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Co11te11ts
Chpte: Otte:: 1tttob14ctiott -----------------------------4
Chpte: Two: he: Mitt Litte: witJ. 8.Qb3 --------------- 7
Chpte: he:e:: itt Litte: 8.3 ------------------------ 27
Chpte: f14: Mitt Litte:, OtJ.e: 8tJ. moe:s ----------- 34
Chpte: fie:: 7 De:7 ----------------------------------- 42
..

Chpte: Six: 6.e:4 --------------------------------------4(,)

Chpte: Se:e:tt: $.Ds$ cxb4

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$4

Chpte: EisJ.t: White: p11is "' e:111 e:2-e:3 ------------ $9

Chpte: Nitte:: White: f'ittcJ.e:ttos

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Chpte: e:tt: White: p11is 4.Ds$ ---------------------- 82

Chpte: E1e:e:tt: White: p11iS 4.Nbb2!7 ---------------- 88
1ttbe:x of Gme:s ---------------------------------------90

Win with tl1e Djin!

Chptr 011: 111trobwctio11

l1e Djin, or Dzindziclaslvili Indian Defense, is characterized
by tl1e moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6!? Grandmaster Roman
Dzindzichasvili is its best-known advocate, although former United
States Cl1ampion Lev Alburt has also adopted the variation as an
alternative to his customary Benko Gambit.
It is surprising that tl1e Djin did not see significant action until
the 1980s. It has probably been tried from time to time, but did not
even merit a mention the first 0977) edition of ECO. The first
Grandmaster games l1ave record were played by Gurgenidze at
Volgodonsk 1981, against Gulko and Kharitonov.
It came to
American public attention the United States Cl1ampionships of
1984 and 1985. l1en it flourished for a few years before
disappearing from international toumament play. The New Chess
yearbooks had a number of examples volumes up to 1987, but
tl1en tl1ere l1ave been no furtl1er games wtl1 the opening that
publication.
Does tl1at mean that tl1e opening is unsound? Hardly! In fact,
tl1e latest 0992) edition of ECO claims that the main line White
holds only a small advantage, as is customary most openings.
tl1ink that tl1e Djin l1as been following the common patl1s of new
openings. At first it was a major surprise weapon, catching leading
players off-guard and leading to many impressive wins for Black.
l1en as tl1e players of tl1e White side did a bit of l1omework, ways
were found to preserve tl1e small opening advantage common to the
1.d4 lines . So tl1e innovative players who l1ad been l1andling the
Black pieces swtcl1ed to new pastures.
Moreover, one must take into account two factors wl1ich
certainly limited the spread of the opening. The first is the rise of the
Bogoindian Det'ense (l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+) which, once
considered a boring drawing opening, became a fighting weapon
tl1e late 1980s. Equally important was the return of the Blumenfeld
Gambit, wl1ich lured away some of the advocates of tl1e Djin, such
as Lev Alburt.
But tl1e Djin is seen more and more amateur chess, as the
usual trickle-down effects take place. As White, one needs to be
prepared to meet tl1e Djin in the bars and tournament halls of chess;
and no tonic has yet been found that will guarantee any signit'icant
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Win witl1 the Djin!

advantage. l1us it remains a completely viable opening strategy,

and one wl1icl1 requires much less preparation for Black than the
Nimzoindian, Queen's Indian or Bogoindian.
In addition, it l1as tl1e merit of being overlooked in most of tl1e
literature. new for BCO , it l1ad disappeared from view by the
time BCO came out, and was overlooked by the editors (including
me!). Even tl1e new (1992) edition of ECO includes only a single
line. Since it does not tlt into books on tl1e Queen's Indian, Bogo
Indian or Benoni, the likelihood tl1at one's opponent will be well
prepared is near zero.
The basic ideas of the Djin are similar to those of the
Blmenfeld Gambit if White advances the d-pawn to d5, and
are otherwise similar to some Hedgehog positions . Black
qickly advances c7-c5 to pt pressre on the center. The b
pawn can come to b5 to ndermine the c4-sqare . The pawn
at a6 also helps to keep enemy knights from b5, and that in
trn means that the d6-sqare is not as weak as it otherwise
might be with the c- and e- pawns having advanced from the
second rank.
The main line of the Djin ns as follow: l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3

e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5

significant alternative is 6.e4, discssed in Chapter Six.
lt was once held to be the reftation of the opening bt is now
considered hannless .
Black has nothing to fear if White capres at e6, and as
far as know that nove has not been played in recorded
literare. t greedy compters like it, for example consider
this gane played by Chessmaster 3000 as White at
(4nin/nove) 1992 : 1 . d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 .Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5 .d5 b5
6.dxe6?! (It is interesting that the machine prefers to captre
l1ere, a nove which wold hardly be considered by most
experienced h11nan players familiar with the Blmenfeld
Contergambit. t the nachine cannot reason by analogy.)
6 ... fxe6 7.cxb5 d5 (Black's big center and easy development
provide nore than enogh compensation. 7. axb5 8.Nxb5 d5
provides fll compensation, according to Benjamin & Schiller
(1987) . 8.e4 Be7 9. bxa6 0-0 1 0 . Bg5 dxe4 1 1 . Qxd8 Bxd8 12.Ne5
..

Win with the Djin!

Nxa6 1 3 . Bc4 Nb4 14.0-0 Bc7 1 5 .f4 Nc2 16.Rac l Ne3 1 7 . Rfel
Bxe5 18.fxe5 Nxc4 19.exf6 Nxb2 09...gxf6 20.Nxe4 fxg5
21.Rxc4) 20.fxg7 Rf5 2 1 . Bh6 Rf6 22.Bg5 Rg6 23.Nxe4 Nd3
24.Nf6+ g7 25.Nh5+ Kg8 26.Nf4 (26.Nf6+ /7 27. Rfl Rxg5
28.Ne4+ Kg6 29.Nxg5 Nxcl-+) 26 ... Nxf4 27.Bxf4 Rxa2 28.g3
Bb7 29.h4 Rg2+ 30.Kfl Rf6 3 1 .Rc3 c4 3 2. Rbl Bd5 33.Rb8+ f7
34. Rd8 Rxg3 35.Rxg3 Rxf4+ 36.Ke2 Rxh4 and at this point
abandoned the game as uninteresting. let the computer play
out the remainder, and it reached a rook vs. bishop ending
with no pawns, which it had no idea how to play.

6...b4 7.Ne4 d6
7 . . . Be7 is considered in Chapter 5 .

Here White has a number of alternatives . 8. Qd3 is

considered strongest, but each of the alternatives merits
attention. White gains nothing by trying to double the f-pawns
quickly. The other lines are insufficiently explored to draw any
firm conclusions , bt in general it seems that Black has nothing
to fear.

Win witl1 the Djin!

Chptf' Two: h i11 li11 wit11 s.Qb3

This is perhaps the strongest line against the Djin. The
advance of the queen frees the d1-square for a rook, and the
d-pawn begins to look weak.

Pet rosian
evednichy,
Sibenik 1990
-

...

Be7
8 ... exd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. cxd5 Nd7 l l .e3 -Alburt 1 985.

9.dxe6
a) 9. Bxf6 is also possible, and now:
.
al) 9 ...Bxf6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 10... 0-0 11.0-0-0 Bxe6
12. Qxd6 -Albrt 1985. and now:
a 1 1 ) 1 1 .0-0-0 Be7 1 2 .Nxd6+ Bxd6 1 3 . Qxd6 Qxd6
1 4 . Rxd6 Bxc4 1 5 .e3 Ke7! = -Alburt 1985.
a 1 2) l l .Nxf6+ Qxf6 1 2 . 0-0-0 0-0 1 3 . Qxd6 Nd7 14.e3 a5!
and Black will achieve counterplay by advancing the a-pawn
-Alburt 1985.
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a 1 3) l l.Nxd6+ f8 1 2.Ne4! 12.0-0-0? Qa5! was played

in Lkacs-Toskov, Albena 1985, and here Lkacs sl1ows that
witi1 best play d1e chances wold have been level: 13.Ne4!
Qxa2 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.Qd6+ Kg7 16.Qg3+ Kh6 17. Qh4+ Kg7
bt tl1is is all irrelevant since White has a big irovement at
ove 12. 1 2...Qxd3 1 3.exd3 Alburt 1985 claims a clear
advantage for White here. The extra pawn may be weak, but
will soon advance to d4.
a2) 9 . . .gxf6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 1 1.0-0-0 is met by a strong
pawn sacrifice : l l . . . Nd7 1 2.Nxd6+ Bxd6 1 3.Qxd6 Bxc4!+
-Dzhindzhihashvili.
b 9.0-0-0 ' Naumkin-Kozlov.

9 ... fxe6
Tl1is is playable,
Neverov-Zaichik.

bt perhaps

not best.

9 ... Bxe6

'

10.Bxf6 gxf6 1 1.0-0-0

This is a critical position. The pressre at d6 is maximized

and Black is now left with no choice. l l ... dS Forced, but not
nwelcone.

12 .cxd5 Qxd5
1 2 ... exd5 1 3.Ng3 oo

13 .Qxd5 exd5 14 .Rxd5 Be6

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9
14 . . . Bb7 is met by 1 5 . Nd6+

15.Rdl
1 5 . Rh5 Bxa2 16.Nxc5 Bf7 17.Rf5 Bg6 18.Rd5 Bf7

15 ... Bxa2

The material is equal. White controls the d-file, but lags in

development. The endgames look a bit better for Black thanks
to the queenside majority.

16.Ned2
16.e3 is suggested by Petrosian without further comment.
think it is too slow. 16 ... Nc6 17.Bd3 c4 18.Bbl Bb3 19.Bc2
Bxc2 20 .c2 Rd8+

16 ... c4
Perhaps this should have been preceeded by the
development of the knight, e.g. 16 ... Nc6 17.b3 c4 18.Kb2 Bxb3.
19.Nxb3 cxb3 20 .b3 a5 2 l .Ral f7 22.e3 Rhd8 23 . Bc4+ Kg7
24 . Bb5 Ne5 25.Nxe5 fxe5 Black is better, but it is by no means
clear that he can win.

17. e3 c3
Black is playing too aggressively considering that his
rooks and knight remain in their initial positions.

18 . bxc3 bxc3 19.Nbl Bb4

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10

2 0. Bc4 ! Bxc4
20 ... Bxb l 2 1 .xb l;;!;

2 l .Rd4 Be2 2 2 .Rxb4 Nc6 2 3.Rb6 Rc8

23 ... Bb5 24.Nxc3

2 4.Nxc3 Bxf3 2 5.gxf3

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The endgame is clearly White's favor since the Black
pawns are all weak and the effectiveness of the a-pawn is
limited by the White king on the qeenside.

2 5 ... Ne7
25 ... Ne5 26.Kc2

2 6.Rb3
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Win with the Djin!

26 . Kd2 Rxc3

2 6 ... Nd5 2 7 .Kd2 Nxc3 2 8 .Rxc3 Rxc3 2 9.Kxc3

Rg8 3 0 .Kd3
30 .Ral Rg2 3 1 . Rxa6 f7=

3 0 ...Rg2 3 l .Ke2 Rg5

31 ... Kd7 32.h4 Kc6 33.h5 a5 34.Rh4 Rg5 35.Kd3 Kb5 36.e4
a4 37.f4 Rg l 38.f3 a3 39.Rh2 Kb4 40 .e5 fxe5 4 1 .fxe5 Kb3 42.f4
a2 43.Rxa2 a2 44.e6 Kb3 45.f5+-

3 2 . f4 Rb5 3 3 .Kf3 a5 3 4 .Ral f5 3 5.Ke2 Kd7

3 6.Kd3 Kc6 3 7 . f3 Rb3 + 3 8 .Kd4 Kb5
38 ... Rb4+ 39.Ke5 Rb5+ 40 .Ke6 Rb3 4 1 . e4+-

3 9.Rcl a4 4 0 .Rc5+ Kb6

40 ...Kb4 41 .Rxf5 a3 42.Rf8 a2 43 .Rb8+ Ka3 44 .Ra8+ Kb2

45.Rxa2+ a2 46.f5+-

4 l .Rc8
a) 41 .Rxf5 a3 42.Rf8 Kb7
b) 4 1 . Rc3 Rb4+ 42.Kd3 42.Rc4 Kb5 42.Ke5 Rb3 Rb2

4 1 ... Ka5 4 2 .Ra8 + Kb4 4 3 . e4 ! Rxf3 4 4 .Rb8 +

Ka3 4 5 . exf5 Rxf4 + 4 6 .Ke5 Rh4
46 ... Rf2 47.h4
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4 7.f6 Rxh2
47 ... Rh5+ 48.Ke4 48 .Ke6 Rxh2 49.f7 Rf2 Rh4+ 49.f3 Rh5
49 . . . Rh6 50.Rb6 50 .Rb6+-

4 8 .f7 Rf2 4 9.f8 Q+ Rxf8 50.Rxf8 Kb2

51.Rb8 + + - Kc3 52 .Ra8 Kb3 53 .Kd4 a3
54 .Kd3 Kb2 55.Rb8 + Kcl 56.Ra8 Kb2 57.Kd2
a2 58 .Rb8 + K a3 59.Kc2 al=N+ 60.Kc3 K a2
6 1 .R b2 + 10
- .
An instfllctive
Infonant 50.

endgame!

Notes

after

Petrosian

in

Neverov - Zaichik,
Barnaul 198 8
l.d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3 .Nf3 a6 4 .Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .Qd3

8 ... Be7
8 . . . Ra7 ' Nankin-Kozlov.

9.dxe6 Bxe6!?
This does leave Black witl1 a backward pawn at d6, bt at
tl1e sane tine it brings the bishop into the gane and sports
an evental advance of the d-pawn .

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10. Bxf6 gxf6

10 ... Bxf6 may be stronger, e.g. ,
Qa5 oo 1 3 .Nf5+ Ke8 -Henley 1984.

l l .Nxd6+ Ke7 1 2 . 0-0-0

1 1.0-0-0 Ra7 12 .e3

1 2 .Nxd6+? Bxd6 1 3 . Qxd6 Rd7-+ or 1 2 . Qc2 -Petrosian.

12 ...Rd7 13.Qc2 Qa5 14 .Kb 1 Nc6 15.Bd3 0-0

The kng s not much safer here than the center. Black
is hoping that the qeenside attack wll be rapid enough, or
that a counterpnch the center will prove effective.

16 .b3 Qb6 17.Ng3 Ra8

There is no reason to save the pawn at h7.

18 .Bxh7+ Kf8 19.Bf5 Nd8 2 0.Qe4

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2 0 ...Rda7
Now the march of the h-pawn is simple and decisive.

2 1.h4 a5 2 2 .h5 a4 2 3 .h6 axb3 2 4 .h7 Ke8

2 5.h8 Q+ Kd7 2 6. Bxe6+ fxe6 27.Rh7 Rxa2
2 8 .Rxe7+ Kc8 2 9.Qxe6+ Kb8 3 0.Qxd6+1-0.
Black resigned, since there are no perpetuals : 30 ... Qxd6
3 1 . Rxd6 Ra l + 32.Kb2 R8a2+ 33.b3 Ra3+ 34.Kc2 Rla2+
35 .Kdl Ra l + 36.Ke2 R3a2+ 37.Nd2 .

Naumkin - Kozlov,
Soviet U nion 1986
l .d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3 .Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6. Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .Qd3 Ra7! ?

9.0-0-0 exd5 10.Bxf6

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1 0 . cxd5 Be7 a5, Ba6.

10 ... gxf6 l l .cxd5

l l . Qxd5?! Be6 1 2 .Qd3 12.Nxd6+? Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Rd7-+
Rd7 d5 and Black is better, according to Namkin 1985.

ll . . f5 12 .Ng3 Qf6 13 .e3 Bg7

.

1 3 ... h5 is nclear, according to Namkin. lt seems the

nost logical move, since it threatens to drive away the knight
that is placing pressre at f5 . 14.h4 Bh6 and the king can
"walk" to g7 if needed.

14.Qc2 h5 15.Bd3 f4 16.Ne4 Qh6 17.exf4

Qxf4 + 18.Qd2
The weakness of the Black kingside makes the endgame
a favorable proposition for White. 18 ... Bh6

18 ... Qxd2 + 19.Nfxd2

Nc4 -Namkin 1985.

19.Kbl Bg4?

2 0.Rdel !
Black is now pnished for failre to remove his king from
the center.

2 0 ...Re7
a) 20 ... Bxf3 2 1 . Ng5+ f8 22. Qxf4
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b) 20 ... Qxd2 2l . Nfxd2 Kd7 22.Nf6+ Kd8 23.Nde4

2l. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. Nh4

25. f5!
l1e Bg4 is now stranded.

25 ... Nd7 26. h3 Ne5 27. f6 Rd7 28 . Bxa6 Bf3

29 . Nxf3 Nxf3

3 0 . Nxd6+ !
30 . Bb5 Nxe l 31 .Rxel Kd8 32. Bxd7 d7

3 0 ...Kd8 3 l.Re8 + Kc7 3 2. Nc4 Nd2+

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32 ... Rxd5 33.Rc8+ Kd7 34.Nb6++-

3 3 .Nxd2 Rxf6 3 4 .Rc8 + Kb6 3 5.Ne4 ! Rg6

35 ... a6 36.Nxf6 Bxf6 37.Rc6+

3 6. Bc4 f5 3 7.Nd2 Rxg3 3 8 .Rc6+ Kb7 3 9.Nb3

f4 4 0.Nxd4 cxd4 4 1.Rf6 f3 4 2 .Rfl Rxh3
43 .Rl xf3 1-0.

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Chptr Two: itt litt s.Nxf6+

Huss - Lau
Beersheva Zonal 1985
l .d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 e6 3 . c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6. Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bh4 Be7
9 ... Nd7?! ' Van der Sterren-Sosonko.

10.e4

10 .g3 was seen in Tarjan - Alburt, U.S. Championship,

1984 : 10 . . . Nd7 l l .Bg2 Rb8 1 2 . Qd2 h5 1 3 . dxe6 fxe6 14.Rd1 f7
1 5 . 0--0 Nf8 oo -ECO 1992. 16.Bh3 Ng6 17.e4 Bb7 18.Rfe 1 Bc6
19.Qe2 Qc7 20 .Rd3 Rbg8 2 1 . Kfl a5 22.Red1 Rd8 23.Ne1 Qb7
24 .Ng2 Bxe4 25.Re3 Bf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27.f4 Bf8 28.Re1 Bg7
29.Kg1 d5 30.Re6 Qd7 3 1 .cxd5 Qxd5 32 .b3 Rd7 33.h3 a4
34.Re8 axb3 35.axb3 Qxb3 36.Rxh8 Re7! 37.Rb8 Rxe2 38.Rxe2
Qf3 39.Ra2 Bf8 40 .Rb6 Be7 41 .Ra7 Nxh4 Finally! The point is
not to remove the bishop , bt rather to weaken the kingside .
The qeenside pawns will do the rest. 42.gxh4 b3 43.Rc7 Qe2
44 .Kh2 c4 45.Rbb7 b2 46.Rb6 Kg6 47 .Rb8 b1Q! 48.Rxb 1 Bd6
49.Rd7 Bxf4+ 50.Kg1 Be5 5 1 .Re1 Qf3 52.Re3 Qc6 53.Rd1 c3
54.Ree 1 Qf3 55.Rf1 Qxh3 56.Rf2 Qh2+ 57.Kfl c2 0-1 .

1 0 ... f5! l l .Bxe7 Qxe7 12 .dxe6

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a) 1 2 .e5? dxe5 13.Nxe5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Bb7-+ -Van der

Sterren 1986.
b) 1 2 . Qe2 e5 and, according to Van der Sterren, White
has only the tiniest of advantages , if that.

12 ...fxe4 13 .exf7+ Kf8

18 .Qxf6+ Kxf6 19.Nfl Ne5 2 0.0-0-0 Ke6

If Black can achieve the d5 break then the advantage will
be his . White's pieces are totally ineffective.

2 l .Ne3 Raf8 2 2 .Rhfl Rf6+ 2 3 .Ng4

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20

White elininates the powerfl Ne5 , bt is left with an

inferior endgane.

23 ... Nxg4 24 .Bxg4 + Ke5 25.g3 d5 26.f4 + Kd6

27.cxd5
Forced, as otl1erwse Black will have connected passed
pawns .

27 ... Bxd5 28 .Be2 Kc6 29.b3 a5

3 0. Bb5+ Kxb5 3 1.Rxd5 Re8 3 2.Re1 Rfe6

3 3 .Kd2 Kc6 3 4 .Rh5 Rd6+ 3 5.Ke2 Rd3 !
Infiltration is worth nore than the lowly h-pawn.

3 6.Rd1 Red8 3 7.Rxd3 Rxd3 3 8 .Re5 Rc3

3 9 .Kd2 a4 ! 4 0.bxa4 Ra3 4 1.Rxe4 Rxa4 4 2 .f5
Rxa2+ 4 3 .Ke3 Kd5+
l1e rest is nrenarkable .

4 4 .Rf4 b3 4 5.Kd3 Rc2 46.f6 c4 + 4 7.Ke3 b2

4 8 .Rf5+ Ke6 4 9.f7 Rc3 + 50.Kd4 Rd3 +
5l.Kxc4 b lQ 52.Rf6+
52.f8Q Qc2+ 53.Kb4 Rb3+ 54 . Ka5 Qa2+

52 ...Kd7 53 .f8 Q Qb3 + 54 .Kc5 R d5# 0-i

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Van der Sterren - Sosonko

Holland Championship 1985
l .d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3 .Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Bh4 Nd7

: ,S
tt
t t
ft

ft

4J
f .,#f f
.J.1. .rJ.1.1

k .( .!.1. ,(.!1

liE!:

This is dbs becase it allows White to dominate the

center withot having f6-f5 available as a conter becase of
the pin at f6 .

10.e4 ! Be7 l l .Bd3

l l .Be2 f5 1 2 . Bxe7 Qxe7 1 3 . exf5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Nb6 oo

l l ... Nf8 ? !
l l ... f5 1 2 .Bxe7 (12.Bg3 fxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bc2:t)
1 2 . . . Qxe7 1 3 . 0-0 f4 14.Qd2 e5 1 5 .g3 - Van der Sterren 1986.

12 .0-0 Ng6 13 .Bg3 Bd7

There probably isn't anything better at this point. Van der
Sterren gives two npleasant options .
a) 13 ... e5 14.Nh4
b) 1 3 . . . h5 14.Nh4

14 .Nd2 h5 15.h3 Kf8 16.f4 h4 17.Bh2 f5

18 .Qc2 Rh5
18 . . . fxe4 19.Bxe4 exd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 2 1 .f5 Ne5 22.Bxe5
dxe5 23.f6 Bxf6 24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Rf1 Qd6 26.Rxt7+ Ke8
27 .Ne4+21

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19.Nf3 Kg7 2 0.Rael Ra7? !

20 ...Bf6 2l .Khl ! 2 1 . dxe6 fxe6 22.exf5 exf5 23 .Ng5 Bd4+
24 .h l Qf6 - Van der Sterren 1986.

2 l .exf5 exf5

2 2 .Ng5!
White doinates the center, and with this ove
nleashes the potential energy of the f-file and h2-b8
diagonal, since Black st captre the knight.

2 2 ... Bxg5
22 ... Qc8 23 .Rxe7 Nxe7 24 .Qe2
26. Qxd6+ f6 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6

Kg6

25 . Qxe7

Qe8

2 3 .fxg5 Rxg5 2 4. Bxd6 Qb6

24 . . . Ba4 25. Qd2 Rg3 26. Bxc5

2 5.Qd2 ?
White issed a chance for a qick kill here . 25. Bf4! Rh5
26.Be3 Ne7 (26 Qf6 27. Bxc5) 27 .Qe2 Rh7 28. Qf2 Rc7 29.Bg5
Ng6 30 . Bxf5 Bxf5 3 1 . Qxf5 and Black wold not srvive for
long .
..

25 ...Rh5 26. Bh2 Ra8 2 7.d6 Qd8

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23

2 8 . Be2 ? !
28. Qf2! Rc8 29.Re3 Qf6 30. Rf3 -Van der Sterren.

2 8 ... Rh8 2 9. Bf3 Rc8 3 0. Bb7 Rb8

Here White shold jst capre on a6 and coast to victory.
Instead, in tine pressre, Van der Sterren played inaccrately
and the fll point was only achieved a long endgane .

3 l. Bd5 Qf6 3 2 .Qf2 Rbc8 3 3 . Bb7 Rb8 3 4 . Bd5

Rbc8 3 5.Re2 Rhf8 3 6.Bb7 Rb8 3 7. Bd5 Rbc8
3 8 .b3 a5 3 9. Bb7 Rb8 40.Bd5 Rbc8 4 l. Be4
Rfe8 4 2 . Bxf5 Rxe2 4 3 .Qxe2 Bxf5 4 4 .Qf2 Nf8
4 5.Qxf5 Qxf5 4 6.Rxf5 Nd7 4 7.Rf4 Re8
4 8 .Kf2 Nf6 4 9.Rxh4 a4 50.Rf4 Kg6 5 1.Rf3
Ne4 + 52 .Kgl Nc3 53 .d7 Rd8 54.Rd3 Nxa2
55.Bc7 Rxd7 56.Rxd7 axb3 57.Rd2 Kf5
58 . Bd6 Nc3 59.Rb2 Ne4 60.g4 + Kg5 6 1. Be7+
Kf4 62 .Rxb3 Nd2 63 .Rd3 10
Chernin - Alburt
Subotica lnterzonal l987
l.d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 e6 3 .c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6. Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bd2

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9 ... f5 10.a3
10.dxe6 Bxe6! oo -Cl1ernin & Dvoretsky 1987.

10 ... bx a3 11.Rx a3 Bg7 12.Bc3

12. Qc2!? -Cl1ernin & Dvoretsky 1987. 12 ... Qb6!? 13.Rb3
Qc7 14.e4 fxe4 1 5 . Qxe4 a5!?

12 ... Bxc3 +

13 .Rxc3 Qb6 14 .Qc1 Nd7 15.Nd2!

1 5 .g3?! Rb8 16.b3 Nf6 17.Bg2 Ne4 18.Re3 e5!?

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2 3 . Bg2 !
23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Ral Rb8 provides sfficient conterplay.

2 3 ... fxg3 2 4.hxg3 Bg4 2 5.Rel Qxc3

Black mst exchange, as otherwise 26.Qe3 will allow
White to infiltrate the kingside.

2 6.bxc3 Rb8 2 7.f4 Nd7

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Black's outside passed pawn is more a weakness than an

asset, and White is about to seize the center. But first he should
bring the king into the game .

2 8 .e4 ?
28.f2! Nf6 (28.. f8 29.Nc4 Ke7 30.Ral:t) 29.Nc4 Rb3
30.Rcl Ne8 3 l .e4
.

2 8 ...Kf8
Now the Black king has time to get to e7.

2 9.Bfl Rb2 ?!
The natral and correct move was 2 9 ... Ke7! , and only after
30.Bxa6, then 30 ... Rb2 .

3 0.Nc4 Rc2 ?
Probably the losing move, thogh Black was in great
difficlty anyway. For example : 30 ... Rb3 3 1 .Rcl Ke7 32.Ne3 h5
33.Bxa6 Nf6 34. Bd3 Rb2 (34.. .Bf3? 35. e5 Ng4 36exd6+ d6
37. Nc4+ d5 38.Nd2 and the bishop is trapped) 35.Rc2

3 l .Ne3 Rxc3 3 2 .Nxg4 Rxg3 + 3 3 .Kh2 ! Rxg4

3 4 . Bh3 h5 3 5.Bxg4 hxg4 36.Kg3 + The rest is jst a display of efficient techniqe.

36 ... f5 3 7.exf5 Nf6 38 .Kh4 Nxd5 3 9.Kxg4

Nc3 4 0.Re3 Nb5 4 1.Kg5 c4 42 .Kg6 Nc7 4 3 .f6
Nd5 4 4 .Re4 Nb6 4 5.f7 1-0.
Notes based
Dvoretsky.

those in Informant 43, by Chernin &

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Agzamov - Inkiov
Calcutta198 6
1.d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3 .Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6. Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .a3 ! ?

8 ... bxa3
8 ... Be7?! ' Boensch-Teske .

9.Rxa3 Be7 10. Bxf6

1 0 .Nxf6+ was trid in Christiansen - AlburtU.S.
Championship, 1984: 10 . . . Bxf6 l l . Qd2 0-0 1 2 .g3 exdS 1 3 . cxd5
Nd7 1 4 .Bg2 Rb8 1 5 . 0-0 Rxb2 16.Qxb2 Bxb2 1 7 . Bxd8 Bxa3
1 8 . Be7 Re8 1 9 . Bxd6 Bb7 20.Ra 1 Bb4 2 1 .Nd4 Nf6 22.Nc6 Rxe2
23.Nxb4 cxb4 24.Bxb4 BxdS 1h_/z

1 . gxf6 11.dxe6 fxe6

.

Black's pawn stncture will be strong in an endgame, but

first there is the middlegame to contend with, and there are a
lot of weaknesses near the king.

12 .Rd3 Qa5+ 13 .Nfd2 Qb6

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An important position for the evaluation of this line.

White has a target at b2, bt can defend comfortably on the
third rank. Yet he lanches an attack.

14.g4 Nd7 15. Bg2 Rb8 16.f4 Qc7

16 ... Qxb2 17.Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Ke7 might be playable .

17.0-0 Rg8 18.g5 fxg5 19.fxg5 Bb7 2 0.e3

Rg6 2 l .Qh5 Nf8 2 2 .Qf3 Rg7
White jst keeps picking away at the small weaknesses in
Black's position.

2 3.Nf6+ Bxf6 2 4.Qxf6 Rf7

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2 5.Qxf7+ Qxf7 2 6.Rxf7 Kxf7 2 7.Rb3!

27.Rxd6? Bxg2 28.g2 Rxb2 +
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2 7 ... Bxg2
Forced.

2 8 .Rxb8 Nd7 2 9.Rc8 1-0 .

Black resigned, since he cannot avoid the loss of a piece .

Van der St erren - Rogers

Wijk aan Zee 11 1985
l .d4 Nf6 2 .c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4 .Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6. Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8 .a3 bxa3 9.Rxa3 e5

This is perhaps the most solid way to play, in Old Benoni

style.

10.Qa4 + Bd7 l l .Qc2 a5 12 .e3 a4 !

Black has a solid lock the queenside now.

13.Nfd2 Na6 14 .Be2 Nb4+

15.Qbl Ra6!

good defensive move which props up d6.

16.f4 Be7 17 .Nxc5

17.fxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Nxd2 19. Bxd8 (19.d2 Qxe7+)
Nxb l 20.Ra l Nc2+ 2 1 .f2 Nxa l 22.Rxbl d8 23.Rxa l dxe5 +

17 ...dxc5 18 .fxe5
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22 Nc7!? i s a n interesting option here .

2 3.Nd6 Rxe5 2 4 .Nxf7 Qe8 2 5.Nxe5 Qxe5

The three pieces are not coordinated, and the connected
passed pawns are an asset for White.

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26.e4 Nb4 27 .Khl Be7 28.Qel Bb5 29.Rf5?

Qxb2! 30.Raf3 h6 31.h3 a3 32.Rf2
3 2 . Qf2 Q:xf2 33 . Rxf2 a2.

32 ...Nc2 33.Qa5 a2 34.Rxc2 0-1.

White resigned, before Black could promote the pawn
with check.

Boen sch - Teske

Leipzig1988
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7 .Ne4 d6 8.a3 Be7

Black should captre a3 instead.

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9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.axb4 cxb4 ll.Qa4+!

This wins the pawn at b4.

ll ...Kf8 12.Qxb4 f5 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Nd4!

The pressre at e6 monts.

14 ... Rb8 15. Qa3 Ne5

1 5 ... Nc5 is met by 1 6.b4.

16.e3 Qc7 17 .b3 Bb7

Black vainly tries for conterplay at d5, bt there wasn't
mch else to do.

18.Qa5! Qd7 19.Be2 h5

1 9 ... exd5 20 .Nxd5 Bxd5 2 1 . Qxd5 Rb6 22.f4

20.h4 Kg7 21.Rdl Rbc8 22.dxe6 fxe6

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23.Qxe5+! ! dxe5 24.Nxf5+ Kf8

24 ... exf5 2 5 .Rxd7 picks off one of the bishops. 25 ... Bxg2
26.Rg l +-

25.Rxd7 Bb4 26.Nd6 Bxc3+ 27 .Kfl Bc6

28.Rf7 + Kg8 29.Rh3 e4 30.Re7 1
- .

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Chpter Fo1-1r: itt Litte. Ot'her st'h moes

Blocker - Dzindzichashvili
New York1984
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7 .Ne4 d6 8.Qa4+

This check is not useful, since it only aids Black's

development. Nevertheless it is still seen from time to time .

8 .. Qd7 9.Qc2
.

9. Nxf6+ was played Chekhov - Zaichik, harkov, 1 985

9 . . . gxf6 1 0 . Qxd7+ Nxd7 l l . Bh4 f5 1 2 . e3 Be7= -ECO 1 992 .
1 3 . Bxe7 e7 14.dxe6 fxe6 1 5 . Be2 Bb7 16. 0-0 a5 1 7 . Nd2 Nf6
18. Bf3 Ne4 1 9 . Rfd1 a4 20 .a3 Rhb8 2 1 .Nxe4 Bxe4 2 2 . Rd2 bxa3
23.Rxa3 Rb4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 2 5 . Rc2 d5 26.cxd5 exd5 27.Rxc5
Rxb2 28 . h4 Kd6 29 .Rc 1 Rb3 30.Ra2 a3 3 1 . Rca1 Kc5 3 2 . g4 Kb4
3 3 . Kg2 Ra5 34.Rc2 Rb2 3 5 . Rc7 a2 36. Rxh7 d4 37.exd4 e3
38.Rb7+ Rb5 39.Ra7 e2 40 . Re7 Ra5 4 1 .g5 Rd2 42.g6 Rd1
43 .Rxa2 Rxa2 44 .g7 Ra7 45.g8Q Rxe7 46. Qb8+ Kc3 47. Qc8+
Kd2 01 .

9 ... Nxe4 10.Qxe4 f6

a) 10 ... Ra7= -Henley 1984.
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b) 10 ... e5 l l .Nxe5 dxe5 1 2 . Qxe5+ Be7

1 4 . Bxe7 Qxe7 1 5 . Qxh7 -Byrne 1 984.

1 3 . Qxg7 Rf8

ll.dxe6
l l . Bh4 g5 1 2 . Bg3 e5 Qf5 .

ll ...Qc6 12.Qf5? !
1 2 . Qxc6+ Nxc6 1 3 .Bf4 Bxe6 14.e3 Ne5 1 5 .Nd2 with an
even endgame, according to Henley 1984.

12 ... fxg5 13.Nxg5

13 ...Ra7!
This strong move, protecting the seventl1 rank, secures a
significant advantage for Black, because White's development
is lagging and the pawns are weak.

14.Nf7
1 4 . Nxh7 Rxh7! 1 5 . Qxh7 Bxe6 Black's bishop
guarantees a strong initiative according to Henley 1984.

pair

14 ...Rxf7!
surprising sacrifice , since it brings the White queen
close to the Black king. But White is attacking with a lone
queen, and there are no supporters in the area.

15.Qxf7+ Kd8 16.e3 Qc7 17.Qf5

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Now Black threatens to bring a knight to the strong

square at eS . In order to delay this, White allows an exchange
of queens .

22 ...Nd7 23.Qe4
23.f4 Nb6! 24.b3 g6 25 ... Bg7, which will win because of
the control of the diagonal, according to Henley 1984 .

23 ...Qxe4
23 ... Ne5 24.f4

24.fxe4 Ne5 25.b3 Nc6?!

25 ... Nf3! 25 ... Be7, 26 ...Rf8 -+ -Henley 1 984.

26.Rd5 Be7 27 .Rf5?

This error shortens the game . The rook is going to get
trapped.

27 ...Ne5! 0-1
Here White
conclusion:

resigned.

Henley

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36
28.Rh5 g6 29.Rh6
29.Rh3 Nd3+ 30 .Kd2 Nxf2

29 ...Ng4 30.Rh3 Nxf2.

Brow ne - Dzindzichashvil i
U .S . Champio n ship 1984
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7 . Ne4 d6 8.Bxf6?! gxf6

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and eventally the bishop pair will be important.

9.e3
White mst attend to his development.

9 ...f5 10.Ng3 Nd7 1 1.Bd3 Nf6 12.Qe2?!

somewhat natral move, bt e2 needs to be kept
available for a knight, as we shall see .

12 ...Bg7 13. 0-0 h5

Note that the Ng3 has only hl as a flight sqare .

14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nh4

The knights are not well placed defensively, and srely
White cannot be thinking abot an attack here!
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18 ...Qh4!
Black's attacking force is considerable, especially taking
into account the availability of the a8-hl diagonal to the
bishop at c8.

19.Nfxh5
a) 19.Nhl Bb7 20 .g3 Bxf4! ! 2 1 .gxh4 Bh2#
b) 1 9 . hxg4? hxg4 20 .Nh3 gxh3-+

19...Rxh5 20.Nxh5 Bh2+ 2l.Khl Bb7

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23.hxg4 Qh4 24.g3 Bxg3+ 25. Kg1 0-- 26.Qg2 (26.gxf5

RgB 27. Qg2 Bh2+ 28.hl Rxg2 29.g2 Qg3+ 30. hl Qh3-+)
26 . .. Rh8 27.Rfd1 fxg4 28.e4 Rf8-+

23 ...Qxh3 24.Rf3 Qh8! -+ 25.g3 fxg4 26.Q x h2

Bxf3+ 27 .Kgl Qxh2+ 28.Kxh2 Ke7 !
The material is not important. Black's attack is . White
actually resigned, rather than face

29.Rbl Rh8+ 30.Kgl Rhl+ 31.Kf2 Rh2+

32.Kel Kf6 01..
Port i sch - Miles
Tilburg1986
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7 .Ne4 d6 8.g3

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h1-a8 diagonal can be opened.
The capture e6 led to nothing Quraishi - Meetei,
Dubai Olympiad, 1 986: 8 . dxe6 fxe6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 1 0 . Bh4 Be7
1 1 . g3 Bb7 1 2 . Bg2 0- 13 . 0- Nc6 14. Qd3 Qe8 1 5 . Rad1 Rd8
1 6 . Bh3 Qf7 17.e4 Rfe8 18.Rfe 1 a5 19. Qe3 a4 20. Qh6 Bc8
2 1 . Bg2 Qg6 22.Qc 1 e5 23.h3 Be6 24. Qc2 Ra8 2 5 . Nh2 Qf7
26. Rc 1 Nd4 27.Qd3 Bf8 28.f4 Ra7 29.f5 Bd7 30.Ng4 Bg7 3 1 . Qd2
Qf8 3 2 . Qd1 Bc6 33.Ne3 Qf7 34.h2 Rf8 35.h 1 Bh6 36.Ng4
Qg7 37.Ne3 h8 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39.Nxg4 Bxc 1 40 . Rxc 1 Kg7
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39

41 .Ne3 f7 42 . Re 1 h5 43 .g1 Rh8 44.f2 Rb7 4 5 .Rc 1 a3 46.b3

Ba4 47 . Rb1 Bxb3 48.Rxb3 Nxb3 49. axb3 a2 50 .Nc2 a 1 Q 0-1 .

8 ..Ra7 ?!
.

8 ... Be7 i s better according t o Benjamin & Schiller 1 987 .

9.Bg2 e5
9 ... Be7= -Gipslis ECO .

10.a3!
White strikes qickly the qeenside .

10 ... bxa3 1 1.b4! cxb4 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qa4+

Nd7
a) 1 3 ... Ke7 14.c5! +- -Miles 1 986.
b) 13 ... Rd7 was forced, according to Miles, bt in any
event White has a clear advantage.

14.Qxb4 f5 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qa5+

17 .Kf 1 Rb7
Black hopes to pll off a swindle.

18.Bh3+18. Qxa3?? Rb1 +-+

18 ... e4 19. Nh4 Rb6 20.Qf4 Qc3 2 1.Kg2 1-0 .

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40

Chptr fi: 7...7

Garcia - Illescas,
Terrassa 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4
6 ... h6? 7. Bxf6! gxf6 7 ... Qxf6?! 8.e4 -Henley 1984. 8 . e3
-Henley 1984 . 8. cxb5 axb5 9.Nxb5 Qa5+ 10 .Nc3 Bg7 f5 , and
Black has conterplay -Henley 1984.

7 .Ne4 Be7
This is an obvious alternative to 7 . . . d6, but it has not
gained a strong following.

8.Bxf6
a) 8.d6 Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qb6 -Lerner 1985.
b) 8 . Qd3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb7 is nclear, bt there is nothing
nclear abot 9 ... Bxg5? 1 0 . dxe6 Nc6 1 1 .exd7++- -Lerner 1 985.

8 ...Bxf6 9.Nd6+
9. Qd2 ' Lerner-Grgenidze .

9 ...Ke7 10.Nxc8+ Qxc8

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41

White has control of a little more space, and it is not easy

for the Nb8 to get into the game . On the other hand, White
needs to develop .

1 1.Qc2 exd5 12.cxd5 d6 13.e3

1 3 . e4 Re8 14.Be2 f8= 1 5 .e5 Bxe5
17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qh4+ Bf6 19. Qg3 f8 +

1 6 . Qxh7

Bxb2

13 ...Nd7 14.Bc4 Nb6 15.Nd2 Qg4+

Black has taken over the inititive and threatens weak
pawns at g2 and b2, since the queen at c2 is overworked.

16. 0-0 Bxb2 17 .f3 Qh4 18.g3 Qf6 19.Rab 1

Bc3 20.Ne4 Qh6 21.f4
2 1 .Nxc3 Qxe3+ 22 .Kg2 Nxc4+

2 1 ...Nxc4 22.Nxc3 Na3 23.Qe4+ Kd8 24.Rb3

Re8+ 25.Qf5 Nc4 26.Qxf7 Rc8 Rc7 .
27 .Qa7 Nd2 28.Na4 Nxf 1 29.Nb6 Re7
30.Qxa6 Rb8 3 1.Kxf 1 Qxh2 32.Nc4 Qh 1+
33.Kf2 Qh2+ 34.Kf3 Qh5+ 35.Kf2 Qxd5-+
Finally the weak pawn falls.

36.Nxd6 Ra8 37 .Qb6+ Kd7 38.Qb5+ Qc6 0-1

Ler ner - Gurgenidze
USS R Cham pionshi p 1985
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.Bg5 b4 7 . Ne4 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qd2 d6
10. a3
1 0 . dxe6 Bxe6 l l .Nxd6+ Ke7 1 2 . 0-()-() Ra7 Black's
initiative compensates for the pawn, according to Lerner 1 985 .

10 ... bxa3 1 1.Rxa3 0-0

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42

Black has a fairly comfortable position, though the

backward d-pawn can become a liability. White needs to
develop the kingside .

12.e3
White must not get carried away. 1 2 . g4?! exdS 1 3 . Qxd5
Ra7 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 1 5 . Nxd6 Bxg4 + -Lerner 1985 .

12 ... e5 13.h3 Be7 14.g4

. f5 15.gxf5 Bxf5
16.Bd3 Bg6
.
1 6 . . . a5!? Na6-b4 is sggested by Lerner.

17 .Qd l!
1 7.Ng1? Bh4 18.Rh2 Ra7 + or
1 9 . Kg2 Qd7 +

17 ...Bh4 18.Nfd2

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17.Nh2? Bh4 1 8 . 0-0 BfS

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43
18 ...Ra7

Here too 18 . . . a5 comes strongly into consideration. Black

waits three more moves but that delay may be responsible for
his defeat.

19.Qg4 Raf7 20.Kdl

The position is unclear, according to Alburt 1 985 .

20 ...Bf5
a) 20 ... Bxf2 2 1 .Ng5 Bxe3 2 2 . Nxf7 Bxf7) 22 Rxl7 23.Bxg6
hxg6 24.Rxe3) 2 3 . Bxh7+ h7 24.Rxe3
b) 20 ... Rf5 2 1 .Nxd6! Bh5 22.Nxf5 Bxg4+ 23.hxg4
-Lerner 1 985 .
...

2l.Qg2 a5 22.Rgl Bg6

22 ... g6 might have been the last chance to save the game .

23.f3 Na6 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg6 Bxe3? ?

blunder which leads to a rapid conclusion, but Black
was in deep trouble anyway, for example 25 ... hxg6 26. Qxg5

26.Bxf7 + Rxf7 27 .Rxe3 1-0.

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Chpter Six: 6.e4

This seemingly normal move can lead t o some interesting
complications, but Black has nothing to wory aout if well
prepared.

Christiansen - Alburt
U .S . Championship 1985
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.e4 b4 7 .e5 bxc3 8.exf6

8 ...Qa5
a) 8 ... cxb2 9. Bxb2 gxf6 1 0 . Bd3 Bg7 oo - Henley 1 984.
b) 8 ...Qxf6 9.Bg5 Qg6 10.Bd3 with compensation,
according to Alburt 1985 . 10 ... Qh5 1 1 .0-0 and White is the
verge of winning, according to McCambridge 1986.
c) 8 ... g6 9.dxe6! -Alburt 1985.

9.bxc3 gxf6? !
9 ... Qxc3+ 1 0 . Bd2 Qxf6 l l . Bd3 oo -Alburt 1 985 . l l ... Bd6
1 2 .0-0
Bf4
1 3 . Qc2
Bxd2
14.Nxd2
Qh6
1 5 . Rab1 oo
Natamoros-Zaichik, Camaguey 1987. Black has some problems
developing the qeenside, and there really isn't any hope of a
kingside attack. I'd hate to be Black. Among other things, there
is Re 1-e3-h3 to wory abot.
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10.Bd2

Alburt 1985 claims a clear advantage for White here due

to superior development. am not so sure.

10 ... f5
10 ... h5!? Bh6.

l l.Bd3 Bg7 12. 0-0 d6

1 2 ... Bxc3
1 3 . Bxc3
-McCambridge 1986.

Qxc3

14.Re 1

13.Re l 0-0

13 ... e5? 1 4 . Nh4 e4 1 5 .Qh5+- -Alburt 1 985 .

14.dxe6?!
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a) 1 4 . Qc2 creates serious problems, since Nf3-g5 will

provoke h7-h6, and then White will lift the rook to the
queenside via e3. The pressure at e6 keeps the knight at b8. All
in all a most unpleasant position for Black.
b) 14.Ng5 eS 1 5 . Qh5 h6 16.Nh3 e4 17 . Re3! -Alburt 1 985.

14 ...fxe6 15.Ng5

Black has problems defending both d6 and fS .

20 ... e4?!
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a) 20 ... f4!? 2 1 . Qh3 Bf6 should hold.

b) 20 ...Rf6 2 1 . Qe8+ Rf8 2 2 . Qh5 is only slightly better for
White, according to Alburt 1985.

21.Bf4! Qd7 ? !
a)
2 1 ... exd3?
22.Bxd6
i s wnnng,
according
to
McCambridge 1986. He's right, but it isn't simple. 22 ... Qf7 and
now:
a l ) 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 (23 ... Bxf8 24. Qe5+ Qg7 2 5 . Qxb8 Kg8
26.Re8 Rf7 27. Qg3) and now:
a l l) 24.Rxb8 (24. Qe8 Nd7) Qxb8 2 5 . Qe8+ Qxe8
26.Rxe8+ Bf8 27.Rxf8+ Kg7 28. Rd8 28.Rxf5 Rd7 Rb7 29.f3 Rb1 +
30 . f2 Rb2+ 3 1 .g3 d2= ;
a 1 2) 24. Qb6! Ra8 2 5 . Qb7+a2) 2 3 . Qxf7 Raxf7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Red1 Bxc3 26.Rxd3
Bd4 27.Rdb3 Nc6 28.Rb6 ;!;;
b) The best move is 2 1 ... Rd8! 22.Bc2 Qd7 -Alburt 1 985 .

22.Qxd7 ?
White should have grabbed the pawn here, and settled
for equality. 2 2 . Qxd6! exd3 23.Rxb8 Qxd6 (23 ...d2? 24.Rdl
Rxb8 25. QxbB+ BfB 26.Bh6+- -Albrt 1985.) 24. Bxd6 Rxb8
2 5 . Bxb8 Rb7 26. Bf4 Bxc3 27.Rd1 Rb2 28.f1 -McCambridge
1 986.

22 ...Nxd7 23.Bf l Bxc3 24.Red l Bd4!

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The backward d6-pawn is not important.

2 5 . Bxe5+ dxe5 26.Rd5 oo -McCambridge 1986.

24 ... Be5

25.Bxd6 Re8 26.Bf4 Ne5 27 .Bxe5+?! Rxe5

28. g3?!
28.Be2 would have provided more resistance, as noted by
Christiansen, since White could follow with fl and then f3 .

28 ...Rf7

Now White is on the verge of losing.

29.Rb8+ Kg7 30.Rdbl f4 3 1. gxf4 Ref5

32.Rlb3 Rxf4 33.Rg3+ Kf6 34.Rg2 Ke5! -+
The rest is simple.

35.Re8+ Kd6 36.Be2 Kd7

The rest is simple.
37 .Rgg8 Rxf2 38.Bg4+ Kc7 39.Khl Rxa2
40.Rgf8 Rxf8 4l.Rxf8 e3 42.Re8 Kb6 43. h4
Ka5 44. h5 h6 45.Re6 Kb4 46.Rxh6 e2
47 .Rb6+ Kc3 48.Rbl Kd2 0-1
Ftacn ik - Fa uland
Vienna1986
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5
6.e4 b4 7 .e5 bxc3 8.exf6 gxf6 9.Bd3 Bg7
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Matamoros - Meetei, Dubai Olympiad, 1986 saw the

infeor attempt 9 ... d6?! 10.bxc3 Be7 11.0--0 fS?! and White
quickly obtained a dominating position and won: 12.Re 1 Rg8
13 . Rb1 Rg6 14.dxe6 f:xe6 15.Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd5 Ra7 17.Rxb8 Qc7
18. Rb2 f8 19.Rbe2 Qd8 20.h4 Kg7 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 h6
10 .

10. 0-0 f5 ll.bxc3

ll ... d6?
a) 11 ... 0--0 12.Bg5 QaS was suggested by linger, but
Benjamin & didn't find any relief after 13 .Rb1! Be7--d6.
b) 1 1 ... Bxc3 12.Rb1 0--0 1 3 . Bf4 d6 14. dxe6 fxe6 1 5 . Bc2
-Ftacnik 1987.

12.dxe6 fxe6

13.Bxf5! exf5
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a) 1 3 ... Bxc3 14.Bg5 Bf6 1 5 . Be4+- -Ftacnik 1987.

b) 13 ...0--0 14.Be4 Ra7 1 5 . Qd3 h6 16.Rb1 Qc7 1 7 . Rd1 Rd8
18. Bf4+- -Ftacnik 1 987.

14.Qd5! Ra7
If 14 ... Qc7, then 1 5 .Re 1 + Kd7 16. Qf7+ Kc6 1 7 . Re7+-. The
remaining comments are based analysis by Ftacnik New
in Chess Yearbook 6.

15.Re l+ Kf8
Black has no choice, but now his game is hopeless:
15 ...Be5 1 6 .Nxe5 Re7 1 7 . Bg5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qxd5 19.Rxe7+ f8
20.cxd5 or 1 5 ... Re7 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.Bf6+-

16.Rb l Bxc3
Neither 16 ... Nd7 17. Qxd6+ Kg8 18.Re7 Qc7 1 9 . Qe6+ f8
20. Re8# or 16 ... Qc7 17. Bf4 Be5 18.Nxe5 Bb7 1 9 . Bh6++- work.

17 .Bh6+ Bg7
better is 17 ... Rg7 18.Rxb8 Bxe 1 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.Rxc8+
Qxc8 2 1 . Qf7#

18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Rxb8 Kg7

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20.Rxc8!
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Even without a knight at g5, this is still a powerful

exchange sacrifice .

20 ...Qxc8 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Qxd6+ Kg7

22 . f7 23.Ng5+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ f7 2 5 . Qe5+..

23.Qg3+! Kf8
23 .. f7 24.Ng5+ Kg7 2 5 . Ne6+ f7 26.Qe5+.

24. Ng5 Rg8

24 ... Re7 2 5 . Qd6 Qc7 26. Qf6++-

25.Qe5! Rxg5 26.Qf6+ Rf7

26 ... Kg8 27 . Qxg5+ Rg7 28. Qh5 Ftacnik indicates this as a
win for White, but Black does have a defense. 28 ... Rf7 29. Re3
Qd7

27 .Qxg5 Qc6 28.h4 h6 29.Qd8+ Kg7 30.Re8

Qc7
30 ... Qf6 3 1 .Rg8+ Kh7 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Rc8 with an easy
win in the endgame.

3l.Rg8+ Kh7 32.Rh8+ Kg6 33.Qg8+ Kf6

34.Rxh6+ 10
- .

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Otpter See11: 5.Bs5 cxb4

The lines presented here have more of an English flavor,
and are classified ECO as 32 . If you like playing hedgehog
positions , this line is a useful supplement to a straight-up Djin.

Fur man - Tal

USS R Championship 1975
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5

This position can be reached from the Djin via 4.Nc3 cS

S . BgS cxd4 6.Nxd4.

6 ...Nc6
6 . . . h6 is also playable, for example :
a) Gulko - Gurgenidze, Volgodonsk, 1 98 1 : 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8.e3 Nc6 9 . Be2 Bb4 10. 0-0 Bxc3 l l .bxc3 eS 1 2 . Nf3 d6= 1 3 . Qb3
0-0 1 4 . Rfd1 Qe7 1 5 . Rab1 Rd8 16.Rb2 Bd7 1 7.Rbd2 Bg4 1 8 . h3
Bxf3 1 9 . Bxf3 e4 20 .Be2 Rac8 2 1 . Qa3 NeS 22.Rxd6 Rxd6
23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Nxc4 25. Rd4 Nb2 26.Rxe4 Rxc3
27.Re8+ Kh7 28.Re7 Rc 1 + 29.h2 Rc2 30 . Bf3 Rxf2 3 1 .Rxf7 Kg8
3 2 . Rxb7 f8 33.Ra7 Nc4 34.Rxa6 Nxe3 3 5 . a4 Ra2 36.a5 Nfl +
37.Kg1 Nd2 38. Bd5 Ra 1 + 39.f2 Nb 1 40 . Ra7 Nc3 4 1 . Bc4 Ra3
42 . a6 Ne4+ 43.g1 Ra 1 + 10 .
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b) 7 . . . Bh4 and now:

bl) haritonov - Grgenidze, Volgodonsk, 1 98 1 : 7.Bh4
d6 8 . e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Be7 1 0 . Bg3 Qc7 l l . Rc 1 0-0 1 2 . 0-0 b6
1 3 .b4 Bb7 1 4 . Qb3 Rfe8 1 5 . Rfd1 Rac8 16. a3 Qb8 1 7. h3 Bf8
18. Nf3 e5 1 9.Nd2 Rc7 20. Qb1 Qa8 2 1 .e4 Rec8 2 2 . Nd5 Nxd5
2 3 . cxd5 f5 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 2 5 . exf5 Nf6 26.Nc4 b5 27.Ne3 Qc8
28. Bh4 Be7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Ng4 Qd8 3 1 . Qd3 f8 32.g3 Bc8
3 3 . h4 Bd7 34. Bf3 Rc4 3 5 . Ne3 e4 36.Bxe4 Rc3 37. Qd2 Rxa3
38.Ng4 Be8 39.Rc1 Rb3 40 .Nxf6 Qxf6 4 1 .Rc8 Qe5 42.Bc2 Rf3
43 . Kg2 Ra3 44 .f6 Qxf6 45.Qe2 Qf7 46. Qe4 a5 47.bxa5 b4
48. Rb8 Rxa5 49. Qxb4 Qxd5+ 50.Be4 Qc5 5 1 . Bg6 Qc6+ 52 .h2
Ra8 53. Qf4+ Ke7 54. Bxe8 1 0 .
b2) 7 . . . Be7 as seen in Tukmakov - Zaichik, Moscow,
1 989: 1 . d4 Nf6 2 . c4 e6 3 . Nf3 a6 4 . Nc3 c5 5 . Bg5 cxd4 6.Nxd4 h6
7 .Bh4 Be7 8.e3 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 1 0 . 0-0 0-0 l l . Bf3 Ra7 1 2 . Rc 1 Nc6
1 3 . Bg3 Nxd4 14.exd4 d5 1 5 .c5 bxc5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 1 7 . Nxd5
Bxd5 1 8 .Bxd5 Bxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Rd7 20. Bxe6 Rxd1 2 1 .Rcxd1 Qa5
2 2 . Bb3 Re8 23. Bd4 Re2 24.Bc4 Rc2 25. Bb3 Rd2 26.Rxd2 Qxd2
27.Bxf6 Qe3+ 28 .h1 gxf6 29.Bc4 a5 30.a4 Kg7 3 1 .b3 Qe4
3 2 . h3 h5 33.Rd1 1/zJ/z
b3) 7 . . . Bb4 8.Rc 1 !? -Watson 1988.

7 .e3
a)7 .e4!?, suggested by Watson, is a Taimanov Sicilian
position.
b) Oei - Ashley, Groningen, 1990 : saw instead 7.Nxc6
bxc6 8.e4 Rb8 9.Qc2 9. e5 Qa5 9 ... Qa5 1 0 . Bd2 Qc7 l l . Rc 1 Bd6
1 2 . g3 h5 1 3 . Bg2 h4 14.Bg5 Ng4 1 5 .gxh4 f6 1 6 . Bd2 Rxh4 1 7 . h3
Ne5 18 .b3 g5 19.Ne2 c5 20. Bc3 Bb7 2 1 .Rd1 Ke7 22.f3 Rbh8
2 3 . d2 Ng6 24.Kc 1 Be5 2 5 . Kb1 Bc6 26.Rd2 a5 27. a4 Bxc3
28. Qxc3 Qe5 29. Qxa5 Nf4 30.Nxf4 Rxf4 3 1 .Rd3 Rfh4 3 2 .Rhd1
Rb8 33.Kc2 Rb4 34. Rd5 exd5 3 5 . Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxd6+ d6
37. exd5 Bxa4 38. bxa4 Rhxc4+ 39.Kd3 Rd4+ 40 .Ke2 Rb2+ 0-1

7 ...Be7
7 ... Qa5!? 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 (Pomar-Lengyel, Amsterdam
1 969) 9 ... Bb4!? -ECO 1 979.
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8.Be2

8 .Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 1 0 . Be2 0-0 1 1 .0-0 Be6 is a Taasch

Defense, Razuvayev-Gutman, USSR 1977.

8 ...Qa5 9.Bf4
9.Bh4 0-0 9 ... Ne4 1 0 . Bxe7 Nxc3 l l .Nxc6 bxc6 1 2 . Qd2
e7 1 3 .bxc3 ;t 10.0-0 d6= -Tal 1 976.

9...Ne4
9 ... d5!? is possible, but not
-Tal 1 976.

9 ... e5? 1 0 . Nb3 Qc7 l l . Bg5

10.Qc2
1 0 . Nb3 Nxc3 l l .Nxa5 Nxd1 1 2 . Nxc6 Nxe3 + -Tal 1976.

10 ...Nxc3 1 1.bxc3 e5=

12.Nb3
1 2 . Nxc6 bxc6 1 3 . Bg3 0-0 14.Bd3 g6 f5 .

12 ...Qc7 13.Bg3 d6 14. 0-0 0-0 15.Rab 1

1 5 .f4!? -Tal 1976.

15 ...Be6
1 5 ... f5 16.f4 e4 17.Nd4 -Tal 1976.

16.Rb2 Rac8 17 .Rfb 1 Kh8 18.f3

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18 ...b5! 19.cxb5 axb5 20.N d2

20. Bxb5 Nb4 2 1 . Qe4 (21. Qd2 Qxc3 22.Qxc3 Rxc3 23.Be1

Nxa2!+) 2 1 . . . Nd5 +
20 ...Na7 2 l.a4
2 1 . c4? is refuted by 2 1 . . . d5!

2l ...Qa5 22. axb5 Rxc3 23.Qd l Qb6 24.Nfl

24. Bf2? d5 25 .e4 d4 +

24 ...Ra3 25.Ra l Rxa l 26.Qxa l Rb8 27 .Be l

B d 8?
27 . ..d5! 28. Ba5 Qc5 29.b6 Nc6 30.Rb5 Qe2 3 1 . Rb2 Qc5=

28.Kh l!

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Cj(>

White has a small advantage here . But his next move

he throws it all away.

28 ... f5 29.Bd3?
29. Qdl was the correct move.

29 ... e4! + 30.fxe4 fxe4 3l.Rf2

3 1 . Bc3 exd3 3 2 .Bd4 Qa5 33.Ra2 3 3 . Qxa5 Bxa5 34. Bxa7
Rf8 3 5 . g l Bc4 + Qxa2 34 .Bxg7+ Kg8-+

3l ...Bh4 32.g3 exd3 33.gxh4 Nxb5 34.Qa4

Qc6+ 35.Kgl Qc4 36.Qxc4 Bxc4 37 .Nd2 d5
38.Rf4 Nc3 39.Kf2 Rc8 40.Kf3 Ne2 41.Rf7
Kg8 42.Rf5 Re8 43.Rg5
43 . Bg3 Nc3 44 .Rf4 Ne4 45.Nxc4 ( 45. Nxe4 dxe4+-+ dxc4
46. Be l 46.Rxe4?? Rxe4 47.e4 d2) 46 . . . d2 47. Bxd2 Nxd2+
48. Ke2 c3-+

43 ...Bb5 44.Bg3 Nc3 45.Re5?

45 . Be5 Ne4! 46.Rxg7+ f8.

45 ...Rxe5 46.Bxe5 Ne4! 0-1 .

Notes after Tal 1 976 in Informant 20.

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Chptr Eis11t: Whit p1\fS " r1\f 2-3

If Whte plays a qet move lke e2-e3, Black's loss of tme
wth a 7-a6 becomes nsgnfcant, and eqalty s fairly easy to
acheve.

Balashov - Alburt
Taxco Inter zonal 1985
l. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.e3 c5 5. Nc3 b6
Black does not have to play b7-b6 rght away.
a) 5 . . . Qc7 s also seen, for example :
a1) 6. Bd3 d6 7.0- Nbd7 8.Re 1 g6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 1 0 . Bf1 b6
l l .b4 Ncd7 1 2 . Bb2 Bb7 1 3 .Nd4 Bg7 14.Ndb5 axb5 1 5 .Nxb5
Qc6 1 6 . Qxd6 Rb8 17 . Be5 Nh5 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.c5 bxc5
20.bxc5 Nf5 2 1 . Qxc6 Bxc6 22.Na7 Ne7 23.Rad1 Kd8 24. a4 Kc7
2 5 . Bb5 Nxc5 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Rc 1 Kb6 28.Rxc5 c5 29. Rc 1 +
Kb4 30.Bxc6 Rhc8 3 1 .Rb1 + Kc3 3 2 . Bb5 Kd2 33.g3 Rc 1 + 34.Rxc 1
c 1 35 . Kg2 Kd2 36.g4 g 5 37 . Bc6 Rb2 38.Kg3 f6 39.Bd7 e 5
40 . Bb5 Ke 1 4 1 .f4 exf4+ 42. exf4 Rb3+ 43 .g2 gxf4 44. Bc6 Ke2
45.a5 f3+ 0-1 , Hernandez - Psakhs, Calctta, 1 988.
a2) 6 . Be2 d6 7. 0- Nbd7 8.a3 Be7 9.b4 b6 1 0 . Bb2 0-
l l .d5 e5 1 2 .e4 g6 1 3 . Ne1 Ne8 14.Nd3 Ng7 1 5 .a4 f5 16.a5 cxb4
1 7 . Nxb4 bxa5 18.Nc6 Bg5 19.Ba3 Bb7 20. Bf3 Rae8 2 1 .Rb1 Bc8
2 2 . Rb2 Rf7 23.Qa4 Ref8 24 .Qxa5 Qxa5 25.Nxa5 Bd8 26.Nb7
Bxb7 27.Rxb7 Ba5 28.Na4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Ne8 30 . Bf3 Ndf6
3 1 . Rfb 1 Rxb7 32.Rxb7 Rf7 33.Rb8 Kg7 34 . Be2 Be 1 3 5 . Rb1 Bd2
36.Rb8 Be1 37.f3 a5 38.c5 Bb4 39. Bxb4 axb4 40 . Bc4 e4 4 1 .fxe4
Re7 42.Bd3 Nxe4 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44 .c6 f6 45.Nb6 Nc7 46.Rb7
b3 47.Nd7+ Ke7 48.Rxb3 Nxd5 49 .Rb7 Kd8 50.Nf8 Re 1 + 5 1 .f2
Re7 52.Nxh7 Rxb7 53. cxb7 Kc7 54.Nf8 Ne7 5 5 .f3 b7 56.f4
Kc6 57.h4 d5 58.Ne6 Kd6 59.Nd4 Nc6 60 .Nb5+ Ke7 61 .Nc3 Ke6
62.g5 d4 112-112, Torre - Bschoff, Lgano, 1 988.
b) 5 . . . Be7 is also possible, e.g. , k - Romanshin,
Moscow, 1 986: 1 . d4 Nf6 2 . c4 e6 3 .Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5 . Nc3 Be7
6 . Be2 d6 7.0- Nbd7 8.b3 0- 9 . Bb2 b6 1 0 . a4 Rb8 l l .d5 e5
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58

1 2 . e4 g6 1 3 . Ne 1 Ne8 14.Nd3 Ng7 1 5 .g3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17.Ne4

Nf6 1 8 .Bf3 Nxe4 1 9. Bxe4 Bf6 20. Bc3 a5 2 1 . Qc2 Rb7 2 2 .Rae1
Rbt7 2 3 . Qb2 g5 24.f3 Bg7 25.Rf2 h6 26.Ree2 lfz-lh

In this game Black adopts a hedgehog approach, which is

appropriate against White's unambitious formation.

6.Bd3
6 . Be2 is even more passive . Qvotrup-Yefimov, Budapest
1 990 contined 1 .d4 Nf6 2 .Nf3 e6 3 . c4 a6 4 . Nc3 c5 5 . e3 b6
6 . Be2 d6 7 . 0-0 Bb7 8.b3 Nbd7 9.a4 g6 1 0 . Qc2 Bg7 l l .Rd1 0-0
1 2 . e4 cxd4 1 3 . Nxd4 Rc8 14.Ba3 Nc5 1 5 . Bf3 Qe7 16.b4 Ncd7
17.b5 Rxc4 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 2 1 . Bxd6 Nxe5
2 2 . Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Qb3 Nxc6 24.bxc6 Rxc3 2 5 . Qxb6 Bxc6
26. Qxa6 Be5 27.Rac1 Bxh2+ 28.Kfl Rxc 1 29. Rxc 1 Bd7 30. Qd3
Bf4 3 1 . Ra 1 h6 3 2 .g3 0- 1 .

6 ... d6
Orr - Crouch, Edinburgh, 1 988 saw instead 6 . . . Bb7 7. 0-0
Be7 8.b3 0-0 9.d5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 l l .e4 b5 1 2 . a4 b4 1 3 .Nb 1
Ng4 1 4 . Nbd2 Bf6 1 5 . Ra2 Nd7 16.Nc4 Nde5 1 7 . Bb2 Nxc4
18.Bxc4 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Qf6 20.Re2 Rae8 2 1 . Qd3 a5 2 2 . Ba6 Bxa6
23 . Qxa6 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rfe 1 Ra8 26. Qc4 Rfe8 27.g3 g5
28 .Kg2 g4 29.h3 h5 30. hxg4 hxg4 3 1 .Rh 1 Qc3 3 2 . Qxc3 bxc3
3 3 . Rc 1 f5 34 .Rxc3 fxe4 3 5. Rce3 Rab8 36.Rxe4 Rxe4 37.Rxe4
Rxb3 38.Re6 Rb6 39.Rg6+ f7 40 .Rxg4 f6 41 .Re4 f5 42.f3 Rb4
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43.g4+ Kg5 44.g3 c4 45.f4+ f6 46.Re6+ f7 47.Rxd6 Rxa4

48.g5 Rb4 49.f5 a4 50.g6+ Ke7 5 1 .Re6+ Kd7 52.g7 10 .

7 . 0-0 Bb7 8.b3

8 . Re 1 Nbd7 9.e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 White is just a tempo
down in a Kan Sicilian, and b2-b3 will be required in any
event.

8 ...Nbd7 9.Bb2 g6
9 ... Be7 with kingside castling to follow would be a more
orthodox approach. The double-fianchetto hedgehog is not
Albrt's intent here, so one wonders what motivated the
advance of the g-pawn. 1 0 . Ng5!? f4 is given by Mirkovic in
Informant 55, but am not sure see the point. 10 ... h6 1 1 .Nf3

( JJ.Nh3 Qc7 0-0-0!?) 1 1 . . . 0-0.

10.dxc5
1 0 . Ng5 is probably stronger, according to analysis by
Mirkovic 1 992 in Informant 55 :
a) 1 0 ... h6 1 1 .Nxe6 (1J.Nge4f;t) 1 1 . . . fxe6 1 2 . Bxg6+ Ke7
1 3 .d5 oo ;
b) 1 0 ... Bg7!? 1 1 .f4 ;\; ;
c ) 1 0 . . . Be7 1 1 .f4 - 1 2 . Qe 1 Re8 1 3 . Qh4 Bf8 14.dxc5! h6

( 14...Nxc5 15.Nd5! exd5 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17 Qxh7# or 14...dxc5

15.e4 e5 :t.) 1 5 .Nxt7 t7 16. Qg3 Kg8 ( 16. ..g5 17fxg5 hxg5
18.Qxg5 Ne5 19.Ne4! Bxe4 20.Bxe5+-) 17 . Bxg6 Bg7 18.cxd6
Ra7 Mirkovic-Yefimov, Belgrade 1 992 19.Rad1 ! e5 .
10.d5
is
also
possible.
Hzman-Yefimov,
USSR
Championship 1988 continued 10 ... e5 1 1 .Nd2 Bh6 1 2 .f4 0-0
1 3 . Qf3 exf4 14. exf4 Nh5 1 5 .g3 f5 16.Rae1 Bg7 1 7 . Qd1 b5
1 8 . Qc2 Bd4+ 19.g2 b4 20 .Nd1 Bxb2 2 1 . Qxb2 a5 22. Nf3 Ng7
23.Nf2 h6 24 . Qd2 Nf6 25.Nh4 h7 26.Re3 a4 27 .Rfe 1 axb3
28. axb3 Ra7 29.Nf3 Rf7 30 . Bb1 Ra3 3 1 .h3 Nfh5 32.h2 Bc8
3 3 . Rd3 Qf6 34.Nd1 Ra 1 3 5 . Qb2 Rfa7 36.Rd2 Qd8 37.Ne3 R1a3
38.Nc2 R3a6 39.Rde2 Rf7 40 .Qc1 Qf6 4 1 .Ne3 Ra3 42.Bc2 Re7
43 .Ng2 Rxe2 44 .Rxe2 Bd7 45.Qe3 Ra8 46. Qf2 Ra2 47. Bd3 Ra3
48. Bc2 Kg8 49. Qe3 Ra 1 50.Nge 1 Ra8 5 1 . Qd2 f8 5 2 .Kg2 Qa1
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5 3 . Qe3 Re8 54. Qd2 Ra8 5 5 . Qe3 Kg8 56.f2 Re8 57.Qd2 Ra8
58. Qe3 Re8 59. Qd2 Rf8 60 . Qe3 Re8 6 1 . Qd2 1h-1h.

10 ...bxc5!
1 0 ... dxc5 l l .Qe2 and White will double rooks on the
d-file, with a small advantage . Anyway, this is an aggressive
opening and the capture toward the center brings many
interesting possibilities with it, at virtually no cost.

ll.Ne4

ll ...Be7
Capturing at e4 is out of the question.
a) l l ... Bxe4? 1 2 . Bxe4 Nxe4 1 3 . Bxh8 f6 14. Qd3 d5
1 5 .Rfdl
b) l l ... Nxe4?! 1 2 . Bxh8 f6 1 3 . Qc2 1 3 . g4!? d5 14.cxd5 exd5
1 5 . Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Qe7 1 7 . Nc4 with a strong initiative.

12.Qc2 0-0 13.Rfdl Ne8 14.Be2 f5 15.Ng3

Bf6
1 5 ... h5 is suggested by Alburt. Things could become
messy quickly, e.g. , 16.e4 h4 17. exf5 exf5 (17 ..gxf5 18.Nh5!?)
18 . Nfl oo

16.Rabl a5

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19 ...Ne5 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 2l.Ne2!

This knight is headed to b5, and Black can't do much
about the threat. So he should at least consider how to bring
additional resorces to defend d6.

2l ... a4?!
2 1 ... Ra7!? 2 2 . Nc3 Ra6

22.bxa4 Ra7 23.Nf4?!

23.Nc3 Nb5 was the coect plan.

23 ...Ng7 24.Ned3 Rfa8 25.Nxe5 dxe5?!

25 ... Bxe5 wold have been structrally sonder.

26.Ne2 Rxa4 27 .Qb3

27.Nc3 Rxc4 28. Qb3 oo

27 ...Qb8 28.Qa2 Rb4 29.Nc3 e4 30.Nb5!

Finally!

30 ...Be5 3l.Bxe5 Rxbl 32 .Qxbl Qxe5 33.g3

g5 34.Nd6 h5
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35.Qal?!
The endgame which follows holds few winning chances ,
and White would have done much better t o keep queens
the board.
3 5 . Qb7 Rf8! 35 ... Rxa3 36.Qc8+ h7 37.Nf7 Qf6
38.Rd7! f4 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40 .gxf4 gxf4 4 1 . Qh6+ f5 42. Qxf4+
Kg6 43.Nh8+ +- 36.a4 The White king is safe enough and the
a-pawn flies .

35 ...Qxal 36.Rxal Ra4 37 .Nb7 Kf7 !

The saving move! 37 ... Rxc4 38.a4 Ne8 39.a5 Nc7 40. a6
Rb4 4 1 .Nxc5 Rb6 42.a7 Na8 43 . Rdl f7 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45.Rh7+-

38.Nxc5 Rxc4 39.Nb3 Ra4 40.Nc5 1h - 1h .

Agreed drawn. Notes after Albrt in Informant 39, 1 985.

In kiov - Balashov
Y ur mala1985
l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 b6
6.Be2
This is a less ambitious plan.

6. . . d6
There is no reason why Black's shouldn't develop the
bishop immediately, e.g. , 6 . . . Bb7 7. 0-0 d6 8 . a3 Nbd7 9.b4 Qc7
1 0 . Qb3 Rc8 l l .Nd2 Be7 1 2 . Bb2 d5 1 3 . cxd5 exd5 14.bxc5 bxc5
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1 5 . Na4 c4 16.Qc2 - 17.Bc3 a5 18.Rfb1 Bc6 19 .Bd1 Rb8

20. Qa2 Bb5 2 1 . Qc2 Bd6 22. h3 Rfe8 23.Nb2 Nf8 24. Qc 1 Ne6
2 5 . Ba4 Ng5 26.Bxb5 Rxb5 27.Na4 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Qd7 29.Qd1
Nfe4 30 .Nxe4 Nxe4 3 1 .Be1 Rb8 32.f3 Nf6 33.Bxa5 Qe7 34. Qc 1
Rb3 3 5 . Bc3 Bxa3 36. Qd2 h 6 37.Nc5 Bxc5 38 .dxc5 Qxc5
39.Ra8+ h7 40 . Qc2+ Ne4 4 1 . Bd4 Qc6 42 . Ra7 Kg8 43.fxe4
dxe4 44. Ra5 Rd3 45.Rc5 Qg6 46 .Rxc4 Qg3 47. Qe2 h7 48. Rc 1
f5 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. f2 Rd2+ 5 1 . Kg3 g 5 52. Rc7+ Kg6 5 3 .Rc6+
h7 54. Rf6 f4+ 5 5 . Kg4 fxe3 56.Bxe3 Rxg2+ 57.f5 Rg3 58. Bd4
Rf3+ 59.Kg4 Rxf6 60 . Bxf6 Kg6 61 . Bd4 h5+ 62.Kg3 f5 63 .f2
h4 64. Be3 g4 lfz-1/z, Bus - Efimov, Hradec ralove, 1 988.

7 . 0-0 Nbd7
7 . . . Be7 is a reasonable altemative : 8 . Qc2 0-0 9.dxc5 bxc5
1 0 . Rd1 Nc6 l l .b3 Qc7 was eqal in Berndorff-Ale ksieva,
Eropean Under-20 Womens's Championship 1 992, though the
game went downhill for Black: 1 2 . Bb2 Nb4 1 3 . Qb1 Rb8 14 .Ne 1
Bd7 1 5 . Bf3 Rfd8 1 6 . Rd2 Be8 1 7 . Qd1 Nd7 18.Qe2 Ne5 19 .Rad1
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nc6 2 1 . Qg3 Ne5 22.Ne4 Bc6 23.Nxd6 Ng6
24.Nf5 e5 2 5 . Bxe5 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Qa5 27.Nxe7+ 1-0.

8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 0-0

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10. d5

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1 0 . Rc 1 is also possible: Andruet-Cerisser, Epinal 1 986

continued 10 ... Bb7 l l . Qc2 Qc7 1 2 . Rfd1 Rac8 1 3 . Qb 1 Qb8
1 4 . Qa 1 Qa8 1 5 .Ne 1 Rfd8 1 6 . Bf3 cxd4 1 7 . exd4 d5 1 8 .Be2 Nf8
1 9 . Bfl Qb8 20.Nc2 dxc4 2 1 .bxc4 Qf4 22.Ne3 Ng4 23.Nxg4
Qxg4 24.d5 Ng6 2 5 . h3 Qg5 26.Rd3 Qh4 27.Nd1 exd5 28. Bxg7
dxc4 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30 .Rxc4 Qg5 3 1 .Rg4 Qd2 3 2 . Ne3 Bc8
3 3 . Re4 Be6 34.a4 Rc8 3 5 . Bh6 Bf8 36. Bxf8 f8 37. Qf6 Kg8 1-0.

10 ... e5!
White seems to have two weak bishops, though Black
will have difficulty finding a break.

ll.e4 g6 12.Nel Ne8 13.Nd3 f5

This is the natural plan for Black in the old Benoni
formation which has now been reached.

14.f4
An ambitious plan. White might also have tried to play on
the queenside with 14.b4, according to Balashov 1 985.

14 ...Ng7 15.g4!
1 5 .exf5 gxf5 16.fxe5 dxe5 would have been better for
Black, according to Balashov 1985.

15 ... exf4 16.Nxf4 Ne5 17 .gxf5 gxf5

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18.Kh l?!
18.Ne6 Nxe6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.exf5 Balashov claims
compensation here . After 20 ... Bxf5 , don't see it.

18 ...Ra7 19.Bd3?
mistake, which costs White the game. More resistant
was 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Nxe6! 2 1 . exf5 Nd4 + .

19 ...Bf6 20.Bc2 Ng4! + 2 l.Qd2 Be5 22.exf5

Qh 4
White's kingside is wide open, and the knights, combined
with the rook from far off a7, finish the job.

23.Rf3 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Rxf5! 25.Raf l Nh 5

26.Nxh5
26.Rh3 Qxh3! 27.Nxh3 Rxfl + 28.g2 Raf7-+

26 ...Rxf3 27 .Rxf3 Nxh 2! 28.Qg2+

28.Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qf2 Nxf3+

28 ... Rg7 ! 29.Qh 3 Nxf3

White resigned, not wanting to get mated at g l . 0-1 .

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Langeweg - L igter in k
Holland Champion ship 1984
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.e3
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This is a very unambitious reply which allows Black to equalize

fairly easily.
4 ... c5 5.dxc5
a) 5 . d5 b5 is an excellent form of the gambit, since e2-e3
is not a useful move in that strategy.
b) White simply continued with his development in Muse
- Miles , Berlin, 1 985: 5 . Be2 d5 6 . cxd5 exd5 7 . 0-0 c4 8.b3 b5
9 . a4 Bb7 1 0 . axb5 axb5 l l .Rxa8 Bxa8 1 2 .Ne5 Bd6 1 3 . Bf3 Nbd7
14.bxc4 bxc4 1 5 . Qa4 - 1 6 . Ba3 Qc7 1 7 . Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qa1
Qb8 1 9 .Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Nc3 Nf6 2 1 . Rb1 Qc7 2 2 . h3 Bc6 2 3 . Qa3
Rb8 24.Rxb8+ Qxb8 2 5 . Qa5 Qd6 26. Qb6 h6 27.e4 Qa3 28. Qxc6
Qxc3 29. Qc8+ h7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 3 1 .e5 Qe1 + 32 .h2 Ne4 33.e6
Nd2 34. Qxf7+ Kh7 3 5. Kg3 c3 36.e7 Nfl + 37.Kg4 c2 38.e8Q
Qxe8 39. Qxe8 c 1 Q 40 . Qe5 Nh2+ 4 1 .Kg3 Nfl + 42.Kg4 Nh2+
lj:z-1/z

5 ... Bxc5 6.a3 d5!

Nikolic,N-Dizdarevic, Zagreb Zonal 1 993 saw Black
adopt more of a Hedgehog formations : 6 . . . 0-0 7 . Nbd2 b6 8 .Bd3
Bb7 9.0-0 Be7 1 0 . Qc2 d6 l l .b4 Nbd7 1 2 . Bb2 Rc8 1 3 . Rac 1 Rc7
1 4 . Qb1 Qa8 1 5 . Rfd1 Rfc8 1 6 . Bfl e5 1 7 . Qa 1 Nf8 1 8 . a4 a5
1 9 . bxa5 bxa5 20.Bc3 Ne6 2 1 .Qa2 Nc5 22.Nb3 Nxb3 2 3 . Qxb3
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Ne4 24.Nd2 Nc5 2 5 . Qc2 Bc6 26. Ra 1 Ra7 27. Rdb1 Rb7 28.Rxb7
Bxb7 29.Nb3 Be4 30. Qd1 Nb7 3 1 . Qd2 Bd8 3 2 . h3 Bf5 3 3 . Qd5
Qa7 34. Qb5 Bb6 3 5 .Be1 Be4 36. Qd7 Qb8 37.Ra2 Bc6 38. Qg4
Qc7 39. Bd3 Rb8 40. h4 Nc5 41 .Nxc5 Bxc5 42.Be4 h5 43 . Qf3 Rb1
44 . Re2 Bxe4 45. Qxe4 Ra1 46.h2 Rxa4 47. Rb2 Bb4 48. Qa8+
h7 49. Qe8 Ra 1 50. Bxb4 Qxc4 5 1 . Qd7 f6 52.f4 Qfl 53. Qd8
Qg1 + 54. Kg3 Qxe3+ 55.h2 Qxf4+ 56.g3 Qf3 57.Rg2 axb4
0- 1 .
7 .b4 Bd6

7 ... Ba7 is a sensible alternative .

8.Bb2 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nc6

9 ... dxc4 concedes the center unnecessarily. 1 0 . Bxc4 b5
l l . Bd3 Bb7 1 2 . 0-0 Nbd7=

10.Be2 Qe7 11.0-0 Rd8

Black has a solid position, but the Bc8 is still locked .

12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Qb1 Bc7

14 ... Bb8!? 1 5 .b5 axb5 16.cxb5 Na5 b6.

15.Rfd1 Be8 16.Nb3 dxc4 17 .Bxc4 Rxd1+

18.Rxd1
Black has a reasonable game but now he undertakes a
rash action the queenside which gets him into deep trouble
quickly.

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18 ... a5?
18 ... Rd8 ;!;

19.b5! Na7 20.Nbd2 The threat i s 21.b6.

20 ...Bb6
20 ... Nxb5? 2 1 . Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxb5+-

2l. a4 Rd8 22.Bd3 h6 23.Nc4 Nc8 24.Ba3

Qc7 25.Rcl Qb8
Black's position has been reduced to total passivity, and
White can now slowly build the pressure until Black cracks .

26.g3 Bc7 27 .Qc2 Nb6 28.Nxb6 Bxb6

29.Nd2 Nd5 30.Nc4 Bc7 3l.Bh7 +! Kh8
32.Be4 Bd7
Or 32 ... b6 33.f4 .

33.Bb2 Nb4 34.Qc3 f6 35.Bbl b6 36.Ba3

Nd5 37 .Qc2
White's reorganization, while the enemy pieces have
done nothing, now creates mating threats .

37 ... f5
Forced.

38.Bb2
Now there is a new diagonal to attack.

38 ...Bd6 39.e4 fxe4 40.Qxe4 Kg8 41.Qh7 +

10.

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Chpter Ni11e: White fi11c'hettos

This slow system should not cause Black any problems,
provided that he does not fall into a false sense of security and
play passively.

Mozn y
Vehi Bach
Biel 1990
-

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4 .g3 c5 5.Bg2

cx d4
5 ...b5!? is more in keeping with the spirit of the position:
a) 6.cxb5 axb5 7.Ne5 d5! 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.0-0 0-0 and now:
al) 1 0 . Nd2 Nb3!?
a2) 1 0 . Nc3!? b4 l l .Nb5 (11.Nd3 Be7 12.Na4) l l . . . Qb6
1 2 . a4 Ba6 1 3 . Bg5!? Cl3.Nc4!? Qd8 14.Be3= -Sha1nkovich 1986.

14.. .Bxe3

15.Nxe3

Bxb5

16.axb5 Rxa1

17. Qxa1

Qb6+)

1 3 . . . Bxb5 14. Bxf6 14.axb5 Rxa1 15.Qxa1 Qxb5+ gxf6 1 5 . Ng4

Bd4! 1 6 .axb5 Rxa 1 1 7 . Qxa 1 f5 + Bogner-Shamkovich, USA
1 986.
b) 6.dxc5!? Bxc5 7.Ne5 Ra7 8.Nd3 Bd4 (B.. .Be7? 9.Be3 Bb7
10. Bxa7 Bxg2 11.Rg1 Bb7 12.cxb5:r) 9.cxb5 axb5 9 ... 0-0!?
1 0 . e3 Bb6 l l .Nc3 Bb7 (11 . . 0-0 12.Nxb5 Ra5 13.Nd6:r) 1 2 .Nxb5
Ba5+
1 3 . Nc3
Qc7
14.Bd2
Kohlweyer-Makropoulos,
Dortmund 1 988. ;
c) 6.Ne5!? was sggested by Shamkovich 1 986.
.

6. Nxd4 Qc7
We have transposed to a fairly orthodox hedgehog
position.

7. 0 - 0 ! ?
t now things get strange . more prosaic example is
Jn-Alburt, Sbotica interzonal 1 987: .b3 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Bb2
0-0 1 0 . Nc3 Rb8 l l . Rc1 Qa5 1 2 . e4 Nxd4 1 3 . Qxd4 d6 1 4 . a3 Bd7
1 5 .h3 Rfc8 16.Rfd1 Qh5 1 7 . Qe3 e5 18.Qe2 1/2 .
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7 ...Qxc4 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.Be3 Nc6 lO .Rcl Be7

ll.Qa4 0-0 12.b4
White does not have a lot for the pawn, but the open
c-file changes the entire nature of the game, which usually
revolves around the weakness at c4.

12 ...Qb8 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 d5

14 ... b5 1 5 . Qc2 Bb7 is a logical alternative.

15.e4

15 ...dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nd5

16 ... Nxe4 1 7 . Bxe4 gives White sufficient compensation for
the pawn.

17 .Nc3 Nf6 18.Qa5

18.Ne4 Nd5 19.Nc3 would have concluded the game
peacefully.

18 ... Bd8 19.Bb6 Bd7 20.Rfdl Bc6 2l.Bxd8

Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8
24.Bxc6 bxc6

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Black's weaknesses at c6 and a6 offset his extra pawn.

25.Na4 Kf8 26.Rxc6 Rd3 27 .Rxa6 Rxa3 28.b5

Rb3 29.b6 Nd7 30.Ra7 Ke8
30 ... Nxb6 3 1 .Rb7

3l.Kg2 Rb5 32.b7 Kd8 33.Nc3 Rb4 34.h4

Nb8 35.Na4 Rb5 36.Nc3 Rb4 37 .Na4 Kc7
38.Nc5 Rb5 3 9.Ne4 h 6
3 9 . . .Rxb7 40 .Rxb7+ b7 41 .Ng5=

40.g4 f5 4 l.gxf5 Rxf5 42.Ra3 Rf4 43.Rc3+

Kxb7 44.Nc5+ Kb6 45.Nxe6 Rxh4 46.Rb3+
Ka7 47 .Nxg7 Nc6 2 - 2 .
Adianto - Q uinteros
Reykjavik1986
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.g3 b5

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5 . cxb5
White does not have to capture the pawn, of course:
a) 5 . Nbd2 bxc4 6.Nxc4 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9.Be3
Bd5 1 0 . Rc 1 Nc6 l l .Nfe5 Bxg2 1 2 . g2 Nxe5 1 3 . Nxe5 Nd5
1 4 . Bd2 f5= Rajkovic-I . Sokolov, Novi Sad 1 986.
b) 5 . Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 bxc4 9.bxc4 d6
1 0 . Nc3 Nbd7 l l . Qd3 Rb8 1 2 .Rab 1 Bxf3 1 3 . Bxf3 c5 14.e3 Qc7
1 5 .Rfc 1 Rb6 1 6 . Ba 1 Rfu8 17 . Bd1 Rxb1 18.Nxb1 e5 1 9 .Nd2 Qa5
20 . Qc2 Bf8 2 1 . Bc3 Qc7 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Bf3 Qd6 24. Ne4 Qe6
2 5 . Qd3 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rb6 27.Rd1 Rd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Kg2
g6 30 . Qd5 Qxd5 3 1 . Bxd5 Bd6 32.Bb7 Nb8 33.g4 f8 34.f3
Ke7 3 5 . Ke4 Nd7 36.g5 f5+ 37.gxf6+ Nxf6+ 38.f3 e4+ 39.Kg2
Ng4 40 . h3 Be5 4 1 .Ba5 Nf6 42.Bxa6 Ne8 43 . Bb7 Nd6 44. Bd5 g5
4 5 . Bb6 1-0 , Pekarek - nezevic, Prague, 1983.

5 ... axb5 6.Bg2 Bb7

6 . . . c5 7.Ne5
Bach, above .

see

Bogner-Shamkovich

in Mozny-Vehi

7 . 0-0 Be7
7 . . . c5!? is an interesting alternative . Villavicencio - Vehi
Bach, Spain Championship, 1989 continued 8.Nbd2 Na6 9.dxc5
Nxc5 10 .Nb3 Bd5 l l .Nfd4 Bxg2 1 2 .g2 Qb6 1 3 .g1 Be7
14.Nxc5 Qxc5 1 5 .Qd3 b4 16.Be3 Qd5 1 7. a3 bxa3 18.bxa3 Ra4
1 9 . Rfu 1 0-0 20.Rb5 Qa8 2 1 .Nc2 Rc8 22.Bd2 Ne4 2 3 .Bb4 Bxb4
24.Rxb4 d5 2 5 . Rab 1 h6 26.Rxa4 Qxa4 27.Ne3 Rc3 28. Rb8+ h7
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29 . Qb1 Qxa3 30.g2 Qa6 3 1 . Qb2 Ra3 3 2 . Qc2 Rc3 3 3 . Qb2 Qd6
34.Nd1 Rc7 3 5 . Qb1 f5 36.Ra8 d4 37.Qb3 Qd5 01 .

8.Bg5 d6
8 ... 0-0= -ECO 1 992.

9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.Qxb5 Ba6 ll.Qc6 Bxe2

Black's position is slightly suspect, with weaknesses at c7
and facing pawns on the queenside which are not as
vulnerable as in the Benko Gambit, because the Black bishop
is in a defensive position at e7 instead of attacking from g7

12.Rcl ;;!;;
-ECO 1 992 .

12 ...Rb8 13.Nc3 Rb6 14.Qa4 Ba6 15.d5! ? 0-0

1 5 ... Nxd5 1 6 . Nxd5 exd5 1 7 . Re 1 f6 18. Be3 c5 1 9.b4 Bb5
2 0 . Qa3 Ra6 2 1 . Qb2 ;!;;

16.Be3 Nc5 17 .Qa3 Bc8 18.Bfl Rb7 19.b4

Nce4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.dxe6 Bxe6

Black's pieces are uncoordinated.

22.Nd4 Bd5 23.Qd3 Bf6 24.a4 Re8 25.Rabl

Qd7 26.b5
Black l1as solved the coordination problem, but White has a
solid initiative and control of more space on the queenside.
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S temp in - Fries N ielsen

Naestved1988
l.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3
b5! ?

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Usually Black waits until White has advanced the d-pawn

to the 5th rank before playing this move but Velimirovic once
suggested this gambit.
5 ... cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 leads to typical English hedgehog
positions with an ECO code 32 . Some examples :
a) 6 . . . Qc7 and now:
a l ) 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 where both recaptures have been
seen.
al l) Ribli - Ljubojevic, Linares, 198 1 : 8 . . . dxc6 9. Bg2 e5
1 0 . 0-0 Be6 l l .b3 Rd8 1 2 . Qc2 Be7 1 3 . Bb2 0-0 1 4 .Rad1 l!z-1/z.
a 1 2) - Magerramov, Soviet Union, 1 988: 8 . . . Qxc6
9 . e4 Bc5 1 0 . Be3 d6 l l . Bxc5 Qxc5 1 2 .Rd1 Ke7 1 3 . Be2 Bd7
1 4 . 0-0 Rhd8 1 5 . Rd2 Rac8 16.a3 Be8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.b4 axb4
1 9 . axb4 Qxb4 20.Rb1 Qc5 2 1 .Rxb7+ f8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4
Bc6 24. Rb6 Nd7 2 5. Rb1 Nc5 26.f3 Ke7 27 .Rd2 Rb8 28. Rdb2
Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Ra8 30 .Ra2 Rxa2 3 1 .Nxa2 Ba4 32.f2 Bb3 33.Nc3
Kd7 34.Ke3 Kc6 3 5 . Nb5 e5 36.Na7+ Kb6 37.Nc8+ Kc7 38. Ne7
Ne6 39.f4 Kb6 40 . Bd3 Kc5 4 1 .Nc8 Nd4 42 .Kd2 Nc6 43 . Kc3 Bd1
44 .h3 f6 4 5 . Bc2 Bf3 46. Kd2 g5 47 .f5 Bh5 48. Kc3 Bt7 49.h4 h6
50 . Ba4 Nd4 5 1 .Bd1 Bxc4 5 2 . Nxd6 Be2 53.Nb7+ Kb6 54.hxg5
hxg5 5 5 . Bxe2 Nxe2+ 56.Kd3 Nc 1 + 57.Kc4 b7 58. Kd5 Ne2
59.Ke6 Kc6 6. f6 Kd6 6 1 . g4 Nc3 62.g5 Nxe4+ 63 .Kg6 Ke7
64.g5 f8 65.h5 Kg7 66.f6+ t7 67 .Kg4 Nd6 68.h5 Nf5
69.Kg4 Nd4 70 .Kh5 e4 7 1 .Kg4 Ne6 72.f5 Nxg5 0-1 .
a2) The gambit line 7.Bg2 was tried in Barnes - Issler, ,
1 989: 7 . . . Qxc4 8. 0-0 Qc7 9.Bg5 Be7 1 0 . Rc 1 Nc6 l l .e4 Qd8
1 2 . Be3 0-0 1 3 . Qe2 d6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 1 5 .e5 Nxe5 16.Bxb7 Rb8
1 7 . Bxa6 Neg4 1 8 . Bb5 Nxe3 1 9 . Qxe3 e5 20.Nc6 Bxc6 2 1 . Bxc6
Rxb2 22. Qf3 Qa5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qa7 2 5 . Rc6 Bg5
26. f1
.
Bd2 27. Qd3 Bc3 0-1 .
a3) Basin - Sagalchik, Minsk, 1988 : 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Rc 1 b6
9 . Bg2 Bb7 1 0 . Bxb7 Qxb7 1 1 . 0-0 0-0 1 2 . Qa4 d6 1 3 . Rfd1 Rc8
1 4 . h3 Nbd7 1 5 .Nf3 Rab8 16. a3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 1 8 . Qb3 h6
1 9 . Bf4 e5 20 . Be3 Nc5 2 1 . Qa2 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24. Qxd5 Na4 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Ra 1 Nxb2 27.Ra7 f8 28. Bd2
Qb8 29.Rb7 Qa8 30.Nxe5 dxe5 3 1 . Qd7 Re8 3 2 .Bb4 Qa4
3 3 . Bxe7+ Kg8 34. Qd5 Qd1 + ljz_l/z.
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b) 6 . . . Nc6 7.Bg2
b1) 7 . . . Bc5 was played in Hansen,L - Novacan, Budapest,
1 989: 8.Nb3 Be7 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nd2 e5 l l . Bg5 Be6 1 2 .Bxf6 Bxf6
1 3 .Nd5 Be7 14.0-0 f5 1 5 .Nb1 0-0 16.Nbc3 Na5 1 7 . Qa4 Re8
1 8 . Rad1 Bf8 1 9 . Qb4 Rb8 20 .a4 Nc6 2 1 . Qa3 Na5 22.b3 h8
2 3 . Qa2 Rc8 24 . Rb1 g6 2 5 . Qd2 Bg8 26.Rfd1 e4 27.f4 Bg7 28.e3
h5 29. Bfl Bf7 30.Be2 h7 3 1 .g2 Re6 32.h3 Rc6 3 3 . Qa2 Rc8
34.g4 Nc6 3 5 . Qd2 Na5 36.Rdc 1 h6 37.Rg1 Nc6 38. Kh2 Ne7
39.Nxe7 Rxe7 40 .gxf5 gxf5 4 1 . Rg5 Bg6 42.Rbg1 Re6 43.Nd5
Qe8 44 .a5 Qf7 45.Bd1 Rg8 46.b4 Bf6 47.Nxf6 Rxf6 48. Bxh5 Rg7
49. Qf2 Qxc4 50. Qh4 Qc2+ 10 .
b2) Zysk - Marian, Fed. Rep . Germany, 1 985 continued
more prosaically with 7 . . . Qc7 8. 0-0 d6 9.b3 Bd7 1 0 . Bb2 Rd8
l l . Rc 1 Qb8 1 2 .Nxc6 Bxc6 1 3 . e4 Be7 14.Re 1 e5 1 5 .Nd5 Bxd5
1 6 . exd5 Nd7 17.c5 dxc5 18.f4 f6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 fxe5
2 1 . Qh5+ g6 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Rxe5 Rf8 24.Rxc5 Rf7 2 5 . d6 Rxd6
26.Rc8+ Rd8 27. Bxb7 Rxc8 28. Bxc8 Rf6 29.Ra5 Bb4 30.Rxa6
Bc5+ 3 1 .Kg2 Rf2+ 32.h3 Rd2 33.Bg4 f7 34. Bf3 Bg1 3 5 . g4 g5
36.Ra5 Be3 37.Re5 Rxh2+ 38.h2 Bf4+ 39.Kg2 Bxe5 40. Bd5+
Ke7 41 .f3 Kd6 42.Ke4 Bb2 43 . Bg8 Kc5 1/z_llz.

6. cxb5
6. Bg2 bxc4 oo -Velimirovic, in Watson 1 988.

6 ... axb5 7.Nxb5 Qa5+

7 ... Qb6!? 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bc5 l l .e3 Ne4
1 2 . Nxe4?! Bxe4 1 3 . Be2 Bb4+ 14.f1 14.Bd2 Bxd2+ 1 5 . Qxd2
Qb7! Nc6 + Black has more than enough compensation for the
pawn, Nickoloff-Benjamin, Toronto 1 985.

8 .N c 3 cxd4 9.Nxd4
9. Qxd4 Nc6 gives Black a strong initiative .

9 ... Bb7 10.Nb3 Qb6 l l . Be3 Q c 7 12 .f3

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White has been forced to weaken the kingside and

Black's pieces will have a greater inflence on the center.

12 ... Bb4 13.Bg2 Nd5

Now Black will recover the pawn.

14.Bd2 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Qxc3+

17 .Qd2
1 7 . f2 0-0 +

17 ...Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Ke7 19.Rhc1 Ra3 20.Kc3!

Nc6 21.f4 Rha8 22.Kb2
Black has pressre, bt with the assistance of the king the
a-file is now secre .

22 ...R3a4 23.Rc3 Nd8 24.Bf1 Bd5 25.e3 Nc6

26.a3D R4a7 27 .Bb5 Rb8 28.a4 Nb4 29.Nd4
Nc6 30.Nb3 Nb4 31.Nd4 Nc6 32.Nb3 Nb4
lh - lh

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Chekhov - Zaichik
Berlin 1989
l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Bg5 h6

This reply leads to an interesting game with chances for

both sides . There is an obvios and poplar alternative in
4 . . . c5:
a) 5 . e3 is best met by 5 . . . h6, where the bishop can either
capture or retreat:
a 1 ) Chernin - Trepp, Lcerne, 1 985: 6 .Bxf6 Qxf6 7 . Nc3
cxd4 8 . exd4 Bb4 9 . Be2 Bxc3+?!
9 0- -ECO 1992.
1 0 . bxc3 d6 l l . Qa4+ Nd7 1 2 . 0--0 Qd8 1 3 .Nd2 Qc7 1 4 . Qb4 b6
1 5 . Bf3 Rb8 1 6 . a4 Nf6 1 7 . a5 bxa5 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19.c5 dxc5
20 . Qa3 Bb7 2 1 . Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Nb3 Nd7 23 .dxc5 Rxb3 24. Qxb3
Nxc5 2 5 . Qa3 Rc8 26.Rfd1 a4 27.Rd4 Qc6 28. Rad1 Ke8 29. Qb4
Qb5 30. Qc4 10 .
a2) Odendahl - Albrt, World Open, 1 985: 6.Bh4 b6
7.Nc3 Be7 8 . d5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxh4 10. Nxh4 exd5 l l . Qxd5 0--0
1 2 .Ng6 Bb7 1 3 . Qxb7 Nc6 14.Nxf8 Ra7 1 5 . Qxa7 Nxa7 1 6 . Rd1
f8 1 7 . Be2 Nc6 18.0--0 Qc7 19.Rd2 Qe5 20. Bf3 Nb8 2 1 .g3 b5
22 .Rc 1 b4 23.a3 a5 24. axb4 cxb4 25.c5 g6 26. Rc4 Qf5 27.Be4
Qf6 28. Bd5 g5 29.b3 Nc6 30. Bxc6 dxc6 3 1 .Ra2 Qf3 3 2 . Rd4 Qf5
...

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3 3 . Rxa5 Qb1 + 34.Kg2 Qxb3 35.Ra8+ Kg7 36.Rb8 Qc3 37.Rbxb4

Qxc5 38.Rbc4 Qb5 39.Rc 1 h5 40. h4 gxh4 4 1 .Rxh4 Qd5+ 42.Kg1
f6 43.Rhc4 Qf5 44.Rc5 Qf3 45.R1c4 Kg6 46.Rxc6 Qd1 + 47.h2
Qf3 48 .Rc2 Qe4 49.R6c4 Qd3 50.Rc 1 Qd2 5 1 . Kg1 Kg5 52.Rf1
Qa2 53.Rf4 Qd5 54.Rb 1 Qc5 55.Ra 1 Qd5 56.Ra6 f5 57.Rh4 Qf3
58.Rd6 f4 59. exf4+ f5 60. Rxh5+ 10
b) 5 . d5 can lead to lines from the Blumenfeld Gambit.
Here are two paths to follow:
bl) 5 . . . h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 and now:
b l l ) Seirawan - Alburt, U.S. Championship, 1 984: 7.Nc3
Qd8?! (7 d6 e5
Alburt.) 8.g3 ! (-ECO 1 992) 8 ... d6
9 . dxe6 Bxe6 1 0 . Bg2 Nc6 l l .Nd2 Be7 1 2 . 0--0 - 1 3 . Nd5 Re8
1 4 . Ne4 Bf8 1 5 .Nec3 Rb8 16.a4 Qd7 17.b3 Bh3 18.e3 Bxg2
19.g2 Qf5 20.Ra2 Red8 2 1 . Qf3 Qxf3+ 22.f3 f5 23.Rd2 g6
24. Nb6 f7 2 5 .Ncd5 Re8 26.Kg2 Rbd8 27.Rfd1 Bg7 28.Nf4 Be5
29.Ne2 Re6 30.h3 h5 3 1 .Nf4 Bxf4 3 2 .gxf4 Nb4 33.g3 Ke7
34.h4 f6 3 5 . Nd5+ Nxd5 36.Rxd5 b6 37.a5 Ke7 38. axb6 Rb8
39.Kg5 Rxb6 40 .R5d3 Rf6 4 1 .Ra 1 Rf8 42.h4 Ra8 43.f3 Rf8 44.e4
fxe4 45.fxe4 Rf6 46. Rg3 Ke6 47.Ra2 Rf8 48.Rf2 Rb7 49.f5+ gxf5
50. exf5+ Rxf5+ 5 1 .Rxf5 Rg7+ 52.h5 Rxg3 53.Rg5 Rxb3
54.Kg6 Rb4 5 5 . Rg4 d5 56.cxd5+ Kd6 57.Kg5 Rxg4+ 58.g4
d5 59.f5 c4 60 .h5 c3 6 1 . h6 c2 62.h7 c 1 Q 63 .h8Q Qc2+
64. Kg5 Qg2+ 65.f4 Qe4+ 66.Kg3 Qe5+ 67. Qxe5+ e5 68.f3
Kd4 0-1 .
b 1 2) Novikov - Zaichik, harkov, 1 985: 7 . Qc2 d6 8.e4 e 5
9 . Nc3 g6 1 0 . Be2 Be7 1 1 .0--0 - 1 2 .Ne 1 Qg7 1 3 . Nd3 Nd7 14 . a3
f5 oo -ECO 1 992. 1 5 .b4 b6 16.Rab1 Nf6 1 7 . Nb2 cxb4 1 8 . axb4
fxe4 19.Nbd1 Bf5 20. Ne3 h5 2 1 .Ra1 a5 22. Qb3 Nd7 23.Nb5
axb4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 2 5 . Bxh5 Nc5 26. Qxb4 Ra4 27.Qb 1 Qh6
28. Bg4 Bxg4 29.Nxg4 Qd2 30.Ne3 Rb4 3 1 . Qa 1 Ra4 3 2 . Qd1
Qxd1 33.Rxd1 f7 34.g3 Bg5 3 5.Ng4 Be7 36.Ne3 Bg5 37.Ng4
Be7 lfz-lh.
b2) 5 . . . exd5 6.cxd5 and now:
b21) 6 . . . h6 was seen in Groszpeter - Ortega, Vama, 1 983 :
7. Bh4 d6 8.Nc3 g5 9.Bg3 b5 1 0 . Qd3 Bg7 l l . h4 Nh5 1 2 . Nd2
Nxg3 1 3 . Qxg3 f5 14.hxg5 hxg5 1 5 .Rxh8+ Bxh8 1 6 . Qh3 Qf6
1 7 . Nde4 fxe4 18. Qxc8+ Qd8 1 9 . Qe6+ Qe7 20. Qg8+ Qf8
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2 1 . Qxg5 Nd7 22.e3 Bxc3+ 23.bxc3 Qh8 24.Rc 1 b4 2 5 . Be2 Ne5

26. cxb4 Rb8 27.Bh5+ Kd7 28.bxc5 Nd3+ 29.Kfl Qb2 30. Qf5+
Kd8 3 1 . Qf8+ Kc7 32.Qe7+ 1-0 .
b22) 6 . . . d6 was played in raai - Gurevich,D, New York
Open, 1 99 1 : 7 . a4 Be7 8.Nc3 0--0 9.e4 Bg4 1 0 . Bf4 Nbd7 l l .Be2
Bxf3 1 2 . Bxf3 Rb8 1 3 . 0--0 Ne8 14.Be2 Bf6 1 5 . Qc2 Bd4 1 6 . Rab1
Qc7 1 7 . Nd1 Nef6 18.Bf3 Rfe8 1 9.Re1 Nxd5 20 .Bg3 Nb4 2 1 . Qd2
Ne5 2 2 . Be2 g6 23.h1 h5 24.f4 Nec6 2 5 . Bf3 Bg7 26.f5 Nd4 01 .

5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 d6

6 ... Bb4!? 7 . Rc 1 Nc6 8.e3 0--0 9.Be2 Re8 1 0 . 0--0 Bf8 1 1 .Nd2
Qd8 1 2 .f4 d5
1 3 . Nf3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Na5 c6
,
Petran-Forintos , Hngary Championship 1986.

7 .e4 Nd7 8.Be2 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 lO .Rcl 0-0

ll.b4 b6

Black has a solid position, and can apply hypermodern

pressure against White's broad pawn center.

12.Qa4 Qe7 13.Rfdl Bb7 14.c5 Rfd8 15.c6?!

1 5 .cxd6 cxd6=

15 ... b5 16.Nxb5 axb5 17 .Qc2 Bc8 18.cxd7

Bxd7 19.d5
1 9 .Qxc7 Rdc8 20. Qb7 Rcb8 2 1 . Qc7 Rc8=
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19 ...exd5 20.exd5 Rdc8 2 l.Qd2 Qf6 22.Rc2

Bf5 23.Rc6 Bd7 24.Rc2 Bf5 25.Bd3 Ra3
26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27 .Qe2 Kh7 28.Nd4 Bxd4
29.Rxd4 Rca8+ 30.g4 Qf6 3 l.Rdd2
Black now decides to go for a kingside attack, provoked
by the advance of the g-pawn.

3 l ... Rh3
3 1 ... R8a7 wold have been a sensible precation.

32.Rxc7 Qf4 33.Kf l Rxh2 34.Rd3 Rh l+

35.Kg2 Rh4 36.Rg3
Black's attack has not scceeded. His rook at h4 is
seless .

36 ...Kg8
36 ... Ra4? 37. Qe8 Kg7 38. Rc8

37 .Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.Rxf3

38. f3 Rxa2 39.Rc3 Rh2 40 . Rg2 Rxg2 4 1 . g2 Rd2
42.Rc8+ Kg7 43 . Rb8 Rxd5.

38 ... Rxg4+ 39.Kh3 f5 40.a3 Re8! ?

Black strives for conterplay by taking the only remaining
open file . His pawns are too weak to spport any other action.

4 1.Rb7 Re l

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42.Kh2 Rfl

42 ... Rh4+ is an altemative, e.g. ,

a) 43 . Kg2 Reh l 44. Rg3 g5 45.f3 45.Rxb5 g4! and Black
wins : 46 . Re3 f4 Rf4+ 46.Ke3 46. Kg2 Rfh4= Re l + 47.Kd2 Re5 + ;
b) 43 . Rh3 Rxh3+ 44.h3 Rdl 45.Rxb5 Rd3+ 46 .Kg2 Rxa3
47. Rb6 Rb3 +

43.Rxb5
The connected passed
position of the White king.

pawns

are

balanced

by the

43 ...Kg7 44.Rb7 + Kf6 45.b5 Rbl 46.b6 Rb2

46 ... Kg5!? 47.Rg3 Rb2 48.Rxg4+ g4 49.Kg2 f4

47 .Rb8 h5 48.b7 Kg5 49.Kh3 h4 50.Rc3?

vain attempt to win. If the rook stays put a draw wold
have been likely.

50 ...Rxf2 5l.Rh8 Rgg2

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h

..

52.Rxh4 Rh2+ 53.Kg3 Rhg2+ 54.Kh3 Rh2+

55.Kg3 Rfg2+ 56.Kf3 Kxh4 01. .
White resigned, because if he promotes the pawn he gets
mated. 57.b8Q (57.Ke3 Rb2 58.Rc4+ Kg5 59.Rb4 Rxb4 60.axb4
RhB-+) 57 ... Rg3+ 58.f4 Rf2+ 59 . Rf3 Rfxf3#

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E ingorn - Inkiov
Moscow 1986
l. d 4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nbd2

This move has not become popular, but it is very

sensible, since it avoids problems when Black advances the
b-pawn to b4.
Another minor alternative is 4.a3, which seems to have
little to do with this opening. Avrukh-D . Gurevich, Moscow (Tal
Memorial 1 992) continued 4 . . . b5 5 . e3 bxc4 6. Bxc4 d5 7. Bd3 c5
8 . 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nc3 cxd4 l l . exd4 Bd6 1 2 . Be3 0-0
1 3 . Qc2 a5 14 .Ne5 Bxe5 1 5 .dxe5 d4 16. exf6 dxe3 1 7 . Bxh7+ h8
18.fxg7+ g7 19. Be4 Rb8 20.Na4 exf2+ 2 1 . Qxf2 Qxf2+ 22.Rxf2
and the game was eventually drawn.

4 ... d5
4 ... c5 i s certainly more appropriate, since White's d-pawn
cannot advance. Typical hedgehogs are likely to arise.

5.g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 cx d4?!

7 . . .Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 1 0 .Nb3 Ba7 l l .Nbd4 Bg4
would be a fairly normal Tarrasch position.
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8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nb3 ;;!; e5?!

This must have been the point of Black's move order, but
he is too far behind in development.

10.Nxe5 Ndb4 ll.Bf4 Be6 12.a3 Nxe5

1 2 ... Nd5 1 3 . Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxd4
1 6 . Bxa8 Nh3+ 1 7. Kg2 Qxa8+ 18.f3

13.axb4 Nc6

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Nxf4

1 5 . Bxc6+

Ke7

Adianto - Quinteros, 74
Agzamov - Inkiov, 27
-B

Balashov - Alburt, 59
Barnes - Issler, 78
Basin - Sagalchik, 79
Bemdorff-Aleksieva, 65
Blocker - Dzindzichashvili, 34
Boenscl1 - Teske, 31
Bogner-Shamkovich, 72
Browne - Dzindzichashvili, 37
Bus - Efimov, 65
C

Cl1ekhov - Zaichik, 34, 82

Chernin - Alburt, 24
Chernin - Trepp, 82
Christiansen - Alburt, 46
Christiansen - Alburt 1984, 27
E

Eingom - Inkiov, 88
F

Ftacnik - Fauland, 5 1
Furman - Tal, 54
-G

Garcia - Illescas, 42
Groszpeter - Ortega, 83
Gulko - Gurgenidze, 54

Hansen,L - Novacan, 79
Hemandez - Psakhis, 59
Huss - Lau, 18
Huzman-Yefimov, 61
-1-

Inkiov - Balashov, 64
Inkiov - Romanishin, 60
lonov - Mageamo, 78
K

l1aritonov - Gurgenidze, 55
Kohlweyer-Makropoulos, 72
raai - Gurevich,D, 84
-L

Langeweg - Ligterink, 68
Lemer - Gurgenidze, 43
Lukacs-Toskov,

Albena

1985, 8
--

Matamoros - Meetei, 5 1
Mirkovic-Efimov, 6 1
Moscow , 1986, 88
Mozny - Vehi Bacl1, 72
Muse - Miles, 68
N

Natamoros-Zaichik, 46
Naumkin - Kozlov, 14
Neverov - Zaichik, 1 2
Nickoloff-Benjamin, 80
Nikolic,N-Dizdarevic, 69

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Razuvayev-Gutman, 56
Ribli - Ljubojevic, 78

Novikov - Zaichik, 83
-0-

-s

0dendahl - Alburt, 82
Oei - Ashley, Groningen, 55
Orr - Crouch, 60

Seirawan - Alburt, 83
Stempin - Fes Nielsen, 77
T

Pekarek - nezevic, 75
Petran-Forintos, 84
Petrosian - Nevednichy, 7
Pomar-Lengyel, 56
Portisch - Miles, 39

Tarjan - Alburt, 18
Torre - Bischoff, 60
Tukmakov - Zaichik, 55
V

Van der Sterren - Rogers, 29

Van der Sterren - Sosonko, 2 1
Villavicencio - Vehi Bach, 7 5

-Q

Quraishi - Meetei, 40
Qvotrup-Yefimov, 60

-Z
R

Zysk - Marian, 79

Rajkovic-I.Sokolov, 75

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$7.9 5
The Dzin l .d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3 . Nf3 a6 is a
refreshing and interesting alternative to the Queen' s
Indian Defense or Bogoindian, and it is an exciting
way to play as Blacl<. Honed into a sharp weapon by
Grandmasters Roman Dzindzichashvili and Lev
Alburt, it has had a very successful run in the
international tournament arena. In this bool< the
first devoted to the opening variation, ational
Master E ric Schiller provides a thorough
presentation of all of the relevant material the
opening. Over 5 0 complete games demonstrate the
leading ideas .

Eric Schiller is Li/e Master / the United States

Chess Federatin and authr / ver 50 bks and
/ them n the pe_:

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