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the sacrifice
sacrifice your way to success
Angus Dunnington
EVERYMAN CHESS
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CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
20
51
65
Rampant Knights
75
Bishops at Work
86
99
109
121
128
137
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I PREFACE I
There are numerous 'puzzle' books available that feature spectacular combinations
involving one sacrifice after another, the victim obligingly accepting an army of
pieces on the way to finding his king being caught in the heart of enemy territory.
These examples are indeed entertaining and can be quite instructive, but they also
take us a step further from an area of the game about which many players are already rather apprehensive - positional chess. In fact if weighing up the implications
of isolated or doubled pawns (or - even more complex - weak squares) can be intimidating, then the subject of the positional sacrifice might seem alien to some
players.
In order to maximise our chances it is important to study the positional aspects
of the game to such an extent that we are able to develop an internal alarm system
designed to alert us to weak squares, pawns and structures as soon as they are created. In this way we are open to (our own) sacrificial suggestions when the opportunity arises, material investment sometimes being the only way forward.
Many players are handicapped by a lack of confidence in their ability to accurately
assess the positional characteristics of a sacrificial variation, and/or (equally important) their ability to conduct such situations properly if and when they happen. The
result is, of course, coundess missed opportunities.
This book is aimed at helping those players who rarely contemplate a positional
sacrifice, with sixty examples providing a reasonably detailed, practical guide to the
pros and cons of investing material for positional gain.
Angus Dunnington,
Casdeford,
June 2002
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
on his opponent.
22 e5!!
Now 22 ... 4JxeS 23 4Je4 l::t8 24
4Jxd6 leaves White clearly better, e.g.
24 ... 4Jf7 25 4Jxc8 l::taxc8 26 l::td7 Consequently Black's next is forced.
22 ... dxe5 23lDe4
26 ... :e8?
A lesser evil is 26 ... b6 27 ':'d6 bxcS
(27 ....tb7 28 as) 28 bxcS, when Gelfand
evaluates the position after 28 ... 4J8
(28 ....tb7 29 as) 29 ':xc6 .tb7 30 l::td6
l::tc8 31 .tdS .txdS 32 ':'xdS as clearly
better for White.
27 :f1 ':'e7
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Ibragimov-Shchekachev
Russian Championship,
Moscow 1999
28 Itd2 b5
23 ... fxg4 24 f5
Introduction
13
Ehlvest-Markovic
Here the removal of Black's darksquared bishop coincides with the potentially damaging advance of pawns in
front of the king, with g6 and h6 in particular (and h5 in some cases) attracting
our attention.
15 g4!
1S ... .!iJc6
15 ... cxd5
Introduction
12 c5!
Always look for the most uncompromising continuation! This is particularly important when the opponent has
a specific, thematic plan in mind, for in
these circumstances only those moves
that seem positionally natural or forced
tend to be considered. Here, for example, d4-d5 is almost automatic, keeping
the centre closed for the knights as well
as shutting out the b7-bishop, but the
text is strong indeed.
12 ... dxc5
Our next example is a good illustration of why we should be alert to positional sacrifices during each stage of the
game, even if it seems that the opening
is yet to warm up.
Chatalbashev-Todorov
Introduction
Zalkind-Finkel
Israel 1998
21 ... 'iii>b8
31 ... h4!
33 ...i..h5!
opponent's circumstances.
37 ...'ii'h8! 38 J.f2 'ii'b81
Very nice. The targets on d4 and f4
afford Black the luxury of moving the
queen backwards and forwards, a strategy that also puts the onus on White to
make accurate decisions when defending.
39 i.g3?
Natural but practically losing. Imperative is the more awkward looking
39 <iitfg3, e.g. 39 ...'i'g8+ (39 ...'i'c7 40
iof3) 40 <iitfh2 'i'c8 41 iof3 ioxf3 42
'i'xf3 'i'c1 43 <iitfg3 <iitfg6 44 h5+, when
progress seems unlikely for both sides.
Now the queenside will be a problem
fo~White.
39 ... 'ii'c7 40 'ii'd2 i.b4
Introduction
The latest plan is ... i.e8 to trade bishops and create a deadly passed pawn
with ... b6-b5. Meanwhile White's bishop
is cornered by its opposite number.
19
CHAPTER ONE
20
Lippstadt 1999
11 lLlg5 .txc4?!
Marin-Shirov
16 l:lb2 ~c6
..txd6?!
17 l:ld2 ttJd6
18
1 e4 c5 2 lOf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4
lOxd4 lOf6 5 lOc3 a6 6 .i.e3 e6 7 f3
b5 8 'ii'd2 lObd7 9 0-0-0 .i.b7 10 g4
lOb6 11 'ii'f2 lOfd7 12 ~b 1 ':c8 13
.i.d3
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of the way in order to facilitate an invasion by the queen. The point is that,
apart from the fact that doubled isolated pawns are sitting ducks waiting to
be picked off, here Kasparov has removed them through deflection,
whether this be a recapture (on d3) or a
forced capture. Their weakness does
not have to be demonstrated by actually
'winning' them, rather exploiting their
powerlessness by forcing the issue. Less
clear is 22 ...lLIxc3+ 23 lLIxc3 'ifxc3 24
..tb2 'ifb4 2S g6, which even gives
Black an opportunity to lose the game
in the event of2S ... dxe4? 26 h6! ..teS 27
d4 etc. Instead Black should play
2S ... i:eS, when 26 d4 ..tf4 27 gxf7+
cJ;;xf7 28 'ifg4 ..th6 results in the usual
'unclear' Sicilian.
23 cxb4
White's position is quite loose after
23 c4 dxc4 24 h6 g6 25(txc4 lIc8.
23 ... :'c8 24 ~a1
Ftacnik gives 24 'iff1 dxe4 2S fxe4
'ifc2+ 26 cJ;;a1 ..teS+ 27 d4 ..txe4 28
..ta3..tdS.
24 ... dxe4 25 fxe4
Forced in view of 25 dxe4? ..teS+ 26
lLId4..txd4+ 27 ':xd4 'ifxel +.
25 ... .i.xe4!
14 c5!
The idea behind this thematic pawn
offer is to undermine Black's centre by
challenging the base of the mini d6-e5
pawn chain. White hopes to exploits the
absence of the dark-squared bishops as
well as Black's slightly tardy development.
14... dxc5
14... exd4 15 cxd6 dxc3 16 dxe7 cxd2
17 exfS'ii' + cJ;xfS is slightly better for
Black, if anyone, but 15 ttlxd4 15 ... dxc5
16 ttlxc6 followed by e4-e5 is promising
for White.
15 dxe5 'ii'xe5 16 f4 'ii'h5 17 e5
After only a few moves Black's central presence has all but disappeared
whereas White suddenly has. a powerful,
mobile kingside majority led by the
strong e-pawn. Meanwhile Black's
queenside majority enjoys no such activity, and if the undefended c-pawn
falls he will no longer have a pawn to
show for his troubles.
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17 ... b4
After 17 ...ttld5 18 g4 White defends
the h3-pawn out of the firing line before taking on d5, while 17 ...ttl6d7 18
iLxc6 levels the 'points' score but otherwise gives White the advantage.
18 tDa4
18 exf6 bxc3 19 ttlxc3 iLxh3 20 fxg7
is unclear and unnecessary. The text
focuses on Black's sorry queenside
structure.
18 ... tDd5 19 94
19 ttlxc5 iLxh3 20 ttld4 l:tac8.
19 .. .'ii'h4 20 tDxc5
14 ... .:ae8
The spoiler
Sarajevo 1999
In the diagram position White is in
danger of being left with a sorry looking
queenside pawn complex after a pawn
trade on d4 or es. With this is in mind
Black improved his position.
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Black's protected passed pawn is irrelevant here. What matters is the e6pawn and the general vulnerability of
the light squares created by the removal
of the bishop.
18 ...ltJb7 19 f4
After embarrassing the b 7-knight
White rules out ...tLle5. Black's best now
is 19 ...c.t>h8, when 20 e5 d5 21 .tg4 sees
White ready to start his pawn collection.
17 d6 + <iti>hB 1B g4! 1
Yevseev-Kokarev
Moscow 1999
22.th3
Kasparov-M .Gurevich
,
Black parts with the second bishop
on his own terms.
20 cxd4lOe4 21 lOxd5 'iidS 22lOe3
'iifS 23 'ii'h5
23 ...:ad8!
18 ....tfS
19 ttJxds "d6 20 ttJd4 lIae8 is sufficiently active for Black, while 20 ttJxf6+
"xf6 does not look like a good idea for
White as the front f-pawn can always be
White would be looking for when embarking on this route. Black's bishops
have disappeared, leaving White's survivor with the run of the light squares,
White has an enormous knight where
Black's pawn once stood, his queen
could not be more aggressively posted
and even the rook is well placed on the
f-flle. Whether this furnishes White anything real is another question, but not
one that Gurevich would like to ask!
24 ttJxf5 ttJd6 25 ttJe3!?
25 tiJxd6 :xd6 might help Black
since White has little influence on the
dark squares.
25 ...'ii'xd4 26 :d1 'ii'g7
Again there is a more adventurous
possibility in 26 ... 'ifxb2!? but Black is
more interested in safety.
27 :d5 WhS
3S ... :xf2?
:8
Armenian Championship,
Yerevan 1999
1 e4 lLlf6 2 e5 lLld5 3 d4 d6 4 c4
lLlb6 ,5 exd6 exd6 6 lLlc3 lLlc6 7
d5!? lLle5 8 f4lLled7 9 'ii'd4!?
Black has obvious structural compensation for the pawn as well as a lead in
development, factors which combine to
maintain the balance. Now 16 liJf3
liJd3 + 17 i.xd3 i.xd3 18 c5 dxc5?! 19
liJe5 i.a6 20 0-0-0 liJxd5?! 21 ':he1 is a
touch better for White, but 18 ...liJxd5
19 cxd6 cxd6 20 <itf2 <itd7 21 ':he 1
':he8 is level.
Instead White sticks with his plan.
16 0-0-0 lDd3 + 17 i.xd3 i.xd3 18
c5!
8 ... cxb4?1
e5.
Instead 8... e4 makes sense;e.g. 9 liJe1
i.e6 10 l:tb1 cxb4 11 liJxe4 i.xc4 12
axb4 d5 13 liJc3 a6 14 i.b2 d4 15 liJe4
0-0 16 d3 i.d5 17 liJf3 'fib6 18 i.a3
:fd8 19 'fid2 liJf5 with chances for
both sides in Podzielny-De Firmian,
Essen 1999. 9 liJe1 f5 is rather loose
and worked out well for White in Surajev-Mijailovic, Belgrade 1991, where 10
i.b2 i.e6 11 d3 exd3 12 liJxd3! i.xc4
13 bxc5 0-0 14 liJa4 i.f7 15 i.xg7
r:J;;xg7 16 liJf4 d5 17 l:tb 1 left Black busy
defending weak pawns and squares.
9 axb4 lLlxb4 10 .i.a3
Ribli believes that Black should refuse the sacrifice, but not with 8... i.e6?,
when 9 liJg5! i.xc4 10 d3 (D) has been
seen in a couple of Ftacnik games.
13 ... ~f5
Black needs to introduce his forces
into the game and this does so while
challenging the powerful knight. Otherwise Black can address the pin immediately with 13 ....i.d7, when 14 dxeS
dxe5 (14...lbxe5 15 'ilb3 fails to alleviate the pressure) 15 .i.xfB c.txfB 16
:tfdl introduces a new pin.
13 d4
1783
17 ... 'iff6
17 ...~c7 18 ~xd6+ .txd6 19 .txd6
~xd4 20 'ilb4 is very good for White.
18 f3
White has a practically decisive lead
and therefore keeps matters simple,
although 18 .txe4!? fxe4 19 ~xe4
seems strong.
18 ... exf3 19 ~xf3 ~e7
20 ~d51
After all this effort Black cannot be
allowed to casde, although White will
make an exception for 20 ... 0-0-0 in view
of 21 .txc6 .txc6 22 ~xa7+ and 23
~xc6 etc.
20 ... g51
Tbis must have come as an unpleasant surprise to Black, who was no doubt
waiting to shake hands after 22 cxd4
l:te6 23 'ifb3 l:tb6 etc.
22 ...ltJxh3 + 23 ~f1
Both minor pieces reside on the kingside but bishop can enjoy a change of
scene in one move.
Black has won his pawn, as per plan,
but his structural weakness remains on
d5 (at least until White decides to capture it!). Moreover the inevitable exchange of queens will accentuate
White's advantage in the resulting ending thanks to his long-range bishop (the
knight would work better with a queen
than without).
26 ... h6 27 ':d2
23 ... ltJf4
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his dull fate and automatically recaptured on d4 with his c-pawn). Not surprisingly White soon picked up the bSpawn and, eventually, the full point.
We have seen instances where a serious disadvantage can be direcdy attributed to the presence of doubled pawns.
However, such a weakness can be
equally significant even if located away
from the 'action' area.
Rowson-Turner
24 ll'lxe5 fxe5
24....ltxe5? 25 f4.
25"g5
Already the h5-pawn is a problem,
e.g. 25 ...g6 26 f4 e4 27 'ifh6 or 26 ...lId8
27 .ltxe5 lId2+ 28 <ittg1 .ltxe5 29 fxe5
etc.
25 .....h6 26 "xh6 gxh6
38 ... 'itf7
Not 38....ltd6 39 f4 <ittf5 40 <itto
exf4?? 41 g4+.
39 'ifi>e3 :e8 40 'itf2 :e6 41 :e 1
'itg6 42 'ifi>e3 'ifi>f5 43 g4 + 'ifi>g6
43 ...<ittg5 44 lIh1!? lIf6 45 .ltd2 <itth4
46 .ltel + <ittg5 47 :g1 hxg4 48 hxg4 h5
49 lIh1 lIh6 (49 ... hxg4 50 .lth4+) 50
<itte4 is exacdy what White is looking
for.
44 'iti>e4 :f6 45 .id2 :d6 46 .ie3
l:r.d7 47 :e21
Introducing the option of contesting
the d-ftle.
47 ...:e7
47 ...1If7 48 lId2!? h4 49 .ltf2 <ittg5 50
.lte3+ <ittg6 51 lId1 lIe7 52.ltc1 1If7 53
':d3 lIe7 54 .ltb2 <ittg5 55 <itte3 and now
55 ... h5?! 56 <itte4 hxg4 57 fxg4 1If7 58
.ltc1 + <ittg6 59 110 appears to be close
to winning for White, but 55 ... <ittg6 56
lId1 <ittg5 57 .ltc3 <ittg6 58 lIel lId7 59
<itte4 lIe7 60 <ittd3 1If7 61 lIe3 lIf4 62
<itte2 <ittf6 63 .ltel <ittg5 64 lIc3 1If7 65
.ltd2+ <ittg6 66 lIe3 lIf4 67 .ltc3 <ittf6 68
lId3 <itte6 69 .lte1 b5!? leads to an un-
Triplets
The next three examples feature instances in which the fate of doubled
pawns is exacerbated by the arrival of a
fellow foot-soldier on the same file!
Chernyshov-Ovetchkin
Russian Tean Championship,
Smolensk 2000
A rather cheeky advance since it neglects the e4-square and invites Black to
clamp down with 7... f5. In fact this
leads to a tenable position for Black, as
does the preliminary trade on d3. Instead Black sought to punish his opponent's latest by seeking to undermine
White's influence on the dark squares
now that the committal 2-f4 has also
neglected the e3-pawn.
7 ... c5?!
Failing to spot White's response suggests that Black was in too positive a
mood here, the one distinction about
the text being that it is a theoretical
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novelty.
8 f5!
Rather than White being guilty of seriously weakening his dark squares,
Black's neglection of his light squares is
the real crime.
8 ... exf5
10 ... 'iWd7
White is happy to accept doubled epawns here because this will then open
the d-file and allow him to pin the
knight, in turn exerting pressure on the
e5-pawn.
18 ... ~xe4
And Black is happy to oblige ...
19 dxe4 ~f6 20 l:tad1
Forcing the win of a pawn.
45
Having given Black targets on the efue White now presents his opponent
with something to aim at on the d-ftle.
Better is 34 e4 with a draw the probable
result. Now the passed pawn is in danger of meeting the same fate as the e5pawn.
46
34 .. .~d8 35 h3 'ii'e6 36 e4
h5 44 'ii'f3
44 gxh5?? 'iVxh5+.
44 ... hxg4 45 hxg4
39 ... b5!
39 ...<l;;d7?! 40 'iVxa6 gives White unnecessary counterplay.
40~e3
40 .tc5 <l;;d7.
40 ... 'ii'f6 +!
Ruling out the annoying 'iVd4 before
slotting the king in front of the pawn.
41 'it;>e2 ~d7 42 i..d4 'ii'g6! 43 ~e5
31 tbg4 ~c7
Shirov-Short
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CHAPTER TWO
lookout for the more obvious destructive or short-term sacrifice, so this positionally oriented investment often
comes as a surprise, the implications of
which might still remain unclear until it
is too late.
Bagirov-Temirbaev
fence of the e4-pawn, looks a bit exposed. The dS-pawn also attracts our
attention, being protected only by the
queen. With these factors in mind, and
with his forces well posted, Black now
changed the pace of the game to his
advantage with a positional sacrifice
aimed at taking over the light squares.
22 .. lDd3!
Interference. Already White's lines of
communication with both c4 and dS
have been cut. Of course the knight
cannot be allowed to stay on d3, so
White must part with his bishop.
23 .ixd3 exd3 24 b3 fxg4
Increasing the range of his lightsquared bishop before executing the key
part of the plan.
25 hxg4 l:txc4!? 26 bxc4.xc4
lections of squares.
27 l:td2 lDf6!?
27 .....e4+ is also possible, meeting
with .....xa4. As long as Black now
undertakes aggressive action on the
light squares he will cause considerable
damage. This would not be the case
were Black to trade on bS - the whole
point of the play since we joined the
game has been to over-run White on
the light squares.
28lDxd6?
A mistake in an anyway hopeless position which, as far as White is concerned, has fallen apart. After, for example, 28 l:txd3 "e4+ 29 ~g1 Black
crowns his strategy with either
29 ...ltlxg4 30 ~b6 (30.ltc1 "xh1+ 31
~xh1 ltlf2+) 30...:xf4 or 29 ...~xg4 30
"d2"g6 etc.
After 28 ....xd5 + 29 ~g1 .xd6
30 l:txd3 .e6 31 g5 hxg5 32 fxg5
lDg4 33 l:th3 lDe5 White soon threw
in the towel.
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Movsesian-Dizdar
FIDE World Championship 1999
and ...It'lh4, the latter seeking to undermine White's support of the backward
d4-pawn which can be a problem for
White in some variations. Instead Black
opted for a more provocative continuation.
17 .. J:tc4 18 'ii'd 1 :b4
Part of the plan, but the rook seems
to be heading for trouble in enemy territory.
19 .id2
Exploiting the fact that 19 ...:txb2 20
.tc3 traps the rook, 20 ...:txe2 21 'iixe2
.txa4 22 l:txa4 'iib3 23 l:a2 'iixc3 24
'iib2!? seeing White win one of the
pawns back after 24...'iixb2 25 :txb2 b5
26 :tal or 24...'iic8 25 :tel! 'iid7 26
l:tb1.
19 ...lLlxd4!
The point. Black will part with the
exchange but this version pockets the
far more important d4-pawn and, significandy, trades the rook for the darksquared bishop, a consideration which
assures Black full positional compensation for the modest material investment.
20 .ixb4 lLlxf3 +
20 ... lt'lxe2+ 21 'iixe2 'iixb4 is another possibility, but Black is concentrating his efforts on operating on the
Grischuk-Markowski
1S ... c4
Giving the rook some breathing
space along the. rank. Let us see what
might happen if Black captures on d5
immediately. .15 ... ttJbxd5 16 ttJg5 l:r.e5
leads to a comfortable a.dvantage to
White after either 17 .1e4 ttJf6 18
.1xb 7 ':'xe 1+ 19 'it'xe 1 .:tb8 20 ttJe6
ttJxe6 21 'it'xe6+ ~h8 22 .1f3 or 17
':'xe5 dxe5 (17 ....1xe5 18 .1c4 is a simple illustration of what can befall Black)
18.1c4
:f8
55
pill.
18lDg5
Adams-Comp Fritz 6
Frankfurt-West Masters (rapid) 1999
22 ... i.xe6
22 ... a6 23 1:.xe5! axb5 (23 ... dxe5 24
l:.d1) 24 i.xd7+ l:.xd7 25 l:.e8+ l:.d826
':xd8+ 'itxd8 27 1:.e1 i.e 7 28 l:.xe 7
'ifc8 29l1xb7 l:.e8 30 'itf1!
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Ubeda 2000
quainted. Such is the case in this example, where White tempts his lower rated
opponent into capturing a pawn on
which he has been focusing for some
time. With the d4-pawn the subject of
considerable over-protection White
elected to give it away...
20 lDe31?
A nice move from which White has a
good chance of getting what he wants.
The threat is a further advance to g4,
from where Black's 'good' bishop
comes under fire as well as his vulnerable eS-square. Should Black now trade
knights White recaptures with the
queen, keeping open (at the cost of
leaving the d4-pawn isolated) both the
e-file, to monitor both the backward e6pawn and the weakness direcdy in front
of it, and the c1-h6 diagonal, upon
which stands the h6-pawn that currendy
enjoys the protection of Black's knight.
Since allowing ttJg4 is not really a plausible option (... h6-hS covers g4 while
surrendering the potentially important
gS-square) and ... ttJxe3 might leave
Black a little exposed, he chooses to
accept the offer.
20 ...lDfxd4 21 lDxd4
21 ...i.xd4
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RedbuslCnockout2000
24 'iWd31 ~f7
27 'iWf6
17 lI1xc6!
When we joined the game Black's excellent bishop was posted on dS. Now
he is about to lose thanks to his chronic
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CHAPTER THREE
Pelletier-Balcerak
22 ...:g61
22 ...i.c8 23 i.xe5 is awful for Black,
while Pelletier gives 22...~c8 23 ~xd6
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23 llJxe5 1-0
13 e4!?
13 ... b4 14 exd5
Akopian-Bareev
This
IS
. Another KID, but this time the situation is less complex. Nevertheless White
saw that a piece sacrifice could open the
floodgates.
16 llJd5!! cxd5
Black must accept the Trojan horse
sooner or later, e.g. 16 .. :ii'd7 17 .ic4
cxd5 18 exd5 .ig4 19 c6, when the
pawns roll on in rugby scrum fashion,
the menacing bishops tucked in behind.
17 exd5 .i.f5
Or 17 ....ig4 18 h3 .ix3 19 i.x3
followed by the advance of the centre
pawns.
1S .i.c4! .i.g4
18 .. /iJd7 19 d6.
19 h3 .i.xf3 20 'ifxf3
24 f4?1
J. Polgar-Baerot
Bastia (rapid) 1999
19 ...llJexd5!?
While this sacrifice might not be
fool-proof it is, nonetheless, interesting
to see how Black's centre pawns are
subsequendy treated.
20 exd5 llJxd5 21 i.e4 15 22
i.xd5 + i.xd5 23 'ii'd3 i.e6 24 llJg5
24 'i'e3 bxc4 25 'i'xb6 gives White a
clear lead according to Wedberg, who
might have a point. Black's problem is a
lack of control of the dark squares,
which severely diminishes the potential
of the pawn mass in terms of marching
up the board to stearn-roller White.
Having said that, a continuation such as
25 ... c3 26 lLlb3 :'c6 27 'i'e3 .ixb3 28
axb3 'i'b7 still needs White to demonstrate an advantage.
24 ... bxe4 25 'ii'h3?
Wedberg proposes 25 'i'a3.
25 ...'ii'e7 26 llJxe6 'ii'xe6 27 'ii'e3 b5
Securing the c-pawn before preparing
for - ideally - the push of the d-pawn.
However, in these situations it often
helps the player with the pawns to have
a minor piece for extra assistance, while
another piece for White would at least
be a potential target.
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2814
Now the pressure on e5 forces Black
to relinquish control of the d4-square,
which happens to be immediately accessible .. .
28 ... e4 29 llJ13 'ii'17 30 llJd4 d5 31
%led 1 %le8 32 <Ji>12 'ii'g7
White has erected an effective blockade but the question is whether she has
anything else to do. Not surprisingly she
decides to give a kingside offensive a
try.
33 h4 ':ee7 34 ':e3 ':d7 35 h5?!
'ii'h6!
Black is ready.
36 llJe2 'ii'xh5 37 'ii'16 'ii'h6 38 'ii'e6
%led8 39 'ii'e6 +
Grabbing the a6-pawn invites Black to
transform his pawns with ... d5-d4 etc.
39 .. .'ith8 40 %lh3 'ii'g7 41 llJd4 %ld6
42 'ii'e5 'ii'xe5 43 1xe5 %lb6
Now Black's sheer weight in numbers is the significant factor, although
the game soon saw a further interesting
and instructive development.
44 <Ji>e3 'it>g7 45 llJe2 %le6! 46 llJd4
%lxe5 47 llJe6 d4 +
An unusual position. Black allows his
rooks to be forked and even offers the
d-pawn!
50 ... d3!
Three connected passed pawns bring
home the bacon.
51 ':xa6 c3 52 :c6 CI2
48~f4
48 tt)xd4 l:ed5 49 g3 l:8d7!, followed by .. .'it'f6-e5, is very uncomfortable for White, or 48 l:xd4 l:xd4 49
~xd4 l1e6 50 <it'd5 (50 tt)e5 l:d6+ 51
~c5 l1d2; 50 tt)b8? l:b6 51 tt)d7
Itd6+) 50... ~f6 51 l:xh7 (51 tt)d4
l1e5+ 52 ~d6 e3 53 tt)e2 h5 and the
pawns keep coming) 51...e3 52 l1h1 c3
53 tt)d411e5+! 54 ~d6 l:e8 55 tt)c2 f4
etc. The knight is no match for the
pawns in this ending.
48 .. Jled5 49liJxd8 :xd8
I doubt Bacrot expected to reach
such a position when he originally removed White's centre pawns.
50 :a3
5011dh1 h5.
. What a pawn chain! White has no answer to the relentless advance of this
armada.
53 :c7 + 'it.'f6 54 :c6 + ~7 55
:c7 + ~f6 56 ':c6 + ~f7 57 :c7 +
'it.'e6 58 :h1 d2 59 :xc2 d1. 60
:xd 1 :xd 1 61 ':c6 + and Black went
on to win the ending.
Finally, here is a remarkable game in
which White's obsession with pawns
sees him gradually build up quite a collection, Black's share of territory being
constantly undermined.
V.Mikhalevski-Rabinovich
Lost Boys Open 1999
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 liJf3 e6 4 g3
dxc4 5 ~g2 b5 6 0-0 lbd7 7 a4
~b7 8 lbc3 a6 9 lbe5 llJe7 10
liJxf7!!
A new move at the time. Black's
queenside play has left his kingside susceptible to an attack, although White's
strategy is nevertheless of a more global
character.
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the
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White
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12...lDds? 13
great for
lD~7 14lDxe6 etc.
~h3!, e.g. 13 ...
3 xb5 1
1 Not
8
13'
13 ... i..c8?
~h3? ~c8.
'iii f7 11 lLle4
10Eyeing
... x up bo th d6 and gs.
11...'iiig8
.
fail to deny White a
The alternattves
lDf5 12lDgs+
11... 14 'iii'g4) 14
pleasant game. After
3 lDd6
'1ft 7 13 e4 h6 (1 "'lDf6 16 l:te 1 Black
ex~ hxg5
15 i.xg5+ hile
d
~h3
11...1ilg6 12
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is un
also targets the e6lD
5+ er
'1fte7 13
. 11 ..,d
.. 12 lDgs+
... B
r,.. sl;l
Wonh a try 1S 13 'ltJc7 14 'i'hs e
pawn.
g
lDc7.
12 ltJg5!
~~--~
14 ~h3! - the
13 axbs? loses to
bs for now
... White's capture on ,
~c8.
oint of
.
after ...
pthe
wok . is best
hangmg
when 14 i.h3 i.cB
13 'ili'b6!? IS
...
616 'b xa 61'S unclear.
15 l:txa6! :'xa
: 41
b 6:87 15 8.
14 xc
. k up the third pawn
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Preparing to p1C.
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active pieces.
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lLlf6
12...
12...
lDfs? 13 e4 followed by
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~h3 is
15 ... h6 16lLlh3 g5
plete control.
23 ... i.xc3
21 'iWb3!
24 ...:hg7
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CHAPTER FOUR
Rampant Knights
Boleslavsky-Lisitsin
16liJc4
Closing the c-file and no doubt planning to transfer the knight to e3, from
where the inviting dS-square will be ripe
for the taking. However, Black has positional ambitions of his own.
16 ... .txc4!? 17 .txc4liJb6 18 .tf1
White retreats, relying on a pin on the
e1-aS diagonal to address the threat of
... l:hc3. Clearly White has not given up
on the idea of occupying the dS-square,
a quest which would come to an end in
the event of 18 tLJdS tLJfxdS 19 i..xdS
tLJxdS 20 exdS, which not only takes
away dS but also hands Black a useful
kingside pawn majority.
18 ...:xc3!?
Calling White's bluff and, no doubt,
part of Black's original plan in bringing
the queen to as.
19 'iWd2
The point of White's play is that
dropping the rook back to cS walks into
b3-b4.
19 ...:fc8 20 :e3
20 ...liJxe4!?
Rampant Knights
ne1
38 d5!
An excellent practical chance, designed to open up Black's king cover a
litde while simultaneously denying
Black's queen unlimited access to the
a2-g8 diagonal. There is also the matter
of the d4-square, from where the knight
will monitor c6, e6 and the f5-pawn.
38 ... 'ii'g8?
Black should accept his lot immediately. A possible continuation is
38... cxd5 39 4Jd4 l:tg8 40 'ifd6+ ~a8
41 4Je6, with a couple of alternatives
for Black. After 41...:'c8 42 :'el :'xel +
43 ~xel we reach the following position:
Kempinski-Pinter
European Team Championship,
Battimi 1999
48 ... d4
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Rampant Knights
Daugavpils 1978
20 ...1t1g7
Sargissian-Asrian
Armenian Championship,
Yerevan 1999
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21.th3
Clearly directed against the coming
knight. Of course White need not hurry
in removing the b4-pawn, although 21
l':xb4liJf5 22 l':e1 gives White an edge.
21 ...:b8 22 ltlf3 'fIc7 23 :fa1 ltlf5
24 fld2 :b7 25 .i.xf5
Part of White's overall strategy, although one can't help thinking that,
despite the mass of pawns across the
board affording more scope to the
knights, White could well miss this
bishop.
25 ... exf5 26 :Xb4 :xb4 27 flxb4
:b8 28 flc3 fib 7 29 :a3 ltlf8
Rampant Knights
37 'ii'f2
After 37 ~g2 Black was planning
41 ...'ii'c8!
More accurate than 41...l:1h2+ 42
~xf3 :'xe2 43 ~xe2.
42'ii'xf3
White is ftnally forced to get rid of
the knight.
42 ....::r.xf3 43 'iPxf3 'ii'h3 + 44 'iii'e2
'ii'h2 + 45 'iPe3 'ii'g3 + 46 'iPe2 'ii'xf4
47 b5!? cxb5 48 .::r.xb5 g5 49 c6
Initiating a promotion race that
caused Black sufftcient inconvenience.
The game ended:
49 ... g4 50 c7 'ii'f3 + 51 'iPd2 g3 52
'iii'c2! 'ii'g4
52 ...g2 might be better, but
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~c3 %-%
Khachian-Lputian
Armenian Championship,
Yerevan 1999
22 l:td5!?
Rampant Knights
29 f6?
What would Black give for a darksquared bishop?! He does have all of his
'outfield' pieces ready for action on the
queenside but the dark squares in front
of his king are terribly weak. Of course
White would like to deliver mate by
lining up his queen and bishop on the
a1-h8 diagonal, but it is not clear how
such a situation could be engineered.
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21 ...lLld7
With the dark-squared weaknesses in
front of his king now even worse Black
seeks to take White~s bishop out of the
equation. 21...lbc4 22 lbf4 b6 23 .it.xc6
'ifxc6 24 .it.d4 is an illustration of what
Black is worried about.
22lLlf4!
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Rampant Knights
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CHAPTER FIVE
Bishops at Work
Vaisser-Dvoretsky
Kiev 1970
In the diagram position Black has
parted with his dark-squared bishop and
White's queen is already potentially well
placed on the a1-h8 diagonal. However,
there is currendy th~ matter of the dSpawn, which is under threat. Protecting
the pawn costs what might be an im.:
portant tempo, while trading on e6
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Bishops at Work
Bishops at Work
Simultaneously
denying
White's
bishop the desired freedom while providing the d6-bishop with possible inroads into White's half of the board.
23 fxe4 f4!
21 d61 .i.xd6 22 g4
24 e5!
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Understanding-the Sacrifice
Tregubov-Aseev
Russian Championship 2000
1 d4 ~f6 2 c4 e6 3 ~f3 b6 4 g3
i..a6 5 ~bd2 c5 6 i..g2 ~c6 7 ~e5
Continuing the discussion (with himself), Gershon also likes Black's sacrifice.
8 e3
Bishops at Work
light squares.
S ...lDf5 9 "a4!?
Gaining an important tempo and improving on 9 i.xa8 'ili'xa8 10 0-0 i.d6
11 lLle3 h5 (again 11...'ilc6!?, followed
by dropping the bishop back to b7,
looks sensible) 12 %lel lLle4 13 lLlxe4
'ili'xe4 14 lLld2 'ili'c6 15 b3 h4 16 'iIi'3
hxg3 17 hxg3 i.b7 18 'ili'xc6 .txc6 19
e4lLld4, which favoured Black in Hertneck-Dautov, Bad Wiessee 1997. With
pretty ineffectual rooks White offered
to return the exchange with 20 i.b2,
but after 20 ...lLlc2 21 i.xg7 :h7 22 i.f6
%lh6 23 .tg7 %lh7 24 i.f6 lLlxa1! 25
.txa1 f5 the problems on the light
squares continued.
9 .....cS 10 .i.xaS "xaS 11 :g1
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Bishops at Work
24 ...i.e5!
The most secure square available to
the bishop is also the best, and acceptance of the offer by White will leave
the bishop unopposed. After 25 i.xfS
':'xfS 26 "iWh6 f6 27 ':'h3 "iWg7 Black's
offer to trade queens was fully justified.
White's hopes of an attack have disappeared with the defence of h 7, and
there is nothing left to target in Black's
camp, the knight being almost as impressive as the all-seeing bishop on eS.
As is often the case we should concentrate on the influence of Black's bishop
on both sides of the board rather than
the exchange sacrifice required to elevate its status.
The game continued
2S "iWxg7 + ~xg7 29 ~g2 ':'eS 30
':'b1 ':'e7 31 ':'e3 ltJd7 32 i.d3 ~S
33 ':'h3 ltJe5 34 i.e2 ~g7 35 ':'e3
ltJd7 36 i.d3 ltJe5 ~ - ~
White's rooks can do nothing and
Black's bishop is a match for anything.
Notice how White's bishop, which
looked so menacing when we joined the
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Yet another example of the opponent's key plan pointing us in the right
direction in the quest to fInd one of our
own. By focusing on the eS-square
White sets in motion the fIrst of a brilliant series of positional sacrifIces de.signed to transform the bishop from
awkward bystander to game-winner.
Now 1...fxeS 2 f6! 'i'xf6 3 'i'xg4+ <i;f7
4 i.e4 will indeed leave White with an
extra pawn and - this time - the
stronger minor piece. This led Black to
recapture with the other pawn.
1 ... dxe5 2 d6!
Zurich 1934
A cursory glance at the diagram position suggests that Black is doing fIne
despite the defIcit of a pawn, thanks to
the closed nature cf the position and
the number of White's pawns that are
ostensibly fixed on the same colour
squares as the bishop. Meanwhile the
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diagonal.
20 ...1:.f5 21 0-0-0
21 ...'ii'e7
Bishops at Work
Bundesliga 1999
Of course the potential use of the d5square alone is enough to suggest the
surrender of the d5-pawn. However,
White has seen deeper into the positional aspects of the situation, so much
so that his chosen theme for the day
continues until Black's resignation ...
30 ... ttJg7 31 l:td1 ttJxe6
Now 32 'iWxd6 ttJd4 gives Black a
level game ( 33 'iWxe5?? ttJf3+ ), but
trading off into an ending was never
White's intention.
32 "a2!
The point. For the moment White
exploits the fact that the d5-square is
free by exerting pressure on the hitherto
closed diagonal rather than automatically putting a knight there.
32 .....e7
Again it is clear that considerable
thought has gone into White's initial
sacrifice. This clever move would also
have been the reply even if Black had
36 ... ..ti>g6
After 36 ... lLlg7 37 'ii'c4! the queen returns to the a2-g8 diagonal with tempo
on the way to b5 or h4. Finally 36 ... e4
37 'ii'c3 invites White to use a third
diagonal!
37 g4!? lDg7
37 ... e4 38 'ii'e2.
38 gxf5 + lDxf5
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CHAPTER SIX
Motylev-Brodsky
Chigorin Memorial 1999
As is often the case a lead in development affords White the possibility of
a positional sacrifice, in this case with
the action concentrated heavily on the
dark squares.
9 e5!?
Taking aim at the d6-square regardless of whether Black accepts the offer.
9 ... 'iixe5
After 9... d6 10 lLle4 dxeS White has
11 lLlxe6 i.xe6 12 i.xcs and 11 lLlbS
axbS 12 i.xcs, stealing the dark squares
- d6 in particular - in both cases. However, Black might consider ignoring the
e-pawn altogether in favour of an immediate queenside fmachetto.
10 lDf3 'iid6
10 .. :ii'c7 11 i.xcs "xcS transposes.
11 ~xc5 'iixc5 12 lDe4 'fIc7 13
lDd6+ ~f8
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12 e5!?
With the previous game fresh in our
minds this pawn offer - a new move is easy to appreciate. Thanks to the already advanced c4-pawn the prospect
of clamping down on the vulnerable
spots b6 and d6 is a genuine concern
for Black. For example should Black
now play 12... tDxe5, then 13 .i.f4 0-0 14
'ii'e2 f6 15 c5 is awkward for Black.
to b6 and d6.
25 b4!? h3 26 83
Bundesliga 2000
Black's efforts to distract his opponent from the d6-square have led to his
king being under pressure. Black can
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17 l:.fd1
Wells suggests 17 :'fe1!?, while
Rogozenko prefers to over-protect his
key player on d6.
17 ... .i.d7!?
A sensible pra"'ctical decision made
possible by Black's material lead. Rather
than give White the time to continue to
turn the screw Black intends to return
the pawns and activate his forces on the
kingside.
18 .i.xb7 l:.ab8 19 "xa7 e5
However, with all the action essentially taking place on just one flank,
Black was able to hold, the game ending
as follows: 24 l:.b1 .i.e6 25 "e7 (25
'i'xb8 'i'xdl + 26 l:.xdl l:.xb8)
25 ...'iii>g7 26 .i.c6 "e2 27 d7 e41 28
"d6 Y.z. Y.z
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sacrifice (as opposed to one of the allor-nothing variety) has the advantage of
inflicting upon the opponent what is
usually structural damage and, for this
reason, we should be more willing to
play in this fashion.
Leko-Topalov
28 i.a6
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I CHAPTER SEVE/{ I
The Exchange Sacrifice
What should first attract our attention when looking at the diagram position is White's all-seeing bishop on eS
(compare it with its fellow minor
pieces). Black could consider trading
dark-squared bishops, but his own also
has the potential to make a useful contribution thanks to his queenside pawns,
which monitor three squares in White's
camp, namely b2, c3 and d4. Moreover,
in an ideal world the bishop would support the advance of the a3-pawn, which
can be released by challenging the
blockader with .... b4-b3. Taking these
factors into account, and measuring the
extent to which White's influence on
the dark squares is reduced on the removal of the key player- on eS, it is not
unusual to come to the same conclusion
as Istratescu.
27 .. Jbe5! 28 Uxe5 llJd7
Unleashing the hitherto dormant but
now dominant bishop, which has a
choice of three outposts in White's
camp.
29:e4
.
Better than 29 lte2 ttJb6 30 :e4 i.d4
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Marin-Gdanski
Krynica Zonal 1998
23 'ifd2
25 ... f3!1
Carrying on regardless in view of the
more pressing matter of the bishop's
new role on eS.
26 .ixf3+ lllg7!
Opening the f-ftle.
27 :g3 :xf3 28llle7 + 'i'xe7
2B ...'ifi>hB? 29 lbxcB ~xg3 30 fxg3
nets a safe pawn for White because
30... l:hg3? walks into 31 "'2!, hitting
the rook and threatening mate on fB.
29 :xf3 b6! 30 :e1 .i.b7 31 :e4
38 ...i.c3
~h2liJf3+.
39 'ii'g3 ltJc2 40 ~h2 ltJd4?!
tiJd6 exploits
Sorin-Campora
.fl
Ftacnik-Rozentalis
Bundesliga 1999
During the last few moves White has
been stepping up the pace on the kingside, where Black's knights look rather
ill at ease. However, after Black's next
'spoiling' move the advance of White's
pawns holds considerably less venom.
28 .. Jld4!1
Whether this sacrifice is accepted or
not takes nothing away from the effectiveness of this excellent counterattacking response.
29 i.xd4
White should avoid 29 hS ii.xf3 30
l::txf3 lbxeS 31 l1e3 lbgS!? 32 ii.xd4
':xd4
Portisch-Chiburdanidze
Cancan Veterans-Women 1998
29 ... d4!?
37 ~c3
37 litc4 ttJd4.
37 ...1:.e3
37 ... ttJxf4 is also decisive, but Black's
rook is on a mission, remember.
38 ~f2 1:.xf3 + !
Black has been more than happy to
part with the exchange since we joined
the game, so now - after so much progress - the useful defender is finally
eliminated.
39 ~xf3 '{id5 + 40 ~g3 lDxf4
Chipping away at what is left of the
king's protection.
411:.g1
41 <itlxf4 leads to forced mate after
41.....e4+ 42 ~g3 i.h4+ etc.
41 '" ~f7! 42 1:.ce 1 :g8 + 43 ~xf4
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I CHAPTER EIGHT
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Aronian-Nevednichy
43 ...<Jtg8 44 l:th6.
44 e4!
Q-1
In fact White overstepped the time
limit, but the situation is beyond hope.
Now for a more complex kings ide attack which is made possible by a seemingly harmless pawn move.
Zagorskis-Sadler
Elista Olympiad (Men) 1998
15 ...lDxf2!?
The beginning of a quest to generate
a powerful attack against White's king.
While it is true that very few players
have Matthew Sadler's ability to accurately visualise the outcome of complicated sacrificial variations, this does not
mean that we should be afraid of embarking on such a journey should the
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White avoids 21 :tel g5, when stepping out of the pin with 22 <ifi>gl walks
into 22 ...l:he2 23 :txe2 :'xe2 24 'ii'xe2
'iVxc1 +.
21 ...l:[xf3 + I
Bundesliga 1999
24 i.c3
After 24 'iVxe4 ':xc4 25 .tc3 .tfS
White's game falls apart. With the text
White hopes to shore up the defences,
but the gradual accumulation of weaknesses resulting from Black's initial sacrifice has now reached decisive proportions.
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CHAPTER NINE
128
For the price of a pawn Black has effectively shut his opponent's bishop out
of the game. Moreover, it is far from
clear how and when White will be able
Yusupov-Timman
'friendly' pawn!).
Faced with the prospect of White being able to put his bishop pair to good
use after 1...tt:Je6 2 b3 and ~b2 Black
opted for an altogether different, uncompromising approach.
18 ... f4!? 19 exd4 f3
23 ... b6!
24 ... a5!
"'e1
33 'iif4?!
Short of time (not surprisingly),
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34 ...l1e2 + 35 i.d2
35 ~b11!fd1.
35 .. :iIi'a 1 36 'ii'b8 + i.e8
Samiseh-Nimzowitseh
Copenhagen 1923
A remarkable struggle which highlights the practical difficulties experienced by both parties after a would-be
crippling positional sacrifice. There was
an element of risk involved for Black, of
course, but would White have found
himself with so many obstacles to overcome in the comfortable eventuality of
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space. In fact this predicament will become worse surprisingly soon. The
pinned bishop is already a problem for
White, e.g. 4 'ii'e3 lt8f3.
4 ~h1 .l:.8f5 5 'iie3 .id3
Closing in, and introducing the threat
of ...lte2, trapping the queen.
6 :ce1 h6! 0-1
Dautov-Bischoff
German Championship 1999
As we know, closed positions tend to
38 ... 'iie7?!
In retrospect a worthy alternative is
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136
CHAPTER TEN
A. Petrosian-Hazai
Belgium 1970
It is already quite rare to find ourselves with all sixteen pawns still intact
when so many pieces have been exchanged. Black's next is even more rare.
1 ... 'ii'b6!?
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Amazing.
However, we've had our fun, and if
we now return to the position after
1...'ifb6 I regret to report that White
still has a winning plan based on ignoring the very kind offer in favour of sett:I.llg for the as-pawn instead. After 2
'i'd2! followed by ~b3, ttJc3, ~a4 and
then manoeuvring the knight around to
b3 the a-pawn will drop. Still, Hazai
deservedly shot to chess fame with his
cheeky sacrifice.
Wells-Schulte
Canadian Open, Edmondton 2000
1 'iWxf6!?
lDe2 +
1962
Now returning the queen with multiple exchanges on f6 leaves Black a pawn
down for nothing, and 10....txfl 11
tbg4+ ~g8 12 .txe6 can be ruled out in
view of 12 ... fxe6 13 tbh6 mate.
10 ....i.e2 11 lDxh7 +! <Ji>g8
Let us see what happens if Black
takes the knight: 11...~xh7 12 ltxf7+
(12 lth3+ .th5) 12... ~h6 (12 .. ,~g8 13
.txe6) 13 .td2+ g5 (13 ... ~h5 14 lth7+
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12 ... l:te5
Desperately trying to obstruct the
most worrying diagonal. After 12 ....txfl
13 tbg5 :f6 14 .txf7+ White wins 14... ~f8 (14 ...~g7 15 .td5) 15 .txf6
'iixf6 16 tbh7+ ~xf7 17 tbxf6 etc.
13 f4!?
13 ....i.xf1
13 ...lIh5 14 tbf6+ ~f8 15 tbxh5 is
very complicated and seems to favour
White, e.g. 15 ....txh5 16 g4 'iid7 17 f5
or 15 ... .txfl 16 .tg7+ ~e8 17 tbf6+
Andorra 1999
17 i.xf7+ I
No.
17 ...l:txf7
17 ...cJr;g7 18liJe6+.
18 l:th8+
The point.
18 .. .'.t)xh8 19 lLlxf7 + <j,;>h7 20 lLlxd8
l:txe4 21 lLle6 l:txf4+ 22 'it'e2 1-0
rook.
49 ...:xf3+!
No more messing about. The game
etlfled as follows:
50 'it>xf3 h5 51 ~e3 b5 52 cxb5
i.xb5 53 'ito>d2 i.c4 54 ....e7 a4 55
"'a7 i.b3 56 'ito>c1 tZ)xd5 57 "'a5
tZ)xf4 58 "'d2 tZ)e6 59 ~b2 d5 60
"'g2 + 'ito>f6 61 "'e2 d4 62 ~a1 c4
63 "'d2 c3 64 "'c1 tZ)c5 65 "g1
tZ)e6 66 "'c1 'iit>e7 67 "g1 ~d6 68
"'g3 + tZ)e5 69 "'e1 tZ)c5 70 "g1
i.d5 71 'ito>b1 d3 72 "'e3 c2+ 73
'iit>b2 tZ)c4 + 0-1
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