Ian a repertoire for Black against 1 d4 EVERYMAN CHESS

162 Pages·2011·7.95 MB·English

Alexander
Cherniaeν
Eduard
Prokuronoν
thenew
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Ian
Ο Ιπ
a repertoire for Black against d4
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EVERYMAN CHESS
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Contents
Bibliogτaphy 4
Preface 5
Part Ι: The Old Indian
1 Gheorghiu's 4 ... e4 7
2 1 d4 ttJf6 2 c4 d6 3 ttJC3 e5 without 4 ttJf3 39
3 Preventing e2-e4 with ... ~f5 72
Part 11: Completing the Repertoire
4 2 ttJf3 d6 without 3 c4 108
5 White's Other Second Moves 130
Index of Variations 159
Index of Complete Games 160
Bibliography
Books
Batsford Chess Openings 2, Garry Kasparov & Raymond Keene (Batsford 1994)
Grandmaster Repertoire 2: 1 d4 Volume Two, Boris Avrukn (Quality Cness 2010)
Janowski Indian Defense, Eric Scnil1er (Cness Enterprises 1988)
Nunn's Chess Openings, Jonn Nunn, Granam Burgess, Jonn Emms & Joe Gallagner
(Everyman Cness 1999)
Play 1 d4!, Ricnard Pal1iser (Batsford 2003)
Starting Out: 1 d4, Jonn (οχ (Everyman Cness 2006)
Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks, Ricnard Pal1iser (Everyman Cness 2008)
Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack, Ricnard Pal1iser (Everyman Cness 2009)
Winning with the Trompowsky, Peter Wel1s (Batsford 2003)
Electronic and Periodicals
Chess Informant, Mega Database 2011 (CnessBase) and TWIC.
Preface
Ιη this book Ι will show you some fascinating new ideas that have been developed
by modern grandmasters in the Old Indian Defence. Studying them will give you a
very practical approach with Black after 1 d4. The main move order of our sug
gested repertoire is 1 d4 tbf6 2 c4 d6, but then to navigate away from the classical
Old Indian lines with ... tbbd7 and ... e5. The concept of this book is that οη the one
hand it offers a complete, independent repertoire for Black, and οη the other hand
King's Indian players may use our f1exible move order to avoid some undesirable
systems.
Ι have played a lot of these fresh lines myself. The biggest highlight was a win
against Korchnoi in 2009. Among other grandmasters ννπο are experts οη this
modern handling of the Old Indian, there are Vladimir Georgiev, Andrei Volokitin,
Zahar Efimenko, Igor Glek and Anna Muzychuk. Ι had some interesting conversa
tions and undertook some analysis οη the opening with them, mostly during the
Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk last year. Ι want to thank them all for sharing their
opinions. Ι also did some analysis with Anatoly Karpov and Vladislav Tkachiev -
not experts in this particular opening, but great players. Ι thank especially Anatoly
Evgenyevich, ννπο opposed me in a thematic blitz match with our opening, giving
me the possibility to feel and benefit from his level of positional understanding.
Our repertoire will focus οη active piece play, control of the centre, in particu
lar the e4-square, and we have in store some surprises for unsuspecting ορρο­
nents! Moreover, you won't be required to learn endless theory playing these lines.
Why? Well, simply, sometimes there is not yet a lot of existing theory.
There are many unexplored paths in this opening, even within the criticallines.
So this book contains a considerable amount of original analysis, with emphasis
οη the critical positions. Of course these ideas need to be tested further in practice
and that's where you come in. Ι very much hope that these secret weapons will
give the club player an excellent opening repertoire against 1 d4, and will also
prove useful for aspiring masters οτ even grandmasters. Moreover, Ι hope you will
learn from my experience with the New Old Indian and enjoy playing creative
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The New O/d /ndian
chess in original positions as much as Ι do.
Finally, my thanks go to my co-author, Eduard Prokuronov, for all his invaluable
help throughout the project.
Aleχander Cherniaev,
London,
Apri12011
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ChapterOne
Gheorghiu's 4 ... e4
1 d4lΔf6 2 c4 d6 3lΔc3 e5 4lΔf3 e4!? to bring to a wideτ audience my analy
sis and ideas in these lines.
lη the 2009 Staunton Memoτial
Touτnament in London, Koτchnoi τe­
plied with 5lΔd2, a move suggested by
Gelleτ ννπο gave it an eχclamation
maτk, but the τesulting positions are
faτ fτom cleaτ and τequiτe moτe analy
sis. Williams and Gormally played 5
lΔg5, but after 5. . :iHe7, one of Floτin
Gheoτghiu's ideas fτom the eaτly 1970s,
both were οη unfamiliaτ ground and
This is quite an unusual defence, weτe unable to pτove any advantage.
but one which gives 81ack immediate lη general White has thτee kinds of
activity. 81ack plays aggressively fτom strategy conceτning the advanced
the start and tτies to obtain a space pawn οη e4:
advantage. His play will be in the cen a) Το attack the pawn in every way
tre and οη the kingside. possible, with both knights, ~c2 and
lη 8elfort in 1988, the English the undermining g4 - see Games 1, 2, 4
Gτandmasteτ Jonathan Speelman suc and6.
cessfully employed 4 ... e4 against Kas b) Το eχchange the pawn with f2-f3,
paτov ννπο τesponded with 5 lΔg5. Ι as weΊΙ see in Game 5.
have an eχcellent τecoτd with this line c) Το ignore it before finishing de
and have played it against grandmas velopment, as White does in Games 3
teτs Victoτ Koτchnoi, Simon Williams and 7.
and Danny Goτmally. Ι am ηονν happy The first method allows a shaτp bat-
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The New Old Indian
tle to begin at an early stage in the 7d5
opening, whereas the eχchange of Α cτitical advance, but in practice
pawns leads to a nonstandard struc White has often preferred:
ture. Here the basic resource that Black a) Το eχchange the central pawns is
has in the centre, ... c7-c5, can lead to a absolutely not dangerous for Black: 7
structure similar to the Samisch Be ltJgχe4 ltJχe4 8 ltJχe4 ltJχd4 9 'i!fd3 ltJc6
noni, with the difference that White 10 ltJc3 Sιe6 11 b3 0-0-0 and Black was
has a c-pawn instead of a g-pawη. Fi ahead in development in F.De Andres
nally, the preservation of the pawn Gonalons-F.Ribeiro, San Sebastian
structure in centre usually results in 1996.
White playing οη the queen's f1ank and b) After 7 e3 Black is committed to
Black οη the king's. playing 7 ... i.f5. Here White has a wide
choice of moves, but most of them are
not dangerous for Black:
Game1
b1) The immediate 8 f3? is bad due
Z.Gyimesi-A. Volokitin
to 8 ... ltJχd4.
German 2005
ιeague
b2) Another way to break through
the e4-outpost is 8 g4 3ιχg4 9 ..tg2,
1 d4 ltJf6 2 c4 d6 3 ltJC3 e5 4 ltJf3 e4 5 which leads to mass eχchanges οη e4:
ltJg5 'Wie7 6 'iWC2ltJc6!? 9 ... iιf5 10 ltJgχe4 ltJχe4 11 iιχe4 i.χe4
12 "iiχe4 1!Vχe4 13 ltJχe4 Φd7 14 wf1 f5
15 ltJC3 ..te7 16 iι.d2 f4 17 Φe2 :hf8
with an even position, V.Lazarev
M.Tratar, Trieste 2005.
b3) 8 ltJh3 'iVd7 9 a3 ltJe7 10 ltJg5 (a
time-wasting return, but White de
cided to attack the e4-pawn again, as it
is not directly protected) 10. .. c6! 11 d5
.:!c8 12 dχc6 ltJχc6 13 b3 h6 14ltJh3 g5
15 iιb2 ltJe5 16 1:.d1 iιg7 saw Black
taking the upper hand in J.Lautier
Black immediately attacks the d4- B.Damljanovic, Spanish Team Champi
pawn. This interesting continuation onship 2004.
leads to a shaτp struggle linked with a b4) 8 h4 was Lautier's neχt try, but
pawn sacτifice. Black obtains some 8 ... h6 9 ltJh3 g5 10 ltJd5 'iWd8 11 ..td2
compensation for the pawn, although ..tg7 12 0-0-0 'Wid7 13 ..te2 ltJχd5 14
it's questionable whether it's quite cχd5ltJχd415 eχd4 e3 16 ..td3 ..tχd3 17
enough. 'Wiχd3 eχd2+ 18 'Wiχd2 0-0-0 gave Black
8
Gheorghiu's 4 ... e4
good play in J.Lautier-I.Glek, Corsica chances, V.lazarev-A.5trikovic, Lisbon
(rapid) 2005. 2001) 13 ... .1i.h6!? 14 .id3 a6 15 lbc3
b5) 8 lbd5 lbxd5 9 cχd5 ikxg5 10 lbg4 with counterplay.
dxc6 b6 11 h4 'iWg6 12 d5 ~e7 13 ~d2 c) 7lbd5 leads to a forced continua
ο-ο 14 .ic3 .ig4 15 .ie2 iιxe2 16 'iVxe2 tion, where Black's king loses castling
iιf6 and after exchanging the bishops, rights, but White's pieces are insuffi
the d5-pawn became a target ϊη ciently developed: 7 ... lbxd4! 8 'iVa4+
P.Meister-J.Zwanzger, German League ~d7 9 lbxc7+ 'itJd8 10 "ii'd1 'itJXC7 11
2007. ~xd4 h6 12lbh3 g5 and Black is better,
b6) 8 d5 lbb8 9 f3 allows White to Z.Mamedjarova-B.5avchen ko, Gjovik
gain an extra pawn by replacing Black's 2008.
e-pawn with his f-pawn. d) With 7 iιe3 White prepares lbd5
ideas, while keeping both the d4-pawn
and g5-knight protected. Then 7 ... ~f5 8
lbd5 lbxd5 (better than 8 ... lbxd4 9
iιxd4 lbxd5 10 cχd5 'iWxg5 11 e3 when
White is better, D.Rajkoνic-S.5aric, Kra
gujevac 2009) 9 cχd5 lbd8 10 g4 ~xg4
11 'iVxe4 (11 lbxe4 c6 gives White an
edge) 11. .. iιd7 12 .ί:ί.c1 :c8 13 .ig2 h6
14 "ii'xe7+ .ixe7 15 lbe4 f5 16 lbC3 .if6
17 f4 c5 produced a roughly level game
ϊη V.5hishkin-N.Firman, Krakow 2007.
However, the resulting structure is 7. .. lbd4
good for Black as both doubled e
pawns become a target: 9 ... lbbd7 10
lbgxe4 (10 lbb5 lbC5 11 b4 lbd3+ 12
.ixd3 exd3 13 'iVa4 ~d7 14lbxC7+ ~d8
15 lbb5 lbxd5 16 e4 h6 is unclear)
10 ... iιxe4 11 fxe4 (οτ 11 lbxe4lbxe4 12
fxe4 g6 13 iιd3 .1i.g7 14 iιd2 'iWh4+ 15
g3 'ii'g5 16 0-0-0 ο-ο 17 Itdf1 a5 which
favoured Black ϊη H.Mecking-R.Disconzi
da Silva, Guarapuava 2006) 11 ... g6 12
lbb5 1i'd8 13 ~d2 (if 13 b4 a6 14 lbC3
a5! 15 bxa5 .1:.xa5 16 iιe2 .ig7 17 ο-ο 81i'bl
ο-ο 18l:tb11:!.a7 19 a4l:te8 20 'itJh1lbc5 Somewhat more cτitical than 8
and Black has slightly the better 1i'd1?! lbf5 (avoiding the fiendish
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