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The Radio Show stays in Wijk-aan Zee this week, where the temperate climate is yielding particularly attractive and aggressive chess. In Game One we meet the King's Indian again and Radjabov willing to gamble with 6...b5!? 7 Nxb5 Ne4
Navara,D (2719) - Radjabov,T (2729) [E61]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 18.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 b5 7.Nxb5 Ne4
Can this really be sound?
Game Two sees Svidler's Grunfeld working overtime:
Motylev,A (2647) - Svidler,P (2728) [D70]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 21.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.0-0-0 f5!
Is this the refutation of 3.f3?
Finally Vachier Lagraeve-Bologan and an interesting advance Caro featuring the Modern 4.Be3!?
Vachier Lagrave,M (2573) - Bologan,V (2658) [B12]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 19.01.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3
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.
Entries on the puzzle to andrew@andrewmartinchessacademy.com before 2000 GMT on the 24th Jan please.
N. A. McLeod
Series helpmate in six
1...Qh8, 2...Qa1, 3...Rh8, 4...Rh1, 5...Bc6, 6...Bg2 after which White triumphantly plays Bxg2 mate!
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