dЗ 0-0 \ 0 hЗ:
С32: 1 2 . . . .:1.е8 103 1 3 ахЬ5 ахЬ5 14 .:l.xa8 I O ... .txfЗ 135; 1 0 ... .th5 136
.txa8: 1 5 'i'dЗ 103; 1 5 d5 104 Е23: 8 . . ..:l.b8 137 9 d4 .iЬб 1 О ахЬ5 ахЬ5:
СЗЗ: 1 2 ... exd4 105 \ 3 cxd4 .:l.e8 14 ахЬ5 1 1 hЗ 1 37; 1 1 tt:Jaз 138
ахЬ5 1 5 .:l.xa8 .txa8: \б 'i'dЗ 105; l б ЕЗ: 8 d4 140 8 ... ..tЬб: 9 dxe5 140; 9 .J:rel
tt\c3 107 141; 9 ..tез 1 4 1 ; 9 hЗ 142; 9 .tg5 142;
С34: 12 ... g5 108: 13 tt\xg5? ! 108; J 3 .tgЗ 9 а4 143
108 F: 7 а4 144: 7 . . . .tЬ7 144; 7 . . ..:1.Ь8 144
о: 1 1 ... g5 109 12 .tgз о-о
0 1 : 1 3 d5 110 1 0 : Meller Defence
02: 1 3 dxe5 110 \ 3 . . . tt\xe5 14 tt\xe5 dxe5: 1 е4 е5 2 tiJfЗ tt:Jcб 3 .tb5 аб 4 .ta4 tt:Jfб
1 5 tt:Jd2 1 10; 1 5 'i'fЗ 1 1 1 5 О-О .tc5 146
А: б .tхсб 146
7 : Archangel with 7 dЗ В : б dЗ 147 6 ... dб: 7 сЗ 148; 7 .tеЗ 148
1 е4 е5 2 tiJfЗ tt:Jcб 3 .tb5 аб 4 .ta4 tiJfб С: б tt\xe5 148 6 . . . !Ьхе5 7 d4 tt\xe4: 8
5 о-о ь5 б .tьз ..tь7 7 сtз 112 'ir'e2 149; 8 1:1.e l 150
А: 7 . . .gб?! 1 1 2 0: б сЗ 151
В : 7. . . h б ? ! 1 1 2 0 1 : б . . О-0 151
.

С : 7 ... .tdб ll3: 8 аЗ 114; 8 с З 114; 8 а4 115 02: б . . . Ь5 152

0: 7 ... .tc5 1 1 7 021 : 7 d4! ? 152
01: 8 сЗ 117 022: 7 .tc2 153
0 2 : 8 .tез 1 1 7 022 1 : 7 ...d5 153
0 3 : 8 a4 ll8 0222: 7 ... dб 154: 8 а4 154; 8 d4 156