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Lawrence Day vs Adam Kuligowski
Edward Lasker Memorial (1981), New York, NY USA, rd 9, Apr-??
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21)  ·  1-0

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Feb-06-08  xrt999: Day controls the g1-a7 diagonal, black's main counterplay (after ...b5)against the Sicilian with 2.f2.

Finally, black concedes the diagonal and plays 15.c4, but fails to come up with another plan.

Feb-06-08
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  IMlday: Actually 15..c4 begins a plan to solve his basic problem of ♔ safety. It isn't safe at e8 and the King-side can be pried open by White fairly easily. So 15..c4! is necessary to try to keep the Queen-side as closed as possible. I knew Kuligowsky from the 1978 Olympiad at Buenos Aires where he won the Board 2 Gold medal at 9-3 ahead of Peter Biyiasas at 8-3 after their critical late round game. He was a GM by 1980 but his health seemed to fade noticably. At the Ed Lasker Memorial he blinked and squinted constantly and usually got into horrible time pressure. Here he tanked already over 5..a6 while rejecting 5..Bg7 6.Nb5 d6 7.Qd3 Ke7 8.Qe2 and had only a couple of minutes for moves 30-40 where White seems to have decisive positional compensation for his two pawns.
Feb-07-08  xrt999: thanks Lawrence, this is quite a beautiful game and I have enjoyed studying it over the last few days.

Is 4.Qe2 an idea that you developed, or did you refine this idea with the intent of playing it in this system? (Is it specific to controlling the g1-a7 diagonal?) Is your goal in this system to play e5, or did you play it in this game because the position called for it? I feel that when I play this system, in the back of my mind I always seem to want to play e5 at some point.

I really dont like 10...Rb8, then 20.Ra8? Black often castles queenside in this system. I feel that black could have safely castled long without too much risk.

Feb-08-08
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  IMlday: 4.Qe2 transposes into Chigorin's 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 when 2..c5 (Tarrasch) is common. Chigorin tried many moves but concluded that 3.f4 was best. My mentor Bohatirchuk, building on Chigorin, demonstrated 4..Nge7 5.b3 d5 6. Bb2 to be strong for White after 6..d4 7.Qf2 when the positive side of not playing g2-g3 is that the g3-square is open for the ♕. I had many games with 6..dxe4 7.Qxe4 which is rather pleasant for White positionally after g3 and Bg2 even if Black trades ♕s by 7..Qd5 8.Nc3 Qxe4+. Otherwise Na3 is harmonious. So, logically, Kuligovsky prevented White from taking the long dark diagonal by playing 4..g6 himself. Then White aims for a big clamp with the standard space advantage that occurs when the centre locks up with e5 and 10.d2-d4. White has clear space but he also has gained time since Black's ..a6 was wasted while d2-d4 avoided playing d2-d3 first. I agree 10..Rb8 is doubtful but his development is clogged up anyway. I expected 10..c5-c4 followed by ..Nb6,..Bd7..Qc7 allowing ..0-0-0. White will of course break in by f4-f5 but that happened anyway in gambit fashion.
Feb-08-08  Shams: very good of you to share detailed analysis, IM Day.
Dec-05-12  happyjuggler0: How does black respond after 24)Nd2 with the threat of bxc4 followed by Nxc4 (note the double pin) winning a pawn and opening up the queenside for an attack on back's king?
Dec-06-12
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  Sastre: <happyjuggler0> 24.Nd2 Ka7 is one way to unpin.

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