Larry Kaufman vs Svetozar Gligoric (1980)

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Larry Kaufman vs Svetozar Gligoric
Lone Pine (1980), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 9, Mar-26
Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) · 0-1

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Mar-02-07		The Chess Express: After 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 white can try 12. e6!? although this may not be best as it activates blacks pieces. Still, after something like fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. c3 Qf6 16. Qe4 c6 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Bg5 white has a favorable endgame. In the game after 12. Re1 a5 13. a4 c6 white tried 14. Nbd2. This may be too slow. How about 14. Be3 when black might try 14...Qd8 (maybe Qb4 15. Bd2) 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qf2! Nd7 18. Rad1 when I think white is probably much better. TCE

Mar-04-07		franskfranz: <TCE> Gligoric was in the top ten in the fifties and sixties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetoz... I see the position as equal after 11 ...Qxd4. 12.e6 might be dubious for the reason your are pointing: it indeed activates the black pieces and might leave black with a tiny advantage. After Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. c3, I prefer black position, though there is nothing obvious. I believe 15 ... Qd5 or 15 ... Qd6 to be better retreats for the queen. In the game after 12. Re1 a5 13. a4 c6, I agree that 14. Nbd2 is not the best move. 14.Be3 gives an edge. I doubt I would ever play 13 ...c6 and I am not sure I would decide myself for 12 ...a4 OTB though it sure gains some space at no cost. After 12.Re1 I would mostly think about playing my LSB with e.g. 12.Bf5, in order to keep on developing pieces while white himself is not fully developed. I am not sure it is objectively the best move, but it is most probably what I would play. It was tried -without success- in the following CC game Peter Kariz vs Klaus Piersig, 1997, but I don't know about the level of the players. I often play 1...g6 as an answer to 1.e4, but I have never been confronted to this line. Thanks for making me aware of it.

Mar-06-07		The Chess Express: <franskfranz> You’re probably right about 12. e6. After fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. c3 Qd5 looks better than Qf6. After something like 16. Re1 Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Rad8 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Re1 Rd5 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. b3 Kg8 22. Bf4 c6 black has the better development. You mentioned the line 12. Re1 Bf5. In the game you cited after 13. Nc3 c5 14. e6 fxe6 white tried 15. g4 which weakens his king’s position for the sake of attack. This move leads to massive complications that worked out favorably for white, but I’m not sure black played the best moves. In this type of position where black has good development I’d hesitate to play like this. If I have to face this I’ll probably choose the simpler 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 when 16. Nb5 looks strong. For example 16...Qh4 17. Nc7 Rad8 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne6 Re5 20. Qf1 Rdd5 21. Nxg7 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Kxg7 23. b3! and whites DSB will become a monster. 15. Bxe6+ Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Ng5 Rad8 19. c3 Nc4 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. c4 is similar. Any suggestions?

May-13-08		franskfranz: <TCE> I must finally agree with you. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 leaves white with a better game, mostly because of the passive LSB. I guess an improvement would then be to play 6. Ne8, the most common alternative, where the position does not open in white's favor. The immediate plan for black would be to counter-attack with c5.

Jun-01-08		The Chess Express: Did some of my posts get deleted? I seem to recall that there was more to this discussion.

Jun-12-08		franskfranz: Hi TCE. None of your posts have been deleted. There was a little more on Peter Kariz vs Klaus Piersig, 1997, if it is what you refer to. As you write, it is probably impossible to analyze an opening without bias. I would add that is only true for amateurs.

Jun-12-08		mezzieh: Why they keep calling this opening 'Modern Defense'? It's Pirc Defense, the one I like very much. It's a bit depressing how often this setup is demolished by White on a highest level but as this game shows, it is also capable of the opposite. BTW, a good example of Rook on 3rd rank paralyzing the enemy in endgame. Reminds me a bit Karpov and his instructive ways of activating own bad pieces. Rb3-d3, Bd5, Bc5 are all terrific placed.

Jun-12-08		keypusher: They call it a Modern rather than a Pirc if Black begins with ...g6 rather than 1....d6 and 2....Nf6. It's not a meaningless distinction, I guess, since Kaufman couldn't reach the same position as he did in the game after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6. <It's a bit depressing how often this setup is demolished by White on a highest level but as this game shows, it is also capable of the opposite.> No offense to Kaufman or the Pirc/Modern, but Gligoric could probably play just about anything against his opponent and win...

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