Three steps to chess mastery

192 Pages·1996·10.589 MB·English

by  Suetin Alexey

THREE STEPS
TO
CHESSM ASTERY
BY
A.S .S UETIN
InternatioGnraaln dmaster
Translabtye d
KENNETHP .N EAT
CADOGAN
chess
LONDONN,E WY ORK
CONTENTS
Forewotrotd h Een glisEdhi tion ix
THEC HEsPsA ER's LABORATORY
PARTI L Y
1.Wa ysa nMde anosf I mproving 3
Thea lpha oamnedg ao fa chespsl ayetrh'isn king 3
Thec onnectbieotnw esetnr ataengdyt actics 6
Thec allcautioofnv ariatainodnc so mbinations 6
Methodosfe vaaltuinag p osition 10
Planning 12
Thec hoiocfem ove 16
A game-as niglper ocess 19
Thec onnectbieotnw eoepn enianngd m iddlegame 19
Thet actiecxpallo itaotfi oanon p eniandgv antage 20
Transitioan c oimnptloi caetneddg ame 22
Posiiotnaelq ualointr ye achitnhgem iddlegame 22
Oncem oreo nt heb asipcr inciopfl etsoh pee ning 23
Ono pena ndc losoepde nings 26
Thes tagoeft ransiitnitotonh ee ndgame 29
Relatviavleu oefst he piePcoessin.ta �leJl ements 34
2.I nt heP layLearbo'rsa tory 37
Workingo no ne'osw ng ames 38
Thes tudoyf masgtaemre s 41
Workw itlhi terature 48
Thet esotfm astery 49
Thea nalyosfia sdjo urnegda mes 50
Thea wakenionfg tahret iisnat c hsesp layer 54
Don'bte a fratiodt akrei sks 57
Wherteh en ecessairscy o mbinweidt thh eu seful 58
Thet cehnqiueo fo penipnrge patriaon 60
Practiacdvailc e 61
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Contents
PART1 1W ORKO N THE ELIMlNATIONO FO NE'SS HORTCOMINAGNDS ,O'ni ER
PROBLEMOSF SELF-IMPROVEMENT 63
3.C ertaTienn dencini ae sC hesPsla yerThinking 6.5
's
Impulstihvien king 6.5
Plaoyn g enerpaols itigornoauln ds 69
Plabyy a nalogy 7.5
Negatitvhei nkiCnegr.t apirno blermesl attionp go sitifoenealli ng 77
4.A ChessP layCehra'rasc teTbinkingri stiDecf ects 83
Sensoefp roportion 83
Flexibioliftt yh inking 87
Underestimaotfit ohneo pponentst hreats 90
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Lososf c onsistency 91
Chescsu lture 94
Keepy oucro ol! 98
5.Dire ct anIdn diCroencseqtue nesc ofT acitcMails takes 101
Mistkaesw hicahr ed ifficutlotr ectify 101
Errolresa ditnopg o sitional concessions 10.5
6.T heP robleCmh ooosfia ngM ove Ill
Visuiamla ginatainodnt hec alculaotfvi aorni at(iboanssoe ndm ateriinaa lna rtibcyl e
BlumenfienSl hda klunatyv SSSRN,o .I 1,9 36) 112
Probleomfts i muet ilizawthieonnc hoosian mgo ve 114
Combinativoinsailo n 115
Theh armfulonfer sosu timnoev es 119
Them ostd ifficumlotv ei nt heg ame 121
PARTI llTB E MASTELRE VEL 127
7.Dy namics oft beS truggle,a nda C oncreAtpper oatcoth be E valuatioo ofa P osltioo 129
A modemp anoraomfat hec hesbsa ttle 129
A concraeptper oatcoht hee valuatoifao pno sition 135
Inductiavnedd eductimveeth ods ofthinkin g 139
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Contents
Visuaanld v erbiadle as 104
Planninagn ds tratetghirce ats 141
Unprmoisipnogs iotnis 174
Whatd eteirnmetsh es tartegpirco misea poosift ion? 149
Stratelgliwyco anp osiotnis 194
Plnaninagn dt ypicaslt ratemgeitch ods 150
Typicpaols iotnis 135
8.I ntuiatnRidois nki nChe ss 159
Ther olaen dp eculariitoifei sn tuitiinco hne ss 195
Broaads pecotfis n tuition 166
Basiicn dcaitioonfas p layesrrt'esn gth 186
Restricptliavayen d' pressurizing' 171
Risakn d' seocndo rdemri's takes 172
'Plyaw ithoruutl es' 174
9.T he VarioSutsy alneSdscho olosf C hess Creathity 177
Probleomfcs l sasyiifnsgt lyes 177
A litotnlt eh eh itsocrails choolosfc hescsr eatyi vit 179
Indivipdluaayli sntgy les 179
Plyainsgt yle andp rcathciecses 181
Thei ndividyu oafcl hietscsr eiavtity 138
Postscript 198
Index 191
FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISHE DITION
Thibso oks eetsh ec ombinatoifot nw oo fm y worksT:he ChesPasly erL'asb otroaraynd
ThPea tthoM asetrTyh.ee arloifet rh esteh,Le aborya,wta sow rritten inbt ahceeka rlsyev en­
tiewsh,i lTeh Pea tthoM asterways c ompilmeudc hl ateartt, h ee ndo ft hes eventBiuetsa,.s
Ip ointoeudti nt heR ussifaonr ewotrodt hes econwdo rkt,h esbeo okasr ec loselliyn kteod
eacoht her, ibdoetohl ogiacnadla lsry e,g artdhse ciro nteMnotr.e ovTerhe, P atthoM astery
isv irtuaa clolnyt inuaotfti hoeLn aboraatnod raiy cs,o n sisetxetnetn soifoi nts mtahienm e,
aimeadt t hep laywehro h asa lreardeya chaef da irlys thaingdha rqdu•e:s tioofnh so wh eca n
improvea,n dt hep robleamnsdm ethoodfsi ndependweonrtko nh iosw ng ame.
Thisi,n cidenthaalsb leye,on n eo ft hem aint hemesi nm y methodoogliclailt erary activity,
andi ti so nt hitsh aIth avbee ewno rkifnogrt hep asdte cadteh,ef ruoiftw hicihst heb ook
ThPea tthoM astery.
Ic onsidtehred ecisoifoP ne rgamoPnr estsoc ombinmey twow orkisn o nep ublication
tob ep erfectly Ijs uhsotuillfiidek dte.oe mphasciezret abians ipco inwthsi cwhi lblee xamined
int hep resebnoto k:
Theb asifca ctoorfas c hespsl ayetrh'isn king (evoafl ousaittiisoopnne ,c ific calculation
I. p
ofv ariaticohnosio,cf em ovee,t c.).
2.T ypicamli stakaensdn arrow thitneknidnegn cies.
3.P sycholofgaiccatlo Prrso.b leomfsi ntuitTihoetn w.o b asitcy peosft hinkiinngd:u ctive
andd eductive.
4.I ndiviadnudag le nerpalla yisntgy les.
5.M ethodosfh omep repara(toipeoninng preparatsitoundo,yf t ypicaplo sitiwoonrsk,
ona naylsiest,c .).
Andm uchm oreb esidteosw ,h icIhh ope thatth er eadweirl dli rehcitas t tentIis ohno.u ld
likteow ismhy readesrusc cesisng raspitnhgeJ �boratsoercyr oeftw so rko nc hesFso.ri ti s
thitso,g etwhietrph r acticet,h acto nstittuhtepe ast tho m astery.
A. SUETIN
Int het extth ea uthorre fetrosv arioSuosv iegrta desf,o rw hicht hea pproximaetqeu ivalreantti ngs
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areC: andidaMtaes te-r 200-22(0B CF)2,2 00-2360( El61s)tC; a tego-ry1 80-200( BCF)2,040 -2200
(El26n)dC; a tego-ry1 60-18(0B CF)1,8 80-2040( El[6Tr)a nslatnoort'es] .
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PARTI
TheC hesPsl ayerL'asb oratory
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WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING
Thea lphaan do megao f a chess player'sT her esumpotfit ohneg amsee emteod
thinking seravsae d emonstorfaW thiiotne 's excellent
technBilqaucek.r ewcaosn tcoit lhieend e.v i­
Ina ccordwaintcoheu ra imwse,w ilfilr stt abalnedh, i rse sistancep,r oallotnhgoeudg,h
attetmope ts tabwlhiacstoh m ponmeanktesw aosf af ormal nature:
upt hceo ncoefp' tac hepslsa ytehri'nsk ing'.
Leuts h,o wevbeerg,wi int ahp osiatnido n 4J. •.Q g7 44 QXf6 QXf465 R Xf6R at
thcea lculoafvt airoina tions. 46Rf1 Rc147N e2!
Twoy ounpgl ayoefmr ass tsetra ndard-A.
Karpov( thfeu tuWroer lCdh ampiaonnd) Thec ommenceomfae w nitn nmianngo eu­
I.M iklayev- hadj usatd joutrnheedgi arm ev rbey t hken igwhhti,ch he awdist gha ionf
ina d ecidmiantgcf ho firr sptl abceet weetne mpfoot rh seq uafr5e.
'Bureveasntdtn hiCeke 'n tArramlyS ports
Cluibnt hUeS SRT eamC hampionisnh i4p7. .R.a t4 8N d4K g84 9N f5!R a650 Kf2.
Rig(9a16 )8.TAhrem rye preseKnatraptoivv,e ,
wenhto mien a v ercyh eemrofuoldI .n deedA,n dn owt hweh iktien g cionmtpeols a y
the poosfiM tiikolna wyheovw ,a sp layiwnigtd he ciesffievcet .
Blacakp,p eatroeg di vsee ricoauuss feo r
alarm. 50 •••B g65 1K e3B xrs5 2e xrsR a25 3
Kd4R at54 Be2R!a 25 5B Xh 5.
Whitael rehaadsay decisadivvaen tage.
Agaitnhsaetd vanocfte h pea wnBsl aicsk
helpless.
55. .R.h 25 6R f4R d2 57K e4R d358 f6
+
RXc359Kf5!
Ani nstrumcotmienvWteh. i tkei'npsge ne­
traitnetsto h bel apcoks itainodtn a,k aens
actpiavrietnt h dee ciastitvaec k.
Them ove43 Ng3!s uggeisttssea lfft,e 15 9. .R.e 360 Jrut Nd76 1R gl+ Kf86 2R at
whicthhb el apcakw ncso muen deart tacRkeS.+ 63K g6R eS64 Ra7R d86 5R c7!
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ThrSetee tposC heMsass tery
An essenptiieoacflea ccuraWchyi.td ee ­thec ombinabtliov5we3 . ..R d2+ w!h,e n
privhise osp ponoefnt ths el ighhtoeposeft White (l5o4s eKsRe 3X d3+! ,o r5 4K el
countera-spslocaiywa,it tethdh aed vaonfc eR Xd3 ,a ndW hitiesd efencaeglaeistnshs et
hics4pawn. threoaft . Rd.l + and. ..c l Q). But
. =
65. Kg866 KgS K6h7B8 g6 Kg868 hS evesno t,h vea riawtiit4oh9.n .Kg.7i su n-
..
Kh86 9h 6c3 70R Xc 3Rf8 71n Resigns. satisfIancsttooerf5ay 2dN. d 3W hitseh ould
Whitceo nvincreianlghilizyase d dv antapglea5,y2 R c!6c l Q 53R Xcl RXcl54
=
butw en oww antto t alakb ousto methiKen3gw, h etnh ree suletnidnigin shg o peless
elsLee.ut s r eturtnh ietn oi tpioasli tiofno.r Black.
IsB la'cspk ositrieoanls olh yo pees?ls Is5 0NXd7RXld+5 1K.f2 Ke!7
hei ndedeodo med stlooa wna da gonizinAlgl thiissf orceadn de xacctallyc ulated
deafteA?ft era lli,nW hitep'oss ittiooon( thaen aslsiy isb yG ellaenrd F urman).
thearreme a nwye apko inHtsi.ps a wnmsa y 52R e+6 KXd75 3K e2!1
comuen daetrt ka.Ac tt hsea mtei mWeh ite Alreaidtiy sW hitweh oh ast ot hiinnk
musrte cnkw oitthhp eo ssiobfia cl oiutnyt etre­romfss avitnhggea me5.3R Xe 5i sb aid n
attaocnhk i s ksiinnBgcel, a crko'ocsko ntrovliseo wf 5 3. .c.3! ,w hent he bplaawcnk
thdea ngersoecuosnr da nWki.t thh ien clquu­eens.
sioonft hbel aqcuke iennt hpel atyh,ce o un­53. ..R d45 4R Xe5c 35 5d 6e t.cf,o rcing
teart-twaocuklbe dc omvee rrye al. ad raw.
"This isa lvle ry wtehlrele "a,dw eirlo lb ­ Frmo this exiatm apiplspe a rtehnaottn e
ject," bufto trh meo mentth easrege e nercaalnp enreattien ttoh hee aortf a position
consiidoenrasan,td h owa fte4r3 N g3i s onlbyyc ombintihsnepecg i fciacl culoaft ion
Blactkop artryh vee rdyi recthter aotf 44 varinaswt iitoahne valiuoaontf t hpeo sint io
Qxf6?+" . (weapko inatsn dp awnasc,t ivoiftt hye
Butev esnoB lahcakd iannt erestipnige cepetoscs,.­ ).
sibiolfci rteya ctoiunngt ebry-4 p3.l .Raa.y3! , Blacpko'ssi tion topbe r doevfeedn sible
immediaattaetclkyit nhgem osvtu lneranbotlthe a ntkoss o maec cidseunbttlaewlth yi,ch
liniknW hitep'asw cnh ain-ch3pi asw n.o nep laymeirg htth inukp ,a nda nother
Ifn owW hitwei thdrhaiqwsus e etno tmhieg hnto tI.tw asd efenstihabnltkeos t he
defeonfcc e3 b y4 4Q d2B,l acpkr omptrliycr he souorfdc eefse ncec oaunendrt -attack,
activhaiqtsue esbe yn4 4. .Qg.7! t, h reantge wnhiicwhe rlea tent pions ittihooefhn iisn g
tos eitzhieen itiative. piecTehsu.is n h is coprlraoenfcc to unter­
Them ainc,r ucviaarli na atriiliosiL.aefterp laayn,i mportraonlwtea sp layfierdsb ty
44Qxf6Q+x f465 R xfB6d !7 Black's strong rtohoeekn ,d inagn,d then, in
The fitrasictct aslu btle4t5.y .R.x .c 3i s byh ipsa ssce4pd a wnT.h ec entraploiszie­d
lecslse oanar cc ounotf4 6K f2!. toino ft hken igahtt w ea5as l saoni mportant
46Rh6+. factiontr h dee fenIctwe a.st heosbej ective
Befocraep itnugrt hed 6p awnW,h itep ositifoancatwloh risc h rweeflreec itne d
lurtehsbe lackki ngg 8to org 7w,h eriet t haen algyisevins.
comeusn daetrt abcytk h weh iktnei ght. Thiesx ampdleem onstirnat theefis r st
46. .Kg.84 7R Xd6R Xc3 4N8X h5R cl!i nstatnhcieem portanocef a corr'edcita g­
49Nf6K+f 7! nosirse'a,ca hsea rd e soufla tt h oroeuvgahl ­
Ani nteretsaitccitpanolgi ntt.h eeIv ne nuta tioofnt hep osint.Ii nociadlelnfytr,o m
of4 9. .Kg.75 0N Xd7R Xd+l 5 1K f2 c3 thissa meex ampilte a ippsa rtehnaftto rmal
52N Xe5 c2t hnea tu5r3aN ld 3? failsl otgooin ic ts o wnw oulbed insufficfioterhn its .
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Wayasn dMe anosfI mproving
Inc omplisciattueadit itis io mnpso rttoa ntW hitlea'tste hnrte sahtosuo lnnd o a ccount
sentshehe i ddseunb tloefta i peoss itIito bne.u nderestainmdap teerdh,at phsem ost
itsh tihsat thp el ayweirtB hl awcakls a ckifnogr.c emfeuals uwraest hec ounter-sacrifice
Onlays ubt'lpeo sitfieoenlwaiolnu glh'da ve2 2. .Q.b6 !?I.nt heev eonf2t3 B Xb6 BXb6
enabBlleadtc okfi ndt hmea noeu4v3.r .e. B lachka st hset rong otfh2 r4.e .Nag.t4s ,
Ra!3,a ndt hecno nsisttoed nitsleyn taonr2g 4l. e.B X.b 3 a2n5.d .N .d 5w,h icghi ve
thmea sosfv ariagtiivoaenbnso ve. hitmh beet tperro spects.
Positioniasalc afteeegwlohirinyicg shb y Theg amei nf accto ntin2u2.e .Qdb. 7
nom eamnsy stIiitcas .c quibryee xdp erie2n3Rcge3N,c 5?
antdh dee groefie t kse enniesas nsi ndicaT­hecr itpiocioanfltt h gea mTeh.pe o sition
tioonft htea loefna tp layIetir sn. o a cci­iss of ulolfc ombinamtoitvitefh sat th e
denfto,er x amptlheat,th weo nderpfousliq ­uestoifoe nv aluaitspi uosnh iendt toh e
tioinnatlu iotfCiaopna blbaenccaapm reo vebra­ckgroWhuinlde.c onsidheirsi2 n2gn d
bial. move, Black had 2i3.n .Btb6e.,n ded playing
Ofc ouristes ,h ouolndn oa ccoubnet b utth eonn,c loesxearm inahtesi aowtn h,e
thougthhtat th ec orreevcatl uaotfai ofno llofwainntgav satriica2 t4iR oen7B:!X b3
positwiiolanlu tomataincdai lnlvya ri2a5bB lXyg 6B Xd4+2 6K hlK h82 7B Xf7!
ensutrhfee i ndoiftn hgbe e smto veN.o ta t Ne4(?Q)X2h87 !+!K X h72 9B g8++! and
alIlth. a ppetnhsaa tp layweirlg lr acsopr ­30R h7m ate!
rectthleeys seonfca e p ositbiuotfna ,ti ol Itw atsh fias ctwhoirlc heh di mt oc hoose
takaec couonfst o m'et riiflnae s'p eci2fi3.c .. N c?5, w hiclhe ddi retcotd liys aster.
variaTthieso ancd.o nsequoefthn icsme asy Neverth2e3.l .eB.sb6 s w,a sc orrect, only
be seeenv emno rqeu ictkhlayan ft earm is­onh i2s7 tmho veB lacskh oupllda nyo t
taiknee v aluation. 27. .N.e 4b,u 2t7 . ..N g!4,s oa so n2 8B g6
Heriesa ne xamptlaek,fe rno tmh gea met or epl2y8. ..R f72!9 R Xf7N Xh63 0
KupriekiT-calb( Soc1h9i7 0). RXh7+K g83 1B e4K+f 832 B Xb7R Xc2,
wheBnl ahcakes v ecrhya nocfwe i nning.
Afte2r3 . ..N c5K?u preibcrhoiukg ht his
attatcoak s pectaccounlcalru24 s NiXoncS:
dXSc2 5f S!c X4d26 fXg6f Xg62 7B X6g
Kh828 QXf8+ Ng82 9B f!5R b830 ReS
Qf73 1R b3!R! eignss.
Thiesx ampslheo wtsh atth eirsae l arge
numboefrp ositiinwo hnistc,hh m ea irno le
ipsl ayneodbt y th ew eighuipon fpg o sitional
factorbsy,t haebr uottfd eecpa lculoaft ion
variaatnibdoy cn osm binvaitsiivoen .
Thutsh thei nkionfagc hepslsa yceorn sists
Whitea'tst ahcakr dcloym pensfaotreo sft wob asic comcpaolnceunltoasft: i on
thsea cripfiiceecBde l.a ceks tabltihsihvsea dr iaatnideo vnasl uation wohfi cpho sition,
faiqruliyc aknldyt ,h iesv aluaitsci oornr ecatr.de e termbiytn hecedo ntoeftn htge a me­
Buti nt het actsiecnasBlel a cpkr obabiltsyst raatnetdga yc tics.
thoughhitsd efentsaisvtkeo b es impler
thawna isnf atchtce a se.
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