whiteshark: Vaidyanathan Ravikumar, The Closed Sicilian, 130p, (Tournament Chess, Brighton 1993)Bibliography ..... 6
Symbols ..... 6
Introduction ..... 9
Foreward ..... 11
Chapter 1
2 g3 d5!? or when Black plays an early ... d5 ..... 11
Game 1 Speelman - Sunye Neto, Graz 1981 ..... 13
Game 2 Lima - Makarychev, Seville 1990 ..... 17
Game 3 Ibrahimov - Tolnai, Budapest 1992 19
Game 4 Short - Hjartarson, European Club Ch 1990 21
Game S Short - Sveshnikov, European Club Ch 1992 24
Game 6 Kiernan - Veingold, Manila Olympiad 1992 26
Game 7 Spassky - Kasparov, Bugojno 1982 28
Game 8 Lane - Nunn, Stroud 1980 32
Game 9 Fischer - Spassky, Belgrade (17) 1992 35
Chapter 2
2 g3 Sc6 and White plays c3 ..... 40
Game 10 Chandler - Cebälo, Vrsac 1981 ..... 40
Game 11 Ravikumar - Kirov, Copenhagen Open 1980 ..... 43
Game 12 Rajkovic - Filip, Kragujevac 1977 ..... 45
Game 13 Korchnoi - Karpov, World Ch, Baguio 1978 ..... 46
Game 14 Trapl - Vogt, Bundesliga 1992 ..... 49
Chapter 3
2 g3 with White playing Sc3 ..... 52
Game 15 Short - Kasparov, Tilburg 1991 ..... 52
Game 16 Davies - Ivanov, London 1992 ..... SS
Game 17 Spassky - Kindermann, Dubai Olympiad 1986 ..... 60
Game 18 Spassky - Hort, Bugojno 1978 ..... 62
Game 19 Palacios - Rios, Spain 1990 ..... 64
Game 20 Donev - Orlowski, Schweiz 1992 ..... 66
Chapter 4
2 g3 or 2 Sc3 leading to the Main Line ..... 69
Game 21 Spassky-Hjartarson, European Club Ch 1991 ..... 69
Game 22 Balashov - Pigusov, IISSR 1990 ..... 74
Game 23 Lane - Sadler, London 1992 ..... 79
Game 24 Castro - Tzoumbas, Manila Olympiad 1992 ..... 83
Game 25 Spassky - Beikert, French Cup 1991 ..... 86
Game 26 Ljubojevic - Quinteros, Mar del Plata 1981 ..... 88
Game 27 L Roos - Abravenel, Clermont Ferrand 1985 ..... 90
Game 28 Burchardt - Levitina, Manila Olympiad 1992 ..... 92
Game 29 Brooks - J Benjamin, Las Vegas 1992 ..... 95
Game 30 Balashov - Shirov, Klaipeda 1988 ..... 99
Game 31 Ljubojevic - A Rodriguez, Biel 1985 ..... 101
Game 32 Conquest - Cvitan, Forli 1992 ..... 104
Game 33 Hjartarson - Arnason, Reykjavik 1992 ..... 107
Game 34 Spassky - Hjartarson, Belfort 1988 ..... 111
Game 35 Hodgson - Crouch, Scotland 1987 ..... 113
Game 36 Spassky - Geller, Suhumi Candidates 1968 ..... 115
Chapter 5
Other White Second Moves ..... 119
Game 37 Timman - Giardelli, Mar del Plata 1982 ..... 119
Game 38 Spassky - Sosonko, Tilburg 1978 ..... 122
Game 39 Short - Portisch, London 1982 ..... 123
Game 40 Lukin - Shirov, Klaipeda 1988 ..... 125
Game 41 Varnusz - Pogats, Hungary 1979 ..... 128
