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146 | October 19 n 2011

what’s hot and what’s not?

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Kramnik’s interpretation

of the King’s Indian

By IM Robert Ris

This week Karjakin and Bacrot shared irst place in the

Karpov Tournament, Kramnik took an early lead in the

Univé Tournament and the Governor's Cup produced a

lot of ighting chess. We also take a look at the strong

German, Croatian and Romanian leagues.

Frequency

Score

what ' s hot?

In our Game of the Week Kramnik revealed an interesting concept to deal

with the King's Indian, one he'd probably prepared for the Candidates

Match against Radjabov. In his second round game against Polgar he

showed his skills in a topical Nimzo-Indian (see below). Shirov had two

very interesting encounters against Vitiugov and Morozevich with the

relatively unexplored 8.a3 in the French Steinitz. Berg's spectacular

draw against Almasi (3.¤d2) and Grachev's win against Movsesian's

Advance Variation prove that the French is still a perfectly sound

opening. Andreikin's speculative 4.a3 couldn't change that verdict either.

The ...¤ge7 systems against the Ruy Lopez have been quite successful

this week. Iordachescu drew against Volokitin's 9.d5 after a hard fight.

Bobras quickly drew against Adams, though two days later Chuchelov

improved upon the Englishman. Motylev played an excellent model

game against Laznicka's Taimanov, which would fit perfectly into any

attacking manual (see below).

Source: Megabase + TWIC, 2500+ only

Eljanov-Moiseenko and Vitiugov-Alekseev provide new study material

in the Ragozin (see below). A topical line in the Queen's Indian is 5...c5,

where Black is currently managing to hold the equilibrium. Two interesting

games by Andreikin are covered on page 3. Giri tried Topalov's 9.0-

0-0 against Grunfeld expert Vachier-Lagrave, which may provide new

insights into this tabiya.

The game L'Ami-Miroshnichenko shows that 6...h6 remains a very tricky choice in the Vienna. White's harmless setup in Shulman-

Le Quang Liem couldn't really make an impression on the Grunfeld. In the games Berkes-Lenic and Andreikin-Morozevich White

failed to get anything tangible in the Ruy Lopez Exchange.

what’s not?

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146 | October 19 n 2011

Refreshing the Bayonet

The world’s greatest expert in dealing with the King’s Indian is, by quite some distance,

Vladimir Kramnik. In this game he introduces a new concept in a heavily analyzed variation,

which poses Giri too many practical problems to solve over the board.

game of the week

Kramnik - Giri

Kramnik,V (2791)-Giri,A (2722)

Univé Tournament (Hoogeveen), 16.10.2011

E97 King ' s Indian, Bayonet

20.£xd5 ¤xd5 21.¦ad1 ¤c3 22.¥c4! White ' s

edge is beyond dispute.

16.¦c1 h6

The preparatory 16...¤c7? with the idea of

protecting e6 now fails to 17.c5! h6 18.b5! and

White is clearly on top.

17.¤e6 ¥xe6 18.dxe6 ¤c7

The other way to eliminate the e-pawn is

18...£c8 though after 19.¤d5 £xe6 20.¤f4

£f7 21.b5 White ' s pieces are more active and

therefore he retains a small advantage.

19.b5 ¥e5

In case of 19...¤xe6 20.£xd6 £xd6 21.¥xd6

¦fe8 22.c5 White retains a clear advantage.

20.£b3 ¢g7 21.¦fd1 ¤xe6 22.c5 ¤d4

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23.¦xd4!

This crushing blow has a devastating effect.

Black is completely lost.

23...¥xd4 24.cxd6 ¤g8

Black doesn ' t have time to pick up the d-pawn

with 24...¤c8 25.¤d5 ¤xd6 in view of 26.¤c7!

threatening 27.¤e6.

25.¤d5 ¢h8 26.¦c7 ¥e5

26...¤f6 can easily be met by 27.¤f4 ¦g8

28.¤e6 and White wins.

27.¥b2 £xd6 28.¦xb7 g5 29.b6 a5

The point is that after 29...axb6 30.¦xb6 the £

can no longer defend the ¥ on e5.

30.¥h5 ¦ab8 31.¦a7 ¥xb2 32.£xb2+ ¤f6

33.¥f7! ¢g7 34.¦d7 £c6

34...£xd7 is met by 35.£xf6+ ¢h7 36.£g6+

¢h8 37.£xh6#

35.¥e6+ and Black resigned, in view of

35...¢g6 36.¤e7+ losing the £. 1–0

a) 12...f4 13.c5 ¢h8 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.b5

¤e8 16.¤e6 ¥xe6 17.dxe6 £c8 18.£b3 ¤c7

was seen in Hernandez Carmenates-Lopez

Martinez, Barcelona 2008 and now 19.¥g4

would have given White a clear advantage.

b) 12...¢h8 13.b5 ¤e8 14.£b3 h6 15.¤e6

¥xe6 16.dxe6 £c8 17.¥a3 (17.c5! might be

an improvement.) 17...£xe6 18.exf5 ¤xf5

19.¥xb7 ¤d4 20.£a4 ¤f6 21.¥xa8 e4! 22.f4

¦xa8 and Black was on top in Hernandez

Carmenates-De la Paz Perdomo, Merida

2008.

13.¥a3

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A logical deviation. In one earlier game White

didn ' t gain anything from 13.¦b1 cxd5 14.cxd5

h6 15.¤e6 ¥xe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.¤xe4 ¤xe4

18.¥xe4 d5 19.¥g2 £d6 20.b5 ¦ad8 21.£a4

£xe6 22.£xa7 ¦a8 23.£xb7 ¦fb8 24.£c7

¦c8 25.£b7 ¦cb8 ½–½ Zubov-Efimenko,

Kramatorsk 2002.

13...cxd5

Another critical response seems to be 13...

h6 14.¤e6 ¥xe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.¤xe4 ¤xe4

17.¥xe4 d5 and now Kramnik might have

intended to retreat his ¥ with 18.¥g2!? (rather

than entering the 18.cxd5 drawish ending we

are familiar with).

14.exd5 e4 15.¥e2

After 15.¥g2 ¤g4! Black gains a firm grip over

the dark squares.

15...¤e8

The alternative is 15...h6 though after 16.¤e6

¥xe6 17.dxe6 d5 18.cxd5 ¤fxd5 (18...¤exd5?

is bad, in view of 19.£b3) 19.¤xd5 £xd5

1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.d4

0–0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0–0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7 9.b4

Another critical line is 9.¤d2 which was

employed by Kramnik against Nakamura

during the last Olympiad (CVO 91).

9...¤h5 10.g3

In Dortmund this year Kramnik opted for 10.c5

against Nakamura, which was extensively

analyzed in CVO 135. The main line starts

with 10.¦e1 f5 11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.¥f3 (More

challenging nowadays is 12.f3 which was

covered in CVO 4.) 12...c6 13.¥a3 cxd5

(13...h6 is a safer continuation, though it

doesn ' t give any prospects of playing for a

win: 14.¤e6 ¥xe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.¥xe4

(16.¤xe4 ¤xe4 17.¥xe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5

19.b5 dxe4 20.£xd8 ¦fxd8 21.¥xe7 ¦e8

leads to a drawish endgame.) 16...¤xe4 (16...

d5 17.b5 ¤xe4 leads to the same drawish

endgame mentioned in the previous line.)

17.¤xe4 d5 18.¤c5 £d6 19.¤xb7 £xe6 20.b5

cxb5 21.cxd5 £d7 22.d6 ¤f5 23.¤c5 £xd6

24.£xd6 ¤xd6 25.¤e4± and Black couldn ' t

avoid losing material in Kramnik-Grischuk,

Moscow blitz 2008.) 14.exd5 e4 15.¥e2 ¤h5

(15...¤fxd5? 16.¤xd5 ¥xa1 17.¤xe7+ £xe7

18.£d5+ ¢g7 19.¦xa1 £xg5 20.¥b2+ ¢h6 led

to a quick draw in Portisch-Acs, Rethymnon

2003, though White could still have retained

a huge, almost decisive advantage by playing

21.c5!. 15...¤e8!? 16.¦c1 h6 is the critical

response.) 16.£d2 ¤f4 17.£xf4 ¥xc3 18.£h4

h5 was seen in Lautier-Moriuchi, Tokyo simul

2002 and now 19.¦ad1! would have favored

White.

10...f5 11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.¥f3

The main move is 12.f3 which was covered in

Van Wely-Stellwagen in CVO 35. Since that

game 10.g3 hasn ' t been tried again at the top

level.

12...c6

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this week’s harvest

Sicilian, Taimanov

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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.¥e3 a6 7.£d2 ¤f6 8.0–0–0 ¥e7 9.f3 0–0

10.g4 b5 11.g5 ¤h5 12.¢b1 ¤e5 13.f4 ¤g4 14.e5 ¥b7 15.¦g1 ¤xe3 16.£xe3 b4 17.¤e4 ¥xe4

18.£xe4 d5 19.exd6 ¥xd6 20.f5! exf5 21.¤xf5 ¦fe8 22.£f3 ¥c5 23.¦g4 ¦ad8 24.¥d3

In CVO 111 we reported on the interesting Brazilian approach 11...¤h5 to deal with the English Attack against

the Taimanov Sicilian, but in this issue certain drawbacks also become apparent. Back then 12.¤ce2 was

mainly played, though after 12...¦d8 Black is also able to look for his own chances. This week Motylev inspired

White players with a crushing win over Laznicka with 12.¢b1, improving upon Inarkiev-Movsesian (19.£e3)

with 19.exd6 ¥xd6 20.f5! when Black's position is already quite dubious. In N.Kosintseva-Munguntuul, Black

deviated with 16...g6, though after trading the light-squared ¥s and doubling ¦s on the d-file White retained a

comfortable advantage. Brunello's idea of 13...¤c4 won't get many followers either, since after 14.¥xc4 bxc4

Kurmann could strike first with 15.¤f5! Negi opted for 13.¦g1 though after 13...b4 14.¤a4 d5 Black obtains

counterchances. However, there isn't yet any need to come up with improvements for White since Motylev has

put the ball back in Black's court in the Brazilian Taimanov.

Ragozin

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥b4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.¥g5 ¤bd7 7.e3 c5

8.dxc5 £a5 9.¦c1 ¥xc3+ 10.bxc3 0–0 11.¤d4 ¤e4 12.¥f4 £xa2 13.¦c2 £a5

Mainly due to Kramnik's efforts, the Ragozin with 8.dxc5!? has become a fashionable alternative to the main line

with 8.¥d3. In CVO 46, 82 and 84 we've covered the sharp consequences of 8...£a5 9.¦c1 ¤e4, whereas lately

9...¥xc3 has taken over in terms of popularity. Black gives up his pair of ¥s, which is compensated for by the fact

that White's pawn structure has been weakened and the ¤s have stable squares like f6, e4 and c5. In Saratov

Eljanov had an interesting encounter with his friend Moiseenko. After 11...¤e4 12.¥f4 the latter introduced

the new 12...£xa2, which worked out well for him, as in the diagram position White went astray with 14.¤b5?.

Instead 14.c6 seems to promise White a stable advantage. It should be said that after 12...¦e8, White's best

choice seems to be 13.¥e2! which was recently tried in Cmilyte-Koneru. One day later 11...£xc5 was tested in

Vitiugov-Alekseev. White deviated with 14.£h5 from the game Nakamura-Grischuk which was played earlier

this year, but failed to turn his edge into something concrete.

Queen's Indian, 4.g3

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 ¥b7 5.¥g2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.¤h4 g6 8.¤c3 ¥g7

9.0–0 0–0 10.¥g5 £e8 11.cxd5 d6 12.£d2 ¤bd7 13.¥h6 ¥xh6 14.£xh6 a6 15.a4

The Queen's Indian with 5...c5 has had a dubious reputation since the game Tal-Ljubojevic, Riga 1979, but

the quick draw between Ponomariov and Gashimov gave a boost to the line and it's been played a couple of

times since. The Ukrainian GM decided to repeat moves with 10.¥g5 £e8 11.¥f4 £d8 12.¥g5 but it's clear that

White can easily improve with 12.¥d6! when after trading the dark-squared ¥s with 12...¥f8 White retains a

stable advantage. Therefore in Saratov Andreikin deviated with 11...£e7 and comfortably equalized against

Ponomariov. A couple of rounds later Andreikin repeated this variation again, but Eljanov deviated with 11.cxd5,

steering the game into a Benoni structure. In the diagram position Andreikin radically altered the character of

play by opening the position with 15...b5. The ensuing complications were possibly still playable for Black, though

a safer continuation might be something like 15...£e7 with the idea of connecting the ¦s and, if necessary,

chasing the £ away from h6 with ...£f8.

Nimzo-Indian, 4...b6

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1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.e3 ¥b7 5.¤c3 ¥b4 6.¥d3 c5 7.0–0 0–0 8.¤a4 cxd4 9.exd4 ¦e8 10.a3 ¥f8 11.¦e1 d6

12.¤c3 ¤bd7 13.b4 ¦c8 14.¥b2 £c7 15.d5 e5 16.¤d2 g6 17.¥f1 £d8 18.£a4 a6 19.¤ce4 ¤xe4 20.¤xe4 ¦c7 21.f4

As in our Game of the Week , Kramnik allows his opponent to occupy the centre with an extra pawn. This strategy

always contains some element of risk, as in the long run the role of the central pawns may be increased by

advancing them. In the diagram position Polgar went wrong by opening the position with 21...b5? since after

22.cxb5 ¥xb5 23.bxa6 Black is simply unable to generate counterplay in order to deal with White's powerful

asset on a6. Instead Black shouldn't have feared the opening of the long diagonal and thus have played 21...

exf4, when White only retains an edge after either 22.£xd7 of 22.¤f6. These kind of positions arise from the

fashionable line with 8.¤a4 against the Nimzo-Indian. White hopes to exploit his majority on the queenside,

while Black aims to strike in the centre with a well-timed ...e6–e5. In earlier games this year White chose a

different setup with 12.¥f4 ¤bd7 13.¦c1, though against Carlsen Karjakin demonstrated the path to equality

with 13...e5!.

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it’s your move

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last week’s solutions

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Kryvoruchko-Czarnota, Polish Team Championship (Katowice), 2011

Typically for a Sicilian with opposite-castled ¢s White has directed his forces to the kingside. The time is ripe

to open some files to undermine the poorly defended black ¢. 18.g6! hxg6 19.f5! g5 19...b4 can easily be

met by 20.fxg6! because 20...bxc3 21.gxf7+ ¢xf7 22.£h5+ quickly leads to mate. 20.£h5 d5 20...b4 21.fxe6

is crushing as well. 21.¦df1 e5 21...b4 22.fxe6 and White enters via f7. 22.¤xd5 £d6 22...¥xd5 is met by

23.¥xd5 exd4 24.£xf7+ ¢h8 25.£h5# 23.¤xe7+ £xe7 24.f6 gxf6 25.¦xg5+ fxg5 26.¥xf7+ 26.¥xf7+ and

Black resigned, in view of 26...¢g7 27.£g6+ ¢f8 28.£g8# 1–0

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Wojtaszek-Markowski, Polish Team Championship (Katowice), 2011

White is threatening to exploit the misplacement of the ¤ on h5 by playing ¥g4. There isn't much to do about

that and therefore Black has to look for counterplay on the other wing. 15...¤b6! 16.¥g4 ¤c4 17.¥c1 In case

White decides to take the pawn with 17.¥xh5 gxh5 18.£xh5 Black generates counterplay on the queenside

with 18...£b6 19.b3 ¦fc8! 17...¦c8 18.¦d3 Again 18.¥xh5 gxh5 19.£xh5 isn ’ t recommended, now because of

19...£b6 20.b3 £b4 21.¦d3 ¦c6 and Black increases the pressure on c3. 18...£a5 19.¢a1 ¦c6 20.¥xh5 gxh5

21.£xh5 ¦fc8 22.£d1 b5 and Black has wonderful compensation for the pawn. The game quickly ended in a

draw after 23.e4 ¤b6 24.e5 b4 25.¤e2 £b5 26.¢b1 a5 27.h5 a4 28.¦hh3 ¤c4 29.¢a1 ¤a5 30.¢b1 ¤c4

31.¢a1 ¤a5 32.¢b1 ¤c4 33.¢a1 ½–½

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