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SADRZAl • COREPMANME • CONTENTS • INHALT • SOMMAIRE • SUMARIO • INDICE • INNENAL •

Contributors . . 4

The Best Ten Games of the Preceding Volume . ó

The Ten Most Important Theoretical Novelties of the Preceding Volume. . . . 8

Garry's Choice — By G M G arry Kasparov . 12

Old Wine in New Bottles — By G M M ihail M arin . 23

Top Three — Exclusive annotations . . 35

• By G M Sergei Movsesian . . . 36

• By G M Andrei Volokitin. . . . 3 9

• By G M Zahar Efimenka. . 44

One Country — Serbia . . 50

• By G M Ivan Ivanisevic . . ...51

• By G M Robert Markus . . . 53

• By G M Milos Perunovic. 55

• By G M Nikola Sedlak . 58

• By G M Dusan Popovic . . 60

Chess Informant Labs . . . . . 63

• A 1 1 by G M Viktor Erdos. . 64 • B 07 by G M Andrey Sumets 70 • B 12 by G M Misa Pap . . . . . . . 78 • B 22 by G M MiloS Perunovic . 83 • B 94 by G M Rafael Leitao 87 • C 11 by G M N ikola Oukic . . . . 9 2 • C 63 by G M Ivan Ivanisevic . 96 • C 80 by G M Sarunas Sulskis 102

Rising Stars — G M Alexander Ipatov . 106

Guest Column "British Chess Magazine" — By IM Andrew M artin . 113

In Memoriam: G M Svetozar G ligoric . . . . 116

System of Sig n s. . . 124 Games... 127 Classification of Openings . 127 A. ,3 3 B. 154 C. 197 D. 223 E. . . 257 In d ex. 285 Commentators 291

Combinations — By IM Sasa V e licko vic. 292

Excellent Moves — By IM Sasa Veliékovic 296

Endings — By IM G oran Arsovic 299

Problems — By IGM M ilan Velimirovic . 302

Studies — By IM Yochanan Afek . 307

Tournaments . . . . . 3 1 0

SARADMICI • COTPYflHMKM • CONTRIBUTORS • MITARBEITER • COLLABORATEURS •

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Zoran ARSOVIC m Goran CABRILO g Branko DAMLJANOVIC g Aleksandar INDIC m Ivan IVANISEVIC g Aleksandar KOVACEVIC g Robert MARKUS g Slobodan MARTINOVIC g Danilo MILANOVIC g Miroslav D. MILJKOVIC m Misa PAP g Milos PERUNOVIC g Zoran PETRONIJEVIC m Dejan PIKULA g

Dusan POPOVIC g Nikola SEDLAK g Radoslav SIMIC g Milan VELIMIROVIC Sverige Emanuel BERG g Pontus CARLSSON g Tiirkiye Alexander IPATOV g Dragan SOLAK g Turkmenistan Handszar ODEEV g Kerim YAZGELDIEV f Ukraine Zahar EFIMENKO Andrey SUMETS Andrei VOLOKITIN USA Larry CHRISTIANSEN g Samuel SHANKLAND g OQ OQ OQ

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GARRY’S •

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THE 13TH WORLD CHAMPION DISSECTS TOP GAMES OF MODERN CHESS

H O W TO D EFY THE S O F IA R U LES IN STYLE

both players insist on bending the rules of the chessboard to the breaking point. The physics of the game go from classical to quantum with each move defying both logic and expecta­ tions. This game lasts barely thirty moves and contains enough deep forcing lines to keep a human analyst hard at work for many months. Even the computer strains to reach the depths required to pulverize this stone into the sand of perpetual check. As early as move 11 (!), long sacrificial variations appear that end in forced draws by repetition. Such opportuni­ ties seem to come along virtually on every move, and are avoided until at last there is no choice but to accept the inevitable.

The Sofia Rules, designed to force the players to continue to at least to move 40, would be no

match for this game. And who could complain? If all draws were as action-packed as this one, fans would clamor for more! The sharp cut and thrust, and abrupt conclusion, recall Botvinnik’s first encounter with Alekhine, at Nottingham 1936, which ended in perpetual check after only 20 moves. At the time, that game was considered wildly complicated — which was true back then. Today it looks almost simple, certainly compared to this game.

G a r ry 's C ho ice

Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Champion, needs no introduction: a truly great chess player, who has tremendously influenced the development o f chess with his games, his analyses, his writings, Garry is well known everywhere. Chess Informant has had the privilege of hosting the fruits o f his deep analytical work for more than thirty years, and there is no doubt that the quality o f this work has greatly enriched the contents o f this publication — and chess culture overall.

Several years after his retirement from professional chess, we are deeply honoured to welcome Garry back to Chess Informant! In this column, Garry’s Choice, he is annotating select games from recent practice, in his trademark style, casting his critical eye on the efforts o f modem chess stars — and mere "mortals"!

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[By Garry Kasparov] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5

The Advance. 1 occasionally played this in simuls but did not feel comfortable with it until deciding to give the "modem" version a

try against Karpov in Linares in 2001 with 4. £}c3. I won a nice attacking game and over the next few years also tried it with 4. Jle3 and 4. £}d2.

* G. Kasparov 2849 — An. Karpov 2679, Linares 2001 — 81/89 Page 19

3... M S 4. h4

A move that would seem superficial and even amateurish if it did not have such a long and

GARRY’S c h o ic e

From co ver to c over! G a m K asparov at the Chess O h m p ia d . Istanbul 2012.

honorable pedigree. 51 years ago, Tal made it his primary weapon in the World Champion­ ship rematch with Botvinnik. Tal lost two and drew three of those games but apparently nobody blamed his sharp line of the Advance Variation because it maintained some popu­ larity. (Looking back over that 1961 match I find encouragement in the fact that Botvinnik was almost exactly my age today, 49, and over double the age of his opponent. Tal won an impressive five games in that match. But Botvinnik won ten!)

It is worth noting that this line was Kram­ nik’s choice when he was in a must-win situ­ ation against Leko in the final game of their 2004 world championship match.

4... h6

Botvinnik went back to this move in games 18 and 20 after starting with it in game 10, then trying 4... h5 and 4... c5 in games 14 and 16. I can imagine showing this game to Tal and Botvinnik, and how different their reactions

would be to all the sacrifices and casual regard for order and safety. Tal, the quantum physi­ cist of the chessboard, would no doubt enjoy it and employ his favorite term, "tasty chess." Botvinnik, on the other hand, a Newtonian, would shake his head at how both players ig­ nored the principles of the game.

Even when I was a world champion I had to endure that head shake of Botvinnik’s. After I beat Karpov in the Ruy Lopez in game 16 of our 1986 Leningrad World Champion­ ship match.

** G. Kasparov 2740 — An. Karpov 2705, London/Leningrad (m/16) 1986 — 42/440

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Botvinnik told me, "in this game you played like Tolush!" Invoking the famous attacking master from Leningrad was not a compliment coming from Botvinnik’s lips!

|4... h5 Karpov’s choice. 5. c4 e6 6. £ic3 £}e7 7. ^ g e 2 Ph ot o h\ lo sip A si k

GARRY’S d i o i c o

7... Ag4 My recommendation to Hikaru Naka­ mura in his preparation for Nepomniachtchi at Wijk aan Zee in 2011. 8. f3 & f5 9. £>g3 A g 6 10. Ag5 # b 6 11. # d 2 ¿hdl 12. a3 f6 ...0 :1

*** Nepomniachtchi 2733 — Hi. Nakamura

2751, Wijk aan Zee 2011 — 111/(51) Page 21 5. g4

5... Ae4!?

Emil is always looking for a way to compli­ cate as early as possible! The point is this un­ common move is clear, taking f3 away from the knight before retreating the bishop to h7. Otherwise White’s e6 is too strong.

[5... A d7 The standard move, keeping the bishop out of trouble. 6. £\d2 Kramnik (6. h5 Tal’s point, but today this move competes with Kramnik’s 6. £>d2);

**** Kramnjk 2770 — Lékó 2741, Brissago (m/14) 2004 - 91/74 Page 22

5... Ah7? 6. e6 fe6 7. &d3±]

6. B A h i 7. e6 Wd6

[7... fe6? It’s not necessary to look at taking the pawn. Black’s structure and development are pathetic. 8. Ad3]

8. ef7 <&f7 9. f4

Showing that she is ready to match Sutov- sky’s combative mood, not that there is much choice at this point. White is conceding many key squares and gambling on getting to the black king with her pawns.

9... £>f6 10. A h 3 c5 11. g5

[11. £>f3 The first of our many "drawing moves"! 11... £>c6 12. g5 hg5 13. hg5

13... ± c 2 !(1 3 ... £>e4 14. A g4 - 11. g5) 14.

Wc2 Hh3 15. Hh3 We6 16. £>e5 (16. ©e2 Wh3 17. gf6 ef6^ ) £ie5

a) 17. He3? This logical move fails to yet

another long and forcing tactical sequence. 17... £>f3 18. <&fl (18. <&f2?? W h3\— h The knight is immune or the white queen is lost.)

Wh3 19. Wg2 Wg2 20. <&g2 £>d4 21. gf6

£ic2 22. Hc3 £>al;

b) 1 7 .d e 5 # h 3 1 8 .e f 6 # h l 19. <&d2 # g 2 = l

GARRY’S c h o ic e

13. iLc8?!

A pretty move that should have been resisted for the stronger 13. ilg 4 .

113. Ag4! & c6 ! 14. £rf3 Af5!? (14... <£>g8 15. dc5 £ic5 16. A e3t) 15. H h8 A g4 16.

¿he5 £ie5 17. de5 ¿ .d l 18. ed6 ± c 2 19. de7

& e7 20. £>c3+l

13... £ic6!

113... cd4!? 14. £>f3 ¿hc6 15. ± b 7 ! # b 4 16.

¿hbd2 Wb7 17. g6 <&g6 18. £ie4 de4 19. £>g5 & f 6 ! a) 20. ¿hh7 Hh7 21. Hh7 W M 22. ± d 2 ®b2 23. H bl # a 2 24. g b 5 e3oc 25. ® g4 # c 2 (25... ed2 26. <&d2 ® e 6 27. Wg5 * f 7 28. Hf5 <&e8 29. ®g4 # g 8 30. g f 8 & f 8 31. # h 5 ) 26. # g 5 <&e6 27. ®d5 £>f6= ; b) 20. S h7 Sh7 21. £sh7 <&g6 22. # g 4 <&h7 23. ® h 3 = ; 22. £>g5ool 14. ± b 7 14... ® e6 [14... & g3! 15. Hh7 (15. Hh3 # e 6 16. <&f2 ± c 2 + ) S h 7 (15... # e 6 16. & f2 £ie4 17. ÇÉ?g2 Hh7 18. A a 8 Hh4 19. & c3 Hg4 20. & f l £ ig 3 = ) 16. Wg4 &d4 a) 17. ± a S H h l 18. # g 3 (18. & f2 £>df5+) H gl 19. # g l (19... # e 6 20. <£>f2 W e2= ) 20. £>f2 £>gl 21. <£>gl c4!? 22. £ic3 e6T; b) 17. # g 3 H h l 18. * 1 2 S b 8 19. # g 2 S g l 20. ± d 5 e6 2 1.< £gl lrd 5 !? 22. £>c3 ® g 2 23. £>g2 Zhc2 24. S b l * g 6 + / = ] 15. £>e2 [15. # h 5 A g 6 16. # h 8 £>d4 17. A a 8 £ig3 18. & f2 £ie4 19. & fl £\g3 20. & f2 = l 15... H b8

[15... £id4!? 16. £id4 cd4 17. We2 H b8 18. g6 Wg6 (18... ± g 6 19. S h 8 Hb7oo) 19. ± d 5 e6 20. iLe4 # e 4 21. # e 4 A e4 22. g h 8 A M 23. c3 S h 8 24. cb4 H hl 25. & d2 S h 2 = [

16. ± c 6 # c 6 17. f5

[17. £id2 & g 8 18. £>e4 &e4 19. Hh8 £>h8 20. £>g3oo/=l 17... g6 [17... <£>g8! 18. Af4! (18. g6? A g 6 19. Hh8 <£>h8 20. fg6 # f 6- + ) S b 2 19. I ' d Hb6 (19... # b 6 20. g6 cd4 21. gh7 Hh7 22. Hh7 &h7 23. £id2) 20. g6 ± g 6 21. Hh8 * h 8 22. fg6 # f 6 23. We3 W i4 24. <&dl £>£2 (24... cd4 25. ® gloo) 25. <à>d2 £}e4= This game is like composition dedicated to demonstrating the greatest possible number o f perpetual check draws, by both black and white!]

P ho to by Haral d F ic tz GARRY’S c h o ic e

G arry K asparov a t the European Ciub Cup, Rethymnon 2003.

19. Sh7?!

White must have been convinced that a dash­ ing victory was near with this move. But in fact, she is already in danger. There was no way to foresee Black’s sensational 21st move. 119. # f3 ! This would make it much tougher for Black to hold the balance. 19... # d 7 ! (19... gf5? 20. Sh7; 19... £ig5? 20. Wg2;

19... <£g8 20. £>c3) 20. S h 7 # f 5 21. ®h3 (21. S h 8 S h 8 22. £id2 S h 2 ! 23. £ if 1 S f2 24.

Wb3 Sf4 25. A f4 «rf4 26. Wd5 <&f8 27.

# d 8= Another hidden perpetual.) # h 3 22. Sh3 Sh3 23. £ih3 S h 8 24. £sf2 ± d 4 25. £ie4 g h l 26. '¿>d2 de4 27. £ia3

a) 27... S h 2 28. <£>el S h i 29. <£>e2 S h 2 30.

‘¿ ’fl S h i 31. <&g2 S g l 32. <&h2 e5 Leading to an intriguing domination theme. 33. S b l S d l

a l) 34. c3 e3 35. cd4 e2 36. A d 2 (36. ¿hc2

cd4!—1-) S d 2 37. S e l ed4;

a2) 34. b3 <&e6 35. <&g3 S g l 36. &h3 S h i

37. <£>g2 S g l 38. g>h2 S d l 39. jte3!?;

b) 27... e3 28. <&d3 e5 29. S b l c4 30. & c4 e2

31. ± d 2 S d l 32. ¿ .e l Ae3 33. <£>b3 ¿ .c l

A picturesque position! 34. iLa5 ilg 5 35. c4 Ah4] 19... S h 7 20. fg6 # g 6 21. » 1 3 [21. £ig6? S h i 22. <£>e2 S d l 23. * d l £>g6 24. dc5 Sb2!+1 21... Sf8!! Bravo Emil!

A rare and shocking offer a queen with dis­ covered check. As usual, the computer takes some o f the joy out o f it by quickly an­ nouncing a forced draw. Both players de­ serve credit for navigating the path.

GARRY'S c h o i c e [21... S h i 22. W hl Wg5 23. ¿he2 # g 4 24. £hd2 # e 2 25. & e2 £sg3 26. * G £>hl 27. &g2 cd4 28. £>f3 e5 29. <&hl e4 30. ^ e l & e6+; 27. dc5±l 22. ^ d 2!

The only move to maintain the balance. From this point, there are countless paths that all lead to perpetual check.

[22. & g6? <£>g6 23. Wg2 ± d 4 24. £sc3 Sf2+1 22... Wg5 23. ¿he4 # g l 24. &e2 Hh2 [24... de4 25. # b 3 = ; 24... <£>e8 25. £>f2 A d4 26. jte 3 Wal 27. ®g4!] 25. £sf2 25... <à>g8

[25... il?e8 26. Jle3 A reoccurring theme to bury the black queen in the comer to give time to the white queen to go on one more endless hunting trip. 26... # a l 27. W d5o5/= S f2 28. * f 2 S f 6

a) 29. # a 8 £>f7 30. # d 5 e6 31. W b l <£>g8

32. dc5 (32. <£>e2 Wa2 33. £ih5 # c 4 34. & d 2 S f7 35. # a 8 <£>h7 36. ¿hgl) ® d l 33. ® e4 Wg4 34. c6 Hf7 35. c7 Hc7 36. We6

We6 37. £}e6 S c 2 (37... S f7 38. <£>e2 ± b 2

39. c4) 38. <¿>0; b) 29. # c 5 ® a2l 26. Wd5 S H 27. ® a8 g f8 [27... A f8 28. W 3 e6 29. ± e 3 S C 30. # 0 # 3 1 3 1 . # g 2 Sg7 32. ®e4 # a 2 33. £ih556/=| 28. ® d5 S f7 29. # a 8 g f8 30. ® d5 g f7 31. # a 8 1/2 : 1/2 G. Kasparov

WHITE: Anna Muzychuk Country: Slovenia Born: 1990

Title: Grandmaster since 2012 Rating: 2586

Peak rating: 2606

BLACK: Emil Sutovsky Country: Israel Born: 1977

Title: Grandmaster since 1996 Rating: 2684

Peak rating: 2703

AM STERDAM , V II 2012 cat. XIX (2705)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 IVANCHUK g 2769 ■ '/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 KAMSKY g 2744 X/l ■ 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 4 '/2 2 3 SUTOVSKY g 2687 1/2 1/2 ■ l/2 1/2 1/2 1 V/l 3 4 A. MUZYCHUK g 2606 0 1/2 1/2 ■ l/2 1 1/2 3 4 - 5 5 LE QUANG LIEM g 2693 0 0 '/2 '/2 ■ 1 1 3 4 - 5 6 SASIKIRAN g 2707 0 0 1/2 0 0 ■ 1 11/2 6 7 BA. JOBAVA g 2730 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 ■ 1/2 7

GARRY’S c h o it*!*

* G. Kasparov — An. Karpov ** G. Kasparov — An. Karpov *** Nepomniachtchi — Hi. Nakamura **** Kramnik — Lékô

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c5 8. dc5 £id7 9. h4 £ie5 10. Ag2!? [10.

Jlb5l h5 11. We2 £>7c6 12. ¿hg6 ¿hg6 13.

Ag5! £ e l 14. gh5 £if8?! [14... £>ge5?! 15.

f4 £)d7 16. 0 -0 -0 -; 14... £sh4 15. jLh4 ± M 16. Ad5±; 14... Ag5 15. hg5 (15. hg6 !? £id4 16. Wd3 M 6 ) £>f4 16. # g 4 £ig2 17. # g 2 # a 5 18. 0-0-0 d4 19. ¿he4 # a 2 20. £}d6 £>e7 21. Sd4 # a l 22. <£>d2 # b 2 23. fif4 Haf8 24. # e 4 ^ ; 16... #c7!?oo] 15. £>b5 [15. f4 f6 16. h6 g6 (16... gh6 17. # h 5 £>d7 18. f5 fg5 19. 0-0-0^) 17. 0-0-0 fg5 18. fg588l £id7! [15... f6? 16. A f4 Wa5 17. c3 e5 18. b4H— ; 15... fra5 16. M 2 ® d 8 17. ± d 5 ^ d 4 18. # d 3 £ c 5 (18... ed5 19. £>d4±) 19. h6 gh6 20. i.b 7 S b 8 21. £id4 Hb7 22. ¿.c3± l 16. h6! £>c5 [16... gh6? 17. £>d6 <&f8 18. ® h 5 + - ; 16... g6 17. M l ¿he 1 18. 0-0-0 0 - 0 (18... £>c5 19. W e 5 + -; 18... # b 8 19. h5 g5 20. £id6 & f8 21. f4 gf4 22. W 2 ± ) 19. h5 g5 20. f4 £)f5 21. H h g l± | 17. Af4! [17. hg7 H g8 a)

18. jte 7 W ei (18... ¿hell?) 19. Ad5 ed5 20.

£ic7 &d7 21. £ia8!? (21. W ei ¿he 1 22. £ia8

Hg7!) Hg7 22. S d l ¿he6 23. Hd5 <&c8 24. f4 H g 2 ^ ; b) 18. A f4 Hg7 19. ¿hcl & f8ool <£>f8 [17... # a 5 18. c3 a) 18... £>d7 19. b4 £ib4 (19... # a 4 20. hg7 Hhg8 21. SdlH — ) 20. cb4 W M 21. M 2 Wb2 22. g d l± ; b) 18... H c8 19. hg7 H g8 20. b4 # a 4 21. ± d 6±; c) 18... 0-0-0 !? 19. hg7 H hg8 20. M l # a 4 21. ¿ .d 8 <£>d8 22. S d l S g 7 (22... ® a2 23. # h5-t— ) 23. ± f3 a6 (23... # a 2 24. c4±) 24. £sd4 ^id4 25. cd4 £sd7 26. b3±; 17... Hc8 18. hg7 S g 8 19. 0-0-0 Sg7 20. ¿.d5±l 18. hg7 &g7 19. 0-0-0± * 1 8 [19... H c8 20. c4! £ia5 21. cd5 £>d3 22. <&bl ¿hf4 23. We5 &f6 24.

# f 4 # b 6 25. HhglH— ; 19... # a 5 ! a) 20. a3!? Hag8 21. M 2 ® a4 22. b3 # a 6 (22... £ib3 23. cb3 Aa3 24. <£>c2 £sb4 25. ± b 4 # b 4 26. H h 3 + -) 23. M 3 M 6 24. # e 3 ± ; b) 20. * b l bl) 20... Hag8 21. ± d 2 Wb6 22. M 3 ± f6 (22... f6 23. f4 £>f8 24. £id4±) 23. Ad5 M 3 24. ¿hc3 ed5 25. £sd5 # d 8 (25... W a5 26. b4 Wd8 27. bc5 Hh4 28. W f3 fih l 29. tSfhl ¿he5 30. f4 £ig4 31. ¿he3 Wa5 32. m 7 ! ¿he3 33. f i g l + - ) 26. # f 3 ± ; b2) 20... Wb4 21. A d 2 # c 4 22. # c 4 (22. M 3 f6 23. # c 4 dc4 24. M e bc6 25. ^id4 Hac8 26. Ab4 *f7oo) dc4 23. h5±] 20. * b l [20. c4!?l a6? 120... ® a5 21. c4 dc4 22. # c 4 ® b4 23. # b 4 ChbA 24. h5±l 21. £ic7 Hc8 22. ±d 5! [22. £}d5 ed5 23. M 5 # b 6 24. # g 4 Hd8 25. # f 5 (25. Hhgl Af6 26. ±h6 Hh6 27. # g 8 * e 7 28. ®f7 <à>d6oo) Sd5 26. Hd5 £ie6±l ed5 23. Hd5 ® c7 [23... £id7 24. Hh5! Sh5 25. ®h5 ± f6 26. M 6 ¿he 1 21. £sd5H— ; 23... Hc7 24. Sd8 M S 25. M 6

¿he! 26. « fe 5 + -l 24. ± c l Hc7 25. 215!

Hd7 26. c3 [26. # c 4 ¿hdS 21. Hc5? Hh4!l

GARRY’S c h o ic e (28... & e8 29. T O 5 + -) 29. #h5! £}e4 (29... £}e5 30. SdlH— ; 29... b6 30. « 1 8 <&e7 31. # g8 £id8 32. h 5 + -) 30. WhS &e7 31. WgS S f6 (31... £he5 32. f4 S g 6 33. Sf7 th fl 34. # g6+ ~ ; 31... ¿hf6 32. # g 5 S d 8 33. S f6 S f6 34. S e i ± e 5 35. f4 + -; 31... £id8 32. h5 S h6 33. # g 4 + - ) 32. S f6 * f ö 33. # h 8 <&f5 34. ®h7 &f4 35. ® h6 &f5 36. S e l + - ] 27. S g l + - £>d8 127... Sh4 28. Sc5 ± c 5 29. We6; 27... S d8 28. Sh5 * f7 29. Sc5] 28. # g 4 <&e8 29. Sh5 S f8 30. Sc5 ± c5 31. ®h5 1 : 0 G . K a s p a r o v

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£ic5 [19... £id3!? 20. A d3 (20. Sd3!? cd3

21. ab5^) b4! 21. ± c4 ! (21. S al?! cd3 22.

®d3 £ic5 23. Wc4 a5! 24. £>b5 Sac8+) ba3

22. b3ool 20. ab5 ab5 21. £sb5 (21. Sa8?

Sa8 22. £ib5 S a l 23. ¿hc3 £>bd3 24. S f l

£ib3+l Sa3 22. £ia3 ± a 6 [22... £sbd3 23.

¿.d3 thd3 24. Se3! ±a6! (24... £ib2?! 25.

Ab2 # b 2 26. £ic4±) 25. Wa4 Sa8 26. ± d 2

# b 2 (26... £ib2 27. # c 2 £id3 28. £ic4 # a l 29. £ ie l!± ) 27. £ic4 ® b l 28. A e l &c5 29. # c 6 S c8 30. ®b6 Sb8 31. # b l S b l^ ; 25. # c 2 !? ± l 23. Se3 23... S b8! 123... £>cd3? 24. Ad3 cd3 25. # a 4 S b8 26. A d2 ! # b 2 27. S el!± ; 23... £ibd3? 24. Ad3 cd3 25. b4 £ie4 26. b5 (26. # a 4 ? S c 8) ± b 7 27. Sd3! £ic3 28. ± b 2 ¿hdl 29. ± f 6 ¿hf2 30. gf6 31. £ic4±; 23... g6? 24. A d 2 ! # b 2 25. ± c 3 # a 3 26. # d 4 Se5 27. £>e5 Öb3 (27... Ag7 28. # d 2 !± ) 28. #a7 ! de5 29. S ß ± l 24. e5! [24. Sc3? £>bd3!+ 25. £>c4? # c 3 ! - + ; 24. £iel?! £ibd3! 25. ¿hd3

cd3m] de5 25. £ie5 Öbd3? [25... £icd3! 26.

£ig4! (26. Ad3 Ihd3 27. Sd3 cd3 28. £>d7 ® d 6 29. thb8 m bS 30. ® a 4 = ) # d 4 ! 27. £ic2! ¿hc2 28. ± c 2 # d 5 ? 29. £if6 ! gf6 30. Sg3 A W g 4 + -; 28... ¿.c5!°ol 26. £ig4? [26. £>ac4? # f 2 27. & h l £if4! 28. T O W f3 29. S f3 &d5+; 26. ® c2 ! S b4 D 27. £>c6 Sb7 28. S e 8 ! g6 ! 29. ± e 3 ! (29. ± h 6? S b 2 30. ± f 8 «¿>h7 31. A c5 S c 2? 32. A d 4 ! + - ; 31... £ic5!+) S b 2 30. A d4 S c 2 31. ± f ö S e i 32. & h 2 ¿hdl 33. ± d 4 a) 33... * h 7 34. S d 8 ± d 6 35. f4H (35. g3? <5}7e5! 36. S d 6 £ i ß 37. <&g2 £idel 38. <&hl!=) ± f 4 36. g 3 + - ;

b) 33... c3 34. Ad3! ± d 3 35. S d 8 c2 ! 36. ¿hc2 S c2 37. Sd7±]

26... # b 6 ! [26... #f5?! 27. S O # d 5 28. Aa2! (28. ±h6?! Sb2? 29. ^ f6 ! gf6 30. Sg3±; 28... We6?'.oo) We6 29. Se3 # d 5 30. Öc4!± A c 4 31. &f6! gf6 32. Sg3 A g 7 33. Wg4 ¿he6 34. A c4+ -1 27. Sg3 g6! [27... *h8?! 28. Öh6! (he4! 29. £\f7 * g 8 30. Se3! ^ief2! 31. ®h5! ± c5 32. £ig5! ± e3 33. # h 7 * f 8 34. « h 8 &e7 35. W g l &d6 36. # f6 * d 7 37. # f 7 <¿>08 38. # e 8 *>b7 39. # e 7 # c 7 40. # e 3 ± ; 27... £ie4!? 28. Se3! (28. £ih6? * h 7 + ; 28. Öc4!? ± c 4 29. Sd3 Ad3 30. Wd3oo) £ief2 29. &f2 ¿hf2 30. <&f2 Aa3 31. # c2 ! f5! 32. ba3 W bl 33. ® b l S b l 34. ± d 2 = ] 28. ± h 6 [28. £ih6? ± h 6 29. ± h 6 # b 2 + l # b 2 29. ®f3! ^ d 7 ?! [29... # a 3 30.

GARRY’S c h o ic e

^ f 6 * h 8 31. # h 5 ! (31. A f 8 H f8 32. Hg4! # c l 33. & h2 «¿>g7! 34. £>h5 & g 8= ) H bl (31... ± d 6? 32. ± f 8! + - ; 31... ± g 7 ? 32. # h 4 ! + - ) 32. ± c U (32. & h2? H hl!! 33. & hl £ if2 - + ) <&g7 33. & e8 & g 8 34. ¿hf6=\ 29... ± d 6 !? 30. ± g 5ool 30. ± f 8 <£>f8 |30... Sf8?! 31. £ih6 &g7! (31... &h7? 32. £if7

Wa3 33. ®e4! I ' d 34. & h2 ® h l! 35. & h l th fl 36. <&gl £ie4 37. A e4 Hf7 38. Hg6 ! Zhc5 39. ± c 2 ! & h 8 40. Hc6+ - ) 32. £sf5

&h7 33. We3! gf5 34. # g 5 # f 2 35. <&h2 # f 4 36. # h 5 Wh6 37. ®f5 <&h8 38. ® d7 # f 4 39. Wg4 ®g4 40. 2 g 4 ± |

** 31. * h 2 ! Sb3! [31... # a 3 ? 32. £sh6 We7 33. Hg6 & e8 ! 34. ± d 3 ! cd3 (34... fg6 35. ± g 6 <&d8 36. £if7 & c 8 37. d6+ - ; 34... We5 35. g3 fg6 36. A g 6 <&e7 37. d6 ! & e6 38. ± f 5 + - ) 35. d6 W e5 36. g3 fg6 37. Wf7 <¿>68 38. Wg8 £sf8 39. £ if7 + - ; 31... &g7?! 32. £ic4! m i 33. ¿hd6 &3e5 34. £ie5 £>e5 35.

We3\ ®b2 36. £sf5 <£>f8 37. f4! H e8 38. fe5

« e 5 39. Wc5 & g 8 40. <5}h6 & g7 41. £sg4±; 31... ® c l 32. Ad3 cd3 33. £if6 ! £ie5 34.

We4 d2 (34... # c 7 35. # d 4 !± ) 35. # e 5 d l #

36. # b 8 & g7 (36... ± c8 37. He3! ® d4 38. # d 6 & g7 39. theS <£>h7 40. £ib5±) 37. £}e8! <&h7 38. He3! # d 4 39. # d 6±] 32. ± d 3 cd3? 132... Hd3 33. # f 4 ®a3 34. £>h6 # e 7 35. Hg6 # e 5 36. ttfe5! £ie5 37. Ha6 Sd5 38. H a8! &e7 39. &f5 £>e6 40. £ie3±; 32... Ha3! 33. # f 4 Hd3 34. # d 6 & g7 35. # d 7 Hg3 36. fg3 ± b 7 ! (36... c3? 37. ®c7! c2 38. £ie5 # b 7 39. # c 3 ! c l® ! 40. I ' d # d 5 41. # a l ! We6 42. £id7 f6 43. £ ic 5 + - ; 36... ®d4? 37. # c 6 ! c3 38. Wa6 c2 39. Wa3 Wd2 40. Wb2 & g 8 41. £if6 & f8 42. ® b 8 !

&g7 43. ¿hd7!+~) 37. h4! A a 8 !! 38. # d 8

# d 4 39. Wa8 Wg4 40. # a l *>f8 !D 41. d6 <&e8 42. ® a4 & d 8 43. Wa5 & e 8 44. # b 5

Wd7 45. We5 W e6= l 33. # f 4 # 33?© |33...

Ha3? 34. Hf3! Wb8 (34... f6 35. # d 6 & e8 36. £sf6 <5}f6 37. S e 3 + - ; 34... f5 35. ® d 6 * e 8 36. He3 * d 8 37. ¿he5 Ab5 38. ^ c 6 ± c 6 39. dc6 # b 8 40. H e8 ! *>e8 41. c d 7 + -;

34... * e 8 35. # f 7 * d 8 36. d6 # h 8 37. £ if6+ - ; 34... <*e7 35. # f 7 * d 6 36. We6 * c 7 37. Hf7 A b5 38. ¿he5 d2 39. Hd7 ¿.d7 40. # d 7 * b 6 41. ^ c 4 + - ) 35. d6 We8 36. He3! # c 8 37. He7 ± c 4 38. # h 6 * g 8 39. H d 7 + - ; 33... d2! 34. £hh6 £hi6\ 35. # d 6 (35. Hb3 # b 3 36. # f 6 # d 5 37. t t f l d l # 38. & d6 * g 8 39. # g 6 <&f8 40. # f 6 * g 8 41. £if5!? # f 5 !! 42. Iff5 # d 6= ) * e 8 36. # a 6!! d l® 37. # a 8 -¿>d7! 38. ^ic4 # b a l! 39. # c 6 * e 7 40. # c 7 £id7 41. ^ f5 ! -¿>f6 42. ® d 8 <&f5 43. ® g5 * e 4 44. Hb3 * d 4 45. # f 4 * c 5 46. H f 3 ± - ] 34. ^ h 6 # e 7 35. S g 6 # e 5 36. Hg8 & e7 37. d 6! + - -¿>e6 38. S e 8 * d 5 39. He5 ^ie5 40. d7 H b8 41. ZhTl 1 : 0 G. Kasparov

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Wijk aan Zee 2011

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ± f 5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6

6. ^ic3 ¿he7 7. £>ge2

*** 7... ± g 4 8. f3 ± f 5 9. £ig3 ± g 6 10. ± g 5

# b 6 1 1 .1 f d 2 &d7 [oo - 111/(51)112. a3f6 13. ± e 3 # b 3 14. cd5 ^ d 5 15. £id5 # d 5 16.

S c l £ib6 17. ¿he2 fe5 18. de5 We5 19. Ad4

GARRY’S c h o i c e

23. fih3 A e7 24. ® g7 fih7 25. # e 5 # e 5 26. A e5 l,h 4 27. £ig3 £\d7 28. ± d 4 ¿ ¿3 29. g5 ¿.g4 30. g6 fih6 31. fih4 fih4 32. fic3 jU3 33. H ß fid4 34. !,h 3 £>e5 35. fif6 £id3 36. &e2 £>f4 37. <£>e3 e5 38. fif7 fid3 39. <&e4 fig3 40. ± d 7 &d8 41. ± 15 £>g6 42. fig7

fib8 43. b4 b5 44. ± g 6 S g 5 0 : 1

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17... #c7ool 8. £ib3 ± c 5 9. £ic5 # a 5 10. c3

# c 5 11. Ô I3 111. ± e 3 Wc7 12. f4 h5l £ie7 12. ± d 3 £ibc6 (12... # c 7 13. # e 2 £sbc6oo

A 14. ± f 4 d4 15. £id4 £id4 16. cd4 £}d5l 13.

A e3 # a 5 14. # d 2 [14. # e 2 £ig6 15. b4

# a 3 ! 16. 0 - 0 (16. ± d 2 £>f4!) £>ge5 17. £se5 £>e5| £ig6 [14... d4! 15. cd4 (15. £id4 £se5 16. ± e 2 ® d5; 15. ± d 4 £id4 16. cd4 # d 5 17. fih3 ±b5oo) £ib4 16. 0 - 0 A b 5±5l

15. ± d 4 £id4 115... # c 7 16. # e 3 ± ] 16. cd4

# d 2 [16... # b 6 17. 0-0-0 ± b 5 18. ± b 5 Wb5 19. & b l± l 17. <&d2± £tf4 18. H a d ! [18. ¿ .f l h5 19. g5 fic 8 20. <&e3 £ig6 21. Ad3 £>e7] h5 [18... £id3 19. <à>d3±l 19. fih g l!

± c 6 [19... £ih3?! 20. fig3! £>£2 21. gh5±]

20. gh5 £ih5 21. b4! a6 [21... £>d8 22. b5

± e S 23. <£>e3 g6 24. fic3±; 21... & e7 22. b5 ± d 7 23. S c7 b6 (23... S a b 8 24. b6) 24. £ig5

fihc8 25. figcl f6 26. £>h3±| 22. a4! [22. &e3 g6 23. £id2 £sg7l & d 8 [22... ± a 4 23. fic7 ± b 5 24. fib7 (24. A b l!?) Ad3 25. <£>d3;

22... * e 7 ! 23. b5 ab5 24. ab5 A d7 25. fic7 b6± 26. £>g5 fih c8 a) 27. Sb7 £if4!? (27... ficb 8 28. fib 8 fib 8) 28. £>f7 fia2 29. &e3 £id3 30. fig7 Sc3 31. £lg5 <£>f8 32. Sgd7 £ie5 33. £>f4 £id7 34. fid7 fie2; b) 27. S c 8 fic 8 28. ¿££7 <£>f7 29. ± g 6 £>f8 30. jth 5 S c4l 23. £ig5 A e 8 24. b5! £tf4 | o 24... ab5 25. ± b 5 b6 (25... g f 8 26. A e 8 & e8 27. Sc7 fia4 28. fib l fid4 29. &e3 fic4 30. ficb7 Sc3 31. * d 2 fic 8 32. f ia 7 + - ; 25... £>f4 26. & e3) 26. ± e 8 (26. <£>e3 S a7 27. fic3± ) fie 8 (26... «¿>e8 27. f ic 7 + - ) 27. £>f7 & d7 28. £sd6 S f 8±l 25. b6 £id3 [25... f6 26. £>f3+- £id3 27. * d 3 Ah5 28. Hg7!] 26. * d 3 S c 8 [26... Hh4 27. Hc7 H c8 28. £ > f7 + -l 27. Hc8 * c 8 [H 9/il 28. f ie l A c6 29. £sf7 fih4 30. Öd6 * d 8 [30... <è>d7 31. ¿hb7 fih3 32.

& e 2 + - l 31. f ig l 131. <&e3 fih3 32. Ol fih3

32. <ä?e2 fia3 [32... fih7 33. a5 * e 7 34. * e 3

* f 8 35. fie 1H— 1 33. fig7 fia4 [33... fia2 34. <à>e3 fia3 35. <£>f4 fia4 36. <à>g5 S d4 37. <è>f6 fif4 38. & e6+ - ]

34. f4! fia2 [34... fid4 35. f5 ef5 36. e6 fie4

37. ^ e 4 de4 38. fic 7 + ~ l 35. «Èf3 fia3 36.

<ä?g4 fid3 136... fia l 37. ¿hb7 ± b 7 38. fib7

fig l 39. * h 5 a5 40. fia7 fib l 41. * g 6 fib 6 42. & f 7 + - l 37. f5 fid4 [37... ef5 38. * f 5 fih3 (38... A d7 39. e6 fiO 40. &g4) 39. e6l

38. <£>g5 ef5 39. * f 6 fig4 40. fic7 fih4 41.

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THE V E R S A T IL IT Y O F THE K H IG H T

f we think of the chess pieces as individual fighters, we could abstractly consider our fa­ vourite game a "team sport". Indeed, the success of most strategic or tactical operations is en­ sured by a collective effort, like it happens in, for instance, football matches. After all, even such living legends as Maradona and Zidane were known as "team players".

Excessive individualism is usually criticized in football and rarely succeeds in bringing posi­ tive results in chess. However, there is one speciffic piece that stands apart.

The knight s original way of jumping around is strongly reminiscent of the unnatural way of running and explosive change of directions that characterized Mane Garrincha, widely known as the best dribbler ever. Moreover, the knight is capable of creating weak squares in the en­ emy camp and then occupying them, a versatility that beats the Brazilian s best achievements. Indeed, Garrincha gave many decisive passes and was an outstanding header himself, despite his low stature, but never at the same time, of course!

I believe that the first time when I understood the multifunctionality of the knight was after seeing the following game.

In the early ’90s, I played quite a bunch of Spanish tournaments shoulder to shoulder with my countryman Mihai §uba. This proved an invaluable chess school for me and his ex­ planations on the present game were doubt­ lessly part of it.

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Slightly careless. White should prefer 11. H c l, when after 11... £}b4 12. J lb l White does not need to play a2-a3 too early.

E v ery new id e a is a c tu a lly a w e ll fo rg o tten one

There is an almost unanimous opinion that, in chess as in other fields, the beginning of the third Millenium features an explosion of information without precedent. To me, this seems a bit exagerated. I remember that as a kid I found similar statements in many of the opening monographies o f the ’80s, the '70s and even o f the '50s. Believe it or not, a similar infomiatic explosion is described in the introduction of the first edition of the Bilgucr, the Chess Encyclopaedia of the 19th century. There is nothing really new in life and in chess. In every game, there comes a moment when a novelty inevitably pops up, but one cannot be sure that the idea behind it has not been played before.

In this column, I will try to highlight the way in which certain strategic and tactical ideas have maintained their actuality over the decades and sometimes centuries. Remarkably, the modem interpretation not always is more accurate than the classical one.

I invite you to re-discover together well forgotten ideas from the past.

MARINS c o l u m n

11... £}b4! The central remark from §uba’s confessions to me after the game was that this method of play was described by Alekhine: the knight provokes the weakening move a2-a3, in order to later jump to a5 and put pressure on the white queenside. 12. i l b l Hc8 13. H d l He8 14. £\e5 As we will see, the advanced position of the knight will later force White to weaken even more squares. However, at the present time this move is necessary. [Indeed, after 14. a3 £\c6 (intending ...£>a5) 15. cd5 Black can safely answer 15... £>d5l J lf 8 15. a3 16. cd5 White needs to release the tension. [If he consolidates his d4-pawn with 16. ®e3, Black can develop his initiative with 16... £\a5 17. A a2 £\d7 when the b3- and c4-pawns would be under strong pres­ sure.] 16... ed5 [The point behind 14. £ie5 is that 16... £id5? loses to 17. Ah7! <4>h7 18.

m 5 <&g8 19. W fl 20. © b 7 + - l 17. Af5 Sc7

The situation in the centre has stabilized, but White needs a solution against ...£ic6-a5. 18.

b4 A convenient solution at this stage of the game, but in the long run the weakness of the c4-square may tell. 18... Hce7 Forcing the weakening of the e4-square as well. 19. f4 We can summarize the consequences of the knight jump to b4. White’s position looks more active, but he has no clear targets yet. At the same time, the weakness of his light squares cannot be repaired in any way and of­ fers Black good prospects in the long run. 19... g6 20. A c 2 W d6 21. A b 3 A g l 22. T O £ \d 8!? Heading for e6 and clearing the c-file for the rooks. 23. H a d a6 24. b5 a5 25. a4 [25. f5 gf5 26. Wf5 He5 27. de5 He5 28.

Wh3 (28. Wf2? ^ g 4 ; 28. # f 3 d4) Hh5 29.

^ e 4 Hh3 30. ^ d 6 Hb3 31. £}b7 H b 2 ^ ] E e l 26. ¿hbl A clear hint that White failed to find an active plan. The last move gives the signal for simplifications, allowing Black to take over the initiative. 26... H cl 27. H cl 4}e6 28. g3 Yet another small weakness. 28... W b4 29. # d 3 £>e4=F

Black has occupied one o f the weak central squares in full comfort. White may have hoped that, since the other knight cannot get to c4 easily, his position would remain holdable. 30. H d l?! £ \6c5!— I- This simple tactical operation is an even better plan than the aforementioned one. It is instructive that the knight which had indirectly provoked the gradual deterioration of the white structure delivers the decisive blow. 31. dc5 £\c5 32. A a3 £id3 33. A b 4 £ib4 34. £id7 He3 35.

MARIN’S r o l l i m i )

§uba did not tell me which game of Alekhine he had in mind when making his instructive remark, but I believe that the next one is quite characteristic for what he meant.

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This is regarded as one of Alekhine’s most spectacular tactical achievements. I believe that the whole preparatory strategic phase, in which the knight plays an essential part, is of no lesser interest. Alekhine — Bogol/ubov 1. d4 f5 2. c4 £>f6 3. g3 e6 4. A g2 ± b 4 5. A d 2 Ad2 6. £>d2 [6. Wd2\\ £>c6 7. £>gD 0 - 0 8. 0 - 0 d6 9. ®b3 <è>h8 10. # c 3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 [12. a3 a 4 ? | WeS

At this stage of the game, the queen manoeuvre has a purely attacking purpose. However, we will notice that e8 is a key square in the fight for the light squares — see the 23rd move.

13. a3 Did Bogoljubov hope to build up a

queenside attack, or just simply feared the in­ trusion of the enemy knight to d3 after the preliminary ...e5-e4? The second answer would be more suggestive for the main theme of our article: the knight provoked the weakening a2-a3 without even jumping to b4!

Be it as it may, the way the game went, the last move proved an ¡reparable weakening of the queenside light squares. 13... # h 5 14. h4 [14. de5?! de5 15. £>e5? ^ e 5 16. ®e5 £ lg 4 -+ ;

14. b4? e4 15. £>el 15. b5 efJ 16. ±13 4ig4 17. i l g 4 fg4 18. bc6 bc6T Marin) ab4+]

£ig4 15. £ig5 [15. b4!?l ± d l 16.13 [16. A c 6

A c6 17. O ed4 18. fg4? 18. ed4 £if6oc Marin) dc3 19. gh5 cd2+] ^ f6 [A f4| 17. f4

e4 18. S fd l [A £ tfl, Xg3; 18. d5 (! Alekhine)

£}e7 19. S fd l h6 20. £>h3 a4 21. b4 b5+ We can see that Alekhine’s recomandation would not spare White from all sorts of troubles on the light squares after all!] h6 19. £}h3

There is no immediate danger for White on the kingside, but his h3-knight and the bishop are very passive, as a direct consequence of Black’s positional attack. 19... d5! The signal for the global plan on the light squares. 20.

£>fl £>e7 [A a4, Xd5l 21. a4 [Xb4, a4] £>c6!

For the time being, the knight has not suc­ ceeded in occupying the d5-square, but the b4-square has become available. 22. Hd2 £>b4

MARIN’S c o l u m n

A fantastic switch from one wing to another! Because of the hanging a4-pawn, White can­ not maintain his structure intact. 24. Hg2 [24. c5 b5!] dc4 25. bc4 [25. # c 4 £>fd5+] ± a 4

26. £>f2 M l 27. £id2 b5! The final phase of

Alekhine’s brilliant plan. White has to either give up control over the d5-square or let the b5-pawn advance. 28. £ \d l £\d3 Alekhine refrains from the obvious capture on c4, in order not to help the enemy knight get to e5. He reserves a more glorious fate to his versa­ tile knight than just blocking on d5, sending it forward to take part in the decisive opera­ tions. 29. Ha5 [29. cb5 ± b 5 30. Ha5 £>d5 31. «a3 Sa5 32. # a 5 W c6~+] b4 30. Ha8 [30. «fal Sa5 31. # a 5 # a 8 32. # a 8 Ha8- + ]

bc3!! [30... # a 8 31. # b 3 A a4 31...

« a l - + A 32... A a4, 32... Ha8) 32. # b l (Alekhine) £ig4— I- Although the game move is not necessarily the best, one cannot help admiring its beauty.] 31. He8 c2!! 32. Hf8 &h7

Black is two rooks down, but... winning! 33. <M2 c W 34. £>fl £>el 35. Hh2 # c 4 36. Hb8

Ab5 37. Hb5 Wb5 38. g4 £>f3! After having

provoked the weakening of the queenside and central light squares, the knight quits the scene in order to effect similar damage on the only remaining area of white pieces.

39. A f3 ef3 40. gf5 [40. g5 £>g4] # e 2 ! ! 0 41. d5 [41. ^ h 3 £>g4; 41. Hh3 £>g4; 41.

H hl £>g4] <&g8 42. h5 <&h7 43. e4 £ie4 44.

£ie4 # e 4 45. d6 cd6 46. f6 gf6 47. Hd2

We2 48. He2 fe2 49. <&f2 e flW 50. <&fl

<&g7 51. <4f2 <&f7 52. <&e3 <&e6 53. <&e4

d5 0 : 1 Alekhine

I will allow myself a short digression. When writing the short comment on the 32rd move, I remembered that a similar situation occured in a game of... (what a coincidence!) M. §uba!

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After 32... W b4 33. c3 # b 3 ! ? 34. ab3 a2 I met §uba on his way to the smoking area. A somewhat unusual expression on his face made me ask him about his position (we were play­ ing in the same team). With a broad smile, he answered: "I am three pieces down!"

The game eventually ended in a draw. It is curious that an experienced grandmaster like Bogoljubov fell into the same strategic trap eight years after his game against Alekhine, namely to the Russian’s predecessor on the highest throne.

MARIN’S c o l u m n J o sé Raúl C apablanca

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Capablanca’s style was quite different from Alekhine’s and the final execution in this game had a less brilliant, but equally impres­ sive character. 1. d4 £}f6 2. c4 e6 3. £\f3 b6

4. £>c3 A b7 5. Ag5 A e7 6. e3 4 7. ± e 7

We7 8. £>e4 ± e4 9. £>d2 ± b 7 10. ± e2 Wg5

11. A D A O 12. T O £>c6 13. Wg3 ®g3 14.

hg3 ^ e 7

The position does not promiss much of a fight, but pawn play implies many subtleties and Bogoljubov apparently was no worthy opponent for the great Cuban in this field. 15.

g4! Since this pawn actually comes from the

h-file we can state that this is the first of four consecutive rook pawn moves. Not all of them have the same objective merits, though. 15...

h6! Preventing g4-g5 with unpleasant pressure. 16. a3?! Once again, the reasons behind this

move are obscure, but its effects ¡reparable in the long run. In any case, it is for sure the c6-knight that provoked (by a complicated psychological mechanism, most likely) this inaccuracy. 16... a6! Displaying the first queenside ambitions. Black plans ...b6-b5.

17. &e2 Hhb8 18. <£>e4 [18. b4 b5 (A a5)

19. Hh5 (19. c5 a5) bc4 20. Hc5; 18. gh5! V. Panovl b5 19. c5

It seems as if White had gained some space, but this is a temporary achievement. 19...

d5! 20. cd6 [20. £>c3 b4t; 20. £>d2 e 5 ^ In

these two lines given by V. Panov we can notice the excellent blockading role played by the knight.] cd6T

The space advantage has vanished, but the weakness of the b3- and c4-squares remains.

MARIN'S r o l i i m u

21. f4 This attacking move looks more justi­

fied than a2-a3, but will have similar strate­ gic consequences. 16 moves later, the black knight will invade the e4-square with deci­ sive effects. [21. g5 d5 V. Panov; 21. H a d Sc8 (21... <è>d7 22. g5t d5? 23. ^ c 5 ) 22. g5 d5 23. gh6? de4 24. h7 ( = V. Panov) <^>d6—hi

Sc8 22. f5 [22. g5 d5 (V. Panov) 23. £>c5

hg5 24. fg5 e5l £ia5! 23. <&d3 £ic4

As a direct consequence of the unnecessary a2-a3, this knight will not be easy to kick out.

24. S a b i [24. b3 d5!? (24... £ia5 25. £>d2 V.

Panov) 25. ¿hc5 £\e5! This tactical blow re­ minds us of §uba’s ...£\e6-c5 ! in the game against Franco. 26. de5 Sc5 27. S a c l S a c 8 28. Sc5 Sc5+] d5 25. £ic3 [Quite sadly, oc­ cupying the tempting c5-square would only help Black develop his initiative. 25. £\c5 e5!

(A e4, Xe3, A a5-a4, X£>c4) 26. e4? de4 27.

^e4 (27. & e4 ¿hd2) S d 8- + V. Panov] Sc6

26. fe6 fe6 [A S a c 8, A <&f6-g5]

27. g5!? Desperation. [27. Sh5 S a c 8 A £>b2 !

V. Panov; 27. e4 S a c 8 28. S h c l de4 29. £ie4

£ib2 ! V. Panovl hg5 28. Sh5 &f6 29. Sh3

Sac8 [A ¿hb2\ 30. £ia2 a5 31. Sf3 <è>g6 32.

g4

White fights hard to survive, but Black’s ac­ tivity is overwhelming. 32... £\d6 Capablanca could not resist the temptation to make use of the other weak square in the centre, which makes the game instructive for our theme. In doing so, he misses a quicker win, though. [32... e5!— h] 33. £>c3 b4 34. ab4 ab4 35.

£id l [35. £ia2 £ie4 36. £>b4 S c4 37. £>a2

S c 2 38. S d l S b 2 39. £}cl S c l! V. Panov]

Sc2 [A £>e4, S d 2# ] 36. Sf2 b3 37. S a l £>e4 38. Se2 S 8 c 6 0 39. S b l e5 40. S a l S6c4 4 1 .S a 5

Black s control over the light squares is over­ whelming, but, just as in the first game of this article, the decisive blow will be delivered on c5, a dark square. 41... £\c5! Simple, but as ele­ gant as Garrincha’s repeated scoring directly from the comer. [42. dc5 e 4 # A nice tactical

way to finish the game.] 0 : 1

MARIN’S c o l u m n

O r ? ---Sometimes, the player with a knight may sac­

rifice a pawn in order to create some space for this tricky piece. An instant of careless­ ness made Black land into trouble in the fol­ lowing famous game, played at the highest level.

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D 3 4

h5 28. a3 g6 29. e3 <£>g7 30. £>h2 [30. £id5 £>d5 31. ± d 5 ± h 3 = | g c 4 31. A f3 b5 32. £>g2 S7c5 33. S c4 S c4 34. g d 4 & f8 35.

± e 2 fid4 36. ed4 &e7 [36... £>e4!? 37. £>a2

£id6= ] 37. £>a2 ± c 8 38. £ib4 & d 6 39. f3 £>g8 40. h4 £>h6 41. <£>f2 £>f5 42. £>c2 f6?! [¿^ 42... iLd7±l 43. A d3 g5 44. ¿ 1 5 ± f 5 45. £ie3 ± b l 46. b4 AN . K A R P O V 2705 - G . K A SP A R O V 2715 M oscow (m/9) 1984/85 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. £>f3 c5 4. cd5 ed5 5. g3 £if6 6. ± g 2 L e i 7 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 8. £ic3 £ic6 9. ± g 5 cd4 10. £id4 h6 11. A e3 fie8 12. # b 3 £ia5 13. # c 2 ± g 4 14. £if5 Hc8 15. ± d 4 N

± c 5 16. ± c 5 S c5 17. £ie3± i . e 6 [17... d4 18. fia d l± ] 18. S a d i WcS [18... £>c4 19. £ied5 thd5 20. e4±l 19. ® a4 fid 8 20. fid3 a6 21. g f d l 121. ® d l!? A 21... £ic4 22. £>ed5 ¿hd5 23. £>d5 jtd 5 24. jtd 5 £>b2 25. ± f 7 <&f7 26. Hd8 iò di 27. H c8 H c8 28. Hdl+1 £ic4 22. £\c4 [22. £ied5 £id5 23.

¿hd5 A d5 24. Ad5 fidd5 25. fid5 Sd5 26.

Sd5 ^ib6 27. # d 4 £id5 28. # d 5 ® c l = | S c4 23. ® a5 [23. # b 3 ! ? | g c 5 24. ® b 6 Hd7 25. Hd4 # c 7 26. # c 7 fidc7 27. h3 [27. e3!?l k m_{• wm.} A i

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White’s advantage in the endgame is obvi­ ous, but it is almost impossible to prove a forced way to make progress. Unless Black kindly cooperates... 46... gh4? \c^ 46... JLg6±| 47. £\g2!! What a shock! White does not need the h4-pawn, he can make better use of the