Info Oox
a 6 d6 7 Bf4 e5 8 Nd5 8 Bg5 transposes into the main lines of the Svesh-nikov Variation 8 . . . Nxd5 9 exd5 exf4 10 dxc6 bxc6 11 Qf3 d5 12 0-0-0 Be7 13 Qc3 0-0 14 Qxc6 Be6 15 Nc7 RcB 16 Nxe6 Rxc6 17 Nxd8 Rxd8 with an equal ending, Kuznetsov-Chelushkina, USSR 1991. b 9 Bd3 dxe4 10 Nxe4 Nxe4 11 Bxe4 Qxdlt 12 Kxdl e5 13 Rel leaves White slightly better in the ending, de Firmian-Illescas, Linares N.L. 1994. Black should play 9 . . . Ne5 10 Bb5t Bd7 11 Qd4 Nc6 , Christiansen-Alburt, US Chp. 1996. c...
T Pxj
The Classical Variation, 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 cols. 1-42, see above diagram , has managed through the waxing and waning of its viability to accumulate a massive pedigree, culminating in its current feverish popularity. The main line, 6 e5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 Nel cols. 1-6 , still leads combatants to move 25 and beyond before novelties are sprung. The zenith of fashion for the last couple years is the Bayonet Attack, 9 b4, when Kramnik's taciturn answer to 9 . . . Nh5, 10 Rel cols....
Semkov Marin Berga 1990
a 9 Bd3 Bg4 10 0-0 a6 11 a4 Nbd7 12 Khl Rb8 13 Qb3 Bxf3 14 Rxf3 Re8 , Jaroslav-Martin, Prague 1.995. b 12 e6 fxe6 13 0-0 exd5 14 Nxd5 Be6 15 Bc4 Nc6 16 Bg5 Nf6 17 Ne5 Nxe5 18 Bxf6 Nxc4 19 Bxd8 Raxd8 20 Ne7t Kh8 Petrosian . c 12 f6 13 exf6 Bxf6 14 Qd2 Bxg5 15 Qxg5 Qxg5 16 Nxg5 , Torres-Romero Holmes, Palma de Mallorca 1992. d 14 Nxe5 Bxe5 15 Bc4 Qxb2 16 d6 Rf8 17 Bxf7t Kg7 18 Resigns, Semkov-Marin, Berga 1990. e 15 Nd5 Bf5 16 Ne7t Rxe7 17 dxe7 Nbc6 18 Rcl Re8 , Barsov-Marin, Budapest 1990. f...
Info Gwf
a 5 c3 transposes into column 5 the Classical Defense column 5 . b White holds the edge after the straightforward 5 . . . Nxe5 6 d4 a6 6 . . . c6 7 dxe5 Nxe4 8 Bd3 d5 9 exd6 Nf6 10 Relt Be6 11 Nc3 , Fedorowicz-Kaidanov, US Chp. 1993 7 Be2 Be7 7 . . . Ba7 8 dxe5 Nxe4 9 Qd5 8 dxe5 Nxe4 9 Be3 d5 10 c4 c6 11 cxd5 , G. Hemindez-Godena, Moscow OI. 1994. c 8 d4 Nc6 9 Qxe7t Bxe7 is just a minute endgame edge for White, and the complicated 9 Qg4 h5 10 Qxg7 Bxd4 11 Qg3 a6 is about equal. d 9 . Nxe7 10...
e e f
he King's Gambit is part of the mythology of chess. For more than a hundred years this opening has represented a lost golden age, a nobler past of swashbucking sacrifice and gung-ho attack, when few players were unsporting enough to defend correctly. Golden ages have a tendency to evaporate on scrutiny, and the romanticized heyday of the King's Gambit is no exception. But the unro-mantic fact that the opening's successes were very often due to bad technique is of historical interest. The...
Info Ute
a Little tested but interesting is 6 Bd7 7 Qe2 Bd6 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Bxd7 Qxd7 10 0-0 c6 11 dxc6 Nxc6 12 d3 Nd4 13 Qdl Rac8 14 Be3 Ba3 with chances for both sides, Sulkis-Beliavsky, Kosalin 1998. b Black has several other possibilities A 8 . . . Qc7 9 Bd3 Bd6 10 Nc3 Bg4 11 Nb5 Bxf3 12 Nxc7t Bxc7 13 gxf3 , van der Wiel-Beliavsky, Baden 1980. B 8 . Be7 9 Bd3 0-0 10 Nc3 h6 11 Nge4 Nd5 with compensation for the pawn. C 8 h6 9 Ne4 Nd5 van der Wiel-Spassky, 1986 10 Nec3 . D 8 cxb5 9 Qxa8 h6 10 Ne4 Nd5 11...
Info Ddd
a 5 exd5 is considered bad because of 6 Bg5 leading to unfavorable isolated queen pawn positions. b 7 Be7 8 Bxd5 exd5 9 dxc5 Be6 10 0-0 Bxc5 11 b3 0-0 12 Bb2 a6 13 Na4 , Larsen-Tal, match 1969. c A 10 . . . b6 11 Nxd5 exd5 12 Bb5Bd7 13 Qa4 was good for White in Botvinnik-Alekhine, AVRO 1938. B 10 . . . a6 11 Bb3 Nxc3 12 bxc3 b5 13 Qd3 , A. Sokolov-Karpov, match 1987. C 10 . . . Nxc3 11 bxc3 b6 12 Bd3 Bb7 13 Qe2 Na5 14 Ne5 Rc8 was equal in Larsen-Ribli, Las Palmas 1982. d 12 Nxf6t Nxf6 13 Bg5...
Info Ejg
a 4 . . . Nxd5 is possible. After 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 a3 Be7 8 Nf3 0-0 9 Bd3 cxd4 9 . Nc6 is more usual 10 cxd4 Nc6 White was perhaps slightly better in this Semi-Tarrasch-like position, Bareev-Hracek, Pardubice 1994. b 7 a3 is the alternative. After 7 Nc7 8 e3 Ne6 9 Bh4 Be7 10 Bd3 g6 White was slightly better, Vaganian-Westerinen, Moscow 1982. c 7 Nc7 8 Bd3 Be7 9 Nge2 Nh5 10 Bxe7 Qxe7 11 0-0-0 g6 12KblNg7 13 Ng3 0-0 14 h4 h5 15 Qd2 Dohosian-Vaganian, Tilburg 1994. d A 8 Qdl Bf5 9 Rcl Qa5 10...
Info Fbn
a 8 e4 Nc6 9 e5 Nd5 10 Bxe7 Ncxe7 11 Bxc4 Nxc3 12 bxc3 b6 was , Tukmakov-Beliavsky, Tilburg 1984. b 10 exd4 Nc6 11 0-0 Nh5 12 Bxe7 Nxe7 was equal in Korchnoi-Karpov, Meran 1981. c 11 0-0, Karpov-Kasparov, Moscow 1984, and 11 Be2 Nc6 12 Nb3 Nd5 , Korchnoi-Karpov, Meran 1981 were played before. d Karpov recommends 11 Nc6 12 Ndb5 a6 13 Nd6 b5 with counterplay for Black. e White had a small edge in the game Karpov-Beliavsky, Dortmund 1995. f There are other moves here 9 Rcl, 9 g3, 9 e3, 9 Nxd5. g...
Info Ges
a 10 . . . Re8 11 Qa4 Bd7 12 e3 Ne4 13 Bxe7 Nxe7 14 Qa3 is a slight edge for White, Suba-Zysk, Dortmund 1984. b Also reasonable is 11 Bf4 Re8 12 Ncb5 12 Ndb5 d4 13 Bxc6 bxc6 14 Nxd4 Qb6 was unclear in Mikhailov-L. Grigorian, USSR 1970 12 . . . Nh5 13 Be3 Bg4 14 Qa4 with a slight plus for White, I. Sokolov-Todorovic, NikSii 1991. c 12 . . . Be6 13 Nxc6 bxc6 14 Na4 Qa5 15 a3 i, Campos-Villavicencio, Benidorm 1989. d Karpov's 13 a3 is interesting here. In the game Karpov-IUescas, Leon 1993, there...
Info Wts
a Note the order of moves . . . e6 before . . . c5 , which is normal for the Blumenfeld, and also how many main line Benonis are reached. In the rest of the chapter we have used 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 for consistency. b 6 . . . Bb7 7 g3 Qb6 8 a4 a6 9 Na3 axb5 10 axb5 d5 11 Bh3 Ne4 12 0-0 Nd7 13 Nd2 , P. Nikolid-I. Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 1994. c 8 Nc3 Bb7 9 Be2 0-0 10 b3 Nbd7 11 Bb2 Qe7 with a strong center and attacking chances for the pawn, Tarrasch-Alekhine, Pistyan 1922. d 10 Nbd2 Bb7 11...
Info Ypm
a 3 . . . Bb4 4 e3 Nf6 5 Bd3 b6 is a Nimzo-Dutch hybrid. After 6 Ne2 Bb7 7 f3 0-0 8 Qc2 White holds a slight advantage, Chiburdanidze-S. Lalic, Pula 1997. b This counter-Stonewall by White results in an equal game after 9 0-0 Bb7 10 b3 c5, Grabliauskas-TYegubov, Berlin 1996. c 4 f3 d5 5 Bg5 Bf5 6 fxe4 dxe4 7 Bc4 7 Qe2 and 7 Nge2 can be played, but are probably no better 7 Nc6 8 Nge2 Qd7 leaves White struggling for compensation for his pawn. d 5 f3 e5 6 d5 Nd4 7 Nxe4 Be7 8 d6 8 Bxf6 8 . . ....
Info Xlg
a Black could try 3 . . . QfB 4 Qe3 Bb4t 5 c3 Ba5 6 Bc4 d6 7 f4 Ne7 8 Nf3 Nbc6 9 Qe2 Bb6 , Thorsteinsson-Gunnarsson, Reykjavik 1990. b Some other choices here are 4 Qc4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d5 , Mieses-Leonhardt, Berlin 1920, and the unusual 4 Qd2 or 4 Qdl. c 4 . . . Bb4 5 c3 5 Nc3 Nge7 6 Bd2 0-0 7 0-0-0 d6 8 Qg3 Kh8 9 f4 f5 , Tolush-Botvinnik, USSR 1944 5 . . . Ba5 5 Be2 d6 7 Na3 Bb6 8 Qg3 Qf6 is about even, Braga-Hoen, Buenos Aires 1978. d 8 Bc4 d6 8 . . . Na5 9 Be2 d5 10 Qg3 9 f3 Na5 10 Bb3 Nxb3t 11...