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Date: 09 Nov 2005 12:10:53
From:
Subject: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
Who are the masters to study if one is interested in studying playing
with the isolated d pawn.

I am assuming that Tarrasch might be a place to start, given that he
championed the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined. There
was also that famous quote of his.

Who are the other's? Or was the good doctor alone in his opinions?





 
Date: 12 Nov 2005 09:16:22
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
Thank you all for the information. I should have remembered Botvinik.



 
Date: 12 Nov 2005 17:27:54
From: anthony mee
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
Botwinnik used several 'weak' pawn formations in the centre, including the
isolani
<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Who are the masters to study if one is interested in studying playing
> with the isolated d pawn.
>
> I am assuming that Tarrasch might be a place to start, given that he
> championed the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined. There
> was also that famous quote of his.
>
> Who are the other's? Or was the good doctor alone in his opinions?
>




 
Date: 11 Nov 2005 04:16:45
From: Vladyslav Kosulin
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
[email protected] wrote:
> Who are the masters to study if one is interested in studying playing
> with the isolated d pawn.
>
> I am assuming that Tarrasch might be a place to start, given that he
> championed the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined. There
> was also that famous quote of his.
>
> Who are the other's? Or was the good doctor alone in his opinions?
>

Korchnoi.

Vlad


 
Date: 10 Nov 2005 11:02:20
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Grunfeld"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7
8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 O-O 10. exd4 Na5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bb1 Nb4 14. Ne5
b6 15.
g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. Ra3 g6 19. Rg3 Ng7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
gxf6 Qd5
22. f3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4+ 24. Kf1 Nh5 25. Rg4 Qd6 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4
Nxf6
28. Qxb4 Qxe5 *

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7.
O-O
Nge7
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nce5 14.
Qf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d4 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. Re4 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. g3 Rfe8
20. Ba5
Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf8 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Re7 Rd5 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rb7 Nd7
26. Rc7
Rd6 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Nd2 c5 29. Nc4 Re6 30. Rb8 Re1+ 31. Kg2 g5 32. a4
Ra1 33.
Nxb6 Kg7 34. Rc8 Ne6 35. Nd7 Rxa4 36. Nxc5 Rb4 37. Nd3 Rb5 38. Kf3 h6
39. b4 h5
40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 f6 42. Rc4 Kf7 43. Nc5 Nd8 44. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Snosko Borovsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2
Be7
8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Bf4 Ng6
15. Bc7 Qa6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Be6 19. b4 b6 20. e4 dxe4
21. Bxe4
Rae8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bc6 Bf6 24. b5 Qc8 25. Rc2 Re7 26. Bd6 Rd8 27.
f4 Kh8
28. Rff2 Rf7 29. Rfd2 Rg8 30. Qh5 Qd8 31. Be4 Nf8 32. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "oczy-mem"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Bc6 14.
Ra1 Qb6
15. Na5 Bb5 16. Nc4 Qb7 17. Nfe5 Nc6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. Rc1
Rfd8 21.
b3 g6 22. f3 Nfd5 23. Be4 f5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Na5 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Qb6
27. Qd1
Rc8 28. Kh1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6
8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 a6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Rc1 Bc7 14. Na4
Qd6 15.
g3 Ne4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Rad8 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Bb6 21.
Rd1 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qe5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd4 g6 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Qc7
27. Qb2
Kg8 28. Qd2 Qc5 29. a4 Qa3 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rxd5 Qc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rb1
34. g4 Kg7 35. h4 b6 36. h5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rb7 38. g5 gxh5 39. Ra6 Rb3
40. Rh6
Ra3 41. Kg3 Ra1 42. e4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rh1 44. e5 h4 45. Kg4 Rg1+ 46. Kf5
Rh1 47.
Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kf5 Rh1 49. f4 h3 50. Kg4 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Kg3 Rg1+
53. Kf2
Rh1 54. Rf6 Ra1 55. Kg3 Rh1 56. Kg4 Kg8 57. Rh6 h2 58. Kg3 Rg1+ 59.
Kxh2 Rg4
60. Rf6 Kg7 61. Kh3 Rg1 62. Kh4 Rh1+ 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf5 Rf1 65. Rc6
Kf8 66.
Rc8+ Kg7 67. Rd8 Rf2 68. Rd1 Rf3 69. Ke4 Rf2 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. f5 Rg2 72.
Rd7
Rxg5 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. e6 Rf1+ 75. Ke5 Re1+ 76. Kd6 h5 77. Rxf7+ Kg8 78.
Ke7 1-0

[Event "Moscu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liliental"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5
exd5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. b4 d4 13. Na4 Be7 14.
e4
a5 15.
b5 Ne5 16. Bb2 d3 17. Bxe5 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Qb2 Kh8
21. Nb6
Rc5 22. a4 Bd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qd7 25. Qa3 b6 26. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Merano wch30 32/527"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly Evgenyevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1
dxc4
8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bb3 Nf6 14.
Ne5 Bd7
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rc3 Qd6 20. g3
Rd8 21.
Rd1 Rb6 22. Qe1 Qd7 23. Rcd3 Rd6 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Qd2 Qb6
27.
Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Rb3 Qc6 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. f4 b6 31. Rb4 b5 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qa3
a5 34.
Rxa4 Qb5 35. Rd2 e5 36. fxe5 Rxe5 37. Qa1 Qe8 38. dxe5 Rxd2 39. Rxa5
Qc6 40.
Ra8+ Kh7 41. Qb1+ g6 42. Qf1 Qc5+ 43. Kh1 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event " del Plata"]
[Site " del Plata"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O
8. Bd3
Re8 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14.
Bxe5
Qxe5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Qb2 a6 19. Rac1 Ng4 20.
Nf3 Qb6
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Nd4 Ne8 26. a4
Qc7 27.
Qxc7 Nxc7 28. a5 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 g6 31. Kd2 Ne6 32. Nxe6 fxe6
33. f4 e5
34. g3 Kd6 35. Kc3 Be6 36. Kb4 exf4 37. gxf4 Bg4 38. Kc3 Bf3 39. Kd4
Bg2
40. h4
Bf3 41. b4 Bh1 42. Be2 Bg2 43. Bg4 Be4 44. Bc8 Kc7 45. Be6 Kd6 46. Bg8
h6 47.
Bf7 h5 48. Be8 Bc2 49. Bf7 Be4 50. f5 Bxf5 51. Bxd5 Bc8 52. e4 Ke7 53.
Ke5 g5
54. hxg5 h4 55. g6 h3 56. g7 h2 57. g8=Q h1=Q 58. Qf7+ Kd8 59. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR (ch) 20/232"]
[Site "USSR (ch) 20/232"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael Agred"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Nge7 13. Bg3 Bxg3
14.
hxg3 Bg4 15. Kd2 Kf7 16. Nfd4 Ne5 17. f3 Bc8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Nc5 a6 20.
Bd3 b6
21. Na4 Rb8 22. b3 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Bd7 24. Nc3 Rhd8 25. Rh5 Be8 26. Kd2
Rbc8 27.
Re6 Nc6 28. Nce2 Bd7 29. Re3 Ne5 30. Rh1 Rc7 31. Nf4 Bc8 32. g4 Re7 33.
Rhe1 g6
34. a4 Bb7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Ra1 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Rec7 38. Nfe6 Re7 39. Nc5
Rce8 40.
Rc3 Bc8 41. Nxa6 h5 42. Nc7 Rg8 43. Ra8 hxg4 44. f4 Nf3+ 45. gxf3 g3
46. Ra1
Rh8 47. Rg1 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 Rf2 49. Rxg3 Rf1 50. Kd2 Ree1 51. Re3 1-0

[Event "Pamplona9596"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Lluis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 Nd7 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. Bb5+
Bd7 8.
Qe2 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nc2 Ngf6 13. O-O-O
Bc5 14.
Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Bxe3+ 16. Nxe3 Nb6 17. Rhe1 Rd7 18. h4 h5 19. f3 Kd8
20. Nc2
Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. b3 Na8 23. Ne3 Nc7 24. g4 hxg4 25. fxg4 Re7 26.
Nexd5
Nfxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Re2 29. a4 Rh2 30. h5 Re2 31. Rg5 Kf8 32.
Rc5 Re4
33. g5 Rh4 34. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscu ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hutcheson"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3
Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Ndb4 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4
14. Qd2
b6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Nf5 20.
Qf4 Ne7
21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Rcd1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Rg3 f6 25. Nf3 e5 26. Qg4
Rc7 27.
Nh4 Bc8 28. Qh5 Rd8 29. Qh6 Qf7 30. Nf3 Bb7 31. Qe3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rcd7
33. Rg4
f5 34. Rg5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qd3 g6 37. h4 Qe7 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. Kf1
Qc7 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Cukierman, X."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6
8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 c5 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
dxc5 Qxc5
15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Ne2 Qb4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nexd4 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Nc5
21. Nd6 Ba8 22. b4 Nd3 23. Rc7 Kg8 24. Nc8 Nxb4 25. Nxb6 Rb8 26. Nd7
Rd8
27. a3
Nd3 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 11/504"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 11/504"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Donner, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Be7
8.
cxd5
exd5 9. b4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Qa4 Bb7
15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 {1-0 ...} 17... Qxe5 18. Na4 d4 19.
Bxd4 Qd5
20. Qh3 Bc8 21. Rxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bf5 Qc4 23. Nc3 h6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25.
Qxh6 1-0

[Event "USSR 27/265"]
[Site "USSR 27/265"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korsunsky, Rostislav R"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O
Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14.
Bf5 Ncb4
15. Qb1 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Bf6 17. Ne4 Qc8 18. Qh5 c6 19. Bxh6 Nc2 20. Ne5
Nxe1 21.
Ng4 Bxd4 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Bxg7 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qc1+ 26. Kg2
Bxg7
27. Nef6+ Bxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Qe5 Rg8 30. Ng4+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32.
Qe5+ Kd7
33. Qf5+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Dacca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Handoko, E."]
[Black "Rahman, Zil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2
O-O 8.
c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bf5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. N2f3 Ne5 13. Bxg4 Nfxg4
14. h3
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Bd6
20. Qf5
Qc7 21. Rd3 Qd7 22. Qg5 f5 23. Rad1 h6 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. Be3 Qe5 26. g3
Be7 27.
Bd4 Qe6 28. Re3 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Re5 g6 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rexd5
Rxd5 33.
Rxd5 Ke6 34. Rb5 b6 35. Bxh6 Rh8 36. Be3 Rxh3 37. a4 Bd8 38. c4 Rh7 39.
c5 a6
40. Rb3 bxc5 41. Bxc5 g5 42. Rb8 Rd7 43. b4 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Kg2
Kf5 46.
Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Rd5 48. Rc8 Kg4 49. Rc6 Bg5 50. f3+ Kg3 51. Rxa6 Re5+
52. Kd3
Kxf3 53. Rg6 Kg4 54. Bd4 Rf5 55. b5 f3 56. b6 Rd5 57. b7 Rxd4+ 58. Kxd4
f2 59.
b8=Q f1=Q 60. Rxg5+ Kxg5 61. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana 7/200"]
[Site "Ljubljana 7/200"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Puc, Stojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Nxe7+
Qxe7
14. Be3 Qe5 15. Bd4 Qf4 16. f3 Nd6 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Nf5 19. Nb3
Re2 20.
Rf2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Re8 23. Rd1 a6 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. c3 Kf8
26. g4
Nd7 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. b3 g6 29. Ne3 Rc5 30. Ke2 h6 31. Kd2 Kg7 32. Rd4 a5
33. a4
Kf6 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Rc6 36. a5 Nc8 37. Rxd5 Ke6 38. f4 Nd6 39.
Re5+ Kd7
40. Rd5 Ke6 41. f5+ gxf5 42. gxf5+ Ke7 43. b5 Rc8 44. a6 bxa6 45. bxa6
Kd7 46.
Ra5 Kc6 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Ra4 Nb5 49. a7 Rd8+ 50. Nd5+ Kb7 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8
52. Rb4
Ra5 53. Nc3 Kc6 54. Rxb5 Rxb5 55. Nxb5 Kxb5 56. Kd4 Kc6 57. Ke5 Kd7 58.
Kf6 Ke8
59. Kg7 Ke7 60. f6+ Ke6 61. h3 1-0

[Event "Andorra op"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "in, Mihail"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5
8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. b4
Ne6 15.
Bh3 N4g5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. e3 Qe7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nb5 Rac8 20. Qg4
Rf5 21.
Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re5 23. Nf3 h5 24. Qxh5 Bxe3 25. Qxe5 Bxc1 26. Bxe6+
Kh8 27.
Nh4 Qe8 28. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7
8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14.
Rfd1
b6 15.
a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 cxd4 19. exd4 b5 20. Na5 Nb6 21.
Nxb7 Qxb7
22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. f4
h5 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 30. Rd2 Qd5 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. b3 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34.
Qf3 Qd6
35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8
41. Re3
Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Qb1 Bc1 46. Nxc1 Qh1+ 47.
Kf2
Rxc1 48. Qd3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Moskva (m/4)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly Evgenyevich"]
[Black "Kasparov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3
O-O
8. Qc2
Na6 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. cxd5 Nxc5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nd4 exd5 14.
Be2 Qb6
15. O-O Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb1 Rc7 20. Rd2
Rdc8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Rc4 23. h3 Qc6 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Rfd1 a5 26. b3 Rc3 27.
Qe2 Rf8
28. Bh5 b5 29. Bg6 Bd8 30. Bd3 b4 31. Qg4 Qe8 32. e4 Bg5 33. Rc2 Rxc2
34. Bxc2
Qc6 35. Qe2 Qc5 36. Rf1 Qc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Bb1 Qd2 39. Qe5 Rd8 40.
Qf5 Kg8
41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qg6 Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh8 44. Bf5 Qc3 45. Qg6 Kg8 46. Be6+
Kh8 47.
Bf5 Kg8 48. g3 Kf8 49. Kg2 Qf6 50. Qh7 Qf7 51. h4 Bd2 52. Rd1 Bc3 53.
Rd3 Rd6
54. Rf3 Ke7 55. Qh8 d4 56. Qc8 Rf6 57. Qc5+ Ke8 58. Rf4 Qb7+ 59. Re4+
Kf7 60.
Qc4+ Kf8 61. Bh7 Rf7 62. Qe6 Qd7 63. Qe5 1-0



 
Date: 10 Nov 2005 11:01:58
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
[Event "Habana WCh"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Lasker, Em-CapablancaJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5
8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14.
O-O Rac8
15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nbd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20.
Nxc6 bxc6
21. Re5 Qb6 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. Ne2 Rd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. b3
h5
27. h3
h4 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. Kf1 g6 30. Qb1 Qb4 31. Kg1 a5 32. Qb2 a4 33. Qd2
Qxd2 34.
Rxd2 axb3 35. axb3 Rb6 36. Rd3 Ra6 37. g4 hxg3 38. fxg3 Ra2 39. Nc3 Rc2
40. Nd1
Ne7 41. Nc3 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. Nd1 Rb1 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45. Ke3 Rb4 46.
Nc3 Ne7
47. Ne2 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 g5 49. g4 Nd6 50. Ng1 Ne4+ 51. Kf1 Rb1+ 52. Kg2
Rb2+ 53.
Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Ra2 55. Kf1 Kg7 56. Re3 Kg6 57. Rd3 f6 58. Re3 Kf7 59.
Rd3 Ke7
60. Re3 Kd6 61. Rd3 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Rg2 63. Kf1 Ra2 64. Re3 e5 65. Rd3
exd4 66.
Rxd4 Kc5 67. Rd1 d4 68. Rc1+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M-VidM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14.
Rad1
Nb4 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Qd6 20.
Nxf7
Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "De Groot-Scholtens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8.
a3 Nb6 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 Nbd5 13. Qd3 Rc8 14.
Ne5 O-O
15. Bb1 g6 16. Ba2 Qb6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Ng4
Nxg4 21.
Bxe7 Qd7 22. Bxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Botvinnk, M-FlohrS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Be4 Nf6 12. Bb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Re3
Nbd5 15. Rh3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Bd3 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. Rg3
Nh5 21.
Rh3 Nhf6 22. Bb1 Rc7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rh3 Nhf6 25. Qe2 Nxc3 26. bxc3 b4
27. Rg3
Rxc3 28. Nxf7 Qd5 29. Ne5 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Bd6 32. Bf4 Nh5
33. Rd1
Nxf4 34. gxf4 Qxf4 35. Rxd6 Bd5 36. Bc2 Rf8 37. h3 Qf1+ 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+
39. Kh2
Rf2 40. Rxd5 exd5 41. Bb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Site "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Pachman-Ojanen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D68"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6
8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qb1 exd4
14.
exd4
Nb6 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Re5 Bg4 19. Qe1 h6 20. h3
Bc8 21.
Rce3 Qd6 22. Qa5 Qc7 23. Qxa7 Rd6 24. Qa3 Qd8 25. Qc5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Qb5
Be6 28. Rb3 Rd7 29. Ree3 Rc7 30. Rbc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qd6 32. Ne5 Ra8 33.
a3 Rb8
34. b4 g6 35. Qc5 Qd8 36. Qb5 Kg7 37. Qe2 Qd6 38. Qc2 Ra8 39. Rc7 Kf6
40. Qc1
g5 41. f4 Ra6 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Rxf7+ Ke6 44. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ct"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris-GellerEfim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7
8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Rc1 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15.
Bb1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Re1 Nbd5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qh3 Qb4 20. Bh6 Rfd8
21. Ba2
Rd6 22. Bg5 Qxd4 23. Rcd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Nxf7 Rxc3
27.
Nh6+ Kg7 28. bxc3 Bc5 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Kxh6 31. Bxe6 Ne4 32. Re2
Nxc3 33.
Rb2 Bc6 34. Kh2 Bb5 35. f3 Kg7 36. Rb3 Bd4 37. Bc8 a5 38. Ra3 a4 39. g4
g5 40.
g3 Kf6 41. f4 Bc6 42. Bf5 h6 0-1

[Event "Torremolinos"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Christiansen, L-GheorghiuF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4
Be7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6
Re8 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ba2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Ne5 Bf8 20. Bg5 Be7
21.
Bxe7
Rexe7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Nxh5+ gxh5 26. Rd3 Qh8
27. Rg3+
Kf8 28. Rg5 Re6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Ng6+ Kg7 31. Nxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rxh5+ Kg7
33. h4
Nc6 34. Rxe6 Nxd4 35. Rg5+ Kh7 36. Rd6 Rf7 37. f3 Nf5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39.
Rd7+
Kg6 40. Rxb7 Rf4 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor-DokhoianYury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1
dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14.
Qd3 Nbd5
15. Qh3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Ne4 Qd8
21. Nxc6 Qd5 22. Ne5 Bd8 23. b4 Be7 24. Nc5 Rfb8 25. Rb1 Rb6 26. Qe3
Nf6 27.
Qf4 Rf8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Kg7 30. g4 h6 31. h3 Bd6 32. Re2 Rc8 33.
Rc2 Rf8
34. Rcb2 Ra8 35. Rb3 g5 36. Qe3 Ra2 37. R3b2 Qa8 38. Rxa2 Qxa2 39. Qb3
Qd2 40.
Qd3 Qf4 41. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander-KmochHans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3
8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qf6
14. O-O
Rd8 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Be8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rg3
h6 21.
Nf3 Qf6 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Rf4 Nxc4
27.
Nxc4
Qg5 28. Rg3 Qd5 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qc1 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. d5 a5 33. Qe4
Rd6 34.
Qe5 g6 35. Qh5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qxh6 Qe5 38. Rh4 Qg7 39. Qxg7+
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Gipslis-Savon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14.
Bb1 Rc8
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qe3 Nfd5 17. Qh3 f5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Nb5 Qb8
21. Ba2
a6 22. Nc3 Rce8 23. Nf3 Bd8 24. Ng5 Qc8 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxd5 h6 27.
Nxf6+ Kh8
28. Qxf5 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxf5 30. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Y-BagirovV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 Nc7 14.
Bc2 Re8
15. Qd3 g6 16. Qf3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. f4
Nh5 21.
Qf2 f5 22. g4 Ng7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Rg1 Bd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5
27. Rg6
Nce6 28. Rdg1 Rf8 29. Rh6 Kg8 30. Bb3 Rd6 31. Qg2 Rfd8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33.
Rxe6
Qf8 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Moskva-Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M-TolushA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3
cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7
14. Bg5
Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf5 Nf4 19. Rxf6 Nxd3 20.
Rxf7
Nxb2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Be6 Rd8 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rf7 Bxe6
26.
dxe6
Rd6 27. Rxg7 Rxe6 28. Rxa7 Nd3 29. h3 Nf4 30. Ra4 Ne2+ 31. Nxe2 Rxe2
32. Ra7
Kf8 33. Rb7 Re6 34. Kf2 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. g3 Rc6 38.
Kg4 Kh8
39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40. Kg6 Rc6+ 41. Kh5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Gelfand-Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
O-O
8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Qe2 Rd8 14.
g3 Qg4
15. Qe3 Ba5 16. Be2 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. Nc5 Qf6 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. a3 Nd5
21. Qe4
Bc7 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qe2 b6 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Bb5 a6 27. Ba4 b5
28. Bb3
Bb6 29. Qf3 f5 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Re1 Qf8 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
Qf4 Qf6
35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Nd7 Rxd7 37. Rxc8 Bxd4 38. Rc7 Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.
Qd6 Bf6
41. Re6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Karpov, An-ShortN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3
cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14.
Ned2 a5
15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Nbd7 18. Be3 Ra7 19. Ne5 Nb8 20. Bf4
Ne8 21.
Rd3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rg3 Qe7 24. Qh5 f5 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Qh4 g6 27.
Re3 Rd8
28. f3 Rc7 29. Rae1 Nh5 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Kf2 Ng7 32. g4 Rc7 33. Rc1 g5
34.
Ree1 h5 35. h3 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rf8+ 37. Ke3 Rf4 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Rxf1 Nc6
40.
Bxc6 Bxc6 41. Rf6 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bd5 43. Rg6 Rc8 44. Rxg5 Rf8 45. Ncd3
Kh7 46.
Nf4 Bb3 47. Nd7 Rf7 48. Nc5 Bd1 49. Ne4 Rf8 50. Nf2 Bxa4 51. Rxa5 Bc6
52. Ra7
1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Karpov, A-SpasskyB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6
8. Qc2
Qa5 9. a3 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. O-O Qd8 14.
cxd5
exd5
15. Nf3 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Qe2
Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Rd8 22. Rd3 Rcd6 23. Rfd1 R6d7 24. R1d2 Qb5 25. Qd1 b6 26. g3 Bf8
27. Bg2
Be7 28. Qh5 a6 29. h3 Qc6 30. Kh2 a5 31. f4 f6 32. Qd1 Qb5 33. g4 g5
34. Kh1
Qc6 35. f5 Bf7 36. e4 Kg7 37. exd5 Qc7 38. Re2 b5 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. d6
Qc4 41.
b3 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Keene, R-MilesA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3
cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Re3 g6
15. Rg3 Rc8 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qb1
Ne5 21.
dxe5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bg7+ Bxg7 26.
Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "USSR-Australia"]
[Site "Australia"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Bronstein, D-BergerB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3
dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nbd5
14. Rfe1
Bc6 15. Qh3 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Ne4 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Y-PsakhisL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c4
dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. a3 Ng6 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Be3 a6 14.
Bf1 Qd8
15. Na4 Nh4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. dxc5 Re6 19. Qf3 Be4 20. Qg4
Qxg4
21. hxg4 Ne7 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bh4
Nf6 27.
f3 Kf7 28. Bg3 Bd5 29. Bd3 Re7 30. g5 Nh5 31. Be5 g6 32. Bc2 Ng7 33.
Ba4
c6 34.
Kf2 Kg8 35. Bc2 Rf7 36. Rd4 Nf5 37. Rd2 Rd7 38. g4 Ng7 39. Ke3 Rf7 40.
f4 Kf8
41. Bd1 Ne8 42. Kd4 Rd7 43. Kc3 Ke7 44. Kb4 Kd8 45. Ka5 Nc7 46. Kb6 Kc8
47. a4
Rf7 48. Bc2 Bf3 49. Bxc7 Rxc7 50. f5 Bxg4 51. f6 Rf7 52. Rd6 e5 53. Bb3
Rf8 54.
Be6+ Bxe6 55. Rxe6 Kd8 56. Kxb7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Shulman, Y-FeiginM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3
cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd3 h6 14.
Rad1 Ne7
15. Ba2 Ned5 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nh5 19. Bb1 Nhf4 20. Qd2
Rfd8 21.
Ng3 Qc7 22. Re5 Qc4 23. Re4 Qb3 24. Rde1 Ng6 25. Nh5 Nde7 26. Rg4 Rd5
27. Nf4
Nxf4 28. Qxf4 Kf8 29. Bh4 Qxb2 30. Rxg7 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Bf6 Rf4
33. Bb2
Nf5 34. Rh7 Nd4 35. Rxh6 Ke7 36. Bh7 Rc4 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Bc1
Rxc1
40. Rxc1 Kd6 41. Ke3 e5 42. Rh7 Bxf3 43. Rf1 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Rogic, D-KovacevicVlat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O
Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Qd3 Bg4
14. Rfe1
Nc6 15. c3 Qb6 16. Bf1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 a5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qf4 a4 20.
Qxa4 Ne4
21. Nd4 Qxb2 22. Nc2 Qb6 23. Bd3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Qb5 Nxd3 26.
Qxd3 Re2
27. Qxe2 Qxe2 28. Re1 Qe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. Kf2 e5 32. Ke3
Ke6 33.
Kd3 h5 34. a4 Na5 35. Ne3 b6 36. Nd1 Nb3 37. Nb2 Nc5+ 38. Ke3 g5 39. g3
Kf5 40.
Kf3 g4+ 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kd2 Kb7 45. Kc2 Ka6 46.
Kd2 Ka5
47. Kc2 Ka6 48. Kd2 Kb7 49. Kc2 Kc6 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6
53. Ke2
e4 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Ke2 Ne6 56. c4 d4 57. c5 bxc5 58. a5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Olafsson, H-ErnstT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5
cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Qb6
14. Qc2
Bd7 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Qb8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Nc5 Be8 19. a3 Qb5 20. b4
Qb8 21.
Re4 Qc7 22. Rde1 Qd8 23. Qd3 g6 24. g3 Nf6 25. R4e2 Nd5 26. h4 Bf6 27.
Ne4 Be7
28. Bg5 f6 29. Bh6 Bf7 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rc7 32. Nd6 Re7 33. Bd2
Rb8 34.
Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Qxb1 Qc7 36. a4 Rd7 37. Be1 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Qxd6 39. Qb7
Qa3 40.
Qb8+ Kg7 41. Rb2 Qxa4 42. Rb7 Qd1 43. Qxa7 Qxe1+ 44. Kg2 Ne3+ 45. Kf3
Nf5 46.
Rxf7+ Kg8 47. Rxf6 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kd2 Qxd4+ 50. Qxd4 Nxd4 51.
Rf4
e5 52.
Re4 Kf7 53. Kd3 Kf6 54. f4 Nf5 55. g4 Nxh4 56. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Lalic, B-HulakK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qe2 Re8 14.
Rac1 g6
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Kg7 17. Red1 Qb8 18. g3 Bd6 19. Bxf6+ Nxf6 20.
Nb5 Nd5
21. a3 Rd8 22. Rc6 Ne7 23. Rc4 h6 24. Rdc1 g5 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Ne4 Be7
27. Nec3
Nxc3 28. R1xc3 e5 29. d5 e4 30. Rxe4 Bf6 31. Rd3 Bxb2 32. d6 Re8 33.
Rde3 Rxe4
34. Rxe4 Qc8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Nxa7 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Nb5 Kf6 39.
Rc4 Rc1
40. Rb4 Be5 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Bb2 44. h4 Rd2 45. Ke4
Ke6 46.
f5+ Kf6 47. Nc7 Re2+ 48. Kd3 Bxa3 49. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Lautier, J-BeliavskyA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6
8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14.
c6 Bxc6
15. O-O Nc5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qf5 Bxb2 20. Rxd5
Qc8 21.
Qc2 Bf6 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Bf1 Re8 24. Bc4 Ra7 25. Rd6 b5 26. Rxf6 gxf6
27.
Qg6+
Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Bxf7 Rh8 30. Qg6 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rf8 32. Nf5+ Kd8 33.
Qxf6+
Kc7 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Kramnik, V-KengisE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Bb6 14.
Be3 Na5
15. Qc3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. Qc5 b6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qf4 Be4
21. Rac1
Nc4 22. b3 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb6 25. Rfd1 Rad8 26. Qf5 g6 27.
Qc2 Rd7
28. h3 Kg7 29. Qc5 Qb7 30. Rc3 b4 31. Rc2 Ree7 32. Rdc1 h5 33. Qc8 Qb6
34. e3
Rd8 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Qxd8 Nf7 37. Qc8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Ng5 39. Rc7 Nf3+
40. Kf1
Nh2+ 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Guliev, S-GorelovS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6
8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Ne4 Ncb4 13. h4 b6 14. h5
h6 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ng6 Re8 20. Bf4 Kh7
21. Bh2
Qd7 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. Rac1 Bg5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ng6 Qb4 26. Rc7 Rec8 27.
Qc2
Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Qxa4 29. Re1 Qb4 30. Be5 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. Nf8+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch33 Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Taimanov, M-MikenasV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2
Nbd7
8. a4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 14.
Rfe1 Bd7
15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. Bc2 h6 18. h4 Rc8 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Bxh6
gxh6 21.
Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qe3 Bd6 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Nxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rf3 Ng8 26. Rxe6+
Kd7 27.
Rxf7+ Re7 28. Rexe7+ Nxe7 29. Qg5 Rxc3 30. axb5 Qa5 31. g3 Qa1+ 32. Kg2
Qb2 33.
Bf5+ Kd8 34. b6 Qxb6 35. Rxe7 Rxg3+ 36. fxg3 Bxe7 37. Qg8+ Kc7 38. Qc8+
1-0

[Event "Ponferrada R8,M3-T1,DH"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Estremera, S-SpraguettK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. a3 a6 14. Ba2
b5 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. h4 b4 17. Na4 bxa3 18. bxa3 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd8
21. Ne5
Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Nbc4 Rc8 27.
Rb6 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Qd8 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Ne3 Qb7 32. g3 h6 33. Qc2
g6 34.
Qd3 Qf3 35. Qxa6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "4b"]
[Black "Van Wely, L-SokolovI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O
8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5
c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Nce4 17. Qb2 Bd7 18. h3 Rac8 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Bc2
Nce4
21. a4
Ng5 22. Nfd4 Rc4 23. Nf4 Rec8 24. Bb3 R4c5 25. Rcd1 Nge4 26. Nde2 Be6
27. Qd4
a6 28. Nd3 R5c7 29. b6 Rc6 30. Ne5 Rc5 31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Ned3 Rc3 33. Ba2
a5 34.
Ne5 R3c5 35. Ned3 Rc2 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Nc3 39. Rd2
Nfe4 40.
Nxe6 fxe6 41. Rc2 Rc6 42. Ne5 Rc5 43. Nd3 Nb5 44. Qb2 Rxc2 45. Qxc2
Nbc3
46. f3
Ng3 47. Kf2 Nge2 48. Nf4 Qc6 49. Ke1 Nxf4 50. exf4 Qc5 51. Kf1 Ne4 52.
Qxc5
Nxc5 53. f5 Kf7 54. Ke2 Nxa4 55. Kd3 Nxb6 56. fxe6+ Kxe6 57. Kd4 Kd6
58.
f4 Nc4
59. g4 b5 60. g5 a4 61. h4 b4 62. f5 b3 0-1



 
Date: 10 Nov 2005 11:00:52
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
[Event "Hilversum"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Szabo-Van Seters"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rc8
14.Rad1 Qc7
15. Ba2 Rfd8 16. h3 Rd7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd8 19. Qe4 exd5 20. Nxd5
Bxg5 21.Nxg5 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxd7 Nd8 25. Re8+ Kg7 26.
Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Boleslavsky-Kotov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2
cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5
14. d5
Nxb3 15. dxe6 Qb6 16. axb3 fxe6 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf3 Rad8
20. Bf4 Bxf3 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8
25. Be5 Bc6 26. b4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Szabo-Unzicker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2
Ba6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15. Qf4 Re8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. d5 exd5 19.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qf5 Bxc3 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22.bxc3 Ne5 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. h4 h5
25. Bf5 Rxc3 26. Ne6+ fxe6 27.Bxg6 Qc6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd6 30.
Re1 Bc8 31. Bxh5 Qc5 32. Bg4 Rc2 33.Qf6 Kc6 34. h5 Rc1 35.Rxc1 Qxc1+
36. Kh2 Qxa3 37. h6 Qd6+ 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Smyslov, V-Trifunovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13.
d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd7 15. Qh5 Bc6 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Rfe1 Bc2 18. Rd2 Bg6
19. Qe2 Be7 20.Rdd1 Qb6 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rd6 Qc5 24. Rxf6
gxf6 25. Bxf6 Qh5 26. Qe3 h6 27. h3 Qf5 28.Bc3 Kh7 29. g4 Qg5 30. f4
Qh4 31. Kg2 Rg8 32. Qe7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 Rae8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. f5 a6 36.
Kf3 Rc8 37. Bd4 b5 38. Bd3 Rc1 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40.h4 Rd1 41. Ke2 Rh1 42.
h5 Rh2+ 43. Bf2 Kg7 44. hxg6 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46.Bd4+ Kg8 47. Be4 a5
48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Moscu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Dvoretsky-Romanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Bb3
Nc6 14.
Rac1 Rac8 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Rfe8 17. Qc4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qb8 19. Bf4
Na5 20.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Romania"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Kortchnoi, V-GheorghiuF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Rad1
e6 14.
Bg5 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd5 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. d5
exd5 20.
Bxd5 Rb8 21. Bb3 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd6 Rbd8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxd8+
Qxd8 26.
Qxb7 Qd7 27. Re7 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Petrosian, T-BalashovY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8
14. Qd3
Re8 15.d5 exd5 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Qh4 Qc7 20.
Bb3 h5 21. Qe4 Kg7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bh6 Qd6 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Rad1 Nd4
26. Qxd4+ Qxd4
27. Rxd4 Rc5 28. h4 1-0

[Event "San Feliu de Guixols"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Garcia tinez, S-Po SalamancaA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8
14. Qd3
Re8 15.d5 exd5 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Qh4 Qc7 20.
Bb3 h5 21. Qe4 Kg7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bh6 Bd6 24. Ng5+ Kf6 25. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Social Activo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Ingles-Torrecillas, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Rc8 7. d4
cxd4 8.cxd4 e6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Re1 d5 11. Qa4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Nc5
Qc7 14. Qb5 Nb6 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxd5 Nd8 18. Nd4 Be7 19.
Nxe6 Nxe6 20.
Qxe6 Rf8 21. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Matx entrenamiento"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Alfonso, Bety-TorrecillasA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qa4 exd5 7. Bf4
Bb4 8.Nf3 Nf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Rxd4
Bxa4 14.Rxd8 Rfxd8 15. O-O Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 Rd1 18. Ne5 Rxf1+
19. Kxf1 Be8
20. Bd5 Rd8 21. Bb3 Kf8 22. Nf3 f6 23. Be3 Bb5+ 24. Kg1 Bc6 25. Nd4 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Final Catalunya"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Torrecillas, A-LaraM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3
O-O
8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Rad1 Nc6
14. Rfe1 Qc8 15. a3 Rd8 16. Ba2 Nh5 17. d5 Ba6 18. Qe4 exd5 19. Nxd5
Bxh4 20. Qxh4
Qf5 21.Nd4 1-0

[Event "Erevan"]
[Site "Erevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Psakhis, L-GellerE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6
8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. g3 c5 13. dxc5 Rd8
14. cxb6 d4
15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bh3+ 18. Kf1 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. f3
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qa6+ 22. Kg1 Rd8 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. Qe1 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2
Qxb6+ 26.Kf1 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Moskva"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Petrosian, T-SpasskyB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Qe4 Ncb4 13. Ne5
Ra7 14.
Bb3 Nf6 15. Qh4 b6 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. d5 exd5 20.
Be3 Ra8
21. Nc4 Nd6 22. Bxb6 Qb8 23. Na5 Nf5 24. Qxb8 Raxb8 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26.
a5 Bg5 27.
Rb1 d4 28. Nd5 Nc6 29. Ba4 Rc8 30. f4 Nce7 31. Rbc1 Rcb8 32. fxg5 Nxd5
33. Bc6 Rxb6 34. axb6 Nde3 35. b7 Nxd1 36. Rxd1 g6 37. g4 Ng7 38. Rxd4
Ne6 39. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Mislata op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Sanchez Guirado-Franco, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3
Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6
14. Bh6
Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. h4 a6 17. h5 Nxh5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20.
Rxe8 Qxe8
21. Re1 Qd8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Bb3+ Kg7 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Re6
Be7 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Ne5 Bd5 30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxd7 Rc1+
32. Kh2 Bxe5+ 33.Kh3 h5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe5 Bxb3 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe3
Rh1+ 38. Kg3 h4+
39. Kf4 Bf7 40. Qxb6 Rg1 41. Qxa6 Kg7 42. Qc6 Rd1 43. Qc3+ Kh7 44. Kg4
Bd5 45.
Qc7+ Kh6 46. Qe5 Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Linares sf PCA"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Kamsky, G-ShortN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 g6
14.Bh6 b6
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bb3 a6 18. N2g3 Nb8 19. Qf3 Rc7 20. Nh5
Nd7 21.h4 N7f6 22. Nhxf6+ Nxf6 23. d5 Nxe4 24. dxe6 f5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Lenigrado Junior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Spasski-Avtomotov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. exd4 Nb4 12. d5 Nbxd5 13. Bg5
Be7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd4 Kf8 18. Nf5 h5 19.
Rxd5 Qxd5 20.Qxe7+ Kg8 21. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Baku"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Magerramov-Kasparov, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6
8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. c6 Bxc6 14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Rd2 d4 18. exd4 Re8 19. f3 Bxf3
20. gxf3
Qh4+ 21.Rf2 Nxd4+ 22. Be2 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Rg2 Nh4 25. Rhg1 Rad8
26. Qe1
Rd3 27.Qf2 Nf3 28. Rh1 Kh8 29. Rhg1 b5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch39 Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Smyslov, V-KarpovAn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8
14. Bg5
g6 15.Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Bb3
Qh5 21. d5 Nd8 22. d6 Rc5 23. d7 Re7 24. Qf4 Bg7 25. Qb8 Qxh6 26. Qxd8+
Bf8 27. Re3 Bc6
28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Osterskan m25'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Andersson, U-KarpovA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2
cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Rfe1
Nb4 14. d5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxb4 Qe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "JUG-ch Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Popovic, P-BarlovD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5
8. exd6 e6 9.cxd4 Bxd6 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Qd3 Nbd7 15.Rad1 Re8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. d5 Qc7 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6
Bd8 20. Nd4 fxe6 21.Nxe6 Qf7 22. g3 Nbd7 23. Nxd8 Raxd8 24. Qd3 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qf3 b5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30.
Qc6 h6 31. Bf4 Qf7 32. Qxa6 Qd5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc2+ Kh8 35. b3 Nc5
36. g4 Nd3 37. Bg3 Kh7 38. a4 Qe4 39.h3 bxa4 40. bxa4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1
42. a5 Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qc4 Qd1 45. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Olafsson, H-TorhallssonT"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6
14. Bh6
Re8 15.Rad1 Qd6 16. b4 Rac8 17. Bb3 a5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nd8
21. Qd4 Bf8 22. Rxe8 Ne6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4a"]
[Black "Taimanov, M-BrowneW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Ne5 h6 14.
Nxd7
Qxd7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Qg4+ Kh7 18. Nd5 f5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh3
Kg7 21.
Nh5+ Kh8 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Qe5+ f6 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. d5 Qe8 26. Nf4 Bd6
27. dxe6
Rf8 28. Qh4 Qc6 29. Bf1 Qxc1 30. Rxd6 1-0



  
Date: 12 Nov 2005 23:16:14
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
En/na [email protected] ha escrit:
>
> [Event "Romania"]
> [Site "Romania"]
> [Date "1968.??.??"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "4a"]
> [Black "Kortchnoi, V-GheorghiuF"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "D94"]
> [PlyCount "53"]
> [EventDate "1968.??.??"]
>
> 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
> 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Rad1
> e6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd5 17. Rfe1 Rac8
> 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. d5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21. Bb3 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb6
> 23. Nd6 Rbd8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb7 Qd7 27. Re7 1-0

Only some adds about this topic.

As I said I sent here the games I have used to teach IQP.
In that set of games there are games of Botvinnik, Capablanca, Karpov,
Kasparov, Krmanik, ... and many other stronger players (as I wrote, all
players up to certain level have played many IQP)

In the first set of games there is a selection of games where white
space advantage is followed by the concrete d5 break in the CORRECT
moment. All games are work material and many hours can be devoted to
study them.

I like very much this example (Korchnoi-Georghiu) ... If you have a look
at the position after 17th black move you will find very difficult to
find the extraodinary 18th white move: white tactically breaks the
blockade and achieves the d5 break in good conditions.

There are other games where the d5 breack need to be prepared tactically
and it shows how dificult is to find the best moves in that positions
but also how hard work can help us to solve similar positions.

AT



 
Date: 10 Nov 2005 10:59:50
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
En/na [email protected] ha escrit:

> Who are the masters to study if one is interested in studying playing
> with the isolated d pawn.
>
> I am assuming that Tarrasch might be a place to start, given that he
> championed the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined. There
> was also that famous quote of his.
>
> Who are the other's? Or was the good doctor alone in his opinions?

Some comments and study material at the end
IQP = Isolated Queen pawn

[Ray advice]
"Protect it, push it, and trade it. That's about all you need to know
about the isolani." ... "Try computers instead."

I think is a nonsense post, ... Ray knows nothing about IQP

--------------

I think Ron advice (Geof Strayer agree with him) is very usegul:
Baburin
book is a good reference and the players He wrote about are good
examples. Richard Stanz wrote about Botvinnik who has played very
interesting IQP games too

There are many other books with interesting articles about IQP (Grau,
Alburt, Pachman, Euwe,... )

I think all strong palyers have instructutive IQP games. IQP is part of
chess strategy and It can not be avoided.

I will try to expose some ideas about them and I sent later ilustrative
examples to work (in those examples there are atrong GM games and also
some examples from mine and my friends):

IQP strong
- White has better development and opens the game with the advance d5
in
the CORRECT moment
- White achieves space advantage and uses it to create an attack if
black blocks the d5 advance.
- White attacks in que queen wing using c5 square.

IQP weak
- Black attacks IQP and wins it.
- Blacks blocks IQP and after some exchanges He obtains a better ending
pressing the IQP.

------- examples to copy and paste as a pgn file in following messages
--------------



  
Date: 11 Nov 2005 04:09:19
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
> [Ray advice]
> "Protect it, push it, and trade it. That's about all you need to know
> about the isolani." ... "Try computers instead."
>
> I think is a nonsense post, ... Ray knows nothing about IQP

Amazing how I ever got to 2000 without "knowing" anything about chess.

What's your rating?





   
Date: 11 Nov 2005 09:30:43
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
En/na Ray Gordon ha escrit:
>>[Ray advice]
>>"Protect it, push it, and trade it. That's about all you need to know
>>about the isolani." ... "Try computers instead."
>>
>>I think is a nonsense post, ... Ray knows nothing about IQP
>
> Amazing how I ever got to 2000 without "knowing" anything about chess.
>
> What's your rating?

Ray?????

I'm FIDE master and my FIDE rating has been around 2360-2400 in the last
years. My local rating has been around 2450 in last years. I have some
internet chess servers ratings but I think you are not asking for them.

I supposed you known all that from our interchange of opinions in the
lasts months.

I know you were a under 2000 player claiming to have 2260 strengh. I
know you only play 1 minute chess and computer chess to improve
"faster". I know you do not show all your "wide knowledge" in order not
to inform Kasparov and Topalov about your secret weapons.

I have teached chess to people 2000-2250 FIDE. The games I sent in that
thread were some of the study material I have used (without noter).
Your words do not show any understanding of IQP positions known by 2000
players. Your other words in other posts do not show any knowledge chess
related showing only negative advice.

AT



 
Date: 09 Nov 2005 22:06:12
From: richard stanz
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
If you want to learn to play with an isolani, the one to study is
Botvinnik.

Richard Stanz



  
Date: 10 Nov 2005 13:29:34
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
> If you want to learn to play with an isolani, the one to study is
> Botvinnik.

I don't see the big deal with the isolani: it's just an isolated pawn in the
center. One has to eventually promote it, protect it, or trade it.

Playing 3...c5 against the Trash in the French is the best way to get
practice with it, as is playing the Panov-Botvinnik attack against the
Caro-Kann.





  
Date: 10 Nov 2005 09:26:11
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
richard stanz <[email protected] > wrote:
> If you want to learn to play with an isolani, the one to study is
> Botvinnik.

Hey, that's what I was going to say! Kasparov says that Botvinnik
revolutionized the treatment of the isolated queen's pawn.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Beefy Cat (TM): it's like a cuddly
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ pet that's made from a cow!


 
Date: 09 Nov 2005 19:48:11
From:
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
I agree with Ron that "Winning Pawn Structures" is a very good book and
definitely THE book on isolated d-pawn positions.

- Geof Strayer



 
Date: 09 Nov 2005 20:49:21
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
> Who are the masters to study if one is interested in studying playing
> with the isolated d pawn.

Protect it, push it, and trade it. That's about all you need to know about
the isolani.

Generally, a GM will tolerate an isolani when it is a consequence of a
larger battle that they need to win.


> I am assuming that Tarrasch might be a place to start, given that he
> championed the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit Declined. There
> was also that famous quote of his.

Try computers instead. They know their shit.






  
Date: 10 Nov 2005 00:11:16
From: Ron
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions

> Try computers instead. They know their shit.

I've found that master games tend to be more educational than using a
computer to study.

The following players played the Tarrasch:

Gligoric, Kasparov, Spassky, Nunn, Chandler, and Illescas-Cordoba.

If you're looking for a larger study of IQP positions in general, you
should find a copy of Baburin's "Winning Pawn Structures." Despite the
name this is really a book about playing with, and against, and IQP.

Very good book, very educational. It covers different recurrent themes
by chapter, looking at both cases where the pawn is a strength, and
others where it is a weakness.

-Ron


   
Date: 10 Nov 2005 02:09:52
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: masters who did not avoid isolated d pawn positions
>> Try computers instead. They know their shit.
>
> I've found that master games tend to be more educational than using a
> computer to study.

Those who can self-teach have thrown away all their books by now.


>
> The following players played the Tarrasch:

The TRASH?

>
> Gligoric, Kasparov, Spassky, Nunn, Chandler, and Illescas-Cordoba.
>
> If you're looking for a larger study of IQP positions in general, you
> should find a copy of Baburin's "Winning Pawn Structures." Despite the
> name this is really a book about playing with, and against, and IQP.
>
> Very good book, very educational. It covers different recurrent themes
> by chapter, looking at both cases where the pawn is a strength, and
> others where it is a weakness.

Computers do the same thing by kicking our asses in 30 moves when we play
well, and 15 when we don't.