Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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DEVIATIONS FROM THE MAIN LINE 219<br />
accurate move) lSltJxcS i.xcs 16ltJf3<br />
b6 17 i.e4 l:b8 18 'irc2 ;! Lengyel<br />
Dely, Hungarian Ch 1965.<br />
11 0-0 (D)<br />
B<br />
claim some compensation according<br />
to Kishnev.<br />
D)<br />
7 e3ltJd7<br />
I see no point in avoiding this since<br />
the knight is the only piece whose best<br />
square can already be established.<br />
8 a3 (D)<br />
1l ... f5<br />
1l...i.e7 121tfe1 exd4 13ltJg3ltJcS<br />
14 'ira3 and now 14 ... 'ird6?! IS i.fS!<br />
gave White the better chances in Timman-Gelfand,<br />
Wijk aan Zee 1996 but<br />
even after the stronger 14 ... ltJe6 Timman<br />
thinks that White obtains fairly<br />
decent compensation with IS cS.<br />
12ltJg3<br />
12 ':Ue1 fxe4 13 ':'xe4 'irf7 14 :tae1<br />
~d8 is unclear according to R.-A.Simon<br />
but I would put my money on<br />
Black's defensive resources; the king<br />
is about to escape, and IS dxeS ltJcs<br />
16 ':'d4+ ~c7 does not lead to anything.<br />
12 .•• e413 :tfel ~d814 i.xe4 fxe4<br />
15 ':'xe4 ikf7 16 'ifc2!?<br />
So far we have been following the<br />
game Kishnev-R.-ASimon, Budapest<br />
1989, and now after 16 ... i.d6 17 ':'ae1<br />
ltJf6 18ltJeS i.xeS 191heS White can<br />
<strong>The</strong> keyword here is 'flexibility'.<br />
White awaits Black's set-up before<br />
committing to a strategy himself, while<br />
simultaneously airing the possibility<br />
of a queenside advance.<br />
8 ... g6<br />
As in the main lines, a fianchetto of<br />
the dark-squared bishop is Black's<br />
most popular set-up. <strong>The</strong> other main<br />
line is 8 ... 'ird8, reacting in similarly<br />
flexible fashion. <strong>The</strong>n 9 'irc2 (9 e4 is<br />
rather illogical and should not worry<br />
Black: 9 ... dxe4 10 lLlxe4 i.e7 11 'ii'd2<br />
cS 12 0-0-0 0-0 13 dxcS 'irc7 14 ~b1<br />
ltJxcs IS 'ii'e3 b6 16 ltJc3 i.b7 with<br />
slightly the better prospects for Black,<br />
Korchnoi-Kramnik, Groningen PCA
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