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CONVERTING
AN ADVANTAGE
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easy to increase here, so Kramnik exploited the
favourable opportunity to open the position for
his bishop and generate some dynamism:
I cS!? bxcS 2 dxcS dxcS
2 ... d5? 3 i.xf6 dxe4 (3 ... gxf6 4 exd5 i.xd5 5
i.xdS exd5 6 ~f4 +-) 4 ~b4 gxf6 5 c6 ~xc6 6
~xc6 lla3 7 i.dl i.xc6 8 !l.xc6 !!.al 9 !l.d6 ±.
3 ~xcS i.c8 4 eS ~e8?
4...~d5 5 ~e4 i.d7 6 !!.di !l.a5 7 i.d4 ±.
S i.a4!
Dominating the black minor pieces.
S ... tea 6 i.a3 Wg8 7 ~e4! !l.xa4
Or: 7 ... !l.a7 8 i.d6 +-; 7 ... ~ba6 8 i.c6 !l.a7
9 ~d6 ~b8 JO i.b2 ~xc6 11 ~xc8 +-.
8 !ixc7 i.a6 9 ~cS! 1-0
We6 12 i.b2 a6 13 i.c3 ~d6 14 We3 ~e4 15
i.el wrs 16 !!.fl !l.h8 17 Wd3 bS 18 a3 !l.h719
i.aS fl.h8 20 i.b4 l;l.c8
The trick-shot 20 ... !l.hl? backfires: 21 !l.xhl
~xf2+ 22 We3 ~xh I 23 i.d6 a5 and neither
side can make further progress.
21 i.as logs 22 i.d2 ~e4 23 i.as Wg6 24
i.b4 rs 25 i.as !l.h8 26 We3 !!.es 27 Wd3 !!.cs
28 i.b4 !l.c7 29 i.aS !l.h7 30 We3 l;l.e7 31 Wd3
(D)
Especially if it is not possible to make further
progress, since your forces are already well
placed, opening the position at the appropriate
moment can be more important than retaining a
completely unspoilt structure.
15.03
S.Rosselli - A.Rubinstein
Baden­Baden 1925
Rubinstein takes advantage of a favourable
opportunity to open the queenside:
I. .. cS!? 2 dxcS i.xcS
Black's isolated pawn will be more than compensated
by his initiative on the kingside.
3 00 h4 4 gxh4
After 4 g4 ~h6 5 i.e3 b6 6 i.xcS bxcS 7
~h2 !l.b8 Black retains the initiative.
4 ... g4 S ~d4 i.xd4 6 cxd4 fl.xh4 7 i.c3
!!.hi+ 8 'i!?e2 fl.h2 9 fl.gl ~h410 g3 ~rs 11 b3
3t...r4!?
With this, Rubinstein opens avenues for his
king and rook to penetrate the enemy position,
since without these he cannot further develop
his strategic initiative.
32 gxf4 !l.h7 33 i.d2 ~d2 34 wxd2 !l.h3
3Sr3?
Probably based on a miscalculation. With
the active 35 !l.c I White can still offer stubborn
resistance.
35 ... gxf3 36 !l.r2?!
In rook endings, passivity is rarely to be recommended.
However, his position was already
very difficult; for example. 36 ~e3 f2+ 37
Wxf2 .l;l.'.xb3 38 ~el Wf5 39 !l.e5+ Wxf4 40
l;l.xdS (40We2 ftxa3 41 @d2!l.g3 42 !l.xdS'i&e4
43 l;l.d6 a5 -+) 40 ... we4 -+.
36 ... wrs 37 We3 Wg4 38 b4
38 f5 Wxf5 39 !l.xf3+(39!!.fl @g440 !l.gl +
!l.g341 fl.c 1 !l.g2-+) 39 ... !l.xf.3+ 40 'i!>xf3 a5 -+.
38 ...!l.hl 39 rs ~el+ 40 Wd3 !l.e40-1
In the following example, Suetin understands
admirably how to introduce dynamism into the