7/30/2021 – Three years ago Vincent Keymer defeated Boris Gelfand at the Isle of Man Open in a sensational game. In round 3 of the Grandmaster Tournament in Biel Gelfand, Vice World Champion 2012, now took a form of revenge and outplayed the young German Grandmaster. In the second decisive game of the round Noel Studer won against Maxime Lagarde. | Photos: Biel Chess Festival
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In this video course experts examine the games of Steinitz. Let them show you which openings Steinitz chose, where his strength in middlegames were, how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame & you’ll get a glimpse of his tactical abilities!
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Kirill Alekseenko and Gata Kamsky drew as did Alan Pichot and Nihal Sarin.
Vincent Keymer had to play with Black against Gelfand and in a Catalan he quickly came under pressure.
Gelfand,B (2675) - Keymer,Vincent (2591) E10
54th Biel GM 2021 Biel SUI (3), 29.07.2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Ne4 Here White often played 10.e4 b5 11.e5 Nd5 but this did not pose Black too many problems.
10...Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qc2 b5 13.b3 Bb7 Or 13...cxb3 14.axb3 Bb7 15.Ba5 with good play for the pawn.
14.bxc4 c5 14...a6 15.c5 and the bishop on b7 does not lead a happy life.
15.cxb5 15.dxc5 bxc4 16.Qxc4 Bd5 17.Qc2 Rc8 with counterplay.
15...cxd4 16.Rfd1
16... Qb6?! Better was 16...a6 17.a4 axb5 18.axb5 Qb6=
17.a4 Ne4 18.Qd3 Bf6? Now Black gets into trouble.
A win in the classical tournaments counts 4 points, a draw counts 1.5 points.
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In the MTO Master Open the top encounter between the two leaders Salem Saleh and Surya Ganguly ended with a draw. The pursuers Pavel Eljanov and Dennis Wagner also draw their game. Of the top 20 in the table eleven players come from India.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
Opening videos: Sipke Ernst brings the Ulvestad Variation up to date + Part II of ‘Mikhalchishin's Miniatures’. Special: Jan Werle shows highlights from the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in the video. ‘Lucky bag’ with 40 analyses by Ganguly, Illingworth et al.
In this video course, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explores the fascinating world of King’s Indian and Pirc structures with colours reversed, often arising from the French or Sicilian.
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