New in Chess 11/1989 [antikvár]

Sicilian Defence l.e4 c5Til ; )Encouraging results for 2 ^c6 3.d4 cd4eSIn the 6.1.g5 Najdorf Variation Black has a wide variety of well-studied defensive or counter attacking possibilities at his disposal. One of them Is the line 6 e6 7.f4 $ibd7 S.^fS Wc? 9.0-0-0 b5 which used to be quite popular some fifteen years ago but has since fallen into disrepute. Two recent games by Dimltrov (as White), although they by no means rehabilitate the variation, show some new ideas which may inspire those who are looking for double-edged play (SI 6.5). In the main line {7 ie7 instead of 7 ^bd7) which is probably Black's most solid choice, Perenyi's move 16.Sg1 is still critical but other methods of attack have their own merits. The correspondence game Tsanturian-Bangiev (SI 9.9) is an interesting example of 16.1'h5 and in Yuferov-Borodin (SI 9.9) 13.a3 is tried.I I' I,eV,An instructive endgame with a white bishop against three black pawns, characteristic of the Dragon Variation, occurred in Dolmatov-Shirov (SI 17.7), but as regards opening theory there is not much news to report here.An interesting sequel to Ermenkov's article on the Scheveningen Variation in Yearbook 10 is the game Klovan-Pieniazek (SI 23.6) where Black plays 10 b6. Also of Interest is Kuczynski-Rodriguez (SI 23.6). In this game the preparatory move 10 nd8 is preferred. In Dolmatov-Polugaevsky (SI 24.5) Black chose a more classical development for his pieces with ac6 but here too the well-trodden theoretical paths were left when Polugaevsky experimented with an unusual idea. The mysteries of the English Attack are still far from solved. Very important here is the game Khalifman-Kasparov (S119.1) where Black plays Salov's move 10 ab8.11