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World Cup
10th September – 5th October
Baku, Azerbaijan
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Finals - Game Two

Things went all kinds of wrong for Karjakin today
What a blow to Sergey Karjakin! Peter Svidler came in with his usual: a very solid Spanish defense (that is not a Berlin!). This time he chose the Breyer, a defense that has been reliable for black decades. It's so good the guy that got third/fourth place in this tournament made a brand new DVD on it!
Pavel Eljanov:
The Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation
The Spanish or Ruy Lopez is often called the "Queen of Openings". If you master it you understand a lot about chess.
One of the most popular systems in the Ruy Lopez is the Breyer Variation in which Black retreats his already developed knight from c6 to b8 to relocate it via d7 to better squares. The Hungarian chess master Gyula Breyer recommended this move in 1911, but was far ahead of his time with this idea. It took decades before the power of this move was understood, but now the Breyer variation, which begins with 9...Nb8, is part of the repertoire of many top players, among them the last four World Champions Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, and Carlsen.
On this DVD, Pavel Eljanov, one of the greatest experts of the Breyer Variation, shows all important lines of this system. In 14 video lectures he gives an overview of the current state of theory. Eljanov shows the moves and explains the ideas behind them while evaluating the arising positions from a black perspective and with a view to the coming middlegame.
- Video running time: 5 hours 13 min (English)
- With interactive training including video feedback
- Training database with 50 essential games and analyses
- ISBN 978-3-86681-493-6
- Delivery: download, post
- Price: €29.90; €25.13 without VAT (for customers outside the EU); $28.41
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Karjakin couldn't crack the Breyer

Svider definitely knows about solid Spanish set ups. And about cricket.
1.e4 | 1,158,681 | 54% | 2422 | --- |
1.d4 | 941,833 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 279,666 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 181,067 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,629 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,068 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,835 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,722 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,731 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,182 | 53% | 2403 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,058 | 48% | 2407 | --- |
1.d3 | 932 | 50% | 2377 | --- |
1.g4 | 652 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
1.h4 | 438 | 52% | 2371 | --- |
1.c3 | 418 | 51% | 2423 | --- |
1.h3 | 266 | 56% | 2414 | --- |
1.a4 | 102 | 58% | 2474 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 88 | 66% | 2510 | --- |
1.f3 | 84 | 46% | 2432 | --- |
1.Na3 | 39 | 62% | 2474 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 13.Nf1 13...Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 15.b3 15...Rc8 16.axb5 axb5 17.b4 c5!?N 17...Qc7 18.Bb2 Ra8 18.bxc5 exd4! 18...dxc5 19.Bxb5 cxd4 20.Bc4! 19.c6 19.cxd4 dxc5 20.Qb1 c4! 20...cxd4 21.e5 Nd5 22.Bxh7+ 21.Qxb5! Bc6 22.Qxc4 Bxe4 23.Qb3 Nc5 24.dxc5 Qxd3 19...dxc3 19...Bxc6 20.Nxd4 b4!= 20.cxb7 cxd2 21.Qxd2 21.bxc8Q dxe1Q+ 22.Nxe1 Qxc8 23.Bxb5 Qb8= 23...Qxc2= 21...Rb8 22.Bxb5 Qb6 23.Rb1 23.Bd3 Qxb7 23...Qxb7 24.Bd3 Qa8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bb2 Qa2 27.Re2 h6 28.Qc1 Qb3 29.Bc4 Qb7 30.Qd1 30.e5 dxe5 31.Nxe5 Nxe5 32.Bxe5 Qb1= 30...Re8 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.e5 dxe5 33.Nxe5 Re7 34.Qd4 Nd7 35.Nxf7 Rxf7 36.Rb2 Qc6 37.Rb5?? Kh8! 38.Rd5?? 38.Bxf7 Qxb5 39.Be8 39.Qd5! 39...Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qb8+-+ 38...Nb6 0–1
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Karjakin,S | 2762 | Svidler,P | 2727 | 0–1 | 2015 | C95 | FIDE World Chess Cup 2015 | 7.2 |
Please, wait...
With this result Svidler only needs one draw from the next two games to crown himself World Cup 2015 Winner!

An empty stage considering how this tournament started with 128 people.
Svidler is only half a point away from being the last man standing.
Final results
Player |
Rtg |
G1
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G2
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G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
G10 |
G11 |
Pts
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Peter Svidler (RUS) |
2727 |
1
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1
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-
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-
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2.0
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Sergey Karjakin (RUS) |
2762 |
0
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0
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-
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-
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0.0
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