H o w t o B e a t t h e Sicilia n Defe n c e b ) 8 ...h6 was played in an online en counter by the strong Russian grandmaster Sergey Volkov: 9 h4 dxc4 10 dxc4 g6 11 ti:Jc3 i.g7 when instead of 12 tt:Jbs, as played in R.Popov-S.Volkov, Internet (blitz) 2004, which allowed Black to confuse the issue with 12 ... tt:Jxes, White should play 12 ..tf4 0-0 13 o-o tt:Jc6 14 .l:tad1 with a very com fortable advantage as he has all he can hope for. Indeed, the knight can jump into d6 when it totally dominates the board. 9 h4 'iic 7 10 o-o tt:Jc6 11 .l:te1 h6 12 ti:Jbd2 ..te7 13 ti:Jf1 We could also try 13 a3, although 13 ...g s 1 4 hxgs hxgs 1 S tt:Je4 g 4 1 6 tt:Jh2 tt:Jcxes 17 tt:Jxg4 is unclear. 13 0-0-0 14 tLl1h2
�f3 �d6 29 �e4 �e6 30 f4 gxf4 31 gxf4 ti:Jf6+ 32 ti:Jxf6 �xf6 3 3 ..th4+ �e6 34 fS+ �f7 3S ..tg3 as all Black's queenside pawns can be targeted. 15 tt:Jg4 ti:Jf8 1 S ...h s would force us to retreat the knight, but cedes the g S-square when Black would have to give up on any ambitions of a kingside attack. 16 hS!
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Closing down the kingside before we initiate our queen side attack. 16 ... tLlh7 17 ..td2 tt:Jgs 18 .l:tab1 g6?! This attempt to open up the kingside fails, but it's hard to offer any good sugges tions for Black. 19 tt:Jxgs! hxgs 20 h6 A typical rerouting of the knight. 14....l:tdg8 An early game in this line continued 14 ... g s 1S hs fs ! ? (sacrificing a pawn to try and get some play; otherwise we manage complete control of the position with 16 tt:Jg4) 16 exf6 tt:Jxf6 17 'iix e6+ �b8 18 tt:Jes tt:Jxes 19 'fixes 'fixes 20 .l:txes .l:tde8 21 ..txb7 �xb7 22 i.d2 i.d6 23 .l:txe8 .l:txe8, S.Dolmatov-E.Sveshnikov USSR Champion ship, Frunze 1981, when White still has great winning chances after 24 .l:te1 .l:txe1+ 2S ..txe1 tt:Jxh s 26 tt:Jg4 ..tf8 27 �g2 �c6 28
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