Chapter 1 - 2nd move sidelines - Notes
Chapter 5 55.Bf3 Rd7 56.Be2 Kf6 57.Bf3
Panov Attack Sidelines Ke5 58.Ke3 Rc7 59.Kd2 Rd7
[GM Swapnil Dhopade] 60.Rd3 Rf7 61.Ke3 Rc7 62.hxg5
hxg5 63.Kd2 Rd7 64.Rd4 Rf7
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 65.Rd3 Rc7 66.Re3+ Kd6 67.Be2
4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Rf7 68.c4 dxc4 69.Rxe6+ Kxe6
[ 6.h3 with this white covers the g4 70.Bxc4+ Ke7 71.Bxf7 Kxf7
square and preventing blacks 72.Kd3 Ke6 73.Ke4 Kf6 74.g4 Ke6
intended Bg4. g6 black fianchettos 75.Kd4 Kd6 76.Ke4 Ke6 77.Kd4
his bishop at the same time Kd6 78.Ke4 Ke6 ½-½ (78) Pikula,
prepares to exchange the light D (2435)-Svane,R (2613) [Link]
square bishop on the f5 square. INT 2020 ) 10...Ne4 11.Nbd2
7.Nf3 ( 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 black its important to remember
0-0 10.0-0 transposes to 7.Nf3 that blacks main plan is to play h6-
line ) 7...Bf5 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 g5, gaining space on the kingside
10.Bf4 ( 10.Re1 Qc7 black now and also creating room for the f5
prevents the active developing bishop. Rc8 ( 11...Re8 12.Re1 h6
move Bf4. 11.Bf1 a6 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Bf1 g5 14.Bh2 Qd7 15.Nxe4
13.Nbd2 Rab8 14.Nb3 Ne4 Bxe4 16.Bd3 f5 17.Bf1 f4 18.Bd3
15.Nfd2 e5!= 16.dxe5 Nxe5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 e5 20.Qh5 e4
17.Nd4 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Bd7 19.Bf4 21.Be2 Re7 22.Bg4 Qe8 23.g3 f3
Rbd8 20.Qd2 Qc8 21.Bg5 f6 24.Qxe8+ Raxe8 25.Bf5 Rd8
22.Bf4 Nc4 23.Qc2 Qc5 24.Qb3 26.g4 b5 27.b4 a5 28.a4 bxa4
Na5 25.Qa2 Nc6 26.Be3 Qd6 29.b5 Na7 30.Reb1 Rb7 31.b6
27.Rad1 Bc8 28.Nf3 Kh8 29.Qb3 Nc6 32.Bc7 Kf7 33.Bxd8 Nxd8
Re7 30.Qb6 Qd7 31.Bc5 Rxe1 34.Rxa4 Nc6 35.Rb5 1-0 (35)
32.Rxe1 Re8 33.Rd1 Qf7 34.Be3 Caruana,F (2828)-Shankland,S
Kg8 35.Qc5 Be6 36.Nd4 Nxd4 (2725) [Link] INT 2019 ) 12.Re1
37.Bxd4 Bh6 38.Qb6 Kg7 39.a5 h6 13.Nf1 g5 14.Bh2 e6 15.Bd3
Bf4 40.Qb3 Qc7 41.Qb6 Bf7 Qb6 16.Re2 Bg6 17.Ne1 e5
42.Qxc7 Bxc7 43.b4 Rc8 44.Re1 18.Ne3 Rfd8 19.dxe5 Nxe5
Bd6 45.g3 Re8 46.Rd1 Be5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.Rd1
47.Bg2 Rd8 48.Kf1 Kf8 49.Ke2 Nc5 23.Qb4 Nxd3 24.Nxd3 Bh2+
Ke7 50.f4 Bxd4 51.Rxd4 Be6 25.Kh1 d4 26.cxd4 Bxd3 27.Qxd6
52.Kd2 g5 53.fxg5 fxg5 54.h4 h6 Bxd6 28.Rxd3 Rc1+ 29.Rd1
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Rxd1+ 30.Nxd1 Bb4 31.Ne3 Rxd4 [ 11.0-0 this is a good alternative
32.g4 Kh7 33.Kg2 Bc5 34.Nf5 Rf4 for white if he wants to play in a
35.Kg3 h5 36.Rc2 b6 37.a3 a5 positional style. 0-0 and now both
38.f3 h4+ 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Rc3 Kf6 Rfe1 and Rae1 is just a normal
41.Kf1 Ke5 42.Ke2 Kd5 43.Kd1 position where black will play for
Rc4 44.Rd3+ Ke6 45.b3 Rf4 the minority attack on the
46.a4 Rb4 47.Kc2 Rf4 48.Kd2 queenside and white will play on
Rb4 49.Ke2 Ke5 50.Nh6 Ke6 the kingside.
51.Nf5 Ke5 52.Nh6 Ke6 53.Nf5 A) 12.Rae1 Bxf3! 13.Nxf3 Qc7!
Ke5 ½-½ (53) Caruana,F (2828)-Le, 14.Qc2 ( 14.Qd1 Rfe8 15.Re3
Q (2714) [Link] INT 2019 ] e5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rxe5
6...Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 18.Rxe5 Qxe5 19.Re1 Qc7=
[ 7...Qc8 is a popular alternative. ] 1/2-1/2 (52) Shuvalova,P (2383)-
8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6!? 10.Bxd6 Girya,O (2502) Sochi 2017 )
[ 10.Ne5 was played by Granda 14...g6 this looks simple.
Zuniga against me. Qc7 11.Nxg4 ( 14...Rac8 15.Qe2 a6 16.g3 b5
Bxf4 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qc2 h5! 17.a3 Rfe8 18.Kg2 Rb8 19.h4
14.0-0-0 h4 15.Kb1 Bxh2! h6 20.Rh1 Nd7 21.Bb1 a5
( 15...0-0-0 16.Nf3 f5 17.g3 hxg3 22.Qd3 Nf8 23.b4 Rec8
18.hxg3 Bd6= ) 16.Nf3 Bd6 0-1 (51) Kovalev,V (2636)-
17.Nxh4 0-0-0 18.Nf3 Kb8 19.g3 Riazantsev,A (2666) Sochi RUS
f5 20.Qc1 Rdg8 21.Rdg1 a6! 2017 ) 15.Qd2 Kg7 16.Re3
22.Rg2 Ka7 23.a3 Na5 24.Rxh8 ( 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7
Rxh8 25.Rh2 Rxh2 26.Nxh2 Qb6 18.f4 Rae8 19.Kh1 a6 20.Bc2
27.b4 Nc4 28.Nf3 ( 28.Bxc4 dxc4 b5 21.Rf3 h5= 0-1 (53) Wang,K
29.Nf3 Qc6 30.Qe3 Ka8 31.Ng5 (2447)-Shimanov,A (2626) Saint
Qa4 32.Nxf7 Qb3+ 33.Kc1 f4! Louis USA 2018 ) 16...Rab8 17.a4
34.gxf4 Bxf4 35.Qxf4 Qxc3+= ) a6 18.Rfe1 Qf4 19.Qd1 b5
28...Qc7 29.Nd2 Nb6 30.Qc2 Qc6 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 Rfc8 22.h3
31.Ka2 Na4 32.c4 dxc4 33.Nxc4 Qc7 23.Nd2 Ne7= 0-1 (61) Ter
Bc7 34.Ne3 Qd7 35.Bc4 Nb6 Sahakyan,S (2563)-Swapnil,S
1/2-1/2 (35) Granda Zuniga,J (2533) [Link] INT 2018;
(2653)-Dhopade, S (2532) Douglas B) 12.Rfe1 white wants to play
2017 ] Ne5 when the bishop on g4 may
10...Qxd6 11.Qxb7 have problems. So its better to
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exchange it first with, 12...Bxf3! Nb6 40.Qb2+ Kg8 41.Qd2
13.Nxf3 Qc7! an important Qc7 42.Ba6 Qc6+ 43.Kg1
prophylactic move. Now if white Rxd7 44.Rxd7 Nxd7 45.Qxa5
plays Ne5 black can capture it Qc1+ 46.Kg2 Qc2+ 47.Kh3
with ...Ne5. Qc6 48.Kh2 Nf6 0-1 (48)
B1) 14.Qc2 Rab8 ( 14...Rac8 Tutisani,N (2471)-Liang,A
15.Qe2 Nd7 16.g3 Rfe8 (2575) Manavgat TUR 2018;
17.Kg2 a6 18.h4 h6 19.Bc2 B2) 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5
b5 20.a4 b4 21.Qxa6 Na5 Rab8 16.a4 Ng4 17.Rh5 f5
22.Qe2 Nc6 23.Qa6 bxc3 18.Qc2 Rbe8 19.Qd2 g6
24.bxc3 Na5 25.Rab1 Nf6 20.Rh3 e5 21.Bb5 Re7 22.f3
26.Rec1 Ra8 27.Qe2 Nc4 Nf6 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Rh4 a6
28.Rb4 Rec8 29.Bd3 Nd6 25.Bf1 Rfe8 26.Rd4 Kg7
30.Ne5 Rab8 31.Qb2 Rxb4 27.Rd1 Qc7 28.Rb4 Re6
32.Qxb4 Nfe4 33.Bxe4 Nxe4 29.Qd4 R8e7 30.Qd2 Re3
34.Rb1 f6 35.Ng6 Kf7 36.h5 31.Qd4 R3e6 32.Qd2 h6
Nd2 1/2-1/2 (42) Ni,S (2444)- 33.Qd4 Rd7 34.Qf4 Qd8
Gunina,V (2526) Qinhuangdao 35.Qd4 Kh7 36.Bd3 Rde7
CHN 2018 37.Rb2 Nc4 37.Bf1 Qc7 38.Qd2 Kg7
38.Rb3 Nd2 39.Rb2 Nc4 39.Qd4 Re5 40.Rb6 Kf7
40.Rb1 Nd2 41.Rb2 Nc4 41.Rb4 R5e6 42.Qd2 Kg7
42.Rb1 Nd2 1/2-1/2 (42) Ni,S 43.Qd4 Rd7 44.Qf4 Qc6
(2444)-Gunina,V (2526) 45.Qd4 Qd6 46.Qf4 Qe7
Qinhuangdao CHN 2018 ) 47.Qd4 Kh7 48.Rb6 Rxb6
15.Qe2 Rfc8 16.Rad1 a6 49.Qxb6 Rd6 50.Qd4 Re6
17.a4 Re8 18.h4 g6 19.g3 51.a5 Qc7 52.Qb4 Kg7
h5 20.Kg2 Kg7 21.Rc1 Ng4 53.Bd3 Re8 54.Bf1 h5
22.Ne5 Ngxe5 23.dxe5 Rec8 55.Bd3 Re6 56.Bf1 h4
24.f4 Qe7 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.c4 57.Qxh4 Qxa5 58.Qd4 Qa2
dxc4 27.Rxc4 Rbd8 28.Rhc1 59.Qb4 b6 60.h4 a5 61.Qb5
Rd7 29.Be4 Na5 30.R4c3 Kh6 62.Kh2 Kg7 63.Kh3 Kh6
Rhd8 31.Rd3 Qb4 32.Rcd1 64.Kh2 Kh5 65.Bd3 Kxh4
Qxa4 33.Rd6 Rxd6 34.exd6 66.Rh1 Kg5 67.Bb1 Qc4
Qb4 35.d7 Nc4 36.Rd4 b5 68.Bd3 Qf4+ 69.g3 Qxf3
37.Bb7 Qc5 38.Rd3 a5 39.b3 70.Rf1 Ng4+ 71.Kh3 Nf2+
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72.Kh2 Re7 73.Qxb6 Rh7+ Rf6-+ ]
0-1 (73) Belenkaya,D (2338)- [ 13.0-0 Rb6
Gunina,V (2496) St Petersburg A) 14.Qa3 Qxa3 15.bxa3 Bxf3
RUS 2018; 16.Nxf3 Rc8 17.Rab1 Na5
B3) 14.Qd1 Qf4 15.g3 Qh6 18.Ne5 ( 18.Rxb6 axb6 19.Rc1
16.h4 a6 17.Kg2 Rae8 Ne8 20.Kf1 Nd6 21.Nd2
18.Qb3 Re7 19.Ne5 Rc8 1/2-1/2 (21) Plat,V (2543)-
20.Qb6 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Ne8 Sadhwani,R (2409) Pardubice
22.Rad1 g6 23.Qd4 Rec7 2018 ) 18...Nc4=;
24.h5 gxh5 25.Rh1 Ng7 B) 14.Qa4 Rxb2 15.Rfb1
26.f4 Rf8 27.g4 f6 28.Qf2 f5 ( 15.Bb5 Ne4! 16.Nxe4 dxe4
29.g5 Qg6 30.Rdg1 Qe8 17.Ng5 Nxd4! ) 15...Rfb8= ]
31.Be2 Qa4 32.Bxh5 Nxh5 [ 13.b4? Rb6 14.Qa4 e5! 15.dxe5
33.Rxh5 d4 34.g6 hxg6 Nxe5 16.Be2 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3
35.Kh3 Rg7 36.Rh6 Kf7 Re8-+ ]
37.Qh4 Qc6 38.Qf6+ Kg8 [ 13.Bb5 Rb6 14.Qa4 Ne7 15.Ne5
39.Qh4 Kf7 40.Qf6+ Kg8 Ng6 16.Nxg4 Nxg4 17.h3 Nf6
1/2-1/2 (40) Santos Ruiz,M 18.Nb3 e5 19.0-0 e4! with whites
(2488)-Saric,I (2657) Batumi queen stuck on the queenside,
GEO 2018 ] black has free hand on the
11...0-0 kingside. 20.Rfe1 Nh5 21.Bf1 Nh4
[ a better move order is 11...Rb8 22.Qa5 Qg6 23.Qxd5 Nf3+
12.Qa6 0-0 transposing to the 24.Kh1 Ng3+ 25.fxg3 Qxg3
mainline. ] 26.Qe5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5
12.Qa6 Rab8 13.Qa3 28.Rad1 f5 29.Rd7 Rd6 30.Rxa7
[ 13.Rb1?! defending the b2 pawn Qg3 31.Rb1 f4 32.Nc5 Qe3 33.b4
is risky for white. Rb6 14.Qa4 f3 34.Re7 fxg2+ 35.Bxg2 Rh6
( 14.Qa3 Qf4 ) 14...e5! 15.dxe5 0-1 (35) Aronian,L (2767)-Caruana,
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17.Kf1 Re8 F (2822) Saint Louis 2018 ]
A) 18.Kg1 Bf5 19.Nf3 Qe6 13...Qxa3 14.bxa3 even though
20.Nd4 ( 20.Qd1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 white is a pawn up but his doubled
Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2 ) 20...Bxd3 pawns on the a-file are useless. White
21.Nxe6 Bxb1-+; should be precise in this endgame
B) 18.Qd4 Be2+ 19.Bxe2 not to end up in minus position
Qxe2+ 20.Kg1 Ne4 21.Nf1 because his structure is weak,
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especially the c3 pawn. 14...Bxf3
15.Nxf3 Rfc8
[ 15...Na5 16.0-0 Nd7 17.Rab1
Nb6 18.Rb4 Rbc8 19.Rc1 Rc7
20.Rb5 Nb7 21.Nd2 Rfc8 22.Nb1
Nd6 23.Rb3 g6 24.Ba6 Rd8
25.Rd1 Na4 26.f3 Rc6 27.Be2
Rdc8 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.g4 h5 30.h3
hxg4 31.hxg4 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5
33.Kf2 Rh8 34.Bb5 Nxb5 35.Rxb5
Nb6 36.Kg2 Kf6 37.Rh1 Rxh1
38.Kxh1 Kg5 39.Rc5 Rd6 40.Kg2
Nc4 41.a4 Kf4 42.Kf2 Rd7 43.Rb5
Rh7 0-1 (43) Eisenbeiser,K (2072) -
Bogumil,P (2280) Kecskemet 2006 ]
16.Ke2 Rb2+ 17.Nd2 g6 18.Rhb1
Rcb8 19.a4 Ne7 20.f3 Ne8
21.Rxb2 Rxb2 22.Rb1 Rxb1
23.Nxb1 Nd6 24.Na3 Kf8 25.Bb5
Nef5 26.g4 Nh4 27.Ba6 Ke7
28.Nb5 Nxb5 29.axb5 Kd6 30.Bb7
g5 31.a4 Kc7 32.Bc6 Kb6 33.c4
dxc4 34.Kd2 Ng2 35.Kc3 Ne3
36.Kb4 a5+ 37.Kc3 Kc7 38.Be8 f6
39.Bf7 Nd5+ 40.Kxc4 Nb6+
41.Kb3 Kd6 42.Bg8 h6 43.Bf7 Kd5
44.Bg8 1/2-1/2 (44) Afek,Y (2375)-
Hauchard,A (2500) Herzliya 1998
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