Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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160 THE BOTVINNIK SEMI-SLAV B line 'b', while the game Lammi­ Dokhoian, Helsinki 1992 provided the entertaining continuation 8 'iWc2 b5 9 .Jtxf6 (if 9 e4 g5 10 .Jtg3 Black can play safe with 1O ... .Jtb7 or even try the riskier 10 ... g4!?) 9 ... 'it'xf6!? 10 axb5 cxb5 11 'it'e4 'it'f5! 12 'it'xa8 'it'c2 13 lDd2 'it'xb2 14 .l:.dl.Jtxc3 15 e3 .Jtxd2+ 16 .l:.xd2 'iWal + 17 ~e2 0-0 18 'iWxb8 c3 19 .l:.c2 .Jta6 and Black was winning. b) 7 e3 b5 8 a4.Jtb4 is most likely better for Black, but it is worth noting that it is the kind of position that usually provides White with quite reasonable practical chances. Sometimes it is even easier for White to make use of his extra centre pawn than it is for Black to get something out of his rather shaky pawn majority on the queenside. The following are the most common options in practice: bl) 9 axb5 cxb5 10 tDd2 'it'b6?! (10 ... .Jtxc3 11 bxc3 .Jtb7 transposes right into 'b43' below) 11 .Jtxf6 gxf6 12 'it'f3 .Jtb7 13 'it'xf6 .l:.h7 14 .Jte2 tDd7 15 'it'h4 .Jte7 16 'iWh5 .Jtxg217 .l:.gl .Jtc6 18 .Jtf3 and White has very good compensation as Black has great difficulties finding a safe place for his king, Lesiege-Fridman, Bermuda 1998. b2) 9 'it'c2 .Jtb7 10 tDd2 a6 11 .Jte2 tDbd7 120-0 'iWb613 tDf3 0-014 :fdl nfc8 + Pajeken-Steckner, Hamburg 1992. b3) 9 tDe5 'it'aS 10 'iWeI 'iWb6 11 i.e2 i.b7 12 0-0 tDbd7 13 f4 a6 14 .Jtf3 0-0 15 tDe4 'it'c7 16 tDxf6+ tDxf6 17 'iWc2 tDd5 18 .Jtxd5 exd5 19 f5 f6 20 tDg6 nfe8 gives Black a clear advantage, Hillarp Persson-A.Matthiesen, Copenhagen 1996. b4) 9 tDd2 is the most common . White unpins the c3-knight while also toying with ideas of exchanging on b5 followed 'it'f3. The hope is that Black may feel obliged to concede his darksquared bishop quickly in order to prevent this. Now we have: b41) 9 ... a61O axb5 .Jtxc3 (1O ... cxb5 is preferable, with an unclear position after 11 tDxb5 axb5 12 nxa8 .Jtb7, but the real idea is that 11 'iWf3? :a7 12 'it'g3 fails in view of 12 ... g5 13 'it'xb8 l:lb7 14 'iWe5? .Jtd6 -+) 11 bxc3 cxb5 12 'iWf3 'it'd5 13 e4 'iWh5, Bronstein­ Pachman, Moscow 1967, and now 14 'iWg3! tDbd7 15 .Jte2 'it'g6 16 'iWd6! 'it'xg2 17 .Jtf3 'ii'h3 18 e5 is clearly better for White. b42) 9 ... .Jtxc3 10 bxc3 tDbd7 11 axb5 cxb5 12 'iWf3 is good for White since either the rook must move, which permits l:ha7, or Black has to play 12 ... tDb6, when 13 tDe4 illustrates the danger of Black conceding the dark-squared bishop.

THE ANTI-MOSCOW VARIATION: 6 Ji.h4!? 161 b43) 9 ... .i.b7 10 axb5 .i.xc3 11 bxc3 cxb5 12 'ii'bl 'ii'b6 (12 ... 'ii'd7 13 .i.xf6 gxf6 14 ltJe4 .i.xe4 15 'ii'xe4 'ii'c6 16 'ii'f4 ltJd7 17 .i.e2 'ii'b6 18 0-0 l:tc8 19l:ta2 a5 20 l:tfal a4 21l:tb 1 provides White with good compensation in view of Black's complete mess of pawns, Dlugy-Romero, Dubai OL 1986) 13 .i.xf6 gxf6 14l:ta2!? .i.c6 15 e4 ltJd7 16 .i.e2 'ii'c7 with an unclear position, Lesiege-Fontaine, Gonfreville 1999. 7 .•. g5 A more simplistic method of attempting to solve Black's problems is 7 ... .i.e7. White cannot play the immediate 8 .i.xc4 in view of 8 ... ltJxe4 9 .i.xe7 ltJxc3 10 .i.xd8 ltJxdl, when Black emerges with a pawn more, so White has to try 8 e5 ltJd5 9 .i.xe7 'fIixe7 10 .i.xc4 'ii'b4 (if White is allowed to finish his development without any interference he will be simply better because of the weakening of Black's kingside and the possibility of a knight settling on d6) 11 'fIib3 (11 .i.xd5 exd5 12 0-0 .i.g4 definitely causes no problems, Urban-Kuczynski, Polish Ch (Czestochowa) 1992) 11...a5?! (this semi-active move unnecessarily weakens the queenside; Black has better chances of equalizing after, for example, 11...'ii'xb3 12.i.xb3 ltJxc3 13 bxc3 b6, but with the accurate 14 ltJd2! {14 0-0 .i.a6 15 l:tfel ltJd7 followed by a well-timed ... c5 break is OK for Black} 14 ... .i.a6 15 ltJe4 ltJd7 16 ltJd6+

THE ANTI-MOSCOW VARIATION: 6 Ji.h4!? 161<br />

b43) 9 ... .i.b7 10 axb5 .i.xc3 11<br />

bxc3 cxb5 12 'ii'bl 'ii'b6 (12 ... 'ii'd7 13<br />

.i.xf6 gxf6 14 ltJe4 .i.xe4 15 'ii'xe4<br />

'ii'c6 16 'ii'f4 ltJd7 17 .i.e2 'ii'b6 18 0-0<br />

l:tc8 19l:ta2 a5 20 l:tfal a4 21l:tb 1 provides<br />

White with good compensation<br />

in view of Black's complete mess of<br />

pawns, Dlugy-Romero, Dubai OL<br />

1986) 13 .i.xf6 gxf6 14l:ta2!? .i.c6 15<br />

e4 ltJd7 16 .i.e2 'ii'c7 with an unclear<br />

position, Lesiege-Fontaine, Gonfreville<br />

1999.<br />

7 .•. g5<br />

A more simplistic method of attempting<br />

to solve Black's problems is<br />

7 ... .i.e7. White cannot play the immediate<br />

8 .i.xc4 in view of 8 ... ltJxe4 9<br />

.i.xe7 ltJxc3 10 .i.xd8 ltJxdl, when<br />

Black emerges with a pawn more, so<br />

White has to try 8 e5 ltJd5 9 .i.xe7<br />

'fIixe7 10 .i.xc4 'ii'b4 (if White is allowed<br />

to finish his development without<br />

any interference he will be simply<br />

better because of the weakening of<br />

Black's kingside and the possibility of<br />

a knight settling on d6) 11 'fIib3 (11<br />

.i.xd5 exd5 12 0-0 .i.g4 definitely<br />

causes no problems, Urban-Kuczynski,<br />

Polish Ch (Czestochowa) 1992)<br />

11...a5?! (this semi-active move unnecessarily<br />

weakens the queenside;<br />

Black has better chances of equalizing<br />

after, for example, 11...'ii'xb3 12.i.xb3<br />

ltJxc3 13 bxc3 b6, but with the accurate<br />

14 ltJd2! {14 0-0 .i.a6 15 l:tfel<br />

ltJd7 followed by a well-timed ... c5<br />

break is OK for Black} 14 ... .i.a6 15<br />

ltJe4 ltJd7 16 ltJd6+

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