The Sici lian Dragon

Yugoslav Attack

9 Ac4

by
Eric Schiller
and
Jonathan Goldman

Chess Enterprises, Inc.

1987
© Copyright 1987 by Eric Schi lIer & Jonathan
Goldman.
A 11 rights reserved.

ISBN 0-931462-68-1
Editor: B.G. Dudley

Diagrams by THOMAS MAGAR

Cover design by E.F. Witalis, Jr.
Witalis-Burke Associates
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other Chess Enterprises Books by Eric Schlller:

Catalan
Camb r i dge S p r i ngs
Caro-Kann:4 .Nd7 (w i t h leon i d Shamkov i c hl
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B l ackma r-DiemerGamb i t
Queen's G amb i t O rthodox Va r i at i on
G ronfe ld Defense: Russ ian Systems
S i c i l ian: Modern R i chter Rauzer
S ic i l i an: C lass ica l R i c hter Rauzer
S i c i li on: R ic h ter Ra uzer, 7 06
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 Preface
T h i s b ook is a state of the a r t report on t he ma i n l i ne (9 Bc4) of t he
Yugos lav Att ack in t he S i c i llan D ragon. It conta i ns al l mate r i a l
ava i la b l e t o t he au t hors a s o f Novemb e r 3 1 , 1 986, w i t h some
su bsequent mate r i a l added at p roof stage We have concen t ra ted
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on the p e r i od \ 9 80 - 1 986, si nce t he re is an ab undance of

w o r t hw hi le l i teratu re w h i c h was p u b l i s hed i n o r about 1 980 (see
bib l i og r a p hy). We have Inc luded Im po rt ant l ines from t hese ear l i e r
sou rces so t hat this book is a com p lete reference w ork t o t he
present handl ing of t he Yugos lav Attack. T he a u t ho rs are not
G randmasters, and have t heref ore t r i ed to avoid eva luating
posit i ons, p refe r ring t o quote es tab l i shed a u t ho r i t i es . We have c i ted
ou r sou rces for each exam p le, and the eva lu a t i on comes from t ha t
source (un less i t is ob v i ous to any reasonab le p l ayer). O u r o w n
ana lys is is c lear ly i ndica ted. A resea rch p roject o n contemp ora ry
open i n g t heory req u ires access to a fine l i b rary , faci hUes fo r
organ i z i ng t he mat e r i a ls , and a method of keep ing t he database u p
t o da t e w hi l e p rep a r i n g t he manusc r ipt. W e have been fo rtuna t e i n
enjoy i ng cooperat i on f rom a n u mber o f sou rces fo r a l l of t hese
i t ems. To Bob Wade we a re Indeb ted for access to his h i s
magn i f icent col lec t i on of chess books and j o urna ls. T hese w e re
accompanied b y h i s famous hos p i ta l ity. C hessworks Un lim i t ed
prov i ded t he b asic resea rch fac i l i t l es . Enthus ias t i c ana lys is came
from B i l l Maddex and other m embers of t he UC C hess C lu b, and
ou r thanks to Ray Keene and Veena M i s hra f or va l uab le he l p . To
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He lix , f rom Odesta Corp oration, running on an App le Mac intosh
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prepa ra t i on fo r laserp rlnt i ng, u s i ng a new laserfont ("P i I Isbu ry")
from C hesswo rks Un l i m i ted. We a re gr atefu l to the UC Human i t ies
Co mput Ing Fac i l i t y for use of t he las erw r i t e r . Bob D u dley cont i nues
to enhance t he di ssem i na t i on of chess t heo ry in t he Uni ted St ates,
resu It ing i n i m p roved p erformance of ou r p layers. He a lso p rov i des
t remendous financia l su p p o rt to t he c hes s comm u n i t y t h rou gh h i s
pu b l i s h i ng effo rts. We hope t hat t h i s effort just i f i es his confidence
bo t h in t he a u t ho rs and in the ma rket - p l ace! T homas Magar di d a
great job p roofreading the manusc r i p t . I f any er rors s t i l l ex ist t hey
are t he s o le p roperty of t he authorsl

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 What the symbols and abbreviations mean

In t he cou rse of ou r research we found a w i de range of

di sagreement on t he mean ing of va r ious common symb ols . Here are
ou r uses . We do not c la i m t hat they a re s u p er i or to any o t her
i n t er p reta tions, but t h i s is how the symbols areused i n t he book .

Whi te has an advantage.

Somet h i ng between ; and +-
+- W hite is l i ke ly to w i n u nles s he makes a major mistake.
-+ Black has an advantaae .
+ Som e t h ing between -+ and -+
-+ B lack Is l i ke ly to w i n unless he makes a major m i stake.
Cl) T he pos i t ion has not yet been t ho roughly eva lu ated.
= Chances are equal, w h ich is not to say the position is drawn.
The s i de w i t h greater mate r i a l has a compensatory weakness,
ei ther s t ructu r al o r in terms of a las t i ng i n i t i a t ive.
! Cons ide red best by t he a u t hor i ty c i ted (or t he au thors).
!l A move w h ich i s not only best. but w h i ch i s beautiful as well .
7 Cons idered a m i stake by the a u t ho r i t y c i ted (or the a u t ho rs).
77 A move even t he p erpet rator must consider di sgus t i ngly bad.
17 A move has suff ici ent mer i t to deserve fu r t he r p ract ica l tests .
71 A move w h i c h doesn't have suffi c ient me r i t f o r f u r t he r tests.
• A l i ne w h i c h i s c r i t i cal for the evalua tion of t he var ia tion
•

accord i ng to
T he moves w hi c h f ollow are p art of the correct plan . .
Correspondence game
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- Cou nterp lay
Abbrev ia tlonsof Jou rna ls:

CH 1/ 8 6 C hess Horizons,Janu ary 1 9 86

CPl C hess P layer vo lume 1
I N F l l1 1 1 1 C hess Informant , volume 1 1 game 111
NCP l New C hess Player volu me 1
NICl New In C hess Yearbook 1
PCN l P layers C hess New s, Annu a l 1
SB 1I 86 Shakhmatny Bl u l l i ten
SN 1I 86 Schack Ny t t , Janua ry 1986
TCl Tou rnament C hess, volume 1

Books:

BCO Bats ford C hess Openings

G. Kaspa rov & R.D Keene, London: Batsford 1982
.

ECO Encyc lopaedia of C hess O peni ngs, Volu me B 1 984

A. Matanov i c (ed'), Belgrade:

E slr i r1 1 985l Malaya Shakhmatnaya Ent s i k lopedi ya

Moscow: F i zku I t u ra i Sport 1985

Gu feld S l t s i li anskaya Zasc h i ta

Moscow: F i zku It u ra I Sport 1981

IC S i c i lia n Defence
Bou lder: Im p r i n t Capablanca

Levy T he S i c i lian Dragon

London Batsford 1 976

MM Sici l i an Dragon: Yugos l av At tack

A. Mi les & E. Mosko w, London: Balsford 1980

RS Siz i l i anisch 1 {Handb uch der Schach-Eroff. Bd 23l

R. Schw arz, Ha mbu rg: Dos Schach-Arkh l v

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 Tab le of Contents:
P reface 1
C hapter One: A l terna t i ves to 9 . . . Bd7 (Int roduct i on) 7
C hapter T w o: 9 .. a5 (Byrne ) 8
C ha p ter T hree: 9 .. .Nxd4 10 Bxd4 Be6 9
C hapter Four: 9 .. .Nd7 (Ave rbakh) 10
C hapter F i ve: 9 ... Bd7 10 h4 (ot he rs) 15
C ha pter S i x: 9 ... Bd7 10 Bb3 Nxd4 1 1 Bxd4 b5 22
C ha p te r Seven: 9 ... Bd7 1 0 0<>0 Qb8 (Stein) 27
C hapter E i ght: 10 0<>0 Re8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 g4 (ot hers)_ 36
C hapter Nine: 1 0 0<>0 Re8 1 1 Bb3 Ne5 1 2 Kb 1 38
C ha pter Ten: 1 0 0<>0 R e 8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 Bg5 39
Chapter E leven: 12 h4 Ne4 (Int roduct i on) 42
Chap t e r T w e lve: 12 h4 Ne4 13 Bxe4 Rxe4 14 h5 � 1
Chapter T h i rteen: 1 4 h5 Nxh5 15 g4 Nf6 16 B h6 _ 61
C ha p t e r Fou rteen: 1 4 h5 Nxh5 1 5 g4Nf6 1 6 Nde2 _ 65
Chapter F i ft een: 12 h4 h5 (introduct ion) 73
C hap ter S i xteen: 1 2 h4 h5 1 3 Bg5 (int roduct i on) 86
C ha p t e r Seventeen: 13 Bg5 Re5 w i t hou t 1 4 g4 90
C ha p t er E i ghteen: 13 Bg5 Re5 14 g4 hxg4 15 Bxf6_ 1 02
C ha p t e r N i neteen: 1 3 Bg5 Re5 14 g4 hxg4 1 5 f4 _ 1 04
C ha p t e r Twenty: 13 Bg5 Re5 14 g4 hxg4 15 h5 __ 115
C ha p t e r T wenty One: 1 2 h4 h5 1 3 Kb 1 127
C hapter T wenty Two: 10 0<>0 Qa5 1 1 Bb3 Rfe8 1 2 h4_ 127
C hapter Twenty T hree: 100<>0 Qa5 1 1 Bb3 Rfe8 12 Kb 1_ 1 3 3
Index o f Va r i a t i ons: 135

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 Chap ter One: Alternatives to 9 Bd7 •••

(Introduction)

lA 9 ...a6 (too slow)

1B 9 ...Qa5 (t ranspos i t i ona l)

These variat i ons a re no longer seen I n serious tournaments. In t he

fo rmer case t he reason i s c lear - 9 a6 i s too s low and leaves B l ack
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a tempo down on most va r i a t i ons. In t he second case, p lay shou ld

sim ply t ranspose to C ha p t e r 3. as t he l i ne g i ven Is not p ro m i s i ng fo r
White.
lA 9 a6•..

Hewageegana - Husaen. Asian Teams 1 986 (in B u l let i n): 10 h4 Ne5 1 1

Bb 3 b 5 1 2 h5 Nxh5 (12 . . .Nc4 1 3 Bxc4 bxc4 1 4 g4 Bd7 1 5 B h6 Bxh6 1 6
Qx h6 R b 8 1 7 hxg6 fxg6 1 8 g5 +-. Rib l i - Tabor. Kecskemet 1 972 In
RS ) 1 3 g 4 Nf6 1 4 0 -0-0 e 6 1 5 B h6 Qe7 1 6 Nce2 Re8 1 7 Bxg7 Kxg7
18 Qh6 Kg8 19 g5 Nh5 20 Ng3 Qf8 21 N h5 gh 22 Qxh5 Qg7 23 f4
Nc4 24 Bxc4 bc 25 Ne2 Rb8 26 c3 Bb7 27 Ng3 Bc6 28 Qe2 Red8
29 Nh5 Qg6 30 Nf6+ Kf8 31 R h6 Qg7 32 R h7 Qg6 33 Rdhl Be4 34
Qxe4 Qxe4 35 Ne4 d5 36 Nf6 Ke7 37 Ng4 1 -0 .
1B 9 ... Qa5

in I NF38/284 : 9 Qa5 10 Nb3 Qb4 1 1 Be2 Na5 12 a3 Nxb3 13 cxb3

•..

Qxb3 1 4 Rcl Be6 15 Bd l Qc4 1 6 Nd5 Bxd5 17 Rxc4 B xc4 18 Ba7 Ne4
= -Ravl sekha r. S o Whi t e s ho u l d just p lay 10 0-0-0 and after 10 Nxd4 ••.

1 1 B xd4 Be6 1 2 Bb3. a move o rder app l i ed In Panov - Sue t i n. Vi Inius

19 53. p lay transposes t o C ha p t e r 3 .

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T here has been no act ion in t h i s l i ne. w hich leaves Whi t e w i t h an
advantage acco r d i ng to estab I i s hed t heo r y .

Bogdanov i c - Mest rov i c . Sa rajevo 1 968 ( i n MM): 1 0 a41 Nb4

(l 0 ... Nxd4 1 1 Bxd4 Be6 12 Bb3 Bxb3 1 3 cxb3 gives Whi te ever y t h i ng
he needs: cont rol of d5. weaknesses on t he b-fi le. so he can exp loi t
h i s open i ng advantage.) 1 1 NdS Nxd5 1 2 exd5 Bxd4 ( 1 2 ... e5 1 3 dxe6
dxe6 14 c3+ - in RS) 13 Bxd4 e5 1 4 Bf2 Bf5 15 Rcl Qe8 16 c3 Na6 17
b3 �

Ha rand i - Honfi. Hunga ry 1 977 (in E s t r i n (l98 5)}' 10 Bb3 Bd7

(l 0 .Nxd4 11 Bxd4 b5 12 a4 �) l 1 a4 Nxd4 1 2 Bxd4 Be6 13 0-0-0
•.

Qd7 14 Kb 1 R fc8 1 5 R he 1 Ra6 1 6 Qe2 Rac6 17 Nd5 Qe8 18 Qb5 � i s

c i ted i n Sov i e t sou rces b u t 1 l...Qc8 1 2 g 4 Nxd4 13 Bxd4 Be6 1 4 g5
Nh5 1 5 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 6 Nd5 Bxd5 17 Bxd5 Qc5 1 8 0-0-0 Rab8 gave
chances fo r bot hs s i des I n Welnsteln - D. B yrne. USA Ch 1 960-61 ( i n
MM),

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B l ack may have an interest i ng, but l i t t le-known resou rce. Moskow
and M i les quote an o l d l i ne of Konstan t i nop o l ski w hi c h is very
i nte res t i ng and may be fu l ly p laya b le fo r B lack: 12 .Bxb3 13 cxb3
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Nd7!? 1 4 Bxg7 Kxg7 15 Kb 1 Nf6 16 a3 Qb6 •

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Konstant ino polski considers t h i s posi t Ion to be unc lear . We do not
fee l that Black h as anyt hing to w o rry abou t .

Some au t ho r i t ies cons ider 1 2 Rfc8 t o b e a w o r f hy a l ternative, but

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Es t r i n ( 19 85) g ives 12 Rfc8 13 Kb 1 Rc6 14 h4 Bxb3 15 cxb3 b5 1 6 a3

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Rae8 1 7 b4 Qa6 18 e5 dxe5 19 Bxe5 Ne4 20 Nxe4 Bxe5 21 h5 ;.

G i ps l i s - Ne i , R i ga 1961 ( 1 -0,37).

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This has been seen sporadica l Iy in tou rnament p lay. champ i oned a t
p resent by Sax.

4A . 1 0 Bb3 (best)
4B 10 Bb5 (relatively unexp lo red)
4C 10 h4 (shou ld lead to 4A)
4D 10 0-0-0 (shou Id lead to 4A)

10 Nxc6 bxc6 1 1 B h6 Nb6 12 Bd3 e5 13 h4 B x h6 14 Qxh6 Qf6 15 h5

Qg7 :: ( i n RS).

4A 10 Bb3 Nbb

Banas - Herzog. Keszt he ly 1981 (in IC): 10 .. . Nde5 1 1 0-0-0 Na5 12

Bg5 Nec6 1 3 B e 3 Ne5 1 4 Bg5 1 /2-112.

11 h4

Matu lov i c - Sax. Vrsac 1981 (in TC2):1 1 Nd5 Nxd5 12 ed Ne5 13 B h6
Bxh6 1 4 Q x h6 Qa5+ 15 Qd2 Qc5 16 0-0 b5 17 Rael Re8 1 8 Re4 f5
112-112 .

Ma rjanov l c - Sax . Sa rajevo 1 982 (in I NF33/303): 11 0-0-0 Na5 12

Q d 3 Bd7 1 3 h4 Rc8 14 h5 Nbc4 1 5 hxg6 hxg6 1 6 B g 5 Nxb3 17 cxb3
Qa5 18 Bxe7 Ne5 1 9 Qd2 (19 Qe3 Rfe8 20 Bd6 Qa2 2 1 Nc2 Rc3!?l
19 ... Rfe8 20 Bd6 Qa2 21 Nc2?? (21 Kc2 Qa6 g i ves B lack
comp ensat i on In t he fo rm of a queens i de attack - Ma rjanov i cJ
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21 Qb3 22 Bxe5 Bxe5 23 Qd7 Bxc3 24 bxc3 Qxc3 25 Qd3 Qa 1 26
.. .

Kd2 Qb2 27 Rb 1 Rc2 28 Ke3 Qc3 - + (0 -1 .62)

ll ••• No5

4Al 1 2 h5
4Al . 1 2 Qd3

4Al 1 2 h5 Nbc4 13 Qe2 Nxe3 14 Qxe3 Nxb3 15 oxb3

Bd7 1 6 0-0-0 e 6

Es t r i n (1985) g ives 1 6 Qa5 1 7 K b 1 Rfc8 1 8 N d 5 �, w hi c h is actua l ly

••.

G i k -Ba rchatovMoscow1 969.

17 Kbl Qb6 18 Qd3

Now B lack seems to have a p leasant cho I ce: between 18 Rac8 .•. = -
Bo les lavsky 1 8 ...Rfc8 oo -Gel ler. and 1 8 . . . Rad8 � -Schwa rz.
I

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4A2 1 2 Qd3 Bd7

12 .. .Nxb3 13 axb3 d5 14 Nde2 Be6 15 0-0 -0 Qc8 16 exd5 Rd8,

Schm i d t - Gufeld, M a r i anske lazne 1 962. Now Schwarz suggests
e i t he r 17 d6 or 17 Kbl.

13 h5 Re8 14 hxg6 hxg6 15 0-0-0 Nbe4

15 .. .Nac4 16 Bh6 Bxh6 1 7 R x h6 e5 1 8 f4 �, Mes t rov i c - Szabo,

Belg rade 1964 i n R S .

1 6 Bh6

K ru p pa - Savchenko, USSR 1 984 (in I NF38/284}' 16 Bg5 Nxb3 17 c xb3

Qa 5 18 Bxe7 Ne5 19 Qc2 Rfe8? 20 Bd6 b5 21 b4 Qa6 22 Nb3
Be6 23 Nc5 Rxc5 24 Bxc5 Ba2 25 Rd6 1 -0. See e xtens i ve ana lys i s
o f a l terna t ives at move 1 9 i n I nformant 3 8 .

Schwa rz g i ves 16 Kb 1 Nxe3 1 7 Qxe3 Nxb3 1 8 axb3 e 6 ( 1 8 ... Rf7 1 9

g 4 Qa5 2 0 R h3 Qc5oo, Shianovsky - Kotz, USSR 1 9 65 i n EC O.l 1 9 f4
Qb6 20 Q h3 Rfe8 w i t h app roxi mate equa l i ty .

16 a511
...

E C O op i nes t ha t 16 B x h6 17 R xh6 e5 is much bet ter fo r B lack , but

••.

Schwa rz con t i nues 1 7 Rdhl Qg5+ 1 9 Kbl w he re "Re t t ung for S chw arz
is n i cht In S icht"( t rans lat i on: B lack has no chance}. Hls ana lys i s
cont inues: 1 9 . . .exd4 (l9 Nd2+ 2 0 K al exd4 2 1 Nd5 + -) 2 0 Nd5 f5
.•.

(20 ... Nd2? 21 Qxd2!) 21 Qxd4 Nxb3+ 22 a x b 3 Ne5 23 f4 + -.

17 Bxg7 Kxg7

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fleck - Kozhu l, C hesme 1983 (in INF37/236): 1 8 Nde2 Qg5+ 1 9 K b l
b5 (� -RS) 2 0 g3 (20 Nd5 Qxg2 2 1 Rdg l Qxf3 1 - RS) 2 0 ... b4? 2 1
N d5 B b 5 2 2 f4 QdB 2 3 Qf3 Bc6 2 4 f 5 f6 2 5 fxg6 B d 5 26 R h7 Kg8
27 Q h5 1 - 0. C lea r l y B laek mu st i mp rove at move 20.

Ana l ysis by Despotov ie in RS: 18 Ndb5 Bxb5 1 9 Nxb5 a6 20 Nxd6

Qg5+ 2 1 Kb 1 R fdB 22 f4 Qxf4 23 Qh3 RhB 24 Qd7 Red8 25 Qe7
Rxd6 26 Bxe4 Nxe4 27 Qxe4 Rd4 -+.

4B 1 0 Bb5

Banas - Ba rezay, Kesz t he ly 198 1 (in TC 1}. 10 ... Nde5 1 1 0-0-0 Na5 1 2
B g 5 Nee6 1 3 Be3 Ne5 1 4 Bg5 1 /2 - 1 /2.

4C 10 h4 Na5 1 1 Bb3 Ne5

11. . .Nb 6 t ransposes to 4A.

1 2 Qe2

M i k ha l ehis h i n - Ba rezay, C ie nfuegos 1 98Hin INF3 11278): 12 . . . h5 1 3 0 -

o -o Bd7 1 4 g 4 ReB 1 5 gxh5 Re3 16 bxe3 Qc7 1 7 K bl Nae4 1 8 B e l a5
19 hxg6 a4 20 Bxe4 Nxe4 21 gxf7+ K xf7 22 R hg l B f6 23 f 4 R hB 24
Qg2 Qb6 25 Ka 1 Qa5 26 Rd 3 Qh5 27 e5 1 -0. But BCD g i ves
14 . . hxg4 cc.
.

Bo l es lavsky p rov ided t he fo l lowing l i ne: 12 ... Bd7 1 3 h5 Rc8 1 4 hxg6

hxg6 15 0-0-0 Nee4 16 Bh61 and now :
al 16 ... e5 17 Bxg7 Kxg7 18 Ndb5 Bb5 ;-
b) 16 . . . B x h6+ 17 Rx h6 e5 18 Rdhl Qg5+ 19 Kb 1 Nd2+ 20 Ka 1 exd4 21
Rh8+ Kg7 22 Rlh7+ Kf6 2 3 Nd5+ Ke6 24 RxfB RxfB 25 f4 d3 26
Qxd3 Naxb 3+ 2 7 axb3 Qxg2 28 f5 + Ke5 29 Qc3 + Kxe4 30 R h4+
Kx d5 31 Rd4+ and Whi te w i ns.

4D 10 0-0-0

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401 1 0 Na5
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402 1 0 .Nde5
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40 1 10 • •• NoS
1 1 Bb3 Nbb 1 2 Qd3 Bd7 1 3 h4 Re8 14 hS

Pav lov - Sax, Ba i l i e Hereu lane 1 982 (in TC5}' 14 Kb 1 Nae4 15 Bel a5
16 Bxe4 Rxe4 17 Nde2 Qe7 18 h5 Re8 19 hxg6 hxg6 20 g4 d5 21 ed
Na4 22 d6 Qxd6 23 Qxd6 Nxe3+ 24 Nxe3 exd5 25 Nxd5 Re8 26
Nb6 Re7 27 Nxd7 Rxd7 28 Rd5 b6 29 Rhdl Bf8 30 e3 f6 31 B f4 g5
3 2 Bc 1 Re2 33 f 4 gf 3 4 B xf4 Kf7 35 Bxd6 Ke6 36 g5 Rxd6 37
Rxd6+ Bxd6 38 gf Be5 39 Rfl Bf2 40 Rdl Kxf6 41 Rd7 Be5 39 Rf l Bf2
40 Rdl Kxf6 41 Rd7 Be5 42 Rb7 Ke6 43 Rh7 Kd5 0 - 1 .

1 4 .Nbe4 lS hxgb hxgb lead i ng back i nto 4A2.

••

402 10 ••• NdeS

1 1 B b 3 Na5 12 Qe2 Bd7 13 h4 Re8 14 h5 Nee4 15 hxg6 f xg6 16 Bg5
Rf7 1 7 Kb 1 Qb6 "w i t h interest i ng p lay a he ad." - M M . T sei t l i n­
Fedorov, T rudT .U.Ch. 1I2F 1 969.

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 Chapter Five: 9 Bd7 10 h4 (Others)
•••

Both 1 0 h4 and 10 Bb3 Ne5 1 1 h4 a re used to avo i d t he S t e i n

V a r i a t ion 10 0-0-0 Q b S (C hapter 7),

Other t r i es:

MeKe l v i e - He rbst, New York 19S3 (in bu l le t i n): 10 g4 Ne5 1 1 B b3

ReS 1 2 B h6 Bxh6 13 Qxh6 Rxe3 1 4 bxe3 Qa5 1 5 0-0 Qxe3 1 6 Rad l
Qe5 17 Kh 1 b5 l S Nf5 Bxf5 19 gxf5 Ne4 20 Rde 1 ReS 2 1 Rg 1 Qf2 22
Qh3 Re5 23 Rgfl Qd4 24 Re2 Kg7 25 Rg 1 Ne5 26 Qg2 Re3 27 Rfl
a5 2S f 4 Neg4 29 e5 dxe5 30 fxe5 Nxe5 31 fxg6 hxg6 32 Qg5
Re5 33 e3 Qxe3 34 Qf4 Nd3 35 Qf3 Rf5 36 Qh3 Nf2+ 0 -1.

Hedst rom - Hjorth, Stock ho l m 19S0-S1 (in IC): 10 Nde2 Ne5 1 1 Bb3
b5 12 Bh6 B x h6 13 Qxh6 Qb6 14 h4 Ne4 15 Bxe4 bxe4 1 6 h5 Be6 17
g 4 Qxb2 lS Rb 1 Qa3 1 9 hxg6 fxg6 20 g5 Nh5 21 R x h5 g x h5 22 g6
hxg6 23 Qxg6+ KhS 24 Kd2 Qe5 25 Qh6+ KgS 26 Rg 1+ Qxg 1 27
Nxg 1 Rf6 2S Qxh5 Kg7 29 Nge2 R hS 30 Qg5+ Kf7 31 Nd4 R h2+ 32
Kc 1 R h 1 + 33 Kb2 Bd7 34 Nd5 1 -0 .

EC O g ives 1 0 0-0 Nxd4 1 1 Qxd4 ReS 1 2 Bb3 a6 13 a 4 Qa5 1 4 Be3

Be6 =.

5A 1 0 .. . Ne5 (usua l l y just a t ranpos i t l ona l p a t h to o t he r l i nes)

5B 10 ... Qe7(not suff i e lent fo r equa 11 ty)
5C . 1 0 ... ReS (p rom i s i ng)
5D .10 ... Qa5!? (s hou l d t ranspose t o C h. 22)

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SA 10 .NeS 1 1 Bb3
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and now non-t ranspos i t iona l p a t hs a re not do i ng w e l l:

G runfe ld - Meekes. New York Open 1985 (In TC 1 9): 1 1 . ..Qa5 1 2 B h6

Rfc8 13 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 4 0-0-0 Rc5 15 h5 gxh5 16 g4 Rxc3 17 g5 Nxe4
18 f xe4 Rc5 19 Q f4 Bg4 20 Rd2 Rg8 21 Nf5 Kf8 22 Nh6 Rg7 23 R fl
Be2 24 Nf7 R f7 25 B xf7 Bxfl 26 Be6 Kg7 27 Qf l Qb5 28 Qf2 a5
29 Rxd6 Rc6 30 Qf8+ 1 -0.

Mart i nov - lusg in. �1979 ( i n INF29/343Hvia 1 0 Bb3 Qa5 1 1 h4 Rfc8

12 g4 Ne5) 13 h5 (?!-BCO) Rc4 14 Bxc4 Nxc4 15 Qc 1 d5 (oo -BCO)16
Nb 3 Qc7 1 7 exd5 Nxd5 1 8 Bf2 Nf4 1 9 Nd4 Rd8 20 hxg6 hxg6 2 1
Nde2 Nxe2 22 Nxe2 Bc6 23 R h3 Nxb2 2 4 Qg5 R d 5 25 Qf4 Re5 26
Qd2 Bb5 27 c4 Nxc4 0 - 1 . (28 Qc 1 Qa5 29 Kdl Rxe2 30 Kxe2 Nb2
31 Ke3 Qb6 32 Kf4 Qd6 33 Ke4 Qe5 #

S lym - Stern. �1 980 ( i n INF30/41 9): 11...a5 1 2 a4 Rc8 1 3 0-0-0 Nc4

14 Bxc4 Rxc4 15 b 3 Rc8 16 h5 Nxh5 17 g4 Nf6 18 B h6 B x h6 19 Q x h6
Rxc3 20 g5 Re8 21 gxf6 exf6 22 Rdg 1 Qc7 23 Kb 1 Rc5 24 f 4 Bc6 25
Q x h7+ Kf8 26 Rxg6 Rxe4 27 Qh8+ Ke7 28 Qf6 Kd7 29 Qf7 1 -0 .
Amazingly (even i n correspondence p lay), t his w a s repeated (by
BLACK?!) I n D i m - Ste rn. �1983 (in PCN IV) w i t h t he add i t ion of
29 . . . Re7 30 Qxe7 + 1 -0! One suspects an error in one of t he
sources •••

Kuz mi n - Rashkovsky. V i lniu s 1 980-8 1 ( i n I C ): 1 1 ...h5 1 2 B h6 Rc8 1 3

Nde2 b 5 1 4 1 4 a 3 a 5 15 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 6 Nf4 Nc4 1 7 Bxc4 Rxc4 1 8
Ncd5 Nxd5 1 9 Nxd5 Be6 2 0 Ne3 Rc6 2 1 0 -0 Bc4 2 2 Rf2 e 5 2 3 g3
Be6 24 R d l Qb6 25 f4 exf4 26 g xf4 Bg4 27 Re 1 Qd8 28 R h2 Re8

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29 Nd5 Rc4 30 e5 dxe5 3 1 fxe5 Bf5 32 Nf6 Qb6+ 33 Kfl R hB 3 4
c3 b 4 3 5 R f 2 Bh3+ 36 K g 1 b x c 3 3 7 bxc3 Be6 3 8 Qg5 R xc3 3 9 Ne4
R c2 40 Qf6+ Kh7 41 Rdl Re8 42 Ng5+ Kg8 43 Nxe6 Qxf2+ 44
Qxf2 Rxf2 45 Kxf2 Rxe6 (112-112 In 78),

5B 10 ••• Qc7 1 1 Bb3 (or 1 0 Bb3 Qc7 1 1 h4)

The H ramov va r i a t i on. B lack has t w o cont i nua t i ons:

5B l 1 1 ...Na5
5B2 1 1...Ne5

5B 1 11 ••• Na5 12 Bh6 Nxb3

Here Whi te s hou l d reca p t u re w i t h t he knight.

Tseshkovsky - Rajkov lc, V rnjacka BanJa 1 982 ( i n INF33/30 1 ): 13 a x b3

Bxh6 1 4 Q x h6 d5 1 5 e xd5 Qg3? ( 1 5 Qe51 1 6 Nde2 Nd5 1 7 Qg5
•.•

Qxg5 1 8 hxg5 Nxc3= - T seshkovsky) 16 Kd2 Rad8 17 Qg5 Qd6 1 8

Rod l Kg7 1 9 K c l + - (1 -0.55). T he damage was less s i g n i f i cant after 1 5
0-0-0 dxe4 1 5 h 5 Nxh5 1 7 Nd5 Qa5 1 8 g 4 Qd5 1 9 Nf5 + =,
Abramovi c - R i s t ic, Yugos lav i a 1 977 i n ECO.

Motu lov l c - R l s t/c, S mederevska 1 982 ( I n TC7}' 13 Nxb3 B x h6 14

Qxh6 d 5 1 5 0 -0 -0 de 1 6 h5 Rac8 1 7 Rd2 (± i n ECO) 1 7 .Bc6 1 8 Nd4 ••

Qg3 19 hg Qxg6 20 Qf4 (+ - - I nformator 3313 0 1 ) 20 Bd7 21 Nxe4 .•.

Nx e4 22 fe Rc4 23 Rd3 Kh8 24 Qe5+ Qg7 25 Qxe7 Rfc8 26 Q h4

f6 27 Kb 1 R4c5 28 Rg3 Rg5 29 Rxg5 fg 30 Qf2 Rf8 3 1 Qe3 Re8 32

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Re 1 Re5 33 Nf3 Rb5 34 e5 h6 35 Nd4 Rb6 36 b3 Be8 37 e6 Rb4
3 8 Nf5 Qf6 39 Nd6 Bg6 4 0 e7 Qxd6 4 1 e8:Q+ 1 -0 .

SB2 l 1 . NeS 12
•• 0-0-0

T h i s l i ne was t he focus of a PCN a r t i c le by FM R . Sa lgado.

Damjanov l c - Rajkovlc, Yugoslav ia 1 974 (In PCNU2 h5 Nc4 13 Bxc4

Qxc4 14 hxg6 fxg6 1 5 B h6 Bxh6 1 6 Rxh6 Rfc8 1 7 0-0-0 Be8 18 Rlhl
Bf7 and B lack has a good game.

1 2 .Nc4
••

12 Rfc8 does not a p p ea r t o be p layable due to Pachman's l i ne 13 h5

•••

Nc4 1 4 Bxc4 Qxc4 1 5 B h6 B h8 1 6 Bg5 b 5 1 7 hxg6 fxg6 18 Bxf6 Bxf6

19 Nd5 Bxd4 20 Nxe7+ Kf7 (20 Kf8 2 1 Nxc8 Rxc8 22 c3 Be5 23 f4
.••

Qxe4 24 R hel-P . Grey) 21 R x h7+ Bg7 22 c3 t

1 3 Bxc4 Gxc4 1 4 Bh6

T he only move t r ied so fa r. O t he r poss i b ilities a re 14 h5, 14 g4. and

14Kb l .

1 4 . b S l S Bxg7 Kxg7
••

G l les - Sa lgado. US Open 1 983 {tn peN}, 15 Kb 1 B x h6 1 6 Q x h6 b4 1 7

Nd5 Nxd5 1 8 exd5 Qxd5 1 9 h5 �

1 6 Kbl

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Azzopardl - M I les. Malta 1 97 3 (in MM}, 16 h5? b4 17 Nd5 Nxd5 1 8
exd5 Qxa2 19 Nb3 B f 5 -+.

16 ••• b4

Neumann - Sa lgado. � 1982-3 ( I n PCN): 1 7 NdS Nxd5 1 8 exd5 h5

19 g4 hxg4 20 h5 Qxd5 21 hxg6 Rh8 22 gxf7 Raf8 23 Rhg l a5 24
Nf5+ Qxf5 25 Rxg4+ Kxf7 26 Rf4 ±.

Mathes - Salgado. � 1 982-3 (In PCN}' V Nce2 e5 18 Nf5+ Bxf5

19 exf 5 Rfc8 20g4 Nd5 21 h5 ±.

Agne l lo - M I les. M a l ta 1973 ( I n MM}' )7 Nce2 a5 1 8 h5 a4 19 Ncl

Rfc8 oo.

A poss Ib le I m p rovement is 1 6 ...e6 1 7 h5 b4 18 hxg6 fxg6 1 9 Nce2 e5

20Nb3 "an d now e I t he r 20...Rad8 IntendIng ...Be6 and .. .d5 . or
20...Rac8 g I ves equ a l chances - MM. but Sa lgado g I ves 18 Nce2 e5
19 Nb3 (19 Nf5+ - McCamb r l dge) Rac8 20g4.

se 10 .Rc8 1 1 Bb3 NeS 1 2 h S

..

Vas i ukov - Parma. Yugosla vIa 1973 (In BCO): l 2 Bh6 Bxh6 13 Qxh 6
Rxc3 1 4 bxc3 Qa5 1 5 Qd2 05 Ne2. Ve l ngold - Yute rov. Kla l depa
197 6. 15...Bb51? o r 15 R c81? - Gufeld.) Rc8 (00= In MM) 16 0 -0 Rxc3
••

1 7 Rael Qc5 1 8 Re3 Rxe3 19 Qxe3 b5 =.

12 0 -0 -0 t ranposes t o 100-0 -0 l i nes .

1 2 .NxhS 1 3 ;4
••

13 Bh6 B xh6 14 Qxh6 Rxc3 =+ - R S.

1 3 .Nf6
••

K eene's 13 ... Rc4 comes I n t o consIdera t Ion. e.g.:

a} 14 0 -0-0 Rxd4 � Nx f3. Bxg4
b} 1 4 Bxc4 Nxc4 15 Qe2 Nx e3 1 6 Qxe3 Nf6 -RS .
d 14 gxh5? Rxd4 15 Qg2 (15 Qf2? Rd30 15 ...Qb6 1 and B lack s tands
w e l l - R S.

Afte r 1 3 . . .Nf6 :

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S ku la - Po letayev, �1982 (In N I Cl}. 1 4 0-0-0 Ne4 1 5 Bxe4 Rxe4
t ra nsposestoChap t e r 1 3 .

Donehev - Pe reny l , Bu lga r i a 1 977 ( i n MM): 1 4 Bhb Bxh6 1 5 Qxh6

Rxe3 1 6 bxe3 Qa5 1 7 Qe3 Re8 1 8 Kd2 Rxe3 1 9 Bxf7+ Kf8 20 Ne6+
Bxe6 21 Qxe3 Nxf3 -+

E rmenkov - A rnaudov , Bu lga r i a 1 973 0 NF 1 5/4091: 14 Nd5 Nxd5 1 5

exd5 (+ - -RS) 1 5 .Nxf3 1 6 Nxf3 Bxg4 1 7 Nd4 h500 i f Whi t e p lays 1 8
••

e3! � Ne2, Bd4 -ECO.

5D 10 Q a5 1 1 Bb3 IUe8
•••

Now 1 2 0 -0-0 Is C hapter 22. We ha ve no new examp les of t he

a l t e rna t i ves, but t he party l i ne i s:

Ana lys i s by Ha rdiesay runs 12 h5 Nxh5 13 g4 Nxd4! 1 4 Bxd4 Bxd4 1 5

Qxd4 Nf6 16 0-0-0 Be6 1 7 K b 1 Bxb3 18 axb3 Qe5 19 Qd2 b500
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1 2 Nde2 is best met by EC O's 12 . . .h5!?

1 2 g4 Ne5 1 3 h5 Rc4! Is a lso acce p tab le fo r B lack:

ol 14 Bxc4 Nxc4 15 Qc 1 d5 (RS gi ves 15 Bxg4! 16 fxg4 Nxg4 17 Bg 1

.••

Bh6 -+ ) 16 Nb3 Qc7 176 exd5 Nxd5 = +, Marlnov - Lusgln, cor res
1979 [INF29/243 1.

b} 14 0-0-0 Rxd4 15 Qxd4 Nxf3 16 Qd3 Ne5 17 Qf1 Bg4 =+,

Zhe landinov - P o l i ka rpov, USSR 1 972 in ECO.

c) 14 0-0 Rac8 15 hxg6 hxg6 1 6 g5 Nh5 17 Nde2 Be6 (A. Zai tsev -
Est r i n , cor res 1969) 18 Bx c4 Nxc4 1 9 Qc l b5 =+ in RS.

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 Chap ter Six: 9 Bd7 10 Bb3 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 b5
•••

(Parma's line)
10 Bb3

If 10 h4 a l lows p lans w i t h 10 ...Qa5, and 10 0-0-o a l lows 10 . . .QbS,

t hen 1 0 Bb3 is a sens i b le move o rde r to app ly If one fea rs e i t her of
t he aforemen t i oned p lans. T he quest i on is, can B l ack take advantage
of t h i s move o rder too?

Sax :- Rajkovlc, Vrsac 19S1 (In IC): 10 ••• Qe7 1 1 Nxc6 bxc6 1 2 0-0
RabSI3 Qf2 1 /2-1I2.

W i nge - D. C ram l i ng, Stock ho l m 1 9S0-S 1 (in le): 10 ReS 1 1 Nde2

•••

Ne5 12 B h6 Bh3 13 0-0 Bxh6 14 Q x h6 Bd7 15 Qe3 Qa5 16 Nf4 Nc4

17 Bxc4 Rxc4 I S Nfd5 Nxd5 19 Nxd5 Rxc2 20 b4 QdS 21 Qxa7 Bc6
22 Rfc 1 Rxc 1 + 23 Rxc 1 Bxd5 24 exd5 QaS 25 Qb6 Qxa2 26 Qxb7
Qd2 27 Rbl ReS 2S Qc6 RbS 29 Qc4 RaS 30 Khl Ra2 31 Rgl Rb2 32
b5 Kg7 3 3 Qh4 R xb5 34 Qxe7 Rxd5 35 Re 1 Rc5 36 h3 Rc2 37 Rg 1
Qf4 38 Qd7 h5 39 Qb7 h4 40 Qd7 Rcl 4 1 Rxcl Qxc 1 + 42 Kh2 Qf4+
43 Kg 1 Qd4+ 44 Kfl Qe5 45 Qc7 Qb5+ 46 Ke 1 Qc5 47 Qd7 Qg 1 +
48 Ke2 Qxg2+ 4 9 Ke3 Qg3 50 Ke4 Qe5+ 5 1 Kd3 Qf5+ 52 Qxf5
gxf5 53 Kd4 Kf6 54 f4 Ke6 55 Kc4 Kd7 56 Kb5 Kc7 57 Kc4 Kc6 5S
Kd4 d5 0 - 1 .

BCO gi ves ( lO RcS) 1 1 ()()() Ne5 12 Bg5 ( l 2 Bh6 Bxh6 1 3 Qxf6

•••

Rxc3 CD; 12 g4 Nc4 1 3 Bxc4 Nxc4 14 Kb 1 b5!co; 1 2 Qe2 a6 Cl. b5,

b4CD) 12 ... Nc4 (12 b5!?) 13 Qe2 Nxb2! 14 Kxb2 Rxc3! 10 .Nxd4 1 1
•... ••

Bxd4 b5

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There has been some act I on here, b u t I t Is s t range t hat Gufe l d's
sugges t i on (C) has not been taken more serious ly. One must v iew
wi t h sus p i c ion any p lan w hich fal ls to give B lack v i go rous counte rp lay
on t he queensi de.

Hansen - S loth, G ladsaxe 1 983 (In T C l l }' 1 1 .a5 1 2 a4 Be6 13 Nd5

••

Bxd5 14 ed Nd7 15 0-0 Bxd4+ 16 Qxd4 Qb6 17 Qxb6 Nxb6 18 Rfe 1

Rfe8 1 9 Rad l Rac8 20 Rd4 Rc7 2 1 c3 Kf8 22 Kf2 Rec8 23 h4 h6 24 f5
h 5 25 Rde4 Re8 26 Ke3 Kg7 27 Kf3 112 - 1 12.

6A 12 h4 (Not the mos t re l i a b le app roach for Whi te)

6B . 1 2 0-0 (P layab le, but uncomfo r ta b le for B lack)
6C . 1 2 a4 (Shou ld be seen more often)

1 20-0-0
b 3 a4 - +, Damlanov l c - Musi I , llu b llana 1969 I n RS.

Ata l i k - O rseth, G raz 1981 (in IC}' 1 2 Nd5 Nxd5 1 3 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 4
Bxd5 Rc8 1 5 0-0 (15 h4 h61 6 1 6 h5 g51 - R S .; 1 5 Qd4+ Kg8 1 6 c3
a5 17 a3 Be6 18 Bxe6 fxe6 =+ , ZI-orav lev - lazarev, USSR 1963 I n
RS') 1 5 Qb6+ 1 6 K h l Be6 1 7 Bxe6 fxe6 1 8 c 3 Rc4 1 9 Rfc 1 R fc8 20 b 3
• ••

R4c5 2 1 R c 2 a 5 2 2 Rac l Qc7 2 3 h 3 Kg8 2 4 Qe3 R c 6 2 5 Qd3 Qb6

26 f4 Qc5 27 Rfl Rf8 28 Rccl Rcc8 29 Qd2 a4 30 c4 axb3 31 axb3
b 4 32 R fe 1 Ra8 33 e5 Rfd8 34 exd6 Rxd6 35 Qe3 Qxe3 36 Rxe3
Kf7 37 c5 Rd4 3 8 g3 Rc8 39 Kg2 Rc6 40 Kfl Kf6 41 Re4 Rd3 42 Re3
Rd5 43 Rc4 Rdxc5 44 Rxb4 Rc3 45 Rbe4 46 Re2 Rc l + 47 Re1 R l c2 48
R 4e2 49 Re3 Rc2 50 R 1e2 R c1+ 51 Re1 R l c2 52 R l e2 R cl+ 53 R e l 112-
11 2.

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6A 12 h4 a5 13 a4

The alterna tive, we l l-estab lished line Is 13 hS eS 14 Be3 a4 IS BdS

b4 16 Ne2 NxdS 17 QxdS (17 exdS7 Re8 18 Bh6 Bxh6 19 Qxh6 Qe7
20 h xg6 fxg6 -+, Ka raev - Buch man, USSR 1 969 In R S') 17 ... Be6 1 8
Qd2 b3 ( 1 8 Rb81+ -MM) 1 9 cxb3 ( 1 9 Bh6 Bxh6 20 Qxh6 Qc7 2 1
•••

c x b 3 axb3 2 2 a 3 Qa7 =+ , Cama ra - Levy, Lugano 1968 i n R S .)

1 9 ... axb3 20 a3 dSCXI, Roman ishin - M i l es, Ba th 1 97 3 ( i n ECO).

13 •••bxa4 14 Nxa4

14 Bxa4 Rb8 IS Bb3 eS 16 Be3 Be6 17 Bxe6 fxe6 18 0-0-0 dS =,

Nel - A. Gelle r, USSR 1 96 3 in ECO.

14 .... 5 15 Ba3

IS Bb6 71 Qb8 16 BaS Ra6 17 Bc4 Bh6 1 18 Qxh6 RxaS =+, T seshkovsky
- Fo r l ntos, Soch l 197 4 I n ECO.

IS Bc3 BbSI1 6 g4 ( 16 Kf2!7 - Gufeld) 16 . ..dSI17 BxdS NxdS 1 8 QxdS

Qb81 and the I nit i a t ive compensates for the pawn, K lovan­
Tseshkovsky, K l shn l yev 1975 ( i n Gufeld).

15 ••• Ba6 16 0-0-0

Hattendorf - Hobusch , cor res 1983 ( I n NIC2): 16 Nb6 Rb8 17 Nc4 (17
QxaS Bxb3 1 8 cxb3 dS, L i be rzon - Ado rjan, Moscow 1971 I n R S.)
17 ...dS 18 NxaS d4 19 Bf2 Bxb3 20 Nx b3 d3 21 0-0 dxc2 22 Qxc2
Qc8 23 NcS RbS 24 Rfb 1 += (1-0.S2)

16 ••• Bxb3 17 cxb3

Sa rink - Endze llns , cor res 1980 (In NIC2}' 17 Gb8 18 Nb6 Ra6 1 9
•••

Qd6 Q b 7 2 0 K b 1 h S 2 1 Rd3 Rb8 22 Rc 1 Ne8 2 3 QdS R x b 6 2 4 Bxb6

Qxb6 2S Rc6 Qg1 26 Ka2 Qg2 27 QaS +-

Hy ldkrog - Orseth, cor res 1982 ( I n NICD: 17 R abBI? 18 Qd 3 Re8

...

19 Kb 1 dS 20 exdS e4 21 fxe4 Rxe4 83. This is the most p romis ing

p l an fo r B lack.

K os t ro -Fo rlntos, Bath 1973 (in G ufe l& 17 ... Qc8+ 18 K b l Qe6 19
Qd3 Rab8 20 Nb6 R fd8 21 Qc4 Rb7 22 R d3 B f8 23 g4 dS 24 exdS
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Qd6 25 g5 Nd7 �. "Wo r t hy of a t t en t i on i s 25 Qc6, fo rci ng t rans i t i on
into an endgame in w hi c h Whi te ret ains t he i n i t i a t i ve: - Gufe ld. E C O
eva l uates t he pos i t i on after 1 5 Qc6 as �.
6B 12 0-0 a5

Ivanov i c - Rajkov i c , Yugos lav C h 1 982 (in INF 33/302}: 12 Qc7 1 3 K h l

••.

( 1 3 Rf2!? - aut ho rs) 13 b 4 1 4 B x f6 b x c 3 1 5 B x c 3 B x c 3 1 6 b xc3 and

.•.

now Mes t e l g i ves 16 .05 w i t h compensat ion. T h i s i dea deserves

••

fu r t he r scru t i ny s i nce t he l i nes be low a re r a t he r steri le fo r B lack.

13 a4

1 3 a3 Rb8 14 Ne2 Qc7 1 5 Bc3 b 4 1 6 axb4 axb4 17 Bd4 Rb7, Smys lov
- Rab i no w i tz, USSR 1 9 3 1 . eva luated as roughly l evel in R S .

1 3 .b4 1 4 Nd5 Nxd5

••

Ye J iangchuan - Petu rsson, T hessa lon i k i OL 1 984 (in INF381284): 1 5

Bxg7 Kxg7 1 6 exd5 Rc8 (Ma rge i r Petu rsson i s capable o f defend i ng
such unp leasant ly pass ive pos i t ions. Mos t of us a ren't.) 17 Qd4+
Kg8 18 Rfe 1 Re8 1 9 Re2 Qc7 20 Rae 1 Qc5 21 Qxc5 dxc5 22 Rxe7
Kf 8 23 Rxe8+ Bxe8 24 Bc4 Ba4 25 Ra 1 Bxc2 26 Ra5 +=

S. Ga rcia - F o r i ntos, Sochi 1 974 (in CP7): 1 5 exd5 e5 16 dxe5 Bxe6

(= -Suet i n) 17 Rad l R c8 18 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 12-1I2.

6C 12 a4

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Ivanov ic - Rajkov i c, Med i te r ranean Zonal 1 9B 1 ( i n IC): 12 bxa4 1 3
•••

N)(a4 Be6 1 4 B)( e6 f)(e6 15 0-0 Qc7 1 6 b 3 Nd7 17 B)(g7 K)(g7 l B

Rf2 a5 19 Nc3 Qc5 2 0 Ne2 e5 2 1 Nc3 Nf6 22 Na4 Q a 7 2 3 R eI
RabB 24 g3 Rf7 25 Kg2 RbfB 26 Nb2 Qc5 27 Nd3 Qc7 2B Ra 1 RaB
29 Ra4 RffB 30 Qe l Nh5 31 Qal Nf6 32 h3 Ra6 33 Rc4 Qb7 34
Qc3 Ra7 35 Rfl RdB 36 Re 1 g5 37 Qd2 h6 3B N)(e5 R c B 39 R)(cB
Q)(cB 40 Nc4 a4 41 Nb6 Qc6 42 N)(a4 Rc7 43 Re2 Nd7 1 -0.

in Gufe ld: 12 .b4 (RS cons i de rs the pos i t i on eq u a l here, c i t ing

••

Romanovsky - N i ko layevsky, USSR 1 963.) 1 3 Nd5 N)(d5 1 4 e)(d5 !

15 Q )( d 4 a 5 16 0- 0 Qc7 17 R f e 1 RfeB lB Khl w i th las t i ng p ress ure o n
the e-fi le .

I n Gufe ld: 1 2 QaS I3 N)(b5 Q)(d2+ 14 K)(d2 B)(b5 15 a)(b5 N)(e4+

•••

16 Ke3 B)(d4+ 17 K)(d4 Nc5 lB Bd5 "and the endgame Is clea rly In
Wh i te's favo u r thanks to the act ive p os i t i on of h is k i ng" - G u feld .

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 Chap ter 7: 9 Bd7 10 ••• 000 Qb8 (Stein
Va riation)

Leonid S t e i n's va r i a t ion rema i ns cont roversi a l . Polugayevsky, no

doubt w I f h the encouragement of hi s col laborator E duard
Gufe ld, consi de rs this va r i a t i on a d i s i ncent i v e to t he 1 0 0-0-0
move o rder. T he eva lua t i on of t h i s l i ne Is by no means t r i v i a l . If B lack
can ado p t 10 Qb8, t hen I t Is possi b le fo r hi m to encou rage Whl te to
• ••

emp loy e i t he r 10 B b 3 or 10 h4. In e i the r case, B lack has add i t i ona l

o p t i ons. In t he latter case, he may even be a b le to use the o ld m a i n
line, a s cert a i n o p t i ons w h i c h favour Wh i te w i l l no longer be
ava l lab le.For this reason the authors have p a i d p ar t i cu l a r ly c l ose
atten t i on to ove r looked resou rces w h i ch have not found t he i r way
into t he l i t eratu re.

7A . 1 1 g4 (B lack's resou rces have not been tested)

7B 1 1 h4 (sco r l ng we l l ...fo r B lackO
7e 1 1 Nd5 (No p rob lems fo r B lack)
70 1 1 Bb3 (No t h i ng to w o r ry about for B lack)

7A 1 1 g4 b5

Tha t I s t he main l i ne, but Schwa rz p refers 11 a5 1 2 a4 ( 1 2 Nd5!7 Nxd5

•• •

13 Bxd5 Nb4 14 a3 e6 15 axb4 exd5 w i t h rough equa l i ty, or 14 Kb 1

Bc6 = -RS; 12 g5 Nh5 13 Nd5 Qd8 14 Nxc6 bxc6 1 5 Bb6 Qb8! was
worked out by Keene and Levy, who showed that B lack comes out on
top i n a l l l i nes.) Rc8 13 Bb3 (13 Qe2 ?! Ne5 1 4 Bb3 Rxc3 15 bxc3 Qc7
�, Ku raj l ca - Lee, V rnjacka Banja 1 963,) 13 .Ne5 1 4 h4 Nc4 1 5 Bxc4
••

Rxc 4 ( -+ -RS) but 16 b3 Rc8 17 Ndb5 +- -MM.

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 12 Bb3 a5 1 3 Nd5 Nxd5 (Gufeld reco�mends 1 3 ...Qb7') 1 4 Bxd5
Ne5 15 Bxa8 Nc4 16 Qf2 Qxa8 1 7 Kb 1 b4 181'14 a4 191'15 b3 20
cxb3 axb3 21 axb3 Nxe3 22 Qxe3 +- (Suet i n - Keene. Has t i ngs
1 967/68 (in MM)). In t hi s c r i t i ca l l i ne Maddex suggests 12 .,.Na5!?
e.g. 13 Nd5 Nxb3+ CD. T he a u t ho r s agree t hat t hi s is B laCK's best p a t h.

1 2 Ndxb5 Ne5 1 3 Be2 Bxb5 1 4 Nxb5 Nxf3 � -Vel i m i rov i c. .

12 Bd5 R c 8 1 3 Bxc6 Bxc6 1 41'14 b4 15 Nce2 Nxe4! 1 6 Nxc6 ( 1 6 fxe4

Bxe4 17 Ng3 Bxc2 lS Qxc2 (1S Nxc2 b3!) l S ... Rxc2+ 19 Kxc2 QcS -+
in I NF 1 9/39S') 16 .. . Nxd2 1 7 NxbS Nc4!+. Mats - Gufe ld. USSR 1962.

12 Bxb5 Nxd4 13 Bxd7 Nxf3 - Gufe ld.

So un less Gufe ld's o r Maddex's i m p rovement I n Suet i n - Keene can

be t rusted. 1 1 g4 rema i ns a powe rfu l rep ly,

7B 1 1 h4

Here B laCK has t w o I nterest i ng l i nes:

7B 1 1 1 .. .RcS
7B2 1 1 ... b5

7B1 11 ••• RcS

T h i s Is p roba b l y t he best move. a l t hough It Is not the only move.

2S
 12 Bb3

Roman i shin suggests 1 2 Nd51 Nxd5 13 Bxd5 e6 14 Bb3 0 5 1 5 0 4 Ne5

1 6 Bh6, but S chwa rz g i ves 14 b5 �, andlevy says "B lack has t he
•••

bet ter at tacking p rospec t s :

12 ••• 05

12.•. b5 has a Iso been seen:

a) Yuferov - G rozdov, USSR A rmed Fo rces Ch. 1 966 (in levy}'13 h5

Na5 1 4 hxg6 Nxb3+ 15 Nxb3 hxg6 16 B h6 B hS 17 Bf8 R xf8 1 8 R x h8+
KxhS 19 Qh6+ Kg8 20 Nd5 1 -0 .

b) li be rzon - Pa rma, M a t c h 1 976 (I n M M }, 1 3 0 3 0 5 1 4 Nd5 Nxd5

15 Bxd5 b4 16 0 4 Nxd4 17 Bxd4 e5 18 Be3 Bxa4 1 9 Bxa8 Rxc2+ �.

1 3 04

13 h5 may be s t ronger:

Hod9�on - Pavnovlc, london-Beograd T e lex 1 976 (In MM):

1 3 .Nxd4 14 Bxd4 04 15 Bd5 e6 16 hxg6 hxg6 17 Qg5 e5 18 R hS+
••

Kxh8 1 9 Bxf7 Rg8 20 R h l + 1 -0.

Povah - T udhope, Student Team Mex i co C i ty 1 977 (in MM},

1 3 .Nxd4 14 Bxd4 0 4 15 Bd5 e6 16 hxg6 fxg6 1 7 Bxf6 B x f6 1 8 Q h6
••

Bg7 1 9 Qxh7+ Kf7 20 R h6 + -.

Kopp - Bauer, � 1 982 (i n NIC3}' 1 3 a4 14 Bd5 e6 15 hxg6 exd5

•••

05 ... hxg6 16 B h6 B h8 17 Bxc6! bxc6 18 Bf8! Kxf8 19 R x hS + Ke7 20

Nxc6+ + -, Povah - V lam, 1 977) 16 gxh7+ ( l6 B h6! i s S hamnkovl ch's
No r r l some I mp rovement: 16 .fxg6 1 7 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 8 Qh6+ Kg8 1 9
••

Nd5!; 1 6 .B h8 1 7 g7; 1 6 .Nxd4 1 7 Bxg7; 1 6 . . .Ne8 1 7 gxf7 + Kxf7 1 8

.• ••

Qf4+ B f 6 1 9 Nd5) 1 6 Kh8 1 7 B h6 Ne8 1 8 Nf5 Bxf5 1 9 exf5 03 2 0 b 3

•..

Nb4 21 Rdel Bf6 2 2 B g 5 B e 5 2 3 B h 6 Rxc3 2 4 Qg5 Bf4+ 2 5 Qxf4

Nd3 + 0-1 .

1 3 03 b5! 1 4 h5 b4 15 axb4 axb4 16 Nb 1 Nxd4 17 Bxd4 Ba4! -+ -RS .

13 Nxd4 14 Bxd4 b 5
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S che rfke - Vehreschi Id, � 1 982 (in NIC3): 15 Nd5 Nxd5 (An
Imp rovement on 15 e57 1 6 Bxe5 dxe5 17 Nxf6+ Bxf6 18 Qxd7 + -,
•••

Janetschek - McKay, N i ce OL 1 974 (in MM)} 1 6 Bxd5 e5 1 7 Be3

bxa4 1 8 Bxa8 a3 19 bxa3 Qb3 20 Qd3 Rc3 2 1 Bd5 Qa3 22 Kb 1
Qb4+ 23 Kcl Ba4 0 - 1 .

Bouaz l z - Levy, S i egen O L 1 970 ( I n MM}, 1 5 Kb 1 bxa4 1 6 Nxa4

Bxa4 17 Bxa4 Rc4 18 Bb3 Rxd4! 19 Qxd4 a4 w he re White t ried t he
des perate 20 Bxf7 + Kxf7 21 Qc4+ Kf8 22 e5 bu t aft er 22 .N h5 23
•.

f4 a3 B lack rega i ned t he i n i tat i ve: 24 b4 a2+ 25 Ka 1 dxe5 26 c3

exf4 27 Rd5 N f6 28 R b 5 Qxb5! 29 Qxb5 Ne4 30 K b 2 Nxc3 31 Q b 7
Nd l+0-1 .

Pet rusha - Va leyev, M l nsk 1 963 (In MM}, 1 5 Qd3 bxa4 1 6 Nxa4
Bb5 17 Qe3 Bxa4 18 Bxa4 Qb4 1 9 Qb3 Nxe4 20 Bxg7 Nc5! 2 1
Qxb4 a x b 4 2 2 Bd4 Rxa4 - + .

G i les - Go ldman, Chi cago 1987: 1 5 B d 5 b4 1 6 Bxa8 bxc3 1 7 Bxc3

Qxa8 and B lack stood better, but he later refused a d raw offe r ,
overp ressed, and los t .

Janetschek - B rest i an, V ienna 1 985 ( i n I NF39/266}'

Ba2 Qb417 hxg6 hxg6 0 7 a3!7,1 7 e5!7 - Au t ho rs) 1 8 Qg5 e5 and
••• •..

now Janetschek g i ves 19 Rh8+ Kx h8 20 Bxf7 + -, and fu r t her suggests

1 6 a3!7 after w hich we fee l B lack has equa l chances, for exa m p le 17
••.

bxa3 e5 18 Be3 Qc7 1 9 Nd5 Nxd5 20 Bxd5 Rab8 and B lack stands
well.

1 5 Bxfb Bxf6 1 6 Nd5 bxa4 1 7 Nxf6+ exf6 1 8 Bd5 a 3 1 9 bxa3 Ba4

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20 Bxa8 Qb3 -+ -RS.

7B2 11 ••• b5

1 2 Ndxb5

i n 1NF38/285:12 Nd5 bxc4 (Gufeld g i ves 12 .Nxd5! 13 Bxd5 Rc8!)l3

••

Nxc6 Nxd5 (l3 Bxc6 14 Nxe7+ Kh8 1 5 Nxc6 w ins - MM) 14 Nxb8
•..

Bxb2+ 15 Kxb2 c3+ 1 6 Ko 1 ! cxd2 1 7 exd5 Rab8 18 Rd2 Rb7 1 9 h5! Rc8
20 hxg6 fxg6 � 21 g4 Ba4 22 Rdh2 Bc2 23 Rxh7 Rcb81! - Gomez.

12 Ncxb5 Rc8 13 Bb3 ( 1 3 Be2 d5!) 13 Nxd4 14 Nxd4 05 1 5 04 e5

•••

16 Nb5 Bxb5 1 7 axb5 Qxb5 and B lack has won back his pawn w i t h a
mo re act i ve pos i t i on - Gufe l d .

12 Bd5 Rc8 1 3 Bxc6 Bxc6 1 4 Nxc6 Rxc6 1 5 Nd5 Nxd5 1 6 exd5 Rc4
17 h5 Qf8! = - Gufeld.

12 Bxb5 Nxd4 1 3 B x d 7 Nxf3 � -RS.

12 .Ne5
••

1 2 Rc8 13 Be2 (13 Bb3 Ne5 [ 1 3 Na5 1 4 Nd4 Nxb3+ axb3 a51 -
•.. •••

Gufe l d.1 1 4 Nd4 Nc4 15 Qd3 Nxe3 16 Qxe3 Qb6oo, lJuboJev l c -

Bertok, Umag 1 972,) 13 Nb4 14 03 Bxb5 1 5 axb4 Bxe2 1 6 Nxe2 05 1 7
.••

b5 Qxb5 1 8 Bd4 and W h i t e has a s l ight i n i t i a t ive, b u t t he Black

p os i t i on is defens i b le - Gufe Id.

1 3 Be2

13 Qe2? Nh5! -+ , Zama rajko - T rojnov, � 1 968/69 i n ECQ, w hich

cons i de rs t he pos i f l on after 1 3 Be2 + -.

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 13 ••• Qb7

Suggested by a number of theoret I c l ans. 1 3 ...Rc8 comes Int o

cons I d e r a t I on-Aut ho rs .

1 4 f4

Co-aut ho r Schl l ler's i dea. T he ana lys i s w h i c h fo l lows Is ou rs

(Schl l l e r , Go l dman, Maddex),

14 Nd4 a5 "fo l lowed by ... Rfb8 and ...a4 w i t h exce l lent p lay for t he
pawn: - Vo ronkov (In Levy).

14 ••• Ng4 15 Bd4 a5 16 fxa5

16 Nxd6 Is met by 16 ...Qb4!

16 .Bh6
••

16 ••• a6!? may be best .

17 Qx h6/? Nxh6 18 axf6

Whi te has two p i eces and two pawns for t he I, and t he l1h6 Is out of
p lay. P lay may con t i nue: 18 .. Bxb5 1 9 Bxb5 (19 Nxb5 Qxe4)
.

19 .Ng4 20 h5 and now:

••

a) 20 .. .Ne5 21 Bxe5! dxe5 22 Rd7! Qb6 23 hxg6.

b) 20 ... Rac8 21 hxg6 fxg6 22 Nd5:

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b 1) 22 ... Qxb5 2S Ne7 + Kf7 29 R h7 + +­
b2) 22 .Nxf6 23 Bxf 6 Qxb5 24 Rxh7l
.•

b2D 2 4 Kx h7 25 Rhl+ KgS 26 RhS+ Kf7 27 R h7 + +­

•••

b22) 24 . . .Rxf6 25 Nxf6. KfS 26 R hS+ + -

b23) 24 Rxc2+ 25 Kxc2 Qe2+ 26 K c1 RcS+ 27 Bc3 Rxc3 2S Nxc3
. •.

Qe3+ 29 K-any Kxh7 30 Rxd6±.

7e 1 1 NdS NxdS 1 2 BxdS

12 exd5 Ne5 13 Be2 ReS 14 B h6 (14 h4 1?-MM) BhS 15 g4 (Moles -

Levy, SkopJe 1972) 15 ... b5 "w i t h an u n clea r posi t ion: - Levy . A fter 12
Bxd5

12 ...Qc7 (Fischer) 13 h4 R fcS 14 Bb3 N e5 15 h5 Nc4 -MM

12 ...a5 13 h4 Nb4 14 h5? e6 15 Bb3 a4 16 axb4 axb4 17 axb3 e5 6

IS . . . Bc 6 1- Gufeld, but Levy notes t he refu t a tion f rom Kot tnau er: 15
hxg6 exd5 1 6 B h6 , and Whi te w i ns.

7D 1 1 Bb3 as!?

11 ... RcS 12 h4 t ransposes to 7B . On 12 g4 a5 (bet ter t han 12 Ne5? 13•..

g 5 NeS 14 Nd5 KfS 15 h 4 Nc4 16 Bxc4 Rxc4 17 h5 QdS IS hxg6 hxg6

19 R h7 e6 20 Rxg7 exd5 21 R h7 Ra4 22 Qh2 Rxa2 23 Qh6+ Ke7 24
Qxg6 Ra l + 25 Kd2 Qa5+ 26 Ke2 Bb5+ 27 Kf2 1-0. Petkev l c h ­
Sobolevsky, Moscow -Len i ngrad M il i tary match 1965') 13 a3 b5 14
g5 b4 15 gxf6 bxc3 16 bxc3 Bxf6 17 h4 a4 IS Bd5 (Barnes - Krystall,
Lone P i ne 1974) Qb7 19 h5 Rob S and Black's at tack is faster.

1 2 NdbS

12 a 4 :

a ) 12 .. .Nxd4 13 B x d 4 b5 1- G llgo r l c and Veli m i rov ic. B u t after 1 4

axb5 Bxb5 15 Bxf6 Bxf6 16 Nd5 w e feel t ha t W h i t e has a s l i ght
advantage.

b) 12 ... RcS 13 g4 Ne5 14 Qe2 Rxc3 15 bxc3 Qc7 16 Bd2 ReS CD= -
Ve l i m l rov lc.

c) 12 ... RcS 13 Ndb5 Nb4 14 Kb 1 d5 15 exd5 Bxb5 16 Bf4 Rxc3 17 BxbS

Rxb3 I S Be5 Bd3 19 cxd3 Nxd5 20 B x g7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2 (B rowne -
Sosonko. W i j k aan Zee 1975).

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 12••• a4

1 2 R c 8 1 3 K b 1 Ne5 1 4 Q e 2 a 4 1 5 Nxa4 R xa4 1 6 B x a 4 Nc4 1 7 Bd4

.••

Qa8 1 8 Na7 Bxa4 1 9 Nxc8 Qxc8 20 b3 Na3+ 2 1 Kb2 Nb5 22 bxa4

Nxd4 23 Rxd4 Nd5 24 Qd2 Qc4 25 c3 Bxd4 26 cxd4 Nb6 �,
Est r l n - I .Zal tsev,Moscow 1 964.

13 Bxa4

Savon - Ste in, USSR Ch 1 962 (in Gufe ld): 13 Nxa4 Na5! 14 Qe2 Nxb3
15 axb3 d5 1 6 exd5 Qe5 1 7 f4 Qf5 1 8 Kb 1 Rfc8 19 Na7 Rc7 20 Bb6
Bxa4 2 1 Bxc7 Bxb3!

13 •••• Re8

13 ...Na5 1 4 Qe2 Rc8!? is suggested by Gufe ld.

1 4 Kbl

P lanl nc - Ve l i m l rovlc, Yugos lav C h. 1 975 ('n I N F 1 9/398): 1 4 Qe2 Na5

15 Bb3 Nxb3 16 axb3 d5 (00) 1 7 exd5 Qe5 18 f4 Ra 1+ 19 Kd2 Ne4+
20 Kel Rxd l + 21 Kxd l Qf5 22 Kcl Ra8 23 K b l Nxc3+ 24 Nxc3 Qf6
25 Bcl b5 26 Ne4 Qa6 27 c3 Bxc3 28 Nxc3 Bf5+ 29 Ne4 Qa2+
3 0 Kc2 Rc8+ 3 1 Kd2 Qxb3 -+.

M •••NaS l S Bb3 Ne4 lb Qe2

"After 1 6 Bxc4 Rxc4 B lack wou l d f I nd I t much easI e r to penet rate

t h rough to t he Whi te K I ng" - Ve l l m i rov i c.

lb •••Nxe3 1 7 Qxe3 ReS 18 Nd4 Qa7

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Ve l r m l rov ic cons i ders t hI s du b I ous and suggests 18 ••• bS � b4.

1 9 a3 Ra5 20 Qd2

Ka rpov - Ve l i m l rovlc, Ljub ljana 1 975(l n 1 NF 1 9/398): 20 .Ne8 21 NdS

••

e6 22 Nb4 Nc7 23 c3 Na6 24 Ndc2 NcS 2S Qd6, and now

Ve l r m l rov i c gI ves 2S Be81 26 Ba2 Na4 55. 20 Be8 � Nd7 -cS ­
••. •••

Ve l r m l rov ic.

I. Z a i tsev (jn Gufe l& 20 o8S 2 1 Nde2 dS 22 NxdS NxdS 23 Bx dS

••

Bc6 � Bf8 or 22 exdS e4 23 Nxe4 (or 23 .b S) 23 Ng4. • • ••

Conc l u s I on: The S t e I n system Is alive and w e l l , t hough S hamkov l c h's

i mprovement on Kopp -Bauer may send It back to t he s i ck bay.

3S
 Chapter 8: 10 0-0-0 Re8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 g4
(Others)

It Is I mportant to keep in m i nd t ha t t hese l ines a re only ava i l a b l e I f

W h i t e p lays e i t he r 1 0 0-0 -0 o r 1 0 B b 3 , b u t not after 1 0 h4.

12 g4

S t range ly, t h i s move Is not mentioned by e i t he r ECO or Gufe l d .

Ot he rs:

12 B h6 B x h6 02 .Ne4 13 Bxe4 Bxh6 14 Qxh6 Rxe4 15 h4? Rxe3! 1 6

•.

bxe3 Qa5 1 7 Kd2 Re8 -+ , Kagan - Lee, Orebro 1 966 I n M M ,) 1 3

Qxh6 Rxe3 1 4 bxe3 and now:

14 a5 15 a3 a4 16 Ba2 Qa5 17 Qd2 Re8 18 Kb2 Qb6+ 19 Ka 1 Qa5

•••

20 Kb2 = -Gufe ld.

14 Qa5 1 5 Kd2 Re8 1 6 Qe3 d5 1 7 Ne2 dxe4 1 8 Ke 1 Bb5 1 9 fxe4

.•.

Bxe2 20 Kxe2 Rxe3 21 Qd4 Qb5+ 22 Kd2 Re6 23 Qd8+ Kg7 24

Kc 1 Nxe4 25 Rd5 Qe2 26 Qxe7 Nd3+ 27 Kb 1 Ne3+ 28 Ka 1 Qxe7
0 - L Bornaek - Go Idman, New York 1 982.

Moe - Whlte ley, Orebro 1 966 (In MM): 12 Qe2 a6 13 h4 ( 1 3 f4

Neg4 14 h3 Nxe3 1 5 Qxe3 Nh5 =, F r l dJonsson - Levy, Oreb ro 1 966
I n ECO') 13 h5? 1 4 g4 hxg4 15 f4 Nf3 16 h5 Nxd4 1 7 Bxd4 Nxh5 18 f5
•••

Bxd4 19 Qxg4 + -; 13 Qe7H=+ -MM) 1 4 h5 Ne400 i n ECO.

. •.

12 ••• b5

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S ha r i f - Keene. Dor tmund 1982 (in TC6): 12 ... Qa5 13 1'141'15 14 gh Nxh5
15 Bh6 Rxc3 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 Qxc3 Qxc3 18 be Re8 19 Kd2 Nf4 20
Rdg 1 Kh6 21 Ke3 112- 1I2. Levy suggests 12 ... a5!?

1 3 h4

Sa nto-Roman - McCamb r i dge. A rgen t i na 1 985 (in SB): 13 a3 a5 1 4

95 Nh5 15 Qe2 a 4 1 6 Ba2 Rxc3 1 7 b e Qe7 18 Kb2 Rb8 1 9 Qd2 Bh 3
20 f 4 Nc4+ 21 Bxc4 Qxc4 22 Qd3 e5 2 3 Ne2 Bg 4 2 4 R d 2 Bx e 2 25
Qxe2 Qxe4 26 R f l Nxf4 27 Bxf4 Qxe2 28 Rxe2 ef 29 Rxf4 Re8 30
Re7 Bxc3+ 31 Kcl Rf8 32 Rf3 b4 33 1'13 d5 34 Kdl d4 35 ab Bxb4 36
Rb7 Bc3 37 Ra7 Re8 38 Rfl Re5 391'14 Ra5 40 Rfxf7 a3 41 Rg7 + Kf8
42 Rxa5 Bxa5 43 Ra7 Bb4 44 Rxh7 Bc5 45 Kc 1 Bb4 46 Kb 1 Bd7 47
Ka2 1 - 0 .

Peters - Ku d r i n . USA Ch 1 9 8 1 ( i n TC2}' 1 3 g 5 Nh5 14 Ncxb5 Nxf3 1 5

Nx f3 Bxb5 1 6 Bx a7 Bc4 17 K b 1 Bx b3 18 c b Rc6 19 Bd4 Qa8 20 Bxg7
Nxg7 21 Qe3 Rfc8 22 Nd4 Rc5 23 Ne2 Ne6 241'14 Ra5 25 Nc3
Rxc3 26 Qxc3 Rxa2 27 Qc4 Nc5 28 Rhfl e6 29 Rfel Ra 1 + 30 Kc2
Rxdl 31 Rxdl Nxe4 32 Qe7 Qa6 33 Kbl Qb5 34 R d4 d5 35 Qc2
Qf l + 36 Ka2 Ng3 37 Ra4 e5 38 Qc6 Kg7 39 Qc8 Ne2 40 Ra8 1 -
O.

Now:

Gomez Bai 110 - Z u n iga. Rio de Janei ro 1982 ( i n N I C 4113 a 5 1 4 a3

•••

b4 a5 axb4 axb4 16 Na2 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Rxc4 18 b3 Rc5 19 Nb4 Bxg4

20 fxg4 Qa5 21 Kb2 Ne4 22 Nc6 Qe7

Mortensen - Kar lsson. EsbJe rg 1 984 (in TCI5): 1 3 b4 14 Nbl a5 15

•••

a4 b a 1 6 Nxa3 Qb6 17 Ba2 Qb7 1 8 Qg2 Rb8 1 9 c 3 Rfc8 201'15 Nxf3

2 1 hg hg 22 Nxf3 Nxe4 23 Bd5 Qb4 24 Bxe4 Rxc3+ 25 Nc2 Rxc2+
26 Qxc2 Bx b2+ 27 Kb 1 Bd4+ 28 Kcl Qa3+ 0 - 1.

Th i s mater i a l i s suff i c i e n t l y new t ha t i t wou ld b e p remat u re t o

pass judgement at t hIs pOi n t .

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 Chapter 9: : 10 0-0-0 ReS 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 Kb1!
12 ••• Nc4 1 3 Bxc4 Rxc4

Suet i n - Kup re l chlk, USSR 1 974 (In MM): 14 h4 b5 15 h5 b4 16 Nce2

e5 17 Nb3 d5 18 hxg6 fxg6 19 B h6? Bxh6 20 Qxh6 dxe4 21 Nd2
exf3 -/+; 19 Bc5! Re8 20 Bxb4 dxe4 21 Nc5 e3 22 Qe 1 CD -MM

I skov - K a r lsson, Copenhagen 1 983 (in T C12}' 1 4 Nde2 b5 1 5 B h6

Bxh6 1 6 Qxh6 b4 1 7 Nd5 Nxd5 18 ed Qb6 1 9 b3 Qf2 20 Rd2 R h4 2 1
Ng3 Rxh6 2 2 Rxf2 R h4 2 3 Re2 Re8 2 4 Ne4 R h5 2 5 Rd2 Re5 2 6 Rd4
f5 27 Ng3 a5 28 R hd l Rc8 29 Kb2 Bb5 30 R ld2 Re3 31 a3 ba+ 32
Kxa3 a4 33 Rb4 Rc5 3 4 Kb2 ab 35 cb Re 1 36 Rbd4 Kf7 3 7 f4 Kf6
38 b4 Reel 39 Rc2 Rb 1+ 40 Ka2 Ba4 0-1 .

B lack can a lso fo l low t he o l d game G lauser - Vehm i ro v l c Ba t h 1 973:

12 a5 13 h4 Rxc3 14 Qxc3 b5 1 5 a3 Qa8 16 Qd2 Rc8 CD=.
•••

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lOA 1 2 .. .Ne4
lOB 1 2 Qa5
.••

Remember, t hese l i nes a re only ava I lable after 10 000 or 10 B b 3 .

Gomez B a i 1 10 - B raga, G raz 1981 (In NIC4): 1 2 b5 1 3 Ndxb5 B x b 5

•••

1 4 Nxb5 Q b 6 1 5 Qe2! R e 5 1 6 Ne3 Rxe3 06 .Nd3+ 1 7 R x d 3 R x g 5 1 8

••

f4 Ra5 1 9 R e 1 + -, P lanlnc - M I les. Hast I ngs 1 974/75,) 1 7 bxe3 Qe5 1 8

Be3 Qa3 1 9 Kd2 Re8 2 0 K e 1 Re3 2 1 Bel Qe5 2 2 Bd2+ - .

lOA 1 2 .Ne4 1 3Bxe4

.•

13 Qe2 Nxb2 14 Kxb2 Rxe3 15 Bxf6 R x b 3 16 axb3 Bxf6 17 e3 Qb6

1 8 f4 e5 1 9 fxe5 Bxe5 20 Qd3 Re8 2 1 R hf l Be6 22 R e 1 Be4 23 Q h3
Re7 - + , Nunn - Mest el , B I rmIngham 1976.

13 ••• Rxc4 1 4 a5 dxa5

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15 Ndb5 a6 (Kuzm ln, A. - Basin, Kost roma 1 984 ( i n NI C4}' 1 5 Re8
•••

16 Nxa7 112 .l M i k ha lehlshln - Basin, Mlnsk 1985hn S B}' 1 6 Bxf6 Bxf6

17 Qxd7 Qb6 18 Nd5 Qxb5 1 9 Nxe7+ Bxe7 20 Qxe7 Qe6 21 e3 e4
22 Rd6 Qe5 23 fe Qe3+ 24 Kb 1 Qxe4 25 Qxe4 Rxe4 26 R hd l Re2
27 R l d2 Rfe8 28 Ke2 Kg7 29 b4 R8e7 30 a4 h5 31 b5 ab 32 ab g5
33 e4 h4 34 Ke3 Rxd2 35 Rxd2 Kg6 36 e5 g4 37 Ke4 f5 38 e6 be
39 be f4 40 Ke5 Kf5 4 1 Kd6 R h7 42 e7 Rxe7 43 Kxe7 f3 44 gf gf 45
Kd6 Ke4 46 h3 Ke3 47 Ra2 f2 48 Ra 1 Ke2 49 Ke5 f l =Q 50 Rxfl Kxfl
51 Kf4 Kf2 52 Kg4 Ke3 53 Kxh4 Kf4 1 12-112.

Shi rov - Pet renko, USSR 1 984 (in INF37/237): 15 Nb3(o Re7 1 6 Nb5
Bf5 1 7 Ne7 Qe7 1 8 Kb 1 ( 1 8 g4 Be6 1 9 R he 1 Re8 20 Kb 1 Nd5 00=,
Byrne - T a rJan, USA Ch 1 975 [ lNF 1 9/407 ]) 1 8 Re8 1 9 Ka l b6 20 e 3 ±
••.

a5 2 1 N e 1 a4 2 2 a3 Be6 23 B h6 B hB 24 h 4 Nd5 2 5 h5 e4 2 6 hxg6

fxg6 27 e4 Qxe4 28 fxe4 Qe5 29 exd5 Qa3+ 30 Na2 Qb3 3 1
dxe6 Re8 3 2 R h3 Qb5 3 3 Ne3 Qe6 3 4 Qd81 1 -0.
l OB 12 Qa5
•••

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10B1 1 3 Kb 1
1 0B 2 1 3 R he 1

l OB 1 1 3 Kb 1 Re5 1 4 Nd5 Nxd5 1 5 Qxa5 Rxa5

By rne - Sosonko, B i e l l Z 1 976 (INF22/480): 1 6 Bxd5 e6 ( = -ECO) 1 7

B b 3 Re8 1 8 h 4 Ra6 1 9 Be3 Ne4 2 0 Bf2 Be5 2 1 e 3 Kf8 2 2 R d 3 Ke7
23 R h d 1 Na5 24 g3 h5 25 Ke2 112-112 .

M i k ha le h i s h i n - Gufe ld, Vo lgodonsk 1 98 1 (in TC4): 16 e x d 5 Re8 1 7

R he 1 Kf8 1 8 e 3 Re5 1 9 Re2 b5 2 0 Be3 Ne4 2 1 Bg5 Ne5 2 2 Be3 Ne4
23 Bg5 112 -1I2.

Lau - Conques t , Dortmund 1 986 (In Bu l l e t in): 1 6 .Kh 8 1 7 B h4 Ng8 1 8

••

Nd5 Qxd2 1 9 R x d 2 h6 20 B f 2 Ra5 2 1 h3 b5 2 2 a3 Re8 23 g4 Ra6

24 f5 Bd7 25 Nf4 Be8 26 fg fg 27 Be6 Rb8 28 e3 Nf6 29 Bb3 Nd7
30 Ne6 Nde5 31 Nxe5 Bxe5 32 Ne7 Ra5 33 Nxe8 Rxe8 34 Bf7 Rf8
3 5 Bxg6 Bf4 36 Rde2 Ra6 37 Bf5 Kg7 38 Be6 Be5 39 Be3 Rf3 40
Rf2 Rxh3 41 g5 1 -0 .

Mikha leh l s h l n - Watson.W Hast l ngs 1 985/86 ('n SB}' 1 6 Rc 8 1 7 Nd5

•••

B xd5 18 ed Nb4 19 e3 Nbxd5 20 Bxf6 Nxf6 21 Rxe7 d5 22 Ng5

R8e7 23 Qe3 Bf8 24 Rxe7 Qxe7 25 Qe5 Qd6 26 g3 b5 27 Nf3 a5
28 a3 Kg7 29 Rd4 Qd8 30 Qe2 Bd6 3 1 Ne5 Qe7 32 Rd2 Ne4 3 3
Rxd5 Bxe5 3 4 Qxe4 Rxd5 35 Qxd5 Bf6 36 Q x b 5 Qe 1 + 3 7 Ka2
Qd2 38 Qxa5 Q xh2 39 Qe7 Kh6 40 g4 1 -0. Ti me.

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1 2 a5 Is s t i l l refuted by 1 3 a4 Nc4 1 4 Bxc4 Rxc4 15 b3 Rc8 1 6
•••

Ndb5± -MM

12 .Nc4 I s much less rel i a b le t ha n 12

•• •••h5, but t here a re st i l i p lenty of
comp 11 cat ions .

1 3 Bxc4

Kengi.- lanka, latv l an Ch 1 973 (In MM}, 13 Qd3 Nxe3 14 Qxe3

Qb6 1 5 Qd2 Qc5 16 g4 b5 17 g5 Nh5 18 Nd5 Rfe8 19 Ne2 b4 20
Nef4 Nxf4 21 Nxf4 Bb5 22 Kb 1 a5 23 Qd5 e6 24 Qxd6 a4 -+

13 ••• Rxc4 14 g4

14 h5 1s the subject of C ha p t ers 1 2 - 1 4.

1 4 Kb 1 :

Szna p l k - Vujaclc, Belgrade 1 984 ( I n TC16}. 1 4 h5 1 5 Nde2 Qc7 1 6

•••

B h6 b5 1 7 B x g 7 Kxg7 1 8 Nf4 Q a 5 1 9 g4 Rfc8 2 0 g h b4 2 1 h6+ Kh7

22 Ncd5 Rxc2 23 Qd4 Qc5 24 Nxf6+ 1 -0.

I n Gufe ld: 1 4 Q c7{Boleslavsky} 1 5 g4 Re8 1 6 g5 Nh5 1 7 N d 5 Qd8

•••

or 15 h5 Re8 w i th a dou b ledged game.

Noo r - I mad, As ian Teams 1 986 ( I n Bu l le t i n): 14 Nde2 Qa5 15 h5

Nxh5 16 g4 Ng3 17 Nxg3 Bxc3 18 Qh2 Bxb2+ 19 Kb 1 h5 20 Rd3 Bf6

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21 gh Qb5 22 Kcl Rfc8 23 Rd2 Rb4 0 - 1 .

11A 1 4 b5
•••

l lB 1 4 h5
•••

l ie 1 4 Q05
•••

110 1 4 Qc7
•••

l lAl 1 6 Nce2
l 1A2 1 6 Nd5

HA 1 16 Nce2 Qa5

Ke l l mer - Nes i s , � 1 982{tn I NF341273)[ 1979/80 In Gufe l dIl 6 ... Qc7

17 K b l Rc8 18 hxg6 fxg6 1 9 Rcl e5 [g Ives B lack counte rp loy ­
Gufe ld. 1 20 g5 Nxe4 21 fxe4 exd4 22 Nxd4 d5?! 23 b3! Rc3 24 Bf4
Be5 25 Nf5! ±

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 17 Kb 1 Rfc8 18 hxg6 fxg6 19 Nf4

In I NF3 3/306: 19 e5 ((Xl -ECO) 20 Nb3 Qb5 21 Nd5 Nxd5 22

•••

Qxd5 Qxd5 23 Rxd5 Rxe2 24 Rxd6 Bb5 25 Rhd 1 = -Honfi

I n I NF33/306 (Honfl ): 19 Qe5 20 Nd3 Qa5 21 e5 dxe5 22 Nb3

•••

Qe7 23 Nde5 Be6 24 Ne6 (Xl -Honfl

Honfl - P l r l s l , Budapest 1982 (In INF33/306): 19 ... Rxd4 20 Bxd4 e5 2 1

g5 + -

l l A2 1 6 Nd5 Nxd5

16 e6!? 17 Nxf6+ Qxf6 18 hxg6 hxg6 19 Q h2 Rfe8(Xl, Kokkonen­

•••

Nesl s, � 1 978. Why hasn't t h i s experi ment been repeated?

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By rne. R . - C ioca ltea . Hast i ngs 1971172 ( I n NCP2): 18 Rfc8 1 9 hxg6
•••

f xg6 20 Q h2! h6? (20 ... Kf7!? � Korchno l ) 21 Rd2 Qxd5 21 Nf5!
-

Qe6 23 Bxh6 gxf5 24 Bxg7 Kxg7 25 Re2! Qf6 26 g5! Qxg5 27 Rg2
Rg4 28 fxg4 Bc6 29 Qh7+ Kf8 30 R h5 Qe3 31 Qxf5+ 1 -0.

19 hxg6

in Polugayevsky/Gufe ld (ve r b a t i m !): 19 Q h2 g5! 20 Nf5 Qxf3 2 1

Nxe7+ K h8 2 2 Qxd6 Qe4! 2 3 R h2 h6!; 1 9 Nf5 Qxd2 2 0 Nxe7+ Kh8
2 1 Rxd2 Re8 y i e ld s an accep tab le endgame.

19 fxg6
•••

19 . . . hxg6 20 Q h2 Rfc8 2 1 Qh7+ Kf8 22 B h6!

20 Q h2 QaS 2 1 Qxh7+ Kf7

Adorjan - P avlov. Montana 1 976: (In LP) 22 B h6 R g 8 23 Nf5 ±

In Gufe l d: 22 R h6 "White w i ns a pawn and keeps up his a t tack". T h i s

w a s p layed I n Peters - Be lyavsky, Ca racas 1 976.

l IB 14 ••• hS

IS NfSI?

Be l l i n - Sosonko. Amste rdam 1 973 (in M M}, IS Rdg l e6 16 g x h5

N x h5 17 Nde2 d5 18 exd5 Qf6 ["w i t h act ive p lay for t he pawn" ­
Gufe l dl1 9 Bh6 Rfc8 =

in Gufe l d: IS as Nxg4! 16 fxg4 Bxg4 17 Nde2 Bxe5 18 Bg5 Qa5

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( l 8 Bxc3 1 9 Nxc3! Bxd1 20 Rxdl creates t he t hreat of Nc3-d5) and
.•.

B lack has th ree pawns fo r a p i ece. w i t h both 19 Bxe7 Bxe2 and 1 9

K b 1 Rfc8 fu I Iy acceptab le to h i m .

in Gufeld: 1 5 Nd5 Nxd5 1 6 exd5 hxg4 1 7 h 5 fa i ls t o 1 7 . . .Bf5!

15 ••• gxf5 16 gxf5 Rxc31?

16 Kh8 Iooks r i sky. and i t is not c lea r w het he r the p iece sac r i f ice i s
•••

cor rect -Gufe ld.

Worse i s 1 6 Kh7 1 7 R hg 1 R g 8 1 8 Nd5 e 6 1 9 fxe6 fxe6 2 0 Qd3!

. ••

Pe reny i -Schne i de r. Hungary 1 979.

17 bxc3

1 7 Qxc3 is met by 17 Nd5!'

•••

17 ••• Qa5 18 Rhg I Qxa2 19 Qg2 Ng4 20 Rd3

20 fxg4? Bxc3 ! w ins.

20 .Rc81 •• Cl)

Ana lysis by F lo r ian and Pe renyi I n ECO.

HC 14 Qa5
•••

Acco rding to Gufeld. this varl at Ion I s substant la I ly t he same as tha t

w ith 9 Qa5. w i t h t he difference t hat t he rook o n c 8 came from f8
• •.

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i ns tead of a8 p laying no role. We exa m i ne those lines elsew here,
and note t ha t t here are p os i tions w hi c h do not t ranspose in h i s
schema, specif i cally, 1 5 Nb3 and 15 h 5 w he re B lack does not cap t ure
t he pawn I mmedi a tely .

1 5 h5

de F i rm ian - Velim i rov i c , ?[Borl1983 (in PCN V): 15 Nb3 Qe5 16 Bf4
Qe6 17 Bh6 B x h6 18 Qxh6 Rfc8 19 h5 b5 20 hxg6 fxg6 21 Kb 1 Qf7
22 e5 b4 23 exf6 bxc3 24 fxe7 Qxe7 25 R hel Qf6 26 g5 Qf7 27
Rxd6 R4c6 28 Qh2 cxb2 29 Rxc6 Bxc6 3 0 Nd4 Bd5 31 a3 Qb7 32
a4 Bf7 3 3 Rhl Bc4 34 ReI Qb4 35 Rh l Ba2+ 36 Kxa2 Qxa4+ 37
Kxb2 Qxd4+ 38 Kcl Qa l + 39 Kd2 Rd8+ 40 Ke2 Qa6+ 4 1 Ke l
Qa5+ 0 - 1 .

15 Rfc8
•••

K lovans - Bejsheyev, USSR 1985 ( i n I NF39/266 }' 1 5 Bxg4Here

•••

K lovans g i ves 16 hxg6 Rxd4 17 Bxd4 Bxf3 1 8 gx h7 + Kh8 19 Kb 1 Bxdl

20 Qxdl Qg5 21 Nd5 e5 22 Be3± a n d 1 6 Nb3 Qa6 17 hxg6 hxg6
18 fxg4 Rfc8 19 Qh2 Rxc3 20 bxc3 Nxe4 21 Qh7 + Kf8 22 Qxh8+
Bxh8 23 Rxh8+ Kg7 24 Rc8±

K lovan - Yu rtayev , USSR 1 98 1 ( i nINF 331306}' 1 5 Rxc3 16 Qxc3 Qxa2

••.

17 hxg6 hxg6 18 Qb3 Qa6 19 Bh6 Qa 1+ 20 Kd2 Qa5+ 21 Ke2 B h6

22 Rh6 Qg5 23 Rdhl Kg7 24 Qxb7 and now 24 e51 25Nb5 d5 2 7
•••

Nd5 d4CX1 -C hibu rdani dze, Gufe ld

16 Nb3 Qa6 17 hxg6 hxg6

T i m oschenko - Vese lovsky , USSR 1980: (in I NF 30/423): 17 fxg6 1 8 e5

•••

Ne8 19 Qh2 h5 20 Bd4 Rxd4 21 Rxd4 Be5 22 Qd2 Bxd4 23 Nxd4±

( 1 -0.67)

1 8 a5 dxa5

Di m - M i cha i lov, � 1983 (in peN I V): 18 Nxg4 19 fxg4 Bxg4 20

•••

Qh2 Bxe5 21 Qh7+ Kf8 22 Bd4 Rxd4 23 Rxd4 Bxd4 24 Nxd4 Ke8 25
Qg8+ Kd7 26 Qxf7 Qc4 27 Qf2 Bh5 28 Rh4 Qc5 29 Qg2 Ke8 30
Nd5 e5 31 Rxh5 Qxd4 3 2 Qxg6+ Kd7 33 Qf5+ Kc6 34 Qxc8+ 1 -0 .

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 In I NF 38/389 (R l go,Sap l ,Semelded: 21 fxg4 Bxg4 22 Qd8 Rxd8 23
Rxd8+ Kg7 24 R hx h8 f6 25 B h6 + Kf7 26 R h7+ Ke6 27 Nd5 g5 28
Rxe7+ Kf5 29 Ne3+ Kg6 30 R hB Re8! 3 1 Bf8 Rxf8 32 Rxf8 Qe2 33
Rg8=-R l go,Sa p l ,A .Semel de r

Ka lmar - P e r lakl , � 1 984 ( i n I NF381289}' 21 Qxd7 Nf2 23 Nd5

Rxe2+ 23 K b l Nxd1 24 Nxe7+ Kf8 25 RxhB + Kg7 and now Bott l i k
g I ves 2 6 R h7+ I Kxh7 2 7 Q h3 + Kg7 2 8 Qh6#.

l lD 14 ••• Qe7 1 5 h5

Edoes - Pe reny l , Hungary 1980 ( I n INF30/424}' 1 5 Nde2 Re8 16 Bh6

B x h6 1 7 Qxh6 b5 1 8 h5 b4 1 9 g5 Nxh5 20 Nd 5 Qd8 21 R x h5 gxh5 22
Nxf6+ exf6 23 gxf6 Rxe2+ 2 4 Kb 1 Qf8 2 5 Rg 1 Bg4 26 Qe3 Kh8 27
fxg4 h4 28 Rhl Qg8 29 R h4 Qg6 30 g5 d5 31 Qh3 R2e4 32 b3 R4e5
33 Nd4 dxe4 3 4 R h6 e3!! 35 Rxg6 ReI 32 Kb2 e2 3 7 Rg8+ Kxg8 0 -
1.

l S Re8 l b hxgb fxgb 1 7 Kbl 07 B h6? Nxe4!+ -

••

ECO) 1 7 ••• QaS

Be lyavsky - Gufe ld, Novos i b i rsk 1 976 ( i n LP}, 17 .b5?! 1 8 Nd5! Nxd5
•.

1 9 exd5 Qb7 20 Qh2 Kf7 21 Qf4+ Kg8 22 R xh7! Qxd5 23 Rxg7+

Kxg7 24 Nf5+ ± .

I n Polugayevsky: 1 7 Rxe3 1 8 Qxe3 Qxe3 1 9 bxe3 R x e 3 2 0 Rd3 �

••

1 8 Nb3 QeS

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1 1D1 19Bd4
1 1 D2 1 9 95

19 f4 a l lows t he queen sac 19 ...Qxc3!! 20 bxc3 Nxe45!i -EC O .

1 1D 1 1 9 Bd4 Qe6 20 Q h2 Qf7 2 1 e 5 dxe5 22 Bxe5 Be6 2 3 Nd4
Rxc3

M a r t i n - M i les , Lanza rote 1 977 (in Gufe l& 24 Nxe6? Rxc2 2 5

Qxc2 R x c 2 1 6 R d 8 + N e 8 2 7 N x g 7 Qxf31 a n d B lack obta i ned t he
advantage.

Nes i s - Oechs le in, � 1 979/80 (in Gufe ld [1 980 in N I C3 1 }' 24 bxc3

Bxa2+ 25 Kb2 Bd5 26 g5 N h5 27 Bxg7 Qxg7 28 R he 1 (± - N I C)
28 . . .Qf7 (28 ...Bxf3 29 R d 3! Bd5 30 Re5) 2 9 Qe5 ±.
1 1D2 1 9 g5 Nh5 20 f4 Qab

���
�A@' a ,*,�. � ..
., �
tlE1
.q7#�
�� Jl" �+:
1� t • .B... p.� Uti t
';;e.,,, �'"
. .

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. . . ��
.B.ft� •
• ""M
_ c.z..J � r� _
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..!1. /..!1.'G'j •
• • •
;B\!tBE!. ME!

2 1 f5 Qf7 22 Bd4

M i k halc h i s h i n - Gufeld, USSR Cup 1 978 (in LP}, 22...b57123 Bxg7

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Qxg7 24 Nd5! Rxc2 25 Qd4 Rg2 26 f6 ±

22 Ng31 (Cl) -ECO) 23 Rh4 gxf5 24 Bxg7 Qxg7

.•• = -

Po lugayevsky.

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 C hapter Twe lve: 12 h4 Ne4 1 3 Bxe4 Rxe4 1 4 h5
Unt roductlon)

14 .Nx h5 15 g4 Nfb
••

1 2A 16 b 3
1 2B 16 e5
1 2C 16 Kbl
1 20 . 1 6 Nb3
1 2E . 1 6 Nd5
1 2F 1 6 Q h2
12G 1 6 Rdg l

16 B h6 Is C ha p t e r 1 3 and 16 Nde2 Is C ha p te r 1 4 .
1 2A lb b3

A new t ry w hI c h ha s seen a lot o f actIon, espec I a l ly by t he Hunga r Ian

t heo re t l ciarPe reny l .

12Al 1 6 ...Rc5
1 2A2 1 6 ...RcS

1 2A 1 lb • •• Re5 1 7 Nf5

M u rey - Sax , Moscow I Z 1 9S2 ( I n TCS}' 1 7 Ne6 fe IS Bxc5 dc 1 9 e5

Qa5 20 ef Bxf6 21 Qh6 Bg7 22 Qxh7+ Kf7 23 Ne4 Qa3+ 24 Kd2
RhS 25 QxhS BxhS 26 RxhS Bc6 27 Ng5+ Kf6 2S f4 Qb4+ 29 Ke2
Qxf4 30 Rfl Qxfl + 3 1 Kxfl Kxg5 32 RgS Be4 33 RcS Bc6 34 Kf2

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Kxg4 35 RfS g5 39 e3 Be2 40 RbS Be4 41 a5 Kf4 42 RfS+ Bf5 4 3
Rf7 g4 44 R x e 7 g3+ 4 5 Kfl Be4 46 Rf7+ K e 3 47 Re7 B f 3 4S Rxe5
e4 49 Re7 Kd2 50 Rxb7 e3 51 Rd7 + Kxe3 52 Rxa7 g2+ 53 Kg 1 Kd4
54 Rd7+ Bd5 55 Rxd5+ Kxd5 56 Kxg2 Kd4 57 Kfl l -O .

_ � ;t=f'��?
_ �.;. t� w��
•t RAm t .ft! t
�
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[� '�)
r,a;, � t •. •
• �m .� •
• _ ft . ft •
• � �,
� .l.!. M �� �.
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•
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D � R
� Q c:H� � c=.
. _ R

17 ••• Rxc3

Sza lanezl - Sehnelder, A, Budapest 1 9S2 ( i n N I C l }. 1 7 Nf5 Rxf5 1 S

gxf5 Qa5 1 9 Bd4 ReS 2 0 K bl Re6 2 1 Nd5 Qxd2 2 2 Rxd2 Nxd5 2 3
exd5 Re7 2 4 fxg6 fxg6 2 5 e4 Bf5 2 6 Kb2 h505 ••

l S Bhb

Pe reny i - Bordas, Ba latonberenyl 1 9S3 (in NIC2): lS ••• BhS 19 BxfS

Qa5 CD

Pereny i - Degen, T r i e r 19S4 (in NIC2}' 18 Ne4 19 fxe4 Be5 20 Bf4

•••

Bxf4 21 Qxf4 Bxf5 22 gxf5 Qb6 23 R x h7 Kxh7 24 R h 1+ KgS 25 Q h4

Rxe2+ 26 Kxe2 ReS+ 27 Kb l Kg7 2S f6+ 1 -0 .

In N I C 2 (Perenyi ): 18 Rf3 19 Bxg7 Ng4!? CD o r l S

•• • •. Bf5!? - Pereny i .
1 2A2 lb ... Rc8 1 7 Nd5

T o lna l - Kapp ler, Hungary 19S3 (in I NF36127S): 17 B h6 B hS 1 S BxfS

QxfS (05 -ECO) 19 g5 Nh5 20 Nee2 Qg7 21 e3 Qe5 22 Kb 1 Ng3
23 Nxg3 Qxg3 24 Qe3 Qe5 25 f4 Qe5 26 Rcl e5 27 fxe5 Bxe5 2S
Qf2? d5? (2S Be6 =+) 29 Rxh7!! BeS 30 R h4 Be6 31 Rehl !! dxe4
•••

(3 1 .. .Qe3 Qf6!! Qd3 33 Ne2 Bxf6 3 4 gxf6) 3 2 Qf6! Bxf6 33 gxf6

Q h5 24 Rxh5 gxh5 25 Nf5 Re7 26 R h5 e3 37 Nxe7 + Rxe7 3S fxe7
f6 39 R h3! + - (1 -0.59)

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 17 ••• Nxd5

Pe reny l - Wagman, Regg l o E m l l i a 1983/84 ( I n NIC2): 17 e6 1 8 Nxf6+

•••

Qxf6 19 Bg5 Qe5 20 Kb l Rfe8 21 c3 Qc5 22 Rcl d5 23 Q h2 dxe4

24 Qxh7 + Kf8 25 Be3 Qd5 26 Rcdl Qe5 27 f4 Qc7 28 f5 exf5 29
B h6 Qe5 30 gxf5 B x h6 3 1 Q x h6+ Ke7 32 fxg6 R h8 CD

18 axd5 Qc7

_ . B �*.
� t �.· lt.. m + plt..� .t
�� �_J.IL�� � �
• m B .t .
• . ft . •
� �M . � .
� �. �a•
• ft . � ft .
il: .
aa� ;Q'
�a • • a
_
B �
_ R.
Q C::l _ fi
B C::l R

M u rey - Wa l h nger, B regenz 1 985 (In NIC4): 1 9 K b l Qc3 20 Q h2 h5

21 Rd3 Qa5 22 g x h5 Qd5 23 hxg6 fxg6 24 Q h7 + Kf7 25 B h6 Rg8
26 R h4 Qe5 27 Re3 Qf6 28 Rf4 Bf5 29 Re6 + -

Pe reny i - Schne I de r, A . Hungary C h 1 982 (In INF35/290}.1 9 Qh2 h5

20 Kb 1 Qa5 21 Bc 1 Be5 22 Qf2 Rc5 23 gxh5 Rxd5 24 hxg6 fxg6 25
Q h4 Kf7 26 Qh7 Ke8 27 Bg5 Rf7 28 Qg8+ Rf8 20 Qg6 Kd8 30
Qe4 Rxd4 31 Rxd4 Qc3 3 2 R h7! Bf 5 33 Re7 Bxe4 3 4 Rf7 + =
1 2B 1 6 a5 Nxg4 1 7 fxg4 Bxg4

Popovych - Fedo row i cz, New Yo rk 1 977 (In MM): 18 Bh6 Bxe5 1 9
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Nde2 ReS 20 Rdfl Qa5 21 Qd3 Rec8 22 Bd2 h5 23 Kb 1 Qb6 0 - 1 .

1 8 Rdg l dxe5 19 Rxg4 h 5 2 0 Rxh5

Vi tomsk i s - KOi fman, � 1985 (in NIC 5}. 20 Qe2! exd4 21 Rxg6
fxg6 22 Qc4+ Kh8 23 R d l e5 24 Ne4 Qh4 25 Ng5 Qg4 26 Bd2 e4
27 Ne6 e3 28 Bb4 b5 29 Qd5 Bh6 30 Re 1 Rfl 31 Qd4 + Qxd4 32
Nxd4 h4 33 Kdl Rf4 34 Ke2 Rf2+ 35 Kd3 Bf4 36 Ne2 Bc7 37 R h l
Bd8 3 8 Bc5 Rf7 39 B e 3 g 5 40 Nd4 1 -0. A very i m po rtant nove l t y
t hat shou ld cause a re-eva lua t i on of t he ent i re l i ne .

Rxd41 2 1 B x d 4 exd4

C humak - Okhotnlk, Dn l ep ropet ropvsk 1 970 (In MM): 22 Ne4 gxh5

23 Rxg7 + Kxg7 24 Qg5+ Kh7 25 Qxh5+ Kg7 1 /2-1I2.

in Gufe ld: 22 Nd5 gxh5 23 Rxg7+ Kxg7 24 Qg5+ Kh7 25 Qxh5+

Kg7 26 Qg5+ Kh7 27 Nxe7 ReS 28 Q h5+ Kg7 29 Qg7 + Kh7 d raws.
1 2C 16 Kb 1

Anot her new move not men t i oned in Gufe ld, o r even ECO.

16 b5
•••

Gu rev i ch, I . - Rache ls, U .S . Juni o r 1 986 (In B u l le t i n}. 1 6 Re8 1 7 Nd5
••

e6 1 8 Nxf6+ Qxf6 19 Q h2 h6 20 b3 Rc3 21 B h6 B x h6 22 Qxh6

Rec8 23 R h2 Qg7 24 Rdhl Qxh6 25 R x h6 Kf8 26 RhB Ke7 27 Rxc8
Bxc8 28 Rfl Bd7 29 Kc1 g5 30 Kd2 Rc5 31 c3 Re5 3 2 b4 d5 33 Kd3
a6112 - 1 12.

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Kuznecov - T o lna i , Budapest 1 984 (in I NF371238}' 17 b3 Rc5 1 8 Ne6
fxe6 19 Bxc5 dxc5 20 e5 Qa5 2 1 exf6 Bxf6 22 Q h2 Rf7 23 Rd7
Bxc3 24 Qb8+ Kg7 25 Qe8 Qa3 26 Rx h7+ Kxh7 27 Qxf7+ Bg7 28
c3 Qa5 29 b4 Qa3 30 Rd2 1 -0.

Kovacs - Szeke ly, Hungary 1 984 (in NIC3}' 17 Nd5 e5 18 Q h2 1'15 19

Bg5 Nxg4 20 fxg4 Qxg5 21 gxh5 Rxd4 22 Rdg 1 Bxg4 23 Rxg4 Qxg4
24 Ne7+ 1 -0.
1 20 1 6 Nb3

D i s m i ssed by Gufe l d in a note, t h i s line has ga i ned i n popu la r i t y.

1 6 Re8
••

Gufe ld and P o lugayevsky give 16 .. .Rxc3 17 bxc3 a5, but as p o inted

out in Fe rnschach, 1 8 e5! puts p a i d t o t h i s p lan, and no doubt was
la rge ly respons i b le fo r t he resu rgence In Inte res t , however M i les
and Moskow g i ve 16 Rxc31 1 7 bxc3 Qc7 -/+ .
•••

1 6 a5!? 1 7 B h6 0 7 e5 Nxg4 1 8 fxg4 Bxg4<55 -ECO.) 1 7 B x h6 1 8 Qxh6

••• •••

( 1 8 R x h6 !? -ECO) 18 Rxc3 19 bxc3 Qc705 -ECO. Or 19 g5 Nh5 20

• ••

R x h5 gxh5 21 Q x h5 (2 1 R h l Rxf3 22 R x h5 R f 1 + 23 Kd2 Rd l + II -+ )

2 1 Rxf3e»ECO.
..•

1 20 1 1 7B h6
1 202 17 e5
1 201 17 B h6 Bh8

T h l e len - M o l l e r , � 1 985 (ln Fernschacht 17 Bxh6 1 8 R x h6 a5?! 19

• •.

Rdh1! Nh5 2 0 R6xh5! g h 2 6 Qg5+ K h8 2 2 Qxh5 1 -0.

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 1 8 Bg5

R i s f l c - Kas p ret, G roningen 1977f78 (in MM): 18 Rxc3 19 bxc3

•••

Qc8 20 e5 Ng4 21 fxg4 Bxg4 22 exd6 Bxc3 23 Q h2±; 16 Rxc3! 1 7•..

bxc3 Qc7 -/+ -MM

Ha rdlcsay - T olna l , Hungary 1 983 ( I n peN v): 18 Qc8 19 R h4 Rxc3

•••

20 bxc3 Be6 21 Rdh1 Bg7 22 e5 dxe5 23 Bxf6 Bxf6 24 R x h7 Qc4 25

g5 Bg7 26 R 1 h4 e 4 27 Nd4 Qxa2 28 Q h2 Qa 1 + 29 Kd2 e 3+ 30
K e 2 Bc4+ 31 Kxe3 Qxc3+ 32 Kf2 Bxd4+ 0 - 1 .
1 2D2 1 7 a 5 Nxg4 1 8 fxg4 Bxg4 1 9 Rdgl h5 20 a 6 f5

T sa t u r l an - P o letayev, � 198 3 I n INF35/290): 20 Bxe6 2 1 Bd4 (21

.•.

R h5!?) 2 1 ...Bg4 22 Rxg4! hxg4 23 Bxg7 Kxg7 24 Qh6+ Kf6 25 Nd5+ !

Ke6 26 R e 1 + Kd7 27 Qg7!± Kc8 28 Qxf7 Kb8 29 Nxe7? Rc8!! 30
Nd4? (30 Kd1 Rf8 3 1 Q96 �) 30 . . . Ka8? (30 Qc7!) 3 1 Re2 Qd7 3 2
•..

Q f 6 Rc5 3 3 Nxg6 Rxe2 3 4 Nxe2 a6 35 Ngf4 Re5 36 K d 2 Qc6 37

Qg6 Qf3 38 Qd6 Re4! 39 Qf8 Ka7 40 Qc5 112-1/2 .
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 2 1 Nd5

Jovc i c - Vel i m i rov i c , Yugos lav ia 1984 (in INF38/286}. 21 Bd4 Rxd4 22
Nxd4 Qb6 23 Nde2 Kh7 24 Qd3 B h6 25 Kbl Qe3 CD 26 Qxe3
Bxe3 27 Rxg4?! (27 Rg3 Bf2 28 Rg2 Bc5 CD)27 .fxg4 28 Nd5? Bf 2 29
•.

Rfl g3 30 Nef4 Rf8 3 1 Ng2 g5 32 Rhl Kh6 33 c4 Rf5 34 Ne7 Re5 35

Nd5 Re6 36 Nc3 h4 37 Kc2 Kh5 3 8 Kd3 Kg4 39 Ne4 Rxe4 40 Kxe4
h30 - 1 .

21 ••• QcB

Ye Ji angchuan - Ve l i m i rovlc, Asia - Yug. 1 984 (In INF38/286):22

Nd4 Kh7? (22 ... Bxd4 23 Bxd4 Qe6 24 Ne3± - Ve l l m l rov ic, ) 23
Rxg4 fxg4 24 Qd3 + -

I vanov i c - Ve l i m i rov ic, S t a re Pazova 1983 (in INF 38/286): 2 2 Nf4

Rxf4 23 Bxf4 Qe6 24 B h6 Qf6 25 Bxg7 Kxg7 26 Nd4 e5 27 Nb5
R d8 28 Nc3 d5 29 Nxd5 Qc6 30 Rxg4 fxg4 3 1 Rdl Qc4 CD
1 2E 1 6 Nd5 Nxd5

Gel ler - I vkov , Amsterdam 1974 (In MM}, 16 ... e6 17 Nx f6+ Qxf6 1 8
Qh2 Re8 1 9 Qxh7+ Kf8 2 0 c 3 b 5 2 1 Bh6 B x h6 22 Qxh6+ Ke7 23
Qd2 b 4 -/+ ; 20 Kb 1 1? ( ; -EeO) 2 1 ...d5 6. 22 ... e5 -MM

17 exd5 Qb6

P i nkas - T olna i , Katow i ce 1 986 (in INF4 1 /236}. 1 7 . .. Qc7 18 Qh2 ( 1 8

K b 1 1) 18 ... h 5 19 g xh5 R e 8 2 0 hxg6 fxg6 2 1 Kb 1 ( ! - Gufe ld: "and t he
W h i te K i ng Is secu re, and B lack Is t h reatened w i t h rap i d b u r i a l :
21 . . . Kf7 22 Qf4! Bf5 2 3 R h7! Rg8 2 4 Ka8 Ke8 CD 25 c 3 ? (25 Rxg7
Rxg7 26 Qh6 Rxd4! 27 Bxd4 Qxc2 28 Re I Rf7 29 Qh8 + Kd7 30
Qg8 Qd2 31 Bc3 Qxd5 3 2 Bf6 Be61 -+; 25 Rel D 25 . ..Qa5 26 Nc6
Qa4 27 Rd4 Rxd4! 28 Nxd4 Qd l + 29 Be 1 Bxd4 30 cxd4 Qc2 0 - 1 .

lepeshkln I n S B 10/86: 1 7 . . .e5!? 1 8 dxe6 fxe6 19 b3 ( 1 9 Qh2 Qf6! 20

Qxd6 e5 =) 19 . . .R c8 20 Qh2 Qf6 21 Qxd6 Rc3. We suggest 21
Qxhh7 + Kf7 22 Qh4 and i t is not c lear t ha t B lack has s u ff i c i ent
compensa t i on, as t he qu eens must now comeoff.

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 1 8 b3 ReS 1 9 Qh2

1 9 Bh6 Qa5 20 Qe3 Qc3 21 Qxc3 Rxc3 +, Vogt - Rod r i guez, Ha l l e

1 974 inECO.
19 .hS 20 gxhS Rfc8 2 1 Kb 1
••

21 hxg6 Rxc2+ 22 Nxc2 Qe3+ 23 Qd2 Rxc2+ ! 24 Kxc2 Bf5 25 Kc1

Qe5! =+ -ECO .

Gudev - Ge l ler, A . , � 1 985 ( i n Fernschach}. 21 o9 S 2 2 h6 B f 6 2 3

••

Qg2 K hl 2 4 Bxg5 R g 8 2 5 f4 R g 6 26 Qe4 Qd8 27 Bxf6 ef 28 f5

R g 5 29 R dg 1 ! Q g 8 3 0 Nf3 1 -O .
2 1 RxdS 2 2 hxgb fxgb
••

(XI -E C O

Nogga - Ma rten, � 1 985 (in N I C 4 }' 2 3 Q h 7+ Kf7 2 4 Rdg 1 g5 25

Qh5 Kf8 26 Qg6 Qc5 27 R h7 1 -0 .

B elog lazov - A mansky, � 1 986 1 n S B 1 0186: 23 Nf5! Bxf5 (23 Rxd 1 +••.

2 4 R x d 1 Qd8 2 5 Nxg7 Kxg7 2 6 Q h6+ + -) 2 4 Bxb6 Bxc2+ 2 5 Qxc2

Rxc2 26 Kxc2 Rxd1 27 Rxd 1axb6 28 Kd3! +/-

1 2F lb Qh2 Rxc3 17 bxc3 GaS 18 Nb3 Qxa2

Rantanen - Rod r i guez, Nice Ol 1 97 4 (In Gufe ld); 18 ••• Qa3+ 1 9 Kb 1

Be6 20 Bd4 Rc8 " w i t h I n i t I a t i ve to B lack".

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 19 e5 Nh5 20 gxhS Be5

in I NF36/278 (Sandle d: 21 Bf4 Bxc3 22 Rd gJ l g5 23 Bg5 Kh8 24

Kdl !±; 23 Rg5 KhB 24 Rhgl Be6 25 Qg2 f5 05 Sand ler -

K l ovans - Shaba lov, USSR 1983 (in I NF36/278}' 21 Qd2 Qa3 22 Kb 1

Bf5 23 Qd5 Rc8 24 hxg6 hxg6 25 Bd4 Rc31 26 Nal Bxc2+ 27 Nxc2
R b 3 + 2 8 Qxb3 Qxb3 29 Kc1 Bf4 -+
12G 16 Rdgl ReS

In MM: 16 ... Be6 1 7 Nce21? - Berg l n

Vasyukov - Pa rma, Yugos lav i a -USSR 1 963 ( i n M M }, 1 6 ...e6 1 7 Kb 1

Qa5 1 8 Nb3 Qc7 1 9 Bf4 e5 20 g5 Nh5 2 1 Nd5 Qd8 2 2 Be3 Be6 23
Nf6+ Nxf6 24 gxf6 Qxf6 25 Bg5 Qxf3 26 Qh2 Q h5 27 Qf2 B h3 28
Qe3 h6 29 Nd2 1 -0.

Bo rdas - Schne i de r , A. Budapest 1 98 4 (in N I C2}' 16 .. .e6 17 Nde2

Qc7 18 B h6 Re8 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 Qh6+ Kg8 21 g5 Nh5 22 Rxh5
gxh5 23 g6 fxg6 Rxg6+ 112- 112.

17 Nce2 e5

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Klsye lyev - Nesls. � 1 971/72 ( I n MM}, 1 8 Nb3 Be6 19 Ng3 d5 20
g5 Nh5 21 Nxh5 gxh5 22 Q h2 dxe4 23 Qxh5 Rxc2+ 24 Kb 1 Bf5 25
g6 Bxg6 26 Rxg6 fxg6 27 Qxh7 + Kf7 28 B h6 Rg8 29 fe Qd3 30
Ka 1 Rf2 31 Rc 1 Rf1 32 Bxg7 Rxg7 3 3 Q h4 Rxc 1+ 24 Nxc 1 Qc2 35 Qh 1
Kg8 36 a3 Rc7 0 - 1 .

i n Gufe l d: 1 8 Nf5 Bxf5 19 exf5 ( 1 9 gxf5 d51J and Whi te t hreatens

g4-g5 and g5-g6 . w h i le 19 e4 I s met by 20 f4. "White has some
•••

pos l t iona l compensat ion fo r t he sac r i ficed pawn but he cannot count
on an advantage: - Gufe ld. 00 ECO -
.

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 C hapter 13: 12 h4 Nc4 1 3 Bxc4 Rxc4 14 h5 Nxh5 1 5 g4
Nfb l b Bhb

lb ••• Nxe4

16 Rxc3 is p remature on account of 17 Bxg71 Kxg7 18 Qh6+ Kg8 1 9

••.

g5, M i n ic - Lee, K rakow 1 964.

13A 1 7 Nxe4
1 3B 1 7 Qe3

I n Gufeld: 17 Q h2 Rxd4 (17 . . .Be5I deserves cons i de ra t l on- Gufe ld) 18

Rxd4 Bxd4 1 9 Nxe4 Q b6 1 20 c3 Be5 and B lack repels t he t h reat s . 18
Bxg7l Raxd l + 1 9 Nxdl Kxg7 20 Q h6+ Kf6 2 1 Qf4+ Kg7=, S h ianovsky
- T aborov, USR 1 978, and P latonov - Mosko w , New York 1 974 (In
MM).
1 3A 1 7 Nxe4 Rxd4 1 8 Qh2 Be5 19 Q h 4

In Gufe ld: 1 9 f4 R x d l + 20 R x d l B h81 21 R h l Qb6 22 Bg7 h51 23 B x h8

Kxh8 24 gx h5 Qe3+ 25 Kb 1 g51 26 Nxg5 f61 and WhI te's a t t ack has
abated.

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13A 1 19 Rxd1+
..•

1 3A2 1 9 ... Rxe4

13Al 1 9 Rxd 1 + 20Kxd l f5
•••

T h i s posi t i on is eva luated as + i n ECO but t he s i tua t i on may not be

so c lea r .

R e i n i sc h - Ke l ler, � 1 98 3 ( i n NIC2): 21 Bd2 Rf7 2 2 Ng5 e6 23

Nf7 Q x h4 .24 Rxh4 Kf7 25 Rxh7+ Ke8 26 Bg5 Bc6 27 Re7+ Kf8 28
Rxe6 1 /2 - 1/2. oo .

Bu rneH - Rachels, U.S . Jun i o r 1 986 ( i n Bu l letin}, 2 1 Bg7 h5 2 2 Bxe5

de 23 Qg5 Be8 24 Nd2 fxg4 25 fxg4 Qd5 26 Rg 1 Qd4 27 gxh5 Rf 5
28 Qg3 Rf2 0- 1 .
1 3A2 19 ••• Rxe4

20 fxe4 Qb6 21 c3 Rc8+, Bedna rski - Srpotansk l , Po land 1 966 i n

ECO.

C hachua - Efl mov, Ta l l i nn 1984 ( i n NI C3): 20 Be3 h5 21 fxe4 Bxg4

22 Rdg 1 Qd7 23 Qf2 Qa4 -1+
1 3B 1 7 Qe3 Rxc3

ECO g i ves 17 Nxc3? 18 Bxg7 Kxg7 19 Qh6+ Kf6 20 g5+ and

••.

17 Nf6 1 8 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 9 Nd5!±.

•••

18 bxc3
T rof l mov - Nes ls, � 1 97 1 -7 1 (In Gufeldt 1 8 Qxe4 B h6+ 1 9 R x h6 e5

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20 Rdh 1 Re4 21 Rxhl Rxd4 22 Qe3 Rf4 23 g5 Qxg5 24 R h8+ Kg7 25
R 1 h7 Kf6 26 Rxf8 Be6 w i t h advantage to B lack.

18 .Nf6 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 Qh6+

••

Jan5a - 05n05, Z i nnow i t z 1 97 1 (in MM): 20 Rh2 Rg8 2 1 Ne2 �.

20 Qe7 2 1 Qxe7 Qxe3 22 Qxd6 Re8(X) -ECO .
•••

G lazkov - Ne5 i 5 , � 1971172 ( i n Gufe ldl: 20 Ne2 Qa5! 2 1 Ng3 R e 8

22 Q h6+ K g 8 23 Rd3 Rxe3 24 g5 Qa3+ 25 K b 1 Qb4+ 26 Kcl Qf4+
27 Rd2 Ba4! O - l .

20 ••• Kh8

20 Kg8 21 g5 N h5 22 Rxh5 gxh5 23 R h1 Qa5 24 R x h5 Bf5 22 Nf5 + ­

•••

-ECO.

21 Ne2

21 R h2 Rg8 22 Rdh 1 Rg7 23 Qg5 Qe7 24 Kd2 Be6(X), B rowne - T a t a i ,

Ven i ce 1 97 1 1 1NF 1 2/444 1.

21 ••• Rg8 22 Qe3 Be6

I vanov ie - T ata l , Budva Z 1981 (in TC4): 22 a6 23 Ng3 Rg7 24 g5

•••

Nh5 25 Nx h5 gxh5 26 R x h5 Bf5 27 R h6 Qd7 28 Rd4 Bg6 29 a 4 b5

30 axb5 axb5 3 1 Rb4 Rg8 32 R h2 Re8 33 Rd2 Qb7 34 Rb3 Kg8 35
K b 2 Re5 36 f4 Qe4' 3 7 Qf2 Re4 38 Rd4 Qf5 39 Rxe4 bxe4 40 Rb8+
Kg7 4 1 Qd4+ f6 42 gxf6 + Qxf6 43 Qxe4 h5 44 Rb5 Bf5 45 Qe2
Kh6 46 R b7 1 -0.70
•••

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 23 g5 Nd7 24 Qe4 Rg7 25 Qxb7

25 Ba2 26 Qa7 �. B raczko - Kuns tow l cz. � 1975 In E C O .

•••

2 5 Qa51? I s suggested I n ECO. and It makes a l o t of sense. T he

•••

B l ack king Is In no rea l danger and t he Pg5 is a usefu l target.

Neve rt heless. t he queen is the only act ive B lack p i ece and des p i te
W h ite's sha t t e red p a wn st ruct u r e I t Is not c lear tha t B lack has
suff I c i ent compensat ion for the exchange.

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This move, not ment ioned i n RS, has been t he focus of cons i derab le
at ten t i on.

1 4A 16 •.. Qa5 (Cu r i ou s l y a bsent from recent p ra x i s.)

1 4B 16 ••. ReB (More p reca r i ous)

Geo rg i ev - K r i s t iansen, World Juni o r 1 976177 (in MM): 16 b 5 1 7 ••.

B h6 B hB l B g5 N h5 1 9 Nd5 b 4 20 R d g 1 e 6 21 Ne3 Rc6 2 2 R x h5

gxh5 23 Nf4 b3 24 Nxh5 Bc3 25 Q h2 KhB 26 bxc3 RgB 27 axb3
Qa5 2B c4 Qc3 29 Nd l Qa 1+ 20 Kd2 Qd4+ 31 Ke2 f 5 3 2 Nf6 fe
33 BfB exf3 + 34 Kxf3 1 -0.

1 4A
lb ••• Qa5 1 7 Bhb

14Al 1 7 B hB
• ••

1 4A 2 1 7 B x h6
••.

1 4A l
1 7 B hB l B BxfB KxfB 1 9 Kb 1
•••

Sauerhofe r - Schube r t . � 1 975 (in MM): 1 9 Qe3 b5 20 e5 Nxg4

21 fxg4 Bxe5 22 Rd4?! Rxd4 23 Nxd4 Qb6 24 Nce2 Bxg4 23 c3
h5oo.

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Kruppa - Go lubayev, USSR 1 9S4 ( i n INF3S/2S6}' 1 9 Qe3 Rc5 20
Nd4 Be6 21 K b 1 b5?! 22 Ne6 fxe6 23 Ne2 + -

19 ••• Rb4

C hu d i novsky -Yaakkima i nen, K rasnoda r 1977 (in Gufe ld): 19 Be6

••.

20 Nf4 g5! 21 Nxe6+ fxe6 22 Ne2 Qe5 (05 -ECO) 23 c3 Bg7

24 Nc1 h6 "and B lack, ha v i ng b lockaded the k ingsi de and c reated
t hreats on the queensi de, stands w e l l " - Gufe ld.

I n M M 2 0 Nel (Levy) 20 .. .Be6 21 Nb3 Qb6 � a5 -MM

A l m roth - Hernod, Sweden 1 974 (in MM): 20 g5 Nh5 21 Ncl Be6

22 Nb3 Qe5 23 R x h5 Bxb3 24 Rxh7 Bxa2+ 25 Kc 1 Bg7 26 Rdh1
Bc4 27 Qh2 Qxh2 2S R7 x h2 e6 29 Rd1 Be5 30 Rg2 Bf4+ 31 Kb 1
Be5 32 Kc1 Bf4+ 33 K b 1 Be5 34 Kcl l/2-1/2.

1 4A2
17 .Bxh6 1 8 Qxh6 Rfe8 1 9 Rd3
••

Dobsa - R e i nha rd, � 1 9S2 (in I NF34/274}' 19 g5 Nh5 20 Rxh5 gx h5

21 Nd5 Rxc2+ 22 Kb 1 QdS (22 KhS -MesteD 23 Nef4 QfS 24
••.

Nxe7 + Qxe7 25 Nd5 Rxb2+ 26 Kxb2 Qe5+ 27 Kb 1 Bf5 2S Qf6

Bxe4 29 fxe4 Qxe4+ 30 Ka1 ReS 3 1 Qb2 Qe2 32 Nf6+ KfS 3 3
Nh7+ KgS 3 4 Nf6+ KfS 35 Qd4 Re6 36 R c l! 1 -0.

I n MM: 19 Rd5 RSc5 20 Kb 1 QdS 2 1 e5 dxe5 22 Rd2 QeS 23 g5

Nh5 24 Ng3 Rd4 25 Rxd4 exd4 26 Nce4 Rc6 27 Nxh5 gxh5 2S

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Nf6+ exf6 29 gxf6 Qf8 30 Rg1 + Bg4 21 Qg5+ Kh8 32 fxg4 h6 =

-Benson

19 ••• Beb

In MM: 1 9 Qd8 20 Nd5 Rxc2+ 21 Kb 1 e6 22 N5c3 Rxe2 23

•••

Nxe2 Bb5 24 Rd2 Bxe2 25 Rxe2± -Shamko v l c h

Ka rpov - Ko rc hno i , M a t c h 1974 ( I n M M }, 1 9 R4c5? 2 0 g5 Rxg5 2 1

••.

R d 5 R x d 5 2 2 Nxd5 R e 8 2 3 Nef4 B c 6 2 4 e 5 Bxd5 2 5 exf6 exf6

26 Qxh7+ Kf8 27 Q h8+ 1 -0.

20 gS NhS 21 Ng3 QeS 22 NxhS gxhS 23

QxhS

23 Rxh5! Qg7 24 Rd2 6. Rdh2 + /- - Rache ls

Qg7 24 f4

Zambon - Wagman, I ta ly 1 974 (in MM}, 24 ... d5 25 R hd 1 b5? and

now 26 Kb 1± -Shamkov i ch, so 24 ... b5! <XI I s best -MM

1 4B
lb ••• Re8

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1 4B l 1 7Bd4
1 4B 2 . 1 7B h6
1 4B 3 17 e5

1 4B l
1 7 Bd4 QaS 1 8 gS

Tan - Meck i ng, Mani la 1976 (in MM): 18 Kbl Be6 19 b3 Rc6 20
Nf4 Bxb3!! 21 cxb3 e5 -/+

Sund in - Maclau rin, � 1 986 (in NIC 5): 18 Kb 1 Be6 1 9 R h2 b5 20

Qg5 06 2 1 Rdhl Rec8 22 03 Rxd4 23 Nxd4 Rxc3 24 Nxe6 fxe6 25
Qd2 Rxa3 26 bxa3 Qxa3 27 Qd3 Qa5 28 c3 Nd7 29 R x h7 Nc5
30 R � g7+ Kxg7 3 1 Qe3 Qa4 32 Qh6+ Kf7 33 Qh8 e5 34 R h7+
Ke6 35 Qc8+ Nd7 36 Qg8+ Kf6 37 Qg7+ Kg5 38 Q h6+ 1 -0.

18 .NhS 19 Bxg7 Kxg7

••

In Gufe ld: 19 Nxg7 20 f4 Bg4! or 20 Ng3 Rxc3 21 bxc3 Qa3+ 22

••.

K b l Be6.

20 Nf4

B i e rmann - Wa l h nger, � 1979 (In NIC3}' 20 R h2 Rec8 21 Rdhl b5

22 Qf4 and now 22 b4 was necessa ry.
•••

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 20 ••• Nxf4 21 Qxf4 Beb

Shu l man - Z lochevsky, T ashkent 1 978 (In NIC3}' 22 Nd5 Bxd5 23

Rxh7 + Kxh7 24 Qh4+ Kg8 25 Rhl Rxc2+ 26 Kxc2 Rc8+ 27 Kd l
Bb3+ 28 axb3 Qa l + -+

Lagland - Endze l r ns, � 1 980 (in NI C3): 22 Rxh7 + (Gufe ld stops

here, w i t h t he i m p l i ca t i on that B lack i s I n danger.) 22 Kxh7 23 R h l +
•••

Kg8 2 4 Qh4 Qe5 2 5 Qh7 + Kf8 2 6 Qh8+ QxhB 2 7 Rxh8+ Kg7 28

Rxe8 Rc7 29 Nb5 Rc5 30 Nd4 Rc7 31 f4 Bd7 32 Re7 Kf8 33 Nb5
Rxc2+ 34 Kxc2 Kxe7 35 Nxa7 Kd8 36 b3 b5 00/=.

1 4B 2
17 B hb B h 8

1 4B 2 1 1 8 e5
1 4B22 -18 Qg5

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Gobet - Swoboda, Bern 1981 (in I NF32/286U 8 Bg5 Qa5 19 Kb 1
Rb4 20 Rh3? (20 Nel =) 20 Re8 21 Rdhl h5 22 b3 Re6 -1+ 23 Rg3
•••

Bxg4 24 Bxf6 Bxf6 25 fxg4 Rxe4 26 gxh5 Rxe2 27 Qxe2 Rxe3 28

Rg4 Re5 29 Qd3 R h5 30 Rg6+ Kf81 31 Rggl Qxa2+ 32 Kc 1 Rh 1 0 - 1 .

Bu ben i k - Knezo, � 1 982 ( I n Nl c): 1 8 R h 4 Qa5 19 Rdh 1 Ree8 20

Bg5 b5 21 Bxf6 Bxf6 22 R x h7+ b4 23 Kb 1 Qe5 24 g5 Bg7 25 Qe l
bxe3 26 b3 Qxg7 27 bxe4 Rxe4 28 Ne 1 Bf6 29 Qf2 Qd2 3 0
Qxa7 Be6 31 Q b 6 ReS 32 Nb3 Qf4 3 3 Qf2 d5 34 Q h 2 Qxh2 3 5
R7xh2 dxe4 3 6 fxe4 R e 4 3 7 R e 2 Be5 3 8 Rgl Kg7 39 R e 3 f 6 40
Rgel g5 41 Rfl Kg6 0 - 1 .

1 4B21
18 e5 Nxg4 1 9 fxg4 Bxe5

Motu lov ie - Tar jan, Majdenpek 1976 (in MM� 19 ... Bxg4 20 exd6
Qxd6 21 Qxd6 exd6 22 Rxd6 Bg7 23 Bxg7 Kxg7 24 Nd4 h5 25
Kd2 Ree8 26 ReI Red8 27 Rd5 ReS 28 Ne4 h4 29 Nf2 Rxe 1 20
Kxe 1 ReS+ 31 Kfl Be8 32 Re5 1± ( 1 -0 .5 1 ) Total suggests 24 Re7 � •••

25 Rd7
•••

20 BM Qa5 21 Bxe5 Qxe5 22 g5

The new move from Nes i s . 22 Nd5 Rxg4 Is t he o l d l i ne:

lecroeq - Nes l s, � 1981 (In I NF 3 3/306): 23 Nee3 Qg5 24 Rdel h5

(Geo r g i ev - Sequ eria, Wo r ld Junior 1 977 (in MM): 24 Be6 25
•.•

Qxg5 Rxg5 CXI)

25 Qxg5 Rg5 26 Nxe7+ Kg7 27 Ned5 Rxel 28 Rxel h4! 29 Ne3
Be6 3 0 Re2 d5 31 Rd3 h3 32 Ned l d41 33 Nfl Rgl 34 Nh2 f5 35
Rf2 Kf6 36 e 3 dxe3 37 bxe3 Ba4 38 Rfl Rxfl 39 Nx fl Bxd l 40 Kxdl
g5 4 1 Ke2 g4 42 Kf2 f4 43 Nd2 g3 0 - 1 .

N l ko lov - Geo rg l ev, Kr, Bu lga r i a 1983 (In peN I V): 23 Rhgl ReS 24
Nd5 R8c4 25 Kbl Rxgl 26 Nxg l Be6 27 b3 Rg4 28 Nf3 Qe4 29
Qa5 Qxf3 30 Nxe7 + Kg7 31 Rxd6Qe3 32 Nxe6 bxe6 33 Kb2
Rxg5 34 Qe7 Qe5+ 35 e3 Rg2+ 36 Ka3 Qe5+ 0 - 1 .

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 22 ••• b5 23 Nd4 b4 24 Nce2 Rec8

Pouso - Nes is, � 1981 (in INF341273): 25 Kb 1 Bg4 26 Rc 1 Bxe2 27

Nxe2 R8c5! 28 R hg l Rd5 29 Qe l Re4 20 Rg2 Qe6 -1+

E l sen - Nesis, � 1 982 ( i n I NF 33/273): 25 R h4 Ba4 26 b 3 Rxc2+

27 Qxc2 Qxg5 28 Rf4 Rxc2+ 29 Kxc2 e5 30 Rffl Bd7 31 Nf3 Bf5
32 Kb2 Qg2 33 Rde l Bd3 3 4 Nh4 Qe4 0-1 .

1 4B22
18 Qg5 Qc7

Horva t h, J - T o lna i , Hungary 1983 (In INF361279}' 1 8 b5 1 9 Qh4 b4

••.

20 Nd5 Qc8 21 Rd2? (21 Bg5 Rxc2+ 22 Kb 1 Rxb2+ 23 Kxb2

Nxd5+ 24 Kbl Nf6! 25 Bxf6 Bxf6 26 Qxh7+ Kf8 w i t h
compensat ion - T o l na i .) 2 1 . ..Nxd5! 2 2 exd5 Bf5!! 2 3 Bf4? (23 Bg5 -
1+) 23 Rxc2+ 24 Kd l g5!! 25 Bxg5 Bg6 -+)
•••

1 8 Rc5!? deserves I nvest igat ion.

•••

19 Qh4 b5

P r i ns - A rp p l , � 1 98 3 (in INF361279): 20 Bg5 b 4 21 Nd5 Rxc2+

22Kb 1 Rxb2+ 23 Kxb2 Nxd5+ 24 Kb 1 Nf6 25 Nf4 Bc6 26 e5 dxe5
2 7 Bxf6 Bxf6 28 Qxh7 + Kf8 29 Ne6+ fxe6 30 Qxg6 Rc8?!
(30 Rd8) 31 Rc 1 Be8? (3 1 ...Qd6!=) 32 Q h6 Bg7 33 Rxc7 Rxc7 34
•..

Qe6? (34 Qg5±) 3 4 Rc6 35 Qf5 Kg8 36 Qh7+ Kf8 3 7 Qf5 Kg8
••.

1 12 - 1 12 .

Hund - G rosch, Dortmund 1 982 ( I n INF33/307}' 2 0 B g 5 R c 8 21 e 5

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dxe5 22 Nd5 Rxc2+ 23 Kb 1 Rxb2+ 24 Kxb2 Qc2+ 25 Ka 1 Nh5 26
Nxe7 + Kf8 27 Nxc8 e4+ 28 Nd4 Qc3+ 29 Kb l Bxc8 30 gxh5 Bf5
31 Ne6 + ! fxe6 32 B h6 + 1 -0.

1 4B3
17 a5 Nxg4 1 8 fxg4 Bxg4 1 9 a6

T h i s i s a new move w hi c h may p rove dangerous.

M a r t i n - Ta rjan, T o r remo l l nos 1 974 (In MM}, 19 exd6 Qxd6 20

Qe 1 and now 20 Bxc3 21 Q h4 Qxd l + 22 Rxd l Bxe2 -+ or 21 Rxd6
.•.

Bxe 1 -+ or 21 Nxc3 B x d l -+ -MM

Sku l a - Po letayev, � 1 982 (in N I C n 19 Rdgl h5 20 b3 Rc6 21 Rxg4

hxg4 22 e6 Qa5 23 Bd4 Bxd4 24 Nxd4 Qxc3 25 Qf4 fxe6 26
Kbl Rec8 27 Qxg4 Kf8 28 Rfl l -0 . 19 Qd7!? - Sku i a•••

.. . _.-
� JL
r� + -
��.� JL
�� + ��"S t
R fl ft . l .
• • • •
• • • R1..
a
• !tz.J
N W�
�
�
�f�
ft � ft �� • •
•
• � �B
iGi cHB m�
� �

1 9 .Bxa6 2 0 Bd4 f 6 21 Nf4 B fl 2 2 Qh2

• •

S t rand - N i chl t e lea, � 1 984 (in NIC3}' 22 Rxd4 23 Qx h7+ Kf8 24

•••

Rxd4 e5 25 Nh5 gxh5 26 Rg 1 Ke7 27 Rg7 R h8 28 Nd5+ Ke6 29

Nf4+ exf4 30 Qe4+ 1 -0.

i n NIC3 (Nunn}. 22 h5 23 Nxg6 Bxg6 24 Rdg 1 Rxd4 25 Rxg6 Rg4

• ••

26 Qh5 Rxg6 27 Qxg6 e6 28 R h7 Re7 29 Ne4 Qf8 30 Rxg7 +

Qxg7 3 1 Nxf6+ Kf8 (J) -Nunn. A lso 28 Ne4 Rf8.

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Chapter Fifteen: 12 h4 h5 (Soltls Variation)

T h i s va r i at i on, p i oneered by Andy So l t i s , Is the p refe r red

cont inua t ion 13 Bg5 is the most common rep ly, and we dea l w i t h
••

t hat move i n t he fo l low ing c ha p te rs . T he re a re interes t i ng

a lt erna t i ves, howev e r .

15A .13 B h6
15B . 1 3 g4
1 5C 1 3 Rdgl

1 5A 1 3 B hb

T h I s i s Schwa rz's ma i n l i ne ••

15A 1 1 3 . . . Bxh6 1 4 Q x h6 Rxc3 1 5 bxc3

15A2 13 Nc4 1 4 Bxc4Rxc4
•••

1 5A l
13 ••• Bxhb 1 4 Qxhb Rxc3 1 5 bxc3

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1 5A 1 1 1 5 Qa5 (Insufficient for equa l i ty)
•••

1 5A 1 2 . 1 5 Qc7 (Ga ining I n popu l a r i ty)

•••

1 5A l l
lS ••• QaS 1 6 Kb 1

T he re a re t hree a lterna t i ves:

The old ma i n l i ne was 16 g4 Qxc3 17 K b l a5 18 gxh5 a4 1 9 hxg6

axb3 20 cxb3 fxg6 (RS g i ves 20 Nd3 1 2 1 gxf7 + Kxf7 22 Qd2
•••

Qxd4 23 Qxd3 w l t h equ a l p rospects .l 2 1 h5 (21 R hg l Kf7 22 h5

•

gxh5 23 Rg7 + Ke8 24 f4 Nd3!, Goi c hberg - So l l ls, New York 1 970
i n Gufe ld.l 2 1 ...Nxh5 22 R xh5! (22 f 4 Nd3 23 Qxg6+ Ng7 24 Rh2
Rc8 25 Qgl Nxf4 -1+ , Janosevl c - Mestel, B i rmingham 1 975 In
Gufeld) 22 gxh5 2 3 Rgl Bg4 2 4 Ne6 Qd3+ 24 Ka l Rf7 2 5 fxg4
•.•

"and I t Is not c lea r t hat B lack has any t h i ng better t han a p e rpetua l :
-MM

Spassky - Mestel, London 1 982 (In INF 33/302): 16 Kb2 Rc8 17

Qd2 Qb6 18 Ka 1 a5 19 a3 Qc5 20 Kb2 Be8 (20 d 5!) 21 Rh3 Qb6
•..

22 Ka 1 Qc5 23 Kb2 a4 24 Ba2 Nc4 25 Bxc4 Qxc4 26 Rg3 Kh7 27

Qd3 Qc5 28 f4 Nd7? 29 Nf3 Nb6 30 Nd2 e5 31 f5 Rc6 32 Rn
Kg7 33 Qf3 Qb5+ 3 4 Kcl Qc5 35 fxg6 Qxa3+ 36 Kdl f5 37
Qxf5 Nd7 3 8 Qe6 d5 39 Rf7 1 -0. 19 f 4 was seen In Agapov ­
Yuneyev, Leni ng rad C h 1 982 ( i n S B ) w hl c h conl l nued 19 Neg4 20
•. .

R he l Qc5 21 f5 a 4 22 Bd5 gxf5 23 Bxb7 Rc7 24 R b l Qa7 25 e5

dxe5 26 Nxf5 Kf8 (26 .Bxf5?? 27 Qd8+) 17 Rxe5 Bxf5 28 Rxf5
••

Rxb7 29 Qd8+ Ne8 20 Rxf7 +11 Kxf7 31 Qd5+ Kf8 32 Rxb7 Qe3
w i t h a p p ro xi mate equa l i ty, ag reed drawn In 45 move s .

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P r i tchett - So l t i s , Ha i fa 1 970 ( i n Gufe ld); 1 6 Qe3 Rc8 1 7 Kb2 ( 1 7
Kd21 Neg4! 1 8 fxg4 Rxc3) l 7 Q b 6 1 8 K a 1 Qc5 1 9 g 4 a5 2 0 g xh5
••.

Nxh5 "B lacK obta I ns dangerous counte rp lay" - Gufe l d .

16 ••• Qxe3

K r l bben - Mand ! , co rres 1 982 (in N I C D: 16 Rc8 1 7 Qd2 (17 g4 Nc4

••

18 gxh5 Qxc3 19 Bxc4 Rxc4 20 Rd3 Qb4+ 21 Nb3 Nxh5 22 Qg5

Nf6 23 R hd l Rc5 24 Qe3 a5 25 Qe1 Qb6 26 Kcl Re5 27 Qc3
Be6 (X) , Schi I le r -Herbs t , Pan A m 1 986} Qxc3 1 8 Qxc3 Rxc3 19 Rhe 1
Rc5 20 Re3 b5 21 Kb2 a5 22 a3 Ne8 23 Rc3 Nc4+ 24 Bxc4 bxc4
25 Nb3 Rc7 26 Nxa5 Bb5 27 a4 Bxa4 28 Rxc4 •••

1 7 Ne2 QeS

O l t een - Nec l nger, RumanIa 1 984 (In I NF38/287): 18 g 4 a5 1 9 Nf4

e6 20 Nxh5 Ne8 21 Nf4 a 4 22 h5 axb3 23 axb3 Ng7 24 Nxg6
fxg6 25 hxg6 Nxg6 26 Qxg6 Ra8 27 R h8+ Kxh8 28 Qf7 1 -0.

i n I NF 3 8/287 (M.Gonza lez): 18 Nf4 e6 19 g4!1 (19 Qg5 Kg7 20

Nd3 Nxd3 21 Rxd3 Bb5 22 c4 Bc6 OS) 19 .Nxf3 20 gxh5 Nxh5 2 1
••

Rd3.

1 5A 1 2
lS ..• Qe7

1 5A 1 2 1 1 6 g4
1 5A 1 22 1 6 Kb 1
1 5A 1 23 1 6 Kb2
1 5A 1 24 1 6 Qd2

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1 5A 1 2 1
1 6 g 4 Qxc3 17 Kbl a 5

Gronfeld - F i nd lay, To ronto 1 984 ( i n NIC4}' 1 7 ...R c 8 1 8 gxh5 Nxh5 19

R hg 1 Nc4 20 Bxc4 Rxc4 2 1 Qxh5 Rxd4 22 Rxg6 +-

Qi J i ngxuan - M i les, B ledlPorforoz 1 979 (in NIC4}' 1 8 a 3 a4 19

Ba2 and now 1 9 ...Qa3! 2 0 gxh5 Qb4 2 1 Kc 1 a3 22 Bb3 Qc3 23
hxg6 Q a l + 2 4 Kd2 Qxd4+ 2 5 Kcl Qb2+ 2 6 Kd2 Nf3 + 2 7 Ke2
Bg4 (X) -van de r T ak.

Go lu bev - Dautov, USSR 1985 (in I NF39/268}' 18 gxh5 a4 19 hxg6

axb3 20 cxb3 fxg6 21 h5 g5 22 Qxg5+ Kh7 23 Qd2 Qxd2 24
Rxd2 Nxf3 25 Nxf3 Nxe4 26 Rc2 Rxf3 27 Rc7 Bf5? (27 .. .Bc6 28
Rxe7+ Kh6 -/+) 28 Re7 Kh6 29 R h2 b5 30 Kb2 b4 21 Rb7 Nc5 32
Rb6 =+ (1/2 .. 40)

1 5A 122
16 Kb 1 a5 17 f4 Nfg4 1 8 Qg5 a4 19 fxe5
axb3 20 cxb3

20 • •• Nf2

P randstetter - Pekarek, P rague 1 986 (in Bu l let i n): 20 Nxe5

••.

(20 ... dxe5? 21 Nf5 + -, Hobner - Mi les, West Germany 1 986,) 21 c4

Bg4 22 Nb5 Qc6 23 Rd5 Re8 24 ReI Qb6 25 Qe3 Qxe3 26 Rxe3
Bd7 27 Nd4 Ra8 28 Nf3 Ng4 29 Re2 Kg7 30 Rdd2 Bc6 31 Nd4
Bd7 32 c5 dxc5 33 Nf5 gxf5 34 Rxd7 Nf6 35 Rxe7 Nxe4 36 Rc2
Rg6 37 Rb7 Ra6 38 Kb2 Kf6 39 Rb8 Ke5 40 Rc4 b5 41 Rxb5 Kd5

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42 Re2 Rg6 43 a4 Ke6 44 b4 Rg4 45 bxe5 R x h4 46 Rb6 Ke7 47
a5 Rg4 4B a6 f6 49 Rb7 Ke6 50 RbB Rg7 51 Rb6 Kd5 52 Rb7 1 -0 .

Aft e I20 .Nf2:

•.

Sax - Geo rg i ev , Sa rajevo 19B5 ( i n Te 1 7): 21 Gxe7 Nx h 1 22 e6

Nf2 23 Nf5 Nxdl 24 exf7 + Rxf7 25 Nh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2.

Short - O l afsson, WAZ 1 9B7: 2 1 .6 (21 .xd6 exd6 22 Qe3 N x h l

2 3 R x h l ReB co B y rne) 2 1 . ..N x e 4 22 Qh6 Nxe3+ 23 Kb2 Nxd l + 2 4
Rxd l fxe6 (24 BeB 2 5 exf7 +Bxf7 2 6 Ne6! Bxe6 2 7 Qxg6+ KhB
. • .

2B Q h6+ KgB 29 Qxe6+ kg7 30 R e i l QdB 31 Qd5 ± - By rne) 25

Qxg6+ KhB 26 Qxh5+ KgB 27 Qg6+ KhB 2B Qh6+KgB 29 Qg5+
K hB 30 Rcl �/± (] -0.4B)

1 5A 1 23
16 Kb2 a5 17 f4

Seh l l ler - Goldman, Mo rgan Park 1 9B 6 saw 17 Ne2 a4 lB f4?1

Ne4+?1 OB .. . Nfg41 19 Qg5 axb3 (6 f6) 20 fxe5 bxe2 21 Kxe2
Ba 4+ +} 19 Bxe4 Qxe4 20 f5 a3+ 21 Kcl col: 1 12 - 1 12.

1 7 .Nc4+ 1 8 Bxc4 Gxc4

••

Fogaez - Gashek, H radee K ra love 1 9B 1 -B2 ( i n SB}' 1 9 R he l a4 20

a3 e5 21 Nf51 Bxf5 22 exf5 ReB 23 Rd3 e4 24 Rg3 Ng4 25 Qg5
Re5 26 QdB+ Kg7 27 Qxd6 Rd5 2B Qe7 gxf 5 29 Qg5+ KfB 20
Qxh5 Qb5+ 31 Ka 1 Qe5 32 QhB+ Ke7 33 e4 Qf2 34 Qe3 (�) 1 -
0.47.

1 5A 1 24
16 Gd2 a5 17 a3 Re8 18 Rhe l Kg 7 19 Re3 a4
20 Ba2

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T i mmerman - Kud r i n, D i eren 1985 (in NIC4}' 20 d5 2 1 exd5 Nc4
•••

22 Bxc4 Qxc4 23 Kb2 Qc5 24 c4 Qxc4 25 Rc3±

In NIC4 (van der T ak) 20 .Nc4 21 Bxc4 Qxc4 22 Kb2 e5 2 3 Ne2

••

Be6 24 Ncl Rc6 w i t h an at tack - van de r T ak

15A2
13 .Nc4 14 Bxc4 Rxc4 1 5 Bxg7
.•

This v a ri a t i on was under a c loud at the beg i nn i ng of the decade,

w i t h most ana lysts cons i de r i ng the pos i t ion after 16 Nd5 (be low)
too s t rong fo r Whi te, w i t h B lack suffe r i ng because o f the lack of
the da rk-squared b i shop, his most powe rfu l defender.
Nevert he less, the defence has seen p lenty o f act ion.

An u n i m p ress i ve a l terna t i ve w a s seen I n K i rsch - Kar lsson,

Metz 1 984 (in N I C n 15 Qg5 Rc5 16 Qe3 Rxc3 17 bxc3 B x h6 1 8
Qxh6 Qa5 1 9 Rd3 Qxa2 2 0 Kd2 Qa5 2 1 g 4 hxg4 2 2 h5 gxf3 23
hxg6 Qg5 24 Ke 1 f2 25 K f 1 Qxh6 26 Rxh6 Nxe4 27 c4 fxg6 0 -1 .

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 15 ••• Kxg7

15A2 1 1 6 Nd5
1 5A22 -16 g4

1 5A 2 1
lb Nd5 e5 17 Ne2 Nxd5 18 Qxd5 Beb 1 9
Qxdb Qa5

Gunawan - Zunlga , Guayaqu l l 1 982 (In NI C4): 20 a3 Rfc8 21 Rd2

R4c6 22 Qd3 b5 23 f 4 b 4 24 fxe5 Bc4 gave B lack a s t rong
a t tack.

He rb rechtsme l e r - G ro l ss , co rres 1 985 (in N I C4): 20 Nc3 Rfc8 2 1

Rd3 R4c6 2 2 Rd5 Qxd5 2 3 Qxd5 Bxd5 2 4 exd5 Rc4 2 5 R el f 6 2 6
g 3 b 5 27 a 3 a 6 28 Re2 Rd4 2 9 Re3 Kf7 O - l .

1 5A22
l b g4

Noww hat '?

Ady - Kud r i n, Commonwea l t h 1986 ( i n Bu l let i n): lb hxg4 1 7 h5

•••

Rh8 1 8 hxg6 fxg6 19 f4 Qb8 09 Rc5 20 e5 dxe5 21 Nb3 R xc3 22

•••

Rxh8 Rxc2+ 23 Qxc2 Qxh8 24 fxe5 Qh6+ 25 Qd2 1 -0, Mol ler -
Pakhov, DDR Ch 1981 (in SB))20 Rxh8 Qxh8 21 e5 dxe5 22 fxe5 N h5
23 e6 Bc6 24 Nf5 Kf6 25 Ne3 Rf4 26 Ncd5+ Bxd5 27 Qc3 1 -0 .

R S p o i nt s o u t l b ••• a b 1 7 gxh5 Nxh5 1 8 Nf5 + -

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16 ••• Ba6 1 7 gS Nd7 18 f4± - Au t hors .

16 ••• b51? - A u t ho rs .

I SB
13 g4 hxg4

Utasl - Abe l , Hungary 1 983 (In NIC4}' 1 3 ... bS 14 B h6 Bxh6 IS gS ( I S

Qx h6 Rxc3 1 6 bxc3 QaS - A u thors) I S ".b4 1 6 Nce2 Bg7 ( 1 6" .Nxe4
17 fxe4 Bg7 18 Qxb4 Ng4!? - A u t ho rs} 1 7 gxf6 Bxf6 18 Nf4 Kh7 19
Rdgl shou ld be met b y 19 ...e6, fo r examp le 2 0 Qxb4 a s L::.. a4 -
Au t hors .. T h is may p rove to be a s i gn i f i cant a l terna t i ve to t he m a in
l i nes.

14 h5

14 f4 I s a good a l terna t i ve w h i c h Is not ment i oned In ECO. After

14 ... Nc4:

A l t rock - Lange, Porz 1981 (In NI C4): 15 Bxc4 Rxc4 16 eS NhS 1 7

e 6 B c 6 1 8 exf7+ Rxf7 1 9 R hg l QaS 2 0 R g4 Bf3 2 1 Nxf3 Rxc3 22
Rx g6f

O l t hof - Van he l rzeele, Be l g ian C h 1985/86 (In NIC4}' 1 5 Qd3

NaS 1 6 fS Nb3 1 7 axb3 QaS 1 8 hS 1 /2. Poss i b le I s 18 ... NxhS I 9 NdS
Rfe8 20 fxg6 fxg6 21 BgS Qa 1! 22 Kd2 Qb2 23 NfS BxfS 24 exfS
Nf6 O'J , -1+ (NIC)

14 .Nxh5 15 Bh6 a6 16 Rdgl Qf6 17 Bxg7

••

Qxg7 18 fxg4 Nf6

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15B1 1 9 95
1 5B2 19 �

15Bl 1 9 95 Nh5

Sampouw - Sosonko, IndonesIa 1 982 ( I n Te5}' 20 Nf5 exf5 2 1

Nd5 Nf3 2 2 R x hS gxh5 2 3 Nf6+ Kh8 2 4 Qd1 fxe4 2 5 Nxh5 Qd4
26 Rgh1 Q d 1 + 27 Kxd1 Nxg5 0 - 1 .

lJuboJev lc - M i les, SWIFT 1 986 ( I n INF4 1 1237): 2 0 Nce2?1 Nc41

21 Qb4 a5 22 Qxb7 Ne5 23 c3 Nd3+ 24 Kb 1 Nc5 25 Qb6 Qe5
26 Bc2 Rb8 27 Qxa5 Rxb2+ 28 Kxb2 Nd3+ 0 - 1 . An amaz I ng l y
du b I ous nove l t y (20 Nce2?Hrom lJubo aga I nst h i s fam i l i a r rep t i l ian
op ponentl

1 5B 2
19 �4

15B21 19 Rfd8
•••

1 5B22 19 g5• ••

1 5B 2 1
19 • • .. RfdB 20 Rgh l

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in Gufeld: 20 .Nexg4! 21 Qg2 Ne5 and W hi te does not have
••

suff i c I ent compensa t i on.

Va lerlanl - Raty, cor res 1 984 ( I n NIC4): 20 Nexg4 2 1 Qg5 Rc5 22

•••

R h8+ QxhB 2 3 Rxh8+ Kxh8 24 Qh4+ Rh5 -+

Gh l zdavu - Shahsava r, SkopJe Ol 1 972 (in MM): 20 .Nfxg4 and

••

now 21 Qg2! Nf6 22 Nce2 � Nf4 g I v es W h i te an at tack-MM

1 5B22
19 ••• g5 20 R h3

Hedlund - D l e l , cor res 1 983 (In NIC4): 20 R h2 Rxc3 21 Qxc3 Nxe4

22 Qe3 d5 23 Kb 1 Rc8 24 c3 Kf8 25 Ne2 Nf3 O - l .

20 ••• Rfd8

Yeo - leB lancq, B r i t Is h Ch 1 986 (In Bu l le t i n): 20 Qg6 21 Nf5 exf5

•••

22 gxf5 Nxe4 23 Nxe4 Bxf5 24 Rxg5 Bxe4 25 Rxg6 Nxg6 26

Qh61 -0.

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Moscow and M i les consl der B lack's p os l t lon sat l sfactory due to h i s
cont ro l of t he dark squa res. T he next game s how s W h i t e b low i ng
away t hose da rk squaresl

Adams, P Sma l l, S, Manchest e r 1 982 (In NIC4}' 21 Rgh1 Kf8 22

-

Nf5! exf5 23 Qxd6+ Kg8 24 R hB+ Q x hB 25 R x h8+ Kx h826 Qf6

Kg8 27 Qe5 fxg4 28 Qg5 Kf8 29 Qf6 1 -0 .

1 5C
13 Rdg1

This move I s not even men t i oned I n Gufeld, but has a t t racted
cons i dera ble a t t en t i on, demons t ra t i ng t ha t t here a re s t i l i p lenty of
new I deas to be found I n the Yugoslav A t t ack. S t i l i , B lack has no
cause fo r concern as he has found i t easy to col lect p o i nt s aga i ns t
t hi s rook t ransfe r •

1 5C 1 13 a5
•••

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1 5C2 1 3 Ne4
•••

1 5C3 13 Qa5
••.

1 5C4 13 Re4
•••

15Cl
1 3 ...a5

i n INF38/288 (M.Gonzalez} 14 a 4 d5 1 5 Nxd5 Nxd5 1 6 exd5

Bxa4 17 Bxa4 Ne4 18 Qd3 Nxe3 19 Qxe3 Qb6 6. Re4 - Ma r t i n
Gonza lez

1 5C2

Hakkl - To lna l , Ba latonberenyl 1 982 (In PCN I l l ): 16 gxh57 1 7 B h6!

...

Qa5 18 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 9 Nf5+! Bxf5 20 Qg5+ Kh8 2 1 R xh5+ Nxh5 22

Qx h5+ Kg7 23 Qg5+ 1 -0.

Kereszt u r l - Kovaes, Hungary 1983 ( I n INF37/239): 16 .Nx h5 17

••

fxg4 Nf6 18 Qh2 Rxe3 -+

1 5C3
13 ••• Qa5

de F l rmlan - Kudrln, Gausda l 1 982 (In PCN I l l } 14 g4 hxg4 15 h5

Nx h5 1 6 B h 6 Rxe3 17 Bxg7 Rxe2+ 18 Kxe2 Re8+ 1 9 Kdl Qxd2+ 20
Kxd2 Kxg7 21 fxg4 Bxg4 22 Ke3 Nf6 23 Rc 1 Re5 24 Rhg 1 Bd7 25
Nf5+ Kf8 26 Nd4 Neg4+ 27 Kf3 Ne5+ 28 Ke3 Neg4+ 29 Kf3
Rh5 30 Re7 Rh3+ 3 1 Kg2 R h2+ 32 Kg3 Nh5+ 0 - 1 .

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1 5C 4
13 ••. Rc4

de F l r m l an - P etu rsson, Reykja v i k 1984 (In INF38/288): 14 Qe2 Rxc3

15 bxc3 Qa5 16 Bd2 d5 17 g4 hxg4 18 h5 gx f3 19 Nxf3 Bg4 20
Rxg4 Nexg4 21 h6 Nxh6 22 Bxh6 Qxc3 23 Bxg7 Qa 1+ 24 Kd2
Qx h 1 25 Bxf6 dxe4 26 Bd4 Qxf3 +

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Chap ter Sixteen: T he Mai n Line w i t h 13 Bg5
(lntroduct Ion)

16A 13 a6 (Un i m p ressi ve)

•••

16B 13 Nc4(Dub ious)

• ••

16C 1 3 .Nh7 (P layab l e .fo r t he moment)

•. •••

16A
13 •• • 06

Kayumov - B lodshte ln, T ashkent 1 98 4 (in NIC2): 1 4 g4 hxg4 1 5 h5

Nxh5 . 1 6 Nd5 Re8 1 7 f4 Nc4 1 8 Qd3 Bb5 1 9 Nxb5 axb5 20 e5
Qa5 2 1 e6 f5 22 Rxh5 Nxb2 23 Nxe7+ Rxe7 24 Qxd6 Nc4 2 5
Q x e 7 Bb2+ 26 Kb 1 N a 3 27 Q x a 3 Q x a 3 28 e 7 Kg7 29 e8::Q
Rxe8 30 Rd7+ Re7 31 Bxe7 1 -0.

Suef l n - Panchenko, Moscow C h 1981 (in TC3): 1 4 R he l Nc4 1 5 Bxc4

Rxc5 16 e5 dxe5 1 7 Nb3 Rc7 1 8 Rxe5 Qe8 1 9 B h6 Bc6 20 Bxg7
Kxg7 2 1 Nd4 Qc8 22 Nxc6 bxc6 23 Ne4 Rd7 24 Qe l Rxd l + 2 5
Q x d 1 Rd8 26 Q e 1 Q d 7 27 N x f 6 e x f 6 28 Re4 Q d 6 29 b3 Qh2 3 0
Q f 2 Q h 1 + 31 Re 1 Q h2 3 2 Kb2 Q f 4 33 g3 Q d 2 3 4 R e 2 Q d l 35 f4
Qd5 36 Qe3 c5 3 7 Qc3 Rc8 3 8 Rd2 Qe6 39 Qc4 Qxc4 40 bxc4
•.1 -0.77

16B
13 .•• Nc4

T he re has been a cons i derab le g ro w t h of Interest I n t h i s l i ne, but

Ge l I e r - M i les stands unrefuted.

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 14 Qa2

Sant o -Roman - W.Watson, Geneva 1986 (in Bu l let in}. 14 Bxc4 Rxc4
15 e5 dxe5 16 Ndb5 (16 Nb3 Rc7 1 7 Nb5 Bf5 18 Nxc7 Qxc7 w i t h
compensa t i on - M M ) 1 6 Qb6 1 7 Bxf6 Bxb5 1 8 Nd5 Qe6 0> .
. .•

14 •• • Na5 1 5 K b l ab

Belyavsky - Ubi lava, M i nsk 1 983 (in NI C n 1 5 Nxb3 1 6 axb3 Re8 1 7

••.

Qd2 a 6 1 8 B h6 B h 8 1 9 g 4 e 5 2 0 Nde2 hxg4 21 h 5 Nxh5 2 2 fxg4

Bxg4 23 Rdg 1 Bxe2 24 Qxe2 Nf4 25 Qh2 Bf6 26 Rg4 Rxc3 27
bxc3 Qc8 28 Bg5 Nh5 29 Qh4 Bxg5 30 Qxg5 Kf8 31 Rfl Re6 32
Kb2 Rf6= (112.52) 26 Nd5!±

lb g4

± -E C O .

lb ••• a5

Nunn - Mes t e l , London 1 986 ( i n sb}' 1 7 gxh5 e x d 4 1 8 Nd5 Nxb3

19 h6 Bb5 20 Qg2 d3 21 cxb3 Nxd5 22 hxg7 Re8 23 Bxd8 Rexd8
24 Rd2 1 -0.

Ge l le r , E M i les, L i nares 1 983 (in T C 1 0): 17 Nf5 gxf5 1 8 gxf5

-

Nxb3 19 axb3 Bc6 20 Rhg 1 Kh7 21 Rg2 Rg8 22 Rdg 1 Qe7 23 Ndl
d5 24 Nf2 Bb5 25 Qdl Rcd8 2 6 Q e 1 Bc6 2 7 Qe2 Bb5 28 Qel
Qd6 29 ed Qd7 30 B x f6 Bxf6 3 1 Ne4 Qxf5 32 Ng5+ Bxg5 33
Rxg5 Rxg5 3 4 Rxg5 Qf6 35 Qe4+ K h 6 36 Rf5 Qg6 3 7 Qxe5 Re8
3 8 Qf 4+ Kh7 3 9 Rxf7+ K h8 40 Rf6 Qg7 41 R h6+ Kg8 42 R x h5 Rf8

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43 Qd6 Rf6 44 Qb8+ Rf8 45 Qh2 Rf6 46 Rg5 Rg6 47 Qb8+ K h7
48 Rxg6 Qxg6 49 Qxb7 + Kh6 50 Qe7 a5 51 Qe5 Qb6 52 Qg5+
Kh7 53 Qe7 + Kg6 54 d6 Qe6 55 e4 Qxf3 56 Qg5+ K h7 57
Qxb51 -0.

1 6C
1 3 .Nh7 1 4 Bh6 B x h6 15 Qxh6 Rxc3 16 bxc3
••

16 ••• Qa5

Ge l ler. E - Kuzm in. USSR 1 978 (In MM}, 17 Kb 1 Qxe3 18 Ne2 Qe5
19 g4 Nxf3 20 Rd5 Qf2 21 gxh5 g5 22 hxg5 Qe3 2 3 Rhd1 Bg4 24
R l d3 Qxe2 25 g6 Nfg5 26 Rxg5 Qf1+ 27 Kb2 Nxg5 28 Qxg5
Qf6 + 29 Qxf6 exf6 30 h6 Bh5 1 -0 .

T a l - M i sta. Dubna 1 973 (in MM): 1 7 Ne2 Bb5 1 8 R he l Nf6 1 9 Rd4

Re8 20 Rb4 e6 2 1 Nd4 Bd7 22 Qe3 b5 23 Kb2 Re5 24 Ne2 + -;
17 ...Qa3+ 1 8 Kb 1 a5 "offers eounterp lay" - MM

But t he re was an I m po r tant new move In Lob ron - M i les. B l e l 1 986

(in New Yo rk T i meslBy rne) 16 Qe7!? 17 Kb 1 Ne4 18 g4 hxg4 1 9 f4!
•. •

(19 h5 g50 19 Re8 20 Rd3 (20 h5? Na3+ 2 1 Kb2 Qxe3+! 22 Kxa3
•••

Re5 � Ra5#) 20 Qa5 21 h5 g5 22 e5!? dxe5 23 Bxe4 (23 fxg5

•••

exd4 24 g6 Nf6 25 Rn Qxh5 26 Rxf6 Qxh6 27 gxf7 + Kg7 28

Rxh6 Kxh6 29 Bxe4 Bf5 20 Rxd4 g3 �) 23 Rxe4 24 Nb3 Qe7 25
• •.

fxg5 Bf5 26 g6 Nf6? 27 Rd2 Rxe3 28 R hd l ±. By rne suggests

26 ... Nf81 � 27 Rn Rf4 or 27 g7 Nh7.

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Lob ron , I n I nfo rmator42: 22 Bxc4 Rxc4 23 Nb3 Qd8 24 fxg5 Qf 8
25 e5! Q x h6 (25 Bf5 26 exd6 Bxd3 27 Qxf8 Nxf8 28 dxe7 + - )
..•

26 gxh6 and now 26 Bf5 27 exd6 exd6 28 Rxd6±. T he a u t ho rs

•••

suggest 26 .f5!? 6. 27 exd6 e6.

••

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Chapter Seventeen: The Main Line 13 Bg5 Rc5
(except 14 g4)

T he re a re many a lternat ives at t hi s point. 14 g4 is t he su bject of t he

fo l low i ng chapters.

17 A .14 f4 N ery com p l i cated!)

17B 1 4 Kbl (P layab le)
17C 1 4 Nde2 (Bad)
1 7D 14 Qe2 (May deserve fu r t he r tests)
1 7E .1 4 R he 1 (Def i n i tely deserves fu r t he r tests)

1 7A
14 f4 Nc4

14 .. .Nc6 has been t r ied but has a t t racted l i t t le a t ten t i on:

Zuckerman - Kud r l n, USA 1 979 (In ECO): 15 e5 Nxd4 16 Qxd4 Rc6

17 Qxa7 Bg4 18 exf6 exf6 19 Qxb7±.

1 5 Qd3 b5

17A1 1 6 e5
1 7A2 1 6 f5
1 7A3 1 6 Bxf6

1 7 A1
16 a5 Ng4

90
K lovan - Gufe ld, USSR 1 978 (in NCP3) was t he game i n w hi c h 1 4 f4
was int roduced and i t is s t i l l crucia l fo r t he eva luat i on of t he l i ne:
1 6 dxe5 17 Bxf6 Bxf6 18 Ndxb5 (Gufeld cons i ders t hi s t he on ly l i ne
•. .

w he re Whi te gets w ha t he wants, but it may, neve rt heless, be t he

only p layable l i ne fo r B lack!) 1 8 Nxb2 1 9 Qxg6+ Bg7 20 Kxb2
. ••

(20 Ne4 Rxc2+! -ECO 21 Kxc2 Nxd l 22 Rxd l (22 Ng5 8'5+! 23
Qx'5 Ne3+ -+J 22 Qc8+ .6. Bf5J 2O Qc8 (00 -ECO; � -Gufeldl
.•• •••

2 1 Rxd7 Qxd7 22 Qxh5 (22 Rd 1 ?! Qc8�) Rxb5 23 Nxb5 (23 R d l ?

exf4 - + ) 2 3 Qxb5 2 4 fxe5 e 6 2 5 R e l R c 8 2 6 Re3 Rc5 27 Qg5
. .•

Kh7 28 Qh5+ (28 a4!? Qb8! 29 Ka2 Rxe5 30 Rxe5 Bxe5 oo / � -

Gufe ld) Kg8 29 Qg5 Kh7 1 /2 . - l /2 .

Rod r i guez - Gufe ld, Barcelona 1 979 ( i n Gufe ld}. 1 6 Q b 6 ! 1 7 Bxf6

•••

exf6 18 exf6 Bxf6 19 Ne4 Bg7 20 c3 Rd5!, but ECO poi nts out 1 8
e6!±.

17 exdb

Ljuboje v i c - M i les, Ma l ta OL 1 980 (in INF30/42 1 1 1 7 Ne4 Rc8 18

exd6 f 6 1 9 R he 1 (19 Nc3 ! Nf2 0 9 .K h7 2 0 f5!) 20 Qxg6 Be8? 2 1
••

Qxg7 + Kxg7 2 2 Ne6+ Kg8 2 3 Nxd8 fxg5 2 4 dxe7 Rxf4 2 5 Nd5

± T l mman-Schenck, U t recht 1 986. 20 Qe8! - T i mmanJ exd6 20
•••

Nxd6 Kh7 21 f5 Nd6 22 fxg6+ Kh8 23 Bf4 Ne5 24 Bxe5 fxe5 25

Nf3 e4 26 Qd6 exf3 27 Re7 Bg4 28 Qe5 Qxd l + !! 29 Kxd l fxg2
30 Kd2 Rfd8+ 3 1 Bd5 Rxd5+ O - l .

1 7A l l 1 7 .Nf2
••

1 7A 1 2 1 7 Nxd6
••.

17 A 1 3 1 7 Rxg5
•••

91
1 7A l l
17 .Nf2 1 8 Qfl Nxdl
•.

E rnst - W i nsnes , S w ed i s h C h 1 986 (in SN 6/86kont i nued 1 8 Rxg5

.•.

19 Qxf2 Rg4 20 dxe7 Qxe7 21 Rhe 1 Qc5 22 Ne4 Qc7 23 g3 a5

24 Bxc4 Qxc4 25 Kb 1 a4 26 Qd2 b 4 27 Re3 Kh7 28 Rd3 b3 29
axb3 axb3 30 Rxb3 Rd8 31 Rc3 Qa4 32 Rd3 Rb8 33 Nc5 Qa7 34
Nxd7 Qxd7 35 c3 Qa4 3 6 Qc2 Qa6 37 Nf3 Rxg3 3 8 Ng5+ Rxg5
39 fxg5 Qc4 40 Rf3 Ra8 41 Rdfl Ra7 42 Rf4 Qa2+ 43 Kcl Qe6 44
Qd3 f5 4 5 gxf6 B h6 46 Kc2 Bxf4 47 Rxf4 Rd7 58 Qxd7 +! Qxd7
49 f7 1 -0.

19 dxe7 Qa5 20 exf8=Q+

He l lers - Wi nsnes, Sweden 1 985 ( i n SN 6/86): 20 Bxf8 2 1 Qxd 1

•••

Nxb2 and t he comment ends here: " v i sade s i g o t i 1 1 rock l i g t for

sva r t . "

E rnst - He l lers, lugano 1 986 (in INF411238): 20 ...Kxf8 2 1 Qxd 1

Nxb2 22 Ne6 + ! Bxe6 2 3 Qd6+ Kg8 2 4 Qxc5 B x b 3 25 Qc8+?
(25 Ne4! Qa6 2 6 Re 1 Na4 2 7 Nf6 Bxf6 2 8 Re8+ Kh7 29 Qf8
Bb2+ 30 Kd1 Bxc2+ 31 Ke1 Qa5+ 3 2 Kfl Bd3+ 33 Kg 1 1 -0, M i les­
Vreeman, Ut recht 1 98 6,) 25 Kh7 26 cxb3 Bxc3 27 f5! Bg7!? and
•..

now 28 Kb 1. i ntend i ng f5-f6 wou ld have won, but t he game saw 28

f6 Qxa21 29 Qd7 Qxb3 30 fxg7 Qc3 3 1 Kb 1 Nc4 32 g8=Q + ! Kxg8
33 Qe8+ Kg7 3 4 Qe2� (but 112-112.56)

17A12
17 •.• Nxdb

92
i n SN 6/86: 1 8 Qxg6 Ne4 1 9 Qe4 (He l lers) 1 9 ... Nf2 20 Qxe7
(Grahn) ±

De W i t - Sow ray. W i Jk aan lee 1985 (In NIC3}'18 R he l Rxg5 1 9

hxg5 Nf2 20 Qxg6 Ne4 2 1 Qa6 Nxd l 2 2 R x d l Qe7 2 3 Nd5 Qe5
24 Bxe4 bxe4 25 Ne6 Bg4 26 Nee7 + Kh8 27 Rn Rb8 CD;

18 Rhf l l is p roba b l y a lso good.

17 A13
17 .Rxg5
••

He l l e rs - Romero. G roningen 1 984/85 (in SN 1 /85): 1 8 hxg5 Nf2 1 9

Qe2 Nxd 1 2 0 R x d 1 Nxd6 (20 . . .exd6 2 1 Nexb5 Bxb5 22 Nxb5 Nxb2
23 Rxd6) 21 Qd3 Bg4 22 Rd2 Qb8 23 Nd5? (23 Qxg6! e6
[23 . . .Ne4 24 Bxe4 bxe4 25 Qe4 e6 26 Qe3 t ransposes 1 24 Qd3
Ne4 25 Bxe4 bxe4 26 Qe3 ! e5 [26 Qb6 27 Ne4 e3! 28 Qxe3
•..

Qa6 29 Rd3 Qxa2 30 Qa3 Qd5 31 Nf6+ B x f6 32 gxf6 Qxg2 33

b3 Q f 1 + 34 Kb2 Qf4 35 Qe7 Re8? 36 Ne6 h4 37 Rd4 Qg5 3 8
Qb4! Qf6 39 Ne7+ K h7 4 0 Ne8 1 -0. Nunn - Van de r T uuk. Ut recht
1 986 . 1 27 fxe5 Bxe5 28 Nd5 Re8 29 b3 Bf4 30 Qxf4! Qxf4 3 1
Nxf4 e 3 3 2 Re2 Bxe2 3 3 Nfxe2 Re5 3 4 Nxe3 Rxg5 3 5 Ne4±
He l le rs� rnst) 23 Qb7 24 Ne3 Ne4 25 Bxe4 bxe4 26 Qxe4 Rb8 27
• ••

Qb5!? (27 Nb3) 27 Qe7 28 Nd5 += Qd6,?! 29 Qe6 Qd8 30 Qe5

•••

Rb7 31 e3 e6 3 2 Ne6 Bf8 33 Nde7+ Qxe7 34 Nxe7+ Rxe7 35

Rd8 Kg7 36 Qe5+ 1 -0.

1 7A2
1 6 f5

93
Ivanov i c - Ve l i m i rovlc, Vi nkovcI 1982 (in INF33/304); 1 6 K h7 1 7
•.•

Qe2 Qb6 1 8 R hfl a 5 1 9 g 4 Nxg4 2 0 Nd5 Rxd5 2 1 exd5 Bxd4 22

Qxe7 Bf5! + (0- 1 .4 1 )

I vanov i c - M i les, Vrbas 1 980 ( i n INF30/42l}. 1 6 Ne5 1 7 Qe3 a 5 1 8

•••

fxg6 Nxg6 1 9 a3 b 4 2 0 Bxf6 Bxf6 2 1 Na4 Bxa4 2 2 Bxa4 Q b 6 2 3

Rh3 bxa3 2 4 Qxa3 Bxd4 2 5 Rxd4 Rxc2+ 26 Kxc2 Qxd4 -+

1 7A3

PokoJowczyk - Mestel, Ma lta Ol 1 980 (in IN30/420}' 23 K h8 24 •••

Rxe6 0f8 25 Qe4 Rxe6 26 Qxe6 B f6 27 Rd5 a5 28 f5? (28 Bxc4

bxc4 29 g3 Rb8 30 Kc 1) 28 .Na3 29 Kcl a 4 30 fxg6 axb3 31 g7
••

Kxg7 32 axb3 Rxc2+ 33 Kdl Be5 34 Qxe5 dxe5 35 Ne6+ Kf7 36

Nxf8 Kxf8 3 7 Rxe5 Rg2 0 - 1 .

PokoJowczyk - Haw e l ko, P o h s h c h . 1 98 1 ( I n I C }' 23 a5 2 4 Rxe6 Qf8

•••

25 Bxc4 Rxc4 26 Qd5 Kh8 27 Kxb2 Rf5 28 Qd3 Rfc5 29 Qxg6

Rxc2+ 30 K b l l -0 .

1 7B
14 K b 1 b5

17Bl 1 5R hel
1 7B 2 1 5 g4

1 7B l
1 5 Rhe1 a5

94
1 5 Qb8 1 6 Bxf6 exf6 17 Nd5 Qd8 1 8 g4 a5 19 a3 a4 20 Ba2
•.•

hxg4 21 h5 g5 22 h6 B x h6 23 Rh1 Bg7. Belyavsky - ljubojev lc.

T l lbu rg 1 986. 24 f4� 24 ...gxf4 25 Nxf4 Nc4 26 Bxc4 bxc4 27 N h5
Qb6 2 8 c3 ± Belyavsky. 2 4 .Nc4 25 Bxc4 bxc4 2 6 fxg5 fxg5 27
••

Qh2 Re8 28 Rafl (In NIC 8/86)

16 f4 Nc4 17 Bxc4

Ba rczay - Sosonko. W i jk aan Zee 1 977 (in MM): 1 7 bxc4 18 e5

•••

Qb6 19 exf6 Rb8 20 Ndb5 exf6 21 a4 Bxb5 22 Nxb5 fxg 23 fxg

Bxb2 24 Qxd6 Rxb5 25 axb Qxb5 26 Qd7 1 -0.

17 . . Rxc4 18 e5 Bg4 1 9 Bxf6 exf6 20 e6 Qb8 2 1 e7 R e 8 22 Ndb5

Rxc3 (Be lyavsky - Hu bne r. Tr I bu rg 1 986) 23 Nd6! e .g . 23 Bxd 1 24
•..

Nxe8 Rxc2 25 Nxf6+ Bxf6 26 e8::Q+ Kg7 27 Qxb8 Rxd2 28 Kc1

+- T i m man (NIC 8/86)

1 7B 2
15 g4

95
1 7B21 1 5 hxg4
•.•

17B22 15 a5.••

17B21
15 •.• hxg4

Z a i tsev - Bas i n , M i nsk 1 9B3 (in N IC2}' 16 Bxf6 Bxf6 17 Nd5 Bg7
1 B h5 e6 19 h6 Bf6 20 Nxf6 Qx f6 21 fxg4 RfcB 22 g5 Qe7 23 h7
KhB +

Z a i tsev - I t k is, M i nsk 19B 3 (in NIC2): 16 h5 Nxh5 1 7 Nd5 ReB l B

Qg2 ( 1 B R x h51 gxh5 1 9 Qh2 Rxd5 1 1 9 . . . Re4 2 0 Bxe 4 bxe4 + =, Karpov
- Szna p ik , Dubal Ol 19B6 1 20 Bxd5 Qb6 2 1 Qxh5 e6 22 Bb3 Qe5
23 Bh6 Bf6 24 f4 Ng6 25 Nf 51 Be6 1 25 ... exf 5 26 Qxg6+ J 26
Qxg4 d5 27 Ng3 Qe3 2B e5 Bxe5 29 fxe5 Qxh6 30 Nh5 ReB 3 1
e 3 Qe3 3 2 Be2 KfB 3 3 Bxg6 fxg6 3 4 R f l + Ke7 3 5 Qb4+ KdB 3 6
Qd6+ 1 - 0 C hand ler - Mest e l , Eng land 19B6; By rne-NYT) l B Rd5•••

19 Bd5 QeB 20 f4 Nf3 21 Nxf3 gxf3 22 Qgl e6 23 B b 3 Be6 24

R h5 Be4 25 B h6 f2 26 Qf2 gxh5 27 Bxg7 Kxg7 2B Qd4 Kh6 29
Qe4 Qe5 30 e3 R gB 3 1 Be2 Rg6 32 QaB 1 -0 .
17B22
15 ... 05 16 Bxf6 B xf6 17 gxh5

Ka rpov - Geo rg l ev , Du ba l O l 1 9B6 [ l NF 42/24BI: 17 a 3 hxg4 lB f4

( 1 B h5 g5 19 Nd5 Rxd5 20 Bxd5 gxf3CD) lB ... Ne4 19 Qd3 QeBI (�
Nxa3+ - + ) 2 0 Nd5 Rxd5 2 1 exd5 Bf51 22 Nxf5 Qxf5 2 3 e3 Ne31
24 Qxf5 gxf5 2 5 Rd2 a4 26 Ba2 ReB 27 h5 Ne4 2B Re2 (2B Rd31?)
2B . . . Re5 29 Rdl Kg7 � -Geo rg lev.

17 .. .0 4

96
Now:

Ku l i kova - S hafranskaya. K iev 1 984 (In NI C3): 18 f4 axb3 19 fxe5

bxe2 20 Nxe2 Re5 21 hxg6 fxg6 22 Qh6 Be8 + (b i s ho p p a i r)

C hand ler - Petu rsson. Has t i ngs 1 986/87: 1 8 hxgb axb3 1 9 Nxb3
Rxe3 20 gxf7+ Kxf7 21 Qxe3 Ne4 22 Nd4 Qb6 23 Qd3 Qxd4 24
Qxd4 Bxd4 25 Rxd4 Kg6 26 a4 e5 27 Rd3 bxa4 28 Kc 1 Ra8 29
Rg 1+ Kh6 30 Rg5 Ra6 31 Rg8 Be6 32 Rd8 a3 33 bxa3 Kg6 34 Re8
Bf7 35 Re8 Nxa3 36 Kd2 1 /2- 1 /2.

Mes t e l - Kud r i n . Hast i ngs 1 986/87: 18 Bd51 e6 19 hxg6 exd5 20

h5 Rxe3 21 bxe3 t=/±

1 7C
14 Nde2

Whi tehead. J - M i les. Lone P i ne 1 980 ( ' n INF29/345}' 14 Nde2 b5

1 5 Bxf6 Bxf6 1 6 f4 Ne4 1 7 Bxe4 Rxe4 18 e5 Bg7 1 9 exd6 Bg4! +

1 7D
1 4 Qe2

Ab reu - Mes te l . Wo r ld Yout h Team 1 978 (In MM): 14 Qe2 Rxe3 1 5

bxe3 Qe7 1 6 Q e 3 R e 8 1 7 Ne2 a5 1 8 a 4 b 5 �/=

1 7E
14 R he l b5

Bel yavsky - Geo rglev . W i jk aan lee 1 985 ('n T C 1 7}. 1 4 Qa5 1 5 K b 1
. •.

97
Re8 16 f4 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Rxc4 1 8 Bxf6 Bxf6 19 Nd5 Qxd2 20 Nxf6+
exf6 21 Rxd2 f5 22 b3 Rc3 23 Rd3 Rxd3 24 cd fxe4 25 dxe4 Bf5
26 Nxf5 gxf5 27 e5 112-1I2.

17El 1 5 f4
1 7E 2 15Kbl

Gronfe ld - Pa rtos, B l e l 1981 (in TC2): 1 5 g 4 hxg4 1 6 f4 Nc4 1 7 Bxc4

bxc4 18 e5 Qb6 19 Bxf6 Rb8 20 Qg2 ef 21 e6 fe 22 Qxg4 e5 23
Qxd7 Qxb2+ 24 Kd2 exd4 25 Ne4 c3+ 26 Kd3 Qb5+ 27 Qxb5
Rcxb5 28 Nxd6 Rd5 29 Re6 Rb6 3 0 Re8+ Kh7 31 Ne4 Ra5 32 R h l
R b 7 33 Re6 R f 7 3 4 a3 R x a 3 35 h 5 gxh5 36 Rxh5+ Kg8 3 7 Nd6
Rd7 38 Rhl Ra6 39 Re8+ Bf8 40 Nf5 Kf7 41 Rc8 Kg6 42 Nh4+ Kf7
43 f5 Ra5 44 Ng6 Kg7 45 Ke4 Ra4 46 R h7 1 -0 .

1 7E l
1 5 f4 Nc4

15 .Neg4!�ECO
••

16 Bxc4 Rxc4

Z u l dema - Sosonko, Ho l land 1 976 ( i n MM}' 1 6 bxc4 1 7 e5 Qb6 1 8

•••

Bxf6 Rb8 1 9 b3 exf6 2 0 e 6 fxe6 2 1 Nxe6 Bxe6 2 2 Na4 cxb3 23

Nxb6 bxa2 24 Kb2 Rxb6+ 25 Ka3 Ra6+ +

17 a5

Nunn - M I les, London 1 980 (In INF29/345}' 1 7 Bxf6 Bxf6 18 e5 Bg7

1 9 Ncxb5 Qb8 + 0 - 1 .39

98
 17 b4
..

Popovyeh - B raga. New York 1 980 ( i n C hessAmerlea n 1 7 .Nh7 1 8

••

exd6 Bxd4 1 9 dxe7 Qa5 2 0 exf8=Q+ Nxf8 2 1 K bl Bxe3 22 bxe3

Ra4 23 e4 Rb4 24 Ka 1 Be6 25 Re3 Qa4 26 Be7 Rxe4 27 Ra3
Qxe2 28 Qxe2 Rxe2 29 Rd8 Re l + 30 Kb2 Re8 31 Rad3 1 -0 .

Popovyeh - Kud r i n, New York 198 3 ( i n PCN I V): 1 7 .B g 4 1 8 Bxf6

••

exf6 19 e6 b4 20 e7 bxe3 2 1 Qd3 Qe8 22 exf8 :Q+ Bxf8 23 f5

Bxd l 24 Rxdl Qb7 25 Nb3 Qe4 26 Nd4 B h6+ 27 Kb 1 Qxd3 28
Rxd3 exb2 29 Kxb2 Bf4 30 Kb3 Re8 3 1 Nb5 Rb8 32 Ke4 a6 33
Nxd6 Rb2 34 Ne4 Rxe2+ 35 Kb3 Rxg2 36 Nxf6+ Kg7 37 Nd5
Be5 38 fxg6 fxg6 39 Nb4 Rg3 40 Rxg3 Bxg3 41 Nxa6 Bd6 42
Ke4 g5 43 Kd5 g4 44 Ke4 Kf6 45 a3 Ke6 O - l .

In N I C 3 (G i nsbu rglBa r t h): 1 7 Bg4 1 8 Bxf6 exf6 1 g e6 b 4 2 0 Neb5

• . .

Qa5 21 e7 Re8 22 Nxd6 Qxa2 23 Qd3 Rxd4 24 Qxd4 Rxe7 25

Qe4 (25 Qb4? Bf8!) 25 ... Qxe4! (25 Rxe 1 26 Rxe 1 Qa 1 + 27 Kd2
•..

Qxb2 28 Qx7+ Kh7 29 Nb5! � 30 Re7 f5 3 1 Re6 + -) 26 Nxe4

Re7 27 Rd8+ Kh7 28 Nd6 B h6 29 g3 g5 CD -Gi nsbu rglB a r t h

18 Qd3

Canda - Vanhe i rze le. Lu i k 1 980 (In NIC2}' 18 exf6 bxe3 19 Qe2
Rxd4 20 fxe7 Qb6 (20 Qa5CD) 21 exf8+Q+ Kxf8 22 Qe7 + Kg8
• ••

23 bxe3 Re4 24 Rxd6 Qa5 25 Rd7 + -

Popovyeh - Fedo row lez. New York 1982 ( I n PCN I l l ): 1 8 exf6 bxe3
1 9 Qe2 Qb6 20 bxe3 Rxd4 21 fxg7 R x d l + 22 Qxdl Re8 23 Bxe7

99
Qf2 24 Qd2 Qg3 2S Re2 Bg4 26 ReI dS 27 ReS d4 28 Bf6 R b 8
29 Qxd4 Qxg2 30 ReI Bf S 3 1 Q a 4 K h7 32 Q b 3 R g 8 33 K b 2 Qd2
34 Re7 Bxc2 3S Qb4 BfS+ 36 Ka3 a5? (36 ... Be61 -+) 37 Qb6
Qc l + 38 Qb2 Qx f4 39 BeS Qc4 40 Rc7 Qe6? 41 QbS =+ (0-
1 .74)

18 ... Rxd4 19 Qxd4 bxc3

Fe i ge lson - C he rnov, USSR 1984 (in I NF391273� 20 Bxf6 exf6 2 1

Qxd6 Q a S 2 2 Qd7 Qa2 2 3 bxc3 fxeS +

T hoeng - Vanhei rzele, lu i k 1980 (in N IC2� 20 Bxf6 Qb8 2 1 bxc3

exf6 22 Qd6 Be6 23 Qxb8 Rxb8 24 Kd2 fxeS 2S fxeS B h6 0 - 1 .
22 exf61 Bh6 +

Row ley - Ku d r in, USA 1982 (in PCN I): 20 exf6 exf6 21 Qxd6
fxgS 22 Qxd7 QaS 23 R e8 Qxa2 24 Rxf8+ Bxf8 2S bxc3 gxf 4 26
Qe8 Qa3+ 27 Kb 1 Qxc3 28 Rd8 Qb4+ 29 Kc 1 Qa3+ 30 Kb 1
Qb4+ 3 1 Kc1 Qa3+ 32 Kbl Qb4+ 1 /2 - 1 12 .

17E2
15 Kbl 0 5

M i kha lchl shln -Ras hkovsky, USSR 1981 ( i n TC3� I S . . . b4 1 6 NdS NxdS
17 ed as 18 f4 Nc4 19 Bxc4 Rxc4 20 Nc6 (± - INF 3 1 ) 20 ... Qb6 2 1
Nxe7+ K h 8 2 2 f S BxfS 2 3 NxfS g f 2 4 Bf6 Rg4 2 S Q h6+ Kg8 26
Bxg7 Rxg7 27 QxhS Rxg2 28 Rfl a4 29 RxfS Qe3 30 Rafl b3 21 ab
ab 32 RgS+ RxgS 33 QxgS+ QxgS 34 hg R e8 3S cb ReS 36 Rd1
RxgS 37 Kc2 Kf8 38 Kc3 Ke7 39 Kc4 Kd7 40 R f 1 fS 4 1 R h 1 f 4 1 /2-
112.

16 f4 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Rxc4

Va r lamov - U f i metsev, cor res 1983 (In NI C2): 17 ... bxc4 18 B x f6 B x f6

1 9 eS B x h4 20 Rh 1 Bg4 2 1 Nf3 Bxf3 22 gxf3 e6 23 Qg2 dS 24
Qh2 Be7 2S Ne4 Kg7 26 NxcS BxcS 27 fS exfS 28 Qd2 Re8 29
QxdS QxdS 30 RxdS Bf2 31 RxaS +- (1 -0.S0)

1 00
 18 a5 b4 1 9 axf6 bxc3

I n NIC2 (van der T ak}' 20 Qd31 Rxd4 21 Qxd4 exf6 22 Qxd6

fxg5 23 fxg5 cxb2 24 Qxd7:!: or 23 Qb8 24 Qxb8 Rxb8 25 Rxd7
•••

Rxb2+ 26 Kc 1 Rxa2 27 Re8+ Kh7 28 Kd 1 + - -van der T ak

B e r tho lee - Boersma, Amste rdam 1 980 (In NIC2): 20 Qa2 Rxd4 21
fxe7 Qb6 22 exf8=Q+ Bxf8 2 3 b3 B g 4 2 4 Qe8 R xd 1 + 2 5 R x d 1
Bxd1 26 B h6 Q d 4 =

101
Chapter Eighteen: 13 Bg5 Re5 14 g4
hxg4 15 Bxf6
15 Bxfb Bxfb lb h5

1 6 Nd5 Rxd5 w i t h comp ensa t i on -MM.

lb g5
•••

Be lov - Dedukh, USSR 1 984 (In INF38/288U6 Nxf3 1 7 Nxf3

• ••

gxf3 18 Nd5 Rxd5 19 Bxd5 e6 20 Rdg 1 and now 20 g5! 2 1 •••

e 5 dxe5 2 2 Bxf300 - Be lov, o r 1 9 Qxd5 g 5 2 0 Rhgl g 4 2 1 e5

Bxe5 22 Qxf300 - Be lov.

17 Nd5 ab

Berman - Homenko, � 1985 (ln INF40/253}' 1 7 Rxd5 1 8

•••

exd5 gxf3 1 9 Rdgl 0 9 c 3 g 4 2 0 K bl Qb6 2 1 Bc2?! Nc4 22

Qc l Rc8 23 Nf5 Na3 + 24 Ka l Rxc3 25 Nxe7+ Kf8 0 - 1 ,
Kova l - Be rman, � 1 985) 1 9 g 4 2 0 Qf4 Kh7 2 1 Kb 1 R g 8 22
• . .

Ka l Bg5 23 Qe4+ Kh6 24 c3 Qc8 25 Ba4 f5 26 Qb l Rf8

27 Bxd7 Qxd7 28 Ne6 Rf6 29 Nxg5 Kxg5 30 h6 Rf8 3 1
Qel Kg6 32 h7 Kg7 3 3 Qe3 Kh8 3 4 Qh6 Rf6 3 5 Q h5 f4
36 Qg5 Rf8 37 Q h6 Qe8 3 8 R h5 f2 39 Rfl Rf6 40 Qg5 g3
0-1.

18 Nxfb+ Qxfb 19 fxg4 a 5

Georgadze - M l les, Dortmund 1979 (MM): 19 ••• Rd8 2 0 R hfl

Qe7 21 Kbl �

1 02
 20 R hfl Ga7

Be lov - N i ko layev, � 1 984 ( i n INF38/288}' 21 04 b5 22

Nxb5 Bxb5 23 axb5 Rxb5 24 Qxd6 Qxd6 25 Rxd6 Nxg4
26 Rd7 ;

Polet chuk - Se ledkin, � 1 983 (In NIC2}' 21 03 Rfc8 � (0-

1 .40 )

1 03
B a r ln - Zan l notta, I t a l l a 1 985 ( I n I NF401254): 15 .Nc6 1 6 e5
.•

Qa5 17 e6 Nxd4 1 8 exf7 + Kh7 1 9 Qxd4 Nd5 20 Qxd5

Rxd5 21 Nxd5 Ba4 22 Kb 1 Rxf7 23 Bxe7 Rf5 24 c4 Bc6 25
Bxd6 Bxd5 26 cxd5 Qb6 27 Ba3 Rxf4 28 Bc2 Rf3 29 b3
Qf6 30 Kc 1 Qa 1+ 3 1 Kd2 Qc3+ O-l.

1 9A 16 Qd3
19B 1 6 Qe2
1 9C 1 6 Bxc4

1 9A
16 Qd3 b5

1 9A 1 1 7 e5
1 9A 2 1 7 f5
19A3 1 7 h5Nxh5
104
19A 1
1 7 e5

Co rdes - Jakobsen, Esbjerg 1985 (in N I C4): 17 .. .dxe5 1 8

Ndx b5 Nxb2 1 9 Kxb2 e 4 20 Qd2 e 3 2 1 Qd3 e 2 2 2 Rd2
Qa8 23 Re 1 Bxb5 24 Qxg6 Be4 25 Bxe4 Rxe4 26 Qd3
Ne4 -+

1 9A2
17 f 5 Ne5

We i se - Bojadg i eva, Sof i a 1985 (in I NF40/25n 17 gxf5 1 8 .•.

exf5 Ne5 1 9 Q e 3 b 4 2 0 Bxf6 b x e 3 2 1 Bxg7 exb2+ 2 2 Kb 1

Kxg7 23 Qg5+ Kh7 24 Qh5 Kg7 24 R hg 1 Rg8 26 Rg4+
Nxg4 27 Rg 1 Kf6 28 Qxf7 + Ke5 29 Ne6 Bxe6 30 Qxe6+
Kf4 3 1 R f 1 + Kg3 32 Qe 1 + Kg2 33 R g 1 + Kf3 34 Qg3+ Ke4
35 Rf1 Nf2 36 Re 1 + Kd4 37 Qe3# 1 - 0 .

S a x - K i . Geo r giev, Mon trea l 1986 ( i n PCN 195): 17 . . . gxf5

18 exf5 Qe8 19 Rhf1 Ne5 20 Qe3 Rxc3 21 Qxe3 Qxc3 22
bxe3 Re8 23 Ne2 Kf8 24 Bd5 1 /2 - 1 12 .

18 Ge3

Baka la rz - Pekarek, Mys lowlee 1 985 (in I NF40/258):

18 b4 1 9 Nd5 Nxd5 20 Bxd5 gxf5 21 B h6 e6 22 B b 3
...

Qf6 2 3 B g 5 f 4 2 4 Qe1 Qg6 25 Be7 Rfe8 2 6 h 5 Q h 6 27

Bxd6 a5 28 Qg1 a4 29 Bxe5 Rxe5 30 Nf5 exf5 31 Bxf7+
Nxf7 32 Qxe5 Bf8 33 Qa5 Qe6 34 exf5 b3 35 axb3 axb3
36 Qe3 Qxe3 37 bxe3 Ba3+ 38 Kd2 b2 39 Rdf1 f 3 40
R hg l Ne5 4 1 Ke3 Be5+ 4 2 Kf4 Bxg1 0 - 1 .

Raehe ls - Rao, U.S. Jun i or 1986 ( I n Bu l let i n): 1 8 Kh7 1 9 f6

• • •

Ng6 20 Rdf1 Nxe3 21 Qxc3 Qb6 22 Qe3 Ne5 23 R h2 a5

24 R hf2 a4 25 Bd5 g3 26 Rxf6 exf6 27 Bf4 Ng6 28 Nf5
Qxe3 29 Bxe3 g2 30 Rg1 Bf5 31 exf5 Nh4 32 Bf2 Nf5 3 3
B e 4 B h6 34 Kdl Kg6 35 Rg2 Bg5 36 Bg3 Re8 3 7 B d 3 Re3
38 Bel Rd3 0 - 1 .

1 05
1 9A3
17 h5 Nxh5

W . Wat son - K l r. Geo rglev, Amsterdam 11 1985 (In

I NF40/256}' 17 h5 Rxg5 1 8 fxg5 Nxh5 1 9 Kb 1 e6 20 Bxe4
bxe4 21 Qxe4 Qxg5 22 Qe7 Qe5 23 Qxd7 Bxd4 24 Nb5
Bf2 25 Nxd6 g3 26 Nxf7 Rxf7 27 Qxe6 Kg7 28 Qg4 Qe5
29 Rd7 Nf6 30 Rxf7 + Kxf7 3 1 Qf3 Qxe4 32 Qb3+ Qd5
33 R h7 + Kg8 3 4 Rd7 Qxb3 35 Rd8+ Kf7 36 exb3 g2 0 - 1 .

Foguenne - Jassl m , AsIan Teams 1986 ( I n Bu l let i n}. 1 7 h5

Rxg5 1 8 fxg5 Ne5 1 9 Qe3 Nxh5 20 Ndxb5 Qa5 21 Na3
Nf3 22 Nd5 Qd8 23 Nf4 Nxf4 24 Qxf4 a5 25 Qe3 Qb8
26 e3 a4 27 Be4 Re8 28 Be2 Ne5 29 Rd2 Be6 30 B d 1
Nf3 3 1 Rd3 Ne5 3 2 Rd2 Nf3 3 3 Rd3 Ne5 1 12 - 112.

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1 9A31 1 8 f5
1 9A32 1 8 Nd5

Rosse l l r - BJasev le, Sa ladl l lo 1985 (In NIC4}' 1 8 e5 Qb6 1 9

e 6 Rg5 2 0 fxg5 Nf4 2 1 exf7 + Rxf7 22 Qe4±

19A31
1 8 f5

PokoJowezyk - Sehranz, Budapest 1983 (In BCM): 1 8 Qe8 •••

19 Nd5 f6 20 Be3 g5 21 Nxb5 Ne5 22 Nxf6+ Kh8 23

Nxe8 Nxd3+ 24 Rxd3 Bxe8 25 Bxe5 dxe5 26 Ne7 1 -0.

P l rlsl - Sa p l , Hungary 1983 (ln I NF371239) and Rod r l guez -

106
He rnandez. Bayamo 1 984: (in TC 1 4}' 18 Bxd4 19 Qxd4
•••

e5 29 Bxd8 exd4 2 1 Be7 dxc3 22 Bxd6 cxb2+ 23 Kb 1

Nxd6 24 Rxd6 Kg7 25 Rxd7 Nf6 26 Rxa7 Nxe4 27 fxg6
Nd2+ 28 Kxb2 Nxb3 29 axb3 Kxg6 O - l .

1 9A 32
18 Nd5

1 9A 3 2 1 1 8 .f6
••

1 9A 322 1 8 Nf4
•••

1 9A323 1 8 Re8
•••

1 9A321
18 ••• fb 19 B h4 eb

In I . Ma rkov l c (lNF411239}' 1 9 Rxd5 20 Bxc4 bxc4 2 1 Qxc4

•••

Nf4 22 exd5 g5 23 Bg3 Qc8 0>

T lemann - O l t hof. � 1 986 (in NIC4}' 1 9 Rxd5 20 Bxc4

••.

bxc4 21 Qxc4 e6 22 f5 Re5 -+

20 Ne3

T obor - Herb rechtsme ler. � 1 984 ( I n NIC4): 20 Nc3 B h6

21 Nde2 Nxf4 22 Nxf4 Bxf4+ 23 Kb l Nxb2 O-l .

20 . •• Nxf4 2 1 Qfl Nxe3 22 Qxf4

Ako p l a n - Sedraklan. Baku 1 986 ( i n INF411239}' 22 .Nc4

••

107
23 Qxg4 e5? (23 QeS! +) 24 Ne6! Qe7? (24 QeS �) 25
••• ••.

Qxg6! Be6 26 Bf2? (26 Rdg 1 ) Re7? (26 RfcS co) 27 Q h7 + !

.•.

Kf7 2S Q h5 + 1 KgS 2 9 Rdg 1 1 -0.

in INF 4 1 : 22 .Nxd 1 l 23 Nxe6 Bxe6 24 Bxe6+ Rf7 25 Rxd l

••

g5! 26 Qf2 Qe7! 27 Bxf7+ Kxf7 2S Kb 1 Qe7 D. Qe5 - + .

- I M a rkov i e

1 9A322
lS •• .Nxf4 1 9 Bxf4 e5

Ady - Watson, W , Kent v. M i dd lesex 1 9S5 (in NI C4): 20

Qg3 exf4 21 Qxf4 Ne5 22 Kb 1 a5 +

QI J l ngehuan- Speelman, T o luea IZ 1 9S5 (in TC 1S}' 20 Bg3

exd4 2 1 Bxe4 be 22 Qd2 Rxd5 23 exd5 Bf5 24 Q h2 g5 25
Bxd6 ReS 26 Rdel d3 27 B b 4 a5 2S Be3 Rxe l + 29 Rxe l g3
30 Qxg3 Bxe3 3 1 bxe3 Kg7 32 Qe5+ Kg6 33 R f l Bh3 34
Qe4+ Kg7 35 Qd4+ g6 36 Qe4 Kg7 37 Rdl dxe 3S Ke2
QeS 39 Kd2 B f5 40 Qe5 Kg6 41 Qd6 Kg7 42 Rfl f6 43
Re 1 Kg6 44 Qe6 QbS 45 QeS+ QxeS 46 RxeS Kf7 47
RaS Ke7 4S Ke3 1 -0.

1 9A 323
lS ReS 19 f 5 Rxd5
•••

B o l ssonnet - BJasev ie, Sa lad d lo 19S5 (in NI C4): 19 f5 Bxd4

20 Qxd4 e5 21 BxdS exd4 22 Nf6+ ±

20 exd5 Bxd4 2 1 fxg6 Bxb2+ 22 Kb l

1 0S
f5 23 Rxh5 Qa5 24 Bd2 Nxd2+ 25 Kxb2

Bel lon - Sosonko, Lugano 1985 (In INF39/270}' 25 .Ne4 26 •.

Kb 1 Na3 27 Kc 1 Qb4 28 Rfl Qe4 29 Qxe4 fxe4 30 Rf7 b4

31 Kd2 a5 32 Ke3 a4 33 Kf4 axb3 34 exb3 Nb5 35 Kxe4
Ne3+ 26 Kd4 g3 3 7 R hh7 1/2-1/2.

M a r t i n Gonza lez - Romero, Span/sh C h 1 984 ( i n

I NF38/288}' 25 .Nxe4 2 6 Qe3 e 6 27 R h8 1 -0.
• .

1 9B
16 Qe2 b5

1 9B 1 1 7 e5
1 9B 2 1 7 f5
19B3 1 7Nexb5
1 9B 4 1 7h5

19B1
17 e 5 dxe5

Afek - Ga l lag he r , Ca le l la 1 985 (In NIC4}' 1 7 e5 Qe8 1 8

exf6 exf6 1 9 Bxe4 bxe4 2 0 Qe7 Re8 2 1 Qxd6 Bf8 22
Qxf6 Bg7 23 Qd6 Bf8 24 Qf6 Bg7 112- 1 I2.

1 8 Ndxb5 Nxb2 1 9 Kxb2 Qa5 20 Rxd7

Nxd7 21 Bxe7 Rxc3 22 Nxc3 exf 4

Weste r / nen - Mestel, EsbJerg 1 979 (MM): 23 Qc4 Nb6

24 Qb4 Qxb4 25 Bxb4 Re8 26 Rfl f3 27 a4 Re4 28 Bxe4

1 09
Nxc4+ 29 Kcl B h6+ 30 Kd1 Ne3 + 3 1 Ke1 Nxc2+ 32 Kf2
Nxb4 33 R d 1 f5 34 Rd6 Bf8 35 Rd8 Kf7 36 Kg3 Bc5 37
Nd1 Ke6 38 Rd2 Nd5 39 a5 Nf6 40 Rc2 N h5+ 41 K h2 g3+
O- l .. Amazing ly, t h I s Is t he only examp le from t h i s c ha p t e r fo
be found in ECO (984)!1.

Mu rey - Mes t e l , ENG-ISR Te lex match 1981 (In PCN It 23

Qd3 Re8 24 Re 1 Ne5 25 Rxe5 Qxe5 26 Bd6 Qxc3+ 27
Qxc3 Bxc3+ 28 Kxc3 g3 29 Bd5 Rd8 30 Bxf4 Rxd5 3 1
Bxg3 f5 3 2 a 4 Kf7 3 3 Bf2 a 6 3 4 Be3 Re5 3 5 Bg5 Re4 0 - 1 .

1 9B 2
17 fS

1 9B 2 1 17 ••• gxf5
1 9B22 17 ••• Ne5
1 9B23 17 •• .Nh5
1 9B24 17 ••• Qa5

Got h - Bauer, � 1 984 (in NIC3t 1 7 a5 1 8 h5 N x h5 1 9 Qg4

•••

Qe8 20 Bxc4 Rxc4 21 Nd5 + -.

1 9B 21
17 ••• gxfS 1 8 exfS ReS

O l t hof - T l emann, � 1 986 (In NIC4): 18 .Ne5 19 Bxf6 Bxf6

••

20 Rdg 1 Bg7 21 Rxg4 Nxg4 22 Qxg4 e5 23 t..Je4 L:;. 24 Rg1

+ -; 22 . . .e6CD

1 10
Ha rtman - K i r. Geo rg i ev. Quebec 1 985 (jn INF40/259): 1 9
Q d 3 Qc8 20 R d f l Nd5 2 1 Nxd5 Rxd5 2 2 f6 exf6 23 Bxf6
Re8 24 Bxg7 Re3 25 Bxc4 Rxd3 26 Bxd5 Kxg7 27 Rxf7+
Kh8 28 Rhfl Rd4 29 Rxf8+ Qxf8 30 Rxf8+ Kg7 3 1 Rg8+ Kf6
32 Bb3 b4 33 h5 Bf5 34 h6 Re4 35 c3 bxc3 36 bxc3
R e l + 37 Kd2 R h l 38 Rd8 Ke5 3 9 Re8+ Kf4 40 Ra8 R h2+ 41
Kc 1 g3 42 Bd5 g2 43 Bxg2 Rxg2 44 Rxa7 Rc2+ 45 Kdl
R x c 3 4 6 R a 4 + K e 3 47 R h4 B e 4 0-1.

Raty - Herb rec htsme l e r . � 1 984 ( I n NI C4): 19 Qg2 Ne3 +

1 9B22
17 .NeS 1 8 hS gxhS 19 Bxf6 Bxf6 20
••

RxhS Kg7 21 Qd2 R h8 22 Rdhl RxhS 23 RxhS QaS

24 Kb 1 Kg8 2S Nde2 Bc6 26 Q h6 Be4 27 Nf4

Dob rovo l sky - HaJek. Ost rava 1 985 (In NIC4): 27 dS? 28•••

Bd5 Bxd5 29 Nfxd5 Rxd5 30 Nxd5 Qe 1 + 31 Qc 1 ±

I n N I C 4 (Molenb roek}'27 Nc4 1 28 Q h7+ Kf8 29 Bxc4

•••

bxc4 30 Rg5 Ke8 - Mo lenb roek

1 9B23
17 .NhS
••

Antunes - Mo lenb roek. � 1 985 ( i n NI C4): 18 Qxg4 Qa5 1 9

Nd5 R x d 5 2 0 exd5 R c 8 2 1 R h3 Q b 6 22 Ne6 fxe6 23 fxg6
Bxb2+ 24 K b l Ng7 25 h5 Be5 26 Bel Qc5 27 c3 Nf5 28
h6 Nfe3 29 Rxe3 Nxe3 30 Qf3 Nf5 31 dxe6 Bc6 32 Qxf5
Be4 33 Qxe4 Qxc3 34 h7 Kh8 35 Qxe5 dxe5 36 Bb2

III
Qe3 37 Bc2 Qe2 38 Rd2 1 12 - 1 I2 .

1 9B24
17 Qa5
•••

1 9B241 1 8 Bxc4
1 9B242 1 8 Bxf6

1 9B 24 1
18 Bxc4 bxc4 1 9 h5 Nxh5 20 Qxg4
Rb8 21 Rxh5

Enders - Peka rek, Los t l ce 1 985 (In NIC4): 21 Q b b 22 Qg1

•••

Ra5 23 Bxe7 Rxa2 24 f6 Qb2+ 25 Kd2 Ra3 26 Rde2 Ba4

27 Rcl Re8 28 fxg7 Re7 29 Rd5 1 -0.

in NIC4 (PekareH 2 1 Rxb2 22 R h3 Bxd4 23 Rxd4 Rxf5 24

• ••

exf5 Rxc2+ 25 Kxc2 Bxf5 26 Kd 1 Bxg4 27 Rxg4 Qf5 28

Rgh4 f6 + = -Pekarek

1 9B 242
18 Bxfb Bxfb 19 Qxg4

1 12
U l i b i n - Serper, K la i p eda 1 985 ( i n N I C4): 19 .Kg7 20
••

Qg3 Be5 2 1 Qf3 •••

Vokac - Pekarek, CSSR 1 985 ( I n NIC4H9 .Rfc8 20 Qg2 b 4

••

21 N d 5 Rxd5 22 exd5 Ne3 23 Qe4 Nf5 2 4 Nc6 Qc5 w i t h

compensa t l on.

19B3
1 7 Ncxb5

Raty - YrJo la, F i n land 1 983 (In Nlc) 17 .. .Nxb2 1 8 Kxb2 Bxb5
1 9 Nxb5 Nxe4 and now 20 Kc l ! Nxg5 21 hxg5 Qa5 22 a 4
en - Herb rechtsme i e r .

1 9B 4
1 7 h5

I vanov lc - Sadiku, Jugos lav i a 1985 (In I NF40/260): 17 h5

Rxg5 18 fxg5 Nxh5 19 Ncxb5 Na5 20 Nf 5 e6 21 Nxg7

1 13
Qxg5+ 22 Kb 1 Bxb5 23 Qe 1 Nxb3 24 Nxh5 gx h5 25 axb3
Qe5 26 Qh4 Be2 27 Rxd6 Kg7 2B Rc6 Bf3 29 b4 Bxe4
30 Re 1 Qf 5 31 Rc5 Bd5 32 Ka 1 RbB 33 b5 a6 34 Qg3
Rxb5 35 Qc3 Qf6+ 36 Re5 Kg6 37 Qd3+ Kh6 3 B Qe3+
Kg6 39 Qd3+ Kg7 40 Qd4 Qf l + 41 Re l + e5 4 2 Qd2 Qf4
43 Rxd5 Qxd2 44 Rxd2 f5 45 Rd6 e4 46 c4 Re5 47 b4 f4
4B c5 e3 49 c6 f3 50 Rd7+ Kh6 51 c7 f2 52 R b l e2 53
cB=Q e l=Q 54 Rf7 ReB 55 Qc6+ Re6 56 Rf6 Rxf6 57
Qx f6+Kh7 112-1/2.

1 9C
1 6 Bxc4 Rxc4 17 85

The latest st uff.

Sherzer - Kudrln, Wo r ld Open 1 9B5 (in NIC4}' 1 7 .Nh7 1 B

••

Qd3 Rxd4 19 Qxd4 Bc6 2 0 Nd5 f 6 21 Qc4 KhB 2 2 h5 gxh5

23 R x h5 BeB 24 Rx h7+ Kx h7 25 R h l + Kg6 26 f5+ Kxf5 27
Ne3+ Kg6 2B Qg4 Kf7 29 e6+ KgB 20 B h6 1 -0 . lB b51? •.•

- B lsgu l e r

Hot I -Gojko vlc,Yugos lavla 19B5UNF42/245 hdopted

S herze r's suggest ion of 17 ... Nh5 and now lB Qd3 (1 B exd6
f6 19 Qe2 Rxd4 +) lB Rxd41 1 9 Qxd4 Bc6 21 Qc4 KhB 22
..•

f 5 fxg5 23 fxg6 Rf411+.

114
Ct,ap ter 20: 13 Bg5 Re5 14 g4 t,xg4 15
t,5 Nxt,5

20A 16 f4
20B 1 6 Nd5

20A
16 f4 Nc4

1 6 .Nc6 I s a Iso seen:

••

Hartman - F lndlay, Toronto 1 983 (In NIC3}' 17 e5 Nxd4 1 8

Qxd4 Bc6 1 9 R h 4 Bf3 2 0 Qd3 d 5 2 1 Rd2 Qd7 and now
NIC g i ves 22 f5 Bxe5 23 fxg6 Rxc3 24 bxc3 fxg6 25
Qxg6+ Ng7 26 Be7 + - or 24 .Nf4 25 Bxf4 Bxf4 26 g7
••

Kxg7 27 Qh7+ Kf6 28 R h6 + + -

K ha led - Kol ler, L i nz 1 986 ( I n Schach-Echo 7/86}' 17 Nde2

Na5 18 f5 Nxb3+ 19 cxb3 Bc6 20 B h6 Qa5 21 Bxg7 Kxg7
22 R x h5 Qxa2 23 Qh6+ Kf6 24 Qg5+ Kg7 25 f6+ 1 -0

17 Qe2

1 15
20A 1 1 7 b5
•••

20A2 17 Rxg5
•••

20A 1
17 ••• b5 1 8 f5

Kuc i na r - Ma rkov lc, R., Yugos lav ia 1986 (ln INF4 11239):
18 Qa5 19 Qxg4 Nxb2 20 Bxe7 Nc4 2 1 N b 1 Re8 22 Bg5
•••

d5 -+

Ivano vlc - Kosanov lc, Yugoslavia 1 985 (ln INF391272):

18 Q b b 1 9 Qxg4 Nxb2 20 Be7 Nxd 1 2 1 Qxg6 Rxf5 22
•••

Rich51 -0.

20A2
17 .Rxg5 18 fxg5
••

18 ••• b5 t ransposes to Ivanov l c - Sadlku In va r i a t i on 1 9B4.

Watson - Meste l , B r i t ish Ch. 1 979 (in PCN): 18 085 19••

Ndb5 Qxg5+ 20 Kb 1 Ne3 2 1 Rdgl g3 22 Nxd6 Bg4 23

Qe1 g2 +, 0-1 .57.

Kayumov-Serper, USSR 1 986 (in INF411239): 1 8 Ne5 1 9

•••

Rxh5 gx h5 20 Qh2 g31 +

i n INF411239 (Serper}' 18 Ne5 9 Qe3 e6 20 Ndb5 B xb5

•••

21 Nxb5 Nf3 22 Nxd6 Qxg5 23 Qxg5 Nxg5 � - Serper

20B

1 16
20B 1 1 6 Re8
.••

20B2 1 6 ... Rxd5

20B l
lb ••• Re8 17 f4

Fa rooq i - Sosonko, M a l t a 01 1 980 ( i n PCN}' 1 7 R x h5 g xh5

1 8 Qh2 Rxd5 19 Bxd5 Qb6 20 Qxh5 e6 21 B b 3 gxf3 +, 0-
1 ,44.

17 .Nc4 18 Qd3
••

20B 1 1 1 8 . . . Bb5
20B 1 2 1 8. . . b 5

20B l l
18 • •• Bb5

1 17
M l n i c - Wessendo rf, B e r l i n 1984 (in TC 18}' 1 9 Rxh5 gxh5
20 Qg3 Bd7 21 f5 Na5 22 Nf4 Nxb3+ 23 Nxb3 Qc7 24
Nxc5 Qxc5 25 Nxh5 Qe5 26 Qxe5 Bxe5 27 Rg 1 112 -112.

Ozo l i ns - B lodshte ln, USSR 1 982 (In INF33/305): 1 9 Nxb5

Nxb2 20 Nxe7+ ? (20 Qe2) 20 Rxe7 21 Qxd6 Qxd6 22
••

Nxd6 Rxg5! 23 Nxf7 Nxdl 24 Nxg5+ Kh8 25 Rxdl Bf6

(25 B h6!) 26 Ne6 Nxf4! 27 Nxf4 Bg5 28 Kd2 Bf4+ 29 Kd3
•••

Kg7 30 Rgl g3 31 Ke2 Kf6 32 Kf3 Kg5 33 Rhl Rd7 34 Bd5

Rc7 35 c4 b5 36 Rb 1 bxc4 37 Rb5 a6 3 8 Ra5 Bd2 O - l .

20B 1 2

Donchev - Semkov, Bu lga r i an Ch 1980/81 (jn I NF 3 1 1279):

1 9 a5 20 Bxc4 bxc4 21 Qe3 f6 22 Bh6 e6 23 fxg6 exd5
•••

24 Bxg7 Kxg7 25 R x h5 1 -0 .

Donchev - Semkov, Pern ik 1 982 (in I NF34/2 7 l ): 1 9 Rxd5 20

••

exd5 Bxd4 21 fxg6 Bxb2+ 22 Kb 1 f5 23 Rxh5 Qa5 24 Rdhl

Bg7 25 Qg3 Qc3 26 Qxc3 Bxc3 27 Bxc4 bxc4 28 R h7
Ba4 29 Rxe7 Rb8 30 Kc 1 Rb2 21 R h2 Ra2+ 32 Kd 1 Ra 1 + 33
Ke2 Re 1+ 34 Kf2 Rxe7 35 Bxe7 g3+ 36 Kxg3 Be5+ 37
Kg2 Bxh2 38 Kxh2 Bxc2 39 Bxd6 Kg7 40 Bc5 a6 41 Kg3
Kxg6 42 d6 Ba4 43 Bb4 Kf6 44 Kf4 Ke6 O - l .

20B2
1b Rxd5 17 Bxd5 Qbb
•••

118
Vo rmum - Bauer, � 1 982 (in NIC4}' 1 7 gxf3 1 8 Nf5 Bxf5 19
•••

exf5 Qb6 w i t h an a t tack.

18 c3 a6

T he re was a lot of a t tent i on p a i d to 18 Bb3 gxf3 in PCN,

but t h i s has yet to be p layed.

19 Bb3 gxf3

Voormans - Boersma, Dutc h C h 1 983 (/n NIC2}' 19 Rc8 20 ..•

Kb I a5 21 B h6 a4 22 Bxg7 Kxg7 23 f4 Nc4 24 Bxc4 Rxc4

25 f5 Bc6 26 f6+ K h7 27 Nxc6 Qxc6 28 Qg5 Qxe4+ 29
Ka l l -0.

Ja h r - Fug lsang, Copen hagen 1 98 1 (in Ic): 1 9.. R c 8 2 0 Kb 1 a5

21 fxg4 Nxg4 22 R d g 1 Nhf6 23 Bxf6 Nxf6 24 Nf5 Nxe4 25
Qg2 exf5 26 R h8+ Kxh8 27 Bxf7 B h6 28 Qxg6 Qxg 1 + 29
Qxg 1 Bg5 30 Bd5 Bc6 3 1 Be6 Nd2+ 32 Ka 1 Re8 33 Qxg5
Rxe6 3 4 Qxd2 f4 35 b4 f3 36 b5 Bxb5 37 Qh2+ Kg7 38
Qg3+ Rg6 39 Qxf3 Bc6 40 Qe3 a4 41 Qe7+ Kg8 42 Kb2
Bd5 43 Qe8+ Kg7 44 Qxa4 Rg2+ 45 Kc1 Kf6 46 Qf4+
Ke7 47 a4 Bc6 48 c4 Ra2 49 Qg5+ Kd7 50 a5 Kc7 51 c5
dxc5 52 Qe5+ Kd8 53 Qf6+ Ke8 54 Qe6+ 1 -0.

20 B h6

Dob rovo lsky - O rnstein, T rnava 1983 (in TC 10}' 20 Qc5 •••

21 Bxg7 Kxg7 22 R h3 Bc6 23 Bd5 R h8 24 Bxc6 be 25 Nxf3

Nc4 26 Qd4+ Qxd4 27 cd f5 28 e5 d5 29 Ng5 Nf4 30

1 19
Rxh8 K x h8 3 1 R h l + Kg8 32 b3 Nb6 33 Kd2 Nh5 34 ReI 1 -0 .

N i k i gos l an - Raud. Lenin grad 1982 ( I n N I C2� 20 R c 8 2 1

...

R x h 5 gxh5 22 Qg5 Ng6 23Nf5 Bf8 2 4 Bxf8 Kxf8 25 Qh6+

Ke8 26 Nxd6 + -

120
Chapter Twenty One: 12 h4 hS 13 Kb1
13 ...Nc4 14 Bxc4

P r i tchett - M i les, B r i t l s h C h 1 982 ( l n I NF34/272): 1 4 Qd3

Nxe3 1 5 Qxe3 Rc5! 16 Rhe 1 b5 17 Ndxb5 Qb6 18 Nd4 Rb8
1 9 Qd3 Qb7 2 0 Nde2 Bc6 2 1 Ka 1 N d 7 22 f4 a5 23 Nd4
a4 24 Nxc6 Qxc6 25 Nxa4 Ra5 26 Nc3 Nc5 22 Qc4
Nxb3+ 28 cxb3 Rc5 29 Qd3 Bxc3 30 bxc3 Rxc3 31 Qd5
Qc7 32 Re2 Rc 1 + 33 Kb2 Qc3+ 0 - 1 .

1 4 ...Rxc4

.. � .�*•
•
,.. ... " t . � L�." .&.
".ll. "' �f�
•
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.... � "- '

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• �; � .
ft ,.�x ft M
)VZJj •
•� ft . �
.� .. .§ . R .§
21A 1 5 b3
21B 1 5 Nb3
21C 1 5 Nde2

T shes hkovsky - Gufeld, USSR 1978 (In NCP 3}' 1 5 Nce2?! b5!
16 c3 (16 B h6 e5! 17 Bxg7 Kxg7 18 Nb3 d5! 19 exd5 Bf5 +)
Qb8 17 Nb3 Rfc8 �.

Nl lsson - Wel l n, S tockho l m 1 980-81 (in le): 1 5 g4 b5 16

gxh5 Nxh5 17 Nce2 Qc7 1 8 B h6 Rc8 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20
Nf5+ Bxf5 2 1 exf5 Rxc2 22 Qd4+ Nf6 23 Nc3 Rxc3 24
bxc3 Qxc3 25 Qxc3 Rxc3 26 R he l Ng8 27 fxg6 fxg6 28
Rcl Rxf3 29 Rc7 a5 3 0 Rb7 Rf5 31 Rcl Kf6 32 Rc8 Nh6 3 3
Rcb8 R f 1 + 3 4 K b 2 Rf2+ 35 Kb 1 b 4 36 Rf8+ Nf7 3 7 R b 5 R h2
38 Rxa5 R x h4 39 Rb5 g5 40 Rfb8 Ne5 4 1 R8b7 g4 42 Rxb4
R h 1 + 43 Kc2 g3 0 - 1 .

121
21A
1 5 b3 Re8

21Al 1 6 Nd5
2 1 A2 1 6 Nde2

21Al

1 6 Nd5 Nxd5 17 exd5

A new p lan from Jaseha Mu rey.

Mu rey - Mestel, Hast i ngs 1 982/83 (In T C 1 0); 17 b5 1 8 g4

•••

Re5 1 9 Ne6 Rxd5 20 Nxd8 Rxd2 2 1 Rxd2 hg 22 Nb7 Be6

23 Nxd6 ed 2 4 Rxd6 Bxf3 25 RH Re8 26 Bd4 Bxd4 27
Rxd4 f5 28 Kb2 Kg7 29 a 4 a6 20 ab ab 31 R a l Kh6 32
Rd7 Be4 33 Rgl f4 3 4 e4 be 35 be g3 36 Rf7 Bf5 3 7 e5
Re8 3 8 Ke3 Rxe5+ 3 9 Kd4 Ra5 40 Rf8 Kh5 41 R h8 + Kg4 42
h5 Ra4+ 4 3 Ke5 Re4+ 44 Kd5 g h 45 Rg8+ Kf3 46 R f l +
Kg2 0 - l .

Mu rey - Kud r l n, Beersheeva 1 984 ( l n TC 15); 1 7 Qe7 1 8 e4

•••

b5 19 cb Qb7 20 B h6 Qxd5 21 Bxg7 Kxg7 22 Qb2 Kg8 23

Rhe 1 Rfe8 24 a4 a6 25 ba Qa5 26 f4 Rb8 27 Re3 e5 28
Ne2 Bf5 29 Re3 Rfe8 30 a7 Qxa7 3 1 Rxd6 Qf2 32 Rde6
Rxe6 33 Rxe6 Qxg2 34 Re7 ef 35 Ka2 f3 36 Ne3 Qxb2+
37 Kxb2 Be6 38 Re3 f6 39 Nd l Bf5 40 Ka3 g5 41 hg fg 42
b4 g4 4 3 Re5 Rd8 44 b5 g3 O - l .

21A2

1 22
 1 6 Nda2 Qc7 17 Bd4 Bc6 18 g4

Camacho - Dlaz, P l oo r de l R i o 1 986 I INF42124 3 l: 18 e5

•••

( l 8 ... hxg4 1 9 h5 gxf3 20 Ng3±) 19 Be3 d5 20 g5 (20 exd5

Nxd5 21 Nxd5 Bxd5 22 gxh5 Rfd8oo) 20 ••• Nxe4 21 fxe4 d4,
and he re Camacho g i ves 22 Nxd4! exd4 23 Bxd4 Rfd8 24
Qe3 ± . The au t ho rs suggest 1 9 hxg4?1? 20 h5 gxf3 2 1
•••

Nf3 Ng4!? � 22 h 6 Bf6 co .

2lB

O u r examp les consist o f l i nes w hich w e re t hought t o be

unp laya b l e I :

21B1 15 b5.••

21B2 1 5 Be6
••.

21B3 1 5 ...Qc7

21Bl
15 ••• b 5 1 6 a 5 Na8

Now w ha t to do w l t h the dark-squa red b i s ho p ?

G ronfe ld - DeLaune, U S A 1984 ( I n NIC2}' 1 7 Bd41 b 4 1 8

Nd5 Be6 1 9 Ne3 Rc6 20 Qb4±

Popovych - Watson, W, London 1 984 ( I n NI C2): 1 7 Bh6

Bxe5 18 Bxf8 Kxf8 1 9 Nd5 Nf6 20 R he 1 Nxd5 21 Rxe5 Nf6
22 Ree 1 R x h4 +-

1 23
21B2
15 ... Be6

P randstetter - Semkov, Varna 1 982 hn TC7}' 16 Bd4 Qc7

17 g4 Kh7 18 gh Nxh5 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 Rdg 1 Rfc8 21 f4
Rxc3 22 bc Qxc3 23 Qxc3 Rxc3 24 f5 Bd7 25 fg fg 26
Kb2 Rc4 27 Nd2 Rb4+ 28 Kc3 Ra4 29 Kb3 Rd4 30 R h2
Be6+ 3 1 c4 Rd3+ 32 Kc2 Ra3 33 Kb2 Re3 34 Rcl b6 3 5
R c 3 ReI 36 R a 3 a5 37 R b 3 Nf6 38 R x b 6 Ng4 39 R g2 Ne3
40 Rg3 Nxc4+ 41 Nxc4 Bxc4 42 h5 Rxe4 43 Rxg6+ Kf7 44
Rg2 R h4 45 Kc3 Bd5 46 Rf2+ Ke6 47 Rb5 R h3+ 48 Kb2
Rxh5 49 Rxa5 Ke5 50 a4 Kd4 51 Rd2+ Kc4 52 Rb5 e6 53
Rc2+ Kd3 54 a5 R h7 55 Rb4 e5 56 Rc3+ 1 -0 .67
•••

21B3
15 • •• Qe7 16 Bd4 Be6

16 ••• Be6 17 g4! � , T u kmakov - Sosonko, Amsterdam 1974.

1 7 Qe2

Popovych - So l t l s , New York 1971 (in Gufel& 17 g4 e5! 1 8

Be3 hxg4 1 9 h5 Nxh5 20 Rdg l Nf4 2 1 Q h2 Rc8 2 2 Rxg4 b5
23 R h4 Kf8 and B lack has repel led t he t h reats - Gufe ld.

K i ng - Hentsche l , � 1 985 (in NIC 5}' 17 Qe3 Nd7 18 Bxg7

Kxg7 19 g4 hxg4 20 h5 Nf6 21 Nd4 Bd7 22 hxg6 fxg6 23
Wh6+ Kf7 24 fxg4 Bxg4 25 Nd5 Qc5 26 Nxf6 Bxdl 27
Qh7+ Kxf6 28 Rfl+ Ke5 29 Qe7+ Kd4 30 Rx d l + Ke3 31
Qf8 Rxc2 32 Qfl Rf2 3 3 Qh3+ Rf3 34 Qg2 Rf2 3 5 Qg3+
Rf3 36 Qxg6 Ke2 37 Qxd6 Qe3 38 Qd5 Rf4 39 Q h5+ Rf3
40 Q h 1 Qe4+ 41 Ka 1 Qb4 42 Rc 1 Rf4 43 Qg2+ Ke3 44
Rc3+ Kd4 45 Qd2+ Ke5 46 Re3+ Kf5 47 Qd5+ Kg4 48
Qg8+ Kh5 49 Qh7+ Kg5 50 Qg7+ 1 -0.

17 ••• b5

T seshkovsk y - M r les, R i ga I nte rzona I 1 979(T ou rnament book,

comments by Guf e l & 18 e5 Nd5 (18 dxe5 1 9 Bxe5 Qb 6!?)
••.

19 NxdS Bxd5 20 exd6 Qxd6 21 Bx g7 Kxg7 22 Qe3! (22.

Qd2 e6 23 Nd4 Rfc8 24 g4 R h8!:, Kap lan Mi les, -

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Has t i ngs 1 977) 22 e6! 23 Qxa7 Ra4 (23 Qg3!? res to res
••• •••

mate r i a l equa l i ty. at t he cost of s i m p l i fi ca t i on) 24 Qe3

Qc7 25 a3 Qg3 and here W h i t e s hou ld have p layed 26
Qg5! w i t h an advantage in t he case of 26 Qf2 27 Nd4! f6
•••

28 Qd2 Qxd2 29 Rxd2 b4 30 R e l ! Kf7 3 1 Nb5! o r

26 Qxg5 27 hxg5 b 4 2 8 Nc 1 bxa3 29 b3. B u t M i les
•••

d l sag rees.:26 ... Qc7 L:,. b4OS.

21C
1 5 Nde2 b 5

Sax - Sosonko. W i jk aan Zee 198 1 ('n INF 3 1 /279}' 1 5 Be6 1 6

•••

e 5 Ne8 1 7 B h6 Bxe5 1 8 Bxf8 Kxf8 1 9 Qe3 Q a 5 2 0 Nd4

Nc7 21 Ne6 1 12 - 1 12 .

1 6 B h6

l l be rzon-M l les. Ha i fa Ol 1 976 1 22/48 1 1: 16 e5 dxe5 1 7 Bg5

Rc7 18 Bxf6 exf6 19 g4 Qe8 20 gxh5 Be6 2 1 Rdg 1 b4°o.

16 ••• b4

I n Gufe ld: 1 6 ... Qa5 1 7 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 8 Ncl "threat en l ng t he

maneuve r 1 9 Nb3 w i t h a later Nc3 -d5 and g2-g4. W h i t e
ho l ds t he Ini t l a t i ve." - Gufe ld.

17 Bxg7 Kxg7 1 8 Nd5 Nxd5 19 exd5

Gufeld stops here. point i ng out t ha t W h i te has t h reats of 20

g4 hxg4 21 h5 and t hat 19 ... Bf5 Is met by 20 Nd4!.

1 25
G ruchacz - M r les, USA 1980 (rn INF30/422}'19 Qa5 20
•..

R he 1 Bf5 21 Nd4 Qxd5 22 Rxe7 Rfc8 23 Rxa7 Qc5 24 Nxf5

Qxf5 25 Rei Qc5 (l!5 -ECO) 26 R d7 Rd4 27 Qe3 (27 Qg5
Qc6 28 Re7(X)) 27 Rxh4 28 Qxc5 dxc5 29 c3 Re8 � 30
•••

R d5? Re2 + 0-1 .48

1 26
Chapter Twenty Two: 10 0 -0 -0 Qa5 11
Bb3 IUe8 12 h4 Ne5

We now ente r the museum, w he re Rav l sekha r has been seen

b ro w s I ng regu la r ly . O rd I na r I ly B lack gets In t roub le w l t h an
ea r ly Qd8-a5, especIa l ly w hen Whi t e p lays Kcl - b 1 as soon
as possI b le . W i t h the move o rder 10 h4, however, White I s
no longer a b le to a p p l y t hose remedIes (d I scussed I n
C ha pter 23). And 1 0 0-0-0 m Ight be m e t by 1 0 Qb8, so 1 0
•••

h 4 may be seen more frequen t ly . T he re I s not supposed t o

b e any l i fe I n t hese l i nes, b u t ghosts have been appea r I ng •••

22A 1 3 h5
22B 1 3 g4

22A
13 h5 Nxh5

1 3 Nc4 14 Bxc4 Rxc4 15 hxg6 fxg6 16 Nb3± d I sa ppea red

•••

20 years ago.

1 27
22A l 1 4 Nd5
22A2 1 4 B h6

Spossky - Ste in, USSR 1 967 (In I NF 3/475}' 1 4 K b 1 Rxe3 1 5

Qxe3 Qxe3 1 6 bxe3 Re8 1 7 Kb2 0 5 1 8 0 3 Nf6 1 9 Bf4 Ne8
20 Bg5 04 21 B02 Ne6! 22 Rd2 Nf6 23 Nxe6 Bxe6 = .

1 4 g4 Nf6 15 B h6 Rxe3 1 6 bxe3 Bxh6 17 Rxh6 Re8 18 Kb2

Qb6 1 9 Qh2 Qe5 20 Rxh7 Qxe3+ 21 Kbl Nxh7 22 R h l e6
23 Qxh7+ Kf8 24 Qh6+ Ke7 25 Qg5+ f6 26 R h7+ Nf7 26
Qxg6 Qe l + = - ECO.

22A l
1 4 Nd5 Qxd2+ 15 Rxd2 Kf8 lb g4 Nfb
17 Nxfb Bxfb 1 8 Rdh2 ab 1 9 Rxh7

Mu rey - Ro v l sekhar, Commonweo l t h 1 986 ( j n

Bu l le finH9 Nd3+ 20 K b l N e 5 21 g 5 B g 7 2 2 Nf5 gxf5 23
•••

exf5 exf5 24 Rxg7 Nxb3 25 R hh7 Be6 26 g6 Ke7 27 gxf7

1 28
R f8 28 Bg5 Kd7 29 axb3 Rac8 30 Bf4 Rc6 3 1 b4 a6 32
Kcl b5 33 c 3 Rc4 34 Bg5 Rc7 35 Rg6 Bd5 36 Bf4 Rc6 37
Rf6 Ke7 38 Bg5 Rc7 39 R hh6 1 -0 .

ECO: 1 9 .0 5 20 g 5 B g 7 2 1 a 4 Nd3+ 2 2 K b l Nc51 23 Nf5

..

exf5 24 Rxg7 Nxb31 25 Rhh7 Be6 26 exf5 Bxf51 27 Rxf7+

Kg8 =.

22A2
14 B h6

Khadi lka r , R . - Lee, London 1 984 ( i n I NF38/289): 14 Nd3+

•.•

1 5 Kb 1 Nxb2 16 Kxb2 Bxh6 17 Qxh6 Rxc3 18 g4 Nf6 19 e5

(19 g5 Nh5 20 Rxh5 Rxb3+ 21 axb3 gxh5 22 f4 Re8 23 f5
Qc3+ 24 Kbl Qe31 25 f6 exf6 26 Qxf6 Qxe4 27 Qxd6
Bf5 28 Rfl Bg6 29 Qd7 Rf8 -+ -Des p otov i c; 25 Rh 1 Qxe4
-+ -Parsons.) 19 ...dxe5 (ECO g i ves 19 ... Rxb3+ 20 exb3 dxe5
21 Ne2 Be6 22 Nc3 Re8 23 Rd3 Qc71 24 Rh2 Rd8CX1;
Mecking - Jokslc, V rsac 1 97 1 saw 20 axb3 dxe5 21 Ne2
Be6 22 Nc3 e4? 23 Nxe4 Re8 25 Kb 11 Rc6 25 g51 1 -0 I n
R S . ) 20 g 5 (± -ECO) 2 0 ... exd4 2 1 gxf6 Rxe2+ 2 2 Bxe2
Qe3+ 23 Kel Q a l + 24 Kd2 Q e3+ 25 Ke2 Qxe2+ 26 Rd2
d3+ 27 K f l l +- (20 .Nh5? 21 Rxh5 gxh5 22 g6 0
•.

T l m p e r ly - Ho l l l s , � 1 967 ('n EC O): 1 4 Bxh6 1 5 Qxh6

...

Rxe3 1 6 bxc3 Nf6 1 7 Kb 1 Re8 18 Ne2 Bb5 19 Nf4 Bc41 20

Nh3 Rc6 21 Ng5 Bxb3 22 cxb3 Qxc3 23 Nxh7 Qxc2+ 1 12 -
1 12 . ECO suggests 2 0 Qc31? An a l terna t I ve Is 1 6 .Rc8 1 7
••. • •

Rxh5 gxh5 1 8 K b 1 Nc4, Pantazz l - Hartston, Ore b ro 1 966,

w h i le 18 Ne2 R c51 1 9 Nf4 Qxc3 was f i ne for B lack I n
Sanakoyev - D . Stern, � 1 97 1 .

22B
13 g4

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22B 1 1 3 Nc4 (not rehabi I Hated)
•••

22B2 13 Rc4 (not t he solu t i on)

•••

22B3 1 3 b5 (Maybe )
•• • •••

22B l
13 .Ne4 1 4 Bxe4 Rxe4 15 h5 Rae8 1 6
••

Nb3 Qa6 1 7 hxg6

T satu r i an - S ha p i ro, USSR 1 98 2 (in I NF35/290): 17 .B e 6 1 8

••

gxh7 + K h8 1 9 B d 4 Rxc3 2 0 Bxc3 Qxa2 2 1 g5± 1 8 g 5 and

19 g5 come Into cons i de ra t i on as w e l l .

Timoschenko - Veselovsky , USSR 1 980 ( j n INF 30/423}'

17 fxg6 18 e5 Ne8 19 Qh2 h5 20 Rd4! Rxd4 21 Bxd4
•••

Bxe5 22 Qd2 Bxd4 23 Nxd4 Qa5 24 gxh5 g x h5 and now

25 Rg 1!± - ECO.

22B2
13 ••• Re4 14 g5

T seshkovsky - Yu rtayev, F runze 1983 (in TC l l }. 14 Rxd4 1 5

•••

B x d 4 Nxf3 1 6 Q f 2 Nxd4 1 7 R x d 4 N h 5 1 8 Qxf7+ K h 8 1 9

Rd3(19 Rd5?!, S a x - L iebert, Deb recen 1 969} 1 9 Qe5 2 0 R f l
•••

Bc6 2 1 Rdf3 1 -0.

K lovan - Raus ls, USSR S p artaklad 1 986 (in SB): 14 .Nh5 15••

f4 Nf3 1 6 Nxf3 Rxc3 17 e5! Rxc2+ (17 .Bg4 m i g ht be

••

p layab le - a u t ho rs.) 1 8 Bxc2 Qxa2 1 9 Q d 5 Qa l + 20 Kd2

Qxb2 21 Rb 1 Bc6 22 Qxc6 Qxb 1 23 Rxb 1 bxc6 24 Rb7±

1 30
22B3
13 ••• b5 14 h5 Nc4 15 Bxc4

Hakki - Ravisekhar. Lucerne OL 1 982 (in INF34/276): 1 5 Qd3

Ne5 16 Qd2 Ne4 17 Qd3 b4 18 Bxe4 bxe3 19 hxg6 hxg6
20 g5 Rxe4 21 Qxe4 Re8 22 Qb3 Ne8 23 Kb 1 exb2 24
Qd5 Qa6 25 Rd3 Ne7 26 Qb3 Ba4 27 Qxb2 Nb5 28 R h2
d5 29 Ka 1 dxe4 30 fxe4 Nd6 3 1 Bg 1 Be2 0 - 1 .

15 • • • bxc4 lb B hb

16 hxg6 fxg6 17 Qh2 Rab8 18 Nd5 e31 1 9 Nxf6+ exf6 20

Qxh7+ Kf7 21 Nf5. A ljolo - LjuboJev le. D resden 1 969. and
now R S g l ves 2 1 . ..Bxf5 .6 22 ... Qxa2 -+ .

S i va - M a t veyeva. E u rpean G i r l's Ch 1 986 (In SB}' 1 6 Kb 1

Rab8 17 Ka 1 Qb4 18 Rb 1 Re5 1 9 hxg6 fxg6 20 g5 N h5 21
R hg 1 R a 5 22 a 3 Ra6 23 Rgdl Qb7 2 4 Qe2 Be6 25 f4 Bf7
26 Rg 1 Nxf4 27 Qd2 Nh5 28 Rgf1 Qb4 29 Rf2 Ng3 30
Rxf7 Kxf7 3 1 Qf2 Kg8 32 Ka2 Nxe4 O-l.

l b . .. B h8 1 7 Kb 1 Rc5

Yu rov - Jon l n . � 1 985 ( i n NIC4}' 17 ... Qb4 18 a3 Qb6 1 9

hxg6 fxg6 2 0 Qh2 Rab8 2 1 B c 1 (o r I g i na l ly suggested i n
ECO) 2 1 .. .Re5 (2 1 .. .e 6 2 2 Nde2 t hreatens 2 3 Rxd6 and 2 3
e5! - Gufe l d) 2 2 Nd5 Rxd5 23exd5 Qe5 2 4 Ka2 Qxd5 2 5
Nf5 Qb7 2 6 Nxe7+ Kf7 2 7 Qd6 e 3 2 8 R h7 1 -0

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17 •.. Rc5 is a new i dea w h ich succeeded i n I ts deb u t :

M a r t i n G onzalez - Ra v ls ekha r, T hessa lon l k l OL 1 9B4 h n

INF3 B/2B9� 1 8 Nf5 B)(f5 19 g)(f5 R b B 20 h)(g6 f)(g6 2 1 e5
Qb4 22 Na4 Q)( a4 23 e)(f6 R )( b 2 + 24 Kcl c3 25 f 7+ K)(f7
26 f)(g6+ KeB 0 - 1 .

i n I N F3B/2B9: 1 8 hxg6 f)(g6 19 Qh2 ( 1 9 K a H?) 19 R b B 20

• • •

Nde2 Be6.

1 32
Chapter Twenty Three: 10 0-0 -0 Qa5 11
Bb3 IUe8 12 Kb11

T h i s i s w hy 1 0 Qa5 has fa l len from favo r. T he re i s

•••

vi rtua l ly not h i ng new here. T he best B lack seems to have I s

12 ••• NeS 1 3 h 4 Nc4 1 4 Bxc4 Rxc4 l S Nb3

23A 1 5 Qa6
. . •

23B 1 5 Qc7
•••

23A
lS ••• Qab lb eS Ne8 17 hS

17 Nd5 Kf8 1 8 g4 e6 19 Nb4 Qb5 20 Nd3 dxe5 21 B h6

w i t h a s l ight i n i t i a t i ve fo r W h i te -RS.

17 Rac8 18 hxgb fxgb 19 Bd4± -E C O.

••

23B
lS ••• Qc7 l b Bd41 Beb 17 h5

Bykhovsky and Schw a rz recommend 17 g4. I n o u r o p i nion

t hi s w i l l g i ve B lack a lot of t roub le .

17 • •• aS 1 8 hxgb hxgb 1 9 a 4 R b 4 2 0
NbSI

The o lde r 20 R h4 Is not q u i te so dangerous: 20 b5 21••.

Nxb5 Qc4 22 Nc3 Rab8 23 Rdhl Qc8oo, N. Gonzales -

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 Echeva r r l a , Cuba 1 978 1nECO.

20 Qc4 2 1 a5 dxa5 2 2 Bxa5

•••

T hl s p os i t i on, from Gheorghlu - Ge l ler, Moscow

1 9671 1NF3/477J Is eva luated as � by ECO.

Schwa rz suggests 22 Rxb51 23 a x b5 a4 24 Ncl Qxb5

••

w he re B lacK m ight achieve good counterp lay.

T hese a re only t he main l i nes. and W h i te has o t he r p ro m i s i ng

p q t hs as wel l . G i ven t he poss i b i l i ty of avo i d i ng t hese
p os i t i ons, It does not seem a good I dea fo r B lacK to enter
t he va r i a t i on w i t h 12 K b 1 .

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Index of Variati ons: 10 . . . Qa5 1 1 Bb3 Rfc8
12 h4 Ne5 122
1 e4 cS 2 Nf3 d6 3 13 h5 122
d4 exd4 1 3 94 124
4 Nxd4 Nf6 S Ne3 1 2 Kbl Ne5 13 h4
Nc4 14 Bxc4 Rxc4 15
sQ...Q Nb3
Be3 Bg7 7 f3 00 S
Qd2 Ne6 9 Be4 15 ...Qa61 27
15 ...Qc7127
9 •• Bd7
9 a6 7.•
1 1 Bb3 NeS
9.Qa57
9 a5 8.•
12 Bh6 36
9 .. Nxd4 9 12 94 36
9 .. Nd7 10 12 Qe2 36
12 K b l 38
10 000
12 B95
1 2 b5 39
•••

1 0 h4 15 1 2 Nc4 39
•.•

10 Ne5 1 6
••.
1 2 Qa5 40
•••

1 0 Qc717
12 h4
•..

10 Rc8 19
.•.

1 0 ...Qa520
12 Nc4 13 Bxc4 Rxc4
..•

10 Bb3 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 1 4 Kb l 4 3

b5 22 1 4 94 43
1 2 h4 24 14 b544
•..

12 00 25 14 h546
•••

12 a4 26 1 4 Qa547
•.•

1 2 000 23 1 4 Qc749
•••

12Nd5 23 14 h5 Nxh5 15 94 Nf6

16 b3 52
1 6 e5 54
10 ••• ReS 1 6 Kb l 55
16 Nb3 56
10 ••• Qb8 27 1 6 Nd5 59
11 94 27 1 6 Qh2 60
1 1 h4 28 16 Rd9 1 60
1 1 Nd5 3 3 1 6 B h6 Nxe4
1 1 Bb3 3 3 17 Nxe4 62
17 Qe3 63
1 7 Qh2 6 2

1 35
 16 Nde2
16 Q05 66
.•.

16 Rfe8 68
.••

12 ... h5
1 3 B h6 74
13 g4 80
1 3 Rd gl 83
1 3 Bg5
13 . . . 06 85
13 Nc4 85
. .•

13 ... Nh7 87
13 ... Rc5
14 f4 89
14 Kb l 93
14 Nde 94
14 Qe2 94
14 Rhe 94
1 4 g4 hxg4
15 Bxf6 99
15 f4 Nc4
16 Bxc4 101
16 Qd3 1 0 1
1 6 Qe2 106
15 h5 Nxh5
. 16 f4 1 12
16 Nd5 1 1 3
1 3 K b l 1 17

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