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diff --git a/data/help/lecture1 b/data/help/lecture1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d1da85 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/help/lecture1 @@ -0,0 +1,260 @@ + The Modern Defence + + by GM Nigel Davies + + + It was in the late 1970s that I first made the + aquaintance of this provocative counter-attacking defence. + Under the influence of Raymond Keene, a great many British + players were playing it around that time and I decided to + jump on the bandwagon. Later on it proved quite difficult to + jump off again and play more classical openings, but then + that's another story. + With his first two moves, 1...g6 and 2...Bg7 Black makes + no attempt whatsoever to follow the tried and trusted + classical precept of occupying the center. Instead he calmly + fianchettoes a bishop and argues the he can attend to things + like development later in the game. + Some practitioners of the Modern (Colin McNab and David + Norwood for example) like to try and close the position up + with ...c6 and possible ...d5. But I have my own + interpretation involving a fierce counterattack against the + d4 square. + Above all I want that bishop on g7 to breathe fire, to + strike terror along the h8-a1 diagonal. Sometimes I play + ...c7-c5, sometimes ...e7-e5, but always something against + the d4 square and with that long diagonal in mind. + There isn't enough time to show all the ins and outs of + this defence, but the following games show my interpretation + in action against a variety of White set-ups and how this + opening has served me faithfully in some critical games. + Amongst my victims with this opening are the likes of Bent + Larsen and Viswanathan Anand, but on this occasion I'll show + you the real crushes! + The first game was played in the last round of the + student team Championships in Graz 1981 in which the England + team was going for the silver medal.... + + Polajzer-Davies + Student Team Ch., Graz (Austria), 1981 + + 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 + + According to the late Mikhail Botvinnik, setting up the + pawns on d4, c4 and e4 is the strongest answer to the Modern + Defence. I have usually preferred my `stock' recipe; a + counterattack against the d4 square. + + 4...Nc6! 5.Be3 e5! 6.d5 Nce7 + + Reaching a kind of King's Indian Defence in which the + fact that Black's knight has not been developed on f6 yet + means that he can sometimes play ...f7-f5 before bringing it + out. White takes immediate measures against this. + + 7.g4 c5 8.h4 Nf6 9.g5 Nh5 10.Be2 Nf4 11.Bf3 0-0 12.Nge2 f5 + 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.0-0-0 Rb8!! + + One of the best moves I have ever played. The idea, + should White play quietly now, is to prise open the + queenside with ....b5 followed by ....a6. And there are + other points should White capture on f4. + + 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.Bxf4 fxe4 17.Bxd6 + + The line which most beautifully illustrates the power of + 14...Rb8 is 17.Bxe4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rxf4 19.Qxf4 Qxc3+ 20.Kb1 + (or 20.Bc2 Bf5 21.Rd2 Qa1+) and now 20...b5, opening up the + b-file. White, by the way, loses a piece after 17.Nxe4 + Qxd2+. + + 17...Rxf3! 18.Bxb8 Rxc3+! 19.Kb1 + + Or 19.bxc3 Bxc3 20.Qc2 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Bf5 followed by + 22...e3. + + 19...e3 20.fxe3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 Rc2! 0-1 + + White lost on time by he could equally have resigned. + 22.Qxa5 is met by 22...Bxb2+ 23.Kb1 Rd2+ followed by mate. + I still count this as my most artistic miniature. + + This next game was one of the wins which earned my first + Grandmaster norm in Oslo 1988. After a few careless moves in + the opening Black develops a murderous attack. White, by the + way, is not a patzer. These days he has a rating of around + 2500 and is on the verge of becoming a GM. + + Gausel,E-Davies,N + Oslo, 1988 + + 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 + + Preventing 6...Ng4 but losing time for development. + + 6...e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Qd2 b5! + + White's neglect of development allows Black to take the + initiative. + + 10.f3 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 c6 13.Bb3 a5 14.a4 d5 + + Blasting open the center before White has got his cing + safe. If he had now tried to remedy this with 15.0-0-0 + there would follow 15...Qf6 and after 16.Bd4 there is + 16...c5!, distracting the bishop from the defence of b2. + + 15.exd5 Nc4! 16.Bxc4 Bxb2! + + Suddenly White is in desperate trouble; the threats + include 17...Bxa1 and 17...Bc3, not to mention 17...Qh4+. + + 17.Ne2 Qh4+ + + Even stronger than capturing the rook on a1, as that will + remain a threat. + + 18.Bf2 Qxc4 19.Rb1 Bc3 20.Nxc3 bxc3 21.Qd3 Re8+ 22.Kd1 Qa2! + 23.Rc1 Ba6 24.Qxc3 Qxd5+ 25.Qd2 Rad8! 0-1 + + The final position shows the true extent of White's + misery. + + Engedal,N-Davies N + Gausdal Peer-Gynt , 1990 + + 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 + + I was later to abandon this move after Dragan Velimirovic + answered it with 5.Bb5 in a tournament in Vrnjacka Banja in + 1991. Since then I have answered the Austrian Attack (4.f4) + with 4...e6 followed by ...Ne7, ...Nd7, ...b6 and ...Bb7, + obtaining a similar set-up to the game. + + 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Ne7 9.Nd2 b6 10.a4 a6 + 11.Qe1 c5 + + Black's usual way of challenging White's set-up from this + structure. Here it proves especially effective because White + has plalyed the rather artificial 9.Nd2. + + 12.Qf2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.a5 cxd4 15.Bxd4 b5 16.Bb6 Qc8 + 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.Bd4 + + 18.Be3 was better, as now Black rips apart what is left + of White's center. + + 18...e5 19.Be3 f5! + + The opening of the position proves good for Black as his + pieces are better placed. Note that White's king also proves + weak, a consequence of 4.f4! + + 20.g3 exf4 21.gxf4 b4 22.Nd1 Nf6 23.Qg2 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 + 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 + + 27.Qg2 Qf5 would also have been unpleasant for White. + + 27...Nf5 28.Qxb4 + + A suicidal pawn snatch but it is already rather difficult + to give White good advice. + + 28...Ng3+! 29.Kg1 + + Taking the knight allows 29...Qh3+ followed by 30...Qg3+ + and 31...Rf5. + + 29...Nxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qf3+ 31.Kg1 Rae8 32.Qd2 Rxf4! 0-1 + + White has had enough. 33.Bxf4 is answered by 33...Re2 + threatening both mate and the queen. + + For a period of about 10 years I played nothing but the + Modern, but in the late 1980s I started to branch out into + other openings. Even eating caviar every day can become + boring. + Yet faced with the prospect of having to win my last + round game for a GM norm in a tournament in Budapest, I + could hardly answer 1.e4 with 1...e5, after which I would + get a boring Four Knights or Ruy Lopez. The only chance was + the Modern Defence, and this was it's finest hour. + + Godena,M-Davies,N + First Saturday Tournament, Budapest, May 1993 + + 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nge2 + + The safe way of introducing the fianchetto line for + White, as after the immediate 4.g3 there is 4...Nc6 and if + 5.Nge2 then 5...Bg4. After the text move I either play the + immediate 4...Nc6, or sometimes 4...a6 5.a4 Nc6. + + 4...Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Ng3 0-0 + + The safe way to play it would have been 8...Be6 9.Qd2 + Nc4, but given that I had to win this game I was not afraid + of danger. + + 9.Qd2 Re8 10.0-0-0 b5!? + + A pawn for an open file - not a bad deal with opposite + wing castling. If White doesn't capture Black gets the c4 + square for his knight on e5. + + 11.Bxb5 Bd7 12.Be2 + + After 12.f4 my opponent didn't like the look of 12...Bxb5 + 13.fxe5 Rxe5 14.Bd4 Qe7, which he felt gave me good + compensation for the sacrificed exchange. In the post mortem + we looked at 12.Ba6!? but then 12...Be6 wasn't clear. + + 12.... Qb8 13.f4 Nc6 14.Bf3 Qb4 + + Preparing to move a rook to b8 and threaten mate on b2. + + 15.a3 Qb7 16.e5 Rab8 17.b3 + + An alternative way to defend b2 was with 17.Na4, but + then Black has 17...dxe5 18.fxe5 Qb5! 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.b3 + Rxe3 21.Qxd7 Bg5 and if 22.Kb1 then 22...Rxb3+. + + 17...dxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Nge4 Qa6! + + It is less good to play this move after a preliminary + exchange of knights on e4. Thus 19...Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qa6 can by + met by 21.a4 after which White's defences hold. + + 20.a4? + + The decisive mistake. White should take this opportunity + to exchange on f6, as for the time being Black is forced to + recapture with the bishop. After Black's next move it + becomes possible to take back on f6 with the queen. + + 20...Na5! 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6! + + The point, after which the latent threats along the long + h8-a1 diagonal prove decisive. Perhaps White thought that + his next move made the capture with the queen impossible, + but a serious disappointment is waiting. + + 22.Bd4 Qd6! + + Ouch! Only now did he see that the intended capture of my + rook on e5 is met by 23...Qa3+ followed by 24...Nxb3. + + 23.Nb1 Rxb3! + + KAPOW! White must kiss his castled position goodbye. + + 24.Bxe5 Qb6! 0-1 + + White has had enough. The threat is 25...Rb1+, the rook + is immune to capture because of the knight fork picking up + White's queen and after 25.Nc3 there is either 25...Nc4 or + 25...Ra3, depending on Black's mood. + + This event was brought to you by Warwick chess club (England) + + |