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color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Sexy Car Wash, Tuning Styling &amp; Drift, Kragujevac</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OzQxch7BJu4?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kovacevic,A (2564) - Sarenac,D (2293)</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Najdorf English Attack 7.Nf3[B90]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>TCh-SRB 1st League 2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Kragujevac SRB (5.1), 28.08.2013</b></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White is more active and has a queenside majority. What do you recommend for white?</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=7kH1q4ppHp1nb1r2H4pp2H1PQ5HP3BN2H5PPPH3R2K1&amp;d=A___R__K______PPPP___BN___PQ_________pp__p_nb_r___q____pp_______k0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=7kH1q4ppHp1nb1r2H4pp2H1PQ5HP3BN2H5PPPH3R2K1&amp;d=A___R__K______PPPP___BN___PQ_________pp__p_nb_r___q____pp_______k0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></a></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26..Rf6</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://kvchess.com/releases/latest/KnightVision.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://kvchess.com/releases/latest/KnightVision.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "TCh-SRB 1st League 2013"] [Site "Kragujevac SRB"] [Date "2013.08.28"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kovacevic, A."] [Black "Sarenac, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2293"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2013.08.24"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.09.03"] [WhiteTeam "Novosadski SK DDOR"] [BlackTeam "Delfin Beograd"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 (6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Rad1 Qg5 18. Kh2 Qh4 19. f3 Qd8 20. Qf2 h4 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Ba2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qg5 24. Bb3 Rfd8 25. Rd5 Ne6 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Rfd1 Rc5 28. R5d3 Rc6 29. Rd5 Nc7 30. R5d3 Ne6 31. Kg1 Nc5 32. Rc3 b5 33. Bd5 Rcc8 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kf1 Na4 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. b3 Nc3 38. Nxc3 Rxc3 39. b4 Be3 40. Qe2 Qg5 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Qxd3 Bd4 43. c3 Qc1%2B 44. Ke2 Bxc3 45. Qd1 Qb2%2B 46. Kd3 Bxb4 {0-1 Amanov,Z (2361)-Naroditsky,D (2503)/chess.com INT 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) (6. Rg1 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qa5%2B 11. c3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. h4 Bf6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g5 Be5 17. Be4 g6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. O-O-O Be8 20. Nc4 Rxd1%2B 21. Rxd1 Bf4 22. Kb1 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 h5 24. gxh6 Nc6 25. h5 f5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qb3 Qf7 28. Rg1 Be4%2B 29. Ka1 g5 30. Rxg5%2B Kh8 31. Qb6 Rg8 32. f4 e5 33. Nc4 Bc6 34. Nxe5 Qe7 35. Rxg8%2B Kxg8 36. Qg1%2B { 1-0 Murariu,A (2533)-Vrencian,L (2190)/Mamaia ROU 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) (6. Qf3 Nbd7 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qe3 g6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. f4 Bg7 12. Bd2 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Qg3 Nge5 17. O-O-O e6 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Bg2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nd3 Nxd3%2B 22. Qxd3 Qe5 23. c3 O-O 24. Rhf1 Qc7 25. h4 Rad8 26. Qh3 c4 27. h5 Rd3 28. Be3 gxh5 29. g6 Rxd1%2B 30. Rxd1 fxg6 31. Qxe6%2B Qf7 32. Bh3 Re8 33. Qb6 Bxe4 34. Rd7 Qf3 35. Rxg7%2B Kxg7 36. Qc7%2B Kg8 37. Bd4 Qf7 38. Qg3 Bf5 39. Bg2 Qe6 40. Bf2 Qe2 {0-1 Vila Gazquez,X (2461)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2609)/Barcelona ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) 6... e5 7. Nf3 {A quieter option than the Nb3%2Bf3-g4 pawn storm plan.[Yip]} (7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 Be6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qg2 b5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nb6 19. Be3 Na4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 O-O 22. Bd4 Bd8 23. h5 Bb6 24. h6 Rfe8 25. Rd2 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qb4 27. Nb3 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. hxg7 Rce8 30. Rdd1 R8e5 31. Rh6 Re1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1%2B 33. Nc1 Kxg7 34. Rxd6 Nc5 35. b3 Ne4 36. Rxa6 b4 37. Kb2 Nc3 38. a3 Nd1%2B 39. Ka1 Nc3 40. axb4 Nxd5 41. Kb2 Nxb4 42. Rd6 Rg1 43. c4 Rg2%2B 44. Kc3 Nc2 45. Rd2 Rxd2 46. Kxd2 Nd4 47. b4 Kf8 48. Kd3 Ne6 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. Nd3 Nxg5 52. b5 h5 53. b6 Ne6 54. c5 Nd8 55. c6%2B Kc8 56. Nc5 h4 57. Kd6 f6 58. b7%2B {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J (2547)-Sos Andreu,E (2229)/Linares ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 {The knight will challenge Bc4.[Yip]} (9... Qc7 {Is the repertoire recommendation of Georgiev and Kolev in THe Sharpest Sicilian 2012.[Yip]} 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Na4 Bd8 {Is one of the lines in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012.[Yip]}) 10. Qe2 (10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc8 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne3 Rc6 18. Qd3 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Ra5 Qc7 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Qb4 Qb6 25. Qa3 Rc5 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 f6 29. Qa4 Rc6 30. Rd7 h6 31. Rd5 Kh7 32. g3 Kg8 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. h4 Kg8 35. h5 Kf7 36. Qa3 Rc8 37. Qa4 Rc6 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Kg2 Kg8 41. b4 cxb4 42. c5 Qc7 43. Qd1 Qe7 44. Rd7 Qe6 45. Rxb7 Kh7 46. Rb8 Rc8 47. Rxc8 Qxc8 48. Qd6 a5 49. c6 a4 50. Qd7 Qa8 51. Qf5%2B {1-0 Spasov,V (2573)-Nenezic,M (2393)/Kragujevac SRB 2013/The Week in Chess 982}) 10... Na5 11. Bd3 {Choosing to keep the bishop is an older choice and is currently out of fashion.[Yip]} (11. Bb3 {Is more popular.[Yip]} Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nxb5 Bg4 15. f3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 axb5 17. Rad1 Ng4 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. h3 Qc5%2B 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Nh4 Qc6 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Nxe7%2B Rxe7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxh6 f5 26. Qh5 {1-0 Alsina Leal,D (2528)-Forcen Esteban,D (2469) /San Agustin ESP 2012/The Week in Chess 935}) (11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. a3 b5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ba2 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 h6 17. Nf1 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qd3 d5 20. f3 Nf6 21. a4 Nc4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf2 Qc8 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Rba1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5%2B 27. Kh1 g6 28. Nd2 Qf2 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qf1 Qxf1%2B 31. Rxf1 Rb8 32. Re1 e4 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Kf2 Rb6 35. Ke3 exf3 36. gxf3 Re6%2B 37. Kd2 Nh5 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Ra7 e5 41. Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S (2616)-Tseitlin,M (2403)/Israel ISR 2012/The Week in Chess 908}) 11... Be6 {Black is actively placed to challenge for d5.[Yip]} (11... h6 12. Na4 Be6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. h3 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Re8 17. c4 Bf8 18. Rac1 g6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. b4 Bg7 21. Bb1 Rc8 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Ncb8 24. b6 Nc5 25. Qb2 Nba6 26. Nc7 Rxc7 27. bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qa3 Bd7 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bc2 Bc6 31. Re1 Bf6 32. Rcd1 Be7 33. Rd2 Ra8 34. Nh2 Kg7 35. Ng4 Ra6 36. Ne3 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Bg5 40. Rd3 Rb6 41. Rc3 Qd7 42. Rb3 Rxb3 43. Qxb3 Bd2 44. Re2 Bb4 45. f4 Qf5 46. fxe5 Bc5%2B 47. Kh2 Qf4%2B 48. g3 Qd4 49. Rg2 dxe5 50. Qxb7 Qxa4 51. Qc7 Qd4 52. Qxa5 Qxd5 53. Qa2 Qd6 54. Qc4 Bd4 55. Qc2 Qf6 56. Qe4 h5 57. h4 Qf1 58. Qe2 Qf5 59. Qd2 Qg4 60. Qd3 Qd7 61. Qf3 Qb5 62. Rc2 Qb1 63. Rc7 Qa2%2B 64. Qg2 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V (2545)-Kengis,E (2565)/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 039 ext}) 12. Na4 { Trying to massage the queenside dark squares.[Yip]} Nd7 13. c4 {Locking onto d5.[Yip]} Nc6 (13... Rc8 14. b3 Bg4 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nc6 20. Rd5 Nd4 21. Qg4 f6 22. Qd7 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc3 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 26. Rb7 Bd8 27. Rxb5 Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Rd7 29. Na3 Ba5 30. Nc4 Ra8 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rd4 33. Ke2 Bb4 34. Rd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Bc3 36. a4 Rb8 37. Bc2 h5 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Na3 Bb4 40. Nc4 Bc3 41. Na3 Bb4 42. Nc4 Kd7 43. Bd3 Bc3 44. Kd1 Bd4 45. Kc2 h4 46. Na3 Kc6 47. Nb5 Rd8 48. Bc4 Kb6 49. Bd5 Rd7 50. Na3 {1/2-1/2 Saric,I (2626)-Wojtaszek,R (2711)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 855}) 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nc3 Qb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {Releasing Bd3 but only temporarily.[Yip]} Nxd3 {The Bd3 was too strong.[Yip]} 18. dxc6 {Is more complicated but white has a clearer plan to follow.[Yip]} (18. Qxd3 {Is promising too[Yip]} Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 20. a3 Na6 21. Qxa5 Nc5 22. Qc3 b6 $14 { White has won a pawn but for now the queenside majority is not a factor.[Yip]}) 18... Nb4 19. cxb7 Qxb7 20. a3 {The queenside advance begins.[Yip]} Nc6 21. b4 {The queenside majority and light square control give white a slight edge.[Yip] } f5 {Diagram # Trying to establish some kingside counterplay is logical but black would to better to strengthen the queenside first.[Yip]} (21... Rac8 {Is safer.[Yip]} 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 $14 {[Yip]}) 22. c5 $1 {The mobile queenside majority gives white strong queenside pressure.[Yip]} Rad8 $2 $16 {This allows white a clear edge.[Yip]} (22... dxc5 {Immediately clarifying the queenside pawn structure is more solid but black is clearly slightly worse.[Yip]} 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 $14 {Black has the passed c-pawn blockaded but white can press with the open d-file.[Yip]} e4 25. Ng5 Qe7 26. Rd6 Qxg5 27. Qc4%2B Kh8 28. Rxc6 $14 {White has made good progress on the queenside and the strong c-pawn gives white the edge.[Yip]}) 23. Qc4%2B Kh8 $6 $16 {Black is under big pressure now.[Yip]} (23... d5 {Forces white to settle for only a slightly better ending. [Yip]} 24. Rxd5 Na5 25. Rd7%2B Nxc4 26. Rxb7 {The rook is not as dangerous as it looks.[Yip]} Bf6 27. c6 (27. Rc1 Nxe3 28. fxe3 e4 29. Nd4 Bg5 30. Re1 Bxe3%2B 31. Rxe3 Rxd4 32. Re1 $14 {[Yip]}) 27... Rc8 $14 {The passed c-pawn and strong Rb7 give white the upper hand but black is in the game.[Yip]}) 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 {The d-file and light squares are the new battleground.[Yip]} Rf6 $2 {Diagram # The rook is unstable and now black’s position is vulnerable to tactical jabs.[Yip]} (26... Bb8 {This passive retreat is better but white is clearly better for example[Yip]} 27. Qe6 $1 {Presses the central pawns and Ng5 is threatened too.[Yip]}) 27. Bg5 $1 {The hunt is on.[Yip]} Rg6 28. Nh4 Nd4 {The Rg6 cannot be saved.[Yip]} 29. Nxg6%2B hxg6 {Diagram #} 30. Be3 (30. Rd3 $1 {Gets a quick knockout with the Rh3# threat.[Yip]}) 30... Be7 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Rxd4 Kh7 33. Rd3 g5 34. Qe6 Qc7 35. 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Dominguez Perez,L (2757) </b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian 6.Bg5 Nbd7[B94]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>FIDE World Cup 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tromso NOR (3.1), 17.08.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black has a clearly bad pawn structure. What do you recommend for white?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k5H3r1p2H1bNp1p1pH1Pq5Hpp2P3H8H1PP1Q1PPH1K1R4&amp;d=A_K_R_____PP_Q_PP________pp__P____Pq______bNp_p_p___r_p____k_____0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k5H3r1p2H1bNp1p1pH1Pq5Hpp2P3H8H1PP1Q1PPH1K1R4&amp;d=A_K_R_____PP_Q_PP________pp__P____Pq______bNp_p_p___r_p____k_____0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34..Bb6</span></div> <div> <object data="http://kvchess.com/releases/latest/KnightVision.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://kvchess.com/releases/latest/KnightVision.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.17"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Dominguez Perez, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.08.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {The current fashion continues unabated.[Yip]} (6... e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nf3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Nf6 18. Rb3 Qc5%2B 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bf3 Qc4 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. c3 O-O 23. Rd1 Rfe8 24. g3 Qc5 25. Qd2 e4 26. Be2 Re5 27. Qf4 Nxd5 {0-1 Fong Yit San (2105)-Xiu Deshun (2566)/Kuala Lumpur MAS 2013/The Week in Chess 981}) 7. Bc4 ( 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 g6 10. f4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 b5 13. g4 Be7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Rhf1 g5 17. Bg3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Qxc3 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Nf5 Qc4 22. Nd6 Qa2 23. Nxb7 Rc6 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Rxf6 Rfc8 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Qd1 Rc7 29. Bf1 Kh7 30. Kd2 Nc5 31. Bxe5 Re7 32. Rd5 Qxa3 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Bb2 Qd6%2B 35. Bd3 Qf4%2B 36. Kc3 Qe5%2B 37. Kb3 Qe6%2B 38. Kc3 Qe5%2B 39. Kb3 Qe6%2B 40. Kc3 Qe5%2B {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V (2578)-Papaioannou,I (2624) /Vrachati GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 981}) (7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 e5 9. Nf5 h6 10. Bh4 exf4 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. h4 Rg8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bd4 b5 16. a3 Be6 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. Rh3 Qc6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Rc3 Bxd5 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Qd3 Rg6 24. Be2 Re6 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Bg4 Kd8 27. Ng3 b4 28. Qb3 fxg3 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 Kc7 31. axb4 Rb8 32. Rf1 Bxb4 33. Rf7 Bd6 34. Rg7 Rb4 35. Rxg5 Rxe4 36. Rxg3 Rd4 37. b3 e4 38. Rc3 Nc5 39. Qf6 Rd5 40. b4 Be5 41. Qe7%2B Nd7 42. Rxc6%2B Kxc6 43. Qe6%2B Rd6 44. Qc4%2B Kb6 45. Qxe4 Rd4 46. Qe3 Kc7 47. c3 Rd6 48. Qa7%2B Kd8 49. Qa8%2B Ke7 50. Kc2 Rb6 51. g4 Kd6 52. Qe4 Nf6 53. Qd3%2B Kc7 54. g5 Nd7 55. Qe4 Rc6 56. c4 Rb6 57. Qe1 Rd6 58. c5 Rd4 59. Qe2 Rxb4 60. Qxa6 Rb2%2B 61. Kd1 Nxc5 62. Qa7%2B Kd6 63. g6 Bc3 64. Qa3 Be5 65. Qf3 Ne6 66. Qa3%2B Kd5 67. Qf3%2B Kd6 68. Qa3%2B Nc5 69. Qf3 Rb7 70. Qf8%2B Re7 71. Qb8%2B Ke6 72. Qg8%2B Kd6 73. Qb8%2B Kd5 74. Qa8%2B Rb7 75. Ke2 Ke4 76. Kf2 Kd4 77. Kf3 Rg7 78. Qc6 Rd7 79. Kg4 Bg7 80. Qb6 Kd5 81. Kf5 Rd6 82. Qa5 Rf6%2B 83. Kg5 Ra6 84. Qd8%2B Ke4 85. Qc8 Ne6%2B 86. Kg4 Rd6 87. Qc2%2B Kd5 88. Qb3%2B Kc6 89. Qa4%2B Kb6 90. Qb4%2B Kc7 91. Qa5%2B Kd7 92. Kf5 Nd4%2B 93. Kg5 Ke6 94. Qe1%2B Be5 95. Qe4 Rd7 96. Qg4%2B Kd6 97. Qd1 Ke7 98. Qa4 Bf6%2B 99. Kg4 Bg7 100. Qa3%2B Kf6 101. Qa6%2B Ne6 102. Qf1%2B Ke7 103. Qf7%2B Kd6 104. Qf3 Rc7 105. Qa3%2B Rc5 106. Qa6%2B Ke5 107. Qa1%2B Kd5 108. Qa8%2B Ke5 109. Qa1%2B Ke4 110. Qh1%2B Kd4 111. Qd1%2B Kc4 112. Qa4%2B Kd5 113. Qa8%2B Kd6 114. Qa6%2B Ke7 115. Qa7%2B Kf6 116. Qf7%2B Ke5 117. Qf5%2B Kd6 118. Qb1 Rg5%2B 119. Kf3 Ke5 {1/ 2-1/2 Sulskis,S (2559)-Kovalyov,A (2606)/Montreal CAN 2013/The Week in Chess 981}) (7. a4 e6 8. a5 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. f4 Rd8 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qg3 Bc6 17. Bf3 Kh8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxf5 Rf8 23. Raf1 c4 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bd4 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxb7 Rxa5 30. c3 Kh7 31. Kf2 Rf5%2B 32. Ke3 Re5%2B 33. Kf3 Rf5%2B 34. Ke3 Re5%2B 35. Kf4 Re2 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. h4 a5 38. Rb5 Kg6 39. Rxa5 Rxb2 40. Rc5 h5 41. Rxc4 Rc2 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. g3 g6 44. Ke3 Rc1 45. Kd3 Ra1 46. Rg5 Ra6 47. Kc4 Ke7 48. Kb5 Rf6 49. c4 Kd7 50. Kc5 Kc7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. c5 Ra6 53. Re5 Rf6 54. Re3 Rf5%2B 55. Re5 Rf3 56. c6%2B Kc7 57. Re7%2B Kc8 58. Re8%2B Kc7 59. Re7%2B Kc8 60. Kd6 Rd3%2B 61. Ke6 Rxg3 62. Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Le Quang Liem (2702)/Tromso NOR 2013/The Week in Chess 980}) 7... Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 (11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. g4 b5 14. Be3 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qe2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Qb7 21. Qe1 e5 22. Nc2 Be6 23. Bc1 Rc8 24. Rh2 Kf8 25. g4 Kg7 26. Ne3 Rxc1%2B 27. Rxc1 Bxg5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Nd5 Ra8 30. Rc2 a4 31. bxa4 b3 32. Rc4 bxa2%2B 33. Kxa2 Rb8 34. Qc3 Qa6 35. b3 Bd8 36. Rc6 Qe2%2B 37. Rd2 Qe1 38. Rxd6 Rc8 39. Qxe5%2B f6 40. Qb2 {1-0 Azarov,S (2629)-Sharafiev,A (2451)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 11... Qc7 12. Kb1 (12. Nf5 exf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. exf5%2B Kf8 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. g4 h5 18. h3 g6 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20. Qf4 Nxb3%2B 21. axb3 Be6 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. c4 Kg8 24. Re5 Qh6 25. Rg5%2B Kf8 26. Rd2 hxg4 27. hxg4 f6 28. Qd6%2B Kf7 29. Rh5 Qf8 30. Qh2 Bxg4 31. Rxh8 Qxh8 32. Qg2 Qh3 33. Qxb7%2B Kg6 34. Kb1 Rc5 35. Qb6 Qh1%2B 36. Ka2 Qh5 37. b4 Rxc4 38. Rd8 Qb5 {0-1 Carlsson,P (2520)-Ganguly,S (2623)/Dubai UAE 2013/The Week in Chess 962}) 12... h6 (12... O-O 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Na4 Bxh4 18. Rh1 Be7 19. g5 Nxe4 20. Qg2 Bb7 21. Qg1 Kh7 22. g6%2B fxg6 23. Nxe6 Qa5 24. Nb6 Rae8 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Nc4 Qb5 29. Nxf8%2B Bxf8 30. Rhe1 Qh5 31. Nb6 a5 32. b3 Qf5 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Rb5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd4 h5 37. a3 bxa3 38. Ka2 g5 39. fxg5 Kg6 40. c4 Kxg5 41. Kxa3 d5%2B 42. Ka4 dxc4 43. bxc4 Bb4 44. Red1 Kf6 45. Rd5 g5 46. Kb5 Ke6 47. Rxf5 Kxf5 48. c5 Bxc5 49. Kxc5 Ke4 50. Re1%2B Kf3 51. Rf1%2B Ke4 52. Re1%2B Kf3 53. Kd4 h4 54. Kd3 h3 55. Re3%2B Kg2 56. Re2%2B Kg3 57. Re3%2B Kg4 58. Re4%2B Kf3 59. Re3%2B Kg2 60. Re2%2B Kg1 61. Re1%2B Kf2 62. Re2%2B Kf3 63. Re3%2B Kg4 64. Re4%2B Kg3 65. Re3%2B Kh4 66. Re1 h2 67. Ke3 Kg3 68. Ra1 g4 69. Ke4 Kg2 70. Ra2%2B Kh3 71. Ra1 g3 72. Kf3 a4 73. Rc1 a3 74. Rd1 a2 75. Kf4 g2 76. Rd3%2B Kh4 77. Rd7 Kh5 78. Rh7%2B Kg6 79. Rxh2 g1=Q 80. Rxa2 Qd4%2B 81. Kg3 Qd6%2B 82. Kh4 Qb4%2B {0-1 Filippov,A (2604)-Guliev,L (2468)/Nakhchivan AZE 2011/The Week in Chess 860}) 13. Bh4 b5 $11 {Diagram # [Yip]} (13... O-O $5 {Simple development looks promising as Bh4 is not well placed to support a kingside attack.[Yip]} 14. Bg3 b5 15. f3 Bb7 $15 {Black has a strong game.[Yip] }) 14. Bd5 $5 {Offering the bishop to get some action going.[Yip]} Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $2 $14 {This allows white to inflict static doubled f-pawns.[Yip]} (15... Nxb7 {Is better as d6 has enough protection to make the Bxf6 idea pointless. [Yip]} 16. f4 (16. Bxf6 $2 {Giving up the bishop makes no sense now as black does not have to recapture with the g-pawn.[Yip]} Bxf6 17. f4 O-O $15 {[Yip]}) 16... O-O 17. e5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxh4 19. Nf3 Be7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Ree1 Rae8 23. Qd4 $44 {With enough play for the pawn.[Yip]}) 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O {Diagram #} 18. Nb3 $14 (18. b4 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. f5 $1 $16 {The key is to restrain the doubled f-pawns to control the position.[Yip]}) 18... Nd7 19. a4 $1 {Beginning the massage the queenside pawns.[Yip]} b4 20. Na2 { From now on, black has trouble defending the queenside pawns.[Yip]} Ne5 21. Qe2 Rd7 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 a5 26. Rd5 Bd8 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Rb5 Qc6 29. Nc1 Re5 $2 $16 {Too active.[Yip]} (29... Rde7 $14 {[Yip]}) 30. Nb3 $1 {Now black cannot hold the vulnerable queenside pawns.[Yip]} Rxb5 $6 $18 {Black is lost now with hopelessly weak pawns.[Yip]} (30... f5 {Is a better way to part with a pawn.[Yip]} 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. exf5 Bc7 33. Nd2 Rd4 34. b3 $16 {White keeps a clear P%2B with a good mobile N vs a restricted B.[Yip]}) 31. axb5 Qb6 (31... Qc7 32. Qd3 a4 33. Nd4 $18 {[Yip]}) 32. Rd1 {Pliling onto the weak d-pawn.[Yip][Yip]} a4 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Nc6 Bb6 {Diagram #} 35. Rd4 { Systematically targeting the weak queenside pawns.[Yip]} b3 36. cxb3 axb3 37. Rc4 Qg1%2B {The queen will be lost.[Yip]} (37... Qg5 $18 {[Yip]}) 38. Rc1 $1 { Suddenly the queen has no safe escape.[Yip]} Qe3 39. Nd4%2B Qxc1%2B 40. Kxc1 Bxd4 41. Qd3 Be5 {The is no real hope for a defensive fortress.[Yip]} 42. h4 Rc7%2B 43. Kd1 Bxb2 44. Qxb3 Be5 45. Qd5 Kb8 46. b6 Re7 47. g4 Bg3 48. 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Here is a recent game featuring the aggressive Austrian Attack from the Scottish Ch. GM Gawain Jones got a dynamic game for the sacrifice pawn and won easily from there on.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/977.jpg" width="231" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newinchess.com/The_Perfect_Pirc_Modern-p-977.html">The Perfect Pirc-Modern-Mosklenko</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>More About Other Scottish Championships 2013</u></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;">12 Scottish Power, Dumbarton, 2013 Scottish Championships</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;">The Conundrum, Blair Drummond, Pretty Marion.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/flFixhkWWw4?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bryson,D (2362) - Jones,G (2643) </b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pirc Austrian Attack 5..0-0[B09]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>120th ch-SCO 2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Helensburgh SCO (1.1), 06.07.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White threatened 23.d6+ winning the Bb7 with his last move. What do you recommend for black?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=4rrk1Hpb5pH1p4pbH2qP1p2H8H1BP1NQ2HPP4PPH4RR1K&amp;d=A____RR_KPP____PP_BP_NQ____________qP_p___p____pbpb_____p____rrk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=4rrk1Hpb5pH1p4pbH2qP1p2H8H1BP1NQ2HPP4PPH4RR1K&amp;d=A____RR_KPP____PP_BP_NQ____________qP_p___p____pbpb_____p____rrk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.Bb3</span></div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "120th ch-SCO 2013"] [Site "Helensburgh SCO"] [Date "2013.07.06"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Bryson, D."] [Black "Jones, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2362"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.07.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SCO"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.29"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O (5... c5 {Immediately striking back at the center is another main line.[Yip]} 6. Bb5%2B Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7%2B Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5%2B 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxg4%2B Qf5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. c3 Bb6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rhf8 19. O-O Rxf7 20. Ng3 Qb5 21. Ne4 h6 22. b3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. c4 b5 25. c5 Nd4 26. cxd6 Ne2%2B 27. Kh1 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Nxf4 29. dxe7 Kxe7 30. g3 Nd3 31. a3 Nc1 32. b4 Rc2 33. a4 Nb3 34. Re1 bxa4 35. Nc5%2B Kd6 36. Nxa4 Rc4 37. Rd1%2B Kc6 38. Rf1 Kb5 39. Rf7 Kxa4 40. Rxb7 Nd4 41. h4 Nf5 42. Kg2 Rg4 43. h5 Rxg3%2B 44. Kh2 gxh5 {0-1 Voigt, M (2301)-Teske,H (2517)/Hamburg GER 2013/The Week in Chess 976}) 6. Bd3 (6. Be3 {Is an aggressive line.[Yip]} b6 {Supports ...c5 and indirectly restrains Be3. [Yip]} 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nd7 12. Bg1 Rc8 13. h3 Nh6 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qa5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qd5 Qc7 21. c3 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Rxd1%2B 24. Qxd1 Ng4 25. Bd4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Kc2 Qc6 28. Bxe5 Qe4%2B 29. Kc1 Qxe5 30. Qd2 e6 31. Re1 Qb5 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Qxa7 Qxg2 34. Qd4 Rb8 35. c4 Qg5%2B 36. Qe3 Qa5 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 Kg7 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. Re1 g5 41. Kc3 g4 42. b4 Kg5 43. c5 g3 44. Rg1 Kg4 45. a4 f5 46. c6 f4 47. b5 f3 48. c7 Re8 49. b6 f2 {0-1 Sveshnikov,V (2411)-Chatalbashev,B (2560)/Golden Sands BUL 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) (6. e5 {Aggressively pushing in the center is double-edged as the central pawns can easily become vulnerable.[Yip]} dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1%2B 8. Kxd1 Ng4 9. Ke1 Nc6 10. Nd5 Rd8 11. Nxc7 Nb4 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. h3 Nh6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. a3 Nxd3%2B 16. cxd3 a6 17. Kf2 Rbc8 18. Rhc1 Rd7 19. Bb6 Rxd3 20. Rc3 f6 21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Be4 23. e6 Bxf3 24. Kxf3 Rd8 25. Bd4 Rd6 26. Rb1 b5 27. a4 Rc6 28. Nxa6 bxa4 29. Rb8%2B Bf8 30. Nc5 Kg7 31. Ra8 a3 32. Rxa3 Nf7 33. exf7 e5 34. fxe5 Bxc5 35. e6 Bxa3 {0-1 Weichhold,P (2382)-Teske,H (2514)/Teplice CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 6... Nc6 {Preparing the ..e5 central strike.[Yip]} (6... Na6 {The side development to support ..a5 is also possible.[Yip]} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. a4 Nb4 10. Kh1 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Rxb6 14. Nd2 Rb4 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Na4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rxc4 19. Qe2 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7 21. Rxa6 Qb8 22. Ra5 Qxb2 23. Qe1 Bd4 24. Ra7 Qb5 25. Qb1 Re8 26. Rb7 Qxb1 27. Rfxb1 Ba4 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8%2B Kg7 30. Rb7 Kf6 31. Be1 h6 32. Bg3 c4 33. Rc7 Bb3 34. Rc6 Be3 35. e5%2B Kf5 36. exd6 exd6 37. Be1 Bxf4 38. Bb4 Ke4 39. Bxd6 Kxd5 40. Bxf4 Kxc6 41. Bxh6 Kd5 42. Kg1 Ke4 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. h4 c3 45. g4 Bd1 46. Kg3 Be2 47. Kf4 {0-1 Dicu,R (2222)-Manolache,M (2504)/Cap Aurora ROU 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 7. O-O (7. h3 Nb4 8. e5 Nxd3%2B 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. Be3 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bh6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Rhe1 Nb6 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Ndb5 Bf5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nb3 Qc6 21. Bd4 Nc8 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Bc3 Bb5 25. Qf2 Qb8 26. Rxe7 f6 27. Rxb7 {1-0 Bulski,K (2534)-Kristiansen,J (2396)/ Helsingor DEN 2013/The Week in Chess 978}) (7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. c3 Kh8 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Re8 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. Bxe3 Ne7 20. Bc4 Nc8 21. Re1 g5 22. Bxg5 { 1-0 Ni Hua (2671)-Liu,C (2364)/Wuxi CHN 2013/The Week in Chess 978}) 7... e5 { Striking back at the center.[Yip]} (7... Bg4 8. Be3 Nh5 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1%2B 15. Kxf1 Qd7 16. Kg1 Rf8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rf1 Rxf1%2B 19. Bxf1 Ng7 20. Ne4 b6 21. Bc4%2B Be6 22. Bxe6%2B Ngxe6 23. c3 Qc6 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxe4 26. Bc3 Qb1%2B 27. Kf2 Qf5%2B 28. Kg1 {1/ 2-1/2 Carmaciu,L (2416)-Manolache,M (2504)/Cap Aurora ROU 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 {Not the current fashion.[Yip]} (9... Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. c3 Nf5 13. Qf3 Kg7 14. g4 Nd6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qg5 18. Rf4 h5 19. Raf1 hxg4 20. Rf6 Bf5 21. R6xf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qc1%2B 23. Kg2 Rg8 24. Qe7 Qd2%2B 25. Kg1 Qd1%2B 26. Bf1 {1-0 Kislinsky,A (2565) -Kristiansen,J (2412)/Teplice CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 10. Nxe5 { Temporarily gains a pawn but now the Pirc bishop is released.[Yip]} (10. Bg5 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. c4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 b6 22. Raf1 Qc5%2B 23. Kh2 Qc4 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. b3 Qc5 26. Qg5 Qd4 27. Qg4 Rc2 28. h4 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. h5 Qd2 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Qh4 f6 33. Rh3 g5 34. h6%2B Kg8 35. Qg4 Qf4%2B 36. Qxf4 exf4 37. Rc3 Kf7 38. Rc7%2B Kg6 39. Rxa7 Kxh6 40. Rb7 Re8 41. Rxb6 Rxe4 42. Rxf6%2B Kg7 43. Ra6 Re2 44. Kg1 Rd2 45. d6 Kf6 46. d7%2B Kf5 47. Ra7 Kg4 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Rxh7 Rd1%2B 50. Kh2 Rd2 51. Rh3 Rxa2 52. Rc3 Rb2 53. Kg1 Kh5 54. g3 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A (2576)-Degraeve,J (2546)/Chartres 2005/CBM 109}) 10... c6 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Qb6%2B 13. Kh1 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qc5 (15... Qd8 16. exd5 b5 17. Na5 Bh4 18. Qd2 Qxd5 19. Qf4 Qh5 20. Be4 Be6 21. Bf3 Bg5 22. Bxh5 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 gxh5 24. Nc6 Rfe8 25. Nd4 Rac8 26. Kg1 a6 27. a3 Bd5 28. Rd1 Be4 29. Re1 f5 30. Rh4 Red8 31. c3 Rxd4 32. cxd4 Rc2 33. Rhxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxb2 35. Re8%2B Kf7 36. Ra8 Ra2 37. Ra7%2B Kg8 38. d5 Rxa3 39. d6 Rd3 40. Rxa6 b4 41. Rb6 b3 42. Kf2 b2 {1/2-1/2 Van Riemsdijk,H (2396)-Bachmann Schiavo,A (2519)/Santos 2008/CBM 124 Extra}) 16. exd5 Bg7 {Black has the bishop pair, good activity and the vulnerable d-pawn as compensation for the pawn.[Yip]} 17. Qf3 b6 $44 { Preparing to pressure d5 with ...Bb7 and white suffers the burden of the extra pawn.[Yip]} 18. c3 $146 {Restricting the Pirc bishop.[Yip]} (18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Nd6 Qb4 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng5 Rae8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. dxe6 Bf6 27. Qc6 Be7 28. Qc7 a5 29. a4 Kg7 30. g3 h5 31. Qe5%2B Rf6 32. Rf4 Qd6 33. Qxd6 Bxd6 34. Bc4 Rf8 35. Rd4 Rd8 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Bb3 g5 38. h3 Ke7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 fxg4 41. Rxg4 Bf4 42. Kf3 Rd1 43. Rg2 Re1 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Bd5 Be5 46. c4 Re3 47. Rg1 Kg6 48. Rg2 Bd6 49. Rg1 Ra3 50. Be4%2B Kf6 51. Bd5 Rxa4 52. Rf1%2B Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Stets,D (2390)-Chatalbashev,B (2573)/Val Thorens 2007/EXT 2010}) 18... Bb7 19. Ne3 f5 {Restricing Bd3 and nullifiying the f-file pressure in one swoop.[Yip]} 20. Bc2 $6 $15 {[Yip]} (20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Bb3 Kh8 $11 {[Yip]}) 20... Rae8 $11 {Completing development and avoiding premature simplification.[Yip]} (20... f4 {Is promising.[Yip]} 21. Ng4 Bxd5 22. Bb3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a5 $15 {[Yip]}) 21. Rae1 Bh6 { Increasing the pressure and the tension.[Yip]} (21... f4 22. Ng4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd5 24. Bb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 $15 {[Yip]}) 22. Bb3 $2 $15 { Diagram # Reinforcing d5 and adding the threat of d6%2B but now the momentum swings to black.[Yip]} (22. b4 $5 {Keeps the game level.[Yip]} Qxc3 23. Nxf5 $1 {Is the key blow that keeps the balance as now white liquidates down to an equal ending.[Yip]} Qxf3 24. Nxh6%2B Kg7 25. gxf3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxd5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Kxh6 29. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {[Yip]}) 22... Ba6 $1 {The bishop escapes the d6%2B threat with tempo and black keeps up the attack on Ne3 to win material. [Yip]} 23. Nc2 {White must concede the exchange and the game is essentially over.[Yip]} (23. Rf2 $2 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 $19 {[Yip]}) 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Bg7 25. Rd1 Qd6 {The d-pawn is blockaded and black needs to slowly consolidate the extra exchange by eliminating all sources of counterplay.[Yip]} 26. a4 Re4 { The Qf3 is cut off from the d-pawn.[Yip]} 27. g3 {Diagram #} Kh8 {Carefully avoiding any surprises from Bb3.[Yip]} 28. Qd3 Rfe8 {Taking control of the center and the e-file.[Yip]} 29. Rd2 h5 $1 $19 {The final attack begins as no more improvements to black’s position can be made.[Yip]} 30. Qf3 h4 {The kingside pawn shield is softened up.[Yip]} 31. Kg2 Bh6 {Taking the play to the darks squares where Bb3 will be helpless to contest.[Yip]} 32. 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Here are two key games from last week.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Game 1</i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6...Nbd7 has become the new main line. White got nothing special in the opening and only made progress late in the middlegame.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Solak,D (2598) - Kurnosov,I (2657)</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian Najdor 6.Bg5 Nbd7 [B94]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Biel MTO 2013</b></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Game 2</i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6...e5 has become the main way to defend against the English Attack and the only question is if black will followup with ...h5.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cheparinov,I (2678) - Schandorff,L (2522)</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian 6.Be3 e5[B90]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Politiken Cup 2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>The Latest Book on the Najdorf</u></span><br /> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></u> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/982.jpg" width="231" /></a></div> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></u> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More About Biel-Host of the Biel MTO Tournament</span></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DpgHGek1fqk?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></b></span><br /> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game 1</span></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6...Nbd7 has become the new main line. White got nothing special in the opening and only made progress late in the middlegame.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Solak,D (2598) - Kurnosov,I (2657)</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian Najdor 6.Bg5 Nbd7 [B94]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Biel MTO 2013</b></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Biel SUI (7.3), 29.07.2013</b></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Position 1</span></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black is desperately hanging on and now white must make a decision with his queen after 43...Bc2. What do you recommend for white?</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=7kH6b1Hp5QpH4N3H2P3P1H4p3HKPb1r3H8&amp;d=A________KPb_r_______p_____P___P_____N___p_____Qp______b________k0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=7kH6b1Hp5QpH4N3H2P3P1H4p3HKPb1r3H8&amp;d=A________KPb_r_______p_____P___P_____N___p_____Qp______b________k0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></a></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">43..Bc2</span></div> </div> <div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Biel MTO 2013"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "2013.07.29"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Solak, D."] [Black "Kurnosov, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2657"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2013.07.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.08.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {Still the big line of 2013(TWIC 978).[Yip]} (6... e6 7. Qe2 Qa5 8. f4 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nce2 e5 13. Nf5 Be6 14. Kb1 Nd7 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Nc1 Qc5 17. Qf3 Bh6 18. g3 O-O 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bg7 21. Bd3 a5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nb3 Qc8 24. Bf5 Nd7 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qg4 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28. Nxb3 Rd8 29. Rd3 Ra7 30. c4 Qa6 31. Kc2 Qb6 32. Qe4 Ra4 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rf1 Rc7 35. Rc3 Qa6 36. Nd2 Bh6 37. Qg4%2B Kh8 38. d6 Qxd6 39. Ne4 Qe6 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Rxf6 Rcxc4 42. Nc5 Kg7 43. Rxe6 Rxc3%2B 44. Kxc3 Rd4 45. Nd3 Bd2%2B 46. Kxd2 e4 47. b4 h5 48. Kc3 Rxd3%2B 49. Kc4 Re3 50. b5 Re1 51. b6 e3 52. Kd3 Rb1 53. Ke2 Rb3 54. Kf3 Rb1 55. Rd6 Rb3 56. Rc6 Kh7 57. Re6 Kg7 58. Ke2 Rb1 59. Kd3 Kh7 60. Re7%2B Kg6 61. b7 Rb3%2B 62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Kd3 Rb3%2B 64. Kc2 Rb4 65. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Jones,G (2643) -Storey,C (2214)/Torquay ENG 2013/The Week in Chess 978}) 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... Be7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb8 14. Nd5 b5 15. Qc6 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb7 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bc5 23. Bg3 Nb6 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rhf1 O-O-O 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxd5 29. g3 Rxd1%2B 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Nh4 f4 32. Rd2 Ne3%2B 33. Ke2 Nc4 34. Rd1 fxg3 35. b3 Rd8 36. Rxd8%2B Kxd8 37. hxg3 Nd6 38. Kd3 b4 39. c4 bxc3 40. Kxc3 Kd7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. b4 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Kxf5 44. a4 Ke6 45. g4 Kd5 46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kb3 e4 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 e3 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Kd1 Kd5 {1/2-1/2 Hou Yifan (2603)-Anand,V (2772)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2013/The Week in Chess 951}) 12. Nb3 b5 13. Qf3 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Qd2 Kf8 16. Kb1 Kg7 17. Na5 Re8 18. g4 e4 19. Be2 e3 20. Qd4%2B Be5 21. Qb4 Bd6 22. Qd4%2B Be5 23. Qb4 Bd6 24. Qd4%2B {1/2-1/2 Kosintseva,T (2517)-Ushenina,A (2491)/Geneva SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 967}) 13... Bg7 14. a3 $146 {Diagram #} (14. Bd3 O-O 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. a3 Bc6 17. g4 Rab8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Qe5 21. Rd4 Qd6 22. Qd1 Ne5 23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. h4 Nb6 25. Na5 Nbc4 26. Nc6 Rbe8 27. c3 Qc5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. h5 Nc4 30. hxg6 Nxb2 31. Kxb2 Rxe4 32. Bd6 Qxd6 33. Rxe4 fxg6 34. Rf1 Rc8 35. Rf3 Rd8 36. Qd3 Bf8 37. c4 Bg7%2B 38. Ka2 bxc4 39. Qxc4 Rb8 40. Rb3 Rf8 41. Rbe3 Kh7 42. Qb3 Qf6 43. Re5 Re8 44. g5 Qf2%2B 45. Re2 Qd4 46. gxh6 Rxe5 {0-1 Kurnosov,I (2649)-Wojtaszek,R (2710)/Jurmala LAT 2013/The Week in Chess 954}) 14... O-O 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Be2 (16. g4 {Is also possible.[Yip]} Rb6 17. h3 (17. Bh3 g5 18. Be1 Rc6 $11 {[Yip]}) 17... Bb7 18. Bd3 Rc8 $11 {[Yip]}) 16... Rb6 17. g4 $5 {Intending a blunt frontal assault.[Yip]} (17. Rd2 {Is also possible with equal play.[Yip]} Bb7 18. Rf1 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Be7 Rb6 22. Nd2 h5 23. Nc4 Rf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {[Yip]}) 17... Bb7 18. Rhf1 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 {Diagram #} 20. Rxd7 {Flashy but black is equal.[Yip]} Nxd7 21. Be7 Rb6 22. Na5 $11 {Tying down the queenside.[Yip]} Rb8 23. Nc4 $11 { Not taking any chances.[Yip]} (23. Qxf7%2B {Taking the pawn with check leads to complex play and promising play for white.[Yip]} Kh8 24. Nc4 Rxb2%2B $1 {Keeps black in the game.[Yip]} 25. Kc1 $1 (25. Nxb2 $6 {The rook is poisoned and should be ignored.[Yip]} Qxc3 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxe4%2B 28. Kc1 Bc6 $15 { [Yip]}) 25... Rb6 26. Rf3 (26. Bd3 Ba8 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Kd2 $11 {The game remains up for grabs.[Yip]}) 26... Rc6 27. g5 $14 {White has strong kingside pressure.[Yip]}) 23... Nf6 24. Nxb6 Qxe7 25. Nc4 Bc8 26. Nd5 (26. h3 a5 $11 { Black is fine.[Yip]}) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 {Diagram #} e4 $1 {Liberating Bg7 and black has a nice game.[Yip]} 28. Qg3 Rb5 $15 (28... Qb4 $1 {Is promising. [Yip]} 29. Qd6 {Forcing the queens off is the best defence for white.[Yip]} Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Bxb2 {Black remains with the better chances with the strong bishop pair for example.[Yip]} 31. Ka2 Be5 32. Nxf7 Bg7 33. Nd6 Rb2%2B 34. Ka3 Rxc2 35. Bd1 Rc3%2B 36. Kb4 Be5 37. Nxe4 Rc1 38. d6 Kg7 $15 {Black’s bishop pair more than neutralize white’s passed d-pawn.[Yip]}) 29. c3 Qb7 30. Rd1 Kh7 $11 { [Yip]} (30... Rxd5 {Looks promising at first but leads to nothing tangible. [Yip]} 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Nb6 {Black’s bishops are too dangerous and one of them must be traded off.[Yip]} (32. Qd6 $2 Be6 33. Qxa6 Kh7 $1 $17 {Black has a clear advantage with the strong bishops, control of the center and the simple plan of pushing ..f5 and the e,f pawns are very dangerous. White cannot advance the b.c pawns without exposing Kc1 and extending the range of black’s bishops.[Yip]}) 32... Qb7 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. Qd6 {The active queen and opposite color bishops are enough for white to hold the balance.[Yip]} a5 35. Qd5 Qb8 ( 35... Qe8 36. Qxa5 Bf6 $11 {[Yip]}) 36. Qxa5 Bf6 37. Qb4 Qa8 $11 {[Yip]}) 31. Rd2 Rxd5 {Diagram #} (31... Qe7 $11 {[Yip]}) 32. Nd6 $1 {White begins to take over.[Yip]} Rxd2 (32... Rxd6 33. Rxd6 $14 {[Yip]}) 33. Nxb7 Rxe2 34. Nc5 e3 $14 {Diagram #} (34... a5 35. h3 f5 $14 {[Yip]}) 35. h3 $14 {Diagram # White has Q for RB%2BP and better coordination but must be careful of the potentially dangerous passed e-pawn.[Yip]} f5 36. Nd3 $6 {Retreating to help control the e-pawn does not have the desired effect.[Yip]} (36. g5 f4 37. Qxf4 Rg2 38. Qxe3 Rxg5 39. Nd3 $14 {[Yip]}) 36... fxg4 $1 {Black is back in the game.[Yip]} 37. hxg4 Bb7 38. Qf4 Bd5 39. c4 Be6 $14 {Diagram # The bishop keeps watch on both wings but the advantage swings back to white as the bishop is exposed .[Yip]} ( 39... Bc6 $1 $11 {Keeps the balance.[Yip]}) 40. Qe4 $11 {Hitting the bishop right away is premature.[Yip]} (40. Qf3 {Allows white to win the e-pawn.[Yip]} Rd2 41. Qxe3 Rd1%2B 42. Kc2 Bxg4 43. c5 $14 {White controls the game with the passed c-pawn.[Yip]}) 40... Bd7 41. Ne5 Ba4 $2 $18 {Giving up the kingside loses quickly.[Yip]} (41... Bxe5 $8 42. Qxe5 Bxg4 43. c5 (43. Qe7%2B {White has a perpetual in hand.[Yip]}) 43... h5 44. c6 Re1%2B 45. Kc2 e2 46. Qe7%2B {White has a sure draw and should take it.[Yip]} (46. c7 $6 {Trying for more is risky. [Yip]} Rf1 47. c8=Q Bxc8 48. Qxe2 Rf7 $15 {Only black is playing for the win now.[Yip]}) 46... Kh6 47. Qf8%2B Kh7 48. Qf7%2B {It’s time for white to force the draw.[Yip]}) 42. Qxg6%2B Kh8 43. Ka2 Bc2 {Diagram #} 44. Nf7%2B Kg8 45. Nxh6%2B Kh8 46. Nf7%2B Kg8 47. Nh6%2B Kh8 48. Nf7%2B Kg8 {Diagram #} 49. Qe6 $1 {Setting up a deadly discovered check.[Yip]} Rf2 {Black must give up the e-pawn to save the king.[Yip]} 50. Ng5%2B Kh8 51. Qxe3 {Winning the e-pawn effectively wins the game.[Yip]} Rf6 52. Qe8%2B Rf8 53. Qh5%2B Kg8 54. Ne6 Rf3 (54... Rf6 55. Qd5 $1 { A deadly quiet move sets up another discovered check.[Yip]} Bg6 56. Ng5%2B Kh8 57. c5 $18 {The passed c-pawn is the deciding factor.[Yip]}) 55. Qe8%2B Bf8 56. 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Here GM Schandorff does without the restraining advance but after committing with ...f4, black came under intense pressure.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cheparinov,I (2678) - Schandorff,L (2522) </b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian 6.Be3 e5[B90]</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Politiken Cup 2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Helsingor DEN (10.3), 04.08.2013</b></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Position 1</span></u></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8H2qn2pkH1p2b1r1H2b1p3HPp2Pp1PH1P3P2H1NP2B2H1K1RQB2&amp;d=A_K_RQB___NP__B___P___P__Pp__Pp_P__b_p____p__b_r___qn__pk________0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8H2qn2pkH1p2b1r1H2b1p3HPp2Pp1PH1P3P2H1NP2B2H1K1RQB2&amp;d=A_K_RQB___NP__B___P___P__Pp__Pp_P__b_p____p__b_r___qn__pk________0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></a></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39..Nd7</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Politiken Cup 2013"] [Site "Helsingor DEN"] [Date "2013.08.04"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Cheparinov, I."] [Black "Schandorff, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2522"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2013.07.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.08.05"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nd8 17. Kb1 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Nf4 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. b4 O-O 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 f5 24. Be3 Neg6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Ra8 27. Bb6 Rcc8 28. Bd7 Rc4 29. a3 f4 30. Bb5 Ne5 31. Rc1 Rxc1%2B 32. Kxc1 h5 33. Rc2 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kf7 36. Be2 Rh8 37. Rd2 Rh2 38. Bf3 Nc4 39. Bg1 Rh1 40. Rd1 Bxb2%2B 41. Kc2 Bxa3 42. g3 Rxg1 43. Rxg1 Bc5 44. Rh1 fxg3 45. Kd3 b5 46. Ke2 Ne5 47. Rh3 Bf2 48. Rh8 b4 49. g5 Kg6 50. Rg8%2B Kf5 51. Bg2 Ng6 52. Rb8 Bc5 53. Kf3 Kxg5 54. Kxg3 Kf5 55. Rg8 Bd4 56. Bh3%2B Kf6 57. Bg2 Ne5 58. Rf8%2B Kg7 59. Rb8 Bc3 60. Kf4 Nd3%2B 61. Kf5 Nc5 62. Be4 b3 63. Bb1 b2 64. Bc2 Bf6 65. Kf4 Na6 66. Rb6 Nc5 67. Kf5 Bc3 68. Rb8 Kf7 69. Kf4 e6 70. dxe6%2B Kxe6 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Bb1 Kc6 73. Ke2 Kd5 74. Kd1 Kd4 75. Kc2 Nd3 76. Ba2 Nc1 77. Bf7 Nd3 78. Rb5 Nc5 79. Bg8 Ne4 80. Rd5%2B Ke3 81. Bh7 Be5 82. Bxe4 Kxe4 83. Rxd6 Bxd6 84. Kxb2 { 1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2532)-Savchenko,V (2412)/Dortmund GER 2013/The Week in Chess 978 }) 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Be6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qe1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 exf4 15. Qxf4 Be7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Be2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. h4 Bxh4 21. Qxd6 Nb6 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. Bf3 Bf6 24. Nd4 Nc4 25. c3 Rfe8 26. Nc6 Re3 27. Rhf1 Nd6 28. Kc2 Rce8 29. a4 Bh4 30. Nb4 bxa4 31. Ra1 R3e7 32. Nc6 Re1 33. Rfxe1 Rxe1 34. Rxa4 Re3 35. Bd1 Rg3 36. Rxa6 g6 37. Ne5 Rg2%2B 38. Kb3 Ne4 39. Ra7 Rd2 40. Bc2 Nc5%2B 41. Kc4 Rxc2 42. Ra8%2B Kg7 43. Kxc5 Rxb2 44. d6 Rd2 45. Re8 Bf6 46. c4 h5 47. g5 Bxe5 48. Rxe5 h4 49. Re3 f5 50. Kc6 Kf7 51. c5 Rd4 52. Kd7 Re4 53. Rh3 {1-0 Wei Yi (2551)-Ma,Z (2401)/Wuxi CHN 2013/The Week in Chess 978}) 8. f3 (8. h3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nxd5 Bh4%2B 13. g3 g5 14. gxh4 gxf4 15. Nf6%2B Nxf6 16. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 17. exf6 Nd7 18. O-O-O Kc7 19. Rd4 f3 20. Rf4 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Rg1 Rag8 23. Rg7 Rxg7 24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Nf5 Be6 26. h5 h6 27. Nxh6 Rxg7 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 30. Rxg4 Nxg4 31. Kd2 f2 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Bh3 Nh6 34. Kxf2 f5 35. c4 b6 36. b4 Ke5 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 Kd5 39. Kf3 Kxc5 40. Kf4 Kd6 41. Kg5 Nf7%2B 42. Kf6 { 1-0 Tukhaev,A (2520)-Borovikov,V (2564)/Rethymno GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 978 }) (8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. Nd4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Raf1 Nfd7 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Bd3 Nde5 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. R4f2 Qb6 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Kh1 g6 25. Nh6%2B Kg7 26. Qh4 f5 27. Qg5 Kh8 28. h4 Qd8 29. g4 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Nc4 31. Re1 fxg4 32. Rxf8%2B Rxf8 33. Re7 Ne5 34. c4 b6 35. b4 Nf3 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. d6 Nd4 39. Nf7%2B Kg8 40. Nh6%2B Kh8 41. d7 Nc6 42. Re6 Nd8 43. Re8 Kg7 44. Re7%2B Kh8 45. Nxg4 Nc6 46. Re8 Kg7 47. Ne5 Rf1%2B 48. Kg2 Rd1 49. Nxc6 Rxd7 50. Ne5 Rc7 51. Nc4 h6 52. gxh6%2B Kxh6 53. Re6 Kg5 54. Rxa6 Kf4 55. a4 Ke4 56. Rxg6 Kd4 57. Rg4%2B Kc3 58. a5 Kb4 59. Kf3 Kb5 60. Re4 Rd7 61. Kf4 Rd8 62. Ke5 Rd1 63. Ke6 Rd4 64. Ke5 Rd1 65. Rh4 Rd3 66. Nb2 Rd4 67. Rh8 Kxa5 68. Rb8 Ka6 69. Rb3 Rb4 70. Ra3%2B Kb5 71. Nd3 Rh4 72. Rc3 c4 73. Nf4 Rh1 74. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2185) -Borovikov,V (2564)/Rethymno GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 978}) 8... Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Kb1 Nb4 13. g4 Qc7 (13... Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Rd4 d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc4 Nf4 26. Qf1 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 h5 28. Qc7 Ne6 29. Qxa5 g6 30. Nd6 Qd4 31. e5 Nc5 32. b3 Qxe5 33. Rd1 Qe3 34. Nc4 Qe7 35. Re1 Ne6 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Rxd8%2B {1/2-1/2 Aliavdin,N (2349) -Ter Sahakyan,S (2582)/Minsk BLR 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 14. g5 {The push is on.[Yip]} (14. Bb5 d5 15. g5 d4 16. gxf6 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxf6 18. Nc5 Rad8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rc1 Rd6 21. Be2 Rc6 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. c3 Na6 25. Na3 Nc5 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. Rcd1 h6 28. Qe2 Rfc8 29. Qc2 b6 30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Rd2 Nd7 32. Rgd1 Nf8 33. Rd6 Rcb7 34. Qf2 Qf7 35. Nxb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Qa7 37. Rdd6 Be7 38. Rd7 Nxd7 39. Rxb8%2B Qxb8 40. Bxd7 Qd6 41. Bb5 Bd8 42. Qa7 Qd1%2B 43. Ka2 Qxf3 44. Qd7 Qf6 45. Bc4 Qe7 46. Qxe7 Bxe7 47. Bxe6 g6 48. Kb3 Kg7 49. Kc4 Kf6 50. Bh3 Kg5 51. b4 {1-0 Ganguly,S (2629)-Gutman,L (2455)/Dresden GER 2012/The Week in Chess 929}) 14... Nh5 15. Rg1 f5 $14 {Breaking on the f-file leads to good chances for white with pressure on the g-file.[Yip]} (15... d5 {The central break is equal and features a queen sacrifice by white.[Yip]} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 ( 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Bb5 $11 {Amounts to the same thing. [Yip]}) 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfd8 19. Bb5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. Rc1 $11 { White has RB and a bind on the light squares for the queen.[Yip]}) 16. g6 $1 hxg6 17. Rxg6 Rf6 18. Rg2 $11 {The rook is exposed here and black is now fine. [Yip]} (18. Rg1 {Is preferable and the rook avoids hits from a later ...Nf4. [Yip]} fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf4 20. Nc1 Raf8 21. N1e2 $14 {[Yip]}) 18... f4 $2 $14 { Closing the f-file favors white.[Yip]} (18... fxe4 {Black must open the f-file for counterplay for an even game.[Yip]} 19. fxe4 Raf8 $11 {[Yip]}) 19. Bg1 { Now white has a riskfree slight edge and can mount a slow-paced long massage against the queenside while black has no active plan. Nh5 is marooned and the queenside pawns cannot engineer a break to open lines against white’s king. [Yip]} b6 $2 $16 {Diagram # Securing the a-pawn but now white has a clear target.[Yip]} 20. Qe1 $5 {The massage begins as white clears the d-file for Rgd2.[Yip]} (20. Nc1 {Immediately regrouping to challenge Nb4 is promising. [Yip]} Qb7 21. Nd3 Rh6 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5%2B {Forcing a favorable ending.[Yip]} Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nf6 (25... Rxa4 $2 26. Rb5 Ra8 27. Bxb6 $16 {[Yip]}) 26. Rb5 $14 {[Yip]}) 20... Rc8 21. Rgd2 $11 {This makes sense to humans but GM Houdini is not impressed.[Yip]} (21. Qe2 $14 {[Yip]}) 21... Bf8 $14 {[Yip]} (21... Rg6 {Bringing back the stray Nh5 should be considered.[Yip]} 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Nc1 $11 {[Yip]}) 22. Qf2 {Tying black down to b6.[Yip]} Rb8 23. Nc1 {Regrouping the passive Nb3 to challenge the active Nb4.[Yip]} Rg6 24. Nd3 Nf6 {Black also regroups the passive Nh5 as complex maneuvering continues.[Yip] } 25. Nb5 $1 {Ocuppying the strong outpost and increasing the pressure on d6. [Yip]} Qf7 $2 $18 {Dropping the d-pawn.[Yip]} (25... Qc6 26. b3 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 $14 {[Yip]}) 26. Nxb4 {Trading off black’s active knight and weakening the queenside pawns.[Yip]} axb4 27. Nxd6 {Winning a clear pawn and white is in command.[Yip]} Qc7 (27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $18 {[Yip]}) 28. b3 {Next is a long consolidation phase where white’s main goal is to prevent any form of counterplay.[Yip]} Qc3 {Diagram #} 29. Rd3 {Not the only way.[Yip]} (29. Bc4 $1 {The threat to trap the queen with Rd3 is winning,[Yip]} Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Bc5 32. Qh4 Bd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 {The queen escapes but not in time to save the king.[Yip]} 34. Qg5 Rb7 35. Nxe5 $18 {Winning a second pawn and the game. [Yip]}) 29... Qc6 30. Nf5 $14 {[Yip]} (30. R3d2 $18 {[Yip]}) 30... Qc7 31. Nd6 Qc6 32. Be2 {Improving the bishop.[Yip]} (32. R3d2 $18 {Freeing Bf1 is again strong.[Yip]}) 32... Rg5 33. Qe1 {Targeting the weak b4 pawn.[Yip]} Rd8 34. Nc4 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 Bc5 36. Bf2 $1 {Keeps the tension for now and the slow improvement process continues. For now black has secured the weak queenside pawns but is not out of danger.[Yip]} Qc7 37. Bf1 {Retreating to secure g2 and clear the d-file.[Yip]} Kh7 38. h4 {Gaining useful kingside space as play takes place on both wings.[Yip]} Rg6 39. Nb2 $1 {Clearing the f1-a6 diagonal for the passive Bf1. The winning procedure can be summed up as trading off black’s active pieces.[Yip]} Nd7 {Diagram #} 40. Bxc5 $1 {Dumping off the passive Bf2 for the active Bc5, even at the cost of repairing black’s pawns. [Yip]} bxc5 41. Bc4 $1 {Going after the d5 outpost.[Yip]} Nf8 {Diagram #} 42. Bd5 {Mission accomplished and now c4 is cleared for the knight.[Yip]} (42. Qd2 $18 {Is also strong.[Yip]}) 42... Rg3 43. Qf2 Qe7 44. a5 $1 {The passed a-pawn plays its part.[Yip]} Bc8 45. Nc4 Ba6 46. Rg1 {Challenging the active Rg3.[Yip] } Rxg1%2B 47. Qxg1 Kh6 {Diagram #} 48. Qg5%2B $1 {Continuing with simplification but this time to seal the win as the ending is hopeless for black.[Yip]} Qxg5 49. hxg5%2B Kxg5 50. 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GM&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brodsky varied from the repertoire recommendation of The Sharpest Sicilian 2012 with 11..a5 and obtained a satisfactory game by continuing with ...a4 etc.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>More About Minsk,Bulgaria</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AYEyb1JX4y0?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Khramov,Andrey (1903) - Brodsky,M (2562)&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sicilan Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5[B90]</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minsk Open 2013&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minsk BLR (1.3), 13.07.2013</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black continueed with 11..a5 intending ...a4 with queenside counterplay. This varies from 11...g6, the repertoire recommendation of The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r2qkb1rH1p1n1pp1Hp2p1n2H3Pp2pH8H1N2BP2HPPPQ2PPHR3KB1R&amp;d=PR___KB_RPPPQ__PP_N__BP_____________Pp__pp__p_n___p_n_pp_r__qkb_r0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r2qkb1rH1p1n1pp1Hp2p1n2H3Pp2pH8H1N2BP2HPPPQ2PPHR3KB1R&amp;d=PR___KB_RPPPQ__PP_N__BP_____________Pp__pp__p_n___p_n_pp_r__qkb_r0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.Qd2</span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><u>Position 2</u><br />Forcing play has begun as both sides have pieces under attack. What do you recommend for black?<br /><br /><b>Black to Play</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2r1r1k1H5pp1H3p1n2HbP1P3pHQ3p2qH3B1P2HPPN3PPH2R2R1K&amp;d=A__R__R_KPPN___PP___B_P__Q___p__qbP_P___p___p_n_______pp___r_r_k_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></div> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"> 27.Qxa4</div> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span> <br /> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Minsk Open 2013"] [Site "Minsk BLR"] [Date "2013.07.13"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Khramov, Andrey"] [Black "Brodsky, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "1903"] [BlackElo "2562"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2013.07.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6%2B Bxf6 17. Rxd2 Ke7 18. Be2 Nf7 19. Rd3 Be5 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Rb3 Rhc8 22. h4 Nd8 23. c4 Nc6 24. c5 Bd4 25. Bg5%2B Bf6 26. cxd6%2B Kxd6 27. Rd1%2B Ke7 28. Be3 Na5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. b4 Rxb6 31. Bxb6 Nc6 32. Bc5%2B Ke8 33. Bg4 Nd8 34. h5 Be7 35. Bd4 Rc4 36. a3 Bf6 37. Bb6 Rc6 38. Bc5 Nf7 39. Be2 Ng5 40. Bd3 Rc7 41. Bc2 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Kc1 h6 44. Kd2 Be5 45. Ke3 Nh7 46. Bd1 Nf6 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. Bf3 Kc7 49. Be3 b5 50. g4 Nh7 51. Bd1 Kd7 52. Bb3 Bf6 53. Bd1 e5 54. Bb3 Bg5 55. Bc5 Be7 56. Be3 Nf6 57. Bd1 Ne8 58. Bb3 Bg5 59. Bc5 Be7 60. Be3 Bg5 61. Bc5 Bc1 62. a4 Bg5 63. Bf2 Be7 64. Be1 Nf6 65. axb5 axb5 66. Bd1 Kc6 67. Bf3 Nd7 68. Kc3 Nf8 69. Kb3 Bg5 70. Bc3 Bf4 71. Be2 Ne6 72. Bf3 Ng5 73. Bg2 Nf7 74. Bf1 Nd6 75. Bd3 Nf7 76. Bf1 Be3 77. Be1 Ng5 78. Bg2 Ne6 79. Bc3 Bf4 80. Bf3 Kb6 81. Bg2 Nd8 82. Be1 Be3 83. Bc3 Nc6 84. Bf3 Bd2 85. Bxd2 Nd4%2B 86. Kc3 Nxf3 87. Be3%2B Kc6 88. Kd3 Kd6 89. Ke2 Nd4%2B 90. Kd3 Nc6 91. Kc3 Ke6 92. g5 hxg5 93. Bxg5 Kf7 94. Bd2 Ne7 95. Kd3 Ng8 96. Bc3 Ke6 97. Bd2 Kf6 98. Ke2 Nh6 99. Kf3 Nf7 100. Kg4 Nd6 101. Kf3 Ke6 102. h6 gxh6 103. Bxh6 Kf6 104. Bd2 Nf7 105. Kg4 {1/2-1/2 Proudian,A (2286)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2583)/Maringa BRA 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) (8. h3 h5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. f5 Bd7 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1 14. Qxh1 Bc6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Qh7 Bf8 17. f6 g6 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. O-O-O b5 21. Bxf7%2B {1-0 Mareco,S (2562) -Rezende,G (2085)/Maringa BRA 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 8... h5 {The modern and effective way of preventing the English Attack.[Yip]} (8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6 12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Rd4 d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc4 Nf4 26. Qf1 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 h5 28. Qc7 Ne6 29. Qxa5 g6 30. Nd6 Qd4 31. e5 Nc5 32. b3 Qxe5 33. Rd1 Qe3 34. Nc4 Qe7 35. Re1 Ne6 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Rxd8%2B {1/2-1/2 Aliavdin,N (2349)-Ter Sahakyan, S (2582)/Minsk BLR 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 9. Nd5 (9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. a5 Rfd8 15. Nc1 g6 16. Bf1 d5 17. exd5 Nf8 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rdc1 Bf5 21. Qf2 Rxa5 22. Bb6 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxd3 25. Bxf8 Bxf1 26. Bh6 Bb5 27. c3 Qd6 28. Re1 Re8 29. h3 Bc6 30. Be3 a5 31. Qg3 Re6 32. Qf2 Qd3 33. Re2 Qd1%2B 34. Kh2 Qd7 35. Qg3 Kh7 36. Qg5 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Aliavdin,N (2349)-Brodsky,M (2562)/Minsk BLR 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a5 {Immediately targeting Nb3 for counterplay is an old out of fashion plan.[Yip]} (11... g6 {Is the repertoire recommendation of The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).[Yip]} 12. O-O-O {Is one of the main lines given by The Sharpest Sicilian.[Yip]} Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Kf8 16. c4 Kg7 17. g3 Rh8 18. Rc1 Nbd7 $11 {[Gerogiev and Kolev]}) 12. Rc1 $146 {Diagram # Preparing c4 is the novelty.[Yip]} (12. a4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bb5 Nb6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Kb1 Nc8 17. h4 Na7 18. Qf2 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Qd7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Rhd1 Rfc8 22. Qd2 e4 23. Rxc8%2B Qxc8 24. Qc2 Qxc2%2B 25. Kxc2 exf3 26. gxf3 Nd7 27. Kb1 Bxh4 28. Rc1 Bd8 29. Bf4 Nb6 30. Bxd6 Nxd5 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd7 h4 33. Rd1 Nf6 34. Nxf6%2B Bxf6 35. Bc7 h3 36. Rh1 Bd8 37. Be5 Rc8 38. Rxh3 f6 39. Bg3 Rc4 40. Rh4 Rxh4 41. Bxh4 Bc7 42. Kc2 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Be1 g5 45. b4 axb4 46. Bxb4 f5 47. Bd2 Bd8 48. Be3 Kd5 49. Bc1 g4 50. fxg4 fxg4 51. Ke2 Kc4 52. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,A (2517)-Gyorkos,L (2411)/Zalakaros 2004/EXT 2008}) (12. Bb5 g6 13. Nc1 Bg7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. c4 Nc5 17. h3 Kh7 18. Nc3 Ng8 19. f4 f5 20. Rae1 exf4 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxf4 Rc7 23. Re6 Be5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf6 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Ba4 Qxd4%2B 29. Rxd4 Rc5 30. a3 b6 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. d6 Rc6 33. Bd1 Nf6 34. Bf3 Rc5 35. Nc7 Rcxc7 36. dxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd6 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rd4 e3 40. Re4 a4 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2614)-Kovchan,A (2536)/Kharkov 2003/EXT 2004}) 12... Be7 (12... a4 { Immediately advancing the a-pawn is also possible.[Yip]} 13. Na1 h4 $132 {[Yip] }) 13. c4 $11 {This allows black to execute the main plan and get adequate counterplay.[Yip]} (13. a4 $1 {Fixing the queenside to prevent ...a4 is a strong prophylactic plan that retrains black’s activity.[Yip]} h4 14. Bb5 h3 15. g4 O-O $14 {[Yip]}) 13... a4 14. Na1 Qb8 {Preparing ..b5 with further queenside counterplay.[Yip]} (14... Nh7 $5 15. Be2 Bh4%2B 16. g3 Bg5 17. Nc2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O $11 {[Yip]}) (14... O-O 15. Nc2 e4 $11 {[Yip]}) 15. Be2 (15. Bd3 { Controlling e4 cuts off the d-pawn.[Yip]} b5 $1 {Undermining the d-pawn levels the game.[Yip]} (15... O-O 16. O-O b5 17. cxb5 Nxd5 18. Nc2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bg5 $11 {[Yip]})) 15... Bd8 $5 {Regrouping the bishop, with the immediate threat of ,,,Ba5.[Yip]} (15... O-O 16. O-O Bd8 $11 {Leads to the same type of play as the game.[Yip]}) 16. O-O Ba5 17. Qd1 O-O 18. Nc2 {Diagram #} b5 $5 { Sacrificing a pawn to undermine d5 and open up the queenside.[Yip]} (18... h4 $11 {Playing on the kingside is also possible.[Yip]}) 19. cxb5 Nb6 20. Bxb6 { Giving up the bishop pair to save the d-pawn is too cooperative. Keeping the bishop pair gave better chances for example[Yip]} (20. Bf2 Nbxd5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Bb6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6%2B 24. Kh1 Rfc8 25. Rxc8%2B Rxc8 26. Qxa4 d5 27. Qb3 $14 {White is up a clear pawn and will advance the queenside majority.[Yip]}) (20. Bg5 Nbxd5 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Na3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Rb8 25. Nc4 Qxb5 26. Nxe5 Qb6 27. Nc4 $14 {[Yip]}) 20... Qxb6%2B 21. Kh1 Rac8 $44 {Control of the c-file and the weak b5-pawn give black enoough compensation for the pawn.[Yip]} 22. Qd3 Qc5 23. Rfd1 $11 {[Yip]} (23. Qd1 {Reinforcing the Rc1 to challenge the c-file is alos possible.[Yip]} Qxd5 24. Ne3 Qxd1 25. Rcxd1 Bb6 26. Nc4 Bd4 27. Nxd6 Rc2 28. Rfe1 Rxb2 $11 {[Yip]}) 23... Rfe8 {Diagram # Preparing ..e4. [Yip]} 24. Qa3 $2 $15 {The queen is now out of play and black takes over.[Yip]} (24. g3 e4 25. Qd4 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qxb5 27. Na3 Qd7 28. Rc6 Rb8 29. Nc4 Bb4 $11 { [Yip]}) 24... Qf2 {Switching quickly to a kingside attack.[Yip]} (24... Nxd5 { Immediately taking the d-pawn is also good but black prefers a middlegame solution.[Yip]} 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Na3 Rec8 $15 {[Yip]}) 25. Bd3 {Diagram #} e4 $1 {Continuing with energet line openning play.[Yip]} 26. Rf1 Qh4 27. Qxa4 $2 $19 {Diagram #} (27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Qxe4 $17 {[Yip]}) 27... Bd2 $1 {The bishop quickly transfers to the kingside so black can attack the vulnerable dark squares.[Yip]} 28. Rcd1 (28. g3 Qg5 29. fxe4 Bxc1 30. Qb4 h4 $19 {[Yip]}) 28... Bf4 29. g3 Bxg3 30. Rd2 Bf4 31. Rg2 exd3 {Winning a piece and keeping the attack effectively ends the game.[Yip]} 32. 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What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1r3bk1H6qpHp1Q1p1b1H1pn3P1H7PHP7H1PPRN3H2K2R2&amp;d=A__K__R___PPRN___P______________P_pn___P_p_Q_p_b_______qp_r___bk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1r3bk1H6qpHp1Q1p1b1H1pn3P1H7PHP7H1PPRN3H2K2R2&amp;d=A__K__R___PPRN___P______________P_pn___P_p_Q_p_b_______qp_r___bk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></a></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.Ne2</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Maccabiah GM1 2013"] [Site "Jerusalem ISR"] [Date "2013.07.28"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Ginsburg, G."] [Black "Givon, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2438"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2013.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "10"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {The hot topic of recent debate now.[Yip]} (6... e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Rhf1 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ndb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc5 18. Nd6%2B Kf8 19. Qh5 Qxd6 20. Qh6%2B Rg7 21. Rxf6 Qxd1%2B 22. Kxd1 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Bd7 24. Qxe5 Rxa2 25. Qd6%2B Ke8 26. Qb8%2B Ke7 27. Qxb7 Rg8 28. Qb4%2B Kf6 29. Qd4%2B Ke7 30. Qc5%2B Ke8 31. b4 Rh8 32. Bb5 {1-0 Robson,R (2628)-Lu Shanglei (2536)/Ningbo CHN 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 7. Bc4 (7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. g4 Bb7 16. a3 Bc6 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Be1 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxg6 Ne3 23. Rd3 fxg6 24. Rxe3 Rbc8 25. Rd3 Nb6 26. Bb4 e4 27. Rd6 Rf6 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Nc5 e3 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Re1 Nd5 32. Bc5 Bf4 33. Re2 Re8 34. Nc3 Nxc3%2B 35. bxc3 Kf7 36. Kc1 Bxh2 37. Rxh2 e2 38. Bf2 e1=Q%2B 39. Bxe1 Rxe1%2B 40. Kd2 Re4 41. Rxh6 Rxg4 42. Rh7%2B Kf6 43. Rc7 Ra4 44. Rc5 g5 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kh5 47. Rc6 Kg4 48. Rd6 Rxa3 49. Rd4%2B Kh5 50. Rd3 Ra4 51. Rd6 Kg4 52. Rc6 Ra2 53. Ke3 Rxc2 54. Rxa6 Rxc3%2B 55. Kf2 Rc2%2B 56. Kg1 b4 57. Rb6 Kg3 58. Kf1 Rb2 {0-1 Kosintseva,T (2528)-Ziaziulkina,N (2321)/Belgrade SRB 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) (7. f4 Qa5 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. h3 e5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Qe3 b5 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. g4 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nb6 22. Be2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bg5 26. Qd3 e4 27. Qxe4 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Nxd5 29. Bd3 Nf4 {0-1 Utiyama,M (2185)-Mareco,S (2562)/Maringa BRA 2013/The Week in Chess 977}) 7... Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Bxf6 (9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 {Setting up for an English Attack style pawn storm on the kingside.[Yip]} Qc7 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. g4 b5 14. Be3 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qe2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 $1 { Voluntarily accepting doubled pawns like this is a typical way to blunt the queenside pawn storm that ensures a promising middlegame.[Yip]} Qb7 21. Qe1 e5 22. Nc2 Be6 23. Bc1 {Really cementing the queenside.[Yip]} Rc8 (23... Kf8 24. Qd2 (24. g4 Qb5 25. f4 $13 {[Yip]}) 24... Kg7 25. g4 $11 {[Yip]}) 24. Rh2 Kf8 25. g4 Kg7 26. Ne3 {Diagram #} Rxc1%2B $5 {A defensive exchange sacrifice.[Yip]} (26... Qa6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 a4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. b3 Qc6 31. Qf1 $14 {[Yip] }) 27. Rxc1 Bxg5 28. Rd1 Rd8 {Diagram #} (28... a4 29. bxa4 b3 30. a3 Qa7 31. Nd5 Rc8 32. a5 $14 {[Yip]}) 29. Nd5 $1 {White dominates the position and black does not have enough for the exchange.[Yip]} Ra8 30. Rc2 {White controls the position and it is difficult to suggest a useful active plan for black.[Yip]} a4 {Continuing with the attempted attack but there is no way to break the queenside down as Be6 is blocked off and Bg5 has no target.[Yip]} 31. bxa4 b3 $2 $18 {This sacrifice hits a concrete wall.[Yip]} (31... Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxa4 33. b3 Ra6 34. Qf1 $14 {Black has no chances of a successful queenside breakthrough.[Yip]}) 32. Rc4 $1 {Seals the a-file and queenside.[Yip]} bxa2%2B 33. Kxa2 Rb8 34. Qc3 Qa6 {Diagram #} 35. b3 {The kingside is secured.[Yip]} Bd8 36. Rc6 Qe2%2B 37. Rd2 Qe1 38. Rxd6 Rc8 39. Qxe5%2B f6 40. Qb2 {1-0 Azarov,S (2629) -Sharafiev,A (2451)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 969/[Yip]}) (9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. f4 Qc7 12. f5 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 e5 15. Nde2 Bc6 16. Ng3 h5 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Bg5 h4 19. Nge2 Qb6%2B 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Bf2 h3 25. gxh3 Rxh3 26. Rc4 Nf6 27. Rc7 Nxd5 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Nc3 Rh5 31. Ra7 Rg5%2B 32. Bg3 d5 33. Rxa6 d4 34. Nb5 Rxf5 35. Re1 Nd7 36. Ra7 d3 37. Kg2 Rc2%2B 38. Kh3 Rh5%2B 39. Kg4 Nf6%2B 40. Kf3 Rf5%2B 41. Ke3 e4 42. Ra8%2B Kd7 43. Ra7%2B Kc8 44. Ra8%2B Kb7 45. Rb8%2B Ka6 46. Nc7%2B Rxc7 47. Bxc7 Bc5%2B 48. Kd2 Rf2%2B 49. Kd1 e3 50. b4 Rd2%2B 51. Kc1 Rc2%2B 52. Kb1 Bd4 53. b5%2B Ka7 54. b6%2B Ka6 55. Ra8%2B Kb7 56. Ra7%2B Kc6 57. Bg3 Rxb2%2B 58. Kc1 Nd5 59. Ra3 d2%2B { 0-1 Robson,R (2615)-Di Berardino,D (2495)/Campinas BRA 2013/The Week in Chess 952}) 9... Nxf6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd7 $146 {Diagram #} (12... Qc5 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Kb1 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. e5 Bb7 23. Rhe1 Bc6 24. Re3 a4 25. Ba2 Rfb8 26. Ka1 Qa5 27. c3 Rb3 28. Kb1 Rbb8 29. Kc1 Bd8 30. Rh3 a3 31. b4 Qa6 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rhxd3 Bc7 34. f5 exf5 35. Nxf7 Kf8 36. g6 hxg6 37. Ng5 Bxe5 38. Re3 Be4 39. Rf1 Bf6 40. Nxe4 fxe4 41. Rxe4 Rb5 42. Rh4 Rd8 43. Kc2 Re5 44. Rh8%2B Ke7 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. Rd1%2B Kc7 47. h3 Re2%2B 48. Rd2 Re1 49. Rd3 Kc6 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. Re3 g5 52. c4 Rg1 53. Kxa3 g4 54. hxg4 Rxg4 55. Re6%2B Kc7 56. Ka4 Rg5 57. c5 Rh5 58. Kb5 Rh4 59. Bd5 Bc3 60. Re7%2B Kb8 61. Re4 Rh8 62. Kb6 Bf6 63. b5 Rc8 64. c6 Bd8%2B 65. Kc5 g5 66. b6 g4 67. Ra4 Be7%2B 68. Kb5 {1-0 Huschenbeth,N (2509) -Duzhakov,I (2316)/Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 908}) 13. g4 {Beginning typical pawn storm play.[Yip]} Nc5 14. g5 Qc7 15. f5 $40 {The attack quickly builds momentum.[Yip]} b5 {Black also must attack as is customary is opposite side castling positions.[Yip]} (15... Bd7 16. Rhf1 Qd8 17. h4 $14 {[Yip]}) 16. f6 Bd8 {Diagram #} 17. fxg7 Re8 18. a3 Bb7 $13 {Diagram #} 19. Rhf1 {Tossing the e-pawn for f-file pressure.[Yip]} (19. Qe3 Qe7 20. h4 $11 {[Yip]}) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe6 $15 {Forcing the issue turns out to be too optimistic.[Yip]} (20. h4 {Is an improvement which gives a complex game with mutual chances.[Yip]} Nxb3%2B 21. Nxb3 Bg6 22. Nd4 d5 23. Kb1 Rb8 24. Rde1 $11 {[Yip]}) 20... Rxe6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {Diagram # Black’s kingside has been openned but white does not have enough attackers remaining in the attacking zone.[Yip]} 22. h4 $17 {Continuing with the pawn storm idea but this idea is now too slow.[Yip]} (22. Kb1 {Taking time for a safety move is slow and assures black of the better chances.[Yip]} Qxg7 23. Qxd6 Be7 24. Qd2 Na4 $15 {Black has well coordinated minor pieces taking aim at the queenside.[Yip]}) 22... Bg6 {The kingside is secure but this allows white a chance to get back into the game.[Yip]} (22... Rc8 {Bringing in the rook is strong as white is not near generating any dangerous threats on the kingside.[Yip]} 23. Rf2 Be7 $15 {[Yip]} (23... Bf5 24. Kb1 Nb7 $15 {[Yip]}) ) 23. Qf4 $2 $15 {Keeping the queens on for a direct attack does not work.[Yip] } (23. Qxd6 {Taking the d-pawn immediately was better.[Yip]} Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Kxg7 25. b4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe6 Bg6 28. Rd1 $14 {The RR are very active while black’s RBB have yet to coordinate so white is slightly better in a dynamic ending.[Yip]}) 23... Qxg7 {Now the only way to hold onto a slight edge. [Yip]} (23... Be7 $15 {[Yip]}) (23... Bf5 $15 {[Yip]}) 24. Qxd6 Be7 {White has no reat threats remaining while black is beginning to coordinate quickly.[Yip]} 25. Qc6 Rb8 {Preparing to strike at the queenside with ...b4.[Yip]} (25... Rf8 $15 {Is also strong.[Yip]}) 26. Rd2 Bf8 $15 {Conceding the f6 outpost is not a concern.[Yip]} (26... Re8 $5 27. Kb1 Qe5 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rxf8%2B Bxf8 $15 {Black has strong dark square play and controls the center.[Yip]}) (26... h6 {Opening the position at the cost of kingside safety leads to nothing special.[Yip]} 27. gxh6 Qxh6 $13 {[Yip]}) 27. Ne2 $2 $19 {Diagram #} (27. Rf6 {Infiltration is a bluff.[Yip]} a5 $1 {White has no attacking ideas so black can keep after the queenside.[Yip]} 28. Rdf2 Be7 $1 {Calls the bluff.[Yip]} 29. b4 (29. Nd5 $2 { Is an empty sacrificial try.[Yip]} exd5 30. Qxd5%2B Kh8 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Rf7 Rd8 $1 33. Rxg7 Rxd5 34. Rxe7 Kg8 $17 {[Yip]}) 29... axb4 30. axb4 Na4 $15 {[Yip]}) 27... Be4 $1 {Catching the unsusupecting Qc6 short of squares.[Yip]} 28. Rxf8%2B Qxf8 29. Qc7 {Diagram #} (29. Qd6 {Was better but white cannot escape.[Yip]} Rc8 30. Qxf8%2B Kxf8 31. Nc3 Bg6 {Black remains up a piece for a pawn and has an easily winning ending.[Yip]}) 29... Nb3%2B $1 {Not the only way.[Yip]} (29... Rc8 30. 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font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Rd1 GM G Jones- J.Reid</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ypk0svWPGrk?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span>http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/game-of-day-gb-championship-sicilian-c3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-1696850782979251590Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:17:00 +00002013-07-23T18:17:09.774-07:00Czech Open A 2013Laznicka VSicilian Najdorf<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 976</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GM Laznicka introduced a new approach with ..h6/..Re8.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>More About the Czech Republic</u></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Set out to the Czech Republic and get to know the 12 Czech UNESCO monuments.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">This year marks exactly 20 years since the first of them was entered into the prestigious list and the anniversary will be marked by several cultural events.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a3ezBXebEtc?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Fernando,D (2465) - Laznicka,V (2684) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian Najdorf 6.f4 e5[B93]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Czech Open A 2013&nbsp;</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><st1:city w:st="on">Pardubice</st1:city> CZE (3.1), 21.07.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black introduced an new approach with ..h6/..Re8.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=rnb1r1k1H1pq1bpp1Hp2p1n1pH4p3HP3PP2H2NB1N2H1PP3PPHR1BQ1R1K&amp;d=AR_BQ_R_K_PP___PP__NB_N__P___PP______p___p__p_n_p_pq_bpp_rnb_r_k_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=rnb1r1k1H1pq1bpp1Hp2p1n1pH4p3HP3PP2H2NB1N2H1PP3PPHR1BQ1R1K&amp;d=AR_BQ_R_K_PP___PP__NB_N__P___PP______p___p__p_n_p_pq_bpp_rnb_r_k_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11...Re8</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 2</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White's pieces are in a passive tangle. What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5bk1H1p3pp1Hp6pHP2r1P2H1P3RP1H4p3H2rnB2PH3RB2K&amp;d=A___RB__K__rnB__P____p____P___RP_P__r_P__p______p_p___pp______bk_2b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5bk1H1p3pp1Hp6pHP2r1P2H1P3RP1H4p3H2rnB2PH3RB2K&amp;d=A___RB__K__rnB__P____p____P___RP_P__r_P__p______p_p___pp______bk_2b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30.b4</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Czech Open A 2013"] [Site "Pardubice CZE"] [Date "2013.07.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Fernando, D."] [Black "Laznicka, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2013.07.19"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.22"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 $5 {A useful waiting move.[Yip]} (10... Nbd7 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd2 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Re8 18. Qa2 h6 19. Qa6 Qb8 20. Qa1 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qb6 22. Qe1 d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Qg3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Kg1 Rxd3 29. Ne5 Rxd5 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Rf5 Rb7 32. g4 Rb6 33. h3 f6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Rc5 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh3 Kg6 38. Kxh4 Rb8 39. Rd5 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Hayrapetian,A (2372)-Andriasian, Z (2615)/Jermuk ARM 2012/The Week in Chess 920}) 11. Kh1 Re8 $146 {Diagram #} ( 11... Be6 12. Qe2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Rae1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. Qf2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. h3 Be6 20. Rf3 Rc5 21. Kg1 Rfc8 22. Be3 Re5 23. Rf2 Rh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Ref1 Kg7 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Qf2 Nh7 28. g4 Rh4 29. Nxe6%2B Qxe6 30. Qg2 Ng5 31. Rg3 Bf6 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Nxf4 Qe5 35. Qf2 Rh8 36. Kg2 h5 37. gxh5 Rc8 38. Re3 Rxf4 39. Qxf4 Rc2%2B 40. Kh1 Qxb2 41. Qxg5 {1-0 Paehtz,E (2396)-Meissner,C (2112)/Germany 2005/EXT 2006}) (11... Nc6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. f5 Bc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Rf3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Bxh6 Rd4 23. Rxf6 Rh4 24. Bg5 Rxh2%2B 25. Kxh2 gxf6 26. Bxf6 e4%2B 27. g3 {1-0 Matsuura,E (2460)-Jacob,R (2015)/Sao Paulo 2006/CBM 114 ext}) 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bf8 {Keeping the tension and unmasking Re8.[Yip]} 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Qd8 {Reinforcing Nf6 against Bxf6 ideas.[Yip]} 16. Nf5 Nd4 $36 {Strong centralization give black the initiative. [Yip]} 17. a5 $2 $15 {Clamping the queenside in normal fashion.[Yip]} (17. Qf2 Nxf5 18. exf5 Bd7 19. Qg3 Bc6 $5 20. Bxh6 Rc8 {The loss of the h-pawn does not disturb black.[Yip]} 21. Bg5 e4 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qb6 $44) 17... Nxf5 18. exf5 {Diagram #} e4 $1 {Forcing a favorable transition to the ending.[Yip]} 19. Be2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 {Diagram #} e3 $1 {Continuing to press ahead.[Yip]} 21. Be1 Bd7 22. Na4 $2 $17 {[Yip]} (22. Bh4 Ne4 $15 {[Yip]}) 22... Rad8 {Continuing to develop emphasizes the awkward placing of white’s pieces. [Yip]} 23. c4 $2 $19 {[Yip]} Ne4 $1 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 { White is helpless against black’s centralized forces.[Yip]} 27. g4 {White cannot prevent queenside infiltration.[Yip]} (27. g3 Rc5 28. Rf4 Nd2 29. f6 g5 30. Rb4 Rc7 31. Rba4 Re6 $19 {[Yip]}) 27... Nd2 28. Rf4 Rc8 29. 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This book is 680 pages.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/7093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Views/7093.jpg" width="227" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newinchess.com/The_King_s_Gambit-p-7093.html">The King's Gambit</a></span></div> <br />http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-kings-gambitquality-chess-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-4912358763893054427Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:55:00 +00002013-07-21T03:55:35.892-07:00Shanava KSicilian DragonTCh-TUR 2013 Safari E<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 975</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Dragon really suffered last week. White's weapon of choice was the Yugoslav with 9-0-0-0.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More About&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Denizli,Turkey-Host of the TCh of Turkey</span></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IykKeymGSn8?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9uqFUc_K5wk?list=PL01A222623EDCB4E0" width="500"></iframe></span> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is one of the key games.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Safarli,E (2660) - Shanava,K (2563) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SI Dragon 9.0-0-0 d5[B76]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>IsBank TCh-TUR 2013&nbsp;</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Denizli TUR (12.1), 09.07.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White has a typical pawn structure massage going in a technical R-R ending. What do you recommend for white now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8Hpr3p1pH2pk2p1HR7H1P6H2K2P2H2P3PPH8&amp;d=A__________P___PP__K__P___P______R_________pk__p_pr___p_p________0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8Hpr3p1pH2pk2p1HR7H1P6H2K2P2H2P3PPH8&amp;d=A__________P___PP__K__P___P______R_________pk__p_pr___p_p________0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33...Kd6</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "IsBank TCh-TUR 2013"] [Site "Denizli TUR"] [Date "2013.07.09"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Safarli, E."] [Black "Shanava, K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2013.06.29"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.15"] [WhiteTeam "Ankara Demirspor"] [BlackTeam "Er Bakir"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 e6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Rad1 d5 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Qc5 21. Qf6 Nd7 22. Qh4 Qb4 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. a3 Qxb2 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qg7 27. Nb5 Bc6 28. Nc7 Rab8 29. h3 Qf8 30. Qf6 Nd7 31. Qg5 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rc8 33. Nb5 Rb8 34. Nc3 Kg7 35. f5 Rxb1%2B 36. Nxb1 exf5 37. Bxf5 Qb8 38. Nd2 Qe5 { 0-1 Mares,V (2023)-Neuman,P (2522)/Klatovy CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 6. Be3 (6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. a4 Rc8 12. Ra2 Qb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. b3 d5 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qc3 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. c4 b6 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Be3 Qe7 25. Re2 Qf6 26. Bh6 Rfd8 27. Re3 Nd4 28. f4 {1-0 Fedorov,A (2578)-Moskalenko,A (2460)/Izhevsk RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rb1 d5 15. e5 d4 16. exf6 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxf6 18. Ne4 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd4 20. Qf3 e6 21. a4 Qc7 22. b3 Rd5 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Nc4 c5 25. Rfe1 Bg7 26. g3 Rd4 27. Re4 Qd7 28. Kg2 h5 29. Rbe1 Rd5 30. R1e2 Rd1 31. h3 Rd5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rd1 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 Bd4 36. Re7 Qd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38. c3 Bg1 39. Re1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S (2654)-Cawdery,D (2345)/Port Elizabeth RSA 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 6... Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {This is the big line against the Dragon now. [Yip]} (9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rab8 16. a3 b4 17. Na2 Qb5 18. a4 Qb7 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 Nc3%2B 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Qc2 Qxb3%2B 23. Qxb3 Rxb3%2B 24. Kc2 Rb2%2B 25. Kd3 Rxa2 26. Rxe7 Bxd4 27. d7 Rf8 28. Re8 Bf6 29. Ke3 Bd8 30. Kd3 Rd2%2B 31. Rxd2 cxd2 32. Kxd2 f5 33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Re5 Bc7 35. Rc5 Bb6 {0-1 Ortiz Suarez,I (2612)-Gagare,S (2419)/ Barbera del Valles ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 9... d5 (9... Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxf6%2B exf6 20. Qd5%2B Kh8 21. exf6 Qc7 22. fxg7%2B Kxg7 23. Be3 Rf7 24. h5 Nf6 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. g5 {1-0 Petrik,T (2512)-Nemeth,D (2257)/ Banska Stiavnica SVK 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 10. exd5 (10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 dxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h4 Rab8 18. Ne4 f6 19. g4 Rb5 20. h5 g5 21. h6%2B Kg8 22. Rd6 Rb6 23. Qa5 Kf7 24. Rhd1 Rc6 25. Nxg5%2B fxg5 26. Qxe5 Qc8 27. Qg7%2B Ke8 28. Rd8%2B {1-0 Yu Yangyi (2657)-Pham Chuong (2365)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 {Theory runs deep in this line as can be expected.[Yip]} (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Qc4 e5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Rhe1 Re8 21. g4 Bc8 22. Ne4 Re7 23. Qc5 Be6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Nf6%2B Kg7 27. Nxd5 Rc5 28. Nc3 f5 29. Rd6 Re8 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Ra6 Re7 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Nc3 Rc5 34. Na4 Rb5 35. b3 Bc8 36. Rd6 Bb7 37. c4 Ra5 38. f4 Be4 39. fxe5 Raxe5 40. Nc3 a5 41. Kd2 Bf3 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Rd3 Bh1 44. Re3 Rc5 45. Re7%2B Kg6 46. Ke3 Rc6 47. Ne2 h6 48. h4 Be4 49. Nf4%2B Kf6 50. Rh7 Ke5 51. Ra7 Rd6 52. Rxa5%2B Kf6 53. c5 Rd1 54. Ra6%2B {1-0 Haslinger,S (2553) -Pijpers,A (2338)/Haarlem NED 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 13. Qxc3 Bh6%2B 14. Be3 Bxe3%2B 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rfd8 (17... Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. Rhe1 Ra5 20. Qc3 Rxa2 21. b3 Ra5 22. Kb2 Bd5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rg5 25. g4 Rc5 26. Qe3 Qa5 27. Rd7 Rd5 28. Rxa7 Qd8 29. Rae7 Qd6 30. Re8 Qxh2 31. Rxf8%2B Kxf8 32. Qc3 {1-0 Alsina Leal,D (2515)-Gonzalez Perez,A (2454)/Donostia ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 959}) 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. Rhe1 (19. b3 Rad8 20. Rde1 Rd4 21. Re5 R8d5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Kb1 Qf2 24. Rc1 Rh5 25. Rf1 Qe3 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qb8%2B Kg7 28. Qg3 a4 29. f4 Qd4 30. f5 a3 31. Kc1 Bd5 32. Kd2 h6 33. c3 Qh4 34. f6%2B { 1-0 Korneev,O (2580)-Perez Mitjans,O (2451)/Madrid ESP 2011/The Week in Chess 885}) 19... Ra5 {The threat to the queenside is not serious even with the loss of the a-pawn.[Yip]} 20. Qc3 Rxa2 21. b3 {The queenside is secured.[Yip]} Qa5 ( 21... Ra5 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bc4 Rd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rd4 Qa6 26. Kb2 Qe2 27. Rb4 Rf8 28. Rb7 Rf7 29. Rb8%2B Rf8 30. Rxf8%2B Kxf8 31. Qh8%2B Kf7 32. Qxh7%2B Kf6 33. Qh4%2B Kf7 34. Qf4%2B Ke7 35. Qg5%2B Kf7 36. h4 Qf2 37. Qf4%2B Ke7 38. Qc7%2B Kf6 39. g4 g5 40. hxg5%2B Kxg5 41. Qe7%2B Kf4 42. Qf6%2B Kg3 43. g5 Qe3 44. f4 d4 45. Qe5 a5 46. g6 Qc3%2B 47. Kb1 a4 48. Qe4 Kf2 49. Qd3 Qb4 50. g7 axb3 51. cxb3 {1-0 Kovchan,A (2554)-Solovjov,S (2387)/St Petersburg RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 876}) 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Be4 $14 {White has a stable edge in the RRB-RRB based on structure alone.[Yip]} (23. Kb2 Rg5 24. g3 a5 25. Ra1 Kg7 26. f4 Rh5 27. h4 Kf6 28. Ra4 Rc5 29. c4 Bf5 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Kc3 Bg4 32. Bd3 Rh5 33. Re3 h6 34. Ra1 Rc5 35. Rae1 Ra8 36. f5 a4 37. fxg6 a3 38. Rf1%2B Kg7 39. gxf7 Kf8 40. Bg6 {1-0 Womacka,M (2455)-Arvola,B (2261)/Caleta ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 900}) 23... Rc8 24. Kb2 $1 {Now the queenside is secured from invasion and black remains with the task of a grim defence.[Yip]} Kf8 25. Ra1 $1 {Trading off a pair of rooks at the minimum.[Yip]} Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc7 {Now black is saddled with the passive rook.[Yip]} 27. b4 $1 {The process of slow improvement continues as now black’s pawns are restrained and the c-pawn is fixed on a light square. [Yip]} Ke7 28. Ra6 Kd6 {Diagram #} 29. Ra5 $1 {The rook is well-placed for vertical and horizontal restraining action.[Yip]} Re7 30. Kc3 Rb7 31. Ra6 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Kxd5 33. Ra5%2B Kd6 {Diagram #} 34. g4 $1 {The ideal scenario would be to play g5 to paralyze the kingside.[Yip]} Re7 35. Kd3 {Preventing entry on the e-file.[Yip]} Rd7 36. Ke4 $1 {The king takes aim at the kingside on the dark squares.[Yip]} Re7%2B 37. Kf4 f6 {Preventing Kg5 etc.[Yip]} 38. h4 { Preparing to open a second front on the kingside.[Yip]} Rb7 39. c3 Re7 40. h5 Rb7 41. Ke4 {Keeping the tension on the kingside for now.[Yip]} Re7%2B 42. Kd4 Rd7 43. Kc4 Re7 44. h6 $1 {Fixing h7 as the second front.[Yip]} Rf7 45. f4 Re7 $16 {Black is reduced to passive waiting.[Yip]} 46. Kd4 Rd7 47. c4 {Continuing with the theme of a general pawn advance.[Yip]} Rb7 48. Ra6 Rd7 $18 {[Yip]} ( 48... Rxb4 {Activating the rook at the cost of a pawn is the only way to offer resistance but white is still clearing in charge.[Yip]} 49. Rxa7 Rb1 50. Rxh7 $16 {[Yip]}) 49. f5 $1 {Fixing f6 as a target.[Yip]} g5 50. b5 $1 $18 {[Yip]} Ke7%2B 51. Kc5 $1 {Taking the key square.[Yip]} cxb5 {This releases Ra6 to attack f6.[Yip]} 52. Kxb5 Rb7%2B 53. Kc6 Rd7 54. c5 {Slowly making progress.[Yip] } Kd8 55. Kb5 Rb7%2B 56. Kc4 Ke7 57. Re6%2B Kf7 58. Kd5 Rd7%2B 59. Kc6 Rd4 60. Kb7 { The king supports the advance of the c-pawn.[Yip]} (60. Rd6 $1 {Is more ruthless.[Yip]} Rxg4 61. Rd7%2B Ke8 62. Rxh7 Rh4 63. Kd5 Kd8 64. Kd6 Rd4%2B 65. Kc6 Rh4 66. Rd7%2B Ke8 67. h7 a5 68. Ra7 a4 69. h8=Q%2B Rxh8 70. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/sicilian-dragon-90-0-0-d5b76-twic-975.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-2995420739201604678Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:46:00 +00002013-07-18T17:49:34.247-07:00Corporation Cup 2013Kokarev DmSicilian Najdorf<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 975</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Najdorf remains popular and rock solid against all forms of attack. 6.f4 got nowhere after white wasted a tempo on 21.Be7 which allowed black to equalize.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>More About Izhevsk,Russia-Host of the Corporation Cup</u></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The video presents the Izmash Weapons Factory, responsible for manufacture of famous Kalashnikov Assault Rifle, Dragunov Sniper Rifle, Bizon SMG and the newest weapon of Russian arsenal: The sophisticated Nikonov AN-94 Assault Rifle.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KL7nCF_h7XA?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Khayrullin,D (2357) - Kokarev,Dm (2630)<br />Sicilian Najdorf 6.f4 Nbd7[B93]<br />Corporation Cup 2013</b></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Izhevsk RUS (3.1), 14.07.2013</b><br /><br /><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White is trying a standard attack on the kingside. What do you recommend for black?<br /><br /><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r3r3H2q2pkpHpp3np1H3Pp2nHP1P4QH3B1N2H1P4PPH4RR1K&amp;d=A____RR_K_P____PP___B_N__P_P____Q___Pp__npp___np___q__pkpr___r___3b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.c4</span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=false&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Corporation Cup 2013"] [Site "Izhevsk RUS"] [Date "2013.07.14"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Khayrullin, D."] [Black "Kokarev, Dm"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2357"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2013.07.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 (6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 h6 11. a4 Qc7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nf1 Rab8 15. Ne3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 b4 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Ra4 Qc5 22. c4 Bd8 23. b3 g6 24. Nc2 Nxd5 25. Qa1 Bf6 26. Ra5 Qb6 27. Rxd5 Nf3%2B 28. gxf3 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 exf3 30. Bxf3 Qd8 31. Ra6 Qf6 32. Nd4 Ra8 33. Raxd6 Qh4 34. Bg4 Re8 35. Nf3 Qe7 36. Kg2 Qe4 37. Bd7 Red8 38. Bc6 {1-0 Durarbayli,V (2549)-Atabayev,Y (2431)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Kb1 O-O 16. g5 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rc4 a5 20. e5 Ba6 21. Be4 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rd4 24. g6 hxg6 25. h5 Qc6 26. Rg1 Qe4 27. hxg6 Qxe2 28. gxf7%2B Kxf7 29. Bxe2 Rxf4 30. Bh5%2B Kf8 31. Bg6 Rd8 32. b3 Rd5 33. Rh1 Rxe5 {0-1 Wyss,J (2270)-Moranda,W (2570)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 6... Nbd7 {This deviates from repertoire recommendations in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012]} (6... e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 (8... Be7 {[The Sharpest Sicilian 2012]}) 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qe1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Be6 16. a5 b6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. d4 b5 20. Nb2 Bf8 21. Ng5 Bd5 22. Qg3 Bxe4 23. Nxf7 Bxg2%2B 24. Qxg2 Qxg2%2B 25. Kxg2 Re2%2B 26. Rf2 Rxf2%2B 27. Kxf2 Kxf7 28. Rc7 Ke8 29. Nd1 Kd8 30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Ne3 Kd7 32. Rb6 g5 33. Bg3 h5 34. h3 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ra7 36. Kd3 Be7 37. Bh2 Nd5 38. Nxd5 Kxd5 39. Bg3 Bf8 40. Bh2 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Ke3 Re7%2B 43. Kf4 Re4%2B 44. Kf5 Rxd4 45. Rxa6 Rxb4 46. Rb6 Kc4 47. a6 Ra4 48. Bg1 d5 49. Rc6%2B Kd3 50. Rc8 Rxa6 51. Rxf8 Ra1 52. Bf2 b4 53. Kxg4 b3 54. Rb8 Rb1 55. Kf3 b2 56. Rb3%2B Kc2 57. Rb5 Rd1 58. Rc5%2B Kb3 59. Rb5%2B Kc3 60. Rb8 b1=Q {0-1 Kalinina,O (2292)-Ju Wenjun (2531)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (6... Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. Nf3 Bb7 {[The Sharpest Sicilian 2012]} ) 7. a4 {Restraining the ..b5 advance.[Yip]} (7. Be2 g6 8. Bf3 Bg7 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Ng3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. g5 Ne8 16. h4 b4 17. Nce2 Ra8 18. Kf2 f6 19. Qd3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 fxg5 21. hxg5 e5 22. f5 d5 23. exd5 Nd6 24. f6 e4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Qd4 Nxe4%2B 27. Qxe4 Re8 28. Ra7 Qc8 29. Qxb4 Ng4%2B 30. Kg1 Bxd5 31. Rxg7%2B Kh8 32. f7 Kxg7 33. fxe8=Q Qxe8 34. Qd4%2B Kf8 35. Qc5%2B {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2639)-Shyam,S (2486)/Korinthia GRE 2012/The Week in Chess 929}) (7. Nf3 e6 8. a4 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Qd4 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Ngxe5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. Bh3 Rc8 17. Rd2 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nc5 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Qxg7 Bxg5 21. Qxh8%2B Ke7 22. Qc3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nxe4 24. Qb4%2B Nd6 25. c3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. a5 b5 28. Bf1 Rh4 29. b3 Ne4 30. Kc2 Ng3 {0-1 Lamorelle,J (2290)-Shchekachev,A (2519)/Caen FRA 2012/The Week in Chess 939}) 7... g6 {Adopting a Dragon style defence.[The Sharpest Sicilian 2012]} 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O (9... Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bd2 e6 14. Qh4 Rae8 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Nd1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 a5 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qe1 Nb8 25. Be3 Nc6 26. Qf2 Rb8 27. b5 Ne7 28. Bd4 f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Ne3 e5 31. Qa2%2B Kg7 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd1 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Rbd8 35. g3 Qd6 36. Qb2 h5 37. Nc4 Qf6 38. d5 Qxb2 39. Nxb2 Nc8 40. Nd3 Nd6 41. Bg2 Rc8 42. Nf4 Rf6 43. Bf1 Kh6 44. Kg1 Rc3 45. Bd3 g5 46. Ne2 Rc5 47. Bb1 Rc4 48. Rd4 Rb4 49. Rxb4 axb4 50. Nd4 g4 51. Bc2 Nc4 52. d6 Ne3 {0-1 Warakomski,T (2491)-Moranda,W (2545)/Lublin 2009/CBM 132 Extra}) 10. O-O b6 ( 10... e6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. f5 b6 13. Qh4 Bb7 14. Bh6 Rae8 15. Ng5 Qc5%2B 16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Nd1 exf5 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Rf1 h6 22. Rxf6 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Re5 24. Qf4 Qxb2 25. Bf1 Re6 {0-1 Collins,S (2194)-Gallagher,J (2516)/Port Erin 2001/CBM 084 ext}) 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qh4 Qc7 {Diagram #} 15. Bg5 {White has some pressure on the kingside.[Yip]} Nh5 16. Be7 $11 {The bishop thrust turns out be be ineffective and the game levels out.[Yip]} (16. Nd5 {Bringing in the queenside pieces more effective.} Bxd5 17. exd5 {Now Bd3 can take part in the attack.[Yip]} f6 (17... h6 18. Be7 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nhxf6 20. Rad1 $14 {[Yip]}) 18. Bd2 Nc5 $14 {[Yip]}) 16... Rfe8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {The strong Nd5 must be traded off.[Yip]} 18. exd5 Bf6 {Continuing to liquidate to ease the pressure.[Yip]} 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. Rae1 Kg7 {Reinforcing the kingside dark squares.[Yip]} 21. c4 $6 {Diagram # Reinforcing the d5 pawn but only temporarily.[Yip]} (21. b3 $11 {[Yip]}) 21... e4 $1 {Now black takes over with forcing play.[Yip]} 22. Bxe4 $2 $17 {Cooperatively taking the e-pawn leaves black with a clear advantage.[Yip]} (22. g4 Nf4 23. g5 N6h5 24. Bxe4 Qxc4 25. Nd2 Qb4 26. Rxf4 Qxd2 27. Rff1 Rac8 $1 $15 {White’s attack has died and the kingside remains weak.[Yip]}) (22. d6 Qxd6 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rad8 $15 {White flank attack has ended and black has a slight edge from strong centralization.[Yip]}) 22... Qxc4 {The c-pawn falls and the d-pawn is now cut off and vulnerable.[Yip]} 23. Nd2 $2 $19 {A reasonable looking try that clears the f-file with tempo but white is lost.[Yip]} (23. b3 {A nice pawn offer to deflect the queen.[Yip]} Qb4 (23... Qxb3 $2 {Accepting the pawn allows white to escape with a desperate attack.[Yip]} 24. Ng5 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxd5 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Nxf7 {White breaks through.[Yip]} Re2 28. Rg4 Nf6 29. Qh6%2B Kg8 30. Rxg6%2B $1 {This is forced if white is to make any progress.[Yip]} hxg6 31. Qxg6%2B Kf8 32. Ne5 Rxe5 33. Rxf6%2B Ke7 34. Rf7%2B Kd8 35. Rf8%2B Kc7 36. Rf7%2B $1 {White has enough for a draw.[Yip]} Kb8 37. Rf8%2B Kc7 38. Rf7%2B $11 {[Yip]}) 24. Bd3 Qxh4 25. Nxh4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxd5 27. Bc4 Nhf6 $15 {Black emerges with a clear extra pawn. [Yip]}) 23... Qd4 {Keeping the lateral pin on Be4 is the key and white cannot avoid simplification.[Yip]} 24. Qf2 Qxf2 {The ending favors black with no risk as the d-pawn is weak.[Yip]} 25. Rxf2 Rad8 {Proceeding slowly to round up the d-pawn.[Yip]} 26. Ree2 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Nf4 29. Re3 Rxd5 {The remaining conversion is no trouble.[Yip]} 30. Nf1 Rd4 31. b3 Rd1 32. Kg1 Rb1 33. g3 Ne6 34. Kf2 Rb2%2B 35. Ke1 Nd4 36. Re4 Nxb3 37. 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Now the City is an Engineering Center . Manufacturing , Machinery and Weaponry hub. It is the Birthplace of the world's most reliable assault rifle the AK-47.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Khanin,S (2245) - Kokarev,Dm (2630) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sician Najdorf English Attack[B90]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Corporation Cup 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><st1:city w:st="on">Izhevsk</st1:city> RUS (1.3), 12.07.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White is playing aggressively and with 15.Qf2, prevents black from castling kingside. What do you recommend for black?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r3k2rH2qnbpp1Hp2p1n2H1p2pP2H2b1P2pH1NNBB2PHPPP2QP1H2KR3R&amp;d=M__KR___RPPP__QP__NNBB__P__b_P__p_p__pP__p__p_n____qnbpp_r___k__r0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r3k2rH2qnbpp1Hp2p1n2H1p2pP2H2b1P2pH1NNBB2PHPPP2QP1H2KR3R&amp;d=M__KR___RPPP__QP__NNBB__P__b_P__p_p__pP__p__p_n____qnbpp_r___k__r0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.Qf2</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Corporation Cup 2013"] [Site "Izhevsk RUS"] [Date "2013.07.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Khanin, S."] [Black "Kokarev, Dm"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2245"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2013.07.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The massively popular Najdorf.[Yip]} 6. Be3 (6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {Another instance of the ..h5 restraining plan.[Yip]} 8. Bg5 Be6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Qf3 Be7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Kb1 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 h4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Rd3 a5 21. a4 Bf6 22. Rf3 Ke7 23. Bb5 Qd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Re1%2B Be5 26. Re4 Kf6 27. b3 Rh5 28. Kc1 Rch8 29. Bd3 Rg5 30. Re2 Bh2 31. Rf1 Be5 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Kd1 Re7 34. Kd2 Rc7 35. Ke1 Rc5 36. Be4 Bg3%2B 37. Kf1 Rh5 38. Rd3 Be5 39. Rf3 Rh8 40. Rd3 Rhc8 41. Rf3 Re8 42. Rd3 Rec8 43. Rf3 Bg3 44. Bd3 Rxd5 45. Re4 Re5 46. Rxe5 dxe5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rf1 Kg5 49. Kf3 g6 50. g4 hxg3 51. h4%2B Kxh4 52. fxg6 fxg6 53. Rh1%2B Kg5 54. Rh7 Rc3 55. Kg2 Bd2 56. Re7 Kf4 57. Rf7%2B Kg4 58. Rg7 g5 59. Rf7 Rxd3 60. cxd3 Bf4 61. Ra7 e4 62. dxe4 Be5 63. Rxa5 Kf4 64. Rc5 Kg4 {0-1 Bulski,K (2534)-Zhou Jianchao (2572)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (6. Nb3 $5 {This passive retreat hardly seems threatening. The main advantage is that it is not mentioned as even a rare move in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012..[Yip]} e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. f4 g5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8%2B Bxd8 12. fxg5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg4 15. Be3 Bh5 16. O-O Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rg8 18. Rf5 h6 19. Nc5 hxg5 20. Nxb7 Kd7 21. Bxf7 Nd4 22. Bxg8 Nxf5 23. Bc4 Kc6 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. Be4%2B Kb6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Nc4%2B Kc7 28. Ne3 Kd6 29. Rf1 Ne2%2B 30. Kh1 Rf4 31. Bg2 e4 32. Rd1%2B Ke6 33. Nc4 Rh4 34. Rd6%2B Kf5 35. Rd5%2B Kf4 36. Rd6 Kf5 37. Rd5%2B Kf4 38. Rd8 g4 39. Rf8%2B Kg5 40. Nd2 e3 41. Nf1 g3 42. h3 Rf4 43. Rg8%2B Kh4 44. Nxe3 Nd4 45. Rd8 Ne6 46. Rd6 Ng5 47. Rd4 Ne6 48. Rxf4%2B Nxf4 49. Nf5%2B Kg5 50. Nxg3 Bd1 51. Ne4%2B Kf5 52. c4 Nxg2 53. Ng3%2B Ke5 54. Kxg2 a5 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Nf5%2B Kc5 57. Ne3 Bh5 58. Kg3 a4 59. Kf4 Kd4 60. h4 Be2 61. b4 a3 62. c5 Kc3 63. c6 {1-0 Onischuk,V (2576)-Atabayev,Y (2431)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (6. Bd3 {Is another rare move, but mentioned briefly in the Sharpest Sicilian.[Yip]}) (6. Rg1 {Is another rare move, but mentioned briefly in the Sharpest Sicilian.[Yip]}) (6. Qf3 {Is another rare move, but mentioned briefly in the Sharpest Sicilian.[Yip]}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {Gives a calmer game.[Yip]} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. Na4 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Qc8 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. c3 Ra4 20. b3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rc8 22. Ra7 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Andriasian,Z (2620)-Zhou Jianchao (2572)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 7... Be6 (7... Be7 8. f3 Be6 {Black does nothing to prevent g4.[Yip]} 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Na5 Nf4 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Rg1 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd3 Nxd3%2B 21. Qxd3 Qf2 22. Rdf1 Qxh2 23. f4 e4 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Qd3 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Re1 Rfe8 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Nb4 Bd4 30. Rf1 Be3%2B 31. Kb1 Bxf4 32. Nxa6 Bg3 33. Nc7 b4 34. a4 bxa3 35. bxa3 h5 36. Ne6 h4 37. Kc1 Kh7 38. a4 Re3 39. Rf5 Kg6 40. Rg5%2B Kf6 41. Kb2 h3 42. Rh5 h2 43. a5 Be5%2B {0-1 Mazur,S (2409)-Sjugirov,S (2647)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 8. f3 {Signaling the English Attack.[Yip]} (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 h4 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Qf2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa6 Ra8 19. Rxd5 Rxa6 20. Qe2 Qc6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qb5 O-O 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Red1 Rda8 26. Bxd6 Rxa2 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 28. Rd8%2B Kh7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd4 Nf5 31. Rxb4 g5 32. c4 Ne3 33. c5 Kg6 34. Rb6%2B f6 35. Nd2 Nxg2 36. Ne4 Kf5 37. Nd6%2B Ke5 38. Nf7%2B Kd4 39. Rxf6 Kxc5 40. Nxg5 Rg8 41. Rf5%2B Kb4 42. Kc1 Rd8 43. Nf3 Rd3 44. Rf8 Kb5 45. b3 Kb4 46. Nxh4 {1/2-1/2 Burnier,D (2347)-Gallagher,J (2508)/Graechen SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) (8. h3 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qg5%2B 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Qf2 Qe5 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Rhf1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rd4 21. Ne2 Rb4 22. Qg3 Nd7 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc3 h5 25. Be2 h4 26. Rd6 Bd7 27. Kc1 Re8 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Rf4 Ng6 30. Rg4 a5 31. Bd3 a4 32. bxa4 Rxb2 33. Rdxg6 fxg6 34. Bc4%2B Kf8 35. Bb3 Rc8 36. Rxh4 Ke7 37. Rf4 Bd7 38. Rf7%2B {1-0 Ni Hua (2661)-Forcen Esteban,D (2493)/Benasque ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 975}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 {This is the main ’new’ play.The intended g4 advance is stifle before it starts.[Yip]} 10. O-O-O Qc7 {Black does not commit Ra8 to leave the option of ...Qb8.[Yip]} (10... Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rhe1 O-O $1 {This the repertoire line in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).[Yip]}) 11. h3 {Still trying for the g4 advance.[Yip]} Be7 12. Bd3 {Connected the rooks and now g4 becomes a real threat.[Yip]} h4 $11 {Stopping g4. Black is willing to remain uncastled as there is no easy way to force open central lines.[Yip]} 13. f4 {Threatening f5 but this turns out to be an unproductive idea. White needs to look at better moves as improvements as I can’t find anything useful for white later in the opening.[Yip]} (13. Kb1 {Is a useful move and a plausible improvement. [Yip]} b5 14. Bg5 {Exploiting the hole left by the early advance of the h-pawn. [Yip]} Nb6 15. f4 {White has a balanced game.[Yip]}) 13... b5 {Now Be6 has an escape square in case of f5.[Yip]} 14. f5 $2 $15 {Harassing the bishop is unconcincing.[Yip]} (14. Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 hxg3 16. Rg1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Bd7 22. Kb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rdf1 Bxa4 26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Nb3 Qb5 28. Rf5 gxf5 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxe7%2B Kh7 33. Nxf5 Kg6 34. Ne7%2B Kh7 35. Nf5 Kg6 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. h4 Qf6 38. Qg4%2B Kh7 39. Qh5%2B Kg8 40. Nh6%2B {1-0 Caruana,F (2640)-Vallejo Pons,F (2664)/Pamplona 2008/CBM 128}) (14. Kb1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rhe1 Rd8 (18... O-O 19. Bg5 Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. Bxh4 a5 $11 {Black’s pawn storm is faster than white’s kingside play.[Yip]}) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 { [Yip]}) (18... Kf8 $5 $11 {[Yip]}) 19. Bxa6 Be6 20. Qf2 O-O {Black has a nice game.[Yip]}) (14. a3 O-O {The king is safe on the kingside and now the Rf8 can be quickly transferred to the queenside.[Yip]} 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Rhf1 (16. Bf2 exf4 17. Bxh4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rab8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 $15 {[Yip]}) 16... Rab8 $11 { Black has god game.[Yip]}) 14... Bc4 15. Qf2 $2 {Diagram # Hitting the h-pawn and the queenside but white’s position quickly collapses after this as e4 is shown by forcing play to be weak.[Yip]} (15. a3 a5 16. Kb1 Rb8 $15 {[Yip]}) 15... b4 $1 {Refuting white’s formation with forcing play.[Yip]} 16. Bxc4 (16. Ne2 $2 {Loses quickly.[Yip]} Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Rc8 18. Na1 Nxe4 $19 {[Yip]}) (16. Nd5 {Also loses the e-pawn.[Yip]} Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 $17 {Black has won a clear pawn.[Yip]}) 16... Qxc4 (16... bxc3 {Is also good.[Yip]} 17. Bd3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Kb1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 cxb2 $17 {[Yip]}) 17. Nd5 Rc8 {Diagram # Keeping up the pressure with forcing play. The e-pawn can wait[Yip]} (17... Bd8 {Is also good.[Yip]} 18. Qd2 Rc8 (18... Nxe4 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4 Ng3 21. Rhe1 Nxf5 $15 {[Yip]}) 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Qxb4 Qxc2%2B 21. Ka1 Qc4 $17 {[Yip]}) 18. Kb1 {A standard king sidestep but white’s position has already gone downhill.. [Yip]} (18. Rhe1 {Is also bad.[Yip]} Nxe4 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ng3 21. Rf2 Rh5 $17 {[Yip]}) 18... Nxe4 {Winning clear P%2B and white has lost the opening battle.[Yip]} 19. Qf3 Ng3 20. Rhe1 $2 $19 {Diagram #} Qxc2%2B 21. Ka1 Qxf5 (21... Qe4 $5 22. Qf2 Qxf5 $17 {[Yip]}) 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Nd4 Qh5 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qb1 Nge4 26. Nf3 O-O 27. Bh2 Qh7 28. Nxb4 a5 29. Nd5 Rfd8 {Continuing to mobilize. [Yip]} (29... Bd8 {Taking a tempo to save the bishop is stronger as white has no active plan.[Yip]} 30. Bg1 Re8 $19 {[Yip]}) 30. Bg1 a4 31. Nxf6%2B gxf6 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxh7%2B Kxh7 34. Rd5 {Temporarily holding up the central pawns. [Yip]} (34. Nxh4 d5 35. Nf5 d4 $19 {[Yip]}) 34... Ne6 35. Nxh4 Rc2 36. Nf5 Rxg2 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Nxd6 Nd4 {The ending is easily winning for black.[Yip]} 39. Rh1 f5 $1 {The central pawns must be advanced.[Yip]} 40. Nxf7 {Wins a meaningless pawn as the forward f-pawn is the real asset.[Yip]} e4 41. Kb1 e3 42. Ne5 f4 43. Re1 e2 44. Kc1 f3 45. Nd3 f2 46. Nxf2 Rxf2 47. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/sicilian-najdorf-english-attack-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-1381627197415772781Mon, 15 Jul 2013 03:45:00 +00002013-07-14T20:45:36.772-07:00Benasque Open 2013Granda ZunigaSicilian 2.c3<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 974</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GM Granda Zuniga conducted the game in original fashion and ground out an endgame victory when white played too ambitiously in the R-R ending.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>More About Spain</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uJ0cC836zrM?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Khaetsky,R (2424) - Granda Zuniga,J (2679) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian 2.c3 Nf6[B22]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>33rd Benasque Open</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Benasque ESP (3.1), 06.07.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ending is roughly equal. What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r6rHp3bpppH1p2k3H3pP3H5P2H4B3HPP4PPH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PP____PP____B________P_____pP____p__k___p___bpppr______r6b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r6rHp3bpppH1p2k3H3pP3H5P2H4B3HPP4PPH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PP____PP____B________P_____pP____p__k___p___bpppr______r6b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.f4</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "33rd Benasque Open"] [Site "Benasque ESP"] [Date "2013.07.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Khaetsky, R."] [Black "Granda Zuniga, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2013.07.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 (5. cxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Qc6 12. Nf3 b5 13. O-O Be7 14. a4 bxa4 15. d5 exd5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Rxa4 Rfc8 21. Qxa6 Rxc1%2B 22. Bxc1 Qb3 23. g3 Qd1%2B 24. Kg2 Qxc1 25. Qe2 h6 26. f5 a5 27. Ra2 a4 28. Qb5 a3 29. Qxd7 Qc4 30. Rf2 Qxd4 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 a2 33. e7 Qe4%2B 34. Kh3 a1=Q {0-1 Bedouin,X (2387)-Zherebukh,Y (2629)/Haguenau FRA 2013/ The Week in Chess 970}) 5... e6 (5... d6 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Qc2 Bxa3 14. bxa3 h6 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qa4 Be6 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Be4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. h4 Rxe1%2B 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qxc3 26. Qxf4 h5 27. Rxd5 Rc4 28. Qb8%2B Kh7 29. Rd1 Qxa3 30. Qe8 Rf4 31. Qe5 Ra4 32. g3 Qxa2 33. Qe8 Rd4 34. Rxd4 Qa1%2B 35. Kg2 Qxd4 36. Qxf7%2B {1/2-1/2 Vajda,L (2617)-Sveshnikov,V (2411)/ Golden Sands BUL 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 {The plan of trading Bc4 for Nd5 is suspicious.[Yip]} (7. Nc3 {This is the more logical way to challenge the strong Nd5.[Yip]} Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Qb7 13. O-O h6 14. h4 Nc7 15. h5 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Qg6 Kh8 19. c4 d5 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. c5 a5 22. Bd2 Rf8 23. cxb6 Nb5 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Rab1 Ra6 26. Rfe1 Ne4 27. Rec1 Bd8 28. Ne5 Rxf2 29. Be1 Rf5 30. Rc7 Bxc7 31. bxc7 Qxc7 32. Qxa6 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Qc8%2B Kh7 35. Qe8 Nf6 36. Qg6%2B Kh8 37. Bg3 Qd4%2B 38. Kh1 e5 39. Rb8%2B Ng8 40. Qe8 {1-0 Ulibin,M (2521) -Dambrauskas,V (2315)/Koge DEN 2013/The Week in Chess 964}) (7. Bd3 {Taking direct aim at the kingside is logical.[Yip]} Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Rf5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Be3 Na6 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Rc1 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 Qg5 22. Rc2 h5 23. h3 Qf5 24. Qc1 Rf8 25. Bg3 Qe4 26. Qd1 a5 27. Re2 Qg6 28. Re5 Rc8 29. Qxh5 Qxh5 30. Rxh5 Rc1%2B 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Be5 Kf7 33. Rg5 g6 34. a4 Rxb2 35. h4 Rxf2 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rxh5 Kg6 38. Rh8 Ra2 39. Kh3 Rxa4 40. Rg8%2B Kf5 41. g4%2B Ke4 42. g5 Ra3%2B 43. Kh4 Ne7 44. Rb8 Ng6%2B 45. Kh5 Kf5 46. Kh6 Rh3%2B 47. Kg7 Nxe5 48. dxe5 Kxg5 49. Rxb6 Rd3 50. Kf7 Kf5 51. Rd6 Rd5 {0-1 Petrosyan,T (2356)-Hayrapetyan, H (2502)/Jermuk ARM 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 7... Bb7 8. Bxd5 (8. O-O Be7 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bc4 11. Re1 O-O 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Re4 Ba6 15. Rg4 Kh8 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qd2 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Re1 Rf7 20. Bd6 Qg8 21. Rge4 Bb7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Na5 24. Ne7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Nc4 26. Bg3 h6 27. Qg6 { 1-0 Howell,D (2639)-Wallace,J (2394)/London ENG 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) 8... Bxd5 {The bishop pair gives black a nice game.[Yip]} 9. O-O (9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d5 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd5 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qg5 16. g3 Rc8 17. Qb4 Rc5 18. Qa4 Ra5 19. Qb4 f5 20. f4 Qd8 21. Qd6 Bc6 22. c4 Kf7 23. Rfd1 g5 24. Rd4 h5 25. Rad1 h4 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Bc1 Qg7 28. Qc7 Kg6 {0-1 Zesch,L (2287)-Werle,J (2556)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118}) 9... Qc8 {Heading to b7 to fight for the light squares.[Yip]} 10. Nc3 Qb7 11. Be3 Be7 {Returning the bishop pair for quick mobilization.[Yip]} 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Black remains with the better bishop and a target on d4.[Yip]} 13. Qb3 Nc6 $5 {Sacrificing central structure.[Yip]} (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxb6 Rb8 17. Bxa7 Rxb3 $11 {[Yip]}) 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Ne1 d6 $1 {Undoubling the d-pawns. [Yip]} 16. Nd3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 {Repairing white’s structure does not improve it.[Yip]} 18. dxe5 Kd7 $1 $11 {The king heads to e6 where it will defend the passed d-pawn.[Yip]} 19. Rad1 Ke6 20. f4 {Diagram #} Bc5 21. Bd4 g6 $1 {Preventing f5%2B to secure the king.[Yip]} 22. Kf2 {White also rushes to mobilize the king.[Yip]} Rac8 23. Ke3 Bxd4%2B $1 {Clearing the c-file for infiltration.[Yip]} 24. Rxd4 Rc2 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. R1d2 {Reinforcing the 2nd rank.[Yip]} Rc1 {Keeping the rook for now to seek the optimal way to exchange down to a R-R ending.[Yip]} 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc8 {Taking the c-file for a roughly equal ending.[Yip]} 29. Rd3 $11 {Conceding the 2nd rank.[Yip]} (29. Rd2 $11 {[Yip]}) 29... Rc2 30. Ra3 $2 $15 {Trying for more leads to trouble as black is further ahead in the race to eat pawns.[Yip]} (30. Rd2 {Leads to a safe equality.[Yip]} Rc7 $11 31. g3 $11 {The ending is dead even.[Yip]} (31. g4 {Trying for more based on the f5 advance is risky.[Yip]} Rc1 $36 {The kingside pawns are vulnerable.[Yip]})) 30... Rxg2 31. Rxa7 Rxh2 32. b3 Rh3%2B {Driving the king back first.[Yip]} 33. Ke2 h5 {Black has a clear extra pawn but must not delay advancing the passed h-pawn pawn as white is close to creating a passed queenside pawn.[Yip]} 34. Rb7 d4 {Preparing to advance the king and play with two passed pawn. The pawn count is not relevant not but the speed of the passed pawns is.[Yip]} 35. Rxb6%2B Kf5 36. Rf6%2B $19 {[Yip]} Ke4 $1 {Diagram # The strong king allows black to advance with attaking/mating threats to gain time.[Yip]} 37. Kd2 Rh2%2B $1 {Driving the king back to the first rank to keep the king passive and vulnerable to mating threats.[Yip]} 38. Kc1 Rxa2 39. Rxf7 d3 40. e6 h4 {The h-pawn stretches the defence out.[Yip]} 41. Rd7 (41. e7 { Fails as black is ready to deliver mate.[Yip]} d2%2B 42. Kd1 Kd3 $19 43. -- Ra1# $140 {[Yip]}) (41. Rh7 d2%2B 42. Kd1 Ke3 $19 {The d-pawn ensures the win.[Yip]} 43. Rd7 Ra1%2B 44. Kc2 Rc1%2B 45. Kb2 Re1 46. e7 Kxf4 47. Rxd2 Rxe7 $19 {[Yip]}) 41... Kxf4 42. Rd4%2B Kg5 43. Rxd3 Re2 $19 {[Yip]} 44. b4 Rxe6 {The R%2B2Ps vs R%2BP ending is easily winning.[Yip]} 45. b5 Kg4 46. Rd4%2B Kh5 47. Rd3 g5 48. Kd2 Kg4 49. Re3 Rb6 50. Re4%2B Kf3 51. Re3%2B Kg4 52. Re4%2B Kh5 53. Rb4 h3 54. Rb1 Kh4 55. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/sicilian-2c3-nf6b22-twic-974.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-6515828699312151804Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:29:00 +00002013-07-13T19:30:20.049-07:00Brunello SSicilan KanTCh-GRE 2013<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 974</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White tried too hard to keep the bishop pair but it was black's knight that was the best minor piece</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><st1:place w:st="on">More About Rio</st1:place>&nbsp;(Achaia) Greece</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mlVOryy5uQM?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the featured game.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Papadopoulos,I (2415) - Brunello,S (2593) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian <st1:state w:st="on">Kan</st1:state> 8...Bb4 9.Na4 0–0 10.Nxc6 bc[B49]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>41st TCh-GRE <st1:place w:st="on">Rio</st1:place> (Achaia)&nbsp;</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>GRE (5.1), 05.07.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White gave an exchange for black's strong knight and a pawn but the rest of the game was the technical conversion of the extra exchange. What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1r4k1H1q1p2ppHp3pr2H8H2PQ4H1P6HP4PPPHR4BK1&amp;d=AR____BK_P____PPP_P________PQ____________p___pr___q_p__pp_r____k_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1r4k1H1q1p2ppHp3pr2H8H2PQ4H1P6HP4PPPHR4BK1&amp;d=AR____BK_P____PPP_P________PQ____________p___pr___q_p__pp_r____k_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.Qxd4</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "41st TCh-GRE"] [Site "Rio (Achaia) GRE"] [Date "2013.07.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Papadopoulos, I."] [Black "Brunello, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2415"] [BlackElo "2593"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2013.07.02"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.09"] [WhiteTeam "Marion THUNDER OREOKASTROU"] [BlackTeam "CHESS SPRING"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 (6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Nf5 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5 Bxf5 14. dxc6 Be6 15. Bf4 h6 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nf6 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Ne8 21. Re4 Rab8 22. Red4 Rxb2 23. cxd6 Qb6 24. Qe1 Rb1 25. Rd1 Qxd4 26. Rxb1 Bxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Bf3 Qf4 29. Qa5 Qxf3 30. Qxd8 Qxg4%2B {0-1 Bodek,M (2386)-Robson,R (2628)/Arlington USA 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. h4 d5 14. Rh3 h5 15. Rg3 g6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ba5 Bd6 19. Qe3 Qa2 20. Bc3 Rhe8 21. Rg5 Kb8 22. g3 Ka8 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Be5 Bc5 {0-1 Escobar Forero,A (2468) -Cori,J (2549)/Montcada i Reixac ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. f4 Bb7 13. h3 Nd7 14. f5 Bf6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 c4 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Qe3 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rb4 25. Qd4 Bxa4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Rfd1 Qc5 28. Kh2 Rb8 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Kf7 31. Bg4 Nxg4%2B 32. hxg4 Kf6 33. Rd7 Ra2 34. Rf1%2B Ke5 35. Rxg7 Rbxb2 36. Rxh7 Rxc2 37. Rg1 Kxe4 38. Kg3 Ra3%2B 39. Kh4 Raa2 40. Kg3 Rc3%2B 41. Kh4 e5 42. g5 Rcc2 43. Kg3 Kf5 44. Rg7 Re2 45. Rf1%2B Ke6 46. Rg6%2B Kd5 47. Rd1%2B Ke4 48. Rg1 Kf5 49. Rg8 c3 50. g6 Kg5 51. g7 Kg6 52. Rc8 Re3%2B 53. Kh4 Kxg7 54. g4 Kf6 55. Rc6%2B Ke7 56. Rc1 Ra3 57. Kg5 Kd7 58. Rf6 Ra4 59. Rd1%2B Rd4 60. Rh1 Rd6 61. Rh7%2B Kc6 62. Rff7 Kd5 63. Rc7 Rc6 64. Rhd7%2B Kc5 65. Rxc6%2B Kxc6 66. Rd8 Kc5 67. Kf5 Kb4 68. Rb8%2B Ka3 69. Rc8 Kb2 70. Rb8%2B Kc1 71. g5 Rg3 72. g6 e4 73. Rb4 e3 74. Re4 c2 {0-1 Papastavropoulos,A (2214)-Miton,K (2606)/Rio (Achaia) GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4%2B 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7%2B Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bb5 Nge7 15. Qe2 d5 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 dxe4 18. Qxe4 e5 19. a4 Bf5 20. Qe2 h5 21. h3 Kg7 22. b4 e4 23. a5 Ne5 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Ng8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Qc5 Rc8 29. Ba6 Nd3 30. Qa7 Bb8 31. Qb6 Bc7 32. Qa7 Bb8 33. Qb6 Bc7 34. Qa7 {1/2-1/2 Popov,I (2632)-Gagunashvili,M (2601)/Denizli TUR 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 6... a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 (8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Bf3 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Qg3 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qb7 22. Bd3 Bh4 23. Qg4 Bd8 24. Qg3 Ne5 25. h3 Bb6 26. Be2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Re6 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bf1 Rg6 30. Qe3 Qh4 31. Qe1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 f5 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 f4 35. Rd2 f3 36. Rf2 h5 37. Rd1 h4 38. gxf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Nxf3 40. Be2 Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Benderac,S (2301)-Djukic,N (2539)/Cetinje MNE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 8... Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 (10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. f3 Ng6 17. Bf1 Ba8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Nde2 Bc5 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Na4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rb8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Nxc5 a5 28. Nb5 d5 29. Nc7 dxe4 30. Rxd8%2B Rxd8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 {1/2-1/2 Pavlidis, A (2473)-Banikas,H (2609)/Rio (Achaia) GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 10... bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 $5 {An older move.[Yip]} (12... Rfxc8 {Is more popular.[Yip]} 13. Bxa6 Rf8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 Rxb2 16. Bd4 Rbb8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxh7%2B Kxh7 20. Qh5%2B Kg7 21. Qg4%2B Kh7 22. Qh5%2B Kg8 23. Qg4%2B Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Pavlidis,A (2362)-Macieja,B (2583)/Rio (Achaia) GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 13. Bd4 (13. Qd3 Be7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 c5 18. Bf3 Nc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd1 f6 21. Bf4 Rbd8 22. Qg3 Qe4 23. Rac1 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Rf7 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Rcd1 d6 27. Bc3 Rdf8 28. f3 e5 29. Re4 Rf6 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. b3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke2 g5 36. Bd2 Rh4 37. h3 e4 38. fxe4 Rxe4%2B 39. Kf3 Re5 40. Re1 Rxe1 41. Bxe1 Kf5 42. g4%2B Ke6 43. Ke4 Bf6 44. Bd2 h6 45. Be3 Bg7 46. Bc1 Bc3 47. Be3 Bg7 48. Kd3 Bf8 49. Ke4 Bg7 50. Kd3 Bf8 51. Ke4 Bg7 52. Kd3 Bf8 53. Ke4 Bg7 54. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Hou/Ding (2600)-Vachier-Lagrave/Milliet (2600)/Villandry 2009/EXT 2010}) 13... Be7 14. e5 Nd5 $11 {White has a nominal space advantage.[Yip]} 15. c4 Nf4 16. Re1 $11 { [Yip]} (16. Qd2 {White should offer the passive bishop for the strong knight. [Yip]} Nxe2%2B 17. Qxe2 a5 (17... c5 18. Bc3 f6 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Rb6 21. b3 d6 (21... Rf7 $14 {[Yip]}) 22. Bg3 a5 23. Rde1 e5 24. f4 Bf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qe4 $14 {[Yip]}) 18. Rfd1 f6 $14 {[Yip]}) 16... c5 (16... f6 {Immediate central undermining leads to equality.[Yip]} 17. Bd3 d6 $1 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 d6 20. Bc3 d5 $14 {[Yip]}) 18. exd6 Bxd6 $11 {[Yip]}) 17. Bc3 f6 {Undermining the center.[Yip]} 18. Bf1 $11 {This passive retreat keeps the bishop pair but it is the knight that is the dangerous piece.[Yip]} (18. Qd2 Nxe2%2B 19. Rxe2 fxe5 20. Bxe5 d6 21. Bc3 e5 $14 {[Yip]}) 18... Ng6 $1 {This useful retreat targets the e5 pawn and black has good counterplay.[Yip]} 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 {Black begins to take the initiative after this cooperative exchange.[Yip]} Rxf6 {Now black has two active rooks and pressure on the b,f files.[Yip]} 21. Qd2 Qb7 22. b3 Nh4 $1 {The active knight is more effective than white’s passive bishop.[Yip]} 23. Re3 Nf5 24. Rd3 Nd4 {Diagram #} 25. Rxd4 $6 {Giving the exchange for the strong knight but white remains passive.[Yip]} cxd4 26. Qxd4 {Diagram # The remainder of the game is a technical conversion exercise.[Yip]} a5 27. Rd1 Rf7 28. Qe3 a4 {Undermining the queenside.[Yip]} 29. Rd3 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 $17 {Diagram # Taking the file and now white is completely on the defensive and cannot change the course of the game.[Yip]} 31. Qd2 Ra1 32. Qb2 Qa7 33. Rd2 Rf4 34. Qe5 Rf5 35. Qd6 Rfa5 {Tripling on the a-file.[Yip]} 36. Qe7 $2 $19 {White is lost after this pointless incursion. [Yip]} (36. b4 {Is a better defence.[Yip]} Rf5 37. c5 $15 {Now the pressure on f2 has been relieved and black is only slightl better. [Yip]}) 36... Rf5 37. g4 {An unnecessary weakening of the kingside.[Yip]} (37. h4 Rf7 38. Qb4 Rb1 $19 { [Yip]}) (37. g3 Re1 38. Qd6 $19 {[Yip]}) 37... Rf7 38. Qe8%2B Rf8 39. Qe7 Re1 40. Qd6 Qa1 41. Qd3 {Diagram #} h5 $1 {Undermining the kingside.[Yip]} 42. h3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rf4 44. f3 Qa7%2B 45. Kg2 {Diagram #} Re3 {Not the only way.[Yip]} ( 45... Qb7 46. Kg3 Rf7 $19 {[Yip]}) 46. Qxd7 Qxd7 47. Rxd7 Rexf3 48. Bd3 Rf2%2B 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. c5 Rxg4%2B 51. Kh1 (51. Kf1 Rg5 52. b4 Rh5 53. Kg1 Rxb4 $19 { [Yip]}) 51... Rg5 52. Bc4 Rxc5 53. Bxe6%2B Kh7 54. Rd1 Kh6 55. Bf7 Kg5 56. Bc4 Re5 57. Rg1%2B Kf6 58. Rf1%2B Rf5 59. Ra1 Rff2 60. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/sicilian-kan-8bb4-9na4-00-10nxc6-bcb49.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-2021485034257888665Sat, 13 Jul 2013 07:33:00 +00002013-07-13T00:39:13.562-07:00Milov VSicilian KanWorld Open 2013<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 974</u></b><br />GM Milov defended aggressively and sacrificed the g-pawn for a big attack but white has improvements that challenge this plan.</span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><u>More About Arlington</u><br />The eGull 2000 electric powered ultralight aircraft, Arlington Fly-In, Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington Washington. </span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/r8MIUfeqrXg?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the feature game.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>Getz,A (2332) - Milov,V (2643)&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sicilian Kan 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7[B42]</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">41st Annual World Open&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arlington USA (1.15), 03.07.2013</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><u> Position 1</u></span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White could not withstand the attack after 11.Qe3/12.h3 so&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I propose the improvement 11.f3!N which leads to the target position after 16.Qh3.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The queen is well placed on h3 where she,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Guards g2</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Threatens black's kingside</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Allows the active Be3</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2rqk3H1b2bp1pHp2ppnr1H1p2n3H4P3H1NNBBP1QHPPP3PPH2R2R1K&amp;d=A__R__R_KPPP___PP_NNBBP_Q____P____p__n___p__ppnr__b__bp_p__rqk___0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2rqk3H1b2bp1pHp2ppnr1H1p2n3H4P3H1NNBBP1QHPPP3PPH2R2R1K&amp;d=A__R__R_KPPP___PP_NNBBP_Q____P____p__n___p__ppnr__b__bp_p__rqk___0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Analysis Position-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.Qh3</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 2</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black is optimally placed for the attack. What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k3r1H1bq1bp1pHp2pp1r1H2n4nHPpPNP3H1P1BQ1PPH1B1N1P1KHR4R2&amp;d=AR____R___B_N_P_K_P_BQ_PPPpPNP_____n____np__pp_r__bq_bp_p__k___r_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k3r1H1bq1bp1pHp2pp1r1H2n4nHPpPNP3H1P1BQ1PPH1B1N1P1KHR4R2&amp;d=AR____R___B_N_P_K_P_BQ_PPPpPNP_____n____np__pp_r__bq_bp_p__k___r_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.Kh2</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "41st Annual World Open"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2013.07.03"] [Round "1.15"] [White "Getz, A."] [Black "Milov, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2332"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2013.07.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {The Kan variation.[Yip]} 5. Bd3 Bc5 ( 5... Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Be4 Kf7 21. Rab1 Ke7 22. a4 a5 23. Rb5 Ra7 24. Rdb1 Kd6 25. Rd1%2B Ke7 26. Rdb1 Kd6 27. f3 Rh8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Rd1%2B Ke7 30. Rdb1 Kd6 31. Rd1%2B Ke7 32. Rxc5 b6 33. Rxe5 Kf6 34. Rb5 Bd7 35. Rxb6 Rc8 36. Rd5 h6 37. Bf5 Rcc7 38. Bg4 h5 39. Bxh5 Bxa4 40. Rdd6 Bd7 41. Bg4 Rab7 42. c5 Ke7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Ra6 Rb5 45. c6 Be8 46. c7 Bd7 47. Rxe6%2B {1-0 Kovalev,V (2558)-Kveinys, A (2479)/Viljandi EST 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (5... Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. c4 Bc5 9. Nd2 d6 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Qe1 a5 16. Na1 Nb4 17. Bb1 b5 18. a3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc6 20. Bd3 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd4 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Nb3 Ra6 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qd5 Qb6 26. g3 a4 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Nc4 Qb3 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Ne3 Rab6 31. Qa5 g6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. h4 Rb5 34. Qc7 Qe6 35. Rd2 Qf6 36. Nc4 Qf3%2B 37. Kh3 Ne6 {0-1 Khanin,S (2245) -Fedorov,A (2578)/Samara RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 6. Nb3 Be7 { Retreating back to a conservative position with the ...d6 followup so the bishop will defend d6 from behind and black will play from a Hedgehog type of structure.[Yip]} (6... Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 b5 10. O-O Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bxa7 Qxa7 14. Kh1 e5 15. f4 Re8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qf2 Ne3 21. Qh4 Nxd1 22. Rxf6 g6 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Ne6 Ra7 25. Qg5 Nf2%2B 26. Rxf2 fxe6 27. Qg4 exd5 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. b3 Rf7 30. Rd1 Qf4 31. Be2 Qxg4 32. Bxg4 Rf2 33. Rxd5 h5 34. Bd1 Re1%2B 35. Kh2 h4 {0-1 Ali,A (2318)-Oleksienko,M (2568)/Abu Dhabi UAE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 7. O-O ( 7. Qg4 {Immediately attacking the g-pawn.[Yip]} g6 {The repertoire recommendation in Play the Sicilian Kan by Hellsten(Everyman 2008).[Yip]} 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. a4 Ngf6 13. Bh6 Qc7 14. f4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bf3 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qxc4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. a5 Kg7 22. axb6 Qxb6%2B 23. Qf2 Rab8 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Ra2 Nd5 26. Nd4 Rd8 27. c3 h5 28. g3 Kf6 29. Re1 Nb4 30. Nxe6 Nxa2 31. Nxd8 Rxb2 32. c4 Rc2 33. Rd1 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Nb7 Nb3 36. c5 a5 37. c6 Ke7 38. Kf2 a4 39. Kg2 a3 {1/ 2-1/2 Papadopoulos,I (2415)-Kotronias,V (2581)/Rio (Achaia) GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 7... d6 8. Qg4 {Investing a tempo to provoke ..g6 or win a pawn if black is brave.[Yip]} Nf6 {Bravely offering the g-pawn. This is now a popular choice that varies from the more conservative ...g6 type defences advocated in Play the Sicilian Kan(2008).[Yip]} (8... g6 {Is a more conservative approach and is the repertoire recommendation of Hellsten in Play the Sicilian Kan(Everyman 2008).[Yip]}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 $44 {Black gets compensation for the pawn but whether this is objectively enough is open to debate by Engines.[Yip]} 10. Qh6 {White has a pawn but has lost some time with the queen. Now black must develop some attacking chances on the g-file with -...b5 and Bb7 -...Nd7-e5-g4 gaining a tempo on Qh6 and in theory have enough compensation for the pawn.[Yip]} Nbd7 {Diagram # This is already the critical position and white needs to be thinking of the optimal formation to defend the coming pressure on the g-file and a8-h1 diagonal when black will focus on g2.[Yip]} 11. Qe3 {It’s not clear why the queen should use a precious tempo to retreat but the idea is to anticipate ...Ng4 and avoid the tempo hit. The optimal defensive position for the queen is yet to be determined so white should leave the option open for Qh3. [Yip]} (11. f3 $5 $146 {Is a good start to finding the optimal arrangement for white to hold the kingside. I ran my usual engine,Houdini3.0 to verify this idea. The target formation includes -f3 in anticipation of ...b5, Bb7 -Kh1 -Qh3, the key defensive retreat for the queen and now black has trouble showing compensation for the pawn.[Yip]} Ne5 12. Nc3 b5 13. Kh1 {A useful prophylactic sidestep given the open g-file. [Yip]} Bb7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rac1 {Anticipating ...Nxd3.[Yip]} Rg6 16. Qh3 { Diagram # The queen is now a strong defender.[Yip]} Kf8 17. Ne2 $16 {[Yip]}) ( 11. Nc3 b5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qe3 {The queen does not need to retreat.[Yip]} (13. Ne2 $5 {Is a good improvement.[Yip]} Ne5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Rg6 16. Qh3 $16 { [Yip]}) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 Ne5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 d5 17. Nf2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. g3 h5 21. Ng5 Ngf4 22. gxf4 Nxf4 {0-1 Klauser,M (2360)-Milov,V (2643)/Switzerland SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 11... Qc7 (11... b5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Bb7 15. f3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Kh1 Nfd7 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Qh3 Ndf6 21. Qf3 d5 22. Bd3 d4 23. Nd1 Qa5 24. h3 Qh5 25. Nb3 Rd8 26. Bd2 Ne3 27. Rf2 Qh4 28. Bxe3 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Ng4 30. Qe2 Rxd3 31. Rf3 Rxf3 { 0-1 Gallagher,J (2507)-Jakovenko,D (2731)/Legnica POL 2013/The Week in Chess 967}) 12. h3 $14 {Anticipating ...Ng4 but again it is not clearly necessary as f3 as a more efficient way to prevent the knight harassment.[Yip].} (12. Bd2 { The Ba5 idea discourages ...b5.[Yip]} b6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. f3 Ne5 15. Kh1 $14 { [Yip]}) 12... b5 13. a4 $14 {Undermining the queenside is not a convincing plan.[Yip]} (13. Bd2 $5 $14 {Is again possible.[Yip]}) 13... b4 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nd2 O-O-O $14 (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc5 18. b3 Nd7 $44 {[Yip]}) 17. b3 $2 $15 {Diagram #} (17. Bc2 Kb8 18. b3 $14 {[Yip]}) 17... Rg6 $5 {Doubling rooks to get a g2 sets up black’s kingside chances.[Yip]} (17... d5 {Is unconvincing.[Yip]} 18. cxd5 {Is the correct solution but black has a nice perpetual.[Yip]} (18. exd5 $2 exd5 19. Bf5%2B Kb8 20. g4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 h5 $1 $15 {The kingside is loose.[Yip]}) 18... Rxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qh6 Ne3 $5 21. N2f3 Rxg2%2B 22. Kh1 Rh2%2B 23. Kg1 Rg2%2B $11 {[Yip]}) (17... Nh5 $1 {Also has merit with the idea of ..f5. [Yip]} 18. Bc2 (18. N2f3 e5 19. Ne2 Nxb3 20. Rb1 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Qc5 $15 {[Yip]}) 18... f5 19. Bb2 Bf6 $17 {[Yip]}) 18. Bb2 $2 $19 { [Yip]} (18. g3 {Blunting black’s g-file play is relatively best but now Bb7 gets more room to work with as the kingside light squares are more vulnerable. [Yip]} Rdg8 19. Ne2 (19. Kh2 Nh5 $17 {[Yip]}) 19... e5 20. Bc2 Qd7 21. Kh2 Bf8 $1 $15 {The bishop resurfaces on h6 to give black strong play on the kingside. [Yip]}) (18. Bc2 $2 Rdg8 {Black has nice compensation now.[Yip]} 19. g3 Nh5 $17 {A bit attack is coming on the kingside.[Yip]}) 18... Rdg8 (18... Nh5 19. Bc2 Rdg8 $17 {[Yip]}) (18... Nxd3 {Is also strong.[Yip]} 19. Qxd3 Rdg8 $17 {[Yip]}) 19. g3 Nh5 {Not the only way to conduct the attack.[Yip]} (19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 d5 $1 {Rains trouble on g3.[Yip]} 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh2 Qh5 $19 {Now ..Ng4%2B(and/ or ..Rh6) is the main idea.[Yip]}) 20. Kh2 {Diagram #} Nxg3 $1 21. fxg3 Rxg3 22. N4f3 Bg5 23. 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As many as 18 Grandmasters are taking part in the Masters Category of the championship. Some 320 chessplayers are also taking part in under 15 Junior Category and in the Open category.</span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mgC0XMM_Hho?rel=0" width="500"></iframe><br /><br />India has the biggest Contigent with as many as 125 Chess Players including 3 Grandmasters are competing for the top honor. Grandmaster Igor Kurnosov with elo 2657 is the top contender.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Top Boards had relatively easy wins except Dinara Saduakassova and R Bhuwnesh held their higher rated opponent GM Zafar Efinmenko and GM Gadir Guseinov respectively.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Guseinov,G (2631) - Berescu,A (2461) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sicilian Najdorf&nbsp; 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3[B90]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20th <st1:city w:st="on">Abu Dhabi</st1:city> Masters 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Abu Dhabi UAE (4.5), 03.07.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White controls d5 and has some pressure. What do you recommend for white now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2rb1rk1H1p2np1pHp1qp2p1H4p3H4P3H1BP2N2HPP2QPPPH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PP__QPPP_BP__N______P_______p___p_qp__p__p__np_p__rb_rk_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2rb1rk1H1p2np1pHp1qp2p1H4p3H4P3H1BP2N2HPP2QPPPH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PP__QPPP_BP__N______P_______p___p_qp__p__p__np_p__rb_rk_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18..g6</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "20th Abu Dhabi Masters 2013"] [Site "Abu Dhabi UAE"] [Date "2013.07.03"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Guseinov, G."] [Black "Berescu, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2461"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2013.06.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 (6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Na5 Qc7 13. c4 Bg7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Be2 e4 16. b4 exf3 17. gxf3 Rfe8 18. O-O Re7 19. Rf2 Rae8 20. Bd4 Kh7 21. Qb2 Bh6 22. Rc2 Be3 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Re5 25. c5 dxc5 26. d6 Qd7 27. Nc4 Rg5%2B 28. Kh1 Re6 29. Qxg5 Bxg5 30. bxc5 Qb5 31. Nd2 Rxe2 {0-1 Bodek,M (2386)-Molner,M (2501)/Arlington USA 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (6. Qf3 Nbd7 7. h3 Qb6 8. Nb3 e6 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. Qg3 g5 12. Be3 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc4 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 b5 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Re2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. Bd2 a5 21. Kb1 O-O 22. Nc1 e4 23. gxf5 Bf6 24. c3 Be5 25. f4 Nxd2%2B {0-1 Ismagambetov,A (2495)-Yu Yangyi (2675)/Incheon KOR 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) (6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Re1 b4 16. Na4 Rc4 17. f3 h4 18. g4 d5 19. b3 Rd4 20. Qxd4 exd4 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rxe6%2B fxe6 23. Rd1 e5 24. f4 Ne3 25. Bxb7 Nxd1 26. Bc6 exf4 27. Nc5 O-O 28. Nxd7 Re8 29. Kf1 Re3 30. Bxf4 Rxh3 31. Ne5 Rc3 32. Bd5%2B Kf8 33. Be4 Ne3%2B 34. Ke2 h3 35. g5 a5 36. Nf3 Nxc2 37. Bd2 Rc7 38. Kd3 Ne3 39. Bxe3 dxe3 40. Kxe3 Ke7 41. Bf5 Rc3%2B 42. Kf4 a4 43. bxa4 Ra3 44. Bxh3 Rxa4 45. Ke3 Rxa2 46. Bf5 b3 47. Nd2 Ra5 48. Bd3 Rxg5 49. Nxb3 Rg3%2B 50. Kd4 Rxd3%2B 51. Kxd3 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2737)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Beijing CHN 2013/ The Week in Chess 974}) 6... e5 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Nd5 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. hxg4 Kd8 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. f3 Be6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. c3 Bg7 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Bd4 Rc6 20. g3 f6 21. Be2 Ke8 22. Rh2 Rc8 23. Rdh1 Kf7 24. Nb6 Rc6 25. f4 Nd7 26. Nd5 Nc5 27. Bf3 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rcc8 29. Re2 b5 30. Rhe1 Rhe8 31. Re3 Nd7 32. Be4 Nf8 33. Bf5 Rc7 34. b4 Ng6 35. Re4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Nh4 37. Be6%2B Kf8 38. R1e3 Ng6 39. Kb2 Nh8 40. Re1 Nf7 41. Bf5 Rb8 42. Kb3 Rcb7 43. Rc1 Rc7 44. Bf2 h5 45. gxh5 Nh6 46. Be6 f5 47. Rd4 Ng4 48. Rg1 Rbc8 49. Bxc8 Rxc8 50. h6 Bf6 51. Rg2 Nxf2 52. Rxf2 Bxd4 53. cxd4 Kf7 54. Rh2 Kg8 55. Rh5 Kf7 56. h7 Kg7 57. Rxf5 Kg6 58. Rg5%2B Kxh7 59. Rg3 Rc4 60. Re3 Rc7 61. Re6 Kg7 62. f5 Kf7 63. f6 exf6 64. Rxd6 f5 65. Rxa6 f4 66. Rh6 Rc4 67. a4 Rxd4 68. axb5 f3 69. b6 f2 70. Rh1 Rxd5 71. Kc4 Rh5 72. Rf1 Ke6 73. b7 Rh8 74. Kc5 Kd7 75. Kb6 Rf8 76. Ka7 Kc7 77. b8=Q%2B Rxb8 78. Rc1%2B {1-0 Kryakvin,D (2584) -Shaydullina,S (2138)/Samara RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Qc7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. Qe2 Qxe2%2B 12. Kxe2 Nbd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 d5 15. exd5 Bb4 16. Rhd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. d6 g6 19. Rab1 gxf5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Nf1 Rxc2%2B 22. Kd3 Rc6 23. Rxb7 Rxd6 24. Kc4 Rg8 25. h3 Nxe3%2B 26. Nxe3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 f4 28. Ra7 Rxg2 29. Nc3 f6 30. Rxa6 f3 31. Ra8%2B Kf7 32. Ra7 f2 33. Rxd7%2B Ke6 {0-1 Alzate,D (2365)-Bruzon Batista,L (2689)/Arlington USA 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc6 (10... Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 (11... Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rac8 {Is the repertoire recommendation of Georgiev and Kolev in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012).[Yip]}) 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qf3 Bg5 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 a5 22. Qd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra6 27. Qb3 Rc6 28. Qxb4 Rxc2 29. h3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 { 1/2-1/2 Gopal,G (2522)-Karavade,E (2398)/Abu Dhabi UAE 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 11. Bg5 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bg4 13. c3 Rad8 14. h3 Be6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Bb6 Rde8 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nd2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb8 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. f3 b5 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. exd5 Nd3 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rfd1 Nc5 29. c4 b4 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 Bd8 32. Rdc1 f5 33. Rc2 Kg8 34. Kf1 Nd7 35. Ke2 Ba5 36. Nb3 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Nxb6 38. Kd3 Rb8 39. Nd2 Na4 40. Rb4 Nc5%2B 41. Ke3 a5 42. Rb5 Rxb5 43. cxb5 Rb8 44. Nc4 Rxb5 45. Nxd6 Rb3%2B 46. Ke2 Nd7 47. Rc8%2B Nf8 48. Nxf5 g6 49. Nh6%2B Kg7 50. Ng4 Rb5 51. Rc7%2B {1-0 Salgado Lopez,I (2584)-Pena Gomez,M (2432)/Leon ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 791}) 11... Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $11 {[Yip]} Rac8 15. c3 Bd8 $14 {An unconvincing regrouping.[Yip]} (15... Ne7 16. Bb3 b5 17. a3 $11 {Keeps the queenside under control.[Yip]}) 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Bb3 Qc6 18. Rad1 g6 $6 $16 {This allows white to pile onto d6 for a clear advantage.[Yip]} (18... b5 19. Rd3 Ng6 $14 {[Yip]}) 19. Qd2 {Diagram #} Qxe4 {May as well take the e-pawn as the d6 pawn cannot be saved.[Yip]} (19... Bc7 $2 20. Qh6 $18 {Kills the kingside.[Yip]}) 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21. Qxd6 {Diagram # Black cannot withstand the central pressure after the d-pawn falls.[Yip]} e4 $2 $18 {[Yip]} (21... Nc6 $16 {[Yip]}) 22. Ne5 $16 (22. Nd4 {Is also strong.[Yip]} Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxe4 Rc7 25. Bxf7%2B Kxf7 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd7 $16 {The RR-RBN ending favors white as the rooks are very active while the BN are passive.[Yip]}) 22... Nc6 23. Nd7 Re8 24. Rd5 Qg4 {Diagram #} (24... Qe6 {Is safer but still not appetizing for black.[Yip]} 25. Qg3 (25. Qf4 Rc7 26. Red1 Kg7 27. Nc5 Qf6 28. Qe3 $16 {[Yip]}) 25... Bc7 26. Qh4 Bd8 27. Qh6 $16 {White has massive kingside pressure.[Yip]}) 25. Ne5 { Centralizing with tempo but white can do better.[Yip]} (25. f3 $1 {Is stronger. [Yip]} Qh4 26. g3 Qh6 27. Rdd1 e3 28. f4 $18 {The kingside pressure continues and the loose e3 pawn will soon be rounded up.[Yip]}) 25... Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rd1 {The ending favors white with the d-file and the better structure.[Yip]} Be7 30. Rd5 Rc5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Rxb7 { Collecting a clear P%2B while remaining in complete control.[Yip]} f4 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Bc2 Re5 35. Rd7 a5 36. a3 f5 $16 {Securing the e4 pawn.[Yip]} (36... f3 $16 {[Yip]}) 37. b4 {At some point white needs to advance the queenside majority to create a new queen.[Yip]} h5 38. Bb3 Ke8 39. Ba4 Kf8 40. Ke2 h4 41. h3 { Carefully fixing the kingside.[Yip]} Kg8 $2 $18 {[Yip]} (41... e3 42. Rd4 exf2%2B 43. Kxf2 axb4 44. axb4 Re4 45. Rd5 Bf6 46. Rxf5 Ke7 47. Bc6 Rc4 48. b5 Rxc3 49. Rxf4 $16 {Black remains two pawns down but some defensive hopes with the opposited color bishops.[Yip]}) 42. Bb3%2B Kf8 43. Ba4 Kg8 44. b5 Bc5 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Rc6 e3 47. fxe3 fxe3 48. b6 Ke7 {Diagram #} 49. 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Among other things, they discuss his interesting "pre-game ritual".</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/x20qrtkavcc?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Robson,R (2628) - Troff,Kayden W (2427) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SI Najdorf Poisoned Pawn[B97]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>41st Annual World Open&nbsp;</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><st1:city w:st="on">Arlington</st1:city> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region> (3.15), 04.07.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Theory runs deep in this line but Robson came up with the novelty 26.a4!? to massage the queenside. This deviated from 26.Nxf8 in Gashimov-Grischuk Linares 2010.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black to Play</b><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1n3bk1Hr5p1Hp2pN3H1p6HP3P3H8H2PB3PH1R2K3&amp;d=A_R__K_____PB___P________P___P____p______p__pN___r_____p__n___bk_1b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=1n3bk1Hr5p1Hp2pN3H1p6HP3P3H8H2PB3PH1R2K3&amp;d=A_R__K_____PB___P________P___P____p______p__pN___r_____p__n___bk_1b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.a4</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 2</u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White is up a pawn and playing for the win. What do you recommend for white?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2R2b2H3n1kp1H3pN3H8H4P3H8Hr1PBK2PH8&amp;d=A________r_PBK__P____________P______________pN______n_kp___R__b__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2R2b2H3n1kp1H3pN3H8H4P3H8Hr1PBK2PH8&amp;d=A________r_PBK__P____________P______________pN______n_kp___R__b__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33...Kf7</span></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "41st Annual World Open"] [Site "Arlington USA"] [Date "2013.07.04"] [Round "3.15"] [White "Robson, R."] [Black "Troff, Kayden W"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2427"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2013.07.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.07.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 (6... Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc4 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxd6%2B Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxc2%2B 20. Ka2 Qc6 21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Rd6 Qe7 23. Qb6 O-O 24. Rxf6 Rfd8 25. Na5 Rb8 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Qa6 Ra7 28. Qb6 Rb7 29. Qa6 Ra7 30. Qb6 Rd2 31. Qb3 Rxa3%2B 32. Qxa3 Qxf6 33. Rg1 Qb6 34. Qc3 Qa7%2B 35. Kb3 Qb6%2B 36. Ka2 Qa7%2B 37. Kb3 Rd4 38. Qc6 Rd7 39. Ra1 Rb7%2B 40. Kc2 Qf2%2B 41. Kd1 Rxb2 42. Qe8%2B Kg7 43. Qxe5%2B Kh7 {0-1 Alonso Moyano,J (2420)-Ortiz Suarez,I (2612)/Barbera del Valles ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 7. f4 Qb6 (7... h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Bg6%2B Kd8 18. Bxe7%2B Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 Qc5%2B 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rf6 23. Rg8%2B Rf8 24. Rg7 Rf6 25. Rg8%2B Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B (2594)-Zhigalko,S (2661)/Denizli TUR 2013/The Week in Chess 974}) 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 (10... Qa5 11. Qc4 Nbd7 12. fxe6 Qxg5 13. exf7%2B Ke7 14. Qe6%2B Kd8 15. Qe8%2B Nxe8 16. Ne6%2B Ke7 17. fxe8=Q%2B Kxe8 18. Nxg5 Ra7 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Be6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Kd7 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rb8 Kc7 25. Re8 Kd7 26. Rb8 Kc7 27. Re8 Kd7 28. Rb8 {1/ 2-1/2 Gao Rui (2417)-Andriasian,Z (2616)/Beijing CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 914 }) (10... Qc5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Na4 b5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5%2B Kf7 21. Bb6 Qxc2 22. Rbc1 Qxa2 23. Bxa5 Rb8 24. Rf2 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Bd7 26. Rxf6%2B gxf6 27. Qxd7 Rb8 28. Bb6 Qa3 29. Rc7 d5 30. exd5 Qa1%2B 31. Kf2 Qa2%2B 32. Kf3 {1-0 Arslanov,S (2396)-Dvoirys,S (2534)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 942}) (10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bh5%2B g6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O e4 18. Nxe4 Qxd3 19. Nxf6%2B Ke7 20. cxd3 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Ra7 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. Rbf1 Rxd3 24. Rf7%2B Kd6 25. Nf6 h5 26. Rc1 Rd4 27. Re1 c5 28. Ne4%2B Kd5 29. Ng5 Kd6 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Nxd4 Rxe1%2B 33. Kf2 Ra1 {0-1 Ortiz Suarez,I (2595)-Dobrov,V (2496)/Mexico City MEX 2012/The Week in Chess 942}) 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Qg6%2B Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Qd7 21. Qg3 Bf7 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qg6%2B Kf8 25. Bh5 Qe8 26. Qxe8%2B Nxe8 27. Rf1%2B Nf6 28. Rxb7 Nc6 29. Rc7 Nd8 30. Bg6 Rh8 31. Rf2 Rh4 32. Ne4 Nf7 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Rxf7%2B Kg8 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Rxe6 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Bd3 Rc5 40. Bxe5%2B Kf7 41. Rf6%2B Ke7 42. Rf5 Rc6 43. Bf4 Rg4 44. Kf2 Rf6 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 46. Kf3 {1-0 Adhiban,B (2543)-Gao Rui (2419)/Mashhad IRI 2011/The Week in Chess 861}) 15... O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 {All theory so far given in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012.[Yip]} (18. Qf5 b5 19. h4 g4 20. h5 Qe8 21. Nd5 Nc6 22. h6 g6 23. Nxe7%2B Nxe7 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. h7%2B Kh8 26. Bc3 Qf7 27. Rf1 Qxe6 28. Rxf6 Kxh7 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Kd2 Kg8 31. Rh1 Rf8 32. Ke3 g3 33. Bb4 g2 34. Rg1 Bh3 35. Bxd6 Rf1 36. Bxf1 gxf1=Q 37. Rxf1 Bxf1 {1/2-1/2 Krivoborodov,E (2507)-Antipov,M (2407)/Olomouc CZE 2011/The Week in Chess 876}) 18... g4 $5 {Diagram # A new move for normal club players.[Yip]} (18... Re8 $1 {See The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012)[Georgiev/Kolev]} 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nxd8 Qxd5 21. exd5 Bxh3 22. Nxb7 Ne4 23. Rf3 Bg2 24. Re3 Nd7 25. c4 Ne5 26. Rbb3 g4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Nxd6 Nd3%2B 29. Kd1 Nf2%2B 30. Kc1 Rf8 31. Bc3 Ra7 32. Bd4 Rc7 33. Kd2 Bg6 34. Rb6 Rd7 35. c5 Kh7 36. Rxa6 Ne4%2B 37. Nxe4 Rxd5 38. Ke3 Re8 39. Bd3 Rf5 40. Kd2 { 1-0 Robson,R (2532)-Forsaa,E (2306)/Caleta ENG 2011/The Week in Chess 848}) ( 18... Nxe4 $5 19. Rxf8%2B Bxf8 20. Rb6 Qe8 21. Nxe4 Qxe6 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Nxd6 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Be6 25. Nxb7 Bxa2 26. Bxg5 a5 $11 {Approximately equal.[Yip]}) 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8%2B Bxf8 21. Qxg4 Qd7 22. Nd5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6%2B Bxe6 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe6 b5 $11 26. a4 $5 $146 {Undermining the queenside is a reasonable novelty.[Yip]} (26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Bb4 Ke7 28. e5 Nc6 29. exd6%2B Ke6 30. a4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kxd6 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Re7%2B 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rxa6%2B Kc5 37. Rxg6 Rd4%2B 38. Kc3 Rc4%2B 39. Kd3 Rd4%2B 40. Kc3 Rc4%2B {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V (2759) -Grischuk,A (2736)/Linares ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 797}) 26... Nc6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 {White is up a pawn and can play for more with no risk but the reduced material gives black excellent defensive chances.[Yip]} Ra2 $6 $14 { Attacking the wrong pawn.[Yip]} (28... Ra4 {Is the best defence and the game should fizzle out to a draw.[Yip]} 29. Ng5 Be7 30. c3 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rxe4%2B { Neither side can accomplish anything after black regains the pawn.[Yip]} 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Rb7%2B Kg6 34. h4 Ne5 35. Kc2 Nf3 36. Rd7 Nxg5 37. hxg5 Kxg5 38. Rxg7%2B Kf5 $11 {The R-R ending is dead even[Yip]}) 29. Kd1 {The c-pawn is easily protected and black remains under pressure.[Yip]} Ra1%2B (29... Ra4 {Now the attack on the e-pawn is ineffective as ..Rxe4 is not with check.[Yip]} 30. Rb6 Rc4 31. Nf4 Kf7 32. Rb7%2B Be7 33. Rc7 $14 {White can keep pressing with the extra pawn.[Yip]}) 30. Ke2 Ra2 $16 {[Yip]} (30... Be7 31. Rb7 Ra4 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Nf4 $14 {[Yip]}) 31. Rb6 $1 $16 {White has subtle threats based on the unstable black minor pieces and the Rb8 pin idea.[Yip]} Ne5 32. Rb8 Nd7 33. Rc8 Kf7 $2 $18 {Diagram # Losing another pawn.[Yip]} (33... Ra4 34. c4 Kf7 35. Ng5%2B Ke7 36. Rc7 Ke8 37. Bf4 $16 {[Yip]}) 34. Nxf8 Nxf8 35. Bb4 Nd7 36. Bxd6 { Diagram # White is two pawns up with a strong bishop.[Yip]} Ke6 37. Bg3 Ra5 38. Ke3 {The king moves up to support the advance of the c,d pawns and black cannot really mount any serious resistance.[Yip]} Ra6 39. c4 Ra3%2B 40. Kd4 Ra6 41. c5 {The c,e pawns cannot be blockaded and so the win is fairly uneventful. [Yip]} Ra4%2B 42. Kd3 Ra3%2B 43. 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</object></div> </div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/sicilian-najdorf-poisoned-pawnb97-twic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-647596226635483925Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:14:00 +00002013-07-08T06:14:01.719-07:00Caro-Kann 4…Nd7ch-RUS 2013Korneev OKovalenko IShomoev ASjugirov SVoronezh Master Open 2013<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 971-72</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is an update on the solid 4...Nd7 Caro-Kann Defence.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More About&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Voronezh, Russia</span></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the featured games was played in the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Voronezh Master Open so here is more on the city.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BVa7lCzwg50?rel=0" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Game 1</u></b><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black played a long patient massaging game based on a better pawn structure and was eventually rewarded.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Korneev,O (2617) - Kovalenko,I (2596) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Caro-Kann 4…Nd7 5.Nf3[B17]<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>17th Voronezh Master Open&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Voronezh RUS (5.1), 17.06.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black has been pressing for a long time based on having a better pawn structure. What do you recommend for black now?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5b2H1p2r3H2p5Hp1P2k2HP1P5H1P2BKp1H8H7R&amp;d=A_______R_________P__BKp_P_P_____p_P__k____p______p__r________b__0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5b2H1p2r3H2p5Hp1P2k2HP1P5H1P2BKp1H8H7R&amp;d=A_______R_________P__BKp_P_P_____p_P__k____p______p__r________b__0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">84.Kf3</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "17th Voronezh Master Open"] [Site "Voronezh RUS"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Korneev, O."] [Black "Kovalenko, I."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2617"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "171"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 (5. Ng5 {Is the most challenging line.[Yip]}) (5. c3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6%2B Nxf6 7. Bd3 Qd5 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Bxd3 10. Nf4 Qg5 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. g3 e6 13. Qe2 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Qd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. O-O Bd6 18. Be3 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf2 a6 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Bb6 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Kxc7 24. Re7%2B Rd7 25. Rae1 Rhd8 26. Kg2 Qd5 27. a3 Rxe7 28. Rxe7%2B Rd7 29. Rxd7%2B Kxd7 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qc1 Qd3 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Qe3%2B Qxe3%2B 34. Kxe3 Kd5 35. b3 c5 36. c4%2B Ke5 37. f4%2B Ke6 38. g4 f5 39. g5 a5 40. a4 b6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kh3 Ke6 46. h5 Kf7 47. h6 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2864)-Morozevich,A (2760)/Moscow RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) ( 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. Qb3 Nhf4 15. Rad1 b6 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Ne2 Nxe2%2B 18. Bxe2 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Red1 Bf6 21. a4 c5 22. d5 Ng7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Qf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nf5 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Bd3 e6 29. Ne4 Nxe4%2B 30. Bxe4 exd5 31. Bxd5 Kg7 32. e4 f6 33. Ke3 Bc8 34. Rf2 Rd6 35. g4 Re8 36. Kd3 Re5 37. Rg1 h5 38. Rf4 Kh6 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Kc3 Bd7 42. b3 a6 43. Bb7 Bc6 44. Bxc6 Rxc6 45. Rfg4 f5 46. Rf4 Kf6 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Rgf1 Ke5 49. b4 Rd6 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. R4f3 Rd4 52. Re1%2B Kf6 53. Rb1 Rhxh4 54. Rb6%2B Kg5 55. Rxa6 Rxc4%2B 56. Kb3 Rb4%2B 57. Ka3 Rh1 58. Ka2 f4 59. Rc3 c4 60. Ka3 Rhb1 61. Rc6 R4b3%2B 62. Rxb3 cxb3 63. a5 f3 {0-1 Madynski,P (2070)-Hawkins,J (2503)/Dublin IRL 2013/ The Week in Chess 960}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6%2B Nxf6 7. c3 (7. h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. a3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nh2 Qb3 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. Ne5 Rac8 22. g3 Rc5 23. Rxd8%2B Bxd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. c4 Qc6 28. Qd3 g6 29. b4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Ramiro Ovejero,J (2368)-Burmakin,V (2577)/La Roda ESP 2013/The Week in Chess 960}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 (8. Be2 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Rfe1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Re1 b5 21. Rxd8%2B Rxd8 22. Ne5 Qb6 23. Qc2 h6 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Rd1 Rxd1%2B 26. Qxd1 a6 27. Kf1 Bb6 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Bh4 g5 30. Nd7 f5 31. f3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. Qd8%2B Kf7 34. Bf2 Be7 35. Qh8 Qd5 36. Qxh6 Qxa2 37. Qh5%2B Kf8 38. Qh8%2B Kf7 39. Qh5%2B Kf8 40. Qh8%2B Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Picard, R (2342)-Meier,G (2655)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 8... Bh5 ( 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Ke2 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. g4 Ke7 16. Rad1 a5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rd3 b6 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. c4 c5 21. d5 Be5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. b3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2755)-Kamsky,G (2741)/Thessaloniki GRE 2013/The Week in Chess 968}) 9. Be2 (9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d5 Qc7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O-O e4 20. Qxe4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22. Rd3 Qf2 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Rfe8 25. b3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Kd2 Re4 28. Rxd5 Rxg4 29. Rh2 f5 30. c4 Kh7 31. h5 Rc6 32. Kc3 f4 33. c5 f3 34. hxg6%2B Kxg6 35. Rf2 Rf6 36. Rd6 Rgf4 37. Rxf6%2B Rxf6 38. b4 Kg5 39. b5 Kg4 40. c6 Kg3 41. Rd2 f2 42. Rxf2 Kxf2 43. a4 g5 44. c7 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O (2469)-Salgado Lopez,I (2598)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 9... e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rd1 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. f4 Rd5 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. c4 Qd3 24. Qe1 axb4 25. Qxb4 Qe3 26. Rf1 Qe2 27. Rg1 Rd7 28. c5 Qf2 29. a4 g6 30. a5 Kg7 31. Kh2 h5 32. Kh1 h4 33. Kh2 Qe3 34. Kh1 Qd4 35. Rb1 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Rd1%2B 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39. Kg1 Rxc5 40. Kf2 g5 41. Rb4 Rc2%2B 42. Kf3 Rc3%2B 43. Kf2 c5 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. fxg5 Kxg5 46. Ra7 Kg6 47. Rc7 c4 48. Ke2 Rc2%2B 49. Kf3 c3 50. Rc4 Kf5 51. Rf4%2B Kxe5 52. Rxf7 Rd2 53. Rc7 c2 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Kd4 {0-1 Managadze,N (2440)-Papaioannou,I (2578)/Ermioni Argolidas 2005/ CBM 107 ext}) 13... Qd5 (13... Re8 14. Rd3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. b3 Bf8 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Re3 Kf7 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Qe2 Kf7 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rf3 Bg7 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Qe2 Kg8 27. Bg3 Rde8 28. Re3 Kf7 29. Kh1 Bh6 30. Re4 Bg7 31. Re3 Bh6 32. Re4 Bg7 33. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2691)-Sasikiran,K (2676)/New Delhi IND 2012/The Week in Chess 947}) 14. c4 Qe4 15. Be3 Rad8 16. g4 h6 17. f3 Qh7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Qxh7%2B Kxh7 {Diagram #} 20. Kf2 f5 21. Ke2 Bd6 22. Nd3 Rfe8 23. Nc5 {There was no need to allow a structural compromise.[Yip]} (23. b3 $11 {[Yip]}) 23... Nxc5 24. dxc5 Be5 25. Rab1 a5 {Cutting off c5.[Yip]} 26. b3 {Diagram #} Kg6 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Be3 Red8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd2 Ra8 31. Be3 Kf7 32. Rd1 Ke7 {Preventing d-file infiltration.[Yip]} 33. a4 Rd8 34. Bd2 Bc7 {Diagram # White has nothing for the doubled pawn and black can now focus on advancing the kingside majority.[Yip]} 35. Rg1 Kf7 {Black slowly makes improvements to his position banking on the long-term structural weaknesses on the queenside for winning chances[Yip]} 36. Bc3 g6 37. Bd2 Rh8 38. Bc3 Rg8 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. Rg1 Rd7 {Carefully securing the 7th rank.[Yip]} 41. Bd2 Kg7 42. Bc3%2B Kf7 43. Bd2 g5 44. Bc3 Kg6 45. Rd1 Rh7 {Preparing to break on the h-file. [Yip]} 46. Kf2 e5 {Diagram # Beginning a general advance of the kingside majority.[Yip]} 47. Re1 Kf6 48. Rd1 h5 $1 {Diagram #} 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50. Ke3 Re7 51. Rf1 Rd7 52. Re1 Rd8 53. Rf1 Re8 54. Rf2 Re6 55. Rf1 Bd8 56. Kd3 Re7 57. Ke3 Rd7 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Bd2%2B Kf5 60. Be3 Be7 61. Rg1 Rd8 62. Rf1 Rg8 {Patient maneuvering continues.[Yip]} 63. Rd1 Ke6 64. Rg1 Rg7 65. Kd3 Kf5 66. Rf1 Bd8 67. Rg1 Rf7 68. Ke2 Rd7 69. Rf1 Be7 70. Rg1 Rd8 71. Rf1 Rg8 72. Kd3 Rg7 73. Rg1 Rf7 74. Ke2 {Diagram #} e4 {No more improvements to the position are possible so it is time to advance.[Yip]} 75. fxe4%2B Kxe4 {Diagram # Black has better king position and will now prepare ..g4.[Yip]} 76. Rd1 Bf8 77. Rd4%2B Kf5 78. Rd1 Kg6 79. Rd8 {Diagram #} g4 80. hxg4 hxg4 81. Rd1 Re7 82. Kf2 Kf5 83. Rh1 $2 $19 {Diagram # Taking the h-file but allowing black to gain ground.[Yip]} (83. Rd8 {Immediate infiltration to keep black busy is a better defence.[Yip]} Bg7 84. Bd2 Be5 85. Bxa5 Rh7 86. Rf8%2B Ke4 87. Re8 g3%2B 88. Kg1 Kf5 89. Rg8 Ke4 $15 { Black has good compensation for the pawn but no forced win.[Yip]}) 83... g3%2B $1 {Immediately exploiting the overloaded king.[Yip]} 84. Kf3 {Diagram # Walking into an immediate tactical solution.[Yip]} (84. Kg2 Rxe3 85. Rf1%2B Ke4 86. Rxf8 Rxb3 $19 {White’s queenside pawns will fall soon enough.[Yip]}) 84... Rxe3%2B $1 85. Kxe3 g2 86. 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</object></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Game 2</u></b><o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Ng5 line is the most challenging way for white to meet 4...Nd7 but still, this does not assure white of any advantage.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Shomoev,A (2565) - Sjugirov,S (2647) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Caro-Kann 4..Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3[B17]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>66th ch-RUS HL Yekaterinburg RUS (3.7), 22.06.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black is playing active defence and has attacked Bb2/f2 with 26...Nd3. What do you recommend for white now?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=3r1k2Hp1q2pprH1p2p3H2b4pH2P4QH1P1n1NP1HPB3P1PH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PB___P_P_P_n_NP___P____Q__b____p_p__p___p_q__ppr___r_k__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=3r1k2Hp1q2pprH1p2p3H2b4pH2P4QH1P1n1NP1HPB3P1PH3R1RK1&amp;d=A___R_RK_PB___P_P_P_n_NP___P____Q__b____p_p__p___p_q__ppr___r_k__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26..Nd3</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "66th ch-RUS HL"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Shomoev, A."] [Black "Sjugirov, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.24"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 (5... Ndf6 6. N1f3 Bg4 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 O-O-O 11. Bd2 Kb8 12. O-O Bd6 13. b4 Ne7 14. a4 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. b5 Nfd5 17. Ra3 Qd6 18. Rb3 c5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Ne5 Rhf8 21. Nc6%2B bxc6 22. bxc6%2B Nb6 23. a5 Kc7 24. Qa6 Qxc6 25. Qxa7%2B Qb7 26. axb6%2B Kc8 27. dxc5 Qxa7 28. bxa7 Kc7 29. Rfb1 Ra8 30. Rb7%2B {1-0 Smirnov,P (2635)-Bocharov,D (2617)/Tomsk RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Be5 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Ngf3 Rac8 16. Kb1 a6 17. h4 Bb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Bc2 Nbd7 20. Rhe1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 h5 22. Rd2 b5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Ng5 Nb6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 g6 28. Bb3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rc2 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Rcd8 32. Rc5 Rd1%2B 33. Kc2 Rfd8 34. Re2 Ra1 35. Kb3 Rd3%2B 36. Rc3 Rd4 37. g3 b4 38. Rf3 Rd7 39. Rf4 Ra7 40. Rxb4 R1xa2 41. Kc3 Kg7 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. b3 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Ra2%2B 45. Ke3 Rb2 46. Rb5 e5 47. f4 exf4%2B 48. Kxf4 Rf2%2B 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Kf4 Rf2%2B 51. Ke3 Rg2 52. Kf4 Rf2%2B 53. Ke3 Rg2 54. Kf4 {1/2-1/2 Yu Yangyi (2675) -Ding Liren (2707)/Danzhou CHN 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 6... e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 (10... Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16. Bc3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Bc2 Ka8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne5 Rd6 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. f4 Rc8 23. Rd1 Ne8 24. f5 f6 25. Ng4 exf5 26. Bxf5 Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Ne3 Rf4 29. Bd7 Re4 30. Bxe8 Rxe3 31. Rxd6 Rxe8 32. Rd7 Bxg2 33. Rxg7 Re2 34. Rg8%2B Kb7 35. Rg7%2B Kc6 36. Bxf6 Be4%2B 37. Kc1 Rc2%2B 38. Kd1 Rxh2 39. Rxa7 h5 40. Ke1 Bf3 41. Ra3 Bd5 42. Ra4 Rg2 43. Rh4 Bf3 44. Rf4 Bg4 45. a4 Be6 46. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M (2509)-Burmakin,V (2580)/Koge DEN 2013/The Week in Chess 964}) 11. O-O (11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bf8 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6%2B Kb8 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. Bc3 Red8 22. f4 Bc5 23. Qe4 g6 24. g4 Bf2 25. Rf1 c5 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Bd4 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rd3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rd4 31. Qe2 Qg7 32. Rg3 Qd7 33. a3 Rd2 34. Qf3 Qd4 35. Qb3 Rxb2 {0-1 Sukandar,I (2367)-Berkes,F (2702)/Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2013/The Week in Chess 959}) 11... b6 (11... c5 12. Qg4 g5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qh5 Bf4 15. Be3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bd7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Rc4 Be5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rcxf4 O-O-O 24. Rxf7 Qxd3 25. Qe5 Qd4%2B 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxa7 Rhd8 28. Ra8%2B Kc7 29. Rf7%2B Kb6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. g3 Kc5 32. Rf6 Rd2 33. Rf2 Rd1%2B 34. Rf1 Rd2 35. Rf2 Rd1%2B 36. Kg2 Kd4 37. Rf4%2B Kd5 38. Rf1 Rd3 39. Rf6 e5 40. Rxh6 e4 41. Kf2 Rd1 42. Rh8 Kc4 43. b3%2B Kc3 44. Rc8 Rh1 45. Rxc6%2B Kd3 46. Rd6%2B Kc3 47. h4 Ra1 48. h5 {1-0 Berg,E (2561)-Lindgren,P (2256)/Halmstad SWE 2013/The Week in Ches 966}) 12. Qg4 Kf8 { A common defensive sidestep to secure the kingside.[Yip]} 13. b3 Bb7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb2 e5 16. Bf5 h5 17. Qh3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Rh6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qe3 Re8 21. Be4 Bc5 22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Kh1 a5 24. Nf3 Bc8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Re6 27. Nd3 f5 28. Nxf4 Rxe4 29. Qd2 Rd4 30. Nd3 h4 31. h3 f4 32. Qe2 Be7 33. Ne5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bf6 35. Ng4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Qc3 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Qe4 {1-0 Grigoriants,S (2557)-Peskov,A (2394)/Voronezh RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 920}) 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh3 (15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Ne5 g5 17. Qg4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 g4 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qd2 Bxh2%2B 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Qd4 Qxc6 28. c4 e5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 e4 31. Rad1 Ke7 32. Re2 Kd7 33. Rd4 Bd6 34. a3 Rc7 35. Rd1 g3 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 g2%2B {0-1 Baron, T (2497)-Sasikiran,K (2703)/New Delhi IND 2012/The Week in Chess 909}) 15... Nd5 16. g3 (16. Ne5 Nf4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rd8 20. Qg3 Kg8 21. Rad1 c5 22. Rd6 Bc8 23. f4 Kh7 24. Rfd1 Rde8 25. Qd3%2B g6 26. c4 Kg7 27. Qg3 Kh7 28. h3 Rhg8 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Bc3 Kh7 32. g3 Qf8 33. Kg1 Kh8 34. Kf2 g5 35. f5 exf5 36. e6%2B Kh7 37. Qxf5%2B Rg6 38. Rd7 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 Re7 40. Rxe7 Qxe7 41. exf7 Qf8 42. g4 {1-0 Mekhitarian,K (2503)-Molina,R (2400)/Villa Martelli ARG 2012/The Week in Chess 939}) 16... c5 17. c4 (17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. Qh4 Kg8 21. h3 Bd4 22. Bxd4 g5 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Qa4 Rd5 25. Qa3 Qc7 26. Qxa7 Kg7 27. Qe3 Ra5 28. c4 Rxa2 29. Bb1 Rb2 30. Qc3 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Ne4 32. Qb2 f6 33. Nf3 Nc5 34. Nd4 Qd7 35. b4 Na4 36. Qc2 Qxd4 37. Qxa4 Qe4 38. Qd7%2B Kg6 39. f3 Qe3%2B 40. Rf2 Rh7 41. Qd2 Qe5 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Qd3%2B f5 44. Re1 Re7 45. Rd2 Kf7 46. c5 Bd5 47. Qc3 Qb7 48. f4 Re8 49. Qe5 Ra8 50. b5 Qxb5 51. Rxd5 Ra2%2B 52. Kg1 Qc6 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. Red1 {1-0 Papp,G (2552)-Nanu, C (2520)/Baia Sprie ROU 2012/The Week in Chess 917}) 17... Nb4 (17... Nf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf5 Be5 21. Rae1 Rg8 22. Qh5 dxc4 23. Qxh6%2B Rg7 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. bxc4 Kg8 26. Be4 Re8 27. Qh5 Bc8 28. Bf5 Bb7 29. Re3 Qd8 30. Rfe1 Qd2 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rh7 33. Qf5 Re6 34. R1e3 Qc1%2B 35. Kg2 Rhh6 36. Rd3 Rhf6 37. Rd8%2B Kg7 38. Rg4%2B Rg6 39. Rd7 Ref6 40. Rxg6%2B Rxg6 41. Rxf7%2B {1-0 Balogh,C (2622)-Prohaszka,P (2501)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in Chess 801}) ( 17... Ne7 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Nd4 Be5 21. Be4 Bxd4 22. Bxb7 Bxb2 23. Bxa8 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nf5 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Be4 Nd4 27. Bd5 Nf5 28. Be4 Nd4 29. Bd5 Nf5 30. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C (2621)-Piorun,K (2499)/Wroclaw POL 2010/The Week in Chess 817}) 18. Be2 cxd4 (18... Qc6 19. Rad1 Qe4 20. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk, S (2665)-Wojtaszek,R (2663)/Pamplona ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 820}) 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qg4 Rh7 $5 $14 {Securing the kinside in unusual fashion.[Yip]} 21. Rad1 h5 {Trying for some activity otherwise Rh7 will not have much of a future.[Yip] } 22. Qh4 $11 {[Yip]} (22. Qg5 {Is more testing with the queen keeping up the pressure on g7.[Yip]} h4 23. Bf3 Bxd4 24. Bxb7 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qb5 Qxb7 27. Qxb4%2B Kg7 28. Qc3 Rh6 $14 {The game remains close.[Yip]}) 22... Be7 23. Qh3 Bc5 $2 $16 {Too aggressive.[Yip]} (23... Bf6 $11 {Is more solid.[Yip]}) 24. Bf3 (24. a3 {Is also strong.[Yip]} Nc2 25. Nxe6%2B (25. Nxc2 $2 Qc6 $1 {Suddenly it is black who is on the attack.[Yip]} 26. Rd5 {The only way to stop the light square mating attack.[Yip]} exd5 27. Bf3 Qe6 28. Qg2 Qf5 $15 {[Yip]}) 25... fxe6 26. Qxe6 Re8 27. Qf5%2B Qf7 28. Qxc2 $16 {[Yip]}) 24... Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Rd8 ( 25... Re8 26. Qh4 Kg8 {Guarding the loose Rh7 from sudden hits(from Qe4 for example).[Yip]} 27. a3 Nc6 28. Qe4 Be7 $16 {[Yip]}) 26. Qh4 Nd3 $2 $18 { Diagram # The knight is now vulnerable to tactical shots that also exploit the floating Rh7.[Yip]} (26... Be7 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 29. a3 Na6 30. b4 $1 $16 {Now Na6 is positionally marooned.[Yip]}) 27. Qe4 $1 {Hitting both vulnerable pieces.[Yip]} Nxf2 28. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 29. Qxh7 {Winning a rook and leaving black with no dangerous discovered checks.[Yip]} Nd1%2B {The best black can do is win back a piece and remain with a lost position.[Yip]} 30. Kh1 Nxb2 31. Qh8%2B $1 {Ruthless finished technique. Black has no hope in the exchange down ending.[Yip]} Ke7 32. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 33. 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Le Roux,JP (2576)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Spanish <st1:state w:st="on">Berlin</st1:state> Wall Ending [C67]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>French Top 12 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Haguenau FRA (3.5), 01.06.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Material is even but black has an active set of&nbsp;long-range&nbsp;pieces. What do you recommend for black?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=3rkb2HBpp2pp1H2p2P2H4P1P1H7rH3b2N1HPP4K1H2R1R3&amp;d=A__R_R___PP____K____b__N________r____P_P___p__P__Bpp__pp____rkb__0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=3rkb2HBpp2pp1H2p2P2H4P1P1H7rH3b2N1HPP4K1H2R1R3&amp;d=A__R_R___PP____K____b__N________r____P_P___p__P__Bpp__pp____rkb__0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.Bxa7</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "French Top 12 2013"] [Site "Haguenau FRA"] [Date "2013.06.01"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Sebag, M."] [Black "Le Roux, JP."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2576"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2013.05.30"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.03"] [WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"] [BlackTeam "Bischwiller"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 {An aggressive sideline that avoids the solid ending.[Yip]} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8%2B {Simplification helps black hold equality.[Yip]} Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bd3 c6 {The symmetrical structure keeps the game level.[Yip]} 14. Bf4 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qc2 Bf5 {Continuing to simplify and reduce white’s attacking potential.[Yip]} 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Nf3 Ng7 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 f6 23. Nf3 Kf7 $11 {Guarding the e-file entry points and all but assuring the draw.[Yip]} 24. g3 a5 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Ke2 a4 27. Kd3 Nd6 28. Nd2 b5 29. Re2 g5 30. Nf1 h5 31. Ne3 Rh8 32. Nc2 Nc8 33. Nb4 Ne7 34. f3 h4 35. g4 Ng6 36. Kd2 Nf4 37. Re1 Rc8 38. Nd3 Ne6 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Kf2 Nf4 41. Nxf4 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 gxf4 43. b4 h3 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2784)-Kramnik,V (2803)/Geneve SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) (5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5%2B Qe7 8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qe5%2B Qe7 10. Qa5 Qd7 11. Qc3 f6 {Blunting Qc3 and taking away key outposts from Nf3.[Yip]} 12. Re1%2B Be7 13. Qb3 Nf7 14. Qe3 b6 15. b3 c5 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Nd6 18. a4 Kf7 {The king is completely secure.[Yip]} 19. Ne2 Rhe8 20. Ng3 Bf8 21. Qf4 Kg8 {Completing manual castling. [Yip]} 22. d3 Rxe1%2B 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 c4 26. dxc4 Ne4 27. Nd4 Nxg3 28. Qxg3 c5 29. Nf3 Qd1%2B 30. Ne1 Be4 31. Bxf6 Bxc2 32. h4 Bxb3 33. Kh2 Bxc4 34. Nf3 Qxa4 35. Ne5 Be6 36. h5 Qe8 37. Qg5 h6 {0-1 Kislinsky,A (2574) -Navara,D (2697)/Ledec nad Sazavou CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 (6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8. e6 fxe6 9. axb5 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Qd4 Qd7 12. Re1 e5 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Qc3 Bd8 $5 {A nice defensive retreat.[Yip]} 15. Bg5 c6 16. Nb4 c5 17. Nd5 O-O 18. b6 a6 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. Ndc3 Rbc8 25. Qxd6 Qe8 26. g3 Rc6 27. Qd5 Bg4 28. Rd2 Bf3 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Rxb6 31. b3 c4 32. Nd5 Rc6 33. Rxb7 cxb3 34. cxb3 Rc2 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Nxg6%2B hxg6 37. Ng5 Bxb7 38. Nf7%2B Kg8 39. Nxd8 Bd5 40. Rd1 Rc5 41. f4 Kf8 42. b4 Rb5 43. Ra1 Rb8 44. Rxa6 Rxd8 45. fxe5 Be4 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Ra4 Bc6 48. Ra6 Be8 49. h4 Rxb4 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Rd6 Rg4 52. Kf3 Rc4 53. Ke3 Bf7 54. Ra6 Be6 55. Ra7%2B Bd7 56. Ra6 Kf7 57. Ra7 Ke6 58. Ra6%2B Kf5 59. Ra7 Re4%2B 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. Ra6 Be6 62. Ra7 Rd7 {0-1 Kalegin,E (2447)-Aleksandrov,A (2617)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) (6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 Be7 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc4 10. d5 N6e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Bc2 f5 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 d6 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Qd1 Nc5 19. Rh3 g6 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Rhe3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bc6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qe7 27. f5 Qg7 28. fxg6 Bd4 29. Bd2 Bxb2 30. Rf1 Qd4 31. Qh5 Re7 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. gxf7%2B Kg7 34. e7 Qxd2 35. Qxh7%2B { 1-0 Kislinsky,A (2565)-Schreiner,P (2456)/Meissen GER 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 {The Berlin ending.[Yip]} 9. Nc3 (9. h3 Bd7 {Running the king to the queenside is still a viable plan.[Yip]} 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Kf2 Rxg4 17. Rh1 Nxf5 18. Rh8 Bc5%2B 19. Kf3 Rg1 20. Rxe8%2B Kd7 21. Rxa8 Nd4%2B 22. Ke4 Rxc1 23. b4 Bb6 24. c4 c5 25. a3 Re1%2B 26. Kd3 Rd1%2B 27. Kc3 Rc1%2B 28. Kd3 Rd1%2B 29. Kc3 Rc1%2B 30. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2774)-Kramnik,V (2803)/Moscow RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) (9. Rd1%2B Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 {Regrouping the knight to attack the e-pawn is a standard plan.[Yip]} 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Re1 c5 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. a4 a6 16. e6%2B fxe6 17. Rd1%2B Kc6 18. c4 e5 19. Nbc3 Bf5 20. f3 Rad8 21. Be3 Be6 22. b3 a5 23. g3 h6 24. Nf2 Rdf8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Nd3 Rhf8 27. Rf1 b6 28. Ne4 Bf5 29. Rad1 Bd6 30. Bd2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Kd7 32. Rxf7%2B Rxf7 33. Rf1 Rxf1 34. Kxf1 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ne7 36. Kf3 h5 37. h3 Nc6 38. Bc3 Be7 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Kf3 g6 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Kf3 Nd8 43. Bd2 Nf7 44. Kf2 Bg5 45. Bc3 h4 46. Kf3 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Be3 48. Kf3 Bh6 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Be1 Ke7 51. Bh4%2B Ke6 52. Be1 Nd8 53. Bc3 Nc6 54. h4 Be3 55. h5 gxh5%2B 56. Kxh5 Bd4 57. Bd2 Ba1 58. Be3 Nb4 59. Nxb4 cxb4 60. Kg4 Bd4 61. Bc1 c6 62. Kf3 b5 63. cxb5 cxb5 64. axb5 Kd6 65. Ke2 Kc5 66. Kd3 Kxb5 67. Bg5 a4 68. bxa4%2B Kxa4 69. Bf6 Kb3 70. Be7 Bc3 {0-1 Eliseev,U (2557)-Motylev,A (2655)/Yekaterinburg RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 9... Ke8 (9... Bd7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. h3 h5 12. Rd1 Ke8 13. Bg5 c5 14. Nf4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Rd8 17. Nf4 Rd4 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Rd1 h4 20. c3 dxc3 21. bxc3 Rg8 22. e6 f6 23. Nf7 Nd6 24. Nxd6%2B cxd6 25. Ng6 Be4 26. Nxh4 g5 27. Rd4 d5 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Ke7 30. Rxd5 Kxe6 31. Rd3 Rc8 32. f4 gxf4 33. Kg2 Kf5 34. Rd7 Rxc3 35. Rxb7 Ra3 36. Rb5%2B Kg6 37. Rb4 Kg5 38. Rb2 a5 39. Rc2 f5 40. Rd2 a4 41. Rc2 Rd3 42. Rc4 a3 43. Ra4 Rc3 44. Kh2 Rc2 45. Kg2 Rxa2 46. Kf3 Ra1 47. h4%2B Kxh4 48. Kxf4 Kh3 49. Kxf5 Kg2 50. f4 Kf3 51. Kf6 Ke3 52. f5 a2 53. Ke6 Kd3 54. f6 Re1%2B 55. Kd7 a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Rxa1 57. f7 Rf1 58. Ke7 Kc4 59. f8=Q Rxf8 60. Kxf8 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2696)-Kramnik,V (2803)/Geneva SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 10. h3 h6 (10... h5 11. a4 Be7 12. Ne4 Be6 13. a5 Rd8 14. c3 Bd5 15. Re1 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Rd1%2B 17. Re1 Rxe1%2B 18. Nxe1 h4 19. Ra4 Kd7 20. Nd3 c5 21. Re4 Kc6 22. Kf1 Kb5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd6 25. Re4 Rf8 26. Ke2 Kxa5 27. Bg5 b5 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Kb6 30. Re4 Rh8 31. Re5 Rf8 32. Re4 Rh8 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Re4 Rh8 35. Re5 {1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk,A (2489)-Bacrot,E (2725)/Geneva SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 11. Ne4 (11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ne4 Bxd2 15. Nfxd2 Ng6 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Kg2 Ke7 20. Kg3 h4%2B 21. Kg2 Rd5 22. Re3 c5 23. c4 Rd7 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. b3 b6 26. Kf1 a6 27. Ng5 Rd2 28. R1e2 Rd1%2B 29. Re1 Rd2 30. R1e2 Rd1%2B 31. Re1 Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Popov,I (2632) -Lysyj,I (2656)/Yekaterinburg RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 11... Be6 12. g4 Ne7 {Regrouping the knight to attack the e5 pawn is a standard plan.[Yip]} 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. Re1 Ng6 15. f4 Rd8 16. Nf3 h5 $5 {Undermining the kingside pawns. [Yip]} 17. Kg2 $15 {[Yip]} (17. Kf2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rd1 20. f5 Rhh1 21. fxg6 Rhf1%2B 22. Kg3 fxg6 $13 {Black has a nice game.[Yip]}) 17... hxg4 18. hxg4 Be7 19. g5 {Conceding the f5 strongpoint is a big price to pay to control h4..[Yip]} (19. Kg3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rd1 21. f5 Rhh1 $15 {[Yip]}) 19... Be6 20. Be3 Bf5 $1 {Now white must concede a pawn.[Yip]} 21. Ng3 (21. Nfd2 Rh3 22. Kf2 Bxe4 $1 {Clearing the 2nd rank.[Yip]} 23. Nxe4 Rh2%2B 24. Kf3 Rxc2 $15 {[Yip]}) 21... Bxc2 {Winning a key pawn which together with the bishop pair and active rooks give black all the chances.[Yip]} 22. Rac1 Bd3 23. f5 Nh4%2B 24. Nxh4 Rxh4 25. f6 Bf8 $17 {[Yip]} 26. Bxa7 {Diagram #} Rg4 $5 $15 {Exploiting white’s overextanded kingside pawns.[Yip]} (26... Rd5 $1 {Is very strong as Ke8 can advance behind the cover of the rook.[Yip]} 27. Bf2 Kd7 28. Rcd1 gxf6 29. gxf6 Bb4 30. Rg1 Ke6 $17 {[Yip]}) 27. Kf3 Rxg5 28. Be3 Rg6 29. Nh5 Bf5 30. Rg1 $17 { [Yip]} (30. Kf4 Be6 31. b3 $15 {[Yip]}) 30... gxf6 31. Nxf6%2B Ke7 32. Nh5 (32. Ne4 Ra8 33. a3 Rxg1 34. Bxg1 Ke6 $17 {[Yip]}) 32... Rxg1 33. Rxg1 {Diagram #} Ke6 $17 {Targeting the weak e-pawn. Black has a clear P%2B and the bishop pair to control the game.[Yip]} 34. Rg8 Bh7 $15 {[Yip]} (34... Kxe5 {Taking the pawn right away is strong as the king is well placed to rush the queenside. [Yip]} 35. Bf4%2B Kd4 36. Bxc7 Rc8 37. Ng3 Bd7 38. Bb6%2B Kd3 $17 {The heads closer to the vulnerable queenside pawns.[Yip]}) 35. Rh8 Bg6 36. Nf4%2B Kxe5 37. Nxg6%2B fxg6 38. Bf4%2B $17 {[Yip]} (38. Rh7 Bd6 39. Bf4%2B Ke6 40. Bxd6 Rxd6 41. Rxc7 Rd7 $17 {The rook is well placed in the P%2B R-R ending.[Yip]}) 38... Ke6 $15 {[Yip]} (38... Kf5 $1 {Is stronger as the king is well placed to support the advance of the g-pawn.[Yip]} 39. Rh7 g5 40. Bxc7 g4%2B 41. Kg3 Rd3%2B 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rh4 Kg5 44. Rh8 Bc5 $17 {[Yip]}) 39. Bxc7 Rd3%2B 40. Ke4 Rd4%2B $1 {[Yip]} 41. Kxd4 Bg7%2B 42. Ke4 Bxh8 43. b3 {Diagram # The clear P%2B in the B-B ending gives excellent winning chances.[Yip]} g5 44. a4 $15 Bc3 45. Bb6 Bd2 46. Bc5 Bf4 47. b4 $17 {Placing the queenside pawns on dark squares is risky but white wants to reduce the number of pawns on the board.[Yip]} Bh2 48. b5 {Trying to reduce the number of pawns.[Yip]} cxb5 49. axb5 g4 50. Be3 Kd6 51. Bb6 Ke6 52. Be3 Bd6 53. Bb6 Kf6 54. Bd8%2B Kg6 55. b6 $6 {Diagram # Giving black another target.[Yip]} Kh5 (55... Bc5 $17 {[Yip]}) 56. Ke3 $2 $17 {Missing a hidden drawing resource.[Yip]} (56. Bc7 $1 {Surprisingly holds the draw.[Yip]} Bc5 57. Kd5 Be3 58. Ke6 Kh4 59. Kd7 $1 $11 {White is able to sucessfully attack the b-pawn for the draw.[Yip]}) 56... Bc5%2B 57. Ke2 $2 $19 {Diagram # Needly giving ground gives black the win.[Yip]} (57. Kf4 $17 {[Yip]}) 57... Kg6 $1 58. Kf1 Kf5 59. Kg2 Bd6 60. Kf2 Ke6 61. Kg2 {Diagram #} Kd7 {Going after the unstable bishop and possibly the b-pawn.[Yip]} (61... Bc5 62. Bc7 Bd6 63. Bd8 Bb4 64. Bc7 Bc5 65. Bd8 Bd4 66. Bc7 Kd7 67. Kg3 Bc5 68. Kxg4 Bd6 69. Bxd6 Kxd6 $19 { [Yip]}) 62. Bf6 Ke6 63. Bd8 Bb4 64. Bg5 Kf5 65. Be3 Be1 66. Kf1 Ke4 67. Bc5 Bc3 68. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/spanish-berlin-wallc67-twic-969.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-8429352347858584645Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:18:00 +00002013-07-04T23:18:50.282-07:00Apicella MFrench Top 12 2013French WinawerIordachescu V<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 969</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>More About France</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Take a tour of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré where you find the most upscale and luxury brands.<br /><br />Paris is synonymous with Fashion, so it is inevitable there is a fashion District here. The fashion District I am in is located on one of Paris's oldest Medieval Street, the Rue Du Faubourg, Saint Honore.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a series of designer showrooms, featuring clothes, cosmetics and furnishing. There are also a few avaunt guard exclusive Paris girl boutiques on the street, just remember the prices are actually quite hyper and exclusive. It may take you half a day to walk along the street.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JtFutCQ61fs" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Each shop window seems more attractive than the last one you just saw. In fact, window decoration is taken very seriously. The showroom with the most attractive display is the one located here at Hermes, Hermes is considered by many to be a representation, Parisian culture. Hermes'signature peace is, of course, the scarf. Perhaps the most renowned label here is Christian Dior.'&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Iordachescu,V (2582) - Apicella,M (2532) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>French Winawer 7.h4[C19]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>French Top 12 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Haguenau FRA (5.4), 03.06.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black is going all out to open up the game with 28...d4. What do you recommend for white?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k1r2rHpp1b4H2n2P1pH4n3H2pp1NP1Hq1P2PQ1H2PBBK2H3R3R&amp;d=A___R___R__PBBK__q_P__PQ___pp_NP_____n_____n__P_ppp_b______k_r__r0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2k1r2rHpp1b4H2n2P1pH4n3H2pp1NP1Hq1P2PQ1H2PBBK2H3R3R&amp;d=A___R___R__PBBK__q_P__PQ___pp_NP_____n_____n__P_ppp_b______k_r__r0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28...d4</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "French Top 12 2013"] [Site "Haguenau FRA"] [Date "2013.06.03"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Iordachescu, V."] [Black "Apicella, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2013.05.30"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.03"] [WhiteTeam "Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer"] [BlackTeam "Grasse Echecs"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 (4. a3 Bxc3%2B 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. a6 Bc6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Ng4 16. Qh3 h5 17. Be3 Rg5 18. Nxh5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rh8 20. Nf4 f6 21. Bc4 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Qg7 24. Rfd1 Qh6 25. h3 Rhg8 26. Rd6 Rf5 27. Bg4 Rxg4 28. Rd8%2B Kxd8 29. Ne6%2B Ke7 30. Qxh6 Rg6 31. Qf8%2B Kxe6 32. Rd1 Rfg5 33. Rd6%2B Kf5 34. g3 e3 35. Qc8%2B Ke4 36. Kf1 Rf5 {0-1 Fedorchuk,S (2660)-Rodshtein, M (2638)/Beer Sheva ISR 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 4... Ne7 (4... c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2%2B 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nxd3%2B 12. Qxd3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. O-O Rc4 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Ned4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Rxd4 18. g3 Re4 19. Qxb6 Ne2%2B {0-1 Landa,K (2644)-Naiditsch,A (2710)/Haguenau FRA 2013/ The Week in Chess 969}) 5. a3 Bxc3%2B 6. bxc3 c5 (6... b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg5 Ba6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Rh3 Qxg5 12. hxg5 Bc4 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bg2 Nge7 15. Nf4 g6 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Rdh1 Rhg8 20. a4 Bb7 21. g4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 Rg7 23. Rf3 Bc6 24. Ne2 Bxa4 25. Rf6 Kc6 26. Nf4 Kb7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Rgg8 29. Rf7 Rh8 30. Rh6 Nf5 31. Rxc7%2B Ka6 32. Rhh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Ka5 34. Bd2 a6 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Be1 Bc6 37. Rf7 Rh8 38. Nxg6 Rh1 39. Kd1 Be8 40. Rf6 Ng7 41. Nf4 Nh5 42. Rh6 Nb2%2B 43. Kd2 Nc4%2B 44. Kd1 Nb2%2B 45. Kd2 Nc4%2B 46. Kd1 Nb2%2B { 1/2-1/2 Warakomski,T (2488)-Hansen,E (2577)/Ortisei ITA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 7. h4 (7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rf8 20. a4 Nd8 21. Qe1 Rg7 22. Qh4 Nc6 23. Rf2 Ne7 24. Re2 Nf5 25. Qe1 Re8 26. g4 Nd6 27. Qh4 Qd8 28. Qe1 Rge7 29. Bc1 h6 30. Ba3 Qc7 31. Nh3 Rh7 32. Nf2 Nf7 33. Qd2 g5 34. Bc1 Rg7 35. Kg2 Bc6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Kg1 e5 38. Bg2 e4 39. h3 Nd8 40. Nd1 Ne6 41. Rf2 Nf4 42. Rxf4 e3 43. Nxe3 Qxf4 44. Nf5 Qxd2 45. Bxd2 Rg6 46. a5 Ne4 47. Be1 Kh7 48. a6 b6 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Bg3 Bd7 51. Nd6 Re3 52. Be5 Rxh3 53. Rf1 Kg8 54. Kg2 Rh4 55. Rf7 Rxd6 56. Re7 Rhh6 {0-1 Baron,T (2467) -Miton,K (2624)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 7... Qc7 $5 { [Vitiugov-The French Defence Reloaded]} (7... Qa5 {Is the main repertoire recommendation of Vitiugov in The French Defence Reloaded(Chess Stars 2012). [Yip]} 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. h5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bd3 {[Vitiugov]}) 8. h5 (8. Rh3 {Is given by Vitiugov in the French Defence Reloaded.[Yip]}) 8... h6 {Preventing the disruptive h6 advance.[Yip]} 9. Bd2 (9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Rh4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Rg4 Nf5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Qb1 Kb8 16. Qb2 Rdg8 17. Rc1 g6 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rf4 Nfe7 21. Rxf7 gxh5 22. Bb4 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Nc6 24. Qd6%2B Qxd6 25. exd6 Rxg2 26. Kf1 Rg4 27. Rb1 b6 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Rc1 Rgg8 30. d7 Ka8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Bxd7 33. Rc7 h4 34. Rcxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 h3 36. e6 h2 37. Bb7%2B Kb8 38. Bxd5 Rg1%2B 39. Ke2 Rg5 40. e7 Re5%2B 41. Kf1 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2710)-Apicella,M (2532)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) 9... Nbc6 (9... b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Ne1 O-O 16. g4 Nc6 17. Qd3 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1%2B 20. Kxf1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Ncxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Ra3 Qh2 24. Qe2 Rf8%2B 25. Rf3 Qh1%2B 26. Kf2 Qh4%2B 27. Kg1 Qxg4%2B 28. Qg2 Qxh5 29. Rh3 Qe5 30. Bc3 d4 31. Nd3 Qf6 32. Bd2 Kh8 33. Nf4 Rf7 34. Rg3 g5 35. Nh5 Qg6 36. Rh3 Kh7 37. Ng3 Nf6 38. Qe2 Nd5 39. Qd3 Nf4 40. Qxg6%2B Kxg6 41. Rh2 Rc7 42. Bxf4 gxf4 43. Ne4 Kf5 44. Nd6%2B Ke5 45. Nb5 Rc4 46. Rh5%2B Kf6 47. Rxh6%2B Kg5 48. Rxe6 Rxa4 49. Re4 Kf5 50. Nd6%2B Kg4 51. Re2 Ra5 52. Nc4 Rc5 53. Ne5%2B Kf5 54. Nd3 Rc3 55. Rf2 Ke4 56. Rxf4%2B Ke3 57. Rf2 Ra3 58. Kg2 a5 59. Nb2 Ke4 60. Nc4 Rc3 61. Re2%2B Kf5 62. Nd6%2B Kg6 63. Nb5 Rc4 64. Rd2 Kf6 65. Nxd4 a4 66. Kf2 Ke5 67. Ke3 Rc3%2B 68. Rd3 Rxd3%2B 69. Kxd3 Kd5 70. Kc3 Kc5 71. Ne6%2B Kb5 72. Nf4 Kc5 73. Nd3%2B Kb5 74. Kd4 a3 75. Kc3 a2 76. Kb2 Kc4 77. Kxa2 { 1-0 Tomczak,J (2560)-Gaehler,M (2302)/Guimaraes POR 2012/The Week in Chess 929} ) 10. Qg4 Nf5 11. Nf3 Bd7 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxe5%2B 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. Bb5%2B Kf8 16. fxe3 Qxe3%2B 17. Ne2 e5 18. Bd7 Ke7 19. Rh3 Qg5 20. Bxc8 Rhxc8 21. Qxg5%2B hxg5 22. O-O-O Rc5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Rxh6 Rac8 25. Ng3 R8c6 26. Nf5%2B Kd7 27. Rd2 Rxh6 28. Nxh6 Ke6 29. Rf2 f6 30. g4 Rc4 31. Kd2 Rd4%2B 32. Ke2 a5 33. Rf3 Rc4 34. Kd2 b5 35. Rb3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. c3 bxc3%2B 38. Rxc3 Rd4%2B 39. Ke2 Re4%2B 40. Kd2 Rd4%2B 41. Ke2 Re4%2B 42. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Yu Yangyi (2607) -Kotsur,P (2559)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 848}) 12. Bd3 Nce7 13. Qf4 c4 {Closing the position for a typical slow paced blockading game.[Yip]} 14. Be2 g5 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. Qh2 Ba4 {A standard way to blockade the queenside. [Yip]} 17. g4 {Fighting the active knight by taking away its outpost(s).[Yip]} Nfe7 18. Rc1 O-O-O 19. Qg3 Qb6 20. Kf1 Qb2 21. Ne1 $11 {White is horribly passive on the queenside.[Yip]} Qxa3 22. Ng2 Bd7 23. f3 Nc6 24. Kf2 { Connecting the rooks.[Yip]} f6 $5 {Opening the positon up.[Yip]} 25. exf6 { Diagram #} e5 {From now on black goes on the rampage in the center.[Yip]} 26. dxe5 Ngxe5 27. Nf4 (27. Rh5 $16 {[Yip]}) 27... Rde8 28. Rcd1 $1 $16 {Diagram # A strong prophylactic move in anticipation of ...d4.[Yip]} d4 {Diagram #} ( 28... Qd6 $16) 29. Rh5 $16 {Easing up on the pressure.} (29. cxd4 $1 {The pawn can and should be taken.[Yip]} Nxd4 30. Bc1 $1 {Now white’s pieces come alive and black cannot hold.[Yip]} Qc5 31. Be3 {Pins ans wins.[Yip]} Nxe2 32. Bxc5 Nxg3 33. Kxg3 Bc6 34. Rhf1 b6 35. Bd4 Nf7 36. Ng6 Rh7 37. Rfe1 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Ng5 39. Ne5 Bd5 $18 {[Yip]} (39... Kc7 40. f4 Ne4%2B 41. Kf3 Nc5%2B 42. Ke3 Ne6 43. f7 $18 {[Yip]})) 29... Qb2 30. Nd5 $2 $11 {Diagram # Now black is back in the game.[Yip]} (30. cxd4 {Is best,[Yip]} Nxd4 31. f7 {Clearing the way for the rook to get to the queenside.[Yip]} Nxf7 32. Rc5%2B Bc6 33. Bxc4 {White bishops now enter the game effectively.[Yip]} Ne5 34. Bc3 Qxc2%2B 35. Rd2 Qxc3 36. Be6%2B $1 Nxe6 37. Rxc3 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 Rhf8 39. Qb4 $16 {[Yip]}) 30... Be6 $2 $18 { [Yip]} (30... d3 31. cxd3 cxd3 32. Bxd3 Nxd3%2B 33. Kg1 Re5 34. Be3 Qc2 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Rxe5 Qd1%2B 37. Kf2 Qc2%2B 38. Ke1 $14 {[Yip]}) 31. Rxe5 {Black gets nothing for the lost material.[Yip]} Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxc2 33. f7 $1 {White must press actively to exploit the extra piece.[Yip]} d3 34. fxe8=Q%2B Rxe8 35. Bxd3 ( 35. Qd6 $3 {Is a flashy finish.[Yip]} Rxe2%2B 36. Kg3 Rxd2 37. Qd7%2B Kb8 38. Qe8%2B Kc7 39. Rd7%2B Kb6 40. Qe3%2B Ka5 41. Ra1%2B $1 {Pressing for the forced mate.[Yip]} Kb5 42. Rxb7# {[Yip]}) 35... cxd3 36. Qd6 Re7 (36... Qxd1 37. Qd7%2B Kb8 38. Bf4%2B Ka8 39. Qxe8%2B Nd8 40. Rxd8# {[Yip]}) 37. Rf5 Rd7 38. Rf8%2B Nd8 39. Qc5%2B Kb8 40. Kg3 b6 {Diagram #} (40... Qxd1 41. Bf4%2B Ka8 42. Qc8# {[Yip]}) 41. Rxd8%2B Rxd8 42. Bf4%2B (42. Bf4%2B Kb7 43. Qc7%2B Ka6 44. Qc4%2B Kb7 45. Qe4%2B Ka6 (45... Kc8 46. Qc6#) 46. Ra1%2B Kb5 47. Qb4%2B Kc6 48. Qc4%2B Kb7 49. Qc7%2B Ka8 50. 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It is the seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California. It has less than 1% of its territory in DuPage County. It was founded in 1833, near a beaching between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basin.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7K1ZBltGvx4" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />With about 2.7 million inhabitants according to the 2010 census, is the most populous city in the Midwest and the third most populous in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles. It is the fifth most densely populated city in Illinois. Its metropolitan area, commonly known as "Big Chicago" is the 27th most populous urban agglomeration in the world, home to an estimated 9.5 million people spread across the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Shabalov,A (2544) - Gerzhoy,L (2469) <o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>French Winawer 4.a3[C15]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> Open 2013&nbsp;</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><st1:city w:st="on">Wheeling</st1:city> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region> (8.9), 27.05.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White has opened up the position. What do you recommend for white now?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r5r1H5k1pHp4n2H2pP4H2p2R2HR3p1N1H2b3PPH2B3K1&amp;d=A__B___K___b___PPR___p_N___p__R____pP____p____n_______k_pr_____r_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r5r1H5k1pHp4n2H2pP4H2p2R2HR3p1N1H2b3PPH2B3K1&amp;d=A__B___K___b___PPR___p_N___p__R____pP____p____n_______k_pr_____r_0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26...Bxc2</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Chicago Open 2013"] [Site "Wheeling USA"] [Date "2013.05.27"] [Round "8.9"] [White "Shabalov, A."] [Black "Gerzhoy, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2469"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2013.05.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {Keeps the game more open.[Yip]} (4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. f4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. g4 Bf7 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. f5 Na5 15. g5 O-O-O 16. h4 Qc6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qg4 Kb8 20. h5 Nc8 21. Rae1 Rdg8 22. Rf2 Bd5 23. Bf4 h6 24. g6 Re8 25. Ree2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Re8 27. Qd2 Qa4 28. Nf1 Qxa3 29. Ne3 Nb6 30. Re2 Bf3 31. Re1 a5 32. Kf2 Be4 33. d5 Qc5 34. d6 Nd5 35. dxc7%2B Kc8 36. Bg3 Nxe3 37. Qxe3 Qxf5%2B 38. Kg1 Qxh5 39. Qf4 Qh1%2B 40. Kf2 Qg2%2B {0-1 Bellini,F (2459) -Istratescu,A (2651)/Switzerland SUI 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) (4. Nge2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. e5 Bd7 7. g3 f6 8. f4 Nh6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh8 11. Bg2 Bb6 12. O-O Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Ne7 15. b4 a5 16. Kh2 Nf5 17. Qd2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qe7 20. Nd1 g5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. fxg5 Qg7 23. c3 e5 24. Bxd5 exd4 25. cxd4 Bb5 26. Ra3 Qe7 27. Bf3 Nd6 28. Re3 Qxg5 29. Qc2 Nf5 30. Ra3 Re8 31. Be4 c6 32. Rf3 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Rf5 Qe7 35. Nf2 Qxb4 36. Rf7 Re7 37. Qa2 Rxf7 38. Qxf7 Bg7 39. Qf5 Kg8 40. Qe6%2B Kh8 41. Qf5 Kg8 42. Qe6%2B {1/2-1/2 Perez Garcia,R (2364)-Bruzon Batista,L (2687)/Edmonton CAN 2013/The Week in Chess 973 }) (4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3%2B 7. bxc3 c4 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Bb2 e3 13. Nxc4 exf2%2B 14. Kxf2 b6 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. a4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Na5 19. Ba6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. a5 Qc7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 h6 24. Rea1 Qc6 25. Rf1 b5 26. Rf2 Ra8 27. Rb3 Rc8 28. h3 Rc7 29. Qd3 f5 30. Qf3 Kh7 31. Re2 Rf7 32. Ba3 Nxc3 33. Re5 Nd5 34. c3 Ra7 35. Bc5 Ra1%2B 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. Qe2 Nxc3 38. Rxe6 Nxe2 39. Rxc6 Nxd4 40. Bxd4 Rxc6 41. Rxb5 R1c4 42. Ba1 Rc2 43. Kg3 Rg6%2B 44. Kf3 Rgxg2 45. Bd4 Rgd2 46. Be3 Rh2 47. Kg3 Rcg2%2B 48. Kf3 Rg6 {0-1 Van Foreest,J (2273)-Dgebuadze,A (2512)/Hilversum NED 2013/ The Week in Chess 972}) 4... Bxc3%2B 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 {The standard g-pawn sacrifice.[Yip]} 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 (8... Bd7 9. Ne2 Rg6 10. Qe3 Ba4 11. Nf4 Rg8 12. Be2 Bxc2 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ra2 Ba4 15. Rb2 Ne7 16. Rxb7 Nf5 17. Qh3 Bc6 18. Rb2 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Andriasian,Z (2608)-Timoshenko,G (2522)/ Mumbai IND 2013/The Week in Chess 969}) (8... c5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Be2 Qxc5 14. O-O b6 15. a4 a6 16. a5 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Ra4 c3 19. Be3 Qf8 20. Qf4 Qg7 21. Qd6 Nd5 22. Rxe4 Ne7 23. Rd1 Nf5 24. Rxe6%2B {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2660)-Vaisser,A (2548)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) (8... Rg6 9. Qd2 b6 10. Nh3 Bb7 11. Nf4 Rg8 12. c4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. h3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rd4 Kd8 20. Rhd1 Ke7 21. a4 Ng6 22. Nxg6%2B hxg6 23. Ba3 Rgd8 24. a5 Ne8 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Ng7 27. R4d3 Bc6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rb3 Rb7 30. f4 Ne6 31. Re3 f5 32. h4 Be4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Bxh5 Rc7 35. Be2 Rc6 36. Bd3 Bxd3 37. cxd3 Kd7 38. Kd2 Rg8 39. Rh1 Nxf4 40. Rh7%2B Kc8 41. Ree7 Rd8 42. Ke3 Ng6 43. Ra7 Kb8 44. Kd4 Nf4 45. Rad7 Rxd7 46. Rxd7 Kc8 47. Rf7 Ng6 48. Rf6 Ne7 49. Bxd6 Ng8 50. Rf8%2B Kd7 51. Bb4 Nf6 52. Ke5 Ng4%2B 53. Kxf5 Nf2 54. Rf7%2B Kc8 55. Rf8%2B Kd7 56. Rf7%2B {1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I (2658)-Prizant,J (2515)/Yekaterinburg RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 9. a4 {This is a recommendation of Vitiugov’s in The French Defence Reloaded(Chess Stars 2012) to get irrational positions.[Yip]} c5 10. a5 $5 { This advance holds up the normal development of the queenside.[Yip]} (10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5%2B 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Ra3 e5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. dxe5 Nfd5 16. Qd4 e3 17. a5 Bxh3 18. axb6 Qxc2 19. Bb5%2B Kf8 20. Rxe3 Qb1%2B 21. Kd2 Qxh1 22. e6 Rg5 23. Qh8%2B Rg8 24. Ba3%2B Ne7 25. Qf6 {1-0 Battaglini,G (2437)-Williams,S (2511)/ Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 10... Qc7 (10... Nd5 $5 {Is the repertoire recommendation of Vitiugov.[Yip]} 11. Qd2 N7f6 12. g3 (12. Nh3 {Is given by Vitiugov.[Yip]}) 12... Bd7 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bb2 Nf5 15. d5 Qe7 16. O-O-O e5 17. f3 Nd4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qe1 f5 20. Bd3 O-O-O 21. Kb1 Rg6 22. Nh3 Ba4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rc1 Rf8 25. Nf2 e3 26. Qxe3 Rf3 27. Qe1 b6 28. Ne4 Bd7 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. Qa5 Bf5 31. Nxc5 Nb3 32. Nxb3 Rfxb3 33. c5 Rxb2%2B 34. Ka1 R2b5 { 0-1 Genocchio,D (2443)-Dvirnyy,D (2522)/Torino ITA 2012/The Week in Chess 940}) (10... e5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. h3 b6 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Ba3 Rg6 15. Qh4 Na4 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rg8 20. Be2 Qe5 21. O-O Nxc3 22. Bc4 Nb5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Rfe1 a6 25. Rad1 Qd4 26. Qc1 Qc4 27. Bb2 Nd7 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. Nc7%2B Ke7 30. Qh6 Rg6 31. Qh4%2B f6 32. Qxh7%2B Qf7 33. Qxf7%2B Kxf7 34. Nxa8 {1-0 Yu Yangyi (2688)-Shulman,Y (2563)/Reykjavik ISL 2013/The Week in Chess 955}) 11. Qd2 Ng4 (11... Qc6 12. Ne2 b5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ba3 Qd5 15. Nd4 Ba6 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Qc1 b4 18. Rxb4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd5 20. Nb5 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 Rb8 22. Nd6%2B Ke7 23. Nb7%2B Ke8 24. Nd6%2B Ke7 25. Nb7%2B Ke8 26. Nd6%2B Ke7 27. Nb7%2B Ke8 28. Nd6%2B Ke7 29. Nb7%2B Ke8 30. Nd6%2B Ke7 31. Nb7%2B {1/2-1/2 Ferreira,J (2338)-Marin,M (2548)/ Istanbul TUR 2012/The Week in Chess 931}) 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 f5 (13... Ngf6 $5 14. g3 Kf8 15. dxc5 Qxa5 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. c4 e5 18. Qd6%2B Qxd6 19. cxd6 Rb8 20. Bb3 $13 {[Yip]}) 14. Ne2 $14 (14. Nh3 {Is strong.[Yip]} Kf7 15. f3 {Breaking down the pawn chain.[Yip]} Ngf6 16. Ng5%2B $1 $16 {[Yip]}) 14... Kf7 15. Qf4 Qxa5 {Diagram #} 16. d5 $5 $13 {Trying to break the pawn chain to get at the king. [Yip]} e5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 (17... Qxa1 $2 {Greed does not pay.[Yip]} 18. Qxf5%2B Nf6 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. O-O Rce8 21. Ng3 $1 $18 {White has a massive attack for the exchange.[Yip]}) 18. Qxf5%2B Bxf5 19. Rxa5 $13 {The complex ending is even.[Yip]} b6 20. Ra3 {Diagram #} Nf6 $14 {This passive retreat to clear the g-file is not necessary.[Yip]} (20... e3 {Releasing the bishop is better.[Yip]} 21. f3 Nf6 22. g4 Bxc2 23. c4 e4 24. Rf1 exf3 25. Rxf3 Be4 26. Rfxe3 Rxg4 27. Bb2 a5 $11 {Complex but equal play continues.[Yip]}) 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. c4 {Stabilizing the pawn center.[Yip]} b5 23. f3 {Playing to open the position up.[Yip]} bxc4 24. O-O e3 25. f4 $1 {Continuing to focus on opening up the position.[Yip]} exf4 26. Rxf4 {Now black remains with a collection of weak pawns while white’s pieces, especially the rooks have an open board to work with.[Yip]} Bxc2 $2 $18 {Diagram #} (26... Rge8 27. Bxe3 Kg7 28. Bxc5 Nxd5 29. Rd4 Nf6 30. Rxc4 $14 { [Yip]}) 27. Bb2 {Gains a useful tempo first.[Yip]} Rg6 28. Rxe3 Rb8 29. Bc3 Rb1%2B 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. Nh5 {The pinned Nf6 is the primary target.[Yip]} Rxd5 32. Nxf6 Rf5 33. Rxf5 Bxf5 34. Nxh7 {White is up a piece for a pawn with a straightforward win in sight.[Yip]} Bd3 35. h4 Rb6 36. Ng5%2B Kf8 37. Ne6%2B Kf7 38. Nxc5 Bf5 39. Rf3 Kg6 40. h5%2B Kg5 41. h6 Bh7 42. 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In the feature game GM&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dvoirys varied from the recommended repertoire in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012 with 11...Ne5!?, immediately occupying the key blockade square.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r2qk2rH1p2bpppHp2pbn2H4n3H4PB2H1NN4PHPPP1Q1P1HR3KB1R&amp;d=PR___KB_RPPP_Q_P__NN____P____PB______n___p__pbn___p__bpppr__qk__r0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r2qk2rH1p2bpppHp2pbn2H4n3H4PB2H1NN4PHPPP1Q1P1HR3KB1R&amp;d=PR___KB_RPPP_Q_P__NN____P____PB______n___p__pbn___p__bpppr__qk__r0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11...Ne5</span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GM Nepomniachtchi played a model queenless squeeze.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More on&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yekaterinburg, Russia</span></b></u><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some background on the host city of the Russian Championship.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FSYPf71pbNo" width="420"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) - Dvoirys,S (2533)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SI Najdorf 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 [B90]</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>66th ch-RUS HL Yekaterinburg RUS (1.2), 20.06.2013</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black gave up on the kingside too early and allowed a strong kingside infiltration.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2kr1b1RH1prn1p2Hp2p2p1H3Pn1P1H1B1N3RHPP6HK1P3B1H8&amp;d=A________K_P___B_PP_______B_N___R___Pn_P_p__p__p__prn_p____kr_b_R0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=2kr1b1RH1prn1p2Hp2p2p1H3Pn1P1H1B1N3RHPP6HK1P3B1H8&amp;d=A________K_P___B_PP_______B_N___R___Pn_P_p__p__p__prn_p____kr_b_R0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35..Rd8</span></div> </div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "66th ch-RUS HL"] [Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"] [Date "2013.06.20"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, I."] [Black "Dvoirys, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2013.06.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 {The trend is now away from the English Attack with f3.[Yip]} (8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. exd5 Re8 19. Nc6 Bd8 20. Be2 a5 21. c3 e4 22. Kh1 Nxd5 23. Nxd8 Nf6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. b4 axb4 26. Ra6 Qc7 27. cxb4 d5 28. b5 Re6 29. Qd4 Qc3 30. Qd1 Re7 31. Bg4 Rb8 32. Rc6 Qb2 33. Be2 Ra7 34. Rc2 Qe5 35. g3 Rba8 36. f4 exf3 37. Bxf3 Kg8 38. Re2 Qd6 39. Rd2 Rd8 40. Qb3 Ra3 41. Qb2 Ra4 42. Rb1 Ne4 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 44. b6 Re7 45. Qb5 Rb7 46. Re2 h6 47. Re8%2B Rxe8 48. Qxe8%2B Kh7 49. Qe3 d4 50. Qe4%2B Qg6 51. Qxg6%2B Kxg6 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Rb5%2B Kd6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Rb1 Rxb6 57. Rxb6%2B Kxb6 58. Kxd4 Kc6 59. Ke4 Kd6 60. Kf5 Ke7 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. g4 Kg8 63. h3 Kh8 64. h4 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Ly,M (2430)-Ftacnik,L (2543)/Gold Coast AUS 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) (8. h3 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g4 h6 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Qg2 b5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 b4 18. Bh6 Ng4 19. hxg4 gxh6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Ne5 22. Rxh6 Bg5 23. Rh5 f6 24. Nd4 {1-0 Kryvoruchko,Y (2659)-Areshchenko,A (2708)/Kiev UKR 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 {The normal plan is to install a knight on e5 and hold with a strong dark square blockade. [Yip]} 10. Qe2 (10. h3 Rc8 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb1 Be7 16. a3 Bxb3 17. Qxd8%2B Rxd8 18. Rxd8%2B Bxd8 19. cxb3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Bc4 Ne7 22. Re1 b5 23. Bd5 O-O 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Rb6 26. Bc8 h5 27. Bb4 Nxc8 28. Re8%2B Kh7 29. Rxc8 Kg6 30. Rc2 Kf5 31. Bc5 Ra6 32. Bf2 Ke4 33. Rc5 Be5 34. Rxb5 Rg6 35. Rb4%2B Kd3 36. g4 Rf6 37. Rb5 Ke4 38. Bc5 Rf1%2B 39. Ka2 Rh1 40. a4 Rh2 41. Ba3 Rxh3 42. gxh5 f5 43. a5 Rxh5 44. a6 Bd4 45. Bc5 Bxc5 46. Rxc5 Rh8 47. b4 f4 48. b5 Ra8 49. Rc7 g5 50. a7 f3 51. b6 f2 52. Rc1 Kd5 53. Kb3 f1=Q 54. Rxf1 Kc6 55. Rf6%2B Kb7 56. Kb4 Re8 57. Ka5 Re5%2B 58. Ka4 Re8 59. b4 Re1 60. Ka5 {1-0 Jefic,S (2166)-Saric,I (2572)/Sarajevo BIH 2013/The Week in Chess 972}) 10... Be7 (10... Rc8 11. h3 Nb4 12. a3 Nh5 13. axb4 Nxf4 14. Qf3 g5 15. b5 a5 16. g3 Ng6 17. Nd4 Bg7 18. O-O-O O-O 19. h4 a4 20. Nd5 a3 21. Qxa3 Ra8 22. Qd3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne5 24. Qf5 Ra1%2B 25. Kd2 Qa5%2B 26. c3 Ra2 27. Rb1 Ng6 28. Bc4 Ra4 29. Nb3 Qb6 30. Bd3 gxh4 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Re8 33. Rf1 Qe3%2B 34. Kc2 Ne5 35. Qxh7%2B Kf8 36. Qf5 Bh6 37. Rd1 Qg3 38. Kb1 Qxh4 39. Nd4 b6 40. Rf1 Qg3 41. Bc2 Bg7 42. Ka2 Ra8%2B 43. Kb3 Qh4 44. Rf4 Qh1 45. Ne6%2B Kg8 46. Nxg7 Kxg7 47. Qf6%2B Kg8 48. Qg5%2B Kf8 49. Rh4 Qxd5%2B 50. c4 Qf3%2B 51. Kb4 f6 52. Rf4 Nf7 53. Qxf6 Qh5 54. Rf5 Ra4%2B {1-0 Eliseev,U (2557)-Gordievsky,D (2474)/Yekaterinburg RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 973}) 11. h3 Ne5 $5 {Deviating from commerciallly published theory.[Yip]} (11... Nd7 {Is the repertoire recommendation in The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(Chess Stars 2012-Georgiev and Kolev)[Yip]} 12. O-O-O Nce5 {This knight is the right knight for e5 as the c-file is cleared for counterplay.[Yip]} 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. g4 Nb6 17. Rd1 Nbc4 18. h4 a5 19. g5 a4 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. c3 Rfe8 22. Nf5 Bf8 $13 {[Georgiev and Kolev]}) (11... Rc8 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Kb1 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qb6 15. g4 O-O 16. g5 Nd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. h4 Nb6 21. Bh3 Ra8 22. Nc3 Bf8 23. Qh2 Ne5 24. h5 Qc7 25. g6 h6 26. Be3 Nbc4 27. Nd5 Qc6 28. Rc1 fxg6 29. Qe2 Qb5 30. Nc3 Qc6 31. hxg6 b5 32. Nd5 Nxg6 33. Bf5 Nf4 34. Nxf4 Rxe4 35. Qg2 Rae8 36. Rxh6 Nxe3 37. Rh8%2B Kxh8 38. Qh3%2B {1-0 Nijboer,F (2546)-Goudriaan,E (2283)/ Dieren NED 2011/The Week in Chess 872}) (11... O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 Rfe8 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 b5 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. h5 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qh2 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Qf4 Rae8 23. Bd3 R3e7 24. g6 Ne5 25. Bf5 Kh8 26. gxh7 Qc4 27. Qg3 Qa4 28. Kb1 Nc4 29. Bd3 Ne5 30. Rh4 b4 31. Be2 Nd7 32. Bd3 Ne5 33. Bf1 Rc7 34. Re4 Rec8 35. Bh3 Re8 36. Nd4 Rc5 37. Nb3 Rc7 38. Nd4 Rc5 39. Qb3 Qxb3 40. Nxb3 Rc4 41. Nd4 Kxh7 42. Bf1 Rxd4 43. Rexd4 a5 44. Be2 Be7 45. Rf4 Bg5 46. Rf2 Kh6 47. a3 bxa3 48. bxa3 Be3 49. Rf5 Bc5 50. Ka2 f6 51. Bb5 Rb8 52. c4 Rb7 53. Rd2 Nf7 54. Re2 Ne5 55. Re4 Rc7 56. Kb3 Rc8 57. Re2 Rc7 58. Re4 Rc8 59. Re2 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Pikula,D (2525)-Damljanovic,B (2582)/Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2012/The Week in Chess 912}) 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 {A pawn storm is normal with mutual attacks.[Yip]} (13. Nd4 O-O 14. g4 Rfe8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. Bc1 Qa5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qg2 g6 21. h4 Bf8 22. Qh3 Ndb6 23. h5 Bg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qh7%2B Kf8 27. Rhf1 Qxd5 28. Qxg6 Kg8 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Re2 31. b3 Bc3 32. Rd3 Na5 33. Nh6%2B Kh8 34. Nxf7%2B Kg7 35. Nxd6 Rc6 36. Nf5%2B Kh8 37. g6 Bf6 38. Bb2 Re8 39. Nd6 {1-0 Pikula,D (2522)-Nenezic,M (2356)/ Belgrade SRB 2012/The Week in Chess 899}) 13... Rc8 {Setting up for standard c-file counterplay.[Yip]} (13... O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Nd4 Bf8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Qg2 Rac8 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Qg3 Nc4 20. b3 {#} Nde5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bb2 Rc7 24. h4 Qc6 25. h5 b5 26. Qg2 b4 27. Na4 Nc4 28. bxc4 Qxa4 29. h6 g6 30. e5 Qc6 31. Qd2 dxe5 32. Bxe5 Rf7 33. Rh4 Be7 34. Rf4 Rxf4 35. Qxf4 Rf8 36. Qg4 Rf5 37. Qd4 Bxg5 38. Bg7 Be7 39. Qa7 Rf7 40. Qb8%2B Bf8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. Qe5 Qb7 43. c5 {1-0 Vehi Bach,V (2380)-Gruenfeld,Y (2535)/Biel 1993/TD}) (13... b5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 $14 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Qg2 Bf8 19. h4 g6 20. h5 Bg7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh3 Nb6 (22... Nf8 23. Bc1 $18 {/\ Rd4-h4}) 23. Bc1 Rac8 24. Rh2 Nec4 25. c3 $8 (25. Qh7%2B $2 Kf8 26. Rf2 Na3%2B $1 27. bxa3 Na4 $1 $19) 25... Re5 26. Bd3 $1 Rxd5 (26... Nxd5 27. Bxg6 $1 $18) 27. Rf1 Rxd3 ( 27... Ne5 28. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 29. Qh7%2B Kf8 30. Qxg6 $18) 28. Qxd3 a5 $2 (28... Ne5 29. Qh3) 29. Nd4 b4 30. Ne6 $1 Na3%2B (30... fxe6 31. Qxg6 $18) 31. bxa3 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Nf4 Be5 34. Bb2 {1-0 Nevednichy,V (2525)-Olafsson,H (2500)/ Yerevan (ol) 67/330 1996/[Nevednichy,V]}) 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Nd5 (15. Qg2 b5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ng6 19. Bc1 Nh4 20. Qe4 Rfe8 21. Bd3 Ng6 22. Qg2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. h4 Bf8 25. h5 Ne5 26. Bf5 Rc7 27. g6 Kh8 28. Rdf1 Nc4 29. gxf7 Rxf7 30. Qg6 hxg6 31. hxg6%2B Kg8 32. gxf7%2B Kxf7 33. Be6%2B Kg6 34. Bf7# {1-0 Zawadzka,J (2404)-Schut,L (2224)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in Chess 800}) 15... Bxd5 {The strong knight must be chopped off.[Yip]} 16. exd5 Qc4 {Offering an ending to break the attack.[Yip]} (16... O-O 17. h4 Rfe8 18. c3 Bf8 19. Kb1 $14 {White has normal kingside play.[Yip]}) 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. h4 Nce5 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bh3 $5 {The pin on Nd7 is not so easy to deal with.[Yip]} Rc5 $2 $16 {[Yip] } (20... Rc7 21. Kb1 O-O $14 {Now white cannot easily infiltrate on the h-file. [Yip]}) 21. Kb1 Kd8 {Now white switches to an h-file infiltration plan.[Yip]} ( 21... O-O $2 {Castling is worse.[Yip]} 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rhe1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nb3 Rb5 26. Rxe5 $16 {[Yip]}) 22. h5 {The space massive continues.[Yip]} Re8 23. Bg2 Bf8 $16 {Now white can infiltrate and pressure the kingside.[Yip]} (23... Kc7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh7 Bd8 $14 {[Yip]} (25... Kb8 $2 26. Nf3 f6 27. Rg7 $16 {[Yip]})) 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh7 Rc7 26. b3 Nc5 27. Rdh1 Rce7 28. R1h4 Ned7 29. Kb2 Ne5 30. a3 Rc7 31. Ka2 Ncd7 32. Bd2 Kc8 33. Ba5 Rc5 34. Bb4 Rc7 35. Rh8 Rd8 $2 $18 {Diagram # [Yip]} (35... Kd8 36. Ba5 b6 37. Bd2 $16 {[Yip]}) 36. Ba5 $16 {[Yip]} (36. Rg8 $1 {Black is completely tied up.[Yip]} Be7 (36... Nc5 37. Rhh8 Be7 38. Bh3%2B Ned7 39. Rxd8%2B Bxd8 40. Re8 $18 {Black has no moves. [Yip]}) 37. Rxd8%2B Kxd8 38. Rh8%2B Nf8 39. Ba5 $18 {[Yip]}) 36... Rc5 {Diagram #} 37. Bxd8 Kxd8 38. c4 Ke7 39. R4h7 Rc8 40. Bh3 Re8 41. Bxd7 Nxd7 {Diagram #} 42. Ne6 {The extra exchange wins easily.[Yip]} Ne5 43. Nxf8 Rxf8 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Rh8%2B Kg7 46. 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</object></div> http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/si-najdorf-6be3-e5-7nb3-be6-8f4-b90.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-3562618143345697145Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:18:00 +00002013-06-21T00:18:26.722-07:00<b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blog Activity June 22-30 2013</span></u></b><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Updates will be limited as I will be playing in a RR tournament.</span>http://e4chessnews.blogspot.com/2013/06/blog-activity-june-22-30-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358210988828680537.post-6267808923790395440Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:01:00 +00002013-06-21T00:16:58.432-07:00Sicilian DefenceVoronezh RUS<div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>More About&nbsp;</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Voronezh,Russia</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game 4 was played in the Voronezh Master Open, so here is more on the city.</span><br /> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Chamber Choir of Voronezh State Pedagogical University from Voronezh, Russia, conducted by Boris Yarkin, performing at Ohrid Choir Festival 2012. <br />Complete information is available on <a href="http://www.ohridchoirfestival.com/">OhridChoirFestival</a>.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XwgbuvO3Qyc" width="420"></iframe></span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A-0UJC6EHMI" width="500"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>TWIC 970-971</u></b></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a selection of games from non-main lines.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><u>Game 1</u></b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GM<b>&nbsp;</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hamdouchi</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'s bishop pair gave full compensation for the queenside pawn weaknesses.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u>Milliet,S (2391) - Hamdouchi,H (2602)<br />SI Hyper-Accelerated Dragon 2..g6[B27]<br />French Top 12 2013 Haguenau FRA (8.7), 06.06.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White has a good hold of the c5 strongpoint. What do you recommend for black?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r1br1bk1H7pH2p2pp1Hp1Nnp3H2N5HBP6HP1P2PPPHR4RK1&amp;d=AR____RK_P_P__PPPBP________N_____p_Nnp_____p__pp________pr_br_bk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r1br1bk1H7pH2p2pp1Hp1Nnp3H2N5HBP6HP1P2PPPHR4RK1&amp;d=AR____RK_P_P__PPPBP________N_____p_Nnp_____p__pp________pr_br_bk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.Ba3</span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "French Top 12 2013"] [Site "Haguenau FRA"] [Date "2013.06.06"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Milliet, S."] [Black "Hamdouchi, H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2391"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2013.05.30"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.10"] [WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"] [BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs-92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 $5 {The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon.[Yip]} 3. d4 (3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 {Preventing d4 keeps white from the most dangerous lines against the Dragon.[Yip]} 5. d3 a6 6. a3 {A slow move that preserves the strong Bc4 but slows down any attack plans.[Yip]} e6 {A typical pawn arrangement to blunt Bc4. [Yip]} 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 d6 $1 {Black has a sound and flexible defensive formation.[Yip]} 9. Bg5 h6 {Challenging the bishop while not committing the king.[Yip]} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 g5 $5 {Securing the e5 central outpost. Black has a strong game having won the bishop pair while making no corresponding concessions.[Yip]} 12. Rb1 h5 $5 {Starting the attack.[Yip]} 13. Ba2 Ne5 14. Nc4 g4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 Qh4 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. c3 Bd7 19. Nf1 Ke7 20. Re2 h4 21. b4 g3 22. bxc5 gxh2%2B 23. Nxh2 Rhg8 24. cxd6%2B Bxd6 25. d4 Bxh2%2B 26. Kxh2 Qf4%2B 27. Kh1 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 h3%2B {0-1 Gratze,M (2006)-Kislinsky,A (2565) /Teplice CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) (3. c3 {A strong way to combat the early ..g6.[Yip]} Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5%2B {A nice disruptive check.[Yip]} Nc6 8. Bxc6%2B bxc6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 f5 13. e6 $5 {Disrupting black’s forces.[Yip]} Bc8 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Rac1 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Rc7 O-O 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 h6 22. Nh4 Bxb2 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Bc3 25. Rd7 Ba5 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Genzling,A (2401)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 (4. Nxd4 {Is possible and the result could be a Dragon, Dragadorf or Accelerated Dragon.[Yip]}) 4... Nf6 5. Bb5 (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qg4 12. Rd4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rc4 Ne5 17. Ra4 O-O 18. Ke2 Rfb8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Ne4 a5 21. Rc4 Ne5 22. Rc5 Rb5 23. a4 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 Ng4 25. Rd1 Bc3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf6 28. Rc4 Rc8 29. Nb7 Nd7 30. Nxa5 c5 31. Re4 e5 32. Nc4 f5 33. Re3 e4 34. f3 Nf6 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. g4 Kg7 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. a5 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Nb6 Rc6 41. Kf4 h6 42. Nd5%2B Ke6 43. Nc3 Ra6 44. Nxe4 fxe4 45. Rxe4%2B Kd5 46. Ra4 Rf6%2B 47. Ke3 Ra6 48. Kd3 h5 49. h4 c4%2B 50. Rxc4 Rxa5 51. Ra4 Rc5 52. b4 Rc8 53. Ra5%2B {1-0 Krejci,J (2503)-Cotonnec,M (2432)/Meissen GER 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 5... Nc6 (5... a6 6. e5 axb5 7. exf6 Nc6 8. Qd3 b4 9. O-O e5 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Nfg5 Qe7 14. Nxh7 f5 15. Nef6%2B Kf7 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Nd5 e4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Nxa8 Rxh7 21. Nb6 Be5 22. h4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rh8 24. Rab1 Kg7 25. Rfd1 f4 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxf4 Rxh4 28. Bxe5%2B Nxe5 29. Qxd6 Rh5 30. Qe7%2B Kh6 31. Rd8 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2667)-Salgado Lopez,I (2598)/ Legnica POL 2013/The Week in Ches 966}) 6. Bxc6 bxc6 {Capturing towards the center to create a central pawn majority keeps the maximum tension.[Yip]} (6... dxc6 {Offering an ending also has its points.[Yip]} 7. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. h3 Bc8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. e5 Nf8 14. O-O-O h6 15. Rhe1 Ne6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 Rf8 21. Rde1 Rd8 22. Ra3 Rd7 23. Ree3 Bd5 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Ke2 Bxf3%2B 26. Rxf3 Rxe5%2B 27. Rae3 Red5 28. Be1 Bxb2 29. Rxe6 R7d6 30. Re4 Bf6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd2%2B 34. Ke3 g5 35. Re5 R2d4 36. Kf3 e6 37. Kg3 R6d5 38. Ree3 Rf4 39. Ra3 a5 40. Rab3 Rb4 41. c3 Rxb3 42. axb3 c4 43. bxc4 Rc5 44. f4 a4 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. h4 a3 47. hxg5 Rxc4 48. Kh4 a2 49. Re1 Rxc3 50. g6 Ke7 51. Rf1 Rf3 52. Ra1 Ra3 53. Kg5 Kf8 54. Kf6 b5 55. g7%2B Kg8 56. Kxe6 Ra6%2B {0-1 Fomichenko,E (2460)-Popov,I (2614)/St Petersburg RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 939}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. e6 (8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nb4 10. Na3 d6 11. c5 Nd5 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Bg5 dxe5 14. Qc5 Qb6 15. Qd6 f6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Qa3 fxg5 18. Nd6%2B Kd7 19. Nf7 Re8 20. Rac1 Re7 21. N3xg5 h6 22. Rfd1 hxg5 23. Rxd5%2B Ke8 24. Nd6%2B Kf8 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Rd8%2B Kf7 28. Nd6%2B Kf6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qe3 Bf5 31. f4 Rxd8 {0-1 Edelman,D (2400) -Shabalov,A (2525)/New York 1992/EXT 1997}) 8... f6 9. exd7%2B Qxd7 (9... Bxd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Qh4 O-O 14. b3 g5 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Nd2 Qe5 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. f4 Qd4%2B 21. Kh1 h6 22. Bh4 e3 23. Ndb1 Qd6 24. Ne2 c5 25. Rf3 Kh7 26. Rd1 Qg6 27. Nbc3 Rg8 28. Be1 Bc6 29. Rg3 Qe6 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Qxe3 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. Rc1 Rde8 35. Qd2 Qb7 36. Nc3 Bxc3 37. Rcxc3 Bxg2%2B 38. Kg1 Bh3 39. Rxg8 Rxg8%2B 40. Rg3 Bg4 41. Qc3 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Van Mil,J (2345)-Hodgson,J (2455)/Copenhagen 1985/MCD}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 $15 {[Yip]} (11. Qc5 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 $11 {I prefer black with the nice bishops.[Yip]}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 e5 {Taking central space with tempo. [Yip]} 13. Qc4 a5 {Threatening ..Ba6 so black gains queenside space without any time loss.[Yip]} 14. Nc5 Qg4 $1 {Trading off white’s best piece-the queen is another way for black to improve his chances.[Yip]} 15. Nd2 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 { Black’s bishops and mobile kingside pawns outweigh the queenside compromised pawns.[Yip]} Rd8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Ba3 $2 $17 {Diagram # [Yip]} (18. Ne4 Ba6 19. a4 Kg7 20. Rb1 Rab8 $15 {[Yip]}) 18... Nc3 $1 {Now Ra1 is tied to the a-pawn and Ne4 is prevented. The main threat is ...Nb5 winning Nc5.[Yip]} 19. Nd3 { Diagram #} Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Ba6 $1 {The other bishop plays a key role and black forces a structural weakening.[Yip]} 21. Rfe1 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 $17 {Black has won a clear P%2B and the technical RRN-RRN ending begins.[Yip]} 23. Nc4 {The knight reaches a strong post and causes black some technical problems by tying down Ra8 to a passive defensive role.[Yip]} Ra7 {Securing the 7th rank.[Yip]} 24. Kf1 a4 {Preparing to liquidate pawns which will clean up black’s structure and leave Nc4 with fewer targets.[Yip]} 25. Nb2 Rd2 26. Nxa4 Nxa4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 {The exchange of knights and liquidation of some queenside pawns has left black with a clearer RR-RR ending. Black can easily activate his king while white cannot do the same.[Yip]} 28. Re2 {Challenging the strong rook.[Yip]} Rxe2 29. Kxe2 {Diagram # The technical P%2B R-R ending is of some interest.[Yip]} Kf7 {The king must be activated and for now Ra4 is ideally placed to restrain all the pawns, white’s king and keeping the Ra1 passive.[Yip]} 30. Kd3 c5 {It is not necessary to commit the c-pawn yet.[Yip]} (30... Ke6 {King activation should be the priority.[Yip]} 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. a3 Kc5 33. Ra2 $17 {[Yip]}) 31. Kc3 c4 $1 {This key pawn move secures Ra4 from harassment.[Yip]} 32. Kb2 Ke6 33. Rd1 h5 34. h4 $6 $15 {Diagram # This fresh weakness helps black.[Yip]} (34. Rd2 $15 {[Yip]}) 34... Kf5 35. g3 {Diagram # Now whhite cannot hold the kingside.[Yip]} (35. Rd2 {Is not much better.[Yip]} g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rd8 h4 $17 {[Yip]}) 35... g5 $1 {A second front must be created as black cannot force the promotion of the c-pawn.[Yip]} 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rd8 {Diagram #} h4 $1 { Creating a passed pawn to stretch the defence out.[Yip]} 38. gxh4 gxh4 $19 39. Rh8 Kg4 {The king plays a key role supporting the h-pawn and threatening further infiltration on the kingside.[Yip]} 40. Re8 Kf4 (40... h3 $1 41. Rxe5 h2 $19 {[Yip]}) 41. a3 h3 42. Rh8 Kf3 $17 {Making the winning process longer. [Yip]} (42... Kg4 $1 {Wins easily.[Yip]} 43. Rh7 e4 {The threat is ..Ra5-h5. [Yip]} 44. Rh8 Ra5 $1 $19 {[Yip]}) 43. Rxh3%2B Kxf2 44. Kc2 {Diagram #} e4 45. Kd2 Ra8 46. Rh2%2B Kg3 47. Re2 Kf4 48. Rf2%2B Ke5 49. Rf7 $19 (49. Kc3 e3 50. Rf7 Rxa3%2B 51. Kxc4 Ke4 $19 {White’s king is cut off from the pawn laterally and is on the wrong side of the pawn too.[Yip]}) 49... Rxa3 $19 {Diagram #} 50. Re7%2B Kd5 51. Rd7%2B Ke6 52. Rc7 Rd3%2B 53. Kc2 Kd5 54. Rd7%2B Ke5 55. Rc7 Kd4 56. Rd7%2B Ke3 57. Rh7 Kf2 58. Rc7 Rf3 59. Rxc4 {This is an easy win as white’s king is on the longside of the passed pawn and cannot contest the promotion square.[Yip]} e3 60. Re4 Rf8 61. 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</object></span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><u>Game 2</u></b><br />Black found a nice plan, ..h5-h4 idea, to prevent a kingside attack and then converted a better structure in a RRB-RRB ending.<br /><br /><b> Gallagher,Jo (2518) - Skoberne,J (2558)<br />SI 3.Bb5 e6 [B30]<br />Mitropa Cup 2013 Meissen GER (8.2), 08.06.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Position 1</u></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Black has the better structure and better king. What do you recommend for black now?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black to Play</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r3k3H1b1p1pp1Hp3p3H1p5rH1P2P2pHP2PP2PHB5P1HR4RK1&amp;d=IR____RK_B_____P_P__PP__P_P__P__p_p_____rp___p____b_p_pp_r___k___0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=r3k3H1b1p1pp1Hp3p3H1p5rH1P2P2pHP2PP2PHB5P1HR4RK1&amp;d=IR____RK_B_____P_P__PP__P_P__P__p_p_____rp___p____b_p_pp_r___k___0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.f3</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Mitropa Cup 2013"] [Site "Meissen GER"] [Date "2013.06.08"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Gallagher, Jo"] [Black "Skoberne, J."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2518"] [BlackElo "2558"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2013.06.01"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 {A solid way of meeting the Bxc6 idea.[Yip]} ( 3... Qc7 {The main idea is not to allow the structural compromise on Bxc6.[Yip] } 4. O-O e6 {A similar defensive arrangement as to the main game.[Yip]} 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. e5 Nd7 {Reaching a French Defence but with white not commited to d4.[Yip]} 9. d4 {Now white has a passive formation against the French Defence.[Yip]} b5 10. a3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 {The bishop reaches a normal position after taking the scenic route-Bb5-f1-d3.[Yip]} h6 {A useful defensive waiting move/precaution.[Yip]} 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 b4 15. Ng3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Na5 17. Qe2 Nbc4 18. Nh5 Rb8 19. Be3 Rb2 20. Qf1 Ba4 21. Re2 Rb6 22. Nd2 Nb2 23. Rc1 Rc6 24. Ree1 Nxd3 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxd3 Kd7 27. h3 Bb5 28. Qb1 Qc3 29. a4 Bxa4 30. Qb8 Bb5 31. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O (2469)-Fedorchuk,S (2660)/ Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Ba3 Ng6 7. O-O d6 {Forming a solid defensive pawn wall.[Yip]} 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. e5 Ba6 {Gaining a useful tempo for develoment.[Yip]} 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bc5 {Hoping to exploit black’s pawn formation.[Yip]} Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. a3 Rb8 19. b4 $2 Rxb4 20. axb4 Qxa1 21. Nc3 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Ra1 Bd3 24. Rxa7 Rxb4 25. h3 Rc4 26. Na4 g5 27. Kh2 Bc2 28. Nb6 Rxc5 29. Rc7 Bf5 30. Nd7 Rd5 31. Nb8 Rd2 32. Kg1 f6 33. Nxc6 Kh7 34. Nb4 e5 35. Rc5 Be6 36. Nc2 Rd1%2B 37. Kh2 Rc1 38. Rc6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Rxc2 40. Rxd5 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. g4 Rc7 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Ra5 Ke6 46. Ra6%2B Kd5 47. Ra5%2B Kd4 48. Ra4%2B Kd3 49. Ra3%2B Rc3 50. Ra7 e4%2B 51. Kf2 Kd2 52. Ra2%2B Rc2 53. Ra3 g6 54. Ra6 e3%2B 55. Kf3 e2 56. Rd6%2B Ke1 {0-1 Yandemirov,V (2422)-Vorobiov,E (2583)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 4... Nge7 5. Nc3 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Simplifying down to reduce white’s attacking poential.[Yip]} 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 Nc6 {Gaining a useful tempo.[Yip]} 9. Qd3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qg3 (11. Qxd5 exd5 $11 {[Yip]}) 11... Qe5 {Again offering an ending.[Yip]} 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 {Black should be ok here.[Yip]} 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Nh4 17. f3 b5 18. c4 Nf5 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Rxd1%2B 21. Rxd1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bb5 23. Bxb5%2B axb5 24. g4 Nd6 25. Nd4 h5 26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 g5 28. b3 Rh6 29. Bg3 b4 30. Nc6 Nb7 31. Be1 Bc5%2B 32. Kg2 e5 33. Nxb4 e4 34. fxe4 Bd6 35. Kg1 Bc5%2B 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Nd5 Rh2%2B 38. Kf3 Rh3%2B 39. Ke2 Rh2%2B 40. Bf2 Nc5 41. Nf6%2B Ke7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Rxd6%2B Kxd6 44. Bg3%2B Ke6 45. Bxh2 {1-0 Mekhitarian,K (2544)-Sveshnikov,V (2411)/Albena BUL 2013/The Week in Chess 970} ) (5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 {Retreating back to the kingside. [Yip]} 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 Be8 {Black remains solid despite the momentary loss of coordination.[Yip]} 19. a3 Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Rb8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 25. b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3%2B 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2755)/Moscow RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) 5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 {The doubled d-pawns are not a problem while black takes more central space to hinder any white aggression.[Yip]} 7. Ne2 a6 8. Ba4 (8. Bd3 $5 {Taking aim at the kingside.[Yip]} Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qc2 Ba7 11. b3 dxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb2 f6 {Blunting the long diagonal.[Yip]} 15. Rac1 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Ng3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qb6 22. Qf3 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. d4 Re8 25. h3 Bb8 26. Bc3 Qd6 27. Re1 Rxe1%2B 28. Bxe1 g6 29. Nf1 Kg7 30. Bd2 Bf5 31. Qe3 g5 32. h4 h6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng3 Bg6 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Be3 a5 37. Nh5%2B Kf7 38. Ng3 Ke7 39. Bd2 b6 40. b4 a4 41. b5 Bd6 42. Qd1 Bxg3 43. fxg3 Kf7 44. Qe1 Qg4 45. Qe3 Qd1%2B 46. Qe1 Qc2 47. Bb4 Be4 48. Qd2 Qc4 49. a3 Qxb5 50. Kf2 Qc4 51. Qc3 Qa2%2B 52. Qd2 Qa1 53. Ke3 Qh1 54. Qe2 Bxg2 55. Kf2 Be4 56. Qg4 Qg2%2B 57. Ke1 Kg6 58. Qe6 Qxg3%2B 59. Ke2 Qf3%2B 60. Kd2 Qd3%2B 61. Ke1 Qe3%2B {1-0 Sedina,E (2353)-Hamdouchi,H (2617)/Lugano SUI 2012/The Week in Chess 912}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. d3 Bc5 { Reinforcing d4.[Yip]} (10... Bb7 11. f4 {Taking the play to the kingside.[Yip]} Qb6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bd2 h5 {An aggressive prophylactic measure that risks loosening the kingside.[Yip]} 14. Kh1 g6 15. Ng1 Na5 16. Ba2 f5 {Blocking up the kingside and the position.[Yip]} 17. Nf3 $1 {Black’s pawn moves have left some gaping holes for the knight to target.[Yip]} fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Ne5 Rg8 22. Rae1 Qb5 23. a4 Qc5 24. b4 cxb3 25. cxb3 Bf6 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rxc8%2B Bxc8 28. Rc1 {1-0 Gallagher,J (2500)-Carron,J (2372)/ Flims SUI 2012/The Week in Chess 924}) (10... Be7 11. f4 {A thematic kingside attacking plan takes shape.[Yip]} O-O 12. f5 Bg5 $5 {Offering to trade off Bc1-a potentially dangerous attacker.[Yip]} 13. Nf4 {Offer declined.[Yip]} Na5 14. Qg4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 f6 17. Bd6 $1 {Cutting black’s army in two with tempo.[Yip]} Rf7 18. e5 Bb7 19. Rae1 Bd5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe4 Qd8 23. Rxf7 Bxf7 24. Qxd4 Qg5 25. h4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Re7 Rc8 28. Be5 Rc1%2B 29. Kf2 Rc2%2B 30. Ke3 d6 31. Rxg7%2B Kf8 32. Bf6 h5 33. Ra7 Rc6 34. g3 Be6 35. Kf4 Bg4 36. b4 Ke8 37. Kg5 d5 38. Re7%2B Kd8 39. Re5%2B Kc7 40. Rxd5 Kb7 41. Rd4 Bd1 42. Be5 Rc8 43. Rd7%2B Kb6 44. d4 Bg4 45. Rf7 Rc2 46. d5 Rc4 47. a3 Bd1 48. Bb8 a5 49. d6 {1-0 Pridorozhni,A (2553)-Jedlicka,A (2299)/Pardubice CZE 2010/The Week in Chess 820}) 11. a3 (11. f4 {The standard kingside attack idea. [Yip]} Qh4 $5 {An aggressive defence that shows one of the drawbacks of not having a knight on f3.[Yip]} 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Qe1 g6 15. c3 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Bb4 17. d4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb4 {Black’s defensive idea includes not cooperatively castling into an attack.[Yip]} 19. Qe3 Na5 20. d5 O-O 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Ng3 Nxb3 23. axb3 f5 24. Qa7 Bc8 25. Qe3 Bb7 26. Qa7 Bc8 27. Qe3 {1/ 2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2751)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129}) 11... Bb7 (11... O-O 12. f4 f5 $1 {The facing f-pawn plan is a standard defensive idea.[Yip]} 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ng3 Rf8 15. f5 $40 {Beginning a kingside attack anyways.[Yip]} d5 16. Qg4 exf5 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Bg5 Ra7 19. Nh5 h6 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Re2 24. Rae1 Rfe8 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Rf2 Re1%2B 27. Rf1 Re5 28. Kf2 Bb7 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Bd6 31. g3 Kg6 32. Kf2 Kg5 33. c3 dxc3 34. bxc3 Bxa3 35. h4%2B Kg4 36. Nf4 {1-0 Thavandiran,S (2291)-Zherebukh,Y (2541)/Montreal 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 12. Ba2 Qe7 13. Qd2 {Diagram #} h5 $5 {A typical prophylactic measure against the planned kingside attack. The other part of black’s defence is not playing ...0-0.[Yip]} 14. b4 Bb6 15. c3 { Challenging the d-pawn is double-edged as Bb6 will become more active.[Yip]} h4 $40 {Beginning an original attack.[Yip]} 16. h3 {Diagram #} Rh5 $5 {A daring way to activate the rook.[Yip]} 17. cxd4 (17. c4 $13 {[Yip]}) (17. Bb2 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qg5 19. Qd1 a5 $11 {[Yip]}) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 {Diagram # The result of the opening favors black. -Qd4 dominates the center -Ph4 fixes the kingside -white has no kingside attack in sight -Bb7 is very strong. [Yip]} 21. Qe3 $2 $15 {This is structural suicide.[Yip]} (21. Rac1 {Leads to a tough but even fight.[Yip]} Bc6 22. Bb3 Re5 $11 {[Yip]}) 21... Qxe3 22. fxe3 {Diagram # This is the position of interest for the ending. Black has the better chances due to having fewer pawn islands and no pawn weaknesses.[Yip]} a5 {Beginning to undermine the queenside pawns.[Yip]} 23. Bb3 Ke7 {Bringing up the king. Black takes no hurried actions and makes slow improving moves.[Yip]} 24. bxa5 $2 $17 {Cooperatively self-destructing on the queenside.[Yip]} (24. Rac1 axb4 25. axb4 Ra3 26. Rc3 Bc6 $15 {[Yip]}) 24... Rc5 {Getting reading to infiltrate on the c-file.[Yip]} 25. a4 {Continuing with the plan of liquidating queenside pawns at any cost.[Yip]} Rc3 26. Rab1 Rxd3 { The centre pawns are crippled.[Yip]} 27. axb5 Rxa5 {The liquidation of queenside pawns have improved black’s structural advantage.[Yip]} 28. Bd1 { Diagram #} f6 $15 {Carefully fixing the doubled e-pawns and commiting to a slower approach.[Yip]} (28... Bxe4 {The e-pawn can be safely taken.[Yip]} 29. Bh5 g6 30. Bf3 Rxe3 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. b6 Ra8 33. Rfc1 Rb8 $17 {[Yip]}) 29. Bf3 e5 {Permanently fixing the e-pawns.[Yip]} (29... Kd6 $2 {Allows white some activity.[Yip]} 30. e5%2B Kc7 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Bxb7 Kxb7 33. Rxf6 Rxe3 34. Rb4 $11 {[Yip]}) 30. Rfc1 Kd6 {The king advances and will have an easy time infiltrating on the dark squares.[Yip]} 31. Be2 $2 $17 {Conceding the 2nd rank makes it easier for black.[Yip]} (31. Rc2 $15 {Securing the 2nd rank was more stubborn.[Yip]}) 31... Rd2 32. Rd1 {Diagram #} Raa2 $1 {Keeping a rook on the 2nd rank is key as this restricts Kg1.[Yip]} 33. b6 Bxe4 {Chess justice prevails and the weak e-pawn falls.[Yip]} 34. Rxd2%2B Rxd2 35. Rb4 Rxe2 {Black has no objection to a technically winning R-R ending.[Yip]} (35... Bb7 {Is strong.[Yip]} 36. Bf3 e4 37. Bxe4 Kc5 38. Ra4 Kb5 39. Ra7 Bxe4 40. b7 Rxg2%2B 41. Kf1 Bxb7 42. Rxb7%2B Kc6 43. Rb4 Rg3 44. Rc4%2B Kd5 45. Rxh4 Rxe3 46. Rh7 Re7 47. h4 Ke6 $19 {The 2 P%2B ensure an easy win.[Yip]}) 36. Rxe4 {Black’s structural advantage carries over to the R-R ending. Black has the better K and R too and now the conversion phase is of interest.[Yip]} Rb2 $1 {The priority in R-R endings is to activate the rook. Black already has a stable P%2B so preventing any counterplay is key. Restraining the passed pawn from the optimal position has the bonus of keeping white’s king passive.[Yip]} 37. Rxh4 Ke6 {Freeing the d-pawn to advance.[Yip]} 38. Rg4 g5 {Securing the kingside pawns without using the rook is key as black’s pieces all remain more active than their counterparts.[Yip]} 39. Ra4 Rxb6 $17 {Diagram # Black goes up a clear P and keeps the better structure. Black also has the better king and white has no counterplay other than the dream of creating a passed h-pawn.[Yip]} 40. h4 gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rb2 $1 {Keeping white’s king passive takes priority over any pawn advance.[Yip]} 42. Kf1 d5 {Now the advance is made when white has no chance of resisting.[Yip]} 43. Ra4 Kf5 44. g4%2B $2 $19 {The g-pawn is weaker now.[Yip]} Kg5 45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Ra5 Kxg4 47. 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What do you recommend for black?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8Hp1k1r1p1H2p2p1pH1pp2P2H3p2PPH1P1P1R2HP1P3P1H6K1&amp;d=A______K_P_P___P__P_P_R_____p__PP_pp__P____p__p_pp_k_r_p_________0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=8Hp1k1r1p1H2p2p1pH1pp2P2H3p2PPH1P1P1R2HP1P3P1H6K1&amp;d=A______K_P_P___P__P_P_R_____p__PP_pp__P____p__p_pp_k_r_p_________0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.Rxf3</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "2nd Grand Europe Open 2013"] [Site "Golden Sands BUL"] [Date "2013.06.14"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Sanduleac, V."] [Black "Spasov, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2414"] [BlackElo "2565"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2013.06.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 (4. Nc3 g6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Kf1 f5 12. g5 Nf7 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 b5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Nc3 b4 17. Na4 Nxe5 18. Re1 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 e5 20. Be3 Be6 21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Rh2 e4 23. Bf4 Bd4 24. h4 Re8 25. Rh3 Qd7 26. Qd2 exd3 27. Rxe8%2B Rxe8 28. cxd3 Qe6 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Qd1 Qg7 31. Qd2 Re6 32. Rh3 Qe7 33. Rg3 Qg7 34. Rh3 Be5 35. Be3 f4 36. Bxc5 Qf7 37. f3 Qf5 38. Rh2 Bxf3 39. Bxb4 Bd4 40. Ba3 Qg4 {0-1 Anurag,M (2401)-Spasov,V (2565)/Albena BUL 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) (4. e5 Ng4 5. Qe2 g6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. c3 Be6 13. Neg5 Qd5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. dxe4 Nf7 19. h4 O-O-O 20. Rfd1 c4 21. Kf1 c5 22. Ke2 Kc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rg1 b5 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rxg4 Rg8 27. Rf4 Nd8 28. Ng5 Kd7 29. Rg4 Nc6 30. f4 Rh8 31. Nf3 Rh6 32. Rg1 a6 33. Kf2 b4 34. Rd1%2B Kc7 35. Kg3 b3 36. Ng5 bxa2 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. cxb4 cxb4 39. Rxa2 Kb6 40. Nxe6 a5 41. f5 gxf5 42. exf5 b3 43. Ra1 Kb5 44. Nd4%2B Kb4 45. Ne2 Ra6 46. Nc3 a4 47. Ra3 {1-0 Rozentalis,E (2611)-Wirig,A (2498)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 4... dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nd7 $1 {Beginning a nice defensive regrouping.[Yip]} (7... e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Nf8 14. Rdf1 e5 15. Nd1 Ne6 16. Ne3 Rhe8 17. Nef5 Bf8 18. Ng2 f6 19. f4 Bf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qf2 Bg8 22. Ngh4 c4 23. dxc4 Nc5 24. Be3 Bxc4 25. Bxc5 Qa5 26. Ba3 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Qxa3 28. c3 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Qxc3 30. Nf3 g6 31. N5h4 Qb4%2B 32. Ka1 Qxe4 33. Qxa7 Qb4 34. Rc1 e4 35. a3 Qd6 36. Rb1 Qb8 37. Qxb8%2B Kxb8 38. Ne1 Rd2 39. Rb2 Red8 40. Nhg2 Kc7 41. Kb1 b5 42. Rc2 Rxc2 43. Kxc2 Kd6 44. Kd2 Ke5%2B 45. Ke2 Kd4 46. Kd2 Kc4%2B 47. Kc2 Ra8 48. Ne3%2B Kd4 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. N1c2 c5 51. Ke2 Rd8 52. Ne1 b4 53. axb4 cxb4 54. Nc4%2B Kd4 55. Nd2 Rb8 56. Nc2%2B Kc3 57. Ne3 Kd4 58. Nc2%2B Ke5 59. Ke3 b3 60. Nd4 Rc8 61. N4xb3 Rc3%2B 62. Ke2 Rxh3 63. Nc5 Kf4 64. Ne6%2B Kxg4 65. Nxe4 Kf5 66. Nf2 Rh4 67. Nc5 Rc4 68. Ncd3 g5 69. Kf3 h5 70. Nd1 g4%2B 71. Kg2 Kg5 72. N1f2 Rc2 73. Ne5 Re2 74. Nf7%2B Kf4 75. Kf1 Rd2 76. Ke1 Rd7 {0-1 Zelcic,R (2537)-Uwira,O (2249)/Pula CRO 2013/ The Week in Chess 971}) 8. Be3 (8. g4 Bg6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Rhg1 Qa6 13. Kb1 b5 14. Ne2 c4 15. h4 cxd3 16. cxd3 h5 17. gxh5 Bxh5 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. d4 c5 20. e5 Qc6 21. Rg3 Nb6 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. Qc1 Nb4 24. d5 Bg6%2B 25. Ka1 Nc2%2B 26. Kb1 Nd4%2B 27. Ka1 Nb3%2B {0-1 Areshchenko,A (2708)-Zhigalko,S (2661)/Kiev UKR 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 8... e5 $1 {Now the game has an Open Games character.[Yip]} 9. Qd2 Bd6 {The idea is to errect a solid dark square defensive wall.[Yip]} 10. Ng1 $5 {An interesting retreat and regroup to avoid the crippling ..Bxf3.[Yip]} Nf8 {Black also retreats to take aim at d4.} 11. Nge2 Ne6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nf5 Bc7 {The valuable protector of the dark squares must be kept.[Yip]} 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. O-O O-O-O {Diagram # Now the focus will be on the d-file and control over d4.[Yip]} 16. Rad1 Bxf5 {Eliminating a protector of d4.[Yip]} 17. exf5 Nd4 $11 {Finally arriving on the target square. [Yip]} 18. Bxd4 $6 {A poor exchange that improves black’s chances.[Yip]} (18. Ng3 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxc5 $11 {[Yip]}) 18... exd4 $1 $15 {Opening up the b8-h2 diagonal is worth more than the discomfort of the doubled c-pawns.[Yip]} 19. Qg5 Rde8 $15 {Taking the e-file.[Yip]} (19... h5 $5 20. Ng3 (20. Qxg7 $2 Qxf5 $19 {Now Qg7 is trapped.[Yip]}) 20... f6 21. Qh4 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Rde8 $15 { [Yip]}) 20. Ng3 (20. Qxg7 $2 {The g-pawn cannot be taken.[Yip]} Rhg8 21. Qxh7 Rh8 22. Qg7 Reg8 $19 {Traps the queen.[Yip]}) 20... f6 21. Qh5 Bxg3 $1 {The knight must be chopped off before it lands on e4.[Yip]} 22. fxg3 Re3 $1 { Diagram #} 23. Rf3 Rhe8 24. Rdf1 $15 {[Yip]} (24. Qxh7 $2 {Pawn hunting leaves the queen offside and the king exposed.[Yip]} Rxf3 25. gxf3 Re2 $1 {Now Kg1 is vulnerable.[Yip]} 26. Qh8%2B Kc7 27. Qf8 Qxf5 28. Qf7%2B Qd7 29. Qxd7%2B Kxd7 $17 { [Yip]}) 24... h6 25. Qg4 R8e7 {Securing the kingside and keeping the pace of the game slow.[Yip]} 26. b3 b5 {Beginning aggressive expansion on the queenside to create a second front.[Yip]} 27. Qf4 Kb7 28. g4 Qc7 $2 $11 { Allowing white a chanced to trade down to a roughly even R-R ending.[Yip]} ( 28... R3e5 $15 {[Yip]}) 29. h4 $2 $15 {Missing a chance to simplify down.[Yip]} (29. Qxc7%2B {Is better.[Yip]} Kxc7 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 $11 {[Yip]}) 29... Rxf3 (29... Re2 $15 {[Yip]}) 30. Qxc7%2B Kxc7 31. Rxf3 {Diagram # The R-R ending is of some interest.[Yip]} (31. gxf3 {Also favors black.[Yip]} Re2 32. Rf2 Re3 $15 {[Yip]}) 31... c4 $1 {A temporary pawn sacrifice to break up the queenside pawns and open up lnes for the king to infiltrate.[Yip]} 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Kd6 $1 $15 {Heading to the open queenside to feast on the loose pawns.[Yip]} ( 33... Re1%2B {Is the Houdini way.[Yip]} 34. Rf1 Re4 35. c5 Rxg4 36. Rf3 h5 $15 { [Yip]}) 34. c3 Kc5 35. cxd4%2B Kxd4 {White is up pawn and down a position.[Yip]} 36. Rf4%2B Re4 37. Rf3 Kxc4 38. Ra3 Re7 $1 {Diagram # The is an all-star, guarding the 7th rank and cutting off the Kg1 from the passed c-pawn.[Yip]} 39. Kf2 {Diagram #} c5 40. Kf3 {White has no hope of a defence as the king is cut off from the queenside.[Yip]} Kd4 41. g5 {A desperate gesture.[Yip]} (41. Ra6 c4 42. Re6 Rb7 43. a4 Kd3 $19 {The king leads the pawn for the easy win.[Yip]}) 41... hxg5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Kg4 c4 44. Ra6 c3 45. 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Black lost control late in the queen ending.<br /><br /><b>Onischuk,V (2581) - Rozum,I (2501)<br />SI Kan 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 [B40]<br />17th Voronezh Master Open Voronezh RUS (5.6), 17.06.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White has gone three pawns down and the d3 pawn is under attack. What do you recommend for white?&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>White to Play</b></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5k2H5p2Hqp6H2pPQp2H3p4H3P4H6K1H8&amp;d=A______________K____P_______p______pPQp__qp___________p_______k__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5k2H5p2Hqp6H2pPQp2H3p4H3P4H6K1H8&amp;d=A______________K____P_______p______pPQp__qp___________p_______k__0w&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">66...Qxa6</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "17th Voronezh Master Open"] [Site "Voronezh RUS"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Onischuk, V."] [Black "Rozum, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2501"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 (3... a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 d5 {Breaking in the center for equal play.[Yip]} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bf3 Bf6 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Bc3 a5 19. Qb2 Bd7 20. Ne2 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Be6 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Qe5 Rac8 24. Rxd8%2B Rxd8 25. Nc5 Ng6 26. Qe3 Bc8 27. g3 h6 28. h4 Nf8 29. Qe7 Rd2 30. Re4 Qa3 31. Qc7 Qc1%2B 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Rf4 Rc2 34. Rxf7 Rxc5 35. Rxf8%2B Kxf8 36. Qxd7 Qe1 37. Qxb7 Qe5 38. b4 axb4 39. Qxb4 Kg8 40. a4 Kh8 41. h5 Kg8 42. Qb6 Kf8 43. Qd8%2B Qe8 44. Qd6%2B Qe7 45. Qf4%2B Kg8 46. Qb8%2B Kf7 47. Qb3%2B Kf8 48. Qb4 Re5 49. Qf4%2B Qf6 50. Qg4 Qe6 51. Qd4 Qe7 52. Qd2 Qc5 53. g4 Ke7 54. Qb2 Qc7 55. Qb4%2B Kf7 56. Qf4%2B Ke7 57. Bd5 Kd6 58. Be4 Ke7 59. Bf3 Rc5 60. Qb4 Kf7 61. Be4 Qe5 62. Bg6%2B Ke6 63. Qb6%2B Ke7 64. Qb7%2B Qc7 65. Qb4 Ke6 66. Qb3%2B Kd6 67. Qf3 Rc4 68. Qg3%2B Kc6 69. Be8%2B Kb7 70. Qf3%2B Ka7 71. Bb5 Rd4 72. Qe3 Qf4 73. Qxf4 Rxf4 74. Kg3 Rb4 75. f4 Rb3%2B 76. Kf2 Rc3 77. g5 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,V (2584) -Zakhartsov,V (2536)/Kazan RUS 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 ( 5. Qe2 {Discouraging ...d5.[Yip]} Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O-O f6 { Undermining the pawn center.[Yip]} 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Bc5 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Qe5 Rc8 15. f3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd5 17. Nd6 Qg5%2B 18. Kb2 Rf4 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. c4 Nb4 21. Qd6 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Re1 Nf7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. f4 g6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Rc7 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. Bc2 Rg5 33. Re2 Ne5 34. h4 Rg4 35. Rde4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Nc6 37. Rf4 Rg7 38. g4 e5 39. Re4 Rf7 40. Re2 Nd4 41. Rg2 Rf4 42. h5 h6 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rxg5%2B Kf7 45. Rg2 Rh4 46. Bg6%2B Ke6 47. Rd2 a5 48. Rf2 e4 49. Rf8 Rh2%2B 50. Kc3 Ke5 51. Re8%2B Ne6 52. Bf7 Rh3%2B 53. Kd2 Kd4 54. Bxe6 Rh2%2B 55. Kd1 Kd3 56. Ke1 dxe6 57. Rxe6 Rxh5 58. Rd6%2B Ke3 59. Kd1 b5 60. cxb5 Rxb5 61. Re6 Rh5 62. a3 Rh2 63. b4 a4 64. b5 Ra2 65. Rh6 Kd3 66. Rd6%2B Ke3 67. Rh6 Kd4 68. Rd6%2B Kc5 69. Re6 Kd5 70. Ra6 Rxa3 71. Kc2 Kc5 72. Re6 Kd4 73. Rd6%2B Ke3 74. Rh6 Rd3 75. b6 Rd5 76. Kc3 Rb5 77. Kc4 Rb1 78. Kc5 Kd3 79. Rd6%2B Kc3 80. Rd4 Rxb6 81. Rxa4 Re6 82. Kd5 Re7 83. Rxe4 Rxe4 84. Kxe4 {1/2-1/2 Antipov,M (2478)-Grandelius,N (2544)/ Sarajevo BIH 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 5... Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. g3 Be7 $5 { Begining an interesting defensive regrouping.[Yip]} 7. Bg2 Bf6 {Fighting for the cental dark squares.[Yip]} 8. O-O d6 9. Ne1 Nge7 {Reaching a secure position where the e5 advance is no threat.[Yip]} 10. f4 O-O 11. e5 {A temporary pawn sacrifice to make some progress on the kingside.[Yip]} dxe5 12. Ne4 Ng6 13. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 14. h4 Rad8 {Logically countering the kingside attack with action in the center.[Yip]} 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Nd4 $1 {Taking the center and neutralizing both bishops in on swoop.[Yip]} 17. h5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7%2B {Clearing e7 with tempo.[Yip]} 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. h6 gxh6 {Calling the bluff. White cannot get enough pieces to the kingside to create an attack.[Yip]} 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qh5 Qe4 $1 {The queen gets to the kngside to defend the king. [Yip]} 23. Qxh6 Qg6 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Rf4 Kh8 {Carefully getting out of potential g-file tactics.[Yip]} 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. g4 Ne7 28. Qh4 Nd5 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Ne1 Qe4 31. Kg1 Rg8 32. Kf1 Rxg4 33. Qd8%2B Kg7 34. Rh2 Qxe5 35. Rf2 Qg5 36. Qxg5%2B Rxg5 37. Nf3 Rg4 38. Ne5 Rf4 39. Nc6 a5 40. Rxf4 Nxf4 41. Nxd4 h5 42. a4 h4 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Nf3 h3 45. Kg3 e5 46. Kg4 Ke6 47. Ng5%2B Kd5 48. Nxh3 f5%2B 49. Kh4 Ne6 50. Kg3 Nd4 51. b4 axb4 52. c3 b3 {0-1 Antipov,M (2472)-Ivanchuk,V (2758)/Jurmala LAT 2013/The Week in Chess 954}) (5... d6 {Carefully securing e5 first.[Yip]} 6. Bb5%2B Nd7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxd7%2B {Parting with the strong bishop so early and getting nothing in return is not dangerous for black.[Yip]} Qxd7 9. d4 Ne7 $5 {Keeping the e-file closed and not encouraging e5(as...Nf6 would). [Yip]} 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 $1 {Closing up the center so black can safely catch up in development.[Yip]} 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Rd3 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. h4 Nf8 {Regrouping the knight first. Ke8 is safe in the center as white cannot blast open the central files.[Yip]} 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Rc3 Qb7 19. Rd1 O-O {Castling to safety.[Yip]} 20. Rc6 Nf6 21. c4 Rfc8 $1 {Trading off the invader.[Yip]} 22. Rxc8%2B Rxc8 23. Kb1 b5 $132 {The counterattack begins.[Yip]} 24. Nd2 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nxd5 26. f4 Nf6 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bxe5 Ne4 29. Qg4 Bf8 30. Ka1 Nf2 31. Qd7 Qf3 32. Rd4 Qc3%2B 33. Kb1 Qe1%2B 34. Kc2 Qxe5 35. Rf4 Qe2%2B 36. Kc3 Nd1%2B {0-1 Buecker,S (2336)-Piorun,K (2529)/Deizisau GER 2013/The Week in Chess 960}) 6. g3 $5 {Casually parting with the e-pawn.[Yip]} (6. e5 {Leads to a normal game.[Yip]} Ne4 7. h4 {Burning up a precious tempo to cut off Ne4’s retreat.[Yip]} Nxc3 {Black has no objections to simplification.[Yip]} 8. Bxc3 Nc6 9. d4 {A delayed Open Sicilian.[Yip]} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Trading down to ease the pressure and expose white’s weak pawns.[Yip]} 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Rh3 { The rook enters the game in original fashion but white is no closer to generating an attack.[Yip]} Rc8 {Continuing with quick and logical development. [Yip]} 13. c3 h5 $5 {Matching white’s h-pawn advance with a similar defensive move.[Yip]} 14. Rg3 g6 {Securing the kingside.[Yip]} 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. f4 Be4 $1 {Taking the center and securing the kingside for ..0-0.[Yip]} 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Kf2 O-O {White has no way to attack the kingside sucessfully.[Yip]} 19. Re1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 d6 {Undermining the center.[Yip]} 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Ree3 Qe7 24. c4 Rd7 {Preparing central pressure. Now white must worry about king safety.[Yip]} 25. Bb2 Rcd8 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. Ke2 Rg8 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Kd1 e5 32. Rd7 Qf3%2B 33. Kc1 exf4 34. Rxf7%2B Kg8 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 Re1%2B 37. Kc2 Re2%2B 38. Kb1 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Kf7 40. Be5 g5 {0-1 Mokhorev,S (2079)-Kabanov,N (2520)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 879}) 6... Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bg2 d5 {Taking the center is logical. The alternatives do no offer more than equality.[Yip]} (8... f6 {Blunting Bb2 is logical but nothing special.[Yip]} 9. O-O (9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Qh5%2B Ke7 11. Nxg2 Qe8 12. Qg4 Nc6 13. O-O Kd8 $1 $15 {[Yip]}) 9... Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Qe7 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Re1 Bc6 $13 {[Yip]} (13... Bb7 $14 {[Yip]})) (8... Qc7 9. O-O Bb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb7%2B 13. Kg1 h5 $11 {[Yip]}) (8... Nc6 9. O-O h5 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 h4 12. Qg4 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 $11 {[Yip]}) 9. O-O d4 10. Re1 Bd5 11. c4 Bc6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. d3 $44 {Control of the light squares and the bishop pair give white enough compensation for the pawn.[Yip]} h5 19. a4 g6 20. a5 Kf8 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 h4 24. Rea1 hxg3 25. hxg3 Bg5 26. Ra7 Qd6 27. Qe4 Rb8 28. Re1 Nc8 29. Ra6 Ne7 30. Ba3 Rh5 31. Bf3 Rhh8 32. Bb2 Rhc8 33. Bg2 Nf5 34. Qg4 Bh6 35. Qf3 Bg5 36. Rea1 Ne7 37. Ra7 Rc7 38. Qg4 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Bh6 40. Ra1 Qe5 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ra6 Rb8 43. Ra7 Qd6 44. Qe4 Nc8 45. Ra6 Ne7 46. Ba3 Bg5 47. Qg4 Bh6 48. Qf3 Bg5 49. Ra7 Bh6 50. Qe2 Nc8 51. Ra6 Ne7 52. Ba8 Bg5 53. Qf3 Qc7 54. Qe4 Bh6 55. Kg2 Bg5 56. f4 Bh6 57. Bc1 Kg8 58. Bd2 e5 59. Ra2 Qd8 60. Ra7 Kf8 61. Bd5 Nxd5 62. cxd5 Ra8 63. Ra6 exf4 64. Bxf4 Bxf4 65. gxf4 Qc8 { Diagram #} 66. f5 Rxa6 67. bxa6 gxf5 $2 $18 {[Yip]} (67... Qxa6 68. d6 Qa2%2B 69. Kg3 Qb1 $11 {Black should get a perpetual given the exposed white king.[Yip]}) 68. Qe5 Qxa6 {Diagram #} 69. d6 Qb7%2B 70. Kf2 f6 71. Qxf5 Qh1 72. Qxf6%2B Kg8 73. Qg5%2B Kf7 74. Qf5%2B Kg7 75. Qg5%2B Kf7 76. Qe7%2B Kg6 77. Qe6%2B Kg7 78. d7 $18 Qh4%2B 79. Kf3 Qh1%2B 80. Kf4 Qf1%2B 81. Ke5 Qe1%2B 82. 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</object></span></div> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></b> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Game 5&nbsp;</u></b><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black used the bishop pair to good effect in a kingside attack.<br /><br /><b>Sedina,E (2349) - Edouard,R (2666)<br />SI 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 [B51]<br />TCh-SUI 2013 Switzerland SUI (3.3), 26.05.2013</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Position 1</u></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White is attacking g7 and black is attacking f2 but <u>e</u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">verything seems well defended on the kingside. What do you recommend for black?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Black to Play</b></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5rk1H1p3qppHp1r5H2b4bH2P1p3H1PB1N1Q1HP1R2PP1HR5K1&amp;d=AR_____K_P_R__PP__PB_N_Q___P_p_____b____bp_r______p___qpp_____rk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.apronus.com/chess/stilldiagram.php?a=5rk1H1p3qppHp1r5H2b4bH2P1p3H1PB1N1Q1HP1R2PP1HR5K1&amp;d=AR_____K_P_R__PP__PB_N_Q___P_p_____b____bp_r______p___qpp_____rk_0b&amp;w=8&amp;h=8" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32.Ne3</span></div> <div> <object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="750" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "French Top 12 2013"] [Site "Haguenau FRA"] [Date "2013.06.06"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Milliet, S."] [Black "Hamdouchi, H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2391"] [BlackElo "2602"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2013.05.30"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.06.10"] [WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"] [BlackTeam "Clichy-Echecs-92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 $5 {The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon.[Yip]} 3. d4 (3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 {Preventing d4 keeps white from the most dangerous lines against the Dragon.[Yip]} 5. d3 a6 6. a3 {A slow move that preserves the strong Bc4 but slows down any attack plans.[Yip]} e6 {A typical pawn arrangement to blunt Bc4. [Yip]} 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 d6 $1 {Black has a sound and flexible defensive formation.[Yip]} 9. Bg5 h6 {Challenging the bishop while not committing the king.[Yip]} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 g5 $5 {Securing the e5 central outpost. Black has a strong game having won the bishop pair while making no corresponding concessions.[Yip]} 12. Rb1 h5 $5 {Starting the attack.[Yip]} 13. Ba2 Ne5 14. Nc4 g4 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 Qh4 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. c3 Bd7 19. Nf1 Ke7 20. Re2 h4 21. b4 g3 22. bxc5 gxh2%2B 23. Nxh2 Rhg8 24. cxd6%2B Bxd6 25. d4 Bxh2%2B 26. Kxh2 Qf4%2B 27. Kh1 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 h3%2B {0-1 Gratze,M (2006)-Kislinsky,A (2565) /Teplice CZE 2013/The Week in Chess 971}) (3. c3 {A strong way to combat the early ..g6.[Yip]} Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5%2B {A nice disruptive check.[Yip]} Nc6 8. Bxc6%2B bxc6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 f5 13. e6 $5 {Disrupting black’s forces.[Yip]} Bc8 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Rac1 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Rc7 O-O 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 h6 22. Nh4 Bxb2 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Bc3 25. Rd7 Ba5 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)-Genzling,A (2401)/Haguenau FRA 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 (4. Nxd4 {Is possible and the result could be a Dragon, Dragadorf or Accelerated Dragon.[Yip]}) 4... Nf6 5. Bb5 (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qg4 12. Rd4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rc4 Ne5 17. Ra4 O-O 18. Ke2 Rfb8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Ne4 a5 21. Rc4 Ne5 22. Rc5 Rb5 23. a4 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 Ng4 25. Rd1 Bc3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf6 28. Rc4 Rc8 29. Nb7 Nd7 30. Nxa5 c5 31. Re4 e5 32. Nc4 f5 33. Re3 e4 34. f3 Nf6 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. g4 Kg7 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. a5 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Nb6 Rc6 41. Kf4 h6 42. Nd5%2B Ke6 43. Nc3 Ra6 44. Nxe4 fxe4 45. Rxe4%2B Kd5 46. Ra4 Rf6%2B 47. Ke3 Ra6 48. Kd3 h5 49. h4 c4%2B 50. Rxc4 Rxa5 51. Ra4 Rc5 52. b4 Rc8 53. Ra5%2B {1-0 Krejci,J (2503)-Cotonnec,M (2432)/Meissen GER 2013/The Week in Chess 970}) 5... Nc6 (5... a6 6. e5 axb5 7. exf6 Nc6 8. Qd3 b4 9. O-O e5 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Nfg5 Qe7 14. Nxh7 f5 15. Nef6%2B Kf7 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Nd5 e4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Nxa8 Rxh7 21. Nb6 Be5 22. h4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rh8 24. Rab1 Kg7 25. Rfd1 f4 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxf4 Rxh4 28. Bxe5%2B Nxe5 29. Qxd6 Rh5 30. Qe7%2B Kh6 31. Rd8 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2667)-Salgado Lopez,I (2598)/ Legnica POL 2013/The Week in Ches 966}) 6. Bxc6 bxc6 {Capturing towards the center to create a central pawn majority keeps the maximum tension.[Yip]} (6... dxc6 {Offering an ending also has its points.[Yip]} 7. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. h3 Bc8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. e5 Nf8 14. O-O-O h6 15. Rhe1 Ne6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 Rf8 21. Rde1 Rd8 22. Ra3 Rd7 23. Ree3 Bd5 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Ke2 Bxf3%2B 26. Rxf3 Rxe5%2B 27. Rae3 Red5 28. Be1 Bxb2 29. Rxe6 R7d6 30. Re4 Bf6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd2%2B 34. Ke3 g5 35. Re5 R2d4 36. Kf3 e6 37. Kg3 R6d5 38. Ree3 Rf4 39. Ra3 a5 40. Rab3 Rb4 41. c3 Rxb3 42. axb3 c4 43. bxc4 Rc5 44. f4 a4 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. h4 a3 47. hxg5 Rxc4 48. Kh4 a2 49. Re1 Rxc3 50. g6 Ke7 51. Rf1 Rf3 52. Ra1 Ra3 53. Kg5 Kf8 54. Kf6 b5 55. g7%2B Kg8 56. Kxe6 Ra6%2B {0-1 Fomichenko,E (2460)-Popov,I (2614)/St Petersburg RUS 2012/The Week in Chess 939}) 7. e5 Nd5 8. e6 (8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nb4 10. Na3 d6 11. c5 Nd5 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Bg5 dxe5 14. Qc5 Qb6 15. Qd6 f6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Qa3 fxg5 18. Nd6%2B Kd7 19. Nf7 Re8 20. Rac1 Re7 21. N3xg5 h6 22. Rfd1 hxg5 23. Rxd5%2B Ke8 24. Nd6%2B Kf8 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Rd8%2B Kf7 28. Nd6%2B Kf6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qe3 Bf5 31. f4 Rxd8 {0-1 Edelman,D (2400) -Shabalov,A (2525)/New York 1992/EXT 1997}) 8... f6 9. exd7%2B Qxd7 (9... Bxd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Qh4 O-O 14. b3 g5 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Nd2 Qe5 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. f4 Qd4%2B 21. Kh1 h6 22. Bh4 e3 23. Ndb1 Qd6 24. Ne2 c5 25. Rf3 Kh7 26. Rd1 Qg6 27. Nbc3 Rg8 28. Be1 Bc6 29. Rg3 Qe6 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Qxe3 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. Rc1 Rde8 35. Qd2 Qb7 36. Nc3 Bxc3 37. Rcxc3 Bxg2%2B 38. Kg1 Bh3 39. Rxg8 Rxg8%2B 40. Rg3 Bg4 41. Qc3 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Van Mil,J (2345)-Hodgson,J (2455)/Copenhagen 1985/MCD}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 $15 {[Yip]} (11. Qc5 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 $11 {I prefer black with the nice bishops.[Yip]}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 e5 {Taking central space with tempo. [Yip]} 13. Qc4 a5 {Threatening ..Ba6 so black gains queenside space without any time loss.[Yip]} 14. Nc5 Qg4 $1 {Trading off white’s best piece-the queen is another way for black to improve his chances.[Yip]} 15. Nd2 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 { Black’s bishops and mobile kingside pawns outweigh the queenside compromised pawns.[Yip]} Rd8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Ba3 $2 $17 {Diagram # [Yip]} (18. Ne4 Ba6 19. a4 Kg7 20. Rb1 Rab8 $15 {[Yip]}) 18... Nc3 $1 {Now Ra1 is tied to the a-pawn and Ne4 is prevented. The main threat is ...Nb5 winning Nc5.[Yip]} 19. Nd3 { Diagram #} Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Ba6 $1 {The other bishop plays a key role and black forces a structural weakening.[Yip]} 21. Rfe1 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 $17 {Black has won a clear P%2B and the technical RRN-RRN ending begins.[Yip]} 23. Nc4 {The knight reaches a strong post and causes black some technical problems by tying down Ra8 to a passive defensive role.[Yip]} Ra7 {Securing the 7th rank.[Yip]} 24. Kf1 a4 {Preparing to liquidate pawns which will clean up black’s structure and leave Nc4 with fewer targets.[Yip]} 25. Nb2 Rd2 26. Nxa4 Nxa4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 {The exchange of knights and liquidation of some queenside pawns has left black with a clearer RR-RR ending. Black can easily activate his king while white cannot do the same.[Yip]} 28. Re2 {Challenging the strong rook.[Yip]} Rxe2 29. Kxe2 {Diagram # The technical P%2B R-R ending is of some interest.[Yip]} Kf7 {The king must be activated and for now Ra4 is ideally placed to restrain all the pawns, white’s king and keeping the Ra1 passive.[Yip]} 30. Kd3 c5 {It is not necessary to commit the c-pawn yet.[Yip]} (30... Ke6 {King activation should be the priority.[Yip]} 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. a3 Kc5 33. Ra2 $17 {[Yip]}) 31. Kc3 c4 $1 {This key pawn move secures Ra4 from harassment.[Yip]} 32. Kb2 Ke6 33. Rd1 h5 34. h4 $6 $15 {Diagram # This fresh weakness helps black.[Yip]} (34. Rd2 $15 {[Yip]}) 34... Kf5 35. g3 {Diagram # Now whhite cannot hold the kingside.[Yip]} (35. Rd2 {Is not much better.[Yip]} g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rd8 h4 $17 {[Yip]}) 35... g5 $1 {A second front must be created as black cannot force the promotion of the c-pawn.[Yip]} 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rd8 {Diagram #} h4 $1 { Creating a passed pawn to stretch the defence out.[Yip]} 38. gxh4 gxh4 $19 39. Rh8 Kg4 {The king plays a key role supporting the h-pawn and threatening further infiltration on the kingside.[Yip]} 40. Re8 Kf4 (40... h3 $1 41. Rxe5 h2 $19 {[Yip]}) 41. a3 h3 42. Rh8 Kf3 $17 {Making the winning process longer. [Yip]} (42... Kg4 $1 {Wins easily.[Yip]} 43. Rh7 e4 {The threat is ..Ra5-h5. [Yip]} 44. Rh8 Ra5 $1 $19 {[Yip]}) 43. Rxh3%2B Kxf2 44. Kc2 {Diagram #} e4 45. Kd2 Ra8 46. Rh2%2B Kg3 47. Re2 Kf4 48. Rf2%2B Ke5 49. Rf7 $19 (49. Kc3 e3 50. Rf7 Rxa3%2B 51. Kxc4 Ke4 $19 {White’s king is cut off from the pawn laterally and is on the wrong side of the pawn too.[Yip]}) 49... Rxa3 $19 {Diagram #} 50. Re7%2B Kd5 51. Rd7%2B Ke6 52. Rc7 Rd3%2B 53. Kc2 Kd5 54. Rd7%2B Ke5 55. Rc7 Kd4 56. Rd7%2B Ke3 57. Rh7 Kf2 58. Rc7 Rf3 59. Rxc4 {This is an easy win as white’s king is on the longside of the passed pawn and cannot contest the promotion square.[Yip]} e3 60. Re4 Rf8 61. Rh4 e2 62. Rh2%2B Ke3 63. 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