The Spanish Exchange Variation (White Repertoire for Tournament Players)

Kindermann

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The Spanish Exchange Variation

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Volume 15

Editorial board GM Victor Korchnoi GM Helmut Pfleger GM Nigel Short GM Rudolf Teschner

2005 EDITION OLMS

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Stefan Kindermann

The Spanish Exchange Variation A Fischer favourite

WHITE REPERTOIRE

2005 EDITION OLMS

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Also available: Stefan Kindermann, Leningrad System A complete Weapon against l d4

ISBN 3-283-00478-1

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Hi sto r i c a l Intro d u ct i o n

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(1 ) The typ i c a l p aw n e n d i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (2) The pawn e n d i n g i n p ract i c e

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(5) Wh ite's p l ay o n t h e q u e e n s i d e a n d i n t h e centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 (6) Wh ite's p l ay o n the quee nside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Ill u strat i ve Games - The o ret i c a l se ct i o n 1 e4 e5 2 � f 3 �c 6 3 J. b 5 a6 4 J.xc6 5 0 -0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6

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T h e c l assical 5 . f 6 6 d 4 e x d 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . .

3 . 1. 1 T h e trad itional 5 . . . f 6 6 d 4 e x d 4 7 tiJx d 4 c5 8 tiJb3 ( Wo m acka - G o l od) . . . . . . . . . 2 6 3 . 1 .2 T h e seco n d st r i n g 8 tiJe2 ! ? ( Vescovi - M i l os) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.2

The acti ve 5 . . . f6 6 d 4 Ag4 (Baklan - Ka l l i o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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My Recommenda tion for Black: 3.5

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1 Historical Introduction Glek System { basically an improved Vienna Game 1 e4 e5 2 �f3 �c6 3 �c3 �f6 4 g3) left me with the i m p ression that after the main contin uation 4 . . . d5 5 exd5 �xd5 6 Ag2 �xc3 7 b x c3 Ad6 B l ac k has a very good position, w h i lst the Spanish Four Knights Game (4 Ab5) is made fai rly harmless by 4 . . . �d4 .

aced with the contemporary g l ut of in­ formation and the consequent rapid d evelopment of fash ionable theoret­ ical main l i nes, more and more in the l ast few years I h ave been seeking paths that avoid the beaten track . Apart from the fact that playing main l i nes today req u i res a good memory (wh i c h I d o n 't h ave) , I find it very attractive to enter new, relatively unexplored territory and make d i scoveries there. How­ ever, choosing a p l ayable open i n g system is actually n ot very easy. After the classical moves 1 e4 e5 it seems to me that many of the alternatives to the main l i nes of the Ruy Lopez are rather u nsatisfactory.

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A s for swatting u p t h e m a i n l i nes o f t h e Ruy Lopez, from the Stei n itz Defence, t h ro u g h u m pteen trendy A c 5 systems, the Open Spanish and the M arshall Attack , a l l the way t h ro u g h to the baffl i n g variety of the Closed Spanish systems {the Ch igori n , Zait­ sev, B reyer, Smyslov, Keres . . . variations) ! ? Basically it's a very daunting prospect ; for instance, each of the many su b -variations of the Chigorin system is a subject in itself.

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Then I stu m b l ed upon the Spanish Ex­ change Variation . . .

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For a short time I fel l back o n my old favourite, the romantic King's gambit. But it seems to m e that after 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 �f3 g5 ! Black is s i m ply better (4 h4 g4 5 �e5 �f6 !). The Scotch Game leads to very forced l i nes and positions w h i c h often burn out quickly. Moreover these days even the Scotch req u i res very precise knowledge of the variations and d i l igent preparation .

What fi rst i n s p i red m e was the i m p ressive game Womacka-Golod (Bad Wiessee 2002) , w hic h can be fou n d i n o u r section of Ill u s­ trative Games (p. 26) . In this system , Wh ite gets to d eterm i n e the structu re that arises and can thus make the opponent fight on ter­ rai n of W h ite's own choosi n g . F u rthermore,

The Italian Game with d3 and c3 (G i uoco Piano, i . e. Quiet Game) is defi n itely playable, but seems a bit l i m p . Experi m ents with the

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the l i n e is positionally very soun d , since the white structu re does n ot exh i bit any weak­ nesses - q u ite the o pposite in fact ! I n d eed , Black is b u rdened with the prospect of a defi n itely problematic endgame since, as we shal l see, in many cases if all the pieces are exchanged the resu lting pawn ending is eas­ ily lost for B l ack.

The qu ite obvious idea of exchanging on c6, which was already known i n the last decade of the 1 9t h century, comes as no surprise. Af­ ter 1 e4 e5 2 tllf3 ti:lc6 3 Ab5, the reply 3 . . . a6 by Blac k provokes the execution of the fi rst di rect "th reat" posed . Naturally it was neces­ sary to understand the potential of the white positio n i . e . the problems in rel ation to the black d o u b l ed pawns, since al ready at that time the bishop pai r was regarded as being of considerable i m portance. Among the pioneers , we should fi rst name Simon W i n awer and M i khail Chigori n , who showed a p reference for the k n ight over the bishop, and not just in their own open­ ing system s (Wi n awer French , Ch igori n De ­ fence) . "Our" continuation 4 Axc6 d xc6 was al ready known in the m i d - 1 860s (thus we find a game van M i nckwitz-von Schmidt, Leipzig 1 866) . H owever, at that t i m e the n ext move was nearly always 5 d4, 5 t:llc3 or even 5 d3, i n stead of 5 0-0, wh ich was due, fi rst and foremost, to fear of the pin 5 . . . Ag4 ! ? .

Natu ral ly this comes at a price. Wh ite h as to part with h i s bishop pair and i n many cases has to consent to an early exchange of queens. However, if we consider the above ­ mentioned potential pawn-end i n g , Wh ite should find the latter prospect q u ite encour­ ag ing . . . To be able to handle the Spanish Exchange Variation successfu l ly, you m u st take a cer­ tai n pleasu re i n playi ng endings, and in par­ ticu lar i n g r i n d i n g away without taki n g any risks i n a slightly su perior position. The d i d actic worth of e m ploying this varia ­ t i o n s h o u l d not be undervalued either, since it is n ot very often that Wh ite can emerge directly fro m the open i n g with such a c lear strateg ic plan : to mobil ise his own pawn ma­ jority o n the kingside, at the same time as deval u i n g the opposi n g paw n- mass o n the other wing !

Emanuel Lasker started playing t h e Ex­ change Variation towards the end of the 1 9t h cent u ry. The fi rst occasion seems to h ave been in a s i m u ltaneous exh i b ition i n Balt i more against W i l l iam Pollock i n 1 892 . Later h e used this weapon i n both his World Championship m atches agai nst W i l ­ h e l m Stei n itz i n 1 894 and 1 896, i n which he alternated between playing 5 d4 and 5 ti:lc3 . It is part i c u l arly notable that he chose the Exchange Variation in especially i m portant games. Even today his victory in the super­ tournament of St. Petersburg 1 91 4 agai nst the then p ractically u n beatable J ose Rao u l Capablanca remains legendary. I n the end , Lasker succeeded in taking fi rst place i n one of the stro n g est tournaments in chess his­ tory, even tho u g h , w h i lst they both started the game on the same score, owi n g to the odd n u m ber of players his rival sti l l had four games to play (agai nst Lasker, Tarrasch , Mar­ shal l and Alekh i ne) , whereas Lasker had only

On the other hand, Black faces a fundamen­ tal d i lemma i n his choice of variation : either he accepts the above - mentioned s l i g htly worse endgame without any real w i n n i n g chances, or he takes some considerable risk (freq uently in the shape of i nferior devel­ opment) , which for a change g ives Wh ite chances of a l ively attacking game. I conducted a small private opinion poll and did not find a s i n g l e 1 . . . e5 - p l ayer who rel ­ ishes fac i n g the S p a n i s h Exchange varia­ tion . . . Let us now take a g lance at the h i story of the development of o u r variat i o n , on which two World Champions, Emanuel Lasker and Bobby Fischer left their m ark !

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three left (agai nst Capablanca, Tarrasch and Marshal l).

Perhaps Capablanca actually relaxed his vig­ i l ance after the early q ueen exchange, but I absol utely d o n ot bel ieve i n Lasker's oft­ quoted and mythologised psychological war­ fare. Rather it was question of playing one of h i s pet l i n es , wh ich he knew how to handle particularly wel l , whereas the official theo­ retical opin ion (and not just at the time) was that the variation was pretty harm less. 1

Em. L a s ke r - Ca p a b l a n c a St. Petersburg 1 914, Finals 1 e4 e5 2 tilf3 tilc6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Ax c6 dxc6 5 d4 e xd4 6 @xd4 @xd4 7 ttlxd4 Ad6 8 tilc3 tile7 9 0-0 0-0 10 f4 Ele8 1 1 ttlb3 f6 12 f5! a

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Very notable is Lasker's o ri g inal strateg ic concept of the early advance of the f-pawn to f5 , which 56 years later was employed by Bobby Fischer in his game against Wolfgang Unzicker in the Chess Olym piad in Siegen ; at the same time he demonstrated a good way to handle the wh ite pawns i n this structure (see a/so 2. Typical Positions!) . Both these games share truly asto u n d i n g paral l e l s : i n both cases White d ecided t h e game w i t h a l ater and very powerful e4-e5 advance, and both games were of exactly the same length (naturally by sheer coinci­ dence !). More evidence, if any were needed , of how useful studyi ng the "classics" can be!

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12 . . . b6 1 3 Af4 Ab7 14 Axd6 cxd6 1 5 tild4 Elad8 1 6 ttle6 Eld7 17 Elad1 ttlc8 18 m2 b5 1 9 Elfd2 Elde7 20 b4 ©f7 21 a3 Aas 22 ©f2 Ela7 23 g4 h6 24 Eld3 a5 25 h4 a x b4 26 a x b4 Elae7 27 g 8 2 3 El x d 4 El x d 4 2 4 Axd4 �e6 25 Eld7 Elc8 26 Ae3 Elc2+ 27 Eld2 Elc6 28 f4 g6 29 b4 b5 30 Eld7 Elc2+ 31 13 Elc3 32 Eld6 17 33 Elxa6 �d4+ 34 ©g2 �c2 35 Ela7+ ©gs 36 Acs Elxa3 37 Elb7± [1-0 ]

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The knight is optimally placed on d3. (com­ pare the analysis embedded in the Ill ustra­ tive Game Nisipeanu- Sofronie (p. 58), Vari­ ation [b] on page 59 ) .

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17...gac8 1 8 b3 gc6 1 9 '@'as fS 20 e xfS AxfS 21 �f1 °@'d8 22 °@'xd8 gxd8 23 �g3 Ae6 24 �e4 b6 2S �c3 h6 26 gd2 .!he7 27 gad1 ;!;; [1 -0 ]

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20 f4! ;!;; After t h i s Black m ust take i nto account not only a pawn exchange fol l owed by pressure on g 5 and o perations o n the f-fi le, but also f4-f5 . O n the other hand , a black exchange on f4 would resu lt i n a pawn on f6 that would need constant care.

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The rol e of the wh ite f-pawn(s) . 14 f4 Dissolving the doubled pawns and activating Wh ite's game. 14 . . exf4 15 Axf4 0 -0 - 0 16 A93 tfi96 17 �h1 Ac5 18 £191 tfif8 1 9 £192 g5 .

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I n this position Wh ite h as two i m portant levers avai lable, both of which are employed in the next few moves. 10 a4!

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d

e

g

h

'(!

An i m portant theoretical position in the vari­ ation with 5 . . . f6 6 d4 e x d 4 . Here we can see the correct way for Wh ite to expose the d isadvantages of Black's position. 1 3 tll a 5! 13 tbd4 i s too feeble i n comparison : 13 . . . tLle7 1 4 �d2 tiJg6 1 5 Ae3 Ad6 oo. 1 3 . . . Ac5+ 14 ©11 b5 14 . . . Ab4 ? 15 Axe? ! 1 5 a4!? This new move represents a plausible way to attack the black q u eenside. The trad itional m ove is 1 5 tbd5 , but this does not p rom ise any particular advantage if Black reacts cor­ rectl y : 1 5 . . . tbe7 ! 1 6 Axe? tbx d 5 1 7 �xd5 �xc7 18 �xc5+ b6 19 b4 c x b3 2 0 tb x b3 Ae6cxs . 1 5 . . . tll e7 16 a x b5 a x b5? Better i s 16 . . . Ax b5 ! t (see the Illustrative Game Womacka - Golod! (p. 26)) . 17 Ag3 El he8 18 b3! Ab4 1 9 Ae1 cx b3 20 ttlx b3 ©b8 21 ttle2! The exchange of the d ark-sq uared bishops opens u p wonderfu l prospects for the white knights on d4 and c5. 21 . . . Axe1 22 ©xe1 Ae6 23 ttled4± [1 -0]

a4!

Com pare with Rei nderman n - Pi ket (p. 24) !

14

b

tll f xe5 Wa7 2 1 El a 1 @ b7 22 d4± [0 -1 ]

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3 Illustrative Games Theoretical section 3. 1 The c l a s s i c a l 5 . . . f6 6 d4 exd4 3. 1 . 1 T h e tra d i t i o n a l 5 . . .f6 6 d4 exd4 7 �xd4 c5 8 � b 3 (2484) - Golod (2523) Bad Wiessee 2002

Womacka

options open regarding the optimal post for the queen's knight, which i n many cases can be effectively developed via d2 or a3 .

1 e4 e5 2 �f3 �c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6

5 . . . f6

Actually this is a very logical move. Wh ite accepts B l ack's invitation and carries out his "threat " .

4 . . . d x c6 5 0-0!

� e � .___a�b�� c d-�

g� h_ -

___, �

The classical and m ost common m ove i n t h i s position . T h e w h ite response is p rac ­ tically forced , since oth erwise B l ac k could reach a very good position by . . . c5, followed by Cbe7-c6.

6 d4 Our repertoire move, which is generally rated more h i g h l y these days than the older con­ tinuations 5 d4 and 5 Cbc3 . Fi rst of al l Wh ite com pletes the development of h i s kingside, which is particularly i m po rtant i n the varia­ tion with 5 . . . f6, so that after an exchange of queens on d1 Wh ite will be able to recapture with the rook. At the same time, Wh ite keeps

I n t h i s way W h ite h opes to c reate an ad ­ vantageous pawn structu re with an " extra half-pawn up" advantage on the kingside.

6 . . . exd4 6 . . . Ag4 !? leads to complex play and is covered in the I l l u strative Game Baklan - Ka l l i o (p. 42).

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3 . 1 . 1 The trad itional 5 . f6 6 d4 exd4 7 tt:\xd4 c5 8 tt:\b3 ( Womacka - Golod) . .

7 �xd4 c5 Avoiding the exchange of q u eens is very dangerous for B l ac k , consideri n g h i s lag i n development a n d the weakness created by . . . f6 : a) 7 . . . lfDe7 8 Ae3 lfDg6 9 �h5 Ad6 1 0 lfDf5 0-0 11 f4 �e8 1 2 lfDd2 Axf5 1 3 �xf5 l"&d8 14 l"&ad1 (14 lXae 1 ±) 1 4 . . . l"&f7 [112-112] H art­ ston - U nzicker, [chT] Vienna 1 972 ;

ttJ

a second stri n g (see the Illustrative Game Vescovi- Milos (p. 36)) . From the white point of view, it is very pleasant to be able to play for a win with m i n i mal risk of losi n g . In most cases, a pure pawn ending w i l l now be win­ ning for Wh ite, si nce Black will not be able to force the creation of a passed pawn on the q ueenside. N aturally therefore this variation is very appeal ing to "endgame-lovers" !

8

b) 7 . . Ad6 8 �h5+ g6 9 �f3 Axh2+ [9 . . . �e7 10 Af4 Ad? (10 . . . £e5!? 1 1 c3 Y/!d6 12 £xe5 fxe5 13 CZJb3 CZJf6 14 CZJa3 0-0 15 lXad 1 !We7 16 Y!!e3 [112-112] Wittmann - Mokry, {ch T] Austria 1996) 1 1 lfD d 2 0-0-0 1 2 l"&fd1 Axf4 1 3 'l:l¥xf4 g5 14 �e3 ci;>b8 15 tl:\c4 lfDh6 16 lfDa5 �b4 17 lfi)db3 lfDg4 18 �c5 �x e4 19 lfDx b7 ©xb7 20 �a3 c,!;>a7 2 1 lfDc5 �e2 22 l"&d2 �b5 23 tl:\xd7 l"&he8 24 l"&ad1 l"&e2 25 h3 lfDe5 26 .!'!xe2 �x e2 27 �c5+ ci;> b7 28 �b4+ ci;>c8 29 �b8# 1-0 M aljuti n - Korneev, Wisla [op] 1992] 1 0 ci;> x h 2 �xd4 11 l"&d1 �c4 1 2 Af4 �f7 13 �b3 �xb3 1 4 a x b3 Ae6 1 5 Ax e? �h6 16 lfDc3 0-0 17 lfDa4 l"&ae8 1 8 lfDc5 Ac8 19 f3 [1 -0] Hecht - G l igoric, Teeside 1 972 .

. . .

tl!fxd 1 9 Eixd1 Ag4

.

This s u btle bishop-move has replaced all other contin uations here. Black wants to pro­ voke the advance of the wh ite f- paw n , i n order t o b e a b l e t o play c5-c4 and then d e ­ velop t h e bishop t o c 5 with check.

8 �b3

[a] 9

Considered objectively, this offers W h ite more chances of advantage than 8 lfDe2 . However, the l ess theoretical m ove of the knight to e2 is well worth consideri n g as

. . .

�d6?! 10 �a5! b5 11 c4!

As the fol l ow i n g classic game shows, the weakness of c5 causes Black a lot of pro b ­ l e m s : 1 1 . . . lfDe7 1 2 Ae3 f 5 1 3 lfDc3 f 4 1 4 e5

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Axe5 15 Ax c5 Axc3 16 b x c3 tLlg6 17 CLic6 Ae6 18 c x b5 ax b5 19 CLia7 g b8 20 gdb1 ©f7 2 1 CLix b5 ghd8 2 2 E!.b4 Axa2 2 3 CLixc7 E!. bc8 24 h4 E!.d2 25 Ab6 f3 26 Ae3 E!.e2 27 �b5 E!.a8 28 h5 �e5 29 E!.f4+ ©e7 30 E!.d1 E!.c8 31 ge4 ©f6 32 E!.d6+ ©f5 33 E!.f4+ ©g5 34 E!.xf3+ 1-0 Fischer- Portisc h , [ol] H avana 1 966.

23 f3 E!.e8 24 E!.ad1 Ae6 2 5 E!.e1 E!.e7 26 E!.d6 1-0 Arizmendi M arti n ez - Frani c , Olomouc 1 999. 12 l1xd8+ @xdB 13 l1d1+ 1 3 a4 ! ? Ad6 (13 . . . £xb3 14 cxb3 .fle7 1 S J'J.d1+ f!?c8 1 6 .fldS .flxdS 17 J'J.xdS £e7 18 £e3 J'J.e8 19 f3 b6 20 £d2 £d6 2 1 £c3 'i!?d7 Y2-Y2 Adorjan - Vogt, [wch-u20] Stock­ holm 1969) 14 E!.d1 Axb3 15 c x b3 ©d7 1 6 tLld5 ©c6 1 7 b4 b6 1 8 bxc5 bxc5 1 9 E!.c1 Axf4 20 CLixf4 tLJe7 21 tLle6 E!.b8 22 CLixc5 ©d6 23 CLixa6 E!.x b2 24 CLixc7 1-0 Adorjan ­ N agy, [ch] H u ngary 1 968. 13. . . f!lcB 14 �dS .l.xdS 15 l1xd5 b6 16 l1d2!? 16 E!.d1 CLie7 17 tLld2 tLlc6 (1 7. . . .flg6 18 £g3 £d6 19 'i!?f1 J'J.e8 20 f3 £xg3 2 1 hxg3 .fleS 22 f!?e2 f!ib7 23 J'J.h 1 h6 24 J'J.hS t 'i!?c6 2S f!?e3 as 26 a4 J'J.d8 2 7 f4 .flf7 28 b3 J'J.e8 29 .flf3 'i!?d7 30 g4 gs 31 g3 J'J.g8 32 es f!?e7 33 'i!?e4 gxf4 34 gxf4 'i!?e6 3S fS+ f!?e7 36 'i!?f4 fxeS+ 37 .flxe5 .flxeS 38 'i!?xeS J3xg4 39 J3xh6 J'J.g2 40 J'J.h 7+ 'i!?e8 4 1 J'J.xc7 J'J.xc2 42 J'J.c6 'i!?f7 43 J3xb6 c4 44 J'J.b7+ 'i!?g8 45 'i!?f6 f3b2 46 J'J.g7+ 'i!?h8 4 7 J3g4 cxb3 48 J3g3 'i!?h 7 49 'i!?f7 'i!?h6 50 f6 J3c2 S1 J'J.xb3 J'J.c7+ 52 'i!?e6 J'J.c6+ S3 'i!?e7 J'J.a6 S4 J'J.h3+ f!;>g6 SS J'J.g3+ f!ih 7 56 f7 J'J.a 7+ S 7 'i!?f6 J'J.a6+ S8 f!ifS J3c6 S9 f8J'J.! 1-0 Malisauskas - Donchenko, [ch] Uzhgorod 1988. This game is a very rare exam p l e in p ractical play of a (mean i ngfu l !) under-promotion to a rook. (59 f8V/!?? J3f6+!)) 1 8 CLic4 b5 1 9 tLle3 c4 20 tLld5 tLJe5 21 Axe5 fxe5 22 ©f1 Ad6 23 ©e2 ± [112-112) B rag i n ­ M e l ikhov, Li petsk 1 993. 16. . . �e7 17 �c1 I l i ke this piece -set- u p . 17. . . �c6 17 . . . g5 1 8 Ae3 Ag? (18. . . .flg6 19 .fle2) 1 9 CLie2 . 18 �e2 .l.e7 19 �c3 t.

[b] 9. . . .l.d7 In this l i n e too Wh ite retains some advan­ tage.

10 �c3 0-0-0 11 .l.t4 .l.e6 The best and most solid move in this pos i ­ tion .

a) 1 1 . . . g5 1 2 Ag3 Ae6 1 3 E!.xd8+ ©xd8 14 E!.d 1 + ©c8 15 h4 h6 1 6 �d5 Axd5 1 7 E!.xd5 b6 18 h5 tDe7 19 E!.d1 Ag? 2 0 c3 f5 2 1 exf5 tLlxf5 22 Ah2 E!.e8 23 g4 tLld6 24 tLld2 ge6 2 5 ©f1 b5 2 6 tLlb3 tLlb7 27 E!.d5 Af8 28 f4 Ad6 29 E!.f5 c4 30 tLld4 E!.e4 31 fxg5 Ax h 2 3 2 g x h 6 E!.e7 3 3 © g 2 Ad6 3 4 g5 c 5 3 5 tLlc6 E!.e8 36 g6 1-0 M eijers - Hedke, O l d e n b u rg 2001 ; b) 11 . . . E!.e8 ? ! is a very common error that Wh ite can p u n ish with energetic p l ay : 1 2 tLld5 !

1 2 . . . E!.xe4 13 Axe? �e7 14 tLlc3 ! E!.c4 (Black plays this move only with the g reatest rel u c ­ tance , b u t c5 m u st be covered . . . ) 1 5 A b 6 tLJc6 1 6 E!. d 2 (the u nfortunate position of the black roo k and B l ack's poor d evelop­ ment give Wh ite a clear advantage) 1 6 . . . E!.b4 17 tLld5 c4 18 CLix b4 Ax b4 19 c3 c x b3 20 c x b4 b x a2 2 1 E!.xa2 CLix b4 22 E!.a1 tLlc6

[c] 9. . . .l.e6 This bishop move without the i nterpol a ­ tion . . . Ag4/f3 is l ess explored , but perhaps eq ually playable :

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3 . 1 . 1 The trad itional 5 . . f6 6 d4 exd4 7 tll x d4 c5 8 tll b 3 ( Womacka - Golod) .

10 �f4 c4 11 tlld4 11 Cba5 ! ? b6 1 2 Cbc6 Ad7 1 3 Cbd4 0-0-0 14 Cbd2 l'!e8 (14. . . £g4 1S.CZJ4f3) 15 f3 b5 16 a4 Ac5 1 7 Ae3 Cbe7 1 8 a x b5 axb5 19 b3 [%-1/2] Petrush i n - Kharitonov, (ch] Aktjubi nsk 1985 (19 'i!?f2 ;t) . 11. . . 0-0-0 12 tllc3 �fl 13 tlld5 13 Cbf5 .§xd1 + 1 4 .§xd1 Cbe7 1 5 Cbx e7+ Axe? 16 Cbd5 Ad8 1 7 Cbe3 l'!e8 1 8 f3 g6 1 9 ©f1 (19 'i!?f2) 19 . . . f5 2 0 exf5 g5 2 1 l'!xd8+ ©xd8 22 Ax g5+ 1/2-1/2 Vil lard - Neverov, Eger (op] 1999 .

13. . . �cs 14 c3 l1e8 15 t't:Jf5 g6 16 tllg3 c6 18 tll xe3 t't:Jh6 19 l1d4 i (112-112] Meijers - Kharitonov, Stockholm (op] 1 998. 17 �e3 �xe3

10 f3 Ad7 The most freq uently encou ntered move, en­ abl ing q ueenside castl i n g . H owever, in o u r main game B l a c k i s presented w i t h fresh problems. 10. . . �e6!?

This natu ral bishop m ove also comes strongly i nto consideratio n . 11 �f4!?

A direct conti n u atio n , which I t h i n k g ives more winning chances than the classical al­ ternative 1 1 Cbc3 . I n many variations we now reach a position with bishops of o pposite colour but, with a pair of rooks sti l l o n the board , Wh ite can cont i n u e to create p ro b ­ lems for Black.

fb

best chance of g ai n i n g the i n itiative. How­ ever, the pawn can later become a weakness at a5. 13 . . . ©f7 ! The best place for the king. (13. . . 0-0-0 The dangers of this obvious m ove were demonstrated d rastically by Fischer. The b l ac k kin g becomes a tar­ g et here ! 14 as 'i!lb 7 1S es £e7 16 !'1xd8 £xd8 17 !?cl 33 l3dd8 fld6 34 l3bc8+ '>!?bl 35 flxg8 flxg8 36 flxg8 1-0 Timman -Adams, Bel­ grade 1995 .) 16 Axe? tt::l x d5 17 E!.xd5 ©xc7 18 E!.xc5+ ©b6 19 b4 c x b3 2 0 tt::\ x b3 Ae6 56

If 14 . . . Ab4 ? , then 15 Axc7 ! ± (15 e4 'i!>c6 30 f6 1-0

g

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3.4 The n a t u ra l 5 . . A d6 .

(2650) (2480) New York 1 997

Roze n tali s Wed b e rg

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1 e4 es 2 �f3 �c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6 dxc6 S 0-0 Ad6 a

8

.I.

b

c

d

Now for Wh ite the road forks. The setup with 8 Ae3 and 9 1£lbd2 seems to me to be the m ost harm o n i o u s ; we are also fol lowing in the footsteps of g reat (and very success­ fu l !) Exchange Variation specialists such as Eduardas Rozentalis and Stellan B rynel l .

8 Ae3

e

7

4 3

8 . . . �e7

A very natural -fee l i n g move, w hic h has b e ­ come qu ite popular i n recent years, champi­ oned successful ly by the Engl ish Grandmas­ ter Mark Hebden . In this variation Black can usually avoid the early exchange of q ueens. However, o n the move after n ext B lack is forced to play the weake n i n g m ove . . . f6, with the resu lt that h e suffers from a dis­ advantage i n d evelopment i n this variation too. O n the p l u s side, B l ac k has the choice between various possible piece set-ups and can also choose between k i n g - and q ueen­ side castling.

This obvious k n i g ht move is the almost ex­ cl usive choice here . A rare alternative is: 8 . . . Ae6 9 1£lbd2 W!Je7 10 1£lc4 Ab4 11 b3 (1 1 Vf!d3 J3d8 12 Vf!e2 Vf!f7) 11 . . . c5 1 2 W!ib2 Axc4 13 bxc4 0-0-0 14 a3 (14 !'Ifd1 !? J3xd1+ 15 J3xd 1 Vf!xe4 1 6 c3 £a5 1 7 Vf!d2 t; or 14 c3 £a5 15 Vf!a3 £b6 (15 . . . b6 16 if:Jd2) 1 6 J3ab 1 t) 1 4 . . . Aa5 1 5 e5 b6 1 6 E!.fd1 .El x d 1 + 1 7 .Elxd1 W!ie6 1 8 W!ib3 1£le7 1 9 exf6 g x f6 oo [0-1 ] Khach ian - H ebden , Cappel le­ la-Grande [op] 1 99 6 .

9 �bd2 Ae6 So far, so c lear. Also the basic wh ite plan is q u ite obvio u s : b ri n g the q u een 's k n ight to c4 and p l ace a roo k o n the d -file. I am not s u re , however, about the most p recise way to carry out this idea. I present here various m ove o rders , w h i c h with the exception of

6 d4 Only with this move can Wh ite fight for an advantage.

6 . . . exd4 7 '@xd4 f6 64

3 . 4 The natural 5 . . . Ad6 (Rozental i s - Wedberg)

10 �c4 ? a l l come i nto consideratio n . I i n ­ stinctively prefer 1 0 l"!.fd1 , b u t 1 0 �c3 offers the m ost i n structive exa m p l e games. N at­ urally, closely related and s i m i lar positions arise, and transpositions are sometimes pos­ sible.

1 9 �e3 fxe4 20 � x e4 Afl 21 �g5 �f8 22 l"!.e1 l"!. ae8 23 'i!?f2 Ad5 24 �xd5 cxd5 2 5 l"!.xel l"!. x el 2 6 l"!.e1 �f4 21 l"!.xel �x el 2 8 �e3 �xe3+ 2 9 'i!? x e3 �xg2+ 30 'i!?f2 tLlf4 31 'i!?e3 �g2+ 32 'i!?f2 t2Jf4 33 'i!?e3 %-1/2 Volzh i n - Galdunts, Yerevan [op] 1 996. 12 �xc4 �el . W h i lst after 1 0 l"!.ad1 this is the most popular and possibly the best black plan , there is very l ittle material on its use af­ ter 1 0 l"!.fd1 . Perhaps with the wh ite roo k on a1 , the black players are concerned about a possible attack with a4, b4 and b5 !? 13 l"!.d4 (13 a4 0-0-0 14 b4!? has not been tested but looks very promising.

10 t'fc3 Th is e l i m i n ates the poss i b l e black tri c k of Ax h2+ in the l ines with l"!.d1 and �c4 . How­ ever, if B l ac k plays Axc4 l ater, then Wh ite will have l ost a tempo in com parison with the l ines with l"!.ad1 or l"!.fd1 and t2Jc4 (without '®'c3) . On the other hand , White now has the benefit of the extra option of �d4.

White now has attacking chances, e . g. 14 . . . £xb4 (14 . . . !Xhe8 15 b5 Y$xe4 16 !Xd4 Y$e6 17 bxa6 Y$xc4 18 axb7+ f!?xb7 19 !Xxc4) 15 !Xdb 1 £d6 1 6 Y$b3 (16 a5) 16 . . . b6) 13 . . . 0-0-0 14 l"!.ad1 Af4 15 Axf4 tLlxf4 16 g3 �g6 11 l"!.xd8+ l"!.xd8 18 l"!.xd8+ �xd8 19 'i!;>g2 �e8 20 �d2 �e5 21 �e2 �dl 22 f4 ;!;; [1 -0] Prie - Flear, Hyeres [op] 1 992 ;

[a] 10 lifd1 A freq uently

played and very plausible move. I n contrast to 10 l"!.ad1 Wh ite can now an­ swer 1 0 . . . 0-0 with 1 1 �c4 , s i n ce here the trick with 1 1 . . . Axh2+ doesn 't work.

b) 10 . . . c5 11 �c3 b6 1 2 t2Jc4 0-0 13 l"!.d2 t2Jc8 14 e5 fxe5 15 t2Jg5 �f6 16 t2Je4 �96 (16. . . Y$f5 1 7 f1 f6 14 Ae3 ©f7 15 ©e2 .El.d8 16 a4 Ad6 17 c3 Ae7 18 tDa5 b6 19 tDc6 .El.d7 20 a5 .El.a8 21 b4 c x b4 22 c x b4 b5 2 3 .El.ac1 Ad6 24 d4 e x d 4 2 5 .El.xd4 ©e8 oo [112-112) Balog h - Lu kacs , Budapest 2002 .

13 'i!?f1 £e7!? 14 £e3 14 �e2 c5 15 .El.g1 Ad6 16 a4 b6 17 Ae3 �b7 1 8 .El.ab1 a5 1 9 c3 .El.h7 20 .El.g5 �c6 21 b3 �d7

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3.5 The aggressive 5

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1l.g4 (Glek-Tkachiev)

21 c x d 4 c x d 4 22 tbxd6+ l3.xd6 23 l3.x c7+ ©g8 24 l3.xd4 l3.xd4 25 Ax d4 tbe6 26 l3.d7 l3.c8 27 Ae3 l3.c2+ 2 8 l3.d2 ± (1-0] Meijers ­ l u ldachev, Dieren [op] 2002 ; b} 14 . . . tbh4 15 ©e2 g5 16 d4 exd4 17 tbxd6+ cxd6 18 l3.xd4 0-0-0 19 l3.ad1 ©c7 20 f4 g4 21 h x g 4 h x g4 22 l3.h1 l3.de8 23 l3.hd1 l3.d8 24 e5 !? tbf5 25 exd6+ l3.xd6 26 l3.xd6 tbxd6 27 Ab6+ ! ©x b6 28 l3.xd6 f5 29 l3.f6 l3.h2 30 ©f1 l3.h1+ 31 ©g2 l3.c1 32 c3 l3.c2 33 l3.xf5 l3.x b2 34 l3.e5 ©c7 35 ©g3 ©d6 36 l3.e3 l3.xa2 37 f5 l3.a5 38 ©xg4 l3.a2 39 ©g3 l3.a5 40 ©f4 l3.a2 41 f3 1 - 0 Meijers - Sol leveld , Amsterdam (op] 2000. A very i nteresting endgame ! ; c} 1 4 . . . tbf8 . The m ost solid black plan : the knight is deployed to the good central square e6 . 1 5 d4 (I very much like 15 b4. 15 . . . f7 28 @e3 '8fe8 29 '8xe8 'i!>xe8 30 f4 exf4+ 31 'i!>xf4 '8f7+ 32 'i!>e3 @el 33 f4 ± [1-0] Zapata- G arcia, [zt] San Salvador 1 998;

d) 14 . . . 0-0-0 15 c3 (15 ff?e2 tiJf8 16 f4 ?! Here this often worthwhile move is unfavourable, since White does not succeed in advanc­ ing the second f-pawn and the agile knight proves superior to the bishop: 16 . . . exf4 1 7 tiJxd6+ cxd6 18 £xf4 �e6 19 £e3 g5 20 c4 d5 ! + [0-1] Tischbierek- Delchev, Porto San Giorgio [op] 2003 . The strategic proce ­ dure employed here is very instructive for the black-player!) 1 5 . . . tLlf8 1 6 b4 tLle6 1 7 a3 (1 7 a4!? This follows the plan of preparing the advance b5 by means of I1db 1 to get to grips subsequently with the black king. After each of these possible moves of the a -pawn I rather prefer the white position; compare with 14 . . . �f8.) 1 7 . . . g5 1 8 d 4 , fol ­ lowed a t s o m e p o i n t by d o u b l i n g the rooks on the d -fi le.

1 9 tLla5 e x d 4 2 0 '8xd4 '8xd4 2 1 Axd4 b6 22 tt:Jc6 Ad6 = .

19. . . a 5 20 fld2 a4 2 1 fldc2 b5 21 . . . '8d7 22 tLla3 Axa3 23 b x a3 c6.

22 �a3 b4 23 �b5 ± [1-0] Glek-Wi nants, [chT] Germany 1 997/98. [b] 12. . . �e7!

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I n my opinion the best black set-up against 9 t2:lc4 , and therefore at the same t i m e the reason why I prefer 8 Ae3 ! (see the notes to 8 £e3)

13 flfd1 13 'i!>h1 Af6 14 a4 0-0-0 1 5 a5 tLlh4 1 6 cod2 tLlg6 1 7 '8ad1 tLlf4 1 8 Axf4 exf4 1 9 t2:lc4 g5 20 @g2 '8h6 21 '8fe1 c5 22 c3 Ag? 23 '8g1 '8g6 24 'i!>f1 b5 25 a x b6 c x b6 26 @e2 oo [112-112] Hort - Spassky, [ct/m] Reykjavik 1 977 .

15 c3 'i!lf7 This position can also arise from the recom ­ mended move order w i t h 8 Ae3 .

16 d4

13

Wh ite plays his tru m p-card rather too early, al lowing Black to equal ise the game. I rec ­ o m mend 1 6 a3 ! Then Black would face a d i l e m m a : either he allows Wh ite to p l ay the desirable b4 or he goes into a conspicuously i nferior version of the game cont i n u ation : 1 6 . . . a5 ? ! (16. . . I1hd8 1 7 b4 cxb4 18 axb4 t) 1 7 d4 cxd4 1 8 cxd4 exd4 1 9 t2:lxd6+ c x d 6 20 '8xd4 @el 21 '8d5 ± Here t h e weaknesses on a5 , h5 and the b5-sq uare wou l d be hard to cope with .

. . .

0-0-0

13 . . . 0 - 0 ! ? During the game I was a bit scared of t h i s i nteresting and very agg res­ sive idea . 14 'i!>f1 (14 d4 exd4 15 J'1xd4 £f6) 1 4 . . . f5 1 5 'i!>e2 oo .

14 'i!lf1 f6! 15 r!le2 �fB Dorfman p roves to be excellently prepared and reveals the ( i n my o p i n ion) best black set - u p (an d move order) i n the entire Ex­ change Spanish !

16 f4 exf4 17 �xf4 �e6 112-112 Ki nderman n ­ Dorfman, [chT] Jen bach 2003 .

16. . . cxd4 17 cxd4 fihdB?!

I now t h i n k that we could h ave d efi n itely cont i n ued the struggle, but I m ust confess that on a Sunday m o rn i n g my fighting spirit sometimes wanes . . .

1 7 . . . exd4 ! 1 8 t2:lxd6+ c x d 6 1 9 '8xd4 = 112-112 Kinderman n - Sh i rov, [bl] Germany 2003.

18 flac1 �e7 19 d5

78

3 . 5 The agg ressive 5 . . . Ag4 (G lek- Tkach iev)

17 . . . g2 tl:id4? (29. . . £b6) 30 Af2 Ab6 31 Axd4 Axd4 32 c3 ± [1 -0] Glek-van den Doel, Wijk aan Zee 1 999.

1 4 @f1 cs For deviations see variations a) to d) on page 77.

8

15 c3 l:!d8

7 6

.

5

4 [j, 3 2

g h

{f

1 3 i!fd 1 Ad6?! The bishop is less effective here and b e ­ comes an object o f attack, or rather ex­ change !

Black h as p repared against the d i rect d3d4, but Glek demonstrates a typical method bri n g i n g about another structu ral transfor­ mation .

a) 13 . . . c5 14 i>f1 i>f7 15 c3 Ae7 16 d4 exd4 17 cxd4 cxd4 18 l'!xd4 l'!hd8 19 l'!ad1 tl:if8 (19 !1xd4 20 l'1xd4 !1d8 21 !1xd8 £xd8 . . .

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3 I llustrative Games - Theoretical section

15. . . bS!?

18 . . . c6?!

This position also arises fro m the recom­ mended move order with 8 Ae3 ! ? .

1 8 . . . E!.d7 ;!;

16 �d2

1 9 Ab6 Jad7 20 d4!

A bit feeble, but nevertheless Wh ite is never in any danger against his far su perior oppo­ nent.

a

However, both the following alternatives ap­ pear to me to g ive Wh ite chances of some advantage:

d

.I.

7

a

4

4

2

2

d

e

g

c

d

e

g

h

8

20 . . . Ac7 ?! The fi rst step down a s l i p pery slope for Black.

5

c

b

P l ayed at the right moment, this thematic advance p rocu res Wh ite the i n itiative. M ost of the fol lowi n g variations stem fro m G lek himself, who analysed this game in l nforma­ tor 85. I find the relatively weak play by both sides asto u n d i n g , so I orig i n a l ly thought it to be a rap i d - p l ay game but in fact it was played in the Italian team cham pionsh i p .

6

b

2

2

7

a

4

3

•

h

e

7

4

16 a3! h1 !?

23 . . . lidg8

a) 14 hxg3?! ggs 1 5 c3 Ag4 ;

23 . . . fxe6 2 4 �e7 .

b) 1 4 gxd4 ! �xd4 15 Ab2 g x h2+ (15. . . gxf2+ 16 l'Ixf2 V/fd6 17 .flxhB 0-0-0 18 .flf6) 1 6 'i!>h1 �d6 17 Ax h S 0-0-0 1S Af6 gd7 oo , Zhang Zhong .

24 Wes fxe6 2S .tc1 ©b8 26 lidd1 lif8 27 .te3 lixa2 28 Wxe6 WhS 29 dS lie8 30 d x c6 ! lie2 31 Wh6 WfS 32 Wgs We6 33 lid8+ 1-0

14 c3 ± �f4

94

4 Index of Variations with key positions 3. I l lustrative Games - Theoretical section 3 . 1 The classical 5 . .f 6 6 d4 exd4 .

3.1 . 1 1

The traditional 6 . . . exd4 7 �xd4 cS 8 �b3

e4 es 2 �f3 �c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6 d xc6 [ p. 2 6 ] 4 . . . b x c6 5 0 - 0 [ 5 d4] (see Unusual continuations p. 109)

5 0-0! 8

[ p. 26]

I.

7 6 5

5

4

4

3

3 2

5

f6 6 d4 exd4 7 �xd4 cS [ p. 2 7 ] a) 7 . . . ffiJe7 ; b ) 7 . . . A d 6 [ p. 2 7 ]

. . .

8 � b3

[ p. 27]

95

[ p. 2 5 1

@

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

[ p. 27]

8 . . . �xd1 9 Hxd1 Ag4

[ p. 27]

[a] 9 ... �d6?! 10 �a5!

[b] 9. �d7 10 �c3 0-0-0 11 �f4 . .

a) 1 1 . . . g5

[ p. 2 8 ]

[ p. 2 8 ]

b ) 1 1 . . . Re8 ?!

[ p. 2 8 ]

[c] 9. . . �e6 1 0 �f4

[ p. 2 8 ]

[ p. 2 9 ]

10 t 3 Ad7

1 0... �e6?! 11 �f4!?

[ p. 2 9 ]

a) 1 1 C2Jc3 1 1 Ae3 b 6 1 3 a 4

[ p. 2 9 ]

b ) 1 1 . Ae3 b 6 1 2 a 4 C2Je7 ! 1 3 Af4 c 4

11 . . . c4 12 �d4 0-0-0 13 �c3 14 f1xd4 a) 1 3 . . . Ac5

[ p. 2 9 ]

b) 1 3 . . . C2Jf7

[ p. 3 0 ]

1 1 At4 0-0 -0 1 2 �c3 c4 1 2 . . . Ae6

13 �a5!

[ p. 32 ]

[ p. 32 ] [ p. 32 ]

14 . . . Ab4?

15 C2Jd5

[ p. 31 ]

[ p. 31 ]

14 'i!?h1

15 a4!?

[ p. 2 9 ]

[ p. 31 ]

1 3 . . . Acs+ 14 �f1

14 . . . bS

[ p. 2 9 ]

[ p. 32 ]

[ p. 32 ] [ p. 32 ]

96

[ 3 . 1 The classical 5 . f6 6 d4 exd4 ] . .

[ p. 36]

3. 1 .2 The second string 8 �e2!?

8 . . . �xd1 9 Hxd1 Ad7 1 0 �bc3 0-0-0 11 Ae3 He8 [a] 11. . . iJ.d6?! 12 iJ.f4!

[ p. 37 ]

[b] 11. .. b6 12 �f4 [ p. 37 ]

12 Hd2 Ac6 1 2 . . f5

[ p. 37 ]

.

[ p. 38 ]

13 Had1 b6 14 f3 a

[ p. 36]

b

c

d

..

e

8

8

7 6 5

5

4

4

3

3

14 �f4 �h6 15 �fd5

[ p. 38]

14 . . . �e7 1 5 �f4 �96 1 6 �h5 1 6 tbcd 5 ! ?

16 . . . �e5 17 b3

[ p. 39]

[ p. 39 ] [ p. 39]

97

[ p. 36]

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

3.2 The active 5 . f6 6 d4 Ag4 . .

[ p. 42 ]

7 c3 !

7 dxe5

[ p. 42 ]

7 . . . Ad6 [ p. 42 ] 7. . . exd4 8 cxd4 f!!!d7 [ p. 42 ] a) 8 . . . Axf3 ? ! 9 �xf3 �x d4 1 0 gd1 �c4 1 1 Af4 [ p . 42 ] b) 8 . . . c5 9 �b3 ! cxd4 1 0 e5 !? Axf3 1 1 �xf3 [ p. 43] 8 Ae3 �e7 [ p. 43 ] 8. . f!!!e 7 9 �bd2 0-0-0 [ p. 43 ] a) 9 . . . exd4 10 cxd4 0-0-0 1 1 �c2 ge8 1 2 e5 Ab4 1 3 h3 b) 9 . . . tt:lh6 1 0 tt:lc2 tt:lf7 1 1 c4 ! exd4 12 tt:lxd4 c5 1 3 tt:lb3 10 dxe5!? [ p. 44 ] 10 �c2 [ p. 44 ] a) 10 . . . �f7 [ p. 44] b) 1 0 . . . ge8 ? ! [ p. 44 ] [ p. 44] c) 1 0 . . . exd4 10... fxe5 11 b4 �f6 12 f!!!c2 [ p. 45 ] .

a .. .l

1 2 a4 ? !

[ p. 45 ]

98

[ p. 44] [ p. 44]

[ 3 .2 The active 5 . f6 6 d4 11.g4 ] . .

9

[ p. 46 ]

dxe5!?

9 1'Jbd2 r!!d7

[ p. 46]

a) 9 . . . 0-0 1 0 '&b3+ ©h8 1 1 h3 (1 1 'f#xb 7) 1 1 . . . £h5 1 2 d x e5 fxe5 1 3 tbg5 b) 9 . . . tbg6 1 0 '&b3 '&c8 1 1 c4 (1 1 dxe5) 1 1 . . . exd4 12 tbxd4 c5 1 3 Ltlf5 c) 9 . . '&c8 1 0 tbc4 0-0 1 1 d xe5 £xe5 12 Cl'lcx e5 fxe5 1 3 '&b3+ .

10 dxe5 (10 h3 Le6 1 1 c4] 10. . . fxe5 11 h3 �e6 12 1'Jg5 [1 2 '&e2] 9 . . . fxe5

10 h3 Lh5 11 c4 ! c5 1 2 b4! b6

1 2 . . . Cl'lc6

[ p. 47 ]

13 bxc5 bxc5 14 �bd2 0-0

8

.I

[ p. 47 ]

[ p. 48 ]

8

7

2

99

[ p. 46] [ p. 47 ]

[ p. 46] [ p. 46]

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

3.3 The ambitious 5 . . . Wd6 3.3.1 Romanishin's 6 . . . �e6 5 . . . �d6 6 clL)a3!

[ p. 50]

6 d3 f6 7 Ae3 Ag4 8 t2Jbd2

6 . . . �e6 7 d4!?

[ p. 50]

[ p. 50]

7 b3 �e7 8 �c4 �g6 9 d4

[ p . 51 ]

7 . . . Axa3 (7 . exd4) 8 bxa3 exd4 9 �xd4 clL)f6 1 0 i.b2 0-0 1 1 E!fe1 . .

3.3.2 The principled 6

. . .

b5

6 . . . b5 7 c3 c5 8 clL)c2

8

i.

7 6 5 4 3

100

[ p. 51 ]

[ 3 . 3 The ambitious 5 . . �d6 ] .

a

...

[ p. 52 )

Ab7

[a] 8 . A le7 9 a4 IIbB (9 . . . Ab?) [ p. 52 ) 10 axbS axbS 11 d4 cxd4 ( 1 1 . . . �g6) 12 cxd4 exd4 13 tiJcxd4 cS ( 1 3 . . . �g6 ? !) 14 tiJxbS! [ p. 53 ) .

[b] 8 . c4!? 9 b3 f6 10 bxc4 bxc4 11 �a3 �c6 12 �xfB ( 1 2 �e5) 12 (13 �e2) 13. . . cxd3 14 �xd3 t [ p. 53) . .

t!JxfB 13 d4

[ p. 53)

[c] 8 ... f6 9 a4 �b7 10 axbS �xe4 9

. • .

[ p. 54)

He1

9 d4!? cxd4 10 cxd4 exd4 11 tiJfxd4 tiJe7 (11 . 0-0-0 1 2 b4 !) 12 f3 cS 13 tiJb3 .

9 . . . �e7

[a] 9

.

[ p. 54)

...

IIdB 10 a4 �e7!?

[ p. 54 ] [ p. 54)

a) 1 0 . . . �f6 1 1 ax b5 a x b5 1 2 d 4 ! �xe4 �xe5 b) 1 0 . . . c4 1 1 ax b4 axb4 1 2 �a3 ! �f6 13 �xb5

[ p. 54 )

c) 1 0 . . . �e7 1 1 axb5 a x b5 12 d4 cxd4 1 3 cxd4

[ p. 54 )

d) 1 0 . . . b4 ? ! 1 1 �e2 !

[ p. 55)

11 axbS axbS 12 �e2 [1 2 d4 !?]

[ p. 5 5 )

[b] 9

. . .

tiJf6 10 d4 cxd4 11 cxd4 tiJxe4 12 a4

[ p. 55)

[c] 9

...

0-0-0 10 a4 b4 11 tiJe3 �e6 12 �e2

[ p. 5 5 )

[ p. 5 6 )

10 a 4 a

8

.I.

b

c

d

•

e

7

4 3

3 2

a

10

. . •

c4

b

c

d

e

[ p. 56)

[a] 10... tiJg6 11 axbS axbS 12 IIxaB+ �xaB 13 d4!

[ p. 56)

[b] 10. . . b4 11 tiJe3 (11 c x b4 !?) 11 ... �xe4 12 t1Jc4 �dS 13 tiJcxeS 1 1 a x b5 a x b5 1 2 Hxa8+ Axa8 1 3 �a3! c6 14 b3!

101

[ p. 56)

[ p. 56)

[ p. 54)

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

3.3.3 The flexible 6 . . . .aes

[ p. 58]

7 �e2 f6

7 . . . tDe7 8 tDc4

8 Etd1

8

. . .

[ p. 58]

[ p. 5 8 ]

0-0-0

[ p. 58]

[a] 8 ... �g4 9 d4! exd4 10 c3! 0-0-0

[ p. 58]

a) 1 0 . . . ttJe7 ? ! 1 1 h3 Axf3 12 '§'xf3 tDg6 1 3 cxd4 Ae7 1 4 ttJc4 '§'e6 1 5 d 5 ! °§'f7 16 Af4 !? ;t; [ p. 59] b) 1 0 . . . '§'e6 ? ! 1 1 tDxd4 ! Ax e2 1 2 tDxe6

[ p. 59]

c) 1 0 . . . c5 1 1 h3 (11 tDc2) 1 1 . . . Axf3 (11 . . . Ah5 ?!) 1 2 °§'xf3 ;!;

11 f1xd4 r!!!e 7 12 f1xd8+ ( 1 2 tDc4 !)

[ p. 59 ]

1 02

[ p. 59]

[ 3 . 3 The ambitious 5

[b] 8. . . c5 9 c3 �g4

. . .

'i:Wd6 )

[ p. 59 ]

a) 9 . . . 0-0-0 1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 exd4 1 2 .!3xd4

[ p. 60 ]

b) 9 . . . 'f/Jc6 1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 Axa3 1 2 b x a3 Ac4 1 3 'f/Je1 !? (13 'f/Je3) c) 9 . . . .!'!dB 1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 c5 12 d5 b5 1 3 Ae3

10 h3 �xf3

[ p. 60]

[ p. 60]

( p. 60 ]

1 0 . . . Ah5 11 d4 cxd4 1 2 cxd4 exd4 a) 1 3 tl:lb5 ! b} 1 3 g4

[ p. 60 ] [ p. 60 ]

11. r!'!xf3 �e7 (11 . . . 'f/Je6 ? !) 12 d4! cxd4 13 cxd4 exd4 14 �f4 [c] 8. . . g5?! 9 d4 g4 10 �e1 0-0-0 11 �e3 9 d4

[ p. 61 ]

( p. 62 ]

9 tl:lc4 'f!Je7 1 0 d3 'f/Jf7 1 1 Ad2 g5 1 2 b4

9 . . . Ag4

[ p. 60]

[ p. 62 ]

[ p. 62 ]

9 . . . exd4 ?! 1 0 .!3xd4 'f!Je7 1 1 Af4 !

10 Ae3 1!!fe 6

[ p. 62 ]

[ p. 62 ]

10. . . exd4 11 f1xd4 r!'!e7 12 f1xd8+ ( 1 2 tl:lc4)

[ p. 62 ]

1 1 dxe5 llxd1+ (11 . . . .!'!eB) 1 2 1!!fx d1 !? ( 1 2 .!3xd1 } 1 2 . . . Axa3 1 3 bxa3 fxe5 (13 . . . tl:le?) 14 �g5! [ p. 63 ]

1 03

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

3.4 The natural 5 . . . J,d6

6 5 4

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

if

[ p. 64 ]

6 d4 exd4 7 �xd4 f6 8 Ae3 l!Ue7 (8 . . . Ae6) 9 l!ilbd2 Ae6

6 5 4 3

a

10 �c3

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

if

[ p. 65 ]

[a] 10 lifd1 0-0

[ p. 65 ]

a) 10 . . . t2Jg6 1 1 t2Jc4 Axc4 (11 . . . Ae7) 1 2 �xc4 �e7 13 l'!d4 (13 a4 !?) b) 1 0 . . . c5 1 1 �c3 b6 1 2 t2Jc4 0-0 13 l'!d2 c) 10 . . . �d7 11 t2Jc4 l'!d8 1 2 �c3 0-0 13 Af4

[ p. 65 ]

[ p. 65 ] [ p . 65 ]

11 4:lc4 ( 1 1 �c3) 11 . . . �b4 ( 1 1 . . . Ax h 2 + ? !) 12 a3 f!!Txd4 13 tll xd4 �xc4 14 axb4 t [ p. 66] [b] 10 11ad1 tllg 6 (10 . . . 0-0) 11 tll c4 (11 �c3 ! ?) 11. . . �xc4 (11 . . . Ab4) 12 f!!Txc4 f!!Te 7 13 11fe1 [ p. 67 ] [c] 10 tll c4 ? �xh2+ 11 f!lxh2 f!!Txd4 12 tll xd4 �xc4 +

104

[ p. 68]

[ 3 . 5 The agg ressive 5 . . . Ag4 ]

[ p. 68 ]

10 . . . 0 - 0

1 0 . . . t2Jg6 !? 1 1 tLld4 [11 tLlc4] "f!Je7 1 2 tDxe6 "f/Jxe6 1 3 "f/Jb3 [ p. 69 ]

1 1 �c4 .txc4

[ p. 69 ]

1 1 . . . "f/Je8 1 2 tLlxd6 cxd6 13 "f/Jb4

12 Wxc4+ «i!?h8 1 3 Elad1 Wea 14 .tc5 .txc5 1 5 Wxc5 ;!;

My recommendation for Black!

3.5 The aggressive 5 . . Ag4 .

6 h3 h5! a

[ p. 71 ] b

c

d

7 6 5 4

2

a

b

c

d

e

f

a) 6 . . . Ah5 ? ! ; b) 6 . . . Axf3 ? !

7 d3 Wt6 a �bd2 8 �e3!?

[ p. 68]

g

h

'Li'

[ p. 71 ]

[ p. 72 ]

[ p . 72 ]

A finesse to reach a favourable version of the main line!

1 05

[ p. 69 ]

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

8. . �xf3 9 r!fxf3 r!fxf3 10 gxf3 �d6 11 �d2 a) 11 'i!>h1 [ p. 72 ] .

b) 11 'i!>g2

[ p. 72 ]

[ p. 73 ] [ p. 73 ]

11. . . �e7 12 �c4

(compare with the main line deviation 12 . £d6 ?!) . .

8

a) 1 2 !'l.fb1

[ p. 73 ]

b) 1 2 'i!>h2

[ p. 74 ]

12. . . f6 13 f4!

[ p. 74 ]

. . .

[ p. 77 ]

[ p. 75 ]

�e7 9 �c4 !?

[a] 9 l1e1 �g6 10 d4 (10 h x g 4 ?) 10. . . �f4!

[ p. 75 ]

1 0 . . . Ad6 1 1 h xg4 h x g4 1 2 tbh2 El.x t l 2 13 '/;\llx g 4 !

[ p. 75 ]

11 dxe5 1 1 hxg4 h x g 4 1 2 g3 g xf3 1 3 '/;\llx f3 tbe6 14 d x e5 '/;\ll h 6 ! 1 5 tbb3 g 5 ! 1 6 Ae3 '/;\ll h 3 ! a) 1 7 El.ad1 ; b) 1 7 '/;\llg 2

[ p. 76 ]

11. . . r!fg6 12 �h4! �xd1 13 �xg6 �xg6 14 l1xd1 [b] 9 hxg4 hxg4 10 g3 gxf3 11 r!fxf3 r!fh6!? 9

. . .

Axf3 10 �xf3 �xf3 1 1 g xf3 �96 a

b

c

d

e

2

106

[ p. 76 ]

[ p. 76 ]

[ 3 . 6 The unconventional 5 . . tll e7 ] .

12 .te3

[ p. 76 ]

12 l1d1 0-0-0 (1 2 . . . c5) 13 'ilt1 ile7!? 14 ile3 (14 l!?e2) 14. . . ilf6 15 c3 (15 a4) 15. . . l1d7 16 b4 [ p. 76 ] [ p. 77 ]

12 . . . f6

[a] 12. . . ild6?! 13 l1fd1 f6 (13 . . . b5) 14 'ilt1 c5 a) 14 . . _ gd8

[ p. 77 ]

b} 1 4 . . . tl:lh4

[ p. 77 ]

c) 14 . . . tl:lts

[ p. 77 ]

[ p. 77 ]

d} 14 . . 0-0-0

[ p. 78 ]

.

15 c3 'ilt7 16 d4 (16 a3 !)

[ p. 78 ]

[b] 12. . . ile7! 13 l1fd1 (13 l!?h1 }

[ p. 78 ]

[ p. 79 ]

[c] 12. . . c5 1 3 Elfd1 .td6?! a) 13 . . . c5

[ p. 79 ] [ p. 79 ]

b) 13 . . . tl:lh4

[ p. 79 ]

3.6 The unconventional 5 . �e7 . .

8

5 4 3

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

{)-

6 �xe5 @d4 7 @hS! g6 8 @g5

[ p. 82 ]

8 tt:Jf3!? r!xe4 9 °(!a5! ilg4!

[ p. 82 ]

a) 9 . . . b6 ? ! 10 �c3 gg8 1 1 ge1 �d5 1 2 d4 b} 9 . . . �f4 ?! 10 d3 �d6 1 1 tl:lbd2 Sd5 1 2 tl:le4

1 07

[ p. 82 ] [ p. 83 ]

4 I ndex of Variations with key positions

10 d3 f!!!f5 11 f!!!xc7 �xf3 12 gxf3 f!!!xf3 13 f1e1 f!!!g4+ 14 f!!!g3 f!!!xg3+ (14 . . . '®'d7 !?) 15 hxg3 ;f [ p. 83 ] [ p. 83 ]

8 . . . .tg7 9 �d3 ! f5! 10 e5! a

b

c

d

e

6 5 4

a

10 . . . '@'g4

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

[ p. 83 ]

10. . . c5 11 b3! h6 a) 11 . . . b6

[ p. 84 ]

[ p. 84 ]

b) 11 . . . '®'xa1

[ p. 84]

12 f!!!e3 f4! ( 1 2 . . . CL:lc6) 13 f!!!xd4 (13 '®'f3) 13. . . cxd4 14 tPlxf4 �xe5 15 d3 ;f 1 1 We3

[ p. 85 ] [ p. 85 ]

11 f4!? f!!!xg5 12 fxg5 h6 a) 1 2 . . . f4

[ p. 85 ]

b) 1 2 . . . b6 !?

[ p. 85]

13 gxh6 f1xh6 14 f1e1 [14 CL\c3] 14. . . f!lf7 a) 14 . . . b6

[ p. 86]

b) 14 . . . g5

[ p. 86 ]

1 1 . . . �dS 12 '@'e1 '@'d4?! 12. . . b6!? ( 1 2 . . . f4)

[ p. 86]

[ p. 86]

[ p. 86 ]

1 3 �c3 (13 f4) 1 3 . . . f4 14 �e2

[ p. 87 ]

108

[ p. 85 ]

[ 3 . 7 U nusual contin u ations ]

3. 7 U nusual continuations 1 e4 es 2 �f3 �c6 3 Abs a6 4 Axc6 d x c6 4

. . .

bxc6

[ p. 88]

5 0-0 (5 d 4 ; 5 tt:Jxe5 ?!) 5

s o-o Ae7

[a] 5

. . .

...

f!!J'f6 (5 . . d6) .

[ p. 88]

[ p. 89 ]

f!!J'f6 6 d4 exd4 7 �gs (7 e5)

[ p. 89 ]

109

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4 Index of Variations with key positions

(7 . . . 'f;Vd6)

[ p. 89 ]

[b] 5. . . �e6? 6 �xe5

[ p. 90]

z .. �g6

[c] 5 ... �e7 6 d4 exd4 7 �xd4 [7 tt:Jxd4]

z . . �g4

[ p. 9 0 ]

7 . . . 'f;Vt6 ! 8 'f;Ve3 !? a) 8 'f;Vxf6 b) 8 vt;Va4

[ p. 91 ]

c) 8 e5

8 �f4!

[ p. 91 ] [ p . 91 ]

[ p. 91 ]

8. . . �xf3 (8 . . . '8d8) 9 gxf3 �f6 10 �c3 �h5 11 �g3 6 �c3!?

[ p. 92 ]

(6 tt:Jxe5)

[ p. 92 ]

6 . . . At6 7 'f1!fe2

7 . . . Ae6 [a]

[ p. 92 ]

[ p . 92 ]

z . . �g4

B h3 (8 tt:Jd1 !)

( p. 92 ]

110

[ p. 91 ]

( 3 . 7 U n usual conti nuations ]

[b] 7. ti:Je7 8 d4! • •

[c] 7. c5!? . .

8 b3! �e7 8

...

[ p. 92 ]

[ p. 93 ]

[ p. 93]

c5 9 �b2 ti:Je7

a) 9 . . . b6 ? ! 10 tbd5 ! b) 9 . . . �d6 !? 1 0 tbd5

9 i.a3! g5

[ p. 93 ]

[ p. 9 3 ]

( 9 . 0-0 ; 9 . . . tbg6 !?) . .

10 d4!

[ p . 93 ]

[ p. 93 ]

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5 Appendices 5. 1 Tra n s l a t o r 's n ot e I n the St. Petersburg 1 914 tournament book, Tarrasch reports a conversation he had with Lasker after this gam e : "Why did you p l ay this d rawi n g variatio n ? " I asked h i m l ater. " I had n ot h i n g else , " he rep l i ed . " N ot h i n g c a n be done against you r d efence, w h i c h y o u have employed against Bernstei n and me. The second p l ayer always has a good game. " Lasker was referri n g to the Open Span i s h , Tarrasch's favou rite d efence, with which h e (Tarrasch) had a l ifeti m e score as B l ac k (accord i n g to M egabase) of won 1 0 , drawn 11 , lost 5 . The game Lasker-Tarrasch, from the prel i m i n ary section at St. Peters­ burg , had caused a g reat sti r. Tarrasch's i n ­ novation a t m o v e 1 2 w a s h i g h ly praised i n t h e chess press o f the t i m e ; h e real l y had Lasker on the ropes but fai led to del iver the knock-out blow. But how m uc h credence should we give to this explanation ? Some doubts beg in to creep in. Was Lasker tel l i n g t h e trut h , and the whole truth ? Some con­ siderations: 1) Lasker and Tarrasch were hardly the best of friends. Lasker wou l d probably n ot feel obliged to be truthfu l , and was perhaps b e ­ ing iron ic. 2) Tarrasch was reputed ly qu ite vain and took hi mself very seriously, and m ight therefore be

a) suscepti ble to flattery b} u n l i kely to detect any i rony in Lasker's statement. 3) Capablanca expressed a l ow o p i n i o n of the Open Spanish i n h i s books and n ever played it with Black in tournament games. He would therefore have been u n l i kely to employ it agai nst Lasker. I n his serious games prior to 1 914 Capa had generally used the Closed (Chigorin) defence. Anyway, should Lasker's choice of the Exchange Variation against Capablanca h ave been such a surprise? Lasker had previously used it several ti mes in i m po rtant games, i n c l u d i n g World Champi­ onsh i p matches with Stein itz, Tarrasc h , and Janowski (though adm itted ly not in his most recent m atch , against Schlechter - perhaps Lasker had been put off by the ease with which Schlechter defended the black side in their d rawn game fro m London 1 899 : 1 e4 e5 2 tt::lf3 ttJc6 3 Ab5 a6 4 Axc6 dxc6 5 ttJc3 f6 6 d4 e x d 4 7 tt::l x d 4 c5 8 tt::l d e2 �xd 1 + 9 tt::l x d1 Ad? 1 0 Af4 0-0-0 11 tt::l e3 Ac6 1 2 f3 tt::l e7 1 3 'i!?f2 g 6 1 4 l"l.ad 1 Ag? 1 5 b3 l"l.xd1 16 l"l.xd1 l"l.d8 17 l"l.xd8+ 'i!? x d 8 1 8 Ag3 Ae8 1 9 Ah4 g5 20 Ag3 Ag6 21 'i!?e1 f5 22 exf5 tt::l x f5 23 tt::l x f5 Axf5 24 'i!?d2 c4 25 b4 'i!?d7 26 Af2 'i!?e6 27 Ad4 Af8 28 c3 Ad6 29 Ae3 'i!?f6 30 Af2 Af4+ 1/2-%) . I g u ess we' l l never know the truth.

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5.2 I n dex of p l ayer s A Acs, Peter . .. 2 5 , 38, 55, 57 Adams, M ichael 1 0 , 32 , 33, 50, 73, 76, 80, 90, 93 Adorjan, Andras . . . . . 28 Alekh ine, Alexander . . .. . 7 Ali khanov, Felix . ... . . . 45 Almasi , Zoltan . . . . . 44, 62 Alzai m , Talal . . . 31 Arencibia, Walter . . . 92 Arizmendi M arti nez, J u len . . . 28 Azarov, Sergei . . . .. 36 . . . . . . . . .

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G Gabri e l , Ch ristian Galdunts, Sergey Gangu ly, Surya Shekhar . . G arcia, G i ldardo . .... Geenen , M arc . . . . Geffen, Ben van .. Geller, Efim G h i nda, M i hail .

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D Day, Lawrence . . . . 43 De la Riva Ag uado, Oscar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 De la Vi l l a Garcia, Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Delchev, Aleksander . . . 78 Doel , Erik van den . . . 23, 59, 79 Doelan d , J u l i us van . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Dom ing uez, Len ier . . . 37 Donchenko, Anatoly . . 28 Dorfma n , Josif . ... . . 78 Dvoretsky, M ark . . . . . 91 , 92

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G i pslis, Aivars . . . 91 1 0 , 2 1 -23, 25, 36, 37 , 40, 57, Glek, Igor 60-62 , 71 , 78-80 G l igoric, Svetozar 9, 27, 43, 67 Godena, M ichele . 31 , 53, 60, 61 Gold berg , Alexander . . . 55 Golod , Vitali . . 6 , 25, 26 Gormally, Dan iel . 37 Greenfeld , Alon . . .. . 62 Gretarsson , Helgi . 1 8 , 37 Grisch uk, Alexander 1 0 , 39, 40, 42 , 45, 46 Gueneau , Christophe . 88 G u ner, B ulent . . . . . 29 Gustafsson , Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Gyimes i , Zoltan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 , 59, 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Meli khov, Evgeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mendoza, Rafael .. 37 M i khalevski , Alexander . 86 M i khalevski, Victor . . . 56, 62 , 85 M i los, G i l berto . . . .. 1 0 , 27, 36 M i l u , Romeo Sorin . . 19, 66 M i nckwitz, Johannes van . . . . 7 M i ralles, G i l les . 31 M n atsakan ian , Eduard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mokry, Karel ... . 27 M u lyar, M ichael .. . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . .

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5.3 I n dex of g a m es A page number in bold indicates that the first-named player had the black pieces. Underl ining i n d i cates an I l l u strative game. A page n u m ber i n b rackets m eans a particu lar game was referred to on that page.

A Acs, Peter- G lek 25, 57 - Naiditsch 55 -Oral 38 Adams, M ichael - Babula 93 - Breder 80 - Fressinet 90 - Kasimdzhanov 50, 73 - Macieja 73, 76 - S h i rov 33 -Timman 32 Adorjan, And ras - Nagy 28 - Vogt 28 Ali khanov, Fel ix - Shomoev 45 Almasi , Zoltan - Marin 44 Alzai m , Talal - l u ldachev 31 Arencibia, Walter- Dvoretsky 92 Arizmendi M arti nez, J u l e n - Fran ic 28 Azarov, Sergei - Kasparov 36 8

Bab u , N Sudhakar - l u ldachev 77 Babula, Vlast i m i l - Adams 93 Bacrot, Etien ne- Rausis 77 Baklan, Vlad i m i r - Bezgodov 47 - Kallio (26) , 42 Bakre, Tejas - Kuzm i n 56 Balog h , Csaba- Gyimesi 59 - l brag i mov 55 - Lu kacs 76 Barendregt, Johan -Teschner 75 Baron Rod rig uez, Jesus- Portera Garnica 34 Bed narska, Malgorzata- Holoubkova 67 Beliavsky, Alexander- Reinderman 46 Belotelov, Den i s - Ivanov 85 Benjam i n , Joel - H ubner 58 Berkvens, Joost - Onisc h u k 30 Bezgodov, Alexei - Baklan 47

- Ivanov 84 Bhat, Vinay - Kaidanov 61 - M i khalevski 56 B rag i n , Alexander- M e l i khov 28 B reder, Den n i s - Adams 80 Bronstei n , David - Rozental is 47 Bru n ner, Lucas - Yi l m az 83 Brynel l , Stel lan - Ernst 68 - Goldberg 55 - Hector 92 - Koskinen 65 - M artinovsky 67 - Sanden 84 - Schneider 66 c Campos Moreno, J avier- Speck 50 Capablanca, Jose Raou l - Em . Lasker 8, (16) Chandler, M u rray - lvan c h u k 29 Chrobak, Gyu la- Szabo 62 Cladouras, Panag iotis - G lek 62 Cobb, Charles - Hebden 67

D Day, Lawrence - O ' Donnell 43 De la R iva Ag uado, Oscar- Foisor 53 De la Vi l l a G arcia, J esus - I l lescas Cordoba 62 Delchev, Aleksander-Tischbierek 78 Dael , Erik van den - G lek 23 - Fressi net 59 - G lek 79 Doelan d , J u l i us van - van der Weide 89 Dom i n g uez, Len ier - M endoza 37 Donchenko, Anatoly - M alisauskas 28 Dorfman , Josif- Ki ndermann 78 Dvoretsky, Mark-Arencibia 92 - S myslov 92

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E Erenburg , Sergey- l narkiev 63 - Segovia 62 Ernst, Thomas - Brynell 68 Estrada N i eto, J u l ian - Rad u l ski 90 F

Fischer, Robert - G l igoric 9 , 43 - J i menez Zerq uera 43 . - Po rtisch 28 - Spassky 10, 42 - U nzicker 8 , (16) Flear, Ch risti ne- Prie 65 Foisor, Cristina-Adel a - De la R iva Aguado 53 Formanek, Edward - M u lyar 75 Fran ic, M i lan -Arizmendi M arti nez 28 Fressinet, Laurent -Adams 90 - Galdunts 69 - G rischu k 45, 46 -Jenni 85 - M i khalevski 86 - Rausis 46 - Stefansson (24) , 52 -Vajda 32 - van den Dael 59

G Galdunts, Sergey- Fressinet 69 -Volzh i n 65 Gangu ly, Surya Shekhar - Zhang Zhong 86 Garcia, G i ldard o - Zapata 78 Geenen , M arc - Prie 75 - Relange 53 Geffen , Ben van - l u ldachev 73 Geller, Efi m - Smyslov 44 G h i nda, M i h ai l - Olarasu 53 Glek, lgor-Acs 25, 57 - Cladouras 62 - Hansen 37 - l brag imov 2 1 , 61 - Naumkin 60 -Tkachiev (10) , 71 -van den Dael 23, 79 -Winants 2 2 , 78 -Yemel i n 40

G l igoric, Svetozar- Fischer 9, 43 - Hecht 27 - M arkovic 67 Godena, M ichele- Gyimesi 31 - Krasenkow 61 - Reinderman 53 -Ti m m an 60 Gold berg , Alexander- Brynell 55 Golod, Vital i - Womac ka (6) , (25} , 25, 26 Gormal ly, Dan iel - Rowson 37 G reenfeld , Alon - M i khalevski 62 G retarsson , Helg i - Rozentalis 18, 37 Grisch uk, Alexander- Fressinet 45, 46 - l vanch u k 45 - Kasi mdzhanov 40 - N isi pean u 45 Gueneau , Ch ristophe - I l l escas Cordoba 88 Guner, Bulent - Hokkanen 29 Gyimesi , Zoltan - Balogh 59 - Godena 31 - Rausis 86

H Hansen, Lars- Bo - G lek 37 Harmonist, M ax - Schal lopp 89 Hartston , W i l l i am - U nzicker 27 Hasanov, M arat - Rozentalis 18, 37 Hebden , M ark- Cobb 67 - Khach ian 64 - M arciano 67 - Rozentalis 68 Hecht, H ans-Joac h i m - G l igoric 27 H ector, Jonny - Brynell 92 - Meijers 47 Hedke, Fran k - M eijers 28 H okkanen , Petri - G uner 29 Holoubkova, M arti na- Bed narska 67 Hort, Vlastim i l - S l iwa 79 - Spassky 78 H racek, Zbynek-Tkachiev 38 H u b ner, Robert - Benj am i n 58

l bragimov, Alibek-Volzhin 59 l brag i m ov, l ldar- Balogh 55 - G lek 21 , 61

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- N aiditsch 85 I l lescas Cordoba, M iguel - De la Vi l l a Garcia 62 - G ueneau 88 - lvanchuk 86 l narkiev, Ernesto - Erenburg 63 l u ldachev, Saidal i -Alzai m 31 - Babu 77 - Meijers 21 , 77 - van Geffen 73 -Zhang Zhong 74 lvanchuk, Vassily- Chandler 29 - G rischuk 45 - I l lescas Cordoba 86 Ivanov, Victor- Belotelov 85 - Bezgodov 84

- Sh i rov 78 Korch n o i , Victor- N u n n 71 Korneev, Oleg - Maljutin 27 - M eijers 31 - Romero Holmes 30 Korzu bov, Peter- Rozentalis 30 Koski nen, Henri - Brynell 65 Kostyra, Stan islaw - Mal isauskas 47 Krasen kow, M ichal - Godena 61 - Luther 89 - Socko 54 Kroeze , Fran k - P i ket (75) , 76 Kru ppa, Yuri - N ielsen 85 Kuzm i n , Alexey - Bakre 56

J Janowski, Dawi d - E m . Lasker 1 6 J en n i , Florian - Fressi net 85 - Kindermann 34 - Schmid 83 J i menez Zerquera, Eleazar- Fischer 43 J u rasi n , M ari n - Pfann kuche 67

L Lasker, Emanuel - Capablanca 8, (16) - Janowski 1 6 -Tarrasch 1 7 Liss , Eran - Rozentalis 50 Lob ro n , Eric- Khal ifman 22, 46 Lu kacs, Peter- Balogh 76 -Volzhin 66 Luther, Thomas - Krasen kow 89

K Kaidanov, G regory- Bhat 61 Kakageldyev, Aman murad -Zhang Zhong 90 Kal l i o , Hei kki - Baklan (26) , 42 - Womacka 47 Kasi mdzhanov, Rustam - Adams 50, 73 - Grisc h u k 40 Kasparov, Garry -Tai 42 Kasparov, Sergey- Azarov 36 - Kazhgaleyev 79 Kazhgaleyev, M u rtas - Kasparov 79 Ken nau g h , Charles - van der Weide 86 Kennefick, M aurice-Teufel 44 Keres, Pau l - Ree 82 Khach ian , M e l i kset - Hebden 64 Khalifman , Alexander- Lobron 22, 46 Kharitonov, Andrei - M eijers 29 - Petrush i n 29 Kinderman n , Stefan - Dorfman 78 -Jenni 34 - Pi nter 55

M M acieja, Bartlomiej -Adams 73 , 76 M ai n ka, Romuald - Naid itsch 56 Malisauskas, Vidmantas - Donchenko 28 - Kostyra 47 M aljut i n , Evgen i - Korneev 27 Marciano, David - Hebden 67 Mari n , M i hai l - Al masi 44 - Rozental is 45 M arkovic, M i roslav - G l igoric 67 - Notki n 76 - Petronic 54 Martinovsky, Eugene- Brynell 67 M as, Hafizu l helm i - Ng uyen An h Dung 86 M atsu u ra, Everaldo-Vescovi 38 M ecki n g , Henrique- U nzicker 47 Meijers, Viesturs - H ector 47 - H edke 28 - l u ldachev 2 1 , 77 - Kharitonov 29 - Korneev 31

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-Olarasu 44 - Sol leveld 77 Meli khov, Evgeny - Brag i n 28 Mendoza, Rafae l - Dom i n g uez 37 M i khalevski, Alexander- Fressinet 86 M i khalevski , Victor- Bhat 56 - G reenfeld 62 - Zavgorod n iy 85 M i los, G i l berto - Vescovi (10), (27) , 36 ,M i l u , Romeo Sori n - Vajda 1 9 , 66 M i nckwitz, Johannes von - von Schmidt 7 M i ralles, G i l les - Santo- Roman 31 Mnatsakan ian, Eduard - N adanian 43 Mokry, Kare l - Wittmann 27 M u lyar, M ichael - Formanek 75

N Nadan ian, Ashot - M natsakan ian 43 Nagy, Erv i n - Adorjan 28 Naid itsch , Arkad ij - Acs 55 - l brag i mov 85 - Mai n ka 56 Nau m k i n , lgor - G lek 60 Nei, l ivo- Rausis 82 Neverov, Anatoly-Vil lard 29 Ng uyen Anh Dung - M as 86 N ielsen , Peter Heine- Kruppa 85 N i kolic, Predrag -Timman 83 N isi pean u , Livi u-Dieter - G risc h u k 45 - Ravi 60 - Sebag 1 5 - Sofronie (10) , (2 1 ) , 5 8 Notki n , M aksi m - M arkovic 76 N u n n , Joh n - Korchnoi 71 - Wahls 67 0

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R Radulski, J u l ian - Estrada N i eto 90 Rausis, lgors - Bacrot 77 - Fressinet 46 - Gyimesi 86 - Nei 82 - Pilgaard 60 - Ravi 60 Rav i , Thandalam Shanm ugam - N isipean u 60 - Rausis 60 Ree, Hans- Keres 82 Reinderman , Dim itri - Bel iavsky 46 - Godena 53 - O n isch u k 30 - Pi ket 24, (25) , 56 - Sokolov 47 -Winants 68

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Relange, Eloi - Geenen 53 - Rozental is 74 R i b l i , Zoltan -Zuidema 32 Rogers, l an - Slobodjan 33 Romanish i n , Oleg -Timman 51 Romero Hol mes, Alfonso - Korneev 30 - van der Sterren 1 7 , 30 - Zak 31 Rose l l i Mailhe, Bernardo- Zapata 77 Rowson, Jonathan - Gormally 37 Rozentalis, Eduardas - Bronstein 47 - G retarsson 1 8 , 37 - Hasanov 1 8 , 37 - Hebden 68 - Korzubov 30 - Liss 50 - M ari n 45 - On isch u k 37 - Pedzich 74 - Pri byl 46 - Psakh is 31 - Relange 74 - Sokolov 39 - Sosn icki 43 -Wed berg 1 9 , 64 - Wells 44 s

Sanden, Stefan - Brynell 84 Santo-Roman , M arc - M i ralles 31 Sarakauskas, Ged i m i nas - Schneider 84 Schal lopp, Em i l - Harmon ist 89 Sch m i d , M art i n - J e n n i 83 Schmidt, Eugen von - von M i nckwitz 7 Schneider, Dm itry - Sarakauskas 84 Schneider, Lars Ake - Brynell 66 - Pachman 91 - Svensson 76 Sebag , M arie - N isipeanu 1 5 Segovia, Javier- Eren burg 62 Shirov, Alexe i - Adams 33 - Kindermann 78 - Pi ket 45 - Short 52 Shomoev, Anton -Ali khanov 45 Short, N igel - S h i rov 52

- Ti m m an 61 , 84 S l iwa, Bogdan - Hort 79 Slobodjan, Roman - Oral 39 - Rogers 33 Smyslov, Vassily- Dvoretsky 92 - Geller 44 Socko , Bartosz - Krasen kow 54 Sofronie, l u l i an - N isipeanu (10) , (21 ) , 58 Sokolov, lvan - Rei nderman 47 - Rozentalis 39 - van der Weide 92 -Wiersm a 90 Solleveld , M aarten - Meijers 77 Sori n , Ariel - Prie 54 Sosnicki , M ichal - Rozental is 43 Spassky, Boris- Fischer 10, 42 - Hort 78 Speck, N ic k - Cam pos Moreno 50 Stefansson , Hannes- Fressinet (24) , 52 Sterren, Paul van der- Romero Hol mes 17 - Romero Hol mes 30 Svensson , Sven - Schneider 76 Szabo, Gergely - Ch robak 62

T Tai , M i khai l - Kasparov 42 Tarrasc h , Siegbert - Em . Lasker 17 Teschner, Rudolf- Baren d regt 75 Teufe l , J U rgen - Kennefick 44 Timman, J an -Adams 32 - Godena 60 - N i kolic 83 - On isch u k 59 - Pi ket 73 - Roman ishin 51 - Short 61 , 84 Tischbierek, Raj - Delchev 78 Tkachiev, Vladislav - G lek (10) , 71 - H racek 38

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Vajda, Albert - M i l u 1 9 , 66 Vajda, Levente - Fressinet 32 Varav i n , Viktor-Zavgorodniy 86 Vescovi , G i ovan n i - M atsu u ra 38 - M i los (10), (27) , 36 - O n isch u k 39 Vi l l ard , Patrick - Neverov 29 Vogt, Lothar-Adorjan 28 Volzhi n , Alexander- Galdunts 65 - l b rag imov 59 - Lu kacs 66 Vreugt, Dennis d e - Zhang Zhong 88 -Wiersma 87 Vysoc h i n , Spartak - Yemel i n 38

Winants, Luc - G lek 22, 78 - Reinderman 68 Wittman n , Walter- M o kry 27 Womacka, M ath ias - Golod (6) , 25, (25) , 26 - Kal l i o 47 x

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Zak, U riel - Romero Hol mes 31 Zapata, Alonso - Garcia 78 - Otero 77 - Rosel l i Mailhe 77 Zavgorodn iy, Sergiy- M i khalevski 85 - Varavin 86 Zhang Zhong - d e Vreugt 88 - Gang u ly 86 - l u ldachev 74 - Kakageldyev 90 - van der Wiel 39 Zuidema, Coenraad - Ri b l i 32

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5.5 B i b l i o g ra p hy Books Soltis, Andrew : Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, "Fischer's Weapon ", Chess Digest, Dal las 1 995 Fischer, Bobby: "My sixty memorable games ", Faber Editions, London 1 969 Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) Volume C, 4t h ed ition , Sahovski l nformator, Belgrade 2000

Periodic publ ications Chess Informant, Vols. 1 -87 [1 966-2004] , Sahovski l nformator, Belgrade New in Chess Yearbook, Vols. 1 984-2004, l nterchess Al kmaar Jaque Teoria , 38 (2003) - article by J u len Arizmendi on 5 . 'tlfd6 , Valencia . .

Databases Megabase 2003 , ChessBase G m b H , Hamburg 2002 Schach Plus, Vol . 1 9 99-2004 , Exzelsior Verlag G m b H Berl i n

Analysis engine Fritz 8, ChessBase G m b H Hamburg

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