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Mar '00 Update

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Spring sprung and here at ChessPublishing.com we are right on top of seasonal events. Welcome to the March Update!

I've compiled what I hope is a memorable selection of ideas for you this month. Let's list the goodies :

New Highlights

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

The Smyslov System










The Smyslov System, 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Bg5, causes considerable irritation because it's so solid. In the hands of a technician, how can Black ever hope to win? The appended game Smyslov - Gligoric provides the answer.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Have you ever ever seen the following move? 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f4 0-0 6 Nf3 c5 7 d5 e6 8 e5!?










I would guess not for the vast majority. So go to Povah - Kruppa for more information.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Four Pawns 9... Re8

Another novelty well worth examining features in the game Vaiser - Wohlers Armaz. After 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f4 0-0 6 Nf3 c5 7 d5 e6 8 Be2 exd5 9 cxd5 Re8 10 e5 dxe5 11 fxe5 Ng4 12 0-0 Nxe5 13 Bf4 Nbd7 14 d6 Nxf3 15 Bxf3 Nf8!?










Unfortunately Black goes wrong but this little retreat might well solve some big problems.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Samisch 6 Nge2

Viktor Korchnoi shows that 6 Nge2










in the Saemisch cannot be ignored, particularly when Black responds with ..e7-e5, see KID401. Certainly Thipsay never seems to get into the game.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Classical 9 Bg5

Then we see Correspondence Grandmaster Keith Richardson take on the trendy 9 Bg5 in the Classical Main Line.










Black comes out on top after an exciting and theoretically important struggle, see KID399.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Classical 8 Be3

Finally, let Grandmaster Vera soothe away your aches and pains with a display of classic technique. He makes the quiet 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 Be3!










look very dangerous in KID426.

The Smyslov System

Four Pawns 8 e5!?

Four Pawns 9...Re8

Samisch 6 Nge2

Classical 9 Bg5

Classical 8 Be3

Enough to be going on with? Well, look closely and I assure you there is more !

As usual there's a secondary selection of HOT GAMES, an eclectic round-up from the tournament scene.

New Highlights

Annotated Games

Annotated Games

Classical

Four Pawns

Sämisch

Bg5 Systems

Fianchetto

Miscellaneous Lines

Classical

KID399 With this game I'd like to welcome clubmate Correspondance GM Keith Richardson to the site. He has very kindly contributed an exciting game for us which he played last year. Of course Richardson has extensive knowledge of the King's Indian, having used the opening as his main weapon right up to World Championship level. I think you'll agree this game is well worth studying as a good way of playing against the tricky 9 Bg5.

KID426 White's line with 8 Be3 can still catch most players napping- it is well worth preparing as a surprise weapon.

KID404 So to one of the most popular lines of the Modern King's Indian. I think it's fair to say that the quiet looking 10 Re1 is giving Black a real problem, so much so that most Black players are turning to 9...a5 as a means of salvation. Here is another case in point...

Four Pawns

KID396 Black ignores material considerations and plays for quick development and the initiative. A novelty which looks sensible and well-motivated.

KID402 An unwise choice of variation by Black against one of the world's leading specialists in the Four Pawns Attack. It quickly becomes clear that, although he has something new to show, he's only improvising. That said, I wonder how many novelties like this one lie buried because, as here, the originator isn't that well known,or fails to follow up his new idea correctly? Probably there are many.

KID398 White tries out a move which has hardly been considered and languishes in the doldrums of theory even today. My feeling is that White's 8 e5 can be made to work somehow. Will anyone take up the challenge?

Classical

Four Pawns

Sämisch

Bg5 Systems

Fianchetto

Miscellaneous Lines

Sämisch

KID395 One of those 'King's Indian Classics', with 'Iron Tigran' Petrosian in the driving seat. Observe how he makes mincemeat out of poor Visier after just one almost imperceptible positional mistake.

KID401 A perfect performance by Korchnoi which makes the thematic 6...e5 look like a mistake.

KID405 It seems that 6 Nge2 is a move which cannot be ignored at present. Here, however, Black is successful with the more-to-the-point 6...c5.

Bg5 Systems

KID394 Gligoric demonstrates a method of meeting the Smyslov System which seems very reliable. Perhaps the key point is to wait with ...h7-h6 and ...g6-g5 until White castles.

KID400 White tries a modest move by which he contents himself with a small edge, that is to say, unless Black wants to go for broke. It quickly becomes clear that he has sized up his opponent shrewdly- Black cannot resist a creative exchange sacrifice which at best is unclear.

Fianchetto

KID403 Another ' must-see' for lovers of the Fianchetto Variation. Did Black play a single active move in this game ?

Classical

Four Pawns

Sämisch

Bg5 Systems

Fianchetto

Miscellaneous Lines

Miscellaneous Lines

KID397 Murey essays a variation which is actually thought to be quite difficult for Black, so it's very surprising to see at the helm here. But Yasha is quite unconcerned- he plays the optimum Black plan.

New Highlights

Annotated Games

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