Modern Chess Preparation Part 4

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Capter Te Evoluton of Preparaton

exWorld Chamion revealed a secreteaon the frit of the colective creativity of his coachig sta

[B33] Game 0Robert FiscerTigr PeosiBuenos Aires m 1 9 7 1 ( I )

he sychological sitation before thestart of the nal match of the Cadatesclely wasnt in the exWod Capions favor His erce oonent hadscored wins i a row and seemed u-stoable t was exemey imortant tohold as Black, so the choice of oeningone f from Petrosias main weaonas a srise

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-4 544 34 8-5 4- 7- -4 -57. 4-3 8-8 3- 8-9. 1-3

owadays hite lays moe catiosly:

xf6 gxf6 d2

7-1 5

t the time the Chelyabinsk Variationas ony ting its rst tentative stes toards recognition so a whole class ofsimiar ositions was evaated as clealy

Whtes favor A comromsed awnstrctre ad sold cool over thedSoint what more cold yo askfor? Besides after a e ( dS exd xa 2 bxa aS dxe6xc d2 cS S ex snt sostrog in ts aticlar station) c d Back has no robems

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nd heres the bomb secially rearedfor Fischer! t becomes clear whatPetrosian was conting on when hechose the icilian Defence n generalsuch an aroach comes with no small

amont of risk : after all yor oonentmight deviate from the main line andthen yo '11 have to lay on his territoryas its imossible to get to know all thenances of a new oenig Bt inFischers case sch a risk was minima the American beieved in his oeningsystems and very rarey chaged them

He ony became more exible in thematch against assky erhas nderthe inence of the oenng srrisesthe Rssians srng on hi! ?

A) I d 2 c ( 2 c dS) 2 f exf xfS d c( d) S xf xc 6xe6fxe6 e2 was encontered in the

6th match game Fischeraimanov,Vancover ;

B) e 2 c dS exdxdS xdS xdS S e c6 6 c x xd c d(Karovaimaov, UR Chamionshi eiga 9 ) wold robablyhave sited hite

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1 45

Played instantly 2 xdS xa (also

not bad is 2 aS+ d2 xd2+ xd2 0 0 0 S c f 6 f fxe fxe fS exfS xdS 9 cxdSxdS+ with moe than enough compensation fo the paw bxa fS favous Black

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t was only hee that Fische stated tothink t's only possible to guess whatexactly he'd missed duing his pepaation t's quite likely that dS ! aleady came as a supise to him butthat he had few doubts about the peous almost foced moves Howevehee as well hite doesn't have a pleasant choice

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S d (eveything else is even wose xdS 6xdS xdS xaSxaS c d 9 d2 xa20 xf f 2 b d leads to an

upleasat ending fo hite

1 5 88

Both this move and the whole vaiationhad been reseached in detail by the

Moldovan chess playe ViacheslavChebanenko and his notebook wtanalysis was haded to Petosian imme

diately afte he won his seminal matchagainst otchoi evolutionay ideasusualy ang in the a n paael toChebaenko the idea of d S hadalso occued to Lev Polugaevsky but hedid't sae t w ayoe Te onouof being the pionee fel to the exold Champion but kowg the esult of the game it's had to descibehim as lucky Polugaevsky by the waypefeed I S b

1 1 1 5

Afte half an hou of thought Petosiaejected 6 xg2! which had beenanalysed by Chebanenko and checked

Tgran Petrosan

befoe the game Yet anothe psycho

logical puzzle which both the playehimself and his assistats had oubleansweing t was by no means a matteof nding holes' in hs home analysisat the boad whch isn't so uncommont seems that ight fom the statPetosia was uncomfotable wth thiscomplex doubleedged position but af


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ter going along with his seconds hethen duing the game chose whatseemed to him to be a ess isky ath.

is decision actually had only an indiect relation to chess. idea of how the battle would havegone after 6 . . g2! is given by thelnes : .e (robably the stongestove) . . .b6 .e xe (thesilest and most reliable continuation.here are more confusing ositionsafter . . . d ! ? 9 . f ! g 0. xg2 f 2 .xf xf2.xf fS 2 .d2! (weaker is2 .g? g6 2.h e 2S.e2 f26 .f e 2 .d hS 2.f xdSith an obvious edge for lack)2 . . . e+ 2.e2 cS) 9.fxe g20Jd2 f 2 g2 xg2 2 2g xe 2.dxc6 bxc6 2.xa6 cd White has to struggle to draw.lso of interest is 6 . . .e ! ? .ec ! (even stronger than . . .xd2 .xd2 xdS or . . . xdS 9 .xdSxdS 20 .g fS 2 .c) .c xdS9.xdS xdS 20.xc xc withthe same comfortable advantage Blackas deaming of.

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nd again Back overlooks an activecontinuation: . . .e! .xe xdS( . . .xe 9 .dxc6 eS! 20 .exc6 2 .xeS fxeS 2 2 .fS c2 .xd xd was sucient fo adraw) 9 .f xe 20 . fxe cS , al

though after 2 I . aS 2 2 .d2White should hold the osition.

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nteresting, though absolutely inconsistent would be 22 . . .xa2 ! ? 2 .(2 .d2 ! ? xc2 2 .xc2 xc22 S . e2 exf 2 6 . xf6 d )2 . . .xc2 2.xc2 xc2 (2. . .xc22S.d2 s weaker) 2S.xc2 xc226 .xf6 xg2 2 .xg2 e+ 2 fxd 2 9 .fxeS c . fter consciouslyavoiding favouable comlicatons it'sillogical to head for unredictable ones.

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Fischer, on the othe hand, exloits anychance to continue the struggle.2 .xd xc2 2 .g xa2(2 . . . g6!?) 2S.xf6 c 26.fxeS

c2 2 .g hS 2 . x 29 .xx 0 .xd bS would only have created oblems for White.

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8--5

Here the desie to avoid comlications

is erfectly understandable. The osition arising afte 2 S . . . d 26.exdS 2.xf6 aS 2.fxeS favoursWhite.

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-33 3-331 -3

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t was easier to make a draw with d xd xd ShS h 6g f a fS

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veryone blunders in time trouble! c with the idea of S h2 d !o ShS d ! 6h2 d! was thecorrect defence

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A impulsive and puely timetroublemove that deprives Black of hs lasthopes 6 xa2 g (h!?aS! h a 9xfS h0g xfS IxfS bS would alsoappaently have led to a daw) aS ! !leads to a daw accordng to Kaspaov'sanalysis However that's beyond he capabilties of a player (even a great one)who nds himself in terrible time tou

ble The analysis of ths instructive ending is beyond te bounds of ou topicso we'll trust the autho ofMG

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9 2

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Also winning was h xg2

9 f + c 0h6 but Fischer nds asimpler and more elegant path

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The couse of this encounte demonstrated once more that the effectivenessof an openng novelty besides its obj ective value to a large degee depends onthe time and place it's played An opening repertoire should as far as possible correspond to the creative personality of the chess player but in the givensituation Petrosian was clearly unprepared for the character of the sharppositions that aose

Neithe Petosian nor passky managedto stop Fische but a representative ofthe new generation of oviet chess playes came to the fore He possessed hugetalent and strength of chaacte out of

keeping with his age All the CO'shopes in the stuggle against the fearsome Ameican wee now connected tothe name of Anatoly Karpov All available resouces were thrown into preparation for the upcoming matchWe can only speculate about the possible outcome of that encounte which

neve took place but what neitheFischer's opponents nor the powerfulCO had managed the American accomplished all by himsel He quitchess without ever having made a single move as World Champion Fortunately fo the new champion howeverthe colossal resources that had been ac


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umulated in the pepaation pocesseen't in vain. Both the huge coachingstaff and the opening ideas amassed

me in handy in the stuggle againste new ideological enemy Viktoothnoi. One of Kapov's seconds gor Zaitsev switched to him fomPetosian's camp. t was Zaitsev whopovided the most unexpected and billiant ideas.

[CSO] Game atoly KarpovVtor KortoiBaguio City Wh-m 97 8 ( 0)

1 -4 1-33 1-54 5-4

5 - -47 4-38 45 1-1 -311 3-5

7-58-7-8-

47-57-58-4-55-4

A K

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! t

a /cong to Kapov, this est of piecesacices aose in the 'feveed bain' ofmy taine (go Zaitsev) a few monthsbefoe the stat of the match'. t's emakable not ony fo the ceato's imagination. he most stung thng is that

Aatoly arv

a na vedict on Zaitsev's billiant ideahas yet to be eaced, despite over 0yeas now having passed Of couse, thiswondefl move deserves moe than the

obective' (?) given to it now as a esutof may yeas of ivestigation.You ca imagine the state Kotchnoiws in when he was foced to esolvethe most coplex of tsks diectly at thebod.

1 1 43

Fom a pactical point of view this isthe best decision, but it came at the costof minutes. ubseqently tied at thevey highest level wee both . . .xgS ? 2 . 000 .xe6+fxe6 .xc6 xeS and . . .dS 2 .xf xf . f + e6 . g+ e I S .e 6 but it's impossi

ble to embak on such escapades without detailed analysis. Kotchnoi's feelings in this game can pobably be compaed to tose of a sappe tacking amineeld. One false step. . .

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Whte settles for a slght advantagewhch doesn't, however, suce for vctor The logc of the poston demanded more decsve actons: .c2 !xc .b ! ! xb 6 .xb d g! (the MF's suggeston of themserable I . b I s smply nsultng nsuch a poston!) . . xa .xe6d 9 .h6! ! occurred n the thmatch game KasparovAnand, NewYorkWch 99The next puzzle s that the whole deaof .c2 had been suggested by Talback n Baguo. Perhaps the grand deathat Kasparov mplemented many yearslater hadn't yet been fully formulated,

or the World Champon decded there 'dbeen enough surprses for one game. nany case, Black managed to hold thatgame .

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For mysterous (to the author) reasonsKaspaov also ddn't mmedately de

cde on .c2 ! . n the 6 th game of theNew York match he also played . f .The rst to devate was Anand . . 0 00 ! ? I S .e ! ? xb 6 .axb


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7 1-18 1-4 13 4-431 353 5-733 4-434 4-5

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8--8-8

8--11-17--57-77-

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nd now d6! would actuallyhave posed Whte certan problems as

after 6b d the epawn s defended

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4 54 4543 -4 -544 44 f-1f

n ths game Kortchno mracuouslyanaged to escape the lethal dangerThe torpedoes of the collectve work ofhe CO ht hm three years later

[C80] Game 2atoly KapovVikto Kotoi

Meao Wch 1 98 1 1 81 -4 7-5 13 8-3. 1-5 74 5-4 8-5 - 4 -4 7-57. 43 75

8 45 8-9. 1- 451 -3 5-41 1 3

gS has been abandoned but Kpovshows hs opponent anoter ump card!

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A theoretcal debate raged around thsposton durng the match The moveand above al the outcome of the debate convncngly demonstrated the

theoretcal power of the CO13 -4

n the two prevous games wth whteKarpov had used an dea of Geller andRauvaevs who durng the match wereworkng n Moscow at the behest of thesportng authortes: e! e (ths

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natual move took Kotchnoi 9 minutes! ) I .e fS ! (in Gae I Blackeacted badly with I . . .xf + ?

IS .x 00 I6. fd e ovelooking the cushing I .f6 + ! . On that occasion thee was no paticula stuggle)I S .c2 0 0 I 6 .egS (Black is posedmoe poblems by I 6 .ad I ! xeI . f xe ) I 6. . . x g S ! I .xgS g6I .xe6 fxe6 I 9 .ae dS = GameI 6 . This time what came in handy wasan idea by olugaevsky, who was inMeano, which was then woked on bythe old Champion's coaching team.The potential of I .e was fa fromexhausted, but peemptive tacticspoved even moe eective.

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Black esponds the same way as in thepevious games, but on this occasionthe natual eply tuns out to be fafom the best.This position is still elevant today. Alsotied wee I . . .b I.abS xbSI S .a xd2 (he latest tend. eviously people played I S . . . e )I6 .xd2 00 I . fd I c S I .e e

YakovenoMikalevsk, Novi ad 2009 d I . . .c I .e b6 ( I. . . 0 0I S .xcS xf + I 6 .xf xcSI .axbS axbS I .gS xa I 9 .xdxf + 20 .xf xd as plaed inTopalovand, Dos Hemanas I 99 6 ,hasn't found any followes fo Black)I S .fgS wih bette chances fo hite

in both cases.14 34 4

I . . .xd? ! I S .axbS xeS I 6. bxa6hasn't withstood the test of pacticalplay.

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Now hite gets a seious advantage bysimple means, but it was little bette toplay I S . . . 0 0 I6 .axbS xbS I.e.

All that's left to conclude is that Black'soiginal task was extemely dicult.

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This looks like the lesse evil, as withqueens on the boad it's even moe difcult to defend I . . .g6 I .f oI . . .fS I .exf6 xf6 I 9 .b .

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hite's play is also simple in the endgame. n paticula, I 9 .fS is theatened.Moeove, up to this point Kapov hadonl spent I 0 minutes in contast to

Kotchnoi's hou and a half, which byno means impoved the latte's mood.

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ith he help of this somewhat onatemove Kotchnoi ties to esolve a fewtasks at once to oganise counteplayon the ble and fee the fsquae fo

his own pieces. t doesn' lead to success , but it was aleady extemel toughfo Black to defend. Fo example :

A ) I . . . fS I 9 . exf6 xf6 20 .xf6+gxf6 2 .axbS abS 2 2 .xa xa2 .d ! b ( 2 . . .b .f g2 S .d e 6 . wih oal oination fo e) 2.S


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B) fd 9 .axbS axbS 20 .xaxa 2 d (even more aurate than .fS d) 2 . . .h! 22 .g d !

xd+ xd 2fS f 2S.ith an obvious edge for White in bothases.

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1 4-5

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trademark devie for Karov aying for domination ombined withrohylaxis! Aso not bad was thestraightforward 2 .x bxa 22 db 2 .d b 2.d a 2 S . xbxb 2 6 bxa xa 2 d2 .e 6 ! but the Word Chamion doesn't

like to rush1 5-3 5-

8-7-5

The awn oud no onger be saved.fter 2 . . . 2 xaS 2S dBak 's absoutey heess .

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Extreme restraint and omosue! erfety sient for a win was 2 ff 2 .a d 29 .fxg xe

0 gxf + xf I d2 but the riefruit shoud fall on its own.

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rohyaxis in rey, but in this ase it 'sjust evidene of how hoeess thingsare. attet at ounterlay givesnothing: 2 d 2 . 29 fxgxg 0 h6 f I gS

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And one more ounterlay doesn'twork: 2 d + 29 b 0 d6 . f + h 2 .a xd xf b2+ .g b + S .h2 f 6 d

3- 8-8

29 . . xb6 loses very siml 0ax6b .+ h 2 .b . ter 29 . d +

the easiest move to is 0 .! .

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857

Underning the ower of White's osition. Bak's remaining moves an onybe exained by a desire to reah thetime ontro. his was the moment atwhh te math atuay ended.

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34. a6-a7+35. a7-d736. a5-a6

37. d7-b738. b7xb539. b5-b 740 . b7-f741 . f7-f6

wf7-g6d8-e8e8-a8

wg&-tswf5-e5we5-d5f6-f50

Thee moe yeas passed n the nextWold Championship match it was likethe good old times, as two oviet chessplayes met The young Gay Kaspaovthew down the gauntlet to the WoldChampion Anatoly Kapov, who was atthe peak of his caee t was had toimagine the stuggle would be ay lessece than in pevous matches, but theeality exceeded all expectations Theuncompomising battle stetched outove six yeas, ve matches and amost 0 games The geat confontationtuned into the main chess event of thetwentieth centuy and had an enomous inuence on the futue development of the ancient game won't etellthe twists and tuns of that multioundduel fo that Gay Kaspaov needed a

few thick volumes 'll just say that it'simpossible to appeciate the inhumastess of such tials fom the sidelinesuch an expeience can only be extemely inteesting and instuctive fothose who ae pepaing fo such a tialthemselves and suspect few eadesof this book fall into that categoy

As fo ou main topic, the at of pepaation, then the eots both of Kaspaovhimself and of his coaching staff esulted in a genuine beakthough Themethods of chess pepaation adoptedas a weapon by the young challengedetemined the diection in which all

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of the wold's best playes would follo The appeaance, and then the apidimpovement of the MF, only con

med the coectness of the path

Garry Kasparov

The challenge was enowned as a billiant openng schola even befoe thematch fo the Wold Championship titleehaps that was one of the few components whch expets pefeed hm tothe Champion, but afte what was foKaspaov a catastophc stat to the stmatch it seemed to be a facto thatwoudn't inuence the match outcome

Nevetheless, it was pecisely constantand unelenting wok on the openngthat enabled Kaspaov st to balance onthe vey edge of the abyss, ad then toevese the couse of an encoute thathad seemed hopelessly lostMentally boken and almost eady tothow in the towel, Gay kept going

solely on autopilot on account of hisawless home pepaation His assistants wee faced with the task of avoiding the independent play that Kaspaovsimply wasn' t capable of afte the initialsetbacksHoweve eastic such a task appeaedto be, it was accomplshed A gae


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ould often sh muh soone than thenalysis of the hallenges amp. . . Duig those tough ials it was peisely an

U appoah to studyng theopeg that saved Gay fom beingushed. Fom the md0s onwadsoone any longe doubted that only eless and foussed eseah the eaveassessment of games played and theseah fo new ideas ould sigantlyexpand e hoions of ou idea autthe game . What an be added to te outstang playes wod is tat te stpeson who destood and impleented that in pae was Kaspaovmself, whih lagely detemed slong domaon of wold hess.oweve, in the peompter era awsould sometimes be enonteed evenin that tailblazes analysis.

[B4] Game atoy povGry povMoscow Wchm 98 5 6)

1 .2.3.

4.5.6.7.

8.

e2-e4 c7-cg1-f3 e7-e6

d2-d4 cxd4f3xd4 b8-c6d4-b5 d7d6c2-c4 g8-f6b1-c3 a7-a6b-a3

A t A 1' ' '

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8 d6-d?

What is this ondene in the aw

lessness of you home analysis o abluff! ? t was st played in Game I 2 ,when the stunning saie bought anundoubted suess Blak dew easilBut now the surprise fato had vanished, and moeove it was obvious thathis opponent would have aefully pepaed fo the folowing enounte. Thistime you had to expet the most pinipled esponse. That was whatKasparovs team was ounting on.

9 4xd510. e4xd51 f1e2

e6xd56b4

The expeted impovement n Game 2 thee was no geat stuggle : .g! ( . . b ? 2 . 0 0 bx .e +e .d6 e6 .x) 2 .e2xe2 I . xe2 + e .e bxdS 2 xe 6 .xe e6 and adaw two moves later.

1 . . .. Af8-c?

Although objetively this move deseves a moe modest assessment, itwas peisely this move that ultimatelybought suess. Blak wouldnt haveexpeiened any patiulaly poblemsafte the natual I I . . fxdS I 2 . 00

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e6 xd xdS But if Kaovas eaed to lay this osition thenKasaov should avoid it such was

the sychological subtext of thei longivaly Conmation of that thoughtcomes fom a cuious vaiation givenby Kasaov a+ ! ? bS axbaxbS xbS + e 6 xd +xdS and hee e! ? o h+pomise hite sucient comensation Did he ealy believe his oonent would go fo an unclea sacicethat was absolutely contay to hislaying style? O did he simly needan additional agument? n any case, cS was layed instantly at theboad

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The ely aso wasn't long in coming,although the stonge e ! xe a+ d ! ( d ? xbcS S e+ f 6 0 0 was seen inthe game KaovVan de iel , Bussels 96) xb wasn't among themost dicult of moves, and is showninstantly by the MF How can you exlain such an amazing examle of col

lective chess blindess? Cases when theawed natue of hous (and sometimesdays) of analysis becomes obvious immediately afte the citic osition aeas in the game, ae wellknown to alllayes n this aticula situationKasaov and his team, distacted by theanalysis of the longtem consequences

of the sacice, ovelooked somethingat the vey beginning hile Kaov tusted his oonent too much Moeove, it was imotant to demonstatethat he was absolutely eaed himself,so the ely followed quicky t shouldbe added that e was by no meanswnning Black could ut u stubbon

00

esistance b6 ! S xb6 xb6 6 c cS with some comensationfo the aw

12 0013 e2-f3?

g ! bxdS xd xdS S xf6 xd 6 d gxf6 ac woud ensue hite a smallbut comfotable edge hy didn't Kaov go fo that osition? t seems hethought Black had no comensation fothe awn and thee was no eason tovoluntaily give u the exta mateial

13 c8-f514. c-g5

This isn't as stong as it would havebeen on the evious move, but afte e xe S fxe d 6e b6 Black also has wondeful iecelay, fully comensating fo the slightmateial decit

1415 d1-d216 a1-d1

f8-e8b7-b5

6 d 6 a ad d is connected

to the loss of hite's geat hoe thedawn, as afte f thee wouldfollow d

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1 7. a3-b1 ?!

t seems the orld Champion underes

timated the danger of his position asalthough the black pieces are placedery thrateningly no direct threats areeident.t was worth considering dischargingthe tension even at the cost of a paw:I .d6! xd6! (the most energetcmove ths was how Kaspaov wasplanning to pla Th consqunces ofthe natural I . . .b a more lkely inWhite 's favour. For xamle : I .xaxa I 9 .xf6 gxf6 2 0 .d d2I .a bxa 22.xc xcS 2 .a)I xa xa and now I 9 h ! (stronger than Kasparov's suggestion ofI 9 . xf6 xf6 20 .c2 xb2 2 I .dd6) 9. . .b ( if 9. . .c6 20.xf6xf6 2 .c2 xb2 2 2 .d d62 .ce hen the extra mov 9 .hturns out to have been by no means speruous) 20 .c e6 2 .xf6 gxf6(2 . . .xc 22.b! e6 2.a gxf62.xc xcS 2S.xb isn't dangous either) 2 2 .e bxc 2 .xc adit seems hit holds. t's x

tremely tough to dcide on such anoperation dring a game.

17.18. g5-h41 9. c3-a4

h7-6!b5-b4

Both after the more natural 9. e 2b6 or 9 . . .d6 Black has a magni

cent position.1 9. ... c5-d6

Kasparov: n this position was still elying on my home analysis!' t's nowonder that with such analytical enthsiasm they managed to miss the banal 2 . e ! .

20. h4-g3 la8-c821. b2-b3

21. g7-g522. g3d6

No good is 22b2 b2 2xb2g 2. e2 c2 that's the point of2 . . . g ! . The attempt to lien up playwith 22.h e 2.xe e2. xd6 xd6 2 .f g6 26 .hxgf 2 f hgS so bings no relieTe fate of e wite knights is piiable.

22.23. g2-g324. f3-g2?!

d8d6f6-d7

hite lts the last chance to survive

slip. He should have brought the reclsiv knight into play: 2.b2 and althogh after 2 . . . e (or 2 . . .f62 .c e 2 6. xe xeS 2 .g2)2S . g2 there 's no question Black hasan edge the game is stll far from over.

24. ... d6-f6

Now the aknight is out of play andhite's oter pieces also have no prospects. hite has to ope for a mracle.

25. a2-a326. a3xb427. d2-a228. d5-d6

a6-a5a5b4f5-g6

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There simply aren't any useful moves:2 d2 e2

28.

29. a2d230. f2f331. f3xg4

g5g4

'g8g7f6xd6 d6d4+

The start of the nal attack!

32. 'g1133. f1f434. d2xd3

35. f4xf236. f2d237. d2xd338. a4b239. b1d240. b2xd1

d7f6!f6e4e4f2+

g6xd3 d4e381 e3f21 xd1 +e8e1 +

Of course nowadays missing a puncturelike 2 e during preparation is impossible fo that we've got the vigilanteye of the MF Much of the analysis thatwas awless, by previous standards, isnow undergoing reassessment.The details and features of modernprepaation will be discussed in detail

in the next chapte, but for now let's return once more to the days of the COTheory has been advanced by the efforts not only of the World Champions,but also of the challengers for that title.New players appeared with thei owvision of chess and with new and sometimes paradoxical ideas

3. g1f34. e2e4

b7b68b7

I Il l l i l l

l .

What haven't people played in this position? Sd, SeS, Sc2 and evenS e2 Bu for some reason it hadn'tyet occurred to anyone to play an uglylooking but perfectly logical bishopmove.

5. f1d3!? d7d6

Unfortuately wasn't a wtness to thereaction of the exWorld Chapion toths brutish move ' m sure there wassomehng to see! However, Romanshnwas ready for anyng As AdianMialchsn, hs second at that touna

ment, says, Oeg aghed as he askedme: do you thn when he fu ha seesit they' stat to wstle at me or at thedemonsrator?' But if you glce at theposition without any preconceptionsthen S d incorporates a perfectlyheahy idea: to switch the bishop to theb h diagonal and play d2 d, and in

the minimum number of moves[A1 7]eg RomishTigr PeosiYerevan ch-URS 1 9 5 (8

Game Petrosian's purely chess reaction, however, was perfectly predictable: he usually responded to opening surprises inthe most restrained and reliable man

. 242. b 3

02

g8f6e7e6

ner Therefore he rejected more activeideas ike S . . . dS 6 cxd exdS .eS fdo S cS 6 0 0 c6 .eS


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3- - 3

-1. -3

-55-

--

fter the development of the queensnight to d7, more widespred in thehedgehog system, White would freelylce his pieces in the centre, whie thec2bishop is idelly plced.

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19. -5

.g4 ? is interesting, but Blck holds

here s well: . . .'8 nd now:A) 20 .g S xdS 2 . cxd 'xdS22 .d 'xd + 2 .xd hS Whitehs sucient compenstion for thepwn, but no more thn tht ;

B) ore cunning is 20.e4? butthen 20. . .'c8 (20 . . .d8 ? 2 e 'c8 2 2 . gS 'g4 2 ) 2 .g 'c22.'c d8 2.d xdS 2.cxdS'xc 2S.xc xdS nd Blck shouldhold.

19. ... -

- -5

Petrosins trdemrk device Losinginstntly were both 2 0 . . . xd S ?2 .'xh7+ nd 2 0 . . .hS ? 2 .'xh .

1 -

LL

LJ

E*

LEL

In cse of 2 .fxg6 ? ! fxg6 2 2 f g7Whites ttck hits dedend.

1

-The rst mistke, but its immeditelydecisive. Essentil ws 2 . . .g4 22.'f4 f6 d its hrd for White tond sometng more thn 2.'h6=,even tking into ccount s opponentstime rouble.

3-3

Blcks position suddenly collpses

round the g6point3 5 5

-5

Even stronger ws the zwischenzug.d6 ! .

5 -2S . . .hg6 26 .g6+ 7 2 7 . g7 +e8 2 8 .xc7 xc7 2.f .

-5 -

- -

2 7 . . . g6 2 8 .xg6 hxg6 2.'e2 .

5-There ws n esier win fter the composed 2 8 .h h4 2 . xg4+ xg40.xg4.

- -

Here it ws worth considering

2 .xg4! xg4 0 .'dS + h8 . xg4 xg4 2 . f .

-

Also bd is 2 . . .xd7 ? 0 .xg4 xg4 g 4 'xg4 2 d but2 . . .'xd7 would hve prolonged theresistnce, lthough fter 0.'xd7

xd7 xg4 xg4 2 . d h4 . xd7 xg . hxg xg S . d6White hs techniclly winning endgme.

3

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C92]E GeerViachesav Eingorn

Riga chURS 1 98 5 (9)

Gme of this encounter mde big impression on specilists , nd lmost qurterof century pssed before the topic ws

developed further !1 - 1-33 1-5 5-5 - 1-1 -3

-3 -31 -1 1 1 - 1 3-13 -5

-5-----5-

-----

Quite populr pln in this position.eller himself hd plyed like this moretn once before, so Blcks preprtions concrete in chrcter.

1 3 -

Blck hs much more often chosen . .b8, remrkbly even fter thisgme. Neither the course nor the result

Vchev Eo

1 -1

It cnt be ruled out tht 4 b is morepromising for White, leving thed2 knight closer to the queenside

1 -15 -3

E I 1 11

1 1 11 1

'

1 5

A bolt from the blue !

1 -51 -

For the moment Blck hs only singlepwn for the piece, but the importntdpwn is lredy doomed , it s hrd todefend c nd ll Blcks minor pieceshve developed mximum ctivitTheefore from the positionl point ofview te scrice is bsolutely correct.There is, however, nother signicnt

fctor tht inuenced the outcome ofthis encounter. Em Geller, brillintchess plyer nd deep theoreticin,often mzed his opponents withopening surprises. Perhps thts why novelty from his opponent usullyprovoked stndrd response fromhim he hd deep think, striving t

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ll costs to refute his opponents ide.It wsnt uncommon for suchmximlism to led him into time

trouble oreover, he clerly dislikeddefence, prticulrly when it ws pssive. o from the psychologicl pointof view s well Eingorns nd proved gret success .

1 5-

ny yers lter Nvr tried nothertempting option ginst Crlsen 7 .xdS ! ?

.

anayss dagram

A) 8.d2 e4 d4 b4 20c4xd4 (20 . . b6 is lso interesting)2 .cxdS x 2 2 .x xdS

2 .xb4 nd White is t lest notworse;

B) 8 .b4 ! ? You cn ssume tht hisyoung opponent ws plying onsight . In ny cse , he rej ected the nturl (nd probbly objectively stronger ) 8. . .xc (doubt might hvebeen cst on White s ide by the unex

pected 8 cS ! ) .b + dS 20 .c2e4 2 .xe4 ! ? fxe4 2 2 gS S ! ?2 bxS xS 2 4 xe4 A positiontht ws dicult either to ply orevlute hd risen, CrlsenNvr,Dresden 20 0 8 .

1 3- 5

6

1 -

obvous mistke, whch cn be expled y sess nd fgue. It ws essenl to ply .d2 ! b4 2 0 .c4 fter wchyoud get the positon edy looked t e notes to Blcks 7 th move

1 3

1 1-1

533

-5Blck doesnt gree to give up the longdigonl, even to win the exchnge.Now the outcome of the bttle is decided by his fersome pwn rmd inthe centre

1-

22 .d2 eS ! 3 1 1-15 -1 - 1-5

3-55----5

Blcks position is so good tht he cnllow himself moves mde bsed ongenerl considertions . I t ws perfectlypproprite to ply the more decisive2 7 . .c4.

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3 531 1-13 -3

33 -3

--3-5

-3ore ccurte ws . xgS 4e6+g7 S fxe4 xe4.

3 33

issing chnce to put up more stuborn defence: 4.xe fxe Scxdc4 6bxc4 bxc4 7.c. However,hite ws lredy in terrible time troule

3 3-35 1 -1 1 3 1 1 553 1- -3 3-

3 - - -51 - 53 -5 53 -3 - 5-5 1-1 3-5 5

Its not often tht you mnge to nd new ide in wellstudied vrition Itseven rrer for n originl ide to withstnd the test of nlysis, but even inthose cses when the vritions totllyconrm the correctness of the originlconcept you fr from lwys get to ply successful nd in prctice. A lot de

pends on luck, nd on blind chnce.Grndmster Yury Rzuvev hit uponn unexpected ide in the ern Vrition while prepring for gme ginstEvgeny veshnikov On tht occsionsomething didnt work out, nd fvourble sitution didnt occur for such long time tht the ide ws ctully

forgotten. It ws only few yers lterwhile clening tht notebook with thevritions literlly fell on Yurys hed

Then soon fterwrds suitble occsion lso presented itsel

D47] Gme 6Yy RvaevVair BagirovJurmala 1 9 87 (7)

1 - -5

- -3 -3 - -3 -5. 1-3 - 1-3 57. 3 -5 -3 - 3- 5

1 3- -51 1 -5 -51 - 5

'* i iii

1 i

i i t

J ' J\At the moment when this gme wsplyed the digrm position ws lredy

wellkown In prticulr, veshnikov,Polugevsky nd Bgirov constntlyplyed this wy s Blck Anlysisstretched for mny moves but it lwysbegn from the obligtory, s it seemedt the time, .e .

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For te impressionabe Vadimr Bagirov,wo was aways compainng of baduck bot in fe and cess, ths nov

ety in a torougy studied variationmust ave been a crusng bo

1 3 -

Not te best, but a natura reaction Ofcourse, its very ard to decide on capturing the paw witout preimnyanaysis, and especiy agst a prepared opponent You ca understad theprudence of Bagirov, for wom deepome aaysis was far from an abstractconcept Accepting te sacrice was subsequenty tested on numerous occasions xeS 4bS+ d7 S e 8 6' g6 7 'h ( 7 'eS? ! 'f6 8 'xf6 xf6 gave no compensationfor the pa in te gae FtacnkTukmakov, Bie 988) 7 a6 8 gSe7 9 xe7 xe7 ( 9 'xe720 xe6 fxe6 2 xe6 axbS 22 xe7 +xe7 2 e d8 24 'e dS2S'gS+ c7 26'g+ eads to adraw) 20 xe6 fxe6 2 xd7 + 'xd722b6 occurred in the rapid gaeOvesnkov, 988 Backs

cances were somewat greater, atoug te game was utiatey won byWte Bagirov ad every cause to curseis fate Te se intended forvesnkov accidentay it imTrue, soon afterwards Evgeny sueredas wel a6? 4 xe6 fxe6 'S + e7 6 gS + S f6

7 exf6+ wit an overweming position for Wite, maginvesnikov,oci 988Te sacrice coud aso ave been rejected in a more natura manner: e7 Heres one of te atest examples on that teme Griscukirov,Bibao 20 09 4e 00 S g4 e8

8

6 bS 8 7 d2 a6 8 c6 'c7( 8 xc6 was wat irov coseagainst amnik (Dresden 2008), but

he got a dicult position after 9 xc6'c7 20 ac b7 2 xe7 xe722b) 9 ac xeS 20xb7 xg42 xc7 xc7 2 2xa8 xa8 2 c6dS 24xe7 xe7 2Sxb4 wth asligt edge for Wite Curiousy hirovdidn t od a perfecty defendabe position against Griscuk but eroicaysaved a ost position against ramnikCess is far from aways ogica

. 'd-g

.

-

One of te refrains of tis book is tetougt tat mistakes come in pairs n

particuar tat reates to suc extremesituations You cant recommend Back 4 xeS ? S bS + c6 ( S d7 6 xe6) 6 xc6+ xc6 7 xc6d 8 d4 'xa4 9 xe6 ! fxe6 (if 9 'd7 ten 20'd4 wins)2 0 'xe6 + e7 2 e wit a powerfu attack for Wite , but after 4 ' aS

or 4 e7 tere is sti everyting topay for

15 1-5

Te fearless MF immediatey launcesitsef at te back king : xe6 ! fxe6 6 gS e 7 7bS! and as nodoubt its correct to do so , but a uman


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as something to lose and thereforeazuvaevs coice is more understandale

1 5 5ou wouldnt envy Black! he move inte game looks very dangerous, butI 'a is no better 6 xe6 ! (it salso not bad to play the cautious 6 b ! a6 7 xd7+ xd7 8 b ! ) 6 xe 7 fe xa48 c xc 9 eS+ f820 6+ g8 2 d4 and its timefor Black to resign

1 5

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Bot 2 c4 and 2 g were mucstronger. After te move in te gameWite offered a draw witout waiting

for 2 . ! .x a .Te result of te encounter can t e descried as entirely fair, ut te whims ofFortune are in no way predictale

To end tis capter ere are a few examples from te cess life of your autor, wo for many years was a fullyedged memer of te CO.Folk wisdom says Intelligent menlearn y oters mistakes, fools y teirown. Tere are similar sayings in manyoter languages Te fact tat its etterto e intelligent is ard to deny, ut incess even te very greatest sufferlosses. Terefore acquiring wisdom knowing yourself wit all your inevitale contradictions is only possile yworking on your OW mistakes Life,fortunately or unfortunately, neverceases to trow up material for selfimprovementIt would e ard to descrie te stUR Campionsip as outstanding, or

in any case teres no way it can ecompared to te previous anniversaryCampionsip were I managed tonis second eind Karpov Besides,to my total surprise it turned out I waste oldest participant in te tournament.All of tose circumstances made me

one of te favourites for te event, atleast y my own calculations. However,everyting went completely differentlyto ow Id expected. As early as te second round te young master Igorovikov caugt me out wit incredily deep and accurate ome preparation.

(085] Game 7Igor NoovVa ov

Lvov chURS 1 984 ( 2)1 - 1-33 - 1-35 5 - 3

1-1 1-1 -511 351 1-13 -

----5553-5

---55-5-

A natural continuation, wic was alsote main one ack then.

1 3-15 -51 5-1 1-

1 1 - 1 1 -

--55

--

Te teory of tis variation was developing rapidly at te time. I also playedtis position as Wite 22'e 6


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2h ! d7 (2 . . . e is stronger)24.f b2 2 S . c6 26 . +h8 27 .f x 28.xf d8

29 d7 and Black is faced with a ght for draw (TukmakovFtacnik, Hastings 9 8 2 / 8 )

35

1 -11 -1

--5

t that moment this was a novet Preiously White had played 2 .c .

5 -

o good at al is 2 . . .e 26 c f27 . c 6 ! .

-3 - -5 -

5- 1-1 -3 1 31 3- -3 - 33

This somewhat unusua ending,reached practically by force after

2 .b , doesnt look so dangerous forBlack. The only thig that concernedme was the quick and condent play ofmy opponent

33 -5

It seems tat after the natural move inthe game the position cant be held . The

consequences of . . . e are less clearIn his book Revolutio i the 70sasparov writes that during preparationfor the 9 8 6 matc against arpov heanalysed this position in de tail with hisassistants but still couldnt nd a cleardraw for Black ovikov practically putan end to this variation, but 2 ( ! ) years

later a daredevil was found who wasbrave enough to try and defend theending. After . e 42 dS

Black even managed to win in the gamehulmanMarin, Reykjavik 2009,which was generous compensation forte investigative work hed put into it.But I won t take it upon myself to claimthat . . .e draws. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the MF is farfrom allpowerfu in such positions.

3 1-35 -3 -

5--5

Its essentially only this brilliant move,found during Novikovs analysis, that

ultimately determines the evaluation ofthe position. Zugzwang means thatBacks unable to maintain his centrapawns on their positions. By preventingte activation of the black king with thegh4 barrier White wins after thee2d2c2bc4 king march Theresnothing Black can do about this plan

3 -3 -3 -53 -5 5-53 - 5-5 - 5-51 - 5-5 - 5-5


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3 - 5-5 - 5-55 - 5-5

- -3 -3 5-5 - 5-5 - 5-55 3- 5-51 35 3 5-53 3-5 3-3

54. -1 3-55. 5- -55 1- 555 -3 5-55 -5 - -5 5 1-0

urey a recordbreaking achievementin terms of ength of anaysis! In anycase, in the precomputer era it wasntbeaten As Igor tod me, the ending thatarose after Backs 24th move had aready occurred in one of his games insome insignicant event not ong before the Championship That gameended in a draw, but Novikov coudnt

get rid of a sense of dissatisfaction For afew days (!) he negected the remaininggames and conducted an analysis of thatunusua ending The tournament wasruined , naturay, but is efforts werentin vain The quaity of the anaysis wasnot ony conrmed by te resut of ourgame, but it also stood the test of time

Of course, that record brought me nojoy especialy as the tournament hadony just started and the Grnfed Defence was my main weapon against d4 at the time I didnt ave to waitong at al for the next tria In thefourth round the same critica openingposition arose

2

This time instead of an endgame we gotan extremey sharp middegame, butuck wasnt on my side on this occasion

either

D85] Game 8Viachesav EingonVai akovLvov ch-URS 1 984 ( 4)

1 - - 1-3 -

3. - -4. 1-3 -55. 5 5 - 537. 3 -5 %1-1 - 1- -1 -5 -5

1 1 35 51 1- -13 - 5-

.11

Of course I didnt want to try g7again, and c7 became Backs

main weapon much ater, therefore Idecided to repeat a somewhat extravagant move tat ad brought success in agame against Van der terren (Wijk aanZee 9 84) But it was out of the frying pan into the re Eingorn was readyfor such a turn of events He d predictedit and prepared an unpeasant surprise


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1 3-15 -5

1 -5

--

And here it is! Eingorn made this movequickly and condently, and it becameclear to me that the Novikov game wasgoing to be far from the end of my suffering

1 5

A move that didnt come easily to meThats easy to understand for any chessplayer whos ever come up against ahomeprepared line Time and energyis spent not so much on the search forthe best possible decision as on selfre

proach After all, it seems as if it was soeasy to predict your opponents reaction but you didnt look far enough,you didnt analyse far enough Ridding yourself of all those hindering extraneous thoughts isnt so easy, but itsessential You simply have to train yourself to remember that novelties in the

opening are part and parce of thegame, in just the same way as surprisesin the middegame, which occur on almost every move The move in thegame is the correct decision in practiceNo good at all was 6 exfS 7e 6, andother options dont promise Black aneasy life either: 6 exd 7 fxg6 hxg6

8 cxd xeS 9 0 0 was seen in thegame AgzamovPribyl, och 9 84Black has a dangerous position

6 fxe 7 fxe6 h4+ 8 d xe6 9 xb7 ad8 is good for Black, but 7 fxg6 hg6 8 c2 ! gives White anunpleasant initiative

1 1-3 -

. ll E

llll

n '

Here as well Blacks choice isnt easFor exampe : 7 fxeS 8 g + g7 9 d 6! (the consequences of 9 h6e7 20b2 c7 arent so clear) 9 f4 20 g4 h8 2 b2 f622 00 g8 2 g8+ xg8 24 g !with an edge for White, or 7 exdS 8 cxd xeS (the more natural

8 fxeS is too dangerous on accountof 9 g + g7 20 h6 e7 2 d6f8 2 2 h ! and Black has no satisfactory defence against multiple theatslike 2 g7 and 2 h6) 9 b2 tssimply painful to look at Blacks compromised position

1 1-A signicant inaccuracy 6 f ! hadbeen conceived, according to Eingorn,directly during the process of preparingfor the game There was simpy no timeto polish the detals of this manualanalysis Much stronger was 8 d6 !g 7 9 exf6 'xf6 2 0 b2 eS

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2 .xeS ! 'xeS 22 e as occurred in the game McCambridgeHjartarson, Grindavik 9 84. Curiously

that game, which was deservedly recognised as the most important theoreticaldiscovery of Iformator 37, was played acouple of months before the gamewere looking at, but. .. those were different times, information spread slowly,and the players in the current gamereinvented the wheel independentl

1 51 -5

Here 9.d6 is no longer as strong dueto 9. . .g7 20.00 (20xeS xg22 .f xeS 2 2 .xg2 h8 is unclear,at least) 20 b6 with complex play.

1

5

-

-Losing is 20. . .exd 2 .g 'd7.f6 f7 2 .cxdS ! h8 24.b .

1 5- -

The most reliable move, although alsonot bad is 2 . . exd 2 2 xg7 xg72 .'xh6 'g

3 3-3 - 5-

24.d6 d7 2S .g6 h7 26.xe6xeS 2 7 .eS xd6 also led to equalit

-The best defence ! Weaker was 24 . . f72.00 exdS 26.hS! (during thegame I was worried about 26.f butthe MF coolly defends: 26 . dxc42 7 dS c 28.xc d7, evaluatingthe position as equal . Let that be on theMFs conscience) 26 d7 27 .e !

4

xd6 28.e8+ h7 29.e7 and Blackcant survive.

5 5

5 5- 5-3 3-3

l

l

5

---5

-

There it is the longterm consequenceof the opening novelty! Having spent amass of time and energy on overcoming the most complex of problemsBlack trips up on level ground After thesimple 29. . .b7 0 0 0 e4 hes in noway worse

3 3-3 5-0 . . .xe2 .xe2 f6 2 .f didntlose immediately, but it doesnt inspireenthusiasm.

31 3-

e7 + xe7 2 dxe7 xe2 xe2g6 4c guaranteed White a solid

endgame advantage31

A letoff in reply. . . .b7 ! would, ason the 2 9th move, have saved the game.

3 133 1-1

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ore stubborn was . . ..

3 -335 35

3 3-3 1-1

-55

-1-0

The loss in this game was even morennoying than the previous one. f thenId been hit by a truck , as they say, thisie had noone to bame but mysef.fter colapsing at the start d aso beenlef almost without a main opening.

owever unpleasant such a situation is ,ou cant consider it a exception Ioething encountered periodically byeveryone, including the very greatestchess payers. Although hat fac provides some consolaion, it doent helpatters. How should you act in suchcircumstances A certain uiversa setof incantations exists : forget about yourprevious faiures, turn over a new eaf,abandon your overambitious plans, focus oey on the upcoming game andso on, ad so on.All of that is undoubtedy good advice,but i ts much easier to give than folow

in practice. n reaity the main thing,and at the same time the hardest pointon the above ist, is TO FORGE Withhat goal in mind its possible to recommend the method of a RDCALCHANGE or a ZGZAG. Thats wekno in psychoogy and comes downo the fact that it s usefu to dramaticaly

alter the prevaiing course of events at acritical moment.During tournaments the majority ofplayers maintain a certain ifestye. ncritical situations, when norma methods prove useess, i makes sense notsimpy to make sight alterations to theusual routine, but to completely over

turn it. As the saying goes, desperatetimes cal for desperate measures .

The notorious Zigzag can sometimes bequite innocent. For exampe, at theWorld Junior Championship in 9 7 8 ,two friends Artur Jussupow andergey Domatov were ocked in aerce batte After eight games ergeywas eading his friend by a point. Arturwan t paying very we , so the rest daycouldt have come at a better moment.A couple of hours spent on the footbaeld did him much more good thaworking on chess After that Jusupowwon four games in a row, bu even thatproved insucient to win the tournament. t turned about that ergey andhis coach Dvoretsky had, just in ce,aso used the Zigzag: theyd devoted therest day to playing cards. m not convinced everyone wi consider such amethod awess, but Domatov becameWord Champion .

From a pedagogica point of vew a decision taken by Alexander Roshal ookseven more debatabe At the European

Junior Championship in 9 74 his pupil, ergey Makarychev, was left withmeagre chances of winning the tournament Fortunatey, the New Year camejust in time and on that occasion thecoach persuaded his young charge todrink a ful wineglass of vodka t was area shock for ergey! s it necesary to

add who became European Champion! n a similar situation in Wijk aan Zee,Aexander Motylev once took a swim inthe North ea in January and as a result won the BTournament. considermy greatest personal achievement inthis area to be the 998 World Championship match After Anand levelled the

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score in the last game arpovs chancesin the tiebreaks seemed hopeless Imanaged to convince the multiple

orld Champion to use a IGAG instead of his usual preparation he headedto a restaurant wth a group of friendsto dstract himself from troublesomethoughts. Believe me, it wasnt easy atall, but the next day atoly managed toin two deciding games in rapid chess

Retng to 984 , I took a decisionch it would be hard to cl a igzag : Ifdamentaly rejected the unfortunateGrfeld Defence. The options I had reserve were completely unprepared, butnevertheless the drastic chge of trackjustied itself of cose I dnt wnthe tournament, but I shed theChpionshp on a plus score, wchwas a very decent outcome.l that remains is to wish my readers asmany successful tournaments as possible, but in case of unforeseen diculties dont forget about the igzag!Fortunately there were also more pleasant episodes in my career.

[96] Game 9Leod YuVla TovFrunze ch-URS 1 98 1 ( 1 6)

1 - -5 1-3 -

3 - 54. 3 -5 1-3 - 1-5 -7. - - 1-3 -5 -- 5-1 -5 -

6

11 3-3

White has another tempting continuation of the attack cbS ! axbS 2 x bS + A) 2 .fd7 would lead Black to ca

tastrophe after .xe6 ! fxe6 4.hf7 S fS ! e4 6 .fxe6+


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d now let me introduce you to theraw Death of Chess! The same spectreit which Lasker and Capablanca

rigtened the world now looks liketis today Elegant and awless, it prookes joy among average chess fans, butay only quaify for a condescendingile from the enlightened Two youngcess players, wonderfully prepared,conincingly demonstrated the lightand shadow of modern chess

11 000 5

.

.

8

8 8 8 :

1 5

2 cbS here is much weaker, as wasdemonstrated by the followng game 2 axb xb+

) The variation c6 4xe6(fxeS e4) 4 fxe6 S 'xe6 +e7 6 fxe c8 ( 6 b 7 a4 ! c8 8 ' xb ) 7 ' c4 would need extraiestigation if it was still relevant Themove in the game below is muchstronger;

B ) c6! (a resource I found dur

ing preparation, which essentialy putsan end to the 2 cbS line) 4 fxePsahis thought for hr min (!)over this position, but couldnt nd away out and there wasnt one! 4 xb S exf6 d7 ! (a winningmove, though the MF rates S a2even higher, as demonstrated in the

game almanZdebkaja, DresdenOympiad 200 8) 6 fS gxf6 7 xf6g8 8 'xh7 b 9 d6+ xd6

20 xd6 f8 0 PsakhisTukmakov,Frunze 9 7 9

1 513 5

Another theoretically important position

13 000

As often happens in such positions thestatic factors are overshadowed by thedynamic ones Blacks centraised queenis much more important than theruined pawn structure 'xf6

4 c bS ! A ) 4 c S xe6 ! axbS

( S fxe6 6 h +) 6 xb + c6 7 xc6+ xc6 8 c7 + f8 9 xa8 'f4+ 20 b b8 2 hfe7 2 2 'e6 0 , ChiburdanidzeTukmakov, Tashkent ( st League) 9 8 0 ;

B) axbS S xbS+

B ) S e7 6 g ! d7 7 c7( 7 c6+ xc6 8 d6+ e8 9 'xc6 wod have won qucy) 7 g+ 8b d 9xd7+f6 20 hf + g 6 2 'x + h622fS+ exfS 2xd and the position is cear thout words, FerrarYudasin, Cgary 996 ;


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B 2 ) S .c6! (the only move!) 6. hf ! (bad, of course, is 6 .xc6gS+ 7 .b 'xbS) 6. . . gS + 7 . b 'dS 8 .a4! (without consulting the MF it isnt easy to nd such amove) 8 . . . 0 00 9 .xc6 'xd+20 .xd xd + 2 .a2 .

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Its no use crying over spilt milk! Theattack has to continue at all costs .

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The move that was planed at home,but far from the only one Theres a cu

rious draw after S xg2 ! 6 .xg2(but not 6 .'d S 7 e6+ fxe6 8 .xe6 eS MllerBrunner,Erfurt 99 ) 6 . . .'gS + 7 .'xgS fxgS 8 .dxbS a6 9 dS d8 20 .f6+ e 7 2 .dS + .Also interesting is S . . gS + ! 6.b and now:

A) 6. . .cS , which the MF insists onfor a long time, turns out to have a aw 7 xe6! e6 8.'xe6+ 9h4!'xh4 ( 9 . . .'h6 20.e4 e4 2 .e4)20.h gS 2.S!! a6 22d8+g7 2.gS+ gS 24.'eS+;

B ) 6 . a6 ! 7 .dxbS ! e78c7+ f8 9 .xa6 xa6 20e4

'g6 2 .d6 ! with an absolutely unclear position .

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I d stopped at this position in my homeanalysis, assuming Black was ne Thatreally is the case, but its not easy for

Black to convert his advantage Whitesconected passed pas on the queenside are potentially very dangerous.

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White had fewer chances of survival inthe line 4. x x7 xf7 xg For example : 6 f8+ g8+ 7 .xg8+

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