50 Ways to Win at Chess Steve Giddins rHAI��IBIITI First published in the UK by Gambit Publications Ltd 2007 Copyright © Steve Giddins 2007 The right of Steve Giddins to be identifiedas the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ISBN- 13: 978-1-904600-85-5 ISBN- I0: 1-904600-85-9 DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide (except USA): Central Books Ltd, 99 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, England. Tel +44 (0)20 8986 4854 Fax +44 (0)20 8533 5821. E-mail:
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[email protected] Website (regularly updated): www.gambitbooks.com Edited by Graham Burgess Typeset by John Nunn Cover image by WolffMorrow Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wilts. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Gambit Publications Ltd Managing Director: Murray Chandler GM Chess Director: Dr John Nunn GM Editorial Director: Graham Burgess FM GermanEditor: Petra Nunn WFM Webmaster: Dr Helen Milligan WFM Contents Symbols 5 Preface 6 1 Attack and Defence 7 1 : Hodgson - Hebden, London 1986 Trompowsky 8 2: Gheorghiu - W. Watson, Londo n 1980 King's Indian 11 3: Vasiukov - Van Wely, Moscow 2002 Sicilian, 4 'iVxd4 14 4: Adams - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Sicilian, Scheveningen 17 5: Wells - Emms, Southend 2000 English 20 6: Topalov - Kasparov, Amsterdam 1995 Sicilian, English Attack 23 7: Gelfand - Short, Brussels Ct.