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3
g3................................................... f4 (Vienna
Gambit)
d5........................ Bc5(e)
d5
4
exd5
Bg2
fxe5(g)
Nxd5
0—0(f)
Nxe4
5
Bg2
d3
Nf3.................................................... d3.....................
Qf3
Nxc3(a)
Re8
Be7
Bg4
Nxc3(1)
f5
6
bxc3
Nge2
d4(h)
Qe2(j)
bxc3
d3
Bd6(b)
c6
0—0
Ng5
d4(m)
Nxc3
7
Nf3(c)
0—0
Bd3
h4(k)
Nf3
bxc3
0—0
d5
f5
Nxf3+
Nc6(n)
d4
8
0—0
exd5
exf6
gxf3
cxd4
Qg3(p)
Nd7
Nxd5
Bxf6
Be6
Bb4+
Nc6
9
d3
Khl
0—0
d4
Bd2
Be2
Rb8
Bg4
Nc6
Nc6
Bxd2f+
Be6
10
a4
h3
Nxe4
Be3
Qxd2
Bf3
b6(d)
Be6 =
dxe4(i)
Be7 =
Nxd4(o)
Qd7(q)
(a) 5 . . . Be6 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 0—0 Be7 8 Rel Bf6 9 Ne4 + Smyslov—Polugaevsky, USSR 1961.
(b) (A) 6... Be7 7 Nf3 Nc6 8 0—0 0—0 9 Rel Bf6 and now 10 Rbi would give White the edge, Soltis—Ljubojevh~, New York 1985. (B) 6 .. . Nc6 and (C) 6 ... Nd7 are also possible.
(c) 7 Ne2 0—0 8 0—0 c6 9 d3 Nd? 10 f4 exf4 11 Bxf4 =, Spassky—Karpov, Tilburg 1979.
(d) After 11 aS Bb7 12 axb6 the game Benko—Smyslov, Las Palmas 1971, was equal and agreed a "grandmaster draw."
(e) An enterprising try is (A) 3 ...
h5. After 4 Nf 3 h4 5 Nxh4 Rxh4 6 gxh4 Qxh4 Black had play for the exchange,
Dreev—Khalifman, USSR 1984. (B) 3 ... Bb4 and (C) 3 . . . c6 are
also playable here.
(f) 5 ... Nc6 6 Nf 3 d6 7 d3 a6 8 0—0 0—0 with just a tiny edge for White, Vorotnikov— Havsky, USSR 1973. The column is Portisch—Toran, Malaga 1961.
(g) Steinitz s 4 d3 should be met by
4 ... exf4 5 exd5 (5 Bxf4 Bb4 6 exds Nxd5 7 Bd2 Bxc3 8 bxc3 0—0 [Spielmann—Lasker,
St. Petersburg 1909] and 5 e5 d4! both favor Black) 5 ...
Bb4 with good play.
(h) (A) 6 d3 Nxc3 7 bxc3 0—08 c4 f6! 9 Be3 fxe5 10 Nxe5 Bf5 =, Spielmann—Kaufman, 1917. (B) 6 Qe2 f5! or 6 . . . Nxc3 7 dxc3 c5! Comments.
(i) After 11 Bxe4 Nxd4 12 Ng5 Bf5 13 c3 (13 BxfS Nxf5 14 Ne6 Qxdl 15 Rxdi Rfe8 16 Nxc7 Rad8 +,) 13 . . . BxgS with an equal position, Spielmann—Reti, Vienna 1922.
(j) (A) 6 Be2 Nc6 7 d3 Bxf3! is dangerous for White, Wolf—Vidmar, Carlsbad 1907. (B) 6 d3 Nxc3 7 bxc3 Be7
(k) 7 d4 is more thematic, but after 7 ... NxfSt 8 gxf 3 Be6 the game is also equal.
(l) (A] 5... Qh4t?! 6 g3 Nxg3 7 Nfa
QhS 8 Nxd5 is not recommended for Black. (B) A sharp line is 5 ... Bb4
6 dxe4 Qh4t 7 Ke2 Bxc3 8 bxca Bg4t 9 Nf3 dxe4 10 Qd4, hut White
should be better.
(m) Besides the text Black can play
simply 6 ... Be7 or 6 ... c5 and achieve a reasonable
position.
(n) 7.. . dxc3 8 Be2 Be7 9 0—0 Be6 10 Qel Nc6 11 Qxc3 0—0 is about equal, Sax—Plaskett, Lugano 1986.
(o] After 11 c3 Nxf3t 12 gxf 3 f 6! Black held the advantage in Terentiev—Kaidanov, USSR 1984.
(p1 8 Bd2 bxc3 9 Bxca Bb4! 10 Bxb4 Qh4t ~, Spielmann—Duras, Coburg 1904.
(q) 11 Ne2 Bc5 12 c4 0—0 13 0—0 Bxc4
and Black is better, Spielmann—Romanovsky, Moscow 1925.