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On this weeks show: Navara tries a Flank Opening against Shirov and runs into
the super-soild Capablanca Variation
Navara,D (2719) - Shirov,A (2715) [A07]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (9), 23.01.2007
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4
If Wijk-aan-Zee is dead, then long live Gibralter! The chess world never sleeps.
Game Two features a very sharp Nimzo-Indian:
Sokolov,Iv (2652) - Greet,A (2425) [E21]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (1), 23.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Bg5
Qb6 9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Qxb2!?
An innovation on move 18 by Greenfeld characterizes Game Three
Adams,Mi (2735) - Greenfeld,A (2556) [C83]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (3), 25.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5
Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd7 12.Re1 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 f6 15.Bxe5
fxe5 16.Qh5+ Bf7 17.Qxe5 Kf8 18.Nd2 Bd6
The following play is an excellent example of the merciless technique of Michael
Adams.
Then, surprisingly perhaps, comes Game Four, a fascinating Winawer French:
Bellin,R (2381) - Kaidanov,G (2595) [C18]
Gibtelecom Masters Catalan Bay ENG (5), 27.01.2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qc7
9.Ra2!?
A review of Andrew Greet's Play the Ruy Lopez completes a full show
and the competition will test your analytical skills.
This week's puzzle
The puzzle this week finds us deep into a game from Dortmund 1974
Gaprindashvili,N - Servaty [B39]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4
Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Nb5 0-0 11.Be2!? Qh4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Qxe4 14.Bxg7 Qxg2
What happened next? It clearly came as a surprise to poor Servaty. Entries
to andrew@andrewmartinchessacademy.com by 20:00 GMT this Wednesday.
Solution to last week's competition
An extraordinary game in my local league began as follows: 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 b5?! 7.Bb3 b4 8.Na4 Bxe4 9.Nc5
Bxg2 10.Rg1 Bc6.
What happened next?
11.Bxf7+! Kxf7 12.Rxg7+!! BANG! 12...Bxg7
[12...Kxg7 13.Nde6+ dxe6 14.Nxe6+] 13.Qh5+ Kf8 [13...Kf6 14.Qf5#]
14.Nde6+ dxe6 15.Nxe6# Morphy revisited!
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