Again, we won't bother too much about variations and get
straight into the
games. A few you do need to know about:
C5.1. KIA Sicilian with 2...d6
3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2
C5.1.1. Sicilian with 4... g6
The best way to develop the Bf8.
5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a4
h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Qe2
Qc7
Now either 12. Nfd2 or 12. Bd2 with only a small edge.
C5.1.2. Sicilian with 4... Nf6
Forces d3 and avoids c3/d4 lines.
5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4
As in a couple of Bobby Fischer games from the early part
of his career.
C5.2. KIA Sicilian with ...e6 and
...g6
If Black plays the Bf8 to e7 or d6 we have French lines.
But Nc6 and Ng7 is
the best set-up for Black against the Closed Sicilian, and
many will play it
against the KIA.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7
you can play the traditional
8. Re1 (Yudasin-Jukic, 1989)
or the new and exciting line
8. exd5 (Dvoretsky - Vulfsson, 1986)
Both are given below.
You can also play g3 lines in most variations of the Open Sicilian: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (...) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 (...) 6. g3.
Example
games C5
Fischer, Robert J - Sherwin, James
T, New Jersey, 1957
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7
6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Rb8 8.
Re1 d6 9. c3 b6 10. d4 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13.
Ne4 c4
Characteristically, Fischer selects the simple and clear
theme of winning the
bishop pair.
14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng5 Nce7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. h4
Nf6
"Tactics flow from a superior position" -
Fischer
18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. h5 Nh4 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. gxh4 Rb7
22. h6 Qxh4 23.
hxg7 Kxg7 24. Re4 Qh5 25. Re3 f5 26. Rh3 Qe8 27. Be5+ Nf6
28. Qd2 Kf7 29. Qg5
Qe7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6
31. Rh7+ Ke8 32. Qxf6 Rxh7 33. Bc6+
1-0
Smyslov - Botvinnik, USSR Ch,
1955
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5
6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
a4
A standard flexible set-up for White
8... Ne8 9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5
White has prepared a strong positional pawn sacrifice
11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3
Nxb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7
17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 19. Rb6 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Bc4
The Black game is teetering
21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qxa4 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Qf3 Qc4 28. Rd7 1-0
Yudasin-Jukic, Bern 1989 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. h4 h6 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Ra7
All as in Ljubojevic-Kasparov, Niksic 1983. Now best is
12. exd5 exd5 13. Nb3 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
Bf4
...with White's pieces being better placed in the more
open position.
15... O-O 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nd2 Nc6
Now a great exchange sacrifice
21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nc4 Qd7
Black has no counterplay
23. Nxb6 Qe8 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qe2 Qb3 27. Nc4 Qxa4 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qb6 Rd7 30. Ne5 Rdd8
Black has a choice
8... exd5
[Nor 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nb3]
e.g. 11...Bf5
This gives White a prolonged initiative
14...Bxd4
The best defence.
[17... Qxd1 18. Raxd1 bxc6 19. Rxd6 Bxg4 20. Rxc6]
35. Be2 Qc6 ? 36. f3 ?
45... Ke5 Q
If this is all too hair-raising, you can always play more quietly at move 8.
Karlsson - George, Torbay, 1994
[B40]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 b6
6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 Nge7
Our esteemed visitor Agust Karlsson explained this line to
me in the car
on the way over: "Very easy, the King's Indian Attack.
You know
the old Fischer games? Always the same attack, always the
same
sacrifices. Very easy."
9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. Ndf3 Nd4 12. e5 Bc7 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nf3 Nf5 15.
g4 Ne7
16. Bxh6 Ng6
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Dr. Dave