In chess, positional principles and concepts are crucial to evaluating positions, making plans and executing them. However, sticking to these principles too strictly can turn a player into a dogmatist and limit his flexibility and creativity. We’ll explore how creativity beyond traditional principles can elevate your game. We’ll examine a game played by a great theoretician Isaac Boleslavsky. In this game, Boleslavsky voluntarily creates a backward pawn and a weak square in his position, thus violating a very important positional principle. However, in return he gets a tremendous counterplay and his monster bishops simply tear the enemy position apart. As a result, The Boleslavsky variation revolutionized chess theory and became a common line in the Sicilian defense.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g4 Nxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Kh1 b5 17. b4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Re1 Bc8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bb7 22. Kh2 Rxb4 23. b3 Rc8 24. Re3 Rd4 25. Rg1 Kf8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rg4 b4 28. Na4 Rxc2 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Re1 Rxf2+ 31. Rg2 Rf3 32. Rc2 d3 33. Rc7 Be5+ 34. Kg1 d2 35. Rd1 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Bxe4 38. Rc4 Rf3+ 39. Kh2 Be5+ 40. Kg1 d5 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rxd2 Bf4 43. Rb2 Be3+ 44. Kh2 Rf1 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rg6 0-1
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