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THE FIGHT FOR THE INITIATNE 139
White's pressure, since after the disappearance
of the a-pawn the prospects of the al-rook are
improved. l...c4!? 2 4Jf5 l;;.fd8 was much better.
2 I;lxc5 $..xa2 3 h3 $..f7
An almost completely passive set-up with
3 ... Ae6 4 I;lc7 I;ldb8 5 I;la5 Ac8 6 g4 g6 was
also possible. But who would willingly embark
on that? Trying to free the position with 6 ... a6?
would, however, be premature owing to the activity
of the white rooks: 7 bxa6 $..xa6 8 4Jf5 g6
9 4Jd6 I;lb6 JO I;ld7 I;lab8 11 I;lc5 $..b5 12 lox b5
I;lxb5 13 I;lcc7 with the initiative.
4lof5 ~d5 (D)
4 ... $..e8 5 I;la6 gives White the initiative;
e.g., 5 ... ~d7? 6 b6 +- (Leko in NiC).
4Je4+ @f7 22 @g5 sn 23 g3 $..e2 24 4Jd2
@gl 25 f4 Adl 26 loc4 1-0
Adams resigned in view of 26 ... $..c2 27 4Je3
$..d3 28 f5 +-.
D) Sacrificing Structure for
Initiative
Sometimes it is even worth accepting long-term
structural weaknesses in order to seize the initiative.
The following position arose after the
moves I d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 a3 loc6 5 e3
dxe3 6 \'t'Jxd8+ @xd8 7 $..xe3 4Jxe5 (D).
5 I;lxd5 $..xd5 6 I;la5
6 loe7!? came equally strongly into consideration,
but Black still seems to be able to hold;
for example, 6 ... Si.b7 7 l::idl h6 8 l::id7 (8 4Jf5
~b8) 8 ... I;lb8 9 4Jf5 $..e4 10 4Jd4 $..b7. In either
case White has an initiative, but not should
be able to win against best defence.
6 g6
6 !!b8?? 7 b6 +-.
7 4Jd4 $..b7 8 loe6 h5?
After a long and stubborn defence, Adams
finally puts a foot wrong. After 8 .. .f5 ! 9 f4 @g8
Black should still be able to defend.
9 locS I;lb8 10 4Jd7 I;la8 11 loxf6 a6 12
bxa6 I;lxa6 13 I;lxa6 $..xa6
Leko now won easily owing 10 the weak dark
squares in the black camp:
14 h4! @gl 15 loe4@f7 16 @h2 Ad3 17 f3
$.fl 18@g3@e619 4Jd2 $..d3 20@f4@f621
S.Jasny - J.Lukac
Tatranska Lomnica 1999
8 ffi!?
This move proves surprisingly effective, because
all White's pieces can quickly join in the
attack.
8 .•. 4Jxf3+ 9 gxf3 $..e7?!
Now the white initiative becomes extremely
dangerous. 9 ... $..e6 10 4Jc3 @c8 11 0-0-0 b6 is
more solid.
10 loc3 c6110-0-0+?!
11 ~gl g6 12 0-0-0+ $..d7 13 4Je4 was more
accurate, since the dark squares in the black
camp are now badly weakened.
11. ..@e812 $..d3?
Black easily deals with this. Once again, 12
I;lg I was indicated.
12 .•. f5! 13 I;lhel @f7 14 loe2
14 c5 would be answered with 14 ... $..e6.