Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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10 White Gambits: 9 exf6!?<br />
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 ttJf3 ttJf6 4 ttJc3 e6 5<br />
i.g5 dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6 8 i.h4 g5 9<br />
exf6!? (D)<br />
White introduces the idea of i.hS, attacking<br />
f7 again. For example:<br />
B<br />
B<br />
Contrary to what we have seen in<br />
most lines until now, it is here White<br />
who plays in gambit style. In fact, after<br />
9 ... gxh4 10 ttJeS 'ii'xf6 White is<br />
two pawns down with no immediate<br />
prospects of regaining any of the invested<br />
material. However, Black's<br />
pawns are almost randomly spread out<br />
over the board, and what really counts<br />
is if White can engineer an attack<br />
based upon his lead in development.<br />
<strong>The</strong> attack against f7<br />
<strong>The</strong> most vulnerable point in Black's<br />
position is f7, and White already has<br />
an eye on this pawn when playing<br />
ttJeS. By developing the bishop to e2<br />
Guimaraes - Matsuura<br />
Brazilian Ch (Rio de Janeiro) 1998<br />
Black's pawn-structure is clearly<br />
not admirable, but he is two pawns up.<br />
Particularly the h4-pawn is not worth<br />
much and hence Black often throws it<br />
forward, intending to disrupt White's<br />
kingside:<br />
12 ... h313 i.h5!<br />
A strong move but a very common<br />
idea. 13 g3 could possibly be met by<br />
13 ... cS, so White simply ignores Black's<br />
intentions by counter-attacking the<br />
f7-pawn. <strong>The</strong> pawn is not that difficult<br />
to defend though, but as we shall see<br />
the rook is often unfortunately placed<br />
onh7.
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