GM Ulf Andersson’s Positional Chess with GM Marian Petrov + PGN

What you will learn:

• Turning BAD pieces into good. Karpov, as White, did everything right as he usually does… even trapping that light-squared bishop of Black inside a nasty pawn chain! See how Ulf activated his knights, traded them off for White’s bishops, and enters active bishop vs passive knight endgame.
• Queen endgame domination. The more pieces Tal had, the more chances of a piece sacrifice and an ensuing tactical attack… What did Ulf do? Exchanged off all the pieces, tucked his king into a safety pocket, and dominated the queen endgame for a healthy extra pawn. (…magician outspelled!)
• Extra pawn nullified. In the 1983 Nicsic International match, Petrosian went for an exchange sacrifice to get an extra central pawn. With an active king and bishop, supported by the knight, he was about to promote it. Look how masterfully Ulf placed his king to block it from advancing and then unleashed his killer rooks like a mafia boss out for revenge!
• Two extra passed pawns. The 1971 Wijk aan Zee match between Korchnoi and Andersson is the perfect example of prophylaxis in chess. Every plan nipped right in the bud, every active piece taken out, every key square dominated… and then Black’s light-squared bishop just finishes the game capturing two pawns on a- and b- files.
• Slow but steady wins. Andersson didn’t rush… he would slowly improve his position, ONE MOVE AT A TIME! That’s what he did against Adams in the 1991 Biel match. Michael, as White, sure mounted an attack on the kingside but it fizzled against Ulf as Black… while in the queen endgame, Black simply got a more active queen, check, pawn push, check, pawn push, and finally, White resigns.