Grand Prix Attack Themes

Here we are presenting useful themes for White.
 Also to note if you are playing these positions with Black, watch for the attacking theme. Main Theme for White against g6,Bg7 and ..d6 or ..c5 : White will try to play Qd1-e1, Kh1, then f4-f5 or Qe1-g3 with strong attack.
 This can arise from Pirc, Sicilian Kan-Taimanov or Grand Prix Attack (B23). Typically White's bishop goes on b3

example 1 : B23 Grand Prix

Example 2: Sicilian Kan

Full game analysis here

Qd1-e1, f4-f5 games opening analysis

 All analyzed

1. Spasov, V. vs Strikovic, A. 1-0 Niksic Rnd:9 Niksic 1991.??.??2. Anand, V. vs Gelfand, B. 1-0 Wijk aan Zee 65/156 1996.??.??3. Anand, Viswanathan vs Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 Reggio Emilia 9192 Rnd:8 Reggio Emilia 1992.??.??4. Robson, R. vs Le Quang Liem 1-0 11th Aeroflot Open A Rnd:6 Moscow RUS 2012.02.12

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. f4 [#] 7...  g6 8. Kh1 ( 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qe1 [#] 9... Nc6 ( 9... O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nc3 [#] 11... Nb4! 12. e5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Ne8 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qf2 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 Kosten-Cvitan 1989 17. d4 f6 ) 10. Kh1 Nd7! [#] 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 b5 Sax-Gheorghiu, Moskau (izt) 1982 ChessBase: Interzonal tournaments 13. Rd1 Qe7! 14. a3 Bb7 15. f5 ( 15. Qg3 b4! 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. f5! Nxd3 18. Rxd3 exf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rf2 Qb6 ) 15... Nc5 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bg5 = ) 8...  Bg7 9. Nf3 ( 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f5! Nc6 ( 10... Qb6 ) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5! [#] 12... exf5 13. exf5 [#] 13... d5! 14. Qd2 ( 14. Qe1!? ) 14... a5!? ( 14... Qd6 15. Rae1 Bxf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Rae8 ) 15. Rae1 ( 15. Rf3!? ) 15... Qb6! ( 15... Ba6? 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Re6 ) 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Re7 ( 17. Be3 Qc7 ) 17... Ng4! Hellers-Gheorgiou 1989 18. h3 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Qf2 20. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 ) 9...  Qc7?! ( 9... Nc6 ) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. a4 Nb4! 13. Qh4! b6? ( 13... Nxd3!? 14. cxd3 Bd7 += ) ( 13... Bd7 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 d5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng4 19. Qh4 ( 19. Qg5 Bxf5 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rae1 ) 19... Ne3 ) 14. f5! [#] strong attack white 14...  e5 ( 14... exf5 15. Bg5 ) 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Rae1 Ra7 ( 16... Bb7 17. Nd2 ) 17. Bc4 +/- Kh8 18. g4! gxf5 19. gxf5 Rc7 20. Nd5!? ( 20. Bb3 ) 20...  Nbxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxc2 22. Rg1! +- [#] 22...  Rc5 ( 22... Rg8 23. Rg3 / Rh3,Bxf6,Qxh7# ) 23. Rg3 Rd8 ( 23... Rxd5 24. Rh3 +- ) 24. Reg1! ( 24. Rh3 Kg8 25. Bb3 Kf8 26. Qg3 b5 ( 26... h5 27. Rxh5 ) 27. Rxh7 ) 24...  Rxd5 ( 24... b5 25. Bh6 ) 25. Bh6! 1-0

Grand Prix Attack : Black Repertoire based on rapid ..e6

1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3 f4 e6



2 model games analyzed here



Short-Topalov 1997 0-1
Cabrera-Shirov 2007 0-1

1. Short, Nigel D vs Topalov, Veselin 0-12. Cabrera, Alexis vs Shirov, Alexei 0-1

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. a3 Nf5 11. Be2 c4 12. Bf3 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 h5 14. Bxd5 h4 15. h3 Ng3+ 16. Kh2 Nxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Rhe8 18. Bxc4 Qd4 19. d3 Qf2 20. Qxf2 Bxf2 21. Bd2 f5 22. Bb5 Rd6 23. Rf1 Bg3+ 24. Kg1 a6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Kf1 Rce6 28. Rd1 Kb7 0-1

B23 Grand Prix Attack for Black

GAMES ANALYSIS WITH REPLAY HERE

How to play with Black against Popular Grand Prix Attack : Nc3, f4-f5, Bc4 Attack for White

[Date "2000.01.04"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
Position after 11..b5

[Date "2001.01.13"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"]

Position after 9..Na5!


Polgar-Gelfand 2000 0-1 Analyzed
Tiviakov-Kasparob 1999 0-1 Analyzed

1. Polgar, Judit vs Gelfand, Boris 0-1 2000.01.042. Tiviakov, Sergei vs Kasparov, Garry 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nf2 O-O 14. c3 b4 15. Bd1 Bd7 16. e5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. c4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 dxe5 21. Bg3 f5 22. h3 f4 23. Bh4 e4 24. Qxe4 Bxa1 25. Qxg6+ Bg7 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Be7 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Bg4 Bc6 31. Kh2 Rb2 32. h4 h5 33. Bf3 Bd4 34. Bg5 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Rf8 36. Bh6 Bg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Kh3 Re2 39. Rb1 Re3+ 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. Rb7 Ra8 42. Rh7 Ra2 43. Rh6+ Ke7 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Ke5 46. Rf8 Rb2 47. Rf7 Rd2 48. Rf8 Ra2 49. Rf7 Rc2 50. Rf8 Rxe4 51. dxe4 Kxe4 52. Kh3 Rc3+ 53. Kh2 Rxc4 54. Rh8 Rd4 55. Rxh5 c4 56. Rc5 Kd3 57. h5 c3 58. h6 Rd7 59. Kh3 Rh7 60. Kg4 Rxh6 0-1

Zukertort/Torre Bullet model game (D03)

watch 22nd move for white

king's indian attack style (side-line) bullet

10th move white 16th move white 23th move white and 27th move white Accuracy White 23 centipawns

repertoire spanish game white 5 Qe2

Position after 9 Bg5!

White to play (11th move)

White to play ( 18th move) 

[White "Tiviakov"][Black "Almasi"]

[White "Tiviakov"] [Black "Almasi"] [Event "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "1995.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bd5! Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Nh4! h6 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 Rh8 18. g4! Kg8 19. Nxg7! Kxg7 20. Rg1 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 22. Ke2 Bxg1 23. dxe4 Bxh2 24. Bxc7 Bf4 25. Bxd6 f6 26. a4 Nb6 27. b3 bxa4 28. Bc7 *

Replay Game here