Agonie et extase
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This week's games are by Clement Lelievre, a 27-year-old Frenchman who writes:
I took up chess 5 years ago so my profile is similar to that of Romain Bernard that you featured in one of your columns.I studied financial mathematics, am married and work in Paris.Since I started chess, the passion is growing with each day and I strive to absorb as much material as possible and play as many instructive games as possible, with a rather sharp style.
Clement very modestly sent me a loss and a draw but no win. I asked for one and was rewarded with a nice victory against Marie Sebag in a simultaneous display. We start though with the Agony.
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The Gruenfeld Defense is an active and dynamic reply to 1.d4 which can lead to complex and extremely sharp positions. So it’s no wonder that also Alexei Shirov included this opening into his repertoire. At the candidates’ final against Vladimir Kramnik in Cazorla in 1998, he exclusively – and successfully – trusted the Gruenfeld Indian with Black; the victory over Kramnik gave him the right to play a WCh match versus Kasparov.
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