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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1 Secondy Moves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11l.e2-e4 c7 -cS 2.tgl- tb8c6 3.�fIbS

Chapter 2 Black Plays 3...f6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31l.e2-e4 c7cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS tg8-f6

Chapter 3 White Exchanges after 3...d6 . 1l.e2e4 c7-cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS d7-d6 4.�bSxc6

Chapter 4 White Castles aer 3...d6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65l.e2-e4 c7cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS d7-d6 4.0-0

Chapter 5 Spshpe Play: 7...b5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 83

l.e2e4 c7-cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS d7-d6 4.0-0 �c8-d7SJI-el tg8-f6 6.c2-c3 a7-a6 7.�bS-a4 b7-bS

Chapter 6 White Castles fter 3...e6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 99l.e2e4 c7-cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI -bS e7 -e6 4.0-0

Chapter 7 Black Develops Fst: 7�b7 111l.e2-e4 c7-cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS e7-e6 4.00 tg8-e7

S.c2-c3 a7-a6 6.�bS-a4 b7 -bS 7.�a4-c2 �c8b7

Chapter 8 The Dect Exchange 4.�xc6 127l.e2-e4 c7 -cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI bS e7e6 4.�bSxc6

Chapter 9 Posing Problems: 6.'e2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 135l.e2-e4 c7-cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS e7 e6 4.�bSxc6 b7xc6S.d2-d3 tg8e7 6.'dl-e2

Chapter 10 Other Sixth Moves for White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 149.e2e4 c7cS 2.tgl- tb8-c6 3.�fI-bS e7-e6 4.�bSxc6 b7xc6S.d2-d3 tg8-e7

Ch t r 11 Th Fi h tt ith 4 b 6 159



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Chapter 12 The Fianchetto 4 dxc6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 173le2-e4 c7 -cS 2gl- b-c6 3�I-bS g7-g6 4�bSxc6 d7xc6

Chapter 13 Black Plays 4 dxc6 and 6 f6 183le2-e4 c7-cS 2gl- b-c6 3 I-bS g7-g6 4ibSxc6 d7xc6

Sh2-h3 �-g7 6d2-d3 g-6

Chapter 14 The Iediate 70 -0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 199le2-e4 c7 -cS 2gl- bc6 3�IbS g7-g6 4 bSxc6 d7xc6Sh2h3 �g7 6d2d3 g-6 70-0

Chapter 15 What Would You Play? . . 209

Index of Players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 223

New In Chess Code System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 229

Index of Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 231



Inroducion

Get away fom theoy! Find that unexploed eion, whch leads to an adantae,whethe it is an adantae on the clock o just a psychooical adantae, o, best of all,a eal adantae on the boad! Many happy moments and many disappointments ledown this oad fo the chess exploe who is n seach of somethin new t is peciseythanks to these people that chess deelops, not only deepe (as, fo example, in theman aatons of the cian) , but also n a wde ane of diections t may seem thatall the easonabe moes hae been tied But quite ecently, manaed (at the boad!)to inent a quite easonable noelty as eay as moe thee: e4 d6 2 c3 f6 3 e2

b5 ! The aation examned below e4 c5 2 c6 3 �b5 is one of those fewso-called second ate lines, whch, thanks to ts deep postonal foundaton, has notonly demonstated ts iht to exist, but has eplaced the pncpled 3d4 n the epetoies of many elite andmastes

The system e4 c5 2 f3 c6 3 �b5 , followed by the exchane on c6, was tauhtto me and my comades by the taine of all the Moldaians, Viachesla AndeeichChebanenko Alow me to quote a fament fom Gay Kaspaos book Th ning

Rvluin h 705 (the chapte The Chebanenko lne ) :This lonane positonal pan is based on exploitn the weaknesses in Backspawn stuctue hae to admt that, at st, ae t a hostile eception, whisteshniko stll does so to ths day, sayin only a madman answes 3 6 with4�xc6 t is cazy to bn the bshop out to b5 and then oluntaly ie t away onc6 The only coect moes ae 4c3 o 4 00 �7 5 c3"

Howee, many andmastes hae a diffeent opinion Voel Booan ecalsChebanenko had a ey well woked out antiopen icilan" (eey Rublesky is an

outstandin folowe in this ead) Thity yeas hae one by, but hs teatment of thesystems e4 c5 2 f3 d6 3 �b5 + and 2 c6 3 �b5 emains cuent t s supisn,but none of the theoetical lines hae chaned to this day ! ay, ae 2 c6 3�b5 6,the unpooked exchane 4xc6 it is all down to him ecall when, in 1 986 ,Mscha Oatosky came back fom a sesson of the Botinnk-Kaspao school and toldus how the 1 3th wold champon had shaply ctczed him fo the moe 4xc6 why on eath e up the bshop?! But wthin ten yeas, Kaspao himself was happily

playin ths aation!"This was ndeed so When saw the moe 4xc6 at a sesson of ou school, wasseeely ctcal of t How can one pay chess like that?!" had always had espect fobshops, ee since my chldhood, and hee White loses a whole tempo as wel! contnued to be neate towads ths exchane fo a lon tme aftewads, shain



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n oviet hess literature the variation e4 5 2 3 6 3 b5 remains nameless anwas not even treate as part of mainstream theory, but as somethin alonsie of it twas onsiere that to avoi the sharp uels in mainline iilians with 3 4 was somehow not a soli approah, a sin of weakness in the openin ven so, it was sometimesplaye not only by amateurs, but aso masters an ranmasters, inluin some at thevery top Tal , passky, the youn arpov, even otvinnik an Fisher personaly nevereven reamt that in the West, the variation ha a eneralyaepte name, theRossoimo ystem n our ountry, this name of an ol player was forotten ut this isa pity his bioraphy eserves a separate setion

iholas Rossolimo was born on 28 February 1 9 in iev, apital of the Ukraine,

whih was then part of the Russian mpireHis father was an artist, pirionRossolimo, a Greek by nationality, an hismother senia ikolaeva (maien namekuarevskaya) a Ukrainian ihoass unle Griory Rossolimo, was a welknownneuroloist an psyhiatrist who, with hisown money foune an ran the rst Russian lini for nervous isorers in hilren, an after the Revouton he presenteit to Mosow University as part of the latterA street is name in his honour in thehamovniki reion of Mosow, wheremany hospitals an linis are base

n 1 920 pirion Rossolimo emirate

to Ameria, an the youn ihoas an his

Nichoas Rossoo

mother move to Mosow Here he spent his youth He beame shooboy hampion ofthe apital an starte omposin stuies His hess eveopment seems to have been relatively sow (ertainly by omparison with otvinnik, who was one year youner, butwas areay wellkown aroun the ae of 6 to 1 8) , an Rossolimo i not ahieve ynotable suesses in his oviet perio n 1 929 , thnks to his fathers nationaity, ihoaseft the oviet Union, turne up in Pris an soon beame one of the stronest Frenh

masters n the mi 93 s, he was a reular Champion of Paris, an in total he won thehampionship ten times n 1 93 8 in a tournament in the Frenh apital, he nishe seon, with only Capabana ahea of him ut his best resuts were ahieve in the yearsjust after the eon Worl Wr in 1 948, he beame hampion of Frane an rew twomathes with aviey Tartakower 66 in 948 (+ 1 = 0) a 55 in 949 (no



Inoducon

a his suesses were mixe with poor results, but ee so, he ofte too prizes i iteratioal touramets a wo may beauty awars, whih he alue espeiallyhihly 1 95 0 , E aware him the title of teratioal Master a i 95 3 , that ofGramaster

1 95 2 , with his wife a so, Rossolimo emirate to the UA Touramets iAmeria were muh rarer tha i Europe, a Rossolimo ha to resort to a umber ofother professios i orer to support his family; he worke washi ars, as a hospitalporter, a taxirier (for 1 5 years! ) a sa a playe the aorio 1 95 5 , at theU Ope, Rossolimo share 1 2 plae with Reshesy a was elare wier otiebreak He twie represete Frae i Olympias, a three times the UA

Mahatta, Rossolimo foue a Chess tuio, a eiate hess af, where itwas ot oly possible to eat a ri, but also to buy hess iterature a play ames

aaist other uests a ee, for a small fee, with the boss himsel Despite the fat thathe was fore to play most of his hess aaist amateurs, Rossolimo retaie reatpratial streth riht to the e of his life Thus, i 1 9 7 5 , just a few moths beforehis eath, he too thir plae i a stro ope eet i ew or iholas Rossolimowas a ma of may talets: he was luet i e lauaes, was a brow belt at juo,mae a reor of his sii (the oer was ilustrate by the famous artist a hessmaster Marel Duhamp), a wrote two boos He also eelope seeral opeiariatios, ilui 3 b5 i the iilia, to whih this boo is eote

f you look i a lare atabase, you wil see that the moe 3b5 was paye ba iprehistori times, i touramets i 1 85 1 i Amsteram a oo ut theseames are of o theoretial alue at all ; the players playe i a totally raom way Therst perso to hale the system i a moer way was imo Wiawer, i a ameaaist Mihail Chiori (oo 1 8 83 ) i reply to 3 e6, White immeiately apture o 6 a trie to et a i of bloae positio, but he soo mae a simple

oersiht shei his etral paw, a he lost without a ht subsequet years, the ariatio 3 b5 is met episoially i ames ioli suh

players as Alapi, hiffers, imzowitsh, mish a Tartakower As we hae alreayote, Rossolimo playe two mathes aaist the latter, with whom he also met a umber of times i touramets i Paris t is liely that the reatie relatios betwee thesetwo ramasters hepe the eelopmet of the system, to whih they both were partial

oiet touramets, the system with 3 b5 aso ha its aherets uhutyGureize, Rashi ezhmetio, Eey Vasiuo a Aatoly utio thi it ismaily thas to the atter that the system beame wellow i Molaia, a its further eelopmet was oe by the traier of all the Moaias, ViaheslaChebaeko (a me)

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The Rooo cn

Of course, they have their pus sie, too the pawns ectively cover the centralsquares 5 an 4, but it is har to avance them, an so they can easily become an object of attack f Black takes on c6 with the bpawn, then White tries to knock out theenemy -pawn (for example, by answerin 76 wth e4e5 , offerin the exchaneon e5) On the other han, after xc6, Black has alreay lost his pawn preponerancein the centre

owaays, this variation features in the repertoires of al those eite GMs who pay e4 as White, but especialy like the iree hanlin of 3 b5 by Michae Aamsan erey Rublevsky or shoul one overlook the triumphant return of the eleventhwor champion, Bobby Fischer, in 1 992 when he not only beat Boris passky in theirmatch, but aso showe a new positional approach to the 3 b5 system

This book is aresse in the rst instance to all those who wish to use the Rossolimoystem as White However, it shoul also be of hep to Back players, since here we examine al the most anerous systems for White, an iniviua variations can quickybe ocate an stuie separately

Pease sen us your comments an requests On my site w booanm run a process of twoway communication an try if possibe to answer a questions

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hapter 1 Secodary Moves

1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.lg1-f3lb8-c6 3.�f1-b5

The statig positio of the Rossolimo ystem White does not huy to claify the positio in the cete ad cotinues to develop his kingside pieces, pepaing kigsidecastlig

The main continuations hee ae consideed to be 3 g6 , 3 e6, 3 d6 ad 3 f6We will examine a ofthese contiuatios i detai ate But we wi begin ou study ofthe Rossolimo ystem by ooing at the seconday moves

A) 3 a5) 3

C) 3 :c7D 3 b6

Raely one sees 3 a6 Even Alekhiepayed this, pacing a dubious makagainst the move 3 b5 Of couse, ove the yeas, chess has

moved on fom such dogma that a bishopis always bette tha a kight, whatevethe weathe The game might cotinue: 4�xc6 bxc6500 d5 6d3 �g4 7bd2 e6 c3 �d6

A) 3 ... c6a5

A ae move, the idea of which is to movethe kight away fom the theateed exchage o c6, ad the, by attacing thebishop on b5, egain the lost tempi e



Th Rooo c

4cc3! a7a6

f 4f6 e td 6d4 cxd4 700White obtains a very favourable versionof the Alapin iciian 2 c3 Then, possible is: 7 e6 n the variation7 c7 8 �d3 dxc3 9 xc3 g6 1 0 b4c6 bS White has more than sucient compensation for the sacricedpawn, since it is dicut for his opponentto complete his development 8cxd4 a69�d b 0tg �e7 h �xg

2�xg b6 �e d6 4tc txcIbxc± NevednichyQuinn, Bled2002

5. �b5-a4 b7-b56. �a4-c

ater White will advance d2-d4 and obtain very good centra playimilar positions arise in the panish andother systems of the Rossolimo whichwe will examine later This version is very

favourable for White

B) 3 c6-d4

This move has a lot in common wit the

4 f3xd45 006. dd3

6

c5xd4e7-e6

�f8-c5

The pawn chase 6 a6 7 �a4 b onyhelps the white bishop to improve its position, since from b3 it will be ratermore active than on bS 8�b �b7 9f4Without encountering the slightest resistance, White quietly prepares an assaulton the kingside 9 d Black tries to stabilize the position in the centreToo risky is 9 f6 0 d2 �cS , sinceWhite can exploit his freedom of actionand immediate start favourable complica

tions, for example 1 eS dS 1 2 e4e3 13 �xe3 �xe4 14 �b7ISg4 0-0 16 �h4 �e7 17�xe7xe7 1 8 fS± as in Voropaev-BenderMehlingen 20 0 1 0£ he more open lines there are, themore it favours the side which is ahead in

deveopment 0 e I I td2 tf62exd txd te4 d7 4a4 b4If6 g6 6 BasagicMiladinovic,Ohrid 200 1 t is not easy for Back tocomplete his development and ensure the



White attacks g7 at oce, tryig to force itto move to g6 ad later expoit the weak

ess of the dark squares o the kigsideAfter for exampe 7 g6, White simplymoves te quee away to g3 , ad repy to f6 or e7 with �h6 ad prevethis oppoet from castlig kigsideTherefore Black chooses aother metodof defedig te kights paw

7. "d8-f68 f2f4

White has a advatage i deveopmetad so, aturally e strives to ope lies

8 "f6-g69. "g4f3

White avoids the exchage of quees adprepares the advace f4-f5 Back prevetsthis i the most mechaical way

9

10 e4xf5f7-f5"g6xf5

Chpte 1 econdy Mo

Obviously, takig with the paw is obetter the black kig eds up o theope le ad the doubled d-paws wilbe opeessy weakBut ow Wite gets a valuable tempo to

deveop is iitiative o te kigside

11 g2g4 "f5-f712. f4f5

White obtaied a strog attack ad laterwo, BologaGilai, Maia 992 Thegame was payed i my rst Chess

Olympiad

C) 3 "d8-c7

A orma move te idea of which is toprevet te doubig of the paws o c6Eve so, from the poit of view of deveopmet, te move is ot so useful, asBack effectively trasfers the move to hisoppoet White cotiues with hisusual opeig strategy

4 0-0

C1 ) 4 .e6C2) 4f6C3) 4.a6



The Rooo c

Now the game tansposes to 3 e6, onlythee, in eply to 40-0 Black usually playsnot 4 c7, but 4 ge7, which ismakedy moe usefu

5 c2c3Evidently stonge than S Je ge7 6 c3a6 7�f dS 8exdS xdS 9d4 cxd41 0 xd4 e7 , and Black obtains a favouable vesion of the Exchange Vaiation of the ench

C1 1 ) 5 .. a6C1 2) 5 f6

C I ) 5 a7a6

n the Rossolimo ystem, we will oftencome acoss this move, and we will seethat it will not lose a tempo only in thosecases whee Blacks kings knight is aleadyone7n that case, Black meets xc6 with xc6 and obtains a fully acceptable po

sition n this situation, howeve, themove S a6 ? is a mistake

6 �b5xc6 d7xc6?!

Moe solid is 6 xc6 7 Je f6 8 d4

Ae 9 eS d6 1 0 exdS xdSI e3 Black is somewhat behind indevelopment, whilst his ueen in thecente of the boad is not vey eliablyplaced even so, his position is uite solid

7 e4e5!

Beginning play to estict the blackpieces, and especially the bishop on c8

7 c5c4

ensible Black at least ids himself of his

doubled pawn and opens a path fo hisdak-suaed bishop to c

S d2d39 'd1xd3

10 b1d2

c4xd3�cSd7000

At st gance, it may seem that Back hasa solid position, but this is not so: Whitesnext move shows how impotant a ole insuch positions is payed by an advantagein space

11. d2e4! c6c5

12. �c1g5±

t is difcult fo Black to complete his development, whilst he must constantlyeckon with the ety of the kight to d6



Back mus push in he cene The indiffeen 6 �e7 7d4 00 dS is nsufcien By simpe pay Whe seies hecene and acheves a seous advanage

7 e4-e5 6-78 -4

We have eached a vey favouabe veson of he Fench Defence fo Whe ehas seed space successfuy posionedhis pieces and soidy defended he keypan on d4 Noe a in such a sucuehe back queen oud be bee pacedon b6 fom hee i exes pessue one d4 pan on c7 does no have anypacua pospecs Ths s how he odgame Weseinenasen Copenhagen

9 79 coninued:

8 769 5-

n s siuaon akng on c6 oud be aseous inaccuacy Back has a campedposion and any exchange eases hs

defence9

0 c-475h7-h6

asen ans o ceae acvy on he

Cpe 1 ecndy ve

Hii Wsti

h-h4 76

By decing his kngh o a4 Back ieso muddy he aes bu Whie connues in sic posona sye and gaduaypesses on his opponens posion

4xc5

A devce ypica of he Fench DefenceWhe wishes o ceae a poefu oupos on he bockading squae d4 oeha e exchanges on cS ony afe Backas emoved hs knigh fom d7 since



The Rooo c

.3 tbd4 dc5 td2-b3

6 h4-h5The pessue mouts.

6 ..

�f8xc5tb6-a4�c8d7�c5-e7

c7b7?

A iaccuacy, alowig White to futhestegthe his positio i the cete.

7. tf3d4 tc6xd48. c3xd4

This is the poit with the quee o c7 ,captuig o d4 with the paw wouldot be possible. Now, howeve, the black

kig wil feel extemey ucomfotableboth i the cete, ad o both aks.

8. 0-09. lee3±

WesteieLase, Copehage 1 979 .White has stog pessue o the

kigside. Late, Lase maaged to cofuse his ess skiled oppoet but isteadof headig fo a equal edig, he wastempted by the wi of the quee, ad losta log edgame

White does ot huy to compete his developmet but pepaes active opeatiosi the cete.

5 . . e7e6

The maoeuve i the spiit of the BidsDefece, 5 td4 6txd4 cxd4, is ieffective hee Black does ot have the blockadig paw o eS , ad White ca immediately begi a attack i the cete 7e5td5 c3 dxc3 Thee is o sesibe alteative to this exchage (uike i the Bid

Defece itself, whee Black ca simplysacice the d4 paw) , as a esut ofwhich Black eds up eay behid i developmet 9txc3 txc3 0dxc3 e6 g4 b6 2�f4 h5 3g5 ± t is hadfo Back to activate his bishops, whisthis paws o d7 ad g7 wil become objects of attack.Afte 5 e6 White has a pleasat choice.

C) 6.e5C) 6.tc3

C 2 ) 6. e4e5?

A athe diect, but quite poisoousmove. Now it is ot so simpe fo Black to



On 6 g4 tee is 7d4! cxd4 8�xc6dxc6 93 and Back as to eteat isknigt to te edge of te boad, alowinghe damaging of is pawn stuctue afte1 0 �x6 n addiion Wie wil ave anadvantage in development and space

7. c-c4

mmediately diving the enemy knightout of te cente

7. ... td5-b6

he ouwadly moe active knigt jump7 db4 is in no way bette since sooneo ate Black will still ave to sound teeteat: 8d3 d4 9 xd4 cxd4 1 0 a3c6 1 1 �f4 e7 1 2d2 tellwag enubojevic Amstedam 2009 Wite as afee game and good chances o go aftehe pawn on d4

8 . b5xc6

8 . ... b7xc6

By vountaily doubling is pawns Blackhopes at e vey least to bing isqueenside pieces quicky ino pla Afe8 xc6 9 b3 dS 0. exd6 �xd6 I d4hite acieves a noticeable positional ad

Chpe 1 econdy Moe

9. dd3 d7d5. b-b3 f8-e7 . tb-c3 -. c-f4 :f8d8

3 d-c d8-d74 tc3-e a7-a55. aa4 c7b86. ce3;

Okonik-oidl alzbug 2 00

22) 6. tbc3

A solid developing move, wich containsseveal ideas Fo example White can playd2d4 and go into te ealms of an openicilian whilst is ligtsquaed bishopcan be bougt back o b3 o f Anothe

idea is a tactical one: utilising e opposition of te ook on e and king on e8 ,Wite can plonk is knigt on d5 , tyingto ceate panic in Blacks anks

6 . ... d7-d6

6 a6? is too slow Afte 7xc6 xc6

8d4 White opens the game and tanks tois seious advantage in deveopment heseizes the initiativeFo example 8 cxd4 9txd4 c4 10eNot giving is opponent a moments

t t



The Rooo c

f now Black ties to break the GordianKnot, ten he can quicky land in a hopeless position 1 1 fS ? 1 2 b3 b4 1 3 a3aS 1 4xfS exfS I S d6+ �xd61 6exd6+ 7 eS Rozentalis

Kristensen, Copenhagen 1 988

7 d-d4 cxd4S tc3-d?

As well as this, White as a quiete alternative in 8xd4 e7 9�f4 001 0 xc6 bxc6 1 1 eS (the point of

Whites idea: he breaks up the opponentscentral pawn stuctue and obtains asmall advantage as a consequence)1 1 dxeS 1 2�xeS b6 3 �d3 �a61 4�xa6 xa6 I S f3 KalifmanAkopian, Vilnius 1 988

S c7-dS

Taking the knight leads more or less byfoce to an endgame with oppositecoloued bisops and an extra pawn forWhite, in whic e can play fo two results : 8 exd 9exd+ �e7

Ay dgm

0xd4! A serious improvement onoting leads 1 0 dxc6 bxc6 1 1 �a4 �g4

�

On the basis of tis old game, it was fosome time consideed that te knightjump to dS was not dangerous for Black,but then tis view changed 0 xd l xc6 bxc6 2xd �b7

3�g! As usual, Black is only onetempo shot of complete appiness ejust needs to have castled 3 f6 4�f4cxb Ixd6 xd6 6�xd6 000 7�xe7 Jd2 8Jac Je8 9Je3 a620�b4! A precise move, allowing Whiteto pevent his opponent becoming active

20 Jxe3 2�xd2 Je2 22Jdl Je23�e3± Gaziclassman, aderborn2006 Maybe accuate defence will allowBlack to save alf a pint, but e will aveto sue

9 tf3xd4 cS-d7 �c1-g

The ackneyed phrase Whites pessuegows inexorably descibes te situationon the boad bette tan any other

e6xd

t is dicult to advise Black of anythingbette: 1 0 �e7 I xe7 xe712 fS ± 10 c8 I I fS with extremely unpleasant treats Ulibin



A impotat itemediate exchageAfte 1 .exd5 + e5 1 2 �xd7+ xd7 3 f4 00 0 1 4fxe5 dxe5 1 5 xe5c5° the situatio is shapeed up tothe maximum, ad Whites exta paw isot felt at all

1 e4xd53 �g5xf64 d5x6

b7x6�f8e7g7xf6

Blacks positio is i uis

4 �d78

1 4 �e6 1 5 xe6 loses by foce

1 5 d f3

Attackig the paw o f6 ad at the sameime ceatig the theat of c6c7

5 a8b86 ee3

1 6.xf6 g8 1 7 e3 f8 1 8 h6+g7 19c7 xc7 20.g3 is also su-

et to wi 6. .. b8xb

No does he save himself by 1 6 0-01 7 ae 1 e8 1 8 f5 �xf5 1 9 xf5 fo

Chpe 1 econdy Mo

he kig ist ay bette placed o g8tha o e8 1 7 . 0 0 1 8 f5 �xf519xf5 c8 20h5 xc6 21.g3+h8 22 g4

8. e3xe6 f7xe69 f3h5

with a matig attack, Rozetalishekis,UR 1988

C3) 4 a7a65 �b5x6

We have aleady come acoss simia situatios, ad will do so pety moe times the Rossolimo, i about 80 of cases,White aswes ..a7 -a6 by givig up thebishop o c6, obtaiig a stog iitiative

i etu

C3 ) 5 x6C3) 5 dx6

5 bxc6 is too slow White uiety pe

paes a paw oesive i the cete adobtais comfotable play 6 e 1 e5 7 .c3d6 8 .d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 �g4 1 0dxe5 dxe5 1 h3 �xf3 1 2 xf3 f6 1 3 �e3 As aesult of al the exchages i the cete



Th R cn

C31) f . c7xc6 Whte sacrces apawn wth the move

6. dd4 cxd4

akng the pawn s too dangerous after6 xe4 7e c6 8e5 c7 9�f4d6 1 0c4 Whte has an extremeystrong ntatve because of the threat tocaptre on d6 Back s vrtualy forced tostrand hs kng n the centre by means of1 0 d8

7 t3xd4 c6c7

Back agan trns down the rojan horsebut ths does not save hm ether Obvousy the pawn s posoned snce Whteobtans too many temp for hs development after ..e4 8.tc3 e 9ela 10.b4! awns do not matter t smore mportant for Whte to dsodge theenemy qeen and occupy the centralsqares wth hs knghts 1 0 ... d8 n theevent of 1 0 xb4 1 d5 c5 2 b3 Whte breaks through to theweakened squares b6 and c7 for example: 12 c6 3 a5 c5 4�e3

.td d6 1 2.g Preventng the enemyknght comng ot to f6 2 f6??1 3 �xf6 gxf6 1 4 xf6# 12...f6 1 3.e3e Of corse Backs pawn centre looksvery nce but not one of hs peces has

left the eghth rank ( apart from hsqueen whch has been wanderng abotthe board for some tme and has now returned home) t s hardly surprsng thatWhte soon nds a way nto the enemycamp: 14.te2 I.b6 d 16.cnb8 1.d g6 18.f4! wth a de

csve attack8. bc3

C3) 9e

C3) 9ne

e7e6

C3 1 ) rely for aesthetc reasons ke

9 e4e

as played by Grandmaster Anatolytkov

9 d7d6

he correct reacton Black should complete hs development as qucky as possble n the game referred to Black was



Ay dgm

A checkes combiatio hite gives one checke to wi sevea

's t � t '� ' ±, ad hite woutikovRomaishi UR 968 is pobaby uecessay to say that thecaptue 9 'xeS is tatamout to suicde afte the simpe 1 0 e I hite hasmoe than suciet compesatio fohe paw ad it is ucea whethe Backwi be abe to compete his deveopment

e5xd6 �f8xd6

thik Back has easoabe pay hee adtheefoe i he ght fo a advatage

woud tu to the move 9 e I

C3 2 ) 9 fe

hite wats eithe to e up the position wih 1 0 dS ? o simpy compeedeveopmet aog the ies of �gSd2 ad with stog centa pessue

9 d7d6

Afte 9 bS 1 0�gS f6 1 �h4 d6(KaegiKovaeko Aushta 2007) iswothy of attentio ad ow 2 'g4 ?

�

Chpe I econdy Moe

C3 ) 1 �g5

C3 ) �f4

C3 1 2 ) Mos ofte i the diagam posiio White has payed �c g5 adhas achieved a seies of stikig victoesHoweve the feaess compute showshat Back has oe aow path by whichhe ca ot oy avoid a the dage butaso achieve a peasa edgame

f8e7

Afte I 0 f6 1 �xf6 gxf6 Backspaw baicades i the cete ae ostoge tha a house of cads 1 2 f3�g7 1 3 de2 'c 1 4f4 ' gS

ShS d7 16ad± KtzRamaswamy Gibata 2008

'dd

t i s hady possibe t o cou o ayhigseious afte the simpifyig cotinuaio� t '

hite is bette afe 1 3 d8 4 bS1 S eS dS 6e2 d4? a athe evousmove but i ay case afte diectig hiskight to d4 hite woud stad somewhat bette 7 exd4 b7 1 8 'f4



The Rooo c

Black has fully adequate play: his bshopis vey good o te og diagoa ad hsoy weakess o d6 is easy to defedThee could folow 1 6 e3 eS 1 7 b3ad I aS b 1 9b6 f

1 1 tgSf12 td4-f5

Whites hopes have log bee associatedwit this kight jump Cetaly if Backis alowed to complete hs deveopmeti peace the he will obta a favouabletype of cheveige with the twobshops ad good couteplay o thequees deWhite has to huy befoe his oppoet

evacuates hs kg; al of these abstactcosideatios ae sesble but the cocete vaiatios do ot quite wok out

1213. e4xf5

exf5

The oly move but also the most atual

oe14. e1 xe7

This is the idea but a whole ook is atea lot of mateial

15 .. e7-dSI

A shot aalysis shows that afte othemoves Back eithe loses by foce o atbest obtais a vey upleasat posito 5 c7 6 xf6 x He loses beautifully afte 1 6 gxf6 ? 1 7 d5 c1 b4 c4 9 e4 the powefulkight o dS pemits Wite to egage isuch cojuig ticks 1 9 xa220 c3 7td5 xc2 8te7+h8 9h6 The attack o the daksquaes develops of ts ow accod 9g8 20txg8 gxf6 2 0 xg2 1 xg7 + xg7 2 2eX 2te7 Nowmateial is vitualy equalied but theattack goes o 2 �g6 22h4 xb2

2 3txg6+ g6 24e7; 5 d7 6�xf6 x ayig tohag oto the matea could have extemely seious cosequeces: 1 6 gxf6?17 dS g7 e3 h ( 1 e1 9g3 + 2 0h3 i the midde ofa agig battle Whites does ot foget

about his back ak 20 xf52 1 'h6) 9e7 dS (gettig to thekigsde va the oudabout oute doesot wok: 9 a4 20b4) 20b4ad Black has o defece agaist

1 6 h l h d h3



Bak must return the exhange and defend an uneasant osition 7h818.�e7 �e6 9.e3 e 20.�x :x2 1 .b 3 Ronhetti Brashi, Bratto 2005 .Thanks to the weakness o f the awn ond6 White will have a lasting advantage inboth the middlegame and the endgame I S . . .�e6 6.dS 'd 1 7 �xf gxf6ArdeeanuBondo, Romania 1 9 94)I .'h6 �xdS 9e3.

16 c3-d5

1 6. .. g8-h8!

Greetings from Rybka! Bak is not in agood way after other moves 6 ...�x 7.�xf6 gxf6 1 7 d?

I �xg7 ! xg7 9 gS+ �g620.f6+ h6 21 .e4. 18 .e7+h8 I g7 ? 1 9 xfS + h 20h6g 21 .e ! . 19.d4 :g8 20.xg6 2.e7 :h6 22.b4!±, and Whitewill simpy ush his kingside awnsh2h4 g2 g4gS

1 6 . . .e? 7 .xe + xe I �xf6xfS 19.e7+ h 20.h6.

17 �g5xf618 d2-d4

g7xf6:f8-g8!

Chpe 1 econdy Moe

have had robems I . �xfS 19e7g 20.xfS g6 Pai-Ramaswamy,Nany 200) 2.xd6 d7 224 d2 3 .d 6 2g3.

19 e1e7

here is nothing else obvious al ofWhites iees are very threateninglyosted, but he is stil a rook down.

1 9 .20 d4xf6+21 e7xf722 d5xf6

d8-f8f8-g7g7xf6

hanks to the mate threat on h7, Whiteregains some material.

22 ..23 f6xg824 f2f325 f7xb7

c8xf5a8e8�f5g6h8xg8

ine the awns on a6 and d6 are veryweak, White has good hanes to make adraw, but this an hardly be what White

was dreaming oC3 1 2 2) 10. c1-f4!?

Aparently the strongest ontinuation.Whites idea is to use his advantage in de



The Rooo c

10 . �c8d7

Note tat Wite as not overlooked tefork 1 0 e 1 1 td d8 1 2�e te7Te weakness of te dark squares on tequeenside revents Blak taking te ieeununised: 2 . . exd4 3 �xd4 �e6 4.�b6 '8 I S .7 + e7 6. eS ! dxeSValletoly Besanon 999) 7 .xeS .1tc6! Wite imsef gives u teknigt and arries out mu te sameombination. 1 bxc6 1 4�b6 cxd

l�xd8 xd8 16exd± MazeRoyCowdury Montelier 2007

11 td4-f3?

t seems tat tis as not been layed be

fore. e diret 11 e does not give anyting beause of the oldbooded 1 1 dbad is . . . 000? Panelo MunozRaineri de Lua Barelona 200 ) 2 .exd6�xd6 3 .�xd6 'xd6 4.e4 'f4 S .'S) wils e sar ombinationa blow leads only to an equ end

game: 1 2t ! c4! 1 td6+ Wite asno ime for 3 . g3 ? ! beause of 3 . .exfS 4 xdS d8 =, and Bak beats o ltehreats. 1 �xd6 1 4exd6 xf4 l txdxd6 16tf6+ e7 o far bot sides ave

f

1 7xd6+ xd6 1 8 adl + e719td+ 20tb6 d8 21txd7+e7 22tb6 tf6 Later Bak will exange bot airs of rooks on te dleand Wites queenside awn maoritywill not be of great signiane.

1 1 Ja8-d812 d1d4

12 c7-c5

Blak again refuses to be rovoked after 2 . . . eS 3 .dS '6 4.xeS dxeS S .'xeS + Wite as very strong treatsfor only a minimal material investment abiso for two awns) .For examle after I S . . �e6 6.7+

e7 te queen tour around te edge ofte board is very uneasant for Blak 7 .'aS ! 6 8 .'a3 + f6 9 .'g3 e720 .ad .

13. d4xc5?

e simlest and most aurate deision.

n rely to 1d wit e idea of d4and te transfer of te queen along tefreed-u tird rank Bak as e iddenretort 1 tf6! Wites idea is fulyrealized in te variation 3 . . �e7

� ' '



13.14 a1d1

d6xc5f7-f6

4. . .�6? 5xd+ xd 6.e5e 7 d + .a4! and Whitehas a deisive attak, desite the smaquantity of materia remaining 4 f6 5e5 g 6 �g5 b 7 e4

15 �f4-c7 dScS16. �c7d6;

Thanks to his advantage in deveomentand the number of weaknesses in the oponents struture, White has the moreromising hanes in this endgame

32) 56 a2a4

C321 ) 6 a5C322) 6 ..f6

d7xc6

6 . e5 does not give equait White transfers his queens knight to 4, attaking the

pawn on e5 and begins to think aboutthe best oint to break down the oonents defenes: 7a3 f6 4 �e69e2 �d6 0b3 0-0 �b2

Chpe 1 econdy Moe

However, there is nothing surrisingabout this: quite often the simest way toexoit an advantage in deveoment is todo so in an endgame with a hafoenosition, to say nothing of an oen position.

7. d2d4S. 'd1xd4

9 'd4e5

c5xd4�cS-g4

wo other moves whih have been seenin this osition aso deserve attention:9 e5 and 9.bd2

9.10. f3xe5

'c7xe5�g4-e2

A dubious idea, sine on a6 the bishowi be oside t was better simy to retreat to e6

11 f1e1 �e2a612 �c1d2

White nds the thread, with whih he

wi disrut the whoe omex of bakawns on the queenside The bad position of the bishop on a6 is aready starting to te



The Rooo c

14. e4e5

The standard devie. t is very important

to prevent Blak from stabilizing his position with the move . . . e7 eS .

14 00015 b2b4 a5xb416 �d2xb4 c6c517. �b4c3 gS-h61S. b1-d2 cS-c7

19 a1 b1 c7-c6

Blak has no time for a wholesale regrouping of his fores having to attend toonrete threats al the timeAs an exampe he loses after 1 9 20.b3 b8 2eb b7 22xb6!

20. b1-b2 dS-bS21 d2-b1 h6-f722 b1-a3 hS-gS23 e1 -b1 bSb724 a3b5 f7dS25 f3-d2

ebag.Zhigalko Hengelo 2004

Blak never sueeded in ompleting anykind of normal development and hisqueenside is already under re

C3 22) 6. gSf6

9 b2-b310 �c1-b211 �b2e5

�fS-g700

A disturbing move the aim of whih isto provoke disharmony among the enemyfores

1 1 .

12 d2-c4

c7-dS

b7-b5

A somewhat nervy move Blak furtherweakens his queenside pawns

13. c4-e3 �g7h614 h2-h3

Adams-.Zhigalko Rethymnon 2 003

As already mentioned in the ntrodution will take another opportunity toreommend all fans of the Rossoimo ystem to study arefully Mihael Adamshandling of the line beause he is a verysubtle positional player

His trademark is steady pressure and thelimiting of his opponents ounterplayand so the Rossolimo suits his style perfetl This makes it all the more important to study his games



D) 3 dSb6

4 b1c3

1 ) 4 d42) 4 e6

D 1 ) 4 c6d4

5 a2a4

A tyial reation to the knight jum intothe entre n general the involvement ofthe queenside awns is an under-estimated and at the same time highly effetive strategi devie.

5 e7e6n 5 . . .a6 it is ossible simly to retreat to4 with better develoment 6 �4.n rely to 5 . . .xb5 ? ! White takes withthe awn 6 axb5 . He has reateddenite ressure along the ale and onthe queenside generally and will later

lay either d5 or d3 followed byf3 e5 d2 ) 4 . White has omfortablelay.

6 0-07 a4a5

gSe7b6c7

Chpe 1 econdy Moe

n 9 . . .6 was going to lay1 0 .�x6 'x6 1 1 .d3 followed by b3f4 a4 b2 and if neessary 'a 1 aswell Undoubtedly would win theawn on d4.

10 �b5-d3 e7-c6

11 c2-c3

A tyial devie White wants to removethe awn from d4 and by oening theosition exloit his large advantage indeveloment

1 1 a7-a612 b2-b4

Vasiukovs idea 1 2 .'a4 is also worthy of

attention for examle1 2 . . .dx3 1 3 .dx3 e5 1 4�2 d615 .�e3 '4 16. fd 1 7 1 7 .g3 h51 8 .h3 h4 1 9 .f e 2 20 .h2VasiukovPodlesnik Athens 1 989 .

12 c5-a7

Blak wants to defend the square d4whilst now begin an attak on thekingside.

13 g1h114 f2f4

ifS-e70-0



Th Rooo c

17 teg3

Whites attak develos of its own aordhe wil transfer the knight to hS and layf4fS The blak queen is sitting out ofthe way on a7 and annot ome to the aidof its king.

17 18 f4f19 tg3h

'a7b8�e7-f6�f6-e

f ourse the bisho is very nielylaed on eS but it does nothing at all torevent me bringing my remainingiees into the right ositions for the

nal storm.0 lf1f31 e4xf

e6xf'b8-c7

thxg73 ff6+

g8xg7g7-h8

Bologan-husterman iauliai 1 9 andhere the transfer of the queen to h6 starting with ', deided the game atone.

D2) 4 e7-e6

0-0Exhanging on 6 at one is also good inorder to revent the oonent layingge7 and then reaturing on 6 withthe knight. Then lay oud ontinue:S.�x6 'x6 6.0-0 f6 7.e e7.d4 with a ertain advantage. n the fo

owing game Blak layed very badly andquikly fe into a lost osition . . .xd4better is . . .d6) 9.xd4 '7 0 .eSg I I .dbS 'b Kubala-hroederRimavska obota 1 99 2) 1 2 . gS ! ? �xgS1 3 .d6+ e7 4.'hS.

5 . g8e7

White is eary better after S . . .a6? !6.�x6 'x6 7.d4 xd4 .'xd4 thequeen is very strongly laed in the entre beause of the weakness of awn g7 he

l f6 b f S d



Ay dgm

A strong move takng ontro of the darksquares n the enemy postion f6 e7d8). Bak experienes serious difulties whih is hardy surprsng given thebatant neglet to his development!

6 f1-e1 tc6d4

A typal move when White plays 3

7 �b5-c48. d2d39 tf3xd4

9 .

te7-c6d7-d6

tc6xd4

White gets omfortable pay after9 xd4 1 0 . e2 aS 1 3 x41 2.dx4 dx3 1 3 x3 Later he wil arrange his piees aordingly with b3e3d4 reating unpeasant pres

Cpe 1 econdy Mo

he blak queens premature appearaneon the queensde allows White to take theinitative there.

1 0 ... �f8e7

White s better after 1 0 g6 1 b4 '7 2 bxS dxS 1 3 bS 'd8 Langetallkneht East Germany 98 8) 1 4 f4xbS 1 S .�xbS + �d7 1 6.eS

11. b2-b4! c5xb412 �c1e3

White is noteably ahead of his opponent in development and in addition theknight on d4 is unstable Blak needs toplay very aurately in order not to slipinto a hopeless positon quikly

1 2 .. �c8-d7

t s essential to take ontro of square bS .he move 1 2 aS ? loses to 1 3 bS �f6143! et

13. a2-a3 �e7-f6

He must te e of the knight while theexa pan annot be defended anyway forinstane 3 aS 4.axb4 axb4 S a2

14 a3xb4



h Rooo n

Evgy Vaiov

4. 0-0. -4?

f I S e xe + 6 xe2 �d4= he

poson smplies and Blak should nohave grea problems

6 c3-e

b6c7d4xe+

Blak an keep onrol over he square d4bu only a he os of doubled pawns:

1 6 .eS 1 7 xd4 exd4 1 8 �7. dxe8 �c4b39 b4xa0 'e-

b7-ba7-ala8xa

Whie has removed he blokade fom d4and s ready o se hs enral pawns nmoon A he same ime Blak has a poenially weak pawn on bS .

Cnuin

idelines suh as 3 ' 7 and 3 . . .b 6have he righ o exis bu hey give

Whie a wide laude o develop he niaive.Whe should no be afraid of exhanging on 6 espeally if Blak has spenanoher empo on he move ...a7 a6 inhs ase opening he posiion whd d4 usually guaranees a sable advan

age f Blak ries o ere a baer ond4 hen Whe almly omplees his developmen and gradually sep by seplears he ene in order o begin an aak boh in he enre and on hekingside



hapter 2 Black Plays 3 f6

e2e4 c7c5 2g1f3 b8c6 3�f1b5 g8f6

n resonse to this develoing move Whie mos oen akes on 4�x and afer4 . . .dx S.d3 g we ransose to a osition from the variation 3 ..g whih we willexamine later. However boh sides have oher alternatives. Most of al Whie is not

obiged o give u the bisho and an insead simly defend the e4 awn by 43 Chebanenko aught his uis to lay 4�x and o his day am austomed to

onsidering this the main move But rs we will examine albei briey the otherwhie oninuation

A) 4.c3

) 4.�xc6

A) 4. b1c3

A1) 4 .. g6A) 4 ..c7A3) 4 .. d4

AI) Afer 4 .g7g6 unleasan is:

5. e4e56 �b5xc6

f6-g4d7xc6

White resris he knigh on h and ahe same ime strengthens his ontrolover the enre



The Rooo c

10 g4-g5 th6-f7

Blak hooses a somewhat passive, butvery solid setup, whih at the same timepreserves for him ertain hanes to takethe initiative

1 1 �c1-f4 �c8-e612 d1e2 'd8-d713. 0-0-0 0014 h3-h4

White has quite good hanes of reatingan attak on the kingside think that hishanes and preferable, for example:

1415 h4-h5

16 tc3xd517 tf3-h4!±

d7-c7�e6d5

c6xd5

ralmetankin, Pardubie 999

A2) After .d8c7

we often reah positions of a very similar

type to those examined under the variation 3 7

5 0-0 tc6d46 1-e1

But Bak also does not wish to exhangeoff the knight on d, sine he hopes thatit wil interfere with his opponents normal development

67 �b5-f1

a7a6tf6-g4

A typial idea: by threatening mate on h2 ,Blak fores his opponent to weaken hiskings fortress But in this ase, it does notgive anything White has too large an advantage in deveopment, and an easilyght o this premature raidowever, in the event of the more solid7 ...e5 White an aso ount on a deniteinitiative: 8.td5 txd5 9.exd5 d6 0.3Blak has set up a solid wall in the entre

and it is essential to start breaking itdown at one 0...tx+ .x e72.d4 00 3.g3 �f6 White oers apawn sarie, but aepting it is obviously unfavourable : 1 3 xd 1xdexd 1 5 �h6 �f6 1 6 �f e7 Bakannot defend the pawn with his rook,

beause of the weakness of his bak rank1 6 d 8 1 7 � x d 6 ) 7 a d818xe7! xe7 19�xd6 f6 20�xf8xf8 2 1 7 White regains the oeredpawn and ahieves a superior position



8 g2-g39 'd1 xf3

1 'f3-d1

td4xf3+tg4-e5

n e2 or e3 the queen will aso be welplaed

10 . e7e61 1 �f1g2 �f8e712 a2a4 b7-b613 d2d3 �c8-b714. f2-f4 te5-c615. �c1-e3 0-016. 'd1-d2 %a8-d817 %a1-d1

aiditshN Hua Vlarrobedo 2009

hite has more sae and stands betterin the enre

A3) 4. ... tc6-d4

Chape 2 Ba Pay 3 �f6

5 e4e56 tc3xb57 tf3g5

td4xb5tf6-d5

A unning move reating the threat of8 f3 with a doube atta on the awnon and the knight on dS

7 8 'd1-f39 e5xf6

10 'f3-e4+

f7f6td5c7e7xf6tc7e6

bvousy bad is �e7? I d+f8 2 g -0 Van der Wie-BrendelGermany Bundesliga 99 7 9 8

11 tg5xh7

12. 'e4-g6+1 3 th 7xf8+14 d2-d3

d7d5

e8d7'd8xf8

and Whte ees an extra awn, withoutany artular omensation for Bla

B) 4 �b5xc6

1 ) 4 bxc62) 4 dxc6

B ) Too slow is 4 b7xc6 After:



The Rooo c

Blak aot mobilize his fores in a ormal way. Whites idea is sime: to oe

the entre by means of 2 -4 d2 -d4 et6 g7-g67 c2-c4 d-c7S d2d4 cxd49. 'd1xd4 fSg7

10 'd4h4

By rearig the exhage of darksquared bishos White wishes to seriousy disturb the blak kig

1 0 . 00

The following fragment shows that theblak king is ot very safe o the kigsideeither: 1 0 a6 1 1 .c3 e6 1 2.el c7

1 3d2 f6 Blak has a mass of paws ithe etre but i order to advae themhe eeds to do a lot of preparatory work14h6 f ourse White ould have offered the exhange of bishos on the revious move but he wanted to wait for themove £ f6 whih weakes his opo

nents awn struture 1 4 xh65xh6 000 16ac1 t is denitely ot good to lay 1 6 . . .�x4? 7 h4! a6 dS . 7d5! Withthe hel of a small tati White laes his

11 �c1-h612 �h6xg713 b1-c314 a1d1

14 .

f7-f6gSxg7c7-e6

f6xe

The aw on eS rams the blak foresotieably ad it is imossibe to ut uwith it any loger. However now the residee of the blak kig is further weakeed

1 f3xe fS-f4

There are other ways to meet the threat oftakig on 6 but the essee of the osition remains the same : 1 5 . .e 6 fe 1

f5 1 7 .5 b I b3 Komliakovhuraev Kemerovo 1 99 5

16 'h4g317 f1-e11S b2-b319 d1d3

'dS-c7aS-bSbSb7

Komliakov-Milovaovi Pozareva 1 99 5 Bak has o real lay on the queesideor i the etre and his kig will soonome into danger.



ow should Blak deveo his fores further? The most oular answer is 5 .g6

but that transoses into the variation . . .g6 whih we wi examine later Herewe will ook at the main aternatives

2) 5 ... d722) 5 ...�g4

B2 1 ) 5 . 6-d7?

The idea is to lay ..e7 -e5 and get a verysold position in the stye of the anishxhange Variaton: bisho to d6 awto f6 transfer the knight via f8 to e6 ethite should revent this lan.

6 e4e5 d7-b67

b1d2 �c8-58. 00 e7-e69 b2b3 �8-e7

0 �c1-b2 0-01 1 . 1e1 a7-a512. a2-a4

Chpe 2 Bck Py . . �f6

Of ourse Blak has a very solid osition:he has two bishos and no lear weaknesses with the exetion of the doubledawns. White has in his favour a smallsae advantage and also his awn on e5 suorted by the bisho from b2 restrits the oonents ativity notieabl

1 2 .13 d2-e414 3d2

b6d5d8c7

White wants to transfer the knight via 4

to d6 BooganLautier Poikovsky 200 .

B22 ) 5 . . �c8g4

A ogial move: Blak brings into lay thebisho whih his oonent oud other

wise restrit by means ofh2-h and insthe knight on reventing White fromdeveloing his fores without hindrane.ere White has at his disosal two lansof equal mert:

221) 6.h3

222) 6.bd2

B 2 2 1 ) 6 h2h3

d f f



The Rooo c

221 1 ) 6 ...�2212) 6 .�

B 2 2 ) 6 . .. �-

7. tb1d2

A reise move o reven S4whih is someimes onneed wih aawn sarie. On 7�f4 he move follows in is bes form: 7 c4!?, and afertc3 cxd3 9cxd3 Whie ges a weakawn on d3 Mos ikely he wil soonhave o lay d3-d4 even if Blaks awnalready sands on S and his resuls infurher simliaions For examle:9 e6 The knigh rerea 9 d7 is nogood beause of 0.d4 e6 e2 e7

2 .0 0 00 3 .ad Whie has a saeadvanage and he reains ono of heenre 3. e 4.e3 aS I a 6.�h2 h6 7 a3 Grishuk-KolevMainz 200S 000 �e7 e2 �xBlak os for simiaions f he asleskingside immediaely hen Whie laysg2-g4 and will am he blak iees onhe kingside. 2Yx 00 3adl c5us in ime Blak revens he moved3d4 whih gives Whie he freer game4�e3 Yc7 5d4 cxd4 6xd4 7 fd d4 I d4 6 D

7. ... t6-d78. td-c4

By ransosiion of moves we havereahed a osiion from he variaion

6 bd2 d7 7 .h3 �hS 4.

B22 2 ) 6 . ... �7. Yd1 xf3

7. ... e7e6

7 eS .0 0 7 9a4 �e7 0a300 I 4 Nor does he more aive kingsanheo solve all he roblems 7 g6OO �g7 9a4 Whie does no lose inhe bisho on nor disose he osiion of his knigh 9 00 0ta3 td7

e2 Whie should avoid exhanginghe remaining mino iees else his advanage ould evaorae e5 2tc4tb6 3txb6 Yxb6 4�e3 ;

8. 0-0 �f8e7

MilaniVukovi ain Vinen 2000.

Also beer for Whie i s . .�d6 9.�e300 0 .d2.

9 �c1-f4 0010 tb1d2



10 b7b511. a2a4

hite dominates the cente and has ceated a favouabe pawn tension on theueenside n the esuting battle, hischances ae somewhat supeio

222) 6. tb1-d2

2221) 6 ... td72222) 6 ..e6

2 2 2 ) 6 . ... tf6d7

y eteating the night to d7, Blac

ants to set up a pawn fotess in the cente by means of f6 and e7 -eS heidea is ot bad, but it is vey slow

7. h2-h3 �g4-h5

Chpe 2 Bck Py 3 �f6

8 td2-c4

he move 8g4 loos aggessive i apuely visual sense, but now fom myown expeience that it eads to a compicated stuggle, with fuy adequatechaces fo Bac: 8 �g6 9th4 e5Bac also obtains a good position afte9 e6 1 0 d e 7 xg6 hxg612eS 'b6 13'e2 - Dabe Zhigalo, Kee 2007, but it seemsto me that White can ty to stengthen

his play in this vaiation 10td Onenight on its own is not eough to defeat Bac 1 0 fS 'c7 1 a hS1 2 ' hxg 1 3 hxg xh 1 + 1 'xh 10- 0- 0 1 S aS b A stange-ooingmanoeuve, but a vey stong one: thenight is heading to a6, in ode to nipWhites queenside attac in the bud16 c a6 17d2 f6 Late Blacwill move the bishop to f and ic thenight fom f with g 7 g6 n time,the two bishops may have thei say, i avey loud voice1 0f6 l 1 txg6 hxg6 1 2�e3 1 2 a ? iswothy of attention, not alowing the

blac queen to become active on thequeenside fo the time being, since afte1 2 'b6 the epy 1 3 aS is upleasant1 2 b6 13b3 An absoutey uneces-say weaening now queenside castlingwil be much less attactive tha befoe1 3 �e7 1 4c3 a5 1 5 c2 t 1 6a3

te6 ologanWang Hao, aajevo20 1 he phalanx of white pawns o thethid a is eady fo action, but any incautious advance coud ceate a seiousweanesses in the pawn stuctue



i t nteesting is 8xf3e7 900 00 1 0 g3 d7 I c,essinetegubov, Cegy 200

900 e5 0e2 Whites chances aeslightly bette, although ac has a veysolid positio White ca ty a plan lieh-fS folowed by £-f thee isalso a moe cunning setup: g 2g 3 , g2 ,h3h, h , hhS fS White is pessig, but lac cetainly has his say

8. 0-0

c c7 9a d7 10 b3 e7I b2 f6 1 2 e2 eS 1 3 e3 0001h f I f Magem adalsegu bov, acelona 2009

8. �f8e79. d1-e1

hite theates to move the night fom and oganize an attac on the bishopith g2 g ad £f lac does best notto is this and to exchange the bishop

910 td2xf311 23

h5xf300

Chpe 2 Bck Py 3 f6

n the nal position, White has a smaladvantage He inteds to place his ing ong2, then somewhat impove the positionof his queen Chebaneno advised that insuch positions, one should not ush, andshoud bit-bybit, moveby-move, accumulate smal positional plusesOne impotant subtlety: if ac movesthe night to d7, then White immediately pays eeS, seizing space (thenight has now eft f6 and so cannot immediately jump to dS) f ac then ma

noeuves the night to dS via b6, thenWhite pays 'e2, then c2c,impovesthe position of his bishop ad oo andplays d3 dhus, Whites position is the moe pleasant to pay, although ac is vey solid,ad he has pacticaly no weaesses ihis position (with the exception of thepawn o cS , which is fa fom easy to attac)

Cnun

he move 3 f6 is not played vey often, although it is not so easy fo White to

pove anything ignicantAfte both c3, ad xc6 White cacount only on a minimal advantage node to tun this into something moemeaningful, he shoud constantly emembe about pophylactic thining adty to impove his position slowly, move

by move, whilst at the same time limitinghis advesays possibilities



apter 3 White Excanges aer 3 d6

1e2-e4 c-c5 2g1f3 b8c6 3.�f1b5 d -d6

A position that is often met, and which can also aise afte the othe move ode 2 d63bS + Now, ifBlac does not wish to exchange light-squaed bishops with 3 d7, play the slightly passive 3 d7 , thee emains 3 c6 eaching the above position

ee we will loo at two main moves the exchange on c6 and ingside castinge will begin with the continuationhich was ecommended to me manyyeas ago by my taine, ViacheslavAndeevich Chebaneno

�b5xc6+

have played this many times and achevedvey good pactic ests hen statedto lose faith in the line, as it seemed to methat Blac has vey good play hee Maybets was the psychologica eect of a fewgames which did not go well fo me Butwhen began to collect matei fo thsboo agn became convnced that Blacfaces vey dcut pobems, and it is hadfo him to aceve equit

he idea of this move is, in eply to thenatual developing move 5 f6 to play6eS and ty to bea up the opponentspawn stuctue t is obvious that, in theevent of the pawn exchange on eS Bacsdoubled c-pawns will become vey wea

A) 5 ) 5 f



The Rooo c

A) 5 �cSg4

As we have seen, in many vaiations thisbishop ends up shut in behind its ownpawns o, this move is pefectly undestandable without losing time, Blacbings the bishop into play and if necessay, is eady to tade it fo the night

A1) 6c3A2) 6h3

A I ) 6 c2c3

White plans to bing the queen to a andattac the pawn on c6

6 gSf67 d2-d3

A ) N ot vey convincing is the line

7 f6d7S b1-d2

Anothe set-up is also possible st

bing the bishop to e3 and only then develop the queens night 8.�e3 b89.bd2 xb2 10.d4 By sacicing apawn, White immediately begins an attac in the cente 1 0... cxd4 I .cxd4 g6As Rublevsy has pointed out, 1 1 e6 ? isbad because of 1 2 dS cxdS 1 3 exdS eS

1 a

Ay dgm

1 2 ... bS An accuate move, o else Blaciss being no bette o than befoe

1 2 �g7 ?? 1 3 ab c3 1 b3;1 2 b7? 1 3 dS 1 3.a3!? b6!? Badi s 1 3 b7 ? 1 eS , but wothy ofattention is 1 3 g7 1ab hS1 fc 00 1 6 xc6 Rublevsy14H1 �g7 1 d7 S ab a16 xa xa 1 7 b7 S.ab a41 6.xa4 xa4 1 7.xc6 :c8 ! 1 8.dSRublevsyvanchu, Polanica Zdoj1 998 , does not change the assessment,which is that the position is slightly moepleasant fo White



10 d1-a4 d8c711 e4-e5

te that the bishp g4 is attacedthas t this small detai, White beasp his ppets cetal baicades

1 1 �g4h5

lac wishes t eep the advatage f thetw bishps, hpg t use them late

t attac the wea paw d 3 12 e5xd613 a4h414 tf3-g5

�e7xd6td7-f6�d6e7

aveGischu , Khaty Masiys2009

15 td2c4;

hites pieces ae me actively placedad his psti is easie t play

A12) 7 . e7e5

Chape 3 Whe Exchange afe 3

he mst picpled mve, depvigWhte f the valuable esuce e4eS

8 tb1-d29. h2-h3

�f8-e7g4-h5

he bishp s t afaid f edig up g6 i this case, he wl big the ightt d7, the play -f6 , ad pe a pathf the bishp, whist Whites weaesses the gside wil emai

10 d1-a4 d8-c7

11 lf1-e1

he peig f the game by meas fI I .d4 is t dageus f Blac, e g :

Ay gm

1 1 exd4 1 2 cxd4 d7 A accuatemve the evet f the exchage cS ,Blac wats t big his ight t thissquae xchagig d4 himsef is ufavuable, because the the weaess fthe c6 paw is clea, ad the white ightwill ccupy a stg psti i the cete 13.b3 as 14.jb2 00 IS.nac1 nfe

1 6.nfe 1 � 17.c4 t is aeady difcultt d a mve t stegthe the psiti1 7 ... b7= Blga-eita, Pampla200 /02



The Rm Sc

he most accuate epy; the double exchange in the cente, in my view, allowsWhite to seize the initiative : 1 2 cxd1 3 cxd exd I xd ac8 I S b3 fe816�b2 g6 (o 6 dS 1 7 ac)17 ac

13 c3xd4 t-°

A familia tic: Blac awaits the exchange on cS, so as to ecaptue with thenight t seems to me it is this ideawhich allows Blac to achieve fuy ade

uate pay in the vaiation with 6c3, andfo that eason, the moe aggessive continuation 6h3 is stonge

A2) 6 h2-h37 e4-e5?

�g4-h5

A vey inteesting idea of egeyRublevsy White wants to spoil his opponents pawn stuctue in the cente

A21) 7 e6A22) 7.dxe5

f 7 dS , then 8 d3 e6 9 e Despite

A 2 1 ) 7 e7e6

t seems to me that afte this athe coopeative move, White achieves a cea advantage by faily staightfowad means

S e5xd69 d2-d3

10 tb1d2

�fSxd6tgS-e7

1 0 e 00 b3 dS 1 2 b2 f1 3 bd2 f6

1 0 11 td2e4

00te7d5

Blac has two bishops and uite activepiece placement, but this does not osetthe weaness of his doubled paws

12 'd1e2

2e h6!? I 2 e8 13g3 g6I e (hiovGelfand, Dotmund2 00 2) I hS I S g3 g6 3tg3�g6 4te45 2.c4 tb4 the weaness of the d 3

pawn will give Bac adeuate pay12131415

c2c4�c1g5g2g4

laS-bStd5f6�d6e7



5 f6xe4

lck hs crmped nd unplesnt posi

tion fter 1 S g6 1 6 �f4 c8 1 7 eS16 �g5xe77 d3xe4 8 la1 d

'd8xe7�h5-g6

viously Whte hs the superior prosects f the queens get exchnged the

oubled pwns become very vulnerlen the other hnd if ll four rooks gettrded then the queen nd knight wl besuperior to the bck queen nd ishop

22) 7 8 g2g4

d6xe5e5e4

Te min move Blck so wnts tosoil his opponents pwn structureeker is 8 .�g6 9xeS f6 10xg6g6 l 1 ' Aso not b is 1 1 g2dS+ 12 eS 3c3 e6 14e2e7 Sd3 dS 16 e4 1 'dS2'g2! A cunning move: White retins

te opposition of the queens on the longigon nd invites his opponent to excnge on g2 in whch cse his king wllefend the pwn on h3 1 2eS 13c3g2+ 14xg2 e7 lSd3 gS 16e4 �

Chape 3 Whe Exchange afe 3 d6

9. g4xh5 e4xf310 b1c3

An importnt move: White rst tkescontrol of the squre dS nd only thentkes the f-pwn

A221) 10 f6A222) 10 :c8

A223) 10e6

1 0'd7 1 ' h6 Blck wnts tonsfer the knight vi fS to d4 but becuseof hs lck of development tis is not tenble 1 2e4 e6 1 3d4! Wte is theteningto take the knight on h6 nd fork on f61 3 fS 14dxcS d4 sd3

AranovitchN Giev Ps 2009

A 2 2 1 ) 1 1 'd1 xf312 d2d3

g8f6'd8-d7

12 e e6 13 d3 �e7 4 e4 h6

S 3 White plys on the drk squresnd in ful ccordnce with the lws ofchess plces lmost ll his pieces ndpwns on light squres Blcks doubedpwns re xed nd grdully ecome



The Rm Sc

1 .. g7g613 h5h6

13.. f6g8

1 3 dS 4e4 fS S 'g2 ; 1 3 gS 14e 000 Se4 g8 6<f 'dS c4 xd3 8'xd3xd3 9 xgS �xh6 Nikolenkonrkiev Moscow 2 009

14 c3e415 e4xc516 f3xd517 cc4

A222) 10 ..

1 1 d1 xf31 dd313. f3g314 f1e115 e1e5

�f8xh6 d7d5c6xd5

a8c8

e7e6d8f6f6f5f5xh5

Yes White hs given up pwn butthnks to his ctive pieces he is likelysoon to re-estblish mteri equity Therook hs come to powerful position ndis redy thretening the pwn on cS l

though in the event it strikes blow inquite dierent direction

1 5 16 le5g517 c3e418 g5xg7!

h5g6g6f6f6d8

This fntstic move hs become possiblebecuse Blcks whole kingside hs yet towke up

1 8 1 9 e4xf6+0 g7g4

g8f6d8xf6

ublevskyDreev Moscow 2 00S

A223) 1 0. ..1 1 . d1 xf31. dd3

e7e6g8e7

Of course the doubled h-pwns re nodornment to the white position but oneof them controls the importnt squre g6 ll h k h h )



1213. tc3e414 f3215 �c1-d2

te7d5�f8-e77-6

ite s litte more spce nd sligtlyetter development so e is well ble tocount on smll dvntge. Te openingof te gle is not to be fered since teueen on g2 is very good defender

) 5 . . t8-f6

6 e4-e5

Tis stndrd bre ony gins instrengt tns to te ttc on teknigt on f6 .

6 . .. tf6-d7

Chape 3 Whe Exchang afe 3

rises quite often in mny dierent vritions nd now Wite s te ccurtemove

9 c2c4

Wite xes te pwn on c5 preventingte possible scrice ...c5c4 wc wsonce successfuly plyed ginst me byTeimour dbov. n ddition te bisop

on c8 now remins inctive for longtime nd cnnot come into ply eiter ve6 its own pwn is in te wy) nor 6ere te wte pwn is bocng its pt) .

9 �f8-e710. tb1-c3

Wite intends b2-b3 �b2 c1 nd nttc on te pwn on c5 .

fter 6 . d5 7 e ± it is not obvious C) n repy toow lc cn void te trde on d6 fterwic te c-pwns will become we.

7. lf1-e1 d6-d5

f course ere te excnge on e5 fours Wite.

8. d2-d3 e7e6

e ve reced very importnt posif d d f

5 . .. 7-6



The Rm Sc

there folows the sme strong move

6 e4e

with the id of which Whte wnts torek up his opponents pwn structure

6 d6-d5

After 6 �g7 7 e 1 h6 8 exd6 xd69 d3 White hs the etter pwn structurewhich gurntees him positionl dvntge Then py could contnue: 9 �e6 0d2 'c7 1 1 e4 '6 1 2fg5

�d5 nd here insted of the temptingcheck 1 3 d6 s result of which fter1 3 f8 1 4de4 f5 1 5 4 c4 Blckotned resonle ply n Pridorozhnihorokhov Dgomys 2009 very strongws 1 3 g3 ! eginnng hunt for theishop on d5 which is shut in y its ownpwns n this cse Blck would fce difcult defence

7 h2-h3

Typicl py med t restrcting heishop on c8

7. f8-g78 :f1 e1

Whte wshes to crry out the stndrd

8 e7-e6

Bck cn get rid of the wek pwn on c5with 8 ..c4, ut even so er 9.b3 cxb31 0.axb3 h6 .d4 he stil hs serous

proems the min one of which is thelck of spce for his minor pieces Therecould follow 1 1 .. .00 12.�a3 c713.d2 e8 14.c3 � 15.�c5 The remining pwn on c6 does not dorn thelck position ut more importnt stl istht the wekness of the solted pwn on

7 s strting to hve its sy 1 5 ... a6 1 6.g4!�e6 1 7.g5 BklnZuov Ausht2004 Even t gnce it is cler tht thelck pieces re very tied up

9 d2-d310 b2-b311 �c1-a3

tg8-e70-0

impe; White ust wins pwn withoutny troule The c5 pwn cn only e defended y the queen ut then there isd3d4 nd cxd4? cnnot e plyed ecuse of the loss of the knight on e7

1 1 12 �a3xc13 f3xe14 d3-d4

f7f6f6xef8-f

Mrdchrrer Bolzno 2000

D) e7-e

One of the min moves in this position

Blck prevents the thret e4e5 with nron hnd Now White should e veyccurte f he pys pssively (for instnce d3 d2 etc) then Bck wilpy f5 f6 e7 0- 0 nd o

h d h l h



6 c2-c3

hites idea is to meet 6 f5 with 7d4reaing great complications in the centre.Just for he sake of expanding our chesshorzons we wll look at one otherseemingly naural move: 6.nel , afterhch there folows the deadly 6 ...g5!d3 g4 7 . h6 !? 8 c3 �g7 9 �e3 e70a3 f5 1 1 exfS �xfS 1 2 d4 cxd4

13.cxd4 e4 14d2 00 15c 'd7 6f h8 7 g3 g6 Han ChaoNyzhnyk Keer 2007 8.fd2

Analysis diagram

8 .

�g In the followng game Whitemanaged o create rapid play on he

ueenside and obtain a double-edged position: 8 . e7 9 .c3 �g7 1 0 .c4 �e6 b4 cxb4 2 .cxb 0-0 3 �b2 f

Chapter 3 - White Exchanges after 3 d6

Georg Meier

a3 �e6 2 �e3 f5 1 3 exfS xf51 4'a4 'd7 S .ad - Hrsodorescu-Belkhodja Issy Les Moulineaux2004 1 0 ... h5 I .tc4 �e6 1 2. c3 f5

1 3.exB txB 14.a3 as 1 5 .f4 0-0 1 6.'e2a7 17.e5 �xc4! 18.dxc4 �xe5+RozentalisVachier-Lagrave France 2008

01) 6 ... tf602) 6 ... �g4

03) 6 ...04) 6 ..f5



The Rm Sc

a he opponents pawn weaknesses or inthe event of 6 . g4) ges the enemyligh-squared ishop and gradually uildsup he pressure.

D ) 6 g8-f67 :f1-e1

More lively pay resuls after 7.d4! ? cxd48.cxd4 exd4 early in Whites favour is . .xe4 9 e 1 d5 0 .xe5 with numerous threats. 9. xd4 He must takewih he queen from this square she at

tacks the pawns on a7 and d6 and can ifneed e suppor he advance e4-e5. As iswell known the queen can e very powerfulyplaced in the cenre of the oardin cases where she does not come underattack from the enemy ieces and pawns.Whie is promised itle y 9.xd4 c51 0 .3 e7 .c3 00 2 .f4 �71 3 .e 1 e Black has good play againshe e4 pawn and he knigh on 3 ispoorly placed 9 �e7 10.c3 10 .e5 c51 1 .d dxe5 1 2 .xe5 00 wih mutualchances. 1 0 ... 00 1 1 .�gS h6 1 2.4 b813.fd aking the 2 pawn is dangerous ecause of d5 and overall White

has a smal advantage.

78 h-h39. d1xf3

�c8g4g4xf3�f8-e7

Blacks posiion s solid ut passive hehas a poentially ad ishop his pawnstrucure is spoiled and Back can gradually preare an assaul on the queenside.

10 d-d311 b1-a3

0-0f6e8

1 1 . . . 12 .c4 e 13 g4 g61 4�h6 g7 5 .ad 1 e 1 6.d4 cxd41 7 .cxd4 4 . 3 HammerElsnessOso 20 09

1 a3-c4

here is another pan which is also notad involving a awn atack in the cenre: 1 2 .c2 c7 1 3 .d4 cxd4 1 4.cxd4�f6 15. e3 5 1 6.dxe5 xe5 1 7 .a4c7 .d4 and White was slightlyeter in Petrushinugirov Voronezh2009 .

113 bb414 c3xb415 c1-e3

e8-c7c5xb4c7e6

White has a sma positional advantagehis pieces are slighty more activeyplaced and he has chances to aack the



so ossibe is S .. d7 1 6.ac 1 fc817c2 White wishes to doube rooks onthe ce and attack the awn on c6 forexame 1 7 ... ab8 1 8.a �d8 1 9.ecl�b6 20.g4 g6 21.xb6 axb6 22.d4

exd4 2.�xd4 cS?! Back underestimatesthe dager osed by the enemy bishoe shoud have gone into a heavy ieceending after 23 hS 24'd xd42S'xd4 24.�f6 cxb4 2S.axb4 xc26.xc2 a4 27.b2 ubevskyTregu bov Krasnoyarsk 2007

16 a1-c17 f2xe3

�g5xe3d8-d7

ere White did not foow the stereotyped an of doubing on the c-e but

preferred another very strog an

18 e-d1 a8-d819 d3d4 e5xd420 e3xd4 e6-g521 f3f5 g5xe422 f5xd7 d8xd723 c4-a5 f7-f5

24 a5xc6;

ubevskyiviakov Keer 2007 Whitehas a awn maority on the queesideand can quicky organize a dangerous


one can nd a great many interestingideas whist his practica resuts in thisie of the iciian Defence are aso verygood

D2) 6 �c8-g4

This move revents the oening of thegame with d2d4 but Back effectiveyots out of active ay connected with theadvance f herefore White canhead for ositiona channes and begin to

icrease the ressure bit by bit

7 d2-d3

overs of gambit pay can be advised toook into the contiuation 7.h s 8.d4

exd4 9.cxd4 This exchange cannotbe deayed since after 9 cxd4? 1 0 'a4d7 xd4 cS 1 2 bS c81 3 c3 ± White has an obvious advantage 1 0. x cxd4 1 1 .eS dS 1 2.d2 asWhite has a strong attack aer 2 cS1 3 b4 c4 4xc4 �xb4 S d6+

�xd6 6 exd6 f6 1 7 e 1 + <f81 8 e7 but worthy of attentio is themodest 2 'd7 13b3 cS 14�d2c8 1 5 ac 1 Even so here too Whitehas more than sufcient comensation



The Rm Sc

1 4 dxc4? 1 5 'c6 e7 6 �g5 5 td6+ �xd6 6exd6+ 7�f4Pri-Veingod Andorra 1 994

7 g7-g6

S tb1-d2 �fS-g79 h2-h3 �g4xf3

10 td2xf3 tgS-e71 1 �c1g5 0012 d1 a4

An uneasant raid on the queensidethere is a threat to exchange on e7 winning the pawn on c6

12 .. f7f6

Of course such a move is the ast thing

one wants to ay but it is not cear howese the aw can be saved

13 �g5-e314 d3d415 c3xd4

h7-h6c5xd4

Back has ve pawns on the 6th rank andamost a of them offer a convenient object of attack

1 5 d6d5

This attemt to muddy the waters runsinto a sime refutation.

16 dxe5 f6xe517 �e3c5

After ths move it becomes obvious thatBack wi not manage to defend a of his

weaknesses and ater managed to winBoogan-Kravtsov Vadivostok 1 99 5

D 3 ) 6 tgSe7

Preparing £ f5 but this is sow because White immediatey continues

7 d2d4

Now after a exchanges on d4 Back remains with two weak awns on d6 andc6 and wi not be abe to ay -f5He therefore has t o go over t o defence ofthe awn on e5

7S tb1a3

te7-g6�fS-e7



11 . f1 xd112. tf3-e1

�c8-a6

lck hs wek pwns on c5 nd c6 ndhite cn simply strengthen his position

12.13. d1xd8+14. te1-d3

a8d8e8xd8

A sml trick t is cler tht now14 �xd3 1 5 d c4? fils to 1 6 xc4n White wins pwn

14 .. c5-c4

viler-Zvigintsev Moscow 2005 Andhere White could hve plye 1S.td3cS

cS 16.�e3cS with cler dvntge

4) 6 . f7f5


With this move very shrp n interesting vrition of the ossolimo begins Of his rst six moves Bck hsmde ve with pwns This sounds likenonsense but oserve Blck hs powerful pwn centre nd cn seriouslycount on seizing the inititive Hewishes to tke control of the centre tonce n then clmly complete his eveopmentlery White must py very ccurtelyn energeticy so s to revel the

drk side of his opponent s ie

41) 7.d442) 7.exf5

D 4 1 ) 7 d2-d4

411) 7. cxd4412) 7.. .fxe4

D4 1 ) ust on generl considertionsof opening ply opening up dditionlines shoud ply into Whites hnds becuse he is hed in development

7. c5xd48 c3xd4

n the event of 8exf5 xc3 9xc3�xf5 White shoul hve compenstion for the pwn but he cn hrly pretend to ny dvntge; fter ll Blck hs

two ishops nd lot of pwns in thecentre

8.

9 tf3g5f5xe4d6-d5

f



The Rm Sc

f Blac does not show sucient caution he can end up on the receiving endof a miniature: 9exd4 10.xe4 d51 1 . h5 + d7 O for a wa pursuedby a convoy! 12.g5 h6

Ay dgm

13.e6! The smart computer easily putsits nger on the weaness of Blacs position 1 3...xe6 1 4e + d6 Bad is1 4 d7 1 5 g5 'b6 1 6 e815.�xh6 f6 He loses immediately after1 5 gxh6 1 6 'e5 c5 1 7 'xh81 6.�g5 B 1 7.d2 h6 1 8. or justone pawn, White has a very strong attac

10 d4xe5 �fS-e711 d1a4!

ust in time: by opening a second front

11 . �e7xg5

elatively best f 1 1 'b6 the ight on g5 no longerhangs, and White can calmly continue tobring out his pieces 1 2 c3 'a61 3 'd b8 1 4f3 e3 1 5 �xe3 h6 6 'd2 A Kovacevic-ercec Zupanja2009 ; The move 1 1 �d7 alows White immediatey to create favourable complications: 12e6 �xg5 3exd7 xd7

4d 1 the immediate 4 c 3 is asogood) 14 c7 1 5 c3±; The move 1 . �b7 loos extremelyrisy removing control from the squaree6 After 1 2 e6 'c8 1 3 xg7 1 3 .f4) 1 3 f7 4.h5 f5 5 g3 'xe5 6e3 f6 73± theblac ing will fee extremely uncomfortable

12 �c1xg513 f2-f314 f1 xf3

dS-c7e4xf3

With materia equaity, White has seriouspressure on the opponents position, and

the presence of opposite-coloured bishops only maes things worse for Blac

D412) 7 f5xe4S tf3-g5



41 21) S . d541 22) S . exd4

41 2 1 ) Very shrp vritions rise fter

S d6-d59 d4xe5

ut on the whole py in this line turnsout in Whites fvour for exmple :

9 �fSe7

r 9 .e7 1 0 4 �b7 1 1 c4±

0 d1a4

importnt resource the btte nowges over the whoe bord Howeverso good is the more modest 1 0 c4! ?g5 1 1 .h5 g6 1 2 xg5 xg513 g5 h6 1 4.�h4 g5 1 5 �g3 e71 c3

0 . dSb6

lck is redy to meet the enemy queened on to oer trnsposition into n endge but even without queens problemsein However other continutions pper even more cheerless: 1 0... c7 1 1 .c4 1 �xg5 1 2 �xg5 d4 1 3 .d2±.1 dS S 1 2 h gS 3 d6 � d6

Chape 3 Whe Exchanges ae 3 . .6

ful compenstion for the queen it is simply impossibe to understnd how Bckwill complete his development 1 ..�14.xe4 e4 here is no escping fte on the queenside the blck kng lso runsinto mting net 14 0-0-0 15 d6xd6 1 6 exd6 xd6 1 7 dxc6 lS.d6! S d7 1 6xe4 000 1 7 f4 �h48.�e3 6.xe4 dreev ljin Miupol 20 06 The position is lso very dngerous forck fter 1 0 �d7 1 1 e6 �xg5

1 2 exd7 xd7 1 3 c4!± 11 c3c4!

ess convincing is this ine recenty seenin tournment prctice 1 d 1 f81 2 .c4 h6 1 3 cxdS �xgS 1 4.c3 f5°Pvsovic-eblo Nov Goric 20 1 0

1 1 b6a6

1 1 h6 1 2cxdS �xgS 1 3 c3 14xe4±.

12. a4b313. b3xb 714. b1-c3

a6-b7�cSxb7

The endgme is unplesnt for ck hist tl i d f



The Rm Sc

D4122) S e5xd49 tg5xe4

By scricing pwn White chieves ndvntge in development whist the enemy ing is weenedBlc must ply very ccurtely in orderto complete his development t the minimum possible cost

9 . .. �fSe7

Bc cnnot ignore the threts ong theopen ele nor cn e ssume tht hising wi feel completey sfe on f7 No quiet life is promised by 9 . . �f51 0 3 g6 1 1 .cxd4 cxd4 1 2.e 1 with slight dvntge for White;

n the vrition 9tf6 10el txe4White hs lsting dvntge er1 0 . f7 1 1 .cxd4 cxd4 1 2 .xd4 d51 3 .bc3 xe4 1 4xe4 �e7 1 5 c5�f6 1 6 f4 e8 1 7 �e3 e71 8 .c 1 KomliovGsnov erpuhov 2004 1 1 xe4+ The white roo tr

verses te fourth rn elegntly l thewhile creting unplesnt threts nd notlowing Blc to stbilize the positionfor instnce: 1 1 12cxd4 dS1 3 f4+ g8 1 4dxcS �xcS I Stc3 gS

� � �

10 f1-e1

ess convcg is 10d4 d4 1 0 . f61 1 xf6+ 6 1 2.e 1 + 1 3 .dxc5dxc5 14c2 e8 1 5�e3 g8 16.c3;1 0 . �f5 1 1 .bc3 f6 1 2 .xf6+ 613.e+ 14dxc5 d5 GuerreroodriguezGonzlez Zmor Monterey20 1 0) 1 5 .�f4 e8 1 6. xe8 xe81 7.d2 d7 1 8 .�g5 �e5 1 9.e2 e820.d4) 1 1 xd4 on ccount of1 1 tf6 1 2txf6+ 6 1 3 el +

14d3 b8 1 4 .d5 1 5 c3 1 6 �f4h6 1 7 .�e5) 1 S �f4 xb2 16d6+ 1 7ta3 e8 18tc4 bS

10 �cSf511 �c1-g5

Blc cs tempo to solve is openingproblems.

11 �e7xg5

1 1 . �xe4 1 2 xe4 d5 1 3 e 1 c3

1 4xc3 d6 1 5 .�xe7 xe7 1 6 .e4g6 1 7 xc5 00 1 8 xe7 d61 9 e 1 xc5 20 .c1 ±.

12 te4xd6+13 td6xf5

eS-fSdSd5



14 d1-g4 �g5f615 c3xd4 g7g616 f5e3 d5xd417 b1c3 d4xg4

1S e3xg4omiakov -Gischuk Nizhi Novgood998

) 7 e4xf5!

421) 7f6422) 7�xf5

1 7 gS-f6?S d2d4

h ds o op th ct ad siv

o a attack o th my kig at 8hch has o y maagd to scap toh kgsid

S c5xd4

sucit s 8 9 1 �x5 0c5 ! (utilisig th act that h

is pid Whit succds i bakig up h my paw stucu)0 dxc5 1 1 xd8+ xd8 1 5 dyysGschuk Rykjavik 000)3 d�7 1 dc 15 �3

Chape 3 Whe xchge afe 3 d6

Lss pomisig is 0h �7

10 . d6d5

Wak is 0 �x5 1 3 Whit watsto op th postio ad ca a attacko h my kig stuck i th ct sms that acks bst chac is to givup a paw with 3 but th at1�x3 �7 13c3 0-0 1gWht simply has a xta paw ad thmo pomisig positio

11 f2-f3

Oc aga Whit ts to op th postio

ad cla h - th vt o

1 e6 �xe6 1 2e6 d6 play taks oa mo smiclosd chaact which

plays ito acks hads: 13 3 �g 5�7 ! 1 3 �e7 1 4c3 xe6 1 5 e4dxe4 1 6e2 00 1 7�g5 h6 1 8�h4ad8 19ad fe8 20fe 0�g3c5 20 c5 2 1 �xf6 �xf6 22dxc5xd 2 3xd �xc3 24bxc3 e3

421 1 ) 11 �e7421 2) 1 1 �xf5421 3) 1 1 h6

D 1 ) 11 �fS-e7



The Rm Sc

14. 'd1a4

he stongest continuation. Wite doesnot huy to win the pawn on e andpostpones the check on the a2-g8 diagona Now he attacks the c pawn keepinghe check in eseve.

14 \g8h8

n eply to 14 b8 White does give

check S'c4+! 5 .e �xe xec8 1 7 .xa7 xe 1 8 a b.S dS 16gxe4 xB 17xB �xB1 8g3 �g6 1 9'xc6

White has won two pawns and shoud beabe gadualy to extinguish his opponents initiative. Fo example 1 9 .b20 c+ h8 2 1 d2 2 2 .d5 d323ce xb2 2c �d+ 25.�

15 'a4c4

al the same ceating the unpleasanttheat o 7 + Less is pomised by 5 h b 1 .e xe 7 .xe

ad8 o 1 5 .xc xd+ .h�d7 7 .a e 3

15 f6d516 'c4xc617 b2xc318 'c6-d5

d5xc3�c8d7

An impotant move now i lack takesthe knigt on g 5 then White exchangesbishops and wins back te bisop on d7oug ack as compensation o tetwo saciced pawns it is not sucient.

D212) 11 �c85

12 f3xe4

he bishop on 5 comes unde attack notonly om the pawn but also om teook and teeoe lack must take on e

wit the bisop12 �f5xe413 b1c3

What to say about this position? With



The Rm Sc

ansing th night to th blocadsua 3 is too slow 9.te d5 10.tc2tf6 I I .te3 �g6 1 2.b3 �d6Kaspaova-Kostn Mtz 007 ut 9.e d5 (Khuschiov-imoshno appll la Gand 00)1 O.te5 dsvs attntion Also vy pomising is th pic sacic suggstd by Rublvsy: 9.dxc5 ex10.'x e6 1 0 . d7 I J + <d g dS (havzAbu uan Dsdn 00 ) 1 3 b h 1 gxS xS

1 S g3 ± 11 .el

Ay dgm

Whit has xcnt compnsation o thbishop with two pawns and mai withlo is pics uicy com nto play and

gathng ound th blac kng wich hasnowh to id 1 1 . .. d7 1 . . ' d71 S ! th pin on th -l is vy unplasnt Whil lac tis to tanglWhit bng lo s pics into play g 1 . <7 1 3 d 1 cxd+ <d( 1 <xd SS+ <7 .

1 'xd IS <d7 1aS±)I SaS+ <c 1 .c d 7 a+<b I .xd xd 1 9 .�3 d70d b7 1 .+ <c c!� 3x+ .+ �d7

' � '

9 d6-d5

As usual Whit is to opn cnAt 9 1 0 x 1 'x! �d71 . Wit has a song attac g1 7 ( dS 3 x+ x1 hS+ g I S S + 7 1 dxcS±)1 3 x+ hn Fan-Wi hnpnguzhou 00 1 + < I S cS 1 3 dS 1 7 d±

10 f2f3

A typica ba in th Rossolimo ystmwhich is sn spciay otn in th vaiation with . . . S and . ..

1 0. 11. f1-e1

1 2. td2-f1

e4e3�fS-d6

tgS-e7

Wippmann Mioshnichno Gmanyundsliga 0 0S /0

13 jc1xe314 c3xd4

15 tb1-c3

c5xd40-0

lac dos not appa to hav much compnsation o th pawn.



9 c3xd4 e5e4

10. d1-c2!

extemely stong move e ueenot oy attacks te pawn on c but alsois te e pawn wic will be attackedi once Wite bings is knigt to c3

1 0 . a8-c8

e altenative is 1 0tf6 1 1 gS dS11 c8 2 c3 dS 3 e 3e7 S xe dxe 1 ad ± 12xc6+7 13 xf6 xc6 1 4 xd8 exlS�c7 d7 16 eS g2 1 7xg2;ite as a clea exta pawn Maybe tecious deence ca save al a point o

lck but e is cetainly goig to ave tosue a good deal

11 tf3-g5

ite teatens to take te e pawn witte knigt and answe 1 2 dS wit3 d+

11 tg8-f6

' 2 xe 'g 1 3 e d7'e2 e8 I S bc3 1 x+gx 1 7 e3 ± Yandemioviiukov


Ay dgm

ISe2!; A vey subtle uee manoeuve Now i ack takes te knigt ten

Wite captues te bisop wilst otewise te knigt wil obtain a suae at eo 3 On 15 xb tee is te intemediate move 16te6 1 d5 1 2 th6 Fo 2 see1 1 3e4 dxe4 (oyu-HalasAntalya 200) 14x! anks to tisexcange sacice Wite develops extemely stong pessue on te enemyking tapped in te cete 1 4 txISxe4+ te7 16t3 Wite as antastic compensation o te small mateialinvestment as lack can adly manage tocomplete is development 1 d7 12b3 d5 1 2 13xe

and ten Wite will egain te piecewit an advantage 13 We ave aleadyencounteed tis idea seveal times Nowate 1 3h6 tee ollows a nice tick:



The Rm Sc

14.e4 de4 15+! 16.f7 1 7.f5 + f6 1 8.c 3 e6195 lack has wak paws on a7 c6and which a vy dicult to dnd

1 b1c3

h immdiat 1 ? also looks intsting o instanc 1 'b6 (at1 d5 1 3 c3 w ach a position consdd blow) 1 3 'd x3 J x3

1 . d6d5

12 ...d7 13.e2 133 x3 1b3 d51 5 x3 �d6 and lack has managdto scu his kng, which mans that hhas an accptabl position 1 3.�e71 3 d5 13 14.ce4 e4 15e4

13 3

13 . �5g6

lack tis to hold th point thn

unplasantnss avs om th othsid 1 3 d7 14.e4 Also good is 7 1 5 x dx 1 6c d57 gx 0 0 8 �g5± 14 ...de41 �x 1 5 gx dx 6�3 �7

Sgy Tiviov

cap om th cnt 1 5 ...g6 1 5 xd+

1 6 h 1 5 �g6 16 J �71 7 cx x 8 x h6 9 J 1hxg5 0 �xg5 xd+ 3 ±1 6.e 1 And th pawn gos anywaPossibl thn is 1 6 7 17g h61 8 gx5 hxg5 9 xg6±

14 f3xe4 h7h6

1 dx 1 5 �3±

15. g5e6 d8d716 e64



impotant move which White had tooresee ealie Howeve also good is x8 x8 1 7 �4±

16 . �g6h7

the evet o �xe4 1 7 xe4 dxe48c4± the weakness o the lightsares o the black kingside has its say

17 c2e2

lso ot bad is 1 7 d I o instance:1 7 dxe4 1 8 h5 e ( 1 8 .d5

9e2±) 19.�e3 xh5 20.xh5+ 21 'a5

17 .. d5xe4

1 7 xe 1 8 xe4 dxe 1 9h5+.

18 f4h5!

ter his stong move it becomes evidentthat lack is in a bad way He needs twotempi in orde to castle but White has already ceated dangeous theats o example 1 9x

1819 c1e320 h5xf6+

d7xd4+d4e5g7xf6

ow lack has an extra pawn but it

Chape 3 Whe Exchang afe 3 d6

21 e2a6

egey iviakov pointed out anothegood possibility o White 2 1 ad 1 ± .

21 �h7-f5Hopeless is 2 1 c 22� 'c5+23 h e7 24.ad

22 f1f223 a1f124 'a6xa7±

�f8e7�f5e6

iviakovMaiu Dresden 2007.

White has managed to asten onto thebishop on e 7 and does not alow lack tocomplete his development normally

Cnn

As peope ae accustomed to say nowadays tanks to moden technology ©

the captue on c has been lly ehabilitated o White lack ties to eply5 e5 ollowed by 5 then by pecise

play White can tap the enemy king inthe cente he uietest way or lack is5 �g4 whee he is able to complete hisdevelopment but White obtains in compensation a small advantage and most



Capter 4 - White astles aer 3 . . .d6

1. e2e4 c7c5 2. tg1f3 tb8c6 3.f1b5 d7d6 4 . 00

I sd to play tis twnty yars ago and ten stoppd but rcntly ave returned tot mov Nowadays new idas av ben ound or Wite wc ave brougt imd practical rsults

A) 4 .�g4B) 4... �d7

will not discuss te mov 4 a ? sc atr 5�xc+ bxc w rac a po

stn rom te precdng captr wit xtra tempo or Wit ter captrd th knigt voluntarily whreas hereack has spent a move provoking tisth a

) R-moving t bisop rom th

ensid is qut risky4 .5. h2h36. c2-c3

�cS-g4?g4h5a7-a6

ad or example is 8 a 9�a b5 becaus o 0 xb5 axb5 1 1 xbS witvery strong treats tn 7 d4 dS ? 8 'a4 ± wita very strong attack t lack o teligtsquard bishop on th quensid is

clearly elt 7. �b5xc6S. d2-d49 c3xd4

b7xc6c5xd4e7-e6

On 9 unpleasant is 1 0 �g 5

10. b1-c3 gS-f611 'd1-a4

Onc agan would draw te readrs attention to th act that this mov as bcome possibl bcause te bisop romc8 is on h5 and cannot help in th d



The Rm Sc

2. tf3-d2!

A typical manouv undlinng thpntlssnss o th nmy bishops postiononh5Whit thatns to play c anddvlop stong pssu ov th wholboad

12. c6c

y oing th xchang o quns lacksomwhat ass th pssu on his position but in doing so h ags to spoihis pawn stuctu No dos this movcontibut anything to solving th poblms o th light-squad bishop n th vnt o 1 dS 1 eS tg8

Wht succds in blockadng th nmyqunsid: 14tb �g6 ISaS e716ta4 GubnitskyGll co 1 98; 1 �g6 thn by th mov 1f4Whit stats to hunt down th bishopNow at pactcally any mov th ollows 5 Fo xampl 1 h6 14

ex Sex �h7 nidntally th pawncannot b takn 1 5 �x5 1 x5x5 7 xc+ 16tc4 MDsitln-Lukin Lningad 1 97 5 1 �e7 1 g4 �g6 1 4f4 h6 S

h b h l d

13. d4xc d7xa414. tc3xa4 d6xc1 f2-f3 a8d816 td2-c4 �f8e7

17 ce3;h bishop on h5 s wholly xcluddom play whch hlps Whit to wok onth nmy waknsss on th qunsid

) 4 �c8-d7 f1-e

usualy bgin with this mov although5 c3 1 is also possibl with atansposition to th main lin

. .. tg8-f6

S a6 th bishop cannot tat to abcaus o b5 and 7 c tho6�xc6 �xc6 and h thanks to th actthat th pawn s dndd Whit canpay 7d4 cxd4 8txd4 tf6 n th vaiation 8 c8 9 c 1 0 c3 1 1 b3

�7 1 xc xc 1 3 �b Whit alsohas a small advantag h contols mospac and can xt pssu aganst thpawn on d 9txc6 bxc6 10 Athis dvloping mov lack must cko



an b a tagt o th whit pics at aonvnint momnt 2.d2 �e7.c4 An xclnt squa o thknight om h it not only attacks hawn on d but aso contols th squasa and b t is impotant to not thatak cannot chas th knight away witht mov ddS bcaus o th oss ot S pawn 1 3... 00 4.�g5 e8(asisiuRadovanovic uchast 2002)5.�xe7 'xe7 6.ad j lack acs unasant poblms h has to dnd th

awn on d but th knight on 8 is noaonmnt to his position t is itslaypacd and also hamps th cooination o th ooksn playing th Rossolimo ystm Whtsould not always b a catu o habit it is usul to vay ons stup omtim to tim n od to hind th opponnts hom ppaation

) 6h3) 6c3

) 6 h2h3

h ida o this mov is to tain his h d b h ( l

Chape Whe Cae afe 3 d6

H a mass o movs has bn id and wil do my bst to consid most o thm

1 1 ) 6 ... e6

1 ) 6 ...e51 3) 6 614) 6 ...c815) 6 a6

S thn 7c3 �7 8d 00 9dSb8 0� Whit wants to tak on S

and at dSd obtain th pai o bshops Anoth ida consists o c3 -c andc3 stngthning his spac advantag

1 ) 6 .. e7-e6

Modst and vy soid ack wil put hisbishop on 7 and in th vnt o c2-c3and d2d will xchang pawns and play ddS obtaining a Fnchstyl pawnstuctu in th cnt Th dawback oth mov is that it is compaativly sow

7 c2c3

7 .. �f8-e7

h simpliying manouv 7 ... e5 ish d � '



The Rm Sc

and th pawn maining on cS uth sticts th dak-squad bishop hcould ollow 2 dS 1 3 g3 (not aowing th advsay to cast qunsidsinc in this cas Wit would win thxchang with 1 4�h) 3 g 43 (but now qunsid casting isalso impossibl bcaus o th loss o th pawn) 14 c 1 S a3 (ooganiviakov Mamaia 1 99 1 )1 d ! ? 0 -0 -0 7 c4 b ( 1 7 b4xd+ xd 19 2) xd+

t is usul to incud this xchangwhist quns a on th boad so lackcannot captu with th ook on dWhit wil thn xchang on c and spoilis opponnts pawn omation .cxd4d5 2.e5 te4 3.td2 txd2 4.�xd2

Ay d gm

t is not so simpl o lack to compthis dvopmnt Fo xamp in py to 4 7 Whit has an unpasant spons with 1 S g 3 and qunsid cas

ting is impossibl bcaus o hwinning th xchang

8 d2d49 c3xd4

10 e4xd5

c5xd4d6d5

dop a pawn bd2? xd2 1 2 xd2xS

1011 tb1-c3

tf6xd5td5xc3

1 0-0 1 2 xdS xdS 3 4 4d2 b 1 S �xc �xc S!

12. b2xc3 0013 �b5d3

Mamdov-aanu udva 2003 n thbattl against th nmy pawn-pai

lacks mino pics (spcialy hislightsquad bishop) a not wpacd Howv his position mainsquit solid

12 ) 6 tc6e5

With th aid o this small tick lackwishs to oc th xchang o on andthn sval pais o mino pics

7 a2a4

Whit invits his opponnt to xchangon bS in od to obtain th smiopal Also wothy o attntion is 7xSxbS c3 dxS 9 xbS d7 1 0 a3 1 c4 d 1 2 a4 Pdojvic



8 b5xd7+ tf6xd79. tf3xe5 td7xe5

10 dd3 g7g61 1 tb1c3 �f8g7

1 f-f4 te5-c613 f4-f5

damsBanias Haiii 2002. W hava typica situation in wich Whit has asa initiativ on th ingsi.

13) 6 g7-g67 cc3

7 �f8g7

aicay int stuctu aiss at eS 8 x7+ t7 9txeS xeS

9 . . . 5 1 0.4. 03! g7 e300 22 c7 3'b3 8 4aa6 lSa4 ab8 6a3 bS 7bS bS18c4! Pojvic-anovic Pua 2005.Back is soi but without pospct.

8 d-d4 0-0

atnativ is 8 4 9cx4 S(Byn-taisi stanb 2003) but at10eS it not b asy to bing thishop on g7 to i .g. 0 te4 �300 2t2 x2 1 2 . . .5 1 3 .6 6

Chapter 4 White Castles afte 3 . .d6

9 d4xc5? d6xc510 aa4

Whit contos th cnt btt an canvop an initiativ on th unsi.hans to this h has a sma but stabavantag.

1 0 a7a6

t 1 0 6 1 1 . 2 Whit os not

n to a 1 1 . . .a5 sinc h has thcount-ai 1 2 . g5 b3 1 3 .6 61 4.a3 c 1 5 .c c7 1 6.2.

11 b5-f11 e4e513 tb1a3

c6-a5tf6e8te8c7

asp-upichik Bunsiga 1997/98.

14 �c1-e3 tc7-e615 ta3c4 ta5xc41 6 f1 xc4

B14) 6 ... a8cS?



The Rm Sc

7 c2-c3 e7e6

he shap claication 7 . . .eS 87 +7 9 .4 c4 0 c4 c 1 ! (thisechange is one of the ieas of the move6 . . 8) 1 1 c 1 3 oes not solve allBacs pobems : 1 2 .e3 e 11 3 e 1 e6 1 4c3 e7 Rowsonemoinsy, Phiaelphia 2002

S. d2d4 c5xd49. c3xd4 d6d5

10 e4-e5 f6-e41 1 . b1d2 e4xd212. �c1xd2

1 2. ... dSb6

Peojevicaacz, Playchess 2004 Winning a pawn hee is angeous:1 2 eS 1 3 eS bS 1 4hS witha stong initiative fo White. n eseveae such moves as ac1 gS an theblow e6

13 �b5a4 �fS-e7

Bac cannot tae the cental pawn because of 13 . 4 14.7+ 71 S .e3 + 1 6. White egainsthe pawn an ceates unpleasant

White soliy efens the pawn on 4an soon wishes to establish a ueen anbishop battey aong the b -h7 iagona

14. ...

O 1 4 . 0-0 1 S c2

15. �a4-c2?16. b2xc317. e1-e3

�e7-b4I?

�b4xc3c6e7

White intens gS , hS eveloping aninitiative on the ingsie (Peojevic)

B S ) 6. .. a7-a67 �b5f1

151) 7..e51 52) 7.g51 53) 7. e6

White is bette afte 7 . . g6 8.c3 g7 9.4c4 1 0.c4 0-0 1 1 c3 .

B 5 1 ) 7 ... e7e5

Now the pawn stuctue emins one ofthe panish, an White begins to play in



9 d2d4

9 d8-c7

lck stenghens conto ove the squaed6 d avoids the smal echanging opetio which becomes possible ate:•00 I.dS a7 Nothing is changed by1 b8 1 e 5 ! . I l .txeS! typicalde thnks to which White obains thesop pi I I dxeS 1 2.d6 �6 1 3.dxe77 14 .2 tS he kight heas od6 to attack the e4 pawn. lS.td2 d6.3 Opening the bshops pat to a3 inode to ttack the queen on e7 and ooko 8 . 1 6 ... fe8 1 7.�a3 6 1 8.4! 7.S tdS 20.�l xS Bad is

cS because o 2 1 c4!± wihto theats �e3 an a2a4 olowed by3 2l.t3 te6 22.taS �d7 23.4ceHacek eloss 2 002

10 d4-d5 c6-d8

10 . aS (ookinhepanov

es 200 S ) the lineopening by 1 b4! is unpeasant: 1 1 cb4 1 2 cb4c4 13b2 d2 14�d2 00 S d3 olowed by e3 d2 estabisig unpeasant pessue on the

d

Chapte 4 Whte Castes ate 3 d6

Fiing the enemy pawns.

1 1 . 012 tb1a3

nothe plan aso deseves atenion:1 2 aS ! e8 1 3 bd2 S 1 4.�3 e4 S e4 7 1 6 .c4 6 1 7 c2 e418�e4 h6 9e2 c8 20 .bkachievDvoiys Bie 2003 .

1 2 b7-b6

1 2 .e8 1 3 c4 S Whie can eploi

the weakening o the diagona a2g8 bymeans o 1 4.b3 ! e4 I S .b6 b81 6eS ! .

13 b2b4

1 3 .. td8-b7

t is vey angeous o Black to echangeon b4 because then Whte will set upsong pessue along the ope cle. Hewil have availabe o eample the sadad pan o an echange sacice on c6

ate the pepaatoy b4bS and �e3 14 �c1-d2 g7-g615. b4b5

White es the weakness on b6 and wil



The Rossolmo Scl

15 16 a3c417 3h2

a6-a56h5

iangchuan-Rajabov B 2002 .

1 7 h5g71S h2-g4 gS-hS19 g4h6 752 e45 g6521 1d3±

B52 7 g7-g5

n ingnious ov b saccing apawn Bac wishs to cat copications on th ngsi h ost snsibcision h is to cin th sacic.

S d2d49 d4d5

g5g4g43

9 . .5 1 0 .5 5 .hg4 g4 2 .3 7 1 3 .3 c7 1 4.2VasuovGutan bisi 1 9 79 .

1 d5c6 d7c6

11 'd13

Pactic shows that Wht has a poising position o ap:

11 e7e6

7 1 7 .a3 000 8 b4 PuaVucovic Vnjaca Banja 2 005 .

12 b1c313 c14

Se7hS-gS

1 3 . . .b5 4a a7 53 7 6 55 1 7 5 ± Baan-ioshnoEnaivo 997 .

14 a1-d115 a2a3

gSg6'dSc7

as-Haouch ipo 2004 HWhit shou pa 1 6 . g 3 oow byb2-b4 obtaning th avantag.

B 5 3 7 e7e6

noa voping ov at wchWhit os bst to uit sz th cn



8 c8 94 c4 0 c4 S I I S 4122 2 3 2

9. d2d41 c3d4

c5d4d6-d5

wis Wit hims wi pay 4-S a i wi b ha o th igh on c6 is a ocaion han o is coag on 6

11 e4e5

sting pay aiss om 1 S

xS 2 c3 0 0 3 S S(ziu-Facni Psov 999 44i coms p with a ath unc pan h wants to ans th om a 3 to h unsiad oc h waning mov b7 bS Bac as an answ: 4 b61 S 3 ! 6 6 b3 a7 Bac has aa pay h has n th b7 pawnsiy an ca pssu agains haw on 4

11 . t6e4

12. b1d2!?

impst cision guaantingi a sma avanag

Chapte 4 Whte Cae afte 3 d6

t 3 00 1 43 6 I S c3 1 6 6 x6 1 7 c2 Whit has svapomising pans g a4 oow by hchang on c6 an poiing th waS-sua o 3 with th ia at· g 7-g 6 o avancing h4-hS ; 3 aS thn possib is 143c4 5 c3 c8 (Piua -Vucovic Vogosca 200 7 1 6 c b6 7 b3

14 1d3!?

Lss is pomis by 43 0 0 o

4 b3 bS I S ac 0-0 6 3 b6 7 3 S 1 8 6 6= Piotopaov Moscow 200 n th suting Fnch-sy posiionWhis chancs a somwha bt

14 -

n Natapov-Pizan Dubna 2000 in pyo 1 4 \6 Wit sy stngthnh pawns on b2 an 4 wth 15ic3an hn gauay gan to haass thnmy pics on th unsi 1 5 a5I S b4 6 gS ! ; I S b4 6 b1 6a3 00 1 7ic2 Othwis th bacing cou com un attac 18e6

i6 19d3 g6 20ia4! a Witns h bat o h y suas S

15. d2c3



ida o this mov is asy to undtad Black wants to pvnt his oppot paying d2d4, sinc in this cas,ack wi tak n passant and not alowis opponnt to stabish a pai o pawnsi t cnt. t th sam tim, though,t mov is vy committa. Whit willtat th ishop to c2 and thn chalg th c4 pawn with 2-b3. Blackxags on b3 , thn Whit obtains aig aw cnt h dos not tak, butts to dd th c4 pawn with th

ov 7bS, thn Whit hims xags o c4 and stngthns th ps against th pawn with th movsa3 and ' 2. n this cas, th is a gatoability that Back wi os th pawn

) 8h3) 8.�c

1 ) 8. hh3

is intsting mov is oy ust comig oula, but has aady scod wl

8. ... e7e5

o th most natual plans involvs

Che 4 Whe Ce e 3 .

on b2 and c3 undamntay stict thactivity o th g7 bisho. Th can olow: 9.�c2 �g7 10.3 5 O cous, hdos not want to giv up th cnt without a ght 1 0 .cx3 I I axb3 0012 .d4. l 1 .xc4 so good is 1 1 .2cxb3 1 2 .axb3 00 1 .d4 o 1 1 . . . hS12 bxc4 b4 13 a3. 1 1 . . .xc412.ta3 ta5 13.e5 O 13.2 001 4.xc4 �bS 1 S d3 xc4 1 6 dxc4 d71 7 d 1 c b 1 . 1 3 ...dxe514.txe5 c8 15.d4 I S .b 0 0

1 6.xd7 xd7 1 7 d4 cxd3 I xd3c. 1 5 cxd3 16.�xd3 Th othcaptu 1 6 .'xd3 ads to th win o apawn, ut th un is too a away omth cnt o vnts, and Back otainsuly aduat play: 1 6 . . . 00 17 .'xa6�6 .�b2 dS 1 9 .ad a 20d3'b6 onca-Pavlovic, jublana 2003.1 6 0 0 1 7.�xa6 xc3 18.�2 c519.txd7 txd7 20.�xg7 xg7 21.ctc6 2 2.�5 85 9.c2 e5 (ipOvsvich,Padubic 1 999) 10.d3 n th st pac,Whit gts id o th pawn on c4, whichcams his dvlopmnt, and thn h

bgins opations on th unsid:1 0...cxd3 1 1 .xd3 �e7 1 2a4 12 .�gS�6 13.d2 00 14a4 4 1 S�3 xc31 6.bxc3 aS 1 7 �x6 �x6 I �dS.1 2. . .4 1 3.td2 0 0 14.tc4 c7 1 5.�e3�e6 1 6.t6 a8 1 7.xa6

9 dd4

Dict, but not bad. Th oth pan involvs th bak against th c4 pawn omth sid. 9 .�c2 �7 1 0d4 cxd3 1 1 d3h6 1 2 .c4 h7 1 3 .b3 . Wt has sizd



The Rossolimo Siili

x3+ x3 gS 6 b2 21 7% 4 1 8g3 gS 9S 620 a3 4 2 3 c6 22 b gS23 4

Ay dgm

24 %x4 O cous this xchang sacic is a om oc, an on th owing movs both sis hav vaious igssions i not uot this gam a

i pcisy in o to mphasiz thistypica vic th xchang sacic on4 24 x4 2SS xS 26cxS 0-027x6 %8 283 x6 29x6x + 30 x otsuL PtosianMoscow 20 09

9 . c4d3

1 c1-g5 h7-h61 1 g56 'dS612 'd1d3 Se713 b1-d2

1 3 '6g6

h chaact o th batt is not changmuch at 3 bS 4b3 0-0 S

14 d2c4 d7h315 3h4 e7h416 'd3h3 h4-e717 c4-b6 aSdS1S b6d5 :dSd719 a4b3 h6h52 e1e3 g6g421 'h3g4 h5g422 b3d1 ;

Bakan-Oksinko Potava 2008

B22 S a4c2

221 S:

222 S e5223 Sg4224 S g4

n py to th vy shap mov 8 g5Whit ignos th sacic an tis toobtain an avantag in th cnt 9b3 g41 04 x4 1 1 cx4 cxb3 2axb3

h 9 b



fouth an 9 . . cb3 (if h ns paw with 9 . bS thn h can soond himsl losing matial 0 ab3g7 1 .4 PaclMal Buapst 1 99 1 .

221) a-clac stats stngthning th c4 pawn inadvac

9. b2-b3 b7-b51 a2-a4

impotat mov: Whit astns onto

S paw a can lat op th alfo his oos. n aition Whit cag his night to a3 a immiatlyaac two pawns on c4 a bS. his isalso a typical ia which it is usul tommb.

1 e7-e6

11 b3-b4

istig momt. Whit cis tococtat his attntion on th bS pawnf 1 a3 Blac ualizs th chacs byas of 1 . . cb3 1 2 .b3 b4

11

12 b1-a3

13 d2-d4

�f-e7

-

Chapte 4 te Castles after 3 6

un attacing th pawn on bS an atth sam tim itnig gS an 4Swith mating thats. Bac os not ta passant (as happns in th gam thnWhit obtains th btt chancs thansto his avantag in spac an pponanc in th cnt.

13 'd-b614 �c1g5 f-d15 'd1-d2 �d7-e16 d4-d5 c6-e517 tf3-d4;

].Polga-Bu Xiangzhi Bilbao 2 007 .

B222 e7-e59 b2-b3

9 ... b7b5

9 . . cb3 0 . ab3 7 1 .4 41 2.4 00 3 .a3 8 4.2 s.Balogh-Bobas Busliga 200 9/ 1 0

1 tb1-a3

11 d2-d412 �c2xd3

c6-a5

c4xd3�f-e7

2 .6 3 b4 c6 14 c2 7 1 S . a4.

13 c3-c4



The Jm Sc

13 b5-b4

An attempt to give pay a semi closedcharacter. et us ook at other possibitiesfor ack 1 3...xc4 14.xc4 xc4 IS.�xc4 0016.�gS White prepares to exchange hisdarksquared bishop so as to strengthenhis control over the square dS 1 6... �c61 7.d3 h6 n reply to 7 .hS, so as topreserve the knight from exchange,Whte has a nice tactical operation

I d I �xgS I 9 xd6 'xd620 xd6 �bS 2 xgS �xc4 22 bxc4fc 23.c f6 24f3 MovsesianPapaioannou, Dresden 200 18.�xf6�xf6 19.ac1 d7 20.c2 fc8 21.ec1�7 22.4

Ay dgm

Whites plan is roughy as follows tie hisopponents forces down to the defence ofthe backward pawn on d6, and then gradualy create a passed pawn on the b-e fhe also manages to estabish his knight ondS, exchanging lghtsquared bishopsalong the way and ridding ack of hisbishop pair, then Whites advantage wilbecome enormous. 1 3 6 1 4 2! ? L i i d

e3-square for his knight 1 4...4 IS.c200 1 6.�d2 c6 1 7.e3n this position, White has many promising ideas As wel as puttng his kight ondS or fS, these also nclude the break

a2-a3 or the pawn sacrice c4cS (aerthe preparatory move f -c 1 ) folowedby e3 -c4 , deveoping pressure in thecentre and on the queenside

14 a3-c2 a5-c615 a2a3

Whites initiative develops of its own accord.

15 b4xa3

Forced, otherwise he pawn on b4 canbecome a chronic weakness S . aSI 6 axb4 axb 1 7 �d2 b e3 �e69 a6 Fressinet-Nakamura, Cavi a2006

16. b3-b4 -17 2-h3 �d7-e6

18 �c1xa3 d8-c719 d1-d2 a6-a52 b4b5 c6-d821. b5b6 c7xb622 . f3xe5 b6c7



223) 8. ... �d7-g4

e most popular continuation in thsston

9 3

is clear tha all Wites plans are coneced n some way with a break aganst

e c4 pawn n my vew it is useful rst drve he bishop o hS However themedate 93 also promses a small adaage for nstance 9 cx3 lack mustexcange on b3 because after 9 bS 0 bxc4 bxc4 1 1 �a4 he ca face greatroblems 10ax3 e6 f 10 eS then d4 x3 + 1 2 gx3 �hS 1 3 d2 e6

4f1 �e7 (14 'c7 1 S c4) 1 S g3 hite has a powerful centre (ve centralawns aganst three) and this circumsace more than compensates for thesmall defect in is structure the doubledaws l 1 d4 dS During the game also looked at 1 e7 in reply to which

ad ntended 1 2 bd2 00 1 3 �b2also good are 33 and 13f1)3 bS 1 4c4 bxc4 S bxc4 d7 1 6h3S 1 7a4 (an important move hie frees a square for his queen wth

'

Chpte 4 Whte Ctle fte 3 d6

ght for the advantage 12�gS e71 3�xf6 n giving up hs darksquaredbishop Whte is ghtng the whole timeo srengthen his control over the lightsquares 1 3�xf6 14exdS xdS 15�e4d6 16d2 00 f 1 6 hS then1 7 c4± Here White has many temptng continuations and chose the mostnatural 17c2 hS ologanWang HaoPoikovsky 2008 Maybe the imples herewas 18h3 �x 19x with a smallbut lasting advantage

9 .. �g45

1 bb3

Wte carries out his main idea A postion

already examined is reached by transpostion of moves after 10ta3 S y exchanging lightsquared bishops with 0 �x lack settles for a passive andfairly prospectless ption after 1 1 xeS 2 'e2 c7 1 3 b3 bS 4bxc4 bxc4Sf4± l 1 3 cx3 Whtes advanage is

ot in doubt n the variation eS1 2g4 cxb3 1 3 axb3 g6 1 4d4 x + xf3 c8 6c4 e6 1 7 �d3 bxc41 8 bxc4 �e7 1 9c2 00 20 xa6 c721a3± 1 2ax3 eS 1 3d4 see 8a3



The Rm c

1 g-g4

Whie immediaey begins he gh forhe cenre The unhurried developmen1 2 d3 �e7 1 3 bd2 00 alows lack oregroup his forces convenienly and prepare for he forhcoming posiionalsrugge Then possibe is 14g4 �g6 c4 e 6 �e3 h ? 1 7 h4 d,and lack has sufcien play For exampe,

xg6 fxg6 19exd xd 20gxh�g 2 1 g4 �xe3 2 2 xe3 gxh23e4 (Rodsheinuckovic, Plovdiv200) 23 f4

113 d-d414 d4-d515 f3h4

�h5-g6�f8-e7c6b8

Whie has achieved a space advanage andhas seized he iniiaive on he kingside

1516 h4-g17 b1d18 h3xg4

f6-g8h7-h5h5xg4g8f6

He canno exchange darksquared bishops wih �g as Whie repies 9 �a3 and creaes pressure agains hepawn on d6 Afer 1 9 b (oherwise he

has o reckon wih he move c4) 20 cf6 2 1 f4 Whies iniiaive becomesquie unpeasan

19 ge30 c3-c41 g1-g ff3

'd8c7b8-d7d7-c5

Movsesianrkic, alihea 200

224) 8 f6g4!?

A he presen ime, his move is consid



f couse, White wants to exchange then on c fo that on a2, afte which heates a poweful pawn wall in the cent

and obtains the advantage. lacks de

ie to keep the pawn on c is equally unstandable.

9. .. b7b50. b1a3

vaiation 1 o.bxc bxc 1 1 . a3S 1 2 .xeS xeS tansposes into thein position, which we will examine

fte on

10 c6e5

. .geS is bad because of .bxc

c 2 .'e2 xf3 + 1 3 gxf3 , and Whiteins a pawn 3 eS 1 . xc xc S xc e6 1 6.d e7 1 7 d3 00f c 19c vidle-vanchuk,njing 200.

1 •d1-e2

neasing the pessue against c .1 . •d8c7

f 11.. c8 White can begin a decisive attck against the pawn on c, withoutf k f h k

Chape Whe Cases afe 3 d6

queen on e2 , thee is no theat of smotheed mate, but he does need to defendagainst pepetual check. 16.h + f1 6. . .hS? White, of couse, does not takethe Tojan Hose but settles fo the cpawn 1 7 .xc + 1 8 .h2 xc(lacks queen is attacked, so afte1 8 . g+ the simple 1 9xg endsthe game) 1 9 .'xc g+ 20 h + 2 1 . g 1 (the king boldly faces thediscoveed check, because the knight cannot do any seious damage) 2 1 . .xh3 +

22.h2 (o 22. xf 23b)23.b g+ 2.h, and Whitegoes ove to a decisive attack. 17.Wh2cS I.xc4! A vey impotant move;White gets nothing fom 1 8 .xc xc1 9xc xc 20 .g3 xh3 2 1 gxh3eS l ...xh 19.d lack eaches anending with good dawing chances afte1 9 .xh3 xc 20 xc xc 2 1 .b eS 22b+ c 23xc+ xc8 2.d�e7 1 9... 20.�e g4+ 2 1 .xg4�xg4 2 2 .�xcS xcs 2 .a 1 e624.+ c 2s7 White has noticeably outstipped his opponent in development, and his initiative is vey unpleas

ant fo lack

12 b3c4 b5c4



The Roolmo Scl

The difference from the variation with1 . .. c8 is that here the black queen defends the pawn on c4 and does not comeunder attack from the knight.

15. ee3 c5xe3 S . . .d3 deserves consideration although after 6 .xcS dxc5 1 7 .f �b51 8 .b Whites chances are superior.

1 6 e1 xe3 te5g4

n repy to 1 6 . d3 White simpy takes a

pawn with 7 xc4.17. e3e1 a8c8

lack has defended the pawn but it iscear that he will not be able to hold it forong.

18 cd1 !

The bishop heads to e2 to attack the c4pawn freeing the c2square for the knight.lack cannot defend the pa wth thebishop from e6 since there foows f4fS.

White has an obous advantage.

1 8. ... tg4f6

On 1 8g6 unpleasant is 19e5! dxe520fxe5 5 2 0 . . �e6 2 h3 h622 .b . 2 1 3 t6 22 l lack aso has denite problems after 8 . . .f 1 9 .exfS �xf5 20 c2 .

1 9 a1 b1

lack has convenient play in the variation1 9. eS d5 20 .exd6 e6

1 9 . �d1f31. e4e5

e7e6�f8e7

Also good is 2 1 .c2 e5 2 2 . a3 with asmall but stabe initiative

1 f4xe53 le1e4

Cnun

d6xe5f6d5

The attempt by lack to cut off the whitedpawn from the mass of its centrapawns by means of ..c5c4 unlike in thevariation with . e6 does not work here

at all since White is abe either to take thepawn or force its exchange on b3 obtaining an advantage in the centre.



Caper 5 SpaishType Play: 7 b5

.e4 c7-c5 2. g1-f3 b8-c6 3.if1-b5 d7d6 4 . 00 ic8d7J1-e1 g8-f6 6c2-c3 a7a6 7.ib5a4 b7b5

fter 7 eS 8 d4 bS 9 .�c2 play transposes to the varaton 8 . .eS 9d4 consderedelow.

8. �a4c2

s dstnct from the pansh the bshop retreats to c2 at once and n that way Whtetans compensaton for the fact that lack has aready played . . c7 -cS.

A) 8... g6

B) 8e5C) 8�g4

On 8g7g6 the smplest thng st to get mxed up wth the play after d4 but rst to safeguard onesef aganst .g4.

9. h2h3 �f8g7

hte s better after 9 . . .c4 1 0 b3 cxb3I I axb3 g7 2 .d4

10 d2d4 c5d4

13 e4e5

The attempt to force 3 . . .h6 by means of



The Roolimo Sicili

xeS 7 .xeS �xeS 8 .�xh6 (or8 .'d2 'h4) 8 h4 9 .�x8 420 �h6 'h2+ 2 4 , artelMarkos, Prievidza 2009 .

1 3 . tf6-e814. �c1 -f4 d6xe515 d4xe5 te8-c716 e1-e2 tc7e617 �f4-g3 te6-c518 a2a3 �d7e619 e2-d2 d8-c72. tc3-d5 c7-b721 b2-b4 tc5-d722 �c2e4

White has an indisputable advantage.

) 8 e7-e5

o we reach a typical panish position. t

Here we have a classical central ght White lays h2h3 d2d4 whilst lacopposes ths simple plan by trying to create counterplay on the queenside. Forthose who have the classical panish their arsenal subsequent play o both sidesis perectly understandable those who donot play the panish can enlarge theirstock o strategic ideas in the opening.

9 h2h3

This is also a panish move White pre

pares d2d4 and prevents the in �g4with the aid o which lack can increasethe pressure against the d4square. Ater9d4 cxd4 1 0cxd4 �g4 1 1 �e3 dSd4 2 bd2 xc2 3 'xc2 �e7 withmutual chances 1 1 �e7 . . . c8 ? 2 .c3 �e7 3 .dS aS 4.h3 �d7S .d2 00 6 �d3. 12.tc3 exd413�xd4 00 14�3 we can reach a position rom the anish with 9 .�e3 .

Ay dgm

Then practice has seen 4 c8 S e3

d7 6.dS �gS 7 .c3 b4 8 .c4�x3 9 .x3 xd4 20 .xd4 a 2 4�h6 22.'g4 cS 23.e3 with anobvious advantage or White hirovKamsky, KhantyMansiysk 2007



f course, on g7 the bishop will be morective, but does lack have enough timefor it, since White is ready to start play inte centre by means of d2 d4?

1 ) 9 . g6) 9 . �e7

B 9 g7-g6

Tis move is fairly new theory is notflly developed here and the position re

uires additional study1 dd4

11) 1 �g7

1) 1cxd4

B 1 11 d4xc51. aa4!

�f8-g7d6xc5

Chpte 5 ph-Type Ply: 7 5

lack has already created one weaknesson c5 and White wants to create anotheron b5 n addition, after the exchange ofrooks on a8, the back queen wil be diverted into the corner, and the entry ofthe white queen on d6 wil be more unpleasant

1 1 1 ) 1 . -112) 12b8

) 1 2..13 a4xb514 a1xa815 d1-d6

1 5

a6xb5d8xa8

U8-c8?An interesting attempt to create complications on the queenside traightforward play offers lack fewer chances ofsaving himself 5 c4 16 �g5 �e61 7 xe5 xe5 8 xe5 d7 9 d6a2 2 0 b4 e8 2 1 �f4 f8

22xb5 a8 23�c with a cear advantage for White, achierLagraveMarkos, Dresden 2008 White alreadyhas two extra pawns and lacks initiative should gradually die out



The Roolmo Scl

lack tries to explot the fact that the opponents minor pieces on the queensideare stll on their orignal squares, and thepressure down the long black diagonalcould become unpleasant.

18 ic1g5

A strong move by developing his bishop,White at the same time drives the enemyknight to the edge of the board

18.19 'e5d52 'd5b3

f6e8id7c6

White keeps an extra pawn, for whch theopponent has no particular compensa

tion.2 'a8a121 c3xb4

Even stronger is 2 1 e5 ! �d7 22 e6 fxe623 d a7 24�e3

21

22 'b3xb423 'b4xb224. ic2b3

c5xb4

'a1xb2ig7xb2

Tiviakovuzubov, Neustadt 2009. Ofit i t f Whit t i

Ma Vacr-Lagrav

Even so, plenty of pieces remain on theboard, so lack faces a difcut defence

I 2 ) 1 2.... a8b8

ack immedately strengthens the pawnon b5, but concedes the a-e to his op

ponent. At the same time, the pawn on c5remains vulnerable.

13 ic1e3

This move s apparently more accurateh h d h b b



en so afte 1 3 axb5 axb5 1 4.�e3 ' e7 bd2 0-0 16 b3 c4 17�c5 d8 bd2 e8 1 9 b3 Whites cancese supeo avicFecec ogosca 2007

3. d8-e714. tb1-d2

t becomes clea that it is vey dicut fock to defend the pawn on c5

14 -

n 14 c4 in ode not to alow the

knght to come va b3 to c5 he eply b4! s extemely unpleasant fo ack

15 td2-b3 c5-c41 tb3-c5

o we see why Wite eft the enemyn on a6 the knight aives on c5ith tempo f 1 6 �c5 d8 (not6 cxb3? 7.�xe7 bxc2 1 8 .d6) 7 bd2 e8 1 8 .axb5 axb5 1 9 b3 weech a position fom the game avcecec

..17. a4xb58 b2-b3

�d7c8axb5

li f hi t

Che 5 nh-Tye Py 7 . 5

font of us) the white igtsquaedbishop is vey stong on the a2-g8 diagona . Tat is wee it is now aiming.

18 f8d8

19 d1e2y sengthening he pessue against tec4 pawn White foces te excange on b3

192 �c2xb3

c4xb3h7-h

He must defend against g5

21 e2-a222 tc5xd723 �b3d5±

f-d7�c8xd7

Cauana Tiviakov och 2 009 .The back peces ae tied to te defence ofthe pawn the anchettoed bshop ong7 s passive and the pawn on b5 wil become a convenient taget fo the opponent At te same time pactcaly all ofWhites pieces ae actve and the bishopon d5 is especialy stong contoling hafte boad

2 ) . ... c5xd4

This exchange is necessay if lack is toid b i l ft it k 5



The Roomo c

However, believe that this move can verywell be recommended to lack As well aseverything else, he opens the long diagonal for his bishop and in a number ofvariations, lack can sacrice a pawn, obtaining pressure against the b2 paw andthe whole wite queenside, in compensation

c3d4

After 1 exd4 there is the unpleasant 2f4 hS 3 h2 b6 1 4bd2 ,

and lack has to bother with two weakpawns, on d6 and d4 White will soonwin one of these back and obtain a smalladvantage

-

White quietly continues his developmentThere is no sense in forcing events, forexample 2 dS b4 1 3 b3 a 1 4a40-0 S c3 bxa4 1 6 xa4 xa41 7 xa4 c7 1 8 gS fc8

... e5d4After 1 2 00 White should reply 13dS( 1 3 dxeS dxeS , arashutairillova,azan 2003, 14 e3 c8 I S e2 b46 4 d4 17 d4 d4 1 8 S hS

1 3 td4 n reply to 3 aS the simplerestriction of the knight by 4 b3 hS1 S d2 is unpleasant 14.xd4 exd4ISte2 ad is I S xd4? xe4 1 6 'xe4e8 I S e I S 'b6 1 6 xd4

xdS 7 1 6.xd4 xdS

Ay dgm

17. f White takes on dS, lack exchanges rooks and regains the piece, obtaining a good position Wite is also

promised little by 7 xbS axbS1 8 'xdS on account of 1 8 'c7 9 b3 e6 20 'd3 �xb3 2 'xb3'c4 with good compensation for thesacriced pawn, since it is hard for Whiteto complete the development of hisqueenside 1 7 6 Il!? ubse

quently White will transfer his bishop toe3 and d4, obtaining a small advantageOn the other hand in the event of1 8 'xd6 c4 1 9 'b4 a 20 'b3 a42 I 'b4 a3 lack takes over the initiative



13. c3d5!?

idea of the Hungarian grandmastererkes. An unclear position results from13xd4 00 14 gS ( 1 4xc6 xc6IS a3 aS) 14 h6 ( 14. . e8 IS dS6 6 .�xf6 �xf6 1 7 .xc6 �xc6 8b �eS 1 9 .�b3 aS) S .xc6xc6 1 6 .f4 b4°.

13 -14 �c1g5

he pi on the knight is rather unpleasantr lack. Play could continue

14 id7-e615 a1c1 a8-c816 d1-d2 8-e817 ic2-b3 g8h818 ig5h4 h8g8

t is hard to suggest a sensible plan forlack, and he can do little but mark time.

19 a2-a3

2) 9 �8-e710. d2-d4

821) 1 ... -822) 1 c7

Cpe 5 pnType Ply: 7 S

2 1 ) 10. ... 11 ic1-e3

I I dS aS 1 2 .bd2 c7 1 3 .fI c41 4h2 b7 S .g4 cS .

1 1 d8c712. d4d5

t is also quite good to maintain the tension in the centre 2 bd2 cxd41 3 .cxd4 b4 1 4 �b ac8 S b3 c21 6�xc2 xc2 1 7 dxeS dxeS 1 8 xeS

Kobalia-Gasanov ochi 20 1 0 1 2. ... c6-d813 b2-b3

White has a small advatage, but there is alot of play ahead. White will seek hischaces on the kingside (b -d2 f ,g2-g4, f-g3fS etc.) whilst lack triesto create counterplay on the opposite sideof the board.

22) 10 .

11 d4-d5

12 b2b313. b1-d2

d8-c7

c6-a5

g7-g6

1 3 8 1 4.fI c4 I S b4 b76 3h2 a 17f3 �f8 1 8 g3 d8

�



Te Roomo Scl

14. td21 ta5b715. �c1e3 ScS16. t1g3 a6a517. a2a4 c5c4

1S. b3b4 a5xb419. c3xb4

EmenkoTimofeev ochi 20 1 Whitehas a classical advantage thanks to his exta space the bad knight on b7 and theoutside passed b-pawn.

23) 1. ...11. c3xd4

c5xd4

n the vaiation 1 1 . . .exd4 1 2 xd4 xd413xd4 00 14c3 c8 S�b3White has a stable advantage. He contosthe squae dS and can attack the d6 pawnby �f4 ad etc.

12. tb1c3

nteesting is 1 2 .�e3 ? epaingd4dS and not yet declaing the positionof his queens knight (fo exampe Whitecan late play a2a4 and in epy to. . .bS b4 can bing the knight fom b 1 viad2 to c4)

1 2. ... aScS

Hee thee folowed an exchanging combination typical fo such positions

15. t3xe5! d6xe516. d5d6 �d7c617. d6xe7 dSxe71S. d1 e2 cSbS19. a2a3 tb4a62. b2b4 a5xb421. a3xb4 ta6c7

22. e2b2

akn-Timofeev hantyMansiysk 2009

C) S. ...

C1) 9.a4C2) 9.d3

�d7g4

C 1 ) Fo a while 9.a2a4 was populab h d l



9 g7-g61

is is te point, te most accurate reactin ack simply ignoes is opponts queenside demonstration.

-

alternative is 1 0.axS axS 1 1 .xa8xa8 12.a '7 1.h

arp, but incient for equality is 3 .eS ? ! xeS4xbS ( 1 4.d4 cxd4 S .cxd4 x+6gxf3 xf3) 14 .xf3! 4. . .x3+? S gx �e6 6 .�a4 d8 d4 or I S xf3? 16.xd6+ d xb ) I S . xeS dxeS 1 6. gx36. 1 ..�x 1 4. 'x �g7 1 S.d4

x4 16.eS dxeS 1 7.xeS 00 1 8.xSa8 19.�d2 c8° lack as supeblyacd pieces, and aso controls te cent.

0 � ' la8b8 a4xb5 a6xb5

3. '- 'd8b6 - �-5. �ce3 - c5xd47 c3xd4

Chape S Spanh-Type Pay 7 . . .S

folowed by ...'b4, Hracek-poelman,Germany undesiga 20 08/09

C2) 9 . -

9 . ...

Here 9..g6 is not so effective 10.td2�h6 lacks idea aer 1 0 . �g 1 .3

x3 2. x Wite as a comfortableadvantage, for example 2 . . 0-0 13.d4cxd4 1 4.cxd4 dS I S eS e4 1 6 4Cebotarev-Dobrov, oci 2006 l1 .h�x 12.tx �xc1 1.:xc1 (pangenberg-Adla, uenos Aires 1 99 2) 1..eS14.d4 00 IS.'d2 We ave reaced atypica position wit a small advantage to

Wite. He can coose te best moment toexcange on cS, or to play d4-dS, orcd 1 and only ten determine te position in te centre n addition, Wite aste more aggressive plan '6 ! ? tying tocreate direct treats against te enemykng

t- . t-

��-

A typical manoeuvre wic is aso often



Te Rossomo Sc

C21) 12 -C22) 12 d5C23) 12 td7

The black bishop ends up in an awkwad position ae 1 2 .eS 13.g4x + 1 4xf3 �g6 I S g2 0-0 1 6 f4h6 1 7fS h7 1 8 �f4

C 2 I ) 1 2 13 tf1g3 h5g6

No equality esults fom 1 3 �x31 4xf3 b4 (lack ties to ceatecountepay on the queenside, but withhis bishop on e 7 athe than g 7 , this attempt is less effective) I S d I (the

queen etuns to he stating position, inode to suppot the assault in the centeess is pomised by I S �d2 a 51 6 cxb4 cxb4 1 7 e2 dS 1 8 exdS xdSI 9 �b3 fd8 with a decent position folack) I S d7 1 6d4 bxc3 1 7 bxc3cxd4 1 8 cxd4 c8 1 9 e3 , and Whiteobtains a clea advantage. This is how the

game Movsesian-Deev, ibenik 2009,continued 19 g6 20a4 gS 21 dSceS 22�xd7 xd7 23dxe6 eS24�xgS xgS 2Sxd6 fxe626 xe6+ and White won

White manages to exchange the bishopfo his knight anyway, and obtains a moepomising position

14

15 h4g6

16 e4e5

d6-d5

h7g6

White closes the cente and seizes space,which allows him to quietly pepae an

attack on the king hape play, but alsowith the bette chances fo White, esutsfom 1 6 f4 ? d4 1 7 a3 c7 1 8 eS dS1 9 c4 bxc4 20 dxc4 b6 2 1 d3 �h22h2 a 23.g4 �xg3+ 24xg3Pikula-Agopov, Novi ad 2009



1. ..17. d3-d48. g3-e21. a2-a3

f-d7b5-b4'd8-c7

important move the opponent muste forced to exchange on c3

b4xc320. b2xc3

Chapte 5 SpanhType Pay 7

26 fxe3 (there is a threat of a blow eitheron e6 or g6) 26 c6 2 7 f f 2 h4with a dangerous initiative for White onthe kingside

24. a1-c1 d7-bf 24 �b6 2S a4 �aS 26 f b62 7 b3 ? ab 2 a2 e7 29 xc + xc 30 c the weakness o f the a6pawn could become a signicant factorover time

25 e2-f4 ce72 'd1-g4 lc8xc127 e1xc1 a8-c828 lc1xc8 bxc82. �d3xg f7xg30. 'g4xe g8-f831. f4xg e7xg32 'exc8 'a7-c7

33 'c8xa±

ite has two bishops, a space advantage AkopianTregubov, eer 2007 every chance o f an attack on theeenside Play could contnue

20 . ... f8-c8

rctce has also seen 20 ac 2 1 �d3

7 22�e3 cxd4 23cxd4 �d b6 24f4 aS 2S 'g4, creatinge unpleasant threat of xg6 followed blow on e6 or g6 ) 24 c �b6 a4 cxeS 26 xc xc 2 7 xa6a8 2 xa7 xa7 2 9 dxeS �xe3 fxe xeS 3 1 �bS xa3 32 d4

sriaTiviakov, France 2 007 21. �c2-d322. c3xd423. �c1-e3

c5xd4'c7-a7�e7-d8!

b h f b f

22) 12. d-d5

lack immediately attacks the enemy centre and wants if possible to exchangequeen after dxe4 dxe4



The oomo Sc

1 4 c7 5exd5 xd5 1xg hxg1 7 e4 d8 1 8 �d2 0-0 1 9 d720 h4 fd8 2 1 h5 gxh5 22 xh5 f4vetushin Dreev, Moscow 20 1

15 d3xe4 f6d7

16 h4-f5!

hans to this eautiful night jump,

White continues to ght for the advantageignicantly weaer is 1 xg ? hxg 7 �e3 g5 Predojevicjugirov, Budva2009 With his ast move, Bac has assured one of his nights an excelent postone5

1 6. ... -Bad is 1 exf5? 7 exf5 White regainsthe piece and opens the position, aerwhich his ishops stand out in al theirgory

1 7 f5xe 7

1 7 xe7 1 8 f418 h3h4

c6xe7

White has excanged his opponentsgood ishop and continues to harry its

18. h7h619 h4-h5 �g6-h72 �c1-f4 e6e521 �f4e3 'd8c7

22. a2a4;Erenurg-Byhovsy, Ashdod 200

C23) 12. ... f6-d7

he idea of this move is, after 1 3 g�g to prevent White exchanging the

ishop with h413 f1g3 �h5-g6

1 3...�x 14.'x 00 IS.�e3 c81 5 �g5 ad or the immediate1 d4; White contros the centre ndthans to this, he retains a smal advantage1 6.a3 dS? ! 1 7.exdS deS 1 8. hS ! 'xdS19.d4 g6 20.'h6 cxd4 21.�e4RonchettiDreev, Reggio Emilia 2 00 8/09

14. d3d4

Yes, White is unale to exchange of theg ishop, ecause his opponent controlsthe square h4, ut seizing the centre isaso an important accompishment



nogous positions, usualy recapr on d4 with the pwn, ut here, theite player, Vadimir Aopian, has anr idea in mind

15 tc6d416 c3d4

16 -

l coud play 1 6c8 in order to pret the ump fS, ut then there is thery strong retort 17f4 ( 1 7 4 0-01 xS xS 1 9 �d3 with mutuaces) here is a threat of f4-fS, sol practicaly has to play 1 7 �h4hite is etter after 1 7 c7 �d3h4 1 9 g4 18e3 Renewing the

rt of f4f ; Blc is not in danger aer h2 c7 9 �d3 f 20 �d2 -r 20 f dS

Chape S SpanshType Pay 7 S

1 8 c7 ngenious, ut insufcient forequaity, is I �xg3 19xg3 �hS20xhS xc2, and here White returnsthe queen to the defence, whilst the roothrows itsef into the reach 2 1 d c7 22xg7 f 23g3 g24xg+ xg 2SfS f 2fxe19c3 1 9 �d3 0-0 20 f i s ad ecauseof 20 �xg3 2 xg3 dS the roo ong3 comes under ttac 22 eS exfS23�f4 , and White does not havefull compenstion for the scriced

pawn 1 97 2od3 xc3 f 20 42 1 xc+ xc White activates hislight-squared ishop 22�a4 �xg323xg3 0-0 24f exfS 2Sxd f2exfS �xf 27x4 dS 2cSxcS 29dxcS c 30�d2 xcS3 ; thns to his two ishops andqueenside paw majority, White can playfor a win without any ris 21xc3 �xg322xg3 �xe4 23xg7 24�3c6 25�d2 followed y 2 e 1 andWhite has the initiative

17 tg3-

his move has ecome possie thans tothe fact that White exchanged the f3night and now his queen controls the



The Rossolimo Sicilia

and after 1 9 .f �7 Wite must all tetime reckon wit te break . d6-dS , afterwic is pawn centre collapses;• On 17.a4!? Black sould reply1 7...bxa4! 1 7 c8 1 8axbS axbS 9 �d3b6 20�e3 dS (20 �f6 2 I .dS d822dxe6 fxe6 23�xbS �xb2 24.a7)2 1 exdS exdS 22 fS fe8 23 .b3 f624xbS! (24.�gS �f8 2Sxe8 xe826�xf6 �xfS 27�xfS xf6 28.xbSd8 29d3 (FressinetBabula, Gotenburg 2005 ) 29 S Black prevents the

trsfer of te bisop to g4 ad f3 , and asevery cance of defending his position)24 xbS 2Sxe7+ xe7 26�xbSb8 27aS eb7 28c1 6 29.c±Also we present, for history's sake', asort draw: 1 7 e8 18 �d3 1/2- /2 ,

Popovc-Moiseenko, Zlatibor 2006. n tenal position, Wite's caces are somewat better, and play may develop alongthe lines of te variation wit 1 7 .c81 8.a4 8xa4?! b6 1 9 a dS wthmutual cances 1 8• Jib8 19.�2 'b6

1 9 c7 20 xa6 fc8 2 I d3 f622a3 dS 23c3 b7 20.d3 8

2 1 Jixa6 7

17. ... a8c8

Full equality is not oered by 1 7...tb6

18.txe7+ xe7, Roncetti Edouard,ibenik 2007, and ere the mplest forWite is to play: 19.b3 dS 20.eS h2

2 1 .x2 Te knigt on b6 as no pros

pects, and sooner or later, Wite will brings knigt to te diagonal a3f8 2 1 ..JU8

22.d3 6 22 c7 23�a3. 23.�d2

a8 24.a1 x1 2S.x1 lxc1 +

26.h1 7 27.�a3 td7 28.d2;

18 �c2-d3

1 8. .. td7b6!

t s a mistake to play 1 8 . exfS 1 9 exfS�gS 2 0fxg6 xg6 2 1 xgS xgS At

rst glance, te position looks rouglyequal, but after 22a4! it turns out tatBlack faces great problems, for example:2 2 f6 23axbS axbS 24.b3±Akopian-Moiseenko, Tripoli 20 04 .Te idea of Black's last move is tat after

1 9 tf5xe7+

1 9 �d2 �f6

1 9. 'd8xe7

He wants to advance d6dS and ex

cange as many pieces as pible. Tedark squares are te only remainingproblem

20 b2b3



ll his happened in he gameressine-Abergel, France 200 , in whichck wen in for he sronges repy

. ... d6-d5?

1. e4-e5 ay seem ha in his cosed posiion,e nigh shoud a he very leas be heshops equa, bu hanks o his space adnge and he weaess of he enemyrk squares , Whie has he advanage

1 . ... c8-c3

1 7 22�xg fxg 23�d2 fc8 aS

. d3g63. c1-d

7g6:c3-c6

3 d3? 2c2 xd 2S e3

ie exchanges a pair of rooks, pus hisishop on a and move by move, graduly srenghens his posiion

4. :a1c1

5. :c1c66. da5!

:f8c8

:c8c6

Chape 5 Spahype Play 7 S

Occupying his imporan square wihhe bishop

6 . ...27. 'd1-g4

8. :e1-e39. e3-33. 'g4-431. <g1h3. '4d33. a5b434. g-g3

e7b7'b7e7

tb6d7td78:c6c8g6g5t8g6'e7-d8

o, wha can we say abou he 7 bS vari

aion? On he whoe, Blac has problemsAs a rue, he has eiher o par wih hislighsquared bishop or bring i o a verypassive posiion on g Whie should rs o f al dea wih hebishop on g, and hen esablish conroover he cenre is imporan o remem

ber he correc move-order Whie rspays d3 and bd2 and only hen harasses he bishop on g



Chapter 6 - Wite astles aer 3 e6

e2-e4 c7-c5 2g1-f3 b8c6 3�f1-b5 e7-e6

ac prepares to ring his ings night to e7 and then to put the question to Whitesishop, ith the move a7 a n this case, the exchange on c will e unfavouraler White, ecase Blac will recapture with the night and quiety complete his evel

entn the diagram position, White has two possiilities to castle ingside, followed y

cc3, eginning a methodical ght for the centre, or immediately to tae on c andsil his opponents pawn structure, as Viacheslav Cheaneno taught his pupils to do

4 - tgS-e75 c2-c3

cassical path of piece development treinds one in some ways of the panish,ecept that Blacs pawn is on cS, ratheran eS

A) 5 d5B 5 .a6

) 5 . d7d5

lac wishes immediately to clarify thesition in the centre

A1) 7. a6A2) 7 �d7



he Rossoimo Scl

n this situation, with the ight on e7,the exchange on c would be nonsensehe bishop retreats to f , in order later tohave the possiility of coming to the longdiagonal

s e7-f5

Blac prevents his opponent playingd2d n the event of 8 g 9d hewould have to exchange on d, otherwiseWhite would develop strong pressure inthe centre 9 e7 1 0 c hS 1 1 dS

d 1 2 xd xd 1 3 Jxd cxd1 xd But even after 9 cxd1 0 cxd followed by c3 and d-dSWhite retains an opening initiative Wehave reached a variation of the Aapin icilian ( e cS 2 c3) which is very favourable for White Blac is behind in development and his night is badly placedon g , from where it does not tae part inthe battle for the centre

9 b1-a3

A move typical of the Alapin ystem henight is heading for c, threatening tojump into the weaened square b

9 fS-e7

A slightly strangelooing move, ut it isrecommended by ergey Rublevsy henight on fS, which prevents the advanced2-d, is very well placed, and Whitewishes to exchange it o

11 f5-h4

O n 1 1 xe3 Rublevsy suggests1 2 dxe3 0 0 1 3 e n my view,1 2 xe3 followed y d and �d3 is atleast no worse, preparing an attac on theingside, or 1 2 fxe3 and d2 d, creating

a powerful pawn centre12 f3h4 �e7h4

13 a2-a3

After the exchange of the night on f3 , iis more dicult for White to create activity in the centre, and so he egins an atac on the queenside

1314 b2-b4

b7-b5c5b4

Maybe 1 c is slightly etter, but hertoo, after S a b8 1 axS axbS 1 7 3�f 1 8 a3 cxd3 1 9 �xd3 Whieschances are preferable, as he ties his opponent down to the defence of the pawn



16 d2d417 d1-h518 g2g3

tc6e7te7g6�h4f6

levsy-Pridoroni, Eaternrg 2002

19. �f1-d3!? 2 te3g4

levsyltough Blacs position is soid, it isvery passive White will strengthen hisentre with �d2 and continue to preparean attac on the ingside

2) 7 �c8-d78. b1a3

is idea of the an development of thenigt runs lie a golden thread throught tis whole variation

8. e7-g69 �b5-c4

n excelent swapping of roles! Now that

Blac has put his ishop on d7 , the whiteisop as noting more to do on S,ereas the night on S can create unpleasant threats

9 d5-h5

Chape 6 Whie Cases afe 3 e6

Sergey Rublevsky

A typical idea; White often starts with

d2-d4 and then, after the capture cxd4,plays S By setting up the treat of achec on c7, White avoids an isolatedpawn on d4

1 1 a8c812 �c4e2!

An interesting idea White tries to develop an initiative y utiising the slightly



Th Rossolimo Sicili

1 2. ... d4c3

From a pracica poin of view, thi i oviouy he e deciion On 2 dSthere i the unpeaan 1 3 fxd4 a14�f3, coninuing o chae he acqueen For exampe, 14 cS 1 S �e3 !ceS 1 �x7 axS 1 7 xe fxe1 8 �xcS xc 1 9�e4 Rulevyhaaov, Eia 1 998

13. b2c3

White ha more han ucient compenaion for he acriced paw Bac iignicany ehind in deveopmen, hiing i tuc in he centre and hi queeni on the edge of he oard With hi nextmove, Blac offer the exchange ofqueen, u Whie reain rong preure, even after the exchange

1 3. ...14. 'd1d5

15. c3c4I?

'h5-d5e6d5

White need a many open line a poie

1 5. ...16. c4d5

f8-b4tc6e5

18. ... e8d8

f he ing run to the other ide, hen itwil e dicut for Bac to complee thdeveopmen of hi ingide: 8..19.txd2 cs 20�c4 txc4 20 f2 1 x 7 xc4 2 2 xc4 xc23 ac 1 ; 20 S 2 1 3 fS 22 g3 c23f4 d3 24e3! dxf4 (24 e72 S ae 1 ! ) 2 S ae 1 xe3 2 xeh+ 27g2 gS 287 f4 29gxf4xf4+ 30g3 Depie hi extrpawn, Bac poition i practicay dfencee, a he i too far ehind in developmen 2 1 t2xc4 xdS 22.txb

19. tf3d22. td2e421. te4g522. e2d1

c8-c2

b7-b6d8c7c2f2

22 2 23dxf x 24xf f2Sd+ 8 2eS xeS 27xeSx 28�f3

23. g1f2 c7d6

24. d1-b3

Ruevy-vehniov, Vrnjaca Banja1 999 thin we can correcty draw theconcuion hat the inereing centra



B a7-a6

1) 6e22) 6a4

B 1 ) 6 b-e2

ere the ihop i quite paively placed,d alo loc the ee, which mae iteaier for Blac to carify the poition inthe centre

6 d7-d7 e4d

7 te7d

he mot natural and tronget continuai Blac quicy compete hi devel

ment and otain fuly adequate play Proaly 7 xd5 i alo ufcient foreuaity, ut Blac mut demontrate aeain accuracy after thi move, incehite direct hi queen night via itsandard route c3-c4, cloer to the weaeed quare A poile continuation

is ta3 t 8 d8 9c4 d5 i inequential at the very leat, ince Blacld have taen with the night twove ago and reached the ame poitin ut with the white night on 1 in

�

Chapte 6 Whte Castles afte 3 e6

PruiinOral, Germay Bundeliga B2 0 0 1/0 2 9tc4 8 0a4 �e7 d300 2:e td6 3txd6 �xd6 44 b65�d3 (Naiditch-Rogozenco, BadWieee 1997) 5 cxd4 6txd4 txd4 7�e4 b8 8xd4 c7 After 7 exd5 we reach a poitionreminicent of the arrach Variation ofthe French Defence

Ay dgm

One might ay that Blac infantry haveecome cut o from hi ta hi pawnare poted quite aggreively, whilt piece deveopment i rather lacing By exploiting thi dionance, White rea upthe enemy pawn formation and otainthe advantage 8d4 c4 9b3 cxb3 He mut

capture, ince nothing good come from9 S 10e g 1 a4 8 2 axSaxS 13�f4 0b3 g6 b4! A typic dece White threaten 4-S, open apath for hi queen to come to a4, whiltthe night on 1 can now come a d2 and3, to the quare cS � 2a4 a7

3�f4; Degado8 d2d49 t3d4

cd48d6

f Blac doe not wih to allow hi pawn



Th Rosolimo iili

10. td4xcS b7xcS

White's hopes can only rest on his opponent's queenside pawn weaknesses, butthanks to a correct piece set-up, Blackequalizes.

11 . tb1-d2 'd8-c7

12. 92-93

I h 00 1 3 .e4 �e7 1 4.f4?! fI S .gS h6 1 6. h3 �f6+ Domont-Kogan, France 2 0 0 6 .

1 2. ... 0-0

13. �e2-f3

1 3. ... f8-d8

vanchuk's move, which probably deserves the exclamation mark. However,other good moves are 3 . . . a or 3. . .eS4.c4 f6 IS.c2 b8 6.b3 �cS1 7 .�b2 �d4 8 .�xd4 exd4 1 9 .c Sd8 viderRadjabov, Morelia 2006.

14. c3-c4

1 4 .e2 a 1 S . e4 �eS 6 . e �a61 7 .c4 �d4 1 8. gS a7 1 9 . g2 h62 0 c2 hxgS 1 .cxdS g4 22 .�xg4cxdS+ Bruzonvanchuk, Havana 20 0 7 .

1S. b2-b3

17. c1-b2

18. 'c2xb2

dS-e5

e5xb2

cS-c5

Black controls the dle and has creae a

good outpost on d4, whilst the weaknessof he pa on cS is not felt at all .

B2) S. b5-a4

B21 ) S ...d5

B22 ) S ...

B23) S ... b5

B2 ) With the inclusion of the movesS . . . a6 6.�a4 the central blow S ... d7-d?

is quite bad for Black, as now in the variation 7.exdS xdS White can simply pla8 .d4, and after 8 . . . cxd4 his lightsquarebishop is not hanging, as it has alreadgone from bS to a4. Even so, we will taall of Black's possibilities in their turn.

7. e4xd5

7. ... 'd8xd5

• 7 ..•td5 is hardly good, in ew of thcapture 6+ (so quite good is 8cf6 9. d4 �e7 0 .dxcS 0 0 1 .�xc6

� �



a fairy shar ositio with mutualcacs) 8bxc6 9.d3, a Black has ary ba aw stuctur 7 ...exd5 8.d4 c4 9.el h6 9 . . .�g41 0.h3 �hS .g4 �g6 1 2 S a Blackas a ba positio h is ti ha aot with his kig stuck i th ctr1 . xc6+ bxc6 1 .b3 cxb3 2.axb3 �e61.e5 6 4.td2 g6 5.�a3 �g716.e2 b7 7.tx 0 Aamsiga Egla 200 1 /02 .

8 d2-d4 c5xd4

8 g6 9 .�3 hS .xcS �7 1 .b4± Aams-arthou Moscow 200 8..tB? 9.el �e7 (Vuacic-ybcklgra 2002) lO.c4! xc4 1 0 . . .61 S bS 1 2.cxbS axbS 3 �xbS xS14 . f4 .te5 dS 1 1 . . .x41 2 xc6 x 13x �714x7± 2.tc3 d6 3.dS! b53 .xS 4.xc6 bxc6 �f41.xc6 bxa4 S .xa4± 8 . . .bS ? 9 c4 6 1 0 .cxbS x41 1 .c3 �7 1 2b6 �xa4 3 .xa4c6 1 4.x4 xa4 S .xa4 cx46.�f4 c6 1 7 .b7 8 8 .ac S

xc6 xf4 20. c8 �6 2 1 . 1 0 aasicjubicic Zaar 2006.

c3xd40 tbc3 �a4b3

b7b5d5d7

Chape 6 Whe Casles afe 3 . .e6

Whit has a larg avatag i lomt a is ay at th st oortumomt to o th gam by mas of4-S . Play might cotiu:

...

�c8-b72. rf-e tc6-a53 tf3-e5 d7-c74 �c -f4 ta5xb35 dxb3 c7b66 te5c4 b6c67 tc4-d6 e8-d78 tc3-e4 te7-d5 te4c5 d7e720 �f4g5 e7xd62. b3-g3

-0 Glk-Mikhatz Buapst 998

B22) 6 ... c5-c4

his ia is alray kow to us Blackwats to prvt his oot sizig thctr with 2 4

7. �a4c2

Aso th staar ractio: Wt is rayto attack th c4 aw by mas of b2-b3a3 2 tc but st h ust rtat hisbisho ito saty. Howv o ct



4. 0-0 5. la b

it has ot oly ti is ootdw to th fc of c4 but has alsoiz cotrol of th bl. Wakr is bcaus of f a Black obtains coutrlay o th qusi.

5. .. f7-f5

e3-b

ry importat mov th qu o c7as t oy ra fr of t c4aw a aftr its xchag Black isfrced to mak furthr positioal cocs i orr to aitai atrialalty

.7 bxb8 ic2xe4 �e4-c2

c7xbf5xe4d7d5

S, lack as sav th a but at a hight H as b forc to lac is c

tr paws o lght squars. Wth a bishotll c8 a ark-squar bisops xang o such a structur is ot goigt allw Black ay activit At th vryat it will av covit out

Chape 6 Whe Ca afe 3 . . .e6

20 �c2xgI

h corrct cisio: Whit wishs to

k a goo kight agaist a ba bishopa i aitio ow frs th c2squar for his kight wit tmo

20 tf4xg2 ta3c222 tc2e3

e-e5�c8-f5

f22 . .8 2 3 .b a7 24.c6 o caoly fl ity for Black

23. te3xf5

h gry 23.x fais to 23 . �4243 xf3 2.gx f4! a tworst is bhi Black.

23. :f8xf524. lfb :a8-f825 lbxa e5-e42 tf3-d4 lf5xf227. d4e6 f2f28 texf8 lfxa2. tf8xg h7xg30. g-f2

Rublvsky-Kasarov zmr 2004. rgyRublvsky covicigly mostrat thpluss of t wit ositio a vtually wo th ga.



Te Roomo c

A oula oig abiya Black most oft lays 7 . . .�b7 h a this cotiua

tio is xami i th xt svthchat. But t mov

7 . d7-d5

is aso s fqutly a sms fctly logical Black immiatly stats abattl fo th ct.By cotast 7 g6?! is ath toothlssbcaus this mov Whit to occuy thct f of chag 8d4 cxd4 8 . . .69. a4 �b7 1 02 b6 1 1 3 �71 2 .b4 EggbgKic Aosa 1 9 72 .9cxd4 d5 10exd5 exd5 (AshtoPuto Di 2009) I I a4 b4 1 2e +e7 I�e 00 14bd2 t is ot asy

fo Black to mt th ssu ow thcl i couctio with th attackalog t f a6 iagoa.

8 a2-a4

Puttig ssu o th bS aw Alsoossibl is 8eS d4 9e2 9.�4 b8

(9 . .3? ! 1 0 .b3 a7 1 . 7 1 2 .c4b4 1 3 J3 g6 1 4.f �g7 1 S �b2±H. Olafssooasso Gaaba 1 996)1 0 3 h6 1 1 .b2 b7 1 2 .b3 g61 3 cx4 cx4 14�xc6 �xc6

� �

1 3 �b7 1 2. c3 c6 1 3 .�f4 �71 4x4 x4 I S .g4 g6DgavVaiss Masills 20 0 1 ) 1 .3 x1 2 .xf3 g6 1 3 .g3 4 1 4c3xS I S .�xg6 xg3 1 6 .�xf7 x

1 7 .hxg3 7 1 8 . b7 Rublvskyhiov Moscow blitz 2007. 9 �b7 , adw tasos to a ositio which is xami blow i th vaiaio 7 . . .�b7.

8 b5b4

Pactically foc. Black s u with ahigy uasat ositio aft 8 . . .b89. axbS axbS 1 0 .4 cx4 1 .cx4 b41 2 .�f4 b7 1 3 .c3 ± CzbBgoyaiZalakaos 2003

. d2d4

A li sl ui is 9e!? d4 9 . . �b710.4 bxc3 (10. .cx4 1 1 .cx4 x41 2.4 S 1 3 .�gS) 1 bxc3 cxd412 .3. A itsg ia by sacicig a aw Whit vts s oo

comltig s vlomt omal1 0d4 d4 I I d a sut of th awclash i t c Wit as obta xcllt squa o c4 fo hs ight1 1 tg6 1 2t2 �e7 I c4 00 14a� �



9. ... c5xd4

9 b3 1 0.xb3 dx4 1 gS cx4

22 ot coutig paws Whitlays for a la i vlopmt. 2 . xc3 3x4 x 4x fS I S aS ! 9 bxc3 1 0xc3 x4 xS xc2 2 .xc2 xS srvs atttio.

0 c3xd4 d5xe4

h altrativ is 1 0 .b3 1 3 b42 xb3 x3 3 .x3 x4 1 4x4dS I S .c3 x4 1 6 x4 fS 2 b7 8 .f A paw is aaw a although Black has som comsatio it is ot ough for qualitytal-Kuljasvic Lubbock 20 1 0

�c2xe42 tb-d23. td2b3

te7-d5�f8-e7�c8-b7

akr 1 3 . . 6? ! 1 4 .c2 h6 I S f4!±ohl-Xi Brisba 200

4 b3-c5 �e7xc55 d4xc5 d5-f6

6 �e4-c2 d8xd7 Uxd 0-08 �c-f4

Chapter 6 White Castes ate 3 . e6

h two bishops a pass paw o cSguarat Whit a lastig avatag i

th ig. Amittly it will ot b soasy to brak ow th oppotsfcs sic th black kights havgoo saf outposts o c6 a S

Cnn

h black pla ivolvig th vlopmt of th kight to 7 a th subsqut attack o th light-squarbishop by mas of . .a a6 is i fullaccorac with th rquirmts ofth positio although it is a tri slow rply Whit ca choos a st-up sim

ilar to a paish: to play c2-c3 rtratth bishop to c2 a tak th ctr by2-4 Aftr this Black will hav somproblms with th awkwar kight o o g6 it will b passivly placwhilst th avac ...7 S rquirsfurthr prparatio As a rul Black

caot maag without th mov c8- b7 a this pricipal thorticalcotiuatio is th subjct of th xtchaptr



Chapter 7 Black Develops First: 7 . . .ib7

-e4 c7-c5 . g -f3 b8-c6 3.�f -b5 e7-e6 4 . 0 - 0 g8-e7Sc3 a7-a6 6 .�b5 - a4 b7-b5 7.� a4 -c �c8-b7

ak maks a usul vloig mov or th momt ot caryig th ositio ithe tr Most lkly h wil lay 7 S but h ca aso bgi with . . . cS c4 i or

o prvt his oot sttig u th ctra paw uo 4-4. Whit also has ai choic o possbilitis

A) 8eB) 8a4) 8e2

) 8 f1e is ot vry ctiv asi allows

8 c5-c49. b2b3

positio wth mutual chacs rsultsrom 9 4 cx3 I 0 �x3 ( I 0 x3

g I I .b2 �7 1 2 b3 OO)I O g 1 1 �3 cS 1 2 .xS xS13 �1 ( I 3 .�4 �! ?) 3 �7 4a4o-�

9 e7-g6

Black is atr I I a3 cS I 2 xSxS zczkowska Hbra Poaicaro 2008

�f8-e7

2 �a3xe7



The Rooo c

c 1 4.'2 xf3 1 .'xf3 f withgoo coutlay fo Black.

2. ...3. e4e5

4. �c2xg65. d2d4

'd8xe7f7f6

h7xg6

KitghausBologa may 1 997/98 .

5. ...6. 'dxd37. f3xe58. 'd3xg6

c4xd3c6xe5f6xe5e7f7=

Whit will wi a aw but Back wilhav xcllt comsatio fo it sichis bishos a vy stog a th c3aw wak.

B) tstig is 8.a2a4 aigth kight mov to a3 .

8. . e7g6

8 . 9 .x x 1 0 4 7

1 axb axb 1 2 .xa8 �xa8 1 3 xc�xc 1 4.b2 0-0 1 .4 KiwaMatiosov Uit tats 2009 8 b4 9e Pmatu is 94 bxc31 0. xc3 cx4 I I .x4 x4 1 2'x4 ' � ' �

Ay dm

A) 9 . . g6 1 0. 4 bxc3 I xc !

1 2 .xc3 �xc 1 3 . ± Whits ast mulis th wakss of th asquas i al th my fsiv lis

B) Aft 9 . . .c4 Back has ith tstgth o th tim to maitai iqusi aw stu 1 0 '2 31 1 a 1 2 3 cx3 1 3 .'x3 g1 4.b2 'b6 1 .c4 xc4 1 6 xc 1 7 .�3 ! A istuctiv xaml xchags by movig two actiblack ics o th qusi Whit sus th fal of th aw o 31 7 .x3 1 8 .x3 a Whit is clalbtt

C) 9 g6 0d4 cxd4 1 0 . . .bxc3 1 1 .d

( .bxc3 cx4 1 2 .cx4 b4 1 3 .�b3 d1 4. a 1 c3 7 1 6 . g3 a1 7 .b 00 1 8 .h4 YuasiMaooaaatov 1 98 1 ) 1 1 . . . cxb2 1 2 .�x2 1 3 �b3 �7 1 4.�xg7 g8 1 �h6 1 6 a3 a Black is at last qual Kashtaovichko t Ptsbug

2009 l cxd4 �e7 2bd2 00 3.3c8 4 b2 S IS.g3 follow by hxloitig th ufotuat ositio of tkight o g 6 .

9 ba3



• d4 cx4 1 0 .x b4 .xc6 �xc63 7 13.cxb 0-0 14.c3 �xb 4 with th iitiativ.

.. b5-b4

it rtais th bttr chacs aftr9 . . b6 1 0 . cx 1 1 .cx4 b41 b �6 1 3 .axbS axbS .h4 ! ?

O. ta3-c4

0. ... d7d5 . e4xd5 e6xd5. tc4e3 if8-e73. te3-f5 0-4. tf5xe7 d8xe7

4 gx7 S 1 8 16 .4 c

f4

5. dd4 c5c46. f1e1 e7d7

t a sli siti fr Black.

) 8. d-e!

) 8.. c4) 8... tg63) 8...d5

Chapte 7 Ba Deveop Ft: 7 . . .7

w that Black has ha t ut his kight th g f th bar this siml vlig mv is fully arriat

0. ..

11 �c2xd312. b3-b4

c4xd3

te7-g6

Whit xs th aw bS a willth bgi t attack it

1 2. ...13. aa4

ta5-c6tc6e5

1 3 . .bxa4 1 . xa4 a S .bS cS16 .xS xS 17�f4 g6 18.�g3rsAracibia atiag 200S

14. tf3xe515. id3-c216. tb1a37. a4xb5

18 �c1-e31. ie3-a720 ia7-d41 f2-f3±

C2) 8 ..

d2-d41. c3xd4

tg6xe5�b7-c6'd8h4a6xb5

a8-b8b8-b7h4-f4

te7-g6

c5xd4:a8-c8



he Rooo cn

Whit codtly bats off th attack ohis ctr aftr 1 0 h4! ? I bd2 c8 2 �b f6 1 3 .xh4 xh4 4.f3hS IS �f4 gS ( S � 16 .dS) 6 �3 �g 1 d with th adatag

b c3

A ogical mo Whit simply cotinus to dlop his pics. f I I .a3 �e712.3 00 13.l a 14.g3 4I.4 a3 16.a3 16 �b3 c4

1 �xc4 xc4 8hS h8 19S 616 .. .3 17. 7 18.�3 819.�2 3 (CarlsnRadjabo Linars2009) 20.6 g6 21d1 d6 Whitos ot ha ful compsation for thtwo sacric paws; A qual positio rsuts from 1 d � 2 a4 b4 3 �b3 bxa4 1 4�xa400 I S .c3 S 1 6 .S b6 1 �gS�xgS 18 .xgS h6 19 f3 cPotkinshiko Elista 200 1

. . �-

. 3

A ifcult ki of mo to prsuados ha to mak ca promis you

Teo Rdjbov

ha arady raw your atttion to tfact that with th kight o g6, Whialso wats to play h4-hS Ufortuatth immdiat h2h4 is impossibl b-

caus of th loss of a paw but Whit prpar this moh li 1 2 d c 3 a3 00 14�xh4 S .xh4 xh4 1 6 hS 3 aS 1 8 S d6 Wag Kryoruchko, Yran 2006 looks rat

slow. Black ca bat off his oppothrats ad rtain his xtra paw

00

f 1 2...7 Whit shoul rst of al brihis qus rook to c 1 , so that his bishwil ot b hangig o c2 a th i

will b possib to cotinu th attack th kingsi 1 3.�e3 00 1 4.al I4 h mo g2g3 turs out to b

ry usful: Whit ot only prpars tadanc h2-h4, but also pris th



13 h2-h4

my vew, egey Rublevsy wongly eed fom Wtes an dea, by coosg 3d tS 4�d3 B lSdS 'e81exB 1 6 .e6 dxe6 1 7 .exfS exfS1 d4 f 1 9.e6+ . 6ex1 d4 �cS 8txB 'xe2 9txe2 teS ,bevsyNjboe, un 2006. Blac asellent coensaon fo te sacicedan ad s oston s efeable

13 h7-h5

fte 1 3 . .e S 14 e3 Wte suotse cente, and at te sae te, e obans te excelent squae dS fo sgt; n case of 1 3 . . .b 14.a4 aS

1 S .�e3 6 1 6 dS , te enty of tegt o bso on b6 cou ove veynpleasant fo Blac.

14 a2a3

useful oylactc ove.

14 'd8-c7

15 �c1e3 b5b416 a3xb4 tc6xb417 �c2-b1 f7f518 e4xf5

hae 7 Ba Deveos Fs 7 . .7

1 8 e6xf519 tf3g5

Wte teatens to tae on S and stat aect attac on te ngsde.

C3) 8 d7d59 e4e5

Now Wte wses to lay d2 d an obtan a Fenc stuctue n ts case, slgtsquaed bso wll be vey welpaced.e altenatve s 94 b4 0d4 cxd4 cxd4 b3 Hee te move b3 gans nstengt, snce s bso s aleady onte ong dagonal. 2xb3 1 2 . d3 b4

1 3 .eS ec6 1 4.�d2 b6 S .�xb4xb. 2 dxe4 3 'xe4 tS4'd3 tdS lS�d2 txb3 6'xb3b8 7teS �d6 8h3 00= enLoxne, Geany Bundeslga 200/09



The Roolmo cl

C3) C3) . d4

C3 1 ) t is not so imotant fo Blac tout a awn on d4 imself to event isoonent fom doing so Fo examle, afte

-0 fd

Blac must in any case lay

0 d5-d4

�ce4

On tis cental squae, te biso is ideally laced. Wites lan is to lay d2d3 ,

�g5 and b d2b3 , utting essueon te awn on d4 Fom Wites ointof view te move .cxd4 loos lie aconcession, allowing Blac to elieve testain on is osition . . .xd41 1 . . .cxd4 1 2 �e4 g6 1 3 .d3 �e71 4 bd2 see 1 1 �e4. 2.xd4 cxd4

3. e4 �xe4 1 3 . . .d3 14. xd3 'c61 5 .3 'c5+ 1 6 . g6 1 7 .�e4 �xe4( 1 7 . 'xe5 1 8 .d4 'c7 1 9 �xb7 followed by d5) 1 8 'xe4 c8 1 9 .c3'xe5 2 0 .'b7 'c7 2 1 xa6 b4

ideal osition f 14. . .d5, ten 15d3followed by d2 , and te awn on dtuns out to be in dange. S.xd4 f ave to suffe, it may as well be fo awn l S ... r 6.c3 cS 7.b4 17dd8 18�e3 d5 7...h4 l.g3

d4 9.c3 r 20.4 oo folodby . . f6, oening te fle wit an attacfo Blac.

. -

...g6 2.d3 �e7 3.cxd4 and now 3 ... cxd4 4.bd2 00 1 4 . .f41 5 'f 0-0 1 6 .b3 d5 1 7 .g3 !, suddenly including te queen in te attacl S .b3 d 6.h4 c7 7.�d2 gxe

l.xeS xeS 9.aS c7 20.xc�xc6 2.ac eS 22.�xh7+ xh723.xeS acevPins, Geneva 1 997 3 xd4 4.xd4 cxd4 S .d2 06. ans to te wea a on d4,Wites ieces ae assued of excellntwo, and e will enjoy ne osect

dee into te endgame 6...d 7.�d2 %ac l .:dc b4 9.b3 h1 9 c3 20g3 dc8 21.4. 20.g3 c2.xcs �xcS 22.:c �xe4 23.xedS 24.c4 ialov-Alesnia c



C311 12...h6C312 12 dxc3

hite as a sal, but asting adantagete 1 2 dS 1 3 cxd4 cxd4 1 4gSe7 1 S xe7 cxe7 1 6 bd2 f417 e ! 00 18 b3 fS 19 xb7xb7 2 0 e4 EenoEiano,patoia 2002

3 1 ) 12 h7h6

lac taes conol of sue gS, peenngtes ueens bishop fo cong tee

13. c3xd4!

3bd2 m3! 1 3 dS 14cxd4 cxd41 Sa4 �e7 1 6 axbS axbS 1 7 b3 0 -0

Chapt 7 Dops Fst 7 7

1 6c4 bxc4 1 7 xc4 c7 1 8d6+�xd6 1 9 exd6 xd6 2 0 �xg7 g82 1 b2 ! b8 22 ab 1 6 f�e7 1 7 g3 dS 1 8 c4 db4 6... tdS 7. xdS xdS 8.a4 b4 HoatBotni, co 2003

1 3 . c5xd4

3 txd4 4.txd4 xd4 1 4 xe4

1 xbS ! xd3 1 6xd3 xd3 1 7 xd3xbS ( 1 7 axbS 18a4±) 18e4 c619 c3 I s.b7 xb7 6 . e3 Ofcouse, Bac has exceent suaes thecente fo s pieces, suc as dS and fS , butthans to is ge ead deeopent,White wins a pawn 6..d7 7.S

tg6 I.x < 9.t3 tf4 20."fle7 2.g3 tdS 22.e4 Whte has deatwit l of the opponents theats, wstetaning is exta pawn, and is aeadytang oe the iniiatie

14 tb1d2 te7d515 a2a4

Going into the gae Gischu-Kotsuooed at aboe

3 12 ) f Bac eoes te centa tension by eans of 1 2 d4xc3!?



Te Rm Sc

3. bxc3 7-64. -3 e7-d55 c3-c4 d5-c76 �c-e3 if8-e7

7 b-dAnd Whte has aanged hs oces wello te attac on the tagets at b5 andc5

A doubleedged poston ases ate

3 bxc3

(nstead o I 3 bxc3)

3 ..

C3) 44C3) 4a4C33) 4�g5

e7-g6

3 1 2 1 ) 4-4? desees attentontying to exploit the unotunate poston

o the nght on g6 Blac has ony onesensble eply

4 .

Then play could go

c6-d4

Aexder Gris

The lghtsquaed bshop s too stong ths postion and Blac ust elnate

Whte s bette ate 1 6 dxc3 7 cxb2 8 �xb2 xh4 9 ac ± aBac has no satsactoy deence aga�c6+ olowed by a dscoeed cheae d4-d5

7 c3-e4 �f8-e7

1 7 x4? 1 8 �g5 loses, but the appaently sy 1 7 . h6 s peectly possbo exaple 8 h5 xe5 1 9 4 20 ac �e7 2 1 c2 00 22 dc

8 45 �c-f4

g6xe5d8-d5

0 ac 0-0

Whte has copensaton o the pawbut the poston eans unclea

3 1 22) Anothe nteestng ty f



5 a4xb5 a6xb56 hh4

so, the main action will revert to thetr ad kingside However, now when

lk has aready played �e 7 and is ready y moment to evacuate his king to g t is easier for him to deal with Whitesrts

6 c6-d4

roghly equal position arises at the endof te forig variatio 1 6 . hS 1 7�e3gxeS .xeS xeS 1 9 .b4 g4 xcS �xcS 2 xcS 'xc 22 .d46 23 .�xb7 'xb7 24 .xbS 00 =.

7 f3xd4 c5xd4 h4-h5 d4xc3 h5xg6 �b7xe40 g6xf7 + Wexf7 d3xe4 :d8xd+ 'exd c3xb

d the most likey outcome is a draw byrtual check after

3 'df3+4 'f3-g4+5 'g4-f3+

Wf7g6g6f7f7-g6

Chpte 7 - Bl Develop t 7 . . .�7

White wishes to exchange dark-squaredbishops, thereby weakening the cS pawn

and square d6.4 5 �g5xe7

�f-e7g6xe7

White is better aer 1 S . . .cxe7 16.�xb7'xb7 1 7 .e4 . he cS pawn is attackedand an unpleasant check is threatened on

d6 Probably Black should sacrice theexchange, obtaining some compensation,albeit hardly sucient after 1 7 . .'dS .d6+ xd6 1 9 exd6 'xd6.

6 la-c7 'ee3 �e4xb7

f3xd4

00c6-d4'b6xb7

dxd4n the ending after 1 9 . . cxd4 20'e4'xe4 2 1 xe4 would rather be White.

0 c3-e4 'b7-d5°

C32) d5d4

0 �c-e4The bishop emerges oto the ong diagonal. The moves 1 0 a4 b4 deserve attetion, and only now 1 1 �e4 dS 1 2 cxd4xd4 1 3 xd4 cxd4 1 4 d3 and White



T Rm

C32) 10.. b6C322) tg6

C323) 10... t5C3 2 1 ) '8b6

. 23

d td 1 1 . cxd4 1 2 .d3 d81 3 �f4 g6 1 4�g3 �e7 1 .h4 b4.

the gae iess-bet Gey 1 99 7/98the layes ageed a daw at ths oentathough Wte has evey eason to conue the gae ate 1 6.b7 "xb7 1 7 .hf8 1 8 .bd2 td d d 1 3 . . d 1 4.d2 �e7 I ."g4 g61 6."h3 c8 1 7.. ' '1 4. c8 I d2 c6 1 6. Cabiodievic ozina 2004 Std '

t tdS S S�d � SJH

1 a8812 a2-a4

2 te75

White should always eckon with a natal ove such as d! Aftert White again attacks the awn n

b and in the event of the knieteats to its stating osition in rersubsequently to coe via b3 t ct td 1 4. . c7 I .bd2 1 6.c4 e7 1 7 a 0-0 1 8. h4 h6 1 9a7 20 .c b 2 1 .d4. Std� d! The coect decisin

White doubles his awns but takes cntol of the iotant centa squares and f . Cealy weake is 1 6 "xe4 x1 7"e2 c6 1 8 d2 e7 1 9 c4 cwith good counteay fo Black againthe weak awns on e and d3. d1 6 xd4 1 7 e3 d7 (bad i1 7 . . . xe4? 1 8 .d2 xe 1 9 c)1 8. d2 c6 1 9.c4 "b8 20 . fd .'d Of couse the queen is not geat blockade but none of the blacieces can attack it so the ove is efectly ossible. t td White has a sal but lastinadvantage.

3. a4xb514 c3x4

a6xb5c5x4



Ma Ce

knight is heading for b3 not only toak th d4 awn but aso to get a ook uares a and c t White wil lay �d2 and threaten toig the knight to a

1 5 .1 6 e21

t5-f4tf4-5

aggressive raid ... t?! fails to the

dblooded rey .t! and it tuns tat Black cannot create any ealrats. or exae ...i .d 8 g6 1 9 fxd4 xe 20 'hd3 21�g 8 22a±; Black ising the awn on b .� t . t J

22 . e7 23xb! 'xb 24�xe77 2a7+ f8 26a 'b6.xc4 e7 28g3± .t . t .� -0, Calsendjabov Naning 2009

Captr 7 Back Dvop Frt 7 7

f 18. b4 then 1 9�c 1 0-0 20 bd2a8 2 1 .c4 'c 2 2 xa8 xa8 2 3 �g�f8 24fd2; later White ays 'g4and tries to deveo an attack on thekingside

9 e220 t3g5

21 h2h4

00g7g6

Weaker and ust leading to a draw is thecontinuaion 2 1 xh7? xh7 22 'h+g8 23�xg6 fxg6 24'xg6+ h82 'h6+ g8 26.'g6+ h8 27 'h6+g8 28'xe6+ h8 29'h6+ as the gae PahudCarron ausane2003 .

C322) 1 0 1 c3x412 2313 tb12

te7g6c5x48e7

o the oent we see tyical slow layfo both sides

1 3 00

1 3 'b6 4b3 d8 1 .�d2 0 0



T Rooio c

Once again White is going after theawn on 4. Note that neither here norin the next few moves Black can take thee awn because the knight on c6 isinne and the awn is indirectly defended by the queen on e2 .

4 ' 8b65 h2h4

With a black knight on g6 this move begs

to be laye 5 . a6a5

Not .xh4? 1 6.xh44 1 7 .h?

6. h4h57. �e4xc68. b3x4±

a5a4�b7xc6

Tkachiev-Cherniaev, Biel 1 994 . White hasa healthy extra awn and the blackknight is force to retreat into the corner.

C323) 0.. e75

The best continuation for Black

. 23

Premature is l ? ! , as White hs

no need at this stage to oen the longdiagonal for the black bisho. A ossible continuation then is 1 3 . d3 c7 attacking the awn on e 1 4. f4 .�d2 �e7 1 6 f3 c2 D.chneiderGulko eattle 2002. ' I S n � ! GrischukKasarovMoscow raid 2 0 0 2 The following variation shows thtWhite must always be on the alert f4 2.e d3 13e3 e2+ 14c4

. 4xc3

After � White has a leasatchoice between ' S S I ' ' �S �S n ' an ! , for examl n1 4 c7 .b3 ( .d2 d7 16

b4 1 7 f3 �xe4 1 8 .xe4 1 9 .e2 x3 2 0 .x3 f 2 1 .efgxf6 22e Gu XiaobingYu iLishui 2 0 09 ) . . . d7 1 6 .f4 001 7 .d3 dg8 1 8 .d2 TolstiMichalek Pardubice 1 99 5 I s s

! edorchukismont, Ustro20 0 6 o r � 1 3 . . .b4? 4 .bd2 d7 b3 1 6 a 3 Burnett-Nguyen Anh Dung Buaest 2000 I S



2. tbxc3

sa situaons White usuy tes on

th the knight and only oe aelyw the pa. Of couse eveything deds on the concete position. Hee. poises White lite e.g . 13 .a4 . t . . f4 b I bd2 b4 1 6 4 Venkatesh-Raesh Chennai 2004

.. IS.t .t td.2 . ... �8-e7

..t . .d d. Obviously the best ove intis position White has a sall but stabentage afte I . . d7 1 6 .a4 bxa414 0-0 I . d2 Moozevich-Van

ly Monaco apid 2002. .dl d ? exd 1 7 .�c2 0-0 I d g6. d 1 7 . . d1 d3 g6 1 9 h6 HacekKasenkowsta 2007 . td . Byttcking the pawn on g6 White peventsis opponent fo quietly casting shot.

... . Jdl; Whitesnces ae bette since Black has still notsled the pobles of his king ; .. d?! . ! .d tdS.d d I . .xc3 1 6 .bxc3 cxd4

Captr 7 Black Dvlop Frt: 7 . .7

xb7 2 0g3 g6 2 1 .g 0-0 22 �f6fc 2 3 .h f. .. . dS .d .d .d; RublevskyMoiseenko Moscow 2003

3. -

Whites ain idea is to open the cente byeans of d3d4. Othe continuationspoise less fo exaple 1 3 .d4? xd4;1 3 .a4 b4 1 4 .xd ( 1 4 .b 1 g )1 4. . exd I .f 0 - 0 1 6.e3 c7

3 .. 00

n the eent of the exchange on c3 paydevelops on aleady faiia lines t . lS.d d .d t .d !? 1 7 . . .xe4

I .xe4 d 1 9ac d7 20 .g4.

Analyi diagram



T Rooo Sc

ove 1 2 xc3 20 f (20 g 62h6 wih he idea of g-e4 od2-e4) 2 1 g xg 22 xg (inending c and dc1) 22 h62 3 g4! ? (2 3h4 g 24c c

2dc xc 26xc h7 27 e4+g6 2 h4 g7 29 h c Black hasanaged o so theas agains hsking) 23 g6 24h4 g7 2 h ac26hxg6 fxg6 27c Jl "d� dS 20 d3 h6 21 dexd 2 2 b3 ac 2 3 xc xc

24xd xd 2 xd e7=

Anlyi digm

dS 2 0 �xd 2 1 d3 fc2 2 xh7 + f 2 3 xc+ xc24�e4 Black has a weak king and

any ieces eain on he boad "d " S" :l "d �

4 34

4 . c5x4

We should also look a Sd d Whie can aso osone ecaue on d4 1 6 f4 c7 7a 1 cxd4 c4 1 9 d 2 x20 xe4 d 2 1 g4 choonhoveNabel c 2002 tS �t, and hee one us sudy he iidea dS!? dS td "d 1 9 20 h6 e 2 1 c6 d7 22 xexe7 (22 xe7 23 and he que

is lookg a squae f6) 23xd 24ad c4 2f4 ad 26 " tB " �d " t " S�S

5 tc3x5

An ioan ove Black has good l

afe 1 xd exd 1 6xd4 x1 7 xd4 c I d3 d4 1 9 f4 fAnisiov-hayazdanov Peesbur2003

5. . e6x5

6. �e4b

The alenaive is � Whies idea io ceae heas agains he queensid



the White ' 1 6 g6 1 7 xd4d4 1 8 xd4 �c 1 9 g4 e8 f4 d7 2 1 g3 d4 2 2h4 �d �c4 24�d3

Analyi dagam

White has fu coensation he saciced aw and aybe thesition can be assessed as sighty bette White n ey to the inteesting

7 h6 with the idea afte the catue ofeating a ating theat by d 3 Backud iediatey attack the bisho on with 1 7 b4 ; eatue is 1 7 gg 1 8 �xg fe8 1 9 f6 e7 h (20 �xe7 e 7 2 1 d3 g6f4 f6 ) 20 g6 2 1 e6 xe6

xd4 e2 23f e6 and Back at east daw by eetition

Capr 7 Ba Dop Frt 7 7

6. ... '8-b6

Defending the awn on d4 White isbette afte td 1 7 a4 b41 8 xd4 xd4 1 9 xd4 �c 20g4 td :d : 1 8 �c1 9 g4

7 t3-g5

Afte 1 7 xd4? xd4 1 8 d3 g 61 9 xd4 xd4 20 xd4 fe8 Back hasa cea advantage

7. ... 8. cxg59. 'e2-3

e7xg58-e8

1 9 f4 d3 + 20 x+ 2 1 x h62 2 �h4 g 2 3 �g3 gxf4 24 �xf4 xe2 xd3 xd3 + 2 6xd3

9. ...20. 2-42 . ' 3g3

g7-g6b7-c8

White has fu coensation fo the sac

iced a and the weakness of thedak squaes wi not aow Back to teadighty



Te Rossomo c

ooTe line examined in ti and te previou capter are ome of te ricet and moscomplicated in te Roolimo ytem. n eence te wole battle revolve aroun hquare d5 and d4 At ti moment Wite eem to be winning t battle nce hmanage to force opponent to play d4 and free te e4 quare for piece wprome m a pace advantage on te kngde And t more important haBlack extra pace on te oter ank.



Chapter 8 Te Direct Excnge 4.�xc6

1.e2-4 c7c5 gf3 b8c6 3�fb5 76 4�b5xc6

i te move whic Viacelav Andreevic ebanenko ued to recommend to iil. Noting i attacking te biop on bS but neverthele Wite voluntarly exge it for te knigt. Now a very intereting poition arie wit Black aving

led pawn. n addtion in ti tructure e wll not nd it eay to activate io on c8.

) 4xc6B 4 bxc6

A 4 ... 7xc6

ecapture look ong becaue at tet oment Wte can block in bot enm iop wt te ngle move e4-eS !

5 00

5 tg86

et u alo conider ome oter poibiitie for Black: St t � 7 . . . c7

8 .eS �e7 .d3 00 1 0.bd2 a I a4d8 1 2. e �d7 1 3 e2 �e8 1 4.e4dS 1 S g4 ad8 1 .4 1 7 .S f81 8 .e4± Bologan-Metzger Aubervillierrapid 2003 S � l t SWac-ener Autria 1 ;

S S t :l 7 . .fS8 .b3 �e7 .�b2 b 1 0. d3 �b7 1 1 .a4 hS1 2 .bd2 a 1 3 .c4 000 1 4.fd2 �a1 S .e4 andlerimanjuntak Kualaumpur 2007. �



T Rossolo Scl

1 ad � t �t ' ?! d g4 7 eS S8c3 "c7 f4 �g7 (Macata-Petrik,lovakia 2 00 1 /0 2) 1 0a4 b I I aS � � (anduleacManolaceovata 17 t td

6 23 �e7

Wte better after "c7 7 eS d78 e I �e7 �f4 f8 1 0 bd2 g1 1 �g 3 S 1 2 3 4 1 3 2 b

1 4e4± vorovc-Nkolac Pula 1 2 7. 'e2 00 tb2 b7b69 e4e t6

0 t2e4 a7a a2a4 �ca62 b2b3 h7h6

3 h2h3 a-a74 t3h2 'e th2g4

aracz-Palacio era, nternet blitz 2 003

B) 4 b7xc6 23

Wite i lanning to ut i queenide

) 2) 63) 'c7

learly bad s f eS dS 7c4 c8 00 f e ± and all of Black ieceare laced very clumly He alo unaeto cange te tuaton in te centre after fxeS xeS a ceck i treateneon S and it wil be ard to evict tekngt from eS ince d7 -d leave tec pawn angng

B I ) n reply to 7 tere foote tematic move

6 c2c4

Wite lan to ut i queen on e2 aobtain te advantage by gradually freezing te enemy pawn tructure

6 tg6

Wte not afrad of te tranpotnto an ending after dxe4 7dxe4

xd I + 8 xd I and Black cannot pla eeS wic mean tat t wll be dcult for m to brng te bio itlay eecally te one on c8 And if Blactre to reare ti move by lay

f lf l



Aer 6 e7 7c3 g6 there is thessibility f 8'a4 d4 9e2 'c7 h4 hS f4! f4 2 �f4 �d6 d6 'd6 4'aS he pawn cS is dmed, since ack has n de ce against the manevre d2-b3 ,lgan-hang iaba, hengzhu 2 0

7. -e2 �f-e7

7 c7 8 00 e7 9 e a �gS h6 h4 de4 2de4 eS 3 �g3 d7c3 is slightly better fr White,

ld-Heinzel, Astria 2003/04

. - 9 b-c3 -c7

. e4-e5 f6-7 . �c-f4 �c-a6

b6 2h4 a 3 a4 a7 4hS fS

h6 g6 6 b3 and White has a small ad-aage, arac-rggemann, adessee 202

2 f-e a-e3. b2-b3 g-h4. f3-g5 �e7xg55. �f4xg5 f7-f6

6. e5xf6 g7xf67. �g5-h4 c7-f4. e2-h5;

Captr 8 T Dirct Ecang c6

2) After 5 ..6-5 White attempts tspil his ppnents pawn strctre byplaying 6.e4-e5

6 . ... 6-5

his mve at east allws lack t establish sme pawns in the centre He canplay dierently, allwing his pawn struc

tre t be brken p, hping in retrn tsharply activate his pieces, especially hisbishps Here is hw the game might develp in this case d d lack rids himself f the dbled pawns, bt he remains with an isated pawn n c6 � �d� � he knight heads t

fS ; the mre sa develpment f6als fails t prmise eqaity 2 dxc4xc4 3 'd4 d4 4 d4 d7 S �g7 g8 6 eS eS 7 eSg2 8 00 cS 9 hg g 20g ± ArdeleanuNan, Calimanesti 9 9 9 d td d

B (AdamsKrasenkw, stanbl2000) ! S hS6 'g5± � As willbe seen, the actity f lacks pieces is inscient fr fl eqality



The Rossomo c

My avorite move wt te ep owc we x te enemy doed pawns.

8 . e769 b2-b3 f8-e7

b1-c3 -1 1 c3-a f7f612 c1b2 13 b2a3 f6xe

ractice as also seen 3 . . .xe5 4. xe5xe5 5 .�xc5 e4 6 dxe4 e5 7 5 c 7 .4 ex4 9 �xd4 GanodKerman os Angeles 23

1. 1e2 f8-f 2-3 e-e16. 3xe4 ff617 ee f6-f

8 \1-2;RogersKj Gronngen 9 9

B3 ) . .. 8-c7

Te dea o ts move is to pt te pawn e5 and ten ree a lne or te isop on c

n repy Wite oten sees to open te cee by mes o c2c3 and d3d4 smlar tte variaton 3 . . d6 4.c6+ xc6.

6. -

Aso good s 6 .e5 6 7 e2 xe5 x6 9 �e7 4 - d2 2 e3 d5 3 g3 6 4.e4 5 2 �d 6. 3 7 7 �2YdasinTsesarsy srael 2.

3) 6 e32) 6 .. 633) 6 .. e7

6 . . .�e7 is rater sow ater wic Wt



Chaptr Th Dirct Exchang 4.�xc6

e4 - 2 x6+ x6 1 3 gS S B3 2) 6 64�xe7 xe7 S 4 Yandemrov c2c3aev Toms 99

) 6 e6e5

e ave ooed at a smlar poston nte varaton 3 d6 4�xc6+ ony erete qeen s on c7 nstead o te pawn

eng on d6 Wte reacts te same wayd plays

c2c3

erng to open lnes n te centre yens o d3 d4

tgf6

�c1g5 e 1 d6 transposes to 6 d6 7 c3 6e eS; d d d dxc3 xc3e7 eS dS 1 2 xdS cxdS 3 xdS7 t Il d t

�fe9. 34 c5x4

10 c3x4 61 1 4xe5 6xe512 '1c2

tgf6

7 eS d4 cxd4 9cxd4 6 dxeSdxeS c2 �d6 2 e3 3 d2g4 43 �S S 4 c 1 6 ac d7 7 g4 �g6 d e7 9� 2 3 cS 2 d2 Macea

Czarnota Grodzs Mazowec 27 f1e19 34

e6e5

Maye t s even stronger to start wt9 gS e7 and ony ten pay d4cxd4 cxd4 2 dxeS dxeS 3 c2�e6 4d2 a S 3

9 . c5x410 c3x4 �cg411 4xe5 6xe512 tb12 �fb41 3 '1 a4 �b4x214 tf3x2 0015 t2b3

Te ngt wants to estas tse on teexcelent cSsqare locadng te weapawnonc6

1 5 tf6



T Roolimo Sicii

Bologan-Moiseenko, Tripoli 2004 Blackhas a very unpleasant position, but wasnot abe to convert my advantage, and inthe end, Moiseenko advanced to the nextround of the world championship.

B33) 6. tge

tf3-g5

Freeing the path of the pawn. Now,compared with the Bronstein variation,Back has made the extra move c7,which allows White to estabish controlover the back pawn armada. ess convincing is 7 . . g6 ! t t d 9 . . gS 0 f3 d6 I fS2.exfS �fS 3.d2 �g7 4.de4 0-0 S .�e3 dS Marcein-autier, France2003 . l t td

. . ff6

7 . . .h6 8h3 d6 9.f4 g6 0.�d2 �g7

.�c3 �d4+ (Etmans-haoqin Peng,Wijk aan ee 2004) 2 . . The kightmust move away from the opposition ofthe bishop on c8 ater, White wil eitherexchange on d4, or transfer the knight

tg5h39. f2f4

10 c2c4

g-g6fg

The standard setup White securelstops the advance ..cSc4ess promising is 0 d2 d6 ! or 0.c0-0 .h d6 2 .g �a6 3 . c

4.d4 (Caruana-Piscopo, Avier 204 ab8 S e2 fS

1 0 0-0 tbc3

f6f5

We have aready spoken of how Whiteusualy reacts to the advances d7-d5and . .e6eS, and now we see this othe



ite prepares the transfer of the qeen 4 in order to begin an attack on thengside. n addition if necessary he isready to pay e4eS when the pawn on eSll have an additional defender.A position with mta chances arises afte 2 .eS d6 3 .�e3 dxeS 1 4�xcS exf4 5 xf4 eS .

12 613. h3g5

s move ooks as thogh White can

tink of nothing bt ging mate as raply as possible bt in reality it has aie dierent aim

1314 f4xe515 g5f3

e6e5�gxe5

is s Whites idea the knight retrnsi tempo to its lawfl pace and conrls two important central sqares d4andeS.

15 �e5g16 'e1h4

ite takes the important dark sqaresS and h6 nder contro. The exchangefdark-sqared bishops ooks npleasant

Capter e Drect Ecge 4�c6

6. f5xe41. 3xe4

t is important to keep contro of sqarefS not alling the black bishop orknight to go there

1 �c8e618 �ch6

White has a cear advantage for example

18 �e6xc419 �h6xg g8xg20 e4e5 �c4g8

20 . .�xf 2 1 .gS

21. e5x6 'cx622 c3e4

with a strong initiative for the pawn.

ouoThe exchange on c6 has a deep positionalbasis and if White is abe to set p his desired positiona pa press with c4 and

eS Black wil be in dire straits. Te varios black sideines we have examined inthis chapter allow White scient timefor ths smothering process One important moment is the incsion of the white



pter 9 Posing Problems: 6.'e2

4 c7c5 gf3 b8c6 3fb5 76 4�b5xc6 b7xc6Sd3 g87 6'd

en egn coecting materia or this ook was not totay convinced that thisve gives Wite an advantage However having done some specic anaytica work

an now say tat Bac aces some dict proems Tre Whte mst at every moveen wth te gamit possiiity c5-c4 and i need e he does est to pt an end t nce and or a y paying c2-c4 Another important idea or White in ths varian is to move the ight rom 3 to h4 or g5 in order to pay £4 strengthening hisntro over the centre and trying sseqenty to ock oth o Bacs ishops

) 6 c

B 6 tg6) 6 f6D 6 5

d 7 e5 d5 c4 5 9 §e7 3 2 a 2 c3 d4 3 d 64a4 Vescov-Matsra ao ao

A Very popar s 6 8-c aterc Wite sod stick to te posna pay arising aer tf3-h4 (A2)

Ater S!? Back can immediatey go

or the excange o nights tS7 g6 3 6 9 2 �e7 d2a5 2 e3 xe5 3 xe54 4e4 FegaerMiadnovicCannes 2 �d d2 d49 xd4 cxd4 e4 �7 xd4 c5 2 c3 xg2 3 g d5 4c4

�xc4 5 dxc4 6 3 g6 eptanCmiyte Herakion 27 td Bad is �e7 9 �c3 - d2 �7 g d5 2 exd6 xd6 3 e5 6 4 xe6 + rokopckherakov



Th Rsm Sii

A I f3g f2f4

eg6

and now thr oows th contrthrst

cc4

ack is not promisd f qaity by8 . . 4 9 .' 1 0 g3 f6 .gf4 g12 d6 13�g b8 14b3 1 d2 g6 1 6 . h6 1 7 .�3.

9 3xc4

W can aso amin othr possibiitisor Whit: 90 -0 cd3 1 0cd3 �c+ .h f61 2h3 0-0 1 3 c3 d 1 4a4 ( 1 4�3�3 '3 1 6 1 7 .d4

7 14. d6 1 �3 �a6ologanRadabov, Trin 2006 9. cd3 1 0. cd3 �b4+ I .c3 1 2d4 h6 1 3 h3 (or 1 3 .3 +14'f3 a6 13 a 14c2g49.d4 4 10.'g4 (103 a+

I c3 g 1 2�4 'g6 1 3 0-0-0�7 10. I I .d g6

9 c8a6

Atr 9 . 4 1 0 (or 10.'3 a+ �

0 00

A dobdgd poston ariss ate1 0. .b3 1 2 f 0001 3 0-0 d or 1 0 .b3 h6 1 1 .h3 1 2 d cd 1 3 f 1 4.6 c1 .�f4 d6

0 hh6 gh3

Evrything is in ordr or ack afteI 7 1 2 h b6+ 1 3

�c4. 2 gh3 b24 b2b3

A2 f3h4

.

fc+00�c6

hh6

ack wants, i givn th chanc to ck

th knight with . . .g7-g Atr th most natra continat Whit rpis .This is a ky momnt Whit pays tsht in th nmy bishops and dos t



ars on th board aftr th sqnc 1 .. .d I 2 .f I 3 f

Analyi agam

lack has thr dobd pawns! Notithstanding th fact that h has an traan, his position is cos to bing ost 2 .d6 �d6 I 3 fg �h2.dI !± Th king movs ot of th

k, and now it wil not b asy forlack to tricat his bishop .� d �d �d 'dtd!? Of cors h dos not hav toiv p th pawn, and can stt for thor rstraind mov 1 4.h3 , bt thtt, to my mind is th strongst andost nrgtic dcision

lS. Whit has a arg advantagi dvopmnt, and wi most iky an th h-. Manwhi, th back kingis stil in th cntr and his dobd-awns ar wak . .S Again Whit stabishsotro ovr th cntr .. � .

. I I d Whit brings a scod knight to th dfnc of th pawn.l ... S S r Not alowingt opponnt to chang knights on d4. . 'S I S.

Cae 9 Poing Probl: 6 e2

intrsting dcision Whit dos notprvnt th mov .g, bcas h con

sidrs that this lads to a wakning of thopponnts dfnsiv barrirs on thkingsid, whist at th sam tim Whitfrs th g 2-sqar for his knight.

8 g7g6

8 . d 9f4 (not a bad mov bt on

can aso sggst th atrnativ 9 .c4! ?9 . . g (a qstionab dcision. ack wasnot obigd to giv p th pawn 1 0 .fghg 1 1 .�g 1 2 .�c with a caradvantag for Whit in AvMoisnko, Kharkov 20 03 8 . . .g5 9g2 1 0.h4 gh4 I I .h4Whit has a vry compact pawn strctr

whist acks strctr contains manyhos 1 1 . . . d6 12a3 �6 13�d20-0 -0 1 4c4 b7 1 5 0 -0-0 �g7 . n thgam aracz-Fdorov Warsaw 2005, thpayrs agrd a draw at this momnt, althogh in my viw, Whit cod havcontind th gam withot any risk by

1 6 .b b8 1 7 .b3 and Whit has asma advantag

9 f2-f4 �f8g70 th4-f3 f7f6 e4e5 f6xe5



Th Rossoimo Sicii

1 3 ef5

Th ank divrsion S promissack itt on accont o th simp answr � Atr1 5 . . . g4 1 6 'g4 3 1 "g6 1 8 .4 ! ack wod com ndr acrshing attack. d 1 6 . .c41 .c5 cd3 1 8 c8 1 9. 4 h420.h4 2 1 . 'b6 2 2 .3

'b2 23.c d2 24�d2 gh425 .d3±. d d

Analyi dagam

�! This briiant combinationa

bow immdiaty pacs ack in a dict position. ' S£ ± MaakhovNdv, Rthymnn 2003. Th bishop ona6 is not participating in th gam andh d h h

14 c2c3

Th kight mp to d4 mst b revntd

14 15 2-e4

ic8-a6c5c4

1 5 . . .�5? ! 1 6 g4 1 .�h6±.

16 34 c6c51 e4xc5

Whit has a hathy tra pawn withany spcia compnsation or ack

1 18 c5xb19 0-0

a6-b'cxb'b-5

Paac-Chrniav, Gibratar 2003.

20 f3-2

6 e-g6

h2h4

A w-known ida. t is s to asth opponnt what h intnds to

abot th knight on g6. Othr movsm ss convincing, .g.: .g h8 h3 5 9. 4 'h4+ 1 0.' '

�



7 7 (7 6 8b3 9 10 6 1 1 .b2 +1 . d6 1 3 .b2 7 1 4.c3 00 DozhikovaMaakhov, t Pterburg 2009) 8c3 0-0 90-0 61 6 g6 1 1 �h6 n 1 2 .h4 81 d2 d mbo-wathi, ijingit 20 08 .

. h-h5

h mot popuar continuation in thiotion. 7 . . c7 6 . c7 ; my vw, 7 . .6 i omwhat paiv,e.g 8h 9 . 1 0 .g4. Tht whit cntra pawn c2, d3 and a4

eaiy hod th v back on. t i aoobviou that th bihop on c8 wi nd iticut to gt into pay. 1 0 . .a I .d2a 12.c4 d6 13.d2 %a7 14.g3 .4 4 1 6 .g4 (Quzada Przarmndz Gonzaz, Aguacaint07) 17 ±;

Whit i bttr atr

S S 9 d Thr i no nd toe grdy; th 4 pawn i not o vauabor Whit : 1 0 h4 �7 1 1 .4 001.bd d Chuprov-Kovavkaya,

Captr 9 Psing Prms 62

d Whit graduaygt to th wak pawn in hi opponnttructur, g.: � dSI SS d n nS Jd nd ack ha a dicut poitionEvn i h av th pawn, h wi nd itdicut to compt hi dvopmnt.

e4e5

. . f-f6

ack ght or th cntr and at tham tim covr th important quarg . h day thi or on mov andpay, or amp, 8 . . 7, thn atr

9 . 4 it wi arady b vry dicut topay -6. Pay coud continu 9 ...b81 0bd2 c7 1 1 .b3 b4 1 2c4 �a61 3 .�b2 Croa Coauza, Montvdo20 0 3 ; 8. . .b8 9.a3 �a6 10.4 �7I .c4 c4 1 2 .dc4 ao inu

cint or quaity.9 e2e4

9h3 d 1 0.d6 �d6 1 1 .h 1 2 .a3 g4 1 3 c4 0-0 1 44 7



he Rm

10 b1a3

biv tis is t most accurat movT knigt can aso ad for c4 via d2but t tt aso prpars for t rpy d7 d av mysf payd d! ? ,wic vntuay aso d to an advantag dS I l d 'd 12'a4 13c4 c7 14a b7 I�3�6 1 6 fd2 �d 1 7 f3 f4 1 8 f4

f4 1 9 0 -0 -0 �7 20 4 d82 1 c b 2 2 b3 MasakKujasvic Pardubc 2007 'dS

I 1 3 2 1 43 �g0 I ' d , oogan-Van Wd 2002 and r Wit soud aaowd opposit-coourd bisI SS �d S � d l

1) 1052) 10 'c

10 11 e5x6

12 ta3b5

58x6

A funny manouvr wit t wic Wit wants to forc transt

into a suprior nding Lss s proisby ' dS I ' I S � d t � td �20 g6 2 1 (2 1 000 6 228 23 f 24� ad8 2f 26f �f= Topaovi

Monaco bind 20 02 2 1 f (2 1 22f f 23f6 8 246 2 000± 22 f3 g7 23 8 24000 4 2g 2 6 c3 c3 2 7 d6



1 2 '6-5

1 2 d7 1 3 .c3 Th whit qnupis an invlnrabl position in thetr, and lack has problms with hisevelopmnt; S An travagant attmpt to th initiativ. ' ' I S' �d � S

S �S � %l 1 9 . . .�h3 20 b. � �d dl Whit has an ta chang and good chancs to ploitte ak nmy king position.

13 b5-c3 '5xe4+14 c3xe4

e waknss of th pawn on c shodradualy hav its say.

2 10

lak crats prssr on th pawn at ad wishs to forc its chang on f6 .

11 a3-c4

e immdiat 1 1 .�f4 f4 1 2 .'f4 1 3 .d6 �d6 1 4.'4 b8 1 .c4i also prfctly possibl.

Capr 9 Posin Probms: 6 \ 2

Whit has scint rsorcs to dfndth pawn H is prpard to chang

his scond bishop for th knight, sinc inthis typ of position, th two bishops arnot so important, and it is rathr morimportant to hav control of th cntralsqarsOf cors, Whit shold rt all hisstrngth to prvnt th opponnt achiv

ing th fring mov . . d7 -d .1 2 13 e4xf414 000

g6xf4�f8-e

1 4h3 g8 1 g3 h7 1 6. 0-0 -0 f81 7 .'4 h6 1 8 '3 h7 1 9 h c4 20 .dc4 f 2 1 �d6 22 f4

hf6 VokarvArkhipov, monsk2000 .

1415 b2b316 <c1b1

%a8-b8<fg8

Whit has a small advantag. H has man

agd to dfnd th pawn at and nowany chang will trn ot to b in hisfavor

C 6 f-f6



Th Rossoimo Sicili

f3-h4

Whit prvnts th pannd . . .g6, aftrwhich thr wod now foow 8.hwinning. n addition, Whit frs thpath of his pawn and wishs at th rstconvnint momnt to pay f2f4,strngthning contro ovr th cntr

. g-g6

. c 8f4 d 9c4!. t is important to th opponnts pawn strctr. n ananaogos sitation, in a gam withRadjabov, aowd th pawn sacric. . cc4, and in a sharp strgg, Timormanagd to win 9 g6 10h I .c3 d6 1 2 .g6 'g6 1 3 '2

0-0 1400 �d I.b3 'h6 16a4 g1 ad8 1 8.g3 �c8 1 9 3 'g20 <h f8 2 1 .a g4 2 2 .�c±D Gross-Van dr Wid, Agsbrg 20 02

8 0-0

8 f4 g 9. 00 1 0 f3 f 1 .f

f 12c3 c4 13.dc4 c 14.0-0 �bI bd2 c YZZ Nar-hrbakov,Tomsk 200 1 .

8 �f8g

9. f2-f4 00

9 c4 1 0 .c4a6 1 1 .b3 0-0 1 2 .b2.

C1) 10f3C2) 10.c2-c4

C 1 Aftr 10h4f3 ack dos bst start arranging to pt his pawn on eleth c pawn wi bcom vnrab afte

1 0. -6

.. . S I I .S S . ' 1 2 .1 3 .'h4 b8 1 4a3 ± .'S l . S ' d 1 2 .

1 3 .f c4 1 4dc4 d I .cd c1 6.d d 1 d 1 ±. .S . l .S 1 bd2 1 2 .fef 1 3 c4 d6 1 c4 d6 ( 1 1 e1 2 f f 1 3 d6 14.'h4 �g b 16.c3 8 1.

rdr-Nataf, Grmany 20 0 1 /02 1 2 .e 1 3 .f f 1 4'd2 �g4 I . 1 6 . f3 1 gf3 h8 1 8 .g8 192 f6 20b3 'd 21.f8= Vokarvhariyazdanov, Mosc



11 e4-e512 e5x61 tb1a

te7-5'8x6t5-4

e echange of ights promises lackeasonable play

14 'e2-215 t2

e6-e5�c8-5°

ikaKovaev, Czech Repubic 2002/03

2)10 c2-c4

is move is almost always useful, even iflack has not yet payed d d t is esetial to anticipate any possible blacknterplay n the queenside

10 7-611 tb1c

21 ) 11 b822) 11 . h6

2) 11 .e5

ter 1 f there is the very strong rel 1 2 e ! de 1 3 f3 ! ! ef4 1 4 f4h6 �e �e 1 6 e d3

Chapte 9 Posing Pobles: 6 2

C2 1 ) a8b812 �c1-e

Little is promised by 1 2 f3 e or1 2 h a An unclear position arisesafter 1 2 b3 f 1 3 �b2 d4 1 4h eI fe de 6 f3 d6 1 a4 f4 8 d2 �g4 1 9 a �3 20 gf3

12 8a5

1 2 d 1 3 b 1 4 af 12 f 1 3 a 1 4e d I h6 1 6 h4 d 1 c2 AleeevKomarov, Krishi rapid 200 1 2 h6 1 3 e de 1 4 fe f c g 1 6 f3 g6 1 d4

KarakinCarsen, Nice blind 2009

1 'e2-214 a1-b1

a5b4b8b7

For the moment, both sides restrict themselves to waiting tacticsWhite does not play the move e4e be

cause of the second capture on e by thebishop, whist lack does not play e6e because off4f

15 th4



he Rossomo Sicii

1 5 16 4xe517 �e-h6

e6e56xe5

Th contro o th dark sqars, combind with pay down th -, nsrsWhit th advantag.

C22 11 h7h6

Atr th mov 2 . . , th r1 3 .± s npasant n th vnt o 1 2 . !? was goi trpy 3 . h I ! ?, hoping atr to th g to crat an attack on th n

king

1 h4g214 4515 g4x516 �c1-e

e7g6e6x5g6-e5

Whit has a vry comortab post

H can nhrridy prpar an attac th kingsid, whist both back bisar compty inactiv

1 6 17 �e-218 �2-g19 g2e

20 h2h

�c8-7�7e8�e87 8e8

na8-b8A cros position ack has arrangd 21 eg4

amost a o his pawns aong th sith ooganNata, Cap d Agd 2 002 rank.

12 g2-g4

Whit aso crats a pawn phaan on th

kingsid.Mor soid pay aso promiss a sma advantag . .� .14. a I.c2 d 16.c d41 2 h 1 8 .3 �g 1 9 420 .d4 Hrnandz GrrroMartinzDany, Mrida 2008. ... d .I .c g 1 6. g hg , Marianohang Pngiang, Mana 2006 , 1 .g6 1 8 .8 8 1 9 h3 g 20 .a 1 21 .a4 �6 22b3± .� .� � .'d l d

C23 1 1 e6e512 4-5

Th standard raction Whit shts i tnmy bishops spciay th nopposbishop on c8



Le McShe

8 3 3 �d7 �e3 a 1 �d27 16 £ 17 18g

d8 g3 gf 2.e d 2g <8aneDjuk nerne l 23)a d6 23 �e3 d 2� .

th4x5 e4x55. e22

te7x565

gan and agan would draw your aenn o momen o lak op

Capter og roe 6 \ e2

ndeed very mu wa We rvng for wen e volunarly eange lg-quared op for ekng on 6 and doule e lakpawn

56 tc-a41 7 a-b1

-67

e weakne on wll e ard o defend ne n eory al e we peeare ready o aak

D) 6 75

An aggreve lak eup a Radjabov

played uefuly agan me UnMoyev game eup wa ondered ral for We.

1) 7002) 7c4) 7b

D ) 7 00 te7-g6

Wen e analogou pawn ruureare lak oen are a pawn ymean of ... e dea o rd melf



The Rooimo Sicii

dx4 1a3± and We wl akee 4 pawn w e kng dl alo no bad o nerpolae e exange1 exdS xdS and ony now play 1 1 d 1 l S We advanage unarguale He a an exra pawn and egnany ourp opponen ndevelopmen S � �d � � S I S I

e4-e5

8 4 We la wo

move are dreed oward reang anaak on e pawn on S S 1 4 1 dx4 �a6 1 2 d l S d IS %dl eranNedlky ueno Are 1

76

8 4 dx4 a6 .b3 �e7I I bd2 - 1 2 �b2 � 4 13 f6

I I exf6 �xf6 2 a4 d6 3 e3 d41 4 d2 eS I S ab g4 1 6 'e4 x1 7 xf3 �gS Warakomk-Moeenko,Poana Zdroj 8 I I d s

�

9 b2b

d2 7 3 fxeS 1 1 �b2 2 fe f4 1 3 f g6=

9 .0 �c-b2 xe42 e4e5

6xe5e5-e4

86

lak a goo pay afer 1 2 exdS 1 3 eS xeS 1 4�xeS -

2 �6e7 b-c 0-04 ca4 g645 e2e c-a6 6 e 8e

YakovenkoKraenkow Vnen 2

D2) 7 c2c4

An aemp o an e poly of S4 forever bu now We ed toa deermne g over e eS quare

7 e7g6

7 d4 8eS fS bd2 S 1 e4 1 1 - �d7 1 2 e f6 1 3

�



Th Rossolmo Scl

12.d2 eS 13.eS �eS 14.e4- S .f4 �d6 1 6 d6 d6 1 7 �d2�d7 1 8 .�e ae8 /2_/2, Glek-VoroovPaleoora 2

1 2 1 t-g514 tg5e415 g2g

860-06-e7

S . 3 eS and lak oan good play.

1 5 e6e516 tb12 �c8h17 n1-e1 �c7a518 b2-b 8-519 �c1-a

D3) 7 b2-b

A very rong novey w unforunaey dd no rng We e ful ponowng o a grevou under

7 7-68 e4-e5

We ake on ef o defend eS aal o

8 9 �c-b2

te7-g68-e7

We praaly gnore e jump f,w ju a low n e ar a queen ply rerea o f

1 1 0-0

f 1 1 . f4 en 2f 13g3 g614 e2

12 000 6-5 h2h4 tg6h814 t-g5 th875 tg5x7 8x76 h4h5 �c8a617 24

Moyev-Yakovenko Pkovky 2 1lak aon a een oaly neuralWe a ufen reoure agan cye reak lak only our ofounerpayn e eane We an quely prpare an aak on e lak kng y mofg4.

ooTank o Moyev eelen novele varaon 6.e2 one agan full oflfe ne ak an ope nvolv



apter 10 Oter Sixt Moves for Wite

4 c7c5 gf3 b8c6 3fb5 76 4�b5xc6 b7xc6dd3

5 . .. tg8e7

e es pace for e kng, keepngn unosruced, wc can play anoran roe n e ale for e cenre.

) 6tg5B 6.�2

A 6. tg5

s move ws rs played y no less cree a payer an Davd ronsen,gans Aleander Pancenko Moscow17) u e ru s a wo accuraeoes sufce for ack o equalze.

A1 ) 6 ...tg6A2) 6 6A) 6 h6

We aceves a asng advanage afer6 eS 7 00 g6 .S e7 9 .f �gS1 0fgS d6 1 1 �e6 1 23 d71 3 3 0-00 1 c3 1 S �e3

mopa, Uned aes 2006 .

A ) No good s 6 te7g6, snce smove alows We o acee pece andpawn coordnaon.

7. 24

Aso good s 7 0-0 �e7 S �gS9�gS f6 1 0.�e3 d6 1 f 00 1 2 1 3 fS f 1 .d2 e7 1 S g±Wac-G. Horva, Ausra 2007 0



The Rossolmo Sicii

7 g3 d6 e2 fS I I 4 -2eS 3b3 14�b2 b1 S exd6 �xd6 6bd2 �a6 1 7 --±Komlako-Mlano Pozarea 1 5 .

9 c2c4 e6e510 45 5xe4 1 xe4 g6412 '1x8+ �e7x81 xe5 4xg2+14 e1-2 g2-h415 b1-c �8-66 e5-g4 �6-4+17 2g h7-h518 g4-2 �4-619 2h±

ooganesnko alnn rapd 2

A2) 6 7-6 s bad for e same reason

aloug looks as oug ak as asold poson

7 g5h

A21) 75A22) 7g6

A 2 ) 7 8 0-0

75

- � 'S 'S 3 e8 4 �S ! One of laks man sdeas n s sruure He undoble pawns ome wa may and ges fdom o s lg-squared bsop. 5dS � e and of e nds a square for e bsop from an onro e enre and queensde. d d n d 4 2fS 21f3 dl ! s k

ump preens We from obann fonrol oer e poson Adams-VFrane 2

8 e7g6

8 4 dx4 dxe4 'xd+ xd 3 fS 2 �f4 eS f4 dxe4 . fxeS S+ g6 2 'x3 xeS 3 fMalyse-ergee Abaa 27

9. 2-4 5xe410 xe4 '8-4+

1 1 h2 �c8-a612 1-e1 861 '1g4 e8-714 c2-c '4-a415 e4-e5 6-5



Capter Oter Sixt Mov for Wite

) 7 g7-g64 c5c45 xc4 5xe46 2xe4 657 c4x5 e6x5

e42 -b69 -e e7520 -e5 b-b72 b2b 22 �cb2±

ologanaaov Conneu

0-0

e as anoer promsng pan, n- A3) 6 h7-h6lvng e aneo of e queens 7 g5-hop � � d Less aurae s fS 3 exfS gxfS f g6 feS xeS 63 �a6 7 e I 'd7 8 d xd xd g 'fae8 aaLa, I auzal rapd 6 d w adangerous nave for We nvakov-Psopo, rao 7

-g79.

b-2 000 2-4 7-6 h-2 a7-a5

eS exf 3 f gS �g3

2 a2a4 2-

6-5a-b

3 dx fxe I S xe dS 6 S 7'e

4 a-b

raly, eS s even sronger u afer

7 e6-e5 We as a promsng poson n evaraon 7 g6 8- �e7 f - I d6 I d f6 83 3 �a6 �8 IS gukavsnMesenko o 7 Nor are all laks prolems solved af

er

d 8eS g6 f -xd3 I xd3 S �e3 3 �fS 3 �e7 � ellwag enArakamaGran, Wjk aan Zee C � �



Th Roolmo Scl

n repy o We brngs sforces o ber on squre e5 �d 80-0�g7 9c4 d6 1 0 f4 e5 1 f5 gxf51 2 5 f4 1 3 g3 d7 1 4g2 g41 5 'xg4 �xg4 rbeuncovc ,Quebec 2009 � � dl d 1 1 b6 12 d2 �e61 3 .�xe5 �xe5 1 4fxe5 'xb2 1 5 0-0xe5 1 6 g7 1 7 c RowsonAnse, crboroug 200 1 . �d � � d "d 0

� veushknMoyev, ucres 1 99 8

2-4

Everyng s n order for ck fer8.0-0 d6

75

8 . . exf4 9xf4 g6 1 0 c4 g7 1 1 .0 -000 1 2 c3 b8 oomon-Hernndez,Es 1 99 8) 1 3 'e2 w sgh dvn

ge for We9

9 f5 dxe4 1 0dxe 'xd + 1 1 xd g61 2 fxg6 xg6 1 3 �6 1 4 g3

� f

9 0 xh

1 0 1 �cx42 �4g

�c8xh

e5x4e7g6

1 2 d2 dxe4 1 3 'e3 'd4=

1 2 5xe4

3 bc3

f 1 3 dxe4 d6 1 4.c3 00 1 5 .0-0 xg1 6'xg3 b8 1 7b3 1 7d 'e71 7 . .'d4+ 1 8. e5 1 9 c20 f bd8 2 1 'e3 'd4 22 'xxd4 nd ck s cerny no worse.

14 000 e4xc5c4

l s cery weker, eg � 1 5 . c4 16.cxd3 �b4 17.e

e7 18.�4±. 1 6.xd3 f5 d d �d d • Jd±

15 hg4

I 5 .b �e7 1 6g4 -

15 g5+16 g4xg5 h6xg5



) 6 �c1-2

s neresng move was suggesed byy frend grandmaser Vladslavevednchy Nowadays he plays for Ruana bu he began hs chess career noldava and was also a pup ofebanenkos lle bshop move as several

rposes Frsly e bshop can nowoe o he long dagonal as necessarytou e need for e weakenngove b2-b3 econdly square a staken under conrol and afer he maoeuvre of e kngh va b3 o c4 ereay be a rea of �d2 aS A he samete e bshop remans on e dago

al c I h6 and may also nd aco nts drecon

1 ) 6 ..62) 6 .. c7) 6 ..tg6

) 6 7-67 t-h4

ce lack as now weakened e e8-hSagona Whe can play s planned

Chper 1 Other Sixth Mov or White

Anoher plan s also worhy of aenon7h4 d6 8hS eS 9c3 �e6 1b3 d7I 1 a4 �g4 1 2 a3 c8 1 3 b4 b61 4c4 e7 1 S 6 gS 1 6 e3 w a smalladvanage for Whe n KalegnKsmaulln Mnsk 28

7. 768 24

Whe sezes space

8 . . 8c7

ack wans o pay g6 and hen beable o answer hS w f7

9 1-h5+

hs move was sggesed by grandmaserRaml Khasangan from aarsan myeammae for Ladya Kazan) Ram asplayed s lne severa mes wh greasuccess

9. g7-g6

9 g6 oses o 1xg6 1 f 10 h5e211 th4312. tb1a

�8-g70-0



h Rossoimo Sicii

We complees s developmen andkeeps s nenons dden unl e las

momen. Wc sde wll e casle Wlle pu e kng or e pawn on cEveryng wll be decded a e las momen dependng on wa lack does

1 2 a8-b8

n reply o 1 2 . f5 We agan closes

e long dagonal 1 3 .e5 d5 1 c, ande bsop from c8 remans su n bend e pawn barrer 2 e5 1 3 fxe5 fxe5 1 - �e6I 5 .c We s no afrad of e excange on c, snce n s case, e reansa good agans a bad bsop, wls epawn on d6 wll reman n need of de

fence.

1 b2b e6e514. 4xe5

-! exf 1 5 .�xf f5 1 6. e5 d5 7 .�g3 f

14

15 a-c4

1 5 . . .�e6 6

16 �2-a5

6xe5

6-5

Admedly afer e queen move We canno wn a pa because of thpn on e long dagonal 1 6. I 7 .cxe5 xf3 ! and e as o u thvacaed d2-square for e aacked knight

Even so on a5 e bsop prevens lfrom underakng e slges acv ne queensde, and so we can conclam a small u lasng advanag frWe

2) 6

7 �2-c8 h4

8-c7

76

As soon as lack weakens e e8-5 diagonal, We mmedaely plays knightmove and res o see space on thkngsde

8 . e6e5

9 0-0 7-610 2-4 e5x411 1 x4 e7g612 1-h5 c771 h4xg6 7xg614 h5-

We as more space and e eer psrucure, we e lack bsops ar



1. ... ic8-e615 tb12

e kight s headig or S, order totregthe the pressure o the oppoets cetre ad kigside

15 .16 t2-117. t1-g

18 :-5

�8-e7g6-7g7g5

White does ot begrudge the exage, ad had iteded this atastce all alog! Now ater the capture o[5, Wite obtais a moster kightic wil domate the board Te sud

e tr o evets trew Back out o hiseaimty ad e lost surprisiglyckl

18 .. h8g819. ee5 6-520 e5x6 �e7621 �ce5 e87

22 �e5x6

1 0, ressiet-Bertelot, race 2 006

) 6. .. te7-g6

Capter 10 Oter Sixt Mov o te

1 ) 8 ..62) 8... �e7

B 1 ) 8 . 7-69. �2c

The postio has become oticeablysarper ad Wte must play very accuratey order to ght or the advatage,e must retai cotrol o te hghgroud , i e square eS asagats idea ivolves a sacrice:. S 9 'c7 1 0�c d6 I I ex6g6 1 2 6 �g7 1 'e4 .SS .S ad ow ater . ..Whte, i he wses to gt, should give up

the b2 paw: . d. l 1 4 • eS IS c1 4 d4 ISc 'g4 16gS+ c717ab a6 18e4 S 19•xS exS20 4+ c8 2 1 gS �e7 22 xgS2hxgS± Is.s .� .i . d .

.S 20 a6 21ab 22c4+ c4 2dxc4 dS . Obviousy Whte avoidte exchage o quees, d te weakesso the back g guaratees Wte a happy

'



Rossolio Sicili

9 ... 75

Te spirited raid 9 4 is reuted witte elp o a ew accurate moves1 d 2 dS ( 1 o xg 2 + ? 1 1 1 ,ad Black loses a kigt) I I aS e71 2 c4 Te black kigt i s drive out ote cetre, ater wic lie resumes itsorma course

10 e5x6 �x611 -2

A very strog move Wite already prevets te upeasat pi wic wouldbe possible ater e6eS ad g4,ad directs is kight to te cetralsquare e4 Te oter kigt ca i time

come out to c4

11 . e6-e51 2 1 -

t is always ice to wi a tempo o tewa

12

1 2e414. -e

-c7

�c8-g4

Now te cS paw is agig

14 ... 0-0

For te momet, te paw was pois( 1 6 xcS ? 'b6 1 7 b4 a) , White is i o urry He qietly cpletes is developmet, rememberig tact tat a treat is requetly strogta its executio

1 6. .17 O-O

B32) . .9. �2c

g6-4

�e77-6

9 x4 1 0xh4 xh4 I gWite regais te paw advatageousl

10. b1-2

1 0 g3 xeS I xeS xeS 1 2 �xeS with caces or bot sides

1 0. 7-5

Te excage o eS aso ails to slBlacks problems: S S S iS d 1 2 0-0? 1 3 x5

1 2 6 1 3 �d6 ! �xb2 1 4e4 (Witsets up colossal pressure o te darsquares, ad takig te excage wube tatamout to suicide or Blac)1 4a + 1 S 1 c4 (Wte ca igr



1 1 e5x6 8x612 2c4 '6-51 c4e 5714 g2-g e6e5

15 -2

e white kights are o the move adae eady at the right momet to occupye squares c4 ad e4 Which kight wi

were is at preset ucear15 g68

A ood maoeuve; the kight heads or

16 24

is ecessary to disturb the poweru

dy o eemy paws i the cetre

1617 gx418 1-19 -2

e5x48-e6e6-4

e kight o e3 has take over the job

deedig the c2 paw ad so Whitec camy prepare og castig

1920 2c4

7-e6�c8-a6

Chapter 0 Other Sixth Moves or ite

2 0-00 00-022 4-5±

NevedichyDamjaovic Cetije 99 3 Whites advatage is obvious He ca takeover both ope es (e ad g-) whieBacks positio cotais a mass o weakesses the doubed cpaws ad thepaws o g7 ad hS Backs oy seriouspus is his exceety-posted kight od4 but this is suciet to equaize thechaces

ouot may be that the move 6�d2 is cur

rety sti uderestimated by ocia theory t itroduces some ew ot verywestudied ideas ad poses Back origia probems or exampe he mustrecko with such motis as c3 oowedby d2 ad �aS The waitig move6�d2 deserves serious attetio ad

recommed that you pay it rom time totime Those positioa ideas with whichwe have become amiiar i various iesaso work very we here



Chapter 11 Te Fincetto wit 4 bxc6

1e4 c7c5 gf3 b8c6 3�fb5 g7g6

ical cotiuatio Back acettoes is ki s bisop icreasi cetra pressure

re Wite as may dieret possibiits but we will bei to study oy tee advocated by Cebaeko:

4 �b5xc6

te troductio ave already spoke te eative impressio tis uprod excae iitialy made o Garry

sarov but ow te tirteet wordapio ater revised is opiio peraly cosider tat tis paradoxicale is te stroest cotiuatio i tissitiat is Wites idea? He wats to deterie at oce te eemy paw structure,

d depedi o wic paw Black retres wit o c6, to pla is subset strateyter a lo searc, Cebaeko came tote coclusio tat i te evet o

rmed te trut o my traiers coclusios altou it as aso sow tat ater dxc6, kiside casti is quiteupeasat or Black as wel ay case, it is useul to determie testructure rit away, else Black may atsome poit play b6 ad avoid tedoubled paws altoeter

4 ... b7xc6

Now Wite woud very muc like to detac te d7 paw rom its eibours

5. 00 �8g76 1e1

A) 6 ...6) 6 .e5C) 6 . b6D 6 ..th6



Te Rossomo Scl

A) 6 76

Te plan wit a immediate 6 or 6 ad the 6 is quite passive altog Black does obtai a very solid postion and retains te ope tat Witewill overestimate is caces become diverted on queensde actions and allow aquick coterattack on te kig (or example ater g6g5g4)

7 c2c3 2-49 cx4

0 bc3

gh6c5x40-0

1 3 I b3 d6 1 2 �b2 51 3 'c2 xe4 1 4'xe4 d7 1 5 c3 6

1 6'e3 'a5 1 7 ad ae8 1 8d5 cxd51 9 xd5 'b6 2 'xb6 axb6 2 1 d2�c6= BologanYakovic Novgorod1 9 9 5 ; Aoter pla also deserves attetion iwhic Wite develops is qees kigtto d2 ! ? d d �

� I : : An importatmove White ot only prevets the advace c6c5 ad takes square a5 awayrom te enemy qeen but also seizesspace on te queeside ad opes up

White as preveted bot breaks a5 a c5 and take more space He as sple and promisg play � Looking at te c6 paBlack tries to break s bods bt creates new weaknesses wlst giWite a protected passed pawn i centre d dS d d Consistently plaor te squeeze sice oterwise te emy kight could come via b5 ad into d4 � :

d ' ' �d MoroevKasimdzanov Wijk aa ee 22 spte te outward smplicity te edgis very upleasat or Black as is bsis clearly weaker tan Wites poerkigt n te ed Wite realzed s d-vatage

10 76

h2h3

Te main teoretical move altog ca well believe that ischers 1 1 'a4 is stronger Eve so preer tmodest pawn move; !? By immediately attackig



�d7 ! ? 1 2 eS xeS 1 3 dxeS S gS 'b6 I S dS cxdS 1 6 'xd7S 1 7 'xdS + e6 1 8 'd2 h6 e3 alemLopez Guies 1 994.d! j 1 2 'a6! ? .j '

?! ubsequetly the ollowigrtical recommedato pedxa6 �xa6 I S aS ! c8 1 6�e3ab 1 7 b3 S 1 exS gxS 1 9ac bably it is easier to play White here it is very dicult to expoit his miial advatage Black has the two bishops

ciet ope lies ad a compact pawrcture i the cetre . . .' .?! 6 ! xe4 1 7 xe4 8 h3 or 1 7 dS 1 aS ! � . l .j �d cS! . .j .h! . j= ischer-passky vetia/Belgrade 1 992 (m/ 1 3)

1 1 jh6f7

1 1 �d . 'S Here it is ot e

ly clear where the bishop should go 2 or b2 both make sese .�d bishop wet to b2 i the ollowiga: 13�b2 'hS 14e2 gS ISg3 1 6c 1 ac8 1 7 'd2 Borgo

' '

Chapte I I The Fanchetto wth 4 bc6

oeuvre: the quee must be evicted romthe kigside so as to esure that Whiteskig does ot come uder attack .j 'S .S! ± BologaTodorov Aubervilliers rapid 2003 White has everythig ready or this breakad i various lies te black bishop od7 will be hagig White has rmlyseized the iitiative

12. b2b3

1 2. .. '8a5

The alterative is �d .� '.l ' . d .d Bytraserrig the rook to the d-le Whitegets ready to carry out the advace d4-dS

or e4eS . ' A maoeuvei the style o Rti creatig a battery othe log diagoal � Eve withoutthis small provocatio White wouldprobably play d4dS However Black waslikey already ed up with markig timead wated to brig about some kid o

sharpeig o the positio .dS �d .d � .jd �d .j jS. .jdS � .j jdS. GlekBallo ede 1 99 Whitehas seized space i the cetre ad ow



The Rossoimo Sicii

32 h5 4 �7 5e2 g5 6xg5 ( 6 xg5 xg5 7 g3 h6I e5 g4 9.hxg4 �xg4 20 ex6 ex62 xc6 c 22xc xc 23.e24) 6 .xg5 7 .e3 h4 I . xh3, BologanMotylev, Zvengoro2002 .

3 . �c-7

3 .h5 43 g5 5 xg5 xg56 e5

4 ac5. '-e26 e-

a-ce7e5

t s unavourable or Black to exchangeon d4, because then the pawns on c6 an6 become convenent obects o attackhereore Whte can quetly strengthenhs poston, watng or the optmummoment to exchange on e5

B) 6 . e7e5

One o the man contnuatons or Backn ths poston he wshes to act as aggressvey as possble n the centre

1) 7 4

B ) 7. 2-4

hs gambt ea s not such a rare thn the clan, an there s even th cc varaton e4 c5 2 b4 , the da whch s to seze the centre wth paometmes the move b2-b4 s preparby playng a2 -a3 .n ths poston, the ea o 7.b4 ntuce nto practce by Robert scer to ry to break through to th asquares n the enemy poston, n th

nstance 6, whch has been weakend the kngs bshop movng to g7

7 c5x4 a2a3

.. c6-c5

. .b3 9 .cxb3 e7 0 �b2 6 I ex4 2 x4 6 3 b4 0-0 4c3 5 .2 7 6�e3 d 7 a Grabarczyk-Wegarz, Lubnewce 995 . . . bxa3 ooks very rsky, although

too Back has many eensve resou9.xa3 6 0d4 ex4 ( 0 e7 dxxe5 2 x + x 3 c4 4 e3 Bo MorenoFluva , La Pobla Lllet 996 ) I .e5 xe5 2 xe5

�



ab1 11 �c1b

c5be5

does no have me to deend al hsnesses and should thereore strve onze hs losses

1 1 t

68

I essental to deend aganst hehs entry nto c6 passkys sugges

n . 6 s an neror way o dong ecause o 3 d (threatenng4 3 . �xd4 4.c4 �x+ h 6 xd6+ e7 7 xd618 .' and Whes atack s exely dangerous

1 tb1

1 3 e7 4.c4

tc

1 4 e7

�c8b

t8h6

Capte Te Facetto wt 4 c6

15 t5

scher srves to ge he maxmum ou ohs poston athough the smpleI promsng Whe a smal utlastng advantage was proay oecvely stronger

516 tc6+1 t5h6

1

�be88

6

Prevously t was consdered that Blaccoud pu up a tenacous resstance wth 7 �xa 8xa xd6 9xh8+e7 0xh7 e6 u Ryka shows

ha ater the accurae g 7 (rngngthe queen ack nto play Whe has apractcaly wnnng poson

18 t61 a1 h81 th65+±

8ea8h8

scherpassy vet ean/Belgrade 9 9 (m/ I I .he second nght ump o the ordden square proves even more eectve



Th Rssim iii

B2) 7 c2-c3

A solid and reliable continuation. whichWhite prefers more oen than anythingese

I.'

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,

l

ti

7 gS-e7

7•.:b6 8.ta3 �a6 Not aowing theknight to c4 9.d3 d6 9 e 7 1 0 �e3(White gets nothing after 0 c4 c7 ;Now the threat is b2-b4. and Back mustdo somehing about it) 1 0 b2( 1 0 0 -0 1 b4± ; 1 0 dS 1 1 exdS cxdS12 a4+ c6 13 xc6+ xc6 4xc xd3 S ad 1 e 1 6 bS±utovskyTomicic . zeged 9 94) 1xcS xc 3 1 2 c 1 ± The bishop on

cS is extremey strongly posted. andWhite has a arge positional advantagelO.td2 Tempting. bu more eective is1 0 d4 cxd4 1 1 cxd4 exd ( e71 2 dxeS dxeS 3 a4 bS 1 4c2±)1 2 e S d x e S ( 1 2 dS 1 3 xd4 e714 �gS) 13 xeS �xeS ( 13 e7

14 ac4 c S b3±) 14 xeS + f S b4 ! with a strong initiative for White.IordachescuLjubisavljevic. Campobasso2 0 0 6 l O... te7 1 0 �xd3? 1 dc4±1 1 .tdc4 'c7 1 2.f4; A typical device

I

,

lt

l l

t

�

S d2-d4

9. c3xd4

0 f3xd4

b1 c 3

c5xd4

e5xd4

00

d7-d6

Maybe the most accurate move ofa 1 1 . .•b8 not alog the bishop to from c Wte certaiy does not wt to

pay b2-b3. seriousy weakeg the ldiagona. which leaves 12.tb3 dS sharp move runs ito an upeasnt tI f 12 c7 . then 1 3 �gS . provo opponent into plag £ -f6 and blochis bishop on g7. but he. of course.

prefer to avoid that Therefore 1 3 8( 3 d6 4 c 1 creating unplesvis--vis of queen d rook along the

1 4 �a6 S d2 f6 1 6�f4 81 7cS! b6 1 3a4 bS 1 9d+Zagrebeny-Dolgener. Budapest 1 1 2 d6 f4 �eS 1 6 eS 7 a4 e6 1 acS b3 1 9bd 2 0 c3 d7 2 1 ad 1 822 xd7 xd7 h 3 Ora-Van e Pol

Hengeo 1 99 6 1 3.�g d4 Taking o impibe because of the loss of a The paw on d4 ony ooks song at ight; in reaiy. it is a new weakns iBack's camp. especiay after the a

t �f J



Anay diagam

mportant move Whte opens a pathr hs bshop to retreat an at the samee secures the e4 pawn, whch sersl lmts the acton o the knght one7 ... . . . . 'd .d d. .td i .dl

1. ic1-g5 c8b 7

1. 1- 8e81. a1-1 8-b615. ig5-e 'b6-a516 -b a5h517 ie

he exchange o arksquare bshops svourable or Whte many because ts seu to releve the opponent o hsr o bshops, an aso because ater

Chaptr I I h anchtto wth 4 bc6

1 7 ... 7-618. a8819. ia7±

BologanBogan Neptun 1 990 Whtehas extra pawn an an excellent poston. n the en, manage to lose thegame, but t was a very long tme ago

C) 6 . .. 8-b6

Black attacks the pawn on b2 But thsthreat s easy met Whte makes naturalevelopng oves, an ater even wns atempo by explotng the less than ealposton o the queen on b6

7. ba ic8a6

he pawn cannot be taken because o thepn (rom b 1 ) or the ork (rom c4) ,whchever tactcal mot Whte preers.

8. 9. ac

10 ee5

g86 b6c7

Whte goes over to the attack an wththe hep o a smal tactc s able to eprve hs opponent o hs castlng rghts

1 0 ...11 c6+

65e8-8



The Rossomo Sc

D) n reply to te immediate6 th6 Wite at once creates a pawnpair in te centre

cc 9 c

1 ) 9 6

) 9 5

c5

D 1 ) f 9 -6 Wite plays the subtleprophylactic move 1hh, immediately restraining two enemy minorpieces te knigt and te bisop on c8

1 -611 tb1-c

aggressive move Black wants to site initiative on te kingside at once. is pieces are not sufciently ariously placed to create serious treatsBlack can start by making several devel

ing moves t£ � S d I S only now revealing is true plans i SS Black wants to play gS g g S 'g6 S and ony ten depending on te situation Of cusWite sould prevent tis so as not t al

under an attack. t Tis move sstat te black queen can get into truon te kingside. Now 1 6 . . �x is possible because of te double l1 7 .f4 Consequently Black decides treturn te queen to te left alf of tboard S d Wite creats abattery along the cle and ties is opnents forces to te defence of t pawn. �d A multi-purpose move ute rigt circumstances Wite is pared to start a kingside attack Js � t RausisFilipviBasel 2007 Black as a solid but passi

position. Wite can coose on ipart of te board to carry out his assatafter due preparation

1 th

Propylaxis against .gSg4 Wite lsestablises control over te square

from wic e wises to exclude black queen

11 �c1-e1 1-

-ea-b8



1 e8-h515 f-f;

hite cut o hi opponent ggreieigide intention t the root, nd inend to become ctie himelf on theher wing, with c , 4 (or e2)d o o

2) -5

he mot determined repone Ye, lckle himef bckwrd pwn on c6,bt he wnt to ttck the enemy pwnentre t once n dditio, White nowoe not he time for the prophylctic

2h3

1 e-e5

f coure, the white pwn on eS nd d4re ot gret ight for the bihop on g 7 ,b ck hope to be ble to remoe thibrrier

1 eS? i not good, becue of1 dxe4 (but ot 1 b7 1 1 c3 f61 2 d3 e6 1 3 cS Zhu Chen-Docen,oh rpid 2 6) 1 1 c3 fS 1 2 xc6(And NikitinYkoich, Tomk 1 997 )

� �

Capter 1 1 e Fiancetto wit 4 bxc6

�? oe not bring ny prticulrdiidend, becue of I td! h3�x3 1 2 x fS l ••• � I t nd the blck minor piecere oide Nor doe I d

�; help

A gret impreio w mde o me byLke Mchne gme, in which he competey mothered ck piece

11 e5-e6

Putting bone in lck throt t my betht White will eentuly be unble todefend thi pwn, but in order to win it,lck wil he to expend gret del ofeort, nd ring thi time, the white

piece wil tke p their idel poition

1 1 8-61 1-e a-a51 b-b h6-f51 �c1-a 6f15 tb1-c

Whte ply for poitionl dominion,without worrying bout the pwn

15 f516 f f1 ca a



he Rossolmo Scl

White doe not hurry with the exchnon fS nd for the moment inite lto do hi wort

2. .

. fe5 tf55 tb2

tg8e

6e5tef5

lck h bunch of pwn weknend doe not een he the bihop pir b

Mchne-Ykoich tockhom 2000/0 1 wy of compentionut look how beutifuly n powerfuly

White h mnged to pot hi piece nthe ner future the knight wi come tocS nd White depite the one pwndecit h cer poition dntge

E) 6 ... 8c

he ide of thi firly rre moe i totrengthen control oer qure eS ndnot ow the white pwn to dncethere foowed by n ttck on the pwnwith the moe fS

7. h2h 68 c2c ff59 exf5 �c8f5

0. 2 c5

5. .. tf566 'f h8f8. f f8f8. t2c t6c9. 'xc

McieKotnin Mrtuni 20 07

F) 6 . .. tg8f6

A cunning moe; in thi rition h whoe rnge of intereting ide

.ee5

?! S dS dS 9ed6 1 0 exd6 exd6 dS dd= d S nd lck no lon



Aother pricipled ritio i 0-0 d d d dS S ttd S 1 1 f 1 2 b3 f6 1 3 f4 4 e3 1 exf6 exf6 6 c I b6e2 Mrpwdzk rkow00 dS tS t t3 e4 1 4bd4 e6 1 e3 d7 6 d3 b 1 7 3 1 c I iriitkiy ekhrd 2007 d lSdl � '' � � � 'S d �S

AlexeeNoik irihi rpid 2 00 7 t6-58 c-c

hite i lo promied ml dtgefter d4 cxd4 9xd4 0-0 I 0h4 d6 I f6 ?) 1 1h 6

8 t5c

e knight hed to e6 i order lter oo ght for the re d4 d f4 f8 b6 9 d4 cxd4 1 0 xd4 the knight b6 remi ot of py After 1 0 00 h4 White ply �h6 c3 d btiig mrked dtge

F1)

Chater I I The ahet wth 4 x6

Evgeny Alexeev

F ) Up to ow i geerl eerybodyh plyed - bt i recet timethi ie h ecotered problem

c51 1

1

I 0 b7 ? I c3 e6 1 2h4 h61 3 d4 ? c 1 4xe6 dxe6 1 g3 0016 h4 ±



The Rossoimo Sicii

1 0 d6 1 1 �h6 e6 1 2e3 001 3 �xg7 xg7 1 4bd2 b6 S c3b 1 6exd6 exd6 1 7 b3 Al yedAmno, Doh 2006

11 '4-h4

11 6

Alterntie do not oer ck mcholce 1 1 d6 1 2 �h6 e6 1 3 c3 f61 4�xg7 xg7 S exf6+ xf6 (with theide of f4) 1 6gS xgS 1 7 xgS± ,Kprolo, Dortmnd 992 ; dS ? 1 2 �h6 f6 1 3 �xg7 xg714c3± GlekCcco Porto n Giorgio1999 ;

1 1 e6 1 2 � h6 b ( 1 2 dS1 3 c3 fS 1 4cxdS cxdS S d 1 �71 6d2 �xh6 1 7 xh6 d4 xd4 ±,MgomedoMyo Ning K Lmpr1 99 3) 1 3 b3 dS 1 4c3 f6 1 S �xg7xg7 1 6 cxdS cxdS 1 7 d ± ,KomlikoRkhimo, Mocow 1 99 7

1 b1-c c-e6

White cn cont on ml dntge fter 1 2 fxeS 13xeS fS 14g4 e61 S h6+ �xh6 1 6 xh6 c7 (o in

1ce4

1 3 �d2 fxeS 1 4xeS fS ; 13 xf6 1 4gS S ge4 e6 1 6�gS d6 1 7 d1 e3 b 1 9b3 b4 20 h6 AKhritonoMrko, Orope del 1 9 9 9 ; 1 3 �xf6 14gS± 1 4e4 dS ; 1 4g3 fS S d6 �6 •••B think thi i White bet chNow White hold exchnge een, ter which hi prere i ndobtedl dced Weker i 1 4 b S e2 16 d1 b4 ( 16 fS 1 7 �h6 ±) 7 b I ed2± tokyTieKkdy 2002 d d By rte ply, lck hod chiee el

l 1 6 4 dS 1 7 cxdS cI gS d4 1 9 xe6 xe6 2 0�f4 WrkomkiKryorchko, Cppelle Grnde 2007 •d dS �d =

1 6e5

1 3 d6 1 4exd6 exd6 1 S �e3 ( S fS ? 1 6egS h6 1 7 xe6 xh4 �xe6 1 9 xg6 fe 2 0d�xb2 2 1 xd6 xc4 2 2 xc6 �x1 6 d S 1 7 c3 gS g3 d



1 te-g5

Bck i lo ne fter 1 4fgS xg

�xg 'b6 1 6 c 'xb2 1.15. �cg5

te6g58c

Blck threten the untoppble d7 -d ,hie fter the cpture on e7, he h prered f4

2) 9 bb

cnnot y tht thi i bolutely new,but it i very rre nd intereting con

cept The ide i to defend much oibe the cruci e-ure, which thehite pwn wi then occup

9.

f b ( b k

Chapter The Fianchetto wth 4 bxc6

9 e6 1 0 c3 0 -0 1 1 �b2 d6( 1 d ?) 1 2 4 (n importnt move;White defend the e pwn ut in timend tke the enemy c pwn underobervtion) 1 2 dxe 1 3 �xe f6

14�b2 lck h uite n unpentpoition Hi knight i tied to the defenceof the c p, nd hi biho on g7 iblocked in f lck hould t ome pointend up plying f6-f, then he wil hveterribe weknee in hi cmp; 9 d6 ( logicl move lck wihe

to exploit the wekening of the long digonl) 1 0 2 0-0 ( 1 0 e6 1 1 'c 1 by defending the bihop, White i redyto exchnge on d6 )

Analy diagram

I I exd6 (thi mll trick low White tochnge the itution in hi fvour) 1 exd6 1 2 �xg7 xg7 1 3 h3 ooneror ter, White will dvnce d2-d4 ndorgnize preure gint the c6 nd d6pwn;

. .�

fxe 1 1 �xe�xe 2 xe 00 3 c3 'e8 1 4f3d6 d4 cxd4 ( g4 6 dxcS �xf31 7 gxf3 dxcS 1 8 e ) 1 6xd4 �d71 7 e3 White h more pce, he con

h b d h



The Rm

uto

Here too, White h n dntge in deelopment nd pce dntge For themoment, lck bihop on g7 i hut innd if he wnt t ome point to relee it,by pying f6fS, then thi will in turnblock the bihop on c8

10 �c1-b tc7-e6

11 tb1-c

1 . ... te6-

White i better fter I I d6 12 f6

1 3 exd6 exd6 1 4d4 I I dS 1 24 dxc4 (if 1 2 d 1 3 �3 'S 1 4d3 , creting the unpnt thret I S 'd2 lck h prbwith the defence of the pwn on cS

1 3 bxc4 b8 1 4'c2 The bck kii tied to the cS pwn, nd becu thi, hi ightqured bihop ccome into pl

1. t c51 tc-a 75. 1-e 5. e �c8-516. -c

Once gin, the ytem of neutriilck i pplied f the drkqured biop come off the bord, then Whi ibetter Menwhile, the pwn on eS futhe role of limiting the bihop on g 7

ouoAggreieyminded plyer often cri

ce the bpwn, in order to et in tion their pwn lnche ut White clo chiee thi effect more clmly, bkiful exploittion of the brek c2nd e4-eS And ll thnk to the opp



pter 12 Te Fincetto wit 4 dxc6

124 c7c5 2tgf3 tb8c6 3�fb5 g7g6 4�b5xc6 7xc6

e hve ee , i the vritio with 4 bxc6 lck ofte ed up with wieldy,iexible pw m i the cetre, which oly obtruct hi o bihop th lie,lck immeditely ope the digol for the bihop o c8, d the d-e for hiee Admittedly, it i till ot o imple to ctivte the lightured bihop, ice le, White pt pw o h3 , d retrict the bihop poibilitie

5 h-h

I ully py thi move, though Sd3 ilo poible my opiio, there i oigict differece betwee the twoe pl with d2d3 d h2h3 w ieted by Chebeko i 1 97 7 , before e i the R der20 chmpiop, i which hi pupil, Viktorolikov, hd to meet oe of the troet juior of tht time, ergey

olmtov5 �8-

te c immeditely plce h piece dn o to meet Wte pl of f4,

ee for Wte to go over to the tertivepl with b4: 1 3 g7 I b4

6

The mi theoretic cotiutio i thipoitio i 6 f6 , which wll be ex



The Roomo Sc

A) e5) h) b

A) ee5

Thi i omewhat prematre Ually after 4 dxc6, White deelop hi qeenknight to c3 t here, when the pawn ialready on e, the knight change corein order to win an important tempo laterby attacking thi pawn

b1 - -e

� Weaready know what follow after 1 0 a,o here we wil look at another, more

modet contination for lack I I S �Thi poition occrred in a game of mineat the Reggio Emiia tornament, againtan talian amater won a long endgame,haing had the adantage the entire game White trengthenthe prere along the ale, initing hi

opponent to pay b6b n thi cae,the a-pawn can become ery weak d l l and White heapiece are ready to penetrate down the

-c9 00

10 �c1e11 a-a

-c00b-ba-a5

1 1 �e6 1 2 a ad 1 3 axb6 a1 4e2 a 1 g �xc4 1 6 dxc4

1 b-b

A brilliant idea, which earned fChebanenko Thee day, thi tactical tif ha become welknown, of cot the rt one to play it wa anotChebanenko ppi, Viore ordachec, a game againt Alexander Lyenko (Bcharet 1993)

11 a-a51 �ec515 -

a5bba5�c-e

A impe and trong moe The knight c4 play a ery important role, o it i i

portant rt to trengthen it, and onlthen to concern oneelf with regainithe acriced materia Weaker i 1 �b6 becae 1 b 1 6fd2 d ! , bt not 1 6



15 5

1 5 f6 1 6 4 followed by ndl wil he two pwn hnging on d b4

16 e51 c18 56±

�e6ce5e

xS xS 9 xS xfS 20 �xe7S 2 1 �xb4 2 2 'g4 xf +xf exd3 24e6+ 'f7 2S'c+

26xd3 nd c reigned innecureil er ee 2003

6 hh6

A nning moe the ide of which i to

Capter 1 e Fett wt 4 6

c7 9 c4 bS 1 0 cd2 folowedby b3 bttling for the cSqure

c10 �c1e

11 aa

8cbb6

We he reched fmilir itution withthe incluion of the moe 0-0 nd h6;probbly thi incluion i in four ofWhite who woud o tnd wel without the incluion of thee moe

1 1 1 bb1 aa51 �ec5

aa5a5bb6a5

Poth-Pc Germny 2003

eent lter �e3 d2 nd �h6 C 6 bb6

OO

A ueful deeoping moe eeping theibility of plying d2-c4 in reply to

e7 eS lc h comfortble ply erbd2 f6 c4 'c7

ee5

f6 �e3 b6 9 c trnpoing

An intereting ide t h been pyedeer time by Vldimir rmni inprticulr in gme gint mye

C1) cC) 00

C I b1c



The Ri iii

t i better to wit Blck rectio keepg reere the optio bd2 i reply to e7 eS Thi i the more the ce gethe fct tht b7 b6 ot obligtoryprt of Blck p gt 7 -

ee5

3 9 c71 �e3 fS 1 1 �x6 �xh6 1 2 exfS �xfS1 3 'e2 �f4 1 4d4 d7 I S fe 1 cxd41 6c4+ f 1 7 e2 bS 'xd4idernchk Klithe 2 9d2 1 ( 1 eS 1 1 -- �e6 2he fxeS 1 3 gS �dS1 4x xf S d6 ZhigoTetere t Peterbrg 2 ) 1 eS

I I g4 9 e2 ? eS 1 d2 f I I 3e7 1 24 1 3 S �e6 1 4- fSI S exfS gxfS 1 6 f4 9 eS 3 1 1 4 b 1 2 b4 (Rblekykik t Peterbrg 1 999) 1 2 cxb413xb4 xb4 14d2 ISxb4 1 d2 ? opeig the pth of the

f-pw

d d S ? 1 4 cxb4 S xb4f4 foowed by gS hS g6 Sd S After thi moe the Blckbhop remi pie S

�

S.B Hen

8 -

�e3 e7 9 d2 h6 1 g4 1 1 -- d7 1 2 hg -- 13 (13b3 f6 14e2 hS ISd2 hxg416 hxg4 gS 174 g6 GrV Georgie Noi d 29) 1 3 1 4<b 1 c I S g3 d6 1 6 [61 7 xg7 'xg7 I e2 gS 1 9c4 hS2d2 /2 /2 BHed

mrk 2 / 9

8 8e



1 te2 00 wth mtl chnce

1 0 �c8-e6

ter 1 0 0 0 I c4 �e6 1 2 �e3hte h mll dntge

11 tce 0-01 - 5

h the ntte for lck, olognmnk, Wk n Zee 2 004

C2) 0-0

C1) th6C) e5

f6 c3 ee 6 f6

C 2 1 ) tg8-h6

w plyed gnt me by therun GM ergey Zhglko t thepen Chmponhp 2009 At therd, decded to work out the ddntge of lck t two moe 6 b6d 7 h6? they do not rely ccordth gener centr trtegy nd, to my

nd, they do not go well together ether

Capter 12 Te Fiancetto wit 4 c6

Whte h n nteretng de, nongthe crce of the exchnge nd pwnfor contro of the drk qre: �d �xb2? 9 3 g 10 c4 �x1 1 x f6 1 2 eS m not re thtWhte h fcent compenton forthe exchnge nd pwn, but th decod certnly be worth tryng n omethng lke rpd che S � t td td � l d ISt tr wthconterply n hroRdbo, Leon

rpd 2004

C2 1 I ) 8 tb1-c 00

f6 9�e3 eS 1 0 h2 00 1 1 f4 exf41 2 xf4 f 1 3 d2 gS 1 4I f4I S � f7 1 6 hS TomloKorbt, Dgomy 2004

9 �c1-e -6

10 a-a

l s 1 0 f7? 1 1 S b1 2 xb6 xb6 1 3 h2 fS I 4exfS gxfS1 S f4 �e6 6 f3 c4 (ndlecKotron, Efore Nord 20 0 ) 7 7 l d d d d td�



he Roomo Scl

1 0'd2 f I I h2 eS 1 2 f4 exf41 3 %xf4 eS 1 4%f �e6 I S %4 %1 6 xf3 + 1 7 %xf3 'd7 1 8b3 %e81 9 h h8 20 h6 (KolekyCmilyte, Plodi 20 08) 20 fS

1 0 . a-a51 1 . t-h e-e51. 1 th6-1. a1b1 a5a1 e515. �e �c8-e616. g1h1 651. th

YkoenkoChernie, Krnodr 2002

1 ...18 tce19 0 b1e1

C212 ) 8 a-a

5ec5c�e6-58-e8

The ide of thi moe i to prooke the

opponent into creting weknee on thequeenide, nd then tck them

8 ... a a59 �c-e

reized tht White cn do withot tmoe c3 nd rt deelop the bioonly deciding lter where to plce knight, depending on the ittion on tbord

9 . .. -6

� t � 1 0 g8 I 1 c�x 1 2 'x f6 1 3 %b White rich compenion for the criced teril; 1 �x 1 ? 1 1 ' x 1 lck h rook nd knight hnging � t � d ' The onmoe, in order not to loe ll iqueenide pwn 'd t Agithe only moe lsdlG White h

lrge dntge in deelopment nd ecellen compention for the cricpwn

10. tb1a ee511. ta-c

I I c3 0-0 1 2 'b3 + 1 3 c4 e6

( 1 3 6 1 4 %fd e6 I S d414'xb6 (14%fd d6) 14 xI S xS %8 1 6'xc6 %6 1 7 %xc6 1 8 %xd3 6 19 xcS %xS 20b%6 2 1 S �f8



hite reinforce the kght on c4, whcheep the entre enemy queende underreure, nd prepre to become ctien the kingde, by plying -f4

. a8a6A ueful prophylctic moe n the eentf 1 2 f7 the me brillint ide ofhebnenko folow

13 b4 xb4 ( 13 cxb4 14�xb6 e71 x ±) 1 4 bx 1 �xc �f81 6 b6 b8 1 7 �x �e7 1 8 �b6 ti intereting tht t rt, Zhglkonted to ply 1 2 f7 t once, but thenhe potted the de ofb2 b4, nd toppednd thought for long time He choe

ore olid continuton, but hi time exenditure lter took it toll nd hi ubeuent tme-preure enbled me to winthe gme

. . �e 5 -

e5h6-7

Mybe 1 S e3 w tronger nd fer,in order to preent lck only ctieide, which i f6f

5.

Caper 12 e ianceo wi 4 c6

1 7 eS ( 1 7 f 1 8 exfS �xf1 9 e ) 1 8 e3 d4 1 9 b3 f7

7 b6b5

tep by tep, lck prepre counterplyon the queenide t will not poe White big problem if he undertke few preentie meure

8. - a77

ologn-Zhigko, ud 2 009 The omewht low coure of the gme

lightly wekened my ttentiene, nd forgot tht lck cn lo crete ome ortof thretHere plyed 1 9 oerlookng the excellent reply 1 9 gS nted, houdhe plyed 1 9 b3 nd White preentboth of hi opponent ctie pln nd retn ml opening dntge

22) 7. .. e7e5

8. a-a

The mot populr pln Th etup hoften been ued lck by GrndmterKotroni, lthough n the mority ofce he h tood wore, o one cn drw



T Rm

� 9aS �e6 ••• S I I 1 c3 �e6 •••� S 1 2 00 13 b c 14d2f S h2 aa7 1 6 g4 akoDda, Hngary 20 0 1 d

!? ISS S �S D d �S n I a6 ! ?i Y n n � tackoaDembo, Gothenbrg 2 00 y analogy with the example lookedat earlier, White can alo pay bd2

here, directing the knight to c4 in orderthen to carry ot the adance b2b4 h6 9c4 f6 1 0�e3 �e6 a3 1 2 b4 cxb4 1 3 axb4 f 1 4e2 f4I S c gS 1 6�b2 xc4 1 7 dxc4 hSI e 1 AlexeeMamedyaro, Elita200

8 -6

Now White realize hi main ideaThe alternatie i S �

d � 1 0 a4 I b4 axb31 2 xb3 White ha ery imple playhere he adance a4-aS and detroy hiopponent qeen ide pawn tructreHere i a comparatiely new exampe:

�

Vasos KOoas

c6 22c7 d6 23c4 e6 2400 2S�c7 b7 26aS a7 27�d7 2b6 xb6 29�xb6 30 c4 g4 3 1 hxg4 �xg4 32 f2+Anand-Radabo, Monaco 2009

Analy diagam

A relatiely freh idea White want create preure againt the pawn on 6and th prepare the break b2 b4 n adition, in ome cae, the qeen cacome to a2



1 3 f4?? 14cxeS 1 4 f4 S d2 d6 1 6b4 cxb4 1 7 xb4 4 S 'd l ' ' A Zhigko-Mmedo Mocow 2009

9 bb

hite i redy to undouble hi oppoent pwn becue in return he obtin eerl re poitionl pue Motf ll he now h more pwn in the centre nd in ddition the rook on 1 come

ito ply nd exert preure on the pwnn7

9 .10 ab

1 cc

c5btg8h6

he tet word in thi rition Whitetke dntge of the fct tht the knight not yet gone to c3 in order to eizepce on the queenideme other poibilitie for White

I I bd2 f7 1 2 �b2 0-0 1 3 d4 exd41 4�xd4 e8 S e e6 1 6 3 e71 7 Zhng Zhong Kotroni Portin 2004 � 1 f7 12c4 00 13bS

�

Chapter 12 The Fiachetto with 4 c6

d7 (TKointe-Kotroni Mocow2007) 23f1? g7 24fe3 hS2S f4 26g4? � 'd � d d d d d

d RublekyKotroni Wrw 2005; 1 1 b2 1 2 c3 0-0 1 3 e2 e1 4h2 f S e 1 �d6 1 6h e71 7 �c3 �d7 I d2 �c7 TkchieKotroni Frnce 2007

. . .1 tb1-c �c-b

0-0th6

lck h good counterpy in the eentof 3 cS bS or 1 3 bS cS 1 4dS f

65 e5

1 4 e ? e I S e2 �d7 1 6 d c7 1 7 c2 b I b3 6 9 exfSgxfS 20e2 cS ZhigkoKotroniDreden 200

g65

Of coure cpturing with the bihop i

not good becue then White get n excellent centrl qure for the knight1 4 �xfS ? S e4 d7 1 6 e2

15 tc-e



Rossolimo Sicili

I S e e8 i e promiingWith the text, White open the digonof the bihop on b 2 nd prepre to trnfer the knight to hS cloer to the enemyking ck lredy fce omething of crii

5 e5-e4

S e8 1 6 g3

6 �b2xg7 e4xf37 �g7xf f3xe21. 'xe2 gxf19. e

Nominly ck h ml mteril dntge but objectiely White poitioni cery better of coure ck h n inecure king bdy coordinted piece ndmny pwn weknee

9. . f5-f4

On 19 d7 the reply 20 b2 i eryunpent tking contro of the onglck digonl

20. 'e2e4

A tripe blow tht how mn pwn ck h

202 ' e4-e+

'f6f-g

MciejKotroni Kudi 2006

22. b4b5 f2f323. 'exc6±

ouoy tking on c6 with the dpwn Bccount on ctiting (or exchnging) bihop on c8 but White immeditrt pying to retrict it by plcing ipwn on light qure At moe

lck doe bet to continue deelohi kingide nd the moe 6 f6 be the ubject of the next two chter1 3 nd 1 4 On the other hnd chnge of the pwn tructure by lc uch n erly tge of the gme i hrllikely to be correct Hing een hi oponent pln White cn immede

mke the pproprite djutment n own etup nd obtin then dntge



pter 13 - Blck Plys 4 . . .dxc6 nd 6 . . .tf

4 c7c5 gf3 bc6 3fb5 g7g6 4�b5xc6 7xc6Sh3 �fg7 63 gf6

e mot tr d exibe cotitio Blck complete te deeopmet of ikigide d for te momet, doe ot determie te centrl pw trctre

tb1c

ite wt to grdly prepreeeide ctig t let tt i tey Cebeko tgt ppl to ply

te poitionBt i 2 003 d tring eio witrry Kpro, d we cme to te cocion tt oter pl ioig teimedite 700, lo ery petfr Blck recet time my plyere trted plyig ke ti d ecieed ery good relt Ti p i

exmed i Cpter 1 4

A) 00

A) 7.

8 ic1-e

A1) 8 tA) 8 a5A) 8 cA) 8b6

0-0



The Rossomo Sc

lck pln the etup e nd e7, fterwhich he will be ble to trnfer theknight i f8 nd e6 to d49 b6 1 0 b c7 1 1 h6 e 1 2 g7xg7 1 3 h2 f6 1 400 �e6 1 f4 exf41 6xf4 h 1 7 e 1 8 bf Rublekyoic, Nikic 1 99 7

10 �e3h6 e7e5

0 f8 I h4 g4 1 2 �xg7 xg7 3 g �xf3 1 4gxf3 e6 1 'e3

11. h3h4 �g7xh612. 2xh6 f7f613. 0-00

Of coure, 13h?? g i bd, when thequeen i trpped

1 3. ... 7f14. 1g1

My pln i ery imple wnt to plyg4g nd then h4h

14 ..15. f3-h216. g2-g4

�c-g4�g4-7-e7

lck wnt to nwer 1 7 g with1 7 g7, forcing the exchnge of

17. h6e31. g4g5

fe6

White crete eriou thret 9 g4

1 . ... f6xg519. h2f3

The ight chnge coure nd immetely hit wo pwn g nd e

19. e7f620. f3xg5

n ilr tructe, it i ueful to ex

chnge knight, becue the blck knighti ery good defender, which prctcllyinglehndedly coer lck numeroweknee

20.21. g5xe6

22. e3xc523 . c5e3±

e-f�7xe6

b7-b6

olognYut, Diogrd 1 988 Wh won p, nd lter won the gme

A2) . ... -a5

A lightly trngelooking, but quite ply



Chapter 13 Ba ays 4 c6 d 6 6

Blcks ide is to dnce c c4, but his A3) c-c4

thre is esily met

10 tf32 b7-b6

en withou this moe, the ueen is notwel plced on , but now it is surounded on ll sides by its own pwns

1 1 f2f4 tf6-712 t2-c4 'a-a613 a2-a4 a6-b714 '1-e1 'b7c71 'e1-h4

White hs esy ply nd domintes hehoe bod

1 �c-a616 tc42 �g7-f617 'h4-f2 -f1 t2f3 a

1 g1-h1 �a6-c20. :a1-e1 �f6-g721 4-f t7-f622 'f2-h4±

BoognGrigore Neptun 1 990

By scricing pwn, Blck hopes toopen the gme somewh, nd thnks ohis two bishops wnts o obn compension Howeer, White cn ignoe hismoe nd uiely continue his deelopment

0-0

10 c2x3

c4x3

'a

Unforuntey for Blck, he will no bebe o py c6c, xing he pwn ond3

1 1 34 �ce612 '1c2 h7-h6

13 a2a3 f-14 b2-b4 'a-h1 tc3-e2

he stndd ecion to he blck ueensppernce on h by now he fok f4 isthreened nd Bck does no he timefo �xh3

1 'h-b16 te2-f4 'b-c417 c2-b1 'c4-b31 e4-e tf6-e1 tf4xe6 'b3xe6



he ossoimo Siii

oth blck minor piece re ery bdlyplced, whilt White h lredy begunn ttck on the queenide n 2003,Kpro nd dicued thi ritionnd cme to the concuon tht the plnwth 8 c4 i not dngerou for White,precely becue of the quiet repy 9 0 0

A4) . .. b7-b6

The min continution, whch h, forexmpe, been plyed ccefully eer

tme by Peter Leko9 -2

A4 ) 9 ..eA42) 9 ... e5

ow 9 e8 03 (if 1 0 e Wteobtin cono oer the queenide thI b4 cxb4 1 2xb4±) 1 1 00 d71 2 h2 1 3 f4 f 1 4e e61 exf gxf 1 6 d4 1 7 e �e61 8 ' e 1 9fxe h8 20d4

'xd4 2 1 e2 'x+ 2 2 x±RubekyAnderon, Poc Zdroj 997

A 4 ) 9 f6-e

lck begin the trnfer of the knight to

0. 000

. I I . � . 1 2 'd7 1 3 �xg7 xg7 1 4fe 1 1 e4 �d 6 d d4 7 h

d8 uchlArnold, Gerundelig 1998/99 I . . .� . .d JHl Jd DelcheMench, Metz 2002 t i lo logicl to explot the knightdeprture from the kingde nd trt

ttck there: . � 1 0 h 1 1 00c7 1 2 g e6 1 3 xe6 �xe6 14nd g2g4 l . Mybe 1 h2 itronger, not lowing the enemy bihto g4 fter 1 �e6 1 2 h , White begi direct ttck on the enemy ki . . .� . I .Komliko -Dolmto, Mocow 1 977

0 e-c7 �e3-h6 c7-e62 h3-h4 �g7xh63 2xh6 f7-f64 c3-e2

White i redy to exchnge one of hiknight on d4 when lck put h knigh



14 15 g2g416 f3x417 1g1±

f8f7e64c5x4

olognhrlo, Azo 1 99 1 White willfollow u with g4-g nd h4h, deeloping ery trong ttck on the king

A42) 9 ..10 �e3h6

e7e586

Weker i 1 0 e7 becue of 1 1 00 0(White o h the good lterntie1 1 0 0 e8 1 2 h2 folowed by the exchnge on g7 nd £f4) 1 1 h12e2 (oerprotecting the importnture f4) 1 2 f6 13g4 �xh6 14xh6g 7 1 d2 uczynki-ocko,

olnic Zdro 1 999 White will continuewith £-f4 nd deelop n inititie onthe kingide

A421) 11000

A422) 11g4

A42 1 ) 1 1 000 a7a5

Leko fourite etup, which h ered

Chapter 1 Ba Pay s 4 c6 d 6 f6

n ny ce, lck hope to become ctieon the queenide Howeer, in recenttime White h mnged to poe hi opponent new problemnufcient for equlity i 1 1 �e612b b 13 e2 14�xg7 xg71 g (eizing the chnce to exchngethe enemy bihop) 1 h6 16 xe6+fxe6 (AdmHurth, red 1 999)1 7 White h olid poition ndlter he will decide wht to do with it whether to ply c2c3 nd d3-d4, or to

prepre n ttck on the kingide

12 f3h2

� 1 3 h2! ? 4

14g4 g8 1 e2!? ( 1 b 316b3 d4 17h2 b 18f3 d619e2 �e6 20g3 d8 21 g c422f4 cxd3 23cxd3 f6 24f3 c2 •e3 e7 26c3 �d7 27h4 b428e2 �g4 GrichukLeko, Mocow20 0 2 ) 1 xg4 1 6hxg4 e6 1 7 b 1

xg4 1 8 f3 e6 1 9 4 f6 Grichukonomrio, Mocow 2002 • S lSt S td i hiro-Leko, Dortmund 2002



The Rossomo Sc

A very trong move ck cnnot tke ong4 becue thi woud open the h-ebut it i o difcut to toerte theknight on g4

13.14. 2-315. h3xg4

1 5

a4-a3�c8xg4

�g7xh6

I S xg4 1 6�xg7 xg7 1 7 gS (nimportnt move it i vit to remove theknight from g4 oon poibe fromwhere it defend the hoe in ckkingide) 1 7 d7 1 8 f3 d4 1 9d2f6 20 e2 d6 2 1 h6+ g8 2 2 g4fd8 2 3 g3 f8 24h4 nd White

ttck i very trong

16 2xh6 6-417. h6-h4 4xc318 h4xf6 a8-819. h1 xh7 c3-2+20. c1-2 %8x3+21 2x3 2-4+

22. 3-e2 4xe4+23. e2-f1 g8xh724 %13

1 -0 Ortovky-Avrez Abcete 2002 h d b h h

otvinnik-Kprov choo nd tooprize in the UR unior chmpionhieven pying on eve with Krmnik then omehow he fe hort nd in tend ony becme grndmter

A422) 11g2g4

An ggreive thrut Thnk to hi oipoition in the cente White cn ffouch p

1 1 . . .. �c8-e6

The terntive i 1 1 S 1 2 �xg7 x1 3 e3 4 1 43 ( uefu move wih view to n endgme ck h ight

ued bihop o in mot ny ngme it wi be unpent to hv hipwn xed on ight ure) 14 I S d2 ( we hve edy een time the knight hed for c4 t the time freeing the fpwn) I S 1 6 e2 think thi poition i fvo

be for White H h prevented hcounterpy with cS c4 nd i redy oundertke ctivity on the kingide

1 2 2e313 c3e2

a7a5a5a4



1 Sg3 is mistke becuse it is not sosimple for White to crete rel threts onthe kngside, whist lck wl now he free hnd on the other wing For exmple1 S e8 1 6 0 -0 f6 1 7 2 d81 8 �xg7 xg7 1 9 f4 exf4 20 xf4xf4 2 1 xf4 c4 PonomrioLekoLinres 2003

5 6. �h6xg77 f2f4 e2xf4

agxg7e5xf4

White hs comfortble dntge

) 7 ...

�ce3

e7e5

'e7

Capter 13 Bla Plays 4 dxc d

We he reched position similr toones we he redy ooked t

0. ... f6e

1 0 S 1 0 -0 -0 bS 1 2 e2 e81 3 �xg7 xg7 1 4g4 c4 Sg S hS1 6dxc4 bxc4 1 7 d6 xd6 1 8 xd6RubeskyHossin Yeren 1 996

000

t ws stil not too te to go oer to thepln with kingside cstling 1 1 0-0 ? f6

12 h2 . . .. f7f62. �h6xg7

The bishop coud so be retined with1 2 �e3 ?, since the bishop on g7 is notery ctie

23 g2g44 c3e2

exg7g7e6

C) n repy to the immedite7... c5c4 do not recommend to cpture the pwn, but py the ery impor

tnt moe

�ce3



he Rossoimo Sicii

White lo retin ler dntge fter d d S 9 00 10 e3'S d4 � l d d1 1 �b7 12 dS 0-0 3 'b3 '814 d e6 IS gS exdS 6 eS 417'2 d7 8xdS h8 9 '3e8 20 f6 xf6 2 exf6 f8 2 2 e7�xe7 23fxe7+ g8 24 '62S 'eS 8 26 d6 PonomrioVnWely, Wik n Zee 2003 �d d d ISS d

10 2 b7-b6

pnton-Reijneed, Guerney 2001 0 eS 1 0 -0 -0 trnpoe to 9 e1 0 'd2 00 1 0 00

1 3-412 �e3-h613 �h6xg74 OOO

�c8a6 8-c7g8xg7

d �d S D) 7 6-7

Grhuk-Vn Wely, Wik n Zee 2003 ; 8dx4 'xd + 9xd �e6 ; d S S 93 S 0 eS dS e4 xd4 1 2'xd4 �b7 1 3 0-0 001 4S �6 1 S 'h4 7 ologKomro, Frne 2003 ••dS � I I d

8 .. c4x39 c2x3

After d3 -d4 White will oon tnd better

9 .. 0-0

9 eS 1 0 'd2 ( 1 0 '2 'e7 1 e2�e6 12'3 d7 13f4) 10 0-01 0 -00 'S 1 2 b �e6 1 3 h6 bS1 4�xg7 xg7 I S gS b4 1 6xe6+

'

8 �c1-e3

8 . e7-e5

The moe look omewhatunnturl After Whte defend the

pw on b2 nd i redy t the neeymoment to py hi bihop to h6 heeoud folow d 1 0 b h 00 e6 1 2 e2 '7 1 3 3 1 4 d2 4 S 3 0-0 1 6 xg7 xg1 7 h2 Rublekykunikh, Tom2 0 0 1 •••� d

l Whte begn n offene in the entre nd he lredy hthe unplent thret of' nd 4; d S Alo intereting 1 2 �xg



7 e2 7 19•e3 g 20c3e7 21 fS gS 22 g1 bS 23 eednichyGric, Ni 1 995 •• s d � S S S �xgS 16xgS h6 17f3 g7 gS hS 19 •c3 d6 20 d2 bS 2 1 f4g 22fxeS xeS 23 •xeS xeS24 e7 2Sd2 � d S ologn-Annd,ew Delhi 2000 Here hould ut hettcked the pwn, nd mybe Anndould not he become world chmpion

©: d d d dS The pwn on 7 nd eS re cutff from one nother, thnk to whichhite h the better pwn tructure ndthe dntge

9. 2

) 9 e72) 9 h6

D 1 ) 9 ..

0 �e3h6

8e7

�g7xh6

1 0 • 1 1 g7 xg7 1 2e2 b61 3 0-00 �6 14 •c3 000 1 S d2 b1 6f4 f6 1 7 g3 exf4 gx4 he 1 9h4

Chapter 13 a Pay 4 dxc6 d 6 6

. 2xh6 f7f62. f3-2

12 h4? f ( 12 f 1300 �e61 4f4 exf4 S e 1 00-0 1 6 •xf4hiro-Predoeic, reo 2004) 3 •d2 'e7 1 4 0-0 -0 fS S g3 f4 6g2 fxg3 1 7 fxg3 f h4 hS19df e6 20£ d4 21 gSnchukFilippo, Hkidiki 2002

2 3. f2f4

t7-f8

ut in time, before the knight hrechede6

3. ... e5xf4

White h mll dntge fter 3 e6 14fxeS fxeS 150-0-0 �d71 6 df d4 1 7 000 •gS

4. h6xf4 c8-e6 5. 0-0 f8-7

A eemingly ogicl etup ck bringthe bihop to e6 nd the knight defendthe pwn on f6, etting up brrier onthe f-le ut Whte nd n effectie re

oinder

6. :a-e 0-0



The Rossoo Sc

White has not managed to break in downthe fle, but it is not te end of theworld since not everything is rosy forBlack on the neighbouring les either!

17 ..18 5-c719. f4-6

e7-f7a8-8

RblevskyKir Georgiev Panormo 200 1 uddenly Black as insoble problemsdefending the bishop on e6

D2) 9 .. h7-h6

The main continuation many blackplayers prefer to prevent te exchange ofdark-squared bishops

10.0-0

is the strongest continuation in my opinion

21) 0..f522) 10.. e7

D 2 1 ) 0.1. e4xf51 2. a -e

f7-f5g6xf5

Defending against the treat of f5-f4

Black has renewed the threat so Wfrees te d2square for is bishop.

1 3. .. f7-g814 f3-h2

Now it is Wite who wishes to -f4 breaking up Blacks central aduo His reply is more or less forced

14 .. f5-f45 �e3-2

As a resut White gets square e4 and eS pawn becomes backwardOverall Whites advantage is not bt defending sch a position as Blac extremely unpeasant

1 5...

7-f86. 'c1- �c8-f517 c3-e4 b7-b618. b2-b3 h6-h59. �2-c3 f8-g620 h2-f3 8-52 e4-2 a8-e822. a2-a4 e8e7

23. -a g8-h724. e-e2 h8-e825 f-e h7-g826 g1-h2



the pawn on eS, an Back has no ealcountepay Afte a ong stuggle, wonon move 76, an the ga was vey imotant, as nishe in st place in thistounament, played so ong ago

22) 0 8e7

. t3h2

lack cannot castl, bcause the pawn onh6 wou be undefend n the mantime, Whte cais out hs main plan with-f4 Anothe possible plan is to attack onthe queensie wth I I foowd byb 2 b4 Black can tak avantage of the factthat he has not yt castled an ppae an

attack on th kingsie M Afte 14bxcS Blackhas the stong etot 4 bS , while f4 , then 4 f I S ' f4 6d2hS 7 bxcS bS and Wtes attack hascoe to notng an now it is Blackstun 1 8 c3 gS 1 9 f g4 20 g 4,

Mokshanovannikov, azan 20 0 8 S � S S S Sd d d S S Sdl � Ponomaiov-amnik,Linaes 2003

Chae 1 3 Bla Plays 4 c6 d 6 6

22) 3x4222) 3.�x4

D 2 2 ) 3 x4

Counting on the iea that the pessuaong th f-le wi be unpleasant foBlack

3. ... t8-e6

d S 6 f leas to waknsses onthe kingsid: 1 7 f4 1 8xfS gxfS 9 e2 e8 20 f4 '8 2 g3 g622 with a smal plus fo WhiteS 7 b6 8�f4 hS 9 h2h6 20 f4 2 h4 g8 22 'c3

RubevskyMhane, stanbul 2003 M 8 S d � � eGschuk, Wijk aan Zee 2 005

4 425 a

22) 6te2222) 6tg4

D2 2 1 ) 6 tc3e2

te64�c8e6



h Rossolimo Sicii

1 4xe2+

1 6 . . . 0-0-0 1 7 f d7 ? 1 8 .xg6 !fxg6 19 ± "eS 20 . f "e82 1 .Jxg7 e6 22 g3 .

1 7 f2xe2 0-00

1 7 . . . b6 18 .b3 0-0-0 19 "e eS( 1 9 . . .b7 20 . d2 g tsposes to thetext gae) 20. (20 f! =) 20 . . .b82 1 .d gS 2 2 dxcS b 2 3 . d f62."aS± G. eier-Eisont, Pardubice2006 .

18. b2b3 b7-b

1 8 . . .g 1 9 .f3 Jh , ChandlernarkievGibaltar 200, 20 .b d 2 1 .bxc

xc 2 2 ."a �xe3+ 2 3 .Jxe3 b82. Jb .

19 '2e1

1 9. ... c8-b7

The coect pla fo Black is to advacethe g and hpans, heeas advanci. . -f in a favourable for is quite dicult. 1 9 . .�eS 20 .f3 c? 1 7 . . .b6 8b0-0-0 1 9."e eS 20 .f3 ; 1 9 . . .g ! ? 20.�d2 h 2 1 .c3 ( 2 1 . . .xc3!? 22."xc3 g 23.f)2 2 .�xd cxd 1 9 . . . d6 20. Jde8 2 1 . d2

22.�c3 �xc3 23."xc3 g (KobaliaBatsanin, ochi 200) 2.hxg x2 .Je.

20. �e3221. �2c322 �c3x4

gg5�g74+c5x4

Rublevsky-narkiev, Pikovsky 2008

23 g4

lso good is 23. !? ith the idea o

g-f6, for exaple 23. . . h 2.f3 c2 S eS Jh7 2 6 ."f6 and White has aslight advantage.Worse is 2 3 J?! h 2 f1 Jdg8 , aBlack takes ove the initiative.



24 h3xg4 h6h525 e2f2 8f826 f2f6 h5xg427 e1g3 h8h7

28 g3xg4 f8h829 g4f5±

D222) 16 h2g4

1 6 f7f5

. . . .S 1 7 xh6 eads todoube-edged play 1 7 . .6 ( 7 . df88d b6 9.c3 b 20.f gxf2 .exf xa2 22 .6 xf6 23 xf6 �e624.�g 'd7 2 b7 26e

KveinysTeske Bad Wrishofen 2004) 8 .d h7 9.c3 b 20.g4 xg42 .g4 TurovMaletin Moscow 200 5 and here Black should play 2 c4 breaking up the centre � .� �S.tS S l .� d(WarakomskiBrzeski Warsaw 2009)

.�S d .t � .d1 7 g4xh6 0-0-0

7 'h4? 1 8 exf gxf 9 xf (thisexchange sacrice is the point of the

Chapter 3 Ba Pay s 4 . . .dxc6 d 6 f6

White has an extra pawn and the morepromising position

18 e4xf5 g6xf519 c3a4 75

20 c2c3 5xa42 c3x4 �g7xh622 �e3xh6 8g823 f2e2

D222) 13�e3xf4

This is the recapture prefer.

1 3 f8e6

After ... �? White carries out his

main idea the transfer of the knight tothe squares d6 and f6 which becomespossible after e .� S 4 . 0-0-0?I .f4. IS.S! ntending e4-d6I S...t Or I . d7 6. 0-0-0 7 ae b8 8 .e4 .t .t .±

3 . .�d7 4.ae 0-0-0 I.3 g6 h2 g6 7e2 �e6 8g3 c49d4 h4 20.c3 xf3 21.xf3Ovetchkin Artamonov katerin burg2008 ;



he Rim Sicili

�xf 22.gxf e 23b �d2 xd cxd 2 f6 B.ockoMichielsAntwerp 2009

14 �f4g

The bshops retreats to ths suare becase White wshes to pay e-e folowed by c3-e

14. . te6-4

td 1 g? 1 6 'ed8 1 7 .e d 1 8 b6 1 9 ae �e6 20 f6+ h8 2 1 . f g 22 .�c f 23e �xf6 2exf6 g8 2.gf8 2 6 b3 d 2 7 e anevAnnageldev stanb 2006 l

transposing into the main variation • " l td Creating a threat against note that on theprevous move Whte cold not payI . ? because of the obvious replyI . d. 1 6 e6?! (ZhuChenukandar Doha 2006) 1 7 �h!

h 1 8 . g with the threat of19 f6 �d! 1 7 .h ! ? e718 ae e6 19 . e f ! ( 19 . . f20 e xg 3 + 2 1 xg3 ad822f3 EmenkoHeinis Gibraltar

�

Tama Koe

Wth three pawns for the knight Back hsucient material bt White dominathe centre and hs pieces cooperate wtogether so hs positon seems preferabl •d d td 22 b 23fda6 2. B 23 .h 2e t �eko-Van Wey Dortmund 2005

1 5 a1e1

etting up the threat of 1 6 d

1 5 .. 00



S f6 6 dS cxdS exdS e6I dxe6 0-0 9 d4± Dlzhikvatavyany, Kiev 200

e4-e5 ic8-f5

Black gets nthing fm r i b6 I f3 d 9e4 �e620 b3 gS 2 g4 (2 c3±) 2 d422xd4 cxd4 23�g3 cS 24f6+�xf6 2Sexf6 b 26h4± Papintamenkv, Plvdiv 200 d ! i " d

id d d G MeieNigaldze, Yeevan 200

7 c3-e4 8 e xe4

if5xe44-f5

hS 19 �h4? ( 9 � fS20 f3 Blgan) 1 9 c 20 �f6h 21g4 �h6 22 g 23e6Kaegn klv, Kazan 200 ; I ad ? 9�h4 gS 20g4 e6(T Ksintsevamlyte, Tuin 2 0 0 6)2 �g3±

9 �g3-f4

lie Whites psitn he has taken spacein the cente and hs peces ae hamni

Chaptr 3 Ba Pays 4. c6 d 6 6

9 20 h2g4

g8h7a8-8

At Minasan-Kalugin, chi 200, andhee White shud pay

2"2c3

inceasing the pessue n the ng diagnal and theatening the mve 22 f6+Play culd cntnue

2 f5422 f-f2 8-e823 g4-f+ �g7xf24 e5xf "e7-f825 if4-e5

White theatens t win a pawn afte theexchange n d4, and Black stil has abadly paced queen

ouot seems t me that Blacks attempt tavid the standad attack with ppsite-sde castling, by means f d , is

nt gd, pecisey because White canswitch t the plan f castng ngsdeThe classcal 00 s stnge, using thescaled Lek set-up, wth eeS, d6 flwed by a pawn advance n



pter 14 Te Immedite 7.0-0

c7c5 gf3 b8c6 3�fb5 g7g6 ib5xc6 7xc6hh3 �f8g7 63 g8f6 700

7 0-0

Black can ty to in a tempo by playind ince quae f8 i not yet occupied by the ook it can be ued intead

fo te tanfe of te knt to e6 heecould follo S Whitehould tick to hi main plan of f4 9 h6? ! 1 0 f4 intendin to eizepace ith the move 1 0 exf4 1 1 �xf40-0 1 2 'd2 h7 1 3 �d6± ; afte 9 00White take play into the main vaiation

ith 10 �e3 1 0 e61 1 fxe5 h5 ? 1 2 f3± � � heatenin h6 3 f6 14'd2; 13 d414h6+ and White ha a

A popula openin tabiya.

A) 8 .e8) 8. :e8C) 87

he immediate 8 e5 ? doe not ok be



The Rssim icii

A) For many yars, th position aftr8 f6e8 was a stumbing block forChebanenko and his pupils.

Th knight has a ong road ahad of him,via c7 and 6 to d4, but whn h nallyoccupis this cntral outpost, Back obtains an xcllnt positionCan this b prvntd? Aftr all, thrtmpi is a ot Finaly, it was stabishdthat Whit has a vry strong plan, invoving th ank brak aa3 and

b-b4 As a rsult, th mov was dclard dubious, but Black somtims stil pays it

9. �ce3 b7b60 '2

0 e7e5

1 .c7 1 1 .�h6 e6 1 2.�xg7 <ixg71 3.e2 d6 1 3 f6 1 43 d7 S c3�a6 1 6ad ad 1 7 f c d4S 1 9 d xd 0 cxd4 7 1 dxcS

xd xd xc 3 xcS bxcS4c3 Klaots-und, Borup 0014.h2 Bad is 14S? , but 143 isworthy of attntion 14 ...d4 1 5.xd4xd4 1 6.c3 d6 1 7.f4 �a6 1 8.'0

Wt intnds b -b4, to sngthn his posion on th qunsid and in th cn

e8-c7

1 1 aS 1 a4 b 1 3 b4 cxb4 1 4axbS 1 S c a4 1 6�h6±

2 b2-b43 3xb44 c3-e2

c5xb4c7e6

Anothr typical mov Whit rinforchis contro of squars d4 and f4

4 '8c7

1 4 d4 1 S xd4 xd4 1 6 �h6

5 �e3h6

t is usfu to dpriv th opponnt of thbishop pair and wakn th dak squaound s kg Accordig to th thorof paw islans, Whit should hav soadvtag, bcaus l of his pawns aruitd, wst Black has two paw island

But sti mor important ar two othr factors Black has a bad bishop on c and tpa on a7 nds prmannt dfnc

56 �h6xg7

c6-c5g8xg7



Whites strategy is very siple he watsto play -f4 reovig hs oppoetslast cetra paw a graually set imotio his powerful cetral pa ass

1 . .. f7f5A eergetic retort but t is ot sucietfor equait

19. e4xf5 �c8xf5

After 1 9 gxfS there s the upleasat20 c3 e6 2 1 a Black has

great probles efeig the eS paw20. e2-g3

White has a sall bt stable avatage;the oppoets postio cotas aypaw weakesses a hs kig is ot verywell efee

20. c5-e621. g3xf5 Uxf522. h2-g4 e6-f423. f-e h7h524. g4e3

Tkachievauter ap Age 2 002

B ) .. fe

f

Capter 14 e Ieiate 70-0

persoaly o ot see a great eal ofsese preservg the bshop o h8 butBlack has the optio of oig so a weshoul look at it

9 �c1e310 '121. �e3h6

b7b6e7e5�g7-h

1 1 hS 1 2 e2 f6 1 3 xg7 xg71 4h2 h6 1 S fg '6 6 a 71 7 a3 a8 8 c3 h7 1 9 b4 fS(Quezaa Perez-Mameov Turi 2006)

a ow 20 gives Whte a slight avatage

12. f3h2

the ext few oves the ebate wll befor a agaist -f4

12

13. c3-e214 b2b3

f6h5

�c-e6

Before avacg the f-paw White

shoul clear the a -h8 agoal a prevet hs oppoets couterplay o thequeesie

14. ... a7a55. a2a4 aa7



Te Rossolimo icili

t favours White to keep as many pieceson the boar as possibe, so he rives theenemy knight away from the f4square.

1 7. . h5f6

18 '2e3While engaged in such eep maoeuves,it is important not to forget about the e4pawn

1 8. ... �h8-g7

An acknowledgement of the fact that the

move �h8 id not make much sense,Vaeau-Czarnota, Budva 2003 Right ow, in this position, Whiteshou have mae one more prophylactic move . .

1 9 1-b1

. . in order to cut o at the roots the threat c5c4. After this, he cou have exchange bishops, nally playe £f4 angraualy icreased his pressure on thekingside.

C) 8 . ...9 �c-e3

10. '12

f6-7e7-e5

or 1 0h2 'e 1 .'2 e8 see1 0 .'d2 e8 I I .h2 'e below

C 1 ) 1 0...'e7C2) 0.. e8

C ) 1 0 ...

. �e3-h6

C ) 1 ...�xh6C 2) 1 .. 8C 3) 11 ..f6

C ) 1 . .12. '2xh613. f3-2

'8-e7

�g7xh6f7f6

he knight is heang for c4, from whe

it can exert pressure on squares e5 an6. his move also serves as prophyaxiagainst . .c5c4For exampe, after 1 3 h2 c4! Blcobtains goo counterplay

1 3. ...14 2-c4

15. f2f4

f8-f77-f8

White has paye this key avance Bclacks one tempo to put his knight on e6

1 5. .. e5xf4



White shoud not hurry with the exchange of queens, because then Back cangraduay create counterpay : 7 'd6d4 'xe7 xe7 9 xf6 xc220af �e6 2 d6 b6

17. ... te64

This was the game Cabrioatuovc,Budva 2002 Here it was essentia forWhite to continue with

18. e4-e5

expoiting the potentia of the knight onc4 to the maximum or exampe

1 8 .. t4x219 a11 t2420 t46 f7f821. e5xf6 f8xf622. :f1xf6 'e7xf6

23 1-e1 8-e624. t6xb7 'f6-e725. tb7-6

ess good is 2S a f 26b3 'g7

25 26 t6e4

C2) 11 . .12. h6xg713. t3-e2

:a88

f8-8g8xg7

Capter 4 Te mmediate 70-0

White prepares the break -f4 Weshoud note that in severa variations thewhite queen can come to c3

13.

14. b2-b315. tf3h216 f2f4

7f8

f7-f6tf8-e6

Even with the exchange of knights, Whitewi ater be abe to deveop an initiativeaong the fe

1 6. ... te6-4

1 6ex 1 7x d6 1 8hl Removing the king from a possibe check on d41 8x 19 x f it had not been for

the prophyaxis on the previous move,this rook capture woud have been impossibe 1 9e6 2al 21White contros the situation we Notethat his pawns are a on ight squaresimiting the opponents bishop to themaximum extent 2 1 ae8 avgorod

niyumets, Aushta 200 3 Not 2 gS?because of the simpe variation 2 2 xgSfxg 23xf xf 24'xgS h2xf 'xf 26'eS? 22el 22 gS? 2 3 xf6 xf6 24eS ? 23h



he Rooimo Siii

17. te2x418. f1f21 9 a1 f1 ;

C13 ) 11 . ..12 �h6xg713. a2a3

c5x4�c8e6

t7f6g8xg7

n the present situation, the plan withb 2 b4 is very unpleasant for Black, because his queen is tied to the defence ofthe pawn on eS White is proised lessby 1 3 .b3 hS 1 4.e2 b6 1 S a3 g81 6 .h2 a 1 7 .'c3 d6 1 8 f4 xf41 9 xf4 exf4 20 eS 'd4+ 2 1 'xd4cxd4 22xf4 cS 23.a4 e8 NeelotpalHarikrishna New Delhi 200 I

1 3 a7a5

f 1 3 . . .d7 , then 1 4 b4 Black cannottake the pawn on b4 with the queen because of the loss of the b4 pawn after .

14. 2g5

1 4.d hS S .e3 f4 1 6h2f6; 1 4.e2 a4 S .c3 d 7 1 6 .h2 f61 7 .f4 exf4 1 8 .xf4 eS 1 9 bS

1 S .hS 1 6.'xe7 xe7 1 7 .a4.

16. f2f417. 'g5h418. f4xe5

19. 'h4g320. f1f221 na1f122 t2f323. nf2xf324. g1h125 34

2 S . .'xd4 26. d ±26. tc3a427. g3f228. ta4xb629. f24+30. 1±

C2) 1 0. ...1 . tf3h2

C21) 1...'e7

C22) 1... b6

C2 1 ) 12. �e3h6

h7h6�c8a6tf67

t7xea88cc4texf3'e7c5+e8e78x4

'cg47n7c7g7h7

f8e8

'8e7�g7h8



annot jump to e5. Nothing comes from 4f4 ef4 1 5 f4 ( 1 5 .f4 g7) 5 . 8 6 f2 ( 6 g4 e5)6 . . . e 5 1 7f �e6=. n order to seue adequate play lack quite quickyachieves his ideal setp. 4 ... 5.f4xf4 6. xf4 7 7.n c4 . cx3 9.cx3 6 2.3 7 2.b3a 22.f4 cs 23. 24.4aS 2S.S S 26.xS 27.S Thecitical mass of ve white pieces in thecentre should lead to a quick conclusion.

13 th2g414 �h6g515 tg4h6+16 �g5e317 tc3e2

1 7 . b6 1 8 h4

18 th6g4

t7f8f7f6g8g7tf8e6te6g5

ack has good play after 1 8 .h4 h6 9 h2 g7 2 0hg5 g8

1 8 h7h5

8 �g4 1 9 hg4 ad8 20 c3 e62 .f4 ef4 22 .f4 d4 23 . g824 .c4+ g 7 25 .b4 b6 2 6 .bc5 c52 7 .c5 bc5 28 b eko-Van Wey,

Chaptr 14 h Immdat 700

Peter Leko

Cetainy, lack has managed to beat othe kingside attack but look at his position! He has a mass of weaknesses, andthe bishop on h8 evokes feelings of greatsympathyven so a combinational soution is notpossibe: 1 9 .f6 h3 + 20 .gh3 f62 1 .g2 e6 22 .h 1 b6 2 3 .g g824. �f6

1 9 20 2c321. f2f4

e88tg5e6te64



Th Rossoimo Sicili

Note that all of White piece are verycompactly paced and exert trong pre

ure on Black poition. There i aready athreat of fxeS foloed by a knight checkon gS, and Back ha to take meaureagaint thi.

3 4 4xe55. t3-g5+

6. tg5xe6

�c8-e66xe5h7-g8

t4xe6

Adam-Kramnik, Dortmund 2 000 .

7. a-a3 a7-a58. a3a4

White ha a comfortable poition, ith amal, but table advantage.

22) b7-b6. �e3-h6

�g7-h8

The exchange of darkquared bihop allo White to advance f4 in favouralcircumtance and develop an initiativon the kingide: 1 2r 1 3xg7 xg ex I s :x 6 1 6JU e1 7:d2 d 1 7 . . gS 1 8 af 1 9.'e e6 2 0.e2 xe2 2 1 .xe28 1 8 . . .f8 1 9 .eS f 20 g'h4 21.e2 xe2 22.'xe2 e62 .f6± 9exS xS 2g! e

21e e7 22c3 b5 23gS aWhite i clearly better

3 g-h

Grandmater utz ha alo tried 3g,hich alo Black to exchange a pair knight: 1 3 6 1 x6 + Perhatronger i 14 gS ! ? xg4 I S .hxg 6( S 'd6 1 6 d7 1 7 .g f18 g2 e6 19. e) 1 6 xf6 xf61 7 'xh 6 �gS 1 8 .'h g7 1 9 .fh8 2 0 .g d4 2 1 .g 2 , keeping an etra pan and denite inning chance.1 x6 I S a "d6 1 6aS e6 1 7b3 -White ha a purely ymbolic advantag

utzeko, Budapet 2002

3 4 a-e5. tc3-e

8-e7t7-8

Thi i typical in thi type of poitiWhite doe not hurry to pay the advanc

f4, ince in thi cae, the bihop on ould come to life again, but inteadquietly trengthen hi poition and prepare thi break unhurriedly, paying carful attention to Black manoeuvre.



1516 b2b3

17. a2-a4

tf8e6a7a5

The queenside is ed, and again, Whiteinvies hs ppnent make a mve

17. �c8-718. f2f4

Whte has everythng ready and there is n

sense in delaying s reak any nger18.19. te2xf420. tf4e2

e5xf4te6-4

An ecelent mve Wie frees the e-le,alng which he wants eert pressure,and echanges the strng enemy kig

20 t4xe2

Chptr Th Idit 700

23 h2f3

Begnning play n he dark squaresAdams preferred 23c, which is as n

ad: 23 f5 2�f "d 25e5 �e626f3 "d7 AdamsLek, Drmund2002) 27d ba 28ba �g729 ee e8

2324. e4e525. b3xa4

2 5 b 26 c3

26. e2-e1

b5xa46-b8b8-b2

Black has an unpeasant ptn isqueen s shu ut f play and Whitesthreats n the kingside can ecme verydangerus

ouoe plan wit 7 00 is very direc, simple,

easy-t-rememer and very strng Atthis mment, d nt see hw Black canequaze Whte usualy has the resurcest achieve £-f and create pressure nthe kingsde And smetimes, he prepares



ter 15 - Wt Woud You Py?

n l of he posons beow whch ae fo ndependen anayss Whe s o moeWhch pan woud you choose? O maybe hee s a concee way o oban an adantage he poso?

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13.b4!

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A if

.axb4

th aftr

14a5! bxa5 15�xc5

Whit ot oly rgai o paw ut

alo gt ray to fat o th a apaw

15 JaS SdS+ wf 17xc

xc .c4 �fS 19d4 exd4

20 e5 �g7 2 xd4 c7 22 Ud1

Viktor KomliakovDes KsmatuliSepukov 2004

13aSI

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3 bS

3 xa6 loo vy a

4b4

Exploitig th uf paw o c6

14 �f 15bxc5 xc5

At hoic cot lac ha maag to fd th paw o c5 ut h mai wll

hi i vlopmt1S0-0 eS 17d4 xaS 1dxe5

b4 9b2 fxe5 20xe5 00

21df3 �b 7 22g4? nxf3

23 hS+ wf 24 gxf3 we



The Rossomo S

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2f

O of t most origil vics i tRossolimo Systm As wl s opig tf for is roos Wit pts srios

prssr o t pw Ofttis is ssocit wit tmporry pw scric

2 h6

2 xf 3. xf g3

13f5 hxg5 1xg5 d5

xg g f folow by (omiov

5fxg6 f6 16xf6 dxc

gxf xf Blc s o stisfctory fc gist (omliov

17H7 d6 18xg7 cxd3 9d

c 20cxd3 b8 2xa7

wit cisiv ttc

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Aotr rctyp i i t Rossoio Systm pw o ivis tbor ito two vs Blc c rmov it oly t t cost of oplsswig of is pw strctr By t

wy rst bcm cit wit tismov t joit sssio wit Grrysprov i 23

1 �a6 15bd2



15 000 1g1 c4?

Since White is not obliged to take on c4with the pawn, this move proves to be ablow in the air More stubborn was16 g6 1g d 18exd6 xd619.a3 b 20de4

17xc4 g 18g5!±

with an absolutely dominating knightagainst bishop

5 Sergey RublevskyEvgey SveskovHereg Novi 1

9dxc5!In the variation 3d6 4�xc6 dxc6 0-0e 6c3 f White is often forced to abandon the realms of a positional struggle fora sharper batte, connected with expoiting Blacks ag in deveopment One mustnot regret this, but should, on the con

trary,relish it,as Sergey Rublevsky does inthis exampe

9 exf3 10xf3 �e 11le1 wd7

12cxd

6

Chapter Solutio

12 :Wf 13�f4 f5 14d2 f

15e2 e8 1e3 "a5 17f3

�xd 18�xd <xd 19d4 d5

20 g3+ wc5 21e5

Michael d amsVeseli TopaovFrfurt 2000

11e5!

Destroying the compact black pawnstructure and creating the conditions foran advantage in the subsequent battle

11 dxe5 12xe5 e

2 xe is bad because of 3xc6+.

13le1 �d 14g3 0-0 15d2!

It is obvious that the weak black a- andcpawns are an object of attack

15 d7 1e2 b 17b3 a5

18�b2 a4

Black gets rid of one weakness .19g4 e5

.. but is forced to put another pawn on adark suare



The Rssim Sicii

Michal Adams

iael OraovsJose ieiroLs 200 1

e!

A positional trap from Chebanenkos aboratory

dxe 9 e!

8

9d 0xe xe xe

d 2c4 � 3c d

4a 6 �e3 b 6a4 e

a3 g c3 d 9a6

d 20b3 d 2xc6 22�xc

Sergey Rublevskyavel egubovNgd 995

et

0

his is especially strong in the 3 e6 ine

d 9d3 g6 0c3!

By analogy with the Nimo-Inian De

fece the knight is heaing for a4 At therecentlyconcue Oypia inKhantyMansiysk my teammate put thekight on 2 which e to a speey raw

1 O•�e a4 00 2c4 6

3e

White has eough resources to efene which guarantees success

3 c 4g3 a c d4

6�a3



9Sergey RubevskySergey VokevAzov 1996

20e5

Into three attacks But any capture on ehas its drawbacks

20xe5

20xe 2 1g6± double attack;20xe 2 1xg with ate in seven

21�xg7 xg7

22 xf

The point of Whites cobination Asusual, the colapse o the strongest pointleads to the loss of the gae

aptr Souto

Black resigned A wonderful, clean sixove cobination

Sergey RubevskySergey skusS eersburg 999I

11a4

We have already seen the plan withb2b4, with a white pawn on a4, butore oten,it occurs with the support othe pawn ro a3 As a rue,th e openingof lines on the queenside avours Whitesince the exchange o the c pawn giveshi new possibilities, involving the ad

vance d3-d4 n this concrete exape,the kight is excelently-placed on a4 attacking at the sae tie the pawns on cand b6

11 b 12b4 cxb4 13axb4 b5

I 13 axb4 then 14d2 I never tire of

telling y pupils how iportant it is tosee the whole oard during the conducto a gae

14c5 a4 15d4 Cf7 1e2 00

17 c4 Cd 1 fd1 e7 19 cxb5



11a3

Anothe om o the b2b4 planIncidentaly, in his second match with Boris Spassky Bobby Fischer playedb2-b4 immediately

11 f8 12b4 cxb4 13axb4 'xb4

14�xa7

Black cannot avod materia losses thanksto the highy unortunate positon o hisqueen

14 e 15jc5 'xc5 1xa8 00

17a4 'b5 18a5

Black resigned

Vad isav N evechyPrimoz RiegerBled 992

13'b1 !

And now the b-pawn s helped by the

queen which has plenty o work on thequeenside

13 je 14b4 cxb4 15'xb4 c5

1'b5

Chapter 15 Soutio

1 'c7 17c4 h8 18a �d7

19'b2 b5

he advance o this pawn is requently associated with a hopeless weakening o thepawnonc

20cd2 b 7 21b3 c4 22c5

bb8 23a1 ±

wth total domnation

Vadisav N evedchyMikas MikOdoreiu Secuiesc 995

10e5

Unpleasant and aso ust in time as oth

erwise Black would himse pay e6-e5

10 0-0 11c3 f5

Any capture on e5 avours White since Black remains with a broken pawn structure

12e1 �a 13'e2 d5 14d1

e8 15c4

Aer ths move there is no doubt ovethe ate o the game as both back bishops ae shut out o the game or the long



The Rossomo Scan

Mohamad AI-Modiahk

Mohamad - ModiWojtek SochackiPas 20 10

7d2!

Combining defence wit attack Witetakes control of te square c4 and at tesame time prepares te move f4

is is te product of very concret calclatione ability to combine positiona paswit good calculation is always a sign ofte igest quaity in anding tRossolimo

2 fxe6 22f3 b3 23g5 bxa2

24xa2 d6 25xc5!

Back resigned

l SutovskyRau Medovaku 20 10

b

We ave aready seen Nevednicy use tismanoeuvre but ere Black can pay

a4

wic owevr sould not put us off foa moment.

2b4 axb3 3xb3 0-0 4a4

Blacks structure is brokn, since after tinevitable a4a te important pawn oc fals



8Victor BologanIgor Alexandre NatafCp d'Agde 22

12g4

An elementary attle or space Blac wasthreatenng to play . g6-g5 againstwhch one must have the reply 4-5.

12g512 e5 13± avours W hite as does12. 5!? 13h 1 !?±, creating pressureaong the g-e

9

13g2 g 14f5 exf5 15gxf5

e5 1�e3 �d7 17�f2 �e8

18�g3 �f7 19e3±

Mladen PaacDragan SolakNeum 28

Chapter 5 - Soutio

134

resentng Blac wth an unpleasantchoice he must either tae on c4, remaning with a acward pawn on d6aganst well-paced whte pieces, or closethe postion,agreeing to concede Whte aclear postional advantage

13 b4

13 xc4 14.xc4 xc4 1 5�xc4 0-016.�g5 e8 1 �e3±

20

142 15a3 bxa3 1b4 00

17h3 �e 18�xa3 i7 19d2±

Viswanaan AnandMoussa TalebDubi 22

15d2

T he main actions wil tae place on thequeensde Thereore headng the night

to square c5 is quite appropriate15 ad8 14 a 17 d2 e5

18dxe5 fxe5 19a4 �e 20d3

"b5 21ed1 a 222 d5

23 5 �8 24 a4 b4 25 d3



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he best plae for the qee ths strtre s her orgal sqare From there,she spports the key avae 3 , aalso ooks at both wgs for exampe ata a g

d7 Sd xc3 7xc3 cx

cxd c 9�e3 gS 20�

�g 2d ce 22�xd7 x

23dxeS e 2�xg xg

2xdS

wth a tehaly wg posto

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ate 13x was eve more arate

3 f dxc± �c �d2 �e

S�a! 0-0 7�xcS xcS e

Esrg Whte the better egae



Index of PlayersT he numbers refer to pages

A Aveskuov 137 Brkic 80 Aberge 97 Ayas Fernande 190 Bronstein 149 Abu Suan 60 Brggemann 19 Adams 6,69,7, 105, B Bruzon Bautista 10419, 150, 187,06,07, Babua 96 Brynell 69

15 Bagonyai 108 Breski 195 Adianto 17 Bakan 38,48,7,76 Bu ianghi 77 Adla 9 1 Balo 16 1 Bucha 186

Agopov 9 Balogh,Cs 77 Bukavshin 151 Akimov 154 Bankas 69 Burnett 1 Akopian 18,93,96 Barbeau 15 Butuc 147 Al Sayed 170 Bartel 84, 106 Bykhovsky 94 Aleshnia 116 Basagic 1 Alexeev 137, 143, 147, Batsanin 194 C

169, 180 Bauza 139 Cabrlo 10,03

Al-Modiahki 0 Belkhodja49

Cacco 170 Alonso 147 Bender 1 Carsen 114,11,143 Alvare barra 188 Bereziuk 73 Carron 11 Amanov 170 Bertaccini 146 Caruana 87,13 Amura 14 Bertheot 155 Casper 69 Anand 180, 19 1, 1 Bezold 19 Cebalo 55 Andersson 186 Birukov 6 1 Chandler 17, 194 Andeev 55 Bobras 77 Chavez 60

Andrijevic 10 Bocharov 139, 177 Chebotarev 9 1 Anisimov 14 Bogdan 165 Chen Fan 60 Annageldiev 196 Boix Moreno 16 Cheparinov 7 1 Ansell 15 Bologan 13,8,35,37, Cherniaev 1 1, 1, 138, Antal 109 43,5,68,79, 1 1 17, 178 ArakhamiaGrant 151 19, 13, 136, 140, 144, Chernyshov 177 Arancibia Guzman 113 150, 15 1, 160, 16, 165, Chuprov 139

Aranovitch 45 177, 179, 184, 185, 187, Cmilyte 135,178,197 Ardeeanu 3, 19 190 19, 18, 1 Crosa Col 139 Arkhipov 141 Bondoc 3 Cvorovic 18 Arnold 186 Borgo 161 Carnota 13 1,0 Artamonov 195 Bortnik 117 Cebe 108



The Rossolio Siciian

Damlanovic 157Degraeve 36, 108, 19 1Dechev 186DemboDi aolo

DjukicDobrovDocenaDolgenerDolmatovDolzhikovaDombrowski

DomontDrabke

139,1803

1459 1

167164186

139, 197171

10437

DreevDudas

46,9,94,180

DvoirysDzhumaev

E

EbertEdouardEmenkoEggenbergerEismontElianovElsness

ErenburgEtmans

F

FedorchukFedorovFelgaer

FercecFiipovicFiippovFischerFis

7 1106

1096

90,117,196108

, 19406,117

50

9413

113735

54,8766191

1663 1

Ftacnik

G

GaehlerGanbod

73

1130

Garic 191Garmendez Gonzalez

139GasanovGazicGelfandGeller

Georgiev Kir

5689184466

19Georgiev 176Gillani 13Glek 105,148,161,170Glicenstein 1 56Gonzalez amora 56Gouveia 185Grabarczyk 16Grigore 185Grischuk 364357117

187190193Gross 4Gu Xiaobing Gubnisky 66Guerrero Rodriguez 56

GulievN 45Guko Gunnarsson 176Gutman 7

H

Halkias

Hamdouchi Hammer Han Chao Hasen S B. Harikrishna

h

49,6172

50

4917604

einzelennigan Hernandez

1910515

Hernandez Guerrero 144 Hirneise 00

Horvath 1 17 HorvathG 149 Hossain 189racek 7 19 1 13 Hristodorescu 49 Hbner 16

IIglesiasIlinInarkiev

19055

46194ordachescu 164 174skusnikh 176, 19017vanchuk 4,8 1, 104,

vanovic

JJackova

176,191184

13680Jancovic 5Janev 96ankovic 69

aracz 70,8, 19, 37oly 24

onasson 1 08

K

Kagan 18Kalegin 1, 153 197

Kalugin 197Kamsky 84Karasev 108Karashua 88Karakin 90 143

l h



Ind of Payrs

Kasparov 107,22, 170, Krupa,M 69 Lutkov 2 1185 Kryvoruchko 114,170 Lutz 152,206

Kasparova 60 Kubaa 28 Lysenko 74Kataymov 4 Kuczynski 187Ketinghaus 12 Kuijf 130 M

Kerman 130 Kaots 200 Machata 28Khaifman 8 j 109, 140 Macieja 3 1, 168,82Kharitonov 170 Kuprechk 69 Mad 77Kharov 187,28 Kuzmin,G 18 Magem Badals 39Khasangatin 154-55 Kuzubov 86 Magomedov 170Khasin 195 Kvenys 195 Majorovas 12Khismatuin 53,23 Malakhov 89, 108, 138

Khruschiov 60 L Maakhov,I 139Kewra 1 12 Lakos 80 Maetn 195Kiriova 88 Laic 5 1 Mayshev 150Klip 75 Lage 29 Mamedov 68,8 1,20,Kundt 162 Larsen 15-16 220Kobaia 89, 194 Latas 2 1 Mamedyarov 180Kogan 104 Lauter 35,132,201 Maescu 175Koev 36 Lazarev 106 Mank 29Komarov 143, 190 Lehner 127 Manoache 128Komiakov 9, 34, 56-57, Leitao 21,43,214 Marcein 32

150,70,186,213-214 Leko 187,89, 196, Mariano 44Konovalov 138,213 205-207 Markos 8485, 70Korbut 77 Lependin 129 Martinez Duany 144Kosntseva, 181,197 Lewandowski 7 Martinovic,Sa 122, 147Kosten 60 Lmp 147 Martirosov 12

Kotanjia 168 Ln 146 Masak 140Kotronas 177,81182 Lpka 143 Matsuura 135Kotsur 76, 17 Lttewood,} 14 Matuovic 203Kovacevic,A 54 Ljubicic 105 Maze 24Kovaenko 21 Ljubisavjevic 164 Mc Shane 71,45,168,Kovaev 43 Ljubojevic 17 193Kovaevskaya 139,78 Lorens Sepuveda 13, Meier,G 49, 194,97,

Kramnik 77, 193,206 47 200Krasenkow 106, 123, Loid 17 Mengeis 129, 46 Loncar 75 Mensch 186

Kravtsov 52 Lopez 161 Metsenko 15 1Kreis 175 Loxine 15 Metzger 127



he Roolimo Sicili

Mihv 138 Ny 105 Ponomariov 176,187Mladnovc , 135 Nyyti 57 189, 190, 193Mianovi 50 Nyzhny 49 Popovi 96Miljani 36 Porth 75Milo 34 oti 14Milov 151 Oodhu 139 Prdovi 59,68,70,94Milovanovi 34 Ohotni 7 191Minaia,Art 1 16, 197 OlafonH 108 Pridorozhi 48 0,4Mirohnihno 60 Olino 76 Pri 5Mono 96 3, 13 Ora 103, 164 Prizant 73

37 146 Oratovy 88,16,18 Proophu 135Mohaov 193 Ovthi 195 Pruiin 103

Morozvih 13160 Ovvih 75

Motylv 148, 15,6 QMovian 78,80,9, P Quzada Prz 139,01

ai 3 Qui 1Mrda 48 a 77Muhav 131 Pahud 11 R

Murariu 63 Palac 78,138,1 Radjaov 7,0414,Myo Nang 70 Palaio ra 8 , 13646,4777

Panho 49 80N Panlo Munoz 4 Radovanov 67

Na 14 Papaioannou 78 Rairi d Lua 4Nar 14 Papi 197 Rahimov 170Naidith 3303 Pahal 68 Ramawamy 13Naamura 78 Pavaovi 55, 05 Ramh 3Nanu 19 Pavlovi 75 Rau 66

Nataf 14, 144, 1 Png haoi 13 Rijnvld 90Natapov 73 Ppta 135 Rgr 9Ndv 38,38 Ptri 18 Rodhtin 80Ndily 46 PtroianL 76 Rogr 130, 15 1Nlotpal 04 Ptruhi 50 Rogozo 103Nvdichy56, 157 Purton 108 Romahi

19119 Pirrot 73 Rohtti 3,94,96

Nguy Ah Dung 1 Piua 7739 Rowon 70, 5Ni Hua 33,38,8 Pinhiro 16 Roy howdhury 4Nigalidz 197 Pini 116 Roztai 18 1949Nior 115,147,15 Piopo 13151 Rulvy 4,46,560NiitiAd 67 Plaman 8 101,10106,108,15



dx o layrs

S Spangng 91 216 Saav 192 Spanton 190 Toy 65 Sadao ay 106 Spaov 38 Tagaai 46 Salm 161 Spay 16 1 163222 TitlinM 66 Salov 170 Spi 120 Tay 130 Salvado 32 Spoman 9 1 Tuov 195 Sammavuo 106 Stanht 29 Sadula 128177 Stamnov 197 U

Sanniov 193 Stavoyany 197 Uliin 18 Sathou 105 Stlwagn 175 1 Uni 19 Savi 87 Stopa 49 hnia 147 Savitiy 169 Suanda 96

Sha 48 Sumt 203 V

Shnid 122 Sutovy 16470220 Vahiagav 4985 Shoonhovn 24 Svhniov 60 102 1 14 Vai 108 150 Shod 28 13615025 Valau 68 202 Sag 26 Svtuhi 9452 Valjo Pon 59 Snff 115 Svid 538110476 Valt 24 Sgv 150 93 Van d Pol 164

Shaaov 102137 15 1 Swathi 139 Van d Wid 142 Shai yazdanov 24 Szzpowa Va d Wil 33142 Va Wy 123140190

Shaov 135142 T 196205 Shialov 116 Tal 221 Vaiiu 67 Shiov 448408 140 Tatai 5 1 Vaiuov 2872

177187191 T 195 Vingod 52 Shi 19 Ttv 176 Vnath 123

Shoohov 48 Tiy 170 Vdihanov 214 Shuav 34 Timman 27222 Vovi 34135147 Shutma 28 Timofv 90 Voav 141-142195 Simanjunta 127 Timohno 6072 217 Sjugiov 5094 Tiuin 69 Vooiov 48 Smt 47 Tiviaov 5 16368 Voopav 2 Smtanin 32 86-87935 1 Vuovi 72-7380

Smith 49 Tahiv 716122 Vujai 105 Sohai 220 81201 Vuovi 36 SooB 187196 Todoov 16 SooovS 197 Totih 22 W

Sola 78221 Tomii 164 Wah 127 149



The Ri Siii

Wgaz 62 Yandmiov 6 129 Zhang Jiaao 29Wi hnpng 60 131 Zhang Pngxiang 144Wtinn 15-16 Yang Kaiqi 89 152Wippmann 60 Y Jianghuan 72 Zhang hong 8Wohl 109 Ymoliny 70 Zhao Jun 36Wozny 1 Yu i 122 ZhigaloA 81

Yudain 1 1230 ZhigaoS 263776X Yutu 84 179181

Xi 09 50 Zhou Wiqi 152Z Zhu hn 16796

Y Zagny 164 Zinhno 112Yaovno 4346 148 Zamo 155 Zonah 16

178 Zavgoodniy 203 Zuov 48Yaovih 60167-168 Zawadza 69 viagintv 53



New n Chess Code System

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Whit tand tt ±

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dex of Vitos

e4 c5 2.tf3 tc6 3.�b5

1e4 c5 2f3 c 3�b5

3. a 13 .d4 . . . . . . .. 123..7 4.0-0 6 .................. 13

3...7 4.0-0 6 . 1 6 6. .... 163...7 400 6 6 6.3 .. 73...7 4.0-0 a6 .�x6 x6 ..... 203...7 4.00 a6 .x6 dx6 ...... 25



ooo S

1 c5 2f3 c6 3�b5 f6

1. c5 2f3 c6 3�b5 f6

4.lc3 g6 31

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dx of Varao

1oe4 c5 f3 c6 3o�b5 d6

1e4 c5 2tf3 tc6 3�b5 d6

4�xc6 bxc6 5 0-0

1e4 c5 2tf3tc6 3�b5 d6 400

�g4 63 6 d3 d 42 �g4 63 6 d3 e 43 �g4 6h3 �h e e6 44 �g4 6h3 �h e dxe 4 6 4 g6 4 e 63 6 e 63 �g4 e 63 e 2

e 63 d4 3e 63 ex

4 �g4 64 �d :e 6 6h3 e6 6

4 �d :e 6 6h3 e 684 �d :e 6 6h3 g6 694 �d :e 6 6h3 :8 694 �d e 6 6h3 a6 04 �d e 6 63 4



Roolo Sl

4 cS f3 c6 3�bS 6 400

�7 Sl1 f6 6 c3 a6 7�a4 bS

8�c

8...6 ........................... 838...e 9.h3 6 10.d4 � .......... 88...e 9.h3 6 10d4 xd4 ......... 88..e 9.h3 �e 10.d4 0-0 .......... 88...e 9.h3 �e 1 0.d4 ' ......... 898..e 9.h3 �e 10.d4 xd4......... 908...�4 9.a4 ....... ........... 90

8..�4 9.d3 .................... 9



Idx of Vro

1e4 c5 Vilf3 cS 3�b5

e4 c5 2tf3 tc6 3�b5 e6 400

tge75 c3

e4 c5 2tf3 tc6 3�b5 e6 400

tge7 5 c3a6 6 .�a4 b5 7�c2 �b 7

d 6exd 'xd e 6 99

d 6exd 'xd e d 0 6 6 e2 036 6 4 d 046 6�4 4 05 6 6 4 0

8e

84 28e2 4 38 'e2 g6 38 'e2 d 9e "6 68e2 d 9e d4 0 e4 6 20

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e4 cS 23 c6 3�bS e6

4Axc6

e4 cS 23 c6 3�bS e6

4�xc6 bxc6 Sd3 e76 'e2

e4 23 c6 3AbS e6

4Axc6 bxc6 Sd3 e7

4 dxc6 .. 1 274 b xc6 d3 d . 1 284 bxc6 d3 d6 ... 1 294 b xc6 d3 'c7 60-0 e 1314 b xc6 d3 'c7 6.00 d6 . 1314 .b xc6 .d3 'c7 600 Ce7. 13 2

6 .•c7 7Cg .... 136

6 c7 7Ch4 . 1 366 .Cg6 . 1 386 .f6 . 1 416 d 70-0 146 d 7c4 14 66 d 7b3 148

6Cg Cg6 1496.Cg f6 7Ch3 d 1

6Cg f6 7Ch3 g6 .. 116Cg h6 . 116.�d 2 f6 ... 1 36�d 2 c7 146�d2 Cg6 ... .



Id f Vara

1e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3�b5 96

1e4 c5 2tf3 tc6 3�b5 g6

4�xc6 bxc6 5 00 �g7 6 Je1

1e4 c5 2tf3 tc6 3�b5 g6

4�xc6 dxc6 5 h3 �g 6 d3

6..6 ................. 160

6e 4 ...... 1626..e .3 ....... 1646. 6 ....... . 166.6 ................. 1666. .............. 1686.6 e d 8.4 9d4 . 1696.6 .e d 84 93 . 1 1

6..e ............. 146.6 ......... .. 1

6.6 3 ............. 16.6 .0-0 6 8.3 .......... 16..6 .0-0 6 8a4 .......... 186..6 .0-0 e ......... 19



oolo Siili

c5 3 c6 3 b5 g6 4c6

dc6 5 h3 g7 6 d36 7c3

1e4 c5 3 c6 3b5 g6

4c6 dc6 5 h3 g7 6 d3 6

70-0 0-0 8c3

0-0 8.�e3 d .......... 83 0-0 8�e3 'a5 ...... 84 0-0 8.�e3 4 .... ....... . 85 .00 8�e3 6 9'd2 e8 ...... 186..00 8e3 6 9d2 e .... . 18.e5 .............. 189...4 ... ....... 89 ..d 8e3 e 9.'d2 e ..... 9

...d 8.e3 e5 9.d2 h6 . . 92

8..e8 . ...... .. 2008 .e8 ............ ... 208.d 9.e3 e5 10d2 e 028.d 9.e3 e5 0.d2 :e8 204

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