Classical Lines: White plays 2e2 23 Rel with about an even position; in DjuraSevié-Matanovié, Zagreb 1953 Black had to use some care to hold the balance after 14...Bc8 15 &xg7 Sxg7 16 Wd4+ W6 17 Wa4 &b7 18 Wxa7 a8 19 c3 e5 20 We3 d4 21 Wxe5 Wxe5 22 Hxe5 &xf3 23 gxf3 dxc3 24 He2 Bfd8 25 Hc2 cxb2 26 Exb2 Hd3 =) 11...Axc3 12 bxc3 Re6 13 Rxg7 bxg7 14 Wd4+ Wxd4 15 cxd4 Babs is quite unpleasant for White, Stuben- rauch-Donaldson, Grants Pass 1989. 10... Wxd5! Probably best. The uninspiring (but solid) 10...2xd4 strives for (and usu- ally achieves) no more than a draw: 1) 11 c4 e5 and Black is com- pletely equal. 2) 11 &c4 (Black now finds him- self under some pressure and he must defend carefully) 11...2c6? (natural but bad; correct is 11...e5! 12 c3 Re6! =) 12 Rg5 Re6 13 Bel He8 14 c3 h6 15 &h4 g5 16 Rg3 Da5 (this turns out badly but 16...%c8 17 Hxe6! fxe6 18 4c7 is also very much in White’s fa- vour) 17 &.c7 Axc4 18 &xd8 Raxd8 19 Dxe7+ £8 20 Wb3 Rxe7 (the al- ternative 20...2e5!? 21 Wxb7 Hxe7 might warrant a look) 21 Bxe6 Ad2 22 Hxe7 @xb3 23 Hael @c5 24 Bc7 d3 25 Hdl bS 26 Mxa7 b4 27 cxb4 &d4 28 Hc7 Re8 29 Rd7 Med 30 g3 &xf2+ 31 Sf1 Axb2 32 H1d2 and, in London-T.Taylor, Manhattan 1985, White went on to win. 3) 11 &xd4 (White aims for an ending in which his queenside pawn majority gives him all the chances in a position that should be drawn with best play) 11...Wixd5 12 &xg7 Wxd1 13 Bfxd1 xg7. In this boring position White has tried: 3a) 14c4 Re6 155 a5 (also possi- ble is 15...ad8!? 16 R£3 Hxd1+ 17 Bxd1 Hc8) 16 RF3 Bac8 17 acl Bc7 18 Hc3 Bfc8 19 Kdcl Hd8 20 a3 a4 21 Bd1 Rdc8 22 Bdcl Hd8 23 Rd Bdc8 24 Hdel Bd8 42-1 M.Brooks-Donald- son, Columbus 1990. 3b) 14 Bd2 2£5 15 Had1 Hac8 16 c4 Re6 17 b3 Mc7 18 f4 a5 19 Sf2 Ba8 is equal, Zso.Polgar-Moldovan, Budapest-Bucharest 1990. 3c) 14 ££3 Re6 (14...25! is more active: 15 c4 Hac8 16 b3 Hc7 17 Hd5 SKe6 18 Hd4 Efc8 19 Had a6 20 &d5 &xd5 21 Bxd5 e6 22 Hd6 bS = Wed- berg-Donaldson, Athens 1980) 15 b3 Hac8 16 c4 Mc7 (16...b6 17 Md2 Mfd8 18 Hadi Hxd2 19 Exd2 Bc7 20 ef1 left White with a small edge, which he managed to convert to victory in Radulov-Neumann, Kiel 1978) 17 h3 (17 €f1 Hb8 18 Bel bS 19 cxb5 Hxb5 20 Haci Ebc5 = Rantanen-Maki, Jar- venpad 1982) 17...&d7 18 Bd2 &c6 19 &xc6 bxc6 20 Hadi h5 21 $f £6 22 He2 Heb 23 Hd8 Bxd8 24 Exd8 £5 25 dd3 5 = Raduloy-Raj- kovié, Vr8ac 1973. 11 &£3(D) The usual move, though 11 @xc6 can also be considered: 11...Wxc6 12 3 Re6 13 &F3 WS 14 Wc2 Hfd8 (14...2d5 gives Black easy equality) 15 a4 Wc4 16 a5 (better is 16 .xb7 £5 17 Wel Hab8 18 2£3 a5 with compensation for the sacrificed pawn) 16...2d5 17 &xd5 Bxd5 and Black has a slight advantage, Leonard-Don- aldson, West Chester 1983. 11...WaS! This nice idea has been know since the game Ravinsky-Lisitsyn, USSR Ch 1944 (1 e4.c5 2 Df3 d6 3 d4 cxd4