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Alekhine' s Anti-Gruenfeld Attack
A white Rep. against the Indian Defences
173 Seiten, kartoniert, Chess Enterprises, 1. Auflage 1996, Erstauflage 1996
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This second book by National Master Alan L. Watson discloses an important anti-Gruenfeld weapon which has mysteriously been neglected by main-line theory for decades.
The present work includes 252 complete games and 83 diagrams to examine not only 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5, but also the various transpositions into openings such as the King's Indian Defense, Benoni Defense, and Benko Gambit.
Dating all the way back to the World Championship match of 1929, this system has a rich history which has included such world-class proponents as Alekhine, Arencibia, Azmaiparashvili, Dokhoian, Gheorghiu, D. Gurevich, Horvath, Kelecevic, and Partos, Speelman and Varga.
The Gruenfeld Defense was initially considered a branch of the King's Indian Defense, and is named after Viennese player Ernst Gruenfeld who first introduced it into competitive play at the occasion of his game against Boris Kostich in the Teplitz tournament of 1922. Occurring after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5, it belongs to the hyper-modern movement which flourished in the 1920's as a reaction to Tarrasch's dogmatic teachings. The essential belief is that control of the center is not necessarily best accomplished through its direct occupation.
The 3.f3 variation of the Gruenfeld Defense is an aggressive line first essayed by Nimzovich in his game against Tartakower at the Carlsbad tournament of 1929. However, after the further moves 3...Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 the game directly transposed into the new weapon Friedrich Saemisch had developed to combat the King's Indian Defense. Shortly thereafter, Alekhine played it to win game 15 of his 1929 World Championship match against Bogolyubov (Chapter 1, Game 20); and the opening then became popularly known as "Alekhine's Anti-Gruenfeld Attack."
Given the unpopularity of the King's Indian at the time, there were relatively few opportunities for Alekhine to further test his ideas. Bled 1931, however, proved an exception; and when Alekhine sat down opposite his old antagonist Ewfim Bogolyubov with the White pieces, both players eagerly repeated the same first 8 moves from their match two years before (Chapter 2, Game 34). After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Kmoch noted that Alekhine had perhaps forgotten earlier analysis by not playing the move 8.f4! which he himself had recommended. Bogolyubov rapidly acquired a large advantage but by inaccurate play later on was unable to capitalize and agreed to a hard-fought draw on move 34.
Alekhine continued to demonstrate confidence in this line during simultaneous tours of Hong Kong and Malang in February and March of 1933, but each of three Asian opponents declined their opportunity to enter Gruenfeld territory and instead transposed directly into the King's Indian.
Called by Keene "an unusual move," and described by Benjamin and Schiller as "a discouragement to Gruenfeld players," this does in fact allow White to circumvent the main bulk of recognized theory. The downsides, however, are that White must accept the resulting neo-Gruenfeld positions as fully playable, and also acquiesce to various transpositional possibilities into other opening systems.
Spurred by Alekhine's leadership, this opening remained quite popular among amateurs in the 1930's, but was not destined to become a regular part of a top-level player's arsenal until the mid 1980's when young Rumanian Grandmaster Florian Gheorghiu adopted and fashioned it into a powerful weapon. At present, 3.f3 is still considered an excellent surprise weapon and is included in the repertoires of such notable players as Arencibia, Azmaiparashvili, D. Gurevich, Karasev , Kelecevic and Partos.
The move f3 plays a major role in a wide variety of modern opening systems such as the Nimzo-lndian, Benoni Defense, Benko Gambit and, of course, King's Indian. White's strategy here, as in these other openings, is to create a strong mobile central pawn mass which controls key squares while restricting the movement of one's opponents pieces. Additional benefits are a) being sharp and not well-known, it is likely that one's opponent will falter, and b) it is an excellent transpositional tool for the White player who favors the Saemisch variation of the King's Indian but wishes to circumvent the bulk of established theory in other openings.
The present work includes 252 complete games and 83 diagrams to examine not only 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5, but also the various transpositions into openings such as the King's Indian Defense, Benoni Defense, and Benko Gambit.
Dating all the way back to the World Championship match of 1929, this system has a rich history which has included such world-class proponents as Alekhine, Arencibia, Azmaiparashvili, Dokhoian, Gheorghiu, D. Gurevich, Horvath, Kelecevic, and Partos, Speelman and Varga.
The Gruenfeld Defense was initially considered a branch of the King's Indian Defense, and is named after Viennese player Ernst Gruenfeld who first introduced it into competitive play at the occasion of his game against Boris Kostich in the Teplitz tournament of 1922. Occurring after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5, it belongs to the hyper-modern movement which flourished in the 1920's as a reaction to Tarrasch's dogmatic teachings. The essential belief is that control of the center is not necessarily best accomplished through its direct occupation.
The 3.f3 variation of the Gruenfeld Defense is an aggressive line first essayed by Nimzovich in his game against Tartakower at the Carlsbad tournament of 1929. However, after the further moves 3...Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 the game directly transposed into the new weapon Friedrich Saemisch had developed to combat the King's Indian Defense. Shortly thereafter, Alekhine played it to win game 15 of his 1929 World Championship match against Bogolyubov (Chapter 1, Game 20); and the opening then became popularly known as "Alekhine's Anti-Gruenfeld Attack."
Given the unpopularity of the King's Indian at the time, there were relatively few opportunities for Alekhine to further test his ideas. Bled 1931, however, proved an exception; and when Alekhine sat down opposite his old antagonist Ewfim Bogolyubov with the White pieces, both players eagerly repeated the same first 8 moves from their match two years before (Chapter 2, Game 34). After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Kmoch noted that Alekhine had perhaps forgotten earlier analysis by not playing the move 8.f4! which he himself had recommended. Bogolyubov rapidly acquired a large advantage but by inaccurate play later on was unable to capitalize and agreed to a hard-fought draw on move 34.
Alekhine continued to demonstrate confidence in this line during simultaneous tours of Hong Kong and Malang in February and March of 1933, but each of three Asian opponents declined their opportunity to enter Gruenfeld territory and instead transposed directly into the King's Indian.
Called by Keene "an unusual move," and described by Benjamin and Schiller as "a discouragement to Gruenfeld players," this does in fact allow White to circumvent the main bulk of recognized theory. The downsides, however, are that White must accept the resulting neo-Gruenfeld positions as fully playable, and also acquiesce to various transpositional possibilities into other opening systems.
Spurred by Alekhine's leadership, this opening remained quite popular among amateurs in the 1930's, but was not destined to become a regular part of a top-level player's arsenal until the mid 1980's when young Rumanian Grandmaster Florian Gheorghiu adopted and fashioned it into a powerful weapon. At present, 3.f3 is still considered an excellent surprise weapon and is included in the repertoires of such notable players as Arencibia, Azmaiparashvili, D. Gurevich, Karasev , Kelecevic and Partos.
The move f3 plays a major role in a wide variety of modern opening systems such as the Nimzo-lndian, Benoni Defense, Benko Gambit and, of course, King's Indian. White's strategy here, as in these other openings, is to create a strong mobile central pawn mass which controls key squares while restricting the movement of one's opponents pieces. Additional benefits are a) being sharp and not well-known, it is likely that one's opponent will falter, and b) it is an excellent transpositional tool for the White player who favors the Saemisch variation of the King's Indian but wishes to circumvent the bulk of established theory in other openings.
| EAN | 0945470584 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 200 g |
| Hersteller | Chess Enterprises |
| Breite | 13,5 cm |
| Höhe | 21,5 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1996 |
| Autor | Alan L. Watson |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Auflage | 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 0945470584 |
| Jahr der Erstauflage | 1996 |
| Seiten | 173 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
003 INTRODUCTION
005 PREFACE
007 TABLE OF CONTENTS
008 CHAPTER 1
Early Alternatives
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4
022 CHAPTER 2
Classical Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.a4
035 CHAPTER 3
Modern Attack, 8...f5 Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4! a5
045 CHAPTER 4
Modern Attack, 8...Nc6/Nb8
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.d5 Nb8
056 CHAPTER 5
Modern Attack, 8...Nc6/Na5
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.d5 Na5
069 CHAPTER 6
King's Indian Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3!?
079 CHAPTER 7
Benoni Declined
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.dxc5!?
086 CHAPTER 8
Benoni Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc3
128 CHAPTER 9
Benko Gambit Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 b5!?
162 Final Thoughts and Statistics
163 Bibliography
165 Index to Illustrative Games
172 Index Of Variations
005 PREFACE
007 TABLE OF CONTENTS
008 CHAPTER 1
Early Alternatives
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4
022 CHAPTER 2
Classical Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.a4
035 CHAPTER 3
Modern Attack, 8...f5 Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4! a5
045 CHAPTER 4
Modern Attack, 8...Nc6/Nb8
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.d5 Nb8
056 CHAPTER 5
Modern Attack, 8...Nc6/Na5
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.d5 Na5
069 CHAPTER 6
King's Indian Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3!?
079 CHAPTER 7
Benoni Declined
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.dxc5!?
086 CHAPTER 8
Benoni Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc3
128 CHAPTER 9
Benko Gambit Transposition
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 b5!?
162 Final Thoughts and Statistics
163 Bibliography
165 Index to Illustrative Games
172 Index Of Variations