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pionship, Leningrad 1956 (via transposi-

tion).

03)

4...

e3 S.~e3 eS 6.d4 ed4

.~d4

lbc6

8.~c4

~b4 (8...

9.~f6

iWf6

10.

iWd5lileS

J.lf':e4 ~f4

12.1t:lbd2,

and

White is better (Botvinnik)

9.tDc3

10."e2 'W'e7.and

Black

was not worse in

Lechtynsky-Knaak, Tallinn 1979.

04) 4...eS S.de4 .icS

(S...

Ab4 6.c3

~c5 7.~c4 'fke7 8.0-0

9.lt).f3

gS IO.b4

.ib6

II.a4

12.~a3!, with

an attack,

Malakhatko-Miton, Cracow 1997) 6.~c4

1Ife7

t.sst

(7.tLic3

.if2

8.wf2

'fVc5 9.'i;g3

tlfc4

IO.g,fI 0-0 I U:tf6 gf6

12.~hS=

was the famous game Lisitsin-Botvinnik,

Leningrad 1933) 7..

.'~f8

8.~b3 h6

9k:f3

d6 JO.ll'lC3 g6 I

'fte2 'Otg7 12.~e3, and

according to Botvinnik White has an

edge.

So far for our outing into the Lisitsin gam-

bit. Let us now continue with 2.d3:

2....

This (rightly) receives an exclam from

Romanishin in the

Encyclopaedia.

Here

we present the alternatives:

A) 2...dS?! (going for the Stonewall is

dubious with the pawn on d3) 3.c4 e6

4.cdS ed5 S.g3lDf6 6.~g2 ~d6 7.0-00-0

8.lDc3

c6 9.e4 fe4 1O.de4 de4 11.tDg5

~e7 12.lDce4 lDe4 13.~e4, and White

was much better in Blatny-Salai, Novy

Srnokovec 1990.

Likewise,

Leningrad set-up with

2...g6

also seems to favour White after

3.e4 d6 4.lLlc3 lLlf65.efS .if5 6.d4.

2...

lLlc6

3.e4

4.tl:lc3

tLlf6 5.efS

(S".~h4,

as in Andrienko-Maliutin,

Yurmala 1991,

looks

stronger)

6.d4

ed4

7.ltJd4 tDd4 S.Wd4

srs

9.~gS ~c2?!

(9...iie7

lO.~eS! Moreno-Castro Rojas.

Barcelona 1993) 10.ttcl

il.g6

II.~f6

~f6 12.~e3

~t7

J3.l'L:d5

~b4 14.tUb4

Ahe8 15.~c4

'if;>f8

16.0-0 U.e317.fe3

srs

8.g4, and White was well on his way to

win, Taimanov-Zaichik, Leningrad 1989.

0) 2...luf6.

White now has three play-

able set-ups:

01) 3.lbbd2 d5

(3 ...

uc6(!)

looks best

in my opinion) 4.e4 de4 5.de4 tDe4

(S...fe4

6.tUg5

gives nice compensation)

6.~c4!? tDc6

7.0-0 ~d6 8.~d5 e69.:rtel

'iVf6?

(Gulko

indicated the stronger

9....2.e7! 1O..2.c6

bee

Il.lLld4,

with

slight edge). Now Black was slaughtered:

iO.tUc4!

ttJc4

11.~gS tDb2 12."d2lDc4

l3.ttf4 't!6'g614.ttc4 tiJd8 15.'.-c7 ~d7

16.ttJe5 1-0 Gulko-Shmulevich, St

Mar-

tin 1992.

02) 3..i.g5 tLlc64..tf6 ef6 5.d4!?, and

White keeps an opening advantage.

Speelman-Garcia llundain,

Pamplona

1996.

03) 3.e4 (this directs the course of

play towards the

Lisitsin

Gambit)

3...fe4

(3...d6 4.e5!;!;;

4.ef5 ~f5

5.d4;!;)

4.de4

lDe4? (4...e5 is essential) S.~d3

tUf6

129

ti.ltig5,

and White was much better

(among others) Lisitsin-Krogius, Lenin-

grad 1949.

eea

A previous

Krasenkow

effort saw

4.g3

lL2f6

5.Ag2 g6 6.c3 ~g7 7.0-0 fe4 8.de4

0-0 9.lDg5, Krasenkow-Nikolic,

Polanica

Zdroj 1996.

4. ... q~c6

Black must not neglect the centre:

4...i.e7?! 5.d4 fe4 6.tbe4 d5 7.CUe5!de4

8.i.c4 tDf6 9.~f7 ~g4 10.0 ef3 11.gf3

(ll.tLld8 t2) 11....Q.b4 l2.c3tt'e7 J3.~f2

tbe4 14.~gl (14.'~g2 ~h3!) 14...1:[f8

15.fg4, and White was much better in

Bonk-Renner, Germany BundesJiga

1999.

The other knight can also leave its stable:

4...lDf6. Romanishin has now analyzed

5.Jte2

1J..e7

6.0-0 0-0

7.1J..gS

0.c6 as

equal. However, S.ef5

.tf5

6.<14e4 7.li)h4

gives White a pleasant edge.

S. efS ~f5

6. d4

6. ... tCb4

This is an ambitious idea, but no improve-

ment over

6...llJd4

7.~d4 ed4 8.~d4 c6

130

9..id3 .Q.d31O.~d3 tLif6 I 1.0-0

j}_e7,

and

Black had no particular problems in

Lerner-Bareev, Soviet Championship,

Kiev 19R6 and

Romanishin-Malaniuk,

Tallinn 1987. What improvement did

Krasenkow have in mind here'?

7. .ibS

Developing

and

defending.

7. c6

8. .ta4 e4

9. tt:g5 d5

Black has formed a nice pawn chain. but

he is unable to hold on to square e4.

10. f3 ef3

Here

1O...

CUf6 11.0-0 ( I l.fe4 .ig4

12:.d2 h6 leaves Black some coun-

ter-chances) IL.eB 12.a3 transposes to

the game.

11. O-O!

A slight adaptation of (and pun on) Reti's

famous quote gives us the rule .that we

should only recapture when there is no

other useful move. Castling is the most

flexible move here. The immediate

11....

allows 1l... .. e7 12.~dl fl'd7.

and White's play has lost momentum.

However, instead of 12.Wd I, 12.1t.e3 is

stronger. After I2...lUc2 13.~c2 ~c2

4.0-0 While's lead in development gives

him the edge.

11. ...

016

Krasenkow notes that 11...

~g4

was

Black's

best

bet. Although he demon-

strates that Black's prospects after

l2.'tWel ~e7 13.h3! are bleak.

12. a3 tt:la6

13. ~13

Only now. While has

huge lead in devel-

opment. giving

him a

significant edge.

13. ... ~g4

14.

~d3! ~d7

This prevents ~c6.

15. h3!

Gaining control of the e6 square.

15. .ih5

16. U.e1 ~e7

17. tt::e6

~f7

The intermediate 17...

.ig6

is best an-

swered

18.'~f3 Wf719.tDf4±. 18.tbg7

<M7

19.~e2 is less clear after 19...~d6.

White has a nice edge here. of course, and

several good options. but Krasenkow's

move is by far the strongest and most

beautiful solution,

18. lDd5! tC.d5

Taking with the queen also loses:

18...trd5 19.~b3 .Q.g6 (or 19...~a5

20.~d2 or 20.tDg7 ~g7 21.11e7

wf8

22.l1e5) 20.'iIt"e2, and Black is running

out of moves since 20 ...~d6 is mel by

21.it.f4.

19.• ,5 016

20. ~b3 ~g6

The Black king cannot escape: 20 ...«Pe8

21.li::g7 ~d8 22."a5.

21. tljg7!

Continuing in style. 21.CUc7

wf8

22.....d7

liJd7 2J.liJa8 was the prosaic solution.

21. ... d:if8

21...rtJg7 obviously fails to 22.'*d7 tbd7

23.l:le7.

22. ~d7 tiJd7

23 • ..Q.h6

And Black resigned as he must give up

several pieces to avoid being mated.

RECENT GAMES

Reiner Odendah)

• Freddie van der Elburg

Amsterdam 2002

1.LDf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.tDc3 ~16

The main line is 4...tL!c65.ef5 ~f5 6.d4.

Instead of 5.ef5 it is no good idea to play

5.d4 as 5...fe4 6.lUg5 Jie7 7.llJce4 d5

8."f3

lUf6

9.08f6 ~f6 10.de5

tbe5

11.'lWg3.it.f5was very agreeable for Black

in Czebe-Antal, Budapest 200 I.

5.ef5 ~f5 6.d4

7.42.h4

This position is good for White. The pres-

ent game. and the next, confirm this ver-

dict.

7...~e6 B.dS~f7 9.~,:;f5

Black is cramped and his outpost (e4) is

weak.

131

9...~g6 10.lDd4

Now e6 is vulnerable.

O...c6

11.~g5

fi...e7?

II...ifb6 looks best under the circum-

stances.

1Vl)e6 "d7

13.~c4!

This is stronger than J3.ttJg7 even though

White keeps an edge after 13...

wf7

14.l6e6 {i:;d5 l5.tLid5 cdS 16.C

d4!,

but

not 16.~e7 ~c6oo.

13...4\d5 14.0.d5

ees

15.~g7!

:.t-18

16.Wd5 ~95

16..

/~g7

17.'ilfd4 mates.

17.tbe6

~e8 18:'-g5

[i:;c6

19.'iVf6

Black resigned as 19..

.l:tgS

20.lDc7 "c7

21.~g8 is too easy.

Stefan Li5ffier

• Stefan Kindermann

Austria n

2002

.!LJf3f5

2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.[i.c3

016

5.ef5 .~f5 6.d4 e4 VL:h4 ~g4 8..Q.e2

~e2 9.We2 dS 1

O.~g5

~b4

This gives White a big edge. However,

is already too late to look for real im-

provements for Black: 10../£;c6 11..i.f6

132

gf6 (ll...~f6 12.lud5 'fi'h4 l3.1Cc7 ~d7

14.0a8±) 12.~h5±;

JO ...

~e7 11.~f5±

or W...cn 11.f3±; IO...h6 I uH6 even

wins for White.

11.'iYb5

C.uc6

12..-b7 ~d4 13.0-0-0

aea

14.bc3 nb8 15.~f6! gf6 16.~a7

tLJb5

17.

..wc5 'frd6 l8.ndS! 'ii'f4 19.11d2

_h4

'if

t3J

t3J~

t3Jt3Jt3J

\t>

l::t

20.a4! CiJd621

:ilfc6+-

wf7

Or 21...~d8 22Jld6 cd6 23.~d6 Wc8

24:~Vc6

~d8 2S.11dI

mating.

22:t!Vc7 o;t;>g623.Wd6 l:tb7 24:'ltg3

White is winning in this double rook end-

ing.

24...'~g3 25.hg3 nhb8 26.lIdd1 !:rcB

27.nh4 f5 28J:td6 ~g7 29.WcI2 nbc7

30.nd5 ~g6 31.:::1d6wg7 32.n:d5 'it>g6

33.g4 f4 34.l::1h3f3 35.g13 rtc3 36.J:1d6

¢g7 37.l:ld7 <;Pg638.rtd6 wg7 39.:ld7

~g6

40.l:lhh7 ef3 41.~d1 ::tc2 42.~dg7

<;Pf6

43.nf7 <;tog644J1hg7 Wh6 45.g5

<t;>hS46.:::113nc1 47.<.t.>e2:lBc2 48.we3

nes 49.wf4 :c4 50.<;t>f5:tc5 51.¢>f6

nc6 52.rM7 11a6

53.g6

l:ta7 S4.~g8

l:ta4 55.:h3 ~g4 56.ng3 W#S S7.~f7

~e6 58.g7 :1a8 59.nf8 :a7 60.:le3

\txi6 61

.nes

1-0

Section V: Outflanking the French

This section differs from the previous

four in that it concentrates on one ope-

ning. Chapter 17

substantially bigger

and incorporates an introduction, a theo-

retical section and a games section. l offer

the reader an interesting line to meet the

French.

1.e4 e6 V2':f3 d5 3.e5 c5

4.b4

The basic idea of this wing gambit is that

the black c-pawn is lured away from the

centre. Thus giving White a stable pawn

chain: c3-d4-cS. This pawn chain provi-

des White with a healthy basis

attack

on the kingside, while the open tiles on

the queens ide will give positional pressu-

re too. See the following tubiva position.

1.e4 e6 2,t/',f3 d5 3.e5 es

4.b4 cb4 5.a3 ba3 6.d4

l?\c6

7.c3

is useful to compare this diagram to the

position from the French Advance. after

l.e4 en 2.d4 d5 3.c5 c5 4.c3 ~6 S.ti:f1.

Clearly Black is able

attack the white

pawn chain in an effective way there. This

forces White to Uberdeckung of his centre

before he can even contemplate any often-

sive ideas. However, 'every advantage has

its disadvantage' as the professor of Dutch

soccer. Johan Cruyff. is wont to remark.

The absence of pressure on the pawn

chain is achieved at the Cost of a pawn!

CHAPTER 17

French Wing Gambit

C[j

b bb

bb8

J:tC[j~ifw~

NIC KEY FR 1.1

Increase your central control: 4.b4

Around

1984 I

was struggling against the

French Defence. The positional intrica-

cies of the Tarrasch or the Winawer were

way beyond my overtly tactical style.

And. besides. there was too much theory

involved anyway.

was

then that

hit

upon the following reference in

Suetin's

book on the French: l.e4 e6

2.~tJ

3.e5

4.b4!? cb4

5.a3 ba3

6.d4

~c6

7.c3

.Q.d7 ~.~d3

with a

complicated

game,

which White must

play

in gambit style

(Shashin-Naglis. Moscow

1970). I

was

enchanted. As a junior

all I

ever wanted

was

to play in

'gambit

style' (whatever

134

that means exactly) and the verdict 'un-

clear' sounded enticing too. Moreover,

apparently all you needed to know

was

one

game

reference of only

8 moves!

Nowadays

think

would have doubted

the soundness

the idea precisely

be-

cause of the typical lazy

commentator's

verdict and the suspicious lack of other

material.

Call

it optimistic, naive or what

you will,

hut I

started playing this so

called Wing Gambit and

was successful

with it

too.

After some time other Dutch

junior players started giving up there

queenside against the French too, the

most well-known of these are 1MMartens

and GM Reinderman. Over the years I

spent a lot of time analyzing the positions

after 4.b4 and refining my weapon time

and again. Idiscovered that' accepted the-

ory' had little of relevance to say on the

subject. The favourable exception being

an article in Skakbladet by the Danish 1M

Mortensen who quoted Larsen in calling

the Wing Gambit 'the most logical way'

to meet the French. With the name of

Mortensen we have also mentioned the

biggest b4-hero. This article, then, aims

to present the reader with a complete and

exciting repertoire against the French. Al-

though it is written from White's point of

view, I have tried to be objective

throughout and also indicated lines that

are problematic.

The next section contains a general de-

scription of White's strategy and some il-

lustrative game excerpts to whet your ap-

petite. This is followed by the principal

part of this article: a theoretical overview

of all the variations. The final section is

made up of relevant games. A final piece

of advice: a good way to start studying the

Wing Gambit is to read the next section

and to play through a few games from the

study material to get a 'good feel' for the

position. Later you can check your own

efforts with the theory.

General Ideas and

typical manoeuvres

So what is the point of 4.b4?

To answer this question let us consider

One of the main line positions: l.e4 e6

2.luf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 eb4 5.a3 ba3 6.d4

lLlc6 7.c3. White has sacrificed two

pawns, one of which he will retrieve at

some point with either

tDa3

or ~a3, but

what has he got in return for his invested

material? Well, first of al\, there is the

central chain c3-d4-e5. Due to the pawn

on e5 White has more space, which

means that he can attack on the kingside.

Moreover he controls the dark central

squares; the first player will often

try

land a knight on d6. In the French Ad-

vance White holds the same central

trump. Yet after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

4.c3lbc6 5.llJf3 'W"b6it is clear that Black

develops counterplay

pressurizing d4.

In the subsequent play White must con-

tinuously guard his centre. Now compare

this to the Wing Gambit. Since the Black

c-pawn has been lured to a3, Black no

longer has a lever to pressurize d4!

es-

sence this is the sole point of White's

4.b4. Other factors to White's advantage,

after say 7.c3, are his development which

can continue almost unhindered. Black's

development on the kingside is. however,

severely hampered. (Incidentally, this is

why the Wing Gambit is less good against

the Sicilian, after 1.e4 c5 2.tDf3 e6 3.b4

cb4 4.d4 Black has

4...tL;f6!).

Black sim-

ply lacks space. Both his bishop and his

knight need to be developed via e7 (a

knight on h6 will

chopped off and the

subsequent weakened structure (gh6)

gives White attacking possibilities). Of-

ten the knight is played

e7 and then to

(I) g6 where it will be harassed by h4·hS,

or more often to (2) f5 when it chased

away with g4 or exchanged with ~d3

takes f5 when Black's structure will

weakened. The consequence of Black's

developing problems is that his king is of-

135

ten stuck in the centre for a long time. All

of this guarantees While good attacking

possibilities and an attractive game. A

fi-

nal feature is the possibility to play for

'Volga compensation'. With the sacrifice

of his a

and

b-pawns

he has gained two

open files, which can sometimes be used

to put pressure on the qucenside (often in

combination with a knight on c5). To

illustrate

White's strategy here are some

typical examples derived from practical

play.

Exchanging the

dark-squared bishops

Bosch·Claesen

European Junior Championship

Arnhem 1989

Black has managed to develop his

kings ide, having strengthened his knight

with g6 and h5. Consequently, he

has

weakened even more dark squares

and his king is not safe either. With

1..ifS!

ef5 2..1a3! White secures a Stronghold on

d6 for his knight, after 2...0-0 3:.-d2 ~a3

4.1183 Wg7 5.'*I'a2

a6 6.nb1

4:,e77.1ild6

136

,*,c7 White had strong pressure on the

queenside. For a decisive advantage a

fi-

nal piece

needed. S.ttJe1! nbS 9.tDd3

~d710.tc.c5 Qc611.l:tab3 and White has

nearly winning advantage.

11...f4

Des-

peration. 12:~td2 f3 13.gf3 ~b5

14.'.f4

and Black resigned, not even

prematurely.

Bosch-Greben

Amstelveen Candidates 1994

This example resembles the previous one

but contains an extra feature. It

useful to

see several typical ideas united in one ex-

ample. 1.~f5! ef5 2..Q.a3

Q.e6

3.0-0 g6

4.~fS r;pf8

The first phase is completed.

Black's structure is broken up, and the

dark-squared bishops exchanged. Now

there follows a long knight manoeuvre.

S.eLla3

a6 6.ti::c2 WQ7 7.lL.el

Planning

lbd3-c5/f4. 7•••b5 8.tZ:.d31t'cB9.tC.f4lbe7

10."'f3 %tb8 11.l:I.fbl l:I.b6Again White

has concentrated his

rooks

on the open

files on the queenside. Now the time has

come to break through. 12.c4! 'ftc4

12...

dc4 13.d5. 13:~e3 'ftcs 14.~cl

White lakes control of the open file.

14...~d715.:e5 :c816.~g3

Switching

to the kingside once again, where there

are no defenders.

16...1Ih817.!lac1 l:th6

18.l:1c7We8 19.tL::ge61-0.

White wins

material.

Mortensen-Tisdall

Torshavn 1987

A characteristic middlegame posuion.

White has broken Black's pawn chain

with g4 and gf5. Black has succeeded in

developing all his pieces. White now tries

exchange bishops.

1..~a3~g5 2.l2ld6

'*d6 3.'l!irg5~d8

Black has managed to

get rid of the knight, but he is nevertheless

horribly weak on the dark squares.

4.'ith6

a6 5·.nfbl!± bS 6.~c1! l:ta7 7.!la2 we8

8.tlba1 'itb6 9.'ith4 nf8

10.~a3

11.~b4 tbb4 12.cb4 'it"b4 13J1a6 !laS

14.1%a6~c8 15.11a8 'ttb7 16.~b5

and

Black resigned.

U The lever c4

A standard way of attacking Black's

pawn chain, but one which should not be

used lightheartedly. The exchange of dc4

gives Black a useful square on dS, and in-

creases the power of Black's

light-squared bishop. Hence, when White

plays c3-c4 he must be sure that he is

opening the position

gain

quick ad-

vantage, otherwise the opponent's posi-

tional trumps will cause his downfall.

Above (Bosch-Greben) we already saw

one good example of how the lever c4

may be used. here is another one.

Bosch-Vedder

Arnhem 1988

Black has succeeded in exchanging his

'bad' (French) bishop for White's

'good' one. However, the price has been

considerable for he is clearly behind in

development. Hence. the time has come

to open up Ihe position. 1.c4!

e:,c7

2.cd5

tbd5 This knight is of course ideally

placed. According to Tarrasch one

badly placed piece means that the whole

position is bad. The reverse is not true as

can be seen from this example. One

good piece does not make for a good po-

sition. White has gained square c4 for

his knight from which it is ready to

jump to d6 after the exchange of bishops

137

(this should be familiar by now). 3k;c4

'ire7 4.~a3 tLib4 Otherwise the knight

reaches d6. Now disaster strikes from an-

other side. 5.~b4 ~b4 6JUb1 fie7 Whi te

is fully developed and retrieved his slight

material investment with 7.tlJb6. White

soon won.

It!

The lever g4

Black

wants

to do something about

his

lack of space

and

developing problems on

the

kingside,

then

good move.

in such positions that the lever g4 comes

into

operation.

Halo-Jensen

Copenhagen 1990

This is in fact a position with great theo-

retical value. After I.e4 e6 2.~f3 d5 3.e5

c5 4.b4 cb4 5.a3 baJ 6.d4

lbc6

7.c3 ~d7

8.~d3 f5 the diagram is reached. White

now plays 1.g4! <£;ge72.g15 4';'5 3.l'i)g5

We7

A bad move. but nevertheless

was

suggested

Keres. Consult the theoreti-

cal section for alternatives. 4.liJa3 0-0-0

5.lLlb5Or 5.~f5 ef5 6.0b5 ~b8 (6...ltJe5

7.cc,a7Wb8 8.~f4) 7.e6 which transposes

to the game. 5...<.t>b86.~f5 ef5 7.e6! This

138

forces the win. 7....Q.e68.~'4 we8 9.~7

li::.a710.l:ta7 ~d711 ...t>d2

11...b6? Black

lost anyway, 1J...~b5

I2J:te I 'tlt'f6

13.:e6

catches

the

queen.

12.l:tc7 Black resigned.

IV Gaining space on the klngside

To cramp Black even further, White may

decide

advance his h- or g-pawn. Usu-

ally

Black stops

or the advance

White's h-pawn with a timely h5. The

drawback

that Black's king will not

find

a safe haven soon.

Mortensen·Farago

Esbjerg 1985