Featured is a sharp chess game between Yasser Seirawan and Ivan Sokolov from Sarajevo, 1987. Out of the English Opening, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation, Seirawan launches a direct caveman-style kingside attack against Sokolov’s weakened kingside. The assault closely resembles the Yugoslav Attack against the Sicilian Dragon, with the key plan being to eliminate Black’s dark-squared bishop and pry open the h-file. One particularly instructive detail is Seirawan’s choice to place his queen on c1 instead of the more natural d2 on move 8, with the impact of this decision only becoming clear by move 22.
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Image of Yasser Seirawan by Lennart Ootes
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qc1 Re8 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 Nd4 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Kf1 Nd5 16. Kg2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Rb1 Be6 20. c4 Qc7 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Qg1 Bf5 23. Qh2 e5 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Qh4 f6 26. Bxf6 Rab8 27. g4