Trompovsky Attack A45

Chess Mate Openings 5…d6 Who is Octavio Trompovsky?

5...Bb4 6. Qd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 He is a Brazilian player from Rio

Issue 3/2018 de Janeiro who lived from 1897 to
8. bxc3 d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2
1984. Importantly, he was born on
Trompovsky Attack A45 Nc6 11.O-O e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 Nov 30, the same date as Magnus
13.Qe3 b6 14. Bc4 Bg4 draw Carlsen! However, 93 years earlier.
Surprise in the openings. was agreed un Julian Hodg- He believed in the system that fol-
Whether 1.e4 or 1.d4 is ready son-Nick de Firmian, Am- lowed 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5. Well
or waiting to get ready, there sterdam 1996. known present day masters who
is a standby choice ever play this regularly are British GM
present. We may be waiting 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 Julian Hodgson and Bulgarian GM
for an evolving line against Antoaneta Stefanova who went on
other opening but have one 7. g3 Bg7 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. c3 a6
to become World Women’s Cham-
pion. When the World Champion-
opening certain in reserve. It 10. Na3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. ship match score was 2-3 and while
is the Trompovsky. Name Nc2 Nd7 13. Ne3 and white needing a crucial win, Viswanath-
ends like it is a Russian name. won in Michael Adams-Pe- an Anand played this line as white
See extreme right column ter Leko, Cap d’Agde, France against Anatoly Karpov to sur-
about Trompovsky. We start 1996 after: Qe7 14. Ne2 O-O- prise, win and level the World
with the Big Centre variation O 15.O-O-O Kb8 16. Kb1 Nf6
Championship match score at 3-3
in Lausanne 1998. There are more
often preferred by Karpov 17. Qc2 h5 18.e5 traps in this line than all other
when playing with the black openings. You can also get them
side. from You Tube directly.

Viswanathan Anand
Anatoly Karpov
World Chp. G/6, 08-01-1998
The FIDE World Champion-
ship Finals score at the Olym-
pic Museum, in Lausanne,
Switzerland was 2-3 for
Anand. He needed a win bad- 18…Nd5? (18...dxe5 19.
ly to level the score and force Bxb7 Kxb7 20.dxe5 Ng4=)
the tie-breaks. After game 5, 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 exd5
Anand walked out of the Press 21.f4 gxf4 22.gxf4 dxe5 23.
Meet objecting to a remark of dxe5 Kb7 24.Nd4 Qd7 25. 28…Qd8??
a journalist who assumed that Rhe1 Bh6 26.f5 Rde8 27.e6
Karpov had won the match. fxe6 28.Nxe6 c6 29.c4 Re7 28...Rxg6 29.Bxg6 (29.Rf7
30.Qb3 d4 31.Nc5+. Qxf7 30. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 31.Kh1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 Rhg8-+) 29...Bxf3 30.Qxf3
4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 7...Nc6 8.Nge2 Bg7 9.Rd1 dxe5 31.dxe5 Qxb4 32.Qf6
Bd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Nb5 Unclear.
a6 12.Na3 g4 13.f4 gxf3 14.
Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 29.Nxh8 Bxf3 30.Nf7 Qh4
Rdf8 17.b4 Na7 18.Nc2 Bh6 31.Qxf3 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 d5
19.Qe1 Kb8 20.Bd3 Bc6 21. 33.Rd1 Qxb4 34.Rb1 Qa4
Nf4 Rfg8 22. d5 Be8 23.Qf2 35.Qxh5 Nc6 36.Qe2 Ka7
Bg7 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.dxe6 37.Qf2+ b6 38.Rc1 Kb7 39.
Bxd4 26.cxd4 fxe6 27.e5 Bc6 h3 Rc8 40.Qf6 Nd4 41. Nd8+
28.Ng6 Kb8 42.Nxe6 1-0.

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Luke McShane 2625 20.Rxd7!? Bxb2+! 21.Kxb2 Rxd7 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 d6
Vladimir Kramnik 2744 22.Qe3 Rhd8 (Black's tiny advan- 6.h4 h5 7.Ne2 Qe7 8.c4 c6 9.Nbc3
EU Club Cup, Saint Vincente ITA tage is based on the connected Nd7 10.Qc2 f5 11.O-O-O Nf6
23-09-2005 rooks and control of the d-file. 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4
White's king is also slightly venti- Bd7 15.g3 O-O 16.Nf4
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 lated giving black score for a snap
Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 attack.) 23. a3 Rd4 24.g3 Qc5 25.
Re1 Rc4 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 (Karpov's
5...d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.
judgment and experience helps him
e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10.f4 Nc6
to prevail an interesting battle.)
11.Nf3 Bd7 12.h4
27.Re2 Rd1 28.Nf4 Rb5+ 29. Ka2
[12.g3 O-O-O 13.Bg2 Kb8 14. Rbb1 30. Bh5 Ra1+ 31.Kb3 Rdb1+
Ne4 g4 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 32.Kc4 (32.Ka4?? b5+ 33.Ka5
Bc6 17.Qc3 Rd5 Rxa3#) 32...Rxa3 33.Bxf7 Rxg3
34.Bxe6+ Kc7 35.Nd3 a5 36.Rf2 16...d5!= 17.cxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5
Re3 37.Rf7+ Kb8 38.Re7 Re4+ 39. (With the two bishops around, the
Kc3 Rb5 0-1 Michael Adams d4 pawn cant live too long.)
Anatoly Karpov, Las Palmas ESP 18…Qd6 19.Nc3 Rac8 20.Qd3
1994. After 39...Rb5 40.Re8+ Ka7 b5! 21.Kb1 Rfe8 22.f3 Rc4 23.
41.Bf7 Rxe8 42.Bxe8 a4 43.Bf7 Qf1 Rxd4 (Black not only recap-
Kb8 44.Ne1 Kc7 45.Nd3 Kd6 tured the pawn but also took it back
46.Nb4 Rc5+ 47.Kb2 Rf5 48.Bg6 having the initiative.) 24.Rxd4
Rf4 -+) Qxd4 25.Qd1 Qxd1+ (25...Rd8
26.Qxd4 Bxd4 27.Rd1 Bf2 after
6.Qd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O-O which white has to fight for equali-
18.Rhg1? (The text is defensive. d6 9.Kb1 Qg6 10.h4 f5 11.h5 Qf7 ty!) 26.Rxd1 Be6 27.Nd5 Be5
Better is 18. Nf6=) 18...Rhd8 19. 12. exf5 Qxf5 13.Qc4 Qa5 14.Ne2 28.f4 Bg7 29.Bf3 Bf5+ 30.Ka1 a5
Nd2 Rc5 20. Qa3 Bxg2 21. Nb3 Qd5 15.Qxd5 exd5 16.Rh4 Ne7 31.a3 b4 32.Ka2 Bc2 33.Rf1 b3+
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 b6 23.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Nf4 c6 18.g3 Bf5 19.Bh3 Be4 34.Ka1 Bd4 35.g4 hxg4 36.Bxg4
24.Qa4 Kc8 25. Qxa7 Bf8 26. a4 20.Bg4 Ba5 21.Rh2 Nf5 22.Nd2 Kg7 37.h5 gxh5 38.Bxh5 Rh8
(26.Qa4=) 26...Qe8 27.Qa6+ Bb7 Rae8 23.Nf1 Bb6 24.Ne2 Ne7 39.Bd1 Rh2 40.Bxc2
28.Qd3 Be7 29.b3 Bd5 30.c4 Bf3 25.Ne3 Nf5
31.Rd2µ f6 32. h4 fxe5 33. fxe5
Bf8 34.Qe3 Qg6 35. a5 Qf5 36.a6
Bg7 37. a7 Qxe5 38.Qxe5 Bxe5 39.
Re2 Bxg3 40.Rxe6 Kb7 41.Kc2
Bxh4 42. Rxh6 Bf2 43. Kd3 g3 44.
Rf6 g2 0-1 Meenakshi Subbara-
man 2336-Zhao Xue 2469
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010.]
12...gxf4 13.Qxf4 O-O-O 14. Ne4 40…Rxc2??
Nb8 15.Be2 Bc6 16.Nf6 Nd7 26.Ng2??
17.Nh5?! (17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Kb1 (A huge blunder ends an otherwise (Saheli slips in the last move of the
f5 19.g4 fxg4 20.Qxg4 Rhg8=) equal tussle. 26.Nf1 =) time control. 40...bxc2! 41.Rc1
17...Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Bxe5 19.Qe4 c6 26...Nxd4! 27.Ngf4 Bxc2+ 0-1. Kg6 42.Ka2 Kf5 43.Kb3 Ke4 44.
Nc3+ Kd3 45.Na2 Rh8 -+)

Antoaneta Stefanova 41.Nc3 Bxc3 (Sometimes opportu-

Saheli Dhar-Barua nities last one more move! 41…
Moscow Olympiad 1994 Kg6 42.a4 Kf5 43.Rd1 Bc5 44.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 Nb1 Bb4 45.Rd3 Kxf4 46.Rxb3 f5
Indians in the pre-Internet age were 47.Nc3 Rc1+ 48.Ka2 Ke5 49.Nb5
not updated with opening theory. f4-+) 42.bxc3 a4 43.Re1 f5 44.
Black plays positively despite al- Rd1 Re2 45.Rd4 Re4 46.Rb4 Kf6
lowing the pawn fracture. 47.Kb2 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

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Ian Rogers 2538 Qd5 35.Qe2 Ra2 36.Qe7 Ne4 37.

Garry Kasparov 2838 Nd7 Ra8 38. Qe5+
EU-Asia Rapid, Batumi 17-9-2001
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
[2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 exf6
5.Nf3 c6 6.e4 Bb4 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9.a3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bxc3
11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.
Be2 Nd7 14.h3 Be6 15.Rhe1 Nb6 31…Nxc4 32.bxc4 Qa4+ 33.Kb1
16.Bf1 Rfd8 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Kb2 Qd1+ 34.Kb2 Rb6 35.d5 Bc5+
Nb6 19.Kc1 Nd5 20.Ne4 Bf5 21. 36.Kc3 Bb4+ 37.Kb2 Ba3+ 38.
Kb2 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Kc3 Bb2+ 39.Rxb2 Qxf3 0-1 Gar- 38…Qxe5 (38...Kh6 39.Qxd5 cxd5
Rxe8 24.c4 eyev,T 2605-S Sammed Jayku- 40.f3 Nc3 41.Re3 Na2 42.Re7
mar 2337, Indira Gandhi Indoor Nxb4 43.Rxf7 Ra1+ 44.Kg2 Ra2+
Stadium, Delhi 2018] 45.Kh3 Ra7=) 39.Nxe5 Nc3 40.
Nxc6 Rc8 41.Ne5 f6 42. Nd7 Kf7
2...d5 3. Bxf6 43.Nc5 Re8 44.Kf1 Na2 45.Rb1
Rd8 46.Rb2 Nc3 47.Rc2 Ne4 48. f3
(3.e3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 dxc4 6. Nd6 49.Ra2 Nc8 50.Ra8 Re8 51.
Bxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bb3 c5 9. Kf2 Nd6 52.Ra7+ Re7 53.Ra6 Nc4
O-O b6 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 h6 54.d5 Re8 55.d6 Rd8 56.Ra7+ Kg8
12.Bh4 Bb7 13.Ne5 g5 14.Bg3 e6 57.d7 Kf7 58.Nb7 1-0 Michael
15.f4 Nd5 16.f5 Rc8 Adams-Praveen M Thipsay, Lon-
don 1992]
24…Nc7 (24...Nb6 25.Kb3 Nd7 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 f5
26.Kb4 Re4 27.Kc3 c5 28.d5 Kf8
29.Bd3 Rf4 30.f3 Rd4 31.Re1 b6 [7...c5 8.dxc5 Be5 9.Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.
with a small advantage.) 25.a4 Rd8 bxc3 Qa5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qb3
26.c3 c5 27.Kc2 Ne6 28.d5 Nc7 Nxc5 13.Qb4 Qc7 14.Nd4 Be6 15.
29.Rb1 Rb8 30. d6 Ne8 (30...Ne6 Rfd1 a5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qb5
31.g3 Kf8 32.Bg2 b6 33.a5 Nd8 Rfd8 18.g3 Kf8 19. Rd4 e5 20.Rd5
34.a6 Ne6 35.Kb3 Rd8 36.Rd1 f5 Rxd5 21.Bxd5 Rd8 22.c4 b6 23.
37.h4 g6 38.Ka4 Rd7 39.Bc6 Rd8 Qb1 g6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rd6
40.Kb5 h5 41.Bh1+-)31.d7 Nc7 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Qg4 Qe8 19.Nxd5 26.h5 Qc8 27. Qb2 Qf5 28.Rh1 g5
32.Rxb7 1-0 Vadim Zviaginsev Bxe5 20.Ne7+ Qxe7 21.Qxe6+ 29.h6+ Kf8 30.Qe2 e4 31.Qh5 Qd7
2674-Abhijit Kunte 2547, Khanty Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. dxe5 Bc6 32.Rb1 Na4 33.Rb3 Nc5 34.Rb1
-Mansiysk RUS 2007.] 24.Bf5+ Kg7 25.e6 1-0 Koneru Na4 (White turns down the draw
Humpy 2607-Salomeja Zaksaite by repetition and loses.) 35. Bxe4
[2.c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc3 36.c5 Rd2
2184, EU Club Cup, Rhodes GRE
Nbd7 6.f4 Nb6 7. Ngf3 Bf5 8.h3
2013)
Ne4 9.g4 Ng310. Rg1 Nxf1 11.
Nxf1 Be4 12.Ng3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 3...exf6 4.e3 Bd6
Qd7 14.f5 O-O-O 15.O-O-O f6 16.
Bf4 e6 17.h4 Rde8 18.fxe6 Rxe6 [4...Be7 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O
19.b3 Rhe8 20.Kb1 Bf8 21.Rge1 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nge2 f5 9.Qc2 g6 10.O-
Ba3 22.Re2 a5 23.Rde1 Qc6 24. O Nd7 11.Rfd1 Bd6 12.g3 Nf6 13.
Kc2 Qb5 25.e4 dxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd7 a3 Qe7 14.b4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
27.c4 Bb4 28.R1e2 Kb8 29.h5 Ka7 16.Na4 Qe7 17.Nc5 a5 18. Qb3
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Be3 axb4 19. axb4 h5 20.h4 b6 21.Nd3
Nd5 22.Nef4 Bxf4 23.Rxa8 Rxa8
See diagram, next column 24.exf4 b5 25. Rc1 Ra4 26.Qb2 37.cxb6 (37.Qf3 Nxb1 38. cxb6
Qd6 27.Rc5 Qe6 28.Rc1 Qd6 29. Qd6 39.Bxb1 Qxb6 40.Bxh7 with
31…Nxc4! (An unknown Indian Rb1 Kg7 30.Qd2 Ra3 31.Ne5 Ra4 advantage to white.) 37...Nxb1
thrashes the 2018 US Champion) 32.Nd3 Ra3 33. Nc5 Nf6 34.Re1 38.b7 Rb2 39. Qh1 (39.Qf3 is too

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late now.) 39...Rxb7 40.Qc1 Qc7 36.Qxf6+ [3.d5 Ne4 4.Bf4 e6 5.f3 Bd6 6.
41.Qxc7 Rxc7 42.Bxb1 a4 43.Kf3 Bxd6 Nxd6 7.e4 e5 8.c4 O-O 9.
a3 44.Kg4 Rc1 45.Bd3 Rh1 46.f4 (36.Qd3 Qa1+ 37.Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Nc3 f5 10.Bd3 b5 11.Nxb5 Nxb5
gxf4 47.exf4 Rxh6 48.Be4 Rh2 49. Kg1 Rc8 39.Qd2 Rc3 -+) 12.cxb5 fxe4 13.Bxe4 Qa5+ 14.
Bd5 h5+ 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.Bb3 Rh3 Qd2 Qxb5 15.a4 Qb6 16.a5 Qb5
36...Kxf6 37.Bc6 Rxf7 38.Bxb5
0-1 Michael Adams-Vassily Ivan- 17.Ne2 d6
Ra7 39.Bc6 Ke5 40.Kh2 Kd4
chuk, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
41.b5 Kc5 42.Kg3 Rf7 43.Kg4
FRA 1992)
Rf2 44.Kg5 Ra2 45.Be8 Rxa3
46.b6 Kxb6 47.Kh6 Ka5 0-1.
Rene Letelier Martner
Robert James Fischer
Mar del Plata ARG 29-3-1960
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.c3

18.O-O Ba6 19. Rf2 Nd7 20. Nc3

Qb7 21.Bc2 Nf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
8.Nf3 Nd7 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nb5 Be7 Bxe4 Rab8 24.Qg5 Qd7 25. Qh4
11.Ne5 c6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.f4 Nxe5 g6 26.f4 exf4 27. g3 Qg7 28. Rxf4
14.fxe5 g6 Qxb2 29.Re1 Qd2 0-1 Hauge,L
2388-Anna Muzychuk 2537, Gi-
braltar Open, Caleta ENG 2016]
3...Qb6 4. Qb3 cxd4 5.Qxb6 axb6
[3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bg7
6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nf3
6.g3 d6 7. Bg2 f5 8.c3 Nd7 9. Nd2
Nb4 9.Kd2 Rxa2 10.Rxa2 Nxa2
Nf6 10.Nh3 h5 11.Qc2 Bd7 12. a4
11.Na3 d5 12.e3 e6 13.Nc2 Nb4
h4 13.Nf4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Rxh1+
14.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 15.Kc2 Bd7 16.
15.Bxh1 O-O-O 16.Nc4 Qa6 17.
Kb3 Bd6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18.Ra1 Rc8
Qd3 Rh8 18.Bg2 Kc7 19.Ra3 Ng4
20.b4 cxb4 21.cxb4

15.Ne2 (15.a4 Stopping the oppo-

nent's plan is the most important
plan!) 15...b5 16.Bb3 c5 17.Nf4
Bb7 18. dxc5 (18.Qe2 c4 19. Bc2
Unclear) 18...Bxc5 19.Qe2 Qb6
20.e6 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1 Bxf4 22.
exf7+ Kg7 23.Rxf4 Rad8 24.Re1
Be4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Qd4
27.Qe2 Qc5 28.h3 a5 29.a3 Rd6
30.Rf1 Rf6 31.Rxf6 Kxf6 32.Qd2 19.Ra7 (19.Nd2 e5 20.g3 e4
a4 33.Bd5 Kg7 34.b4 Qd6 35. 21...Bxa4 22.Nxd6 Qb6 23.Qc4+ 21.Be2 Bb8 22.Nb1 Rc1 23. Ra8
Qd4+ Qf6 Kxd6 24.Qc5+ Qxc5 25.bxc5+
Bxg3 24.Nc3 Bxf2 25.Nxd5+ Kd6
Kxc5 26. Rxa4 Bc3+ 27.Kd1 a5
26. Rd8 Kxd5 27.Rxd7+ Kc6 28.
28.Nd3+ Kd6 29. Rc4 Bg7 30.Bf3
Bg4 Bxe3 29. d5+ Kc5 30.Bf5 Bf4
Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Kc2 Rh2
33.Kb3 Rxf2 34. Ka4 Bxg3 35. 31.Bxe4³; 19.Ng1 Bxh2 20.g3
Kxa5 Rf1 36. Rc8 Rb1 37. Ka4 Ba4+ 21.Kb4 Bc2µ; ¹ 19.g3 Bc6
Ke5 38. Rf8 Kd4 39. Ka3 Kc3 40. 20.Ng1 e5 21. Bf5 Rd8 22.Ne2 b5
Rc8+ Kd2 41. Rf8 Be5 42. Rc8 b5 when white can hope to exchange
0-1 Cyrus Lakdawala 2422-H his knight for the light square bish-
ikaru Nakamura 2620, San Di- op of black and enhance his draw-
ego, CA USA 2004.] ing chances.)

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19...Bc6 20.g3 h6 21.Ra1 Kd7 22. (Hard to defend such positions. Mi- Lawrence Trent-Desmond Tan
Ra7 Kc7 23.Ra1 b5 24.Rc1 Kb6 ladinovic does it with some good British Ch, West Bromwich 2002
25.Ra1 Bd7 26.Nh4 Rc6 27.Ra8 play and also some help from his 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6
Rc1 28.Rh8 b4 29.Rxh6 Ka5 30. famous opponent.)
Ka2 b3+ 31.Kxb3 Ba4+ 32.Ka2 2...Ne4 3.h4 [3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+
Kb4 33.b3 Bxb3+ 34.Kb2 Rd1 35. 51.Kg2 h5 52.Be3 Rcb2 53.Ra3
Bb1 Rd2+ 36. Ka1 Kc3 0-1. Kf5 54.Ra7 Kg6 55.Rc7 Rb7 56.
Rc6 R2b5 57.Rc4 Re7 58. Kf3
In the 1993 World Junior that took Rbe5 59.Rb4 Kf5 60.Rf4+ Ke6
place in India for the first time, we 61.Rb4 Rd7 62.Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb4
were wondering who would win it. Rd3 64.Rf4+ Ke6 65.Rb4 Ra3
In the end, it was Igor Miladinovic 66.Rb7 g6 67.Rb4 Rf5+ 68.Kg2
(Yug) who won and he was not the Ra6 69.Rc4 Rfa5 70.Re4+ Kf7
top seed! The next game is selected 71.Rb4 Ra4 72.Rb5 Ke6 73.Kf3
from Igor’s games list. Tenacity to R6a5 74.Rb6+ Kf5 75.Bd2 Rd5
hold an exchange down game to a 76.Be3 Rda5 77.Rb8 Rd5 78. Rf8
draw against a celebrated opponent Ra1 79.Rb8 g5 80.hxg5 fxg5 81. (4...Nf6 5.dxc5 b6 6.Nc3 bxc5 7.e4
was the main reason for this selec- Rf8+ Ke6 82. Re8+ Kf7 83. Rh8 d6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-
tion. Beliavsky, also a former Ra4 84.Rc8 Rb4 85.Kg2 Rb1 86. O-O+ Nbd7 11.Bxe5 Bb7 12.Nh3
World Junior champion scored the Kf3 Rf5+ 87.Ke4 Rbb5 88.Rc7+ Kc8 13.Bg3 h6 14.Bc4 e6 15.Nf4
most points for the winning USSR Kg6 89.Rc6+ Rf6 90.Rxf6+ Kxf6 Be7 16.Nb5 g5 17.Nd3 Bd5 18.
team in 1984 match against Rest of 91.Bd4+ Ke6 92.Kf3 Kf5 Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Rhe1
the World.
Miladinovic 2519-Beliavsky 2638
EU Chp., Ohrid, MKD 2-6-2001
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4
c5 5. c3 b6 6. Nd2 Bb7 7. Ngf3
Be7 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. h3
Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Qc8
13. O-O Qb7 14. a4 Rac8 15.Rfe1
Nb8 16. e4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8
18. N2f3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20.
e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc5 22. Nd4 93.g4+! hxg4+ 94.Kg2 Rb3 95. 19…a6 {19…Kb7 and white
Nd7 23. Bg3 Nf8 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. Be3 Kg6 96.Bc5 g3 97.f3 Kf5 98. maintains a small advantage.}
Qf3 Ng6 26. Re4 Rd5 27. Rae1 Bd6 g4 99.Kxg3 gxf3?? 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Bxd6 c4 22.Ne5
Bc5 28. Nb3 Rd3 29. Nxc5 bxc5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rd8 24.Re4 Nb6
(99...Rxf3+ 100.Kg2 Rd3 101.Bc7 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Bg7 Ke7 27.
30. Qh5 Qc6 31. Qe2 R8d5 32. h4 Kg5 102.Be5 Rd5 103.Bc7 Rd2+ Bxh6 f6 28. h4 gxh4 29.Rxh4 Rh8
Rd2 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Rxb2 104.Kg3 Rd3+ 105.Kg2 Kh4 106. 30.Bg5 Rg8 31.Be3 Nd5 32. Bc5+
35. c4 Rdd2 36. Ra1 Ne7 37. Be5 Kf2 g3+ 107.Ke2 Rb3 108.Bd6 Kd7 33.Rxc4 Rxg2 34.Rg4 Rh2
Rb3 38. Rg4 Nf5 39. Rf4 f6 Kh3 109.Bc5 Kh2 110.Bd6 Kh1 35.c4 Nc7 36.Rd4+ Kc6 37.Bb4
40.Bb8 a6 41. Rxa6 Rb1+ 42. 111.Bc5 g2 112.Bd4 g1=Q -+)
Kh2 Rdd1 43. Rxf5 exf5 44. Rc6 Rf2 38.Rd6+ Kb7 39.Ba5 Rf1+
Rd4 45. Rxc5 Rb4 46. g3 Rdxc4 100.Bc5 = Ke4 101. Kf2 Rc3 102. 40.Kd2 Rf2+ 41.Ke3 Rc2 42. Kd3
47. Rxf5 Kf7 48. Rd5 Rc2 49. Ba7 Ba7 Rc7 103.Bb6 Rc2+ 104.Kf1 Rc1 43.Rb6+- 1-0 Magnus Carl-
Ke6 50. Rd3 Rxb5 Rc6 105.Ba7 Ra6 106.Bc5 Kf4 sen 2552-Surya S Ganguly 2582,
107.Bd4 Ra4 108.Bc5 Rc4 109. Dubai Open, UAE 2004)
Ba7 Rb4 110.Bc5 Rb5 111.Bd4 5.c3 Nf6 6. d5
Kg4 112.Kf2 Rb4 113. Bc5 Rb2+
114.Kf1 Rc2 115.Ba7 Rb2 116. (6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qd8 8.cxd4 e6
Bc5 Rb5 117.Bd4 Kf4 118.Kf2 9.Rc1 Nc6 10.e4 Bb4+ 11.Kf2 d5
Rd5 119.Bb6 Rd7 120.Be3+ Kg4 12.e5 Nd7 13.a3 Be7 14.Bd3 a5
121.Bb6 Rb7 122.Bc5 Rb5 123. 15.a4 Nb6 16.Bb5 O-O 17.Bd2
Bd4 Rh5 124.Bb6 Rh2+ 125.Kf1 Bd7 18.Ne2 Nb4 {Harikrishna
f2 126.Ke2 Kg3 127. Bc5 1/2-1/2 starts to outplay his opponent from

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this stage.} 18.Ne2 Nb4! 19.Bxb4 30.Qf5 Bxd4+ 31.cxd4 Rgf8 32. A glance at this diagram gives the
axb4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 {21. Qd3 Qf7 33.Qf3 Rac8 34.Rc1 a5 feeling that black gets punished for
dxc5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Nc4 23. Qd4 35.Rc6 Rxc6 36. dxc6 a4 37.Rb1 parking four of his pieces in the
b3 24. Rhd1 Qc7 And black has the Qf5 38. Rc1 a3 39. Qc3 Re8 40.c7 corner six squares of the board.
upperhand.} 21...Nxa4 22.Bxa4 a2 41.c8=Q 1-0 Amura Claudia White’s finish is very pretty. He
Bxa4 23. Qd2 b6 24. Rcc1 Qe7 25. 2249-Liana Aghabekian 2188, promotes a queen. Both white
Nf4 Bb5 26.Ra1 Ra5 27. Rhc1 Bc4 Batumi GEO 2018) queens are en prise. But white
28. g3 Rfa8 29. Rab1 Ra2 30. Nd3 wins.
R2a4 31. Kg1 Bxd3 32.Qxd3 h6 3...c5 4.dxc5 Na6 5.Qd4 Qa5+ 6.
33. f4 c3 Nxg5 7.hxg5 Qxc5 8.Nf3 Qxd4 22.Ne5! Ra7 23.Rxg7 Kxg7 24.
9.Nxd4 g6 10.e4 Bg7 11.Nd2 Nc7 Qg3+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26.h5
12.Bc4 Rg8 27.e8=Q 1-0.
Igor Miladinovic - Peter Leko
Investbanka, Belgrade 15-11-1995
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5
[2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.
dxc5 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Rb1
33…b3 {33...Qb7} 34.Rc3 Qb4 Qc3 8.Bb5 e6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd7
35.Rd1 Ra1 36.Rxb3 Qc4 37.Rc3 Nxd7 11.O-O Bxc5 12.e4 O-O 13.
Qxd3 38.Rcxd3 Rxd1+ 39.Rxd1 exd5 exd5 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Qxd5
Ra4 40.Kf2 Rb4 41.Rd2 Kh7 42. 12…b5! 13.Bd3 b4 14.Ke2 Rb8 Nf6 16.Qd3 Qxd3
Ke2 Kg6 43. Kd3 Kf5 44.Kc3 15.Rac1 bxc3 16.bxc3 Rb2 17.Rc2
Rc4+ 45.Kd3 Kg4 46. b3 Rc7 47. Rb6 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.f4 O-O 20.g3
Ra2 h5 48. Ra6 Kh3 {48...Kh3 49. d5 21.Na5 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Rb6 23.
Ra2 g6 50.Rd2 b5 51.b4 Ra7 52. Ndc6 Re8 24.Kf3 Nb5 25.Nc4 Rb7
Rc2 Ra3+ 53.Ke2 Kxh2 -+} 0-1 26.N6e5 Rc7 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Re1
Duong The Anh 2425-Pentala Bf5 29.Rcc1 Nd6 30.Na5 Bxe5
Harikrishna 2660 9th Asian Con- 31.Rxe5 Rdc8 32.Ba4 Rxc3+
tinental, Olongapo, PHI 23-4-2010) 33.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 34.Re3 Rc5 35.
Re5 Rc3+ 36.Re3 Be4+ 37.Kf2
6...e6 7.e4 Qb6 8. b3 exd5 9. exd5 Rc5 38.Nb3 Rc4 39.Bd7 Kf8 40.
Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Bh3 Bd5 41.Ke1 Rc2 42.a3 Ne4
Ne2 43.Nd4 Rc1+ 44.Ke2 Rc4 0-1 Igor 17.Bxd3 (Position is dead equal.)
Miladinovic-Michael Adams, Rfd8 18. a3 h6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. h3
Moscow RUS 1994) Rad8 21. Kf1 Nd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Bd2 Nf6 24. a4 (White is keen
3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Qd2 d5 to try as he has the two bishops.)
6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O-O Bb4 8.e5 Qd8 Ne5 25. a5 Bc7 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. a6
9. a3 Be7 10.f4 a5 11.Nf3 b5 12.a4 bxa6 28. Bxa6 Rd8 29. Be3 Bb6
Bb4 13.Qe3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 bxa4 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Re1 Nc6 32. Bc4
15.h4 Qb6 16.Rh3 Ba6 17.Rg3 Kf8
O-O 18.f5 exf5 19.Qe3 Kh8 20.e6
f6 21.e7 Re8

12…Re8 (Better for black to play

12...Be7 13.O-O d6 14. Re1 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd2 but white has a
tiny advantage.) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Kf2 Be5 15.Qd3 b6 16.Nd2 f5
17.Qxf5 d6 18.Qg5+ Kh8 19.Bd3
Rg8 20.Qh5 f5 21. Bxf5 Qg7
22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Ne4 Rg8 24.g3
Nd7 25.Rad1 c4 26.f4 Nf6 27.Nxf6 33. Nc1 Nb4 34. Bb3 Rc8 35. Ne2
Bxf6 28.Nd4 cxb3 29.axb3 Qc7 Ne4 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. g4 Ke7 38.

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Ng3 g6 39. Re1+ Kf8 40. Rb1

Nxb3 41. Rxb3 Nd5 42. Rd3 Nf4
43. Rf3 Rc4 44. h4 Ne6 45. h5
Rxg4 46. Rb3 Rc4 47. Rxb6 Rxc2
48. hxg6 Nf4 49.g7+ Kxg7 50.
Nf5+ Kg8 51.Nxh6+ Kh7 52. Kg1
Nh3+ 53.Kg2 Nxf2 54. Nxf7 Kg7
55.Nd6 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2 Navara
David 2727-Pentala Harikrishna
(2732) Prague CZE 2018})
2...d5
14…Qe7 15. Nd3 Bxg3 16. Qxg3 (42...Kxc5 43. g5 hxg5 44. h6 d4
(2...e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3Nc6 5. Ngf3 O-O-O 17. Bh3 Bg6 18. g5 Bxd3 45. h7 d3 46. h8=Q d2 47.Qc8+
d5 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 19. Rxd3 f5 20. e4 g6 21. exf5 exf5 Kb5 48. Qd7+ +-) 43. g5 1-0 Igor
9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Dxe5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Miladinovic-Bozidar Ivanovic,
Nd7 12. Bg3 {Machines love to Re7+ Rd7 25. Re6 Rd6 26. Re7+ Podgorica/Tivat 1994) 3...c5 4. f3
take the "better" e7 bishop and play Rd7 27. Re6 Rd6 28. Re7+ 1/2-1/2 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Kf2
f4.} 12…Qc7 13.Qh5 Bb7 14. Nf3 (Making the first of many king
c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. Nd4 Qd7 {With Joost van Ruitenburg steps to victory!) 7…Qb6 8. Nc3
the black knight not in the natural Sandro Castellani e6 9. Nf3 d6 10. e5 Nc6 11. Ne4
position on f6, white is fishing for Dutch Junior Chp., Leiden 2000
a sacrifice on the king side.} 17.
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4
Bf4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Qg4
(3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4
Kf8 20. Qh3 Kg8 21. f3 Nd3
6. f3 h6 7. Bf4 Bh7 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12.
Ne2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14.Qe3
Be7 15. h5 b5 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. g4
b4 18. Rac1 O-O 19. cxb4 Nxb4
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. a3 Nc6 22. Rc1
Qd7 23. b4 Rc8 24. Qd3 Bd6 25.
Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Rc5 Qh2+ 27. Ke1 11...Bxe3+ 12. Kxe3 cxd4+ 13.
Qb8 28. Kd2 Qb7 29. Qb5 Qd7 30. Kf4 dxe5+ 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nf4 Rc7 31. Nd3 Qc8 32. Kc3 Kf8 Kxe5 f5 (15...f6 was better) 16.
33. f4 Ke7 Qh5+ Kd7 17. Qf7+ Kc6 18. a4 a6
19. Qe7 Rd8 20. b4 Rd5+ 21. Kf6
22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Bxd3 Qf8 24. g4 (Trompovsky Opening expert Mi- Bd7 22. b5+ axb5 23. axb5+ Kc7
g5 25. Bg3 Qg7 26. f4 gxf4 27. ladinovic's pawn ending skills are 24. Rxa8 e5+ 25. Kg7 Qg6+ 26.
exf4 Bc5 28. Bh4 h5 29. Bg5 hxg4 amazing! White has seen deep and Kh8 fxe4 27. Bc4 (One of the
30. Qh4 f5 {Can you believe that long that he could win the pawn most exciting games from the
Stockfish announces mate in 19!} ending.) Trompovsky concluded with the
31. exf6 Qh8 32. Bh6 Kf7 33. white king taking a walk to victory
Qh5+ Kxf6 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. in the Dutch Junior championship
Bg6+ Kg8 36. Bh5+ 1-0 Law- at Leiden.) 1-0.
rence Trent 2391-IM Jonathan
Grant 2203, Douglas IMN 2018) This issue of 3/2018 Chess Mate
Openings has more contents. We
3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. have reduced the font size from 14
Qxd2 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. f3 e6 9. pt to 12 pt for pages 2-7, so we
g4 Bg6 10. Bg3 f6 11. h4 Nb6 12. could accommodate more games.
Nf4 Bd6 13. O-O-O Bf7 Also 3 columns instead of two. The
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34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rxc5+ 36. future issues. Published by Chess
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Hikaru Nakamura 2644 21… f6!! (After this, there is

Rajaram R Laxman 2418 no turning back for the black
Dos Hermanas Internet 2006 side. The advanced white
queen in the midst of the
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 black minor pieces loses its
identity.)
22. O-O fxg5 23. Qxg5 Bf6
24. Qh6 Nf7 25. Qf4 Bg5
12. Be3 b6 13. g4 Nf6 14.
Ng3 e6

3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+

(Pretty diagram. The white

queen is stranded in the mid-
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxd6 Qc8 dle of the board.)
17. g5 Nfd7
26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Qc7
28. f4 c4 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5
5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 g6 Qc5+ 31.Rd4 Bxf5 32. Bxc4+
Kh8 33. b4 Qe5 34. Bh6 Bh3

18.Qf4? (Serious mistake. All

four black minor pieces are
8. Na3 Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 around! So Qd1 or Qd2 looks
good.) 18…Nc6 19.Rd1 35.Rfd1 Rae8 36. Be2 Rg8
Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Be2 37.Kh1 Rxg3 38. hxg3 Qxe2
39.R1d2 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Bf5
41.Rd8 Qh3+ 42.Kg1 Qxg3+
43.Rg2 Qxg2+ 44.Kxg2
Rxd8 0-1.

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