Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
The 45th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting is played in honor of Vladimir Kramnik. The 14th World Champion takes part for the 25th time and has already won the tournament ten times, but will not repeat that feat in 2017, as he trails in last place.
Bluebaum ½-½ Wojtaszek
Nisipeanu ½-½ Andreikin
Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Fedoseev
Wang Yue ½-½ Kramnik
Winning with the fantasy variation
The Fantasy Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3) is a tricky try by White to steer the game into muddy waters right from the off and take Black away from the solid positions he is accustomed to in the main line variations of the Caro-Kann. Traditionally the opening never gained too much credibility amongst top players, since White's attempt to preserve his pawn centre at the cost of weakening his kingside was hardly seen as a major threat to the super-reliable Caro. However, thanks to a wave of news ideas and innovations first introduced at the 2010 European Individual Championships and many more thereafter, the variation has made a major comeback and can now be found in the repertoires of some of the world's best. In this 60 minute video, IM Lawrence Trent will discuss the 5 main variations Black has at his disposal but how with each one White has a number of ways to keep the position full of play and dynamic possibilities, leading to games which loyal Caro players will have difficulty dealing with.
Rk. | Name | Rtg. | Nt. | Pts. | n |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
TB | Perf. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
GM |
|
2736 |
|
3.5 |
6 |
|
10.25 |
2787 | ||||||||
2 |
GM |
|
2642 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
9.25 |
2725 | ||||||||
3 |
GM |
|
2712 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
9.00 |
2716 | ||||||||
3 |
GM |
|
2791 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
9.00 |
2716 | ||||||||
5 |
GM |
|
2726 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
8.75 |
2729 | ||||||||
5 |
GM |
|
2683 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
8.75 |
2730 | ||||||||
5 |
GM |
|
2699 |
|
3.0 |
6 |
|
8.75 |
2729 | ||||||||
8 |
WCH |
|
2812 |
|
2.5 |
6 |
|
7.75 |
2668 | ||||||||
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger |