Classical Lines: White plays %e2 21 Though 9...Axd5 gives Black an easier game, the complications that arise after 9...0b4 should appeal to the player in search of a tactical fight. 10d6 The accepted ‘antidote’, but White does have other choices: 1) 10 4b3!? and then: 1a) 10...Afxd5 11 AxdS ADxd5 (‘h-'2 Garcia Martinez-Antunes, Bay- amo 1990) 12 &d4 f6 (12...Af4 13 £3 Rxd4 14 Wxd4 + Korchnoi) 13 £3 We7 14 Hel RF5 15 c3 Mac8 16 We2 Bfe8 17 Re5 + Hoen-Soos, Lu- cerne 1979, 1b) It may be preferable to try 10...2£517 11 Bel DbxdS 12 Dxd5 @®xd5 13 &d4 Kh6, Anceschi-Makro- poulous, Groningen 1972. White now played 14 c3?! and after 14...2xcl 15 Wxc1 Black could have got a clear ad- vantage with 15...f6! 16 Hdl (even worse is 16 &c4? Hc8 17 Ad2 Bxc4 18 Dxc4 2d3) 16...We7. 2) 10 R£3 Dfxds 11 Dxd5 Dxd5 12 &g5 h6 (12...Af6 was Postler- Baumbach, Germany 1983) 13 h4 Df4 14 03 (14 Rg3 e5 15 Rxf4 exf4 16 c3 Wb6 17 Wb3 &2xd4 18 cxd4 Wxd4 19 Bacl £e6 20 Hfd1 &xb3 21 Bxd4 Rxa2 22 Rxb7 Habs 23 Mc7 Hid8 24 Bxd8+ Mxd8 25 2£3 Md2 26 &xa7 Exb2 was eventually drawn in Han-Skembris, Balkan 1994) 14...25 15 &g3 05 16 Rxf4 exf4 17 DbS Wh6 1804 R£5 19 Rd5 Had8 20 Wb3 e4 21 Hael Wg6 led to a victory for Black in Bachmayr-Apicella, Munich 1992. 3) 10 Wd2 Abxd5 11 DAxd5 Axd5 12 Rh6 Rxh6 (also good is 12...e5 13 Rxg7 Sxg7 14 Df3 Df4 15 We3 £6) 13 Wxh6 14 Db3 = Thiele-Baum- bach, corr 1983-8. 4) 10 @f3 Afxd5 11 AxdS Dxd5 12 Rd4 Af4 13 Bxg7 Sxg7 14 Hel Rg4 15h3 Dxe2+ 16 Wxe2 Rxf3 17 Wxf3 We7 18 He2 e6 = S.Nikoli¢- Abramovié, Catak 1991. 10... Wxd6 11 Acb5 Inferior is 11 Adb5S?! Wb8 12 &c5 (12 &£3 a6 {12...Dc6} 13 Rc5 Ac6 14 @d4 Axd4 15 Rxd4 Bd8 16 Dds @Dxd5 17 &xg7 Sxg7 18 c4 Re6 19 cxd5 2xd5 20 We2 &xf3 was Bon- ham-Freeman, corr 1964-5) 12...Ac6 13 R£3 a6 14 Dd4? Dxd4 15 Rxd4 (15 Wxd4? gd) 15...8d8 16 Hel De! 17 DdS Wxh2+ 18 Sf1 Wh4! 19 2e3? (also bad is 19 Axe7+ Sh 20 c3 Hxd4 with a quick win for Black; White should try 19 @g1! but after 19...h5! he should still lose: 20 @®xe7+ &h7 21 c3 Hxd4 22 cxd4 Wxf2+ 23 hi &xd4 — analysis by Tsouros) 19...Axe3+ 20 Hxe3 e6 21 g3 We4+ 22 Si exd5 and White suf- fered for a few more moves before re- signing in Bouaziz-Balaskas, Caorle 1975. 11... Wb8 (D) 11...Wd7 doesn’t have a good repu- tation: 12 c4 a6 13 Wad (the only good move; much worse is 13 %c3 e5 14 ®Db3 We7 15 Dds Dbxd5S 16 cxd5 Hd8 17 Hcl Wd6 18 We2 Axd5 19 Bfdl 2£5 20 Wd2 We7 21 2g5 216 22 Rxf6 Wxf6 23 WaS Af4, Serras- Frois, Oviedo rapid 1991) 13...Ac6 14 Had1 Hb8, Bartis-Yudovich, corr 1971 and now 15 @c3 (better than the actual game continuation of 15 “£3 axb5S 16 cxbS We8 17 bxc6 bxc6 18 Rd4 Re6 19 Rc4c5 20 Wxe8 Hfxes 21 Bxe6 cxd4) 15...Dxd4 16 Rxd4 with a slight advantage for White. 124