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No. 24, June 17, 2009

OPENINGS

WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT?

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The King’s Indian

in its purest form

By IM Merijn van Delft & IM Robert Ris

Frequency

Poikovsky was won by Motylev ahead of Gashimov.

Bazna has started and fortunately Shirov recovered

from his bad form last week. Cheparinov is leading

the Ruy Lopez tournament and Dominguez tops the

standings of the Capablanca Memorial Elite group.

WHAT’S HOT?

In the decisive penultimate round in Poikovsky, Motylev impressively beat

Gashimov in the Petroff main line. In Bazna, Gelfand was ready to repeat

his game against Leko in the 8.¦e1 line, against Radjabov. The Ruy

Lopez has scored a convincing 3 out of 3 so far in the tournament with the

same name. Lariño Nieto beat Adams with the Exchange Variation, which

we examine below. Caruana managed to deliver a nice attacking game

against the popular and hard-to-crack 3...£d6 Scandinavian Defence.

Score

8...¥e7 9.f3 h5!? is a very modern approach in the Taimanov Sicilian,

against which White so far has been struggling to find the right answer.

Corrales Jimenez-Quezada Perez doesn’t answer all questions, but has

a pretty finish that reminds of the famous Morphy-Isouard game (see

PGN file).

Granda Zuniga-Cheparinov saw a pretty march of the black king and

confirmed that Black is currently fine in the Botvinnik. Romanishin seems

to have repaired his variation in the Nimzo-Indian. Our Game of the Week

is a highly exciting King’s Indian reminding of the days in which Kasparov

analysed his brilliant King’s Indian wins for New in Chess Magazine . In the

diagram position Black chose 11...f5 and got more attacking chances than

he usually does these days.

Source: Megabase + TWIC, 2500+ only

1.e4 e5 was played very often this week (especially in Poikovsky), but didn’t score too well. This week’s opening expert Vugar Gashimov had

quite some influence on these statistics as he scored an impressive 2.5 out of 3 against the

Berlin Wall. The status of this complex ending keeps varying between unclear and better for

White, but this week it’s definitely not hot.

WHAT’S NOT?

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 24, June 17, 2009

(Almost) checkmating White in the Bayonet

The Bayonet Attack (9.b4) is designed to prevent Black’s direct attack on the kingside, but

Nisipeanu managed to get just what Black is dreaming of in the King’s Indian. We can’t help

but think that Kasparov would have won this game...

GAME OF THE WEEK

Gelfand, B (2733) - Nisipeanu, LD (2675)

Kings Tournament (Bazna), June 15, 2009

E97, King’s Indian, Bayonet Attack

Not so clear is 24.gxf3?! and after the more or

less forced sequence 24...£g5 25.fxg4 ¤h3+

26.¢h1 (26.¢g2? ¥xg4 27.¥xg4 ¦xf1 28.¢xf1

¦f8+) 26...¤f2+ 27.¦xf2 ¦xf2 28.£c1 £h4

29.£g1 ¦xe2 30.£g3 £xg3 31.hxg3 ¥xg4

32.¤xa8 ¥f3+ 33.¢g1 ¥xe4 the complex ending

should most likely end in a draw.

24...gxf3 25.¦xf3 ¥g4 26.¤xa8

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26...£xa8?

A bad move, which costs Nisipeanu the game. He

had some stronger alternatives that are more in

the spirit of the King ’ s Indian: 26...¤h3+ 27.¦xh3!

(27.¢f1? ¥xf3 28.gxf3 £g5–+) 27...¥xd1 28.¦xd1

£xa8 29.¥xd6 slightly favours White; 26...¤xg2

27.¦xf8+ ¥xf8 28.£f1 ¤f4 29.¦a2 (29.¤b6? £g5

30.¢h1 ¥h3–+) 29...£g5 30.¢h1 £g6 and thanks

to White ’ s unfortunate coordination Black has

some counterplay; 26...¦f6!? 27.¤d2 (27.¤b6?

¤xg2! is the point of Blacks previous move; the

rook can ’ t be taken with check now; 28.¢xg2

¥xf3+ 29.£xf3 ¦xf3 30.¢xf3 £g5.) 27...£xa8

gives Black certainly good compensation for the

pawn deficit.

27.¥xd6 ¦f7

27...¤h3+ 28.¦xh3 (28.gxh3 ¥xf3 29.£c2 ¦f6)

28...¥xd1 29.¦xd1 is also clearly better for White.

28.£f1!

Now White is winning.

28...£d8

Nothing is achieved by 28...¥xf3 29.gxf3 (but not

29.£xf3? £a6!).

29.¥c5 ¥f8 30.¦f2 £h4 31.¢h1 ¤e2 32.¦xf7

¤g3+ 33.¢g1 ¥xc5+ 34.¤xc5 ¤e2+ 35.£xe2

¥xe2 36.¦f2 1–0

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White seems to be on top, but as often in the KID,

Black neglects his opponent ’ s invasion on the

queenside and bounces back on the other wing.

21...¤xe4!!

A deep sacrifice, but typical for Black ’ s resources.

22.fxe4

The best reaction. 22.¤xa8? fails to the fantastic

22...¤f2!! 23.¢xf2 (If White ignores the knight

with 23.£c2 Black wins by 23...£h4 24.£xg6 g3

25.h3 ¥xh3! 26.gxh3 ¤xh3+ 27.¢f1 and here

another fantastic knight sacrifice on a empty

square decides the game: 27...¤g1!!) 23...£h4+

24.¢g1 g3 25.h3 ¥xh3!. After 22.£c2 Black also

launches a crushing attack: 22...£h4 23.£xe4

(23.fxe4 g3 24.h3 ¥xh3! 25.gxh3 f3 26.¥xf3 ¦xf3

27.¦f1 ¦af8) 23...¥f5 24.£b4 e4! (closing the 4th

rank!) 25.fxe4 g3. Finally, 22.¤xc8 is met by 22...

¦xc8 23.£d3! (23.fxe4 f3 24.gxf3 £h4‚) 23...

gxf3 24.¥xf3 ¦c3 25.£xe4 ¤h4 26.¤d2 and now

26...¦e3! 27.¦xe3 fxe3 28.£xe3 e4! keeps Black

in the game.

22...f3 23.¦f1

Again White can ’ t take the rook: 23.¤xa8? f2+

24.¢h1 g3! while 23.gxf3 gxf3 24.¥xf3 ¤h4

25.¤d2 ¥h3 26.£e2 ¦xa5 27.¤bc4 ¦a4 gives

Black great play despite being a piece down.

23...¤f4

Of course it ’ s not recommended for Black to

release the tension with 23...fxe2 24.£xe2 which

is clearly better for White.

24.¥xf3

1.d4 d6 2.¤f3 g6 3.c4 ¥g7 4.e4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 0–0

6.¥e2 e5 7.0–0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.b4 ¤h5 10.¦e1

The main line goes 10...f5 11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.f3

which we examined in Van Wely-Radjabov, in

CVO 4.

11.bxa5 f5

Another important tabiya arises from 11...¦xa5

12.¤d2 ¤f4 13.¥f1 c5 which is mainly

popularized by GM Fedorov. A recent example

went: 14.a4 ¦a6 15.¦a3 ¤h5 16.¤b5 ¤f6 17.¥b2

¤e8 18.¤f3 h6 19.g3 f5 20.exf5 ¤xf5 21.¤d2

¤f6 22.¥d3² which was slightly better for White

in Aronian-Radjabov, Sofia 2008 but as the

final result (0–1) confirms Black had reasonable

chances anyway.

12.¤d2 ¤f6 13.c5 ¦xa5

13...dxc5?! is instructively met by 14.f3! c6 15.d6!

£xd6 16.¤c4 £c7 17.¥e3 ¦d8 18.£c2 ¦d4!?

19.¤a4 fxe4 20.¥xd4 exd4 21.fxe4± Van Wely-

Visser, Leeuwarden 2004.

14.¤b3?!

This seems to gain time, but in fact the ¤ might

be misplaced here - compare the classical game

Ljubojevic-Kasparov, Linares 1993 (see PGN).

A safer approach is 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.a4 fxe4

16.¤dxe4 ¤xe4 17.¤xe4 ¥f5 18.f3 ¢h8 19.¥b5

¥xe4 20.fxe4 ¤g8 21.¥e3 which was slightly

better for White in Nielsen-Nijboer, Sanxenxo

2004.

14...¦a8 15.f3

This position is more frequently reached by 13.f3

¦xa5 14.¤b3 ¦a8 15.c5.

15...f4!

Now Black gets his game going in most classical

fashion.

16.a4 g5 17.¥a3 h5 18.a5 ¤g6 19.cxd6 cxd6

20.¤a4N

20.¤b5 ¤e8 21.¦c1 ¦f7 was fine for Black in

Feletar-Ivan, Hungarian League 2008.

20...g4 21.¤b6

GELFAND - NISIPEANU

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 24, June 17, 2009

THIS WEEK’S HARVEST

Petroff, main line

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1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.¥d3 ¤c6 7.0–0 ¥e7 8.c4 ¤b4

9.¥e2 0–0 10.¤c3 ¥f5 11.a3 ¤xc3 12.bxc3 ¤c6 13.¦e1 ¦e8 14.¥f4 ¦c8 15.c5

We summarized the current state of the 8.¦e1 line last week in CVO 23 and now we can add that in Radjabov-

Gelfand Black was indeed ready to dive into the complicated Leko-Gelfand stuff again. 24...¤e6 is a defensive

trick we already mentioned in CVO 17 and although Black seems to hold the ending, we do have the impression

White keeps some initiative. 14.¥f4 is an interesting deviation from the main line 14.cxd5 £xd5 15.¥f4 ¦ac8. In

Bologan-Shirov Black chose the long and forcing line starting with 14...dxc4 and drew effortlessly. Still, Black

has to be on his guard in this variation as a slight mistake means trouble. Gashimov therefore played 14...¦c8 in

his important game against Motylev inviting a transposition back into the main line with 15.cxd5 £xd5. Motylev

deviated with 15.c5 and introduced a novelty with 20.¥g5. In the remainder of the game he displayed a lot of

patience and fantastic endgame technique, slowly but surely building on his structural advantage.

Ruy Lopez, Exchange

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1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0–0 £d6 6.¤a3 b5 7.c3 c5 8.£e2

The Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation has always been underestimated by many leading players. The seemingly

venomless strategical idea of giving up some control on 32 squares on the 4th move creates at least an

imbalance, which gives both sides enough hope to strive for the iniative. The classical approach with 5...f6 gives

White a small but lasting edge in an ending, where it is hard to figure out for Black how to create counterplay.

Hence, Black started adopting new ways of battling White ’ s strategical threat of getting a kingside majority.

Adams ’ 5...£d6 is a rather risky idea of developing, blocking one ’ s own bishop. The latest top rated games

confirmed Black is having a hard time here. Adams had to face the relatively unknown 8.£e2, but natural moves

brought his young Spanish opponent a clear advantage. Instead of 8...¤e7, 8...¥g4 makes a safer impression

with the idea to meet 9.¦d1 with 9...£f6. In the game, White quickly opened the d-file and forced Black to stay

on the back rank until the very end.

Scandinavian, 3...£d6

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1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6 4.d4 ¤f6 5.¤f3 c6 6.¤e5 ¤bd7 7.¤c4 £c7 8.a4

As we ’ ve never discussed the Scandinavian Defence before in CVO, it ’ s about time. The old main line 3...£a5

seems be under a bit of pressure, as the sharp attempts with ¥g4 seem to backfire. White then doesn ’ t hesitate

with h3, g4 and ¤e5 with some nice initiative. The setup with ¥f5 is not without danger either since White can

toy with the d5 pawn break. In recent years Black found an alternative way of handling the Scandinavian with

3...£d6!? and most notably Tiviakov did well with it against world class opposition. The sharpest approach with

5...a6 intending queenside castling seems to be refuted by a clever pawn sacrifice first mentioned by Khalifman

and confirmed several times in practice (see PGN file). More restrained approaches were asked for and in

Motylev-Inarkiev Black successfully survived the opening stage of the game with 5...g6!?. Granda Zuniga tried

to do so with 5...c6 but following the novelty 8.a4! Caruana was on top all the time in the subsequent position

with castling on opposite sides.

Nimzo-Indian, 4.£c2 d5

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 d5 5.cxd5 £xd5 6.¤f3 £f5 7.£b3 ¤c6 8.¥d2 a5

At the last World Championship match in Bonn between Anand and Kramnik, the Indian has put the Romanishin

variation of the Nimzo-Indian under serious pressure. Since then, various attempts have been tried to repair the

line, but without any particular success. The overall conclusion was that Black ’ s control over the white squares

was not sufficient to compensate for White ’ s advantage of the bishop pair and the pawn centre. This week

the inventor of the system himself made another important contribution to the theory. His 8...a5!? is the first

new move, with the idea to drive the queen away in order to strenghten his grip on the white squares. In the

game Romanishin perfectly worked out this plan and managed to keep White ’ s bishops in control. 9.a3 seems

to be a bit premature and it would have been better to complete development by 9.e3, ¥e2 and 0–0. Anyway,

Romanishin ’ s invention seems to revive his own line.

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ChessVibes OPENINGS what’s hot and what’s not?

No. 24, June 17, 2009

OPENING EXPERT

Who: Vugar Gashimov

Born: July 24, 1986

Nationality: Azerbaijan

Rating: 2730

Expertise: Dynamic player, with great technique, with Black a Petroff expert.

Why: Gashimov has been for a long time considered to be the misfit of the

Azerbaijan clan. His rating used to be about 100 points lower than his two

stronger countrymen, but recently he has been in the spotlights as one

of the most attractive players in the Grand Prix series. Last week in the

Poikovsky tournament he became second behind winner Motylev. This

success can be mainly assigned to his fine handling of the queenless

middlegames arising from the Berlin Wall. With energetic and concrete

play he gradually brought down Onischuk and Naiditsch, while Efimenko

had to suffer the ending a pawn down. Replacing the sidelines he used

in the match Azerbaijan-FIDE World by the more renowned main lines

indicates that he is ready for making another step. A dangerous guy who

is able to measure himself with the world’s strongest!

Key game: Gashimov - Naiditsch , Karpov (Poikovsky), June 10, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.0–0 ¤xe4 5.d4

¤d6 6.¥xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8

9.¤c3 ¤e7

9...¢e8 10.¤e2 ¤e7 11.h3 a5 12.¦e1 ¤d5

13.¥d2 h6 14.¤fd4 a4 15.e6 fxe6 16.¤xe6

¥xe6 17.¤d4 ¢f7 18.¤xe6 a3 19.bxa3 ¥xa3

20.c4 ¤b4 21.¤xc7 ¦ac8 22.¦e3 ¤c2 23.¦f3+

¢e7 24.¦d1 ¦xc7 25.¦c3 ¥b4 26.¦xc2 ¥xd2

27.¦cxd2 ¦a8 28.¦e2+ ¢f7 29.¦b2 ¦a4 30.¦db1

¦xc4 31.¦xb7 ¦xb7 32.¦xb7+ ¢f6 33.¦a7 ¦c1+

34.¢h2 c5 35.a4 c4 36.¦c7 c3 37.a5 ¢e5 38.a6

¢d4 39.a7 ¦a1 40.¦xg7 c2 41.¦c7 ¢d3 42.¦d7+

¢e2 43.¦c7 ¢d2 44.¦d7+ ¢e2 ½–½ Gashimov-

Efimenko, Poikovsky 2009.

10.¤e4 ¤g6 11.b3

Before, Gashimov had played 11.¤fg5 two times.

11...h6

11...¢e8 12.¥b2 ¥f5 13.¦fe1 ¤f4 14.g3 ¤e6

15.¤h4 ¥g4 16.f3 ¥h5 17.f4 ¦d8 18.f5 ¤c5

19.¤f2 ¦d2 20.¦ac1 g5 21.¤g2 ¥f3 22.¥c3 ¦e2

23.¦xe2 ¥xe2 24.¦e1 ¥f3 25.¦e3 g4 26.¤h4

¥h6 27.¦e1 ¦g8 28.¤xf3 1–0 Gashimov-

Onischuk, Poikovsky 2009.

12.¥b2 ¥f5 13.¤g3 ¥d7

13...¥xc2? 14.¦ac1+-.

14.¦ad1 c5

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¥c6 19.¦d8+ ¢b7 20.¦xa8 ¢xa8 21.¤e5 ¤xe5

22.¦d8+ ¢b7 23.¥xe5 a5 24.¤f1 h5 25.h4 ¦g8

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26.¥f4 e5 27.¥e3 ¥e4 28.¥xc5 ¥xc5 29.¦xg8

¥xc2 30.¦xg7 ¥b1 31.g4 ¥xa2 32.gxh5 ¥f8

33.¦f7 ¥h6 34.¦f6 ¥c1 35.h6 ¥b1 36.¤e3 ¥xe3

37.fxe3 a4 38.bxa4 b4 39.¦f1 ¥d3 40.¦c1 1–0

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