Grandmaster Repertoire

1.e4 vs
Minor Defences

By

Parimarjan Negi

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 Contents
Key to symbols used & Bibliography 4
Preface 5

Alekhine
1 Rare Lines 7
2 4...g6 27
3 4...¥g4 43
4 4...dxe5 63

Scandinavian
5 2...¤f6 96
6 2...£xd5 119
7 5...¥g4 144
8 3...£d6 163
9 5...g6 181
10 5...c6 207

Pirc/Modern
11 Early Deviations 244
12 Pirc with ...c6 270
13 Modern with ...c6 306
14 Pirc with ...a6 320
15 Modern with ...a6 339
16 Main Line with 6...¥b7 359

Miscellaneous
17 1...¤c6 394
18 1...b6 and Others 409

Variation Index 426

 Preface
This book took a long time to finish. Partly, it was due to my ever busier and changing professional
life. But even more, it was because of the very nature of the systems covered in this book: the
Alekhine, Scandinavian, Pirc/Modern and other miscellaneous replies to 1.e4.

As a young kid, I was always scared of these openings: the Pirc and Modern were endlessly
confusing in move orders; the Scandinavian seemed to me to lead to depressingly dull positions;
and I never prepared any serious lines against the Alekhine, so I was always a bit afraid of that too.
As the years went by and my playing strength increased, fewer and fewer of my opponents played
these lines, so I could essentially get away with never preparing anything deep against them. Still,
my childhood uneasiness against these defences never quite left me.

When I finally started analysing these systems in earnest for this book, I realized that my uneasiness
was not unfounded, as there were just so many interesting possibilities for Black hidden away
in all these lines. Nowadays more than ever, with online chess events and faster time controls
becoming more prevalent, it is vital to have a well-constructed repertoire against these lines.

In this book, I have endeavoured to address the very features of these defences that made me
uneasy against them. If there is a simple path to an advantage, I will generally favour that over
a more ambitious but intensely theoretical continuation – it does not feel worth the effort to
memorize unnecessarily long lines against inferior continuations which we are never likely to face
anyway. At the same time, there are plenty of cases when White simply must take a principled
approach in order to prove anything – this is a Grandmaster Repertoire book after all. Still, I have
strived to be as practical as possible. When applicable, I have pointed out how certain variations
are related to one another, and have shown how you can follow similar plans against different
options that Black may try. On a related note, I went to a lot of trouble to take into account the
plethora of possible transpositions, especially in and between the Pirc and Modern, and have
given my best efforts to make the proposed repertoire ‘move-order proof.’

The Alekhine, Scandinavian and Pirc/Modern Defences are generally regarded as less theoretically
intense than more popular openings such as 1...e5 and main-line Sicilians. But paradoxically, my
relative lack of practical or theoretical experience in these lines meant that I was pushed to my
analytical limits like never before. I would like to thank my many coaches who have helped me
see different ways of analysing and understanding such challenges. In particular, I owe my style of
chess analysis the most to Vladimir Chuchelov. In this series, I can only hope to match the kind
of rigour he demands from his analysis.

Finally, I would like to thank my editor Andrew Greet, who has been a constant throughout this
journey, and dealt effectively with both my writing and my procrastination.

Parimarjan Negi
Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 2020
 

 

er
    
a pt     

Scandinavian
    
Ch
8     
 
 


3...£d6
Variation Index
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6
4.d4
A) 4...c6 164
B) 4...¤f6 5.¤f3 166
B1) 5...¥g4 6.h3 166
B11) 6...¥xf3 166
B12) 6...¥h5 169
B2) 5...a6 6.g3 ¥g4 7.h3! 173
B21) 7...¥xf3 175
B22) 7...¥h5 177

A) note to 8...¤f6 B2) note to 6...¥g4 B22) after 14...c6

  
      
    
         
           
              
         
    
        
  
10.¦xd7!N 9.¤g5!N 15.g4!N
164 Scandinavian

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6 5.¤f3 ¥g4!?

It wasn’t so long ago that this was considered If Black wants to postpone ...¤f6, this seems
a fringe variation, which was only really played like the most challenging option.
regularly by one world-class GM – Sergey
Tiviakov. Times change though, and the text 5...¥f5
move has since been played regularly by some This sideline has been played by Tiviakov
of the strongest players in the world, including a few times, but it is not too difficult to
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Part handle.
of the appeal of this variation is that the lines 6.¤e5 ¤d7
tend to be less forcing, so it is harder to prepare 6...¤f6 leads to variation A of Chapter 10
long, forced lines against it, thus making it less on page 208.
risky than a lot of other openings. 6...e6? is asking for trouble. 7.g4 ¥g6
occurred in Broehl – Forchert, Germany
4.d4 2013, and now 8.¥f4N £d8 9.h4+– would
We will start by considering A) 4...c6, which have been the easiest way to get a decisive
is sometimes connected with the scheme of initiative.
leaving the knight on g8 for a while. We will 7.¤c4
then move on to the most natural and popular
B) 4...¤f6.

 
4...a6 5.¤f3 ¥g4 (Black almost always prefers 
5...¤f6, which transposes to variation B2)    
6.h3 ¥h5 7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5² gives White a    
pleasant game.
   
4...g6 is played from time to time, but after     
5.¤f3 ¥g7 6.¥g5!? White can just continue  
playing in the same way as in the next chapter,  
and I cannot see anything better for Black than
transposing to it by playing ...¤f6 at some

7...£f6?!
point. This was a surprising choice from Tiviakov,
A) 4...c6 who is usually extremely well prepared.
7...£g6 8.¤e3 ¤gf6 9.¤xf5 £xf5 10.¥d3²
 gave White an easy edge with the two
 bishops in Welling – Sant Anna, Douglas
  2014.
7...£c7 8.£f3 e6 9.¥f4 £d8 10.0–0–0
    ¤gf6 occurred in Szamoskozi – Schmidt,
     Budapest 2008, when 11.¤e3N ¥g6 12.h4²
seems logical.
     8.d5!?
     8.g4 ¥g6 9.¥e3± (or 9.h4!?) would also have
been excellent for White.
  8...¤e5?!
 

 Chapter 8 – 3...£d6 165

This was the dubious continuation of


Sukandar – Tiviakov, Jakarta 2015. White  
chose a suboptimal continuation, but still went
on to defeat his much higher rated opponent.
 
However, at this point any of 9.¥e3N, 9.¥f4N    
or even 9.¥g5!?N £xg5 10.¤xe5 would have     
been great for White.
    
   
   
    
    
     8.¥f4! ¤f6
    Other moves are no better, for instance:

    8...£b6 9.0–0–0+– gives White an

  overwhelming advantage in development.

  8...£d8 9.¤b5! ¤a6 occurred in Ucucu –

 Acar, Konya 2019, when 10.¥c4!N would
have given White a huge initiative.
6.h3!
Sacrificing the d4-pawn is clearly the most
8...¤d7 9.¦d1 £b6 was seen in Krzyzanowski
principled continuation. If something more
– Pultorak, Zalakaros 2017, when White could
cautious like 6.¥e3 or 6.¥e2 is played, then
have won with:
Black will simply play 6...¤f6 with a better
version of a standard variation.

 
6...¥xf3 
6...¥h5 7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5 gives White a    
clearly improved version of variation B12.     
7.£xf3 £xd4
    
7...¤f6 transposes to variation B11, which   
will be analysed shortly.  
 
White should be doing excellently from here, 
but in practice he has often failed to make 10.¦xd7!N ¢xd7 11.¥c4!+– With decisive
the most of his chances. He still needs to threats.
show some precision, while being aware of
the crucial ¤b5 resource. The most accurate 8...e5 9.¥g5 ¥e7 10.¦d1 £b6 led to an
continuation is: eventual victory for Black in Ivanchuk –
Karpov, Cap d’Agde 2013, but it was not
because of the quality of his opening play.
166 Scandinavian

 B) 4...¤f6 5.¤f3

 
  
     
      
         
       
 
      
    
11.¤e4!N+– is the simplest of many possible  
ways to get a winning advantage.
 
 
   In the rest of this chapter we will analyse
  two important options: B1) 5...¥g4 and
    B2) 5...a6.
5...g6 and 5...c6 will be examined in
     Chapters 9 and 10 respectively.
     B1) 5...¥g4 6.h3
  
  Black has the usual choice
B11) 6...¥xf3 and B12) 6...¥h5.
between

  
 B11) 6...¥xf3 7.£xf3
9.¤b5! 
As mentioned earlier, this is a vital attacking
resource. The next few moves are forced.
  
 
9...cxb5 10.¥xb5† ¤bd7 11.£xb7 ¦d8
12.¥c7 £e4† 13.£xe4 ¤xe4 14.0–0–0 a6N
    
14...¤xf2 15.¦he1 ¤xd1 16.¦xd1 g6     
17.¥xd8 ¢xd8 18.¦xd7† ¢c8 19.¦xa7 was     
close to winning for White in Fridman –
S. Kasparov, Porticcio 2018. The text move is   
a slight improvement, but Black is still in deep  
trouble.
  
15.¥c6 ¤ef6 16.¥xd8 ¢xd8 17.¦xd7† 
¤xd7 18.¦d1 ¢c7 19.¥xd7± 7...c6
White has an extra pawn and the more active 7...¤c6?! has been played in a bunch of
pieces, so his winning chances are excellent. games but 8.¥f4!N is a powerful reply. The
 Chapter 8 – 3...£d6 167

critical continuation is 8...¤xd4 (8...£e6† 10.0–0!N Queenside castling would allow

9.¥e3 is also no fun for Black) 9.£xb7 ¤xc2† some ...¤d5 ideas when the vulnerability
10.¢e2 ¤d4† 11.¢d1 £xf4 12.£xa8† ¢d7 of the a2-pawn would at least slow down
13.£xa7 when Black is the exchange down White’s attack. The text move avoids any such
and has no way to exploit White’s slightly problems, and after something like 10...¤b6
exposed king. For instance: 11.¦fe1 £c8 12.¥e5+– Black will not be able
 to complete development without allowing
     something bad to happen.
  
       
      
        
   
       
      
   
13...e6 14.£a4† ¢d8 15.¥d3 £xf2 16.£a8†
¢d7 17.¦f1 £e3 18.¥a6 White still has to
 
remain vigilant with his king in the centre,   
but he should be able to convert his material
advantage with careful play, especially since

9.d5! ¤xd5
Black’s king is also less than safe. If 9...cxd5 then simply 10.¥xb8! followed by
¥b5† creates major problems for Black’s king.
8.¥f4 £d8
8...£xd4 takes us back to variation A, where 10.0–0–0 e6 11.¤xd5 cxd5
we saw that 9.¤b5! is more or less winning for 11...exd5 was played in Dragomirescu –
White. Spulber, Mamaia 2019. White has several
strong continuations but my favourite is:
8...£e6† 9.¥e2 ¤bd7 occurred in Mista – 12.£g3!N f6
Proszynski, Ustron 2008, when the most
accurate continuation would have been:

   
     
    
      
         
        
    
  
    
13.¥c4!? The flashy approach is the easiest.

168 Scandinavian

(13.c4+– is also fine) 13...¤a6 14.¦he1† ¢f7 17.£xb5† ¢e7 18.£g5†

15.£g4 £c8 16.¦xd5 £xg4 17.¦d7† ¢g6 We are following a game, in which White
18.hxg4+– opted to repeat moves before proceeding with
 the winning continuation.

   18...¢e8 19.£b5† ¢e7 20.¦d7† ¢f6

  
       
    
        
      
      
     
  
12.¥xb8 £xb8 13.¥b5† ¢e7 14.¦he1 a6
Black is unable to catch up in development.
    
14...g6 15.¦xd5 ¥h6† 16.¢b1 ¦d8 is too slow 
in view of: 17.¦xd8 £xd8 18.¦d1+– 21.¦xf7†! ¢xf7 22.£d7† ¥e7 23.£xe6†
¢f8 24.£xe7† ¢g8 25.£e6† ¢f8 26.£f5†
15.£xd5 axb5 ¢g8 27.£d5† ¢f8 28.£f5† ¢g8
15...£f4† 16.¢b1 axb5 17.£xb7† wins White has no immediate mate, but winning
easily. Black’s queen is the next best thing.

16.£g5† ¢e8

16...f6 allows a forced mate after: 17.¦xe6†!   
¢f7 (17...¢xe6 18.£d5† ¢e7 19.£d7#)   
18.¦d7† ¢g8 19.£d5 h6 20.¦xf6† ¢h7
     
       
      
        
    
    
        
  
     29.¦e7 £e8 30.£d5† ¢f8 31.¦xe8† ¦xe8
32.£xb7
 Black soon had to resign in R. Horvath –
21.£e4† ¢g8 22.£e6† ¢h7 23.¦xh6# Fauland, Deutschlandsberg 2018.
 Chapter 8 – 3...£d6 169

B12) 6...¥h5 but White’s massive advantage in activity

 should decide the game if he continues to play
accurately.
  
  9.£e2!
This move is virtually untested. Evidently
     the idea of sacrificing a pawn did not occur to
    many players, but it gives White superb play.
     9...£xd4
   Black should accept the challenge, as 9...0–0–0
  10.¥g2 e6 (or 10...£xd4? 11.¤c6! bxc6
12.£a6† ¢b8 13.¥e3+–) 11.h4!± gives White
  a serious advantage without much effort.

7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5 ¤bd7 After the text move I found a couple of games
It seems advisable to challenge the strong where White exchanged on g6. However, it is
knight. much better to leave the bishop as a target for
The passive 8...c6? has been played in a the f4-f5 advance. Thus, my improvement is:
surprisingly high number of games. White 
has several strong continuations but the rare
9.f4! seems best. Black is already in severe
  
difficulties, as shown after: 9...e6N (9...¥e4 
10.¤xe4 ¤xe4 11.£d3 £d5 12.¥g2 £a5†
13.c3 gave White a huge advantage in Schnegg
   
– Boric, Vienna 2013)     
    
      
   
 
       
    
    10.¤xd7!N £xd7
10...¤xd7 11.¥e3 £f6 12.0–0–0± gives
   White a tremendous amount of activity.
 
 11.f4 h6
10.£e2!? (if you don’t feel like sacrificing a 11...h5 is hardly an improvement, and after
pawn then 10.¥g2± is an excellent alternative, 12.f5 ¥h7 13.¥d2 0–0–0 14.0–0–0 Black is
when Black does not really have a good answer likely to be murdered on the queenside before
to h4-h5) 10...£xd4 (or 10...¥e7 11.h4+– and he can get his kingside pieces into the game.
Black will be steamrollered on the kingside) For instance: 14...e6 15.¥g2 ¤d5 (15...exf5
11.¥e3 £d6 11.¥g2+– The game continues, 16.¥f4 gives White a deadly attack)
170 Scandinavian

 This seems like Black’s best try.

   
 13...c6
    This feels a little slow, although White still
has to play accurately to exploit his dynamic
  advantage.
    14.¥d2 e6 15.0–0–0 ¥d6
    15...0–0–0 16.£f2!? b6 17.¥g5 £c7
 18.¦xd8† ¢xd8 19.£d4† ¢c8 20.¥f4 gives
   White a decisive attack.
 
16.¤xd5 exd5 17.¥xd5! £xd5 18.¥g5!+–   
Black is busted. 
  
12.f5
White could also start with 12.¥g2, but it
   
feels more natural to drive the bishop back    
before anything else.    

12...¥h7   
 
   16.h4! 0–0–0
16...£e7 17.g5 ¤d5 18.¤xd5 cxd5 19.g6
 fxg6 20.fxe6± is highly unpleasant for Black.
     17.g5 ¤d5
17...¤e8 18.g6 fxg6 19.fxe6 £e7 20.¤e4ƒ
    is also good for White.
    18.g6 ¥g8
    Black must avoid 18...fxg6? 19.fxe6+– when
his position collapses.
  
     
  
13.¥g2  
This is the most accurate move order, forcing   
Black to defend b7 in one way or another.     
Instead, 13.¥d2 e6 14.0–0–0 ¥d6 15.¥g2
    
allows 15...0–0! (rather than 15...c6 16.h4ƒ) 
16.¥xb7 ¦ab8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.¥g2 ¥a3!?   
when the outcome is uncertain. 
19.fxe6 fxe6
13...0–0–0 19...£xe6? is worse: 20.¥h3 f5 21.£f2!+–
 Chapter 8 – 3...£d6 171

20.¤e4±

White’s initiative is definitely worth more    
than a pawn.  
     
     
   
    
      
        
    
21...¦d7
    21...¦he8 allows White to execute the threat
 created by his previous move: 22.¤xa7†!
    £xa7 23.£c3†! ¢d7 24.£c7 mate!
22.£c3† ¢d8 23.£e5 ¤e4 24.¥xe4 dxe4
 25.gxf5 ¦e8 26.£b8† ¢e7 27.¦xe4†+–
14.¥d2 e6 15.0–0–0 ¤d5 Finally, it’s all over.
15...c6 16.£f2 b6 17.¥g5± keeps Black
under unpleasant pressure.

   
15...exf5?! 
This more is as risky as it looks, and we can
refute it with some attractive tactics:    
   
       
    
    
    
      
    
 16.£f2!
16.¤xd5 exd5 17.¥e3 c6 18.¥xa7 ¥d6÷
   sees Black return the extra pawn and stay in
 the game.
16.¥f4! ¥d6
16...£e6 allows 17.¥xb7†! ¢xb7 18.£b5† 16...b6
¢c8 19.¦xd8† ¢xd8 20.£b8†+– and the 16...¢b8 17.¤xd5 exd5 18.¥e3± wins back
king is caught. the pawn in a much more favourable way than
17.¦xd6! cxd6 18.¤b5 £e6 19.£d2 d5 the line above.
20.£b4 £b6 21.¦e1!
Tightening the noose. 16...£c6 17.£xa7 ¥c5 18.£a5 ¢b8 19.¤xd5
exd5 20.¥f4± is also excellent for White.
172 Scandinavian

17.£d4! 18.¦he1 ¦g8

This does not threaten anything immediately, 18...¤xc3 19.£xc3 ¥d6 20.fxe6 fxe6
but the queen eyes a range of targets across the 21.¦xe6± regains the pawn while keeping a
board, and White is ready to bring his one big initiative.
inactive piece into play. Black is still a pawn up
for now, but he has a hard time coordinating 18...¥d6 19.£xg7 exf5 20.¤xd5 cxd5
his pieces or doing anything useful. 21.¥xd5 fxg4 22.hxg4± is also great for White.

17...c6 18...¢b7
17...¤xc3? 18.£xc3+– only helps White. If Black maintains the tension in this way,
White increases the pressure as follows.
17...¢b8 is more sensible but 18.¦he1 leaves 19.¥f4 £c8 20.¤xd5 cxd5 21.a3!?
Black stuck for a good move, for instance: We can afford to spend a tempo on a small
18...¥e7 (18...¦g8 19.¥f4 ¥c5 20.£c4+–; improving move.
18...¤xc3 19.£xc3 ¥d6 20.£f3±) 19.£xg7 21.¢b1 £c5 gives Black a marginally
¦hg8 20.£e5 ¥f6 improved version of the note below.
 21.£a4!? is a tempting alternative though.
    21...¦g8
21...£c5 is the lesser evil although it leads
  to a clearly better endgame for White after:
    22.£xc5 ¥xc5 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.¦xe6 ¦hf8
   25.¥xd5† ¦xd5 26.¦xd5 ¥g8 27.¦d7† ¢c8
    28.¦c7† ¢d8 29.¦ec6 ¦xf4 30.¦c8† ¢d7
    31.¦xc5 bxc5 32.¦xg8±
22.£a4 ¥d6
  22...¥c5 23.c4+– and White will soon break
    through.
 
21.fxe6 fxe6 22.£xe6 ¤xc3 23.bxc3± No
fancy mating combination this time, but an
  
extra pawn will do nicely.  
    
  
      
     
     
      
    
23.¥xd6 ¦xd6 24.¦xd5! exd5 25.¦e7†+–
   
  19.£a4! ¥d6
19...¢b7 20.¤e2! creates a horrible threat
   of c2-c4.

 Chapter 8 – 3...£d6 173

20.¤e4!?
20.¤e2!? is a promising alternative.

20...£c7
Other moves are no better, for instance:

20...¢b7 and 20...¥b8 fail to address the main

threat: 21.c4+–

20...exf5 21.¤xd6† £xd6 22.£xa7 £c7

23.£a8† ¢d7 24.£a4± leaves Black’s king
vulnerable.

20...¥h2 is the computer’s initial suggestion,

but it soon becomes clear that 21.c4 exf5
22.gxf5 ¥xf5 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.£xd7† ¦xd7
25.¤c3± reaches a position where White’s extra
piece is worth more than Black’s three pawns.

  
  
  
  
 
   
 
   

21.c4 ¤e7 22.¤xd6† ¦xd6 23.c5! bxc5
After 23...¦d7 24.¥f4 the defence comes
unglued. For instance: 24...b5 25.¦xd7 £xd7
26.£a5 ¦d8 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.¥d6+–

24.¥f4 ¦xd1† 25.¦xd1 £b6 26.fxe6 fxe6

27.¥e4!±
Ironically, after the bishop on h7 was
Black’s problem piece for such a long time,
White makes sure to exchange it at the first
opportunity! In this way, he gets closer to
Black’s numerous pawn weaknesses, and Black
has a difficult road ahead.
 Abridged Variation Index
The Variation Index in the book is 7 pages long. Below is an abridged version giving just the main
variations, not the sub-variations.

Chapter 1 Chapter 5

1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 ¤f6 3.d4

A) 4...¥f5!? 9 A) 3...¤xd5 97
B) 4...c6 10 B) 3...¥g4 4.¥b5†!? 105
C) 4...¤b6!? 11
D) 4...¤c6!? 17 Chapter 6

Chapter 2 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3

1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 g6 A) 3...£d8 120

5.¥c4 ¤b6 6.¥b3 B) 3...£a5 123

A) 6...¤c6 28 Chapter 7
B) 6...¥g7 30
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £a5 4.d4
Chapter 3 ¤f6 5.¥d2 ¥g4 6.f3

1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 A) 6...¥f5 145

5.¥e2 B) 6...¥d7 147

A) 5...c6 44 Chapter 8
B) 5...e6 46
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6 4.d4
Chapter 4
A) 4...c6 164
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 dxe5 B) 4...¤f6 166
5.¤xe5
Chapter 9
A) 5...¤d7? 64
B) 5...g6 69 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6 4.d4
C) 5...c6 77 ¤f6 5.¤f3 g6 6.¥g5!? ¥g7 7.£d2

A) 7...a6!? 183
B) 7...0–0 191
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Chapter 10 Chapter 14

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 3.¤c3 £d6 4.d4 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¥e3 ¥g7
¤f6 5.¤f3 c6 6.¤e5 5.£d2 a6 6.¤f3

A) 6...¥f5 208 A) 6...0–0 321

B) 6...¥e6!? 209 B) 6...b5 324
C) 6...¤bd7 216
Chapter 15
Chapter 11
1.e4 g6 2.d4 ¥g7 3.¤c3 d6 4.¥e3 a6
1.e4 5.¤f3

A) 1...d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 c6 4.¤f3 245 A) 5...¤d7!? 340

A1) 4...¥g4!? 245 B) 5...b5 344
A2) 4...£a5 247
B) 1...g6 2.d4 249 Chapter 16
B1) 2...¤f6 250
B2) 2...d6 252 1.e4 g6 2.d4 ¥g7 3.¤c3 d6 4.¥e3 a6
B3) 2...¥g7 253 5.¤f3 b5 6.¥d3 ¥b7

Chapter 12 A) 7.e5 360

B) 7.h4! 365
1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¥e3 ¥g7
5.£d2 c6 6.¤f3 Chapter 17

A) 6...¥g4 275 1.e4 ¤c6 2.¤f3!

B) 6...£a5 277
C) 6...0–0 279 A) 2...f5?! 395
D) 6...b5 288 B) 2...g6 397
C) 2...¤f6 398
Chapter 13 D) 2...d5 399
E) 2...d6 403
1.e4 g6 2.d4 ¥g7 3.¤c3 d6 4.¥e3 c6
5.£d2 Chapter 18

A) 5...¤d7 308 1.e4

B) 5...b5 312
A) 1...b6 410
B) 1...a6?! 421
C) 1...h6?! 424