1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 g6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 a6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qb3 Ra7 12.e4 e6 13.Be3 0-0 14.Rfd1 Nfd7 15.Rd2 Nc6 16.Qa3 b6 17.Rad1 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Ne2 e5 20.b4 a5 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Qb4 Qc5 23.Qxc5 Nxc5 24.Rb2 Rfa8 25.Rxb6 Rxa2 26.Rdb1 Ra1 27.Kh2 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Bf8 29.Nc1 Kg7 30.Nb3 Rb8 31.Nd2 Rxb1 32.Nxb1 f5 33.Nd2 Kf6 34.exf5 gxf5 35.Bd5 e4 36.Kg1 Bh6 37.Nb1 f4 38.Kf1 e3 39.fxe3 fxe3 40.g4 Bg5 41.Bf3 Ke5 42.Na3 Kf4 43.Bd1 d3 44.Nb5 e2+ 45.Bxe2 dxe2+ 46.Kxe2 Kg3 47.Nd6 Kxh3 48.Kf3 Nd3 49.Ne4 Ne5+ 50.Ke2 Kxg4 51.c5 Bd8 52.Ke3 h5 53.Kd4 Nf3+ 54.Kd5 h4 55.Kd6 Nd4 56.Kd5 Nb5 57.Kc6 Kf3 58.Nd2+ Kg2 59.Kxb5 h3 60.Kc6 h2 61.Kd7 Ba5 62.Nc4 h1Q 63.Nxa5 Qd1+ 64.Kc7 Qd2 65.Nb7 Qf4+ 66.Kb6 Qb4+ 67.Kc7 Kf3 68.c6 Ke4 69.Kb8 Qf8+ 70.Ka7 Qe7 71.Kb6 Kd5 72.c7 Qe3+ 73.Ka6 Qa3+ 74.Kb6 Qb4+ 75.Ka7 Qd4+ 76.Kb8 Qe5 - Start an analysis engine:
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Recommendations for your repertoire
Postny: English A33 (recommendation for Black)
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6
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Instead of allowing Hedgehog positions with 7...Be7 8.e4, moving the bishop to b6 leads to quite different types of position (since 8.e4 0-0 9.Be2 can be met with 9...d5!). Evgeny Postny sees Black as having equalised and thinks that 6.a3 will perhaps disappear from practice. |
Iotov: Alekhine Defence B02 (of interest for White and Black)
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5
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The Chase Variation is actually considered harmless. But in his article Valentin Iotov shows that with 5.Nc3 e6 6.d4 White can bring about extremely sharp positions. Both sides have the option of leaving the path which transposes to the Alapin Variation (Sicilian). |
Krasenkow: Modern Defence B06 (recommendation for Black)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6
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At the heart of Michal Krasenkow’s article there is the continuation 5.Qf3 e6. After it play is of a very forcing character. Black needs to know what he is doing, but if he does he has no difficulties in achieving a level game. |
Szabo: Sicilian Defence B76 (recommendation for White)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6
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By first playing 9...Nxd4 Black avoids the 9...Be6 10.Nxe6 variation. On the other hand, in the position in the diagram White must not castle long but can play more flexibly. But according to Krisztian Szabo’s analyses, it is not clear whether 9...Nxd4 is better than the alternative. |
Neven: French Defence C11 (recommendation for Black)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0
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By choosing this move order Black delays Nb8-c6 and is planning 8...b6 on his next move. Then he no longer has to fear d4xc5 and moreover has ...Ba6 up his sleeve. Knut Neven analyses the variation and also presents ideas for Black after the aggressive 9.h4. |
Kosintseva: French Defence C17 (recommendation for White)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2
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So far the Bogoljubow move 5.Bd2 has been considered really harmless, but the new trend is towards 5...Ne7 6.a3! As Nadezhda Kosintseva convincingly points out, White then has very good chances of an opening advantage. |
Papp: French Defence C18 (recommendation for White)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qg4
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Petra Papp has an aggressive plan against the popular variation with 6...Qa5: 8.Qg4 and after Black has protected the g7-pawn the queen does not return to d1 and the c2-pawn is not defended. Black appears to have problems here. |
Sumets: Slav Defence D16 (recommendation for Black)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Rd1
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The variation with 5...e6 and a subsequent c6-c5 should not be under-estimated. Black may well lose a tempo, but a4 is not necessarily useful. Andrey Sumets cannot see any opening advantage for White. |
Ris: Queen’s Gambit Accepted D27 (recommendation for White)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Be2
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Putting the bishop on e2 has, above all in the lines with d4xc5 and an early exchange of queens, the advantage that pressure is being exerted on the a6-b5 pawn chain. Robert Ris is very optimistic for White, though he admits that Black gains equality with precise play. |
Marin: Slav Schlechter Variation D94 (recommendation for Black)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 a6
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With 7...a6 Black prepares an immediate ...b5, but also ...dxc4 followed by ...b5. Mihail Marin then examines several continuations for White, none of which, however, is suitable for offering White an opening advantage. |
Kuzmin: King's Indian Fianchetto E62 (recommendation for Black)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 Nb8
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This variation was previously played with 8...Ne7, but as Alexey Kuzmin explains in his article, c5 is the ideal square for this knight and it is better reached via b8. Surprisingly, White then has hardly any chance of an opening advantage. | |
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