[Event "Leningrad2"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2500"] [Annotator "Hazai/Lukacs"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/0iVkxKw7/okFBxQqL"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 { Considered the most flexible reply from Black, keeping all options open. } 3. e4 (3. d4!? { Is not that stupid here, trying to exploit the sligthly unusual placement of the Black knight. }) 3... e5! { This is the main idea of 2..Nc6. Black immediately fights back in the centre. } (3... d6 4. exf5 (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5!? fxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Nd5 Be7 8. Bc4 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Rf8 10. Be3 Bg4 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Qb5! $14 { [%csl Rb7,Re8] }) 4... Bxf5 5. d4 Nf6 (5... e5 6. Bb5)) 4. Nc3 (4. d4 { This may transpose to a different opening (the Vienna game). }) (4. exf5 { This allows Black to claim the centre. } 4... d5 { Here we see the difference between 2..d6 and the more flexible 2..Nc6. Black wants to play d7-d5 in one move. } 5. d4! (5. Qe2!? Bd6 6. g4 h5 $13) 5... exd4! (5... Nxd4?? { A thematic blunder. } 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qh5+ $16) (5... e4 6. Ne5 Nxe5 (6... Bxf5 7. Bb5 Ne7 8. Bg5! $36 (8. Bf4?! a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 $132)) 7. dxe5 Bxf5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nc3 c6 10. f3! { Black suffers from a lack in development. }) 6. Nxd4 (6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Kf1 Bxf5 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O-O $13) 6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bxf5 8. Nc3 { A critical position. It is important to know how to play in such positions to exploit the initiative. } (8. Be2 Bxc2 9. O-O Nf6 $13) (8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O $13) 8... Bxc2! { Surprisingly, this pawn grabbing move cannot be punished immediately. } (8... Nf6) 9. Qd2 (9. Nxd5 Ne7) (9. Bb5+ c6) (9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 O-O) 9... Bg6 10. Nxd5 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qe3+ Qe7 13. Bc4 O-O-O 14. O-O Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Bd6) 4... Nf6 (4... d6 { This is Carlsen - Dolmatov again. }) (4... Bb4! { Probably the most precise move. } 5. exf5 (5. Bg5 Nf6 $13) (5. d4 Nf6! { Striking back in the centre. } { [%cal Rb4e1,Gf6e4] } 6. exf5 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O $13) 5... d5 (5... Nf6 6. a3) 6. Bg5 (6. g4? { Tempting, but too greedy in light of Black's next move. } 6... h5 { Breaking up the pawn structure. }) (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 $13) (6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 (7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Ngxe7 9. Ne5 Bxf5 $13) 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bxf5 $13) 6... Nf6 7. d4 Qe7 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd2 Bxf5 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 $15 { From the game Bromberger - Reinderman played in Norway (Gausdal) in 2006! }) 5. exf5 d5 (5... Bb4 6. d4 (6. g4!? { Now the position is starting to look like a King's Gambit Accepted. } 6... O-O (6... Nxg4 7. Rg1 $36) 7. h3 d5 { Black certainly has nice play for the pawn, but the situation is very complicated and unbalanced. } 8. Bd2 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e4 10. Nd2 (10. Nd4!?) 10... exd3 11. cxd3 Re8+ $16 $44) 8... e4 (8... Re8?! 9. Bg2! e4 10. dxe4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 (11... Rxe4+ 12. Kf1 $16) 12. O-O $16) 9. dxe4 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bg2 (11. Bd2 g6! $44) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Re8+ 13. Kf1 $16) 6... e4 (6... exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O $44) 7. Ne5 d6 8. Nc4 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. g4 { With enormous complications. } 9... Nd5 10. Bd2 Bxc3 (10... e3 11. Qe2 Ba6 12. Qxa6 exd2+ 13. Kd1) 11. bxc3 Qh4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. c4 d5 15. c5 Nc4 $44 16. f3! { And White is starting to enjoy a considerable advantage. The bishop on c8 is not pretty, and the White king is still reasonably safe. } { [%cal Ge2f3,Yf1c4] }) 8... Bxf5 9. Be2 Nd5 (9... O-O!?) 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Nce7 { Chaotic, but with equal chances. }) (5... d6 6. d4) 6. d4 exd4 (6... e4?! 7. Ne5 Bxf5 8. Bb5 Qd6 9. Bf4 Qe6 10. h3 Bb4 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O a6 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Be3 $16 { As played in the game Siebrecth - Silseth from Gausdal, Norway in 2005. White is better. Again the two bishops an the space advantage on the kingside is starting to tell. }) 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bxf5 { A very important position for the evaluation of the whole line. } 9. Bg5!? (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O) 9... Bxc2 { Fighting against the option of 0-0-0 (long castles) from White. } (9... Be7 10. O-O-O $36) 10. Rc1 (10. Kd2? Bg6 11. Re1+ Kf7 $10) 10... Bg6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe3+ (12. Qxf6? gxf6 13. Nxd5 O-O-O! $17) 12... Kf7? (12... Kd7? 13. Nxd5! Bb4+ 14. Kd1! (14. Nxb4?? Rae8 $19) 14... Qf5 15. Nxb4 Qg4+ 16. Be2 Qxb4 17. Rc4! Qa5 18. Bg4+ $18) (12... Qe7! { Black is very keen to exchange queens to reduce White's attacking chances. } 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7! { Looks paradoxical to bring out the king like this, but his majesty survives. } (13... Bxe7 14. Nxd5 $14) 14. Nxd5+ Kd7! 15. Nf4 (15. Rxc7+ Kd6 { [%csl Rc7,Rd5] } 16. Bc4 Re8+ (16... Be4 { [%csl Rd5,Rc7] }) 17. Kd1 Re4) (15. Nxc7 Bb4+ { [%csl Re1] } 16. Kd1 Rad8 $40 { [%csl Rd1] }) 15... Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Bf5 17. Bd3) 13. Nxd5 { White has an irresistible attack here. } 13... Bb4+ 14. Nxb4! Rhe8 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. O-O!! $18 { The beautiful point - White is winning. } 16... Rxe3 17. fxe3 { [%cal Rf1f8] } 17... Bf5 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3 Rh8 23. Nf4 Rh4 24. Rc3 g5 25. Rg3 Kf6 26. Nh3 Qe4 27. Bd3 Qb4 28. Rc2 Rxh3 29. Rf2+! { Black resigned. 1-0 } 1-0