DEVELOPMENTS IN TttE

Pirc atid M6dtrtL Sstern,s

1g4-gJ

120 theoretically most

important games selected by

Nigel Davies
 Developments in the

PIRC & MODERN SYSTEMS

1985-87

INTERNATIONAL MASTER

Nigel Davies

Austrian Attack 2
Pirc divergencies
3
6Ad3 5
6Ae3 9
6Ae2 11
Classical 12
Pirc divergences 13
Main Line 14
Spassky System 18
Assorted Systems 21
Sveshnikov 4Ae3 22
Byrne System 25
4g3Modern 26
4g3Pirc 27
.i.t.c4Systems 29
4Ae2 + 5h4 29
Averbakh System 31
4... /i;Jd7 33
4... e5 (Azmaiparashvili) 34
4... a6? ! 37
Classical Fianchetto 37
ThreePawns 39
Geller's Quiet System 39
Kasparov System 41

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 AUSTRI AN ATTAC K
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 4Jc3 $;..g7 4 f4
Ever since the Pirc and Modern
Defences appeared on the scene this
has been the most dangerous system.
White sets up a big pawn centre and
hopes to smash his opponent flat; if
Black wants to survive he must play
with energy and purpose.
AUSTRIAN MODERN
Against the Austrian Attack Black
normally transposes into the Pirc with
4 . . . 4Jf6. His main alternative is a
counterattack against d4 with 4 ...
4Jc6.
After 5 ilt.e3 4)f6 6 4)f3 this will
transpose into an Austrian Pirc with 6
Ae3 (e.g. game 1 9). Game I features
the dangerous alternative 5 t2lf3;
Pekarek's treatment in game 2 will
probably not catch on.
Game l
de Firmian - J .Kristiansen
Copenhagen 198S
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $;.. g7 3 4Jc3 d6 4 f4 t2lc6
Despite its current lack of populari
ty 4 . . . c6 is still very interesting. A re
cent example was J . Amason-Soltis,
New York Open 1 986, which went 5
4Jf3 .Q.g4 6 Ae3 b6 1 d3 4Jf6 8
4Je5 ! ? d5 ! 9 f5 de 1 0 c4 0-0 1 1 fg hg
12 4Jxg6 Ae6 1 3 4Jxe7 h8 and
White was in serious trouble.
S 4Jf3 ..Q.g4 6 ilt.e3 .Qxf3
In Lugano last year, Hick! showed
that Black has another possibility.
P .Bauer-Hick! went 6 . . . e6 7 .Q.b5 a6
8 Axc6 be 9 0-0 b8 10 d3 .Qxf3 1 1
!!xf3 4Je7 1 2 b3 0-0 with about even
chances.
7 gf dS 8 '/itd2 e6 9 0-0-0
9 ... 4Jge7
A possible improvement is 9
t2lf6!? as in Ehlvest-Azmaiparashvi l i ,
54th USSR Ch , - fi nal, K uibishev
1 986, which went 10 ;.g I 0-0 11 h4
t2lh5 12 f5 de 13 fe6 (or 13 fe4 ef 14 ef
xh4 15 d5 e5 16 $;..g 5 b4) 13 . . .
fe 14 !i2)xe4 e5 1 5 c3 d5! with a com
plicated game.
10 h4 hS 1 1 li2)a4 0-0 12 c4 de 13 Axc4
b8 14 li2)cS !!d8 1S c3 b6 16 4Jxe6
fe 17 J,ixe6 h7 18 e5 .:.f8 19 f5 gf 20
:.hgt e8 21 .xg7 xg7 22 dS f4 23
.Qd7 f7 24 ilt.f2 t2lxdS 2S xc6 4)e3
26 .a.gl h8 27 e6 f6 28 Ael 4JfS
29 $;..c3 t2ld4 30 e7 li2)xc6 31 ef .a.xf8
32 .Qxc6 1:0
Game 2
Pekarek - Azmaiparashvili
Tbilisi 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 4)c3 .Qg7 4 f4 4Jc6 S
Ae3 4Jf6
5 . . . e6! ? 6 4Jf3 4Jge7 7 d2 a6 8
0-0-0 d5 9 e5 b6 1 0 !'!gl Ab7 1 1 g4
d7 12 4Je2 h5 is unclear, Rogulj
Kljako, Citta di Castello 1 986.
6 Ae2 0-0 7 dS? ! 4)b8 8 4)f3 c6 9 '/itd2
.Qg4 10 h3 .Qxf3 11 .Qxf3 cd 12 e5 de
13 fe 4Je8 14 ..Q.xd5 c8 15 0-0 e6 16
.Qb3 Axes 17 4Je4 4)d7 Ul ..Q.h6 4Jg7
19 g5 c6 20 !'!adl the4 21 .xd7
.Q.xb2 22 4 thf4 23 .Q.xf4 as 24
.Qd6 .fc8 2S !!dxn a4 26 .Qxa4 4Jf5
 27 . 7xfS ef 28 i;Lb3 + Wg7 29 g4
gc6 30 Ab4 Ac3 31 Axc3 gxc3 32
gf .f8 33 fg . xfl + 34 ft hg 3S
Wg2 Wh6 36 a4 b6 37 Wh2 WgS 38
Wg2 Wh4 39 .Qe6 gxc2 + 40 Wf3
.c3 + 0:1
AUSTRIAN PIRC
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 Qc3 g6 4 f4 Qf6
Divergences
Before we reach a main line Austrian
both sides have alternatives. In game 3
Bronstein's old speciality of 5 e5 was
not done justice; the interesting and
virtually untried 5 . . . Qa6 ! ? had an
outing in game 4.
5 . . . c5 has become popular again
recently mainly because of Seirawan 's
novelty 1 2 . . . h5! ? (game 5) . Games 7
and 8 both show White trying to
squeeze something out of 6 de but
without much success.
Game 3
Silva - Hertneck
Biel Open 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 .Qg7 3 Qc3 d6 4 f4 Qf6 S
eS Qfd7 6 Qf3 cS 7 ed 0-0 8 de
the7 + 9 e2 d8 10 Ae3 Qc6 11
0-0-0 . e8 12 de as
-
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, .:. .i:
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.
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m m;g
d.!,. d.!,. M@ a d.!,.
;.'Jm
t3 f2 .Qxc3 t4 be Qf6 tS QgS
*a3 + t6 Wbt .Qe6 11 c4 Qg4 t8
'&h4 b4 + 19 Wet h6 20 Qxe6
Qxe3 2t Qc7 *c3 22 m2 *al + 0 : 1
Game 4
Kudrin - Christiansen
Reykjavik 1986
t e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 Qc3 d6 4 f4 Qf6 S
Qf3 Qa6!? 6 .Qd3 cS 7 dS c7
.
7 . . . 0-0 8 0-0 would transpose into
the normal line 5 . . 0-0 6 .Qd3 Qa6 7
0-0 c5 8 d5. Christiansen's move gives
5 . . . Qa6 ! ? independent significance.
8 e2 0-0 9 a3 e6 10 de Axe6 11 Ac4
.ae8 t2 0-0 .Qxc4 t3 thc4 c6 t4 eS
Qg4 tS h3 Qh6 t6 '&dS QfS t7 thc6
be t8 Qe4 dS t9 Qf2 f6 20 Qg4 Qg3
2t a.et fS 22 Qf2 Qc7 23 b4 Qe6 24
be .b8 2S Qd3 .fd8 26 .Qe3 d4 27
Af2 Qe4 28 .abl . xbt 29 . xbt
Af8 30 .b7 Q4xcS 3t gxa7 Qxd3
32 cd AcS 33 .a6 Qxf4 34 .xc6
t2)xd3 3S a4 Qxf2 36 f2 .Qf8 37
a.c4 d3 38 et .Qh6 39 a.d4 d2 + 40
We2 .!;;!. b8 4t Qxd2 .!;;!. b 2 42 g4 fg 43
hg .a2 44 Wel .Qxd2 + 4S gxd2
.xa4 46 .d8 + Wg7 t:t
Game 5
Hellers - Seirawan
Wijk aan Zee t986
t e4 d6 2 d4 Qf6 3 Qc3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 S
Qf3 cS 6 .QbS + .Qd7 7 eS Qg4 8 e6
AxbS 9 ef + Wd7 to QxbS as + tt
Qc3 cd 12 Qxd4 hS! ? 13 h3 Qc6 t4
Qde2
14 hg Qxd4 15 .Qe3 hg 16 .a.xh8
.a.xh8 17 .Qxd4? ! a.hi + 18 f2
a.xd l 1 9 .Q.xg7 .a.xal 20 f8=* -/ +
Pein.
t4 . . . Qh6 1S .Qe3 QfS?! ( 1 5 . . . .hf8
Hellers) t6 .Qf2 .af8 17 0-0
= -
.Qxc3 t8 Qxc3 .xf7 t9 tt'd3 ( 1 9 a3 ! -
Hellers) 19 .a.hf8 20 .a. aet a6 2t
...
*e4 Qd8 22 QdS b6 23 c4 b7 24
d3 a.g8 2S .Qd4 Wc8 26 .Q.c3 h4 27
b4 c6 28 bS d7 29 a4 Qb7 30 a.at
gs 31 as ba 32 Axas gf 33 Qb6 + ??
(33 .Qb6! - Hellers) 33 . a h 34 Axb6
QaS 3S dS b7 36 .f2 dS 37 cd
 b7 38 AxaS 4)e3 39 Ac3 4)xd5 40
,t.d4 S a8 41 ..xa8 a8 42 ..d2 e6
43 Af2 .. h7 44 .. a2 + b8 45 ..a6
..d7 46 Axh4 eS 47 Af2 4)b4 48 ..a3
dS 49 AcS 4)c2 50 ..c3 4)el 51 2
d4 52 Sc4 4)d3 + 53 f3 b7 S4
e4 4)b2 55 S c2 4)a4 S6 Ab4 d3 57
.. d2 ..d4 + 58 eS ..xb4 S9 Sxd3
4)cS 60 ..f3 b6 61 h4 ..b2 t:t
Game 6
Morovic Plaskett
-
Bor 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jig7 3 4)c3 d6 4 f4 4)f6 5
4)f3 cS 6 .Q.bS + Ad7 7 eS g4 8 e6
AxbS 9 ef + d7 10 4)xb5 as + 11
4)c3 cd 12 4)xd4 Axd4 13 d4 4Jc6
14 c4
One of many movs. Other recent
examples are:
a) 1 4 'lWe4 f5 1 5 -'.d2 Shf8 1 6 'lWf3
S ab8 1 7 4)e2 Sxf7 1 8 0-0-0 4)f6
Belyavsky-Carr, London Open 1 985.
b) 14 d2 h5 15 b3 Shf8 16 Ab2
(Zaitsev-Konopka, Moscow B 1 986)
16 . . . c5 ! intending 1 7 . . . e3
= -
Zaitsev.
14 4)b4 15 e4 4)f6 16 i:txb7 +
e6 17 0-0 n 18 S et S he8 19
.. e2 S ab8 20 itf3 5 21 itf2 4)g4
22 ith4 4)xc2 23 'tl.hh7 + 8 24 4)e4
4)f6 25 ith8 + 4)g8 26 4)g5 e6 29
4)b7 + t:t
Game 7
Sokolov - Gurevich
S2nd USSR Ch 198S
1 e4 g6 2 d4 .Qg7 3 4)c3 d6 4 f4 4)f6 S
4)f3 cS 6 de as 7 d3 xcS 8 Ae3
In the game J.L.Fernandez
Ardaman, Las Palmas 1987, White
tried to improve with 8 ... b5 + b ut
after 8 ... 4Jbd7 ! was struggling to
draw; the game concluded 9 e5 de 10
fe 4)g4 11 xc5 4Jxc5 12 4)d5 4Je6
13 i;tb5 + d7 14 i;txd7 + xd7 15
0-0 ..ac8 16 c3 e8 17 4Jf4 4Jxe5 18
4Jxe5 Axe5 1 9 4Jxe6 fe 20 Sel Ad6
21 ..xe6 d7 22 ..e4 ..hf8 23 Ae3
a6 24 ..di b5 t:t.
8 as 9 bS + xbS
...
10 4)xb5! ?
1 0 i;txb5 + 4)c6 1 1 0-0-0 a6 12 .Qd3
4)g4 1 3 Ab6 0-0 14 h3 4)f6 1 5 g4 4Jd7
16 .t.i.e3 Sb8 Radulov-Spassky,
=
Amsterdam 1 973 .
= 10 . . . 4)a6 11 .Qd3 (1 1 e5 ! ? - Chemin)
11 0-0 12 .t.xa7 4)hS 13 Ae3 Axb2
14 ..bl jtg7 15 eS 4)c5 16 .QxcS de 17
g3 ..xa2 18 0-0 .Qd7 19 4)c3 .. a7 20
Ae4 ..b8 21 S b6 ..a3 22 4)ds Af8
23 Sfbl S d8 24 4)c7 Ac6 25 -'.xc6
be 26 4)gS h6 27 4)e4 Se3 28 4)f2 gS
29 4)g4 Se2 30 S b8 Sxb8 31 Sxb8
g7 32 fS ..e4 33 h3 4)xg3 34 f6 + ef
35 4)e8 + g6 36 4Jexf6 $J.g7 37
4)xe4 4)xe4 38 ..e8 4)d2 39 e6? fe 40
..xe6 + fS 41 ..xc6 .Qd4 + 42 g2
 h5 43 h2 c4 44 fl 4 45 c3
e3 + 46 xe3 .Qxe3 47 .a.h6 h4 48
kte6 .Qd2 49 ktc6 .Qxc3 so axes .Qd2
51 J;I.c4 + e5 52 3 .Qf4 53 .a.e4 +
d5 54 kte8 t:t
Game 8
Dolmatov - Gurevich
Moscow A 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 S
f3 c5 6 de ti'a5 7 .Qd3 cS 8 'lte2
0-0 9 .Qe3 ti'aS
Is the razor-sharp 9 . . . ti'b4
playable? It was in the game Thipsay
Sturua, Frunze 1 985, which went 1 0
0-0 thb2 1 1 b5 e8 12 e5 ! ? (12 a3)
12 . . . ti'b4 13 .a.ab l ti'a5 14 f5 .Qxf5
1 5 .Qxf5 gf 1 6 ed e6 with a messy posi
tion that Black eventually won.
10 0-0 .Qg4 11 dl ! ?
A new idea.
11 .. c6 12 c3 eS 13 f2 ef 14 .Qxf4
.Qxf3 15 thf3 eS 16 .Qxe5 the5 17
.Qc4 a.ae8 18 .a.ael .a.e7 19 .Qb3 h8
20 a.e2 a.fe8 21 d3 b5 22 .a.ret
a5! 23 hl a4 24 .Qc2 a3 25 ha 'lta5
26 b4 a3 27 g3 'tWa5 28 .Qb3 'tt c5
t:t
AUSTRIAN PIRC: 6 "d3
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 b2lc3 $;,.g7 4 f4 b2lf6
5 b2lf3 0-0 6 $;.d3
Ever since the teeth were drawn from
the impulsive 6 e5, 6 .Qd3 has been
White's most consistent choice .
Black's traditional reply has been 6 . . .
c6 but in game 9 Timman showed
that Black still has problems after 7
e5 .
The 'best' reply to 6 . . . c6 was
thought to have been 7 0-0 after which
7 . . . .Qg4 has not proved altogether
adequate after 8 e5 . Game 10,
however, is very important for the
theory of 7 . . . e5; with 18 . . . ti'g8
Black defended against what was
previously thought to be a winning
attack.
During the 1 980s 6 . . . c6 has been
virtually superceded by the dynamic 6
. . . a6!?, putting a knight on the
edge in order to enforce 7 . . . c5 . Blunt
attempts at refutation seem to fall
short (games 1 1 and 12) so the main
line has become 7 0-0 c5 8 d5 .
After 8 . . . c7 (game 14) White
would surely have won were it not for
an appalling (presumably zeitnot)
blunder and 8 . . . .Qg4 (game 1 5) seems
a bit committal. Black's best is almost
certainly 8 . . . a.b8 (games 1 6- 1 8)
when the quieter approach used in
Gruenfeld-Kindermann may be
White's best.
Game 9
Timman - Nijboer
The Netherlands 1985-6
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 f6 4 c3 $;.g7 5
f3 0-0 6 .Qd3 c6 7 e5 de 8 fe h5
9 .Qe3 .Qg4 10 .Qe2 f6 11 ef ef 12 ti'd2
ti'e7
1 2 . . . e7? ! 1 3 0-00 f5
(Tyagunov-Paul, correspondence
1 985) 14 h3 ! .Qxf3 15 .Qxf3 + I- -
Tyagunov.
13 0-0-0 a.re8 14 .a.hel h8 15 .Qh6
.Qxh6 16 thh6 g7 17 thg7 + r:t;xg7
18 h3 .Qd7 19 d5 b8 20 d4 f4 21
.Qf3 a6 22 e6 + .Qxe6 23 de cS
24 b4 cxe6 25 g3 xh3 26 .Qxb7
.a.ab8 27 .Qc6 28 .Qxe8 + a.xe8
29 .a.d7 + a.e7 30 ktxe7 + r:tlxe7 31
bS d7 32 xa7 f2 33 J;I.e2 hl
34 J;I.d2 + e8 35 g4 g3 36 a4 h5 37
gh gh 38 a5 e4 39 a.dl c3 40 c6
xdl 41 a6 1 : 0
 Game JO
Berez - Den Broeder
Correspondence 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 .5Df6 3 .5Dc3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 5
.5Df3 0-0 6 .Qd3 .5Dc6 7 0-0 e5 8 fe de 9
d5 .5De7 10 .5Dxe5 .5Dfxd5
V.Moiseyev-Labunsky, USSR 1 986,
went 10 . . . c6 1 1 .Qg5 .5Dfxd5 ! ? (New)
12 .5Dxf7 ..xf7 1 3 ..xf7 Wxf7 and
now rather than 14 ed, Moiseyev
recommended the variation 14 fl +
Wg8 (1 4 . . . .5Df6 1 5 jtc4+ $4e6 1 6
.Qxe6+ Wxe6 1 7 c4+ ) 1 5 ed
b6+ 16 Wh l .5Dxd5 ( 1 6 . . . xb2?
1 7 .. e l ) 1 7 !'.!e l with an attack .
11 .5Dxf7 .5Dxc3 12 be ..xf7 13 ..xf7
Wxf7 14 .Q.c4 + .Q.e6 15 fl + .Q.f6
16 .Q.xe6 + Wxe6 17 c4 + Wd7 18
.Qa3 g8!
. ..
i- .i:
. 'i., ,
.
f1. . .'i
B
ft
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rd
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An important novelty which breaks
the attack.
19 dl + <lt'e8! 20 iWh5 + <lt'f8! 21
Sfl iWe6! 22 e5 ttb6 + 23 c5
c5 + 24 .Qxc5 b6 25 .Qa3 c5 26 ef
.5Df5 27 .Qcl S e8 28 .Qg5 h6 29 .Qf4
Wf7 30 h4 c4 31 ..f2 ..el + 32 Wh2
EDe3 33 <lt'g3 h5 34 .Qg5 b5 35 <lt'h3
.5Dd5 36 g4 hg + 37 g4 .5Dxc3 38
S d2 Sdl 39 S xdl .5Dxdl 40 .Qd2
Wxf6 41 4 a6 42 We4 We6 43 Wd4
5 44 <lt'd5 <lt'g4 45 Wc5 Wxh4 46
Wb6 c3 47 iii. h6 g5 48 Wxa6 b4 49
Wa5 g4 50 .Qf4 h3 51 ah g3 52
.Qxg3 + Wxg3 53 b4 EDe3 54 Wa4 4
t:t
Game II
De Firmian - Van der Wiel
Wijk aan Zee A 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 .5Df6 3 .5Dc3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 5
.Qd3 .5Da6 6 .5Df3 0-0 7 e5 .5Dd7 8 h4 c5
9 h5 cd 10 hg hg 11 .5Dg5 .5Dxe5! (1 1 . . .
de !? - Nunn) 12 fe de 13 Wf2 (inten
ding 14 !'.!h8 + ) 13 de ( 1 3 . . . .Q.xe5 !
..
- van Wijgerden) 14 $;.. e3 d6 15 .. h4
eh 16 ..bl ..d8 17 hl f6 + 18
Wgl ..xd3 19 cd .Q.f5 20 .5Dh7 d6 21
l;:ig5 f6 22 .5Dh7 d6 23 4)g5 t:t
Game l2
Sveshnikov - Davies
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 4)c3 $J..g 7 4 f4 .5Df6 5
.5Df3 0-0 6 $;.. d 3 .5Da6 7 e5 4)d7 8
l;:ig5 ! ? de 9 fe .5Db6 10 .Qe4 c5 11 d5
.Qxe5 12 .5Dxh7 .Qxc3 + 13 be h7
'
E BA - B
' .4.:f.I
- .i:
11
-r
:a'ii ' .:e
B
r,. w
w a..
14 h5 + ( 1 4 h4 ! ? unclear -
Sveshnikov) 14 Wg8 15 .Qxg6 fg 16
'/itxg6 + Wh8 17 c4 .5Da4! 18 tth5 +
Wg8 19 a.bl S f5 ! 20 'i!i'g6 + Wh8 21
Sb3 a.e5 + 22 Wdl *g8 23 *h6 +
*h7 24 *f8 + g8 25 h6 + t:t
Game l3
Glek - Azmaiparashvill
Tallinn 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 .5Dc3 .Qg7 4 f4 .5Df6 5
.5Df3 0-0 6 .Qd3 .5Da6 7 0-0 c5 8 de? !
.5Dxc5 9 *el h5 10 a3 .Qb7 11 Whl a5
12 e5 de 13 fe .5Dxd3 14 cd .5Dd5 15
xb5 .Qa6 16 a4 .5Dc7 17 .5Dxc7 c7
 18 Sa3 .a.ad8 19 .Qd2 ,!;tdS 20 h4
.Qxd3 21 ..cl d7 22 el Sa8 23
.a.ac3 .Qfs 24 !'.!c7 a4 2S ..xe7
.Qf8 26 .a.ec7 ..ad8 27 .Qgs !tb8 28
1!7c4 Sb4 29 !'.!xb4 b4 30 b4
.Qxb4 31 h3 .Qf8 32 .a.c6 h6 33 .Qd2
.Qg7 34 .Qc3 a4 3S .a.c4 .Qd7 36 Sc7
gS 37 gl .Qf8 38 f2 J;i.e6 39 el
Sd7 40 !'.!c6 .a.ds 41 !'.!a6 a3 42 ba
.Qxh3 43 gh !'.!d3 44 .Qd4 Sxf3 4S
!'.!:.t8 g7 46 e6 + f6 47 Sa7 + g6
48 e7 J;i.xe7 49 Sxe7 t:t
12 f5 ! (12 ed 5;)d5 ! unclear - Boersma)
12. ef 13 .Qgs d7 14 .Qc4 + h8 J;i.c4 e6 11 de .Qxe6 1 2 .Qxe6 fe ( = ) as
lS !!dl + /- bS 16 Sxd6 e8 17
.Qd5 S b8 18 e6 .Qxe6 19 Sxe6 5Dxe6
20 .Qxe6 S b6 21 .QdS 5;)f6 22 f2
d7 23 lUeS e8 24 5;)f3 ..d6 25
c5 d8 26 .Qb3 a6 27 lUeS 5;)d7 28
d6 J;i.xeS 29 eS + ZUxeS 30
J;i.xd8 .!;ixd8 31 .!;iel [Ug4 32 h3 5;)f6
33 Sdl ..e8 34 2 lUhS 3S 5;)dS
.a.eS 36 5;)e3 5;)f6 37 .!;!d6?? lUe4 + 38
3 5;)xd6 0:1
Game /5
Dolmatov - Chernin
S4th USSR Ch, Minsk 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 5;)f6 3 5;)c3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 s
5Df3 0-0 6 .Qd3 5Da6 7 0-0 cS 8 dS .Qg4
9 .Qc4 ! ?
New. I f 9 h 3 .Qxf3 10 !txf3 ZUc7 1 1
a4 a6 1 2 a5 lUb5 1 3 ZUe2 c4! 1 4 .Qxc4
5Dxe4 (E hlvest-Azmaiparashvili ,
Tallinn 1 986) 1 5 c3 ! + I = - Ehlvest.
9 ZUc7 10 h3 .Qxf3 11 Uhf3 ZUd7 12
. .
a4 a6 13 d3 lUb6 14 .Qa2 d7 lS as
5;)c8 16 .Qd2 bS 17 ab 5Dxb6 18 .!;!ael
lUb5 19 lUdl + I = lUd4 20 ZUe3
Sab8 21 c3 bS 22 xbS ZUxbS 23
.Qb3 ZUc7 24 J;i.c2 as 2s Sal a4 26
Sa2 .a.b7 27 a.rat e6 28 de ZUxe6 29
ZUd5 5Dc4 30 .Qct a3 31 ba ZUc7 32
5Dxc7 Sxc7 33 .Qd3 lUaS 34 ..c2 c4
3S .Qe2 5;)b3 36 Sbl ZUxcl 37 .a.cxcl
Sa8 38 Sb4 lixa3 39 Sb8 + .Qf8 40
f5 gf 41 ef f6 42 .Qf3 dS 43 .QxdS +
g7 44 f2 .QcS + 45 f3 <;!th6 46
Sb2 .Qd4 47 Sbc2 .Qb6 48 g4 Scs 49
.Qe6 .a.es so Se2 .Qd4 51 axes .QxeS
S2 iitxc4 t:t
Game / 6
Dolmatov - Gipslis
USSR 198S
1 e4 d6 2 d4 5;)f6 3 ZUc3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 5
lUf3 0-0 6 J;i.d3 [Ua6 7 0-0 cS 8 dS a. bi
9 e2 ZUc7
If Black is unwilling to sacrifice a
rook he might consider 9 . . . lUb4 10
in Kinlay-Nunn, London 1 977 .
10 a4
10 . . . a6
 1 0 . . . .a.e8? ! 1 1 f5 gf 1 2 ef e6 1 3 fe
fe 14 de .Qxe6 (Kaidanov-Davies,
Moscow B 1 987) 15 tt'f2 ! + /-.
11 a5 b5 12 ab !1xb6 13 a4 Sb8 14
c4 e6! 15 e5 fe8 16 ed xd6 17 e5
ed ! ! 18 c6 -tl,th4 19 xb8 .Qd4 + 20
Whl S e8 21 -ti.tf3 de 22 c6 .Qg4 23
xd4 cd4 24 tt'c6 cd 25 tt'xd6 f3! !
26 .i.e3 de 27 gf d2 28 c3 e2 29
tf'xd2 ef tf' + 30 !1xfl !1d8 31 tt'e3
= 5Dd l gf! 1 4 h6 .Qxh6 1 5 tt'xh6 l2)g4
d5 32 xd5 !1xd5 33 !!et tf'h3 34
Wgl a5 35 tt'c3 tt'd7 36 tt'c8 + tt'xc8
37 xc8 + Wg7 38 l;;t a8 b5 39 b3
.a.xb3 40 xa5 !1xf3 41 !1a4 f6 42
Wg2 !1d3 43 S a5 t:t
An interesting little game. I wonder
what Kaidanov had in mind against 10
. . . a6.
10 b5
This move suffered a set-back in the
game Sznapik-Van der Wiel, Amster
dam 1 984; here it makes a come-back.
If Black is genuinely in a bad way, two
alternatives might be considered:
a) 10 .Qg4 (removing the knight on
f3 is an interesting defensive idea
pioneered by the youth of Holland) 1 1
h l tt'c8 1 2 a3 ( 1 2 d2? ! xd3 1 3
cd b 5 14 tt'f2 tt'a6 ! 1 5 h 3 b4 1 6 cb l
$td7 1 7 tt'e2 e6 1 8 de fe -/ +
Stehouwer-Van der Wiel, Dutch Ch
1984) 12 . . . xd4 1 3 cd b5 14 f5 b4 15
e2? ! ( 1 5 di unclear) 1 5 . . . tt'a6 1 6
f4 -'.xf3 1 7 !1xf3 -tl.ta4 ! 1 8 !1fl c4 !
and Black had taken the initiative in
Howell-J .Piket, Groningen 1 985-6.
b) 1 0 . . . 5Dxd3 1 1 cd b5 1 2 f5 b4 1 3
was unclear , Anthony-Williams ,
Chelmsford 1 985.
11 a3
What did Black have in mind
against 1 1 f5 ! (preventing . . . .Qg4) -
1 1 . . . c4 12 a3 5Dxd3 1 3 cd cd 14 .Qh6
of Sznapik-van der Wiel? Perhaps
Sznapi k ' s suggestion of 1 2 . . .
5Dbxd5 ! ? is playable or maybe 1 1 . . .
5Dxd3 1 2 cd b4 transposing to
Anthony-Williams.
11 . . !Dxd3 12 cd .Qg4 13 f5 b4!
Much sharper than the 1 3 . . . tt'c8 of
Nunn-Van der Sterren , Ramsgate
198 1 . After the moves 14 h6 .Qxf3
15 Sxf3 b4 Nunn should have played
the immediate 16 !Dd l (unclear) rather
than first capturing on b4.
14 ab cb 15 e2 -ti.tb6 + 16 Whl l;;tbc8
17 5Df4 -'.xf3 18 !1xf3?? tf'a6!
(outch!) 19 -'.e3 tt'xal + 20 Ji.gl !let
21 5Dh3 a.n 22 fg hg 0:1
Game l 8
Gmenfeld - Kindennann
Biel 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 5Df6 3 5Dc3 g6 4 f4 -'.g7 5
5Df3 0-0 6 -'.d3 !Da6 7 0-0 c5 8 d5 .a.b8
9 hl .Qg4
Almost certainly best. 9 . /ii)c7 has
.
been seen very little since Spassky
Kavalek, Solingen 1 977 and 9 . . . b6 is
virtually refuted by 10 !Db5 ! intending
1 1 c4.

10 f5! ?
Generally considered t o b e White's
most promising try.
1 0 el transposes into Howell
Piket after 10 . . . li;)b4 (see note to
previous game) which looks fine for
Black . Perhaps White should prefer 9
Wh l followed by 1 0 e l to cut out
Black's alternative defensive ideas.
But 10 jtc4 ! ? has been causing
Black some problems, for example 1 0
. . . li;)c7 1 1 a4 a 6 1 2 a 5 b5 (or 1 2 . . .
li;)b5 1 3 d3 li;)xc3 1 4 be e6 1 5 de fe? !
1 6 h3 d5 1 7 hg li;)xe4 1 8 e3
I . Gurevich-Wolff, US Junior Ch
1 986) 13 ab a.xb6 14 h3 jtxf3 1 5
xf3 li;)b5 1 6 li;)e2 a8 1 7 c3 li;)c7 1 8
g4 + I= Stoica-Varasdy, Bajmok
1 984. The latest try is 1 1 . . . e6 but this
turned out badly in I . Gurevich-Wolff,
match (2), Boston 1 986, after 1 2 de fe
13 h3 jtxf3 1 4 xf3 d5 1 5 ed li;)fxd5
1 6 li;)xd5 ed 1 7 a.di a.e8 1 8 jte3 b6
19 jtxd5 + .
10 .. c8 1 1 jte2 li;)c7 1 2 a4 a6 13
li;)b4!? jtxe2 14 e2 + I= b5 15 ab
ab 16 g4 ..a8 17 ..xa8 a8 18 g5
li;)b5 19 li;)dl b4 20 li;)e3 a6 21 g2
b3 22 li;)g4 li;)e8 23 cb 'tt d 3 24 *f3
+ 25 axf3 jtd4 26 li;)g2 li;)c7 27
li;)f4 li;)xf4 28 jtxf4 li;)b5 29 f6 ef 30
li;)xf6 + Wg7 31 b4 !!a8 32 b5 gb 33
li;)xb5 + Wg6 34 .. b3 ..al + 35 Wg2
..bl 36 li;)g3 ..xb2 + 37 f3 jtg7 38
li;)f5 jtf8 39 Wg4 .i;tg2 + 40 jtg3
li;)d4?? (40 . . . a,g 1 draws) 41 li;)b4 +
1:0
AlJSTIUA :\ PllU.: 6 \)d
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 li;)c3 jtg7 4 f4 li;)f6
5 li;)f3 0-0 6 jte3
6 jte3 is another testing move which
has not been as heavily analysed as 6
jtd3 . Black seems to have a large
choice of playable replies, though
these may be thinned out as the theory
is refined .
6 . . . li;)c6 followed by the innova
tion 7 . . . li;)g4 (game 1 9) is particularly
important news for those who play the
'Modern' 4 . . . li;)c6 (5 jte3 li;)f6 6 li;)f3
transposes) . In the same event
Pirc/Modern expert Azmaiparashvili
also used 6 . . . li;)bd7 (game 20).
Games 21 and 22 are both of great
theoretical importance: they witness
the birth of 6 . . . c5 . Espig's 6 ... a6 on
the other hand (game 23) may prove to
be stillborn.
Game l9
Dvoiris - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 jtg7 3 li;)c3 d6 4 f4 li;)f6 5
li;)f3 0-0 6 jte3 li;)c6 7 'litd2 li;)g41?
(New) 8 jtgl e5 9 fe de 10 d5 /i;)b8 11
h3 /i;)f6 12 0-0-0 /i;)bd7 13 d6!? (13
g41?) 13 ... c6 14 bl b5 15 ite3 a.es
16 jth2 jtf8 17 g4 a.e6 18 g5 li;)e8?1
( 1 8 . .. li;)h5 unclear - Dvoiris) 19 h4
li;)xd6 20 h5 'tta5 21 hg hg 22 /i;)d2
'ttc7 23 jth3 J;le8 24 !Ub3 a5? (24 ...
li;)c4 unclear - Dvoiris) 25 jtxd7 jtxd7
26 'ttcS /i;)b7 27 li;)xbS 'ttb8 28 'ttf2
jtg4 29 J;ldfl /i;)d8 30 li;)Sd4 'ttb7 31
{)13 jtxf3 32 'lhl3 a.b8 33 *h3 jtg7
34 jtg1 li;)e6 35 ith7 + 8 36 a4
e7 37 jtcS + d8 38 a.d1 + c8
39 jtd6 J;la8 40 li;)c5 li;)xcS 41 jtxcS
jt1s 42 'lith3 + bs 43 ad1 1:0
 "' 1: .m Ji
%'mAm r,,
Game20

.t: .1:
.i.
Halifman -Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 Gi)f6 4 Gi)c3 $J..g7 5 : . . %
. . .%t"
-t
6.>LJ ' B
Gi)f3 0-0 6 $J..e3 Gi)bd7 7 itd2 c5 8 de .
u
,

In Haik-Seret, Cannes 1986, White ,

tried 8 d5, but after 8 . . . a6! suddenly
had problems. The natural 9 a4 could
be met by 9 . . -iWa5 threatening both
.ft6.ft .ftD
m .
.m
.

10 . . . b5 and 10 . . . "lWb4. So White
played 9 e5 , giving Black tremendous
piece play after 9 . . . de 10 fe Gi)g4 1 1
e6 fe 1 2 de Gi)de5 1 3 t,hd8 ..xd8 14
$J..xc5 $J..xe6.
8 Gi)xe5 9 e5 Gi)fe4 10 Gi)xe4 Gi)xe4
11 "lWb4 d5 12 $J.. d3 b6 13 0-0 "lWe7 14
J;'!ael .Qb7 15 S e2 e6 16 $J..d4 $J..b6 17
"lWel "lWe7 18 Gi)d2 .. fd8 19 $J..xe4 de
20 "lWf2 $J..xf4 21 Gi)xe4 $J..xe4 22 Sxe4
$J..b6 23 b4 S ae8 24 c3 .a.d5 25 h5
$J..g7 26 tWe3 .a.e7 27 "lWb3 'ite8 28 b3
"lWe7 29 S h4 g5 30 .. e4 h6 31 ..e2
tWe8 32 tWe3 Sed7 33 "lWe4 t:t
Game21
Belyavsky - Mednis
Vienna Open 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 Gi)f6 3 Gi)c3 g6 4 f4 $J..g7 5
Gi)f3 0-0 6 $J..e3 c5 7 de "lWa5 8 itd2
If White wanted to he could have
transposed into the 5 ... c5 6 de varia
tion with 8 .Q.d3 Gi)g4 9 $J..d2 "#Wxc5 10
.
ite2 Gi)f6 11 $J..e3 . But Belyavsky must
have thought he could do better.
8 de 9 Gi)b5
The critical line. Both 9 e5 and 9
Gi)e5 are comfortably met by 9 . . .
.a. ds
tWxd2 + 10 Gi)xd2 /ii}a6 11 0-0-0
.
m
15 gf /ii}e7 16 $J..g2 .. b8 17 /ii}e4 b6 18
/ii}d6 $l.a6 19 e5 /ii}g4 20 Sdel .. bd8
21 b3 /ii}b6 22 h4 /ii}f5! 23 /ii}xf5 gf 24
$J..h3 ..d4 25 $J..xf5 Sxf4 26 $J..e4 ..e8
27 l!hgl + 8 28 $J..xh7 ..xh4 29
J;'!g8 + e7 30 Sxe8 + e8 31 .Qf5
Sf4 32 $J.. h3 S f3 33 .Qg4 S fl 34
Sxfl $J..xfl 35 d2 .Qg2 36 /ii}e2 .Qe6
37 /ii}f4 e7 38 e4 f6 39 /ii}g6 + n
40 .Qf5 $J..b7 41 e3 fe 42 /ii}xe5 +
6 43 4 /ii}e6 + 44 ..Qxe6 e6 45
/ii}g4 d6 46 /ii}e3 e6 47 /ii}d l .Qe6
48 /ii}e3 d6 49 5 a6 50 /ii}e4 +
e7 51 e5 $J..b7 52 /ii}f6 $J..g2 53
/ii}d5 + e6 54 /ii}e3 .Qh3 55 /ii}d l
$J..fl 56 b3 b5 t:t
Game22
Belyavsky - Timman
Tilburg (Interpolis) 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 /ii}f6 3 /ii}c3 g6 4 f4 $J..g7 5
/ii}f3 0-0 6 $J..e3 c5 7 de "lWa5 8 'litd2 de
9 /ii}b5 'lita4
Timman's prepared improvement
. (?) on the Mednis exchange of queens.
. White can cop-out with 10 Gi)c3 -iWa5
.(10 ... *b4 is met by 11 e5, when 11

9 . ... .a.ds is not available) 11 /ii}b5 *a4

e5?! : etc. but a Belyavsky does not play like
Diagram .that .
In his notes to the game Mednis . 10 e5 /ii}e4 11 *d3
recommended 11 b6 as an improve
..
Diagram
ment. Now he has to fight very hard .11 *b4+
before eventually holding the draw. In his notes in lnformator Belyav
12 g3 ..Qh6 13 /ii}c3 ef 14 $J..xf4 $J..xf4 sky showed that after this Black is

always struggling. But he fails to men
tion 1 1 . . . .Q.f5 which Pirc expert
G.Fridstein suggested and analysed in
Shakhmaty i USSR, issue 5, 1 987.
Fridstein's analysis went as follows:
a) 12 c4 (or 12 b3) 12 . . . "tWa5 + 1 3
!Ud2 a6 1 4 [Uc3 ( 1 4 !Ua3 b5) 1 4 . . .
!Uxc3 1 5 be and now both 1 5 . . . [Ud7
and 15 . . . [Uc6 are fine for Black .
b) 1 2 !Uh4 a5 + (and not 1 2 . . . [Uf2
1 3 tt'c4 tt'xc4 1 4 .Qxc4 !Uxh l 1 5 !Uxf5
gf 1 6 [Uc7 !Uc6 1 7 !Uxa8 when White
will recover his piece with a clear ad
vantage) 13 .i.1d2 !Uxd2 14 "tWxd2
tf"xd2 + 1 5 d2 !Uc6 1 6 !Uxf5 gf
with a comfortable game.
c) 12 g4? !Uf2 13 b3 xb3 14 ab
!Uxg4 or i3 "tWd2 !Uxg4 1 4 !Uc7 ( 1 4 b3
tt"e4) 14 . . . !Uxe3 and Black wins.
Perhaps these variations will pro
vide future Pirc battlegrounds.
12 [Ud2 i,tf5 13 !Uc7 !Uc6 14 !Uxa8
ktd8 15 a3 [Uxd2 16 0-0-0 tt"e4 17
xd2 xa8 18 "tWd3 "tWa4 19 b3
e4 20 d3 a4 21 c4 as 22 a3
c8 23 .Q.d3 .Q.e6 24 "tWb5 c7 25
tt"xc5 b6 26 c3 "tWb8 27 .Qa6 c7 28
d3 .Q.f5 29 e2 !Ua5 30 .. d3 .Qxd3
31 'tWxd3 e6 32 ..dl .Qf8 33 d8
[Ub3 + 34 bl tt"xd8 35 ktxd8 /iDc5
36 .Q.b5 g7 37 d4 a6 38 .Q.e2 b5 39
b3 !Ud7 40 a4 [Ub6 41 ab ab 42 .Qxb5
.Qc5 43 c4 .Qxd4 44 .Qxd4 !Uc8 45
b2 g5 46 fg, g6 47 b4 g5 48
.Qa6 f5 49 ilt.xc8 xc8 50 c3 e4
51 b5 d8 52 .Qf2 dl 53 c2 .l;!d7
54 b6 b7 55 c3 <lt1xe5 56 .Qg3 +
6 57 c5 1:0
Game 23
Tischbierek - Espig
East German Ch 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 [Uf6 3 !Uc3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 5
!Uf3 0-0 6 .Qe3 a6 7 .Qd3 b5 8 e5 [Ug4
9 .Qgl f6 10 h3 !Uh6 11 "tWe2 fe 12 fe
c6 13 0-0-0 d5 14 bl [Ud7 15 fl e6
16 .Qe3 !UfS 17 .Qf2 c5 18 de "tWc7 19
c6 !Uxe5 20 !Uxe5 .Qxe5 21 g4 !Ue7 22
.Qb6 xfl + 23 ktxfl tt"xb6 24 tt"xe5
tt"xc6 25 h4 "tWe8 26 h5 !Uc6 27 "tWf6
tf"e7 28 hg "tWxf6 29 xf6 hg 30 !Uxd5
!Ue5 31 [Ub6 b8 32 !Uxc8 xc8 33
ktxe6 !Uxd3 34 cd f7 35 xa6 d8
36 b6 d4 37 ktxb5 xg4 38 c2
gS 39 d2 f6 40 e3 gl 41 a4 g4
42 4 g3 43 3 e6 44 a5 d7 45
b3 g2 46 a3 1:0
AUSTRIAN PIRC 6 ,e2
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 /iDc3 J;).g7 4 f4 !U f6
5 !iZlf3 o-o 6 Ae2
As a result of the famous game
Fischer-Korchnoi, Curacao 1 962, this
move virtually disappeared for 20
years. But recently it has been resur
rected by Sax as well as the Netherland
players Van der Wiel, Ligterink and
Kuijf.
After 6 . . . c5 Black was thought to
get a free and easy game but the posi
tions bear a close resemblance to some
variations of 6 f4 against the Najdorf
in which White has dangerous attack
ing chances (game 24). Game 25 shows
an unsuccessful attempt to vary with 6
. . . !Ua6 .
6 .Qe2 could be due for a full-scale
revival.
 aame24
Kuijf - J .Piket
Wijk aan Zee B t987
t e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 .Qg7 4 f4 f6 s
f3 0-0 6 .Qe2 cS 7 de '(gas 8 0-0
'{hcS + 9 bt bd7 tO .Qd3 a6 11
'(get bS t2 .Qe3 'U/c7 t3 a3 .Qb7 t4
'(gb4 ae8 tS fS e6 t6 .QgS '(gc6 t7
adt '(gcS t8 d2 Aa8 t9 .Q.e2 ef 20
ef xe2 2t xe2 h6 22 .Q.xf6 xf6 23
fg fg 24 c3 e8 2S d4 '(gdS 26 '(gg3
\!th7 27 det eS 28 '(gf3 g8 29
'(gdt hS 30 e6 'U/c8 3t f3 g4
32 'Ulxd6 .&i,xf3 33 xf3 xb2 34
!!h3 xh3 3S gh f3 36 '(ge7 t:O
Game25
Kuijf - M.Piket
Amsterdam (OHRA) t986
t e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 f4 .Qg7 s
f3 0-0 6 Ae2 a6 7 0-0 cS 8 \!tht b6
9 a4 $ib7 tO dS e6 11 de fe 12 gS
c7 t3 fS ef t4 ef gf tS $if4 h6 t6
.Qc4 + dS t7 .Qxc7 '(gd7
CLASSICAL VARIATION
e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 .Q.g7 4 f3
t
As methods were discovered to com
bat the Austrian Attack, the quiet
Classical Variation grew in populari
ty. It was found that it was by no
means easy for Black to fully equalise
and his winning chances against a
strong White were virtually nil.
But in the last few years some in
teresting new ideas have challenged
the conventional view that White has a
risk-free plus. A special mention must
again go to the young Soviet master
Azmaiparashvili .
CLASSICAL MODERN
When faced with 4 f3 most players
with the black pieces transpose into
the Pirc, which is probably the most
sensible choice. In game 26 Gligoric
made 4 . . . a6 look rather dubious but
perhaps Hickl's treatment with 4 . . .
.Q.g4 is worth further tests .
Game26
Gligoric - Dizdarevic
Sarajevo t986
t d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 f3 $J..g7 4 c3 a6 S
.Qe3
The game Sakharov-Polukhin ,
RSFSR 1 986, continued rather ran
domly with S h3 b5 6 a3 .Qb7 7 .Qgs
d7 8 '(;td2 gf6 9 eS .Qxf3 10 gf de
1 1 0-0-0 ed 12 'Utxd4 0-0 13 h4 with a
dangerous attack. But Black can play
more steadily with 8 . . . cS before br
inging his king's knight out.
S bS 6 a4 b4 7 a2 f6 8 .Qd3 aS 9
c3 be tO be 0-0 11 0-0 fd7 12 cl
.Qa6 t3 bt itc8 t4 et b6 tS
d2 8d7 t6 ttc2 e6 17 c4 cS t8 dS
ed t9 cd c4 20 .Qe2 c3 2t db3 xa4
22 xaS Axel 23 c6 e8 24 xe2
eS 2S xeS $J..xeS 26 d4 '(gc4 27
c6 CS 28 .QxcS CS 29 xeS
 axes 30 ae3 ..a3 31 act ae8 32 h4
ac8 33 h5 Wg7 34 .. h3 f6 35 e2
d4 36 hg hg 37 g4 f5 38 g5 .. f8
39 h6 + Wf7 40 ef gf 41 e6 + Wg7
42 Sg3 + 1:0
Game27
Kindermann - Hickl
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 .$Lg7 3 lUc3 d6 4 [Uf3 .Qg4
5 i.i.. e3
The actual order of moves was 4
.Qe3 lUc6 5 lUf3 . It has been doctored
in order to insert the reference Tal
Ljubojevic, SWIFT World Blitz Ch,
Brussels 1 987, in which Tai ex
perimented with an unusual idea: 5
.Qe2 [Uc6 6 [Ugl ! ? . But after 6 . . .
.Qd7 7 .Qe3 eS 8 [Uf3 [Uf6 9 0-0 0-0
Black's extra . . . .Qd7 looked quite
useful.
5 . . . !Uc6 6 .Qb5
I can find no recent examples of 6
e2 when 6 . . . eS 7 de de 8 xd8+
..xd8 9 lUbS is supposed to be fairly
good for White. Black 's best is pro
bably 6 . . . lUf6 which could lead to a
main line Pirc.
6 . . . a6 "'! .Qxc6 + be 8 h3 .Qxf3 9
f3
li B )"--v,
%v,w a ..:
;
...--
B
i--ji.
w ... ...
--
,Jr '
m-
!t'l4' '-
.!.1. .!.1. . u .!.1.."
m m 'rw1
f'"{
9 . b8
A possible improvement on the 9-
e6 1 0 eS ! !Ue7 1 1 lUe4 of Smyslov
Timman, Wijk aan Zee 1 972, and the
9 . . . t;j'd7 10 eS ! of Tai-Hort, Moscow
1 975 .
The 'Classical' 9 . . . eS is not in the
spirit of the position. Uikovani
Tchebulava, USSR 1 985, continued 1 0
0-0-0 !Ue7 1 1 d e JLxeS 1 2 .Qd4 f6 1 3
*e3 0-0 14 f4 with a good attacking
position.
10 e5 b7 11 0-0 lUh6 12 Sadl 0-0 13
.Qcl b6 14 e4 lUfS 15 b3 de 16
!Ua4 a7 17 c6 ed 18 .Qa3 b8 19
g4 lUd6 20 iit.b2 e5 21 f4 b5 22 c7
lUe4 23 c4 de 24 !Uxc3 !Uxc3 25 ihc3
*b6 + 26 Whl Sac8 27 t;j'f3 e4 28
*e2 .Qxb2 29 b2 t;j'e3 30 t;j'g2
Sfe8 31 S del d3 32 Sdl b5 33
f5 Sc3 34 .. del d3 35 ..dl
h3 + 36 h3 ..xh3 + 37 Wg2
..e3 38 fg hg 39 ..d7 .. f8 40 ..e7
Se2 + 41 Sf2 ..xf2 + 42 f2 f5 43
Se6 W 44 Sxa6 Sc8 45 gf gf 46
We3 Sc3 + 47 Wd2 a.d3 + 48 we2 f4
49 ..a4 Se3 + 50 Wf2 We6 51 ..a8
..h3 52 Se8 + Wd5 53 Sd8 + We5
54 ..e8 + Wd4 55 ..d8 + Wc3 56 ..f8
e3 + 57 We2 ..h2 + 58 Wel Wd3 0: 1
CLASSICAL PIRC
Sth Move Divergences
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f3 $;.g7 4 $;.e2 f6
5 c3
5 . . . 0-0 is automatic for most Blacks
.
- butthcfre are other moves. In game
28 Azmaiparashvili .t:hose 5 .Qg4
.-.. .
and in gajhe 29 Velimirovic tried 5 . . .
cS which transposes into- a Schmid
Benoni after 6 dS and a Sieilian
Dragon after 6 0-0 ed. Plaskett chose 6
de and they hacked merrily away for
the. next 36 moves.
Game28
,, R azuvayev -Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSK Ch, Minsk 1985
5 lUc3 .Qg4 6 0-0 /0c6 7 iit.e3 e5
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 lUf3 .Qg7 4 .Qe2 /Uf6
 On the evidence of this game this
looks like a good move but subse
quently (lvanchuk-Azmaiparashvili,
Tallinn 1 986) Azmaiparashvili chose
to go back into the normal lines with 7
... 0-0. Did he fear an improvement or
just feel like a change?
8 de de 9 thd8 + /ii:Jxd8 10 h3 .Q.xf3
11 .Q.xf3 hS 12 . adl /ii:J e6 13 /ii:J dS
/ii:J d 7 14 h4 e6 15 /ii:J e3 Af6 16 g3 gS 17
hg AxgS 18 AxgS /ii:J xgS 19 ..d3 /ii:JeS
20 . e3 !!d8 21 !;idl !;ld4 22 _Qg2 h4
23 f4 /ii:J ge6 24 fe h3 25 _Qn /ii:J d7 26
.a. ed3 lii:Jxe5 27 !!xd4 lii:Jxd4 28 J,Le2
/ii:Jxe2 29 f2 /ii:J d 4 30 ..hl e7 31
/ii:J d l f6 32 /ii:J e3 lii:Jxe2 33 Wxe2 WgS
34 an h2 35 .hl /ii:Jg4 36 lii:J n rs 37
/ii:J d 2 . h3 38 ef fS 39 f3 .. h8 40
/ii:J e4 gS 0 : 1
Game 29
Plaskett - Velimirovic
Bor 1985
1 /ii:J f3 g6 2 e4 $J.g7 3 d4 d6 4 /ii:J e3 /ii:Jf6
5 -'i.e2 eS 6 de as 7 ed lii:Jxe4 8 0-0
lii:Jxe3 9 be 0-0 10 de !!e8 ll !!bl /ii:Je6
12 .a.hs ''xa2 13 /ii:Jd4 lii:Jxd4 4 ed
.a.xe7 15 dS .Qf5 16 .Qd3 .Qxd3 17
thd3 .a.e8 18 d6 Sd7 19 .a.et .Qf8 20
hJ f5 21 itf3 b6 22 .a. b3
.... -
--
... .
,'t1.'1
. .
....
. . -.
1:,.
w .... .
'
m- .
.. .
, ,
lj-,!r.
vft& 8U
k ,, n
22 Sxd6 23 J,LaJ J;le8 24 Sfl
.a.de6 25 .Qxf8 f8 26 cJ g8 27
.a.aJ d5 28 ,!;txa7 J;l8e7 29 e8 +
g7 30 Sa8 b6 31 iWfS+ gS 32
.a.aJ f4 33 b4 + g4 34 h6 hS 35
f8 thh4 36 .a.h3 f6 37 h6 fS
38 f3 gS 39 f8 + g4 40 . h3
6 41 h6 gS 42 f8 f6 t:t
CLASSICAL PIRC
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 jlg7 4 bDf3 bDf6
5 jie2 0-0 6 0-0
The 6 ... c5 of game 30 is similarly
motivated to the 5 ... c5 of game 29:
after 7 d5 we get a Schmid Benoni and
after 7 _Qg5 cd we have a Sicilian
Dragon. The main difference is in
what happens when White captures on
c5; 5 ... c5 led to a slugfest, 6 ... c5 to
a tranquil queenless middlegame.
There have been some interesting
developments with 6 ... c6 (games
3 1 -34) and Black's dynamic treatment
in Konopka-Azmaiparashvili (8 ...
a5 was new when it appeared in
Sokolov-Van der Wiel) is particularly
worth attention. 6 ... /ii:Jc 6 still looks
better for White after 7 d5 (game 35)
and 6 ... a6 looked pretty bad in game
36.
The so-called main line with 6 .. .
_Qg4 7 J,Le3 /ii:Jc6 8 d2 e5 is not doing
very well for White, Black obtaining
good counterplay after 9 d5 (game 38)
and stone-cold equality results from 9
de (game 39). Perhaps we will be see
ing more of 8 d5 (game 37).
Game30
Andersson - Torre
Leningrad 1987
1 /ii:Jf3 g6 2 d4 .Qg7 3 e4 d6 4 .Qe2 /ii:Jf6
S lii:JcJ 0-0 6 0-0 cS 7 de de 8 .Qe3
8 e5 /ii:Jg4 9 .Qgs /ii:Jc6 10 /ii:Jd 5
lii:Jgxe5 1 1 lii:Jxe7 + lii:Jxe7 12 itxd8
.a.xd8 13 /;J.xe7 .a.d7 t:t Doncevic
Bischoff, Elekes Memorial, Budapest
1985 .
8 b6 9 thd8 .a.xd8 10 !!fdt /ii:Jc6
11 Sxd8 + /ii:Jxd8 12 Sdl .Qb7 13
.
 5Dd2 5Dc6 t4 5Dc4 ..d8 tS ..xd8 +
5Dxd8 t6 f3 5Dd7 t7 5DbS 5Dc6 t8 a4
5DdeS t9 5Dd2 5Dd7 20 c3 eS 2t f4
.Qb8 22 eS 5Dd8 23 f6 24 ef 5Dxf6
25 .Qf3 Axf3 26 f3 5Dc6 t:t
Game 31
Konopka - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B t986
t e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 5Dc3 Ag7 4 5Df3 5Df6
S jie2 0-0 6 0-0 5Dbd7 7 ..et c6 8 Af4
'\Wa5! 9 5Dd2
9 d2 e5 10 Jii. g5 ed 1 1 5Dxd4
5Dxe4! 12 5Dxe4 '\Wxd2 13 -'.xd2 d5!
(Sokolov-Van der Wiel, Biel IZ 1 985)
14 5Dxc6 be 15 5Dc3 5D b6 =.
9 '/!! c7
tO dS
1 0 a4 e5 1 1 de de 1 2 .Qe3 ..d8 1 3
'\Wcl .Qf8 1 4 ..dl 5Dc5 1 5 f3 .Qe6 = Reshevsky - Kristiansen
Pigusov-Azmaiparashvili, USSR
1 986.
to EDcS 11 .Qn .Qd7
Earlier in the same tournament
Kengis-Azmaiparashvili had con
tinued 1 1 ... 5Dg4? ! 1 2 h3 e5 ( 1 2 . . .
5Dxf2 1 3 '\Wf3 ! + -) 1 3 Jii. g5 ! ( 1 3 de?
5Dxf2 !) 1 3 . . g5 -'.f6 (13 . . . 5Df6 14
. tine Ch 1985 .
5Dc4! b5 1 5 -'.xf6 -'.xf6 1 6 de ! be 1 7
5Dd5 + /-) 1 4 .Qxf6 5Dxf6 1 5 b 4 5Da6
16 a3 cd 17 5Dxd5 5Dxd5 18 ed 5Db8 1 9
c4 a 5 20 c5 ! + !-. This time h e plays
more sensibly.
12 a4 a. fc8 t3 c4 *d8 t4 de -'.xc6
tS eS de t6 EDxeS dt t7 .. exdt
Ae8 t8 .Qe3 5Dfe4 t9 5Dxe4 xe4 20
.Qd4 5Dc5 2t .QbS .QxbS 22 ab 5De6 23
c3 xd4 24 cd l3.c2 2S b3 ktd8 26 f4
gS 27 fg ..b2 28 5Df3 ..xb3 29 ..as e5
30 dS e4 3t h4 e3 32 a.al a.xdS 33
a.et -'.b2 34 a.bt e2 O : t
Game32
Barbulescu - Seret
World Team Ch, Lucerne t98S
t e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 5Dc3 g6 4 f3 Jii. g7
S -'.e2 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 Set 5Dbd7 8 a4
eS 9 as
9 de de 10 a5 '/!!c7 1 1 e3 ..d8 1 2
'\Wcl 5Df8 1 3 ..dl ..xdl + 14 dl
5De6 = King-Gipslis, Jilrmala 1 985.
9 .. ..e8 (9 ... '/!!c7) tO de de 11 -'.c4
c7 t2 -'.e3 f8 t3 '/!! e2 e6 t4 gS
4:)xgS tS Jii.xgS a. b8?! t6 b4 4:)h5 t7
Ae3 4:)f4 t8 '\Wdt a.dB t9 '/!! b t l3.a8
20 4:)a4 '\We7 2t ft .Qf8 22 c3 '/!! c7
23 '/!! c2 .Qd7 24 f3 5De6 2S '\Wf2 cS 26
xc5 5Dxc5 27 be ..dc8 28 a6 ba 29
xa6 ..cb8 30 ..a3 b5 3t .. eat
*c6 32 h3 *e6 33 a2 d7 34 '\Wd5
'/!! e8 35 -'.xb5 ..xb5 36 ..xa7 Sd8 37
a.as Sxd5 38 ktxe8 ..d3 39 .Qh6 t:O
Game33
Reykjavik Open t986
t d4 g6 2 e4 Jii. g7 3 5Df3 d6 4 -'.e2 f6
S 5Dc3 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 a4 5Dbd7
7 . . . '\Wc7 8. h3 e5 9 de de 10 ilte3
5Dh5 1 1 ..el 5Df4 12 .Qfl a6? ! (12
... ..d8) 1 3 5D d2 ..d814 *cl e6 1 5
a 5 + / = J . Szmetan-Schweber, Argen-
8 as e5 9 -'.e3 *c7 to *d2 a.es 11 d5
cd 12 b5 *b8 13 ed a6 t4 c3 g4
ts .Qgs h6 t6 Jii. h4 b5 t7 EDet 5Dgf6
t8 f3 -'.b7 t9 b4 e4 20 -'.xf6 5Dxf6 2t
fe 5Dxe4 22 5Dxe4 -'.xat 23 .Q.f3 .Qg7
24 4 *a7 + 2S ht fS 26 g3
 .. ad8 27 lil)d3 e3 28 lil)e2 'thf4 29
lil)exf4 gS 30 lil)e6 ..c8 31 i/.hS .. e7
32 a.xfS ..xc2 33 h4 .. d2 34 hg ..xd3
3S i/.f3 hg 36 ..xgS Ac8 37 .. g6
l;txe6 38 de dS 39 ..gS ..xf3 40 gf d4
0:1
Game 34
Hmadi - Pfleger
World Team Ch, Lucerne 198S
1 e4 d6 2 d4 /il)f6 3 lil)c3 g6 4 lil)f3 Ag7
S Ae2 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 h3 lil)bd7
7 . . . c7 8 $J.f4 /il)bd7 9 e5 de 1 0
.6Dxe5 d8 1 1 .e l lil)d5 1 2 lil)xd5 cd
13 .Qf3 /il)f6 1 4 c3 trb6 1 5 trb3 e6 1 6
xb6 a b 1 7 Ae2 lil)d7 1 8 lil)f3 + /
Gligoric-Nikolic, Yugoslav Ch, Budva
1 986.
8 eS lil)e8
8 . . . de ! ? 9 de lil)d5 10 lil)xd5 cd 1 1
i.tf4 c7 1 2 xd5 xc2 1 3 b5
( E r m o l i n s k y - A z m a i p a r a s h v iii ,
Kuibishev 1 986) 1 3 . . . lil)b6 is unclear.
9 Ac4 lil)b6 10 $J.b3 aS 11 a4 de 12 de
lil)c7 13 AgS xdl 14 .. axdl a.e8 lS
.. fel i/.e6 16 i;te3 lil)bdS 17 AxdS
/il)xdS 18 /il)xdS $J.xdS 19 Ab6 a. a6 20
itcS b6 21 $J.a3 !!a7 22 /il)d4 ..d7 23
c4 Axc4 24 lil)xc6 ..c7 2S lil)d4 .a. d8
26 lil)c6 .a. e8 27 lil)d4 i.th6 28 e6 $J.g7
29 ef + f7 30 lil)f3 eS 31 .a,d6 .. b7
32 .a. edl h6 33 ..d7 + a.xd7 34
ktxd7 + Wg8 3S /il)d2 $J.a2 36 !'!b7
!le6 37 ..c7 e4 38 1 e3 39 fe ..xe3
40 a. c6 .. e6 41 .. c7 iitdS 42 b3 $J.eS
43 kte7 .a.xe7 44 $J.xe7 4S .Q.d8
$J.d4 46 g4 We6 47 we2 $J.g2 48 lil)f3
.Qcs 49 lil)d2 .Qxh3 so 3 hS St gh
gh s2 4 Wd7 S3 .Qf6 Wc6 S4 lil)e4
.Qb4 ss WeS .Qg4 S6 Wd4 .Qe6 O : t
Game35
Miles - Quinteros
Dortmund 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 /il)f6 2 lil)c3 g6 4 lil)f3 .Qg7
S Ae2 0-0 6 0-0 lil)c6 7 dS lil)b8
7 . . . lil)e5 8 lil)xe5 de 9 Ae3 a6 1 0
trc l d6 1 1 .. d l ,Qd7 1 2 a3 h 5 1 3 f3
lil)h7 1 4 Whl f5 1 5 ef gf 1 6 f4 1-
Geller-Hoi, Reykjavik Open 1 986.
8 a4
8 .. e l e5 9 de Axe6 1 0 Ag5 h6 1 1
.Qf4 lil)c6 1 2 h3 h7 1 3 trd2 I
Azmaiparashvili -Kanst ler, Tbilisi
1 986.
8 ... as 9 h3 c6 10 i/.e3
10 i/.g5 lil)a6 1 1 ..el would
transpose into Schussler-Quinteros,
Vienna Open 1 986, in which Black ob
tained a satisfactory position after 11
. . . /il)c5 1 2 Afl e5 1 3 de lil)xe6 1 4 i/.e3
.e8 .
10 lil)a6 11 a.et lil)b4
li
...
-W"
'
'
. :
' - -i-
.-
' t
.-ft-.; . -.
ft .n:
--- -.;
8l'.ft A8 .ft
',w; ,JvUW/
.
1'W)
y 'tbYY
The positioning of White's bishop
on e3 has its effect in that 1 1 . . . lil)c5
can be met by 1 2 i;txc5 de 13 de be 1 4
xd8 ..xd8 1 5 .Qc4 when Black 's
weak pawns are a serious liability. So
Quinteros has to put his knight on a
worse square.
12 Aft eS 13 iitc4 .Qd7 14 .. e2 ed lS
ed lil)e8 16 .QbS fS 17 iitxd7 'thd7 18
lil)gS + I= f4 19 .Qcl lil)c7 20 f3 $J.f6
21 /il)ge4 .Qd8 22 b3 hS 23 .Qa3 gS 24
a.d2 Jite7 2S e2 .. ac8 26 .. adl ktf7
27 /il)f2 iitd8 28 lil)ce4 lil)e8 29 c3 /il)a6
30 bS e7 31 Wfl a,g7 32 We2
a,g6 33 kthl lil)b8 34 klb2 b6 3S d3
36 ..d2 .Qc7 37 Wdl lil)g7 38
Wcl lil)fS 39 Wbl lil)d7 40 Wa2 lil)cS
41 i/.xcS be 42 /il)dl Wh8 43 /il)b2
 J:;tgg8 44 6i:)e4 l:;ted8 45 l:;tgl l:;tg7 46
g3 fg 47 6i:)xg3 6i:)b4 48 an l:;tf8 49
5De4 'f/Je7 SO l:;tffl l:;tf4 Sl 6i:)ed2 d8
S2 'f/Ja6 \\?b7 S3 i!.4'c6 Sg6 S4 \\?a3
\\?b6 SS Sf2 i!,te7 56 Sgtl i!.tf7 S7
6i:)g3 e7 58 6i:)e4 *" 59 6i:)e3 l:;tgf6
60 6i:)g2 l:;txf3 61 J;;lxf3 Sxf3 62 Sxf3
6i:)xf3 63 6i:)e3 6i:)b4 64 6i:)e4 6i:)g6 65
6i:)xd6 Jit.xd6 66 i!.txd6 i!.4'f3 67 i!.4'xeS
i!.4'xh3 68 b4 ab + 69 b4 h4 70 as
d7 71 'f/Jc6 i!.4'xc6 72 6i:)fS + \\?bS 73
de 1:0
Game36
Browne - Hoi
Reykjavik Open 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 6i:)f6 3 6i:)c3 g6 4 6i:)f3 Jit.g7
S Jit.e2 0-0 6 0-0 a6 7 eS de 8 6i:)xeS Jit.e6
9 Jit.f3 e6 10 ,l;;lel Jit.dS 11 6i:)xdS ed 12
e4 6i:)c6 13 Jlt.g5 e6 14 ed ed lS d2
Se8 16 J;;la dl d6 17 'f/Jf 4 e6 18
6i:)d3 6i:)e4 19 Jit.xe4 de 20 6i:)eS i!.4'xa2
21 6i:)xe4 6i:)xd4 22 6i:)f6 + Jit.xf6 23
Jit.xf6 *aS 24 Jit.eS 6i:)c6 2S Jit.e3 'f/JfS
26 e7 'f/JbS 27 b3 !lxel + 28 !!xel
Sf8 29 g4 b3 30 i!.td6 f6 31 Se6
6i:)eS 32 Sxf6 Sxf6 33 i!.txf6 dl +
34 \\?b2 6i:)f3 + 35 \\?g3 1:0
Game3 7
Kengis - Hoi
Jiirmala 198S
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Jlt.g7 3 6i:)c3 d6 4 6i:)f3 6i:)f6
S Jit.e2 0-0 6 0-0 Jit.g4 7 Jit.e3 6i:)e6 8
dS!?
8 h3 Jit.xf3 9 Jit.xf3 e5 10 de 6i:)xe5 1 1
Jit.e2 Se8 1 2 'f/Jd2 6i:)ed7 1 3 f3 6i:)h5
unclear, Abramovich-Bonin, New
York Open 1 985 .
8 Jit.xf3 9 Jit.xf3 6i:)eS 10 Jit.e2 c6 11
a4 ed?!
1 1 . . . 'f/Ja5 12 l:;ta3 ! l:;tfc8 1 3 Sb3
l:;tab8 14 'f/Jd4 c5 1 5 dl a6 16 f4
+ /- Panchenko-Ehlvest, Leningrad
1 984.
12 . ed 'f/JaS 13 l:;ta3! Sfe8 14 Sb3
'f/Je7 15 J;;lel 6i:)ed7 16 Jit.d4 6i:)cS 17
J;;lb4 a6 18 Sc4 d8 19 aS Se7 20 b4
6i:)ed7 21 Sxe7 the7 22 6i:)a4 l:;te8 23
e4 bS 24 b3 eS 25 Jit.e3 \\?b7 26 eS de 27
be Jit.f8 28 d6 '-e6 29 Jit.e4 Jit.h6 30
Jit.xh6 b6 31 Jit.xf7 Sf8 32 Jit.e6
g7 33 '-e2 '-b5 34 l:;tbl '-xaS 3S
Jit.xd7 6i:)xd7 36 Sxb7 'f/Jel + 37 \\?b2
Sxf2 38 J;;lxd7 + \\?b6 39 'f/Jc3 i!,te4 40
*g3 l:O
Game 38
Barlov Jansa
Bor 1985
1 6i:)f3 g6 2 e4 .Qg7 3 d4 d6 4 .Qe2 6i:)f6
5 4::ic3 0-0 6 0-0 .Qg4 7 .Qe3
7 a4 ! ? Li)c6 8 .Qe3 e5 9 d5 4::ie7 1 0 a5
a6 1 1 6i:)d2 *c8 12 f3 .Qd7 13 6i:)a4
Li)h5 14 c4 4::l f4 15 c5 *e8 unclear
Imanaliev-Sturua, Frunze 1 985 .
7 Li)e6 8 *d2 eS 9 dS 4::l e7 10 J;;l a dl
..
10 Li)el .Qxe2 1 1 *xe2 e6 12 de be
13 .a.dl d5 14 .Qe5 .e8 15 4::ld3 *e7
16 Jta3 .ad8 17 Li)e5 4::le 8 unclear
Vokac-Jansa, CSSR Ch , Pragu e 1 986.
10 bS!?
.
ll a3
The move with which Karpov lost to
Azmaiparashvili in the 1 983 USSR
Ch . . . Since then there have been some
. new developments:
. a) 11 Jit.xb5 (the critical reply) 1 1 . . .
6i:)xe4!? (1 1 . . . Jit.xf3? !) 1 2 6i:)xe4 f5 1 3
. Li)eg5 f4 1 4 Li)e6 Jit.xe6 1 5 de fe 1 6
xe3 e6 1 7 Jit.e4! (17 Jit.a4 '#llc7 1 8 c4
 S f4 1 9 J;tb3 S af8 20 S d2 f5 was
good for Black in Gonzalez-Camacho,
Cuba 1 985) 1 7 . . . c7 1 8 .Qb3 d5? !
(This looks dubious. I suggest 1 8 . . .
S f4 ! ?) 1 9 c5 Sac8 20 a.rel a.r5 2 1
Se4 ! de 22 S d7 + I- Venni
Segatini, Caorle 1 986.
b) 1 1 b4 a6 12 h3 J;td7 13 el c6 1 4 de
.Q. x c 6 = I + K u z m i n
Azmaiparashvili, USSR 1 985.
1 1 ... b8
Azmaiparashvili beat Karpov with
1 1 . . . a5 but rather than Karpov's 1 2
b4, Barlov would probably have taken
on b5. Jansa' s move looks good.
12 et .Qd7 13 f3 as 14 d3 e6 IS de
-'i.xe6 16 -'i.h6 b4 17 .Q.xg7 xg7 18 ah
ab 19 bi b6 + 20 hl Sab8
(unclear)21 e4 be 22 xe3 a. fd823 b4
d4 24 el tt'e3 2S Sbl a. de8 26 bS
.Qd7 27 di d4 28 S b4 t4-a7 29 f4
-'i.xbS 30 fe de 31 g3 .Qxd3 32 t4-xeS
eg8 33 S xb8 xb8 34 t4-xb8 Sxb8
3S Axd3 g4 36 Ae4 8f6 37 h3
eS 38 .QdS hS 39 c3 S b2 40 gl
S c2 41 di h4 42 S f2 Scl 43 a.n
hS 4 4 e3 S c3 4S g4 f6 4 6 JiLe6
d3 47 Sal S c7 48 f2 eS 49
g4 d3 SO f2 cS SI .Q.g4 f4
S2 Scl f7 S3 h2 e7 S4 .c3
d6 ss g3 hg + S6 g3 es S7 .Qf3
gS S8 .c4 d6 S9 h4 gh + 60 h4
fe6 61 a.c1 WeS 62 Wg3 xe4 + 63
.Qxe4 Sxcl 64 d3 + e4 6S xcl
We3 66 Wg2 fS 67 Wfl f4 68 b3
d3 69 as es 70 Wg2 f4 71 b3
f3 72 fl h2 + 73 g2 g4 74
d2 es 7S fl + We2 76 g3 +
Wei 77 e4 f3 + 78 Wg3 e2 79
c3 + d2 80 e4 + e3 81 f2
We2 82 h3 fl 83 gS t:t
Game39
Ivanchuk - Azmaiparashvili
Tallinn 1986
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 f3 .Qg7 4 .Qe2 f6
S c3 .Qg4 6 0-0 c6 7 Ae3 0-0 8
t4'd2 eS 9 de de 10 Sadl tt'c8 1 1 cl
a. d8 12 !=txd8 + d8 13 !=t dl f8
14 h3 .Qxf3 IS .Qxf3 . d8 16 bS
.!;!.xdl + 17 di b8 18 c3
.
fim .;
.i:
w
. .ff. .
-
... .ft
,
,
.ft , .ft
ll
'a
m
--
m m'@' m
18 . . . .Q.f8
New; 1 8 . . , h5 1 9 a3 tt'c8 20 t4'b3
a6 21 c4 h7 22 .Q.g5 t4'e6 23 e3
t4-xb3 24 ab + I = Hansen-Hoi,
Naestved (m2) 1 985.
19 .Q.gS .Q.e7 20 .Q.xf6 Axf6 21 t4'd7
t4'd8! = 22 -'i.g4 (22 t4-xc7 d2) 22 . . .
hS 23 xd8 + .Q.xd8 24 -'i.c8 b6 2S
.Qb7 as 26 iila6 c6 27 .Q.b7 as
t :t
SPASSKY SYSTEM
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 e3 .Qg7 4 f3 f6
S h3 0-0 6 ke3
There are so many variations of the
Pirc and Modern Defences without
names that I decided to christen this
one the Spassky System. Spassky was
not the first to play it but he has a
number of impressive victories to his
credit.
This line has only become popular
over the last few years and so far it has
- given Black some problems. My bid
for active counter-play fell short in
game 40 and it is beginning to look as
if Black's most reliable move is 6 . . . c6
to which White almost invariably
replies 7 a4.
 7 . . . a5 followed by . . . a6-b4 has
been quite popular but seems to
favour White (see game 41 ) . 7 . . . tb"a5
(game 42) deserves further tests but
Black's most solid move is 7 . . . bd7
(games 43 and 44) . Maybe White is
better but in practice it has been dif
ficult to prove.
Q.d4 tb"f4 18 Axg7 Xf;xg7 19 .. ad l
. ac8 20 .. d4 tt'f6 2 1 tt'a4 a6 22 tt'b4
4)g5?! 23 ..f4 a5 24 tt'a4 4)xf3 + 25
..xf3! tt'e5 26 ..e3 tt'c7 27 tt'd4 +
Xf;g8 28 . d l ..fd8 29 h4 tt'c5 30 tb"f6
tb"f8 31 ..d4 .. d6 3 2 tt'f4 S b6 33
..d2 tt'd6 34 tt'f6 Q.f5 35 tt'd4 tt'c5 ? ?
36 ..e8 + 1 :0

Game 40 Game 4 1
Nunn - Davies Gutman - Rukavina
Commonwealth Ch , London 1 985 Oberwart Open 1986
I e4 g6 2 d4 .Q.g7 3 4)c3 d6 4 !)f3 !)f6 1 e4 d6 2 d4 .f6 3 c3 g6 4 !)f3 .Q.g7

5 h3 0-0 6 . Q.e3 5 h3 0-0 6 .e3 c6 7 a4 a5 8 .e2

8 g3 a6 9 Q.g2 !)b4 10 0-0 tb"c7 1 1
E A "B: , S
' ?.'{' ,., 7-' 1: .. 1: ! e2 e5 1 2 de de 1 3 .fd l b6
r,l.1:

r f .i:
@' r.a: /,Jfff
/-#{: 8 . .
Campora-G ligoric, Sarajevo 1 986.
a6 9 0-0 !i'i b4
. .

?Pf
.4.%
c{ji,
'


:rr.
/

' / :-\.
i!.>zJ
?
W: i!.>z-1
f:'.. '7ffit. 9
.'Pf/. d_l,

,:rr. r

. .. . .
:rr. :rr.
tbf M'
,, '.
6 a6

.
. .

Other rare sixth moves are :

a) 6 . . . b6 7 Q.c4 e6 8 0-0 Q. b7 9 d 5 ! ed
J O ed a6 1 1 a4 !) bd7 1 2 !)d4 .e8 1 3
,_Q.a2 c5 1 4 !i'ic6 tb"d7 1 5 tb" f3 + /
Short-Torre, Biel 1 98 5 .
b ) 6 . . . a 6 7 a4 b 6 8 jte2 .i..i b7 9 4)d2
(Bonsch-Espig, DDR 1 985) 9 . . . c5 ! ? .
c) 6 . . . bd7 ! ? 7 e 5 4)e8 8 .Qc4 b6 9
i;lb3 c6 10 tb"d2 c7 was only a shade
better for White in Piket-Hartoch,
Wij k aan Zee B 1 987.
d) 6 . . . 4)c6 ! ? 7 tt'd2 e5 8 0-0-0 ed 9
xd4 xd4 1 0 .Qxd4 Ae6
Knoppert-Nijboer, Dierer Open 1 986.
7 Ae2 c5 8 de xc5
8 . . . tb"a5 9 d2 ! xc5 JO b3
xb3 1 1 ab + /- - Davies.
9 e5! fe4 10 4)xe4 4)xe4 11 tt'd5
4)c5 12 ed ed 13 c3 + I= .iiLe6 14
tt'd2 4)e4 15 tt'c2 d5 16 0-0 tt'c7 17
10 tbcl
At least three other moves have
been tried : it is not yet clear which is
the best :
a) 10 tt'd2 tb"c7 1 1 ..adl ( 1 1 .a.fdl ! ?)
1 1 . . . ..e8 1 2 .. fel /;.d7 1 3 e5 4)fd5
14 xd5 cd 15 c3 c6 16 ed ed 1 7
/;.h6 4)d8 1 8 /;.xg7 Xf;xg7 1 9 .al
e6 20 h2 tb"d8 ! = Spassky-Hort
=
(m7), Reykjavik 1 977.
b) 10 .c l tt'c7 1 1 tb"d2 e5 12 de de 1 3
..fd l !! e8 1 4 Ac5 4)d7? ( 1 4 . . . Af8)
1 5 .i&Ld6 tt'b6 16 tt'g5 4)a6 1 7 .. b l in
tending d2-c4 + /- Braga-J . Piket,
Wijk aan Zee B 1 986.
c) 10 d2 d5 ! ? (10 . . . e5 1 1 4)c4 ! -
Watson) 1 1 e5 4)e8 1 2 4)a2 4)xa2 1 3
 ..xa2 f6 14 f4 fe 15 fe ..xf l + 16
.Qxf l + I = Speelm a n- Mo kry, Dubai
01 1986.
10 . . . .. e8 1 1 eS ! ?
New; 1 1 d2 d7 12 f4 c5 13 d5 f5
was unclear, Matulovic-Pan no, Palma
de Mallorca 1970.
1 1 . . . !i)d7 1 2 ..Q.h6 f6 13 .Q.xg7 @xg7
14 !i)e4 de IS de c7 16 c3 !i)dS 1 7 c4
!i)b4 1 8 .. a3 ! xeS 1 9 xeS i&xc5 20
.. e3 ..Q.fS 21 g3 cS 22 h4! .!."i ad8
23 a. d i n 24 hS ..xd l + 2S xd l
t}-d6 26 c l a. d 8 27 cS ! .Q.c2? ? 28 cd
1 :0
Game 42
Hoi - Shabalov
Jiirmala 1 985
I d4 f6 2 !i)c3 g6 3 e4 d6 4 t'3 . g7
S h3 0-0 6 .Q.e3 c6 7 a4 aS ! ? 8 'Ud2
a6 9 e2 eS IO de de I I 0-0 8d8 1 2
c4 c7 1 3 c l e 7 14 !":! d i
.. xd l + 1 5 xd l .tJc8 1 6 #d2 ,tJc5
. . .
22
Game 43
Kindermann - Haik
Biel B 1 986
I e4 g6 2 d4 Q.g7 3 !i)f3 d6 4 c3 f6
5 h3 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 a4 !i)bd7 8 aS eS
8 ... t}-c7 9 .Q.e2 e5 I O de !i)xe5 ( 10
.. . de) 11 0-0 ..e8 12 !i)d2 ! + I =
Short-van der Wiel (m4) , Biel 1985.
9 de de
..d8 13 e2 !i)e6 14 .Q.xe6 .Q.xe6 1 5
b3 !i)h5 = van der W iel-Torre,
Swift World Blitz C h , Brussels 1987 .
IO . . . !i)e8 1 1 b4 .f6 1 2 .e2 g7
13 0-0 e6 14 .. fd l .e7 1 5 c4 c7
16 b4 bS 17 ab !i)xb6 18 . xb6 xb6
19 xeS .Q.h4 20 d3 aS 2 1 ba .. xa5
22 ..xaS xa5 23 eS Ji.e7 24 .Q.f3
..d8 2S e2 .Q.a6 26 ..g,xc6 cS 27
B b l xd3 28 cd ,\l).xd3 29 !":! d i xeS
30 c3 xc3 3 1 xc3 .Q.c4 32
a.xd8 + . xd8 33 g3 ..f6 34 dS
.Q.d4 3S \itg2 g7 36 h4 hS 37 \tg l
f8 38 g2 e8 39 f4 We7 40
._d5 .Q.bS 4 1 Wf3 .Q.e8 42 Q.e4 \td6
43 !i)d3 .Q.a4 44 f4 . d i + 4S Wg2
eS 46 .Q.dS f6 47 h3 ..a4 48
gS -.e8 49 f4 e7 50 .tlf3 ..'1 c3 5 1
gS f6 52 !i)f3 Qa5 53 .e4 - h< 54
f l Wd6 5S e2 .b5 + S6 c l f5
57 Q a8 . as + t : !
Game 44
Keller - Serel
World Team Ch, Lucerne 198S
I e4 d6 2 d4 t'6 3 c3 g6 4 h3 ..g7 5
f3 0-0 6 .Q.e3 c6 7 a4 bd7 8 .e2
8 e5 de 9 de d5 10 !i)xd5 cd I I
.Qf4 e6 (11 ... c7 ! ? ) 12 ..Q.d3 '?tfc7 13
'?tfe2 c5 14 0-0 $ld7 15 a5 ..fc8 16
.!! fc l !i)xd3 17 cd d8 18 '?tid2 + I =
Brynell-Pribyl , Malmo 1985-6.
8 . . . eS 9 de de 10 0-0 '?tie7 1 1 !i)d2
!i)cS 12 as ..d8

li A -

12 ... e6 13 a4 a.d8 14 Af3 h6

'' fltt'
. .r. .f.
15 c3 h7 16 g3 f5 = I +
B r e nnink m e ij e r - C h i b urda n i dze ,
OHRA Amsterdam 1986.
13 tt'ct !i)e6 14 ..et Af8 IS c4
e m
.ft .
hS 16 Jitxe6 Jitxe6 17 !i)f3 f6 18

-ft
a4 tt'c7 19 cS .Qf7 20 h2 b6 21

ftE
d3 c5 22 g4 g7 23 g5 c4 24 gf h5

M'
' f. 25 xe5 tt'xe5 26 g4 tt'xe4 27 iitxb6

a . -
. tf"{
tt'f3 28 ..e3 tt'd5 29 iitxd8 f4 30
tt'fl ..xd8 31 .. ael tt'h5 32 .. g3
10 tt'd6 ! ? xa5 33 a. e4 ttt5 34 ..xc4 Axc4 35
1 0 -'lc4 tt'e7 1 1 0-0 c5 12 d2 xc4 + h8 36 .. f3 .. d4 37
 !Uxh3 + 38 Wh2 .Q.d6 + 39 .l3.g3
Axg3 + 40 g2 d5 + 41 d5
lUf4 + 0: 1
ASSORTED SYSTEMS
This section features several ideas for
White which are little explored but not
without venom. The most popular of
these ideas is 5 ..Q.g5 (game 45) which
has been a favourite of young English
masters Hodgson and Watson. Vorot
nikov 's 5 .Qf4 won rapidly in game 46
so naturally it deserves further tests.
In game 47 Vitolins played 4 h 3
followed b y 5 g4 with t h e idea of gain
ing a tempo over a normal 4 g3 Pirc in
which White goes h3 and g4 in the ear
ly middlegame; if Black can do
nothing drastic it could be a good
idea.
Game 45
Vienger - Kindermann
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 .Qg7 3 lUf3 d6 4 lUc3 lUf6
5 ..QgS c6 6 d2
This looks far more natural than the
passive 6 h3 which was played in
Kaidanov-Azmaiparashvili , Tbilisi
1 986. After 6 . . . 0-0 7 d2 b5 8 .Qd3
c7 9 a4 b4 10 lUe2 lUbd7 ! 1 1 c3 be
12 !Uxc3 c5 Black had excellent play.
6 b5 7 .Qd3 c7
7 . . . li)a6 8 e5? de 9 de lUg4 1 0 J;i.f4
b 4 1 1 !U e 4 a 5 - ! +
Watson-J . Piket, Wij k aan Zee B
1 987.
8 0-0-0 0-0 9 .Qh6 e5 10 h4 .Qg4 11 de
de 12 'tWg5 lUbd7 13 b5
diag
13 . . . .Qxh6 14 h6 .Qxf3 15 gf !Uc5
16 ..dgl lUe6 17 lUe2 llad8 18 f4
..xd3 19 cd ef 20 k! h4 e5 21 !Uxf4
c5 + 22 bl xf2 23 k!ghl lUg7
24 hg fg 25 !Uxg6 :a.n 26 lUeS 1 : 0
Game 46
Vorotnikov - Rachmanevlov
Leningrad 1985
1 e4 d6 2 d4 lUf6 3 li)c3 g6 4 li)f3 .Qg7
5 f4 a6? !
5 . . 0-0 6 d2 g4 7 Ae2 !Uc6 8
.
d5 .Q x f3 9 Axf3 li)e5 1 0 .flt.e2 c6 1 1 de
ttb6 ! 1 2 cb ttxb7 13 b3 !Uxe4 =
Wilder-Boyd , Toronto 1 985; 5 . . .
c5 ! ? ; 5 . . . li)c6 ! ? .
6 d2 b5 7 Ah6 0-0 8 ..Qxg7 Wxg7 9
Ad3 b4 10 !Ue2 cS 1 1 de de 12 e5 lUg8
13 h4 h5 14 lUf4 Ag4 15 e6 f5 16 lUeS
.l3. f6 17 f3 d4 18 lUfxg6 1 :0
Game 47
Vitolins - Hoi
Jiirmala 1985
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 !Uc3 d6 4 h3 a6 5
g4!?
5 a 4 b6 6 lUf3 lUf6 7 .flt.c4 0-0 8 0-0
.Qb7 9 e5 !Ue8 10 ,l;tel de 1 1 !Uxe5
lUd6 12 Aa2 lUf5 1 3 d5 c5 =
Kindermann-Quinteros, Baden-Baden
1 985.
5 bS 6 .Qg2 .Qb7 7 lUge2 lUd7 8 0-0
e6 9 lUg3 c5 10 ilt.e3 !Ue7 11 d2 0-0
12 .l;t adl cd 13 .flt.xd4 lUe5 14 b3 lU7c6
15 .Q.e3 'ftaS 16 lUce2 b4 17 f4 lUd7 18
eS dS 19 lUd4 :a.ac8 20 a3 !Uxd4 21
ilt.xd4 ttc7 22 b4 a5 23 '{tbS :a.as
24 tte2 .flt.a6 25 c4 a4 26 '{tb2 ab 27 cd
ilt.xfl 28 lUxfl ..ab8 29 :a.et '{taS 30
e3 b6 31 d6 !Ua4 32 bl b2 33
 l;! e4 . fe8 34 .Q.c6 S xc6 35 l:! xe6
d2 36 d7 xd4 37 . c8 + H8 38
d8 xe3 + 39 Wg2 . xe8 40
= than t hi s .
xe8 d2 + 0: 1
SVESHNIKOV VARIATION
4 G.e 3
T h e S o v i e t g ra n d master Eugene
S v es h n i k o v h a s done m u c h t o
popularise t h is line. White's t radi
t ional plan was to play f3 , d2 and
0-0-0 fol lowed by a pawn-storm on t he
k i ngside but against this Black has
a d e q u a t e d e fe n s i v e r e s o u r c e s .
Svesh nikov s howed that W h i i e could
oflen cause more problems with
quieter met hods such as a fianchet t o
o f h i s k i ng ' s bishop.
These days 4 .. e3 is all t h e ra g e c x
p o n en t s i n c l u d i n g S h o r t , N u n n ,
Chandler a n d K u preichi k .
SVESHNIKOV MODERN
Against 4 ;, e3 t h e Modern m o v c
order has defi n i t e advan tages . W i t h
Black ' s k n ight s t i l l on g 8 , . .. h6 i s
prevented and Black c a n start an ex
pansion on t he queenside. 4 . . . a6 is
the ' M odern ' t reat ment and is il
lustrated in games 48-50.
Gal'n e 48
Kupreiehik - Kanstler
Frunze 1985
I e4 g6 2 d4 i.tg7 3 /iVe3 d6 4 . e3 a6
An interesting alternative is 4 . . .
liVc6 a fter which 5 ik) f3 jlg4
transposes into a classical with 4 . . .
Ag4 ! ? (see Kindermann-Hickl, game
27) . Black must also be prepared for 5
f4 transposing into an Austrian with 4
. . . liVc6 and in Wittmann-Klinger,
Munich Zonal 1 987, White gave the
inove independent significance with 5
*d2 e5 6 ik)ge2 ik)f6 7 f3 ed 8 ik)xd4
0-0 9 0-0-0 ik)xd4 1 0 Axd4 Ae6 1 1 h4
c5 1 2 .Q.e3 a5 1 3 a3 b5? 1 4 !i)xb5
+ !-. Black can doubtless do bet ter
4 . . . c6 is rarely seen t hese days b u t
a recen t example is Mortensen
Kristiansen , Esbjerg 1 985, which went
5 *d2 b5 6 .Q. d 3 !i)d7 7 f4 .';;j g f6 8
!0 f3 !i)b6 9 b3 '{/;/c7 1 0 !i)e2 0-0 1 1 c3
.. b7 1 2 l0g3 c5 with a good game for
Bl}c k . Again he must be prepared t o
meet 5 f4 w i t h a 4 . . . c 6 Aust rian .
5 '{/;/d2 bS 6 .Q.d3 ,_Q b7 7 0-0-0 !i)d7 8
!iDf3 . e8 9 Wb l cS 10 de !i)xcS 1 1
. d4 !i)f6 12 eS !i)hS 13 ed xd6 1 4
,_i, xg7 .!;Dxg7 15 '{/;/h6 f6 1 6 .gS
.,';;J g e6 17 l0xe6 !i)xe6 18 .._e4 . xe4 1 9
.,';;J w4 f4 2 0 xf4 !i)xf4 2 1 g 3 .';;J e6
22 .8'. he l . d8 23 .!;Dc3 .!;Dc7 24 a4 ba
25 !iD xa4 e6 26 c4 e7 27 c2 .. d(1 28
.. xd6 Wxd6 29 .Y d l + \(1 30 b4
.8'. b8 31 b3 eS 32 .';;J cS E! e8 33 t)xa6
E;:)xa6 34 bS + Wb7 35 ba + Wxa6 36
.d6 + as 37 E!d7 t'S 38 E! xh7 .t!d8
39 .8'.a7 + WM 40 .8'. g7 cS 4 1
..c7 + b6 42 E! e7 e4 43 b4 .t! d 2
44 eS + c6 4 5 .8'. e6 + c7 4 6 E! xg6
. xf2 47 .!;;t h6 f4 48 gf e3 49 Wc3
.l;;t xf4 50 d3 l:! e4 5 1 e2 l:! eS 52 c6
b6 53 h4 e7 54 hS b6 55 S h8
xe6 56 h6 b7 57 .8'. h7 + b6 58
.g7 . hS 59 l:! g6 + e7 60 xe3
d7 61 \t'f4 e7 62 Wg4 .8'. h I 63
. g7 + f6 t:t
Game 49
Anand - Davies
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 ik)e3 $i.g7 4 ..te3 a6 5
h4 ik)f6 6 f3 bS 7 d2 $i.b7 8 0-0-0 hS
9 ik) h3 ik)bd7 10 \t'bl .8'.e8 11 *e t eS
12 d5 e6 13 de Sxc6 14 ik)g5 *c7 15
*d2
Diagram
15 a.xc3 16 e3 xe3 17 be d5 18
ed ik)xd5 19 .Qd2 ik)7b6 20 ik) e4 0-0 21
e4 be 22 .Qa5 .Qc6 23 a3 S b8 24 \t'a2
Aa4 25 Set iii. h6 26 Ad2 .Qxdl 21

Game 50
Sveshnikcn - Azmaiparash' iii
!-linal l.' S S R Ch , Kuibishe, 1 986
I e4 d <> 2 cl4 g<> 3 .'.)d g 7 4 Q d 11<1 :"
a4
5 g3 b5 6 Q g2 G b7 7 .tigc2 ';:)d7 8
0-0 c 5 9 a3 .. c 8 0 1 1
Azmaiparas h v i l i , Tal l i n n 1 986.
=
s ... 1i;:)f6 6 h3 0-0 7 ,'.)t'3 .'.) bd7
7 . . . b6 8 '1. c4 1i;:)c6 9 e5 !Uc8 IO J4
. d4 20 'litxd4 f6 21 e4 c7 22 .Qf3
lUa5 1 1 .Qa2 c5 1 2 de be 1 3 0-0 .. b 8
1 4 e d lUxJ6 1 5 .l0 d 5 e6? ? 1 6 _Q. xd6 I : 0
Short -Speelman , British Ch 1 98 7 .
8 Q.e2 eS 9 d e d e 10 0-0 e7 1 1 .. e t
aS 12 lUd2 lUcS 13 b i .. d 8 14 b 4 ab
IS xb4 jlf8 16 jlc4 jld7 1 7 as $Lc6
18 lUf3 lUcxe4 19 xe7 jlxei 20
lUxe4 ji_xe4 21 is).gS is).xf3 22 gf h6 23
..xeS hg 24 .. xe7 lUdS 25 jlxdS
!l xdS 26 !l xc7 b6 27 a6 .. aS 28 .. b l
!l 8xa6 2 9 ..c6 .. fS 3 0 ..cxb6 !l xb6
31 ..xb6 .a, xf3 32 !l b3 .. f4 33 ..c3
l;th4 34 g2 g4 35 hg !l xg4 + 36 f3
l;tb4 37 Sc8 + g7 38 c4 l;t b2 39 cS
Wf6 40 c6 !ic2 41 e3 e7 42 f4 f : t
S V E S H :'ll l K O V PIRC
White's most interesting recent
discovery was that he need not prepare
5 d2 by first playing f3 and it is this
that has given Black his recent
problems. Many of his 'safe' lines
looked quite different with a delayed
f3.
If Black wants to play for queenside
expansion (games 5 1 and 52) he
should probably delay ... $J...g7 so as
not to lose a tempo after $Lh6. An
alternative plan is Zaichik's attempt at
sharp counterplay in the centre (games
53 and 54). Kavalek's 5 ... /Uc6 (game
55) deserves closer examination.
Game51
Georgiev - Torre
Leningrad 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 /Uf6 3 /Uc3 g6 4 f3 c6 5
$J...e3 bS
5 ... b6! ? 6 cl $J...g7 7 $J...c4 dS 8
ed b4 9 $J... b3 /Uxd5 10 $J...xd5 cd =
Keller-Smyslov, World Team Ch,
Lucerne 1 985.
6 'litd2 /Ubd7 7 /Uh3 $J..g7 8 /Uf2 0-0 9
a4 b4 10 /Ucdl aS 11 $J...e 2 eS 12 c3 be
. 13 be ..e8 14 0-0 dS 15 de /UxeS 16 f4
/Ueg4 17 eS /Uxe3 18 /Uxe3 /Ud7 19 c4
.Qb7 23 !l ael IDcS 24 'litc2 /Ue6 25
/Ue4 fe 26 /Ug4 !lf8 27 fe $J...xe5 28 cS
/Ud4 29 c4 + h8 30 $J... d l a.xn +
31 thfl i;ta6 32 f2 i;tg7 33 /Ugf6
eS 34 h4 h6 35 /Ud7 fS 36 e7
f4 37 /Uef6 i;Lc4 38 e8 + Sxe8 39
Sxe8 + i;tf8 40 Sxf8 + 1 : 0
Game52
Stierenkov - Hait
RSFSR 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 /Uf6 3 /Uc3 g6 4 i;te3 c6 5
'litd2 i;tg7
In my opinion this early 5 ... i;tg7
does not fit ' in very well with the
queenside expansion announced by ...
c6. A more logical move seems to be 5
... b5 with the following possibilities:
 a) 6 f3 .Qg7 7 g4 h5 8 g5 5Dfd7 9 f4
5Db6 10 5Df3 d5 1 1 6De5 b4 1 2 6De2 de
1 3 5Dg3 h4 14 5Dxe4 $J.f5 1 5 6De5
unclear/ + I = Yudashin
Azmaiparashvili, Minsk 1 985.
b) 6 e5 !? 5Dg4 7 ed 5Dxe3 8 the3
'l;hd6 9 a4 .Qg7 10 5Df3 ba 1 1 a.xa4
0-0 unclear van der Wiel-Piket (m3),
Holland 1 986.
Two other ideas for Black are:
a) 5 . . . 't:ta5 6 5Df3 b5 7 $J.d3 b4 8 5De2
.Qa6 9 0-0 .Qxd3 10 cd -etb5 1 1 a3 5Da6
12 a. rc t .Qg7 1 3 ab 0-0 14 a.as *b7
1 5 b5 cb 1 6 a.cat with strong pressure
on the queenside.
b) 5 . . . 5Dbd7 !? 6 0-0-0 ita5 7 Wbl b5
8 $J.d3 5Db6 9 5Dd5 itxd2 10 5Dxf6 +
ef 1 1 a.xd2 5Dc4 unclear Tai-Torre,
SWIFT World Blitz Chess Ch,
Brussels 1987.
6 $J.h6(!) 0-0
6 . . . .Q.xh6 7 't:txh6 't:ta5 8 .Q.d3 b5 9
5Df3 b4 10 5De2 5Dbd7 1 1 0-0 e5 12 a3!
+ I = Kupreichik-Sznapik, Zenica
1 985.
7 0-0-0 bS 8 f3 b4 9 5Dce2 -etas 10 Wbl
5Dbd7 11 5Dcl cS 12 h4 $J.a6 13 $J.xa6
iba6 14 6Dge2 c4 lS .Qxg7 g7 16
'lhb4 a. ab8 17 '{:td2 't:ta3 18 't:tc3
"lWa6 19 't:te3 5Db6 20 5Dc3 't:ta3 21 ba
5DbdS + 22 Wal 6Dxe3 23 .a. d2 5DhS
24 a.et 5Dg3 2S a.xe3 5Dfl 26 k! de2
a. h7 27 a.et 5Dxe3 28 ,!;txe3 a.fb8 29
a4 fS 30 ef gf 31 dS 32 5Dle2 a.g8
33 5Df4 a. h6 34 5DbS ,!;tgb8 35 a.et a6
36 5Dc3 a. b2 37 a.e2 Wf6 38 5De6
a. 2b7 39 5Dd4 !Ig8 40 5De6 a.gb8 41
a3 42 5Dd4 6 43 a. e6 + 44
xfS 1 : 0
Game53
Davies - Zaicbik
Moscow B 1987
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 .Qe3 .Qg7
S itd2 0-0 6 f3 e5
6 . . . c6 7 0-0-0 e5 8 d5 e7 9 g4
5De8 10 ge2 f5 1 1 a.gI f4 1 2 $J.f2 g5
1 3 h4 gh 14 .Q.xh4 $J.f6 unclear
Sveshnikov-Quinteros, Rio de Janeiro
1 985.
7 5Dge2
7 d5 c6 8 0-0-0 cd 9 5Dxd5 5Dxd5 1 0
*xd5 6Dc6 1 1 'titxd6 -\h 5 12 $J.c4
a.d8 13 *c5 a.xdl + 14 d i
*d8 + 15 Wcl .Q.f8 16 *d5 *c7
unclear Yudashin-Zaichik, Kostroma
1 985 .
7 . . . ed 8 5Dxd4 dS 9 eS fd7 (9 . . .
a.e8 1 0 ef $J.h6 l l 5De4 $J.xe3 1 2 *xe3
de 13 fe; 9 . . . 5De8 !?) 10 e6 5Db6 11
e f + k!xf7 12 0-0-0 cS 13 5Db3 d4 14
6De4?? (14 $J.h6 *f8 15 .Q.xg7
intending 16 5De4 + -) 14 . . . *'8
-/ + lS .QgS 5D8d7 16 itel aS 17
5Dxa5 5De5 18 5Db3 h6 19 $J.h4 .fS 20
5DexeS a.c7 21 5De4 a.xa2 22 $J.f2
Sxb2 0 : 1
Game 54
Yudashin - Azmaiparashvili
t-final USSR Ch, Kuibishev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 5De3 $J.g7 4 $J.e3 5Df6
5 *d2 0-0 6 0..0-0 5Dg4 7 .QgS eS 8 de
*as 9 5Dh3 de 10 $J.xe7 !Ie8 11 *d8
a.xd8 12 ..xd8 + 'lhd8 13 $J.xd8
$J.e6 14 5DdS 5Dc6 lS ..Q.h4 .QxdS 16 ed
5Db4 17 $J.e4 5De5 18 i.i.e2 6DxdS 19
l:tdl 5Db6 20 c3 ..e8 21 We2 b6 22
a, d8 a.xd8 23 .Qxd8 5DdS 24 $J.h4 fS
25 $J.g3 <3;f7 26 5Df4 5Dxf4 27 $J.xf4
<3;e6 28 b3 Wd5 t:t
Game 55
Short - Kavalek
Dubai Olympiad 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 e3 .Qg7 4 $J.e3 f6
5 -'d2 e6
5 . . . 5Dg4 6 .Qg5 h6 7 .Qh4 g5 8 .Qg3
e5 (8 . . . h5 9 h3 h4 10 hg hg 1 1
l:txb8 + $J.xh8 1 2 f3 intending e2
. + I = Kupreichik) 9 de {)xe5 10
0-0-0 bc6 11 f4 gf 12 $J.xf4 $J.e6 1 3
-
 /iDd5 i!td7 1 4 /iDf3 + I = Hiibner
Ljubojevic, SWIFT World Blitz Ch,
Brussels 1 987.
6 f3 a6 7 0-0-0 e6 8 g4 bS 9 h4 hS 10 gh
/UxhS 11 /Uge2 .Q.d7 12 .Q.h3 b4 13
/Ubl aS 14 .Q.gS c8 lS c4 -&a6 16
{td3 a4 17 d2 as 1 8 b i c6 1 9
Q.g4! .tlf6 2 0 e5 ! xg4 2 1 f g d5 22
-&f3 .'.i)xc4 23 xc4 xc4 24 .. e t
a6 2 5 h S .. f8 2 6 .'.i)f4 c5 2 7 .. xc5
c8 28 .. xc8 + .f.lxc8 29 h6 .f.i.h8 '30
.. e t _ d7 3 1 d3 b3 32 .'.i)cS ba + 33
Wxa2 -&a7 34 _,i.f6 gS 35 . xh 8 .. xh8
36 f6 .. h7 37 i!fxgS f8 38
xe6 + ! 1 :0

BYRNE S YSTEM BYRNE PIRC

This agressive system used to be quite
popular but gradually it has been
superceded by the quieter, safer lines .
All three games in this section feature
quick and horrific wins .
Plaskett's dynamic treatment in game
57 was really quite breath-taking.
Certainly it makes a vivid contrast
with Black ' s humdrum (and
disastrous !) play in game 58.

BYRNE MODERN Game 57

Again the 'Modern ' move-order Agnos - Plaskett
o ffer s i n t e r e s t i n g p o s s i bilities . British Ch, Southampton 1986
Chernin's treatment of 4 . . . /iDc6 can 1 e4 d6 2 d4 /iDf6 3 /iDc3 g6 4 i;LgS
doubtle$ > be improved upon. /iDbd7 5 f4 h6 6 .Q.h4 .Q.g7 7 eS /i)hS 8
/iDdS
Game 56
Raaste - Chernin
Jarvenpaa 198S
1 e4 g6 2 d4 .Q.g7 3 /iDc3 d6 4 .Q.g5 /iDc6
4 . . . c6 5 i!ld2 /iDd7 6 f4 b5 7 /iDf3
/iDgf6 8 .Q.d3 /iDb6 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 ktael
b4 1 1 /iDe2 c5 1 2 /Ug3 .Q.b7 13 e5 c4
unclear Tal-J .Kristiansen, Reykjavik
Open 1 986.
S /iDge2 h6 6 .Q.e3 /Uf6 7 f3 /Ud7 8
'fWd2 li)b6 9 b3 e6 10 g4 'fWf6 11 .Q.g2
eS 12 gS i!fe7 13 dS /iDb4 14 /iDbS li)a6
Diagram 8 c6 9 li)xe7 de 10 fe 'fWb6 11 b3
lS h4 hg 16 hg a.xhl + 17 .Q.xhl .Q.d7 li)xeS 12 li)xc8 a.xc8 13 'fWd2 /i)g4 14
18 a4 8 19 /i)ec3 .Q.e8 20 .Q.g2 g8 'fWe2 + 8 lS 'tWxg4 'fWb4 + 16 dl
21 0-0-0 /iDcS 22 'fW'2 li)c8 23 a.hl c6 fS 0:1
 Game 58 Game 59
Whitehead - Edelman Frois - Davies
New York Open 198S Cala D'Or 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 /0f6 3 /0c3 g6 4 .QgS .Qg7 1 e4 g6 2 d4 .Qg7 3 Z0c3 d6 4 g3 /0e6 S
s f3 .Qe3
5 d2 h6 6 .Qf4 g5 7 .Qg3 [0h5 8 5 d5 [0e5 6 f4 [0d7 7 .Qg2 c6 8 [0f3
.Qc4 /0c6 unclear Parsoris-Wolff, cd 9 ed .Qxc3 + 10 be /0gf6 1 1 d4
New York Open 1985. /0b6 12 c4 c7 13 d2 .Qf5 14 isl..e4?
S . . /0bd7 6 d2 h6 7 itJ..e3 e6 8 a4 /0xc4! 15 .Qxf5 /0xd2 16 .Qg4 [0xg4 ! !
as 9 .Qd3 17 h8 + Wd7 / + + Popchev
--

In Salov-Quinteros, Reykjavik Davies, Albena 1986.

Open 1986, White prevented 9 ... b5 S ./0f6 6 h3 eS 7 de /0xeS 8 .Qg2 0-0

jJ,. ,. ,,, 0,, .

with 9 Sa3 and after 9 ... e5 10 /0ge2
a6 1 1 d5 cd 12 /0xd5 xd2 + 13 li .:=;... d
-, .i: .1:
,

Wxd2 [0xd5 14 ed e4 1 5 Sb3 could r .i: r

. -
possibly claim to have a slightly better
rw
a g 1: Wf!
.,
endgame. Whitehead allows ... b5 and
"' ,, Yff. ,
then promptly refutes it ! d d . ,x
9 . . . bS 10 b41 thb4 11 ab eS?
Virtually anything is better than this
. ft .

.
lf
r."'{.

f
,Q_h .,!_!,
4?

which loses the queen by force. But it
is hard to suggest a good move.
12 Sa4 b2 13 /0dl bl 14 c4 b3
lS .Qc2 tha4 16 .Qxa4 a6 16 de de 18
/0e2 0-0 19 0-0 /0eS 20 Axes /0xc4 21
cl eS 22 .Qxe7 Se8 23 .Qxf6 1:0
4 g3 SYSTEM
A quiet positional treatment with
which White hopes to keep a slight
advantage in the centre . The
development of the bishop on g2
secures the e4 pawn.
g3 MOD ERN
Although 4 g3 is doubtless quite
playable against the Modern it
certainly gives Black excellent
counterplay with 4 . . . /0c6. Game 59
is one of my own efforts with this line.
A better order of moves for White is
4 f0ge2 (game 60) though here too
Black has some interesting alternatives
to the transposition into a Pirc.
4? r 4? ,,,,,// b\ a
.' r
.,!_!, .,!_!, . . -
'
m'G' .. _,
k .
9 /0ge2 bS! 10 0-0 ( 1 0 Z0xb5 S b8 1 1
/0xa7 .Qb7 !) 10 . . . b4 11 /0dS /0xdS
12 ed [0c4 13 .Qd4 Z0xb2 14 bl Z0a4
lS thb4 .Qd7 16 Sahl Se8 17 .Qe3
as 18 b3 Sb8 19 c4 /0b2! 20 f4
Sb4! 21 /0d4 JS 22 a3 isl..eS! 23 f3
Sxd4 24 Sxb2 .Q.e4 2S e2 Axg2 26
g2 SxdS 27 S b7 d7 28 c4
SeS! 29 .Qxc5 c6 + 30 Wh2 thb7
31 .Qe3 'liYf3 32 'liYg4 .Qxg3 + ! 33
thg3 Sxe3 34 fe thfl 3S gS
f2 + 36 Wht ft + 37 Wh2 f2 +
38 Whl et + 39 Wh2 e3 0:1
Game 60
Gulko - Haik
Sochi 198S
1 d4 g6 2 e4 /;J.g7 3 /0c3 d6 4 [0ge2 eS
(4 . . . /0c6 ! ? ; 4 . . . a6 !?) S de de 6
thd8 + Wxd8 7 iile3 iile6 8 0-0-0 +
Wc8 9 f4 Z0f6 10 h3 [0c6 11 g4 ef 12
xf4 [0d7 13 /0xe6 fe 14 J;tc4 S e8 lS
 a.hn ce5 16 .Qb3 a6 17 el c5 18
c3 c7 19 .Qf4 a. ac8 10 bl bS ll
.Qg3 llttc6 ll g5 .a.e7 13 !!fl a.r8 24
..xf8 .Qxf8 15 f4 c4 26 .Qcl .Qg7 17
el cs 18 d4 + llttb7 19 a.n
ed3 30 .Qxd3 cd 31 .Qd6 xe4 31
.Qxe7 dl + 33 \t'cl xfl 34 xe6
dl + 35 llttd l .Qe5 36 .Qf6 .Qd6 37
d4 .Qg3 38 f3 .Qf4 39 d4 h6 40
e6 hg 41 .QxgS e3 + 41 <lttxdl
c4 + 43 llttcl .Qd6 44 b3 e5 45
d4 .Qcs 46 e6 .Qd6 47 .Qf4 llttc6
'-'!'
W1.
W1.,, W1.
.i:
:tt :tt
it Plaskett found a highly imaginative
m can find a way to shut down the tactics
48 .Qxe5 .QxeS 49 llttd3 llttd6 50 f8
g5 51 h7 .Qf4 Sl <;!9e4 .Qdl 53 llttfS
.Qxc3 54 xg5 \t'd5 55 h4 a5 56 h5 a4
57 h6 ab 58 ab .Qdl 59 g6 .Qc3 60
.Qe5 61 e6 t:o
Game 61
Klinger - Hickl
Munich Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 l d4 .Qg7 3 c3 d6 4 gel
f6 5 g3 0-0 6 .Qgl a6
Black has several other interesting
ways to play for . . . c5 :
a) 6 . . . bd7 7 0-0 c5 8 b3 cd 9 xd4
a6 10 .Qb2 e5 1 1 de2 'l!!e7 =
Huerta-S.Garcia, Bayamo 1 985.
b) 6 . . . fd7 7 0-0 c5 8 h3 cd 9 xd4
c6 10 de2 abs 1 1 a4 b6 12 a.et
.Qb7 1 3 b3 a.cs 1 4 .Qb2 b4 =
Rukavina-Levie, Vrnjacka Banja
1986.
7 h3 .!;1b8! ? 8 .Qe3 .Qd7 9 g4 b5 10 a3
c5 11 de de 12 .Qf4 c7 (unclear) 13
dl c8 14 e3 b4 15 dl ba 16
.!;1xa3 bS 17 a. a5 !! b6 18 e5 e8 19
c4 d4 20 xd4 cd ll d4 .Qc6 ll
.a.c5 c7 13 a.xc6 .!;1xc6 24 .Qxc6
e6 15 e4 xf4 16 'l!!xf4 'l!!xc6 17
0-0 .!;1c8 18 e3 c7 19 d5 'l!!xc4 30
c4 !!xc4 31 f4 e6 31 f6 + .Qxf6
33 ef h6 34 lltfgl g5 35 fg hg 36 a.at
t:t
-t g3 r m c
Using the Pirc order of moves Black
has found it extremely difficult to
generate active counterplay against 4
g3 . But in the last couple of years
some interesting plans have been
found.
Hickl's play in game 61 looked
rather extravagent . In game 62
plan and won brilliantly - but if White
Black's pieces could be misplaced.
Transferring a knight to b4 looks
more solid but White was better for
most of game 63 . The latest idea is to
combine 6 . . . e5 with a queenside
fianchetto (game 64) which certainly
deserves more tests.
Game 62
Wockenfuss - Plaskett
Lugano Open 1986
1 d4 f6 l c3 d6 3 e4 g6 4 g3 .Qg7 5
.Qgl 0-0 6 gel c6 7 h3 (7 0-0 e5 8
. de de = ) 7
e5 8 .Qe3 !!e8
In this game Plaskett finds an
, unusual way to generate counterplay.
Everyday moves leave the position
slightly in White's favour; Gufeld
. Gipslis, Volgograd 1985 having gone 8
: . . . ed 9 xd4 .Qd7 10 0-0 a. es 1 1 a4
. xd4 1 2 .Qxd4 a5 1 3 a.et .Qc6 14
. d2 + ! = .
9 0-0 a6! ? 10 a4 ed 11 xd4 .Qd7 ll
 .a.et a5 ! ? 13 g4? ! c5 14 del .Qc6
15 g3 iWb6 16 .a.bl c4 17 .Qf4
a5 18 iWd3 b4 19 a2 iha4 10
c3 iWb4 ll a2 '#.tb5 ll c3 iWb4
13 a2 b5 24 c3 xbl! 15 '#.tf3
b4 26 -'.cl d5! 17 .Qxbl xc3 18
.Qxc3 ihc3 19 iWdl .a.e6 30 .a.eJ '#.te5
31 .a.d3 c4 31 .a. dl '#,tcS 33 .Qc3 34
.a.el .Qe5 35 iWdl c3 36 '\th6 .Qg7 37
t\'14 '{teS 38 e3 '/Wc5 39 'iitt4 a. ae8
. 40 h4 .a.16 0:1
Game63
Rivas - P .Nikolic
Bor 1986
1 e4 d6 l d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 gel
.Qg7
4 . . . b5 !? 5 a3 .Qb7 6 f3 (Enders
Boda, East Germany 1 985) 6 . . . a6
intending . . . bd7, . . . c5; - 4 g3 ! .
5 g3 0-0 6 .Qgl e5 7 0-0 c6
The start of an interesting plan
which gives Black chances. The
humdrum 7 . . . bd7 8 0-0 c6 is
known to be slightly in White's
favour, a recent example being
Griinfeld-Greenfeld, Munich Zonal
1 987: 9 .Qe3 .a.e8 10 el iWc7 1 1 '\td2
b5 12 a3 a6 1 3 .a. ad l .Qb7 14 .Qh6
.a.ad8 15 g4 b6 16 .Qxg7 <3lxg7 1 7
g3 + / = .
It should be noted that 7 0-0 has all
but disappeared because 7 . . . c6
virtually forces the drawish 8 de de 9
.Qg5 -'.e6 10 '#.tcl d4! 1 1 xd4
ihd4 12 .a. d l iWc5 1 3 h3 c6 14 a4
'#.Wa5 1 5 b3 .a. ad8 1 6 '\te3 .a.xd l + 1 7
.a.xdl d7 1 8 c4 .a. e8 = Speelman
Sznapik, Dortmund 1 98 1 . Most
White's now prefer 7 h3.
8 a4 a6 ! ? 9 h3 b4 10 .Qe3 ed! ? 11
.Qxd4 a5 12 f4
12 f4 .a. e8 13 g4 d5 14 e5 d7 =
Martinovic-Gligoric, Yugoslav Ch,
Budva 1 986.
ll .a.e8 13 dl .Qe6 14 .a.ret c7
15 xe6 .a.xe6 16 .a.el .a.ae8 17 .a. ael
d7 18 .Qxg7 <llxg7 19 f4 h5 10 hl
d5 ll ed cd ll xd5 xd5 23 .Qxd5
.a.xel 24 .a.xel .a.xel 15 ihel f6 26
. .Qf3 h4 17 gl hg 28 <3lxg3 '\tb6 19
b3 '\tgl + 30 .Qgl h5 + 31 3
'\thl 31 itdl itg3 + 33 We4 xf4 34
iWD4 itxgl + 35 d4 itxcl 36
e5 + h7 37 '\te3 itc7 38 '\tf3 g7
39 Wd3 '\td6 + 40 Wel '\teS + 41
Wd3 b6 41 Wdl '\td4 + 43 Wel f5 44
t 6 45 '\tc6 + Wg5 46 '\tgl +
h5 47 itel + Wh4 48 iWe7 + <3lxh3
49 '\th7 + *h4 0:1
Game64
Klinger - Quinteros
Ziirich 1985
1 e4 g6 l d4 .Qg7 3 c3 d6 4 gel
f6 5 g3 0-0 6 .Qgl e5 7 h3 b6
7 . . . a6 8 a4 b6 9 0-0 .Qb7 10 d5 c6
1 1 de xc6 12 .Qg5 h6 13 .Qe3 h7
14 '\td2 a5 15 b3 itc7 unclear
Wessendorf-Van der Wiel , San
Bernardino 1986.
8 0-0 .Qb7 9 g4? ! (9 .Qe3 .a.e8 1 0 d5) 9
ed 10 xd4 .a.e8 11 ..Q.g5! h6 12
.Qh4 '/Wc8 13 a.et bd7 14 f4 a6! ? 15
'\tdl c5? ! '6 e5 de 17 fe fd7 18 e6!
11111tr
m.i:
'?'"%
.:n: .i:
% '
'
;,. . . ft
:fif
W{ '\Wd N1
-1
?'.t:::S
.
?l:::5f.
: 18 . xe6? ( 1 8 . . . .Qxd4 + ) 19 xe6
. .Qxc3 20 be .Qxg2 ll gl! .a.xe6 ll
-
: .a.xe6 fe 23 '-xh6 '\tb7 + 24 Wgl '#.te4
25 .a.dtt ihcl 26 .a.xd7 '\tbl + 17
. Whl '\tcl + 18 .a.dl '\te4 19 .Qf6 1:0
.
 Game 65
Wittmann - Kindermann
Munich Zonal t987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Ag7 3 /i;)f3 d6 4 Ac4 e6! ?
4 . . . li;)f6 5 e5 ! ? d e 6 li;)xe5 0-0 7 0-0
li;)bd7 8 li;)f3 /i;)b6 9 .Qb3 + / =
DjuriC-Kauppala, Jarvenpaa I 985.
5 i./.b3 li;)e7 6 o-o b6 1 Af4 J;i.b7 s
a.et /i;)bd7 9 c3 h6 10 /i;)a3 0-0 1 1 t;td3
li;)c6 12 .a.adl tffe7 t3 h3 ..ad8 t4
J;i.h2 a6 15 /i;)c4 b5 t6 li;)cd2 li;)b6 t 7
Ac2 li;)a5 18 b4 /i;)ac4 t9 /i;)xc4 /i;)xc4
20 tffe2 c5 21 /i;)d2 /i;)b2 22 .a. b t cd 23
cd .Qxd4 24 Ab3 /i;)a4 25 Axa4 ba 26
b5 ab 27 t;txb5 .a.d7 28 tffxa4 e5 29
/i;)b3 .Qc3 30 .a.edl ..c7 3t /i;)d2 .. a8
32 t;tb3 Axd2 33 .. xd2 Axe4 34
..bdl t;tg5 35 f3 i./.f5 36 f4 ef 37 .. f2
tffh5 38 a.et i.i.e6 39 tffd3 g5 40 t;txd6
.a.d7 41 t;tc6 .a.ad8 42 a4 .a.dt 43
.a.rn .!;! ld2 44 .a. xe6 fe 45 t;txe6 +
tfff7 46 tffx h6 .a. xg2 + 47 xg2
.a.d2 + 48 f3 tffb 3 + 49 g4 .a, g2 +
50 f5 t;tdS + 0: t
Q.c4 SYSTEMS
In the early days of the Pirc and
Modern Defences systems involving
..Qc4 were very popular. But gradually
it became clear that any immediate
threats can be repulsed and very often
the bishop becomes exposed.
Game 65 shows Kindermann
meeting .Qc4 with a hedgehog
formation. Game 66 is a razor-sharp
gambit line which looks rather good
for Black.
Game 66
Bezemer - J .Piket
OHRA Amsterdam t986
t e4 d6 2 d4 /i;)f6 3 /i;)c3 g6 4 -'ic4 ..Qg7
5 t;te2 /i;)c6
There is a solid alternative in 5 . . . c6
6 e5 /i;)d5 7 ..Qd2 0-0 and now:
a) 8 li;)f3 de 9 /i;)xe5 /i;)b6 10 b3
t;txd4 1 1 /i;)f3 t;td6 I2 0-0-0 /i;)d5 1 3
.!;!heI e6 I 4 /i;)e4 tffc7 I 5 c 4 b5 ! I 6 cb
a5 ! and Black assumed the offensive
in Whitehead-Torre, New York Open
I 985.
b) 8 h4 b5 9 ..Qb3 /i;)xc3 10 ..Qxc3 a5 I I
a4 b4 I 2 i.i.d2 de I 3 de t;td4 I 4 e6
A x e 6 I 5 A x e 6 tff x b 2 - / +
H e r b r e c h t s m e i e r - S m ej k a l , B R D
Bundesliga I 985-86.
6 e5 /i;)g4 7 e6 d5
7 . . . /i;)xd4 8 tffxg4 /i;)x c2 + 9 fl
/i;)xa I 10 ef + f8 I I tffh 4 unclear
Van der P l a s c h - M . P i k e t , The
Netherlands I 985 .
8 .Qxd5 /i;)xd4 9 t;txg4 /i;)xc2 + to
e2 /i;)xal 11 ef + f8 t2 tffh4 /i;)c2
13 /i;)f3
li ,:Jt
+ . +
: 4 ?
,
& .&. 1 / , .d..h
.&.
/,/
,'ef:'
.fffff:i
'Jffi i: r
iii -
. . .
. --- '
- ,,, ' -
.ft o-<?0 .ft 0
:st
t3 h5 t 4 .a. d t ..Qg4 t 5 t .Qxf3 t6
..Qxf3 li;)d4 t7 ..Qxb7 a. b8 t8 .QdS c5-
t9 .Qg5 /i;)f5 20 'fM4 .Qd4 2t .Qc4
tffd6 22 /i;)bS thf4 23 ..Qxf4 a.xb5 24
..Qxb5 f7 25 .Qc4 + \t>f6 26 b3 e5
27 .Qct e4 28 g3 g5 29 .Qd5 e5 30
.Qc4 f6 3t .QdS ..e8 32 a. et /i;)d6
33 ..Qe3 e5 34 ..Qc6 a.is 35 ..Qxd4 +
cd 36 \t>el l;tc8 37 ..Qd7 .a.c7 38 .Qh3
g4 39 .Qgl l!cl + 40 \t>dt l!xf2 4t
,l;tel a.xel 42 el d3 + 43 \t>e3
/i;)f5 + 44 \t>dl \t>d4 O:t
4 Q_c2 and 5 h4
This sharp system was a one-time
favourite of Gyula Sax and has
 recently been popular amongst
Spanish masters. White launches an
early flank attack which Black must
meet accurately.
Games 67 and 68 are of theoretical
importance, they show
Azmaiparashvili drawing the teeth of
this line with 5 . . . c5 . Another
possibility for Black is 5 . . . c6 (game
69) .
Game 67
Malanyuk - Azmaiparashvili
S3rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 .Q.g7 4 .Qe2 f6
s h4 cS 6 de *as 7 .Qd2 cs 8 hS gh
9 h3 c6 10 f4 g4 11 d3 *d4
12 dS ceS 13 0-0 f8 14 Sf4
f6 lS .QxhS xhS 16 *xhS *xe4
17 .Qc3 .. g8 18 lixeS ..QxeS 19 .fel
*fS 20 fS .QxfS 21 xeS de 22
a.xeS .Qxc2 23 ..cl ..g4 24 dS ..e4
2S .. xe7 .xe7 26 xe7 ..Qe4 27 f3
e7 28 fe ..d8 29 .c2 e6 30 f2
t:t
Game 68
lkhagvasuren - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 l;tg7 4 ..Qe2 f6
S h4 cS 6 de *as 7 fl cS 8 -'.e3
*as 9 hS xhS
9 . . . gh 10 f3 ! ? c6 1 1 *d2 e5 1 2
h3 D e l a Villa-Lopez Colon, Spain
1 985 .
9 . . . .. g8 ! ? de la Villa-Ardaman,
Linares 1 987.
10 ..QxhS ..Qxc3 11 be gh 12 ..xhS
c3 13 e2 *c4 14 f3 c6 lS 2
..Qe6 16 J;ibl b6 17 J;i b3 a.c8 18 a3
*a6 19 J;ic3 es 20 axc8 + c8 21
d4 *c4 22 xe6 e6 23 ..Qd4 f6
24 ..QxeS fe 2S *d3 0-0 26 J;ifS *c8
27 g3 J;lxfS 28 ef 29 *e4
*g8 + 30 6 31 *h4 + 'litgS 32
h7 fS 33 'lith4 + 'fitgS 34 'fith8 +
n 3S *h7 + <(!le6 36 *d3 *h4 +
37 e2 *d4 38 *xd4 ed 39 d3 dS
40 f4 eS 41 fS e4 + 42 d2 eS 43 g4
0:1
Game 69
Boikovich - Popchev
Novi S ad 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 f6 3 c3 g6 4 ..Qe2 .Q.g7
S h4 c6
5 . . . h5 6 f3 c6 7 d5 e5 8
xe5 de 9 .Q.g5 a6 10 d2 *b6 1 1 f3
i;td7 12 a4 0-0 1 3 a5 + I = Mortensen
Hoi, Danish Ch, Aarhus 1 986.
6 .Qe3
This allows Black to play a
promising pawn sacrifice. Better was 6
h5 gh with the following recent
examples :
a) 7 ..Qb5 i;td7 8 ge2 e6? ! 9 .Qg5 h6
10 .Q.h4 e7 1 1 .Qxd7 + *xd7 12
tt-d3 g6 1 3 ..Qxf6 .Qxf6 1 4 ..xh5
+ I- Boersma-Hartoch, Dutch Ch,
Hilversum 1 985.
b) 7 .Qg5 .Qg4 8 f3 .Q.d7 9 d2 e5 10
de de 1 1 0-0-0 h6 12 ..Qh4 e7 1 3 .Qc4
..Qe6 14 *e l c8 1 5 d5 Kuij f-Piket,
Wijk aan Zee 1 986.
6 eS 7 dS d4 8 .Qxd4 ed 9 *xd4
..
0-0 10 d3 c6 11 hS cd 12 hg hg 13 f3
de 14 fe dS lS 0-0-0 xe4 16 dS
..QfS 17 d8 ..fxd8 18 xe4 i;txe4
B -
, ;..,.,. f
.i.
11 0 11 BAa11 B
. ;g
,, . ,;, ;g
,, ,
19 f3 ..Qf6 20 c3 g7 21 J;ixd8
J;ixd8 22 J;idl gS 23 J;ixd8 ..Qxd8 24
g4 ..Qc7 2S dl 6 26 d2 ..Qc6 27
 5Df3 .Qd5 28 b3 .Qe4 29 Wel .Qg3 +
30 1 .Qe5 31 E;)d2 .Qc2 32 .Qf3 b6
33 .Qc6 Wg6 34 c4 f5 35 E;)f3 .Qc3 36
J;ld7 6 37 We2 fg 38 .Qxg4 .Q.f5 39
.Qhs g4 40 5Dgl Wg5 41 .Qe8 f4 42
.Qc6 .Qd4 43 1 We3 44 Wei .Qd3
45 .Qd7 .Qc3 + 46 Wdl Wf2 0:1
A VERBAKH SYSTEM
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c4 $J.g7 4 c3
Botvinnik considered the system with
c4 to be White's best answer to the
Modern and certainly it is a critical
test . Black 's best move could well be 4
. . . f6 transposing into a King's
Indian but here I will only deal with
independent lines .
KOTOV'S 4 . . . li;)c6
This is the move which is most in
the spirit of the Modern . Black
launches a sharp counter-attack
against d4.
On several occasions the
theoreticians have claimed that 5 d5 is
a 'refutation ' but Black came
bouncing back. The current refutation
is P olugayevsky ' s suggested
improvement on game 7 1 , i f Black is
unable to find something then perhaps
he must turn to van der Wiel's 5 . . .
4)e5 .
When 5 d5 has not been a
'refutation' White has favoured the
solid 5 -'.e3 when 5 . . . li;)f6 6 f3
transposes into a Samisch King's
Indian. 5 e5 is the 'Modern' move
.
when 6 4)ge2 is game 73 and 6 d5
li;)ce7 7 g4 is games 74 and 7 .
Game 70
Kortchnoi - Speelm.-n
_ , Beersheva 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 .Qg7 3 li;)c3 d6 4 e4 'li;)c6 5
d5 li;)d4 6 Ji}.e3 c5 7 li;)ge2 b6 8
4)xd4 cd 9 li;)a4 aS + 10 .Qd2
10 b4 't!hb4 + 1 1 .Qd2 a3 12 .Qcl
ttb4 + 1 3 .Qd2 t : t Sosonko
Ljubojevic, Wijk aan Zee 1 987.
10 ... c7 11 .Qd3 li;)f6 12 b4 4)g4 13
a.ct 0-0 14 0-0 li;)e5 15 li;)b2 a5! 16
.Qbl ab 17 .Qxb4 b6 18 a3 li;)d7 19 f4
()c5 20 f3 f5 21 ef .Qxf5 22 .Qxf5
a.xfS 23 e2 J;In 24 a. a a af8 25
a.en d3! 26 4)xd3 E;)b3 27 e4 li;)d4
28 ..f2 xc4 29 g4! b5 30 Whl li;)b3
31 ..e2 ..c8 32 Wg2 li;)d4 33 Sef2
li;)c2 34 ..e2 e4 + 35 Sxe4 Sc4 36
Wf3 li;)d4 + 37 Wg2 10c2 t:t
Game 71
Polugayevsky - Ljubojevic
Reykjavik 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $J.g7 3 e4 d6 4 li;)c3 li;)c6 S
d5 li;)d4 6 .Qe3 c5 7 li;)ge2 b6 8 li;)a4
a5 + 9 .f1Ld2 a6 10 li;)xd4 .Qxd4 11
li;)c3 b6 12 li;)b5 1ltxb2 13 a.hl .Qg7
14 a4 8 15 .Qa5 a6 16 a3 b6
17 li;)c7 a5 + 18 a5 ba
K BAB -
" , dm
,;
r'0!. ,,,,,,, ;r,.,,
+'"
, 'i +
. ,
;,.,,;
. "
. ..L "/
' """' ,
,' ..-.
, , ,.,,, '' ' ' .t
.:n:
, '1fmim .
.:n: .ft
..'
. 'b\'
m
1 9 10 x a 8 ( 1 9 W d 2 + 1 - -
Polugayevsky) 19 .Qc3 + 20 Wdl
()f6 21 .QdJ .Qb4 22 ()c7 Wg7 23
We2 a6 24 f3 ()d7 25 f4 h5 26 .Qc2 h4
27 ahfl h3 is g3 ()f(> .29 e5 ()g4 30
e6 li;)xhi31 .a.111 g4 32 f5,33 a3
.Qxa3 34 S b8 '.Qb4 35 -'.a4 f6 36
.f1Lc6 .Qc3 37 ()a8 a4 38 .Qxa4 xdS
39 cd .Qxe6 40 c7 axb8 41 xe6 +
wn 42 li;)g5 + Wf8 43 axh3 ab4 44
e6 + wn 45 .Qd7 S b3 46 We2 .Qf6
47 .i;th7 + Wg8 48 Sh6 Wf7 49
.i;th1 + wgs so ah6 wn t:t
 Game 72
Pergerieht - Van der Wiel
Brussels 1985
1 d4 g6 2 e4 $J...g7 3 lilc3 d6 4 e4 lilc6 5
d5 lUe5 6 h3? ! (6 f4!) 6 e6 7 i!Le3
E;)f6
7 . . . '(ta5 8 .a. c 1 lilf6 9 '(td2 0-0 10
$J...e2 b 5 1 1 c b cb 1 2 a 3 b 4 1 3 1Ua2
lUxe4 14 *xb4 *xd5 15 E;)c3 1Uxc3
0: I Iclicki-Jadoul, Brussels 1 985.
8 f4 lUed7 9 E;)f3? (9 .Qd3 unclear) 9
. . . lUhS! 10 ? ( 1 0 $J...d 3 lilg3 1 1
.a.gl f5 -/ + ) 10 lUxf4! --/ + +
11 $J...xf4 '(tb6 + 12 't1g3 thb2 13 de
be 14 e5 e3 15 lcl *a3 16 ed eS
17 JILgS f6 18 $J...d3 fg 19 .Qe4 '(teS 20
..el 0-0 21 h2 .a. r6 22 lUxgS d6
23 *a4 Liles 24 *aS .fS 2S ..edl
'(te7 26 ktdS E;)xe4 27 E;)xe4 $J...xe4 0:1
Game 73
Mestel - Speelman
British Ch play-off, London 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $J...g7 3 e4 E;)e6 4 .Qe3 d6 S
E;)e3 eS
5 . . . E;)h6 ! ? 6 d5 E;)e5 7 h3 f5 8 '(td2
lUef7 9 f4 e5 D. Cramling-Bilek , Boras
Open 1 986.
6 lilge2 lilh6 7 f3 fS 8 dS lUe7 9 *d2
lilf7 10 cl
1 0 0-0-0 0-0 1 1 b l c5 12 de be 1 3
c 5 d 5 14 e d f4 1 5 $J... f2 $J.f5 + 1 6 c l
cd 1 7 .lUxd5 /Jxd5 1 8 xd5 (Renet
Todorcevic, Montpellier 1986) 1 8 '
"tWxd5 1 9 .a.xd5 .Qe6 unclear.
10 . 0-0 11 b4 g5! 12 .Qxg5 lilxg5 13
gS e6 14 lilb3 fe lS 1Uxe4 ed 16 ed
$J...fS 17 $J...d3 h8 18 ..dl /JxdS . 19
-'.e4 E;)b6 20 d8 .a.axd8 21 ..Qel"dS
2l /Jes /Je4 23 /Jxb7 .a. b8 24 .Qxc4-
de 25 lU3eS el- 26 .a. cl e2 27 e2 $J...h6
28 a3 e4 29- fe -$J...c8 30 lUd6 -'.g4 + 31
d3 .!;t bd8 32 eS $J...f4 33 e4=:-,lxcl
34 !hcl .. f2 35 lild3 ..e2 + 36 f4
$J... hS 37 gS J!Lg6 38 /Jf4 ..xe5 + 39
f6 ..xd6 + 49 eS .. d2 41 h4
$J...e8 42 lUd5 ,la4 43 lilc3 .a.dt 44
lUe2 $J...b5 45 ..xe2 ,l;tel 46 f6 ,!;txe2
47 ..e8 + ..e8 48 ..xe8 + $J...xe8 49 g4
g8 SO hS f8 Sl h6 $J...g6 S2 bS e8
S3 e6 d8 54 a4 a6 SS b6 as S6 d6
e8 S7 't1eS $J...e8 S8 gS 't1b7 S9 g6
$J...xg6 60 't1bS 0:1
Game 74
Sarosi - Arapovic
Bern Open 1987
1 d4 g6 2 e4 $J... g7 3 1Ue3 d6 4 e4 lilc6 S
i!Le3 e5 6 dS 1Uee7 7 g4 fS 8 gf
8 f3 /Jf6 9 h3 h5 ! 10 g5 lild7 1 1 h4
a5 12 *d2 lUc5 = Miles-Kohlweyer,
Dortmund 1 98 1 .
8 . . . gf 9 '(thS + lilg6
9 . . . 't1f8 10 ef? ! (10 $J... h 3 !) 10 . . .
lUf6 1 1 '(td l /Jxf5 1 2 $J...h 3 ,a.gs 1 3
I+
*d3 1Uxe3 1 4 *xe3 h8 =
Partos-Seirawan, Biel 1 985.
10 ef '(th4 11 h4
1 1 '(tf3 ! ? ZU6e7 12 .Qd3 lilh6 1 3 f6
itxf6 14 lUe4 lilhf5 1 5 '(th5 + ! d8
16 /Jxf6 U\'xf6 17 $J...g 5 g6 18 *xg6
+ /- Benjamin-McCarthy, USA
1986.
11 . . . 1Uxh4 12 lUbS d8 13 LUxa./
$J...xfS 14 lUbS i!Lh6 ! ? (14 . . . /Jf6 r? ; 14
. . . $J...e4) lS /Jc3 itxe3"' 16 fe lilf6 17
$J... h3 $J...e4 18 /Jxe4 5tlxe4 19 .Qg4 ,l;tg8
20 h3 hS 0:1
 Game 75 Games 77 and 78 show other possible
Petursson - Speelman posts for his king's knight.
Hastings 1986-7
1 d4 g6 2 c4 i:J..g7 3 e4 d6 4 /ilc3 /ilc6 5 Game 76
.Qe3 e5 6 d5 /ilce7 7 g4 /ilf6 Adorjan - J .Kristiansen
7 . . . c5 ! ? when: Esbjerg 1985
a) 8 h4 f5 9 gf gf 10 "tWh5 + f8 1 1 1 d4 g6 2 c4 i;tg7 3 /ilc3 d6 4 e4 /ild7 5
.Qh3 /ilf6 1 2 "\i;Yd l b5 ! 1 3 ef be 1 4 /ilf3 f4
h6 15 !:!gl /ilxf5 16 i.Lxf5 l}.xf5 -I + 5 .Qe3 e5 6 d5 /ilh6 (6 . . . i.Lh6 ! ?) 7
Bagirov-Davies, Cascais 1 986. g4 f6 8 h4 /ilf7 9 "\i;Yd2 h5 1 0 gh l3xh5
b) 8 .Qd3 f5 9 f3 /ilf6 1 0 h3 0-0 1 1 1 1 /ilge2 ! + /- Ernst-Akesson,
d2 a6 1 2 a3 J;.id7 1 3 b4 + I = Dlugy Swedish Ch, Malmo 1 986.
Barreras, Havana 1 985. 5 .. e5 6 fe de 7 d5 /ilh6 8 /ilf3 0-0 9
8 f3 /ild7 ! ? i:J..e2 f5 10 .Qg5 /ilf6 11 0-0 /ilf7 12
8 ... h5 9 g5 /ilh7 1 0 h 4 f6? ! 1 1 "\i;Yd2 .Qh4 'ffe7 13 ef gf 14 hl ,Qd7 15
fg 12 hg 0-0 13 0-0-0 !:! f7 14 b l /ilf8 'ffb3 b6 16 ael a5 17 .Qdl e4 18
1 5 c5 + /- Rogers-Arapovic, Biel /ild4 'ffe5 19 /ile6 J,txe6 20 1,tg3 'ffd4
1 985. 21 de /ild6 22 /ilb5 /ilxb5 23 i!Jxb5 c5
9 h4 f5 10 h5 h6 1 1 gf gf 12 d2 /ilf6 24 xf5 !!ae8 25 .Qe5 'ffd2 26 .Qc3
13 0-0-0 f4 14 i;tf2 b6 15 i;th4 /ilh7 16 'ffh6 27 'ffc6 e3 28 a.en !le7 29 "tWd6
i;th3 i;tf6 17 i;txf6 /ilxf6 18 .Qe6 1:0

s A- ' Game 77
.. :, ,,,p;
"'.',;:; /'l V/,1?:
. ,/;, Vegh - Lau
,.

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:t..,,..z- - - - -%.'"
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a a':ff" ft

Elekes Memorial, Budapest 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 i;tg7 3 /ilc3 d6 4 e4 d7 5

ftft
.
/ilf3 e5 6 l1e2 c6 7 0-0 /ilh6 8 c5

-if.
8 de de 9 b4 0-0 10 .a.bl *e7 1 1 c5

r?';t , . 1 985) 1 1 . . . .a.d8 ! ? unclear.

(Cebalo-Kovacevic, Yugoslav Ch

18
-
y1.
. 1 /,, ,,;

/ilh7 19 /ilh3 i;txe6 20 de /ilf8 21

.
8 de 9 de 0-0 10 h3 h8 11 i;tf4
"tWe7 12 tfrd6 .a.eS 13 tfrxe7 !lxe7 14
.a.adl /ilg8 15 j1g5 !le8 16 j1c4 /ilxe5
/ild5 /ilxe6 22 a.hgt a.is 23 /ilxe7 17 /ilxeS .Q:xe5 18 j1:xf7 a.f8 19 j1b3
'l!he7 24 *d5 0-0-0 25 tfrd3 tfrh4 26 b6 20 1! d2 +/ t:t =

iWfl tfrxh5 27 Sg4 Sg8 28 /ilf2 tfrf7

29 a.xg8 a.xg8 30 /ilg4 a.h8 31 *h3
b7 32 b3 h5 33 /ilf2 /ild4 0:1
4 . . . l\ld7
A fairly solid move which could still
transpose into a King's Indian.
Adorj;m's interesting 5 f4 (game 76)
definitely prevents this possibility.
After 5 /il f3 e5 6 i:J..e2 Black can
reach a King's Indian with 6 . . . Ngf6.
Game 78
_
Sosonko - Ljubojevic
SWIFT World Blitz Ch, Brussels 1987
1 d4 g6 2 c4 j1g7 3 /ilc3 d6 4 e4 /ild7 5
/ilf3 e5 6 l1e2 /ile7 7 h4 h6
7 . . . 0-0 8 h5 ed 9 /ilxd4 /ilc6 1 0
.Qe3 a.e8 1 1 tfrd2 /ilxd4 1 2 .Qxd4
Ji1xd4 1 3 tfrxd4 tfrf6 1 4 tfre3 /ilb6 1 5
0-0-0 + I = Mikhalchishin-Norwood,
Lvov 1 986.

14 .r;ag5 + hg 15 hg + .r;ah6 16 gh .Qra
17 *d3 *a5 1a *c4 S e7 19 Sd6 b5
20 *b3 b4 21 .r;aa4 .Qa6 22 .Qxa6
*xa6 23 . hdl *b7 24 $J..g5 f6 25
.Qxf6 $J..xh6 + 26 Wbl .r;axf6 27 .xf6
.Qg5 2a .i;t fd6 Wg7 29 *g3 .Qf6 30
*4 S f8 31 .!;td7 *ea 32 *e6 a.ea
33 !!xe7 + $J..xe7 34 .!;td7 Wfa 35 b3
$J..xc5 36 *f7 mate 1:0
AZMAIP ARASH VILl'S 4 . . . eS
This is probably the most reliable of
Black's 'Modern' moves. It has the
special seal of approval, having been
played by Azmaiparashvili.
At one time it was thought that 5 de
de 6 *xd8 + d8 7 f4 gave White
the advantage but games 79-8 1 show
three different methods of defence. 5
d5 (game 82) is quite playable but not
particularly dangerous.
White's most popular choice has
been 5 .r;af3 when both 5 . . . .r;ac6 6 de
and 5 . . . .Q g4 6 d5 seem to favour
White. The critical line is the treat
ment favoured by Azmaiparashvili
with 5 . . . ed 6 .r;axd4 .r;ac6.
White's most dangerous plan may
well be 7 .Qe3 !i;)ge7 8 h4 (game 84) . In
game 86 he fell into the 'trap' 1 0 ef
.Qxd4 ! but Black was fine anyway in
games 87 and 88.
Game 79
Ubilava - Kantsler
Tbilisi 1986
1 d4 g6 2 c4 $J..g7 3 .r;ac3 d6 4 e4 e5 5 de
de 6 da + da 7 f4 .r;ac6 a fe
.r;axe5 9 .Qg5 + f6 10 0-0-0 + .Qd7 11
.Qh4 c6 12 .r;af3 Wc7 13 ..ie2 .!;tea 14
.r;axe5 fe 15 a. hfl .r;ah6 16 c5 ,l;thfa 17
b4 $J..g4 la h3 ..ixe2 19 .r;axe2 !:!.xfl 20
.xfl !! fa 21 .dl .r;an 22 Wc2 .Qh6
23 !! fl .r;aha 24 .Q.f6 Wd7 25 !:!.dl +
Wca 26 $J..xha .xha 27 .r;agl !:!. fa 2a
.r;af3 .Qf4 29 l! fl !lda 30 Sdl S fa 31
.a.d6 Wc7 32 Se6 Wd7 33 Sd6 +
Wc7 34 !!e6 Wd7 35 .a.d6 + Wc7 t:t
Game BO
Z.Polgar - Seret
Cannes 19a6
1 d4 g6 2 c4 .Qg7 3 .r;ac3 d6 4 e4 e5 5 de
de 6 da + da 7 f4 .Qe6 a .r;af3
.r;ad7 9 $J..e3 .r;ae7 10 .Qe2 .r;ac6 11 g3 h6
12 a.dl Wca 13 0-0 ef 14 gf
li Ji
m.i: m.i:
&A.i: m
Bit it B g
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li)
it B Biig B
. .
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;g:;g:
14 . . . $J..x c3 15 b e a. ea 1 6 .Qd3 .r;ab6
17 c5 .r;aa4 1a !let .r;ab2 19 $J..b l .Qc4
20 !!f2 .r;ad3 21 .Qxd3 .Qxd3 22 e5
.Qe4 23 .r;ad4 .r;axd4 24 cd Wd7 25 . b2
..e6 26 a3 a.a6 27 .c3 !lea 2a Wf2
See6 29 .Qct Sa4 30 Sd2 .Qd5 31
Sh3 h5 32 f5 gf 33 Sxh5 f4 34 .a. f5
.a.h6 35 .a.xf4 Sxh2 + 36 We3 .a. h3 +
37 Wf2 Sa6 38 e6 fe 39 I;!f7 + Wc6
40 ..dl !!a4 41 .Qf4 a,13 + 42 We2
Wb5 43 c6 be 44 S fa c5 45 S ba +
Wc6 46 $J..e5 Saxa3 47 .dl $J..c4 +
0:1
 Game81
H.Olafsson - Ljubojevic
. Reykjavik 1987
Jt d4 g6 2 c4 $J..g7 3 e4 d6 4 c3 e5 5 de
jde 6 i;hd8 + d8 7 f4 d7 8 f3 c6
:9 fe xe5 10 $J..f4 f6 11 0-0-0 + e8
12 $J..e2 $J..h6 13 $J..xh6 llxh6 14 xe5
fe 15 b4 We7 16 c5 $J..e6 17 a3 a. ad8
Game83
Vasyukov - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow B 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c4 e5 4 f3 ed 5
xd4 $J..g7 6 c3 c6 7 xc6
7 $J..e3 llge7 8 llxc6 llxc6! Genov
Azmaiparashvili, Albena 1 986; 8 . . .

be? 9 $J..d4 0-0 1 0 $J..xg7 Wx,g7 1 1

18 ..xd8 !1xd8 19 !tdl !1f8 20 h3
!tf2 21 !tgt Wf6 22 Wd2 Wg5 23
We3 !tf7 24 bt t:t
Game 82
Danner - Bischoff
Elekes Memorial, Budapest 1986
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 .Qg7 4 e4 e5 5 d5
'tWd4 + f6 1 2 c5 ! + /- Knaak
Ermenkov, DDR-Bulgaria 1 985.
1 be 8 c5 f6 9 $J..e2 0-0 10 cd cd 11
0-0 ..e8 12 $J..f3 a.b8 13 fWa4 '#itc7 14
$J..f4 lld7 15 .!;!act e5 16 $J..xe5
$J..xe5 17 d5 iWd7 18 a.xc6 $J..b 7 19
l:ta6 tha4 20 k!xa4 $J..xd5 21 ed
..xb2 t : t

5 -'.e3 ed 6 $J..xd4 f6 7 f3 0-0 8
$J..d3 llc6 9 $J..e3 $J..g4 10 h3 $J..xf3 1 1
'/ihf3 e5 t:t Alburt-Benjamin, US
Ch 1 985.
5 . . . as 6 .Qd3 a6 7 f3 .Qg4 8 h3
$J..xf3 9 thf3 .Qh6 10 .Qxh6 xh6 11
e3 g8 12 h4 llf6 13 0-0-0 c5 14
$J..c2 0-0 15 .a,dgl c6 16 g4
-
Game 84
Gaprindashvili Matveyeva
USSR Women's Ch, Erevan 1985
1 d4 g6 2 c4 .Qg7 3 c3 d6 4 f3 e5 5
e4 ed 6 xd4 c6 7 .Qe3 ge7 8 h4
0-0 9 h5 g5 10 h6 .Qxd4 11 $J..xd4
xd4 12 thd4 f6 13 0-0-0 $J..e6 14
$J..e2 c6 15 iWe3 iWe7 16 g3 b8 17
f4 !lae8 18 iWd2 a.g8 19 $J..
. h5 a.d8 20
d5

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m,, ,
.&.

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m!m
i16 cd 17 ed iWe7 18- h5 e4 19 f3
,aae8 20 Ael fd7 21 hg fa 22 $J..xe4
mm
/ ile5 23 iWd4 Af4 24 A e3 'titg5 25 . 20
$J..xd5 21 ed llb8 22 A del itf8
!1 xf3 26 Axf3 xe4 27 Axf4 i 23 Ae6 lld7 24 'tite3 gf 25 4 Ag5
:'{hf4 28 xe4 Axe4 29 itb6 Ae8 30 126 $J..d l Ae5 27 $J..c2 ae8 28 Axel
: act ite4 + 31 al itxc4 32 !tbl iitxe8 29 iWg4 ags 30 ite6 !le5 31
:itxd5 33 c7 b5 34 a3 b4 35 a4 a.f8 ! itxe8 + !lxe8 32 a.n !lfl 33 $J..f5
'36 d7 b3 37 act '&c4 38 a.et a.n ;e5 34 !let !1g8 35 g4 Ag5 36 !te4
: 39 '#ite8 + g7 40 !thl a.n + 0:1 :g8 37 cl 38 b4 e7 39 c3
 Sg8 40 e5 Sa8 41 b3 a,d8 42 .a.d4
de 43 be b6 44 d6 + ed 45 eb ab 46
.a.a4 e6 47 a.a6 d4 + 48 e4
xf5 49 gf Se8 + 50 d4 d7 51
Sxb6 Sa8 52 Sb7 + e6 53 Sxh7
.a.xa2 54 S f7 a. a4 + 55 e3 .a. h4 56
.a.xf6 e5 57 f3 d5 58 Se6 d4 59 f6
,!lhl 60 g2 .a.xh6 61 f7 .a.xe6 62
f8 tt' + d5 63 tt'a8 + d6 64
= 17 h3 e6 18 e3 .Qe6 19 a.et d5 20 ed
tt'd8 + e5 65 tt'a5 + d6 66 f3
Game 87
Peev - Radulov
Bulgarian Ch, Sofia 1985
1 d4 d6 2 e4 e5 3 f3 ed 4 xd4 g6 5
e3 .Q.g7 6 e4 e6 7 $;.e3 ge7 8
.Q.e2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 xe6 xe6 11
tt'd2 .Q.e6 12 ef .Qxf5 13 Sadl tt'e7
14 d5 tt'f7 15 b4 e5 16 .Qg5 S ae8
ed 21 g4 xg4 22 hg d4 23 a3 .Q.d5

.
720
m .. "<M-
Se5 67 tt'b4 + d5 68 tt'b5 d6 69 24 .Q.d3

E
li' , ,
....
.- --,
tt'e4 Se3 + 70 f4 1:0 ,,,
Y.?;;:
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1% m m
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;;0' 1:
.... . . .

-
.
Game 85 /./f,ff -e'
Lerner - Azmaiparashvili . .i:
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
.
1 d4 d6 2 e4 e5 3 f3 ed 4 xd4 g6 5
e4 $;.g7 6 e3 e6 7 $;.e3 ge7 8
/, r, r, -
Lh .,g,. :

i;te2 0-0 9 g4 xd4? (9 . . . f5 ! - Az
b\
:
.
maiparashvili) 10 .Q.xd4 $;.xd4 11
ft -
(;; >@%,
a'. rlrJ
d4 e5 12 tt'e3 e6 13 0-0-0 d4 14 c/,fffi
;:Q;,
'
h4 f5 15 gf gf 16 d5 tt'e8 17 a. hgt +
h8 18 .!lxd4 f4 19 tt'd2 ed 20 .a.g5 24 . . . .Q.xg2 25 Sfel .Qd5 26 S xe8
$J.. f5 21 ef Se8 22 f6 f3 23 xd4 .a.n tt'f3 27 a.e4 $;.xe4 28 .Q.xe4 tt'xe4 29
24 .Q.d3 tt'el + 25 e2 b5 26 e3 a6 tt'dl .a,13 30 ,!le8 + .Qf8 31 tt'el
27 .a,g7 be 28 $;.xe4 Sxe4 29 Sxf7 tt'xg4 + 32 fl Se3 33 Sxe3 de 34
tt'e2 + 30 d2 tt'e4 + 31 tt'd3 .Q.e3 tt'e4 + 35 el a6 36 tt'e2 $Lg7
.!lxe3 + 32 be tt'a4 + 33 b2 1:0 37 tt'dl h5 38 d8 + h7 39 tt'd7 e2
40 .Q.ct tt'd4 0:1 (41 tt'xd4 .Q.xd4 42 f3
Game 86 h4 43 .Q.f4 h3 44 d2 .Q.e3 !)
Dohojan - Azmaiparashvili
Tallinn 1986 Game 88
1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 e4 e5 4 e2 $;.g7 5 Arhipov - Kantsler
bc3 ed 6 xd4 e6 7 $J..e3 ge7 8 Tbilisi 1986
$;.e2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 ef .Q.xd4 11 $;.xd4 1 d4 g6 2 e4 .Q.g7 3 e4 d6 4 e3 e5 5
xf5 12 $;.e3 xe3 13 fe $;.e6 14 f3 ed 6 xd4 e6 7 -'.e3 ge7 8
.a.xf8 + f8 15 tt'd2 tt'g7 16 Sfl $;.e2 0-0 9 0-0 f5 10 xe6 xe6 11
a.is 17 a.xf8 + xf8 18 b3 a6 19 $;.f3 tt'd2 .Q.e6 12 ef .Q.xf5 13 S adl h8
g7 20 e5 tt'e5 21 ed ed 22 e4 d5 23 14 .a.fel 'lltt6 15 d5 'fff7 16 .Qfl
e3 e7 24 tt'd4 thd4 25 ed e6 26 .a.ae8 17 b3 .Q.e6 18 .a. e2 e5 19 f3 a6
xd5 xd4 27 $;.e4 b5 28 <ittf2 20 a.eel b5 21 eb ab 22 e3 b4 23
29 e3 d6 30 d4 xe4 31 e4 e4 Sa8 24 g5 tt'f6 25 .Q.d4 jLg8
g5 32 e5 h6 33 f6 $;.e8 34 b4 g6 26 .a.e4 h6 27 h3 g5 28 bdf2 .!lfd8 29
35 a4 $;.f5 36 a5 $;.d3 37 g3 $;.e2 38 g4 tt'f8 30 h4 .Q.h7 31 .!leel gh 32
d5 $;.f3 39 e3 40 d6 <ittf6 f2 e5 33 -'.al .Q.f5 34 f4 h3 35
41 e4 t:t h2 .a.xa2 36 xh3 xf3 + 37 gf
 Sxh2 38 <i!lxh2 Axh3 39 Axh3 Axal
40 ..xal f4 + 41 g2 S g8 + 42
.Qg4 hS 43 S hl .. gS 44 SxhS +
..xhS 4S AxhS d2 + 46 g3
gS + 47 g4 eS + 0: 1
4 a6 ! ?
.
The final frontier? 4 . . . a6 (game 89) is
certainly not as stupid as it looks
though I doubt if it will catch on .
Game 89
Tozer - D avies
ARC Yo ung Masters 1987
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 i;tg7 4 e4 a6 S
f3 .Q.g4 6 -'.e2 c6 7 dS
7 Ae3 e5 8 d5 i;txf3 9 Axf3 d4 10
Axd4 ed 11 e2 c5 12 de be 1 3 e5
e7 14 xd4 a5 + 1 5 fl c5
unclear.
7 . . . Axf3 8 Axf3 d4 9 Ae3 xf3 +
10 f3 f6 1 1 0-0 0-0 12 aadl d7
13 h3 eS 14 Ah6 xc4 lS ..Q.xg7
g7 16 b3 b6 17 f4 d7 18 S d3
eS 19 fS f6 20 fg hg 21 .. g3 .. h8 22
g4 f8 23 dl d7 24 f3 h7
2S e3 ..ag8 26 fS + 8 27 h4
f7 28 g4 gs 29 S c3 Wg7 30
..fcl S c8 31 f3 xf3 + 32 Sxf3
Sce8 33 S aft S ef8 34 Sxf6 thf6 3S
. .Sf2 + 38 Wgl Sxa2 39 *d7 + Sf7
Sxf6 Sxf6 36 . g3 ahf8 37 Wg2
40 *c8 bS 41 h4 as 42 *g4 Sat"2 43
'tif'gS ..ft + 44 g2 S 7f2 + 4S h3
Shl + 46 Wg4 S f4 + 47 gf Sgl +
0: 1
A verb a k h with 4 '.Uf3
Azmaiparashvili meets this with 4 ..
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 .Q.g7 4 f3
e5 , but 4 . . . Ag4 (game 90) is also
.
quite playable. It is interesting that
White has not been playing the
theoretical!y approved 5 e3 .
Game 90
Torre - Ljubojevic
Brussels SWIFT 1987
1 d4 g6 2 f3 .Q.g7 3 c4 d6 4 c3 ,g4
4 . . . c6 ! ? 5 d5 a5 6 e4 c5 7 h3
[D f6 8 ,_Q, d3 0-0 9 0-0 e5 10 .,lg5 h6 1 1
f.i.e3 !Dh5 unclear, Li-Quinteros,
.
World Teams, Lucerne 1 98 5 .
s g 3 -c<)
.
5 . . x f3 6 ef c6 7 e3 .l,Uf6 8 f4
0-0 9 " g2 .l,U bd7 1 0 0-0 e6 1 1 B b l d5
12 c5 b5 13 b4 !Dc8 14 a4 a6 15 ,g.d5
.l,U c7 = Bagirov-Arapovic, Trud \ .
Bosna 1 985 .
<> dS 4i x f3 7 cf .tld4 8 g2 eS 9 0-0
tie7 10 f4 0-0 1 1 S e I il}d7 1 2 h3 a6 1 3
';th2 b S 1 4 e S et I S b:f4 d e J (, :i;Je4
xdS 1 7 .i;JxcS d8 1 8 .l,U b7 d7 1 9
.;;Jes e d s 2 0 .Q eS .'.U b 6 2 1 xg7
Wxg7 22 xa8 .l,U x a 8 23 . e4 .'.UfS 24
f3 '0d6 25 b4 .l,U b6 26 . d I .';;J d S 27
. ee I c6 28 a3 .a8 29 .l,Ue4 tfle7 30
.g. e2 as 31 i;1 b2 + h6 32 [Dc3 i;Y f()
33 il}d2 + \tg7 34 .l,Ux d S cd 35 t} x d S
.a6 36 ties a b 37 ab 8 a4 38 . dS
s xb4 39 . xbS . xbS 40 xbS !Dd4
4 1 t}e8 t}xf2 + 42 h 1 [Df3 43 t}e2
xel + 44 xel xe l 4S Wg l !Dd3
46 Wg2 rs 47 f3 Wf6 48 e3 .';;J es
49 f4 gS + 50 e3 h5 s1 f2 h4 s2
gh gh 53 e3 gS S4 f2 f4 5S Wg2
f5 S6 wr2 0:1
Classical Fianchetto Modern
1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 .';;J f3 .Q.g7 4 g3
Against this set-up Black could, if he
so wanted, transpose into a King's In
. dian Classical Fianchetto with . . .
f6. But there are two other in
t eresting posts for this knight which
f-pawn .
do not obstruct the advance of Black 's
In games 91 and 92 Azmaiparashvili
effectively puts the knight on e7 , in
game 93 it goes to h6.
 Game 91
Bareyev - Azmaiparashvili
S3rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 d4 d6 2 /iDf3 g6 3 c4 .,tg7 4 /iDc3 eS S
g3 /iDd7 6 .Qg2 /iDe7 7 h4 h6 8 e4 ed 9
/iDxd4 /iDeS 10 0-0 0-0 11 b3 /iD7c6 t2
/iDde2 fS 13 /iDf4 gS 14 hg hg t 5 /iDh5
f4 16 /iDxg7 xg7 t7 f3 .,te6 t8 gf gf
t9 f2 h4 + 20 e2 h2 2t .B'. f2
/iDg4 22 fg Axg4 + 23 Af3 Axf3 + 24
Wxf3 /iDeS + 2S e2 f3 + 26 e 1
gt + 27 .B'.fl g3 + 28 d2 g2 +
29 et g3 + 30 d2 g2 + 3 1
et f2 + 3 2 d2 /iDf3 + 3 3 d3 /iDh2
34 Ae3 .B'. f3 3S xf3 /iDxf3 36 .B'. xf2
g4 37 .. aft .B'. f8 38 c2 .B'. f7 39
b2 Wf8 40 .Q.xa7 /iDeS
. . .
rda''od,.
. ..a.
B .;;.
- -
. . .
1111
.ft
1, :.;, mc-;,.m
41 l'(f7 + /iDxf7 42 _Q.d4 c6 43 .B'. f2
g3 44 .B'. e2 We8 4S Wc2 Wd7 46
/iDb t /iDgS 47 /iDd2 /iDe6 48 _Q.e3 We7
49 /iDbt Wd7 50 .Qr2 -erg4 5 1 /iDc3
/iDgS S2 a4 /iDf3 53 Wb2 -erhs S4 .B'. c2
h3 5S ,!;;!. e2 QeS S6 .Q.e3 /iDd3 + 57
Wc2 /iDb4 + S8 Wb2 f3 S9 i,tgt We6
60 A h2 d3 6t .Q.f4 h3 62 .Q.d2
fl 63 ..e3 d7 64 ..e2 /iDd3 + 6S
Wc2 /iDcS 66 ..e3 /iDe6 67 /iDe2 f2 68
Wet /iDgS 69 /iDd4 gt + 70 Wb2
g4 71 /iDc2 /iDxe4 72 jLc3 g2 73
_Q.el g7 + 74 .ii,c3 g2 75 .Qet g4
76 c l fS 77 b2 /iDcS 78 i,th4
hS 79 ili,f6 g6 80 .i. h4 g7 + 8t
b i h8 82 .Q.g3 h i + 83 Aet dS
84 cd xd5 8S Wb2 d l 86 ,Q.b4
Qd3 + 87 c3 /iDf4 O:t
Game 92
Tomashevsky - Azmaiparashvili
Moscow 'B' 1986
1 d4 d6 2 /iDf3 g6 3 g3 .,tg7 4 .Q.g2
/iDd7 S 0-0 eS 6 c4 /iDe7 7 /iDc3 0-0 8 e4
8 e3 ed ! 9 /iDxd4 /iDb6 to b3 cS 1 1
Qde2 d5 1 2 .Q.a3 de 1 3 xd8 .l;!xd8 1 4
Ac5 /iDc6 1 5 .B'.ac l /iD d 7 1 6 ili.d4
/iD x d 4 1 7 x d 4 c b ( B a s i n
Azmaiparashvili, Minsk 1 985) 1 8 ab
= - Azmaiparashvili .
8 de de 9 c2 c6 10 .B'. b 1 a5 1 1 b3
Qc5 12 .B'. d l c7 1 3 .ii, a3 b6 14 e l
_Q.f5 1 5 e4 _Q.g4 = I + PavloviC
Maksimovic, Nis 1 985 .
8 . . . ed 9 xd4 c6 t o Qde2 deS
10 . . . /iDc5 1 1 b3 a5 1 2 .B'. b l f5 1 3
,_Q. e3 e7 1 4 Qd5 f7 1 5 ec3 $Dh4
16 d2 /iDxd5 17 ed Q.d7 18 .B'. fe l i- : i
Foisor-Azmaiparashvi l i , Tbilii 1 986.-
1 1 b3 fS 12 f4 g4 13 ef xf5 14 h3
f6 IS ._Q.e3 d7 16 Wh2 .. ae8 1 7
i;}d2 .B'.e7 1 8 .B'.ae l .B'. fe8 1 9 c l e4
20 $Dxe4 .Q.xe4 21 j. f2 d5 22 xe4 de
23 xd7 .B'. xd7 24 .B'.e2 @f7 is Wg2
.Gld4 26 .B'. d l .B'.d6 27 g4
r, + r,
.li .
AllW
'z %i
+
, 'a
..a. .i!!( ..&.
. . - .
11 .ze
11 11 m
11
11 - .
. -
27 . . . e3 28 Agt ..de6 29 /iDd3 ili.b6
30 cS iii. as 31 /iDeS /iDxeS 32 fe .. xeS
33 ,!;;!. d7 g8 34 a3 jLd2 3S ,!;;!. xc7 as
36 ,!;;!. xb7 ,!;;!. xc5 37 b4 ,!;;!. c3 38 ba J;txa3
39 .B'. bS .B'.e7 40 ..dS f7 41 Wf3
AxaS 42 .B'.xe3 .. 7xe3 43 Axe3 \t'e6
44 .B'.d4 Ab6 45 .B'.e4 + dS 46 .B'. e8
gS 47 e2 Axe3 48 .B'. xe3 .B'. xe3 49
xe3 eS SO Wf3 \t'd4' 5 1 g3 \t'e4
 52 h4 h6 53 hg hg 54 g2 f4 55 h3
f3 56 h2 g4 57 g2 f4 58
f2 g4 59 g2 g3 60 g l f3 61
ft g2 62 g l g3 t : t
Game 93
Quinteros - Smej kal
Baden-Baden 1985
I c4 eS 2 c3 d6 3 g3 g6 4 d4 .d7 5
f3 Q g7 6 . G.g2 lUh6 7 e4 0-0 8 h3
8 0-0 c6 9 f:! e l ed 1 0 xd4 g4.
1 1 xg4 xd4 Smej kal-Hazai,
Szira k 1 986.
=
8 . . . c6 9 e3 fS 10 de de 1 1 d2 f7
12 0-0 e7 13 f:! fe l t'4! 14 gt' ef 1 5
;} xf4 deS 1 6 e 2 gS ! 1 7 g3
xf3 + 18 G xf3 eS 1 9 heS # x eS
20 g4 f:! f4 2 1 g2 hg4 22 hg
!laf8 23 d i !l8f6 24 . c l f8 25 cS
hS! 2<> gh . h4 27 c4 + Wh8 28 a d
i& f4 2 9 a ci i\'fg4 + 3 o a g3 n.<1 1 3 1
. c l d2 3 2 a c2 . xf2 + 0: I
Three Pawns Attack
In 1 he 1 970s some excellcnl propaga n
d a was made for the Modern warning
White about the dangers o f making
too many pawn moves . This effective
ly put the Th ree Pawns Attack out of
business but it could be one of White's
best lines .
The blockading plan of game 94 i s
solid but passive. Game 95 shows a
better treatment when White should
probab ly have transposed into an
Au s tri a n .
Game 94
Tseshkovsky - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 g6 2 d4 $)..g7 3 f4 dS 4 e5 hS 5 /i)f3
/i)h6 6 $)..e3 $)..g4 7 /i)bd2 /i)c6 8 ili.f2
/i)fS 9 h3 .Qxf3 10 /i)xf3 h4 11 .Qd3 e6
12 0-0 .Qf8 13 a3 $J.e7 14 c4 d7 15
!let !ld8 16 cS !l a8 17 b4 a6 18 el
d8 19 a4 /i)b8 20 bS f8 21 c3
rt;g7 22 !lbl d7 23 !l fcl c6 24 el
!lh5 25 ha /i)xa6 26 !lb3 !la7 27
!lcbl c8 28 Q.xfS ef 29 e6 fe 30
Axh4 .Qf8 31 li)e5 .t! h7 32 g3 g8
33 /i)xg6 !lg7 34 f6 /i)xc5 35 J;lxg7
/i)e4 36 Q.xf8 1 :0
Game 95
Belyavsky - Azmaiparashvili
53rd USSR Ch, Kiev 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 f4 ..g7 4 f3 f6 5
eS
Releasing t he tension like this seems
to give Black good counterplay . The
best is probably 5 .c3 , t ransposing
into an Auslrian Pirc (see Timman
Nijboer , game 9, and Halifman
Azmaiparashvili, game 20) . This has
1 h e a d va n t a g e o f fo r e s l a l l i n g
' Modern ' answers to the Austrian
such as 4 c6 and 4 . . c6.
. . . . .
5 . . . de 6 fe dS 7 ..c4 b6 8 .. b3 cS
9 c3 JS 10 0-0 c8 1 1 ,_QgS c4 1 2
. c2 xc2 13 xc2 !Uc6 14 !Ua3 0-0
1 5 ..ae l f6 16 ef ef 17 Q h4 g4 18
__
e2 ..ac8 19 .Q.g3 d7 20 e6 +
xe6 2 1 f:! xe6 !lfe8 22 .t! xe8 + .. xe8
23 /i)d2 !:!.e2 24 !:!. d l t;:)aS 25 1
!:!.e6 26 dS !le3 27 .!Uf3 .!Ud7 28 Q.f2
..e8 29 .!Ud2 !lc8 30 .!UhS !ld8 3 1
Axa7 b6 3 2 h 4 e h 3 3 a h ..c8 3 4 b4
.!Uc4 35 t;:)xc4 !l xc4 36 .et .. f4 + 37
gl .Q.f8 38 g3 !l fS 39 !ldl '7 40
g2 !leS 41 '3 S hS 42 g2 !l eS
43 f3 .i;;t hS 44 g2 a. es t : t
Geller' s Quiet System
By putting a pawn on c3 White hopes
to limit the influence of Black's g7
bishop. This is one of White's most
solid lines against which it is very dif
ficult for Black to play for a win.
Game 96 was a brilliant win by Jon
Speelman and one which shows the
dark side of White's attempt to either
delay or omit c3 . Game 97 features an
interesting new treatment for Black
with 6 . . . c5 .
 The 7 J.Lg5 of game 98 became
popular after Vaganian won an im
pressive game with it agai nst
Ermenkov a few years ago. But on this
occasion the great Azmaiparashvili
was Black and he gradually gained the
upper hand.
The most interesting recent develop
ment for White is the treatment of the
young German IM Robert Zysk -
with 7 h3 followed by 8 .Q.e3 he keeps
the tension in the centre: game 99 is an
impressive example.
Game 96
Chandler - Speelman
Bath Zonal 1987
1 e4 g6 2 d4 d6 3 [i)f3 $J.g7 4 .Qd3
[i)c6!
4 . . . .tlf6 5 0-0 0-0 6 a. e l ! ? [i)c6 7
d5 [i)b4 8 .Qfl e6 9 a3 [i)a6 10 de
Axe6 1 1 [i)d4 .Qd7 12 .tic3 + I =
Davies-Belov, Moscow ' B ' 1 987.
5 d5 li:\b4 6 Ac4 [i)f6 7 0-0 0-0 8 /i:)c3
$J.g4 9 .Q.e2 e5 10 .Qgs h6 11 Ae3 as
12 h3 .Qd7 13 .tid2 a4 14 a3 [i)a6 IS b4
ab 16 [i)xb3 c6 17 de .Qxc6 18 .Qf3
c7 19 d2 h7 20 a4 a. fd8 21 [i)b5
*e7 22 i.Lb6 a. d7 23 [i)c3 [i)c7 24
..fel dS 2S [i)cS ..d6 26 .Q.xc7 *xc7
27 ed $J.xdS 28 [i)b5 cS 29 .tixd6
*xd6 30 c4 e4 31 $J.e2 e3 32 e3
i.Lc6 33 .Q.f3 ..e8 34 cS *c7 35 *a3
[i)e4 36 a. abl .Qd4
. . .. . .
T
-
ma.i: mi:
. *c2 *f6 17 .Qe2 .Qf8 18 [i)c4 [i)g7 19
"'
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A
e
--
:.- ,.:. .
Jt .tt
- . .ft
.
19
-
"!m , ,
37 $J.xe4 ..xe4 38 ..xe4 .Qxe4 39 ..el
.QxcS 40 cl .Qd5 41 hl c6 0:1
Game 97
Kortchnoi - Nunn
Brussels OHRA 1986
1 d4 g6 2 e4 d6 3 c3 .tif6 4 .Qd3 .Qg7 S
[i)f3 0-0 6 0--0 c5 7 de (7 h3 ! ?) 7 . . . de 8
h3 [i)c6 9 *e2 *c7 10 a. et [i)d7 11
.Qc2 b6 12 a4 .Qb7 13 [i)bd2 a. ad8 14
lilfl *c8 15 .Q.gS .Q.a6 16 *e3 *b7
17 ..adl c4 18 [i)d4 .ti7eS 19 [i)bS
[i)a5 20 *e2 .Q.xbS 21 ab *c7 22 f4
[i)d3 23 $J.xd3 cd 24 ..xd3 h6 2S .Qh4
..xd3 26 *xd3 ..d8 27 *e2 *xf4 28
.Qxe7 a.e8 29 .Qb4 [i)b7 30 f3 es
31 [i)e3 xb5 32 a.n *d7 33 [i)dS
[i)c5 34 .Q.xc5 be 3S ..dl *b7 36 ..d2
*c6 37 ..f2 *d7 38 f4 .. e5 39
..d2 *e6 40 [i)c7 *e7 41 .tld5 e6
42 [i)c7 e7 43 [i)d5 e6 t : t
Game 98
Popchev - Azmaiparashvili
Albena 1986
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c3 .Qg7 4 [i)f3 [i)f6 5
.Q.d3 0-0 6 0-0 [i)c6 7 .Q.gS h6 8 iith4 e5
8 . . . lilh5 9 [i)a3 .tlf4 10 Ac2
.Qg4 1 1 d2 g5 12 .tixg5 ! ? unclear
Tal-Hoi, Jurmala 1 985.
9 de [i)xeS
9 . . . de 10 [i)a3 $J.e6 1 1 .. e l e8
12 .Q.b5 .tld7 1 3 [i)c4 f6 14 $J.xc6 be 1 5
.tia5 h 5 1 6 .Qg3 [i)b6 1 7 e2 c 5 1 8 b3
g5 unclear Yusupov-Seirawan, Mont
pellier Candidates 1 985.
10 lilxe5 de 11 [i)a3 e8 12 f3 [i)h5 13
.Qf2 e7 14 g3 .Qh3 15 a.et a. fd8 16
.. adl .. e8 20 b4 [i)e6 21 [i)e3 c6 22
[i)g4 .Qxg4 23 fg as 24 a3 ab 25 ab
[i)gS 26 g2 .. a3 27 .Qe3 *e6 28
.QxgS hg 29 .. al .. ea8 30 a.xa3
a.xa3 31 a. b i a. a2 32 a. b2 ..al 33
.Qd3 g4 34 a.bi a. a3 3S .Qc4
a.xc3
Diagram
. 36 $J..xf7 + g7 37 c3 e4 + 38
*f3 ttc2 + 39 h3 ttxbl 40 $J.e6
g4 + 41 g4 b4 + 42 h3 *e7
 26 .Qd3 tt'f8 27 li)fS ._Qe4 28 --xe4
.. xe4 29 tt'f3 tt'e8 30 .xd6! S e2 3 1
.Qxc7 Sxb2 32 tt'g3 tt'e4 33 d6 1 :0

43 b 3 e4 44 e3 d 7 + 45 '2!tg2
i:;:f d3 46 xd3 ed 47 f3 ;:;i c5 48 '@e4
d2 49 d3 b4 50 d i \,t'<J 5 1 h4
. d6 52 g4 g3 53 h5 gh 54 gh ;;, f4 55
e4 h6 56 g4 <#;e7 57 '$d4 G;d6
58 c4 b5 59 ?'"ib4 %c7 <>0 'XaS ?'i'h7
Kasparov System
An impressive win by Gary Kasparov
(game I 00) focussed attention on a lit
t le known but very interesting system .
Since t hen it also won for White in t h e
game Mrs. Arkell - Speelman , British
Open Quick play Championship 1 98 7 .
I t w i l l certainly become popular.
Game 1 00
Kasparov Lj ubojevic
-

SWffT World Blitz Ch , Brussels 1 987

61 .;) e2 d l iB' 0: 1 I d 4 g6 2 e4 Q. g7 3 c3 d 6 4 . gS f6 5
.tld2 h6 6 h4 c6
Game 99 6 . e5 7 de de 8 !i;Jgf3 !i;Jbd7 9 Q e2
0-0 JO 0-0 eS 1 1 #c2 .tih5 1 2 S fe l
. .

Z sk J a n s a
-

Haden Haden 1 985 f4 1 3 f l + I = Vladimirov- 1 \ k o v .

I 1'3 g6 2 e 4 ?;! g 7 3 d4 d6 4 d flf<1 5
G d3 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 h3 .tid7
7 . . . e5 8 de (8 . c3 ! ? ) 8 . ;;Jxc5 9
xe5 de 1 0 f3 h5 1 1 c4 # f6
. .
Capa blanca Memorial , Havana 1 9 8 6 .
7 f4 c7 8 ,_Q_d3 eS 9 fe de 10 gf3 ed
1 1 cd 0-0 12 0-0 i.i.. e6 I J e I bd7 1 4

=
eS dS I S e4 b6 16 f2 f4 1 7
Malsauskas-Azmaiparashv i l i , Y oung .bi .Qc4 1 8 a.et Qd3 1 9 .xd3
Masters , Tallinn 1 986. Axd3 20 li)d6 gS 21 Ag3 Ag6 22 h4
8 .Qe3 eS 9 a3 ! ? .. e8 10 .. c l h6 t I g4 23 Qh2 hS 24 li)ft cS 2S Qe3 cd 26
Qb l a6 12 de cxeS 13 xeS xeS Qd5 cs 27 Qe7 + h7 28 .. ac t
14 f4 c6 IS f3 bS 16 eS Ab7 17 fS ! as 29 xd4 a2 3 0 e4 .. ad8 3 1
.. xeS 18 fg f6 19 -'lf4 Se7 20 dS + QgS h8 32 Scd! -'l 33 Sd2 i;tg6
.
h8 21 hS f8 22 .a.eel S ae8 23 .
a. xe7 li)xe7 24 li)c2 li)g8 2S li)d4 e7
Wi!
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34 tt'd6 Ah7 3S S edt tt'aS 36 ht

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.Jii.g8 37 g6 .Jii.xeS 38 tt'h6 1 :0

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Pirc and Modern Systems
Nigel Davies is arguably the world ' s leading
exponent of these intricate systems .
His careful unravelling of the various intricate
themes and fashions is masterful .
An honest and thoughtfully planned lecture
illustrated by 1 00 games and many further
references , annotations and diagrams .