Igor Stohl hat für dieses Buch 62 hervorragende Spiele aus den letzten Jahren ausgewählt. Seine Analysen sind von sorgfältiger Tiefe. Er präsentiert hier sein Ergebnis den Schachenthusiasten, die die Partien unterhaltsam und die Analysen instruktiv und aufschlussreich finden werden.
Contents
Symbols 5
Introduction 6
Players (White first) and event Opening Page
1 Gelfand – Dreev, Tilburg 1993 Semi-Slav Defence [D48] 8
2 Benjamin – Anand, Groningen PCA 1993 Sicilian Defence [B63] 13
3 Karpov – Morovif, Las Palmas (1) 1994 Queen’s Gambit Declined [D32] 20
4 Adams – Agdestein, Oslo (2) 1994 Alekhine Defence [B02] 25
5 Yusupov – Dokhoian, Bundesliga 1993/4 Queen’s Gambit Declined [D31] 31
6 Gelfand – Hertneck, Munich 1994 Benko Gambit [A57] 37
7 Kasparov – P. Nikoli‡, Horgen 1994 French Defence [C18] 43
8 Karpov – Salov, Buenos Aires 1994 Sicilian Defence [B66] 50
9 Timman – Topalov, Moscow OL 1994 King’s Indian Defence [E87] 56
10 Shirov – Piket, Aruba (4) 1995 Semi-Slav Defence [D44] 60
11 Kasparov – Anand, Riga 1995 Evans Gambit [C51] 66
12 J. Polgar – Korchnoi, Madrid 1995 Caro-Kann Defence [B19] 71
13 Kramnik – Piket, Dortmund 1995 Catalan Opening [E05] 76
14 Kramnik – Vaganian, Horgen 1995 Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] 82
15 Shirov – Leko, Belgrade 1995 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C92] 88
16 Ivanchuk – Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1996 English Opening [A26] 93
17 Khalifman – Short, Pärnu 1996 Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] 98
18 Kasparov – Anand, Amsterdam 1996 Caro-Kann Defence [B14] 104
19 Kasparov – Kramnik, Dos Hermanas 1996 Semi-Slav Defence [D48] 111
20 Timman – Van der Wiel, Dutch Ch 1996 Sicilian Defence [B31] 117
21 Svidler – Glek, Haifa 1996 French Defence [C07] 123
22 Torre – Ivanchuk, Erevan OL 1996 Sicilian Defence [B22] 128
23 Tiviakov – Vasiukov, Russian Ch 1996 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C65] 134
24 Illescas – Andersson, Ubeda 1997 Sicilian Defence [B88] 141
25 Shirov – Yusupov, Ter Apel 1997 Petroff Defence [C43] 146
26 Salov – Illescas, Dos Hermanas 1997 Slav Defence [D17] 153
27 Bareev – Rozentalis, Pula Echt 1997 English Opening [A13] 158
28 Gelfand – Kasparov, Novgorod 1997 Queen’s Indian Defence [E12] 163
29 Van Wely – Topalov, Antwerp 1997 Modern Benoni [A70] 171
30 Kramnik – Gelfand, Belgrade 1997 King’s Indian Defence [E97] 180
31 Lputian – Dlugy, New York Open 1998 Queen’s Gambit Accepted [D26] 187
32 Krasenkow – Wahls, Bundesliga 1997/8 Bogo-Indian Defence [E11] 194
33 Kramnik – Shirov, Cazorla WCC (9) 1998 Grünfeld Defence [D70] 198
34 P. Nikoli‡ – Van Wely, Dutch Ch 1998 English Opening [A30] 205
35 Nenashev – Georgiev, Recklinghausen 1998 Benko Gambit [A59] 211
36 Shirov – Lautier, Spanish Cht 1998 Sicilian Defence [B30] 217
37 Van Wely – Morozevich, Elista OL 1998 Slav Defence [D17] 223
38 Hra†ek – Shirov, Ostrava (3) 1998 Sicilian Defence [B81] 228
39 Kasparov – Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 Pirc Defence [B07] 236
40 Topalov – Kasparov, Linares 1999 Sicilian Defence [B80] 244
41 Sadler – Krasenkow, Bundesliga 1998/9 Queen’s Gambit Declined [D31] 252
42 J. Polgar – Adams, Dos Hermanas 1999 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C89] 258
43 Kasparov – Short, Sarajevo 1999 Nimzo-Indian Defence [E20] 263
44 Topalov – Leko, Dortmund 1999 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C65] 274
45 Shirov – Nisipeanu, Las Vegas KO 1999 Caro-Kann Defence [B12] 281
46 Kasparov – The World, Internet 1999 Sicilian Defence [B52] 289
47 Anand – Leko, Linares 2000 Grünfeld Defence [D85] 296
48 Timman – J. Polgar, Malmö 2000 Queen’s Indian Defence [E15] 301
49 Lutz – Smirin, Saint Vincent Ech 2000 Sicilian Defence [B33] 307
50 Anand – Khalifman, Shenyang WCup 2000 Sicilian Defence [B80] 313
51 Avrukh – Dautov, Istanbul OL 2000 Slav Defence [D15] 319
52 Shirov – Grishchuk, New Delhi KO 2000 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C96] 328
53 Lautier – Svidler, Biel 2001 Grünfeld Defence [D92] 340
54 Khalifman – Rublevsky, Kazan 2001 Sicilian Defence [B42] 353
55 Leko – Adams, Dortmund 2002 Petroff Defence [C42] 361
56 Yuldachev – Gleizerov, Abu Dhabi 2002 French Defence [C06] 370
57 Anand – Ponomariov, Linares 2003 Ruy Lopez (Spanish) [C67] 381
58 Anand – Markowski, Bundesliga 2003/4 Sicilian Defence [B42] 391
59 Kramnik – Anand, Dortmund (2) 2004 Sicilian Defence [B49] 401
60 Ivanchuk – Volkov, Saint Vincent ECC 2005 French Defence [C13] 412
61 Van Wely – Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Slav Defence [D15] 422
62 Aronian – Anand, Mexico City Wch 2007 Semi-Slav Defence [D43] 432
Index of Players 444
Index of Openings 446
Index of Endgames 447
