What's New- June '00
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Firstly, many apologies for the late posting of this update- I have been stranded for a while without Internet access. In a couple of days the July update will be posted which is a Guest Update presented by Carsten Hansen. For now I have continued to expand the theory of the Pirc/Modern section with analysis of some absolutely critical modern lines. All the best Alex Volzhin |
Fianchetto
                    
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AV174 A very ambitious piece sacrifice for black in the main line with ...Nc6 is greeted with a brilliant counter-combination.
AV175 When Black plays King's Indian type moves such as ...e5, it seems that White can count on a small but steady advantage. In my opinion the line we consider here is much more promising for Black.
AV176 If Black plays the Modern defence without an early ...Ng8-f6, he has an additional possibility 1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 g3 Nc6!? This provocative move seems risky, but modern practice proves it to be viable.
Classical
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AV177 8 d5 has recently become White's main weapon. Here a natural move seems to be the source of amazingly rapid problems for Black! It gives White the opportunity to launch a sudden Kingside attack.
AV178 After 8.d5 Nb8!? was introduced by the Hungarian GM Alex Chernin, an expert in the Pirc, and is becoming more and more popular. I think this is because in the 8... Bxf3 line White has found new ways to fight for an opening edge.
AV179 As an alternative to 6...Bg4, 6...c6 is also in fashion now- black plays a line which had previously been considered to be too dangerous, but here he finds new resources, and with some neat ideas soon emerges with the better chances.
150 Attack
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AV180 Sutovsky finds a good plan involving a pawn sacrifice for black to activate his pieces, in an endgame which can prove rather unpleasant.
White plays Be3 & h3
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AV181 In my opinion the best way to counter the system with 4 Be3 c6 5 h3. This line is rather dangerous for Black and he has to play carefully to avoid problems. Unless black goes for 5...Nbd7! he can run into serious problems.