In the variation with 6...h6 7.Bh4 b6, which bears the name of Dr Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), the position is frequently not so greatly simplified as is the case in the relieving systems of Capablanca and Lasker. Black is planning to work up extra pressure in the centre with ...c5, and with 7...b6 immediately creates for the problem bishop of the Queen’s Gambit a place on b7, from where it can exert an influence towards the centre. Amongst the players who have put their trust in this variation with Black in many games are names such as Spassky, Geller, Beliavsky and Short. Kasparov and Karpov played the position in their WCh match of 1984/85 several times with different colours, and the sixth game between Fischer and Spassky in the 1972 WCh match became especially famous.
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