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Marin,Mihail 2545 1
Korneev,Oleg 2590
d4,e4 versus c6,d6 1996 XABCDEFGHY
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assessed because all types of center can
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possible position the correct strategic plan must 4-zPN+-+-+$
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to observe with attention the events in the battle
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manages to take the center control by an
energic advance of the pawns over the in order to lengthen Bg2 diagonal and Black can
demarcation line. A flank attack can start just try to open up the "a" file
after the position in the center is clarified. Until t -White must try to use the strong d6-square and
hen, the pawn advances must be handled very the active bishop from b2
carefully and the active side must be prepared -The side who manages to control the center
every minute against a central counterplay. will have the upper hand

THE DEFENDING SIDE 11.a3 Nd5 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Rac1 a6 14.e4

Must keep the tension regarding the center. By N5f6 15.d4 Re8 16.Rfd1 Bf8 17.Rc2 Qc7
skillful maneuvers, the defending side should 18.Bg2 Qb8 19.Bc1 h6 20.h3 Red8 21.Bf4
mislead the active side to an unfounded wing Qa7 22.Rcd2 Re8 23.Be3 Qb8 24.Bf4 Qa7
attack. When the opponent starts the attack he 25.Qb2 b6 26.Qb3 a5 27.Rc2 axb4 28.axb4
must react with a central counterplay. Qa6 29.Rb1 b5 30.Na5 Nb6 31.Rbc1 Nc4
32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Qxc4 Qxc4 34.Rxc4 Ra8
TO BE REMEMBERED: in positions with 35.Bc7 Be7 36.e5 Nd5 37.Bd6 Bxd6
"dynamic center" the flank attacks can work, so 38.exd6 Rad8 39.Bxd5 cxd5 40.Rc6 f6
each side must start active operations on the 41.b5 Rd7 42.b6 Kh7 43.Rb1 Rb8 44.Rc7
wings. Rxd6 45.b7 Rdd8 46.Rb6 e5 47.Kf1 exd4
48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Kd2 Kf5 50.Rbc6 Ke4
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 dxc4 51.Rxg7 f5 52.Rxh6 Re8 53.Rh4+ Ke5
5.Na3 c6 6.Nxc4 Ngf6 7.b4 e6 8.Qb3 Bxf3 54.Kd3 Re6 55.Rd7 Rc6 56.f4+ Ke6
9.Bxf3 Be7 10.Bb2 0-0 Diagram 57.Rdh7 Rc3+ 58.Kxd4 Rc4+ 59.Kd3 Kd6
60.R4h6+ Kc5 61.Rc7+ Kb5 62.Rxc4 dxc4+
(Diagram) 63.Kc3 Rxb7 64.Rf6 Ka4 65.Kxc4 Rb4+
66.Kd5 Rb3 67.g4
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Important features:
-As you can notice, here, in a position with
"dynamic center", each side can advance the
central pawns
-On the queenside, White can attack with b4-b5
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D16 D73
Beliavsky,Alexander G 2595 Romanishin,Oleg M 2555
Vasiukov,Evgeni 2560 Kochyev,Alexander 2475
e4,d4 versus c6,e6 1979 d4,e4 versus e7 (transposed to d6) 1989

Specific features of the game: In this game White keeps the control over the
-right from the beginning, White took the space center, and restricts Black's minor pieces
advantage in the center (e4, d4 versus c6, e6) activity.
-by advancing the kingside pawns, White Black was forced to trade the queens and White
increased the space advantage (assuring major was able to use the pawn weakness from d6.
pieces mobility along the first two ranks) and The battle took place on the "c" and "d" files and
restricted Black's pieces activity White was the first to penetrate Black position
-the win was concluded by a kingside piece along the "e" file.
superiority.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qb3 Qa5 8.0-0 dxc4
5.a4 Na6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.0-0 Nb4 9.Qxc4 Be6 10.Qd3 Na6 11.Ng5 Bd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Rad1 h6 14.Nf3 Bf5 15.Qc4
Nd7 13.Be3 0-0 14.Rac1 Rfe8 15.Bb3 Qb8 Nd5 16.Qb3 Ndb4 17.Rc1 Be6 18.Qa3 Nd5
Diagram 19.e4 Nb6 20.b3 Diagram
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16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh4 Nf8 18.Ng2 f6 19.f4 a5 Bg4 21.Be3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Qd6 23.Qxd6
20.Rf1 Bc7 21.f5 Bf7 22.Nf4 Qc8 23.Kh1 exd6 24.Rfd1 Rad8 25.d5 c5 26.Nb5 Nc8
Qd7 24.Rcd1 Rad8 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Qg2 27.Bg4 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Bh3 Rd7 30.Bf4
Qe7 27.g5 fxg5 28.Nxe6 h6 29.Nxc7 Bxb3 Kh7 31.a3 Nb8 32.Re1 a6 33.Nc3 Rdf7
30.Nxe8 Bxd1 31.Nxg7 Bb3 32.Nh5 Nc2 34.Re6 Nd7 35.Bxd6 Nxd6 36.Rxd6 Ne5
33.Qd2 Qf7 34.Bxg5 hxg5 35.Qxg5 Rxd4 37.Ne2 Nd3 38.Rd1 Nb2 39.Rc1 Nd3
36.Qh6+ 40.Rc2 f4 41.Be6 Be5 42.Bxf7 Bxd6
1-0 43.Be6 fxg3 44.Nxg3 Ne1 45.Rc3 Nf3+
46.Kg2 Nh4+ 47.Kf1 b6 48.Re3 Kg6 49.Bd7
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Bxg3 50.hxg3 Nf3 51.Be8+ Kg5 52.d6 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Nxc7 37.Qxc6 Nd5 38.Re6 f4
1-0 39.Ne5 fxg3+ 40.fxg3 h4 41.Rxg6 Qc7
42.Rh6+ Bxh6 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.Qxh6+ Kg8
45.Qg5+
D77 1-0
Miles,Anthony J 2220
Schmid,Lothar 2530
d4,e4 versus c7,e7 1980 A55
Krasenkow,Michal 2505
Balashov,Yuri S 2535
The same recipe: c4,d5 versus d6,e5 1989
-White controlled the center and restricted
Black's pieces activity
-Black seek the counterplay first on the Important features:
queenside and, then, on the king side -a typical pawn structure (c4, d5 versus d6, e5)
-because the central files were dominated by for Sicilian defense and KID arises after the
White, Black's actions left weak squares behind opening; main ideas are c4-c5 for White and f7-
the advanced pawns f5 followed by a king side attack for Black
-finally, White penetrates Black's position along -White had the space advantage and qualitative
"e" and "d" files superior pieces
-by the help of the breakthrough c4-c5, White
1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 managed to create a free supported pawn on d5
0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.b3 which tied Black's pieces in defense and
Bd5 10.Bb2 a5 11.Rc1 Qc8 12.Ne3 Be4 allowed a queenside attack on "c" and "b" files
13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nb4 15.a3 Nbd5 -Black didn't have time and chances to create
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qe2 Diagram counterplay on the kingside.
XABCDEFGHY 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5
8r+q+-trk+({ 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.d5 Rb8 11.Ne1 Re8 12.Be3
7+pzp-zppvlp' Nf8 13.b4 cxd5 14.exd5 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.f3 Bh5 17.c5 Diagram
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Bxd6 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.N3e4 Bxe4 23.fxe4
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30.Qb2 Qe8 31.h3 Nd7 32.Rc1 Qb8 33.Qe2
1+-tR-+R+-! Qc8 34.Kh2 a5 35.Qg4 axb4 36.axb4 g6
37.Qh4 h5 38.d6 Rb7 39.Qe7 Qf8 40.Qxf8+
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44.d7+ Kg7 45.Be7 Nxd7 46.Rxd7 Rb6
e6 19.Rfd1 Qd8 20.a4 c6 21.Ba3 Re8 47.Rd6
22.Qf3 Qc7 23.Nc4 Red8 24.Bc5 Ra6 25.h3 1-0
Ne8 26.Qe3 b6 27.Ba3 Qb7 28.Kh2 Raa8
29.Rd3 h5 30.Rcd1 Kh7 31.Qf3 f5 32.exf5
exf5 33.Re3 Rac8 34.Rde1 Qb8 35.Re7
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Qd8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bf5 25.Qd3 Ne7
26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Nf5
B03 29.Qf3 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Nh4 31.Qh3 f3
Landenbergue,Claude 2450 32.gxf3 Nxf3 33.Rf1 Nxg1 34.Qe6+ Kh8
Adams,Michael 2640 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Kxg1 g6
c4,d5 versus d6,e5 rapid 1994 -

In this game Black was able to realize his main B33

idea f7-f5 in order to take the space advantage Adla,Diego Gustavo 2435
on the king side. Kharlov,Andrei 2515
White stopped Black's expansion with f2-f4 c4,d5 versus d6,e5 1991
aiming to create the same strong free pawn on
d5. White didn't have time for the queenside
attack with a2-a3 and b2-b4. Important features:
After the "e" file was opened, the main targets -same pawn structure as in the previous game
were e6 for White and e3 for Black. -White fails to push c4-c5, after b2-b4 the pawn
In the endgame, the pawn structure favors c4 can became a target for Black's pieces
White due to the possibility to create a free -after the opening of the "e" file, White was
pawn far from the Black's king. misled to attack on the kingside
-White failed because Black had the kingside
pawn majority and enough pieces to protect the
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 king
5.exd6 cxd6 6.d5 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 -Black followed the right plan based on the
9.Nge2 Na6 10.b3 f5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.f3 Rc8 control over the "e" file and eventually damaged
13.Be3 Nc5 14.Bc2 a5 15.Qd2 Diagram White's pawn structure by b7-b5.

(Diagram) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5
Bf6 16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Kh1 Rce8 18.f4 Nc8 Nb8 9.c4 Be7 10.Be2 a6 11.Nc3 f5 12.0-0
19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nd4 f4 21.Bg1 b6 22.Nf3 0-0 13.a3 Nd7 14.b4 e4 Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5
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f5 13.f4 Bf6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Kh1 g6 16.g3
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20.a4 Rc7 21.Bd1 Bb7 22.g4 e4 Diagram
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32.Rc3 bxc4 33.Ne3 Bb5 34.Nxc4 Nxc4
35.Bxc4 Rfe8 36.h3 Qe1+ 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Be3 Nc5 25.Rg1 Nd3
38.Kh2 Re4 39.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Ref1 Qh4 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Bxb6 Rf7
0-1 29.Be3 Rf6 30.Qg2 Rg6 31.Rxg6 hxg6
32.Qxg6 Rg8 33.Rg1 Nxf4 34.Qg5 Qxg5
35.Rxg5 Bxc3 36.Rxg8+ Kxg8 37.Bxf4 Be5
B33 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Bc2 Kg6
Tal,Mihail 2615 41.Kf2 Kg5 42.Ke3
Tseshkovsky,Vitaly 2560 1-0
c4,d5 versus d6,e5 1979

E11
Specific features of the game: Petrosian,Tigran V 2605
-same pawn structure as in the previous 2 Rashkovsky,Nukhim N 2515
games c4,d5 versus d6,e5 1982
-White played again f2-f4 to block the Black's
pawn phalanx e5-d5 and pushed only b2-b3 to 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5
protect the critical pawn c4 5.Nc3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
-Black's idea to push e5-e4 is strategically 9.e4 e5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nd5 Bxd2 12.Qxd2
wrong because creates 4 islands of pawn in c6 13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Rac1 Nf8
Black's camp, allows White to block the 'e' pawn 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 N8d7 18.Nd4 Diagram
and to counter-attack with g2-g4 or h2-h3
followed by g2-g4 (Diagram)
-if Black can support e5 with minor pieces (in
order to avoid dxe5), then he must avoid e5-e4 Qf8 19.Ndb5 Nc5 20.Bc2 Ba6 21.b3 Ne8
22.f4 Nd7 23.Bf5 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 Nef6
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25.Qf2 g6 26.Bh3 h5 27.Rcd1 a4 28.fxe5 Ng5 13.N1h2 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Nb4 15.Bb3
dxe5 29.d6 axb3 30.axb3 Qh6 31.Nc7 Ra3 c5 16.Be3 b6 17.a3 Nc6 18.Bd5 Bb7 19.b4
32.Bxd7 Nxd7 33.Qb2 Ra7 34.b4 Qf4 cxb4 20.axb4 Qd7 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Bxc6
35.Qc1 Qxc1 36.Rxc1 Ra2 37.c5 bxc5 Qxc6 23.d5 Qd7 24.Bd4 f5 25.Bxg7 Qxg7
38.bxc5 Nxc5 39.Rxc5 Rxd6 40.Nd5 Re6 26.Nd4 Qf6 27.Ra3 fxe4 28.Ne6 Rf7
41.Rc7 29.Rxe4 g5 30.Rf3 Qg6 31.Rxf7+ Qxf7
1-0 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.Qxg5
1-0

B07
Ivanchuk,Vassily 2720 B07
Bologan,Viktor 2585 Popovic,Petar 2575
d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1992 Lau,Ralf 2510
d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1996

Important features: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.0-0

-the typical small center arises in this game e4, 0-0 6.c3 Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.h3 Re8 9.Nbd2
d4 versus e5, d6 Nh5 10.Nb3 h6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6
-White tries to force Black to trade exd5 leading 13.Na5 exd4 14.Nxc6 Diagram
to the powerful phalanx e4, d4, while Black
hopes for dxe4 leading to a position with "open (Diagram)
center"
-after 11...exd4 White had the space advantage bxc6 15.cxd4 Nf6 16.Qc2 Re6 17.Bd2 Rb8
and focused to control the center 18.b3 c5 19.Rac1 Qe8 20.e5 Nd7 21.Ba5
-the conclusion came after White managed to Rc8 22.exd6 cxd6 23.Qc4 Nf8 24.Bd2
restrict Bb7 activity with d4-d5 opening the road Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qd7 26.dxc5 Rxc5 27.Qd3
to e6 for Nf3-d4-e6. Qc6 28.Be3 Rc3 29.Nd4 Qc8 30.Qe4 a6
31.Rd1 Nd7 32.Nf3 Bf8 33.Qh4 g5 34.Qe4
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nc5 35.Qd5 Ne6 36.Nd4 Nxd4 37.Qxd4
g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.h3 0-0 8.Re1 a6 9.Bc2 h6 Rc2 38.a4 Qb7 39.Qf6 Qe7 40.Qf5 Rb2
10.Nbd2 Nh7 11.Nf1 exd4 12.cxd4 Diagram 41.Qd3 Qb7 42.Rb1 Rxb1+ 43.Qxb1 d5
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44.Qd3 Qc6 45.Qd4 f6 46.g4 Bd6 47.Qb6
Qxb6 48.Bxb6 Kf7 49.Kf1 Ke6 50.Ke2 Kd7
51.Kd3 Kc6 52.Bd8 Be5 53.Be7 Kb6 54.Bf8 C55
Ka5 55.f3 Ba1 56.Kc2 Be5 57.Bxh6 Bd6 Dolmatov,Sergey 2630
58.Bg7 Be5 59.Bf8 Kb6 60.Kd3 Kc6 Agdestein,Simen 2610
61.Bb4 Bc7 62.Be1 Be5 63.Bf2 Kd6 64.b4 d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1993
Kc6 65.h4 gxh4 66.Bxh4 Ba1 67.f4
1-0
The dynamic center was transformed into a
"static center", where White tried unsuccessfully
C50 a kingside attack.
Timman,Jan H 2640 Black was able to open up first a file on the
Nunn,John DM 2600 queenside, then kept a better control over the
d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1985 central squares and a "good knight" versus a
"bad bishop".
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7
9.c3 Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb6 12.Nxb6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 d6 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Nbd2 Bxb3
axb6 13.0-0 Diagram 9.Qxb3 Rb8 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Nc4 h6 12.d4
Bf6 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb6 15.Ncd2 d5
(Diagram) 16.e5 Be7 17.a3 Qd7 18.Qd3 a5 19.Rad1
a4 20.Nf1 Nc4 21.Bc1 b5 Diagram
d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Re1+ Be6 16.Bxd5
Qxd5 17.Re5 Qd6 18.d5 0-0-0 19.Qa4 Bxd5 (Diagram)
20.Rd1 c6 21.Rexd5 cxd5 22.Nd4 Kb8
23.Nb5 Qc6 24.Qf4+ Ka8 25.Qa4+ Kb8 22.Ng3 b4 23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 bxa3
26.h3 g5 27.Qa7+ Kc8 28.Nd4 Qc7 29.Qa3 25.bxa3 Rb3 26.f4 Bh4 27.Re3 Bxg3
Kb8 30.Nb5 Qc6 31.Qg3+ Ka8 32.Qa3+ 28.Rxg3 Rxg3 29.hxg3 Rb8 30.Qc2 Rb3
Kb8 33.Qa7+ Kc8 34.Nd4 Qc7 35.Qa3 31.f5 Rxg3 32.Qf2 Rg4 33.Be3 Na5 34.Qf3
- h5 35.Rf1 Nc4 36.Qh3 Qb5 37.e6 fxe6
38.fxe6 Qe8 39.Bf2 Nd2 40.Re1 Ne4
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C86 38.Qb7 Rd8 39.Qc7 Qg5 40.bxa3 c3
Miles,Anthony J 2595 41.Qxc3
Beliavsky,Alexander G 2595 1-0
d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1992

E80
In this game a tense struggle took place (usual Kortschnoj,Viktor 2670
for Ruy Lopez) in the centre and on the Gheorghiu,Florin 2530
queenside. d4,e4 versus d6,f7 1971
White had the control over the center and Black
wasn't capable to create attacking objectives or 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3
weaknesses on the queenside. a6 6.Be3 c6 7.c5 b5 8.cxd6 exd6 9.a4 Bb7
Black's queen isolation on the "h" file was the 10.Nh3 0-0 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.0-0 Re8
decisive factor, White gained important tempos 13.Qd2 Diagram
and created a free pawn on the "d" file.
(Diagram)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 b4 14.Nd1 a5 15.Nhf2 c5 16.d5 Ba6
9.d4 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Bg5 Nb6 19.Ng4 h5
Bg6 13.Nbd2 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Ba2 20.Nh6+ Bxh6 21.Bxh6 Nh7 22.Qd3 c4
bxa4 16.Nh4 Qb5 17.Qf3 Rab8 18.Nxg6 23.Qd2 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Ne3 Qf6 26.Bf4
hxg6 19.Bb1 Diagram Nf8 27.Rae1 Raa8 28.h4 Ng6 29.Bg5 Qf7
30.Qd4 Rxe3 31.Bxe3 Rb8 32.Bg5 Nxd5
(Diagram) 33.Qxc4 f4 34.Rc1 Ne3 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7
36.Rfe1 Re8 37.Rc7+ Kg8 38.Rd7 Re6
Nd7 20.Qa3 Nb6 21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Re1 c5 39.Re2 Kf8 40.g3 Ne5 41.Rd8+ Kf7
23.Be2 Qh4 24.Qc3 Nc6 25.Nf3 Qh8 1-0
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36.Rxb5 Be4 37.g3 Rg2+ 38.Kf1 Rxb2
C96 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.h4 Kg6 41.Ke1 f6 42.b4
Akopian,Vladimir 2600 Kf5 43.b5 Kg4 44.b6 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5
Graf,Alexander 2510 46.Bd6 Kf3 47.Kd1 Rb5 48.Be7 g4 49.Kd2
e4 versus d6 1992 f5 50.Bh4 Rb3 51.b7 Kf2 52.Kd1 Rd3+
53.Kc1 Rd7 54.Kb2 Bxb7 55.Kc3 Kg2
56.Kc4 Be4 57.Kc5 Rh7 58.Kd4 Rd7+
Important features: 59.Ke5 Rd3
-White was focused to grab the weak d6 pawn 0-1
and used the push f2-f4 to deflect Black's
important bishop from e5
-Black was able to create counterplay on the A41
kingside, especially on the weak dark squares Cvitan,Ognjen 2515
h4, g3, f2 Speelman,Jonathan S 2605
-the attack was strong enough to compensate d4,e4 versus d6,e6 1990
the loss of the d6 pawn

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 This game showed us a modern approach from
5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Black's point of view (in the Modern Defense)
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 which avoids central clarification.
13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 White gives up the pair of bishops early, taking
16.Qxd4 Ne5 Diagram the lead in development. White failed to open up
the lines (in open positions the lead in
(Diagram) development can be transformed into long-term
advantages or even material advantage) and
17.Qd1 Bf6 18.Ng3 Nc6 19.Bb3 Be6 Black was able to choose the convenient
20.Rb1 Be5 21.f4 Qh4 22.Ne2 Bd4+ breakthrough c6-c5 (trading a lateral pawn for a
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Be3 Nxb3 25.axb3 Rfe8 central pawn).
26.f5 Bc8 27.Qxd6 Bb7 28.Bf2 Qg5 29.Qd3 After the queens trade, Black had a central
Qf4 30.Bg3 Bxe4 31.Bxf4 Bxd3 32.Rxe8+ pawn majority and two powerful bishops.
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dxc5 24.Nxc5 Ra7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3
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Ne7 30.Qc5 Nf5 31.Bc7 Qa8 32.Qb5 Qe4
14.h5 Bh7 15.g5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Bg8 17.f4 33.Rfe1 Qc2 34.Be5 Re4 35.Qxa5 Qxa4
Kb8 18.Be2 a6 19.a3 c5 20.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Qb6 Re8 37.f4 Rxe1+ 38.Rxe1 Re6
21.Qxc5 Nxc5 22.Rh3 e5 23.Nd5 exf4 39.Qd8+ Qe8 40.Rd1 Qf8 41.Qc7 Re8
24.Nxf6 gxf6 25.Nf3 Bh7 26.Rh4 Ne6 42.g4 Qa3 43.Bc3 Ne3 44.Qc6 Qa8
27.Bd3 Kc7 28.Nh2 Kd7 29.Ng4 Ke7 45.Qxa8 Rxa8 46.Rd7 Rc8 47.Bf6 Nc4
30.Nh6 d5 31.Nf5+ Kf8 32.Kc1 dxe4 48.Kf2 Re8 49.Rd4 Na5 50.Kf3 Nc6 51.Rd7
33.Bxe4 Rxd1+ 34.Kxd1 Nc5 35.Bf3 Bxf5 Re6 52.g5 Kf8 53.Rc7 Ne7 54.Bxe7+ Rxe7
36.Rxf4 Bd7 37.Rxf6 Be6 38.Rf4 b6 39.Be2 55.Rc1 Ra7 56.h4 Kg7 57.Kg4 h5+ 58.Kg3
a5 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Nd7 42.Rh4 Ke7 Ra3+ 59.Kg2 Re3 60.Rc5 Kf8 61.Ra5 Re4
43.Kd2 Kf6 44.Rh1 Ke5 45.Ra1 Nf6 46.Ra6 62.Kg3 Ke7 63.f5 Rg4+ 64.Kh3 Rd4 65.Kg3
Ne4+ 47.Kc1 Nc3 48.Bf3 Kf4 49.Bc6 b5 Rd3+ 66.Kf4 gxf5 67.Kxf5 Rf3+ 68.Ke5 Kf8
50.Kb2 Na4+ 51.Ka3 Bc4 52.Ra7 Rxh5 69.Ra4 Kg7 70.Rb4
53.Bxb5 Bxb5 54.Rxf7+ Ke4 -
0-1

B06
B06 Karpov,Anatoly 2700
Dvoirys,Semen I 2590 Spassky,Boris V 2610
Minasian,Artashes 2535 d4,e4 versus d6,e6 1982
d4,e4 versus d6,e7 1993

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3 This game is a perfect example for an
Nd7 6.Be3 b5 7.Bd3 a6 8.0-0 Bb7 9.a4 b4 unprepared wing attack.
10.Ne2 a5 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ngf6 13.Rb1 White had a better control over the center (d4,
Diagram e4 versus d6, e6), when Black tried a kingside
Qc7 14.e5 Nd5 15.exd6 exd6 16.Bg5 0-0 attack. This was immediately refuted by a
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central blow d4-d5. 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne2 Qxd2 12.Nxd2
f5 13.f3 f4 14.Bf2 Rb8 15.a4 b4 16.Nb3
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 Diagram
5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Ne7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 b6
9.a4 a5 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Ne1 f5 12.f3 Nf6
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23.dxc5 dxc5 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rc3 Be8
exd5 16.Nxd5 Ne7 17.c4 Kf7 18.Nd3 Qd7 26.Rac1 Rd8 27.Ba6 Rd6 28.Nb7 Rd2
19.Nxf6 Bxf6 20.Bxh6 Nc6 21.Rae1 Rae8 29.Nxc5 Bf7 30.R3c2 Rbd8 31.Kf2 Na8
22.Bg5 Bd4+ 23.Be3 Qe6 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 32.Ke1 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Nc7 34.Bc4 Bxc4
25.Nf4 Qxc4 26.Rc1 Qxa4 27.Rxc7+ Re7 35.Rxc4 e5 36.b4 Kf6 37.Nc3 Na8 38.a5
28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Nxg6+ Ng7 39.b5 Ne8 40.Nd5+ Kf7 41.Nd3 Ke6
1-0 42.Rc6+ Nd6 43.Nc5+ Kf7 44.b6
1-0

B07
Bareev,Evgeny 2555 A46
Goldin,Alexander 2500 Hodgson,Julian M 2535
d4,e4 versus d6,e7 1988 Polgar,Zsuzsa 2520
e4 versus d6 1989
Specific features:
-White had a healthier pawn structure and a 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6
strong center e4 + d4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.0-0-0 Be7
-Black's attempts for counterplay were 9.Kb1 Nd7 10.h4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.f4
hampered by the passive positions of the minor Diagram
pieces
-White took the weak c6 pawn as a target and (Diagram)
by a good coordination (the pieces are
defending each other) managed to win. Ng4 13.h5 Bd8 14.Ndb5 cxb5 15.Bxb5+
Bd7 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.Qe2 Qxf4 18.Rhf1
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 Qg5 19.Rf5 Qh4 20.Qb5+ Kc8 21.Rxf7 Be7
5.Qd2 c6 6.h3 b5 7.Bd3 Nh5 8.Be3 Nd7
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22.Nd5 27.Nxe3 f5 28.Rd2 Ne6 29.Ne2 Kf7 30.Kf2
1-0 Ke7 31.b4 Rb8 32.c3 Nb6 33.h5 Nc8 34.c4
bxc4 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Nxc4 c5 37.Ne5
Bxg2 38.Kxg2 Ke8 39.bxc5 Nxc5 40.Nxg6
B07 Ne4 41.Ra2 Ncd6 42.Ne5 Nf7 43.Nf3 Kf8
Hort,Vlastimil 2535 44.Ned4 Nfd6 45.Ne5 Kg8 46.Kh3 Rc8
Polgar,Judit 2630 47.Kh4 Nc3 48.Ra7 Ncb5 49.Nxb5 Nxb5
e4 versus d6 1994 50.Rd7 Nc3 51.Kh5 Ne2 52.Kh6 Nxf4
53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.Nd7+ Ke8 55.Nf6+ Kd8
56.Rd7#
Important features: 1-0
-White took advantage from the stable position
in the center and launched a kingside attack
-Black reacted well with a pawn breakthrough in B41
the center, but White managed to create a Torre,Eugenio 2550
better pawn structure (on different color than his Karpov,Anatoly 2690
own bishop) and by a wise exchange-policy left c4,e4 versus d6,e6 1977
Black with a bad bishop.

The "hedgehog" pawn structure is one of the

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 most complicated types of dynamic center:
5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.0-0 c6 8.a4 Qc7 White has a solid advanced pawn structure
9.h3 e5 10.Be3 Re8 11.f4 exd4 12.Bxd4 b6 against a flexible Black's pawn structure.
13.g4 Diagram The statistics show us that it is indicated for
White to attack on the queenside where is
(Diagram) easier to create a piece superiority.
Black has 3 main breakthroughs at his disposal:
Ba6 14.Rf2 Rad8 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 b6-b5, d6-d5, f7-f5 threatening White's
17.Ng3 Bb7 18.h4 a6 19.Qd2 b5 20.axb5 impressive center.
axb5 21.Re1 Qb6 22.Nd1 d5 23.Ne3 dxe4
24.Ng4 e3 25.Rxe3 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 Qxe3 In this game, White was misled to a kingside
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attack and Black reacted in the center and

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2-+-+L+PzP" 34.Ba3 Rb8 35.Rc4 Bd4 36.f4 g6 37.Ng3
exf4 38.Rxd4 fxg3 39.Kxg3 Rc8 40.Rd3 g5
1+-tRQ+RmK-![ 41.Bb2 b6 42.Bd4 Rc6 43.Bc3 Rc5 44.Kg2
Rc8 45.Kg3 Ne5 46.Bxe5 fxe5 47.b4 e4
xabcdefghy 48.Rd4 Ke5 49.Rd1 axb4 50.Rb1 Rc3+
51.Kf2 Rd3 52.d7 Rxd7 53.Rxb4 Rd6
14.Bd3 Rac8 15.Nb3 d6 16.Qe2 Rfe8 54.Ke3 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Ra3
17.h3 Nd7 18.Qf2 Ba8 19.Rc2 Qb8 20.Rfc1 0-1
Bh4 21.g3 Bd8 22.Nd2 Bf6 23.h4 h6 24.h5
Ngf8 25.g4 Nh7 26.e5 dxe5 27.g5 exf4
28.Bxf4 Be5 29.g6 fxg6 30.hxg6 Bxf4 D12
31.gxh7+ Kh8 32.Rf1 Rf8 33.Be4 Ne5 Seirawan,Yasser 2595
34.Qg2 Nxc4 Kortschnoj,Viktor 2605
0-1 c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1993

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7

B18 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.0-0
Spassky,Boris V 2650 Bxe4 9.Bxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c6 11.c4 Be7
Karpov,Anatoly 2700 12.Bd2 0-0 13.b4 Diagram
c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1974
(Diagram)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.0-0 Ngf6 Nf6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.a4 Nd7 16.c5 Nf6
9.c4 Bd6 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Bxg6 17.b5 Nd5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Qa6 Qc8
hxg6 13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 20.Qxc8 Rexc8 21.Rfb1 f6 22.Rb7 Bd8
Be7 16.Rad1 Rad8 Diagram 23.Re1 Rc7 24.Rxc7 Nxc7 25.Bf4 Kf7
17.Rfe1 Qa5 18.a3 Qf5 19.Qe2 g5 20.h3 26.Rb1 Ke8 27.Nd2 Nd5 28.Bd6 Ba5
g4 21.hxg4 Qxg4 22.d5 cxd5 23.cxd5 e5 29.Nc4 Bb4 30.a5 Rd8 31.a6 Bc3 32.Rb7
24.d6 Bf6 25.Nd2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 Rc8
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1-0
D45
Epishin,Vladimir 2620
D43 Chekhov,Valery A 2550
Lobron,Eric 2575 c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1992
Kramnik,Vladimir 2715
c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1995 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3
Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qe7
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 9.Rd1 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Diagram
h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb4+
9.Ke2 Qf4 10.Qd3 Be7 11.g3 Qc7 12.Bg2 (Diagram)
0-0 13.Rhd1 Nd7 14.Kf1 b6 15.Rac1 Ba6
16.Kg1 Rad8 Diagram Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.Bxd6
Qxd6 15.Qe3 Rfd8 16.c5 Qe7 17.Rac1
(Diagram) bxc5 18.Rxc5 Rd5 19.Rdc1 Rad8 20.Qa3
Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Qc7 22.Ra5 a6 23.Bxa6 Qf4
17.Qc2 Nf6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Qa4 a5 24.g3 Qc1+ 25.Kg2 Bxa6 26.Rxa6 h6
20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Qb3 c5 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Qxa8+ Kh7 29.Qb7 Ne4
23.Qe3 Qc7 24.f4 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Qb3 g5 31.h3 c5 32.Qb7
26.Qxd4 Rd8 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Re1 a4 29.Kf2 1-0
Qb4 30.Re2 Bxe5 31.fxe5 Qxc4 32.Qxb6
Rd3 33.Qb7 g6 34.Kg2 Qxa2 35.Kh3 Qd5
36.Qa7 Qd4 37.Qe7 h5 38.Rc2 Qg4+
39.Kg2 Qf3+ 40.Kh3 Qf5+ 41.Kg2 Rxg3+
42.Kxg3 Qxc2 43.Qd8+ Kh7 44.Qf6 Qf5
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D55 D45
Hjartarson,Johann 2625 Tukmakov,Vladimir B 2565
Renet,Olivier 2535 Oll,Lembit 2615
c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1993 c4,d4 versus c6,e6 1994

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3
5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 c6 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Qe7 9.h3
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.0-0 b6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 b6 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7
Bb7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.b4 Qc8 13.Bf4 Rab8 14.Rfd1 c5 Diagram
Diagram
(Diagram)
(Diagram)
15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Qe3 Rbd8 17.Rd2 Bxf3
16.c5 bxc5 17.dxc5 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 18.Bxf3 Ne5 19.b3 cxd4 20.Qe2 Nxf3+
Ba6 20.b5 Bxc3 21.bxa6 Bf6 22.Rd6 Nb8 21.Qxf3 e5 22.g4 g6 23.g5 f6 24.gxf6 Rxf6
23.Bd3 Nxa6 24.Qe4 Nb8 25.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Qg2 Rf5 26.Re1 Qf6 27.Kf1 Rf8 28.Ree2
26.Nd4 Ra4 27.Bc4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Rd8 Kh8 29.Rd3 Rf4 30.Rdd2 Qf5 31.Qg3 Kg8
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxg7 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 Nd7 32.Kg1 h5 33.Re1 h4 34.Qg2 e4 35.Rde2
32.Qd6+ Ke8 33.h3 Qb8 34.Qxc6 Qf4 d3 36.Rd2 Rf3 37.Qg4 Qxg4+ 38.hxg4 R8f4
35.Rd1 Rxc4 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.Rxd7+ Kf6 0-1
38.Qh8+ Kg5 39.Qg7+ Kh4 40.g3+ Kxh3
41.Rd1 Rc1 42.Rf1 Qd2 43.Qe5 Qd1
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A31 B38
Gelfand,Boris 2505 Lautier,Joel 2645
Smirin,Ilia 2510 Topalov,Veselin 2645
c4,e4 versus d6,e6 1988 c4,e4 versus d6,e7 1994

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e6 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 0-0
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22.Nb3 Bb7 23.Qf2 Nd7 24.Na5 Ba8 Nxf4 23.Bxb5 Qg5 24.Kh1 Qxb5 25.Qxf4
25.Ba7 Rbc8 26.Bd4 Rb8 27.Ba7 Rbc8 Qe2 26.Ra1 Bd7 27.Qf3 Qb2 28.Rf1 f6
28.Nb3 Bb7 29.Bd4 Rb8 30.Qg3 g6 31.b5 29.Qf2 Qe5 30.Qc2 Bb5 31.Rd1 Ba6
e5 32.Ba7 Ra8 33.Qf2 axb5 34.cxb5 d5 32.Qc6 Be2 33.Re1 Bb5 34.Qd5 Qc3
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