12/18/2019 – Arica is a lively port city on the Pacific coast of Chile, not far from the Atacama Desert. An Open with international appeal has been played here for a few years. Alexey Shirov tops the ranking list and started with 5 out of 5. | Live games and video of Round 6 from 19:30 UTC (21:30 CET / 3:30 PM EST)
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The Club Jaque 64 organizes the sixth edition of its "International Chess Festival Arica City 2019" from December 15th to 22nd. Two tournaments are played over eight days, the chess tournament of the city of Arica and a blitz tournament. The prize fund is 8,250,000 Chilean pesos (about USD$11,000). The official hotels of the tournament are the Hotel Diego de Almagro and the Hotel Arica.
With mild, warm temperatures, the city of Arica is considered the "city of eternal spring". After independence from the Spaniards beginning in the late 19th century, the city initially belonged to Peru, but passed to Chile after the Saltpetre war (a.k.a. the War of the Pacific). The city's landmark is the rock "Morro".
The centre of Arica | Google Street View
130 players from 11 countries take part in the tournament, including a number of international grandmasters. Alexey Shirov returns to Arica and takes the top spot in the starting list. Other grandmasters include GM Nikita Petrov from Russia, the Chileans GM Cristobal Henriquez and GM Pablo Salinas, Jose Marinez and Christian Cruz from Peru, the Bulgarian GM Petar Arnaudov and the Argentinian grand masters GM Sandro Mareco, GM Salvador Alonso, and WGM Carolina Lujan and WIM Florencia Fernandez.
Alexey Shirov has so far lived up to his role as favourite. In the first five rounds the Latvian, again playing under the Spanish flag, won all his games fairly effortlessly.
This DVD offers Black a complete repertoire against all weapons White may employ on move six. The recommended repertoire is not as risky as other Sicilians but still offers Black plenty of counter-play.
In round two, Shirov with Black chose the classical variation of the Sicilian Defence. The diagram position has been reached in a number of previous games, but is not necessarily good for White. Here White played 13.♗h4. After the thematic sacrifice 13...♜xc3 14.bxc3 d5 Black has taken the initiative and is clearly better.
The playing hall
In the fifth round, Shirov faced Peruvian GM Cristhian Cruz. In a French Advance variation, Shirov built up a positional edge, and eschewed a repetition draw option in favour of a kingside attack.
This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.
Cruz is angling for counterplay against White's weak a3 pawn but his next move, 29...Ra4 proved to be a serious error. Shirov went for the direct threat, 30.♕e2, and the tactics are working in his favour. After 30...♞c3 (30...♔d8 31.f5 is a winning attack) 31.♗xc3 ♝xc3 32.♕b5+, Black's queen is overloaded. 32...♚c8 (a nice line is 32...♜c6 33.♘d1! ♛c2 34.♖f2 ♛b3 35.♖b2) 33.♘xd5+ ♜xf3 34.♕e8+ 1-0
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The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
The Hyper-Accelerated dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
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