Modern Chess Preparation Part 10

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h fe

9. d8-e8

Thi i he mo common move, al-hough he plan o evacuaing he lacing o he queenide alo han eeneued y anyone. Emeno ha gea

epeience in hi vaiaion o ohcolou. A hi Olympiad hed aleadyeaen Ivan aic wih Blac .

10. c3-e2

The game again aic wen dieenly:1 .h3 6 (ecenly Blac moe oenchooe 1 . . hS) 1 .d1 7 1 2 .4

c8 and in a hap uggle Zaha managed o claim a vico

10. f5-e71 1 h2-h3 e7-g6

C h a p ter 3 Decng Games

15. e2-c3 f8-e716. c3-d5 e7-d817. c2-c4 a7-a5

18. a2-a4 c7-c619. d5-c3 d8-e720. c3-e4 a8-d821. f1-e

Malaov ha ucceully eolved hiopening polem and ully equaliedhe poiion. Howeve, he mach iuaion oced Whie o play o a win Paadoically, only waiing acic oechance o ucce. The acive 2 1 .d6+d6 22.ed6 6 would only impliyBlac a . .

2 1 . ...22. e1xd1

2 2 . . .5? .

23. b2-a324. e4-d6+

d8xd1g6-f4

b7-b6e8-f8

O coue no 24 . . .d6? 25.d6d7 26.e6 e6 27.e5 wih a deci-ive edge o Whie.

25. g1-f1

26. a3-c127. c1 xf428. f3-d2

g7-g5

f8-g7g5xf4


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depend on he reul o hi gameBlack poiion i aboluely ae I wapoible o keep he bihop pair bu

Malakhov choice alo wan bad28.

28 6 ! ?

29. e5xd630. d2-e4

e7xd6?

h8-d8f7f5?

A miake hough no an obviou oneI eem Black winning he eSpawnbu hing aren o imple Beer wa30 3 3 6 3 2 d2 7 and iimpoible or Whie o improve hipoiion

31 e4-c332. Wf1e233. d6-d7

wg7t6e6f7f7h5+

Thi ree check only help Whie buMalakhov ak wa no longer a implea i migh eem a r glanceI urn ou ha in he line 3 3 e63 3 d7 3 S d7 d7 3 6 d3e6 37e2 eS 38c3 (inendingc ) 3 8 6 3 9 h he pawn on ilo

There alo a imilar endgame aer3 3 eS 3 3 e6 3 S h d736 d7 d7 3 7 d3 I won claimi unequivocally won or Whie buhe cerainly he one wih chance

34. f2-f335 we2e1

wf6-e6h5-f7

3 S d7 36 d7 d7 3 7 e236 c3-e237. e2c138 c1d3+

we6e5f7e6we5f6

hould have played 3 9 d7 0 d7d7 wching o he poiion men-ioned in he peiou noe

40. we1 f2 wf6e7

Whie ha a eriou and probably deci-ive adanage bu i very hard omainain your compoure under condi-ion o incredible pychological preure when each move can decide heae o a crucial mach Emenko reilience can only be admired He didngive hi opponen a ingle chance

41. f4-g6+!

only move

42 f3f443. g2g444 g6h4

we7-e6

d8-b8d7-e8

ronger han he culured eSThi way Whie orce he capure ong

44. f5xg445. h3xg4 b6-b546. h4-f5 b5xa447. b3xa4 b8-b448 d 1 d6 + we6f749 d6xh6


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49.50. g4-g551. f5-d6

b4xa4wf7-g8

f coue ao winning wa 5 1 g 6xc 5 2 but Zaha pay upeol-dy, o the team doen' t woy' .

51.52. d6xf753. f4-f554. wf2-f3

e8-f7Wg8xf7a4xc4

he back pawn pay no oe whatoeve in thi poition

54.55 h6-h7+56. g5-g6

c4-b4wf7-g8-

A a eut of thi victoy Ukaine main-tained the ead.

he next tet fo Zaha came in the 9thound Fo a ong tim ou victoy inthe match againt Aebaijan hadn'tooked in doubt but, a often happen,the ituation changed damaticay ntime toube, and once again eveythingwa decided by Emenko' game. Mid

way though he'd had a big edge, but bythe rt time contol he etained onlyfaint winning chance

[B92]Z Eotaj Sl

Game 90

antManssk ad 2 0 0 (9)

1. e2-e42 g1 -f33 d2-d44 f3xd4

c7-c5d7-d6c5xd4g8-f6

C h a p t e r Deciding Games

8. 0-0 0-09. c1-e3 c8-e610. c3-d5 b8-d7

1 1 . d1-d3 e6xd512. e4xd5 d7-c513 d3-d2 b7-b6

1 3 . .fe 1 b b6 1 5 f3 f61 6 ad 1 wa een , in paticua, inhotEmenko, Wijk aan Zee 2 009 , othe poition wa wellknow to Zaha.

14 f2-f315. f1-d116 b3xc517. c2-c318. e2-d3

1 8. ...

f6-h5f7-f5b6xc5e7-h4

g7-g6?!The natual continuation of Black' panwa 18. . f 19. x + exchangingthe dakquaed bihop

19. b2-b420. c3xb4

c5xb4h4-f6?

Inconitent Hee a wel he houd

have payed 20 f 2 1 . x +22.x f6 athough afte 23.ac1Whit ha the initiative

21 a1-b1


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21. ... e5-e4!? 27. ... f6xe4

inteesting means o shapening play28. g4-f5 f8xf5!29. h3xf5 e4-c3

22. f3xe4 f6-e5 30. a2-a4 a8-b823 . e3-f2! 31. d1-e1 c3xb1

23 exS h4 led to nneessay om3. e1 xb1 b8-b733. b4-b5 a6xb5

pliations o White34. a4xb5 d8-f6

23 . ... f5-f4?! 35. f5xf6+

Thee was moe hope o onteplay Moe hanes emained ate 3 S 'e4ate 23 4 24 exS xd3 2 S xd3 t the exhange o eens loos veyxS o 23 xe4 24 xe4 8 tempting

24. d3-e225. d2-d 3

26. d3-h3!?

h5-f6g6-g5

An nexpeted deision peventing gS g4 In ase o the natal 26 d g4 2 7 6 the position would have eome extemely shap 2 7 3 ! 2 8 gx3h

26 . ... g8-g7

O 26 xe4 27d3 6 28

(28 S ! ) 28 g 7 29 d with anedge o White

27. e2-g4?

35 . ... g7xf636. b5-b6

8 .

!

De to the theat o 3 7 Bla's po-

sition loos vey dangeos t he hasan nexpeted deene

36.37. b1-c138. g1-f139. c1-a1

e5-c3!c3-a5f6-e5

By this moment all the othe games in

the math had ended and those playes some in hope some in ea ollowed what happened next

39 a5-b4


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41. a7xh742. b6-b7

b4-c5e5xd5

The impeion i ha a aw i in-eviable. A uch momen i paicu-lal impoan no o a panickingbu o calm coninue o look ochance.

43. lh7-c7!I wa hi eouce ha le boh Zahaand ou eam wih hope o ucce

43 . ...44. lc7g7

d5-c4c4d3?

A make when a aw wa onl a epawa. Black ook he ep bu . . . he op-

poie econ! I wa eenial o pla . . . \bS ! 5 . g5 b 6 . 5 c6 . ( .c5 cS 8. dalo pomie nohing) . . .b 1 +8.e S an he acvi o he blackpiece guaanee a aghowad aw.

45. h2-h3!

I wa hi quie move ha aali haovelooke Now he ha o accep helo ome empi.

45 c5-e3?

C h a p ter 3 Deciding Games

5 . . c! 6.e2 bS Whe houlconinue 7 .e 1 ! (he ook eningaiing ae 7 .S cS 8 . d3 (o

8.3 c6 9.g5 b S.bS) 8 . . . b 9c2 c S.hb S .3 bS 52 .c3 c653.c 8 5.h6+ b 55 .g63 ! i awn) an i . .c6 hen8 .c3 ! Whe advanage obvioubu i i enough o win? Ae he movein he game Whie ak become im-ple.

46. lg7d7 d3-e447. f1-e2 e3xf248. e2xf2 d6-d549. f2e2 e4e5

Black in zugzwang.

50. e2-d3 e5-e6

51. d7c7 e6d652. lc7h7 b8-f853. lh7f7 f8-e854. lf7-g7 d6-c655. g7e7 e8f856. d3d4 f8d857. le7g7 d8-e858. lg7-g6+ c6xb7

59. d4xd5 f4f360. g2xf3 e8-h861. g6xg5 h8xh362. f3f4

The poiion now on he boa i a he-oeical win o Whie.

62. b7-c763. d5-e6 h3-h6+64. e6-f7 h6 -h7 +65. g5-g7 h7-h666. f4-f5 c7-d767 f5f6 lh6-h8


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Beoe he n ound Ukne wa iin he lead bu ou ma iv had alomanned good chance o ucce a

i he mach poin wee level i wa Ru-ia who would become chapion An agan Iael would guaanee oueam ovel coy whle a aw in hen ound would enue ilve houghi gh alo be enough o gold i heRuian playe cacked agn pan. Inuch a ene iuaion he obou choicewa o go o oldy bu how can ade-quae cauion be combined wh he neceiy o playg o a n?Emenko gave hi own eniely con-vincing epl Howeve he game wacu o beoe eaching a logical conclu-ion A daw had been ageed in heRuiapain mach and hee wa noneed o anohe demonaion oechnique.

[C54] Game 91Z EenoVictor MikevstManssk ad 2 0 1 0 ( 1 1 )

1 e2-e4 e7-e5

2 g1-f3 b8-c63 f1 -c4 f8-c54. c2-c3 g8-f65 d2-d3 d7-d66 c4-b3 a7-a67. 0-0 c5-a78 f1-e1 0-09. 2-3

Emenko love o employ uch unhuied and appaenly unpeeniou opening yem

9 c6-e7

( 1 0 e8 1 .bd2 dS EmenkoFeguon Ile o Man 20 07) 1 .ed5dS 1 2 .g5 d7 Emenkoho

Kee 2007.10 b1-d211 d2-f112 f1-g313 d3-d414 b3-c2

e7-g6h7-6f8-e8c8-e6e6-d7

A are move. Black uually pee1 c6 o 1 h7 The lae inpaicula wa een in he gameEmenkoAdam Gibala 2007:1 . .h7 1 S S gS 1 6 e3 ed1 7 cd4 c5 1 8 .gS hgS and now inead o 1 9 .h5 i wa woh conide-ing 1 9 dc5 S 2 0 c5 dc52 1 .d6 e7 2 2 e5 wih bee chanceo Whie In geneal he abundance oopion give Black he illuion o pe-ec aey In ealiy uch ouwadlyimple poiion conceal pleny o un-dewae ee One o hem emeged inhi game.

15 c1-e316 d1-d2

17 e3xd4

d7-c6e5xd4

g6-e5Only hi move i a novelyKaimdzhanov again Bologan (Coica20 06) choe 1 7 . . .d7

18 d2-e319 e3-c120 f3xe521 d4xa722 c1-e323 a1 -d 1

e5-c4c4-e5d6xe5a8xa7a7-a8

The poiion ha become even moe


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24 g3f525 e3g3

e7f8

t

' J

1 25 g 7g6?

Ae he accuae 25 h 7 h g7 g6 o ollo ould have beenmoe dcul o Whe o develop annave bu Mkhalevk ue o hacve yle ve o povoke a c aoon a poble

26 g3h4 g6xf5

Whe ould manan an edge ae2 6 h5 27d2 h7 28ed 29 e3

27 h4xf6

28 c2b329 f6f530 b3d5

f5f4

f8g7a8d8

Anohe poble plan o Whe a3 0 h2 8 3 g 3 bu a uualEmenko doen avod mplcaon

3031 d 1 xd532 f5xg5+

c6xd5g7g5

o Whe man ump ceang apaed pan on he hle The ohe

C h ap t e r 3 Decid ing Games

3233 e1 d 134 d 1 xd5

h6xg5d8xd5e8e6?!

The pave 3 8? ould havemade poble o demonae hennng plan n pue om 3S6 3 6 d 7 e 7 3 7 d 8 + e 83 8 e8 + e8 3 9 e2 7 03 and ae ceang a dan paedhpan Whe ould n houdculyHoeve much onge o play3 g 7 3 S 6 3 6 d7 c83 7 e2 e6 3 8 d g8 3 9 h8and had o Whe o mpove

35 Wg1f1 Wg8f8?

Hee a alo poble o ch ohe plan menoned above hough ha lo empo 3 S g7 36e2 63 7 3 e8

36 Wf1e237 we2f3

Wf8e7c7c6

Once moe 3 7 6 a poble buWhe could up he peue h 3 8 ce8 3 9 c5 e6 0 b

38 d5d2

3 8 6 3 9 b

39 Wf3g4

a6a5

e6h6?


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A ypically impulive imeroublemove However aer 39 . . .6 40.g3pleny o diculie would alo lie in

wai or Black. A hi momen hegame wa brough o an abrup end ahe behe o he capain. Aer heorced 40


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C h ap t e r 3 - Deciding Games

wa alo conneced o an accurae choice o raegy or a deciding game He akedeveryhing no on he opening bu he middlegame, ino which hi la remainingenergy wa hrow

I' hard o overeimae he ignicance o he opening in uch rial I houldcorrepond a ar a poible o he player' menal ae and poring goal, and ihoul' provoke any inner dicomor Here a well, general recommendaionare ou o place While your auhor, or eample, wa helped in wha were ucce-ul encouner or him by eravagan variaion wih an elemen o blu,Juupow in hi deciding game again Ivachuk achieved ucce hough a claical opening and aggreive deerminaion in he middlegame Kramnik in hi gameagain eko managed o give even wha eemed o be a harp poiion a echnicalcharacer he wa comorable wih Opening urprie are very ueul in uch iuaion O coure, real heoreical dicoverie, like he one Polugaevky ued againKorchnoi, are rare, bu omeime even an inocen ranpoiion o move canhelp

Ereme concenraion and deerminaion o achieve your goal hoe condi-ion go wihou aying They're imporan in any game, while in deciding gameyou imply can' ge by wihou hem There ' alo anoher acor, however, wihouwhich all he hough given above urn ino empy word In order o win any de-ciding game you need, beide maery and all he oher qualiie menioned,UCK Tha crucial acor alo can ' be le o he mercy o blind chance' You needo do everyhing poible o bring orune over o your ide Believer pray andcleae heir in Ahei and agnoic believe, or a ime, in miracle , adhering oriual ad uperiion ha once helped hem o ucceed There ae no rie inuch imporan maer

May your che lie, dear reader, include a many deciding game a poible aerall, heir number dene he ucce o your career Tha wa he bravura noe onwhich I originally waed o end hi book Bu hen I remembered wha a dicule hee liedening game were or me, wha ree and leeple nigh I u-ered due o he need o play or a win in nal round I i righ o wih uch ur-moil on your ellow man? I recall Tigran Peroian, who a ar a poible avoidedereme iuaion and relied ecluively on luck when hey occurred Or my nu-merou colleague who preerred a bad peace o a good gh However, i you'regenuinely ambiiou, i your baggage alway include no only a compuer bu aloa marhal' baon, hen uch rial aren' o be avoided


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Mdern Chess Prepa r a t i n

Know yourself

E 3

Deciding game ae whee he poing componen o che come o he oeovehadowing ohe apec ha' a hought ha one way o anohe ha honehough he commenay o all he game in hi chape

Duing Wold Championhip mache he e i o coue immeauably geaehan in he la ound o ome mode club championhip bu climbing Olympui omehing vey ew ae aed o do while almo eveyone nd hemelve iniuaion whee he whole ae o a ounamen depend on a ingle move Thee-oe alhough you can' guaanee he equied eul you can a lea guaanee heopimal condiion o achievng i Tha applie equally o a game beween leadinggandmae and a game beween che playe know only in hei ow lileown Alhough in he lae cae he oucome o he deciding ' game i a om a

mae o lie o deah i make ene o ake a cloe look a he poing iuaiontha aie

The ak ge a lile eaie when he deied oucome i a da Oen ha can beachieved imply by popoing i Even i a peaceul oucome by no mean guaanee oveall ucce bu ju give good chance o i i migh make ene o eleo a bid in he hand ahe han wo in he buh Ae all you' ll ecall a poenialailue o monh o come I i un ou a daw ageemen would have allowed

you o achieve you goal ha will ju eacebae he iuaion Moeove you'llpeeve you peciou neve cell which hey ay don' egeneae I a gea ache playe a Tigan Peoian ALWAY adoped uch an appoach hen o a pueamaeu i ' pobably a enible appoach

Howeve a diplomaic ageemen in che a in lie i omehing ha' aom alway poible Thee ae cae when you opponen i n ' in a peaceul amood a you ae I' alway good o coune aggeion wih calm and compo-

ue A a a poible you hould chooe olid coninuaion no embakingon dubiou complicaion while imulaneouly avoiding he empaion oimpliy he poiion a all co A we aw in he KamnikLeko game uchacic can lead o ailue even o uch a wondeul deende a he Hungaian

d Y l h ld ' h h l i i


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The goal i ignicanly complicaed i a daw i equivalen o a deea while ulimae ucce can only be guaaneed by winning ha paicula game Hee a well howeve hee ae opion ivng o he iniiaive om he vey move even

a he co o eiou ik i he mo naual deciion om a pychological poin oview Moeove i' peecly juied i he oucome o he game i ieleva oyou oppone uch a iuaion occu ime ad again i oundobin o eamounamen In wi' ounamen howeve i' moe common o a daw o uineihe opponen and in uch iuaion a ecle aack i a om he onlyweapon On he conay peience d elconol iumph moe equenlyThe main hing i o eablih you ow algoih ha' a peec o you chaace empeamen and level o pepaaion

Incidenally no a wod ha ye been aid abou he impoance o opening pepa-aion in deciding game Tha' a om accidenal a he opening i he la hingyou need o woy abou in uch iuaion I' bee o coue o deemine hechoice o opening vaiaion in advance while you'e ill woking ou he aegyo uch an impo encoune Much moe imoa howeve han a accuaemove ode o he each o a new coninuaion in a kow poiion i o undeand youel and ge ino he igh mood o he uggle The ae o uch encoune in' decided a a ule in he oening bu by he abiliy o dilay you

be qualiie in eeme condiio And kowng youel you human aw andvue i helpul o all che playe egadle o age o abili


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Veselin Topalov Vladimir Tumakov Pma deMalorca 199........ 7

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Zaha Emeo Eltaj Safarli KhatyMasiysk Olympiad 0 I 0 7

Zaar Eenko Victor Mikaevski KtyMansiysk Olympiad 0 I 0 7 4


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M O D E R N C H ESS PR E PARATI O NG R Y O I A

Winn in g starts with pl an ni ng before the game,

teaches legen dary chess coach Vla di mi r Tukm akov.

In this grou nd- breaki ng book he shows how chess

preparation has become a systemati c process and

how todays top p layers ma ke th ei r game pla ns.

he most important aim of modern preparation,

both for professional s and for amb itious a mateurs,

is to get a playabl e positio n that you u nd ersta nd

better than your opponent

he role of the computer in preparation has grown

tremen dou sly and u kmakov expla in s how top

grand masters use the ir 'Metal Frien d He warns

that professional s shoul d not put too m uch trust

in chess engines and should analyse more deeply

themselves Club players, on the other hand,

should reduce their t ime in front of the machine

to a min im um

Tukma kov explai ns what amateurs sho ul d do

in o rde r to arrive at the b oard wel l-a rmed : study

the classics, ana lyse your own games without

a computer, and know yourself A special ch apter

is d evoted o m ust-win situati ons: when th eoutcome of a tournament, a match or even

a whole l ife depends on a sing le game

With lots of bril liant examples, insideinformation and amusng anecdotes,Mode hess Preparation is not onlyhigh ly instructive, but also a joy to read.

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Ukra i ia

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Grandmaster

Vladimir

Tukmakov

(born 1946in Odessa)

won ay

tournaments

and came second i tree Soviet

campionsips After is active

carer e becae an esteemd

cess coach H e was non-pl aying

captai n of the Ukrain e team tat

wo gold at th 36t ChssOypia d i Calvia, 2004

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