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120 theoretically most

important games selected by

Nigel Davies
 Developments in the
PIRC & MODERN SYSTEMS
1985-87

INTERNA TIONAL MASTER

Nigel Davies
Austrian Attack 2
Pirc - divergencies 3
6d3 5
6e3 9
6e2 11
Classical 12
Pirc divergences 13
Main Line 14
Spassky System 18
Assorted Systems 21
Sveshnikov 4 Ae3 22
Byrne System 25
4 g3 Modern 26
4 93 Pire 27
c4 Systems 29
4 Ae2 + 5 h4 29
Averbakh System 31
4 ... d7 33
4 ... e5 (Azmaiparashvili) 34
4 ... a6!? 37
Classical Fianchetto 37
Three Pawns 39
GeUer's Quiet System 39
Kasparov System 41

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 AUSTRIAN ATTACK
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1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 li)c3 g7 4 f4 r+f .++
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Ever since the Pirc and Modern
Defences appeared on the scene this ...1:.1:.
has been the most dangerous system. . +
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White sets up a big pawn centre and . 4 .
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hopes to smash his opponent flat; if
Black wants to survive he must play
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AUSTRIAN MODERN
Against the Austrian Attack Black
normally transposes into the Pirc with
4 ... f6. His main alternative is a
counterattack against d4 with 4 ...
c6.
After 5 e3 f6 6 f3 this will
transpose into an Austrian Pirc \vith 6
_e3 (e.g. game 19). Game 1 features
the dangerous alternative 5 f3;
Pekarek's treatment in game 2 will
probably not catch on.
Gamel
de Firmian - J. Kristiansen
Copenhagen 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 g7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 c6
Despite its current lack of populari-
9 ... lge7
A possible improvement is 9 ...
5;Jf6!? as in EhJvest-AzmaiparashviJi,
54th USSR Ch, -final, Kuibishev
1986, which went 10 gg I 0-0 II h4
l h 5 1 2 f 5 del 3 f e 6 (0 r 1 3 fe4 e f 1 4 e f
xh4 15 d5 ce5 16 g5t1b4) 13...
fe 14 cxe4 e5 15 c3 d5! with a com-
plicated game.
10 h4 h5 11 a4 0-0 12 c4 de 13 <--xe4
trb8 14 c5 gd8 15 c3 b6 16 xe6
fe 17 ,xe6 \19h7 18 e5 f8 19 f5 gf 20
ghgl tre8 21 xg7 xg7 22 d5 f4 23
c-d7 t!1f7 24 f2 xd5 25 xc6 e3
26 ggl h8 27 e6 t!1f6 28 ,-el f5
29 c3 d4 30 e7 4Jxc6 31 ef l3.xf8
32 xc6 1:0
Game 2

ty 4 ... c6 is still very interesting. A re- Pekarek - Azmaiparashvili

cent example was J .Arnason-Soltis,
New York Open 1986, which went S
f3 g4 6 jle3 b6 7 t1'd3 f6 8
e5!? dS! 9 fS de 10 t1'c4 0-0 11 fg hg
12 [£)xg6 Ae6 13 !i;:Jxe7 h8 and
White was in serious trouble.
5 f3 Ag4 6 jie3 Axf3
In Lugano last year, Hickl showed
that Black has another possibility.
P .Bauer-Hickl went 6 ... e6 7 jibS a6
8 Axc6 bc 9 0-0 b8 10 t1'd3 Axf3 1 I
xf3 5;Je7 12 b3 0-0 with about even
chances.
7 gf d5 8 trd2 e6 9 0-0-0
Tbilisi 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 c3 jlg7 4 f4 c6 5
jle3 li)f6
5 ... e6!? 6 f3 ge7 7 d2 a6 8
0-0-0 d5 9 e5 b6 10 gl b7 11 g4
d7 12 e2 h5 is unclear, Rogulj-
Kljako, Citta di Castello 1986.
6 jie2 0-0 7 d5?! b8 8 4Jf3 c6 9 t1'd2
jig4 10 h3 xf3 11 jlxf3 cd 12 e5 de
13 fe !i;:Je8 14 xd5 c8 15 0-0 e6 16
Ab3 AxeS 17 e4 !i;:Jd7 18 h6 !i;)g7
19 g5 c6 20 adl xe4 21 xd7
Axb2 22 f4 f4 23 jlxf4 a5 24
jid6 fc8 25 dxf7 a4 26 jixa4 f5
 27 7xf5 ef 28 jlb3 + g7 29 g4
c6 30 jlb4 jlc3 31 jlxc3 xc3 32
gf f8 33 fg xfl + 34 xfl hg 35
g2 h6 36 a4 b6 37 h2 g5 38
g2 h4 39 jle6 xc2 + 40 f3
c3+ 0:1
AUSTRIAN PIRC
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 f6
Divergences
Before we reach a main line Austrian
both sides have alternatives. In game 3
Bronstein's old speciality of S eS was
not done justice; the interesting and
virtually untried 5 ... a6!? had an
outing in game 4.
5 ... c5 has become popular again
recently mainly because of Seirawan's
novelty 12 ... h5!? (game 5). Games 7
and 8 both show White trying to
squeeze something out of 6 dc but
without much success.
Game 3
Silva - Hertneck
Hiel Open 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jlg7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 f6 5
e5 fd7 6 f3 c5 7 ed 0-0 8 de
t1'xe7 + 9 t1'e2 t1'd8 10 e3 c6 11
0-0-0 e8 12 de a5
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13 f2 jlxc3 14 be f6 15 g5
a3 + 16 bl e6 17 c4 g4 18
h4 ttb4 + 19 cl h6 20 xe6
xe3 21 c7 ttc3 22 f2 al + 0:1
Game 4
Kudrin - Christiansen
Reykjavik 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jlg7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 f6 5
f3 a6!? 6 Ad3 c5 7 d5 ttc7
7 ... 0-0 S 0-0 would transpose into
the normal line 5 ... 0-0 6 jid3 a6 7
0-0 c5 S d5. Christiansen's move gives
5 ... a6!? independent significance.
8 e2 0-0 9 a3 e6 10 de jlxe6 11 jlc4
ae8 12 0-0 xc4 13 xc4 c6 14 e5
g4 15 h3 h6 16 d5 f5 17 xc6
be 18 e4 d5 19 li)f2 f6 20 g4 g3
21 el f5 22 f2 c7 23 b4 e6 24
be b8 25 d3 fd8 26 jie3 d4 27
jlf2 e4 28 abl xbl 29 xbl
jlf8 30 b7 4xc5 31 xa7 xd3
32 cd Ac5 33 a6 xf4 34 xc6
xd3 35 a4 xf2 36 xf2 jlf8 37
c4 d3 38 el jlh6 39 d4 d2 + 40
e2 b8 41 xd2 b2 42 g4 fg 43
hg a2 44 el xd2+ 45 xd2
xa4 46 d8 + g7 t:t
Game 5
Hellers - Seirawan
Wijk aan Zee 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 jlg7 5
f3 c5 6 jlb5 + Ad7 7 e5 g4 8 e6
xb5 9 ef+ 710 xb5 a5+ 11
c3 cd 12 xd4 h5!? 13 h3 c6 14
de2
14 hg xd4 IS jle3 hg 16 !!xhS
xhS 17 jlxd4?! hl + IS f2
xdl19Axg7 xaI20fS=-/+
Peine
14 ... h615 e3li)f5?! (15 ... hfS
= - Hellers) 16 jlf2 af8 17 0-0
jlxc3 18 xc3 xf7 19 ttd3 (19 a3! -
Hellers) 19 ... hf8 20 ael a6 21
e4 d8 22 d5 b6 23 c4 t1'b7 24
d3 g8 25 jld4 c8 26 jlc3 h4 27
b4 c6 28 b5 d7 29 a4 t)b7 30 al
g5 31 as ba 32 jlxa5 gf 33 b6 + ??
(33 b6! - Hellers) 33 ... ab 34 jlxb6
t)a5 35 d5 b7 36 f2 xd5 37 cd
 b7 38 xa5 e3 39 jlc3 xd5 40
.,Qd4 a8 41 xa8 Wxa8 42 l3.d2 e6
43 .,Qf2 h7 44 a2+ b8 45 a6
l3.d7 46 jixh4 e5 47 jlf2 b4 48 a3
d5 49 c5 li)c2 50 c3 el 51 f2
d4 52 l3.c4 d3 + 53 Wf3 Wb7 54
e4 b2 55 c2 a4 56 b4 d3 57
d2 d4 + 58 Wxe5 ;9,xb4 59 xd3
c5 60 f3 Wb6 61 h4 l3.b2 t:t
Game 6
Morovic - Plaskett
Bor 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 f6 5
f3 c5 6 jib5 + Ad7 7 e5 g4 8 e6
xb5 9 ef + Wd7 10 xb5 a5 + 11
bDc3 cd 12 xd4 xd4 13 xd4 bDc6
Game 7
Sokolov - Gurevich
52nd USSR Ch 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 f6 5
f3 c5 6 dc a5 7 trd3 xc5 8 ccQe3
In the game J .L.Fernandez-
Ardaman, Las Palmas 1987, White
tried to improve \vith 8 ... tybS + but
after 8 ... b;Jbd7! was struggling to
draw; the game concluded 9 e5 de 10
fe g4 1 1 xcS xc5 1 2 d5 e6
13 <ob5 + Jid7 14 xd7 + xd7 15
0-0 ac8 16 c3 We8 17 f4 xe5 18
xe5 ,_xe5 19 xe6 fe 20 gel d6
21 xe6 Wd7 22 e4 hf8 23 J_.e3
a6 24 d 1 b5 -t:t.
8 ... a5 9 b5 + xb5

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14 c4
One of many movs. Other recent
examples are:
a) 14 e4 tyf5 15 Ad2 hf8 16 f3
ab8 17 e2 xf7 18 0-0-0 f6 =
Belyavsky-Carr, London Open 1985.
b) 14 d2 h5 15 b3 hf8 16 jtb2
(Zaitsev-Konopka, Moscow B 1986)
16 ... c5! intending 17 ... e3 = -
Zaitsev.
14 ... b4 15 e4 f6 16 b7 +
e6 17 0-0 Wxf7 18 el !!he8 19
e2 ab8 20 f3 tyf5 21 f2 g4
22 h4 xc2 23 h7 + f8 24 e4
4Jf6 25 h8 + g8 26 li)g5 e6 29
li)h7 + t:t
10 xb5!?
10 xb5 + c6 11 0-0-0 a6 12 d3
g4 13 Ab6 0-0 14 h3 4Jf6 15 g4 4Jd7
16 e3 b8 = Radulov-Spassky,
Amsterdam 1973.
10... 4Ja611 Ad3 (11 e5!? - Chernin)
11 ...0-0 12 kxa7 h5 13 .,Qe3 xb2
14 bl g715 e5 c516 xc5 dc 17
g3 xa2 18 0-0 Ad7 19 c3 a7 20
e4 ;9,b8 21 b6 a3 22 d5 f8
23 fbl d8 24 c7 Ac6 25 xc6
bc 26 g5 h6 27 e4 .8:e3 28 f2 g5
29 g4 e2 30 b8 ;9,xb8 31 xb8
g7 32 f5 e4 33 h3 xg3 34 f6 + ef
35 4Je8 + g6 36 4Jexf6 Ag7 37
xe4 xe4 38 l3.e8 d2 39 e6? fe 40
xe6 + f5 41 xc6 d4 + 42 g2
 h5 43 h2 c4 44 fl f4 45 c3
e3 + 46 xe3 Axe3 47 h6 h4 48
e6 d2 49 c6 xc3 50 xc5 jid2
51 c4 + e5 52 f3 Af4 53 e4 +
d5 54 e8 t:t
Game 8
Dolmatov - Gurevich
Moscow A 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 $i.g7 5
f3 c5 6 de a5 7 $i.d3 xc5 8 e2
0-0 9 e3 a5
Is the razor-sharp 9 . . . b4
playable? It was in the game Thipsay-
Sturua, Frunze 1985, which wnt 10
0-0 xb2 11 bS e8 12 eS!? (12 a3)
12 ... b4 13 abl aS 14 fS $i.xfS
15 $i.xf5 gf 16 ed e6 with a messy posi-
tion that Black eventually won.
10 0..0 $i.g4 11 dl!?
A new idea.
11 _.. li)c6 12 c3 e5 13 f2 ef 14 Axf4
xf3 15 xf3 e5 16 $i.xe5 xe5 17
c4 ae8 18 ael e7 19 $i.b3 h8
20 e2 fe8 21 d3 b5 22 fel
as! 23 hl a4 24 Ac2 a3 25 ba a5
26 b4 "fxa3 27 g3 a5 28 $i.b3 c5
1.1
2-2"
AUSTRIAN PIRC: 6 Rd3
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 $i.g7 4 f4 f6
5 f3 0..0 6 Ad3
Ever since the teeth were drawn from
the impulsive 6 eS, 6 Md3 has been
White's most consistent choice.
Black's traditional reply has been 6 ...
(c6 but in game 9 Timman showed
that Black still has problems after 7
e5.
The 'best' reply to 6 ... c6 was
thought to have been 7 0-0 after which
7 ... $i.g4 has not proved altogether
adequate after 8 eS. Game 10,
however, is very important for the
theory of 7 ... e5; with 18 ... g8
Black defended against what was
previously thought to be a winning
attack.
During the 19805 6 ... c6 has been
virtually superceded by the dynamic 6
... a6!?, putting a knight on the
edge in order to enforce 7 ... cS. Blunt
attempts at refutation seem to fall
short (games 11 and 12) so the main
line has become 7 0-0 c5 8 d5.
After 8 ... li;Jc7 (game 14) White
would surely have won were it not for
an appalling (presumably zeitnot)
blunder and 8 ... ,-g4 (game 15) seems
a bit committal. Black's best is almost
certainly 8 . . . b8 (games 16-18)
when the quieter approach used in
Gruenfeld-Kindermann may be
White's best.
Game 9
Timman .. Nijboer
The Netherlands 1985..6
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 f6 4 c3 ii.g7 5
f3 0-0 6 d3 c6 7 e5 de 8 fe h5
9 $i.e3 g4 10 $i.e2 f6 11 ef ef 12 d2
e7
12 ... e7?! 13 0-0-0 fS
(Tyagunov-Paul, correspondence
1985) 14 h3! jixf3 15 jixf3 + /- -
Tyagunov.
13 0..0..0 fe8 14 hel h8 15 Ah6
Axh6 16 xh6 g7 17 xg7 + xg7
18 h3 Ad7 19 d5 b8 20 d4 f4 21
Af3 a6 22 e6 + Axe6 23 de c5
24 b4 cxe6 25 g3 xh3 26 Axb7
ab8 27 ,-c6 f7 28 ,,-xe8 + gxe8
29 d7 + e7 30 Bxe7 + xe7 31
£Jb5 d7 32 xa7 f2 33 ge2 hl
34 gd2 + e8 35 g4 g3 36 a4 h5 37
gh gh 38 as e4 39 gdt c3 40 c6
xdl 41 a6 1:0
 Game 10
Berez - Den Broeder
Correspondence 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 $i.g7 5
f3 0-0 6 $i.d3 c6 7 0-0 e5 8 fe de 9
d5 e7 10 xe5 fxd5
V.Moiseyev-Labunsky, USSR 1986,
went 10 ... c6 11 $i.gS fxdS!? (New)
12 xf7 ;gxf7 13 ;gxf7 xf7 and
now rather than 14 ed, Moiseyev
recommended the variation 14 fl +
g8 (14 ... f6 IS $i.c4+ $i.e6 16
$i.xe6+ xe6 17 c4+) IS ed
b6+ 16 hl xdS (16 ... xb2?
17 ;gel) 17 ;gel with an attack.
11 xf7 xc3 12 be ;gxf7 13 ;gxf7
xf7 14 $i.c4 + $i.e6 15 fl + $i.f6
16 $i.xe6 + xe6 17 c4 + d7 18
$i.a3 g8!
S. . .
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An important novelty which breaks
the attack.
19 dl + e8! 20 b5 + f8! 21
;gfl e6! 22 e5 b6 + 23 c5
xc5 + 24 $i.xc5 b6 25 $i.a3 c5 26 ef
f5 27 $i.cl ;ge8 28 $i.g5 h6 29 $i.f4
f7 30 h4 c4 31 ;gf2 ;gel + 32 h2
e3 33 g3 h5 34 $i.g5 b5 35 h3
d5 36 g4 hg + 37 g4 xc3 38
;gd2 ;gdl 39 ;gxdl xdl 40 $i.d2
f6 41 f4 a6 42 e4 e6 43 d4
f5 44 d5 g4 45 c5 h4 46
b6 c3 47 $i.h6 g5 48 xa6 b4 49
a5 g4 50 $i.f4 b3 51 ab g3 52
$i.xg3 + g3 53 b4 e3 54 a4 f4
1_1
2-2
Game 11
De Firmian - Van der Wiel
Wijk aan Zee A 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 $i.g7 5
$i.d3 a6 6 f3 0-0 7 e5 d7 8 h4 c5
9 h5 cd 10 hg hg 11 g5 xe5! (11 ...
de!? - Nunn) 12 fe de 13 f2 (inten-
ding 14 ;gh8 +) 13 .._ de (13 ... $i.xeS!
- van Wijgerden) 14 $i.e3 d6 15 ;gh4
cb 16 ;gbl ;gd8 17 hl f6+ 18
gl ;gxd3 19 cd $i.f5 20 h7 d6 21
g5 f6 22 h7 d6 23 g5 t:t
Game 12
Sveshnikov - Davies
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 $i.g7 4 f4 f6 5
f3 0-0 6 $i.d3 a6 7 e5 d7 8
g5!? de 9 fe b6 10 Ae4 c5 11 d5
$i.xe5 12 xh7 $i.xc3 + 13 be xh7
.IA'
s. uu / .
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14 h5+ (14 h4!? unclear -
Sveshnikov) 14 _.. g8 15 $i.xg6 fg 16
xg6 + h8 17 c4 a4! 18 h5 +
g8 19 ;gbl ;gf5! 20 g6 + h8 21
;gb3 ;ge5+ 22 dl g8 23 h6+
h7 24 f8 + g8 25 h6 + t:t
Game 13
Glek - Azmaiparashvili
Tallinn 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 $i.g7 4 f4 f6 5
f3 0-0 6 $i.d3 a6 7 0-0 c5 8 de?!
xc5 9 el b5 10 a3 $i.b7 11 hl as
12 e5 de 13 fe xd3 14 cd d5 15
xb5 $i.a6 16 a4 c7 17 xc7 .JJyxc7
 18 !!a3 k!ad8 19 Ad2 !!d5 20 h4 4Jf3 0-0 6 Ad3 a6 7 0-0 c5 8 d5 Ag4
xd3 21 cl d7 22 el a8 23 9 c4!?
!!ac3 Af5 24 !!c7 xa4 25 !!xe7 New. If 9 h3 Axf3 10 !!xf3 4Jc7 11
Af826 !!ec7 !!ad8 27 Ag5 !!b8 28 a4 a6 12 a5 4Jb5 13 e2 c4! 14 Axc4
!!7c4 ;gb4 29 !!xb4 xb4 30 xb4 4Jxe4 (Ehlvest-Azmaiparashvili,
Axb4 31 h3 Af8 32 ;gc6 h6 33 Ad2 Tallinn 1986) 15 c3! + / = - Ehlvest.
g7 34 Ac3 a4 35 c4 d7 36 c7 9 ... c710 h3 xf311 xf3 d712
g5 37 Wgl Af8 38 Wf2 Ae6 39 Wel a4 a6 13 d3 b6 14 Aa2 d7 15 a5
!!d7 40 ;gc6 d5 41 !!a6 a3 42 ba 4Jc8 16 Ad2 b5 17 ab xb6 18 !!ael
Axh3 43 gh ;gd3 44 Ad4 !!xf3 45 b5 19 dl + / = d4 20 b2)e3
a8 Wg7 46 e6 + f6 47 ;ga7 + Wg6 ;gab8 21 c3 b5 22 xb5 4Jxb5 23
48 e7 xe7 49 xe7 t:t b3 c7 24 c2 a5 25 al a4 26
;ga2 !!b7 27 !!fal e6 28 de xe6 29
Game 14 4Jd5 4Jc4 30 Acl a3 31 ba c7 32
Thipsay - Kantsler 4Jxc7 !!xc7 33 Ad3 a5 34 !!c2 c4
Frunze 1985 35 Ae2 b3 36 !!bl xcl 37 !!cxcl
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 g7 5 t!a8 38 b4 xa3 39 b8 + jif8 40
f3 0-0 6 Ad3 a6 7 0-0 c5 8 d5 !i;Jc7 f5 gf 41 ef f6 42 jif3 d5 43 jixd5 +
9 el e6 10 de fe 11 e5 h5!? Wg7 44 Wf2 Ac5 + 45 Wf3 Wh6 46
;gb2 Ad4 47 !!bc2 Ab6 48 g4 ;gc5 49
S.J& E..
d/, ,,// / u u/ . e6 l3.e5 50 ;ge2 Ad4 51 ;gxe5 Axe5
r+r ?+
.IL,g) . .IL 52 xc4 t:t
, '8' 'flti'.1:. Game 16
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/ '0Y/
Dolmatov - Gipslis
.U. d)/d USSR 1985

.
. // 10.. /. . 1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 g7 5
f3 0-06 Ad3 a6 70-0 c5 8 d5 ;gb8
:it:it.
, / · 0 d .:it/.. ,/ 9 e2 c7
;u ///. '/.
:/.
, /
;.-;
/' /E:
Z / ///.
/-/.
/.
If Black is unwilling to sacrifice a
12 f5! (12 ed d5! unclear - Boersma) rook he might consider 9 ... b4 10
12 ... ef 13 g5 d7 14 c4 + Wh8 c4 e6 11 de Axe6 12 Axe6 fe (=) as
15 ;gdl +/- b5 16 !!xd6 e8 17 in Kinlay-Nunn, London 1977.
Ad5 ;gb8 18 e6 Axe6 19 !!xe6 4Jxe6 10 a4
20 jixe6 b6 21 jidS f6 22 f2
d7 23 e5 e8 24 f3 !!d6 25 B M./ g
/u/u////. E"
;"un/ /;
xc5 d8 26 b3 a6 27 e5 d7 28 'l/' 7/. /. /. 7/. Z

/% 1: . / / /% 1: . % 1: /u/ U/./ /uu /.1:'.

: /./
xd6 Axe5 29 xe5 + xe5 30
Axd8 ;gxd8 31 el g4 32 h3 f6 ./
33 dl e8 34 f2 4Jh5 35 d5 .
d _;fl:.
/.., / .
d
!!e5 36 e3 f6 37 ;gd6?? e4 + 38 :it. .:it .
f3 xd6 0:1
././/
b\.
Game 15 r4?
Lh.wBLh
Dolmatov - Chernin
54th USSR Ch, Minsk 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 jig7 5 10 ... a6
 10 ... !!e8?! 11 f5 gf 12 ef e6 13 fe
fe 14 de xe6 (Kaidanov-Davies,
Moscow B 1987) 15 f2! + 1-.
11 as b5 12 ab !!xb6 13 a4 !!b8 14
c4 e6! 15 e5 fe8 16 ed xd6 17 e5
ed!! 18 c6 h4 19 xb8 iid4 + 20
hl e8 21 f3 de 22 c6 Ag4 23
xd4 cd4 24 c6 cd 25 xd6 jif3!!
26 e3 de 27 gf d2 28 c3 e2 29
xd2 ef = + 30 !!xfl !!d8 31 t:Ye3
d5 32 xd5 xd5 33 !!cl h3 34
gl as 35 c3 trd7 36 c8 + xc8
37 !!xc8 + g7 38 !!a8 !!b5 39 b3
!!xb3 40 !!xa5 l3.xf3 41 !!a4 f6 42
g2 !!d3 43 !!a5 t:t
An interesting little game. I wonder
what Kaidanov had in mind against 10
. .. a6.
Game 17
De Firmian - Wolff
US Ch, Estes Park 1985
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 jig7 5
Ad3 0-0 6 f3 a6 70-0 c5 8 d5 b8
9 tyel b4 10 t:Yh4
.IA ... ;,u/u/J:i...// / ;,,"u/ .
.%- .%.% /u u,/ /' /u""/ "Uu.
./...u,/.%
"// ,/
.:it. . jm u _/
.
/ ,,/ D:it
/HHU /..//
. A..
:it:it Bftn
Wr" / ,,...,
10 ... bS
This move suffered a set-back in the
game Sznapik-Van der Wiel, Amster-
dam 1984; here it makes a come-back.
If Black is genuinely in a bad way, two
alternatives might be considered:
a) 10 ... g4 (removing the knight on
f3 is an interesting defensive idea
pioneered by the youth of Holland) 11
hl tyc8 12 a3 (12 d2?! xd3 13
cd b5 14 f2 a6! 15 h3 b4 16 cbl
Ad7 17 e2 e6 18 de fe -I +
Stehouwer-Van der Wiel, Dutch Ch
1984) 12 '" xd4 13 cd b5 14 f5 b4 15
liDe2?! (15 dl unclear) 15 ... a6 16
f4 iixf3 17 xf3 tra4! 18 !1fl c4!
and Black had taken the initiative in
Howell-J. Piket, Groningen 1985-6.
b) 10 ... xd3 11 cd b5 12 £5 b4 13
liDdl gf! 14 jih6 jixh6 15 trxh6 g4
was unclear , Anthony-Williams,
Chelmsford 1985.
11 a3
What did Black have in mind
against 11 f5! (preventing... g4) -
11 ... c4 12 a3 xd3 13 cd cd 14 ,,-h6
of Sznapik-van der Wiel? Perhaps
Sznapik's suggestion of 12 ...
liDbxd5!? is playable or maybe 1 1
xd3 12 cd b4 transposing to
Anthony- Williams.
11 ... xd3 12 cd jig4 13 f5 b4!
Much sharper than the 13 '" c8 of
Nunn- '1 an der Sterren, Ramsgate
1981. After the moves 14 h6 itxf3
15 xf3 b4 Nunn should have played
the immediate 16 d 1 (unclear) rather
than first capturing on b4.
14 ab cb 15 e2 b6 + 16 hl !!bc8
17 f4 Axf3 18 !!xf3?? a6!
(outch!) 19 Ae3 xal + 20 Agl !!cl
21 h3 !!fl 22 fg hg 0:1
Game 18
Gmenfeld - Kindermann
Biel1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 g7 5
f3 0-0 6 d3 a6 7 0-0 c5 8 d5 l3.b8
9 hl g4
Almost certainly best. 9 ... 5;:Jc7 has
been seen very little since Spas sky-
Kavalek, Solingen 1977 and 9 ... b6 is
virtually refuted by 1 0 b5! intending
11 c4.

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/ :. /a"
'=-'
_ R ;,,/////
1'/' ;/j/ u/////=/
//m/ ';//////;
+ f++
.... _......
.. . .1:_
. r. . _ 8
. .ftl&. , ./-IL
. t0.. ;% /
// /.d..b.
.d..b. . . 4?
/ c!h ,..
wf .
g.-
10 f5!?
Generally considered to be White's
most promising try.
10 el transposes into Howell-
Piket after 10 ... li) b4 (see note to
previous game) which looks fine for
Black. Perhaps White should prefer 9
hl followed by 10 el to cut out
Black's alternative defensive ideas.
But 10 c4!? has been causing
Black some problems, for example 10
... c7 11 a4 a6 12 as bS (or 12 ...
bS 13 d3 xc3 14 bc e6 IS de fe?!
16 h3 d5 17 hg xe4 18 tye3
I.Gurevich- Wolff, US Junior Ch
1986) 13 ab xb6 14 h3 Axf3 15
xf3 b5 16 e2 a8 17 c3 E;)c7 18
g4 + I =- Stoica- V arasdy, Baj mok
1984. The latest try is 11 ... e6 but this
turned out badly in I. Gurevich- Wolff,
match (2), Boston 1986, after 12 de fe
13 h3 Axf3 14 xf3 dS IS ed li)fxd5
16 xdS ed 17 l3.dl l3.e8 18 Ae3 b6
19 Axd5 + .
10 ... c8 11 Ae2 li)c7 12 a4 a6 13
h4!? xe2 14 xe2 + / = b5 15 ab
ab 16 g4 a8 17 l3.xa8 xa8 18 g5
h5 19 dl b4 20 e3 tya6 21 tyg2
b3 22 g4 e8 23 cb d3 24 f3
xf3 + 25 l3.xf3 Ad4 26 g2 c7 27
li)f4 xf4 28 Axf4 b5 29 f6 ef 30
li)xf6 + '!;g7 31 h4 a8 32 h5 gh 33
li)xh5 + ,!;g6 34 h3 al + 35 g2
l3:bl 36 g3 xb2 + 37 '!;f3 Ag7 38
l;)f5 f8 39 g4 g2 + 40 g3
d4?? (40 ... gl draws) 41 4)h4+
. Wh.
W 1:0
AUSTRIAN PIRC 6 ji) c3
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 Ag7 4 f4 4Jf6
5 f3 0-0 6 Ae3
6 e3 is another testing move which
has not been as heavily analysed as 6
.,/
d3. Black seems to have a large
choice of playable replies, though
these may be thinned out as the theory
is refined.
6 ... c6 followed by the innova-
tion 7 ... g4 (game 19) is particularly
important news for those who play the
'Modern' 4 ... c6 (S e3 h;Jf6 6 f3
transposes). In the same event
Pirc/Modern expert Azmaiparashvili
also used 6 ... bd7 (game 20).
Games 21 and 22 are both of great
theoretical importance: they witness
the birth of 6 ... c5. Espig's 6 ... a6 on
the other hand (game 23) may prove to
be stillborn.
Game 19
Dvoiris - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 c3 d6 4 f4 f6 5
f3 0-0 6 Ae3 c6 7 d2 g4!?
(New) 8 Agl e5 9 fe de 10 d5 b8 11
h3 f6 12 0-0-0 bd7 13 d6!? (13
g4!?) 13 ... c6 14 Wbl b5 15 e3 l3:e8
16 Ah2 Af8 17 g4 e6 18 g5 e8?!
(18 ... hS unclear - Dvoiris) 19 h4
xd6 20 h5 a5 21 hg hg 22 4)d2
c7 23 Ah3 l3:e8 24 b3 a5? (24 ...
c4 unclear - Dvoiris) 25 Axd7 Axd7
26 c5 b7 27 xb5 b8 28 f2
Ag4 29 dfl d8 30 5d4 b7 31
f3 Axf3 32 xf3 b8 33 h311.g7
34 Agl e6 35 h7 + '!;f8 36 a4
e7 37 Ac5 + d8 38 dl + c8
39 Ad6 a8 40 c5 xc5 41 Axc5
Af8 42 tyh3 + b8 43 d7 1:0
 Game 20
Halifman - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 4Jf6 4 4Je3 g7 5
4Jf3 0-0 6 e3 4Jbd7 7 t1-d2 e5 8 de
In Haik-Seret, Cannes 1986, White
tried 8 d5, but after 8 ... a6! suddenly
had problems. The natural 9 a4 could
be met by 9 ... t1-a5 threatening both
10 ... b5 and 10 ... tfb4. So White
played 9 e5, giving Black tremendous
piece play after 9 ... de 10 fe 4Jg4 11
e6 fe 12 de l0de5 13 xd8 .:9.xd8 14
xc5 xe6.
8 ... xc5 9 e5 4Jfe4 10 xe4 xe4
11 t1-b4 d5 12 d3 b6 13 0...0 .JJJe7 14
ael Ab7 15 l3.e2 e6 16 jld4 jlh6 17
.JJJel .JJJe7 18 d2 .:9.fd8 19 xe4 de
20 .JJJf2 xf4 21 4Jxe4 xe4 22 xe4
Ah6 23 h4 ae8 24 e3 .B:d5 25 h5
$1g7 26 t1-e3 e7 27 .JJJh3 .JJJe8 28 b3
t1-e7 29 .B:h4 g5 30 e4 h6 31 e2
t1-e8 32 .JJJe3 !!ed7 33 t¥e4 t:t
Game 2]
Belyavsky - Mednis
Vienna Open 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 4Jf6 3 e3 g6 4 f4 Jig7 5
4Jf3 0-0 6 e3 e5 7 de t1-a5 8 d2
If White wanted to he could have
transposed into the 5 ... c5 6 dc varia-
tion with 8 Ad3 g4 9 Ad2 xc5 10
e2'4Jf6 11 Ae3. But Belyavsky must
have thought he could do better.
8 ... de 9 4)b5
The critical line. Both 9 e5 and 9
4Je5 are comfortably met by 9 ...
!!d8.
9 ... thd2 + 10 4Jxd2 a6 11 0-0-0
e5?!
Diagram
In his notes to the game Mednis
recommended 11 .... b6 as an improve-
ment. Now he has to fight very hard
before eventually holding the draw.
12 g3 h6 13 c3 ef 14 Jtxf4 jlxf4
. :oon/.
S.A
r+.
.. t'++
..... ... / 0 8 , Hu/rf8
.. t'at
.. .
. . .
W@ /" ../
.. .
:ita:it .it
E: E:
15 gf !iZJe7 16 g2 b8 17 4Jc4 b6 18
l0d6 Aa6 19 e5 l0g4 20 .:9.del .:9.bd8
21 h3 h6 22 h4 4Jf5! 23 !iZJxf5 gf 24
jlh3 d4 25 jlxf5 .B:xf4 26 jle4 .B:e8
27 hgl + f8 28 xh7 .:9.xh4 29
g8+ e7 30 xe8+ xe8 31 f5
f4 32 h3 f3 33 $1g4 fl 34
.:9.xfl $1xfl 35 d2 g2 36 4Je2 $1c6
37 l0f4 e7 38 c4 f6 39 g6 + f7
40 f5 b7 41 e3 fe 42 4Jxe5 +
Wf6 43 f4 e6 + 44 Axe6 Wxe6 45
4Jg4 d6 46 !iZJe3 e6 47 4Jdl c6
48 4Je3 d6 49 f5 a6 50 e4 +
c7 51 e5 jlb7 52 4Jf6 jlg2 53
4Jd5 + e6 54 e3 h3 55 4Jdl
jlfl 56 b3 b5 t:t
Game 22
Belyavsky - Timman
Tilburg (Interpolis) 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 4Jf6 3 e3 g6 4 f4 Ag7 5
4Jf3 0-0 6 e3 e5 7 de tra5 8 .JJJd2 de
9 li)b5 t1-a4
Timman's prepared improvement
(?) on the Mednis exchange of queens.
White can cop-out with 10 c3 a5
(10 ... b4 is met by 11 e5, when 11
... !!d8 is not available) 11 b5 a4
etc. but a Belyavsky does not play like
that.
10 e5 e4 11 d3
Diagram
11 ... b4 +
In his notes in Informator Belyav-
sky showed that after this Black is

..1&. . .
;'/, "",.iLfM U/,,,.1!i'fM
+ . r++
... _......
,....3
. a,....,.
B1:B "...
.hr . ."LJ .
iY .. '..e .
. .
it6it.
//' / / .:it
,/
&t1jl E:
always struggling. But he fails to men-
tion 11 ... f5 which Pirc expert
G. Fridstein suggested and analysed in
Shakhmaty i USSR, issue 5, 1987.
Fridstein's analysis went as follows:
a) 12 t1"c4 (or 12 t1"b3) 12... t1"a5 + 13
li)d2 a6 14 li)c3 (14 a3 b5) 14 ...
li)xc3 15 bc and now both 15 ... d7
and 15 ... li)c6 are fine for Black.
b) 12 h4 tya5 + (and not 12 ... li)f2
13 c4 tyxc4 14 xc4 li)xh 1 15 li)xf5
gf 16 li)c7 c6 17 xa8 when White
will recover his piece with a clear ad-
vantage) 13 d2 li)xd2 14 t1"xd2
t1"xd2+ 15 xd2 c6 16 xf5 gf
with a comfortable game.
c) 12 g4? li)f2 13 b3 xb3 14 ab
xg4 or 13 t1"d2 xg4 14 c7 (14 b3
t1"e4) 14 ... li)xe3 and Black wins.
Perhaps these variations will pro-
vide future Pirc battlegrounds.
12 d2 Af5 13 li)c7 li)c6 14 xa8
d8 15 t1"a3 xd2 16 0-0-0 tre4 17
xd2 xa8 18 d3 a4 19 b3
t1"e4 20 t1"d3 t1"a4 21 t1"c4 t1"a5 22 a3
c8 23 Ad3 e6 24 t1"b5 t1"c7 25
tyxc5 b6 26 t1"c3 trb8 27 a6 c7 28
t1"d3 f5 29 t1"e2li)a5 30 d3 Jtxd3
31 t1"xd3 e6 32 dl f8 33 t1"d8
b3 + 34 Wbl t1"xd8 35 xd8 li)c5
36 Ab5 Wg7 37 .:9,d4 a6 38 e2 b5 39
b3 d7 40 a4 b6 41 ab ab 42 xb5
c5 43 c4 xd4 44 jlxd4 c8 45
Wb2 g5 46 fg Wg6 47 b4 g5 48
Jta6 f5 49 Jtxc8 xc8 50 c3 e4
51 b5 d8 52 f2 dl 53 c2 d7
54 b6 b7 55 c3 e5 56 g3+
f6 57 c5 1:0
Game 23
Tischbierek .. Espig
East German Ch 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 li)f6 3 li)c3 g6 4 f4 Jtg7 5
li)f3 0-0 6 Jte3 a6 7 jld3 b5 8 e5li)g4
9 Jtgl f6 10 h3 li)h6 11 t1"e2 fe 12 fe
c6 13 0-0..0 d5 14 blli)d7 15 fl e6
16 Jte3 f5 17 .Qf2 c5 18 de t1"c7 19
c6 li)xe5 20 li)xe5 Jtxe5 21 g4 li)e7 22
Jtb6 xfl + 23 xfl t1"xb6 24 t1"xe5
t1"xc6 25 h4 t1"e8 26 h5 li)c6 27 f6
tye7 28 hg t1"xf6 29 xf6 hg 30 li)xd5
li)e5 31 li)b6 b8 32 li)xc8 xc8 33
xe6 4Jxd3 34 cd f7 35 xa6 d8
36 b6 d4 37 xb5 xg4 38 c2
g5 39 d2 f6 40 e3 g141 a4 g4
42 f4 g3 43 Wf3 We6 44 a5 d7 45
b3 g2 46 a3 1:0
ALJS'rnIAN PII(: () ')('2
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 li)c3 jlg7 4 f4li)f6
5 f3 0-0 6 e2
As a result of the famous game
Fischer-Korchnoi, Curacao 1962, this
move virtually disappeared for 20
years. But recently it has been resur-
rected by Sax as well as the Netherland
players Van der Wiel, Ligterink and
Kuijf.
After 6 ... c5 Black was thought to
get a free and easy game but the posi-
tions bear a close resemblance to some
variations of 6 f4 against the Najdorf
in which White has dangerous attack-
ing chances (game 24). Game 25 shows
an unsuccessful attempt to vary with 6
... a6.
6 Jte2 could be due for a full-scale
revival.
 Game 24
Kuijf - J .Piket
Wijk aan Zee 8 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 l0c3 Ag7 4 f4 f6 5
f3 0-0 6 Ae2 c5 7 de tra5 8 0-0
xc5 + 9 hl bd7 10 Ad3 a6 11
trel b5 12 lie3 c7 13 a3 b7 14
tyh4 13.ae8 15 f5 e6 16 Ag5 c6 17
adl to/c5 18 d2 ila8 19 lie2 ef 20
ef !Xxe2 21 xe2 h6 22 xf6 xf6 23
fg fg 24 c3 !1e8 25 d4 t1d5 26 g3
h7 27 del !!e5 28 tyf3 tyg8 29
to/dl B:h5 30 e6 trc8 31 f3 g4
32 ..g,xd6 xf3 33 xf3 xh2 34
!1h3 B:xh3 35 gh f3 36 t1e7 1:0
Game 25
Kuijf.. M.Piket
Amsterdam (OURA) 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 $1g7 5
10f3 0-06 Ae2 a6 7 0..0 c5 8 Whl b6
9 a4 Ab7 10 dS e6 11 de fe 12 gS
10c7 13 f5 ef 14 ef gf 15 f4 h6 16
Ac4+ d5 17 lixc7 trd7
s... U///,/./.
. ...
& ,.iL1iJ.
///u/..
/U'd' :1'//....>; . .
/u..u
.:ft..
'1:.1: . ,.. .'.d..'..
..
:it
.. :it
m.m.
18 Ae5 hg 19 Axf6 Axf6 20 4Jxd5
h8 21 a3 g4 22 .B:d3 Ad4 23 f4
t,Yh7 24 xd4 cd 25 thd4 + t,Yg7 26
g6 + h7 27 li)xf8 + xf8 28
to/xg7 + Wxg7 29 Ad3 f4 30 gl
h6 31 el f3 32 .B:e7 Aa8 33 gf
xf3 34 xa7 g5 35 a6 f6 36
as ba 37 .B:xa5 + f4 38 f2 f8 39
J3.c5 13.f6 40 b4 f8 41 b5 1:0
CLASSICAL VARIATION
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 4Jc3 Ag7 4 4Jf3
As methods were discovered to com-
bat the Austrian Attack, the quiet
Classical Variation grew in populari-
ty. It was found that it was by no
means easy for Black to fully equalise
and his winning chances against a
strong White were virtually nil.
But in the last few years some in-
teresting new ideas have challenged
the conventional view that White has a
risk-free plus. A special mention must
again go to the young Soviet master
Azmai parash viIi.
CLASSICAL MODERN
When faced with 4 f3 most players
with the black pieces transpose into
the Pirc, which is probably the most
sensible choice. In game 26 Gligoric
made 4 ... a6 look rather dubious but
perhaps Hickl's treatment with 4 ...
Ag4 is worth further tests.
Game 26
Gligoric .. Dizdarevic
Sarajevo 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 f3 lig7 4 c3 a6 5
Ae3
The game Sakharov-Polukhin,
RSFSR 1986, continued rather ran-
domly with 5 h3 b5 6 a3 Ab7 7 Ag5
li)d7 8 t1-d2 gf6 9 e5 Axf3 10 gf de
11 0-0-0 ed 12 xd4 0-0 13 h4 with a
dangerous attack. But Black can play
more steadily with 8 ... c5 before br-
inging his king's knight out.
5 ... b56 a4 b4 7 a2 f6 8 Ad3 as 9
c3 be 10 be 0..0 11 0-0 fd7 12 cl
Aa6 13 !!bl trc8 14 !!el b6 15
d2 8d7 16 t1-c2 e6 17 c4 c5 18 d5
ed 19 cd c4 20 Ae2 c3 21 db3 xa4
22 bDxa5 Axe2 23 bDc6 .B:e8 24 xe2
e5 25 xe5 Axe5 26 d4 t;Yc4 27
c6 c5 28 xc5 thc5 29 xe5
 xe5 30 e3 a3 31 cl e8 32 h4 1975 .

c8 33 h5 g7 34 h3 f6 35 t1-e2 The 'Classical' 9 ... e5 is not in the

d4 36 hg hg 37 g4 f5 38 g5 f8 spirit of the position. Uikovani-
39 h6 + f7 40 ef gf 41 tre6 + g7 Tchebulava, USSR 1985, continued 10
42 g3 + 1:0 0-0-0 e7 11 de Axe5 12 Ad4 £6 13
e3 0-0 14 f4 with a good attacking
Game 27 position.
Kindermann - Hick) 10 e5 b7 11 0-0 h6 12 adl 0-0 13
Munich Zonal 1987 Acl b6 14 t1-e4 f5 15 b3 de 16
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 f3 $ig4 a4 tra7 17 t1-xc6 ed 18 Aa3 trb8 19
5 e3 g4 d6 20 Ab2 e5 21 f4 trb5 22 xc7
The actual order of moves was 4 e4 23 c4 de 24 xc3 li2)xc3 25 xc3
Ae3 c6 5 li)f3. It has been doctored trb6 + 26 hl ac8 27 f3 e4 28
in order to insert the reference Tal- e2 Axb2 29 trxb2 e3 30 g2
Ljubojevic, SWIFT World Blitz Ch, fe8 31 del trd3 32 dl b5 33
Brussels 1987, in which Tal ex- f5 c3 34 del d3 35 dl
perimented with an unusual idea: 5 xh3 + 36 xh3 xh3 + 37 g2
$ie2 4Jc6 6 gl!? But after 6 ... e3 38 fg hg 39 d7 f8 40 e7
Ad7 7 Ae3 e5 8 f3 f6 9 0-0 0-0 e2 + 41 f2 xf2 + 42 f2 f5 43
Black's extra ... Ad7 looked quite e6 f7 44 xa6 c8 45 gf gf 46
useful. e3 c3 + 47 d2 d3 + 48 e2 f4
5 ... c6 6 b5 49 t!a4 e3 + 50 f2 e6 51 a8
I can find no recent examples of 6 h3 52 e8+ d5 53 d8+ e5
$ie2 when 6 ... e5 7 de de 8 xd8 + 54 e8 + d4 55 d8 + c3 56 f8
;g,xd8 9 b5 is supposed to be fairly e3 + 57 e2 h2 + 58 el d3 0:1
good for White. Black's best is pro-
bably 6 ... f6 which could lead to a
main line Pirc. CLASSICAL PIRC
6 .. . a6 ': xc6 + be 8 h3 $ixf3 9 5th Move Divergences
xf3 1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f3 $ig7 4Ae2 f6
5c3
s.
. ?/, ,/;_
. ;,//"'; 5 ... 0-0 is automatic for most Blacks
++ .L.L
. j (//d:: - but there are other moves. In game
Z.Z.
/./ .Z- ., 28 Azmaiparashvili chose 5 ... $ig4
and in game 29 Velimirovic tried 5 ...
.... c5 which transposes into a Schmid
. /
R:itB
u/ - Benoni after 6 d5 and a Sicilian
. r ./:it Dragon after 6 0-0 cd. Plaskett chose 6
dc and they hacked merrily away for
4r4
J..h f4?/u
/.' %% . .
/
the next 36 moves.
E:
9 ... b8 Game 28

A possibfe improvement on the 9 ... Razuvayev - Azmaiparashvili

e6 10 e5! !iDe7 11 4Je4 of Smyslov- 53rd USSR Ch, Minsk 1985
Timman, Wijk aan Zee 1972, and the 1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f3 Ag7 4 Ae2 f6
9 ... d7 10 e5! of Tal-Hort, Moscow 5 c3 Ag4 6 0-0 c6 7 $ie3 e5
 On the evidence of this game this
looks like a good move but subse-
quently (1 vanch uk -Azmaiparashvili,
Tallinn 1986) Azmaiparashvili chose
to go back into the normal lines with 7
... 0-0. Did he fear an improvement or
just feel like a change?
8 de de 9 xd8 + xd8 10 h3 xf3
11 xf3 h5 12 !1ad 1 e6 13 d5
d7 14 h4 c6 15 e3 f6 16 g3 g5 17
hg xg5 18 xg5 xg5 19 l3.d3 c5
20 e3 d8 21 dt d4 22 g2 h4
23 f4 ge6 24 fe h3 25 Afl d7 26
ed3 li)xe5 27 xd4 li)xd4 28 jie2
xc2 29 f2 l0d4 30 ht e7 31
dl f6 32 e3 xe2 33 xe2 g5
34 !1fl h2 35 !!hl g4 36 fl f5 37
d2 h3 38 ef xf5 39 <£if3 !1h8 40
c4 g5 0:1
Galne 29
Plaskett - Velimirovic
Bor 1985
110f3 g6 2 e4 Ag7 3 d4 d6 410c3 4Jf6
5 .!ie2 e5 6 de a5 7 cd l0xe4 8 0..0
hDxe3 9 be 0..0 lOde l3. e8 11 l3. b 1 hDe6
12 l3.b5 tha2 13 d4 xd4 14 cd
l3.xe7 15 d5 f5 16 d3 xd3 17
t\'xd3 !!e8 18 d6 !!d7 19 el Af8 20
t\'h3 f5 21 f3 b6 22 b3
... u'u w.
.w. .+ W .ag g....
'/u'/t
U zr ...
.....
f8 xh4 36 h3 f6 37 h6 Wf5
38 f3 g5 39 f8+ Wg4 40 h3
f6 41 t;Yh6 t;Yg5 42 t;Yf8 f6 t:t
CLASSICAL PIRC
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 g7 4 f3 f6
5 e2 0..0 6 0-0
The 6 ... c5 of game 30 is similarly
motivated to the 5 ... c5 of game 29:
after 7 d5 we get a Schmid Benoni and
after 7 g5 cd we have a Sicilian
Dragon. The main difference is in
what happens when White captures on
cS; S ... cS led to a slugfest, 6 ... cS to
a tranquil queenless middlegame.
There have been some interesting
developments with 6 . . . c6 (games
31-34) and Black's dynamic treatment
in Konopka-Azmaiparashvili (8 ...
a5 .was new when it appeared in
Sokolov- V an der WieI) is particularly
worth attention. 6 ... c6 still looks
better for White after 7 dS (game 35)
and 6 ... a6 looked pretty bad in game
36.
The so-called main line with 6 ...
g4 7 e3 hDc6 8 d2 e5 is not doing
very well for White, Black obtaining
good counterplay after 9 d5 (game 38)
and stone-cold equality results from 9
de (game 39). Perhaps we will be see-
ing more of 8 d5 (game 37).
Game 30

..;. Andersson - Torre

Leningrad 1987
lli)f3 g6 2 d4 g7 3 e4 d6 4 e2 li)f6
i'Wh_/ u//
1iJ
0'
'..fi...../,
/. ,,
/Z
{': . /.
5 5Dc3 0-0 6 0-0 e5 7 de de 8 Ae3
8 e5 hDg4 9 Jtg5 c6 10 5Dd5
gxe5 11 xe7 + xe7 12 xd8
22 ... !!xd6 23 Aa3 !!e8 24 fl xd8 13 Axe7 d7 -t:-t Doncevic-
Bischoff, Elekes Memorial, Budapest
de6 25 Axf8 f8 26,e3 g8 27 a3 d5 28 xa7 !'!8e7 29 c8 + 1985.
8 ... b6 9 xd8 !!xd8 10 !!fdl e6
't;g7 30 a8 't;h6 31 trl8 + g5 32
a3 14 33 h4 + g4 34 h6 h5 35 11 xd8 + 5Dxd8 12 !!dl b7 13
 d2 c6 14 c4 ;B.d8 15 ;B.xd8 +
xd8 16 f3 d7 17 b5 c6 18 a4
de5 19 d2 d7 20 c3 Ae5 21 f4
Ab8 22 e5 d8 23 f2 f6 24 ef xf6
25 $if3 Axf3 26 xf3 c6 t:t
Game 31
Konopka - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 Ag7 4 f3 f6
5 e2 0-0 6 0-0 bd7 7 el c6 8 Af4
..g,a5! 9 d2
9 d2 e5 10 Ag5 ed 11 xd4
xe4! 12 xe4 xd2 13 jtxd2 d5!
(Sokolov- Van der Wiel, Biel IZ 1985)
14 xc6 be 15 c3 li)b6 =.
9 ... c7
S.A. !..
% 'W/ /1:0
%/?i . /, /1
/ 1:
:/,. / 1:
"/+/4f/ '/...
:;//;:;;c .... ; /g) .... :- 'i' fP
// //; /.. . '/ '//" ////:/"/;
. . . .
. m . ;/// f : { . .
/ / /w'//
r..
JILl
44%
kJ. '/ //" '/ ". M /
Z
10 d5
10 a4 e5 11 de de 12 Ae3 d8 13
tycl Af8 14 dl c5 15 f3 Ae6 =
Pigusov-Azmaiparash viIi, USSR
1986.
10 ... c5 11 Afl Ad7
Earlier in the same tournament
Kengis-Azmaiparashvili had con-
tinued 11 ... g4?! 12 h3 e5 (12 ...
xf2 13 tyf3! +-) 13 Ag5! (13 de?
xf2!) 13 ... g5 Af6 (13 ... f6 14
c4! b5 15 Axf6 Axf6 16 de! be 17
d5 + /-) 14 Axf6 xf6 15 b4 a6
16 a3 cd 17 xd5 xd5 18 ed b8 19
c4 a5 20 c5! + /-. This time he plays
more sensibly.
12 a4 fc8 13 c4 d8 14 de Axe6
15 e5 de 16 xe5 dl 17 exd1
Ae8 18 Ae3 fe4 19 xe4 xe4 20
Ad4 c5 21 Ab5 Axb5 22 ab e6 23
c3 xd4 24 cd c2 25 b3 d8 26 f4
g5 27 fg b2 28 f3 xb3 29 a5 e5
30 d5 e4 31 h4 e3 32 a2 xd5 33
cl Ab2 34 bl e2 0:1
Game 32
Barbulescu - Seret
World Team Ch, Lucerne 1985
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f3 Ag7
5 Ae2 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 e1 bd7 8 a4
e59a5
9 de de 10 a5 -?!Jc7 11 Ae3 d8 12
cl f8 13 d1 xdl + 14 -?!Jxdl
e6 = King-Gipslis, J urmala 1985.
9 ... e8 (9 ... tyc7) 10 de de 11 Ac4
tyc7 12 e3 f8 13 e2 e6 14 g5
xg5 15 Axg5 b8?! 16 b4 h5 17
Ae3 f4 18 tyd1 d8 19 tyb1 a8
20 a4 tye7 21 Af1 Af8 22 c3 tyc7
23 c2 $1d7 24 f3 e6 25 f2 c5 26
xc5 xc5 27 be dc8 28 a6 ba 29
Axa6 cb8 30 a3 Ab5 31 ea1
c6 32 h3 tye6 33 tya2 tyd7 34 tyd5
4
" /
e8 35 Axb5 .:B.xb5 36 .:B.xa7 .:B.d8 37
a8 xd5 38 xe8 d3 39 Ah6 1:0
Game 33
Reshevsky - Kristiansen
Reykjavik Open 1986
1 d4 g6 2 e4 Ag7 3 f3 d6 4 Ae2 f6
5 c3 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 a4 bd7
7 ... c7 8 h3 e5 9 de de 10 Ae3
h5 11 el f4 12 Afl a6?! (12
... d8) 13 d2 d8 14 t;-cl e6 15
a5 + / = J .Szmetan-Schweber, Argen-
tine Ch 1985.
8 as e5 9 Ae3 e7 10 d2 e8 11 d5
cd 12 b5 t;-b8 13 ed a6 14 c3 g4
15 Ag5 h6 16 Ah4 b5 17 e1 gf6
18 f3 Ab7 19 b4 e4 20 Axf6 xf6 21
fe xe4 22 xe4 Axal 23 Af3 Ag7
24 f4 tya7 + 25 hl f5 26 g3
 ad8 27 b2)d3 e3 28 b2)e2 trxf4 29
exf4 g5 30 e6 c8 31 Ah5 e7
32 .B:xf5 xc2 33 h4 d2 34 hg xd3
35 Af3 hg 36 .B:xg5 c8 37 g6
Axe6 38 de d5 39 g5 xf3 40 gf d4
0:1
Game 34
Hmadi .. Pfleger
World Team Ch, Lucerne 1985
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f3 c-g7
5 jie2 0..0 6 0..0 c6 7 h3 bd7
7 ... c7 8 f4 bd7 9 e5 de 10
xe5 d8 11 el d5 12 xd5 cd
13 f3 f6 14 c3 b6 15 b3 e6 16
..g,xb6 ab 17 Ae2 d7 18 f3 +/-
Gligoric-Nikolic, Yugoslav Ch, Budva
1986.
8 e5 li;Je8
8 ... de!? 9 de d5 10 xdS cd 11
Af4 c7 12 xd5 xc2 13 QbS
(E r moli ns k y-Azmai par ash viIi,
Kuibishev 1986) 13 ... b6 is unclear.
9 Ac4 4Jb6 10 Ab3 a5 11 a4 de 12 de
!i;Jc7 13 g5 t¥xdl 14 axdl e8 15
fel Ae6 16 Ae3 bd5 17 Axd5
xd5 18 xd5 Axd5 19 b6 a6 20
Ac5 b6 21 Aa3 fia7 22 d4 fid7 23
c4 xc4 24 xc6 .f!c7 25 d4 fid8
26 If)c6 .f!e8 27 If)d4 h6 28 e6 Ag7
29 ef + xf7 30 li)f3 e5 31 d6 b7
32 .:9.ed1 h6 33 d7 + xd7 34
fixd7 + g8 35 d2 a2 36 b7
e6 37 c7 e4 38 fl e3 39 fe .B:xe3
40 c6 e6 41 c7 d5 42 b3 Ae5
43 e7 xe7 44 xe7 f7 4S Ad8
d4 46 g4 e6 47 e2 g2 48 f3
c5 49 c5Dd2 Axh3 50 3 h5 51 gh
gh 52 f4 d7 53 Af6 c6 54 e4
..Qb4 55 e5 Ag4 56 d4 Ae6 0:1
Game 35
Miles - Quinteros
Dortmund 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 li)f6 2 c3 g6 4 li)f3 Ag7
5 Ae2 0-0 6 0..0 li)c6 7 d5 li2)b8
7 ... li2)e5 8 li2)xe5 de 9 Ae3 a6 10
cl trd6 11 l3.dl Ad7 12 a3 h5 13 f3
l0h7 14 Whl f5 15 ef gf 16 f4 /-
Geller-Hoi, Reykjavik Open 1986.
8 a4
8 el eS 9 de Axe6 10 Ag5 h6 11
jlf4 !i;Jc6 12 h3 Wh7 13 d2 /
Azmaiparashvili-Kanstler, Tbilisi
1986.
8 ... a5 9 h3 c6 1 0 e3
10 jig5 a6 11 el would
transpose into Schussler-Quinteros,
Vienna Open 1986, in which Black ob-
tained a satisfactory position after 11
... c5 12 Afl e5 13 de xe6 14 e3
e8.
10 .. . 10a6 11 el b4
=W/-%
.... A ,/;=
T5; ' //; &i
, ,/,?w
/0/#/
+ Z+'$+
M.&._ .&.K.&.
/ // // 1: t ////; . u/.; 1: ;f;!J{i
0m;//; '0 ///
/// /J///J,/ ,::ffi
"/, /'h
%/////////////
:;;/. :t/ M/,
:it 00 ,0;'//
,../&//;.://-:.W(/// ' , '%/ :/".@/
,/ ///// / /, /// '0 ///fi :/ / , }jjW.////// /
:it // /./ '0/1 W// :it/,/... .//./
y/ 1?f;/j
. [ ..4
MftJ w/J%w////".: c!.h
r_b\t
dhdh
:,u /U :,/ /// /F ///
/
/ ../.
., /
<:
/
/'/
'/
The positioning of White's bishop
on e3 has its effect in that 11 ... c5
can be met by 12 xc5 de 13 dc bc 14
..g,.xd8 xd8 15 Ae4 when Black's
weak pawns are a serious liability. So
Quinteros has to put his knight on a
worse square.
12 jifl e5 13 Ac4 Ad7 14 .f!e2 ed 15
ed e8 16 Ab5 f5 17 Axd7 t¥xd7 18
g5 + / = f4 19 c1 !il:Jc7 20 f3 Af6
21 ge4 d8 22 b3 h5 23 a3 g5 24
d2 e7 25 t;f-e2 ac8 26 adll3.f7
27 f2 Ad8 28 c5Dce4 c5De8 29 c3 18a6
30 b5 e7 31 f1 g7 32 e2
g6 33 hl c5Db8 34 b2 b6 35 d3
..g,.f7 36 d2 Ac7 37 Wdl c5Dg7 38
cl f5 39 bl d7 40 a2 c5
41 AxeS be 42 l0dl h8 43 b2
 gg8 44 4Jc4 cd8 45 gl g7 46
g3 fg 47 4Jxg3 4Jh4 48 f2 f8 49
4Je4 e7 50 ffl f4 51 4Jcd2 d8
52 a6 h7 53 c6 g6 54 a3
h6 55 f2 e7 56 gfl f7 57
4Jg3 e7 58 4Jc4 f7 59 4Je3 gf6
60 4Jg2 xf3 61 xf3 xf3 62 xf3
4Jxf3 63 4Je3 4Jh4 64 4Je4 4Jg6 65
4Jxd6 Axd6 66 xd6 f3 67 xc5
xh3 68 b4 ab + 69 xb4 h4 70 a5
t1-d7 71 c6 xc6 72 4Jf5 + h5 73
de 1:0
Game 36
Browne - Hoi
Reykjavik Open 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 4Jf6 3 4Jc3 g6 4 4Jf3 Ag7
5 Ae2 0-0 6 0-0 a6 7 e5 de 8 4Jxe5 Ae6
9 Af3 c6 10 el Ad5 11 4Jxd5 cd 12
c4 4Jc6 13 Ag5 e6 14 cd ed 15 d2
e8 16 adl d6 17 f4 e6 18
4Jd3 4Je4 19 Jlxe4 de 20 4Jc5 xa2
21 4Jxe4 4Jxd4 22 4Jf6 + Axf6 23
Axf6 a5 24 Ae5 4Jc6 25 Ac3 f5
26 c7 b5 27 h3 xel + 28 xel
f8 29 g4 b3 30 trd6 f6 31 e6
4Je5 32 xf6 xf6 33 xf6 dl +
34 h2 4Jf3 + 35 g3 1:0
Game 37
Kengis - Hoi
J iirmala 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 4Jc3 d6 4 4Jf3 4Jf6
5 Jle2 0-0 6 0-0 Ag4 7 Ae3 4Jc6 8
d5!?
8 h3 Axf3 9 Axf3 e5 lOde 4Jxe5 11
Ae2 e8 12 d2 4Jed7 13 f3 4JhS
unclear, Abramovich-Bonin, New
York Open 1985.
8 ... Axf3 9 Axf3 4Je5 10 Ae2 c6 11
a4 cd?!
11 ... a5 12 a3! fc8 13 b3
ab8 14 d4 c5 15 dl a6 16 f4
+ / - Panchenko-Ehlvest, Leningrad
1984.
12 ed a5 13 a3! fc8 14 b3
c7 15 el 4Jed7 16 Ad4 4Jc5 17
b4 a6 18 c4 d8 19 a5 c7 20 b4
4Jcd7 21 xc7 xc7 22 4Ja4 e8 23
c4 h5 24 h3 e5 25 Ae3 h7 26 c5 de 27
be Af8 28 d6 c6 29 Ac4 Ah6 30
Axh6 Wxh6 31 Axf7 f8 32 Ae6
g7 33 c2 b5 34 b 1 xa5 35
Axd7 4Jxd7 36 xb7 el + 37 h2
xf2 38 xd7 + h6 39 c3 e4 40
g3 1:0
GalJle 38
Barlov - Jansa
Bor 1985
1 f3 g6 2 e4 _g7 3 d4 d6 4 e2 4Jf6
5 c3 0-0 6 0-0 g4 7 _e3
7 a4!? c6 8 _Qe3 e5 9 d5 5;Je7 10 a5
a6 1 1 d2 c8 12 f3 _d7 13 a4
!i)h5 14 c4 f4 15 c5 t;Ye8 unclear
Imanalie,o-Sturua, Frunze 1985.
7 ... c6 8 d2 e5 9 d5 e7 10 adl
10 el _xe2 11 tyxe2 c6 12 dc bc
13 d 1 d5 1 4 jic5 e8 15 5;Jd3 c7
1 6 _a3 ad8 1 7 c5 c8 unclear
Vokac-Jansa, CSSR Ch, Prague 1986.
10 ... b5!?
s.. ./, UU
J . /
/ % /% . o/ 1: . % / 1:
0: z z : fi;;' /////U/.//d//'/./ . f'.
/./ //// ;//
.1:.:itE . . //u/
. .:it.A.
. .. ///
44tJ\4
.d.h .d.h rgjf .d.h
'I' ./. ."",'h ""I" /, "",../
E:E:
11 a3
The move with which Karpov lost to
Azmaiparashvili in the 1983 USSR
Ch... Since then there have been some
new developments:
a) 11 Axb5 (the critical reply) 11 ...
4Jxe4!? (11 ... Axf3?!) 12 4Jxe4 f5 13
4JegS f4 14 4Je6 Axe6 15 de fe 16
trxe3 c6 17 Ac4! (17 Aa4 c7 18 c4
 g f4 19 __"b3 af8 20 gd2 cf5 \\'as 5 ce3 4 6 0-0 ce6 7 Qe3 0-0 8
good for Black in Gonzalez-Caillacho, d2 e5 9 de de 10 gadl e8 I I el
Cuba 1985) 17 ... c7 18 b3 d5'?! gd8 12 xd8 + ..g,xd8 13 dl tyf8
(This looks dubiolls. I "iugget lR ". 14 h3 <o-xf3 15 ,,-xf3 d8 16 bS
g f 4! ?) 1 9 c 5 fi ac 8 20 g fc 1 1 1'5 2 1 xd1 + 17 trxdl ..g,b8 18 c3
.:9.e4! de 22 d7 1 /- Venn i-
Segatini, ('aorle 19R6. * .
b) lIb 4 a 6 1 2 h.3 J d 7 1 3 TJ e 1 c (, 1 <. k' /z Z z zAz
. \ C (1 -: / + K u / 111 1 11 -
A/lllaipara h \ i Ii. USS R 19R5. . .z
I 1 ... \' h 8 Z
AlJllaiparah\ ili beat Karpo\ \\ it h :it
11... a5 but rather than Karpo\' 12
b4, Barlo\ \\'olild probably ha\ l' tah.c11
:it :it
on b5. Jana' 1110\C looh. good. :it:it :it:it
12 ?J t.' 1 d 7 13 l' 3 it 5 14 (:') d 3 l' () I 5 d r
;, "t.'6 16 ;; h6 h 17 ,,7 Yf'g7 18 ah
ah 19 't'lh1 /h6+ 20 Whl gahX 18 ... 1'8
(u 11 c lea r )21 t.' ht.' 22 'l'3 q fdX23 h-t N e \ \; 1 R '" h 5 19 a 3 i--:/ l' K 2 () .:'- h 3
t'3' £I 4 2 4 'y e 1 r e 3 25 ?J" h 1 "CL d l' 8 :! (» h 5 a () 2 I ,l' 4 '.: h 7 22 "-; g 5 ",:,:" C (, .2 ; l' 3
;; d7 27 d 1 'Q'd 28 g h "> a 7 29 ,,-t \\;' \ h 2 a b 1 L l J1 e 11 - 11 0 i .
,b5 3() fl\ de 31 '0'g3 ',; ,d3 32 ..,:;"l'5 act\cd (1112) Il)S.
eg8 33 g ,h8 '01',h8 ]-t \:;',h8 ,hX 19 5 ..;<.'7 2() :.,t() ;,r()21-(':.j'd7
35 ,<13 g4 36 .' t'-t X1'6 37 h3 '0';/ d 8 ! -::= 2 2 g -t (.2.2 \':.' \ l' / \' d 2) 22 ".
u<.'5 38 d5 h5 39 Jt.'3 g b2 4() ?,;g I 115 23 w:\d8 + ;. ,,£18 24 ;. e8 h6 25
gl'2 1 d1 h4 42 gf2 Bel 43 gt'1 b7 .a5 26 a6 ;;Jc6 27 h7 aS
I . I
h5 44 .e3 He3 45 .g4 f6 46 e() 1-2"

d3 47 Ba 1 Bc7 48 cf2 ce5 49

5;Jg4 d3 50 f2 Le5 51 g4 f4
52 !!cl 't}f7 53 h2 We7 54 ;8c3 SP ASSKY SYSTEM

d6 5S g3 hg + 56 xg3 We5 57 J_f3 1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 g7 4 E;Jf3 f6

g5 58 gc4 d6 59 h4 gh + 60 xh4 S h3 0..0 6 c-e3
Lfe6 61 gel We5 62 Wg3 Lxe4 + 63 There are so many variations of the
xe4 gxcJ 64 d3 + Wxe4 65 .xcl Pirc and Modern Defences \vithout

We3 66 Wg2 f5 67 Wfl f4 68 4Jb3 names that I decided to chriten this

Ld3 69 l0a5 10e5 70 Wg2 f4 71 li)b3 one the Spassky System. Spas sky was
!Df3 72 Wfl 10h2 + 73 Wg2 10g4 74 not the first to play it but he has a
!Dd2 e5 75 !Dfl + We2 76 g3 + number of impressive victories to his
credit.
We 1 77 e4 f3 + 78 <£?g3 We2 79
10c3 + Wd2 80 !ile4 + We3 81 10f2 This line has only become popular
We2 82 h3 fl 83 g5 t:t over the last few years and so far it has
given Black some problems. My bid
for active counter-play fell short in
Game 39 game 40 and it is beginning to look as
Ivanchuk .. Azmaiparashvili if Black's most reliable move is 6 ... c6
Tallinn 1986 to which White almost invariably
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 f3 g7 4 Ae2 f6 replies 7 a4.
 7 ... a5 followed by ... a6-b4 has
been quite popular but seems to
favour White (see game 41). 7 ... a5
(game 42) deserves further tests but
Black's most solid move is 7 ... -bd7
(games 43 and 44). Maybe White is
better but in practice it has been dif-
ficult to prove.
,,-d4 ..grf4 18 rxg7 xg7 19 adl
ac8 20 d4 ..grf6 21 ..gra4 a6 22 b4
4Jg5?! 23 f4 as 24 ..g,-a4 4Jxf3 + 25
xf3! ..g,-e5 26 e3 ..g,-c7 27 ..g,-d4 +
g8 28 .B:dl fd8 29 h4 c5 30 f6
..grf8 31 d4 d6 32 ..grf4 b6 33
.B:d2 ..grd6 34 {&f6 f5 35 i&d4 {&c5??
36 e8 + 1:0

CaIne 40 Clune 4/
N unn - I}avies (;utman - Rukavina
COlnmonwealth Ch, London 1985 Oberwart Open 1986
1 c4 g6 2 d4 g7 3 Lc3 d6 4 -f3 _f6 1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 Lc3 g6 4 t'3 G_'I,7
5 h3 0-0 6 Q e3 5 h3 0-0 6 J e3 c6 7 a4 as 8 e2
8 g3 La6 9 _g2 - b4 10 0-0 {&c7 11
= JI. ;;::;</;: {1e2 e5 12 de de 13 fdl b6 =
a /;e1/ a )sf /);/;;
Campora-Gligoric, Sarajevo 1986.
j Z : : Z fI: z 8 ... -a6 9 0-0 b4
),t< /z .z
/ / ,; './

S'lJI.
/. :/// u/ ;S.
#//;
:it:it !i::f
,;,/;+ f;;:(:
. + ? +
:it /, Z // / / :.; /';.;, . / // Z , :-: , '
;s;;/ /'
/,
/ /;{?;;?;
'/:'

/4
.d-h
/::;:;/;: ,,
/ //' ) .d-h ;/;j;
f.t ':;<;i;f:::i
/,// /':% ,
// :/, /// /,:(/;;<, ,.;//:::::

;; ;:;t iJVL.rlh !/\ / t /(/, ;f

:!1 tbf 'G' .d-h .. ' .d-h y!}!f; $'fJ;

6 ... a6 ]I' '

Pi} // / :::i
///

Other rare ixth nlO\e arc: f . !/\f / .d-h.d-h .

a) 6 ... b6 7 c4 e6 8 0-0 _b7 9 d5! ed
1 0 ed a 6 1 1 a 4 c b d 7 1 2 c d 4 .B. c R 1 3
_a2 c5 14 c6 i&d7 15 f3 t /-
Short-Torre, Biel 1985.
b) 6 ... a6 7 a4 b6 8 J.. e2 "- b 7 9 Ld2
(Bonsch-Espig, DDR 1985) 9 ... c5!?
c) 6 ... bd7!? 7 e5 e8 8 <=-c4 b6 9
b3 c6 10 ..g,-d2 !i;Jc7 was only a shade
better for White in Piket-Hartoch,
Wijk aan Zee B 1987.
d) 6 ... !i;Jc6!? 7 d2 e5 8 0-0-0 ed 9
xd4 xd4 10 xd4 e6 =
Knoppert-Nijboer, Dierer Open 1986.
7 e2 c5 8 de xc5
8 ... a5 9 d2! xc5 10 b3
xb3 11 ab + / - - Davies.
9 e5! !i;Jfe4 10 xe4 !i;Jxe4 11 d5
4Jc5 12 ed ed 13 c3 + / = e6 14
..g,-d2 e4 15 ..g,-c2 d5 16 0-0 c7 17
@ .E:
/ / '@
// //
10 cl
At least three other moves have
been tried: it is not yet clear which is
the best:
a) 10 ..g,-d2 ..g,-c7 11 ad 1 (11 fd 1 !?)
11 ... e8 12 fel d7 13 e5 li)fd5
14 !i;Jxd5 cd 15 c3 !i;Jc6 16 ed ed 17
h6 d8 18 Axg7 xg7 19 al
!i;Je6 20 !i;Jh2 ..g,-d8! = Spassky- Hort
(m7), Reykjavik 1977.
b) 10 cl ..g,-c7 11 d2 e5 12 de de 13
fdl e8 14 Mc5 d7? (14 ... £f8)
15 d6 b6 16 e5 a6 17 .B:bl in-
tending d2-c4 + / - Braga-J. Piket,
Wijk aan Zee B 1986.
c) 10 d2 d5!? (10 ... e5 11 c4! -
Watson) 11 e5 e8 12 !i;Ja2 xa2 13
 Bxa2 f6 14 f4 fc 15 fe Bxfl + 16 d8 13 {&e2 e6 14 _xe6 _xe6 15
cxfl + / = Speehnan-Mokry, Dubai b3 h5 = van der Wiel-Torre,
01 1986. Swift World Blitz Ch, Brussels 1987.
10 ... e8 II e5!? 10 ... e8 II {&b4 f6 12 e2 g7
New; 1 1 d2 d7 12 f4 c5 13 d5 1'5 13 0-0 e6 14 fd t fje7 15 c4 c7
\vas unclear, Matulovic-Panno, Palnul 16 b4 b5 17 ab xb6 18 xb6 xb6
de Mallorca 1970. 19 xe5 h4 20 d3 as 21 ba gxa5
II ... Ld7 12 h6 1'6 13 xg7 xg7 22 xa5 xa5 23 e5 fj.e7 24 _f3
14 e4 de 15 de c7 16 e3 d5 17 e4 d8 25 Le2 J_a6 26 xc6 e5 27
,b4 18 a3! ,tr\e5 19 Lxe5 #:\(.'5 20 bt xd3 28 cd xd3 29 .B:dl "e5
e3 J5 21 Lg3 c5 22 h4! gad8 30 c3 xe3 31 Lxc3 _c4 32
23 dl W1'7 24 115 Elxd1 + 25 #xd1 xd8 + xd8 33 g3 __f6 34 Ld5
d6 26 ..g,e1 d8 27 c5! e2?'! 28 cd _ d4 35 \5g2 g7 36 114 h5 37 <6'g 1
J :0 f8 38 Wg2 e8 39 1'4 'Se7 40
d5 __b5 41 <:£if3 e8 42 _c4 d6
CaIne 42 43 -d3 ca4 44 Lf4 d 1 + 45 C$2
Hoi - Shabalov e5 46 d5 f6 47 Lh3 a4 48
Jlirmala 1985 -g5 _e8 49 1'4 ?!le7 50 Lt'3 c3 51
1 d4 .f6 2 Le3 6 3 e4 £16 4 Lt'3 ) g7 -g5 1'6 52 f3 a5 53 Q e4 Q h6 54
5 113 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 a4 a5!? 8 ud2 \91'1 d6 55 e2 J b5 + 56 e 1 f5
-a6 9 e2 e5 10 de de 11 0-0 rd8 12 57 a8 a5 + t: t
e4 iflc7 13 e 1 'fA'e7 14 gel 1
xd I + 15 xd 1 Le8 16 fjd2 -c5 Callie 44
I . I
2.2 Keller - Seret
World Team Ch, Lucernc 1985
Callie 43 t e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 e3 g6 4 113 _7 5
Kindermann - Haik f3 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 a4 bd7 8 e2
Biel B 1986 8 e5 de 9 de d5 1 a Lxd5 cd 11
I e4 g6 2 d4 _g7 3 f3 d6 4 e3 Lf6 __f4e6(11... trc7!?) 12 d3c713
5 113 0-0 6 c_e3 c6 7 a4 bd7 8 a5 e5 e2 c5 ]4 0-0 ,,-d7 15 a5 fc8 16
8 ... fic7 9 c-e2 e5 10 de xe5 (10 fc 1 xd3 17 cd d8 18 trd2 + / ==-
... de) 11 0-0 e8 12 d2! + / = Brynell-Pribyl, Malmo 1985-6.
Short-van der Wiel (m4), Biel 1985. 8 ... e5 9 de de 10 0-0 e7 It d2
9 de de c5 12 as d8
12 ... e6 13 a4 d8 14 ciif3 h6
.IA
. .,.iL /uu ...
' , . 15 c3 h7 16 g3 f5 ==/+
.%...%.% Bren ni n k meij er-Ch i b urdan idze,
.%. M%. OHRA Amsterdam 1986.
13 cl e6 14 el f8 15 c4
... li)h5 16 xe6 xe6 17 li)f3 f6 18
. .:it. . a4 c7 19 li)c5 Af7 20 li)h2 b6 21
. .:it . // Y li)d3 c5 22 g4 li)g7 23 g5 c4 24 gf li)h5
25 xe5 xe5 26 li)g4 xe4 27 xb6
:it. :it.
ru' =;r.! ;u/uu: d. f3 28 e3 d5 29 xd8 li)f4 30
fl xd8 31 ael h5 32 g3
10 d6!? xa5 33 e4 f5 34 xc4 xc4 35
10 c4 e7 11 0-0 c5 12 li)d2 xc4 + h8 36 l3.f3 d4 37 f7
 xh3 + 38 h2 d6 + 39 g3
xg3 + 40 g2 d5 + 41 xd5
f4+ 0:1
. ASSORTED SYSTEMS
This section feat ures several ideas for
White which are little explored but not
\vithout venom. The most popular of
these ideas is 5 __g5 (game 45) \\'hich
has been a favourite of young English
nlasters Hodgson and Watson. V orot-
nikov's 5 _ f4 won rapidly in ganle 46
so naturally it deserves further test.
In game 47 Vitolins played 4 h3
followed by 5 g4 with the idea of gain-
ing a tempo over a normal 4 g3 Pin: in
\vhich \Vhite goes h3 and g4 in t he ear-
ly middlegalne; if Black can do
nothinQ dra"tic it could be a good
idea.
CaIne 45
Vienger - Kindennann
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 g7 3 cf3 d6 4 .t)('3 -f6
5 g5 c6 6 d2
This looks far more natural than the
passive 6 h3 \vhich \vas played in
Kaidanov-Azmai parash vi Ii, Tbi lisi
1986. After 6 ... 0-0 7 d2 b5 8 d3
{fyc7 9 a4 b4 10 e2 bd7! 1 1 c3 bc
1 2 xc3 c5 Black had excellent play.
6 ... b5 7 0--d3 {fye7
7 ... a6 8 e5? de 9 de li)g4 10 <=-f4
b4 11 e4 a5 -/+
Watson-] .Piket, Wijk aan Zee B
1987.
8 0-0-0 0-0 9 h6 e5 10 h4 g4 11 de
de 12 g5 bd7 13 h5
diag
13 ... xh6 14 xh6 Axf3 15 gf e5
16 dgl e6 17 e2 ad8 18 f4
xd3 19 cd ef 20 h4 e5 21 li)xf4
c5 + 22 bl xf2 23 ghl li)g7
24 hg fg 25 xg6 f7 26 e5 1:0
s.. :uu/ .. /
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Ca/17e 46
Vorotnikov - Rachmanevlov
Leningrad 1985
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f3 _g7
5 _f4 a6?!
5 ... 0-0 6 d2 G_g4 7 tie2 c6 8
d5 xf3 9 G_xf3 e5 10 e2 c6 1 1 dc
b6! 12 cb xb7 13 b3 cxe4 :=
Wilder-Boyd, Toronto 1985; 5
c5!?; 5 ... c6!?
6 tyd2 b5 7 _h6 0-0 8 xg7 C!;xg7 9
d3 b4 10 e2 c5 11 de de 12 e5 g8
13 h4 h5 14 f4 g4 15 e6 f5 16 e5
f6 17 f3 d4 18 cfxg6 1:0
CaIne 47
Vitolins - Hoi
Jiirmala 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jlg7 3 e3 d6 4 h3 a6 5
g4!?
5 a4 b6 6 f3 f6 7 c4 0-0 8 0-0
b7 9 e5 li)e8 10 el de 11 xe5
li)d6 12 1la2 f5 13 d5 c5 =
Kindermann-Quinteros, Baden-Baden
1985.
5 ... b5 6 g2 b7 7 ge2 d7 80-0
e6 9li)g3 e5 10 e3 e7 11 d2 0-0
12 adl cd 13 xd4li)e5 14 b3 7e6
15 e3 a5 16 li)ce2 b4 17 f4 li)d7 18
e5 d5 19 d4 ac8 20 a3 li)xd4 21
xd4 c7 22 xb4 as 23 b5 a8
24 e2 a6 25 c4 a4 26 b2 ab 27 cd
xfl 28 li)xfl ab8 29 cl a5 30
e3 li)b6 31 d6 li)a4 32 bl b2 33
 c4 fc8 34 ,-,>c6 xc6 35 xc6
d2 36 d7 xd4 37 c8 + _ f8 38
d8 = xe3 + 39 Wg2 xc8 40
tyxc8 d2 + 0: 1
SVESHNIKOV VARIATION
4 _e3
The Soviet grandmaster Eugcnc
Sveshniko\' has donc 1l1uch to
popularise this line. Whitc's tradi-
tional plan \vas to play f3, d2 and
0-0-0 follo\\'cd by a pawn-stornl on the
kingside but against this Black has
adequatc dcfensive resource.
Svcshnikov ho\ved that WhiLt could
onen cause more problenl \\ ith
quieter nlclhods such as a fianchello
of his king' bishop.
Thcse da) '" 4 c3 is all the rage C\.-
ponents including Short, Nllnn,
Chandler and Kupreichik.
SVESHNIKOV MODERN
Against 4 c3 the Modern InO\ c-
order has definitc a(hantage. \\'ith
Black's knight til1 on g8, h6 j",
prevented and Black can start an ex-
pansion all the queenside. 4 ... a6 is
the 'Modern' treatment and is il-
lustrated in games 48-50.
Ga/71e 48
Kupreichik.. Kanstler
Frunze 1985
I e4 g6 2 d4 _g7 3 10c3 d6 4 Jie3 a6
An interesting alternative is 4 ...
li)c6 after which 5 f3 g4
transposes into a classical with 4 ...
iig4!? (see Kindermann-Hickl, game
27). Black must also be prepared for 5
f4 transposing into an Austrian with 4
... c6 and in Wittmann-Klinger,
Munich Zonal 1987, White gave the
move independent significance with 5
trd2 e5 6 ge2 f6 7 f3 ed 8 xd4
0-0 9 0-0-0 xd4 10 Axd4 $1e6 11 h4
c5 12 e3 a5 13 a3 b5? 14 xb5
+ /-. Black can doubtless do bettcr
than this.
4 ... c6 is rarely seen these days bu t
a recent example is Mortenscl1-
Kristiansen, Esbjerg ] 985, which \\'cnt
5 d2 b5 6 -,>d3 d7 7 f4 cgf6 8
f3 b6 9 b3 JJ1c7 1 0 ce2 0-0 11 c3
b7 1 2 g3 c5 \vith a good gamc for
Black. Again he must be preparcd to
meet 5 f4 with a 4 ... c6 Austrian.
5 tyd2 b5 6 _Qd3 rb7 7 0-0-0 ..d7 8
f3 c8 9 bl c5 10 de xe5 11
__d4 f6 12 e5 h5 13 ed xd6 14
_xg7 xg7 15 t1h6 {&f6 16 ,5
ge6 17 xe6 xe6 18 __e4 J xc4 19
cxc4 f4 20 i&xf4 _xf4 21 g3 ce6
22 Hhel d8 23 ,e3 /:;)e7 24 a4 b)
25 -xa4 e6 26 e4 'tie7 27 e2 d() 28
gxd6 xd6 29 gdl + r6 30 b4
gb8 31 b3 e5 32 e5 Be8 33 'a()
xa6 34 b5 + ?;-)' b 7 35 ba + :\a6 36
gd6 + a5 37 gd7 f5 38 g,h7 gd8
39 ga7 + b6 40 Hg7 C(5IrS 41
ge7 + b6 42 Ele7 e4 43 h4 8d2
44 e5 + c6 45 ge6 + ?!Ie746 B:\g()
gxf2 47 h6 f4 48 gf e3 49 c3
gxf4 50 d3 8e4 51 e2 geS 52 e6
b6 53 h4 't?c7 54 h5 b6 55 h8
xc6 56 h6 b7 57 gh7 + <29b6 58
g7 gh5 59 gg6 + c7 60 <g>xe3
Wd7 61 f4 We7 62 g4 !1hl 63
gg7 + f6 t:t
Caine 49
Anand.. Davies
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 jig7 4 ,,-e3 a6 5
h4 li)f6 6 f3 b5 7 tyd2 b7 8 0..0..0 h5
9 h3 bd7 10 bl !Xe8 11 el e5
12 d5 c6 13 dc xc6 14 4Jg5 iftc7 15
d2
Diagram
15 ... xc3 16 xc3 xc3 17 be d5 18
ed xd5 19 iid2 7b6 20 li)e4 0..0 21
c4 be 22 Aa5 Ac6 23 a3 b8 24 a2
Aa4 25 cl $ih6 26 $id2 $ixd2 27

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xd2 Le3 28 e2 gd8 29 f1 cxe2
30 b2 e3 + 31 a2 Ld4 32 d3
_b3 + 33 al d5 34 _e4 ce2 35
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ce2 38 e1 d3 0:1
CaIne 50
S,'eshniko\' - AZlnaiparash\'ili
t-f'inallJSSR (h" Kuibishc\' 1986
I e4 d6 2 £14 g6 3 .e3 7 4 c3 a() S
a4
5 gJ b5 0 g2 ;; b7 7 ogc2\d7 H
0-0 e5 9 a3 BeR -= ()ll
A z m a i par a h \' i Ii. 'f a II i 11 n 1 9 R 0 .
5 ... ct)f6 6 h3 0-0 7 f3 t)bd7
7 ... b6 8 _ e4 e6 9 c5 .t)c8 1 () Q. f
a5 11 .Ga2 e5 12 de be 13 0-0 gbR
14 ed xJ6 15 d5 e6?? 1 6 lixd6 1:0
Short-Speelman, British Ch 1987.
8 Jie2 e5 9 de de 10 0-0 e7 11 el
as 12 d2 c5 13 bl d8 14 b4 ab
15 xb4 jtf8 16 ,,-c4 r-d7 17 as ,,c6
18 f3 cxe4 19 'tYxe7 r--xe7 20
xe4 xe4 21 Ag5 jlxf3 22 gf h6 23
xe5 hg 24 xe7 d5 25 xd5
xd5 26 xc7 b6 27 a6 a5 28 bl
8xa6 29 c6 f5 30 cxb6 xb6
31 xb6 xf3 32 b3 f4 33 c3
h4 34 g2 g4 35 hg xg4 + 36 f3
b4 37 c8 + g7 38 c4 b2 39 c5
f6 40 c6 c2 41 e3 e7 42 f4 t:t
SVESHNIKOV PIRC
White's most interesting recent
discovery was that he need not prepare
5 'tYd2 by first playing f3 and it is this
that has given Black his recent
problems. Many of his 'safe' lines
looked quite different with a delayed
f3.
If Black wants to play for queenside
expansion (games 51 and 52) he
should probably delay ... $l.g7 so as
not to lose a tempo after $l.h6. An
alternative plan is Zaichik' s attempt at
// /".£:j. sharp counterplay in the centre (games
53 and 54). Kavalek's 5 ... li)c6 (game
55) deserves closer examination.
Game 51
Georgiev - Torre
Leningrad 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 li)f6 3 li)c3 g6 4 f3 c6 5
$l.e3 b5
5 ... 'tYb6!? 6 'tYcl $l.g7 7 $l.c4 d5 8
ed 'tYb4 9 $l.b3 li)xd5 10 $l.xd5 cd =
Keller-Smyslov, World Team Ch,
Lucerne 1985.
6 'tYd2 li)bd7 7 li)h3 $l.g7 8 li)f2 0-0 9
a4 b4 10 li)cdl as 11 $l.e2 e5 12 c3 be
13 be e8 14 0-0 d5 15 de li)xe5 16 f4
li)eg4 17 e5 li)xe3 18 li)xe3 li)d7 19 c4
d4 20 'tYxd4 f6 21 'tYe4 'tYc7 22 $l.f3
$l.b7 23 ael li)c5 24 'tYc2 li)e6 25
li)e4 fe 26li)g4 f8 27 fe AxeS 28 c5
li)d4 29 'tYc4 + h8 30 $l.dl xfl +
31 'tYxfl $l.a6 32 'tYf2 $l.g7 33 li)gf6
'tYe5 34 'tYh4 h6 35 li)d7 'tYf5 36 'tYe7
'tYf4 37 li)ef6 Ac4 38 'tYe8 + xe8 39
xe8 + $l.f8 40 xf8 + 1:0
Game 52
Stierenko\' - "ait
RSFSR 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 Ae3 c6 5
'tYd2 g7
In my opinion this early 5 ... $l.g7
does not fit in very well with the
queenside expansion announced by ...
c6. A more logical move seems to be 5
... b5 with the following possibilities:
 a) 6 f3 $l.g7 7 g4 h5 8 g5 fd7 9 f4
4Jb6 10 f3 d5 11 e5 b4 12 e2 de
13 g3 h4 14 4Jxe4 Af5 15 e5
unclear/ + / = Yudashin-
Azmaiparashvili, Minsk 1985.
b) 6 e5!? li)g4 7 ed li)xe3 8 t1-xe3
xd6 9 a4 $l.g7 10 li)f3 ba 11 !1xa4
0-0 unclear van der Wiel-Piket (m3),
Holland 1986.
Two other ideas for Black are:
a) 5 ... a5 6 4Jf3 b5 7 jld3 b48li)e2
..Q.a6 9 0-0 $l.xd3 10 cd t1-b5 11 a3 li)a6
12 fcl $lg7 13 ab 0-0 14 13:a5 t1-b7
15 b5 cb 16 cal with strong pressure
on the queenside.
b) 5 ... bd7!? 60-0-0 t1-a5 7 b 1 b5
8 Ad3 li)b6 9 d5 t1-xd2 10 xf6 +
ef 11 xd2 4Jc4 unclear Tal-Torre,
SWIFT World Blitz Chess Ch,
Brussels 1987.
6 Ah6(!) 0-0
6 ... Axh6 7 xh6 a5 8 $l.d3 b5 9
4Jf3 b4 10 e2li)bd7 11 0-0 e5 12 a3!
+ / = Kupreichik-Sznapik, Zenica
1985.
70-0-0 b5 8 f3 b4 9 ce2 t1-a5 10 bl
4Jbd7 11 cl c5 12 h4 Aa6 13 ..Q.xa6
..g,.xa6 14 li)ge2 c4 15 $lxg7 '$lxg7 16
xb4 ab8 17 t1-d2 t1-a3 18 t1-c3
a6 19 e3 4Jb6 20 4Jc3 a3 21 ba
4Jbd5 + 22 al 4Jxe3 23 d2 h5
24 el li)g3 25 !!xe3 li)fl 26 de2
b7 27 el 4Jxe3 28 xe3 fb8 29
a4 f5 30 ef gf 31 d5 f7 32li)le2 g8
33 f4 b6 34li)b5 gb8 35 !1el a6
36 c3 b2 37 e2 f6 38 li)e6
2b7 39 d4 g8 40 li)e6 13:gb8 41
a3 f7 42 d4 f6 43 e6 + f7 44
4Jxf5 1:0
Game 53
Davies - Zaichik
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 li)f6 3 c3 g6 4 Ae3 $l.g7
5 d2 0-0 6 f3 e5
6 ... c6 7 0-0-0 e5 8 d5 e7 9 g4
e8 10 ge2 f5 11 gl f4 12 ..Q.f2 g5
13 h4 gh 14 xh4 Af6 unclear
Sveshnikov-Quinteros, Rio de Janeiro
1985.
7 ge2
7 d5 c6 8 0-0-0 cd 9 li)xdS xd5 10
xd5 li)c6 11 xd6 aS 12 $l.c4
d8 13 t1-c5 xdl + 14 xdl
d8 + 15 cl Af8 16 d5 c7
unclear Yudashin-Zaichik, Kostroma
1985.
7 ... ed 8 xd4 d5 9 e5 fd7 (9 ...
13:e8 10 ef Ah6 11 e4 Axe3 12 xe3
de 13 fe; 9 ... li)e8!?) 10 e6 b6 11
ef + xf7 12 0-0-0 c5 13 b3 d4 14
e4?? (14 ..Q.h6 t1-f8 15 Axg7
intending 16 li)e4 + -) 14 ... t1-f8
-/ + 15 kg5 li)8d7 16 ..g,el a5 17
xa5 li)e5 18 li)b3 h6 19 ..Q.h4 ..Q.f5 20
exc5 c7 21 e4 xa2 22 $l.f2
xb2 0:1
Game 54
Yudashin - Azmaiparashvili
i-final USSR Ch, Kuibishev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 jlg7 4 Ae3 li)f6
5 t1-d2 0-0 6 0-0-0 li)g4 7 Ag5 c5 8 de
a5 9 h3 de 10 Axe7 e8 11 d8
xd8 12 xd8 + xd8 13 Axd8
..Q.e6 14 4Jd5 c6 15 Ah4 Axd5 16 ed
b4 17 ..Q.c4 li)e5 18 Ae2 li)xd5 19
dl li)b6 20 c3 e8 21 c2 h6 22
d8 xd8 23 Axd8 d5 24 ..Q.h4 f5
25 Ag3 f7 26 f4 li)xf4 27 Axf4
e6 28 h3 d5 t:t
Game 55
Short - Kavalek
Dubai Olympiad 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 4Jc3 ..Q.g7 4 ..Q.e3 li)f6
5 d2 4Jc6
5 ... g4 6..Q.g5 h6 7 Ah4 g5 8 Ag3
e5 (8 ... h5 9 h3 h4 10 hg hg 11
xh8 + Axh8 12 f3 intending li)e2
+ / = - Kupreichik) 9 de li)xe5 10
0-0-0 4)bc6 11 f4 gf 12 Axf4 ..Q.e6 13
 4Jd5 d7 14 f3 + / = Htibner-
Ljubojevic, SWIFT World Blitz Ch,
S.A. /S
Brussels 1987. %
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36 f6 gh7 37 i:&:\g5 'f8 38 g7 31 Ah3 1:0
Lxe6 +! 1:0

BYRNE SYSTEM BYRNE PIRC

This agressive system used to be quite
popular but gradually it has been
superceded by the quieter, safer lines.
All three games in this section feature
quick and horrific wins.
Plaskett's dynamic treatment in game
57 was really quite breath-taking.
Certainly it makes a vivid contrast
with Black's humdrum (and
disastrous!) play in game 58.

BYRNE MODERN Game 57

Again the 'Modern' move-order Agnos - Plaskett
offers interesting possibilities. British Ch, Southampton 19S6
Chernin's treatment of 4 ... c6 can 1 e4 d6 2 d4 4Jf6 3 li)c3 g6 4 Ag5
doubtle, be improved upon. li)bd7 5 f4 h6 6 Ah4 Ag7 7 e5 li)h5 S
li)d5
Game 56
Raaste - Chernin = ?//
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Jarvenpaa 1985 /. //
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/. 7/.

4 ... c6 5 d2 4Jd7 6 f4 b5 7 f3 / / /r.&.

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li)gf6 8 d3 li)b6 9 0-0 0-0 10 ael .

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b4 11 li)e2 c5 12 g3 b7 13 e5 c4 % //.//.
% mi / rl ?{;.'
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unclear TaI-J .Kristiansen, Reykjavik
Open 1986. ....
5 4Jge2 h6 6 e3 f6 7 f3 li)d7 8 :it:it.
/u // / //.:it
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d2 4Jb6 9 b3 e6 10 g4 f6 11 g2 AE:
;,ud . '@' ?/" / /
e5 12 g5 e7 13 d5 4Jb4 14 4Jb5 bDa6
Diagram 8 ... c6 9 4Jxe7 de 10 fe b6 11 b3
15 h4 hg 16 hg !!xhl + 17 xhl Ad7 4)xe5 12 4)xc8 !!xc8 13 d2 4Jg4 14
18 a4 f8 19 4)ec3 Ae8 20 Ag2 g8 "iWe2 + f8 15 g4 "iWb4 + 16 dl
21 0-0-0 4)c5 22 f2 4)c8 23 !! h 1 c6 f5 0:1
 Game 58 Game 59
Whitehead - Edelman Frois - Davies
New York Open 1985 Cala D'Or 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 jlg5 jlg7 1 e4 g6 2 d4li:.g7 3 c3 d6 4 g3 10c6 5
5 f3 e3
5 to/d2 h6 6 jlf4 g5 7 jlg3 10h5 8 5 d5 10e5 6 f410d7 7 g2 c6 8 l0f3
Ac4 4Jc6 unclear Parsons-Wolff, cd 9 ed Axc3 + 10 bc gf6 11 d4
New York Open 1985. l0b6 12 c4 ttc7 13l0d2li:.f5 14li:.e4?
5 ... bd7 6 d2 h6 7 e3 c6 8 a4 xc4! 15 AxfS xd2 16 g4 xg4!!
tta5 9 jid3 17 xh8 + d7 --I + + Popchev-
In Salov-Quinteros, Reykjavik Davies, Albena 1986.
Open 1986, White prevented 9 ... b5 5 ... li)f6 6 h3 e5 7 de l0xe5 8 li:.g2 0-0
with 9 a3 and after 9 ... e5 10 ge2
a6 11 d5 cd 12 4]xd5 xd2 + 13 . // /. /.;
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possibly claim to have a slightly better
endgame. Whitehead allows... b5 and
then promptly refutes it!
9 ... b5 10 b4! xb4 11 ab c5?
Virtually anything is better than this
which loses the queen by force. But it
is hard to suggest a good move.
12 a4 b2 13 dl bl 14 c4 b3
15 Ac2 xa4 16 Axa4 a6 16 de de 18
e2 0-0 190-0 li)e5 20 AxeS xc4 21
cl e5 22 Axe7 e8 23 Axf6 1:0
4 g3 SYSTEl\:f
A quiet positional treatment with
which White hopes to keep a slight
advantage in the centre. The
development of the bishop on g2
secures the e4 pawn.
g3 MODERN '
Although 4 g3 is doubtless quite
playable against the Modern it
certainly gives Black excel1ent
counterplay with 4 ... c6. Game 59
is one of my own efforts with this line.
A better order of moves for White is
4 ge2 (game 60) though here too
Black has some interesting alternatives
to the transposition into a Pirc.
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31 Ae3 f3 32 g4 Axg3 +! 33
xg3 xe3 34 fe xfl 35 g5
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38 hl el + 39 h2 c3 0:1
Game 60
Gulko - Haik
Sochi1985
1 d4 g6 2 e4 g7 3 4Jc3 d6 4 ge2 e5
(4 ... c6!?; 4 ... a6!?) 5 de de 6
d8+ d8 7 Ae3 Ae6 8 0-0-0+
c8 9 f4 f6 10 h3 l0c6 11 g4 ef 12
xf4 4Jd7 13 xe6 fe 14 Ac4 e8 15
 hfl ceS 16 Ab3 a6 17 e2 cS 18
c3 '$Jc7 19 Af4 ac8 20 bl b5 21
Ag3 c6 22 g5 e7 23 f2 f8 24
xf8 Axf8 25 f4 c4 26 Ac2 $i.g7 27
li)e2 c5 28 d4 + Wb7 29 fl
ed3 30 xd3 cd 31 Ad6 xe4 32
xe7 d2 + 33 <£tel xfl 34 xe6
d2 + 35 <£7dl e5 36 f6 $i.d6 37
d4 g3 38 f3 f4 39 d4 h6 40
e6 hg 41 xg5 e3 + 42 xd2
c4 + 43 Wc2 Iid6 44 b3 e5 45
d4 cS 46 e6 ,--"d6 47 ",f4 c6
1: 1tb;J 1:
1: _
:it:it :it
:it
48 xe5 rxe5 49 <£td3 <£7d6 50 li)f8
g5 51 h7 Af4 52 e4 Ad2 53 f5
Axc3 54 xg5 d5 55 h4 as 56 h5 a4
57 h6 ab 58 ab Ad2 59 g6 Ac3 60
f7 Ae5 61 e6 1:0
Game 61
Klinger - Hickl
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 li)c3 d6 4 lDge2
li)f6 5 g3 0-0 6 Ag2 4)a6
Black has several other interesting
ways to play for ... c5:
a) 6 ... bd7 7 0-0 c5 8 b3 cd 9 xd4
a6 10 Ab2 eS 11 de2 -&e7 =
Huerta-S.Garcia, Bayamo 1985.
b) 6 ... li)fd7 7 0-0 cS 8 h3 cd 9li)xd4
li)c6 10 li)de2 b8 11 a4 b6 12 !!el
Ab7 13 b3 c8 14 Ab2 li)b4 =
Rukavina-Levie, Vrnjacka Banja
1986.
7 h3 b8!? 8 Ae3 Ad7 9 g4 b5 10 a3
c5 11 de de 12 Af4 c7 (unclear) 13
d2 c8 14 e3 b4 15 li)dl ba 16
xa3 b5 17 a5 b6 18 e5 e8 19
c4 d4 20 xd4 cd 21 xd4 Ac6 22
c5 c7 23 xc6 xc6 24 $i.xc6
e6 25 e4 li)xf4 26 xf4 xc6 27
0-0 c8 28 li)e3 -?fJc7 29 d5 -?fJxc4 30
..g,xc4 xc4 31 f4 e6 32 f6 + xf6
33 ef h6 34 g2 g5 35 fg hg 36 al
101
2"02"
4 g3 PIRC
U sing the Pirc order of moves Black
has found it extremely difficult to
generate active counterplay against 4
g3. But in the last couple of years
some interesting plans have been
found.
Hickl's play in game 61 looked
rather extravagent. In game 62
Plaskett found a highly imaginative
plan and won brilliantly - but if White
can find a way to shut down the tactics
Black's pieces could be misplaced.
Transferring a knight to b4 looks
more solid but White was better for
most of game 63. The latest idea is to
combine 6 '" eS with a queenside
fianchetto (game 64) which certainly
deserves more tests.
Game 62
W ockenfuss - Plaskett
Lugano Open 1986
1 d4 li)f6 2 li)c3 d6 3 e4 g6 4 g3 Ag7 5
Ag2 0-0 6 li)ge2 li)c6 7 h3 (7 0-0 eS 8
de de =) 7 ... e5 8 Ae3 e8
In this game Plaskett finds an
unusual way to generate counterplay.
Everyday moves leave the position
slightly in White's favour; Gufeld-
Gipslis, V olgograd 1985 having gone 8
... ed 9 li)xd4 Ad7 10 0-0 e8 1 I a4
li)xd4 12 Axd4 as 13 el Ac6 14
d2 + / = .
9 0-0 a6!? 10 a4 ed 11 li)xd4 Ad7 12
 el 4Ja5!? 13 g4?! e5 14 li)de2 Ae6
15 li)g3 t;;-b6 16 bl li)e4 17 Af4
a5 18 t}-d3 t}-b4 19 a2 ttxa4 20
[;De3 t;;-b4 21 [;Da2 t1-b5 22 [;De3 t1-b4
23 a2 t}-b5 24 e3 xb2! 25 f3
t;;-b4 26 Ael [;DdS! 27 Axb2 [;Dxe3 28
Axe3 t1-xe3 29 t1-dl e6 30 e3 t;;-e5
31 d3 e4 32 d2 t1-e5 33 2 Ae3 34
e2 Ae5 35 t;;-d2 e3 36 t;;-h6 g7 37
f4 e5 38 e3 to/c5 39 t}-f4 !1ae8
40 h4 f6 0:1
Game 63
Rivas - P .Nikolic
Bor 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 [;Df6 3 li)e3 g6 4 ge2
Ag7
4 ... b5!? 5 a3 Ab7 6 f3 (Enders-
Boda, East Germany 1985) 6 ... a6
intending ... bd7, ... c5; - 4 g3!.
5 g3 0-0 6 Ag2 e5 7 0-0 e6
The start of an interesting plan
which gives Black chances. The
humdrum 7 ... 4Jbd7 8 0-0 c6 is
known to be slightly in White's
favour, a recent example being
Griinfeld-Greenfeld, Munich Zonal
1987: 9Ae3 a.e810 el.JJ/c711 t1-d2
b5 12 a3 a6 13 adl Jtb7 14 Jth6
ad8 15 g4 [;Db6 16 Axg7 xg7 17
li)g3 + / = .
I t should be noted that 7 0-0 has all
but disappeared because 7 ... li)c6
virtually forces the drawish 8 de de 9
Ag5 Ae6 10 t1-cl [;Dd4! 11 [;Dxd4
xd4 12 dl to/c5 13 h3 c6 14 li)a4
a5 15 b3 ad8 16 t;;-e3 xdl + 17
xdl [;Dd7 18 c4 e8 = Speelman-
Sznapik, Dortmund 1981. Most
White's now prefer 7 h3.
8 a4 a6!? 9 h3 b4 10 Ae3 ed!? 11
Axd4 as 12 [;Df4
12 f4 e8 13 g4 d5 14 e5 [;Dd7 =
Martinovic-Gligoric, Yugoslav Ch,
Budva 1986.
12 ... e8 13 tf-d2 Ae6 14 fe1 .JJ/e7
15 li)xe6 xe6 16 e2 ae8 17 ael
d7 18 xg7 xg7 19 f4 h5 20 hl
d5 21 ed cd 22 xd5 xd5 23 Jtxd5
a.xe2 24 xe2 xe2 25 t1-xe2 [;Df6 26
Af3 h4 27 g2 hg 28 xg3 t}-b6 29
b3 t}-gl + 30 Ag2 h5 + 31 f3
h2 32 d2 tyg3 + 33 e4 xf4 34
xf4 t1-xg2 + 35 d4 t1-xe2 36
t;;-e5 + h7 37 t1-e3 t;;-e7 38 t1-f3 g7
39 d3 ttd6 + 40 We2 tte5 + 41
d3 b6 42 d2 t;;-d4 + 43 e2 f5 44
fl f6 45 e6 + g5 46 to/g2 +
h5 47 e2 + h4 48 t1-e7 + xh3
49 to/h7 + tth4 0: 1
Game 64
Klinger - Quinteros
Zurich 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 4Je3 d6 4 ge2
f6 5 g3 0-0 6 Ag2 e5 7 h3 b6
7 ... a6 8 a4 b6 9 0-0 Ab7 10 d5 c6
11 dc li)xc6 12 Ag5 h6 13 Ae3 h7
14 .JJ/d2 a5 15 b3 t1-c7 unclear
Wessendorf-Van der Wiel, San
Bernardino 1986.
8 0-0 Ab7 9 g4?! (9 Ae3 e8 10 d5) 9
... ed 10 xd4 !!e8 11 g5! h6 12
Ah4 t;;-e8 13 el [;Dbd7 14 f4 a6!? 15
t;;-d2 [;DeS?! .16 e5 de 17 fe 4Jfd7 1 8 e6!
S.S...
.A...1:
1: . %(/" "/ . :it - 1: .// /
//-.;//
/: /'
//-. 0
: / //
... . . .
. .:it
. /// /
r f . .:it
./..
4?4 .tA.
8 t;1f. .
. H'.. .h r JY$W V a
18 ... [;Dxe6? (18 ... Axd4 + ) 19 li)xe6
Axe3 20 be jixg2 21 g2! xe6 22
xe6 fe 23 thh6 .JJ/b7 + 24 gl t;;-e4
25 dl! t1-xc2 26 xd7 t1-bl + 27
h2 c2 + 28 !1d2 e4 29 Af6 1:0
 Game 65
Wittmann.. Kindermann
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $i.g7 3 f3 d6 4 $i.c4 e6!?
4 ... f6 5 e5!? de 6 li)xe5 0-0 7 0-0
bd7 8 f3 li)b6 9 b3 + / =
Djuric-Kauppala, Jarvenpaa 1985.
5 $i.b3 e7 6 0-0 b6 7 jlf4 $i.b7 8
E1el bd7 9 c3 h6 10 li)a3 0-0 11 -tYd3
c6 12 E1adl {fye7 13 h3 E1ad8 14
$i.h2 a6 15 c4 b5 16 cd2 b6 17
_c2 a5 18 b4 ac4 19 xc4 xc4
20 tre2 c5 21 d2 b2 22 gb1 cd 23
cd xd4 24 b3 a4 25 xa4 ba 26
b5 ab 27 trxb5 E1d7 28 trxa4 e5 29
b3 $i.c3 30 E1edl E1c7 31 d2 ga8
32 -tYb3 $i.xd2 33 gxd2 xe4 34
E1bdl -tYg5 35 f3 f5 36 f4 ef 37 E1f2
-tYh5 38 E1el c:-e6 39 -tYd3 g5 40 -tYxd6
E1d7 41 -tYc6 E1ad8 42 a4 E1dl 43
E1 ffl E11d2 44 E1 xe6 fe 45 -tYxe6 +
-tYf7 46 -tYxh6 E1xg2 + 47 xg2
E1d2 + 48 f3 -tYb3 + 49 g4 gg2 +
50 f5 -tYd5 + 0:1
c4 SYSTEMS
In the early days of the Pirc and
Modern Defences systems involving
Ac4 were very popular. But gradually
it became clear that any immediate
threats can be repulsed and very often
the bishop becomes exposed.
Game 65 shows Kindermann
meeting Ac4 with a hedgehog
formation. Game 66 is a razor-sharp
gambit line which looks rather good
for Black.
Game 66
Bezemer - J .Piket
OURA Amsterdam 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 li)f6 3 li)c3 g6 4 $i. c4 $i.g7
5 e2 li)c6
There is a solid alternative in 5 ... c6
6 e5 li)d5 7 Ad2 0-0 and now:
a) 8 li)f3 de 9 li)xe5 b6 10 Ab3
xd4 11 li)f3 d6 12 0-0-0 li)dS 13
hel e6 14 li)e4 c7 15 c4 b5! 16 cb
a5! and Black assumed the offensive
in Whitehead-Torre, New York Open
1985.
b) 8 h4 b5 9 $i.b3 li)xc3 10 $i.xc3 a5 11
a4 b4 12 $i.d2 de 13 de -tYd4 14 e6
$i.xe6 15 Axe6 -tYxb2 -/ +
Herbrechtsmeier-Smejkal, BRD
Bundesliga 1985-86.
6 e5 g4 7 e6 d5
7 ... xd4 8 -tYxg4 xc2 + 9 fl
xal 10 ef + f8 ] 1 -tYh4 unclear
Van der Plasch-M.Piket, The
Netherlands 1985.
8 $i.xd5 li)xd4 9 -tYxg4 li)xc2 + 10
e2 li)xa 1 11 ef + f8 12 -tYh4 c2
13 li)f3
. -'t .
:.t1:1 1::it1:
1: ',
;;jqjA )/
, //:<-;/
,#''''; /0;;//
;/0 /}:J;;;/ ///};;
-;;{f:!
;:'//0/" //. /
;: ; /f h ;::;
:// 4"lJ /,:/;;/; <:/,
/4/ / . /' / %/r '4:; r
,,/ ,,/ /
. . .E:
13 ... h5 14 dl Ag4 15 fl $i.xf3 16
xf3 li)d4 17 Axb7 b8 18 $i.d5 c5
19 Ag5 f5 20 f4 $i.d4 21 $i.c4
d6 22 li)b5 xf4 23 $i.xf4 E1xb5 24
Axb5 f7 25 $i.c4 + f6 26 b3 e5
27 cl e4 28 g3 g5 29 $i.d5 e5 30
Ac4 f6 31 $i.d5 E1e8 32 a.el li)d6
33 Ae3 e5 34 $i.c6 f8 35 $i.xd4 +
cd 36 e2 a.c8 37 d7 a.c7 38 $i.h3
g4 39 Ag2 a.c2 + 40 dl a.xf2 41
a.e2 a.xe2 42 e2 d3 + 43 e3
li)f5 + 44 d2 d4 0:1
4 ;_e2 and 5 114
This sharp system was a one-time
favourite of Gyula Sax and has
 recently been popular amongst
Spanish masters. White launches an
early flank attack which Black must
meet accurately.
Games 67 and 68 are of theoretical
importance, they show
Azmaiparashvili drawing the teeth of
this line with 5 .. . c5. Another
possibility for Black is 5 ... c6 (game
69).
Game 67
Malanyuk - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 Ag7 4 Ae2 f6
5 h4 c5 6 de a5 7 jid2 xc5 8 hS gh
9 h3 c610 f4 g411 d3 d4
12 40d5 ce5 13 0-0 f8 14 5f4
f6 15 Axh5 xh5 16 xh5 xe4
17 e3 .8:g8 18 Axe5 xeS 19 EIfel
f5 20 xf5 Axf5 21 xe5 de 22
xeS xc2 23 cl g4 24 40d5 .8:e4
25 l3.xe7 xe7 26 xe7 Ae4 27 f3
't;xe7 28 fe d8 29 c2 't;e6 30 f2
1_1
"2-"2
Game 68
Ikhagvasuren - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 Ag7 4 Ae2 f6
5 h4 c5 6 de a5 7 fl xc5 8 e3
tra5 9 h5 xh5
9 ... gh 10 f3!? c6 11 d2 e5 12
h3 De la Villa-Lopez Colon, Spain
1985.
9 ... .8:g8!? de la Villa-Ardaman,
Linares 1987.
10 Axh5 xc3 11 be gh 12 xh5
xc3 13 e2 c4 14 f3 c6 15 't;f2
e6 16 bl b6 17 .8:b3 .8:c8 18 a3
a6 19 l3.c3 eS 20 xe8 + thc821
d4 c4 22 4Jxe6 xe6 23 d4 16
24 xe5 fe 25 d3 0-0 26 f5 c8
27 g3 xf5 28 ef f7 29 tre4
g8 + 30 f2 't;f6 31 h4 + g5 32
xh7 xf5 33 h4 + g5 34 h8 +
't;f7 35 h7 + 't;e6 36 d3 h4 +
37 e2 d4 38 xd4 ed 39 't;d3 d5
40 f4 e5 41 f5 e4 + 42 't;d2 't;e5 43 g4
0:1
Game 69
Boikovich - Popchev
Novi Sad 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 Ae2 Ag7
5 h4 c6
5 ... h5 6 f3 c6 7 d5 e5 8
xe5 de 9 Ag5 a6 10 d2 b6 11 f3
Ad7 12 a4 0-0 13 a5 + / == Mortensen-
Hoi, Danish Ch, Aarhus 1986.
6 e3
This al10ws Black to play a
promising pawn sacrifice. Better was 6
h5 gh with the fol1owing recent
examples:
a) 7 b5 d7 8 ge2 e6?! 9 jigS h6
10 Ah4 e7 11 xd7 + xd7 12
d3 40g6 13 jlxf6 xf6 14 xh5
+ /- Boersma-Hartoch, Dutch Ch,
Hi]versum 1985.
b) 7 g5 Ag4 8 f3 Ad7 9 d2 e5 10
de de 11 0-0-0 h6 12 h4 !i;)e7 13 c4
Ae6 14 el c8 15 d5 Kuijf-Piket,
Wijk aan Zee 1986.
6 ... e5 7 d5 d4 8 jixd4 ed 9 trxd4
0-0 10 d3 c6 11 h5 cd 12 hg hg 13 f3
de 14 fe d5 15 0-0-0 xe4 16 xd5
AfS 17 xd8 fxd8 18 xe4 A xe4
a. .
. m " m uuu. .L .L
;' / ,
. . ...
;f,{$:; /0W .... i
....
_ ;f////"': IJL // . . .. .
....
:it6:it..:it.
.
. E:. E:
. //,
19 f3 f6 20 c3 't;g7 21 .8:xd8
xd8 22 dl g5 23 !:1xd8 xd8 24
g4 Ac7 25 <;!?dl f6 26 d2 Ac6 27
 f3 d5 28 b3 e4 29 Wel g3 +
30 Wfl e5 31 d2 c2 32 f3 b6
33 c6 g6 34 c4 f5 35 f3 c3 36
d7 Wf6 37 We2 fg 38 xg4 f5 39
h5 g4 40 gl Wg5 41 e8 f4 42
jic6 <=-d4 43 fl e3 44 el d3
45 d7 Ac3 + 46 dl f2 0:1
A VERBAKH SYSTEM
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c4 g7 4 c3
Botvinnik considered the system with
c4 to be White's best answer to the
Modern and certainly it is a critical
test. Black's best move could well be 4
... f6 transposing into a King's
Indian but here I will only deal with
independent lines.
KOTOV'S 4 ... c6
This is the move which is most in
the spirit of the Modern. Black
launches a sharp counter-attack
against d4.
On several occasions the
theoreticians have claimed that 5 d5 is
a 'refutation' but Black came
bouncing back. The current refutation
is Polugayevsky's suggested
improvement on game 71, if Black is
unable to find something then perhaps
he must turn to van der Wiel's 5 ...
e5.
When 5 d5 has not been a
'refutation' White has favoured the
solid 5 e3 when 5 ... f6 6 f3
transposes into a Samisch King's
Indian. 5 ... e5 is the 'Modern' move
when 6 ge2 is game 73 and 6 d5
ce7 7 g4 is games 74 and 75.
Game 70
Kortchnoi - Speelman
Beersheva 1987 ·
1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 c3 d6 4 e4 c6 5
d5 d4 6 e3 c5 7 ge2 b6 8
xd4 cd 9 a4 a5 + 10 d2
10 b4 xb4 + 11 d2 a3 12 Acl
b4 + 13 d2 t:t Sosonko-
Ljubojevic, Wijk aan Zee 1987.
10 ... c7 11 d3 f6 12 b4 g4 13
cl 0-0 14 0-0 e5 15 b2 as! 16
bl ab 17 xb4 b6 18 a3 d7 19 f4
c5 20 f3 f5 21 efAxf5 22 xf5
xf5 23 e2 f7 24 !1f3 !1af8 25
cfl d3! 26 xd3 b3 27 e4 d4
28 !1f2 xc4 29 g4! b5 30 hl b3
31 !1e2 !1c8 32 g2 d4 33 !1ef2
c2 34 !1e2 xe4 + 35 !1xe4 !1c4 36
f3 d4 + 37 Wg2 c2 t:t
Game 71
Polugayevsky - Ljubojevic
Reykjavik 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 e4 d6 4 c3 c6 5
d5 d4 6 e3 c5 7 ge2 b6 8 a4
a5 + 9 d2 a6 10 xd4 xd4 11
c3 b612 b5 xb2 13 bl g7
14 a4 f8 15 a5 'tYa6 16 a3 b6
17 c7 xa5 + 18 trxa5 ba
= 0W -
a ;y A . "/
... Y;J0'; .../
j/ / // a =/
0 /
///«:· ;:.;;::
/ /O/,<;
% .;< / / / ;/,,,
{; (JIj ; / / /.'; 1:," 1:
. .1:.
f f4:; . - .
.:it.:it. .
..rj.
4 . .. .t4t /, / /, /
. . .E:
19 xa8 (19 d2 +/- -
Polugayevsky) 19 ... c3 + 20 Wdl
f6 21 Ad3 b4 22 c7 Wg7 23
We2 a6 24 f3 d7 25 f4 h5 26 c2 h4
27 hfl h3 28 g3 f6 29 e5 g4 30
e6 xh2 31 hl g4 32 Wf3 f5 33 a3
xa3 34 b8 Ab4 35 a4 f6 36
Ac6 c3 37 a8 a4 38 xa4 xd5
39 cd Axe6 40 c7 xb8 41 xe6+
Wf7 42 g5 +. 8 43 xh3 b4 44
e6 + 7 45 d7 b3 46 We2 f6
47 h7 + Wg8 48 h6 Wf7 49
h7 + Wg8 SO h6 Wf7 t:t
 Game 72 Ae8 42 d5 Aa4 43 4Jc3 dl 44
Pergericht - Van der Wiel 10e2 Ab5 45 xc2 el 46 f6 xe2
Brussels 1985 47 l3.c8 + e8 48 l3.xe8 + xe8 49 g4
1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 10c3 d6 4 e4 hDc6 5 Wg8 50 h5 Wf8 51 h6 g6 52 b5 e8
d5 hDe5 6 h3?! (6 f4!) 6 ... c6 7 Ae3 53 We6 d8 54 a4 a6 55- b6 as 56 d6
hDf6 c8 57 c5 Ae8 58 g5 b7 59 g6
7 ... a5 8 c1 10f6 9 d2 0-0 10 xg6 60 Wb5 0: t
e2 bS 11 cb cb 12 a3 b4 13 hDa2
hDxe4 14 xb4 xdS IS [£)c3 hDxc3
0: 1 Iclicki-J adoul, Brussels 1985.
8 f4 ed7 9 f3? (9 Ad3 unclear) 9 Game 74
... 10h5! 10 f2? (10 jld3 10g3 11 Sarosi - Arapovic
gl f5 -/ + ) 10 ... hDxf4! --I + + Bern Open 1987
11 xf4 b6 + 12 Wg3 xb2 13 de 1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 hDc3 d6 4 e4 hDc6 5
be 14 e5 xc3 15 cl a3 16 ed e5 jle3 e5 6 d5 10ce7 7 g4 f5 8 gf
17 Ag5 f6 18 Ad3 fg 19 Ae4 c5 20 8 f3 10f6 9 h3 h5! 10 g5 4)d7 11 h4
el 0-0 21 h2 f6 22 10xg5 xd6 a5 12 d2 c5 = Miles-Kohlweyer,
23 a4 hDc5 24 a5 f5 25 !!cdl Dortmund 1981.
e7 26 !!dS hDxe4 27 hDxe4 xe4 0:1 8 ... gf 9 h5 + [£)g6
9 ... f8 10 ef?! (1 0 h3!) 10 ...
Game 73
10f6 11 d 1 4)xfS 12 Ah3 !!g8 13
d3 10xe3 14 xe3 Ah8 == / +
Mestel - Speelman
Partos-Seirawan, Biel 1985.
British Ch play-off, London 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 g7 3 c4 10c6 4 Ae3 d6 5
hDc3 e5 a. .:a.///N;. tib. .
/".:'W...,
5 ... hDh6!? 6 dS hDeS 7 h3 fS 8 trd2 ?:; ' 1:,//&:'I /</
:0// / '//. /. /1 . /%0
%/ / ;; 1:
hDef79 f4 e5 D.CramIing-Bilek, Boras
Open 1986.
. 0 '/ ;/if . P&
ffi
-: 0 '<:';<,
, /..... ' ,///;::;;/
,>%);

6 hDge2 hDh6 7 f3 f5 8 d5 !iZJe7 9 tyd2 ."H'.:it.1:.

hDf7 10 cl .:itU:itB .
10 0-0-0 0-0 11 bl cS 12 dc bc 13
cS d5 14 ed f4 15 Af2 f5 + 16 cl
.$'r// .//'
/////// @
-;.;/'%
'//" / //,'/////

cd 17 xd5 xd5 18 tf-xd5 (Renet- :it W% / ;0 .';' %

'
/
;/(
/ «:
;;;
/'//;///".: /, , '

Todorcevic, Montpellier 1986) 18 ... kf ./.'

xdS 19 xd5 e6 unclear.
10 ... 0-0 11 b4 g5! 12 Axg5 xg5 13
xg5 c6 14 hDb3 fe 15 4Jxe4 cd 16 cd
Af5 17 d3 h8 18 dl xd5 19
Ac4 b6 20 t;-xd8 !!axd8 21 Ae2 d5
22 ec5 hDc4 23 xb7 l3.b8 24 xc4
de 25 3c5 c3 26 k1cl c2 27 e2 h6
28 a3 e4 29 fe c8 30 4Jd6 jlg4 + 31
d3 bd8 32 e5 Af4 33 e4 Axel
34 .B:xcl.B:f2 35 d3 !!e2+ 36 Wf4
h5 37 g5 Ag6 38 hDf4 xe5 + 39
f6 xd6 + 40 e5 d2 41 h4
/ w):'ffi; /:'/"':
,. "'I'/
/, /
10 ef tyh4 11 tyxh4
11 tyf3!? hD6e7 12 d3 h6 13 f6
Axf6 14 e4 hf5 IS h5 + ! Wd8
16 10xf6 xf6 17 Ag5 g6 18 xg6
+ /- BenJamin-McCarthy, USA
1986.
11 ... hDxh4 12 bS d8 13 xa7
Axf514 b5 Ah6!? (14 ... f6!?; 14
... Ae4) 15 4Jc3 Axe3 16 fe f6 17
h3 e4 18 xe4 xe4 19 jig4 l3.g8
20 h3 h5 0:1
 Game 75
Petursson - Speelman
Hastings 1986-7
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 e4 d6 4 c3 c6 5
$ie3 e5 6 d5 ce7 7 g4 f6
7 ... cS!? when:
aj 8 h4 fS 9 gf gf 10 hS + f8 1 1
$ih3 f6 12 dl bS! 13 ef bc 14 f3
h6 IS !1g1 xfS 16 $ixfS jlxfS -/ +
Bagirov-Davies, Cascais 1986.
b) 8 d3 fS 9 f3 f6 10 h3 0-0 11
d2 a6 12 a3 <,-d7 13 b4 + / = Dlugy-
Barreras, Havana 1985.
8 f3 d7!?
8 ... hS 9 gS h 7 10 h4 f6?! 11 d2
fg 12 hg 0-0 13 0-0-0 !1f7 14 <£(bl f8
IS cS + /- Rogers-Arapovic, Biel
1985.
9 h4 f5 10 h5 h6 11 gf gf 12 d2 f6
13 0..0..0 f4 14 c--f2 b6 15 h4 h7 16
$ih3 c--f6 17 ,,-xf6 xf6 18 Me6
a -'t. a
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18 ... h719 h3 $ixe6 20 de f8 21
d5 xe6 22 hgl f8 23 xe7
e7 24 d5 0-0-0 25 d3 h4 26
fl h5 27 g4 g8 28 f2 f7
29 xg8 xg8 30 g4 h8 31 h3
Wb7 32 b3 h5 33 f2 d4 0:1
4 ... Nd7
A fairly solid move which could still
transpose into a King's Indian.
Adorjan's interesting S f4 (game 76)
definitely prevents this possibility.
After S f3 e5 6 $ie2 Black can
reach a King's Indian with 6 ... Ngf6.
Games 77 and 78 show other possible
posts for his king's knight.
Game 76
Adorjan - J .Kristiansen
Esbjerg 1985
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 e4 d7 5
f4
S $ie3 eS 6 dS h6 (6... $ih6!?) 7
g4 f6 8 h4 f7 9 d2 hS 10 gh !1xhS
1 1 ge2! + / - Ernst-Akesson,
S\vedish Ch, Malmo 1986.
5 ... e5 6 fe de 7 d5 h6 8 f3 0..0 9
Me2 f5 10 $ig5 f6 11 0..0 f7 12
h4 e7 13 ef gf 14 Whl $id7 15
b3 b6 16 ael as 17 $idl e4 18
d4 e5 19 e6 $ixe6 20 $ig3 d4
21 de 4Jd6 22 4Jb5 4Jxb5 23 xb5 c5
24 !1xf5 !1ae8 25 $ie5 d2 26 c3
h6 27 c6 e3 28 !1efl !1e7 29 d6
1:0
Game 77
Vegh .. Lau
Elekes Memorial, Budapest 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 e4 d7 5
f3 e5 6 $ie2 c6 7 0-0 h6 8 c5
8 de de 9 b4 0-0 1 0 b 1 e7 11 cS
(Cebalo-Kovacevic, Yugoslav Ch
1985) 11 ... d8 ! ? unclear.
8 ... de 9 de 0-0 10 h3 Wh8 11 $if4
e7 12 d6 e8 13 e7 xe7 14
adl g8 15 Ag5 e8 16 $ic4 xe5
17 xe5 $ixe5 18 $ixf7 f8 19 $ib3
b6 20 d2 +/= t:t
Game 78
Sosonko .. Ljubojevic
SWIFT World Blitz Ch, Brussels 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 e4 d7 5
f3 e5 6 $ie2 e7 7 h4 h6
7 ... 0-0 8 hS ed 9 xd4 c6 10
$ie3 l3.e8 11 d2 xd4 12 $ixd4
Axd413 thd4 f6 14 e3 b6 15
0-0-0 + / = Mikhalchishin-Norwood,
Lvov 1986.

. 8 e3 0-0 9 d2 h7 10 0-0-0 e6 11
de d e 12 d6 hDg8 13 e5 e8
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14 hDgS + hg 15 hg + h6 16 gh Af8
17 d3 a5 18 e4 e7 19 d6 b5
20 b3 b4 21 hDa4 a6 22 xa6
t1"xa6 23 hdl b7 24 Ag5 f6 25
xf6 Axh6 + 26 bl hDxf6 27 xf6
g5 28 fd6 g7 29 g3 f6 30
g4 f8 31 a.d7 e8 32 e6 a.e8
33 a.xe7 + xe7 34 d7 f8 35 b3
xe5 36 f7 mate 1:0
AZMAIPAIASHVILI'S 4... cS
This is probably the most reliable of
Black's 'Modern' moves. It has the
special seal of approval, having been
played by Azmaiparashvili.
At one time it was thought that 5 de
de 6 xd8 + xd8 7 f4 gave White
the advantage but games 79-81 show
three different methods of defence. 5
d5 (game 82) is quite playable but not
particularly dangerous.
White's most popular choice has
been 5 hDf3 when both 5 ... li)c6 6 de
and 5 ... g4 6 d5 seem to favour
White. The critical line is the treat-
ment favoured by Azmaiparashvili
with 5 ... ed 6 xd4 hDc6.
White's most dangerous plan may
well be 7 e3 ge7 8 h4 (game 84). In
game 86 he fell into the 'trap' 10 ef
Axd4! but Black was fine anyway in
games 87 and 88.
Game 79
Ubilava - Kantsler
Tbilisi 1986
1 d4 g6 2 e4 g7 3 e3 d6 4 e4 e5 5 de
de 6 d8+ d8 7 f4 hDe6 8 fe
xe5 9 g5 + f6 10 0-0-0 + d7 11
Ah4 e6 12 f3 e7 13 e2 e8 14
xe5 fe 15 hfl h6 16 c5 hf8 17
b4 Ag4 18 h3 Axe2 19 xe2 xfl 20
a.xfl f8 21 a.dl !i;)f7 22 We2 h6
e8 26 xh8 xh8 27 hDgl f8 28
hDf3 f4 29 fl d8 30 dl f8 31
d6 e7 32 e6 d7 33 d6 +
We7 34 e6 d7 35 a.d6 + c7 t:t
Game 80
Z.Po)gar - Seret
Cannes 1986
1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 !i;)c3 d6 4 e4 e5 5 de
de 6 xd8 + Wxd8 7 f4 Ae6 8 li)f3
!i;)d7 9 e3 e7 10 e2 e6 11 g3 h6
12 dl e8 13 0-0 ef 14 gf
a %' . - a; "
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4 t .D$i . r
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14 ... xe3 15 be e8 16 d3 4Jb6
17 e5 !i;)a4 18 a.cl !i;)b2 19 bl e4
20 f2 d3 21 Axd3 Axd3 22 e5
Ae4 23 d4 !i;)xd4 24 cd d7 25 b2
a.e6 26 a3 a.a6 27 e3 e8 28 Wf2
ee6 29 cl a.a4 30 d2 d5 31
h3 h5 32 f5 gf 33 xh5 f4 34 f5
h6 35 xf4 xh2 + 36 e3 a.h3 +
37 f2 a6 38 e6 fe 39 a.f7 + c6
40 dl a.a4 41 Af4 f3 + 42 e2
b5 43 e6 be 44 f8 e5 45 b8 +
e6 46 Ae5 a.axa3 47 dl Ac4 +
0:1
 Game 81
H.Olafsson - Ljubojevic
Reykjavik 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 e4 d6 4 c3 e5 5 de
de 6 xd8 + xd8 7 f4 d7 8 f3 c6
9 fe xe5 10 $if4 f6 11 0-0-0 + e8
12 $ie2 $ih6 13 $ixh6 xh6 14 xe5
fe 15 b4 e7 16 c5 $ie6 17 a3 ad8
18 xd8 xd8 19 dl f8 20 h3
f2 21 gl f6 22 d2 g5 23
t3 f7 24 bl t:t
Game 82
Danner - Bischoff
Elekes Memorial, Budapest 1986
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 J:lg7 4 e4 e5 5 d5
5 $ie3 ed 6 $ixd4 f6 7 f3 0-0 8
$id3 c6 9 $ie3 $ig4 10 h3 $ixf3 11
xf3 e5 t:t Alburt-Benjamin, US
Ch 1985.
5 ... a5 6 $id3 a6 7 f3 $ig4 8 h3
$ixf3 9 xf3 $ih6 10 $ixh6 xh6 11
e3 g8 12 h4 f6 13 0-0-0 c5 14
$ic2 0-0 15 dgl c6 16 g4
a. . d5
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16 ... cd 17 ed .JJfe7 18 h5 e4 19 f3
ae8 20 el fd7 21 hg fg 22 $ixe4
.e5 23 .JJfd4 f4 24 e3 g5 25
bl xf3 26 xf3 xe4 27 xf4
thf4 28 xe4 xe4 29 .JJfb6 e8 30
cl e4+ 31 al thc4 32 bl
thd5 33 c7 b5 34 a3 b4 35 a4 f8
36 trd7 b3 37 cl c4 38 el f7
39 tre8 + g7 40 hl fl + 0:1
Game 83
Vasyukov - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c4 e5 4 f3 ed 5
xd4 $ig7 6 c3 c6 7 xc6
7 Ae3 ge7 8 xc6 xc6! Genov-
Azmaiparashvili, Albena 1986; 8 ...
be? 9 $id4 0-0 10 $ixg7 xg7 11
d4+ f6 12 e5! +/- Knaak-
Ermenkov, DDR-Bulgaria 1985.
7 ... be 8 c5 f6 9 Ae2 0-0 10 cd cd 11
0-0 e8 12 $if3 b8 13 a4 c7 14
$if4 d7 15 acl e5 16 $ixe5
$ixe5 17 d5 d7 18 xc6 $ib7 19
a6 xa4 20 xa4 $ixd5 21 ed
xb2 t:t
Game 84
Gaprindashvili - Matveyeva
USSR Women's Ch, Erevan 1985
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $ig7 3 c3 d6 4 f3 e5 5
e4 ed 6 xd4 c6 7 $ie3 ge7 8 h4
0-0 9 h5 g5 10 h6 $ixd4 11 $ixd4
xd4 12 xd4 f6 13 0-0-0 Ae6 14
$ie2 c6 15 e3 e7 16 g3 h8 17
f4 ae818 d2 g819 $ih5 d8 20
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E: E:
20 ... $ixd5 21 ed b8 22 del f8
23 e6 d7 24 e3 gf 25 thf4 g5
26 Adl e5 27 Ac2 e8 28 xe8
the8 29 g4 g5 30 e6 e5 31
the8 + xe8 32 fl f8 33 Af5
e5 34 el g8 35 g4 g5 36 e4
g8 37 c2 f7 38 b4 e7 39 c3
 g8 40 cS ;B.a8 41 b3 ;B.d8 42 !!d4 Game 87
de 43 be b6 44 d6 + cd 45 cb ab 46 Peev - Radulov
a4 c6 47 ;B.a6 d4 + 48 c4 Bulgarian Ch, Sofia 1985
xf5 49 gf ;B.c8 + 50 d4 d7 51 1 d4 d6 2 c4 e5 3 f3 ed 4 xd4 g6 5
;B.xb6 ;B.a8 52 ;B.b7 + c6 53 ;B.xh7 c3 kg7 6 e4 c6 7 e3 ge7 8
;B.xa254 ;B.f7 ;B.a4 + 55 e3 ;B.h4 56 e2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 xc6 xc6 11
;B.xf6 c5 57 f3 d5 58 ;B.e6 d4 59 f6 d2 e6 12 ef xf5 13 ;B.adl e7
;B. hI 60 g2 ;B. xh6 61 f7 ;B. xe6 62 14 d5 f7 15 b4 e5 16 g5 ;B.ae8
f8 = + d5 63 ..g,a8 + d6 64 17 h3 c6 18 e3 e6 19 ;B.cl d5 20 cd
..g,d8 + c5 65 a5 + d6 66 f3 cd 21 4Jg4 xg4 22 hg d4 23 a3 d5
;B.e5 67 ..g,b4 + d5 68 ..g,b5 d6 69 24 d3
..g,c4 ;B.e3 + 70 f4 1:0
//;:/:};
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j/& ';:/it 0/' 1:
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Lerner - Azmaiparashvili h: /.: + }:: ...

53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986 /,

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1 d4 d6 2 c4 e5 3 f3 ed 4 xd4 g6 5
e4 g7 6 c3 c6 7 e3 ge7 8
e2 0-0 9 g4 xd4? (9 000 f5! - Az-
maiparashvili) 10 xd4 xd4 11
..g,xd4 c5 12 ..g,e3 c6 13 0-0-0 d4 14
h4 f5 15 gf gf 16 d5 e8 17 ;B.hgl +
h8 18 !!xd4 f4 19 ..g,d2 cd 20 !!g5
f5 21 ef ;B.c8 22 f6 f3 23 xd4 f7
24 d3 el + 25 c2 b5 26 c3 a6
27 g7 be 28 xc4 xc4 29 ];1xf7
..g,e2 + 30 d2 ..g,e4 + 31 d3
];1xc3 + 32 be a4 + 33 b2 1:0
Game 86
Dohojan - Azmaiparashvili
Tallinn 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 c4 e5 4 e2 g7 5
bc3 ed 6 xd4 c6 7 e3 ge7 8
jie2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 ef xd4 11 xd4
xf5 12 e3 xe3 13 fe e6 14
!! xf8 + xf8 15 d2 ..g,g7 16 l3. fl
t1f8 17 xf8 + xf8 18 b3 a6 19 f3
g7 20 c5 ..g,e5 21 cd cd 22 e4 d5 23
c3 e7 24 d4 trxd4 25 ed c6 26
xd5 xd4 27 e4 b5 28 f2 f7
29 e3 d6 30 d4 xe4 31 xe4
g5 32 e5 h6 33 f6 c8 34 b4 g6
35 a4 Af5 36 a5 Ad3 37 g3 Ae2 38
d5 f3 39 e3 f7 40 d6 f6
41 c4 t:t
/ iQ: ; , , ' I: //'/
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:fft :it
E: E:W
24 ... jixg2 25 ;B.fel d5 26 ;B.xe8
f3 27 ;B.e4 xe4 28 xe4 xe4 29
..g,dl ;B.f3 30 ;B.c8 + f8 31 ..g,cl
xg4 + 32 fl !Xc3 33 !!xc3 de 34
e3 ..g,c4 + 35 el a6 36 ..g,c2 g7
37 dl h5 38 d8 + h7 39 d7 c2
40 cl ..g,d4 0:1 (41 ..g,xd4 xd4 42 f3
h4 43 jif4 h3 44 d2 e3!)
Game 88
Arhipov - Kantsler
Tbilisi 1986
1 d4 g6 2 c4 g7 3 e4 d6 4 [£)c3 e5 5
[£)f3 ed 6 xd4 c6 7 e3 4Jge7 8
e2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 xc6 xc6 11
..g,d2 jie6 12 efAxf5 13 adl h8
14 ;B.fel ..g,f6 15 d5 ..g,f7 16 fl
ae8 17 b3 e6 18 !Xe2 e519 f3 a6
20 ;B.eel b5 21 cb ab 22 c3 b4 23
e4 ];1a8 24 g5 f6 25 d4 jig8
26 ;B.e4 h6 27 h3 g5 28 f2 ;B.fd8 29
4Jg4 f8 30 h4 jih7 31 eel gh 32
f2 c5 33 jial f5 34 f4 h3 35
..g,h2 :9:xa2 36 xh3 xf3 + 37 gf

xh2 38 xh2 xh3 39 xh3 xal
40 xal f4 + 41 Wg2 g8 + 42
g4 h5 43 hl g5 44 xh5 +
xh5 45 xh5 d2+ 46 Wg3
..g,g5 + 47 e-Q.g4 ..g,e5 + 0:1
4 ... a6!? .
The final frontier? 4 ... a6 (game 89) is
certainly not as stupid as it looks
though I doubt if it will catch on.
CaIne 89
Tozer - Davies
ARC Young Masters 1987
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 .g7 4 e4 a6 5
f3 c--g4 6 Ae2 c6 7 d5
7 e3 e5 8 d5 xf3 9 e-xf3 d4 10
xd4 ed II e2 c5 12 dc bc 13 e5
e7 14 4Jxd4 ..g,a5 + 15 Wfl ..g,c5
unclear.
7 ... .xf3 8 r-xf3 d4 9 ,.e3 xf3 +
10 xf3 4Jf6 11 0-00-0 12 adl 4Jd7
13 h3 e5 14 h6 xc4 15 r-xg7
Wxg7 i6 b3 b6 17 f4 d7 18 J3.d3
e5 19 f5 f6 20 fg hg 21 g3 h8 22
trg4 f8 23 dl ..g,d7 24 ..g,f3 h7
25 e3 ag8 26 f5 + f8 27 h4
t1'f7 28 g4 g5 29 c3 Wg7 30
;gfcl c8 31 f3 xf3 + 32 ;gxf3
ce8 33 afl ef8 34 xf6 trxf6 35
xf6 xf6 36 g3 !!hf8 37 g2
;gf2 + 38 g1 xa2 39 d7 + f7
40 c8 b5 41 h4 as 42 trg4 af2 43
trgS fl + 44 g2 7f2 + 45 h3
hl + 46 g4 f4 + 47 gf gl +
0:1
A verbakh with 4 -f3
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 g7 4 f3
Azmaiparashvili meets this with 4 ...
e5, but 4 ... g4 (game 90) is also
quite playable. It is interesting that
White has not been playing the
theoretically approved 5 e3.
Caine 90
Torre - Ljubojevic
Brussels SWIFT 1987
1 d4 g6 2 f3 g7 3 e4 d6 4 !iJe3
4 ... cc6!? 5 d5 ca5 6 e4 c5 7 h3
- f6 8 d 3 0-0 9 0-0 c 5 1 0 g 5 h 6 1 1
Qe3 ch5 unclear, Li-QLlilltcro.
World Teanls, Lucerne 19R5.
5 g3 t(,()
5 .., ; \ IJ 6 e I' c6 7 e3 ,,:J 1'6 R 1'4
0-0 9 -:' g.2 bd 7 1 () 0-0 e6 11 g b 1 d 5
I 2 l'.5 b.5 1) b 4 c 8 1 4 a 4 a 6 1.5 is' d 5
Y) l' 7 - Bag i )"() \ - J\ rap (H i t\ r r II d \.
BOJla 1985.
() £15 _ \ f'3 7 e f5.:'Jd4 8 ?) g2 e5 9 0-0
T:Jc7 1() f4 0-0 II He I d7 12 h3 a6 13
l¥/h2 b5 14 r5 rf 15 ,f4 de I() tJe
t),d5 17 t),e5 ad8 18 7zJh7 is'd7 19
('5 Bd8 20 ; c5 ,h() 21 'g7
'2Y'g7 22 ;; ,a8 \a8 23 ge4 f5 24
'£:i'f3 d() 25 h4 'h6 26 gd I ,d5 27
Xee 1 ('6 28 a3 gaR 29 e4 8'l7 30
w{2 as J I ''h2 + \'h6 32 c('3 \;}f()
33 d2 + g7 34 t),d5 cd 35 is',d5
Ha6 36 $eS ah 37 ah ga4 38 gdS
gxb4 39 gxb5 gb5 40 xb5 _d4
41 t:1e8 xf2 + 42 h 1 _f3 43 e2
xel + 44 tyxel xel 45 gl _d3
46 <£Ig2 f5 47 <£9f3 Wf6 48 e3 c5
49 f4 g5 + 50 We3 hS 51 Wf2 h4 52
gh gh 53 We3 Wg5 54 Wf2 f4 55 Wg2
Wf5 56 f2 0:1
Classical Fianchetto Modern
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 f3 g7 4 g3
Against this set-up Black could, if he
so wanted, transpose into a King's In-
dian Classical Fianchetto with ...
f6. But there are two other in-
teresting posts for this knight which
do not obstruct the advance of Black's
f-pawn.
In games 91 and 92 Azmaiparashvili
effectively puts the knight on e7, in
game 93 it goes to h6.
 Game 91 Game 92

Barelev - AzmaiparashviJi Tomashevsky - Azmaiparashvili

53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986 Moscow '8' 1986

1 d4 d6 2 32)f3 g6 3 c4 $ig7 4 c3 e5 5 1 d4 d6 2 f3 g6 3 g3 $ig7 4 g2

g3 d7 6 g2 !i;:Je7 7 h4 h6 8 e4 ed 9 d7 5 0-0 e5 6 c4 e7 7 c3 0-0 8 e4
xd4 li)e5 10 0..0 0-0 11 b3 7c6 12 8 e3 ed! 9 li)xd4 b6 10 b3 cS 11
de2 f5 13 li)f4 g5 14 hg hg 15 h5 4Jde2 d5 12 jta3 dc I 3 xd8 !Xxd8 14
f4 16 xg7 \tlxg7 17 f3 e6 18 gf gf r_c5 c6 15 ;B,acl d7 16 r--d4
19 Wf2 h4 + 20 We2 h2 2J ;B,f2 li)xd4 17 !0xd4 cb (Basin-
g4 22 fg xg4 + 23 ,,-f3 xf3 + 24 Azmaiparashvili, Minsk 1985) 18 ab
Wxf3 l0eS + 25 We2 f3 + 26 e I := - Azmaiparashvili.
t}g I + 27 ;B, fl g3 + 28 d2 g2 + 8 de de 9 {;1c2 c6 10 ;B,bl a5 11 b3
29 We 1 g3 + 30 d2 g2 + 31 c5 12 dl tffc7 13 r-a3 b6 14 el
el f2 + 32 d2li)f3 + 33 Wd3 h2 _f5 15 e4 _g4 = / + Pavlovic-
34 .e3 ;B,f3 35 xf3 xf3 36 ;B,xf2 Maksimovic, Nis 1985.
g4 37 !Xafl 13:f8 38 Wc2 !Xf7 39 8 ... cd 9 cxd4 £Jc6 10 cde2 dc5
b2 f8 40 _ xa7 e5 10 ... c5 11 b3 a5 12 bl 1'5 13
e3 t!:;e7 14 !0d5 {&f7 15 -ec3 -b..J
16 d2 xd5 17 ed d7 18 fcl :
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g4 71 c2 xe4 72 jlc3 g2 73 33 ;B,d7 g8 34 a3 d2 35 ;B,xc7 as
.__el g7 + 74 c3 g2 75 $iel g4 36 ;B,xb7 ;B,xc5 37 b4 ;B,c3 38 ba ;B,xa3
76 cJ f5 77 b2 c5 78 Q.h4 39 l3.b5 l3.e7 40 l3.d5 \!)f7 4] Wf3
t1h5 79 f6 ..g,g6 80 h4 g7 + 81 jixa5 42 ;B, xe3 ;B. 7xe3 43 iixe3 We6
b 1 trh8 82 g3 h 1 + 83 iie 1 d5 44 ;B,d4 _b6 45 ;B,e4 + d5 46 e8
84 cd xd5 85 b2 ..g,dl 86 _b4 g5 47 e2 xe3 48 xe3 ;B,xe3 49
d3 + 87 c3 f4 0: 1 \9xe3 We5 50 f3 d4 51 g3 e4
 52 h4 h6 53 hg hg 54 g2 Wf4 55 h3
f3 56 h2 g4 57 Wg2 f4 58
f2 g4 59 g2 g3 60 Wgl f3 61
fl g2 62 gl g3 t:t
Galne 93
Quinteros - Smejkal
Baden..Baden 1985
1 e4 e5 2 e3 d6 3 g3 g6 4 d4 cd7 5
f3 G g7 6 g2 h6 7 e4 0..0 8 h3
8 0-0 c6 9 ;B.e 1 ed 1 0 xd4 g4
11 xg4 _xd4 = Smejkal-Hazai,
Slirak 1986,
8 ... e6 9 e3 f5 10 de de 11 --:'; d2 f7
12 0-0 ifJe7 13 g fe 1 f4! 14 f ef 15
xf4 de5 16 $e2 5! 17 .; 3
,xf3 + 18 Q x f3 e5 19 .; \.l)5 :';/ :\e5
20 G g4 g f4 21 \;i2 ;. \.4 22 h
Haf8 23 ,d1 H8f6 24 gel; f8 25 e5
h5! 26 gh Bh4 27 ae4 + h8 28 ge3
wf4 29 ge2 ag4 + 30 g3 ,:;-; \.£1 1 31
gel d2 32 ge2 gxf2+ 0:1
Three Pawns Attack
In the 1970s sOlne excellent propagall-
d a \\1 a sma d e for the 1\10 d ern \ \ a r n i n g
White about the dangers of making
too many pa\vn moves. This effective-
]y put the Three Pawns Attack out of
business but it could be one of White's
best lines.
The blockading plan of game 94 is
solid but passive. Game 95 shows a
better treatment when White should
probably have transposed into an
Austrian.
Game 94
Tseshkovsky - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jig7 3 f4 d5 4 e5 h5 5 f3
h6 6 Ae3 jig4 7 bd2 c6 8 jif2
f5 9 h3 jixf3 10 xf3 h411 jid3 e6
12 0-0 Af8 13 a3 jie7 14 c4 d7 15
;B.cl gd8 16 c5 ga8 17 b4 a6 18 e1
d8 19 a4 b8 20 b5 f8 21 c3
g7 22 gb1 d7 23 gfc1 c6 24 e1
h5 25 ba xa6 26 gb3 ga7 27
gcb1 c8 28 Axf5 ef 29 e6 fe 30
jixh4 jif8 31 e5 gh7 32 g3 g8
33 xg6 gg7 34 <=--f6 xc5 35 jixg7
e4 36 r--xf8 1:0
Gal11e 95
Belyavsky .. Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 _g7 4 f3 f6 5
e5
Releasing the tension like this seems
to gi\ e Black good counterplay. The
best i probably 5 c3, transposing
into an Austrian Pirc (see Timman-
Nijboer, game 9, and Halifman-
Azmaiparashvili, game 20). This has
the ad\antage of forestalling
"7\;lodern' ans\vers to the Austrian
uch as 4 ,.. -c6 and 4 ... c6.
5 ... de 6 fe d5 7 _e4 b6 8 _Qb3 e5
9 e3 f5 10 0...0 e8 11 Qg5 e4 12
c2 xe2 13 {&xe2 e6 14 a3 0..0
15 Hae 1 f6 16 ef ef 17 __h4 'g4 18
e2 ;B.ae8 19 ,g3 t1'd7 20 {&e6 +
xe6 21 ;B.xe6 ;B.fe8 22 ;B.xe8 + ;B.xe8
23 d2 ;B.e2 24 ;B.dl a5 25 fl
;B.e6 26 d5 ge3 27 f3 d7 28 ,,--f2
;B.e8 29 d2 ;B.c8 30 b5 ;B.d8 31
xa7 b6 32 b4 cb 33 ab ;B.c8 34 b4
c4 35 xc4 gxc4 36 gel gf4 + 37
gl jif8 38 g3 gf5 39 gd1 f7 40
g2 ge5 41 f3 ;B.h5 42 g2 ;B.e5
43 f3 ;B.h5 44 g2 ge5 t:t
Geller's Quiet System
By putting a pawn on c3 White hopes
to limit the influence of Black's g7
bishop. This is one of White's most
solid lines against which it is very dif-
ficult for Black to play for a win.
Game 96 was a brilliant win by Jon
Speelman and one which shows the
dark side of White's attempt to either
delay or omit c3. Game 97 features an
interesting new treatment for Black
with 6 ... c5.
 The 7 jig5 of game 98 became CaIne 97

popular after Vaganian won an im- Kortchnoi - Nunn

pressive game with it against Brussels OURA 1986

Ermenkov a few years ago. But on this 1 d4 g6 2 e4 d6 3 c3 f6 4 jdd3 <:o-g7 5
occasion the great Azmaiparashvili f3 0-060-0 c5 7 de (7 h3!?) 7 ... de 8
was Black and he gradually gained the h3 c6 9 e2 'i!Jc7 10 el d7 1 I
upper hand. <:o-Q.c2 b6 12 a4 ,-b7 13 bd2 ad8 14
The most interesting recent develop- 4Jfl c8 15 _g5 c-a6 16 e3 b7
ment for White is the treatment of the 17 !Xadl e4 18 d4 L7e5 19 b5
young German 1M Robert Zysk - a5 20 tye2 _xb5 21 ab tffc7 22 f4
with 7 h3 followed by 8 e3 he keeps 4Jd3 23 xd3 cd 24 !1xd3 116 25 <ch4
the tension in the centre: game 99 is an !1xd3 26 tfJxd3 d8 27 e2 xf4 28
impressive exalnple. ,-xe7 e8 29 Jib4 4Jb7 30 f3 tye5
31 10e3 xbS 32 fl d7 33 dS
Cal11e 96 e5 34 c-xc5 be 35 !1dl tyb7 36 d2
Chandler - Speelman e6 37 f2 ..grd7 38 t}f4 !1e5 39
Bath Zonal 1987 !Xd2 e6 40 lc7 e7 4 I d5 c6
1 e4 g6 2 d4 d6 3 f3 g7 4 d3 42 c7 .JtJe7 43 !0d5 e6 !:t
c6!
4 ... f6 5 0-00-06 !1el!? c6 7 CallIe 98
d5 b4 8 ;;. fl c6 9 a3 a() lOde Popche, - AZlnaiparashvili
_ xe6 11 cd4 Q d 7 12 c 3 + / = Albena 1986
Davies-Belov, Tvlosco\v 'B' 1987. 1 e4 d6 2 d4 6 3 c3 ;;;;,v,7 4 Qf3 f6 5
5 d5 b4 6 _cc4 f6 7 0-0 0-0 8 -'c3 G d3 0-0 6 0..0 ('6 7 (j g5 h6 8 h4 e5
,_g4 9 '_4e2 c5 10 _g5 116 11 __c3 a5 8 ... h5 9 ,a3 f4 I 0 __c2
12 h3 d7 13 d2 a4 14 a3liJa6 IS b4 _g4 11 d2 g5 12 ,xg5!? unclcar
ab 16 4Jxb3 c6 17 de xc6 18 _f3 Tal-Hoi, JUrIl1ala 1985.
ffic7 19 d2 h7 20 a4 !1fd8 21 -b5 9 de xe5
tfJe7 22 c-_b6 d7 23 c3 t;Je7 24 9 ... de I 0 ,a3 e6 11 !Xe 1 e8
gfel d5 25 c5 ;9.d6 26 <:oxc7 xc7 12 ,b5 d7 ] 3 l;Jc4 f6 14 xc6 be 15
27 ed _xd5 28 b5 xe5 29 xd6 ,a5 h5 16 ,,g3 cb6 17 c2 e5 18 b3
xd6 30 c4 e4 31 e2 e3 32 xe3 g5 unclear Yusupov-Seira\van, Mont-
_c6 33 ,-J3 e8 34 e5 c7 35 tya3 pellier Candidates 1985.
.t)e4 36 ab1 ;:.d4 10 cxe5 de 1 1 ca3 e8 12 f3 lhS 13
: __ W' ,-_f2 tJe7 14 g3 h3 15 !1el fd8 16
;»/::; ..... . c2 f6 17 e2 f8 18 4Jc4 E;Jg7 19
.+ Y+ if ' .L 'Yi1i .L /%$:; adl e8 20 b4 e6 21 e3 c6 22
?/ A ;{ 1: //
//-0% /:''/;):x " i /'/.;/
.:% 'A f;;??;;; /
g4 Axg4 23 fg as 24 a3 ab 25 ab
g5 26 g2 :ga3 27 _e3 e6 28
Y /:;'
f: w/,:;
/: /:/ > ::?:o/d
/0//,,,, / ' //;;/; w;
;w//{;:;
xg5 hg 29 al ea8 30 xa3
4 :'<// f ;%
8 // ./ ':;;;>/Y-i"
</,)" //W' ;/' 8,a3 31 Bbl ga2 32 b2 al 33
ty />ft ..:it ;';d3 #xg4 34 gbJ 8a3 35 ,('4
gxc3
0/;;; / / /<//0/
/////./ / :-:it /,,/-/?:'i
/// , /; , />k
<// /7/ /// 0 / /«1
;:;: (. / ' / -; :;;;:;'{/';
Diagram
;:E:
/ )61I KH 36 _xf7 + rg7 37 {Brxe3 {;}xe4 + 38
37 xe4 8xe4 38 xe4 rxe4 39 Be] #f3 c2 + 39 h3 xbl 40 _e6
kixc5 40 tj'cl _d5 41 h 1 {;1c6 0: 1 4+ 41 xg4 xb4+ 42 h3 e7
 26 Ad3 tf'f8 27 f5 <=-e4 28 xe4
. . 1:.. xe4 29 .,grf3 tj-e8 30 Axd6! !Xe2 31
.z. .zl Jd.xc7 !Xxb2 32 g3 e4 33 d6 1:0
.z. .z
.%f f+'
.aw ///, / ', /N;;
w/:;;;
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// 0(;;j/,//'l/
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, / , / , : , : :% , ' * Kasparov System
\= ': ' 'U?
:a A< t An impressive \vin by Gary Kasparov
(game 100) focussed attention on a lit-
:::: , f/h i: (;@ ;:%t /
////:/'
/;;;/. .. //0"
f:f!/;:;.////>
;;://:2. // /.d-h
tle kno\vn but very interesting system.
///
:KI ';;;;;::/
,> E: f :t:::;@
%0/; 'i:// ///r:: /??;::;;
;:; % % Since then it also won for White in the
game Mrs. Arkell - Speelman, British
43 b3 e4 44 e3 d7 + 45 g2 Open Quickplay Championship 1987.
t&d3 46 xd3 ed 47 f3 c5 48 e4 It \vill certainly become popular.
£12 49 d3 b4 50 d 1 Y5f6 51 114
d6 52 g4 g3 53 hS gh 54 11 ;. f4 55 CaIne 100
\!ge4 h6 56 ?;i g4 9f;e7 57 d4 d6 Kasparov.. Ljubojevic
58 c4 b5 59 b4 Y!Jc7 60 SCa5 b7 SWIf"'T World Blitz Ch, Brussels 1987
61 e2 d 1 0: 1 1 d4 g6 2 e4 g7 3 c3 d6 4 __g5 f6 5
d2 h6 6 h4 c6
CCl/lle 99 6 ... e5 7 de de 8 gf3 liJbd7 9 e2
Z'sk .. Jansa 0-0 10 0-0 €}e8 1 I c2 .h5 12 B fe 1
Baden Baden 1985 f4 13 fl + / = Vladimirov-Ivko\',
1 :f3 g6 2 e4 g7 3 d4 d6 4 c3 f6 5 Capablanca Memorial, Havana 1986.
_d3 0..0 6 0-0 c6 7 h3 d7 7 f4 {ffc7 8 ,d3 e5 9 fe de 10 gf3 ed
7 ... e5 8 de (8 _e3!?) 8 ... xe5 9 11 cd 0-0 12 0-0 ,,-e6 13 el bd7 14
xe5 de 10 {&f3 h5 1 1 _c4 {&f6 := e5 l0d5 15 £Je4 b6 16 tf'f2 Qf4 17
Malsauskas-Azmaiparashvili, Young bl c4 18 el 4Jd3 19 <=-xd3
Masters, Tallinn 1986. xd3 20 d6 g5 21 Ag3 Ag6 22 h4
8 Ae3 e5 9 a3!? !Xe8 10 !XcI h6 11 g4 23 4Jh2 h5 24 fl c5 25 4Je3 cd 26
bl a6 12 de cxe5 13 xe5 xe5 d5 c5 27 e7 + h7 28 !Xacl
14 f4 c6 15 f3 b5 16 e5 Ab7 17 f5! a5 29 xd4 tlIxa2 30 e4 !Xad8 31
t1xe5 18 fg f6 19 Af4 !Xe7 20 d5 + g5 h8 32 !Xed 1 Ac 33 !Xd2 Ag6
h8 21 h5 f8 22 !Xcel !Xat'8 23
t1xe7 xe7 24 c2 g8 25 d4 tlIe7 %
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11:/ . .11:. 34 tj-d6 Ah7 35 !Xed 1 a5 36 hl
_Ji. .E: Ag8 37 g6 AxeS 38 h6 1:0 _
Pirc and Modern Systems
. Nigel Davies is arguably the world's leading
exponent of these intricate systems.
. His careful unravelling of the various intricate
themes and fashions is masterful.
. An honest and thoughtfully planned lecture
illustrated by 100 games and many further
references, annotations and diagrams.

Series Editor:
Bob Wade