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The second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix has started in Belgrade, which means a bunch of interesting top level games every day. Two spots in the Candidates are at stake, so the tension is quite high.
In the very first round there were already some important decisive games, including the complicated Sicilian battle between Grischuk and Andreikin, which is our Game of the Week.
Classical Scheveningen structures have gone out of fashion, but this game shows some remarkable new patterns.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
Practical Chess Strategy: The Bishop
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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