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Crushing White:

The SNIPER!

An Easy To Learn Chess Opening & Strategy

VOLUME 2

By International Grandmaster Ron W. Henley

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Crushing White: The SNIPER! V2

An Easy To Learn Chess Opening & Strategy

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TABLE of CONTENTS 4

INTRODUCTION 18

Basic Opening Moves 18

Why I Play the SNIPER! 18

Sniper Accelerated Dragon 18

Sniper Dzindzi Indian 19

Sniper Schmid Benoni 19

Sniper English and Flank Openings 19

Win With Black! 20

The Sniper! Is Easy To Play! 20

How To Use: Crushing White: The Sniper! 20

Grandmaster Preparation 21

Our Criteria 22

NM Nathan Jackson – GM Ron W Henley, NYC 2013 0-1(28) 24

….Edmundlich – Sailor, ICC 2013 24

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 30

CHESS NOTATION 31 TABLE OF CHESS SYMBOLS 32

THE SNIPER WEAPONS MANUAL! 33

Sniper ¥ Investment 33

Sniper ¥’s of Opposite Color - ¥OOC 37

Sniper ¥ Relocation 38

Sniper ¥ Trade 41

Sniper ¥ Kingside Attacks 42

Sniper ¥ Sacrifices 44

Sniper ¥ Pair 45

Sniper ¤ Outpost 47

Sniper E4 ¤ Hop 48

Sniper ¤ Sacrifices 50

Sniper ¦ Sacrifices 52

Sniper Exchange Sacrifices 53

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Sniper £ Sacrifices 54

Sniper £ Traps 56

Sniper ¢

Delayed Castling 57

The Active ¢ 58

The Defensive and Fleeing ¢ 59

………..Sniper Kingside Attacks 61

Sniper Pawn Play 64

The D5 Pawn Break 64

The E5 Pawn Break 66

The E5/D5 Pawn Duo 67

The E6 Pawn Break 68

The B5 Pawn Break 71

The F5 Pawn Advance 74

The E5/F5 Pawn Duo 77

The F6 Pawn Advance 78

The G5 Pawn Advance 79

The B6 Pawn Advance 81

Sniper Pawn Sacrifices 82

Sniper Passed Pawns 84

Passed Center Pawns 83

Passed Queenside Pawns (Usually the A-Pawn) 84

INTRODUCTION

Crushing White: The SNIPER! is designed to give you an easy- to- learn yet

powerful and incredibly effective weapon that you can employ with Black as early as

move one (!) against “King’s Pawn” , “Queen’s Pawn”, English and “Flank

Opening” players.

Pretty much any opening where Black’s first three moves are g6, ¥g7 and c5 can fall

under the Sniper umbrella. By adopting the Sniper into your repertoire, you will

consistently get positions built around the kingside fianchetto. The Sniper makes it

easy to design an effective universal system to meet all of White’s standard opening

moves.

The Sniper! – Basic Opening Moves!

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1...g6 2…¥g7 3…c5

1…g6 – Black prepares the fianchetto of his Sniper Dark Square ¥.

2…¥g7 – The Sniper ¥ radiates down the long h8-a1 diagonal.

3…c5 – The black c-pawn combines with the Sniper ¥ to contest

………….control of the vital d4 square.

NM Nathan Jackson (2250) - GM Ron W Henley Bryant Park, 04.2013

1.d4 g6 2.c4 ¥g7 3.e4 c5 4.¥e3?

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Normal is 4.¤f3 cxd4 5.¤xd4 leading to a Maroczy Bind.

Our first view of 4.¥e3 was Edmundich (1812) – Sailor, ICC 2013 which

continued 4…cxd4 5.¥xd4 ¤f6 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 d6³ 8.¤f3 0–0 [8...¤g4!] 9.¥e2

¥g4?! [9...¤g4! 10.¥d2 £b6! 11.0–0 £xb2µ] 10.0–0 ¤d7 11.¤d4 ¥xd4 12.¥xd4

¥xe2 13.¤xe2 ¤xd4 14.£xd4= Black has exchanged 3 sets of minor pieces and

secured complete equality. 14...£b6 15.£d2 White keeps the £s on the board in

hopes of exploiting the weakened black kingside. 15...¦fc8 16.b3 ¤f6 17.¤c3 £a5

Thanks to the pin on the c3 ¤, Black threatens the break b7–b5 with queenside

advantage. 18.¦ad1 White protects his £. 18...a6 Reinforcing the b7–b5 pawn

advance. 19.¤a4 White offers a £ exchange and looks to exploit the black

weakness on b6. 19...£xd2 20.¦xd2 ¦c6 On c6 the black ¦ covers the b6 square

and again sets up the b5 pawn advance. A mistake would be 20...¤xe4? 21.¦e2

21.¤c3 b5! This thematic advance allows Black to break the "Maroczy Bind".

22.¤d5 [22.cxb5? ¦xc3] 22...¤xd5 23.cxd5 [23.exd5 ¦c5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.¦e1 is

equal at best for White - 3 pawn islands vs 2 for Black.] 23...¦c5= [More precise

was 23...¦c3!³ ] 24.f4 ¦ac8 25.¦df2 f5= This thematic break undermines the white

pawn on d5, and is good enough to maintain equality. However, it also left Black

with split pawns on the queenside which later allowed counterplay.

While entering the Sailor game into Chessbase, I noticed Crafty running in the

background started flashing .87 valuation for Black!

A few months later on a trip into the city, I stopped by Bryant Park to play a few

games with my good friend poker/backgammon/chessmaster Nathan Jackson.

Sponsored by the Marshall Chess Club in cooperation with the NYC Parks

Department, every year around April through October, Nathan is charged with

setting out chess and backgammon sets for visitors to use. Senior Master Asa

Hoffman and quite a few GMs and IMs drop by from time to time.

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4...£b6!

ATTACKING D4 & B2

The early White ¥ development has weakened the white b2 pawn. Black exploits

this by immediately attacking b2 and d4 for third time.

5.¤c3!?

Nathan finds the only logical response, which is to play for rapid development and

hope for the best. Note 5.dxc5? £xb2 loses a ¦.

5…cxd4 6.¤d5 £xb2! 7.¦b1

After 7.¤c7+ ¢d8

a)8.¦b1 £xa2! 9.¤xa8 dxe3 10.fxe3?? ¥c3+

b)8.¥f4 e5! 9.¥c1 £xa1! 10.¥g5+ ¢xc7 11.£xa1 ¤a6µ

(Analysis)

7...£xa2! 8.¥d2 ¤a6 9.c5?

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White threatens simply 10.¥xa6 bxa6 and 11.¤c7+ forking.

In addition, Black needs to develop his kingside and get castled.

The major alternative is the tap on the black £.

(Analysis)

9.¦a1 £b2

a) 10.¦xa6 bxa6 11.¤c7+ ¢d8 12.¤xa8 (12.¥a5 £a3! 13.¤e6+ ¢e8 14.¤xg7+

¢f8 15.¥c7 £b4+ 16.£d2 (16.¢e2 £xc4+) 16...£b1+ 17.£d1 £xe4+ 18.¥e2

¢xg7–+) 12...¥b7 13.¥a5+ ¢c8 14.¤c7 £a3 15.£d2 £a1+ 16.¢e2 ¥xe4 17.f3

d3+ 18.¢f2 ¥d4+ 19.¢g3 £xf1 20.¥c3 ¥xc3 21.£xc3 ¢xc7 22.£xh8 d2–+;

b) 10.¦b1 £a3 11.c5 ¤f6 –+;

c) 10.¦a5!? b6 11.¥c1 [11.¦xa6 ¥xa6 12.¤c7+ ¢d8 13.¤xa6 (13.¤xa8 ¥b7

14.¤xb6 axb6 15.¥d3 f5!) 13...¥h6–+] 11...£b1 12.¥d3 £xd3 13.£xd3 bxa5

14.¥b2 e5 =+.

9...¤f6!

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KINGSIDE DEVELOPMENT

Meeting the demands of the position, by a) Developing a kingside piece and b)

Challenging the white ¤ on d5.

10.¥xa6 ¤xd5 11.¥xb7 ¥xb7 12.¦xb7 £a6!

ACTIVE £

From a6, the black £ attacks the intruder on b7 and interferes with White’s castling

by controlling the a6-f1 diagonal.

13.£b1!?

White defends his ¦ and threatens 14.¦b8+ as well as 14…exd5.

13...¤b6! 14.c6

If 14.¦c7 ¤c4 15.¤f3 0–0 16.0–0 ¤xd2 17.¤xd2 £a5 double attacks d2 and c7.

14...dxc6 15.¦c7 0–0 16.¦xc6 ¦ac8 17.¦c1 ¤a4!

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The black ¤ heads to c3.

18.¤e2 ¤c3! 19.¥xc3 dxc3 20.¦c2

Of course 20.0–0? £xe2 collects a piece.

20...¦fd8 21.0–0 ¦d2 22.¦e1 £d3!

BLASTING the BLOCKADE

23.¦xd2 cxd2!

PSEUDO £ SACRIFICE

24.£d1

If 24.¦d1 £xe2, or 24.£xd3 dxe1¦ mate.

24...dxe1£+ 25.£xe1 £xe2!?

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PSEUDO £ SACRIFICE #2

26.£xe2 ¦c1+ 27.£f1 ¦xf1+ 28.¢xf1 a5 0–1

FINAL POSITION

The thematic Sniper finish would be 29.¢e2 a4 30.¢d2 a3 31.¢c2 a2.

This experience shows the value of inputting our games into Chessbase and

reviewing them – wins, losses and draws! It also shows the importance of pre-

game/opening preparation. Of course I could not anticipate all variations

in the SNIPER! I hope this work brings you great enjoyment, while helping to

round your Black Repertoire and win many wonderful chess games in the process!