Th e C a t a l a n
consideration should b e given t o the con­
tinuation 10 ... �a6 1 1 �b2 .l::!.c8 12 e3 iVb6
1 3 ttJd2.l::!.fd8 14.l::!.fd1 ttJd7 1 5 l:tac1 �b7 1 6
ttJ f3 c5, when 1 7 ttJe5? ttJxe5 1 8 �xe5 d4!
19 exd4 �xg2 20 'itxg2 f6 21 �f4 cxd4 22
'iVe4 e5 23 �d2 �a3 24.l::!.b 1 as was excel­
lent for Black in Gulko-Karpov, Thessaloniki
1 988. Instead Karpov gives 1 7 cxd5 exd5 1 8
'ti'fS ttJf6 1 9 ttJg5 with chances for both
sides.
1 1 .i.b2
After 1 1 ttJc3 iLa6 12 .l:!.d1 'ti'c7 13 ttJa4
dxc4 14 bxc4 .l:[ab8 1 5 iLd2 e5 1 6 nab 1
.l::!.xb 1 1 7 .l:txb 1 ttJd7 Black - in control of the
c5-square - was doing fine in Gulko­
Hjartarsson, Iinares 1 989.
1 1 . . . .i.a6
An interesting alternative here is 1 1 ...a4!?
12 ttJd2 a3 13 �d4 (1 3 �c3?? d4 and the
bishop is lost) 1 3. .. dxc4 1 4 e3 cxb3 1 5 ttJxb3
ttJd5 1 6.l::!.fd 1 'ifc 7 1 7 e4 ttJf6 1 8 'ti'c3 �a6
1 9 ttJc5 .l::!.fd8 20 .l:tab 1 when White had
compensation for the pawn in Kengis-Gild.
Garcia, Manila 1 992 (whether there is more
than enough is not completely clear) .
1 2 4Jd2 4Jd7 1 3 J:rfd 1 .i.f6 1 4 J:rac 1 J:rc8
1 5 4Jf3
1 5 . . :ii'e7
White is already a little better. After
1 5 ... iLxb2 1 6 'ti'xb2 'iib 6 1 7 e4 ttJc5 1 8 iVd4!
dxc4 1 9 ttJe5.l::!.fd8 20 ttJxc4.l::!.xd4 21 ttJxb6
l:.cd8 22.l::!.xd4.l::!.xd4 23 �fl i.xfl 24 'itxfl
ttJxe4 25 l':txc6 the endgame was slightly
10
unpleasant for Black in Kengis-Klovans, Riga
1 987.
1 6 .i.xf6 4Jxf6
After 1 6 ...'ti'xf6 1 7 'iVd2! 'iVd8 1 8 e4!
White is better according to H.Olafsson.
1 7 4Je5 .i.b 7 1 8 �d2 �a3 1 9 c5 .i.a6
White has secured the queenside and is
now free to start action on the kingside.
20 g4!
20 . . . J:rc7 21 g 5 4Jd7 22 4Jxd7 J:rxd7 23
e4 d4 24 e5 .i.b5 25 .i.e4 d3 26 h4 a4
26 .. .'ilib4 looks safer, when after 27 'ii'xb4
axb4 28 f3 f6 29 gxf6 gxf6 30 exf6 .l:txf6 3 1
'it f2 .l:!.f4 3 2.l::!.g 1+ 'it f7 33.l::!.g4 e 5 3 4 'it>e3 h 5
35 l':tg5 l':txh4 3 6 .l::!.cg1 White has nothing
special.
27 h5! axb3 28 axb3 'ilt'xb3 29 h6 g6?!
An improvement is 29 ....l::!.fd8 30 hxg7
'itxg7 3 1 'iY'f4 d2 32 'iY'f6+ 'itg8 33 .l::!.xd2!
'ti'a3! (not 33 ... l':txd2? 34 i.xh7+! �xh7 35
'ti'xf7+ 'It>h8 36 g6 etc.) 34 .l:tb 1 'it'a4 and
Black still has sufficient counterplay.
30 'ii'f4 f5
Black loses in the event of 30 ....l:[fd8 3 1
'tWf6 'it>f8 32 �xg6!, when White comes
crashing through: 32 ... 'ite8 33 'iVh8+ <t;e7 34
'ti'g7! .l:tf8 35 .l:ta1 ! and Black's parry is over.
31 gxf6
White also has the better game after 3 1
exf6 iVb2 32 .ub1 'iiVd4 33 l':txb5! cxb5 34
.l::!.xd3. The following line is important:
34 ...'iVa1+ 35 <t;g2 .l::!.xd3 36 'ti'c7! ! l':tf7 37
�c8+ l:tf8 38 'iVxe6+ 'itth 8 39 'iVe7 l':tg8 40