Game of the Week #508
The Charity Cup is the second tournament of the Meltwater tour and remains an exciting online addition to the classical OTB-events. The preliminaries were dominated by Vietnamese top player GM Le Quang Liem, who is known for his tactical skills.
In the fifth round he beat Jones with Black in the Italian, using an impressive attacking setup. Three rounds later Vidit was better prepared, but Le won in similarly impressive fashion. We will study both games.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
Vidit Gujrathi - Le Quang Liem, Charity Cup 2022
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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