FIDE Surveys – Iossif Dorfman

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Iossif Dorfman:

Outpost on c-file

Of chess theory known Outposts on the files
e, d and c. The most important considered
the Outpost on the d-file. In my opinion, the
Outpost on the c-file is undervalued. In this
article I want to show my vision of this
problem, linking it with my Method in
chess. The most important is the
presentation of this fascinating theme from
the point of view of the dynamics of the
struggle.
In the first game Outpost has formed after
9th white move. Let me remind you that in
my proposed terminology an Outpost is the
square on semi-open file in the fifth rank,
counting from each opponent. It is obvious
that here it’s the square c5. The subtlety of
the situation in the fact that the material is
not symmetric also. Two bishops and the
night resist the bishop and two nights.

Jankovic : I. Saric
Rijeka 2005

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Sf3 Sf6 4.Sc3 e6 5.Lg5
Sbd7 6.e3 Da5 7.Sd2 dc4 8.Lf6 Sf6 9.Sc4

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9...Dc7 10.a3 Le7 11.Tc1 0–0 12.b4

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After a few logical moves on the Board is a
critical position.
12...Td8
Black decides to play passively slightly
worse position. Similarly interpreted this
situation and other strong GM's:
12...Sd5 13.Le2 Ld7 14.0–0 Tfd8 15.Db3
Le8 16.Tc2 Lf8 17.Tfc1, ½, Beliavsky :
Pinter, Hungary 1999. There are three
groups of dynamic moves: changes in the
structure, especially in the center, exchanges
and attacks. And here was rare for such
positions breakthrough: 12...a5! 13.ba5 (In
case of 13.Sa5 Ta5 14.ba5 La3 15.Tc2 Lb4
16.Da1 c5 17.Ld3 cd4 18.ed4 Sd5 19.0–0
Sc3 20.Tfc1 Da5 21.Da5 La5 22.Tc3 Lc3
23.Tc3 Ld7 Black has a decisive advantage.)
13...c5 14.Le2 (White has no the way to
improve his position after 14.dc5 Ld7
15.Ld3 Dc5 16.0–0 Lc6.) 14...cd4 15.ed4
Ld7 16.0–0 Lc6 17.g3 Tfb8 18.Dd3 Ld8
19.Tb1 De7 and after a skilful
rearrangement black returns the pawn, while
retaining the benefits of its position.
13.Le2 Ld7
As in the previous move, black missed the
favorable opportunity of the breakthrough
13...a5! 14.ba5 (14.Sa5 e5 15.0–0 ed4
16.ed4 Df4 17.Lf3 Td4 18.De2 Lf8 19.g3
Db8 20.Tfd1 Td1 21.Td1 Dc7) 14...e5
15.Se5 (15.0–0 ed4 16.ed4 Lc5) 15...La3

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16.Tc2 c5 17.0–0 cd4 18.ed4 Lf5 19.Se4
and both continue to lead to an equal game
after 19...De5 (Or 19...De7 20.Sg5 Lc2
21.Dc2 Td4 22.Sef7 Ta5 23.Lc4 Tdd5
24.Ld5 Td5 25.Dc8 Se8 26.Dc4 Sf6.) 20.de5
Td1 21.Td1 Se4 22.g4 Sf2 23.gf5 Sd1
24.Ld1 Kf8 25.Tc7 Ta5 26.Lb3 Te5 27.Tf7
Ke8.
14.0–0 Le8 15.Db3 b6 16.Lf3 Tac8 17.a4
Sd5 18.Sa2 Db8 19.b5 c5 20.Tfd1 cd4
21.Td4 f6 22.Tcd1 Lf7 23.g3 Lc5 24.T4d2
Dc7 25.Sc3 Sc3 26.Td8 Td8 27.Dc3 e5
28.Td8 Dd8 29.Sd2 f5 30.Le2 e4 31.Lc4
Dd6 32.Sb3 Dd1 33.Kg2 Df3 34.Kg1 Dd1
35.Kg2 ½.

Anic : Dorfman
Meribel 1998

1.Sf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Lg2 Lg7 4.d4 c6 5.Sbd2
Sf6 6.0–0 0–0 7.c3

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With this move white clearly shows his
intentions - preparations for the
breakthrough e4, with the aim of
establishing the Outpost on e5.
7...Sa6
Black hamper the enemy's plan and in turn
create an Outpost on the c-file.
8.Te1
8.b4 Sc7 9.a4 (9.Te1 Sb5 10.Lb2 Sd6)
9...a5.

8...c5 9.dc5
White accept the inevitable. In fact, their
choice is severely limited due to 9.e4 de4
10.Se4 Se4 11.Te4 cd4 12.cd4 Sc7.
9...Sc5 10.Sb3

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Black has established an Outpost on c4 and
white take the only in this situation, dynamic
play on the exchanges.
10...Sce4
A very difficult decision, taken not without
hesitation. I saw what will happened in
game, but the static play in the variation
10...Sa4 11.Se5 (11.Sfd2 Lf5 12.e4 de4
13.De2 Te8 14.Se4 Se4 15.Le4 Le4 16.De4
b5) 11...Se4 12.Dd4 Db6 13.Db6 ab6 14.Sd3
e6 led to the exchange of Queens and was
static at first glance only.
11.Sg5 Sd6 12.Ld5!
I know my opponent for many years and he
has a well-developed sense of dynamics.
12...h6 13.Sf3 a5
Suddenly I realized that in case of evident
13...e6 14.e4 ed5 (14...Sde4 15.Lc4 Dd1
16.Td1 b6 17.a4 Sg4 18.Tf1 Lb7 19.Le2)
15.e5 Lg4 16.ed6 Dd6 17.Dd3 the position
is about equal.
14.e4!
White is going to play fast and without
hesitation. although likely intuitive. In the
case of 14.a4 e5 15.e4 (15.c4 Sd5 16.cd5 b6
17.Ld2 Se4 18.Le3 Lb7 19.Sbd2 Dd5

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20.Lb6 g5 21.Db3 Sd2 22.Dd5 Ld5 23.Sd2
Tfb8 24.e4 Le6 25.Le3 Tb2 26.Tec1 Lf8)
15...Sd5 16.ed5 Te8 17.Sh4 Lh3 18.De2 Tc8
19.Le3 Sc4 Black long lasting initiative.
14...a4

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15.Sbd4
The obvious reply. More complicated is
15.Sc5 Da5 (I did't find a real advantage in
case of 15...Sd5 16.Dd5 Ta5 17.e5 b6
18.ed6 ed6 19.Sb7 Td5 20.Sd8 Td8 21.Le3
Tb5 22.Sd4 Ld4 23.Ld4 Tb2 24.Teb1 Tb1
25.Tb1 Le6 26.a3 Lb3 27.Lb6.) 16.e5 Sd5
17.Dd5 Le6 18.Dd1 Dc5 19.Le3 Da5 20.ed6
Tfd8 21.b4 (21.Lf4 ed6 22.Sd4 Lh3 23.Df3
Ld4 24.cd4 Te8) 21...Da6 White has a lot of
weaknesses.
15...Sd5 16.ed5
After it Black has two courses. I played the
childishly naive
16...Ta5?
Another option is 16...Sc4 17.Sc2 Te8
18.Dd3 b5 19.Sb4 Lf5 20.De2 e6 and
Black's advantage has become decisive.
17.De2
In the continuation 17.Lf4 Td5 18.Da4 Sf5
probably Black's compensation for rhe pawn
is sufficient.
17...Te8 18.c4 Lg4 19.h3?
This move offer Black a huge advantage.
Probably best is 19.Le3 Ld4 20.Ld4 Lf3
(20...Sc4 21.Dc4 Lf3 22.Dc3 Ld5 23.Lh8 f6

24.Lf6 ef6 25.Te8 De8 26.Da5 De4 27.Dd8
Kf7 28.Dd7) 21.Df3 Sc4 22.Lc3 Td5 23.Df4
with the equal position.
19...Lf3 20.Sf3 Tc5 21.Sd2 Dc8
I missed the break 21...e6, which leads to a
hopeless position for White after 22.de6 Te6
23.Dd1 Te1 24.De1 Dd7 25.Kh2 Df5. Also
very promissing is 21...b5 22.cb5 Sb5
23.De4 a3 24.Tb1 e6.
22.Tb1 Sc4
And Black won in time troubles after the
move 40. 0:1.

Kramnik : Gelfand
London 2013

1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6
After 3...Lg7 4.Lg2 d5 5.cd5 Sd5 White get
two evident advantages: the extra pawn in
the center and the Outpost on c5, but it's
difficult to conserve them in case of
"normal" play 6.Sf3 Sb6 7.Sc3 Sc6 8.e3 0–0
9.0–0 Te8.
4.Lg2 d5 5.e3

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An interesting idea introduced by Kramnik.
5...dc4
In other continuations white hard to do
without concessions in the center, as soon
they run out of logical moves: 5...Lg7 6.Se2
0–0 7.0–0 Sa6 (7...Lf5 8.Sbc3 dc4 9.e4 Lc8
(9...Le6 10.h3) 10.b3 cb3 11.Db3) 8.Ld2

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(8.cd5 cd5 9.Sbc3 b6) 8...Se4 9.Le1.
6.Se2
Another option in this critical position is
6.Sa3. After it Black has two possible
reactions. Firstly, but even secondly 6...e5
(6...Le6 7.Dc2 b5 8.Sb5 (8.Se2 Sd5 9.0–0
Lg7 10.e4 Sb4 11.Dd2 a5) 8...Ld5 9.e4
(9.Ld5 cd5 10.b3 Da5 11.Sc3 cb3 12.Db3
Sc6) 9...Se4 10.Sa3 Sd6 with the evident
advantage) 7.Se2 La3 8.ba3 ed4 9.Sd4 c5
10.Da4 Ld7 11.Dc4 cd4 12.Lb7 Le6 13.Dd4
Sbd7. The basic idea here is to conserve the
pawn c. Otherwise, Black has look for the
dinamic play.
6...Lg7
As the break 6...e5 7.Dc2
a) 7.Sd2 ed4 8.Sd4 (8.ed4 Le6 9.Sf4 Ld5;
8.Sc4 Le6) 8...c5 (8...c3 9.bc3) 9.Sb5 (9.Se2
Sc6 10.Lc6 bc6 11.0–0 Lg7 12.Sc4 0–0
13.Dd8 Td8 14.Sd2 (14.Te1 La6 15.Sd2
Tab8 16.Sb3 Sd7) 14...Sd5 15.a3 La6
16.Te1 Ld3) 9...a6 10.Sa3 Ta7;
b) 7.de5 Dd1 8.Kd1 Sg4;
c) 7.0–0 ed4 8.Sd4 Sbd7 9.Sd2 Sb6 10.Dc2
Lg7 11.Sc4 0–0 12.a4 (12.b3 c5) 12...Te8
13.a5 Sc4 14.Dc4 a6; 7...ed4 8.Sd4 c5 9.Sb5
a6 10.S5a3 Lf5 11.Dc4 b5 12.Dc3 Ta7.
Or exchange of pieces 6...Sbd7 7.Sa3 (7.a4
a5; 7.Sd2 Sb6 8.b3 cb3 9.Sb3 Lg7 10.0–0 0–
0 11.e4 Sc4 12.Dc2 Sa5) 7...Sb6 8.Dc2 (8.0–
0 Lf5) 8...e5 9.0–0 (9.Sc4 Lf5 10.e4 Se4
11.Le4 Le4 12.De4 Sc4 13.de5 Da5 14.Kf1
Sb6 15.Kg2 Lg7) 9...La3 10.ba3 0–0 11.de5
Sg4 12.Td1 De7 13.a4 Se5 14.a5 Sd5 15.Sf4
Td8 (15...Lg4).
7.0–0
The main try was 7.Sa3, followed by
unbelievable 7...Da5 8.Ld2. In two other
continuations Black also has the sufficient
counterplay:
a) 8.Dd2 Da6 9.0–0 0–0 10.b3 cb3 11.ab3
Lf5 12.Sc3 Le6 13.e4 Sbd7 14.Sc2 Db6
15.La3 Dd8 16.Tfd1 Lb3 17.Tab1 Lc2
18.Dc2 Sb6 19.Lc5 Te8 20.e5 Sfd5 21.Sd5
cd5 22.e6 f5;
b) 8.Sc3 Le6 9.De2 Sd5 (9...Dh5 10.Lf3

Dh3 11.e4 Sfd7 12.e5 Sb6 13.Se4 h6 14.Sc2
0–0 15.Se3 Sa6 16.Lg2 Dh5 17.g4 Dh4
18.Sd2) 10.Ld2 Da6; 8...Da6 9.Dc1 b5
10.b3 (10.0–0 Lb7 11.b3 c5 (11...c3 12.Lc3
b4 13.Lb4 De2 14.Sc4 a5) ) 10...Lb7 11.bc4
b4 12.Sc2 c5 and White is competely
overplayed.
7...0–0?
It's just a wrong approach. Now White has a
time to consolidate the position. It was a last
call for the dinamic idea 7...Sbd7 8.Sd2 Sb6
9.b3 (9.Dc2 e5 10.Sc4 Lf5 11.Dc3 (11.e4
Se4 12.Le4 Le4 13.De4 Sc4 14.de5 Se5
15.Lh6 f5 16.De3 Lh6 17.De5 Kf7) 11...Sc4
12.Dc4 e4 13.Db4 Db6 14.Ld2 h5 15.h3
Db4 16.Lb4 Sd5) 9...cb3 10.Db3 0–0 11.e4
Lg4 12.f3 Le6 13.Dc2 Se8 14.Sb3 (14.e5
Sc7 15.Se4 Sbd5) 14...c5.
8.Sa3 Sbd7 9.Sc4

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Of course, Black did not deserve such a
passive position after a modest 5.e3.
9...Sb6 10.Sa5 Dc7 11.b4
A typical technique for such structures. e7–
e5 breakthrough can not be avoided as we
see in other continuations:
11.Ld2 e5 12.de5 De5 13.Lc3 De7 14.Sf4
Td8 15.Dc2 Lf5 16.e4 Se4 17.Lg7 Kg7
18.g4 Sd2 19.Dc3 Df6 20.Df6 Kf6 21.gf5
Sf1 22.Lf1 Td4;
11.Dc2 e5 12.e4 Td8 13.Td1 De7 14.a3 ed4
15.Td4 Td4 16.Sd4 Sg4 17.Se2 f5.

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11...e5 12.de5
I suppose that Kramnik evaluated as
approximately equal the endgame after
12.Dc2 e4 13.Sc3 Sbd5 14.Sd5 Sd5 15.De4
Lf5 16.Df3 Sb4 17.Ld2 Da5 18.a3 Tfe8
19.Lb4 Dc7 20.Df4 Df4 21.gf4 Tad8.
12...De5 13.Sd4 Se4 14.Dc2 Te8 15.La3?!
Strange move, while in the event of 15.Lb2
De7 16.a3 h5 17.Tae1 h4 18.gh4 Dh4 19.f4
Black still suffered a lot.
15...De7 16.Tad1 h5
Now the position becomes equal.

Carlsen : Vachier Lagrave
Moscow 2010

1.d4 Sf6 2.Sf3 g6 3.Sbd2
Paradoxically. after that ugly move black
stroke risk in a strategically disadvantageous
situation.
3...d5
In my opinion only 3...c5 which led to the
hedgehog structure able to provide a full-
fledged counterplay : 4.dc5 Da5 and now:
a) 5.a3 Dc5 6.b4 Dc7 7.Lb2 Lg7 8.c4
(Interesting is 8.e3 0–0 9.c4 d6 (9...b6
10.Le2 Lb7 11.0–0 d6 12.Sd4 (12.Tc1 Sbd7
13.Db3 Tac8 14.Sd4 a6 15.h3 Db8 16.Lf3
Tc7 17.Tc2 Tfc8, ½, Grachev : Macieja,
Lublin 2010) 12...Sbd7 13.Lf3 Se5 14.Lb7
Db7 15.Db3 Tac8 16.Tac1 a6, ½, Kotsur :
Grischuk, Astana 2012) 10.Le2 b6 (10...Sc6
11.0–0 a5 12.Db3 b6 13.Lc3 Lb7 14.Db2
ab4 15.ab4 Ta1 16.Ta1 Ta8 17.h3 Ta1
18.Da1 Dc8) 11.0–0 Lb7 12.Sb1 Td8 13.Sc3
e6 14.Db3 a6)
8...d6
(8...b6 9.Se4 (9.Sd4 Lb7 10.f3) 9...Dc6
10.Sf6 Lf6 11.Sd4 De4 (11...Db7 12.e3)
12.Dd2)
9.g3 b6 10.Lg2 Lb7 11.0–0 0–0 12.e4 Sbd7
(12...e5 13.Se1 Lh6 14.Sc2 (14.f4 Sbd7)
14...Ld2 (14...a5 15.Te1 Sbd7 16.Se3 ab4
17.ab4 Ta1 18.La1 Lc6 19.Lf1) 15.Dd2 Se4
(15...Le4 16.Le4 Se4 17.Dd3 Dc6 18.f3 Sf6
19.Se3 Sbd7 20.Tad1 Se8 (20...Tfe8 21.Dd6

Dd6 22.Td6 Te6 23.Td2 a5 24.g4) 21.Sd5
Db7 22.De4 Tb8 23.Dh4 Kh8 24.De7)
16.Dd3 Sg5 17.Tad1) 13.Sd4 a6 14.De2 Lh6
(14...h5 15.Sc2 Tfc8 16.Se3 e6).
b) 5.e4 Lg7 (5...Dc5 6.Ld3 Lg7 7.0–0 0–0
8.c4 d6 9.h3 b6 (9...a5 10.Sb3 Dc7 11.Sbd4
Ld7 12.Le3 Sa6 13.Sb5, ½, Vallejo Pons : I.
Saric, Warsaw 2013) 10.Te1 Lb7 11.Tb1
(11.Sb1 Sfd7 12.Sc3 Lc3 13.bc3 Sc6)
11...Dc7) 6.Sd4 (6.De2 Dc5 7.c3 0–0 8.Sb3
Dc7 9.g3 b6, ½, Aronian : Grischuk,
Stavanger 2015) 6...Dc5 (6...Sa6 7.e5 Se4
8.S4b3 Da4 9.La6 Sd2 10.Ld2 Da6 11.Lc3)
7.S2b3 De5 8.Ld3 Sc6 9.f4 Db8 10.c3
(10.e5 Sd5) 10...d6 (10...e5 11.Sc6 dc6 12.f5
gf5 13.ef5 e4 14.0–0) 11.0–0 0–0 12.h3 Ld7
13.Df3.
4.b4
This game and the previous one interest me
that for the fact creatively they are very
similar despite of completely different
openings. It's the way of thinking of the elite
players, how to get the Outpost on c-file.
4...Lg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Lb2
More straightforward c4 provides
significantly more dynamic counterplay due
to the relative undeveloppement: 6.c4 Le6
7.Le2 dc4 8.Sc4 Se4 9.Lb2 Sd6 10.Sce5
(10.d5 Lb2 11.Sb2 Ld7 12.Db3 c6 13.0–0
cd5 14.Dd5 Lc6 15.Dd4 a5; 10.Sfd2 Sc6
11.a3 Sc4 12.Sc4 Dd5 13.0–0 a5) 10...c6
(10...a5 11.b5 c6 12.a4 (12.bc6 Sc6 13.Sc6
bc6 14.0–0 c5 15.La3 cd4 16.Sd4 Ld5)
12...cb5 13.ab5 Sd7 14.0–0 Sb6 15.La3 Tc8
16.Tc1 f6 17.Sd3 Lf7 18.Sc5 De8 retains
possibilities of continuing the fight.) 11.0–0
a5 12.a3 ab4 13.ab4 Ta1 14.Da1 Sd7 15.Sd3
Lc4 16.Tc1 Lb5 17.Lf1 Sb6 18.Sc5 Lf1
19.Kf1 Da8 20.Lc3 Sbc4 21.Se5 Da1 22.La1
Sb6 23.Lc3 Ta8 24.Ta1 Ta1 25.La1 Sd5
26.Sed3 f5 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.f3 Lh6 29.e4 fe4
30.fe4 Se3 31.Kf3 Sc2 32.Lb2 Sc4 33.Sb7
Sb2 34.Sb2 Sd4 35.Kf2 Ld2 36.Sd3 Ke8
37.Sa5 c5 38.Sc5 Lb4
39.Scb3 La5 40.Sa5 Kf7 41.Sc4, ½, Grachev
: Timofeev, Moscow 2016.

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6...Lf5 7.c4

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A critical position. It's time to take an
important decision.
7...c6?!
The most natural reaction 7...a5 8.b5 a4
9.Tc1 (9.La3 c6 10.Tc1 cb5 11.cb5 Da5
12.Le7 Se4) 9...c6 fully answered for
dynamic queries position.
8.Le2?!
In my opinion. cleaner 8.a4 Sbd7 9.Le2 dc4
10.Sc4 Sb6 11.Sa5 (11.0–0) 11...Dd6 12.La3
achieving the desired.
8...Sbd7 9.0–0
9.a4.
9...dc4?
And here is just the essential dynamic was
9...a5 10.b5 cb5 11.cb5 Db6 12.La3 Tfc8
13.Le7 Lc2 14.Dc1 Se4 avoiding
strangulation.
10.Sc4
Againg the "Kramnik's construction".
10...Sb6 11.Sa5 Tb8 12.a3
12.Tc1 Se4 13.Sb3.
12...Sbd5 13.Tc1 Se4

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14.Sd2
I am totally against unnecessary exchanges
in the ownership of an Outpost. So here I
would rather chose between 14.Se5 and
14.Sb3.
14...Sd2 15.Dd2 Dd7 16.Tfe1 Tbc8 17.Lf1
Sf6 18.f3
White consistently pursuing a plan to create
a powerful center. Further, the game
uninteresting because of the lack of conflict.

Conclusion

This is probably a sufficient number of
examples. It remains to add, especially after
two last fragments where the top players of
the World were involved, that the mission of
defending side is very delicate. Only
constant focus on dynamic resources allows
us to hope for full-fledged counter-play. It
must be clearly understood that in this
struggle a second chance may not appear.