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May 29, 1989 Volume 2, Issue 10

4 WORLD CUP IV IN BARCELONA

GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic and World Champion Garry
Kasparov tied for first in World Cup IV. GM Yasser Seirawan
was there and files this report.

20 EUWE MEMORIAL / SCHULTZ RESIGNS

Two stories on one page (and you thought we couldn't get any
better!). In Issue 8, we ran all the games from Rounds 1-3;
now we're running the rest. Also: FIDE rep Don Schultz
resigns, and Yasser Seirawan tells the story.

22 WHEN GIANTS MEET

In two little-publicized matches organized by the new World
Chess Union, chess giants met and clashed. Hubner beat
Spassky and Karpov bested Andersson. All the games.

25 JOHN WATSON AND THE FRENCH

1M J ohn Watson has graced these pages before with his
thorough (and witty) analysis of the Winawer French, and in
this issue he gets in the final- well, for now - word on some
crucial lines.

26 CAN THE GMAAND FIDE AVOID A WAR?

The GMA and FIDE don't always see eye to eye, but recent
events have distanced them even more. Will peace reign?
Former GMA Board Member Yasser Seirawan examines the
latest goings-on between the world's two most powerful chess
organizations.

3 EDITORIAL / LETTERS

18 INSIDE NEWS

21 INSIDE TRACK: French Winawer: 7...0-0

28 ANNOTATED GAMES

31 TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

Cover photo by Catherine J aeg

 Letters
The ACF and Kamsky news when such a view begins to prevail
at the top.
Dear Editor: Sincerely,
As most chessplayers and a broad Richard Robinson, Santa Cruz, CA
American and European audience know,
the American Chess Foundation assisted
To play in the US Championship, a
Gata Kamsky, the 14-year-old chess star
player needs a rating of approximately
from the Soviet Union, and his father and
2625. At 2551, Deep Thought has a way
coach, Rustam, after they decided to
to go. Your other questions, however, await
defect.
GM commentary. - Editor
We are pleased to have been able to
provide this assistance and believe it is
appropriate to set forth its nature and Flawed Brilliancy
source. The American Chess Founda-
Dear Editor:
tion is assisting the Kamskys through the
Controversial analysis can be found in
International Rescue Committee with
many games. However, Hoi-Gulko, an
resettlement assistance. Members of our
award-winning game from the Thes-
Board and others were moved by the
saloniki Olympiad [see Issue 26, Vol. 1,
plight of the Kamskys- arriving in a new
page 10] deserves more attention.
country with only a trunk of chess books
and the clothes on their backs - and
wanted to help. They reached into their
own pockets and made contributions to a
fund to assist the Kamskys. No general
American Chess Foundation funds were
used.
The American Chess Foundation con-
tinues to fund at the same level all existing
programs to assist American chess and all
American chessplayers.
Sincerely,
Allen Kaufman,
ACF Executive Director
Flushing, NY In this position, according to Mr.
Seirawan, after 2S.Rxg7 Kxg7 is man-
datory because if 2S...Nxg7 then 26.Bxh6
fS 27.Rg1 Re7 28.Qe3 fxe4 29.Rxg7 Rxg7
Circuits on the Pro Circuit?
30.QgS wins.
Dear Editor: However, I see no win after 30...KeS. If
. .. I would like to see more about 31.Qxg7, the Black King can reach c7. If
Deep Thought, etc. Joel Benjamin has 31.Bxg7 then ... Qxc3, with strong
given us his thoughts (see Issue S, Vol. 2); counterplay. In my opinion, 29.Bxg7+ ,
how do the other GMs feel? Isn't Deep keeping the White Rook on the board,
Thought perilously close to qualifying by gives White better prospects for victory.
rating for the US Championship? Who Sincerely,
will sponsor the first Hitech-J. Polgar Gunars Znotins, Pt. Chester, NY
match? How many GMs are willing to
limit their bragging rights to "I'm the best You're right. If 31. Qxg7 then 3l...KdB
HUMAN player in these parts"? That holds (if 3l...Qxc3 then 32.Qg8+ Ke7
seems to be what Joel is saying and I can 33.Bg5+ Nf6 37.Qg7+ Ke835·Qxf6
certainly respect that view. But chess is Qe1 + 36.Kg2 h3 + 37.Kg3 Qg1 + 3B.Kf4
~~====~:::========-~n~ot without its share of ego and I think it's wins). What to do after 25...Nxg7? - Editor

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 World Cup IV

Ljubo and Kasparov Tie

Barcelona World Cup IV Category 15

l. Kasparov URS 2775 = = = - = = =

2. Ljubojevic JUG 2580 = x = = =
1 1 1
3. Salov URS 2630 0 x = 1 1 = 0 1 = = 0 1 1
4. Kortchnoi SWZ 2610 0 = = x 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 0
5. Hubner FRG 2600 = = 0 1 X 1 = = 1 = =
6. Short ENG 2650 0 = 0 X 1 1 1 = 0 0 1 1
7. Nikolic JUG 2605 = = = 0 0 = X = = = = = 1
8. Vaganian URS 2600 = 0 1 = = 0 = X 1 = = = = 0 = 0
9. Yusupov URS 2610 1 0 0 0 X = = = = = = 1
10. Ribli HUN 2625 = = = 0 = 0 = = = X = 1 = = = =
1I. Spassky FRA 2580 0 = = = = X 0 1
12. Beliavsky URS 2640 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 X 1 1 1
13. Speelman ENG 2640 0 0 0 0 1 = = = = 0 X 1
14. Hjartarson ISD 2615 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 = X 0 =
15. Seirawan USA 2610 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = 1 X =
16. Illescas ESP 2525 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 = = X
17. Nogueiras CUB 2575 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 1 0 =

by GM Yasser Seirawan
(In this issue we present the first four
rounds of the Barcelona World Cup and
part of Round 5. We will complete the
Barcelona report over the next two issues-
Editor.)
than usual and threatened to overshadow
the fine performances turned in by
"Ljubo" and Kasparov.
The rule in question concerns the role
of the local participant - this time, G M
Manuel Illescas. For World Cup pur-
poses, his results do not count. There-
fore, Ljubo actually took clear first and
hit the roof over their decision. The or-
ganizers asserted that the World Cham-
pion should be awarded the trophy be-
cause of his superior Buchholz points - a
common-enough tiebreak system, but
one that should not supercede World
Cup points in a World Cup tournament."
The awarding of the first-place trophy is

I na result that wasn't clear untilafter

the last round, Yugoslav
Ljubomir Ljubojevic and World Cham-
GM
pion Garry Kasparov tied for first in the
fourth GMA World Cup tournament,
played in Barcelona, Spain from March
30 to April 20, 1989. Both players
finished at + 6, with identical 11 from 16
scores.
As with all World Cup events thus far,
the play was scrappy and tough. The
play's the thing, yes, but this time around
the ntles played a more significant role
Garry clear second: Ljubo drew Illescas,
while Garry beat the Spanish participant;
but, since both finished at + 6, Ljubo ob-
viously scored better against the real
World Cup opposition.
Simple enough. Yet applying such ap-
parently straightforward rules to a pres-
sure cooker like World Cup IV is like
having a smoke in a pool of gasoline.
Ljubo did not get the trophy for first
place. Instead, the organizers awarded
Garry the trophy, and Ljubo quite rightly
not simply a distinction without a dif-
ference. Rules are rules, and Ljubo has
taken first, regardless of the organizers'
bullheadedness.
Had Garry actually won the event - his
third appearance in the World Cup tour-
naments - he would have clinched first
place in the overall World Cup standings
and rendered the sixth tournament in
Skelleftea, Sweden a formality, since only
a player's best three out of his four tour-
nament results count. But now the door

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 is still open for Karpov to come from
behind, and, in fact, by taking first in Rot-
terdam and Skelleftea, the former World
Champion would finish ahead of Garry in
the overall standings.
For their efforts, both Ljubo and Garry
took home $17,SOO. In third at + 4 was
Valery Salov, with 10 from 16. He is
rapidly proving to people that at the
tender age of 24 he deserves to be in the
world's top ten. Viktor Kortchnoi, with a
fantastic second half, finished clear
fourth at + 3. Coming on the heels of his
victory in Lugano, this result should give
Viktor the West's highest Elo. Sharing
fourth through fifth, at + 2, were Robert
Hubner and Nigel Short.
A Quiet Revolution
It seems to me that a quiet revolution
is taking place in the highest echelons of
the chess world.
This fourth tournament of the GMA
World Cup was incredibly well run. Su-
perb playing conditions. Avid audiences.
Closed circuit cameras. Daily half-hour
TV shows on the tournament. Add to this
an excellent press center (130 accredited
journalists were in attendance).
Playing in such a tournament was a real
pleasure. Still, it's vexing to look at the
walls in and around the tournament hall
and see advertising-posters for the com-
panies that.fronted the money to sponsor
the event. Giant European companies
such as Caixa Barcelona, Hotel Ritz,
Iberia, TV3, and Seat all had posters. But
so did such American giants as IBM,
Xerox, and Coca-Cola. Where i~the cor-
porate sponsorship for American chess
events?
The credit for this quiet revolution in
professionalism clearly belongs to the
GMA and its president, Garry Kasparov.
It was at the 1986 Olympiad in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, that the GMA
was founded. At that time Garry outlined
a series of World Cup tournaments with
$SOO,OOO in prizes per event, which was
eventually scaled back to $200,000 per
event. . mate.
But for the 1991-92 series, the tourna-
ments will offer $400,000 in prizes per
event - a step that will bring the GMA
much closer to the original plan. This
means that if you become a 2600 + GM
playing in the World Cups, you are
guaranteed $SO,OQOor more per year.
May 29, 1989
That's not quite the same return earned
by professional athletes, but it's not
! chopped liver either. That's why it's dis-
turbing to see the GMA at loggerheads
with itself. (Editor-for the story on the
GMA; turn to page 26.) But it does g!J to
show what is possible when the players
begin to work together.
Now for the games from World Cup
IV.
Round 1
This was Ljubo's tournament from
start to finish. He played superb fighting
chess and fully deserved his victory.
It was in Round 1 that the monster was
created. Speelman, as Black, chose a
Caro-Kann that transposed into an Old
Indian position. Jonathan had a fine
game and then went into "hacking" mode,
the end of which left him with a lost game.
However, because of the earlier com-
plications, the game degenerated into
severe time pressure, and on move 36
Ljubo left a piece ell prise.
Obligingly, Jonathan didn't take it. If
he had, Ljubo would have started with a
goose egg instead of a share of first.
But it is one of the other games,
Yusupov-Spassky, that is our featured
game for the round.
Bogo-Indian Ell
GM Artur Yusupov
GM Boris Spassky
Barcelona World Cup 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 + 4.Nbd2 d5
5.a3 Be7 6.Qc2 b6!? 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb7
9.Bd3
Thus far, Yusupov has played all the
nice logical moves and was looking for-
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ward to a comfortable advantage that
would result after, say, 9...Nbd7. Boris,
however, came up with a very interesting
plan that leads to fathomless complica-
tions. This represented a double danger
for Yusupov. These days, Boris isn't in-
spired by chess and is content with short
draws - except, that is, for two occasions:
when he is forced to fight, or when the
position becomes very interesting. In
Spassky's case, "very interesting" is
defined as having opportunities to attack!
9...Nc6!? 10.Be3 Ng4! 11.0-0
White can also consider an entirely dif-
ferent setup with castling long. By doing
so, White could support the center thrust
d4-dS, or try a pawn storm on the
Kingside. This second idea would, of
course, depend upon where Black puts
his King.
11...f5!?
Yusupov visibly reacted to this ex-
tremely provocative move. Is Black set-
ting himself up to be clobbered? After-
wards, Artur couldn't believe that Black
could play like this. Said he: "But I've
made no mistakes!"
12.Nc3 0-0 13.Radl
Very sensible. White develops all his
forces in preparation for the killing blow
d4-dS. Black appears to be a goner.
Amazingly enough, Black had prepared
for this position since his ninth move and
now unleashes an amazing sacrifice. Per-
haps White should have considered 13.dS
NceS 14.NxeS Nxe5 IS.Be2 (IS.Bf4!?)
with a small edge for White.
13...Nxd4!! 14.Nxd4
Black would have sufficient compensa-
tion for his piece after 14.Bxd4 Bxf3
IS.gxf3 Nxh216.Kxh2 Qxd4. In this line,
the second player would have two pawns
and the initiative as compensation.
After the text, one more defender has
left the White King. Count the number of
attacking Black pieces!
14...Bd6! 15.g3!
White would be microwaved after the
plausible IS.h3? Qh4 16.Qe2 (in order to
play Nd4-f3) Qxh3! 17.gxh3 Bh2 check-
15...Nxh2
Two other attractive attacking
moves -lS ...Qh4 and IS...f4 - are easily
rebuffed: lS ...Qh4? 16.f3 Bxg3 17.fxg4
(the ending after 17.hxg3 Qxg3 + 18.Qg2
Qxg2 + 19.Kxg2 Nxe3 + 20.Kf2 is in
White's favor) 17...Qxg4 18.h3! Qxh3
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19.Nf3 and the investment of two pieces
won't payoff. '
Another dead end is 15...f4??, giving
up the e4 square. White just plays
16.Bxh7 + Kh817.Be4, winning.
16.Be2!
White agrees to give back some
material in order to neutralize Black's
attack. In fact he has 'no choice. If
16.Rfel? then ...e5 or ...c5 gives Black a
winning attack.
16...Nxfl 17.Bxfl Qf6
The game has naturally progressed to
this position. I'd rate the position as
equal. With the material balanced, both
sides have things to look forward to. In
time, White's two pieces will outplay
Black's Rook. But, in the short term,
White's King is compromised, and Black
still has good attacking chances.
Black's play is foreign to my way of
thinking. Surely Black should have been
punished for his opening play?
IS.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 f4 20.gxf4 Bxf4
21.Rhl h6 22.Ne4 Qg6 + 23.Ng3 Qxc2
24.Nxc2 Bxe3 2S.Nxe3
With Black having two pawns and a
Rook for two Knights, the game is in ap-
proximate balance. The early fireworks
fizzle out into a calm ending.
2S...RadS 26.Ne4 Rd3 27.Rel Rf4?!
2S.f3 gS?!
I don't like this move, as it leaves the
pawns on the Kingside too weak. My
preference would be to double on the
d-file and centralize the King.
29.Re2 Kg7 30.cS Rf8 31.c6 Rf432.Nf2
Rd6 33.Rc2 Rfd4 34.Ne4 RdS 3S.Ng4 hS
36.Ngf2
This neutralizes Black's control of the
d-file but lessens the effect of the two
Knights as they now-cover many of the
same squares.
36 ...Kg6 37.b3 RSdS 3S.Re2 RaS 39.a4
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ReS 40.Re3 a6 41.Kg3 RedS 42.Kg2 Draw
Nimzo-Indian E32
. GM Johann Hjartarson
GM Valery Salov
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0
S.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.BgS Bb7 S.f3 d6
9.e4 cS 10.dS Nbd711.Nh3 h612.Bf4 exdS
13.cxdS Qe7 14.0-0-0 a6 IS.g4 Nh7
16.Nf2 bS 17.h4 RfcS lS.Kbl NhfS 19.9S
hS 20.Bg3 c4 21.Bh3 as 22.Rhe1 RcS
23.Rc1 Ra6 24.Nd1 NeS 2S.Bfl Qc7
26.Be2 Rb6 27.BxeS dxeS 2S. b4 axb4
29.axb4 Nd7 30.Nb2 Ra6 31.f4 BxdS
32.exdS RxdS 33.Rcd1 Rxdl + 34. Rxd1
exf4 3S.BxhS g6 36.Bg4 NeS 37.Re1 Nd7
3S.Re7 Rd6 39.Bxd71-0
Slav Exchange D14
GM Yasser Seirawan
GM Jesus Nogueiras
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxdS exdS
S.Bf4 Ne6 6.e3 BfS' 7.Nf3 e6 S.Qb3 Bb4
9.BbS Qe7 10.NeS ReS 1l.Nxc6 bxc6
12.Ba6 RdS 13.a3 Bd6 14.Qb7 Qxb7
lS.Bxb7 Kd7 16.Ba6 Bxf4 17.exf4 Kd6
IS.b4 h6 19.h4 RbS 20.Rc1 Rb6 21.Be2
RaS 22.Na4 RbbS 23.Ba6 Nd7 24.Kd2
Nb6 2S.Nb2 Nd7 26.Na4 Nb6 27.Ne5
Ne4 + 2S.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 a5 30.bxa5
Rb2 + 31.Ke3 Rxa5 32.Ra1 Kd5 33.Re3 f6
34.a4 Rb4 35.13 h5 36.Rac1 Kd637.Rgl
Ra7 3S.g4 hxg4 39.fxg4 Bh7 40.h5 Rb2
41.Kf3 Rh2 42.Re3 BgS 43.Ne4 + Kc7
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44.Nf2 Rxa4 4S.Kg3 Rxf2 46.Kxf2 Rxd4
47.Kg3 Kd64S.Rall-0
Ruy Lopez Open C80
GM Nigel Short
GM Alexander Beliavsky
Barcelona World Cup 1989
l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 dS S.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Ne5 10.c3 d4 1l.Bxe6 Nxe6
12.cxd4 Nexd4 13.Ne4 Be7 14~Be3 Nf5
IS.Qc2 0-0 16.Radl Nxe3 17.fxe3 QeS
IS.Rd3 eS 19.Nd6 Qc7 20.Rfd1 RfdS 21.
RdS BfS 22.b3 Ra7 23.Qf2 Qc6 24.e4 Rad7
2S.h3 f6 26.Qg3 e4 27.bxc4 bxe4 2S.Qg4
Ne7 29.Nd4 QaS 30.N4fS Qa7 + 31.RSd4
Bxd6 32.exd6 NbS 33.Ne7 + KhS 34.Ne6
Qb63S.eS Qxe6 36.e6 Rxd6 37.e7 ReS
3S.Rxd6 Nxd6 39.Qe6 QeS + 40. Kh1 Nb7
41.Rd7 QeS 42.Qf7 RgS 43.Rxb7 c3
44.Rc7 Qe1 + Draw
QGD Semi- Tarrascli D40
GM Zoltan Ribli
GM Miguel IIIeseas
Barcelona World Cup 1989
I.Nf3 dS 2.d4 e6 3.c4 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3
Ne6 6.a3 exd4 7.exd4 Ne4 S.Bd3 Nxc3
9.bxe3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.0-0 0-0
12.Qd3 b6 13.114 Bb7 14.hS ReS 15. Bf4
Na5 16.Ba2 Bd5 17.Bb1 fS lS.Rel Ne4
19.a4 Draw
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GM Robert Hubner
GM Rafael Vaganian
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nd2 cS 4.exdS exdS
S.Ng13 Nc6 6.BbS Bd6 7.dxcS BxcS S. 0-0
Nge7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.BgS 0-0 11.Re1 Bg4
12.Be2 h6 13.Bh4 ReS 14.Nfd4 Bxe2
1S.Rxe2 Qb6 16.c3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6
1S.Nb3 d4 19.cxd4 Rxe2 20.Qxe2 Nxd4
Draw

Pirc Defense B07

GM Viktor Kortchnoi
GM Predrag Nikolic
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.13 eS 4.dS Be7 S.Be3
0-0 6.Qd2 c6 7.c4 bS S.Nc3 b4 9.Nd1 as
10.N12 Qc7 1l.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Ba6
13.Ng3 Rfc8 14.NfS BfS 1S. dxc6 Qxc6
16.Be2 NcS17.0-0 Ne818.Nd3 Ne619.b3
Qc7 20.Qe1 g6 21.Nh6 + Kh8 22.Qh4 f6
23.f4 exf4 24.Nxf4 Nxf4 2S.Qxf4 Bg7
26.Bd4 dS 27.eS gS 2S. QfS Bxh6 29.exf6
Qf7 30.BhS QfS 31.BxeS 1-0

Caro-Kann BI0
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic
GM Jonathan Speelman
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 c6 2.d3 eS 3.N13 d6 4.g3 Nf6 S.Bg2
Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 Nbd7 S.d4 ReS 9.c4
exd4 10.Nxd4 NeS 1l.Na3 Qb6 12.Re3
Bg4 13.13 dS 14.cxdS cxdS 1S. fxg4 BcS
16.Nac2 Nfxg4 17.Rb3 Qf6 18.h3 Q12 +§
19.Kh1 dxe4 20.hxg4 RadS 21. on Bxd4
22.Nxd4 Qxd4 23.Be3 Qd7 24.gS b6
2S.Qe2 Ng4 26.Kgl Nxe3 27.Qxe3 ReS
28.Rb4 Rde8 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Bxe4 Qg4
31.Rel g6 32.Qf4 Qd7 33.Re2 h6 34.gxh6
Kh7 3S.Kl2 Qd4 + 36.Qe3 Qf6 + 37.Q13
Qd4 + 38.Kg2 rs 39.Bd3 Rxe2 + 40.Qxe2
QdS + 41.Kh2 Qxa2 42.g4 QdS 43.gxfS
gxfS 44.Qe7 + 1-0
Round 2
A very aggressive round of chess. I
introduced an important idea in the
Caro-Kann against Spassky, but failed to
take advantage of my favorable position.
Hubner won a shocker against Predrag
Nikolic. Predrag had been nursing a nice
small edge for some time, but then was
suddenly mated.
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GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic proved once again that at his best, he is one of the best.
Kasparov-Ribli was a funny game, a was forced to make a draw."
Queen's Gambit which ended in a draw- Zoltan prepared 24 moves deep?
their fourth consecutive such result. Wow. Three cheers for homework!
Afterwards at dinner, Kortchnoi was
laughing to himself over Garry's disdain QGD Semi-Slav D43
for the Vienna variation of the Queen's GM Alexander Beliavsky
Gambit. Earlier, to no one in particular, GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Garry had cried out, "Where? Where??
Barcelona World Cup1989
Where are the people who play this varia-
tion?" Viktor, smiling slyly, said, "Well, 1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.N13 e6 S.BgS
today he found one!" h6
I asked Ribli what he thought of the An important way to sidestep the com-
game. His response: "Garry is a good plications stemming from the Slav Botvin-
player .... In my preparations, I had nik Gambit: S...dxc4 6.e4 bS 7.eS h6 8.Bh4
missed 24.g3!. But Garry found it and I gS 9.NxgS. The drawback of the text is

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that Black's Queen is misplaced, and he
falls behind in development. As compen-
sation, Black wins the two Bishops.
6.Bxf6
After 6.Bh4!? gS 7.Bg3 dxc4, the move
8.h4 seems like an interesting gambit for
White, though it's probably unsound. - dently, the Knight now needs protection
6...Qxf67.e3
White would prefer to be able to strike
with 7.e4, but after 7...dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4 +
Black equalizes.
7...Nd7 8.Bd3 Bd6! 9.0-0 Qe7
Black would now like for absolutely
nothing to happen. He could then catch
up in development and prepare to assert
his two Bishops: As compensation for
Black's clerics, White must force the ac-
tion and try to gain some concessions.
IO.e4 dxc4
The right capture. After 10...dxe4,
Black's Bishop on c8 would have difficul-
ty developing.
1l.Bxe4 e5 12.d5 0-0 13.dxe6 bxe6
White has managed to split Black's
pawns (c6, a7). The weakness of split
pawns is rarely in the pawns themselves.
That is, they are usually as easy to defend
as attack. Also, they tend to control cru-
cial squares (d5 in this case) and open up
lines for counterattacks (the b-file).
The real weakness of split pawns is a
long-term one that usually appears in the
ending. Take off pairs of pieces and
judge the effects. When you reach King
versus King, then the problems of the
pawns become much more obvious. The
connected pawns on a2 and b2 form a
natural barrier to Black's King, while the
c6 and a7 pawns positively invite White's
to march.
The strategy of both sides can be
summed up as follows. White: Exchange
pieces. Black: Keep pieces on the board
and drum up tactical counterplay on the
d4-square and the b-file. It's easier to
play White.
14.Nh4?
A quick step in the wrong direction.
Though the plan is okay (trade Knight for
Bishop), the execution is wrong: The
move doesn't accomplish the goal! Since
the Knight is fine on f3 and the pawn on
c6 restricts the other Knight, my
preference is 14.Ne2!. The idea is to va-
cate the c-file, in order to pressure c6. By
playing Ne2-g3, White could induce the
weakening ...g7-g6. White should then
continue with either Qd2- picking up a
-8-
tempo against h6 - or Qdl-e2 and Bc4-
a6, trading pieces.
After the text, Black gains time for
counterplay.
I4 ...Nb6 15.Bb3 Qf6 I6.g3
I'm not a fan of this move, either. Evi-
and Black's counterplay is beginning to
look more real. Moves like ...Bc8-h3, or
...Bc8-a6 followed by ...Bd6-cS, pressur-
ing f2, look more threatening than the
"attacking" Knight on h4.
16...g617.Rc1 Bh3
I prefer ...Bc8-a6, controlling crucial
center squares, over this move. Com-
bined with ...Rad8, ...Ba6 would give
Black the better game. Yet I also prefer
Black's position after the text continua-
tion, so perhaps it's a question of taste.
I8.Rel Kg7 19.Qe2 Rad8 20.Na4!
It's no longer a question of exchanging
pieces to enhance White's possibilities:
It's a question of exchanging pieces to
reduce Black's attacking chances!
20 ...Bb4 21.Redl Rxdi + 22.Rxdl
Nxa4 23.Bxa4 Rb8!
Black plays natural moves that follow
the dictates of the position-i.e., he takes
advantage of the pawn structure, which
gives "him the open d- and b-files, The
structure also warns him away from ex-
changing pieces.
24.Rc1!
Accordingly, White also plays natural
moves. The first player has the open d-
and c-files, and must prevent Black from
occupying the d4 square with his Bishop.
The battle is shaping up as a tense one,
the outcome of which will depend on who
realizes their plans first. Black wants to
play ...Bd4 and pressure White's King.
White must activate his Knight, preferab-
ly to e3. White would also like to play
Ba4-dl-e2-fl, bringing the Bishop to the
INSIDE CHESS
Kingside. This maneuver would activate
the Bishop on a4, which, since White's
attack against c6 is easily parried, may
become useless on its current square-
especially if Black is successful in bring-
ing his Bishop to d4, provoking b2-b3.
24 ...Rb6 25.NgZ Qd626.Qe2!
Preventing ... Bb4-cS. Preferable
would be 26.Ne3, but Black could realize
his plans by 26 ... Qd2! 27.Rc2 Qxe2
28.Rxe2 BcS! 29.Nc4 Ra6 30.Bb3 Bd4,
intending ...c6-cS and ...Ra6-f6, with ad-
vantage.
26 ...Qd4!
Intending ... Bb4-d2 and ... Rb6-b2.
White mustn't be greedy with 27.Bxc6 be-
cause of 27 ...Bd2 28.Rbl Rxc6 29.Qxc6
Qd3 30.Ral gS 31.Khl Qf3 32.Rgl Bel
and White is smothered.
27.Rdl?!
This move costs the control of cS. Best
was 27.Bb3, stopping the x-ray attack
against b2.
27 ...Qe5!
White is forced to give up control of c5.
28.Qe2 Qe7 29.Ne3 Be5! 30.Ne4 Rb4
31.b3
An unpleasant choice between two
evils. This move cuts White's Bishop out
of the game, but grabbing the pawn
results in a poor structure: 30.Bxc6
Bxf2 + 31.Qxf2 Rxc4, with advantage to
Black. Relatively best was 31.Bb3.
31...Qe6 32.KhI?
White is feeling the pressure. Best was
32.Rcl.
Thus far Ljubo has played a flawless
game. Take a moment. Does he have a
win?
32 ...Bd4
Natural, but not best. Ljubo could
have crowned his play with the tactic
found instantly by Jonathan Speelman:
32 ...Rxa4!! 33.bxa4Bg434.f3 Qxc4!!, win-
Issue 10
 ning at once!
33.13 hS 34.Rc1 cS! 3S.Na3! a6
Preventing Na4-b5 and a2-a3.
36.Nc2 Rb6 37.Nxd4 cxd4
The powerful Bishop has been lost, but
a protected passed pawn is in its place. If
White's Bishop were on d3, he'd have
excellent drawing chances.
38.Kg1 Qe7!
In order to probe on the Queenside or
Kingside.
39.Be6 Be6 40.Qc2 QgS 41.£4
Forced. White wasn't interested in
41.Rel d3 42.Qc5 d2 43.Rdl Rxc6 and
...Qe3+, winning.
41...exf4 42.Qd2
42...d3!
Well played. Other moves offer noth-
ing. By sacrificing the passed pawn,
Black will further compromise White's
Kingside.
43.Rc3 QeS 44.Qxd3 fxg3 4S.hxg3 Rb4!
At last the Rook emerges to join the
attack.
46.Qe3 Rd4 47.Rc1 gS 48.Rf1 Rd6!
49.Bb7 as!
To win the game, Black will have to
first open things on the Queenside.
SO.Rc1 Kg6 S1.Rf1 Rd8 S2.Ba6 Qd4!?
A surprising decision. The ending is
excellent for Black. He has the better
structure, active King and pieces, and
potential targets. Though the text is a very
solid choice, my point is that while a
player like Andersson would play ...Qe5-
d4, a tactician like Ljubo should be play-
ing moves like ...RdS-hS and ...h5-h4, at-
tacking on the Kingside.
It seems the friendship between Ulf
and Ljubo has had an effect on Ljubo.
53.Qxd4 Rxd4 S4.Rf2 a4!
This moves forces the win of a pawn
and the game.
SS.Rf3 Rd1 + S6.Bfl axb3 S7.axb3 RbI
May 29, 1989
S8.Kf2 Rb2 + S9.Be2 Bxb3 60.Ke3 Be6
Here the game was adjourned, but in
the clear light of morning, Beliavsky
resigned. 0-1
QGD Vienna D39
GM Garry Kasparov
GM Zoltan Ribli
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dS 4.BgS dxe4
S.Nc3 Bb4 6.e4 cS 7.eS cxd4 8.Qa4 + Nc6
9.0-0-0 Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6
12.Bh4 Re8 13.Kb1 NaS 14.Qe2 eS
lS.Nxd4 exd4 16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Nxf6+
Bxf6 18.Qe4 + Kf8 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Rxd7
Re8 21.Qd4 ReI + 22.Kc2 Qxd4 23.Rxd4
Ke7 24.g3 Rd8 2S.Bg2 Re2 + 26.Kd1
Rxd4 + 27.Kxe2 Kd6 28.h4 bS 29.hS h6
30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 rs 32.Kd2 b4 33.
Ke3 b3 34.axb3 Nxb3 3S.Bh3 Ke6 36.13 as
37.g4 KeS 38.1'4+ K1'639.Bfl 1'xg440.Bxc4
NcS Draw
Gheorgiu Benoni E90
GM Rafael Vaganian
GM Johann Hjartarson
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS d6 4.Nc3 gS S.e4
Bg7 6.h3 0-0 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 e6 9~Bd3 exdS
10.cxdS Nbd7 11.0-0 NhS 12.BxgS Qc7
13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rfe1 Rb8 IS. Bfl NeS
16.NxeS BxeS 17.g4 ~f6 18.Kg2 Nd7
19.Ra3 Bg7 20.Bh6 Bh8 21.13 NfS 22.~b1
1'S23.b4 fxg4 24.hxg4 Nd7 2S.bxcS NxcS
26.Be3 Rf8 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qe7
29.Be2 Bd7 30.Qe3 QeS 31.aS Rf432.Ndl
Bxg4 33.Nf2 Bd7 34.Rc3 RbfS 3S.RxcS
dxeS 36.Rxb7 Be8 37.Rb1 Rh4 38.Rh1
Rxh1 39.Nxh1 hS 40.Nf2 h4 41.QxcS Bd7
42.Qa7 Bh3 + 43.Nxh3 Qg3 + 44.Kf1
Qxh3 + 4S.Kel Qg3 + 46.Qf2 Rb8
47.Qxg3 + hx.g348.d6 Kf8 49.Bd3 Rb3 0-1
QGAD20
GM Predrag Nikolic
GM Robert Hubner
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 dS 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 eS 4.Nf3 exd4
S.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.0-0 N1'68. eS
NdS 9.Nb3 Nb610.BgS Be711.Bxe7 Nxe7
12.Bd3 BfS 13.Nfxd4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 0-0
IS.Radl QdS 16.Qe2 Nc6 17'.Nxc6 Qxc6
18.NaS Qa4 19.Nxb7 Qxa2 20.NcS Qc4
21.Qe3 R1'e8 22.b3 Qb5 23.f4 Rad8
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 2S.h3 as 26.Rcl NdS 27.
Qe4 Qb4 28.Rc4 Qd2 29.e6 Ne3 30.e7
INSIDE CHESS
Qe1 + 31.Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1
French Exchange C01
GM Miguel IIIescas
GM Artur Yusupov
.' Barcelona World Cup 1989
j,
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.exdS exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6
S.c4 Qe7 + 6.Be2 Bb4 + 7.Nc3 Nf6 8. 0-0
dxc4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.Re1 Qd611.NeS Nc6
12.Qb3 Nxd4 13.Bxf7 + Kh8 14.Qc4 bS
is.on Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc2 17.Bf4 QcS
18.Qd3 Nxa1 19.h3 Bb7 20.QfS BdS
21.BgS Qe7 22.Qf4 Rxf7 23.Ng6 + hxg6
24.Rxe7 Rxe7 2S.Qc1 Rae8 26.Be3 Bc4
27.Kh2 Rxe3 28.fxe3 NdS 29.Qxa1 Rxe3
30.a4 a6 31.axbS axbS 32.Qa8 + Kh7
33.Qd8 Re4 34.g4 Re2 + 3S.Kg3 Nf6
36.Qxc7 Re3 + 37.Kh2 Rxc3 38.Qd6 Rd3
39. Qe7 Rd7 40.QfS Rd2 + 41.Kgl Rd3
42.Kh2 Rb3 43.Qc8 Bfl 44.Kg1 Bxh3
4S.Qc2 Rg3 + 46.Kh1 Bxg40-1
Caro-Kann B16
GM 'Boris Spassky
GM Yasser Seirawan
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6
S.Nxf6 + gxf6 6.c3 QdS 7.Ne2 eS 8. Be3
Be6 9.Qc2 Nd71O.a3 0-0-0 11.0-0-0
Nb6 12.dxeS Qxd1 + 13.Qxd1 Rxd1 + 14.
Kxd1 fxeS lS.Ng3 fS 16.Bd3 e4 17.Be2 cS
18.NhS Draw
J\
Dutch Stonewall A94
GM Valery Salov
GM Nigel Short
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 e6 2.c4 rs 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 S.Nf3
0-06.0-0 dS 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3 Bd7 9.Qcl
Be8 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 1l.Qa3 Qxa3 12.Nxa3
as 13.NeS Nbd7 14.Nd3 BhS IS. Rfe1 gS
16.Rac1 Ne4 17.13 Nd6 18.cS Nf7 19.f4
Rfe8 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.Rc2 Re7 22.Nb1 Bxf3
23.exf3 g4 24.fxg4 .fxg4 2S.Rce2 Rae8
26.Na3 Nh6 27.Nc2 NfS 28.Nf2 hS 29.Kg2
Kf7 30.Rd1 Nh7 31.Ne3 Kf6 32.li3 gxh3 +
33.Kxh3 NfS 34. Kg2 Ng6 3S.Nh3 Kg7
36.Kf3 Rf8 37.Nx1'S+ RxfS 38.Rde1 Kf6
39.a3 Re8 40.Re3 Re7 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4
Re8 43.R1e2 Re7 44.Re1 Re8 4S.bS cxbS
46.R1e2 b4 47.Re1 Re7 48.Rb3 eS 49.Rxb4
ex1'4 SO.Rb6 + Kf7 S1.Rxe7 + Nxe7
S2.Nxf4 Nc6 S3.Rxb7 + Ke8 S4.Ke3 RgS
SS.Ne2 Rg4 S6.Rh7 Re4 + S7.Kd3 Nb4 +
S8.Kd2 Nc6 S9. Kd3 Nb4 + 60.Kc3 Nc6
61.Rh6 Ne7 62.Nf4 Re3 + 63.Kb4 Rxg3
.-9-
 64.e6 Rg4 6S.RhS+ Kt7. 66.Rh7 + KeS
67.e7 Rxf4 6S.Rxe7+ Kxe7 69.eS Q =
Rxd4 + 70.KbS Re4 71.Qrs Re6 72.QxhS
d4 73.Qh4 + Kt7 74.KeSd3 7S.Qh7 + Kf6
76.Qxd3 Ke7 77.Qg3 Rf6 78.Qg4 Re6
79.Qg7 + KeS SO.KdS Rb6, Sl.Qe7 Rg6
S2.KeS Kf8 S3.KfS Rg7 S4.QdS+ Kt7
SS.QhS Rg2 S6.Qf6+ KgS S7.Qe6 Rgl
SS.Kf6 Rg7 S9.QaS+ Kh7 90.QeS Ra7
91.QhS + KgS 92.Qg4 + Kh7 93.Qh3 +
KgS 94.Qg3 + Kh7 9S.Qh2 + KgS
96.QbS+ Kh7 97.Qxa7 + KhS 9S.Qg7+
1-0
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RetiAll
GM Jesus Nogueiras
GM Viktor Kortchnoi
Barcelona World Cup 1989 il.:
1.Nt3 Nf6 2.g3 dS 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 g6
5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 Qb6 7.Na3 0-0 S.e4 BfS
9.d3 Na6 10.Qd2 RfdS 1l.exd5 exdS
l2.Bd4 Qb4 13.Qb2 NeS l4.Bxg7 Nxg7
l5.Rfel Bd7l6.Ne2 Qd6l7.a3 RaeSlS.b4
Ne7 19.Ne5 BeS 20.Bh3 Nee6 21. Ne3 f6
22.Nt3 Kf8 23.Bg2 Ne7 24.d4 Bd7 25.Nel
Nf5 26.Nle2 e6 27.NxfS gxfS 28.Nel Qe7
. 29.Nd3 NbS 30.Nf4 BeS31.e3 Nd6 32.Qe2
Ne4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.dS exdS 35.Qd2 Qe5
36.b5 Bf7 37.Ne2 Kg7 3S.a4 Rc4 39.Nd4
RdeS 40.h3 KhS 41. Kh2 BhS 42.a5 BeS
43.b6 a6 44.Ne2 Kg7 4S.Rabl Bf7 46.Kg2
Kf847.Nf4 Ke74S.Rxc4 Rxe449.Rel Qd6
50.Rdl ReS Sl.Qd4 Kd7 52.Qa4 + Qe6
53.Qa3 Qb5 54. Qal Ke7 55.Rc1 Qb4
56.Rxe5 Qxe5 57.Ne2 BeS 5S.Nd4 Bd7
59.h4 h6 60.Qdl f4 61.gxf4 QeS 62.Kh2
Bg463.Qal h5 64.Qa3 + Kd7 65.Qb4 Bt3
66.Qa4 + Ke7 67. Qa3 + Kd7 6S.Qa4 +
Ke7 69.Qb4 + Kd7 70.Qa4 + Draw
Round 3
An amazingly awful round of chess,
though Kasparov nearly played the game
of the tournament as Black in a King's
Indian against Yusupov.
Short won over Vaganian from a com-
pletely lost position. Vaganian thought
for over 20 minutes before making his
decisive mistake (2S...h6).
I played like a complete ninny. In a
totally won position I blundered away two
pawns with check!
The only person who won a good game
was Beliavsky, who snapped back after
his loss to Ljubo. After Speelman
-10-
2'
~
~
s
;3
1;'
S
World Champion Kasparov has better relations with Kortchnoi than he does with
most of his fellow Soviet GMs.
stumbled to his second consecutive loss,
the sharks were beginning to scent blood.
King's Indian Defense E92
GM Artur Yusupov
GM Garry Kasparov
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.Nt3 Nf6 2.e4 g6 3.Ne3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 eS 7.d5?!
I don't like this move as it gives up
control of cS too soon.
7...a5! S.Bg5h6 9.Bh4 Na610.Nd2 Qe8
11.0-0 Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.b3 1'514.exfS
14...gxf5! .
A fantastic novelty. The capture
14...BxfS has been considered automatic
for decades in this position, which has
been reached many times in GM praxis.
The problem with 14...BxfS, obviously
enough, is that it cedes control of e4 to
White's Knights. But capturing with the
pawn had been dismissed because it loses
INSIDE CHESS
the Exchange.
lS.Bh5! Qc8 16.Be7
Black is now "punished" for capturing
with his pawn on move 14. The onlyprob-
lem with the punishment is the compen-
sation it allows. As Garry later told me at
dinner, "Yaz, my Bishop on g7 isn't worse
than his Rook on a1!"
16...Re8!
The. crux of Garry's new idea. He
sacrifices the Exchange for White's light-
squared Bishop. This means Black will
eventually have control over d3! Garry
felt that White should now play 17.Bh4!
RfS lS.Be7 with equality. In view of what
happened in the game, I'd agree.
17.Bxe8? Qxe818.Bh4 e4!
An incredibly powerful move. It
paralyzes both of White's Knights while
making d3 a perfect outpost for the quiet
Knight on a6..
19.Qe2
White can't return the Exchange by
19.Ne2 Bxa1 20.Qxal because of
20...QhS, winning a piece. At this point
Yusupov hadn't sensed the danger to his
King and pieces. He appeared happy.
19...Qh5 20.Bg3 Re8!
Overprotecting the e-pawn. White
can't be allowed to play f2-f3 without
facing the serious consequences of ...e4-
e3.
21.BI'4?
This move allows Black to undermine
White's Kingside protection. White had
to return the Exchange by 21.Rael NcS
Issue 10
 22.Ne2 Nd3 23.Nf4 Nxe1 24.Rxe1, even
though Black would then have the ad-
vantage.
21...Qg4! 22.g3 Ng5
Garryis orchestrating his pieces like a
virtuoso. Who would expect that the
modest retreat 11...Nf6-h7 would flower
into a crushing incursion against f3 or h3?
23.Kh1?
Demoralized by the turning tide of
events, Yusupov plays weakly. Artur had
to part with his Bishop: 23.BxgS hxgS,
with a smorgasbord of attacking plans for
Black: ... Qg4-h3, ... Na6-cS-d3-f4, or
...N d3-eS- f3 + .
There are also possible attacks along
the h-file by ...Re8-e7 (...Bg7xc3) and
...Re7-h7. White would have to roll with
the punches since 24.f3 exf3 2S.Rxf3
(2S.Nxf3 Re3; 2S.Rael f2 + 26.Kxf2
Qd4 +) Qd4 + 26.Kh1 g4 27.Rd3 Qf2
wins.
23 ...Nf3 24.Rael Ne5
You just know Black is about to have a
celebration involving White's King!
25.Nxl3 Qxl3 + 26.Kg1 Nd3 27.Qd2
White can't move his Bishop as then he
would permit ...fS-f4, unleashing the
Bishop on d7. White has· a variety of ways
to lose. One nice line is 27.Qe2 Nxf4
28.Qxf3 Nh3 + 29.Kg2 exf3 + 30.Kxh3
f4 + 31.g4 (31.Kh4 Bf6 + 32.KhS ReS +
leads to mate.) ...hS and White is going to
be shaked and baked.
Passive defense by 27.Ne2 is welcomed
by Black for a variety of reasons. For
example, ... h6-hS-h4 is promising.
Another nice plan is ...Re8-e7 intending
...Bd7-e8-hS-g4-h3. The fictional gour-
mand Dr. Horos Grubus (of British
Columbia fame) would appreciate
27...Bb2!?, not just because of the grub
...Bxa3 but for the idea of ...Bb2xa3-
cSxf2 + !. These plans might strike the
reader as rather slow but Black has the
time - after all, what is White going to
do'?
27 ...Bd4!
A bonecrusher. Imagine facing
Kasparov - one of the greatest attackers
of all time, with White's position. Most of
the GMs present now turned their backs
so as not tosee the upcoming carnage.
The move played by Kasparov has several
points: 1) it prevents the defense Qd2-e3;
Z) it introduces another piece into the
attack; 3) it opens the g-file. White is
helpless.
May 29, 1989
2S.Re2
How ineffectual White's moves ap-
pear.
2S...Kh7 29.h3 RgS 30.Kh2
At last White is ready to challenge
Black's Queen with Qd2-e2 or dl.
30...Qh5!
In order to meet 31.Qd1 with 3l...Nxf4
32.gxf4 Qh4 33.Qd2 e3! winning.
31.Nd1 Ne5?!
Inviting Yusupov to witness his own
execution after 32.BxeS BxeS 33.Qe2
Qg6, when ...fS-f4 will come with decisive
effect. Also promising is 32.BxeS dxeS,
when Black has an additional battering
ram with ...e4-e3.
But if the exchange of Bishop for
Knight is so decisive, the question is why
not just play 31...Nxf4! when White can
offer no resistance. If 32.Qxf4, then 32 ...
BeS 33.Qe3 f4 34.gxf4 Bxf4 + is death for
White; and if 32.gxf4, 32 ...Qg6 mates
quickly. Had Garry ended the game in
this manner, the game would have been
the best game of the tournament and per-
haps of the year-a model creative and
technical attacking achievement.
32.13! Nd3!
Despite the approaching time-trouble,
Garry correctly reverses himself. White -.
has gotten in the free move f2-f3, which,
though weakening g3, allows a defense
along the second rank. Black goes back
to his ...Nd3xf4 idea - a plan which White
can't defend against since the Bishop
retreat 33.Be3 is clobbered by 33 ...f4.
The move found by Garry took its toll
on his clock. He now had only a few
minutes left for his remaining moves.
Fortunately, the position is no longer
complicated!
33.Ne3 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Bb6???
One of Garry's worst moves-ever.
Certainly this rivals his blunder against 26.g3 Qe7 27.Ne5 Kg7 2S.Kg2 Kf629.NI3
INSIDE CHESS
Sokolov in the Reykjavik World Cup.
After the simple 34 ...Qh4, with the double
threat of ...Qxf4 + followed by ...Qxe3
and ... Qg3 +, White would by mated
before the time control, i.e., 3S.Qxd4 Rg3
36.Kh1 Rxh3+ 3'i.Kg2 Rh2+ 38.Kg1
Rh1 + 39.Kg2 Qh2 mate. Now White can
organize a defense.
35.Qf2 Qg6 36.Re2 Be5 37.fxe4 fxe4
3S.f5 Qh5 39.Rd2 Rg5 40.Qf4 QeS 41.Ng4
1-0
In the blink of an eye, White has gone
from 0-1 to 1-0. Garry just stared at the
board and then detonated and began to
make grotesque expressions of in-
credulity. He just couldn't believe that he
could play so badly.
. After this game, Garry was clearly
shaken. It would be several rounds
before he recovered.
Four Knights Game C48
GM Viktor Kortehnoi
GM Boris Spassky
Barcelona World Cup 1989
l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4
5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 S.dxc3
Qe5 + 9.Qe2 Qxe2 + 10.Kxe2 e6 1l.Bd3
d5 12.Rel Be6 13.Kf1 Draw
Sicilian Sveshnikov B33
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevie
GM Valery Salov
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 e5 Nf3 e6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Ne6
5.Ne3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 S.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 1l.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3
0-0 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Bb7
16.Be4 Na517.Ba2 Be61S.Ra3 Bb519.h4
Bh620.Nee3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 ReS 22.13 Qb6
23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Ne3 Qb6 25.Qd2 Ne4
26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 2S.Qf2 Draw
.QGD Tqrrascli D30
GM Yasser Seirawan
GM Miguel Illeseas
Barcelona World Cup 1989
l.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 e5 4.exd5 exd5
5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.dxe5 Qa5+
S.Nbd2 Qxe5 9.Nb3 Qd6 10.e3 Nbe6
1l.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 RdS 13.Rel Qf6
14.Qd2 Nf5 15.Rfdl Be6 16.Ne5 Qe7
17."81>5Rae8 IS.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6
20.Qxd5 Red6 21.Qb3 Rxdl + 22.Rxdl
Rxdl + 23.Qxdl g6 24.h3 h5 25.Qd5 a6
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 Qxg3 + 30.Kf1 Qxh3 + 31.Ke2 Kg732.e4
.Nh6. '33. Qe5 + KgS 34.QeS + Kg7
35.Qe5 + KgS 36.QeS + Kg7 Draw
French Winawer C19
GM Johann Hjartarson
.GMPredrag Nikolic
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4,e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 e5 5.a3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.N13 Qe7 S.a4 b6
9.Bb5 + Bd7 10.0-0 ~xb5 11.axb5 0-0
12,h4 h6 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Be3 ReS 15. h5
>Ne716.Nh4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Nd71S.f4 Ne5
19.Qg4 Qd7 20.f5 exf5 21.Qxg7 + Kxg7
22.e6 + Kh7 23.exd7 Re7 24.Nxf5 Nxf5
25.Rxf5 Rxd7 26.Rafl Rf8 27.Bxe5 bxe5
2S.e4 dxe4 29.Rxe5 RgS 30.Rxe4 Rg5
31.Rcf4 Rxb5 32.Rxt7 + Rxf7 33. Rxt1 +
KgS 34.Rxa7 ReS 35.Ra2 Rxh5 36.e4 Kf7
37.Re2 Rh4 3S.Re2 Ke6 39.e5 Kd7 40.e6 +
Ke7 41.Re5 Rf4 42.Kh2 Rf6 4~.Kg3 RXe6
Draw
. French Tarrascli 'C07
GM Robert Hubn~~
GM Jesus Nogueiras
Barcelona World Cup 1989 '
i.e4 e6' 2.M d5 3.N-die5 4.exd5 Qxd5
5.Ng13 exd4 6.Be4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 Nb3 8:
N~6 9.Nfxd4 Nxd410.N"xd4 ~6'lt.Rel Qe7
'1i.Bb3" Bd6 13.NfS' Bxh2 + hl:KhI Kf8
;15,g3 e~f5 16.Bf4 Qe6+ 17iKxh?~ Be6
IS,,Qd6+Qxd6 19.Bxd6 + KeS 20.Radl
Neil 21.13, Nxd6 22.Rxd6 ReSf3,l:3 Rc7
24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rexe6 + Kf7 26.Kh3 Re8
27.RxeS KxeS 2S.Kh4 h6 29.Rb6 Kf7 30.f4
g6 31.a4 Kg7 32.a5 Kf7 33. Kh3 Kg734.e4
g5 35.b3 Rd7' 36.e5 g4 + 37.Kg2 Re73S.b4
Re7 39.e6 Rxe6 40. Rxb7 + Kg6 41.Rb6
Kh5 42.b5 Re2 + 43.Kf1 axb5 44.Rxb5
Kg6 45.Rb6 + Kg7 46. Rb7 + Draw
French Winawer C19
GM Nigel Short
GM Rafael Vaganian
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4. 4.e5 e5 5.a3
.lla5 6.dxe5 Bxc3 + 7.bxq Qe7 S. N13 Nd7
9.Bb5Qx.e5 10.a4 a6 .11.Bxd7 + Bxd7
12.0-0 Qxc3 13.Bd2 Qe4 14.Rbl Qe7
15.e4 Ne7 16.Bb4 Be6 17.exd5 Bxd5
18.Bd6 Qd7 19.Rc1 ReS 20.Ng5 Rxc1
21.Qxel Nf5 22.Ba3 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Qc3
KgS 25.Qxf6 h6 26.Rel hxg5 27. Qxf5 Kd8
.. is.Qe5 KeS 29.Be5 Qg7 30.Qg3 Qe7
31.Qa3 Kd7 32.Be3 Qd6 33.Qb2 KeS
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34.Qd4 Kd7 35.Rdl Ke736.h3 Kf7 37.Rel
QdS 38.Qg4 Be6 39.Re5 Bd5
40. Qh5 + Rg6 41.Bd4 e5 42.Bxe5 Be4
43.Re7 + Ke6 44.Bg3 Qd4 45.Qg4 + Kf6
46.QeS Rg7 47.Qf8+ Kg6 4S.Rxg7+
Qxg7 49.QeS + Kf5 50.QeS + Kf6
51.Be5+ 1-0
QGD Exchange D36
,GM Jonathan Speelman
,GM Alexander Beliavsky
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5
5..Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Re8 S.Nge2
Nbd7 9.0-0Nf810.Rbl a511.a3 e612.b4
axb413.axb4b5 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Nf4 N6d7
,16.Nxe6 'fxe6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.e4 Nb6
~9.Rfel Qf6 20.e5 Qh4 21.Re3 Ne4 22.Rh3
Qxd4 '. 23.Bxh7 + Kf7 24.Rdl
25.Rf3 + Ke7 26.Bd3 RebS 27.Qc1 Nd7
Qxe5
2S.Rel Qh5 29.Bxc4 bxe4 30.b5 Ne5
31.Rh3 Qf5 32.Qe3 Nd3 33.g4 Qxg4 +
34.Rg3 d4 35.Qd2 Nxe1 36.Qxe1 Qf5
37.Ne4 Rxb5 38.Rxg7 + Kf8 39.Rg5
Qxg5 + 40.Nxg5 Rxg5 + 41.Kfl Kf7
42.Qc1 Rf5 43.Qxe4 e5 44.Qb3 RdS
45.Qb7 + Ke8 46.Ke1 d3 47.Kd1 d2 4S.f4
Rd4 49.Qc6 + Ke7 50.h4 Rdd5 51.Qe7 +
Rd7 52. QbS Rfd5 53.Qh8 RdS 54.Qg7 +
Kd6 55.f5 exf5 56.h5 Re8 57.Qf6 + Re6
58.QdS + Ke5 59.Qg5 Rdd6 60.h6 Rxh6
61.Qe3 + Kd5 62.Kxd2 Kc4 + 63.Ke2
Rh2 + 64.Kc1 Rhd2 65.Qe5 Kb4 0-1
Round 4
Ljubojevic continued to play fantastic
chess. I didn't like his position against
Vaganian after the opening but then he
completely outplayed his opponent, win-
ning beautifully in the end.
INSIDE CHESS
Speelman suffered his third consecu-
tive loss! (Refer to my Round 3 com-
mentary.) This time he lost at the hands
of Salov, who won a pawn in the opening
'and ground Jonathan down. The sharks
were now near a feeding-frenzy.
The local hero, Illescas, had a moment
in the sun at Kortchnoi's expense.
Viktor's provocative play was typical, but
this time it backfired.
Nogueiras proved himself a dangerous
opponent for Hjartarson, who is still feel-
ing the effects of his lost Candidates'
match against Karpov. The Icelander
recently experienced a living nightmare
by losing ten games in a row, and though
he started well in Barcelona he was out-
played in this game.
Today, it was my turn to play the
"screamin' demon," Kasparov. After his
loss yesterday, I wouldn't have to play
provocatively! Still, I was looking forward
to this game. Playing against the World
Champion is always a pleasure and an
honor. It's also the featured game for this
round. .
King's Indian DejenseE87.;'
GM Garry Kasparov ".' '{
GM Yasser Seirawan
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 d6 2.e4
Surprise. Kasparov had a recent game
with Speelman that continued 2.c4 eS
3.Nf3 e4 4.NgS Nf6 S.Nc3 BfS 6.g4.
Though the game ended in a draw, Speel-
man had the better chances. I wanted to
see Garry's improvement. No such luck.
Oh, well, the Pirc suits me fine.
2 ...Nf63.13!?
Damn! Outplayed, and the game is
only three moves along! If I want to avoid
the Saemish King's Indian (a defense I've
never played) my choices are 3...eS, as
played by Nikolic against Kortchnoi in
Round 1, or 3 ... cS. Neither variation
suited me.
3...g6
Garry began to smell a rat! Was I real-
ly allowing a King's Indian?
4.Be3! Bg7 5.Qd2!? (:14) 0-0 6.c4
(:30)
Yes, it's a King's Indian- but who's
trapping whom? I recently came across
an excellent article by 1M Andrew Martin
on the Bronstein variation of the
Saemisch King's Indian, suggesting some
Issue 10
 new defensive ideas for Black. This
prompted me to look at the variation and
I found a new idea.
6...e5 (:23) 7.d5 (:33) Nh5 S.Nc3
Qh4 +! 9.Bf2 Qf4 10.Be3 Qh4 + H.g3
(:47)
Garry wasn't altogther happy about
playing into this variation. His am-
bivalence about continuing the game was
obvious.
H ...Nxg3 12.Qf2 Nxfl 13.Qxh4 Nxe3
14.Ke2 Nxc4 15.Rc1! (:50) Na6 (:2S)
16.Nd1 Nb617.Ne3 Bd71S.Nh3 (1:04) f6
19.Nf2!?
In the celebrated game Karpov-
Velimirovic, Skopje 1976, Informant
21/SS6, Karpov played 19.Rhg1 RadB?
20.NfS and won beautifully. 1M Martin
suggests 19...RaeB, intending ...Re7, as an
improvement, and only then chipping
away at White's center with ...c7-c6. I had
another, more powerful idea in mind.
19...Nc8!!
Outstanding. This move stops cold
White's Kingside play. This idea takes an
the punch out of the sacrifice Ne3-fS.
Furthermore, if White is stubborn and
plays 20.Nfg4?! Ne7 (20 ...hS!?) 21.Nh6 +
KhB (21...Bxh6!?) 22.Rhgl, White must
be prepared to face 22 ...gS!? 23.QhS Ng6!
(a key motif) 24.Ng2 fS!? 2S.QxgS
(2S.exfS!?) fxe4 26.fxe4 NcS with crazy
complications.
Garry didn't feel that his Knight
belonged on h6. He now went into a deep
think. Where will White attack if not on
the Kingside?
20.Rc3! (1:27) Ne7? (:55)
The idea behind 19...Nc8 isn't one-
dimensional (defending the King). The
real point behind the move is to play ...c7-
cS in order to bring the Knight on a6 into
the game: Na6-c7-bS-d4!'
After 20 cS! 21.dxc6, White hardly
May 29, 1989
has a choice. If he allows the position to
remain closed, Black will eventually ex-
pand on both flanks with ...Na6-c7; ...b7-
b5, ...a7-aS, and ...bS-b4, or preparation
for ...f6-fS. In either case, White has
serious problems. Now that White has
been forced to exchange his dS-pawn, the
Knight on a6 has an open avenue to f4 or
d4.
Now if 21...bxc6 (21...Bxc6!?) 22.Rdl
Nc7 23.Rcd3 NbS 24.a4 Nd4 + 2S.Rxd4
exd4 26.Rxd4 cS is better for Black.
White's King is in the center and Black's
pieces are due for a wake-up call.
So, why didn't I play 20 ...cS? Well, I
was sure White's "attack" on the Queen-
side was nothing, and I wanted Garry to
invest more time going down a dead end.
Preparing the break ...f6-fS with ...RfB-V,
in conjunction with ...RaB-fB, was begin-
ning to look more and more attractive.
21.Rhc1! (1:37)
Garry understands that he can't just sit.
The text prepares to sacrifice an Ex-.
change.
21...Rac8?! (:58)
I'm still too enamored with my
Kingside break. Unfortunately, White's
attack on the Queenside turns out to be
real. I can't treat the attack so casually.
Forced was 21...cS! 22.dxc6 (22.Nc4?
NcB! will transpose into positions ex-
plained above.) 22 ...Nxc6! 23.Kfl Nd4
24.Kg2 NcS, with a position that is very
difficult to evaluate. Garry, however,
didn't like the resulting position for
White.
22.Rb3 Rb823.Nd3
I saw that White was preparing the
billiard shot "Queen to the bottom
cushion." That is, Qh4-e1-aS emerging
on the other side of the board. But I was
convinced that White's Queen had to
prevent ... Bg7-h6, which would be a
INSIDE CHESS
beautiful diagonal to operate from. Be-
sides, I saw that by bringing my Knight
back to b6, White's Queenside attack
would be stopped. So, I smugly played the
following move.
23 •••Rf7??
Losing the game outright. Despite all
the tempi I've wasted, the situation is still
unclear after 23 ...cS!.
24.Qel! NeS (1:02) 25.Qa5 Nb6 (1:16)
26.Rxe7! (1:42)
Crashing through. Now the real hor-
ror of 23 ... Rf7 is revealed. After
26 ...Nxc7 27.Qxa7, my Rook on bS lacks
protection.
Well, since I've just paid dearly for the
opportunity to attack, I might as well get
on with it.
26 ••.f5 (1:17) 27.Rc2? (1:4S)
Garry's resolve fails him. The simplest
win was 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 2S.Qxa6 Rc7
29.Rxb6 axb6 30.Qxb6 and White's two
passed pawns can't be stopped. When I
showed this to Garry in the postmortem
he just tut-tuted and shook his head sadly.
The second best move in the position was
27.Rcl, also winning. The point is to chal-
lenge me on the f-file.
27 ...fxe4 (1:21) 28.fxe4 RbfS.29.Rxb6!
(1:56)
Garry made this cruncher of a move
and accompanied it with the offer of a
draw. I can only say that both players
were feeling the tension and that neither
one of us knew what was going on.
However, after 27.Rc2, I was beginning
to feel unduly optimistic about my attack.
White's growing time-pressure also con-
tributed to my nascent euphoria. I was
certain of only one thing:"'" I wanted to
continue the game.. Surely White is in
trouble. Why else would Garry offer the
draw? Stop for a moment. What do you
think about the position?
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 Racking my brain, I came to the con-
clusion that Black is lost. And 1was right.
, After 29....axb6 30.QxQ6,the two choices
I considered were 30...Bh6 and 30...NcS.
In the postmortem, Garry refuted
30...Bh6 with 31.Qxd6 Rf3'? 32.NfS! gxfS
33.Qxh6 fxe434.Nel, winning. I tried im-
on
proving the variation with 31...Bh3,but
was once again undone by 32.NfS!.
Therefore, the only move is 30...NcS
(forced, according to Kasparov) 31.NxcS
dxcS. At first we went along convincing
, ourselves that the position was unclear. (I
never liked the position. Garry was doing
the convincing.)
Then Garry found 32.Kdl!!, which
seemed to end the game and the postmor-
'tern. (Bad is 32.QxcS as 32...Rf2+
I 33.Kel Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Rfl + wins the
Queen.) White just consolidates with
, 33.Re2 and then asserts his material ad-
vantage. After this move, the main topic
of discussion was 32..Bh6! intending
penetration with ...Rfl-f3-h3. At the end
of the postmortem we were convinced
'Black was lost. Is he?
'. Anyway, back to' the game .. After
thinking for 23 minutes, Draw agreedl!
QGD TartakoverD58
GM Predrag Nikolic , 12.exd4 NfS 13.Qe2 Ng6 14.Bxg6 fxg6
GM Nigel Short'
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dS 4.Nc3 Be7 24.Ne3 Be4 2S.Nbl Nxb1 26.Rxe4 Nd2
i S.BgS'h66.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 S.Be2 Bb7 27.Re7 bS 2S.Ree7 Rxe7 29.Bxe7 dS
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxdS exdS 11.0-0 Qe7 30.m as 31.Ke2 Nb3 32.Kd3 ReS 33.h4
12.Qb3 RdS 13.Rad1 cSl4.dxcS
14...Bxc3 lS.Qxc3 bxcS 16.Rd2 Nd7
17.Rc1 RdcS IS.Rdc2 Qd6 19.Bd3 g6
20.BbS NfS 21.QeS Qb6 22.Ba4 as 23.a3
Rc7 24.h4 hS 2S.Rc3 RacS 26.Rb3 Qa6
27.Nd4 BaS 2S.RbS Nd7 29.Qg3 Nf6 30.13
NeS 31.Nb3 c4 32.Nd4 Nd6 33.Qf4 NxbS
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34. BxbS Qb6 3S.a4 Bb7 36.Kf2 Kg7
37.Rc3 Qf6 3S.Kg3 Re7 39.b3 cxb3
40.Rxb3 Qxf4+ 41.Kxf4 Rc1 42.Rd3 Rh1
43.Kg3 Rc7 44.Nb3 Rc2 4S.NxaS BcS
46.Nb3 gS 47.hxgS h4 + 4S.Kf4 Rxg2
49.Rc3 h3 SO.RxcS h2 S1.Nd4 Rd1
S2.NfS+ Kh7 S3. Rc6 hI = Q S4.Rh6 +
Qxh6 SS.Nxh6 Kg7 S6.NfS+ Kf8 S7.Nd4
Ra1SS.Bc6 Ke7 S9.BxdSRxa4 60.Be4Kf8
61.Nc6 Ra1 62.NeS Rag1 63.Ng4 Kg7
64.BfSDraw
Caro-Kann B18
GM Boris Spassky
GM Robert Hubner ,
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.Ne3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 BfS
S.Ng3Bg66.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 S.O-O Ngf6
9.e4 Be7 10.b3 0-0 ll.Bb2 eS 12.Bxg6
hxg6 13.Qe2 exd4 14.Rfd1 QaS lS.Nxd4
RadS 16.a3 Draw
Nimzo-Indian E32
GM Valery Salov
GM Jonathan Speelman
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qe2 0-0
S.a3 Bxe3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.BgS Nbd7 S.e3
ReS 9.Bd3
. ..eS 10.Ne2 h6 ll.Bh4 exd4 -
lS.Qxg6 Qe7 16.0-0 Qe4 17:Qxe4 Nxe4
lS.Rfdl Bd7 19.13 Ba4 20.Re1 Nd2
21.Rac1 Bb3 22.eS BdS 23.exd6 exd6
hS 34.Bd6 Re6 3S.BeS Rg6 36.g3 a4
37.Rb7 Na11-0
English Al7
GM Miguel IIIeseas
GM Viktor Kortehnoi
Barcelona World Clip 1989
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb44.Qb3 eS
S.a3 BaS 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 dS S.O-O d4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 RbS 11.b4 cxb4
12.axb4 Bxb4 13.Nxd4 eS 14.Nf3 bS IS.
exbS RxbS16.Bb2 a617.d4 e41S.NeSBb7
19.Ne6 QeS 20.Rfc1 Qxc6 21.Qxe6 Bxe6
22.Rxe6 NbS23.Re4 ReS24.e3 as 2S.Rac1
Nbd7 26.ReS KfS27.RxeS+ KxeS2S.Re2
Ke7 29.13 exf3 30.Bxf3 NdS 31.e4 NSb6
32.Be2 RgS 33.Nxb6 Nxb6 34.Re7+ KdS
3S.Rxf7Na4 36.Bc1Rg6 37.eSNe3 3S.Bd3
Re639.BgS+ KeS40. Rxg7a4 41.Rxh7 a3
42.Bf61-0
INSIDE CHESS
QGD Semi-Slav D43
GM Jesus Nogueiras
GM Johann Hjartarson
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 dS 4.d4 dxe4
S.Qa4 + e6 6.Qxc4 bS 7.Qd3 as S.BgSBe7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Ba6 ll.Qd1 0-0
12.Bd3 b4 13.Na4 Bb7 14.0-0 ReS IS.
Qe2 h616.Bxf6 Bxf617.Ba6 Qe71S.Bxb7
Qxb7 19.NeS NxeS 20.RxeS Be7 21. RxaS
RaS 22.RxaS RxaS 23.Qe4 Qa6 24.Qxa6
Rxa6 2S.Ral es 26.dxeS BxeS27. Kf1 Be7
2S.NeShS 29.h3 h4 30.Ke2 1'631.Nd3 Kf7
32.Kd2 RaS 33.Ke2 RgS 34. Nel RaS
3S.Kb3 RdS 36.Nf3 fS 37.Rc1 gS 3S.Re7
Kf6 39.Kc2 RaS 40.NxgS Rxa2 4l.f4 RaS
42.Nf3 Ra1 43.Nxh4 ReI 44.Kd3 Rd1 +
4S.Ke2 RbI 46.g4 Rxb2.+ 47. Kf3 Rh2
4S.Kg3 Re2 49.gS+ Kf7 SO.g6 Kf'8 +
S1.g7+ Kxg7 S2.Rxe7+ Kf'6 S3.Rb7
Rxe3+ S4.Nf3 b3 SS.h4 1-0
QGD TartakoverD'Sii .
GM Zoltan Ribli
GM Artur Yusupov
Barcelona World Clip i989
1.Nt3 dS 2.d4 Nf6 3.e4 e6 4.BgS Be7
S:Nc3 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Hh4 b6 S.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exdS ex<}S11.0-0 Qe7
12.Qb3 RdS 13.Radl eS .14.dxeS Bxe3
lS.Qxc3 bxeS 16.Qe-5 Kf8 17.Re1 Nd7
IS.Qe7 RabS 19.Rfe1 RdeS 20.QaS Qd6
21.Qa3 KgS 22.Re2 Draw
Bogo-Indian Ell
GM Rafael Vaganian
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Barcelona World Cup 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 e63.Nf3 Bb4 + 4.Nbd2 dS
S.Qa4 + Ne6 6.a3 Be7 7.g3 0-0 S. Bg2
Ne4 9.Qe2 fS10.0-0 Bf6ll.e3 KhS12.b4
Bd713.Bb2 BeS14.Rac1 ReS1S.Rfel Ne7
16.NeS e6 17.Nd3 Re7 IS.Nf3 a6 19.NfeS
Ng6 20.13Nd6 21.eS NeS22.a4 RgS23.Bfi
NfS 24.Be3 gS 2S.bS axbS 26.axbS exbS
27.Ral Ng6 2S. RaS Qe7 29:Nxg6+. hxg6
30.Qb2 Be6 31.Rea1 Qg7 32.Nb4 Ne7
33.RxgS+ NxgS 34. Ne2 g4 3S.f4 gS
36.BxbS gxf4 37.exf4 Qd7 3S.Bd3 Bg7
39.RaS ReS 40.Ra7 Nf6 41.Nb4 BbS
42.Qe2 Bxd3 43.Qxd3 Ne4 44.Bel Kh7
4S.Kg2 Re7 46.h3 gxh3 + 47. Kxh3 Kg6
4S.Kg2 Bf6 49.Bf2 QeS SO.Bgl Rh7 S1.e6
Qh8 S2.exb7 Rh1 S3.g4 Bxd4 S4.gxfS+
KxfSSS.Ral Bxg1 0-1
Issue 10

Hound 5
A lot of interesting ideas were played
in this round. Spassky's treatment of the
Catalan, for example, deserves notice.
Beliavsky-Salov was a wonderful
theoretical duel, while Short ground
Nogueiras down in a Winawer French.
Though the game does have a hiccup or
two, Nigel was in control throughout.
After 16.h3, Nigel felt that 16 ...NxeS
deserved a try. Thus he preferred
16.Rb1, after which, says he, "Everything
is normal again and Black is just lost!"
King's Indian Defense E97
GM Viktor Kortchnoi
GM Garry Kasparov
World Cup Barcelona 1989
. Without question the game of this
round. This titanic duel was watched by
a large crowd which was transfixed by
every move.
l.Nt3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 S.d5 Ne7
9.a4?
An amazing move .. As a boy I knew
that such moves are a mistake in the
King's Indian, as ·they just lose the cS-
square. But when a strong GM like
Kortchnoi knowingly makes such an
. "error," how does one annotate the
move? Should I be quiet and write "!?"
or just give the move what it deserves, a
question mark?
After the game, Garry, Viktor, and I
had dinner together and discussed the
merits ofthis move. Viktor boldly claimed
that it refutes the King's Indian! After the
laughter subsided, Garry's only comment
was, "How can a move like a2-a4 refute
the King's Indian?" Good point.
Now about the move itself. Viktor's
idea is that 9.a4 forces ... as, after which
White will be able to open the Queenside
quickly with b2-b4 and Black will have no
time to attack White's King. This logic
shortchanges the King's Indian: Black
doesn't lose by default simply because he
can't checkmate White's King. . reposition his Knight with ...Nf6-d7-cS or
.' ~~1:"~~ 9...a5! lO.Nel Nd7 11.Be3 f5 12.13 Nc5!
. >.,{,~? 13.Nd3 b614.b4 Nxd3!?
»: The simplest solution. However, I'm
::/~i::.' not convinced that this is the best move:
14...axb41S.Nxb4 RaS also seems nice for
Black. White's idea is revealed after
May 29, 1989
lS ...Bd716.aS bxaS17.BxcS dxcS1S.Nd3,
with advantage. With the text, Garry
removes any dangers associated with
Be3xcS.
15.Qxd3 axb4 16.Nb5
This was the position Viktor had
prepared. He realizes that Black has no
attack against his King and forsees play-
ing Qd3-b3xb4 and a4-aS winning, since
Black's Kingside attack is nothing. At·
least this is what Kortchnoi says. On the
other hand, Garry, who seems to "feel"
the King's Indian, has found a superb
plan.
16...Kh8!
"A fantastic duel between twoun-
compromising greats."
Black has two problems in the position:
his Knight and his dark-squared Bishop.
This move solves both. He plans ...Ne7-
gS and ...Bg7-h6, reminding White that
his light -squared Bishop stinks.
17.Qb3 NgS1S.Qxb4 Nf6?
Unnecessarily complicating the game.
With lS ...Bh6! (lS ...RaS!? 19.cS?! dxcS
20.Qc3 is an interesting sacrifice) 19.Bxh6
Nxh6 20.Qd2 NgS! 21.aS bxaS 22.RxaS
Bd7, Black has a comfortable advantage.
19.exf5 gxf5 20.Bg5
White can't break through with 20.aS
because of20 ...bxaS 21.RxaS cS!, winning.
Meanwhile, Black is threatening to
...Nf6-hS-f4.
20 ...h6?!
This move gives Black the h7 square
for a future ...Nf6-h7-gS maneuver (see
th~ game Yusupov-Kasparov, Round 1).
But in this position the drawback is ob-
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vious: The h6 square is no. longer avail-
able for Black's Bishop. I prefer 20 ...Bd7,
intending to play on the Queenside with
...RaS-aS, ...Qd8-bS-b7, and ...RfS-aS.
21.Bh4 Bd7 22.Ra3
Preparing lateral defense as well as
Rfl-a1 and a4-aS. .
22 ...QbS!? 23.Bf2 RgS 24.Rbl
An interesting tactical idea. Viktor is
preparing for shots based on ...NbSxc7.
Additionally, he wants to strengthen the
Knight on bS for a possible a4-aS thrust.
Garry has to counter this plan quickly by
starting some action on the Kingside.
24 ...Nh5 25.Khl?!
Unnecessary prophylaxis. Stonger is
2S.a5! BxbS 26.QxbS bxaS 27.RxaS Nf4
(27 ...RxaS 28.QxbS RxbS 29.RxbS + Kh7
30.Bd3 4-/-) 28.Bfl e4 29.QxbS RgxbS
30.RxbS + RxbS 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Be3 Nd3
33.Bxd3 exd3 34.Ra3 Rb4 3S.Rxd3 Rxc4
with approximate equality.
25 •..QdS! 26.a5 Bxb5 27.Qxb5 bxa5
.2S.g3
Viktor wants to have his cake and eat
it too. He now threatens to win with
29.RxaS. If 2S.RxaS? then 28 ... RbS
29.QxbS QxbS 30.RxbS RxbS 31.RbS RaS,
and the weakness of Kg1-h1 would have
been exposed. .
Viktor intends to meet :?S... RbS with a
series of exchanges and then 31.Bd3, win-
ning. Garry now finds a brilliant attack-
ing solution .
2S...f4 29.g4 e4!!
Needless to say, this move came as a
thunderbolt to Viktor. Both players now
entered time pressure .
30.fxe4?
Viktor believes the sacrifice is correct.
Is it? If 30.gxhS e3 31.Bg1 QgS 32.Bd3
(32.Qd7 Bb2 wins)32 ...Qxh5 (in order to
prevent Bd3'-g6) 33.Rf1 Qh3 (33 ...Bd4
34.Qd7! Rxg1 + 3S.Rxg1 Qxf3 + is a per-
-15-
petual) 34.Ra2 Be5 35.Qbl Rg5 36.Be4 which he wins, however, is fantastic. ...Kf5-e5xd5-e5-f5 followed by winning
RagS 37.Re2 a4 (37 ... Rg2 3S.Qc2) Garry combines mating threats with White's h-pawn. In order to deal with this
3S.Rfel a3 39.Qc2 is a very unusual posi- pushing his passed pawns. threat, Viktor tries to speed things up
tion. Black's positional compensation is 42.Rhxh6 Rf8 with his h-pawn. .
indisputable. But is it enough to win? Black now threatens ~..f4-f3-f2 and SO.h4 13! S1.d6 a2 S2.Ra1 Kf4
After 30.fxe4, Black's position plays it- ...Rg4-gl mate! Garry now intends to play Kf4-g3 and
self. He has all the trumps - better 43.RhS + RgS 44.RxgS + KxgS 4S.cS Ra8-b8-bl, mating.
minors (White's light-squared Bishop is a4! 46.cxd6 cxd6 47.lU:d6 Ra8! 48.Re6 a3 S3.Kh2 12! S4.d7
dead), outside passed pawn, and the bet- 49.Re1 KfS If 54.Kg2, then Ke3 55.d7 Rg8 +
ter King. 56.Kh2 .Rd8 and a munch on d7.
Toe next few moves were made in S4..•Iill
mutual time trouble. Black now intends to play ...Ra8-
30 ...Nf6 31.Bh4 Qe7 32.B13 QeS 33.Re1 d8xd7.
Nh7! 34.Qd7 Bf6 3S.Bxf6 + !? Nxf636.QfS SS.Rc1 a1=Q
QxfS 37.exfS The prettiest win. After 56.Rxal Rxal
Naturally, 37.gxf5 Nd7 followed by 57.d7 = Q Rhl +, White is soon mated .
...Ne5 or ...KhS-g7-f6-e5 is a King's Indian A fantastic duel between two uncom-
player's dream. promising greats. Congratulations to
, 37 ...Nxg4 38.Bxg4 Rxg4 39.Rh3 both players. •
After the game, the conversation ........................... ' : : : :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:;:.:.: .
centered on 39.Re6 as giving White better
drawing chances. 11111'111111111!!~
39...Kg7! 40.Re7 + Kf6 41.Re6 + KxfS
With his material advantage and active
King, Black is winning. The method in
Black intends to win the game by pin-
ning White's Rook to al and then playing
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l.d4 dS 2.e4 e6 3.Nt3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 S.O-O dxe4
9.B"e4 e5 1O.h3Qe7 1l.Bb3 as 12.a4 b6
13.Rd1 Ba6 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16.e4 RadS 17.Be3 Bd3 lS.Qc1 Qb4
19.Be2 Nxe4 20.Na2 Qe4 21.Bxb6 Rd6
22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.Rxd3 Qxd3 24.Bxa5
Qd4 25.Qe3 Qxb2 26.Bc3 Nxc3 27.Qxc3
Qxc3 2S.Nxc3 RaS 29.a5 Kf8 30.Kf1 Ra7
31.a6 Nd7 32.Ne4 Ke7 33.Ra5 f6 34. g4 g6
35.Ke2 KdS 36.g5 fS 37.Nf6 Kc7 3S.Nxh7
Kb639.Ral Rxa6 -to.Rxa6 + Kxa6 41.h4
NeS 42.f4 Nt7 43.Nf8 NhS 44.h5 gxh5
45.g6 Nxg6 46.Nxg6 Kb5 47. Nh4 c5
4S.NxfSe4 49.Kt3 Kb4 50.Ne3 KcS 5l.f5
e3 S2.Kf4 h4 53.Kg4 Kd4 54. f6 h3
55.Ne2 + Kd3 56.Na1 Ke2 57.f7 h2
= =
5S.f8 Q hI Q 59.Qe7 + Kd1 60.Nb3
Qg2 + 61.Kf4 Qe2 62.Qc5 Qb2 63.Qg1 +
Kc2 Draw
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3. Speelman (ENG) 4. Short (ENG) 5. November 9 to December 3, the company
Ivanchuk (URS) 6. Yusupov (URS) 7. will hold the 1989 US Championship in
Beliavsky (URS) S. Hjartarson (ISD) 9. cooperation with the USCF. This year's
Timman (NLD) 10. Salov (URS) event will be a 16-player tournament
Women zonal- with the top scorers advancing to
1. J. Polgar (HUN) 2. Chiburdanidze the Interzonal stage of the World Cham-
(URS) 3. Zsuzsa Polgar.(HUN) 4. Craml- pionship qualifying cycle.
ing (SVE) 5. loseliani (URS) 6. From November 23 to 26, the company
Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (USA) 7. will host the American Open, in coopera-
Levitina (URS)S. Litinskaya (URS) 9. tion with the Santa Monica Chess Club.
Zsofia Polgar (HUN) 10..Gaprindashvili This eight-round event will feature large
(URS). . ,.~ . cash prizes for players of all categories.
1989 Both events will take place at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Long Beach.
Capelle La Grande, France .
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A 100-player Open held in late
February was won by Soviet GM Naum
Rashkovsky and English 1M Mark Heb- The GausdalAmold Cup, held April
den with identical 7 from 9 scores. Tying 19-26, resulted in a three-way tie for first
for third at 6.5were IMs Petr Haba, Janos at 6.5 from 9 between GM Karel Mokry
Tompa, and Pal Petran. of Czechoslovakia and IMs Carsten Hoi
of Denmark and Jonathan Tisdall of Nor-
Modem Defense A42
way.
GM Naum Rashkovsky
1M Jean-Luc Seret French Bum Cll
Capelle La Grande 1989 11\1Carsten Hoi
1.d4g6 2.e4 8g7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4e5 5.dxe5 GM Stefan Mohr
dxe5 6.QxdS + KxdS 7.f4 Be6 S.Nt3 Nd7 Gausdal1989
9.Be2 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nt3 e6
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12.Nxe6 + fxe6 13.Be2 exf4 14.Bxf4+ e5 0-0 9.Qe2 e5 10.0-0-0 exd4 11.h4 Qa5
15.Be3 Nf7 16.Bg4 Nf6 17.Rhfl and 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe4 g6
White had an edge in Donaldson-Dahl, 15.Qf4 Bg716.h5 e517.Qh4 Be61S.b3 h6
St. Cloud 1989• 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qg3 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5
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Manchester, Englan~
A high Category 10 (2494) Round-
Robin will be held at the Park Hall Hotel
at the Camelot Theme Park in Northern
England from June 17 to 26. Among
those who will participate in the ten-
player event, organized by GM Raymond
Keene, are US Champion Michael
Wilder, junior phenom 1M Michael
Adams, and Women's World Champion-
ship Candidate Elena Donaldson-
Akhmilovskaya. Other participants:
GMs Mihai Suba, Ivan Sokolov, and
Julian Hodgson, and IMs Nigel Davies,
Jonathan Levitt, John Donaldson, and
Jonathan Tisdall. The tournament willbe
sponsored by the English Consortium
Granada, under the auspices of the
English Chess Association.
The traditional Bohemian's GM tour-
nament, held in January, had a surprise
winner this year. Twenty-one-year-old
May 29, 1989
West German 1M Lucas Brunner, who, QbS 23.Bf4 f6 24.Rel Kf7 25.Rxe6 Kxe6
at 2425, was one of the lowest-rated 26.Qg4 + f5 27.Qe2 + Kf7 2S.Qe7+ KgS
players in the Category 8 (2447) event, 29.Qe6+ 1-0-
narrowly missed a GM norm by
scoring 9 out of 13. Danish GM
Curt Hansen was second at 8.5,
while three Czechs - GM Jan
Plachetka and IMs Petr Haba and
Alois Lanc- tied for third with 7.5.
J
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French Winawer CI7
1M Alois Lane
GM WIodzimierz Schmidt
Prague 1989
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 BaS 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 S.f4
Ne7 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Nxc7 + Qxc7
11.Bb2Nbc612.Nf3 Nf5 13.Qe2 RcS Participants in the 1989 Labate's Capital In-
14.0-0 0-0 15. Rf2 a6 16.g4 Ne3 ternational: (left to right) host Norman Con-
17.Nxd4 Nc4 IS.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bd4 stantine, FM Richard Deluane, 1M Walter
QdS 20.Rf3 as 21.Rh3 g622.Rh6 Kg7 Morris, FM Alex Sherzer, Vladimir Epishin,
23.g5 RhS 24.h4 RaS 25.b5 Bxb5 GM Roseudo Balinas, FM Allan Savage, and
26.f5 Bd7 27.1"6+ KgS 2S.h5 BeS organizer/director David Mehler.
29.a4 Nb2 30.hxg6 fxg631.Rbl Nxd3
32.Rxb7 Bf7 33.Qxd3 RbS 34.RxbS
QxbS 35.Qb3 QcS 36.Rh3 h6 37.Rc3 QaS
38.Rc7 hxg5 39.Qb7 Qxb7 40.Rxb7 g4 41. t:t.!)t.t ,y.v ir.9!,9.r.:!,-P'~9r'"
Bc3 g5 42.Bxa$ Rh3 43.Bb4 1-0 ~~~~:~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tt~~
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tional, a six-player double Round-Robin
~~t~r:~:~:~:~{:~:~:~rr~::
held immediately after the New York
Thirty-three-year-old 1M Hans-Ulrich Open, was won by untitled Soviet Master
Gruenberg (2475 Elo) of East Berlin won Vladimir Epishin with a 7.5 from 10score.
the 38th East German Championship, For Epishin, this was his second norm in
held earlier this year. A point back of as many events-in New York the norm
Gruenberg's score of 10.5from 13was 1M was of the GM variety, while here itwas
Thomas Luther. of the 1M kind (a' whopping 1.5 points
Other plus scores: 3rd, GM Rainer over the required score).
Knaack with 8.5 points; 4th, GM Uwe Finishing second, and also turning in
Bonsch 8; =;5th-7th, GMs Lothar Vogt an excellent performance in the Category
and Lutz Espig, plus FM Uwe Kaminsky. 6 (2378) event, was F¥Alex Sherzer.
Many-times East German champion The 18-year-.old Marylaad resident
(and former Candidate) Wolfgang scored 7 points,gooq enough for his
Uhlmann did not play. second 1M norm. ' ,
Other results: 3rd, G~, Rosendo
Q.GA.D24 Balinas (PHI) 6 points;' =;:4th-5th, 1M
GM Rainer Knaak Walter Morris and FM Richard Delaune
Hans-Joachim Grottke 3.5; 6th, PM Allen Savagez.S.
East German Championship 1989 The event was organized and directed
by David Mehler. The principal sponsor
was Edward Labate, owner-of Labate's
Chess Centre, with additional assistance
from the American Chess Foundation;
the Maryland Chess Association, and the
D. C. Chess League. '•
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 Rounds4-6

More Garnes from

the Euwe Memorial
As reported in Issue 8, Dutch GM Jan 16.0-0 RabS 17.Rfc1 RfeS IS.a4 Nc7
Timman won this Category 17, [our-man 19.Ne5 bxa4 20.Nxe6 Bxe6 21.Rxc6 Nd5
Round-Robin with a 4.5 from 6 score. The 22.Re5 Rxe5 23.dxc5 Rb2 24.Bc4 e6
event was held in Amsterdam in March. 25.Rc1 Kf626.g3 Ke7 27.c6 KdS 2S.e4 Nf6
England's GM Nigel Short was second 29.e7 + Kxe7 30.e5 Nd7 31.Bxe6 + KdS
with 4, fol/owed by the Soviet Union's GM 32.Bxf7 Nxe5 33.BgS Ng4 34.Rc4 Nxf2
Valery Salov with 3 and Iceland's GM 35.Rxa4 Nh3 +
Johann Hjartarson with .5.
We previously published all the games
from Rounds 1- 3; the remainder of the
games from this event follow. - Editor

CataianE05
GM Johann Hjartarson
GM Jan Timman
Euwe Memorial 1989, Rd. 5

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nt3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2

0-0 6:0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 S.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 ~b7 10.Bd2 Nc6 1l.e3 QbS 12.a3
ReS 13.Rel as 14.Ne3 NdS 15.e4 b4
16.Na4 Nd711.Bf4 Bd61S.Be3 Be619.d5
b3 20.Qe4 Qb5 21.Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Nc3 Bd3
23.Nd4 Ne5 24.Radl RabS 25.dxe6 fxe6
26.Bh3 Be2 27.Rd2 Bxe4 2S. Ndb5 Be2
29.Bfl NO 30.Nd4 draw
PetroffC42
GM Nigel Short
GM Valery Salov
Euwe Memorial 1989, Rd. 5
1.e4 e5 2.Nt3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nt3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 S.c4 c6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.b~e3 Bg4 1l.cxd5 cxd5
12.Rbl b6 13.Rb5 Be7 14.c4 Qd6 15. ReI
Bxt316.Qxf3 Qxh2 + 17.Kfl Ne61S.Rxd5
RaeSI9.Be3 g6 20.a3 Qhl + 21. Ke2 Qh4
22.g4 f5 23.Rd7 f4 24.Rhl Qf6 25.Qd5 +
Re6 26.g5 Nxd4 + 27.Kdll-0
SlavDll
GM Valery Salov
GM Jan Timman
Euwe Memorial 1989, Rd. 6
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4
Bg7 6.e3 0-0 7.Nc3 Na6 S.Qb3 Qa5 9.Be5
dxe4 10.Bxe4 b5 1l.Be2 Be6 12.Qa3 Qxa3
13.bxa3 Nd514.Nxd5 Bxd515.Bxg7 Kxg7
36.Kfl Rxh2 37.Rxa7 Ng5 3S.a4 Rd2
39.a5 KeS 40. a6 Rd6 '41.Bc4 Ne4 42.Kg2
, KbS 43.Rxh7 Rd2 + 44.Kf3 Ng5 + 45.Ke3
Nxh7 46.Kxd2 Nf6 47.Ke3 g5 4S.Be2 Ka7
49.Kf3 Kb6 50.Bfl Ka7 51.Bd3 Kb6
52.Be4 Ka7 53. Bb5 Kb6 54.Be2 Ka7
55.Bfl Kb6 56.Bd3 Ka7 57.Bc4 Kb6
5S.Bb5 Ka7 59.Be2 Kb6 60.Ke3 Ka7
61.Bc4 Kb6 draw
English A21
GM Johann Hjartarson
GM Nigel Short
Euwe Memorial 1989, Rd. 6
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Ne6
5.Qd2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Nf6 S.g3 0-0
9.Bg2 as 10.Nh3 Ne5 1l.Rc1 Bd7 12.0-0
ReS 13.f3 a4 14.Nf2 axb3 15. axb3 Ra6
16.e4 c517.f4 Neg41S.Nd3 Bc619.h3 Nh6
20.Reel Nd7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.exd5 f6 24.Kh2 Nf7 25.Bf3 Qa5
26.Qxa5 Rxa5 27.h4 Ra3 2S. Ncl·b5
29.Bg4 Re7 30.Be6 NfS 31.Bxf7 Rxf7 32'.e5
fxe5 33.fxe5 Rxfl 34.Rxfl dxe5 35.Nd3
Nd7 36.Rel Kf8 37.Rfl + Ke7 3S.d6 +
Kxd6 39.Rf7 e4 40.Nf2 exb3
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 I INSIDE TRACK I

French Winawer: 7...0-0

by GM Murray Chandler Be8 18.Qg4 hxgS 19.h4 gave White the in-
itiative. Uhlmann, in Informant 46 gives
reparing for my game against Robert
P Hubner in the Bundesliga, just after 9...NfS 10.g4 Qh4 ll.Qxh4 Nxh4 12.BgS
Ng6 13.Nf3 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 IS.BM Re8
the Thessaloniki Olympiad, I discovered
what appeared to be a spectacular novel- 16.dxcS with a clear advantage for White.)
ty. If it worked, the whole 7...0-0 varia-
tion of the Winawer French might be
called into question. Unfortunately
Robert answered l.e4 with 1...eS in our .
Hamburg vs. Bayern Munchen match,
and the idea was not put to the test.
Around this time I was thinking of GM Robert Hubner: ambushed at
taking a few months rest from serious Lugano by the Block House sacrifice.
tournament chess, but I hate to see a good
novelty discovered independently by
some Russian schoolboy (though perhaps
"Hungarian schoolgirl" is now the correct
expression). After another West German
match, in February, I analyzed the idea
10.Bxh6!!
with my Hamburg teammates in the
This 'is a huge improvement over 10.g4
Block House steak restaurant. I still
c4 n.Be2 QaS unclear, as in Short-
wasn't 100 percent sure that it could really
Uhlmann, Thessaloniki 1988. White is
be sound; but our over-dinner research
virtually winning. by force.
convinced us it was.
10 ...gxh6 1l.Qxh6 Nf5 12.Bxf5 exf5
Just a few weeks later, in Lugano, one
13.0-0-0 \
of the participants of that dinner found it
The key move, threatening a decisive
was his turn to face West Germany's num-
transfer of the Rook to the Kingside with 14.Nh3
ber one Grandmaster. With a 200-Elo
Rd3. Instead, 13.Nh3 f6! 14.Qg6 + Kh8 This wins, but I prefer 14.Rd3! f6
point difference in ratings, the Block
1S.Qh6 + is only a draw by perpetual. (14 ...Ne7 1S.Rg3 +! Ng6 16.Ne2! is also
House sacrifice was born in spectacular
13 f4?! very quick) lS.Qg6 +Kh8 16.Rg3! and
style.
13 Ne7?! loses to 14.Rd3f41S.Rg3 +! Black must resign. .
Ng6 16.Ne2! fxg3 17.hxg3 Re8 18.Nf4. 14...Ne7
French Winawer C18 Also 13...c4 14.Rel! f4 1S.Nh3 is similiar Editor-14 ...BfS IS.Nxf4 f616.Ng6 fxeS
to the game, e.g., A) 1S...BfS 16.Nxf4 fol- 17.dxeS QaSI8.Qh8+ Kf119.Qh7+ Ke8
1M Sonke Maus (2400)
lowed by 17.NhS (winning advantage for 20.e6 Qxa3 + 21.Kd2 Bxe6 22.Nxf8 d41-0,
GM Robert Hubner (2600)
White). B) 1S ... QaS 16.Nxf4 Qxc3 Kin derm ann-Psakh is, Dortmund 1989,
Lugano 1989
17.QgS + Kh7 18.Re3 Qa1 + 19.Kd2 played a few weeks after this game.
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Qxd4 + 20.Ke2 (winning advantage for 15.Ng5 Bf5 16.g4 Be4
Bxc3 + 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3! White). C) 1S...Ne716.NgS BfS17.g4Bg6 16...Bg6 f~fl:sto 17.Rd3 and 18.Rh3.
The latest subtlety; 8...c4 can be met by 18.h4 QaS19.Kd2 followed by 20.hS, win- 17.Rhe1 Qb618.e6
9.Bh6. mng. Threatening 19.Rxe4 and 20.Qh7
8 Nc6 9.Qh5! h6 However, there is one defensive try we mate.
9 NfS 10.Nf3 f6 was Kindermann- did not completely refute. 13...c414.Re1! 18...Bg6 19.Rd3 1-0
Hubner, Munich, 1988,and now l1.g4! is Qe7!? lS.Re3 f4 16.Qxf4 fS! 17.Rg3 + Congratulations to Sonke for playing
strong. (Editor- This was seen in Tsesh- leaves White with three pawns for his like a tiger- but as a fellow Heffalump, I
kovsky-P. Nikolic, Wijk aan Zee, 1989, piece, plus long-term pressure against the can't help feeling apologetic towards
where l1...c4 12.Be2 Nfe7 13.exf6· Rxf6 exposed Black King, but there is. no in- Robert Hubner. Has 7 ...0-0 in the
. 14.NgS h6 IS.Nf3 QaS 16.Bd2 Bd7 J7.gS stant win . French Winawer finally been refuted? •

May 29, 1989 INSIDE CHESS -21-

 The details are sketchy, and the sponsor virtually unknown, but when Hubner
plays Spassky and Karpov duels Andersson, the games are gems. That's what
happens ...

When GM Robert Hubner

GM Boris Spassky
1 = = 1 = =
0 = 0 =
4
2

Giants
Meet GM Anatoly Karpov = =
GM Ulf Andersson = =
1
o
2.5
1.5

s reported in our last issue, Hubner-Spassky match 34.Ke2 Nx13 3S.Kx13 Kt7 36.BeS Draw

A GM Robert Hubner of
West Germany defeated
Ruy Lopez, Berlin C67
GM Robert Hubner
former World Champion GM GM Boris Spassky
Ruy Lopez, Breyer C95
GM Robert Hubner
GM Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky of France 4-2 in a Match 1989, Rd. 1 Match 1989, Rd. 3
six-game match held in Venice,
l.e4 eS 2.N13 Ne6 3.BbS Nf6 4.0-0 l.e4 eS 2.N13 Ne6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
Italy during the latter part of Nxe4 S.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxe6 bxe6 S.O-O Be7 6.Rel bS 7.Bb3 d6 S.c3 0-0
March. For Hubner, this match, S.dxeS Nb7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rel ReS 11.Qe4 9.h3 NbSl0.d4 Nbd711.Nbd2 Bb712.Bc2
and his recent good showing in NeS 12.BgS Ba6 13.Bxe7 Bxe4 14.BxdS ReS 13.a4 BfS 14.Bd3 c6 IS.Qc2 g6 16.b3
Barcelona, 'herald a welcome RaxdSlS.Radl f61tt.exf6 Rxel + 17.Rxel NhS 17.Bfi Qb6 IS.Bb2 RaeS 19.Radl
return of '70's - early' 80s form, gxf6 IS.Nd4 Kt7 19.b3 Ba6 20;f4 ReS exd4 20.cxd4 dS 21.Qbl bxa4 22.bxa4 Bb4
21.RxeS KxeS 22.Kf2 Kf7 23.g4 Ne6 23.exdS exdS 24.RxeS + RxeS 2S.Qa2 Nf4
when Hubner was in the top five . 24.Nxe6 K:xe62S.Ne4 d6 26.gS fxgS 26.Ba3 Bxa3 27.Qxa3 Qf6 2S.aS Ne2 +
in the world. 27.NxgS + KfS 2S.Nxh7 ~f4 29.Nf6 BeS 29.Bxe2 Rxe2 30.Rbl Bc6 31.Qd3 ReS
At about the same time, the most 30.NeS BfS 31.~ Bbl 32.a3,Ba2 33.b4 eS 32.Qxa6 Draw
recent former World Champion, GM . 34.Nxc7 Be4 3S.h4 exb4 36.axb4 Ke4
Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet V nion, was 37.NeS KeS 3S.Ke3 Bf7 39.Nc7 Bg6 Sicilian Rossolimo B31
defeating Sweden's GM Ulf Andersson 40.NbS KdS 41.Nxa7 Ke4 42.Ne61-0 GM Boris Spassky
2.5-1.5 in a short match held in the town GM Robert Hubner
of Marostico. Karpov continued his ex- Q.GA.D27 Match 1989, Rd. 4
cellent form of late and fully deserved his GM Boris Spassky
victory, while Andersson had reason to be l.e4 cS 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.BbS g6 4.Bxe6 dxc6
GM Robert Hubner
satisfiedwith the close score. S.d3 Bg7 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.Be3 b6 S.h3 0-0
Match 1989, Rd. 2
Beyond those few basics; information 9.Qd2 NeSl0.h4 hS 11.13 Nc712.Bh6 Ne6
l.d4 dS 2.e4 dxe4 3.N13 Nf6 4.e3 e6 13.0-0-0 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 IS.Ne2 eS
concerning the two matches is sketchy.
We do know that the sponsor of both S.Bxe4 eS 6.0-0 a6 7.dxeS BxeS 8.QxdS + 16.Rdgl Qf6 17.Kbl Bxh6 IS.Qxh6 Qg7
Kxd8 9.b3 bS 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bb2 Ke7 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.g4 Qh621.Qel Be6 22.Rg3
events was the World Chess Union-a
12.a4 b4 13.aS Nbd7 14.Nbd2 Rhd8 eS 23.Rhgl RgS 24. Rlg2 RafS 2S.b3 f6
group new to the international chess cir-
IS.Rfel g616.Re4 BdSI7.Rh4 hS 18.NgS 26.Qgl bS 27.Rf2 e4 2S.gS Qg7 29.gxf6
cuit-headed by Jovann Ivanovich of
KeS 19.Rf4 eS 20.Re4 Be7 21.e4 Bxc4 Rxf6 30.RgS Qe7 31.Qg3 exd3 32.Nxd4
Yugoslavia. The prize fund was repor-
22.bxe4 NeS 23.Nd13 Nfxe4 24.Nxt7 Nd2 Rd8 33.Nxe6 Rxe6 34.Qh2 Qc3 3S.exd3
tedly large, and the conditions excellent,
2S.NxdS Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxd8 27. BxeS Nb3 Rxd3 36.Rgl Re6 37.Qg2 Qd4 38.Re2
but no one seems to know the details.
2S.Rel Kd7 29.Kn NxaS 30.Ral Nxe4 Rdl + 39.Rxdl Qxdl + 40.Kb2 Rxe2 +
Now on to the games. 31.Rxa6 gS 32.Bg7 Ke8 33.Rc6 Nd2 + 41.Qxe2 Qxe2 + 0-1

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Ruy Lopez, Breyer C95
GM Robert Hubner
GM Boris Spassky
Match 1989, Rd. 5
1.e4 eS 2.Nt3 Ne6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 bS 7.Bb3 d6 S.c3 0-0
9.h3 NbS10.d4 Nbd7H.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Be2
ReS 13.a4 BfS14.Bd3 e61S.Nfl dS 16.BgS
dxe4 17.Rxe4 exd4 lS.Rxd4 Qe7 19.Bf4
Qb6 20.BfS NeS 21.aS Qa7 22.BeS Be7
23.Qe2 BeS 24.Ne3 Ned7 2S.Bd6 eS
26.Rd2 g6 27.Rad1 BdS 2S.Bxd7 Nxd7
29.b4 Bb7 30.NdS Draw
French Winawer C16
GM Boris Spas sky
GM Robert Hubner
Match 1989, Rd. 6
1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 S.Qg4
BfS 6.Nt3 Ne7 7.BgS Qd7 S.h4 hS 9.Qf4
Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 H.Ne2 Nb4 12.Qd2
Nf5 13.e3 Ne6 14.Nf4 Be7 IS.Bxe7 Qxe7
May 29, 1989
41.Rxd4 Nf6 42.Ne4 Nxg4 43.Rb4 eS
44;fxeS Ke6 4S.Rxb6 + KxeS 46.Rb4 Ne3
47.Ne3 Ng2 4S.a4 Nf4+ 49.Kh2 Nd3
SO.RbS + Kd4 Draw
English Hedgehog A30
GM Anatoly Karpov
GM VIf Andersson
Match 1989, Rd. 2
~ 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 eS 3.Nt3 e6 4.g3 b6 S.Bg2
~ Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0
~ 9.Rd1 Ne6 10.Qf4 Qb8 H.b3 RdS 12.Bb2
~ Qxf413.gxf4 NaS14.Nd4 dS1S.exd5 NxdS
~ I6.NxdS BxdS 17.NfS BfS lS.BxdS exd5
~ 19.Rd3 f6 20.Rad1 RaeS 21.Ne3 Kf7
22.RxdS Rxd5 23.RxdS Re7 24.Rd3 Nb7
2S.Kg2 NeS 26.Rd1 Na6 27.Rd2 Bb4
2S.Re2 Rd7 29.Kt3 BeS 30.a3 Ne7 31.Ne4
Be7 32.fS g6 33.fxg6 + hxg6 34.Rd2 Rxd2
3S.Nxd2 bS 36.b4 a6 37.Ke4 fS + 3S.Kd3
Ke6 39.e3 Bd6 40.h3 NdS41.Bd4 Ne7
g> 42.Nb3 Ne6 43.13 KdS 44.e4 + Ke6 4S.Bc3
~ Be7 46.NeS + BxeS 47.bxeS fxe4 + 4S.fxe4
i Kf7 49.Ke3 Ke6 SO.Kf4 as S1.Bb2 Kf7
.3 S2.KgS b4 S3.axb4 axb4 S4.h4 NdS SS.Kh6
~ Ne6 56.Ba1 b3 S7.KgS NdS SS.Kg4 Ne6
~ S9.e6 Ke7 60.BeS b2 Draw
Queen's Indian E12
GM VIf Andersson
GM Anatoly Karpov
Match 1989, Rd. 3
1.Nt3 Nf6 2.e4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6
16.Qd3 0-0-0 17.b4 Rh61S. Qa6+ KbS . S.a3 d5 6.BgS Be7 7.exdS NxdS S.Bxe7
19.Nd3 Draw Nxe7 9.e3 Nd7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 eS
I2.Rc1 exd413.Nxd4 a614.b4 ReS1S.Qb3
Ng6I6.Bt3 Bxt317.Nxt3 Qc71.s.h3 NdeS
Karpov-Andersson match 19.NxeS NxeS 20.Ne2 Qb7 21.RxeS Draw
English Hedgehog A30
Queen's Indian E12
GM VIf Andersson GM Anatoly Karpov
GM AnatolyKarpov GM VIf Andersson
Match 1989, Rd. 1 Match 1989, Rd. 4
1.Nt3 Nf6 2.e4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 eS 3.Nt3 e6 4.g3 b6 S.Bg2
S.a3 dS 6.BgS Be7 7.exdS NxdS S.Bxe7 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 exd4 S.Qxd4 0-0
Nxe7 9.e3 Nd7 10.Be2 0-0.11.0-0 eS 9.Rd1 Ne6 10.Qd2 Na5 H.b3 dS I2.exdS
12.Rc1 exd4 13.Nxd4 NeS 14.NdbS a6 NxdS 13.NxdS QxdS 14.Qe1 QhS lS.Rd7
lS.Nd6 BdS 16.Nde4 Be6 17.QxdS RfxdS Bf616.Ba3 Be617.BxfS Bxd71S.Rdl RdS
lS.Rfdl Rxd1 + 19.Rxd1 Kf8 20.Bxa6 NfS 19.Bd6 BeS 20.e4 Nb7 21.Bb4 Rxd1
21.Be2 Ke7 22.h3 h6 23.g4 Nh4 24.f4 Nd7 . 22.Qxd1 QbS 23.Qd2 as 24.Ba3 NeS 2S.eS
2S.Kf2 f6 26.Be4 Nt'S 27.BbS ReS 2S.Ba6 Be7 26.Nd4 Qd7 27.Bb2 Qe7 2S.Qe2 BfS
RaS 29.BbS BxbS 30.NxbS ReS 31.Nec3 gS 29.h3 Bd7 30.NbS QbS 31.Bd4 BeS 32.Qe4
32.Rd4 Nd7.33.Ra4 rs 34.Nd4 fxg4 Ba6 33.Kh2 QdS 34.Be3 Qd7 3S.a4 h6
3S.hxg4 gxf4 36.exf4 RgS 37.Kg3 NfS + 36.Bt3 g637.Bg2 Kh7 3S.Qf4 Nd3 39.Qe4
3S.Kt3 Nh4 + 39.Kg3 NfS + 40.Kh3 Nxd4 NeS 40.QaS QeS 41.Qa7 1-0 •
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 French Fallacy or Forever French?
Watson and the Winawer
by 1M John Watson
Editor- The response to our previous
articles on the French - courtesy of IMs
Watson and Valvo and GMs Seirawan and
Rogers - has been overwhelming. Right-
fully so, we think, as the analysis has been
first-rate. In this installment, 1M Watson
responds to GM Ian Rogers' comments on
the 4...Qd7 line of the Winawer French
from Issue 6, page 17.
t's absolutely amazing how much
Ipeople are finding in this one, relative-
ly innocent-looking position! Ian Rogers'
article was superb. The fascinating thing
is that he starts at a point no one else had
seriously considered, i.e., lS.0-0 instead
of 15.Be3 (after the moves l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3 + 6.bxc3 b6
7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2
Nb8 1l.Nf4 Nc6 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Qxg7
Qg6 14.Qxh8 O-O-O-Editor). Eric
[Schiller], Mike [Valvo], I, and even
Moles himself (who suggested lS.Be3) all
began with the latter move as the main
line.
I have to report, however, that even
Ian's article seems to contain a major
hole. Instead of 16.Bh6!![after 15...Rd7]
he should probably give 16.Bh6? One is
generally punished for saying things such
as "The variations are not difficult"!
After lS.0-0 Rd7 16.Bh6, Black should
play 16...Kb7 17.e6 Rd8 18.e7 ("!"-
May 29, 1989
Rogers; if the Bishop retreats, 18...Nf6 or
...Ne7 wins) 18...Re8, and now Ian's
19.Bf4 fails to simply 19...Ngxe7 (rather
than 19...Nf6 20.0f8, as given). More im-
portantly, 19.Bf8 (intending 19...Ngxe7
20.0g7) fails to 19...0f7! 20.0g7 (else
20...Ngxe7) 20...Rxe7! 21.0xfl Rxfl and
the Bishop is trapped (22.Bb4 as).
But on the Truth Meter, it seems Ian
has scored higher than aayone else. Al-
though I've hardly done an exhaustive
analysis, it seems that his second sugges-
tion, lS.0-0 Rd7 16.Re1
(given an "!" by Van der Sterren) is much
stronger than 16.Bh6. After 16.Re1,
16...Kb7 works out reasonably well for
Black after 17.Bf4 (17.e6? Rd8) 17...hS
18.e6 Rh719.e7 Ngxe7 20.0f8 h4(!). For
example, 21.Re3 Og4 22.g3 (22.BeS NxeS
23.dxeS f4) 22...hxg3 23.fxg3 Ng6 24.0g8
Oh3 2S.Re2 Nce7!, etc. Unfortunately,
White has 17.h4 hS (17...f4!?) 18.e6 Rh7
19.e7 Ngxe7 20.0f8, and he has a vastly
improved version of the 17.Bf4 line.
I also looked at 16.Re1 Nd817.e6 (ver-
sus ...Nf7) 17...Re7 (threatening ...Nf7
again) 18.Bf4 Nxe6 19.Bg3 (19.Bd2 Rg7
20.g3Nd8 21.Re8 Kd7) 19...f420.Bh4 Rg7
21.g3 Kd7 with interesting chances
(22.ReS f3).
But on a second look, 18.Bd2! seems to
do the job for White. I hope someone else
takes a good look at Black's play here,
because there may well be something I
IN~IDE CHESS
have missed in my brief analysis.
Of course, no one ever said that
lS ...Rd7 was the answer to lS.0-0. Never-
theless, a move like IS...Re8, which is
superficially attractive in a case like
16.Rel (or 16.Bf4) 16...Nd8 17.e6 Nf6
etc., has the excellent answer 17.h4!
(Again! It's ironic that this move works
better with 0-0 in than without it!)
17 Nd8 (17 ...hS I8.BgS) 18.hS OxhS
(18 0f7!? at least keeps the White
Queen out. of play; the plan would be
...Ne6 and then ...0xh5; doubtful.) 19.0g7
Ne6 20.0g3 Ne7. Here Black can still
play around with his attacking chances
and positional pluses, but this is hard to
believe; the best that comes of it seems to
be in lines where White's doubled f-
pawns and c-pawns prevent him from
winning an Exchange-up ending.
"I no longer trust any of
these positions for either
side!"
Help! Let's have some work for the
Black side of this position for a change!
IS lS.0-0 really able to do what all those
dynamic lines couldn't? At any rate,
many thanks to Inside Chess for printing
my response article (April 3, 1989);
Yasser's a good sport.
Amazingly, I received a letter today
from Mike Blechar, who played the fol-
lowing correspondence game: Richard
Callaghan-Mike Blechar, 1985 CCLA
Championship: lS.Kf1!? (still another al-
ternative to lS.Be3) lS ...Rd7 16.h4 Rg7
(16 ...hS 17.Rh3) 17.g4 Nd8 (17...0xg4
18.BgS) 18:Rgl fxg419.h5 0f7 20.Rg3 h6
21.e6 Nxe6 22.Bd2 Kd7 23.Re1 Nf6
24.0xh6 Nxh5 (24...Ne4 2S.Rxe4 and
26.dS) 2S.R3e3 N4f4 26.Rxe6 Nxe6
27.Rxe6 Rh7 28.Rf61-0.
What a mess! Offhand, I don't see
what's wrong with using Black's ...h6
theme earlier, i.e., 17...h618.gxfS (18.h5!?
Oxg4 19.Bxh6, unclear) 18 ... 0g2 +
19.Ke2 Oe4+ with at least a draw. I no
longer trust any of these positions for
either side! •
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 Fraternal Fight
Can FIDE and the GMA Avoid a War?
by GMYasser Seirawan
Editor-For a history of the GMA,
please refer to Inside Chess, Vol. 1, Issue
11.
ThemajorGMAscare.hasPrior
recently received a
to departing for
Lugano, Switzerland on February 28th, I
learned that the chairman of the GMA,
Bessel Kok, as well as its vice-president,
GM Jan Timman, had both resigned.
This was shocking and sad news indeed.
What had happened? How could the
situation be reversed? Most importantly,
what is the significance of these events?
In. this article I'd like to .examine the
FIDE;/GMA situation and attempt to
answer some of the above questions. The
following paragraphs are based on con-
versations with Garry' Kasparov, Bessel
Kok, and Jan Timman, as well as on docu-
ments from both FIDE and the GMA.
Ever since the aborted World Cham-
pionship match in Moscow in 1985,Garry
Kasparov has openly feuded with FIDE
President Florencio Campomanes. On
many recent.occasions, Garry has openly
stated that ·he'would not playa 1990
World Championship match held under
the auspices of FIDE. As this would
mean a schism in the chess world - and
open war between the GMA and FIDE-
the leadership of both organizations, as
well as the Soviet Chess Federation, have
tried to reduce the skirmishing.
Pushing Ahead
Nonetheless, .the GMA has pushed
ahead with its agenda. According to a
March 1, 1989 GMA press release, the
GMA metinJJruss~ls February 13-14 to
discuss changes in the way the interna-
tional chess circuit is run. In attendance
were Timman, Kok, Mikhail Botvinnik,
and a certain Mr.Bach (representing the
Soviet Chess Federation). GMA mem-
ber GennadiSosonko.was also present as
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translator.
I quote directly from the newsletter:
After lengthy discusssions, the
following agreement was reached:
1. The GMA will be recognized
by FIDE as the representatives of
the World's Chess Grandmasters.
2. The &iMA will obtain veto
rights on all decisions related to all
matters directly affecting our GMA
members in carrying out their
profession (including the rules of
chess).
3. All organizational and finan-
cial matters related to the next
World Championship cycle [will]be
decided by a group of experts.
In relation to point three the fol-
lowing additional matters were
proposed:
a. that this conimission of experts
[can] already become operational
within this World Championship
cycle.
b. a proposed composition of this
committee [is] Kasparov, Karpov,
Timman, Kok, Botvinnik and the
FIDE President.
Timman and Kok accepted this
proposal, considering it as a victory
for the GMA and a completion of
their mission.
I should say so. The committee is com-
posed of four GMA members and the
Chairman of the GMA! The only "FIDE
vote" is Campomanes. Amazingly
enough, Campornanes accepted the
proposal. However, this decision put him
at loggerheads with the more hard-line
members of FIDE, who would have
rejected the proposal outright.
For reasons I will make clear later,
World Champion parry Kasparov did
not agree to the proposal. Following un-
successful attempts to create a com-
INSIDE CHESS
promise that Kasparov would agree to,
Timman and Kok resigned. I quote again
from the preceding GMA newsletter:
On February 15 and 16, 1989, in
Cannes, France, Timman and Kok
met with Garry Kasparov, who
stated that he would reject the
proposed agreement.
On February 17, Jan Timman
wrote a letter of resignation to the
[GMA] Board, in which he stated
his belief that the proposed agree-
ment was both timely and ap-
propriate, and that in his opinion the
GMA could be faulted if it did not
of its own accord fulfill its aims to
secure an agreement with FIDE
about chess matters of great impor-
tance to its members. He would
. remain, however, a loyal GMA
member and continue to help the
GMA with its aims, if possible.
Bessel Kok also tendered his
resignation as Chairman, however
stating that he would continue to
July 1, 1989, to ensure proper han-
dling of all administrative and
operational matters, including the
current World Cup and qualifica-
tion tournaments to the next cycle.
This all left Garry in quite a lonely
position. But he felt he had reason to
distrust the proceedings. During the
World Cup in Barcelona, I talked at
length with Garry about his objections.
He told me he felt duped. He had
rejected the compromise in Cannes be-
cause, before arriving in Cannes, he had
heard that the Soviet chess federation had
inserted previously undiscussed state-
ments - ones with which he could not
agree - into the document.
Upon arriving in Cannes, he found that
the compromise had not been changed.
However, had Garry signed - and if it
Issue 10
 were true that his own federation was
engaged in skulduggery - then his posi-
tion would be precarious. With his signa-
ture affixed to the document, the Soviet
federation could conceivably make
modifications to the agreement and insist
that Garry abide by them. (In Soviet
politics, affixing one's signature to a
document can be the same as affixing it to
a document that is only similar to the
original.)
It appears Garrywasjustified in feeling
wary. Upon his return to the Soviet
Union, he found in the Soviet magazine
64 a version of the compromise contain-
ing three points not included in the draft
Bessel Kok had shown him in Cannes. It
seems the Soviets weren't playing square
with their champion, nor with the GMA.
So Garry set about lodging his com-
plaints about the current Soviet draft to
all who would listen. With enough people
aware of his objections, his federation
would not dare attempt to play fast and
loose with him or the GMA.
Garry also re-thought his position on
the GMA draft. On February 23,1989, he
faxed the following message to the GMA
offices:
1) The decision as to whether the
Botvinnik [i.e., Cannes] proposal
should be accepted should be made
by a full vote of GMA members at
the Annual General Meeting in
Moscow in May 1989.
2) All parties should be bound by
this decision.
Kasparov's message did not meet with
universal approval. Behind its implica-
tion that the GMA's constituents, not its
leadership, should decide is a politically
savvy further implication: That Garry
would engineer a proxy count in Moscow
to fall in line with his wishes.
Kok and Timrnan would not agree to
the proposal- and, consequently, would
not withdraw their letters of resignation.
A Compromise
However, on April 9, Jan Timrnan and
Bessel Kok journeyed to Barcelona
(where Kasparov was playing in the
World Cup) to hammer out a modifica-
tion of their Cannes proposal. The meet-
May29,1989
ings went well, and Kasparov was willing who are strongly against the compromise.
to sign. The only major change in this A leading candidate for the FIDE
draft from the original was that another presidency, Roman Toran, wrote the fol-
GMA member, GM Lothar Schmid, was . lowing letter to FIDE, which I quote with
added to the Commission, his punctuation and capitalization:
Afterwards, an exhausted Bessel Kok
was jubilant: "Great!" he exclaimed. "I ... The composition of proposed
got Garry to agree! Now I've got to get committee is NOT ACCEPTABLE
Campomanes!" A real problem to be AT ALL BY FIDE: [It contains]
sure. Campomanes was beginning to feel four (!) GMA representatives (plus
like a bridesmaid left at the alter. By Botvinnik, incidentally a GMA-
agreeing to a compromise that favors the member) and only the FIDE Presi-
GMA, and then having it rejected by dent, on behalf of FIDE.
Garry, he had earned the ridicule of those I am astonished that proposals of
who would have rejected the original this kind arise and - worse - are
compromise outright. given so much publicity. FIDE
FIDE responded by offering to host should reject strongly all these pres-
the GMA leadership during FIDE's Ex- sures!
ecutive Committee meeting in Warsaw,
Poland, from May 1 to 6, in order to work Mr. Toran's position is indicative of the
out the details of the new compromise. difficulties inherent in getting the two
Campomanes wanted the endorsement sides to agree. Nonetheless, the immedi-
of his Executive Committee before stick- ate crisis for the GMA has passed. Bessel
ing his neck out again! The problem was and J an have both withdrawn their letters
that neither Bessel nor Jan could come to of resignation and are pursuing their
the "Warsaw convention" because of pre- GMAduties with renewed energy-so
vious obligations. much so that Bessel was moved to ask me
No Help for Campo to return to the GMA board! Though a
flattering proposal, I had to beg off.
As of this writing, that is the situation.
If Campomanes really wants this com- On the Precipice
promise, then Tirnrnan and Kok haven't So what will happen? A good ques-
helped him in the least by staying away tion, and one nobody has the answer to.
from Warsaw. There, Campomanes will But for the future of chess, a FIDE/GMA
have to face his own council members, war is the last thing we need. •
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[] Annotated by
1M Boris Gelfand
EnglishA30
1M Boris Gelfand
GM Ratmir Kholmov
Soviet 1st League, Klaipeda 1988
1.c4e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7
5.0-0 cS 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 S.Qxd4 Nc6
Nowadays 8 ... d6 is much more
popular.
9.Qf4 0-0 10.b3 QbS 1l.Rdl RdS .
12.QxbS
The line 12.Bb2 Qxf4 13.gxf4 led to a
slight advantage for White in
Romanishin-Gipslis, USSR 1973.
12...RaxbS 13.Bf4 RbcS 14.NeS BaS?
It was necessary to play more active-
ly-e.g., 14...dS! lS.cxdSNxeS16.d6Rxd6
17.Bxb7 Rxc3 18.BxeS Rxd1 19.Rxd1
Rc2, which led to an equal endgame in
Tirnman- Tal, Brussels 1987.
lS.NbS!
White takes the initiative.
lS ...NxeS
If lS....gS then 16.Nxc6 dxc6 17.Bd6!
Bxd6 lS.Nxd6 RbS 19.cS! and White i~ .
better, as Black's pieces are passively
placed (especially his Bishop on a8).
16.BxeS Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a6 lS.Nd6 Rc6
19.h3!
Not 19.f3?! Bxd6 20.Bxd6 NdS! with
equality.
19...Bxd6 20.Bxd6 bS 21.cS Ne4
The line 21...NdS 22.e4 Nc3 23.Rd4 is
also not very attractive.
22.Be7 ReS 23.Rxd7 NxcS 24.Ra7 Ne4
2S.Rdl h6?
The decisive error. Though 2S...Nf6
26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rdd7 RfS would lead to a
difficult endgame, it was Black's best try.
26.Rdd7 Nc3 27.Ba3 eS 2S.Rxf7 Rg6
29.h4! hS
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Positional Play; A Crucial Line;
Polgar Pounces and Suba Soars
Also hopeless is 29 ...Nxe2 30.hS RgS
(30 ...Nf4+ 31.Rxf4!) 31.Kf1 Nd4 32.Bcl.
30.e3 Nxa2 31.RfS b4 32.Bb2 Nc3
33.RxhS NbS 34.Rb7 Nd6 3S.Rxb4 Nf7
Hoping to limit the mobility of the
Rook on hS, but now ...
36.RfS Rc6 37.hS! Re2 3S.Bal RdS
39.BxeS ReS 40.f4 1-0
@J Annotated by
GM Lev Polugaevsky
The following theoretically crucial
game was submitted for the Best Game
Prize at this year's New York Open.
GnmfeldD86
GM Lev Polugaevsky
GM Sergey Kudrin
New YOlk Open 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 dS 4.exdS NxdS
S.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be4 cS S.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 0-0 10.Rel!? cxd4
Or 10...Qc7.
1l.cxd4 QaS + 12.Kf1! Bd7'
An unclear position results from
12...Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.h4 Rac8 lS.hS eS.
13.h4 RaeS
Or 13...RfdS with the idea of ...BeS.
14.hS eS?! IS.hxg6 hxg6 16.d5! Nd4
INSIDE CHESS
If 16...Ne7 then 17.BgS and White has
a clear edge.
17.Nxd4 Rxe4
White has a clear advantage on
17 ... exd4 lS.Bxd4 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 Qa6
20.Qd3; and on lS ...BbS White wins with
19.Bxg7 Bxc4 + 20.Rxc4.
lS.Rxe4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Qa6
Better is 19...BbS! and after 20.Bxg7
then 20 ...Bxc4 + 21.Kg1 Kxg7 22.Qd4 +
f6 23.Qxc4 Qe1 + 24.Q£1 Qxe4 and White
has only a slight edge. However, White
has better in 22.Qc1! and if 22 ...Rc8 then
23.Qh6 + Kf6 24.Qf4 + Ke7 2S.QeS Kd7
26.Rh7 RfS 27.Qe6 + KdS 2S.Qd6 + KeS
29.QbS + Ke7 30.d6 + with a decisive ad-
vantage. If, after 22.Qc1!, Black plays
22...QcS then 23.Qb2 + !! f6 24.Qxb7 + ~
Rf7 2S.Rh7 + Kxh7 26.Qxf7 + Kh6
27.Qxf6 with a decisive edge.
The only move for Black after 22.Qc1!
is 22 ... f6!. The game is equal after
23.Qh6 + Kf7 24.Qh7 + KeS 2S.Qxg6 +
KdS 26.Rh7 Qe1 + 27.Kh2 Qxf2 28.Qg7
Qf4 +. However, White can play
23.Rh3!! Ba6 (if 23 ...Qxa2 then 24.Qh6 +
Kf7 2S.Qh7 + KeS 26.Qxb7! Qa1 +
27.Kh2 QeS + 28.g3 Qd4 29.Qc8 + Kf7
30.Qd7 + with a decisive edge) 24.Qh6 +
Kf7 2S.Qh7 + KeS 26.d6! QeS 27.Qc7 bS
2S.Rh7 with a decisive edge.
20.Qd3!! (+ /-) BbS 21.Qh3 Bxc4 +
22.Kgl f6 23.Qh7 + Kf7 24.Rh6! 1-0
White has the unstoppable threat of
26.Rxg6.If 2S...RhS then 26.Qxg6 + KfS
27.BcS + winning.
13 & 41 Annotated by
1M Dario Doncevic
The following game was played in the
recent Tomeo Magistrale in Rome. See
Issue 7, Vol. 2, for coverage of this event,
Issue 10
 won in convincing style by Zsofia, the
middle Polgar sister, with 8.5 points from
9.
Sicilian Scheveningen B83
WlM Zsofia Polgar
GM Mihai Suba
Rome 1989
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4
5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Be7 S.Be3 Qc7
9.f4 0-0 10.Qel bS 1l.a3?!
Avoiding the theoretical discussion
arising from 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.eS, but it's
clear that White can't hope for an open-
ing advantage with the text move. Lead-
i~g to equality is 1l.eS dxeS 12.fxeS OxeS
13.Bf3 BcS! 14.0f2 (not 14.Bxa8 Ng4!
with a clear edge) 14...Ra7 lS.Rfel Rc7
16.Rad1 Nbd7 17.0h4 Bxd4 1B.Bxd4 OfS
19.0g3 Rc4 20.Be2 Rc6 21.Bf3 Rc4,
Zapata-Sigurjonsson, Bogata 1978).
1l ...Bb7 12.Bf3
The line 12.Bd3 Ng4 13.Kh1 Nxe3
14.0xe3 Nd7 was comfortable for Black
in Knox-Gutman, England 19BO.
12...Nbd7 13.Qg3 NcS 14.f5
White defends e4 indirectly, as 14.eS
Nfe4 could not have pleased her.
14•..eS lS.Nb3 Na4!
Taking on e4 loses the Exchange:
lS ... Ncxe4? 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bh6 g6
18.BxfB. The text move is strong, since
after exchanging Knights, White will be
left with a paralyzed Oueenside; in addi-
tion, e4 remains a fixed target. These two
factors more than compensate for the
resulting weakness in Black's pawn struc-
ture.
16.Nxa4 bxa417.Nd2 RfcS?
The first inaccuracy, according to
Suba. However, Black could not yet take
on c2: 17...0xc21B.Racl Od319.Bh6 NeB
20.Rc7! KhB 21.Bxg7! Nxg7 22.Rxe7, with
a clear advantage for White. In this line,
even weaker for Black is 1B...Oxb219.Rbl
Oxa3 20.Bh6, followed by Rxb7.
But 17...KhB! (Suba) is strong. After
this move, Black would threaten to take
on c2- e.g., 1B.BgS Oxc2 19.Rac1 Oxb2
20.Rb1 Od4 + or 1B.Khl Oxc2 19.Rac1
Od3. White would probably have to play
18.c4, but after 1B...Bc6 her position
would have been difficult, as Black
threatens ... Ob7. On 19.BgS, Black
would have played 19...0b6 + with the
idea of ...Oxb2.
May 29, 1989
IS.c4 Bc6?! the elegant 32.BfB! Od2 33.Bh4.
Another mistake, says Suba. Once 32 .•. KhS 33.Bh6 QcS 34.Re4 KgS
again 18...KhB was better, foiling the fol- 35.Bg71-0
lowing continuation.
19.Bh6 Bf8 20.BgS Nd7
EnglishA16
Black doesn't want a draw (20 ...Be7
21.Bh6 BfB). The position now becomes GM Mihai Suba
very double-edged. White has attacking FM Milan Mrdja
possibilities on the Kingside, though GM Rome 1989
Suba was still convinced that he was bet- 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 dS 4.cxdS Nxd5
ter. 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nd7?!
2l.f6 g6 22.Qh4 Against a player like Suba, Mrdja
doesn't want to play the dry endgame
which arises after 6...0xd1 + .
7.Bc4! e6
Black has to pay for his originality on
the previous move with this weakening
move, as 7...Bg7 loses to B.Bxf7 + Kxf7
9.NgS+.
S.Qe2 Bg7 9.Bg5 f6
Looks awkward, but on 9...Bf610.Bh6
looks disturbing.
10.Be3 Qe7 11.0-0-0 a6?!
A dubious move that neglects develop-
ment. Black should play 1l ...eS, after
which he holds if White continues with
White threatens Bh6xf8 as well as Bg4
12.Rd2 Nb6 13.Rhdl Nxc4 14.0xc4 Be6
with the idea of Rf3-h3.
lS.0bS + c6 16.0a5 Kfl.
22 ...RcbS?
12.eS! NxeS?
The losing move, according to Suba-
After this, Black is probably lost. The
but the position is not so clear. Sub a's
move 12...f5 was necessary, when after
suggestion was 22 ... NcS, which he
13.BgS on 14.Nd4 Black can defend with
believed advantageous for Black.
14...Nb6. However, after 12...fS, White
He may be right. In the post-mortem,
would retain his positional advantage.
at least, we weren't able to find a mate for
13.NxeS fxeS 14.h4 Bd7 IS.Qf3 Bc6
White.
16.Qg4 Kf717.h5 Bf61S.f4!
23.Bg4 Qb6+
Completely stripping away the defen-
1M Borik says 23...Rxb2! was the right
ses around the Black King.
move - for example, 24.Rf3 Ob6 +
IS ...Bd5 19.fxe5 BxeS
2S.KhI (2S.Be3 Rxd2! 26.Bxb6 Nxb6, with
compensation for the Queen) 2S...Rxd2!;
or 24.Nf3 NcS 2S.Bh6 Nxe4 26.Bxf8 RxfB.
To me, 24.Bxd7 Oxd7 2S.Bh6!? (2S.Nf3
hS seems less promising for White) looks
interesting-for example, 2S...Rxd2 (this
appears forced) 26.Bxf8 (on 26.Bxd2
Black has ...hS) 26 ...KxfB 27.0h6 + Ke8
28.0xd2 Bxe4 and, in spite of White's
Exchange, things are not so clear.
After the text move, Black is lost.
24.Khl Qxb2 25.Bxd7 Bxd7 26.Bh6 dS
27.Bxf8 Qxd2 2S.Radl Qe3 29.Rdel Qd2
30.Bh6 Qa5 31.exdS ReS
This move defends what in reality is 20.Rxd5! exdS 21.BxdS + KeS 22.Bxb7
indefensible. RdS 23.Bc6 + Kf7 24.Rf1 + Bf6 25.BgS
32.Be3(?) Rd626.Qc4+ Kg7 27.h6+ Kf8 2S.Qxa6
Not giving anything away, but missing Kf7 29.Bxf6 1-0 •
INSIDE CHESS -29-
 The Blackmar-Diemer? INSIDE CHESS BACK ISSUES!
Why Not? GMs Do It

Sure, club players will essay the Black-

mar-Diemer- but GMs? Well, the fol-
lowing GM matchup took place last year
(annotations by Tom Purser, editor of
BDG World). Thanks to reader Ernst
Rasmussen for passing the game along.

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit DOO

GM Dragoljub Velimirovic
GM Juan Bellon
Metz Open 1988

l.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.13 exf3

5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 S.Bf4
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Sc.ndin.vian Detence I: ftoder-n V.r-i.tion ••itb 450 Why Should You Buy Your MACH3 MASTERfrom Labate' s Chess International? Poat.ge
- ElCpir-.tion
is $1.85 tor
D.te
tirst
.nd evening
title
Phone '.
- ]5 cents per addi-
C•••• " V.riation. - R.B.Edw.rd •..•.... $14.95
"'or-ld Che •• Crown Ch.llenge: K•• p.rov_K.rpov tion.l title. Ple.se li.t Titl., •• Price - Post.ge -
sevi r re 157 (P) - D.vid Bronstein S 6.50 T.x (CI'. r-e.ident. onlyl .nd Total. You ••••y phone your
order frOftl - Iplll to lOp.. d.ily.

$39900
.Tournalll.llt Che •• ']1. ..•....................... $19.95 Foreign or-del". is S6 for tint t e ee , then S.50 tor-
Scandln.vi.n Deten.e: Ander- •• en Att.ck $ 5.95 each .ddition.l item. For.ign orders t.ke ••• inilllwa of
Sicili.n: Polug.ev.ky V.riation - J.W.lton $ 5.95 two weeks delivery ti •••. Eur-op. t.kes tour ••e.ks.
The.e prices e ee applic.ble for- LCI .,,, ••be r e w eon-
Art ot Oetence In Che ••• Polug.yev.ky/D.m.ky .. $17.95 m••••bers living outside the 900·929 r.ip ",ode .1'''. or-
Teat Your- ChU. 1.0. I (2n:l. Ed., Liv.llitz $17.95 dering by lIIail. Southern C.Utor-ni.n. call for- ",orrect
T•• t Your- Ch••• 1.0. II (2nd Ed.) Liv.hiu S17.95 price. List price •• pply for in.tore .nd tourn<lment
ccnce •• ion s e ree except for- LCI m"",ber.!

Labate's Chess Centre 2424 W Ball Rd. Anaheim 92804 (714) 220·0660

I.C.E., Inc. Second class

Box 19457 postage
Seattle, WA paid at
98109 Seattle, WA