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Konstantin Aseev (Russia) with Black about openings or middle− and

and seized the leadership. King Loek (as endgame. That would be great! Maybe
he is known) has 6½ points. GMs Milov, another idea would be a Question−
Lputian and Timoshenko are on 6 points. corner, something as I have seen on the
Judith Polgar beat Karen Asrian with KC−site, where readers can put
questions about openings, positions or
White and moved closer to the leaders -
anything really − maybe even historical
she is on 5½ points now. Other Elo- questions about old GMs or so? ".
favourites suffered defeats in this round:
Krasenkov lost to Anastasian, I agree with Peter and invite all our
Nevednichy beat Z. Almasi and readers to send in your questions. I am
Rublevsky lost to Volkov. Young GM A. keen to avoid spending too much time
Moiseenko beat Kiril Georgiev with on opening theory, but will answer the
Black, while Korchnoi also with White most interesting questions regarding that
lost to San Segundo. aspect of chess too. Peter also sent a
curious game, which I will analyse next
Two days ago I read in 'Financial Times' week.
that Macedonia was about to declare war,
Another Chess Today reader from Texas
after the killing of 5 Macedonian soldiers Doug Schwetke sent a few questions.
by rebels. I just hope that no chess Here I would like to deal with the first of
players will be harmed... They could them: "I would like to see an article on
easily become targets for a terrorist positional motifs or sacrifices common to
attack and this is one reason why I am the Alekhine Defence. The only one I
not playing in Ohrid. FIDE and European can figure out is Black's use of the
Chess Unions knew well in advance that minority attack in the Kengis variation."
Macedonia was not a safe place, but as The line Doug is talking about is 1.e4
usually did nothing to find a different ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 dxe5
venue. And as there are not many good 5.¤xe5 g6, where Black often under−
tournaments around, many players are mines the d4−pawn by ...c5, thus
obtaining pawn majority on the kingside.
prepared to take a risk. I don't blame
When White to play c2−c3 in order to
them - these sadly are the realities of our limit the g7−bishop, Black often goes for
profession, where too many players ...b7−b5−b4, which is a typical case of
chase too little money... :-( It is hard to the minority attack.
imagine a big tennis or golf tournament
being played in Macedonia at the However, I would say that this is not a
moment! very common motif in the Alekhine
Defence. The main idea of this opening
In Leon, Spain Vishy Anand beat Peter is to provoke White to push his pawns
Leko in Advanced Chess after blitz play- and then attack the enemy centre while it
off and will now meet Alexey Shirov in is weak. Usually Black attacks the e5−
pawn. You try to exchange its defenders,
the final. This will be a mini-replica of
so you can win that pawn later. Have a
their match in Tehran last year. look at the following diagram:
¤¤¤ Black's dream position
Trainer's Corner XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9zpp+n+pzpp0
I have received the first questions for this 9-+p+p+-+0
column from CT readers and would like 9+-+-zP-+-0
to answer them now. A reader from 9-+-+-+-+0
Sweden, Peter Backe, sent the following 9+-+-+L+-0
message: "You want some proposals for 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
improvement for CT. One thing is as you 9+-+-+-mK-0
say writing more questions and answers xiiiiiiiiy
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The e5−pawn has no defenders and is 19.¦c2 ¦ad8 20.¦e1 ¥xc3 21.¦xc3 ¦d2
destined to fall. Here I would like to show 22.a4 ¦hd8 23.¦f3 ¦8d7 24.¥xg6 hxg6
a few games where this idea was 25.¦e4 ¢d6 26.¦h4 ¢e7 27.c5 ¦d1+
realised successfully. I trust that you 28.¢h2 ¦7d4 29.¦ff4 e5 30.¦xd4 ¦xd4
understand that I picked the games 31.¦xd4 exd4 32.¢g3 ¢e6 33.¢f3 ¢d5
where White played rather poorly, so 34.¢e2 ¢xc5 35.¢d3 ¢d5 36.f4 f5
Black's ideas would come out even 37.g4 fxg4 38.hxg4 0-1
better.
D. Stavsky − S. Dzhambulatov,
Ladron Guevara Bravo − Perez Diaz, Russian Ch, boys under 14, Smolensk
Ch of Malaga, 2001 2001
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4
5.¥e2 c6 5.¥e2 c6 6.0-0 ¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5
Black cannot start with 5...e6 6.0-0 ¥xf3 8.dxe5 e6 9.c4?! (D)
7.¥xf3 dxe5?, as that allows 8.c4. Thus XIIIIIIIIY
he plays ...c6, intending to continue with 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
... ¥xf3 and dxe5. This was Flohr's idea 9zpp+-+pzpp0
and the line bears his name. 9-+p+p+-+0
6.h3? (D)
9+-+nzP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+P+-+-+0
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 9+-+-+L+-0
9zpp+-zppzpp0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9-+pzp-+-+0 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
9+-+nzP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-zP-+l+0 This is a typical 'pushy' move − it looks
9+-+-+N+P0 active, but does it really achieve
9PzPP+LzPP+0 anything? Not much − apart from moving
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 the knight to a better position (on d5 it
xiiiiiiiiy only looked nice) and weakening the
White plays into his opponent's hands, d3− and d4− squares.
as Black planned to take on f3 anyway. 9...¤e7! 10.£e2 ¤g6
Better is 6.0-0 ¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Black is not allowing ¥f4.
e6 or 6.¤g5!, keeping the knight. 11.b3 ¤d7 12.¥b2 £c7 13.¦e1 ¥b4!
6...¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.c4?! 14.¤d2 0-0-0! 15.¦ad1 (D)
Not a great idea either − the knight will XIIIIIIIIY
move to g6, where it can attack the e5− 9-+ktr-+-tr0
pawn. 9zppwqn+pzpp0
9...¤e7 10.£xd8+ ¢xd8 11.0-0 ¤d7 9-+p+p+n+0
12.¦e1 ¤g6 (D)
9+-+-zP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-vlP+-+-+0
9r+-mk-vl-tr0 9+P+-+L+-0
9zpp+n+pzpp0 9PvL-sNQzPPzP0
9-+p+p+n+0 9+-+RtR-mK-0
9+-+-zP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+P+-+-+0 Pay attention how Black built his play
9+-+-+L+P0 around the e5−pawn. White has been
9PzP-+-zPP+0 trying to protect it, but this task is already
9tRNvL-tR-mK-0 beyond his reach:
xiiiiiiiiy 15...¤dxe5! 16.¥xe5 ¤xe5 17.£xe5
White already cannot save the pawn. £xe5 18.¦xe5 ¦xd2 19.¦xd2 ¥xd2
The rest of the game is less interesting 20.¦e2 ¦d8 (D)
for our theme.
13.¥h5 ¤dxe5 14.b3 ¢c7 15.¥b2 ¤d3
16.¦e2 ¤xb2 17.¦xb2 ¥e7 18.¤c3 ¥f6

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XIIIIIIIIY 12...¥c5!
9-+ktr-+-+0 Black wants to develop his rook, so the
9zpp+-+pzpp0 bishop vacates the e7−square for the
9-+p+p+-+0 queen and then the queen will leave the
d8−square for one of the rooks.
9+-+-+-+-0 13.¦a2?!
9-+P+-+-+0 Better was 13.¤e4 £e7.
9+P+-+L+-0 13...£e7 14.£a1 (D)
9P+-vlRzPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-mK-0 9r+-+-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
The weak link is gone! The rest is 9-snn+p+-+0
technical work − without the rooks it 9zp-vl-zP-+-0
would be a draw due to the opposite
squared bishops, but with rooks on Black
9-+P+-+l+0
has great winning chances. 9zPP+-+N+-0
21.¥e4 ¢c7 22.g3 g6 23.¢g2 ¢b6 9RvL-sNLzPPzP0
24.¥c2 ¢c5 25.a3 ¥c1 26.a4 ¢b4 9wQ-+-+RmK-0
27.¢f1 ¢c3 28.¢e1 ¦d6 29.¥d1 ¥d2+ xiiiiiiiiy
30.¢f1 a5 31.h3 ¢b2 32.¦e4 ¥b4 Weird move... I guess my opponent
33.¥e2 ¢xb3 34.¦e3+ ¢xa4 35.¥d3 developed Reti's ideas to the extreme!:−)
¥c3 36.¥e4 ¢b4 37.c5 ¦d1+ 0-1 14...¦fd8 15.¢h1?
This is just a blunder. When after the
This positional theme reminds me of a game I asked my opponent what was the
curious game, which I played long time idea behind this move, he replied that he
ago. My opponent was very dangerous planned ¦f1-g1 and then after ...¥xf3,
in sharp play, but had some strange gxf3. Then he said, Black would play ...f6
ideas about positional chess. and after e5xf6 all White's pieces (¦g1,
£a1 and ¥b2) would attack the g7−
V. Nevostrujev − A. Baburin, Andropov square with devastating effect. I thought
1986 that he was just pulling my leg, but
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 actually the guy was serious about this
5.¥e2 e6 6.0-0 ¤c6 7.c4 ¤b6 8.b3 great plan! Good for me that I never
This is not a good idea − the bishop planned ...f6! :−)
would be better off on e3. 15...¦xd2 16.¤xd2 ¥xe2 17.¦e1 ¥d3
8...¥e7 9.¥b2 0-0 10.¤bd2 a5! (D) 18.¢g1 £h4 19.g3 ¥xf2+ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0 9r+-+-+k+0
9+pzp-vlpzpp0 9+pzp-+pzpp0
9-snnzpp+-+0 9-snn+p+-+0
9zp-+-zP-+-0 9zp-+-zP-+-0
9-+PzP-+l+0 9-+P+-+-wq0
9+P+-+N+-0 9zPP+l+-zP-0
9PvL-sNLzPPzP0 9RvL-sN-vl-zP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9wQ-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
Black is trying to get some play on the When I look at my early games, I
queenside by threatening ...a5−a4. Then wonder why I don't play like this
...a3 could be unpleasant. White anymore?! Sad, really... 20.¢xf2 £xh2+
prevents this, but at some cost: 21.¢e3 £xg3+ 22.¤f3 ¥xc4 23.bxc4
11.a3 dxe5! 12.dxe5 ¤xc4+ 24.¢e2 £g2+ 25.¢d1 £xf3+
Here the e5−pawn is not weak yet, but it 26.¢c1 £f4+ 27.¢b1 ¤d2+ 28.¢c2
makes the b2−bishop look rather silly. ¦d8 29.¥c3 £a4+ 30.¢b2 £b5+
Black is starting to move around this 31.¢c2 £d3+ 32.¢b2 ¤d4 33.¥xd4
pawn: £xd4+ 34.¢c2 £d3+ 35.¢b2 ¦d5

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36.a4 ¦d4 0-1

If White ever takes on d6 (e5xd6), then
the d4−pawn should be you prime target.
We might consider that theme later on.
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CT-216, 11th June 2001
(6½) Van Wely ½:½ Timoshenko (6)

Van Wely leads (6) Lputian ½:½ Ponomariov (5½)
Ohrid (5½) Graf ½:½ Milov (6)
(5½) Motylev 0:1 J. Polgar (5½)
(5½) Movsesian 1:0 Avrukh (5½)
L
oek Van Wely retains
clear first after the 9th (5½) Vaganian 1:0 Iordachescu
Round of the 2nd (5½)
European Men’s Championship (5½) Sakaev 1:0 Delchev (5½)
in Ohrid, Macedonia. But Judit (5½) Nisipeanu ½:½ Lastin (5½)
Polgar deserves a mention; she (5½) Aseev 1:0 Aleksandrov
has she won her last two games (5½)
and now shares 2nd place. (5½) Macieja ½:½ Anastasian
(5½)
(5½) Vallejo Pons 0:1 Sutovsky (5½)
Konstantin Sakaev beat the new (5½) Nevednichy 0:1 Tiviakov (5½)
Bulgarian champion in a curious game – (5½) Galego ½:½ Gurevich ( 5 )
Sakaev − Delchev
Ohrid (9), 10.06.2001 Standing after the 9th Round:
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.¥g5 £a5+ 1. Van Wely – 7 points
5.c3 ¤e4 6.¥h4 ¥b7 7.e3 e6 8.dxe6 2-11. Timoshenko, Lputian, Milov, J.
dxe6 Polgar, Movsesian, Vaganian, Sakaev,
XIIIIIIIIY Aseev, Sutovsky, Tiviakov – 6½ etc.
9rsn-+kvl-tr0
9zpl+-+pzpp0 Pairings of the 10th Round:
9-+-+p+-+0 (6½) Vaganian - Van Wely (7)
9wqpzp-+-+-0 (6½) Milov – J. Polgar (6½)
9-+-+n+-vL0 (6½) Sutovsky – Movsesian (6½)
9+-zP-zPN+-0 (6½) Timoshenko – Sakaev (6½)
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 (6½) Tiviakov – Lputian (6½)
9tRN+QmKL+R0 (6) Bologan – Aseev (6½)
xiiiiiiiiy (6) Ponomariov – Greenfeld (6)
9. ??? (6) Anastasian – Nikolic (6)
White to play (6) Luther – Graf (6)
(6) Volkov - Dautov (6)
(6) Lastin – Kacheishvili (6)
More details about the last two days in (6) Volokitin – Macieja (6)
Ohrid: (6) Nisipeanu – Galego (6)
Results of the top of the 8th Round: Six months after Tehran-2000 (the final
Aseev - Van Wely 0:1 of the FIDE World Championship 2000)
Milov – Lputian ½:½ World Champion Vishy Anand will play
Timoshenko – Movsesian ½:½ a match vs. Vice-champion Alexei
Ponomariov – Motylev ½:½ Shirov again! Now we are talking about
Graf – Macieja ½:½ the “Advanced Chess” event in Leon,
Galego – Vaganian ½:½ Spain. As we reported yesterday, in the
Avrukh – Sakaev ½:½ second semi-final match Anand beat
Aleksandrov – Nisipeanu ½:½ Peter Leko on tiebreak. Quite
J. Polgar – Asrian 1:0 unexpectedly Vishy lost the first game
Results of the top of the 9th Round: with White in a Petroff Defence, but took
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky, technical editor – Graham Brown.
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revenge in the second with Black in a coach, Israeli GM Alexander Huzman

Najdorf Sicilian, and after that there were who left the event three days before the
two draws in the Petroff. As you finish to take part in the European
remember in the first semi-final Shirov Championships. I believe we can
beat Topalov. suppose that Gelfand and Huzman
prepared the following line together.
3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.¥d3
Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov increased ¥e7 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.c4 ¤b4 9.¥e2 0-0
his lead further in the IX cat. Round- XIIIIIIIIY
robin SmartChess.com International 9r+lwq-trk+0
tournament. Now he is 1½ points ahead 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
of the 2 second placed players. 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+p+-+-0
Standings after the 5th Round: 9-snPzPn+-+0
1. Novikov – 4½ points 9+-+-+N+-0
2-3. Shahade, Yudasin – 3
9PzP-+LzPPzP0
4-6. Stripunsky, Bonin, Sarkar - 2½
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
7-9. Charbonneau, Ippolito, Krush – 2
xiiiiiiiiy
10. Simutowe – 1
10.a3
Now the "magisterial road" is 10.¤c3
Four Brazilians are leading after the 3rd with a lot of forcing variations. Viorel
Round of the Zone 2.4 qualifying Bologan made the correct choice − go
tournament in Sao Paulo, Brasilia. GMs for a less forcing, more positional way,
Darcy Lima, Giovanni Vescovi, Rafael where he can exploit the lack of
Leitao and IM Everaldo Matsuura have experience in such positions of his
2½ points. opponent ..
10...¤c6 11.cxd5 £xd5 12.¤c3 ¤xc3
The traditional “White Nights” 13.bxc3 ¥f5 14.c4
tournament started in St-Petersburg, The alternative is 14.¥f4 ¤a5 15.¥xc7
¦ac8 16.¥xa5 £xa5 17.c4 ¥f6 18.¥d3
Russia. There are 19 GM and 29 IM
¥g4 19.h3 ¥xf3 20.£xf3 ¦cd8 21.¦ab1
among 114 participants in total. After the ¥xd4 22.¦xb7 g6 23.¥e4 ¦d6© Zhang
2nd Round 9 players have a perfect score. Zhong − Karpov, France 2000.
14...£d6 15.d5
Pairing of the 3rd Round (top boards): White didn't gain much in the following
Korotylev – Smikovski game: 15.¥e3 ¥f6 16.¦a2 ¦ad8 17.d5
Sivokho – Popov ¤a5 18.¤d4 ¥d7 19.a4 ¦fe8 20.¤b5
Beshukov – Shaposhnikov ¥xb5 21.axb5 b6 Morozevich − Shirov,
Malaniuk – Vulfson Sarajevo 1999.
Yagupov – Fominyh 15...¤e5 16.¤d4 ¥d7 17.a4
XIIIIIIIIY
¤¤¤ 9r+-+-trk+0
9zppzplvlpzpp0
Annotated Game 9-+-wq-+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+Psn-+-0
Bologan, V. − Huzman, A.
Ohrid (9), 10.06.2001 C42
9P+PsN-+-+0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 9+-+-+-+-0
In Astana, Israeli GM Boris Gelfand 9-+-+LzPPzP0
surprised his opponents with his opening 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
repertoire for Black vs. 1.e4. Boris has xiiiiiiiiy
almost always played 1...c5, however for 17...c5?!
Astana he prepared 1...e6 and 1...e5 A rather dubious novelty, after which
(Petroff Defence). In the capital of White receives a strongly defended
Kazakhstan he was with his permanent passed pawn on d5. Better was not to fix

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the pawn structure on the Queen side, XIIIIIIIIY

for example: 17...¦fe8 18.¤b5 ¥xb5 9-tr-+-+-+0
19.axb5 ¤d7 20.¦a3 ¥f6 21.¦e3 ¤c5 9+r+l+nmkp0
22.¥d3 ¦xe3 23.¥xe3 g6 24.g3 a5 9Rzp-+-wqp+0
25.bxa6 ¦xa6 Tishbierek − Jussupow,
Germany 1992.
9+-zpPsNp+-0
18.¤b3 f5?!
9-+P+-zP-+0
Another suspicious move, after which 9+-wQL+-zP-0
the Black pieces (especially the d7 9-+-+-+-zP0
Bishop) will be very limited. Better was 9+R+-+-mK-0
18...¥f6!? xiiiiiiiiy
19.f4! ¤f7 20.¤d2 The Knight takes it's place!
The Knight is going to e5. Five 34...¥e8
opposition pieces will defend this 34...¤d6 35.£b2!?
extremely important outpost ... but the 35.£a1 ¢g8 36.¦e1 ¤d6 37.¥f1
Knight will take it in any case! One of White's ideas is a Knight jump
20...¥f6 21.¦a2 ¦fe8 22.¤f3 ¦e7 to c6, so the Bishop is going to g2 where
23.¥d3 ¦ae8 it will protect the c6−square and also
XIIIIIIIIY defend the e4−one.
37...£d8 38.¥g2 ¦e7 39.¦d1
9-+-+r+k+0 With the same idea Nc6
9zpp+ltrnzpp0 39...£c7 40.¥f3 ¦b7 41.¦b1 b5?
9-+-wq-vl-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+l+k+0
9+-zpP+p+-0 9+rwq-tr-+p0
9P+P+-zP-+0 9R+-sn-+p+0
9+-+L+N+-0 9+pzpPsNp+-0
9-+P+-zP-+0
9R+-+-+PzP0 9+-+-+LzP-0
9+-vLQ+RmK-0 9-+-+-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9wQR+-+-mK-0
Here it is: two Rooks, Queen, Knight xiiiiiiiiy
and Bishop are defending the e5− I can't understand this move. It's a
square! But White has another targets typical zeitnot move − maybe Black
also. As you see Black's Rooks haven't miscalculated and hadn't time to think?
any squares in White camp on the e−file Now White wins in a few moves.
− thanks to the Bishops. 42.¦c6!
24.£c2 g6 25.g3 ¢g7 26.a5 ¥c8 Rather unexpectedly White begins an
27.¥d2 attack on the King!
White doesn't hurry: after 27.¥b2 (to 42...¥xc6 43.dxc6 ¦a7 44.£b2 ¤xc4
exchange Bishop and fight for e5−point) Black's task is very difficult, for
Black receives the e3−square for example: 44...bxc4 45.¥d5+ ¤f7
counterplay. 46.¤xf7 ¦xf7 47.£f6+−; 44...b4!?
27...b6 28.¦b1 ¦b7 29.¥c3 45.¥d5+ ¤f7 (45...¢f8 46.¤xg6+ hxg6
A more suitable time: one Rook has 47.£h8#) 46.¤xf7 ¦xf7 47.¦a1! ¦xa1+
left the open file. 48.£xa1 b3 49.£f6 £a7 50.£e5! ¢f8
29...¥d7 51.£h8+ ¢e7 52.¥xf7+−
29...¦e3!? 45.¥d5+ ¦f7 46.¤xc4 bxc4 47.£f6
30.axb6 axb6 31.¦a6 And Black resigned in view of47.£f6
It goes without saying that White has £c8 (47...¢f8 48.£h8+ ¢e7 49.¦e1+;
a big advantage now. 47...£e7 48.¥xf7+ £xf7 49.¦b8+)
31...¦eb8 32.£b2 ¥xc3 33.£xc3+ £f6 48.£e5! ¦ac7 49.¦b7
34.¤e5! 1-0

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Sakaev − Delchev Answer to quiz:−

9.¥xb5+ ¤c6 10.¤e5 [£c7 11.£a4+−] 1-0
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CT-217, 12th June 2001
(6) Anastasian 1:0 Nikolic (6)

Anand Shines in Spain (6) Luther ½:½ Graf (6)
(6) Volkov 1:0 Dautov (6)
V ishy Anand has beaten Alexei

Shirov once more, this time – in
the final match of the
“Advanced Chess” event in Leon, Spain.
(6) Lastin ½:½ Kacheishvili (6)
(6) Volokitin ½:½ Macieja (6)
(6) Nisipeanu ½:½ Galego (6)
Standing after the 10th Round:

1-3. Sutovsky, Tiviakov, Van Wely –
7½ points
4-13. Vaganian, Milov, J. Polgar,
Timoshenko, Sakaev, Bologan, Aseev,
Ponomarev, Anastasian, Volkov – 7 etc.
Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov is now 1½

points clear of second place after
drawing with White against Leonid
Yudasin in the 6th Round of the IX cat.
Round-robin SmartChess.com
International tournament.
Results of the 6th Round:

Novikov – Yudasin ½:½
Stripunsky – Shahade ½:½
Charbonneau – Simutove 1:0
Ippolito – Sarkar ½:½
After a draw in the first game Anand Krush – Bonin 0:1
won the 2nd and 3rd (and the match with
them) and lost the 4th. All the games Standings after the 6th Round:
were quite interesting (you can find them 1. Novikov – 5 points
in our pgn and cbv files), but a little 2-4. Bonin, Shahade, Yudasin – 3½
“inhuman”. So in our Annotated game 5-7. Charbonneau, Stripunsky, Sarkar – 3
section there is a game from the 8. Ippolito - 2½
European Championship. 9. Krush – 2
10. Simutowe – 1
Emil Sutovsky and Sergei Tiviakov
won their games in the 10th Round of the From our annotated game
2nd European Men’s Championship in XIIIIIIIIY
Ohrid, Macedonia, and caught up Loek 9-+-+r+-mk0
9+p+nwq-+p0
Van Wely. 9-+l+pzp-+0
9zp-vl-+-+P0
Results of the top of the 10th Round: 9P+L+-+NvL0
(6½) Vaganian ½:½ Van Wely (7) 9+-+-+-+-0
(6½) Milov ½:½ J. Polgar (6½) 9-zP-+QzPP+0
(6½) Sutovsky 1:0 Movsesian (6½) 9+-+R+-mK-0
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(6½) Timoshenko ½:½ Sakaev (6½)
White played ... 26. −−− !
(6½) Tiviakov 1:0 Lputian (6½)
"A simple but nice final blow"
(6) Bologan ½:½ Aseev (6½)
(6) Ponomariov 1:0 Greenfeld (6)
CT-217 Page 1 of 3
GM Rafael Leitao became sole leader XIIIIIIIIY

after the 4th round of the Zone 2.4 9rsnlwqk+ntr0
qualifying tournament in Sao Paulo. 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
1. Leitao – 3 ½ points 9-+-+p+-+0
2-3. Lima, Vescovi – 3 9+-+p+-+-0
4-5. Milos, Matsuure – 2½ etc. 9-+-zPP+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
GMs Vladimir Malaniuk and Alexey 9PzPPsN-zPPzP0
Korotylev have a perfect score after the 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
3rd Round of the “White Nights” xiiiiiiiiy
tournament in St-Petersburg, Russia. 19 The Romanishin variation has become
participants have 2½ points. quite popular after Morozevich's
Top Results of the 3rd Round: successes with it in the last couple of
Korotylev – Smikovski 1:0 years. Black doesn't hurry to develop the
Sivokho – Popov ½:½ g8 Knight and wants to see his
Beshukov – Shaposhnikov ½:½ opponent's plans first.
Malaniuk – Vulfson 1:0 4.¥d3 c5 5.dxc5 ¤f6
Black will take the c5 pawn later −
Yagupov – Fominyh 0:1
maybe with his Knight (i.e. after e5 Nd7)
in order to attack d3−Bishop when he
Pairings of the 4th Round: does this.
Malaniuk – Korotylev 6.£e2 ¤c6 7.¤gf3 a5
Inarkiev – Shariyazdanov Morozevich prefers 7...¤b4!?
Fominyh – Sivokho immediately attacking the d3 Bishop, for
Tseshkovsky - Eliseev example: 8.0-0 ¤xd3 9.cxd3 ¥xc5
Popov - Kokarev 10.¤b3 ¥e7 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 ¥d7
Meister - Timofeev 13.¦ac1 dxe4 14.dxe4 £b6 15.¦fd1 ¥a4
Shaposhnikov - Polovodin 16.£c4 ¥xb3 17.axb3 0-0 18.¥xf6 ¥xf6
Yandarbiev – Yevseev 19.e5 ¥g5 20.¦d6 £a5 Ponomariov −
Morozevich, Istanbul (Ol) 2000.
Kornev – Beshukov
8.0-0 0-0 9.a4
Polaninov – Vorobiov Last year Lputian played against 9.c4
Yemelin (2) - Sambuev a4 10.¦d1 ¥xc5 11.exd5 exd5 12.cxd5
¤b4 13.¤e4 ¤xd3 14.¤xf6+ £xf6
Our regular reader GM Karsten Mueller 15.£xd3 ¥f5 16.£b5 b6© Asrian −
reports from Germany: Lputian, Armenia (Ch) 2000.
The international Hamburg City 9...¤d7
Championship 2001 has just finished The d3 Bishop is very dangerous,
yesterday: either now or on the next move Black
1. J. Hector – 8 points out of 9 (Elo had to attack it by Nb4, as occurred in
performance 2840) the following game: 9...¤b4! 10.e5 ¤d7
11.¤b3 ¤xd3 12.cxd3 ¤xc5 13.¤xc5
2. M. Brodsky – 6½
¥xc5 14.¥e3 d4 15.¥f4 £d5 16.¤g5
3-4. I. Farago, K. Müller – 6 ¥e7 Xie − Matveeva, New Delhi 2000.
5-8. Z. Lanka, D. Rogozenko, Dr. 10.¤b3 ¤xc5 11.¤xc5 ¥xc5
Ftacnik, O. Reeh – 5½ etc. (30 XIIIIIIIIY
participants, 9 GM). 9r+lwq-trk+0
9+p+-+pzpp0
¤¤¤ 9-+n+p+-+0
9zp-vlp+-+-0
Annotated Game 9P+-+P+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+L+N+-0
Tiviakov − Lputian 9-zPP+QzPPzP0
Ohrid (10), 11.06.2001 C03 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 ¥e7!? xiiiiiiiiy
(Quiz: What did White play next?)

CT-217 Page 2 of 3
12.c3! XIIIIIIIIY
Now the d3 Bishop is untouchable, so 9-+-+r+-mk0
White has good attacking chances on 9+p+nwq-+p0
the Kingside. 9-+l+pzp-+0
12...¥d7
Black hasn't time for 12...e5? (with
9zp-vl-+-+P0
idea Bg4), for example: 13.exd5 £xd5
9P+L+-+NvL0
14.¥e4 £d7 15.¦d1 £e7 16.¥xc6 bxc6 9+-+-+-+-0
17.£xe5± 9-zP-+QzPP+0
13.¥f4 9+-+R+-mK-0
13.e5?! f6 xiiiiiiiiy
13...¤e7 14.e5! ¤g6 15.¥g3 f5 26.¦xd7!
The only chance for counterplay, or A simple but nice final blow.
White will play h2−h4−h5 etc. 26...£xd7 27.¥xf6+ ¢g8 28.¤h6+ ¢f8
16.exf6 gxf6 29.£g4 1-0
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22.¤e5!
White begins a final attack.
22...¦ad8
Not 22...fxe5 23.¥xe5+ ¢g8 24.£g4+
¤g6 25.hxg6+−
23.¥h4 ¥c6
23...£g7 24.h6!
24.¤g4+− ¦xd1+ 25.¦xd1 ¤d7

CT-217 Page 3 of 3
CT-218, 13th June 2001
Dibyendu Barua, a full point behind the

Polgar equal first in leader.
European Men's …
Standings after 15th Round:
1. Sasikiran – 11
F
ive players are Polgar - Kasparov
sharing the lead points
th
after 11 Round 2-3. Kunte, Barua –
of the 2nd European 10
Men’s Championship 4. Konguvel – 9½
in Ohrid, Macedonia. 5-6. Mishra,
Judit Polgar, Ruslan Ganguly – 8½
Ponomarev and Vadim Milov outplayed 7. Thipsay – 8 etc.
their opponents and joined Loek Van
Wely and Emil Sutovsky. In the Women’s event Subbaraman
Vijayalakshmi is a clear leader with 8½
Top results of the 11th Round: points after 10 rounds, already two and a
(7½) Van Wely ½:½ Sutovsky (7½) half point ahead.
(7) J. Polgar 1:0 Tiviakov (7½)
(7) Aseev 0:1 Ponomarev (7) In the 5th Round of the Zonal
(7) Timoshenko ½:½ Vaganian (7) tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil ELO-
(7) Sakaev ½:½ Anastasian (7) favourite GM Gilberto Milos beat the
(7) Milov 1:0 Volkov (7) leader Rafael Leitao and caught him at
(6½) Avrukh ½:½ Bologan (6½) …second place – Jovanni Veskovi won
(6½) Kacheishvili ½:½ Azmaiparashvili (6½) his game and took a sole lead.
(6½) Movsesian ½:½ Nisipeanu (6½)
(6½) Graf ½:½ Sulskis (6½) Results of the 5th Round:
(6½) Psakhis ½:½ Lastin (6½) (2½) Milos 1:0 Leitao (3½)
(6½) Galego ½:½ Khenkin (6½) (3) Veskovi 1:0 Pelikian (1½)
(6½) Macieja ½:½ Luther (6½) (2) Oblitas Lima (3)
(6½) Lputian ½:½ Volokitin (6½) (1½) Soto 1:0 Matsuura (2½)
(½) Haro 0:1 Coelho (0)
Standing after the 11th Round:
1-5. Sutovsky, Van Wely, J. Polgar, Standings after the 5th Round:
Ponomarev, Milov – 8 points 1. Vescovi – 4 points
6-11. Vaganian, Timoshenko, Tiviakov, 2-4. Milos, Leitao, Lima – 3½
Sakaev, Bologan, Anastasian – 7½ etc. 5-7. Matsuura, Oblitas, Soto – 2½ etc.
There are two rounds to play. The Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov has just
players compete for 46 passes to the about secured an overall victory in the IX
World Championship, 8 points out of 13 category round-robin SmartChess.com
seems to be good enough to complete the International tournament, after 7th
task. Round he’s already achieved a two point
lead!
The top-seeded GM Krishnan Sasikiran
remains the sole leader of the Indian Results of the 7th Round:
Championships despite a surprising (1) Simutowe 0:1 Novikov (5)
defeat to IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra in (3½) Yudasin ½:½ Ippolito (3½)
Round 15. The defending Champion (3½) Shahade ½:½ Charbonneau (3)
Abhijit Kunte shares second place with (3½) Bonin 0:1 Stripunsky (3)
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov, technical editor – Graham Brown.
CT-218 Page 1 of 3
(3) Sarkar 0:1 Krush (2) 4.c3 ¤f6 5.£e2 ¥d7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4
Standings after the 7th Round: a6
1. Novikov – 6 points XIIIIIIIIY
2-4. Yudasin, Shahade, Stripunsky – 4 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
5-6. Charbonneau, Bonin – 3½ 9+p+lzppzpp0
7-9. Sarkar, Ippolito, Krush – 3 9p+nzp-sn-+0
10. Simutowe – 1 9+L+-+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-+0
7 players are leading after the 4th Round 9+-+-+N+-0
of the “White Nights” open tournament 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
in St.Petersburg, Russia. 9tRNvL-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Top Results of the 4th Round: 8.¥xc6!?
(3) Malaniuk ½:½ Korotylev (3) A new continuation. Just a couple of
(2½) Inarkiev ½:½ Shariyazdanov (2½) days ago Black achieved acceptable
(2½) Fominykh 1:0 Sivokho (2½) play after 8.¥a4 e5 9.¥xc6 ¥xc6 10.¤c3
(2½) Tseshkovsky 0:1 Eliseev (2½) £b8 11.0-0 ¥e7 12.¥g5 0-0 13.¦fd1 ¦e8
and eventually outplayed the opponent,
(2½) Popov 1:0 Kokarev (2½)
Nevednichy − Tiviakov, 2nd IECC, Ohrid
(2½) Meister ½:½ Timofeev (2½) 2001.
(2½) Shaposhnikov ½:½ Polovodin (2½) 8...¥xc6 9.d5 ¥d7
(2½) Yandarbiev ½:½ Yevseev (2½) 9...¥b5!? looked interesting, trying to
(2½) Kornev 0:1 Beshukov (2½) make White's life less comfortable.
(2½) Vorobiov 1:0 (def.) Polaninov (2½) 10.¤c3 g6 11.0-0 ¥g7 12.¥e3 0-0
13.¥d4
Pairings of the 5th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
(3½) Eliseev – Fominykh (3½) 9r+-wq-trk+0
(3½) Korotylev – Vorobiov (3½) 9+p+lzppvlp0
(3½) Beshukov – Popov (3½) 9p+-zp-snp+0
(3) Shariyazdanov – Malaniuk (3½) 9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-vLP+-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
¤¤¤ 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
Annotated Game 9tR-+-+RmK-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov xiiiiiiiiy
Polgar (2679) − Tiviakov (2603) A space advantage gives White better
European Championship Ohrid, chances, nevertheless Black's position is
Macedonia (11), 12.06.2001 B51 still fairly solid.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 d6 13...¥g4 14.h3 ¥xf3 15.£xf3 ¦c8
XIIIIIIIIY 16.¦ac1 b5
9r+lwqkvlntr0 An active attempt which, however,
9zpp+-zppzpp0 weakens the c6 square. An immediate
16...£d7!? was worthy of considering.
9-+nzp-+-+0 17.£e3
9+Lzp-+-+-0 A solid move. Black might have
9-+-+P+-+0 planned ...¥h6 followed by ...b5−b4.
9+-+-+N+-0 18...e6
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 18...¦xc1 19.¦xc1 ¦c8 also came to
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 mind, keeping a passive but defensible
xiiiiiiiiy position. The text move looks natural −
Sergey Tiviakov is one of the main Black forces an exchange of the d5
experts of this rather flexible way to pawn, preventing a possible penetration
counter ¥b5 − it can also be played if the to c6 and obtaining more space for
bishop comes to b5 with check. manoeuvres.

CT-218 Page 2 of 3
19.dxe6 £xe6?! Black resigned. A confident win by

19...fxe6!? seemed to be more to the Judit Polgar, which helped her to join the
point. As we'll see, the additional control leaders. Come on, Judit! 1-0
over the d5 square would not be
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CT-219, 14th June 2001
(8) Vaganian – Tiviakov (8)

Ponomarev and (8) Milov – Anastasian (8)
Sutovsky lead in Ohrid (8) Timoshenko – Tkachiev (7½) etc.
The 2nd European Men’s Today we would like to present a very

Championship in Ohrid, Macedonia important and interesting battle between
comes closer to the end. Ruslan Emil Sutovsky and Konstantin Sakaev.
Ponomarev (Ukraine) and Emil Emil maintained the pressure very
Sutovsky (Israel) became the heroes of inventively, not being hurry to win a
the 12th preliminary Round – they beat sacrificed pawn…
Vadim Milov and Konstantin Sakaev
respectively and are heading the field Let’s take a look at the other events.
with excellent 9 points. Judit Polgar and
Loek Van Wely drew their game and are Krishnan Sasikiran strengthened his
sharing third place, half a point behind. lead after the 16th Round of the Indian
Championships – now he is a full point
Top results of the 12th Round: ahead of despite the surprising defeat to
(8) J. Polgar ½:½ Van Wely (8) IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra in Round 15.
(8) Ponomarev 1:0 Milov (8) The defending Champion Abhijit Kunte
(8) Sutovsky 1:0 Sakaev (7½) shares second place with Dibyendu
(7½) Anastasian ½:½ Vaganian (7½) Barua, a full point behind the leader.
(7½) Tiviakov ½:½ Timoshenko (7½)
(7) Nisipeanu ½:½ Bologan (7) Standings after 16th Round:
(7) Azmaiparashvili 1:0 Aseev (7) 1. Sasikiran – 12 points
(7) Psakhis ½:½ Movsesian (7) 2. Barua – 11
(7) Luther ½:½ Pr. Nikolic (7) 3. Kunte – 10½
(7) Kacheishvili 0:1 Graf (7) 4. Konguvel – 9½
(7) Vallejo ½:½ Beliavsky (7) 5-6. Mishra, Ganguly – 9
(7) Lastin ½:½ Volkov (7) 7-9. Harikrishna, Thipsay, Prasad – 8½
(7) Sulskis ½:½ Khenkin (7) etc.
(7) Gdanski ½:½ Macieja (7)
(7) Malakhatko ½:½ Lputian (7) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi already
(7) Volokitin ½:½ Avrukh (7) retained the title of Indian Women's
(6½) Tkachiev 1:0 Galego (7) Champion – she scored an excellent 9½
(6½) Dautov ½:½ A. Sokolov (6½) points from 11 rounds and secured
(6½) Ehlvest 1:0 Neverov (6½) overall victory. Our congratulations!
(6½) Conquest 1:0 Piket (6½) etc.
Standings after 11th Round:
Standing after the 12th Round: 1. Vijayalakshmi - 9½ points
1-2. Ponomarev, Sutovsky – 9 points 2-3. Swati Ghate, Meenakshi – 7
3-4. Van Wely, J. Polgar – 8½ points 4-5. Aarthie, Bhagyashree – 6½ etc.
5-11. Milov, Vaganian, Timoshenko,
Tiviakov, Anastasian, Graf, The only IM in the strong XIII category
Azmaiparashvili – 8 etc. the Sigeman & Co. 2001 tournament in
Malmö, Sweden – Emanuel Berg
Top boards of the 13th Round: (Sweden) is a surprising leader of the
(9) Ponomarev – Sutovsky (9) event – after two rounds he keeps a
(8) Graf – J. Polgar (8½) perfect score!
(8½) Van Wely – Azmaiparashvili (8)
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Results of the 2nd Round: 2-3. Yudasin, Stripunsky – 5

(1) Berg 1:0 De Firmian (1) 4. Bonin – 4½
(½) Gulko 1:0 Rajabov (1) 5. Shahade – 4
(½) Timman ½:½ I. Sokolov (½) 6. Charbonneau – 3½
(½) Hector ½:½ C.Hansen (0) 7-9. Sarkar, Ippolito, Krush – 3
(0) P.Cramling 1:0 Wedberg (0) 10. Simutowe – 2
Standings after the 2nd Round: Our congratulations, Igor, on such a

1. Berg – 2 points confident victory!
2. Gulko – 1½
3-8. I. Sokolov, Timman, Hector, 10 players are leading after the 5th Round
De Firmian, Rajabov, P.Cramling – 1 of the “White Nights” open tournament
9. C.Hansen – ½ in St.Petersburg, Russia.
10. Wedberg – 0
Pairings of the 6th Round:
In the 6th Round of Zonal tournament (4) Fominykh – Beshukov (4)
(VIII cat. round robin, 10 players) in Sao (4) Eliseev – Korotylev (4)
Paulo, Brazil all the leaders made a full (4) V.Popov – Polovodin (4)
step forward so the situation is (4) Vorobiov – Malaniuk (4)
unchanged – Giovanni Vescovi is clear (4) Meister – Vokarev (4) etc.
first with 5 points, Gilberto Milos,
Rafael Leitao and Darcy Lima are in ¤¤¤
chase, half a point behind. Annotated Game
E Sutovsky (2604) − K Sakaev (2637)
Results of the 6th Round: European Championship Ohrid,
(2½) Soto 0:1 Vescovi (4) Macedonia (12), 13.06.2001 C14
(1) Coelho 0:1 Milos (3½) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 ¥e7
(2½) Matsuura 0:1 Leitao (3½) 5.e5 ¤fd7 6.¥xe7 £xe7 7.f4
(3½) Lima 1:0 Haro (½) XIIIIIIIIY
(1½) Pelikian 1:0 Oblitas (2½) 9rsnl+k+-tr0
9zppzpnwqpzpp0
Standings after the 5th Round: 9-+-+p+-+0
1. Vescovi – 5 points 9+-+pzP-+-0
2-4. Milos, Leitao, Lima – 4½ 9-+-zP-zP-+0
5-8. Matsuura, Oblitas, Soto, 9+-sN-+-+-0
Pelikian – 2½ etc. 9PzPP+-+PzP0
9tR-+QmKLsNR0
Igor Novikov (Ukraine) is crushing all xiiiiiiiiy
the opposition on the IX category round- 7...a6
robin SmartChess.com International 7...0-0 8.¤f3 c5 is the main alternative.
tournament, keeping two points clear 8.¤f3 c5 9.dxc5 ¤c6 10.¥d3 £xc5
lead before the last round. 11.£d2 b5
XIIIIIIIIY
th
Results of the 8 Round: 9r+l+k+-tr0
(6) Novikov 1:0 Shahade (4) 9+-+n+pzpp0
(3) Sarkar 0:1 Yudasin (4) 9p+n+p+-+0
(3) Krush 0:1 Stripunsky (4) 9+pwqpzP-+-0
(3½) Charbonneau 0:1 Bonin (3½) 9-+-+-zP-+0
(4) Ippolito 0:1 Simutowe (1) 9+-sNL+N+-0
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
Standings after the 8th Round: 9tR-+-mK-+R0
1. Novikov – 7 points xiiiiiiiiy
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12.h4!? in the centre gives him better chances −

A rare move in this position but an for example, Black is going to push
advance of the h−pawn is quite typical White's pieces back by ...e5−e4, b5−b4
for this French pawn structure. Both and so on. However, Emil Sutovsky finds
12.a3 and 12.¤e2 are more common an excellent way to continue his own
options. One of the most recent play.
examples from the top−level was the 19.¥g6!!
game Bologan − Short, Buenos Aires A masterful play! It was tempting to put
2000 − Black achieved good play after the knight on g6 with tempo but actually
12.£f2 ¥b7 13.a3 h6 14.h4 0-0 15.£xc5 after 19.¤g6?! ¦f7 the knight was rather
¤xc5 16.b4 ¤d7 17.¢d2 ¤b6 18.¤e2 useless there. It is quite common to
¤c4+ 19.¥xc4 dxc4 and White should occupy strong squares on the side of the
play carefully to hold balance. board with long−ranged pieces while the
12...¤b6 13.h5 h6 14.£f2 knight should be placed closer to the
Castling long did not look very good as centre.
Black was ready to begin direct actions 19...exf4
on the queenside. The alternative was 19...b4 20.¤e2
14...£xf2+ 15.¢xf2 0-0 16.g4 ¥xg4 but it could not extinguish White's
XIIIIIIIIY initiative: 21.¦hg1 ¥xe2 22.¢xe2 etc.
9r+l+-trk+0 20.¤e2 ¤e5 21.¤xf4 ¤xg4+ 22.¢g3
9+-+-+pzp-0 ¤e5 23.¤f5 ¥xf5 24.¥xf5
9psnn+p+-zp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+pzP-+P0 9r+-+-trk+0
9-+-+-zPP+0
9+-sNL+N+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-mK-+0
9tR-+-+-+R0
9psn-+-zp-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+psnL+P0
A very complicated ending has arisen.
As usual, White does not achieve very
9-+-+-sN-+0
much if he simply occupies a the d4 9+-+-+-mK-0
square with the knight (¤e2−d4) − Black
would obtain good counter chances by
9PzPP+-+-+0
...¤a4−c5, ...¥d7, b4, a5, ¦c8 or maybe 9tR-+-+-+R0
...f7−f6 so White begins more concrete
actions on the kingside.
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16...f6 White is still a pawn down but it is clear
Otherwise White's initiative would be that he has more than enough
real after g4−g5 etc. compensation for the pawn. His minor
17.exf6 gxf6 18.¤h4 pieces are very strong (especially the
18.¦ae1?! couldn't prevent 18...e5! bishop) while the rooks might effectively
anyway. use the "g" and "d" files, creating certain
18...e5 pressure over Black's pawn
XIIIIIIIIY weaknesses.
9r+l+-trk+0 24...¢f7
Black moves the king to the centre,
9+-+-+-+-0 escaping from the g−file.
9psnn+-zp-zp0 25.¥e6+ ¢e7 26.¦ad1 ¦ad8 27.¦he1!
9+p+pzp-+P0 A hasty 27.¥xd5?! ¤xd5 28.¤xd5+
9-+-+-zPPsN0 gave Black a good opportunity to
9+-sNL+-+-0 activate the rook via the g−file, for
9PzPP+-mK-+0 example: 28...¢f7 29.¦hf1 ¦g8+ 30.¢h3
9tR-+-+-+R0 ¤g4 followed by ...¦g5.
xiiiiiiiiy 27...¦d6
It may seem that Black's pawn majority

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XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-+0 9-+-+-+r+0
9+-+-mk-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9psn-trLzp-zp0 9p+-mk-+-zp0
9+p+psn-+P0 9+ptR-+-+P0
9-+-+-sN-+0 9-zP-+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9P+P+-+-+0
9+-+RtR-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
28.¥f5! The ending seems to be winning for
White likes his bishop very much! He White as Black is deprived from any
does not win a pawn back, playing for counterplay. However, in the rook ending
the initiative and obviously hoping to get a very precise technique is always
it back with interest. required.
28...¦g8+ 29.¤g6+ ¢f7 30.¢f4 37...¦g2 38.a3 ¦f2+ 39.¢e4 ¦h2
XIIIIIIIIY 40.¢d4 ¦h3 41.a4!
9-+-+-+r+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+k+-0
9psn-tr-zpNzp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+p+psnL+P0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9p+-mk-+-zp0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9+ptR-+-+P0
9+-+RtR-+-0 9PzP-mK-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy
30...¤bd7? 9+-+-+-+r0
And Black breaks down! Objectively,
White was pressuring very inventively in
9-+P+-+-+0
spite of the ending on the board but 9+-+-+-+-0
Black still had good defensive resources.
As alternatives ... 30...¦e8 ; 30...¤c6;
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and even 30...d4 were worthy of Clearing the 5th rank for the rook and
consideration. creating a passed c−pawn. The a−pawn
31.¥xd7 ¦xd7 will be taken back very soon.
41...bxa4 42.¢c4 ¦h4+ 43.¢c3 ¦h3+
XIIIIIIIIY 44.¢c4 ¦h4+ 45.¢c3 ¦h3+ 46.¢b2 a3+
9-+-+-+r+0 47.¢a2 ¦g3 48.¦a5 ¢c6
XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+r+k+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9p+-+-zpNzp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9p+k+-+-zp0
9+p+psn-+P0 9tR-+-+-+P0
9-+-+-mK-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9zp-+-+-tr-0
9K+P+-+-+0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+RtR-+-0 49.¦xa3
xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Not giving Black a single possibility to
32.¦xe5! activate the pieces, which could have
Obviously missed. happened after 49.¦xa6+ ¢b5 50.¦xa3
32...fxe5+ 33.¤xe5+ ¢e6 34.¤xd7 ¦g4 51.c3 ¢c4 although White was
¢xd7 35.¦xd5+ ¢e6 36.¦c5 ¢d6 37.b4 probably winning with 52.¦b3 and so on.
CT-219 Page 4 of 5
The text move is more reliable. the price will go down, while the quality
49...¦g2 50.¢b3 ¢b6 51.¦a5 ¦f2 will go up!
52.¦e5 ¦f6 53.c3 ¦d6 54.¦e8
The rook is going to g6. Chess Today is published by:
54...a5 55.¦g8 ¦d5 56.¦g6+ ¢c7 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
57.¦xh6 axb4 58.¢xb4 ¦g5 59.¦h8
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Black resigned. An excellent
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