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Grand Prix Proves to Be Right Formula 7.Ng1–f3 0–0 22... e7-e6 A better idea was 7...Bc8-g4, 23.Qg6-h7+ Kg8-f7 CHESS getting rid of the light-squared 24.f5xe6+ Bc8xe6 July 5th 2008 bishop which is hard to find 25.Rh3-h6 Qc7-e5 a good post for. Another 26.Qh7-g6+ Kf7-g8 Michael interesting option was 7...c5-c4, 27.Rf1xf6 Qe5-d4+ trying to create counterplay. 28.Rf6-f2 Adams Even with what feels like 8.0–0 b7-b6 an overwhelming position, Black doesn't sense any danger it is important to maintain and makes some quiet moves, concentration. The rook retreat but he should have paid more forced resignation but the attention to White’s plans. blunder 28.Kg1–h1 Qd4xf6 Grand Prix As we shall see he can quickly 29.Qg6xf6 Rd8-f8 would lead develop a strong initiative on to a roughly level position. the kingside. proves to be 1–0 9.Qd1–e1 Bc8-g4 right formula The worst possible moment The 2nd edition of Secrets of for this move as the knight is Spectacular Chess by Jonathan no longer pinned. 9...Nf6-d7 Levitt and David Friedgood Gawain Jones is the latest in was preferable although, after (Everyman, £14.99) is a slightly a long line of English players 10.f4-f5 there is trouble ahead expanded version of the 1999 who have specialised in for the Black monarch. original, in which they analysed meeting the Sicilian in an the beauty in chess. off-beat manner. He has 10.Nf3-e5 Qd8-c7 The book is especially shared his expertise in his 11.Qe1–h4 Bg4-e6 interesting to players with little first book, Starting Out: 12.Ne5-f3 h7-h6 experience of studies who will Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 12...Be6-c8 13.f4-f5 is no discover many paradoxical (Everyman, £14.99). bargain but at least there is positions, such as the classic I watched Gawain in some pawn cover remaining. below. action on the White side as he notched up a couple of 13.f4-f5 g6-g5 impressive victories when XABCDEFGHY he was my team-mate 8-+-+-+-+( in the recent European XABCDEFGHY 7mK-+-+-+N' championships. 8r+-+-trk+( 6-+-+-+-+& Most of the book focuses 7zp-wq-zppvl-' 5+-sN-+-+-% on the position after 1.e2-e4 6-zpp+lsn-zp& 4-sn-+-+-+$ c7-c5 2.Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6 3.f2-f4 5+-zp-+Pzp-% 3+-+-+-wQ-# but there are also a couple 4-+-+P+-wQ$ 2-+-+-+psn" of bonus chapters at the end 3+-sNP+N+-# 1+-+-+-+k! on 3.Bf1-b5, an interesting 2PzPP+-+PzP" xabcdefghy recent idea allowing White 1tR-vL-+RmK-! to transpose into favourable xabcdefghy variations of the Grand Prix A S Gurevich attack in some instances, or to White to play and win continue in more traditional 14.Nf3xg5 Bakinski Rabochi manner by simply developing Not the most difficult sacrifice his king’s knight depending Gawain has had to make. It looks as though Black will upon how Black proceeds. promote the ‘g’ pawn and the 14... h6xg5 game will end in a draw, but Jones, G - Abhishek, D 15.Bc1xg5 Be6-c8 there is an unexpected way World Junior Yerevan 16.Rf1–f3 Rf8-d8 to win. 16...Qc7-d6 would have given 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 more hope. 1.Nc5-e4 Nb4-d3 2.Nb1–c3 Nb8-c6 If 1...g2-g1Q+ 2.Ne4-f2+ wins 3.Bf1–b5 g7-g6 17.Bg5-h6 the queen. A better option here is 3... The direct approach is more Nc6-d4. than good enough. 2.Qg3-f2 An amazing concept 2.Qg3xd3 4.Bb5xc6 d7xc6 17... Nf6-e8 g2-g1Q+ should end in a draw. 5.f2-f4 18.Bh6xg7 Ne8xg7 Now that White has already 19.Rf3-h3 f7-f6 2... Nd3xf2 achieved the strategically 20.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f7 3.Ne4-g3+ Kh1–g1 desirable bishop-for-knight 21.Qh7-g6+ Kf7-g8 4.Nh7-g5 swap, he develops in typical 22.Ra1–f1 With a beautiful zugzwang Grand Prix style. 22.Rh3-h7 was also not bad, White will mate next move but bringing up more reserves with Ng5-f3 or Ng5-h3 5... Bf8-g7 means that weight of numbers depending on which of Black's 6.d2-d3 Ng8-f6 will have their say. knights give ground. 16... Ne6xf4 quite solid, but Kramnik shows 17.Re1xe7+ Ke8-f8 that his forces lack proper CHESS 18.Re7-e5 Qd8-d6 coordination. July 12th 2008 Although the Black king is misplaced there doesn't seem 17.Bd3xe4 d5xe4 Michael to be much danger, but White's 18.c4-c5 surprising next move is very Blunting the light-squared Adams unpleasant to face. bishop by preventing Black from playing c6-c5. 19.Qd1–d2 Nf4-g6 Vladimir plays safe and accepts 18... b6xc5 an inferior position, hoping 19.a2-a3 Bb4-a5 to be able to hang on for a The dark-squared bishop is also That's nothing draw. The critical line was pushed offside. 19...Qd6xe5 20.Qd2-b4+ new, it's one of Kf8-e8 (20...Kf8-g8 loses 20.d4xc5 Qe7xc5 simply 21.Nd5-e7+ Kg8-f8 It looks logical to reposition Garry's gadgets 22.Ne7-g6+) 21.Ra1–e1 the rook and leave room for (another interesting option the bishop to retreat to c7, but was 21.Qb4xb5+ Ke8-d8 20...Rc7-c8 21.Ra1–d1 Rc8-d8 When Garry Kasparov 22.Ra1–d1) 21...Nf4-e2+ 22.Rd1–d6 is awkward. retired from professional 22.Kg1–f1 Ra8-c8 23.f2-f4 chess for a career in the Qe5xd5 24.Re1xe2+ Ke8-d7 21.b3-b4 Qc5-b5 murky world of Russian 25.Re2-d2 Rc8-c5 and Black The queen must pin the white politics in 2005, he did so survives. ‘b’ pawn to avoid dropping a with a gigantic database of piece. opening novelties that had 20.Re5-e1 been left unplayed. The knight retreat has left 22.Qh3-g3 Ba5-b6 As theoretical developments White with a dominant steed With the queen also drawn over have progressed, Garry has on d5, and Kramnik is not able to the queenside the Black king occasionally let on which to complete his development in looks very lonely, but 22...f7-f5 “discoveries” came as no news time before a tactical problem defending along the second to him. So, when Arkady arises. rank may hold on. Naiditsch produced a stunning idea against the upholder of 20.. f7-f6 23.Ne5-d7 the Petroff Defence, Vladimir 21.Ra1–d1 Kf8-f7 Interrupting the rook's Kramnik, in the recent 22.Qd2-e3 Rh8-e8 influence on the kingside Dortmund tournament, The alternative 22...Rh8-d8 forces, a fatal weakening of the most of the chess world was 23.Qe3-b3 Kf7-f8 24.Nd5-e7 is dark squares. agog. Kasparov, however, similar to the game. had found a similar idea nine 23... g7-g6 years previously, showing that 23.Nd5-e7 Qd6xe7 24.Nd7-f6+ Kg8-f8 Kramnik may have been wise to 24.Qe3-b3+ Kf7-f8 25.Bb2-e5 avoid this defence during their 25.Re1xe7 Re8xe7 XABCDEFGHY world championship match. 26.Qb3xb5 8r+-+-mk-+( XABCDEFGHY and Naiditsch’s good technique 7zpltr-+p+-' 8r+-wqk+-tr( enabled him to convert his 6-vlp+psNpzp& 7zpp+-vlpzpp' material advantage into the full 5+q+-vL-+-% 6-+-+n+-+& point 16 moves later. 4-zP-+pzP-+$ 5+p+N+-+-% Kramnik losses in Dortmund 3zP-+-zP-wQ-# 4-+-+-+-+$ are as common as bank errors 2-+-+-+PzP" 3+-+-+-+-# in your favour. One day earlier 1tR-+-+RmK-! 2PzP-+-zPPzP" all was smooth sailing for Vlad. xabcdefghy 1tR-vLQtR-mK-! xabcdefghy XABCDEFGHY 25... Rc7-c8 8r+-+-+k+( 26.Qg3-h4 h6-h5 Naiditsch, A - Kramnik, V 7zpltr-wqpzp-' 27.Nf6-h7+ Dortmund 6-zpp+p+-zp& The other knight check 5+-+psN-+-% 27.Nf6-d7+ Kf8-e8 28.Be5-d6 16.Bc1–f4 4-vlPzPnzP-+$ Bb6-d8 29.Nd7-f6+ was even Kasparov’s home analysis had 3+P+LzP-+Q# better. produced the closely related 2PvL-+-+PzP" idea 16.a2-a4 b5-b4 17.Bc1–f4 1tR-+-+RmK-! 27... Kf8-e8 Ne6xf4 18.Re1xe7+ Ke8-f8 xabcdefghy 28.Be5-d6 Rc8-c7 19.Re7-e5 Qd8-d6 20.Qd1–d2: 29.Rf1–d1 a souped-up version of the Kramnik,V - Van Wely,L There is no need to hurry as game as the b4 pawn can be Dortmund there aren’t any constructive captured with check in some defensive moves, hence Van variations. Van Wely's position looks Wely resigned. Norwood, D - Chekhov, V XABCDEFGHY Bundesliga 8-tr-tr-+k+( CHESS 7zpq+-zppvl-' July 19th 2008 Chekhov has made the mistake 6-+-zp-+-+& of adopting Dave's favourite 5+-+P+LzP-% Michael modern set up against him 4-zp-snN+-+$ and his position is unpleasantly 3+-+-+-+Q# Adams cramped. His early draw offer 2PzP-+-zPK+" invoked an emphatic "Nein!" 1+-+RtR-+-! from our red-blooded team xabcdefghy captain, Herbert Scheidt. 28.Rd1xd4 15... Nd7-b6 16.Be2-f3 Ra8-b8 This neat final touch takes out A board you the last two defenders. A mysterious rook move; 16... would have Rf8-e8 was a better idea. 28... Bg7xd4 29.Ne4-f6+ Bd4xf6 17.Bc1–e3 Nb6-c4 30.Qh3-h7+ Kg8-f8 bet the 18.Qd1–e2 Nc4xe3 31.g5xf6 Qb7xd5+ 19.Qe2xe3 32.Kg2-g1 château on 1–0 A welcome trade, eliminating XABCDEFGHY White’s dark-squared bishop, 8-+k+-+r+( I have just been visiting my but now problems arise on the 7zpl+nwqp+r' predecessor as Weekend other colour complex.
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