Dutch Defense - New and Forgotten Ideas - Minev, Donaldson

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CONTENTS
A80 1. d4 f5 (without 2. g3, 2. e4, 2. c4) Game(s)

. 2. g4 ............................................................................................ 1 -3
2. e3 (without Nf3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. e3 e6 3 . Bd3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Nc3 g6 . . .. .. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8- 1 0
2. Nc3 d 5 3 . Bf4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - 1 2
2. Nc3 d5 3 . Bg5 (without 3 . . . Nf6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3- 1 5
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4 . f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6- 1 9
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4 . Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2 1
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4. Bf4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 (3 . . . h6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-28
2. Bg5 h6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2. Bg5 g6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-32
2. Bg5 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2. Bg5 c5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2. Bg5 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-37
2. Bg5 Nf6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-40
2. Nf3 g6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
2. N f3 e6 3 . Nc3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2. N f3 e6 3. c3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2. Nf3 c6 3 . Bf4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2. Nf3 e6 3. d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3
lluh·h I kknsc: New and h 11 l'.nlh'll ldt•a.,
AKI I. d4 f5 2. g.' Nft, .' Ugl (willmnt d-r4l .
3 . . . d6 4. Nil c6 5. 0-0 ()c7 ............................................................ 50

3. . . e6 4 . N f3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .... . ..................................... ... . . . . . . . . . 5 1
3. . . g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. N d 2 d5 ................ .... .. ....... .... 52 . . . . . . .
3. . . g6 4. c3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................. . . . . . . . . 53
3. . . g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ......................... . . . . . . . . 54
3. . . g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5 . 0-0 0-0 ............... . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . ... . . ........... .. .5 5-56
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A82 1. d4 fS 2. e4
2. . . e6 ................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2. . . d6 ........................... . .
............ ............................................... 58-61
2. . . fxe4 3 . f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-67
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 c5 5. d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-73
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-75
2. . . fxe4 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
A83 1. d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. BgS

4. . . b6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-78
4. . . g6 5. f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-80
4. . . g6 5. h4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 -82
4. . . c6 5. B xf6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4. . . c6 5. f3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4. . . c6 5. f3 exf3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-88
4. . . e6 5. B xf6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4. . . e6 5 . f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-91
4. . . e6 5 . Nxe4 Be7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-95
4. . . Nc6 5 . d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97
4. . . Nc6 5 . Nh3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
AK4 I. d4 fS 2. c4
d6 3 . g4 . . . . . . . . ................................... . ... . ........... ....... . .. .. .. ...
. ....... 99
df, 3. ND g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5 . e4 ....... .. ................. . .. . . . . . . ....... ..... 1 00
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2. . . e6 3. a3 . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101-104
......... ....... ... . . . . . ... . . .. .. .
2. . . e6 3. Nf3 c5 .. .
............. ..... . .. .. .
........... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
. . ..... ... . . .... . . .
2. . . e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106- 1 07
2. . . e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nh3 (4. Bf4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 08- 1 09
2. . . e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5 . Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 0
2. . . e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5 . Qc2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1
2. . . e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2
2. . . e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5 . Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 (6. 0-0) . . . . . 1 1 3- 1 1 4
2. . . e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6. (without Nc3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5- 1 1 6
ASS 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3

3. . . g6 4. h4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 7- 1 1 8
3... g 6 4. f3 . . . . . . . . ............... . . . . . ... . .. .. ..
........ ........ . . .. ... ..... . ....... 1 1 9- 1 20
3. . . g6 4. Nf3 B g7 5 . Bf4 d6 6. Qb3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1
3. . . g6 4 . Bg5 Bg7 5 . Nf3 (5. Qd2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22- 1 23
3. . . e6 4. f4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24
3. . . e6 4. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25
3. . . e6 4. a3 b6 5 . Nf3 Bb7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 26- 1 27
3. . . e6 4. g3 Bb4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 28- 1 29
3. . . e6 4. e3 b6. 5 . Bd3 Bb7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 30- 1 33
3... e6 4. e3 Be7 5 . Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 34
3. . . e6 4. e3 d5 5 . Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 35
3. . . e6 4. e3 d5 5 . Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 36
3. . . e6 4. Nf3 b6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37- 1 38
3. . . e6 4. Nf3 d5 5 . Bf4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 39- 1 42
3. . . e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43- 1 48
A86 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3
3 d6 4. Bg2 c6 5 . Nf3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 49- 1 50
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3 . . . g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nc3 0-0 6. e3 d6 7 . Nge2 e5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1

3 . . . g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nh3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 52- 1 55
A87 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6

7. b3 1 56
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I luh'h I kh-11�1· Nt·w aud h "l'.olh"ll Idea�
7. d) l57
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7. Nl·.\ ()l·X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 58- 1 61
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AMM I. d4 f5 2. c:4 Nf(, J. �J �6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3

c:(,
X. hJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 62- 1 64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
X. d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 65- 1 67
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X. ()h3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 68
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A89 1. d4 f5 2. c4 f6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 6 7. Nc3

Nc6
8. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 69
8 . b3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 70
8 . d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 1
A90 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 (without 4 . . . Be7)

4. . . c5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 2
4. . . c6 5 . Nh3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 3
4. . . Bb4t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 74
4. . . d5 5 . Nh3 c6 6. 0-0 B d6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75
4. . . d5 5 . Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 76- 1 78
A92 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0

6. d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 79
6. 0-0 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 80
6. 0-0 d5 7 . Qc2 c6 8 . Ne5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 1 - 1 82
A93-95 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7.

b3 c6
7. b3 c6 8 . Bb2 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 83
7 . b3 c6 8 . Ba3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 84
7 . N c 3 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 85
A96-97 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 (,. 0-0 d(•
7 . b4 ................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 X6
7 . b3 .
............................. ..................................................... . 187-IXX
7 . Nc3 c6 8 . Qc2 . . . . ... ..... . . . . . ..... ... . .. . . ... .. .. .......... ......................... 189
7 . Nc3 Qe8 8 . Qd3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re 1 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 1 - 192
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Rei Qg6 9. e4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 93
A98-99 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7.

Nc3 Qe8
8. Qc2 Nc6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 94
8 . Qc2 Qh5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95- 1 97
8 . b3 aS 9. Ba3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 98
7
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l(xplanaliuns uf Files, Ranks, Symbols, and

lhl· Quccnin� Square.
Black Side
White Side
Explanation of Symbols
X = captures
= check
t
+- = White bas a winning advantage
-+ = Black has a winning advantage
± = White has a definite advantage
+ = Black has a definite advantage
;t = White has the better game
+ = Black has the better game
00 = Unclear
!J. = with the idea
N/f3 = Knight on f3 (for example)

•
Only some of these sysmbols may have been used in

the current book.
H
Introduction
IM John Donaldson
y first knowledge of International Master Nikolay Minev came went I went to

M play in theAcropolis International in Athens in the summer of 1980. That spring,
while attending the University of Washington, I had written letters to all the national
chess federations in Europe, but only the Greeks had replied. Traveling from Seattle
to Athens by plane, train and boat over several days, I arrived exhausted at the Hotel
Hellenais. When I checked in I discovered I had a roommate, a young Greek player
by the name of Socrates loakamidis. We immediately hit it off, and spent much of
our free time analyzing variations. I was impressed with Socrates' knowledge of the
game, but he modestly gave all the credit to the national trainer, one IM Minev of
Bulgaria, who was on loan to the Greek Chess Federation.
Greek chess was not much to speak about until the late 1970s. There were a few
weak IMs before, but nothing more. When the Balkaniads were held, featuring teams
from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Turkey and Greece, the later two were
always battling to stay out of the cellar. This of course, is no longer the case. Greece is
now a chess power with over half a dozen GMs. Many of them like Skembris, Grivas
and Kotronias all worked with Minev during his stay in Greece in the late 1970s and
early 80s. His work has not been forgotten. Last year Turkish GM Suat Atalik, who
was his country's top junior in the late 1970s, remarked wistfully to me that he wished
he had the opportunity to study with Minev when he was coming up.
My first face to face meetings with Dr. Minev (he was a medical doctor as well as
a chess player in Bulgaria) came in Norway in the winter of 1983 when we played
twice over the board in Hamar and Gausdal, but I really only got to know him well
later that year. One of the biggest shocks of my life was running into Dr. Minev and
his wife Elena in the University District in Seattle in front of the Neptune movie
theater in August of 1983. I must have walked by that comer hundreds of times as an
undergraduate at the U of W, but on that hot summer day the fates conspired so that
the Minevs and I crossed paths. They had defected from Bulgaria earlier that year,
spent some time in Austria and then received permission to settle in the United States.
It happened that a Bulgarian-American family in Seattle offered to sponsor them. I
happened to be the one of the few Americans Nikolay knew, and yet despite the odds
we had chanced to run into each other.
Nikolay quickly made himself at home in his new surroundings and immediately
raised the chess culture of the Pacific Northwest as a teacher, writer and player. He
didn't play a lot, but still managed to tie for first in an American Open and take home
9
Dutch Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas
Washington and Oregon Open titles. Many Northwest masters, including Bobby
Ferguson, Kent Pullen, Matt Edwards and Michael Franett benefited from his tutelage,
but it was as a writer that Minev became best known to American chess players. First
he appeared in Northwest Chess, later Players Chess News and for over a decade as
a regular columnist for Inside Chess. Along the way he found time to write several
chess books including a two-volume work onAkiba Rubinstein with this author and
the best selling French Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas which has gone through
several printings.
The book which you have in front of you is similar in style to the work on the
French. It seeks to increase the student's knowledge of the ideas behind the opening
and to acquaint them with the various tactical motifs characteristic of this aggressive
defense. What makes Nikolay's work different from most books on the openings
is thai it seeks to impart this knowledge in a pleasurable fashion through the usc of
miniature games instead of dry theoretical lines. Through the use of games that conjure
up the idea of crime and punishment the reader is able to develop a feel for the opening.
Does this book cover every line of the Dutch? No, but such a work would be huge,
and furthermore how many players below the master level are consistently in mainline
theory game after game. Not many! This book can be read with benefit by those who
play the Dutch, open 1. d4, want to improve their tactics and or just enjoy playing
through short, snappy games that often feature a clever twist at the end.
While I was reading through this book I couldn't help but notice how many of
the participants in the upcoming Irnre Konig Memorial at the Mechanics' Institute
had wins featured. Quick victories with white by GMs Browne, Ftacnik, Atalik and
Fedorowicz are all to be found, but the only game by GM Yermolinsky is a win as
Black. Yermo, who is the M. l. 's Grandmaster-in-Residence, has set this straight by
kindly annotating game number 201 which points to the strength of 2. Nc3 as an anti
Dutch weapon. I have long been impressed by the strength of this Veresov-type setup
against 1 . . . f5 as it helped me win my first game against an IM while rated an expert.
I have made brief annotations to it, which point out how easily players can get off the
beaten path in this dynamic opening.
IM John Donaldson
Berkeley
April 2003
Yermolinsky,A-Kaugars,A attack.
National Open 1999 7. Nf3 Nbd7?!
Notes by Alex Yermolinsky This is very awkward, but 7. . . Bg7 8.
h5 Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Ng5 Kd7 11.
l. d4 fS 2. Nc3 dS 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Qxh5 Qe8 12. Qh3 Qg6 13. Nxe6 Kxe6
Bd3 g6 6. h4! Be6? 14. f3 Na6 15. e4 gives White a strong
6 . . . Bg7 7. h5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5 gxh5 9. initiative.
QxhSt Kf8 IO. Bxf5 offers White a strong 8. hS Rg8
10
Accepting the gift loses on the spot: 21. Bxh5.
8 ... Nxh5 9. Rxh5 gxh5 10. Ng5 Bf7 II. 15. dxc5
Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxh5t Kf6 13. Bxf5 Qe8 Another possibility was 15. Nxa?l
14. BeSt. Kb8 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Rxh5, but the text
9. hxg6 hxg6 does the job.
10. Ng5 Bt7 15. Nxe5
11. Qd2 As 15... cxb5 is met by 16. exf6 Qxf6
Having secured complete domination 17. Qa5 Nb6 18. Qxa7.
on the kingside, White calmly finishes his 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
development. 17. Nxt7 Qe8
11. e6 18. Nxd8 1-0
Here 11 ... Ne4 12. Ncxe4 fxe4 13. Be2
Nf6 14. 0-0-0 Bg7 15. f3 Qd7 may be a
Donaldson,J-Formanek,E
Vancouver 1976
Notes by John Donaldson
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5

This is a very rare answer to 2. Nc3
and 3. Bg5. There is only one game in
ChessBase's MegaData Base 2001 with
3 ... c5, and there White answered 4. d5.
4. Bxf6 exf6
5. d5 Bd6
IM Formanek introduces a novel
scheme of development, aimed at acti
vating the f-Bishop, but 5... d6, planning
...g6 and ...Bh6 was safer.
Black had to try 13... Nh5, but White
6. Qd3 f4
has 14. e4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Bg7 ( 15 ... 0-0-0
7. Nf3
16. exd5 exd5 17. g4 Qf6 18. Nxf7 Qxf7
This may not be the most exact. 7. NbS
19. gxf5 Bg7 20. Rdg1 gxf5 21. Ne2 Rdf8
Be5 (7... Qb6 looks more reliable) 8. d6
22. Ng3 with a big advantage) 16. exd5 e5
is awkward for Black.
17. d6! maintai n in g the initiative.
7. 0-0
14. NbS!
8. g3 a6
An une xpected shot.
9. Bh3 Qe7
14. e5 gxf4
10.
Played after long thought, but there
A more positional way of playing is
was no way out. For example: 14 ... cxb5
10. Nh4 g6 1 1 . Ng2 fxg3 12. hxg3 with
15. Qc3t Nc5 16. dxc5 (16. Qxc5t Qxc5
some advantage, but the direct text is
17. dxc5 is simpler: 17 ... Rg7 18. Be5 Be7
more to the point.
19. Bxb5 Bg8 20. c6) d4 17. exd4 Nd5
10. Bxf4
18. Qd2 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxa2
11. Rg1
11
Dutch Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas ,
Even stronger was 1 1. Rdl!, with the This opens the a2-g8 diagonal and
point that 11. . . d6 (ll . . . Bd6 was prob overloads the black Queen which can't
ably forced) 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Qf5 wins defend both t h e Bishop a n d t h e g6
a piece. square.
11. g6 12. Qxd6
Or 12 . . . Bxd6 13. Nd5 Qf7 ( 13. . . Qd8
14. Rxg6t hxg6 15. Qxg6t Kh8 16. Bf5)
14. Nb6 winning.
13. Qc4t Kg7
14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Nd5 Qa5t
16. b4 cxb4
17. Qxf4 b3t
18. Qb4 Qxb4t
19. Nxb4 a5
Black had to play 11 .. Kh8 though af
. 20. Nd5 bxa2
ter 12. Bf5 g6 (the horrible looking 12 . . . 21. Ra1 a4
g5 had to be played) White has 13. Bxg6 22. c4 Ra5
hxg6 14. Nh4 winning. 23. Rxa2
12. d6! and I went on to win in 49 moves to
collect my first IM scalp.
12
CHAPTERS
Page No.
1 A80 1 . d4 f5 (without 2. g3, 2. e4, 2. c4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
2 A8 1 1 . d4 f5 2 . g 3 Nf6 3 . Bg2 (without c2-c4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
3 A82 1. d4 f5 2. e4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
4 A83 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5 A84 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6 A85 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
7 A86 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 09
8 A87 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

d6 1 15
.......................................................... . ...............................
9 A88 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 g6 4. Bg2 B g7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6

7 . Nc3 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1
1 0 A89 1 . d4 f5 2 . c4 f6 3 . g 3 g6 4 . Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6 . 0-0 6 7 .

Nc3 Nc6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 27
1 1 A90 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 (without 4 . . . Be7) . . . 1 3 1
1 2 A92 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4 . Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 ... . .... 1 37
1 3 A93-95 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

d5 7. b3 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 1
1 4 A96-97 1 . d4 f5 2. c 4 Nf6 3 . g 3 e 6 4 . Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6 . 0-0

d6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 45
1 5 A98-99 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1
13
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A80
Unusual Lines
14
1. d4 f5 (without 2. g3, 2. e4, 2. c4) Game
2. g4 ...... . ................................................................................ 1 -3
2. e3 (without N£3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. e3 e6 3 . Bd3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Nc3 g6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
2. Nc3 d5 3. £3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8- 1 0
2. Nc3 d5 3 . B£4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - 1 2
2. Nc3 d5 3 . Bg5 (without 3 . . . Nf6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 - 1 5
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4 . f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6- 1 9
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4 . Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21
2. Nc3 d5 3 . e4 dxe4 4. Bf4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
2. Nc3 Nf6 3 . Bg5 Ne4 (3 . . . h6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2. Nc3 Nf6 3 . Bg5 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-28
2. Bg5 h6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2. Bg5 g6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-32
2. Bg5 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2. Bg5 c5 ........................................· ......................................... 34
2. Bg5 c6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-37
2. Bg5 N£6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-40
2. Nf3 g6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
2. Nf3 e6 3 . Nc3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2. Nf3 e6 3. B £4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
2. Nf3 e6 3. d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
15
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Ill
( 'alliuau-Saidy,A
(IS:\ I C)(,,"\
I. d4 1'5 2. �4!'!
i\ gambit suggested by Lasker.
2. fxg4
.t e4 d5
/\Iso possible is 3 . . . d6 4. Nc3
(4 . h3 ! ?) Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5
7. 0-0-0 Be6 8. d5 Bf7, Hiibner- 11. Nh4
Biskacek, Ybbs 1968. According to 12. 0-0 Nf3 t
ECO, White has compensation for 13. Kh1 Be4
the sacrificed pawn. 0-1.
4. e5 Bf5
5. Nc3 ? !
Not mentioned in ECO, but it [2 ]
seems to be worse than 5. h3 gxh3 Teske,H-Kristiansen,E
6. Nxh3. We believe this continua Voronezh 1987
tion offers sufficient compensation
for the pawn. 1. d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. h3
5. c5 Not mentioned in ECO, but this
6. Bb5 t ? ! Nc6 is the orig i n a l idea beh ind the
7. Bxc6 t ? gambit, u sed in some games in
As we shall soon see, the ex the past.
change of the light-squared Bishop 3. g3 ! ?
is strategically a very bad idea. Opening the h-file by 3 . . . gxh3
7. bxc6 4. Nxh3 gives too many tactical
8. Nge2 e6 opportunities to White.
9. Be3 Ne7! 4. fxg3 Nf6
10. a3 Ng6 5. Nc3 d5
11. Na4 6. Bg2 c5
7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bg5 cxd4
9. Nxd4 e5
10. Bxf6 gxf6
11. Nxc6 bxc6
16
I ·:<'( l A XO
12. e3 Qb6? !
Better i s 1 2 . . . Be6 with unclear
play.
13. Qh5t Ke7
14. 0-0-0 Be6
15. Rd3 Rb8
16. b3 Qa5
17. Rhd1 Bg7
Another continuation not men

tioned in ECO, which is probably
the most interesting in this gam
bit.
3. Nf6
4. h3 d5
5. Nc3 c5
6. e3 g3
18. Nxd5t ! cxd5 7. Bxg3 e6
19. Bxd5 Bxd5 8. Nf3 Bd7 ? !
If 19 . . . Rbd8 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 Better i s 8 . . . Be7, followed by
2 1 . Qg4t Kf7 22. Rd7t and White 9... 0-0.
wins. 9. Qd2 cxd4
20. Rxd5 Qa3t 10. exd4 Bb4
21. Kb1 Rbd8 11. Bd3 0-0
22. Qg4! 1 -0. 12. Rg1 Nc6
13. Bh4 Qe8??
[3 ]
Stefanova,A-Bratanov,J
Bulgaria 1993
1 . d4 f5 2. g4 fxg4 3. Bf4 ! ?
17
Losing. Black should play 13 ... 17. Ng.H'?

Kh8, but after 14. 0-0-0 White Losing immediately. Instead, 17.
still maintains good attacking h3 still offered defensive chances.
chances. 17. BeSt
I�. C)ht,! Q17 0-1.
IS. Hxf(, Qxf6
1(,. Qxh7"1" Kfi
17. Rg6 Qxf3 [5]
IM. Rxg7t 1 -0. Scott,R-Anspach
If I!L. Ke8, then 19. Bg6t and London 1913
WillS.
1 . d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4.
Nc3? d5 ! 5. Nf3 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7.
[4] Ne5 cxd4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. exd4
Gorbacheva-Gogiava,K Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 1 1 . h3 Qc7 12.
Tbilisi 1 948 Bg5 Ne4 13. Qh5
1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nd2 e6 4. Bd3

d5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. f3
Deserving of attention is 6. f4 ! ?
followed by Nh3-Nf2 and 0-0.
6. Bd6
7. Nh3 0-0
8. 0-0 Qe8
9. e4 fxe4
10. fxe4 e5 !
11. Ng5? 13. Bh2t !
Critical is 1 1 . Nf2 ! ?, while 1 1 . 14. Kfl Bf4
exd5 exd4 ( 1 1 . . . e4? ! 1 2 . Rel ! ) 15. Nxe4
seems to be i n Black's favor. Now No better is 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16.
Black seizes the initiative. Bxe4 (if 16. Qe2 or 16. Re2 Ng3t,
11. h6 or 16 . Qf3 Nd2t) fxe4 17. Nd 1
12. Ngf3 exd4 Qh2 ! 18. Ne3 Ba6t 19. c4 Rf5 ! ,
13. Nxd4 Ne5 ! followed by 20 . . . Raf8, and Black
14. Bc2 Neg4 wins.
15. N2f3 Nxe4 15. fxe4
16. Ne2 Qh5 16. Be2 g6
18
I ·.< '< l i\KII
1 7. Qh6 B xgS 8. Qxd8"!" Nxd8

18. QxgS Qh2 9. N bS Nell
19. f3 exf3 10. hxg6 hxg6
20. Bxf3 Rxf3 t ! 11. Rxh8 Bxh8
0-1. 12. Be4 Ke7
For if 2 1 . gxf3 Ba6t and wins. 13. 0-0-0! e6
14. Bxe6 Bxe6
1S. Ne7 ReS
[6] 16. BeSt Kf6
Steudtmann,C-Casper, T 17. Nxe6 b6
East Germany 1979 Or 17 . . . Kxe6 1 8 . Rd6t Kf7 1 9.
Rd7t and 20. Rxb7.
1. d4 fS 2. Ne3 g6? ! 3. h4! Bg7 18. Rd6 bxeS
F o r 3 . . . Nf6-s e e t h e n e x t 19. NxeSt KgS
game. 20. Nf3t KhS
4. hS d6 21. Rd1 ! fxe4
Larsen's suggestion . In stead 22. Nxe4 Bf6
4 . . . Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 23. Nxf6t 1-0.
offers better chances for White, as
in Debarnot-Larsen, Las Palmas
1976. [7]
S. e4 Ne6 Pribyl,M-Minich,P
6. Be3 eS Trnava 1990
7. dxeS
1. d4 fS 2. Ne3 g6? ! 3. h4! Nf6 4.
hS! Bg7
After 4 . . . Nxh5 5. Rxh5 ! gxh5
6. e4 White has excellent compen
sation for the sacrificed exchange.
S. hxg6! ?
A new continuation, even better
than 5. h6 ! ? Bf8 6. Bg5 d5 7. Qd2
e6 8. 0-0-0 Bb4 9. f3 0-0 10. Nh3
c6 1 1 . a3 ! (1 1 . e4? Qa5 !) Ba5 12.
7. dxeS? e4 ! with an advantage, Mohring
Now Black loses material. He Knezevic, Hradez Kralove 19 771
should have tried 7 . . . Nxe5 ! ? 78 . Deserving attention i s 8 . . .
19
Be7!?-Mohri ng. [8]

S. hx�(, Kort-Van der Weide,P
(,. lhhtH lhhM Amsterdam 1971
7. (}cl2! H �7
H. (}�S Kt7 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. Bg5
•). NB Nh7 e6? ! 5. e4 Be7 6. exf5 exf5 7. Qd2
II 1) . dl1'!, t h e n 10. Nh4 i s
. . 0-0 8. 0-0-0 c6 9. Re1 b5 10. Nh3
strong. Nbd7 1 1 . Ne2 Nb6 12. Ng3
1 0. Qh4 Kg8 In ECO thi s game is assessed
II. e4 Bf6 at this point as slightly better for
On 11. . . d6?? White has 1 2 . White.
Bc4t winning. 12. g6?
12. Qh6 Nf8 This is an unnecessary and prob
13. exf5 gxf5 ably decisive weakening of the
14. Bg5 d5 King's wing. Better is 12 . . . Nc4
15. 0-0-0 Be6 1 3 . Bxc4 bxc4 etc. or 12 . . . aS.
16. Bxf6 exf6 13. Nf4 Na4
17. Bd3 Nc6 14. h4 Qd6
18. Rh1 Qe7 15. ReS
19. Bxf5 ! Bxf5 15. Nxb2?

20. Nxd5 Qd6 This is a faulty combination in
If 20 . . . Qg7, then 2 1 . Nxf6t Kn an already difficult position.
22. Ng5t and White wins. 16. Rxe7 !
21. Nxf6t Kf7 Stronger than 16. Kxb2 Qa3t 17.
22. Ng5t Ke7 Kb1 Bb4 18. Qcl Qa5, even if here
23. Qg7t 1-0. it also seems that Black's i nitiative
is not enough compensation for the
20
plCCC.
16. Qa3
17. Qe3 Qxa2
18. Be2 Ne4
19. fxe4 fxe4
20. Qb3 Qal t
21. Kd2 Nc4 t
22. Qxc4! 1-0.
[9] 13. Rf3 Qh4

Shereshevsky,M-Kutuev 14. g5 !
Tbilisi 1975 S u d d e n l y B l ac k 's Q u e e n i s
trapped !
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 Nc6 ? ! 14. Kd8
This i s a n original, but question Also losing is 14 . . . g6 1 5 . Rh3,
able continuation, not mentioned in or 14 . . . Rf8 15. g3 ! Qh3 16. Bfl ,
ECO. or 14 . . . Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rf8 16. g3
4. e4 e6 (16 . . . Qh3 17. Bfl) Qe4 17. Rxf8t
If 4 . . . dxe4, then 5. d5 Ne5 Kxf8 18. Bd3.
6. fxe4 with better chances for 15. Rf4 1-0.
White. If 15 . . . Qxg5 16. Rf8t, or 15 . . .
5. Bb5 Bb4 Qg3 16. Rg4, winning the Queen.
6. Nge2 fxe4
7. fxe4 Qh4t
8. Ng3 Nf6 [10]
9. 0-0! Ng4 Pomar,A-Larsen,B
Or 9 . . Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 1 1 .
.
Barcelona 1975
Rl4 is in White's favor.
1 0. h3 Qxg3 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 c5 ! 4. e4
II. hxg4 Bd6? e5 !
If II . Hxc3 White has 12. Rf3
. .
Now considered Black's best.
with advantage. Re latively better is 5. Bb5t?
1 1 . . . Rf8 . According to ECO, White's best
12. e5 Bb4 is 5. dxe5 (5. Nxd5 cxd4 unclear)
d4 6. Bc4 (6. Nce2 ! ?) Nc6 (6 . . .
dxc3?? 7. Bf7t Ke7 8. Bg5t) 7. Nd5
21
Nxe5 8 . Qe2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. 4. d e6

Bf4 Ne7 1 1 . Bg5 Be6 12. Ne2 with For 4 . c6 - see the next game.
. .
approximately equal chances, Ros 5. Nf3 Be7 ! ?

setto-Pelikan, Argentina 1959. E C O gives only 5 . . . Bd6 6 .
This critical continuation should Bxd6 cxd6 with equal chances.
be tested further in practice. 6. Bd3 0-0
5. Bd7 7. h3 Ne4
(•. Hxd7t Nxd7 8. Ne2 c5
7. Nxd5 cxd4 9. c3 Nc6
8. Ne2 fxe4 10. Ne5 ? ! Bd6
9. fxe4 Ngf6 11. f3 ? !
10. Bg5 ·Qa5t
11. Bd2 Qc5
12. Nxf6t Nxf6
13. Ng3 h5 !
14. Qf3
Maybe 14. h4 is more hopeful.
14. h4
15. Ne2 Qxc2
16. Qf5 Qxe4
17. Qe6t Be7
18. Bb4 Nd5 Probably 11. 0 - 0 keeps the bal
19. Bxe7 Nf4 ! ance.
20. Qc4 Kxe7 11. cxd4!
0-1. 12. Nxc6? ?
A blunder. Mandatory was 12.
exd4.
[11] 12. Qh4t !
Polgar,Zs-Salov, V 13. g3 Nxg3
Madrid 1 992 14. Bxg3 Bxg3t
15. Kfl bxc6
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 16. cxd4 f4
This game shows that after 2 . 17. Nxg3 Qxg3
Nc3 White must play very actively, 18. e4 e5
in gambit style. Positional plans are 0- 1.
not appropriate.
3. Nf6
22
H " ( l /\ XO
(l2J Nc5! Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc) 2 1. hxch

Khalifman,A-Topalov, V bxc6 22. Rxc6 w ith a dea r adva n
Las Palmas 1993 tage. -Khalifman.
18. Qc2 Rf6
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Or 18 . . . c5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20.
e3 c6? ! dxc5 Nxc5 2 1 . Qxc5 etc.-Khalif-
This is not mentioned in ECO, man.
but seems to be worse than 4 . . . e6 19. Rfd1 a6
as in the previous game. 20. Nf4 h6
5. Nf3 g6 21. Qb2 Kh7
6. Bd3 Bg7 22. Ne5 Nec5?
7. 0-0 0-0 23. Rxc5 ! 1-0.
8. Ne2 Ne4
9. c4
[13]
Ortega,R-Piesek,J
Telese Terme 1993
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3
Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Nd7?
A typical mistake. The correct
order of moves is 6 . . . h6 7. Bf4
Nd7 etc.
7. h5! h6
9. Kh8?
This is a waste of time. Better
was 9. . . e6, with White still retain
i ng a n advantage after 10. Be5.
1 0. Be5 e6
II. b 4! Nd6
12. Bxg7t Kxg7
13. Qb3 Nd7
14. a4 Qf6
15. cxd5 exd5
16. b5 Ne4 8. hxg6 ! hxg5
17. Racl Qd6 9. Rxh8 Bxh8
If 17 . . . g5, then 18. Rfdl g4 19. 10. Nxg5 Qb6
23
the b e t t e r chances, because the

There i s no defen se. If 10 ...
open i ng of the position by e3-e4
Bg7 11. Ne6, or 10 . . Bf6 11. g7!,
.
or 10 . Ndf6 11 . Nn etc.
. .
is unavoidable.
11. g7 ! 1-0. 12. Nxd5 ! Qxd5
Because of 11 . Bxg7 12. Qh5t
. .
There is nothing else, because of
Kd8 13. Ne6#. 12 . . . Qxd2 1 3. Nxe7#.
13. c4
Black's Queen is trapped in the
[ 14] center, a relatively rare tactical op
Solozhenkin,E-Norri,J portunity.
Finland 1 993 13. Ne4
14. fxe4 1 -0.
1 . d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. After 14 . . . Qxe4 15. Bd3 the
Qd2 Bg7 5. h4 Be6 ? ! Queen is trapped again.
This is new, but hardly a n ex-
ample to follow.
6. Nh3 h6 [ 15]
7. Bf4 c6 Guigonis,D-Denis,L
8. e3 Nd7 France (ch team) 1 996
9. f3 Ngf6
10. 0-0-0 Qa5
11. Kb1 0-0-0?
Overlooking a surprising tacti 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Ne5Rg8 9. Bd3

cal trick, which was also feasible Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ng4 11. Bg3 e5
if 1 1 . . . 0-0 was played. Instead, gave White slightly better chances
1 1 . . . Kf7 eliminates the immedi in, Polugaevsky-Vasiukov, USSR
ate threat, but White clearly keeps (ch) 1 974.
24
1·.1 ' I l A XO
7. Ngf6'! dxc5 Qxdl"j" 6. Kxdl, and now h ...

Obl igatory was 7 . . . Bg7 or 7 . . . exf3 7. gxf3 c6 X. 14 ( Kampars)
e6. Now Black is lost ! seems to be favorable for W h i te.
S. hS! gxhS but 6. . . Nc6 or 6. . . Be6 lead to
If 8 . . . Nxh5 9. Rxh5 ! gxh5 10. unclear positions.
Qxh5#, or 8 . . . g5 9. Bxf5 ! , threat S. Nxf3 g6
ening 10. Bg6#. Or 5 . . . Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 !
9. BxfS RgS etc.
10. Qd3 e6 6. h4! Bg7
11. Bg6t If 6 . . . h6? then 7. Ne5 !
Stronger than 1 1 . Bxe6 Nc5 1 2 . 7. hS e6
dxc5 Bxe6 etc. S. BgS Qd6
11. Ke7
12. Nf3 b6
13. Nh4 aS
14. e4 Ba6
1S. exdS ! cxdS
If 15 . . . Bxd3 16. d6#.
16. Qe3 NbS
17. 0-0-0 Kd7
1S. Bt7 Qe7
19. BxgS NxgS
20. Qf3 1-0. 9. NbS
Deserving attention is 9. Qd2
followed by 0-0-0.
[16] 9. Qb6
Kampars-Uberti Kampars turns down 9 . . . Qg3t
Corr. 1 961 because of 10. Ke2, threatening
to win the Queen with 1 1 . Rh3,
1. d4 fS 2. Nc3 dS 3. e4 dxe4 but 10 . . . Bd7 1 1 . Qd3 a6 is not
Black can also reach the game so clear.
continuation by 3 . . . fxe4 4. f3 Nf6 10. Bf4 Na6
5. fxe4 dxe4 etc. 11. NeS Bd7
4. f3 exf3? ! 12. a4 BxbS
The acceptance of the gambit 13. axbS NbS
pawn gives a strong i n itiative to If 13 . . . Nb4 14. c3 Nd5 15. Nc4
White. Black's best is 4 . . . e5 ! ? 5. and wins-Kampars.
25
l l u h' h l ll' l c u•,,· Nnv a u d hoq•ol h'l l I dea�.
. .. . d c:tt H. h] Bxe2
IS. <)elM
Nt·_. 9. Nxe2 e5
Itt. Kc7
Ndtt'l' 10. 0-0 exd4
17. lk .. Qd 7
IH. Qc2 Nf6
19. h (t Bf8
20. Nxb7 Nd5
Or 20... Qxb7 2 1 . Qxe6t Kd8
22. Qxf6t Qe7t 23. Qxe7t, and 24.
b6 wins.
21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Nc5 Qc8
23. b6 1 -0.
11. Nf4!
Wagering everything on the idea
[17] of keeping Black's King in the cen
Strobl-Struner,A ter, because after 1 1 . Nxd4 Ne5 1 2 .
Graz 1957 Bb3 Bc5 White's compensation i s
not s o clear (13. Be3 Nc6 ! ? o r 1 3 . . .
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 Qd6 ! ?).
Nf6 5. fxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5
This variation also arises from 12. Ne6 Qd7
the Staunton Gambit (see game 13. Bb3 Nc6
18), coded by ECO as A82, but we 14. Bg5 h5
think that the correct place for it This looks ugly, but maybe 14 . . .
is here. Qe7 deserves attention.
6. Bc4 Bg4 15. Bxf6 gxf6
ECO recommends 6 . . . e5 ! 7. 16. Rxf6 Bg7
dxe5 (7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 !) 17. Rf5 Rh6
Qxd 1 t 8 . Nxd 1 Ng4=. Another 18. Nxg7t Qxg7
proposition in ECO is 7. Bg5 exd4 19. Bf7t Kd7
8. Nxe4 Qe7 unclear. If somebody 20. Bxh5 Ne7?
wishes to examine this last varia Probably 20 . . . Rf6 was Black's
tion, he should look first to 9. Bd3 last chance.
Bf5. For 6 . . . Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 ! ? See 21. Rf7 Qe5
the next game. 22. Bg4t Kc6
7. Nge2 Nbd7 23. c3 1 -0.
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I f 23 ... dJ, then 24. Qa4"!" b5 25.
Qa6"1" and 26. Qxh 6 , or 23 . . . Rd6
24. Qa4t b5 (or 24 . . . Kb6) 25.
cxd4 Rxd4 26. Rf6t ! and wins.
[ 18]
Maroja,H-Padevski,N
Virovitica 1 976
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 10. Qe1 ! Bxe2

f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. If 10 . . . Nxc2 1 1 . Bxf6 ! Qxf6
Nge2 e5 ! ? 8. Bg5 ? ! 1 2 . Qg3 Qb6t 1 3 . Kh 1 Bxe2 14.
Accordi ng t o Kovacevic (In Qxe5t Be7 1 5 . Bf7t Kd7 ( 1 5 . . .
formant), 8. d5, followed by Bg5, Kd8 16. Qxg7) 16. Rad 1 t Bxd 1
leads to advantage for White. R. 17. Rxd1 Bd6 (17 . . . Kc8 18 . Nd5 !)
Byrne and Mednis (ECO) counter 18. Be6t Ke8 19. Qxg7 and White
with 8 . . . Na5 !=. It is hard to judge wins - Kovacevic. Perhaps 1 1 . . .
who is right without a practical gxf6 (instead of 1 1 . . . Qxf6), and if
test. 12. Qh4 f5 13. Qg3 Nxa1 14. Qxe5t
8. Nxd4? Qe7 ! , deserves investigation.
Critical is 8 . . . exd4 ! and now the 11. Nxe2 Qd6
following analysis by Kovacevic: Here 1 1 . . . Nxc2 1 2 . Bxf6 gxf6
a) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxe4 Bb4t 1 3 . Qh4 Nxa1 14. Qh5t Kd7 is
1 1 . c3 Qh4t 1 2 . N2g3 dxc3 1 3 . unclear.
bxc3 Bxc3t with ad vantage for 12. Rd1 Qc5 ? !
B l ack. Black should play 1 2 . . . 0-0-0,
b) 9. Nxe4 Bb4t ! 10. c3 ( 1 0 . according to Kovacevic, with only
Kfl Bf5 !) dxc3 1 1 . N4xc3 Qxd1t slightly better chances for White
12. Rxd I Ne4 13. Bf4 Bg4 with after 1 3 . Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
advantage for B lack. 15. Qxe4 Kb8 16. Rf5 ! etc.
9. 0-0 Bg4 13. Nxd4! Qxc4? !
If 1 3 . . . exd4? 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qxe4t. Deserving of attention 13 . . .
0-0-0 ! ?
14. Nf5 Rd8
Or 14 . . . BeSt 1 5 . Kh1 0-0 16.
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Qh4 ! with a strong attack. dciCnsc.

1 5. Bxf(, gxf6 9. d5 ! ?
u,. Qh4 Rxdl This is a new idea. After the
1 7. Rxdl Qt7 routine 9. 0-0 e6 10. Qel 0-0-0
IM. Qxe4 Qg6? Black stands well.
Th i s is the fatal mistake. After 9. Na5
IX . d1 19. c4 Bc5t 20. Kh l Qg6,
. . 10. Bb5 e6
1nl l·nd ing 21 . . . 0-0, ·Black retains 11. dxe6 Qxd l t
dl'll-n s i vc chances. 12. Rxd1 bxe6? !
19. Qd3 BeSt After 1 2 . . . Nxc6 1 3 . Ng3 (or
20. Kh1 Rg8 1 3 . Nd4) White will recapture the
1 r 20 . . . 0-0 2 1 . Qc4t ! Rf7 (21 . . . e4-pawn with only slightly better
K hX 22 . Qxc5) 22. Rd8t Bf8 23. chances.
Nc7"1" and wins. 13. Ba4 ReS??
2 1. Qd7t Kf8
22. Qd8t 1 -0.
[ 19]
Codazza-Passelli
Italy 1 992
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ne3 Nf6 4.

f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bg5 Bf5 7.
Be4 Ne6 8. Nge2 Qd7 A blunder. Black has overlooked
a basic tactical elemen t-double at
tack, here feasible with the help of
the pi n. Mandatory was 1 3 . . . e6
or 13 . . . Bd7 with a playable posi-
tion.
14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Rd5 ! 1 -0.
The main line, considered al

most unanimously as Black's best
28
1·:< '(I AKO
L20J Nxg4 25. ReX//. But, thi ngs arl' not

Gedult-Thnski completely dear if 21 . KdX! 22 .
. .
Germany 1970 Qf3 Kxe7 23. Kdlt Kd7 24. Qf5"!"

Kd8 25. Ne6"!" Ke7 26. Nf4t Kdg
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 dxe4 4. with a draw by perpetual.
Bg5 ? ! Nd7? 14. Nfg5t Kg8
For the best try 4 . . . g6 - see the 15. Qd3 c6
next game. 16. Rf3 Nbd5
5. f3 Ngf6 17. Ran ReS
6. fxe4 fxe4 18. c4 Nb4
7. Bc4 h6? 19. Qb3 Na6
19 . . . Rh5 ! saves.
20. c5 Rh4
21. Nf4t Kh8
22. Ng6# 1-0.
[21]
Farrand-Romeos
England (ch) 1977
Black should try 7 . . . c6, intend 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 dxe4 4.

ing 8 . . . Nb6. Bg5 ? ! g6 ! 5 . Bc4 Bg7 6. Nge2
8. Nxe4! ? hxg5 Nc6
9. Nxg5 e6 Black has the advantage-ECO.
10. Bxe6 Qe7
11. N1f3 Nb6
12. 0-0 Bxe6
13. Nxe6 Kt7?
After 13 . . . Qxe6 14. Re1 Ne4
1 5 . Ng5 Qd6 16. Rxe4t Be7 17.
Qg4 ! ? Qxh2t 1 8 . Kf2 Rf8t 1 9.
Ke2 Wh ite has a strong attack
upon 19 . . . Nd5 ( 19 . . . Rd8 ? 20.
Rxe7t Kxe7 2 1. Qe6#) 20. Re1
Nf6? 2 1 . Rxe7t ! Kxe7 22. Kd 1t 7. d5 Ne5
Kd8 23. Ne6t Kc8 24. Nxf8 t ! 8. Bb5t c6
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111111'11 I h' k u �•· Nl'w a u d l'"'l'.lllll'll ldl'a�
9. (lxc:(, Qxdl"!" 9. 0-0 Bxc3

10. lhdl hxc(, 10. Nxc3 Nd5?
I I. Nd5'! Kf7
12. Nl·7 Rb8
u. Ha4 e6
14. Nd4 Ne7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7
16. b3 Nd3t !
17. Rxd3 exd3
18. Nxc6t Kd6
19. Nxe6 Kxe6
20. Nxb8 Bb7
21. Nd7 Bxg2 O verlooking White's tactical
22. Rg1 Bc3t p o s s i b i l ity. Black should play
0- 1. 10 . . . c6, intending 1 1 . . . Qe7 and
1 2 . . . Nbd7.
11. Nxd5 exd5
[22] 12. Bxc7 ! Qg5
Meszaros,G-Weteschnik,M P robably 1 2 . . . R x f l t 1 3 .
Kecskemet 1 994 Qxfl Qg5 offers more defensive
chances.
1 . d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. 13. Rxf8t Kxf8
Bf4 ! ? 14. Qe2 ! Be6
T h i s new continuation looks If 14 . . . dxc4 15. Rfl t Ke7 ( 1 5 . . .
quite promising. Bf5 1 6 . Qxe4 g6 17. Qxb7) 16.
4. e6? ! Qxe4t Be6 17. Qxb7 Qd5 (or 17 . . .
For 4 . . . g6 see the next game. In Bd5) 1 8 . Bd8t ! and wins.
our opinion Black should try 4 . . . 15. Rfl t Kg8?
Nf6, and if 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 This is the decisive m istake.
7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0 c6, After 1 5 . . . Ke7 16. Bb3 Black is
as in Gelfand-P. Nikolic, Munich clearly worse, but still alive.
1 994, or if 5. Bc4 c6, followed by 16. Qxe4! 1 -0.
Nbd7-Nb6.
5. f3 ! ? Nf6
6. fxe4 fxe4
7. Bc4 Bb4
8. Nge2 0-0
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1 ·.( ( l A KO
'
L 23 J 3 . . . h6? 4. B x f6 cx l6 5 . l'4 {)t•7 h.

Meszaros,G-Kriszany,L Qh5'!' Qf7 7. Qxf7 '!' K x l7 X . l k 4'1'
Bern (g/5) 1994 Kg6 9. exf5t Kh7 10. Bf7 g5 II.
fxg6t Kg7 12. Nge2 Bb4 1 3. Ng3
1. d4 fS 2. Nc3 dS 3. e4 dxe4 4. Bxc3t 14. bxc3 1-0, Platonov
Bf4 ! ? g6 5. BeS Nf6 6. f3 Nc6 Schipers, 1976.
A fatal mistake is 6 . . . Nbd7?? 4. Nxe4 fxe4
7. Nb5 ! Nxe5 8 . dxe5 Nd7 (8 . . . 5. f3 ! dS
N d 5 9. Q x d 5 ! ) 9. e 6 Ne5 1 0 . 6. e3 BfS
Qxd8t Kxd8 1 1 . 0-0-0t 1-0, as in 7. fxe4 Bxe4
Meszaros, G-Kriszany, L , Bern 8. Ne2 h6?
(g/5) 1 994. Maybe 8 . . . Qd6, but already
7. BbS Bg7 White stands much better.
8. fxe4 fxe4 9. Bf4 Nc6
9. dS Bg4? 10. Nc3 Bg6
11. Bd3 Bf7
12. 0-0 eS?
13. dxeS Qd7
14. e6! Qxe6?
Loses, but also after 14 . . . Bxe6
1 5 . Qh5t Kd8 16. Rad 1 Black's
position is hopeless.
15. NbS ! 1 -0.
10. dxc6! Bxd 1 [25]

11. cxb7t Kf8 Mikenas, V-Aiekseev,A
12. Rxd1 Qb8 USSR 1972
1 3. Bc6 ! 1-0.
1. d4 fS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. BgS dS 4. e3
e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 ? !
[ 24 ] Usual i s 6 . . . 0-0 7 . 0-0 Ne4=.
Polugaevsky,L-Franco,Z 7. Ne2 Ne4
Havana (of) 1 966 8. Nf4 ! ? NxgS
9. NxgS Nf8
1. d4 fS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. BgS Ne4? The variation 9 . . . Bxg5 1 0 .
Another poor conti n u ation is Nxe6 Qe7 1 1 . Nxc7t Kd8 1 2 . Nxa8
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Sl' l' I I I S t o l w i n W h i t l' 's la vor. [26]
10. N f.\ Hdt, Bagirov, V-Danov
I I. h.. c.·(, Moscow 1967
1 2. (.)c.· 2 Qc:7
Wor t hy of a l l l' l l l ion i s 1 2 . . . Qe7, 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4.
i n t l' nd i ng Nd7- N f6. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Ne2 ! ?
U. g] e5? This is a forgotten strategic idea
B l ac k shou ld keep the center for control of the e5-square, which
d o sed , therefore 1 3 . . . Bd7 and deserves serious attention.
14 . . . 0-0-0 is to be preferred. 6. h6? !
14. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 8. Nf4 0-0
16. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. c3 b6
17. c4! dxc4 If 9 . . . Qe8 10. h4 ! with advan-
18. Bxc4 0-0-0 tage.
19. Qd3 Ng6 10. Ng6 ReS
20. Qa3 a6 11. Nfe5 ! Bb7
21. Nd3 1-0. Probably 11 . . . Bxe5 ! ? had to be
tried.
12. f4 a6
13. Qh5 Nd7
14. g4! Nf8
15. g5 Bxe5
16. Nxe5 hxg5
17. fxg5 g6
Resignation, but also after 17 . . .
Qe7 1 8 . g6 Black is helpless against
the threat Rg i -Rg3-Rh3.
For if 21 . . . Qe4 22. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nxg6 Nxg6
23. Qxa6t Kc7 24. Nc5, or 21 . . . 19. Qxg6t Kf8
Qc7 (21 . . . Qe7) 22. Nc5 Ne5 (22 . . . 20. Be2 Qe7
Qb6 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Be6) 23. 21. h4 1-0.
Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qxa6t Kb8 25. Rd4
and wins.
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I · ( '( I /\ XO
1 27 1
B rowne, W-By rne,R
USA (ch) 1 977
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4.

Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 g6 7.
Qf3 c6 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. h3! Qb6?
lvkov and Sokolov (ECO) pro
pose 9 . . . h5 ! ?, while R. Byrne and
Mednis (Informant) consider it as
dubious because of 10. g4 ! hxg4 1 1 . 22. NbS ! ! cxb5
hxg4 fxg4 1 2 . Bxg6t Ke7 1 3 . Qg2, 23. Qc3t Nc6
intending Nf4, with the advantage. If 23 . . . Qc6 24. Rxf7t.
In case of 9 . . . Bg7 10. g4 fxg4 1 1 . 24. e5 ! Qc7
hxg4 Bf7 White's position i s to be 25. e6 ! ! 1-0.
preferred.
10. g4 ! Qxb2?
Byrne and Mednis recommend [28]
10 . . . fxg4 1 1 . hxg4 Bf7 1 2 . 0-0-0 Kingpin-Dunne,A
0-0-0 1 3 . Nf4 Bd6 14. Rh3, with Corr. 1993
only a sl ightly better game for
White. 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4.
11. Rb1 Qa3 Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 ! ?
12. gxf5 Bf7 7 . Nf3?
13. Rxb7 Bb4 T h e w ro n g s t r a t e g i c p l a n .
14. 0-0! 0-0-0 Black's King's wing must be im
If 14 . . . Bxc3, then 15. Rb3 Qxa2 mobilized by 7. Qf3 ! Nc6 8. Nge2
16. Rxc3 with advantage. Bd6 (if 8 . . . g5 9. h4 ! g4 10. Qg3
15. Rxb4! Qxb4 and Nf4) 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Nb4
16. Ba6t Kc7 1 1 . 0-0-0 Nxd3t 12. Rxd3 0-0 13.
17. Rb1 Qd6 h4 and White stands slightly bet-
18. Rb7t Kc8 ter.
19. Rb3t Kc7 7. Nc6
20. Rb7t Kc8 8. 0-0?
21. e4! NbS This is another strategic mistake.
8. Qe2, followed by 9. 0-0-0, was
still playable. Now Black achieves
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I h1h' h I k l l' l l '· l ' N nl' a u d h i i J ' I I I h ' l l l dl ' a \
a wry st ro u g al l ad • . ()g7'!' w i t h an i nev itable mate.

M. �5 !
9. ••-' hS
1 0. h4 Ud6 [29]
I I. Na4 b6 Teed-Delmar,E
1 2. Nb2 New York 1893
W h ite desperately tries to orga-
n i ze some counterplay. 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5
12. h4 We call this variation "The Fly
13. c4 g4 ing Dutch-Bishop."
14. N d2 0-0-0 2. h6
15. c5 3. Bf4
Usual is 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3, the
same position that occurs later in
this historic game.
3. g5
4. Bg3 f4?
I n stead 4 . . . Bg7 or 4 . . . d6 ! ?
leads to complicated and not so
clear positions.
5. e3 ! h5
6. Bd3
15. Bxh2 t ! ECO gives on ly 6. extLI- h4 7. Bd3
16. Kxh2 g3 t d6 8. Bg6t Kd7 9. Nf3, threatening
17. Kg1 10. NeSt ! , w ith advantage.
I f 17. fxg3 h x g 3 t 1 8 . Kxg3 6. Rh6??
Rdg8t 19. Kf2 Rxg2t 20. Kxg2
Qg7t and mate follows.
17. Rdg8!
18. cxb6
Resignation. White should try
1 8 . Nf3 or 18. Qf3.
18. h3
19. bxa7 Nxa7 ·
0- 1.
For if 20. fxg3 Rxg3 2 1 . Rf2
hxg2 22. Rxg2 Rxg2t 23. Kxg2 6 . . . d6 7. exf4 h4 8. Bg 6t Kd7 9.
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H 'I I t\ XO
N IJ t ra n s poses i nt o t he /�'( '() varia J . . . d5 t ra n sposes i n t o ga i ne s

t ion g i ven above. 12- 1 3.
This famous position is g iven in 4. e4 fxe4
many manuals for tactics. 5. Nxe4 Nf6'! !
7. Qxh5 t ! Rxh5 For ECO's recommendation 5 . . .
8. Bg6# 1-0. d5 see the next game.
6. Ng3 Nc6
7. Nf3
[30] Worthy of attention is 7. h4 ! ?
From-Franco,Z 7. e6? !
Varna (ol) 1 962 ECO's suggestion is 7 . . . d5 ! and
it's unclear.
1 . d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 8. c3 Ne7
4. e4 d6? ! 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Bd3 9. Bd3 b6
Qd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 10. h4! Bb7
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 1 1 . Re2 Nc6 11. h5
12. Rae1 Rae8 13. h3 Black's position is already un-
W h i te h a s the advant age tenable.
EGO. 11. Bxf3
13. Nh5 12. Qxf3 0-0
If 13 . . . Nd8, then 14. Qc4 ! 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. d5 Ne5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
Also 14 . . . exd5 15. Nxd5 etc. is 15. Qxe4 Qe8
in White's favor. 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nxe5 Bxe5? 17. Qxg6 Rf5
Black should try 15 . . . dxe5. 18. g4 1-0.
16. dxe6 Rxe6? ? I f 1 8 . . . Rg5 ( 1 8 . . . R f6 ) 1 9 .
The d e c i s ive blunder, wh i le Rh8t !
16 . . . Qxe6 is still not so clear.
17. Rxe5 1-0.
[32]
Nalbandian,T-Topalov, V
[31] Bie/ 1 993
Bogolyubov,E-Kieninger,G
Munich 1 941 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e4 fxe4 4.
Nc3 Bg7 5. Nxe4 d5
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 Recommended as Black's best.
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I h 1 h' h I k k u ·. , · N • · w a u d 1 ' " 1 1 ' • • 1 1 1 ' 1 1 h k a �
(, . Nt·5 ! '! v a n t age.

FC ' () dl'a ls w i l h h. N c \ N f(l 7. I H. f5 ! Bf4t
B d 3 N c h X . N J •.l' ! 0 0 1). 0 - 0 e5 =. 19. K b1 gxf5
l nll' rest i ng i s h . Ng3 ! ? a n d 7. h4. I f 1 9 . . . 0-0 20. fxe4 dxe4 2 1 .
(J. h6 fxg6 hxg6 22. Bg2 Re8 2 3 . Rde1
7. Nh.' e3 24. d5 ! and wins-Nalbandian.
20. Bxf5 e3
21. Rdg1 Kf8?
22. g6 1-0.
[33]
Whitehead,J-Kobernat
Los Angeles 1 983
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. c4
7. Nh6 ! ? ECO shows only 3. e3 Qd6 4.
A new idea. The forgotten prop c4 Qb4t 5. Qd2 Qxd2t 6. Nxd2
osition by Kuzminykh is 7 . . . Nf6 8. e6 etc. with a slightly better game
Nf3 0-0, for example: 9. Be2 Qd6 for White.
10. 0-0 Nbd7 1 1 . Qcl Ng4 1 2 . h3 3. dxc4?
Rxf3 13. hxg4 Rf7 14. Qe3 Bb7 ! ?, Giving up the center i s al most
followed by 1 5 . . . Rae8. always wrong in the Dutch. Black
8. h4! Nf7 should play 3 . . . c6, l(x example 4.
9. Nh3 Qd6 e3 Qa5t 5. Nc3 e6.
10. Qd2 e5 4. e3 Be6
11. 0-0-0 Nxg5 5. Nd2 Nf6
12. hxg5 e4 6. Ngf3 Ne4?
13. Qf4 Bf8! Probably 6 . . . Bd5 ! ? is better.
14. g3 c6? 7. Nxe4 fxe4
Black should play 14 . . . Be7 ! , 8. Nd2 Qd5
and after 1 5 . Kb1 White stands 9. Bxc4! Qxg5
only slightly better-Nalbandian. 10. Bxe6 Qxg2
15. f3 ! Bxh3
16. Bxh3 ! Qxf4t
17. gxf4 Bd6
Or 17 . . . exf3 18. f5 ! with ad-
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1 �1 'I I A XO
1 0. 0-0 Bt·7
11. f3 RfK
12. a4 exf3
13. Qxf3 Kg8
14. Qg3 Bg4?
This is a critical error in a po
sition which perhaps is already
untenable.
15. h3 Bd7
16. Bxh6 NbS
11. QhSt ! g6 17. Qg6 Rf6
12. QdS 18. Rxf6 Bxf6
A symbolic sacrifice of the two 19. Nde4! Qd8
Rooks. If now 1 2 . . . Qxh 1 t 1 3 . 20. Rfl Qe8
Ke2 Qxa1 1 4 . Bf7#. The s ame 21. Nxf6t 1-0.
situation will be repeated on the
next move.
12. Bg7 [35]
13. Qxb7 ! 1 -0. Shakhzadov-Klynin
Corr. 1 985
[34] 1. d4 fS 2. BgS c6 3. Nc3 Qb6? !

Tal,M-Antoshin, V Instead 3 . . . d5 transposes into
Moscow (g/5) 1 988 game 15.
4. e4! Qxb2
1. d4 fS 2. BgS cS? ! 3. dS ! ? 5. Nge2 fxe4
ECO deals only with 3 . dxc5, Maybe 5 . . . d6 is playable.
with advantage to White. 6. Nxe4 Nf6
3. Qb6 7. N4c3 NdS?
4. Nc3 eS Better choices are 7. . . Qb6 or
Very dangerous is 4 . . . Qxb2? ! 7 . . . d6.
5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 etc. 8. NxdS cxdS
5. e4 d6 9. Rb1 Qxa2? !
6. BbSt Kt7 10. Nc3 QaS
7. Nf3 h6 11. Bd2 g6
8. Be3 fxe4 If 1 1 . . . e6? 12. Qh5t, and Black
9. Nd2 Nf6 must play 12 . . . Kd8, because if
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I h a l r l i I ll" i l" l l �l · N nv a u d h • q • ul h" l l l dl · a �
12 g(l? U . ()c5 R g X 14 . N h5
. . . d5 Q b4'! H. Hd4! Qxc4 9. e4 Qb4
a nti W h ite w i ns. I 0. a3 Qa5 1 1. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Bd3 Even worse is 1 1 . . . exf6 12. exf5
Also promising are 1 2 . h4 and Bxf5 1 3 . Bd3 etc.
1 2 . Bb5 . 12. exf5 Bxf5
12. Bg7 13. Bd3 Bxd3
13. Qf3! Nc6 14. Qxd3 Nd7
1 4. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Nf3 Ne5
15. 0-0! Nxd4 16. Nxe5 fxe5
16. Qe4 Ne6 17. 0-0 ReS
If 16 . . . 0-0, then 17. Nxe7t Kh8 Or 17 . . . 0-0-0 1 8 . dxc6 bxc6
18. Nxg6t hxg6 19. Qxg6 Kg8 20. 19. b4 and 20. b5 with a strong
Qh7t Kf7 2 1 . Qh5t and wins. attack.
17. Bb4 Bf6? 18. f4 Rg8
19. Qf5 ! Qc5t
20. Kh1 cxd5
21. fxe5 Kd8
22. Qe6 1-0.
For if 22 . . . Rh8 23. Nxd5 dxe5
24. Rad1 and wins.
[37]
Almasi,I - Berkvens,J
Better, but also in White's favor Budapest 2000
is 17 . . . d6 18. Bb5t Kf8 19. Rfe1
etc. 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 d6
18. Nxf6t exf6 Here ECO recommends 3 . . .
19. Qxg6t ! 1-0. Qb6, and if 4. Qcl d6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6.
Bd3 g6, intending e7-e5. However,
this variation is only a scheme and
[36] h ides opportunities for improve
Komarov,D-Bany,J ments for both sides.
Warsaw 1 989 4. Nd2 g6
5. h4 Bg7
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. c4 Qb6? ! 4. 6. Bd3 h6
Qd2 d6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. 7. Bf4 Nd7
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H '( I A H I I
K. H �] cS
9. hS ! Nf8
10. hxg6 Nxg6
11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nc4 N8e7
13. Qh5 0-0?
Better seems to be 1 3 . . . Kf8 ! ?
14. 0-0-0 Qd5
If 14 . . . Qc7 1 5 . Nf3 b5 1 6 .
Ncxe5 !
15. Nf3 Be6 All this is given by ECO on l y
as a proposition. This game shows
that this continuation is wort hy
of attention, in our opin ion c w n
stronger than the book l ine 6. Nd
Be6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 =.
7. Bb4t
8. Nbc3 0-0
9. g3 Nd7
10. Bg2 Nb6
11. 0-0 a6
16. Nfxe5 ! Nxe5 12. Rcl
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 White stands clearly better.
18. Be2! Qxc4 12. Be6
Or 18 . . . Qc5 1 9. Q x h 6 and 13. Qb3 Qd6
wins. 14. Nf4 Bxc3
19. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc3 Bf7
20. Qh4! 1-0. 16. Rfcl Rfd8
17. h4 Rd7
18. a4! Rb8
[38] 19. aS Nc4
Gufeld,E-Gershman,S 20. Bxd5 1 -0.
Kiev 1 956
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 ? ! 3. Bxf6 exf6

4. e3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 ! ? cxd5
7. Ne2
.w
I l u l l ' l1 I kkll sl' : N1·w a ud h • q •.< t l h · u l dl'as
l .\9 1 1 4 0]
Q u i n tcros, M-IJ,,�usl.lav sl.ky,.l Herzog,A-Schroll,G
( ;('1/t ' l 't l / (}8(> Austria 1 994
1. d4 rs 2 . n �s Nf6 3 . Nd2 b6? ! 1 . d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. d5 ! ?

T h i s co nt i n uati o n has been for A n interesting idea, not men
.
gotten , but seem s to be a bad idea. tioned in ECO.
Usu a l is 3 . . . d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5 . 3. c6? !
e 3 Be6 6. Bd3 Bd6 with approxi The alternative 3 . . . e6 4. dxe6
mately equal chances. dxe6 5. Qxd8t Kxd8 6. Nc3, fol
4. h4! g6 lowed by 7. 0-0-0, is not attrac
After 4 . . . Bb7 5. h5 the King's tive . M aybe 3 . . . Ne4 deserves
wing of Black is paralyzed. attention.
5. h5! Bg7 4. Bxf6 exf6
If 5 . . . Nxh5? 6. Rxh5 ! gxh5 7. 5. e3 Qb6
e4 ! 6. Nd2 Qxb2
6. h6 Bf8
7. f3 Bb7
An old story. As we already saw

in many games, White's advantage
8. e4! fxe4 in development is good compensa-
9. fxe4 Nxe4 tion for the "poisoned" pawn not
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 only in the Sicilian, but also in the
11. Bd3 Bxd3 Dutch. However, Black's suspi-
12. Qxd3 c6 cious-looking position is stil l not
13. Nh3 d6 lost.
14. 0-0 Qd7 7. Bc4 b5
15. Rael e5 8. Bb3 cS
16. Qf3 1 -0. 9. Rb1 Qa3?
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H "I l t\ HII
T h i s i s p e r h a p s t h e d e c i s i ve 141 1
mistake. The Queen is needed for Vadas,L-H o l z l , l•'
the defense of the King, hence 9 . . . HungarrAustria 1 9 74
Qe5 was preferable, even if it gives
additional tempi to White. 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. h4! ? Nf6 ? !
10. c4 a6
11. Qh5t g6
12. Qh4 Kt7? !
I n case of 1 2 . . . Bg7, Wh ite's
plan of 1 3 . Qf4 0-0 14. h4 mai n
tains the initiative.
13. Ngf3 d6
14. 0-0 h5
15. e4 Be7
16. Qg3 ! g5?
Black's l ast chance was 16 . . . According to ECO, after 3 . . . Bg7
Qa5, but after 1 7. Bc2 ! White has (3 . . . h6?? 5. Ne5 !) 4. h5 d5 5. hxg6
a strong attacking position. hxg6 6. Rxh8 Bxh8 7. Bf4 White's
17. exf5 Bxf5? position is to be preferred.
4. h5 ! Nxh5?
5. Rxh5 ! gxh5
6. e4! d6?
Not much better is 6. . . Bg7 7.
Bc4 (7. Nh4 ! ?) d5 8. Ng5 ! dxc4 9.
Qxh5t Kd7 10. Ne6 ! with advan
tage to White-Florian.
7. Ng5 c6
8. Qxh5t Kd7
18. Bc2 ! Bxc2

19. Nxg5t fxg5
20. Qxa3 Bxb1
21. Rxb 1 1-0.
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'J. N t•tt! H. 0-0
St n mgn t h a u 1J. Nl7 ()l' X . If a f � Bd3 Bb7?
IL' r 9. N l"h 1\. xl"h'!. t hl" l l 1 0. <) x l'5//. More defen sive chances were
''· Qb(J offered by 9 . . . B xe5 1 0 0 dxe5
1 0. Nd2 QaS Qh4 -K. Richter, or 9 . . 0 Qe8o
I I. d Na6 10. QhS Qe7?
T h i s loses t he Queen, as well as
I I . . . K xe6? 1 2 0 b4. In fact, Black
i s a l ready total ly lost.
12. Nc4 QbS
13. NeSt dxeS
14. BxbS cxbS
15. QxfS Ke8
16. QxeS Rg8
17. QhSt Kd7
18. QxbSt 1-0.
The decisive mistake. K. Richter
suggests 100 . . Bxe5, and 1 1 . Nf6t is
[42 ] not correct because of 1 1 0 0 0 Rxf6o
Lasker,Ed-Thomas,G 11. Qxh7t ! ! Kxh7
London (skittles game) 1 912 12. Nxf6t Kh6
If 12 . . 0 Kh8 1 30 Ng6#.
The most famou s game and 13. Neg4t KgS
combination i n the Dutch De 14. h4t
fense ! A spectacular mate is feasible
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. Nc3 Nf6 ? ! also by 1 40 t4'f K x l4 ( 1 40 0 0 Kh4 150
Correct i s 3 . . . d5 ! ? g3t Kh3 1 6 0 Bf l t Bg2 170 Nf2#)
4. BgS Be7? 1 5 0 g3t Kf3 ( 1 5 . . 0 Kg5 160 h4#)
Here again Black should play 160 0-0#0
4 . . . d5. 14. Kf4
5. Bxf6 ! Bxf6 15. g3t Kf3
6. e4 fxe4 16. Be2t Kg2
7. Nxe4 b6 17. Rh2t Kg1
8. NeS ! ? 18. Kd2# 1-0.
Also good i s 8. c 3 Bb7 9. Bd3
0-0 10. Qc2, followed by 0-0-0,
(Barcza).
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L 43 ] 9. h3! N �•(•
Barcza,G-O'Riordan 10. g4 � (,
Lugano (of) 1 968 11. gxfS gxfS '!'!
A blunder. Correct is 1 1 . . . ex f5,
1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 fS 3. c3 but White maintains a considerable
Introduced by Barcza. advantage.
3. Be7 12. Bh6! Kh8
The idea behind the Barcza If 12 . . . Re8 then 13. Rglt Kh8
variation is 3 . . . Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 14. Ne5 winning.
5. Nbd2 0-0? ! 6. B x f6 ! B x f6 6. e4 13. Bxf8 Bxf8
and White dominates i n the center. 14. 0-0-0 cS
Correct is 5 . . . d5 =. 15. Rhg1 cxd4
4. Bf4 16. exd4 ReS
O r 4 . Q c 2 N f6 5 . Bg5 d 5 ! = 17. NeS Qe7
Minev-A ister, Marianske Lazne 18. Ndc4 Bh6t
1 959, but not 5 . . . 0-0? ! 6. Bxf6 19. Kb1 Rf8
Bxf6 7. c4! w ith better chances for 20. Rg6 ! Bf4
W h ite, as i n Minev-Starck, Bul 21. Rdg1 BxeS
garia - East Germany 1 958. 22. NxeS 1-0.
4. Nf6
5. Nbd2 b6
6. Qc2 Bb7 [44]
7. e3 Meyer-Wachtel
USA 1 963
1. Nf3 fS 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 ! ?
Not mentioned i n ECO, but an
idea very similar to the previous
game.
3. b6
4. Nbd2 Bb7
5. e3 Be7
6. h3! Nf6
7. 0-0? ! 7. Bd3 d6
B arcza re c o m mends 7 . . . 8. Qe2 Nc6? !
Ne4 ! = . An alternative is 8 . . . Ne4, but
8. Bd3 aS after 9. Rg l , fol lowed by 0-0-0
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and g4. W h i t e ' s pos i t i o n look s 4. B xc7 Qxc7 5. e3 Nf6 6. N bd2

very prom1smg. b6=, but usually in practice Black
9. e4 fxe4 does not like to exchange the dark
10. Nxe4 Qd7 squared Bishop.
11. Nfg5 ! ? Nxd4? 4. e3
Maybe 1 1 . . . Nd5 ! ? Interesting is 4. Nbd2, with the
12. Nxf6t Bxf6 idea if 4 . . . Be7 then 5. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Qh5t Kf8
· 6. e4 etc.
Perhaps 13 . . . Ke7 is possible, for 4. Be7
example 14. Qf7t Kd8 1 5 . c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 0-0
16. Nxe6t Kc8. 6. Bd3 b6? !
14. Nxh7t Ke7 We think that 6 . . . d5 is the ap
15. 0-0-0 Bxg2? propriate answer.
Black is clearly in a big trouble, 7. Qe2 Bb7
but opening new files is suicide.
16. Rhg1 Bf3
8. e4! fxe4
9. Nxe4 c5
17. Rxg7t ! 1 -0. After 9 . . . Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10.
For if 17 . . . Bxg7 18. Bg5t Bf6 Bxe7? Qxe7 1 1 . Bxe4 Bxe4 1 2 .
1 9. Bxf6#. Qxe4 Qb4t) Bxe4 1 1 . Qxe4 Nc6
1 2 . Bxe7, followed by 1 3 . 0-0 (or
1 3. 0-0-0 ! ?) White's position is to
[45] be preferred.
Radnoti,B-Farago,I 10. c3 cxd4
Budapest 1 968 11. Nxd4 Nd5
12. h4! Nf4
1 . d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxf4 Rxf4
The book alternative is 3 . . . Be7 14. g3 Rf8
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15. 0-0-0 Nc6 Championship ) 2000.

16. Nxc6 Bxc6 4. dxe6 Hc5
17. f4 Qc7 A gambit that, at least accord i ng
18. Rh2 h6 to this game, seems to be u n satis
19. Qg4 e5 factory.
5. exd7t Nbxd7
6. Bf4! Ne4
7. e3 Qf6
8. c3 Bb6
9. Nbd2 Ndc5
10. Nc4 Bd7
11. Qc2 Ba4?
Maybe 1 1 . . . 0-0-0 is more ap-
propriate.
12. b3 Bc6
20. Qg6! exf4 13. Nd4 Bd5
21. Ng5 ! hxg5 14. Be5 ! Qg5
22. hxg5 1-0. 15. h4! Qg6
16. f3 Nd7
[46]
Sakaev K-Bany,J
Dortmund 1 991
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Nf6
ECO recommends 3 . . . Bb4t ! 4.
c3 Bd6 5. dxe6 dxe6 6. Nbd2 Nf6
7. Nc4 Nc6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. g3 e5 un
clear, as in Zsu . Polgar-Romero,
Madrid 1 992 . Also interesting is 17. h5 !
the immediate 3 . . . Bd6 ! ? 4. dxe6 The winning continuation.
dxe6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 17. Qh6
f4 8. Qe2 e5 9. Ng5 Rf8 10. Nxh7 Or 17 . . . Qg5 18. Bf4 and wins.
Nd4 1 1 . Nxf6t Qxf6 12. Qd3 Qg6 18. Nxf5 Qg5
1 3 . Rg1 Bg4 14. Kfl 0-0-0 1 5 . f3? 19. fxe4 1-0.
Nxf3 1 6 . B d 5 Bc5 0 - 1 Shanaz After 19 . . . Bxc4 20. Bf4 White
S-Th ip s ay, B , Uda ip u r (A s i a n wins a piece.
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H7 1 Or 1 9. N x fl Qe l 20. Qe4 Bh3

Va k i n- l l i ush i n , ;\ 2 1 . Qd5"!" Kh8 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qf2
St . l 't 'lt 'lhurg / 1)1)1) Qxf2t 24. Kxf2 Rf8t and wins.
19. Rf8t
I. d4 t•(, 2. N fJ f5 3. d5 Nf6 4. 20. Nf3
N ,:]'! ! 1 J h4 5 . dxe6 d5 ! ? 6. Qd3 Also after 20. Kg1 Qf5 2 1 . Nf3
If 6. Ng5, then 6 . . . 0-0; but 6. Qxc2 White is lost.
Nd4 ! '! Nc4 7. Bd2 deserves further 20. d3 !
exa m i nation. 21. e4 d2
6. 0-0 0-1.
7. a3? ! Bxc3t
8. Qxc3 Ne4
9. Qb3 c5 [48]
10. g3 Nc6 Haik,A-Tseitlin,Mikhail
11. Bg2 c4 Sochi l 985
12. Q e3 d4
13. Qf4 h6 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 ! ?
14. Qh4 QaSt
15. Nd2 Bxe6
16. B xe4 fxe4
17. 0-0
Aiming at the fashionable gam

bit idea of "g2-g4" and, in com
parison with games 1-3, avoiding
Black's rejection of the gambit by
17. e3 ! "g4-g3."
18. fxe3 3. d6
Or 1 8 . Nf3 Rxf3 ! 19. exf3 e2 and 4. g4 g6? !
Black wins. Unclear i s 4 . . . fxg4 5 . hxg4 (5.
18. Rxnt Ng5 ! ? h6? ! 6. hxg4) Bxg4 6. Ng5
19. Kxn or 6. Bg2.
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'
5. Nc3 B g7 Bf4 d6
6. Q d3! Nc6 ECO recom mends 4 . . . c5 5 . d
7. d5 Ne5 Qb6 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 d 6 = .
8. Nxe5 dxe5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2
9. gxf5 6. Qxd2 e6
7. e4! ?
9. e4?
After 9. . . gxf5 10. Rg1 White One o f many typical gambit
stands better. ideas u sed recently against the
10. Nxe4 Nxe4 Dutch Defense.
11. Qxe4 Bxf5 7. fxe4
12. Qc4 e6 8. Ng5 d5
13. Bg2 0-0 9. f3 exf3?
14. Be3 !
Even stronger than 14. dxe6
Qe7.
14. Bxb2
15. Rb1 Qf6
16. 0-0 Rae8?
17. Bc5 Rt7
18. Q b5 1 -0.
[49] Black should try 9 . . . h6 ! ? 10.

Atalik,S-Hoang Th. Trang Nh3, and now 10 . . . Bd6 1 1 . fxe4
Budapest 1 998 dxe4, or 10 . . . c5 ! ?
10. Bd3 ! fxg2
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. 11. Qxg2 Nc6
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I f I I . . . B d 6 1 2 . 0 - 0 Q f6 1 3 .
Bxu6 Qxu4'1' 1 4 . K h l cxu6 15. Nf7
g6 16. Nxd6'1' ! Kd7 1 7 . Qg3 Qb4 18.
Rt7t Kc6 1 9. Ne8 !
12. 0-0 Ne7
Or 12 . . . Qe7 1 3 . Nxh7 Nxd4 14.
Qg6t Qf7 1 5 . Bg5 ! Nf5 16. Bxf5
BeSt 1 7. Kg2 exf5 18. Rae1t and
wins.
13. Nt7! 1-0.
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A8 1
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 (without c2-c4) .
3 ..
. d6 4. Nf3 c6 5 . 0-0 Qc7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3. . . e6 4. Nf3 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
3. . . g6 4. b3 Bg7 5 . Bb2 0-0 6. Nd2 d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3. . . g6 4. c3 53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. . . g6 4. Nc3 d6 5 . e4 .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. . . g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5 . 0-0 0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-56
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1 50 1
Kupka-Kohout
Czechoslovakia 1 9 75
1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2

c6 5. 0-0 Qc7
The so called "Czech variation",
introduced into international prac
tice by Hort.
Mandatory was 9 . . . Be7, fol-

lowed by 10 . . . 0-0.
10. Nde4! Nxe4
11. Bxe4 exf2t
12. Rxf2 Bc5
13. Qh5t Ke7
14. Nxh7! Bxf2t
15. Kxf2 Qa5?
This loses immediately. Prob
6. Nbd2! ably 1 5 . . . Be6 was a better defen-
Best. The sharp position after 6. sive try.
Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. e4 Bb4 ! ? 9. 16. Bg5t Kd6
exf5 0-0 10. Nh4 Na6 1 1 . g4 Qe7 17. Qg6t Kc5
is unclear. 18. Be3t
6. e5? ! Also 18. b4"t ! wins.
Better i s 6. . . g6 and 7. . . Bg7, 18. Kc4
leaving e7-e5 as an option in the 19. Bd3t Kd5
middlegame. 20. c4# 1-0.
7. dxe5 dxe5
8. e4! ?
ECO recommends only 8. Nc4, [51]
and if 8 . . . Nbd7 9. Nfxe5 ! Nxe5 10. Lilienthai,A-Steiner,H
Bf4 with advantage. However, 8 . . . Stubianske Teplice 1 930
e4 9. Bf4 Qf7 is not so clear.
8. fxe4 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2
9. Ng5 e3? d5 5. Bg5 h6! ?
Black hopes for immediate ac-
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tion on the King's side, instead of 19. Q xb7 KcM

the usual 5 ... Be7 6. c4 c6 etc. 20. Radl Hd(•
6. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxd6! 1-0.
7. Nc3 For if 2 1 . .. Qxd6 then 22.
If 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. c4 c6 and Black Qa8t.
stands well.
7. c5?
Strategically this is a mistake. [52]
If Black wants to attack on the Ftacnik,L-Videki,S
kingside, he should keep the cen Vienna 1 990
ter stable. Hence, 7 ... c6 is more
appropriate. 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3
8. e3 Nc6 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Nd2 d5?!
9. 0-0 g5 Usual is 6 ... d6 7. Ngf3 c6 8.
0-0 a5 9. a4 with slightly better
chances for White.
7. Nh3! Ne4?!
Ftacnik recommends the imme
diate 7... c5!? 8. dxc5 Qa5.
8. f3 Nxd2
9. Qxd2 c5
If 9 ... Nc6, then 10. Nf4 with the
idea of h2-h4-h5.
10. 0-0-0! e6
10. NbS Qfi If 10 ... c4 11. e4, or 10... cxd4
11. c4! dxc4 1 1. Bxd4 Bxd4 ( 1 1... e5? 12. Bc5)
12. Ne5! Nxe5 12. Qxd4 e6 13. e4 with advan-
13. dxe5 a6 tage.
14. Qa4! axb5 11. dxc5 Bxb2t
Or 14 ... Bd7 15. Nc7 t Ke7 12. Kxb2 Nd7
(15 ... Kd8 16. Qa5) 16. Qxc4 Rc8 13. e4 dxe4
17. Qxc5t Kd8 18. Qb6 Rxc7 19. 14. fxe4 Qf6t
Racl with a winning attack. 15. Kb1 Nxc5
15. Qxa8 Qc7 16. exf5 exf5
16. Qa3 Qxe5 17. QdSt Ne6
17. Qa5 Bd7 18. Nf4 aS
18. Qa8t Ke7 19. Rhe1 Ra6
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20. IU'I ! RdH 8. dxeS dxeS
9. Ngf3 Qe7
10. exfS gxfS
11. 0-0 Be6
12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. Re1 Ng4?
Better is 13 ... Nd5 14. Nc4 e4
-Kalinin.
14. Nb3 hS
If 14 ... 0-0-0 15. h3 Nh6 16.
Bg5!
21. Bxa6! Rxd5 15. h3 Nh6
22. NxdS Qf8 16. BgS Bf6
23. Bxb7! 1-0.
After 23... Bxb7 24. Rxe6 Bxd5
25. Rxd5 Kf7 26. Ra6, White wins
easily.
[53]
Kalinin,O-Skotorenko
Corr.1 991 !92
1. d4 fS 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 17. NxeS!! Bxb3

c3!? If 17... Bxg5, then 18. Ng6 Qf6
This is a relatively new idea, not 19. Nd4, or 17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5
mentioned in most books. Nf7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Re2 with a
4. Bg7 decisive advantage for White.
5. Qb3 c6 18. Nxd7! Bxc2
6. Nd2 d6 19. Nxf6t Kf7
If 6 ... d5 then 7. Nh3! with a 20. Rxe7t Kxe7
better game. 21. Ng8t Kf7
7. e4 eS?! 22. Nxh6t Kg6
If 7... fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 23. Rcl! Ba4
d5 10. Bg2 0-0 11. Bf4 and 12. Nf3 24. c4 c5
with slight advantage- Kalinin. 25. b3 Be8
Deserving attention is 8 ... d5!? 26. Rd1! 1-0
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Por i f 26 ... Kxg5 27. Rd6 Bg6 Nd7, and i f 9. h4 N f6.
28. Nf7t! Bxf7 29. f4#. 9. h4! eS
If now 9... Nd7 10. h5 Nf6 I I.
h6! Bf8 12. Bg2 or 12. Bc2!? with
[54] advantage-Tukmakov.
Thkmakov,V-de la Riva,O 10. dxeS BxeS
Malgrat de Mar 1 993 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. Qd3 Bxf3
1. d4 fS 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6?! 13. Qxf3 dS
The correct order of moves is 14. Bc2 Nd7
3... g6, and if 4. Nc3 then 4. ..d5. 15. 0-0 Qe7
4. Nc3 g6?! If 15 ... Qf6 16. Qg4!
We think that even here 4... d5 16. Bh6! 0-0-0
should be pl ayed. 17. Rfe1 Qd6
5. e4 fxe4 18. Re2! Kb8
6. Nxe4 Nxe4?! 19. Rae1 Ka8
Probably 6 . Bg7 is better.
. . 20. Kg2! Rde8?
7. Bxe4 Bg7 This loses by force, but Black is
8. c3!? without any useful move.
This is a interesting new idea,
which is mentioned in only a few
books.
21. Bg7 Rhg8

22. Qfi! 1-0
There is no defense against 23.
8. c6?! f4.
Black already has serious prob
lems. An opening trap is 8 . . . 0-0?
because of 9. Bxb7! Bxb7 10. Qb3t
etc. Probably he should play 8 ...
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I luld1 I k k iiSl': Nl'w alllll·oq•.olh'll ld1·as
[55[ 10. f3! exf3

Dely,Jl-Engert 11. exf3 Nc6
Luxembourg 19 71 12. c3 Rf6
13. Nh3 h6
1. Nf3 1'5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 14. Nf4 e6
Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Re1 15. Bh3 Qd6
16. Nd3 Qf8
17. Bf4
7. Ne4?
This continuation is rejected by
theory because it is clearly worse 17. gS?
than 7 ... Nc6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Falling into a trap.
Nxe4 10. Rxe4 e5 1 1. dxe5 dxe5 12. 18. Bxc7 Rxf3?
Qe2 Bf5 and Black has active pieces. 19. Nf4! 1-0.
Now White achieves strong pressure
along the e-file.
8. Nxe4 fxe4 [56]
9. NgS dS Wirthensohn,H-Lin Ta
Novi Sad (of) 1 990
1. Nf3 fS 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4

g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6
8. Nbd2 Kh8?!
Theory recommends 8 ... a5 9.
a4 Na6.
9. c4!?
This transposes into lines of A87,
where ...Kh8 is waste of time. Also
good is 9. Re1!? a5 10. a3, intend-
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ing e4.
9. Ne4
10. Qc2 d5
11. Ne5 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Be6
13. Qb4! b6
If 13 ... Qc7 14. Racl with ad-
vantage.
14. Rfd1 aS
15. Qd2 Ra7
16. Racl dxc4?
Black overlooks an elegant and
quite hidden mating combination.
17. d5! cxd5

18. Nxg6t! 1-0.
Because of 18 ... hxg6 19. Qh6t
and mate the next move.
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I •I 'I I 1\1'\'
A82
1. d4 f5 2. e4
2. . . e6 57
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 .. . d6.................................................................................. 58-61
2. . . fxe4 3. f3 ...................................................................... 62-63
2... fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4................................................... 64-67
2 . .. fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 c5 5. d5 .......................................... 68
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 .............................. 69-73
2.. . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6............................................ 74-75
2. . . fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 ....................................................76
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1571
Zherliukov-Averichev
USSR 1979
1. d4 fS 2. e4
White introduces the Staunton
Gambit.
2. e6?
3. exfS exfS
4. Bd3 d6
Instead 4. . . d5 transposes into
an unsatisfactory variation of the 11. Bc4! 1-0.
French Defense: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 The deadly threat is 12. b4. If
3. Bd3 (3. Nd2) f5 or 3. exd5 exd5 1 1. . . c6 , then 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13.
4. Bd3 f5. Bg5 or 11. . . Kd8 12. Bg5 Nbc6
5. Ne2!? 12. b4, or 1 1. . . Qc5 12. Qe2 Nbc6
13. b4.
[58]
Duhrssen-Balogh,J
Corr.l92 8
1. e4 d6 2. d4 fS
This is the stem game of the so
called "Balogh's Defense," another
This is a forgotten idea. Theory order of moves to enter the varia
recommends 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 tion is I. d4 f5 2. e4 d6.
7. Rei and according to Taimanov, 3. Nc3 Nf6
White stands better. 4. Bd3 Nc6
5. Qf6 5. exfS?!
6. 0-0 Ne7 White's best is 5. Nf3-see the
7. Re1 Bd7? next game.
8. Nf4! Qxd4? 5. Nxd4
Black had to play 8 . . . Kd8 if he 6. g4 hS
wanted to continue to live. 7. f3 hxg4
9. c3 Qb6 8. fxg4 Qd7!
10. NdS Qa5 9. h3 Qc6
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1·:! ( l /\H .'
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10. Rh2 QcS II. U x g5

Black's Queen is tireless! 12. BfSt
11. Bf4?? 13. 0-0-0t
White should play 1 1. Kfl or 1 1.
Rf2 - assessment unclear.
11. e5!
12. Bg5? Ne6!
0-1.
[59]
Leko,P-Tornyai,J
Kecskemet 1992
14. Bf4! Kc6
1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 No better is 14 ... c5, for example
Nc6 5. Nf3! fxe4 15. Bxc8 exf4 16. Bxb7 Rb8? 17.
Known is 5... g6 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Rxd4t! cxd4 18. Qd5t Kc7 19.
Qe2 Bg7 8. Bc4! d5 9. Bb5 0-0 10. Qc6#.
0-0 with advantage for White. 15. Be4t Kb6
6. Nxe4 e5 16. Bxe5 cS
7. dxe5 dxe5 17. c3 Qg8
8. Nxf6t gxf6? 18. cxd4 Bg4
19. dxcSt KbS
20. a4t Kxa4
21. Rd4t Ka5
22. b4t 1-0.
[60]
Horvath-Podhola
Budapest 1 959
Mandatory was 8 ... Qxf6. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4.

9. Ng5! Bd3
Initiating a decisive attack. Probably even stronger is 4.
9. fxg5 h4!-see game 6.
10. QhSt Kd7 4. e6?
59
5. Nf3 H�7 This is a very rare mating pat
6. Bg5 Ne7 tern.
7. e5 d5
8. Qe2 Nd7
If 8 ... h6 9. Bf6! [61]
9. 0-0-0 c5 Bardos----Balogh,J
10. Bb5 c4 Corr. 1 933
11. h4 h6
12. Bf6 Kf7 1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Bxf5 4.
c4
Instead 4. Qf3 or 4. Bd3 are
considered as leading to a better
game for White.
4. e5
13. Nxd5! exd5

14. e6t Kxf6
15. Bxd7 Qc7?
If 15 ... Bxd7 16. Qe5#. The only
defense was 15 ... Nc6 16. Bxc6
Bxe6, but after 17. Rhel! White 5. dxe5?!
has a winning position. Overlooking Black's strong re
16. Qe5t Qxe5 play. After 5. d5 or 5. Nf3 White
17. dxe5 1-0. stands well.
5. Nc6!
6. exd6?
After 6. Nf3 dxe5 Black has
better chances, while now his
advantage in development quickly
decides.
6. Bxd6
7. Nf3 Qe7t
8. Be2 0-0-0
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9. Nbd2 g5 14. Kdl Ug(,

10. h3 Nf6 15. Bb5 0-0-0
11. Qb3 Rhe8 16. Be2 h5
12. Qe3 Qg7 17. Nc3 Nxa1
0-1. 18. Bc4 Bd6
19. Bh4 Nc2
20. Bxd8 Rxd8
[62] 0-1.
Elo,A-Powers,E
Milwaukee 19 4 8
[63]
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 e5!? de Mey-O'Kelly,A
It's clear that 3... exf3 4. Nxf3 Belgium (ch) 1 935
Nf6 5. Bd3 gives White good
compensation for the pawn. For 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 d5 4. fxe4
3 ... d5-see the next game. dxe4 5. Be3?
4. dxe5 Nc6 Instead 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 trans-
Deserving of attention is the poses into game 19.
untested 4. . . d5!? 5. Nf6
5. Qd5 exf3 6. c4?! e5
ECO assesses 5 ... Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nc3 exd4
7. exd6 cxd6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qxd4 Qxd4
as equal. We think that the posi 9. Bxd4 Be7
tion is unclear and needs further 10. 0-0-0 Bf5
testing. White has nothing to show for
6. Nxf3 Nge7 the sacrificed pawn.
7. Qe4 d5 11. Bxf6?
8. exd6 Qxd6 This is poor calculation in a lost
9. Bf4 Bf5 position.
According to ECO the posi 11. Bxf6
tion is equal. The rest of the game 12. Nxe4? Bxe4
shows that Black's chances are in 13. Ret Bg5t
fact preferable. 14. Kdl 0-0
10. Bxd6 Bxe4 0-1.
11. Bxc7? Nd5!
12. Bg3 Ne3
13. Nfd2 Nxc2t
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1(•4 1 12. Q g 3! Na6

Tartakower,S-Mieses,J 13. 0-0 Bd7
Baden Baden 1925 14. Bd6 Qd8
15. Qf4 1-0.
I. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
g4!'!
[65]
Cherepkov,A-Livshits
USSR 1 9 6 4
1. d 4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4.

g4!? d5 5. g5 Ng8 6. f3 e5 7. dxe5
exf3?
7 ... Bb4 is to be preferred, but ac
cording to my (Minev) recommen
dation in ECO, after 8. fxe4! d4 9.
The Bayonet attack. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 1 1. Qxd8t Kxd8
4. d5 12. bxa5 White retains slightly bet
Theory considers 4... h6 as better chances.
ter-see game 66. 8. Qxd5 f2t
5. g5 Ng8 9. Kxf2 Be7
6. f3 exf3 10. Bc4 Qxd5
7. Qxf3 e6? 11. Nxd5 Bd8
Kuz minikh recom mends 7 ... 12. Nf3 Ne7
Nc6!? 8. Be3 e5.
8. Bd3 g6
9. Nge2
White has no direct threats, but
he continues the mobilization of his
forces at a very swift tempo-Tar
takower.
9. Qe7
If 9 ... Bg7 then 10. 0-0! Qe7
1 1. Bf4 c6 12. Be5 as in the actual
game. 13. Nf6t! gxf6
10. Bf4 c6 Black's position seems to be
11. Be5 Bg7 hopeless in all variations, e. g. 13...
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KfX 14. RJ I Nbc6 15. e6 etc. 14. cS!

14. gxf6 h6 15. Bxe5 N xcS
15. f7t 1-0. 16. Qxe5 Qxb2
For if 15 ... Kf8 16. Rg1 and 17. 17. Kd2 Bb4
Bxh6t!. 18. Qe3
[66]
Barta-Hasek
Podebrady II 193 6
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

g4 h6
Considered as Black's best.
5. g5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 d5 7. f3
If 7. Qd2 Bf5 8. 0-0-0 c6 9. f3 18. Rh6!!
Nbd7 and White's compensation for The surprising point of the whole
the pawn is very problematical. counterattack that began with 14 .. .
7. exf3!? e5!. Now Black wins at least a

Or 7... Bf5!? 8. Bg2 e3 and Black piece.
stands well. 19. Bf7
8. Qxf3 c6 If 19. Bf5 then 19 ... Bxf5 20.
9. Bd3 Qb6 Nxf5 Ne4t winning.
10. Bg6t Kd8 19. Qxc3t
11. Nge2 Bg4 20. Qxc3 Bxc3t
12. Qe3 Nbd7 21. Kxc3 Ke7!
13. Bf4 Rh3 0-1.
14. Ng3 White's Bishop is trapped!
[67]
Kish,E-Pabst,W
Corr.l9 4 6
1 . d4 f5 2. e 4 fxe4 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4. g4

h6 5. f4 d5
If 5 ... exf3? 6. Bd3.
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(,. Hc2 g(• While wins.

7. fS!'? 22. Nc5 Qf6
This is a forgotten idea. ECO 23. Re4 Nb4
deals only with 7. Be3 h5 8. g5 24. Bc4 1-0.
Ng8 9. Qd2 e6 etc., assessing the
position in Black's favor.
7. g5? [68]
Critical is 7... gxf5 8. gxf5 Bxf5 Nemeth,G-Nagy,G
9. Bh5t Kd7, and White's compen Corr. 1 967
sation is dubious.
8. h4 Rg8 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
9. Nh3 Nh7 f3 c5?! 5. d5 Qa5 6. fxe4!?
10. Be3 e6 Another option is 6. Bd2 e3 7.
11. Qd2 Be7 Bxe3 e6 8. Bc4?? (If 8. dxe6 d5!
12. 0-0-0 Qd6 unclear. Correct is 8. Bd2!) b5 9.
13. Rdg1 a6 Bd3 b4 10. Nce2 Nxd5 1 1. Bd2
14. hxg5 hxg5 Nc6 12. a3 Qb6 13. f4 g6 14. Be4
15. Nf2 exf5 Bg7 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Nh3 Rb8 17.
Or 15 ... Nf8 16. Nfxe4! with a axb4 Ndxb4 18. 0-0 Nd4 19. Bf3
strong attack. Nbxc2 20. Ng5 Bd3 21. Kh1 c4 0-1
16. Rxh7 f4 Bosz-Nagy,G. Corr.1 9 6 8.
6. Nxe4
7. Qh5t g6
Or 7... Kd8?! 8. Qf3 Nxc3? 9.
Bd2 with advantage for White.
8. Qe5 Nf6
9. Bb5!
This is an ingenious introduc
tion to the following attack. If
immediately 9. Bg5 d6! or 9. d6
Nc6!.
17. Nfxe4! dxe4 9. a6
18. Nxe4 Qg6 10. Bg5
19. Bd3! fxe3
20. Qxe3 Kd8
21. Rxe7! Nc6
If 2 1 ... Kxe7 22. Nc5t and
64
6. 8d3
For 6. Bg5 see games 90-9 I .
6. 8b4'?
7. 0-0 Bxc3?!
8. bxc3 b6
9. Bg5 Bb7
10. Ne5 0-0
11. Ng4!? d6?
More resistance is offered by
1 1... Qe7.
10. Bg7? 12. Nxf6t gxf6
Loses. Still playable is 10 ...
axb5 1 1. Bxf6 d6 12. Qe2 Rg8,
and White cannot play 13. Qxb5t?
because of 13 . . . Qxb5 14. Nxb5
Ra5!
11. d6 Qd8
12. Nd5! Kt7
13. dxe7 Qa5t
14. c3 d6
15. e8=Qt Nxe8
16. Qe7t 1-0. 13. Bxh7t!
This is more forcing than 13.
Qh5, which also wins.
[69] 13. Kg7
Denker,A-Robbins 14. Qh5! fxg5
USA (Simul) 1 93 4 15. Qg6t Kh8
16. Bg8! 1-0.
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Elegant! If 16 ... Rxg8 17. Qh6
f3 exf3? 5. Nxf3 e6 "solo-mate!"
An interesting alternative is 5 ...
g6, for example 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2
0-0 8. Bh6 d5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. [70]
Bd3 Nc6 1 1. 0-0 and, according Woolford-Hart
to Bronstein, White has enough Hastings 1 952 153
compensation for the pawn. For 6.
Bg5!? see games 79-80. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
65
exf3? 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6? (7 1J

A bad extravaganza! Pokorny,A-Oiexa
7. 0-0 Nc6 Brunn 1 93 5
8. Ng5 ! 0-0
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
f3 exf3? 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. 0-0 b6
ECO recommends 7... 0-0, but
after 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. Ne4
Qe8 1 1. c3 Bb7 12. Nfg5! White
maintains good attacking chances
as compensation for the pawn.
8. Qe2 0-0
9. Ng5! Bb7
9. Nxh7! Nxh7 In a position similar to the last
10. Bxh7t Kxh7 game, White shows a different way
11. Qh5t Kg8 to attack.
12. Bg5 Ne7 10. Rxf6! Rxf6
If 12 ... Qe8 13. Rxf8t Qxf8 14. If 10 ... Bxf6 then 1 1. Bxh7t
Rfl, or 12 ... Be7 13. Rxf8t Qxf8 Kh8 12. Bg6! (12. Qh5?? Bxd4t)
14. Rfl Qd8 15. Ne4! and White Bxd4t 13. Kh 1 Kg8 14. Bd2! and
wms. White's attack should succeed-K.
13. Ne4 Qe8 Richter.
Or 13 ... Rf5 14. Rxf5 exf5 15. 11. Bxh7t Kf8
Nxd6 cxd6 16. Re1 and wins. 12. Bd3!
14. Rxf8t Qxf8 There is no adequate defense
15. Bxe7 Bxe7 against the threats 13. Qh5 and
16. Rfl Bf6 13. Nh7t.
If 16... Qd8 17. Qf7t Kh7 18. 12. Rf5
Rf3. 13. Bxf5 Bxg5
17. Rxf6! gxf6 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
18. Qg6t Kh8 15. Be4 Bxe4
If 18 ... Qg7 19. Nxf6t Kf8 20. 16. Nxe4 Qg6
Qe8# or 19 ... Kh8 20. Qh5t (20. 17. Rflt Ke7
Qe8t), and mate next move. Better is 17... Kg8, but after 18.
19. Nxf6 1-0. Rf3! Nc6 19. Nf6t Kf7 ( 19 ... gxf6
20. Rg3) 20. Nxd7t Ke7 21. Ne5
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1·:< '(I AX.'
White should also win.

18. Qf2! 1-0.
For if 18 ... Nc6 ( 18 ... Qxe4 19.
Qf8#) 19. Qh4t Ke8 20. Qh8t Ke7
21. Qxa8, or if 18 ... d6 19. Qf8t
Kd7 20. Rf7t Kc6 21. Qe8t Kd5
(21... Kb7 22. Nxd6t Ka6 23.
Qa4#) 22. Nc3t Kxd4 23. Rf4t
and 24. Qxg6.
14. Bxh7t!
[72] But not 14. Nxd7?! Bxd4t 15.
Hermann,L-Tagmann Kh 1 Bxd7.
Belgrade (Mitropa Cup) 1 956 14. Qxh7
15. Qg4t! Qg7
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. If 15 ... Bg7 16. Qxe6t Kh8 17.
f3 exf3? 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Ng6t.
0-0 Be7 16. Qxe6t Kh8
If 7. .. cxd4 8. Ne4!, threaten 17. Rf3 dxe5
ing 9. Nxf6t Qxf6 10. Bg5 is the 18. Rh3t Qh7
original note by Hermann, not Tai 19. Rxh7t Kxh7
manov, as claimed by ECO. 20. Nxf6t Nxf6
8. Ne5 0-0 21. Qe7t Kg8
9. Bg5 d6? 22. dxe5 Ne4
Loses. Black must play 9 ... 23. e6! b6
Qe8!?, still with good compensa 24. Re1 Ba6
tion for White after 10. dxc5 Bxc5t 25. h3 1-0.
1 1. Kh 1 etc. If 25 ... Rae8 26. Qxa7, or 25 ...
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 Nf6 26. Re5 Nh7 27. Rh5 and
11. Qh5 g6 WinS.
If 11... h6 12. Qg6 dxeS 13.
Qh7t Kf7 14. Rxf6t and wins, or
12... Re8 13. Qh7t Kf8 14. Qh8t [73]
Ke7 15. Qxg7t! Bxg7 16. Rf7#. Trmai-Skokan
12. Bxg6 Qe7 Brno 1 961
. 13. Ne4 Nd7
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
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0 c xO'! 5. N xt3 b(,'! 19. Qf5 Qe6

Black plays this move with the Or 19... Rg8 20. Bxb8 (20. Bb5
idea to exchange light squared Qxb5 21. Rfl also wins) Rxb8 21.
Bishops. However, this maneuver Bb5 Qc7 22. Rfl and wins.
wastes a s u b s t ant ial a mount of 20. Qxe6 dxe6
time, which is so important in all 21. Rf3 Rg8
gambit openings. 22. Bb5t Kd8
23. Rd1t Kc8
24. Rc3t 1-0.
[74]
Simagin, V-Kopylov,N
USSR (ch) 1 951
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

f3 Nc6 5. fxe4
6. Ng5! This is considered more prom
The trivial 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. 0-0 is ising than 5. d5 Ne5 6. fxe4 d6 7.
also good, but the text is a direct Nf3 Nxf3t 8. Qxf3 e5 with ap
refutation. proximately equal chances.
6. Ba6 5. e5
If 6 ... h6? 7. Qd3!, or 6 ... Bb7 6. dxe5 Nxe5
7. Bd3, threatening 8. Nxh7 or 8. 7. Nf3 d6?!
Bxh7. ECO recommends 7... Bd6 8.
7. Qf3 c6 Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3! Bxg3t
8. Bf4 Qc8 1 1. hxg3 Qe7 12. Qd4, with a small
9. 0-0-0 h6 plus for W h ite, Grigorian-Tal,
10. Nge4 Kd8 USSR 1 9 72 .
11. d5 cxd5 8. Bf4 Nxf3t
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 No better is 8 ... Ng6 9. Bg3 Nh5
13. Rxd5 Bb7 10. Bf2 Nhf4 1 1. Bd4 c6 12. Qd2
14. Rf5! g6 Qa5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bc4 with an
15. Rf7 Ke8 advantage for White. For 8 ... Bg4
16. Be5 Bxe4 -see the next game.
17. Qxe4 Qc6 9. Qxf3 Bg4
18. Qf4 g5 10. Qf2 Be7
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II. Hc4 c6 Nt3 d6'! ! 8. Hf4 Hg4 9. Bxl·S dxl•S

12 . h3 Bh5 10 . Q x d8t Rxd8 II. N xc 5 B h4
13. g4 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bh5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. RaeI
14. 0-0-0 Rf8 Rde8 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Nd4'!'!
15. Qg3 Nxg4 According to ECO, White keeps
16. Bxd6 the advantage by 16. Khl.
But not 16. hxg4 or 16. Qxg4, 16. Rxflt
because of 16 ... Rxf4! 17. Bxfl
16. Nf2 If 17. Rxfl Bc5 18. Nce2 Ne3,
followed by 19... Bxe2, and Black
wins.
17. Bc5
18. Nce2 Rxe4
19. c3 Ne5
0- 1.
If 20. Kh 1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nd3
22. Rd1 Bxe2 and Black wins.
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 [76]

18. NbS! cxb5 Lelchuk,Z-Shafranska,A
If 18 ... Nxd 1 19. Nc7 t Kd8 Tbilisi 1 982
20. Rxd1t Kc8 21. Be6t Kb8 22.
Na6#. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
19. BxbSt Kf7 f3 d5 5. Bg5!?
20. Qb3t! Qe6 The position arising from the
Or 20... Kf6 21. Qf3t with mate book line after 5. fxe4 dxe4 6.
in a few moves. Bg5 Bf5 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Nge2 Qd7
21. Bc4 1-0. is shown in game [19] Codazza
Passelli. White's idea to keep the
tension in the center, promoted
[75] in this game, is omitted in most
Toran,R-Canai,E books.
Venice 1953 5. Bf5
6. Qd2 c6
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 7. 0-0-0 Nbd7
f3 Nc6 5. fxe4 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. 8. Nge2 exf3
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Bet t e r is X .. ()a5, i nte ndi ng

. . . .
0-0-0.
9. gxf3 Nb6
10. Ng3 Bd7
11. Rel! Nc4?
May be Black should try 11 ... e6,
and if 12. Nf5 g6 13. Nh6 Be7.
12. Bxc4 dxc4
13. Nce4 e6
14. NbS Nxe4
15. fxe4 c3
16. Qf4 cxb2t
17. Kbl Qb8
18. eS h6
There is no adequate defense
against the mating threat Rhfl. If
18 ... Be7 19. Nxg7t Kd8 20. Bxe7t
Kxe7 21. Qf6#.
19. Bh4 gS
20. Qf6 1-0.
If 20 ... Rg8 or 20 ... Rh7, then
21. Rhfl is decisive.
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A83
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
4. . . b6 7 7-78
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 ... g6 5. f3 .......................................................................... 79-80

4. . . g6 5. h4.......................................................................... 8 1-82
4 ... c6 5. Bxf6 ............................................................................83
4. . . c6 5. f3 d5 ...........................................................................84
4 ... c6 5. f3 exf3 ................................................................. 85-88
4 ... e6 5. Bxf6 ............................................................................89
4 ... e6 5. f3 ......................................................................... 90-9 1
4 ... e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 .............................................................. 92-95
4. . . Nc6 5. d5 ....................................................................... 96-97
4 ... Nc6 5. Nh3 ..........................................................................98
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1 77 1 L78J
Sokolsky,A-Kofman Harris-Pollitt
Ukrainian (ch) 1948 Birmingham 1 951
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

Bg5 b6 5. f3 Bb7?! Bg5 b6 5. f3 exf3?! 6. Nxf3 e6?
For another dubious continua Theory shows 6 ... Bb7 7. d5!
tion, 5 ... exf3- see the next game. with better chances for White.
In our opinion Black's best reply is 7. Bd3 Bb7
5 ... e3. 8. 0-0 Na6
6. fxe4 Nxe4 A weak move, but Black is al
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 ready in trouble. If 8 ... Be7 9. Ne5
8. Nf3 Qc8 0-0 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 1 1. Qh5.
If 8 ... g6 then 9. Ne5! Bg7 10. 9. Ne5 Be7
Bc4-Sokolsky. 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
9. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qh5t g6
10. Qxd3 Qa6 12. Bxg6t Ke7
11. Qe4 Nc6 13. Rxf6! hxg6
12. d5 Na5 Or 13 ... Kxf6 14. Rflt Ke7
13. Ne5 d6? 15. Rf7t Kd6 16. Nc4t Kc6 17.
Qb5#.
14. Rf7t 1-0.
[79]
Reti,R-Euwe,M
Amsterdam (m-2) 1 920
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

BgS g6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg7?!
This loses. Black best is 13... Recent theory recommends 6 ...
Nb7, but after 14. c4 0-0-0 15. 0-0 d5!?, avoiding 7. Bc4.
White has the advantage. 7. Bd3
14. Nf7! Kxf7 Perhaps 7. Bc4 is stronger-see
15. Rflt Ke8 the note above and the next game.
16. Rxf8t 1-0. 7. c5?!
The alternative is 7... 0-0 when
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after X. Qtl2 tl6 9. 0-0-0 Bg4 10. vsky and Gol ombek don't llll'lll i1111
Rdel Nc6 II. Bc4t Kh8 12. Be6 Bob Long's suggestion 13 .. ()a I
.
Bxe613. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Rhe1 Rhe8, which seems to leave White wit h
White stands slightly better, Kara at best a draw.
klajic-Matulovic, Yugoslavia (ch) 14. Bxd6 Nc6
1 9 61 . Worthy of attention is 9. 0- 15. Bb5 Bd7
0!?, followed by Rael. 16. Bxc6 bxc6
8. d5 Qb6 If 16 ... 0-0-0 17. Ne7#, or 16 ...
9. Qd2! Qxb2? Bxc6 17. Qe2t Kf7 18. Qe7t Kg8
10. Rb1 Nxd5!? 19. Qe6#.
17. Qe2t 1-0.
For if 17 ... Kd8 18. Be7t Kc8 19.
Qa6t Kb8 20. Bd6#, or 17 ... Kf7
18. Qe7t Kg8 19. Qxd7 etc.
[80]
Shadurskis-Bonewille
Corr.1 978/79
This move has been condemned 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

but in fact is probably Black's best Bg5 g6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg7?!
try in the position. 10... Qa3 loses 7. Bc4! c5?
to 11. NbS Qxa2 12. 0-0 Na6 13. ECO shows 7 ... c6 8. Qd2 d5
Ra1! winning. 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Bh6
11. Nxd5! Qxb1t Nb6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rae1, and
12. Kf2 Qxh1 White keeps his positional com
13. Bxe7 pensation for the sacrificed pawn.
With his poor development and 8. dxc5! Qa5
Queen out of play, Black is helpless 9. Qe2 Qxc5
against the forthcoming attack. 10. 0-0-0 e6
13. d6 11. NbS 0-0
Or 13 ... Rf8 14. Bd6! Bd4t 15. 12. Be3 Qc6
Kg3 Rxf3t 16. Kxf3, and Black 13. Nfd4 Qe4
has no adequate defense against 14. Bd3 Qg4
the mating threats 17. Qe2t and 17. 15. Nc7 Qxe2
Qh6. Books on Reti by Kalendo- 16. Bxe2 Nd5
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I lul<'h I kl,·u�•·: Nl'\v and hueoll<'ll hil-a�
17. NxdS exdS by . . . d5.

18. Bf3 Nc6 8. Qe2! Kf7
19. BxdSt Kh8 If 8... Qd7?? 9. Bxf6 exf6 10.
20. NbS BeS d5.
21. Rhfl! 1-0 9. 0-0-0 Bg7
10. Re1 Qd7
11. Bd2 BfS
[81] 12. Qf2 ReS
Lange, W-Schlender 13. hS! Nc6
Barmen 1 9 3 6 14. hxg6t Bxg6
15. Bc4t Kf8
1 . d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 16. Be6 Qd8
BgS g6 5. h4!? 17. dS NeS
18. RxeS! dxeS
19. NxeS 1-0.
There is no defense against 20.
Nd7t.
[82]
Corinthios,M-Echte,A
Corr. 1987
5. d6 1. d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

If 5 ... Bg7 6. h5! Nxh5? 7. BgS g6 5. h4! ? dS 6. hS ! BfS
Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5t Kf8 9. Nd5 If 6 ... Bg4 7. Be2 gxh5, then 8.
Nc6 10. Bc4 Qe8 1 1. Qxe8t Kxe8 Nh3!, intending Nf4, White stands
12. Nxc7t Kd8 13. Nxa8 Bxd4 14. better-analy sis by the author
c3 Be5 15. 0-0-0 b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 (Minev), adopted by ECO. In case
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxe4 with an of 6 ... Bg7 7. h6 Bf8 8. f3! Qd6
advantage for White-analysis by 9. Nge2 exf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Qd2,
Kastner. For ECO's recommenda followed by 12. 0-0-0, White has
tion, 5 ... d5-see the next game. good compensation for the sacri
6. f3 exf3 ficed pawn.
7. Nxf3 Be6? 7. hxg6 Bxg6
Black should try 7 ... Bg7, and 8. Qd2
if 8. Bc4 c6, followed eventually Here again 8. Nh3!?, intending
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9. Nl4, is worthy of examination.

8. Nc6?!
Correct is 8 ... c6 or 8 ... Bg7.
with an unclear position.
9. Bb5 Qd7?
Perhaps 9... a6!? is better.
10. Na4 0-0-0
11. Qc3 Qg4
12. Bxc6 Qxg5
13. Bxb7t! Kxb7
14. NeSt 1-0. 11. Na6!!
For if 14 ... Ka8 15. Ne6 and 12. Qxa8 Kc7
wins. 13. Qxa7
If 13. c3 Bb4!!
13. Bb4t
[83] 14. Ke2 Qxc2t
Amateur-Steinitz,W 15. Kf3 QfSt
Hague 1 873 16. Kg3 Bd6t
17. Kh4
1. d4 f5 2. e4.fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 17. f4 prolongs the resistance,
4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6? exf6 6. Nxe4 but does not save the game.
Qb6!? 17. QgSt
This is a very interesting and 18. Kh3 Qh5#
completely forgotten continua 0-1.
tion. ECO deals only with 6 ... d5
7. Ng3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Qf3 f5!
and Black stands slightly better. [84]
7. Qe2?! Probst,D-Luber,R
The play in gambit style 7. Bd3!? Switzerland 1 993
Qxb2 8. Nf3 (8. Ne2) is probably
more appropriate. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
7. Qxb2! Bg5 c6 5. f3 d5 6. fxe4 dxe4 7.
8. Nd6t Kd8 Bc4 Nbd7?!
9. Qe8t Kc7 The trivial continuation here is
10. Qxc8t Kxd6 7... Bg4 8. Qd2 e6. In this game
11. Rd1 Black has in mind something dif
ferent.
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H. Ngc2 Qa5 ICw moves.
/�·co deals only with Taimanov's
analysis: 8 .. . Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbd5 10.
0-0, with advantage for White. [85]
9. Qd2 Qf5 Kuck-Heil
T hat's tha t. Obviously Black's Corr.1 953
idea is to support his e4-pawn with
the Queen, but is this an appropriate 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
task for the strongest piece? Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6? 7.
10. Ng3 Qg6 Bd3 Be7 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. 0-0-0 b5 Better, but still inadequate, is 9...
12. Bb3 Bb7 Rxf6 10. Qh5 g6 1 1. Nxg6! Qe8 12.
13. Be6 Rd8 Nxe7t Qxe7 13. 0-0-0 d5 and now
14. Rhfl Nc5 14. Rde1 with advantage for White,
15. Bf5 Qf7 as in Lasker--Pillsbury, Paris 1900,
16. Bxf6 exf6 or probably even stronger 14. Rhfl !?
No better is 16 ... gxf6 17. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rf3.
Ne6 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5t Rd7 10. Qh5 g6
20. d5 etc. Or 10 ... h6 11. Qg6 Bxe5 12.
17. Qe2 Nd7 dxe5 with a winning attack, for
18. Ncxe4 1-0. example: 12... Qg5 (12 ... Rf7 13.
Qh7t Kf8 14. Bg6) 13. Qh7t Kf7 14.
0-0t Ke7 15. Rxf8 Kxf8 16. Rflt
Ke7 17. Qh8.
11. Nxg6! Qe8
12. 0-0! d5
If 12 ... hxg6 13. Bxg6 Qe7 14.
Rf4, followed by 15. Rg4.
13. Rf4 Nd7
14. Rg4 Bxd4t
15. Rxd4 Nf6
There is no more helpless posi 16. Qg5 1-0.
tion than this: 18 ... Qc4 19. Nd6t is
a double check and mate, 18 ... Qe7
19. Nd6t is a simple mate, 18 ... Be7 [86]
19. Nd6t loses the Queen and 18 ... Capablanca,J R-Masiutin
Ne5 prolongs resistance for only a Kiev (Simul) 1 91 4
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l. d4 fS 2 . e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6!'!

BgS c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6? 7. After 7 ... Bg4 8. h3 Bx 1'3 9. ()xU
Bd3 d5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. NeS Be7 10. Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 Qa5 II. Rhel 0-0-0
Bxf6 Bxf6?! 12. Re6 or 12. Bf5!? White has more
Probably 10... Nxf6 offers more than enough compensation for the
defensive chances. For example: pawn.
if 1 1. Rxf6 Bxf6 12. Qh5t g6 13. 8. Ne5 Qb6?
Bxg6t Ke7!? To capture the pawn "b2" (the
11. QhSt Ke7 "poisoned pawn!") at the expense of
12. Bxh7 Nf8? many lost tempi is a bad idea. Ac
cording to Lalic, Black should play
8 ... Bg7, and after 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10.
Nf3 0-0 1 1. h4 White has compensa
tion for the pawn.
9. Qe2! Qxb2
If 9 ... Qxd4?? 10. Bxf6 exf6 1 1.
Nxc6t and wins.
10. 0-0! Qxc3
11. Bxf6 Rg8
After 1 1... 0-0 White plays 12.
Rf4 and 13. Rafl with a strong ini
tiative.
12. Qf2! Nd7
14. Nc4t! dxc4
15. Ne4t Kd5
16. Rf5t! Kxe4
17. Re1t Kxd4
18. c3t Kd3
19. Rd5# 1-0.
[87]
Lalic,B-Kovacevic,VI
Croatia (ch) 1995 If 12 ... exf6 13. Qxf6 Qxd4t
14. Khl and Black has no defense
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. against the threats 15. Qf7t or 15.
Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 d5 7. Rae1- Lalic.
77
13. Bxe7 ! Kxe7 12. Rael
A better try for Black was 13 . . . Also winning was 12. h3 Bh5
0-0 though White emerges with a 13. g4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Qf4
sizeable advantage in the ending Ngf6 16. Rael.
after the near-forced sequence: 12. e5
14. Nxd6 Nd5 15. Bxd8 Rxflt 16. 13. Ne4 Qe7
Bxf l Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxd8 18. Nxb7 A b e t ter try was 13 ... 0-0
Rb8 19. Nxa5 Rxb2 20. Nxc6 exd4 though White emerges with a
21. Re4. sizeable advantage in the ending
Or 13 ... Nxe5 14. Bxf8 Bf5 after the near-forced sequence
15. Bxf5 Rxf8 16. Rae1 gxf5 17. 14. Nxd6 Nd5 15. Bxd8 Rxflt 16.
Rxe5t Kd7 18. Rxf5 and White Bxfl Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxd8 18. Nxb7
wins-Lalic. Rb8 19. Nxa5 Rxb2 20. Nxc6 exd4
14. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Re4.
15. Qt7t Be7 14. Nxd6t! 1-0.
16. Qxg8 Qxd4t For if 14 ... Qxd6 15. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Kh1 Qh4 16. Qxe5t Qxe5 17. Rxe5t Kf7 18.
18. Rae1 Kd6 Bc4t and wins.
19. g3 Qg5
20. Qe8! d4
21. h4 Qd5t [89]
22. Kh2 1-0. Laird,C-Finlayson,Sh
London 1982
[88] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4

Benusiglio--Ciaverie fxe4 5. Bxf6?! Qxf6 6. Nxe4 Qh6!
Corr.1 955 7. Nf3 d5 8. Neg5?!
ECO shows 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Bd3
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Re1 a6=.
Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 d6?! 7. 8. Nc6
Bd3 g6 8. Nh4 Bg7 9. Qe2 aS?? 9. Qd2 Bd6
A fatal waste of time. Black 10. Bd3 Nb4
should try 9. . . Qa5!? 11. Bb5t c6
10. 0-0 Bg4 12. Be2
11. Qe3 Nbd7
After 1 1 ... 0-0, then 12. Rf4 and
13. Rafl with a strong initiative.
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10. Bxh7"!"! Kl7

If 10 . . . Kxh7 I I. Ng5"!" and
White's attack is irresistible, for
example: 1 1. .. Kg8 12. Qh5 ReX
13. Nce4, threatening 14. Nxf6t,
or 1 1... Bxg5 12. hxg5t Kg8 13.
Qh5.
12. Qg6!
13. 0-0-0??
Loses i m mediately. White's
only option is 13. Bd3 (13. Bd1?
h6 14. Nh3 Qxg2) Nxd3t 14. Qxd3
Qxd3 15. cxd3 with a worse, but
probably playable endgame
13. Bf4! 11. NeSt! Bxe5
0-1. 12. Qh5t! Ke7
13. Nd5t!! Kd6
14. Qxe5t Kc6
[90] 15. Nb4t! cxb4
Hartlaub-Feingold 16. Qc5# 1-0.
Berlin 1 913
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. [91]

Bg5 e6 5. f3 exf3?! Goldschmid-Preinhaelter
As always, the acceptance of the Prague 1 91 6
gambit gives White good attacking
chances. In our opinion, 5 ... e3 is 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
to be preferred. Bg5 e6 5. f3 exf3?! 6. Nxf3 Be7
6. Nxf3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0?
7. Bxf6 Bxf6 This is the same fundamental
8. Bd3 0-0? mistake as in the previous game.
Black should play 8 ... Nc6 or Black should try 7... Nc6 or 7...
8... d6. d6.
9. h4! c5? 8. 0-0 b6?
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9. NcS Hb7 8. Bxe4 0-0
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qe2 Nc6
11. Bxh7t Kxh7 10. c3 dS
12. QhSt Kg8 11. Bc2 QgS
13. Ng6 ReS? 12. g3
Now White finishes the attack If 12. Nh3, then not 12 ... Qxg2
in a very attractive way. However, 13. Bxh7t Kxh7 14. Qh5t Kg8 15.
Black already is lost. Ng5, but 12 ... Qh6 ( 12 ... Qh4!?)
13. f4 e5! with the advantage.
12. eS!
13. dxeS Bg4
14. Qe3
If 14. f3 Rae8!, while 14. f4 Qh5
15. Qe3 leads to the position as in
the game.
14. QhS
15. f4
14. Qh8t Kt7

15. NeSt Ke7
16. Qxg7t! Bxg7
17. Rt7 t Kd6
18. NbS t KdS
19. c4t Ke4
20. Re1# 1-0.
[92] 15. NxeS!

Blackburne,J-Steinitz,W 16. fxeS Rae8
London (m-6) 1 862 17. Bxh7t
Or 17. Qd4 Rxe5t 18. Kd2 Qg5t
1. d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 e6 4. 19. Kd3 Bf5t and Black wins.
Nxe4 Nf6 5. BgS Be7 6. Bd3? 17. Kxh7
Recent theory considers 6. Bxf6 18. Qd4 QgS!
as stronger-see games 93-95. 19. h4 RxeSt
6. Nxe4 0-1.
7. Bxe7 Qxe7
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(931
Fedorowicz,J-Leow,L
Philadelphia 1 986
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4.

e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Qh5t g6 8. Qh6 Nc6?!
Naturally not 8 ... Bxd4? 9. 0-0-
0 Bf6 10. h4!, and White's attack
is decisive. Theoretically best is
8 ... Qe7 9. Nxf6t Qxf6 10. 0-0-0 16. Rxd5! 0-0
Nc6 11. Nf3 d6=, while 8 ... b6!? Or 16 ... Nxd5 ( 16 ... cxb5 17.
is interesting and unclear - see the Rd7) 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Qf4! Bh6
next game. 19. Nef6t and wins-Fedorowicz.
9. 0-0-0 b6 17. Rd7 Qxe6
10. Ne2 Qe7 18. Rxb7 Nxa2t
11. Qe3! If 18 ... cxb5 19. Rxg7t! Kxg7
Threatening 12. d5 exd5 13. 20. Qd4t and 21. Qxb4.
Nxf6t. 19. Kb1 Nxc3t
11. Bg7 20. Nxc3 1-0
12. N2c3 Bb7 For if 20 ... Qxe3 21. Bc4t Kh8
13. d5! Nb4 22. fxe3.
14. dxe6 d5
If 14 ... Qxe6 15. Bc4! Qe7 16.
a3 Na6 (16 ... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. [94]
Ndf6t) 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nd5 and Cichocki,A-Kuczynski,R
White wins. According to Fedoro Poland (ch) 1989
wicz, better but still inadequate is
14 ... 0-0-0 15. a3 Nc6 16. exd7t 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4
Rxd7 17. Be2, and Black doesn't fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
have enough compensation for the Qh5t g6 8. Qh6 b6 9. h4
pawn. ECO shows only 9. Nf3 Bb7 10.
15. Bb5t c6 Bd3 Qe7 1 1. 0-0-0 Na6, followed
by ...0-0-0, with an unclear posi
tion which needs further testing in
practice.
9. Bb7
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10 . N xfll"l" () xf(l lent ion.

ll. h5 Rf8 9. Qe2 Bb7
12. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. h4! c5
13. Bd3? 11. Nfg5 h6
After this White runs into seri If 1 1. .. Bxd4? 12. Qh5 h6 13.
ous troubles. He can maintain the Qg6 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 hxg5 15. hxg5,
balance by 13. Nf3 0-0-0 14. Be2. threatening 16. Rh8t!
13. 0-0-0 12. Qh5 Bxg5
14. Qxh7 13. hxg5 Bxe4
If 14. Nf3 Nxd4! 14. Bxe4 d5
14. gxh5! 15. Qg6! dxe4
15. f3 Ne7! If 15 ... Qxg5 16. Qxe6t Kh8
16. Qxh5 17. Bxd5.
Or 16. Bc4 Nf5! 16. Qxe6t Kh8
16. Rh8
17. Bh7 Rdg8!
18. d5 Bxd5
19. c4 Rxg2
0-1.
[95]
Fronczek-Ciejka
Poland 1 9 62
17. Rxh6t! gxh6
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 18. Qxh6t Kg8
Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qg6t Kh8
7. Nf3 0-0?! 20. 0-0-0 1-0.
The plan for castling long seems
to be more suitable. ECO's main
line is 7 ... Qe7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 b6 [96]
10. Qe2 Bb7 1 1. 0-0-0 0-0-0 with Troeger-Tal,M
equal chances. West Germany--USSR
8. Bd3 b6? Hamburg 1 9 60
Instead after 8 ... Nc6 9. c3 d6
White stands only slightly better. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
May be 9 ... d5 also deserves at- Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7.
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B xf(l c xf(l H. N xc4 Be7 9. 0-0-0 1 9. Kc2 ()xh2

0-0 10. g4 20. Rd2 ()xeS"!"
ECO shows 10. Nf3 d6 11. Kb1 21. -Kd1 Qal"!"
c5=, or 10. Ng3 d6 1 1. Nh3 c5 12. 0-1.
Qc3 g6 13. Nf4 Ne5 unclear.
10. d6
11. h3 c5 [97]
12. dxc6? Zhekov,I-Panbukchian, V
Opening the position gives Bulgaria (ch-open) 1 994
Black strong attacking chances.
Preferable is 12. Qc3. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
12. bxc6 Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bxf6? exf6
13. Ng3 Qa5 7. Nxe4 f5 8. Ng3 Bc5! 9. Nxf5?
14. Qe4? 0-0 10. Ne3 Qf6 11. Qe2
The biggest "sin" in chess! White
wastes time in pursuit of material
when he is behind in development
and the opponent's attack is im
minent. Indeed White's position
is much worse, but still the correct
continuation was 14. Kbl.
14. Ne5
15. f4? d5
16. Qe1
There is no adequate defense. If
11. Qd2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ng4, or 1 1.
Nf3 Nxf3t 12. gxf3 Qxb2.
11. Ng4!
12. Nf3
Or 12. Nxg4 Qxb2 13. Qd1 ( 13.
Rdl Bb4t 14. Rd2 Qclt) Qc3t 14.
Ke2 Re8t 15. Ne3 Rxe3t! 16. fxe3
Qxe3#.
12. Qxb2
16. Qxa2! 13. Qd1
17. fxe5 Qalt If 13. Rd 1 Bb4t 14. Nd2 ( 14.
18. Kd2 Bb4t Rd2 Qclt) Rxf2! 15. Qxg4 Rxd2
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lh. Rxd2 ()cl"l' 17. ()dl Bxd2"1' IX. 14. Nxe4 Qe7
Kc2 Bxc3 and wins. 15. Rfe1 Kg7
13. Qc3t 16. Re3 ReS?
0-1. 17. Nxf6! 1-0.
[98]
Shtyrov-Cheremisin
Moscow 1 9 65
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.

Bg5 Nc6 5. Nh3!?
This forgotten continuation is

worthy of further examination.
Usually White tries 5. d5 or 5. f3.
5. g6
6. Bc4 Bg7
7. 0-0 e6?
In our opinion 7 ... d5!? is criti
cal for the whole variation.
8. d5! Ne5
9. Bb3 exd5
10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. Qxd5 c6
12. Qd6 Nf7
If 12 .. Qe7 13. Nxe4 etc.
.
13. Bxf7t Kxf7
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A84
1. d4 f5 2. c4
2 ... d6 3. g4 99
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2... d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 .......................................... 100

2 ... e6 3. a3 ...................................................................... 10 1- 104
2 ... e6 3. Nf3 c5 ....................................................................... 105
2 ... e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 ................................................. 106 107 -
2 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nh3 (4. Bf4) ..................................... 108- 109

. . .
2 ... e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 .......................................... 1 10

2 ... e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qc2 .......................................... 1 1 1
2 ... e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 ........................................................... 1 12
2 ... e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 (6. 0-0) 1 13- 1 14
2 ... e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 (without Nc3) ....................... 1 15-1 16
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1991
Laco,G-Lanzani,M
Imperia 1991
1. c4 f5 2. g4!? fxg4 3. e4 d6 4. d4
Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
The English has now transposed
into the Dutch, a variation that
arises from the following order of
moves: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. g4 fxg4
4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6. ECO's meager 16. Rxh6!? Kxh6
presentation concludes that Black 17. Rhlt Kxg5??
stands better. Maybe, but practice Suicide. After 17 ... Kg7 18.
does not convincingly support this Rxh7t Kg8 19. Qg1 White has a
opinion. winning attack after 19 ... exd4 or
6. Be3 19... Qf6.
Here and the next move 6. h3 18. Rxh7 exd4
deserves attention. There is no help for Black's ex
6. Bg7 posed King. If 18 ... Rh8 then 19.
7. Qa4t!? c6 Qg1t Kf6 20. Qf2t Bf5 21. Qh4t
If 7 ... Nbd7? 8. e5, or 7 ... Bd7 g5 (21. .. Ke6 22. d5t and mate) 22.
8. Qb3. Qh6t Bg6 23. Qg7t Ke6 24. d5t
8. 0-0-0 0-0?! cxd5 25. cxd5#.
9. h3! Na6 19. Qhl Kf6
10. Be2 gxh3?! 20. exd4 Bf5
11. Nxh3 Ng4 21. exf5 1-0.
12. Rdg1 Nxe3
13. fxe3 Bh6?!
Counterattack by 13 ... e5 or [100]
13 ... c5 is to be preferred. Hochberg-Mercado
14. Ng5 Kg7 New York 1 971
15. Qd1 e5
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 f5 4. Nc3
Bg7?!
As this and the next game
show, if Black allows the advance
e2-e4, then almost as a rule White
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ach ieves t he bet t e r game. There IH. H h2 Ndc:(•

fore, 4 ... Nf6 i s to be preferred.
5. e4 fxe4
6. Nxe4 Nh6
7. h4! Bg4
8. h5!?
Probably even stronger is 8.
Be2!? as inBroeder-Worch, East
Germany 1982: 8 ... c6 9. Nfg5
Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd7 1 1. d5 cxd5
12. cxd5 Nf5 13. Ne6 Be5 14. h5
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bh6 1-0. 19. Qd5! Rf8
Black's position is hopeless, for 20. Rxf8t 1-0
example: 16 ... Na6 17. Rd 1 Be5 For if 20... Kxf8 21. Rflt and
18. f4, or 16... Rg8 17. hxg6 Rxg6 wins.
18. Rd1 Bh8 19. Bg5!
8. Nf5
If 8 ... Bxh5 9. Rxh5! gxh5 10. [101]
Nfg5 with a strong attacking posi Paulsen,L-Leffmann
tion, while after 8 ... gxh5 9. Ng3 Leipzig 1 877
or 9. Be2 White has compensation
for the sacrificed pawn. After the A historical game. After the
text Black is in trouble. mistake 8 ... Bb7 White skillfully
9. Be2 Bxf3 organizes a winning attack.
10. Bxf3 Nxd4 1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3
11. Bg4! c6?! d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Be2 b6
1 1... c5!? 8. 0-0 Bb7? 9. Ng5! Qe7 10. Bf3
12. h6! Be5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. d5! exd5 13.
13. f4 d5 cxd5 c5 14. Ne6 a6 15. e4 fxe4
14. fxe5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be5 18.
15. 0-0 cS Bg5 1-0.
16. b4 Nbc6 When Black's Queen retreats,
Weakening the diagonal "al-h8" White wins by 19. f4.
is fatal, but also 16 ... b6 17. bxc5
bxc5 18. Qa4t Nbc6 19. Ba3 is
hopeless for Black.
17. bxc5 Nxe5
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I l u l l'h I ll'it'll�t· Nnv a u d h • q •.o l h'll h lt·a�
11021 17. f4 exf3

Friedrichsen-Payne 18. Nxf3 Qg3
West Germany 1972 19. Rf2 Ng4
20. Qe1 Rf6
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Nf6 21. Bfl Rxf3!
5. Nf3 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5? 0-1.
This exchange is good after 7.
Bd3 Bd6?! 8. cxd5!, and Black
must play 8 ... cxd5. Here it makes [103]
Black's development easier. Bagaturov,G-Krakops,M
7. exd5 Elista (ol) 1 998
8. b4 a6
9. Be2 Bd6 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3
10. h3 0-0 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d5!?
11. 0-0 Ne4 For 6. e3-see next game.
12. Nxe4? 6. Be7
This is the decisive mistake. 7. Nd4?
Now Black achieves an irresistible White's most promising option
attack on the King's side. White is 7. g3!
should play 12. Bb2 or 12. Qc2, 7. c5
but his position is already worse. 8. Nf3 Ne4
12. fxe4 9. Qd3 Nxc3
13. Nd2 Qh4 10. bxc3 0-0
14. Bg4 11. g3 b5!
12. dxe6 Be4
13. Qe3
14. h5!
15. Bxh5 Nf6
16. Be2 Bxh3 13. Nc6!
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I ·<'( l AX·I
Black develops h i s i n i t i a t i v e v ig

orously. If n ow 14. cxb5 Na5, with
the terrible threat 15 ... Nc4.
14. Bb2 bxc4!
This is even stronger than 14...
Na5 15. exd7 Nxc4 16. Qcl Qxd7
etc. The opening of the b-file prac
tically decides the game.
15. Bg2 Rb8
16. Bel dxe6
17. 0-0 Bf6 19. ReSt Rf8
18. Ra2 Qe7 20. Bh6! 1-0.
19. a4 Rb3 For if 20 ... gxh6 then 21. Rxf8t
20. Ba3 Nb4 Kxf8 22. Qf6t Kg8 .23. Rel, or
21. Raa1 Rxc3 20... d6 21. Rae1, followed by 22.
0-1. R 1e7.
[104] [105]
Kurajica,B-Zorman,V Moore-Horseman,D
Ljubljana 1 999 Birmingham 1 955
1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. c4 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 c5?! 4.

f5 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6? 7. Bd3 Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7.
0-0 8. Qc2 c5 9. d5 a6 10. 0-0 b5 d5! g6 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10.
11. e4! Qc7 Ng5! h6
With his queenside frozen, Black
is clearly in an inferior position.
Perhaps he should try 1 1... b4.
12. Re1 Ng4
13. h3 Ne5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. exf5 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 bxc4
17. Bxc4 exd5
18. Re7 Rt7
Mandatory was 10... exd5, but
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I l u l < ' h I 11' 1 < ' 1 1 '< ' Nl'w a u d h • q • o l h · u h k a \
a l'll' r I I . N xd5 W h i t e has a c l ea r C or rect i s 7. . . Nh6.

ad v a n t age. 8. e4!
1 1. Nf7 ! Opening the center in the Dutch
A ty pical trick in many open- Defense is almost always in White's
ings! favor.
1 1. Kxf7 8. dxe4
12. dxe6t dxe6 9. Bxe4 e5?
13. Bxb7 Nb4 10. dxe5 Bxe5
14. a3! Qxd1 11. Bg5 Qd6
15. Raxd1 Nc2 12. Nxe5 Qxd1
16. Bxa8 Rxa8 If 12 ... Qxe5 13. Rel! fxe4 14.
17. e3 Nh5 Nxe4 and wins.
18. Rd7t Kg8 13. Raxd1 fxe4
19. Rxg7t! 1-0. 14. Nxe4 Nd7
For if 19... Kxg7 20. Be5t and 15. Nd6t Kf8
21. Rcl . 16. Bxe7t Kxe7
17. Nxc8t 1-0.
[106]
Lange-Diemer,E [107]
Weidenau 1 9 3 7 Akhmilovskaia,E-Dahl,l
Thessaloniki (of) 1 988
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c6
5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 Qf6 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5
ECO shows only 6... Nd7, 6 ... 5. g4!?
Nf6 and 6... Nh6.
7. Nc3 Ne7?
5. fxg4
6. Ne5 Nf6
90
H 'I I AX· I
7. N d ! '! 5. (.'(J
All th i s i s a proposit i on by Kou 6. e3 Bd (,
atly, who considers only 7. h3 g3 7. Bd2? 0-0
unclear. This game shows convinc 8. c5 Bc7 •
ingly that the whole variation is 9. f4 Ne4

worthy of further examination. 10. Nxe4 fxe4
7. Nbd7 11. Ng5? h6
8. Nxg4 Nxg4? 12. h4
After this Black has big difficul
ties. I think that in case of 8 .. Bd6
.
White's idea is 9. f4!? Correct seems

to be 8 ... Be7.
9. Qxg4 Nf6
10. Qg5! Bd7
11. Bd2 Qe7
12. 0-0-0 0-0-0
13. f3 c5
14. Bel cxd4
15. exd4 h6 12. hxg5!
16. Qe5 Qd6 13. hxg5 Qxg5!
17. Bg3 Bc6 14. fxg5 Bg3t
18. Bh3 dxc4?? 15. Ke2 Rf2t
19. Qa5 1-0. 16. Kel Rxg2#
0-1.
[108]
Distler-Eriksen [109]
London 1 9 49 Semkov,S-Radulski, Y
Bulgaria (ch) 1 992
This game does not require an
notations. It can be a model how 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4!?
White should not play against the Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nh3 0-0 7. Bd3
Dutch Defense. Nc6?
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nh3 Black's idea to promote e6-e5
Nf6 5. f3?! doesn't work. Usual is 7... c6, fol-
For the better 5. Bf4-see the lowed eventually by ...Ne4, but
next game. White's position is clearly better.
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I h 1 t d 1 I h ' h- 1 1 \l ' Nnv a n d h • l ) ' • • t h·n l d l'a �
K. a.' d xc4 IS. Nf3 Nh7

9. Bxc4 Kh8 16. Qh3t Kg7
10. 0-0 eS 17. NeS Rf6
11. dxeS Nxe5 18. Bd3 Rh6??
12. Bxe5! Bxe5 A blunder. However, after 18 ...
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 Qe8 1 9. g4! White maintains a
14. Ng5 Rf8 strong attack.
15. Nf7t Rxf7 19. Qxh6t! 1-0.
16. Bxf7 Bd7
17. Rfd1 Bc6
18. Rd3 Bxh2t [111]
19. Kxh2 Ng4t Piskov,Y-Kertesz,A
20. Kg1 Ne5 Bad Godesberg 1 995
21. Rd5! 1-0.
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
f5 5. Qc2!?
[110] With the idea if 5 ... dxc4 6. e4.
Lebedev-Viakhirev 5. Bd6
St. Petersburg 1 909 6. Bg5 Ne7
7. e3 0-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 8. Bd3 Qe8
c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
Nd7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Ne5 0-0 10. h3 Qf6
Deserving of attention is 9 ... 11. g4!?
Ng6!?
10. 0-0 g5?
It is too early for such attempt to
seize the initiative. Better is 10 ...
Bd7 or 10... Ng6.
11. f4 h6?
Good or bad, Black should play
1 1... g4.
12. Qe1 Kh7
13. fxg5 hxg5
14. Qg3 Kh6 A brave sacrifice of a piece for
If 14 ... Rg8 then 15. Nf 7 and an attack.
16. Nxg5t. 11. dxc4
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I · < '( I AH·I
I n t he a l t e rn a t i ve I I. . g6 1 2 .
. R x f6 26. R hX"I" a nd ma l l' , or 2 1 . . .
gx f5 gx f5 1 3 . Rg l "l" Kh8 14. 0-0- Qx f2 22 . R fl Qx f H 23. B x f l a nd
0 B l ack's position does not look wins.
good. 22. Rxf6t B xf6
12. Bxc4 fxg4 23. Qh5t Ke7
13. hxg4 Qxf3 24. Qc5t 1-0.
14. Qxh7t Kf7 For if 24... Kf7 25. Bg6t! Kxg6
15. Be2 Qf6 (25 ... Kg8 26. Rh8t!) 26. Qh5#.
16. Bd3 Bb4?
Critical is 16... Ke7 17. f4 Nd7
18. Bg6 Rd8 19. Ne4 Bb4t 20. Ke2 [112]
Qf8 and White does not appear to Tenner,O-Hennig
have enough for the piece. The al Berlin 1919
ternative 16... Qg5 is not as good:
after 17. 0-0-0 Ke8 18. Ne4 Qe7 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
19. Qg6t Kd7 20. Rh7 and we like e4
White's chances. This is some sort of delayed
17. 0-0-0 Bxc3 Staunton Gambit, rarely used but
worthy of deeper investigation.
4. fxe4
5. f3!?
Theory shows only 5. Qg4 Nf6
(5 ... Qe7 6. Qxe4 ) 6. Qxg7 Rg8 =
7. Qh6 Rg6 8. Qh4 Nc6 9. Nge2

d5 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. 0-0-0 unclear,
Szabo-Grob, Vienna 1947.
5. exf3?!
Perhaps 5... d5 or 5.. . e3 de-
18. g5!! Bxb2t serve to be tested in practice.
19. Kb1 Qxg5 6. Nxf3 Nf6
If 19... Qe7 20. Bg6#, or 19... 7. Bg5 0-0
Qf3 20. Be4 Qe2 22. Bg6t Ke7 22. 8. Bd3 d6
Qxg7t and wins. 9. 0-0 Bxc3
20. Rdg1 Qf6 10. bxc3 Nbd7?!
21. Rg6 Bxd4 Maybe Black should try 10... c5
If 21 ... Qf3 22. R xg7t Ke8 23. or 10... Nc6, intending e6-e5.
Bg6t Kd8 24. Qh4t Qf6 25. Qxf6t 11. Qel ReS?
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I ) u l c h I k h· u sl· : Nl' W a ud h u r.o l h' l l h k a s
I I . .. Q eX ! '! , a n d i f 1 2 . Q h 4 1 3. Nfe5 0-0

Qh5. 14. Qh5 Rxf
12. Qh4 Nf8 15. exf5 Nd4
If 12 ... h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. 16. Re1 Qf8
Qxh6 Qe7 15. Ng5 Qg7 16. Qh4,
followed by Rf3.
17. Ng6! 1-0.
13. Ne5! dxe5

14. Rxf6! 1-0 [114]
For if 14 ... gxf6 15. Bxf6 Qd7 Kahn-Blanco
16. Qg5t Ng6 17. Bxg6 and wins. Buenos Aires 1 939
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
[113] e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. 0-0 Bd6 7.
Huss,A-Schmittdiei,E Ne5?
Bukfurdo (Mitropa Cup) 1 995 For 7. Nc3-see game # 130
7. Bxe5
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 8. dxe5 Ng4
b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5?! 9. e4
ECO recommends a very dubi If 9. f4 Qh4 10. h3 Qg3 and
ous variation: 6 ... Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 wins.
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 a5 unclear. 9. Qh4
7. 0-0 Bd6 10. h3 Nxe5
8. d5! exd5 11. exf5 0-0
9. Bxf5 Be7 12. fxe6
10. cxd5 Nxd5 Now Black accomplishes a typi
11. e4 Nf4 cal attack.
12. Nc4 Ne6
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H 'I I /\ X·I
12. Rf3! 10. NxfS!

13. e7 Na6 Black clearly overlooked this
14. Be2 Rxh3 surprising sacrifice, which refutes
1S. gxh3 Qxh3 his opening idea.
16. f3 Qg3t 10. RxfS
17. Kh1 Ng4! 11. Qc2 ReS
0-1. 12. f4 Rxe6
13. fS ReS
14. Bf4 Qc7
[11S] 1S. Nc3! Nxc3
Konstantinopolsky,A 16. BxeS QxeS
Krutykhin 17. Bxb7 Nxe2t
USSR 1 952 18. Kh1 Nc6
19. Bxa8 Ned4
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 20. Qg2 1-0.
Bb7 S. 0-0 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. dS
0-0
If 7... exd5 8. Nd4 g6 9. Nc3 [116]
0-0 10. Nc2 with the better game Watson,J-Maffeo
for White San Francisco 1 977
8. Nd4 Ne4?
According to ECO, Black should 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
play 8 ... Qc8 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 Bb7 S. 0-0 Nf6 6. d4 d6?
Nc5 with an unclear position. A very weak continuation, re
9. dxe6 cS futed in this game in an instructive
way. Correct is 6 ... Be7.
7. NgS! Bxg2
95
H. Kxg2 QcH
9. d5! e5
10. Nc3 Nbd7
11. Qc2 Nc5
12. f4 h6
13. fxe5 hxg5
14. exf6 f4
15. Qg6t Kd8
16. h4 Rxh4
17. Bxf4! Qh3t
18. Kf2 Rh6
19. fxg7 Rxg6
20. gxf8=Qt 1-0.
96
H ' I I AX ..,
ASS
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3
3 . . . g6 4 . h4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 7- 1 1 8
3 . . . g6 4. f3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 9- 1 20
3 . . . g6 4. Nf3 B g7 5 . B f4 d6 6. Qb3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1
3 . . . g6 4 . Bg5 B g7 5 . Nf3 ( 5 . Qd2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22- 1 23
3 . . . e6 4 . f4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24
3 . . . e6 4. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25
3 . . . e6 4. a3 b6 5 . Nf3 Bb7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 26- 1 27
3 . . . e6 4. g3 B b4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 28 - 1 29
3 . . . e6 4. e3 b6. 5 . Bd3 Bb7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 30- 1 3 3
3 . . . e6 4. e3 Be7 5 . B d3 b6 6. Nge2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 34
3 . . . e6 4. e3 d5 5 . Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 5
3 . . . e6 4. e3 d5 5 . Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 36
3 . . . e6 4. Nf3 b6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37 - 1 3 8
3 . . . e6 4. Nf3 d5 5 . B f4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 39- 1 42
3 . . . e6 4. Nf3 B b4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43 - 1 48
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' l I k k i i Sl" . Ne w a u d h l l ) ' l l l l l " l l I l k a s
I lui I l
1 1 1 71 6. hS NxhS 7. g4 Nf6 8. g5 Nfd7 9.

Flesch,J-Jansa, V Nxe4 Bg7 with a sharp and unclear
Stary Smokovec 1 971 position.
5. Rg8?
1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. This is a new, but hardly to be
h4 Bg7 recommended, continuation. Most
For ECO's recommendation 4... probably the critical variation is
d6-see the next game. 5 ... Nxh5 6. Rxh5 gxh5 7. e4 fxe4
5. e4 fxe4 8. Qxh5t Kd7, which theory as
6. h5 gxh5 sesses as unclear.
7. Bg5? 6. hxg6 hxg6
This is the wrong idea. Instead 7. Nf3 Na6
7. Rxh5!? or 7. Be2!? deserve to 8. Bg5 c6
be tested. 9. Bxf6 exf6
7. 0-0 10. e3 Qe7
8. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Qa4 Bd7
9. Nxe4 Re6 12. 0-0-0
10. Qc2 Nc6 White stands clearly better.
11. 0-0-0 Nb4! 12. c5?
Also possible is 1 1. . . Nxd4 but The opening of the center makes
the text is even more convincing. Black's position worse. More ap
12. Qe2? propriate is 12 ... Nc7.
12. Qb1 also looks bad, but 13. NbS Kfi
maintains some practical chances. 14. Qb3 Kg7
12. d5! 15. dxc5 dxc5
13. Qxh5 Rh6 16. Nc3 Bc6
0-1. 17. Nd5 Qti
[118]
Socko,M-Kadziolka
Brzeg Dolny 2001
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4
d6 5. h5
This is similar to the previous
example. Interesting is 5. e4!? fxe4
98
I M. NgS ! 1 -0. 1 6. Qa4"!" ! 1 -0.
For i f 1 8 ... fxg5 19. Qc3i .
" Black loses the Queen in a l l va r i
ations: 1 6 . . . Bd7 1 7. Bf7t or 1 6. . .
Qd7 17. Bb5, or 16... Kd8 1 7. Rd l

[119]
Berliner,H-Ault
Omaha (US open) 1959 [120]
Sakaev,K-Kramnik,V
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 USSR 1989
dS?! Condensed notes by Sakaev
Today theory recommends 4... c5
5. d5 Bg7 6. Nh3 0-0 7. e3 e5 8. Be2 1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3
d6=, or 4 ... Nc6!? 5. e4 (5. d5 Ne5 d6?! 5. e4 Bg7 6. eS! NbS
6. e4 unclear) fxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. d5 After 6 ... dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd 1t
Nd4 8. Nf3 Bc5! Kxd1 White stands slightly better.
5. cxdS NxdS 7. g4 dxeS
6. e4 Nxc3 8. gxhS exd4
7. bxc3 Bg7 9. NdS eS
8. Bc4 cS Or 9... e6 10. h6 Be5 1 1. f4 exd5
9. Ne2 Nc6 (11... Qh4t? 12. Ke2 exd5 13. Nf3!
10. Be3 cxd4 with a winning position for White)
11. cxd4 fxe4 12. fxe5 Qh4t 13. Ke2! Qe4t 14.
12. fxe4 Rf8 Kf2 Qxh1 15. Nf3 with an advan
13. Qb3 Bxd4?? tage for White.
A blunder in an already very dif 10. h4!
ficult position.
14. Bxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4
10. h6
Only. If 10 ... c6 1 1. Bg5 Qd6 12.
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I h 1 1 1 ' 1 1 I ll'kll.\ <' . Nl' w a n d h li )'.OI I l'll l dl' a .\
l k7 ()d7 U. N f6"!" and w i n s . Hg7 5. 8f4 d6 6. Qb3

II. Qe2! 0-0 Also interesting is 6. h4!? Nh5
If I I . . . c6 12. Nf4! 7. e3 0-0 8. c5 Nxf4 9. exf4 e6 10.
12. Qg2 c6 h5 with a complicated and unclear
game.
6. c6
7. e3 Na6
Routine is 7 ... 0-0 8. h3 Qe8 9.
Be2 Nbd7.
8. Be2 Nc7
9. h3 0-0
10. eSt d5
11. Ne5 Ne6
12. Bh2 Nd7
13. Bxh6! Bxh6 13. Nd3 Qe8
Or 13 ... cxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. 14. f3 Kh8
Qxg6t Kh8 16. Qh6t Kg8 17. Nh3 15. g4 f4
with a winning attack. 16. Nxf4 Nxf4
14. Qxg6t Bg7 17. Bxf4 Bxd4
15. h6 Rf7 18. Na4 Bg7
16. Nh3 19. h4 d4?
Also after 16. h7t Kh8 (16 ... Black should play 19. .. e5, and if
Kf8 17. Qh6!!) 17. Qxf7 cxd5 18. the Bishop retreats, 20 ... Nf6.
cxd5 White should win. 20. h5! dxe3
16. cxd5 21. hxg6 h6
17. Ng5 Re7 22. Bxh6 Ne5
18. Rg1 Nc6 23. Qxe3 1-0.
19. cxd5 Qa5t
20. Kd1 Qxd5
21. hxg7 1-0. [122]
Moskalenko,V-Avshalumov
Paris 1 992
[121]
Muller,H-Wehrle 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5
Switzerland 1 995 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6
ECO recommends 5 ... 0-0, and
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 if 6. Qd2 Ne4, but 6. Bxf6!? Bxf6
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7. e4 seems to be stronger. I. d4 f5 2. c 4 Nf(, .t N(:J �(, 4. H�5
6. h4 Ng4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c5! 6. dxcS
7. e4 h6 Stronger is 6. d5 or 6. Nf3 wit h
8. Be3 Nc6 slightly better chances for White.
9. h5 e5 6. Na6
10. dxe5 Nxe3 7. Bh6?!
1 1. fxe3 Nxe5 White still keeps slightly better
12. hxg6 Nxg6 chances by 7. Nh3 Nxc5 8. f3 ! ? 0-0
13. Bd3 Bxc3t? 9. e3 d6 10. Be2.
After 1 3 . . . 0-0 the position is 7. Bxh6
still unclear. 8. Qxh6 Nxc5
14. bxc3 Qf6 9. Nh3?!
15. 0-0 fxe4 After 9. f3 ! ? Qa5 10. 0-0-0 b5
16. Bxe4 0-0 1 1 . cxb5 a6 1 2 . e4 ! the situation is
17. Qd3 Ne7 unclear.
18. Nd4 Qg5? 9. Qa5
10. 0-0-0
But not 10. Qd2? Nb3 !
19. Rxf8t Kxf8

20. Bxb7! 1-0.
For if 20 . . . Bxb7 2 1 . Ne6t, or 10. b5!
20... Rb8 21. Bxc8 and White 11. Ng5?
wins. Beliavsky, in Uncompromising
Chess, says White should play 1 1 .
cxb5 a6 12. b6 ! Qxb6 1 3 . f3 Rb8
[123] 14. Qf2 or 14. Rd2 with "roughly
Smyslov,V -Beliavsky,A equal chances." We feel Black is
Sochi 1986 better after 14. Qf2 e5 intending
Condensed notes by Beliavsky . . . d5 and 14. Rd2 d5 intending
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I lutdt I kkus1·: Nnv aud h ll)'.ollnl Idea.\
. . . c5. In both cases Bcliavsky wou ld tag c.

have the ce n ter and Smy s lov would 8. 0-0 Bxc3!
be cramped. 9. bxc3 d6
11. Bb7 10. Qe1 Nbd7
12. Qg7 11. Ng5 Qe8
I f 12 . cxb5 Nce4 1 3. Ncxe4 Bxe4 12. Qh4 h6
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 with advantage for 13. d5? Nc5
Black. 14. Nxe6 Nxd3
12. Rf8 15. Rf3 Qh5
13. Nxh7 0-1.
Or 1 3 . e4 b4 14. e5 bxc3 1 5 . exf6
R x f6 1 6 . Nx h7 0 - 0 - 0 ! 17. Nxf6
Qxa2 and Black wins. [125]
13. Nxh7 Czisar-Sollosy
14. Qxh7 b4 Budapest 1958
15. Nd5
If 15. Qxg6t Kd8 16. Nd5 Qxa2 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5
and wins. Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3
15. Bxd5 Worthy of consideration is the
16. Rxd5 d6 immediate 6. e4.
17. Kb1 b3! 6. 0-0
18. axb3 Rb8 7. e4 d6
19. Qxg6t Kd7 8. exf5
20. Rxf5 Qe1t
21. Kc2 Nxb3
0-1.
[124]
Philippe-Budowski
Lugano (ol) 1968
1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. f4?!

Bb4 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 8. Qe8!?
Bb7 9. fxe6?
Taking control of the e4-square The acceptance of the sacrificed
Black achieves a positional advan- pawn gives Black a long lasting and
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H "( l /\X'>
very dangerous attack. Better is 9. 14. Nc7"!"

Be2 . Maybe 14. Nf6"!" or 14. Nt4 de
9. Bxe6 serve to be i n ve s tig ated.
10. Kd2 Qg6 14. Bxe7
1 1. Nd5 Nc6 15. Bxb7 c6
12. Kc3 Bxd5 16. Bxa8 Qh3
13. cxd5 Ne7 17. Qf3?
14. Qb3 Kh8 White's last chance was 17. Qe2
15. Re1 c5! Qg2 18. Qfl .
16. Re6 cxd4t 17. Ne5
17. Kd2 Rac8 18. Qe2 Qg2
18. h4 Nxd5! 19. Rfl Qe4!
19. Qxd5 Qc2t 0-1.
20. Ke1 Qclt Probably premature, but after 20.
21. Ke2 Qxb2t f3 Nd3t 2 1 . Kd2 Qxc4 22 . Qxd3
0-1. Rd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 White's position
is in full disarray and Black should
win, for example 24. Rf2 Na6 (24 . . .
[126] Nd7 ! ?), threatening 25 . . . Nc5.
Say,F-Grefe,J
Berkeley 1991
[127]
1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3?! Floramonti-Khenkin,I
f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d5 Bd6 7. Nd4 0-0! Geneva 1995
8. dxe6?! Ng4! 9. e3
Or 9. exd7 Qh4 10. g3 Qh5 1 1 . 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3
Nf3 Nxd7 and B l ack has more f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 7. g3
than enough compensation for the After 7. dxe6 dxe6 8 . Qxd8t
pawn. Kxd8 Black is not worse. Also in
9. Qh4 teresting is the gambit 7 . . . Bg7 ! ? 8.
10. g3 Qh5 exd7t Nbxd7, gaining two tempi for
11. Nd5 dxe6 the sacrificed pawn.
12. Nxe6 ReS 7. Bg7
13. Bg2 8. Bg2 0-0
Perhaps 1 3 . Nef4 offers more 9. 0-0 Na6
defensive chances. 10. e4?
13. Rxe6 Opening the center here is in
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Black's favor. 7. Nf3 Kh8
10. Nxe4 8. 0-0 Ne4
I I. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 fxe4
12. NgS exdS 10. BgS! Qe8
13. cxdS NcS If 10 . . . Be7 1 1 . Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
14. N xe4 Nxe4 Nd2 a4 1 3 . Qe3 d5 16. f3 with ad-
15. Bxe4 Qf6 vantage for White.
16. Rb1 Qd4! 11. Nd2 Nc6
17. Qc2 12. dS! Bxd2
I f 17. Bg2 Rxf2 ! 13. Bxd2 Nd4
17. Rae8 14. Qd1 exdS
18. Bd3 BxdS 15. Bc3 NfS
19. Rd1 Qg4 16. .QxdS Ra6
20. Bfl Rxf2! 17. Qxe4 Re6
Stronger than 20 . . . Qf3 2 1 . 18. Qd3 Rxe2
Rxd5 Qxd5, which also wins be- 19. Rae1 Rxe1
cause White can't play 22. Bc4?? 20. Rxe1 QhS
Re1 and mate comes. 21. Re4! Nd6
21. Qd3 The only defense which avoids
If 2 1 . Kxf2 Qf3t 22. Kgl Qh1t an immediate loss was 21 . . . Qg6
23. K f2 Qxh2t and mate next 22. Rf4 h5, but after the simple 23.
move, or 2 1 . Qxf2 Qxd 1 22. h4 Bxa5 White also has a decisive ad-
Rf8 23. Qe2 Bd4t and wins. vantage.
21. Rxflt!
22. Qxfl Bd4t
0-1.
[128]
Doroshkevich,K-Nei,I
Vilnius 1966
1. c4 fS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. g3
Bb4 5. Qb3 aS?! 22. Rh4! 1-0.
Better is 5 . . . Qe7 or 5 . . . c5 ! ? If 22 . . . Qf5, 23. Rf4 ! wins.
see the next game.
6. Bg2 0-0
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Lindh,B-Ekelund,K
Sweden (Corr) 1987/88
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Bb4t 5. Nc3
In this order of moves theory
prefers 5. Bd2.
5. 0-0
6. Qb3 c5!?
7. d5?! 18. Ng4!!
The better response is 7. dxc5 ! 19. Nxg4 Bxc3t
7. d6 0-1.
8. Nh3 After the forced 20. Qxc3 Black
After 8 . dxe6 Nc6, followed by nicely exploits the pinned Queen
9 . . . Bxe6, Black also has a good by 20 . . . Rxb2 ! , and the end will
game. be 21. Qxa5 Re2#, or 21. Bfl Rxfl t
8. e5! 22. Rxfl Re2#.
9. f3? b5!?
10. cxb5 a6
11. Bd2 axb5 [130]
12. Nxb5 Ba6! Tarrasch,S-Richter,B
13. Nc3 Halle 1892
If 1 3 . Bxb4 cxb4 14. Qxb4 Qb6 Condensed notes by Tarrasch
15. a4 Bxb5 16. Ra3 Rxa4 17. Rxa4
Nxd5 18. Qb3 Bxa4, and it does not 1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
matter if White plays 1 9. Qxa4 or b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3
1 9. Qxd5, because in both cases Nc6?!
Black maintains the advantage. (Author's note: A better option is
13. Nbd7 7 . . . 0-0 8. Qc2 Bb4 unclear, Elis
14. Nf2 Rb8 kases-Alekhine, Orebro 1935.)
15. e4 fxe4 8. e4! fxe4
16. fxe4 Qb6 9. Nxe4 Be7
17. Ncd1 Qa5 Now Wh ite has an excel lent
18. Bc3 game. But, instead of continuing
w ith development (for example
10. Be3), and slowly but steadily
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I luld1 I k l l:use: New ami h1 1polll'll Idea�
increasing the advantage, W h ite IH. Khl Rxh2t

begins a premature attack, which 19. Kxh2 Rh8t
finishes with disaster because of 20. Bh6 Qh4#
the opponent's cool defense. 0-1.
10. Ne5? Nxd4!
Bad was 10 . . . NxeS because of
1 1. Nxf6t Bxf6 1 2 . dxeS, followed [131]
by 13. QhSt. Stark,B-Espig,L
11. Nxf6t? East Germany (ch) 1967
This immediately leads to trou
ble but even the flashy 1 1 . NgS 0-0 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
12. QhS fails to 12 . . . NfS 13. Qh3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3
Qe8. Bb7 8. d5! exd5?!
11. Bxf6 Maybe 8 . . . Na6 is better.
12. Qh5t g6 9. cxd5 g6
13. Bxg6t hxg6 10. Bc4 Kg7?
14. Qxg6t Ke7 More defensive chances were
15. Ng4 offered by 10 . . . Kh8.
Other moves also don't keep the 11. Re1 Na6
attack. 12. e4 fxe4
15. Qf8! 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
This is a wonderful move, with 14. Rxe4 Bf6
which Black initiates a very elegant 15. Qd2 Kh8
counterattack. 16. Qh6 Bg7
16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh3 Bf6
17. Bg5 18. Bd2 d6
19. Rae1 Bc8
17. Ne2t
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20. Qh() 8g7 I LUI

21. 8c3! 1-0. Vareille,F-Uricard,E
For if 2 1 . . . Bxc3 22. Ng5 and Paris 1 994
wins.
1. d4 e6 2. c4 fS 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3
b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 g6 7. Nge2
[132] Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b4 Nc6 10. Qb3
Sigheim-Miller Kh8 11. h3 gS 12. g4 Ne7 13. e4
London 1925 f4 14. h4 gxh4 15. Nxf4?
After 1 5 . Bxf4 Ng6 1 6 . B h 2
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 White's game is preferable.
b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 Bd6!? 15. Nc6
16. Nfe2
6 . . . Nh5 7. Nh3 Qh4t 8 . Nf2

Nc6 9. g3 Qe7 is unclear. 16. Nxg4!
7. Nge2 Nc6 17. eS
8. 0-0 0-0 If 17. fxg4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4t
9. e4? fxe4 1 9. Kh2 Rxfl 20. Bxfl Qf6 and
10. fxe4 Ng4 Black wins.
11. eS Qh4 17. h3!
12. h3 NcxeS! 18. Ne4
13. dxeS BeSt Or 18. fxg4 h2t and wins.
14. Kh1 Qxh3# 18. Qe8
0- 1. 19. BgS Qg6
20. fxg4 Nxd4
21. Nf6 QxgS
22. Nxd4 h2t!
0-1.
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1 134 1 Nl'6 5. Ud3 c6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7.

Malakhovskaia-Sokolovskaia Qc2'!!
USSR 1976 Shown in ECO only as a propo
sition, with the idea that if 7 . . . 0-0,
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. then 8 . 0-0 Ne4 9. f3.
e3 Be7 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 b6 7. 7. Nbd7
0-0 Bb7 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qe8 8. f3 0-0
10. NbS? Qg6! 11. Nf4 Qh6 12. 9. Bd2 Kh8
N xc7 Bd6! 13. Nxa8 Bxf4 14. 10. 0-0 dxc4!
exf4 Nxd4 15. Qd1 11. Bxc4 e5
12. Qxf5?
White overlooks Black's 18th
move. However, in all other varia-
tions Black still stands better.
12. exd4
13. Nxd4 Ne5
14. Be6 c5!
15. Bxc8
If 1 5 . Ndb5 or 1 5 . Nde2, then
15 . . . Nfg4 with advantage.
15. Nf3t! 15. cxd4
16. gxf3 Qh3 16. exd4 Nc4
17. Be3 17. Be6 Nxd2
Or 17. Be2 Ng4 and wins. 18. Rfd1 Nfe4!
17. Ng4 19. Qh5 g6
18. Re1 Nxh2 20. Qd5 Qh4
19. Be2 Rf6 21. Nxe4 Qxh2t
20. Bfi Nxf3t 22. Kf2 Rxf3t
21. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. Kel Qxg2
0-1. 0-1.
[135] [136]
Khodos,G-Lapin Glu cksberg-Najdorf, M
Rostov 1958 Warsaw 1935
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 "The Polish Immortal" game. Some
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J·:< "I I AK 'l
sources claim that this game is played 13. B�l!!

some years earlier. We presented it as is 14. Nxgl Qh2"1"
published in "Wiener Schoch Zeitung" 15. Kf3 e5!
1935 with condensed annotations by New forces come on the sce ne!
Tartakower. 16. dxe5 Ndxe5t !
17. fxe5 Nxe5t
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 18. Kf4 Ng6t
d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 19. Kf3 f4!
8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 T h r eate n i n g not o n l y 2 0 . . .
White probably believes that the fxg3t, but also 20 . . . Bg4t ! 2 1 .
attack against "e6" makes the fol Kxg4 Ne5#.
lowing typical sacrifice impossible. 20. exf4
If so, then many of Black's moves If 20. Bxg6, then Black wins
to come were surely big surprises by another beautiful variation :
for him. 20 . . . Bg4t ! 2 1 . Kxg4 Qxg3t 22.
9. Bxh2t Kh5 hxg6t 23. Kxg6 Rf6 24. Kh5
10. Kh1 Ng4 Rh6#.
To answer 1 1 . Nxe6 with 11 . . .
Qh4.
11. f4 Qe8
12. g3 Qh5
13. Kg2
The point of White's idea. He
hopes that 14. Rh 1 , followed by
Nf3, will allow him to capture the
Bishop on h2, but his ingenious
opponent finds new attacking re-
sources. 20. Bg4t!
21. Kxg4 NeSt!
The seventh sacrifice ! It should
also be noted that Black has sacri
ficed all four of his minor pieces !
22. fxe5 h5#
0-1.
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( 137 ) There is no d efense. l f 17. B f l

Abramovich,G-Botvinnik,M Rh6 1 8 . h3 ( 1 8 . h4 g 5 ) Q x h 3 !
St. Petersburg 1924 wms.
1. d4 fS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3

b6 S. BgS Be7 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3
0-0 8. 0-0 Ne4!?
T heory shows 8 . . . Qe8 9. Qe2,
a nd now 9 . . . Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3
1 1 . bxc3 Qxe7=, or B otvinnik's
proposition 9 . . . Qh5 ! ? 10. e4 Nc6 !
unclear.
9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. Rcl 17. Qxh2t!
Or 10. Nb5? Na6 1 1 . Qb3 f4 12. 0-1
exf4 Rxf4 13. Rfe 1 ? ? Rxf3 ! 14. For if 18. Kxh2 Rh6t 19. Kg1
gxf3 Qg5t 15. Kfl Nd2t 16. Ke2 Rh1-the typical "Classical Mate"
Bxf3# 0-1 Vogt-Schaaf, Breslau with Rook and Bishop.
1937.
10. Na6
11. a3 Rf6 [138]
12. Qa4? Granda Zuniga-Canda
This is the decisive mistake. Medina del Campo 1985
White should play 1 2 . Ne2 or 12.
Bxe4. 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 fS 3. c4 Nf6 4.
12. Nxc3 Nc3 b6 S. dS!? Bd6 6. Nd4 0-0 7.
13. Rxc3 Bxf3 g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 aS 9. 0-0 Qe7 10.
14. Qxa6 NebS Na6 11. Nxd6 cxd6?
Or 14. gxf3 Rg6t 1 5 . Kh1 Qg5 This loses without a fight. White
and mate follows. would only be slightly better after
14. Rg6 1 1 . . . Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qc5 1 3 . Rcl .
1S. g3 QgS 12. Qb3 NcS
1 5 . . . Qh4 w i n s i m mediately 13. Qe3 g6
because of the i nevitable 16 . . . 14. Rd1 Nce4
Qxh2t ! 1S. f3 NcS
16. Re1 QhS 16. dxe6 dxe6
17. e4 17. QgS Rf7
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H'I I A X')
18. b] Rd8 1 1401

19. Bb2 e5?? Stradalov-Charushin
20. Nxf5 1-0. ColT. 1955
Condensed notes by Keres
[139] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3

Kastner,W-Insam,H f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4?!
Austria (ch team) 1995 Better is 6 . . . Be7.
7. Bd3 Nbd7?
1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Correct is 7 . . . 0-0, because after
d5 5. Bf4 Bd6?! the text move White can achieve
T h e exchange of the d a rk an advantage by 8. cxd5 ! Nxd5 9.
squared Bishops is strategically Qb3, or 8 . . . cxd5 9. 0-0, threaten
favorable for White. ing Nb5.
6. e3! c6 8. 0-0 0-0
7. Bd3 0-0 9. Qb3 Be7
8. 0-0 b6 10. Ne5
9. Rcl Qe7 Here also 10. cxd5 is stronger.
10. a3 Ne4 10. Nxe5
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bxe5 Ne4
12. cxd5 exd5 12. cxd5?!
13. Ne5 Be6 Correct is 1 2 . Rad l ! with a bet-
14. f4 ReS ter game.
15. Bxe4! dxe4 12. Nd2
Or 1 5 . . . fxe4 16. f5 ! 13. Qa4 Nxfl
16. d5! cxd5 14. dxc6 Nd2
17. Nxd5 Rd8 15. Rd1 Ne4?
I f 1 7 . . . R xc l 1 8 . Nf6t and Correct is 1 5 . . . Bd6 ! and now
wins. 16. Rxd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18.
18. Nc7 Qxc7 cxb7 Bxb7, or 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17.
19. Rxc7 Rxd1 cxb7 Bxb7. In both cases Black
20. Rxd 1 1-0. stands better.
16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Qb6
18. Qc2 h6?
A fter 1 8 . . . Bf6 1 9. Bxh7t Kh8
20. Qg6 Bxe5 2 1 . Qh5 ! Rd8 22.
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Rei! B f6 23. c7! Bd7 24. cxdX=Q"I"
Rxd 8 25. g4 Wh ite should w i n .
Relatively better i s 18 . . Rf5 ! 19.
.
cxb7 Bxb7 20. Bxf5 exf5 2 1 . Qxf5

with fou r pawns for the piece and
the better position for White.
13. dxe6! bxc3

14. e7! Qc7
15. Qxc3 Bxe7
16. Qxg7 Rf8
17. Rhe1 c5
18. Ba4t 1-0.
19. Bh7t Kh8
20. Bxg7t! Kxg7
21. Qg6t Kh8 [142]
22. Bg8! 1-0. Zeuner-Hahn
Munich 1934
[141] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4

Aagaard,J-Lauridsen,J c6 5. e3 Nd7?! 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3
Denmark 1992 Ngf6 8. 0-0
As we already know, after 8 .
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 ! White has the advantage.
Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 d5 6. Bf4 dxc4? 8. Ne4
7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nxf4 9. exf4 9. Ne5 Ndf6?!
c6 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Better is 9 . . . Nxe5.
d5! b4? 10. f3 Nxc3
A better defense is 1 2 . . cxd5
.
11. bxc3 0-0
and if 1 3 . Nxd5 0-0. 12. Qc2 Nh5
13. g4 Nxf4
14. exf4 g6
15. Kh1 c5?
16. gxf5 gxf5
1 12
H '( I i\X'I
A fter 16 . . . cx f5 17. cxd5 Black

cannot play 17 . . . Qxd5 because of
18. Bc4.
17. Rglt Kh8
18. Qg2 1-0.
11. Nb4!
12. Bxb4
1 2 . axb4 axb4 looks even
worse.
12. axb4
For if 18 . . . Bf6 19. Qg8t ! Rxg8 13. Bxe4 fxe4
20. Nf7#. 14. Qxe4 bxa3
15. bxa3 Rxa3
16. Kb2 Ra4
[143] 17. Kb3? d5!
Navarovszky,L-Dely,P 18. Qh4 Qe8
Hungary (ch) 1965 19. Rcl Rxc4
0-1.
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Probably premature, but after
Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. e3 d6 7. Qc2 20. Rxc4 dxc4t 2 1 . Kxc4 Qa4t
Nc6 8. 0-0-0!? 22. Kc3 (22. Kd3 Qb3t 23. Kd2
After 8 . a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 Qb2t 24. Kd3 b6) Qa3t 23. Kc2
10. Bd3 Nxc3 1 1 . Qxc3 e5 ! Black b6, followed by 24 . . . Ba6, Black's
stands well. position is practically untenable.
8. a5
9. a3 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 Ne4 [144]
11. Bd3? Nilsson,C-Wikstroem,L
This allows a typical sacrifice. Sweden 1980
White should play 1 1 . Kb l .
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3
Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3
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.
8b7 8. 0-0 Uxc3 9. 1Jxc3 Nc4 10. This is a rarely used variation.
Rcl d6 11. Nd2? Theory gives more credit to 5 . . .
Now Black achieves a strong 0-0, see the next game.
attack on the k i ngside. Maybe 1 1 . 6. e3?!
Ne l is better. White should try 6. g3 or Pach-
11. Qg5 man's recommendation 6. dxc5 ! ?
12 . Nxe4 fxe4 Bxc5 7 . g3.
13. Be2 Nd7 6. b6
14. b4 Rf7 7. Bd2 Bb7
15. Bb2 Nf8 8. Be2 0-0
16. c5 Ng6 9. a3 Bxc3
17. Bh5 Ba6! 10. Bxc3 Ne4
18. Re1 Rat'S 11. 0-0 Rf6!
19. Rc2 This is a typical plan for attack-
ing on the kingside- see also the
next game.
12. Nd2?
A better defense is 1 2. g3 Rh6
1 3 . Rfdl.
12. Rh6
13. g3 Nxd2
14. Qxd2
19. Rf3!
20. Bxf3 exf3
21. g3 Qg4
22. Kh1 Rf5
0-1.
[145]
Ekstein-Laes 14. Qh4!
Tallinn 1956 0-1.
For if 1 5 . gx �4 Rg6t and mate
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 next move.
Bb4 5. Qc2 c5
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I 1461 more attractive. winning ilk-a.

Litvinov-Veresov,G 12. Qh4 !
Minsk 1958 13. Nf3
If 1 3 . g x h 4 Rg6"j' 14. Kh�
1 . c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nxf2#.
Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. e3?! 13. Ng5 !
Theory recommends 6. g3 b6 7. 0-1.
Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe8 If 14. Nxh4 Nh3#, or 14. gxh4
1 0 . Rd 1 d6 with approximately Nxf3t 1 5 . Bxf3 ( 1 5 . Kg2 Nxd4'1'
equal chances. and 1 6 . . . Nxc2) Rg6t 16. Bg2
6. b6 Rxg2t 17. Kh1 Rxf2t and wins.
7. Be2 Bb7
8. 0-0 Bxc3
9. Qxc3 [147]
This gives an important tempo Berndt-Vogt, W
to the upcoming Black's attack. Corr. l953
Better is 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Ne1 Rf6
1 1 . f3. 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
9. Ne4 d4 Bb4 5. Qc2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3t 7.
10. Qc2 Rf6! Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 d6 9. g3 b6 10.
11. Nd2? Rh6 Bg2 Bb7 11. Nd2
12. g3 A fter 1 1 . 0 - 0 White s t a n d s
well.
11. Nc6
12. Nxe4?
B etter is 1 2 . e3, and if 1 2 ...
Nxd2 1 3 . Qxd2.
12. fxe4
13. Bxe4?!
Correct i s 1 3 . Be3 ! Qf6 14.
Rdl .
13. Nxd4
This is almost an identical pat 14. Bxh7t?
tern to the previous game and dia The decisive mistake. Whitl'
gram. As there, Black could win should play 14. Qd3.
by 1 2 . . . Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qh4 ! Here 14. Kh8
Black demonstrates another, even 15. Qg6 Rf5!
··�
I lull'! I I k l l'usl': Nl'w ami h llyolll'll ldl'as
But not 15... Bxhl'? 16. Qh5.

16. g4 ReS
17. g5 Rxe2t
18. Kfi Qf8!
0-1.
A fter 19. Be3 Rxe3 20. Qh5
Black wi ns easily by 20 . . . Qf3 !
[148]
Zezan,S-Zaja,I
Croatia ( ch) , Pula 2000
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb4 4.
Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7.
0-0 0-0 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3
10. bxc3 Na5 11. f3 Qe7 12. c5?
bxc5 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Rb1 Rab8
15. Nb3??
15. Nd5
16. Qc4 Nb6!
0-1.
Because of 17. Qxc5 d6 1 8 . Qb5
a6 winning the Queen.
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A86
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3
3 . . . d6 4. Bg2 c6 5 . Nf3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7 . dxe5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 49- 1 50

3 . . . g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nc3 0-0 6. e3 d6 7 . Nge2 e5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1
3 . . . g6 4. Bg2 B g7 5 . Nh3 1 52- 1 55
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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[149] dxe5 8. e4! fxe4?

Seleznev-Antoshin, V After 8 . . . Bb4 9. exf5 Bxf5 10.
USSR 1960 Qb3 Na6 1 1 . 0-0 White stands
slightly better.
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 9. Ng5 Bf5
c6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 10. 0-0 Bc5
Theory recommends 7. 0-0, but 11. Ncxe4 Nxe4
the game continuation is of the 12. Bxe4 Bxe4
same value. 13. Nxe4 Bd4
7. dxe5 14. Qh5t g6
8. 0-0?! 15. Nf6t Kf7?
For the better 8 . e4 !- see the
next game.
8. Bb4!
9. Qb3 Na6
10. e4? fxe4
11. Ng5 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 Bf5
13. Re1 Nc5
14. b4 Nd3
15. Re2 0-0
16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4
18. Rxe4 Nxf2
19. Rxe5 Rad8
20. c5 Qf7
21. Bg5 Rd3 19. Bg5! 1-0.
0-1. There is no defense against the
Because of 22 . . . Qf3. threat 20. Qf7t.
[150] [151]
Karasev, V-Nikolaev Frumkin,E-Yermolinsky,A
USSR 1980 US Open, Reno 1999
1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3

c6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 Nf6 5. e3?! g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. d4
118
0-0 H. 0-0 e4! 9. f3'! 16. dxe6 Ne4
White should begin active play on 17. Nd4
the queenside by 9. b4. Threatening 1 8 . Nxf5 !
9. exf3 17. Nd2
10. Bxf3 ReS 1S. Re1 f4
11. Qd3 Na6 19. gxf4 gxf4
12. a3 c6 20. Re2 fxe3
13. Bd2 Nc7 21. fxe3 Nef3t
14. e4 Qe7! 22. Bxf3 Bxd4
15. e5 dxe5 If 22 . . . Nxf3t 23. Nxf3 Rxf3 24.
16. dxe5 Nd7! Rg2 and White wins.
17. Qd6 Nxe5 23. Rg2t! 1-0.
1S. Qxe7 Rxe7
19. Bg5 ReS
20. b3?? Nxf3t [153]
21. Rxf3 Rxe2 Portisch,L-Menvielle,A
0-1. Las Palmas 1972
Condensed notes by Portisch
[152] 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4

Shashin,A-Feldman Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. 0-0
St. Petersburg 1970 d6 S. d5 Ne5 9. b3 Ne4? 10. Nxe4
Nf3t?
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. After 10 . . . fxe4 1 1 . Rbl White
d5 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nh3 0-0 7. 0-0 stands better.
Nbd7?! 11. exf3 fxe4
A fter the superior 7 . . . c6 8. Nf4
e5 9. dxe6 Qe7 White stands slightly
better.
s. Nc3 Ne5
9. b3 c6
10. Bb2 cxd5
11. cxd5 Bd7
12. Nf4 ReS
13. e3 Qa5
14. Nce2 g5
15. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Bg5! Bxa1
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Interesting is 12... cxf3!'! 13. White's best move is 1 0. 0-0

Rei fx g2, a nd now 14. Bxe7 Bxh3 with a slightly better game.
1 5 . Bxd 8 Raxd8 1 6. Re4 ! is not 10. Nc5
so clear, but after the stronger 14. 11. h5 gxh5
Nf4 ! ? Wh ite has the advantage. 12. Nxh5 Nxh5
13. Qxa1 exf3 13. Rxh5 Bxe6
14. Re1 Rf7 14. Bh6?!
15. Bfl Qf8 White should try 14. Bf4, and if
16. Qc1 Rf5 14 . . . Be5 15. Rh4, intending Qd2
If 16 . . . Bd7 17. Bh6 ! and 0-0-0.
17. Rxe7 ReS 14. Bxh6
18. Rxc7 Qe8 15. Rxh6 QgS
19. Bf6 Re1 16. Rh4 f4
ECO considers this position as
unclear.
17. Qd2?
Spassky missed his last chance
with 17. Qxd6 meeting 17 . . . Rad8
with 1 8. Ne4.
17. Bxc4
18. 0-0-0
20. Ng5! Qe2

If 20 . . . Rxcl 2 1 . Rg7t and mate
next move.
21. Qxe1! Qxe1
22. Rxh7 1-0.
[154]
Spassky,B-Santo Roman,M 18. Bxa2!
France (ch) 1991 19. Qxd6 fxg3t
20. f4 Qxh4
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 21. Qxc5 Bb3
Nh3 Bg7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d5 22. Rfl Rxf4
Na6 8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe6 c6 10. h4 23. Rhl Qf6
120
H '< l /\Xt.
24. Nc4 Rxe4 16. RxhK"!"! KxhK

25. Bxe4 Qf4t 17. Qd2 Kg7
0-1. 18. Qh6t Kf6
19. g7t Ke5
[155] 20. gxf8=Q Qxf8
Ehlvest,J- Schnabei,R 21. Qe3! 1-0.
Reykjavik 2000
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4.
Nh3 Bg7 5. Nd2!? c6 6. c4 d6 7.
d5! 0-0?!
Perhaps Black should try 7 . . .
e5.
8. Nf4 Bd7
9. h4 Bh8
10. e4 fxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Na6
13. h5 g5
Or 1 3 . . . Nc5 14. hxg6 Nxe4 15.
Qh5 and wins.
14. Ng6! hxg6
15. hxg6 g4
If 1 5 . . . Qb6 16. Rxh8t ! Kxh8
1 7. Qh5t Kg7 1 8 . Qh7t Kf6 1 9.
Bx g5t! Ke5 20. Qxe7t Kd4 2 1 .
Be3t a nd White wins.
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A87
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6
7 . b3 156
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 . d5 ....................................................................................... 157
7. Nc3 Qe8 .................................................................... 158- 1 6 1
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1 15(•) I. d4 f5 2. gJ Nf6 J. Bg2 g6 4. Nl3

Robatsch,K-Jansa, V Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. d5 c6
Sochi 1974 The other options for Black: 7. . .
Na6, 7 . . . c5, 7 . . . e5 and 7 . . . Qe8
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 are of approximately the same
Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 c6 value.
8. 0-0 Kh8 9. d5!? 8. Nd4 Qb6
After 9. Nbd2 d5 White stands 9. Nb3
only slightly better. This is a forgotten novelty, but
9. Qa5?! probably no better than the book
Usual is 9 . . . Na6, followed even line 9. e3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Na6 1 1 . Rb1
tually by e7-e5. with a slight edge for White.
10. Nc3! Nxd5? 9. Bd7
Falling into a clever trap. Black 10. Be3 c5
should play 1 0 . . . cxd5 or 1 0 . . . 11. Qcl Qa6?
Na6, but White's position is to be After 1 1 . . . a5 ! 1 2 . Nc3 a4 13.
preferred. Nd2 Na6 Black stands well.
11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Na3 Qa4
13. Bd2 b6??
12. Qd2!! Qxd5

13. Qxc3t e5 14. Na5! 1-0.
14. Nxe5! 1-0. For if 14 . . . bxa5 15. b3, or 14 . . .
For if 14 . . . Qxe5 1 5. Qc2. Bc8 15. Nb5, or 14 . . . Be8 1 5 . Nb5
Bxb5 16. b3, and Black's Queen is
trapped. A rare occasion where the
[157] player resigns when all pieces and
Minev,N-Ioakimidis,G pawns are still on the board.
Sofia 1979
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I 158 1 1-0 Pinter-Karolyi jr., Budapest

Magerramov,E-Malaniuk, V 1989.
Warsaw 1989 17. Rad1 Nd4
1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3
g6 5 . Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0
Qe8 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4
Nc611. Nd5 Qd7 12. Ba3
A fter 1 2. exf5 !? e4 13. Ng5 gxf5
14. Be3 Nxd5 1 5 . cxd5 Bxa1 16.
Qxa1 Qxd5 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qcl it
is not clear how much compensa
tion White has for the sacrificed
material. 18. Rxd4!! 1-0.
12. ReS? For if 1� . . . B xd4 1 9. Rd 1 c5
Correct is 1 2 . . . Rd8 ! , and if 1 3 . ( 1 9 . . . Qg7 20. Rxd4 ! ) 20. Bxc5
exf5 e 4 14. Ng5 gxf5 15. Ne3 Qe8 Bxc5 2 1 . Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Ne6 ! and
16. Qel Ne5 with a good game for White wins-Magerramov.
Black. Also deserving of attention
is 1 2 . . . Nxe4 ! ? 1 3 . Bxf8 Kxf8 , as
proposed by Magerramov. [159]
13. exf5 e4 Matveeva,S-Strutinskaia,G
Also after 1 3 . . . gxf5 14. Nh4 ! USSR (ch women) 1987
Nd4 ( 14 . . . e4? 15. Ne3 !) 15. Bc5 !
White is clearly in command 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4
Pinter. g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3
14. Ng5 gxf5 Qe8 8. b4
15. Nxf6t Bxf6 This is a forgotten continuation,
16. Qh5! Rd8? but probably no better than the
T h i s loses immediately, but usual 8. b3 or 8. d5.
Black's position is already unten 8. c6
able. For exampl e : 1 6 . . . B x a 1 Perhaps 8 . . . c5 ! ?
( 1 6 . . . Nd4 1 7. Nxh7 ! ) 17. R x a 1 9. Qb3 e5
R d 8 1 8 . B b 2 Qe7 1 9. Re 1 Nd4 10. dxe5 dxe5
( 1 9 . . . Bd7 20. Rxe4 ! ! or 19 . . . Be6 11. e4 Ng4
20. Qh6 !) 20. Bxe4 ! fxe4 2 1 . Rxe4 Threatening 1 2 . . . f4.
Nf3t 2 2 . Kg2 Bh3t 23 . K x f3 ! 12. exf5?!
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St ronger is 12. h3 ! QgXt Ke7 2 1. ()xg7"1" a n d l l
12. BxfS! Kx g2) 20. Nf7t=.

13. NgS 19. HdS
Here again White could play 20. Nxe8 Bxb3
1 3 . h3. 21. Nc7 e4!
13. Bd3 0-1.
14. eSt Kh8 After 22. Rb1 Bxa2 Black has an
1S. Nce4 extra piece in all variations.
White sacrifices the Exchange
counting on piece activity to com
pensate. Attempts to avoid giving [160]
up material don't fare as well: (a) Krasnov,S-Piskov, Y
15. Re1 Nxf2 16. Ne6 Rd7 17. Nd8 Moscow 1989
can be met by 17 . . . Re7; (b) 1 5 .
Rd1 Nxf2 1 6 . Rd2 e 4 17. Ne6 e3. 1. Nf3 fS 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2
1S. Bxfl Bg7 S. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8
16. Nd6 8. dS aS 9. Re1 ?!
Instead of 9. Rb1 , 9. Nd4, 9. Be3
or 9. Ne1 , continuations which all
are considered theoretically equal.
White's idea for "e4" is not suitable
for this variation.
9. Na6
10. e4 fxe4
1 1. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Rxe4 NcS
13. Rh4
Also possible was 16. Bxfl Qe7 If 1 3. Rel , then 1 3 . . . a4 or 1 3 . . .
with equal chances. Qf7 ! ?, and the position looks un
16. Bxg2 pleasant for White.
17. Ngfit 13. a4!
It seems that 1 7. Nxe8 Bd5 1 8 . 14. Nd4 Bf6
Q d 1 Nxf2 19. Q f l i s unclear. 1S. Rh6 Qfi
17. Rxfi 16. Be3 Bd7
18. Nxfit Kg8 17. Qd2 Qg7
19. Nd6t? 18. h4 Qh8!
1 9. Nh6t Kh8 ( 1 9 . . . Kf8? 20. 19. hS gS
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20. Nf3 Qg7!

21. Bxg5 Ne4
22. Qe3 Nxg5
0- 1.
[161]
Kustur,S-Markus,R
Paks 2001
1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. 14. Nxh7

d4 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 T h i s i s the tactical point of
Qe8 8. Nd5 White's idea, initiated by 1 1 . e4.
This move has gone in and out Unfortunately, Black has enough
of fashion. As a result of this game defensive resources against the
it is back in the doghouse. upcoming 'attack-in particular
8. Nxd5 . . . Qh3.
9. cxd5 Qb5 14. Kxh7
10. Ng5 c6 15. Qh5t Kg8
11. e4 16. Bxg6 Qh3
After 1 1 . Ne6 Bxe6 1 2 . dxe6 d5 17. Qxd5t Be6!
Black stands better. 18. Qxb7 Nd7
11. fxe4 All this was later repeated in the
12. Bxe4 cxd5! game Sanchez Guirado-Teran
In Sherbakov-Kosteniuk, Isle Alvarez, Cala Galdana 2001.
of Man 2000, White was success 19. Bg5 Rab8
ful after 12 . . . Bf5 1 3 . a4 Qc4 14. 20. Qe4 Rb5!
Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe1 cxd5 16. Qe6t 21. Qh4
Kh8 17. Nf7t Rxf7 1 8 . Qxf7, but If 2 1 . Bxe7 Bd5 !
the text is quite an improvement 21. Qxh4
for Black. 22. Bxh4 Rxb2
13. Bd3 Qd7! 0-1.
For if 23. Bxe7 Rxf2 ! 24. Rxf2
Bxd4 25. Rafl Bh3 ! and Black
wins.
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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 c6
8 . b3 1 62- 1 64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 . d5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 65 - 1 67
8 . Qb3 1 68
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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( 162) 17. Nxe5! g5

Lysenko,A-Malaniuk, V I f 17 . . . Qxe5 18. Qe7t Kh6 19.
Sverdlovsk 1989 Qxd8 Qxc3 20. Qf8t Kh5 (20 . . .
Kg5 2 1 . f4t Kh5 22. Bf3t Ng4 23.
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Rfl , followed by h3) 21 . Bf3t Ng4
Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 22. Rfl , followed by 23. h3, and
8. b3 Qa5 9. Bd2 wins.
Theory recommends 9. Bb2 as 18. Nxc6! 1-0.
stronger.
9. Qc7
10. Qcl!? [163]
ECO deals only with 10. d5, Nesis,G-Bialkowski
which leads to position with equal Corr. l971172
chances.
10. e5 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3
11. dxe5 dxe5 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6
12. Bh6 Na6 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Bd7?
13. Rd1 Be6 Correct is 9 . . . Qe8 , intending
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 e7-e5, and if 10. d5 Bd7 1 1 . Nd4
15. Qa3 Rad8?? Nc7.
Correct is 1 5 . . . Bg8 with equal 10. Re1! Qa5
play. 11. e4 fxe4
16. Rxd8! Rxd8 12. Nxe4 Rae8
Or 1 6 . . . Qxd8 1 7. Nxe5 Qd4 13. Nfd2 Nc7?!
1 8 . Qe7t Bf7 1 9. Rc 1 Ng8 20. 14. Nxf6t exf6?
Qxb7 Nc5 2 1 . Nf3 ! Qxf2t 22. 15. Ne4 d5
Kxf2 Nxb7 23. Ne5 and White 16. Bc3 Qb6
wins-Lysenko. 17. Nc5 Bc8
18. Qd2 1-0.
No defense against 19. Ba5.
[164]
O'Connell,K-Danner,G
Batumi (Europe ch team) 1999
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
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1·:< ( ) AXX
'
Nf6 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. b3 d6 8. 15. Rxf4!!

Bb2 Na6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. a3 16. Bel
1 0. Qd2, fol lowed by 1 1 . Rad 1 , If 16. Nxf4 Qxh2t 17. Kf3 Rf8 !
i s considered stronger. 1 8 . Nce2 Qh3t 1 9. Ng3 Nh2t 20.
10. f4!? Ke3 Rxf4 ! and wins.
16. Rxf2t!
17. Nxf2
Or 17. Rxf2 Qxh3t ! 18. Kxh3
Nxf2t 1 9. Kg2 Nxd 1 20. Nxd 1
Bxd4 2 1 . Ra2 cS with a winning
position.
17. Qxh2t
18. Kf3 Rf8t
19. Ke2
Or 19. Kxg4 Qg2t 20. Kh4 Bf6t
This is an idea of IM Bhend. 2 1 . BgS BxgS#.
11. gxf4 Qh5 19. Rxf2t
12. e4 Bh3 20. Rxf2 Qxf2t
13. Ng5? 0-1.
Probably White should play 1 3 . For if 2 1 . Kd3, then 2 1 . . . NeSt
Bxh3 ! ? Qxh3 1 4 . NgS. 22. dxeS NcS#, or 21 . . . NeSt 22.
13. Bxg2 dxcS NeS#.
14. Kxg2 Ng4!
15. Nh3
If 1S. h3 Rxf4 ! 16. Bel QxgS 17. [165]
Bxf4 Ne3t 1 8 . Kf3 Nxd1 1 9. BxgS Magerramov,E-Renner,Ch
Nxc3 20. Bxe7 Bxd4 2 1 . Bxd6 NcS Bad Worishofen 1993
with advantage for Black.
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3
g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6
8. d5 e5 9. e4!? cxd5 10. cxd5 Na6
11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Nc5
Also deserving of attention is
1 2 . . . Qe7, fol lowed by . . . Rac8
and . . . NcS, and counterplay along
the c-file.
13. b4 Nd3
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14. Ne6 Uxe6'!! With the idea of 1 2. e4.
Acco rdi ng to Ma ge r ra mov, 11. Bxe6
afte r 1 4 . . . Qb6 !? the position is 12. Nxe6 Qxe6
unclear. 13. Qb3! Qf7
15. dxe6 e4 If 1 3 . . . Rd7 14. Bxd6 ! ! , or 1 3 . . .
I n cas e of 1 5 . . . Nxcl 16. Rxcl Qe7 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. eSt d5 16.
White stands better. Nxd5 ! cxd5 17. Rxd5 .w inning
16. Bg5 d5 Adorjan.
17. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rad1 Bf8
I f 17 . . . Qb6 1 8 . e7 Nxf2 1 9. Or 14 . . . Ne8 1 5 . e4 Na6 1 6 .
exf8 = Qt Rxf8 20. Nxe4 ! ! N2xe4t exf5 Nc5 17. Qc2 with advantage
2 1 . Be3 with advantage for White for White-Adorjan.
-Magerramov. 15. e4 Nxe4?
Relatively better was 1 5 . . . fxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Na6 1 8 .
Qc2 Nc5 19. Bg2 and White retains
his advantage-Adorjan.
16. Bxe4! fxe4
17. Nxe4 b5
18. Bxd6 Nd7
19. Ng5 1-0.
For if 1 9 . . . Qxc4 20. Qxc4t
bxc4 2 1 . Bc7 a nd wi ns.
18. Nxd5! Qxd5
19. Bxf6 Qf5
20. Bxg7t Kxg7 [167]
21. Qc4! 1-0. Bergstrom-Gravaeus
Sweden (ch) 1981
[166] 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4

Adorjan,A-Kallai,G g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6
Hungary (ch) 1993 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3
The main line.
1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 10. Na6
Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 11. Bf4 Qa5
c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Qe7?! 10. Bf4 According to ECO, 1 1 . . . Ne8 12.
Rd8 11. Nd4 b3 Qf6 1 3 . Racl d5 ! 14. cxd5 Nb4
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15. Qd2 Nxd5 leads to equ a lity. 18. Qxd 7 lhal

12. Ng5 19. Rxal Qxh4
Possible is 1 2 . Bxd6 Rfd8 1 3 . 20. Rd1 Qb2
Rfd 1 and White stands sl ightly 21. e4 fxe4
better. 22. Bh3 e3
12. Nc5 23. Bxe3 1-0.
13. Qxd6?!
Marie recommends 1 3 . Qc2, and
if 1 3 . . . Rad8 14. a3, or 1 3 . . . Bxc4 [168]
14. Bxd6 Rfe8 1 5 . b4 ! Qxb4 16. Korchnoi, V -Dolmatov,S
Rab1 Qa5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 1 8 . Na4 Las Vegas 1999
Qd4 19. Rfd 1 Qg4 20. Bf3 Qxg5
2 1 . Qxc4t Kh8 22. Rxb7 with ad 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4
vantage for White. g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3
13. Bxc4? c6 8. Qb3!? Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10.
After 1 3 . . . Rad8 14. Qc7 Qxc7 Qa3
1 5 . Bxc7 Rd2 the position is un A new idea. Usually 10. d5 is
clear -Marie. played.
10. Qe8
According to Korchnoi deserv
ing of attention is 10 . . . Ne4 ! ? 1 1 .
Nxe4 fxe4 1 2 . Ng5 d5, even if after
1 3 . cxd5 cxd5 14. h4 White stands
slightly better.
11. b4 Nc7
12. Bb2 e5?!
Two continuations are more
promising for Black : 12 . . . Be6
14. Qd4! Bt7 and 12 . . . b5 ! ? -Korchnoi.
Or 14 . . . Ba6 1 5 . b4 Nfe4 1 6 . 13. dxe5 dxe5
Qxg7t ! Kxg7 1 7. Ncxe4 Qxb4 1 8 . 14. Qa5 Na6
Nxc5 and White should win. 15. b5
15. b4 Qa3 If 1 5. Nxe5? b6; 1 5 . Qxe5 was
If 1 5 . . . Nfe4 16. Qxg7t Kxg7 17. also possible. After 15 . . . Ne4 16.
bxa5 Nxc3 1 8 . BeSt and wins. Qxe8 Rxe8 1 7. Nxe4 Bxb2 1 8 .
16. Qxc5 Nd7 Nd6 Rxe2 1 9. Re1 Re6 20. Rad l
17. Qe7 Bxc3 and White is better but the game
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conti n u ation is c leaner.

15. b6
16. Qa3 Nc5
17. bxc6 e4
18. Nd4 Qf7
19. Racl Be6?
Black should try a counter-attack
by 19. . . g5 ! ? -Korchnoi.
20. NebS! a6
21. Nd6 Qc7
Or 21 . . . Qe7 22. Nb7 ! with clear
advantage for White.
22. Nb7! 1-0.
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1. c4 fS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4

Nc6
8 . Bg5 .
................. . . 1 69
................................................ ................
8 . b3 1 70
.......................................................................................
8 . d5 .
....... .
................ . . 171
............................... ................. ............
133
1 1(, 9 1 !\. st rategical mistake is 9. d5?
Tassi,O-Cescia Ne7 10. Bb2 h6 II. Nd2 g5 1 2. e4
Italy (ell) 198 1 f4 1 3 . f3 h5 14. b4 Ng6 15. Ne2
g4 16. Qe1 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Bg4 1 8 .
1. c4 f5 2. Nt3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Rc3 h4 19. Ncl hxg3 20. hxg3 Nh5
Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nc6 0-1,Hawes,J-Raphael,J, Thessa
8. Bg5'!! loniki (ol) 1984.
This continuation is not men 9. dxe5
tioned in ECO and seems to be of 10. Ba3 ReS
dubious value. Interesting is 10 . . . e4 1 1. Bxf8
8. Ne4 Qxf8 1 2 . Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6
9. d5 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Qcl c6 16. Rbl h5
10. bxc3 Ne5 and Black has the two Bishops and
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 attacking chances as compensation
12. Qd2? Qe8 for the Exchange.
13. e4 Qa4 11. e4?!
14. f4 Bg7 Tbis is a new, but dubious con
15. Qd3 e5! tinuation. Instead 1 1 . Qc2 e4 1 2.
16. Rf2 h6 Rad 1 Nd7 1 3 . Ne1 Nd4 14. Qc1
17. Bh4 Qa3 c6 leads to approximately equal
18. exf5 Bxf5 chances.
19. Be4 Bxe4 11. Nd4
20. Qxe4 g5! 12. Ret c6
0-1. 13. exf5 Bxf5
For if 2 1 . fxg5 Rxf2 22. gxh6 14. Nxd4 exd4
(22. Kxf2 Qb2t) Qb2 23. hxg7 (23. 15. Rxe8t Qxe8
Rb1 Rg2t !) Re2 24. Rb1 Qxa2 and 16. Nb1 Ng4
wins. 17. Nd2 Nxf2!
18. Qt3
If 18. Kxf2 Qe3t 19. Kfl Bd3t.
[170] 18. d3
Bukal,V-Mozes,Z 19. Rb1 Bd4
Budapest 1994 20. Qf4 Nh3t
0-1.
1. c4 f5 2. Nt3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4
g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0
Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5
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1 171 1 17. Uxt3

•'arago,I-Poutiainen If 17. Bfl Nh6 IX. Kh2 BxhJ!
Budapest 1975 and wins.
17. Qxh3
1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 18. Qd3 Nxf2!
Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 19. Rxf2
Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O r 1 9. K x f2 Qh2t 2 0 . Ke3
e4 f4 11. b4 R xf3·! ! 2 1 . K x f3 g4t 22 . Ke3
Or 1 1 . gxf4 Nh5 ! 12. fxe5 (12. Bh6#.
f5 Nf4 unclear) Bxe5 1 3 . Ne2 Qd6 19. Qxg3t
14. f4 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 20. Kfl Bh3t
Rxf4 17. Rxf4 Qxf4 18. Qd4 Bg4 21. Ke2 g4
1 9. Rfl Qg5 20. Qf2 Bh3 with 0-1.
equal chances, analysis by Avsh
alumov.
11. g5
12. Re1 a6
13. Bb2 Qe8
14. Rcl Ng4
15. Rc2?
Correct is 1 5 . f3 Ne3 16. Rxe3 !
fxe3 17. g4, with positional com
pensation for the Exchange-Bot.:.
vinnik.
15. Qh5
16. h3
16. f3!
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A90
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 (without 4 . . . Be7)
4. . . c5 1 72
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. . . c6 5 . Nh3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 3
4. . . Bb4t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 74
4. . . d5 5 . Nh3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75
4. . . d5 5 . Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 76- 1 78
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[172) After g _ _ fxc4 9. Nxl'4 I hid

.
Nimzovich,A-Colle,E (9 . . . Nxe4 10. Bxc4 Bxh3 II.

Liege 1930 Qh5t) 10. Nxf6t gxf6 I I. Bxh3
White has the advantage.
1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 9. c5!?
c5?! By 9. Qd3 ! ? White retains the
This is not mentioned in ECO better game.
and can't be recommended. 9. 0-0
5. Nf3 Nc6 If 9 . . . dxc5 10. dxe5 ! or 9 . . .
6. d5 exd5 exd4 10. Bf4 ! ?
7. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qb3t Kh8
8. Nc3 d6 11. Ng5 exd4
9. Nd2 Be7
10. Nc4 0-0
11. 0-0 Rb8
12. a3 Na6
13. b4! cxb4
14. axb4 Nxb4??
A blunder. Better is 14 . . . Bd7,
and if 1 5 . b5 Nc5 16. Rxa7 Nfe4.
15. Qb3 Na6
16. Rxa6 Ra8
17. Ra3 Nd7 12. Bf4!! dxc3?
18. Be3 1-0. Black should play 1 2 . . . h6 13.
Nf7t Rxf7 14. Qxf7 dxc3 ! un
clear.
[173] 13. Rad1! Nd5!
Skembris,S-Bany,J O n ly ! I f 1 3 . . . c2 1 4 . cxd6
1 stanbul 1988 cxd1=Qt 15. Rxd 1 Qd8 16. dxe7
Condensed notes by Skembris Qxe7 17. Bd6 Qe8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8
1 9. Rd8 ! Ne8 20. Nf7t Kg8 2 1 .
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nd6t and White wins.
c6 5. Nh3!? d6 14. exd5 Bxg5
Usual is 5 . . . d5. 15. Bxg5 cxd5
6. Nc3 Qc7 16. cxd6 Qxd6
7. 0-0 e5 17. Rxd5 Qg6
8. e4! Be7 Relatively better was 17 . . . Qe6.
137
I lui I'll I kkll�l': Nl'w ami h II')'.OIIl'll ldl'as
18. He7 Rg8'! 12. Ng4

This loses, but also after 1 8 . . . 13. Bh3! h5
Re8 19. Rd6 Wh ite maintains his 14. Nh4 Qe8
advantage. 15. Bxg4 hxg4
19. Rd6 Qe8 16. Qd3 Kg8
If 19 . . . Qh5 20. Qxg8t Kxg8 2 1 . 17. exd6 g5
Bd5t and wins. If 17 . . . cxd6 1 8 . Nf5 ! w ith a
20. Rd8 Qxd8 decisive advantage.
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qg6t Qxg6
22. Rd1! 1-0. 19. Nxg6 Rf6
20. Ne7t 1-0.
For if 20 . . . Kg7 2 1 . Ne4 ! , or
[174] 20 . . . Kf7 2 1 . Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne4
Laisaari-Eifving and wins.
Finland 1990
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 [175]

Bb4t 5. Bd2 Qe7 Przepiorka,D-Gottesdiener
Theoretically of the same value Warsaw 1924
as the more frequently played 5 . . .
Be7. 1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nh3
6. Nf3 0-0 d5 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qd3 0-0
7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Nc3 Kh8 9. Bf4 Bxf4?
8. Nbxd2 d6 Theory recom mends 9 . . . Be7.
9. Qb3 10. Nxf4 Qe7
Instead 9. Rel ! ? e5 10. e4 f4 ! ? 11. f3! Nbd7
( 1 0 . . . Nc6 ! ?) 1 1 . gxf4 Nh5. Chris 12. cxd5 exd5
tiansen-Short,Hastings 1979180, 13. e4 fxe4
is sharp and unclear. 14. fxe4 Nb6
9. Kh8 15. Rae1?!
10. Rae1 Nbd7? This isn't bad but 1 5 . exd5 was
Good or bad, Black should play stronger and 15. e5 leads to a win
10 . . . e5. ning position after 1 5 . . . Ng4 16.
11. e4 f4 Ng6t hxg6 17. Rxf8 Bf5 18. Rxf5
12. e5! gxf5 19. Qxf5.
But not 12. gxf4 Nh5 ! and Black 15. dxe4
has good counterplay. 16. Bxe4! Nxe4
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17. Rxe4 Qd6 8. Nt·--l

9. Qc2 Bxf4
10. gxf4 Nd7
11. Kh1 Rf6!
12. e3 Rh6
13. Rg1 Ndf6
14. NeS?
18. ReS! Nd7

If l 8 . . . Bd7 19. Rh5, or 18 . . . g6
19. Nxg6t hxg6 20. Rxf8t Qxf8
2 1 . Qxg6 and White wins.
19. RhS Nf6
20. Ne4! 1-0.
B e c a u s e of 2 0 . . . N x e 4 2 1 . This leads to serious trouble.
Ng6t ! White should have either traded
Knights or gone for 14. Bfl Ne4
15. Rg2, in both cases w ith equal
[176] chances.
Collins-Hearst 14. Ng4!
New York 1949 15. Nxg4 fxg4
White is already lost.
1. d4 dS 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 fS 4. Nc3 16. Bxe4 Rxh2t!
Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Bf4 17. Kxh2 Qh4t
0-0 18. Kg2 Qh3#
Theory c l a i m s that after 7 . . . 0-1.
Bxf4 8 . gxf4 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7 10.
Qe2 White's position is slightly
better. Th i s assessment is ques [177]
tionable. Griinfeld,E-Torre,C
8. 0-0?! Baden Baden 1925
Stronger seems to be 8. Bxd6 or
8. Qb3, in both cases w ith better 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
prospects. dS 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 0-0
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I hlll'h I kknsl': Nnv and l'orgolll'll ldl'as
H. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
White's best plan is 8 . Nc3 Ne4 Theory recommends 8 . Ba3.
9. Rbl, intending b2-b4. 8. Ne4
8. Ne4 An often used and not bad plan
Better is 8 . . . Qe7. is 8 . . b6, but Black has another
.
9. Bb2 interesting idea in mind.

Here 9. Ba3 ! ? deserves atten 9. Nbd2 Qf6
tion. 10. Ne1 hS!?
9. Nd7
10. NeS Qf6
11. f3 NxeS
This is a very rare idea in the

Dutch Defense. Black attacks early
with the h-pawn.
12. dxeS?? 11. Ndf3?
The worst blunder in Griinfeld's If 1 1 . f3 Nxd2 1 2 . Qxd2 h4 or
life. White should play 1 2 . fxe4 1 2 . . . f4 ! ? with good attacking
or 1 2 . c5 ! ? with unclear conse chances.
quences. 11. h4!
12. BeSt 12. Nxh4 gS
13. Kh1 Nxg3t 13. Nhf3 g4
0-1. 14. Nh4 Rxh4
15. gxh4 Qxh4
16. f4 Ndf6
[178] 17. Nd3 Bd7
Birkholz,H-Harzer,P 18. Qe1 QhS
Schkopau 1954 19. h4? g3?
20. Bxe4 Qxh4
1. d4 e6 2. c4 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 21. Kg2 Qh2t
dS 5. Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 22. Kf3 g2
140
1·:< ( ) A110
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23. Rgl Qh3"t

0-1.
24. Qg3 dxe4t 25. Kf2 Ng4t and
wms.
141
A92
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0
6. d5 179
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. 0-0 Ne4.............................................................................. 1 80
6. 0-0 d5 7 . Qc2 c6 8. Ne5 1 8 1 - 1 82
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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I �< '< I J\ 1 1 .1
( 179 ) 16. Rac l NcH

Robatsch,K-Jamieson,R
Buenos Aires (ol) 1978
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2

Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. d5 Bb4t
It seems that 6 . . . Ne4 7. 0 - 0
Bf6 is the better option-see the
next game.
7. Bd2 Qe7
8. 0-0 Bxd2
9. Qxd2 e5 17. f4!! Qf6
10. d6! If 1 7 . . . Qxf5 ? 1 8 . fxe5 l and
White wins.
18. Qxf6 gxf6
19. fxe5 fxe5
20. a3 Na6
21. NbS Nf6
22. Nfd6 Kg7
23. b4 b6
24. Rf5 1-0.
10. cxd6? [180]

After 10 . . . Qxd6 1 1 . Qxd6 cxd6 Haugli,P-Gausel,E
1 2 . Nc3 Nc6 1 3 . Rad 1 Ne8 14. e4 Gausda/ 1990
f4 15. Nb5 Rf6 16. gxf4 Rxf4 17.
Nxd6 Nxd6 1 8 . Rxd6 Rxe4 1 9. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3
Ng5 Rg4 20. f4 White has a slight Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne4
advantage. This is an idea of Alekhine.
11. Nc3 Na6 7. d5
12. Qg5! d5 Another critical continuation is
If 1 2 . . . g6 1 3 . Nh4 Kh8 14. 7. Qc2 Bf6 8 . Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6
Qxg6 !-Robatsch. 10. e4, which seems to give a slight
13. Nh4 Kh8 edge for White.
14. Nxf5 Qt7 7. Bf6
15. cxd5 Nb4 8. Nfd2 Nxd2
143
9. N xd 2 t•S N l4 B x l4 1 3 . Bxl4 Ne4 14. b4 g5
I nteresting, but p ro ba b l y no bet 1 5 . B e l Rf6 1 6 . b5 Nf8 17. Ne5
ter is 9 . . . exd 5 1 0. cxd5 d6 I I . Qc2 Rh6? 1 8 . h4 Rf6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20.
a5 Nikolic-Sitorl . 'J'ilhurg 1990. Bxg5 1 - 0, Keller Hermann-Lloyd,
10. Rb l '? ! Hastings 1954155.
Th i s i s a waste of time. Ac 11. Nf3 QhS??
cord ing to Short, White's best is Black should try 1 1 . . . b6.
1 0. e4! 12. Nf4 Qe8
10. d6 13. Nxe6 Bd6
11. Qc2 aS 14. Nxf8 Nxf8
12. b3 e4 15. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Rd1? Nd7 16. Bd2 f4
14. Nfl Nc5 17. Rae1 Qh5
15. Bb2 Bxb2 18. e4 fxe3
16. Qxb2 f4 19. fxe3 1-0.
Threatening 17 . . . f3.
17. gxf4 Rxf4
18. Qd4 Qh4 [182]
19. Rbcl? Bg4 Benko,P-Dreyer,K
20. f3? Bxf3! Dublin (zonal) 1957
0-1.
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2
Be7 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 d5
[181] 8. Ne5! Nfd7 9. Nd3 b5?
Geller,E-Muller,P In comparison with the previous
Helsinki (ol) 1952 game th is continuation is a grave
mistake.
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 10. cxb5 cxb5
Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d5 7. Qc2 c6 11. Nc3 Bb7
8. Ne5! Nbd7 If 1 1 . . . a6 or 1 1 . . . b4, then 12.
Interesting is 8 . . . b6 ! ? For 8 . . . Nxd5 ! and White wins.
Nfd7-see the next game. 12. Nf4! Qc8
9. Nd3 Qe8 13. Nxe6 b4
Here 9 . b5 ! ? deserves atten
. . 14. Nxf8 Nf6
tion. 15. Ne6 Qxe6
10. Nd2 Kh8 16. Na4 Nbd7
Or 10 . . . Bd6 1 1 . Nf3 Qh5 1 2 . 17. Bg5 Bd6
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1 45
I 1 1 1 1 1 h I h • k l l 'o l ' N l ' l\' o l l l l l h l l ) ' l l l h ' l l l d l ' o l ' o
A 93-95
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. b3 c6
7. b3 c6 8 . Bb2 Ne4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 83
7. b3 c6 8 . B a3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 84
7 . Nc3 c6 1 85
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
146
l • ( '( ) i\' 1 1 , , .,
I UB I
Hcndcrson,.J-Krays,A
Tel Aviv 1994
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2

d5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 Ne4 7. c4 c6
8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Nbd2?
Theory recommends 9. Nfd2.
9. h5!?
A new continuation ! Compare
with game # 178. 22. Qhlt
10. Ne5 0-1.
If 9. Nfd2 were played, then in For if 2 3 . B x h 1 , then 23 . . .
case of 9 . . . h5 White will have 10. Rxh lt 24. Kg2 Bh3#.
Nxe4 fxe4 1 1 . f3 ! Nf6 1 2. Nc3 with
a powerful counterattack.
10. Nxe5 [184]
1 1. dxe5 h4 Starck-Moehring,G
12. Qc2 hxg3 East Germany (ch) 1968
13. hxg3 Ng5
14. Nf3 Bf8 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3
15. cxd5 exd5 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. b3 c6
16. Nd4 Ne4 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10.
17. Nxc6?! Qg5 Nc3 Ne4 1 1. Rcl ?!
18. Nd4 Qh5 ECO suggests 1 1 . Qc2.
19. Nf3?! Bc5 11. b6
20. Nh4?! 12. Ne1?! Bb7
His last defensive chance was 13. Nxe4 fxe4
20. e3 though even here 20 . . . f4 ! 14. f3 c5!
continues the attack. The plausible 15. fxe4 Rxflt
looking 20. Qf3 is met by the nice 16. Kxfl dxe4
tactical shot 20 . . . Nxg3 ! with . . . f4 17. Kg1 Rd8
to follow. 18. e3 Qg5
20. Nxg3 19. dxc5 Qxe3t
21. Nf3 f4 20. Kh1 Nf8!
22. e3 0-1.
After 2 1 . Qc2 (21 . Qxd8 Qxcl)
147
I h lll'h I k h- 1 1 � 1 ' Nl'w a n d h 1 1 1 '. olh' 1 1 ldl'a�
Rd2 22. ()d () f2 the n: is no de

fense agai nst the threat 2 3 . . d . .
[185]
Utiaganov-Konovalov
USSR 1950
1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3
Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0
c6 8. a3? 20. Qg2t!
This is a waste of time. Accord 21. Kxg2 Nf4t
ing to recent theory, 8. Bg5 Nbd7 0-1.
9. e3 or 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Bg5 lead to For i f 2 2 . Kg l , then 22 . . .
slightly better chances for White. Nh3#.
8. Qe8
9. Qb3 Nbd7
10. Ng5 Bd6
11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nxd5
An interesting combination, but
not appropriate for this position. In
the middlegame two minor pieces
usually are stronger than Rook and
pawn.
12. cxd5
13. Bxd5t Kh8
14. Nt7t Rxt7
15. Bxt7 Qxe2
16. Be3? Qf3!
17. Qe6 b6!
18. Qxd6 Bb7
19. d5 Nxd5
20. Bh5
148
H 'I I A ' ll • 1 1 /
A96-97
1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4 . Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6
7. b4 I 86
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. b3 ............................................................................... I 87- I 8 8
7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 ................................................................... I 89
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qd3 ................................................................ I 90
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re i Ne4 ................................................. I 9 I - I 92
7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re i Qg6 9. e4 ................................................ I 93
149
l l l 1ll' l a I k l l' 1 1 �1· . Nl'w aud hll")'.olll'll ldl'a�
l i M(, I 21. N xgS QxgS 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23.

Bareev,E-Bany,J Bd5t Kh8 24. Bxe5 with advan
Dortmund 1990 tage for White.
20. Rfd1 Bh6
1. d4 e6 2. c4 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 21. BxeS 1-0.
Be7 S. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b4!? There is no defense against 22.
A rare, but interesting continu- Nd6.
at ion.
7. Ne4
Theory considers only 7 . . . c6 8 . [187]
Bb2 d 5 9 . c 5 , which gives White Bisguier,A-Rossolimo,N
the better game. USA (ch) New York 1966167
8. Bb2 Bf6
9. Qb3 cS 1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3
10. dxcS dxcS d6 S. Bg2 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2
11. bS Nd7 Qe8 8. 0-0 QhS 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10.
12. Nc3 Nxc3 e3 Bd7 11. Ne1 Qf7?!
13. Bxc3 eS?! Better is 1 1 . . . Qxd 1 or 1 1 . . .
14. e4! fxe4 Qh6 ! ?, which ECO gives as a slight
1S. Nd2 Nb6 edge for White.
16. a4 BgS 12. Nd3 Rae8?!
17. Nxe4 Be6 Black shou ld play 1 2 . . . aS to
slow down Wh ite's i n itiative on
the queenside.
13. b4 aS
14. bS Nd8
1S. a4 gS
16. cS NdS
17. Nc4 f4
Milic recommends 17 . . . Bc8,
but 1 8 . b6 ! gives White a clear
advantage.
18. aS! Bxc4 18. exf4 gxf4
19. Qb2 NdS? 19. Qg4t Kh8
Better, but still inadequate was
1 9 . . . Bxfl 20. Rxfl Nc8 (20 . . .
Nd5 or 20 . . . Nd7, then 2 1 . Rdl !)
150
I •:( '( I t\'11 1 ' I I
pica Mat u lo l 'ic. Yugoslt l l 'tt l ( dt l

NM . B lac k 's idea is i f 1.� . l' • l l l l\ ' 1 1
1 2 . . . e5 ! ? wit h c o m p l i l· a l i o u s a ud
tactica l oppor t u nities .
7. Q d�
8. c4 Ndt
9. Bb2 Bd8
10. Qc2 e5
11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 fxe4
20. Nce5! 13. Nxe4 Q h5
A classical tactical trick! 14. Nxf6t Bxf6
20. dxe5 15. Nd2 Bft3
21. Nxe5 Qf5 As compensation for the isolated
22. Qxf5 Rxf5 and weak e5-pawn Black has tact i
23. Nxd7 1-0. cal chances on the K-side.
After 23 . . . f3 24. Bh3 Rf7 25. 16. Ne4 Rad8
Rfe1 Bg5 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Bg4 17. f4?!
Black's position is hopeless. Weakening the shelter o f l hL·
K i ng i s at the least a du b i o u s
idea.
[188] 17. Nd4!
Goldberg,G-Ilyn Zhenevsky,E 18. Qf2?
St. Petersburg 1932 White runs into a tactical shot .
Obligatory was 18. Bxd4 with on ly
1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 e6 4. a slightly worse position .
g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7.
Nbd2
The routine line for this order of
moves (without c2-c4) is 7. Bb2 a5
8. Ne1 Nc6 9. a3 Qe8 10. Nd3 Qh5
1 1 . Nd2 and now:
a) 1 1 . . . Bd7 1 2. e4 Qh6 1 3 . Qe2,
intending e4-e5, with the slightly
better game for White.
b) 1 1 . . . Qh6 ! ? This is a forgot
ten novelty, used in the game Stu - 18. cxl'4 ! !
1� 1
I l u i I ' ll I k k ll .\ l" N e w a u d I :"l ) '.t l l h · u I d e a �
This i s a s ur p risi ng, c llcc tivc ll. h4! Na6

and precisely calcu l ated sacri fice Black should try 1 1 . . . h6.
of a piece. 12. Nfg5 g6
19. Nxf6t Rxf6 13. Bh3 Qc8
20. BdSt 14. Rd1 e5
This loses immediately. Accord 15. Bxd7 Nxd7
ing to I lyn-Zhenevsky, the best but 16. h5 Qe8
sti l l inadequate, defense was 20. 17. Ne6 gxh5
Bxd4 fxg3 and now: 18. Nxf8 Qxf8
a) 2 1 . Qb2 B x g 2 2 2 . Q x g 2 19. c5 Nb4
Qxh2t 2 3 . Qxh2 gxh2t 24. Kxh2 20. Qb3t d5
Rxfl 25. Rxfl Rxd4 with two extra 21. a3 Kh8
pawns in the endgame. 22. Nd6 1-0.
b) 2 1 . Q x g 3 R g 6 2 2 . Qxc7 Because of 22 . . . Bxd6 23. cxd6
Rxg2t 23. Kh1 Re8"! 24. Bc3 Rc8 Na6 24. Qxb7 and White wins
25. Qxb7 Rxh2t 26. Kxh2 Bxf l t easi ly.
27. Kg1 Qg4t 2 8 . Kxfl Rf8t 29.
Ke1 Qg3t 30. Kd 1 Qxc3 and Black
wins. [190]
20. Rxd5! Schmittdiei,E-Libeau,R
21. cxd5 fxg3 West Germany 1988
22. Qxd4 Qe2!
0-1. 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3
d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3
Qe8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. e4 fxe4 10.
[189] Nxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe4?
Tai,M-Segal If th is i s a homemade novelty,
Riga 1952 then Black overlooked a nice tacti
cal trick at the end of his analysis.
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 According to ECO, after 1 1 . . . Nxe5
e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 1 2 . Nxe5 dxe5 1 3 . Be3 c6 14. Rfe1
c6 8. Qc2 aS Qh5 the chances are equal.
Theory recommends 8 . . . Nbd7 12. Qxe4 Bf6
9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nb6, but White 13. Bf4 dxe5
still maintains the better game. 14. Rae1 Be6
9. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
10. Nxe4 Bd7? 16. Bxe5 Nxe5
152
1 · 1 '( I A ' ll t 1 1 /
1 7. Q xcS Hxc 4 I H. Rah l t•5

19. e3 l'4
20. QaS Q h 5 '!'!
21. Bxe4 1-0.
[192]
Ripley,J M-Hardy,O H
Bognor Regis 1963
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3

18. QcS! 1-0. d6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8
For if 1 8 . . . Qf7 19. Re7 or 1R . . . 8. Re1 Qg6 9. Qc2
Qb5 1 9. Bd5t ! and White wins a Stronger is 9. e4-see the next
piece. game.
9. Ne4
[191]
Zirngibi-Kahn
East Germany 1955
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2

Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8
8. Rel Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3?
After this White easily achieves
a positional advantage. For the su
perior 9 . . . Qg6 see the following 10. Nxe4??
game. A blunder. Correct is 10. Be3
10. Qxc3 Bf6 or 10. Bf4 with a slight edge for
11. BgS! Qg6 White.
12. Bxf6 gxf6 10. fxe4
If 1 2 . . . Qxf6 1 3. e4 ! 11. Nd2?
13. Nh4 Qh6 Better, but still inadequate is,
14. f4 Na6? 1 1 . Nh4 Bxh4 12. Bxe4 Qf6 ( 1 2 . . .
15. b4 c6 Rf5 ! ?) 1 3 . Bxh7t Kh8 14. Rfl Bg5
16. b5 NbS 15. f4 Bh6 and White has only two
17. bxc6 bxc6 pawns for the lost piece.
153
I I. e3! 0-1. 18. eSt Kg7
[193]
Gufeld,E-Katalymov,B
USSR 1966
1. d4 e6 2. c4 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8
8. Ret Qg6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
fxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6
But not 1 1 . . . Qxe4?? 1 2 . Nh4 and 19. Re7t! Kh6
Black loses the Queen. 20. NxgS! 1-0.
12. Rel After 20 . . . Bxg5 2 1 . Bxg5t Qxg5
Other options are 1 2. Nh4, 1 2 . 22. Qxb4 Black's position is hope
Qe2, 1 2 . Re2 and 1 2 . Re3. Accord less.
ing to theory all four lead to a slight
advantage.
12. Nb4?
A premature action . B etter i s
1 2 . . . Bf6 1 3 . Be3 ( 1 3 . Bf4 Qf5 14.
Qd2 e5 =) e5 13. Qd2 a5 14. dxe5
dxe5 (14 . . . Nxe5 ! ?) 15. Ng5 ! with a
slight edge for White.
13. Re2
The idea behind Black's last move
is if 1 3 . a3?, then 1 3 . . . Nc2 14. Nh4
Bxh4 15. Be4 Nxe1 ! 16. Bxg6 Nf3t
17. Kg2 hxg6 and Black has more
than enough compensation for the
Queen, as in Neikirkh-Larsen, Por
toroz 1958.
13. eS
14. dxeS Bg4
15. Qb3 QhS
16. Bf4! gS
17. exd6 Bf6
154
H ( , t\ ' I X
'
ljlj
A98-99
1. d4 fS 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3

Qe8
8. Qc2 Nc6 1 94
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Qc2 Qh5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95- 1 97

8. b3 a5 9. Ba3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 98
8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99-200
155
1 1 94 1 L l 95 J
Filip,M-Kupka Trott-Duthilleul
C::.echoslovakia ( ch ) / 963 Southsea 1950
1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2

Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 Qe8 7. 0-0
Qe8 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. d5 exd5?! d6 8. Qc2 Qh5 9. b3 aS 10. Bb2
ECO deals only with 9 . . . Nb4 Nc6
10. Qb3 Na6 1 1 . dxe6 and now: The standard and best continu
a) 1 1 . . . Bxe6? 1 2 . Qxb7 Nc5 1 3 . ation is 10 . . . Na6 1 1 . Rae1 c6 1 1 .
Qxc7 ReS 14. Qa5 1 -0, Stone-Witt, a3 Bd8 1 2 . e4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Toronto 1987. Nxe5 Nc5 with compensation for
b) 1 1 . . . Nc5 1 2 . Qc2 Bxe6 13. the pawn.
Nb5 Bd8 14. Nbd4 Nfe4 15. b4 11. Rfe1
with a slight advantage for White Not mentioned i n ECO and
-Gipslis. probably weaker than 1 1 . a3 e5
10. cxd5 Ne5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 ! and White
11. Nd4! Qh5 stands better.
12. f4! Neg4 11. e5
13. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5
14. Be3 Ne4 13. e4 f4
With the idea if 1 5 . Nxe4 fxe4 14. gxf4?!
16. Qxe4 Bxh3 ! , but he overlooks White should try 14. Nd5 ! ?
quite an easy refutation. Better is
14 . . . Bd7 or 14 . . . a6, but also in
these cases Black's position re
mains miserable.
15. g4! 1-0.
If 15 . . . Qe8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17.
Bxe4 and Black position is hope
less, or 15 . . . fxg4 16. Qxe4 gxh3
17. Bf3 and Black has no compen
sation for the lost piece.
14. Bc5!
15. f5
Probably 1 5 . Na4 should be
played.
156
I�( '( ) A 1 1 X 1111
1 5. Ng4 B lack shou ld t ry 1 5 . . . 14.

16. Rfl '!'! 16. Bh3! Hxc4
T h i s i s the deci sive m istake. 17. Bxf5 Bt7
Mandatory was 16. Ndl . 18. Ne4 Nb4?
16. Nd4 The decisive mistake. Neces
17. Qcl Nxf3t sary was 1 8 . . . Bd5.
0-1.
[196]
Rossetto,H-Rossolimo,N
Mar del Plata 1950
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2

Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8
8. Qc2 Qh5 9. Bg5
Considered White's best con 19. Rxd8! Raxd8
tinuation. 20. Nxf6t Kh8
9. e5 21. Qcl! 1-0.
10. dxe5 dxe5 For if 21 . . . Nxa2 22. Qe3 wins.
11. Bxf6
If 1 1 . Rad 1 , then 1 1 . . . e4 1 2 .
Bxf6 Bxf6 1 3 . Nd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 [197]
Nc6 1 5 . Rdd1 Be6 16. Nd5 Qf7 Petrosian,T- Rantanen,Y
with equal chances. Tallinn 1979
11. gxf6
T h i s i s too ambitious . After 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
1 1 . . . Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qf7, followed Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3
by 1 3 . . . Nc6, Black's position is Qe8 8. Qc2 Qh5 9. b4!?
not worse. A rarely used, but very interest
12. Nd5 Bd8 ing continuation.
13. Rad1 c6 9. e5?
14. Nc3 B e6 The game Geller-Milic, USSR
15. Nh4 Yurtoslavia 1957, went 9 . . . Nc6 10.
According to ECO, Wh ite stands b5 Nd8 1 1 . a4 Nf7 1 2. Ba3 g5 1 3 .
slightly better. Rad l f4 with a sharp and unclear
15. Na6? position.
157
1 0. dxcS dxcS hut q uite logic a l .
I I. N xeS Bxb4 1 1. Qc2 Qg6
12. NdS Bd6 12. NeS
13. Nd3 c6 The idea behind 8. Ba3, but it
14. Bf4! Bxf4 does not work effectively after 10.
15. Ne7t Kh8 Rel .
16. Nxf4 Qe8 12. Qf6
17. NxfS BxfS 13. Bxe4 Nb4!
18. QxfS NdS 14. Bxb4 axb4
15. NdS
19. Ng6t! 1-0.

Because of 19 . . . hxg6 20. Qh3t 15. exdS
Kg8 2 1 . cxd5 and White wins eas 16. BxdSt Kh8
ily. 17. Nd3 Qxd4
18. Nxb4 f4
19. Rad1??
[198] Only 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Rad1 of
Schlie der Kahn
- fers defensive chances to White.
East Germany 1955 19. fxg3!
20. Rxd4 gxf2t
1. d4 e6 2. g3 fS 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 0-1.
Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8
8. Ba3 aS 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Re1
The other option is 10. Rcl , and [199]
if 10 . . . Nb4 1 1 . Bb2, followed by Mandi,R-Rogovsky,V
a2-a3. Budapest 1991
10. Ne4!?
This is not mentioned in ECO, 1. c4 fS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4
158
1-:( ( 1 /\'IX 1)1)
'
c(, 5 . H�2 Ht.•7 (,. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 1 200 1

a S H. h] Najdorf,M-Oliveira,A
The m os t u sed cont i n u at i o n . Buenos A ires 1 964
Another good l ine is 8 . Re i .
8. Qe8 9. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 fS 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Bb2 Be7 S. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. b3 aS 8.
For 9. Ba3-see A99 Nc3 Qe8 9. Bb2 Nc6?!
9. Bd8?! Theory recommends 9 . . . Qh5
The idea for the i m mediate (or 9 . . . Na6) 10. e3 c6 with a very
promotion of e6-e5 is wrong here. slight edge for White.
Better is 9 . . . Na6. 10. dS! NeS
10. Re1 eS? No better is 10 . . . Nd8 1 1 . dxe6
11. dxeS dxeS Nxe6 1 2 . Nd4 Nc5 1 3 . Qc2 Qh5
12. e4! fxe4 14. e3 with a positional advantage
13. Nxe4 Nc6 for White.
11. dxe6 Nxf3t
If 1 1 . . . Bxe6 1 2 . Nd4 !
12. exf3! Bxe6
13. f4
Wh ite has the advantage.
13. Qf7?
Black should try 1 3 . . . c6.
14. NbS! Bd8
1S. Bxb7 Rb8
16. Bg2 Kh8
14. NxeS! NxeS 1 7. Re1 a4
1 S. Nxf6t gxf6
16. f4 c6
17. fxeS fxeS
18. RxeS Qg6
19. Be4 Qg4
20. BdSt! 1-0.
18. Nd4! Bxc4
159
1 9. Ncl• R h5
20. Nxd8 1 -0.
For i f 20 . . R xd8 2 1 . B x f6
. Q x f6
22. bxc4 and w i n s .
160
The Dutch Defense-All Out War!
When Black plays 1 . . fS h i s intentions are clear,
.
he wa nts to wi n . It's also no su rprise that in

do or d i e ga mes, s u c h as t h e critical last round,
- -
this defe nse against the Queen's Pawn comes out

of the coffi n and the player with the white piec es
m u st be ready fo r h i m as one fa l se step can lead to
a g a m e which is over a l m ost before it sta rted.
You a re treated to 202 m i n iatu res (ga m e moves
n u m ber twenty five or l ess) i nvolvi n g g reat players
t h ro u g h o u t the 20th centu ry. You a re s h own where
one of the playe rs went wrong a n d how to "fi x " it
( n ew a n d fo rg otte n ideas).
IM N i ko l ay M i n ev showed u s the way in his French

Defe nse, N ew and Forgotten I d eas. With the h e l p
o f fri e n d I M j o h n Donal dson t h e two have forged
a n other book of tactica l d e l i g hts desig ned to keep
you a lert and wi n n i n g m o re games.
M i nev res ides i n Seattl e wh i l e D o n a l dson ru n s the

M ec h a n ics I n stitute's chess activities i n sa·n F ra ncisco.
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A80 1. d4 f5 (without 2. g3, 2. e4, 2. c4) Game(s)

AKI I. d4 f5 2. g.' Nft, .' Ugl (willmnt d-r4l .

3 . . . d6 4. Nil c6 5. 0-0 ()c7 ............................................................ 50

A83 1. d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. BgS

ASS 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3

3 . . . g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nc3 0-0 6. e3 d6 7 . Nge2 e5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1

A87 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6

AMM I. d4 f5 2. c:4 Nf(, J. �J �6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3

A89 1. d4 f5 2. c4 f6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 6 7. Nc3

A90 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 (without 4 . . . Be7)

A92 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0

A93-95 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7.

A98-99 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7.

l(xplanaliuns uf Files, Ranks, Symbols, and

-+ = Black has a winning advantage

± = White has a definite advantage

+ = Black has a definite advantage

;t = White has the better game

+ = Black has the better game

!J. = with the idea

N/f3 = Knight on f3 (for example)

Only some of these sysmbols may have been used in

y first knowledge of International Master Nikolay Minev came went I went to

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5

2 A8 1 1 . d4 f5 2 . g 3 Nf6 3 . Bg2 (without c2-c4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

4 A83 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

6 A85 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8 A87 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

9 A88 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 g6 4. Bg2 B g7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d6

1 0 A89 1 . d4 f5 2 . c4 f6 3 . g 3 g6 4 . Bg2 Bg7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6 . 0-0 6 7 .

1 1 A90 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 (without 4 . . . Be7) . . . 1 3 1

1 2 A92 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4 . Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 ... . .... 1 37

1 3 A93-95 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

1 4 A96-97 1 . d4 f5 2. c 4 Nf6 3 . g 3 e 6 4 . Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6 . 0-0

1 5 A98-99 1 . d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3 . g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5 . Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0

Another continuation not men­

Losing. Black should play 13 ... 17. Ng.H'?

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nd2 e6 4. Bd3

1 7. Qh6 B xgS 8. Qxd8"!" Nxd8

Be7!?-Mohri ng. [8]

19. Bxf5 ! Bxf5 15. Nxb2?

[9] 13. Rf3 Qh4

Nxe5 8 . Qe2 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. 4. d e6

approximately equal chances, Ros ­ 5. Nf3 Be7 ! ?

(l2J Nc5! Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc) 2 1. hxch

the b e t t e r chances, because the

Overlooking a surprising tacti­ 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Ne5Rg8 9. Bd3

7. Ngf6'! dxc5 Qxdl"j" 6. Kxdl, and now h ...

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. 10. Qe1 ! Bxe2

Another continuation not men

approximately equal chances, Ros 5. Nf3 Be7 ! ?

Overlooking a surprising tacti 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Ne5Rg8 9. Bd3

The main line, considered al

Black should try 7 . . . c6, intend 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 dxe4 4.

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