THE NEW WINAWER REPORT Editor: Seán Coffey Volume 1, 2013 (Issues 1‐12) http://www.irlchess.com/tnwr CONTENTS ‘Too Much French Defence Theory?’ . issue 1 Euwe variation, former main line: 15 Le2? is bad after all Sacrificing a Different Exchange . issue 2 Euwe variation: an exchange sacrifice for the 13 Lf4 line Out of Order? . issue 3 Poisoned Pawn: 13 Ng3 as a prelude to 14 Qxc3 and vice versa Compare and Contrast . issue 4 Poisoned Pawn: 13 Le3 & 14 N/Ld4 The Ghost of Theory Past . issue 5 Poisoned Pawn: Ragozin’s … Qa5 versus 13 Le3 From My Six Memorable Games . issue 6 Poisoned Pawn: Robert Byrne’s 12 h3 Lothar Schmid 1928‐2013 . issue 7 Three games of modern as well as historical interest A Bridge Too Far . issue 8 Poisoned Pawn: 10 … dxc3 & 11 … b6? Winawer Praxis . issue 9 Poisoned Pawn: recent games ‘A Famous Old Line’ . issue 10 Schmid’s 10 … Nd7: a survey Gambit Games—I . issue 11 The Alekhine (or Maróczy) gambit accepted Gambit Games—II . issue 12 The Alekhine (or Maróczy) gambit accepted—modern version Index of Variations . index, p. I‐1 Index of Games . I‐2 Index of Analysts, Annotators, and Commentators . I‐4 Biobibliography . I‐4 References . I‐11 Errata . I‐14 Acknowledgements . I‐14 THE NEW WINAWER REPORT, ISSUES 1-12 I-1 INDEX OF VARIATIONS 1 e4 e6 7 … Qc7 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦£ 2 d4 d5 7 … cxd4 8 cxd4 d ¢Y¬o¤2¤Y¤¥ 3 Nc3 Lb4 8 Ld3 W¢¼£J£¬»¤G¥ 4 e5 7 … 0-0 ¢£¼£¤»¤£¤¥ 4 Ne2—issues 11 and 12: 7 … Nf5 ¢¤£¤»º£¤£¥ 4 … dxe4 5 a3 Lxc3+ 6 7 … Kf8 ¢£¤£¤£º£¤¥ Nxc3 Nc6! 7 Lb5 Ne7 7 … Qa5 ¢º£¼£¤£¤£¥ 8 Lg5 f6 9 Le3 0-0 10 7 … Ng6 ¢£¤¹¤©¤¹º¥ Qd2 f5(a) 7 … Nbc6 ¢X£n£1m¤W¥ 11 f3—issue 11 8 Qxg7 Rg8 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡£ 11 0-0-0—issue 12 11 … Ld7 9 Qxh7 cxd4 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦£ 11 f4 10 Ne2 a ¢Y¤oJ£Z2¤¥ 11 Lf4 10 Kd1—issues 1, 2, 7, 10: W¢¼»¼£¬£¼»¥ 11 h4 10 … Nd7 11 Nf3 Nxe5 ¢£¤«¤»¤£¤¥ 11 … Ld7 12 Lf4 Qxc3 13 Nxe5 ¢¤m¤£¤»¤£¥ 11 … dxc3 12 Qd3 d4 Qxa1+ 14 Lc1(b)—issues ¢£¤£º»¤£¤¥ 13 g3—issues 3 and 9 7 and 10 N ¢º£ª£n£¤£¥ 13 xd4 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦£ N ¢£º¹H£º¹º¥ 13 Rb1 b ¢Y¤o¤2¤Y¤¥ ¢X£¤£1£¤W¥ 13 h4 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡£ B¢¼»¤£¬»¤G¥ ¢£¤£¤»¤£¤¥ 12 Nxc3 4 a3 12 h4 ¢¤£¤»ª£¤£¥ 4 Ld2 12 Qd3 4 Ld3 ¢£¤£¼£¤£¤¥ ¢º£¤£¤£¤£¥ 12 Rb1 4 Qg4 12 h4 4 Qd3 ¢£¤¹¤£º¹º¥ ¢J£n0¤m¤W¥ 12 … dxc3(e) 4 exd5 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦£ 4 … c5 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡£ e ¢Y¤£¤2¤Y¤¥ 4 … Ne7 10 … Nbc6 11 Nf3 dxc3 W¢¼»Jo¬»¤£¥ 12 Ng5 Nxe5(c)—issues 1 4 … Qd7 ¢£¤«¤»¤£¤¥ 4 … b6 and 2: 13 f4—issue 1 ¢¤£¤»º£¤£¥ 5 a3 ¢£¤£¤£º£¤¥ 5 Ld2 13 Lf4—issue 2 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦£ ¢º£¼G¤£¤£¥ 5 Qg4 ¢£¤¹¤©¤¹º¥ c ¢Y¬o¤2¤Y¤¥ 5 dxc5 ¢X£n£1m¤W¥ 5 … Lxc3+ W¢¼»J£¬»¤G¥ ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡£ 5 … La5 ¢£¤£¤»¤£¤¥ 13 Nxc3—issue 7 5 … cxd4? ¢¤£¤»¬£ª£¥ 13 h3—issues 6 and 9 6 bxc3 Ne7 ¢£¤£¤£¤£¤¥ 13 Ng3—issues 3 and 9 6 … Qc7 ¢º£¼£¤£¤£¥ 13 Le3—issues 4 and 5 6 … Qa5 ¢£¤¹¤£º¹º¥ 13 Qxc3 6 … b6 ¢X£n0¤m¤W¥ 13 h4 6 … Nc6 ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡£ 13 Rb1 7 Qg4 10 Rb1 13 Rg1 7 a4 10 Gd3 13 g3 7 Nf3 10 … Nbc6 7 h4 10 … dxc3 11 f4 b6?(d) Italics denote variations not yet 7 Ld3 —issue 8 covered. THE NEW WINAWER REPORT, ISSUES 1-12 I-2 INDEX OF GAMES ABEL —Zimmer 11 CIUCUREL —Novák 3 HARTMANN —Hertneck 12 ABRAMSON —Cooke 3 COBO —Ivkov 5 HAUFE —Pytel 10 ALEKHINE —Nimzovitch 11 COFFEY –Watkins 6 HECTOR —Faragó 12, ALEXANDER —Botvinnik 7 COOKE —Abramson 3 —Petersen, S. B. 12 AMBROŽ —Ivarsson 12 CRANE —Himstedt 3 HELLERS —Sørensen 8 ANDEXEL CROWDER —see IBM Research HERRMANN —Bernal Caamaño 7 DARGA —Ree 3 —Frackowiak 7 ANUȚA —Miroiu 4 DE GREEF —Harmsen 11 HERTNECK —Hartmann 12 AROUNOPOULOS —Esser 5 DEKKER —Quillan 2 HIMSTEDT —Crane 3 BAKRE —Neelotpal 5 DE SILVA —Neven 8 HÖBEL —Kindbeiter 5 BÁNÓCZI —Bathory 7 DÉMARRE —Vacca 6 HOLZHÄUER —Duppel 11 BARDEN —Sterner 4 DIEPEVEEN —Meessen 9 HYLDKROG —Boll 6, BARRIOS TRONCOSO DÍEZ DEL CORRAL —Maliangkay 6 —Strautiņš 12 —Schmid 7 IBM RESEARCH BATHORY —Bánóczi 7 DIMITROV —Seret 11 —Met. Life 1 BATURIN —Sanakoev 4 DIOTALLEVI —Oppici 11 IVARSSON —Ambrož 12 BERNAL CAAMAÑO DONNER —Pilnik 11 IVKOV —Cobo 5, —Andexel 7 DUBOIS —see Ponce et al. —Rossetto 8 BERG —Nilsson 2 DUPPEL —Holzhäuer 11 JAHR —Matulović 10 BERNAT —Gómez Baillo 11, DURÃO —Schmid 7 JANEV —Quillan 4 —Povah 11 EATON —see Lasker et al. JENSEN —Jorgensen 9 BERNDT —Handke 10, ELICH —Spieringshoek 5 JORGENSEN —Jensen 9 —Leisebein 6 ELISKASES —Canoba 8 KAGAN — Warfield 2 BERTHOLDT —Padevsky 4 ELWERT —Weise 3 KAN —Lasker 11 BEZLER —Weinzettl 1 ESSER —Arounopoulos 5 KINDBEITER —Höbel 5 BISCHOFF —Wiemer 12 FARAGÓ —Hector 12 KING —Menzel 12 BLACHMANN FERNANDEZ KOVAČEVIĆ , A. —Romanowski 1 —Sánchez Almeyra 9 —Bukal Jr. 3, 9 BOISVERT —MacDonald 1 FICHTL —Golz 4 KOVAČEVIĆ , B. BOLL —Hyldkrog 6 ‘FLANKER’ —‘Rezonator’ 2 —Palušaj 12 BONDAREVSKY FRACKOWIAK KUMMER —Stolle 4 —Pachman 11 —Herrmann 7 KURTZBERG BOTVINNIK —Alexander 7 FUCHS —Matulović 10, —see IBM Research BRAAKHUIS —Neven 12 —Uhlmann 4, 10 KUUSELA —Taetilae 7 BRANFORD —Wiley 11 GANGULY —Shirov 3 LARSEN, H. —E. Pedersen 7 BRENT —see IBM Research GÄRTIG —Zhikharev 1 LASKER —Kan 11 BRONSTEIN —Uhlmann 10 GINZBURG —Gorovykh 12 LASKER et al. BUKAL JR. GOLZ —Fichtl 4 —Ponce et al. 11 —Kovačević, A. 3, 9 GÓMEZ BAILLO —Bernat 11 LEHTIVAARA, P. BYRNE —Uhlmann 6 GOROVYKH —Ginzburg 12 —Guliyev 8 CAMILLERI —Matulović 10 GRABARCZYK —Spiess 10 LEHTIVAARA, R. CANOBA —Eliskases 8 GULIYEV —P. Lehtivaara 8 —Rychagov 8 CARLIER —Carton 3 HANDKE —Berndt 10 LEIMEISTER —Ziegert 10 CARTON —Carlier 3 HANSEN —Wirth 1 LEISEBEIN —Berndt 6 CHASE—see IBM Research HARMSEN —de Greef 11 LETTL —Rapoports 11 THE NEW WINAWER REPORT, ISSUES 1-12 I-3 LEVENFISH —Lilienthal 7 PILNIK —Donner 11, SKORNA —von Semmern 1 LEVITT —Shaw 8 —Martín 11 SØRENSEN —Hellers 8 LILIENTHAL —Levenfish 7 PONCE et al. —Lasker et al. 11 SPIERINGSHOEK —Elich 5 LINDGREN —Rogulj 11 POVAH —Bernat 11 SPIESS —Grabarczyk 10 LORENTZEN —Oren 5 PRIÉ —Weill 11 STARK —see Ponce et al. LUTHER —Naiditsch 8 PROKOPP —Morais 8, STERNER —Barden 4 MACDONALD —Boisvert 1 —Roos 8 STOLLE —Kummer 4 MALIANGKAY PYHÄLÄ —Raaste 5 STOLTZE —Sandin 4 —Hyldkrog 6 PYTEL —Haufe 10 STRAUTIŅŠ MARÓCZY —Seitz 11 QUILLAN —Dekker 2, —Barrios Troncoso 12 MARTÍN —Pilnik 11 —Janev 4 STRIPUNSKY —Shulman 12 MATULOVIĆ —Camilleri 10, RAASTE —Pyhälä 5 SVESHNIKOV — S. Webb 3 —Fuchs 10, —Jahr 10, RAGOZIN —Panov 4, 5 TAETILAE —Kuusela 7 —Tatai 1, —Uhlmann 2 RAPOPORTS —Lettl 11 TANIN —Sanakoev 4 MEESSEN —Diepeveen 9, REE —Darga 3 TARUFFI —Tiller 1 —Wiwe 8 REEFSCHLÄGER —Miles 12 TATAI —Matulović 1 MENZEL —King 12 REKHTMAN —Rimkus 9 THOMPSON MET. LIFE —IBM Research 1 RENSCH —Sharavdorj 5 —Westerinen 12 MILES —Reefschläger 12 ‘REZONATOR’ —’Flanker’ 2 TILLER —Taruffi 1 MIROIU —Anuța 4 RIMKUS —Rekhtman 9 TOTSKY —Walek 12 MORAIS —Musitani 12, ROGULJ —Lindgren 11 UHLMANN —Bronstein 10, —Prokopp 8 ROMANOWSKI —Fuchs 4, 10, MORENO RAMOS —Blachmann 1 —Matulović 2 —Negele 12 ROOS —Prokopp 8 VACCA —Démarre 6 MOROZOV —Nienhuis 12 ROSSETTO —Ivkov 8 VEENHUIJSEN —Wyker 3 MÖSSLE —Zöller 3 ROUSSEAU —see Ponce et al. VON SEMMERN —Skorna 1 MUSITANI —Morais 12 RYCHAGOV WALEK —Totsky 12 MUTCHLER —see Lasker et al. —R. Lehtivaara 8 WARFIELD —Kagan 2 NAIDITSCH —Luther 8 SABEL —Shkurovich‐Khazin 2 WATKINS —Coffey 6 NEELOTPAL —Bakre 5 SANAKOEV —Baturin 4, WEBB, S. —Sveshnikov 3 NEGELE —Moreno Ramos 12 —Tanin 4 WEILL —Prié 11 NEVEN —Braakhuis 12, SÁNCHEZ ALMEYRA WEINZETTL —Bezler 1 —de Silva 8 —Fernandez 9 WEISE —Elwert 3 NIENHUIS —Morozov 12 SANDIN —Stoltze 4 WELIN —Westerinen 11 NILSSON —Berg 2 SARKAR —Shulman 7 WESTERINEN NIMZOVITCH —Alekhine 11 SCHMID —Díez del Corral 7, —Thompson 12, NOVÁK —Ciucurel 3 —Durão 7, —Paoli 7, —Welin 11 OPPICI —Diotallevi 11 —L. Pedersen 7 WIEMER —Bischoff 12 OREN —Lorentzen 5 SEITZ —Maróczy 11 WILEY —Branford 11 PACHMAN —Bondarevsky 11 SERET —Dimitrov 11 WIMSATT, SR.—see Lasker et al. PADEVSKY —Bertholdt 4 SHARAVDORJ —Rensch 5 WIRTH —Hansen 1 PALUŠAJ —B. Kovačević 12 SHAW —Levitt 8 WIWE —Meessen 8 PANOV —Ragozin 4, 5 SHIROV —Ganguly 3 WYKER —Veenhuijsen 3 PAOLI —Schmid 7 SHKUROVICH‐KHAZIN ZHIKHAREV —Gärtig 1 PEDERSEN, E. —H. Larsen 7 —Sabel 2 ZIEGERT —Leimeister 10 PEDERSEN, L. —Schmid 7 SHULMAN —Sarkar 7, ZIMMER —Abel 11 PEDERSEN, S. B. —Hector 12 —Stripunsky 12 ZÖLLER —Mössle 3 THE NEW WINAWER REPORT, ISSUES 1-12 I-4 INDEX OF ANALYSTS, ANNOTATORS & COMMENTATORS ALEKHINE — 11 JARLNÆS — 5, 9 PAOLI — 7 AROUNOPOULOS — 5 KASPAROV — 10 PEDERSEN, S. — 2, 7, 10 BALOGH — 2 KEENE — 10 PIETZSCH — 1 BARCZA — 1 KERES — 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 POPESCU — 2 BRAAKHUIS — 12 KHALIFMAN — 8 PSAKHIS — 10, 12 BURGESS —10 KING — 12 PYTEL — 10 BYRNE — 6, 9 KLOSS — 5 SANAKOEV — 4 CRANE — 3 KNUDSEN — 1 SCHMID — 7 CVETKOVIĆ — 3 KOMAROV — 2 SCHWARZ DE FIRMIAN — 10 KONIKOWSKI — 10 — 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 DEMPSEY — 11, 12 KORCHNOI — 3, 4, 10 SHORT — 3 DJURIĆ — 2 LARSEN — 6 SOKOLOV, V. — 10 ELISKASES — 8 LEISEBEIN — 5 STEIN — 10 EMMS — 4, 10 MARIĆ — 1, 10 SUETIN — 10 EUWE — 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11 MARTIN, A. — 10 TUROVER — 11 FARAGÓ — 1 MCDONALD — 2, 6, 8, 12 UHLMANN — 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 FLÜGGE — 5 MILES — 12 VACCA — 6 FUCHS — 7 MINEV — 5, 8 VAN DER TAK — 8 GALLAGHER — 10 MOLES — 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, VITIUGOV — 10, 11, 12 GLIGORIĆ — 6, 10, 11 11, 12 WATSON GOH — 3, 9 MOSKALENKO — 3, 9 — 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 GRANDELIUS — 2 NEVEN — 3 WICKER — 11, 12 HANSEN — 1 NIESSEN — 7 WILLIAMS — 1 HARDING — 6 NUNN — 10 YUDOVICH JR.