Download PGN of August '05 1 e4 ... games
Hippopotamus Defence
Have a look at Kogan - Spassky where Black angles for a Hippo formation by delaying ...g6 and developing the queenside first:
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Greet - Conquest is hot off the press from the British Championships on the Isle of Man and yet again White fails to find a good way of meeting the Hippo. White's position after 11 Rfe1:
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is all dressed up with nowhere to go.....as you will see.
Scandinavian Defence
In the Scandinavian Eric Prie has a very interesting novelty for us, 13...Qc7:
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which all but defuses a dangerous attacking White system, see Game 3.
Pirc/Modern Defence
There are two Pirc Defences of particular interest.
The old and little-known game Seirawan - Ganz shows just how dangerous 5 g4:
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can be whereas Karjakin - Petrosian shows the young genius coming unstuck in one of the main lines of the Austrian Attack i.e. 19 Bxg6??:
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losing material.
Caro-Kann
To close, Ye - Azmaiparashvili again features new directions, this time in the solid 4...Bf5 line of the Caro. Check out Black's unusual 15...Qe7:
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against which Ye can make no impression.
That's it for now-I'll catch you all in September.
Best Wishes, Andrew
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