Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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THE ANTI-MoSCOW VARIATION: 6 iLh4!? 173<br />
b) 11 0-Otlld712 a4 a613 ~hl (13<br />
d5!?, either immediately or after 13<br />
axb5 axb5, is best met by ... tllc5)<br />
13 ... tllg7! (a splendid manoeuvre, repositioning<br />
the knight to f5, from<br />
where it covers the d6-square and is<br />
very difficult to remove) 14 tlle4 tllf5<br />
15 tllfd2 'ii'b6 (and not 15 ... tllxd4? 16<br />
tllxc4 bxc4 17 'ii'xd4 ±) 16 i.h5 "it'xd4<br />
17 "it'g4 and now 17 ... tllc5 18 .l::tael<br />
tlld3 19 ':'e2 i.e7 20 f4! gave White a<br />
promising attack in Piket-Dreev, Groningen<br />
1991, but Dreev suggests instead<br />
the much better 17 ... c5! 18 l':tael<br />
l':th7! 19 f4 0-0-0, with a clear advantage<br />
for Black.<br />
c) 11 tllxg5 tllxg3 12 tllxf7 ~xf7<br />
13 fxg3 ~g8 14 0-0 is similar to<br />
Kramnik's idea below, but here Black<br />
can try to defend with 14 ... tlla6!, bringing<br />
the knight to c7, from where it defends<br />
the e6-pawn.<br />
11 ... a6 12 tllxg5! tllxg3 13 tllxf7<br />
~xf7 14 fxg3 (D)<br />
Throwing in 11 a4 a6 has deprived<br />
Black of the ... tlla6-c7 manoeuvre,<br />
and this fact makes his defence much<br />
harder. Now we have:<br />
a) 14 ... ~e8 intends to escape to the<br />
queenside but is too risky: 15 0-0 ~d7<br />
16 .l:H7+ i.e7 17 i.g4 ~c7 18 i.xe6<br />
l':tf8 19 l':tg7 ~b6 20 d5! ± (Anand).<br />
b) 14 ... tlld7? 15 i.h5+! ~e7 16<br />
"ir'g4! tllb6 17 0-0 ~d7 18 ':'f7+ i.e7<br />
19 tlle4 and White's attack looks too<br />
strong.<br />
c) 14 ... ~g8 15 0-0 tlld7 16 i.g4<br />
(White can force a draw with 16 i.xc4<br />
bxc4 17 "ir'g4+ i.g7 18 "it'xe6+ ~h7<br />
19 "it'f5+ but of course he should go<br />
for the attack) 16 ... 'ii'e7 17 tlle4 l':th7<br />
(Anand convincingly refutes 17 ... c5;<br />
his main line runs 18 tlld6 i.d5 19<br />
i.f3! cxd4 20 i.xd5 exd5 21 "it' g4+<br />
i.g7 22 l':tf7 with a strong attack as<br />
White regains his piece and continues<br />
pressing) 18 tlld6 l':tb8, Kramnik<br />
Anand, Belgrade 1997, and now according<br />
to Kramnik and Kasparov<br />
White could get a very promising position<br />
with 19 axb5 cxb5 20 tllxb7<br />
l':txb7 21 l':txa6 l':tb6 22 l':txb6 tllxb6 23<br />
l':tf6. <strong>The</strong> e6-pawn drops and Black<br />
will have a hard time dealing with the<br />
ongoing attack and White's menacing<br />
centre pawns.<br />
C3)<br />
10h4!<br />
This move, which is an idea by<br />
Khalifman, looks more dangerous than<br />
Ivan Sokolov's sister variation 9 h4.<br />
<strong>The</strong> interpolation, 9 i.e2 from White<br />
and 9 ... i.b7 by Black, actually seems<br />
to favour White since often it comes
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