3/12/2016 – Svidler against Topalov was a sedate draw. Anand and Aronian played a theoretical battle where both of them were excellently prepared. Giri and Caruana’s game promised quite a bit, but in the end also finished in a draw. The game of the day was surely Sergey Karjakin’s victory over Hikaru Nakamura. The Russian put on the slow stove pressure and Nakamura simply self-destructed. Detailed game analysis.
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The 2016 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament is a 14-round event,
which determines the next Challenger to Magnus Carlsen's title, is taking
place in Moscow from March 10–30. Eight players, including six of
the World’s top-ten rated grandmasters. The time control is 100 minutes
for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes
for the rest of the game, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting
from move one. The guaranteed prize fund is US $420,000.
It was the last day of the Aeroflot Open 2016. After seven hours of intense
chess Boris Gelfand won his game against Rinat Jumabayev and finished joint
first at the event along with Evgeniy Najer. At the closing ceremony I approached
Gelfand with a request. “Boris, I would like to do an interview with
you for the ChessBase newspage. Will you have some time tomorrow?”
Boris thought for a few seconds, “Tomorrow is the blitz event and
I have to leave immediately after it ends. How about we find some time during
the Candidates? I will be commentating on the first two days at least, and
we can work something out.” I agreed, fully aware that at the Candidates
it might be very difficult to get hold of him. After all there are always
dignitaries coming to the tournament hall and a player like Boris is always
in great demand. Yet, I hoped that this interview would take place, as Gelfand’s
knowledge, skills and honest opinions about chess could help every aspiring
player.
Come 12th of March and the second round of the Candidates just got underway.
I went to the press room to set up my laptop and other stuff. We were 15
minutes into the game and the Israeli number one barged into the press room.
“Let’s do the interview”, he said. It was overwhelming
in a way! Here was a guy who was not only was a strong chess player but
had great human qualities like keeping his word.
The interview consists of 58 minutes of chess
discussions with Boris on varied topics that
will benefit many chess players. The interview will be published on the
website soon.
The reason for writing such an elaborate introduction about the interview
was the sheer co-incidence of two of the games having quite a substantial
connection with Gelfand’s games of the Aeroflot Open – the biggest
one being Levon Aronian versus Vishy Anand, where the Armenian number one
played the same novelty that Gelfand had essayed on 6th of March 2016 in
his game against Boris Grachev.
Five games had reached this position before
and everyone had played 8.Nc3. Boris Gelfand played
8.Nd2!? in his game against Grachev, and the same idea was picked up by
Levon Aronian.
This position between Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru
Nakamura is the same that was
reached between Gelfand and Martirosyan from the second round of the Aeroflot
Open.
Moral of the story: Top players follow the games of other top
players and grab onto any new idea or improvements they can learn from them.
Levon Aronian – Anand Viswanathan 0.5-0.5
Aronian faced grave pressure in the first round against Anish Giri when
the latter employed the 5.Bf4 variation in the Queen’s Gambit Declined.
The Armenian thought that it was a good idea to try this same line with
the white pieces. However, Anand was quite clever in the opening and instead
of committing his dark-squared bishop, he started with 4…Nbd7. Both
the players were armed to the teeth with home preparation. Also they were
very well aware of the recent game between Boris Gelfand and Boris Grachev
from the Aeroflot Open 2016. Anand found the important manoeuvre Ba6-b5-a4
at the key moment and Aronian couldn’t really press with the white
pieces. In the final position Vishy was a pawn up, but thanks to the opposite
coloured bishop endgame there was nothing much to play for.
It is always nice to know what is the difference between playing 4…Nbd7
and 4…Be7? Apart from reserving the option of developing the bishop
to any other square apart from e7, this move also leads to the concrete
line starting with 5…dxc4 and 6…b5 that was played by Vishy
Anand in this game.
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959,510
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286,503
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184,834
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19,892
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14,600
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2428
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2377
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3,911
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2384
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1,791
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1,250
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2406
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1,081
49%
2409
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969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
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2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
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Levon Aronian has always been
a tough opponent for Vishy Anand. The Armenian has had a good score against
the Indian, but quite often Anand has been able to create certain brilliancies
against Levon, for instanc their game at the Wijk Aan Zee 2013.1.d4Nf62.c4e6Anand starts off with the flexible moves Nf6 and e6. This
gives him a lot of options – to play the Nimzo, QGD, Ragozin and also
the Benoni if the need arises.3.Nf3d54.Nc3Nbd7!? This idea of
developing the knight on d7 before the bishop on f8 is interesting. The
point of this move is that the bishop can develop on e7 or b4. This keeps
all options open. And as Vishy mentioned after the game: Nbd7 is transpositional
in nature and gives Black many more opportunities.5.Bf4 After suffering
for the entire game yesterday from the black side of the QGD 5. Bf4, Aronian
thinks that this is a good idea to try it as White!dxc4!?5...Be76.e30-0!takes us to the main line of the 5.Bf4 QGD.6.e3This
is quite an important position and the main moves here have been ...Nb6
and ... Nd5. Even a6 has been popular. But Anand opts for the move 6...
b5!? which has only been played 19 times before.b5So what is the idea
of this move, you may ask. Well first of all you are simply saving the
pawn on c4. Hence, the logical move is to take on b5. But after7.Nxb5Black gets to develop with a tempo with the move:Bb4+8.Nd2!?This
move has only been played once before in this particular position and
only a week ago by Boris Gelfand in his game against Boris Grachev from
the Aeroflot Open 2016. The height of coincidence is that when this move
was made, Gelfand was sitting right besides me. He told me that this was
played by him against Grachev in the Aeroflot Open 2016. I asked him whether
he thinks Aronian knew the game and followed his idea. Gelfand said: "Aeroflot
is a great tournament, and I am one of the top players. So it wouldn't
come as a surprise if Aronian had not missed this game!"8.Nc3is
the only move that has been played before by top players like Wojtaszek,
Karjakin, Roiz, Gustaffson and Bu. Play might continue something like
this:Nd59.Rc1N7b6with a complex position.8...Nd5 Vishy Anand
paused for a while before making this move. Most probably recalling his
analysis.9.Bg3N7b610.Qc20-011.Be211.Bxc4Nxc412.Qxc4Ba6-+wouldn't be very good for White.11...Ba612.Nc3c5! Black
is ahead in development and hence makes the right decision to open up
the position.13.dxc5Until now we have been following the game between
Gelfand-Grachev and through transposition we also have the game of Lenic
vs Stern. At this point, however, Anand deviates and instead of directly
taking on c5, he first takes on c3 and then picks up the c5 pawn.Nxc314.bxc3Bxc515.0-0Both sides have castled and the opening phase is
now over. Let us try to understand what's going on. The pawn on c4 gives
Black space but it also limits Black's possibilities, as two of his pieces
are tied down. It may look like White is slightly better, but Black is
holding the balance.Rc816.Rfd1Qg516...Qf6is also possible as17.Ne4is met withQf518.Rac1Be7 with an interesting position.17.Nf3Qg618.Qd2Bb5!This is the key move of the entire game. It
is a common idea in this structure: Black reroutes his bishop to a4 where
it will be much more useful than on a6.19.Qe1 Aronian made this move
quite quickly, which felt as thought he was still in his home-preparation.
But as he mentioned after the game, he seemed to have a deja vu feeling
that he had seen this before at home, when actually it was quite possible
that he hadn't. In any case this is pretty good move with the idea of
meeting Ba4 with Rd2.Ba420.Ne520.Rd2?!f6!Was the important
point. Hence it is neccessary to insert Ne5 before playing Rd2.20...Qg521.Rd221.Nf3trying to repeat the position would be incorrect
as afterQe722.Rd2f6with the idea of e5, Black is clearly better.21...Rfd822.Rxd8+Qxd822...Rxd8was also possible.23.Nxc4Nxc424.Bxc4Black has compensation but he will not be regaining his
pawn any time soon.23.Nxc4Nxc424.Bxc4Bxe3!The most clear cut
way to equalize.24...Ba3is also possible but after25.Bb3Bxb326.axb3Bb227.Rxa7White has a small edge.25.Qxe325.Ba6Bd226.Qe4Bc6!An important move to foresee.27.Qe5Ra828.Rd1Qb6=25...Rxc426.Rb1Rc827.h327.Qxa7Bc228.Rc1Rxc3=27...a628.c4Rxc429.Rb8Rc830.Qb6Rxb831.Qxb8 And rather than
trying to play this pawn up endgame which would anyway end in a draw after
30 odd more moves, due to the opposite coloured bishops, Anand agreed
to a draw. A wise decision considering that there is such a long event
left ahead.½–½
You can always bank on Vishy Anand to be well
prepared in the lines that he plays
“19.Qe1 may not be a move that I had
prepared, but I always have a feeling of déjà vu when I see
a position and think that this is something that I have worked on at home!”
(Levon Aronian after the second round).
Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri 0.5-0.5
Two of the youngest participants of the Candidates locked horns against
each other in the fashionable line of the Anti-Berlin Defence. Fashionable,
because Vishy Anand had played the same line against Veselin Topalov in
the first round and had emerged victorious. Both the players had at least
some experience in this opening. Fabiano had played a game against Topalov
at the Sinquefield Cup 2015 with the black pieces, while Anish’s good
friend Dutch GM Benjamin Bok already had three games in that line. Caruana’s
direct Qd1 without inserting a4 move was a novelty. Anish’s reaction
was quite provocative. He allowed the white pawn to come to e6. It seemed
as if Caruana had some pressure on the position, but his time was just too
low for him to take any sort of calculated risks. In the end he settled
for the most natural moves and the game ended in a draw.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d3Bc55.c30-0Anish opted for5...d5 against
MVL in Tashkent 2014. The game ended in a comfortable draw. 1/2 (32)-1/
2 (32) Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Giri,A (2768) Tashkent 20146.0-0d67.Nbd2Caruana had earlier gone for 7.h3 in Malmo 2012 against Giri!
Four years later, both are players have become super strong and we are
sure to see many more battles in the years to come.7.h3Ne78.d4Bb69.Re1c610.Bd3Ng611.Be3Re812.Nbd21-0 (41) Caruana,F (2770)-Giri,A
(2693) Malmo 20127...Ne78.d4exd49.cxd4Bb610.Re1Bg411.h3Bh5All this was seen in the game Anand-Topalov from the first round
of the Candidates 2016. Anand went 12. a4 in this position. Caruana prefers
to break the pin immediately and plays Qb3.12.Qb3d5Recently Caruana
himself played this with Topalov in Sinquefeld Cup 2015 and won a nice
game. Its important to note though he won with black he still chose to
play this line from white. This shows that the top players analyze their
games objectively and make use of any new ideas that they come across,
especially in their own games.13.e5Nd714.Qd1
What's going on?!! Qd1-b3-d1? Is Caruana our of his mind? Not really!
Things in the centre are settled now and the queen doesn't mind this backward
move, mainly vacating the b3 square for the knight.f6!? Immediately
challenging the center. As Giri said during the press conference, he thought
that this line was fine for Black, but after the game he thinks that his
seconds somehow had underestimated the dangers in the position.15.e6Nb8Undeveloping moves seem to be the order of the day. However, to be
fair, the knight simply didn't have a good square to go to.16.Nb3Eyeing
for the c5 outpost which would force Black to part with his dark squared
bishop. At the same time the route for the bishop to develop on d6 has
been opened.Qd616...Nbc6was possible but it seems as if Anish wanted
to prevent his opponent from going Bf4.17.g4Bg618.Nh4Nbc619.Bxc619.Nxg6Nxg6looks fine for Black.19.Ng2preparing Bf4 can
be an option, but Black has a strong move in the form off5!20.Bf4Qb421.Bxc6Nxc6=19...Qxc619...bxc620.Ng2is now a clearly
better position for White as Bf4 is threatened and there is no bishop
to attack on b5 with Qb4.f521.Bf4Qb422.a3Qa423.g5±Black
is left without any countrplay.20.Bd2White is ready to give up the
d4 pawn in order to get good amount of piece activity.20.Bf4is natural
but it always seems dangerous to put a piece where a pawn fork can happen.
In this case the move g7-g5.Bc221.Qd2Bxb322.axb3g523.Bxg5fxg524.Qxg5+Kh8Giri showed some blistering analysis in this position.
One of the lines that was very entertaining was the following.25.Qe5+Kg826.Nf5Nxf527.gxf5Qd628.f6Qxe529.dxe5±
Anish gave us an example of four rows of pawns (32 pawns!) vs all the
other pieces. Truly wonderful the kind of thing these top players like
to indulge in!20...Bc221.Qe2Bxb322.axb3Bxd4Although Black
has won a pawn, it doesn't really matter. The pawn on e6 is a monster
and the rook on a1 is also activated without any efforts. Giri has to
play carefully here.23.Bb4Bc523...Rfe8?24.Bxe7Rxe725.Nf5+-24.Rec1b625.Bxc5bxc526.Ra626.Ra5winning the c5 pawn could
have been even stronger.26...Qb727.Rxc5Rfe828.Qb5It was possible
to play more aggressively, but Caruana had already spent a lot of his
thinking time and hence decided it was safer to simplify the game.28.Nf5!Qxb329.Ra3!29.Rxc7?Nxf530.gxf5Qxh3=29...Qb430.Rxc7±28...Qxb529.Rxb5d4!This pawn is the soul of
Black's position. It will create threats and give him the necessary counterplay.30.Nf530.f4looks natural.Rad831.Nf3d332.Nd2This was Vladimir
Kramnik's suggestion. White threatens f5 now, so Black must do something
about it.f5!33.gxf533.Kf2looks stronger but afterRd5it
should nevertheless be around equal.33...Rd534.Rxd5Nxd535.Rxa7Rf8=30...Rad831.Rxa731.Nxe7+Rxe732.Kf1d333.Ke1Rde834.Kd2Rxe635.Rxe6Rxe636.Kxd3Rd6+=31...Nxf532.gxf5d3Now
it is just a draw.33.Ra1g634.Rc5Re735.Rd1gxf536.Rc6Rd437.Kg2Kg738.Kf3Kg639.Rc4Rd540.Rc3d241.Re3Rd642.Re2An exciting
game where we could have seen even more fireworks had Caruana not been
under time pressure.½–½
If Caruana would have managed his time better
might well have seen another decisive result today
Anish Giri definitely seems to have come to
Moscow in a fighting mood
The analysis session was highly entertaining.
Fabiano: “This was too deep for me.”
Anish: “A few more press conferences with me and you will start considering
such moves!”
Sergey Karjakin – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0
It would not be inappropriate to say that Sergey Karjakin simply outplayed
Hikaru Nakamura today. The Russian, who had the white pieces, slowly increased
his pressure. As Vladimir Kramnik, who was in the commentary box during
round two, rightly pointed out: “Black must do something pretty soon
or else he would simply have to suffer for the rest of the game.”
And Nakamura is definitely not a player who likes to suffer. He sacrificed
his knight on g3 and calculated that he would win back the piece along with
interest. Turns out that Karjakin had seen one move further and Nakamura
ended up with a knight less! In the end there was nothing to be done. With
a complete piece down, Hikaru had to resign.
In this position Nakamura took on g3. What
exactly was his idea and
how is it refuted. Try to see if you can play like Karjakin to win the game!
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Ba65.b3Bb4+6.Bd2Be77.Bg2d5 Of course7...c6is the main line, but 7...d5 is also becoming quite popular these days.8.cxd5exd59.0-00-010.Nc3Nbd711.Qc2Sergey makes the normal
developing moves and looks forward to a complex middlegame.Re812.Rfd1Nf812...Rc8with the idea of directly going c5 would be more appropriate.13.Ne5Bb714.Bc1!?The bishop would be much better placed on b2.Ne615.Bb2Bd6The threat is Nxd4.16.e316.Nb5!?Nxd417.Bxd4Bxe518.Bxe5Rxe519.Qxc716...a617.Ne2c5?!Black is absolutely
not ready for this opening of the center. Firstly have a look at the white
pieces. They are just perfectly situated: the bishops on long diagonals,
one knight in the center, the other ready to jump to f4 to put further
pressure.17...c6Trying to hold was the right way to proceed.18.dxc5Nxc518...bxc519.Nc4!Bc720.Nf4±19.Nd3Nce420.Rac1Kramnik, who is so good at such technical positions, felt that Black
must do something quickly or else he would just have to suffer with a
passive and inferior position.Rc821.Qb1Qe722.Bd4Rxc123.Rxc1b524.b4The sad face of the bishop on b7 determines White's advantageNd725.a3Nf826.Ba1Ne627.Qa2Bc728.Nd4Bb629.h4!?
Karjakin
has things under control and he tries to gain some space on the kingside.
It is true that this weakens the g3 square, but is it concretely dangerous?
Nakamura thinks so and that explains his next move.29...Nxg3??A huge blunder
at this level. But as it is rightly said, such blunders do not happen
in vaccuum. It was the sustained pressure of Karjakin that prompted Hikaru
to make the mistake.29...Nxd430.Bxd4Bxd431.exd4Qf6 is
slightly worse but nonetheless playable.30.fxg3Nxd431.Bxd4Bxd432.exd4Qe3+Hikaru must have ended his calculations at this point.
The knight on d3 is hanging and if Nf2 then the c1-rook hangs. So White
has to give back the piece. But Sergey has seen a move further.33.Qf2!Qxd334.Rc7! A strong double attack and just
like that Black loses a piece.f535.Rxb7h636.Bxd5+Kh737.Bg2Re238.Bf1A painful defeat for Hikaru, but still a long way to go.1–0
Things didn’t work out so well for Hikaru
today. But it is a long event.
With twelve rounds to go he can surely make a comeback.
Seeing one move further – Sergey Karjakin
joins the leader with a round two win
A huge smile is natural, when your husband
wins! Galiya Kamalova,
wife of Sergey, came to the tournament hall at the end of the game
Video analysis of Karjakin vs Nakamura by GM Daniel King
Peter Svidler – Veselin Topalov 0.5-0.5
What is more boring than the Berlin endgame? The Nxe5 symmetrical pawn
structure line in the Berlin! Svidler tried a line in which Alexander Areshchenko
had beaten Etienne Bacrot from the white side. But Topalov was pretty well
prepared and after a few accurate moves, the players shook hands and a draw
was agreed. After Topalov’s loss yesterday it is surprising that Peter
didn’t press harder with the white pieces. But it is a long tournament
and one can understand that the players are just getting into the groove.
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959,510
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
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93
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.0-0Nxe45.Re1Nd66.Nxe5nine times out of ten when this line is
played we can expect a draw.Be77.Bf1Nxe58.Rxe50-09.Nc3Ne810.Nd5Bd611.Re1c612.Ne3Be713.c4Nc714.d4d515.cxd5All this
has been seen in the game Areshchenko-Bacrot. Bacrot took on d5 with his
knight, but Topalov improves with Bb4.Bb416.Bd2Bxd217.Qxd2Nxd518.Nxd5Qxd519.Re5Qd620.Bc4Bd7An accurate move connecting the
rooks.21.Rae1b522.Bb3a523.a4bxa424.Bxa4Be625.Rxa5Rxa526.Qxa5Qxd427.Bxc6Qxb228.Bd5Bxd529.Qxd5Qf630.g3g6As you
can see nothing really substantial happened and a draw was agreed.½–½
What do you do when your games ends in an hour
from the start? Pose for pictures…
….or kibitz live games with friends.
Here you see Ilya Merenzon, CEO of Agon, Arkady Dvorkovich,
an economist who was a Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet,
Peter Svidler and Mark Glukhovsky, Chairman of the RCF Management board.
It was a pleasure to see Vladimir Kramnik in
the commentary room and the players
too were happy to see their friend and rival! Here Levon Aronian greets
the big Vlad
Indian chess supporters follow Vishy wherever
he goes!
Bird’s eye view of the press center and
the live games big screen
Anna Burtasova, who conducts interviews with
top grandmasters and dignitaries
at the venue, is a WGM, chess journalist and the producer of Chesscast broadcasts
Sagar ShahSagar is an International Master from India with two GM norms. He loves to cover chess tournaments, as that helps him understand and improve at the game he loves so much. He is the co-founder and CEO of ChessBase India, the biggest chess news portal in the country. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers, and to date close to a billion views. ChessBase India is the sole distributor of ChessBase products in India and seven adjoining countries, where the software is available at a 60% discount. compared to International prices.
How do you play the Queen's Gambit Accepted? Does White have promising variations or can Black construct a water-tight repertoire? The Powerbook provides the answers based on 300 000 games, most of them played by engines.
The Queen's Gambit Accepted Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 11827 games from Mega 2025 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 240 are annotated.
Rossolimo-Moscow Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 10950 games from Mega 2025 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 612 are annotated.
The greater part of the material on which the Rossolimo/Moscow Powerbook 2025 is based comes from the engine room of playchess.com: 263.000 games. This imposing amount is supplemented by some 50 000 games from Mega and from Correspondence Chess.
€9.90
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