<p>Open positions offer plenty of scope for attack and combinations are always a delight to watch for the spectators. Blocked positions on the other hand may appear a trifle boring but they need plenty of patience and calculation as it depends on piece manoeuvring, at times inching slowly to improve your position.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the game which follows, Black gets himself into a cramped position and the bishop pair which is generally considered as a big advantage, is rendered passive here with them being blockaded out of the game and the knight hardly having any role to play.<br />White: Zlatko Ilincic (2554) – Black: Arsen Yegiazarian (2513)<br /><br />Yerevan, 2000<br />King’s Indian Defence<br />1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Ne4<br />This is a surprising move!<br />5.Bg2 Qa5+<br />Attacking from the other flank now. If 5...Nd6 6.Nd2 Bg7 7.Ngf3 Qa5 8.0–0 b5 9.cxb5 Qxb5 10.e4<br />6.Nd2 Nd6 7.Qc2 Bg7<br />Not a position one encounters often!<br />8.Ngf3 b5 9.0–0<br />White can think about 9.cxb5 Qxb5 (9...Bb7 10.0–0 Bxd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.a4 Qb4 13.e5 Nf5 14.b3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qxd4 17.Bb2 Qd5+ 18.Nf3) 10.0–0 Na6 11.a3<br />9...Na6<br />Black could have thought about 9. ..9...bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 d6 with a good Benko type of position<br />10.a3 0–0. If 10...bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 d6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3<br />11.cxb5 Qxb5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rd1<br />If 13.Rb1 f5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Qxe4 Nc7<br />13...e5. Black should have thought about 13. ..Rb8. If 13...f5 then 14.e5 And if 13...c4 14.e5 with a better position<br />14.b3<br />If 14.Bf1 Qa5 15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 d6 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.b4<br />14...f5. A bold pawn advance<br />15.Bb2. Better is 15.Nc4 Nxc4 (15...Nxe4 16.Nfxe5 d6 17.Bxe4 dxe5 18.Bg2 e4 19.Bb2) 16.bxc4 Qa5 17.Bb2 d6 18.Ng5 Nc7 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6<br />15...Rae8<br />If 15...fxe4 16.Bf1 Qb6 17.Nxe5<br />16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.bxc4 Qa5<br />Diagram 1<br />It should be noted here that both Black’s bishops are virtually blockaded, out of the game and even the knight does not appear to have any role to play<br />18.exf5<br />Worth a look is 18.Rab1 Ba8 19.Bc3 Qd8 20.exf5<br />18...Rxf5<br />Almost forced for if 18...gxf5 19.Nh4 and Black is all at sea<br />19.Nd2 Ref8<br />Doubling rooks! If 19...d6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Bh3 and White is better<br />20.Ne4 Qd8<br />Back to square one! He can try 20...Qc7 21.Rab1 d6 22.Bh3 but it does not really change anything<br />21.Bc3 <br />White misses the continuation 21.Bh3! Rf3 22.Bg4 R3f7 23.Be6 which further enhances his position<br />21...Bc8. Another piece goes back to square one!<br />22.Qa4. White misses another winning continuation with 22.Bh3 R5f7 23.Be6 dxe6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ng5<br />22...h5 23.h4 Bh6 24.Ra2<br />Not exactly the right continuation as White can play 24.Rb1 but now the game is out of Black’s hands<br />24...Qe7 25.Bd2 Bxd2 26.Raxd2 Kg7 27.Re1. If 27.d6 Qd8 28.Rb2<br />27...R5f7 28.Bh3 Rf3<br />Black should have played 28.Re8<br /> 29.d6 Qd8 30.Ng5 R3f5 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Qb3 Qf6 33.Qb2<br />1–0<br />Diagram 2<br />White to play and checkmate<br />1.Qa3+ Nb4 2.Qxb4+ Ke8<br />Forced sequence<br />3. Qxf8 checkmate<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Open positions offer plenty of scope for attack and combinations are always a delight to watch for the spectators. Blocked positions on the other hand may appear a trifle boring but they need plenty of patience and calculation as it depends on piece manoeuvring, at times inching slowly to improve your position.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the game which follows, Black gets himself into a cramped position and the bishop pair which is generally considered as a big advantage, is rendered passive here with them being blockaded out of the game and the knight hardly having any role to play.<br />White: Zlatko Ilincic (2554) – Black: Arsen Yegiazarian (2513)<br /><br />Yerevan, 2000<br />King’s Indian Defence<br />1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Ne4<br />This is a surprising move!<br />5.Bg2 Qa5+<br />Attacking from the other flank now. If 5...Nd6 6.Nd2 Bg7 7.Ngf3 Qa5 8.0–0 b5 9.cxb5 Qxb5 10.e4<br />6.Nd2 Nd6 7.Qc2 Bg7<br />Not a position one encounters often!<br />8.Ngf3 b5 9.0–0<br />White can think about 9.cxb5 Qxb5 (9...Bb7 10.0–0 Bxd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.a4 Qb4 13.e5 Nf5 14.b3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qxd4 17.Bb2 Qd5+ 18.Nf3) 10.0–0 Na6 11.a3<br />9...Na6<br />Black could have thought about 9. ..9...bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 d6 with a good Benko type of position<br />10.a3 0–0. If 10...bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 d6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bc3<br />11.cxb5 Qxb5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rd1<br />If 13.Rb1 f5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Qxe4 Nc7<br />13...e5. Black should have thought about 13. ..Rb8. If 13...f5 then 14.e5 And if 13...c4 14.e5 with a better position<br />14.b3<br />If 14.Bf1 Qa5 15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 d6 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.b4<br />14...f5. A bold pawn advance<br />15.Bb2. Better is 15.Nc4 Nxc4 (15...Nxe4 16.Nfxe5 d6 17.Bxe4 dxe5 18.Bg2 e4 19.Bb2) 16.bxc4 Qa5 17.Bb2 d6 18.Ng5 Nc7 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6<br />15...Rae8<br />If 15...fxe4 16.Bf1 Qb6 17.Nxe5<br />16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.bxc4 Qa5<br />Diagram 1<br />It should be noted here that both Black’s bishops are virtually blockaded, out of the game and even the knight does not appear to have any role to play<br />18.exf5<br />Worth a look is 18.Rab1 Ba8 19.Bc3 Qd8 20.exf5<br />18...Rxf5<br />Almost forced for if 18...gxf5 19.Nh4 and Black is all at sea<br />19.Nd2 Ref8<br />Doubling rooks! If 19...d6 20.Ne4 Qc7 21.Bh3 and White is better<br />20.Ne4 Qd8<br />Back to square one! He can try 20...Qc7 21.Rab1 d6 22.Bh3 but it does not really change anything<br />21.Bc3 <br />White misses the continuation 21.Bh3! Rf3 22.Bg4 R3f7 23.Be6 which further enhances his position<br />21...Bc8. Another piece goes back to square one!<br />22.Qa4. White misses another winning continuation with 22.Bh3 R5f7 23.Be6 dxe6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ng5<br />22...h5 23.h4 Bh6 24.Ra2<br />Not exactly the right continuation as White can play 24.Rb1 but now the game is out of Black’s hands<br />24...Qe7 25.Bd2 Bxd2 26.Raxd2 Kg7 27.Re1. If 27.d6 Qd8 28.Rb2<br />27...R5f7 28.Bh3 Rf3<br />Black should have played 28.Re8<br /> 29.d6 Qd8 30.Ng5 R3f5 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Qb3 Qf6 33.Qb2<br />1–0<br />Diagram 2<br />White to play and checkmate<br />1.Qa3+ Nb4 2.Qxb4+ Ke8<br />Forced sequence<br />3. Qxf8 checkmate<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
