Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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THE ANTI-MoSCOW VARIATION: 6 i4.h4!? 179<br />
i.e7 17 'ilfh7 ':f8 18 i.h5 with a strong<br />
attack, Lobron-Slobodjan, Nussloch<br />
1996.<br />
d22) 11...i.e7 12 l:.adl "b6 13<br />
liJeS hS 14 dS!? cxdS IS exdS h4 16<br />
dxe6 'ili'xe6 17 liJxbS ':c8 18 liJd4<br />
'ili'a6 19 liJxd7 hxg3 20 liJxf6+ i.xf6<br />
with an unclear position, S.<strong>Pedersen</strong><br />
Gausel, Oxford 1998.<br />
d23) 11...liJhS (there is reason to<br />
believe Black should try ... liJhS as<br />
soon as he can get away with it) 12 dS<br />
liJxg3 13 hxg3 i.g7 14 dxe6 fxe6 IS<br />
l:.adl "e7 16liJd4 0-0-0 + Bosboom<br />
Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee blitz 1999.<br />
Returning to the position after 10<br />
dS (D):<br />
B<br />
lO ... cxd5<br />
Black is far behind in development<br />
and must find a way to get his forces<br />
out before his position collapses. <strong>The</strong><br />
text-move attempts to develop the<br />
light-squared bishop conveniently by<br />
removing a possible target for White<br />
on c6. However, now the bS-pawn becomes<br />
weak. Other options:<br />
a) 1O ... exdS 11 exdS b4 12 dxc6<br />
bxc3 is hardly better than 'c' below.<br />
b) 10 ... i.b7 11 dxe6 fxe6 12liJd4<br />
liJcs 13 eS (13 O-O?! is probably too<br />
slow: 13 ..... d7 14 eS 0-0-0 IS exf6<br />
'ili'xd4 16 'iWxd4 ':xd4 17 i.eS ':d2 18<br />
f7 l:th7 19 i.hS l:td7, intending simply<br />
to capture the f7 -pawn, with a good<br />
position, Van Wely-Porper, Antwerp<br />
1998) 13 ... liJdS 140-0 'iWb6 IS i.hS+<br />
~d7 16 'ili'g4 ':h7 17 l:tadl ':d8 18 h4<br />
with excellent attacking prospects for<br />
White, Zhu Chen-Dreev, Shenyang<br />
1999.<br />
c) 1O ... b4 currently appears to be<br />
too risky. 11 dxe6 bxc3 12 exd7+<br />
i.xd7 (12 ..... xd7 turned out disastrously<br />
for Black in Beliavsky-Bacrot,<br />
Albert (2) 1999: 13 "c2 g4 14 l:tdl<br />
'it'b7 ISliJeS 'iWxb2 16 "a4 "bS? 17<br />
':d8+! 1-0; 16 ..... bS is obviously unfortunate<br />
but Black's position is nevertheless<br />
critical) 13 bxc3 liJxe4 and<br />
now:<br />
c1) 14 i.eS f6 IS 'it'c2 i.fS 16liJd4<br />
i.g6 (other moves, such as 16 ... 'iIi'dS<br />
or 16 ... i.h7, are met by 17 i.hS+) 17<br />
i.f3 'it'dS (17 ... fxeS 18 i.xe4 i.xe4 19<br />
'it'xe4 'iWdS 20 "g6+ is clearly better<br />
for White according to Sveshnikov)<br />
18 i.xf6 l:tg8 19 0-0~f7 20 l:tfel ':e8<br />
21 i.d8 g4! + Savchenko-Sveshnikov,<br />
Moscow 1991.<br />
c2) 14 "d4! liJxg3 IS hxg3 l:.g8<br />
16 'ili'xc4 (White has levelled material<br />
and is positionally much better; first<br />
and foremost Black is yet to find a safe<br />
place for his king and secondly his<br />
pawn-structure is worse than White's)
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