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Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 1 of 8 l Slav Defense - Smyslov System for Black! l 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6" (with Smyslov s 5...na6)! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7! 8! 9! 10! 11! 12! 13! 14 1! nf3! nc3! a4! e4! bxc4! be3! qc2! gxf3! O-O! d5! bxc3! rad1! nf6! dxc4! na6! bg4! e6! bb4! bxf3! O-O! c5! bxc3! exd5! qd6!?! (oo) 2!...!...!...! ne5?!!nxc4! nxe5! dxe5! nxd1!e4! bd2!!!...!...!...! ng4! e5!! nxe5! qxd1 b e6! bb4! O-O-O!!! =/+ 3!...!...! e4! e5! a4! axb5! bxc4! ke2! qa4! qa1! Geller Gambit!...!...! b5! nd5! bf5!?! nb4! nc2! na1! nd7! nb6!!!! (oo) 4!...!...! e3! a4! na2! bxc4! O-O! qe2! rd1! bd2! Alekhine Variation! =!...!...! b5! b4! e6! be7! O-O! bb7! a5! nbd7! qb6 and c5 5!...! cxd5! nc3! bf4! e3! bb5! qa4! nh4!!! Exchange Var. I! =!...! cxd5! nc6! bf5! e6! nd7! qb6! be4! 6!...!...!...!...!...! ne5! bxe5! qb3!!! Exchange Var. II! =!...!...!...!...!...! nxe5! a6! b5! 7! nc3! e3! nf3! cxd5! ne5! bd3! f4! O-O! bd2! qf3! Stolid Variation! =! nf6! a6! b5! cxd5! e6! nbd7!bb7! be7! O-O! b4 8!...! bg5! a4! e4! nf3! e5! gxf3! be3! bxc4!! Bishop s Variation! =!...! dxc4! na6! nb4! bg4! bxf3! nh5!! e6! g6 n-g7-f5 In the main line, instead of playing 5...bf5, the Dutch Variation, we opt for Smyslov s 5...na6. With this move the knight heads immediately for the weakened b4 square, keeping options open for developing the queen s bishop. It may go to g4 pinning white s knight, or even attempt to hold the extra pawn by going to e6. Black often tempts White to take the knight on a6. This would weaken black s pawns, but it would also give up the two bishops - usually more than enough compensation. The side variations are pretty standard book recommendations except for the risky exchange grab against the Geller Gambit. I hope you enjoy this quickie Slav System monograph. Hogeye Bill

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 2 of 8 $t+*+*tl+% $m+*w*m*+% $+*Oo+*+*% $p+b+p+*+% $+*P*Bp+*% $*+q+*p*p% $+*+r+rk*% 1 after 14...qd6!? (oo) $*+lt*+*t% $m+o+v+*+% $+*+*P*+*% $pv*+p+*+% $+*+*+*+*% $*P*B*PpP% $R*+nKb+r% 2 after 12...O-O-O =/+ $O*+*OoOo% $*Mo+*+*+% $+p+*pv+*% $*+bp*+*+% $+*N*+n+*% $*P*+kPpP% $Q*B*+*+r% 3 after 12...nb6 (oo) $t+*w*tl+% $+v+mvooo% $*+o+om*+% $O*+*+*+*% $pobp*+*+% $+*+*Pn+*% $np*bqppp% $R*+r+*K*% 4 after 12...nbd7 = $t+*+lv*t% $Oo+m+oOo% $*Wm+o+*+% $+b+o+*+*% $q+*pvb*n% $+*N*P*+*% $pp*+*ppp% $R*+*K*+r% 5 after 10...be4 = $+*+*+ooo% $o+*+om*+% $+o+obv+*% $*+*P*+*+% $+qn*p*+*% $pp*+*ppp% $R*+*Kb+r% 6 after 10...b5 = $t+*w*tl+% $+v+mvooo% $o+*+om*+% $+*+on*+*% $*O*P*P*+% $+*NbPq+*% $pp*b*+pp% $R*+*+rK*% 7 after 12...b4 = $Oo+*+o+o% $*+o+o+o+% $+*+*P*+m% $pmbp*+*+% $+*N*Bp+*% $*P*+*P*P% $R*+qK*+r% 8 after 11...g6 =

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 3 of 8 Slav Defense System for Black 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nc3 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 transposes; 3 cxd5 Exchange Variation 3 cxd5 4 nc3 nf6 5 nf3 nc6 6 bf4 bf5 7 e3 e6 8 bb5 (8 ne5 nxe5 9 bxe5 a6 (9 nd7) 10 qb3 b5 Ricardi,P (2380) - Gomez Baillo,J (2430), Buenos Aires: Najdorf (1) 1990 Game 1 $+*+*+ooo% $o+*+om*+% $+o+obv+*% $*+*P*+*+% $+qn*p*+*% $pp*+*ppp% $R*+*Kb+r% 8 bd3 bxd3 9 qxd3 be7 (9 bd6 10 bxd6 qxd6 11 O O O O =) 10 O O O O 11 h3 rc8 12 rfc1 a6) 8 nd7! 9 qa4 qb6 (9 rc8 10 O O (10 bxc6 rxc6 11 qxa7 qc8 (11 bd3) 12 qa5 ra6) 10 a6 11 bxc6 rxc6 12 rfc1 be7) 10 nh4 be4 $t+*+lv*t% $Oo+m+oOo% $*Wm+o+*+% $+b+o+*+*% $q+*pvb*n% $+*N*P*+*% $pp*+*ppp% $R*+*K*+r% 11 O O O (11 f3?! bd3 -/+ 12 nxd5 bxb5 13 nxb6 bxa4 14 nxa8 nb4 15 kd2 be7 (15 g4 Chibukhchian,Artur - Malakhov,V, Cala Galdana 1996 Game 2) 15 be7 16 nc7+ kd8 17 rhc1 g5! -/+) 11 rc8 12 f3 bg6 13 nxg6 hxg6 14 kb1 a6 15 be2 na5 = Kask,E - Filen,H, 1986 Game 3 3 nf6 4 nf3 4 e3 Stolid Variation 4 a6 5 nf3 b5 6 cxd5 cxd5 7 ne5 e6 8 bd3 nbd7 9 f4 bb7 10 O O be7 11 bd2 O O 12 qf3 (12 rc1) 12 b4 =/+ $t+*w*tl+% $+v+mvooo% $o+*+om*+% $+*+on*+*% $*O*P*P*+% $+*NbPq+*% $pp*b*+pp% $R*+*+rK*% 13 na4 ne4 14 qe2

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 4 of 8 (14 qd1 nxe5 15 fxe5 bc6 16 bxe4 dxe4 17 rc1 bb5 =/+ Karpov,A (2730) - Hort,V (2545), Biel (1) 1990 Game 4 ) 14 nxe5 15 fxe5 bc6 -/+ Mikhalchishin,A - Khmelnitsky, Sibenik (1) 1990 Game 5; 4 bg5 Bishop's Variation 4 dxc4 5 a4 na6 (5 qa5) 6 e4 nb4 7 nf3 bg4 8 e5 bxf3 (8 h6!? Clarke,T - Pheby,I, corr ch-gb club (1) 1995 Game 6) 9 gxf3 nh5! 10 be3 e6 (10 nd3+!?) 11 bxc4 g6 =/+ with the idea of Knight to g7 to f5. $Oo+*+o+o% $*+o+o+o+% $+*+*P*+m% $pmbp*+*+% $+*N*Bp+*% $*P*+*P*P% $R*+qK*+r% 4 dxc4 5 a4 5 e4 Geller Gambit 5 b5 6 e5 nd5 7 a4 bf5 8 axb5 nb4 9 bxc4 nc2+ 10 ke2 nxa1 11 qa4 nd7 $O*+mOoOo% $*+o+*+*+% $+p+*pv+*% $q+bp*+*+% $+*N*+n+*% $*P*+kPpP% $M*B*+*+r% (11 bd7 Molander,Riku - Tahkavuori,Tapani, Jyvaskyla HOF (1) 1996 Game 7) 12 qxa1 nb6 13 bb3 cxb5 14 nxb5 bd7 15 nc3 e6; 5 e3 Alekhine Variation 5 b5 6 a4 b4 7 na2 (7 nb1 ba6 8 be2 c5!) 7 e6 8 bxc4 be7 9 O O O O 10 qe2 bb7 11 rd1 a5 12 bd2 nbd7 $t+*w*tl+% $+v+mvooo% $*+o+om*+% $O*+*+*+*% $pobp*+*+% $+*+*Pn+*% $np*bqppp% $R*+r+*K*% 13 n c1 q b6 14 n b3 c5 15 b e1 Reshevsky,S - Smyslov,V, USA-URS radio (1) 1945 Game 8 5 na6 Smyslov Variation (5 bf5; 5 a5) 6 e4 6 e3 be6!? (6 bg4) 7 a5 (7 ne5 c5 8 nxc4 cxd4 9 exd4 nb4 =; 7 be2 nb4 8 O O g6 =) 7 bd5 8 nd2 e6!? (8 g6 9 e4 be6 Karpov,A - Ljubojevic,L, Rotterdam 1989 Game 9) 9 e4 bb4 10 exd5 exd5 with compensation for the piece

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 5 of 8 $t+*wl+*t% $m+o+*m*+% $P*+o+*+*% $*VoP*+*+% $+*N*+*+*% $*P*N*PpP% $R*BqKb+r% 11 qe2+ (11 be2 bxa5; 11 qa4 O O 12 be2 re8) 11 kd7 12 nf3 re8 13 ne5+ kc7 14 bf4 bd6; 6 ne5?! ng4! 7 nxc4 e5! 8 nxe5 nxe5 9 dxe5 qxd1+ =/+ 10 nxd1 (10 kxd1 be6 -/+) 10 be6 11 e4 bb4+ 12 bd2 O O O =/+ Ftacnik,L (2535) - Speelman,J (2575), Luzern olm (1) 1982 Game 10 $*+lt*+*t% $m+o+v+*+% $+*+*P*+*% $pv*+p+*+% $+*+*+*+*% $*P*B*PpP% $R*+nKb+r% 6 bg4 (6 be6!? is a greedy alternative.) 7 bxc4 8 be3 bb4 9 qc2 9 qd3 bxf3 10 gxf3 nc7 11 rg1 O O!? (11 nh5) 9 bxf3 10 gxf3 O O 11 O O 11 rg1 is also playable. 11 c5 12 d5 bxc3 13 bxc3 exd5 14 rad1 14 rfd1 qd6!? (14 nc7 15 bxc5 re8 16 be3 re5; 14 qc8? Hubner,R - Smyslov,V, Tilburg: Interpolis (1) 1979 Game 11) 14 qd6!? (oo) $t+*+*tl+% $m+*w*m*+% $+*Oo+*+*% $p+b+p+*+% $+*P*Bp+*% $*+q+*p*p% $+*+r+rk*% (14 nc7 15 exd5 nd7 16 be2! ne8! (better than 16 qf6 as in Portisch,L - Nikolic,P, Brussel: World Cup (1) 1988 Game 12)) 7 be3 e6 8 bxc4 bb4 transposes. 7 e6 7 bxf3 8 gxf3 e6 9 be3 nb4 10 O O a5 11 f4 be7 12 kh1 O O!

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 6 of 8 m Illustrative Games! m Game 1 Ricardi,P (2380) - Gomez Baillo,J (2430) Buenos Aires: Najdorf (1) 1990 (D14 Queen's G-D Slav, Exchange V, 6.Bf4 Bf5) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 cxd5 cxd5 5 nc3 nc6 6 bf4 bf5 7 e3 e6 8 ne5 nxe5 9 bxe5 a6 10 qb3 b5 11 bxf6 gxf6 12 be2 bd6 13 O O rg8 14 rac1 kf8 15 a4 b4 16 na2 bh3 17 bf3 bf5 18 rc6 kg7 19 be2 kh8 20 f4 rc8 21 rxc8 qxc8 22 bd3 bxd3 23 qxd3 qc4 24 nc1 rc8 25 qd1 qc2 26 qh5 qd2 27 ne2 qxe3+ 28 kh1 kg7 29 f5 qg5 30 qh3 exf5 31 rxf5 rc1+ 32 ng1 qd2 33 qh4 be7 34 qg3+ kf8 35 qb8+ kg7 36 qg3+ kf8 37 qb8+ kg7 1/ 2 Game 2 Chibukhchian,Artur - Malakhov,V Cala Galdana WYCF b18 (1) 1996 (D14 Queen's G-D Slav, Exchange V, 6.Bf4 Bf5) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 nc3 nc6 5 nf3 nf6 6 bf4 bf5 7 e3 e6 8 bb5 nd7 9 qa4 qb6 10 nh4 be4 11 f3 bd3 12 nxd5 bxb5 13 nxb6 bxa4 14 nxa8 nb4 15 g4 be7 16 ng2 O O 17 nc7 nc2+ 18 kf2 nxa1 19 rxa1 rc8 20 rc1 e5 21 bg3 bd8 22 b3 bb5 23 a4 ba6 24 b4 b6 25 nxa6 rxc1 26 dxe5 ra1 27 b5 rxa4 28 e6 fxe6 29 nf4 kf7 30 nd3 ra5 31 ndb4 rxb5 32 nc6 bf6 33 ke2 rb2+ 34 kd3 ra2 35 ncb4 ra3+ 36 ke4 be7 37 be1 bxb4 38 nxb4 nc5+ 39 kd4 ra4 40 kc3 rxb4 41 kxb4 nd3+ 0 1 Game 3 Kask,E - Filen,H corr Baltic tt (1) 1986 (D14 Queen's G-D Slav, Exchange V, 6.Bf4 Bf5) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 nf3 nf6 5 nc3 nc6 6 bf4 bf5 7 e3 e6 8 bb5 nd7 9 qa4 qb6 10 nh4 be4 11 O O O rc8 12 f3 bg6 13 nxg6 hxg6 14 kb1 a6 15 be2 na5 16 rc1 nc4 17 bxc4 rxc4 18 qb3 1/2 Game 4 Karpov,A (2730) - Hort,V (2545) Biel (1) 1990-07-00 (D15 Queen's G-D Slav, 4.Nc3) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 a6 5 e3 b5 6 cxb5 cxb5 7 bd3 bb7 8 O O e6 9 ne5 nbd7 10 f4 be7 11 bd2 O O 12 qf3 b4 13 na4 ne4 14 qd1 nxe5 15 fxe5 bc6 16 bxe4 dxe4 17 rc1 bb5 18 rf4 rc8 19 nc5 1/2 Game 5 Mikhalchishin,A - Khmelnitsky Sibenik (1) 1990 (D15 Queen's G-D Slav, 4.Nc3) 1 d4 nf6 2 c4 c6 3 nc3 d5 4 e3 a6 5 nf3 b5 6 cxd5 cxd5 7 ne5 e6 8 bd3 bb7 9 O O nbd7 10 f4 be7 11 bd2 O O 12 qf3 b4 13 na4 ne4 14 qe2 nxe5 15 fxe5 bc6 16 b3 bb5 17 rfc1 qa5 18 nb2 bxd3 19 qxd3 qb5 20 rc2 bg5 21 qxb5 axb5 22 nd1 nxd2 23 rxd2 rfc8 24 kf2 h5 25 ke2 kf8 26 rb1 ke7 27 nf2 rc3 28 nd1 rc7 29 nf2 f6 30 nd3 rc3 31 exf6+ gxf6 32 rf1 rg8 33 rf3 bh6 34 g3 rg4 35 nf2 re4 36 nd1 rc1 37 nf2 bg5 38 h4 bh6 39 rd1 rc2+ 40 rd2 rc1 41 rd1 rc8 42 rd2 kf7 43 rd1 rc2+ 44 rd2 rc8 45 rd1 rc2+ 46 rd2 rc1 47 rd1 rxd1 48 nxd1 rg4 49 nf2 rg8 50 e4 rd8 51 e5 f5 52 nd3 ra8 53 nxb4 bf8 54 nc2 b4 55 ne1 rxa2+ 56 kd1 bh6 57 rd3 ra1+ 58 ke2 rc1 59 ng2 rc2+ 60 kf3 bd2 61 nf4 bxf4 62 kxf4 kg6 63 kf3 rc1 64 kf2 rb1 65 ke2 ra1 66 kf2 rh1 67 ke2 rh2+ 68 ke3 ra2 69 kf3 ra1 70 kf2 ra2+ 71 kf3 rb2 72 ke3 rb1 73 kf2 f4 74 rf3 rb2+ 75 kg1 fxg3 76 rf6+ kg7 77 rxe6 rh2 78 rd6 rxh4 79 rxd5 re4 80 e6 h4 81 rh5 rxd4 82 e7 kf7 83 rh7+ ke8 84 kg2 rg4 85 kg1 g2 0 1

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 7 of 8 Game 6 Clarke,T - Pheby,I corr ch-gb club (1) 1995 (D10 Queen's G-D Slav D) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nc3 nf6 4 bg5 dxc4 5 a4 na6 6 e4 nb4 7 nf3 bg4 8 e5 h6 9 be3 nfd5 10 bxc4 e6 11 O O be7 12 h3 bf5 13 ne1 bg5 14 nxd5 exd5 15 f4 be7 16 be2 O O 17 a5 b6 18 axb6 axb6 19 ra3 c5 20 nd3 rxa3 21 bxa3 nxd3 22 bxd3 bxd3 23 qxd3 c4 24 qb1 qa8 25 f5 qxa3 26 bxh6 gxh6 27 rf3 qb4 28 qc1 bg5 29 rg3 c3 30 rxg5+ kh7 31 rg4 qb2 0 1 Game 7 Molander,Riku - Tahkavuori,Tapani Jyvaskyla HOF (1) 1996 (D15 Queen's G-D Slav, Tolush-Geller G) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 dxc4 5 e4 b5 6 e5 nd5 7 a4 nb4 8 axb5 bf5 9 bxc4 nc2+ 10 ke2 nxa1 11 qa4 bd7 12 bxc6 nxc6 13 qxa1 e6 14 d5 exd5 15 nxd5 be7 16 rd1 O O 17 qa2 kh8 18 nf4 qe8 19 be3 nb4 20 qa5 a6 21 nd4 nc6 22 nxc6 bxc6 23 nd5 bxd5 24 bxd5 rb8 25 qxa6 rxb2+ 26 kf1 qb5+ 27 qxb5 rxb5 28 f4 rd8 29 bf3 rxd1+ 30 bxd1 bc5 31 be2 rb1+ 32 kf2 bxe3+ 33 kxe3 kg8 34 bf3 kf8 35 f5 ke7 36 kf4 rb4+ 37 kg5 h6+ 38 kh5 rb5 39 f6+ gxf6 40 kxh6 fxe5 41 h4 rb4 42 h5 e4 43 bd1 rb2 44 g4 rd2 45 bb3 e3 46 bc4 kf8 47 kh7 e2 48 bxe2 rxe2 49 h6 rh2 50 g5 rh3 51 kh8 rh5 52 h7 ke7 53 kg7 rxg5+ 0 1 Game 8 Reshevsky,S - Smyslov,V USA-URS radio (1) 1945 (D15 Queen's G-D Slav Accepted, 5.e3 (Alekhine V)) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 dxc4 5 e3 b5 6 a4 b4 7 na2 e6 8 bxc4 be7 9 O O O O 10 qe2 bb7 11 rd1 a5 12 bd2 nbd7 13 nc1 qb6 14 nb3 c5 15 be1 rfd8 16 bb5 bd5 17 nbd2 qb7 18 nc4 nb6 19 nce5 ne4 20 dxc5 nxc5 21 nd4 rdc8 22 f3 nb3 23 nxb3 bxb3 24 rd3 bc2 25 rd2 b3 26 bf2 bb4 27 rd4 nd5 28 nd3 e5 29 nxe5 bc3 30 nc4 bxd4 31 exd4 qc7 32 bg3 qa7 33 qe4 nb4 34 nd6 rf8 35 qe3 rad8 36 qc3 qe7 37 re1 qg5 38 qe3 qg6 39 ne4 bxe4 40 qxe4 nc2 41 qxg6 hxg6 42 rc1 nxd4 43 bc7 rd5 44 bc4 rc8 45 ba6 re8 46 kf1 nc2 47 kg1 re1+ 48 rxe1 nxe1 49 kf2 nc2 50 ke2 rc5 51 bg3 nb4 52 bd3 g5 53 be4 rc4 54 be1 kf8 55 bc3 f6 56 g4 ke7 57 kd2 kd6 58 ke2 nd5 59 bxa5 rxa4 60 be1 ra2 61 kd3 rxb2 62 kc4 re2 63 bg3+ nf4 64 kxb3 rxe4 65 fxe4 ke5 66 h4 kxe4 67 hxg5 fxg5 68 kc4 kf3 69 be1 kxg4 70 kd4 kf3 71 ke5 g4 0 1 Game 9 Karpov,A (2750) - Ljubojevic,L (2580) Rotterdam: World Cup (1) 1989-06-00 (D16 Queen's G-D Slav Accepted, Alapin V) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 dxc4 5 a4 na6 6 e3 be6 7 a5 bd5 7 nd5!? 8 nd2 g6 8 e6!? 9 e4 bb4 10 exd5 exd5 with compensation for the piece 11 qe2+ (11 be2 bxa5; 11 qa4 O O 12 be2 re8) 11 kd7 12 nf3 re8 13 ne5+ kc7 14 bf4 bd6 9 e4 be6 10 nxc4 bg7 11 ne5 rc8 12 qa4 O O 13 be2 nd7 14 nd3 nc7 15 be3 f5 16 e5 bf7 17 rd1 qe8 18 h4 h6 19 bf3 kh7 20 nf4 rb8 21 qc2 kg8 22 g4 e6 23 rg1 kh8 24 qd2 rd8 25 qe2 qe7 26 gxf5 gxf5 27 bh5 rg8 28 bg6 nf8 29 qh5 rd7 30 rd3 qe8 31 bd2 nxg6 32 nxg6+ kh7 33 rdg3 rxd4 34 qe2 bxg6 35 rxg6 qxg6 36 rxg6 kxg6 37 be3 rxh4 38 f4 rd8 39 qf3 nd5 40 bxa7 rxf4 41 qd3 bxe5 42 ne2 re4 43 kf2 rg8 44 qc2 kh7 45 kf3 rh4 46 bg1 rh3+ 47 kf2 bh2 48 qc5 bxg1+ 49 nxg1 rh2+ 50 kf3 e5 0 1

Hogeye Billʼs Slav System for Black" Saturday, May 1, 2010" page 8 of 8 Game 10 Ftacnik,L (2535) - Speelman,J (2575) Luzern olm (1) 1982-10-00 (D16 Queen's G-D Slav Accepted, Alapin V) 1 d4 nf6 2 c4 c6 3 nc3 d5 4 nf3 dxc4 5 a4 na6 6 ne5 ng4 7 nxc4 e5 8 nxe5 nxe5 9 dxe5 qxd1+ 10 nxd1 be6 11 e4 bb4+ 12 bd2 O O O 13 bxb4 nxb4 14 ne3 rd4 15 f3 rhd8 16 kf2 rd2+ 17 kg3 r8d4 18 rc1 rxb2 19 bc4 nd3 20 rhd1 nxc1 21 rxd4 kc7 22 rd1 ne2+ 23 kh4 nc3 24 rc1 nxa4 25 f4 bxc4 26 nxc4 rxg2 27 kh3 re2 28 nd6 nb2 29 kg3 nd3 30 rb1 b5 31 ra1 kb6 32 kf3 rxh2 33 nxf7 nxf4 34 ng5 ng6 35 e6 a5 36 nf7 a4 37 nd6 rh3+ 38 kf2 rd3 39 nf5 rd8 40 ke3 re8 41 nxg7 re7 0 1 Game 11 Hubner,R (2595) - Smyslov,V (2560) Tilburg: Interpolis (1) 1979-11-00 (D16 Queen's G-D Slav, Smyslov V) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nc3 nf6 4 nf3 dxc4 5 a4 na6 6 e4 bg4 7 bxc4 e6 8 be3 bb4 9 qc2 bxf3 10 gxf3 O O 11 O O c5 12 d5 bxc3 13 bxc3 exd5 14 rfd1 qc8? (14 qd6!?) 15 exd5 qh3 16 rab1 qxf3 17 be2 qh3 18 rxb7 c4 19 bf1 qh5 20 qe2 qg6+ 21 bg2 rac8 22 d6 nc5 23 bxc5 rxc5 24 d7 rd5 25 rxd5 nxd5 26 qe4 nxc3 27 qxg6 hxg6 28 rc7 ne2+ 29 kf1 nf4 30 bd5 1 0 Game 12 Portisch,L (2610) - Nikolic,P (2630) Brussel: World Cup (1) 1988-04-00 (D16 Queen's G-D Slav, Smyslov V) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 nf3 nf6 4 nc3 dxc4 5 a4 na6 6 e4 bg4 7 bxc4 e6 8 be3 bb4 9 qc2 bxf3 10 gxf3 O O 11 O O c5 12 d5 bxc3 13 bxc3 exd5 14 rad1 nc7 15 exd5 nd7 16 be2 qf6 17 kh1 ne8 18 rg1 g6 19 d6 qe5 20 f4 qf6 21 f5 ng7 22 bd3 qe5 23 rg5 c4 24 bxc4 nxf5 25 rxf5 qxf5 26 qxf5 gxf5 27 bd4 rfc8 28 rg1+ kf8 29 bd5 rab8 30 rg7 1 0