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    CONEN

    Fom Fis ps o ss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8Comping a Top L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

    D Kjv 84 272 D Kaidano Mosco 85............ 283 D Ba nn 86........04 D Gfand nn 86 ............ 4 D Kask Pvo 87.................. 66 D Gfand zhoro 87 ............. D Chkho Provo 88 .......... 40 D hbako Borzhom 88 ...429 Babin D Gory 8 ........ 451 0 D maipaashi Mosco 8 .. 4811 Pis D Yor 8 ..... 5212 ban D s 8 ......... 413 D EG Mosco 8 .................... 714 As D Lvv 0 ...............601 Noiko D Lvv 0 ................... 616 D DBonsn Rv 0 ........661 D Wdbg N or 1 .......61 D aank Mosco ........ 7

    19 nand D Ms 1 ........762 0 Nada D Mn 12 ..... ....... 782 1 D Gizo Mosco 2 .......822 D aka Mosco 2 ...........8223 Tiiako D Poos 2 ........... .........8424 ogs D B ...............862 n D RosovonDon ........ 26 D hdno rsur .....42 Gadns D rsbur .... 72 Gfand D ur .........29 D Gob ush 4 ............ 023 Adams D omu 4 ...... ..... 0531 D Lko Dormu 4 ................0832 D Cns Paada Wj n Z 5 .....1033 D iawan Wj n Z 5 ..... 1234 D Khaian Lrs 15 ...1535 D hio B 5 ............16

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    36 Dreev de Firmian Bie1995 ......1173 Dreev Mov, Bel 1995 ..... 1193 Dautov - Dreev, Yerevn 1996 .. 139 Dreev - Galkn, Elis 1996 ...... 1540 Dreev Vaganan, Bes 1996 .. 129 Dreev Graf, Gronngen 1997 ... 1

    42 aer - Dreev, Gronngen 997 ..... 43 Dreev - Kasparov, Linres 1997 .... 19 Dreev - Kasenkow, Kzn 1997 .... 14 Dreev - vidler, Es 1997 .. . . . . . 146 Dreev - haian, Es 1998 174 Dreev Rubevsky, Els 1998 ...19 Dreev veshnkov, Peersbrg 1998 ..151 Baashov Dreev, mr 998 ..... 15250 Timman - Dreev Els 1998 ......... 15 askran - Dreev Linres 1999 ........ 1572 Dreev - vetushkn, Linres 1999 .... 15953 Dreev - Grishuk, Ube 1999 ....... 1624 Tiakov - Dreev, Ube 1999 . emenuk Dreev, Peersbrg 1999 .. 16756 Deev halan, Peersbrg 1999 . 169 Wang Zl Dreev, enyng 1999 . 172 Dreev - Rublevsky, Ls Vegs 1999 ...... 1769 Dreev - Chander Hsngs 000 ......786 0 Dreev - BLal Hsngs 2000 ........... 180

    Dreev Hebner, Essen 2000 .1862 Dreev - , Nem 000 18663 Deev - Peng Xaomn, Bejng 2000 187 Dreev - Zhang hong, Beng 000 ... 1916 van Wely Dreev, ew Del 000 ..... 1966 okolov - Dreev Dos Hermns 001 .... 1966 Dreev - mrn Dos Hermns 200 .. 1986 Atalk Dreev rjevo 001 . . . . 0069 Dreev Tkahev, ng 001 ..070 Deev - Zhang Zhong, ng 001 .... 0671 Dreev - Bankas, Pnormo 2001 ..... 092 TNadev Dreev, Yerevn 2001 ... 3 Dreev - Pgusov, osow 2001 .. 216 Dv Jobava, osow 200 ......... 19 Drv - Peleter, Bel 00 ... 2 D - Valejo Pons, Be 2002 ... 26

    D hnev Clkik 2002 ..... 229

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    Dreev dler Cai 2002 .......... 2309 Dreev Zagrebelny Mosow 2003 ...232 0 Dreev iviakov Dos Hrmanas 2003 .. . . . . 231 Dreev Jakovenko Toglai 2003 ............ 237 Dreev Hansen sbrg 2003 . . 2383 Dreev asikran sbrg 2003 .............. 21

    4 Dreev allaer Gbralar 200 ......235 Aekseev Dreev Mosow 200 .......... 26 Dreev J eller oi 200 ........ . .. 2987 AKuzmn Dree Prsbrg 200 ....... 22 Volkov Dreev Prsbrg 200 ...... 29 Dreev Huzman Cava Maora 200 ......... 289 0 Morozeh Dreev Mosow 200 ........ 2691 Dreev Klaots Mosow 200 ................... 2692 Dreev Kaakin Dos Hrmanas 200 ...26793 Dreev Minasian Warsaw 200 ........... 2794 Dreev M urevih Warsaw 200 ........ 2795 Dreev akaev Kanyanss 200 ........... 27796 Dreev van Wely KanyMansyis 200 .... 2809 Dreev Bareev Mosow 200 ........ 2829 Dreev Bareev Poovsy 2006 ............2899 Bologan Dreev PoJovsy 2006 ....... 28800 evseev Dreev, Msow 2006 .............. 290

    ornament and Math Rests . . . . . . . . . . 29

    ndex of Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . .298

    ndex of Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

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    Frm First Steps t Success

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    to dn ons yo s aios onnns; yo s ps plas andannt os and yo o into onta h hssfans o h wold In ynots o so of h gas I ha shard wih y radrs (a h a th sz of

    th ook allows y iprssons of hs oys and nontrsil wong on h so of y s sps n hss wa as f I rld agan

    thng I a hrogh dng all ths ts atraly y o s noprf I ha had o oit any hings alo a ths ook s not an aoi

    ogaphy s not ors and t s spposd to a ollton of gas Sl Ird o ll n ast aot y dlopt as play aot y prols andhardshs (so of h d to th srrondngs ad so of h st prsonaI ha shad wth y radrs y oy ao y os n y rs tornaand I ha old aot popl who ha hlpd and o who ow y dpsgatd

    I wod lk to gn y so wth y arly hldood I wa orn 300969n th ty of Staopo t y faiy (y oth - Nina Mhailoa y fah

    Sgy Sgh and y ld sst atyaa ld n

    hlnoodsk - a rso tow whh sd o to hg h (a prsn h ar aot 60000 haans thr My fah (who s an ngnrng gradat sd o wok in h to of Mnal atrs as thdror of U (rofssoal thnia shool in whh

    opl aqd gh shool pa daion Larh was gn odgn n h to of hloodkand h had to q hs o as th drto of th hooas wa too far o Minra atrs town

    My fah (who was a srong rtgrad playr andh wold a n a last a anddaatr f hhad payd ompt hss od s r am

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    Maw evs w wea e w as acac the psc cdead us) ad

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    was stadg au I ad us becme s eas d) A sme mme I suggesed a mve wc pved t be s ba ae a M ate was peasasupsed because ac I d bee augt te es b ab M ssead sme dubess successes b e, bu se was t ea teese cessee m ae ecsdeed te suat ad e decded me Webega wkg tgee ad e was cvced mmedate ta I was mpvg

    apd s we saed pag cess games egua ee wee us a ew cessaces Zeevdsk e. Meawe ee wee pet eceet bsabu cess pubshed a uge p us) se ve mes eee mat was teacg me mves bu as e cess ta s at I cuead ad sud b m Iemmbe vvd w e was eacg me eess at We ad a cess ba bu wtu es ad a mae b ttesadumbes us g a ak squaes M ae ad pepaed 6 peces pape t te dees te squaes a b ec) ad e pace tem eacsqua. age eug I gasped e ta mmedae Inact ate we Istaedgg sc m s gade ad I ad ea a pem a s Iwas

    t udg tem wd b wd e b le but I was emembeg e wdsad te es te ee epeag t pem ad e st atgee M pas used t be amazed ad a ta seems be a beevabe eve t me wsce m cess mem s t a m beg peec tl Iam eg u s t bast abut m memy but just epa u w a sstem e 6peces pape dd e b I emembeed vsua wee eve squae was suae mew gadua I udestd te a ad w pese at scmatca te I was easg e s: e bsp ges m ad at was

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    not because ese squares were on the se diagona I leaed the noaon and Iwas arady able to pay games over om the books. I was very ipressed then wththe games of Aexander Aekhine and I recomend even now o he spirng youngplayers to sudy he chess iheritance of hat outstanding Russin player.

    ter, y father decided to inroduce e to soe chess specialists who lied nheleznoodsk We went at rs to the home ofVasiy TikonovchVaso who wasan einent chess ncona and who was e direcor then of the Chess Club ofSochi. Tat was no just a chess club - it was the Cub which organized he famousSochi Internatona Tournaens (here were jus a few Internaiona Tournaens in the USSR a hose es).Vasly Tikonovch payed a gea roe in he organon of hese eents and he was welknow in the chss wod. He hapnedto be in Zheeznoosk hen and according to the whim of fate he becae the direc

    or of the Chess Club there nauray it was much ore humble than tha in Sochi.So we vsited him at his hoe He lived up the slopes of a ountain whe we livedinhe al I reembered how we were cibing roaing around. ere was ahuge Sanatorium in ont of us (wth ore than beds) an y faher pointedhis hd n the direcon of he Sanaoriu and he said "Vasily Tikonovch ives

    there. . I was inkng ten the direor of te cub issupposed to inhabi a argehouse an that was ceany

    a big house I was wangup there wt deigh nawe It ed out howeer

    that Vasily Tihonovchlied uch more modesySo we et him and he testee an gae e probemsfor howork Te he ce

    to e concusion that I wasworh teaching. Accordingymy father got me acquaintedth a chess speciasts resding at ose tmes in heeznovods Afe tha hewored th me intensely

    My f d

    Later my father took e o the Chess Club. I reeber how we went there because I wa reluctant to go and I resised bu he oo e here anyay.

    ey were pang chess in hat Club practice tournaments (at rst wihoulocsater wth cock) I ws recording y gaes een when I ws sil six yeasod and I could no wte regular senences yet. I became a rs grade player alostimeiatey and I was impvng rapidy I was notced then an I ae my debutin the Championship of the Stavropo region for adus en I becae he junior

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    champion of the regio tre times i a ow ad late I shared 13 paces i headul Chapoship o the regio.

    Weever I had obody to play agaist, I wet ot to te pak o Zheezovodsk I sed o sit o a bech the park, I aaged the pieces o te boad adI ws watg for some passerby o aog the ois. I se soebody caeod - y ather asked him to pay h e. Soe people agreed ad I was

    acmuaig practcal expeiee. Later, they bit a pavlio i the park ad wecold pay wth a cock there. My ather cosiderd that xperiece se ad hept dg spaingpares o e stro payers aog the people convalescig i the Saaoim.

    There soo happeed soethg importa or y chessdeveopme My ater got acqaited th a higclass cess playe ast Vladimir SergeevichSaigi - Byelossia champio erou tms, sice he lived there or yearsHe was aso aos becas o he at tat as a master he tested te e yogMikail Tal and played a match wth him Those wee the tmes we yo cold o

    becoe a master thot beaig aother master i a atch. Ta wo tha atch

    er a togh gh so Sag cold have assered that he gave the gree ight tooldcass chess to M. Tal imse. He did somethig ike that for e too ad I ameedosy gratl o him abot hat as well I know that Vladimir Segeevchad Mkail Tal preseved a excellet atide toward eac other throgout heyears According to the ws o ate Vladimir Segeevch eded p at the Cacasia Mieral Wates i the tow o Essetk My athe sked hi to wok he. They greed o some ancal coditios too Hs work was paid ideed, bi soon becme cear that he ws eachig me ot jst for the moey I ac he todmy ather at moey was moey bu he would have ver take he job uless hehad see that it was woth t It is a bit ebarassig or me to praise myel bu

    e had obvosly detected somethig like talet i me ad tat had impressed hima ot. Tat seeed to otivate his ethsiasm whie worig th me; otherisere was o othe rato xpaato.

    I remembe ow I asked Vadmir Sergeevc a qetio when he cae to s orthe st e I w reay iterested the problem wy i te posito aer .e4e fc6 d4 exd xd, Black was ot plag .. xd :xd olowed b ...c ? It seemed o me that Black was ng a tepo like hat. Now o course,I am a bit ashamed o a qstio ike hat bt bac th I was realy itrested ithat sce I was taght tat i was esseial to tempi i the opeig VlamirSergeevch expld to me hat o vey o a tem was good ad meawhil

    i that position Back was ot ev wig a tempo becase dd ot develop apiece, bt h was jst advacig a pawn. He gave me a lesso abo weak sqaresad e tod e hat yo sold avoid compromisg sqares uecessaiy. I waey imressed ad I understood that you were ot spposed o psh pawns jtike tat

    I till remember wel my ssio th Vladir Sergeevc were iigot oly o m a eight year od boy b aso or him beig dely an Theywre asting somemes o eig ors a day at st i te moing te w

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    re hang lunch ad th w wr worng aga n th aeroon. Thr was arod (of abo half a year) i which w wre worg qu oe, lk 56 msvk H usaly cae to our plac Sl I rb oc w w to hs pacly n h org and was soe hoday or sobody's bhday So seadcelebratng, Vladir Srgch spn h whol day workng wih m, whle {body around was hang un drinkng and eag. We were sudg chss hrg th ntre day ad w wn back ho oy la a gh

    I sod a colossal nuber of ost inrstng posos. V Sagn hlped e a I fl ha as a res of or work th qualiy of y chs proed osdrabyd I bca a cadda astr W had copos wh a or for a cad aster ad I took par i a ournat lke hat wh I was oy 8yars old yed ther th qute sros adul opponns (rs grad players and canddastrs) and I lld y rs orm for a candda masr I acqured e ler th Chaposhp of h rgon fo I was plag of urouss and I was also plang for he ea of the Staropo rgo n soe zonarans - hre was an entr syste of ournans thn and f o wadpro her wa er a shorag of oraets

    Or sssos ith V Saig stoppd a so o I do o rb why dly sohg had changd hs life or back h

    ciy of Zhlzoodsk was oo far away fro th aca chs crs ad am dcl o ow how I was goig to do fur My fahr was won

    Ria Yoh Championhipabeye hey 1979

    drg how o rodc o h ral "chssword Foualy fo s hAlUo hssSchoo of Sso had so sssos n Ksloodsk Tha cty was cose o Zhelznoodskad I w hre ih y fahr to jo Th

    ssso was almos cong to a d bu sil Iwas accptd ad I was gn so probls.I was askd o sol th and o snd the sou

    tos by post I soled h probs, of coursso of th wh iakes, bu gra sed tha I had ad a good prsson onpopl and I becae a mbr of he SysloSchoo ad I bgan o parcpae ry ssso

    I wod lk o say a fw words abou haschoo Itwas orgazd he aluo sudens sporg cub Burst T Dirc

    o of h lub was the mnn chssuconary Bos Naoch Posos who was thleadr of h Rssia Naoa Ta for a wile

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    and later also of Team USA. His expeience has been appreciated eveywhere. Vasiy Vasiiech Smysov was of couse present a the sessions, but the main coachingchess work was pefomed by other coaches and here wee simply biiant speciaists selected o work there At rst thee was Yuri Sergeevch Razuvaev I remember how he came and he ad some lecues t us at one of the sessions, a bi laerin the cty of Podosk immediately ae the end of one of Kapov's matches and

    e was an aide to Kapov then) Yui Baashov was also oen presen at some ofour sessions Berezin ad some lecures with us I aso remembe the names of Sshnev, B Zlotnik G Nessis V. Faibisovic - al of them stron masters We hadmany a teache to lean something from It was fa from easy o join hat schooland ater many of te "graduates of that school became famous grandmasters: Aalifman, E. Baeev V Salov V Akopian, K Aseev I Gek M asenkow, EPgusov, Y Piskov G Seper We were solvng probems and we were aso playngaainst each oher. Al tat no doubt poved to be quie puposeul

    Then somehing very impoant happened in my life When I was 0years od

    Mak Izrailech Dvorezky (he was also a vey good playe then, surprisingly foal but obously not fo him, decided to sta woking as a coach and he became abiliant coach famous all ove the world) came to slovodsk as a second to NanaAeandia in her candidates match against Levtina I was introduced o him wead a ook at some positions togethe, e asked me some chess questions and eave me some problems to solve e he gave me some homewok oo and ewen back to Moscow. sove my problems and I did my homework and I sent esoutions to him by post

    " Mrk Drek Zeendsk 1983

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    ha s how Mak Izalvch Dvozy ca no y f My sssons hVadi Sgch Sagn coninud o b ndously ipoan fo as bfo bu y wok ogh ih M Dvoz bca ssnia o as wl Ihav o acknowdg ha hs wo popl augh o play opcass chss

    My fah and I wn o Moscow o wok h M Dvozy and w lvd hh avs o n hos W wokd fo a fonh hs was sohing lk

    a ssson Mak Dvoz was woking hn suanusly wh and SashaBudnkov o Vadivosok H had nocd hs aln sowh oo Sasha wasa b old han and h was a b of h Syslov Schoo as wl vn hadh flng ha Dvoz was sohow choosng bwn and h bcaus was obvously oo snuous fo h o wok sulanously wh h of us hn

    W vd 1600 klos away fo Dvozk and w ony o o bsids ou sssons w oo pns fo us h dcdd ha ou wokogh was u l w bgan o o on and w had so anngcaps ogh oo W usd din possbls fo o on n h sssonsI b how I wn o h Fs Lagu Chaponshp of h SSR and whl

    Dvoz was hpng Sgy Doaov h h wokd h duing hs was gn und o h wold of oplvl chss In fac Dvozy had hison hods and h wokd accodng o h H od daly bganwokg wh you n od o ak a Wold Chapo ou of you! hough hao b absoluy unblvab hn bu hs condnc povd o b conaous Iwas aady vd ha h was no fanasizng by ha Dvozs pupilsValy Chkhov, hu Jussupov and Sgy Doaov had alady bco WoldChapons Gadually w bgan o and wok h Mak Izach o ando on.

    I lld h as no a a ouan h cy of Gozny h poblwas no so uch o ak h no bu ha h w so fw ounans wha as no hn ha h al pobl waso pacpa n a ouan lik ha My fah wn ogh h V T. asov o Moscowand h askd fo an audnc wh Va Nkolavna khoiova who was hn h ocihadcoach of h Russan Fdaion Vakhoiov was qu fous fo h ahpcua chaac sh was aways pncpd

    in h wok and sh was lucan o favouanydy bou anyhng ncludng hs nfac do no ow anybody in h chsswoldwho woud ak abou h cp wh ga pc nd vn vnc!) My fah and Vlao xpnd o h h suaon ha hws a nd young play who had nowho show hs skls h w so auns

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    aganst, but Vera Tomrova decded to ake a ris and she presented me ith"a ld card and I was ncluded n te touament of the Russa Young Mastes. I played que successly in at stong touament and I llled he masternorm when I was ony 13 yeas old. I got the tile not immediately but a bt aerwhen I was 4. The process of awarng the ttle too some tme but still the factof someody mang the nom at the age of 3 was somewhat shocng Nowadays

    no one il be even suprised bese there are 3 yeas od grandmasters uthose tmes were qute dierent There were no so many possibtes to show yoursrength there were not so many ouaments (pacary internationa) t wasoo problematic o even go abroad and of corse there were no computers avaabefor preparation If we have to make a comparison for exampe with Garry Kasparov - he made the maser norm when he was amost 1 years od

    had my chances to go to the Word Champonshp a bt aer the qacaonournaent for the World Champonshp for cadets nors nder 16 was hed nSoch and was the yongest paicpt ( was not even ye The touament

    wa qute stron and ncuded V Ivanchu B. Gefand E. Bareev Minasan AShabaov S Savcheno. ted for 12 paces h Zhenya Bareev and I won severavey good games th good quaity at a hgh level

    do not remember what eactly the addona crera were but t was decdedtat we had to lay a match I can undersnd te desire of the goveng ody ofthe Chess Federaon to send to e Champonshp a more experenced payer theelder. and hat wa he last chance for Zhenya to become Under16 World Champon n the end no maer' what or match th Bareev was payed at hs errtory n Moscow do not wan o say hat here were some inries and evintentions bt the oganization of he match was js errible. was not even given

    a hoe room and I lived th Mar zraevich a hs hoe n Strogino sept n oneof the rooms and Mar Izraevich and hs famy sept n the oher room. He had byhen a ie bab who was prety cam (I can nderstand that now being the fatherof wo daughers yse bt it coud have woen p and cried n the mdde of thenght was spsed to eat at the Hote Spot whch was sated on te oher sideof he enorous city of Moscow and natray there was no reason to waste haf aday n oder to have unch or dnner hee n the end we manaed to get someoney fo he copons that we eceved fo food We payed n the Centra ChessCb Zhenya studed and he ved n the Spors Schoo and hs road to the CentraChess Cub was much shoter han mine om Strono t took me more than an

    hour to get to the Cub whle Zhenya was there in about half an hour. I was notpayng atenton then o such trifes (I eaed abou hat only aer) but naturallyall tat did not hep me obtan a good resu er al hs lost that atch wtha result of 2 and Zhenya Bareev wen to he World Champonshp He playedquite we there and he won t.

    was aready too strong by he foong year and I was chosen to represent mycounty at the Word Championship even whout preliminary qualng. hat was

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    { rst travel abroad and it was to the faraway county Coomia - to a to th exotc ame o Bucaamangat was a competon at that Championshp beween me and the qute taented

    eica layer Patrck Wo (Patick became a grandmaster soon aer ad wet aga at the Interzoa Tournamet Be, where beat hm Stl, ate wet n New Yor n he beat me but see hs name ony rarey ow He has proby qut chess atogether) Durng those tmes t was a geat rvay eween theo countes the USSR and the SA n evehng and arcuay n sors

    ereore ou chess compettion had a speca eanng

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    beat atic n our game n the rst half of the tourament and ate but aotabe cusho of a lead so he cou ot catch up th me St when t ookede there were o more vas anymore ad noody coud catch me when therel nothig to e afraid o there suddeny apeared a payer rom ndonesa[Wah) who started the tournament om the fourh rou and then he eganang everybody (He was pay ie a machne!) Tere were not so may play; anyway, so he came coser to the top and he stared playng the parcpants that

    ad just played against So was thinng "f he goes on ke that, how wl a thatd? He won I thought, s games n a row, whe he came to pay aganst me f d ost that game the eece wou ve become vey sma and t cou havedd ether way stead our game ended n a draw afer a aanced ght, and he fad to catch up th me t woud be nterestng what mgh have happened ad tae the touament rght om the vey begig o ot know what is

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    appenng wt ta paer ee da eer bu back ten e wa ut abutefanatc e ue wa a ute nereng and beaut wa m rt raeabrad and t wa n uc a pcureue cuntr wa ed w mpren andt wa a n uc a wnder ampere wa e mprtant fr me t ake rpace ecaue an ter pace back n e SSR wa cndeed t be a dter Atte end made 0 ut f and wa 2 nt aead f te rnnerup a wa

    w became Wrd Campn Mark zrec made gd prme

    ad eru prbem wt m ude n g c becaue wa ng turnament eer mnt e gernng bd f te c wa ru nceat te me t wa abute unbeevabe tat mebd mg ut n g

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    know about a hat then, because my father had kept me protected fom a ths.S en came back as Word Champion te stuaton changed oveght andte same people ho amost anted to take me aay from my parents no had anenrey derent attude I as accepted n the regonal commtee of the Paty

    and as ocay ngratuated My name as noted n the Oca Book of thePoneer (evey Sovet choolboy a a poneer ten)

    Dung the next year 984 hen became 5, had the pesona ght to ptcpate n te next Word Champonsp as te acng Word Champon, and ddnot need to pass through quang Te tournament as organzed n France nthe to of Champgny nea Pars Te competton as consderaby strongerthan the preos year and there ere more patcpants too - 0 payers Thedtance as a bt shoer t as an ound Sss system tournament At thestat te Amecan payer S Raches (once agan the representatve of the USA!)

    shoed a 00% rest but then he lost to me and ater he lost to Vay vanchk ae (Gandmate Aexey Stepanovch Setn as o coach at that tounamentThe ght fo the st lace beeen me Vay as e a V Anand and J Pket aqte togh and ony the ast o rond claed te saton as the ony oneamong the eaders to wn my game n the ast rond Tus made 8 ponts andtook te rst pace (V Aand V vanchk and J Pke a remaned haf a pontbehnd me) That as ho I became Unde6 Word Champon for a second tmen a ro

    Aer my second Word tte among dets n August of the ame yea took pt

    n the Under20 Wod Chamonp n nland t as the rst me n e hstory of these champonshps that a 5 yeod chess paye as chaengng mchmore experenced and famos payers ho ere most a 3 yeas hs eder S mnaged to sho a good resut (0 ponts out of 3) and as a hoe pont nfront of the Word Campon fo the peous year Kr Georgev (meanhle myratng a 200 ponts nfeor to hs) and K Torstens Unfounatey onlyon the sver meda ecase the 9 year od Cu Hansen had a a pont morehan me V Aand as aso a patcpant n that tournament We payed n thepentmate round n hc faed to mateaze my postona advantage and thegame ended n a da

    n the year 985 at te age of 6 made my debut n the Champonshp of theUSSR for Young Masters (ere ere not suc young pacpants n smar tournaments p to then) hch as by that tme a rea test for the yong and promsngpayers n the USSR Many of the pacpants thee became gandmasters ateAmong the payes n the year 98 there ere A alan J Ehvest G Kadanov Gek Nokov KAseev V Neverov Z. Sua began te compettonth o ctores and durng e rst hf of the tornament as among the eaders and shared paces th a na rest of + wth exey Vyhmanavnand Adrey hatonov, jst a pont behnd the nner - duadas Roentas

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    H would lk to dal wt aot subc fo a wl. Natualy caottak about al tms, but dug y yas stat was lpg css cosdably. Sot Css Scool was a t systm fo suppo ad dopmt of css. at dd ot apply cssay to vybody but my cas tsuppo was ut sgcat was a mmb of t spos club Buvstk adt was assstg mt sposm ad lpg tm t tavs, compt

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    (te average s o an engieer was about 0 rubles per mot) Natuay, oone coud have smuls evey day and ere ws a spec oce Moscow weete aviable smuls were to be distriuted about equaly among te gradmasters.We hd candidte msters o aso ad smus Tere wee numeous sanatori

    ums ad te sms wee dsibuted by the Chess Cub ee was o anmosbeteen te payers about tat did ot ave so may sims te, becuse I hdmny touaments, d I so ad to tend my lessos at scoo er I becmester o Spots o te USSR, Wold ampo and FDE master (for my atte Wold Champoshp) I w ited to wok or te ports choo or chdred juios I was wokin tere it ciden; I was even ive some elder, so tatmy wok cold have been more nteresting nd more eetive, too I ik orkedtere or a iod o about a a ye ad I eceved some saay om tere swell

    I geerl I lved quite el during tose tmes y sessos t Dvoretzkcontiued Mk Iraec ad exceet system o pepation but it d (ndit sti has a certain drwback which he admted, too He did not wok it openins Naturaly he coud show you some not so ashobe scemes ad o cousehe deat it opei picipes; eveeless e eter cold ot mke concreteopeg repertoie or you eve the sese o udstadig i e so-ced precompute era, moreover e cotempoa sese o te wod o he smply did

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    of te Slav Defence ad I was adsed to ask him for hep. He ecomendedto esomethig, I did o agee wth hi and we saed anaing and he poved to equite covcngy hat I had been ong (t is an aazing thing bt I have wonso any ponts i that vaation and osty thanks to the conceps ad deas of AV Fpeko). I vey much iked the way he was showg ad expanng things and was eay ipessed Lte when Dvoetky asked me ith whom I woud ike

    to study openings and aybe eve go aong to tonaments ith (he had so aypupis d other wok too that he cod not ways trave wih me o ounamentsI namedA V ipeko Tha was how ou coaboration started and t has continued up to now He cae wit me fo e st time to a ouament a the YoungMasters Championship n Tann back in he yea 986

    er I urned 7 y good fe was suddeny troubed and was soon over Thatwas e end of my juo chess yeas and hee began a new peod of y ife I wasst o an adut but I was o a kid o a unio ethe My mai coach at hat moent - Dvorezky tod e that we had achieved a ot togethe but it woud be di

    cut fo us to deveop any he beause we saw each othe so aey that i woudbe bete to ive cose togethe He was a member of the mitay cub AtiAircraDefence for he regon of Moscow ad he worked thee and he ted toake e a meber here too That was ow I ended up Moscow Lter it tuedou tha some peope had ade soe pomises to M. I. Dvoetzky but ey faiedo do what was neessay So i appened that I was n Moscow but I was ke aniega peso ee hee was a system atng i he USSR then and t was caed"propska and adng o i evey peson had to be egisteed ad to ve at acetain adds (hat syste has emaied os sia even today bt it is nowaed estration I oo y eave from Zheeznovods ith te idea to be egs

    tered n Moscow. faed however to registe in Moscow (that was soethng qutedcut n those tmes and not eeybody coud aage a egisaio in Moscowby hmse I oud see Dvoetz ony on Saturdays and Sundays. was aeadyhaig probems not so uch chess wse but had purey eveyday pobems infe Dvoretz had tred to arrange a pace fo me o ve n Moscow but that faiedas we. had no eatives thee except a aun but she ived in a shaed odgetad I oned to say wth he fo a we My paets wee fa away; meawie theygot dvorced by tat time and y faher was absoutey ncapabe of devotng to eso uch tie and ae s befoe. I was faced it hang to sove pobems that Ihad neve ecounteed befoe. Dvoetz was so unabe to sove a y pobems

    as we and we ad o interrupt ou coaboaton We kept ou good reatons andwe hve preseed them unt now too

    It was abou dung those tes that I was beng stopped fo goig aboad.Evey tme eceived an expanaton ke: We have faed to pepae your douments, bu n fac tha suay ment tht I was beog somethng ke a payefo domesi consumpton a ue soebody ese was gong o a tournaetnstead of e The eay wang be fo e ang when was no even aowed to

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    pacpate n a ournamen n one of he socials contes (natly, somebodyese went tere oo ) It ooked ie some oss me en, bt lae I went wiAexande Fipeno and V vanchu oo o a anng camp n Esona o pepaefo the Wod Chponship whc was gong to be ed n Asaa Then t was

    once again te same soy wt"We ave faied o prepare yo docuents isme owever, te siaion was competely dierent since my place was om theesee of FDE and no one cod have epaced me. In fac eaned ate that oFedeaon did no eve undeand that at the omen and they wee ng toprepare he docmens of anoter payer So aer was no aowed to go to Aus

    aa i became cear ha the mghy auory KGB had someng against meas hey wee esponsibe fo a taves abroad I had nmeos teoes and specaton why t was e ha t was possbe at was somebody's ibe o blame(eve anonos sander was pad atenion to in tose times and at was oalydestructve fo socey, or some anonos eer by some maevoent peson Infac dd not have any seous potcal dissension wththe govement when was6years od and I was simpy paying ces mgt ave been connected whsomethng ese - for exampe I cold have prased Fische or Kochno n a convesation and that cod have become e a death senence fo me Thee was a peiod wen some snge peope wong for the stae wee ng o s during otraing camps and hey ept asing qestions. ed o an&wer tem wih wha thoght at e moment, as I wa yong then er so many years have passed eceved some infomaion by chance and eember a situaton in which wa e

    alyesed for reabiiy hey ased me a drect qestion abou: what my atidetowards Vor Korchnoi was in fact hs famy name was not mentioned theSSR no even n he news abou is matc against A Kapov answeed deniey tha my attde owads hs chess lega s qte pove auray couldno even agine hat woud pay in toaments wth m many years laer!

    was possibe ha answer mght ave contibued o the fac hat was no aowedto go aboad a ha tme Tha shod no have been he man eason hogh stlhave no idea what he real reason was, even up o his day

    So wa no permed o play ornamens abroad and those were dctmes fo me nancay too. Thee wee many easons ha cod not go bac oZeeznovods ee was n a semeg saon and was no regisered anywhere had a frend A Ehevich he was a studen then (he ives in rae nowand e dd not ndetand many hings, b he helped me a o anway We spentpeny of me togete and vsied hm a is home n Odessa Ihad to mae somemoney for bread and bute by pang bi fo prety seros staes sometmes membe Aexey Vhmanavn oo we were oen pang biz at the same time ere gng huge odds a rs he dd hen ec - wh grea handicaps We osmes b st we were wnnng most of he me We had o do ha; yo haveo mae or ing somehow

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    ug for soetng thogh cod not go aboad anway qte scent

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    to remember the qualicaton ouamen in Bohomi where ook rs place soI had qaled once agan for the Under-20 World Chaponship Js like beforeI dd no go anwhee Volodya opan was sent here nsead of me and he ooksecond place).

    At my age, that cont nobody could have ven me a hn about wha wasong on or heped me a ha moment was let enrely on y ow

    Wen I becae 8 years old I undersood that I had beer jon he Amy I wasdvsed o o ener a speca sports regmen where spor people were not onlysoldiers but they took par in copeons too It was essena for he rmy spoosses o collet capable sposmen n he USSR every establshmen had s ownsporng club and eams and there were specal compeons bewee he dierenabshments and here were specal pons awarded fo all ha Sil, he enireste of spos n the rmy ust lke the Amy sysem sel) was so huge andlumsy ha I faed o enter a spos regmen outrgh A s wen o he Tamanlle Regmen and I passed through he "young soldes' peparaon course

    i a perod of one and a hf monhs and ten gave my solemn rmy oah ter,I was transferred o a spors regment ndeed and right on he nex day in an mynfom, I wen o he ciy of Pavlodar o pacpae n he semna of the USSRChaponsp e I lved n the spos regmen and hat life was semmara,secvan was in Lefoovo then

    I was as if I was perodly dscharged fro he my you go ou a9 oclocki he moing (ad yo become a cvlian) and hen you have o be back by 9'cock n the evening and you re agan a solde Nauray, t was not lke havery day Thee were peros a I had o stay for a week or o w he myd I had some igue dues oo he sual Amy lfe was n fac luc o be

    togeher wh Maxm Sorokn snce he was responsble for a whe fo he lbraryi he spo regmen and he was holdng all he necessa keys hat was quemforable, becuse a 6 oclock n the mornng he usual my acvy saredsomemes saed at 5 oclock as wel) and here were all knds of marchng formaons some unnng around nd sessons of sdng somehing beleve eventday tha all ofthem wee uely senseless; of course nobody cared abou any realmbat peparaion) Insead we managed soehow to snek no the lbr ande slept fo an ea hour on he sofa Dens Blunov was also n our spors regent (he s one of he founders ofthe Inerne sie kasparovchess he s que closetoG Kaspaov and he has been colaboratg h hm for a long te)

    I played n numerous tournamens whle was n he rmy and I had o de he baack n beeen hem I wa no easy a all to go ou hough Thestem was so gigantc and dcult to gh against: the organzaon which wasoldng he ournamen had o send a leer o he my chefs (he socled nvtaon) and then he solder had to be ssued perission o go out You coud no evenak abou any real preparao for a touament durng ha me, because you ddot know a all wha would happen o you on he nex day. There were tmes when

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    you coud only sleep for hours and you had to be up at o'lok in he mongfor some marhng formaton (for example beause he chefs were no n a goodmood, or beause somebody dd somehng wong and we al had to pay for ha).Sometmes we had o take are of he snow and cean dung a masve snowa(ha was no a vey sensbe hng o do eher!) so there wa no me or srengtho prepare for hess I worked on hess a b ogeher wh Mak Sorokn houghwhenever he cirumsances alwed us o do ha

    Thee were not so many ournamens aound and we waned o go away a theme so we used to nven some non-exising ournamens o ake par in for example "Champonshi of he Cenral Chess Club I s wenow hat he CenraChess Club s suaed in oscow bu hese Championshps were held eiher inKubishev (nw Samara) o n Gor (nowaday Nzny Novgorod) a of hembig ies lose o oscow n fact Alk Ehevch had managed somehow o acquie

    soe blan forms wh samps on hem from he Cenra Chess Cub n osowHe used send e to deren ties and plaes th tem Natualy ha was avey dangerous beaue I coud have been caugh and a woud have mean serous punshmen and even prsonmen for me all ended we hough and oenwhen here were no real ournaments ad managed stay away om he rmybaacks han to hose nonexsng ouamens

    Afer abou half a year I was sen away om he spor regen here weresome mshaps and al he sposmen were sen o regular regments I was aganamong comon solder and was no acceped so coday Tha was no he

    young sodiers preparaon course where we were a of e same age; a washe real rmy where here were sme ve speal relatons beween he derenannal naes of conscrps. There were numerus coni wh he old guysand some ohe ahe unpeasan moment Si managed avoid somehowthe horrrs ha had been descrbed n he meda and they even seem o contnuenow n te Russan rmy all passed aos nrmally fr me hen or maybe wasjus uc and I had been sen o a regula noma y egmen dd no harmy heal ere and I acqured some usel fe expeence Sl I hed at thaomen much ore to play chess han o be n marchng frmaions and to colecsnow dung a snoa The Sove rmy was no proessonal then and pleny of

    tme was os on all knds of atives whch in pncple had nohng o do thrmy servce

    Ler hngs mproved onsderaby and was ransfered o he sporng regmen of the Dzerzhnsy Aademy and here the aude owar me (and someother sposmen oo was more persona I had some dcutes there oo but heseond year of my see n he rmy passed for me reavely comforably I hadno poblem gong o touamens had he possbty o pacipae n tranngamps oo and o wor on hess as well y duies n the Amy n he yea 8were muh easer and hus my serce was soon over and done wh

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    n he yea had m debt in he na of the USSR Champonship. t was aond-obin event wth pacpants had a 0 % esut and managed o beatSerge Dolmatov in pacula who happened to shae 2 places

    had ost some momenm n chess even not so mch becase of my my se

    ice, bu becase was no allowed o pa aboad, since hese tavels wee qeessenial t was pactica mpossble then, if ou played ony n he USSR wheethee wee so few intenaiona tounaments to f an noms o ntenatonaltes

    Meanwhie eve jone aboad in those times (and not on fo chess payes)was mpoant aso fo ou wellbeing You coud no make a lot of mone outght(supose 00 o 00 dolas pe ave oen hans to sangs om ou ood andpocet money but ou cod lve on tha mone omota n he SSR o haa ea

    somehow came ot of the list of he paes "fo domesic consmpion onlate the ineventon of the membe o the Academ Leonid Ivanovic bainwho was he Directo o he nste of Econom and a wod enowned scents.He was also a famos poitian and socia ncionary and besides al that he wasthe pesden o the Rssian Chess Fedeaton o a ong peod of me Dung thatime Kaen Segeevch gadanan was the chie coach and he was a good ndand consideate man who had done so much fo chess I decded to addess himabout he sbect He ndeood the siaton and ntervened He asked member

    of the cadem balkin o clai what the stuation was eonid 1vanoch had heoppotunit to conac some eall powel peope then and once at a ecepton nthe Kemin he appoached he Chaman of he KGB hkov and he asked himWa was al tat aout and was al ha o seios ? Kchkov made a pomiseto have a loo into i and turned ot ha it was not s o seios as o sop th oxgen fo me So fina ae the nevenion of eonid vanovch bain, wen topa n he Euopean Championship had eaed that ight once agan in a quaifcaon tonaent. was us eas od then (I was s in he r) and I begantaveing aboad again possib that was aeady an ndicaton o the forhcominglbet Tmes wee alead changing and the Soe Union was n a peod of dis

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    sacce a awn fo e nae Temore modes moe 6 . . .e7 s no godenoug o sae lack om s bems as e ouamen racce sowsn e as seeral yeas For eamee aboemenoned game oao ao connued w: 7.c bc68.e3 d 9.d d 10.00 a3 c3 2c3 e6 3e2b3 !? and e manane asabe osonal adanage becusen a urely ecncal endgame e maera ao of a coule of websos agans a bso and a kngfor ack s a ery ower argumenn faou of e

    7.c e+ 8 e3!?No dub a noey mus ae

    been a surse for my oonen

    snce e faed o n e bes efense lan oer e board auraly canno e wa mroemen Rusanebako mus ae found ganse man eoreca ne 8

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    8 3?Ths exchange s harly necessary

    an t seems to me to be antpostonal. He shoul hve playe nsteathe prncple reacton 8 . xg2 !? anI ha planne to counter that with

    9.2! . There arses a rather unclerposton, n whch Whte has a powerl natve for wo sacrce pasIt s qute unerstanable - why Rusan avoe that possbly t s extremely cult psychologclly, prtcuarly thout any homepreparton to enter complcatons lke that,whe Whte's game woul have beenqute easy s threats lke 4, b3,Eg an h5 re more than obous;meanwhle the best efensve plan forBlack s mlly speang - rather unclear. Stl, I beeve that om the pontofvew of theo afer 9 . .c6!? or9 f!? Blcks prospecs shoul not benferor . .Smlar nutve panscrces for ntatve were oen met nthe games of the great Russan player

    the Wor Champon number fou- Aeaner Aekhne an hs chesslegacy s somethng I ha stue qutethoroughly n my junor years .

    Gme

    In ths ve moment the move9 .xg2 s harly any beter tht thelne n the game because n ts case,beses 9 n Whtes ntatve compen es the wo sacrfcepans . . I woul have ha the even

    stronger agument 1Oh5?, aerwhch Blc s practcally force o enter the lne 1O . g6 (or 1O . .xh1+?1.2+ 11e5+ e, but afer 12 Whtes ntatve s ve powel or emple n cse of 1 . . c6?t s goo for Whte to follow th:13 g5 f6 146! an Black has nosasfco efence f 4 . .xg5,then 15.f4 a5 16.Ehe1+- whle ncase of 4 .g5, there follows spectacular checmate n ve 15.8+ ! x8 6.e6+ e8 c f 18.E8 e8 19.Ee# . I s aso too bafor Blck to play 2 .. g4? 13Eg 14f4 Theefore, he hasprobably nothng better than 12 . .f6an er 13.xc Whte egns hspan an mantans hs ntatve It

    s also possble for Whte to t hee13x6 ? gxf6 14 f4 an hs nttve s qute angerous nowhstanng the absence of the queens on theboar

    0 e 6?y opponent s mmeatey n a

    ve cult poston afer tha mstake. ven folong 1 .h4 12,

    he woul have ha plenty of problemsto worry about but he coul hveoere some tenacous efence Now,the evelopments are ust force

    12 133 8?Ths move enables me to sta a

    qute pecacular attack. Black couhave trie to hol the poston only

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    y enering very dicu endgmeer . xd 4Jd d8 5.5.

    n e of 4 .8 5xg4 g4

    6. or 6., wod hve mnined n oveeming poiion dnge i meri equiy preenn he ord.

    5b3 f6 63 77e3c i eyond von er

    rong move.75He cn ve e dy neier i

    7 ...f4 8 e d5 9 e7+ g6 2.

    g \h6 2 g5+- nor i: . . .e5 8e c6 9.f4

    S g5 9c

    Now e mo ogic n ouc of c woud ve een he move 2d! nd c oud eer re

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    ign urig, ecue of e unvoide hre of e "quie mve - \gh2 ! ih he ide o foow ih g2g.c i oy epe gn hhre. or exmpe in ce of: 2 . . .d6 2f5! or 2 e5 2f5 xf5

    22g+ Wie win on e po. n pyed quie we un momenu here I mde eriou impreciionnd ough did no e e win ipwy ogeher my opponen d chnce o rei quie reiieny formuc onger

    2 g3 b3 2+ 5 22g5+ 6 23+ f 2+g5 25g5+ g7 26ab3 27S 2Se7 b6

    r 28 c6 29g5 e8. Ti endgme ihou p i hopeefor c depie he oppoe coourediop preen on e ord iecn eiy dvnce hi connecedped pn on e ngdeu iei hppened in he gme, houg

    There i foowed

    29 c6 30g5 eS 36a5 32f6 gS 33g e6 3g5 cS 35f b3 36e5 a537e 3Sf6 397gS 0 g5+ e7 6 7 2 c 3 f6+ f e557 6 e5 g 7g g S a5 nd creigned iou wing for e uieeviden foowup - 49h5.

    9 D3abur Dreev

    56 USSR h (n Gory 989

    hee ee hmponshps n e

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    e epbc conng p ofhe SS n he n Feeon(hch e ne no ehe oon of he Soe non)hee ee Chmponhp eb he h ee ce he

    onge pe hee ee noenogh nenon onmenhoee n gnme pcpe oen n he Chmponhp ohe een epbc hch mongeehng ee ee cononmen fo he Chmponhpof the SS n oembe 1989 nhe c o Gok no h c nme zhn ogoo hee ognze he Chmponhp o hen Feeon onobnh 14 pcpn ook he bonzeme h e 8 pon 4h pon behn Semen oAexe zhmnn pe bn n he becme he Chmponh 10 pon

    d d 2c c6 3cds cds

    tc3 t6 tn ae o S Wte ut on

    e S b65 tc6 6 e6 7.e3We ave ae one o te ine o

    te exane vaiaton o te av Deene It oo ike ite oe nt kantin n tat otion an ae teatative ve 7 o 7 oet ee to be ueo Tnae a o ie tou

    7 thiaa

    Th ineetin ove ea toa oate tuaton an t waae an quite ue at tab te it Wo Caion Mia

    Gme 9

    Boinnik at oe tie He wa apae with an ative potiona tean e wa ut biiant n i aabite t oiate oe qute pe oition wit Bak it aethe oenin in oe to a te oa win I a oin to quote a anent ai exape o teatento tat vaation n a tann ae TPetoian Botvinnik UR 19w oowe wt S b6 9a6 O S 1 1 71 1 S 1S1 76bS 17 1 eS anBak eie te initatve

    8 . gWhte ote obit hee i eS

    8b6 bT ove i no oubt te bet o

    Wte an e tn to eate aia obe o oonent t tKon i a wit Wite aante n the ae tounaent te

    ee 9b but ae 9 6 O S 1 7 1 S e not aieve antin u an ateoon te ubiou ne 1 eSxeS 1eS 7 1Se e7 16exexS 17 bS 00 , I evenana to obtain te avantae wtBak

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    BaurDreev Gory 1989

    In case of 9d2 lack can coun-e wt te standad eacion: 9 6A4 g5 1Ag3 xg3 12.g3 Ag7and is posiion is quite pomising

    6 0 AdIt would ave been a seous im-

    eision fo ack o follow wt 10 g5 due to 1eS! and Wite main-tains a dangeous intiatve 1 f612Ag3

    10 - 0 d6!?e gS 12 c6 c6 13e5,

    Wite s lealy bee

    12e

    at is Wtes most enegeic pos-biy. His atenatve is 12 e5 e5.e5 g6 bu it eads to an appox-ately equal position beause in case 14.g4 lack as te powel aguent 14 g5!

    2 I ad in mind a positonal pawn

    cce wile I played ta move Of

    use t was possibe to folow wte ess sky line 12 . f4 but notde4 because of 13.dS!

    3ed5 ed5 1.e5 e5It is oo bad fo ack to continue

    14 xeS SdxeS b5 due to:xdS! a6 (o 16 cS 17exd6 1xS) 17e

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    15de5 6g3 e6 d5 8

    I ad some compensaion fo tepa and even it ad no been qutesucient objecively om te pactical point of ew Wites game smuc moe dcult ee

    18e1a4!?18 ed 1a A 2 0 ?!It woud ave been oe eable

    fo Wte o t 2e3 a6 21c6bxc6, wi some compensaon

    20 a6 2c

    e: 21c6 bxc6, y positionwould ave been even sgly bee

    2b2 22d5My opponent gave back is exa

    pa and e evidently intended toseze e initiatve wit tat active maneuve

    22 e6Tis is a ve solid move I was

    aso inteesting fo lack o foowwit 22 ..b5 23a2 e2! 24xg3 2S.xg3 xeS 2S d4 26f6 27S g6 o 26e3 bxc427xfS xeS 2xh6 f 29f3d5) 26axbS axbS 27xeS xeS 2.xa xa 29bS

    23b a3 2e3 ab8 25

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    My opponent as in a teribeepresse ere and e ade arave bnder e corec defence fori od ave bee 25.a c5 back od si preserve e ede

    25 c 26c a

    Whte s epess aans etrea e2 and e resined

    is ae poved oce aain tereendos ipoace o te psy-ooica facto n e t over teboad Whie ad an eta pa indeed b e ad eat dtes de-endin insead of ben abe o attac

    o devep soe iniaive.

    0 0 7Dreev maiparashiliG Qafer or Wd Cp

    Mosco 1989

    e ucn unmen f

    he Gf he W Cup 1112 cnege h me behe nge pen unmen nhy Thee ee 18 pcpnn 85 gnme mng hem pye n he cnemcnceh m The cnn fhe pec ee u ne

    Gme 1

    n h e hy f chehen Che fn cu ch he pyfhe gnme hee (hee n nene nmn ye nhey u pcpe n mu-neu py n hey cu

    en che ecue emembe hhe exhbn f he checmpueeph ce enm nee uy nby upece henh emenu ee f pyngu he cmpue u cheee! A f emembe m hepubcn n he me he unmen e by e hun pec A h eemm unbeebe n Ae un Segey m k pce ne h 7 pn h 1 pn u f he 2 un n he h un pye gnZub Amph Ae myn n h encune he e f mygme ene n n nheh +2" hng 11 40 pce

    d g6 2e d6 c3 g7g5!?

    e idea of is ove as popar-ized e past by te osandn Esoian andase Pa Kees.

    4 6

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    eevAzmpv ocow 1989

    Black trnsposes to the PrcUmzev eence wth ths move ehas tre n the tournment prccesome other bt wkwr moves lke4 . . .c6 4. a6 n 4 h6 t s not gooor Blck to play here 4 ..c snce

    te cn counter tht wth the excel-lent recommenon o Pul Petro-ch SxS S 62 xcS 7S ,an Black loses aer 7 e6 8b4c6 9.bS

    Actly the poston th we rescussng arses usully er the ollowng orer o moves e4 6 2.46 3.c3 g6 4gS GM Amapara-sh use to be the worlrenoweexpert o t openng t te tmehen ths gme ws plye. Only aew mght not remember hs amoscto wth Bck gnst AntojKarpov n the Seth jublee Chmp-onshp o the UR n the yer 983Menwhle n our homepreparatonth my coch M Alexner Fpen-ko we note tht espte the ct tht

    Zrb plye tht openng oen nute successly t tat ths pacar system nclng the ctve moveo Whtes bshop h been teste exemely rrely both er .4 g6 2e46 3c3 g7 as wel as e the oeoveorer .e4 6 24 6 3c36. On the other hn my coch ws contnues to be rel connosseur

    o tht superggressve system .. Acorngly our prepaaon laste orot more thn 40 mnutes espte thect ht I ws gong to ply for thers tme n my le .

    5hs s tes most ctve move.

    generl he plys more oen here

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    S.2 but the posons rsng er:S .h6 6.h4 (or 64 gS 7g3 hS6 gS 7g3 hS or 6e3 g4 7.4 re vourbe or Bck

    5 c6t s too ubos o Black to try the

    seemngly actve move S . cS becaseer 6.eS tes nttve s veangerous.

    Forexampe n e gameAFlpenko MGurech, Moscow 93 thereolowe 6 . hS (It s worse or Blckto ply 6 . cx4 becuse o 7exf6ex6 8.x4 e7 9ce2 c6 .c3an hs compensaton or the pece snsucent aer 6 e 7.e, temntns cer postonl vn-tge n cse o 6 . b7 Back hs nosutable way to avo the orce ne7e 6 8.h4 e 9e2 \ .3c6 0 an tes posons evently superor 7xc xeSx \x 90 7 eSh6 11e3 (h4 ) .. .eS 2Sc6 133 g7 4.bS 6 (hs s

    mstke by Bck but hs poson scult anyway) Sx6 6 162e 7h S 18.4 c8 196ex6 204 an tes postonalege ws ovehelmng

    Black cannot solve hs problems nthe openng wth the ncluson o hemoves S h6 6h4 n ony then6 cS 7.eS hS cS x4 It s too

    ubous o Black to contnue wth . .xeS 9x8 \x 10.07 11eS eS 2.S becusehte s once gn clerly beer ueto the vlnerably o Blcks kng.)9ex6 gS 2 Contempor the-o evlutes the rsng poston asapproxmtely equa, but I thnk that

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    s no ie correc, since Bacs compensaion is no scien

    Finay in case o 5 . . . - Bacshod conside te possibiity -e5 b sti beieve that he mostprecse move or White is - d .

    B not c 5 and Bac obainsan eceent conerpay becase hecan cone 7.dc5 with 7 a5 and7e5 with 7 cxd4 8.ex (8.xd4c) 8 . . .ex. Fooing .d,Bacs eativey best ine is . c( .c5 7dc5) 7.3 b5 8d3 andhee arises a weamiiar eoreicaposiion Te same siation arose bya ransposion o moves in or gametoo hogh . .

    6d2In case o 3 Wite shod

    ory abot . . and hee e mspracicay sacrice a pawn n orderto gh or he opening advantage 7d b 8b a3, obainingaer 9 d3 a ite scien compensaion or i ndeed

    6b5 7 d3 0-0 8 Foowing some mta trics

    ere arose a e non heoetic posiion on he board (i was a reabia in tha opening hen ) and themain ine or Wite hee sed to be

    Gam 0

    consdered e move 9 0. oweveraer 9 b tornamen pacticehas sho ha Bac as no probemswasoeve.

    e5!is move is no a novey ye b

    si it was ite sedom payed at tetimes

    b 10e2 s ose or Bac to oow i

    .d5 0 and Whie dominaesin e centre

    11 d5 12 c4is is aready a novey. White a d

    payed beore ony ed, or . 4ae hich he never achieved anyhng sbsania Bac shod noear he move 00-0 either a eastbecase o a5 The bshopmove n ac opens a new page n heeo and at position is presenyone o the most crica in s systemo te PicUmzev Deence

    12 a5 130-0-0(dagram13 d7GM zmaiparashi was aced

    wh a new idea in e opening and eaied o nd he bes coninaon. whoe seven years () aer or gamehe taened 1M go Zahaevic

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    at the Ruian eam Chamionhi(ov 996) foun againt me theet pan fo ack ie 13 . .f6 4ef6ef6 5.h4 h6 6. White attemt at an impovement of the vaia-on ae the move 16g3, wa n factuite, becue foowing 6 717.h4 76 1B3 a4, in the gmeoaia Zakaevich, Ekateinbug999, ack ha a vey goo game6 .. 7 7h4 76 B3 a4 e 1B eB 9.b1 White ti hae nitiatve ate n the game Ulibin Zakaech Eita 1995, thee fo-owe 9 hB 20g a4 21h5 g5

    22.g5 g5 23f4 h6 24.a 75c4 bc3 26.bc3 3 27.c4 e7B5 a4 29c3 c5 30d4 anite theat wee vey angeou. cae of1B. a4 when White bihp i on the f2que, that move iot o eective, whe now it i oie thee foow 19h5 g5 20.g3 anwe to 8 . a4, paye the at

    active move 9h5, which uenyoved to e a eiou imeciione 9 .. c3 20hg6 e, aeay ha to think about equaiinge2 f4 22 .gh7 h8 22c45; 21b ec3 22.bc3 f4 an wa ceay woe manage ome-ow to ave that game, though but

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    am not o ecited o think about it,midy eaking

    t do not think that Zakhaevich imovement ha buied thewhoe ytem eieve that inteadof 9.h5, White an ty 9b

    with the theat h4h, whie in cae of9 bB, Wite can poceed with hpoition pan wth the pohycticmove 20.a1, emong hi kng to aafe pace Wite thu ha once againthe thet h4h5 on hi agena n ohe maintain omewhat bete chace. y the way, ti think that the eay impoant theoetica ipute inth ytem beong to the utue

    Now, et u go back to my gmewith maiaahvii

    4hi an ogin an Wte ig

    noe the matea oe n he beginaacking ack kinghete wth hidoube fa, which nay eto ucce

    4

    ck oe not have much to hopefo ae 14 . e5 foowng 5g6hg6 16.h4 e6 17h5 b6 B.3 59b ite atack eemeypowe, a in the game Ykovich eim, Leeuwaen 994.

    15g3?Wite maintain h initiative wth

    hi tong move Natuay, aw the

    vaiation 5 5 c5 16 e7 cB76, ut i not ike to uene the initiative to my oponent.

    5e6 6f4 ha acice a pwn aedy.. .

    Now come anothe one 6 e5n ae of6.h6 7f5 gf5 18.f4,

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    Wts compnsation for t wo sacric pas s mor tan sucint

    1 d6r 7 . . gxf? B Wts

    aack is probaby rsstib8.g6 xg6

    19gTat is a prcs positona mov

    wic ps Wit prs a t avantags of s position

    straigtfoa attmpt 194 woud av bn muc wakrbcaus of 19 . . xd4 (or 19 . b6?2d3 'x4 213 c4) 20g

    3 tc. 9 exd4?is s vdnty a mscacuation

    y aack nw is running unopposbut t was ar om asy for ackto n t rgt mov wou noav sav ay for xamp it19 b6 20 3 f 21 .xf gx 2 26 23xg7 (23 . 'x4)

    Gme

    'gB. is rativy bst fncwou av bn t mov 19 . fbut vn tn ar 20.4 Wits attack wou av sti bn trmyangrous

    20.

    2 0.e5 2xg e3?t is quit possib tat by paying

    19 x4 maparasvii a basa is ops on tat paicuar mov cou av proong s agonytoug wit t n 21 .g7 22 6ow s position crumbs ik a papr foss .

    22.xe3 dxe3 23.d3 xg24 . h5 25xg6 ack r-sgn.

    T mov 2 . xf7 wi b countr by Wit wt 26f B27+ x 2B.B+ 29gB#

    23 .. xg7 24xf B7 (Or 24 11'f6 2d 'xf 26 'B; 24 'x4 2.x7+ xg7 26'g+ fB

    Pee - Deevw York (opn) 9

    D4

    27. 6 'f 2B 'x4+ xf4 29.g1an Wi cckmats unavoaby.)2g7 xg7 26'g fB 27gB 2Bx ' 29.x7 x7(29 x7 30) 30'g6+ 31

    .d4 d5 24 6 33 f6 4.e6 5e3 d 6d3 dx x45 8 e2 i 9e 10 e5 x311exf6

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    We ae pang a well nown vara-ton othe Mean system.

    1 x2I was n a ghtng sprtthat day and

    makng that move I decded to entea ve compcated and dole edged

    varaton g7 xa 3.gxh8athogh that was connected wth agreat degee o sk. t was moe soldand elale o Black to play ...x6.xc3 d6 snce he would have nopolems concenng equat tll, nthat case the poston s rathe sm-ple Blac would have no chances toseze the ntatve outght.

    2g x?The calmer lne: . . .xg7 3 .s not so good or Blac at all as con-tempoay tonament practce shows,ecase hs neor pawstrctureguarantees Wte a slght postonaladvantage

    3gx8

    Tat s an amang poston sncet s qute ae to see an openng varaton wth ou queens on the oadnd that only on move theen Thetuaton s tremendously complcatednd nclea.

    3 .5 d2That s not the est move or Whte

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    and aer t Blacks poston s a leastequal. t was stonger or hm to pay4.d and that would have led to astuaton whch s pactcay mpos-sle to e evaluated properly. Blackhas plen o possltes 4. . .c,

    4. . a6, 4 . . 4 . .xa tI lke most Gar Kasparovs recom-mendaton 4 . ? although theposton emans qte unclear aethat as well ..

    4 xd 5 d 16 - - 1d5?

    My opponent sacces a pa andthat s rsky n case o 7g8 e7

    8g7 g6, or 8g3 6 Blac hasno prolems at all. te has nothngto complan aout ethe . .

    d6?

    18d4?That s anothe qute mporant

    mprecson. Now Wte cannot otan any sucent compensaton o

    the pawn.t was ette or hm to ollow wth8 d e c wtsome compensaton everheless hehad a long way to go to pove t wassucent.

    18 5 19 xd5 2 e2Ae 0.xa7?! g8, Black would

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    ave a csn aack and Wewoud pobab b efnsless

    2 g8 2d1 e4 22xe4

    Th exchane of quens s foc22 e4ow e a es t ecnca

    sae of a alzaon of an exta pawn opoen ad onl len paccal cancs to ake a daw

    23g5 d5 24 25x?Whte loss quck ae at ov

    Re a bt deend w bueven ae tat s cances o save heae w que na nded

    25e 266 c 2f48 284? 4 29g3? g3 g5 c 1g2 M4 an Weesnd

    2 D36Rub Deev

    UR C Und 6 s 1989

    1d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 f6 4c3e6 5cxd5 exd5 6c2 eg5

    g6s s no doub Backs bes ove

    wc podes w xcellnchancs o qualz whou oo uc

    of an o bcause of t tea c8

    m 1

    nen ae 7 0 0 8e3 bd79d3 e8 1000 f8, the asbadvaaon would be lss puposel

    because despe e fa a Blacksposon s sold enou e lon-e wodexpenc ncas hat woud b stll oo fa o equa

    8e4?Tat s Ws os acve e

    souc n s fo he openn advanae Black has no pobls wasoev a 83 f d3 (In caseof 9'b3 'b6 I beleve a Blacksposon s ead a supeo) .d3 10'xd bd7 (Black doesno pt ven sltes hn ofWhs natv n ln 10 00f6 ? f6 b4) and Black equalzes eas a 100 00 as wel asa 16 4? 17 8 3ex 14xeS (o 14xeS 'c7 and

    Back s eve bet) 4 xeS 1SdxeS'c78It s uc wos e fo Black o

    folow wh 8 xe4? u o 9e7xe7 (but not 9 'xe7? 1xdS+)10x4 x4 1'xe4 f8 12c4and We antans a sl bu sable advana

    9f6 f6 1 xe4 eTs s th os able answe

    he ove 1 f8 s oe fasonable nowadas and t leads o copl-caed doubledes posons Blackhas oe chances o seze e ntave a a n copason o 0 'e7 but t sk fo o end up n awose poston s consdeabl eaeoo

    1c4 O-O

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    Ru Ts 1989

    acks er ssty ere s 1 . A5 12xe7 xe7 3. d84e 8, t a arxeyua s

    12 00It s e recse r e ay

    ere 12xe7 Axe7 13 d7eg a cmex ad rugy equaldgae

    12 4N my caces are t rse

    e leas13.,3 14.f4 d 1.

    !

    s s a gd sa ec res my seu e eaa4 s aer ueasa te

    16g4My adersay ed r ts s

    E smeat s dace crmses s asucure kgsde.

    I case e4 a4 ack

    a e gd cueay Ner: x e 17 . .x 18c2S 17.d5 te 7 .g7 eg 7e5 acks slesece s 7 Axe5 Te s sly eter ack aer: 17 . . . 8 8 1xd7 d7) 8 e7 d e e

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