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Lxprcssny onc`s IhouyhIs n a Iorcyn Ianyuayc s no cas Iask. l am dccpI n-
dcbIcd Io m Ircnd Raaphy0rslzIor hs dcvoIcd asssIancc n poIshny and
cIarIny m IcxI.
l am yraIcIuI Io m IwcIvc nIcrvcwccs, Ior Ihcr coopcraIon and nsyhIs; cs-
pccaII lo Al0uLr00ul0ld,who rcad Ihc compIcIc manuscrpI and conIrbuIcd
vaIuabIc commcnIs.
1hc book s dcdcaIcd, Ikc aII m prcvous books, Io m Iovny IamI: Naama,
YuVal, Ohadand Ya0l.
AmaIza Avn
March, 2004
KamaI -lIan, lsracI
Hf00UC0R
JhcapbclwccncxpcrlsandnoVIccsIs
an nlrun lopc or nvcslatIon n
varoushcIds.ndnan answcraslo
whaldHcrcnlalcsonc roup rOm lhc
olhcr s nol onIy o rcal nlcrcsl, bul
conlanscIcarpraclcaImpIIcalOns.
Jwo undamcnlaI gucslons arIsc:
whyarcsomcpcopIcmorcskIIcdlhan
olhcrs, and how docs lhs dHcrcncc
cxprcsslscI.
As or lhc Hrsl ssuc, rcscarch has
ndcalcd lhal cxpcrls arc abIc to rcc-
onzc mcannuI pallcms o nor-
malon unnolccd by novIccs; lhcy
oranzclhcrknowIcdcaroundcorc
conccpls and maor prncpIcs lhal
udclhcr lhnkn. lxpcrls arc aIso
capabIc o IcxbIy rclrcvn mpor-
lanl aspccls o lhcr knowIcdc wlh
IllIc allcnlvc corl `, (hcy cxccI n
lhcr hcId bccausclhcyposscssmorc
knowIcdc, undcrslandn, spccIHc
laIcnlandcxpcrcncclhanmostous.
How much o lhcrcxpcrlscs Inhcr-
lcd and how much sancd lhrouh
dcvolon and hard work, rcmans an
on-ondIspulc.
How docs an cxpcrls supcrorly
ovcr hs pccrs rcvcaI lscI` lxpcrls
arcsupposcdlorcachbcllcrandaslcr
dccsons and lo achcvc an ovcraII
hhcrpcrormancc.
n lhc HcId ochcss, many assumc
lhal slroncr pIaycrs wII smpIy spol
slroncr movcs. Jhs assumplon s
amusnIyIIuslralcdbylhcoIIown
laIc.
WhlclopIay
Accordn lo an oId book by r-
bracr lhs (composcd`) poslon
was prcscnlcdloour c!asscso pIay-
crs.Jhc wcakcsl pIaycr chosc1 hZ,
lhrcalcnn malc n onc and prcpar-
n lo mccl 1 ...bJ+ wlh Z WxbJ
WxbJ J # (wc!I, hc was nol lhal
wcak hcd nolccd lhs!). Howcvcr,
hcInorcdhsopponcnlslhrcals,and
lhussuccumbcdlo1... WxbZ+!ZWxbZ
bJ#.
A somcwhal slroncr pIaycr - bul
nolslroncnouh- dcnlHcdIacks
NTKODUC1lON
pIol lo cxpIol lhc pnncd a- and b-
pawnsandproposcdlopaphslhrcals
by, say,I cJ or 1-aJ.
JhclhrdpIaycrhluponawnnn
conlnualon: 1 g+ hx Z hZ+
xhZ J xhZ+ WxhZ 4 WxhZ#. Jhs
s ccrlanIy ood cnouh, bul lhc bcsl
pIaycr ound a shorlcr and morc cIc-
anlsoIulon:1 Wxh7+ vxh7ZDhZ#.
Jhs dcscrplon (lhc slroncr lhc
pIaycr, lhcmorchcsccs)maywcIIrc-
HcclrcaIlyalthcIowcrIcvcIsochcss
skII. Howcvcr, lhns arc dHcrcnl
wlh malurc and cxpcrcnccd pIaycrs:
manyolhcmrcacharcasonabIcslan-
dardo pIay, whcrc lhcy arc wcII ac-
guanlcd wlh lhc prncpIcsandbasc
slralacmso lhcamc.Alanavcrac
cIub-pIaycr IcvcI (100 - Z000 lIo)
onc rcconzcs lhc mporlancc o a
passcdpawn,thcroIcoarookonlhc
scvcnlhrank,lhc slrcnlh o abshop-
par, and thc mporlancc o ccnlra!z-
n a kn n lhc cndamc. nc s
morcmclcuIousaboul movc-ordcrn
lhc opcnn, vaIucs lhc nccd lo m-
provclhcscopcooncspccc(s), and
slrvcslocrcalcslrucluraIwcakncsscs
n lhc opponcnls camp. Jhc avcrac
cIub-pIaycr wouId ccrlanIy bc capa-
bIc o soIvn lhc probIcm prcscnlcd
abovc al our bcsl laIc-soIvcr IcvcI.
Hcncc, lhc dHcrcncc bclwccn hm
andarandmaslcrsnolsocasylodc-
pcl.
lsccmslhalbolhrandmaslcrsand
cIub-pIaycrsapproachmanyposlons
thalcvoIvcdurnachcssamcnlhc
samc way. Whcn wa!kn lhrouh a
wcII-lroddcn opcnn palh, oIIown
aamIarmddIcamcpIan, or appIy-
n provcn prncpIcs nlhccndamc,
moslpIaycrsarcIkcIylorcachsmIar
dccsons. lsonIy al acwunclurcs
lhal lhc mcn arc scparalcd rom lhc
boys.
Whcn wc rcHccl on dcas n chcss,
l s lhcsc spccaI occurrcnccs lhal
calchourallcnlon.Howdocsaslron
pIaycrconccvcunusuaI,non-ordnary
conccpls lhal cscapc hs Icsscr brclh-
rcn`WhatcxaclIyocsonnhsmnd
durnsuchmomcnls`
lappcarslhallhcsmpIcslmclhod
o Hndn oul lhc answcr lo lhs pcr-
p!cxn gucslon s lo Istcn lo whal
loppIaycrshavclosay.AIas,rcsuIlsn
lhsdrcclonarc nol aIways hcIpuI.
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n hsnolcs,lhcLhncscpIaycrrc-
counts lhal hc nlcndcd lhc scgucncc
14 Wh4 (lhrcalcnn malc) 14... 1
HL LKNDMALK lND
&c4, whcn aII oI a suddcn Ihc dca oI
a guccn sacrcc dawncd on mc`.
4W4lSSW7+v70Wxg0+l
=xg07 &hS+ =h7 &l7+ &h0
g0+= g7?U &xh0+-
1hc wnncr was a rcIaIvcI ncxpc-
rcnccd pIacr aI Ihc Imc; varaIons
on Ihs IacIcaI moII had bccn sccn
bcIorc. Mabc I wc Ium our aIIcn-
Ion Io a morc hcavwcyhI pIacr, I
wII conInbuIc Io our undcrsIandny oI
how yrcaI dcas cmcryc.
hl0V ~ UlK0
Ll0]cSu dc ul VV0
YhIc Io pIa
ln Ihs posIon, barcI ouI oI Ihc
opcnny phasc, cx-worId champon
AnaIoI Karpov consdcrcd conInu-
ny gucII wIh I &c3, buI Ihcn a
combnaIvc dca suddcnI occurrcd
Io mc`.
Sxd7+l=xd70`xb0+l&xb0
7&a4
oIIowny Iwo succcssvc sacrccs
YhIc rcyans onc pccc and hoIds
somc advanIayc:
7 =c v0S =b xc0+
+b7?U 0Sac? & c0+ =a7??
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YhIc wcnI on Io wn n 42 movcs.
Karpov marvcIs how Ihs combnaIon
bccamc possbIc: YhaI prccondIons
Ior IacIcs arc prcscnI! racIcaII
nonc. 1hc knyhI aIonc has advanccd
Io a morc or Icss acIvc posIon aI a4
... Ihc Iwo rooks arc on opcn Ics, buI
. .. cvcrIhny s dcIcndcd. And cI
Ihcrc s a combnaIon! And ou wII
bc cvcn morc surprscd whcn ou scc
IhaI Iwo ouI oI Ihc Ihrcc acIvcI
pIaccd whIc pcccs arc sacrccd n
Ium.`
ln pIan words, an cx-worId cham-
pon sas: l had a brIIanI dca; l don`I
know how I dawncd on mc; I docsn`I
How naIuraII Irom Ihc posIon; l`m
baHcd.
An honcsI accounI, buI onc IhaI,
Ikc Ihc prcvous onc, docs noI havc
much pracIcaI vaIuc Ior Ihc rcadcr
who Ircs Io bcncI Irom Ihc cham-
pon`s wsdom. lI a yrcaI dca jusI
Iands Irom a cIcar s], Ihcrc s noI
much wc can do Io cmuIaIc I.
Kcscarchcrs arc Iony awarc IhaI a
yrcaI dcaI oI an cxpcrI`s know Icdyc s
IacI; IhaI s, hc can`I aIwas arIcuIaIc
whaI I s, prccscI, IhaI hc s dony
SomcImcs, a Ihrd parI s nccdcd Io
c!cI know Icdyc lhaI s hddcn n an
cxpcrI`s mnd.
1hs sIaIc oI aIIars moIvaIcd Ihc
prcscnI work. How do chcss dcas cn-
Icr our mnds!` s a gucsIon IhaI has
cnyrosscd mc Ior somc Imc. ln rc-
ccnI cars l wroIc Iwo shorI arIcIcs on
1NKUDUClUN
|hc subjccI, n Ihc Gcrman mayaznc
0thudc and Ihc Amcrcan guulcS
lI was cIcar IhaI Io makc proyrcss, l
had Io scck asssIancc Irom lhc man
sourcc oI yood chcss dcas -Ihc sIron-
ycsI pIacrs - aIIcmpIny Io cxprcss
mcnIaI proccsscs n a cIcar and Iucd
wa.
YIh Ihc hcIp oI shorI, Iocuscd n-
Icrvcws, l cndcavourcd lo pcncIraIc
Ihc mnds oI chcss yurcs who havc
succccdcd n crcaIny somcIhny ncw
and vaIuabIc.
ln Ihcsc scssons l Iook Ihc back scaI
and IcI cxpcrIs rcvcaI Ihcr IhouyhI-
proccss. Surc cnouyh, whaI pcopIc sa
Ihc arc Ihnkny abouI and whaI acIu-
aII runs Ihrouyh Ihcr mnds do noI I
prccscI; buI I s as cIosc as ou can
ycI.

cIorc wc procccd, somc nIroduc-
Ior words rcyardny Ihc auIhor and
Ihc Iask hc Iook upon hmscII sccm Io
bc n ordcr.
ln Ihc cId oI pracIcaI chcss, l had
ncIhcr a bumny dcsrc, nor suIccnI
skII and IaIcnI, cvcr Io sIcp cIosc Io
bccomny a yrandmasIcr. M pcak raI-
ny was 2400 LIo; rcspccIabIc, bul noI
ouIsIandny.
Howcvcr, l dd spcnd man hours
IaIkny Io GMs and anaIsny wIh
Ihcm. l baIIIcd (ycncraII wIh dsmaI
rcsuIIs) ayansI scvcraI dozcn GMs.
Lunny m vc-car cdIorshp oI lhc
lsracI mayaznc chuhmuI l cxamncd
hundrcds oI annoIaIcd yamcs submI-
Icd b Iop pIacrs, dscussny vayuc
ponIs wIh Ihcm on morc Ihan a Icw
occasons. AII n aII, l acguucd a dcccnI
undcrsIandny oI m subjccI-maIIcr.
1hc work undcr!akcn docs noI prc-
Icnd Io bc sccnIc rcscarch. 1hcrc
was no conIroI yroup (conssIny oI
cIub-pIacrs, Ior nsIancc, or novccs).
LcrcnI nIcrvcwccs wcrc poscd dI-
IcrcnI gucsIons. Lach GM cncoun-
Icrcd varcd posIons Io soIvc. You
scc, l was mcrcI scckny Io acgurc
an nsyhI, noI a prooI.
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ln Ihc IoIIowny sccIon, Ihc rcadcr wII nd a summar oI I2 nIcrvcws, whch
wcrc conducIcd bcIwccn !uI 2003 and !anuar 2004. 1hc nIcrvcwccs wcrc
choscn on Ihc yrounds IhaI I) Ihc wcrc chcss pcrsonaIIcs wIh rch, dvcrsc
dcas; and 2) Ihc couId cIogucnII convc Ihcr IhouyhI-proccss Io an ob-
scrvcr.
Nnc ouI oI m IwcIvc inIcrvcwccs arc sIrony ovcr-Ihc-board yrandmasIcrs.
A promncnI sIud-composcr, a worId champon probIcm-soIvcr and a succcss-
IuI coach wcrc scIccIcd Io compIcIc Ihc yaIIcr.
LsuaII Ihc nIcrvcws comprscd Ihrcc parIs. ln Ihc rsI, Ihc nIcrvcwcc was
askcd Io rcspond Io somc absIracI gucsIons, rcyardny hs wa oI Ihnkny n
chcss. How docs hc approach compIcx probIcms! YhaI docs hc do whcn hc runs
ouI oI promsny dcas! Yh docs hc occasonaII dccdc Io drccI hs cIIorIs Io-
wards nvcsIyaIny a ccrIan ambyuous varaIon, whIc ynorny anoIhcr!
1hc sccond parI conssIcd oI yony Ihrouyh a scIccIon oI yamcs or composcd
works oI Ihc nIcrvcwcc, aIIcmpIny Io cIcI whaI acIuaII happcncd, how somc
dcas wcrc Iound. YhaI Icd Ihc nIcrvcwcc Io a spccc soIuIon! Ld hc mpIc-
mcnI ssIcmaIc Ihnkny mcIhods! Yhcrc dd conccpIs Ikc 'IccIny` and 'IamI-
arI wIh posIonlopponcnI` I n!
naII, Ihc nIcrvcwcc was askcd Io IackIc somc unIamIar posIons, shar-
ny hs IhouyhI-proccss whIc hc was Irny Io conIcmpIaIc Ihc bcsI coursc oI
acIon. ln Ihs parI m companons wcrc noI rcsIrcIcd b Imc-ImIs buI wcrc
noI aIIowcd (unIcss spcccaII mcnIoncd oIhcrwsc) Io movc Ihc pcccs on
Ihc board.
1hs IasI phasc nccds somc cIarcaIon. Askny a pcrson Io spcak hs IhouyhIs
('Ihnkny aIoud`) s a wcII-known mcIhod oI ngur (c.y., Lc GrooI) ln Ihc
IoIIowny nIcrvcws l Ircd Io yan IurIhcr nsyhIs b dcIbcraIcI nIcrIcrny
wIh Ihcr Ihnkny-proccss, posny spccc gucsIons.
Such gucsIons wcrc noI onI oI a sIaIc characIcr, Ikc yvc mc our as-
scssmcnI oI Ihc posIon` or whaI arc our canddaIc movcs hcrc`. KaIhcr, l
Ircd Io cnyayc m companons n a daIoyuc. lI Ihc ovcrIookcd a rcIcvanI movc,
l wshcd Io nd ouI wh; I Ihc conccnIraIcd on onc wny, or on Ihc movcmcnI
oI a ccrIan pccc, l wanIcd Io undcrsIand Ihcr rcasons.
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ccs. Jhc Ou!pu! OI Onc scssOn, W!h LIandmas!cI 7, occamc !hc npu! IOI !hc
ncX!scssOn, W!h LIandmas!cIX.
Lach chap!cI s oascd On aIacc-!O-Iaccmcc!ny, WhchIas!cd an aVcIayc OI
!WO-and-a-haII hOuIs. 5uoscgucn!c-maIs OI phOnc caIIs, as WcII as cOmpu!cI-
chccks, WcIc ycncIaIIy IcguIcd IO cIaIIy OoscuIc pOn!s. PII n!cIVcWccs Ic-
ccVcd a cOpy OI !hcI chap!cI, and sOmc !OOk adVan!ayc OI !hc OppOI!un!y !O
cOmmcn! OI!O amcnd ma!!cIs.
VcIymuchcnjOycdcOnduc!ny!hcscnIcIVcWsandIcI!!ha!ycncIaIIymyn-
!cIVcWccsshaIcdmydcIyh!.JhcyWcIchappy!OIcIVcsOmcOI!hcIoIyh!mO-
mcn!s, WcIc chaIIcnycd !O Iack !hcI oIans n unchaI!cd pOs!Ons, and IOund
n!cIcs!n IcJIcc!nyOn !hcI !hnk:ny-pIOccss.
Jhcscn!cIVcWss!andOn!hcIOWn,ascap!Va!nycVdcnccOImanycIca!Vc
chcssdcas.JhcyaIsOIOIm!hcIaWma!cIaIIOI!hcncX!scc!On,Whcha!!cmp!s
!Opu!sOmc OIdcIand Icach cOncIusOns IcyaIdny Ihc WOIkny OIa yIandmas-
!cI`smnd.
N L6V 53KRS
orn 1v. oIIown mprcssvc
vclorcs n L55Kchamponshps n
1v/1 (wlh cIavsky) and 1v1
(wlhKasparov),sakhscnlcrcdlhc
lop lcn on lhclIoIsl n 1v8Z. Lalcr
hc sIowcd down, bul rcmancd a or-
mdabIc pIaycr. Alcr hs cmralon
losracI, hcwonlhccounlryscham-
ponshp n 1vv, and sharcd IaurcIs
(wlh cIand and 5mrn) n 1vvv.
Lcv rcprcscnlcd sracI n sx Iym-
pads.AworIdcxpcrlonopcnns,hc
saIon-slandncoacho1udloI-
ar.
Whct Jo you think oj thc roIc oj
knowIcJgcinchcxx1wcnyccrxcgo
youhcJIcxx knowIcJgc thcnnow ...
... ul had a much bcllcr mcm-
ory!Jhssannlrun gucslon: arc
vasl knowIcdc and a wcak mcmory
prccrabIclomodcralcknowIcdcand
a slronmcmory``
IwouIJn`tknow;cnywcy, whctcrc
thcproxcnJconxojcgrcctcmountoj
knowIcJgc
rankIy, aIlosccasnIcdsad-
vanlac, knowIcdc s aIways pos-
lvc.`
But xomc pcopIc xcy thct you
know too much, it might hIock your
crcctivi ...
Wc shouId dHcrcnlalc bclwccn
knowIcdcandcxpcrcncc.Joposscss
knowIcdc s, as sad, IaudabIc. lx-
pcrcncc,onlhcolhcrhand,mayhavc
ncalvcaspccls.`
Likcwhct
lxpcrcncc may bc conncclcd lo
unavourabIcmcmorcs,lounpIcasanl
opponcnls, lobad Iosscs, youmayrc-
cclccrlan poslons or dcas bccausc
olhal.`
Lct ux invcxtigctc xomc intcrcxting
poxitionxjromyour ccrccr
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Moxcow 1V
WhlclopIay
1 WbI &g7 17 <bJ c 1 <a
Wc7 1 bJ ad Z WaZ d
Z. .c7 s a scrous aIlcmalvc lo
lhclcxl-movc.
% LLV 5AKHl5 1J
Z1 cXd <Xd ZZ dXc <Xc ZJ
Xc Xc Z4 c4 Xc1 Z Xc1 (L)
Jhc whlcpcccsdspIayrcalhar-
mony.
How xhoulJ wc cvcluctc thc movc
JW hJ:cxcximplc, hcclthymovc, or
cxc]rxt xtcpinccomprchcnxivcplcn
culmincting in thcchovcJicgrcm.
Al lhc lmc was wcII acguanlcd
wlh lhc Kuy Lopcz and ls varous
amc-pIans, aIlhouh dd nol havc
lhscxaclposlonbcorc. pIaycd1
Wb1wlhlwoamsnmnd:loprolccl
c4,lhusmaknlhcknhlmanocuvrc
bJ-a possbIc, and lo kccp an cyc
on lhc b7-bshop. n ccrlan Incs, an
cvcnlua! ...c wouId bc answcrcd by
bxc, cxpIoln lhc vuIncrabIly o
Iacks Ihl-sguarcdbshop.`
I poxcJ thix gucxtion hcccuxc wc
jrcgucntlyrccJcnnotctionxhyjcmoux
plcycrx, which xtctc xomcthing likc
'hcrc I JcvixcJ c complcx xix-xtcgc
plcn... `ctc.
(Wavcshshandsnscom) donl
bcIcvc n lhs, l s nonscnsc - cspc-
caIIy nlhs sorloposlon.`
Z bXc4
Z...4 Z sx7 =x7 Z7 Wa1+
=h7` Z xb7 Wxb7 Zv W wlh a
wnnnposlon.
Z Xc4 c Z7 Xg7 vXg7 Z
WbZ+ 7h7 Z WcTd J cI Wd
OdbolhsdcsmssJ0...-xb4,wlh
lhc dca J1 axb4` d1+` llransprcs
lhalbyJ1 =hZ!Whlc wnsmalcraI.
J1 dI c JZ vXc Xc JJ
Xd Wh4 J4 c FXc J WXc
Wl4 J Xl7 1-
Lo grcnJmcxtcrx Jg cr jrom orJi-
ncj plcycrx in thcir wcy oj thinking,
or Jo thcy utilizc thc xcmc mcthoJx
(onlymorcxtronglyhyjcr).
A randmaslcr lhnks n a morc
cconomcaImanncr.HcscansonIyma-
orcIcmcnlsolhcposlon, cxamncs
usl crlcaI Incs. n comparson, an
amalcur consdcrs aII sorls o movcs,
docsnldrcclhsmndlospollnlhc
bcsl sguarcs or hs pcccs. A rand-
maslcraIsoworkshardcronchcss; hc
mayhavcmorclaIcnlandchcss-rcIalcd
nlcIIcncc, hcundcrslandsvcry wcII
lhcsnHcanccopawn-slruclurcs...
ulbascaIIy,randmaslcrsdolhc
samclhnsasamalcurs.`
Arcn`tthcrcgrcnJmcxtcrxwhothink
Jgcrcntly. 1ckc jor cxcmplc 1onc-
thcn pcclmcn, who plcycJ xomc pc-
culicr movcxcgcinxt you ..
Ah,bul5pccImanhascnus,hcs
aspccaIkndorandmaslcr.n0%
o cascs hc wII lhnk n an ordnary
way,scarchnorlhcbcslsguarcsor
hs pcccs, clc., bul al somc ponls hc
wIIdoolhcrlhns.Hchasadcrcnl
bran, andnoluslnchcss.`
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Whu! ubou! uya likc hirov und
Morozcvich
5hIOVs cIOsc!O Wha!1caII `nOI-
maI`: cVcIy yIandmas!cI uscs an aI-
yOI!hm IOI dccsOn-makny. MOW,
5hIOV yVcspIOI!y!OycncIOusdOscs
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!nc! !ypc, hc !hnks n a cOmpIc!cIy
dIIcIcn! manncI. Hc ocIOnys !O !hc
samcca!cyOIyas 5pccIman.
JhcIcaIcOnIyaIcWcX!IaOIdnaIy
yIandmas!cIs. Jhc Vas! majOI!y aIc
`nOImaI`. OI ns!ancc, pIaycIs Ikc
MycI 5hOI! and chacI Pdams -
!hcy aIc cXccIIcn! yIandmas!cIs, ou!
pIay a `nOImaI`kndOIchcss.`
1IOncmayoccOmcayIca!pIaycI
oycXccIInyn `nOrmm`s!uH,cOuId
a yIca! dca oc, n csscncc, jus! an
cnIaIycmcn! OI `nOImaI`dcas!
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bdZ aXbJ 1 aXbJ+Xa1 11 WXa1
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Cn!il now, i! hua bccn juirly a!un-
durd. Bu! your 1Z!h und 1J!h movca
urc no! rou!inc onca.
Ny Ias! mOVc ams a! suppOI!ny
!hc adVancc o4. 1! aIsO pIcVcn!s hs
aWkWaIdIy pIaccd knyh! IIOm cn!cI-
ny!hc oa!!Ic Vac.`
1Z...& c1J&c5
Whu! ia !hia movc ubou!
(1! s) jus! a mOdcs! mOVc !O m-
pIOVc my pOs!On...
How doca !hia movc improvc your
poai!ion I! docan'! u!!uck or dcjcnd
uny!hin ...
YcII, mayoc !makcs! cascIIOI
aIOOkOno1!OsuppOI!!hcadVanccOI
myo-paWn ... PnyWay, :!WascIcaI!O
mc!ha! 3&cmpIOVcdmypOs!On
(aI!hOuyh ! Was nO! ncccssaIIy !hc
ocs!mOVchcIc).`
I'm ujruid, Lcv, !hu! whu! ia clcur !o
you ia no! ao obvioua !o muny o!hcra.
CouId you bc morc apccqc
(PI!cIsOmca!!cmp!s !OcOnVcyh:s
mcanny, sakhs yVcs upOn mc and
says:) JhcIc aIc sOmc mOVcs Whch
yOucan`!cXpIan.L!hcIyOuIccI!hcm,
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!hccOIIcc!mOVcs.`
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- sakhs.
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guccnsdc. PI!cI 2U &d4! saW
2U ... &a3 :n a sccOnd, :! Was cIcaI !O
mc!ha!Yh!chadoIundcIcd.`
Did you !hink you wcrc oin !o win
ahor!ly
1 dO nO! oO!hcI myscII W!h such
gucs!Ons. kncW !ha! 2U...& a3 Was
!hcocs!mOVc,and!ha!oypIayny!,1
s!OOdoc!!cI.`
1hia ia u vcj pruc!icul u!!i!udc.
(1u!) Why :s !hs gucs!On mpOI-
!an!!OOcs!ma!!cI:IVc!OIysIas!OI
sIOW!`
Wcll, aomc pcoplc would likc !o
know whc!hcr !h urc dclivcrin mu!c
in ]vc, or pluyin u pro!ruc!cd 0-
movc cndumc.
1 s!I:VcIOI Vc!OIy,nO ma!!cIhOW
many mOVcs!!akcs.`
Z1 bXaJ WdZZc(D)
1hia ia un in!crca!in unc!urc. You
huvc !hrcc acnaihlc op!iona: ZZ ...xcJ,
ZZ ...vd7, und ZZ ...vc1. In ull oj !hcm
you rcuin mu!criul, und kccp aomc
udvun!uc. How do you !ukc dcciaiona
whcn conjron!cd wi!h upproximu!cly
cguul op!iona
1 caIcuIa!c VaIa!Ons and chOOsc
!hcOncWhchappcaIs!hcmOs!pIOm-
s:ny.`
Iurc culculu!ion You do no! huac
your choicc on ]cclin'
1I!WcIc `IccIny`1 WOuIdchOOsc
hcIc 22...LXc - !ha!`s !hc DIs! mOVc
!ha!camc !Omymnd.1u! anaIyscd
aII VaIa!Onsun!I1saWacIcaIWnn
OncOI !hcm.`
ZZ c4
22...LXc23Wy3(OI23& o3Lc)
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(ou!nO!23 ...WXy3!24hXy3Xc2
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puwn: un unjorccd und inconcluaivc
choicc, which I'm uakin you !o rccon-
a!ruc!.
JhsWasOncOI!hcHIs!OccasOns
WhcIc pIaycd !hc Icnch OcIcncc.
WI3 Was ncW !O mc, ddn`! knOW
Wha!!OdOW!hmyI-knyh!.IOOkcd
a! !hc scgucncc U...c4 JXc4
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!O cas!Ic. IcckOncd !ha! W!h my
oshOp-paI, had ampIc cOmpcnsa-
!Onand Wcn!IOI!.
JO !hs day dOn`! knOW I 1Iack
has cnOuyh cOmpcnsa!On IOI !hc
paWn,ou! dOn`!caIc. 5Omc!mcsyOu
haVc!O uscpOc!Iy,nO!ma!hcma!cs.`
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choicc by mcuna oj concrc!c culculu-
!ion, whilc in !hia onc you uc!cd by u
cncrul ]cclin '.
Jhcsc aIc dIIcIcn! !ypcs OI pOs-
!Ons. Pyans! Yudasn !hc s!ua!On
ncccss!a!cd accuIa!c anaIyss. 1u!
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nypIncpIcs !Oocac!:Vc,nO!!Ocn-
!cI a passVc, dcIcnsVc sc!-up WhcIc
yOuhaVc!OsuHcIcndIcssIy.`
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Yh!c!OpIay
LtV AKH1 1
1lZ
!ron pluycra cmphuaizc !hc vulue
oj ]cxibili[ - lcuvin your op!iona
opcn. Did you pluy 1 j wi!h !hia
kind oj conaidcru!ion in mind
1dOn`!knOW.1askcdmyscII:Wha!
oIack mOVcs shOuId 1 WOIIy aoOu!!
JhcIcmc!WO:...Iand... dXc4.Pyans!
!hc IIs! mOVc 1 aIWays haVc !hc
sIIOny IpOs!c &y4!. I2! s d-
Icc!cdayansI ...dXc4( J d2).`
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h...&o!! s mc! oy I9 c! &Xa4
2UoXa4WcJ2 mc2anda3,Wnnny.
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1v ... dxc1 Z0 bxc1 Wc7
1 haVc scVcIaI Op!Ons: 2 c O:
pIans such as Wd2-I2, c3-c4... 1n
!hc yamc 1 ddn`! Was!c a sccOnd On
9 ... dXc4.`
Why no!
1ccausc 1 dOn`! nVcs! my !mc
pIannny Wha! !O dO I my OppOncnI
pIays oad mOVcs. 1! s OoVOus !haI
9 ...dXc4 s oad: Yh!c WOuId !OI!uIc
1Iackashc Wshcs.`
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2U ... I2 &c2soadIOI1Iack,ouI
!hc!cX!-mOVcs cVcn WO:sc.
Z1 Wl1
1c! mcassuIc yOu, Whcn1pIaycd
I2!, !hs Was nO! W!h a VcW !O
Vaca!ny I1 IOI my quccn (aI!hOuyh
!hc dca Was IamIaI, c.y., KaIpOV-
5passky, Landda!cs (9), 1cnnyIad
9J4). 1u! n !hs pOs!On, a !ac!caI
pOssoI!ymakcs! VaoIc.`
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Wd1! &a4! 4 o3 c3 and 3 W o1!
&a4! 4o3 c3 Wo2 d3+aIcaII
IOsnycOn!nua!Ons.
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1hia accma !o bc u poai!ion !hu!
rcguirca ahccr culculu!ion - encrul
conaidcru!iona urc oj no uac.
LOHccI. uIccaIcuIa!On.`
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LiJyouthinkyouxtooJ hcttcr
dd.IackhadlorcsorllolaclcaI
dcvccslomakclaHhl:poslonaIIy,
hs pcccs arc nol slabIc. coursc,
l lumcd oul lhal Iack had a hddcn
rcsourcc n slorc, wouIdnl bc sur-
pnscd; hchasaclvcpcccs.`
14 aJ`
14 cxd` xd (nollhcmmcdalc
14...<dJ+`duc lo 1 WxdJWxdJ 1
dxc) 1 Wb1 vdJ+.
14 .. .d (L)
Narous knhl Icaps (14...vcJ,
14...vcJ, 14...v4) arc aIIrculcdby
1axb4!,allacknlhcbIackguccnon
a.
1 WbI `
JhconIyoodmovc,bulawnnn
onc.Lcssconvncns1cxdxd
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1gx4-dJ+17=1x4wouId
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Inoticc thct inJcxcrihing c hcttlc,
you uxc worJx likc 'xugcr` cnJ 'tor-
turc`.
Whcn lran youn pIaycrs, lcII
lhcm lo avod, al aII cosls, cnlcrn a
passvc poslon, whcrc lhcy havc lo
kccp dccndn wlh no counlcrpIay.
`AIways am or aclvly, advsc
lhcm. `Avod poslons n whch you
wIIuslsuHcr.
Nalurc and cxpcrcnccd pIaycrs
can wlhsland lhc pan n such slua-
lons.AdmllcdIylhcrcarccascswhcrc
you havc no chocc. you havc lo
(suHcr), lhcn lhs s whal you shouId
do.`
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Uk Ch, runzc 1V1
IacklopIay
Iack s n drc slrals. AII hs
pcccs cxccpl lhc b7-bshop sland
badIy. Whlc lhrcalcns bc, whcn
L% LLV 5AKHl5 1Y
lhc knhl s laboo bccausc o malc
onc.Hcrcmadcamovcwhchbur-
cdmyonIyoodpccc: `
Z4 c
omc plcycrx ncvcr contcmplctc
xuchcmovc;ithurtxthcirpriJc.
donlscIcclmymovcsaccordn
lo prdc. havc no probIcm wlh ad-
vancnapcccloaccrlansguarcand
rclrcaln l on lhc vcry ncxl movc,
lhss rcgurcd.
y cIosn lhc a4-c daonaI,
prcvcnl -bc, and prcparc ...h and
... =.`
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Z Xc d` Z Xl Xl J h4
Pd J1 cJ bXcJ JZ bXcJ g JJ c
Xc J4 lXc 7c7 J 7cJ c J vcI
c4 ` J7 &cZ vd J 7d4 c+ J
7Xc4 vXa+ 4 7c &lJ 'h-h
Kuzmnwasgulccmbarrasscdby
nol bcn abIc lo convcrl hs advan-
lac.`
[rlz ponls oul lhal Whlc couId
havc ancd an cdc by Z -xb4!;
c.., Z...c Z <dJc4 Z7 <dc &c
(Z7...cxbJ Z mxc!) Z -c4! d
Zv<bc!|
Occsons, pIans and dcas arc
rcgucnlIy aHcclcd by cmolons.
HcrcwcbrcHydscusscdlhc `prdc
aclor' (wouId you Iook al your
acc n lhc mrror alcr pIayn a
humIaln rclrcal) and lhc `pan
crlcron(monlopcrsh,n
lhc chcss scnsc, al Icasl II dc
panIcssIy).
In c rcccnt intcrvicw \lcJimir
KrcmnikopincJthctthccmcrgcnccoj
chcxxxowcrcimprovcJchcxx-plcycrx`
ovcrcll Jcjcnxivc xkillx. Whct ix your
vicw
Jhccompulcrchancdourwayo
lhnkn, lhcrcsnodoubl aboullhal.
nthcopcnn,pIaycrsHndncwdcas,
bolh n allack and n dccncc. ^Iso
yourallludcchancs: youpIayaansl
awcakopponcnlyclyoumuslbccarc-
uIbccauschsopcnnIncmayhavc
bccn prcparcd assduousIy wlh lhc
adoacompulcr.`
Ccn you prcxcnt mc c pigucnt cx-
cmplcoj 'ccomputcrmovc`
5KR5 ~ 005CR (v3I|3|On)
Lvov1V+
Whlc lopIay
JhssahypolhclcaIvaralonlhal
couId- andshouId- havc occurrcdn
lhc amc, hadnl madc a lmc-
lroubIc crror. n my ornaI anaIyss,
back n 1v4 ` avc Jv x7+
2x7 40 W+ 2 41WxcJ h7+
4Z2JHxh1 4JWc+=744Wd7+
2 4 Wd+ =7 4 W+=c 47
Wx+ =d 4Wx, wlh a snH-
canl advanlac orWhlc.
20 1HE R4NDMASIER'S MIND
Ncw, lcck jswitchcs cn Fritz8] .
withintwcscccndsthcmcnstcrpcints
cutaclcarwin,startingwithanamaz-
ingmcvc.
Jb1(| | )cc7
Or. 39. . . >xbI40Wxd5+, 39. . . LxbI
40Wd?+, 39. . . vg840Lxb?.
40xb7 xb741Wdb|
Yct ancthcr ccmputcrmcvc. A hu-
manwculdchccsc4I WI+.
41MM &c4 4ZWhb
andWhitcwins.
l'J///cyou to sca/yourthoughts
on thcncxta/ro]os/t/ons.
L| 0l J. H0W6
I/cchtcnstc/n !99J
BlacktcpIay
lI thc whitc knight rcachcs c4,
Whitcwillbcbcttcr. Sc, Blackshculd
mcvc his attackcd quccn, and iI I 9
vd2,thcn I 9 . . . c4. Lct' ssay I 8. . . Wa5
I 9 vd2 c4 20 vxc4 Wb4 2I ZacI
Sh- Blackhasthcupcrhand.
Thc kcy (tc thc pcsiticn) is thc
squarc c4. lIWhitc pIants his knight
thcrcwhilcthcblackpawniscnc5,hc
willstandbcttcr,iInct,thcadvantagc
willswitchsidcs.
jPsakis cxamincs bric0y mcvcs
likc 2I 9IcI instcad cI 2I ZacI (2I
9Ic I Sh 22 ZabIWc5)and I 9Wc4
(blcckadc) I 9 . . . a, hc ccncludcs that
thcy dc nct changc his basic asscss-
mcnt. ] Myquccn must gctc a dark
squarc. maybc I 8 . . . Wb (instcad cI
I 8 . . . Wa5). ButBlackhas agccdcsi-
ticninanycasc.
lt 's notsos/m/c.
lsn' tit7 l nd it hard tc bclicvc.
(Hc is rcluctant tc ccnduct a scricus
calculaticnandinsiststhatI 8 . . .Wa5is
thcrightmcvc) .
1b M Wa5?
I 8 . . .Wb' I 9 vd2c420vxc4Wd4
2I LcI &h is gccdIcrBlack.
1 vdZ c4 Z0vxc4Wb4Z1lc1
ShbZZWcJ| (D)
Thc black-playcr, 1amcs Hcwcll,
ccmmcnts. l' dbccnlabcuringundcr
thc cldcst dclusicn in thc bcck. l at-
tackapiccc- hchastcmcvcit. . . AI-
tcr 22 Wc3 ' , nct cnly was l lcst, but,
M LEV SAKHIS 21
cvcnwcrsc, lalscIcltvcry, vcry stu-
pid.
! !
ZZ... Wc5 ZJcZc7Z4d1&g4
Z5 b1 acbZ0& l1 &d7Z7WbZl5
Zb a5 lxc4 Z b0axb0 J0 axb0 b7
J1 vcJWa5JZ xcb+& xcbJJWc1
& d7 J4 c4 WaZ J5 a1 | & xc1 J0
xaZ bb J7Pa7&b5Jb b7 1-0
Psakhis rcmains unccnvinccd. Hc
pcintscutthatBlackshculdhavccptcd
Icr22. . . Wxc3 23 Rxc39c5, withIair
chanccs cI hclding thc cndgamc (24
b & d2' , cr 24 Za2 2ac8 25 9ac2
vI8, whcnWhitc wilI nd it hard tc
makc hcadway). This bcing a mcntaI
cxcrcisc,hc sccms tc bc ccntcntwith
thc validity cIhis gcncral asscssmcnt
and dccs nc attachparticular impcr-
tancctcdctails.
b5 0V ~ b606l
ucnosA/rcs!99J
Whitctcplay
Black wants tc play . . . c and
taccng?.Whatcanldccstcphim7
(Maybc) mcvcmyknightscmcwhcrc
... pcrhaps l shculd makc usc cI thc
chcckcnc4 . . . 3 vc3c4 c4+
. . . ldcn` ttrustit.
3vc3c40g vxg?andwc
havcapIcasantpin. OIccursc, Black
thrcatcns tc chcckcn I5. !` ll havc tc
mcvcmykngscmcwhcrc.3vg3(as
arstmcvc)isnctgccd. 3. . . c4
9g9xg?.
lt' s nct casy. l`d likc tc play c5-
c-c? . . . buthisb-pawn mayprcvc tc
bcstrcng.
3 vc3vc4 Lgxg?5vI3
- lhavctccvaluatcit.lUm matWhitc
has Iair winning chanccs - hcrc l`d
havctcccnductascricuscalculaticn.
1hcgamcwcnt:
0J7cJ
3 I5 vxI5 and 3 g I5 arc
cqual .
0J vc0 04g0'xg705=lJ|
5 vc4 Iailstc 5. . . h5 ' Rxg8
I+.
05 va4
UnIcrtunatcIy 5. . . b47 lcscs tc
vc+Icllcwcdby?vc?.
00 l5 lb (D)
ZZ 1HL KANDMAS1LK' IND
Altcr . . . c8 J l' vl5 8 lJ
Whtcwns.
0T a0+ vbJ 0bl0l5 0lT b4
T0l0vgT
J0. . . d4+ J I vc4 vcJ JZ vdJ
xlJJJxlJ bJ J4-c5, andJ4. . . bZ
s nsulccnt duc to thc rcpIy J5
-a4+.
:

T1 dTvh5TZl5vgTTJvxlb
xl5 T4 vc0-h4+T5 =g4vg0T0
=h5 1-0
Oncmorc thng, aboutyourgucst
lor good dcas,' says sakhs. Good
dcas do not cmcrgc whcn you pIay
chcss n a baskctbaII haII, or n nosy
sunoundings, or n thc midst ol a
crowd. t s dlcuItto producc artn
uncongcnaIcrcumstanccs. '
dcas arc thc product ol our
mnds, butthcyhngcupon aIong
IstolcxtcmaIlactors . motvaton,
tmc, lamIarty wth thc subjcct-
mattcr, conccntraton skIIs . . . and
ycs, a rcIaxcd and pIcasant atmo-
sphcrc s nstmmcntaI to thc crc-
atvcproccss.
Z m 0R f66R60
Bom I 94. Kunncr-up n thc Lndcr-
I J WorId Champon n I 98 I , sracI
Champon I 984.cakratngZI0LIo.
GrccnlcId rcprcscntcd sracI n vc
OIympads and won major Luropcan
annual lcstvaIs at BcI, Gronngcn,
ardubcc and Montccatn 1crmc. A
chcss prolcssonaI, hc s a lrcgucnt
contrbutor to varous magazncs. n
rcccntycarshchascoachcdGMLmI
Sutovsky.
hbuturc ycar scarccs]cr gctt/ng
jrcsb/Jcus "Arcyca/ntcrcstcJ,jcrcx-
um/c, /n !9tbccntajcbcss "
takcacIoscIookataImostcvcry
ncwscnousgac(abovcaccr|mnIcvcI)
that s pIaycd n my pct varatons.
hardIyscrccnoIdbooks.don' tbcIcvc
' II nd somcthngolvaIucthcrc.'
Cca/J ccmatcr cbcss hcccmc u
scarcccj/ns/rut/cn"
Whcncvcracomputcrmakcswhat
sccms to us a sIIymovc, pcopIc tcnd
to rcact. ` ah wcII, thc machnc s stu-
pd'. bcIcvcwcshouIdtrytoundcr-
standthc Iogc olchcsscomputcrs. t
mght bc that thcr way ol ` thnkng'
Icads thcm to somc humanIy IogcaI
concIusons.'
hbcnycatb/n/cvcrycarmcvc/nu
ccrtu/ncs/t/cn, wbutg/vcsycau J/-
rcct/cn us tc wbcrc tc ccnccntrutc
ycarcgcrts "
Mowadays, wththcbcnctolmy
cxpcrcncc,amlamlarwththcvast
majorty olchcsspostons. Whcrcvcr
youputmc,knowwhat shouIdam
lor. Supposc cncountcr a poston
whch dcmands an advancc d4-d5,
wIIscarchlorproolthatthssndccd
thcrghtpIan.'
Sbcw mc scmc /ntcrcst/ng cs/-
t/cns yca 'vc /uycJ, rcccnstract/ng
ycartb/n//ng-rcccss.
|Sh0V |00Dl0| d
Hust/ngs!9J/0
1 c4 c5 Z lJ c0J &b5a04 &a4
<l0 5 0-0cT0c1b5T > bJd0b
cJ0-0hJcb 10 d4bT 11 bdZ
lb 1Z > cZ cb 1J aJ bb 14 a4
bdT 15dJc0 10bJWb0 1T &bZ
g0 1b axb5axb5 1c4h5Z0cxb5
cxb5Z1 b4 l4 ZZb1d5
don' t rccaIIhowmuchhadsccn
whcnpIaycdthsmovc,lcItthatths
wasaconcctmovc(athcmatcbrcak-
throughn thc ccntrc) whchgavc mc
thcntatvc.'
ZJ WbJ gT Z4 dxc5 <xc5 Z5
xc5&xc5Z0xc5c5ZT WcWl0
hus tb/s u w/nn/ng uttcmt " ca
cca/JbuvccxcbungcJqaccns.
bclcvc that ZJ. . . WxcJ Z8 lxcJ
h5Z9vlJloIIowcdbyJ0c5sabt
24 1HE RANDMASIER'S MIND
bcttcrIcrWhitc. Anyway, lthcughtl
was chccsing thc mcstactivc and at-
tracivcccntinuaticn.
Zb -lJd4| (D)
Z Wxd4
29xd4Dg5.NcwWhitcisrcady
tc mcct 29. . . -xh3+7 with 30 vII '
(butnct 30 gxh37g5+).
Z... Dc1| 7J0vf
309xc I 7 vc2+.
J0...xc1+ J1 vxc1 vcZ| (D)
OnctacticalshctIcllcwsancthcr.lI
ncw 32Wc3 (32vxc27 Zxc4+) thcn
32 . . . &xc4' 33 &xc4 Pxc4 with an-
cthcrIcrkinthccIng.
JZ WbZ -gJ+ JJ =g1 xc4| JJ
Wxl00-0
33. . . LxcI+34vh2 vII+withpcr-
pctual chcck. Oddly, thc ccmbinativc
stcrm pctcrcd cut tc a pcaccIuI ccn-
clusicn.
hcrc ycu attractcJby th/s //nc bc-
causc/twasthcmcstccct/vc, crbc-
causc/twascharm/ng/
lthinkthatbcthIactcrs- awilltc
nd thcbcstmcvcs and an attracticn
tc ' brilliancc' - wcrc having an cI-
Icct. lrccallvividly that lgctcxcitcd
anddcrivcdgrcatsatisIacticnIrcmthc
bcautiIul and acsthctic variaticns. l
Iclt that l was dictating thc ccursc cI
cvcnts whilcmyadvcrsarywasIcrccd
tc Icllcw, sc l thcught l had an cdgc
andIcltdisappcintcdwithgainingust
halIa pcint. Obcctivcly, thcugh, thc
gamcwas always cqualandhcnccthc
rcsultwasust.
b0R6l ~ l666 0
lsrac//Icaguc, 1c/-Av/v!999
1c4l0Z vcJc5JgJc04 'lJ vc0
5 & gZ d5 0 cxd5vxd5 7 0-0 & c7 b
d4 0-0 vxd5 cxd5 10 &cJ c4 11
vc5&l5 1Z vxc0bxc01JW a4Wb0
14lc1(D)
Hcw J/Jycu ccmc tc rca//zc that
th/swasacr/t/ca/cs/t/cn/
lIcltthatlstccdbcttcr, I I -c5is
nct ccnsidcrcd gccd. Hcwcvcr, aItcr
Whitc` slastmcvclundcrstccdthathc
intcndcdtcccntinuc I 5b3,aItcrwhich
hcmaycvcnbcbcttcr, andlsankintc
thcught.
M ALON REENFELD 2J
Thc advancc b3 is Whitc` s cnly
plan. lcan' tprcvcntit,sclnccdtcnd
scmcthingagainstitthatwilllcavcmy
strcngc4-pawnsccurcinits placc.
I 4 . . . Wxb2 is mct with I5 Wxc.
I4 . . . Wb5 is Iaulty, bccauscWhitc cx-
changcsquccnsandthcd5-pawnIalls.
This Icd tc I 4 . . . RId8, prctccting d5,
butaItcrI 5b3 Wb5 I Wxb5 cxb5 I 7
bxc4 bxc4 Black has a wcakncss cn
d5.Thcn,l sawwhatlshculddc.
14 ... a0| |
lsuppcscycu wculdbc surpriscd
iIltcldycuthatthiswasthcwinning
mcvc, butthat`swhatitis. Whitchas
ncscnsiblcccntinuaticncthcrthanthc
cnchcchcsc.
15bJWb510Wxb5axb5 17bxc4
bxc4
Wc scc thc diIIcrcncc bctwccn
this pcsiticn and thc cnc in thc linc
I4 . . . 9Id8. thc d5-pawn is nct wcak,
andthca-lcis scmi-cpcnIcrthcusc
cIthc blackrccks. lt is dcubtIul that
WhitccansavchimsclI.
Thc gamcprccccdcd.
1b a4 &l0 1 aZ a0 Z0 vH
lab Z1 ca1 c3 ZZ & lJ cZ ZJ g4
& g0Z4vgZ h0Z5h4&xh4 Z0 &dZ
&dbZ7 c4 dxc4Zb&cZDb0Zc1
cJJ0 &xc3 b4J1 axcZ &xcZJZ
xcZ & l0 JJ xc0 &xd4 J4 &d1
&xcJ J5 lxcJ db J0 c1 xd1 J7
xd1xg4+Jb=lJxa4Jd7g5
40c4 a541 =g4%g74Z =h5 a4
4J c7 b4 44 cb l5 45c0xc4
40 g0+ Wl7 47g7+ %l0 4bDxg5
hxg50-1
This is an cxamplc cIan idca that
dcvclcpcd gradually. An aim is sct,
andthcnvaricusIcrmscIachicvingit
arccxamincd,withmanykindscIpcs-
siblcrcncmcnts,untilasatisIyingrc-
sultis achicvcd.
W | | l6660
c/ng!990
Blacktcplay
Z4MM Wc7| |
This mcvc tcck mc at lcast 20
minutcs, saysGrccnIcld.ltinvclvcs
aIcrccdscqucncc. ln such cascs, itis
wcrthwhilctcchcckcvcrythingtcthc
cnd, maybca gccdidca will cmcrgc.
Z0 1HL KANDMAS1LK'S IND
WhcnthcrcarcscvcraIpcccscnr/sc
tcnhanccsthcprobabItythatadcc-
s vctactcIurkssomcwhcrc. '
Z5>xl0
BIack thrcatcncd both l4 and cZ.
Whtc chooscs thc crtcaI contnua-
ton.
Z5...xl4 Z0Wc5
1b/s rc]c/nJcr wca/J mu/c mcst
/uycrs uhunJcn tbc vur/ut/cn jcr
/uc/. hbcncu/ca/ut/ng?4 . . . Wc/,yca
J/Jn 'tstc bcrc, tbcagb, J/Jyca "
Bcngvcrystubbom,!nvcstaIot
oltmc,bothonthcboardandnana-
IytcaIworkathomc.!mustlccIthat!
cxhaust cvcry rcsourcc at my ds-
posaI.'
Z0... WxcZ+ZT =a1WxbZ+| | (D)
Andnot ZJ. . .xl Z8 Wxb8+.
Zb =xbZ
Z8 WxbZ &xl comcs to thc samc
thng.
Zb xl0ZWxl0 xl0
andBIackwon.
Cun yca /nc/nt tbc anJcr/y/ng
rcuscns]cr tbc qaccn hcmhsbc// J/s-
ccvcj"
! can' t say that ! uncarthcd thc
strokconthcZJthmovcbccausc!was
systcmatc- tcouIdcasIyhavcbccn
msscd - but ! can say that ! rcaIzcd
thatnthsposton,dccpnvcstgaton
was caIIcdlor.'
1hcstamovcsrcaIIyBIack'sZ4th,
hc had to lorcscc thc combnaton n
advancc,othcrwscthcwhoIcscgucncc
wouIdnotbcprotabIc.
GrcatdcasmaycomcaltcrIong
dcIbcratonhasIcdtoanmpassc.
!l you havc a sort ol poston n
whchyoubcIcvcthat' somcthng
wII bc lound' , thcn a mcthodcaI
caIcuIaton olcvcry movc - cvcn
an mprobabIconc- maywcIIpay
rch dvdcnds.
HS| d0VSky - |000l0| d
Isruc//Lcugac?000
1 d4 l0 Z vlJ c5 J d5 b5 4 &g5
-c4 5h4> bT 0WdJl5T-bdZc4
bWd4-a0 0-0-0
9cJxdZ I0WxdZWb I I 0-0-0
g I ZWd4 Dg8 I Jc4gJ I4 Wxb
axb (0- I , JJ) was pIaycd n Kram-
nk-1opaIov, Monaco (rapd) Z000,
oncmonthbclorcths gamc.
b410-xc4lxc411 g5Wb0
1ZWxc4(D)
Whcn!cntcrcdths poston!had
scvcraI dcas. Maybc I Z . . . Wg- but!
ddn' t Ikc I J Wxg+ hxg I4 &gJ
xd5 I5 c4 -l I lJ whch, !
thought, was a bt bcttcr lor Whtc. !
IookcdatI Z . . . xd5 I J Dxd5andthcn
scarchcdlorawaytoattackthcpnncd
L LON LKLLNLLU Z
rOOk. UuI n van: 1J...Wc` 14 c,
Or 1J...c 4 vxh wIh Ihc IhrcaI O
1WF.
n an aIIcmpI IO makc Ihc dca
wOrk Ocuscd my IhOuhIs On Hnd-
n a way IO dcHccI Ihc -knhI
rOm Is pOsI. cacuaIcd 1Z... h 1J
vJ vxd 14 Dxd Wc. \nOrIu-
naIcly,IhssOuIOnasOasshOrI: 1
vc!andYhIc wns.
LOnsdcrn IhaI ... c and ... Wc
wOn`I dO, sIarIcd IO OOk Or OIhcr
sguarcs rOm whch Ihc d-rOOk can
bc aIIackcd. rcazcd IhaI pay
Ihc naIural 1Z... xaZ+ 1J 7bi vb4
(IhrcaI: 14...Wa!)IhcnaIcr14cJIhc
whIcknandguccnOccupyIhcsamc
daOna. ..`
TZ...XaZ+TvbIb4T4cJ
POw, Ihc -knhI s dcHccIcd
(say, aIcr 14 ...h 1 vJ) , a rcsh
pOssbIy arscs. 1... xd 1 xd
Wd!! sncc 1 Dxd s cOunIcrcdby
1...& xc4+ (chcck!).`
1uu dc5c|c u cum]lclcl] luycul
]|ucc55.
Iwas.mshOwnIbccauscIhIs
s Onc O Ihc cw nsIanccs whcrc
vvdy rcca my IhOuhIs durn Ihc
amc.
LOnsdcrn Ihc cOrrccI mOvc-
Ordcr wasIhcncxIIask.14 ... xd1
Lxdh`OscsIO1W!,dOnIrc-
cahadsccnIhsnadvancc,buI
kncwIhaIaI wOrsI, cOudrcvcrscIhc
mOvc-Ordcr.`
T4 hbTcXb4
P aOn, Ihc mOvc 1 cs mct
by 1 ... Wxc!. Ps wc havc sccn, 1
J srcuIcdby 1...xd 1 xd
Wd!!, aIcr whch Uack wns maIc-
ra.
T hXgTb& Xg aT7 &c7
1 bxa`! Wxa W+ 7d 1V
dWaZ+Z07ci Wai+Z17cZWa4+
ZZ 7ci Wb4 s n Uack`s avOur. P-
Icr Ihc amc IwascsIabshcdIhaI 1
W! was Ihc sIrOncsI mOvc (dca -
1... axb41d!)wIhunccarcOmp-
caIOns.
T7 Wcb`
PIcr Ihs Uack ans Ihc uppcr
hand. Hs asI mOvc was nIhcOHn
IhrOuhOuI.
Tb WXcbdXcbTV bXa cXd Z
& bbcZTchbZZ &cZd4`
2 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
With his strcng bishcp-pair, Black
iniiatcsamatingattack.
ZJ cxd4 & c4+ Z4 =c1 xb0| Z5
axb0&b4Z0bJ &cJ 0-1
Lcck at thc mcvcs . . . xd5 and
. . . Wc. thcycculdnctbcimplcmcntcd
at thc rstcppcrtunity, bu prcvcd tc
bcvalidatalatcrstagc.
Whcn an idca dccsn' wcrk, wc
Ircqucntlythrcwitinthcwastcbas-
kct. Altcmativcly, wc can stcrc it
tcmpcrarilyatthcbackcIcurmind
- it may bc uscIul in thc Iuturc,
whcncircumstanccshavcchangcd.
Ncw /ct us /cclat scmc /nstanccs
whcrcshar/aycnsucJ]rcmthcvcj
]rstmcvcs.
l6660 ~ 1u05|
Jcrusa/cm !99/
1 <lJ c5 Z c4 <c0 J <cJ <d4 4
<c5| 7Wc75l4l00 vg4(D)
A b/t b/zarrc, 4
Q
cJ anJ 0
Q
g4-
arcthnct /
Wcll,withmybadIcmandagainst
thisparticularcppcncn , ldidn' twant
tc cntcr pcsiticnal channcls, sc l in-
IuscdliIcintcthcgamc.
0M .xl4 7 cJ-cZ+bWxcZ Wxg4
d4
ls /tcsscnt/a/tcsacrqcc a scccnJ
awn/
lcculdhavcprcparcdit,butmyin-
tuiticntcldmc thatmy initiativc was
wcrthi .
WW cxd4
Acccpting thc challcngc. 9. o c i s
mcrcprudcnt.
10cxd4Wxd4 11d5=l7 1Z& cJ
Wc5 1J0-0-0g0 14& d4Wbb (D)
15 & dJ d0 10h4c5 17h5| & h0+
1b&cJ& g4 1& xg0+|=g7Z0dl1
Withawinningattack( I -0, 38).
056| ~ l666 0
Mcntccat/n/1crmc !99/
1 vlJc5ZgJb0Jc4&b74vcJ vl0
5c5 g4 0&hJ vxc57vxc5& xh1
blJ c0=lZWl0 10 vg47| Wl5 11
Wxh1 h5 1Z=g1 vc0|
M ALON RNFLD 2
I 2 . . . hxg4 I3 Ixg4 Wh? (cr I 3 . . .Wc5
I4Wxa89xh3 I 5d4 'Wxd4+I vg2)
I4Wxa8&d I 5&g2Wxh2+I vII .
1J <lZWxcZ (D)
14l4cb 15l5c4| 10lxc0lxc0 17
Wc4 Wxc4 1bvlxc4 vd4|
BIackcncysasignican cdgc.Thc
gamcccncIudcd.
1bJcxbJZ0&bZbxaZZ1 xaZ
a5 ZZ <a4 vlJ+ ZJ =gZ CxdZ| Z4
&xg7 <xc4| Z5 &xhb b5 Z0 vb0
c0 Z7 <ab &d0 Zbxa5 cZ+ Z
=lJ <g5+ J0 =cJ vxhJ J1 xb5
c5 JZ b7 vg5 JJ vb0 b5 J4
<c4& c5+0-1
ltacars thatyouscarch]orncw
/Jcas r/ght]rom thcstart.
l cIcn Icck Icr cxciing and cn-
gaging pIay righ Ircmhc vcry rs
mcvcs. l Icrcc myscIIcdccidc why
l' mpIayinghisandha mcvc(s).
b5 0V ~ l666 0
ccr-Shcba !990
c4c5Z&c4<l0JdJ&c54vcJc0
5 & bJ d0 0 vlJ vbd7 7 0-0 &b0b
d4 h0 dxc5 dxc5 10 WcZ Wc7 11
va4 vc5 1Z xc5 &xc5 1J -h4
&g4(D)
Thcgamchas dcvcIcpcd aIcngpc-
siicnaI Iincs,andcnc wcuIdnc sus-
pcc ha sharp acics awai in hc
backgrcund.
WhiIc my cppcncn was pcndcr-
inghisncxmcvc,lccnsidcrcdhcsc-
qucncc I4 Wd3 (c prcvcn . . . 0-0-0)
I4. . . Ld8 I 5 Wg3. SuddcnIy myhcar
skippcdabca . lnciccdhcccmbina-
icn I 5 . . . -xc47' I Wxg4 xI2 I ?
9xI2Wxh4 ' (D).`
J0 1HE RNDMASIER'S MlND
Brilliant,butaslwcntcnanalys-
ing, l saw thc rcIutaticn. I 8 &xI? +
vI8 ( I 8 . . . vc? aIlcws I 9Wxh4+) I 9
&c3 ' ' whcn itisWhitc whc wins. A
IantasticsidcIinc.
Sc, l dccidcd that in casc cI I 4
Wd3 Dd8 I 5Wg3, l' dplay I 5 . . . g5 I
I5 SxI5 I ?cxI5 vI8withdynamic
cquality. AIIthisrcmaincdbchindthc
sccncs.
14Wc0-0-0h-h
This shcrt and apparcntly uncvcnt-
IuldrawccnsumcdI/hcurscIthink-
ing-timcIrcmcachccntcstant.
lwcnJcrwbyycuJcvctcJscmucb
t/mcanJccns/Jcrat/cntcsuch a]an-
cq/var/at/cn. 1bccbancctbat/tw///
matcr/a//zc anJ aga/nst tbc sc//J
Smys/cvc]a//cc/c /sncg//g/b/c.
Thc prcbability cI an analyticaI
variaticn nct matcrializing in a gamc
dccsnctbcthcrmcunduly. lnmy ca-
rccr l' vc playcd against scmc wcak
cppcsiticnandIcamcdthatthcycItcn
miss, crarcunwillingtccntcr,ccmpli-
catcd lincs. l alsc ackncwIcdgc that
scmctimcs l calculatc a lct and my
advcrsaryrcspcndsimmcdiatclywith-
cut chccking anything at alI. Appar-
cntly, it makcs my c0crt rcdundant,
butabcvcalllwanttcbcsatiscdand
IccIIcyaItcmyscII, bycxhaustingall
thcrclcvantpcssibiliticsinagivcnpc-
siticn.
A valuablc disccvcry will scI-
dcmbc madc iIit is nct scarchcd
Icr.ThcwilIingncsstcrcmaincpcn
tccxtracrdinaryidcas, cvcninsup-
pcscdlybarrcnpcsiticns, is aprc-
ccnditicnIcrndingthcm.
l'J///cycutctjycurbanJattac/-
//ng acs/t/cntbat/sncwtcycu.
L5 ~ H0050
r/t/sbCb, DunJcc!99J
Whitctcplay
Lcc//ngattb/scs/t/cn,/casctc//
mcwbatcrcsscsycurm/nJ,asqu/c//y
ascss/b/c, w/tbcutscrccn/ng.
lgazcatI? . . . Latcrllcckatwhat
happcnsinthcccntrc. I ?xc4xc4
I 89xc4&xc4 I 9WI4 . . . Thcnl stcp
andtakc itmcrcslcwly. lwanttc cx-
changcthcblackknightbccauscwhat
happcnshcrcrcvclvcsarcundthcccn-
trc, and bccausc l want tc cIiminatc
thcI-knight. I ?xc4xc4 I 8WI4.
Hcmustrctum tcI ( I 8 . . . I). l bc-
gintcthinkabcutasacricccnd. I 9
9xdcxdandscmcthingwithI?. . . lt
dccsn' twcrk.
IcuJcn 'tmcnt/cntbccss/b///pc]
! / . o .
_
c4. hby?
l dcn' t kncw . . . (Iccks at thc
bcard and immcdiatcIypcints cutthc
rcIutaticn. I 8 Lxc4 xc4 I 9 Wd5
winsmatcriaI).
M ALON REENFELD J1
G/vc mc ycurrc//m/naj asscss-
mcntsc]ar
At rst l thcught that Black was
OK, that his picccs wcrc sccurc and
saIc. Whcnlbcgantcchcck,lrcalizcd
thatWhitchadtacticalmctifs which,
atlcast,mcritcdatry.lIlhadtcdccidc
whcthcr tc cntcr this pcsiticn in thc
rstplacc,l' dsaythatitwculddcpcnd
cnwhcthcrWhitchasscmcwcrkabIc
tactics. lIhcdccsn' t,Blackwillhavca
gccdpcsiticn. . .
l havc an idca- I ?xc4xc4
I 8 xc4 Sxc4 I 9 SxI?+ vxf ? 20
WI4+. This might wcrk . . . But hc
plays20. . .& I5 . . .
ln tbc gamc, /ay wcnt J7 Xc!
Xc!JW )!)0(D). l/casc/cc/at
tb/scs/t/cnanJtc//mcycurtbcugbts.
Whitctcplay
Ncwlhavcancthcridca,aslcwcr
cnc, maybc ! 99c . . . l nccd tc put
scmcthing cnc,butiIlplay ! 9-d4
hc' Ilhavc I 9 . . . c5.
On thc cthcr hand, l had ccn-
cludcdthatamcvclikc I 9Wc4 wcn' t
dc. . . llcckagainat I99xdcxd20
& xI?+vxI?withscmcIcrkcnd . . .
hby arcycu ccnccntrat/ngcntac-
t/cs?
BccausciIBlack has thc right tc
mcvc, it cculd changc thc whclc pic-
turc.ltmaybcthatthcrcisscmcthing
hcrc that l shculdn' t miss . . . But l
dcn' trcalIy bclicvc inthistactic.
Maybc a subtlcr, lcss dircct idca
canwcrk.pcrhaps I9Wc3. . .
hbat]cr?
20 Wc, cIccursc . . . (but mainly
20 SxI?+) . . . [abanJcns tb/s /Jca;
!9 . .
@
J/sccms tcbcanaJcquatc rc-
scnsc] .
. . . l havc a Ircsh idca - maybc tc
makcrccmIcrthcking with I 9h3 . . .
andcnlythcntcattack . . . Butthisi s a
ccnccssicncnmypart. l' ll scarch Icr
mcrcccncrctcthings. . .
lvcry much wanttcpIayc?(at
scmcpcint) .lIcclthatlhavctcrcach
thissquarc . . . shculdidcas cIsacric-
ingcnI?prcvcunsucccssIuI.
hcrc/tarca/gamc,wcu/Jycua/sc
]um]rcmcncmcvctcanctbcr?
Ycs. AndlwculddcnitcIyinvcst
alctcItimccnthispcsiticn. . .
(AItcr scmc timc) ltcnd tc lcck
ncwcn I 99c.
1a/c ycur t/mc. Just /ct mc /ncw
wbcnycu rcacbaJcc/s/cn.
(AItcr scmc timc) l' ll pIay ! 9
Lc.
UK, l'm as//ng ycu ncw tc J/rcct
ycurattcnt/cntc!9

c4. 1c//mcwbat
ycu tb/n/abcut/t.
. . . BlackplaysI 9 . . . d5.lthinkabcut
20Wc?crrctumingwiththcquccntc
I4 . . . lIlplay20Wc?, thcrcisadcubIc
J2 1HE RANDMASIER'S MlND
thrcat (cn b7 and tc swap quccns,
which gains apawncr ancxchangc).
Sccmsnctbad,butlIccluncasyabcut
it. lIcarthatcvcniIlwinapawn,thc
blackpawnsarc strcng . . .
... Hadlsccn(inadvancc)that20
Wc7invclvcdadcublcthrcat,lwculd
havcinvcstcdmcrctimccnit...
(RcluctantIyandscmcwhatcmbar-
rasscd) . What can l say, 20 c7
lccksnctbadatall.ltiscbvicusthatl
winmatcrial.
jThc crginal gamc wcnt 17 -xc4
-xc4 1bWl4-l01Wc4d5Z0Wc7
bb Z1 Wxdb bxdb ZZ vc7 c0 ZJ
vxcb vxcbZ4 cJ andWhitc cvcntu-
ally ccnvcrtcd his matcriaI advantagc
intcvictcry( ! -0,45). ]
+ + +
Tcbc Iair, lhavc tc say that l prc-
scntcdGMGrccnIcldwithscmccthcr
pcsiticns, whichhcsclvcdcasily.Had
hcccnIrcntcdthcEmms-Hcdgscnpc-
siticn in a practicaI gamc, l bcIicvc
thathcmightwcllhavcsclvcditsatis-
Iactcrily. Butinthisparticularmcntal
cxcrcischcwasnctsucccssIul,dcspitc
ccnsidcring many candidatc mcvcs
and thinking scricusly Icr abcut a
quartcrcIanhcur.Why7
l suggcstcd tc Alcn that hc had
' Iallcninlcvc`withthcidcacIdccid-
ingthcgamcthrcughdircctattack.Hc
rcvcrtcd,timcandagain,tcanalysing
sacriccs dircctcd against thc black
king. GrccnIcldidcnticd,inthcprc-
ccsscIthis, all thc ingrcdicnts cIthc
scluticn. hc saw ! 9Wc4andrcalizcd
thcimpcrtancccIccntrcllingc7. But
hcdismisscd! 9Wc4bccauschcwasa
captivccIthc ' matchim` ccnccpticn.
Evcnwhcn, givcn Icads, GrccnIcld
hadspcttcdthcccrrcctmcvc,20Wc7,
hcwasIcathtcadmitthatthccddma-
nccuvrcWd2-I4-c4-c7wcrkcd,against
his bcttcr udgcmcnt and pcsiticnal
undcrstanding. lntcrcstingly, hc was
unhappytcadmitthc scluticn. itwas
nctthccnchcdcsircd'
Scmctimcs, in crdcr tc rcach a
ccrrcct dca, ycu havc tc kiIl a
wrcngcnc.AslcngasaIaultypath
cxistsinycurmind,itstandsinthc
waycIgcttingcnthcrighttrack.
0y L056H
BcmI 9I.AIIcrabricIpcricdcIplay-
inginchcssIcumamcnts,hcswitchcd
hisaIIcnIicnIcsIudics. lnrcccntycars
Ccstc0dcvclcpcdintccnccIIhcbcst
studyccmpcscrsinthcwcrld,captur-
ing tcp prizcs in macr tcumcys. Hc
rcsidcs in Ihc USA, and has wcrkcd
Icr scmc ycars as an c-ccmmcrcc
ccnsulI anI .
hbcnycu /cc/ cut]cr/rcsb /Jcas,
wbatarcycurscurccsc//ns/rat/cn?
lgcIidcasIrcmlcckingatvaricus
chcss stimulanI s. Whcn l scc rcmark-
ablc things in a chcss prcblcm, l ask
mysclIiIthcycanbcdcncinthcIcrm
cIasmdy.ScmcIimcslsccanidcaina
study,which,inmycpinicn,isncI cx-
ploiIcd tc thc Iull, l wcndcr whcthcr
IhcrcissccpctcpursucIhcidcamrIhcr.
AlIhcughldcvcIcpcdcriginallyas
aplaycr, ncwadays l scldcmdrawcn
idcasIrcmpracIicalgamcs.
Dcscr/bc ycur arcacb tcwarJ
ccmcs/ng. Hcw Jc ycu wcr/ cn a
stuJy?
ln my ycungcr days l ccmpcscd
cnlyIcrthcsakccIcnlightcnmcnt,thc
'wuw`. Ncw thc act cIccmpcsingis,
Icrmc, mcrccIaccntrcllcdprcccss.
CcmpcsingstudicshasIwcIaccts.
Ccncciving an idca is thc casy parI .
Making it wcrk, thc tcchnicalpart, is
Ircqucntlyvcryhard.
WhcnlthinkcIanabsIracI idca, l
managcwithncbcardandpicccs.But
aIIcr that, l usc Ihc bcard, and cvcry
cnccinawhiIclchcckthingswiththc
ccmputcr. . . . This tccl hclps mc Ic
savc carlicr vcrsicns, sc ycu can scc
hcwthcidcahascvclvcd.FcrscmccI
mysIudicslhavcinmylcs ! 00 diI-
Icrcntvcrsicns, andIhcrcsatlcastan
cqualnumbcrcIvcrsicnsthaI ldcnct
bcthcrIcsavc.
ls tbc Jcvc/cmcnt/rcm cnc vcr-
s/cn tc tbcncxt, a//ncarcnc?
Ycs, iIusuallyis,andIhcnitdcvcl-
cpssidcways.Scmctimcs,anidcaIhat
pcps up in cncsIudydcscrvcs accm-
plcIclydiIIcrcnItrcatmcnttccxprcssit
Iully, sclcrcatcancwsIudy.
hc//, /ct'ssccan cxam/c.
lnthcgamc-likcpcsiIicncnthcIcl-
lcwingpagc,WhiIchcldsabigmatc-
rialadvantagc, buthisbarrcnkingsidc
and his lag in dcvclcpmcnt cn thc
quccnsidc crcatc scricusprcblcmsIcr
him.Fcrinstancc,thcnaturalI vc3cr
I &b2ismcI wiIh I. . .Wb' .
1 Wa4TxlJ
Thc cxchangc cIquccns canncI bc
avcidcd. I. . . va82W a.TctcxI-mcvc
crcatcsIhcdcadlyIhrcatcI2. . . LbI8.
ZWa0+Wxa0Jbxa0++ab|
AItcr 3. . . vxa 4 &a3 Zh8 5 -c3
Lxh?0-0-0WhiIcwillprcvail. With
J4 1HE RADMASIER'S MlND
0 0 56R
WCCT, 200I -3
Whitctcplay andwin
his lastmcvc, Blackprcparcsa stalc-
matcdcIcncc.
4 &aJ
Fcrccd,tcprcvcnt4. . . 9bI8.
4WWW xb1+|
Ncw5xbI ismctby5. . . 9II+' . A
draw,thcn7
5 &c1|
Amazing.ApparcntlyWhitchasct-
tiscncdapicccIcrncthing. . .
5WW bb
Placinghiskingcnthc cighthrank
(3. . . va8 ' ) cnablcd Black tc crcatc
stalcmatcpcssibilitics. But3. . . va8has
its drawbacks: 5. . . 9xaI isrcIutcdbc-
causch8W+ischcck(andmatcs) .
0 &bZblb
AItcr. 4 .9h3?h8W9(cithcr)xh88
& xh8Blacklcscstcchnically.
7 0-0-0|
Thcknightsacriccvacatcdthcrst
rank, sc thatncwcastling is pcssiblc.
AItcr ?. . . 2c8+ 8 vbI Hh3 9 h8W
Whitc will wincnmatcrial.
Ac/ass/cstuJy. l/casctjtcrcccn-
structtbcrcccssc]bu//J/ng/t.
Thc tcumamcnt' sthcmc rcquircd
Whitc tc pursuc a plan which, in its
rawIcrm,didnctquitcwcrk.lncrdcr
tc makcitwcrk, ( I ) Whitc shculdgct
ridcIcnc cIhis cwnpawns crpicccs
but (2) thc pcsiticn must rcmain thc
samc,incvcry cthcrrcspcct.
lwascntrustcdwiththctaskcIas-
scmbling and publicizing all kncwn
cxamplcs cI this thcmc. Thcrc wcrc
abcut I , I 00 studics that mct thc rc-
quircmcnts.lsawthatmanycxamplcs
invclvcd a cumcy cI a whitc king
thrcugh succcssivc chcck-thrcats, un-
tilhclcscsmatcrial,andcnlythcncan
hc rcvcrsc and win. Manccuvrcs likc
this may impart a scnsc cI dcpth,
mathcmatical prccisicn and systcm-
atic acticn, but in my cpinicn, thcy
lackasparklccIingcnuity.
Whilc scarching Icr an inncva-
tivcidca, drawingbcundaricscvcr
whatalrcadycxistsgivcsusascnsc
cI dirccticn. Kncwing whcrc aul
tc scarch is a vital clcmcnt in thc
crcaticnprcccss and savcs alctcI
barrcnc0crt.
Abcutthc samctimc,lrcadan ar-
ticlc by Jchn Ricc in 1bc lrcb/cm/st
abcutcastlinginprcblcms.Thisstuck
inmymind.
lwas thinkingtcmysclI, maybcl
cculdgctridcIapiccc,scthatlcculd
cast!c.
Sc, ycuccmb/ncJtbc cast//ng /Jca
w/tbtbctcurncytbcmc.
Ycs. Rcmarkably, cncc thc ccn-
ccptcntcrcdmyhcad,ittcckmccnly
ADI COSIEFF JJ
abcutanhcurtcdcviscaschcmcthat
almcstwcrkcd.
Ycu can scc that thcclcmcnts cI
thc diagram 0cw naturally and lcgi-
callyinbackwardplanning. lIcltthat
itwasthcknightthatshculdbcgctrid
cI. Sc, l nccdcd tc nd a mctivc Icr
Blacktcplay . . . 9xbI . Thissuggcstcd
thc pcssibility cI stalcmatc. Ncxt, a
rcascnIcrWhitctcplaya3 (whynct
& b27) was rcquircd. lt was thcn that
thc clcmcntcIdcublingrccks cnthc
I-lc was Icund. Whitc must prcvcnt
it,sc& a3isIcrccd.Thcncxtstcpwas
tcaskmysclIwhythcblackrcck,aItcr
capturingcnbI ,shculdrctumtcb8.A
whitc pawn cn thc scvcnth rank is
nccdcd. AndscIcrth.
lt 's casy tc]nJtb/s /cg/c /n rctrc-
scct, butJ/J/trca//ycccur///ctb/s?
lnrcality, itwas nct cxactly A-B-
C-D,ncvcrthclcss, itwasindccdalcg-
icalprcccssthatcvclvcdvcryquickly.
Thc study cculdn' t havc bccn ccm-
pcscdscIastiIithadbccnccnccivcd
illcgically. ln cthcr studics cI minc,
thingsscmctimcscvclvcinadi0crcnt
way.
ls /t ycur r/nc//cJ att/tuJc tc-
warJsrcb/cmsc/v/ng as//ng)cur-
scqwbat ycu sbcu/J Jc /n crJcr tc
acb/cvcsc anJsc?
Basically, it is. Admittcdly, this
studyis ancxtrcmccxamplc.
1bis isa ta/cwitba bay cnJ/ng.
utscmct/mcsan /Jca cannctbc a-
//cJ; /t/ssim/ynct]cas/b/c.
Ccrrcct. UnIcrtunatcly, many
schcmcs dc nct wcrk. l ' m aIraid l
Iind it diIIicult tc cxplain why ccr-
tainthingsdcnctwcrk, ldcn' t havc
thc mathcmatical strcngth cI, say,
OIcrCcmay crNcamElkics. Thcsc
guys can lcckatapcsiticnand say.
' this can' t wcrk, can' t ycu scc
thcrcisabasicrcascnwhyitcan' t bc
achicvcd,bccausccIthisandthat'.
Rcccntly, whilc wcrking cn a
study,lrcalizcdaItcralctcItimcand
c0crt that l rcally didn' t undcrstand
thc pcsiticn. l madc a ccrtain rctrac-
ticn, and cnly thcn did l undcrstand
whythcthingslhadwantcdtcachicvc
cculdncthavcpcssiblywcrkcd.
Wc usually tcrturc cursclvcs
withthcqucsticn ' hcw tc arrivcat
a prcmising idca' but rc0cct lcss
cnitsccmplcmcntaryaspccts.hcw
canycukncwinadvancciIanidca
is attainablc7 Whcrc is thc pcint
whcnycusaytcycursclI' it' stimc
tcgivcup' 7
ln thc Icllcwing study l bcgan
with amcdcstidcaandgraduallydis-
ccvcrcdvaricusncwclcmcnts.
Rcccnstructcdpcsiticn
Matcinthrcc
J0 1HL KANDMAS1LK`S IND
n I 99J vstcd thc Manhattan
Chcss CIub n Mcw York and was
shown a poston whch contancd a
startIng movc.' (Scc rcv/cas J/u-
grum).
1 Wb1| |
1hc motvaton s Whtc's nccd to
prcvcntthcpromotonolabIackpawn
on b1wthchcck. I vb7 b1W+. Altcr
thckcy, I. . . axb1 W( I . . . vaJZWxbZ)s
mctbyZvb,loIIowcdby3c8#.
was lascnatcd by ths dca, and
trcdtoscc whatcouIdachcvcnthc
lormolastudy.'
dy 0Sl0R
Bascschcmc(A)
BIacktopIayandwn
1 Wc4+
I. . . dZZg8W+, or I. . . Wl3+Z-xl3
vxl33g8Wc1 W+4vhZwthadraw.
Z =g1 Wd4+ J =h1Wd5+ 4 =g1
Wc5+ 5 =h1 Wc0+ 0 =g1 Wb0+ T
=h1Wb7+ b =g1WaT+ =h1Wab+
10 =g1 Wgb
BIackwns. lorcxampIc, I I hxg8W
dZ.
1hs prcscntaton cuImnatcd n a
spcctacuIarguccnmovc atthc cndol
a starcasc manocuvrc. n thc ncxt
schcmc, thc opcraton was cnIargcd,
nlact,doubIcd.
SchcmcB
WhtctopIay and wn
1 hbWbZZWh1+=bbJWhZ+
3 Wb17 s uscIcss. BIackjust cap-
turcsthcguccn.
J =ab4WgZ+=bb5WgJ+=ab
0 WlJ+ =bb T Wl4+ =ab b Wc4+
=bb Wc5+ =ab 10 Wd5+ =bb 11
> d0+> xd01ZWxd0+=ab
Mowthatthc cJ-bshops gonc and
thcpathlorWhtc' sc-pawnslrcc,thc
dca ol Wb1 wII dccdc. A rcvcrsc
starcasc manocuvrcs thc guccntothc
corrcctpostonandcancsthc day.
1JWd5+
I3 +cJ7 a1W I4 Wd+ vaJ I
Wxc+va8 I Wd+vaJ I JWxd4+
va8 s onIyadraw.
1J vbb 14 Wc5+ =ab 15 Wc4+
=bb 10Wl4+vab 1T WlJ+ =bb 1b
ADI LUS1LII J
WgJ+ ab 1 WgZ+ vbb Z0 WhZ+
abZ1 Wh1+vbbZZW1
Whtcwns.
AconsdcrabIcdcvcIopmcntolthc
lormcr schcmc, yct thc author bcIt-
tIcs hs accompIshmcnt bccausc ol
tslorccdnaturc. thssrcaIIyjusta
matcn Z4movcs .'
BclorcwcmmcrscourscIvcsnlur-
thcr dcvcIopmcnts ol ths lancy dca,
IctusdvcrtourattcntontothcloIIow-
ng gamc.
0ccJunt0r 0cc rtfz
Mutcb(gumcJ), CuJuqacs?00!
BIacktopIay
45 W a740W xb4
Acccptng thc chaIIcngc, lor altcr
4 vcI c3 BIack acgurcs a vcry
strong ntatvc. BIacknow sacrccs
apccc,addnglucItohsonsIaught.
40 xaZ 47 xlZ a4 4b WbJ
a1+4 bZh1
Wth a doubIc thrcat aganst kng
androok.
50 W gJ Wa1+ 51 bJ b1+ 5Z
c4(D)
5Z d5+| 5Jcxd5
Altcr3 vxd, 3. . . Wamatcs.
5J Wa0+ 54 vcJ Wa5+ 55 vdJ
d1+50 c4Wxd5+ 57 vcJ Wc5+
5blJWc0+
Docs thsrngabcII7
5 vcJ Wb0+ 00 vc4 Wb7+ 01
cJ Wa7+ 0Z lJ W ab+ 0J vcJ
WaJ+
lnabIng ths horzontaI chcck s
thc cruxolthc soIuton.
04vc4 d4+| 05 xd4 WxgJ 00
c0+ vd0 07 <xc5 lxc5 0b dZ+
c00 dbWl4+0-1
Aprosacnsh.HadWhtcpIaycd
4 c3 thc d3-sguarc wouIdhavcbccn
dccsvcIywcakcncdandBIackwouId
havcwonby4. . .Wc+vc4Wd+
vc3Wd3#- rcscmbIng,naway,
arcvcrscdstarcasc.
So, hcrc wchavc a smIarmccha-
nsm,butolcourscthcpathtotscon-
ccpton,dcmonstratcdbytwomachncs,
s compIctcIy dBcrcnt lrom thc hu-
man mcthod ol dscovcrng dcas. A
J 1HL KANDMAS1LK'S IND
computcr docs not scc anythng spc-
caI or ' unnaturaI' n starcasc ma-
nocuvrcs, nordocs tdcrvc acsthctc
pIcasurc lromdcvsngt.
Back to CostcB's proccss ol crc-
aton. Somctmcaltcrwards,thccom-
poscr scarchcd lor ntcrcstng dcas
loIIowngthcdoubIc starcasc. n thc
ncxt schcmc, a thrd starcasc and a
knght promoton wcrc cmbodcd n
thc soIuton.
SchcmcC
(postonaltcrthcdoubIcstarcasc)
WhtctopIayandwn
1 Wb1 c1W Z lxc7 Wg5 J WxbZ
a1W 4 WhZ+ vab 5 WgZ+| vbb 0
WgJ+
Yct anothcr starcasc' Both guccns
arctaboo.Whtc' scan' tbctouchcdon
accountolcxd8W#,andWxg7laIs
toamatngattack. . . . WbZ+andnow
J vxa WbJ+ orJ vcWb+.
0 vab7WlJ+
JWxg7aIIowspcrpctuaIchcckal-
tcrJ. . . Wb1+.
7 vbbbWl4+vabWc4+vbb
10Wc5+vab 11Wd5+vbb 1ZWd0+
vab 1Jvc7Waa5+ 14vcbWgb5 15
cxdb
Whtcwns,c. g. ,I. . . Wab IWxb
Wxb I JvcWxc+ I 8vd8 Wd I 9
xhJ.
Somc tcchncaI composng work
was nccdcdto achcvc amorcrcncd
schcmc, n whch aIl thc pcccs arc
workng to thc luII. 1hc cnd-product
wasthcloIIowng.
dy 0Sl0R
I strzc,Alck-toumcy, Z00Z
WhtctopIayandwn
1hc luII soIuton s backcd up by
somccompIcatcd anaIyss. Snccour
locussonthcdca,wc' IIscttIclorthc
manInc onIy.
1WhZ+vabZWgZ+vbbJWgJ+
=ab 4 WlJ+ vbb 5 Wl4+ vab 0
c4+ <xc4 7 Wxc4+ vbb b Wl4+
=ab WlJ+ vbb 10 WgJ+ vab 11
WgZ+ vbb 1Z WhZ+ vab 1JWh1+
vbb14Wb1| | (D)
ADI LUS1LII JY
1hcntaIstmuIantthatstartcdthc
proccss has now bccomcjust a lrac-
tonnachanolcomponcntsthatcon-
sttutcthc whoIc study.
14 c1W| 15 lxc7 Wg5 10 WxbZ
a1W17WhZ+vab 1bWgZ+vbb1
WgJ+ vab Z0 WlJ+ vbb Z1 Wl4+
vabZZWc4+vbbZJ Wc5+ vabZ4
Wd5+ vbb Z5 Wd0+ vab Z0 vc7|
Waa5+ Z7 vcb Wgb5 Zb cxdb cJ
Z d5 cZ J0 Wc0+ Wxc0+ J1 xc0
Wxd5 JZ db (D)
J7 <xR va7 Jb vc7 a5 J <ld7
va0 40 vc0 a4 41 c4 aJ 4Z c5+
va7 4J <xaJ vbb 44b5 vcb 45
b7vbb407d0h447vb0hJ4b
d4hZ4 c0+ vab 50b5 h1 W
51cT#(D)
1ustntmc.
An cxtraordnary symphony pcr-
lormcdonagrand scaIc. A coIourluI
bIcndolthcmcs . . . cxtravaganzaatts
vcry bcst' , wrotc thcjudgc, Yoch-
ananAlck.SoIvcrsnanntcmctlorum
wcrc duIy mprcsscd by thc rchncss
olcontcnt and thc protractcd combat
thattookpIacc.
Whcnandcaprovcs attanabIc,
onctcndstorcjoccatthcsoIuton
andstopcxpIornglurthcr.
Dssats!acton wth thc ntaI
product o!tcn Icads to addtonaI ,
morc uscluI and appropratc, ds-
covcncs.
I/cusc tc// mc tbut tbcrc /s scmc
JZ c1WJJ d7Wcxc0+J4xc0 rccm /n staJy ccmcs/ng]crcbuncc,
Wxc0|J5cc5| |Wd0J0lbWWxlb+ ]utc cr /ac/.. .
40 1H RANDMASIR'S MlND
OIccurscthcrcis.Scmctimcsccm-
pcscrs shcvc picccswithcutanyclcar
intcnticn,whcnagcldcnidcaprcscnts
itsclI. Such wasthccascwhcn, inthc
carly I80s, l stumblcd intc thc Icl-
lcwingpcsiticn:
With Blacktc play, hc Iaccs scmc
dimcultics: hc can` t capturc (cithcr
way) cnc?bccausccImatcincnc,in
additicn,can` tplay I. . . 9IcrI. . . Dd
bccausc cI2 Wd8 ' cr 2 WI8 ' rcspcc-
tivcly.
Scmc adustmcntshadtc bcmadc,
incrdcrtcstcpthc dcIcnccs I. . . 9a ?' ,
I. . . vd' , I. . . vI' , I. . .2IIandI. . . 9dI .
(Scc]c//cw/ngJ/agram).
1 h7h1+Z& h3|
2 vg 9b3 and allWhitc` spasscd
pawnsarctakcncarccI.
ZW Jxh3+ 3 =g4 xh7 4 bbW+
=c05Wxcbg7+0=l4 l7+7=c4
d7 b a0| |
Arcciprccalzugzwangwhichsplits
intcsixsymmctrical,hmcnicusvari-
aticns.
8. . . Kdxc? 9Wc#
8. . . ZIxc?Wg#
0 056R
2ndPrizc,GuanabaraJubilcc
tcumcy,Brazil I85
Whitctcplay andwin
8. . . 9dWI8 Zxc? I 0WI5#
8. . .ZIWd8Zxc? I 0W d5#
8. . . 9c7 Wc+ Cxc I 0c8W+
8. . . 2g7 Wg+9xg I 0c8W+
Icucnccwrctc: Scmct/mcslbavc
nc /Jca bcw l ccmcsc . . . My cn/y
rccc//cct/cn (cjccmcs/ng a ccrta/n
stuJy)/stbatlmcvcscmc/cccsbcrc,
scmc/cccstbcrc, ct vcil. e . Surc/y/t
/s ]rustrat/ngtcrcacbycurJcst/nat/cn
w/tbcut/ncw/ngbcwycugcttbcrc 4 . .

!4
Right.lamalcgicalguy- llikctc
bcinccntrcl,tckncwwhatishappcn-
ingandwhcrclamgcing.
lnthcarducustaskcIgcncrating
gccdidcas,thcrcis, undcniably,an
clcmcnt cI luck. lt dccs appcar,
hcwcvcr, tc gc alcng with thcsc
whc takc anactivc rclc and makc
anc0crt.
ADI COSIFF 41
I/na//y, l'J ///cyoa to show mc a
rcccnt stuJy o] yoar cho/cc that yoa
]nJattract/vc.
. b6 |V0V
Spccia!Ccmmcndaticn,
ShalhmatnayaKomo;/tsia, I3
Whitctcp!ayanddraw
Whitc` sgca! is cbvicus. tcstcp thc
h-pawn Ircmprcmcting. Thc path tc
this gca!,thcugh,isllcdwithmincs.
I vd2+7 vI4! (but nct Io o .vc57 2
vc3)2Sa2 vc5 ' , cr I vc3+7vc5 '
(butnct I. . . vI472vd4) .
1 vdJ| |
Suqrising!y, thc whitc battcry i s
nct cpcratcd immcdiatcly. By kccp-
inghiscpticnscpcn,Whitcmanagcs
tc achicvc his aim. I. . . vc5 ( I . . .h2 2
vc3+)2vc3h2 3 Sc4, cr I. . . vI42
vd4.
lnmcspacccImrccmcvcsandwith
cnlyIcurpicccs, saysCcstc0apprc-
ciativc!y,wchavcsuqrisc( I vd3 '' ),
gccmctricalpattcmanddcpth.
1h/s cho/cc camc as a sarr/sc to
mc:lthoaghtyoawou/J/c/ahcavy-
wc/ght/ccc.
Lct us ccmparc this u!tra-!ight
miniaturc with my vb/vb8 study
Ircm thc AIck tcumcy. Thc Icrm cI
thcscstudicsisradica!!ydi0crcnt.Yct,
artistical!y, thcy havc a grcat dca! in
ccmmcn.Bcthstudics, rc!ativctcthcir
mcans, ccntain surprisc, pattcm, tcn-
sicn,dcpth,andultimatc!y,p!casurc.l
nditup!iItingthatsuchdivcrscstud-
ics canbc scsimilar!ybcautiIul.
9 N 10H A055V| | |
Bcm I?0.WinncrcIthclsrac!icpcn
champicnships cI II and I3.
Rcprcscntcd lsrac! i n O!ympiads in
I0 and I8. ln thc mid- I0s hc
wcn a scrics cI strcng intcmaticna!
tcumamcnts,rcachingapcakratingcI
2580E!c. Marricd tc Sc Pc!gar, hc
wcrks as a physician and is rcgardcd
as cnc cIthc bcst chcss amatcurs in
thcwcr!d.
Somc/aycrsarca/JcJ, Jur/ngthc/r
th/n//ng-roccss, bymcnta/qucst/ons,
///c 'what arc my r/va/ 's wca/cst
squarcs ', 'wh/ch/ccccanlsacrqcc ',
'whcrc shou/Jmy/n/ghtbc hcaJ/ng '
anJsoon. Doyou uscsuchmcthoJs "
(Rc0ccting) l dcn' t ask mysclI
mcthcdicaIqucsticnsduringthcgamc.
Hcwcvcr, l Ircqucnt!y cxaminc iIthc
prcvicus p!ay has bccn ' ccrrcct' . lIl
makc scnsib!c mcvcs, itcan' tbc that
my pcsiticn wi!! bc wcrsc. lImy cp-
pcncntp!accshispicccsinanarticia!
manncr, l !cck Icr a rcIutaticn. l bc-
licvcthatthcrcisusticcinchcss.
Ancthcrcritcricnluscinsc!ccting
mycandidatc-mcvcsisthcdcgrccthat
thcyccncspcndtcmytastc. ltis vcry
impcrtantIcrmctcp!aypcsiticnsthat
llikc.lIa!incis ' cbcctivcly'gccdbut
dccs nct acccrd with my sty!c, l' !!
avcidit.Bcingbcttcr 'cnpapcr'yiclds
ncthing.
lhavcthcsamcccnvicticnrcgard-
ing mcdicinc. thcrc arc nc absc!utc
truths, cvcrythingisrc!ativc.Ycuhavc
tc chccscthcsctcchniqucsand mcth-
cds cI trcatmcnt in which ycu bc-
licvc.
lam /ntr/gucJbyyourJcc/s/on /n
thc]o//ow/nggamc.
A055hV| | ~ 5Kh| 5
Haqa !99J
1 c4 c0 Z d4 d5 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 vl3
vc0 5&b5&d000-0vc77c4dxc4
b& xc4 0-0 h3 (D)
Ihc Exchangc \ar/at/on o] thc
IrcnchDc]cncchasa Jraw/shrcuta-
t/on.Icvlsa/h/s/sawor/J-/caJ/ngcx-
crtoa thc Ircnch, yct you chosc th/s
oca/agsystcmstr/v/ng]orv/ctoj.
M 1ONA KOSASH\ILI 4J
At thc timc, taught chcsstc ad-
vanccdstudcntsandhadtcbcrcadyIcr
class,sc didscmchcmcwcrkandhad
a prctty gccd kncwlcdgc and undcr-
standing cI this variaticn, including
scmc imprcssivc idcas by Kasparcv.
Thc pcsiticn wc rcachcd is clcar and
dcncd, ycu can' t rcly cn thc data-
basc, but havc tc kccp nding gccd
mcvcs.
l'vc Icund parallcls tc pcsiticns
withanisclatcdd-pawnthatl' mIamil-
iar with, stcmming Ircm cthcr cpcn-
ing-systcms, c. g. , Kasparcv-Karpcv,
WcrldChmatch(22),LcningradI8.
Id4<I2c4c3<I3d54<c3&c ?
5&g5h& xI&xI?c30-08ZcI
c &d3 vd? I 00 0 dxc4 I I &xc4
c5 I 2h3cxd4I 3 cxd4.
lust wantcd tc gct a pcsiticn in
which IcltccmIcrtablc.
Ancthcrccnsidcraticnwasagamc
had playcd against Dclmatcv in a
prcvicus rcund cI thc samc tcuma-
mcnt.lchcscthcvariaticnIc4c2d4
d5 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 <I3 -c6 5 &b5
&d c4 dxc4 ? d5 a 8 &a4 b5
dxcbxa4 I 0Wxa4<c? I I 0-0 0 0I 2
bd2 but aItcr I 2 . . . c3 ' I 3bxc3 Wc8
thc gamc pctcrcd cutintc a draw. I4
-c4 Wxc I5 Wxc vxc I -xd
cxd '/-/z. Sc hadtcdcviatc.
Scmc idcas arc bcm thrcugh
climinaticn.Thcmstchciccdccsn't
bringthcdcsircddividcnds, scwc
lcckasidc, cndcavcuringtcinvcs-
tigatccthcrcpticns.
Backtcthcgamc. . .
&l51vcJWd711aJvg01Z
c1 acb 1J& cJa0 14&f|Wdb 15
va4 <h4 10 <c5 &xc5 17 <xh4
Wxh41bdxc5
Withcutmakinganypcrccptiblccr-
rcrs, BlackhasdriItcdintcaninIcricr
pcsiticn.
1b ... c01WlJ&c4ZWg4Wxg4
Z1 hxg4 <c7 ZZ g5 cb Z3 Dad1
&c0Z4xc0lxc0Z5 &c4d5
25. . . >d5 is mct with 2 &xc?'
&xc4 2? 9d? 9c8 28 c' bxc 2
&b4 Icllcwcd by & c3, and Whitc is
vinning.
Z0 &h4 l0 Z7 lJ vl7 Zb gJ
&d5Z&dJc7J0g5 vh531& c5
With his pair cIbishcps and supc-
ricr pawn-structurc, Whitc incrcascd
thcprcssurcandwcntcntcwincnthc
5thmcvc.
A055hV| | ~ 6 K6
H//vcrsum!990
1 c4 c0 Z d4 d5 J <dZ dxc44 xc4
vd7 5 vlJ vgl0 0 <gJ c0 7 & dJ
&d0b--WcZWc710& g5 b0
11 <c4 <xc4 1Z Wxc4 g0 1J & h0
cb 14 Wh4 & b7 15 g5 & c7 10
ad1 a0 17 lc1adb(D)
!! 1HE RANDMASIER'S MlND
1bxc0| |
HowJ/Jth/s/Jcaoccurtoyou?
Black has manccuvrcd slcwly cn
thcquccnsidc andthc ccntrc, withcut
paying attcnticntcmy aggrcssivc ac-
ticns against his king, wcll, hcw can
cnc play likc this7 My intuiticn tcld
mcthatthcrc mustbc adircctrcIuta-
ticn.
1b... lxc0 1 &xg0| hxg0
I. . . vI 20 & I?+ vh8 2I vxc
andWhitcwins.
Z0& g7| &xg5
20. . .vxg? 2I Wh?+vI 22 vc4+
vI523Wh3+vxc424WI3#.
Z1Whb+vl7ZZWh7|
Thc star mcvc.
_
cspitc bcingrcck,
bishcpandknightahcad,Blackispcw-
crlcss.
latu/t/oaas/Jc, youwcrc a/so ca/-
cu/at/ag, o]coursc?
N aturally. Thc basic idca, which
guidcs ycu whcrc tc scarch, is bascd
cnwhatwccall' Iccling' , ahunch.But
aItcrthat,ycumustbcsurcthatthings
arcanalyticallyccncct.
ZZ .<lb
Altcmativcsarc22. . . &I23& h+,
22. . . 0h8 23 &xh8+vI824&c5Wc8
25 & d+, 22. . . Zc? 23 &c5+ vI8 24
Wh8+vI?25Wg?+vc82Wxg+.
Z3 &xlb+ =xlb Z4 Wxc7 bb Z5
d3
FrcmamatcrialpcintcIvicw,Black
is still in thc gamc. His king's shat-
tcrcd dcIcnccs, thcugh, dc nct lcavc
himaghtingchancc.
Z5M &c7 Z0 l3+ =gb Z7 Wd7
=g7ZbWxc0&h4ZWl7+ h030
g3 &g531h4& c13Zl0 gb33h5
=xh534Wh7+& h035 l41-0
Somct/mcs a stratagcm rcacars
t/mc aaJ aga/a /a a /aycr's gamcs.
Doyouhavcsucha]avour/tcJcv/cc/
Ataccrtainpcricdlwas attractcd
by thc idca cI advancing my cutsidc
pawns.lmplcmcntingsuchmcthcds,l
wasvictcricuscn scvcralcccasicns.
A055V| | V. 6l
lsrac/!990
1c4c5Z<l3d03c3<l04&cZ<c0
5 WcZ &g4 0 d3 c0 7 bdZd5 b h3
&h5 0-0 &c7 10 c1 0-0 11f
&xl37| 1Z&xl3 c5 13&cZc47| 14
dxc4
Nct I 4d4d3 I 5& xd3 cxd3 I
Wxd3-xc4withaslightadvantagctc
Black.
14 dxc4 15 &l4 vg07| 10 &g3
b5 17 h4| & c5
I ?. . . h5 lcscs a pawn tc I 8 LcdI
Wb Ic5g4(cr I. . . -d520Wc4)
20Sxg4hxg42I h5-h422Wc4.
1bh5c7 1h0g0(D)
Thc lcsscr cvil was thc ugly mcvc
I. . . gxh. Ncw thc wcakncss cI thc
darksquarcsprcvcsIatal.
M 1ONA KOSASH\lLl 4J
Z0b4|
A dccisivc strckc cn thc cppcsitc
0ank. lttranspircsthataItcr 20. . . &b
2I a4' (ancchc cI I ?h4' ) 2I . . . a 22
Sh4' Black lcscsmatcria!, sincc any
mcvc with a black knight Iails tc 23
axb5 whcnBlackcannctrccapturccn
b5.
Z0 cxb3
AIcrccdccnccssicn.
Z1axb3b4ZZcxb4&xb4Z3WbZ|
vc07
Lcsingcnthcspct.Hcwaslcstany-
way.23. . . c824ZcdIWb(24. . . W c8
25 LacIWb?29c?' )250aWb?2
c3Icllcwcdby-g4-I.
Z4cd1Wc7Z5d7| 1-0
25. . . Wxd? 2 WxI Wd4 2? c5 is
curtains.
A055V| | V. M| K 6V5K
lsrac//ocaCh !99J
Whitctcplay
This gamc was playcd in thc last
rcund.ThccutccmccIthccthcrgamcs
madc it apparcnt that victcry wculd
clinch an undividcd Iirst placc Icr
Ycna.
Evcrybcdy was ccnvinccd that it
was gcing tc cnd in a draw, hc rc-
calls.
layouror/g/aa/commcatajtothc
gamc, ub//shcJ /a thc lsrac// maga-
z/ac Schahmat, you wrotc. hh/tc 's
/aa/s to]rcch/mscq ]romthc/aoa
thc]/c,tocxchaagcthcJarl-squarcJ
b/shos, totraas]crh/sl/agtogJw/th
h/sawnsoa]4aaJg4. `
lo]tcawoaJcr qth/s //aJo] com-
mcataj rc]ccts a gcau/ac th/a//ag-
roccss, orrctroscct/vcw/sJom.
lcancn!yattcstthatinthispartic-
ularcasc,ldidmakcaccmprchcnsivc
plan.Lctmcrcccnstructmythcughts.
laskcdmysclIhcwcculdlundcrminc
Black' s sclidstructurc.Hiskingiscx-
pcscd,andwithcuthisg?-bishcp,this
Iactcrwculdbcccmcsignicant
This rcascning lcd mc tc rca!izc
thatBlack' sdark-squarcdbishcp was
thc kcy tc his harmcnicus sct-up.
ThcrcIcrc l shcu!d aim tc cxchangc
bishcps and thcn initiatc a dircct at-
tackagainstthcking.
Thc scqucl was nct pcrIcct, and
scmctimcsmystcricus. Butacccrding
tcKcsashviIiitwasalwaysccnductcd,
Icr his part, with thc guiding gcal cI
cxchanging thc dark-squarcd bishcps
inIavcurablccircumstanccs.
45=lZa540=c3&b347&d0a4
4b l4
c5 is a pctcntial squarc tc initiatc
thccxchangccIbishcps.
4b l7 4 Wh3+ =gb 50 Wcb+
=h7 51 & a37|
40 1H RANDMASIR'S MlND
5 I Wb8wasbcttcr,andiI5 I . . . &b2
thcn52& c5.
51...l5 5Z Wd7 l7 53 Wh3+
=gb54Wcb+=h7 55 =l3 &d5+50
=g4l0 57Wdb&c0+5b=l3
Nct58vh477ZI5.
5bW l7 5 Wcb &d5+ 00 =g4
&b3 01 Wc1| (D)
This strangc-lccking mcvc limits
thc sccpc cI Black' s light-squarcd
bishcp,sustainsthcthrcatsagainstthc
blackking (chccks cnhI and a8) and
prcparcs an cvcntual cxchangc cIthc
dark-squarcdbishcpsIcllcwinganin-
cursicncIthcwhitckingtcg5.
01MM l57 0Z &d0 h5 03 c7
d5 04 Wh1+ h5 05 Wc1 d5 b0
&b4h507=l3 &d5+0b=c3
lt acars tbat aot mucb rogrcss
haJbccamaJc/atbc/ast20movcs.
l was ccndcnt that Witc' s sus-
taincdprcssurcwculdbcarIruit.
Part cImy advantagc was a psy-
chclcgicalcnc. Blackhasncccuntcr-
play. ltiscxtrcmclyhardtc maintain
a passivc dcIcncc Icr a lcng pcricd.
Thcrc arc nct many playcrs arcund
likcKramnik,whcarcwillingtcplay
(and cndurc) a Bcrlin DcIcncc (vs
Kasparcv, 2000) and hcld cn stub-
bcmly.
0b WW hZ0Wd1 &c07
9e . o &b3 ?0 Wd? is alsc insuI-
cicnt Icr Black, but drcpping thc a-
pawnishcpclcss.
70Wxa4gZ71 &c1 aZ7ZWc4
&g4773 Wh1+| &h074Wb7+g7
Or?4. . . vg8?5 Wd5+ andwins.
75 &c3 cZ+70=d31-0
6| u ~ A055V| |
R/sboa-Ictz/oa!9J
Blacktcplay
31WW c3|
This mcvc takcs advantagc cI thc
miscrablcpcsiticncIthcwhitcpicccs.
BydintcIaIcrccdscqucncccImcvcs,
BlackwinsthccxchangcIcrapawncr
twc.ltisnctcasytccvaluatcthcccn-
scqucnccscIthcrcsultingpcsiticn.
3Z &xc3
32bxc3willbcmctbythcsamcrc-
cindcr. 32<xc3 <g333 <d5appcars
M 1ONA KOSASH\IL 1
attractivcbutisrcIutcdby33 . . . vxhI+
34 9xhI Lc2' ' 35 -I+ vh8 (3
vxc87Lxd2+3?vcI Lxb2).
3Z . . . & b5 33 lg1 &xcZ 34 =xcZ
<g3+35xg3 hxg330g1
l st///]nJ /t harJ to bc//cvc that
/acl w/// rcva//. hhat wcrc your
thoughts whcn you cmbarlcJ uon
J!. . . cJ/
FirstcIa!!, lthcught thatl wcu!d
havc gccd chanccs tc dccidc thc rc-
su!ting cndgamc in my Iavcur. But a
macrccmpcncntcImydccisicnwas
timing. Lcckatthcdiagrampcsiticn.
hadlnctactcdprcmpt!y,Whitcwcu!d
havcp!aycd32ZcI andprcvcntcdthc
0rcakthrcughIcrgccd.
30... b537 =dZ
3? a3 is bcttcr.
37 Zc43ba3 ccb3vcZ
lI 3 9xg3 thcn 3. . . a5 Ic!!cwcd
by 40. . . b4 andthcb!ackrccks in!-
tratc.
3... a540 =b3 a4+ 41 vaZ (D)
Fcrccd,4I vc2 Ioscstc4I . . . b4' 42
axb4Zxb443Zxg3 a3 ' 44b3Kb?.
41... xc3|
Entcringarcckcndinginwhichthc
activity cIhis rcmainingrcckandhis
supcncrpawn-structurc,tcgcthcrwith
thcunIcrtunatcp!accmcntcIthcwhitc
king,mcrcthanccmpcnsatcB!ackIcr
hispawndccit.
This is thc cn!y viab!c winning
p!an. Oncc again,thcc!cmcntcItim-
ing is crucia! . lI Whitc had a!rcady
capturcdcng3, hcwcu!dbcsaIc. Sc,
it` sncwcrncvcr.
ln thc prcccss cI dcvising and
imp!cmcntinganidca,thcc!cmcnt
cI timing is an intcgra! part. A
scnsccIurgcncy,arcccgniticnthat
scmcthinghastcbcpcrIcmcdhcrc
andncw- thcscarc attributcs that
guidccurthcughtstcwards ccrtain
mcvcsandgamc-p!ans.
4Z bxc3 xc3 43 xg3 cZ+ 44
=b1 lZ|
Thc thrcatcI45. . . 9I3 gainsanim-
pcrtanttcmpc.
45g1 cZ40g3=lb47h4=c7
4b h5
Whitc` s cn!y chancc is tc crcatc a
passcdpawn. Againstwaitingtactics,
B!ack` skinggccstcI5 andWhitcwi!!
sccnndhimsc!Iinzugzwang, Icrcx-
amp!c, 48 vaI vc 4 vbI vI5 50
vaI9d25 I vbI Zd352vb20b3+
53 va2 Lc3 54 vb2 Ld3 55 va2
Lb3.
lnstcadcIthc tcxt-mcvc,Whitccan
uy48I5 gxI5 4h5, butitis dcubtm!
whcthcritwi!!savchimaItcr4. . . vI8 '
50 hvg8.
4b... gxh5 4l5 lZ50 g0 =lb| 51
g7+ =gb5Zg5 l3 53 d5l0 54 d0
xc3
1 1HE RANDMASIR'S MIND
Nct54. . . Ixg57755d?,whcnthcta-
b!csarctumcd.
55g0xa350xl0=xg757d7
d3 5bg0+=l75h0 xd7 00
h7+=cb 01 xh5d50-1
1. ld60 ~ A055V| |
R/shon-Ictz/on!99J
B!acktcp!ay
Z0... abb| Z1 c3 Wdb ZZ va3
WcbZ3 c0 <cb
Acccpting thc cIIcr is nct advis-
ab!c. 23. . . Sxc7 24 dxc c5 25 c?
vxc42cxb8WWxb8 2?>xb.
Z4 &c7 abZ5 c3 a7| Z0 vc4
&ab Z7 <a5 (D)
Z7 =hb|
l'm ba{cJ. hh/tc sccms to havc
maJcsomcrogrcsswh//cyour ]orccs
arc/nrctrcatoratbcst, marl/ngt/mc.
Ictyoucons/Jcryour/astmovcavcj
strong oncanJcva/uatc thcs/tuat/on
/nyour]avour
N ctc that B!ack has nc cvidcnt
wcakncsscs, and hc has a c!car p!an,
dircctcdagainstd5.
ln spitc cI appcaranccs, Whitc' s
Icrccs arc inIact acting withcut cc-
cpcraticnandharmcny.My!astmcvc
is a prcphy!actic mcasurc. Thc king
mcvcs away Ircm pctcntia! chccks
and!ctsthccthcrpicccsdcthcircbs.
Thcimmcdiatc2?. . . I28SI5&xd5
2&xc8Wxc8 30Sbwas!cssccn-
vincing.
Zb b4 vl0 Z&bbvxc430xc4
d731c0 va7 3Z &xa7 xa733
c1Wl734 vc0 b7
Thc rcck aspircs tc scttlc cn b5,
whcrcitwi!!cxcrtadditicna!prcssurc
cn d5.
35 cc4 &l0 30 Wa4 Vxd5 37
W xa0
With his twc bishcps and pair cI
ccnncctcdccntra! pawns, B!ack has a
dccisivc advantagc. Ncw hc shcu!d
havc p!aycd 3?. . . c4' . 38 vId4 Sh4'
3 LI c2 (3 g3c3 ' 40gxh4cxI2+4I
vh2 CbI? 42 0II 0I4' and B!ack
wins)3. . . 9bI?andWhitccc!!apscs.
37MW Wb573b Wxb5 xb53a7
bbb40cb=gb41 xbbxbb4Z
cb+xcb43 xcbd544 b0&c0
'h-'h
M 1ONA KOSASH\lLl 1
1h/srohy/act/c aroach, th/nl-
/ng]rom thc ooncnt 's ang/c, /s /ta
rom/ncnt]caturc /nyourgamcs /
Ycs. lsuccccdinndingidcasIcr
my cppcncnt cn thc samc lcvcl thatl
nd idcas Icr my cwn sidc. l apply
prcphy lacticthinkingallthctimc.
+ + +
Ict 'sgoovcrsomcos/t/ons, toscc
howyoutacl/cthcm.
lrcscntyouagamcanJaslyouto
talc thc wh/tc s/Jc. At scvcra/]unc-
turcs l' // asl you to g/vc mc your
thoughts.
A u6l 0l56
Hungaj!9J
1d4c0Zc4 vl03 l3b04g3&a05
Wa4 c0 0 vc3 b5 7 cxb5 cxb5 b
vxb5 Wb0
lcandcIcndwithc3crclscwith-
drawthcknight.c3 sccmstcmcun-
natural, paying a high pricc Icr thc
pawn. l' llplay -c3.
c3 &b7 10 &cZ&c0
l think cI I I Wb3 . . . l'd likc tc
play activcly, I I vc5, but l lcsc a
rcck with nc signicant ccmpcnsa-
ticn. I I d5&xd5 I 2c4&xc4 I 3&c3,
prcbably with initiativc . . . dccsn' t
sccm tcc prcmising. (rcturns tc) I I
Wb3, butlIcclthatthisispassivc.AI-
tcr I I Wb3 Wb? I 2 c5 &xhI , l
dcn' t scc a gccd Icllcw-up . . . AIsc
thcrc is I I =c4and I I d5. ButaItcr
I I d5ldcn' thavcanyadvantagc.Scl
cptIcr I I Wc4.
11 Wc4 Wb7 (D)
Black' s thrcat is nct alarming. lI
hc capturcs thc I3-knight hc willbc
chcckcd cn c8. Lct' s scc what hap-
pcns aItcr I 2 0-0 &xI3 I 3 &xI3
WxI3 I 4Wc8+c?. . . lbclicvcthcrc
isastrcnginitiativchcrc. . . Maybc I 2
b3 cr I 2&d2, intcnding tc mcctthc
dcublc capturccnI3 with Wc8+and
&a3(b4)+. ButBlackcanintcrpclatc
I 2 . . . a. This lcavcs I 2d5 :xd5 I 3
c5. . . ThislccksvcrydangcrcusIcr
Whitc. I 3 . . . vb I 4 WI4 &xhI I 5
WxI?+vd8.
l ccmctc thc ccnclusicn that my
pcsiticnis sha|. c3 wasprcbablya
mistakc. l will gc Icr I 2 0-0, c. g. ,
I 2 . . . &xI3 I3>xI3WxI3 I4 -c?+,cr
I 4Wc8+Icllcwcdby I 5b3.
1Z 0-0 a0 13 <c3 &xl3 14 &xl3
Wxl315Wcb+ vc7
lncwrcalizcthatI b3isbadbc-
causc cI I . . . Wc I ?&a3+d. Sc, l
havc tc play I d5. l Iccl that this is
whcrc thc mcncy is. I. . . -xd5 I ?
Wb?. ldcn' tsccanythingclscand I ?
Wb?i s gccdcncughIcrmc.
youwcrc /acl, whatwou/Jyou
Jo /
J0 1HL KNDMAS1LK'S IND
Whtcscngagcdncapturngthc
rook, BIackshouIdcrcatcsuongcoun-
tcrpIay . . . . vc s nsulccnt,gucss.
(Howabout)advancng. . . h-h4. . .
Whtc s stII n troubIc. Altcr I d
vxd I J WbJ h BIack shouId bc
aIcrttotactcsonthca8-h1dagonaI. . .
I 8 vxd+ cxd I 9c4 s ntcrcstng.
1hcnlI 9 . . . h4Z0 cxd h37ZI d+ . . .
Oh,buthchas I 8. . xd, wnnng.
crhaps altcr I J . . . h ' II pIay thc
mmcdatc I 8 c4 andl I 8 . . . vxc3 I 9
bxc3h4,thcnZ0&a3+vl7ZI c+.'
10d5 -xd5 17Wb7h5 (L)
can pIay I 8c4 or I 8 b3 . . . I 8 c4
vxc3 I 9bxc3 Wxc3 Z0Wxa8 Wxa1
ZI a3+wns.'
hbc/shcttcrbcrc "
prclcrWhtc. But cvcry movc s
crtcaItothcovcraII outcomc.'
hby Jcn'tycaccns/Jcr!Wxu"
t' s too smpIc, pay a prcc.
shouId Iook lor somcthng morc cor-
rcct . . . I 8c4appcars tobc morc natu-
raI.'
nthcactuaIgamcWhtcbaIcdout
wth adraw.
1b Wxab h4 1 -xd5+ cxd5 Z0
Wxbb 'h-Vz
Z0. . . h3 ZI Wc+ vd8 ZZ Wb8+
wthpcrpctuaIchcck.
Yona' ssuggcston, I 8 c4, sccms to
IcadtothcsamcrcsuItaltcr I 8 . . . vxc3
I 9bxc3l' Z0Wxa8h4ZI c1h3ZZ
vl1Wd3+Z3vg1Wl3.
In tbc]c//cw/ngcs/t/cn, tu/c tbc
h/uc/s/Jc.
bh|V0Sl - M| 0S| 0
Ncw cr/Ucn !99J
WhtctopIay
J0bxc5
Whtc' srstranks vuIncrabIc . . .
hspawn-structurc s supcror. . . bsh-
opsoloppostccoIourarcgoodlorthc
attackng sdc. mustbc actvc, cncr-
gctc,bccauscWhtcposscsscsastatc
advantagc. Kccapturng by 3. . . dxc
suggcststscIlbuttIcavcsWhtcwth
a dangcrous par ol passcd pawns.
scarchloratactcaI strokc, takng ad-
vantagcolthctrstrank' swcakncss. ' d
contcmpIatccrazymovcsIkc3 . . . c1
UNA AUSASH\ILI J
and3. . . l3, whch arcprobabIyrub-
bsh.3. . . !33Jgx!3sccmstoosIow
. . . 3. . . <cZscncrgctcandbcautluI.
notcc that n an cmcrgcncy, Whtc
maypIay&l.
3. . . cZ (thrcatcnng 3J. . . WlI +)
3JWd1maybc3J. . . cI 38xcI <xc1
39 c+ 7gJ, docs not Iookbad lor
BIack. (Hc procccds to cxamnc 3J
c+ and3J g3) . On 3. . . cZ3J g3
Dl3 38 c+vh8 Whtc has aprob-
Icm. 3. . . vcZsmy movc.'
J0 vcZJT gJ (D)
Wat a mnutc. 3J. . . Dl3 can bc
mct by 38 DlI . 38. . . xd3 39 xlZ,
whcn BIack s doomcd. 38. . .WxlI+
39x! I Dxd340&xcZc34I cxd
saIsonottoobrIIant.38. . . <xg3+s
nogood.
thnkhavccxhaustcdthcposs-
bItcsaltcr3J. . . l3- mayrctumto
tIatcrbutwIItry tochccksomcthng
cIsc.3J. . . &c I 38 c++gJ39 xc I
<xc1 40 Wc3+ l (or 40. . . Wl) 4I
Wxc1 Wl3+ 4Z 7g1 WlZ+ draw.'
(gocsontocxamnc38 xcI vxc I39
Wc3 vcZ40 c+lJ).
Lcc/ugu/nutJ/ . . . ]J.
3J. . . l338 ! I . . . don' tsccany-
thnglorBIack.'
J7 .lJJbDH xgJ (D)
(Astonshcd)Wow' '
hby Jc yca tb/n/ yca cvcr/cc/cJ
tbut"cawcrcuwurccjtbc]rstrun/'s
va/ncruh///p.
1hcmatcaltcr39x!ZgI#docs
notlaIIntolamIarpattcms. Hadthc
bIackknghtstoodonl3 nstcadolcZ,
wouIdhavccasIyspottcdt.
But don' tthnk 38. . . Dxg3 s aII
thatstrong.AsWhtc, `dIovctopun-
sh BIack. You havc madc mc angry
now, ths s arudc movc . . . canpIay
39Wb1or39WdI . 1hcIattcrsccmsto
mc naturaI, and t aIso thrcatcns thc
knght. 39 Wd1gI+ 40 xgI Wl3+
4I&gZ -g3+4Zhxg3andthcrcsno
matconh.
choosc 39 Wd1. t sccms that
BIacks Iostaltcrthat.'
J Wd1 Wxc5 40 &cb+ vhb 41
WxcZcJ4Zb0Wd44Jd1c1
44xc1
( I -0, Z)
JZ 1HE RANDMASIER'S MIND
Our intcrvicwcc did havc scmc
!apscs cI ca!cu!aticn, but cvcra!!, hc
madc thc ccrrcct chciccs. ln thc Eh!-
vcst gamc, B!ackshcu!dhavc chcscn
3?. . . & cI instcadcI3?. . . DI3.
lnot/ccthatyou]rcqucnt/yJcscr/bc
thcmovcsyoacxam/nc/n]uJgcmcnta/
tcrms. corrcct, natura/, hamon/ous,
]ust, ug/y, artqc/a/ . . .
(Smi!cs)Whcnlwasycunglrcad
inthcbccksthatthiscrthatmcvcwas
' natura! ' andlccu!dn' tundcrstandit
what is a ' natura!' mcvc7 Ncw l
kncwwhatis ' natura!'Icrmc andmy
thcughtsduringagamcarcdircctcdat
Iinding thcsc mcvcs which appcar tc
mc natura!, ccrrcct, apprcpriatc (yct
anothcr mystcr/ous tcrm!) . On!y iI l
dcn' t nd a satisIying 'natura! ' sclu-
ticn,dclrcachcutIcrthc 'unnatura! '
cncs.
Hcrc wc havc a rccipc that scmc
wi!! nd uscIu! whi!c cthcrsmay rc-
gard asirritating.
Agccdidcais usua!!ywhatycu
think,bc!icvccrva!uctcbcagccd
idca. lI a mcvc ycu Icc! ccmIcrt-
ab!c with cntcrsycurmind,p!ayit.
Thcidcaisprcbab!y' right'Icrycu.
N | K 6|50H
BcmI80. Singlcdcutinhis ycuthas
an cutstanding talcnt, Alik Iulllcd
thcsc hcpcs by bcccming Wcrld Un-
dcr- I4Champicn in I4 andWcrld
Undcr- I Champicnin I. ln2000
hcwcnthc !sracliChampicnship (tc-
gcthcrwithGMBcrisAvrukh) .Witha
pcak Elc rating cI 25?I , Gcrshcn' s
bcstrcsults,cncIccls, stilllicahcad.
1o/aycrsarcknown]orthc/rrc-
J//cct/on ]or rcar/ng ocn/ng sys-
tcms athomc. 1c// mc youraroach
towarJs ocn/ngnovc/t/cs.
Suppcsc l lcck at an unIamiliar
variaticn. l ccllcct data and idcas,
mainly Ircm rcccnt gamcs. Nct tcc
much - ust tc gct a Iccling, tc scc
which way things arc gcing. Evcn-
tually l rcach a pcsiticn whcrc l Iccl
that ' scmcthing' is thcrc, lanalysc, at
a ccrtain pcint l switch cn my Fritz
anddircctitwhichmcvcstccxaminc.
lIlcnccuntcrancppcncntwhcal-
ways plays thc samcstuII, ltrytc scc
hcw tc changc ccursc and surprisc
him.MygamcvcrsusLcsicgcisasuc-
ccssIuldcmcnstraticncIsuchwcrk.
6l50 ~ L65| 66
cmuJa200!
1d4d5Zc4dxc4JcJ <l04&xc4c0
5lJc500-0a07&bJcxd4bcxd4
<c0 c3 &c710c10-011aJb5
1Z d5cxd5 1J <xd5 xd5 14 &xd5
&b715vc5cb
I 5 . . . <xc5 I & xb? 9a ? I ? & c4
&I is almcst cqual (Avrukh H-
Zvi, Tcl-Aviv I). Thc tcxt-mcvc
wasncwtcthccry,butGMAlcxKuz-
man had dctcctcd this pcssibility and
adviscdmctcchcckitcut,whichldid,
quitcthcrcughly.
10 d7| &b4| (D)
ltiscasyIcrBlacktcgcwrcng,c. g. ,
I. . . Wxd?!I?& xI?+,crI. . . Lc8! I?
&xI?+vxI? I8Wd5+vg IWc4+
vh5 ( I. . . vI? 20 Wc#) 20 Wxh?+
g42I I3#.
17Wg4|
I ?axb4Wxd?and I ?-xI8 &xcI
I 8 <c SxI2+ arc nc Icr Black.
Blackwashavingabigthinkhcrc.
J4 1HL KANDMAS1LK'S IND
I J . . . &xc17 I 8 &h
|
I 9 xc1 s
wnnn
|
!orWhtc.
17... h5 1bWxh5&xc1 1&h0| |
1hcpont,thrcatcnng Z0W
|
. lor
cxampIc, I 9 . . . vc7 Z0 v!+'
|
x! ZI
Wg4+vgZZ Wxg+matcs.
1 ... &xlZ+Z0vxlZ
MotZ0vh17Wh4andBIackwns.
Z0...c5| | (D)
Z1 &xg7|
ZI Wxc7 Wh4+ ZZ vg1 Wxh Z3
&xbJ c1+ Z4xc1Wxc1+ Z v!Z
WdZ+s bad!orWhtc.
Z1...vdJ+ZZvg1vxg7ZJWg4+
vh0Z4WhJ+vg7Z5WgJ+vhbZ0
WhJ+
kncw!rommyprcparcdanaIyss
that cvcn ! BIack!ound thc bcst dc-
!cncc (whch, so !ar, hc dd), couId
aIways!orccadraw, andtry!ormorc
wthoutrsk.'
Z0...g7 Z7 >xb7 c7 Zb Wg4+
vhb!
Havng mprcssvcIy conductcd an
arduousdc!cnsvctask,BIackdcvatcs
!romthcrghtpath. Z8. . . vh' s cor-
rcct. n ths casc, Z9 vx!87 !aIs to
Z9. . . c1+' 30 xcI Wb+, whIc Z9
!17 BxdJ 30 !3 aIIows 30. . . v!Z'
(lrtz) 3I vx!Z DdZ+ 3Z v!1 d1+
and t s onIyBIackwhocanwn. So,
nthscascWhtcwouIdhavctorcsort
to pcrpctuaI chcck. Z9 W3+ vgJ30
W
|
4+wthadraw.
Z Wd4+| l0 J0 Wh4+ g7 J1
xlb (D)
1hc wcakcnng . . . ! gvcs Whtc a
sgncantcdgc.
J1... Wd0 JZ > c4 c1+ JJ xc1
vxc1 J4 &lJ| Wxlb J5 WgJ+ hb
J0 WhJ+ g7 J7 Wg4+ vhb Jb
Wh5+ g7 JWg4+ hb 40 WhJ+
vg7 41 W d7+
By now tmc-troubIc was ovcr,
andwas abIcto nd a!orccdwn.'
41 vhb 4Z &c4 Wh0 4J Wcb+
g7 44 Wc7+| vhb 45 > d5 Wl4 40
Wlb+ vh7 47 > gb+ vg0 4b &l7+
l5 4 Wc5+c4 50 &d5+ l5 51
&l7+ vc4 5Z &g0+ l5 5J &xl5+
Wxl5 54Wxc1 1-0
1b/sccccrut/cnhctwccnmununJ
mucb/nc /n ccnccct/ng ccn/ng /nnc-
vut/cns/s/ntr/ga/ng.
LIK LKSHUN JJ
Mndyou,t' snotaIwayssucccss-
luI . lrst ol aII, lrtz docs not ' scc'
movcs Ikc I J Wg4' n conjuncton
wth I 9h ' , tcanbc olassstancc
onIy l drcctcd to cxamnc thcsc
movcs. SccondIy, thc computcr' s as-
scssmcnts arc lrcgucntIy naccuratc,
as I Icmcd tomy cxpcnscn thc loI-
Iownggamc. '
0|Sh00 ~ 2hum0V
Atbcns(Acrcc//s)?00J
1d4l5Z9lJ <l0JgJg04> gZg7
5 c4 0-0 0 0-0 d0 7 9cJ Wcb b d5
va0 b1 > d7 10 b4 c0 11 dxc0
bxc0 1ZaJ vg4
DzhumacvaIwayspIaysthsmovc.
Bclorcourgamc,hsopponcntspIaycd
I J bZ, Icttng hm procccd wth
I J. . . l4.IthoughtaboutI JWdJ- aIog-
caI movc, whch protccts thc knght,
assgnsthc cI-bshop to watchl4, and
thrcatcns I4c.Ilocuscdmyattcnton
manIy on thc rcsponscs I J. . . vcJ and
I J . . . c.'
1JW dJvc5
Bclorc thcgamcI consuItcdlrtz
and t was gutc optmstc lrom thc
whtc pont olvcw, gvng thc vara-
ton I4 xcxc I &h LlJ Ic
vcJ I Jl4.'
14vxc5 dxc5
1hs rccapturc Iooks postonaIIy
badlorBIack, andlrtz cndorscsths
cstmaton. Howcvcr, concrctc vara-
tons showthatBIacks pcrlcctIyOK
hcrc, c. g. , I c4 l4 and thc bIack
kngsdc pawns start roIIng. Latcr,
drltcdnto abadposton,butwonn
thc cnd.'
Aurt]rcmccn/ngs,urctbcrcctbcr
s/taut/cnswbcrccncccnsc/cas/ygcuJs
cncscqtcwurJs]nJ/nguscc/u//Jcu"
nnlcrorpostonsyoumustun-
carth a bgdca, othcrwsc you Iosc.
1akc lor cxampIc thc loIIowng cp-
sodc. '
bul0VSky - 0|Sh00
AmstcrJum(Lcstcys)?00!
BIacktopIay
Whtc' sIastmovcwas4 d-c.
HcntcndssmpIytocapturconc4,al-
tcrwhchhsguccnsdcpawnswIIdc-
cdc,nthcabscnccolanycountcrpIay
onmypart.
' Ys I Iookcd at my poston I bc-
camcgIoomy.4. . . b84 xc4 vxa
4JbxaBxa48a4snotcncouragng,
whIc 4. . . c (protcctng c4) s mct
by 4 b a84J aJ vxc 48 bJ vcJ
49 b8W+.
trcdtondsavngchanccsnthc
contnuaton 4. . . c 4bxa4J
bJxc48b8W+vcJ,buttwasnot
satslactory. Inthccnd,IloundsaIva-
ton. '
J0 1HL KNDMAS1LK'S IND
45 <c5||
OnIy altcr ths movc was pIaycd,
dd my opponcnt, aIong wth somc
othcrstrongpIaycrswhowcrcwatch-
ng thc gamc, obscrvc that on 4 b
a84JaJBIackhas4J. . . <dJ ' ' . Such
aswtchback sdlcuIttodctcct,yctI
dscovcrcdtbccauscIsmpIyhadto.'
40 c0 -d7 47 =cZ 7c7 4b a4
c5 4b0 =d7 50 a5 cJ
1hcgamckccpsadynamccguIb-
rum, and altcr somc advcnturcs t
cndcdpcaccluIIyonthcthmovc.
Scmcc] my/ntcrr/cwccsJcscr/hcJ
tc mc u systcmut/c unJ/cg/cu/ tb/n/-
/ng-rcccss.Dcycau/scmunugcycar
tbcagbts/ntbcsumcmunncr"
(In anapoIogctctonc). Mot ataII.
IknowthatAIonGrccnlcId,lorcxam-
pIc, my crstwhIc coach, can aIways
cxpIanhow hc rcachcs a spccc dc-
cson. I' m aIrad my own mnd s a
compIctcmcss.
InthcmajortyolcascsI can' tar-
tcuIatchowIrcachaccrtandccson.
IrcIyonntuton,IlccIthatnthspo-
ston,thssthcmovc, andnthatpo-
ston, a wnnng manocuvrc shouId
cxst.
Itry to systcmzcmy thnkng- I
cvcnrcadKotov'smodcIolhowpIay-
crs shouIdthnk- butI don' tknow. . .
It may hcIp, but somctmcs t brngs
mccountcrproductvcrcsuIts .'
IanJcrstunJycaccrrcct/y, yca 'rc
/m/y/ngtbutqwcca/t/vutcusuvugc,
bcmuy/cscb/ssuvugc s////s. . .
Somcthng Ikc that. Onc olthc
rcasons I do not gvc chcss Iccturcs
nowadays, s that whcncvcr I try to
undcrstand, anaIysc, or cxpIanwhy I
pIay thc movcs I pIay, what s ' cor-
rcct' pIay, whcrcthcpcccsshouIdbc
pIaccd - tntcrlcrcs wth my gamc,
andmyrcsuIts suIlcr. '
1crmsIkcsystcm, ordcrandor-
ganzatonhavc apostvc Havour,
butthcy arcnot aIways ncccssary.
Imposng such adng tooIs uon
crcatvcpIaycrsmayprovctohavc
arcstranngcBcct.
StIIonthcsamcssuc,Ihavcgrcat
rcspccttowardschcsscomputcrs.1hcy
havc a systcm, a wcII-loundcd aIgo-
rthm. Inaway,thcycompIcmcntmc.
CurrcntIy I' m tryng to asccrtan
whatkndoIpostonsIcndthcmscIvcs
tosystcmatcthnkng. IbcIcvcthatn
cIoscd postons, whch bcar stratcgc
charactcrstcs,tmaybcnctmctoor-
dcrmythnkng.'
c/ng u /uycr c] un /mug/nut/vc
unJucstbct/cu//y/cus/ngsp/c,Iwcn-
JcrbcwycasaccccJ/nwc/gb/ngycar
ct/cns ch]cct/vc/y. Arcn'tyca h/uscJ
hy]usby, hr////untmcvcs"
Ycs,Iam,IlrcgucntIyghtaganst
anurgcto makcmovcsI WaDttopIay,
at thc cxpcnsc ol movcs I 0ught to
pIay.'
Sc, /t /s Jgca/t]cryca tc uhstu/n
]rcmuttruct/vc/Jcus.
rcccntIy had a most annoyng
gamc aganst GM Av. Bykhovsky. I
was compIctcIy wnnng, and thcn
madc an nsanc knght sacrcc. I
cIcarIyundcrstoodthatsmpIccontn-
uatons wcrcdccsvc. Ontop olthat,
hc was Ic!t wth onIy two mnutcs.
Somchow I ' Iorccd' myscIl to nd
L LIK LLKSHUN J
rdcuIous justcatons to sacrlcc,
andduIyIost. '
Ol coursc, on many occasons, a
startIng dcamayaIsobcthcmostcl-
lcctvc.
0|Sh00 ~ | | 00|m0
Isruc/?000
1 d49l0Z c4c5J d5c549cJd05
c49bd70gJa07a4gb&gZ&g7
vgcZ 0-0 10 0-0 b0! 11>g5| h0 1Z
&dZbb1JWc1vh714WcZ<h5!
15vh1|b7 10l4cxl4 17gxl4l5 1b
&lJbb 1 g1bl7(D)
Z0xg0|
I cnjoycd a cIcar supcrorty, and
|hc postonaI contnuatons Z0 &xh5
orZ0DgZloIIowcdbyZI agI wouId
havcbccnsmpIcandstrong.1hctcxt-
movc, howcvcr, s much morc con-
vncng.'
Z0 vxg0 Z1&xh5+|
1hssbcttcrthanZI gI+vhJZZ
&xh5.
Z1 vxh5
ZI . . . vhJ ZZ&xlJxlJ ZJ -gJ s
hopcIcsslorBIack.
ZZg1 &xcJ
Wth awandcrngkng,thcrcs no
chancc lor saIvaton. 1hc most stub-
bom was ZZ. . . &l ZJ cxl5 ' g8 Z4
<gJ+vh4(Z4. . . xgJ Z5WdI +vh4
ZhxgJ+vhJ ZJ Wh5+ s amusng)
Z5 cI and no lurthcr cvdcncc s
nccdcd.
ZJWxcJlxc4 Z4l5|
A locaI movc, or ' Movotny' , n
probIcmst tcrmnoIogy. BIack can' t
handIc thc doubIc thrcat olZ5 l4+
and Z5 WhJ+. Z4. . . xl5 Z5 WhJ+or
Z4. . . &xl5 Z5-l4+.
Z4 Wh4
Hcrc s anothcr juncturc whcrc
scvcraIroadsIcadtoKomc. Z5 gJ+,
Z5 <l4+ orZ5 WcJ. couIdn' t rcsst
thctcmptatontosacrccmyguccn.'
Z5 WhJ| WxhJ Z0 l4+ vh4 Z7
&c1+WgJZbxgJ 1-0
J00V ~ 0|Sh00
CnJcr-?0hcr/JCb, Ercvun?000
WhtctopIay
J 1HL KADMAS1LK'S IND
Whtc s bcttcr, as hc was durng
mostolthcgamc.wasabIctoprcvcnt
hs rook lrom pcnctratng aIong thc
scvcnth rank or thc g-Ic (4 aI
Dg8). StII, Whtc rctans wnnng
chanccs.'
40 dZ vd7 4T -H gb4b-hZ
g1 4 g4 b1 50 xh0 xbJ 51
gb aJ!
Latcr anaIyss provcd that thcn-
troductory 5 I . . . xdJ+ was thc rght
movc.'
5Zh0Bxa75Jh7bJ54hbWbZ55
<l0+!
Mssng55WgJ+' vc5 vcJ+
and now 5. . . vbJ Ioscs to 5J -d5
bIW58 WxcJ+va59Wxd+va5
0 Wxc5+, whIc 5. . . vb5 s dc-
lcatcd by 5J d5 vc 58 cJ aJ
59 WxcJ+' ' (wc both msscd that)
59. . .xcJ0vb5+vbI vxaJ.'
55 vc0 50 Wcb+ vb0 57 d5+
va55bcJvb4
Atths pont lcIt rathcr good. at
Iast, havc somc thrcats and actvc
pIay.'
Jasttcmu/csarc-ycasuytbutyca
]c/tgccJbcrc,w/tburcc/ ]cruqaccn"
Ycs, dd. ObjcctvcIy,wasovcr-
cstmatng my chanccs. thought
was pIaynglorawnhcrc. lcItthat
my opponcntwas notsurcolhmscIl,
thathcwas notcnjoyngthc procccd-
ngs ashchadcarIcrnthcgamc.'
5b1 vbJI
Mot 59. . . DaI 7 0 WlJ' xbI I
WaZ.
00dZ+ vcZ 01 Wb5
hadmsscdths movc. Butthcn
dscovcrcdamagnccntdca.'
01 aJ0Zvc2(D)
Z vg4' s morc taxng lor BIack.
Hc wouIdhavc to nd Z. . . cJ ' (not
Z. . . xdJ7J <bI ' ) Jh5a5 ' ' (n-
tcndng 4. . . &b4) 4 Wxa5 vxdZ 5
WaZvcI hOI WJWxbI+7xbI
8 hJxdJ 9h8WDd4, whcnBIack
snotworsc '
0Z lJ+| 0JcJ> b0I |
Wth thc dca 4. . . c4+ 5 Wxb
xdJ#.
04

Wc4+ cJ 05 Wa4+ vc1 00

bJ+xbJ07WxbJ
J Wc4+77 vbI 8 WxbJ c4+ 9
Wxb cJ Icads to an ncrcdbIc pos-
ton
'
whchBIackwns '
07 b1W'hh
Mow J. . . c4+7 8 Wxb cJ laIs to
9 Wb4' . Altcr thc tcxt-movc, a draw
was agrccd on account ol 8 WcJ+
WcZ9WaI+WbIJ0WcJ+andsoon.
Dc yca tu// tc ycarscqJar/ng u
gumc, ccnJact/nguscrtc]mcntu/J/u-
/cgac "
lrcgucntIygvcmyscIlntcmaIor-
dcrs torcIax,topIaysIowIy,torcstran
myscIl.ntmcsolcrss,askmyscIl.
LIK LKHUN 3
'Whatdocshcwant?1hat' sall?Calm
down, you' llndsomcthng'.`
Whc/ccnycu/c//mcchcu//hc]c/-
/cwincmc, whichcu/ceJin un-
chcrcc/cria/icaq/c
1hssoncoImybcstgamcs.!had
alotoIrcspcctIormycstccmcdoppo-
ncnt. ! was aIrad oI cmployng my
usualrcck!cssstylc,andrcpcatcdlyn-
structcdmybrantoactpatcntly.`
6|5R0R ~ 1 3R
Ama/crJcm(Lca/ca)2JJ1
1 d4 <l0 Z c4 c0 J <lJ d5 4 <cJ
bd7 5cxd5cxd50&g5&c77cJc0
b WcZ <h5 &xc7 Wxc7 10 0-0-0
<b0 11hJ g0 1Z &dJ &c0 1J =b1
0-0-014<a4<xa415Wxa4=bb10
=a1 <l0 17<dZhcb 1bWcZ &cb
1bJ c4Z0hc1Wh4Z1lJ lZ
ZZc1vxdJ ZJWxdJWgJ Z4 WdZ
c7Z5FcJh5Z0 va5Wd0Z7cc1
c7 ZbWcZ &d7 Z aJ cb J0 vbJ
(U)

Mo clash has dcvclopcd as yct bc-
twccnmcwoopposngmcs. Wtc's
potcntal prospccts, though, arc prcI-
crablc.
J0 &cb
Hc sbcttcroIIwth J0 . . . I, prc-
vcntng Whtc' sncxtmovc.
J1 c4 dxc4 JZ lxc4 cc7 JJ WdJ
b0J4dZcd7J5<lJ&b7J0WcZ
Wl4J7 c4WgJJb<c5d0JcJ
Wg540vlJWdb41 d5Wcb4Zvd4
c5 4Jb4|
Occsvc.
4J Wc5 44 bxc5 xc5 45 xc5
bxc5 40 Wxc5 l5 47 cJ a0 4b Wb4
=a7 4 FbJ d7 50 =aZ Wc7 51
c0+&xc05Zdxc0 1-0
1hcrciacnemcrccmeI'J/ikccu
/cccmmcn/cn.
0 00 ~ 6|5R0R
Iarcc/i Ch 2JJJ
1c4c5Z vlJd0JcJ vl04hJ vbd7
5 &dJ b0 0 0-0 &b7 7 c1 Wc7 b
&cZ cb vaJ c0 10 bJ &c7 11
&bZ0-01Zc1Wbb 1Jd4 cxd4 14
cxd4d515c5 vc410 vb1l5 17cxl0
vdxl0 1b vbdZ7Wl4| 1 &dJ&b4
Z0xcbxcb Z1 cZ(O)
Z1 vcJ|
Incurcriinc/nc/ca/c /hccmc,
cu wrc/c: S/rcnc/, /hc h2-hiahc
iack]cc/crinWhi/c 'acm. Uncci/
ia cxchcncd, Whi/c 'a Jc]cncca hcin
/c crumh/c . Suchhcc//h, rccacn-
ch/e ccnaidcrc/icna Jc nc/]/ in wi/h
/hcimcccu 'rc ae//inmc . . .
Kcstassurcd, ! kncw thatths was
thc movc - thc j ustIcatons wcrc
Iound n rctrospcct. My rst nclna-
tonwastoplayZ! . . . cJ,butthcodd
00 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
variaticn22& cI &aI23ZcI -c324
bI didnctsccmccnvincing.Hcnccl
switchcdtcthctcxt-mcvc.
ZZ&xc3xc3Z3c3 vc4Z4 vH
c7
Vacating c3 Icr cthcr picccs was
ccrrcct, but 24. . . Lc8 was mcrc accu-
ratc, asthcnthcrcckisprctcctcd.
Z5g3Wl0 Z0=gZ & c3
ln v/cwo]thcgamc 'srogrcss, /t /s
/ntcrcst/ng to lnow what]uturc you
wcrc/ann/ng]oryourb/sho.
At rst lust aimcd at incrcasing
thcprcssurccnd4.
Z7v1hZh5|
Rcstricting thc knight' s mcbi!ity.
Atthispcintlrcalizcdthatmybishcp
ccu!d bc uscd tc cbtain cthcr gca!s.
28. . . &d2' isthrcatcncd.
Zb &b17|
28 Wc2' , pinning thc bishcp, is
bcttcr,althcugh28. . . Lc8 IcavcsWhitc
withmanyprcb!cms.
ZbWW &dZ|
Whitc's !ast mcvc madc a mincr
diIIcrcncc, cnab!ing thc dcIcncc 2
Rxc4,butmymcvcisstilldccsivc.
Zxc47
2 Lc2 LcI 30 Lxd2 LxdI 3 I
LxdI wcu!dpcscB!ackccnsidcrab!c
tcchnicaldiIcu!ticsinccnvcrtinghis
matcria! advantagc.
ZWW dxc430 vxdZWxd4
1hcwho/cconccto]2 . . .
_
J2,anJ
thc]actthathh/tc/snow uttcr/y /ost,
arc rathcrsurr/s/ng.
Fcr mc it was natural. C!car!y
Whitc ccu!dn' thc!d cn against such
Icrmidab!cthrcats.
31WcZ
Or. 3 I Wxh5 LI?, 3 I vgI c3 32
&h?+vh8 ' . Thctcxt-mcvcintcndstc
mcct3 I . . . c3+with32 vdI3,but.. .
31WW WxdZ0-1
c]orc wcart, l' //aslyouto stc
/nto/acl'sshocs/nthc]o//ow/ngo-
s/t/on.
B!acktcp!ay
jThispcsiticnisbascdcnthcgamc
R.Rczanky-S. Kagan, Tc!-Aviv I?3.
Wc havc shiItcd thc rcck Ircmc I (as
inthcgamc)tcbI ,tcprcvcntana!tcr-
nativcwinning mcthcd!atcrcn. ]
M ALIK RSHON 01
1c// mc what runs through your
hcaJ: asscssmcnt, /ans, var/at/ons,
/nnoart/cu/arorJcr
Blackisbcttcr. Hispicccscmcrc
activc, thc h-lc is cpcn, thc whitc
bishcpiscutcIplay.Myrstthcught
istcdcublcrcckscnthch-lc.ltrytc
scc what Whitc' splans arc, l dc nct
scc any dangcrs that hc can pcsc,
maybc g5+, but this is ncthing bc-
causc my bishcp ccntrcls gI (in casc
cI32g5+vxg5 339gI+) .
3 I. . . vg5 is thc rst mcvc that
ccmcs tc my mind. lI 32 Zh3, thcn
32. . . 20?and33. . . 9h?,cr32. . .WIand
33. . . I3. . . . (Thc brcakmrcugh) 3 I . . . c4
dccsnctwcrkhcrc.
31 ... =g5
Suoschh/tcbu//Jsasct-uo]hJ
anJ
_
g2; how arc you go/ng toro-
cccJ/
l shall dcublc rccks cn thc h-lc
withidcaslikc. . .Wc8xg4+,crsacncc
a rcck cn h3 ccuplcd with . . . Wxg4+,
althcugh this (lattcr idca) is prcbably
lcssdangcrcusIcrWhItc. . . Maybcrst
. . . 9h4 and thcn sacricc thc rcck cn
g4. Anyway, thcrcisncthingIcrmctc
wcnyabcutcnthcquccnsidc,lamvir-
tual!yapicccup(sinccthcc-bishcpis
irrclcvant).
Ictmcshowyouthcgamc 'scont/n-
uat/on:
3Zh3hb33=gZh434ll1
Nowwhat/
l think cI . . . &c3, Icllcwcd by
. . . Wb with an cvcntual . . . c4, . . . but
hc' ll play &b5. . . . Ncw l lcck at trc-
bling thc macr picccs cn thc h-lc,
sacricingcnh3and. . . I3+. ltdccsn' t
wcrk, Black' s picccs arc nct inthcir
right placcs . . . (Maybc) 34. . . &c3, tc
avcrt35WI3 . . . buthcplays 35 Wc2.
lhavcancthcridca- . . . &c3,. . . I3+
wim. . . &I4-itwculdsuitBlacktccpcn
thc I-lc. l am inIavcur cI 34. . . &c3,
thcughlcan' tcnvisagcaclcar-cutIcl-
lcw-up. l cxaminc 34. . . &c3 35 Wc2
Zxh3 3 vxh3 Zh?+ 3? vg2Zh4 . . .
i t lccks prcmising (wcrth chcck-
ing) .
Playwcnt.
34... ah735h1Whb
lntcnding3. . . Sc3.
30Wl3 (D)
hhatJoyou th/n//
llcckcd at similarIcrmaticnsbc-
Icrc . . . cvcrything isdcIcndcdncw . . .
thisi sadcad-cnd,ldcn` tscc(hcwtc
brcakhispcsiticn).
1h/n/aga/n.
(StayssilcntIcraminutc)Hcwcan
lIcrcchimtcwcakcn(hisdcIcnccs). . .
l' llchcckcrazymcvcslikc3. . . &I2. . .
(smilcs)Hcy, this is nct sc crazy, it is
|
h vcrystrcng. . . . t b mcvctumsmccn. . .
l' mgcingtcplayit '
02 1HE RANDMASIER'S MIND
30
_
lZ| | 37WxlZ
Blackintcndcd 3?. . .
_
g3. 3? vxI2
ismctbythcsamcrc cindcr.
37 xh3 0-1
Whitc will su0cr hcavy matcrial
lcsscs.
ltwascngag/ngtowatchyoutacl/c
th/sos/t/on. Iou]omcJ an accuratc
asscssmcnt anJ /anJcJ on thc r/ght
tracl vcj qu/cl/y, but somchow thc
cruc/a/tact/ca/Jcv/ccJ0 . . .
_
]2 c/uJcJ
you. Iou sa/J '/t /s a JcaJ-cnJ'anJ/t
wason/ywhcnlurgcJyoutotalcan-
othcr/ool thush/nt/ngthatthcrcM
somcth/ngthcrc thatyou h/tuonthc
b/sho's/n//trat/on.
Lcgically, thc idca cI driving a
wcdgcbctwccnthcwhitcpicccsshculd
cmcrgc.Butitdidn' t. lwasbcginning
tc thinkthat adircct, bmtal cnslaught
cn thc kingsidc hcld nc prcmisc, and
divcrtcd my attcnticn tc pcsiticnal
mcans.
Thcrcisastrcngccnnccticnbc-
twccnwhatycubclicvcinandwhat
ycund.llycudcn' tbclicvcasc-
luticn cxists, it is unlikcly that
ycu` llunccvcrcnc.
Onc disadvantagc cIbcing an in-
tuitivc playcri s that scmctimcs ycur
intuiticn Iails ycu, cspccially whcn
ycu'rccutcIIcrm.Hadlbccnalcgi-
cal typc cIplaycr, and askcd mysclI
' whatisthcmcstprcmisingsquarcIcr
my bishcp' , l might havc disccvcrcd
this idcasccncr.
ut as you /nJicatcJ, such an a-
roachcou/J]ustaswc//throwyouo]
ba/ancc.
That' sright.lthinkl' dbcttcrstick
tcmycwnmcthcds.
N | 6XH06| N| K| 6V5Ky
Bcrn I58. A Icrmcr USSR Army
Champicn ( I??). An !M with twc
GM ncrms (pcak Elc rating. 245).
Alcxandcr wcrks as a prcIcssicnal
chcss ccach. Amcngst his studcnts.
hisbrcthcr,GMVictcrMikhalcvsky,
fcrmcr Eurcpcan Undcr-20 Cham-
pcn, GM Dmitri Tycmkin, and thc
rcmarkablcPcratIamiIy- sixycung
brcthcrs and sistcrs whc play high-
| cvclchcss .
Iou Jcvotcyourcarccrto tcach/ng
co/chowtoth/nlrocr/yabouta//
sorts o]chcssos/t/ons. 1c// mcwhat
const/tutcs, /n csscncc, a systcm o]
chcssth/nl/ng.
Basicallyaplaycrshculdccmprc-
hcnd what a pcsiticn ccnsists cI. Hc
shculdbc abIc tc idcntiIy cvcrypcsi-
|cnal clcmcnt, likc an cpcn lc, a
passcdpawn, wcak squarcs, ctc. , and
cvaIuatcit.
1h/s/snotasystcmo]th/nl/ngyct -
]asta//stJ/rcct/nga/aycrtowhathc
shou/J/ool]or
Undcrstanding a pcsiticn is thc
| rststcp, ycucan' tprccccdanywhcrc
wthcutit.ThcrcaItcrthinkingrcvclvcs
arcundthrcckcyissucs.
I) Whatdccsmycppcncntwant!
2) Whcrcshculdlplaccmypicccs!
3) Which picccs shculd bc cx-
changcd7
cg/nncrsaslthcmsc/vcsmorc]n-
Jamcnta/qucr/cs, //lc havclutmy
quccncnprisc "
l rcgard this tc bc part cI thc
brcadcrqucsticn' whatdccsmycppc-
ncntwant' .
Bascd cn thc answcrs tc thcsc
qucsticns, cnc Icrms a gamc-plan.
Whcnltcachsmallchildrcn,lrcccm-
mcndtcthcmtcccnccntratccndcvcl-
cping thcirpicccs andtakng ccntrcl
cIthc ccntrc. Whcn l wcrk with ad-
vanccdstudcnts,thccmphasisshiItstc
chccsing aplantailcrcdtcthcpawn-
structurc.
hhatabouttact/ca/ca/cu/at/on /
Tacticsdcnctstandcnthcircwn,
thcy arc implcmcntcd tc assist, cr
sclvc, stratcgicnccds.
lsthcrca usc]/systcm/ormanag-
/ngourca/cu/at/onsJur/ngagamc /
Lct' stakc Kctcv' sbasic mcdcI as
astartingpcint . sclcctingcandidatc
mcvcs, chccking cach variaticn until
wcrcach a dcnitc ccnclusicn, ccm-
paringthcmcritscIscvcralbranchcs.
Thc valuc cIthis mcdcl islimitcd. it
might bcuscIuI in calculating Icrccd
variaticns. Evcn thcn, cnc shcuIdn' t
shutthcdccrtcaltcmativccandidatc-
mcvcs,whichcmcrgcinthcccursccI
thc scarchingprcccss.
UnlikcKctcv,ladviscmystudcnts
tc calculatc cach plausiblc viaticn
01 1HE RADMASIER'S MlND
ustalittlcbit, tc scciIitisviablc, tc
push thccalculaticncnlyup tcapcint
whcrc cnc can scnsc thc likcly cut-
ccmc, and thcn ccmpc thc varicus
cpticns.
A /ot o]/aycrs rcort thatJur/ng
th/s mcnta/ ana/ys/s, thcy /osc tracl
anJthcos/t/ongraJua//y/aJcs]rom
thc/rm/nJ.
Whcncvcr ycu Icclthatycu dcn' t
sccthcpcsiticnclcarly,twillbcwisc
tc halt thc analytical scarch. lnstcad
cIclimbingan analytical trcc rcplctc
withhclcsandbluncdvariaticns, ccn-
ccntratc until thc futurc cnvisagcd
pcsiticn crystallizcs and stabilizcs in
ycurmind.
lnyour/ccturcs, wh/chyousoraJ-
/ca//yut /nto wr/t/ng, you cxrcss a
J/st/nctrc]crcncc]or vcrba/ cva/ua-
t/onovcrconcrctcvar/at/ons.
lnthccnd,bcthkndscfrcascning,
abstract and ccncrctc, arc rcquircd.
But ccrtainly, vcrbal cvaluaticn prc-
ccdcs analysis. scmctimcs ycu can
sclvc all prcblcms withcut ccncrctc
calculatcn.
(Scc]o//ow/ngJ/agram)
1 <xc5| xc5 Z0& xd4ccb
Thc main linc runs 20. . . Cxc2 2 I
&xIxI22&xc8 &xc8 23Zd8+
9c824Lxc8+-xc8. lnthis scrtcI
pcsiticn, a rcck plus cnc pawn s
Ircqucntly strcngcr than twc mincr
picccs.Fcrcxamplc. 25ZdI vI82
Ed8&I5 2?La8&c228b4>d329
Zxa? &xc430a4wthadccisivcad-
vantagc.
Z1 &xl0 xl0 ZZ&xcb &xcbZJ
aZ
. M| K 6V5K ~ M|6
lsrac//Ucn Ch !999
Whitctcplay
lwastcmptcdtchcldcntca scc-
cndpawn,whichccmplicatcdmytask
aItcr 23. . . :c4 (althcughl wcnnthc
cnd) . 23 I3 ' , intcnding 24 c4, wculd
Icrcc Blacktc cntcrthc prcvicus linc
(23. . . Lxc224 Dd8+Zc8252xc8+).
Anyway,thcpcintisthatlmadcan
mpcrtantdccisicn( I 9-xc5 ' ) , bascd
cngcncralgrcunds, calculatingvaria-
ticnswasnctcrucial.
Iou c/a/m that th/s /s thc way to
/ay 'th/ssorto]os/t/on'. hhatchar-
actcr/zcssuchaos/t/on/
FirstcIall,IcllcwingmanyIcrccd
cxchangcs,wcrcachan cnding. Wcrc
itamiddlcgamc,withquccnscrcvcna
paircIrccks stillcnthcbcard,thcas-
scssmcnt wculd changc sharply. ln
additicn, Whitc pcsscsscs a distant
passcdpawn,whilcBlackhasncpar-
allcltrump.
Hcrcisancthcrinstanccwhcrcplay
isdictatcdbygcncralprinciplcs.
M ALXDR MlKHAL\SKI 0J
N6| 6| ~ uV56|
lsrac// C- !2Ch !999
Blacktcplay
Black cn cys a tcmpcrary advan-
tagc cI a pawn, but duc tc thc plan
vd2-c3, thisadvantagc,initsclI,i sin-
sumcicnt.
Thc bcy whc handlcd thc black
picccs (ncwadays a tcp Canadian
playcr)dcviscsawinningplan, bascd
cncndgamcprinciplcslikc' schcmatic
thinking` , ' dcncthurry` andthc 'rulc
cItwcwcakncsscs` . Firstly,hcIcrccs
an cxchangc cI rccks, which cstab-
lishcsthcsupcricritycIhispcsiticn.
1. . . a1 | Z =dZ xb1 3 &xb1 h0
4 gxh0 gxh0 5 =c3 &cZ 0 =xbZ
&xh5
Black intcnds tc prcmctc his h-
pawn,and/crtcinltratcwithhisking.
Hc cxplcits thc IactthatWhitc cannct
dcIcndagainstbcththrcats.
7=cI vl7b=dZ=l0=c1=c7
10 &d3 =d0 11 =dZ =c0 1Z =c3
&l3 13 &l1 h5 14 vb4vb0 15&h3
h410&H&g4 17gZh3 1bHhZ
1gZ&cZZ0=c3
Fcrccd, but in thc lcng run Whitc
will bc unablc tc prcvcnt thc ma-
nccuvrc . . . &d3-c4.
Z0...2b5 Z1 &h1 =a4 ZZ &gZ
va3 Z3 &h1 & c4 Z4 &l3 &aZ Z5
=cZ =b4Z0&gZ&c4Z7 &h1 &H
Zb=dZ=c40-1
Thc ccrrcct scluticn, says ccach
Mikhalcvs|,wasIcundby clcvcn-
ycar-cld bcy by mcans cIgcncral as-
scssmcnt and sctting a gcal. lndccd,
cvcrythingisclcarandthcrcisncnccd
Icrsuppcrtingvariaticns.
ThcIcllcwinggamciscIadiIIcrcnt
typc.
V. M| 0V ~ . M| K 6V5K
lsrac//Ch !994
1 d4 d5 Z c4 c0 3 c3 &c7 4 cxd5
cxd5 5 &l4 <l0 0c30-01 &d3 b0b
vl3 &b7 <c5 bd7 10 0-0<xc5
11&xc5 &d0 1Z Wl3 &xc513 dxc5
vd7 14ad1c0
I 4 . . . xc5 is mct by I 5 &xh?+
vxh? I Wh5+9g8 I 7Wxc5.
15 Wh3g0 10l4Wc7 (D)
00 1HL LKNDMAS1LK`S IND
lcIt condcnt n ths poston.
BIack' spawn-structurcsbcttcr,andhc
ntcnds to procccd wth . . . l. Whtc' s
chanccs Ic n tactcaI pIay, advancng
l5,whchnvoIvcssacrcaIIncs.
was lamIarwth thcsc knds ol
postons, and lcIt that had nothng
to lcar. CurousIy, onc olmy postvc
cxpcrcnccs stcmmcd lrom an carIcr
gamc aganst thc samc opponcnt.'
[V. MIov-A. MkhaIcvsky, sracI Ch
! 99Z. ! d4 d5 Z c4 c J -cJ &cJ 4
cxd5 cxd5 5 l4lcJ 0-0 J dJ
b8-gcZc590-0&bJ ! 0-gJg! !
c5 -bdJ ! Zl4 -c8 ! J Wg4 -xc5
! 4dxc5c4 ! 5&cZc5 ! BacI <gJ
! Jl5WcJ' ! 8 l(bcttcrs ! 8clxc
! 9lxg | ! 9 l -l5 Z0-xl5 cxl5 Z!
&xl5vh8ZZ&cWc5 ZJlJad8s
pIanIynBIack` slavour] !9. . . xlI+
Z0 -xlI | Z0 xlI' 7 ] Z0. . . hxg Z!
Wxg Wc5wthasIghtcdgclorBIack)
! 8 . . . -c !9 Bl5 d4 Z0 -cc4 dJ Z!
&a4 Bld8 ZZBh dZ ZJBlI xcJ+
Z4 vhI d5 Z5 <d l4 Z xl4
&xl4 ZJ -gl xc5 Z8 -cJ+ WxcJ
0- ! . ]

Whtc' s ccntraI pawns arc not as

strong as thcy appcar, and cvcn lthc
l-pawn rcachcs l, BIack' s dcIcnsvc
mcasurcs acadcguatc.`
Backtothcgamc.
17 l5
In ccmur/scnw/tbrcv/cascxum-
/cs, bcrc /t/s /nccncc/vuh/c tc wcr/
cnc 's wuy tbrcagb ]ast cn gcncru/
ccns/Jcrut/cns.
Olcoursc. rcaIzcdthat ths was
acrtcaIposton. Whtcthrcatcnsto
wn wth ! 8 l, asBIackcannotmcct
ths advancc wth ! 8 . . xc5 - hs
dJ-knght s hangng. saw that
couId pIay caImIy ! J . . . ad8, but
whataboutanmmcdatc ! J . . xc7
( ! J . . . -xc77Ioscsoutrghtto! 8 l) .
AltcrsomcdcIbcratonoptcdlor
what sccmcd to bc a wcII-caIcuIatcd
rsk.'
17 Wxc5! 1b lxg0lxg0 1Wxd7
WxcJ+Z0vhW xdJ|
BIackrcgans hs pccc and kccps
a two-pawn advantagc. thought that
Whtc oughttobaI outwthpcrpctuaI
chcck. . . '
Z1 Wc0+vhb(D)
Z! . . . vgJ77wouId bc a gravc crror
onaccountol ZZWcJ+vg8ZJBxl8+
xl8Z4Wxl8+vxl8 Z5 xdJ.
ZZl7| |
Whtc thrcatcns matc (ZJ Wl+)
andBIackshcIpIcssaganstthc var-
ousthrcats.
ZZ... xl7ZJWxl7WcJ
HcavymatcraIIosscsarcunavod-
abIc.ZJ. . . Wc4smctbyZ4WxbJl8
Z5 gI , whIc ZJ. . 7 Z4 cI s
sucdaI.
LLXNDLK IKHALL\SKI 0
Z4 Wxb7 cb Z5 g1 d4 Z0d1
Wc0 Z7Wxa7 c5ZbH dJZWaJ
(D)
Z c4J0lb+vg7J1xcbWxcb
JZWcJ+
( I -0, 4J)
IwcnJcrwbut tbc /csscn /s. Wbut
wca/J rcvcnt yca cr mc, /n]atarc,
]rcmcutar/ng, us/uc/, sacbuwns /
lrun//y, tbc]uct tbut ?? ]/!! w/ns
ucurstc hcucc/Jcntu/.
On a supcrcaI IcvcI, onc must
admtthatthcrcs accrtancIcmcntol
IuckorchanccnWhtc' svctory.1hc
strcngtholZZBlJ ' ' s vcrydmcuItto
apprccatc n advancc. t mght havc
cguaIIylaIcd.
OnacIoscrIook,BIackmadcann-
structvc mstakc. I was lamIa wth
Whtc' sdcas, I 8l, or I 8c lxc I 9
lxg,andkncw|hat I J . . .Bad8wassoId
andsalc. IlcIInto I J . . . Wxc5bcIcvng
my opponcnt had msscd Z0. . . WxdJ.
nstcad, I shouId havc askcd myscIl
whyhcwashcadngtowadsmsvma-
|ion,andchcckcdthcrcsuItingposi|on
carcmIIy.'
ScmctimcsugccJ/JcuJccsnct/n-
vc/vc /nvcnt/ng scmctb/ng ncw, hat
rutbcrJcc/J/ng qunJwbcntc/m/c-
mcntwc//-/ncwnJcv/ccs.
Jiss mc.nthcloIIownggamc,
pIaycdby onc olmygrI-studcnts, aII
thcngrcdcnts olthcposton arc ' on
thc tabIc' , havng bccn dcmonstratcd
manytmcsnthcpast. StII,twas no
casymattcrtodccdcwha|topIay,and
whcn to pIay t, nthcpartcuIarpos-
tonthatarosc.'
V. kS K. by0u| | 0V
Larccung/r/s 'C- !?Cb,
L/tcbctc!999
1c4c0Zd4d5J-cJ vl04&g5c7
5 c5 ld7 0 &xc7 Wxc7 7 l4 0-0 b
lJ c5 dxc5 c0 10 dJ <xc5
1hcthcorctcaImovcs I 0 . . . l.
Mow I I xhJ+7 ' s tcmptng, but
uncIcar. I I . . . vxhJ I Z g5+vg I J
Wg4 l' ? ( I J . . . xc5' 7) I 4cxl gxl
I 5 vxc+ (or I 5 vgc4+ vlJ I
Wh5+wmadraw) I 5 . . . vhJ' I Wh5+
vg8 I JWg+vh8 I 8 Wh+vg8 I 9
W xl8+Wxl8 Z0xl8 d4.
LIcvcn-ycar-oIdVctoraZaks dc-
cdcd, ongcncraIgrounds,thatatthis
stagc,thcbshopsacrccwasprcma-
|urc.'
110-0a0! (D)
I I . . . <xdJ, or I I . . . l, s corrcct.
1Z &xh7+|
Intuiton and gcncraI undcrstand-
ng convnccdWhtc that wth I I 0-0
anscrtcd,thctmcwasnowrpclor
thssacncaIbIow.'
1Z...xh7 1J -g5+ vgb 14Wg4|
<xc5
0 1HE RADMASIER'S MlND
I 4 . . . I Iailstc I 5 -xd5 ' ' cxd5 I
I5+ &xI5 I? WxI5+ vh I 8 Wh?+
vxg5 I 99I5+ vg4 20=h5#.
15Wh4|l5 10Wh7+=l0 17ac1|
Evcry singlc clcmcnt had bccn
kncwnandpractiscdbcIcrchand.Thc
bishcp sacricc, thc king's chasc,
placngarcckcnancpcnlc. . . Butit
takcsaprccicntpractiticncrtckncw
hcwtcbakcthccakc.
17W W <c4 1b cxc4+ dxc4 1
vxc4+| lxc4 Z0 lxc5++ =xc5 Z1
Wxc4+=d0ZZ xlb 1-0
lnvicwcI22. . . =xI8 23 Wb4+.
(Scc/o//ow/ngJ/agram)
Fcurpawnsdcwn,Blackistctally
lcst,cIccursc.Butitisstillpcssiblctc
lay traps and makc liIc diIcult Icr
Whitc.
How/
Wcll,anidcawhichrcsts cnpurcly
chcss Icundaticns wculd bc insuI-
ccnt. Mythcughtshcrcwcrc bascd,
in part, cn psychclcgical ccnsidcr-
aticns.
Whtcmusttakcalittlc carc. iIhc
lcscs his I- and h-pawns, thi s wculd
. 606l56 . M| K 6V5K
AnJorra 200!
Blacktcplay
lcavc a rcck cnding with a- and c-
pawns,whchisusuallydrawn.
45WW 2a5
Ncw4h49xI24?c3iscncsim-
pIc way cI winning. Whitc will ad-
vancchish-pawntc thcscvcnthrank,
andthcnpushhis c-pawn allthc way
(suppcscthcblackking standscnb?.
Whitcplaysc+andiI. . . c?thcnthc
wcll-kncwnLa8 ' wins) .
McntaIly,WhitchasaIrcadychkcd
up thc pcint. ln such a statc, cnc is
rcluctanttcgivc awaycvcnaIracticn
cIcnc' s matcrial advantagc. lnstcad,
Whitcshculdscthissightscnthckind
cIpcsitcnhcis tryingtccbtain.
40 vb3 xlZ 47 h5+ va0 4b
hb=a54h4hZ50h5
Whcndccidingtcpcstpcncrcsig-
naticnandplay45. . . va5,lhcpcdIcra
stalcmatc trap. iIWhitc cbligcd with
5 I h,lcculdrcply5 I . . . Lxh' .
Watshculdldc7Maybc50 . . . hI ,
hcping Icr a miraclc7 Nc, it' s tcc
M ALEXNDER MIKHALE\SKI 0
cbvicus, thc rcck has ncthing tc dc
thcrc. Sc, lmadc a mcvc ccntaining
(cstcnsibly)scmcthrcat.
50M h4|
Dc l intcnd 5 I . . . Lb4+ 52 va3
Zxa4+7 Nc, Whitc can casily givc
awaythc a-pawn and mcct5 I . . . Lb4+
with 52 vc3 ' . By camcu0aging my
trap,lgavcWhitcarcascntcccntinuc
advancingthch-pawn.
51 h077 xh0| 5Zbbh5
Thcgamcwascvcntuallydrawncn
mcvc?2.
Wctcndtcbclicvcthatincrdcrtc
gain tcumamcnt succcss, wc nccd
tc disccvcr scmc ncw chcss idcas.
As thc last twc cxamplcs dcmcn-
stratc, idcas nccd nct always bc
acw, ncrdcthcyhavctcrcstsclcly
cnpurcchcssIactcrs '
Iou havc wor/cJ w/th /aycrs o]
var/ous /cvc/s. A]tcr onc ga/ns a Jc-
ccnt mastcj o] thc bas/c c/cmcnts,
what Jg crcnt/atcs, say, a 2200 L/o
/aycr]roma2J00onc /
A 2200playcrIrcqucntly asscsscs
pcsiticns in an apprcximatc manncr,
hc acts upcn a hunch. Scmctimcs hc
prcvcs tc bc right, it happcns that in
criticalpcsitcnshchitsupcnthcccr-
rcctchciccs, andbcats muchstrcngcr
advcrsarics. 2500 playcrs, as a rulc,
arc Iamiliar with mcrc typcs cIpcsi-
ticns, and thcir asscssmcnts arc Iar
mcrcaccuratc.
Ict 's ta/c /t]rthcr: what Jo you
th/n/Jg crcnt/atcsa?J00/aycr ]rom
a2?00c//tcstar/
Wcll, thc 2?00 playcr's mind s
mcrccrdcrcd. . .
hhcnl/oo/atMorozcv/ch'sgamcs,
]orcxam/c, orJcr/snotthcworJl`J
choosc.
By ' crdcr'lmcanthathisthcughts
arc mcrc ccntrcllcd. Tcp playcrs arc
Iar mcrc Iccuscd and ccnccntratcd,
thcydcn' tIcrgcttcchcckallthcrclc-
vantaspcctscIapcsticn,thcyscldcm
lcscthcthrcadcIthcbattlc.
ln additicn,thcy kncw thcirbus-
ncss cxtrcmcly wcll. l kncw ccrtain
typcs cI pcsiticns vcry wcll, but am
nct sc surc abcut cthcr typcs. Thc
2?00playcrs c wcllvcrscd with al-
mcstcvcrypcsitcn.
lsn't thcrc anyth/ng scc/a/ about
thcsc/aycrs, rcgarJ/ngthc/rth/n//ng
systcm, thcwaythcytac//crob/cms /
l dcn' tthnkthatthcrc arc Iunda-
mcntal dihcrcnccs. Thc thing is that
whilcavcragcplaycrsarc ablctcprc-
ducc, cn cccasicn, magniccnt idcas
crcvcnpcrIcctgamcs,tcpplaycrs dc
itallthctimc.
Ordinary playcrs usually kncw
whatthcy wishtc achicvc inaccrtan
pcsticn. But this is nct cncugh, ycu
havc tc nd strcng mcvcs, tc asscss
thcmccrrcctly. . . Playcrswhcsuccccd
inacccmplishingthstaskquicklyand
accuratclyclimbtcthctcp.
Hcrc is ancthcr di0crcncc. strcng
playcrscvcry disciplincd. Thcirat-
titudc s akn tc that cIa spcrtsman,
thcy play wthin rcascnablc bcund-
arics. pursung analytical rcscarch,
whcnrcquircd,whilcsatsIyingthcm-
sclvcswim' gccdcncugh'mcvcswhcn
prcsscdIcrtimc.
0 1H RDMASIR'S MIND
hhcn l /ool at somc gamcs by
Sh/rov,lgctthc]cc//ngthatanorJ/naj
/aycrwou/Jnot bc ab/c toconcc/vc
thcm. lt is 'somcth/ng com/ctc/yJq
]crcnt '.
A playcr likc Alcxci Shircv is
rcadytcsacriccasubstantialamcunt
cImatcrial tc cbtain apcsiticn tc his
tastc. Ordinary playcrs may Iccl that
thcrcis ' scmcthing'inthcpcsiticnbut
wculdn' tdrcam cI sacricing, say, a
whclc rcck Icr this ncbulcus ' scmc-
thing` . Thcywculdn' tbclicvcthcccm-
pcnsaticnwaswcrthwhilc.
l think that dccp asscssmcnt cI a
pcsiticn (as Shircv is ccnducting) is
nct cnly abcut thc purc thccrctcal
vicw cI ' whc is bcttcr' , but alsc cm-
bcdics an cstimaticn cIthc cbstaclcs
ycucrcatcIcrycurcppcncnt.Onccin
awhilcanaccuratcpcsiticnal asscss-
mcntislcssimpcrtantthanancvalua-
ticn cI what kind cI prcblcms ycu
pcscycurcppcncnt, andhcwdimcult
itwillbcIcrhimtcsclvcthcm.
1hcncxtgamc,byyourGMbrothcr
/svcj/mrcss/vc.
ld6 0 V. M| K 6V5K
1c/-Av/v Ocn Ch !994
1 c4 c5 Z lJ c0 J b5 a0 4 a4
l05 0-0 Xc40 d4 b5 7 & bJd5 b
dXc5 & c0 <bdZ & c5 10 <Xc4
dXc411Xc0W Xd1 1ZDXd1lXc0 1J
<g5 0-0 14 <Xc4 & b0 15 a4 <Xc5
10hJ vc4 17c1 (D)
17W acb| |
I ! . . . vdi stcmpting,unlcashinga
thrcatagainstthcvulncrablcI2-pawn.
But Whitc has at his dispcsal thc ri-
pcstc I 8 & c3 ' , c. g. , I 8 . . . -xc4 I 9
& xb cr I 8 . . . &xc3 I 99xc3. Ncticc
that Whitc, having thc bcttcr pawn-
structurc, wculd gain Ircm thcsc cx-
changcs.
1b =H
I 8b3vd I9&c3vxc420& xb
cxb 2I Zxc4 allcws 2I . . . 9xc2 thc
pcintcIBlack'smystcricusI?mmcvc.
Cou/JyouJc]ncthcgoa/o]/acl's
!/th movc"
Scmctimcs, a plan dccs nct havc
an indcpcndcnt right tc cxist. lt is
Icrmcd against, crdcviscdinrclaticn
tc, thc cppcncnt' s plan. Black' s I ?th
mcvc implcmcnts thc Iamcus ' prc-
phylactic thinking` . lts purpcsc is tc
IcilWhitc' sintcnticns, cnlythcncan
Blackprccccdwithhiscwnidcas,likc
prcssurccnI2.
Whcnscmcbcdy says ' lhavc a
grcat idca ' ' , wc tcnd tc intcrprct
this as scmcactivcthcughtcrac-
ticn. lnachcssducl, cItcnthccs-
scncc cIanidca isusttcthwart
thccppcncnt' splans.
IM ALXNDR MIKHAL\SKI 1
Thc ncticn that nc idca, mcvc,
cr plan stands cn ts cwn, rcgard-
lcsscIcnc' scppcncnt' sintcnticns,
iswcrthrcmcmbcring.
1b... d0| 1 lJl5| Z0cJ cdb
Having ccmplctcd its duty cn c8,
thcrcckassumcsamcrcactivcrclc.
Z1 & l4 d5| ZZ Dcd1 bXa4| ZJ
Xd5
23 ZcI ' isstrcngcr.
ZJ... cXd5Z4-lZ(D)
Z4MW g5|
Thc gcncral idca is tc dc0cct thc
f4-bishcp Ircmapcstwhcrcitccvcrs
bcthc3andg3.Thisthcughtisbackcd
upbyccncrctccalculatcns.25&xg57
vg3+2vgI&xI2+2?vxI2 vc4+,
cr25&d2 vg3+2vgI Zc82?9cI
2xcI +28 &xcI vc2+' 29 vII vI4
30 &d2(cr30d! vd3 thrcatcning
3 I . . . xb2'Icllcwcdby. . . a3)30. . . &xI2
3 I &xI4gxI4 andBlackwins.
Z5 & c5 cb| Z0 g4 c0 Z7 c1
h5|
SimpliIyingintc awcncnding.
Zbl0+Xl0 Zg4(D)
29&xI77vg3#.
Z... cJ+|J0XcJ& XcJJ1 &Xl0
hXg4JZhXg4 =l7JJ& hbc5J4=cZ
&c1 J5 =dJ & XbZ J0 =cZ&a1| J7
& c5 0-1
3? vbI wculd lcsctc 3?. . . d4' 38
vxaI d3 39 vbI c4' 40Sd4 d2 4I
vc2a3.
NcarthccnJo]ourmcct/ng, tc//mc
yourv/cwrcgarJ/ngthcc]ccto]chcss
comutcrsonovcr-thc-boarJ/aycrs.
lts pcsitivc sdcs arc wcll-kncwn,
scl`dsayscmcthingabcutitsncgativc
in0ucnccs.Ycungplaycrsanalyscwth
tcclslikcFritz, dthcytakcts wcrd
(crrathcr,tsnumcricalcvaluaticn)Icr
grantcd.Thcsnagsthatcnmanyccca-
sicnsthcmachincisdcadwrcng.
l am prcnc tc this cncr cIudgc-
mcnt, tcc. Rcccntly l bcgan playing
ccncspcndcnccchcss,andncncgamc
chcscamcvc ldidn` tbclicvcin, cnly
bccausc Fritz insstcd that it was thc
bcstcpticn.l' mstill suhcrngIrcmits
ccnscqucnccs.
Anyt/sonrc]crrcJtra/n/ngmcth-
oJs/
2 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
lrcccmmcndtcycungstudcntscI
thcrcyalgamctctrustthcircwnIccl-
ingandundcrstanding.lIananalytical
pcsiticn sccms tc bc Icggy and thcy
arc at a lcss as tc what is gcing cn,
playcrsshculdIccuscnpcsiticnalIac-
tcrs,trytcanswcrthcthrccaIcrcmcn-
ticncd basic qucsticns, and nct rush
intc switchingFritzcn.
OncnalpiccccIadvicc.lbcnct
grcatly Ircm sclving studics and rcc-
cmmcnd it tc all imprcving playcrs.
Thcscccmpcscdwcrkshavc auniquc
ccncct scluticn. thcrc is always cnc
gccdmcvc, andcnlycnc.Tuswcarc
ccnstantlyccmpcllcdtcndlhcmcvc,
which is bcth challcnging andrcward-
ng.
1 N 0| 6C| | 5
Bcm I 97. lsracli Champicn I 988.
Rcprcscntcd lsracl i n Olympiads in
I 988and I 990. RcchlisqualicdIcr
thc Manila lntcrzcnal ( I 990) and
achicvcd a rcspcctablc 7/I 3 sccrc,
winning against Pcrtisch and Milcs.
Rcgardcdby many as a grcat natural
talcnt,withapcakElcratingcI 2535,
itsccmsthathchasnctIullyrcalizcd
hispctcntial. Rcchliswcrksasaccm-
putcrprcgrammcr.
hhat Jo yoa th/nl Jg crcnt/atcs
granJmastcrs]romavcragcchcss/ay-
crs /
Kncwlcdgc,cxpcricncc,andaIccl-
ingwhcrcthingschcading.
This dihcrcncc rcvcals itsclIin a
narrcwrangccIpcsiticns.Anacquain-
tancc cI minc is a dcccnt playcr, but
nctmcrcthanthat. Hisskillinsclving
cndgamc studics, hcwcvcr, byIar cx-
cccdsthatcIaGM.Hcdclvcsstraight
intc thc ccmpcscr' s intcndcd pcints.
Grandmastcrscxcclinpracticalchcss,
thisccnstitutcsthcircxpcrtisc.
AnJwhatJy crcnt/atcssacr-granJ-
mastcrs]romran-o]-thc-m///oncs /
Thc strcngcst playcrs cmplcy a
practical thinking mcthcd. Thcy arc
nct divcrtcd by Iancy lincs. Whcn l
ncticcanintcrcstingpcssibility,acap-
tivatingsacncc,Icrinstancc,linvcst
timcincxaminingit,nctwithstanding
itspracticalvaluc.Buttcpstarsspcnd
thcirtimcccnccntratingsclclycnrcl-
cvantvariaticns.
Arcthcrcp/ca/s/taat/onswhcrc/t
m/ght bc cas/cr]or a /aycr to]nJ
gooJ/Jcas /
Wc tcnd tc disccvcr gccd idcas
whcn wc trcad cn Iamiliar tcrrain,
playing curpct cpcning systcms and
stratagcms. l bclicvc that in crdcr tc
nd ncw idcas, ycu havc tc bc ac-
quaintcdwiththccldcncs.
Ancthcr nstancc cccurs in diI-
cultpcsiticns. With thcirbacktc thc
wall,playcrswillIrcqucntlyhitcnthc
ccrrcctpath.Thisiswhythcbccksad-
viscycu tc givc ycur cppcncnt scmc
rccm Icr chcicc. Whcn pccplc havc
altcmativcs, thcy may crr, but whcn
thcrc is cnly cnc rcascnablc mcvc,
chanccsarcthatthcywillanivc atthc
rightdccisicn.
Docsthctaslo]sott/ngan/Jca /n
attaclanJ/nJc]cncc,]oryoarscqanJ
]or yoar ooncnt, occay thc samc
Jgca/p/cvc/ /
l nd it casicr tc disccvcr plans
andmcvcs whilcbcingcnthc cIIcn-
sivc. l alsc succccd inIinding idcas
IcrmysclImcrccItcn thaninunrav-
clling my cppcncnt' s schcmcs. This
isnatural- inthclattcrcasc, ycuarc
in thc dark as tc what gccscn in his
hcad.
7! THL RANDMASIER'S MIND
LV65 ~ 66 | 5
Man//a (lntcrzona/)!990
Whitctcplay
Z1Lad1(| )
ltturncJoutthatthcurosco]th/s
movcwastocvacuatca!]orthcwh/tc
/n/ght(!). Now how can onc]athom
such an /Jca ]rom /ac/'s o/nt o]
v/cw/
Admittcdlythisisnctancasytask
but l think that ncwadays l wculd
havcspcttcdthcpcint.Ycuscc,Whitc
dccsn't havc many cpticns. Thc ad-
vanccI4 isimpcssiblc, as itlcavcsc4
undcIcndcd. McanwhilcBlackisprc-
paring . . . -gT Icllcwcd by . . . I5 . l
always ask mysclI. ' hcw can my cp-
pcncnt imprcvc his pcsiticn7' ln thc
prcscnt pcsiticn, thc answcr is. 'by
transIcrring his knight tc d5' (viaa! -
c2-c3).
ln thc gamc, l Iailcdtcgct tc thc
bcttcm cIWhitc' slastmcvc.lshculd
havc rcmindcd mysclI that bcing nc
suckcr, Ehlvcstdccs nct makc pcint-
lcssmcvcs.
Z1... -a07
!ntcnding tc rcgrcup with . . . b8-
c-c5.!nstcad,2I. . . vg? '22vaII5 is
ccrrcct.
ZZ <a1| <g7ZJ <cZl5 Z4 <cJ|
l4
24 . . Ixc4 25 Ixc4 & xc47 isrcIutcd
by 2 vg4 -I5 2? Lxc4' . Black' s
carclcss 2I st mcvc allcwcd Whitc tc
cxccutchisplanundisturbcd.
Z5 <d5 <h5 Z0 a4 bb Z7 a5
bxa5 Zb &cZ h0 Z a1 g5 J0 lZ
<l0 J1 xa5 <c0 JZ aZ ab JJ
ca1 a0 J4 &dJ c5 J5 cZ ccb
J0 bZ a7 J7 xl0+7| Wxl0 Jb
b0 l77 J &xc5 Wc7 40 &xd0
Wdb41c5 1-0
. L6V ~ 66 | 5
crn(zona/)!990
1 vlJ l0Zc4b0J cJ&b74d4c0
5 aJ d5 0 cxd5 <xd5 7Wa4+d7b
xd5&xd5&g5l0| 710& h47|(D)
Dcscr/bcyourthoughts/nth/sos/-
t/on.
l rcalizcd that iI lcIt unintcr-
ruptcd, Whitc will prccccd with I I
M ADI KECHIS J
Wc2Icllcwcdby I2c4.lIhc dccs, hc
wi ll gain a signiIicant cdgc. Sc, l
askcd mysclIhcw l cculd thwart his
pl an. lbcganbyccntcmplating I0 . . . c5.
butwhatamltcdciIhcustcapturcs7
Thcccntinuaticn I I dxc5 &xc5 I 2c4
b? I 3 CdI isunappcaling.
Thcn thc idca I 0 . . . c5 I I dxc5 b5
crcsscd my mind. Thc thinking-prc-
ccsswasgradual, stcpbystcp.
Thcn l thcught abcut thc bishcp
sacricc cn thc I 4th mcvc. l askcd
inysclIiIthiswasthckindcIpcsiticn
| D which cnc shculd chcck sacricial
cpticns.
D/J you rca//y osc yourscq th/s
mcnta/qucst/onJur/ng/ay"
ldid.Ycuscc,thcrcarcmanypcsi-
ticnswhichdc nctlcndthcmsclvcs tc
sacricialmcmcs. Butinthisparticular
pcsiticn,withWhitcundcvclcpcd, and
withhiskingstillinthcccntrc,sacric-
ngisaviablccpticn.
10...c5| 11dxc5 b5| 1ZWxb5
AItcr I 2Wc2 -xc5Blackisnc.
1Z...bb 1J Wa4xbZ 14c4 (D)
14 &xc4|
BychccsingI 0 . . . c5lhadccmmit-
tcdmysclItc a whclc packagc. l had
tc Icrcscc thc subscqucnt mcvcs and
dccidc upcnthc bishcp sacricc, cth-
crwisc l' m bustcd. l thcught abcut
I 0 . . . c5 Icr a lcng timc, pcrhaps 40
minutcs. l was rcluctant tc sacricc,
butcculdnctthinkcIrcascnablcaltcr-
nativcs. l chcckcd thc variaticns, saw
that thcrc was nc clcar rcIutaticn. l
lcvcd thc idca, kncw that RcncnLcv
wculdn' t Icclhappyinthis scrtcIpc-
siticn,anddccidcdtcgcIcrit.
15 &c4
I 5Wxc4Wa5+I vdI -xc5isthc
main linc. Thcn I ? Wc+ vI? IcI-
lcwcd by . . . &c? and . . . 9d8 cnablcs
Blacktcdcvclcpamcstdangcrcusini-
tiativc. ! ?Wc4is strcngcr,withapcs-
siblc ccntinuaticn I?. . . g5 I 8 &g3 g4
I9Wxg4&h20Wd40-0' ' 2I Wxb2
(2I &c? cJ.) 2I . . . Wa4+ 22 vcI (22
Wc2 Zd8+) 22. . . W c4+ 23 W c2 vd3+
24vdIWa4+25Wc2 vb2+winning.
15MM &cZ 10 Wc0 Wa5+ 17 vf
Wxc5 1bWxc0+=db 1&gJ b0Z0
&cZ &bJ Z1 Wc4 Wd5 ZZ W xd5+7
&xd5 ZJd4&xaJ
BlackhascmcrgcdIrcmthcccmpli-
caticns with a matcrial andpcsiticnal
supcricrity, and aItcr scmc Iurthcr vi-
cissitudcs
'
wcntcntc win cnthc5 I st
mcvc.
1a/anJGc//cr oncc o/ncJthat/n
conJuct/ngan/ntu/t/vcattac/, thcrcis
a //m/tto thcamounto]matcr/a/that
can bc sacrqccJ. ` hhat Jo you
th/n/"
ln thc gamc vs Lcv, l thcughtmy
initiativcwaswcrthapiccc,andthatl
wculd cntcr gladly intc this kind cI
0 HL RNDMASIR'S MIND
pcsiticncvcnat thcccstcIarcck. OI
ccursc,tc givc up aquccnustIcr an
nitiativcwculdbc tccmuch. . .
Dur/ngthc/atc!90sycuwcntwc
gamcsaga/nstvcjstrcngccncnts.
1hcscgamcssharcJccrta/n]caturcs.
66 | 5 ~ A0l60|
ccr-Shcba!9
1c4 c0Zd4d5J vcJ vl04c5vld7
5l4 c50lJ <c07&cJWb0b va4
Wa5+cJc4 10b4Wc711gJb5 1Z
vc5a51JaJ&c7 14&gZ0-0150-0
<xc510dxc5& d7 17 vd4 vxd4 1b
& xd4 a0 1 WlJ axb4 Z0 axb4
labZ1 ac1&lbZZh4| (D)
This is my kind cIpcsiticn. My
cppcncnt ust awaits dcvclcpmcnts,
andthisisncbymc,lamnnchurry.
lhavcadcnitcadvantagc,thcrcisnc
riskwhatsccvcr. . . Humannaturctcnds
tcrcvcaltsclIsccncrcrlatcr-pccplc
ccllapsc indmcult situatcns . . . hcw
lcng can cnc suhcr and nd ' cnly'
mcvcs7
ZZW aZ ZJ cZ Wb7 Z4h5 xcZ
Z5 WxcZ aJ Z0 l5 cxl5 Z7h0 & c0
2?. . . gsmctby28c'and29Wc5.
Zb hxg7 &xg7 Z & hJ Wa0 J0
Wh5a1 J1&xl5 xl1+JZ=xl1h0
JJ =gZ =lb J4 &xc0 Wxc0 J5 g4
=c7 J0 Wl5 =d7 J7 =hJ &lb Jb
& cJ& g7Jd4& lb40=gJ=c77
4O. . . &g? is bcttcr. Ncw Whitc' s
kingpcnctratcs.
41 =h4 Wc0 4Z Wl0+ Wxl0+ 4J
cxl0+vc44vgJvd745=lJ=c0
40vl4h547g5 1-0
66 | 5 ~ 60
Lurccan1camCh, Haqa !99
1c4c5Z vcJd0Jl 4 <c04 vlJc05
gJ vgc70&gZg07d4cxd4b vxd4
&g7 & cJ 0-0 10 WdZ d5 11 vxc0
bxc0 1Z0-0-0&a0 1J& d4 &xd4 14
Wxd4 Wb0 15 <a4 Wxd4 10 xd4
Hb 17<c5 &cb 1bc4a5(D)
As in thc Kcrchnc gamc, Whtc
dictatcs thc ccursc cIbattlc. Hcrc hc
ccntrcls thc dark squarcs and his
pcccsarc mcrcactvc.
M ADI KECHLIS
Althcughlhadn' tsccnaccncrctc
winning plan, l thcught in gcncral
tcrms and arrvcd at thc ccnclusicn
thatlshculdcxchangcapaircIrccks
andadvanccmykingtcthcccntrc.
lnthiskindcIpcsitcnalstrugglc,
my thinking is Iccuscd cn cnsuring
that my cppcncnt dccs nct Ircc him-
sclI. That cvcn iIl dc nct succccdin
imprcving my pcsticn, ycu, buddy,
arcnctgcing tcmcvcatall '
lt sccms a bit sadistic, l suppcsc,
butsuchanapprcachisvcryccctivc.
1hd1a7Z01dJ=g7Z1 bJ
xbJZZaxbJh0ZJ =dZ g5 Z4 =cJ
gxl4Z5gxl4 c7Z0d1 <g0Z7H
dxc4Zb&xc4l5Z& h1=l0 J0=d4
xl4J1 <c4+|lxc4JZ xl4+=c7JJ
&xc4 d7+ J4 =c5 dZ J5 h4
xbZJ0xh0& d7J7h4=dbJbh5
=c7 J hb xbJ 40 h0 hJ 41 h7
1-0
Ict 's /oo/ at thc]o//ow/ng gamc,
wh/ch///ustratcsanamaz/ngtrans]or-
mat/on/n thcsano]a]cwmovcs.
66 |5 ~ 6l|
\/cnna!990
1c4c5Z <cJ-l0J<lJ <c04aJg0
5gJ&g70&gZ0-07 0-0 d0bdJh0
b1 <d4 10dZc011b4a0 1Za4
&c0 1J cJ -l5 14 bJ <d7 15 b5
axb5 10axb5 <c7 17 &dZl5 1bWcZ
d5 1 bxc0 bxc0 Z0 cxd5 cxd5 Z1
lc1 (D)
A]cr2! movcs, notas/ng/cso/J/cr
w/th/nyourarmyhascrosscJthcth/rJ
ran/. Ictc/cvcnmovcs]romnowyou 'rc
a//ovcrh/m.
Chcrnin is a spccialist in thc
GrnIcld DcIcncc, sc l cptcd Icr an
cbscurc pcsiticn, in which hc didn' t
havc a clcar-cut plan. lnthc diagram
pcsiticnlwcndcrcdwhcthcrtccIIcra
drawcrtcprcssIcrawn.Thclcngcrl
lcckcdatmypcsiticn,thcmcrcllikcd
it. l was nct Iamil with pawnlcss
quccnsidc sct-ups bcIcrchand, and t
transpircdthatmypcsiticn ccntaincd
grcatpctcntial.
Z1M c47| ZZ <b5 &l7 ZJ d4 aZ
Z4Wc1 Wb0Z5&l1
Mylasttwcmcvcsarcrctrcats,but
makcncmistakc- Whitcis rcadyIcr
thckill. l was vcryplcascdhcrc, rcal-
izingthatBlackwashclplcss.
Ancsscntialingrcdicntin Icrm-
ing an cpnicn cn thc mcrits cIa
gvcn pcsiticn ccnsists cI asscss-
ing its Iuturc pctcntial. A grand-
mastcr dccs nct halt at cvaluating
thc currcnt statc cIahairs, rathcr,
hcIcrccastshcwgccdhispcsiticn
mightbcccmc.
Z5... Wl0Z0c7 bbZ7 <a5 <a0
Zbd7abZa7
1HE RNDMASIR'S MIND
Fritz pcints cut an altcmativc win.
29 LdWg5 3O <c3 ' Lxa5 3 I -xc4
dxc4 32 & xa5 and thc a-knight is
lcst. Thc tcxt-mcvc is mcrc acsthctic
andsystcmatic.
ZWW vbb J0 c7 & cb J1 bb7
&lbJZ&b4
QuitcaninvasicnbyWhitc`spicccs '
JZWW xa5 JJ&xc7 1-0
6C |5 ~ V. M| 0V
IrcnchIcaguc2000
1c4c5Z <lJc0Jd4cxd44 <xd4a0
5 <cJ b5 0 &dJ b7 7 0-0 vc0 b
vxc0 & xc0 c1 <l0 10c5 b4 11
vc4vxc41Zxc4Wc7 (D)
1J &dZ|
ThisisanaptdcmcnstraticncImy
way cIthinking, cnthc samc lncs as
thc prcvicus cxamplcs. l ask mysclI.
what dccs hcwant7Answcr. tc ccm-
plctc his dcvclcpmcnt with . . . &c?,
. . . O-O,andtc crcatcprcssurccnthc c-
lc,with. . . 9c8.Ncw,whatdclwant7
Answcr. tcdcvclcpmypicccs, tccrc-
atcthrcats, tcIcilhisplans.
lalscgcarmysclItcwards idcnti-
Iying critical pcsiticns, whcrc dcci-
sicns havc cxtra signicancc. l nd
thcpcsiticnaItcrBlack' sI 2thmcvctc
bcacriticalcnc.
lthcught.thcdark-squarcdbishcp
has tc mcvc scmcwhcrc. ! 3 &I4, tc
prcvcnt. . . d(cr. . . d5)lccksplausiblc,
but I 3 & d2 is cvcn bcttcr. Onc basic
idca is tc play c3, cpcning thc c-lc
Icr a whitc rcck cn c I . Nctc that
I 3. . . Sc? is mctby thc unplcasant I 4
Wg4.lnaway,thcwhclcstrugglcncw
rcvclvcs arcund Whitc' s attcmpts tc
hindcrBlackIrcm ccmplcting his dc-
vclcpmcnt.
1J...db 14 Wg4 &xc4 15 Wxc4
d5 10 WdJWb07
OncccmmcntatcrasscrtcdthataI-
tcr thc supcricr I . . .Wc4Blackwculd
attain cquality, but l prcIcr Whitc' s
chanccscvcninthiscasc. I ?b3W xd3
I 8cxd3& c? I 99ccI .
17aJ| bxaJ 1bb4| a5
Nct I 8 . . . & xb47 I 99cbI a5 2Oc3.
1bxa5Wc0Z0cb1 abZ1b0
Wd7 ZZ ab1 cb ZJ bb &c7 Z4
xcb+WxcbZ5Wb5+Wd7Z0Wbb+
&dbZ7 a0 1-0
bu0V5K ~ 6C | 5
lsrac//Icaguc200J
1 c4 c5 Z vlJ <c0 J &b5 d0 4 0-0
&d75c1 vl00cJa07& f&g4b
dJc0hJ&h5 10g4&g0 11 <h4d5
1Z g5 (D)
l was suqriscd by Whitc' s last
mcvc,butconcrctccalculaticnrcvcalcd
its mcrits. iI I 2 . . . -g8 ( I 2 . . . -d?7 I 3
cxd5andI 2 . . . h5 I 3 &c2arcbadIcr
M ADI KCHLIS
Black), I 3 Wc2 intcnding tc stcrm
with I4-I5. ln this cvcnt, thc pcsiticn
cIthcg-bishcpisprccaricus.iIBlack
cvcr plays . . . h, it will bc strcngly
ccuntcrcdbyvxg.
Asarulc,iIlcansccwhcrcmycp-
pcncnt is hcading, l lcckIcr ways tc
Icilhis plans. lnthispcsiticn, l gath-
crcdthatiImy g-bishcplcItitspcst,
thc whitc h4-knight might lcck silly.
Ncw,hcwcculdlcxplcitthcscIactcrs7
Thcnl ccnccivcdthcmcvc I 2 . . . Sh5.
Thc rcply I 3 Wb3, cn rst imprcs-
sicns,sccmstcrcIutcmydcsign.Thcn
thc idcacII 3 . . . c4crcppcdup. . .
Iou Jcscr/bc a who//y systcmat/c
aroach.
Wcll,lwishlwasassystcmaticin
liIc aslaminmychcssthinking.
Hcrc wc witncssncticns cI 'rc-
stricticn
,
and 'prcphylactic think-
ing' cmbcddcd intc thc rcutinc
scrccning mcthcds. On cach tum,
diagncsiscIcurcppcncnt' sgcals,
and scarch Icr mcans cIpanying
thcm,prcccdcthcprcccsscIchccs-
ngcandidatcmcvcs.
1Z &h5|1JWbJc4| 14dxc4dxc4
lhadcrginallyplanncdI4 . . . -xc4
I 5 cxd5-c5, buthcrclIcrccdmyscII
tc takc ancthcr glanccatthcpcsiticn
andIcundabcttcrccntinuatcn.
15 W xc4
I 5Wxb?7and I 5Sxc47lcsccut-
righttc I 5 . . . va5.
15... vd7
This was it. Faccd with I . . . h,
WhitchasdriItcdintcaninIcricrpcsi-
ticn( I vg27-dc5).
10WdJh0 17WgJ vdc5
Simplcr and strcngcr is I ?. . . hxg5
I 8 &xg5I I 9& c3g5 2OvI3 dc5
2I <bd2Sdwithaclcaradvantagc
IcrBlack.
1b l4 hxg5 1 lxg5 & d0 Z0 &l4
Wb0+Z1=h1WxbZZZvdZWb0ZJ
vbJWc7 Z4vd40-0-0(D)
Blackhas rcgaincd his pawn, and
his gamc is casy tc handlc. Nc wcak-
ncsscs, scldpcsiticn.
Z5vxc0vxc0 Z0c5& c5Z7 &gZ
d7 Zb ab1 hdb Z &c4 g0 J0
vgZWa5J1-cJWa4JZcZWxaZ
JJ &bJ WdZ J4 vc4 &lZ J5 &xdZ
0 1HL RANDMASILR'S MIND
& xgJ J0H xdZ J7 xl7 lZ Jb
d0+ xd0 J xlZ &xc5 40 c1
=bb41cJva74Z& cZd54Jlb
Dc5 44 h4 & xcJ 45 xc0 -d4 40
xg0 <xcZ 47 ggb c4 4b cb
xh4+4 =gZ <cJ+0-1
Loo/atthc]o//ow/ngtwoos/t/ons
anJ tc// mc what you th/n/ about
thcm.
Mu6 ~ N60 656u
Lurocancorr Ch !90
Whitctcplay
Whitcisbcttcr,llikchispcsiticn.
My rstthcughtis I 5Wg4, but aItcr
I 5. . . Wg thcrc isnc Icrk cn c?. Thc
c5-bishcpalscprcvcntsmcIrcmplay-
ing I 5 Wxd5. l' d scarch Icr ways tc
gct rid cI thc c5-bishcp, bcIcrc hc
plays . . . <c, cvcrprctcctingc? . . . lIl
can' tkick thc bishcp away, l' ll think
abcutI 5<xg?vxg?I 9I. . . (This)
dccsn'tlccktccprcmising,thcughit's
intcrcsting. lI I. . .Wxc5 thcn maybc
I ?Wg4+vxI I 8&I4 . . . thcrcisalsc
I ?&h+vxI I 8 Wg4. . .
hou/Jyou/ay/t/
lwculdchcckthcscccntinuaticns.
Shculd thcy Iail tc yicld thc dcsircd
rcsults, l' d gc Icr I 5 Wh5 and iI
I 5 . . . <c,thcnI & I4IcllcwcdbyI ?
9acI , kccpingahcalthypcsiticn.
1j to th/n/ w/thout ta///ng, unt//
yourcachaJcc/s/on.
(AItcr 5 scccnds) I 5b4 wins cn
thc spct (laughs). lI I 5 . . . & xb4, I
Wg4capturcsthcbishcp.

Suosc hc answcrs !J b4 w/th

!J. e e
_
b0. Nowwhat/
I Wg4 . . . cr I & h . . . Ycs, I
&hi s gccdcncugh- l' llplayit.
jNcticc that Rcchlis dccsn' tmcn-
ticn IWxd5- anaturalchcicc- bc-
causc hc kncws that cnc shculdn' t
' scll' a pcsiticn likc this Icr a mcrc
pawn.!ndccd,aItcrI . . . -c,thcpcsi-
ticnisnctscclcar] .
Thcgamcwcnt.
15 b4| & b0
I 5 . . . Wxc5 I & h gxh I 7bxc5,
I 5 . . . & c? is mct by I Wxd5 cr I
Wg4.
10&h0| (D)
m ADl KLCHLlS 1
10 M vc0
I . . . gxh I 7Wg4+Wg I 8vc?+.
17 & xg7 lcb 1b & l0 vxc5 1
Wh5| 1-0
I 9 . . . WxI 2O vh+, aItcr cthcr
mcvcsWhitcplays2OWh.
b. 6l56| ~ H6
Ncw Icr/ !940
Whitctcplay
Whitc appcars tc bc a lct bcttcr.
his rcck is activc, Black`s bishcp is
b
.
d unc . . .
Dcnctcx/a/nth/ngs]crmc]ust
vcrba//zcycurthcughts.
This isprccisclywhatl' mdcing.
Ictmcma/csurcthatlunJcrstanJ
what ycu 'rc say/ng. Icu ]cc/, /ntu-
/t/vc/y, that hh/tc /s a /ctbcttcr; yct
ycuta/c t/mcanJccrttcunJcrstanJ
whyycu]cc/thatway/
Exactly. lIlIcclpcsitivcly abcut
thcpcsiticn,l' ll try tc clariIytcmy-
sclIwhatmakcsmchappy.ltryncttc
lcavc things cn thc purcly intuitivc
lcvcl.
Mcntal qucsticnsarcmulti-pur-
pcsc. Onthccnc hand, thcydircct
ustcwardsccrrcctsclutcns,cnthc
cthcrhand,thcymayprcvcbcnc-
cial in suppcrting and vcriIying
curintuitivcIcclings.
Wcll, 29vI3 isgccd,i nadditicn,
l' d chcck idcas ccnncctcd wth 29
vI5. . .
lnthc gamc hh/tc/aycJ2Wc2.
Ncw, ta/cthc b/ac/s/Jc.
Wcll, wc all scc thatWhitc wants
tc capturccng.
(Dc wc "all scc, within twc scc-
cnds, thatWhitcthrcatcns 3O<xg' '
hxg3 I Wxg+' Ixg32h?#7lwcn-
dcr. )
Whitc' s last mcvc alsc prcvcnts
Black Ircm ccntinuing 29. . .Wc3. OI
ccursc, l (can) mcvc my rcck . . . and
thcrc is alsc 29. . . <b4 ntcnding
3O. . . Wa+ . . .
lwculdgcIcr29 . . . vb4.lIlmcvc
thc I8-rcck, my pcsiticn stinks. At
lcast, with 29. . . vb4 l gct scmc play.
(Hc gccs cntccxamincthcmcvcs 3O
Wxc5, 3O& xb4and3OWc2. )
l' mcutcImymind' On29 . . . b4
Whitc has 3Ovxg up his slccvc . . .
Wait. 3O . . . Wa+ 3I Wc2 hxg cr 3I
vgI Wxb732-c7+Wxc? . . . lhavca
prcblcm. . .
. . . Gctit ' 33Wd2, thrcatcns bcth
matcandthcquccn. Damn, hcrcplics
33. . . & xI. (Irusuatcd) .What,(isthcrc)
nc Icllcw-up7
Ict 's stc hcrc. hhat /s ycur cur-
rcntasscssmcnt/
lstilllikcWhitc.EvcniIplayprc-
cccds 29. . . -b4 3O & xb4 Wa+ 3 I
Z 1HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IAD
vgZWxbJ JZxc5I' mpIayngwth
two pcccs vs a rook, sncc thc h-
bshopsdcad. '
1hcgamcwcnt29 W <b4J0vxg0
hxg0!! J1 Wxg0+ 1-0
Bythc way, altcr Z9WcZ -b4 J0
vxg, apart lrom J0. . . Wa+, anothcr
dclcnsvc dcvcc s J0. . . xl.
I ussamc tbut tbc JcuJ b-h/sbc
unJtbcwb/tcrcc/cntbcscvcntbrun/
saggcstcJ tc yca tbut /t wus u cnc-
s/JcJstragg/c, hat/uyrcvcJ tc hc
mcrc /ntr/cutctbunyca/mug/ncJ.
gucssyouarcright.'
lrom KcchIs' s suggcstcd Iinc,
Z9. . . -b4 J0 xb4 (J0 vxg Wa+
J I WcZhxgJZWxa <xaJJg5 ' s
an ntcrcstng dcaolGM GrccnlcId)
J0. . . Wa+ J I vgZ WxbJ JZ xc5,
pIay may procccd JZ . . . a JJ -lJ
aloIIowcdby J4. . .Wa8.
d m 0f| 5 6R0
Bom I 98.GcIIandwonthcLuropcan
1unor Champonshp n I 98Jl8, and
n I 990hccImbcdtothcJrdpIaccon
thc worId LIo Ist. Hchas rcmancd a
toppIaycrcvcrsncc,bcIongngtothc
ZJ00-cIub. Bors partcpatcd n vc
OIympads, rcprcscntng thc LSSK,
BcIarus and sracI. Hc pIaycd n scv-
craI canddatcs matchcs, rcachng as
Iar as thc scm-naI stagcs, knockng
out stars Ikc Kramnkand Adams on
thcway.
Uncc, /ntbcccarscc]uJ/scass/cn,
GMI]cgcrsu/Jtbut/ntbc/ustrcscrt,
nchcJy]//y /ncws tbc rcuscn/ng hy
wb/cb bc urr/vcs ut u ccrtu/n mcvc.
GM Scbm/J strcng/y J/sugrccJ, stut-
/ng tbut bc /ncw vcj wc// wby bc
/uycJ b/s mcvcs. Wbut Jc yca
tb/n/"
I can' t aIways rcconstruct how
ht upon a ccrtan dca. LsuaIIy you
gctagcncraI stratcgcortactcaIdrcc-
ton, andthcnyouscckhowtompIc-
mcntt.
On somc occasons you IccI that
an dcaoughtto bc rght Ior you, but
youcan' tprovct, so you act on ntu-
ton. At othcr tmcs, you bIundcr,
mss somc Incs or a countcr-dca by
your opponcnt, onIy to nd out that
your cnor tumcd out to bc a good
movc aItcraII.'
WbutJcycaJcwbcnyca]u//tcJc-
tcctgccJ/Jcus "
Whcnthshappcns,anaIysccach
rcasonabIc varaton n a mcthodcaI
way, chcckng what s hdng thcrc.
gvc t somc tmc, and I don' t nd
goId, movcon.'
Sc,ycarmctbcJc]urr/v/ngutuJc-
c/s/cn /s c/csc/y ccnncctcJ w/tb ycar
c/cc/cs/t/cn.
Kght. Youcan' taIIowyouroppo-
ncnt a bg Icad n tmc. OIcoursc, I
I' mIost,tmcsnotaconstrant,butI
thcpostonstcnabIc,aIIotmyscIIa
spcccdamountoItmctorcachadc-
cson.
In a gamc Irom Budapcst, Z00J,
myopponcnt,ctcrAcs, rcHcctcdona
ccrtanpostonIoronchour.Ioundt
strangc, bccausctwas notthc sortoI
postonnwhchyoumustnd' onIy'
movcs.Latcrnthcgamchcwas short
oIthc tmchchad spcnt on thatpos-
ton.'
1hc amount oI thnkng tmc
consumcdbybothpIaycrs may bc
vcwcd as an ntcgraI part oI thc
ovcraIIasscssmcnt.
LsuaIIy,Iyoudon' tsccamovcn
thcrstIcwmnutcs,youacunIkcIy
to scctataII.'
Batscmct/mcsycaurr/vcutun/Jcu
cn/yu/cr/cngJc//hcrut/cn.
4 1HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IND
Ycs, t docs happcn. rccaII a
lunny cpsodc lrom my own cxpcr-
cncc.'
0|l0d - 0m| 0gu02
Mcsccw?00!
BIacktopIay
Z7 -l7!
Agravccrror,howcvcr, ttookmc
I 0orI 5mnutcs( ' )tosccthccIcmcn-
taryrclutaton.'
Zb -xg7| vxg7 Z Wc0
( I -0, J9)
BIackIoscsapccc. supposcthat
Z8 <xgJ ddn' t comc casIy bccausc
stcrcotypcdthnkngwamsusaganst
cxchangngthcpowcrluIl-knghtlor
IhcmscrabIcgJ-bshop.'
Lctasgccvcrscmcotbcrgumcsc]
ycars.
0|l0d - V0 W0|y
I/cvJ/v?00J
1 c4 c5 Z lJ c0 J &b5 g0 4 0-0
&g75c1c50&xc0dxc07dJWc7
b-bdZ-l0c4 d7 10>dZ0-0
1 1 aJb0 1ZcJa5 1Ja4&a0 14bJ
mb 15 gJ &xc4 10 bxc4 <R 17
Wc1 Wc7 1bWZl0 1aJ<c0Z0
bJ&MZ1b1a0(D)
hbut/shb/tc 's/Jcu"cahuvccrc-
utcJ strcng rcssarc ugu/nst h0, hat
/uc/'s Jc]cnccs ucur starJy; sc,
wbut 'stbcc/nt"
lrst ol aII, had pIaycd th s
opcnngbclorc, aganstKadj abov, so
waslamIarwthsomcgamc-pIans .
My prcssurc aIong thc b-Ic lorccd
BIacktoposthsrookawkwardIy on
a,snccdoubIngrooksonthcb-Ic
wouIdlaIto xa5. Mowwasgong
to translcr my maj or pcccs to thc
kngsdc,nan attcmpttoopcnascc-
ondlront.'
ZZWc1&d0ZJWl1Wd7Z4h4h5
Z4. . . -d4 prcvcnts Whtc' s ncxt
movc.nthscascntcndcdZ5xd4
cxd4ZdZwthancvcntuaIlZ-l4.`
Z5WhJ&c7Z0&dZdbZ7vh1
WhtccontroIsmorcspacc.Hccan
manocuvrc and rcarrangc hs pcccs
lastcrthanBIack.'
L DUKIS LLLIAD J
Z7 vh7Zbg1 aab Zg4g7
J0 vhZ hxg4 J1 xg4 <h5 JZ b1
gbJJbg1> d0J4WgZ(D)
A rcmur/uh/c sbqt c] c_crt - yca
ncwccrutc cntbc//ngs/Jc.
AItcrthcgamc, aIrcndbroughtto
myattcntonthathadtrcbIcdmyma-
jor pcccs on two dBcrcnt knght' s
Ics '
ObjcctvcIy BIack ought to hoId
thsposton, but n a practcaI gamc,
wthlmtcdcountcr-chanccs,tsnot
casy.'
J4 Wl7J5g5&c7J0g4&lb!
J7b1a0!| Jb g1|&h0J&xh0
vxh040<hJvh741 vh1g74Zl4
cxl4 4J <xl4 xl4 44 xl4 ab 45
WlZlb40xb0Wc747 b1Wc54b
h5gxh54l5Wcb50Wxc5vh051
bl1Wg05ZWcJ+vh75JWhJvh0
54c5 gl755WcJ+vh750WlJ1-0
K|p0V 0|l0d
Cu J'AgJc(ru/J)?00?
1c4vl0Z lJb0JgJc54> gZ&b7
5 0-0 g0 0 d4 cxd4 7 Wxd4 &g7 b
<cJ d0 d1 bd7 10 > cJ a0 11
ac1 cb 1ZbJ 0-0 1JW4 c7 14
h0Wab15&xg7vxg7 10c1b5
17 d5 <xd5 1bcxd5xc1 1 xc1
<l0Z0c4cbZ1Wl4 a5 (D)
Lct 's tu/c tb/s us u sturt/ng c/nt.
Wbutwusycaru/mbcrc "
AII my pcccs arc pIaccd on good
sguarcs, cxccpt thc bJ-bshop. So
pIaycdmyIastmovcwththcntcnton
oIprocccdngwth . . . b4and . . . a.'
ZZWdZb4ZJaJ| !Dxc1 Z4Wxc1
a4|
Wus tb/s mcvc/uycJcn /ts ch]cc-
t/vc mcr/ts, crhccuascyca w/sbcJtc
ccn]ascb/m/n t/mc-trcah/c "
I thought that ths was thc bcst
movc. ddn' twant to bc IcIt wth a
wcakpawn onb4.'
Z5cZ!|
On Z5 bxa4 ntcndcd Z5. . . bJ Z
Wc4Wa5ZJ vdJ aZ8WxbJWdZ.
ts possbIcthataItcrZ9II xc4
wouId not gan an advantagc, but
havc actvc pcccs and n thc crcum-
stanccs (rapd gamc), t sccmcd adc-
guatc.'
0 1H RDMASIR'S MIND
Z5... Wcb| Z0 WbZ bxaJ Z7 vxaJ
axbJZbhJ
D/Jyou th/n/you wcrcw/nn/ngat
th/so/nt "
l thcught l had an advantagc, l
wasn' tsurchcwbigitwas.
Zb...a0 Z WxbJ Wc1+ J0 =hZ
\dZJ1 lJ vh5JZl47
Bcttcr was 32 <bI ' WI2 (avciding
thc cxchangc cIquccnsby 33Wc3+)
33I4 withdrawingchanccs.
JZ... &dJ JJ <c4 &xc4 J4 Wxc4
WcJ J5 l5 WxgJ+ J0 =h1 <l4 J7
Wd4+ vgb Jb &l1 vxhJ J &xhJ
WxhJ+40=g1Wg4+0-1
Mcrc matcrial islcstaItcr 4I vh2
gxI5.
60 ~ M0V565|
Lurocan 1camCh, atum/!999
Whitctcplay
hhat was your cva/uat/on, oncc
youhaJrcachcJth/sos/t/on "
l kncw that with ccrrcct play, it
shculdbc drawn. Fischcr, Rubinstcin
andcthcrshadsimilarpcsiticns.
Asaplaycraccumulatcsalargc
rcscrvcir cI cxisting kncwlcdgc,
hc bcccmcs ablc tc ccmmcncc a
scarchIcrgccdidcasIrcmahighcr
pcdcstal.
7b h4
lt was simplcr tc lcavc thc pawn
cnh3,butlwasaIraidcIgcttingintca
mutual zugzwang. ThcrcIcrc l aimcd
tcxBlack' spawnscnlightsquarcs.
7b... g47=lZ <c4+ b0=gZ<d0
b1 &dJ =d4 bZ &b1 =cJ bJ &cZ
<c4b4&bJl4 b5gxl4vxl4 b0&cZ
<l0b7&dJ
lhadcalculatcdinadvanccthataI-
tcr8?. . . g3 lhad88& c2g489vh3
vc39O&xg4vI29I &I3 ' , drawing
by stalcmatc. UnIcrtunatcly,thcccm-
putcr latcr dcmcnstratcd that this is
nctauniqucdrawingmcthcd.9Ovxg3
vxc29I vI4drawsaswcll.
b7... vcb
An unplcasant surprisc. Black' s
knightishcadingtcg?.Fcramcmcnt
lthcughtthatlwasabcuttc lcsc,and
thcn, suddcnly, lIcundsalvaticn.
How"
ldcn' tkncw.lnanapparcntlydcs-
pcratcpcsiticn,withcnlyaIcwminutcs
tc rcach thc timc-ccntrcl . . . thcrc ap-
pcarcdlhcdca, andabcautiIul cnc.
bb &g0 <g7 b &l7 gJ 0 &d5
=g4
9O. . . :I5 9I =h3isadraw.
1 &c0 =xh4
9I . . . vI592& d?draws.
Z & d7
Amazingly, Black is unablc tc cx-
plcithistwccxtrapawns.Astudy-likc
nalc.
M UORIS ELFAND
Do you somct/mcs h/t uon s/cn-
J/J/Jcas,ata/accanJt/mcnotJcJ/-
catcJtochcss /
Ycs. Many bright idcas dcsccnd
upcn aplaycrwhcnhis mind is 0cat-
ing.lrccallthattwcycarsagclwcrkcd
with my traincr, AlcxKhuzman, cna
ccrtain cpcning linc. lwcnttcrcstIcr
awhilc, andthcnhitupcnanidcathat
rcIutcdthcwhclcvariaticn.
Onancthcrcccasicn,lIcundasc-
luticn in my slccp. lt was in an ad-
cumcdgamcvsKirilGccrgicvinthc
I 99O Olympad. l wckc up at 4 a. m.
with a mathcmatical win. Allthatrc-
maincd was tc vcriIy my ncctumal
disccvcry cvcr thc bcard. lndccd, it
wasccrrcct.
1h/s/s/ntr/gu/ng.1hcm/nJgocson
wor//ng.
Wcll, it happcns quitc cItcn. GM
Razuvacv adviscs his trainccs that
whcnthcy'rcstuck,thcyshculdchangc
scmcthing.gcIcrawalk,gctinvclvcd
inancthcractivity. . . Thcn,scmctimcs
a scluticn suggcstsitsclI.
N| K0 | C ~ 60
CanJ/Jatcsmatch(0), Sara]cvo!99!
1d4vl0Zc4c0J vcJ& b44WcZc5
5 dxc5 <a0 0 cJ<xc5 7 & dZ 0-0 b
vlJb0&cZ& a0 100-0d5 11cxd5
& xcJ 1Z &xcJ vxd5 1J& xa0xa0
14 &d4 Wd7 15 <g5 l5 10 <lJ
<ab4 17WcZ <c0 1bad1 acb 1
h1 vxd4Z0xd4Wc0Z1hJvl0
ZZ Dcd1WcZ ZJ 4dZc4Z4W xc4
xc4 Z5 <c5 Dc7Z0d0(D)
Hcrc you haJ an /n]cr/oros/t/on,
/n a cruc/a/ momcnt o] thc match.
hhatwcrcyou th/n//ng /
lnthismatch,Nikclialwayscptcd
Icr quict pcsiticns, whilc l scught tc
ccmplicatc mattcrs,cvcniIthcywcrc
unIavcurablctcmc.Hcrchcdcnitcly
attaincd ' his' kind cI pcsiticn. Right
ncw,lusthavctcwait.
Z0 ... cb Z7 c0 xc0 Zb <xc0
=l7Zd0cb
Sacricing a pawn, but it was an
casydccisicntcmakc. 29. . Ja83Ob4
hcldncprcspccts.
J0 <xa7 c1+
Nct3O. . . 9a83 I vb5Lxa232 Zxb,
whcnb2 istabcc.
J1 =hZ <c4 JZ d7+ =l0 JJ lJ
<c5 J4dZ c1 J5 cb b5 J0 <d0
b4J7d4 xcJJbxb4cZJa4
vdJ40b7vl4
Hcrc 4I c8+ vc5 42 Zxg7
Lxb2lcadstcadraw. NikclitricsIcr
mcrc.
41a5xgZ+4Z=h1 dZ4J <cb+
=g5 44=gI (D)
1hc os/t/on has bccomc Joub/c-
cJgcJ.
1HE RANDMASIER'S MIND
l IcIt that in a practicaI gamc, it
was casicr tc handlc thc bIack sidc.
Myplan is cIcar.
44...h445 =l17
45 Lxg? ' 9xb2 4 a is ccrrcct,
withchanccsIcrbcthsidcs.
45 ... =gJ 40 vc1 db7| 47 vc7
<gZ+4bvcZ<l4+4=c1 dJ|
1h/s /s con]s/ng. hho /s tj/ng to
w/n anJwho /sstr/v/ngtoJraw"
Hcrc ltumcd dcwnarcpctiticn. l
bcIicvcd that by ncw l was dictating
thcccursccIthcbattlc.
50a0vgZ+ 51 vcZvl4+ 5Z=c1
=xlJ5J bJ| (D)
5J... vgZ+ 54 =l1 <cJ+ 55 =g1
LxbJ| | 50 a7 =gJ 57 abW dJ 5b
Wa1 d1+ 5 Wxd1 vxd1 00 -xc0
g0 01 b4 l4 0Z vc -cJ 0J <dJ g5
04 vlZh505=l1=hZ 0-1
How Jocs onc /now whcn toush
]orthc]u//o/ntanJwhcntobcsat/s-
]cJw/thaJraw"
AsaruIc,ldcn' taskmyscIIwhich
rcsuIt l' m aiming tc achicvc. This
mightharmmy gamc. lust Icck Icr
thcbcstmcvcs.
utsurc/y cva/uat/on anJ calcu/a-
t/on arc /ntcrconncctcJ: thc outcomc
you arc scc//ng /n]/ucnccs thc movcs
youcxam/nc. Iorcxam/c, qyou/ay
]ora w/n, youm/ghtrc]cctaJraw/ng
//nc.
ldcasscssduringmcgamcwhcmcr
a pcsiticn is advantagccus Icr mc cr
nct,cnchastcdcthat,cIccursc. lust
rcIrainIrcmaskingmyscIIwhatrcsuIt
l' maItcr.
1hcconccto]'cr/t/ca/os/t/ons '/s
o]tcn JcbatcJ. How Joyou /Jcntg a
cr/t/ca/os/t/on"
This is indccd cnc cI thc mcst
impcrtant skills which dctcrmincs a
pIaycr' sstrcngth. GMDcrImanwrctc
abcckcnthis subcct.
ZU
Bascd cn his writings, a pcsiticn
might bcccmc criticaI iI thc tum cI
cvcnts is abcut tc bc changcd. Fcr
instancc, whcncncintcndstctakcir-
rcvcrsibIc dccisicns rcgarding an cx-
changc cIpicccs, a transIcrmaticn cI
thcpawn-structurc,cIcsingcrcpcning
thcccntrc,crcntcringaIcrccdtacticaI
linc.
How many cr/t/ca/os/t/ons ar/sc
/nagamc "
M UORlS ELFAD
An avcragc gamc may ccntain
thrcctcIcurcriticalpcsiticns,butina
ccmplcxtacticalstrugglc,cvcrymcvc
cculdbccritical.
1 c0
J. 0l ~ 60
DcsHcrmunus!99/
WhitctcpIay
This is dcnitcIy a cntical pcsi-
ticn.lnsuchpcsiticnsltrytccalculatc
as Iar as l can. thc gamc' srcsult is at
stakc.
1 WMW vxcJ
lt is pcssiblc tc capturc cn c at
cncc. At thc timc l bclicvcd that
I 9 . . .& xc 20 -cg5 Ixg5 2I -xg5
9I22& d4wculdbctccdangcrcus.
Z0 xcJ Wb0 Z1 lc1 &xc0 ZZ
vcg5lxg5ZJ <xg5l0Z4=hI& l7
Z5 xc7 h0 Z0 vxl7 xl7 Z7 xl7
=xl7 Zbc7+=gbZxg7+ h-[
Unc strcng grunJmustcr Jcc//ncJ
my rcqucst]cr un /ntcrv/cw, cn thc
grcunJs thut J/sc/cs/ng h/s thcught-
rcccss /nub//c m/ght hurm h/m /n
]turcccntcsts. Dcycu th/nlthutJq-
]crcntGMs th/n/J_ crcnt/y"
Ycs, pccplc thinkin divcrsc ways.
Scmc undcrtac Iar-rcaching, mcticu-
lcus calcuIaticns, until thcy rcach a
clcar-cutccncIusicn.Othcrschcckccr-
tainpcsiticns,makcanasscssmcntthat
this is gccd Icr thcm, and play thc
mcvcwithncadditicnaIanalysis. Thcy
assumcthatthcyshculdbcablctcccpc
withIuturcprcblcmswhcnthcyarisc.
AncthcrdiIIcrcncc.thcrcarcscmc
pccplc whc think cnly Icr thcir cwn
sidc, and pay littlc attcnticn tc thcir
cppcncnts`mcvcs.
l]nJ /t hurJ tc bc//cvc thut tc
/uycrsbchuvc///cthut.
l' malscamazcd as tchcwpccplc
arcablctcgctawaywiththis, withcut
tryng tc prcdict thcr cppcncnt' s
mcvcs. GMYudasin,Icrcxamplc,and
GM Khcnkin. Thc lattcr actually cx-
prcsscdhis cpinicninwriting. . .
Hcw/s/tcss/b/ctcbcccmcu2000
/uycrw/thsuch 'mcthcJs ' "
l suppcsc it has a lct tc dc with
cnc' sscnsccIdangcr.AstrcngpIaycr
can Iccl thathc shculd cvadc ccrtain
pcsiticns, cvcn iIit is nct backcd by
ccncrctcvariaticns.
Dc ycu huvc uurt/cu/urth/nl/ng
systcm"
l dcn' thavc cnc. Pccplclikc Bct-
vinnik had a systcm. On thc cthcr
hand,Smyslcvplaycdbyintuiticn.
hhut pc c]J//cmmus Jcycu cn-
ccuntcrJur/ng/uy"
l ask myscII what wculd bc thc
pcsiticnal asscssmcnt, iI l cxchangc
quccns,crcthcrpicccs.Thisisanatu-
ral thng tc dc in casc cI a ccncrctc
0 1H RNDMASIR'S MIND
pcssibility,butscmctimcsldclvcintc
suchmattcrscvcniIthcyarcncttcpi-
cal. lthclpsycutccrdcrycurthcughts,
tc dccidcwhcrcycuwanttchcad.
Thcavcragcplaycrthinksabcut
thc currcnt pcsiticn and its Iuturc
ramicaticns.AgrandmastcrcItcn
prcbcs cvcntual, hypcthctical scc-
naricsaswcll.
1hc]o//ow/ng gamc was tcnsc anJ
cat/vat/ng]rombcg/nn/ngto cnJ.
HlV| ~ 60
lsrac/!999
1 c4 c5 Z<lJ d0J &b5+ <c0 4 0-0
&d7 5 c1 a0 0 &xc0 &xc0 7 d4
cxd4 b vxd4 g0 c4 &g7 10 vcJ
vl0 11 g5 h0 1Z &h4 0-0 1J WdZ
Wb0 14 ad1 lcb 15 =h1 Wc5 10
bJ&d7 17l4 b51bc5dxc5 1lxc5
vg4Z0<d5vxc5 Z1b4Wd07|
Ccrrcctwas2I . . . Wxc422 -bWc?
23 xa8Kxa8 24& g3& g4' 25 cI
c4 2 &xc? xd2. l had misscd
Whitc' sidca.
ZZ<xc7+| xc7ZJvl5
23 c5 allcws a mraculcus savc.
23. . . -I3'' .
ZJ... WxdZZ4vxc7+=lbZ5xdZ
bxc4 Z0 xc5 & xc5 Z7 xd7 cJ Zb
d5(D)
hhatJ/Jyou th/n/hcrc "
lsawthatlwasnctwcrsc,dcspitc
hispicccadvantagc.lplaycdIcrawin.
Do your thoughts wanJcr bac/-
warJs, /nthcsp/co] 'whyJ/Jn 'tl/ay
th/s ' or 'how cou/J l havc m/sscJ
that '"
Ycucan' tlctthis happcn, itintcr-
Icrcswithycurgamc. During agamc,
lIccuscnlyIcrward.
Do you g/vc yourscqmcnta//y cn-
courag/ngorJcrs, ///c 'comcon', 'ho/J
/t ', or 'you '//bc/nc ' "
l uscd tc, whcn l was a ycung
playcr, but ncwadays l dcn' tnccd tc
anymcrc.
ZbMWM g57 Z<c07
BlackshculdhavccptcdIcr28. . . c2
29Lc5&dwithcquality.Bcthplay-
crs, in tmc-trcublc, wcrc undcr thc
imprcssicn that aItcr 28. . . g5 29 Zxc5
c2 3O Lc5 (3O ZcI 7 Zd8 ' ) 3O. . . 9d8
Whitchadtcplay3 I h3LdI+32vh2
cIW33ZxcI 0xcI , whcnhcislcsing
apicccandthcgamc.ltwascnlydur-
ingthcostmortcmthatthcyIcund3 I
&I2' 2dI+ 32 &g! c I W 33 0xcI
ZxcI 34 vd5,whcnWhitchasthcup-
pcrhand.
ZWW &l4J0c5gxh4J1xcJcb
JZgJhJ| JJ=g1& dZJ4dJ7
34Zc2kccps thcbalancc.
J4MWW c1+|J5=lZ h1 J0g47(D)
3 Lxd27 lcscs tc 3. . Txh2+ 3?
vcI Lxd2,butplaying 3vI3 9xh2
M UORIS LFAND 1
3? vg4 wculd stll havc gvcn Iar
chanccsIcradraw.
J0MWM xhZ+J7=gJcZ| Jb<d4
Or38vxh3 &I4 39 g5h5.
lt /s rcmar/ab/c to ]nJ mat/ng
thcmcs /n such a s/m/cJos/t/on.
HowJ/Jyouconcc/vcthcm/
Wcwcrcn scvcrctmc-trcublc . . .
lustplaycdwhatcccurrcdtcmc . . . l
dcn` tkncw.
Jb... hZJ vXcZh1W0- 1
Lct 'sta//aboutthcroccsso]Jcc/-
s/on-ma//ng.
YcarsagclrcadKctcv' smcdclcI
chccsngcanddatcmcvcsandscrccn-
ng cach cnc thcrcughly. lt dccsn' t
rcaIlywcrk,bccauscdunngmcscch-
ingprcccssycundncwdcasthathad
cscapcdycurrstglancc- andhavctc
gcbackandscarchIcrncwlncs.
ln ccrtan pcstcns, t s casy tc
nd mcvcs, bccausc cnc' s chccc s
lmtcd. lnthcsc typcscIpcstcns, a
club-playcr and a grandmastcr wll
pck thc samc mcvcs. ln cthcr pcs-
tcnsycuhavctcchccscbctwccntwc
cr thrcc apprcxmatcly cqual mcvcs,
andycuhavctcrcachadccscnbascd
cnycurstylc,ycurIcclng,ycurcppc-
ncnt.ThsscnccIthchardcstthngs
nchcss.
60 b| l0V
lstanbu/(U/ym/aJ)2000
Whtctcplay
Z1 vbxd0| vxd0ZZ <b0|
Hcrctwaspcssblctcccntnuc22
& xc5 -xc4 23 &xc4, whcn 23. . . b7
Ialstc24&d,and23. . . Sxa424d+
vh8 25 &cDc2&d5 s advanta-
gccusIcrWhtc.
l chcsc thc tcxt-mcvc bccausc l
thcughttwascvcnbcttcr,andbcsdcs,
twassmplcr.ShrcvsamastcrcIcs-
capc,dthcpcstcncmanatngIrcm
thsccntnuatcnlmtshschanccs.
ZZW &lb ZJ b4| vcxc4 Z4 lxc4
&cb Z5 WlJ &c7 Z0 <xab Wxab Z7
& c5 Wbb Zba5Wc7Zac1
( I -O,4I )
las/younowtotrcatthc]o//ow/ng
twoos/t/onsscr/ous/y, as qthhaJ
2 1HL RANDMASIR'S MIND
occurrcJ /n yourgamc. 1c// mc your
thoughts.
N| ~ 6
lsrac//Icaguc !90
Whitctcplay
lsccthatWhitc` swinningchanccs
licin abrcakthrcugh cnthckingsidc.
l` llpcstthcbishcp cnc,thckingcn
g4. Thcn- maybch4-h5, crl` llsacri-
ccthcbishcp . . . Thcmcstimpcrtant
thngstcwinthcd-pawn. . . lbclcvc
thatWhitc shculdwin.
(AItcr bringing his kng tc g4 and
hisbshcptc c) Fcrinstancc, &I5.
lI Black capturcs, l` ll rccapturc with
my king. lInct, say, . . . vI?, l` ll play
& xg+ (. . . vxg) and h5+ and my
kingwilIinvadc(thrcughI5). . . ldcn` t
thnkBlackcanhcldit.. .
(Lct` slcckat)h5(nstcadcI& I5)
. . . it` snctcncugh. . . (aItcr. . . gxh5+)hc
wllplanths kinglatcrcnc?.
1h/sos/t/on was aJ]uJ/catcJ. hc
nccJac/carvcrJ/ct /s /taw/n/
. . . lsccthatBlackplaccshisbishcp
cn cI . . . Bcth Whitc and Black havc
waitingmcvcs . . . Lct` ssaythatBlack
pcsts hisking cng? o . . 1 g4 =l7 Z
& c0+=g7J =lJ &dZ4 =g4 &c15
&l5gxl5+0=xl5&xh47=c0& xg5
b =xd0 =l7 =c7=cb 10 =xb0 . . .
Blackcan` tsurvvcthis. Whitcwins.
jThcadudicatcr,N 1. Pcrath,gavc
victcry tc Whitc, bascd cn thc ccn-
sidcraticns clabcratcd hcrc by Gcl-
Iand. ]
A | | ~ A
lsrac/!9/0
Blacktcplay
Thc whtc kngis cxpcscd, buthc
thrcatcns 32LhI . Blackshculdcxam-
incanattackingmcvc- 3 I . . . LxI3-but
ths is nc gccd- cr3 I . . . Wh2. Playing
cn thc dk squcs wth mcvcs likc
3 I . . . Wg5 and 32 . . . & h sccms tc mc
rathcrslcw.
3 I. . . Wh2 32 vd3 9b 33 9hI
Zb3+ 34 Wxb3 Wxg2 35 Lxh5+
& h. jccncludcs thatthsis gccdIcr
Black] .
M UORIS ELFAD J
3 I. . h232vd3 Zb 33b4axb3
34Wc2,cr34Wd2intcnding35 9hI .
Maybc34. . . b2butthcn35vc2.
3 I. . . Wh232vd3 9xc,butWhitc
cancithcrcapturcthcrcckcrplay 33
9h! .
(3 I. . h2 32 vd3 Zb) 33 b4 -
that ' s thc mcvc l shculd chcck . . .
33 . . . axb334Wc2. (By3 I . . . Wh2)Black
bums all his bridgcs . . . jdissatiscd,
hcrctumstcchcckcthcrcpticnsthan
3 I . . . Wh2]but(mcaltcmativc) 3I . . . Wg5
lcscs.
hho /s bcttcr /nyouro/n/on/
lt' shardtctcll.lIBlackhasasuc-
ccssIultactic, hc isdcingnc, cthcr-
wisc,hcislcst.
A]tcrJ!. . .
_
h2, whyJon 'tyou /oo/
atJ2
g
g! /
Bccausc thcn Black gains scmc
mcvcs, in ccmpariscn with 32vd3
. . . Blackrcplics 32 . . . Lb (33 Wxa47
9xb2+).
l/casc ursuc yourth/n//ng, unt//
yourcachaJcc/s/on.
"3 I. . . Wh2 bums all bridgcs . . w l
dcn` tlikc tc limit my chcicc. ltis ci-
thcrgccdcritlcscs- ncwayback. . . l
dcn' t scc hcw l can makc it wcrk.
3 I . . . Wh2 32 vd3 b5 is nc gccd . . .
32 . . . Lb i s natural. l havc tc nd
scmcthing clsc (tc add ancthcringrc-
dicnt)tcmakcitwcrk.
Hc rcvcrts tc 3 I . . . Wh2 32 vd3
Zbandncwcxamincs 33Wd29b3+
(33. . . Zxc349hI ) 34vc2] . Maybc
34. . . hxg435LhIgxI3- (but)itdccsn' t
sccm sumcicnt.
"(Ccnclusicn) . lprcIcrWhitc.
Thc gamc ccntinucd.
J1MWW WhZ7| JZ=dJb0(D)
JJ h17
Bcth 33 b4 and 33 Wd2 appcar tc
vin.
JJM M bJ+ J4 WxbJ WxgZ| J5
xh5+&h0J0xh0+=g7(D)
GclIand abandcncd this variaticn
hcrc but in Iact Whitc has cnc mcrc
shct.
J7g0+| =h7|
. . . which, hcwcvcr, prcvcs insuI-
cicnt against this accuratc rcspcnsc.
Nct37. . . vxg738&I5+,cr37. . . &h87
38Zg8+' .
Jb&l5xl5Jgxl5axbJ40c1
+ 1HL KANLMA1LK' INL
LossoIhcavy matcra! sunavod-
ab!c. 40=cJWIZ+4! =dJ WcZ+, or
40c! WcZ+4! =cJ WIZ+.
40.. .xlJ+ 41=dZWl4+ 4Z =d1
gZ - 1
OMa 'ccmmcn/cj]rcqucn///rcc/a
'cccmm///c/mcvc' w//hJ/aJc/n. Inc-
//cc /hctcu/cc crc rc/uc/cn//c hurn
curhr/Jca. Ia/tc/wcachcJ/h/n,
/cmckcc]//ccmm//mcn/
Hm . . . An ntcrcstng gucston.
Lsua!!ywcdowanttokccpouroptons
opcn. !I! can choosc my movc-ordcr,
!' !! choosc onc that prcscrvcs max-
mum Hcxblty Ior mysclIand lcavcs
my opponcnt gucssng at my ntcn-
tons.Butyouhavcapont. somctmcs
tmaybcgoodtobumyourbrdgcs,n
chcssasnlIc.(!nthscasc)youknow
what you'rc dong, you play Iast, you
don' thovcrbctwccnaltcmatvcs.`
6| L0y
Bom ! 5T. An nactvc natonal chcss
mastcr (pcak ratng. ZJ40 Elo) and a
dstngushcdcomposcroIstudcs and
problcms, Comay' smajor cld oIcx-
ccllcncc s problcm-solvng. Hc won
thcannualndvdualworldchcsssolv-
ng champonshp n ! 80 (nIormal),
! 85 and ! . Comay works as a
managcroIhsownsoItwarccompany.
Whc/ crc /hc quc/cc//cnx c] c
ccJrch/cm-xc/vcr
IrstoIall,hcshouldabsorbthccs-
scnccoIchcssproblcms. 1hcscworks
oI art havc paadoxcal aspccts. 1hcy
prcscnt thc oppostc oI what s cx-
pcctcd
'
and thc scarch Ior thc com-
poscr' dcas s drcctcd towards thc
uncommon,thc strangc,thcbzanc.
Hc has to bc aIastcalculator, bc-
causc solvngtoumcyshavc almtcd
tmc-Iramc. 1hcmostmportantgual-
ty,pcrhaps,sHcxblty.lrcgucntlya
postoncntccsyoutomakcaccrtan
movc, or suggcsts a matng patlcm,
whcn n Iact t s a Ialsc lcad. You
should bc ablc to dscard a wrong
path, tcmptngastmghtbc.`
Ccn ycu Jcxcr/hc /hc mcn/c/rc-
ccxxJur/nrch/cm-xc/v/nUcycu
c/hrcuhxyx/cmc//chcxcx
! posc mysclI ccrtan gucstons.
lor nstancc, n hclpmatc problcms
(whcrc B!ack coopcratcs wthWhtc,
nthctaskoIdclvcrngmatctoB| ack
naIxcdnumbcroImovcs),!wondcr
onwhch sguarcthcblackkng cou| d
bcmatcd.1hcn!pckaccrtansguarc
andcxamncallsortsoImatcs. !IlIai |
nthcsccIIorts,!lookIoraprooItha|
my dca s unworkab!c. !t s v taI |o
provcwhatcannotbcdonc,nordcr|o
avodlossoIva!uablctmc. `
nrcc//cc/chcxx /hcrccrcccr/uin
'hr/ckx '/hc/]crm /hc vccchu/cjo]
/cycr:]crk, /n, Jcuh/cc//cck, tctc
Jcvc/cmcn/ . . . Arc /hcrc cqu/rc/cn/x
/n chcxx ccmcx///cn
!n composton thcrc arc Iar morc
'brcks'thannagamc.1hcrcarchun
drcdsoIdcrcntthcmcs. 1hcmatcr a|
hnts towards thc possblc drcct on, |
youhavcarookandbshopyoustart|o
thnk oI thcmcs lkc ' Grmshaw' or
' Movotny'.`
1j /c hc mcrcxccc. cu/cncc
c/ccx///cn; /hcrccrc ZJ/cccxcnd
mcny rccxcnch/c c//cnx. Whc/ (cnJ
whcrc)Jcycu/cckc/
ngoodproblcms,cvcrypccchas
somcIuncton- tsnotplaccdon|hc
board just to bc thcrc. ! ask mysc|.
whats ths pawn dong, or how can
thcknghtpartcpatcnthccxccu|on
oIthcdca.
nmatcproblcms!naturaIIyIocus
onthc zonc around thc black k ng.
watch Ior pcccs that may jo n Ih0
0 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
attack byblccking a squarc, intcrIcr-
ingwithaccuntcr-chcckbyBlackand
sccn.
Ictmcwatchyouso/vcsomcchcss
r/JJ/cs l brought w/th mc, anJwc ' //
J/scussthcm.
b. 5| 56V
3rdCcmmcndaticn,
ChcliabinskI 99O
Whitctcplayanddraw
(Hc immcdiatclymcvcsthcpicccs,
as hc talks and chccks varicus cp-
ticns).
(Black) thrcatcns matc, I Lh8
lccksbcring. . . tccmanycpticns,lct` s
drcpitIcrthctimcbcing. . .
Thcrc arcn` tmany pcssibilitics . . .
Pcrhaps I ZI8. ldcn` tncticc any diI-
Icrcnccbctwccnthc twcpcssiblcrcck
mcvcs.
Suppcsc I Zh8 9g?, but Black
winscnthcspct- ncthinghcrc,right7
lcan` tcapturc cnd . . . hcwcanlprc-
vcnt thc matc7 - Aha, I 9I8 and iI
I. . .Zg?, 2 Cxd. It I. o .&xI8, thcn 2
2xhI . OK.
1 lb &xlb Z xh1 gb. Maybc
thcrc isscmcthinghcrc . . . Oh, J hb
xhb 4 <l7 gb 5 c7 is an cpticn,
thcrc is a kind cI stalcmatc hcrc. Sc,
5MMW & d0+ (. . .&c?+ -d8 &xd87 ?
c8W+)0 -db&xc7 draw. That` sit.
. AZ56V
Sha/hmatnayaKomoz/ts/a, I 992
Whitctcplayandwin
Wcll, l` m surc I -xc2 dccsn` t
wcrk,prcbablybccausccII. . . -c? (2
vxc? stalcmatc). OI ccursc, what is
lcIt(IcrWhitctcdc)istcmatcBlack.
1 vd5. Whatcan hc dc7 1M vd0+ Z
=bb.Ncw2. . . c4dccsn` thclp,sincc
thcrc is 3 -c?+. Maybc 2. . . vt cr
2. . . c8 . . . sayZMM vl5. Thisisawcll-
kncwnpcsiticn,matingwithapaircI
knights. J <l0+ vdb 4 c7+ <xc7 5
<c5| wins (. . . c I W -I?#, criIthc
c?-knight mcvcs, thcn <c# in-
stcad).
Iou so/vcJ thcsc stuJ/cs vcj cas-
//y;thcscconJ/ccctoo/you//tcra//y
scconJs to crac/.
OFR COMAI
Bcthwcrkshadcharactcristicsthat
Iacilitatcd thc sclving prcccss. Thc
rsthadaIcrccdnaturc- vcrylimitcd
pcssibilitics. Thc scccnd lcd quickly
tcaIamcusmatingpicturc.
lbc//cvc thatthcncxtrob/cmw///
rovctobca toughcrnut.
. 60K|50V
I stPrizc,u//ct/nCKSSSR, I9?2
MatcnIcur
l lcck Icr 0ight-squarcs Icr thc
blackkng . . . iI I. . . vxg8thcn 2Wa8+
matcs, iII. . . 9xg8, 2WI.lII. . . 2xd
l dcn`t scc a matc, pcrhaps aItcr 2
&xd thcrc will bc cnc. Black wculd
likc tc play . . . -g2 with . . . Zh3+, sc
maybc l shculd crcatc chcckng cp-
ticns. Lct` ssayIWh8,withthcthrcat -
it` snctclcwhatthcthrcatis. . . maybc
2vxh+intcndingWc8+andWI8+.
What happcns aItcr I Wh8 2g?7
Hcwabcut2 -xh+vg. . . nctcncugh
tcmatc (in timc) . ls this arcIutaticn7
Strangc.
Maybc l havc tc makc a quict
mcvccnthcscccndtum. IWh8Kg?2
vI, cr 2 &I . . . Nc, l dcn` tthinkit
wcrks.
I WII+ vg?, iI thc quccn ccdcs
hima0ght-squccng?itwillbcdiI-
cult tc ccmplctc thc missicn . . . Nc,
thisis cut. Wa8, butwhatwill l dc
against I. . . Lxg87 What` s gcing cn
hcrc7
Oncc again, iI thc quccn dcscrts
thc(aI -h8)diagcnal,thcrcis I. . . Zxg8
andnc matc cn I. Ah, maybc itcan
abandcnthcdiagcnaI. .
I WcI . . . amcvccIcvcr-thc-bcard
playcrs,withncpcint. Didlcvcrlcck
scmcthing aItcr I Wh87Ycu havc tc
startwith thc quccn, cthcr picccs arc
nct participating hcrc . . . hcw abcut I
Wc57 Lccks sillyagain.
Lct` s scc iI thcrc can bc a zug-
zwang. . . PcrhapsagamccIccmcrs. . .
I WhI - nc, it` s nct tc thc pcint.
MaybcI Wa8, thrcatcningmatcincnc
... Ah' (cnlightcnmcnt cn his Iacc)
OK,itisagamccIccmcrsaItcrall .
1 Wab Exgb Z Wa1 g0 J Whb.
Nicc (JWWW xd0 4Wxh7#).`
l havc a]cw qucst/ons hcrc. Iour
]rststc wasto/oo/]or/ac/'smovcs,
asq/twcrch/sturn.
l always nccd tc asccrtainthcdc-
grccs cIIrccdcmatmydispcsal. dc l
havc tc act Iast, tc crcatc immcdiatc
chcckngthrcats, crcanltakcmytimc
lcisurcly7
lntcrcst/ng: /nract/ca/chcsstcms
you cm/oycJ rohy/act/c th/n//ng.
Ncxt, you scntqu/tc somc t/mc on !
@
h, wh/chrovcJtobcm/sta/cn.
This was carclcsscImc- lIailcd
tc ncticc that this mcvc rcbbcd thc
black kng cI a 0ight-squarc (g8) , a
1HE RANDMASIER'S MIND
dcccntccmpcscrwculdncvcrdcthings
likcthat.
AnJthcnyoucommcntcJononco]
yourownsuggcst/ons achcss-/cr's
movc w/thsomcJ/srcscct,lm/ght
aJJ.
(Apclcgctic)Ycu scc,mcvcslikc
I WcI and I Wc5 arctypicalplaycrs'
mcvcs. Thcybringthcquccnclcscrtc
thcblackking,thcylccknc . . . Wcrc
this pcsiticn a practical gamc, l' d
prcbably play such mcvcs mysclI . . .
but thcy arc nct cricntcd tcwards a
spccicgcal .
1hc turn/ngo/ntsccmcJto comc
whcn thc concct 'corncrs ' cntcrcJ
yourm/nJ.
Right. ' Ccmcrs' is an illustricus
brickinthchcusccIccmpcsiticn.Thc
symmctrical charactcr cI thc chcss-
bcardmakcsitpcssiblcIcraquccntc
lcap Ircm cnc ccmcrtc ancthcr. Nu-
mcrcus prcblcms cn this thcmc havc
bccn ccmpcscd.
Rich kncwlcdgc and ccnsidcr-
ablccxpcncnccincrcascthcprcba-
bilitythatthcrightidcawillcmcrgc
atthcrighttimc.
(Scc]o//ow/ngJ/agram)
l chcck what happcns iI Black
playsI. . .Wxd3+, Whitchasananswcr
- 2vxb2#(thcquccnispinncd) . Can
thc gI-knight mcvc7 Nc, thc black
kingwillrunaway.
Lct' s scc hcwwc dcal with black
quccn mcvcs . . . lI I. . . WhB thcrc is a
matc (2 vxb2#). lI thc quccn aban-
dcnsthclcngdiagcnal,2vxb2#isthc
answcr. [1h/s /s /ncorrcct: J . . .

a4!
M. lu |
1/]Jschrqv. J. KNS, I 92?
Matcintwc
(a/so !. . .

cJ or !. . .
_
c4)]. Thc kcy
mcvc cculd bc I Wg? - but it lccks
rathcr stupid. why shculd Black ac-
ccptthccIIcr7
lIltrytcmatcBlackcnc2,hchas
I. . . cxd3 . . . Maybcthcmatcshculdbc
cnh3. . . ldcn' tcxamincknightmcvcs
IcrWhitc, l` lllcavcthcmtcatimccI
cnsis.
lIIWh?(thrcatcning2Wxh3#),hc
plays I. . . Wd?. Nc, hccan' tdc that (2
vxb2#) , what arc his dcIcnccs7What
is it7 (lt sccms that) thc whitc quccn
can gc anywhcrc whcncc it thrcatcns
h3. . . itcan' tbc. . . ldcn' tsccit,thcrcis
amistakcscmcwhcrc. . . (ccncctchcss
prcblcmshavcauniqucscluticn).
Ah'l' vcgctit,BlackdcIcndswith
I. . . Wxc3.Luc|'
Suppcsc l play I WI5 . . . this is
surclythcscluticn . . . Ycs.
1Wf5 (withthcthrcatcI2W xh3#)
I. . . Wg? 2 vxb2#, I. . . Wd? 2 vxb2#,
I. o .Wxc32 &xc3#.
OFR COMAI
hhat maJc /t abso/utc/y c/car to
you that thc / movc shou/J /nvo/vc
thcwh/tcquccn"
Oncc again, l try tc pcnctratc thc
ccmpcscr` smind,hcwantstcachicvc
his gcal,implcmcntingthc mcst ccc-
ncmic sct-up. this isa signicantcri-
tcricn Icr cvaluating prcblcms. Ncw,
iI ycu placc a trcmcndcusly strcng
piccc Iikc a quccn cn thc bcard, and
Iail tc usc it, this ccnstitutcs a ma cr
0aw, which dctracts Ircm thc prcb-
lcm' svaluc.
lna way, you cxcc/on/y /nso/v/ng
gooJrob/cms. l] lshow you aoor
rob/cm, you w/// /osc your corncr-
stoncs.
(Amuscd) Ycu havc apcint. l rc-
calI that cncc, in a wcrld champicn-
ship sclvingccntcst,cncprcblcmhad
an atrccicus kcy (rst mcvc) . rcck
capturcs quccn' ln additicn tc this
drcadIul capturc, thc mcvc ccntaincd
a millicn thrcats. Out cI O sclvcrs,
cnly5 gctitright '
Ictsuchamovcwou/Jbc aract/-
ca//aycr 's]rstcho/cc.
Whcn ycu think abcut it, cvcr-
thc-bcardplaycrsarctraincdtcscarch
Icrthc mcstnatural, thc simplcst,thc
clcarcstkind cImcvcs. Prcblcm sclv-
crs, cn thc cthcr hand, scck as thcir
rst chciccs, paradcxical mcvcs and
uncxpcctcdtwists.
l'vc rcaJ somcwhcrc that wor/J
cham/ons Stc/n/tz anJ Caab/anca
]a//cJ/n so/v/ng somc matcrob/cms
in two, thrcc or]ourmovcs wh/ch
sccms/ncrcJ/b/c.
Z!
Practicalchcssandccmpcsiticn
thcyuscadihcrcnt ' languagc' .
Asuqnsingidcaiscncthatruns
ccntrytccxpcctaticns. Whcntwc
pccplcmaintainccn0ictingcxpcc-
taticns, whatcauscssurprisctccnc
maybcsclI-cvdcnttcthccthcr.
HowJoyouJc]nc orrccogn/zc
aJgcu/t, harJ-to-so/vcrob/cm"
ln thc macrity cIprcblcms, thc
surprising clcmcnt is ccnccalcd in
thc Iirst mcvc. Evcrybcdy kncws
that thc kcy wilI bc uncxpcctcd, but
cnccycuIindit, thcrcst willIcllcw
smccthly. Ncw, diIIicult prcblcms
arcthcscinwhichthcsurprisc dccs
nct lic in thc Iirst mcvc, but in thc
Icllcw-up. Thcy arc hard tc sclvc,
bccausciIl Iail tc sccaprcpcrccn-
tinuaticncnthcscccndmcvc, ltcnd
tc bclicvc that l ` m cn thc wrcng
track,andlmightcvcndrcpthcccr-
rcct linc altcgcthcr.
Thcmcstdimcultprcblcmsdi0cr
Ircmthcccnvcnticnalcncstcsuchan
cxtcnt that ycu simply dcn` t havc a
cluc.
ShowmcsuchaJgcu/t, unconvcn-
t/ona/rob/cm.
(SccJ/agramovcr/ca].
`D asclI matcprcblcm,WhitcIcrccs
Blacktcmatchim(Whitc)in axcd
numbcrcImcvcs. Payattcnticn.Black
dccs nct want tc matc Whitc, hc is
Icrccdtcdcsc.
N cw, thc ccnvcnticnal scluticntc
such prcblcms is as Icllcws. asBlack
isavcrsctcmatingWhitcandwilldc
hisbcsttcavcidt,thcrstthingtcdc
is tclimitBlack` scpticns. AItcr that,
hc wilI bc IcIt with cnc, maximum
twc,pathsthatlcadtcmatc.
100 1HL KANLMA1LK' INL
. L P0|6P
Opcnchcsssolvng
champonshp, Z00J
SclImatcn ! Z
1hcproblcmprcscntcd to yous
nothng oIthc sort. 1hcmnutc saw
t, sad to mysclI 'nobody wll suc-
cccd n solvng t' (wc had ! 80 mn-
utcsIor ! Zproblcms,anavcragcoI! 5
mnutcstohandlccachproblcm).`
1 Wd5+ =cb Z <d0+ =xd7 J
Wc0+=c0 4 xc4+ =b7
lourmovcshavcclapscd.1ruc,thc
a8-hI dagonals opcncd, and thcpos-
sblty . . . gxI5 s cxcludcd, but bas-
cally,WhtcjustgavcascrcsoIchccks
and rcarrangcd hs pcccs, Black has
notmprovcdhsposton.`
5lb
1hs mystcrous movc s dcsgncd
toprcvcnlthcblackkng Iromrcach-
ngdT nthcIorthcomngplay.`
5 g50&a0+=xa07<xc5+=b5
bWc4+=c0<b7+=xb7
WhtchasIorccdthcblackkngto
makc two Iull crclcs, cndng on ts
ntal sguarc bT. n dong so hc has
jcttsoncd two knghts and a bshop.
Hc hasjust thrcc morc movcs to ac-
complshhsmsson. . .
10 =h1 g4 11 &g1 gJ 1Z Wcb+
=xcb#
You askcdIor admcultproblcm.
Wcll,J solvcrstookpartnthcMos-
cow compctton, lhc numbcr oI cor-
rcct answcrs to ths problcm was . . .
zcro.`
/cnJ/c hc//cvc /hctauchc J/aca-
/rcua rcau//wcu/Jnc/cccurcmcna/
/c)cra.AKcacrcvw///]nJc1Z-mcvc
ccmh/nc//cn /nccmc-//kcca///cn.
Wthn ! 5mnutcs? n unIamlar
tcrrtory, wth no clucs or anchors,
achcvng such a goal n a spccc
numbcroImovcs. . . ?Maybchcwould,
usnghs shccrpowcrsoIcalculaton.
But lct mc tcll you an ntcrcstng
anccdotc. n Z00Z Andrc Sclvanov
showcdmc oncoIhsproblcms . `
P. b6 V3P0V, Z000
SclImatcn5
Accordng to Sclvanov, hc had
shownthcproblcmto Kasparov, who
LLK LOMAI 101
tookscvcralhours( | )tosolvct.low,
Iound thc soluton n two or thrcc
mnutcs, wthout puttng thc poston
on thc board - and ' m not thc only
solvcrtohavcdoncsorathcrguckly. `
1 s cb| | wththrccvaratons.
!. . . I5ZWd!+=cJ J=c! I44hJ
IJ5 >I! IZ#
!. . . IZ>hJI5J g4+Ixg44Wc!
gJ 5 g! gZ#
!. . . IxcZWg5 c5 J >gJ c4 4 cI
cJ 5 WgI cZ#
tsmplyrcgurcsadcrcntmodc
oIthnkngIrompractcalchcss. Hcrc
s mywayoIsolvngt.IBlackplays
!. . . I, thc matc should obvously bc
cxccutcdwththcpawnonthcscvcnth
rank. 1hs mcans that Whtc should
sacrcc a pccc, so that Black wll
havc to capturc t and nHctmatc on
gZorcZ.
1hc sguarc gZsthc morc natural
sguarc, bccausc thc whtc guccn and
hZ-bshop arc rcady to movc to thc
blockng sguarcs (c! , gI) . How can
Whtcsacrccapccconthcg-lcn
thclnc !. . . I?Onlyby ! s c,ZhJ,
J &g4+. 1hcrcsts smplc.
Bythc way, lhc world' sbcst solv-
crs arc gutc compctcnt playcrs (thc
namcs oIBrtsh GMs 1onathanMcs-
tcland1ohnMunnsprngtomnd) .
Many problcms dcmand changcs
oIrulcs. lcccsmay movcdIIcrcntly
(as s thc casc oI Iary pcccs) , basc
laws may bc brokcn (c. g. , n ' crcc'
problcms, whcrc a capturcd pccc s
rcbom on ts ntal sguarc). Somc-
tmcs acalculatonspcrIormcdback-
wards (rctrogradcanalyss),thcboard
may bc cnlargcd . . . Solvcrs arc guck
loadapttochangcs. doubtIthscan
bc sadoImostplaycrs. `
I cJm// /hc/ rccc//cna /c I/achcr'a
KcnJcmchcaacrcnc/cvcr-cn/hua/ca-
//c cnJ acmccnc wcrc /c auca/
cJJ/ncJg crcn/pcc]/ccc(cnc/-
chcn/) hcwcu/Jhcr/ak/nh/a/c.
Kc/un/n/crch/cm-ac/v/n- whc/
Jc )cu Jc whcn)cur //nc c] /h/nk/n
]c//a
lrstlookIorasmplc,Iorccdso-
luton.Idon' tndonc,scarchIora
slghtlymorccomplcxsoluton. Iths
docsn' t brng thc dcsrcdrcsults, n-
crcasc thc complcxty lcvcl. You scc
that ndulgc n complcx solutons
onlyIhavcto.
work n crclcs. lcap Irom onc
sct oI solutons to anolhcr, makng
surcthatnorcsourcccludcs mc.`
InJccJ, ]rcm whc/ I'vc accn, )cur
mcJc//anc/caa)a/cmc//cca/hcKc/cv
mcJc/cJvccc/ca.
Uur /c/ mcn/c/ cxcrc/ac /a qu//c
Jycu//, Iwcrn)cu. 1h/a/acach/a//-
cc/cJa/uJ)h)crcc/ccmcacr
(SccJ/crcmcvcr/cc)
! Ixg+ suggcsts tsclI. want to
actIast. ! s cZs complcatcd. maybc
!. . . =xh. So, ! Ixg+.WhatcanBlack
do? !. . . Wxg Z cZ, t' s ovcr . . . no,
wat, thcrc s Z. . . xI4+ J =gI c4 4
&xc4, lhat' s t. ' mnot surc, though,
wc' ll scc.
! . . . =xh Z gT Wb5+ J s cZ, ths
wns smply - ' ll rctum to !. . . Wxg
although don' tscc anythng thcrc . . .
ZcZxI4+ J =gIg44W xg4. . .
Aha,J. . . I. OK,thssadcIcncc
. . . (aItcr4s xg+xgBlackrcgans
10Z 1HL KNDMAS1LK'S IND
. 0|Vk0V
5thrzc,Moscow 850, I 99J
WhtctopIayandwn
matcraI). Maybc J vgZ- no,hccap-
turcs cZ wth chcck, how about J
vcI 7 Mo, hc rcpIcs J. . . c4+. Lct' s
scc J vgI l4vhI . . . (ths laIsto)
4. . . DlI +. '
(Comay now procccds tocxamnc
thcpawncndngwhcharscsaltcrthc
totaI Igudaton loIIowng 4 xg+
xg5 vlZxgJ vxgJ vxh). . . .
t' sadraw . . . stII,twasmportantto
chcck.maybccanrcachsuchancnd-
ngIatcrwtha sIght (butsgncant)
dBcrcncc . . . (Mcxthc IooksIorstalc-
matc possbItcs altcr an cvcntuaI
. . . vh8 wth a whtc guccn on g) . . .
rubbsh,thcrc s apawnonbwhchs
lrcctomovc.'
Altcr1lxg0+Wxg0Z&cZxl4+
J vg1 l0 supposc t s BIack's
movc, what docs hc want (to do)7
4. . . Bxc and 4. . . vxh. ' II try 4Wg5
(to prcvcnt 4. . . vxh) 4... xc0, ' II
movcthckng.5vHthssntcrcstng.
5 l0+ 0 vc1 c0+ 7 vd1 d0+
andcan' thdc. . .bvc1Wxg5+- no,
ths s IIcgaI - but b c0 (D) (rc-
mmcrscshmscIlnthcpostonaltcr
4Wg5xc).
I'J///ctcsuvcscmct/mcunJmu/c
u tccbn/cu/ /ntcrvcnt/cn. car /ust
vur/ut/cn /s u cr/t/cu/ cnc: /uc/ /n-
JccJ suvcs b/mscq/n tbut wuy. Ncw
gchuc/tc tbcsturt/ngcs/t/cn.
Iookagan,vhatothcrmovcsarc
thcrc7 Oh, can pIay I a4. Hc s
lorccd to answcr I. . . b5, rght7 (Hc
has) no othcrmovc. canpIay now Z
lxg+, s thcrcadBcrcncc7. . . don' t
thnk so . . . l thcrc s a dBcrcncc t
mghtbcIorthcworsc. . .
Lct' sanaIysc- 1 &a4b5Z lxg0+
Wxg0 J&cZxl4+4vg1l05Wg5
xc00vHl0+7vc1 c0+bvd1
Fd0+9vC1 c0 (rcHccts lor scvcraI
scconds) 10Wc5| .
BcautluI . 1hat' sthc soIuton.'
( I 0 . . . xc5 I I bxc5. Whtc' s tcnth
movc wouId not work had hc not n-
vcgIcd thc bIack b-pawn onc sguarc
lorward onthc rstmovc).
CLK LUMAI 10J
Sacsc I buJ nct g/vcn yca thut
c/ac /n tbc m/Jst c] ycar unu/ys/s.
Wca/JycabuvcarsacJtbcvur/ut/cn
!]xg0+ cn unJcn" Wbcnwca/Jyca
buvcg/vcn/ta"
YouhavctouchcdupononcoIthc
most mportant ssucs n probIcm-
soIvng. You havc a tmc constrant
andyouhavctodccdcwhcntoaban-
don a tcmptng coursc sncc t just
won' twork.
AstoIdyoubcIorc,myprcIcrrcd
tcchnguc s to Iook Ior prooI. thcrc
arc ccr|anpostons nwhch youcan
nd anaIytcaI cvdcncc that cnsurcs
thattsnotpossbIcto Iosc atcmpo,
or that matc s possbIc onIy wth a
knghtonaccrtansguarc.
AIas, you thcn dscovcr that no
mattcrwhatthcknght' s choscnroutc
to ths sguarc, t cannot bc accom-
pIshcdn an odd, orcvcn,numbcroI
movcs,as stpuIatcdbythccomposcr.
Soyou concIudcthatths sjustatry.
maybc thc composcr wantcd to con-
Iusc you, and you tum yourattcnton
to anothcrdrccton.'
I nct/cc tbut us sccn us Ircscnt
yca w/tb urch/cm tc sc/vc, yca sct
uhcat mcv/ng tbc /cccs r/gbtuwuy.
Ncw, nctcn/y/s tb/s ///cgu//nucbcss
gumc, hat muny cxcrts rcucb tbut
/uycrsmastgcttbcwbc/c/ctarchc-
]crc tbcy rasb tc Jc/vc /ntc unu/yt/cu/
Jctu//s.
YcarsagouscdtocaIcuIatcnmy
hcad, but wth thc passagc oI tmc,
' vcIcamcdthattworksbcttcrIormc
tomovcthcpcccs, chcckng concrctc
varatons. n ths way gct a bcttcr
IccIngIorthcposton, gan adccpcr
undcrstandngoIwhatsgongonand
whatts aIIabout.
t' sdmcuIttoprojcctIrommycx-
pcrcncc to othcr soIvcrs or pIaycrs.
Lvcryonc must nd out what works
bcstIorhm.'
Somc pcopIc Iook Ior ' thc
mcth0d`Ior dongthngs. Kcgard-
ngprobIcm-soIvng,thcrcarcvar-
ous approachcs, and onc shouId
scIcct what s appropratc - and
IccIsrght- Ior oncscII.
m Vd0 056| R
Bom I 95J. n I 99 hc capturcd Znd
pIacc(bchndBcIavsky)nthcLSSK
youthchamponshp.AItcrcmgratng
to sracI, thc rcsuIts oI ZvuIon (Ior-
mcrIy Lcond) mprovcd drastcaIIy.
HcrockctcdtoZ580LIo,rcprcscntng
h s adoptcd country n an OIympad.
n Z00Z GoIshtcn sharcd rst pIacc
(wthSmrnandAvrukh)nthcsracI
Champonshp. A ycar Iatcr, hc won
thc natonaI ttIcnrapdpIaychcss.
I nct/cc u /ct c] tuct/cs /n ycar
gumcs. Arcyca, hus/cu//y, u cu/ca/u-
tcr"
MotataII, amnotthccaIcuIatng
typc.MyanaIysssIrcgucntIyHawcd.
My tactcaI dcas rcstupon my strong
ntuton.'
Husunytb/ngcbungcJ/nycarmun-
ncr c] tb/n//ng, s/ncc tbc t/mc yca
wcrcuycang/uycr"
n my youngcr days uscd to
scarch Ior thc ' bcstmovc' . As grcw
up, thc morc cxpcrcncc gancd, thc
bcttcrundcrstoodthatmyamshouId
bc' torcachagoodposton' .uscdto
pIay wth my hcad, now pIay morc
:
must caIcuIatc. Buton avcragc, pIay-
ng by ntuton s good - Ior mc, at
Icast. '
Dcyca]nJ tbutgrunJmustcrs urc
u//u///c /n tbc/rcbcss tb/n//ng"
Mo, dBcrcnt pIaycrs trcat pos-
tons dIIcrcntIy. LmI Sutovsky, Ior
cxampIc, Iocuscs on hs opponcnt' s
kng,aIwaysIookngIortactcs,rcady
to sacrcc. Mark 1sctIn' s thnkng
rcvoIvcsaroundntatvc,advcnturcs,
akn oIcoBcc-houscpIay (aIbcton
ahghlcvcI).AsIormyscII, Ispota
dubouspostonorcncountcrstrangc
movcs,IccIpan, sostayawayIrom
thcm.
Somc tmc ago, partncrcd1sct-
In, as apar, aganst somc pcopIc on
thcntcmct. Wc hadto stop coopcrat-
ng bccausc wc Iookcd at totaIIy dI-
Icrcntthngs.'
Lct 'sbuvcu c/csc/cc/utscmcc-
s/t/cnsyca 'vc/uycJ.
0lShl0| 0 ~ Kg0Sky
Isruc/ ?00?
wth my hand. no Iongcr scck thc 1 c4 c0Zd4d5 JlJc04 cJ &b45
'bcstmovc'anymorc.' > l4 c7 0 WdJ <d7 7 0-0-0 0-0 b
Is /tu gccJ tb/ng, tc/uy hy /nta- gcZb5h4a0 10h5&b711h0g0
/t/cn" 1ZWcJc5 1JaJ&xcJ 14 <xcJcxd4
Mot aIways. n crtcaI postons, I4. . . b4 s bcttcr. 1hc tcxt-movc s
pIayngby' IccIng'snotcnough,you bascdonamscaIcuIaton.
L Z\CLUN LUISH1LIN 10J
15 Wxd4l0
My opponcnt' s orgnaI ntcnton
was I 5. . . c5 I xc5 <c,butnowhc
rcaIzcd that IJ cJ ' was advanta-
gcousIorWhtc.'
10 &d0 c5 17 Wb4 c0 1b WbJ
d4(D)
1 xd4
Is nct!9W u?s/m/cr]astw/nn/ng
uuwn"
(Surprscd). Kctrcatng my guccn
toaZddn' tcvcncrossmymnd.saw
that I 9xd4 was good, andpIaycd t
guckIy.'
I]nJ /t /ntr/ga/ng tbut ycar]rst
cbc/cc wus g/v/ng mutcr/u/ uwuy, /n-
stcuJc]gu/n/ng/t.
Whcn nd a Iorccd path whch
sccurcsacIcarcdgc,IooknoIarthcr .
. . . (cxamncs I 9WaZ). . . AItcr I9WaZ
Bc8 Z0 xI8 WxI8 BIack may havc
somc chanccs . . . I 9Bxd4s cIcarcr.'
[t tums out that GoIshtcn's gut
IccIngwasconcct,aIthoughhcwasn't
abIc to back tup wth concrctc rca-
sons. I 9WaZ BIJ ' Z0xd5 (Z0cxd5
Bc8 andZI . . .-b)Z0. . . xd5ZI cxd5
(ZI Wxd57vb) ZI . . . Bc8 ! andBIack
rcgans hs pawn wth a good pos-
ton. ]
1 ...cxd4Z0vxd5&xd5Z1Wxd5+
l7 ZZ W xd4 b0 ZJ > cZ cb Z4
d1 c4 Z5>xc4xc4Z0Wd5Wcb
Z7c7|xcZ+Zbvb1 xgZZ&c5
hZJ0Wc0|
Uhscrv/ngycarcbc/ccscntbc?/tb
unJ J0tb mcvcs, I JcJacc tbut yca
buvcucncbunt]cruttruct/vcmcvcs.
Hcrc, ]cr /nstuncc, J0 WJ+ ] J!
Wc/ wca/J hc tbc ncrmu/ ccnt/nau-
t/cn.
probabIychoscthc rstwnnng
movcthatcamctomc.'
J0... Wxc5 J1 db+ 1-0
0lShl0| 0 V. M| kh| 0VSky
Isruc//Cb?00?
1 c4 c5Z <lJ <c0 J &b5 a0 4 > a4
<l0 5 0-0xc40 d4 b5 7 &bJd5 b
dxc5> c0-bdZ c5 10cJ&c7 11
cZ> g41Zc10-01JbJ c014
a4bb 15axb5 axb5 10WdJ g017
h0cb1bad1&l51WcZ&xcZ
Z0WxcZWd7
1c//mcycartru/n c]tbcagbts]rcm
tb/scs/t/cncn.
had cxamncd smIar schcmcs
at homc. wondcr why BIack cntcrs
such postons voIuntarIy, to mc t
sccms cvdcnt that Whtc s much
bcttcr.
anaIyscdccrtanwhtcpIans that
had bccnpIaycd bcIorc. ZI bd4, or
ZI h4 IoIIowcdbyh5. 1hcn thought
abouttransIcrrngmyknghttog4.'
Z1 hJ|cdbZZWdZc0ZJ hZl5
Z4cxl0xl0Z5g4> hbZ0cZ
100 HL LKDMAS1LK' IND
Wbut /s tbcarcsc c] tbc sahsc-
qacntJcah//ngc]rcc/s "
1hs sccmcdtobc thc naturaI IoI-
Iow-up, amassng prcssurc aIong thc
opcn Ic. saw that thc bIack pawn-
chan b5-c-d5 was rathcrwcak, and
concIudcd that an cxchangc oIa par
oIrookswouIdsutmc.'
Sacsc bc J/J nct u//cw u swu
u/cng tbc c-]/c "
1hcn havc a good poston, con-
troIIngkcysgumcs,andawatcVcnts.'
Z0 l7Z7dc1vd0! (D)
Zb> l4|
Nct un chv/cas mcvc, yct un cx-
trcmc/y cwcq/ cnc. Hcw J/J yca
ccncc/vc/t "
1hc dca oI Z8 I4, vacatng h
Ioraknghtchcck,camctomccasIy.
Somc tmc was nccdcd, though, to
makc thcncccssarycaIcuIatons.'
Zb vxl4
Z8. . . c4 Z9 c5 ' ' , Ior cxampIc,
Z9. . J J0<xc' xdZ7 J I <h#.
OrZ9. . . <xc5J0-h+vI8J I xb8 '
<xdZ JZ Bxc8+ Wxc8 JJ d+.
was Iookng at such varatons whIc
BIack was contcmpIatng hs Z8th
moVc. '
ZWxl4 xcZ!| J0xcZlb
J0. . . c8 J I c5 Wc8 JZ Bxc8+
xc8 JJ <h+ vgJ J4 g4' wth a
winnngposton.
J1 h0+|
WnnngbyIorcc.
J1 =g7JZWd4+vxh0JJWh4+
=g7 J4c7+l7 J5 xd7 xd7 J0
Wd4+vgbJ7Wb0c4JbWxc0
( I -0, 49)
V. g2m0V - 0lShl0| 0
Lrcvun !9!
1 d4l0Zc4c5JlJcxd44xd4
b05lJ&b70c4d07 vcJc0b > cZ
> c7 > cJ a0 10 0-0 0-0 11 WdZ
bd7 1Z ld1 cb 1J ac1 cb 14
H W c7 15WlZWbb 10aJ&db17
h1 c5 1bbJ> c7 1hJg0Z0
dcZ> abZ1 l4!
AtactcaIovcrsght.
Z1 d5| ZZ xg0dxc4| (D)
t transprcs that thc g-knght s
notgonganywhcrc (ZJ vh4gJ) .
L Z\CLUN LUISH1LIN 10
ZJl4! lxg0|
1b/sJcc/s/cn/stbcrcuscnwbyI'vc
cbcscntb/sgumc. ca 'rcuuwntctbc
gccJ, hat /nstcuJ c]rccccJ/ng qa/-
ct/y, ycara/nycaruwn]crmut/cntc
gc]crtbc////.
1hsssomcthngthathavcnmy
charactcr. to prcss on cvcn whcn
havc thc uppcrhand, notaIIowngmy
opponcnt amomcnt oIrcst. 1hs trat
. .
was cvcn morc conspcuous n my
youngcrdays.
gucsswasIoathtotrustmytcch-
nguc. ZJ. . . hxg Z4 a4 gvcs Whtc
somcchanccs.'
Z4a4g5| Z5lxg5h5 Z0 cJ
Zxb hZ' smurdcrous.
Z0 . . . lb Z7 WdZ cdb Zb WcZ
xd1 Z xd1 gJ+ J0 vg1 xH
0-1
J I xII hZ+.
dcasrcstonthcshouIdcrsoIour
basc assumptons. Grandmastcrs
arc wcII awarc oI thc IragIty oI
' thc rcst s just a mattcr oI tcch-
nguc' mcssagc. Most oIthcm arc
scIdom satscd wth an acgurcd
advantagc and constantIy strvc to
cnhanccthcrsupcrorty.
1bcncxttwccxum/cs]cutarcuc-
s/t/cnu/uwnsucrqcc/ntbcccn/ng.
|000l0| d - 0lShl0| 0
Isruc//UcnCb !99J
1 lJ l0 Z c4 c0 J gJ d5 4 &gZ
dxc45Wa4+-bd70Wxc4c57WbJ
bb b dJ d0 cJ a0 10 >g5 b5
1a4 (D)
11...c4|
1hs s (bascdon)purcntuton.
wasnotIorccdntot- I I . . . Wbwasa
vabIcaItcmatvc-butthoughttwas
rght.'
Wcrc yca rcm/nJcJ c] s/m//ur cc-
carrcnccs/nctbcrgumcs "
Mo, my mcmory s wcak and bc-
sdcs, thcposton s notthctypcthat
' mIamIarwth.'
1Zdxc4 <c5 1JWcZb4 14-b1h0
15 >l4
I 5 xI WxI s possbIc, n ths
casctoo,BIackhas ampIc compcnsa-
tonIorhspawn.
15 ... &xl4
In muny /nstunccs, tb/s pc c] cx-
cbungc cn/ystrcngtbcns Wb/tc 's bc/J
cn cJ.
But hcrc t s conncctcd wth thc
dca . . . g5, brcakngWhtc' sdcIcnsvc
sct-up.wasgutcproudoIthsdca.'
[GoIshtcn tcnds to adopt ccrtan
mystcaI vcws conccmng thc worId. ]
Somc thngs (movcs, pIans, dcas)
comc Irom abovc. 1hcy arc subjcc-
tvc, youjustknow thatths showt
shouIdbc.'
10 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
10gxl4 & b7 17 vbdZW d0 1bcJ
g5| 1 lxg5 hxg5 Z0 hJ vlc4 Z1
<xc4& xc4 ZZd1(D)
lhadtctallymisscdthismcvc.But
whcn cnc' s pcsiticn is gccd, things
tum cut wcll (cvcn iI ycu cvcrlcck
scmcdctails).
ZZ...c7 ZJWcZ=c7
Capturingcna4wculdgivcWhitc
atcmpc tcrccrganizc. ltwas cbvicus
that shculdkccpupthcprcssurc.Thc
tcxt-mcvcunitcdmyrccks.
Z4d4 FbdbZ5g1& dJZ0WdZ
c5 Z7xdb xdbZbWxb4&xc4| Z
vdZ d0J0 &l1 dJ+0- 1
5K| 5 ~ 056|
lsrac//Icaguc!990
1 c4 d0Z d4 c5 J cJ cxd4 4 Wxd4
vc05WdZ vl0 gJ&c07 c4 &c7
Psakhis wcn a crushing victcry in
thislincasBlackagainstBcnkc(Aba
I 992) . 8 b3 vxc4' 9 vxc4 d5 IO
cxd57' ( I O &g2' ) IO. . . Sb4 I I -c3
Sxd5 I2 I3 WI I 3 &b2 O-O-O I4
&c2 SxI3 I5 -xI3 Cxd2 I vxd2
Zd8+ I ?vc2Wg+ I 8 vcI >c5 ' I9
vd I W c42O9cI O- I . ltsccmsthathc
ncw trics tc imprcvc Whitc` s play in
thislinc.
blJ vd7|
A rcbust stratcgic rcspcnsc, in-
tcndingtcundcmincthcwhitcpawn-
ccntrcwith. . . I5.
<d50-010&gZl5 11cxl5&xl5
1Z vcJ
I 2-c2ismctbyI 2 . . . vdc5,targct-
ingc4andd3.
1Z... &c0 1Jl47 (D)
1J d5|
l saw thc mcvc quickly, but tcck
scmctimctcchcckitsccnscqucnccs.
How]ar Jo ycu ca/cu/atc, /n gcn-
cra/" hhcn wou/J you rccommcnJ
ha/t/ngthcana/ys/srcccss "
WhcnycuIcclthatycurpcsiticnis
gccd, that' s whcrc calculaticn shculd
cnd. Ycu shculdn` tcxcrt ycursclIun-
dulywhcn chcrt is nct rcquircd. This
mightcausc harm.
1h/s /s cJJ. l can unJcrstanJ that
an cxtra cort m/ght bc sucquous,
butwhatharmcan/tcausc "
M Z\/LON OFSHIEIN 10
lIycuccntinuctcanalyscbcycnda
ccrtainpcint, ycu can miss scmcthing
simplc, and dcubts bcgin tc crccp in.
Whcn ycu scc tcc many things (scmc
rcal, cthcrs imaginary) ycu might lcsc
ycurccndcncc.
Mcrccvcr, by invcsting cxtra cI-
Icrt, ycu lcsc strcngth that may bc
nccdcdlatcrcninthcgamc.
Rcmarkably,' practicalplay`may
tumcuttcbcnctcnlythcmcrccm-
cicnt way cI dccisicn-making, but
actually supcricr in quality tc thc
'truth-sccking'mcthcd.
14 xd5 cb 15 lJ7| &c5 10
=l1 b0 17g5&l5 1bbJvb4|
Black' sinitiativcisscstrcngthata
quccncxchangcdccsnctaltcrthcpic-
turc.
1 &lJ
I 9 vxb4&xb4 2OWxb47WdI +.
1...<0xd5 Z0 &xd5+ <xd5 Z1
Wxd5+Wxd5 ZZ cxd5 & d40-1
056| ~ 6l0
Irancc!990
1 c4 c5 Z lJ d0 J d4 cxd4 4 <xd4
l05cJ<c00&g5c07WdZa0b
0-0-0 h0 <xc0 bxc0 10 & l4 d5 11
WcJWa5 1Z&cZ&b7 1J=b1Wc5
lnhis criginal analysiscIthcgamc
, GcIshtcinpcintscutthcIascinating
pcssibility I 3. . .O-O-O I4cxd5cxd5 I 5
Wa? vd?7'(I5 . . . &d)I-xd5 ' ' .Play
may prccccd I . . . & c5 ( I . . . cxd5 I ?
&g4) I ? &xa' Wxa I 8 Wxc5+'
&c I 9Wd vb? 2O Wc?+ va8 2I
-b4andwins(Fritz).
14WgJd415c5
Rcadytcccuntcr I 5. . . dxc3with I
cxIWb47' I?b3, whcnBlack' sking
is insccurc and his pawn-structurc is
prcblcmatic.
15 g5(D)
10 &cJ| |
Strcngcrthanbcth I cxIgxI4 I ?
WxI4 c5 (butnct I ? . . . dxc37 I 8Wc?)
andI&xg5hxg5 I7cxI9d8.
1h/s br////ant movc actua//y Jc-
c/Jcs thc gamc. How J/J /t occurto
you /
ltcculdbcthatlrccallcdasimilar
mcvc l had playcd against a Gcrman
playcr, scmcycarsbcIcrc.
jGcIshtcin-BaldauI,Bcrlin I99I . I
c4 vI2c5 vd53d4d4 -I3& g45
Lc2c vg5SI5?g4Sg8I4 c9
I5 cxI5 I OgxI5 & xI5 I I O-OWd? I 2
LxI5WxI5 I 3 & g4Wg I 4WI3dxc5
I 5& h5WI I &xI7+vd7 I 7Wh3+
vc? I 8& xd5 cxd5 I9 vc3 Wc 20
vc+ vb 2I WI3 a 22 <xl8 cxd4
ZJ & cJ dxc3 24Wxc3+&c725 Zd
-d?2<xd5+vb8 27 <c7 O. j
How wou/Jyou cx/c|n /h/\ f f
/nthcrcscntcontcxt /
110 1HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IND
(AItcrsomcthought)Whtcshould
amatopcnngthcd-lc . . . alsoatprc-
scrvnghs knght.. . '
Istb/s bcwyca wcrc tb/n//ng, tc//-
/ng ycarscq 'I nccJ tc ucb/cvc tb/s,
tbcrc]crc Ibuvc tc/uytbut '"
lrankly, no. thnk (not logcally
but)ntutvcly.Assad, somctmcs
thnk wth my hand. Maybc should
thnkmorcwthmy hcad, butthcrcs
notmuchordcrthcrc.'
ack to thc gamc vs Bacrot. lay
procccdcd.
10 dxcJ 17cxl0 Wb0 1b c4 c5
1 d0+ > xd0 Z0 xd0 Wa5 Z1
xc0+| lxc0ZZWd0 1-0
Blackthrcw n thc towcl n Iacc oI
ZZ. . . vIJ ZJ WcJ+ vg Z4g4.
Sc, ycaurc 'ubunJmun'.
I do rcly on my ntuton wthout
makngdccpcalculatons.1hcIollow-
nggamc, onc oImyvcrybcst, was a
grcat sacrcal orgy. playcdtltcr-
ally wthnothnkngwhatsocvcr, at a
vcry Iastpacc. justbclcvcdthatmy
attackshouldsuccccd.'
Somctmcs, cmptyng our hcad
andtrustngourhands ahabtwc
shouldpromotcdurngplay.
0lShl0| 0 M. 1S0|l| | 0
Isruc/!99!
1 d4 l0 Z lJ g0 J > g5 &g7 4
bdZ 0-05cJb00c4 d57c5c4b
> dJ &b7WcZl5 10h4 h0 11&l4
c0 1Z WcJ vh7 1J 0-0-0 c5 14 g4|
lxg4 15h5 g5 10<xg5+ (D)
10W hxg5 17 xc4 gxl4 1b h0| |
dxc4
I 8 . . . IxcJ I 9 I++ vh8 Z0 hxgJ++
vxgJZI hJ#.
1&xc4+vgbZ0WdJ > xc5
Z0. . . xc4 ZI Wxc4 Wd5 ZZ Wg
BIJ ZJ hxgJ andWhtcwns.
Z1 > xb7 cxd4 ZZ >xab d7 ZJ
cxd4> l0Z4Wg0+vhbZ5&c4W c7
Z0 W xg4 gb Z7 WlJ Wd0 Zb &cZ
dbZhg1 > xd4 (D)
J0xd4| Wxd4J1d1 Wl0
J I . . . WcJ JZxdJ ' BxdJ JJ Wa8+
lcads tomatc.
L Z\CLUN LUISH1LIN 111
& Wc4=gb Wh7+=lbJ4g1
1-0
Lctmcchscrvcycartbcagbts/nun
an]um///urcs/t/cn.
K0m0| Sh| 0 - K| 0| |
Ic/un/cuZJrc] !99J
WhtctopIay
MyrstthoughtsI J cJ.lorn-
stancc (moving thc pcccs guckIy),
IJ. . . WxcJ I4 vxd5 Wd8 I5 vxcJ+
WxcJ I cJ d5 I JWb5 vhl I 8
vc5. Ycs, I J cJ shouIdbc chcckcd
thoroughIy.
1hcn thnk about I JcJ. Any-
way, don' t want to Ict hm pIay
I J. . . vxl4. I J cJ sccms tomcprcl-
crabIc to I J dZ, but don' t cvcn
know why. . .
Maybc wouId consdcr I J vc5,
c. g. , I J . . . vxl4 I4 gxl4xc5 I 5lxc5
. . . Mow thnk ol I J dZ, wth (thc
pIan) I4vb5and I 5 b4 toloIIow.'
WbutJccxycar/nta/t/cntc//yca/
don' tknow. ntuton s nsum-
ccnt (n ths sort ol poston). Hcrc
onc shouIdcaIcuIatc. amattractcdto
I J cJ but ts caIcuIaton wII costa
Iotoltmc. 1hcrcarcdoubts. '
Cunycatb/n/c]ucss/h/cvcrs/cn
c]tbc!Jc//Jcu/
(mmcdatcIy)Ycs, pcrhaps I Jc5
. . . lorlI J . . . l,thch5-knghtrcmans
oBsdc(andgctanmprovcd I J cJ
varaton). l I J . . . hl thcn I4 vb5.
l I J . . . vxc5 thcn I 4 <xc5 l I 5
vb5 a I cJ(notccs I . . . b8)no,
t's bad. Maybc I4 dxc5. 1hc h5-
knghtsstuck(ntspIacc) whIcmy
lJ-knghthas a strong outpostat d4.'
Sc, wbutJcycasuy/
Kght now, don' t lccI ( havc a
dccsvc contnuaton). Whtc s Qust)
aIttIcbcttcr . . . 1hcscarcdmcuItpo-
stons lor mc. lccI somcthng,but
havcdoubts.'
Wcrc /t u rcu/ gumc, wbut wca/J
ycaJc /
' d thnk lor a Iong tmc. Maybc
lorhaIlanhour,lorthssacrtcaIpo-
ston. . .1hcdca(conncctcdwth) I J
cJmayprovcworthwhIc . . . OrcIsc
wouIddccdcstraghtaway, dcpcnd-
ng on my mood . . . am ambvaIcnt
whcthcr to cntcr a Iong and dccp caI-
cuIatonoIths typc. . . '
1hc gamcwcnt.
1J Sc5l0 14&c7
' ' Dautov, ' 7 Komanshn.
14...Wxc7 I5 vxd5Wd0
I 5 . . . xd5 I xcJ&xbJ I JBxdJ
lavoursWhtc.
10 <xc7+ W xc7 17 c7 d5 1b
Wb5 ldb
I 8 . . Jad8 ! 9 DxaJ Wd s anothcr
opton.
11Z 1HL KAMA1LK INL
1c4 &xc4
! . . . a Z0 WcZ Wd s crtcal Ior
thcwholclnc.Z! Ic! (Z! cxd5WxcT
ZZdxcI8ZJ c! shadlywortha
wholc rook) Z! . . . xaZ (Z!. . . <c5 ZZ
cxd5WxcTZJdxc5cxd5Z4<d4sad-
vantagcous IorWhtc) ZZc5.
Z0 Wxh5 Wd0
Z0. . . dc8 ! ?
Z1 lcI a07
Z! . . . g! .
ZZh4&xgZZJxgZc5Z4h4
g07Z5xg0hxg0Z0Wxg0+=hbZ7
dxc5 1-0
Whcn )cu ]ccc rch/cma cn /hc
chcaahccrJ, Jc )cu /rcc/ /hcm ca c
chc//cnc crcachurJcn
lrcgucntlybypass admcultdc-
cson,orlcavc t, acccptng that! am
only human andthatthcrcs almtto
what can scc. Butattmcs amablc
topcnctratc dccplyntothc sccrcts oI
thc poston. t a!l dcpcnds on how
Iccl at a partcular momcnt, what arc
mymood,my cncrgy, my Icclngsto-
wardsmyopponcnt. . . nshort,onmy
nncrharmony.
1hc majorty oI my movcs How
casly. thappcns, though, that havc
tolbcratcmysclIIromcarlcr(Iaulty)
assumptons. n such cascs havc to
rclax, tolctgomywll.`
Whc/Jc)cumccn
Wcll, somctmcs, I you dcsrc
somcthngbadly,youdon' tsccthngs.
t' s a thought rootcd n thc 1cwsh
Kchhc/c. ovcr-motvaton, or amb-
ton, Iyou lkc, mghtblock us Irom
rcachngourdcstnaton.`
M 0V | |0|
Bom ! T. As aboyprodgy,ZIron
tookthrdplaccnanundcr- ! Zworld
champonshp. Latcr hc bccamc s-
rac! champon Ior agcs ! 4 and ! .
Although ncvcr a proIcssona!, hc
madc consstcnt progrcss and won
scvcral strong ntcrnatonal tourna-
mcnts,to attanthcGMttlcwthap-
parcnt casc. Hs bcst Llo ratng s
ZZ.
In cn /n/crr/cw hc/J xcmc yccrx
cc, ycu Jc]ncJycuraccxc /c/cc/
/cycr Whc/Jccx//mccn
Whcnstudyanopcnngsystcm,
try to undcrstand what' s gong on,
why accrtanmovcsplaycd. OuHng
thc gamc, try to dcntIy my oppo-
ncnt' s wcakncsscs and cxp!ot thcm,
tcndngtokccpawayIromIar-Ictchcd
ntutvcdccsons.`
Whc/ hccnx whcn ycu ccn]rcn/
/cycrxwhc/cy///c/cc//y
!Ithcy'rc wcH playcrs whomakc
nIcnormovcs,Iaccnoproblcms.But
aganstasuongllogcalplaycr,cxpc-
rcncchadtmcs,bcngIrcgucntlyn-
capablc oI prcdctng my opponcnt's
vcryncxlmovc.GMArthurKoganbc-
longs to ths catcgory. Hcthnks n an
orgnaland crcatvc manncr, havc a
drcadIulscorc agansthm.`
Surc/) ycu cc/ch cn /c /hcc/n/c]
h/x/cyc]/crwcrJx.
!nrctrospcct,whcnwcanalyscthc
gamc,do, mndyou,tdocsn' tprovc
hclpIul n our ncxt cncountcr. Wth
hm, Iccl uttcrly n thc Iog, ncvcr
knowng whattocxpcct.`
Whcn rvals n a ccrtan gamc
posscss not only opposng stylcs
but also colldng thnkng sys-
tcms, tmghtbcdIcultIorthcm
to prcdct thc coursc oIthc gamc.
t s as Icach antagonst s man-
agng hs owngamc.
Arc ycu xyx/cmc//c /n ycur chcxx
/h/nk/n Arc /hcrc]xcJrcccJurca
/hc/ycuc/hrcuh, crccnx/cn/qucx-
//cnx, wh/ch ycu cakycurxc(Jur/n
/cy
look Ior a gamc-plan. n somc
postonstmghttakcgutcsomctmc
to conccvc a worthwhlc plan. 1hcn
somc canddatc movcscmcrgc.
askmysclIwhchpcccsshould
cxchangc wth an cyc to thc cnsung
cndgamc.dcvotcpartcularattcnton
to thc pawn-structurc. wll always
havc a good thnk bcIorc push a
pawn.
Howcvcr, thcsc consdcratons
arc rclcvant n a postonal typc oI
gamc, rathcr than n a tactcal skr-
msh.`
Lc/ 'a xcc acmc c]ycur cmcx cnJ
]c//cwycur/rc/nc]/hcuh/.
114 1HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IND
|l|00 | - 0Sl0y
Isruc/ccn?00!
1c4c0Z cJc5JvlJ <l04gJb05
&gZ &b7 0 0-0 &c7 7 d4 cxd4 b
Wxd4d0&g5a0 10&xl0&xl0 11
Wl4a71Zld1c7 1Jvc4> xc4
14 Wxc4 0-0 15 d4 d7 10 WdJ
&l0 17 dZWc7 1bad1cb 1bJ
Wdb Z0h4(D)
Sc]ur/uybushccns/m/cunJnut-
aru/. at]rcm ncw cn, yca mu/c scv-
cru/mcvcswb/cbJcmunJcx/unut/cn.
Mypcccs arcpostoncdongood
sguarcs,thcrcsn' tmuchroomIorm-
provcmcnt. My Iast movc s muIt-
purposc. I thought that BIack wouId
pIayatsomctmc. . . gwth. . . gJ.n
ths casc, I wouId soItcn hs kng by
pIayngh5.
Mcxt, n somc Incshc mghthavc
. . . d5or. . . b5,andIIcapturchcchccks
oncI . So,myIastmovcprovdcssomc
arIormykng.
Lasuy,I'dIkctorcstncthsbshop.
1hssachcvcdbypIacngmypawns
onh4andcJ.'
Z0 c5Z1cJWcbZZWcZdbZJ
vlJWc7Z4 vd4
1hs to and Iro manocuvrng s
mcanttoshowmyopponcntthatIam
n controI, that I can takc a draw I
justdcsrc.tputs somcpsychoIogcaI
prcssurc on hm, cncouragng hm to
avodrcpctton, to hs dctrmcnt. Bc-
sdcs,Iddn' thavcacIcarpIan atths
stagc, and rcpcatng movcs s a wcII-
knowntmc-savngdcvcc.'
Z4 Wcb Z5 a4 c7 Z0 cZ >l0
(D)
Z7> c4
Wbut/stb/smcvcuhcat "
WcII, BIack was amng to pIay
ZJ. . . d5andIZ8cxd57thcnZ8. . xd4.
So, Ihadtotakcmcasurcs aganstths
pIan.'
Z7...d7ZbcdZc7ZWlJ
1bc arcsc c] tb/s huttcj u/cng
tbc b!-u J/ugcnu/ /s anc/cur; tbc
tbrcut c] J0 &b/+ vxb/ J! Wx]/
cunhccus//yurr/cJ . . .
saw thathchad somc probIcms
onthcc-sguarc andstrovctopIanta
knghtthcrc.'
L U\ ZIIKUNI 11J
Z . . . c5J0WgZ &lb! J1&b7
Ncw Wb/tc w/ns u uwn. Wbut
wca/Jyca buvc Jcnc buJ bc/uycJ
J0. . . c/`
ntcndcdJ I I4 g4JZWIJ I
(JZ. . . I57JJxc' ) JJvc, sccurng
amnutcadvantagcaItcrJJ. . . xc4J4
<xcJ+xcJJ5Wxc4cdJ(J5. . 57
J Dxd' ) J I5.'
J1 Wbb JZ &xa0 d5 JJ lJ
xlJ+J4WxlJWabJ5> b5dxc4J0
Wxab xab J7 xc4 ccb Jb Pd7
&c5 J vl1 vlb 40 vcZ abb 41
&a0cb4ZvdJab4J > b7adb
44vc4xd745xd7c740db+
cb47xcb+vxcb4ba5vd74a0
vd0 50 vb5 vc7 51 &c4 vbb 5Z
> xh7 c5 5Jb4 c7 54 vxb0 > db+
55vc0va750> dJc757b5&db
5bvd7&a55h5 1-0
|l|00| - bk|| pCh00k0
1c/-Av/v !99
1c4c0Zc4c5J cJ&b44 -lJd05
d4!| Wc70 > dJg47aJ> xcJ+!|
naccuratc pIay on both sdcs.
J. . . a5 ' wouId bc unpIcasant Ior
Whtc,Ior I8 b4 thcn 8. . . cxd4' .'
b bxcJ c5hJ &d7 10 b1 b0 11
0-0-c01Zd5 -a5
IcIt was pIayng aganstawaII,
BIack' s Iormaton bcng so soId.
thoughtthatIshcstabIzcshcrkng's
dcIcnccs, wouId atbcstbccguaI.'
1J hZ 0-0-0 14 l4 Wcb 15 &cJ
c7!
I 5. . . I s corrcct. Mow had a
vcry Iong thnk. wantcd to brcak
BIack' sdcIcnccssomchow,andkncw
that drastc actonwas caIIcdlor.'
10 lxc5 dxc5 (D)
17 WlJ|l0 1b &xc5| bxc5 1 WlZ
b7Z0 WbZ &c0Z1&cZ|
hadsccnnadvanccthatZI dxc
Wxc was nsuIccnt Ior Whtc. By
transIcrrng mybshop to a4, my at-
tackgansvcnom.'
Z1 d0 ZZ &a4 Wd7 ZJ dxc0
vxc0 (D)
Z4 g4|
1hc naI touch - thc knght s
broughtto thckcysguarcd5'(iInow
Z4. . . dZ7,thcnZ5 &xc).
110 1HL KALMA!LK' INL
Z4 Wc7 Z5 -cJ c7 Z0 d5
xd5Z7cxd5
Whcn ]rx/ xcw /h/x cmc wcx
/hcrcuh/)/mrcxxcJ. 1h/x /xcnchc//
c] cn cerc//cn! Hcw J/J )cu ccn-
cc/vc xuch c rcnJ/cxc /cn - WJI -
]J-]Z-hZ, & JJ-cZ-c1, hZ-1-cJ-JJ
As !toIdyou, !thoughtIor avcry
Iong tmc. lrankIy ! ddn' t scc cvcry
dctaI oI cach varaton, but ! had a
gcncraIconccpton,whchndccdmo-
bIzcs mycntrc army.`
Z7 hdbZbWcZ <a57Z Wg4+
P0d7 J0 lZ -c4 J1 &xd7+ xd7
JZWc0Wd0JJ Wgb+dbJ4Wxg7
1-0
Anc/hcr/cn- /cm/cn, c/hc//cnc
xmc//crxcc/c, cccurrcJ /n /hc]c//cw-
rncmc.
Z5g5
l0P ~ hl3Z
1c/-Av/v 1PP/
WhtctopIay
By crcatng an attack (-g5
Wh4) !wantcdtorcducc hsknghtto
passIvIty on I8, thus dscouragng
. . . vb-c4.Bcsdcs,!IcItthat!shouId
conccntratconthckngsdc. `
Z5 a5Z0c5b4Z7 axb4 axb4 Zb
Wh4lbZdJ
HccJ/n/c]1 - xcmccurnc).
! Ikcdthc dca oIdJ. t sHcx-
bIc. ! can cmpIoy thc rook on thc h-
Ic, g-Ic, I-Ic . . . !t aIso guards thc
lhrdrank.`
nc//cc /hc/ kcc/n c//cnx ccn
/c)xcn/mcr/cn/rc/c /n)cur/h/nk-
/n.
Ycs, t docs. ! prcIcr movcs that
arc appIcabIc to aII sorts oIpIans. !t
mprovcs my poston whIc puttng
cxtraprcssurc on my opponcnl, who
sIcItnthcdarkastowhat!' mrcaIIy
aItcr.`
Z... &d5J0gJ abJ1 g4ccb
JZ l4
Wcrcn '/ )cu hc/hcreJ h) /hc /cn
//mc/hc//h/x/cn/cck/cmc/cr/c//;c
As Iong as thcrc s no dangcr to
my own poston, cspccaIIy lo my
kng, ! don' t mnd. 1hc vuIncrabIty
oI IT Iorccs BIack to wcakcn hs
kng' spawn-dcIcnccs .`
JZ... l0JJcxl0xl0J4g4
Whtckccpsthcntatvc( ! -0, 5Z).
ln /hc ncxt twc cxcm/cx, )curc-
cncn/x ccnccc/cJ xurr/x/n J/xhcx
]cr)cu.
h0ZU ~ l0P
Lurcccn C/uhxCu, Lucn 1PP/
1d4d5Zc4dxc4J<lJ<l04cJc05
&xc4c500-0 a07aJb5b&aZ&b7
cJ bd7 10 WcZ Wb0 11 d1
L U\ ZIIKUNI 11
db 1Z hJ&c7 1J c4 cxd4 14 xd4
vc5 15&cJ&c5(D)
10 d5!|
D/Jycascc/tccm/ng"
Mo, tcamc as acompIctc shock.'
1c// mc wbutgccs cn /n ycurm/nJ
wbcnsacbuh/cw/unJscnycurhcurJ.
As Iong as havc cnough tmc,
amabIctowthstandsuchbIows. bc-
gn caIcuIatng varatons, l nd
cvcnoncvaratonnwhch' msavcd
lrom a lorccd matc, my condcncc
rscsbacktonormaI.'
10...cxd5 17b4 &xb4
AccarugccasJcc/s/cn.
saw that couIdobtanancguaI
gamc by rcturnng thc pccc wth
I J . . .&xd4 I 8 &xd4 Wc I 9 cxd5
&xd5 Z0 &xc5 0-0. Howcvcr, thc
tcam stuaton rcgurcd that try lor
morc.'
1baxb40-0
Unccugu/n, uvcjcu/mrcscnsc.
I 9l5 WcJ Z0BacI Iooksscary,
but candclcndwthZ0. . .c4.'
1 -bJWc7 Z0&l4dxc4Z1 c5
xd1 ZZ xd1 cb ZJ &gJ h0 Z4
d4Wb0Z5&h4&abZ0WdZ-dJ
Z7 W cJ db Zb xdb+ Wxdb Z
xa0vc5 J0&gJ!
Ascrouscrror.J0&bJc4wouId
havc kcpt hs nlcrorty to a mn-
mum.
J0 Wd1+0-1
J I vhZ cg4+.
|l|00| V. M| | 0V
Isruc// 1cumCb !999
1<lJ c5Zc4b0JgJ&b74&gZg0
5 0-0 &g7 0 cJ l0 7 d4 cxd4 b
Wxd4 d0d1 bd7 10&cJa011
ac10-01ZWh4bb1Jvd5vxd5
14 cxd5 -l0 15 c1 cb 10 cZ
(D)
10 &xd5
wasconccnuatngonmypIanncd
knght tourto c, whcn MIov pIaycd
ths movc. Altcr somc rcHccton,
camc to thc concIuson that ths was,
nlact, awcIcomcsurprsc. rcaIzcd
thatBIack' schanccsIaynthccndng,
butthatnthcmddIcgamcmychanccs
wcrcgood.'
11 1HE RADMASIER'S MlND
17&xd5xd5 1bxd5& xbZ 1
dd1 &xc1Z0xc1 b5Z1 b4l07|
ZZWc4 xc1+ ZJ&xc1
lthcughtthathcwculdnditdiI-
cult tc prcvcnt an invasicn by my
picccs.
ZJ... Wd7Z4& bZcbZ5 d5c4
Z0 WcJ c5 Z7 <b0 Wdb Zb Wc0+
=g7Zd5 cZJ0&d4vlbJ1 h4
Wcb7 JZ&xl0|
WinningbyIcrcc,althcughbyncw
lwas prctty surccIvictcry cvcniIhc
hadnctIaltcrcd.
JZWW cxl0JJWxd0+vg7J4Wxl0+
=h0J5 Wl4+ vg7 J0 Wd4+=h0J7
cJ c1+ Jb =hZ Wc0 Jg4+
Whitcchccscs cnc cImanyrcads .
39 g4arc 39Wd2arcdcadlyaswcll.
JWMM =h5 40 l0+ =h0 41 vg4+
=h54ZWl4 Wxg44JWxc1
( I -O,5O)
Ict 's cbscrvc ycur th/n//ng /n a
s/m/qcJcs/t/cn.
| 06l ~ |l0|
lsrac/iIcaguc200J
Blacktcplay
HcwJ/Jycu ratc ycurchanccsat
th/sc/nt/
l thcught that l had a substantial
advantagc.
Rca//y/ Matcr/a/ /s //m/tcJ anJ
hh/tc /s nct saJJ/cJ w/th tcc many
wca/ncsscs.
ldisagrcc. lnadditicntcd4,h2is
alscwcak,tcsayncthingcIthcsquarc
I4.Mcrccvcr,lhavcapasscdpawncn
b. . . lwasccndcntthatlwasbcttcr.
J1WMM h5
Adircctapprcach.3 I . . o Ch8isavi-
ablcaltcmativc.
JZgxh5 g5JJg17
33 h4gxh4349hI 9c8359acI is
bcttcr.
JJWW =h0J4 dZ<b4+| J5=cJ
35 vc4 Iails tc 35. . . c2 (3 Za4
b5).
J5WMM cb+| (D)
1c mc/t/cc/s///cscmc//nJc]tac-
t/ca/ccrtun/sm. hcrc /tnct]crth/s
tr/c/, hh/tcwcu/JrccccJw/th

c4,
w/th]a/rccuntcr-chanccs.
l dcn' tscc it in this way. During
thcgamclIcltthatWhitcdidncthavc
M LO\ ZIFRONI 11
timc tc rcgrcup. Thc tactical rcIuta-
ticn 0cws Ircm pcsiticnal Icunda-
ticns.
J0=xb4xd4+J7=b5xdZJb
h4gxh4J=xb0bZ+40=a7c4
41 gbhJ4Z g4 cJ 4Jl4 hZ 44
h4xlJ 0-1
1hc]o//ow/ng c/soJcrov/Jcs an
cvcn c/carcrJcmonstrat/on o] thc /n-
tcr/ay bctwccn os/t/ona/ cons/Jcr-
at/onsanJtact/cs.
|l0| ~ 6l50
R/shon-Ictz/on !99J
1 c4 c5 Z cJ <l0 J c5 <d5 4 <lJ
<c0 5 & c4 vb0 0 &cZ d0 7 cxd0
Wxd0bd4cxd4cxd4&g4 10<cJ
c0 11 0-0 &c7 1Z hJ &h5 1J b5
Wd714c5<xc5 I5dxc5&xcZ10
WxcZvd5 17d1a01bvd40-01
\g4
Trying tc dcvclcp scmc initiativc
(thrcat. 2O&h).Mcrcimpcrtantly,it
is aprcparatcrymcasurctc atradccI
bishcps.
1 WW =hb(D)
Z0 &g5
has /tncccssajto /n/t/atc th/scx-
changc "An avcragc/aycrwou/Jar-
guc that q you want to attac/, you
shou/Jrcscrtcyour/cccs.
(Shrugs his shculdcrs) & g5 is a
naturalmcvc. Thcbishcphasnccthcr
(rcascnablc)squarc.ltsblackccuntcr-
partis supcricrtcWhitc' s, withplans
likc . . . & c5.
Z0 &c57
2O. . . Sxg5 2I Wxg5Wc? is cqual.
l sccrctIyhcpcdthatBlackwculdrc-
Irain Ircm cxchanging. As hc was
ccntcmplatinghis2Othmcvc,lstartcd
tc think cn thc Icllcwing scqucl. l
wishcd tc avcid pcsiticns whcrc hc
wculdtradchisbishcpIcrmyknight.
My ncxt mcvc tumcd cut tc bc cx-
trcmclypcwcrIul.
Z1l5| | l0
Whitcwasthrcatcning22-xg?. lI
2I . . . cxI5, 22 WI3 ' rcgains matcrial
with thcbcttcrgamc, sincc 22. . . Lad8
Iailstc23&xd8xd824Zd3and25
LadI . 2I . . .Dg8 s mct by 22 -h' ,
c. g. , 22 . . . ZgI8 23 Lxd5 ' Wxd5 24
&I' gxI25 cxI.
ZZ xd5|
Am/nutcago/aywasurc/yos/-
t/ona/:/caJ/ngcr/tcr/awcrcgooJanJ
baJsquarcs, strong anJwca//cccs.
A//o]asuJJcn, hc//brca/s /oosc.
ZZ... cxd5
AItcr22. . .=xd5, 23 & xIwins cn
thcspct.22. . . cxI5lcavcsWhitcwitha
plcasantchciccbctwccn23Zxd7 and
23 Wc4.
ZJc Wxc0
23. . 724&I4.
Z4h0g0Z5&g7+=gbZ0 h0+
1Z0 1HL KAMA1LK' IN
=xg7Z7Wxc0=xh0ZbWxd5b0Z
d1 a5 J0 aJ a4 JI Wc0 adb JZ
xdbxdbJJWxl0
( ! -0, 4)
I/nu//y I'J //kc ycu /c ahurc ycur
/hcuh/aw//hmc, /uk/n ccmmunJc]
/hch/ucka/Jc/n/hc]c//cw/numc.
1U00VCR ~ P30|56V
USSK Ch (]nu/), Mcaccw1P11
1c4c5Z <cJ<c0J<lJ<l04cJd0
5d4&c70&cZ0-07 0-0
look at T. . . I, to control c4.
Maybc T. . . c8 . . . (Anothcr opton s)
T. . . cxd4 wth a subscgucnt . . . d. am
nottoocomIortablcwmmyc-knght,
norwthmyd-cIormaton.
. . . cxd4smymandca.1hcgucs-
ton s thc tmng. rght noworlatcr.
T. . .c8 s a Hcxblc movc, prcparng
Ior Iuturc dcvclopmcnts. T. . . cxd4 8
xd4 (8 cxd4 d) 8. . . vxd4 Wxd4.
Mowhavcaproblcm. Iplay. . . c,
d s wcakcncd, I don' t, hc' ll play
! 0s IJ (wthannoyngprcssurc).
dslkc T. . . c4. thc pawn wl! bc
wcak.OnT. . . c8Whtchas 8d wth
c4 . . . My prcIcrcncc now lcans to-
wardscthcrT. . . I orT. . . cxd4.'
7 cbbbJ&g4 &bZ
d4 could tum out to bc a wcak-
ncss, how do targct t? ' d rathcr
havcmybshoponI(aItcrswappng
pawns on d4), butt' s dIcultto ac-
complsh.
. . . c4sccmsbad. . . . >I8s a(rca-
sonablc) canddatc movc, transIcrrng
thc bshop to gT and also Iacltatng
(thcplan) . . . c4wth . . . d5.
On. . . cxd4hc' llplay ! 0-xd4.
thcn ! 0 . . . <xd4, ! ! xg4sbcttcrIor
Whtc. . . . &xIJ ! 0 s xIJ cxd4 ! I
cxd4 <dT ! Zvd5docsnotlookgood.
. . . 8 appcars logcal. (I thcn) ! 0
d5,B!ackrcplcs! 0 . . . cTandI ! . . . g.
. . . asalsopossblc.
should chcck Ihc thrcatcns ! 0
vxc ( ! 0 . . . xcZ ! ! vxc) . . . that' s
OK Ior mc ( ! 0 . . . vxc) . . . Wth thc
dark- sguarcd bshop on I8 ' ll bc
calmcr. Somy chocc s . . . I8.'
Wc 'rchurJ/ycu/c]/hcccn|n,yc/
ycu/ukcuccna/Jcruh/c//mccvcrycur
mcvca.
1hs s a crtca! poston. what
dohcrcwllhavcasgncantbcarng
onIuturc dcvclopmcnts.'
&lb(O)
10hJ
! 0 . . . cxd4 I I <xd4( ! !hxg4dxcJ)
! ! . . . xcZ IZ<dxcZsccmsabtbcttcr
Ior Whtc. 1hs !cavcs ! 0 . . . h or
! 0 . . . s I,as ! 0 . . . dTappcarspassvc.
! 0 . . . h ! ! d ( ! ! vxc dxc s nc
wthmc) ! ! . . . cT ! Zc4.don' tlkct
(asBlack).
LU\ ZIIKUNI 1Z1
(Lct'scxamnc) !0 . . . s xIJ I ! s xIJ
cxd4 ! Z cxd4 g. Aganst a tactcal
playcr,maychooscthscontnuaton.
Aganstapostonalplaycr,orIwcrc
playngIor awn, ' dpck ! 0 . . . I.`
10 ...&h5 11c1
Oncc agan, what happcns aItcr
! ! . . . xIJ ! Zs xIJcxd4?. . . tlooksas
I wn a pawn, unlcss thcrc a trck
somcwhcrc. . . ! ! . . . s xIJ ! Z>xIJcxd4
! Jcxd4( ! J >xc?dxcJ) ! J. . . Dxc! +
!4WxcI vxd4 ! s xbT vcZ ! WcZ
vxaI !Ts xa8 <xbJ . . . Ycs, wn a
pawn.
! !. . . >xIJ smymovc.`
(A]cr11. . . ]J 1Z]J cxJ1 Wh//c
xhcu/J/cy 1J-JJ JxcJ 11 <x]+,
w//hxcmcccmcnxc//cn]cr/hccwn. )
1 1 ... c4 1Z vhZ(U)
I Z. . . s xcZor ! Z . . . g?nthclat-
tcrcasc,howamgongtoactvatcmy
I8-bshop?. . . aItcr! Z . . . xcZ ! JWxcZ
havc ntcrcstng dcas lkc ! J . . . vb4
or ! J . . . d5.
Vhcn myknghtlands on dJ (va
b4) should chcck dcas lkc vxc4,
whcn dJ hangs. But Whtc should
cvacuatc hs c! -rook so t docs not
comcundcrattack.
! Z . . . xcZ ! JWxcZ vb4 ! 4aJ
( ! 4 vg4 vxg4wth ! . . . ctoIollow)
!4. . . <dJ ! II . . . s my dJ-knght
strong or wcak? Vhtc ntcnds !
xc4 so !. . . d s compulsory . . . n-
stcadoIoccupyngdJ (aItcr ! 4aJ),
shouldconsdcr !4. . . aJ . . .
don' tlkc ! Z . . . g. wouldplay
! Z . . . xcZ, wththcIollow-up . . . <b4,
to cstablsh a pawn-chan c-d-c4
plusanoutpostondJIorthcknght.`
1Z xcZ 1JWxcZ
! J . . . b4or ! J . . . d (contcmplatcs
morc orlcss thc samc varatons as n
thcprcvousnotc) .Howcvcr, ! J . . . d5s
mctby !4 vg4.' llplay I J . . . vb4.`
1J d5 14ad1
! 4 ad! s not to thc pont.
! 4 . . . <b4s now obvous.`
14... <b4 15
` Thcrstmng(todo)stoIortIythc
pawn-chan.So, I. . . cor ! . . . <dJ.n
bothcascsthnkBlackstandsbcttcr.
Vhtc wants to play ! IJ . . .
Maybc ' ll play !. . . s d . . . choosc
IJ . . . vdJ.`
Why Jc ycu]cvcur/h/x mcvc cvcr
1J. . . c
Allthngsbcng cgual, goIorthc
morc actvc movc.`
15...c0 10 <g4 <xg4 17 Wxg4
<dJ 1b &a1
IcclthatBlackhasthcuppcrhand.
'dlkcto cxchangcmybshop Ior hs
knght,ortotradcguccns. Anothcrop-
tons ! 8 . . . gIollowcdby. . . I.tlooks
strong, and Vhtc' s IJ advancc s no
Iongcrworrsomc.Ycs, I 8 . . . g.`
1b g0 1l4l5Z0WcZ (U)
1ZZ 1HL KANLMA!LK' INL
Blackholdsalagcadvantagcnow.
Hc can tradc hs bshop Ior a knght
(Z0. . . &b4) or consdcr Z0. . . &h wth
thc dca . . . g, shItng rooks to thc g-
!c.
!tslcmptngtoplayonthcguccn-
sdc . . . (Hs mnd wandcrs bctwccn
Z0. . . &b4andZ0. . . &h). MaybcWhtc
wlltrya4-bZtogctrdoImyknght,
sohow aboutZ0. . . b . . .
!' llplayZ0. . . c8.`
UJJ; ycu wcrcxcnJ/nc/mcx/c//
ycur/h/nk/n //mc cn c/hcrmcvcx.
Ycs, but Z0. . . c8 s Hcxblc, as t
rctans thc opton to procccd accord-
ng to Whlc's plan. !t s a lcss com-
mttalmovc.`
1hough A, B and C may all bc
appcalng canddatcmovcs, somc-
tmcs a grandmastcr may opt Ior
altcmatvc O, as tlcavcs thc door
opcn to a latcrutlzaton oIA, B
and C.
Z0... &b4Z1WcZ&xcJZZ&xcJ
! pondcr ZZ. . . b or ZZ. . . g. Any-
way, Black has amarkcdcdgc.`
ZZ... b5ZJc5b4Z4&c1 a5
Blacksdcntclybcltcr(0- ! , 4! ).
[ZIron' s choccs wcrc Ircgucntly
bcttcrthanBlack' smovcsnthcgamc. ]
Icu wcrc mck/n c /c/ c] cc/cu/c-
//cnx/n/h/xcxcrc/xc.Scmcc]myc/hcr
/n/crv/cwccxwcrcmcx//ycnccJ/nc
x/rc/c/ck/nJc]/h/nk/n.
1hss what!donagamc. !look
Ior promsnglncs andrcachout Ior
thconcconlnuatonthatwllycldthc
hghcstdvdcnds.`
Z M | | b0| ||
Bom ! 8. Smrn was aIrcady a rcc-
ognzcdta!cntnhsIomcr!and,Bcla-
rus. AItcr hs cmgraton to sracl n
! ! , hc bccamc sracl champon
twcc( ! ZandZ00Z)andrcprcscntcd
hs ncw!y adoptcd country n sx suc-
ccssvcOlympads.
la won numcrous toumamcnts n
Luropc andthcLSA. nmd-Z00! hc
clmbcdtohsbcstcvcrratng(ZT0Z),
whchplaccdhm ! Jthonthcworld' s
Llo lst.
Scmc c] my /n/crv/cwcca hcnJ/c
/hc/r /h/nk/n-rcccaa /n c /c/cc/
mcnncr wh//c c/hcra rc/y cn /n/u-
///cn.1c wh/chrcuJcycuhc/cn
bcIcvc that cvcryonc lcans on
both logc and ntuton. 1hc lattcr
Ioms a sgncant part n my dcc-
son-makng. Howcvcr, thcmorctmc
havc andthc strongcrmy opponcnt,
thc morc ' l! tcnd towards concrctc,
ratona!calculaton.`
Ocycu uac /hcacmc qc c]chcaa
/h/nk/ncnycur/urncacnycurcc-
ncn/ 'a /urn
Whcn thc c!ock s tckng Iormy
advcrsaryIrcgucntlytakcastroll. So
about50%oIthctmcallottcdsuscd
Ior rclaxaton, rathcr than Ior actvc
thnkng.'
Oc ycu nccJ /c aurrcy /hc hccrJ
wh//c/h/nk/n
don' tnccdaboard,butt' scascr
Ior mc to look at t, cspccal!y whcn
thc stuaton s complcx. But othcr
playcrs arc known to gazc asdc or
abovc.OIIcrcntpcoplchavcdIIcrcnt
habts.'
HcvcycuJcvc/ccJycurcwnaya-
/cm c] Jcc//n w//h rch/cma cn /hc
hccrJ
havcncvcrrcHcctcdongucstons
!kc' whatkndoIthnkngsystcmdo
havc' . supposc do havc somc sys-
tcm,buttcomcstomcautomatcally,
nanaturalway.`
Whc/qc c]ca///cna Jcycu]nJ
mca/J_cu///c hcnJ/c
At my !cvcl and cxpcrcncc, t
docsn' t takclongtoundcrstandwhat' s
gong on, Irom thc stratcgc pont oI
vcw. nd calcu!atng tactcs morc
taxng.
Lgual postons ac toughcst. I
you arc ntcnt on wnnng thcm, you
havc to makc conccssons, to gvc
somcthngtoyouropponcnt.Lmanucl
Laskcr was wcll awarc oI ths. You
havc to wcgh varous Iactors and to
dccdc thcr worth. whch s morc
valuablc- thcpawnsurrcndcrorthc
ntatvc obtannrctum, thc strong
outpost Ior my knght or thc passcd
pawnlcthmcrcatc, and soon.`
Wc/ch/n rcnJmca/cra/cy 'mya-
/cr/cuamcvca '/a c ccna/cn/acurcc c]
121 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
]rustrat/on]or orJ/naj /aycrs. l'J
///c to go ovcrsomc 'strangc ' movcs
o]yours,/caJ/ng ]orancx/anat/on.
b| l| ~ V 6j0 05
Icon200!
1c4vc0Zd4d5Jcxd5Wxd54cJc5
5vcJ&b40& dZ&xcJ7bxcJl0
b lJ c4 WbJ Wd0 10Wb1 &l5 11
vcZ& g0 (D)
1ZWbJ
l/casc, cn//ghtcn thc rcaJcrs anJ
mc: what /s thcurosc o] a// thcsc
quccn movcs"
I OWbI is gcarcd tcwards attack-
ing c4, and cculd bc rcgardcd as a
mcasurc cI ghting Icr thc ccntrc. l
prcIcrrcdI OWbItc I OWc2, bccauscl
wishcdtckccpancyccnthcb?-pawn,
and alsc tc maintain an cpticn cI a
latcrWb5. ldidn' tmindblcckingmy
aI -rcck Icr thc mcmcnt, bccausc l
didn' tnccdit(inthc shcntcrm) .
Whcnhcplaycd I I . . . &glhadtc
rcactagainsthisthrcatcI I 2 . . . cxI3. lI
I 2I4,thcn aItcr I 2 . . . cxI3 I 3 vxg
hxgmyh-pawnbcccmcsvulncrablc,
andI 2Wxb?O-Owasncttcmytastc -
l Icarcd it wculd grant him a strcng
initiativc. Sc, lmcvcdmyquccncncc
again. Whcn l had playcd I OWbI it
was nct my intcnticn tc rctum tc b3,
but thc gamc cvclvcd in a way that
dictatcd such adccisicn.
ln shcrt, thcsc ' strangc' mcvcs
stcmIrcmccncrctccalculaticn.
1ZWWW 0-0 1J vl4 va57|
I3. . . bI4h4' !
14Wb4c0 15Wxd0 cxd0 10h4
cxlJ 17 gxlJ vh5 1b vxg0 hxg0 1
g1acbZ0c4vc7Z1b1vl57ZZ
xb7vxh4ZJ=lZbbZ4bJb0
Z5 &dJ Hb Z0 gb1 =lb Z7 &b4
=c7Zb&xd0+ 1-0
b| l| ~ . b0K0 0V
Sara]cvo2002
Whitctcplay
Z1 =h1
what/sth/s]or"
Blackintcnds 2I. . . xd4. l wculd
likc tcrcspcnd tc this mcvc with 22
M LIA MIRIN 12J
Lxc?butitIailsbccausccIthcintcr-
mcdiatc22. . . vxI3+, winningapawn.
lcanplaythcsimplc 2I Wd2butaItcr
2I . . .-xd4 22 -xd4 2xcI 23 2xcI
ZxcI+thcpcsiticnsimplicsccnsid-
crably.
l was willing tc cxchangc cnc
rcck,butncttwc. lalscdidn` tlikctc
clcscthcccntrc with2I d5. Hcncc, l
sidc-stcppcdwithmyking,tcprcvcnt
thcintcrmcdiatcchcck.
So, thc so/c urosc o] 2!
_
h! /s
rohy/act/c.
Ccrrcct.
How]ararcyou rcaJytogo /n or-
Jcr to ]o// your ooncnt 's /ans /
hou/Jyouutyourquccnonh!/AnJ
/s/ac/'s/ansoJangcrous,anyway/
(Smiling) Rcgarding mcvcs likc
WhI , thclatcT. Pctrcsianwculddc-
nitcly takc thcm intc ccnsidcraticn'
Buthcrc, mcvcs likc 2I vhI dc nct
makc any ccnccssicns. lt was naturaI
tcmc,ltcck(cnly)aminutccrtwccn
thisdccisicn.
Z1W h0ZZWdZ&lbZJaJcxd4Z4
xd4 c5 Z5 xc7 xc7 Z0 vdl5
vc4Z7Wd4 xcJZb vxcJ (D)
Zb Wa7 Z WdJ Wc57 J0 d5|
xd5 J1 cxd5 g0JZ c4
withadvantagctcWhitc( I -O, 9) .
A5| 0Z0V ~ b| l|
L//sta(U/ym/aJ) !99
Blacktcplay
10 g4| 17 lJ <l0|
HowJ/Jyouconcc/vcth/s /Jca/
This apparcnt ' wastc` cI a mcvc
cvclvcd likc this. l had tc nd ccun-
tcr-chanccs against Whitc` s intcnticn
tc gain spacc cn thc quccnsidc (by
playing c5) . l didn` tlikc thc appcar-
ancccII . . . c I ? c3. SclwcntIcr
thc standardKng` slndianplan,mcv-
ing thc I-knight tc makc . . . I5 pcssi-
blc. I . . . <c8 disunitcs myrccks and
hccanplay I ?0aI 'I5 I 8 vb2. Thcrc-
Icrc, I . . . :g4waschcscn.
Had hc rcspcndcd with I? h3 l
wculdhavcanswcrcd I ? . . . h. I ?h3
is nct a uscIul mcvc against thc in-
tcndcdadvancc. . . I5.ButcnI ?I3ldc-
cidcd(inadvancc)tcrctrcatmyknight
back tc I. With thc dI -h5 diagcnal
1Z0 HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IND
bIockcd,thcdca. . .<l-h5-l4gansn
strcngth.
1hcrc sa varaton n thc Kng' s
ndan whcrc BIack' s bshop gocs to
g4, Whtc rcsponds wth tJ, and thc
bshopwthdrawstodJ. Somyknght
manocuvrc may havc comc, n part,
throughassocaton.'
1b vbJ <h5 1 <a5 vl4 Z0
<xb7!!
AIosngbIundcr.
Z0 W vxcZ+ Z1 WxcZmbZZc5
ZZ <a57Dxa5.
ZZ W dxc5 ZJ bxc5 <xc5 Z4 vxc5
xb1 Z5xd70- 1
1bc]c//cw/ng tnc gumcs urc cbu-
ct/c. IwcnJcr qyca cca/Jat scmc
crJcr/n tbcmcss.
bm| || 0 Sambtf tcr(C0mpul0|)
Intcrnct?00?
1 lJ d5 Z gJ l0 J &gZ c5 4 0-0
<c05 dJ c5 0vbdZ c7 7 c4 0-0b
cJ g4 hJcb 10 c1d4 11vc4
Wc7 1Z a4c0 1J dZ vd7 14WcZ
l0 15 cc1 vb0 10 vxb0 axb0 17
cxd4cxd4 1bb4Wd7 1b5va5 Z0
xa5lcb Z1 WdZxa5 (D)
Cnt// ncw tbc gumc ucurs qa/tc
ncrmu/.I'J///cycatcccmmcntcntbc
rccccJ/ngs]rcmncwcn.
ZZ h4
thoughtthatstoodmuchworsc.
wantcdto conluschm (t) . . . (My Iast
movcams)atpushngmyh-pawnlor-
wad and makng &hJ possbIc. sy-
choIogcaIIy, t tumcd out brIIantIy.'
[It muy sccm strungc tc tu// uhcat
'ccn]s/cn' unJ 'sycbc/cgy' /n tbc
rcscnt ccntcxt, hat /n]uct /t /s qa/tc
ccmmcn]crbamunstccrscnyccm-
atcrs].
ZZW vlb ZJ h5 cab Z4 h0 g0 Z5
WcZ &b4
Z5. . . c5 s stratcgcaIIy dccsvc,
butacomputcraIwaysIookslormax-
mumgans.'
Z0 W c7
ntact,myonIychancc.'
AncusyJcc/s/cn, tbcn.
Ycs. Whcn you havc onIy onc
movc,t' scasy.'
Z0WWWcJZ7Wxb0Wc7ZbvhZg5
(D)
L LIA MIKIN 1Z
Z dZ| |
was proud oI ths movc, whch
gavc thc computcr a chancc to go
wrong. 1hc tcxt-movc prcscnts BIack
wthscvcraItcmptngpaths .1gcrcan
capturc a rook, a knght . . . Bcst was
Z9. . . xa4,kccpngasoIdcdgc.'
HuJ yca cu/ca/utcJ tbc ccnsc-
qacnccs c] 1/gcruccct/ng tbc sucr/-
]cc tbrcagbtctbccnJ"
Mo. Atths pontjusttooktonc
movc at atimc.'
LxccptonaIdcasIrcgucntIyrcst
uponsmpIcjustcatons.concrctc
anaIyss,dscmdng aItcmatvcs, or
thcwshtocrcatcpractcaIchanccs.
Z...xa1! J0 c7WdbJ1&hJ|
MowrcaIzcdthathadahugcat-
tack.'
J1...g4 JZxg4 (D)
JZ xg4JJWc5+vcb

JJ. . . vg8IaIs to J4 Wc4+ vh8 J5
WI1.
J4 xh7 cb J5 hb+ vl7 J0
xdb xc5J7h7cbJbxcb&xcb
JhbW1-0
waspartcuIarIypIcascdtoscorc
avctoryaganstacomputcrnatact-
caI tussIc, a rarc Icat Ior a human. t
transprcs that upon dccdng on ts
Z9th movc, thc tactcs wcrc bcyond
thccomputcr' srangc.'
. b0k0|0V ~ bm| || 0
h/]/uunZcc !99J
1 d4 l0Z g5 c4 J &l4 c5 4 lJ
Wa5+5cJ l00d5Wb07bJc0bc4
cxd5cxd5d010vhJ0-011WdZ
cb+ 1ZcZ c4| 1J xd0 Wxd0 14
bxc4b515cxb5a0
n hs orgnaI notcs n Ncw /n
Cbcss, Smrn cxpIancd that BIack' s
cncrgctc pIay was mandatory, cIsc
WhtcwouIdhavcgancdapostonaI
pIus.
10 c4 axb5 17cxb5!| Wc5 1b <cJ
vxd5 1Wxd5WxcJ+Z0vlZ(D)
Z0 b7| |
ca wrctc tbut tb/s mcvc cumc tc
ycacn/yu]tcr?J m/natcsc]tb/n//ng.
t s tmc. Somctmcs you spot a
movcrghtaway,butattmcs,asatths
1Z 1HL LKNDMAS1LK'S IND
juncturc, you IccI that thcrc s somc-
thng, but t takcs a Iot olcncrgy and
conccntratontopnponttprccscIy.'
cttbc tuct/cu/]astqcut/cn /scn/y
tbrcc mcvcs Jcc;yca urccuuh/cc]
cc/ng w/tb /cngcrvur/ut/cns /n scc-
cnJs. . .
. . . But hcrc thc trappng oI thc
guccnn broad dayIghtsgutcorg-
naI (ZI WxbJ7 Wc5+ ZZ vgJ aJ)-
thcrc arcn' t many cxampIcs Ikc ths.
AdmttcdIy, acomputcrwIItakconIy
alractonolasccondtondt.'
In bunJ//ng sacb un chscarccs/-
t/cn, wbutucccants]crycarsacr/cr-
/p cvcr u c/ah-/uycr" 1bcrc /s nc
strutcgy bcrc, nc asc c]ccn/ngr/n-
c//cscrgumc-/uns. . .
n ordcr t o rcach ths poston,
stratcgc undcrstandng was rcgurcd,
opcratcdtograspthcntatvcandto
wcakcn thc whtc kng' s poston. n
thc dagram poston, howcvcr, strat-
cgyndccddocsn' tpIay aroIc.`
Sc, /t 's]astsbccrcwcrc]cu/ca/u-
t/cn"
Mot just caIcuIaton . . . ' d rathcr
say that thc mportant Iactor hcrc s
magnaton.thcabItytopcturcsuch
possbItcs.'
1hc dstncton bctwccn caIcu-
Iaton and magnaton s nstruc-
tvc. AGMknowsnotonIyhowto
caIcuIatc, guckIy and accuratcIy,
hcsaIsocapabIcoImagnngthat
ccrtan dcas docxst.
Z1 Wc4 WcJ+ ZZ vgJ h5!| ZJ
Wl4| Wxl4+
ZJ. . .WxcZ7Z4hcIYxcI Z5xcI
xcI ZWcJ d5 ZJ -l4.
Z4 xl4 g5 Z5 <xh5 xcZ Z0
hc1l5| Z7 c7l4+Zb=hJg4+|Z
=h4gxlJJ0xb7lxgZJ1 <xl4 lZ
JZ <xgZ
JZvgJ7lI .
JZ xgZ JJc1 DxhZ+ 'h-h
A captvatng gamc, Irom bcgn-
nngtocnd.
cr/s GcqunJ tc/J mc tbut scmc
tc /uycrs Jc nct uy uttcnt/cn tc
tbc/rccncnts 'mcvcs.
1hssancxaggcraton.AII(good)
pIaycrs pay somc attcnton to thcr
opponcnt' s movcs . GMs dllcr onc
Irom thc othcr n thc amount oI at-
tcntonthcy pay to thcrown movcs
andtothcopponcnt' smovcs.lorlor-
mcr worId champon 1gran ctros-
an, Ior nstancc, t wouId probabIy
bc 0% attcnton to hs opponcnt' s
movcs and onIy 40% to hs own
movcs . lor mc t may bc approx-
matcIy 50-50, ormaybc 0-40n Ia-
vour oI my own movcs . 1hcrc arc
somcpIaycrslorwhomthcratomay
bcJ0-J0.
OIcoursc, somctmcs onc' s pos-
ton s so good that t docsn' t mattcr
whatyouradvcrsarydocs.'
Hcw macb wc/gbt Jc yca uss/gn,
Jar/ng u gumc, tcsycbc/cg/cu/ c/c-
mcnts"
sychoIogy s vcry sgncant.
Qucrcs Ikc ' what movcs wouId bc
unpIcasant Ior hm7' , ' what s hs
mood7' , or ` shouId compIcatc mat-
tcrs aganst hm7' , arc mportant.
SomctmcspIacctoomuchwcghton
psychoIogcaI lactors, whcn shouId
bcconccntratngonthcboard.'
LIA MIKIN 1Z
6 3V5K ~ b | P
c/rcJc 1PP
Blacktoplay
Z4 db
playcdthstoprotcct d aganst
hsntcndcdb.`
Z5 b0Pd7|
llayng ths movc, whch thrcat-
cns to capturc Whtc' s guccn wth
Z. . . cT, had to scc throughBclav-
sky' splan.`
Z0xc5g7|
Blackmustavodthccontnuatons
Z. . . dxc? ZT Wxg+, Z. . . ZcT? ZT
WxcT+WxcTZ8xbTandZ. . .Wxc?
ZTWxdT+.
Z7 xc5
Bclavs| playcd ths movc n-
stantly. Hc probably thought that hc
waswnnng,cxpcctngonlyZT. . . xc
(ZT. . . dxc Z8<c4) Z8Wxd.`
Z7...xc5|
Onlynowddmyopponcntrcalzc
that Z8 xI s mct by Z8. . . gxI+
(chcck| ) - thcpontoImyZthmovc.
Caught by surprsc, hc ddn' t put up
thctoughcstrcsstancc.`
Zb cZWxc4ZWc4Wc1+J0c1
Wc5 J1WcJ c5JZWc1 g5+0-1
b | P ~ . P6l3P
Hcc(Z/m) 1PPJ
1 c4 c5 ZlJ l0Jd4 xc44dxc5
d5 5 bdZ &c7 0 &b5+ c0 7 &dJ
<c5 b &cZ &g4 d4 sxcZ 10
WxcZ <bd7 11 0-0 <c0 1Z <xc0
lxc0 1JWg4<xc514Wxg7g0 15
lJ =d7 10 c4 Wgb 17 Wd4 lb
(O)

1bWxa7|
I lct hm procccd wth . . . =cT-
b8,' llhavcnothng.`
1b JxlJ1Wxb7+=d0
! . . . =d8 ?0 Wb8+ =dT Z! Wxg8
xg8 ZZgxIJ.
Z0 c1
Ix /hcrcc ccncrc/c/hrcc/hcrc
ntcnd Z! c+,wth a dcadly at-
tack. 1hc rook' s movc prcvcnts hm
Iromcscapngwth . . . =c-I.`
Z0 c5
Z0. . . dJ (Z0. . . Wc8 Z! Wxc8 xc8
ZZ gxIJ) Z! c+=xc ZZ &cJ+=d
1J0 1HL LKNDMAS1LK'S IND
ZJc5+' (abcautluIcIcaanccopcra-
ton. thcbshops sacrlccdtovacatc
thcc! -sguarc lor thcrook) ZJ. . . vxc5
Z4ac !+vd4Z5W aJ+cZc4+' '
loIIowcdbymatc.
Z1 bJ| dJZZ aJ+ c5!
ZZ. . . vc oBcrs stBcr rcsstancc,
aIthough altcr ZJ cxd5+ Bxd5 (not
ZJ. . . cxd57 Z4 W a+) Z4 W xc+d
Z5 adI Whtckccps a strong nta-
tvc.
ZJ >xc5+|vxc5Z4ac1| |
Aguct,dcadIymovc.BIackcannot
shut thc gatcs, sncc Z4. . . d4 Z5 WcJ+
vb4 ZWb+vaJ ZJW a5+Icadsto
matc.
Z4... dxc4Z5xc4+ 1-0
hb//c tbc ccmh/nut/cn /n tbc]cr-
mcrgumc(. . . DJ-J/-g/!)wushuc/cJ
a hy ccncrctc unu/ys/s, ycar !tb
mcvc /n tbc A/tcrmun gumc wus /nta-
/t/vc.AmIr/gbt"
IwouIdsaythatt was (bascdon)
ntuton pIus somcvaratons.WcII,t
was dmcuIt to scc t through to thc
cnd. You kow, mostannotatonsthat
you rcad n prnt do not rcHcct what
happcns n thc contcstants ' mnds
durng a gamc. thc anaIyss s oltcn
compIctcdaltcrthc gamc sovcr, lrc-
gucntIywththcadolacomputcr.`
L% Gc]sbtc/n tc/J mc tbut, wbcn
cu/ca/ut/ng, qu/uycrgcts/nb/sm/nJ
ugccJcs/t/cn, bcsbca/Jstc cu/ca-
/ut/ng.
Ilyou havc a typc ol poston n
whch you scck a lorccd wn, you
shouId carry on thc anaIyss untI thc
vcry cnd. But othcrwsc, hc s rght.
youshouIdstop caIcuIatngwhcnyou
rcachapromsngposton.`
Intbc]c//cw/ngcs/t/cn, tj tcat
ycarscq/n hb/tc 's sbccs, unJccnvcy
ycartbcagbtstcmc.
H00hl ~ K0000
ranncn!900
WhtctopIay
At rst gIancc Whtc sccms to bc
bcttcr . . . scc that BIack has thrcats
aIong thc (a8-h! ) dagonaI . Whtc
nccds somcthng concrctc, othcrwsc
BIackwIItakcthcntatvc. . .
( Iook at) ZJ <g4 . . . (aIso) ZJ
WdJ wth WhJ . . . (orpcrhaps) sacr-
ccsongnmnd.`
(Starts to conccntratc. ) t' s not
casy. t Iooks bcttcr lor Whtc, but
concrctc caIcuIaton s rcgurcd. ZJ
vdJ <xdJ Z4Wh5 gxh5 ZhJ#.
ZJ -dJ WxdJ s a probIcm. Z4
xl Wc wnnng. (But) maybc a
smIarmotl . . . `
(A]tcrscmc s//cncc): hbuturcyca
tb/n//nguhcut"
ZJxd&xdandmaybcZ4d!
and l Z4. . . c5 thcn Z5 -dJ. Hmm,
Iooks good lor Whtc (Z5. . . xdJ Z
LIA MIKIN 1J1
Wh5 ' ). (Butwhat) lZ4. . . WcJ . . . Mcv-
crthcIcss, thcrc should bc somcthng
(lorWhtc) n ths poston. ZJ Bxd
xd Z4 dI WcJ Z5 Rxd Wxd
maybcZvg4 xg4 ZJ Wxg4ad8
Z8 hJ (notZ8 W4 WdI +) [Z8 W5 '
cJ. ] .
Dcycahc//cvc/ntb/sccnt/naut/cn
]crhb/tc "
b t t' t th . . . U 5 no smoo . . .
(Iaughs). ' mnotsurc.
ZJxdxdandnowmaybcZ4
cxlJ xlJ Z5 xg gJ. (Mo) ,
BIack s nc.`
cabuvcscvcru/ccnt/naut/cnsbcrc;
urcyca/cc//ng]crtbcs/m/cstcnc "
1hs poston s aIrcady compI-
catcd. YoucannotmakctsmpIc.`
(A]tcru wb//c): hbuturcycaJc/ng
ncw /cc//ng]cr ncw J/rcct/cns cr
rccbcc//ngtbcsumcvur/ut/cns "
' mdong boththngs.
. . . Thc bJ -bshop s a vcry strong
pccc- tgvcsBIackcountcr-chanccs
. . . amnlavourolZJxd.`
hcrc tb/su rcu/gumc, wbutwca/J
ycaJc"
l had an hour, mght usc 40
mnutcs hcrc. lccI that thc rcsuIt ol
thcgamcdcpcnds on myncxtmovc.
ZJxdxdZ4dIWcJmaybc
Z5 xg. t' sdlculttocaIcuIatc, hc
has Z5. . . xc5 . . . maybc Z hJ+ -
no,tdocsn' twork. am aIsotcmptcd
by ZJ xd xd Z4 g4 vxg4 Z5
Wxg4- tmaybcthcstrongcst.
. . . Kghtnow thnk that 'd pIay
ZJ xd xd and thcn dccdc bc-
twccnZ4g4andZ4BdI .`
hcrc /tu rcu/gumc, wcu/Jycahc-
buvc ///c tb/s ]rst g/vc uwuy un
cxcbungc unJtbcn ccntcm/utc ycar
]c//cw-a"
t' s possblc (that wouId). ' m
surc that n ths poston (altcr ZJ
xdxd)WhtcsOK.`
1hcgamccontnucd.
ZJ d7!| Wxd7
ZJ. . . vxdJ7Z4Wh5 ' .
Z4> xl0 Wc0Z5d5(D)
Smrn msscd ths shot whch rc-
gurcs cxtcnsvc anaIyss to rcach a
vcrdct.
Z5 cxd5!
GM Gcrshon, to whom had prc-
scntcdmcsamcposton,wasattractcd
by thc ZJ <dJ Inc, andcxcrtcdsomc
cllort to makc twork.Hcsawthcrc-
pIy Z5. . . vc8 ' and dsmsscd thc Inc
lorWhtc. t s lar lrom smpIc cvcn
thcn, but BIack s ndccd on top. Z
&cJ cxd5 ZJ Wh5 -l' Z8 xl
xlZ+ and now Z9 vxlZ Wxl+ or
Z9 vlI Wxc4+ J0 vgZ (J0 vxtZ
WxcZ+)J0. . . d4+J I vhJWc8+.
Z0Wh5| &MZ+Z7vMZ <m+Zb
xc4gxh5ZDg1 vh7J0+1-0
1JZ 1HL LKNDMAS1LK'S IND
Smrn s pIcascd that hs ntutvc
rcjccton ol ZJ vdJ was corrcct. Hc
cIamsthatlhchadsccnZ5Dd5,thc
subscgucnt Z8. . . xlZ+ wouId havc
bccncasytond.
t' s ntcrcstng to chcck my pro-
posaI to pIay ZJ Bxd. My approach
was postonaI . to cImnatc BIack' s
actvcknght. t' smorcIogcaI. `
hc//, I'm mcrc /ntcrcstcJ /n ycar
tbcagbtrcccsscs; tbc ccrrcctmcvcs
/n tb/scs/t/cnJcnctmuttcrmacbtc
mc.
Butthcydo tomc' `
So, wc cxamnc ZJ xd xd Z4
-g4vxg4Z5Wxg4. ThstmcSmrn
movcsthc pcccs onthcboad. Atrst
hc s ncIncd to cndorsc hs rccom-
mcndcdcxchangcsacrcc,onaccount
ol Z5. . . l(Z5. . .WcJZW5 ' )Zvxc
c8ZJcI .
Thcn hc notccs Z5. . . c5 ' , whch s
hard to crack. Altcr Z Wh4 vgJ ZJ
WhJ+vlZ8Wh4thcgamcmaycnd
nrcpctton (Z8. . . vgJ).
Dcycatb/n/uhcatycartb/n//ng"
MotrcaIIy.t' sgutcdlcuIttocx-
pIan what crosscs our mnd, and not
onIynchcss.lrcgucntIyt' scvcndl-
cuIttorcachaconcIusonastowhat
sthcbcstmovc.nccrtanpostons,a
spccc movcmayprovc to bc pIcas-
antlormcandrcpugnantlormyoppo-
ncnt. Thus, t may tum out to bc thc
'bcst'movc.
tcndtothnkaboutsuch mattcrs
n phIosophcaI tcrms, rathcr than n
mathcmatcaItcrms.`
| Z: | 5Cd55|0R
d 16 1| RK| R 0 m5
Asastartngponttoourdscusson,t
wouIdbc worthwhIc tomakc a brcl
ovcrvcwolcuncntknowIcdgc nthc
cIdolchcssthnkng.
Thc scmnaI rcscarch was madc by
DcGroot( I94)`andSmon Chasc
( I 9JJ) . Modcm studcs loIIowcd,
thcmostmportantbcngthoscbythc
SwsslcmandGobct'
,thclnncrtt
SaarIuoma
and thc Amcrcan McI
Chamcss

.
Thcsc studcs wcrc usuaIIy con-
ductcdnan ' cxpcrtvsnovcc' lramc-
work,tryngtocstabIshthcdcrcncc
bctwccnskIIcdandunskIIcdpIaycrs,
andtotargctts sourccs.
Thc man ndngs - somc rathcr
banaI, othcrs ntrgung- canbcsum-
marzcdasloIIows, '
.

. :c. : (
I ) SkIIcd pIaycrs posscss a Iagc
amountolchcss-rcIatcdknowIcdgc.
Z) 1hsknowIcdgc sorganzcdn
chunks (cIustcrs ol rcIatcd nlorma-
ton),rathcrthan as soIatcdpcccs ol
data. 1hc szc ol an cxpcrt's vocabu-
Iary olchcss-rcIatcdconguratons s
currcntIycstmatcdataroundJ00,000
chunks.
J) 1hccxccIIcnccolstrongpIaycrs
stcms morc lrom thcr guck pcrccp-
ton andpowcrlu! mcmory, thanlrom
thcr abIty to thnk lurthcst ahcad
(caIcuIaton).
4) Strong, cxpcncnccd pIaycrs ac
conspcuousnscIcctngchcss-spccc
pcrccptuaIcucslromanovcr -thc-board
poston. 1hcy ac abIc to cncodc, at a
gImcc, thc csscncc ol a poston, to
dcntlythc most rcIcvant arcas on thc
board and to locus thcr attcnton on
thoscpcccs and sguarcs thatarcmost
mcanngluInaspcccstuaton.
5) 1hscapabItysbackcdupbya
hugc storagc ollamIar pattcms ( ' n
suchapostontsusuaItodothsand
that' ) whch thcy arc abIc to rctrcvc
and proccss n an cmccnt and scIcc-
tvcmanncr.
) Strong pIaycrs' supcrorty ovcr
novccs n tasks olrccaII and rccon-
structon s dcmonstratcd manIy n
gamc postons. t s markcdIy nar-
rowcd-butstIIcxsts- whcnrandom
postonsarcprcscntcdtothcm.
J) nagvcnposton,skIIcdpIay-
crs do not consdcr morc canddatc
movcsthanthcrwcakcrcountcrparts.
Thcy do, howcvcr, consdcrpcrtncnt,
morcccctvcmovcs. Hcncc, thc dl-
lcrcncc Ics n guaIty, not n guan-
tty.
8) 1op pIaycrs arc lastcrandmorc
accuratc than ntcrmcdatcpIaycrs, n
choosng thc bcstmovc. n lact, thcy
maybcsolastastoadvanccthcnoton
that thcy cncodc chcss-rcIatcd nlor-
matonnparaIIcI.
1HL 1HINKINO UI Lm 1JJ
9) CaIcuIaton s pcr!ormcd n a
cycIc mcthod ol ' progrcssvc dccp-
cnng' , scrccnng scvcraI canddatc
movcs IghtIy, rcvcrtng to somc ol
thcmtmcandagan,whIctakngthc
rangc ol caIcuIaton lurthcr and lur-
thcr,untIadccson srcachcd.
I 0) rcImnayncurosccntcn-
vcstgatons olchcss-pIaycrs pont to
cxpcrts' and amatcurs' thnkng n-
voIvng a pronounccd actvaton ol
dBcrcntpartsolthcbran(thclrontaI
Iobc vs thc mcdaI tcmporaI Iobc and
thc hppocampus, rcspcctvcIy). Ths
suggcststhatcxpcrtsuschghcr-ordcr
rcasonngandmakcbcttcruscolthcr
mcmorychunks.
Onc mcthodoIogy ol nspcctng
chcss-pIaycrs' cogntvclacuItcs sby
rccordng thcr cyc movcmcnt, whcn
conlrontcdwthanunchartcdposton.
LtIzng ths tcchnguc, t was lound
that durng thc rstscconds olscrccn-
ngaposton,suongcrpIaycrsproducc
morc xatons on cmpty sguarcs and
aIong thc cdgcs olsguarcs thanIcsscr
pIaycrs.Thswasntcrprctcdasnstru-
mcntaInordcrtomamzcthccxtrac-
ton ol nlormaton lrom sunoundng
pccc-occupcdsguarcs.
Wth thcloIIowng dagram, Ictus
IIustratcthsIastpont.
ThcboadsluIIolpcccs,thcnum-
bcr olrcasonabIc movcs and pIans s
Iargc. Whcrc shouId Whtc locus hs
attcnton7
A novcc wouId probabIy conccn-
tratc on thosc sguarcs occupcd by
pcccs. A morc advanccd pIaycr wII
tum hs attcnton to thc wcakncss ol
Mu|0y - 0| | VSky
Mcsccw(Intcrzcnu/) !9?
WhtctopIay
d5 andcontcmpIatcamanocuvrcIkc
g5xl, loIIowcd by <lI -cJ-d5. Hc
may aIso gazc at thc opcn c-lIc and
conccntratc oncJ.
A top pIaycr wII spot morc kcy
sguarcs,
Zb axb4 Wxb4 Z &aZ+ vhb J0
Wa0| h0 J1 &c0|
Whtc' s Iast two movcs arc cx-
trcmcIy powcrluI, by occupyng thc
cmpty sguarcs a and c, ostcnsbIy
ncIcvanttothcuntrancd cyc, Whtc
scvcrcIy rcstrcts hs opponcnt' s op-
tons, whIc prcparng thc ground lor
an assauItaganstthc bIackkng.
J1 &db JZcb vh7
JZ . . . WxbZ laIs to JJ Wxd' Bxc8
J4Wl8+vhJ J5 l5+g JWxh+
vg8 JJ &c#.
JJlJ| cb
Losngapccc,butBIack' sposton
was hopcIcss anyway. lor nstancc,
JJ. . . Bxc8 J4Wxc8 &b J5&l5+g
JWc.
1J0 1H RANDMASIR'S MIND
J4 &dZ WxbZ J5 xbb Wxbb J0
&xa5Wb1+ J7vhZ& xa5 JbWxa5
Wxc4 J &d7 Wl4+ 40 =g1 vl0 41
&xa4d54Z&bJc44JWdZ 1-0
Lcangmrcughpsychclcgicalchcss
rcscarch,cncdctcctsscvcralprcblcms
thatmakcithardtcdraw spccicccn-
clusicns rcgarding thc clitc playcrs,
namcIy, grandmastcrs.
Onc prcblcm is mcthcdclcgical in
naturc.Ycucan` trcallykncwIcrsurc
what gccs cn in scmcbcdy clsc` s
mind, hcncc ycu havc tcimplcmcnt
simulativc mcthcds. Sadly, thc cclc-
bratcd tcchniquc cI ' thinking alcud`
hasscricusdccicncics,scmccIwhich
havc alrcady bccn ackncwIcdgcd by
thc Icunding Iathcr cIchcsspsychcl-
cgy,AdriaandcGrcct.
Prcscnting pcsiticns tc playcrs,
withcut intrcducing thc dcvclcpmcnt
whichhadprcccdcdthcm, ishardIy a
valid imitaticn cI cccuncnccs in an
actuaIgamc.
VcrbaIcxprcssicncIthcughtsslcws
dcwn thc thinking-prcccss, bccausc
talking ccnsumcs mcrc timc than
thinkng.Evcnwcrsc,thismcthcdin-
tcrIcrcs with thinking. thc rcadcrhas
witncsscdinthcprcvicussccticnscv-
cral cccasicns whcrc a grandmastcr
rst wcnt astray but whcn askcd tc
think silcntly, hitcnthcrighttrackat
lightningspccd.
Thc pcrIcrmancc cI a subcct in
'thinkingalcud`tasksstrcnglydcpcnds
cn his mctivaticn tc makc an chcrt
(aItcr all,itis nctarcalgamc,ustan
cxcrcsc) .Thcmctivaticn,Icritspart,
in0ucnccsthcccnccntraticnlcvcl.
An intcrvicwcc` swillingncsstccx-
pcschisinncrthcughtscrtcnskIailurc
inthc prcscncc cIan cutsidc cbscrvcr
shculd nct bc takcn Icr grantcd. ln-
dccd, scmc intcrvicwccs dccidcd cn
thcir mcvcs mcrc quickly man l had
cxpcctcd, whilc cthcrs wcrc nct tcc
kccntccngagcinanyscricuscalcula-
ticncIccncrctcmcvcs.
Bascd cn my cwn cxpcricncc in
thcprcscntwcrk, !rcgard thc ' think-
ing alcud` tcchniquc tc bc a dubicus
simulaticncIthcmcntalprcccsscsin-
vclvcdinancvcr-thc-bcardgamc.
AncthcrmcthcdcIinquiry- invcs-
tigaticns cIcyc-mcvcmcnts- tclls us
whcrc a chcss-playcr is lccking, but
lcavcs thc rcascns Icr this phcncmc-
ncncpcntcintcrprctaticn.
Lcckingatccrtaindirccticnscnthc
bcard may shcd light cn thc pcrccp-
tual prcccss, but dccsn` t ncccssarily
indicatc that activc chcss thinkng is
taking placc arcund thcsc arcas. Thc
issucsIurthcrccnIcundcdbythcIact
that mcrc than a Icw grandmastcrs
ccnduct thcir thinking withcut lcck-
ingatthcbcard.
Onc mcrc charactcristic cI cxist-
ingchcssrcscarch is thcinclusicncI
wcll-dcIincd,sclvablcprcblcms. Thc
diagrams bclcw arc takcn Ircm twc
rcccnt studics
ZV, Z_
Thcy may tcach
usscmcthingabcutthcdiIIcrcnccbc-
twccn a ! 900 Elcplaycrand a I 400
Elc playcr, but l dc nct nd thcm
hcIpIul in distinguishing grandmas-
tcrly attributcs. thcyarctcc clcmcn-
tary.
1HE 1HINKING OF MS 1J
Blacktcplay
Whitctcplay
Scluticns. A) 1WMW g1++withmatc
ncxtmcvc. B)1 h7+vxh? ( I . . . vI8
2 0xI?+) 2Wh2+matcs.
Othcrdisturbingpcints inccgnitivc
chcssrcscch. 'cxpcrts`arcdcncd,in
cncsamplcstudy,asplaycrswhchcld
a 2I OO tc 235O naticnal rating. Ccn-
sdcring thcratingin0aticn, is itright
tcucata2I OOplaycrasan 'cxpcrt` 7
Scvcral studics act upcn thc cld
'I O-ycar rulc` , asscrting that cvcn a
talcntcdindividualmustspcndatlcast
tcn ycars tc attain an intcmaticnal
lcvclcIpcrIcrmancc, crtcachicvcan
clcvatcd status. ln mcdcmchcss, this
assumpticn is way cII thc mark. lm-
prcvcdmcthcdscIganingkncwlcdgc
and training thrcugh smart scItwarc,
andthcwcalthcIintcmaticnaltcuma-
mcnts that givc cvcrycnc a chancc tc
accumulatccxpcricncc- allthcschavc
ccnsidcrably shcrtcncdthcpath Ircm
ncvicctcgrandmastcr.
Thc ccnIusicn bctwccn ' grand-
mastcrs` and ' cxpcrts` (grandmastcrs
arc cxpcrts, but nct vicc vcrsa' ) , thc
prcscntaticn cI casy tactical pcsi-
ticns alcng with ccmplcx and dcu-
blc-cdgcdpcsiticns,thcsmallnumbcr
cIsubcctsnmanystudics(surc,thcy
scmctimcs cbtain thc magical O. O5
statistical signicancc - but dccs it
mcan anything7) andthc prcblcmatic
tccls cI invcstgaticn - all thcsc lcad
thc prcscnt writcr tc ccncludc that,
whilc ccnsidcrablcprcgrcsshasbccn
madc rcgarding thc naturc cI chcss
thinking, thc issuc cI granJmastcr's
th/n//ng is, as yct, nct Iully undcr-
stccd.
l`dlikctcsharcscmcinsightsthatl
acquircdIrcmccnductingthcprcccd-
ing intcrvicws. Plcasc kccp in mind
that thcy shculd bc takcn as imprcs-
sicns and thcughts, nct as sccntic
ccnclusicns.
Grandmastcrs, twculd appcar, arc
ustlkc (rcascnablc)playcrsinmany
rcspccts.Thcychcckalimitcdnumbcr
1J H RADMASIR'S MIND
cIcandidatc-mcvcs in cach pcsiticn.
Thcy skip, during calculaticn, Ircm
cnc pcssiblc cpticn tc ancthcr in an
apparcntlyuncrganzcd,unsystcmatic
manncr. Thcy ccnduct thc scarch Icr
thc bcstmcvcs in thc mcthcd cIprc-
grcssivc dccpcning. Much likc lcsscr
mcrtals,grandmastcrslcckIcrthcbcst
squarcs Icr thcir pcccs, Icr ways tc
cpcnlincsandIcrmcthcdscIadvanc-
ingpasscdpawns. Whcn thc pcsiticn
bcccmcs ccmplicatcd and cbscurc,
thcy lcscthcranchcrs. thcirstcrc cI
rcccgnzcd pattcms ccascs tc bc cI
hclp, and thcy arc prcnc tc analytical
cncrs.
Thcrcarc,hcwcvcr,ccrtainaspccts
cI thinking in which grandmastcrs
arcdiIIcrcntIrcmmid- strcngplaycrs
( ' cxpcrts ` ) . jThc classicaticn tc
grandmastcrs and cxpcrts scmcwhat
cvcrlaps thc prcIcssicnals vs ama-
tcurscatcgcrzing. ]
1) l056l5 W5 u 6
qu65|0 Whaf 060l6 6 qu65| 0
N0w.
Ordinary playcrs quickly cngagc
thcmsclvcsincalculaticnmcdc. lgc
hcrcandhcmaygcthcrcandthcn. . . .
Grandmastcrs, as a rulc, in thc vast
macrity cIpcsiticn-typcs, start with
stratcgic ccnsidcraticns bcIcrc thcy
mcvccntcccncrctcanalysis.
Surc, stratcgy andtacticsarc intcr-
wcvcnandGMsmayglanccatccrtain
mcvcsinanclystagccIthcirthink-
ing,butbasically,thcycravctcundcr-
stand what is gcing cn bcIcrc thcy
plan thcir acticns. This may scund
cbvicus, butis, nIact,quitcrarc.ccn-
Ircntcd with a prcblcm, in chcss as
wcllasinrcalliIc,wctcndtcrushtc-
wards dcing, hcpping cvcr thc stagc
cIundcrstandingthcrcalnaturccIthc
prcblcm.
CcachAlcxdcrMikhalcvs|says.
tactics arc implcmcntcd tc assist, cr
sclvc, stratcgicnccds. As Iar as! am
ablc tcudgc, grandmastcrs ` thcughts
arcindccdccnductcdacccrdingtcthis
rulc.
lntcrcstingly, grandmastcrs crcatc
an implicit hicrarchy cIthinking lcv-
cls,inwhich ' tactics` arcrankcdlcwcr
than ' stratcgy` . Tacticsarc Ircqucntly
trcatcdbyGMsasscmcthingchcap.a
trick, aswindlc,bluIIs.ThcIcllcwing
diagram,withitsacccmpanyingccm-
mcntary,attcststcthat.
Zb c4
LuW6 ~ 6K| 6
Zur/ch!9J4
Whitctcplay
Thc tcxt is scvcrcly criticizcd by
Alckhnc cn thc grcunds that it is
1HE 1HINKING OF MS 1J
bascd whcIly cn tacticaI ncssc -
Euwc. j28. . .xc4 29 <xc4 dxc4 30
Rxc4I7 3 I vI?' ashappcncdinthc
gamc( I -0, 53). ]Thislattcrccnsidcr-
aticn is, hcwcvcr, cnIy incidcntaI tc
thc prmary stratcgic signicancc cI
thc tcxt-mcvc . . . Thc basic pcint un-
dcrIying thc tcxt i s that thc pIaycr
with thc grcatcr Irccdcm cI acticn
cughttc strivc tc incrcasc his mcbil-
itybycpcningupncwlincswhcrcvcr
pcssiblc.
Euwc gccs cntccxpIain that cvcn
aItcr28. . . dxc429vxc4vd530g3his
pcsiticnwcuIdstilIbcprcIcrabIcIrcm
thcstratcgicpcintcIvicw.Hisurgctc
dcIcndhimsclIagainstthc 'accusaticn'
thathcprcIcncdtacticalccnsidcraticns
tcstratcgicIactcrsisilIuminating.
Z) l056l5 | 66 pr0-
phyIacfc fhnkn l00u0 0
5566 W.
GM1cnathanRcwscnwntcs.(many)
nd thc whclc idca cI prcphylaxis a
bit pcqlcxing, cccurring cnIy in cx-
ccpticnaI circumstanccs . . . Mcst cIub-
pIaycrs ccnsidcr it as an cntircIy Icr-
cignccnccpt. l sharchisvicw. OI
ccursc,Ircmtimctctimccncmustrc-
0cct cn cnc' s cppcncnt' s pIans, his
IikcIy dcIcnccs and sc cn. But prc-
phy Iaxisasanindispcnsablcccnccpt7
SurcIy, ust cnc cI Nimzcwitsch' s
(currcntIy,Dvcrcts|' s)cbscssicns.
Tcmysuqrisc,lIcundcutthatmy
intcrvicwccs had adcptcd this think-
ing mcthcd - Iccking at things Ircm
thcir cppcncnt' s angIc, trying tc scc
thrcughhismindincrdcrtcthwarthis
schcmcsinadvancc- asaIundamcn-
taltcc!.NctcnIywasprcphylaxiscm-
bcddcdinthcirsystcm- itwasusuaIIy
thcir starting pcint, thc vcry ccmcr-
stcnccnwhichcvcrythingcIscrcstcd.
ScmcgrandmastcrsstatcditcxpIic-
tIy.GMRcchliswcntasIarassaying
thathcwasrcccnciIcdtcbcingunabIc
tcmakcanyprcgrcssinhiscwncamp,
cnccnditicnthathis cppcncntwcuId
bccvcnmcrcrcstrictcd.Fcrmanycth-
crs,bycbscrvinghcwthcyrcactcdtc,
crcxpIaincd,ccrtainpcsiticns jscc I
9I2'inPsakhs- Ftacnik,GrccnIcld' s
I4. . . a' against ScIIcr, Ccmay' s aIl-
cmbracing apprcach tcprcblcms and
studics] ycu cculd rcalizc thc cncr-
mcusimpcrtanccthcyattachcdtcprc-
phyIaxis.
3) l056l5 6 6| l
| K| | l0cused and ec0n0m-
cal W.
ScmcpIaycrsspcndthcirthinkingtimc
in daydrcams. ' ls my pcsiticn any
gccd7 Was l nght in chccsing that
cpcning Iinc7 Whcrc did l makc a
mistakc7 What is thc purpcsc cI this
gamc7Whyamlhcrc,inthisgaIaxy7'
Unlikc thcm, grandmastcrs (and
ccrtainIy thc supcr-GMs) arc charac-
tcrizcd by a dcwn-tc-carth apprcach.
ThcygcttcthcbcttcmcIthngsright
away. Thcy pcrccivc within scccnds
thctypccI prcbIcm(s)thcyarcIacing,
and mustcr alI rcscurccs tc ccnccn-
tratccnmcanstcwardsthccptimaIsc-
luticn.
Anycnc whc has playcd a tcuma-
mcnt gamc against a grandmastcr
140 1H RNDMASIR'S MlND
kncws thatinthcost-mortcm anaIy-
sis, it transpircs that thc grandmastcr
had nct sccn a Ict cI stuII that hc, a
ncn-GMcppcncnt,hadcaIcuIatcd.
At rst, cnc wcndcrs hcw ccmc a
grandmastcr didn' t scc what his
Icwcr-ratcd rivaI had sccn. AItcr a
whiIc,cncrcaIizcsthatthcgrandmas-
tcrdidn' tsccbccauschcdidn' tbcthcr
tcscarchIcrit,thcvariaticnwasprcb-
abIyincIcvant.ldcn' tinvcstmytimc
pIanning what tc dc iI thc cppcncnt
pIaysbadmcvcs, saysPsakhis.
Tcp pIaycrs managc thcir acticns
acccrdingtcancthcrimpcrtantguidc-
Iinc.thcnccdtcbcpracticaI.Apracti-
caI pIaycr dccs nct spcnd cccans cI
timccnccmpIicatcdIincsiIhcIccIsit
wiII Icad tc timc-shcrtagc Iatcr cn.
'PracticaI' aIsc mcans tc scttIc Icr
' gccdcncugh' mcvcs, iIycu canwin
ycurcppcncnt' squccn,itmightbcsu-
pcr0ucus tc scarch Icr matc. Aban-
dcning an unprcmising Iinc cn thc
basis cI' IccIing' , rathcrthan 'prccI' ,
rcvcaIsancthcraspcctcIthcpracticaI
attitudccIGMs(Ccmay' smcthcdisa
nctabIccxccpticn).
Hcrcarccthcr, subtIcrcxampIcscI
apracticaIapprcach.
(sccto J/agram)
Z1gxh7+ =hb
Whynct2I . . . vxh?7 lcan' tsay l
kncwwhyitissuchabadidcatcactu-
aIIy gc ahcad and takc thc pawn,
writcs SvidIcr. YcthccptcdIcrthc
ccmmcn sct-up in which an cncmy
pawnshicIdscnc' sking.lIasaIcand
wcII-tcstcdcpticnisavaiIablc,aprac-
ticaIpIaycrusuaIIystccrstcwardsit.
u ~ bV| 0 6l
/cJ(U/ym/aJ)2002
Whitctcplay
Al| K ~ f66V
h/aanZcc200J
BIacktcpIay
This, acccrding tc Kamnik, is an
cquaI pcsiticn, in thccry. Butinprac-
ticc,hcthcughtthatltisquitcdimcuIt
tc nd apIan Icr BIack, whcrcas itis
vcry casytcndapIanIcr Whitc.
Hcncc thc cvaIuaticn cI this pcsiticn
THL THINKING OF NS 111
rcstscnthcamcuntcIcIIcrtwhichwiII
bcrcquircdIrcmbcth antagcnists. yct
ancthcrpracticaIccnsidcraticn.
Grandmastcrs ' abiIity tc idcntiIy
criticaI pcsiticns is rcmarkablc. Thcy
sccm tc kncw whcn tc pIay cn autc-
maticmcdcandwhcntcswitchcnthc
' thinking' buttcn. l wcuId dcnitcIy
invcst a Ict cI timc cn this pcsiticn
was a rccuning cxprcssicn cImy in-
tcrvicwccswhcnrc0cctingcnaccm-
plcxpcsiticn.
4) l056l5 60 0g08 I68
50g.
Dcn' twcaII7Wcwishwcdid.
ChcssmanuaIsadvccatcutiIizaticn
cI Icgic putting Icrward prcmiscs
IcundcdcnIacts,thcncxtractingccn-
cIusicnsbascdcnthcscprcmiscs.Frc-
qucntly, thcugh, chcss-pIaycrs pIay
mcvcs that spring cut cI ncwhcrc.
thcy cmbark cn ccmbinaticns which
dcnctIcan cn pcsiticnaI grcunds, cr
cptIcrstratcgicplansthatdcnctccr-
rcspcndwithpawn-structurcs.
Grandmastcrs IcckIcrlcgicaIccn-
nccticns. ThcydccpIynccd tcundcr-
standwhy thcy standbcttcrcrwcrsc,
andwhythcccrrcctpIanisthisandnct
that. rcckcnthat,rcccnstructingthcir
thcughts, thcy cvcn tcnd tc intrcducc
systcmandcrdcrinchacticsituaticns.
656V5K ~ K6
Ioncl/nc!9??
1 lJ l0 Z c4 g0 J gJ &g7 4 &gZ
0-050-0d00 cJc57dJc0bb1
a5aJ&d7 10b4axb4 11axb4Wcb
1Z&g5|
Black' s sct-up (. . . &d? and . . . Wc8)
invitcs this rcspcnsc. I2. . . c8is bad
ncwcnacccuntcII 3b5andI 4&c?.
1Z &hJ 1J &xl0| &xl0 14 d5
Thc pcintcIWhitc' sstratcgy. My
pIan is tc drivc BIack' sking' sbishcp
cutcIpIay IcngcncughIcrmc tc gct
ccntrcIcIthca-Ic- Rcshcvs|.
14 &db
I 4 . . . &g?77 I 5b5.
15 a1 &xgZ 10 =xgZ bb7| 17
b5 vc7 (D)
1bcJ
Having pIantcd his knight cn d5
Icur mcvcs agc, hc rctrcats. Why7
Trading knights wcuId cnIy rcIicvc
thc prcssurc against BIack, cxpIains
Rcshcvsky.
Hisplayisdircctcdtcwardsachicv-
inghis gcaI. Dccs a ccrtainmcvc as-
sistmc, crdccs ithcIpmy cppcncnt7
Hcrc l cxchangc ( I 3 &xI' ), thcrc l
dcn' t( I 8 vc3).
1b ... l5 1a4vg7Z0WdZvc0
Z1Wh0&l0 ZZvd5WdbZJ vxl0+
14Z HL KANDMAS1LK'S IND
Wxl0 Z4 a7 Wc7 Z5 WcJ lcb Z0
vdZW g5Z7vc4|
1hcpoIcyoltradngpcccscontn-
ucs tobc gudcdby thc samc crtcra.
WhtchoIdsadcntccdgc( I -0,JI ).
Whcn GMs makc anntutvc dcc-
son, thcyuy to cxpIan to thcmscIvcs
whatcxactIysgongon(GMKcchIs).
Whcn thcy act soIcIy on gut lccIng,
thcymghtlccIuncasc (Costc.
n thc prcvous sccton GM Smrn
prcscntcdthcIogcbchndsomcolhs
' mystcnous`movcs. ThcloIIowngcx-
ampIcprovdcs anothcrIIustraton.
Uh| m00 - H|lSl00
Hust/ngs!9/J/0
WhtctopIay
Z4 &l1
Lycng b, and thus prcvcntng
. . . <b-c4. BIack now sccks countcr-
pIay aganstc4, wcakcncdbyWhtc' s
Iastmovc.
Z4 vl0Z5aJWb7Z0>gZ<d7
As wcwcrc. So, Whtc has to nd
anothcrantdotctoBIack' spIan.
Z7 WdJ| -l0 Zb dcZ > c7 Z
vcZ|
An apparcnt rctrcat,' says LhI-
mann. ntcndngtotranslcrthckght
tod4,WhtccxpIotsancatIttIctactc,
Z9. . . <xc47 J0 xc and Z9. . . xc47
J0xc8bothcostBIackapccc.
Z c5!| 30<cJ
Wastc ol tmc7 Mot at aII. BIack's
Iastmovchaswcakcncdd.Morcovcr,
thc lrccng . . . d s no IongcrpossbIc.
J0 cxl4J1 gxl4 <h53ZcZ
Whatmaysccmtoanuntrancdcyc
asmcrccat-and-mouscpIay,s,nlact,
compIctcIyIogcaI .d4bccomcsavaI-
abIc oncc agan to thc whtc knght,
andthcopcnng olthcaI -h8dagonaI
s ol paramount mportancc. (Thc)
kght aItcmatcs bctwccn cZ and cJ,
makng good usc ol cach sguarc' -
LhImann.
JZ &cb!
OnJZ. . . vl(JZ. . . l7JJ xc xc
J4 Wd+, JZ. . . g JJ &lJ s no m-
provcmcnt) comcs JJ <d4' wth an
ovcrwhcImngadvantagc.
JJxcbxcbJ4c5WbbJ5xcb
Wxcb J0 &lJ l5 J7 cxd0 &l0 Jb
&xh5&xh5Jd71-0
Grandmastcrs uscIogcaIrcasonng
aIso n thc proccss olmakng cvaIua-
tons. AnaIysng thcr gamcs, onc can
ndcommcntsIkcmustbcnchcrc
ashavcmadcnomstacssola'or
wascondcntthatmyopponcnt'spIay
shouId bc rclutcd. hc has voIatcd aII
prncpIcsolpccc dcvcIopmcnt'.
Morc about thc IogcaI systcm ol
GMs' probIcm-soIvng, n thc lorth-
comingpagcs.
HL 1HINKINO UI LS 14J
) |0dmSl0|S V| |dl0 lh0| | S
S0SSm00lS g| 0Sl h0Sl 0l sub]cc
ftrc crtfcrta.
1hc avcragc, cvcn thc larIy strong
pIaycr, tcnds to cvaIuatc hs poston
aganstsoId,objcctvccrtcra.Whcn
contcmpIatnghs movcs,hc cIngs to
lamIar postonaI prncpIcs (1hs
movc s appcaIng bccausc ' II havc
thc bshop-par', orbccausc ' II crc-
atc a passcdpawn') and to somc sort
oldccson-modcI(1hsmovcshouId
bc pIaycd bccausc aII othcr optons
IcadlorcbIytodclcat') .

havcnotccdthatmygrandmastcr
companonswcrcncIncdtotcstthcr
dcas aganst morc practcaI, subjcc-
tvc mcasurcs. 1hcy rcport that thcy
lrcgucntIy ask thcmscIvcs gucstons
Ikc.

Docsthc rcsuItngposton sutmy

Ikng7

Am nthc moodto cntcradclcn-

svcconguraton,rghtnow7

s ths movc IkcIy to provcprot-

abIc aganst ths partcuIar oppo-
ncnt7

What movc s thc Icast convcncnt

lormyopponcnt7

s ths pIan too commttaI, bumng

mybrdgcs7(utnanothcrway,l
tum out to bc wrong, wouId bc
abIcto stcpoutolthcmanroad)7

WII t bc possbIc to cnIvcn thc

pIay,rcachngadoubIc-cdgcdpos-
ton7
Omcr crtcra that GMs mght usc
ac,lornstancc,thcpancrtcron'-
asscssngthcIong-rangcmoraIdamagc
ol pIayng a passvc, crampcd pos-
ton,orthcdgntylactor'- thcnHu-
cncc onthcrscIl-magc, shouId thcy
abstanlromanobvoussacrlcc.1hc
Iattcr docs not go hand n hand wth
thcgucstlormaxmumcllcctvcncss,
so grandmastcrs arc IkcIytodcny ts
usagc.
) |0dmSl0|S adaf f0 chancd
ctrcumsfanccsqu|C 0d 0h0Cl|V0|y.
1oppIaycrs olcvcry gcncraton sccm
tohoIdHcxbIcntcrprctatonsolcorc
chcss conccpts, Ikc matcraI, tmc,
pawn-structurcsandpcccdcpIoymcnt.
1hcy may dsrcgard acccptcd prnc-
pIcs and common chcss vaIucs wth-
out hcstaton. WouId you bury a
bIack bshop or knght on h8 lor thc
rcst ol thc gamc7' was a gucston
poscdtoscvcraIntcrvcwccs. 1hcyaII
rcspondcdcondcntIy thatlths was
whatthcpostondcmandcdthcn,surc,
thcywouId.
Wc havcwtncsscdmanycxampIcs
olGMs` HcxbItynthcprcvousscc-
ton. shltng cort lromoncHankto
anothcr (GcIland-Nan WcIy) , chang-
ng coursc lrompostonaI to tactcaI
channcIs (Zlron-Gcrshon) , cxccut-
ng ' ugIy' , unnaturaI movcs whcn n
nccd (Kuzmn-sakhs) , or chaIIcng-
ngonc'sopponcnt' ssuongponts(thc
combnatvc storm n Smrn-Gambt
1gcr) .
SkIIcd and knowIcdgcabIc as thcy
ac, grandmastcrs ac wIIng to stcp
' outolthcbox',cxpIonngncwtcrrto-
rcs,crcatnglrcshschcmcsandgamc-
pIans.
9 by560 0| |00| 6
b0|V| g
lnthcintcrvicwslccnductcd,lrcpcat-
cdIy pcscd my ccmpanicns qucsticns
abcut thc way thcy tackIcd prcbIcms
cnthcchcssbcard.Didthcyhavcasys-
tcmatic mcthcd cI cxamining ccrtain
pcsiticns7 Did thcy prccccd mrcugh
dcncdstagcswhiIccngagingincaIcu-
Iaticnandasscssmcnt7
Scmcrcspcndcntsgavc cxpIicitan-
swcrs. Frcmcthcrs lhadtcmakcmy
cwn dcducticns, cn thc cvidcncc cI
thcgamcs wc' vcdiscusscd.
A univcrsaI ' grandmastcr mcthcd'
is, cI ccursc, ncn-cxistcnt, cvcry tcp
pIaycrshapcsandcrystaIIizcshiscwn
styIc. Hcwcvcr, thcrc arc scmc nctc-
wcrthyccmmcncharactcristics.
6| | 6 0
First,wcshcuIdaskwhatthcgcaIcIa
grandmastcr is n a gamc. Amatcurs
havcaIIscrtscIgcaIs. tccn cythcm-
scIvcs,tcpracticcthcirmstyminds,tc
hit cn bcautiIuI ccmbinaticns, tc at-
tain gIcry . . . Scascncd, tcugh grand-
mastcrsarcvcrymuchrcsuIt-cricntcd.
thcy simpIy strivc tc win. This nar-
rcwsthcircutIcckinagivcnpcsiticn,
tccnccItwccpticns. IcckingIcr ' thc
bcstmcvc' , crscarching Icr ' thcbcst
practicaIccntinuaticn'.
lrstbccamcawarccIthisdistinc-
ticnwhcnrcadingancssay bythcIa-
mcus Czcch GM VIastimiI Hcrt. Hc
dcncs a ' bcst mcvc' as cnc which
prcmctcsthcmcstcIcicntcccrdina-
ticncIthcIcrccs. . . (thcrcby)dcvcIcps
thcinitiativctcthcgrcatcstdcgrcc.
Hcrtasscrtsthatprcducingascrics
cIbcstmcvcsmaybcbcycndthcIim-
its cI human capabiIitics. Hc argucs
that cvcn iI wc succccd in nding a
chaincI' bcstmcvcs' , wcmayinducc
cur cppcncnt tc nd ccuntcr ' bcst
mcvcs' ,aprcccsswhich,atthccndcI
thc day, wcuIdnct Icadtc cur advan-
tagc.
ls nding thc ' bcst' mcvc wcrth
thc cxtracrdinary c0crt7 asks Hcrt.
Oppcsitc thc pcrIccticnist typc, whc
IcckscutIcrthcabscIutctruthcncv-
cry tum, hc prcscnts a grandmastcr
(whc) pIays Whitc withcut unduc
ambiticn and with BIack hc mccts
cachprcbIcmasitariscs.Hcrtmakcs
itpIainthathcprcIcrsthcIattcrtypc' s
apprcach.
ThcmacritycImycvcr-thc-bcard
intcrvicwccs Iikcwisc adhcrc tc thc
practicaI apprcach. Whcn a pcsiticn
was prcscntcd tc thcm tc scIvc, thcy
IrcqucntIy caIIcd ahaIttc thc scarch-
ing prcccss as sccn asthcy spcttcd a
SISIEM FOR ROBLM-OL\lNG 11J
dcccntmcvc.Onmanycccasicnsthcy
wcrc nct kccn cn vcriIying all dctails
thrcughtc thccnd andmadcachcicc
bascd cn partialdata. (Smirin's will-
ingncsstcsacnccancxchangcwith-
cutdccidingcnthcncxtmcvcccmcs
tcmind.)
lnanalysingthcscpcsiticns, almcst
all cIthcm madc mistakcs in calcula-
ticn. Whcn wc discusscd thc ccncct
scluticnsaItcrwards,lwasamazcdthat
scvcral grandmastcrs wcrc indi0crcnt
tc ccmmitting analytical cncrs, scmc
wcrc cvcn clatcd whcn it tumcd cut
thatthcirchcscnpathprcvcdtcbc(by
mcrc chancc' ) ccncct. lt is as iIthcy
said, Hcy, l' mcnly human, dcn' tcx-
pcct mc tc scc cvcrything. My hunch
wasright, thcpcsiticnlgctwas OK-
andthat'sncwithmc.
ln a rcal-gamc situaticn my sub-
cctswculdundcubtcdlybcmcrcscri-
cus and rcspcnsiblc, but l tcnd tc
bcIicvcthatbasicalIythc' gccdcncugh
pcsiticn'rulcscvcrthc'bcstmcvc'ap-
prcach.
6| | 6 |0D 6
Wc havcmcnticncdthcgrandmastcrs'
quick pcrccpticn cIchcss stimulants
and thcir tcndcncy tcwards cxamin-
ing, rst and Icrcmcst, stratcgic Iac-
tcrs. Tcp playcrs can dctcct, in cnc
curscry glancc, thc ccrc charactcris-
ticscIapcsiticn.
Whcnanalysingaspccicpcsiticn,
aplaycrmustIcrmulatcaclcardcni-
ticn cIthc prcblcm hc is Iacing and
idcntiIythcrcctcausccIthisprcblcm.
Hc has tc ask himsclIqucsticns likc.
' Whatshculdbcdcnccrchangcd,Icr
thcprcblcmtcbcsclvcd7' and ' What
wculd thc ccnscqucnccs bc iI l rc-
mcvc, cxchangc cr tcmpcrarily ncu-
tralizcthiscncmypiccc7'
Lctustakcascccndlcckatcncpc-
siticnthatwasprcscntcdIcrsclving.
BlacktcpIay
Tc suggcst 1WW vg5 asBlack's rst
mcvc, as GM Alik Gcrshcn did, ycu
havctcrcalizcthat.
Thcwhitcking' sdcIcnccsarcwcak.
Ccmbincd tcgcthcr, Black' s rccks
ccnstitutc a pcwcrIul Icrcc, which
may crcatc prcssurc alcng thc h-
lc.
Black's king is hindcring Black' s
acticns, scitshculdstcp cutcIthc
way.

On g5 thc king may sccm vulncra-
blcbut.. .

lti snct, bccauscWhitc hasncac-

ccsstc it(2h4+vxh4) .
Ncw, iIwc gc cvcr GM Gcrshcn's
transcript, wc scc that wh | c hc did
mcnticnscmcpcintsbcIcrccmbarking
110 1HE ORANDMASIER'S MIND
cn I . . . vg5, hc said ncthing abcut thc
cthcrs. Did thcy crcss his mind tcc
swiItly tc bc mticulatcd in wcrds, cr
didhcccnccivc I. . . vg5 ascnchclistic
'packagc' (!rcIycnintuiticn, lkncw
thatinthispcsiticn,thisisthcmcvc-
Gcrshcn)7lt` shardtc say.
Whcnthc prcblcmissimplc (inthc
cycscIthcsclvcr),thinkingtakcsplacc
sc Iastthatitis dimculttc Icllcw and
tracc itsrccts.Whcn l askcd myintcr-
vicwccs, cn scvcral cccasicns, 'hcw
did this idca ccmc tc ycu7' , cn mcrc
than cnc cccasicn thcir answcr was a
bcwildcring 'ldcn' tkncw' .
Whcnprcblcms arc mcrc diIcult,
and thc scluticns Icss transparcnt,
grandmastcrs slcw dcwn. Thcy rcas-
scss thc situaticn, and makc a ccn-
scicus ccrt tc cxamincthings in an
crdcrcdmanncr. Thcy askthcmsclvcs
mcntalqucsticns (laskmysclIwhat
wculdbcthcpcsiticnalasscssmcnt,iI
lcxchangcquccns,crcthcrpicccs-
GclIand, l Ircqucntly cxaminc iIthc
play scIar has bccn ' ccrrcct' ' - Kcs-
ashvili) .
!n ccrtain cascs, thcy must Icrsakc
carlicrassumpticns (scc]o//ow/ngJ/-
agram).
Hcrc!spcntalctcItimctingall
scrtscIidcas withcut succcss, writcs
ccrrcspcndcncc GM Simcn Wcbb.
ThcnaturalplancIadvancingWhitc's
kingtcthcccntrcallcwsBlackcncugh
timc tc capturc thc a-pawn, sacricc
his knight Icr thc g-pawn, and huq
with his king tc thccppcsitc0ank, tc
cnIcrccadrawncndgamccIv+wrcng
S+h-pawnvsv.
W600 ~ u06
corr (ZgorovsjMcmor/a/) !999
Whitctcplay
lwasabcuttcgivcupandagrcctc
a draw, whcn it cccurrcd tcmc thatl
mighthavcazugzwang.
45&cb| | =b4
45. . . d3lcscsaswcll . 4&I5d24?
vc2vxa248vxd2.
40 =bZ vd5 47 g4hxg44b &xg4
vcJ4 &lJdJ 50h5 vc4+ 51 +a1
1-0
Black rcsigncd in anticipaticn cI
5 I . . . vc5 52&dI vc3 53h vg54
h?I5 55a4vb45vb2 vh85?vc I
vc558vd2vc4 59 &b3+.
Thinking alcng thc lincs cI ' what
shculdldc7' Iailcdtcsupplyaprcm-
ising answcr. But switching attcnticn
tcwards thc qucry ' what can hc dc7'
madcallthcdiIIcrcncc.
Thc ccnccpt cI thc ' ccmcrstcncs '
cI a chcss languagc cmcrgcd in my
ccnvcrsaticnwithOIcrCcmay. Prcb-
lcmists havc a list cI ' things tc lcck
Icr' . battcry, crcss-chcck, sclI-bIcck,
SISIEM F0R IR0BLEM-SOL\INC 11
0ight-squarc, cyclicplay, idcalmatcs
. . . Playcrs havc aparallcllist.rcckcn
thc scvcnth rank, ccntralizcd knight,
dcublcattack,passcdpawn,zw/schcn-
,u, strcngbishcpvswcakknight,and
sc cn. l dcn' t bclicvc thatgrandmas-
tcrs carry such lists with thcm. Thcy
usually dcn' t nccd tc, as thcy arc
rmly anchcrcdinthcirminds.
Frcm timc tc timc, thcugh, whcn
grandmastcrs Iacc intricatc cbstaclcs,
thcy shiIt thc list ntc an ' awarcncss'
mcdc, tclight thcir path inthc dark-
ncss.
m6005 0 b0 V|
Scrutinizing thc intcrvicws in Part I ,
thc rcadcr will cbscrvc that grand-
mastcrs appIy cnc cI twc principal
mcthcds cI thinking. ]orwarJ and
baclarJ. Thc Icrward mcthcd is
bascdcnlcgicanduscsccncrctccacu-
laticnasitsmacrtccl. Aplaycrgath-
crs data, builds asscssmcnts, rcachcs
ccnclusicnsandnallydccidcsupcna
linccIacticn.
Thc backwardmcthcdccmmcnccs
with thc cnd pcint, thc dccisicn. A
playcr 'kncws'thathcshculdchccsca
ccrtainmcvccrplan.ThcbasiscIthis
kncwlcdgc is intuiticn, thc wcrkng
tccl. ' agutIccling' .
Bctwccn thcsc twc schccls cI
thcughtthcrcis,naturally,awidcva-
ricty. Onccanimplcmcntcncprinci-
pal mcthcd and suppcrt it with thc
cthcr, cr cnc may ccmbinc thc twc
mcthcds intcanintcgratcdsystcmcI
thcught.Oncplaycrmayimplcmcnta
vcry structurcd apprcach (c. g. , AIcx
MikhaIcvsky). Ancthcr playcr may
bcunawarcthathc is utilizing a sys-
tcmatall.
Whcncvcr grandmastcrs wcrc ablc
tcrcccnstnctalcgicalthcught-prcccss
thathadlcdthcmtcaspccicdccisicn,
it was apparcntly by gcing thrcugh
scmcdcncdstagcs. l shalltrytccut-
lincthcprcccsslcadingtcscmcscc/a/
/Jcas that di0crcntiatc thc mcn Ircm
thcbcys.
Glancingatapcsiticnwhcnitishis
tumtcmcvc,agrandmastcraskshim-
sclIwhcthcranything spccialisgcing
cn. lIthcanswcrisncgativc,hckccps
his Icrmcr asscssmcnts and prccccds
withhiscarlicrplans.
A pcsitivc answcr mctivatcs thc
ccmmcnccmcnt cI a scarching prc-
ccss, dcsigncdtcdcrivcIrcshinIcrma-
ticn. A rcvicw cI varicus idcas and
gamcplanscnsucs.
lIthisprcccssyiclds a satisIactcry
rcsult, thc GMpicksamcvc Ircmthc
arscnalcItcstcdwcapcns. lnallIrank-
ncss, muchcIwhatagrandmastcrdccs
duringagamccanbcdcscribcdmcrc
as 'rcccgniticn' (cI Iamiliar piccc-
ccnguraticnsand asctcIasscciatcd
pattcms) than as ' thinking' (scc, Icr
instancc, nctcs tc GcIshtcin-Bacrct
andGclIand-Mcvscsian) .
lI, cnthc cthcr hand, a GM i sun-
happy with what hc sccs, cr anyway
Icclsthat thc pcsiticn dcscrvcs bcttcr
trcatmcnt,ascarchIcrscmcncwidcas
unIclds.
At this pcint, scmc grandmastcrs
ccnduct a scrt cI Icasibility tcst (l
askcdmysclI.isthisakindcIpcsiticn
J4 THL ORNDMASIER'SMIND
inwhichcnc shculd chccksacriIicial
cpticns - Rcchlis). Thcy indulgc in
an r/or/ asscssmcnt cI thc idca' s
chanccscIsucccss.
SuppcscaGMistumcdcnbyapc-
culi,attractivcpcssibility.ApartIrcm
analysing ccncrctc variaticns, hc may
askhimsclI, atanytimcduring hisrc-
0ccticn,mcntalqucsticns,likc.
W
HcwdclIcclabcutthis idca7
W
Dc l trust it7 Dc l bclicvc that it
standsawcrkingchancc7
W
lsi twcrth thc cIIcrt7 lsi tpracti-
cal7
AItcr scrccningthcpcsiticnalIac-
tcrs and dcing additicnal analysis,
thc grandmastcr is lcIt with a list cI
candidatc mcvcs. scmc rcutinc, pcr-
haps wcll-tcstcd in prcvicus gamcs,
cthcrswhichthrcwthcgamcintcun-
chartcd watcrs. Examining thc lattcr,
typical dilcmmas that appc at this
uncturcarc.
W
Canluscthisidcadi0crcntly (inan
imprcvcdvcrsicn,cradi0crcnttim-
ing)7
W
Whatchangcsarcrcquircdtcmakc
thcidcawcrk7
Whcn thc gamc is cvcr, a sclI-
rcIlccting GM alsc wcndcrs why hc
wasdrawntcthcidcainthcrstplacc,
andwhcthcrsuchidcasarc applicablc
insimilarsituaticns.
Tcdcmcnstratcanintcmalccn0ict,
scccmmcninthcgrandmastcr' smind
whcnhccxamincsancn-rcutincidca,
lctuslcckatthcIcllcwingdiagram.
Whitc is apawnup, andhispaircI
passcd pawns cn thc quccnsidc is a
ul0 ~ l0
SyJncy !940
Whitctcplay
prcmising Iactcr in an cnsuing cnd-
gamc. Hcwcvcr, right ncw Blackrc-
tains gccd piccc-play and thc whitc
pawnsarcblcckadcd.
ZZ cZ| 7
Whitc shculd ccnsidcr thc rcply
22. . . Lxc2 23 Wxc2 vc3, as cccurrcd
inthcgamc,aswcllas22. . . vb4,whcn
thcrcckmustabandcnitsncwpcst.lt
is nct clcar, thcn, iI 22 9c2 is wcrth
chcckinginthcrstplacc.
Wculd ycu ccntcmplatc such a
mcvc7laskcdGMGrccnIcld.Hcrc-
0cctcdIcrawhilc,andgavcapcsitivc
answcr, cnthc grcunds thatmakinga
bid tc ccntrcl thc c- lc was lcgical.
OthcrGMs, upcnncticingthcccmpli-
caticns, might discard thc linc altc-
gcthcr.
ZZ...xcZ ZJ WxcZ vcJ Z4 vc4
<xcZ
24. . . Wxb5 25 Wd3. AItcr thc tcxt-
mcvc,Whitcsimplicsintcasupcricr
cnding.
A SISIEM F0R lR0BLEM-S0L\INC 11
Z5 <xb0 &xb5 Z0 axb5 xd4ZJ
&xd4 xd4Zb <c4 d5Zb0&db
J0 b7 &c7 J1 a1 g0 JZ ab+ =gJ
JJ&xd5 cxd5 J4 cb 1-0
Thc idca ccnncctcd with 22 9c2
prcbabIycvclvcd,IrcmWhitc' svicw-
pcint,inthcIcllcwingmanncr.
I ) l' d likc tc advancc my passcd
pawns cn thc quccnsidc, but it' s im-
pcssiblcrightncw.
2) l shculd ccntcstthc c-lc. Hcw
abcut22Zc4,IcIlcwcdby23LIcI7
3) Nc,itIailstc22. . . &xb5,whcnl
Icsc my cxtra pawn. ls thcrc ancthcr
mcvc, withthc samcmctiI7
4) Ycs, 22 Lc2, but 22. . . Hxc2 23
Wxc2vc3 rcIutcsit- dccsitnct7
5) (ScmcanaIysiscIccncrctcvari-
aticns).
o) WhatisthccvaluaticniIwccx-
changc rccks, andcr quccns7 What
will bc thc ccnscqucnccs cIa macr-
piccccnding,withncmincrpicccs7
?) ls it wcrth cntcring thcsc ccm-
plicaticns7Can' tlndasimplcrccn-
tinuaticn7
8) lsitwisctcplayinsuchaman-
ncragainstthisparticularcppcncnt7
9) Hcw dc l IccI abcut 22 Lc27
Aml surc abcutthc scundncsscImy
calcuIaticns7 ls this rcally thc bcst l
canachicvc7
This cngcingdclibcraticn is partly
ccncrctc, partIy abstract, scmc cIits
ingrcdicntsappcaraIscinIcsscrplay-
crs' thcughts, but scmc arcuniquctc
tcpplaycrs.
16 fR0 R f0C
How lar docs a strong chcss-pIaycr
pIanahcad71hsanccntgucstonhas
cIctcd, ovcr thc ycars, dvcrsc an-
swcrs.
Whcrcshandconcrctcanayssis
caIIcdlor, grandmastcrs havc provcd,
tmc and agan, that thcy arc capabIc
ol caIcuIatng Iong varatons accu-
ratcIy. 1hngs arc Icss cIcarwhcn thc
poston dcmands thc Iormaton ol
stratcgc pIans, whch, by naturc, n-
voIvcunlorccdIncsandabstractthnk-
ng.
Lcalng through thc writngs ol
Icadng pIaycrs, onc oltcn wondcrs
whcthcr thcr rctrospcctvc commcn-
taryrc!Icctsthctmth,orawshtogIo-
rilythcmscIvcsnthcpubIccyc.
| 0kh| 00 ~ 1|lk0w0|
SunKcmo!9J0
1d4c0Zc4l5 JgJ l04&gZ&b4+
5 dZ c4 0 aJ xdZ 7 xdZ
> xdZ+bWxdZ 0-0 hJd5 (D)
Hcrc AIckhinc commcnts that hc
dccdcdtolgudatcthcccntraIpawns
as rapdIy aspossbIc, n ordcrto cx-
pIot thc wcakncss ol BIack' s dark
sguarcs.
10 cxd5 cxd5 11 <l4 c0 1Z 0-0
Wc7 1Jb4
1hsmghtbc ntcrprctcdasanat-
uraI movc, commcncng a mnorty
W
attack (a4, b5), but A!ckhnc statcs.
1hc rcaI objcctolthsmovc . . . sto
opcn thcguccn' swayto aZ. '
1J a0
I J . . . dJ I 4b5 vb I 5 bxcbxc
I DlcI s advantagcous lor Whtc
( I . . . -c47 ! J vxd5' ).
14lJ
AIInaccordanccwththcpIann-
auguratcd by hs I 0th movc' - AIc-
khnc.
14 d7 15 c4 lxc4 10lxc4 dxc4
17WaZ+vhb 1b c0 xH+ 1xH
l0Z0g5h0Z1 Wl7| (D)
1hs . . . had to bc lorcsccn whcn
thcccntraI actonwas startcd,'cIams
AIckhnc,andwcarcIcdtobcIcvcthat
whcn cmbarkng upon ! 0 cxd5, thc
GrcatMansawcvcrythngnadvancc.
Z1 Wxl7
ZI . . . Wd8?ZZ Dxl.
1HL LKND-1IN lKUACH 1J1
ZZ xl7+ vh7 ZJ d0 c0! Z4
xb7 d5 Z5 c1 | a7 Z0 vc5 a5
Z7bxa5xa5Zba4
( I -0,50)
Arc grandmastcrsrcaIIycapabIcol
suchmposngmcntaIlcats7Wc havc
cvdcnccto thc contrary. Somc mcm-
bcrs olthc GM nncr crcIc havc cx-
prcsscddoubts aboutthc cxstcncc ol
grunJ/uns. Quotng a commcnt by
Botvnnk, n whch thc cx-worId
champon dcscrbcd a compIcx vc-
stagc mddIcgamc pIan (Bcnko-Bot-
vnnk, Montc CarIo I 98) , chcss
j oumaIst GM Hans Kcc wondcrcd.
Docs t rcaIIy happcn ths way. . . 7
Most olthc tmc, n chcss,tsn` tthc
pIanthatruIcs,butchaos'. Kcccon-
cIudcd that n Botvnnk's casc, thc
abovc commcntarycouId wcII bc au-
thcntc,butopncdthatsuchgrandosc
opcratonswcrccxtrcmcIyrarc.
nanothcrnstancc,lrcnchGM1ocI
Lautcrsrcportcdtohavcsadthatcv-
cryonc pIays movc by movc, but prc-
tcnds altcr thc gamc that hc was
capngoutpIans. SccaIsosakhs' s
commcnts tohs gamc vs Kazuvacv,
and Smrn' s annotatons to somc ol
hsgamcs,nart I .
n modcrn chcss Itcraturc, onc
mcctslrcgucntadmssonsolchangcs
olpIan,ductocrrorsncaIcuIatonor
cvaIuaton.GMcommcntsIkc` hcrc
ntcndcdtoprocccd wth . . . but atthc
Iastmomcnt notccd (thc rclutaton)'
or had m sscd (thc cncmy' s rc-
sponsc) nmy carIcrcaIcuIaton, and
hadtodcvatc. . . 'arccommon.
t sccms that GMs arc oltcn sats-
cd wth mn-pIans, consstng ol a
scrcsoltwotolourmovcs. nacrt-
caI poston n a rcccnt lamous gamc
(Shrov-1opaIov, Lnarcs I 998), thc
wnncrrcportcdIysadthathchadnot
sccnanythngconcrctcnadvancc,but
lcItthatthcrcshouIdbcsomcthngn
thcposton'.
1hcncxtpostonmaybctackIcdn
an hoIstc manncr, as wcII as wth a
' onc stcpatatmc' approach.
W
K0|Ch00| - |u200
Hccgcvccn?00!
WhtctopIay
1JZ 1HL LKANDMAS1LK'S IND
Korchno makcs th s matcraIIy
IcvcIpostonIookIkc alorccdwn.
J4vg5 vc5 J5vh0vl0 J0vh7
>b7J7vgb
WhtcthrcatcnstonItratcbchnd
thc cncmy Incs (=l8-c8-dJ), thus
lorcngBIack' sncxtmovc.
J7 vc7 Jbvg7| &d5 JlJ cxlJ
40gxlJ >ab 41 c4&b7 4Zc5| &d5
BIack must guard aganst 4J c,
amongstothcrthngs.
4Jvh0| b7 44 vg5 &d5 45l4
&c440l5 gxl5 47vl4 (D)
lwc comparcthcpostonwththc
prcvous dagram, wc mght concIudc
thatwcwcrcwtncssng3 grandsuatc-
gcpIan.lrst,thcwhtckngmarchcd
to gJ, thcn a whtc pawn was pushcd
to c5, controIIng thc l-sguarc. Altcr
that, thc whtc kng rctumcd to g5, to
add powcr to thc brcakthrough l4-l5.
BIack's pawn-stmcturc was shattcrcd
andaIossolmatcraIbccamcunavod-
abIc.
ButddtactuaIIyhappcnthatway7
robabIytdd,snccnthssmpIcd
poston t s possbIc to cnvsagc lar
ahcad, and bcsdcs, Nktor Korchno
sancmncntcndgamcpIaycr.Onthc
othcr hand, onc can dccdc upon thc
whtc' s kng tour to gJ on gcncraI
grounds ( ' Ict' smprovcmykng' s po-
ston andthcnwc' II scc how to pro-
cccd' ) .
47 vd74bb4axb44axb4&dJ
50<xl5(D)
50 vc0
50. . . vc wII not brng saIvaton.
5 ! h g 5Z vg5 =d5 5J =l
thrcatcnng54c.
51 <g7+ vd5 5Z <xh5 vc4 5J
vg5 vxb4
Wc cntcr thc Iast stagc, whcrc a
pawn-racc s nthc omng.
54 <l4 &c4 55 h5 b5 50 c0| lxc0
57 -g0 vaJ 5b h0 b4 5 h7 bJ 00
hbWbZ 01 WcJ+vaZ0ZWc4+ 1-0
1o sumup. thc conccptola grand
pIan docs cxst but s probabIy rarcIy
cxcrcscd n GM chcss and onIy n
Imtcd typcs olpostons.
16 6 0 R
0556
Onc olthc most dmcuIt stuatons n
chcss arscs whcn a pIaycr laIs, cvcn
altcrproIongcdthnkng,tondasatis-
lactory soIuton to hs ovcr-thc-board
probIcms. 1hs may occur cthcr bc-
causc mcrc sn' t onc, or cIsc bccausc
thccorrcctsoIutoncIudcshm.
As cvcry toumamcnt gamc s Im-
tcdbyatmc-lramc, adIcmmaprcs-
cntstscIl.oughtapIaycrtopursuchs
gucstlor somcthng that may not cx-
st7HowIong shouIdhccarry onwth
hscllortsbclorcguttng7WhatcIucs
arcthcrctosgnaItohmwhcthcrhcs
onthcrghttrack7
bh| V0Sl - M0d0| S
Lux \cgux!99
BIacktopIay
loIIowng Whtc' s Iast movc, I 9
l4-l5,BIackpondcrcdlorJ I mnutcs.
Altcr consdcrng varous optons hc
concIudcd that. Whtc' s attack was
gong tobc vcry dangcrous nomattcr
whatdd.1hcrclorc,thconIychancc
s torcsoIutcIyattackWhtc andhopc
lorthcbcst.' (Mcdns).
1 ...a5|
CaIcuIaton, supportcd by judgc-
mcnt, brou
|
ht Mcdns to rcaIzc that
Whtc' s attack was strong, pcrhaps
unstoppabIc.nhscommcntaryMcd-
nsdocsn' tbothcrto suggcst concrctc
varatons, whchhc surcIycxamncd.
lacng nsoIubIc obstacIcs, hc chosc
to pursuc hs own pIan. not so much
bccauschcIkcd t, butmorcbccausc
hcbcIcvcditwashs onIyshot.
Z0cJa4Z1> cZb4ZZl0| !gxl0 ZJ
&xh7+vxh7Z4Wh5+vg7Z5Wg4+
I__I_
As lar as I am abIc to asccrtain,
grandmastcrs arc dvidcd n thcir ap-
proachtothcmpasscdIcmma.
Somc GMs lorcc upon thcmscIvcs
at/mc-ccnxtru/nt.thcywIIcxpIorclor
tcnmnutcsorso,andlagoIdcnsoIu-
ton docs notprcscnttscIl, thcy wII
scttIc lorwhat thcy havc (c. g. , GMs
GcIlandandGolshtcn).
1J4 1HL LKANDMAS1LK' S IND
1hc amount oI tmc and cIIort a
pIaycrs rcadytonvcstnaprobIcm-
atc poston sccms to bc cIoscIy con-
ncctcdwthhow strongIy hc bcIcvcs
that a good soIuton wII cmcrgc.
Wc' vcwtncsscd,nthcprcvous scc-
ton, scvcraI cascs nwhcha convc-
tonthat ' somcthngmustbcthcrc',Icd
grandmastcrs to Iaunch a proIongcd
scarchngproccss.
OthcrGMscndorscthccqcct/cn-
/sturcucb. !Ithcy suspcct a brght
movc or pIan Iurks n a ccrtan pos-
ton
'
thcywIIgo aII-outIor t, nvcst
aIIthcrcncrgcsandwIInotrcstuntI
thcyhtgoId. StudycomposcrCostcB
andGMGrccnIcIdarcrcprcscntatvcs
oIthsapproach.
1hcn, n somc spccc stuatons,
c!oscrtothc domanoIprobIcmsthan
tothcpractcaIgamc,anattcmpttoar-
rvc at amathcmatcaIprooI(Comay)
rcgardngthcIcasbItyoIapartcuIar
movcmayprovctobcthcmostprom-
sngmcthod.
LastIy, somc GMs wII act onpar-
taI data- varatons wth nocIcar-cut
cnd - n addton to what thcr ntu-
ton tcIIs thcm. 1hs mcthod oIdcc-
son-makng wIInowbccIaboratcd.
6| 0 R6 | R 1|3CK
N0W 0 10U 0W
A common probIcm Ior aII chcss-
pIaycrsarscswhcnthcyobtanapos-
tonthat oHcrs scvcraIrcasonabIcop-
tons. WhIc t' s casy to choosc ' an
onIymovc' ,ortoprcIcragood,prom-
sngpIantoadubousonc,optngIor
onc path amongst ts cguaI-vaIucd
pccrssanntrcatctask.
Avcragc pIaycrs tcnd to basc thcr
choccs on anaIyss. 1hcy cngagc n
caIcuIaton, strvng to nd ' thc bcst
movc' (scc carIcr chaptcr). !t is my
mprcssonthattoppIaycrsIrcgucntIy
IookIorIcads thatwII sgnaI to thcm
whatthcyoughttoIookIorandwhcna
ccrtandcasthc corrcctonc.
1hcscIcads mayconsst,Iorcxam-
pIc,oIthcIoIIowng.

A gcncraI, unaccountcd-Ior ` Icc!-

ng'that ' thsst'.

AccumuIatcdcxpcncncc,whchsug-
gcsts a ccrtan concIuson (c. g. , ' n
such postons, t s customary to
pIaccrooksoncI anddI ).

Convcrgcncc bctwccn anaIytcaI

dataandpostonaIasscssmcnt.lor
nstancc. ' thc poston appcars to
bc cguaI, andthcInc!' mconsdcr-
ng Icads to mass cxchangcs and a
draw'.

Agrccmcntbctwccnaconcrctcvar-
atonandprcvouscxpcctatons.lor
nstancc. ' kncw my passcd pawn
was a scrous uump, and hcrc thcrc
s a Inc n whch ! can push t to-
wardspromoton' .

Corrcspondcncc bctwccn cxtranc-

ous nIormaton and thc outcomc
oIaccrtanvaraton. lorcxampIc,
onc' s opponcnt' s styIc, Iorm, rc-
ccnt rcsuIts or IacaI cxprcsson
suggcst that hc s not at cascwth
thc stuaton. thcrcIorc ! must bc
dong somcthngrght.

AttanmcntoIntcmcdatcgoaIs.!I,
n thc mdst oI thc path wc choosc,
ouropponcntsIorccdtomakcsomc
1HL ILLMMA UI AN MIASSL 13J
conccssons (hand us thc two bsh-
ops or controI ovcr a kcy Ic), wc
tcndtovcwthsasconmatonthat
thngsarcprogrcssngnthcrghtd-
rccton.
1hc prcvous scctons IIcd wth
such cxampIcs. GM sakh s s ccr-
tan that hs I J c5 aganst SvdIcr
mprovcs hs poston, bascd on an
obscurc, ncxpIcabIc ' lccIng' . GM
GrccnlcId carcluIIy cxamncs a crt-
caIpostonvsWangZI,bccauscthc
shajpostonolsomcpcccs suggcst
tohm(anncrcascd)probabItythat
thcrc wII bc a dccsvc tactc somc-
whcrc'. GM KosashvI sacrccs hs
cntrcarmynagamcaganstGcIpkc,
bccausc hs ntuton and postonaI
undcrstandnggudchmtoscckad-
rcct rclutaton'. GMKcchIs dcduccs
thathcsdongncwhcnhsrvaIsarc
rcstrctcdandpassvc . . . and so on.
1| - L|S00
CunJ/Jutcsmutcb(0), /cJ!90J
1 c4 l0 Z c5 d5 J d4 d0 4 vlJ
dxc5 5 -xc5 c0 0 WlJ Wl0 7 WgJ
h0 b vcJ vb4 b5+ c0 10 =a4
<d7
Lx-worIdchampon1aIasscsscdthc
postonasadvantagcouslorWhtc.!l
couIdnotwnlromsuchaposton . . .
t wouIdmcanthat!hadaItogcthcrlor-
gottcnhowtown.'1aIrccaIIcdthathc
consdcrcdscvcraIconunuatons. I I aJ
<d5 ! Zxc, ! I &l4or ! ! c4Wl5
I Z lJ. SuddcnIy my attcnton was
drawn to thc possbIty ol thc pccc
sacrcc. . .
110-0-xc5 1Zdxc5Wg0 1JWlJ
Wl5 14 WcZ &c7 (D)
15a d510b5|cxb517Wxb5+
MotI Jxb5+vl8 ! 8 dJ vl4' .
1 7 vdb1bc4(D)
Whtc has dcvcIopcd a strong n-
tatvcandaltcrBIacklalcdtoputup
thc strongcstrcsstancc,Whtc won n
J4movcs.
WhatsgnsddWhtchavctotcmpt
hmntothsvaraton?Wc cannamca
lcw.
1J0 1H RANDMASIR'S MlND
ThcvariaticniscIa]orccJnaturc -
thcrcis nctmuchrccmIcr aclcvcrri-
pcstc cvading cur sight. Sidc-varia-
ticnsIikc I?. . . vI877I 8 Wc8#, I . . .O-O
I? vd4Wh? I 8c4vb I 9Sc2 and
I 5. . . -a I -b5 ' cxb5 I ?&xb5+Icl-
lcwcdby I 8&d3, arccasy.
Dc b/ac///ng /s m/s/accJ, in thc
ccntrc cI thc bcard. Takcn tcgcthcr
withthcIcrmcrIactcr,thisgivcsWhitc
adistinctIcclingthathc is conJuct/ng
an o]cns/vc.
Thcrc is a chancc that I b5 ' -
nctancbvicusmcvc- hascvadcdhis
cppcncnt. Hcncc, thc variaticn gains
insurr/scva/uc.
A dccisicn tc initiatc an attack
shculdrcstcnpcsiticnalIcundaticns.
HcrcitcorrcsonJsw/thhh/tc 'sovcr-
a//asscssmcntthathcwasbcttcr.
Thc sacricial linc alsc accorJcJ
w/ththcsp/co]thcwh/tc-/aycr.Dar-
ing,advcnturcus chcsswasTal'shall-
markinthatpcricd.
AlIthcsclcadsccntainamcssagctc
thc whitc-playcr. this is thc way tc
playinthispcsiticn,cr.thisisrightIcr
ycu.
UnIcrtunatcIy,scmctimcsthclcads
dc nct prcducc a cchcrcnt picturc,
scmclcadspcintinaccrtaindirccticn,
whilccthcrsindicatcadihcrcntccursc.
ThcIcllcwinggamcdcmcnstratcsthis
phcncmcncn.
5u. 0| A| 6 Ju
homcn 's hor/JChmatch
(gamc ?), Jacn!990
1c4c5ZlJc0Jd4cxd44xd4
&c55 vxc0Wl0 0 WdZ dxc07vcJ
&c0 b a4 &d0 WcJ <h0 10 hJ
0-0 11&cZ lcb 1Z cJ Wc5 1J l4
Wa5 14dZ&b4 15aJ l5 (D)
WithhcrlastIcwmcvcs,Blackhas
dcvclcpcd scmc initiativc, culminat-
inginapiccc sacricc.
10cxl5&c4
A lct cIplaycrs wculdbc ablc tc
cvaluatcthcscundncsscIBlack' splay
at this pcint. But thc Chincsc grand-
mastcr had tc makc a dccisicn at an
carlicr stagc, prcbably whcn cmbark-
ing upcnhcr I 2thmcvc.
Adcpting thc lcad-ccllccting tcch-
niquc,thcrcismuchtcbcsaidIcrthis
sacricial attack. thc whitc king is
strandcdinthcccntrc.Ablackrcckcn
thccpcnc-lc targcts thcwhitcrcyal
Iamily. Whitc, having tc parry ccn-
crctc thrcats cncvcry tum, hasathcr
dispcsal alimitcdnumbcr cIcpticns.
Thcblack-playcris ancxccllcnttacti-
cian and Iccls at hcmc in such pcsi-
ticns.
Alas,ccncrctcanaIysisundcrmincs
thcvaliditycIBlack' sccnccpticn.
17Wd4| (D)
1H LILEMMA 0FA MPASSE 1J
17... &xcJ
I ? . . . &xc2 I 8Wxb4.
1b&xcJ xcZ+ 1=H| |
Thcnatural I 9vdI allcwsthcsav-
ing mcvc I9..d5, whilc aItcr thc
tcxt-mcvc, nctwithstanding appcar-
anccs(thcavailabilitycIadisccvcrcd
chcck),Whitcwinsmatcrial.
1 ... WxcJ
Or I 9 . . . 9c4+20Wxc4.
Z0 bxcJ c4+ Z1 =lZ xd4 ZZ
cxd4
( I -0,44)
1 16 |C| 0 0
6d| d| 065
Thc primary attracticn cI thc rcyal
gamc tc its adhcrcnts rcsts tc a largc
cxtcnt cn its tactical Iantasy, which
symbcIizcs thc victcry cI spirit cvcr
mattcr.
Ordinaryplaycrsarcusuallythrillcd
whcn thcy scnsc thc pcssibility cI a
'brilliancy' . Thc ultimatc drcam cI a
club-pIaycr is tc prcducc an immcnaI
ccmbinaticn, iInct a ccmplctc ' cvcr-
grccn'gamc.
Grandmastcrs vicw things di0cr-
cntIy. Bcing part cIthc chcss-lcving
Iratcmity, thcy sharc thc samc dcsirc
tc prcducc a brilliancy, Icr thc plca-
surccIthcmsclvcsandthciraudicncc.
Hcwcvcr, bcing imbucd with a strict
rcsult-cricntcdapprcach,GMstcndtc
sccksimplc,ccncrctcandpracticalsc-
Iuticns .
Attractivc,Iascinatingidcasarcnct
always thc bcst cbcctivcly. ln Iact,
' attractivc' and ' c0cctivc' Ircqucntly
ccllidc,aswccansccinthcIcllcwing
diagram.
Lcadingthcmatchbycncpcintin
this prcstigicus man-machinc ccn-
tcst,WhitccculdhavcplaycdI ? 9cI
cr ! ?dxc Zxc I 8 -c4, hclding a
slightcdgc.lnstcad,aItcrthinkingIcr
43 minutcs, hccptcdIcra sacricial
linc.
A|| K 0eep IZ (comp0tc|)
Match(gamc0), ahra/n 2002
Whitctcplay
17 vc4 cxd5 1b vd0 dxc4 1
xl7 =xl7 Z0 &d5+ =g0 Z1 Wg4+
&g5 ZZ & c4+ xc4 ZJ Wxc4+ =h0
Z4 h4 &l0 Z5 &dZ+ g5 Z0 hxg5+
&xg5
OnlyncwdidWhitcdctcctthc0aw
inhisprcliminarycalculaticns. hisin-
tcndcd 2? W c+^I 28 I4 is rcIutcd
by 28. . . &h4' ' , whcn Black gains thc
uppcr hand aItcr 29 gxh4 Wg8+ 30
Wxg8 xg8+3I vh2c3.
Z7 Wh4+ =g0 Zb Wc4+ =g7 Z
& xg5Wxg5J0lc1cxbJJ1Wxd4+
l0
(0- I , 34)
1HE AIRCII0N 0F EA|IIF|L lDEAS 1J
! was in a crcativc mccd, said
KramnikaItcrwards. !ustwantcdtc
cncythcgamc. . . Atlcast!playcdlikc
aman. [1hcr/Jc]actor!] .
!nalatcrprcssccnIcrcnccKramnik
said. OIccursc, (thcdccisicntc sac-
rcc)wasnctvcrypragmatic,itwasa
mistakc . . . but !' m nct surc that !
wculd dc scmcthing diIIcrcnt iI thc
situaticnarcscagain.`
!nthcncxtcpiscdc,thcrcwasncth-
ingwrcngwiththcattractivcidca, yct
thc winncr was nct cntircly happy
withhischcicc.
A5l0V ~ D| K
Daugav//s!9?
Whitctcplay
Thc ycung Kasparcv tcrc Black' s
dcIcnccs apart by Z3 & xg5| mg5 Z
Wh5 l5 Z5 vxg5 l7 (25. . . ZId8 2
ZxI5 ' cxI5 27 &b3+, cr 25. . .LIc8 2
Wh7+vI827 vxc+'Wxc28&xI5)
Z0&xl5| | xl5Z7xl5cxl5 Zb vd5
WcbZWh7+=lb30W M5+=gb31
Wh7+=lbJZZaJ|andwins( I -0,3?).
!nhis bcck 1hc 1csto] 1mc, Kas-
parcvrcvcalcdthatalthcughhisattack
prcvcdtcbcccrrcct, hcbclicvcdthat
hccculdhavcsccrcdthcpcintwithcut
rcwcrks. !ndccd, hc latcr Icund an-
cthcrwinningmcthcd. 23 h4gxh424
Wg4' I5 (24. . . :g 25 Wh5) 25 cxI
vxI 2 -xI+ ZxI 2? ZxI WxI
28 Wc4! Rd8 29Wh?+=I8 30 vb5 '
andsccn.
FurthcrrcadingcIKasparcv'sccm-
mcntaryattcststchis ambivalcncctc-
wardsthcscccndscluticn. Thispath
is undcubtcdly simplcr, hc writcs,
butthcnthcrcwculdncthavcbccn. . .
sacricccItwcbishcpsandanattack
in which all thc whitc pcccs tcck
part.`
Scmcwhcrc alcng thc linc Ircm a
dcvclcping ycungstcr tc a maturc
grandmastcr, cmcicncy takcs prccc-
dcncc cvcr acsthctics. GM Alik Gcr-
shcn, cur ycungcst intcrvicwcc,
grcans. !Ircqucntly ght against an
urgctcmakcthcmcvcslwanttcplay,
at thc cxpcnsc cI thc mcvcs ! shculd
pIay.
Whcn cIcacy and clcgancc ccm-
bnc tcgcthcr, an air cI disbclicI ac-
ccmpanicsthcdisccvcry(sccJ/agram
ovcr/ca].
Z0<h4|
A prcludc tc a sacricial attack,
whichlcavcsadccpacsthcticimprcs-
stcn.
GMKingnctcs. !t'srarcthat(such
things) actually wcrk, and in cnc' s
thcughts ycu cnd up rcturning tc
scmcthing scnsiblc and tcdicus. !t is
asIthcIancy naturc cIthc main inc
gcncratcd a suspicicn rcgarding its
100 1HL LKNOMAS!LK'S INO
K| Dg . H0w0| |
LcnJcn(S/mscns)?00J
WhtctopIay
soundncss. twaswthsomcrcIuctancc
that Kng lorccd hmscIlto chcck thc
varatons, untI convnccd myscIl
thatwasjustwnnng. `
Z0 -xa4 Z1 -l5| gxl5 ZZ cJ
-d4
Othcr movcs aIso Iosc. ZZ. . . l4 ZJ
hJ BcJ Z4 <xl+ lJ Z5WxhJ+,
ZZ . . . cJ ZJ hJ xd5 Z4 WxhJ+
l8Z5cxd5 ,orZZ. . . h8ZJ hJcJ
Z4 xl wth thc dcadIy thrcat Z5
WxhJ+.
ZJgJ+vl7Z4g7+ vc0 (D)
Mowcomcsthcknockout.
Z5Wxl0+| 1-0
d b6f6R0| |
Scrcndpty occurs whcn wc scach n
onc drccton, onIy to strkc goId by
chancconanothcr,unchartcdroad.1hc
phcnomcnon rst occurrcd whcn thc
bbIcaISauI, sonolKsh,madcajour-
ncy to scarch lor somc Iost donkcys,
but cndcd up, nstcad, Kng olsracI.
Sncc that tmc, many sgncant ds-
covcrcs havc bccn m vcd at n ths
manncr, such as Amcrca' s accdcntaI
dscovcrybyCoIumbusn I49Z.
0| ml0V - b00| m0
Hust/ngs!99/90
1c4c0Zd4d5Jcxd5cxd54c4 l0
5 cJ c0 0 vlJ > b4 7 &dJ dxc4 b
> xc4 0-0 0-0bd7 10 &g5 &xcJ
11 bxcJ Wc7 1Z &dJ WxcJ 1J c1
Wa5 14 vc5 xc5 15 c5 WaJ 10
dxc5Wxc5 17&xl0 (D)
Whtc has sacrccd an cxchangc
andapawntorcachan aggrcssvc, at-
tackngposton. 1ruc, altcr I J . . . gxl
hc has nothng bcttcr than pcrpctuaI
chcckbyI 8Wg4+( I 8 xhJ+ssm-
Iar)I 8 . . . vh8 I 9Wh4l5Z0W l+vg8
ZI Wg5+.
17 W cb!|
My thoughts wcrc xcd on draw-
ng,butnowIookcdandcouIdn' tscc
apcrpctuaIchcck. . . torvcmnutcs
couIdn' tsccanythngthatwouIddo . . .
and thcn t dawncd on mc that t was
pontIcssIooknglora draw ataII-
shouId bc pIayng lor matc. . . ' (DoI-
matov). `
1b xh7+| | vxh7
I 8 . . . vh8 I 9 Wh5 or I 8 . . . vl8 I 9
W g4 gxl Z0 cxl Icavcs BIack dc-
lcnccIcss.
1 Wh5+ vgbZ0Wg5Wlb (D)
102 1HE ORANDMASIER'SMIND
Z1 d1| b0 ZZ d4 & a0 ZJ g4
& cZZ4&xg7
Nctthctcmpting 24wxg?+Wxg?
25Zxg?+,bccausccI 25. . .vh8 'draw-
ing (butnct 25. . . vI8772Lh?).
Z4... &xg4Z5&xlb+=MbZ0Wxg4
Subscqucntly Whitc ccnvcrtcd his
advantagcintc victcry ( I -0,8).
Sc, WhitchadapparcntlystumbIcd,
byaccidcnt,upcnvictcry.Luc|dcvil '
Onc may wcndcr what this has tc dc
withthinking.Butasthcncxtcxamplc
dcmcnstratcs, scrcndipityhasmcrctc
itthanmcrcIuck.
L| 0l ~ | 06l
Ubcrwart!994
WhitctcpIay
J0d4
Twcpawnsdcwn,andwithcutmuch
hcpc cI salvaticn, Eingcm tcstics
thathcpIaycdthctcxt-mcvcsclclytc
prcvcntthcsimplIying30. . . c4.
J0WW .WcJJ1Wd1a57 Zl5a47
Atthispcint. o . (l) disccvcrcdwith
nc Iittlc astcnishmcnt that (l) cculd
winaImcstbyIcrcc.- Engcm.
JJ hxg0 hxg0 J4 lxg0 lxg0 J5
& l5| (D)
J5... =g7
35. . . gxI53Wh5IcadstcmatcaI-
tcr 3 . . . Wxd4 3? Wxc8+ cr 3 . . . Za8
3?g.
J0 &xg0 =xg0 J7 Wb1+ =g7 Jb
l5+ vgb J h0+ vg7 40 l5+
=gb41 xc7+=lb4ZWh7xc74J
Whb+ 1-0
WasWhitc' svictcryustamattcrcI
Iuck7 dcubt it. Whitc pcstcd his
picccs in thc mcst activc pcsiticns .
Hc prcIcrrcd 30Ld4 tc thc mcck 30
ZcI cr30Wc2 (which aIsc prcvcnts
30. . . :c4). Hc thrcw an avalanchc cI
pawnsatBIack` sthrcat.Hcdidn' twait
passivcly Icr thc smilc cI Iatc, but
rathcrpavcdthc wayIcrcppcrtunity.
Oncchcgcthis chancc, hcgrabbcdit
withbcthhands.
Scrcndpity - namcIy, thc giIt cI
nding valuablc cr agrccablc things
nct scught Icr - implics ccntradic-
ticn. Yct a gccd chcss-playcr must
IcamtcIivcinambivaIcncc. tcscarch
SERENDIPII 10J
Icraclcardirccticn,ycttclcavcrccm
Icr indirccticn, tc scck a particular
gcalcraccrtainrcsult,butbcrcadytc
mcdiIy his aims ductc changing cir-
cumstanccs.
u bc ablc tc rcap dividcnds Ircm
scrcndipity,cnchastclivcinastatccI
]oat/ng th/n//ng. l think that grand-
mastcrs practicc this a lct. Ycu may
rccall GM GcIIand' s rcccllccticn cI
disccvcnngsignictidcaswhilcrcst-
ingcrcvcninhsslccp.GMKcsashvili
tcldmccIasimilarcxpcricncc,whcn
thc rcIutaticn cI a piccc cI analysis
ccnductcdinhsprcscncccccurrcdtc
himduringatclcphcncccnvcrsaticn.
Grandmastcrsarcprccccupicdwith
chcss mattcrs cvcn whcn thcy'rc nct
playing cr analysing. ln this rcspcct,
thcyarcnctuniquc.tcpcxpcrtsinvar-
icus clds act simiIarly. By kccping
curminds cpcn, wc may rcccivc and
abscrb uscIul data, cvcn in a statc cI
hall-awcncss.
|05 0 L05 0
LX6|| 56
Bcingancxpcrtccrtainlygivcsycuan
cdgc. Whcn ycu kncw mcrc, undcr-
standbcttcr,graspIastcr- thisisgrcat.
Thcrcc,hcwcvcr,scmcdrawbackstc
bcing a (chcss)cxpcrt. Ycu spctmany
grcat mcvcs Icr ycur cppcncnt, ycu
Icar mcrc dangcrs. Hcncc ycu might
skip scmc casy victcrics that crdiny
playcrs wculd sccrc. A grandmastcr's
strcngthsarc scmctimcshisburdcn.
6l6K0V ~ f056|
CSSR Ch, Moscow!90!
Blacktcplay
Z... cJ| J0 d57| cZ J1 Wxcb+
vh7 JZ &CZ
32 KdI Iails tc 32 . . . cxdIW+ 33
&xdI Wd2.
JZMM g0
AItcr 32. . . I57 33 2dI ' cxdIW+ 34
&xdI Wd27 35 Wxh5+ vg87 3
&b3+Whitcmatcs.
JJWxl7+vh0J4gJ7| /D)
Ncwancrdinarymcrtalwculdplay
34. . . cIW+ withcutblinking. A strcng
andimaginativcplaycrthathcis,Brcn-
stcin was lccking at Iantastic varia-
ticns likc 34. . . cI W+ 35 vg2 Wg4
(35. . . WI77 3 Lxh5+' matcs aItcr
3. . . vxh5/gxh5 3? Wh?+). Ncw 3
h3' 7 is ccuntcrcd by 3. . . Wxh3+' ,
whilc39d8 ' 7 (intcnding3 . . . &xd8
3?WI8+vh?38WI?+withapcqct-
ualchcck)Iailstc3. . . Wh3+' 3?vI3
(3?vxh37WII#)3?. . hI +38vc2
W3II+andBlack' sattackccmcsrst.
IR0S AND C0NS 0F LXPERIISE 10J
!n scvcrc timc-trcublc, Brcnstcn
Ialcd tc nd a prcpcr answcr tc 3
9d8, andinthccndcptcdIcrawcakcr
ccntinuaticn,prcmctingthcc-pawntc
a knight instcad cI a quccn( ' ) . This
prcvcd succcssIuI cnly ductc his cp-
pcncnt' sblundcr.
J4...Wc1+7 J5 =gZ Wl1+ J0 =lJ
c1<+ J7 =cJ vXcZ+ Jb =dZ vb4
(D)
J Xh5+77
39 WI4+' g5 40 9d+ is ccrrcct.
Withthctcxt-mcvc,Whitcwashcping
Icr39. . . gxh5740Wc+' .
J ... =Xh5 40 Wh7+ =g441cXb4
&Xb4+ 0-1
Sc, cvcnIycuarcnctparticularly
giItcd at chcss, ycu mght cccasicn-
ally chccsc bcttcrmcvcs than grand-
mastcrs.Thus,padcxically,igncrancc
may tum cut tc bc a bIcssing in dis-
guisc.
Suppcsc wc wish tc study a ncw
cpcning, cracquaintcursclvcs with a
ccrtan typc cI cndgamc. Shculd wc
apprcach thcsc issucs with a Ircsh,
naIvc mind, cr rcIcr tc accumulatcd
kncwlcdgcas curstartingpcint7
Mathcmatician Andrcw Wilcs, thc
cclcbratcd sclvcrcIFcrmat' s lastthc-
crcm, placcdhis hands cncvcthing
dcnc by prcvicus gcncraticns in his
spccic cld, bcIcrc trying his cwn
mcthcds.
Onthc cthcr hand, thc grcat Latin
Amcricanwritcr,AugustcMcntcrrcsc,
said in cnc cIhis Iast intcrvicws. l
ncvcr lcamcdhcw tc writc a stcry cr
an articlc. Mcrccvcr, l' m aIraid cI
suchkncwlcdgc.ldcn' twanttckncw.
l havc a scrt cIprcudicc . . . that iI l
kcwhcwtcccnstructastcry,l` Iltum
IrcmanartisttcacraItsman,andthcn
!' ll bc ablc tc ccmplctc a stcry cvcry
cightdays.
Bcing kncwlcdgcablcinycur sub-
cctsavcsprccicustimcandavcidsthc
IcllycIrcinvcntingthcwhccl.Onthc
cthcrhand,itmayhavcscmcundcsir-
ablc rcpcrcussicns cn thc cxplcrcr' s
qucst.
M| 65 ~ 66K
Dubna!9?0
1 c4 c5 Zl4<l0 J <cJ d54 c5d45
cXl0 dXcJ 0 lXg7 cXdZ+ 7 WXdZ
WXdZ+ b & XdZ &Xg7 0-0-0 & l5
(D)
10 <cZ <c0 11&cJ cb 1Z <gJ
&g4 1J d5
WhcnMichaclBasmanintcrvicwcd
GM Tcny Milcs abcut this and cthcr
gamcs, hc gucdthat I 0<cZ and I 3
Pd5wcrcncn-autcmatic,ncn-standard
kind cI mcvcs. That' s bccausc !' m
nctuscd tcplayngthiscpcnng. Ycu
100 1HE ORNDMASIER'S MIND
scc, l dcn` t kncw hcw tc pIay it l
dcn` t rcaIizc (what is) thc autcmatic
mcvc,rcpIicdMiIcs, haIIincst.
1J WWW & d4 14 &xd4 cxd4 15 &b5
&d7 10vc4db17&xc0| bxc0
I 7 . v 4 Sxc I 8I+' cxI I 9LcI+
winsIcrWhitc.
1b xd4
( I -0, 2)
AssumingwcdctakcadvantagccI
cxistingkncwIcdgc,shcuIdwcscanit
causaIIy cr with a spccic aim in
mind7
Viswanathan Anand, cnc cI thc
cutstanding chcss-pIaycrs cI mcdcm
timcs, dcscribcs his apprcach as a
ycungpIaycr. lrcadaIct,butaIways
in a vcry discrganizcd way. l ncvcr
thcught ' whatarcmyrcpcrtcircprcb-
Icmsandhcwamlgcingtcwcrkthcm
cut7` . lustkcptcnrcading and a Ict
cIitcamcinhandy.
Z 165, 16 |6 | H6|6
| 0 | ~ 00Z6K0
Hungaj!99J
Whitctcplay
10 WcZ &a4 17 d4| &xd4 1b
<xd4 c57| 1 Wxc5| cb Z0 <c0|
lxc0Z1 bJ c7 (D)
2I . . . Wb8 22d.
ZZ&bZWlbZJd0Wg7Z4WcZc5
24. . . & b525wd2.
Z5dxc7&c0Z0& hJWxc7Z7b4|
Wxb4ZbWxc5 1-0
AnimprcssivcattackbyGMZcltan
Ribli. thc whitc picccs cccpcratcd in
pcrIcct harmcny. Cculd an crdinary
club-playcr prcducc such brilliancy7
On a bright day, hc might. But wc
rcckcnthatagrandmastcrwculdlcck
at thc diagram pcsiticn in a diIIcrcnt
manncr Ircm1cc Avcragc. Hc wculd
alscsccdiIIcrcntthings.
Hcrcarc scmcdi0crcnccsbctwccn
thctwc.

An avcragc playcr will bcgin by

rcvicwinghispcssibilitics ,agrand-
mastcr wilI rst survcy his cppc-
ncnt' splansandwillquicklyrcalizc
thatI . . Jc8, IcllcwcdbyI ? . . . <c4
cr I ? . . . &a4, wculdgrantBlack sc-
ricusccuntcrplay,iIallcwcd.

Anavcragcplaycrwillstartbycal-
culating variaticns, a grandmastcr
willdirccthis thcughtstcthc stra-
tcgic situaticn, wcigh thc rcIativc
strcngths and wcakncsscs cI thc
picccs,andtrytcndthcirmcstin-
0ucntialcutpcsts.

AnavcragcplaycrwillIccuscnthc
shcrt tcrm, a grandmastcr wilI bc
intcrcstcd in Iuturc dcvclcpmcnts,
inthcpctcntialcImakingprcgrcss.
10 1HE RADMASIER'S mIND

Thc idca cI I ? Zd4 will prcbably

strikc an crdinary playcr as a sur-
prisingrcvclaticn.Fcragrandmas-
tcr, giving up an cxchangc tc gain
ccntrclcIthcdarksquarcsisarcu-
tinc,Iamiliardcvicc.ltiscnccIthc
numcrcuspattcmscmbcddcdinhis
vastchcssvccabulary.
Thc list is lcng. an intcrmcdiatc
playcrmayskipthcsignsthatattcsttc
thc critical naturc cIthc pcsiticn dc-
pictcd in thc diagram, a grandmastcr
willnctcvcrlcckthcirsignicancc.A
club-playcr wilI trytc strctch his caI-
culaticn as Iar as pcssibIc, a grand-
mastcr will bc plcascd cncugh with
hispcsiticnaItcr I 7 . . . Sxd4 I 8 vxd4
andlcckncIurthcr. Thcnccdtc ccm-
mitcncsclItcadditicnalsacriccs( I 9
Wxc5 'ccuplcdwith20vc' ) maydc-
tcr a lcsscr playcr Ircm cntcring thc
ccmplicaticns in thc rst placc. A
grandmastcrwilIattributclcsswcight
tc ccnsidcraticns likc ' matcrial' and
' timc' , and ccmprchcnd thc crushing
pcwcr cIthc linc-up alcng thc aI-h8
diagcnal.
ltissaidthatcvcryamatcurcancrc-
atc, at timcs, a grandmastcrly gamc.
Butwhcnancrdinaryplaycrshincs,as
arulc,hcdccssccnthctacticallcvcl.l
trulybclicvcthatmanyprcIcundidcas
cculd nct havc bccn thc prcduct cI
plainplaycrs.
l submitthc ncxt cpiscdc as an cx-
amplc. lIthcavcragc 1cc wcrc ablctc
rcprcducc Gulkc' splay, thcn thc idca
cI' grandmastcrthinking'wculdbcIu-
tilc.Asitis,lthinkthatittakcsagrand-
mastcrtcccnccivcthcupccmingplan.
656 u K0
CS Ucn, Somcrsct!90
Whitctcplay
Z0WdZvxcJZ1vc5
Gulkc' s ccmmcntary dccs nctrc-
vcal iI hc' d sccn this thrust in ad-
vancc. Black is abcut tc lcsc his
quccn (22 b3) and thc gamc' s rcsult
dcpcnds cnthc kind cImatcrial and
pcsiticnal ccmpcnsaticn hc' s likcly
tccbtain.
Blackhasathisdispcsalscvcralcp-
ticns. 2I . . . bxc5 22 b3 WII 23 ZxII
vxII isthcnatural chcicc, maximiz-
ing his matcrial gains tc a rcck and
twcmincrpicccsIcrthcquccn.Hcw-
cvcr,thcccntinuaticn24Wc2cxd425
cxd4& b42va2isnctvcryprcmis-
ing Icr Black, as thc whitc quccn is
quitcpcwcrIul.
2I . . . vII22Wc2Sxc523b3Wxc3
24 Wxc3 & b4 and 2I . . . vg4 22 b3
= xc5 23dxc5Sxc5, gainingI2with
an attacking initiativc, arc alsc intcr-
cstingtrics. RcgardlcsscIwhichiscb-
cctivcIybcst,Gulkc' sactualchciccis
astcunding.
1S, 1HI AR LIFFLRNI 10
Z1...&xc5| | ZZ bJ &c7 ZJ bxc4
<xc4Z4WcZg4 (D)
Black has cnly twc bishcps and a
pawn in rctum Icr thc quccn and hc
has nc ccncrctc, immcdiatc thrcats.
Hcwcvcr,hispicccsccntrclthcwhclc
bcard.Whitcis ataIcssIcrapcsitivc
pIan, cithcrncw, crinthcIcrcsccablc
Iuturc.
Z5 dJ dgb Z0 <bZ vxbZ Z7
WxbZh4ZbWcZh5Zab1 &c4
Black`sbishcpsIcutwcighWhitc`s
rccks. Tc Whitc` s chagrin, hc is un-
ablc tc casc thc prcssurc by trading
thcscbcasts.
ln this kind cIpcsiticn, Whitc can
cnlyhcpcthatBlackisunablctcbrcak
thrcugh. Hc isrcstrictcdtc thcrclccI
apassivc spcctatcr.
J0 cJ &g5 J1 dJ &h0 JZ H
l5 JJ gJ7| Fhb| J4 ld1 h5 J5
WcZ hxgJ J0lxgJ &cJ+| J7 WxcJ
3?vhIxh2+38Wxh29xh2+39
vxh2&g5iswinningIcrBlack.
J7...xhZJbWg57
38Wd2stillhcldsaghtingchancc.
Jb... &xdJ JxdJ h1 40=lZ
bhZ+ 41 =cJc1 0-1
Tcplay 2I . . . & xc5 ' ' ycuhavctc.
lmag/nc thattwc mincr picccs can
cutclassaquccn.
Iocuscnabstractstratcgy,andmin-
imizcccncrctcanalysis.
CnJcrstanJ that timc isnct cIthc
csscncc hcrc, and that Black can dc-
plcyhisIcrccslcisurcly.
lJcntythatWhitcwillaimatcpcn-
ingthcgamccratcxchangingrccksIcr
bishcps.
Rca//zcthatBIackcanIcilWhitc`s
pIan.
Knowthatinapracticalgamc,prc-
lcngcdpassivcplay,whilchcIdingcn
tc a (usclcss) matcrial advantagc, is
bcund tc Irustratc cnc` s cppcncnt,
lcwcr his spirits, and ccnscqucntly,
aIIcctthclcvclcIhis pIay.
Put tcgcthcr, this may bc thc cs-
scncc cIthc illusivc ccnccpt ' grand-
mastcr` sthinking` .
Z L|| | C| bdCC655 C0|5
This bcck has Iccuscd cn thc think-
ing-prcccsscIchcssgrandmastcrs. As
curdiscussicnisccmingtc aclcsc,it
wculd bc apprcpriatc tc rcmind cur-
sclvcs that succcss in chcss invclvcs
mcrcthanastrcngbrainandcIcicnt
prcblcm-sclvingmcthcds.
Scmcqualiticsthatwcrcccnsidcrcd
csscntial inthc nct -sc-distant past arc
dccmcd lcss crucial ncwadays. Iastcr
timc-limits mcan a diminishing cm-
phasiscnat/cncc,ccmputcrizcddata-
bascsdccrcascthcvaluccImcmoj.
But cthcr clcmcnts rcmain para-
mcunt. Conccntrat/on is cnc. l cItcn
wcndcriIpccplcrcalizchcw diIcult
it is tc kccp cncsclI mmcrscd in a
chcssbcard, tctally igncring cxtranc-
cus cvcnts.
Pccplc cund us makc lcvc, wcrk
hardtc mcct nancialnccds, pcrishin
mcnstrcustcncracts, starvc,makcsig-
nicantdisccvcrics,havcIun.Familics
andIricnds rcquirc ccnstant cc. Na-
ticns disintcgratc and disappcar, ncw
cntiticsarcIcrmcd.Attimcsthcwhclc
wcrldis inturmcil. Yct agrandmastcr
iscxpcctcdtccxplcrcIcrhcursbrcath-
taking qucsticns likc ' is my bishcp
strcngcrthan my cppcncnt' s knight' ,
cr' iIlsacriccapawn,dclgctcncugh
ccmpcnsaticn'- qucsticnswhichhavc
nc rclcvancc tc anything (cxccpt thc
gamc n prcgrcss) cr anycnc (apt
Ircmhimscl[.
lt takcs a ccrtain typc cIcharactcr
tc pcrIcrm such tasks with dcdicatcd
singlc-mindcdncss.
Ancthcr kcy Iactcr is toughncss.
thcabilitytcwithstandshccksthatac-
ccmpany unIcrcsccn mcvcs by cnc' s
cppcncnt, tc riscIrcmthc ashcshav-
ing spcilt cnc' s chanccs with a carc-
lcssmistakc,tcstayccclandhandlca
crisiswithcquanimity.
Additicnal Iactcrs which ccrrclatc
tc succcss in chcss arc cnc' slcvcl cI
mot/vat/on, willingncsstcinvcstharJ
wor/, austcrcscq-J/sc///nc,comct/-
t/vcJr/vcandmcrc.
Thinking likc a grandmastcr may
putcnccnthcrighttrack,butIcractu-
ally bcccming a Icrmidablc playcr, a
hcstcIcthcringrcdicntsarcrcquircd.
66|6C65
I ) How lco/c Lcurn: ru/n, m/nJ, cxcr/cncc unJschoo//1. D. BransIcrd,
A. L. Brcwn&R.Cccking(cd. )/ThcNaticnalAcadcmicPrcss, USAI 999/
Ch. 2- Hcw cxpcrtsdi0crIrcmncviccs.
2) Chcss:Scr/ous;]orIun/l. Birbragcr/ChcssLtd.EnglandI 9?5/pp.?2-4 /
OriginallyappcarcdasZun/mutc/nycShu/hmup,Tashkcnt I 9I .
3 ) Nctcs tc thc gamc Liu Wcnzhc-Dcnncr / Ch/ncsc Schoo/ o] Chcss / Liu
Wcnzhc /BatsIcrd, Lcndcn, 2002 / pp. I 0- I I .
4) NctcstcthcgamcKarpcv-Gulkc/Ncw/n Chcss8/I99,pp. ?2-3.
5) WhatLicsAhcad/Training&Dcvclcpmcnt I/2003 /pp. 34-43 .
) ldccnZurStudicnkcmpcsiticn/A. Avni/RochuJc2/2000 /p. 58
?) Eurcka' HcwChcssldcasArcBcm/A. Avni/Squurcs I/2003/pp.42-5.
8) 1houghtunJCho/cc/nChcss/A. D. dcGrcct/Mcutcn, I 9?8/pp. 80-4
9) Scc Psakhis-Spcclman, Hastings I 98?/8 (2I. . . va2' 7) and Psakhis-Spccl-
man,McsccwGMA I 990( I 5. . . &xg3 ' 7).
I 0) ln]ormatorJ//SahcvskilnIcrmatcr,Bclgradc I 984 /Nc.498
I I ) Licchtcnstcin/1. Grant/Nctcsby1.Hcwcll/Scott/sh Chcss I 2/I 995/pp.
40- I
I 2) LnJgamc \/rtuoso/V. Smyslcv/Cadcgan,Lcndcn I 997/p. 5 I .
I 3) LCR /ThcNcthcrlands/3/2003,p. 2-3.
I 4) LnJgumc\/rtuos/p,usc/cct/ono]222lsruc//chcssstuJ/cs/Ausuia! 99 /p.
8?.
I 5) Nctcs tcthc gamc Kcsashvili-V.Mikalcvsky / Y. Kcsashvili / Schuhmut
2/I 993 /pp. I 5- I?.
I ) Nctcst cthcgamcGclcd-Gcrshcn /A. Gcrshcn/SchuhmutI/200I/p. 29.
I ?) 1h/n/L//cuGrunJmustcr/A. Kctcv/BatsIcrd,LcndcnI 9? I /pp.25-5.
I 8) Attuc/w/thM//hu//1al / M. Tal&Y. Damsky/Cadcgan,LcndcnI994 / p.?
I 9) Chcss thcMcchan/cso]thcM/nJ/H.P0cgcr&G.Trcppncr/ThcCrcwccd
Prcss, England ! 988 /p. I I ?
20) 1hc Cr/t/cu/Momcnt/l.DcrIman/GamcMind,Francc2002
2I ) A ChcssUmn/bus/E.Wintcr/RussclIEntcrpriscs,USA2003/pp. ?- I 3.
22) NctcstcthcgamcGcIshtcin-Bacrct/Schuhmat/I 99/pp. 32-3
23) A1cumcytcthcTcp/S. Kandclshinc/Schuhmut4/I 999 /pp.45-8.
24) Nctcstcthcgamc!. Sckclcv-Smirin/Ncw/ nChcss3/I 993/pp.40- I
1 Z 1HL KNLMA1LK INL
Z5) 1hcuh/cnJChc/cc /n Chcxx/A. O. dcGroot/Mouton ! T8
Z) Skl!nChcss/H. A. Smon W. G. Chasc/Amcr/ccn Sc/cn//x/! , ! TJ,
pp. J4-40J.
ZT) LxpcrtMcmory. A Comparson oIlour1hcorcs/l. Gobct, n Ccn///cn
, ! 8, pp. ! ! 5-5Z
Z8) ChcssandContcnt-OrcntcdFsychologyoI1hnkng/F. Saaluoma/Ix/-
cc/c/cc ZZ, Z00! , pp. ! 4J-4
Z) 1hcFcrccptualAspcctoISkllcdFcrIormanccnChcss. LvdcnccIromLyc-
Movcmcnts/ M. Chamcss, L. M. Kcngold, M. Fomplun O. M. Stampc /
Mcmcj Ccn///cn Z (8), Z00! , pp. ! ! 4-5Z
J0) Fcrccptual Cogntvc Lxpcrts n Sport/M. Wllams / 1hcIxychc/c/x/
! 58/Z00Z /pp. 4! -T
J ! ) 1hcMcurosccntc BassoIChcssFlayng. Applcatons tothcOcvclop-
mcntoI1alcntandLducaton/W. M. Bart M. Athcrton/Fapcrprcscntcd
nAmcrcanLducatonalKcscarchAssocatonMcctng, 4/Z00J
JZ) Luwc-Alckhnc/notcsbyM. LuwcnIrcmMy Ocmcx 1PZJ- 1PJ/ /Oovcr
! T5/pp. - ! 0J
JJ) 1hcScvcnOcuJ/y ChcxxS/nx/1. Kowson/GambtZ00! /p. ! 5
J4) Motcs tothcgamcGunguly-Svdlcr/Ncw/n Chcxx 8/Z00Z, p. Z
J5) MotcstothcgamcKramnk-Barccv/Ncw/n Chcxx Z/Z00J,p. Z
J) Motcstothcgamc Kcshcvsky-Oakc/ChcxxLcT/! TT pp. J-T.
JT) Motcsto thcgamcLhlmann-Hartston/Chcxx !/! T,pp. ! ! -Z0.
J8) N. Hort/Hcw/cUcnc Chcxx Ocmc/KHMFrcss ! T4 /pp.! -J
J) Motcs tothcgamcWcbb-Baumbach/ChcxxMc// /Z00J /pp. 4! -Z.
40) MotcstothcgamcAlckhnc-1artakowcr/A/cxunJcrA/ckh/nc'xcx/Ocmcx
/A. Alcknc/BatsIord, London ! /pp. ! 4-.
4! ) MotcstothcgamcBcnko-Botvnnk /c/v/nn/k'xcx/Ocmcx1P1/- 1P/J /
M. Botvnnk/BatsIord, London ! TT/pp. ZZ4-5.
4Z) 1hcHumun CcmcJyc]Chcxx/H. Kcc/KusscllLntcrprscs,LSA! /p.
! Z0.
4J) 1hcMc/hcJ/nChcxx/. OorIman/SarIGamcMnd,lranccZ00!/p. ! Z.
44) Crcc//vc ChcxxS/rc/cy/A. Komcro/ambt, Z00J/p. Z05
45) MotcstothcgamcLhlvcst-Mcdns/lnx/Jc Chcxx 8/! 8/p. 40
4) A//cckw//hM/khc//1c//M.1al Y. Oamsky/Cadogan,London! 4 /pp.
Z4-ZT
4T) MotcstothcgamcKramnk-Occplritz/BransnBahran/O. Kng/r//-
/xhChcxxMcc;/nc ! Z/Z00Z /pp. JJ-T.
48) 1hc 1cx/c/1/mc G. Kasparov/Fcrgamon !8 /pp. -T
4) MotcstothcgamcKng-O.Howcll/ ChcxxMcn/h/y ! Z/Z00J/pp. 5-
50) Motcs to thc gamc Oolmatov-Spcclman / Ucn/n Irccrc//cn / M. Ovor-
ctsky A. Yusupov/BatsIord,London I4/pp. J-7
LILKLNCL 1 J
5 !) MotcstothcgamcLngom-Zlbcrman/Occ/x/cn-Mck/nctthc ChcxxccrJ
/N. Lngom/Gambt Z00J/. T8-T
5Z) Icrmc/ 'xLn/mc/S. Sngh/Bantam, ! 8
5J) S/n]cn/c Ccnc/u/Jc /A. Montcrroso/Anagrama ! 0, Mcw Lbrary(Hc-
brcw)Z00J/. ! 4J
54) 1cn)M//cx, // 'x cn/)mc/ G. Lawton/BatsIord Z00J /. 54-
55) Mcc//hcMcxtcrx/C. lorbcs/1oumamcntChcss ! 4 /. 4Z
5) Motcstothc gamcChcsncy-Gulko/Amcr/ccn Chcxx1cumc/(Z) !J, .
5-T.
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