Bosch J. (editor) SOS: Secrets of Opening Surprises. Volume 1
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CHAPTER 10
Surprising Hodgson
NIC KEY RE 20.4
Yet another early 'iVd3 system
The system
1...
d6 and 2 ...~.g4 - which
was
baptized 'the Hodgson
Variation'
hy
Yrjola
and
Tella in
their
2001 hook on
1...u6
All
explosive chess opening reper-
toirefor Black -
is a good lighting system
for Black. It is especially popular among
English grandmasters - the names Miles.
Hodgson, and Adams
spring
to
mind. In
reply to 3.e4 Black plays
s..cre
4. &3
e6.
with rather good chances
to
equalize.
White's other
main move 3.c4 may be an-
swered
by
3...
Af3,
fracturing While's
pawn structure (or alternatively by
3...ttJd7).
If neither 3.c4 or 3.c4 is to your
liking, then the recipe we present in this
SOS chapter might be of interest to you.
o
Yury Kruppa
• Arnaud Jossten
Cappelle ta Grande 2000
1. d4 d6
2. [uf3 .tg4
3. 'tWd3t?
A multi-purpose move. First of all, in the
event
of
~f3.
White plans to take back with
a piece. leaving
his
structure intact. More-
over, having established
a
simple threat
C~h5 check)
White keeps the initiativc.
89
In view of the 'threat' 3...~f3, Lev
Gutman played 3.tbg5 in
a
recent game.
Although this move receives full marks
for surprise value, its objective merits are
negligible. After 3.0.g5?! h6
4.tbe4
d5!?
5.lL!c5
~c8!? 6.ti)d3
tbf6
Black had
a
good position in
Gutrnan-Schlindwein,
Altenkirchen
2001. A
similar 'over-reac-
tion' was 3.<iJfd2 d5!? 4.c4 c6 5.tijc3 e6
6.'ii'b3 'ii'b6. and Black had
a
pleasant
Slav in Belotelov-Dovzik. Paks
2000.
One may well wonder when 3.tbgl will
receive its first outing.
3. ...
c6
This slightly passive move is more or less
forced. Black has no decent alternative
available. even though Yrjolli and Tella's
above-mentioned book will tell you oth-
erwise.
A) Thus 3...~c6?! invites 4.dS t;':b8
5.'i'b5 (S.h3 ~d7 6.e4 e5 7.de6 fe6
R.~g5;!; Ciglic-Novacan, Slovenia 1994
is cited in the above-mentioned book)
S...ti)d7
6.t.rh7. and White is just a pawn
up.
B) 3...<i}d7deserves slightly more at-
tention.
90
B I) The indifferent 4.~g5 has been
played
a
couple of times, one example be-
ing
4...
c6
5.Lt:lc3 'it'a5 6.h4
Vogler-Bezold. Wiesbaden 1990. Blade
has in fact several ways to get a good posi-
tion.
B2)
It
is interesting to see how
Gutman's
idea works out under these cir-
cumstances: 4.tL!g5!? First of all 4...h6
is
met by the funny move 5.tbh7!?, whi
Ie
af-
ter 4...
~gf6
Black must take into
account
the double attack 5.~b3, when 5...
e6
is
forced. Now the immediate 6.'i!t'b7 gives
Black reasonable compensation after
6...h6 7.tLJf3
zrs.
However, it makes
sense for White to interpolate 6.f3!? he-
fore taking on b7. Unfortunately, Black
has the sobering reply 4...e6!, e.g. 5.... e4
(5.~h7'? ~f5) 5...~f5.
B3) Best, it seems to me, is the novelty
4.lWe4!. attacking the bishop and the
pawn on b7. Black has little better than
4....'tf3 5.~f3, when White has a small
edge because of his bishop pair.
4. c4
The correct way
10
gain a slight plus.
A)
It
makes little sense
to
play 4.e4 -
then why play 3.~d3? After 4...thf6
(4....!tJd7 5.~c2 0.gf6 6.~bd2 e5. in
Philidor style. is also fine, Seba-
Altounian, Bratislava 1993) S.li2bd2
(5.tLiC3
e6 6.h3 ~h5 7.~g5 ~e7 8.~e2
~bd7= Bugajski-Czerwonski, Warsaw
1997) 5...e6 6.c3
Ac7
7.g3 0-0 8..~g2 d5
Black had a nice position in Lagrotteria-
Miles, Toscolano 1996.
B) After
4.tL;c3
Black has plenty of
satisfactory moves: 4...tLld7. 4...tijf6 and
4...e6 are all tine and will in all likelihood
transpose to 4.e4. However. Black should
avoid 4...d5?! 5.tLie5 ~h5'!, falling for a
well-known trick 6.'tWh3! (this leaves
Black in deep trouble) 6".tLif6 7.g4 ~g6
8.llJg6 fg6± Hubert-Lutke, Germany
1997/98;
5...j(_c8is forced;
C) Finally, our tricky knight ma-
noeuvre is again nothing special: 4.ttJg5
e6!
(4..,lbf6
5.~b3+-)
s.n
.th5
(S ...~f5 6.e4 ~g6 7,~b3 "'b6
8.
.ie3
lOf6 9.tLld2 d5= Zurek-Jansa, Czech
It
1998) 6.tDh3 d5 7.tLif4 ~g6 8YI"b3
(8.~g6) 8...~b6, and Black is certainly
not worse, Gil Capapc-Danailov, Zara-
goza 1992.
4. •.. tL:d7
While gained a typical slight plus in
Benkovic-Sandulcac, Palanka 2001, after
4...li\f6 5.g3
~f3 (di:l'f3
tLibd7 7.c4 c5
S.dS 24.e7
9.tL:c3.
5. 93
5.... .!i.;gf6
Two other moves have been tried at this
stage:
- 5...
_Q_f3
(this cases White's task) 6....
£3
e6 7..sig2 4\gf6 8.0-0 (8.e4 is perhaps
more accurate) 8...~e7 (Black could try
8...d5) 9.e4 0-0
lO/'i:c);!;
Pataki-Dovzik,
Paks 2000.
- 5...e6 (planning 6...d5) 6.e4 'ifb6
7.tDbd2 d5!? R.edS cdS 9.c5 .c7 IO.b4
as
1J.'ita3! and again White had some
advantage in Kruppa-Okhotnik, Rowy
1999.
6. .Q.g2 e5
7. tL:.bd2 .Q.e7
8. 0-0
Not, of course, S.h3?, provoking an ex-
change at a point when it inconveniences
White most.
!.L.~f3
9.ef3?~ (9.tbf3')
e4-+; 9.~f3 d5!,!) 9...'it'b6 1O.llJb3 a5
II.~e3 a4 Nunnikhoven-Willmoth,
Malaga 200 I.
8. 0-0
9. e4
Black has opted for an Old Indian set-up.
However, the position of the bishop on
g4 here does not favour him. He will
either have to exchange this bishop for a
knight - leaving White the bishop pair
and a pleasant plus - or leave it hanging in
the air somehow.
So White should be satisfied with the out-
come of the opening. If this position is to
your liking, then 3.... d3 is something for
you! As this is a book on openings, the
91
rest of (he game is given with light com-
mentary.
9. ... ed4
Surrendering the centre, but more or less
solving the problem of his bishop: it is go-
ing to withdraw.
10. tDd4 tbcs
11.
~e3
~b6
12.
h3
~d7
13. ~bl tLJe8
It is better to stake a claim for some
queenside space with 13...a5. Then 14.b3
leads
to
a position similar
(0
those often
reached in the g3 King's Indian. The dif-
ference being (he bishop on e7, of course.
14.b4 .:be6 15.tLfS~g5
This was
Black's idea, but exchanging the
dark-squared bishops will bring no re-
lief. 16.~d3 Ud8 17.-1..:.f3~c1 18Jlfc1
~c7
19.Ud1
zea
20J:d2
g6 21ke3
'fIIe7
22.a3 White
has
a nice
space ad-
vantage and good squares for his pieces.
Black,
on the other
hand,
is left strug-
gling to defend his weaknesses in a box
(hal is
100
small.
22 ...C.d6
23.ne1
Ufe8
24.:tde2
h6
Overlooking
Whife's next'!
24...'fIc7 was called for.
25kdS!
In re-
ply to
25/d5
Black still has 25 ...'$'f8.
92
25...cd5 26.ed5 'il4'c727.de6
~e6
28.Q}d2
]lca?
2U!¥d41 ~d7 30:"a7
White is winning now,
of
course.
30...:lb8
31.'i'd4
l:ta8 32.l:te3 !:tec8?
33.ne6 Deciding matters. 33 ...fe6
34Jle6 tL.:.f8
35Jld6
Ua3
36.fLdSwh7
37.nf6 nda
38.~e4 J:ld5
Understand-
able desperation. 39:"d5 'l.>g7 40.'it'd4
%ld341.%lg6
Black
resigned.
RECENT GAME
o
Heikki Kallio
• Georg Seul
Bermuda 2003
1.0f3
d6
2.d4 ..Q.g43:~d3 ti'.d7 4.'ti'e4!
The novelty I recommended in the origi-
nal article. Black has to give up the bishop
without structural compensation.
4...~f3 5:~f3 c6 6.e4 g6 7._Qc4
This encourages
Black
to put his pawns
on
the white squares.
7...
e6 B.c3 f;;._g79.0-0
The prophylactic
9.~~b3
looks good.
9...
tL.gf6
~~ ~
~ i.ti
iii~i
10.~g5
While keeps a small edge with 1OJ:te I.
10...fla5 11.2.e3
qle4!
12.~e6 fe6
13.1+'e4"f514.~\d2 0-0 1S.Wf5 gf5
15...efS
16..slg5 dS 17.013 e5 18.deS 0eS
19.1De5 .sleS 20Jlad1 llae8 21.11fe1
<M7
22.g3 ~g7 23.~e3 a6 24.f3
Q.e5
25.c;W2 b5 26_.slc5
:g8
27.:e2 :4.c7
28.a4 :te2 29.~e2 :lb8 30.b4 a5 31.ab5
ab432.cb4
32.bc6 b3 gives
compensation. not
32 b(;3 33.11d5
and
White is better.
32 f:lb5 33.:d4 ~e5
34.:d3
we6
35Jle3
..t>t6
36.!la3 ~e6 37.:e3
;,1o>f6
38.';Pd3
f4 39.gf4 ~f4
40.11e8
!lb7
41.h3
Q.g3
42.1::198
~e5 43.:tc8
!lc7
44.!lg8 we6 4S.11e8 ~f5 46.llf8 <;Pe6
47.14
.slg7
48.15
Draw.
CHAPTER 11
A
surprising queen sortie
7.'iVf3 in the Alekhine
NIC KEY AL 7.3
o
Emanuel Berg
• Jan Timman
Malmo 2002
1.e4
li.l6
2.e5 0:d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4
~':b6
5.ed6 ed6
In contrast to
.'i...
cd6, which is more en-
terprising than
S...
ed6 but also riskier.
Black aims for a solid position. He in-
tends
to
play Ji..e7, 0-0, Ct:.;c6,.tg4 or .tf5,
followed
by uS.
It
is difficult to stir things
up a bit after the solid 5...ed6. Or is it?
This SOS chapter investigates the matter
further from a 'surprising' point of view.
6.-1:c3 :H_e7
94
The alternative
6...t'L.c6
may be met
by
7..te3
when, after
7...
J:i..c7,
8:~tl
trans-
poses.
7:*'f31?
This invention of Viktor Kortchnoi's has
more to it than mere surprise value. The
early queen development has several
points. White controls the d5 square (thus
preventing d6-d5). he prevents the deve-
lopment
of
Black's cR-bishop
for
the mo-
ment and he prepares queenside castling.
A typical development plan would be:
.Q.e3..
1i.d3.
0-0-0. ~ge2
or
tL:h3.
Then
White
is
ready to roll on the kingside,
where Black will have tucked away his
king. However. please don't follow this
plan,
no matter what. Sometimes castling
queenside is too dangerous. At other times
the development of bishop
fI
should be
postponed, and again al other times you
will need to act in the centre first. Black
now has three natural continuations.
7...cS
This strike in the centre was
Tirnrnan's
choice. Let
us
investigate the alternatives:
A) 7...
0-0
A
I) 8.
.Q.d3 c6 (in my opinion,
~l...llX6!
looks better as after
9.
..IiLe3there
can follow 9...
0.b4
(cf7 ...CUc68.l.e3
0-0
when White will not play 9.~d3 but
9.0-0-0» 9.lCgc2 dS
lO.eS
tLi6d7 11.~c2
l:te8 12.g4!?
tiJf8
13.h4
b6
14.~e3 bcS
15.0-0-0 with
a kingside
attack in
Berg-De
Firrnian,
Malmo
200 I.
A2)
8.
.ae3. Now
8...
c6 (planning d5)
works better:
A21)
9.0-0-0 d5 IO.cS ~6d7 II.£d3
b6
has
occurred several times in practice.
Black has good play.
A22)
9.~d3, and castling
kingside
is to
be
preferred, even though White's advanta-
ge after
9...
d5 10.c5 ~6d7 II.tLige2 b6 is
minuscule.
B) 7...
tL;c68.~e3
0-0 (8...
Ji.e6!') is not
bad either, as l}.d5 (9.b3
0-0) 9...
lDe5
10.'i.i'e4 is unclear. An alternative is
10.'iWf4.while IO.'iWg3may be met by
Blatny's 10.... ~f5) 9.0-0-0 this
is
an
im-
portant
tabiya
position
fOT
7.tt'f3:
BI) 9...~e6 10.cS!(now to.b3 must be
too slow,
I
mention it here since
this
is im-
portant
via
transposition,
cf 8...~6
9.b3
0-0) 10...lijc4?
is
a blunder that has occurred
several times in practice (10...tlJd7 11.h3!;
1O...0.c811.h6! -Burgess-shows
a
good
sense of humour) 11...Q.f4!,and
d5
cannot
be
avoided (first played in
Leyva-Medina,
Cuba 1994).
B2) 9...~g5, when both IO.h4 and
I0.~h3 are slightly better for White.
B3)
9...
~f6
B31)
IO.h4
i..e6 (10 ...h6 is usually in-
dicated as an improvement)
I
l.b3
d5
12.c51iJc8 13.ti'lh3
b6
14.i.g5 was better
for White
in Chernishov-Kopylov,
Vom-
nezh 1993.
B32) 10.~d3 ~d4 II.~d4 liJd4
12.jLh7 ~h7 13.~h5
~gX
14.1J:d4
.f6
15.tbf3== is an analysis by Chernishov
and Raetsky.
B4)
9...
fS!'!
This move docs not deserve the 'dubious'
sign that it often receives on the basis of
KOr1chnoi-Miles. Only Miles' next move
is
LO
blame. IO.g3
(ID.c5
f4 II.cb6 fe)
12.bc7 'iWc713.'iWd5
~h8
14.fe3
~f5.
and
Black. has adequate compensation,
Berg-Luther, Malm(2002) 10...f4?) l.gf4
ars
12.c5 tDd7 13.~h3! and White was
better in the stem game Kortchnoi-Miles,
Biel 1992. However, instead of
1O...
f4
Black should play 10...~6!. Black was
95
OK
after
both I l.c5
tik4
12.dS 416eS
13.,*e2 'De3 l4Ji'e3 sn (Tan-Crouch,
Scarborough 2001) and Il.b3 tt'c8
12.ttJge2 as 13.a4 Sii.f614.tbf4 ~t7 IS.h4
lC.b4 (Berg-Eriksson, Skara
2002).
So
much
for
7...
0-0
and
7...
ttJc6.
Let
us
continue with our main game.
8.deS
8.d5
is just
bad, Black
is
OK
in this
Benoni-like
position.
a...
de5 9.~e3 ~c6
Alternatively, 9...
0-0
JOJtdJ lC.8d7
11.~d3
is pretty uncomfortable for
Black.
10.l:td1~d4
An
active choice; after
1O... iVc7
J
1.~f4
tlJe5 12.'W'e4Black
is forced
to
play
the
ugly 12...
£6.
However.
1O...
ttJd7
is
an
al-
ternative.
For example.
J
1.SJ.c2( 1
J
.Qd3
tL:de5)
11...0-0
J
2.~h3 ~b6.
11.~d4
cd4
12.t,:';ge2
12...0-0
This
is superior
to 12...tLlc4
13.tbd4
tbd6
14.~h5 .Q.d7 15.0-00-0 16.l:Uel
as
in
the
game Berkvens-Burkart, Germany 2001.
White has
fine
play owing to
his
pressure
along
the
central
tiles.
96
13.t1::d4 .if6 14.ci:;db5 'W'e7 15.il.e2 ~e4
No improvement is 15.....wb4 J6.0-0'ir'b2
17 .l:tb I, and
now:
A) J7...'ir'd2 18.lt:.e4 -.wh6 19.1l)f6
iWf6 20.~f6 gf6 21.t'i:;d6,
with
c5 and
.Q.f3
coming
up.
B)
17..
:~i'c2 l8 .
..ad3
'*d2 19.~e4
'*h6 20JiJf6 '@f6 21.,*f6 gf6
22.c5,
and
White is again better,
Perhaps 15...
..Q.e6.
mentioned
in
Britisn
Chess Magasine,
is:
after
16.b3
Black
has
some compensation.
16.ttJd5 'i'e5 17
.lf~'lf6
Also good is 17 .b3!?, intending 17...tDb6
18.tbf6 gf6 (IR ...~r6 19.~f6 gf6
20.tt:ld6)
19.0-0.
17...
gf6
18.0-0
I
1.
i_
lj.
.I.
j.
1
ttJ
ltV
~
~
~~
~~~~
l:t
I:[c;t;
18...1tb5
Bad is
18.Ji:;b2? 19.~d5 We7
20.Ci;c3.
and White is winning
after
20 ...~e6
(20 ...
.::Id82 J..::IbI) 2 Ulb5 tbt:4
22.~c4
~c4 23.'i'g4.
19Jtd4 'ir'e5
Not the only possible
queen
move:
A) 19...'ir'f5 20.~g3 ~g6 21..~c4
'tWg3
22.fg3~.
with advantage.
B) 19...~h2!'! 20Jk4 ~e6 21.l::th4
(2iJk3
l:tfc~)
21...f5
22,~d3
.-r6,
and
Black's kingside is still a hard nut to
crack.
20.ne4Qe6
Now
20...'*b2
21.~d3 is much more
dangerous than on the previous move.
21Jlh4 llfd8 22.~d3 ~g5
Forced
because of
22...
f5 23.it'h5.
23.~h7 Wg7 24.l:th5 'iig4 25.~e4 'iif3
26•.
~f3
26...l!ab8?
After defending well
in
a difficult positi-
on Timman makes a curious mistake. Cle-
arly,
26...~d2~
was a much betterdefensi-
ve move. Because of his active rook Black
has excellent drawing chances. Now Berg
takes charge.
27.::la5! a6 28.b3 .I:1d2
By no means as strong as two moves ago.
29.h3.Qc8
Planning
b5
to lock in the white rook. ho-
wever after
30J:ld5!
things have gone from bad to worse.
30....I:1a2
For, 30 ..J:td5 31.~d5 ~e6 32.~c6 fe6
33J:lc
I
is a very easy win. White is
a
sound (passed) pawn up and his rook is
active.
3Uld8
This pin along the back rank paralyzes
Black completely.
31...11c2 32.l:te1 a5 33.l:tee8 f5 34.~d5
~e6
Desperation, but
34...
l:tc7
35.lIg8 Wf6
36.h4
also loses hopelessly.
35Jlb8 .Qd5
36.
.I:1e5.I:1c537.<.ti'h2
'iiifS
38.f4
llb5 3U1d8 ~c6 40.a.d6
Black resigned.
In
conclusion.
7.'Wf3!?
is an interesting
way to liven things up a bit in the Alekhine
Exchange Variation after
S...
ed6. Black
may settle
for 7...0-0
(Timman's
7...
c5 is
rather risky) which gives White only
a
slight edge. The strongest replyto
7.
iff)
is
probably
7../1)(;6
8.~e3.
and now either
8...~e6, or 8...0-0 9.0-0-0 f5!'! with com-
plicatons.
CHAPTER 12
A tactical weapon
NIC KEY 51
35,6
9"~f3
in the Sveshnikov
The Sveshnikov has been causing l.e4
players some headaches lately. White is
currently unable to prove any advantage in
(he main lines. Therefore even Kasparov
has occasionally deserted his beloved
Najdorf as Black. Talking to Anand at
Wijk aan Zee
Grischuk
sighed: 'hopefully
something is found quickly
against
the
Sveshnikov, so we can just play chess
again'. Clearly. the top players hadn't
found the recipe yet by the time Linares
started. The 'Wimbledon of chess' saw an
unusually high number of games where
White preferred 3.t!Jc3 C,':f64..~.bS to 3.d4
98
and the theoretical ramifications leading
up to l8.'lo>hl or
18.
.i.b3, which is where
home analysis
starts
these days.
Naturally, this SOS chapter does not pre-
tend to succeed where the
lOP
players
have (so far') failed to
find
anything sub-
stantial. However, since theoretical study
guarantees no opening edge
at present,
it
seems as good a lime as any to try some-
thing else. Something surprising, some-
thing tactical, something a bit fishy.
In
short,
why
not
try
the diagrammed posi-
tion the next time you're confronted
by
the Sveshnikov'