1 e4 Various June 2003 UPDATE
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Welcome to the June Update. Lots of goodies on hand this month. IM Andy Martin |
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In the 2...Qxd5 Scandinavian it's not really a good idea to play 3 d4. In Game 1 Karpov will show that 3...e5!
            
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at least equalizes for Black.
A different early central advance by White occurs after 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Nf6 3 d4 Nxd5 4 c4 but this can also be dealt with comfortably by the energetic 4...Nb6 5 Nc3 e5!
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, hitting hard whilst White's pieces are all sitting on the back rank. Our game is Belaska - Sikora Lurch and ends in a crunching win for Black.
Fellow Chess Publishing authors are very well represented this month - they play very interesting chess!
In Game 3 Gallagher gets on top of Wohl in an Alekhine Defence - I don't like 5...c6
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Meanwhile Gary Lane duffs up the Kengis system. After 12 Qg4!
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he pursues the attack with commendable vigour, see Game 4.
Finally Neil McDonald comes to grief hammering away at the Caro-Kann wall in Game 8 - his 12 f4
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shapes the game and not necessarily in White's favour.
The Caro-Kann features exclusively in the rest of the games, too; it is certainly very popular these days.
Take a look at Sveshnikov - Gagunashvili where Black lays down the gauntlet after 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 h4 h6!? 5 g4 Bh7 6 e6 Qd6!?
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I thought this was awful for Black but the analysis suggests otherwise.
In Game 6 Lputian beats an ambitious Bologan in the Panov with the novel 11 Nxd5!?
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Simplification rarely favours the guy with the isolated pawn but this game is the exception.
Finally Iotov - Genov is a nice win for Black. After 13...Nd5!
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he has a practically won game and all this with the solid Capablanca Variation. Makes you think!
Have a great month.
IM Andrew Martin
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Andrew