The Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 2
Test and Improve Your Positional Intuition
by
Karsten Muller
Foreword by Susan Polgar
2008 Russell Enterprises, Inc. Milford, CT USA The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2
Test and Improve Your Positional Intuition
© Copyright 2008
Karsten MUller
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Printed in the United States of America Table of Contents
Foreword 4 Signs & Symbols 4 Introduction 5
I.Motif s 6 Good and Bad Bishops 6 Domination 12 Outpost 17 Undermining 23 Opening the Position 26 Blockade 29 Improving Piece Placement 31 Prophylaxis 37 A Second Front 41 Counterplay 45 Positional Exchange Sacrifice 48 Simplification 52 Weaknesses 58 Weak Color Complex 66
2.Tests 72 Te st 01 72 Test 02 77 Test 03 81 Test 04 85 Te st 05 89 Te st 06 93 Te st 07 97 Te st 08 101 Test 09 105 Test 10 109 Test II 113 Te st 12 117 Te st 13 121 Te st 14 125 Test 15 129 Test 16 133 Test 17 137 Te st 18 141 Te st 19 145 Test 20 149
Exercise and Test Solutions 153 Score Chart 274 Bibliography 275 Foreword
This is a unique training program that aims to help intermediate and advanced players by offering a large number of examples carefullysele cted by the author, German grandmaster Karsten Muller. While there are many books and software programs available to assist chess players in improving their tactical ability, there are relatively few that focus on strategic and positional considerations. Working through these positions and exercises is a great way to improve your positional understanding. I recommend it!
Susan Polgar New York, May 2008
Signs and Symbols
1 -0 White wins (Black resigns) 0-1 Black wins (White resigns) �-� draw agreed + check • mate ! a strong move !! a brilliant or unobvious move a weak move, an error ?? a grave error !? a move worth consideration ?! a dubious move an equal position ;!; White stands slightly better ± White has a clear advantage +- White has a winning position ';: Black stands slightly better :;: Black has a clear advantage -+ Black has a winning position 00 an unclear position 00 with compensation with the initiative -+ with an attack D. with the threat or idea of Cl better is ol Olympiad m match ch championship wch world championship corr correspondence game
4 Introduction
Why is it so much easier to find books that fo cus on tactical exercises rather than positional tests? One reason is that it is easier to locate suitable examples of tactical combinations - at least fo r me. Moreover, the computer can be used to check the accuracy and uniqueness of the solution. With positional exercises, different computer programs may favor different moves and completely disagree about the evaluation of a given position. This is, of course, never the case when a clear-cut tactical solution exists. In a way, this problem is similar for humans, making it difficultto find examples with unique positional solutions. Therefore, in the tests offered in this book, when I think that different moves also deserve points, I have mentioned these as well.
I suggest that you begin with the introductorychapters of motifs, but you can, of course, start with the exercises as a warm up. If you are able to solve them quite quickly, then you should tum to the tests. You cannot expect to solve the puzzles on positional grounds alone. Positional motifs do not exist in a vacuum and con crete calculation almost always plays a role. So use your intuition to judge how fa r you must calculate to get fu ll scores. Sometimes it is sufficientto findthe first move, at other times you must calculate several moves ahead to ensure that your idea really works. Themes like "counterplay" or "opening the position" tend to be more tactical of course, but do not make your decisions on these grounds alone. Always let your intuition be your guide in any given position. You should repeat the tests after some time to train your memoryand to recognize the patternsmore readily. I hope that after studying this book, you will look at positional matters afresh, e.g. evaluate each exchange of a piece carefully (this problem is extremely important, believe me), look at the plans and ideas of your opponent and add the positionally desirable move to your list of candidates before you start calculating variations.
Many thanks to Hanon W. Russell fo r adding many explanations, Susan Polgar fo r her fo reword, Mark C. Donlan, Helene Romakin, Nikolas Lubbe and Steve Goldberg. Special thanks to Jacob Aagaard for testing the exercises.
I wish you plenty of fu n with the puzzles and I hope that your overall perfor mance improves!
Karsten Miiller Hamburg, May 2008
5 Motifs
Good and Bad Bishops
The bishop can only move on half the Ho/lis,Adrian Swayne (2606) - squares of the chessboard and this has Hovde,Frank (2534) many positional implications. If one Corr. 1991 (8) bishop is exchanged, the other is also weakened, as the enemy pieces can find a safe haven on opposite color squares of the remaining bishop. So the bishop pair is an important weapon and you should not give your opponent a strong unopposed bishop. This is especially true when an attack with opposite-col ored bishops is possible (see Part B).
A) Bad Bishop
Trying to restrict and finallydomi nate 16... gxf5 17.�d5+ �f7 18.�xc6 minor pieces is an important part of .il.b7!? This is more in the spirit of an chess strategy. Pawns are usually used attack with opposite-colored bishops to make the bishops "bite on granite." than 18 ....Q.. xc4. 19.�a4 h5 20.�abl [n Hollis- Hovde, the d3-bishop bites 20 . .:£\xhS?is asking fo r trouble: 20 . ..�h4 on the f5 -h7 pawn chain, while the e3- 21 . .:£\g3 f!.h7 22.' In our firstexample, White's dark-squared bishop is permanently bad, as the doubled c-pawns and the blocked f4 - pawn fo rm a cage. The light-squared bishop is only on a bad square, but it will get stuck protecting c4 if White does not play actively. So 16.j},xf5!? is White's best bet. Black is better after 16:�a4 .:£\aS .17 .Q..f2 .:£\f6 18.l"!.fel .:£\g4. Motifs 24 ... iiteSI This is the application of nothing can stop White's attack on the another positional principle: the more long diagonal: t6.4)d51? 4)xd5 pieces that are exchanged, the higher 17.exd5 .4.xd5 18.t;td2! The point. the disadvantage of a bad piece. Black's 18:�d4? can be met by 18.. :�e5. knight will reign supreme: 25.iitxe8+ 18 •.. .§f5 19.f4 iitd7 19... �b5 20.§f2 .§xeS 26. .sl.d2 .§e2 27 . .§b2 4)h5 §af8 2l.�d4 §Sf6 22.f5+- . 20.iitd4 28.hxg3 4)xg3 29 . .§b8+ 29 . .ilcl �f8 2l . .§ael 21.g4 §hS 22.f5 wins §xb2 30 . .ilxb2 32.' 32.�xg3 .§xc4 33 • .§b7+ �e6 possible, as long as tactical elements are 34. .§xa7 �d5 35.a4 .§xc3+ present and king safety is an issue: 36.�h4 �e4+ and Black later con verted his advantage. David,Aiberto (2487) - Plaskett,Jim (2525) B) Attack with Opposite-Colored Mondariz zt 1.1 (I0), 13.09.2000 Bishops Pure opposite-colored bishop endgames have a very drawish nature (see Dvoretskys Endgame Manual or Fun damental Chess Endings). However, when more pieces come into play, then the rule is that the side with the attack (resp. initiative) is favored by the pres ence of opposite-colored bishops, as the defending bishop cannot contribute to the defense: White's powerhouse on d4, combined Seidler - Ruiz with the attacking rooks, decides the Buenos Aires, 1974 issue: 26.4)d5! 26.§g3? 28 • .§7e6! Black cannot defend the dark squares around his king. White wants to keep as much attacking poten tial on the board as possible, so he does not exchange pieces. 28..• d5 28 ...�g7 Black's king is fe eling the danger, but 29.§xd6 �g6 30.§eS MS 31.§aS+- . 7 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 29.Jl.xf6 d4 30.§g3+ �h7 30 .. .'it'f8 Black's initiative is very strong, as 3l.Ae5! +- . 31.§g5!? d3 3l...E!.d7 White cannot block the long diagonal: 32.E!.xh5+ 'it>g6 33.g4 'it>f7 34.f5 E!.a a7 30.�g1?! 30.E!.c5 �e7 3l.b4 �e4 35.Axd4 +- Ftacnik in CBM 79. 32.�fl was more tenacious. 30 ... �d5 32.§xh5+ �g6 33.§g5+ �h7 31.§xd4 �f3 32.J}.e1 .§e833.§d2 34.Jl.c3Jl.d1 35 . .§e3 1-0 h5! Initiative is more important than material here. Black wants to undermine The next example shows a nice combi White's shelter: 34.§f2 �xb3 nation based on an attack with oppo 35.Jl.b4 h4 36.f5 §e3 37.Jl.d6 g5 site-colored bishops: 38.f6 §d3 39.Jl.c7 §d1 0-1 Ta imanov,Mark (2530) - C) The Bishop-Pair Vitolimoh,Aivis (2415) Jurmala (9), 1978 Two bishops are usually very strong. Jonathan Rowson describes this in The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (page 130) as fo llows: "Although the pair of knights can be very effective, we don't see them as 'a pair' because there is nothing one knight can do that the other can't in principle ...There may be something good about 'the two knights' in a par ticular position, but this is purely acci dental, for there is no reason in prin ciple why a pair of them should be more 24... §x e4! 25 . .§xe4 d5 26.§xd4 than the sum of their parts. On the other 26.cxd5? �xd5 27.E!.bel (27.El.e8+? hand, one bishop makes up for the E!.xe8 28.�xd5 E!.e 2+ 29.'it>hl shortcomings of the other, and takes Axbl -+) 27 ...Axe4 28.E!.xe4 care of its own shortcomings in the pro �xb3 -+ . 26 ... cxd4 27 .§c1 Jl.e4 cess. So what happens when you cap 28.�d1 dxc4 29.§xc4 Jl.a8! ture the opponent's bishop is not only that you remove one piece of value, but that you 'weaken' the other bishop too." A single bishop can operate on both wings simultaneously, so it is easy to understand that the bishop-pair are a tactical powerhouse (especially in open positions) and are a strong endgame weapon. Therefore, it is no wonder that many positional operations aim to ob tain the bishop-pair: 8 Motifs Naiditsch,Arkadij (2524) - 32.cxb5 tzlxe4 33.§.xc8 �xc8 34.�xf4 Lutz,Christopher (2643) Ag5 35.�fl tzld2 36.�f2 tzlc4 37.�c2 GER-ch Altenkirchen (9), 08. 1 2.200 1 axb5 �. 3l ...b)(c4 32.�)(f6+ ...Q.)(f6 33.thd6 �d3 34.�)(b8 Et)(b8 35.Jl)(d335.§. xc4tzlb2 -+ is the tac tical justification. 35 ...c)(d3 Black is winning because of the bishop-pair, combined with the light-squared weak nesses in White's camp, and the passed pawn on d3 . 36.Etc4 Etbc8 37.Jl.c5 Jlc6 38.�b3 ...Q. b5 39.Etc3 Jlg5 40.a4 In this typical Hedgehog structure, Black successfully undermines White's overextended center and ultimately wins the bishop-pair. This is decisive in the resulting endgame: 28••. e51 The weakening of d5 is not so important, since White can't use it. 29.f5 29.fxe5 tzlxe5 30.tzld5? (30."�e2 �c7 �) 30 ...tzlxd5 31.cxd5 §.xcl 32.�> 58.Ac5 h 5 59. 'ifi>f3 Ad2 -+ . 55••• Jla3 0-1 Naiditsch resigned as ...a5 fo llows. The advantage of the bishops is larger As a rule, the side with the bishops than Black's plus after 31.tzlxf4! exf4 wants to control the position and then 9 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 open it on their own terms. Usually it knights. 8 . .1l.e2 8.cxdS 4.e3 .1l.b4 S.�c2 .1l.xc3!? Black vol not. 10 • .£jd2 1 O. Now it is clear that Black's light squared strategyhas succeeded. 14.f3?! This creates further weaknesses. 14.f!fdl <£ld3 lS. 1 0 Motifs Exercises (EOl) Short,Nigel (2677) (EOJ) Suetin,Alexey Gurevich,Mikhail (2667) Botvinnik,Mikhail FIDE World Cup-B (5), 05.09.2000 URS-ch20 Moscow, 1952 w B How to continue White's attack? (Five How did Botvinnik neutralize White's points) Solutions begin on page 153. pressure? (Three Points) (E02) Bareev,Evgeny (2721) (E04) Leko,Peter (2600) - lvanchuk, Va ssily (2710) Rodriguez Cespedes,Amador (2555) 19th EUCup (6), 03.10.2003 Yopal (3), 22.06. 1997 w w White has many threats and is well-cen Both sides are attacking with opposite tralized. Can you find his Achilles' colored bishops. But White's whole heel? (Four points) army is better mobilized, so it is per haps no surprisethat he is winning. But how is this done? (Two points) 11 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Domination Restricting the scope of the enemy have increased the pressure with pieces is a very important positional 26.E!xd8 4:lxd8 27.e5! f6 28.�e3 as strategy. Studying the games of players 28 ...4:lf 7? is met by 29.l"!cl .!ld7 like Karpov and Kramnik will allow you 30.E!c7+- (Psakhis in CBM 89 extra). to see this concept in action and give 26 ... E{xd2 27.E{xd2 f6 28.a3 h51? you a better understanding of it. There 29. Psakhis,Lev (2574) - Gustafsson,Jan (2542) 20th Andorra Ia Vella op (7), 12.07.2002 Now Psakhis' suggestion 33.h3! to open a second front is convincing: 33 ...4:lxe2 (33 ...gxh3 34.4:ld5++- ) 34.�xe2 gxh3 35.�f3 �e8 36.E!h2+- . 29 ••.J}.d7 30. White has more space and the initiative. But how does he make use of these ad vantages? 20.Ah31 Right! By stopping the fr eeing advance ...eS, Psakhis en sures that Black's queenside cannot be developed. Next, he will just centralize his army and make sure that Black can not untangle. 20 ... �a8 21.�ca4 �xb6 22.�xb6 E{e8 23.f4 12 Motifs Black can still offer tenacious resis opponent's pieces. Nowadays most tance. 32.�c5 4)c833.e51 Fixing the computer programs understand this, but e6 weakness on a light square and re Deep Blue seemed unaware ofthe prob stricting the knight on c8. 33 ...fxe5 lems until it was too late: 34.fxe5 .Q.c6 35 . .Q.g2 Jlxg2 36.gxg2 Kasparov,Garry (2795) - Deep Blue Philadelphia m (6), 1996 [030] 1.4)f3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.4)bd2 4)f6 5.e3 c5 6.b3 4)c67 .J1b2 cxd4 8.exd4 .Q.e7 9.gct 0-0 10.J1d3 Jld7 11.0-0 4)h5?A very bad move, as it loses valuable time. 12.l:!el4)f4 13. .Q.bt .Q.d6 14.g3 4)g6 15.4)e5 gcs t6.4)xd7 �xd7 17.4)f3 Jlb4 ts.ge3 gfd8 19.h4 4)ge7 36 ...4)a7 36 ...\t>e8 37.§a2!? Good prophylaxis. The fo llowing line shows why: 37 ....£la7 (37 ...\t>e7 38 . .£lxc8+ §xeS+ 39.\t>b6 §b8 40.\t>c7 +- ; 37 ...\t>d8 38.§d2+ \t>e8 39 . .£lxc8 §xc8+ 40.\t>b6 t:!c3 4l.a4 t:!c4 42.§b2 +- ) 38.\t>d6 .£lb5+ 39.\t>xe6+- ; The rook endgame after 36 ....£lxb6?! 37.\t>xb6 is totally winning because of White's activity, which is extremely important in rook endings in general: 37 ...\t>d7 38.§d2+ \t>c8 Now White mobilizes his pawns to re 39.\t>a7 +- . 37.gd2 Now White's su strict Black to the maximum. 20.a3 perior activity decides the issue: 37... �f7 38.gd7+ �g6 39-�d6 .Q.a5 21.b4 .Q.c7 22.c5 Black's army 4)b5+ 40.�xe6 4)xa3 4t.�e7 makes a very poor impression. The 4)c2 42.4)d5 �f5 43.e6 4)d4 white pawns dominate the board. 44.�f7 4)f3 44 ... .£lxe6 45. .£le7+ \t>e5 22 ...ges 23. �d3 g6 24.ge2 4)f5 46.t:!d 5+ +- (Psakhis). 45.4)e7+1? 25 . .Q.c3 h5 26.b5 "Keene calls this �e4 46.4)g6 4)g5+1 47.�e7 �f5 'Kasparov's strategy of strangulation' 48.4)f4 h4 48 ...\t>g4 49.§d8 §xd8 and points out that 26.b5 doesn't just 50.\t>xd8 .£lxe6+ 51..£lxe6 b6 52.\t>c7 attack the knight but establishes 'a gi a5 53.b5 +- (Psakhis). 49.gd5+ �g4 ant, crawling mass of white pawns, 50.h3+ 4)xh3 51.4)xh3 1-0 rather resembling a colossal army of soldier ants on the move.'" (Friedel in The fo llowing game is an ideal example CBM 50) 26 ...4)ce7 27.Jld2 �g7 of using pawns to restrict the 28.a4 gas 29.a5 a6 30.b6 13 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 Top alov, Ve selin (2745) - Leko,Peter (2722) Candidates final Dortmund (2), 19.07.2002 30 ...Jl.b8?? Now Black's bishop and a8-rook are out of the game. 30 ...Jld8 was absolutely necessary, when the e7- knight could go to c6 and the bishop to f6 . 3l.Ac2 .£)c6 32.Jl.a4 E!e7 43.E!h6 E!f744.�e6 E!f8 45.�e4?1 33.Ac3 .£)e5?1 34.dxe5 �xa4 45.'\;i'fS!? '\;i'e7 (45 ...�f 7 46.�e6 �f8 35. .£)d4 .£)xd4 36.�xd4 As more 47.�h4!5:5)46.�d3 �b7+ 47.f3! 4:\b2 pieces are exchanged, the weakness of 48.�c2 �g7 49.�hl �g8 (49 .. .f5!? is the dominated pieces is fe lt to a greater probably Black's best bet 50.�bl 4:\a4 degree. 36 ...�d7 36 ...�xd4 37.�xd4 51.�xa4 �g8 52.g4 fxg4 53.f4! White �d7 38.�b2 �d8 39.c6 bxc6 40.b7 must use Black's g-pawn as a shield �a7 4l.�xc6 +- ; 36... �c6 37.�d2 53 ...�b7+ 54.'it>gl �e4 55.�b3 and d7 38.�g5 and White's attack on the White is still fighting.)50.g4 f5 51.'\;i'xf5 kingside will win the game easily. 4:\c4 (5l... �e 8 52.�cl5:5) 52.�xh7+ 37.Jl.d2E!e8 38 ..1lg5 E!c839.Jl. f6+ �xh7 53.�f6;�; (Rogozenko in CBM 'it/h7 40.c61? The decisive break 90) is one line that shows White's re through. 40... bxc6 40 ...� xc6 41.�ec2 sources. 45 ... �d7 46. �f3 \t'g7 �xc2 42.�xc2 �e8 43.�c5 'it>h6 47.E!h5 44. �c8 +- . 41.�c5 \t'h6 42.E!b2 b7 43.E!b41? 1-0 The Deep Blue team resigned as Black's army is para lyzed, e.g. 43 ...'it>h7 44.g4 hxg4 45.�xg4 �g8 46:�e3 '\;i'c8 47.�h3 �e8 48.�g5 �f8 49.h5 �h6 50.�xc6+- . Just one dominated piece can spell trouble. In the next example, White has only one pawn fo r the knight, but he can still of 47 ... .£jb2? The knight is not really fe r extremely tough resistance. much better on b2; improving the rook 14 Motifs was necessary: 47 .. J''!.d8! 48.'�e4 h6 22.4Jdl 'it'g8! and Black was OK in and it is hard to believe that White can J .Piachetka-V. Bagirov, Berlin 1979. hold this. 48 . .§d5�e6 49 • .§d41 .§cS 17 ... Jl,.h6 18.f41 Black's rook is 49 ...4Jc4? 50.�g4+ +- . 50 • .§e4 �c6 dominated. 18••. b4 18... .!"!b8!? may be 5Vifj'h2 \tlf8?1 Now it is definitely worthwhile to avoid the advance . . . b4, drawn. 51...h5 was the last chance to which weakens the light squares. play fo r a win. 52.�f41 \tlf753. �f5 19 . .§d6.§b819 ... bxc3? 20 . .!"!xb6 cxb2 .§gS 54.�xh 7+ .§g7 55. �h5+ \tlf8 2l.Axc4 Jlc622 . .!"!xb2and White wins, 56.�f5? Topalov even wants to win! despite Black's extra rook. 20 . .£jd1 But this is asking fo r too much: Jl.xg521. f xg5 .£ld5?The idea of sac 56.�h8;!; was warranted. 56 ... .£Jc4 rificing the knight on e7 does not fe el 57 . .§e2 57.!'!.e6 !'!.h7+ 58.�xh7 right, as White's whole army gets very active, but it is already difficultto give �xe6 -+ (Rogozenko). 57 ... .§g5 58. �h7 .£le5 59. �h6+ \tlg8 Black good advice. 2l...Ad5? loses 60.�xg5+ fxg5 6l..§xe5 �f6 outright: 22.4Je3 ..lle6 23 . ..1lg2 ..lld7 22.Jl,.xc4 .£lxe7 23.fxe7 62 . .§e2 �f3 63 . .§d2 \tlf7 64.a4 24 . ..1lc6 +- . \tlxe7 24 • .§f6 �b3 65 . .§d6 �xa4 66 • .§b6 �a2 0-1 In the next example, Polugaevsky's con cept put Black's whole setup under a cloud: Polugaevsky,Lev (2620) - To rre,Eugenio (2550) Moscow, 1981 White continues his strategy of restrict ing Black's pieces. 24 ... .§hf825 . .£Je3 Jl.e4 26• .§xa6 .§bdS 27 • .§f6 .§d6 28• .§f4 .§d4 29.h5 Jl.d3 30 . .£ld5+ \tld6 3l..§xd4 cxd4 32 • .Q.b3?1 Polugaevsky went on to win, although he later showed that 32.Axd3 was called for: 32 ...'it'xd5 33.h6 .!"!g8 (33 ....!"!h8 34.�f2 �d6 35.�f3 �e7 36.�g4 f6 37.�h5 +- ) 34.h7 .!"!h8 17.h4 1117.exf8�+? 'it'xf8 18.!'!.d6 !'!.b8 35.'it'd2'it'd6 36.�c2 �e7 37.�b3 15 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Exercises (E05) Radjabov, Te imour (2667) - (E06) Jvanchuk, Va ssily (2729) - Minasian,Artashes (2586) Aronian,Levon (2752) Moscow Aeroflot op (3), 17.02.2005 Morelia/Linares (2), 19.02.2006 w w How to use White's space advantage? White to move! (Two Points) (One point) Solutions begin on page 154. 16 Motifs Outpost An outpost is a weak square that can will only hit empty squares. So not be controlled by an enemy pawn, 28 ...Axd2 was fo rced: 29.�dxd2 but which can be occupied by a piece (29.�cxd2? c4 30.bxc4 �xc4 and supported by its own pawn. Especially Black's counterplaymakes White's task the knight needs strong anchor squares: very difficult.) 29 .. :�d7 30:�f3 �e8 31.�e2 ±. 29.�c4 §e8 30. �f3 fS? Gurevich,Mikhai/ (2694) - This weakens Black's king and gives lvanov,Mikhail (2454) White another outpost on e6. 30 .. :�e7 France chT (5.2), 30.03.2001 offered more resistance, e.g. 31.�dl �bb8 (31...�b7 32.4Ja5 �c7 33.4Jc6 �f8 34.�e2+- ) 32.a4 �b7 33.�al "(Jfc7 34.�aa2 �b8 35.4Ja5 �c7 36.�e2 +- . 31.§e2 §bb8 White's knight is the key to the posi tion. When it manages to land on c4, then converting White's material advan tage will be just a matter of technique: 32.§e61 And it is over: 32 ••• §xe6 24.�gll �a6 2S.�f3 Jlg7 26.�e2 xe6 �xe6 34.§xd6 �e4 �b7 27.§d3 Ah61 28.�d2 33.d 3S.�xe4 fxe4 36.§e6 §a8 37.a4 §b8 38.aS §xb3 39.a6 1-0 The following pawn structure occurs quite frequently: Gershenzon,Sergey - Stisis, Ya acov (2403) Israel ch-T (9), 28.04.2000 In the next example, White has a hole on d4, which may serve as an outpost fo r Black. White must also be careful 28•.. �d7? White's knight will domi not to allow a bind on the dark squares, nate the position, while Black's bishop as one weak square is often connected 17 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 with a weak color complex. On the other counterchances. 17 ...j}_x b2 18."l:fx b2 hand, if he manages to get in c4-c5 and 4)c5 19."1:fc2 a5! Strengthening the make use of the d6-outpost, he can eas bind on the dark squares. 20 . .§d2 ily be better. .§adS 21..§fd1 .§xd2 22 . .§xd2 .§d8 Exchanging rooks helps Black, as his queen cooperates well with the knights. 23• .§xd8+ "l:fxd8 24.Jl.g2 4)e6 25.�h2 "l:fd626."1:fc3 12.h3? This helps Black in his fight for dark square control. 12 . .>le3 .£lbd7 13.E!fdl 'ifJc7 . 14.£la4 was more to the point, as White must prevent a dark square bind. 12... j},xf 3 13.Axf3 26 ... "l:!c5?!This gives White unneces Jl.c5 14.b3 4)bd7 15.Jl.b2 j},d4 sary counterplay. 26 ...b6 27.f4 .£ld7 16. .§ad1 "l:fc7 28.fxe5 .tlxe5 29 . .£lf4 .£lc5+ was more precise. 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4? A tacti cal oversight. 28 . .£lxf4 makes it quite difficult for Black. One possibility is 28 ... .£lg5 29.�d3 'ifJe7 30.'ifJc3a4 31.e5 .tld7 32.h4 Oh7 33.0d3 f6 34.exf6 .tlhxf6 with an initiative for Black. 28... 4)xe4! 29."1:fd3 29 . ..1lxe4? 'if1f2+ 30 . ..1lg2'ifJxe2 -+ . 29 ... 4)d6 30.�h1 g6 and Black went on to win. In the first two examples, the outpost squares were already there. Now we 17 .4)e2?This allows another favorable will have to create them: exchange. Black's dream scenario of knight vs. light-squared bishop is get Ti viakov,Sergei (2625) - ting closer. 17.b4? is also wrong as Va n den Doel,Erik (2583) Black can force the pawn to advance: NED-ch Leeuwarden (3}, 22.06.2002 17... a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 iil'b6 20.b5 .£lc5+; 17 . .Q.c l !? .£lc5 18 . .£le2 .£le6 White begins with a very strong move 19.�h2 E!ad820 . ..1lg2..ll c5 2l .f4 is one that restricts Black's I ight-squared possible line that gives White bishop and creates outpost squares on 18 Motifs e6 and g6, both of which can be reached bxa4? This clearly goes too far. 30 ...c4 fr om f4 . 3l..ilfl E!e8 32.axb5 .ilxb5 33.E!al E!b8 (Postny) and Black can still fight tenaciously. 31.Bc4 White converted his advantage: 3l. .. �f7 32.Jl,xe6+ �xe6 33 . .§.d8 Jl.d6 34. .§.g8 �f7 35 . .§.b8 �e6 36.�d3 �e5? This makes it very easy. 37 . .§.g8 gS 38. .§.h8 Jl.b5+ 39.�c3 �e6 40. .§.xh6 Jle5+41.� c2 c4 42. .§.h8 1-0 Creating an outpost square with the fo l lowing positional pawn sacrifice is 18.f5! However, White is not that much quite typical in Benoni-like structures: better here, as Black's bishop-pair is quite strong, especially the dark Ty omkin,Dimitri (2495) - squared one. 18... Jl,d6 19.g3 .§.e8 Cao Sang (2501) 20 . .£)e2 Jl.d7 21. .£)f4cS EUCup G6 Budapest (3.5), 13.10.1999 22.c4! This prevents Black's 21.e5! dxe5 22.f5 counterplay and continues the strategy White has created of restricting Black's light-squared an outpost on e4 fo r one of his knights. bishop. 22 ...a6 23.�c2!? A nice 22... .£)e8 It may seem illogical to ex endgame move that prepares to activate change the superfluous white knight, the king. 23... Jl,c6 24 . .£)e6 .§.e7 but Black's task is very difficult any 25. .§.d2.§.ae8 26 . .§.de2 .§.xe6?! This way. 22 ...�h4 23. 19 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 against Black's king lingers in the air: 25.a51 .Q.g4 26. �d2 4)xe 4 27.4)xe4 4)d6 28.4) xd6 �xd6 20 ... a5 21.4)f4 a4 22.b4 4)c4 29.b41 e4 30.�xf8+ �xf8 3l.�gl 23.�e2 4)b8 24.4)ell Heading for cxb4 32 • .Q.xe4 .Q.c3 33.�g2 Jl.f5 the c5-outpost, where White's knight 33 ....Q.h5 34.axb6 "ii'!e5 35.d6 "ii'!xd6 contributes to the attack. 24 ..•.Q.g5 36.c5 "ii'le5 37.c6 Af3 38.Axf3 "ii'!xe3 25.4)ed3 .Q.c626.�c3 39 . .1ld5+�g7 40.E!fl Af6 4l."ii'lf2 �e5 42.f!dl+- . 34 . .Q.xf5 �xf5 35.axb6 �e7 36 • .Q.f2 7 �f 37 . .Q.c5 b3 38.�dl b2 39 • .Q.gl �g5 39 ...Af6 40.E!bl (40.�e4? is met by 40 ...Ae5 (40 ...E!e5? 41."ii'lg4 Ag5 42.d6 .llcl 43.d7 bl'i£f 44.d8'i£f+ E!e8 45.f!d7+- )) 40 ...'i£fd7 4l.f!xb2 Axb2 42.'i£fxb2 and White's passed pawns should win the game. 40.b7 .Q.e5? 40 ..."ii'! xb7 4l."ii'fxg5 bl "ii'f 42.f!xbl "ii'fxbl 43.'i£fg4 "ii'ld3 44.'it>g2 'i£fd 2+ 45.Af2 a5 46."ii'!e4 ±. 41.�xg5 �f3+ 42.�g2 An important moment. Black had to �xdl 43.�xb2! 1-0 exchange his proud c4-knight to prevent White's b2-bishop from joining the at Sometimes an outpost is not as strong tack! Such an exchange might seem odd as it looks, especially when the knight at first glance, but you should not be is too far away to attack the king: blinded by your first impression. 26 ••• 4)d7?1 26 ..."ii'!b6 27.4:\c5 4:\xb2! Balashov, Yu ri (2555) - 28. "ii'!xb2 4:\d7 was more tenacious. Tu nik,Gennady (2470) 27. .Q.cll White simply plays around Russian Club Cup Maikop (5), the knight, as it contributes nothing to 07.06. 1998 the defense of the black king. 27 ... �e8 28.4)el 4)f8 29.4)fd3 Axel In this next example, Black creates an 30.�dxcl 4)h731 .f4 �e7 32.4)c5 outpost on c4, but this does not neu .Q.e8 33.4)f3 �c6 34.4)h4 �ec7 tralize White's advantage, as an attack 35.�el 4)f8 36. �f2 4)d7 20 Motifs 18.jlf2 Jlg4 19.h3 After 19.Ae2, Kasparov gives a dynamic line that re flectshis style well: 19... .ilxe2 20.�xe2 f3! 2l.gxf3 .£\f4 22.�d2 (22:i;1fl §.c8 23.!!gl.£\g6 00) 22... .£\g2+ 23.'it>fl .£\h4 24.i.txh4 �xh4, Informant 46/802; 19.0-0 f3 20.Jle3 �h4 2l.'l;irf2 �e7 22.§.acl .£\f4 oo. 19 ...jld7 20.0-0-0 Jle5 21.�bl �f6 22.jle2 .£lg3 23.Jl.xg3?1 23.!!hel .ilxc3 24.�xc3 �xc3 25.bxc3 .£\xe4 26 . .ild4 .ll.f5 27.'>t>b2 §.ac8 is slightly better fo r 37.g4 Now White's whole army attacks White. (Kasparov). 23 ...fxg3 24.Jlf3 in earnest. 37 ... .£lxc5 38.dxc5 f6 �ac8 25• .£le2�g6 25 ...§.c 5!? 26.§.cl 39 . .£lf3 fxe5 40 . .£1xe5 .£1xe5 §.fc8 27 . .ilg4 .ilxg428.hxg4 �g6 also 41.�xe5 �f7 42.�e3 �c8 42 ...d4 gives Black very good compensation. 43.!!d3 +- . 43.�d4 Jld7 44.g5 26.�cl �xcl+ 27.�xcl �c8 White's attack plays itself. 44... hxg5 28. �e3?1 �f6 29. �d2 �c5 45.fxg5 �f8 46.h6 �g8 47.c6 30 . .£lcH �xc6 48.�xc6 Jlxc6 49.�xe6 Jlb7 50.g6 �e7 51.�e5 1-0 Of course, bishops can also use out posts: Gheorghiu,Fiorin (2485) - Kasparov,Garry (2760) Thessaloniki ol, 1988 This allows Black's whole army to join the attack. 30.Rc I to reduce the attack ing potential was called for, e.g. 30 . .. b6 3l.!!xc5 bxc5 32 . .£:\cl .ilxh3 33 . .£\d3 Ad7 34 . .£:\xeS �xeS and Black is fo r choice. 30 ...Af4 3l.�b4 3l.�d3 Jlb5 32.�a3 �d4 33 . .£\b3 �d3+ 34.'>t>a l !!c7 35.�b4 �c2 36.�el �f2 -+ . 3l ... Jlb5 32. .£lb3 Jl.d3+ 15•.. e41? A typical pawn sacrifice to 33-�al �c2 34.�bl 34.�d4 .ile5 create a strong outpost on e5. Kasparov 35.�xd3 §.xb2 -+ (Kasparov). bides his time before occupying it: 34 ... Ae5 35. .£lclAxb2+ 36.�xb2 16. .£lxh5 .£lxh5 17.fxe4 f41 �xb2+ 0-1 21 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Exercises (E07) Berkes,Ferenc (2617) (E09) Timofeev,Artyom (2622) - Erdos, Viktor (2480) Vo lokitin,Andrei (2679) 55th HUN-ch Kazincbarcika (8), 35th Sarajevo Bosnia (2), 17.05.2005 20.05.2005 How to finish Black's development? Where will the white knight ultimately (One point) Solutions begin on page land? (One point) 155. (E08) Jackelen, Thomas (2392) - (E I 0) Anand, Viswanathan (2786) - Kesse/er,Heiko Va llejo Pons,Francisco (2686) Bundesliga Germany (3.7), 24. 1 1 .2001 Linares (12), 08.03.2005 w B How to win the fight fo r the important What is the proper way to deploy central files? (One point) Black's blockading fo rces? (One point) 22 Motifs (Ell) Gurevich,Mikhail (2620) Balashov, Yu ri (2505) Deutschland, 1994 w White to move! (Two points) Undermining If the base of a pawn chain can be cap tured or fo rced to move, then it can weaken the whole chain: Keene,Raymond Quinteros,Miguel Angel Orense, 1975 White's pawn shield is in ruins. Now Black uses the open lines fo r a decisive attack: 24.�abl �h8 25.b4 �ag8 26.�fl b6 27.Jl.c3 .£)g4 28.Jl.xg7 �xg7 29.�c3 .£)f6 30.�gl �hg8 31.Jl.fl .£)g4 32.�b2 .£)f2+ 0-1 Outposts can also be undermined: Black wants to exploit the fact that White's h-pawn is no longer on h2: Nikolic,Predrag (2640) - 19... h5 20 . .£)e2? h was necessary to Sp raggett,Kevin (2560) deter the destruction of White's pawn Elista ol (8), 06.10.1998 shield with 20.h4!. 20 ...h41 21.gxh4 �h6 22 . .£)fg3 �xh4 23.\tlhl In the next example, Black's strong �f71? knight holds the position together, but 23 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 28.bxa6!? {Jxa6 29.{Jb4 {Jc5 30.{Jd5! 'il1a7 3l.{Jxb6 �xb6 32.'il1xc5 'il1b2 is also much better for White, but Black has some annoying counterplay. 28 ... axb5 28 ...a5 29.{Jxa5 �a7 30.{Jc4 {Jxa4 3l..§al+- (Avrukh in CBM66 extra). 29.a5JI 4)a429 ... 'il1b7 30.{Jb4 Jl.e4 3l.a6 �a8 32.Axe4 {Jxe4 33.�xb6±. 30.a6 4)c5 31.a7 �h8 32."�e5 1-0 Black resigned because if he avoids the exchange of queens, not fo r long: 28.a4!? The normal White's queen will land on b8. Exercises (El2) Iordachescu,Jiiorel (2609) (El3) Markowski, Tomasz (2548) Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2533) Hickl,Joerg (2600) 13th Sigeman & Co Copenhagen/ Bundesliga Germany (3.2), Malmo (I), 15.04.2005 24. 11.2001 w w How to act on the kings ide? (One point) It seems that White's initiative has come Solutions begin on page 156. to a halt, but this is deceptive. How did he continue? (Two points) 24 Motifs (El4) Shabalov,Alexander (2615) (E16) Nimzovitch,Aaron - Baburin,Aiexander (2600) Capablanca,Jose Raul Mermaid Beach (3 ) , 28.01.1998 New York (3), 1927 w B How to convert the advantage ofthe two Black to move! (Two points) bishops? (Two points) (E15) Gurevich,Mikhail (2634) Espig,Lutz (2425) Bundesliga Germany (5.5), 14.12.2002 w How did Gurevich continue his under mining operation? (One point) 25 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Opening the Position The most important way to exploit a king from fi nding shelter on the dynamic advantage is to open the posi kingside. tion, either by exchanging pawns, open ing files or using pawn levers. Finding the right moment and means is often crucial, as opening the position is not an end in itself and you must ascertain that you profit from it rather than your opponent. Movsesian,Sergei (2624) - Tibensky, Robert (2448) SVK-ch Kaskady (6), 02.07.2002 22.�e4! �g8 23.dxcS .Q.xcS 24.�g4+ �f7 24... 'it'h8 25.�h6 f5 26.l::(g5 l::(t7 27.<£\f4 �xf4 28.l::(g8+ +- . 2S.�c2 �e8 26.�xc4 Black is busted. 26•.• �e7 27.b4 .Q.d6 28.�cd4 4)b7 29.4)d2!? 4)d8 30.�d3 4)b731 .4)e4 1-0 The fo llowing game illustrates the im portance of opening the position when Black's king is not very safe and his you have an advantage in development. army lacks coordination, so White It also shows a typical and very dan opens the center to make way fo r his gerous plan against the Hedgehog: second rook: 18.c4! .Q.d618 ... dxc4? plays into White's hand. One typical Rublevsky,Sergei (2634) - line runs 19.l::(adl b5 09 ...i;k8 20.d5 Mahjoob,Morteza (2366) e5 2l.d6+- ) 20.dxc5 �c8 21.<£\d4 e5 wchT Yerevan (2.2), 13.10.200 I [B40] 22.h6 .ilxc5 23.�h5+ 'it'f8 24.l::(xe5 fxe5 25.�xe5 l::(g8 26.�f6+ <£\f7 l.e4 cS 2.4)f3e6 3.c4 b64.d4 cxd4 27.<£\fe6+ 'it'e8 28.<£\g7+ l::(xg7 S.4)xd4 .Q.b76.4)c3 d6 7.A.d3a6 29.hxg7+-. 19.�d2 �c7 20.4)h3 8.0-0 g6 9.4)b3 4)d7Bl ack wants to dxc4 21.�adl White uses of all his establish a solid Hedgehog fo rmation fo rces to exploit the open fi les. with moves such as . ..<£\gf6 , ....ilg7, 21 ... �f8 White's next move illustrates ...0-0, ...l::( c8, ...�c7-b8, ...Jla8, ...l::( fe8 that it is important to prevent the black or ...l::( fd8. If he does so, then his posi- 26 Motifs tion will be difficultto break down. But and the a6-pawn is weak. But how does White can use his initiative immedi he increase his advantage? 15.c51! ately. Black has no time to consolidate, as the whole queenside is blown open. 15... .£jxc5 16.Axc5 White re lin quishes the bishop-pair to increase the speed ofhis attack. 16 ...dxc5 17. .£Ja5 �b8 18. .£jxb7 �xb7 10.a4! The b6-pawn is very important in the Hedgehog pawn fo rmation. 10... .£Jgf6 10... a5 ?! ll.Af4 White holds all the trumps, as the important b5-square is firmly in his hands. ll.a5 �c8 12.Ae3 bxa5 13. .£Jxa5 Aa8 19.t\'a4+? Surprisingly, this is a mis t4 • .£Jb3!? Ab7 take. It is usually correct to keep the queen on the board when you are at tacking the enemy king. But 19.Axa6! was called fo r: 19 .. ."�txdl (19... E!x b2? 20 . .1lb5+ E!xb5 21..:£\xbS+- ) 20.E!fxdl and White's strong attack continues, even without queens: 20 ...E!c7 2l.e5 .:£\d7 22.Ab5 'lie7 23.Axd7 E!xd7 24.E!xd7+ '!ixd7 25.E!a7+ '!ic6 26.E!xf7+-. 19 ... .£Jd7 20.t\'xa6 t\'bs 2t.Ab5 Ag7 22.Ac6 �b6 23. t\'a4 't!Jc7 24.Ab5 �e7 25.�fdl �d8 26.�acl t\'b7Wh ite White has made tremendous progress, is only slightly better, but went on to as Black's queenside has been damaged win nevertheless. 27 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Exercises (E17) Zelcic,Robert (2522) (E 19) Va n We ly,Loek (2655) - Th orfinnsson,Bragi (2448) Bacrot,Etienne (2729) 15th EU-chT (6), 04.08.2005 Dortmund (2), 09.07.2005 w w How to open the position? (One point) How to increase White's pressure on the Solutions begin on page 157. queenside quickly? (One point) (E18) Andersson, Ul/(2535) (E20) Erenburg,Sergey (2551) Huguet,Bernard (2255) AI Ta mimi,Hamad (2210) Las Palmas (3), 31.05. 1972 Gibraltar Masters (8), 01.02.2005 w w How to open the position in White's How to open lines on the kingside? favor? (One point) (One point) 28 Motifs (E21) Korotylev,Alexey (2565) (E22) Sasikiran,Kri.<;hnan (2679) - Frolov,Denis (2401) Kasimdzhanov,R ustam (2668) RUS-chT Sochi (9), 28.04.2004 I st Samba Cup (3 ) , 12.10.2003 w w How to use White's advantage in de White's forces are well centralized, but velopment? (One point) how to make progress? (One point) Blockade Nimzovitch pointed out the great im 24.'\;¥xd2 t!xe5 25.t!dl '\;¥c5 26 . .11£3 ;l; portance of the blockade, as passed was called for, as White's bishop feels pawns must be stopped. The knight is more at home in an open position. usually the best blockader: 23 ...c5! 24.§e2 §de7 25.§fel �d6 26.Jlh3 h5 27. �e3 Jakovljevic,Vl ado (2426) - 28. Black has established a strong dark squared blockade on the queenside. 22 ...e5 23.d5? A mistake. Black's 29.f4? This is fatal. White had to sit knight will be much stronger than tight and let Black try to open lines of White's bishop. 23.dxe5 t!xd2 attack. As I said in the previous section: 29 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 findingthe right moment and means is oftencrucial, as opening the position is not an end in itself and you must ascer tain that you profit from it rather than your opponent. 29 •.• exf4 30.ttxf4 30.'itrxe7? !!xe7 3l .E! xe7 fxg3=i= . 30 ... laxe23l.la xe2 ttxf4+ 32.gxf4 laxe233.�xe2 4)e41 34.�e3 4)d6 35 . .4.d7 h4 36.�f3 f5 Black's pawn majority is mobile, while White's is blockaded. 37.�e3 �f6 38.�f3 4)e4 Black applies the well-known endgame strategy: do not rush. 39.-'l.eS 4)d6 40.Jld7 �e7 41 . .1l,c6 4)e4 This allows the undermining of White's 42.�e3 4)c31?Provok ing a weakness. queenside. 50.Ae8 was more tenacious. 43.a3 4)e4 44.-'tb5 �f6 45. .1l,a4 50 ... a41 51.bxa4 4)e5+ 52.�e3 4)d6 46 ..4.c6 g5 Black finallyplays .£.xc 4+ 53-�f3 4)d61 54..1l,d7 �f6 his trump. 47.fxg5+ �xg5 48.�f3 55.�f4 c4 56.a5 bxa5 57.a4 c3 a5 49.A.d7 .£tf7 50.Ac8? 58. �e3 4)e4 0-1 Exercises (E23) Macieja,Bart/omiej (2618) (E24) Gy imesi,Zoltan (2602) - Dominguez,Lenier (2661) Radjabov, Te imour (2667) Bermuda (7), 06. 02.2005 Aeroflot op Moscow (6), 20.02.2005 B Black to move. (One point) Solutions How to assess the position with Black begin on page 158. to move? (Two points) 30 Motifs (E25) Smyslov, Va ssily - Keres, Paul URS Absolute-ch Leningrad/Moscow (I), 1941 B Black to move! (Two points) Improving Piece Placement You can use different methods for find Imagine you are White. Black has no ing candidate moves. You can ask your threats, and it is a relatively quiet ma self questions such as: what was the neuvering position, so it makes sense point of your opponent's last move? to open a dialogue with the white pieces. What is your plan? Do you have any The white king will tell you that it wants pawn breaks? etc. This chapter deals to be more centralized. The rook is al with improving the placement of your ready very happy on c2, as it can use its pieces, and one way of doing this is by power on the second rank for defense talking to them: and the c-file to restrict Black. The knight will say that it is already on a Tisdall,Jonathan (2500) - decent square, but that there are even Lechtynsky,Jiri (2435) greener pastures on c5. And, voila, you Osterskars op (9), 1995 have unearthed the solution: 31.4)d2J Now Black loses a pawn by force. 31 ... E!b5 31...f!b6 32.lL\e4 4Ja6 33.4Jc3 +- . 32.4)e4 �e7 33.4)c5 4)d5 34.4)xa4 �d6 35.�e2 b6?J 36.b4J and White went on to win. The next important method 1s Makogonov's rule, as quoted in Dvoretsky's Positional Play: "In posi tions of strategic maneuvering (where time is not significant) seek the worst placed piece. Activating it is often the 31 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 most reliable way of improving your Hector,Jonny (2562) - position." In a way, this is a special case Aagaard,Jacob (2359) of talking to your pieces: 24th Politiken Cup, Copenhagen (3), 17.07.2002 Khalifman,Alexander (2650) - Romanishin,Oleg (2590) Ischia, 1996 How to improve Black's position? Which is his worst placed piece? 24 ...laae81? A good prophylactic White's d2-knight is not contributing move. 24 ... .£lh5? 25."iirh3 is one line much to the game at the moment. So where the hanging pawn on e6 is prob let's consider where it wants to be. What lematic. 25.�el?l 4)fg4 Black has a is the knight's "dream square?" very pleasant position and later won. Khalifman concluded that b5 would be strong and regrouped accordingly: Finally, the next game illustrates the 24.labcl h5?1 25.4)btl 4)e8 principle of improving all your pieces 26.4)c3 "I#Je727.4)b5 The knight has to the maximum before opening the arrived and Black's position collapses: position: 27 ...a6?1 27 ....£lg6 28.axb6 axb6 29.§al ±. 28.4)c3 bxa5 29.�xa51 Istratescu,Andrei (2593) - The c4-c5 break will open the position Conquest,Stuart (2556) for White's bishops. 29 ... Af5 4th EU-ch Istanbul (13), 13.06.2003 29 ....£!d7 30 . .£le4.£!df 6 31..£lxf6+ "iirxf6 [A41] 32.c5 +- . 30.e4 Jl.g6 31.c5 dxc5 32.Jl.xc5"l#lc7 33.�a31 White's pres t.d4 d6 2.4::){3 Jl.g4 3.c4 4)d7 sure is much stronger with queens. Un 4."1#Jb3 lab8 5.h3 Jl.xf3 6."1#Jxf3 g6 derstanding when to exchange pieces 7.e3 j}_g7 s.�dl e5 8 ...c5 is the al is very important, see the chapter on ternative approach. 9.d5 f5 10.4)c3 simplification. 33 ... 4)d7 34.jlf2 4)h6 tt.e4 0-0 12.Ad3 a6 13.Ae3 4)d6? 34 ... §a8 35 . .£la2 "iird6 36."iira5 �h4 t4.�e2 c5 15.a4 �h8 The §db8 37.§c6+- . 35.4)bt l-0 start of a typical regrouping with ....£lg8, followed by ...Ah6. 15 ... a5 Jacob Aagaard gives the following in also comes into consideration. If Black structive example in Excelling at Posi manages to keep the kingside closed, tional Chess: then it will be extremely difficult to 32 Motifs break through. 16.Ad2 4)g8 17.g3 �ch8 37 .�ah2 g5 38.h5 �b8 �f6 18.g4 f4 18 .. .fxg4? 19.hxg4 g5 39.�a2 �hh8 40.Ae2 �hc8 20.§.h5�h6 21.<£\dl± (Ribli in CBM 96). 19.f3 �h4+ 20.'ifjldll Exchang ing queens is wrong, as White's space advantage is more of a factor with more pieces on the board. 20.•. h6 White's king is badly placed for the break, so it goes to the kingside. 41.'ifi'el 4)e842.Adl Af6 43.'it'f2 �d8 44. 'it'g2 'it'g7 45.Ac2 �c7 46.�bl �cc8 47.Adl White has all 2l.a51A very important move, as White the time in the world, as Black can do needs the b2-b4 break. Yet before nothing to stop the b4-break. 47 •.• �e7 implementing it, he improves all his 48 • .1l.e2 'it'h7 49.�a4 Ag7 50. �a2 pieces to the maximum. 21... �d8 �ds 5t.Aet 4)ef6 52.Af2 Afs 22.h4 4)gf6 23.�g2 �g8 24.b3 53.�b2 �e8 54.�bl �a8 Af8 25.�a3 Ae7 26.Ael 'it'g7 27.Afl �c7 28.�a2 lstratescu pro phylactically stops b7-b6. 28.•. �h8 29.Ah3 �ds 55.b41 White finally shows his hand. 55 ... b51 Black must keep the position closed or get as much counterplay as possible. 56.cxb5 axb5 57.�a3 c4 Now it is time to improve the knight's 58.4)el 4)b8 59.4)c24)a6 60.�c3 placement. 30.4)a41 4)h7 3l.Afl 'it'g8 6t.4)a3 Ae7 62. �fl Ads 4)hf6 32.4)b2 �c733.4)d3 �bc8 White has only one way to make 34.Ac3 'it'f7 35-�al �h7 36.�a2 progress. Can you findit? 33 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 passed pawns. 63 ...�xb 5 64.§xc4 §xc4 65.Axc4 �b7 66.Ab5 �c8 66 ....:tlb8 67.iik4 and Black is domi nated. 67.�e2 4)xb4 Black returns the piece, but his prospects are very poor in any case. 67 ....:tlc7 68.Ac6 �a6 69.Ael .:tla870.b5 �xaS 71.Axa5 AxaS 72.�a2 �d8 73.�d3 +- . 68.§xb4 Axa5 69.§c4 �f8 70. �c2 §b8 7t.Aa6 \t'h8 72.Ac8 Ab6 73.Axb6 §xb6 74.Ae6 The pen etration of White's rook will decide: 74 ... §b8 75.§c7 �d8 76.�c6 63.4)xb51 White will get very good 4)e8 77.§a7 4)f6 78.�c7 �xc7 compensation with his bishops and the 79.§xc7 1-0 Exercises (E26) Sch/osser,Philipp (2570) - (E27) Avrukh,Boris (2625) - Sokolov,Andrei (2582) Sax, Gyula (2563) FRA-chT Top 16 GpA (3 ), 06.02.2005 Istanbul ol (8.3), 05. 11.2000 w w Improve White's worst placed piece! Improve White's worst placed piece! (One point) Solutions begin on page (One point) 159. 34 Motifs (E28) Woj taszek,Radoslaw (2569) - (E30) Golod, Vitali (2586) Kovchan,Aiexander (2488) Lerner,Konstantin (2540) 6th EU-ch Warsaw (7), 25.06.2005 Cup of Israel Tel-Aviv (5), 27.05.2005 w w Improve White's worst placed piece! Improve White's worst placed piece! (One point) (One point) (E29) Sasikiran,Krishnan (2642) - (E3l) Lautier,Joel (2672) Hansen, Curt (2633) Sutov... ky, Emil (2674) 13th Sigeman & Co Copenhagen/ 15th EU-chT Gothenburg (6), Malmo (4), 18.04.2005 04.08.2005 w B What pieces will White improve first? How to develop Black's initiative? (One point) (Two points) 35 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (E32) Ya kovich, Yu ri (2573) - (E33) Tiviakov,Sergei (2617) Miroshnichenko,Evgenij (2571) Jvanchuk, Va ssily (2705) Noyabrsk Fake) Jamala (9), 17th Carlos Torre Wimbledon Yucatan 26.11.2003 (2.3 ), 18.12.2004 w B White's extra pawn is doubled and iso Black could snap off a pawn with lated, so it will not win just by itself. 29 ...4Jxa3, but he has a much better way How to improve the coordination of the of putting White under pressure. (Three army? (Two points) points) 36 Motifs Prophylaxis Look at the position from your opponent's perspective. What is he planning or threatening? If you know the answer, you can tryto stop him from executing his ideas. This is called pro phylaxis. Karpov is very good at this: Karpov,Anatoly (2688) - Milov, Va dim (2620) Cap d' Agde-A (I), 24. 1 0.2002 3l.�xc8 was even better: 3l.. ..il xc8 32.fxe4 �xc3 33.�a2 a6 34 . ..1lc7 �b3 35 . ..1lxb6 �xb6 36 . ..1lxc4±. 3l. .. f6 32 . .Q.c7§b3 33.§a2 �d7 34.§xc4 .Q.d5?34 ...exf 3 35.gxf3 .lld5 36.�xa7 .llxc4 37 . .llxc4 �xc3 38 . .Jld6 �3xc4 39.�xd7+ (Ribli) and Black has better drawing chances than in the game. 35.§xa7! .Q.xc4 36 . .Q.xc4 §xc3 37 . .Q.d6 §3xc4 38.§xd7+ \t'g8 20.§fcl! It is very important to pro 39.fxe4 tect the c3-pawn. 20.a4? is weak be cause of 20 ...4Jxa4 2l.� xb7? 4::\xc3 +. 20... §c7 21.f31? .Q.d5 22.\t'f2 Im proving the worst placed piece. 22... §c6 23.h4 \t'g7 24.a41 Now this advance is very strong, to open roads on the queenside. 24 ...�x a4 24 ...a5? 25.�b5 �a8 26 . ..1lf4±. 25.§xb7 §a6 26.§b5 �b6 26 .....1lc6? 27 . .ilxc4 �b6 28.�c5 �xc4 29.�xc4 ± (Ribli in CBM 92). 27.§c2 It is good prophylaxis to protect the vulnerable second rank. 27 ... §a4 White's active pieces dominate Black: 28 . .Q.f4 §c8 29.§c5 .Q.b7? 39 ... §cl 40.\t'f3 §fl + 41.\t'g3 29 ...�x c5 30.dxc5 4Jd7 3l.�d2 Jle6 §c3 42 . .Q.f4 §gl 43.e5 fxe5 32.c6 4Jc5 was more tenacious. 44.dxe5 §c6 45 . .Q.h6 §bl 30.§b2 §a3 31 . .Q.e5+?1 46.§g7+ \t'h8 47.§e7 §b8 48.e6 37 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 E!cc8 49.�f7 \tlg8 50.�g7+ Pavlogianni,Despina (1964) - Trabert,Bettina (2312) GRE-chT Aghia Pelagia (3), 06.07.2004 This highlights Black's main problem: where will her king hide? White should have enough compensation fo r the pawn. Of course, 12.§f2 also strongly comes into consideration. 38 Motifs Exercises (E34) Sakaev,Konstantin (2672) - (E36) Jansa, Vlastimi/ (2515) Stefansson,Hannes (2573) Babula, Vlastimi/ (2566) 6th EU-ch Warsaw ( 12), 30.06.2005 CZE-ch Karlovy Vary (I), 01.02.2005 w w Sakaev played an innocent looking To take the pawn or not to take the move that proved to be poisonous. Can pawn ... (One point) you spot it? (One point) Solutions be gin on page 161. (E35) Nielsen,Peter Heine (2668) - (E37) Kasparov,Garry (2812) Baburin,Alexander (2523) Top alov, Ve se/in (2700) 15th EU-chT Gothenburg (6), Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (4), 04.08.2005 20.01.1999 w B How to stop Black's play on the Kasparov has just offered the sacrifice kingside? (One point) of a rook. How to react? (Two points) 39 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (E38) Karpov,Anatoly (2710) (E40) Karpov,Anatoly (2755) - Yu supov,Artur (2565) Adorjan,Andras (2530) URS-ch50 Moscow, 1983 Luzem 48/689, 1989 w w What was Karpov's first priority here? White to move! (Three points) (Two points) (E39) Piket,Jeroen (2640) - (E41) Haba,Petr (2525) Kasparov,Garry (2795) Lechtynsky, Jiri (2487) Linares ( 4 ), 07.02.1997 CZE-ch Karlovy Vary ( 4 ), 04.02.2005 w w White has sacrificed a pawn to speed It looks tough to break Black's de up his attack on the queens ide. How did fe nces. But only one hit is neccessary he continue his initiative? (Two points) to make it collapse. Can you spot it? (Two points) 40 Motifs A Second Front One weakness can often be defended relatively easily; however, the defend ing pieces tend to be rather immobile. This is where the principle of two weak nesses comes into play: Top a/ov, Ve se/in (2735) - Karjakin,Sergey (2556) 16th Leon (1.2), 06.06.2003 36•.• �c7?! The typical 36... hS! ? was called for, to get rid of the weak h-pawn if White advances his pawns on the kingside. 37.g41 e6 38.dxe6 fxe6 39.Jlg2.§f8 40.�g3 �d7 4t.h4?1 The prophylactic 41 .ilf3 was better (Stohl in CBM 96). 41 ... .§g8?! Too passive. Black had to seek counterplay: 41...h5!? 42.gxh5 (42.g5 �e7) 42 ...gxh5 43.ilc6+ '!ie7 44.4Jc4 tzlxc4 Initially, Topalov increases the 45.E!xc4 4Jd3 46.E!d4 E!g8+ and pressure on the queenside: the first Black's activity seems to be sufficient front. 24.jlfl! jlxd5 25.exd5 fo r a draw, e.g. 47.'!if3 4Jc5 48.E!dl .£le5 26 • .§bcl!? A good positional E!g4. 42.Jlf3?1 42.g5 !? is more pre decision, to avoid any unnecessary cise. 42 ... .§g7?! 42 ... h5 was again counterplay. 26.�xa6?! l"k3 27.E!al called fo r. 43.g51 .§f7 44.h5 �e7 E!a8 28.b5 4Jbd7 and Black has 45.hxg6 hxg6 good drawing chances because of his strong knights. 26 ... .§xcl 27• .§xcl .§aS .28 .§c7 �f8 29. .§b7?! 29.�g2 4Jed7 30.f4 was more precise as the rook is well placed on c7. 29.•• .£la4 30.�g2 �e8 3l.f4 .£ld7 .32 .§c7 �d8 33 . .§c2 a51 Black wants to elimi nate his weakness, but he will al ways have to guard the b-pawn. 34.b5 .£lab6 35.�f2 .£lc536.�f 3 41 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 46.4)c4 Black's king and rook are away from the queenside, so Topalov tries to liftthe blockade. The attacker's fo rces can shiftfrom wing to wing much easier than the defender's. 46 ...4)x c4 47 . .§.xc4 �d7 48 . .§.c2 .§.h7? This just loses valuable time. Black had to try 48 .. .'it>c7!. The king defends (and attacks!) on the queenside and the rook does likewise on the kingside. 49.Jl.c6+ �c7 49... 'it'e7 50.b6 E!.h8 51.E!.h2!? E!.xh2 52.\t'xh2 'it'd8 35.h4 �g7?1 53.'it'g3± (Stohl). 50.Jl,e81 White 35 ...h5 makes it more shiftshis attention back to the kingside. difficultfo r White to open the kings ide 50 ....§.g7 51..§.h2 .§.g8? 5l...e5 on her terms, while 35 ....ilb6? is bad as 52.fxe5 dxe5 53.E!.h6 4:'le6 54.'iftg44:'lf4 White surprisingly just exchanges her was the last chance to fight,but White's knight, when the defensive bishop will advantage is undisputed. 52 . .§.h7+ be sore ly missed: 36.4:'lxb6 E!.xb6 �b6 53.Jl.f7 .§.b854.Jl,xg6 �xb 5 37.E!.d5 E!.a6 38.�al +- . What remains 55.Jlf7 �a4 56.g6 4)e4+ 57. �f3 on the board is more important than 36.h5 Jl.g5 4)f658.jlxe 61 d5 58 ...4:'lxh7 59.gxh7 what is exchanged! 37 �f3 .§.c8 38. .§.dl .§.c6 39:{te2 E!.h8 60..ilg8 'it'b561.f 5 'it'c662.f 6 'it'd7 : .§.c8 .40 .§.hl �g8 41.f31? 63.'it'e4 'it'e8 64.'it'd5 'it'd7 65.a4 + (Stohl). 59 . .§.f7 .§.b3+60.�e2 4)e4 61.g7 .§.g3 62.Jl,xd54)c3+ 63.�f2 .§.xg7 64. .§.xg7 64. .ilc6+ is even bet ter. 64 ... 4)xd5 65.�f3 �xa3 66 . .§.g54)x f4 67.�xf4 a4 67 ...'it'b4 68.'it'e3 a4 69.'it'd2+- . 68.�e3 68.E!.b5 'it'a2 69.'it'e3+- . 68 ...�b2 69.�d2 a3 70. .§.b5+ �at 71.�c3 �a2 7l...a2 72.E!.d5 'it'bl 73.E!.dl '*. 72 . .§.b3 1-0 The fo llowing scenario occurs quite often in practice: "White vacates the f2-square, from where White's queen will threaten both Polgar,Judit (2670) - fl anks (�f2-a7 and �f2-gl-h2)." Anand, Viswanathan (2770) (Baburin in CBM63). The disadvantage Wijk aan Zee (6), 22.01.1998 of 4l.f3!? is that the position of White's king is weakened (oftenthe f2-pawn is In the next diagram, White is clearly the most loyal defender of the king! ). better, but the powerfuld5-knight does So Judit was confident that she will not win by itself. White must open stay in control. 4t. ...§.b8 42.�f2 fr onts fo r her major pieces: .§.b743.hxg 6 A good moment to open 42 Motifs the position, as Black must recapture key to this position is whether any with the f- pawn weakening the position pieces should be exchanged. You of his king. 43 ...hg 6 43 ...hxg6 should first try to make progress with 44.�gl f5 (44 .....1lf6 45.�h2 ..llg7 the fu ll army and only then try to de 46.�h4 +- ) 45.�h2 ..llf6 46.�h6 ..llg7 cide if any exchanges are fa vorable. 47.�g5 .§d7 48 . .§al+- (Baburin) and Here the rooks can be exchanged, as the Black's defense will soon collapse be queen and knight fo rm a powerful tan cause of the pressure on both wings, dem, which is oftenstronger than queen supported by the monster knight in the and bishop according to Capablanca's center. theorem. It is important to make sure that Black's queen will be restricted and unable to launch a counterattack against White's monarch. (55 ...'it'h6 56 . .§c8 ..lld8 57 . .§a8 g5 58 . .§a7 �c6 59:�c4 g4 (59... h4 60.4Je3 ±) 60.fxg4 hxg4 61.'it'fl±) 56 . .§b6! Without the rook, Black's weaknesses on the light squares are more pronounced, and one strong counterattacking unit leaves the board. 56 ...�a7 (56 ....§x b6? 57.�xb6 ..lld8 58.�b8 'it'f7 (58 ...�e8? 59.4Jc7 �d7 60.�xd8 +- ) 59.�xe5 +- ) 57.�b5 44.c51? As White's king is weakened, .§xb6 58.4Jxb6..ll f6 59.�c5 g5 60.�c6 it is good to open the c-file to pressure �a6 61.�d7+ 'it'h6 62.4Jc4 .llg7 both flanks.This is more important than 63.�d2 ..llf6 64. �d5 ±. 55.f4 exf4 exchanging Black's weak backward pawn, as one weakness can be de fe nded, but pressure against two or more weaknesses oftenleads to success. 44 ...dxc5 45."�xc5 .Q.d8 46.Elcl �f7 47.�e3 Keeps an eye on h6. 47... �g7 48.Elc4 Eld7 49.�cl h5 50.E{c6 Eld6 51.Elc81 Of course White does not want to exchange any thing in order to be able to apply maxi mum pressure. 51... �d7 52.�c5 �h6 53.Elb8 .Q.f6 54.�e3+ 54.�xa5? .§c6 gives Black strong 56.Elh8+ 1-0 Anand resigned because counterplay chiefly because of 41.f2- ofthe beautiful: 56 ...'it'g7 57.�d4+ .llf6 f3 (do you remember the axiom?). 58.�xf6+ .§xf6 59 . .§h7+ \t'xh7 54... .Q.g5? 54 ... \t'g7 55.�c5 ..lle7The 60.4Jxf6+ 'it'g7 61.4Jxd7 +- . 43 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Exercises (E42) Grischuk,Alexander (2710) (E43) Ta imanov,Mark - Rublevsky,Sergei (2650) Vo n Elst Poikovsky (4), 01.03.2005 USSR 1953 w w How to increase White's pressure on the Taimanov played powerful chess in his dark squares? (One point) Solutions prime. Here we see him with a slight begin on page 163. plus in the endgame, demonstrating his deep understanding of positional con cepts. How did he continue? (Two points) 44 Motifs Counterplay Playing too passively is one of the sur 24.�ee3 �xc4 25.b3 �cl when est ways to lose at chess. If your oppo Black's bishops ru le the board . nent has the initiative, you should try 24.�b3 �xb3 25.axb3 �c2 to take the sting out of it. One impor 26.�edl �xb2 27. .£,f51Now White tant principle is that an attack on the has good drawing chances, although he flank should be countered in the cen later lost. ter, as in the fo llowing typical Hedge hog example: Sometimes counterplay is even more important than development, especially We rle,Jan (2443) - if the position is relatively closed: Aroshidze,Levan (2345) EU-ch U20 Baku (5), 18.07.2002 Stefanova,Antoaneta (2450) - Gurevich,Mikhail (2620) Lost Boys op Antwerp( 6 ) , 07.08.1 997 White's structure is overextended and his attack on the kingside is countered in the center in a textbook manner. White's attack on the kingside must be 17 ...d51 17... e5? is incorrect, as countered on the queenside: ll ... c51 White's knights get too many good ll... .llb7? wastes valuable time. Fur squares: 18.�f5 g6 (18... exf 4? 19.b4 thermore, it is unclear if this is the right �e6 20.�d5 +- ; 18 ...Ad8?! 19.g5 ±) square fo r the bishop. 12.g5 cS 13.d5 19.fxe5 dxeS 20.�xe7+ 'i:1xe7 and White's attack is much more dan 2l.�d5 ;!;.18.e5 18.exd5 �xf4 19.�f5 gerous than in the game, as Black's exfS 20.�xe7 �xg4 2l.�c2 �fe8 +. counterplay is slower. 12.d5 12.dxc5 18... .£,fe41 The point. Black needs �xeS 13.g5 .ilb7Now this is definitely open lines for his counterplay. the right square fo r the bishop. 14.'i!?bl 19. .£,xe4 dxe4 20.Afl �fd8 This 'i:Jc7 gives Black a very comfortable activates Black's last piece. White's at game. 12 ...e5 13.�dgl c4 14.jlfl tack has come to an end, and Black's 'l:i\'a5 Counterattack is again the order central pressure is mounting. 21.�c3 of the day. 15.g5 This allows Black to .£ld31? 22.jlxd3 exd3 23.�xd3 keep the kingside closed. But after �xc4?1 23 ... .ilb4! was called fo r, e.g. lS.hS?! �cS 16.a3 b4 17.�bl c3 45 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Black's counterplay is too strong. 15... h5 16.�el?J 16.g6!? f6 17.a3 .:£lc5 18:l 28 ....§.e7J? A typical pattern: it will be easier to double the rooks and f7 is pro phylactically protected. 29 . .£lbl Aa7 30.�dl .£lc531 ..£ld2�b6 32.f4?J 16 ...Ad8J? Gurevich activates his This gives Black's knight the dominant worst placed piece. In such a closed e5-square. 32... exf 4 33 . .§.xf4 .£ld7J position, this is often more important 34.Afl .£le535.Ah3 .§.cc736 . .§.f6 17. .£ld2 than ordinary development. a5J 37.�fl? 37:l 46 Motifs Exercises (E44) Polgar,Judit (2732) (E46) Golod, Vitali (2523) - Anand, Vts wanathan (2785) Avrukh,Boris (2595) Sofia MTel Masters (4), 15.05.2005 ISR-ch Te l Aviv (8}, 02.12.2002 B B How does Black find counterplay? (One White has the bishop-pair and the cen point) Solutions begin on page 163. ter, but Black is on move ... (Two points) (E45) Top alov, Ve selin (2757) - (E47) Krasenkow,Michal (2676) - Adams,Michael (2741) Hracek,Zby nek (2595) Linares (I), 23.02.2005 Bundesliga Germany (3.2), 27.1 1 .2004 w B How to defend against Black's kingside A dynamic position has arisen in this attack? (One point) game from the 2004 Bundesliga. Black's pieces are slightly more active, but how to challenge White on the kingside? (Five points) 47 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Positional Exchange Sacrifice In order fo r a positional exchange sac 16.cxd3 �xc3 17 . ..1l.b2�b4 (17 ... Felgaer,Ruben (2509) - Korchnoi, Jliktor (2634) Bled ol SLO ( 12), 07.11.2002 23 ...d411 A very deep positional pawn sacrifice. White's dark-squared bishop is fu rther sidelined and a strong outpost on dS is created. 23 ...�f6? 24 . ..1l.c5 �xc3 2S . .§xe6 d4 26 . .§eS d3 27.cxd3 (27 . .§xf5?! 12.•• � xf31? 13.gxf3 c41 13 ... 48 Motifs opposite-colored bishops. Note that S.Zagrebelny-C.Lingnau, Berlin 1993. White's rooks are now extremely strong 18.Acl?! 18.h5 4Je5 19.Jl.d4 was and can start to attack. 24.Axf5 4)xf5 more critical. 18••• 4)e5 19.h5 d5! 25.cxd4 Ad5 26.c3 26.E!.gl �h5 Now the time is ripe. 20. tth2 Ad6 27.E!.efl �h3 gives Black excellent 21.tth3 4)xd3 22.cxd3 b4! This compensation as his rook will soon en speeds up Black's attack. 23.cxb4 ter the attack. 26 ... tth527 .�e5 tth6 23.c4 dxc4 24.dxc4 .lle5, with an at 28.�e4 tth3 29.�g1 b6 30. ttg2 tack. 23 ... E{c8 24.cifjla1 dxe4 tth5 31.a6 �c8 32.Ad6?? A blun 25.fxe4 der; probably because of time trouble. But Black is also pressing after32 .�g4 �h4 33.h3 h5 (33 ...E!.d8? 34.\t>h2 �f2+ 35.�g2 �h4 36.�g5 ±) 34.�g2 E!.c7 35 . .1la3 f!.f7:;:.32 .••g6 33.Ae5 4)h4 0-1 Another typical sacrifice is . . . E!.xc3 in the Sicilian Defense: Movsesian,Sergei (2668) - Kasparov,Garry (2851) Sosna SuperGM Saraj evo (II), 25 ...j}_xe4! The decisive blow. 26.g6 29.05.2000 26.dxe4 Jl.e5+ 27.E!.d4 -ll.xd4+ 28.4::lxd4 �xcl + 29 .E!.xc 1 E!.xcl •; 26.E!.hgl �c2 -+ . 26 ... jlxh1 27.ttxh1Axb4 28.gxf7+ 28.gxh7+ \t>h8-+ . 28 ...cifjlf8 13... �xc3!? As compensation Black gets strong knight outposts at a4, c4 and c5 and the d6-d5 break to fuel his at tack. 14.bxc3 ttc7 15.4)e2 Ae7 16.g5 0-0 17.h4 4)a4! The knight is Kasparov uses the t7-pawn as a shield very annoying for White. It is too early fo r his king. 29.ttg2 �b8 30.Ab2 to open the position with 17... d5? 30 . .lld2 .lla3 -+ . 30 ... 4)xb231.4) d4 18.h5 dxe4 19.Jl.xe4 -ll.xe4 20.fxe4 4)xdl! A nice finaltouch. 32.4)xe6+ 49 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Here are two modern examples to down material. When down an ex sharpen the reader's eye: change the minor piece needs more men to coordinate with, while the rook usu To palov, Ve selin (2718) ally fe els comfortable alone, especially Anand, Viswanathan (2790) in an open or semi-open position. Corus Wijk aan Zee (8), 22.01.200 I 22.§abl h61? 22 .. JH6 23.Jld4Jlxa2 24.f!.al �b3 2S.f!.dcl!=. 23.Jl.b4 23.f!.xh2 fl.xeS 'i' without rooks White would be better, but as matters stand Black can easily attack the weak pawns and make White fight fo r the draw. 23... Jl.e5 Black is slightly better, but Topalov escaped: 24.a3 §c6 25.§bcl Jl.c4 26.§d8+ In the next game, Black gets a pawn, a 16 •.• Jl.xd41 Anand gets a pawn, the bishop-pair, a mobile pawn majority on dangerous outpost on f4 , and an attack the queenside and a strong outpost on fo r the exchange: d4. Furthermore, White's rooks have no real prospects. What more could you ask Grunberg,Mihai (2401) Nikolic,Predrag (2648) fo r? 17.§dl 17.�xa8 ti'xa8 18.ti'xa8 5th EU-ch Antalya 22.05.2004 f!.xa8 19.f!.el cS 20.f!.e2 �g4 and (7), Black is by no means worse. 17 ...c5 18.Jl.xa8 �xa8 19.Ae3 �xf3 20.gxf3 Axb2 2l.Jl.xc5 22 ... §xe21 23.�xe2 �f5 24.�gll 24.4Jd2? 21 •.. §c81 Black does not want to ex cise: 25.ti'g4! (25.ti'f3? JleS 26.'it>hl change rooks as he can create more .llf7 27.�g4 �f6 28A�f3 AhS pressure with them. As a general rule (28... f!.g 8!?) 29.�g5 �xgS 30. 50 Motifs .ilf3 + 33.'\t>gl �hS-+ ) 31.. . .ilf6-+) pensation fo r the exchange. 25.�hl 25 ...4Jxd3 26.�xf5 �xfS 27.�e8 c6!? 4)e526.t�"dl? 26.� dl! was called fo r, (27 .....Q.. e5+?! 28.'\t>hl �xf2 29.�d14Jb2 when Black only just has compensation. 30.�bl 4Jd3 31.�dl=) 28.4Jf3 4Jxc5 26... .Q.e6 27.�cl �xcl 28.§xcl and Black has more than enough com- 4)xd3 and Black went on to win. Exercises (E48) Hracek,Zbynek (2612) (E50) Anand, Viswanathan (2795) - Kallio,Heikki (2451) Sadler,Matthew (2660) Istanbul ol ( 11.2), 08.11 .2000 Tilburg, 1998 8 w To sacrifice the exchange or not to White to move! (Two points) sacrifice the exchange? (One point) Solutions begin on page 164. (E49) Karpov,Anatoly (2725) - (E51) Korchnoi, Viktor (2635) - Gelfand,Boris (2690) Seirawan, Ya sser (2605) Linares (6), 1993 Lugano op, 1986 w w White has an edge here, but how did White to move! (Two points) Karpov fo rce the issue? (Five points) 51 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Simplification Understanding when to exchange teet c7 are not satisfactory either: pieces (and which pieces to exchange) 2l... .§c8? 22.Jlh3 4Jg4 23.4Jh4 g6 is veryim portant. Do not underestimate 24.E!c3 +- , the threat f2-f3 cannot be this! Some guidelines are: satisfactorily parried.; One sample line I)What remains on the board is more after 2l...c6 runs 22.4Je5 c5 23 . .§b2 important than what is exchanged. cxd4 24.exd4 .§d6 25.E!cbl 4Jg4 26.f4 2) Do not exchange pieces if you .§ee6 27.Jlf3 f5 28 . .§cl .§e7 29.E!hc2 have more space, but instead try to .§de6 30 . .§c7 4Jf6 3l.'it'g2 ±. 22.Jl,fl furtherrestrict the enemy pieces. Jl,a823.a4 3) Exchange pieces when ahead ma terial and exchange pawns when be hind in material. 4) Exchanging queens usually dra matically changes the nature of the position, as endgame themes begin to dominate, and these are quite dif fe rent from the usual middlegames. Let's start with an example of rule #4: Va llejo Pons,Francisco (2648) - 23 ... f6? The weakening of the light Tk achiev, Vladislav (2625) squares on the kingside is fatal. Just Biel GM (2), 23.07.2002 marking time with 23 ...Jlb7 was called fo r, e.g. 24.Jlb5 'it'f8 25.Axe8 .§dxe8 26 . .§xc7 .§xc7 27 . .§xc7 E!e7(Gershon) 28 . .§cl ±. 24.4)h41 Black is lost and so decided to sacrificethe exchange, but his knight will find no strong outpost. 24 ..•4)d6 25.4)g6 Eled7 26.Jl,h3 �f7 27.Jl,xd7 Etxd7 28.4)f4 4)c4 29.e41 This strong undermining de cides, as it fo rces 29 ...c6 after which Black's bishop needs too much time to participate in the game. 30.4)xh5 b5 20. �a31 Black's strong queen defends 3l.e5 fxe5 32.dxe5 d4 33.4)f4 c7 and influences both flanks, while �e7? Allowing a strong blockading White's queen plays no influentialrole. knight on d3 makes it easy fo r White. But White's active rooks will count fo r 33 ...4Jxe5 ju st had to be tried, but a fe w much in the endgame. 20 ...�x a3? precise moves by White will show that 20 ... c6 was called fo r. 21.bxa3 4)e8 Black's counterplay is insufficient: Relatively best. The other ways to pro- 34. .§c5.§e7 35.E!dl +- . 34.4)d3Eld5 52 Motifs 35.f4 Jl.b7 36.Cif/f2 J}.c8 37.axb5 kingside, while White's play on the exb5 38.Et xc41? bxc439.Et xc4 Jl.f5 queenside is unstoppable. 23 ...h4 39 . . . .Q.a6 40.E!c5+- . 40.Cif/e2 Eld7 24.Cif/e2hxg 3 25.hxg3 Etg626.Eta3 41.Cif/d2 Cif/e6 42.Etc6+ Cif/d5 Eth6 27.Cif/f3 Elhl28.E{xa7 1-0 43.Etc5+ cifle4 44.e6 1-0 Now, two examples of rule #2: One aim of an exchange is to create an advantageous imbalance like a good Dautov,Rustem (2631) bishop vs. bad knight or vice versa: Romanishin,O/eg (2559) Julian Borowski-A 3rd Essen (7), Mikha/chishin,Adrian - 09.05.200 1 Chernin,A/exander Cienfuegos, 1981 White should avoid simplifications be cause of his space advantage: 14.Jl.h31 The key to the position is Black's bad A typical move to preserve the bishop bishop on e7 and White's initiative on pair. 14... Jl.h7?1 15. .£,d2 .£,e4?1 the light squares: 16.Jlxf61± This Black wants to exchange pieces at any weakens Black's kingside pawn struc price, but White's center becomes too ture and purifies the fa vorable imbal strong. 15... d5!? was called for, to get a ance, which is oftengood. This is also fo othold on the light squares: 16.cxd5 a good example fo r rule #I: what re exd5 17.AbU (Dautov in CBM 83). mains on the board is more important t6. .£,xe4 Jl.xe4 17.f3 J1.h7 18.e4 It than what is exchanged. White's dark is clear that White's bishop-pair and squared bishop might look strong, but strong center give him an undisputable Black's f6 -knight is also useful. So advantage. 18 ... a4 19.�b2 �e7 White correctly decided to exchange on 20.b4a3?1 21.�b3 Elfd8 22.E{adl f6 . 16... gxf 6 17.Eldl Elb8 18.Etd3 .£,f6? 22 ...c5 23.E!d3±. 23.b5+ Etb4?1 This plays into White's hands, White first won the a3-pawn and then as his knight wants to go to c4 anyway. later the game. Yet it is difficult to suggest anything better fo r Black. 19 . .£,d2Elg8 20.g3 The famous Russian trainer Mark Etxc4 21..£,xc4 Etg4 22.f4 h5 Dvoretsky has collected many examples 23.Cif/d2 White improves his worst of the concept ofthe superfluous knight. placed piece. The king will defend the Here is a recent one: 53 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 Go/od, Vitali (2538) - Often theattacker does not want to ex To mescu, Vlad (2412) change pieces, because he needs them 4th Estensi op, Lido (5), 11.06.2003 to participate in the attack: Miiller,Karsten - Dautov,Ru.'item German Bundesliga, 2006 15.�f2! White correctly avoids the exchange of knights, as Black's d7- knight has problems finding a good square. 15 ... c6 16.b3 cxd5 17.exd5 White wants to keep both rooks: This prepares the strong blockading e4- 26.§fel!? Ag6 Black wants to de square fo r the knights. 17... g6 crease White's firepower, but every ex 17... <£\f 6?! 18.g4! e4? (18 ...h6 19.a3 ;!;) change comes at a price: the loss of 19.<£\fxe4! <£\cxe4 20.<£\xe4 <£\xe4 time. 27.Axg6 �xg6 28.�d4 �e7 2l.E(el± (Golod in CBM 96). 29.§a1 �f5 30.�a2 18.�fe4 Now White allows the ex change, but his advantage in develop ment justifies it, as he will transform his space and development advantage into a dangerous initiative. 18 ... � xe4 19.�xe4 �f6 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.§ xf6 A strong positional exchange sacrifice fo llows. 21.<£\xf6+!? E(xf6 22.E(xf6 �xf6 23.�d2 i.tf5 24.E(fl 'l!1d8 25.c5;!; . 21 ... §xf6 22.c5! §f8 22 ...dxc5?? 23.d6 �d8 24.<£\xf6+ �xf6 25.d7 +- (Golod); 22 ...Af5? 23.<£\xf6+ 'l!1xf6 24.g4 Ad7 25.c6± . 23.�xd6 b6 30 ...�xd 4?! This exchange fi nally 24.�e4! bxc5 25.d6 �f7 and now goes too fa r. 30 ... 'lt'c7 was called fo r, instead of26.�d2? Golod should have as 31.<£\xf5? (31.�b2 E(f7 32.�b4 '.!i'd7 chosen 26.<£\xc5! 'l!1f2+ 27.'.!i'hl 'l!1xc5 33.E(fl E(cf8 34.E(f3 <£\xd4 35.E(xf7+ 28.Axa8 i.te6 29.E(cl 'l!1e3 30.Ag2 .§xf736.cxd4 and White has a danger (30.Ad5?? E(fl+ 3l.'l!1xfl -'txd5+ ous long term initiative) 3l...E(a8 32.'l!1g2 'l!1xcl#) 30 ...E(f 2 3l.�gl �e2 32.�xa8? E(xa8 33.E(xa8 can be met by 32.a3 when White is better, but Black's 33 ...'l!1f 2!. 31.cxd4 �c7 32.�a3 counterplay still deservesattent ion. �d7 33.§fl §f5? 54 Motifs White is on move and must preserve all his attacking potential: Magomedov,Magaram (2604) - Khouseinov,Rashid (2330) Dushanbe, 1999 Immediately after the game Anand in dicated that 33 ...E!a8 34:�g3 gS was the way to go. White keeps the initia tive with 35:�d3, but Black is still fightingtenacious ly. 34.g4+- .§xf1+ 35 • .§xfl �c7 36 • .§c1+ �b8 37. .§xc8+ �xc8 38.�f8+ �d8 39.�xg7 �a5 40.t!U8+ �d7 29 . .§a1U Now it is over as his long 41.�d6+ �c8 42.�xe6+ �b8 term attack cannot be stopped. 43. t,td6+ �a7 44. �c5+ �b8 29... .§d6 30. .§e5 .§ad8 31 . .§ae1 44... b6 45.�c7+ 'ifta8 46.�c8+ 'ifta7 �c7 32.�e4 .§d1 47. �a6+ +- . 45. �f8+ �a7 46.b6+!? 32 ....£\xh7 Forces simplification into a won pawn 33 . .£\gS +- . 33.�xf6 .§xe1+ ending. 46 ... �xb6 47.�c5 1-0 34 . .§xe1 gxf6 35• .Q.f5+ �g8 36.t,th7+ �f8 37 . .Q.xe6 �xf4 Here is another striking example of this 38.�h8+ �e7 39.Jl.xf7+ �xf7 concept. 40.�h7+ �f8 41.�e7+ 1-0 55 The ChessCl!fe Puzzle Book 2 Exercises (E52) Khismatullin,Denis (2572) - (E54) Papaioannou,loannis (2578) - Romanov,Evgeny (2437) Nevednichy, Vladislav (2583) 6th EU-ch Warsaw (7}, 25.06.2005 15th EU-chT (7), 05.08.2005 8 w Black has finished his development. How can the rooks enter Black's camp? What to do next? (One point) Solutions (One point) begin on page 166. (E53) Radjabov, Te imour (2673) - (E55) Ya kovich, Yu ri (2565) - Milov, Va dim (2653) Frolyanov,Dmitry (2505) 6th EU-ch Warsaw ( 12}, 30.06.2005 RUS-chT Sochi (5}, 23.04.2005 w 8 How to use White's space advantage How to take the sting out of White's and initiative? (One point) initiative? (One point) 56 Motifs (E56) Graf,A/exander (2637) (E58) Gonza/ez,Renier (2483) - Fish,Gennadij (2523) Benjamin,Joe/ (2563) 76th GER-ch Altenkirchen (8), HB Global op Minneapolis (6), 25.02.2005 21.05.2005 w B Black's c-pawns look pretty dangerous, White has a space advantage. What will what should White do? (One point) Black do? (One point) (E57) Duppel,Matthias (2455) - (E59) Magomedov,Magaram (2604) Casper, Th oma.<; (2409) - Khouseinov,Rashid (2330) Bundesliga Germany (4.6), 24. 1 1 .2001 Dushanbe, 1999 w w How to use White's possession of the White to move! (Three points) d-file? (One point) 57 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (E60) Sakaev,Konstantin (2649) - (E61) Seel, Christian (2492) Azarov,Sergei (2581) Wa hbo,Matthias (2538) Aeroflot op-A Moscow (5), 12.02.2006 Bundesliga Germany( 12.4), 1 1.03.2006 w B White to move! (Three points) Black to move! (Two points) Weaknesses Here Philidor's famous aphorism: "The nected with a whole weak color com pawns are the soul of chess" comes into plex - see "Weak Color Complex." play. If the pawn structure has holes or 3) Usually one weakness is not is broken, this has significant implica enough to win. Here the principle of tions on the play. The pawns themselves two weaknesses comes into play, see can be weak, as well as the squares that "A Second Front." cannot be defended by the pawns. These two concepts are surprisingly similar, The fo llowing game shows how even and the section "Outpost" has already one static weakness can affectthe play: emphasized that knights usually prefer positions with many weak pawns that Handke,F/orian (2384) provide squares to settle on. So weak Miiller,Karsten (2503) pawns and weak squares go hand in GER-ch Altenkirchen (9), hand. Important rules are: 08. 12.200 I [C09] I) A weakness that cannot be ex ploited is no weakness. This can hap l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)d2c5 4.exd5 pen when a weakness is a static fe a exd5 5.4)gf3 4)c6 6 . .1l.b5 jld6 ture of the position, and if one side 7.dxc5 Jlxc5 8.0-0 4)ge7 9.4)b3 has a strong long-term initiative, it .1l.b6 9 ...Jld6 may be more precise. may be impossible fo r the opponent lO.E{el0-0 ll.jlg5f6?1 Every pawn to take advantage of the weakness, move weakens some squares (here e6), because his fo rces must defend but Black's task is not easy in any case. against the enemy activity. 12. .1l.e3 4)e5 13 . .1l.xb6 �xb6 2) Most of the time one weakness 14.4)fd4 4)7g6 15.�d2 a6 16.Afl does not exist in isolation, but is con- White just keeps the structure and 58 Motifs slowly improves the position of his 30.t'!del .£:Jd6 3l.�e3 ±. 29.§e2 pieces. His advantage is not very large, �ac6 30.�de1 itd7 but it is stable because of the weak d5- pawn. Black has no real dynamic com pensation fo r the weakness. 16... Jld7 17 .�e21? Changes the blocker. 17... Jle6 18.itd4 itc7 19.�adl? 19 . .£lc3 §ac8 20.§adl is more precise, as Black has no dynamic options. When you have a static advantage, try to re strict any possible counterplay! (see "Prophylaxis" and "Counterplay"). 19 ...§ac8? The dynamic 19... �xc2!? was called fo r, e.g. 20 . .£lc5! .£:Jh4! 21.<;ffhl .£lf5 22.�c3 �xc3 23 . .£lxc3 31.h41? This is a strong positional .llf724 . .£lxd5§a d8 25 . .£:Jb6; (Psakhis move, with the aim of improving the in CBM 87), but White retains some positions of the king and the bishop (the chances because of his activity and worst placed pieces) to increase the Black's weak queenside pawns. 20.f4 pressure on the light squares. 31 ... f5 �c6 21.itf2 Jlg4 22.g3 �b4 31.. . .£:Jf5 32 . .£:Jxc6 bxc6 33.Ah3 ±. 23.h3 Jlxe223 ...Af5? 24. .£led4 Axc2 32.§e3 Preparing to again take aim at 25 . .£:Je6 �d7 26 . .£:Jxf8±. 24.�xe2 the isolani. 32... �f8 33.itd2 �f7 �e7 25.c3 �bc6 26.Jlg2 �fd8 34.§d3 �ff6 35.clf}h2 g6 36.�d1 27.�ed2 �a5 �a5 37.b31 'l!/c7 38.�c2 Now the d5-pawn fa lls under favorable circum stances and the rest is just a matter of technique. 38 ... �ac6 39.�e3 d4 40.cxd4 Black's isolani was weak and securely blockaded, but White's is very strong as it is very difficult to stop its advance. 40 ...ita5 41.d5 itxd2 42.�3xd2 �b8 43.�c4 �d8 44.�a5 �b6 45.d6 �ec6 46.�c4 §b5 47.�e1 �c5 48.§e71 �xc4 49.Jld5+ clf}f8 49 ...<;ff h8 50.Axc4 .£lxe7 51.dxe7 t'!xd2+ 52.<;ffh3 +- . Black hopes to get activity by sacrific 50.�f7+ \tieS 51.Jlxc4 1-0 ing the weak d5-pawn, but Handke cor rectly wants to first improve his posi We lls,Peter (2515) tion and not to cash in too cheaply. Zifroni,Dov (2505) 28.�d4! 28.�xd5+? .£lxd5 29.§xd5 Herzliya (I), 06.09.1998 t'!xd5 30.t'!xd5 .£lxb3 3l.axb3 §e8 gives Black drawing chances. I have already dealt with the creation 28 ... �d6 28 ....£:Jc4 29.t'!e2 t'!e8 of weak squares in the "Outpost" sec- 59 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 tion, so let's have a look at the creation Another step in the wrong direction. of weak pawns: 20 ...4:'lbd5! 2l.Axd5 cxd5 22.�e5 E!b7;J; (Wells). 21.4)a4 �c7?1 22.4)c5 �xa5 23.4)xa6 Etb7 24.4)c5 E{bb8 25.Etd31 All of Black's fo rces are on the queenside, so White finallyshif ts his attention to the kingside. 25 ...4)c 7 25 ...�c7? 26. .§b3+-; 25 ...4Jxd3?? 26.�xa5 21.4)d21 Improves the worst placed piece to increase the pressure on the light squares. 21 ...4)b 8 21...f5 22.�d5 60 Motifs 'it!e7 23.4Jc4 b5 24.4Jd6 §b8 25.b4 46.§g5 4Jc3 47.§g7 4J)(b548. §b7 +- . 4Jb6 26.'it!b3 'it!xd6 27.bxc5 ±. 40.E{e6t .Q.d6 41..Q.)(d5 .£))(d5 22.�b5 �d7 23.a41 A very deep 42.E{)(h7 �g8 43.Etb7f4 move. Gurevich had to make sure that his weak queenside pawns and squares can't be exploited. 23 ... �)(b5 23 ... 4Jc6 24.4Jc4 f6 25 . .ilh3 gives White strong pressure on the light squares. 24.a)(b5Ete7 44.�g21 This meets the criteria oftwo principles: it improves the worst placed piece and activates the king in the endgame. 44 ...f)(e3 45.he3 g4 46.�f21? An important principle in the endgame is: do not rush, especially if 25.b41 The point. White will dispose the opponent has no real activity. of his weaknesses, while Black's will 46 ....Q.b4 47.�e2 .Q.a5 48.�d3 remain. 25 ...E{ec7 26. .£)c41 c)(b4 E{c8 49.Etd7 .£)c3 50.E{c6 E{e8 27.E{bl Etc5 28.E{)(b4 E{d8 5t.Et )(c3 .Q.)(c3 52.�)(c3 Et)(e3+ 29.Etbbl f5?1 This is refuted by a 53.�c4 E{e2 54.E{d6 Et)(h2 beautiful shot, but good advice is al 55.Etg6+ �f7 56.E{)(g4 1-0 ready hard to give. 29 ...4Jc7 30.4Ja3 4Je63l .f4 exf4 32.d4 §cc8 33.gxf4 ±. Doubled pawns can be statically strong 30 . .£))(e511 Et)(e5 30 ....ilxe5 3l.d4 and provide valuable anchor or outpost .ilxd4 32.exd4 §c2 33.d5 4Jc5 34 . .ilf6 squares, but they usually do not like to §e8 35.d6 +- . 3l. .Q.)(e5 .Q.)(e532.d4 advance, as it is quite difficult to do so .Q.d6 33.Etal .£)c7 33 ...§d7 34.§a4 without leaving serious weaknesses and the a7-pawn fa lls. 34. .Q.flt .£)d7 behind. 35.Et)(a7 White's active rooks will soon dominate the board. This endgame Brenninkmeijer,Joris (2490) - also shows the power of an attack with Va n der Sterren,Paul (2560) opposite-colored bishops. 35 ... �f8 NLD-ch (2), 1995 [E28] 36.E{cl .£)d5 37 .E{c6 .£)7f6 37 .. .'!ie7 38 ..ilc4 'it'e6 39.f3 +- (Ribli l.d4 .£)f62.c4 e6 3 . .£)c3.Q.b4 4.e3 in CBM 79). 38. .Q.e2 .Q.e7 39. .Q.f3 0-0 5.a3 Jl.)(c3+ 6.b)(c3 d6 7 . .£)e2 g5?1 White should win in any case. One c51? Blockading the doubled pawns in sample line runs 39 ...'it'f7 40.h4 'it'e8 order to lay siege to them later. Further 41.h5 gxh5 42.§e6 §d7 43.§xd7 more, it is good fo r Black to put his 'it'xd7 44.§e5 .ild6 45.§xf5 'it'e6 pawns on dark squares to compensate 61 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 fo r the missing bishop. 8.4)g3 4)c6 doubled pawns can sometimes be ac 9.Jld3?1 9.e4 is better according to ceptable: theory. 9 ...b6 The beginning of a typi cal siege of the doubled pawn. 10.0-0 Botvinnik,Mikhail - Kan,Ilia J1,a6 ll.J1,b2?1 4)a5 12.�e2 E!cB lith URS-ch Leningrad (I0), 1939 13.E!ac1 White is better despite his bad pawn 13... �d71? Increasing the pressure on structure because of the strong outpost the light squares. The alternative 13 ...d5 d5 and the semi-open b-file. 16.4)e41 14.cxd5 .Q.xd3 1S."t;¥xd3 exdS 16.f3 The defender of the outpost is ex 4Jc4 is also better fo r Black. The changed to allow the bishop to come to doubled pawn has disappeared, but the its dream square: d5. 16 ... �d8 squares are still weak - a typical phe 17.4)xf6+ �xf6 18.j},e4 E{b8 nomenon. 14.e4 �a4 15.f4 The im 19.E!ad1b6 20.h3 Jl.a621 .Ad5 b5 mediate 15.e5!? is more dangerous, but 22.cxb5 E!xb5 23.c4 E!b6 24.E{b1 E!dB 25.E!xb6 axb6? Black can defend: lS... dxeS 16.dxe5 The resulting 4Jd7 17:l;i 20 . .lb h7+ +- . 20.exf6 j},xd3 21.�x d3 dxc3? Now the game peters out into a draw. 21...4Jc4! was called fo r: 22.�g3 g6 23.�g5 'it'h8 24."t;¥h6 !'!g825.c xd4 gS + (Dautov in CBM 48). 22.fxg7 E{fd8 23.E!xc3 4)c4 24.�xh7+1 �xh7 25.E!h3+ �g6 26.E!g3+ �h5 27 .E!h3+ �g6 28.E!g3+ Yt-Yt Finally, one example to show that 62 Motifs 30.a4! A strong undermining. 35 . .§b8 �a4 36.Cjfjlh2.§a3 37.�c5 30... Ciflh7 31.a5 bxa5 32.�xa5 .§a238 . .§a8�xa 8 39 . .Q.xa8 .§xa8 .§a6 33.�xc5 .§a234.�e3 �a6 40.�xe5 .Q.c6 41.�c7 1-0 Exercises (E62) Socko,Bartosz (2570) - (E64) Ehlvest,Jaan (2587) - Levin,Felix (2498) Christiansen,Larry (2544) Bundesliga Germany (8.3), 29.01 .2005 New York (5), 28.04.2003 w w Where is Black's Achilles' heel? (One White's superior activity does not seem point) Solutions begin on page 168. to mean much, but this is deceptive. Can you find out why? (One point) (E63) Kramnik, Vladimir (2710) (E65) Gabriel, Ch ristian (2575) Ribli,Zoltan (2610) Hickl,Joerg (2565) PCA Groningen (I), 1993 Bad Homburg (7), 1997 w B In this typical position with hanging There are many holes in White's pawn pawns, Kramnik seized the moment to fo rmation, but which one to exploit start a strong initiative. Can you do the first? (One point) same? (Two points) 63 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (E66) Yu supov,Artur (2655) - (E68) Wa ng Yu e (2549) - Lautier,Joe/ (2645) Ponomariov,Rus/an (2700) Donner mern-AAmst erdam (3 ), 1994 Aeroflot op Moscow (6), 20.02.2005 w How to assess this position with White How to continue White's play in the to move? (Two points) center? (Three points) (E67) Kargin,Arseny (2251) (E69) Bu Xiangzhi (2607) - Maljutin,Evgeni (2440) Tregubov,Pavel (2629) Geller Memorial, Moscow (5), Aeroflotop Moscow (7), 14.02.1 999 21.02.2005 w w Black's bishop seems to be bad, but how Black has many weaknesses on the will White exploit it? (Two points) queenside, but how to exploit them? (Two points) 64 Motifs (E70) Anand, Viswanathan (2770) - lvanchuk, Va ssily (2731) FIDE-wch K.O. Moscow (6.4), 13.12.2001 B This is a good example ofCapablanca's Theorem, that �+4J are better than �+..ll. How did lvanchuk prove it? (One point) 65 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Weak Color Complex This chapter is strongly related to the pieces are on light squares. 23 ... §.c7 chapters on "Weaknesses" and "Domi 24.§.xa4 �c5 25.§.c4 �xc4 nation." As I said, usually one weak 26.4)b6+ Pavlovic,Milo.'i (2548) - The next two examples deal with the Jan.'isen,Ruud (2489) creation of a weak color complex: Corus-C Wij k aan Zee (8), 19.01.2004 Kochyev,Alexander (2430) - Shaposhnikov,Evgeny (2415) St. Petersburg-ch (12), 19.04. 1998 [A08] 1.4)f3 4)f6 2.g3 d5 3.jlg2 e64.0-0 Ae7 5.d3 0-0 6.4)bd2c5 7.e4 4)c6 8.§.e1 b5 9.e5 4)d7 10.4)f1 a5 ll.h41 b4 12.h5 Aa6 Obviously, d5 is weak as it cannot be protected by pawns, but c6 and b7 are also weak, so White can try to exploit the weak color complex on the light squares and combine it with an attack. 14.a41 A very strong pawn sacrifice to get a bind on the light squares. 14 ..•4)xe 4? 14 ...h4 was necessary: 15. .>lxf6 .tlxf6 16. .tld5 .tlxd5 17.exd5 13.h6 White creates a weak color com a5 18.l"!e4 with an initiative in plex around Black's king and bases all V.Kotronias-B.Jobava, Batumi 2002. his fo llowing play on exploiting it. 15.Jl.xe4 Jlxg5+ 16. White's plan; establishing complete arise. 15••. Ab5 15... hxa3 16.hxa3 domination of the light squares. l"!h8 was the alternative. 16.4)1h2 20 ... �xa5 21.�a8+ 4)b8 22.4)d5 §.c8 17.4)g4 c4? The beginning of a §.d7 23.§.e4 All the pieces join the flawed concept. This only strengthens party. Please note that all the white White's center, his bind on the dark 66 Motifs squares and even gives White play on Murrey,Jacob (2487) the queenside. 17 ...4Jd4! was called fo r, Marin,Mihail (2555) as it is much more difficult to exchange ISR-chT Israel (6), 17.03.2000 Black's key bishop on e7. 18.d4 c3 19.bxc3 bxa3 20.�d2!? 4)a5 21.jlg5 �xg5 22.4)xg5 �e7 22.�xb6! An amazing solution. In order to achieve a strong bind on the dark squares, White exchanges his un 23.ftebl Now White uses the fileson opposed bishop! But what remains on the queenside to strengthen his initia the board is more important than what tive. 23 ... Etb8 24.�f4 4)c4 Black's comes off of it. 22.t:!e1? .lld5=. position on the queenside looks good 22..• cx b6 23.4)e5 �d5 24.g3 b5 at first sight, but it cannot really be im "Now we see - to prevent c4, an ugly proved and Black's proud knight on c4 dark square weaknesses will emerge. Of can be exchanged fo r the g2-bishop at course, exchanging the knight on b6 any time. 24 ...Ac4 is met by 25.t:!xb8 also helped to render white's outpost t:!xb8 26.t:!xa3! (Horn in CBM 65) impregnable." (Wells in CBM 77) 26... § b 1 + 27. 'itrh2 Ab5 28.c4 Black can do nothing. 27 ..•4)b2 Wait ing does not help. 27 ...§8b7 28.Axc4 Axc4 29.t:!xa4 a2 30.4Je4 §b1 31.4Jgf6+ 4Jxf6 32A::lxf6+ 'itrh8 33.4Jd7!+- (Hom). 28.Jlxb5 ftxb5 29.Etxa3 ft8b7 29 ...t:!xb4 30.cxb4 §xb4 3l.t:!f3! §xd4 32."itfxd4 "itfxg5 33."itta7 +- . 30.ftxb5 Etxb5 31.c4! 4)xc4 32.Etxa4 Eta5 33.Etb4 Eta7 33 ...4Jcb6 34.4Jf6+ 67 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 32 ...gxf 4 33.4Jd3+ 'it'd6 34.4Jxf4 ±. haunt him." (Wells in CBM 81) 33.fxg5 Etxg5 34.li) d3+ To fightagainst a bind, you should try and sense the danger early in order to take prophylactic measures. It is also importantto exchange the proper pieces by keeping important defenders on the board - usually the bishop that defends 19.4)c11This positional exchange sac the weak color complex: rifice is much stronger than 19.axb3 E!.xb3 20.El.a2=. 19 ...b2 20.4)xd3 Va n We ly, Loek (2700) - bxa1 � 21.Elxa1a4 22.e4 h6 23.h4 Piket,Jeroen (2632) 4)a5 23 ...dxe4? 24.fxe4 tzlxg4+ Corus Wijk aan Zee (7), 21.01.200 I 25.'it'g3 h5 26.e5 ±. 24.g5 White's bishops are much stronger than the rook and knight. A good example of the strength of the bishop-pair fo llows. 24 ...hx g5 25.hxg5 4)h5 26.exd5 4)c4 27.Acl a3 28.4)b4 The light squares on White's queenside are weak and the 0-knight is somewhat in the way, so van Wely uncorked: 15.4)g11 b5?1 "A highly committal strategy. I suspect black had in mind the fu ll plan which he is able to carry Now it is White who has a bind on the through, but after winning material light squares. The tables have turned the huge gash which he has caused in completely! 28 ... Ete8 29.Afl 4)b2 his own structure will come back to 30.jld2 g6 31.Ab5 Eleb8 32.c4 68 Motifs E!b6 33.E!el �f8 34.�g2 E!ab8 56.�g3 E!c557 . .£le5.£ld5 58.E!d3 35 . .£Jc6 E!xb5 36.cxb5 E!xb5 E!a5 59 . .£Jc6 E!c5 60 . .£jd8 .£lc7 37 . .1lb4+ �g7 38 . .1lxa3 .£!c4 6t . .£jb7 E!cl 62.a4�f6 63.a5 �e5 39 . .1lcl E!xd5 40.E!e7 E!b5 64.E!d7 .£Je6 65 . .£ld8 .£lf4 66.a6 41.E!xc7 E!bl 42 . .£je5 E!xcl E!gl+ 67.�f2 E!g2+ 68.�fl E!a2 43.E!xc4 .£!f4+ 44.�h2 E!dl 69.a7 .£ld5 70 . .£jc6+ �e6 71.E!d8 45.E!c7E!x d4 46.E!xf7+ �g8 47.a3 .£lc7 72 . .£ld4+ �e5 73 . .£lb5 �f4 E!d2+48.�g3 .£lh5+49.�h3 E!d5 74.E!f8+ �g3 75 . .£1xc 7 E!xa7 50.E!e7 E!a5 51..£lxg6 E!xg5 76 . .£1b5 E!a2 77. .£jd4 E!f2+ 52.�h4 E!a5 53.E!e3 .£lf6 78.�el E!a2 79.E!g8+ �f4 54 . .£Je7+ �g7 55 . .£lc6 E!h5+ 80.E!g4+ 1-0 Exercises (E71) Kosten,Anthony (2522) (E72) Timman,Jan (2625) - Lautier,Joel (2672) Kuzubov, Yu riy (2535) FRA-ch Chartres (6), 20.08.2005 15th EU-chT Gothenburg (2), 31.07.2005 B w How to use Black's space advantage? Which is Black's most important de (One point) Solutions begin on page fe nder? (One point) 170. 69 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (E73) Sakaev,Konstantin (2672) - (E75) Ftacnik,Lubomir (2585) - Gouliev,Namig (2526) Cvitan,Ognjen (2570) 6th EU-ch Warsaw (2), 19.06.2005 Bundesliga Germany, 1997 w w Sakaev makes just one innocent look How to assess this position with White ing move and Black's position collapsed to move? (Three points) like a house of cards. Can you spot it? (One point) (E74) Yu dasin,Leonid (E76) Khalifman,Aiexander (2700) - Benjamin,Joel Rublevsky,Sergei (2639) Minneapolis 2005 Kazan (2), 16.08.2001 w How did Yudasin crown his attack? At first sight this looks like a typical (Four points) Hedgehog, but Khalifman fo und a flaw. Can you spot it? (Three points) 70 Motifs (E77) Ya ndemirov, Va leri (2500) - Shchukin,Dmitry (2400) Chigorin Memorial, St. Petersburg (6), 1997 w How to continue White's initiative? (Two points) 71 Te sts You have two hours for each of the twenty tests. Solve them from the diagrams and write your solutions on a sheet of paper. I advise you to take one test per day and then use your average score over all twenty tests. Of course, your score (or "Positional Elo") must be taken with a very large grain of salt, as tactics play an extremely important role in chess. Test 01 (Tl.Ol) Donev,lvo (2420) - (TI .02) Nielsen,Peter Heine (2626) Summermatter,Daniel (2315) Lahno,Katerina (2486) SUJ-chT Switzerland, 29.03.1998 79th Hastings (3), 30. 1 2.2003 8 w White is saddled with doubled, back White clearly has more space on the ward c-pawns. However, this appears queenside and the two bishops, but to be more than offset by the strong Black has no obvious weaknesses. How centralized knight. Is it? (Two points) did the Danish GM continue? (Two Solutions begin on page 172. points) 72 Tests (TI .03) Nunn,John (2605) (TI.05) Miezi... ,Normund s (2524) Conquest,Stuart (2585) Dautov,Rustem (2630) Hastings (7), 12.1996 5th Bad Wiessee (9), 04.11.200 I w B Which pieces does White want to ex Black's 4:\e7 and .lld7 seem to be quite change? (Two points) restricted. How did Dautov change this? (Two points) (Tl.04) Anand, Viswanathan (2766) (TI.06) Knaak,Rainer (2495) - - Markowski, Tomasz (2610) Ge/ler,Ejim (2575) Bundesliga, Germany (4.1 ) , 23.1 1.2003 Moscow, 1982 w w Find White's strongest move! (Two Where do White's pieces belong? points) (Three points) 73 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl .07) Vy des/aver,A/ik (2405) - (Tl.09) Boensch,Uwe Psakhis,Lev (2560) Schwartz,Bernd ISR-ch Ramat Aviv ( 1.1 ), 08.11.1998 24th DOR-ch Stralsund (16), 1975 B B What to do in this typical Sicilian posi White has many positional trumps and tion? (Two points) will be on top in the long run. So how should Black act? (Five points) (Tl.08) Jvanov,lgor (2430) - (Tl.l 0) Ch ebanenko, Ve cheslav (2410) Arnason,Jon (2450) -/zvozchikov,Alexander (2330) Lone Pine op, 1981 URS-chT Riga, 1975 w B White's spatial advantage appears to be The ending looks relatively equal. Ma offset by Black's play on the queenside. terial is even, both kings have come into The Canadian 1M findsa way stifle that the center and although White has a play, keeping the advantages of the po queenside pawn majority, there does not sition. How? (Two points) seem to much here. Black disagrees. What did he play? (Two points) 74 Tests (Tl.ll) Nie/sen,Peter Heine (2648) (Tl.13) Smirin,Jiia (2676) Cheparinov,Jvan (2572) Pelletier, Ya nnick (2571) Corus-B Wijk aan Zee (5), 20.01.2005 Biel (6), 28.07.2002 B w A quick look at this position might sug White's pieces are nicely centralized, gest Black is in trouble. White threat but the king is in the center. What is the ens both <£\xc6 winning the exchange, proper evaluation of this position and and <£\fS+, winning the queen. However, how should White continue? (One the Bulgarian grandmaster has seen point) deeper. What did he play? (One point) (Tl.l2) Mi/es,Anthony (2550) (Tl.14) lvanchuk, Va ssily (2719) Rodriguez Cespedes,Amador (2555) Ehlvest,Jaan (2627) Yopal (5), 24.06. 1997 FIDE-wch K.O. (2.4), 02.12.2000 w B White clearly has more space, but Black White's position appears threatening. seems solidly entrenched. How did the The knight on e5 is supported by the d late British grandmaster gain a decisive and f- pawns, while the doubled rooks advantage? (Two points) are ready to spring into action afterfS. What does the Estonian grandmaster find to tum the tables? (Three points) 75 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl.IS) Rublevsky,Sergei (T1.16) Bogoljubow,Efim Vo lkov,Sergey Gothilf,Solomon Smolensk, 1991 Moscow, 1925 w B There doesn't seem to be much going This appears to be a rather run-of-the on here. Material is equal and neither mill opening position. Black's light side appears to have any direct threats. squared bishop has left the queenside, However, a closer examination of the but that should not be fa tal, if he finds position reveals that some pieces may the right move here. (Four points) be worth more than their counterparts. How did White continue? (One point) 76 Tests Test 02 (T2.01) Nunn,John (2620) (T2.03) Stange,Sven Wa rd, Ch ristopher (2485) Va nBeek�/exander (2259) Hastings (6), 04.01.1998 Vlissingen HZ op (6}, 08.08.2002 w w What is White's best strategy? (Two The black king cannot castle and is tem points) Solutions begin on page 179. porarily caught in the center. How can White capitalize? (Two points) (T2.02) Ovsejevit.<;ch,Sergei (2526) - (T2.04) Salov, Va lery (2660) - Malakhatko, Va dim (2568) Adams,Michae/ (2630) Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 (8), 16.06.2000 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (9}, 01.1993 w w Perhaps you cannot pronounce White's Black's compact position seems to be name, Black's name or even the name able to withstand any attacking attempts of the place where this game was by White. In this clash of the super played. You may be able to say "open GMs, Salov fi nds a way to keep the ing the position," but can you "walk the pressure on his opponent. What did he walk" after you "talk the talk"? (Two play? (One point) points) 77 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T2.05) Jovanic,Ognjen (2435) - (T2.07) Bak/an, Vladimir (2585) - Jurkovic,Ante (2324) Kopylo v,Mihail (2385) Pula op (4), 22.06.2004 Donetzk zt (2 ), 03. 1 1.1998 w How to stop Black's counterplayon the White already has strong pressure on kingside? (Five points) Black's position. How does White tum up the heat? (One point) (T2.06) Ramirez Alvarez.Alejandro (T2.08) Short,Nigel (2665) - (2507) - Smeets,Jan (2475) Kasparov,Garry (2775) Corus-B (5), 20.01 .2005 Euwe mem (4), 26.03.1996 B Everything seems to be working in This is not an easy position to evaluate. White's fa vor. The bishops have scope, White has the two bishops, but the one the rooks are well-placed and every on d4 looks like a big pawn. It may also thing seems in order. Black shows how be undermined if Black can get in a looks can be deceiving. What did he timely b5-b4. How does the British play? (Three points) grandmaster continue? (Two points) 78 Tests (T2.09) Sebag,Marie (2432) - (T2.11) Kaidanov,Gregory (2596) Berg,Emanue/ (2495) Kraai,Jesse (2442) Malmo Masters (8), 05.08.2003 USA-ch Seattle (I). 05.01 .2002 B w How to assess this position with Black What is White's first priority? (Two to move? (Two points) points) (T2.10) Zifroni,Dov (2501) (T2.12) Shariyazdanov,Andrey Karolyi, Tibor Jr. (2432) (2582) - So/ak,Dragan (2490) 15th Czerniak mem (7), 06.04.1999 Subotica (2), 19.12.2000 B Everything looks in order. The game is How to stop White's initiative? (One just emerging from the opening, Black point) will castle, bring out his b8-knight and, as they say, it's a game. Still, is there some way White can immediately put Black under pressure? (Four points) 79 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T2.13) Th orhal/sson,Gylfi (T2.15) Mikhalevski, Victor (2499) - Hil/arp Persson, Tiger Ribshtein,Nati (2362) Icelandic Team Championship, 2003 ISR-chT Ramat Aviv (I), 14.01.2000 B w White is threatening to take on d6. How In this typical Benoni position, time is to react? (Two points) quite important. How did White seize the moment? (Two points) (T2.14) Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (T2.16) lbragimov,lldar (2554) (2611) - Avrukh,Boris (2620) Shchekachev,Andrei (2505) Corus-B (2), 19.01.2000 RUS-ch K.O. (3.2), 20. 12.1999 B w How to increase Black's pressure? (Two White certainly has a comfortable po points) sition, but how to make progress? (Three points) 80 Tests Te st 03 (T3.01) Bareev,Evgeny (2702) (T3.03) Milos,Gilberto (2605) Va ganian,Rafa e/ (2623) Polgar,Judit (2665) FIDE-wch K.O. (2.1 ), 30.11 .2000 Sao Paulo, 1996 w B This endgame appears difficultto evalu Is White's center strong or overex ate, but Bareev fo und a way to get his tended? (Three points) horses hopping... (Two points) Solu tions begin on page 186. (T3.02) Kha/ifman,Alexander (2628) (T3.04) Rogozenko,Dorian (2530) - - Barua,Dibyendu (2550) Mu/ler,Kan;ten (2500) FIDE-wch K.O. ( 1.6), 02.08. 1 999 Bundesliga Germany, 1997 w w Khalifman was on his way to winning Normally two pieces are more than the FIDE world title. Although the po enough compensation fo r a rook. How sition looks relatively equal, he sees the ever, White's rooks have broken through possibility of giving it a little massage. on the kingside. Black seems to be hold How did he keep his cool in the scorch ing, but White shows that any sense of ing summer heat? (Two points) security is an illusion. (Five points) 81 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T3.05) Troiane.<;cu,Octavio - (T3.07) Rodriguez Guerrero,Enrique Petrosian, Tigran (2133) - Kalantarian,Norik (2474) Bucharest (I0), 1953 5th Ubeda op (I), 20.01.2000 B B Black has already given up the ex With his king still in the center, Black change and has ample compensation in has launched an attack on the kingside, the fo rm of the two bishops and a pro while White seems to have black's tected passed pawn. However, the fu queenside bottled up. How should ture world champion has more in Black proceed? (One point) mind ... (Two points) (T3.06) Afek, Yo chanan (2375) - (T3.08) McShane,Luke (2568) - Ha uchard,Arnaud (2500) Stefansson,Hannes (2569) Herzliya (4), 09.09. 1998 Reykjavik Hrokurinn (5), 22.02.2003 B w White, a noted endgame study com Black looks like he is doing well on the poser, is a pawn up, but the bishop's light squares and his king's position scope is restricted as a result of the seems secure. But the young English many pawns on white squares. Can grandmaster has seen a strong plan. Black make use of this and hold the What concept did he apply and how do position? (One point) you evaluate the position? (Two points) 82 Tests (T3.09) Karpov,Anatoly (2740) - (T3.11) Grivas,Efs tratios (2514) Topa/ov, Ve selin (2640) Na umann,Alexander (2478) Linares ( 4 ), 1994 GRE-GER m Corfu (2), 13.10. 1999 w w How did Karpov obtain fu ll control? White has pressure down the d-file,but (Three points) Black seems to be holding on. How can White tum up the heat? (Three points) (T3.10) Svetushkin,Dmitry (2505) (T3.12) Adams,Michael (2715) Ham>en,Sune Berg (2555) Polgar,Judit (2658) Olympiad Bled SLO (9), 04.11 .2002 Corus Wijk aan Zee (2), 16.01.2000 8 B Where is White's Achilles' heel? (Three How to deal with White's queenside points) majority? (Two points) 83 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T3.13) Atalik,Suat (2541) (T3.15) Wo hl,Aleksandar (2440) Blagojevic,Dragisa (2527) Solomon,Stephen (2435) Zenica op (5), 08.12.2004 Saintly Cup Sydney (3), 24.01.1999 w w Black has a knight on e4 supported by The black knights are embedded deep a pawn and rook. White is poised fo r in the white position. But things are not the classic minority attack on the always as they seem. What did Wohl queens ide. How should White proceed? see? (One point) (Two points) (T3.14) Gereben,Erno (T3.16) Mortensen,Er/ing (2438) Wirthensohn,Heinz Boe 0/sen,Mads (2389) Bern, 1974 DEN-ch Nyborg (9), 15.04.2001 B w White is attacking the black queen, but White has the nice d5-square fo r his at the same time, the knight on c3 is pieces, and the black pawn on d6 is loose. What should Black do? (Four backward. Can White exploit these points) weaknesses? (One point) 84 Tests Test 04 (T4.01) Richardson (T4.03) lnkiov, Ve ntzislav (2480) Sadler Manouck, Th ierry (2365) England, 1995 Bulgaria (3), 1985 B B White is being pressed on the queen White wants to fo rce a concession from side, but seems to be holding. How did Black on the queenside. How do you Black improve his position fu rther? react? (Three points) (Two points) Solutions begin on page 192. (T4.02) Paehtz,Eiisabeth (2331) (T4.04) Gustafsson,Jan (2572) Nemet,lvan (2439) Prusikhin,Mihailo (2519) PSV GM Rostock (3), 27.08.2002 2nd Pulvermuehle (I 0), 27.02.2004 w Black tries to get a firm hold on the dark In this typical Hedgehog position, squares. How do you react? (Two White had a poisonous plan in mind. points) Can you spot it? (Three points) 85 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T4.05) Petrosian, Tigran (T4.07) Karpov,Anatoly (2700) Planinc,Aibin Unzicker, Wo lfgang (2535) Amsterdam, 1973 Nice ol (3), 1974 w w How to put White's activity to good Karpov had just opened the a-file. What use? (One point) was his point? (Two points) (T4.06) Polgar,Susan (T4.08) Bindrich, Falko (2339) Wo ng Abel,Dennes (21 77) Mazatlan, 1988 OEM Ul6 Willingen (4), 16.05.2005 w B Black has gained plenty of space, but White has a strong initiative for the sac his pieces are still quite passively rificedpawn. Can you findBl ack's best placed. White should act before Black's defense? (Four points) army is better coordinated! (Two points) 86 Tests (T4.09) Khalifman,Aiexander (2545) (T4.11) Leko,Peter (2701) - Luther, Th omas (241 0) Bunzmann,Dimitrij (2596) Leningrad, 1989 Hamburg m (6}, 21.10.1999 w w White's pieces look well-placed, but the Although the position of Black's king fu ture FIDE world champion realizes looks a little drafty, it is not all that clear he can reposition one piece with deci how White can break through. The d4- sive effect. Which one and how? (Three pawn is backward and d5 is firmly un points) der Black's control. Isn't it? (Three points) (T4.10) We lls,Peter (2480) (T4.12) Garjinkel,Boris Emms,John (2545) Russeii,Hanon Redbus Knockout London (I.1 ), 2000 corr 1974 w w When two popular GM authors clash, How to continue White's attack? (Two you are almost certain to see something points) instructive. White is on top, but how does he break through? (Three points) 87 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T4.13) Sh/iperman,lgor (2410) (T4.15) Andersson,Ulf(2623) Ye rmo/insky,Alex (2650) Gi.'ibrecht,Ewgeni (2422) World op Philadelphia (3), 1997 Bundesliga Germany (6.6), 12.12.1999 B Both sides have a compact position, but This position looks relatively normal. White seems to have the edge with the White has more space and Black is a bishop-pair and more space on the little constricted on the queenside, but queenside. However, Black sees things there is nothing immediately obvious. differently. What did he play? (Two What did the Swedish grandmaster see? points) (Two points) (T4.14) Rodriguez,Jorge Luis (2300) (T4.16) Mii/ler,Karsten (2505) - Soppe,Guillermo (2440) Gabriei, Christian (2575) Buenos Aires Najdorf qual ( 4 ) , 1992 Bundesliga Germany, 1997 B w How to assess this position with Black How to continue White's initiative? to move? (One point) (Two points) 88 Te sts Test 05 (T5.01) Mikhalevski, Victor (2516) (T5.03) Felgaer, Ruben (2618) Blees,Albert (241 0) Rodriguez,Andres (2523) Lost Boys op Antwerp (8), 07.08.1 999 50th Villa Martelli (2), 18.08.2005 w w Despite the knight embedded on c6, How did White increase the pressure? Black is expanding on the queenside. (Two points) What should White do? (Three points) Solutions begin on page 197. (T5.02) Erenburg,Sergey (2533) - (T5.04) Lautier,Joel (2625) - Uhlmann, Wo lfgang (2411) Top alov, Ve selin (2700) ZMD op Dresden (7), 21.07.2004 Elista ol (6), 04. 10.1998 w B With approximate material equality, no White is hoping fo r an initiative on the obvious entry points and opposite queenside. But are his fo rces too far colored bishops, some players might be away from his monarch? (Two points) inclined to split the point. How did White proceed against his veteran op ponent? (Four points) 89 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T5.05) Ep ishin, Vladimir (2630) - (T5.07) Krasenkow,Michal lvanchuk, Va ssily (2720) Beliavsky,Alexander Tilburg (2), 1992 Bundesliga Germany, I 0.04.2005 B B How did lvanchuk create counterplay? Should Black attack or defend? (Three (Two points) points) (T5.06) Hector,Jonny (2513) (T5.08) Mahesh Chandran,P (2482) Nielsen,Peter Heine (2636) - Novikov,lgor (2588) Sigeman & Co Malmo (5), UTD GM Dallas USA (6), 10.06.2002 12.12.2004 w How did the fe arless Hector continue Find Black's typical plan in this Sicil his attack? (Two points) ian position! (Two points) 90 Tests (T5.09) Lastin,Aiexander (2622) - (T5.11) Ribli,Zoltan (2574) Gelfand,Boris (2714) Yu. B B How to assess this position? (Two White's pressure on the queenside is points) strong, but there was a way to neutral ize it. Can you find it? (Two points) (T5.10) Gurevich,Dmitry (2502) (T5.12) Salov, Va lery (2680) - Gulko,Boris (2583) Karpov,Anatoly (2735) 2nd American Continental Buenos Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (7), Aires (6), 23.08.2003 24.01.1998 B White's structure looks a bit suspect, but Black's hedgehog structure already has how to exploit it? (Two points) some holes. How to use White's advan tage in development to increase the pressure? (Two points) 91 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T5.13) Kamsky, Gata (2645) (T5.15) Marin,Mihail (2485) Kramnik, Vladimir (271 0) lnkiov, Ve ntzislav (2510) wchT Luzem (4), 1993 Stara Zagora zt-B (6), 1990 w How did Kamsky use his initiative? Black is almost dominated, but how to (Two points) finish him off? (Twopoints) (T5.14) Hiibner,Robert (2640) (T5.16) Petrosian, Tigran (2645) Tischbierek,Raj (2523) Nunn,John (2410) 74th GER-ch (5), 26.11.2002 Hastings ( 13), 1977 w w Before you open a second front, you The fo rmer world champion was play sometimes must make sure all is quiet ing against the up-and-coming British on the firstone. How does Hubner do star John Nunn. What did "The Tiger" it? (Four points) find in this position? (One point) 92 Tests Test 06 (T6.01) Winter, William (T6.03) Miiller,Kar..,ten Capablanca,Jose Raul Dinstuhl, Vo lkmar Hastings, 1919 I.BL, Castrop-HSK, 6.Brett, 14.04.2002 8 8 How did the fu ture world champion Dark clouds are gathering around demonstrate that White has his hands Black's kingside. What to do about it? fu ll? What did Black play? (Two points) (Two points) Solutions begin on page 203. (T6.02) Zilberman,Nathan (2455) - (T6.04) Schlosser,Philipp (2490) - Gu... ev, Vladimir (2360) Schild, Christoph (2278) Belgorod, 1990 BL2-Sued Germany (8.5), 14.04.2002 w w Black has aggressively challenged Black has just made a bold pawn ad White in the center. By calmly assess vance in front of his own king and was ing the position, White finds a simple, duly punished. Can you spot how? (Two yet dangerous response. (Four points) points) 93 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T6.05) Dolmatov,Sergey (2615) (T6.07) Andersson, UI/ (2599) Wa hls,Matthia.'> (2525) Markowski, Tomasz (2549) Bundesliga Germany, 1993 Bundesliga Germany (5.3), 14. 12.2002 w w How did White open the gates? (Two How to use Black's weakened kingside? points) (Two points) (T6.06) Va ganian,Rafa el (2615) (T6.08) Bareev,Evgeny (2711) Muller,Kar.'>ten (2485) Gelfand,Boris (2714) Bundesliga Germany, 1996 RUS-chT Sochi (6), 25.04.2004 8 8 White's mighty bishops seem to domi How to neutralize White's pressure? nate the rooks. But it is Black's move. (Two points) (One point) 94 Tests (T6.09) Sofler,Ram (2525) - (T6.11) We lls,Peter (2506) - Smirin,llia (2590) Bar.•wv,A/exei (2534) ISR Cup-f (5), 14.05.1998 2nd Vikings GM York (8), 20. 12.2000 B w Smirin easily located the Achilles' heel White's rook on c6 is under attack, and of White's position. Can you do the it looks like it has to retreat to a6. Can same? (Two points) you see what Wells saw? (Four points) (T6.10) Zh ukova,Natalia (2465) (T6.12) Capablanca, Jose Rau/ Koroty/ev,Alexey (2603) Miese... ,J acques Corus-C Wijk aan Zee (3 ) , 17.01.2005 Bad Kissingen (5), 1928 B w White has more space on the queens ide, The great Cuban world champion un but Black is pressing on the other wing. dertakes a maneuver fa irly typical in How was Black able to open the posi games fe aturing a minority attack. What tion to his advantage? (Two points) did he do? (Three points) 95 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T6.13) Kramnik, Vladimir (2730) (T6.15) Hodgson,Julian (2560) Timman,Jan (2590) Maiwald,Jens Uwe (2495) Belgrade (I), 1995 MermaidBeach Club Bermuda(6), 1997 w w White has concentrated his forces on The dangerous attacker Julian Hodgson the queenside, but how can he take ad has just sacrificed the a2-pawn. What vantage of the weakened dark squares did he have up his sleeve? (Three on Black's kingside? (Two points) points) (T6.14) Beliavsky,Alexander (2667) (T6.16) Anand, Vis wanathan (2765) - Aagaard,Jacob (2400) - Shirov,Alexei (2690) 12th Sigeman & Co (I), 30.04.2004 Dos Hermanas (2), 02.04.1997 w w The fo rmer world championship can How to continue White's initiative? didate has the popular Danish IM in a (One point) vice-like grip. The pawn on e6 is par ticularly troublesome. How does Beliavsky break through? (Three points) 96 Tests Test 07 (T7.01) Petrosian, Tigran (2585) (T7.03) Anand, Viswanathan (2794) Lutikov,Anatoly (2430) - Top alov, Ve selin (2711) URS Spartakiad Moscow, 1981 Dortmund (8), 20.07.2001 w B Black's kingside pawn structure has Despite his extra pawn, White is under been shattered, the a-pawn is isolated some pressure on the dark squares, spe and Black's pieces seem to be getting cifically f2. Black, one of the super in each other's way on the queenside. grandmasters of our era, realizes this of How did the fo rmer world champion course. How should he continue? take advantage of these fa ctors? (Three (Three points) points) Solutions begin on page 208. (T7.02) Dautov,Rustem (2595) (T7.04) Andersson, UI/ (2640) Yu supov,Artur (2640) Malaniuk, Vladimir (2615) Bundesliga Germany, 1998 34th Rubinstein mem (5), 23.08.1997 w w Dautov fo und an amazing way to capi What did Ulf Andersson play? (Three talize on his activity. How did he strike? points) (Three points) 97 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T7.05) Wa de,Robert (T7.07) Korchnoi, Viktor (2628) Uhlmann, Wo lfgang Smirin,Ilia (2656) Skopje/Ohrid ( 18), 1968 Biel (7), 28.07.2003 w B How to use White's better develop What is the best way fo r Black to se ment? (Two points) cure his advantage? (Three points) (T7.06) Bezold,Michae/ (2456) (T7.08) Smirin,Jiia (2555) Bischofl,Klaus (2561) Nikolic,Predrag (2625) 2nd Pulvermuehle (2), 20.02.2004 Tilburg (2), 1992 B w The position is about to open up, but How to finish White's development? how can Black do it on his terms? (Two (One point) points) 98 Tests (T7 .09) Va ganian,Rafa e/ (2625) - (T7.11) Bogdanovski, Vlatko (2483) Hiibner,Robert (2610) Kempinski,Robert (2587) Thessaloniki ol ( 14}, 04. 12.1984 18th EUCup Halkidiki (5), 26.09.2002 w B How to assess this position with White How did Kempinski increase his pres to move? (Two points) sure? (Two points) (T7. 10) Larsen,Bent (T7.12) Za k, Uriel (2341) Hort, Vlastimil Zifro ni,Dov (2531) San Antonio, 1972 ISR-chT (4), 03.03 .2000 w B Black's position is fu ll ofholes, but how The position seems to be completely to storm it? (Two points) equal, but this is not the case. What did Black play? (Two points) 99 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T7.13) Adams,Michael (2734) (T7.15) Brestian,Egon (2429) Ng uyen Chi Minh (2366) Ftacnik,Lubomir (2589) FRA-chT (I), 31.01.2003 EU-chT Batumi (2.2), 30.11.1999 w 8 Michael Adams found the typical ma Black isolated d-pawn may become neuver in such positions. Can you do weak in the long run.What to do about the same? (One point) it? (Two points) (T7.14) Topalov, Veselin (2735) (T7.16) Seirawan, Ya sser (2595) Shirov,Aiexei (2736) Kozui,Zdenko (2580) Linares (10), 29.02.2004 Wijk aan Zee, 1991 w w White has mighty pressure against How to assess this position with White Black's weakened kingside, but it seems to move? (Four points) difficultto increase it. How did Topalov do it? (Two points) 100 Tests Test 08 (T8.0 l) Byrne,Robert - (T8.03) Anand, Vi!>wanathan (2766) Fischer,Robert - Akopian, Vladimir (2693) Sousse Interzonal (12), 1967 Corus Wij k aan Zee (2), 1 1.01.2004 B In this position, Fischer has typical Si Both sides are attacking vigorously and cilian counterplay on the queenside. every move carries additional weight. How did the future world champion So it is importantthat you findBl ack's increase the pressure? (Five points) best! (Two points) Solutions begin on page 212. (T8.02) Mieses,Jacques - (T8.04) Kramnik, Vladimir (2770) - Alekhine,Alexander Bologan, Victor (2663) Baden-Baden, 1925 Dortmund-B playoff (6), 27.07.2004 B w Black's advantage is clear, but how to Kramnik used a typical plan against the convert it into a fu ll point? (One point) Hedgehog. Can you do the same? (Two points) 101 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T8.05) Kramnik, Vladimir (2777) - (T8.07) Psakhis,Lev (2580) - Gelfand,Boris (2703) Hebden,Mark (2435) Cap d'Agde-A (4), 25.1 0.2003 wchT U26 Chicago, 1983 w w How to regroup White's forces? (One Outline a plan for White. (Two points) point) (T8.06) Khalifman,Alexander (2702) (T8.08) Slobodjan,Roman (2527) - - Kramnik, Vladimir (2789) Ep ishin, Vladimir (2599) St Petersburg-Paris ( 1.1 ) , 28.05.2003 GER CupT sf (l.l), 09.03.2002 w B What is White's first priority? (Two How did Epishin exploit the lack of points) harmony in White's position? (One point) 102 Tests (T8.09) Nuesken,Niko/as (2242) - (T8.11) Lautier,Joel (2678) Peschel,Andreas (2174) Sharif,Mershad (2463) Czech op-A Pardubice (9), 31.07.2004 ch-FRA Top 16 (10), 06.05.2005 w Black's central pawns, in particular the The d6-pawn has driven deep into the e-pawn, are under pressure. How can black position. How did Lautier tum up White tum it up a notch? (Three points) the heat? (Three points) (T8.10) Car/sen,Magnus (2484) (T8.12) Sch/osser,Philipp (2465) - We rle,Jan (2407) Hoffmann,Michae/ (2370) Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 19.01 .2004 Lippstadt (8), 1991 w B White is fu lly developed, while the Black appears to be under some pres black king is still in the center. How did sure from White, and some patient re the Norwegian wunderkind proceed? positioning is required. What did Black (Two points) play? (Four points) 103 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T8.13) Miiller,Kar. w w The author, playing white, needed to What's worth more, White's grip on d5 win this game to earn his first grand or Black's pressure along the f- file? master norm. How did he continue? lvanchuk findsa neat way to neutralize (Two points) Black's activity. (Three points) (T8.14) Hinz,Juergen (T8.16) Bartel,Mateusz (2417) Wittstadt,Renato Blehm,Pawel (2547) ML-220-BdF Email, I 0.05.2005 59th POL-ch (II), I 0.05.2002 w B White's spatial advantage is obvious, Was 15.. . .1lxh3 a good choice? (One with a rook on the seventh and the point) cramping effect of the pawn on d5. How did White break through? (Three points) 104 Tests Te st 09 (T9.01) Penrose,Jonathan (T9.03) Kamim;ki,Marcin (2540) Ta l, Mihail Rublevsky,Sergei (2650) Leipzig ol (II), 1960 34th Rubinstein mem (2), 20.08.1997 w B Why was Ta l's last move 18 . . . af6-d7 a What is Black's typical way to fe nd off capital mistake? (Three points) Solu such an attack? (Three points) tions begin on page 218. (T9.02) Uhlmann, Wo lfgang - (T9.04) We lls,Peter (2506) - Schmidt, Wlodzimierz Gustafsson,Jan (2506) Rubinstein mem (7), 1967 Herzliya (5), 10.09.2000 w w White's fo rces are better mobilized, White's advantage appears to be small, with at least two of Black's pieces "off but he can win on the spot. How? (Three sides." Can White take advantage of points) this, and is the d5-pawn a plus or a mi nus? (Four points) 105 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T9.05) Ye Rongguang (2525) - (T9.07) Wr ight,Josie Gelfand,Boris (2680) Huss,Andrea.'i Novi Sad ol (9), 1990 England, 1973 w w White should use his slightly better How to assess this position with White placed pieces to create pressure. But to move! (Two points) how? (Two points) (T9.06) Smejkal,Jan (2515) (T9.08) Leko,Peter (2717) - Novak,Jvan (2200) Adam.'i,Michae/ (2752) CSR-ch Trinec (5), 1972 Dortmund Candidates (6), 11.07.2002 w w Where is Black's Achilles' heel? (One How to increase White's advantage? point) (One point) 106 Tests (T9.09) Morozevich,Alexander (2595) (T9.11) Petrosian, Tigran - Petrushin,Alexander (2415) Najdorf,Miguel RUS-Cup6 Krasnodar (I), 1997 Bled (8), 1961 w w How to increase White's pressure? (One White has a wonderful position and fu ll point) control; yet how to make progress? (One point) (T9.10) Jimenez Zerquera,Eleazar (T9.12) Silman,Jeremy (2390) Larsen,Bent Delaune,Richard (2360) Palma de Mallorca, 1967 World op Philadelphia (8), 1990 B w How to assess the position with Black How to improve White's position? (Two to move? (Four points) points) 107 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T9.13) Tkachiev, Vladisla v (2672) (T9.15) Rozentalis,Eduarda.'l (2610) Adams,Michael (2746) - Appel,Ralf(2430) Cannes rapid m ( 4 ), 19.03.200 I Bundesliga Germany, 1994 w w How to increase White's pressure? (One Black appears to be stemming the tide point) on the kingside. However, White can advantageously switch the focus to the queenside. How? (Four points) (T9.14) Smyslov, Va uily - (T9.16) Dydyshko, Viacheslav (2516) Reshevsky,Samuel - lllescas Cordoba,Miguel (2577) 18th wch NLD/URS (II), 11.04.1948 EU-chT Leon (8.3), 14.11.2001 w 8 White has the two bishops, and Black White controls more space on the is bottled up. Can White take advantage kingside, Black has a backward d-pawn of this? (Three points) and the black queen seems off-sides. Of course, things are not always as they ap pear. What did the Spanish grandmas ter play as black? (Two points) 108 Tests Test 10 (TlO.Ol) Yu supov,Artur (2645) (T10.03) 1/jin,Stanis/av (2325) Christiansen,Larry (2620) Smirin,Jiia (2600) Las Palmas, 1993 EUCup Gr7 Krynica(2), 1997 w B White is better, but how would you play Black to move and win! (Three points) this position? What would be your short and long term goals? (Three points) Solutions begin on page 222. (T10.02) Bischoff,Klaus (2564) (T10.04) Smyslov, Va ssily (2600) Lau,Ra/f(2503) Ribli,Zoltan (2615) Bundesliga Germany (8.4), 15.02.2004 Candidates sf2 London (7), 1983 w w What is the order of the day fo r White? White must keep his initiative going; (One point) otherwise his isolated pawn may be come weak later. Can you spot the best way to increase the pressure? (Two points) 109 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T I 0.05) Kotronias, Va.<>ilio.'> (2580) - (TI 0.07) Loginov, Va lery (2507) - Jobava,Baadur (2566) lonov,Sergey (2527) 3rd EU-ch Batumi (5), 16.06.2002 St. Petersburg-ch ( 4 ), 20.03.2005 w w White has a nice blockade, but how to White is better; yet how to make profit fr om it? (Three points) progress? (Two points) (TI0.06) We lls,Peter (2530) (TI0.08) Adams,Michae/ (2742) Wa itzkin,Joshua (2465) Gurevich,Mikhail (2641) Agency London (2), 16.06.1 998 Corus Wijk aan Zee (II), 25.01 .2002 w w Which white piece will be improved White has many good moves, but which next? (Two points) is the best? (Three points) 110 Tests (Tl0.09) Yu supov,Artur (2582) (TlO. ll) Karpov,Anatoly (2725) Meister, Ya kov (2519) Va n der Wiel,John (2540) 76th GER-ch (9), 26.02.2005 Tilburg, 1988 B w How to deal with White's pressure? How did Karpov use his deep positional (One point) sense to exploit Black's structural weak nesses? (Two points) (TlO.lO) Giorgadze, Giorgi (2605) (T10.12) Dorfman,Josif(2585) Salov, Va lery (2680) Hauchard,Arnaud (2500) Presidents Cup Elista (2.2), 1 1.05. 1998 FRA-ch Meribel (3), 16.08. 1998 B w What is Black's priority here? (Two Who will win the fight fo r knight out points) posts on the queenside? (Four points) Ill The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl0. 13) G/ek,Igor (2515) (T10.15) Va ulin,Aiexander (2490) Dolmatov,Sergey (2595) Vo kac,Marek (2475) Dortmund op-A (4), 1992 Zlin, 1995 w w How did Glek profit from his superior How to use White's advantage in de activity? (Two points) velopment? (One point) (T10.14) Svid/er,Peter (2735) (Tl0.16) Hernandez, Gi/berto (2509) /zoria,Zviad (2600) - Kotronias, Va silios (2599) Cal via ol Mallorca (12), 27.1 0.2004 Cal via ol Mallorca (2), 16.10.2 004 B B How to neutralize White's pressure? White's initiative is very dangerous, but (Two points) Kotronias found a way to neutralize it. Can you do the same? (Four points) 112 Tests Test 11 (Tll.Ol) Va n der Wiel,John - (T11.03) Yu supov,Artur (2582) Sax, Gy ula Meister, Ya kov (2519) Plovdiv, 1983 76th GER-ch (9), 26.02.2005 w w Both sides are developing a strong at In this typical position with an isolated tack, so the value of every move is ex queen 's pawn, White must use his ini tremely high. Find White's best option! tiative to increase the pressure. Can you (Four points) Solutions begin on page find a way? (Two points) 227. (T11.02) Ponomariov,Ruslan (2734) (T11.04) Morozevich,Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir (2807) (2702) - Chatalbashev,Boris (2534) Corus Wijk aan Zee (2), 12.01.2003 EU-chT Plovdiv (I), 11.10.2003 w w White setup looks relatively harmless, How to open the position? (Two points) but Ponomariov found a way to inject some poison. Can you do the same? (Two points) 113 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 (T11.05) Ilincic,Ziatko (252 1) - (Tll.07) Barle,Janez (2440) - Berke.'i,Ferenc (2541) Beshukov,Sergei (2480) Budapest GM-A (9), 09. 12.200 I Lj ubljana op, 1994 B w How to introduce Black's major pieces White must use his initiative; otherwise into the battle? (One point). Black's bishops will become a fa ctor. How? (Three points) (Tll.06) Kasparov,Garry (2775) (T11.08) Kempinski,Robert (2586) Kramnik, Vladimir (2775) Cy borowski,Lukasz (2565) Dos Herrnanas (6), 1996 POL-ch Warsaw (6), 29.04.2004 B w How to continue Black's attack? (Two White's fo rces are well mobilized, but points) how to make progress against the solid defense? (Two points) 114 Tests (T 11.09) Jansa, V/astimil (2500) - (Tll.ll) Benitah, Yohan (2341) Wa chinger, Guenther (2260) Cvitan,Ognjen (2521) Cattolica (5), 1993 Mitropa Cup Baden (4), 04.04. 1999 B B How to stop White's initiative on the White's structure is a bit overextended, queenside? (Two points) but how to exploit it? (Two points). (T11.10) Berg,Emanuel (2364) (T11.12) Salov, Va lery (2670) lbragimov,lldar (2602) Lautier,Joe/ (2596) Katrineholm (3), 13.05.1999 Enghien les Bains (2), 04.03.1999 B w How to assess this position with Black How to convert White's advantage? to move? (Two points) (Three points) 115 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tll.13) Lobron,Eric (2575) (T11.15) Karpov,Anatoly (2700) Landenbergue, Claude (2430) Sp assky, Bori.'i (2650) Ptuj zt ( 4 ) , 1995 Candidates sfl Leningrad (9), 1974 w w How to continue White's initiative? How did Karpov use his fine positional (Two points) sense to improve the harmony of White's position? (Three points) (Tll.l4) Kramnik, VIadimir (2751) (Tl1.16) Stoica, Va lentin Adams,Michael (2716) F/i.o;,Jacek Linares (6), 27.02.1 999 Polanica Zdroj, 1983 w w How would you convert the advantage White's initiative is surprisingly danger of the bishop-pair? (Two points) ous, especially as he has a strong trump up his sleeve. Can you find it? (Three points) 116 Tests Test 12 (T12.01) Petrosian, Tig ran (T1 2.03) Avrukh,Bori!i (2595) Suetin,Aiexey Shachar,Ehud (2374) URS-ch25 Riga, 1958 JSR-ch Te l Aviv (9), 03. 1 2.2002 w w How to assess this position with White What is the best way to keep White's to move? (Two points) Solutions begin pressure? (Two points) on page 23 1. (T12.02) Khenkin,lgor (2610) (Tl2.04) Rozlapa, Vija (2000) Motylev,Alexander (2680) Kristol,Luba (2000) TCh-RUS Sochi RUS (6), 24.04.2005 URS-chT Riga, 1975 w w Black's dangerous pair of passed pawns Find the most precise move fo r White! supported by his bishops seems to guar (Two points) antee him a draw. But this is not the case. Can you fi nd out why? (Four points) 117 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T12.05) Ta imanov,Mark (Tl 2.07) David,Alberto (2560) Karpov,Anatoly Atalik,Suat (2570) Moscow-3teams ( 1.1 ), 24.04. 1973 EU-chT Plovdiv (9), 20. 1 0.2003 B B How did Karpov use the weakness of How to stop White's initiative? (Two the light squares in White's camp? (Two points) points) (T1 2.06) Lautier,Joe/ (2666) (Tl 2.08) Top alov, Ve selin (2745) Zvjaginsev, Va dim (2664) Bareev,Evgeny (2726) 4th Karpov Poikovsky (5), Candidates sf2 Dortmund (2), 24.04.2003 14.07.2002 w B White's bishops look powerful. Indeed, To cash in or not to cash in? That is the Lautier did not need many moves to question. Black to move. (Two points) achieve a won game. Can you do the same? (Two points) 118 Tests (T12.09) Sakaev,Konstantin (2647) (T12.11) Bacrot,Etienne (2653) Adams,Michael (2752) Dorfman,Josif(2602) 18th EUCup ( 4 ), 25.09.2002 FRA-ch B Marsailles (2), 14.08.2001 B White is threatening to start a strong Did Bacrot win the pawn back? (Three attack on the kingside, based on his points) powerfu l dark-squared bishop. What to do about it? (Three points) (T12.10) Solozhenkin,Evgeniy (T12.12) Gelfand,Boris (2710) (2544) - Drei,Andrea (2349) Dreev,Alexey (2676) Tomeo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia RUS-The World Moscow (6), (9), 04.01.2000 10.09.2002 B w Find Black's best defense! (Three Black's defense seems to be solid, de points) spite his passive knights. But Gelfand fo und one hole to infiltrate. Can you do the same? (Three points) 119 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T12.13) Lputian,Smbat (2627) (T12.15) Ve limirovic,Dragoljub Marin,Mihail (2556) (2558) - Markovic,Miroslav (2586) Bled ol ( 6 ) , 31.10.20 02 Va lj evo (2), 18.06.2000 B B How to assess the position with Black Find a plan to improve Black's position! to move? (Two points) (Two points) (T12.14) lbragimov,lldar (2554) (T12.16)A/ Modillhki.Mohamat/(2571) Shchekachev,Andrei (2505) -AI Sayed, Mohamad Naser (2431) RUS-ch K.O. Moscow (3.2), 4th Asia-ch Doha (I), 20.12.1999 22.02.2003 w w How to use White's advantage in de Where is Black's Achilles' heel? (Two velopment? (One point) points) 120 Tests Test 13 (T13.01) Szabo,Lasz/o (Tl3.03) Kramnik, Vladimir (2797) Petro.<>ian, Tigran Piket,Jeroen (2628) Saltsjobaden Interzonal ( 15), 1952 Zurich K.O. (2.2), 29.04.200 I w How to assess this position with Black Who is attacking whom here? White is to move? (Four points) Solutions be to move. (Two points) gin on page 235. (T13.02) Karpov,Anatoly (2693) (T13.04) Dautov,Rustem (2597) Leko,Peter (2713) Bischoff,Klaus (2509) Cannes NAO Masters (5), 71 st GER-ch Altenkirchen (5), 26.02.2002 16.11.1999 w B Karpov used his finepositional under What is Black's ti rst priority? (Two standing to find a way to improve his points) position. Can you spot it? (Three points) 121 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T13.05) Bi.'ichoff,Kiaus (2554) (Tl3.07) Bareev,Evgeny (2711) Nikolaidis,loannis (2502) Fominyh,Aiexander (2579) GER-GRE Fuerth (3), 02.09.2002 RUS-chT Sochi (4), 23.04.2004 w w Find a plan for White! (Two points) How to attack Black's king? (Three points) (T13.06) Carls.'ion,Pontus (2330) (T13.08) Topalov, Ve selin (2745) Agrest,Evgenij (2532) Bareev,Evgeny (2726) SWE-ch Linkoping (4), 03.07.2001 Candidates Dortmund (2), 14.07.2002 w B How to improve White's knights? Bareev fo und a way to create immedi (Three points) ate problems. Can you do the same? (Two points) 122 Tests (T13.09) Kupreichik, Viktor (2580) (T13.11) Klimov,Sergey (2433) Gavrikov, Viktor (2365) Lugovoi,Aleksei (2510) URS-ch49 Frunze (14), 12.1981 St. Petersburg-ch (8), 24.04.2002 w w Russian grandmaster Viktor Kupreichik Has White a better option than 17.fxe4? has a reputation as a brilliant tactician. (Two points) However, he also has a good positional sense. This position looks fa irly level, but is it really? (Three points) (Tl3.10) G/ek,lgor (2590) (T13.12) Bacrot,Etienne (2627) Nataf,lgor (2560) Akopian, Vladimir (2654) 18th EUCup (7), 28.09.2002 Enghien les Bains (7), 18.04.2001 w B How to continue White's initiative on Things look grim for Black, but the queenside? (Two points) Akopian fo und a way out. Can you dis cover it? (Two points) 123 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T13.13) Kobalija,Mihail (2620) (Tl3.14) Beliavsky,Aiexander (2599) Gershon,Aiik (2558) - Kozui,Zdenko (2585) 4th Rector Cup Kharkov (9), 15th EU-chT Gothenburg (3), 28.03.2002 01.08.2005 w B How to convert White's advantage? Who is better and why? Black is to (Three points) move. (One point) (T13.15) Kramnik, Vladimir (2772) (T13.16) Karpov,Anatoly (2745) Ti viakov,Sergei (2597) Yu supov,Artur (2640) Corus Wijk aan Zee (4), 17.01 .200 1 Dortmund (2), 1997 w w How to best use White's bishop-pair? Find Karpov's next move! (One point) (Two points) 124 Tests Test 14 (T14.01) We lb>,Peter (2455) (Tl4.03) Ch uchelov, Vladimir (2535) Almasi,Zoltan (2470) - Arlandi,Ennio (2435) Balatonbereny op (7), 1992 Mondariz zt 1.1 (8), 2000 w w White's well-placed fo rces create plenty How to continue White's attack on the of pressure; yet how to break the de kingside? (Two points) fe nses? (Four points) Solutions begin on page 240. (T14.02) Milov, Va dim (2604) (T14.04) Nikolic,Predrag (2635) Burmakin, Vladimir (2493) Kramnik, Vladimir (2790) Linares Anibal op (5), 12.01 .2001 7th Amber-blind (3), 15.03.1998 w B How to increase White's pressure? White's minority attack has started. (Two points) What to do about it? (Two points) 125 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T14.05) Woj tkiewicz,A/eksander (T14.07) Grigore,George (2475) (2570) - 8/ees,A/bert (2415) Cosma,loan (2475) Sonnevanck Wijk aan Zee (4), 1993 ROM-ch Bucharest (13), 21.12.1998 w w This position seems to be quite typical, How to use White's pair of bishops? but Black has already gone too far. How (Two points) did White's demonstrate it? (Three points) (Tl4.06) Moroz.A/exander (2513) (T14.08) Mchedlishvili,Mikheil Lerner,Konstantin (2575) (2566) - Amin,Bassem (2342) Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 (4), 12.06.2000 ADCF Masters (2), 17.08.2003 B w How did Black tum the heat on? (Two How to continue White's attack? (Two points) points) 126 Tests (T14.09) Sorin,Arie/ (2496) (T14.11) Gelfand,Boris (2685) Ve scovi,Giovanni (2640) Adams,Michae/ (2660) 3rd American Continental ( 6 ), 1 1 .08.2005 Wijk aan Zee (m/6), 1994 B B How to assess this position with Black Statically White is much better, but in to move? (Two points) his annotations Gelfand showed a way to inject dangerous dynamics. Can you find it? (Three points) (T14.10) Dvoirys,Semen (2589) (T14.12) Va n We ly,Loek (2655) Shaposhnikov,Evgeny (2533) Ti viakov,Sergei (2590) 58th RUS-ch sf (6), 08.09.2005 Beijing (II), 04.09. 1997 B B In this Sicilian position Black played a White structure is better because of the typical maneuver. Which one? (Two strong knight on d5. How did Black points) equalize? (Two points) 127 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl4.13) Stein,Igor (T14.15) Shklovski, Vladislav (2220) Kundin,Alexander (2403) - Golod, Vitali (2590) lSR-ch U 18 (9), 20.07. 1 999 Rishon op ch (9), 02.09.2000 w B How to assess the position with White Black won easily. How? (Two points) to move? (Two points) (T14.14) Brom>tein,David (Tl4.16) Kramnik, Vladimir (2770) Botvinnik,Mikhail Yu . w w Black's position seems to be OK. But How did Kramnik infiltrate Black's Bronstein proved this was an illusion. position? (Two points) Can you do the same? (Three points) 128 Tests Test 15 (T15.01) Shabalov,Alexander (2623) (T15.03) Kramnik, Vladimir (2740) - Movsesian,Sergei (2639) Top alov, Ve selin (2725) Bermuda (9), 24.01 .2004 Novgorod (I), 11.06. 1 997 w w How to assess this position with White Kramnik won remarkably easily. Can to move? (Four points) Solutions be you do the same? (Three points) gin on page 244. (T15.02) lvanov,lgor (2485) (T15.04) Piket,Jeroen (2628) Benjamin,Joe/ (2560) Forster,Richard (2462) USA-ch m Jacksonville (1), 1990 Zurich Korchnoi-A (I), 28.04.200 I B w Which is Black's worst placed piece and Only one small straw was necessaryto how to improve it? (Two points) break the camel's back. Which one did Piket use? (Two points) 129 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (TI 5.05) Lj ubojevic,Ljubomir (2559) (T 15.07) Zvjaginsev, Va dim (2650) - - Kramnik, Vladimir (2758) Minasian,Arta."ihes (2584) 9th Amber-blind (8), 24.03.2000 Petrosian mem ICC (I), 18.12.2004 B w Find Black's best move and outline a Black's position is quite solid, but plan. (Two points) White found a way to increase the pres sure. Can you do the same? (Three points) (TI5.06) Hickl,Joerg (2552) (TI5.08) Gelfand,Boris (2665) - Kindermann,Stefa n (2527) Short,Nigel (2660) 71st GER-ch (4), 15.11.1999 Candidates qfl Brussels (8), 1991 w B White has the initiative, but Black's pair White's initiative looks threatening. of bishops is not easy to impress. How How to take the poison out ofit? (Three did Hickl do it? (Two points) points) 130 Tests (T15.09) Gligoric,Svetozar (T15.11) Lilienthal,Andor Bolbochan,Julio Botvinnik,Mikhail Te l Aviv, 1966 Moscow ( 17), 1935 w B White has greater activity and the bet How did Botvinnik finish his develop ter minor piece, but how to continue? ment? (Two points) (Three points) (Tl5.10) Lobron,Eric (2509) (T15.12) Se/ezniev,Aiexey Kanep,Meelis (2475) Alekhine,Alexander Keres mem rap Ta llinn (2), 26. 1 1.2004 Triberg-A (3), 1921 w B In this typical Stonewall fo rmation, By the early 1920s, Alekhine was al Black's dark-squared bishop is missing, ready developing the irresistibleattack but how to use this? (Two points) ing fo rce that would characterize his play. However, much as Petros ian's tac tical ability has been ignored, so was Alekhine's positional sense. What did he play in this position? (Two points) 131 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T15.13) Po/gar,Judit (T15.15) Shaba/ov,Aiexander (2613) Adams,Michae/ - Akobian, Va ruzhan (2531) CornsA Wijk aan Zee (5), 2005 USA-ch Seattle (9), 18.01.2003 B w Black has infiltrated the white position Shabalov has sacrificed several pawns but White's position appears compact in his typical style. What was his point? and resistant to fu rther invasion. How (One point) did Mickey Adams proceed? (Three points) (T15.14) Bareev,Evgeny (2688) (T15.16) Caze/ais,Marc (2201) Kharlov,A ndrei (2619) Erenburg,Sergey (2551) 58th RUS-ch sf (7), 09.09.2005 Gibraltar Masters (3), 27.01 .2005 w B Where is Black's Achilles' heel? (One White hopes to get the initiative in the point) center, but Erenburg showed this to be an illusion. Can you do the same? (Two points) 132 Tests Te st 16 (T16.01) Golubev,Mihail (2523) (TI 6.03) Kasparov,Garry (2700) ltkis,Boris (2384) Karpov,Anatoly (2720) ROM-chT (I), 18.12.2000 wch Moscow (I), 03.09. 1985 B w How to react to White's dangerous How to increase White's pressure? break d4-d5? (Four points) Solutions (Two points) begin on page 250. (T1 6.02) Sheve/ev,Arkady (2378) (T1 6.04) Lp utian,Smbat (2638) Mikhalevski, Victor (2531) Obodchuk,Andrei (2417) ISR-ch op (9), 08.04. 1 999 4th Poikovsky (3}, 22.04.2003 B B How to assess the position with Black It is not easy to neutralize White's ini to move? (One point) tiative, but it should be possible with careful defense. How would you do it? (One point) 133 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T16.05) Anand, Viswanathan (2784) (Tl6.07) Gu/ko,Boris (2644) - Piket,Jeroen (2609) Adams,Michae/ (2715) Wijk aan Zee {2), 17.01.1999 KasparovChess G/60 ( 1 .2), I 0.02.2000 w B White's knight has the better outpost. Both knights have a strong outpost, but How did Anand use this? (Two points) Black is to move. (Two points) (T16.06) Radjabov, Teimour (2610) (T16.08) Lautier,Joe/ (2596) Svid/er,Peter (2690) Ponomariov,Ruslan (2609) Moscow (3), 09.09.2002 Enghien les Bains (7), I 0.03.1999 B w Black is clearly on top, but it is surpris How did Lautier continue his initiative? ing how easily Svidler won. Can you (One point) discover how? (Two points) 134 Tests (T16.09) Dizdar,Goran (2525) (Tl6.11) Bo/ogan, Victor (2627) - Miiller,Karsten (2518) Sokolov,lvan (2684) TCh-AUT (3), 07. 12.2002 Pamplona ( 6 ), 28. 1 2.2002 B w How to regroup Black's pieces? (Two White's strong center should give him points) the advantage, but how to cope with Black's pressure on the c-file? (Three points) (Tl6.10) Pelletier, Ya nnick (2531) (T16.12) Bacrot,Etienne (2715) Geifand,Boris (2714) Vo /kov,Sergey (2612) Biel GM (7), 200 I FRA-chT Top 16 (I), 04.02.2005 B White has a dangerous initiative on the White has the bishops, more space and light squares, but Gelfand fo und a way controls the opening of the queens ide, to neutralize it. Can you do the same? but Black's structure is quite solid. Can (Two points) you fi nd his Achilles' heel? (Two points) 135 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl6.13) Radjabov, Teimour (2624) (T16.15) Hj artarson,Johann (2590) Top alov, Ve selin (2743) - Hansen,Curt (2630) Corus Wij k aan Zee (3), 14.0 1 .2003 Reykjavik zt (9), 1995 8 8 How to assess this position with Black This position arose from a Scandina to move? (Two points) vian Defense. Everything seems in or der, but the Danish GM playing black sees a little deeper. What did he play? (Five points) (Tl6.14) Flore.'i,Diego (2439) (Tl6.16) Bosch,Jeroen (2480) - Cla verie,Rau/ (2303) Hansen,Sune Berg (2520) Buenos Aires ( 4 ), 21.08.2003 Bochum - HSK (5), 1999 8 w Black has pressure on White's center The position is typical fo r the Mar6czy pawns, but how can he increase it? (One Bind. These types of positions require point) patient handling on both sides, although White usually has a slightly freer hand. What did White play? (Five points) 136 Tests Test 17 (Tl7.01) Lobzhanidze,Davit (2448) (Tl7.03) Lutz,Christopher (2600) Grischuk,Alexander (2449) Morozevich,Alexander (2625) 5th Ubeda op (3), 21.01.2000 Elista ol ( 12), II.I 0. 1 998 8 8 How to neutralize White's annoying How did Morozevich prove the superi pressure? (Four points) Solutions be ority of his bishops? (One point) gin on page 256. (T17.02) Jkonnikov, Vy acheslav (Tl7.04) Naidit.'ich,Arkadij (2581) (2556) - Maiwald,Jen.'i Uwe (2543) Korchnoi, Viktor (2626) 39th Capablanca mem (I), 06.05.2004 SUI-GER Zurich (2), 08.09.2002 8 8 Black's position is rather cramped. Nev Both sides have serious weaknesses, but ertheless, Maiwald fo und a way to cre Black is to move. (Two points) ate activity. Can you do the same? (Four points) 137 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T1 7.05) Lauber,Arnd (2416) (T17.07) Psakhis,Lev (2610) Danner, Georg (2443) Komarov,Dimitri (2575) Perenyi mem Gyula (7), 30.01 .2000 Benasque (4), 1995 B w Black's situation is not enviable, but How to increase White's pressure? (One Danner found a way to neutralize the point) pressure. Can you fi nd it? (Three points) (T17.06) Miles,Anthony (2635) (T 17.08) Damljanovic,Branko Lovlu,Saifuddi (2215) (2548) - Zivanic,Marko (2450) Sakthi ( 4 ) , 1996 Belgrade (4), 29.06.2002 w B Find a strong plan fo r White! (One White's initiative looks dangerous be point) cause of Black's weakened kingside, but Zivanic fo und a way to get counterplay. Can you do the same? (Two points) 138 Tests (T1 7.09) Ros.'t,David (2318) (Tl7.11) Hort, V/astimii Onischuk,Alexander (2657) Hubner,Robert Montreal (3), 25.07.2003 Germany, 1982 B Onischuk seized the moment to grab a White has some pressure, but Black's strong strategic initiative. Can you do position is obviously quite solid. What likewise? (One point) did Hiibner play? (Three points) (T17.10) P/askett,Jim (2462) (Tl7.12) Suba,Mihai (2528) Sherwin,James (2339) Matamoros Franco,Car/os (2456) BCF-chT (9.2), 04.05.2002 27th Seville op (4), 14.01 .2002 w B Can Black's strong blockade be broken? How did Black obtain sufficient com (Two points) pensation in this typical Vo lga position? (Two points) 139 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T17.13) Gu/ko,Boris (2618) (T17.15) Mitkov,Niko/a (2539) Shabalov,A/exander (2566) Zambrana,Oswaldo (2473) USA-ch (I), 23.08. 1 999 Cal via ol Mallorca (8), 23.1 0.2004 B B White's nagging pressure in the center What is Black's first priority? (One is annoying. What to do about it? (Four point) points) (T17.14) lvanchuk, Va ssily (2739) (T17.16) Horvath,Peter (2482) Moiseenko,A/exander (2665) Szieberth,Adam (2371) TCh-RUS Sochi (9), 2005 FSGM Budapest (II), 12.11.2002 w B White clearly has more space than In this typical Benko Gambit position, Black, but there is no obvious way to Black's compensation seems to have take advantage of this. What did Va ssily dried up, but Szieberth still had some find? (Fourpoints) thing up his sleeve. Can you spot it? (Two points) 140 Tests Test 18 (T18.01) Sokolov,Jvan (2690) (T18.03) Te ran Alvarez,/smael Vtsser, Yg e (2445) (2382) - Sp raggett,Kevin (2526) NED-ch Leeuwarden (9), 09.07.2004 Dos Herrnanas-8 (1), 19.04.2001 w B It is by no means easy to convert How to convert Black's advantage? White's extra pawn, or is it? (Two (One point) points) Solutions begin on page 261. (T18.02) Nijboer,Friso (2553) (T18.04) lvanov,Aiexander (2545) Hector,Jonny (2570) Espinosa Flores,Rafa el (2430) Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01 .2003 Linares, 1992 w w How to use White's advantage in de How to convert White's majority on the velopment? (One point) queenside? (One point) 141 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Tl 8.05) Leko,Peter (2736) (Tl8.07) Ty omkin,Dimitri (2503) Va llejo Pons,Franci.'ico (2629) Dvoirys,Semen (2612) Linares (5), 27.02.2003 Beer Sheva g/30 ( 4 ), 19.04.2004 w w How to use White's initiative? (One White already has a commanding posi point) tion, but how to make progress? (One point) (Tl8.06) Shipov,Sergei (2593) (Tl8.08) Shirov,Alexei (2737) Khalifman,Aiexander (2668) Atalik,Suat (2570) RUS-chT Sochi (5), 24.04.2004 EU-chT Plovdiv (I), 11.10.2003 w w How to use White's advantage in de White has more space and seems in velopment? (One point) charge, but how to break through is an other matter. How does the Latvian ge nius proceed? (Four points) 142 Tests (TI8.09) Lasker,Emanuel (TIS. II) Jvani. B w What is Black's best move? (Four White seems to have all the benefits points) arising from an English Opening: two bishops raking the queenside, open files fo r his rooks and a compact king's po sition. Yet how to increase the pressure? (Three points) (TIS.IO) Adams,Michael (2670) (TI8.12) Graf,Alexander (2646) Jvanchuk, Va ssily (2740) Radjabov, Te imour (2650) Dortmund (I), 26.06. 1998 Benidonn (8), 28.11.2003 B w Two super G Ms battle it out in the high White's knight is well posted on f4 , the powered tournament at Dortmund. other pieces are well-placed and there There is rough material equality. The are a number of weaknesses in the black Ukrainian grandmaster comes up with camp, not to mention the undeveloped a variation on a theme to continue to bishop and rook on the queenside. Can apply pressure on the white position. White take advantage of these fa ctors (Three points) to improve his position? (Three points) 143 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (TI8.13) Vu kic,Milan (TI8.15) Ch arbonneau,Pascal Suba,Mihai (2509) - Huz.man,Alexander (2577) Vinkovci, 1977 Montreal (II), 14.08.2005 w w In this typical Hedgehog position, White has a very comfortable position, White has kept Black's potential energy but the bishop-pair is usually tough to at bay. Yet how to keep the cork on the beat. How did White do so? (Four bottle? (Three points) points) (Tl8.14) Kveinys,Aloyz.as (2510) (Tl8.16) Svidler,Peter (2660) Maki Uuro,Miika (2390) Yu supov,Artur (2640) 15th EU-chT (7), 05.08.2005 EUCup final Kazan (2), 1997 w w Can you find why White is better here? Which is White's worst placed piece? (Three points) (Two points) 144 Tests Test 19 (T19.01) Panno,Oscar (T19.03) Beliavsky,Alexander (2599) Cifuentes Parada,Roberto - Sermek,Drazen (2532) Argentina, 1984 16th Vidmar mem (I), 09.07.2005 w B White to move. (Two points) Solutions What should Black have played? (Four begin on page 265. points) (T19.02) Gufeld,Eduard (T19.04) Mann, Ch ristian (2455) Ta imanov,Mark Krivoshey,Sergei (2499) URS-ch37 Moscow (I9), 04. 10.1969 Bundesliga Germany ( 15.4), I 0.04.2005 B B Find Black's best defensive plan and Black to move. (Two points) execute it! (Three points) 145 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T19.05) Miton,Kamil (2592) - (T19.07) Beliavsky,Alexander (2630) Grabarczyk,Miroslaw (2487) - lbragimov,lldar (2611) 62nd POL-ch Poznan (4), 24.04.2005 HB Global op (5), 20.05.2005 w w White to move. (Three points) White to move. (One point) (T1 9.06) Jobava,Baadur (2637) - (T19.08) Maiwald,Jens Uwe (2514) Arencibia, Wa lter (2530) - Th esing,Matthia ... (2420) 40th Capablanca mem (I), 06.05.2005 Bundesliga Germany (9.4 ), 30.01 .2005 w w White to move. (Three points) White to move. (Two points) 146 Tests (TI9.09) Bi.<>choff,Kiaus (2559) (TI9.11) Sp as.'iky, Bori.'i (2640) Va llejo Pons, Francisco (2678) Lj ubojevic,Ljubomir (2590) Bundesliga Germany (I0.3 ), 12.02.2005 Montreal ( 15), 1979 w White to move. (Three points) White to move. (Two points) (TI9.1 0) Gavrikov, Viktor (T19.12) Kalinitschew,Sergey (2533) Kuksov, Va lerij - Holzke,Frank (2492) USSR, 1977 Bundesliga Germany ( 13.5), 13.03 .2005 w B White to move. (Two points) Black to move. (Three point) 147 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T19.13) Andersson,U/f(2510) (Tl9.15) Neverov, Va leriy (2566) Longwitz,Achim Moiseenko,A/exander (2665) Grossenbrode tt (5), 1972 6th EU-ch Warsaw (3), 20.06.2005 w w White to move. (One point) White to move. (Three points) (T19.14) Oral, To mas (2540) (T19.16) Kritz,Leonid (2549) Krush,lrina (2421) Movsesian,Sergei (2628) Montreal (6), 07.08.2001 6th EU-ch Warsaw (6), 23.06.2005 w B White to move. (One point) Black to move. (Two points) 148 Tests Test 20 (T20.01) Porti.'lch,Lajos (2525) (T20.03) Dunis,Aurelien (2485) - Fedorchuk,Sergey (2577) Schenk,Andreas (2492) 6th EU-ch Warsaw (8), 26.06.2005 FRA-chT Top 16 (8), 04.05.2005 w w White to move. (Two points) Solutions White to move. (Two points) begin on page 269. (T20.02) Carl.'ien,Magnus (2528) - (T20.04) Topalov, Ve selin (2690) - Vo lokitin,Andrei (2671) Rozentalis,Eduardas (2586) Biel GM (4), 20.07.2005 EU-chT Batumi ( 1.1) , 29.11.1999 B w Black to move. (Two points) White to move. (Four points) 149 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T20.05) Sp oelman, Wo uter (2362) - (T20.07) Karjakin,Sergey (2599) - We lls,Peter (2513) Nikolic,Predrag (2676) Hoogeveen Essent op (7), 27 .I0.2005 Corus-B Wijk aan Zee (7), 22.01 .2005 B B Black to move. (Four points) Black to move. (Three points) (T20.06) Giorgadze, Giorgi (2599) (T20.08) Dominguez,Lenier (2661) Piket,Jeroen (2649) Bologan, Victor (2683) Istanbul ol (7.2), 04. 11.2000 6th Karpov Poikovsky (4), 01.03.2005 B B Black to move. (Three points) Black to move. (Four points) 150 Tests (T20.09) Gheorghiu,Florin (2520) - (T20.11) Arencibia, Wa lter (2530) Andersson, Ulf(2535) Jo bava,Baadur (2637) Las Palmas (4), 02.06.1972 40th Capablanca mem (8), 13.05.2005 w w White to move. (Four points) White to move. (Two points) (T20.10) Wa ng Hao (2512) (T20.12) Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar Zhang Pengxiang (2616) (2657) - Karjakin,Sergey (2599) 2nd Sanjin Hotel Cup (II), 20.07.2005 Aeroflot op Moscow (3), 17.02.2005 w w White to move. (One point) White to move. (One point) 151 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T20.13) Bologan, Victor (2700) (T20.15) Krasenkow,Michal (2672) Vo lokitin,Andrei (2679) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2608) 35th Bosnia Sarajevo (I), 19.05.2005 6th EU-ch Warsaw (II), 29.06.2005 w White to move. (One point) Black to move. (Two points) (T20.14) Moiseenko,Alexander (T20.16) Nielsen,Peter Heine (2668) (2665) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2597) - Naiditsch,Arkadij (2612) 6th EU-ch Wa rsaw (8), 26.06.2005 Dortmund (7), 15.07.2005 w 8 White to move. (One point) Black to move. (One point) 152 Exercise and Test Solutions (EOI) Attack with opposite-colored bishops: 32.�xe7 Short won by a long, forced combination. 32.Jlh7+? 'i!tg7 33.ile4 �e8 and it is unclear if White can prevail. 32..• .Q.x e7 33.d6U cxd6 34.c6 E!cS 35.c7 E!c5 36.§.xc5 dxc5 37 . .Q.c4 §.xc7 37 ...'it'f8 38.�xf7+ 'it>e8 39 . .§h7 .§xc7 40 . .§xh6+- . 29.§.b1 29.f3? tzlxg230.'it>xg2 .§x f3-+; 29 . .§c1 .ilxg2+; 29 . .§e4!? is probably the most tenacious, but Black should still be better. 29 ... .Q.xc3 30.�xc3 Jlxg2 31 . .Q.g3.Q.e4 32.§.xb6 §.xc4 33. �a3 4)f3+ 34.'it'f1 4)d2+ 35.'it'g1 §.ccS 36.§.b4 h5 37.h4 E!f3 3S. �b2 §.c2 39.§.bS+ 'it'h7 40.�b5 §.cl+ 41.'it'h2 E!f5 0-1 Two points fo r 23 ... �c8! and two more 3S.§.xf7 'it'hS 39.'it'c2 §.d7 ifyou saw 25 ....exd 3!!. 39 ....Q. d6 40 . .§f6+- . 40.'it'b3 a5 41.f3 §.d4 4l... .§c7 42.'it>a4 �a7 (EOJ) Bishop-Pair: 19••• .Q.h61 20.fxe6 43.'it>h5 a4 44.Jle6 +- . 42.§.xe7 a4+ fxe6 21.§.xf6 §.cfS 22.§.xfS .Q.xfSI 43.'ifi'xa4§.xc 4 44.'ifi'b5§.c2 45.b3 'it'gS 46.§.e5 §.xa2 47.§.xc5 §.aS Black has to exchange one pair of rooks 4S.'ifjlxb4 §.fS 49.§.f5 §.bS+ to neutralize White's activity. But one 50.'it'c3 §.cS+ 51.'it'b2 §.bS 52.f4 rook should remain, so that Black can 1-0 All five points, if you calculated create threats in the long run. 23.§.f2 until 38.Rxf7and saw that White wins. .Q.h6 24 . .Q.c4 Jle3 25.§.e2 .Q.g1 26.g3 This reduces White's winning (E02) Bishop-Pair, Weaknesses: potential. One sample line after 26.h3? 23 ... �cSI+ 24.4)db5 24.�b3 fxe4 runs 26 ...Jle8 27 . .:£\dl Jlh'i 28 . .§d2 25 . .§dd1 (25 .tzlxe4? ..llxe4 26 . .§xe4 .ilh2 29.c3 .llf4 30 . .§f2 .llg3 31..§d2 tixc4-+)25 ...{)h4 26.4:'lxe4 d'i 27.cxd5 Ael 32 . .§c2 .llxdl 33.�c1 .llh5 .ilxd5 28.�g3 .§a2 29.b5 �aS+. 34 . .§xe1 .§xg2-+ . 26 ... hxg3 27.hxg3 24 ...fxe4 25.4)d6 exd31! 25 ....llxd6? §.xg3+ The rest is quite instructive. 26 . .§xd6 �xc4 (26 ...e3 27.fxe3 �xc4 2S.a3 .Q.es 29.'it'a2 .Q.h5 30.§.e1 28 . .§xd7'1=)27 . .§xd7=i=.26.4) xcS .Q.d4 31.§.h1 E!g5 32.'it'b3 Ae5 §.axeS 27.�d2 27."�b3 {)f4+. 33 . .Q.d3 Ag6 34.§.h4 §.g3 35.a4 27 ... .Q.xb4 2S.�xd3 4)h4 Af6 36.§.h1 §.g4 37.§.e1 .Q.e5 153 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 34.h5 d3+ 35.�xd3 E{d4 35 ...1'1x g4 36.�xd6+ �xd6 37.1'1xd6+ 't;c7 38.1'1d5 1'1xg5 39.1'1dxe5+- . 36.�f5 Eld2+ 37.Etexd2 cxd2+ 38.'it'xd2 'it'c7 39 . .1l.f3 Ab4+ 40.'it'e2 e4 41.Axe4 1-0 Two points fo r 28.c4!!. (EOS) Domination: 18.g5J± Dominat ing Black's kingside. 18... Ag7 19.c3 'it'b8 20.�c2 E{g8 21.'it'b1 Ah8 22.c4 �a5 23.a3 E!g724.'it'a2 �c5 25.b4 �xd3 26.bxa5 �xf2 38.�d1 E!f4 39.�c3 Elf3 40.�b1 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.E{c1e6 1-0 Jl.g341 .E{g1Jl,x e4 42.�d2 Jl,d5+ 43. 'it'a3 E{f244.�e4 Jl,h245. Etg6 (E06) Domination: 18.f3J Restricting Axe4 46.j},xe4 d5 47.Ad3 Ae5 the aS-bishop and the f6 -knight. 18 ...e6 4S.Etgs 'it'd7 49.b4 Af6 50.E!g1 19.Af2 E!eS?J o 19... Ab7 20.4Jb4 ;�; Elh2 51.'it'b3 'it'd6 52.Eld1 'it'e7 20.�b4 Provokes holes on Black's 53.c4 Elb2+54.'it'a3 dxc 4 55.Axc4 queenside 20 ••• a5 21.�a6 E{c8 E{c2 56.Ab3 Jl,b2+ 57.'it'a2 Elf2 22.�xd6 �xd6 23.E!xd6 �d5 58.Jl.,c4 a5 59.bxa5 Jl,c3+ 60.'it'b3 j}_xa5 6t.Ab5 b6 62.'it'c4 'it'f6 63.'it'd4 E!f4+ 64.'it'e3 'it'e5 65.Elh1 Ete4+ 66.'it'd3 E!g4 67 .E{h5+ 'it'd6 68.E{h8 'it'e5 69.Elh5+ 'it'f4 70.E!h3 Elg8 71.Elh4+ 'it'e5 72.E{h5+ 'it'd6 73.E!h4 Elg3+ 74.'it'e4 Ad2 75.Ad3 Ag5 76.E{h5'it'c5 0-1 Two points fo r 19... Ah6! and the third ifyou calculated until 22... Axf8!. (E04) Attack with Opposite-Colored 24.E{d1?J 24.1'1el JleS 25.1'1d7 Ac6 Bishops, Blockade, Prophylaxis: 26.1'1a7 4Jc3 27.f4 Jlf6 28 . .Q.xb6 ±. 28.c411+- 28:�xh7? �c3!! 29.1'1xe5+ 24.•. �c3 25.El1d2b5 26.Etd7Ae5 ' point. 28••. bxc3 28 ...dxc3 29.�xh7+- . 40.Ae3 E{xa2 4t.Ac5 �d2+ 29.'it'c2J 'it'd8 30.�xh7 Elf8 31.g5 42.'it'g2 Axc5 43.�xc5 e5? Elb8 32.Ag4 �c6 33.h4 Elb4 44.�e6 exf4 45.E!xf7 1-0 154 Solutions (E07) Outpost: 8 ... .£jh6! Heading fo r 22.Jl.xc4 a5 23.Jl.d2 .£ib6 d4. Black can start play on the 24.Jl.b5+ �f8 25.c3 'i:fd8 26.cxd4 queenside afterwards. 9 • .§b1 .£if5 cxd4 27. .§acl Jl.g5 28 . .§c6 .£ic8 10.a3 a5 ll.h4 h5 12. .£je4 e6 29.Jl.xg5'i:fx g5 30.f6 .§h631 ..§f5 13 . .£ig5.§b8 14.J}.d2 .£ifd4 15.0- 'i:fe3+ 32. 'i:fxe3 dxe3 33.fxg7+ 0 b5 16 • .§e1 b4 17.a4 't:fe7 18.b3 �xg7 34 . .§xf7+ �xf7 35. .§xh6 f6 19.Jl.xc6 fxg5 20.J}.e4 gxh4 .£ie7 36. .§xh3 .§d8 37.�fl .§d4 21.J}. xg6+ �d8 22.Jl.xh5 hxg3 38 • .§h7+ �f6 39 . .§h6+ �f7 23.fxg3 �c7 24.�g2 .§bg8 40 . .§h4 .£ig6 4t..§h7+ �f6 25. .§h1Jl.h6 26.'t:fe1 'i:tg7 27. .§h3 42 . .§a7 .£jf843 . .§a6+�e7 44.�e2 e5 28.'t:fe4 exf4 29.Jl.xf4+ Jl.xf4 .§xe4 45.Jl.c6 .§b4 46.�xe3 .£ie6 30.'i:fxf4+ d6 31 . .§e1 .§f8 32.'i:fe4 47.Jl.d5 .£ic5 48. .§c6 .£jxa4 49.b3 't:ff6 33.'/i:\'e7+ 'li:\'xe7 34 . .§xe7+ .£Jb6 50.Jl.e6 .£id7 5t.Jl.c4 a4 �b6 35.Jl.f7 .§xh3 36.�xh3 .£if5 52.bxa4 .§xa4 53.�e4 .§a5 37 . .§d7 �c638 . .§a7 �b639 . .§d7 54.�f5 .§a355.Jl. d5 .§d356 . .§e6+ �c6 40 . .§a7 Y� YI �f7 57.Jl.c6 .§d2 58.Jl.xd7 .§xd7 59 . .§xe5 .§d3 60 . .§a5 .§f3+ (E08) Outpost: 23. .§d5! 6t.�g5 1-0 (EIO) Outpost: 30 ..•.§e51 30 ....£Je5? 3l..t\xe6+- . 31.g4 3l.'it'f4 .£Jd6 32.Ele2 Elc5 =i= (Stohl in CBM 106). 31•.• .£jd6! 32.fxe6 and now instead of 32 ...dxe 6? = which led to a draw. Va llej o Pons should have played 32... .£Jxe 4 33 . .£Jf5+ flxf5 34.flxd7+ flxd7 35.flxd7+ 'it'xe6 36.fla7 Ele5!? (36 ...fl xf 3+ 37. 'it'xf3 Jlc6 38.fl xg7 should be drawn.) 37.flxa8 <£\c5+ 38.'it'f2 'it'd6 39 . .ild1 .£Jd3+ 40.'it'f3 23 ...f5 23 ...l'He 8!? 24.�c7 �xe4 Ele7=i=One point for 30 ...Ele5!. 25.Elxe4 Elc8 26.Eld7 t. 24. 'li:\'d3 f4 25.gxf4 .§deS 26 . .§e3 Jl.h4 27.h3 (Ell) Outpost: 21• .§a51 White uses a .§f5 28 . .§d6 't:fc8 29 • .§d7 .§f7 typical method to increase the pressure 30 . .§xf7 �xf7 31.'i:fxh7 Jl.f6 on an open file. 21 ... .£je8 21...Elxa5 32.'i:fh5+ �g8 33.Jl.xf6 .§xe3 22.bxa5 �a7 (22... b4 23.Elbl Elb8 34.fxe3 gxf6 35.'t:fg4+ 'i:fxg4+ 24.�c4 ±; 22 ...Ela 8 23.�b4 ±) 23.�b4 36.hxg4 �f7 37.�f2 �e6 38.�f3 �d4 24.�xd4 exd4 25 . .£Jxb5 <£\xe4 a6 39.�e4 b5 40.a4 1-0 26.Elxc8+ itxc8 27 .Jlb4±. 22 •.£1 b5x .§xc1+ 22 ...Elx a5 23.bxa5 Elb8 (E09) Outpost: 14 . .£ib1!The knight is 24.Elbl .£Jc7 25 . .£Jd4± (Gurevich in redirected to c4 - a typical procedure. Informant 62/604). 23.Jl.xc1 .§xa5 14 •.•c5 15. .£id2 h5 16.'t:fe1 h4 24.bxa5 .£ic7 25 . .£id4 'li:\'a7?1 17 . .£Jc4 h3 18.g3 Jl.c6 19.�g1 25 ... �a8 26.�b6! .t\xd5 27.exd5 exd4 Jl.b5 20.'i:fe2 .£id7 21.a4 Jl.xc4 28.a6 �xd5 29.�d8+ M8 30.itxh6+- . 155 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 26.t\'b6J t\'xb6 27.axb6 exd4 22•.. ex f4?! 22... ..Q.. h6! 23.�fl .ilxf4 28.b7 1-0 24.ltxf4 exf4 25.bxc5 f3 gives Black some counterplay. 23.§fl b5 23 ...g5 (E12) Undennining:18.h4J This creates 24.bxc5 £t.g7 25.£t.f2 �e5 26.�el ±. a strong outpost on t"l-. 18 .•.g4 19.4:)el 24.axb6 t\'xb6 25 . .1lxf4 t\'xb4 b6 20.4:)g2 .11,a6 21.t\'e3 t\'e8 26.t\'xa6 4:)b3?! 26 .....Q..g7! 27.\t'hl 22.f3 gxf3 23.t\'xf3 b5 24.4:)f4 .§e8 28.Jlc7 �d2 29.d6 32.4:)g6 t\'f7 33.4:)xf8 Axf8 t\'b6+ 31.�hl t\'d8 32•.11, xc4 Two 34.4:)d3 §c4 35. .1lb3 Etxcl + points fo r 2l.f4!, with the idea to fo l 36.E{xcl .11,d7 37.4:)f4 4:)c8 low up with b4 later. 38.�h2 4:)b6 39.§gl l-O (ElS) Undermining: 19.cxd6 exd6 (E13) Undermining: 32.g5! fxg5 20.Axf6 4:)xf6 20 .....Q..xf6?! 21.4::lxd5 33.4:)xd6? 33.c5 would have won im cxd5 22.4::ld4 ± (Finkel in CBM 93). mediately. 33 ... .11,xd6 Now Black has 21.t\' xd6 4:)e4 22.t\'d3 Ac8 counterplay. 34.Axe5 §e8 35.§fel 23. t\'c2 .11,a6 24.§fcl Ab5 .1lc5+ 36.�hl a4 and Hickl even 25.4:)d4 §a2 25 ...ltxd4 26.exd4 �fe8 won later. Two points fo r 32.g5 fxg5 27.�al ±. 26.§b2 §fa8 27.Axe4 33.c5 +- . Etxb2 28.t\'xb2 fxe4 29.t\'c21 .11, xd4 30.exd4 §e8 31.t\'d2 (E14) Undermining: 21.f4J t\'f6 31..§el! ?. 31. .•g5 32.4:)g2 EtaS 2l ...exf 4 22 . ..Q..xf4 ltg7 23.\t'hl ±; 33.t\'el t\'d5 34. t\'c3§a2 35.4:)e3 21.. .Jlg7 22.\t'h 1 ( 22.fxe5?! .Q..xe5 t\'f7 36.§c2 §a6 37.§d2 t\'a7 23.thc5 �h4 24.g3 156 Solutions undermining e5) 20... Rh4 +. 18... 0-0 36.�h5+ 'ifjlg8 37.�e8+ 'iflh7 19 . .£ld4 �b6 20.§f2 §fc8 21.a3 38. �h5+ 'iflg8 39. �g6 a5 §c7 22.§d3 .£la5 23.§e2 §e8 40.�e8+ 'iflh7 41.�h5+ 'ifjlg8 24.'ifjlg2 .£jc6 25.§ed2 §ec8 42.�xa5 1-0 26.§e2 .£ie727.§ ed2 §c4 28.�h3 'iflg7 29.§f2 a5 30.§e2 .£lf5 (E19) Opening the Position: 19.a51 31. .£jxf5+ gxf5 32.�f3 'iflg6 Opening the position immediately is very strong, as White's pressure against the key base pawn c7 will mount very quickly. 19... bxa5 20 . .Q.d2 .Q.f5 2l.§xa5 �d7 22.�a4 §xa5 23.�xa5 .Q.xe4 24.§xe4 c6 25.dxc6 .£jxc6 26.�a1 d5 27.cxd5 �xd5 28.�e1 .£lf6 29.§a4 e4 30 . .£ic3�d7 31 . .Q.b5�h3 32.�fl �xfl+ 33.'iflxf1 .£le5 34.h3 §b8 35. .Q.e2 .£if336 . .Q.f4 §d8 37. .£Jxe4 .£ld4 . 38.Q.c7 §c8 39.§xd4 §xc7 40.§d8+ .£ig8 4t..£ld6 .Q.f6 White is tied up, while Black's initia 42.E{a8 §cl + 43. 'ifjlg2.Q.e7 44 . .Q.c4 tive on the queenside has just started. h5 45.§xg8+ 'iflh7 46.§c8 Jl,xd6 33.§ed2 §e4 34.§d4 §c4 35. �f2 47. .Q.g8+ 1-0 �b51? A nice little creeping move. 36.'iflg3 §cxd4 37.cxd4 �c4 (E20) Opening the Position: 38.g41 Now 38.'ifjlg2 b5 39.'iflg1 b4 40.axb4 Black has to open the h-file.38 ...hxg 4 axb4 41.'iflg2 �c1 42.'iflg3 �h1 39.hxg4 �d8 40.§h1 'iflg7 43.§d3 §e1 44.§f3 §d1 45.b3 41.§h3 �e7 42.g5 §c7 43.�f6+ §c1 46.§e3 §f1 0-1 �f8 44.§h8 �xf6 45.gxf6 E{xc3 46.f4 §c1 47.§h3 §c7 48.'ifjlf2 (El7) Opening the Position: 27.e51+ §c2+ 49.'ifle1 §c1 + 50.'ifjld2 §c7 fxe5 27 ...dxe5 ?? 28A:lxe6++- . 51.§h1 §c8 52.'ifld3 §c7 53.�d2 28.§xe5 �a3 29 . .£Jxe6+ 'ifjlf7 §c8 54 . .Q.d3 'ifjle8 55.§b1 §b8 30.f5 'iflg8 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.§g3 56.§c1 �d8 57 . .Q.b5§c8 58.§h1 1-0 'iflc7 59.§h7 §f8 60.'ifle3 'ifjld8 61.'iflf3 'iflc7 62.'ifjlg4 'iflb663.'ifl g5 (E18) Opening the Position: 20.a41 'iflc7 64 . .Q.d3 'ifjlc6 65.§h1 �d7 �d6 21 . .£je11 White's activity on the 66.§c1 §b8 67.§c2 'ifjld8 68.§h2 queenside gives him an annoying ini 'ifle869 . .Q.b5+ 'ifjlf870.§c2 1-0 tiative. 21... E{b8 22.a5 bxa5 23.�a2 .£lg4 24.g3 §xb5 25.§xb5 (E21) Opening the Position: 20.f41 .£ie5 26.�xa5 .£ixd3 27 . .£jxd3 Korotylev immediately opened inroads. �xd3 28.�c7 h5 29.h4 §d7 20 ...exd 4 21.e5 .£lg4 22. .£je4 30.�xc5 �d1+ 3l.'iflg2 a6 White's powerfu l knight reigns su 32.�c8+ 'iflh7 33.§xh5+ �xh5 preme. 22... .£je3 23 . .£ld6+ 'ifjlf8 34.�xd7 �c5 35.�xf7 �xc4 24 . .Q.xe3 dxe3 25.�c4 .£ib8 157 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 26.E{xe3 �e7 27.E!g3 �e6 prove it. In the game, Black played 28.�b4 4)d7 29 . .1lc4 1-0 One 23 ...�f6? 24.d7! +- �b7 25.�e7 �c6 point, if you calculated until 22.�e4. 26.�g5 'iil'f3 27.llxe6 'it'h8 28.E!d3 1-0. (E22) Opening the Position: 19.g4! (E24) Blockade: 22 ... 4)fg8! + Sasikiran used h6 as a hook to open 23.4)d5 4)xd5 24.jlxd5 E!fd8! roads against Black's monarch. 24 ...E!x c5 25.Ab3 E!xe5 26.�a3 55 19... E{ae8 20.g5 hxg5 21.fxg5 4)e4 (Avrukh in CBM 106). 25.Axb7 E!c7 2l...�xc3 22.bxc3 �e4 23.�h5 g6 26 . .1lf3 26.c6 d2 27 . .ilxd2 f!xd2 24.�h6 E!c8 25 ..llxe 4 dxe4 26.E!f6 28.E!ad1 E!xd1 29.E!xd1 �e7 + �e7 27.{)xg6+- . (Avrukh). 26 .•. d2 27 • .1lxd2 E{xd2 28.c6 4)e7 29.E{ab1 E{d8 30.E{b7 E{dc8 31.E{d1 3l.E!e4 �f5 32.E!a4 ..ll xe5 33.E!xa6 'it'g7-+ (Avrukh). 31... .Q.xe5 32.E!d7 E{xb7 33.cxb7 E{e8 34.E!d3 a5 35.E!a3 .ilc7 36.Etc3 .ild6 .E{37 d3 Ac5+ 38.�f1 �g7 39.E!b3 Ab4? 22 . .1lxe4! 22.�xe4? dxe4 23.llxe4 Axe4 24.�xe4 �d6 ;!; (Dautov in CBM 98). 22... dx e4 23.�h5! .il xc3 23... e3? 24.E!f4 e2 25.E!h4 exd1 �+ 26.�xd1 +- (Dautov); 23... �c5 24.g6 fxg6 25.f!xf8+ Jlxf8 26.�xg6 Jla6 27.�b5 +- . 24.bxc3 e3 25.E!de1 25.g6!?. 25 ... �d5 26.�h3 E{xe5 This allows White to draw. Radjabov 26... .ll c8 27:-if1xe3 Jld7 28.E!f4 ll.xa4 should have played 39 ...E!b 8 40.E!b5 29.g6 +- . 27.dxe5 E!e8 28.E{xe3 llb4 4l.a3 ll.xa3 42.E!xa5 .lld6 -+ E{xe5 29.E{xe5 �xe5 30.�d7 (Avrukh). 40.a3! In the game, White �e3+ 3l.�h2 �e5+ 32.�h1 played 40.'it'e2?and Radjabov went on .ilxg2+ 33.�xg2 �xg5+ 34.�f2 to win. 40 ...Ad6 41.E!b5 .Q.xh2 �f4+ 35.�e2 �e4+ 36.�d2 42.E{xa5 0-1 One point for 22 ...�fg8! �g2+ 37.�e1 �e4+ 38.�f2 �f4+ and one fo r the assessment that Black 39.�g2 �g5+ 40.�(3 1-0 Two is clearly better. points fo r 19 .g4!, with the idea g4-g5. (E25) Blockade: 23 ...�xf 5 Keres (E23) Blockade: 23 ... E{dc8! was stopped White's play on the queenside called fo r, when Black's blockade is completely. 24.gxf5 f6! Black's con secure and his position is even slightly trol of the light squares will decide the more comfortable, as it is easier to im- issue. 25.exf6 25.dxc5 fxg5 26.E!f3 158 Solutions .§a5 27 . .§cl .§b5 28 . .§c2 '1'9f7+. (E27) Improving Piece Placement: 25... 4)e4 26.fxg7 E!xf5 27.Ae7 23.4)fll Sending the knight to better �xg7 2S.f3 4)d2 29.�f2 E!eS squares. 23 ... E!b4 24.�f2 �b6 30.E!ae1 4)e4+ 31.�g2 E!xe7 25.4)d2 �c7 26.4)c4 a4 27 .E!d4 32.fxe4 E!xe4 33.E!xe4 dxe4 E!bbS 2S.E!c1 4)b7 29.f4 4)a5 34.E!xe4 E!b535.E!e2 E!b3 36.�f2 30.E!a1 4)xc 4 3l.E!xc4 �dS �f6 37.�e1 h6 3S.E!g2 �e6 32.�d4 �b6 33. .Q.d3 �xd4+ 34.E!xd4 E!aS35.E!a3 E!a5 36. E!b4 E!cS 37.E!bxb3 .£lh5 3S.g3 f5 39.E!b7 fxe4 40.4)xe4 .Q.g4 41.4)xd 6 E!dS 42.4)f5 �fS 43.4)e3 1-0 (E28) Improving Piece Placement: 25.4)d2! f5? 25 ...4::l e5 26.4::le4 Af5 27.axb5 axb5 28 . .§xb5 ltxe4 29.Axe4 ii!d7 (Krasenkow in CBM 108) was called fo r. 26.d6 E!bS 27.4)xc4 Ae6 2S.4)e3 E!b6 29.d7 E!e7 30.4)d5 1-0 39.�d1 �d5 40.�c2 E!h341.E! d2 �c4 42.�b1 h5 43.�a2 E!h4 (E29) Improving Piece Placement: 44.E!f2 �xd4 45.E!f7 b5 46.E!f2 22.E!f31 The knight has many options, E!h3 47.E!d2+ E!d3 4S.E!f2 �c4 so it is logical to improve the rooks first. 49.E!c2+ �d5 50.E!g2 E!h3 22 ... E!ceS 23.E!dfl f6 24.exf6 51.E!d2+ �c5 52.E!c2+ �b6 E!xf6 25.E!xf6 gxf6 26.�g3 �g5 53.E!f2c5 54.E!f6+ �a5 55.E!f2 c4 27.�h2 �xg3+ 2S.4)xg3 E!fS 56.E!g2c3 57.b4+ axb3+ 5S.�xb3 29.4)h5 f5 30.�g3 4)e7 31.E!c1 c2+ 59.�xc2 E!xa3 60.�b2 E!f3 E!cS 32.E!xcS+ AxeS 33.�f4 �f7 61.E!e2h4 62.E!d2h3 63.E!e2�a4 34.�e5 4)c6+ 35.�xd5 Ab7 64.�b1 E!fl+ 65.�c2 b4 66.�d3 36.4)f4 �f6 37.�c4 �g5 3S.g3 E!dl+ 67.�c2 E!g1 0-1 h5 39.d5 .£la5+ 40. 159 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 18.Jlc24Jd7 19.4Jc4 b6 20.�xh4 axh4 21.4Jb5 ±. 15.4)c5 4)xe3 16.fxe3 Ac8 17.Ad3 b6 18.4)5e4 4)f5 19.§ael e6 19 ...Jlh6 20.4Jdl Jlg7 21.4Jec3 ±. 20.dxe6 Axe6 2t.d5 21.�c2!? 2l ... Ac8 22.4)d2 4)d6 23.4)b5 4)b7 24.Ac4 4)c525. �c2 Ad7 26.e4 §c8 27.e5? This allows Black's blockade to become very strong. After 27.4Jf3! Axb5 28.Axh5, White has good winning chances. 27 ... Axb5 28.axb5 4)d7 29.e6 40. (E32) Improving Piece Position: 14.4)d3!White's f4 -knight is the worst placed piece, as it has no active pros pects. So it is rerouted immediately, since it is not yet clear where the rooks belong. 14 ...4)bc 4 14.. .tl:lf 5 15.4Je5 Ac8 16.Ad3 �d6 17.�adl �b4 34 ...§e31 35.�c2? 35.�fl was more 160 Solutions tenacious. 35 ... .£Jd3 The cavalry has M8 30.:9.c6 :9.fg7 31. 39..• �c8 40• .£ib3 b6 4I.Jlxb6 �a6 The infiltration of the black queen (E37) Prophylaxis: 24 ... 28 ..•h6 29.E!d3 .£jde8 30.E!xd8 �xd8 31.E!d1 �b6 32.Jlf3 .£ic7 33.E!d6 �a7 34. .£lcd5 36• .£jxd5 .£lxd5 37.Jlxd5 exd5 38.�d6 �a8 39.�xd5 E!e8 40.e4 �b7 41.E!c5�e7 42.e5 E!d8 43. �c6 b4 44.E!b5 E!d4 45. �c8+ fo rces on the kingside. 19 ..• j}_e6 'iii'c4 (30 ...!'!h e8 31.!'!b6 !'!a8 20.E!d6 E!ad8 2l.E!xd8 .£jxd8 32 . ..!l fl !! +-) 31.�xf6 'it'xa3?! 22. .£ig5 Jlxb3 23.ax b3 .£lf6? (3l...!'!dl+ 32.�b2 !'!a833. 'iii'b6�d4+ 23 ...'iii' h5 offered more resistance 34.'iii'xd4 !'!xd4 35.!'!xf7 aS 36 . ..!le6 (Huzman in CBM I 09). 24.E!d6 .£lc6 axb4 37 . ..!lb3+ 'ifta5 38.axb4+ �b6 25 . .£id5 E!d8 26.E!xd 8+ .£1xd 8 39.!'!xh7 +- ) 32.'iii'xa6+ �xh4 33.c3+ 27 • .£ie7+ 161 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 25••. t\'x f4 26.E!xf4 4)xd5 27.E!xf7 in CBM 57). 30.jlxh4 f3 31.t\'c2 cxb4 28.axb4 4)xb4 29.4)b3jld5 gxh3 and now Piket gave Kasparov 30.E!f6+ 4)c6=i= Two points for good counterplay with 32.g3? 32./"!fxf3 24 ...'it'b6! . would have won. 32 ... E!f41 and the game was later drawn. Two points fo r (E38) Prophylaxis: 29.E!c51The knight 19.l"!c3!, one fo r 19./"!c4. maneuver ...4:\a5 -c4 had to be pre- vented. 29 ... 4)e730.�h2 4)f5? sim- (E40) Prophylaxis: Karpov stops Black's ply loses the c-pawn. 30 ...c6! was called activity in his typical style. 24.t\'c31 fo r, e.g. 31 ./"!aS 4:\fS 32.i£l'd2 i£l'd8 24 . ..1lf4? �aS gives Black counterplay. 33./"!a4 4:\xe3 (33... i£l'e7? 34 ...Q.J4 ±) 24 ...Ab5 24 .../"! xd4 25.i£l'xd4 AxeS 34.i£l'xe3 when Black is still fighting. 26. '{;; Exchanging the important bishop just in time. 27 •.. jlxb5 28.axb5 E!f8 29.4)d1 hxg41? 29 ...i£l'g5 30 . ..1lxh4 �xh4 3l.gxh5 l"!g532.4:\ f2 +- (Psakhis 29.E!xf61 1-0 Two points fo r 27.h3!. 162 Solutions (E42) A Second Front: 22.t::\' e11 ± A 36.<;!7g2 .1lf6 37.E!e6 a5 38.E!a6 strong double attack. 22... <;!7e8 22 ...a5 <;!lf539.c5 .1ld440.E!d6 <;!7e4 41.c6 23.'l;'th4 + ±. 23 . .1lg5 E!d4 24. .1le3 E!c3 42.<;!7h3 .1lf2 43.E!g6 .1lb6 E!d7 25.t::\' xb4 t::\'d6 26 . .1lfl a5 27.t::\'a3 E!dc7 28. .1lb5+ <;!le7 29.E!c3 4)d7 30.E!xc7 E!xc7 31.t::\' xd6+ <;!lxd6 32• .1}.d2 E!c2 33 • .1lxa5 E!xb2 34.E!c1 4)f6 35. .1lc7+ <;!ld5 36.E!d1+ <;!lc5 37 . .1le5 E!a2 38• .1}.d4+ <;!7b4 39.E!b1+ 1-0 (E43) A Second Front: 1.f4 Black's bishop on c8 has no scope. Taimanov firstplays to restrict it even more, fix ing the f5 -pawn. 1 ••. h6 If Black tries 44.<;!7h4E!c5 45.E!d6 .1lc7 46.E!d7 to get some breathing room by l.. . .§e7, E!xc6 47.<;!7xh5 jld648.<;!7g5 .1la3 he comes up against 2.'iftf2 g4 3 . .§el 49.E!a7 E!c5+50.<;!7g6 .1lb4 51 .E!a6 .§h6 4.'iftgl c5 5.4Jc2 b5 6.e4 bxc4 E!c352.E! e6+ <;!7f3 53.f5 E!c254.f6 7.bxc4 fxe4 8.4Je3± with a strong plus E!xa2 55.f7 <;!7xg3 56.<;!7g7 E!f2 fo r White. 2.b4 Having taken care of 57 .E!g6+ <;!7h3 58.E!h6+ �g2 business on the kingside, he shifts his 59.E!h5Elf3 60.E!g5+ <;!7f2 61 .�g8 attention to the queenside. 2 .••E!e7 E!g3 62.E!xg3 <;!7xg3 63.f8� jlxf8 3.�f2 .1ld7 4.E!b1 <;!lg7 5.a4 c5 64.<;!7xf8 <;!7f4 65.<;!7e7 <;!le5 6.4)e2 .1lxa4? Black goes from the 66.<;!7d7 <;!ld5 67.<;!7c7 �c5 fry ing pan into the fire. His best chance 68.<;!7b7 <;!7b4 69.<;!7a6 a4 70.bxa4 to defend was by playing 6 ....1le6 7.l"k2 <;!7xa4 Yt-Yt 4Jd8 8.a5 .llf7 9.b5 ±, but the defense is still difficult. 7.b5 E!fe6 8.4)c3 (E45) Counterplay: 27.e41 Now Black axb5 9.cxb5 E!xe3 10.4)d5 gxf4 is lost, as White's defense is very well 11.gxf4 and Black must lose material. coordinated. 27 ... 4)h528.Ac4 �h4 One point for I.f4 and the second ifyou 29.Jlxe6+ fxe6 30.gxh5 t::\'xh5 were planning to play 2.b4 to open a 31.E!d3E!g8+ 32.E! g3 Eld833.A e3 second front. e5 34.E!fl h6 35.b4 a6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 jlxb5 38.E!g7 c6 39.t::\'a2 (E44) Counterplay: 17 ... t::\'g51 Black .1la640.�e6+ <;!7b841.� d6+ 1-0 must start counterplay immediately. 18.g3 4)xe5 19.f4 4)f3+ 20.<;!7f2 (E46) Counterplay, Weak Color Com t::\'h5 21..1}.xg6 fxg6 22.E!xe6+ plex: 16..• b51 Black has to fightfo r the .1lxe6 23.t::\'xe6+ .1le7 24.t::\' xc6+ light squares immediately, which is a <;!lf8 25.t::\' a8+ <;!lg7 26. �xd5 typical technique against the bishop 4)xh2 27.t::\' xh5 gxh5 28.E!h1 pair. 17.cxb5 4)d5 18:�e4 18.�e5? 4)g4+ 29.�f3 4)f6 30.b3 E!b6 -'txf3 19 . .1lxf3 (19.gxf3? axb5 20. ..1l.xb5? 31.4)e44)x e4 32.<;!7xe4 <;!7g633.c4 .§b8 2l.a4 .§xb5! 22.axb5 4Jc423.i;'te2 E!e6+ 34.<;!7(3 E!d6 35.E!e1 Eld3+ 4Jf4-+) 19... 4Jc4 20.�e2 axb5 =F 163 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (Avrukh in CBM 93). 18••. axb 5 tralization of the queen, White begins 19.Jlxb5 �b3 19... -tlb7 20.'l;Jh4!? to consolidate his material edge. 29 ...g6 {20.a4 .tld6 21.'l;fd3 .llxf3 22.'l;Jxf3 30.f!.d5 �f6 31...1le5 �g5+ 32.'it'hl .tlxb5 23.axb5 'l;Jd7=(A vrukh); 20 . ..1lc6 ..llxf2? Once again Ftacnik notes that 'l;Jb65i5)20 ....1lxf 3 21.'l;Jxd8 f!.fxd8 without any better alternatives, Black 22.gxf3 .tld6 23. ..1lc6 f!.ah8 24.f!.fhl takes the pawn, hoping to weather the 4Jf4 25.'it'fl and White's a-pawn is a storm. However, "the ensuing exchange dangerous fo rce. 20 . .§ad1 't;ta5 of pieces will leave him with miserable 2l.Jld3Jlg6 22.'t;tg422 .�h4 Jlxd3 survivalchances." (More tenacious was 23.f!.xd3 �h5 24.f!.fdl f!.fc8 5i5 32 ...�h6) 33 . ..1ld6! �xd5 (Or 33 ...�f6 (Avrukh). 22 ... .§fc8 23.Axg6 Yz- Yz 34.f!.fl +- winning.) 34.�xd5 Axel A draw was agreed because of 35.Axf8 .tlxf8 Another good move was 23 ... hxg6 24.'l;Je4 �c7 25.f!.fel 'l;Jc2 "resigns." The rest of the game needs 26.f!.hl�xe4 27.f!.xe4 f!.c2= (Avrukh) no fu rther commentary. 36.�h7 aS Two points fo r 16 ... h5!. 37.�xb6 Ah4 38.f4 'i!fg7 39.�d4+ 'i!tgB40.f 5!? gxf5 41.�f6 .tle642. �xf5 (E47) Counterplay: 19 ... .§ce8! gets all �g7 43.'it'g2 ..llc5 44.�e5+ 'it'g8 five points. Black cannot take the d-pawn 45.�g3+ 'it'f8 46.�c3 .1lh4 47.�h8+ by 19... -tlxd5? because of 20.Jlxh7+ 1-0; 19 ...f!.c 5 gets fo ur points as it 'it'h821 ...1lf5+- and White wins.; In the equalizes. 20.itg5 f!.xd5 21..1lxh7+ game, Black played 19... f!.c 3? and .tlxh7 22 . .1l xe7 f!.e8 23.Jlh4=; White wasted no time striking back: 19... �d8 gets two points, as White still has a dangerous initiative.; 19... g6 gets two points, as White still has a danger ous initiative. 20.�g5 h6 20 ...�xd5!? 2l.�h7 21.itf5? �xd5 22.4:le6 ..llc5 23.f!.e5 'l;Jc4 24.Jld3 ..\lxf2+ 25.'it'xf2 �c3 26.-tlxf8 .tlg4+ -+ . 21. •. � xh7 22.Axh7+ 26.f!.adl �g5+ 27. .1lg3 4Jf4 28.a4 4Je6 25. .§xf3 .§f7 26 . .§bl 29.'�e4 Black's flurry of activity has �xa6 28 • .§g4 �c7 29 . .§g6 164 Solutions E!f7 33.E!e3 a4 34.Cit'cl E!e7 20 ...Jlxd5, then 2l.exd5 l:"!e722.l:"!dl ± 35.E!f3Cit'd7 36.Cit'b24:)e8 37.Cit'a3 (Karpov). This position was analyzed 4:)f6 38.Cit'b4 Cit'd6 39.E!h3 E!h7 in John Watson's excellent book Secrets 40.E!e3 d4 41.§.el 4:)d5+ 42.Cit'a3 of Modern Chess Strategy. Several fa c dxc3 43.E!exe6+ Cit'c5 44.§.c6+ tors were noted that justified the offer Cit'd4 45.E!g3 E!a7 46.E!d3+ Cit'e5 of the exchange: (I) White has all the 47.E!c5 b4+ 48.Cit'a2 E!d7 49.E!a5 possible entry squares on the e-filecov h3+ 50.Cit'bl Cit'e6 51.E!xa4 b2 ered; (2) The bishops of opposite color 52.g3 E!d6 53.E!a7 Cit'f6 54.§.a5 are not performing equally, in particu Cit'e6 55.f3 E!d7 56.§.a6+ Cit'f7 lar White's light-squared bishop can go 57.E!a5 Cit'e6 58.f4 E!d6 59.E!axd5 to the b l -h7 diagonal from where it will E!xd5 60.E!xc3 §.d2 61.E!e3+ Cit'f6 support the invasion of the black 62.E!d3E!h2 63.c4 Cit'e764.c5 E!e2 queenside, particular from the nice f5 - 65.E!d5 Cit'e6 66.§.d6+ Cit'e7 square; (3) White has a strong central 67.E!g6 Cit'd7 68.E!xg7+ Cit'c6 pawn; and ( 4) The black king is exposed 69.E!g6+ Cit'xc5 70.§.xh6 §.h2 and the white knight is also able to go 71.E!h8 Cit'd4 72.h6 Cit'e4 73.h7 to f5 , where it dominates the board. Cit'f3 74.Cit'a2 Cit'f2 75.Cit'hl Cit'f3 21.jld3 E!dS 22.§.dl E!ed6 76. Cit'a2 Cit'f2Yz-Yz 23.Ae2 A,xd5 Black cannot sit idly by while White improves his position. (E49) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 23 ...l:"!x d5? is not good because of 20.E!d511 24.exd5 �d6 25. �h4 ±. 24.exd5 �b7 Black might even have winning chances, if he could rid himself of the d5-pawn. 25.�h4 A.f8 26.jlc4 §.xd5 The d5-pawn is no longer a bone in Black's throat, but a bad bishop vs. good knight, the exposed black king and poor black pawn structure add up fo r a very difficult defense fo r Black. 27 . .1l,xd5 §.xd5 28.§.el §.dS 29.�xf6 �c7 30.g3 jld6 All else being equal, the pawns are placed on the same color as the opposing bishop, A stunner. This type of exchange sacri so as to limit its scope. 31.4:)g5 E!d7 fice has been seen before, but it is more 32.§.e8+ Cit'h7 33.4:)e4 �c6 common when the destination square 34.�f5 jle7 35.Cit'g2 E!c7 36.§.h8 fo r the rook is covered by two pawns �g6 37.�d5+ �c6 38.�xc6+ (i.e., there would be another pawn on Cit'xc6 39.E!xh7 A pawn up, better c4). Karpovhas evaluated the position pawn structure and an excellent square very well. 20.Ad3? Lets Black off the at c4 fo r the knight add up to a winning hook. 20 ...l:"!g H 21.4:Jh4 (2l.l:"!fel? f5 position fo r White. 39... Cit'd5 40.4:)d2 22.4:Jd2 (22.h3? <';1- c6 -+ ) 22 ....Q._ xd2 A.f6 41.4:)c4 Cit'd4 42.§.h6 E!c6 23.1:"!xd2 fxe4 +) 21.. .l:"!g4 22.4:Jf5 �.xe4 43.g4 E!e6 44.h4 Cit'd5 45.g5 1-0 23.Jlxe4 l:"!gxe4. 20 ... §.he8 If Five points fo r 20.l:"!d5!!. 165 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (ESO) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 36.J}.g6 �gxg6 37.hxg6 �xg6 30.�xe51 White must remove Black's 38.�f8+ �h7 39.t\'e4 t\'xf8 powerful centralized bishop immedi 40 . .£)xf8+ Jl.xf8 41.t\'xe5 j}_d6 ately, as it attacks, protects its king and 42.t\'f5 b643.�g2 �g7 44.f4 �f6 pressures White's kingside. 30:i;1g5? 45.�g4+ �h7 46.t\'d7+ �g6 .ilf6 3l.'l;i (E53) Simplification: 19.Ab31 Jl.e6? Now White wins a pawn. But even af ter the better 19... ..1lxb3, White has strong pressure: 20.'l;i �f7? 33 ...'l;i 166 Solutions 26 ....£j)( b7 27.�)(b7 �f4 28.f3 �a4 33.�g2 �)(a234.�)(c5 a3 35.�a5 29. .£Je4 �)(a3 30.�dll �f6 36.h5 �f7 37.�f3 �al 38.g4 �a2 39.�a6 'itle7 40.e4 �f7 41.�e3 �e7 42.�a7+ �f8 43.e5 �al 44.�f4 �a2 45.f3 �al 46.�f5 a2 47.f4 1-0 (E57) Simplification: 24.A)(f4! e)(f4 25.Ad3 White's exchanges defender after defender to fo rce entry on the d file.Improving the knight with 25.<£lf3 is also strong. 25... �e5 26 • .£Jf3'/ltc3 27.A)(f5 �)(f5 28.�d8+ �)(ds 29.'/lt)(dS+ �f8 30.-{te7 �)(b4 The invasion of the second rook is de 31.�d8 �bl+ 32.�h2 '/ltf5 cisive. 30 ..• �a6 31.�dd7 E{g6 33• .£lh4 1-0 32.�)(a7�)(a 7 33.�)(a7g4 34.�f2 h5 35 . .£J)(c5 g)(f3 36.�)(f3 �f6+ (E58) Simplification: l3... jlh6! Black 37.�e2 �g6 38.g3 e4 39 . .£l)(e4 h4 tries to exchange his passive bishop. 40.�c7 Ae5 41.�c8+ �g7 42.�f3 14.-{td2 After 14.g5 ..llg7, Black's h)(g3 43.h)(g3 �f7 44.�c5 Ag7 bishop c8 gets more scope. 45.�c7+ �e8 46.g4 jlf8 47.�c8+ 14... A)(e 3+ 15.-{t)(e3 .£Je6 �f7 48.�f4 �a6 49.c4 �al 16 . .£Jbd2 '{tb6 17.b3 Jld7 18.c4 50. .£lg5+ �e7 51..£le4 �cl �ae8 19.�f2 .£lfd8 20.c5 '{tb4 52.�g5 �f7 53.�c7+ �e6 2l.�dl �f4 22. .£jfl �e4 23.-{td2 54.�g6 �e5 55• .£Jf6 jld656.�c6 �f8 24. .£lg3 '{t)(d2 25.�)(d2�ef4 Jla3 57.g5 �gl 58 . .£Jd7+ �d4 26.�fl .£Jf7 27.�ddl .£jfg5 59.c5 Act 60.�d6+ 'itlc4 6t.c6 28 . .£j)(g5 .£l)(g5 29.'itlg2 .£je6 A)(g5 62.�f5 �b5 63.c7 �cl 30.�)(f4 �)(f4 0-1 64.�d5+ 1-0 (E59) Simplification: 29.�alll (E55) Simplification: 24... �e41 Black decreases the pressure by exchanges - a typical method. 25.�)(e4 25.E!cl?? <£le2+-+ . 25 . . . .£1)(e4 26.�d5 .£lc3 27.�d6 .£je4 28.�d5 .£lc3 \/:z--YI (E56) Simplification: 21;�bll Forcing Black's queen to relinquish its dominant position, as the rook endgame would be better fo r White. 21 ... -{td3 22.�cl '{te2 23.�c2 'ltd3 24.�cl '{te2 25.�c2 'itd326. '/ltcl �b7 27.h4 a5 28.�h2 a4 29.�d2 '{te4 30.�c2 White must avoid any exchange to en '{t)(c2 31.�)(c2�f7 32.�)(c4 �b2 sure his winning potential. 29 . ..1ld3+? 167 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 \t>g8 30.�h4 �c5 is not completely minor pieces to the maximum. clear, despite White's dangerous attack. 4s... .£lds 46.E!3g2 El2h3 47.Elg3 29 ...Eld6 30.EleS Elad8 31.Elae1 Elh248.Jlf2 E!ShS49.El3g2 Elx g2 'lt!c732 • .£)e4Eld1 32 ....£lxh7 33 . .£lg5 SO.E!xg2 'lt!h8 Sl.Jlg1 Elh1 'it>g8 34.�xh7+ 'itff8 35.f5 .§dl S2.'1f1e2 'lt!h6 S3.Elh2 Elxh2 36.\'±i'h8+ 'tle7 37 . .§xe6+ fxe6 S4.Axh2 'lt!c1 SS.Jlg3 a4+? Des 38.�xg7+ +-. 33 . .£lxf6 E!xe1+ peration, but Black was lost anyway. 33 ...�xe5 34 ..ilf 5#; .).)... gxf 6 34.Jlg6+ 55 ...'{;}'h6 56.�h2 'i±i'xh257.Jlxh2 \t>b8 �g7 35.�h7+ 'tlf8 36 . .§xe6 +- . 58.4:Je2'tlc7 59 . .£lg3 'tld7 60.4:Jh5+- ; 34.E!xe1 gxf6 3S.JlfS+ �g8 55 ....�c8 56.Jlh4 �h6 57.'l;:ff2 .£lb7 36.'1f1h7+ �f8 37.Jlxe6 'lt!xf4 58.'tlc2a4 59.�g3 GaS 60.Gxa4 �h5 38.'1t!h8+ �e7 39.Jlxf7+ �xf7 61..£lc3 +- . S6 . .£)xa4 Jlc8 S7.�e1 40.'It!h7+ �f8 41.'1f1e7+ 1-0 'lt!gS SS.jlh4 'lt!h6 S9 . .£lc3 .£lb7 60.�c2 .£la5 6l.'lt!g3 'lt!h8 (E60) Simplification: 16.Jlh31Sakaev 62.Jlxf6 1-0 directly goes fo r an attack with oppo site-colored bishops. 16 ... E!c7 (E61) Simplification:23 ... '1f1e81 Black 17.Jlxd7E{x d7 18 . .£)h4f6 19. .£lfS easily stops White's attack, while his jla820 . .£)e3.£lb7 21 .f4 'lt!b822.fS own play on the queenside will decide aS 23.Elf2.£)d8 24. 'lt!c2�f7 2S.g4 the day. 23 ...Gxh6? 24.Gxe6 �e8 �e7 26.h4 h6 27.E!af1 .£lf7 25.Gxf8 �xf8 26 . .§e2 is better fo r 28.Jlc1 Elh8 29 • .£)d1 Eldd8 Black, but much more complicated. 30• .£)c3Elh7 31 .Elf3Eldh8 32.�f2 24.'1f1xe8 E!fxe8 2S.Af4 Axb2 Evacuating the king fr om the danger 26.E!b1Axa 3 27 . .£)xe6 Ad6 28.g4 zone. 32 ... '1t!d8 33.�e1 Jlb7 .£ld4 29.Axd6 .£lf3+ 30.�g2 34.'1t!g2�d7 3S.Elg3 �c7 36.jld2 .£)xe1+ 31.Elxe1 E!a6 32.f4 Elxd6 �b8 37.'1t!f3 �a7 38.E{fg1 'lt!f8 33.f5 a3 34.Ela1 EtaS 3S.�f3 a2 39.�d1 'lt!e740.�c2 'lt!f8 41.�b3 36 . .£)c7 Ela3+ 37.�f4 Elb6 0-1 'lt!e7 42.Jle3 'lt!f8 43.gS (E62) Weaknesses: 23.�h11 White's attack is irresistible: 23 ...AhS 24.E!f2 aS 2S.E!g1 �h8 26.E!xg7 1-0 26... 'it>xg7 27 . .§g2+Jlg6 28.fxg6 �xb4 29.gxh7+ 'it>h8(29 ...'tlh6 30.�e3+ �f4 3l.�xf4+ �h5 32.�g5 #; 29 ...'tlf7 30.�xf6+ \t>e8 31.�e6#) 30:-Gih f6+ .§xf6 3l..f.txf6#. (E63) Weaknesses: 12. .£)h4! ± .£)b6 13. .£lf5 Ele8 13... �d7 14.e4 d4 15.Gxe7+ �xe7 16.Gb5 Ge8 17.b4±. After improving his position to the 14. .£lb5 'lt!d7 14... 4:Jh5 15.Jld6 .llf8 maximum, Sakaev fi nally opens the 16.e4 .£lf6 17.Axf8 .§xf8 18 . .£lbd6±. kingside. 43 ... hxgS 44.hxgS Elh2 1S. .£lbd6 Axd6 16 . .£)xd6 E!e6?! 4S.g6 White's pawn restrict Black's 16... .§ ed8 17 . .§cl ..\lc6 18.e4 dxe4 168 Solutions 19.1"!xc5 ±.17 ..1l.h3 .ll c6 18.�cl c4 33 . .1l.e7? 33.g5 't'jxb3 34.ite7 El.e8 19. .1l.e5 E!f8 20.�f4 .£)h5 35.Jlf6 was called fo r. 33 ... E!e8 21. .1l.xe6 fxe6 22.�d4 .£)f6 23.b3 34 . .1l.f6 .1l.xf6 35.�xf6 �xb3?1 .il.a8 24.f3 �c6 25.E!ac1 .£)fd7 Kick! won later. But 35 ...Jlxg4 + was 26.bxc4 dxc4 27.Axg7 E!xf3 much stronger. One point for 24 ....£\a7!. 28.exf3 �xf3 29. .£)e4 .£)d5 1-0 Two points fo r 12.4::lh4!. (E66) Weaknesses: 24 . .£)e41 +- .£)b6 24 ...l2:lxc4? 25.El.d7+ �g8 26.h6 +- ; (E64) Weaknesses: 25.a4!± Fixing a 24 ...�e7!? 25.h6 f5 26.1"!d6! .£lb6 weakness. 25.1"!d5 also gets one point. 27.gxf5 exf5 28.hxg7 4::laxc4 29.Af6 + 25... h5 25 ...Jlb2 26.1"! c2 Aa3 27.1"!d5 'it>f730 . .£\g5+ 'i!tg8 31.El.dlEl.c8 32.El.hl Jlb4 28.Ag5! l"!el+ 29.�g2 l"!bl El.c633 . .£\xh7 l2:ld534.Jla l +- ; 24 ...h6 30.1"!c7 ± (Postny in CBM95). 26.E!d5 25.g5 hxg5 26.f!.d7+ 'it>g8 27.h6 gxh6 25.g5 f5 .1l.f8 26 ...1"!a 6 27.1"!cc5 ±. 27 . .1l.b6 28.l2:lxf6+ �f8 29.lte5 +- . .1l.h6 28.E!c7! E!xc7 29 . .1l.xc7 E!c8 25 ...l2:laxc4 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.4::lxf6 h6 28.4Jg4 +- (Yusupov in CB M 43). 30 • .1l.xa5 E!cl+ 31.�g2 E!c2 26 . .£)xc5 .£)axc4 27 . .£)d7 E!c8 32 . .1l.b6 .il.g7 33.E!d8+ 1-0 One 27 ... 1"!b7 28.4::lxb6 .£\xb6 29.El.bl+- as point fo r 25.a4. the pin is deadly. 28 . .£)xb6 .£)xb6 29.E!d6 E!c2+ 30.�f3 E!a2 (E65) Improving Piece Placement, Weak 31..1l.xg7 .£)c4 32.E!d7+ �e8 nesses: 24 ... .£)a71 Black's worst placed 33.E!a7 .£)d6 34.g6 hxg6 35.h6 piece is brought into play with great .£)e4 36.�g2 E!xf2+ 37.�g1 E!d2 effect. From b5 it will have access to 38.h7 E!d1 +39.�g2 E!d2+40.�fl a3, c3 and d4 and protect d6. In short, 1-0 One point fo r 24 . .£\e4 and one fo r it will be transformed into a mighty oc the assessment that White is winning. topus. 25 . .£)c1 .£)b526 . .£)ce2E!bd8 27.h4?1 .£)e5?1 27 ...d5! 28.exd5 4Jb6 (E67) Weaknesses: 18. .£)d2! In the 29 . .llxc5 4::lxd5 30:i�cl .£\bc3 31.4::lxc3 game, White played 18 . .llxc5? bxc5! 4::lxc3 32.1"!xd8 El.xd8 33.�el El.d5 34.Ae3 Ab5 -+ (Hick! in CBM 60). 28.�f4 d5 28 ...�e7!?. 29.Axc5 dxe4 30.E!xd8E!xd 8 31.fxe4 .1l.d7 32. .1l.xb4�x c2 "A good example of how important the pawn structure is fo r the evaluation of a position: With the a-pawn on a2 (and the knight on c3 to prevent ...a7-a5-a4) 169 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 White would be better. But now the b3- (E69) Weaknesses: 17 . .£)fd21 This pawn is a serious weakness. The "good brings a fresh unit to the blockading knight against bad bishop" intention fo rce. 17.Jlh7+ 'it'h8 18.Ae4 gets one does not apply here." (L.B.Hansen in point. 17 •.• Aa6 17 ...�c7?! 18.4::le4 CB M 70) 19.E!hdl g6 20.E!d3 fS E!fb8 19.4::lec5 4::lxc5 20.4::lxc5 Jlc8 21.4::ld2 E!b6 22.f3 Jlg5 23.E!dl E!fb8 21.Jlh7+ 'it'h8 22.Jle4 ±. 18.Axa6?1 Now it is obvious that Black is on top. 18.4::lc4!? Jlxc4 19.\ttxc4 E!fc8 20.4::lxa5! ln the game, he went on to win by cen .ilxa')! {20 ... cS? 21.4::lc6!! ±) 21.b4 Jlxb4 tralizing his king and creating a second 22.E!xb4 and White has a very pleasant weakness on the kings ide.; 18.Jld2 gets advantage (Mikhalevski in CBM 106). 18 •.• .§xa6 19 • .£)e4 �b5 20. .§a2 one point. 18 ••.g 6 18.. .f5 19.exf5 E!xf5 20.f3;!;. 19.b4 .£ld3 19... 4::l xa4? .§b8 21..£)bc5 Axc5 22 . .£)xc5 .£)xc5 23.�xc5 �xc5 24• .§xc5 a4 20.E!al{Jb2 21.E!xa7 Jld8 22.E!d7 ±. 20 . .§ed1 f5 21.f3 f4 22.Af2 .§fc8 25.�fl .§b4 26.�e2 .§ab627 . .§c2 �f8 28.�d2 �e7 29.�c1 �d6 23 . .§b3 .£)xf2 24.�xf2� 0-1 Two 30 . .§a3f5 31. .§ac3g5 32 . .§c5 .§a6 points fo r 18.{Jd2!. 33 . .§5c3 h5 34.h3 .§b5 35 . .§c4 Yz-YzTwo points fo r 17.{Jfd2. (E68) Weaknesses: 30.b41 +- (E70) Weaknesses: 35... e41 36.�g4 36.dxe4 �e5+ 37.'it'h l \tt xb2! -+ (Ftacnik in CBM 86). 36 ... �xg4 37.hxg4 .£)e5 38.�g3 38.dxe4 {Jf3+ -+ . 38 •..exd3 39.b3 g6 40.e4 h5 41.gxh5 4l.g5 h4+ -+ . 41 ... gxh5 42.�f2 h4 0-1 One point fo r 35 ... e4!. (E71) Weak Color Complex: 19... .Q.f61 This exchanges the key defender of the dark squares. 20 • .Q.xf6 .£)xf 6 21.�b2 .£ld5 22. .£)b1 .£)e4 Three points for this immediate hook. 23 . .£ld4 .£)dc3 24.e3 .£) x b 1 30:�c3+ gets two points. 30 ...'it'g8 25 . .£lb5�b6 26 . .§xb1 h6 27. .§1x:1 3l.h4 M5 32.bxc5 .ilxe4 33.E!xe4 dxc5 .§xc1 28 • .§xc1 .§d8 29.�e5 .£)d2 34.a5 h5 ±. 30 ...Af5 30 ...cxb4 30 . .£)d4 Axg2 31.�xg2 �b7+ 31.\tth2+ 'it'g8 32.\ttxb4 4::lh5 33.a5 +- ; 32.�h3 .§d533 . .§c7 �a6 34.�f4 30 ...'it'g8 31.bxc5 dxc5 32.\tth2 Jlxa4 �fl+ 35.�g4 h5+ 36.�h4 g5+ 33.{Jxc5 +- . 31.bxc5 Axe4 37.�xg5+ .§xg5 38.�xg5 �xf2 32.�xe4 dxc5 33.g3 �xe4?1 0-1 33... 4::J h5 34.�xg6+ 'it'xg6 35.Jld3+ ""g7 36.E!e6 {Jf6 37.a5 +- (Postny in (E72) Weak Color Complex: 25. .£)a41 CBM 106). 34 . .§xe4 .£)g6 35. .§xg4 Without the b6-bishop, Black cannot h5 36 . .§g5 .§f5 37 • .§xg6+ �xg6 bear the pressure on the dark squares. 38.Ad3 �g5 39.f4+ �g4 4o.�g2 25... f5 25 ...Jl aS 26.�xd4 Axel §.5f7 41 . .§h1 1-0 27.E!xelf5 28.4::lc5 E!e8 29.Jld5+ cxd5 170 Solutions 30 . .§e7 +- (Ribli in CBM I 09). (E75) Weak Color Complex: 23.gxh31 26.4)xb6 fxe4 27.t\'xd4 axb6 In the game, White played 23.bxc7?? 28.E{xe 4 t\'c5 29. t\'d3 t\'f5 .ll xg2+! 24.' 171 The ChessC�(e Puzzle Book 2 fxe5 16.§adl!? e4 Trying to keep the attack. 18.a4 Black's point is clear af pawn does not help, e.g. 16. . .'it't7 ter 18.'liixf5 exf5 19.a4 (19.4:Jc6 'ttJf8 17.§.fel 'it'f6 18.4:Je4+ 'ttJe7 19.4:Jg5±. 20.§.f3 4:Je8+) 19... 4:Je6 20.§.f3 f6 17. .£)xe4 e5 18. .£)d6 Jlf5 19.§d2 21.4:Jg6 'ttJf7 + and Black wins. 19.c4!? h6 20.§fel ±. 19 •.. b5 20 . .£)b7 18•.. .£le81Ther e is no need to improve a5 21.§el §a7 22 . .£)c5 §e7 23.f3 White's pawn structure with 18. .. 'liixd3? b4 24.§ee2 e4!? 25 . .£lxe4 Jlxe4 19.cxd3. 19.�d2 .ldd6 20.g4 �h7 26.§d41 c5 27.§dxe4 §xe4 21.§a3? White blunders the exchange, 28.§xe4 §d8 29.§c4! §dl+ but even after the better 2l.f5 4:Je4 30.\t>f2 §al 31.b3 §xa2 32.\t>e3 22."fig2§.x c3 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.a5 hxa5 a4 33.bxa4 §xa4 34.§xc5 §a3+ 25.§.xa5 4:Jf6 26.§.f2 �e4 +, Black is 35. \t>d2 b3? winning. 21. .. f6 22 . .£ld3 .ldc4-+ and Black converted his advantage. Two points for 17... �f 5!. (Tl .02) Opening the Position: 14.c51± IfWhite firsttries to support an advance on the queens ide and in the center with 14.§.fdl?!, it gives Black the opportu nity to contest the queenside expansion: 14 ...c5 15.hxc5 hxc5 16.§.ahl 4:Jg5 17.4:Jxg5 �xg5 18.d5 itcH 19.ltc3 f5 with good counterplay, A.Lenz K.Lahno, Rethymnon 2003.; Exchang ing first is not the best move either: 35 ... §.a 1 gives Black drawing chances. 14.dxe5?! dxe5 15.c5 hxc5 16.hxa5 36.§c3 b2 37.§c8+ \t>f7 38.§b8 4:Jd6!=and Black equalizes. 14... bxc5 §al 39.§xb2 §gl 40.c4! §xg2+ If Black tries to sidestep the fo rk on c6 41.\t>c3 §g5 42.\t>b4 §f5 43.c5 with 14 ....ild5, White plays it anyway: \t>e7 44.§d2 §f4+ 45.\t>b5 §xf3 15.c6 .£Jdf6 (15... 4:Jh8 16.h5 +- ) 46.c6 §b3+ 47.\t>a6 h5 48.c7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.b5 ± (Ribli in CBM §a3+ 49.\t>b7 §b3+ 50.\t>c8 g5 99). 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.dxe5 51.§d7+ \t>e6 52.\t>d8 §c3 53.§d4 \t>e5 54.§b4 §d3+ 55.\t>e7 §c3 56.\t>d7 §d3+ 57.\t>c6 §c3+ 58.\t>b7 \t>f5 59.c8�+ §xeS 60.\t>xc8 g4 61.§b5+ 1-0 Te st 01 (Tl.OI) Simplification: 17.•. �f51 No! Black findsa way to neutralize the cen tralized steed. He could have gone wrong with 17 ...g6? after which 18.g4, The exchanges have resulted in both fo llowed by f5, gives White a strong sides having doubled pawns, but that is 172 Solutions where the similarity ends. Black's and against Black's light-squared doubled c-pawns are isolated and weak bishop. 16... 36.•• E!a6 37.f4 (Tl .03) Improving Piece Placement, The resulting bind on the light squares Bad Bishop: t6.4)g21 Played with the paralyzes Black. 21••. g xf6 21... .£\xf6? idea Jlf4, to play on the dark squares 22.g5 +- ; 2l ....ilxf 6? 22.g5 +- . 22.a31? 173 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 This quiet move emphasizes that Black squares). Stohl gives 36 ...' 22 .•.�c5 23.�xc5 dxc5 24.g5 ing attack. 37 ...,t;�f4! "iJ!e 38. 2+ ' 30.e51 This opens the position against Black's king and gives White's minor pieces more scope on the key light squares. 30... Jld5 3l.Jl.c4 }axe5 32.}ael? Anand probably missed Black's defense. Otherwise he would have certainly have played 32 . .ilxd5! §.xd5 33.§.el+ ' 174 Solutions 62.�xb6 E!xf3 63.�xf3 �h4 0-1 since it is easier fo r White's rooks to Two points fo r 39 ...d5!!; One fo r play a good role. 18.Axe7 �xe7 39 ....ll c8 to regroup the worst placed 19.f6 Psakhis has calculated that he can piece, if you want to play statically. neutralize this tactical shot. 19 ... �b7 20.fxg7 E!c81 21.�g4 4)d222.E{f2 (Tl.06) Improving Piece Placement: j}_xg2+ 23.E!xg2 E!xc3 24.�g5 22.j}.c21 Jl.f7 23.Ah3 E!ce8 24.�h4 f::le4 25.§.el §.c4+. 24.•. 4)e4 24.E!bd1 4)g5 25.4)f4 And Black 25.�d8+ �xg7 26.E!el? 26.'it'gl+. cannot bear the pressure against d5 fo r 26 .•.E{xc2 0-1 The text move is also long: 25 ...�d6 25 ...§.e3 26.4:\cxdS +- . very strong, but Psakhis could have 26.E!d31 26.4:\cxdS? runs into fo rced mate with 26 ...4:\f2+ 27.<;!igl 26 ...§.e2+! -+ . 26 .•. b5 26... 4:\d7 27.h6 f'lh3+28.<;!ihl §.x c2 -+ . Two points fo r g6 28.h7+ f::lxh7 29.f'le4 +- . 27.�g4 15... §.x c3! 16.hxc3 1l.c6. E!d7 28.h6 g6 29.4)cxd5 a5 30.h7+ 4)gxh7? 30 ...4:\fx h7? (Tl.08) Prophylaxis: 14.b41 This will 3l.f'lxf6+ f'lxf6 32.�xg5 +- ; 30... <;!;>h8!? neutralize Black's attempted play on the was called fo r, but White's advantage queenside and gets two points. is undisputed after 3l.a3. 31.4)xg6 14.axb5?! is less precise and gets one 1-0 And Black lost on time, but it is point. 14... axh5 15.b4 Black can now over anyway. 31...4:\xg6 32.4:\e7+ <;!;>f8 use the a6-square. The game position 33.4:\fS +- Three points fo r 22.Jlc2, is reached after 15... 4:\d7 (15... aa6? with the idea to fo llow up with Jlh3, 16.hxc5 h4 17.4:\d4 ±; 15... cxh 4? §.dl and f::lf4 . 16.4:\a2±; 15... c4?! 16.JlcU ); 14 . .llg5 gets one point. 14... h6 (14... c4?! (Tl .07) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 15.4:\d4;!;)15 .. Q..h4 .�d7 with a typical 15 ... E!xc31 16.bxc3 Jl.c6 17.Ag5 Benoni position. But the text is stron 17.�d3 �a8 18.Jlg5 .ll.xe4 19.�e2 ger. 14 ... 4)d71? None of Black's op 09. .llxe4? f::lxe4 -+ (Atlas in CBM 68)) tions helps. If 14 ...cxh4 15.§.xh4 a5 19... Jlxg2+ 20.�xg2 d5 '1'. 17 ..• 4)xe41 16.§.xh5! f::lxh5 17.4:\xb5 ;!; and White has the edge.; 14 ...c4 also leads to White's advantage after 15.Jlc2 f'lh5 (15... hxa4 16.4:\d4 .lld7 17 . .llxa4 f'lh5 18.Jlxh5 axh5 19.Af4;!;) 16 ...1le3 �h4 17.Ad4 ;!;.15 .axb5?1 Worth consider ation was 15. .lle3 cxh4 16.§.xh4 a5 17.§.hl (Even 17.§.xh5 axh5 18.4:\xh5 {:}e5 19.4:\ed4 is possible because ofthe strong outpost available to White's knights.) 17 ...h4 18.{:}h5;!;. 15.•. ax b5 16.Ae3 16. .llf4!?. 16 ... Aa6 17.�d2 4)e5 18.f4? 4)xd3 19.�xd3 f51 It is better to keep the light-squared Undermining White's proud center. bishops on the board as 17... Jlxe4 20.exf5 gxf5? Better is 20 ...§.x f5 and 18.Axe4 f::lxe4 19. .llxe7 Yi!xe720. �d5 Black has good play against White's d5- f::lf6 2l.�c6 is approximately equal, pawn. 21.E!f3 �d7 22.E!g3 �f7 175 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 23.�d2 �fd8 24.h3 'i!;lh8 25.�dl .§a3 as White replies 20 . .§al .§xb3 .Q.b7 26.bxc5 b4 27 . .Q.d41 21..§fcl ± with a clear edge.) 17.g3 )!;>e8 18.'ittg2 Slow and steady. The king goes to a white square, removing the possi bility of Black playing Ad4 with check. 18 ...h5 19 . .Q..dl Bringing the bishop to c2, where it not only helps hold the b pawn, but also supports White's in tended play on the kingside. 19... 'itt d7 20 . .ilc2 g5 21..§bel h4 Now White should have chosen 22.4Jd5! .ilxd5 23.exd5 .Q..f6 24.b4 4Jxa4 25 . .ilf5+± and wins.; 15... Ad4+ 16.'itthl b5!! is also playable and gets fo ur points, as This strong shot was probably missed .Q..d4+ is not the best option in some by Amason. 27 ... �e8 28.c6 bxc3 lines. Black remains on top after 29.�xc3 White is temporarily a piece 16.axb5 �c5 17.�abl 17. .§xa8 down, but has more than enough com Ad4+ 18.'it'hl .§xa8 19.Adl .§aU. pensation because of the strong pro 17 ... �a3 18.�d5 .Q.xd5 19.cxd5 tected passed c-pawn. 29 ••. .Q.a6 �xb3 20 . .Q.g5 .Q.d4+ 21.'i!;lhl 30.�el Threatening 31 .§xe8+. .Q.f6=i= 30..• .Q.f6 31.�e6+- �b4 32.c7 §c8 Of course, the pawn cannot be (Tl.IO) Undermining: 32 •.. .Q.xf31 taken. 33 • .Q.xf6+ �xf6 34.�xd6 33.'i!;lxf3 �c6 34.�d3 a5 Under §xc7 35.�xa6 �c8 36.�el �e8 mines White's pawns on the queens ide: 37.�e6 �xf4 38.t;\'e5 �fl+ 35.b5 35.bxa5 4Jxa5+. 35 ..• �b8 39.'i!;lh2�f8 40.�b5 Black can only 36.�d4 �d7 37 . .Q.c2 �c5+ and watch as White improves his position. Black had good prospects, but only 40 •.• f4 41.�g5 h6 42.�f5 t.\'g7 managed to draw. Two points, if you 43.�xf4 §xf4 44.�xf4 �xd5 1-0 saw ...Axf3. Black immediately resigned in view of the loss of the h6-pawn, although the (Tl.ll) Improving Piece Placement: position was already lost. 21. •• �d51 This solves all Black's "problems." Not 2l... .ilb7?? (TI .09) Opening the Position: The sur 22.4Jf5++- ; 21...th7 is also playable prising 15 •.. b511 earnsyou fivepoints, and gets one point, e.g. 22 . .§fdl e5 as it was the correct way fo r Black to 23.4Jxc6 �xe3 24.fxe3 .§xdl + continue his queenside play. In the 25 . .§xdl .ilb7 and Black is not worse, game, Black played 15... 4Jc5?. Now but the game continuation creates more White can open a second front on the pressure. 22.�xc6 This does not work kingside and slowly but surely increase out well, but what else does White the pressure. 16. .§ahl First things first. have? If 22 . .§xc6 �d7 (Not 22 ....ilb7? The b-pawn must be protected. 16 .. . 176 Solutions Black for choice. 22 ... t\'d6� (Tl.13) Weaknesses (bad bishop): 23.t\'b3?? White cracks under pressure 21.a4J;!;; Very well played. The knight and now loses by fo rce. Necessary was has an excellent outpost on c4. In addi either 23.�c3 aS 24.�f3 ..llb7 25.4Jd4 tion, the black queenside pawns on dark f!b8=i= or 23.f!c4 ..llb7 =i=,alt hough squares restrict the scope of the bishop. Black has the edge in both instances. With this one move, White secures the 23 ... .Q.d7 24.4)b4 If 24.�b7, then c4-outpost fo r his knight, keeps the 24 ...f!c 8 -+ and wins. 24... f!b8 black pawns on dark squares and keeps 2S.f!c4 aS 26.f!g4+ \t'f8 27.t\'e3 pressure on the weakened light squares axb4 28.t\'xh6+ \t'e7 0-1 The in the black position. 2l.'i!i'fl?! a4 gives checks - and the game - are over. One Black more counterplay. 21 ... f!ad8 point fo r 21...f!d5 and another one, if 22.g3 Another verygood move. Before you saw that 22.f!xc6 is met by undertaking activity in the center or on 22 ...�d7!. the queenside, White creates a secure spot fo r his king. Depending on how (TI.l2) Undermining: 1S.cSJ .Q.a7 If Black reacts, this move also prepares 15 ...dxc5 16.dxe5 .llxf3 17.gxf3 fx eS an eventual h2-h4-h5, attacking on the 18 . ..\lxeS4Jg6 19 .Ac3 ± and White con kingside. 22 ...\t'hS 23.\t'fl fS trols the board. 16.b6J Axf3 The 24.exf6 f!xf6 2S.f!xd8+ t\'xd8 wheels are coming off of Black's posi 26.4)ceS Slowly but surely White's tion. If 16 ...Ab8, then 17.bxc7 Axc7 pieces take over. 26... c4? Black is too 18.cxd6 .llxd6 19.dxe5 fx eS 20.4Jxe5± impatient in his attempt to gain some and White is winning.; Or 16... cxb6 activity fo r the bishop. Better was 17.cxd6 4Jg6 18.dxe5 fxeS 19 . ..\lbS 26... f!f 8, although after 27.f!e1 ;!;,it is f!ec8 20.a4 ± with a winning advantage not clear how Black can counter White's fo r White. 17.gxf3 .Q.b8 18.f!g1+ increasing pressure in the center. \t'f8 27.t\'x c4 JlcS?The logical fo llow-up to his twenty-sixth move, but neverthe less a mistake. Better was 27 ...�g8 28.f!el and only then 28 ....\lc S, but White is still the master of the position after 29.'i!i'g2 ±. 28.t\'xe6 1-0 After 28.�xe6, Black did not care to see 28. .. f!xe6 29.4Jf7+ 'i!i'g8 30.4Jxd8 f!f6 3l.'i!i'e2 f!d6 32.4Jb7 f!e6+ 33.'i!i'd3 f!f6 34.4Je5+- . One point fo r 2l.a4!, with the evaluation that White is slightly better. 19.f!d1J c6? Black is also lost after (Tl.14) Weaknesses: 21 ...fSJ A well 19 ...cxb 6 20.dxe5 dxcS 2l.exf6 4Jg6 conceived move, which earns youthree 22 . .\lbS ±. 20.dxeS fxeS 21.cxd6 points. Ehlvest reckons that the appar 4)dS22. e4 4)xb6 23.f4J f6 24.fxeS ent weakness of the e6-pawn will be 4)d72S ..Q.c4 1-0 One point fo r lS.cS! more than offset by the closing of the and one more fo r 15... Aa7 16.b6!. f- file,while at the same time he main- 177 The ChessC<:!fe Puzzle Book 2 tains pressure in the center and rior to Black's bishop, but fo r the dif queenside. 21...!2le7 gets two points. fe rence to be noticeable there has to be 22.Ael?l some simplification. 18••• E!ac8 19.E!ac1 19.l"'l.fel!?. 19••• a6 If Black tries to muddy the water, White comes out on top anyway: 19... !2lxd4!? 20.!2lxd4.Jlxb5 21 .!2lxb5§x cl 22.l"'l.xcl �xf2+ 23.'it'h2 t'H5 24.l"'l.c8+ 'it'g7 2'5.i;ltd4+ ±. 20.Axc6 Axc6 21. �a3 Ab5 22.E{fe1 E!xc1 23.E!xclAe2? White is under the impression that the bishop will be useful on the kingside. It won't. He should have tried the bet ter 22.l"'l.cl; fo r example, 22 ...!2lxe5 23.fxe5 �c4 24 ..1lg5 l"'l.e8'l'and Black still has a slight edge, but nothing like the game. 22 •••4) xe51 This minimizes the weakness on e6, removes the invad Not 23 .....1ld7? 24.i;lte7 §f7 25.i;lth4 ing knight and makes Black's advantage i;ltxb2 26.l"'l.c7 ..lle8 27.l"'l.c8 �b5 in the center and c-filemuch more tan 28.!2le5+- ; But 23 .....1lc4 would have gible. 23.fxe5 �c4 24.Ah4?1 A des been more tenacious. 24.4)g51 The perate attempt at counterplay. If 24 . ..1ld2 superior minor piece begins to make a a6 (weaker is 24 ...�xb5?! 25.axb5 !2lc7 difference. 24 .•• E!e8 25.�e3 �xb2 26 . ..1lg5 l"'l.d5 27.l"'l.cll"'l.x b5 28.c4 'i' and 26.E!c8 26.'1�H4 wins even quicker. although a pawn down, White's newly 26 .•• E!xc8 27.�xe6+ �g7 fo und piece activity will give him good 28. �e7+ �h6 29.4)f7+ �g7 play.) 2'5.�b2 �xa4 + and Black has a 30.4)g5+ �h6 31.4)e6 �c1+ clear advantage. 24•.• �xb 5 25.axb5 32.�h2 E!c6 33.�g7+ �h5 34.f4 E!d7 26.E!c1 E!c4 27.Ae1 4)c7 h6 35.�f6 g5 36• .£lg7+ 1-0 One 28.h3?1 Overlooking a simple shot. But point fo r 18. ..1lb5!. Black is also on top after 28.l"'l.bl l"'l.d5 29.l"'l.f2 !2lxb530.l"'l.b3 !2lc7 3l.§a2 §b5 (Tl.l6) Weaknesses: 7 •.• .£jfd7! was 32.l"'l.xb'5 !2lxb5 +. 28•.• E{d xd4! 0-1 It necessary and earnsyou all fo ur points. just was not lvanchuk's day. 28... l"'l.dxd4 In the game, Black continued in hack 29.cxd4 l"'l.xcl 30.'it'fl !2lxb5-+ and neyed fa shion. 7 ...!2lbd7? White now Black wins. demonstrates how to take advantage of the light squares. 8.g4 ..llg6 (Or 8 .....1le4 (T I.I5) Weaknesses: 18.Ab51 The be 9.f3 ..llg6 10.h4 h5 11.4:Jxg6 fxg6 ginning of a deeply conceived plan. 12 . ..1ld3 +- ; If 8 ...!2lxe5, then 9.dxe5 White's knight may prove to be supe- !2lxg4 1 0:�a4+! 'it'e7 11.�b4+ +- and 178 Solutions White is winning.) 9.h4 h6 10.4Jxg6 27 ....§f 8 28.g5 .§a5 29 . .§e1 .§b8 fxg6 Black's light-squared bishop is 30.Ad3 .§g8 31.'it>d2±. 28.Etf6 Eta5 gone and Black's pawn structure busted. 28 ...'lt>d8 29 ..1l xe6 fxe6 30 . .§xe6 .Q.d7 White continues to apply pressure on 3l..§d6 .§a7 32.e6+- . 29.Etxe6+ the weakened light squares in Black's Cit'd8 30.Etd6+ Cit'e7 3l.Ete6+ Cit'd8 camp with deadly precision. 1 Llld3 32.Etf6 Etxe5 33.Axf7 Cit'e7 34.g5 'it>f7 12:-{;kz4Jxg4 Since nothing more Etxg5 35.Ete6+ Cit'f8 36.Axe8 1-0 can be done about g6, Black snaps off Two points fo r 24.e5!. a pawn and straps himself in fo r the ride. 13.Axg6+ 'it>g8 14.4Jxd5 exd5 15:\11f5 (T2.02) Opening the Position: l.h41 Black's light squares appear to have a White's h-pawn is the crowbar looking "Welcome" sign posted on them fo r to pry open Black's position. 21." 17:l1l'xg4 4Jf8 18.Ad3 The weak light 21. ••b6 lf21...h5 22.g4 hxg4 23." " after8.g4 Ag6 9 • .£Jxg6 9.h4?! 4Jxe5 10.dxe5 h5 'i'.9 ••. hxg6 10.Ag2 .£Jc6=. Te st 02 (T2.01) Domination, Weaknesses: 24.e51 Nunn installed a bind on the dark squares. 24 •••dxe5 24 ...d5 25. .1ld3 c5 26. .§h7 .§g8 27 . .§1h6 g5 28.f5 ±. 25.fxe5 White's e-pawn seems to be weak, but this cannot really be ex The rook swings over to the kingside to ploited. Remember: a weakness that can finish the job started by the rambunc not be exploited is no weakness. On the tious h-pawn. 29 ••• Etd8 30.Etxd8 other hand, Black's weaknesses will �xd8 3l.Etg3 31.4Jxh6+- was even soon come under strong pressure. quicker. 3l...�f8 32• .£jxh61 Axh6 25.•• a5 26.Eth7 a4 27.Etfl Ae8?1 33. �g6+ Cit'h8 34.Eth3 �g7 179 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 35.�xh6+ \t'g8 36.'l,te8+ 1-0 Two enteenth move. Or 16 .. :�c6 17.<£lxc5 points for h4. (17.�e3!? is worth consideration) 17... Axc5 18.<£le1 '{;lc7 19.-'l.xcS bxcS (T2.03) Weak Color Complex: 8. 'ltd31 20.Axb7 �xb7 21. 9.<£llc3 (9.e5!?) 9 ... 4Jc6(9 ... a6? 10.<£la4 rest of us mere mortals. 20 •.•'lta5 '{;lb4+ 11.<£lbc3 f:lc6 12.0-0-0 �f8 21.Jl,xc5 'l,txc5 22.4)e5 Jlxg2 13.a3 '{;le7 14.<£lb6+-) 10.0-0-0 13.4)d4+- and Black is in dire straits. ade on e4. 10.•. fxg4 10 .. .fxe4 11.<£ld2 Two points fo r 8.�d3 d6 9.e5!. e3 12.fxe3 e4 (12... <£lf6 13.<£lde4 ±) 13.<£ldxe4 <£lf6 14.4::\xf6+ Axf6 (T2.04) Simplification:13.e51 lt might 15.�d3±; 10.. .f4 11.<£ld2 and White's appear that this releases the tension pre space advantage on the queenside gives maturely, but Salov has seen deeper. him good chances on that wing, while 13 •.• dxe5 Taking the f3-knight does Black's play on the kingside is stopped not work: 13... Axf 3? 14 . .llxf3 dxeS fo r good. 11.4)h2 4)f6 12.4)xg4 15.�e3 e4 16. 180 Solutions 21.4)g3 Ads 22.§act Ab6 compensation. 20 ...t\'b6 21.§bl 23.dxc6+ bxc6 24.c5 dxc5 t\'a7 22.h3 §e8 23.t\'f2 t\'a6 25.§hdl 25.Axc5 is also good. 24.4)dl?Better is 24:l;Jf4 after which 25 ...Cit'c7 26.Cit'c4 §adS 27.f3 there would fo llow 24 ...Ele 6!, with the §hf8 28.a4 a6 29.§al a5 30.§acl idea of bringing the bishop into the .1l.a731 .4)f54)d5?1 32. .1l_d24)b6+ game. Agreeing to exchanges at this 33.Cifi'b3§d3+ 34.§c3 c4+ 35.Cit'c2 point would only ease White's posi §f6? 36.§xd3 cxd3+ 37.Cit'b3 c5 tional problems. 25.Elfl .Jle7=i=. 38 . .1l_xa5 Cit'b7 39 . .1l.xb6 §xb6+ 24 ... 4)xa 4 25.4)b2 t\'b6 26.e4 40.Cit'c3 c4 4t.Cit'xc4 §xb2 t\'b3 27.§ccl 4)xb2 28.e3 4)xe4 42.§xd3 §c2+ 43.Cit'd5 §c5+ 29.§xb2 t\'a3 30.Jl,.xe4 §xe4 44.Cit'e6 Ab8 45.§d7+ Cit'b6 31.§el §e7 46.§h7 §c6+ 47.Cit'f7 §c3 48.§xh6+ Cit'a5 49.§h8 Aa7 50.§a8 1-0 Five points fo r 10.g4!!. (T2.06) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 17 ... .1l_xf5 17 ...El e6? 1 8.Ad4 El ae8 19.4Je3 Ah5 20.Ah3 Ag6 21.�d2 4Jfe4 22.4Jxe4 Elxe4 23.tk3 and White is not much worse. 18.t\'xf5 §xe31 18 .. :�xh2? 19.Axc5 dxc5 20:�hl! and White's activity compensates fo r the pawn deficit. 19.fxe3 t\'xb2 20.§c2 Black has more than enough material fo r the exchange and the static weak nesses in White's pawn structure re main. As long as Black remains patient and careful, this should be enough to win. 32.§ee2 t\'c5 33.t\'f4 a4 34. t\'d4 t\'a5 There is no reason to exchange queens and straighten out White's pawns at the same time. 35.t\'b6 t\'c3 36.t\'b4?1 t\' x b4 37.§xb4 §e4 38.§xb7 §xc4 39.§a7 d5 Fixing the e3-pawn and Let's evaluate the position. For the clearing the way fo r the bishop to re slight cost of about a pawn, Black has enter the game. 40. Cit'f2a3 4t.§a8 g6 shattered White's pawn structure, leav 42.Cit'et§cl + 43.Cifi'f2Cit'g7 44.§a4 ing him with fo ur pawn islands, two iso Cit'f6 45.§el §c2+ 46.§e2 §c3 lated pawns and one set of doubled iso 47.Cit'etCit'e5 48.Cit'd2 §b3 49.Cit'c2 lated pawns. If, instead of the game §b2+ 50.Cit'd3 E!bt 5t.h4 Ab4 move, White tries 20.4Je4, then 52.Cit'c2 §b2+ 53.\!jld3 §b3+ 20 ... 4Jfxe4 2Ulxe4 g6 22.i;Yf3 i;;lte5 54.Cit'c2§c3+ 55.Cit'd2 Whitec5 can 23.Jlc2 Ele8 gives Black wonderful only watch as Black tightens the noose. 181 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 56.g4 Attempted deflection number one. 13... �d8 14.�c6 19.4)xe6 4)xe6 20 • .1l,xe6+ At minimum, White misses his chance to tempted deflection number two. make a decisive breakthrough. He 20 ... 182 Solutions 31.�h6+ .£lg7 32.i.tg6! +- White did not getanother chance like this, and the game was eventually drawn. One point fo r 19.b4! and the second fo r 20 ....£lg7 2l.g4!. (T2.09) Improving Piece Placement: 28 •.• 4)e61?+ Black's knight is nicely placed in the center, but it has no real job to do. So Berg redeploys it to f4 , where it makes White's king feel ner vous. 29.f3 4)f4 30.§.el 30.�xa7 e4 31.fxe4 dxe4 32J:'!xc6 (32.i.tfl .£lh3+ 12 ...i.txf 3 Probably the best. Also: a) 33.gxh3 �g5+ -+ ) 32 ...bxc6 33.i.txe4 12 ...Ab4 tryingto hold on to the bishop .£lh3+ 34.gxh3 �fl + 35.'it>h2 �f4 + -+ . loses to 13.exf7+ \t>e7 (or 13... \t>fB 30 ... �g5 31.�h2?1 �h4+ 32.�gl 14. .£lg5 �c8 15. .£le6+ \t>xf7(15 ... \t>e7 �g5 33.�h2?1 §.e8?1 33... e4 34.fxe4 16.�e2 'it>xf7 17.�e5 +- ) 16. .£lc7+ �h4+ 35.\t>gl d4!! -+ . 34.Jl.,bl?l \t>f8 17. .ild2 .ild6 18.1':!ael+- and c:.34.l':!edl +. 34.•. �h4+ 35-�gl wins.) 14 . .£lg5 �b6 15.�e2+ 'it'd8 �g3 36.�hl �h4+ 37-�gl �g5 16. .£le6+ \t>c8 17. .1le3+- ;b) 12... i.ta5 38.�h2 d4 39.�f2 �h5+ 40.�gl again trying to keep the cleric loses to �g5 41.�h2 Jlxf3 42.�g3 1 3.exf7+ \t>f8 03 ...\t>e7 14 . .£lg5 +- ) 42.gxf3? �h5+ 43.\t>gl (43.\t>g3? 14. .£lg5 �e7 (14... �c8 15. .ilf4.ilb4 �h3 #) 43 ....£lh3 +-+ ; 42.�xf3? �h4+ 16.�d2 .ile7 17.1':!ael .£lc6 18 . .£le6+ 43.\t>gl �xel+-+. 42 ... �xg3+ \t>xf7 19. .£lxg7+ \t>g6 20 . .1lh6 �g4 43.�xg3 Jl.,c6 44.-'l.e4 Jlxe4 2l.�c2+ \t>xh6 22. .£lf5++-) 15. .ile3 45.§.xe4 4)h5+ 46.�f2 4)f6 .ilb4 16.1':!ael+- ; c) And if 12 ...fxe6, 47.§.el �h7 48.§.c2?1 48.\t>e2 was then 13.�xc3 .1ld5 14. .£lg5 ±; 13.exf7+ more tenacious. 48 •.. e4 49.§.c7 d3 (after 12... .1lxf3) 13... \t>f8 (13... \t>e7 50.§.fl e3+ 51.�el e2 52.§.gl 14.�xc3 .ild5 15.1':!dl 'it'xf7 4)d5 53.§.d7 4)b4 54.�f2 §.f8+ 16 ..1lg5 +- ) 14.bxc3 .lld5 lS.l':!dl ±; 55.�el 4)c2+ 56.�d2 §.fl 0-1 The second possibility fo r Black is One point fo r 28... .£le6 and one fo r the ll...exd5, after which there fo llows assessment that Black is clearly better. 12.1':!el+ .lle7 13.i.tg5 0-0 (13... d4? 14. .1lxf6 (14.§xe7+!?) 14 ...gxf 6 (T2.10) Opening the Position: ll.d511 15. .£lxd4 �xd4 16. .£ld5 .£lc6 White charges fo rward in the center. 17.§adl +- ) 14.§adl t with advantage Black has a number of alternatives, but to White.; Finally ll... .llxd5!?12 . .£lxd5 all fa ll short. 11 ... 4)xd5?1 This is what exd5 (12... .£lxd5 13. .1lg5t) 13.i.tg5 the Hungarian grandmaster played. 0-0 14.1':!adlt also gives White the ad There are three other moves to be con vantage. 12.4)xd5 Jl.,xd5 12... exd5!? sidered. The first is ll...i.txc3?, after leads to great complications after which White does not immediately take 13 . .1lg5 f6 (Not 13... �d7? 14.1':!fel+ the bishop, but plays 12.dxe6. Black 'it>f8 (14... .1lxel 15.1':!xel + 'it'f8 then has fo ur possibilities. 16.�c5+ \t>g8 17.1':!e7 h6 18.1':!xd7 183 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 �xd7 19. �c7 +- ) 15.�e5 �c8 Yi!e7 19.Yifc8+ �d8 20.�xd8+ 'l!txd8 16.�xc8+ .llxc8 17.l=!ecl �d7 21..§xd6+ ± and White should win the 18.Jlxd5+- and White is winning.) ending without much problem.) 16.�c6 14.l=!fel+ (Also worth consideration is fxg5 17 . .§xd7 (Also worth consider 14.Ad2!?) 14 ...Jlxel 15.l=!xel+ 'l!tf7 ation IS 17.�e5!?) 17 ...ihd 7 16.�e5+! (Not I6:ii1f5?.§e8! (16 ... '1!tf8? 18.�xa8+ ±. 15.�fd1+- .£Jd7 Of 17.�d4 Ac8 18.l=!e6 .§a7 19.Axf6 .§f7 course not 15 ... ll.xg5?! 16. .§xd8+ Axd8 20.Axg7+ 'l!tg8 2l.�e5 .!lxe6 17.�c8+-. 16.Axe7 �xe7 If the 22.�xe6 +- ) 17.l=!xe8 'l!txe8 (Or queen recaptures, White wins with 17.. :�xe8 18.Axd5+ Jlxd5 19.thd5+ 16 ... �xe7 17.�c6 l=!a7 (Or 17 ... l=!d8 'it'f8 20. �xa8 (Perhaps 20.Ae3!?) 18.�e5 f6 19.�xd7 .§xd7 20 . .§xa6+ 20.. .fxg5 21.h3 ;!; and White has a slight and wins.) 18.�e5 Yifc519.� xc5 �xc5 edge.) 18.�e6+ �e7 19.�g8+= and 20 . .§acl l=!c7 21.b4 f6 22.�d3 +- and White has a slight advantage.) 16 ...'1!tg8 White wins the exchange and the game. (Not 16... '1!tf8? 17.�c5+ 'l!tg8 17 . .£Je5.£jx e5 17... .§c8 does not help: 18. .§dl +- ) 17 . .§dl 'l!tf8 (or 17 ...�d7 18.�e2 l=!c7 19. .§xd7+ .§xd7 18.�c6+-) 18 . .ilxd5 .ilxd5 19.tk5+ 20.�c6+ +- . 18.�c5+ �f6 19.�xd8 �e7 09... '1!tg8 20 . .§xd5 �e8 21..§d6 �hxd8 20.f41 1-0 20.f4! and if the �xe5 22.�xe5 fxe5 23.l=!d8+ +- ) knight moves, 20 ...�d3? Black gets 20.�xd5 fxg5 (20 ...�xe5 2l.�xe5 mated. (Of course, on 20 ...l=!d5 simply fxe5 22 . .§d8+ 'l!tf7 23.l=!xh8+-) 21.fxe5++-) 21.�g5 # Two points fo r 21.�xa8 �xe5 22.�b7 �e8 23.l=!cl ll.d5!! and two more, if you saw that �c6 24 .�xc6 �xc6 25.l=!xc6± and 13.Jlg5 gives White a powerful initia White has a winning endgame. tive afterboth recaptures 12 ...Jlxd5 and 13.Jlg51 Jlxb3 White has a strong 12... exd5 . initiative after 13... f6 14.Axd5 exd5 15.Jle3 �d7 (also White has the edge (T2.1l) Blockade: 24 • .£je41 White's after 15 ...0-0 16.�b3 �c6 17. .§fdl t .) domination on the light squares gives 16. .§acl0-0 17:{ij sition. 24 ••• �c8 24 ...�e6 25.Axf6 (25.�xf6 gxf6 26.Ae3 c5 27.bxc5 bxc5 Although this looks to be the most natu 28.Yifc3 �d6 29.Jlfl ±) 25 ...gxf 6 ral, it is not the best move. Better is 26. .§bcl .§d4 27.f3 ±. 25.�bc1�a7?1 14... f6 ! 15.l=!fdl �d7 (Or 15... .1ld6 25 ...h6 26 . .ilxf6 gxf6 27. �e2 'l!tg7 16 . ..1lxf6 gxf6 17.�e4 f!a7 18.t:'Yxe6+ 28.g4 ..llg6 29.�g3 ±. 26.Jlxf6 gxf6 184 Solutions 27."�e2 c5 28.b5 Jl> (T2.16) Opening the Position: 23.g41 23.h3 .:£\cS 24.g4?! fxg4 25.hxg4 can be met by 25 ...Jlxg 4!; 23 . .:£\bS .lld7 24.a4�. 23 ...f> 15... .:£\cS? 16.Axf6 Axf6 17.�xd6 �xd6 18.l"!.xd6 Jle7 19.l"!.d2 f6 20 . .:£\d5 ±. t6."�> (T2.14) Improving Piece Placement: 26 ...Ad7?1 26 ....:£\cS 27.l"!.f4 .lld7 18 ... 13.d41 is the best option, as it 28.l"!.h4 and White has a strong initia threatens to bring Black's last inactive tive. 27.4)e6+�f7 27 ...'i!i'e7 28. l"!.gl unit (the f8-rook) into play with the l"!.h8 29.l"!.g7+ l"!.f7 30.f6+ 'i!te8 greatest possible effect. 18 ...�e6, 3l.l"!.fl ± 0 28.13.gl l3.g8 29.13.> 185 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 �e7 34.'it'h4±. 3l.�xh3 �b4 terpart. These kinds of endings, with 32.�h4 �d3 33.�xh5 §f7 one side having a clearly worse minor 34.'ifi'g5 �f2?1 35.E!f1 �d3 piece, are not that uncommon and the 36.§h1+ E!h737 .§xh7+ �xh7 student should note how well 38.�f8+ 1-0 Two points fo r 23.g4, Khalifman handles it. The winning plan and two more if you calculated until for White is as fo llows: The first phase 26.'iti>h2.Two points fo r 23.4Jb5 Ad7 is to exchange the heavy pieces - the 24.a4. rooks will come off. Then, making sure as many black pawns as possible remain Test 03 on white squares, thereby continuing to limit the scope of the bishop, White will (T3.01) Opening the Position: 42.f511 exchange his bishop fo r the black e5 Or 42... exf 5 43.4Jf4 4Ja6 44.4Je6 knight. Finally, alternatingthe threat of Ac7 45.4Je7 +- (Dautov in CBM 81); winning material with an invasion of the 42 ...gxf 5 43.4Jf4+- is also winning fo r black position with the king, Black White. 43.dxe5 fxe5 44.4)xe5 .Q.f6 eventually is in zugzwang. Watch how Or 44 ...gxf 5 45.4Ja7 and wins. "Alexander the First" carefully imple 45.4)g4+ �g7 46.fxg6 'ifi'xg6 ments this plan. 47.h5+ 'it'g748.h6+ �g6 49.4)xf 6 �xf6 50.4)e7 d4 51.�g3 1-0 The white king is "in the square" and there fo re Black resigns. Two points fo r 42.f5!!. (T3.02) Weaknesses: 18.a51 Forcing the advance of the black b-pawn. All of a sudden, the Achilles' heel of Black's position is evident: the bishop on b7. Its mobility has been severely restricted by its own pawns on the white squares. 18 ...b5 19.4)a2Als o worthconsider 21 ...�f8 22.�fl h6 23.�e1 �e7 ation is 19.4Ja4!? 4Jd7 (19... bxa4? 24.�d2 �d6 25.f3 E!xc126 .E!xc1 20:�xb7 §fb8 2l.i!rc6± (Donev in E!c8 27.E!xc8j}_x c8 Phase one: mis CBM 72); 19 ...e5? 20.dxe5 i!rxeS sion accomplished. 28 . .Q.e2 Jl.b7 21.4Jc5 Ac8 22.'�b4 ±; 19 ...§f c8? 29.4)d3 4)d7 30.f4 Jl.c6 31. .Q.h5 20.4Jb6 §xcl+ 2l.§xcl §e8 f6 32.�c3 �e7 33.�b4 �d6 Oth 22.iirc3 ±) 20.4Jc5 LLlxcS 2l.§xc5 erwise the white king breaks into the §ac8;!;.19 ... §fc8 20.'lltb4 'lltxb4 black position via c5. 34 . .Q.e8 4)b8 20 ...i!rd7 2l.§xc8+ §xc8 22.§cl §c7 35. .Q.g6 Not 35.Axc6 4Jxc6+ and it is 23.§c5;!;.21. 4) xb4 We have an Black who is winning! 35 ...Jl.d7 endgame that looks almost equal, but 36.�c3 4)c637.b4 Not only protect in fa ct it is not, mainly because of ing the a5-pawn, but fi xing the black Black's "bad" bishop. Although White's queenside pawns on white squares. bishop is not exactly dominating the 37 ... 4)e7 38 . .Q.h5 4)f5 39.�d2 board, it is better than its black coun- .Q.c8 40.4)c5 4)e7 41 . .Q.f3 4)c6 186 Solutions 42.�c3 f5 Another black pawn to a 87.4)d3 Ae6 88.4)c5 Ac8 89.h5 white square. 43.Ah5 �e7 44.4)d3 1-0 Two points fo r 18.aS!. Ad7 45 . .£lc5 Acs 46.Af3 g6 47.g4 �d6 48.h4 fxg4 49.Axg4 (T3.03) Outpost: 13... g511 14.f5 14.fxg5 h5? The h-pawn joins its brethren on hxg5 15. ..1lxg5 4JeS 16.�g3 06.�xf6 white squares. 49 ...4Je7 was called fo r, ..llxf6 17 ..1l xf6 '{;lb6 18 .. llxh8 �xd4+ after which White still has to work to 19.�hl �cS -+ ) 16 ...4Jfxg4 17 . ..1lxe7 exchange his bishop for the black 't;xe7 18.h3 �b6 -+ . 14 ...4)e 5 knight. 50.Af3 4)e7 51.e4 dxe4 15.�h3 1 S.�g2 't;d7 16.h3 (16. ..1le2 52.Axe4 4)d5+ 53.Axd5 exd5 h5) 16 ...hS gives Black a strong initia Phase two: mission accomplished. tive in both cases. 15 ... �d7! 54.�d3 �e7 55.�e3 �f6 56.�f3 Ag4+ 57.�f2 Ac8 58.�e3 �f5 59.�f3 �f6 60 . .£ld3 Ag4+ 61.�g3 Af5 62.4)c5Ac8 63 • .£lb3 Ag4 64.�f2 Af5 65 . .£ld2 Acs 66.4)fl Ae6 67 . .£le3�f7 68.�g3 �g7 The king secures the center itself! 16.Ae2 h5 17.fxe6+ fxe6 18.gxh5 g4 19.�g2 E!xc31 This typical ex change sacrifice destroys White's hopes completely. 20.bxc3 Axe4 21.�f2 4)xh5 22.J}.f4 g31 23.hxg3 4)xf4 24.�xf4 E!hl+ 25.�f2 E!h2+ 69.f5!1 gxf5 70.�f4 �f6 The tem 26.�e3 Ag5 27.�xe4 Axf4 porary sacrificeof the pawn has resulted 28.gxf4 E!h3 29.4)xe6 �xe6 0-1 in two possible entry squares for the Three points fo r 13... gS!!. white king: e5 and g5. Black cannot keep White from both and also hold (T3.04) A Second Front: 24.a4!! Here both the d5- and f5 -pawns. 71.4)c2 it is - the second fro nt. 24.l'Hh7? This Ad7 72.4)e1 Ac8 73 . .£ld3 Ae6 dissipates White's advantage. 24 ...Ag7 74.�f3 �e7 75.�g3 �f6 76.4)c5 25.§.xd8+ 't;xd8 26.§.xg7 "iflxg7 Ac8 77.�f4 Phase three: mission ac 27:#Jxe64Jf5 28 ...QAS gxf') 29.�xf5 h4 complished. It is time to bring the fu ll 30.�d2 't;e7 3l.�e4 �g')+ 32.'t;c2 point home. 77 ... �g6 78.�e5 f4 't;e6 33.�c6+ �f7=; 24.§.8117 ..llg7 79.�xf4 �f6 80.�g3 �g7 25.§.1h6 is also quite strong and gets st.�f3 �g6 82 . .£ld3 Ag4+ three points, e.g. 25 ...§.f 8 26.f4 �g8 83.�e3 Ae6 84.4)f4+ �f5 27.§.h2�f7 28.'t;dl. 24 ... 4)f5 Black 85.4)xh5 �g4 86.4)f4 Jl.f7 is also in trouble after other moves: 187 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 24 ...a6 25.1'!lh 7 ..llg7 26.l'!xd8+ 'it'xd8 27 .1'! xg7 'li:txg7 28. 'li:txe6 4::\ecS 29.aS +- ; 24 ...bxa4 2S.d5 +- ; 24 ... b4 25.a5 4::\bdS 26.l'!lh7 ..llg7 27.l'!xd8+ 'it'xd8 28.l'!xg7 'li:txg7 29.'li:txe6 4:\c7 30.'li:td6+ 'it'c8 31 .a6+- ; 24 ...4:lxa4 25.d5 4::\cS 26.d6 4::\fS 27.l'!lh7 .llg7 28 . .1lc6+ +- ; 24 ...c3 2S.l'!lh7 .llg7 26.l'!xd8+ 'it'xd8 27.bxc3 (T3.05) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 35... f!c3l Off ering a second exchange sacrifice! 36 . .£)xc3 If White declines the second giftby 36.4:ld4,then he loses after36 ....1lc5 37.l'!edl Axd4 38.l'!xd4 Jl.f3-+. 36... bxc 3 37.f!c2 titxb3 38.f!ecl Ab4 39.g4 White can only watch and wait on the queenside. 39... Jl,xc2 40.f!xc2 "titxa4 188 Solutions White tries to open the position fo r his permanentweakness, his light-squared bishop. If he goes afterthe black pawns bishop has much less scope compared with 33.Ae8, the game is equal after to its black counterpart and White must 33 ...f6 34.'it'f2 (34 . .ilf7 .t\g2=) try to exchange off the black knight, 34 ...-tlg6=. And ifWhite tries to fo rce which intends to increase the pressure the issue, he may even lose: 35.Axg6? on the white e-pawn, even though the hxg6 36.'it>e2 (Or 36.f4 'it'a'5 37.c4 exchange will not provide that much 'it'xa4-+ ) 36 ...'it>a'5 37.'it>d3 'it'xa4 relief fo r White. 32.�c5 �d7 38.c4 '\t>b4-+ . 33 ...dx c4 34. 189 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 ploy his fo rces effectively, while White E!d8 29.'it'xe2 �xg3 with attack controls the center and can easily in (Hansen). 24... �f6 25. (T3.1 1) Bishop-Pair, Weaknesses: 17.-'tfl!The intention is to maximize the pressure against Black's key de Now Karpov startsan irresistible attack fe nder. 17 ... Af4 The attempt to hold with opposite-colored bishops: on the kings ide by 17 ...f6 runs into 20.�xe611 �a7 20 ... fxe6 2I.Axc6 18.f!e6+ 'it'd8 (18... rtlt7? 19.Ac4! +- ) f!a7 22.'(';'fxe6+ 'it'g7 23.Ad7 +- . 19.Ah3 §f720.f! ed6 't!teH 2Ule6 21.�xg6+1 fxg6 2l...'it'fH 22.�h3 +- ; f!h722 .Jlxd7+f!cxd7 23.8xf 6+- win 21...'it'h7 22.�h3+ 'it'xg6 23.Ae4+ f5 ning at least a pawn with a winning 24..�xf5++-. 22.�e6+ (T3.10) Weak Color Complex: 23... h51 Black wants to take control over the Before rounding up the f4 -pawn, White dark squares to make White's king suf takes steps to limit the activity of the fe r. 24.�e3 24.E!hl d5! (24 ...h4?! black knight. 20 ... 190 Solutions 23.'it'd3!, activating the king: 23 ...f'5 enough to win after 23.E!c3 E!cd8 24J''!xg6 (24.c5 Three points for 17 .Afl . 23 •.• axb5? 23 ...c5 is not really an im provement. White is winning after 21 •.•4)e8 22.E{c4 (T3.12) Blockade: 24.bxa6 bxa6 2'5.E!c3 ± (Atalik). b6 23.Ete4 23.E!a4 is met by 23 ...a5. 24.E{xb5 cxb5 25.�xc8+ 4)f8 23 ... 4)d6 24.E{e7 4)c4 25.Etf2 26.axb5 �xb5 27.E{b1 tta6 4)xb2 26.Eta7 4)c4 26... a5 27.E!b7 28.�xb7 White is winning, but he 27.E{f4 4)e3 Jlg4 2l.Ae2 E!f3 -+ . 18 .•. 4)g4 19.�g1 f3 and the wheels have come off of White's position, so ... 0-1 Two points fo r 14 ...f4 and two more fo r 15.i;1h4 .llxf2+. (T3.15) Undermining: 31.e31± Going after the support of the c3-kn ight. 31. ..jlb6 32.exd4 j}.xd4? Black should tryto maintain the knight with a pawn by recapturing 32 ...exd4 33.f5 g5 Black tries to stem the rising tide on the 34.E!el h'5 35.Ag2 'it't7 36 . .Jlc6 E!d8 queenside. If 21...4:lg6 22.b'5 axb5 37 .h3 ± and though White certainly has 23.axb5 191 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 Test 04 (T4.01) Outpost: 1 ...�e81? By head ing fo r d4 with the knight, that's how! Also worth consideration was 1 ....§.d 6!?. This gets one point. 2.Ae1 �c7 3.ftc1 �e64.'1#ic2 If White tries to keep Black out of d4 by playing 4.Af2?, Black switches to 4 ...4Jf4 and wins af ter 5.�c2 �xc2 6 . .§.xc2 Axc3 -+ (Dunnington). 4 ...'1#ib6+ 5.'1#if2�d4 6.�h1 'l#ib3 This position is similar 36.jlxa4 bxa4 37.Axc3 dxc3 to the starting position, except fo r the 38.cifjle2 g5 39.f5 fte8+ 40.Cifi'f3 mighty knight. Two points fo r 1...4Je8, ftc8 41.ftc2White begins the process with the idea to transfer it to e6, where of surrounding and then winning the it has many good squares available. black c3-pawn. 41 ...h5 42.d4 g4+ 43.Cifi'e4 Cifi'h644.d5 fte8+45.Cifi' d4 (T4.02) Bishop-Pair, Weak Color Com Cifi'g5 46.ftxc3 �xf5 White's ad plex: 17.f61 White tries to get fu ll con vanced d5-pawn and centralized king, trol over the light squares. A typical along with Black's double and isolated strategy of the bishop-pair: the stron a-pawns should be enough to win. ger the unchallenged bishop, the more 47. .§d3 h4 48.gxh4 ftc8 49.h3 problems fo r the opponent! 17.g6 gets gxh3 50.ftxh3 ftc1 51.h5 Cifi'g4 one point. 17 ...Af8 17 ...gxf 6 18.g6 52• .§c3 fte1 53.d6 fte8 54.h6 f5 Af8 19.Af5 4Jg7 20.Ae4 E!c8 55.Cifi'd5 f4 56.d7 ftd8 57.�e6 2l.�d3 t. 18.fxg7 �xg7 18... Axg7 Black could resign with a clear con 19.g6 �f6 20.�d3 t. 19.gxh6 19.g6!? scious now. 57 •.•fth8 58 ..§c8 ftxh 6+ was an option as well, e.g. 19 ...fxg6 59.Cifi'e5 f3 60.ftg8+ 1-0 One point 09... f5 20.f4 Ac5 21.fxe5 4Jxe5 fo r 31.e3!. 22.Ag2 .§.c8 23.4:'!xd4 t) 20. .§.xg6 4Je7 21..§.gl 4Jef5 22.f4 t. 19... �h5 (T3.16) Weaknesses: 16.�b5! Hitting 20.'I#Jd3 Axh6? o20 ....§.x h6;!;. the queen and d6. 16.•• jlxb5? Black 21.'l#ie4 'i#!d6 assists White creating pressure down the a-file. Better is 16 ...�b8! 17.4Jxd6 .§.cd8 18.4Jc4 (18.c4 �xd6 19.Axf7+ .§.xf720.�xd6 Ae8 and wins the queen back, when White is only slightly bet ter.) 18... Ae6 19.�e2 AxdS 20.exd5 .§.xdS 21.b4 4Jd7 22.4Je3 .§.d6 23.4Jd2 ;!;.17 .axb5 'l#ie7 18.�d2 Ag5 19.�bl?! 1-0 White should have chosen 19.4Jc4!.§.f d8 20.�g4 .§.c7 2l.g3 ± One point fo r 16.4Jh5!. 192 Solutions 22• .£1> 22••• .£J> 24. 'lta7+ 24.'l;t"xh8 ? <£\xf3+ 25. 'it>e2 15... e5? 16.Ah3 f5 17.Ag5 ±. 16• .£Jd5 (25.'it>fl <£\d2+ 26.'it>el= (26.'it>g2?? 16.Ah3!?. 16••• .Q.d8 16... .1l xd5 -t;irdS •; 26.'it>e2? <£\f4+ 27.'it>el <£\f3+ 17.cxd5 e5 18 . .§.c6 'l;t"b7 (18... h6 28.'it>fl <£\xh2+29.'it>el <£\g2+ 30.Axg2 19.i;j-c3 <£\ef6 20.Ae3 <£\g4 2l..§.cl±) "t;ird2# )) 25 ...<£\f 4+ 26.'it>xf3 e4+ 19 . ..1lg5 f6 20.i;j-cl <£\c7 21.Ah3±. 27. 'it>> 29 . .§.adloo ; 27.'it>e3 28.'it>g3 'l;t"xh3•) 27 ...i;j-dS+ 28.'it>e3 (T4.05) Weaknesses: 28 • .Q.> 24••• �f8 25.'lta8+ 2S.'it>fl <£\f6 26. .§.dl .ile3 27 . .ilxe3 .§.xh3 28.Axd4 exd4 29 . .§.xd4 .§.xf 3+ 30.'it>e2 +- . 25 ••• �e7 26.'lta7+ �f8 27.'lta8+ Yz--Yz One point for 17.f6 and the sec ond fo r 17 ...gxf 6 18.g6. (T4.03) Blockade: 20••• c41 21.b> tinuation. 21 •••b41 22. .£ib1 .£lc5+ 29.c51 13a529 ...f5 30.f4 +- ; 29 ...dxc5 23• .£id2 .Q.d7 24.13a1 a5 25• .Q.f3 30.-t;irxe5+ 'it>g8 31.-t;irxc5 .§.a6 13fb8?1 25 ...h3!?. 26 • .Q.g4 .Q.es 32.<£\e4 +- ; 29 ...<£\d5 30.ihd5!? an an 27 • .Q.e6+ �h8 28. 'ltf3 �d8 swer in Petrosian's style: 30 ...-t;irxb7 29. '/ltg4? 29.<£\b3 <£\xa4 30 . ..1lf7 Axf7 31.Jlxe6fxe6 32.cxd6 .§.a5 33.<£\e4 +- . 3l..§.xa4 ..lle8 32 . .§.xa5 .§.xa5 33.<£\xa5 30.c> drawing chances. 29 .•• b3 30.13b1 b2 34.-t;irb6 .§.a6 35.-t;irc5 +- . 32.�> 31.13a3 13b4 32• .£if5 .£l> 33 • .£l> .Q.c6 38.f3a4 39• .£Jc4and now Black 39.13> 193 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T4.06) Openingthe Position: 1.e41! Af6 40.�e3 �g8 41.jl xf7+ �xf7 l...d4 2.exf5 Jlxf3 3.gxf3 �f6 4.fxg6 42. �h5 �d8 43. �g6 �h8 �xg6+ 5.'it>hl 'it>h8 6.Jlf5 �g7 7.Jld2 44.�h5 1-0 Two points fo r 24 . .1la7!. il.d6 8.�gl �h4 9.f4 ±; l.. .dxe4? 2.�c4+ �f73.LLle5 +- ; l ...fxe4 2.Jle6+ (T4.08) Bad Bishop: 17 .••f6! limits the �f7 3.LLld2 af6 4.LL\c4 'it>g7 (4 ...d4 problems. In the game, Black played 5 . .1la5�e8 6.LL\e5±) 5 . .Jle5 �f8 6.f3 ±. 17 ...�c 8? 18 ...1lxe7 'it>xe7 19.LLld5+'it>f8 2.Axf6 �xf6 3.exd5 �b6 4.d6 20.�h3 �h6 2l.�d t1te8 22.�xc8 g5? 4 ...�f e8 5.�d2 �cd8 6.�acl .llxf3 �xc8 23.�g5 f6 24.�d2 �c5 25.b4 7.gxf3 �e6 8.t1t'f4±. 5.�e7 -'l.xf3 'l;'tc6 26.�gl �h8 27.�g3 t:Yb5 28.�c3 6.gxf3 §cd8 7.§ac1 �h6 8.jlxf5 'it>g8 29.�c7 'it>h7 30.'it>b2 �f8 3l.c4 §de8 9.�xa7 §xf5 10.�xb6 §ef8 �e8 32.�xb7 "i'Ja8 33.�c7 �h8 11.�c7 §xf3 12.d7 �h5 l3.d8� 34.�c2 �b8 35.�a4 �c8 36.�d7 �g4+ 14.�h1 1-0 Two points for �xc7 37.�xc7 �e8 38.�xd6 LL\f2 l.e4!!. 39.LLlc3 �a8 40.�d5 �a7 4l.c5 LLlh3 42.�d8+ 'it>h743.LL\ d5 1-0; 17 .. Jtxg5? (T4.07) Simplification: 24.-'ta71 Karpov 18.thg5 LL\f2 19.LLld5 'it>d7 20.�e7+ does not want any exchanges because �c8 21.f6 g6 22:\;1xf7 'it>b8 23.�xg6 of his space advantage. Instead, he plans LL\xhl24.�gl ±; 17 ...LL\f6? 18.�h3 �c4 to double on the open file in the bishop's 19.Axf6 Axf6 20.LL\d5±. 18.jle3 §c8 shadow. 24 ...�e 8 25.-'tc2 �c7 19.§h3 0-0 20.�d5 Ad8;t Four 26.§ea1 �e7 27.A,b1 jle8 points fo r 17 .. .f6!. 28.�e2 �d8 29.�h2 A,g7 30.f4 Opening a second front, the typical (T4.09) Improving Piece Placement: technique to exploit such an advantage. 18.�b1! 18.�fl? Ad7 19.f4 gxf4 30.•• f6 3t.f5 g5?! 32.Ac2 Af7 20.�xf4 LLlg7 2l.�afl f5 . 18... §b8 If 33-�g3 �b7 34.-'td1 Black tries the direct 18... g4, then 19.hxg4 LLlf6 20.f3 Jlxg4 21..£\d2 (But not 2l.fxg4? LL\xg4 22.�d2 f5 -+ ) 21...Ah5 22.LL\c4 �g3 23.�f2 �xf2+ 24.'it>xf2 �ad8 25.a5 ±; Or 18... h6 19.LLld2 �xb2 20.a5 f5 (20 ...�d4 2l.�xd4 cxd4 22.LL\f3±) 21.LLlc4 �d4 22.�xd4 cxd4 23.�adl ±; 18... �xb2 19.�xg5+ �g7 20.�xg7+ LL\xg7 2l.LL\d2±. 19.�d2 f6 20.b41? �e7 20 ...cxb4? 2l.�a7 +- . 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.a5 Ad7 23.�b3 From previous variations, we already know that c4 is Karpovwants to exchange Black's main an excellent square for the knight, but defender, the light-squared bishop, to Khalifman looks a little deeper and re exploit the weak color complex on alizes that the invasion of the knight on Black's kingside. 34 ...h6 35.Ah5 c5 will be decisive. 23 ...§c8 24.§ac1 �e8 36.�d1 �d8 37.§a3 �f8 c4 25.Axc4 �d6 26.Ad3 Ab5 38.§1a2 �g8 39.�g4 �f8 27.�c5 jlxd3 28.�xd3 �e5 194 Solutions 29.�d7 With its final move of the (T4.11) Opening the Position: 23.d51 game, the white knight seals Black's Things aren 't always what they appear fate. 29 ... �f4 30.E!xc8 E!xcS 31.g3 to be! 23.l"l.al gets one point, if you 1-0 Three points fo r 18.�bl!. were not planning to continue with d4- d5 soon and the fu ll three points fo r (T4. 10) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 23 ...f S 24.d5. 23 ... .£lxd5 Taking with 22.E!c51 Plugging c5 with a rook, at the e-pawn gives White a very useful tacking the black queen and removing square on d4: 23 ...exd5 24.4Jd4! l"l.g5 a defender of the black squares at the (24 .....ll c8? 25.'{�·xe7! +- ; 24 ...4Je6 same time. 22 •.. J}.xc5 23.Etxc5�d6 25 . ..llxb5! cxb5 26.�cxb5 i;Je5 23 ...�a2!? 24.'�e4 'it>f7 (24 ...'it>h7? 27. i;Ja3 +- ) 25.4:lcxb5 cxb526.c6 Jla6 2S.�h4 +- ) 25.�g5+ 'it>e7 (25 .fxg5.. 27.i;Ja3+- (Finkel in CBM 74). 26.�f3++-) 26.i;Jxg6 with a very 24. .£lxd5 E!xd5 24 ...exd5 25.l"l.el strong attack. 24. �d31 �f7 l"l.e8 26.4Jd4 l"l.gg8 27.l"l.al +- . 25.E!xd5 exd5 26.Ete1 AdS 27.Ah3 f5 27 .....Q.c8 28.i;Jh6!? l"l.g6 29.i;JxhS +- . 28.J}.xf5E!gS 29.�h6! Jle7 30.�e5 Jlg5 31.�xh5 Jl,d2 32.�d7+ �a7 33.E!a1+ Jla6 34.�xf7 1-0 Three points fo r 23.d5!!. (T4.12) Weak Color Complex/Domina tion: 41.�f41 was called fo r and gets two points. In the game, White played 4l.l"l.f6?. 24 ...'it>h7? 25.l"l.hS+- ; 24 ...f5 25A:le5 ± "This is the bit which the attacker can do intuitively. If black is fo rced to play . . .fS here, then the compensation does not need to be finelycalcu lated - it will work on positional grounds alone." (Wells in CBM 76). 25.�e5+1 Of course, all games must ultimately be resolved tactically. We lls finishes the job nicely. 25... fxe5 26.�f3+ �gS 27.�f6 E!e7 27 ...�e7 28.�xg6+ 'it>h8 29.JlgS +- (Wells). 28.�xg6+ We lls This runs into a nice refutation: misses 28.l"l.c3,which leads to a fo rced 4l...�xe5! 42.l"l.xe5 l"l.xe5 43.�d2 mate. 28 .••�h8 29.�f6+ �h7 l"l.al+44 .'it>h2 l"l.xd5 45.l"l.xg6+ fxg6 30.J}.f81? E!xfS 3l.�xf8 AeS 46.cxd5 Jle5+and Black converted his 32.E!c3 exd4 33.E!h3+ �g6 advantage instructively: 47.g3 l"l.a3 34.Eth6+ 1-0 Two points fo r 22.l"l.cS 48.i;Jg5 'it>f7 49.�g4 l"l.xg3 50.i;Jd7+ and the last one, if you saw that it leads 'it>f8 Sl.'it>hl g5 52.i;Jf5+ 1:le7 to a winning attack. 53.i;Je6+? (53.�c8 was much better, 195 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 when White might even be able to save as his cavalry shows itself superior to himself.) 53 ...'lti'd8 54."�g8+ 'lti'c7 the white bishop-pair. 16.J}.xb5 .§aS 55:iit•h7+'iti'b6 S6:�bl + 'lti'a557:�el + 17.Jlfl�e4 Threatening 18 ...!!xal + 'lti'b5 S8.�bl+ 'lti'c4 59.�a2+ 'lti'd3 and 19... �xf 2+. 1S. .§g2 �df6 60:iit·bi+ 'lti'd46l .�dl + 'lti'e462.�h5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.b5 �d5 21.b6 'lti'xd5 63.�f7+ 'lti'c6 64.�e8+ 'lti'b6 �b4 0-1 White could not parry the 65.�b8+ 'lti'a566.�a7+ 'lti'b4 67.�b7+ various threats. Two points fo r lO ...bS!. �c3 68.'lti'h2c4 69.�bl 'lti'd270.� a2+ �e3 7l.�a7+ 'lti'd3 72.�a6 .il.f4 (T4.14) Counterplay: 20... c5! 21.dxc5 73:i!t·bs ..lle5 74.�bl + 'lti'd4 75.�b6+ Jlxc5 22.�f3 .§cS 23.'ltb3? �e4 76.�c6+ 'lti'e3 77.�b6+ 'lti'e2 23.�d3 .il.xe3 (23 ... .£lxe3?! is met by 78."i!t'c6 c3 79.�c4+ 'lti'd2 80.'lti'hl c2 24.!!fel d4 25 . .£la4; ...23 d4!?) 24.fxe3 8l.�dS+ 'lti'c3 0-1. 41. .. t\'xc4 !!xe3 25.�xd5 !!exc3 26.�xb7 �d6. 42.�h5+ ctlfS 43.t\'xg6 Jlxe5 23 ... .§xe3 24.fxe3 Jlxe3+ 25 • .§f2 44.t\'h6+ ctle7 45. .§xe5+ dxe5 Jlxf2+ 26.ctlxf2 'ltb6+ 27.ctle1 46.t\'f6+ ctld7 47 . .§dl++-. 'lte3+ 0-1 White resigned because of 28 . .£le2!!cl + 29.!!xcl �xb3-+ . One (T4.13) Weak Color Complex: 10... b5! point fo r 20 ...cS!, with the assessment Black strikes back on the queenside, that Black is slightly better or has the disrupting the pawn phalanx. ll.c5?! initiative or gets strong counterplay. ll.cxb5 leads to equality afterll ...ilb7 12.e3 �a8 13.�dl �a3 14. .11.d3 (T4.15) Improving Piece Placement: �xb4+ 15.�d2 �xd2+ 16.'lti'xd2 'lti'e7 16.�d3! Andersson's finepositional 17.!!cl §aS 18.Ab2 §a2 19.!!c2 sense directs his attention to the ..lle4=. ll••. J}.b7 12.e3 t\'aS Black queenside, gradually repositioning his puts immediate pressure on the knight pieces and putting the screws to the and bishop. 13.t\'b2?Better is 13.�dl, black queenside. 16.�c2? does not although after 13... �a3 14.�bl 0-0 "i', work: 16 ... cS "Liberating" the queen it is Black fo r choice. 13•.. J}.xf 3 side! 17. .£lg4g6 18.dxcS �c6 19. .£lxf6+ 14.gxf3 'itxf3 15 • .§g1 0-0 ilxf6 20.e4 ilxb2 2l.�xb2 �xeS 22. �f6 �b6 and White does not have much to show fo r his efforts. 16... g6 Not 16... c5? 17.dxc5 AxeS 18.ilxf6 gxf6 19.�g4+ 'lti'h8 20.�h4 !!g8 21.�x f6+ § g7 22 . .£leS+- , as 22 ....11. xg2? is refuted by 23 . .£lxf7+'lti'g8 24 . .£lh6+ 'lti'h8 25.!!d7 .Q.f8 26 . .£lfS +- . 17. .§c1 �d7 1S.b4 Completing the total control over c5. 1S ...a5 19.a3 .§deS 20. .§fd1 t\'dS 21.J}.c2 t\'fS 22.�c5± �xc5 23.dxc5 .§dS 24.Jlb3 .§xd1+ 25 • .§xd1 .§dS White's pressure down the g-filelooks 26. .§d3 a4 27..1lc2 The exchange of menacing. Yet Black demonstrates that a fe w pieces has not made things easier he has evaluated the position correctly, fo r Black. His basic problem is that his 196 Solutions bishops have such miserable scope. to break through on the queenside. True, there does not seem to be an im 56... .1l.c8 57.Ac2 j},d7 58.j},bl mediate target fo r White, but Andersson j},c8 59.j},a2 Jld7 60.exf5 exf5 slowly repositions his pieces, looking 61.Ag8 1-0 A splendidly conceived to put Black into fatal zugzwang. and executed plan by Andersson. Two 27... Jlc8 28.f4 E!)(d3 29 • .11.)(d3 points fo r 16.4Jd3!. Jld7 30. .1l.e4 'itd8 31.'ltd2 .il.e8 32.'itc3 f6 33. �f2 �f7 34.g4 .il.f8 (T4.16) Weak Color Complex: 35.Jlf3 .il.e7 36.h4 White has 14.�b4! j},d7 14... Jlb7 15.Jla6 Jlxa6 brought his king closer to the center, 16.�xa6 �b6 17. .§fdl Jlf8 18.�a4 expanded on the kingside and is ready �bS 19.�)(b5 nbS 20.4Jd5 ±. to use his �+ Jl battery on the long di 15.'ltxd6 j},f8 16.'ltd3 a5 17.�d5 agonal ifand when the opportunitypre The ghost has returnedto d5. 17 ... Ae6 sents itself. 36•.. .1l.f8 37.�e2 Jle7 17... cxd5? 18.�)(d5Jle6 19.Jlb5+'!;e7 38.'ltc1 'ltd7 39.'ltc2 'ltd8 40.h5 20:�1b7+ Jld7 21..§fdl+- . 18.E!b7 �g8 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.Jle4 f5 E!c8 19.E!dl 1-0 The deadly threat 43. .11.g2 Jlf644.g5 Jl.xb2 45. 'ltx b2 4Jc7+ caused Black's resignation. Two points fo r 14.4Jb4!. Test 05 (TS.Ol) Prophylaxis: 18.a3! j},b7!? It would have been better to continue with the same plan, although after 18... a5!? 19 ...1lf2 4Jf6 20.b4!? axb4 2l.a)(b4.§)(al 22. .§xal 4Je4 23.Jl)(e4 fxe4 24 . .§a7! A)(c3 2S.�xc3 .tl)(dS 26. .§)(d7 .tlxc3 27.4Je7+'!;h8 28. .§c7! +- , White is on top. (V.Mikhalevski). 19.b4?1 19.4Ja5! Even with the dark-squared bishops otT Aa6 20.b4 was more precise. the board, the dark squares are ex 19... �f6?1 tremely weak and there is not much Black can do to cure this condition. 45... 'ltd7 46.'lte5 Centralizing the queen. 46••. �f7 47 .Af3 'ltd848.e4 'itd7 49. '�tal �g8 50. 'itf6 'itf7 51.'itxf7+ �xf7 52.�e3 �e7 53.�d4 Jl.d7 54.�e5 1t is fittingthat the finalassault in the endgame is car ried out on the dark squares. 54..• Ae8 55• .1l.e2 .il.d7 56.Jld3 White begins to bring the bishop to a square from which it will be able to threaten to at tack the g6-pawn. The only way Black Black misses his chance: 19... ..1l xc3! can defend against this is to allow White 20.�xc3 4Jf6= (V.Mikhalevski). 197 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 20.�a51 �a6 21.E!ab11 2l.bxc5!?. 23 . .llxe4 fxe4 24.�el ±. 19... c6 21 ..•E!ae8 If2l ... c4!?, then 22.a4 bxa4 20.�e6 cxd5 21.cxd5 21.4Jxg7 23.b5 4Jc5 24.Axc5 dxcS 25.4Jxb7 ' 30.�b5 �c5 3l.�a51 a6?1 Or 19 •.. E!xe31 20.fxe3 �e7 20 ...�e8!? 31...E!d7 32.E!c7±. 32.�xa6 c3 2l.' (T5.02) Breaking the Blockade: 33. .1l,e71 To maneuver the bishop to a better position: either d6 to break the lines of communication in Black's camp or f8 to infiltrate on h6. The tempting 33.�a6? is met by 33 ...E!c 7 34.Ad8?? Ac4 -+ trapping the queen! (Erenburg in CBM 103); 33.�d2, with the idea .lle7, gets fo ur points as well, otherwise 24 ... �e4? 24 ...Axc l4! 25.b5 Jl.a7 only two points.; 33.e6 E!xe6 34 . .lle5, 26.bxa6 !2le4 27.axb7 4Jc3 28."i:Jh3 with the plan to infiltrate with the queen, 4::\xcll 29."0"xcll "t:Jb6+. 25.�f5? is also quite strong and gets three points. 25.�e8+! 4Jf8 26.4Je6 fxe6 27.dxe6 33 ...f4 33 ....ll c4 34.�d2 §d3 35.�g5 4Jf2+ 28.' 198 Solutions 4Je2! is the tactical justification E!d8 26.�a4+ �e7 27 . .\la3+ �e6 29.4Jxc6+ (29.f'!xc6 4:lxcl 30.E!xc7 28.�g4+ f5 29.�c4+ �d7 30.�xf7+ �xc7 3l.�xa7+ �c8=) 29 ...�a8 �c6 31.�e6+ ±. 19 ..• .§xa6 20 . .1l,xa6 30.!'!3c24:lxcl 31.4Jxa7E!x c2 32.4Jb5+ .§g8+ 20 ....\lxb4? 2l.Jlc4 E!f8 �b7 33.4Jxd6+ �xd6 34.iiixc2 �e6 (2l...�c7 22.E!dl 0-0 23.Jlh6 �h8 35.'�xcl �f5+=. 28••. 4)e4 29.ci!}al 24. �hl 4Jb6 25.E!gl+- ) 22.Jlh6±. h6 30.�c2 g5 3l.fxg5 hxg5 2l.ci!}hl .§g4A very creative defense! 32• .§b3 .§e6 33.�h2 �f2 2l...�c7? 22.E!dl 4Jb6 23 . .\lb5+ �e7 33... �b7!?. 34.�xf2 4)xf2 35.Elbc3 24.�f3 �e6 25.�h3+ f5 26 . .1ld3 ±. ci!}b7 and Black had no problems as 22• .1l,e3 This just stops E!d4. Other 36.b5 can be met by 36... c5. Ivanchuk options include 22.Jlb5 E!xb4 even managed to win later. Two points (22 ... �c7?! 23.E!dlE!d4 24.E! xd4 exd4 fo r 27 ...4Jg3!. 25 ..\lf4 �c8 26.f3 .llxb4 27.�xd4 Jle7 28.�g2 ±) 23.E!dl E!xb5 24.�xb5;t; (TS.06) Weak Color Complex, Bishop 22.E!dlE!d4 23.E! xd4 exd4 24.Jlb5 ;t. Pair: 18. �d5!! 22 •••.§xb 4 23• .1l.b5 E{xb51 This centralization is a strong reinforce The bishop must be taken, otherwisethe ment of White's pressure on the light attack crashes through. 23 ...�c7? squares. 18.Jlxa8 �xa8 19.�g4 gets 24 . .\lc6 E!b825.E!dl E!d8 26.�b5 �e7 one point.; 18.Jlc6 also gets one point. 27 . .\lxd7 f!xd7 28.!'!xd7+ �xd7 18 ... .§a7 18... E! b8? 19.E!dl E!g8+ 29. .\lc5++- ; 23 ....\ld6? 24.E!al E!xb5 20.�hl �c7 21.Jlc6E!d8 22.E!x c3 +- . 25.�xb5 ±. 24.�xb5 �aS+ 25.ci!}gl 19. .§xa6 After 19 . .1le3!?.\lxb4 20.E!b3 �e4 26.h3 26.E!al!? with the idea to E!xb7 21.�xb7, Black can fo rtify his exchange queens was interesting, e.g. bishop on b4, but White's attack con 26 ...Jld6 (26... �g4 + 27.�£1 �f3 tinues by just taking it: 2l ...a5 22.E!xb4 28.�a6 .lld6 29.�a8+ ;t)27.� a4 ;t. axb4 23.E!al 0-0 (23 ...E!g8+ 24.�hl 26 ... �g6+? 26... �xc2 was more tena b3 25.cxb3 4Jb8 26.h3 c2 27.�h2±) cious, but White should win neverthe 24.E!dl;t; 19 .E!xc3!? was very strong as less: 27.�c6 .llb4 28.E!al±. 27.ci!}h2 well: 19... .\lxb 4 20.E!c8 �xc8 Jld6 27 ...�xc2 28.�c6 Ab4 (20... -ll xel 21.E!xd8+ �xd8 22. .\lc6 ±) (28 ...Ah6 29.Ac5 �d8 30.E!al .ll£4 + 2l.Axc8 .\lxel 22 . .\lxd7+ E!xd7 31.�hl +- ) 29.E!al�e7 30.E!a7�d3 23.�a8+ E!d8 24.�xa6 E!dl 25.�a8+ 3l.�a4 �d6 32.E!xd7+ �xd7 199 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 33. 'i:Yxb4+±. 28 . .§d1 flle7 29. �d5 26... .§ce7 27. .§hd1 .§e2 28. .§3d2 1-0 Two points fo r 18. 'i:Yd5!!. .§2e4 Black has good compensation. One point fo r 23 ....ll c8 and two more (TS.07) Improving Piece Placement, fo r 24.g4 f6!. Counterplay: 23..• J}.c8 was called fo r. In the game, Black played 23 ...§f eB?. (TS.OS) Weaknesses: 14.•. g51 To free the important central square e5 fo r Black's d7-knight and to open lines against White's exposed king. 15.fxg5 15.§adl gxf4 16.Axf4 {)e5 'i'. 15... hxg5 16.Axg5 4:\e5 17.�f4 4:\h7 17... {)fd7 !? 18.Jlxe7 'it>xe7 19.{)d4 §cg8 20.Ae2 �c5 21.§adl §h3 with very good compensation fo r the pawn. 18.J}.h6? 18.Jlxe7 "?f¥xe7 19.Jlg2 {)f8 t. 18 •.. .§g8 19 . .§ad1 .§g6 20.h3? 20.Ae2 {Jf6 21.g5 {)g8+. 20 ..•.§f6-+ 21.�e3 4:\c4 22.�cl Now Black's bishop plays no real role. 4:\xb2 23.J}.d2 4:\xd1 24.�xd1 d5 24.§cl .llc6 25.§g3 �a4 26.'�£2! 25.e5 �xe5 26.4:\e2 Ad60-1 Two Black's king is fe eling really uncomfort points fo r 14... g5!. able now. 26 ...§e 8 27.£5 g5 28.§h3 £6 (28 ...'it>h7? 29.'�g3 £6 30.{)g4 +- ; (TS.09) Bishop-Pair: 3()••• Ad41 31.4:\f3 28 .. :�b5+ does not help: 29.'it>al f6 31.§b8+ 'it>g732.§e 8 {)e4-+ ; 31.'it>fl 30.c4! dxc4 31.{)g4 §ee7 32.§xh6 c3 .llxf2 32. 'it>xf2 {)e4+33. 'it>g2.ll h3+ -+ . 33.§g6+ 'it>f8 34.§xf6+ 'it>e8 35.§h6 3l... J}.x f2+ 32.fl}xf2 4:\d3+-+ and White is clearly better as 35 ...§e2 32 ...ae4+ wins even quicker: 33.'it>g2 can be met by 36.§e6+) 29.{Jg4 i£tb5+ .llh3+ -+ One point fo r 30 ....ll d4! and 30.'it>al?? a capital error. (30.'�b2 one fo r the assessment that Black is should win sooner or later, but the tech completely winning. nical difficulties should not be under estimated: 30 ...§e2! (30 ...'it>g7? (TS.l 0) Weaknesses: 20 ...e51 Direct 3l.§xh6 'i:Yd3+ 32.'i:Yc2 'i:Yb5+ pressure against e4 and c2 will do. (32 ...'i:Yxc2+ 33.§xc2 §el+ 20 ... d5 21.exd5 (21.e5 {)e4)21 ...{)xd5 34.'it>b2+- ) 33.'it>al§e2 34.§g6+ 'it>f8 22.c4 is also better fo r Black and gets 35.'i:Yh3 +- ) 31.'i:Yxb5 .ilxb5 32.{'\xf6+ one point as well. 21.4:\e2?1 21.{'\f3 d5 'it>g7 33.{)xd5 §d7 (33 ...§£ 7 34.£6+ 22.{)d2 d4 23.Ag5 Ah5 24.·;�H3 .llxfl 'it>h7 35.§c2 §e6) 34.{)e3 Ad3+ 25.{'\xfl §e6+. 21 •.• Ab5 22.c4 Now 35.'it>al Ae4 36.g4 b5 and Black's ac instead of22 ... �xc4?1 22 ...Jlxc4 was tive defense is somewhat intact in both even stronger: 23."{;i'c2 "{;i'c6 24.§bcl cases.) 30 ...§e2 0- 1. 24.g4 24.§g3? §ec8 25.{\gl Ab5 -+ . Two points fo r 'iti'h7 and the bishop will become very 20 ...e5 21.{\f3 d5 or 21.{\e2 ..Q.b5. strong. 24 ...f61 The knight must be driven away fr om its mighty outpost. (TS.ll) Weaknesses: 14... .§fc81 was 25.4:\xg6 .§e826.4:\h 4 26.§g3 §e4. called fo r. In the game, Black played 200 Solutions 14 ...Axe5? Now White's knight will 22.c5 �c7 23 . ..1lxh7 :§xb7 24.c6 ab6 have a wonderful future. 25.'(;irxa6 �xc6 26.l2\c4 :§h8 27.l2\xh6 :§xh6 28.�a8+ ..lld8 29.:§dl+ (Salov); 2l...Axg2? 22.exf6 ..llc6 23.fxg7 +- . 22.c5 �c7 23.jlxe5 dxe5 24.jlxb7 .§.xb7 25.c6 .£lb6 26.�xa6 �xc6 27 . .£Jc4! .§.b8 28 . .£1 x b6 0-0 29 • .£lc4 �e4 30 • .§.e3 �d5 31 • .£jxe5 .§.fc8 32.�d3 1-0 Two points fo r 15.:§e3!. (T5.13) Weak Color Complex: 24. .§.c6! 24.exf7+? �xf7 25.E!c6 E!e7 gives Black good play.; 24.l2\d6?? just does 15.dxe5 c6 16.l2\d6± f4 (16... l2\f6? not work: 24 ...�xd6 25.e7 :§e8 26.:§c8 17.l2\xf5 l2\g4 18.f!fdl �f7 19.�xg4 .§.xeS 27.�xa7 E!e8 -+ . 24 ...fxe 6 �xf5 20.�xf5 f!xf5 2l.f4+-) 17.g4!? 25. .£lc5 The light squares in Black's fxg3 18.hxg3 l2\f6 19.:§adl l2\d5 20.e4 camp are fa tally weak. His major pieces Ob6 21.�h3 �e7 22.:§d3 '.t'h8 have big problems making an impact, 23.l'Hdl g5? (23 ...:§ah 8 24.f4 ±) while White's forces reign supreme. 24.:§ld2 g4 25.a4 :§ah8 26.a5 l2\a8 25 ... �f7 25 ...:§f 6 26.axe6 �d7 27.l2\c4E!f7 28.�dl �g5 29.:§d8+:§f 8 27.:§ccl 'it'h7 28.E!cdl �f7 29 . .!"!.d6±. 30.f!xh8 :§xb8 31.:§d7 h5 32.l2\d6 'it'g8 26.4)xe6 .§.e8 27.�b3 �h8 33.l2\xh7 E!f8 34.l2\d8 �xeS 35.l2\xc6 27 ... .!"!.ee7? 28.:§c8+ 'it'h7 29.E!e3+- . �xe4 36.�d2 1-0. 15 . .§.ac1 15.�e2 28.g3 28.E!e3!?. 28 ... �f5 29 . .§.e2 g6�. 15 ...a6 16 . .£lc3� (Dautov in .§.ae7 30 . .§.xa6 Af6 31 . .§.e3 �h7 CBM 94) Two points fo r 14... .!"!.f c8!. 32. .§.f3�e5 33 . .£Jf4 �b2 34.�d3J .§.e4 34 ...E!g 7 35.0h5 +- . 35.�g2 (T5.12) Weaknesses: 15 . .§.e3! This �d4 36. � x b5 .§.8e71-0 Two points original rook lift adds plenty of pres fo r 24.:§c6! fxe6 25.l2\c5. sure to Black's weak queenside. 15... .£jd7 15 ....\le7? runs into the typi (T5.14) A Second Front: 29.b4! He cal: 16.:§h3 �c7 17.:§xb8+ �xh8 18.e5 seals the queenside so as to have a free .llxg2 19.exf6+- (Ftacnik in CBM 63). hand on the kingside. Opening the 16 . .§.b3 �a7 17 . .§.ba3 17.:§ xb 8+ queenside by 29.b3 is unclear because l2\xh8 18.h4 ± was also quite strong. of 29 ...:§e d8 30.bxc4 dxc4 3l.E!xh5 17 ..•jlb7 17... l2\c5 18.l2lh3!? l2\xb3 :§xd4 32.Ae3 :§d1!and gets only two (18... axe4 19.l2\d4 .llb7 20.Ae3+- ) points.; 29.l2\ce2gets one point. 29 ... a4 19.:§xh3 :§xb3 20.�xh3 .lle7 21.�a2 ± 29 ...cx h3?! 30.:§xb3 :§b7 3l.:§fbl (Ftacnik in CBM 63). 18.b4 �b6 :§eb8 32.ace2 �a6 33.l2ld3 l2\d7 18... Ae7 19.l2lh3 09.'(;ira4!?) 19... '(;¥h6 34.l2\ef4±; 29 ...axb 4?! 30.:§xb4 :§b7 20.Ae3 �c7 2l.h5±. 19.�a4 Ae7 3l.:§fbl ± (Ribli in CBM 93). 30.g3 20.jlb2jlf6?! This makes it easy, but HUbner plays the game very instruc White's advantage was quite comfort tively. Study the rest carefully: able already. 21.e5! j}_xe5 21...dxe5 30... Af7 31.Ae3 .£le6 32.4)xe6 20 1 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 .Q.xe6 33 . .Q.f4 '\tlh7 34.�e3 .Q.f7 Secrets of Attacking Chess).; 18... .Q..b4 35.§b2 .Q.e6 36.§g2 §f8 37.'\tlf2 19.f4! (Marin) (19.t!bl is also strong.) 19 ...h6 20.fxe5 hxg5 2l.§.fl+ �g6 22 . .1lxe6+- . 19.'\tlxc3 hxg5 20.§e1 a5 21.}3xe5 §a7 22.§dxe6 }3xe6 23.13xe6 '\tlf8 24.§g6 4)d7 25.§xg5 13c7 26.13f5+4)f6 27.§e5 f!c6 28.h4 4)d7 29.13f5+ 13f6 30.}3xf6+ gxf6 31 . .Q.e64)b6 32 .f4 '\tle7 33.f5 '\tlf8 34.g4 '\tlg7 35.g5 1-0 One point fo r 18.'i!rc2and the sec ond fo r 18 ...Jlb4 19.f4! or 19.§.bl. (T5.16) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: The white king heads fo r the queens ide 16.b31 A fine offer of the exchange. where it will serve a very useful fu nc Not only is Black's strong dark-squared tion blockading the c4-pawn. It also al bishop swapped, but the awkward po lows White to open the kingside with sition of the rook on b4 gives White the out worrying about the king being in possibility of winning back the ex danger. 37 ...}3f f7 38.'\tle2 h5 change with an overwhe lming posi 39.'\tld2'\tlg8 40.}3cl '\tlf8 41.4)e2 tional advantage. 16 ....Q.x a1 �e8 42 . .Q.g5 j'tf8 43.4)f4 13g7 17.�xa1 �xd5 If Black tries to get 44 . .Q.h6 §g8 45 . .Q.xf8 '\tlxf8 his bishop into the game fi rst by 46.4)d3 White has no intention of ex 17 ... Jlb7?, White picks up the errant changing his good knight for the bad rook: 18.a3 §g4 19. .Q..e2 t!g5 20.e4 black bishop. 46 ... 13h747.�g5 �e8 4::ld7 2l.f4+-. 18.a3 f!g4Black's task 48.4)f4 'ltrf7 49.�f61 �xf6 is not made easier by voluntarily giv 50.exf6 .Q.d751. 4)h3 13f7 52.4)g5 ing back the exchange at once. So, if }3xf6 53.4)h7+ '\tlg7 54.4)xf6 18 ...§.x b3, White is on top after '\tlxf6 55.13e1 f!c8 56.13e5 .Q.e6 19.4::\xb3 (19.Ae2?! §.d3 20 . .ilf3 'i1!d8 57.'\tle3 }3c6 58.}3f2 '\tlg7 59.§fl 21..1lxa8 §xd2) 19 ...�xb3 20.�e2 §d6 60.�e2 }3c6 61.'\tld2 }3d6 Jlb721. 0-0 4::ld7 (21 ... a6? 22.t!dl4::l c6 62.�c3 }3b6 63.g41 Really "open 23.t!d7 �c8 24.t!c7 'i1ie6 25.§xc6 ing" a second front. 63 ...fx g4 64.fxg4 �xc6 26. .ilf3+-) 22.t!bl 'i1ie6 hxg4 65.§g5 .Q.c8?1 66.}3xd5Jl.f5 23.�xb5± This variation illustrates a 67.13e5 �h6 68.d5 '\tlh5 69.13h1 common positional theme: two bishops §f6 70.}3e8 g3 71.13e3 '\tlg4 in an open position are very oftenmore 72.}3g1 1-0 Four points fo r 29.b4!. than enough compensation fo r the ex change. 19. .Q.e2 4)c6 20 ..Q.f3 �e6 (T5.15) Bishop-Pair: 18.'\tlc21White's 21.j'txg4 �xg4 22.0-0 .Q.b7 An h 1-rook should enter the attack, but first evaluation of the position shows that the Marin fo rced the c3-bishop to make a material balance is equal, and a super decision . 18.§.fl gets one point. ficial look might even lead to the con 18.. . h6 18... �d4 19.t!ble4 20.§.b7+ clusion that the bishops of opposite �g6 2l.f4 h6 22 . .1l.e7+- (Marin in color will eventually give Black draw- 202 Solutions ing chances. However, the removal of black bishop, as opposed to its coun the dark-squared bishop has left Black terpart, will at least be able to support very weak on the dark squares (and an Black's activity on the queenside, while inability fo r Black to neutralize the ef the white bishop will be a mere specta fe ct of White's dark-squared bishop). tor. This is the position Capablanca un The result is enough of an advantage doubtedly saw when he played his tenth fo r Petrosian to bring home the fu ll move. point in an instructive manner. 16.�g2 aS?! 17.a4 �f7 18.Elh1?! 23.f3 �e6 24.�e4 Eld8 2S.� xeS White has better chances to hold out �xe3+ 26. .Q.f2 �e7 27.§e1 �c7 after o 18. .!"!fbl 'it>e6 19.'iftfl .!"!fb8 28.h4 hS The black monarch's "drafty 20.'it>e2. 18•.. �e6 19.h4 Elfb8 residence" is obvious. 29.�e4 �e7 20.hxgS hxgS 21.b3 c6 22.E{a2bS 30.�f6+ �f8 31.b4 .Q.c8 32.�xhS 23.E!ha1 c41 The decisive break The final stage, with a tactical resolu through. Black is effectively playing tion. 32 ...gxhS 33.�h8+ �g8 with an extra piece on the queenside. 34 . .Q.cS+ §d6 3S. �eS 1-0 One 24.axb5 If 24.dxc4, then 24 ...bxc4 point fo r 16.b3!. 25.bxc4 .!"!b4 26.'it>fl .!"!ab8 27.'ifte2 .!"!xc4 28.'it'd3.!"!d4+ 29.'it>e2 -+g4 and Test 06 Black wins. 24... cxb 3 2S.cxb3 EtxbS 26.Eta4 Etxb3 27.d4 ElbS 28.E{c4 (T6.01) A Second Front, Bad Bishop: Elb4 29.§xc6 §xd4 0-1 Two points, 10 ... gSI 11.� xf6+ Not 11.4Jxg5? if you calculated until 12... ..1lg4, after 4Jxd5! -+ . ll ...�xf 6 12• .Q.g3 .Q.g4 which it is clear that White's bishop will The point. An endgame will shortly be not see the light of the day again. reached that Black has correctlyevalu ated as being in his fa vor. But it will (T6.02) Simplification: 6.dxcSI not be on the kingside, where all the 6 . .ilxf6?! ..llxf6 7.cxd5 (7.4Jxd5?! ..llg7 activity currently is taking place, but on 8.e3 4Jc6 and the typical Griinfeld pres the queenside where Black will dem sure against d4 gives Black good com onstrate his positional superiority. pensation.) 7 .. :i;�b65i5. 6 ... �aS 13.h3 .Q.xf3 14.�xf3 �xf3 7.cxdS �e4 If 7 ...4Jxd5, White ob 1S.gxf3 f6+ Neither bishop is exactly tains a big advantage by playing good, realizing its potential scope yet, but the simple moves: 8.'ii1xd5 ..llxc3+ 9 . ..1ld2 203 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 The only move to keep the edge. e.g. 2S.§.xg7 §.xeS 26.§.xf7+ 'it'xf7 9 .....1lxd2+ 10:i11xd2 �xeS ll.§.clt¥fS 27:i:Ig6+'i!tf8 28.§.xe5 AdS 29.i;1xh6+ 12.4::ld4 �d7 13.�h6 After having 'i!te8 (29... 'l!tf7? 3 (T6.03) Prophylaxis: 21. .•�f81 The 30.Ag6 #. 26 ... fxe6 26 ...'l!te7 king leaves the landing zone. 2l ... §.ac8? 27.Gxd8+ +- . 27.E!g8+ �xg8 loses on the spot: 22. ..1l xf6 ..llxf6 28.�g6+ �f8 29.�xf6+ �g8 23.i;1h7+ 'i!tf8 24.4::lfS +- ; 2l...g6?! 30.�xe6+ �g7 3l.�g6+ �f8 22.�h3 'l!fg7 23.�g3 §.d7 24 . ..1lxf6+ 32.�xh6+ 1-0 Black resigned be Axf6 2S.§.xe6±. 22.Ele3 E!ac8 cause of 32 ...'it'g8 33 . ..1lb3+ AdS 23.E!ae1 b4?1 24.E!g3 34.Jlxd5#. Two points for 2l...'l!tf8!. (T6.04) Opening the Position: 14.�xd51 14. ..1le3? 4::lxe3 15.fxe3 ..1le6 is slightly better fo r White, but no com parison with the game, so it gets no points. 14 ...gxf 4 15.E!xc61 �f6?1 1S... fx g3!? 16.hxg3 .Q..d6 17.§.cl±; 1S... bxc6? 16.4::lxc6 �d7 17.4::lcxe7+ +- . 16.�xe7+ �xe7 17.Elc3 Ag4 18.�d2 �e5 19.gxf4 1-0 Two points fo r 14.4::lxd5! gxf4 1S.§.xc6!. 24 ... jld6? This weakens the defense (T6.05) Bishop-Pair: 3l.g5 �g8 too much, as now the king has to de 31...4::lhS 32.d5 cxdS 33.cxd5 Gc7 fe nd alone against the whole white 34.dxe6 4::lxe6 3S.§cl §xcl + 36.Axcl army. 24 ...Ll.cS' was the best defense, 4::ld8 37.§e8+- . 32.d5 exd5 33.cxd5 204 Solutions cS 33 ...cxdS 34.!hdS E!xdS 3S.�xdS 2S.�d3±. 23.Jlxd4 23.i!:l'd3 is also <£\d6 36.Af4 <£\fS 37.l"!.cl l"!.xcl+ very strong, e.g. 23 ...<£\e6 24.fS fo llowed by d4-dS. §d4 34.�c6 ±. 23.•• j}.xd4 24.eSI e6 24 ...dxeS 2S.fxeS JlcS 26.E!cdl �e8 (T6.06) Simplification: 3S •.. j}_e41 27.i!:l'd2 with a very dangerous attack 36.j}_xe4 4)xe4 37.�ad1 37.�xe4 based on the mighty <£\dS. 2S.4)f6+ i!:l'xd6 38.�h7+ 'it'xh7 39.exd6 l"!.cd8 �g7 26.�cd1 JlcS26 ...dxeS 27.fxeS 40.§adl E!e3 4l.d7 'it'g8+. 37••. �c6 E!cS 28. �d3 AxeS 29.<£\d7 +- . 27.�d3 �h8 27 ...�e7 28.<£\xhS+! gxhS 29.�xhS+- (Stohl in CBM 93). 28.4)e4 dS 29.cxdS exdS 30.fS �h4?1 31.f6+ �h7 32.�xdS �he8 33.�h2 1-0 Two points if you calcu lated until 24.eS! or wanted to continue with 23.�d3. (T6.08) Blockade: 17 •.• �b81? 17... <£\xf3+?! 18.�xf3 f6 19.E'!adl E!b8 20.�e3 �c7 21.E'!d3�c6 22.E!fdl with lasting pressure in J.Lautier-B.Gelfand, 38.�h2? 38.E!dS <£\gS 39.l"!.fl l"!.e6=i=. Cannes 2002; 17 ...<£\c2? 18.�d3 <£\xal 38 ...�e6 39-�dS 4)xd6 40.exd6 19. .1ixa8 �xa8 20.�xd7± (Finkel in �xd6 41.�gd1 �xdS 42.�xdS CBM 101); 17... AgS?! 18.�d3 <£\xf3+ �e8 43.�f3 �e6 44.�d2 �e3 19.�xf3 f6 20.l"!.adl fx eS 2l.i!:l'b7t. 4S.�f2 �e7 46.�g2 �gS 47.�fl 18.j}.xd4 cxd4 19.�xd4 �c7 �e3 48.�g2 �d4 49.�fS �e4+ 20.�ad1 �fd8 21.b3 d6 22.exd6 SO.�f3 �xf3+ Sl.�xf3 �e4 j}_xd6 23.�e4 JlcSBlack's blockade S2.�g3 �d4 S3.�e3 �f8 S4.�f3 is watertight. 24.�g2 aS 2S.h4 �b6 �d6 SS.�g3 �e6 S6.�f3 �e7 26.�c2 �xd1 27.�xd1 �d8 S7.�d3 �e4 S8.�f3 �e1 S9.�f2 28.�d2 h6 29.hS �d6 30.j}_e4 �es 60.�f3 �e6 6t.�g3 g6 �d8 31.�xd6 �xd6 32.f4 fS 62.hxg6 fxg6 63.�f4 �d6 64.�h3 33.Jlb7�d4 34.�h3 �f7 3S. �e2 �f6 6S.�xh6 �d4+ 66.�f3 �gS �f6 36.�f3 j}.b4 37.�c6 �d6 67.�h3 �f4+ 68.�e3 �xg4 38.�e8 �f8 39-�bS �cS 40.�e8 69.�f3 �h4 70.�g3+ �hS 71.�f3 �f8 41.�a4 �cs 42.�d7 �d6 gS 72.�f2 �f4 0-1 One point fo r 43.�bS �cS 44.Jlg2 �xbS 3S ...Jle4! . 4S.cxbS JlcS 46.j}.f1 Yz-Yz Two points fo r 17 ...l"!.b 8. (T6.07) Simplification: 21.bSI 4)xe2 22.�xe2 4)d4 22 ...<£:\aS 23.fS e6 (T6.09) Improving Piece Placement: 24.f6 exdS 2S.fxg7 'it'xg726.cxdS with 1S.•. 4)c81 Smi rin improved his worst attack; 22... <£:\bB 23.fS <£\d7 24.AgS<£\f6 placed piece. This earnsyou two points, 205 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 as it gives Black a comfortable edge. 33.�g1 E!xf3 0-1 Two points fo r 16.c4 �b6 17.E!ac1 a6! 22... dS!. (T6.11) Positional Exchange Sacrifice: 23.�f3! 23 . .§a6? gets no points, as 23 ....§a8 24 . .§xa8 �xa8 25.4Jf3 al lows 25 ...4Je7, when White's initia tive is not nearly as dangerous as in the game. 23... �e7 23 .... 1lxc6allo ws White to crash through with 24.4Jxe5 .llxd5(2 4 ...fxeS?? 25.�xf7#) 25.exdS 'iite7 26.4Jc6 �e3+ 27.'.t'h l Accord ing to Wells in CBM 81, White has tremendous attacking compensation Black's initiative on the queenside fo r the exchange regardless of"what grows and grows as he introduces more ever Fritz thinks." 27 ....§a 8 and more pieces into the fight. 18. �d3 (27 ....§b 6?! 28.�fS 4Je7 29.�xf6 .§f8 �e7 19 . .1la1 axb5 20.cxb5 c4 30 . .§al 4Jxc6 3l.dxc6 .§b8 21.�e3 �a4 22.Afl 22.Elc2 .§ac8 32.�fl +- ) 28.4Jd4 �g5 29.�dl .§d8 23 . .1lfl .§cS+. 22..• �b3 23.E!c2 30.4Jf5 'i!i'f8 31.�d4±. 24.E!xc7 23.4Jxb3 cxb3 24 . .§bl 4JcS 2S.Jlb2 �d6 .§a4 26.4Jd2 h5 27.f3 '.t'h7+. 23 ...�x a1 24.E!xa1 c3 25.�c4? 25.4Jbld5 26.exd5 .llxdS 27.4:\el e4 + (Har Zvi in CBM 65). 25... E!ac8 25 ... .§fc8!?-+ . 26.�a5 d5 27.exd5 Jl.xd5 28.�g5 �c7 29.E!d1 Jl.g8 30.b6 �xb6 31.E!b1 �d5 32.�a7 E!a8and Black later won. (T6.10) Opening the Position: 22 ... d5! The knight will be an important part of the assault on the enemy king, but first the d5-square must be made available. 22 ...e4? 23.a6 d5 24 . .1la5eases White's 25.�g5! �h6 25 ...fxg5 26.�xf7+ defense as the bishop plays a much bet '.t'd8 27 . .§xd7+ �xd7 28.�f8+ '.t'c7 ter role now. 23.cxd5 23.�a3 dxc4 (28 ...�e8 29.�d6+ 'i!i'c8 30 . .§f8+- ) 24.�xc5 4Jd5+. 23 ...�x d5 24.E!fb1 29.�cS+ '.t'b7 30.§hl . +- (Wells). But not 24.'.t'gl c4 25.Jld2 �c8 26.E!xd7It almost looks as ifWhite's 26. .§fc1 �c5+ 27.'.t'g2 .§feB -+ . rook is a desperado. 26 .•. �b6+ 24 ..• c4 25.Jl.d2 fxg3 26.hxg3 e4! 27.�h1 fxg5 28.E!fxf7 �g6 Black begins the push toward the 29.E!fe7+ �f8 30. �f3+ �g8 white king. 27 . .1lb4 E!f7 28.b6 31.E!e6 1-0 Two points fo r 23.4Jf3 ! axb6 29.axb6 E!e8 30.Jl.a5 �e3+ and two more if you wanted to continue 3l.�f2 exf3 32.exf3 �e4 23 ....1lxc6 24.4JxeS!. 206 Solutions (T6. 12) Improving Piece Position: one point. 22 ...§f6 If 22 ...{Jxg3, then 21. .£)el!The d3-square is best fo r a 23.§.xg3 tzJc7 24.t2fd3 ±; 22 ...'{;i 21.•• 'it>e8 22. .£)d3 §b8 23.f3 §e7 Better was 23.\:'1d3 t2fxe6 24 . .llxh6 dS 24.'it>f2 .£)f8 25.§b3 .£,d7 26.g4 2S.Af4 ±. 23 ...gxf 5 24 . .£,h5 §g6? b5? If Black tries to "hunker down" 24 ...§.x e6 was critical. 25.t}c2 .£,c7 with 26 ...'i!td8, then Capablanca would 26.t}xf5 t}xe6 27.t}d3 .£,d5 shift strategy, opening a second fr ont 28.§g3 .£,e7 29.Aa3 §d8 30.h3 with 27.h4 aS 28. both wings. 27• .£,ac5.£,b6? 27 ... 24 . ..1lc4t. 23 • .£)bd2 In the last fe w moves, White's pieces have begun to swing over to the kingside. 23 •.•J}.a6 24.Ac2J Preserving the important bishop fo r the attack. 24 ... §b7 25.Ab3 .£)gf6 26.§ac1 §c8 27. .£,xf6+ .£,xf6 28.d5! .£,xd5 29 . .£)e4 §d8 30.§xc6 t}b4 31..£)f6+ 'it>f8 32• .£)xh 7+ 'it>g8 33 . .£)f6+ 'it>f8 34.§e4 1-0 Two points fo r 20.e4. a) 28 ...§.b 4 29.§.xc6 t2!d5 30.4Jxg6! §.b3 (30 ...ii1x c6? 31.i'21e5+ +- ) (T6.14) Opening the Position : 31.-tlxe7 §.xd3 32.-tlxdS §.xe3 22. .£)g3JThe d5-square is an attractive 33.4Jxe3+- (Har Zvi in CBM 58); b) outpost, but White should not be 28... §.bS29.Axb5 �dl + 30.'it>h2 it1xc2 tempted by the misguided 22.4Jc3? §.c8 3Lild3 �dl 32.'li¥xa7 §.e833.t2f d7 +- ; 23. 207 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 27 ...f!hd8 28.f:ld4 'l;lrd6 29.f:lxe6+'it'g8 29.gxfS '/tc8 30. f:lb6 36.'l;i'e3+- . 30• .§d2 '/tb8 (T7.01) Weaknesses: 19.�dl! This 31.�f4! eS 3l...f!xf4 32.'l;i'xe7+ 'it'g8 fu lfillsall tasks splendidly and gets all 33.Abl +- ; 3l...'l;i'xf4 32.'l;i'xe7+ 'it'g8 three points. 19.f:la4 nets you two 33.Ac4+ +- . 32. .Q.xg6+ 33.�e6 1-0 Three points if you saw gets one point. 19 .•.f6 After 19 ...Axb2 that 25.e6 Axe6 26.f!xe6 wins fo r 20.'l;i'xb2a5 21.f:le3(21 .b4!?) 2l...�d8 White. 22.f!fal +- ,it is difficultto say whether Black is weaker on the kingside or (T6.16) Weaknesses: 17• .§b6! Pre queenside - they are both in bad shape! pares to triple and stops b5. 17 .•• fS 20.b4 .§a7 21.bxcS �xeS Or 18.�b2 .Q.dS •19 .Q.xdS+ cxdS 2l...dxc5 22.f!c3 f:ld7 23.f:lb3 Af8 19... 'l;i'xd5 20.f!xb7 f!xb7 21.'l;i'xb7 e5 24.f:ld4 f:le5 25.Aa3 +- . 22 . .§c3�aS 22.Axe5 AxeS 23.dxe5 'l;i'xe524.'l;i'xc6 23.�e3 Beginning to wall in the black 'l;i'xc3 25.f!dl with good chances for queen. 23.•. .Q.d7 24 . .§a1 �a4 Or White because of Black's open king 24 ...Aa4 25.f!c6 f!b7 26.�cl Ah6 (Anand in Schach 5/97). 20 . .§b1 .§d8 27.Ad4 +- .It is interesting how, in each 20 ...'l;i'xa4? 21.f!b5 +- . 21.'/ta2! .§c8 line, White controls all the important 22 . .§6bS.Q.f6 23.h4 .§c6? 26 • .Q.c3 �b6 27 . .§axa4 .Q.xa4 28.�xa4 �bS 29.�a1 +- And Petrosian converted his advantage. (T7.02) Weaknesses: 27 . .Q.g6U This plays into White's hands. But Anand thinks that Black is lost in any case. We give another sample line: 24... e6 25.'l;i'bl Ae7 26.f!xb7 f!xb7 27 .f!xb7 'l;i'xa4 28.Ad6 f!e8 27 ...fxg6 28 . .§xe6+ 29.'l;i'b6+- . 2S . .Q.b8! .§aa6 26• .§xb7 29.f!xe7+ +- . 29.�c6 �d7 �e6 27.�b1 gS 28.g4r gxh4?! 30 . .§d6!? 30.f:lxb8f:lxb8 3l.g3 is also 208 Solutions veryprom ising fo r White because ofthe .£Jf638. �xe 4 .£!xe4 39 ..£Je7+ �g7 weaknesses in Black's camp. 30 ...Iac8 40 . .£!7d5 f5 41.c6 f4 31.laxd7 A,xh4 32.Iad6?! 1-0 White should have opted for 32.4Je5! !"!cl+ (32 ...!"!c2 33.g3±) 33.�h2 !"!c2 34.f3! Ag5 35.4Jxg6+ �g8 36.f4 ± (Dautov in CBM 63). Three points for 27.Ag6!! if you calculated until 29.4Jc6. (T7.03) Attack with Opposite-Colored Bishops: 40 ... Iaf4! In the game, Black played 40 ...�h4?. The wrong way. There was no need to allow White to exchange queens. 41.�h2 Axf2+ 42.�hl �xh2+ (Also equal is 42... g5 42 . .£1xf4! � xf4 43.c7 .£Jd6 44.lad1 43.�xh4+ gxh4 44.a4! h3 45.Axh3 .£jc8 45.lad8 .£Jb6 46.lab8 lael+ gxh3 46.a5= (Ftacnik in CBM 85)) 47.�h2 lac1 48.laxb6 laxc7 43.�xh2 g5 44 . .1lhl! g3+ 45.�g2 and 49.laxb5 .£ld3 50.�g3 laf7 51.f4 White should be able to extricate him laxf4 52.lab7+ �h6 53.b5 h4+ self from the awkwardness in the cor 54.�h2 lab4 55.b6 .£Jc5 56.Iac7 ner and draw. In the game, however, .£je6 57.Iac6 .£lg7 58 . .£ld5 lab2 Anand went astray and lost. 41."�c3 59.Iac4 1-0 One point for 22.h3 and �h4 42.�c2 laf8 -+ 0-1 Black two more if you saw 25.4Jg4!. wins as there is nothing White can do about the crushing 43 ...g3. One point (T7.05) Opening the Position: 14.f5! fo r 40 ...!"!f4!, which parries the threat exf5 15.e6 fxe6 15... Axe6 16.4Jf4 to exchange queens and two more if you �f6 17.4Jxe6 fxe6 (17... �xe6 18.4Je5 calculated until 42.�c2 and saw one of Ad6 19.-llxfS �e7 20.Ag5 f6 2l . .llg6+ the many winning moves: 42 ...!"!f 6 and; �f8 22.�h4 +- ) 18.-llgS �g6 19.Ab5+ 42 ...�h7 win as well. 4Jc620.�c1 4Jc4 21.!"!e1 Ae7 22 . .1lxe7 �xe7 23.Axc4 dxc4 24.d5 +- . (T7.04) Domination, Prophylax is: 16.�g3 �f7 17. .£Jf4 �g8 17... 4Jb3 22.h3!? This gets one point.; 22.!"!fdl 18.4Jg6 4Jxal (for 18 ...4Jx cl, see the gets one point.; 22.!"!hdlgets one point. game.) 19.4Jxh8+ �g8 20.4Jg6 4Jb3 22 .•. Ae6?! 22 ...�h7 23 ..!H d l f6 21.Ag5 �b8 (2l...�e8 22.4Jxf8 �xf8 24.!"!d6 Ae6 25.h4 hS 26.Axe6 4Jxe6 23.�c7 +- ) 22 . .1lf4 �c8 23.Ae5 �e8 27.Axe5 ±. 23.Jlxe5! j}_xe5 24.�g5 +- . 18• .£jg6 .£lb3 19• .£Jxh8 23 ...Axb3 24. .1lxg7 Ac4 25.Axh6+- . .£jxc1 20.laaxc1 �xh8 21..£Je5 24 . .£jxe5 A,xb3 25 . .£Jg4! Earns an jle8 22.lac7 h4 23.�f4 g5 other two points. 25 ••• Iae6 26.�xb3 24 . .£Jg6+ �g8 25.�e5 A,xg6 h5 27 . .£Je3 �f4 28.labd1 lae8 26.�xe6+ �h8 27.laxb7 �e8 29.lafe 1 .£Jbd7 30 • .£je2 �xe4 28.laxb6 Jlg7 29.�xg6 �e3+ 31..£ld4 laac8 32. .£jec2 �f4 30.�h1 �xd3 3l.�h5+ �g8 33.laxe8 Iaxe8 34 . .£jxc6 lae2 32.lad1 �c2 33.lab7 laf8 35.1afl .£le636 . .£Je3�e4 37.�d5 34.laxg7+ �xg7 35.�xg5+ �h7 209 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 36.§.c1§.eS 37.h3 1-0 One point fo r 28 . .£)e4 ttxd1 29.ttc4+ ct;h8 14.f'5! and the second fo r 14 ...exf '5 30.ttf7 §.xg2+ 31.ct;xg2 ttd5 0-1 15.e6!. One point fo r 22 ... f!ad8and two more fo r 23.bxa'5 �d4!. (T7.06) Opening the Position, Outpost: 28 ...e51 In the game, Black played (T7.08) Weak Color Complex: 17.a4! 28... gxh5? b4 17 ... 29 . .llxh7+! �xh7? (29 ...�h8 30.�e4 e5 31.f5 210 Solutions Elb5+ 64.'�e6 1-0 One point fo r 29.Elc2 E{xc4 30.E{xc4 �d2 0-1 17.a4!. Two points fo r 20 ...Ab 7!. (T7.09) Weak Color Complex: (T7.13) Opening the Position, Improv 13.�g5J± Jl.xg5 14.Jl.xb7 Ela7 ing Piece Placement: 20.�h2J The 15.Jl.e4f5 16.Jl.g2 The light squares knight opens the path fo r the f- pawn and in Black's camp are fatally weakened. gets the option to penetrate Black's po 16 ... E{d7 17.f4 Jl.f6 18.e4 Jl.xc3 sition via g4. 20 ... Jl.e7 21.f4 �b5 19.bxc3 a5? 20.exf5 E{xf5? 21...0-0-0 22.fxg5 Axg5 23.<£lg4±. 21.Jl.h3 1-0 Black resigned because 22.fxg5 hxg5 22 ...Axg5 23.Axg5 of 21...EH6 22 . .ilxe6+ !!xe6 23.�d5 hxg5 24.h6±. 23.h6 ttb3 24.�h5 E!de724.f 5 +- . One point fo r 13AJg5! 24.E!xf7? �dl+ 25.E!fl �xe2 -+ . and one for the assessment ± . 24 .••0-0-0 24 ...f!h 7?! 25.Axg5 Axg5 26.�xg5 'ii:ic2 27. 45.<£Jf5 +- . 41."t;\'xb5 4l.axb5 �xb5 28. (T7.11) Opening the Position: 23 •.•e6J Kempinski opened roads for his f8- rook, the only piece not in the attack. 24.dxe6? 24 .f5 exf5 25.exf5 E!fe8 26.�d2 25.'it>hl d5 +. 25 .•.�x f4 0-1 Two points fo r 23 ...e6!. (T7.12) Simplification: 20.•• Jl.b7J � Zifroni rightly avoided the exchange of his strong bishop, which protects c6 and helps in the attack on the kingside. 20 ...E!f d8? 2l.Axd5 f!xd5 22.�f3=; This releases all the energy of White's 20... Aa8 gets one point. 21.ttg4 c;f}h8 army and Black collapses immediately. 22.Jl.e2?J f5 23. tth3?J �e4 38 ...dxe5 38 ... 211 The ChessC�fe Puzzle Book 2 43.�h7+ c:Jf7 44.�h5+ c:Jg8 20... <£\f g4, saw the threat ...§.x d4, and 45 ..£)g6 1-0 Two points fo r 38.e5!!. concluded that Black's attack crashes through. (T7.15) Opening the Position, Weak Color Complex: 18 •.•d4! As the d (T7.16) Domination: 25.E!fll Unfor pawn is not blocked, it can advance with tunately, Seirawan missed the way to great effect. 19.exd4 19.Axb7? �xb7 complete domination and played 20.<£\xd4 <£\fg4! 21.§.fl (21.h3? §.xd4 25.'i!i'g3?. White's rook had to blockade 22.exd4 §.xd4 22.exd4 "{;j-xf3+ 23.'i!i'gl i;1e3+ 25••• Ah7 26.E!f6! E!fds 27.g4 c:;rs 24.'i!i'hl (24.'i!i'g2 19••• .£)f3+20.jlxf 3 20.'i!i'hl 20 •.•Axf 3 21.E!d3 jla81 27.g4, so that the blockade is safe and two more if you concluded that White is clearly better. Test 08 (T8.01) Counterplay: 13•.• h511 A sur prise, to say the least. Black could have played fo r a slight advantage with 13... 0-0!? 14.Axf6 (14.§.f2? d5 +) 14... <£\xf 6 15.<£\h5 l£'lxh5 16.-{;j-xh5 h4 17.4Jd5 .llxd5 18.Axd5 §.xc2 =i=,but Fischer sees that White's pressure on 22.d5? 22.§.e1 4.:'ld5 23.lLlxd5 .llxd5 the kingside is more of an illusion than 24.§.e3i;1d7 25.i;1d1..ll h6 26.4Jf4 Axf4 reality. ; 13 ...§.x c3? does not work: 27.gxf4 "{;j-f5 gives Black fa ntastic com 14.bxc3 l£'lxe4 15.<£\xe4..ll xe4 16 . .llxe7 pensation because of his strong bishop. 'i!i'xe7 17.a4 � and White is fo r choice.; 22 ••• .£)xd5 23 • .£)xd5 f!xc1+ 13... h4 is also playable. 14.h4 It is hard 24.jlxcl �xe2 25.Ad2 25 ..ile3 to suggest anything better. If 14. ..1lxf6 .llf8! 26. 25 ..•�e41 26.f3 Ad4+ 27 .Ae3 17.lLlge2 b4 18. .llxh7 �xh7 19.4.:'ld5 Axe3+ 28.c:Jg2 Axd5 0-1 One 212 Solutions tl!xe7 17.f6 {ld xf6 1H. af5 tltc7 3H... AdH 39 . .lle6+ l"!xe6 (39 ...'it'h8? 19.{\xg7+ 'it>fH 20J2:lf5 l"!gH+. 14 ... b4 40.1"!xh6+ gxh6 41.tl!d4+ i.tf6 15.�xf6 �xf6 16.4)d5 j}_xh4 42.'loi'xf6#; 39 ...'it>f 8 40.l"!fl + Af6 17.4)xh5 �g5 The storm clouds are 4l.l"!xf6+ gxf6 42.g7+ +- ) 40.dxe6 .ilf6 gathering around the white king. 18.f6 4l.c3 axb3 42.tl!c4! tl!a5!? (42 ...l"!b 8 g6 19.4)g7+ �ds 20.Elf3 Ag3 43.l"!h2 +- ) 43.e7+! 'it'h8 44.l"!e1Ae5 21.�d3 Ah2+ 22.�fl 4)c5 45.tl!c6 1-0. 38.E{f2 38.gxh7+?! 'it'h8 23.Elh3 Elh4 24.�f3 4)xb3 39.tl!d2 .llf6 40.tl!cl tlth4 gives Black 25.axb3 Etxh3 26.�xh3 Axd5 a strong attack. 38 ••.Af6 39.E{xf61 27.exd5 �xf6+ 28.�e1 �f4 0-1 axb3 40.�xb3 E{eb8 4I.Ab51 Five points fo r 13... h5!! and two fo r gxf6� (Ftacnik in CBM 99) Two points 13... 0-0 or 13... h4. fo r 37 ...1.l.d8!. (T8.02) Opening the Position: 25 ...h41 (T8.04) Opening the Position: 12.a5 25 ...l"!e g8 also gets one point. 26.�d3 bxa5 }3.4)b3 E{b8 14.4)xa5 With 26.{lxh4? f4 -+ . 26 ... hxg3 27.hxg3 out the important b6-pawn, Black's E{h2 28.4)h4? 28.{lf4 Axf4 29 . .llxf4 shield looks much less impressive. {\xf4+ 30.gxf4 l"!h3+ 3l.'it>c2 l"!f3 14 .•. j}_a8 15.�d2 �c7 15... l"!e8 32.'it'h3 l"!h8-+ . 28... �xg 3 28 ...{\xe3 16 . .lla7 l"!c8 17. .llf2 l"!h8 1 8.'it>h1 acs works as well: 29.'it>xe3 f4 + 30.'it>f3 19.l"!fh1 l"!b4?! 20.{ld1 tl!bH 2l.Ae1 l"!g8 -+ . 29.4)f3 Elg2 30.4)e1 Elg1 l"!a4 22.l"!xa4 {\xa423.b 4 {lb624 .{\c3 31.E{e2 31.fxg3 l"!xg3 32.l"!e2 f4 -+ . {lbd7 25. tlta2± N .Short-O.Cvitan, EU 3l. .. �d6 32.E{c1 Elh8 33.4)f3 chT Leon 200 I. 16.E{fc1 4)c5?1 E{xc1 34.Axcl Elh3 0-1 One point fo r 25 ...h4!. (T8.03) Attack with Opposite-Colored Bishops: 37 .•• Ad81 The bishop had to immediately take a greater part in the attack. In the game, Black played 37... h6? 16... l"!f c8 17.{\dU . 17.b41 4)cd7 17 ...l"!x b4 18.{lb5 axb5 19.tl!xb4bxc4 20.{\xc4 ± l.lbragimov-E.Ermenkov, Chania 1993. 18.b51? 18.{ld5! exd5 19.cxd5 tl!d8 20.{lc6 tlte8 2l.l"!xa6!?± (Stohl in CBM I 03 ) . 18 ... 4)c5 19.bxa6! 4)xa6? 19... tl!b6 was called fo r. 20.4)b5 �d7 21.4)b3 Ab7 38.Ah3! Now White's bishop is the first 22.E{d1§.fd8 23.Aa7 EtaS24.�b6 in the attack with decisive effect. E{db8 25.4)xd6?1 j}_xe4? 213 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 o25 .....1lxd6 26.�xd6 "i£rxd6 27.§.xd6 49.�c4 Aa7 50.�b5 'lte8+ 4Je8! (Stohl) 28.§.d2±. 26.4)xe 4 51.Ac6 'ltd8 52.�c4 �e7 'l!txd2 27.4)exd2 f!xb6 28.c5 1-0 Two points fo r 12.a5. (T8.05) Outpost: 29.4)c2J Kramnik plans to transfer his knight to the best square: b4, where it controls many im portant light squares. 29.§.d3? Jlh6 30.§.xd6..Q.xe3 3l .fxe3 §.xd6 32.�xd6 §.eBand Black has good compensation, e.g. 33.�d5 �c7 34.§.fl 214 Solutions White played 37.4"Jb5? Good thought, .§xd7 19. ttd5Yo ung Magnus applies bad execution. 37 ...1::'l d7 38.1::'lf4 + 4"Jf6 pressure like a veteran. He made the 39.1::'ldl (White could still mismanage difficultdecision to give up the bishop this position by allowing the center pair, but that allows him to tum the pawns to go in motion with tempo, e.g., screws on Black's weak d6. 19 ...b5 39.1::'l e3? e5 40.§ff3 e4 41.1::'l f4 g5 20 • .§c6 ttas 2t..§fc l .§fd8 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.1::'l f5 'ifrg6+) 22.Ab6 .§es 23. ttf5 .§b724.Ad4 39 ...1::'l ed8 40.§fd4 Too little, too late. Af8 25 • .§c8 .§b8 •26 .§8c7 .§e7 Black now relieves the pressure on d6 27 . .§xe7 Axe7 28 . .§c7 .§e8 and is left with a tenable endgame. 29.ttd7ttd8 30.ttc6 Af8 31 . .§a7 40... d5 41.cxd5 4:'lxd5 42.'ifrf3 'itre7 ttc8 32.ttd5 tte6 33.ttxe6 .§xe6 43.1::'lcl a6 44.4"Jc3 l::'lf8 + 45.�g2 4:'lxc3 34.f3 d5 35 . .§a8 .§c6 36.exd5 .§c7 46.1::'lxd7+ 'if?xd7 47.§xc3 l::'lf5 48.'ifrfl 37.Ac3 1-0 Two points fo r 12.4"Jd5!!. h5 49.'itre2 a5 50.1::'l f3 'itrd6 51.1::'l c3 �-�. 37 ....§d7 37 ... 1::'lc7 38.1::'lxe6! +- . (T8.11) Improving Piece Placement: 38 . .§dl �g7 38 ...1::'l c8? 39.4"Je5++- . 17.ttd51 wi th the idea to double on the 39 . .§ed4 d5 40.cxd5 exd5 e-file. "Centralization is the single most 41..§xd5 .§xd5 42 • .§xd5± efficient attacking method in chess." (Nuesken) All three points, ifyou saw (Lautier in NIC Magazine 04/2005) that 37.4"Jc6! wins a pawn. 17... h6 If Black snaps offthe b-pawn, White invades with deadly effect: (T8.10) Opening the Position: 12.4)d5!1 17.. ...1l xb2? 18.1::'le7 l::'lf8 19.1::'lxd7 .llxa1 20.1::'lxf7l::'l xf721 .'ti1'xa8+l::'l f8 22.'ti1'd5+ 'it'h8 23.d7 Jlf6 24.4"Je5+- and wins. 18. .§e4 .§adS 19• .§ael .§xe4 20 . .§xe4 4)f8? 12.f4, with the idea f4-f5, gets one point: 12... 0-0 (12... 4"Jc5 13.f5 e5 14.4"Jb3 ;!;) 13.f5 e5 14.4"Jd5 'ti1'd8 15.4"Jb3;!;. 12... exd5 13.cxd5 ttb8 13... 'ti1'd8 14.4"Jc6 .llxc6 15.dxc6 4"Jc5 05... 4"Je5? The stage is now set fo r the decisive 16.c7 'ti1'd7 17.f4 4"Jeg4 18.Jlxb6 0-0 breakthrough. 20 ...'ti1'c8 was called fo r. 19.e5+- ) 16.c7 'ti1'xc7 17.e5 dxe5 21.j},xh6! gxh6 22 . .§g4+ Ag7 18.Axa8 0-0 19. .1lg2± ; 13 ...4"Jc5 14.b4 23 • .£le5 4)e6 24.4)xf7 tte2 0-0 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.4:'lf5 ±. 14.4)c6 25.4)xh6+?1 It was not necessary to Axc6 15.dxc6 .§a7 16.cxd7+ get this tricky. The simple 25.1::'le4 'ti1'xe4 .£lxd7 17.Ah3± 0-0 18.j},xd7 26.'ti1'xe4'itrxf7 27.'ti1'b7+'itrf6 28.'ti1'e7+ 215 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 'i!te5 29.f4+ 'iftd5 30.f5 ± wins easily. camp, and it is not obvious how White 25 ... (T8.12) Improving Piece Placement: 14 ....Q.d81 The more "normal-looking" 14 ...Af8? fails to 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Ah3 4:lc5 17.h4 4:lcxe4 18.4:lxe4 4:lxe4 19.4:lxe6 ±;Also, rushing fo rward with 14... e5? is met by 15.4:ld5 '0-d8 16.4:lc2 ;!;The ; immediate 14 ... 4:lf8 gets two points. 15.fxe6 fxe6 16 . .Q.h3 The point of moving the bishop to d8. The knight defends e6 from f8, from which it cannot be moved or exchanged. With castling on opposite wings, White 16 •.•4)f 8 17. .Q.f2 4)6d7=i= 18.b4?1 has to be careful about opening up the White, who appears to have more space, position on the kingside. White's next rushes fo rward. 18 ... .Q.f6 19.4)ce2 few moves are designed to prevent .§ac8 20. �b3 .Q.d7 19 •.Q.d1 g 6 20.g4 White seizes Fritz's suggestion 38.Ag4 is interesting, more space on the kingside, but there but it also brings certain risks. After are no apparent weaknesses in Black's 38 ...�xg4 39.�xf6 d4+ 40.'it'gl AdS, 216 Solutions it is difficult fo r White to find a win. 35.�xd6 l"!e8. 27 .•. 4)b6 If 27 ...1"l.b4, 38 ...�d3 39.�h5 �f8 39 ...�xd4 then 28.b3 4Jb629.�e3 .f'lxc430.hxc4 40. .ilxd4is an easily won endgame fo r l"!xc4? 3l.l"!xd7 +- ; Or 27 ...'it'h8 White. 40.�e5 Preparing fo r the final 28.4Je4 4:lh6 29 . .ilxf6 40 ••. �e8 41.�xh4 4)xc3 42.�d6 32 . .f'lxd6±) 3l.Axg7+ �xg7 32.4Jf6 ± Cit'b7 Or 42 ....ilh7 43.l"!h8 l"!xh8 in both instances with big advantage to 44.�xe6+ 'it'b8 (44 ...'it'c7 45.Ab6+ White. 28 . .Q.b5 �aS?! Not the best. 'it>b8 46.�e5++-) 45.�e5+ 'it>c8 Black should try to relieve the pressure 46 . .ilg4+ 'it'd8 47 .Ab6 #. 43. �c5 with 28 ...'it'h8!? If White then plays fo r Cit'c744. �b6+ Cit'd745. �a7+ Cit'c8 the win of a pawn with 29.Axd7, after 46.�h7 1-0 Two points fo r 14.l"!bl, 29 ...l"!x d7 30.l"!xd7 4:lxd73l .�e2 Ah6 with the idea h4. 32.4Je4 (32.-'tg3 f5 33.g5 Ag7 34.4Jh5 (27 ...4Jb6 28.l"!e6 transposes.) 35••. �b6 36• .Q.el �b7 37 . .Q.c3 g5 28.4Jxb5 l"!xbS 29.l"!ee7 l"l.db8, which 38.�a6 �b8 39.�xd6 �xb2+ gives Black good counterplay, e.g. 40 . .Q.xb2 �xb2+ 41.Cit'fl+- and 30.�e3 l"l.xb2+ 3Ulf2 .f'lb6 32.l"!xg7+ White went on to win. Three points fo r �xg7 33.l"!xg7+ 'it'xg7 34.�e7+ 'it'g8 27.1"l.e6!!. 217 The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 (T8.15) Opening the Position, Block Test 09 ade: 28.f41± gets three points. 28 . .:£lf4? gets one point, as this looks attractive. (T9.01) Blockade: 19.e51 dxe5 20.f51 Plus another point ifyou saw that it runs 20.fxe5? is met by 20 ....§f 8, when mat into 28 .. J'!xf4 29.gxf4 .§xf4 (29 ....§g8? ters are not completely clear. 20 ..•Ab7 is parried by 30 . .§d3!) 30 . .§xd6 �h3 20 ...'it'h8 21 .4:'lce4 4:'lxe4 22.4:'lxe4 gxf5 3l..§d8+ (3l..§g6? .§h4 32.f4 .llf8 23 . .§a7 .§b7 24 . .§xb7 .llxb7 25.�xf5 33.b4 .lle7-+ ) 3l...Af8 32 . .§Id 3 �h4 .:£lf826 . .:£lf6+- . 21 . .§.ad1Aa8 2l...b4 33 . .§xf8+ .§xf8 34 . .§g3= and the point 22. .:£lce4 4:'lxe4 23.4:'lxe4 .§f8 24.�h4 should soon be split.; White should also b3 25 . .llbl �d8 26.f6 .llh8 27 . .:£lg5h5 look for more than 28.�g4? �f7 28.Axg6+- . 22.�ce4 �a4 29.�xe4 .§xf2 30 . .:£lf4 .§xd2 3l..§xd2 23.Jl.xa4 bxa4 24.fxg6 fxg6 .§e8;!;. 28... �g6 ? 25.�f7+ .1l.f8 37 • .§.c8 Ae7 38.Ac5 Ah4 39.g3 1-0 Three points fo r 19.e5! dxe5 20.f5!. One fo r 20.fxe5. (T9.02) Opening the Position: 19.d611 Yes, the d-pawn is a plus! It is sacri ficedto fo rce favorable simplifications. 19 ...A_x d6 20.�xd6 .§.xd6 28 ....§5f7 .29 .:£le3 ±. 29.�xe41 1t looks 2l..§.xd6 �xd6 22. .§.d1 �e6 very dangerous to allow the capture on g3, but White has seen deeply into the position. 29 .•.�xg 3+ 30. .§.g2 �h3 3l.�e7 .§.h5 32.�g6+ (T8.16) Simplification: 15..• Axh 3? No, as it is met by 16.Axh3 c5 17.Ag21± when Black's structure lies in ruins. 17..• cxd4 18.A_xd4 �c6 19.Axf6 23. �g41 The point: which the German Axf6 20 • .§.ad1 .§.e6 21.�b5 �e7 grandmaster undoubtedly saw when he 22.Ah3 .§.e5 23.�xd6 .§.c5 made his nineteenth move. Black's 24. �xe7 .Q.xe7 25.c4 �a7 26.�c3 pieces are still not involved in the game . .§.e5 27.�d5 .Q.c528. 218 Solutions f6 25. .§.d7.§.b 8 26.f4 exf4 27.exf4 4:Jc8 23.§b81 4)h4 24.ltf2 fS 25.0-0 (27 ...h6 28.g5 ±) 28 . .1ld4 b5 29 . .§.d8+ 1-0 Three points fo r 13.e5!. ' 17 . .llxg7 '