
9.~g3. Black ought to be fine here, since
5 ~7 is probably more useful than
5
a6.
6. •.. <1\g4
When Black goes for a Rauzer-like set-up
he must realize
that
he has played the
bishop to d7 rather early
in
the game. Nor
only does this mean that the bishop can-
not be developed to h7. it may actually
stand in the way of the f6-knight (when a
quick g4-g5 is executed). An example is
Nisipeanu-Kupreichik. Bad
Worishofen
1995, which continued:
6...
a6 7.0 e6
8.g4 h6 (necessary now) 9.• d2 tlX6
10.0-0-0 "c7 ll.h4 lbe5 12.... g2 g6
13.g5 and White is better.
After 6...e5 7.tUf3!·! ~c6 8.~c4~ ~e7
9.ti'd3 White had a small advantage in
Ionescu-Kutnik, Bucharest 1999.
Of
course,
6...lOc6
is playable but again you
must realize that the bishop may not be
optimally placed on d7 in this English At-
tack (~e3 .....d2. 0-0-0,
[3,
g4) type of po-
sition.
7. ~g5
Just like in the Najdorf White can play
7.~cl aiming for7 ...lbf6 8.f3.
7.
h6
8. ~h4
g5
9. .Q.g3 .Q.g7
After
9 ... tDc6
IO.SiLe2
e.C;ge5
II.tZlf5 SiLfS
l2.cf5 it'd7 13.tDd5 0-0-0 14.tDe3 Ji..g7
15.c3 White had a slight edge in
Richagov-Kengis, Parnu 11 1996.
10. ~e2
The move 1O..ib5 (which takes 'advan-
tage' of 5...i..d7 rather than 5...a6) gives
Black excellent compensation for the
pawn after 1O...li;c6 Il.tUc6 bc6 12..i(c6
.ic6 13.ft'g4 "a5. The move to.h3
(which is also played in the Najdorf ver-
sion)
should
be answered hy
IO...
lilf6
rather than 10...lDe5 11.tDf5!'
Of
equal merit to the text
is
10.'it'd2.
After IO...tDc6 II.tDb3 there are two op-
tions:
• 1l ...
a512.a4l:tc8l3.f3lDge5
t4.lL"\d5
tUb4! Wehmeier-Atalik, Groningen
1997, or
• ll...lbge5 12.h4 gh4 13.~h4 tUg6
14.~g3 Senff-Belotelov, Budapest 1998,
when Black should play 14...h5 instead of
the wcak game continuation 14...tDce5?
15.f4li\g4 16.f5 ~6e5 17.0-0-0±.
10. ...
h5
In Sulipa-Kupreichik, Groningen 1997,
play was unclear after 1O...'itc8 II.tild5
CDe5
12.c3 tl\bc6
13.'1\tS~J5
l4.ef5 0-0
15.f6!,?
11. ~g4 hg4
After 11....tg4 12.0 Black has 10S1the
tempo a7-a6 compared to the
Najdorf.
With 11...hg4 Black is aiming to demon-
strate that 5...i.d7 has been more useful
!han 5...a6 is in the Najdorf. Another im-
portant difference between these moves is
that the b6 square has not been weakened.
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