Development of forces
The time factor plays an important role in a chess game. He who has advanced in the development of the pieces, generally takes the initiative and can make his plans more easily if he has more strength in a certain sector of the board. However, there are usually games in which one of the opponents, trying to avoid this or that theoretical continuation or pursuing a certain purpose, fails the development principle and already at the beginning of the game falls into a difficult situation. Here is a short game, in which Black mobilized his queen prematurely, lost a number of times for his retirement, delayed development and quickly left: Boleslavsky, I – Gurgenidze, B 1-0 (Championship Semifinal of the USSR, 1960).
[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak Y"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Sokolsky,Alexey P"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "Inforchess"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.15"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 $2 ({The correct is} 3... cxd4) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5.
Nc3 Qe6+ $2 {The pilgrimage of the black lady begins.} ({You had to resign yourself
to go home by} 5... Qd8 {For example:} 6. d5 Na5 (6... Nb4 7. a3 Na6
8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 Qd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Qxd6 O-O 15. Rxe7 Bxb5 16. Bxf6 Rad8 17. Qg3 g6 18. Rxb7 Bc6 19. Bxd8 Bxb7 20.
Bf6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 c4 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Qe3 Nc7 25. Qh6# {1-0
Vitouch, A-Riedler, W/AUT-chJM U12 1995}) 7. Bf4 Qb6 $2 {Once again!}
8. Ne5 Qxb2 {Here we have another example, in the same variant, of a lady
daring, who will be severely punished.} 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. dxc6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qb4
12. Qd7+ Bxd7 13. cxd7+ Kd8 14. Nxf7# {1-0 Bey-Boekool/Leiden 1948}) ({Neither
It promises nothing good to park on d6. For example:} 5... Qd6 6. Be3 b6 7. Bb5
Bd7 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bxd4 Nh6 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Qa8+
Kc7 14. Be5+ Qd6 15. Bxd6+ exd6 16. Qxa7+ Kc6 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Qa8+ Rb7 19. b4
b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. b5+ Kc7 22. Nd5+ Kd7 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Qc6+ Kd8 25. Re8# {1-0
Wienrich Andreas-Truelove Steven/CL7-1996.12 IECC 1997}) 6. Be3 $1 {Between
other intentions, the white idea is to quickly locate a tower in the
box d1.} ({It has also been played in this position, although less actively:
} 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Nb5 Qd7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bg3
Bb4+ 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba5 14. Qb3 {However, the fate of the black king
it will also be the same as the main game we are examining …}
Qe6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Qa3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. O-O Nh6 19. Bc4 Qg4 20. Rfe1+
Kf8 21. Nxb7 Rc8 22. Bd6# {1-0 Scherer,F-Walischewski,H/PF-op Eisenberg 1993})
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bf4 g6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Be3
e6 14. Bxb6 Be7 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bb6
20. Kf1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Be8 22. f3 Nd5 23. Rd2 Ne3+ 24. Ke1 Ba4 25. Re2 h5 26. Kd2
Nd5 27. c3 Nf4 28. Re4 Bxb3 29. Rxf4 Bd5 30. h4 Bd8 31. Ke2 g5 32. hxg5 Bxg5
33. Ra4 Kg7 34. Rh1 f5 35. Rxh5 Kg6 36. g4 Kf6 37. f4 Bc6 38. fxg5+ Kg6 39. Rd4
Re8 40. Rf4 Be4 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Ke3 b5 43. Kxe4 {1-0 Lenzen,J-Meier,F/KSV-CH
1993}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qd7 8. Ndb5 $1 Rb8 ({It does not work} 8... Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 {and
given the threat of mate, Black loses the rook.}) 9. Qe2
$1 {In this way White avoids the change of checkers and manages to place the
tower on d1, buying time.} f6 10. Rd1 Qg4 11. f3 Qh5 12. Bxa7 $1 Nxa7 13.
Nd6+ (13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxc8+ Kxc8 15. Qe6+ Kc7 16. Rd7+ Kc8 17. Rxe7+ Kd8 18.
Qd7#) 1-0
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Sicilian Defense. Her Majesty must be respected, and while there may be exceptions, the principle that the lady must not be mobilized too soon is always in force. Let’s see what happened in the short game Zuboya, N – Konstantinova, T 0-1, Youth Championship of the USSR 1968.
[Event "URS-ch Escolar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zuboya, Natasha"]
[Black "Konstantinova, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Annotator "González,JA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Source "Inforchess"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.15"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. Qb5+ $2 {Even in a
case like this, in which 5.Qe2 is good for White, draw the queen very
soon involves considerable risk because a wrong move could
lead to disaster.} ({Instead of the textual one, White could consider
address the potential problem of king flank development with} 6. Qe3) ({or
good with} 6. Nf3) 6... Nbd7 7. h3 ({The lesser evil seems to be} 7. Qxb7 {but
after completing development, Black can continue to harass the
lady (and where will the white king go?). An example could be:} Bc5 8. d6 cxd6 9.
Nxe4 O-O 10. d3 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Qd5 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Qh4+ 15.
g3 Qxh2 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bf1 Qxg1 18. Bxg1 Nf6+ {0-1 Schiffers-Kotrc, Prague
1896}) 7... a6 8. Qa4 ({The least bad seems to be} 8. Qc4) ({Typical of what
usually happens when the lady abandons her escort is} 8. Qxb7 Nc5 9. Qc6+ ({or
all right} 9. Qb4 Nd3+ 10. cxd3 Bxb4 $19) 9... Bd7 $19) 8... b5 {White already
they have terrible difficulties.} 9. Qa5 ({So much} 9. Qd4 Bc5 $19) ({as} 9.
Qb3 Nc5 10. Qa3 Nd3+ $19 {they capture the lady while trying to bail her out with
a part sacrifice in b5 is only a short-term solution}) 9...
Nxd5 $1 {Both Zúbova and her coach had studied the position afterwards.
from 9.Qa5 before the game, but they omitted Black’s correct reply.
And therein lies the problem of getting the queen out too early: where is there
too many annoying possibilities to check. Here the capture on d5 leaves
the expedited way for the patient lady engra to go to h4.} 10. Bxb5 (10.
hxg4 {the lady deservedly loses for} Bb4 $19) 10... axb5 11. Qxb5 Nxc3 ({The whole story had already been written a few years earlier, in Vienna:} 11...
Qh4+ 12. Kf1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc5 {0-1 Svec-Schwarzbach, Wien 1961}) 12. dxc3 Qh4+
{This final position should serve as a warning to anyone tempted not to
respect your lady at the beginning of the game.} 0-1
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For the queen a defenseless “b” pawn is always a temptation. The problem is that that pawn is often a poisoned pawn. In the game Taimanov, M – Savon, V 1-0 (Semifinal of the USSR Championship, 1962), Black played the Dutch Defense with little success, and not only delayed its development, but also completely ceded the center to your opponent.
[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Sokolsky,Alexey P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Source "Inforchess"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.15"]
1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Rd1 h6 $2 ({Was
essential} 6... O-O {followed by …d6}) 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nf3 Bg7 {Must
lose time defending the h6 pawn; otherwise, the
castling.} ({Playing} 8... d6 {can follow} 9. Nd5 ({Sokolsky’s suggestion
looks better than} 9. e4 $145 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Nd4 f4 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Nb5 g5 18. Qe2 Qc8
19. h3 h5 20. Bxh5 Bxh3 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Bg4 Qh7 25.
Qf3 c6 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Rde1 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov-Vasile,C/cr ch
Donau 1989}) 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bd3 Kf7 13. Nd5 a5 14. a3 Re8 15. O-O g5 16.
Bc2 g4 17. Ne1 f4 18. Ba4 Re6 19. f3 Nd4 20. fxg4 c6 21. Nd3 cxd5 22. exd5 Rea6
23. Nxe5+ Kf6 24. Rde1 f3 25. gxf3 b5 26. cxb5 Rd6 27. Nc4 Rxd5 28. Rd1 Be6 29.
Kg2 Rb8 30. Ne3 Rd7 31. f4 Bb6 32. f5 Bf7 33. h4 Re8 34. Rd3 Re4 35. Bd1 Rde7
36. g5+ hxg5 37. Ng4+ Rxg4+ 38. Bxg4 gxh4 39. Rc1 Kg5 40. Kh3 Re4 41. Bf3 Nxf3
{0-1 Tietze,U-Welz,P/cr DDR-11ch prel 1980}) 9... Bg7 10. Nf4 $1 g5 11. Nh5) ({
Another antecedent is:} 8... e6 $145 9. e4 d6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Be2 Qg7 12. exf5
exf5 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Rh3 Be6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Qb4 b6 19.
Nfe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Kf7 21. f4 Nd7 22. h5 g5 23. Qa4 Qe7 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Bd3 Nc5
26. Bxf5 Nxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Rf3 Rf8 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kh8 31. Qg2 Be7
32. Rd2 a5 33. Qg4 a4 34. a3 Rab8 35. Rg3 b5 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Rdg2 Rbb8 38.
Qg6 Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Bh4+ 40. Kd1 Rf6 41. Rg8+ Rxg8 42. Rxg8+ Kh7 43. Rg4 Bf2 44.
f5 Rf8 45. Rxa4 Kg7 46. Rg4+ Kf6 47. Rg6+ Ke5 48. Rxh6 Rb8 49. Kc2 Ra8 50. Rg6
Rh8 51. f6 {1-0 Shekhtman-Stoliar/URS 1964}) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. e4 $1
f4 (11... d6 $142) 12. g3 O-O 13. Ne2 fxg3 ({Not work} 13... f3 {because next is}
14. Nd4 $1) 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Rxh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rf6 17. e5 Qf8 18. Qg5 Rb6 19.
b3 Ra6 20. a4 {Despite the quality in his favor, Black’s situation
it’s maddening. Development of the tower has been delayed
on a6 it is bad, the king’s wing is weak. Meanwhile White has
occupied the center of the board and its pieces are ready for attack. The
Black has no defense against Kf4 and Bd3.} Qf3 21. Nd4 Qc3+ 22. Ke2 c5 23.
dxc6 bxc6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ $1 {And Black abandoned.} 1-0
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The results of this proposal were made very soon. In the Petrosian game, T – Kortschnoj, V 1-0 (Tournament of the Pretenders to the title of World Champion, 1962), imperceptibly Black found himself in a difficult situation due to his delay in development.
[Event "Curacao ct"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "Sokolsky,Alexey P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[Source "Inforchess"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.15"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 ({Better is} 4... e6 {preparing …
d5.}) 5. Nc3 d5 {Now this is less convenient.} 6. Bg5 $1 dxc4 7. e3 Qa5 (
7... Bg7 $142 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 {as played in the game
Kortchnoi-Smyslov, XX USSR Championship, although after} 10. Qb3 (10.
Qe2 $145 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16.
Bxd7 b4 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 f5 19. Nf4 Qe5 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Qc4
fxe4 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 e3 25. fxe3 Rf8 26. Qb3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg5+ 28. Kh1
Rf2 29. Bg4 Qh4 30. Bh3 Be5 31. Rd8+ Qxd8 32. Qe6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Qg5+ 34. Kf1
Qxe3 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ {0-1 Simagin,V-Kortchnoi,V/Leningrad
1956}) (10. Rc1 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qf3 Rd7 15. Rfd1
Qa5 16. Nb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Pachman-Kupper/Venetie 1967}) 10... b5
(10... Nbd7 $145 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16.
Nxb4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Nd3 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Be7 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Re8 22.
Ba3 Nxa4 23. Bd1 Nb6 24. Rc5 Rd8 25. f3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Bxf3 28. Bxf3
Rxd3 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Rxb7 Nxe3 31. a4 Rd4 32. Bc6 Ng4 33. Rb1 e4 34. h3 Ne5 35.
Bb5 f5 36. Rc1 f4 37. Rc5 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 40. Rxa5 Rd2+ 41. Kf1
Kf7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rxh7 e3 44. Rh8 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. a5 Rxg2+ 47. Kf3 Rf2+
48. Kg4 Ke7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rh8 e2 51. Re8 Kc6 {0-1 Smyslov-Kortchnoi,V/
Moscow XX URS ch. 1952}) 11. Bd5 $1 {White has superiority in the
center.}) 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 {The wrong tactic continues.} (9... Bg7
$142 {was what should be played}) 10. Rc1 a6 (10... O-O $142 {was what
indispensable}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. a3 Be7 $2 {It leads to inevitable defeat.} ({
After} 12... Bxc3 $142 13. Rxc3 Ne5 {black could still
defend.}) 13. b4 $1 Qe5 ({Playing} 13... Qxa3 {decides} 14. Nd5 $1 $18) ({And
against} 13... Qd8 {next} 14. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 15. Qb3+ $18) {The black pieces
they are not developed. Their king has remained in the center, a situation that
White takes decisive advantage.} 14. f4 $1 Qb8 (14... Qxe3+ {leads to a
rapid defeat due to the opening of the “e” column.} 15. Kh1 $18) 15. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 16. Qb3+ Ke8 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Ne6 b5 19. Ndc7+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Kf8 21. Nxa8
{And Black abandoned. A brilliant end. The cause of the defeat of the
Black has been the poor development of the opening.} 1-0
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