Part Ii
1 e4 c5 2 d6 3 d4 cd 4 lt 3xd4 lt 53 ft 5 lt S3c3 a6 6 Jlc3 e6 7 Wd2 With his sixth move Black introduces a Scheveningen set-up, as Portisch did with his third Black against Hubner in the 1980 match. White's reply, which prepares f3, 0-0-0, g4-g5 became all the rage in 1985. There were other ways to avoid the main lines, however, and we'll have a quick look at those first. The direct 7 g4 leads to PerenvTs piece sacrifice 7 e5 8 lt 53fS g6 9 g5 gf 10 ef d5 11 Wf3 d4 12 0-0-0 and we have reached...
I
This position resembles the one obtained by Portisch in game 23, but White's knight is less well placed on 0 than d2 Black has not wasted time with lt i d.7-c5'd It was tested in Nunn - Howell game 2Hj, where White eventually wun. The most frequently tried defence, however, is the immediate 8 h6 9 a5 Ac6. Here the thematic White move is 10 iHIS , when 10 oixdS is untested. but after 11 ecJ Jti5 12 c4 ile 13 e2 - 14 0-0 should transpose to Nunn - Howell game 2 lt V , Instead 10 Jud5 games 29 and...