Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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180 THE BOTVINNIK SEMI-SLAV<br />
16 ... ~g7 17 0-0 ~f6 18 l:tabl ~e6 19<br />
'i'xc6+ 'ifi'fS 20 lDd4 ~xd4 21 cxd4<br />
'ifi'g7 22 'i'a4 gives White a clear advantage,<br />
Beliavsky-Atalik, Vrnjacka<br />
Banja 1999.<br />
11 exdS lDb6 12 dxe6 (D)<br />
B<br />
lDd4 ~f6 21 l:tfe1 e5 22lDf3 l:tad8 23<br />
~fl l:tfe8 24lDd2 ± Bareev-Akopian,<br />
Las Vegas FIDE KO Wch 1999.<br />
13lDd4 (D)<br />
13lDxb5 ~b4+ 14 'ifi'fl 'ii'xd1+ 15<br />
l:txd1 0-0 16lDfd4 ~d7 17 ~f3lDfd5<br />
18 ~d6 ~xd6 19lDxd6 l:tfd8 20 lD4f5<br />
~xf5 21 lDxf5 is also very good for<br />
White, Van Wely-Godena, French Cht<br />
1999.<br />
B<br />
12 ... ~xe6<br />
If Black insists on a queenless middlegame<br />
he should exchange queens<br />
here, but this option also does not solve<br />
Black's problems fully: 12 ... 'i'xdl+<br />
13 l:txdl ~xe6 14 ~e5 ~g7 15lDxb5<br />
0-0160-0 (a simple glance at Black's<br />
pawn-structure suggests that he is in<br />
trouble; the question is whether it is<br />
possible to mobilize enough activity<br />
to compensate) 16 ... lDfd5 17 ~xg7<br />
'ifi'xg7 18 lDfd4 a6 19 lDxe6+ fxe6 20<br />
13 ... ~b4<br />
Or 13 ... a6 14 ~f3 l:ta7 15 lDxe6<br />
'i'xdl+ 16 l:txdl fxe6 17 ~e5 ±.<br />
14 0-0 0-0 15 lDcxbS ~dS 16 a4<br />
lDe4 17 as lDxg3 18 hxg3 a6 19 lDc3<br />
~xc3 20 bxc3 lDd7 21lDrs<br />
White has a clear advantage, Beliavsky-Bacrot,<br />
Bugojno 1999.
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