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Few opening variations have a more fearsome name than the Panov-Botvinnik Attack in the Caro Kann. Dating back to at least the early 1900s, the sequence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 was first employed at the top level by Alexander Alekhine (who ironically lost on the black side of the line against Arthur Dake at Pasadena 1932), but it was the Soviet players Vasily Panov (1906-1973) and future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik that first put it on the map. The latter used it to defeat Rudolf Spielmann in just 12 moves at Moscow 1935.
The Panov-Botvinnik is not well covered in the chess literature despite enjoying a reputation for lively play. This reviewer is only aware of three specialist works devoted exclusively to it – Jacob Aaagard’s book for Everyman in the late 1990s and a two volume series in the mid 2000s by Anatoly Karpov and his longtime second Mikhail Podgaets. The recent publication of The Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Move by Move by English IM Lorin D’Costa will help to fill this gap.
Download Free eBook:[PDF] Easy Guide to the Panov-Botvinnik Attack - Free epub, mobi, pdf ebooks download, ebook torrents download. Few opening variations have a more fearsome name than the Panov-Botvinnik Attack in the Caro Kann. Dating back to at least the early 1900s, the sequence 1.e4 c6 2.d4.
Like most books in the Move by Move series, this work by D’Costa is not so much a theoretical treatise as it is a teaching manual aimed at players from 1800 to 2300. Throughout this book the reader will find plenty of explanatory prose and questions and exercises to engage them.
They will also find a marked emphasis on Isolated Queen Pawn positions. The Panov-Botvinnik naturally produces a lot of IQP structures and D’Costa recommends them whenever appropriate. A case in point occurs after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6. Here the author recommends 6.Bg5, which receives 45 pages of coverage but he also offers 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 as a surprise weapon that avoids a lot of theory. He does not cover the long main lines after 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 (or 9.Mb6) 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5 Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 which can often lead to technical and rather dry play.
All other variations of the Panov-Botvinnik are examined including lines with.g6.e6 and Be7 and.e6 and.Bb4. The latter can transpose into the Nimzo-Indian in some instances and illustrates the transpositional nature of the Panov-Botvinnik. The important position reached after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Re1 not only offers a wide range of moves and plans (10.Nf6, 10.Bf6, 10.Ncb4 and 10.Qd6 to mention but a few tries) but can arise from the traditional Panov-Botvinnik move order, the Sicilian via 2.c3, Scandinavian with 2.Nf6, Symmetrical English, English after 1.c6, Queen’s Gambit Declined – Tarrasch, and the aforementioned Nimzo-Indian. It can even occur in the French! Try 1.e4 e6 2.e5 d5 3.exd6 cxd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1.
This book is not devoted exclusively to the Panov-Botvinnik Attack as it also examines the closely related line 1.e4 c6 2.c4, dubbed 'Panov's little brother' by some sources. This variation can transpose into the Panov-Botvinnik but also has independent value when White holds back d2-d4. One example D’Costa gives is Carlsen - Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2009, where after 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 (the author mentions it’s better to play this straight away rather than offer Black the option of liberating his problem bishop after 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Bf5! 9.d4 e6 10.0-0 Be7 the advance 11.d5 doesn’t lead to anything) 7.e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.d4 he writes, “Only now does the d-pawn advance, but White has ruled out the lines with an early.Bb4 and has also gained an IQP without losing a tempo by moving the bishop from f1 to d3 and then recapturing on c4.” The Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Move by Move will be useful for a wide audience of players not limited to those wanting a line to meet the Caro-Kann.
Like other Everyman Chess titles it is available in both print and electronic formats.
Classical Variation after 4.Bf5 The most common way of handling the Caro–Kann, the Classical Variation (often referred to as the Capablanca Variation after ), is defined by the moves: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 (or 3.Nd2) dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5. This was long considered to represent best play for both sides in the Caro–Kann. White usually continues: 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3. Although White's on h5 looks ready to attack, it can prove to be a weakness in an. Much of the Caro–Kann's reputation as a solid defence stems from this variation.
Black makes very few compromises in and plays a timely c6–c5 to contest the d4-square. Variations with Black gave the Caro–Kann its reputation of being solid but somewhat boring. More popular recently are variations with Black castling and even leaving his king in the centre.
These variations can be sharp and dynamic. Here is a illustrating White's attacking chances when the players castle on opposite sides in the Classical Variation: Lev Milman–Joseph Fang, Foxwoods Open 2005 1. Qxd3 e6 (10.Qc7 avoids White's next) 11.
0-0-0 Ngf6 14. (15.Qa5 is usual and better) 16. (necessary was 16.cxd4 17.Rxd4 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qc8 19.Rhd1 Rd8 20.Ne4 with a small White advantage) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxh6 Ne5 (21.gxh6 22.Rd6 Qe8 23.Rxf6 Nxf6 24.Qg3+ mates on g7) 22. (23.gxh6 24.Rd6 Qe5 25.Nxh6+ Kg7 26.Nf5+ Kh7 with an unclear position) 24.
Qxd5 (25.Ne5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxg7 Bxg7 28.h6 wins) 26. Bxg7 Qd3+ 27.
Hxg6+ Kxg7 31. Rh7# (White is down a queen, a rook, and a bishop!). Modern Variation: 4.Nd7 Another solid positional line, this variation is characterised by the moves: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 (or 3.Nd2) dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7. At one time named after the first world champion, nowadays the variation is variously referred to as the Smyslov Variation after the seventh world champion who played a number of notable games with it, the Karpov Variation, after the twelfth World Champion, in whose repertoire it appeared quite often, or, most commonly, the Modern Variation. The short-term goal of 4.Nd7 is to ease development by the early exchange of a pair of Knights without compromising the structural integrity of his position.
Play is similar to the Classical Variation except that Black has more freedom by delaying the development of his bishop, and is not forced to play it to the g6 square. However, this freedom comes at a cost as White enjoys added freedom in taking up space in the center, and often plays the aggressive 5.Ng5!? Where Black's development is brought into question as well as the positional weakness of the f7-square.
The famous of the versus rematch where Kasparov committed a known and lost was played in this very line. Specialist knowledge is a must to play this opening.
Otherwise Black could fall prey to early attacks such as the quick mating trap for White, 5.Qe2 followed by 6.Nd6#. Advance Variation with 3.Bf5 The 3.Bf5 variation that follows with 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 has gained popularity after having previously been widely regarded as inferior for many years, owing chiefly to the strategic demolition that (playing as White) suffered at the hands of in one of their games at the New York 1927 tournament. The Advance Variation has since been revitalized by aggressive lines such as the Bayonet Attack (4.Nc3 e6 5.g4), a popular line in the 1980s and later favoured by Latvian, or the less ambitious variation 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3, popularised by English Grandmaster and often seen in the 1990s. Advance variation with 3.c5 The 3.c5 variation that follows with 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5!?
Is an important alternative and avoids the weight of theory associated with 3.Bf5. It was used by in his versus (though with a negative outcome for Botvinnik – two and a loss). The line was christened the 'Arkell/Khenkin Variation' in the leading chess magazine yearbook 42 in recognition of the work these two Grandmasters did and the success they were having with the variation. In comparison to the French Defence, Black lacks the normally spent on.e6; however, White can only exploit this by the weakening of his own central with 4.
Dxc5 when Black has good chances of regaining the pawn. Panov–Botvinnik Attack The Panov–Botvinnik Attack begins with the move 4.c4. It is named after and the world champion. This system often leads to typical (IQP) positions, with White obtaining rapid development, a grip on e5, and kingside attacking chances to compensate for the long-term structural weakness of the d4-pawn. The major variation in this line is 4.Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3, when Black's main alternatives are 6.Bb4 (a position often transposing into lines of the ) and 6.Be7, once the most common line. 6.Nc6 is inferior as it is favourably met by 7.c5!, after which White plans on seizing the e5-square by advancing the b-pawn to b5, or by exchanging the black knight on c6 after Bb5. Tartakower or Fantasy Variation: 3.f3 The or Fantasy Variation, 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3, somewhat resembles the.
3.e6 is probably the most solid response, preparing to exploit the dark squares via.c5, though 3.g6 has been tried. GM Lars Schandorff and GM Sam Shankland both prefer 3.dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.0-0 Ngf6 8.c3 Bd6 with play being sharp and double-edged. Interesting, though probably insufficient is 3.e5. This so-called 'Twisted Fantasy Variation' aims to exploit White's weaknesses on the a7–g1 diagonal. An idea which is similar to 3.Qb6, a variation championed.
Related to the Fantasy Variation are the gambits 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3, originated by, and 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f3 by (von Hennig). Two Knights Variation: 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 (or 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3).
Caro Kann Panov Botvinnik Attack
Two Knights Variation The Two Knights Variation 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 (or 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3) was played by in his youth, but has since declined in popularity. White's intention is to benefit from rapid development as well as to retain options regarding the d-pawn. Black's logical and probably best reply is 3.Bg4. After 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3, the positional continuation, Black has the option of 5.Nf6 or 5.e6. The Retreat Line 4.Bh5 is playable but Black must be careful. In –Mindeno 1927 Black lost quickly after 5.exd5 cxd5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 a6?
(7.Nc6 is necessary) 8.h4 d4 9.h5! Dxc3 10.hxg6 cxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 and Black must lose material. This variation sets a trap: if Black plays along the lines of the Classical Variation, he gets in trouble after 3.dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 (4.Nd7 is playable) 5.Ng3 Bg6?! (5.Bg4) 6.h4 h6 7.Ne5 Bh7 (7.Qd6 may be best) 8.Qh5! G6 (forced) 9.Bc4! E6 (9.gxh5 10.Bxf7#) 10.Qe2 with a huge advantage for White. Instead, –Radsheer, 1908 and –Bruce, 1938 ended quickly after, respectively, 10.Bg7??
Another continuation involves 1.Nc3, the, which has many transpositional possibilities. After the moves 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3, White's position is sound according to Graham Burgess. Other lines 2.c4, the Accelerated Panov Attack, is an effective move for White.
Black will probably play 2.d5 (see ). This can transpose to the Panov–Botvinnik (B14, given above, with exd5 cxd5 d4) or Caro–Kann (B10, with the double capture on d5). Alternatively, Black may play 2.e5, the Open Variation (see ). The 2.c4 line can also arise by transposition from the: 1.c4 c6 2.e4.
The Hillbilly Attack, 1.e4 c6 2.Bc4?!, is most often played by weaker players unfamiliar with the Caro–Kann Defence. Exd5 cxd5, Black has simply gained a tempo on the bishop. Nevertheless, GM has experimented with this move, following it up by gambiting the pawn with 2.d5 3.Bb3!? Other lines are ineffective or doubtful. These include 2.d3, the Breyer Variation; 2.b3, the Euwe Attack; 2.b4, the Labahn Attack; and 2.g4, the Spike Variation. Schiller, p. 33.
Notes based on Milman's much more extensive notes in, July 2005, pp. Retrieved on 2009-10-30. Retrieved on 2009-04-14. Retrieved on 2009-04-14. Watson, John (2015). New In Chess.
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