Botvinnik Semi-Slav, The (Pedersen)
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UHlMANN'S 16 :b1 53<br />
defence; if White could get his king to<br />
g5 and the pawn to f4 he would be<br />
winning; e.g., 33 ... ~e6?? 34 ~g5<br />
.ltc6 35 f4 .lte4 36 g4 .th7 37 h5 as 38<br />
~h6 .lte4 39 'i;g7 and White wins) 34<br />
~g5 .ltf3 35 ~f5 ~d5! 36 g4 ~d6 37<br />
h5 ~d5 38 ~f4 .ltd 1 39 ~g5.1tf3 40<br />
~f4 .ltdl 41 ~g5 .ltf3 42 ~f4 112-112<br />
Azmaiparashvili-Shirov, Madrid 1996.<br />
White cannot make progress as after<br />
42 h6? .lte4 43 f4 .lth7! White's king<br />
does not have access to h6 and thus<br />
White will even be losing.<br />
22 'it'xe4 .l:.de8<br />
Not 22 ... .l:.xh6? 23 'it'a8+ ltJb8 24<br />
'it'xb8+! winning.<br />
23 .ltg7! .l:.h5 24 .l:.dl (D)<br />
B<br />
B<br />
21 ... .ltxe4<br />
In comparison with note 'b3' to<br />
Black's 19th move above, 21.. . .ltxbl!?<br />
might still be feasible. <strong>The</strong> question is<br />
whether White has more than a perpetual<br />
check after 22 ltJd6+ ~c7 23 .ltf4<br />
~b6 24 ltJxc4+ ~b5 25 ltJd6+ 'it>b6.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only attempt, which could also be<br />
tried in the line with 19 ... .ltxe7, is 26<br />
a4 but 26 ... bxa3 27 ltJc4+ 'it'xc4 28<br />
'it'xc4 a2 29 exd8'it'+ .l:.xd8 gives<br />
White no real winning chances as the<br />
a-pawn is far too strong.<br />
24 ...'ii'b5<br />
White w
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